 municipality site enabling better places a user's guide to Wisconsin neighborhood affordability so this study came out with seven recommendations, and I'm just going to read through these briefly and then I'll get into more detail as we go through the PowerPoint But the first recommendation was to allow them allow multi-unit housing as a permitted use in single-family zoning districts Which have historically included two family and multi-family? The second one is to realign lot widths and areas to match historic patterns favoring narrow or lots The third one is to reduce setbacks to historic distances to allow greater use of existing lots The fourth is to allow accessory dwelling units by right and for all single-family zoning districts Number five is to permit residential uses including multi-family in commercial districts number six is to reduce or eliminate parking minimums and Number seven is to assess and streamline the subdivision and workforce housing application process Including standards that direct development outcomes and a time limit on municipal response So starting out with the first Recommendation allow multi-unit housing as a permitted use in single-family zoning districts Which have historically included two family and multi-family? So under the current city of Sheboygan zoning ordinance We do not allow multi-unit housing by right in single-family zones So to give you a feel the map on the right of this screen are the single-family zones within the city so the darker is suburban residential three You can see those is primarily in the far north in the northeast side under a single residential three Zoning district. It is three dwelling units per gross acre and the typical lot size is about ten thousand square feet Suburban residential five or SR five is Five dwelling units per acre with a typical Size of about six thousand square feet. So the picture there shows you a typical northeast Sheboygan neighborhood That neighborhood at fifth and Euclid is zone suburban residential five so you can kind of see the density of those Neighborhoods and this designation preserves and protects The suburban residential community character for those who want to live in this environment So if we were to adopt this recommendation This is what you would get this apartment building could be built. Sorry, Roberta Flicky Panesky This is over the top of your house, but this but But but if somebody wanted some great lake views they could build a multi-family housing development of this sort in This zoning district by right and would have to go through any type of approval process so what we have today with the way it currently stands is in order to do that you would have to go through a rezoned process which triggers a Rezoning hearing of the Common Council and the neighbors have an option to come in and talk about it And you have a more public engaged process than just allowing these types of units to pop up wherever you Want in these single-family districts? So that's just a representation of what would happen if we would adopt that recommendation The next recommendation is realign lot with some areas to match historic patterns favoring narrow lots the city of Sheboygan currently has very narrow lots are Standard lot size our minimum lot size is 6,000 square feet, which is 60 by 100 60 feet wide by 100 feet deep and this Lot size allows for a Little bit of side yard not a ton, but some side yard on both sides of the house The the pictures on here shows What a 60.4 what a lot size looks like and what that is from the street And you can see that there is some green between the garages in the house on the side yards and it's not You know typically densely packed it gives you some opportunity around the property if we were to go to a 40-foot wide and Take this recommendation which we have some of these lots in the older parts of the neighborhood Of the city you can see that the narrower lots tend to cause more Issues with where do you discharge your sump pump? I live on a 40 by 100 lot and I struggle every day with the neighbor sump pump flooding my basement when it rains And where do I put my sump pump water? So that's a challenge And it also tends to lead to more neighborhood disputes and then higher police concerns So you can see in the image The house is right on the property line. There's very little setback in side yard So the the recommendation now of keeping our six, you know of keeping what we have is where we're at from a standpoint of Denser isn't always better It creates additional issues for us. So, you know, I think this recommendation might be more geared towards Suburban areas that have a lot larger lot a lot larger lot sizes than we do But we're already pretty densely packed with what we have The next recommendation is reduce setbacks to historic distances to allow greater use of existing lots We right now in our zoning ordinance There is language in there that states that a 50% of the houses on the block have reduced setbacks If you were gonna build rebuild an infill house, you could follow the same setbacks as the rest of the home So the idea here is that you line the houses up on the block So if let's say a house would burn down in the middle of the block and you were going to rebuild it We wouldn't make you follow the new setbacks and push that house back and have, you know All of them fairly consistent and then have one that shuts back and kind of do like that We would hope to try to line them all up with the streets. So you have some You know consistency We also have a process through the board of zoning appeals that would allow one to apply Through a public process to request an ordinance change So and the the zone of boarding appeals deals with this on a regular basis and issues hundreds of these a year to Help facilitate redevelopment and reinvestment in our older neighborhoods by reducing setbacks and and working through those Processes so we have a means to be able to do that and we've been pretty responsive to those needs The next recommendation is allow accessory dwelling units or ADU's by right in all single family districts So this is a good way of thinking of an ADU or an accessory dwelling structure is a mother-in-law suite or Some type of other family housing unit. So ADU is a secondary housing unit on a single family residential lot The next one over smaller lot sizes combined with existing Housing garages and sheds makes for cramped neighborhoods. So you can see in the illustration in the second blue box from the left Where you have a house an ADU a garage in a shed You do not have a lot of green space left. So that's the challenge We have with our smaller lot sizes is that if you're going to do if we're gonna regulate and allow people to do These accessory dwelling units are ready on small lots. It's only gonna get more cramped in our neighborhoods Now is there some opportunity for accessory dwelling units? Maybe on top of a garage or some kind of existing structure? I think there is some possibility For that so we'll have to analyze that going forward And then a concern to be considered is when they are sold do these ADU has become rental units or another concern is The density get too high. We had this on Erie Avenue where habitat just finished the new homes There was houses double wide triple wide in there And then you kind of create this little neighborhood within a neighborhood and please the police can't see what's going on And you just create crime issues because you have all this densely platted houses on top of houses So, you know, those are some of the concerns that need to be looked at ADUs may be feasible on larger lots. Some communities have allowed these Through a conditional use permit allowing neighbors to be part of that process So I think there is some possibility out of all of the recommendations This is probably the one we'll explore a little bit further to see if there is any Possibility in zoning districts that have larger lot sizes, but in our typical lot size in the central city We're not recommending adopting this Clearly because of the issue of being so densely platted The next recommendation is permit residential uses including multifamily in in all commercial districts So we do that right now our commercial districts are considered urban residential 12 neighborhood office neighborhood commercial and central commercial so from the map in the center of the Diagram you can see that yellow is the urban residential 12 which allows for multifamily The blue is the neighborhood office zones Red is neighborhood commercial and then the green is central commercial. So a lot of the downtown Is zone central commercial which you can see that we have multifamily in those districts already This also would be in areas kind of out of the downtown north uptown area Those areas are our zone neighborhood commercial and through a conditional use permit process you're able to Construct multifamily in those districts Reduce or eliminate parking minimums In the central commercial zone, which was a majority of this map. So the green on here Parking minimums are waived as part of those developments. So In the area from a street from Pennsylvania to about Michigan Is essential commercial zone? It goes out a little bit wider to like seventh and a ninth streets as well But that area we do not require parking Minimum so if you're gonna develop a multifamily housing, it's really up to the developer to put in the amount of parking They think they're gonna need to facilitate their rental But if they wanted to go less or not have any at all that's their prerogative and they can do what they Want in those areas in the other zoning districts There's variances are recommended as part of the conditional use process So you can get lesser amounts in the other ones as a exception to the Conditional use permits when they come in for plan approval they can request that and most of the time Those are granted The last recommendation is to assess and streamline the subdivision and workforce housing application process Including standards that direct development outcomes and time limit on municipal response The city of Sheboygan does not have a problem with this You can get a plan approval if you follow the process and get everything in within 30 days on average There is a caveat state law does require us to post any type of planet Commission applications for two weeks in the newspaper, so We're required by law to do that so that contributes to the amount of time, but for new subdivisions You could have plan approval for the preliminary plat to move forward with the project within 60 days Including the additional steps that are required by law the toolkit Recommends 90 or fewer days for approvals and I know there's a lot of communities across the state of Wisconsin that take 90 plus days to get Approval we've streamlined that process is as efficient as we can and can get that done in 30 as 30 to 60 days most of them are a 30-day time frame So the only recommendation that we think could use some additional Look as the allowing accessory dwelling units by right in all single-family districts with larger lot sizes So we would we're doing an analysis now to see if there's any Opportunity for that and if there is it would come back as to this body as part of a zoning Ordnance change to see if that if that would work for us So that's it in a nutshell of the recommendations does anybody have any questions questions comments concerns thoughts ideas from council members older Feldy Thank you Chad is this also on? municipality Website or it is I can send tomorrow morning I can email the link to the document to all the council members so that you can read through it. That'd be great. Thank you Any other thoughts comments from elders older problem? Yes The first one That you mentioned the first of the seventh Well the picture you put there is kind of Inherently controversial because it's a huge building and so on but aren't there possible compromises on what you could? build in areas that right now have Different type of limits correct. That was pretty that was pretty far to the site To just show what could happen in that district But yes, we would hopefully be able to work with them to get it more toned into the neighborhood But the if you approved multifamily by right They could put up as a skyscraper if they wanted so then would you please explain what what that means by right? By right would mean that we they wouldn't have to come in for a it would be a permitted use within that district So it wouldn't require any kind of Rezoning or anything of that they by right can build it and then they would just they could just go through the land use process Which is a public hearing to the Planning Commission, but the council per se wouldn't necessarily have You know a part of that process because it wouldn't require a rezone so the recommendation from the league is that We would rezone and then everybody could do that by right The recommendation by the league is not to rezone and make it more efficient and easier for developments to happen in single-family zones So you wouldn't have a rezone process be that process would be eliminated So then would that allow for more or less of those type of buildings? Would that say that then if we were to follow their recommendation Would we would there be more options for builders constructors to build? Yes There would be if that's what we want in our single-family zones Right, so but could we allow that with different types of limitations on the type of buildings and can be built on? those stones in those zones Chuck would like to answer this because there is some There we're there's stuff that we can limit and there's stuff that we can't limit By some recent action at the state. I don't know Chuck if you want to Yeah, you can you can define Things in your zone. So for example, you you might still put in a residential Zone you could still put height limits you could you could make it you know that you allow two families things like that So, you know the the example in the photo is sort of an extreme example But that but there could be other limits that would be put on sort of in the definition of the district, right? Thank you It's older flaky Pineski sure. I saw your hand moving. I was like thank you So I'm understanding that these are recommendations coming from the League of Municipalities and that For our purposes in this city the only one that Likely has some applicability is the multi accessory dwelling In certain areas, which is going to be under review correct. Thank you So you're good with the housing development proposal then for north point Okay, no objection Okay Additional feedback comments from alders All right, I'm sure that housing will be a continuous topic that we discussed moving forward. So thank you director Pell check All right next item number five Resignations city attorney. Thank you. There's one resignation from Marcus of Alio Resigning from his position as district 5 older person effective May 4 2022 Alder Felde I Move to accept and file Spend a motion in the second any discussion Seeing none all those in favor of accepting and filing please state aye Any objection that item is approved number six city attorney There are also appointments the mayor submits the following appointments for your consideration Lisa Salgado to be considered for appointment to the mayor's international committee to fill a vacancy with the term expiring on April 17 2023 and Faye windgrove to be considered for appointment to the board of review to fill a vacancy with the term expiring April 20 2026 all right and those appointments will lay over to our next meeting. Thank you Next public form anyone here for public form tonight city clerk. There is no one this evening. All right Next we'll do mayoral announcements Well, good evening everyone happy Monday here in sunny, Wisconsin mother that we're having in May great great kick to May Just a few quick announcements and proclamations for today Just a friendly reminder that this Wednesday this Wednesday is the highly anticipated Community Town Hall which will be on May 4th at 5 30 p.m. Right here at City Hall in the council chambers So come listen from our friends at visit Sheboygan the business improvement district a CEDC Chamber of Commerce as well as Your friends at the city as well too. So this should be a fun and educational event. So please Hope to see you there bring As I say bring snacks, but I think this this will be this will be a good meeting This this this a lot of a lot of good information will be here Also may is young professionals month So there are some nominees From the city that have been nominated. I'm looking at her in the monitor here That have been nominated for young professional of the year award So we're really proud of our finance director for for being one of the nominees for that as well So there's also there you go Scott move the camera. There we go. Perfect So hopefully we having to announce that as well. So check out the Chamber of Commerce website as well There's a lot of young professional events going on through through the month of May So stated item number five. We have recently just accepted the resignation from Marcus Vallejo He was here 30 minutes before the meeting his wife had a medical Emergency so he had to take her to urgent care. So Regretfully, he's missing his final meeting But we'll be here at the next meeting to do some some official Recognitions recognitions. So his family is growing. His wife is expecting So they need to buy a bigger house and his new house is in a different district. So So he's he's sadly resigning from the council and it's been a pleasure serving with Alders Fallejo for for the five years He and I were elected at the same time in 2017. So He is no longer the most senior member of the council at that time. So So we'll we'll miss Marcus on his new adventures as well. So Some proclamations so Julie from mental health America is here Come on up Julie. So we'll be doing a proclamation for mental health Awareness month and I'll quick read the proclamation here Whereas mental health is essential to everyone's overall health and well-being and whereas all Americans express times of difficulty and stress in their lives And whereas prevention is an effective way to reduce the burden of mental health conditions And whereas there is a strong body of research that supports Specific tools for all Americans to better utilize and handle our challenges and protect their health and well-being Whereas mental health conditions are a real and prevalent in our nation And whereas with effective treatment those individuals with mental health concerns can recover and leave full positive lives And whereas each businesses school government agency health care provider and organizations Promote the well-being of mental health and supportive services for effective treatments now Therefore I Ryan Sarnson mayor of the great city of Sheboygan do hereby proclaim Mount this month May 2022 as mental health month. So I know a lot of our departments whether police fire Transit the library no matter what department that we're in in the in the city We we impact those that are struggling with mental health concerns and it's great to have our friends at mental health America Be a great ally in making our community better place. I'll present this proclamation to Julie You have a few words that you'd like to say Thank you. Thank you so much to the entire council and the municipality of Sheboygan in 2021 we Had the highest rate of suicide within Sheboygan County that we've recorded and Many of those lives lost came from this municipality within the city of Sheboygan one in five of us will have a mental illness at some point throughout our lives and 50% of mental illnesses Present themselves before the age of 14 75 percent before the age of 24 And I want to say to the entire council and anyone that's listening out there Let's look out for each other. This is a tight community here in Sheboygan County If you see somebody that doesn't seem right say something get them to the appropriate people And I would just want to give a shout out to law enforcement. They do so much within this city They take thousands of calls each year For mental health and they're acting as social workers and I just want to give a shout out to all of the work that you do here And thank you for making this proclamation. So, thank you. I missed my sticky note here when I was talking about Marcus So since there is an opening on the city council Applications to fill the position will be due to the city clerk's office on May 12th By the end of business day. So please Get for those watching get get that information into the clerk's office by May 12th and council will be voting To fill the appointment honor at our next meeting May 16th, so that's that note on that Speaking of the clerk's office. Can I have both our city clerk and our deputy city clerk come on down? They're both giving me looks because they didn't know this was coming, but maybe they did Alright, so whereas the office of municipal clerk is a time honored and vital part in local governance throughout or the work that they Do whereas the office of municipal clerk is one of the oldest among public service And whereas the office of municipal clerk provides professional link between the residents and local governments and all the agencies at all levels Whereas municipal clerks have pledged to be ever mindful of their neutrality and impartiality And making sure that their work is done in a clear mind and whereas municipal clerks serve as the information center of all functions of local government And whereas municipal clerks can continually drive to strive for improvement of administration Throughout the city and whereas in most appropriate We recognize the accomplishments and all the great work that our municipal clerks do and whereas municipal clerk weeks is celebrating its 53rd anniversary in 2022 and now I Ryan Sorensen mayor of the city sheboy can do hereby proclaim this week May 1st through the 7th is municipal clerk's week So it's an election year. So there's four elections two down two more to go So we're really blessed. We do set the gold standard and and having municipal clerks here There's a lot of moving parts working with the council members preparing agendas doing recounts and ties Which was the first for our clerk's office as well But they do a darn good job and we're so blessed to have them So I'll present this to our city clerk merit at the Bruin. So anything to say here. All right. She just says thank you So, thank you everybody. Well jump right along to the consent agenda items 10 through 12 Alder Feldy Thank You mayor. I move to receive and file all our O's and receive all our C's and adopt all resolutions and ordinances Second, there's been a motion second discussion on any items on the consent agenda What do you even Joe Troublood came in for item 10 just in case? All right, sounds good seeing no discussion Please refer to your meeting code to vote There are nine eyes. All right the consent agenda is approved next is item 13 RO number 8 22 23 by the city plan commission to whom was referred our own number 1 4 6 21 22 by the city clerk general ordinance number 43 21 22 by older persons Decker granting Old World Creamery LLC and its successors and assigns to the privilege of encroaching upon described portions of St. Clair Avenue right away in the city of Sheboyga for the purposes of creating a concrete approach Alder Decker. Thank you, mayor. I make a motion to file the RO and adopt the ordinance motion in second Any discussion on this item seeing none. This is a voice vote all those in favor, please state aye Any objection seeing none item 13 is approved Items 14 and 15 will be referred to their respective committees Item 16 resolution number 9 22 23 by older's Feldy Flicky Panesky authorizing the appropriate city officials to sign the January 1st 2022 through December 31st 2022 contract between the city of Sheboygan and the Sheboygan professional police officer Supervisor Association older Feldy. I ask to suspend the rules any objection Seeing none, please proceed with the motion. I move to adopt the resolution Motion in a second to adopt the resolution any discussion Alder Decker because I just have one question. Why is it only a one-year contract? Do we not do multi-year contracts on some of these? Who wants to take this one? finance director It actually is a two-year contract for both this item and also the next item for the police union any other discussion Does it need to be amended? I believe I believe looking at the actual Resolution in the packet it shows December 2023, but in the agenda item it shows 2022 So the resolution is correct. Thank you Additional comments from Alders. All right. This is a roll call vote. Please refer to your meeting code Alder person rest There are nine eyes. All right, that's approved next item 17 RO number 10 22 23 By Alder persons Feldy and flicky Paneski authorizing the appropriate city officials to sign the January 1st 2022 December 31st 2023 contract between the city of Sheboygan and the Sheboygan professional police officers Association older Feldy I ask to suspend the rules Any objection Seeing none, please proceed. I move to adopt the resolution second Been a motion and second any discussion on this item being none. Please refer to your meeting code Alder person actually There are nine eyes. All right, that item is approved Items 18 through 26 will be referred to the respective committees Next is a contemplated closed session holder Feldy I move to convene in closed session under the exemption provision in section 19 point 851 E of the Wisconsin statute for the purpose of Deliberating regarding possible development incentives for an affordable housing project located on the north northeast Corner of Erie Avenue in north 13th Street Spend a motion in a second. Thank you go into closed session. This is a roll call vote Please refer to your meeting code and for those at home We will be adjourning after closed session. So this will be ending our program for the day. So Alder person Mitchell There are nine eyes. All right. That's approved Well recess for three minutes and we'll assemble in the 305 305 closed session. Thank you