Land Use
Implementation
To implement the long
range plan of Burnett County requires many different implementation steps. For
example, the plan recommends adopting a lake classification scheme to protect
shoreland areas. This component has already been implemented.
The plan, however, also
calls for developing a shoreland restoration program aimed at providing incentives
and education to improve shoreland management practices. This is just beginning
to be designed. Implementing a shoreland restoration incentive p gram to protect
our shorelands will begin in earnest next year. Following this article is a
Shoreland Restoration update on some of the ideas we are considering for shoreland
restoration incentive programs. Please provide us your input and comments.
Some of the major implementation
areas the Burnett County Long Range Planning Committee, its various sub-committees,
and the County Board and Staff are working on are listed below. As each piece
is developed the website will focus on it. See the Land se Plan Recommendations
section for a complete listing of the recommendations. We would like your input
on how to fulfill these recommendations.
- Shoreland Restoration
Incentive Programs
- Agriculture Restoration
and Preservation Programs
- Implementing the
Educational Plan
- More online services
for Burnett County residents and property owners
- Shoreland Development
Guide
- General Property Development
Guide
- Land Use Plan Map Packet
- Land Use Committee Changes
- Recodification of Zoning
Ordinance
- Sign Ordinance and Educational
Workshop
- Implement Village and
Town Plans
Shoreland
Restoration Incentive Program
Issues and main points
- Try to keep the program
simple
- Focus on the buffer
strip
- Describe what advantages
there me to restoring shoreland basically why do it
- Establish demonstration
plots or pilot Plots with practices and results
- Conduct research or
gather research information on shoreland restoration results
- Develop computer simulation
of impact on homes
- Organize and conduct
study tours of restored areas, either in or out of county
- Setup and provide funds
for establishment of demonstration plots
- Explore and develop
cost sharing programs for shoreland restoration
- Explore the tax credit
implications and possibilities for shoreland restoration
- Develop a simple but
powerful display on before and after with shoreland restoration
- Get landscapers involved
in this endeavor
Who is involved - Ad hoc
Committee
- Dave Ferris, Land and
Water Conservationist
- John Haack, UWEX Water
Basin Educator
- Susan Wallin, a relator
and lake association member
- Herb Josephson, County
Board Supervisor and Committee member
- Mary Poretti, County
Board Supervisor and Committee member
- Dave Okanek, Town of
Scott
- Golden Pond Landscaping
Agriculture
Preservation Programs
Issues and main points
- Try to keep the program
simple
- Identify prime agriculture
land
- Explore tax credit implications
and possibilities
- Describe what advantages
there are to preserving agriculture lands
- Explore the benefits
of preserving open lands/natural lands, not just currently productive agriculture
lands
- Participate in a study
tour of other areas that have PDR/TDR or other mechanisms to preserve agriculture
lands (Town of Dunn)
- Develop broad estimates
on costs of agriculture preservation programs
- Develop computer simulation
of impact on individual homes
- Research to role of
farm products, prices, and costs in this type of a program
- Recognize that purpose
of program is to preserve open spaces, rural areas, and potential agriculture
lands, not to preserve individual farmers
Who is involved - Ad hoc
Committee
- Russell Kiecker and
Phil Holmen, UWEX Agriculture Agents
- Dave Ferris, Land and
Water Conservationist
- Doug Dewing, County
Supervisor and Committee member
- Phil Lindeman, County
Board Supervisor and Committee member
- Charlie Johnson, Town
of Trade Lake and Committee member
- Milt Stellrecht, farmer
and Committee member
- Lee Daniels, FSA
- Jerry Marek, nearby
farmer
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