Minutes of Sept. 25, 2007          (back)   (home)

TOWN OF LIBERTY GROVE. GILLS ROCK STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING. Tuesday September 25 2007. At the Town Hall, the meeting was properly noticed.

                  Agenda: 1. Call to order

                                2. Roll call

                  3. Adopt agenda

                                4. Approve minutes—September 13                     

5. Public input

                6. Preliminary work for design of Gills Rock facility

                                     A. Introduction to project

                                     B. Project process & outline—where we are at

                                     C. Development: assess & revise from feasibility study

                                                1. Program inventory-slip count, desired site & uses

                                     D. Site survey & analysis based on updated program

                                      E. Schedule (events, milestones)

                                      F. Review: process & individual assignments

                                7. Future meeting dates

                                8. Adjourn

Chairman Jay Blossom called the meeting to order at 5:34 PM. Also attending: Committee members Jim Creed, Frank Weber, Paul Wilde, Robert Jones, and Clerk/Administrator Kalms. Absent: Dan Schwarz, Geoff Gialdini. 13 citizens were present. Also from JJR were: Bruce Lunde, Bill Brose, Nate Novak and Bill Patek.

Creed/Jones to adopt the agenda. Carried 5-0.

Weber/Creed to approve the 9/13 minutes. Carried 5-0.

Public input. Comments: waiting list, temporary tie-offs, establishing riparian lines, getting out information to the public, include as much green space as possible, hold periodic meetings with summary of activities.  

Preliminary design work. Program inventory items reviewed at the meeting: Breakwater, Launch Ramp, Marina Structures, Maritime Museum, Cottage Road Re-Alignment, Park, Nature Trails.

Bill Brose said that this is the kick off meeting; the next step is concept development; more geo-technical work is needed; tonight we will run through the process; a broad approach will be used; the breakwall is being made parallel to the contour lines so expansion can be done; a floating breakwall is out because of the wave climate; a combination design may be done; the project may be done in stages depending on the availability of funds and the Waterways Commission input; information should be disseminated through one person to avoid duplicity.

Bruce Lunde said the firm is at this time labeling the project the “Gills Rock Heritage Center”; appraisals will have to wait until the state budget is approved; littoral drift will be studied—this will be no light duty breakwall; the biggest hit is at the start of the project with the infrastructure (utilities and backflow preventers, e.g.); the Clean Vessel Act can still be tapped for pump outs; soil borings will be done now; historical artifacts will be catalogued; a stormwater management plan will be developed; the buildings will be inspected next month for their condition; Chris Halbur of DNR voiced support of this project at the last meeting at the Town.

Nate Novak displayed lists of items to address in the process; this is the kickoff, more data will be gathered, working drawings made, and all is synthesized into

design development; meeting with the ad hoc committee is essential, along with the

public and neighbors; a way to get information out is to leave packets of information in various public places.

Bill Patek said the design development is scheduled to conclude at the end of 2008, when construction documents will be developed; the ad hoc committee will have to make some critical decisions; we need to find out the desire of the Maritime Museum to join in—the architect will meet with them to get their space needs inside the building; a memorandum of understanding will be presented in the spring when people are back; the subcommittees of finance and design will meet with JJR; the architectural components will drive the land parts; River Architects will be working on the historical perspective of buildings along with a firm from Green Bay; getting a reporter at a meeting and then doing an article would help to get information out. He said JJR will summarize tonight’s program and send that back; diagrams will be developed in working with the ad hoc committee; public input will be solicited as we move along.

Other comments: the waiting list priority will be worked out at a later time; larger boat removal; slips less than 30 feet; economic analysis by JJR.

The next meeting will be scheduled when JJR and the committee have moved further along in the design.

Creed/Jones to adjourn. 8:02 PM.

Approved at the Nov. 1, 2007 meeting.