Lake Views Newsletter, Spring 2007, Lake Beulah Protective Association

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It has been two years since we joined with the Lake

Beulah Management District in litigation on the new vil-

lage well #7. Due to growing population needs, the Villageo East Troy is in need o a reliable source o water. The

Village has chosen the source to be water diverted out o

the Lake Beulah/Mukwonago River watershed. There are

numerous opinions on the eect this water diversion will

have on Lake Beulah. The LBPIA, the Lake Management

District, and senior hydrogeologist Bob Nauta rom RSV

Engineering believe the water loss could have signicant

negative eects. Among these is that a drawdown can

cause lake bed temperatures to increase, leaving present

aquatic plants susceptible to invasive s pecies.Obviously the Village Board doesnt agree, and believes

there will not be any signicant changes to the Lake. To

date, we have slowed the drilling process, but have beenunsuccessul in our litigation. The Lake Management

District has now taken the over the lead on urther legal

proceedings. We will continue to lend assistance to the Dis-

trict with an aggressive monitoring program. The results o

the well drilling on Lake Beulah will take time to analyze,

but rest assured the LBPIA will be watching.

On a positive note, the Highway J dam is

to completion. The Lake Management Distr

responsibility or the regular monitoring, maand long term care o the dam. Many thank

Didier, our past President, the residents o th

the Lake Management District or their dedi

patience to solve this important issue.

Please mark you calendars or our Spring

meeting scheduled or 9:00 a.m. Saturday, M

the East Troy Town Hall. As always, donuts a

be served and well try and get the meeting d

so you can get on the water.

As part o our continuous outreach, LBPIArepresented at the annual Wisconsin Lakes C

April 26-28, 2007. I would like to thank Dr. M

or his 3 plus years o service on the Board anour new Board member, Anne Humphrey. O

the Board thanks our membership who paid

annual dues and contributed additional und

to ollow our web site at www.lakebeulah.org

inormation. Enjoy the lake.

Dick Patterson, President

VOL 15 NO 1 A PUBLICATION OF THE LAKE BEULAH PROTECTIVE & IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION

PROTECTIVE &

IMPROVEMENT

ASSOCIATION

Established 1894

Member, Wisconsin Association of Lakes

P.O. Box 153

East Troy, WI 53120

In This IssueEasement Agreement Reached on Lak e Beulah Dam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lake Beulah Dam Map. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U p d a t e o n G r o u n d w a t e r R e g u l a t i o n s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Smart Growth Comprehensive Planning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Critter Corner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Paddle Prattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Eas t Troy Electri c Rail road Centenni al Celebra tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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From the Presidents Desk

LBPIA Spring Members Meeting

Saturday, May 5, 2007 beginning @ 9:00 AMTown of East Troy Town Hall

N 9220 Stewart School Road, East Troy, WI

We have a packed agenda on current lake issues along with the usual coee, donuts andgood ellowship and our eatured guest speaker rom DNR, Jim McNelly.

Dont orget too the East Troy Train Parade ollowing our meeting at 12:00 Noon to 2:00 PM.

WelcomeThis is a big WELCOME or a ew new members, and a WELCOME BACK to the many aithul olks who

the LBPIA over the years. The people that live on Lake Beulah really care about their lake. This is evident by

ous contributions and the many comments sent in with the membership dues. Thank you! We hope to see all

Spring Meeting at 9:00 on May 5th at the Town Hall.

Ruth Rappold, Treasurer

You Shouldve Been Here YesterdayFor those shermen who are anxiously awaiting the upcoming season, youshould be aware that we have it on good authority that in late January anice sherman landed a Northern Pike measuring 41 inches and weighingin at 19 pounds.

Although the exact location o the catch is secret, it has been rumoredthat the catch was made at the western end o the Lake near SpringersBridge Road.

Do you need additional incentive to get your shing gear ready or thespring season!


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Area Chair NetworkApril 2007

Area Chairpersons are committed Lake Beulah residents who serve as theprimary contacts or the Association. Should you have an interest or concern

about anything regarding the Lake, please be sure to contact your area chair.

Lake Beulah Area Chairperson(s)

A Country Club Lane & Austin Rd. ...........................Jane Tanis(642-9232)

B Beulah Heights Road ................................Richard Stenglein (642-3643)

C Its A Little Road & Oakwood Lane..............Jim Holtermann(642-3050)

D Lake Road & Windy Way ..................................Penny Clayton(642-3083)

E County Road J ..........................................LaRayne Bienstadt (363-883 1)

E Marsh Road & Millsite Road ................................. Don Tacke (363-4327)F Island Drive & Golden Way ...............................Jean Maiwald (363-0829)

G Brynes Lane & Romadka Park Road ...................Roy Gerlo (642-5213)

H Horseshoe Lane & East Shore Road(to Beulah Park) ................................................ Josie Midman(363-8892)

I Beulah Park Road .............................................Ruth Rappold (642-3496)

J East Shore Road & Thistle Lane ................Joe & Marge Kelly(642-9026)

K South Shore Drive (to Humphrey Lane) .............Arlene Gull(642-727 2)

L Army Lake & Humphrey Lane

& South Shore Drive ..................................Kathleen Taugher(642-3835)

M Kings Lane & Kings Parkway ...........John & Bea Sonderegger(642-5716)

N Pastime Lane & Grandview ...................Bill & Maya Murphy (642-9837)

O Wilmers Grove Rd, Wilmers Point Lane& Wilmers Landing ................................................ Brian Fons(642-9613)

P Stringers Bridge Road, New Deal Ave. &West Bay Road.......................................................Michol Ford(642-5189)

Q Beach Road & Deerpath Road................................looking or volunteer

2007 LBPBoard of Dir

Dick Patterson, President847-256-1028pattersonrichard@comcas

Dr. Scott Miller, Vice-PresChair: Fish & Wildlie Com608-757-2531 [email protected]

Paul Didier, Immediate P608-824-9966 [email protected]

Ruth Rappold, [email protected]

Jane TanisChair: Membership & Area 262-642-9232

[email protected]

Judy BerenSecretary262-782-5088 262-642-3

Robert V. LewisChair: Inormation Educ262-642-4581 [email protected]

Ron AndersChair: Water [email protected]

Anne [email protected]

Easement Agreement Reached on Lake Beulah DamBy Paul Didier

Ater more than 100 years the undened existence, ownership and responsibility or the Lake Beulah Dam have beencaptured in an Easement Agreement signed between Walworth County, the Lake Beulah Management District (the District)and the owners o properties on the dam (the Owners).

Key Recitals excerpted in part from the Agreement include:

A. The owners are the ee holders o certain real property along the dam more particularly described in Exhibit A at-tached to the agreement. (Also see maps included herein).

B. Lake Beulah is in part impounded by a dam, (the Dam) the location and boundaries o which have been determined byall parties and approved by the Wisconsin Department o Natural Resources (DNR) Dam Saety Engineer to include allthat land designated as part o the dam map included with this article.

C. The District has requested that the owners grant a permanent easement or public watercourse purposes including in-spection, construction, repair, maintenance, and reconstruction o the public watercourse including, but not limited to,the Dam.

D. The DNR regulates dams in Wisconsin.

E. The County owns or otherwise controls the public roadway (County HWY J) that longitudinally bisects the Lake BeulahDam.

F. The Parties wish to ormalize certain obligations and mutual relationships between them.

To that end, some key responsibilities excerpted in part from the Agreement include:

1. Grant of Easement. The Owners grant to the District a perpetual watercourse easement or inspection, maintenance,construction, repair, and reconstruction o the public watercourse including, but not l imited to the Dam as described inExhibit A.

2. Responsibilities of DNR: The DNR has rated the Dam as a High Hazard dam. The Parties agree to meet the require-ments o such rating unless and until the DNR revises its hazard rating, at which time the Parties agree they will under-take to meet requirements in eect at that time. The DNR will conduct as necessary, periodic inspections, make resultsavailable to the Parties in a timely ashion, may direct them to repair or reconstruct the Dam, will review & approve plansas appropriate and acilitate the timely granting o permits or approvals to do such repairs.

3. Responsibilities of the County: The Dam is the roadbed o County Highway J. The County has maintenance responsi-bilities or the highway extending 33 eet on each side o its centerline including trees, shrubbery, vegetation, the boxculvert and wing walls o the Dam. I DNR recommends work outside that right-o-way, the District and County mayenter into an intergovernmental agreement or the County to complete the work and the District would reimburse theCounty or the duties perormed.

4. Responsibilities of the District: As a result o the Easement Agreement, the District has unique responsibilities beyondits status as an Owner. The District will undertake overall management o the Dam ( a typical role o many Lake Manage-ment Districts in Wisconsin), in cluding perorming structural and operational maintenance and repair and reconstruc-tion o the Dam in areas outside the responsibilities o the County, as well as monitoring and reporting on the conditiono the Dam, monitoring water fow over the Dam, and ling or government grants i desired or extensive repairs. TheDistrict will prepare annual reports to its electors and request approval o annual budgets and extraordinary expendi-tures required to maintain and restore the Dam. The District will und liability insurance to protect its electors, includingthe Owners, in the event o dam ailure and will implement an emergency action plan (EAP) and operation/mainte-nance (OMP) plan in cooperation with other parties to the Easement Agreement.

5. Responsibilities & Rights of the Owners: The Owners will appoint one representative rom their group to represent themin all negotiations with the other Parties to the Agreement. The Owners are responsible or perorming routine mainte-nance o their respective property such as cutting trees, shrubs, grass and maintaining allowed shoreline structures suchas piers, docks and seawalls. The Owners retain a) rights o ingress & egress over the described parcels unless otherwiseprohibited or restricted; b) all riparian rights associated with the parcels c) said riparian rights are all created by statutes& common law, not the Agreement except those uses may not interere with the integrity or operation o the Dam or the

Agreements responsibilities o the District or County.

The Easement Agreement contains additional language and provisions too numerous and detailed to enumerate here.Suce it to note, that as o March 15th, 2007, I have been inormed that all Owners have signed the agreement along withapprovals by the County and District Boards. The next step as I understand it is to submit the nal, signed Agreement along

with other related documents o this long anticipated package such as the Operation & Maintenance and Emergency ActionPlans & the adopted County Flood Plain Ordinance to DNR.

A Huge Thank You: On behal o the Lake Beulah Protective & Improvement Association and all the citizens o Wis-consin who value and use our beautiully pristine, productive and recreational Lake Beulah, I want to extend a specialthank you to all the Parties to the Easement Agreement, especially Michael Cotter, Deputy Corporation Counsel, WalworthCounty; David Skotarzak & Richard Dow District Chair & Treasurer respectively; Marshall Stack, the Owners Representativeand William Sturtevant, DNRs Assistant State Dam Saety Engineer.

Lake Views is published periodically by theLake Beulah Protective & Improvement Association. Every effort has been made to and accurate information. There is, however, no guarantee as to the total accuracy of information included. The opinions expressed aressarily those of theLBPIABoard of Directors. Individuals who wish to submit articles, artwork, poetry, calendar items or photographcontributions toLake Views Editor, LBPIA, P.O. Box 153, East Troy, WI 53120. Articles inLake Views may be reprinted or reproddistribution, with acknowledgment to the Editor.

EAST TROY ELECTRIC RAILROAD CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION MAY EEast Troy, Wis. - - Celebrating its 100th anniversary, the East Troy Electric Railroad i s aated, non-prot organization preserving 19th and 20th century history through its mustoration eorts and rides aboard its 15 completely renovated interurban trolleys. In ce

years o operation, the East Troy Electric Railroad oers the ollowing special events oerings or all to enjoy May-December, 2007.

All aboard or a year ull o un, says President o the Friends o the East Troy EMuseum, Richard Cecil, as we run the rails celebrating our 100th year in operation.The May events include:

Train Parade May 5 (rain date: May 6) This estive train parade on May 5 (rain date: May 6) will showcase all o the raiinterurban trolleys, coaches and fat cars. The parade site is the 10 mile track rom East Troy to Mukwonago and baRoad ES noon to 2 p.m.Opening Day May 12 Celebrate this historical organization on its 100th year o operation.Mothers Day Express May 13 Moms ride ree all day on Mothers Day with paying child.Memorial Day May 28 Ater saluting our troops past and present, climb aboard the trolley.

Spring Trolley Ride Schedule

Trolley rides are oered on weekends May 12-June 10 at 11:30 a.m., 1:00, 2:30 and 4:00 p.m. Round trip trolley rides ar$9 or seniors, $5 or children 3-11 and children 2 and under are ree.

For more inormation visit www.easttroyrr.org or call (262) 642-3263. All proceeds rom ticket and git shop sales benet and preservation work o this museum.


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Trumpeter SwanNative to Wisconsin,

endangered species

Bill: Black and blends in with the eye

Wingspan: 7- 8 feet

Weight: 21 20 pounds

Height: 4 feet

Call: Deep, loud and trumpet like

Tundra Swan

Native to the U.S. and migratethrough Wisconsin

Bill: Black with a yellow spot

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distinct from the bill

Wingspan: 6-7 feet

Weight: 13-20 pounds

Height: 3 feet

Call: High pitched and quavering

Mute SwanNot a native species to the U.S.

Bill: Orange with a black hump

at the base

Wingspan: 7-8 feet

Weight: 25-30 pounds

Height: 4 feet

Call: Usually silent but may hiss

or grunt

Paddle Prattleby Scott Miller, M.D.

Paddles come in a bewildering numbero styles, sizes and materials. Determin-ing which is right or you can be dicultat best. In doing the research or thisarticle I ound that there are just aboutas many opinions on paddle selection asthere are articles written on the subject.

Bearing this in mind, lets take a look ata ew o the actors that should be takeninto account when selecting your nextpaddle.

First o, determine what type o canoe-ing you like to do. I you will be spend-ing time on rivers with rapids, then a

white water paddle will serve you best.These paddles eature shorter shats with

wide square blades. This allows betterbite into the aerated water ound inrapids.

Whitewater Paddle

I you plan on doing the majority o your

canoeing on fat waters like Lake Beulahthen just about any o the remainingpaddle styles will serve you well. Theseinclude recreational, traditional andperormance paddles.

Recreational paddles are inexpensiveand are made rom plastic, aluminumand less expensive woods. These paddlescome in a variety o styles and sizes andoer the advantage o low cost andreasonable perormance. The disadvan-tages o these paddles include increased

weight and a lack o aesthetic appeal.

Aluminum

Recreational Paddle

Traditional paddles tend to have longnarrow blades that are designed toreduce atigue or prolonged fat waterpaddling trips. Some types o traditionalpaddles include beavertail, voyageur,trader, ottertail and willow paddles.

Beavertail Paddle

Ottertail Paddle

Perormance paddles are made rom thelightest weight materials available andcome in both straight and bent shatcongurations. The bent shat paddlesare designed to be more ergonomicand ecient. Perormance paddles arethe most expensive o the types we havelooked at but at the same time are de-signed to maximize speed and minimizeatigue.

Bent Shaft

Performance Paddle

There are many dierent methods ordetermining paddle length. One o theeasiest that I have come across is to sit ona bench and stand the paddle up nextto you with the hand grip touching thebench and the blade next to your head.I the base o the blade is just about atthe level o your eye, then the paddle iscorrectly sized.

Selecting a paddle is very much a mattero personal preerence. What works

well or one person will not necessarilywork well or the next. The best way tochoose a paddle is to try them out overan extended period o time and pick theone that eels and perorms best or you.See you out on the lake!


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Understanding 2003 Act 3102003 Act 310 (the Act) was written to protect sensitive envi-ronmental eatures, and as an attempt to repair signicantadverse regional environmental impacts caused by over-pumping o aquiers. The Act established two tiers o speci-al environmental status or enhanced groundwater manage-ment, which it labeled as Groundwater Management Areas(GMAs) and Groundwater Protection Areas (GPAs).

GMAs are dened as areas in which an aquier hasbeen drawn down by at least 150 eet below pre-develop-ment levels. These include Brown County and a largeportion o southeastern Wisconsin, including Waukesha,Kenosha, Milwaukee, Ozaukee and Racine Counties, as

well as portions o Washington County and WalworthCounty. The southeastern Wisconsin GMA includes all oLake Beulah and the Town o East Troy.

GPAs are more localized. These include trout streams(Classes 1, 2, and 3), springs, outstanding resource waters(ORWs) and exceptional resource waters (ERWs).

Work Completed by the Groundwater Advisory CommitteeThe Act was written to provide a rough ramework or themore thorough Administrative Code, which will imple-ment it. Since April 2005, the Groundwater AdvisoryCommittee (GAC) has been working to complete thatprocess. Work in 2005 and 2006 related to the GMAs,ocusing on details such as the establishment o authoriti-

es within the GMAs or the development and implementa-tion o groundwater management plans, and on undingissues. At the end o 2006, the GAC submitted a report tothe legislature presenting their recommendations, along

with a drat o Wisconsin Administrative Code ch. NR 820,which incorporates the recommendations.

Unortunately, the GAC did not go urther with actualprotection. In March 2005, DNR Secretary Scott Hassett

wrote a memo to the GAC, containing the committeesdirectives. This memo clearly asks the GAC to recommendurther protections. As indicated above, Lake Beulah ispart o the Waukesha County GMA, because the 150-ootdrawdown or the sandstone aquier extends throughoutthe Town o East Troy. Un ortunatel y, this does not pro-

vide any enhanced regulatory protection or the suracewaters or shallow groundwater o the Lake Beulah wa-tershed, because the shallow aquier has not been drawndown by 150 eet. As a result, water users such as the Vil-

lage o East Troy, the Village o Mukwonago, and the Cityo Waukesha can mine out the cheaper shallow water, andnot have to worry about the additional regulatory burdenthat GMA status could bring.

This brings up a concern that several o the peopleon the Groundwater Advisory Committee (GAC) haveraised: It takes ar less than 150 eet o drawdown to causesignicant environmental harm in a shallow, unconnedaquier. This i s o major concern because municipalities

are thereore going to continue to pursue the cheapershallow groundwater, with no concern about environmen-tal impacts. This will put more and more stress on theshallow aquiers and surace waters o the state.

As long as the 150-oot rule is in place, pumping owells such as #7 will not result in GMA designation, eventhough they can cause signicant impact. Motions werepresented to the GAC that would, as requested by Secre-tary Hassett, bring more areas into GMA status. Specical-ly, discussion was presented that would recognize impactsto surace waters and shallow groundwater that wouldresult in the designation as a GMA. The committee ailedto accept any o these motions.

GAC Work this YearIn 2007, the GAC is concentrating on GPAs. Although

the environmental eatures to be protected as GPAs aresummarized in the Act, much work still needs to be done.Currently, the GAC has ve subcommittees, working onthe ollowing:

Denition o a spring: The Act denes a spring asan area o concentrated groundwater discharge o 1cubic oot per second (450 gallons per minute), 80percent o the time. This is an extremely large disc-harge, and it is likely that there are very ew springs inthe state that would meet that denition. The GAC

subcommittee is researching Wisconsin springs andthe environmental eatures that they produce, and willrecommend enhancements to the existing denition.(This subcommittee will conduct a eld trip or the ullcommittee at its April 4 meeting, which will be held atthe Fish Hatchery oces o the DNR, in Fithchburg.)

High capacity well approval process: This subcommit-tee is looking at the existing process, including theconsiderations or approval (which at this point theDNR denes to include only potential impacts to othermunicipal supplies). Another consideration is appro-

val versus permit. Currently, the DNR does not issuepermits or high capacity wells they issue approvals.

A signicant issue related to this is that permits expireand have to be renewed, whereas approvals do not.

Signicant environmental impact: The entire processo enorcement o NR 820 may rest on this. GMAs andGPAs will not establish areas where high capacity wells

are prohibited. Instead, they will establish areas wherepumping can be restricted or denied i studies indicatethat the pumping will result in signicant environmen-tal impacts, making that denition a cornerstone to theentire process. Note also that studies may be required.Currently, no eld studies are necessary to obtain anapproval. With this rule, the DNR has the authorityto require additional s tudy, including environmentalimpact assessments.

Update on Groundwater RegulationsBy Robert J. Nauta, P.G., Principal Hyd-rogeologist, RSV Engineering. Update on Groundwater Regulations (Continued)

Gaps and opportunities: As indicated above, the Act re-cognized only a ew eatures that are to be protected asGPAs. This subcommittee is exploring other possibleenvironmental eatures that would warrant protection.

Deerred items: During the GACs debates and discus-sions o the GMA regulations, several items and is sues

were deerred as pertaining more to GPAs than GMAs,and are being researched by this subcommittee.

Again, the GAC has the opportunity to increase theprotections currently aorded by the Act. This could

result in the inclusion as GPAs o eatures such as lakeswhich rely on groundwater discharge. This could alsoresult in the strengthening o high capacity well approvals.For example, the water supply sta at the DNR does nothave the obligation to bring in other department experts(e.g., limnologists or aquatic biologists), in the considera-tion o wells near wetlands or lakes. The GAC still has theopportunity to change that.

Helpful Web SitesThe DNR has set up a web page or the Grou

Advisory Committee:http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/water/dwg/gac/

At this site, you can read Secretary Hassetts Mmemo, as well as all documents and proceedGAC. To review documents such as meetingdrat NR 820, or anything else produced by tee, click on the Meetings link, and at eachdual meeting links, you will n d all documen

as a result o that meeting.For inormation on trout streams, you can gohttp://dnr.wi.gov/fsh/species/trout/streammaps.

At that website you will nd maps and descristreams or each county.Similar inormation can be ound or OutstaExceptional Resource Waters:http://dnr.wi.gov/org/water/wm/wqs/orwerw/

Smart Growth Comprehensive Planning

Politicians throughout Wisconsinanticipate that the year 2010 willmark a major transormation or mostcommunities in the state. Namely, it

will be the rst time that all levels ogovernment arrived at a complete

plan or the uture o each communityat nearly the same time under the sta-te mandated scheme o Smart GrowthComprehensive Planning.

The idea to promote statewideuniormity with an eye toward eco-nomic stability and sound land useplanning seems like a relatively simpleambition. Yet, the devil-in-the-detailgrunt work turns out to be dauntingand complex.

Nevertheless, the states messageis simple: Plan or your uture or yourneighboring communities will decideit or you.

The Town o East Troy is ortunateto have a practical land use plan thathas served its purpose well. However,new trends make the plan obsoleteand a land use plan is only one o the

nine parts required to complete theSmart Growth Comprehensive Plan.

Although the state created theSmart Growth law in 1997, the Towno East Troy jumped into the planningmode much later. Heres why. In thebeginning, an anticipated price tago approximately $85,000 seemed aormidable obstacle or launching the

planning process. This was not a rmprice, but the best estimate availableat the time. Meanwhile, state legisla-tors were debating the merits o theSmart Growth law with the possibilitythat they might rescind it. Coinci-

dently, the town became embroiled inannexation disputes with the Villageo Mukwonago and was investigating amerger possibility with the Village oEast Troy. Engaging in Smart Growthduring these times o uncertaintyseemed utile.

In 2004, TET joined nine sistertowns in collaboration with WalworthCounty to share expenses and ideasor mutual development o each parti-cipating member. The Technical Advi-sory Committee (TAC), as this con-sortium o towns became to be called,

was unsuccessul in its bid or a highlycompetitive state grant and proceededto continue with a negotiated price

with the South Eastern WisconsinPlanning Commission (SEWRPC) orits services. Our towns share is merely

$30,000 or the complete package aconsiderable savings when comparedto the $28,000 that the town paid orits land use plan in 1995.

At this time the TAC is workingon the ourth o nine chapters eachchapter representing an element othe Smart Growth ComprehensivePlan. Those elements include a current

inventory o what alreadytown such as demographstock, natural resources,portation inrastructure, gency services. From thedetermine policies and p

acilitate and improve thThroughout the proresentatives (such as myTAC will conduct publicmeetings at the respectiThe timing o these medepend heavily upon thand activity o the TAC mTAC meetings are openand are welcome to speapublic comment portionting agenda. These meeon the rst Wednesday month at 6:00 p.m. in thboard room at the old cin the city o Elkhorn. Tmeeting is scheduled o

A town public participatis planned or the third in September during th

scheduled Town Plannion meeting.

I look orward to heregarding any thoughts about Smart Growth Platime. Please contact the(262) 642-5386 and leavI will return your call at opportunity.

by Clayton Montez

Documents

Lake Views Newsletter, Spring 2007, Lake Beulah Protective Association