THIS
IS
A
TEST.
THIS IS A TEST.
>>
I
THINK
THEY
SHOULD
BUILT TWO
TRACTS.
ONE,
THERE''S HOPE
THAT
GENERAL
MOTORS
WILL
COME
AND
EXPANSION WILL COME,
BUT
THEY
WANT
TO
BE
DIVERSE. >>
THE
PRESENCE
OF
THAT
BIG
CHUNK OF EMPTY REAL
ESTATE, IS
THAT
A
HELP
OR
A
HINDRANCE?
>>
MANY
COMMUNITIES
WHO
HAVE HAD
TO
DEAL
WITH
SHUT
FACTORIES CAN
FIND
IT
CAN
BE A
HINDRANCE.
HOW DO
YOU
MAKE
SURE
THERE''S AN
INFRASTRUCTURE THAT TURNS IT
BACK INTO
AN
ASSET AS
QUICKLY
AS YOU
CAN.
>>
THE
PROBLEM
THAT
JANESVILLE IS HAVING
ARE
MORE
THAN
THE
PROBLEMS CREATED BY THE
LOSS
OF
THE
GENERAL MOTORS
PLANT.
THIS
HAVE
BEEN
A
VERY
WIDE
AND
DEEP RECESSION. HOW
MUCH
OF
THE
PROBLEMS
HERE
ARE A GM
PROBLEM
AND
HOW
MANY
OF
THEM
ARE JUST
GENERAL
ECONOMIC
ISSUES? >>
WELL,
YOU
HAVE
AN
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
A
LITTLE
OVER
11% IN
THE
MOST
RECENT
DATA
THAT
I
SAW
FOR
THIS
AREA.
CLEARLY JANESVILLE IS SUFFERING WORSE
THAN THE
NATION
ON
AVERAGE. IF
YOU
LOOK OVER
TIME,
BECAUSE
OF THE
MANUFACTURING
PRESENCE,
IT MAKES
JANESVILLE
A
LITTLE
MORE SENSITIVE. I
THINK
THAT''S
IMPACTED
JANESVILLE A
LITTLE
BIT
MORE
THAN SOME
OTHER COMMUNITIES
IN
WISCONSIN OR
ACROSS
THE
COUNTRY.
BUT
IT
ALSO
GIVES THEM
INCREDIBLE STRENGTH,
THEY
HAVE
A
TALENTED
WORKFORCE
IN
PLACE,
YOU''VE BEEN MAKING
EFFORTS
TO BUILDUP A
HOSPITAL,
THEY
HAVE
COMMUNITY COLLEGES
WHICH
ARE
IN
PLACE, SO
YOU''VE
GOT
A
LOT TO
BUILD ON AS
WELL.
>>
THE
FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT
HAS
A
LOT
OF
DIFFERENT
THINGS
THEY''RE
WORKING
ON.
WHAT''S THE
MOST
IMPORTANT
ONE?
ONE JOB,
SO
TO
SPEAK?
>>
JOBS.
>>
BUT
GETTING
THOSE
JOBS.
WHAT''S JOB ONE
THAT
THE
FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT
CAN
DO
TO
HELP
BRING
THOSE JOBS
BACK? >>
CLEARLY
WHAT
WE
NEED
TO
DO
IS
MAKE
SURE
THE
FINANCIAL
SYSTEM IS
STABLE.
THERE''S
AN
ABILITY
THAT
WE
SUPPORT
OUR
SMALL
BUSINESSES.
THE
PRESIDENT
HAS
PROPOSED
TAX
CUTS FOR
SMALL
BUSINESSES,
AND
INCENTIVES
TO HIRE
WORKERS.
WE NEED
TO
MAKE
SURE
WE
NEED
TO
NURTURE SMALL BUSINESSES >>
THANK YOU
FOR
JOINING
US.
>>
WISCONSIN
RIVERS
AND
LAKES
ARE
A
BUZZ.
NEW
STATE
SHORE
LAND
PROTECTION
STANDARDS HAVE
PROPERTY
OWNERS
MAD. THERE
ARE
NEW
STANDARDS
PASSED
BY THE
LEGISLATURE IN FEBRUARY. ONE
HAS TO
DO
WITH
SURFACES
AND
HOW
MUCH
WATERFRONT A
PROPERTY
OWNER
CAN
HAVE.
THEY HAVE
TO
GET
A
PERMIT
TO
ALLOW UP TO
30%,
THEN
WOULD BE
REQUIRED
TO
PUT
IN
PLACE
A
MITIGATION
PLAN.
GREG
IS
SHORE
LAND
TEAM
LEADER
WITH THE DNR,
HE
JOINS
US
IN
MADISON.
JAY
IS
A
WATERFRONT
PROPERTY
OWNER. HE JOINS
US.
>>
THANK
YOU.
WHAT IS THE
PURPOSE
OF
THIS
NEW
RULE ON
SURFACES
SPECIFICALLY?
>> THE
PROBLEM
GOING
ON IN
THE LAKES,
ONE OF
THE
PROBLEMS,
HAS
BEEN
THE
CONNECTEDNESS OF
SURFACE DOWN
INTO
THE
WATER
BODY. WHICH
IS
MAKING OUR
WATER QUALITY DECLINE.
>> AND
THE
COST
TO
THE
PROPERTY OWNERS.
WHAT
THEY''RE
DOING
IS
PUTTING
IN PLACE A
RULE
THAT
IS GOING
TO LIMIT
WHO
IS
ABLE
TO
OWN
AND
OPERATE
WATERFRONT
PROPERTY.
THEY''RE ALSO KILLING
TOURISM.
>>
LET
ME LET
GREG
TO
RESPOND TO
THAT.
>>
THE
RULE
HAS
NOTHING
TO
DO WITH
WHO
OWNS
PROPERTY,
WHO
DOESN''T OWN PROPERTY.
IT''S TAKING
A
LOOK
AT
THE
LANDSCAPE.
AND
THE
PUBLIC
RIGHTS
LOCATED
WITHIN
THAT
WATER
BODY.
WE''RE REALLY
STRIKE
TO STRIKE
A
BALANCE HERE. THE RULE
HAS
NOTHING
TO
DO
WITH
WHO
OWNS
IT. >>
WHAT
DO
YOU
MEAN
BY
THAT?
>>
IF
THE
DEVELOPMENT
OF
WATERFRONT
PROPERTY
OR
ITS
MAINTENANCE BECOMES SO COSTLY YOU HAVE
TO
BE
IN A
HIGHER
INCOME TO
OWN
WATERFRONT
PROPERTY. YOU''RE PUTTING
THE
FOLKS
WHO
HAVE OWNED
PROPERTY
ON
WATER
FOR
THE
LAST
50
YEARS
OFF
WATER.
>>
WHAT
MAKES
IT
MORE
EXPENSIVE? WHAT
WOULD
MAKE
IT
MORE
EXPENSIVE
SO
THEY
COULDN''T
AFFORD IT?
>> FOR
INSTANCE,
TO
BE
ABLE
TO DEVELOP
A
MITIGATION PLAN. THAT''S NOT
SOMETHING
YOU
DO
SITTING AT YOUR
KITCHEN
TABLE
ON
A
NAPKIN. YOU''RE ACTUALLY GOING TO
HAVE
TO
GO
TO
AN
ENGINEERING FIRM IN
ORDER
TO
BE
ABLE
TO
DEVELOP
ALL THESE STANDARDS.
>>
LET
ME
JUMP
IN
AND
SAY
THIS
MITIGATION
PLAN
WOULD
BE
REQUIRED IN
SOME
INSTANCES
IF
---- IF THE
LOCAL
BODY
OF
GOVERNMENT REQUIRED A
PERMIT,
AND WHAT''S AN
EXAMPLE
OF
A
MITIGATION
PLAN?
>> WELL,
FIRST
THING
I
NEED
TO
CLARIFY
A
LITTLE
BIT,
THE
MITIGATION
WOULD
NOT
BE
REQUIRED
UNLESS
A
LANDOWNER
INITIATED A
PROJECTOR
DID
SOMETHING
THAT
REQUIRED
IT.
SOMETHING
YOU''RE
DOING
DAY--TO--DAY WOULD
NOT
REQUIRE
A
MITIGATION PLAN. WE
WROTE
THAT
TO
ALLOW MAXIMUM FLEXIBILITY
BECAUSE
WE
HAVE
20,000 LAKES
ACROSS
THIS
LAKE
AND MILES
AND
MILES
OF
STREAM.
EACH
ONE
IS
DIFFERENT. WE DIDN''T COME
UP
WITH
A
SINGLE
PRESCRIPTION TO SAY YOU HAVE
TO
DO THIS. WE
SAID
YOU HAVE
TO
COME
UP
WITH
A
SOLUTION
THAT
OFF--SETS
WHAT YOU''RE
GOING TO DO.
>> JAY,
THAT
DOESN''T
SOUND
THAT
EXPENSIVE.
>> UM, I''M
AFRAID
IT
IS.
WHEN YOU
ACTUALLY
GET
DOWN
TO ANALYZING WHO
CAN
PUT
IN
A
RAIN
GARDEN AND
HOW
THEY GO
ABOUT
IT
AND THE
PERMITTING
PROCESS
AND
THE
PLAN
----
THE
WRITTEN PLAN THAT HAS
TO
BE
PUT
IN
PLACE,
IT
BECOMES QUITE EXPENSIVE.
AND
THE
REAL
PROBLEM, AGAIN, IS
THAT
MOST
OF
THE
PROPERTY
----
AND
VILAS
AND ONEIDA
COUNTIES
ON WATER
IS
ALREADY
DEVELOPED
AND
IT
ALREADY EXCEEDS
THAT
15%
IMPERVIOUS SURFACE.
MOST
OF IT
EXCEEDS
30%
IMPERVIOUS SURFACE. THEY
SAY IN
THIS
RULE
THERE
IS
NO LONGER
A
NONCONFORMING STANDARD.
HOWEVER,
INDEED,
THAT
DOES
EXIST
AND
IS
ADDITIONALLY CREATED
AS
YOU
LOOK
AT
APPLYING
JUST
THIS
ONE SMALL
SEGMENT. NOW YOU HAVE
TO
GO
BACK
AND
LOOK AT BEYOND
THE IMPERVIOUS SURFACE
RULES
WHAT
THE REST
OF
NR115
IMPOSES
ON
THAT
PROPERTY
OWNER.
>>
GREG.
>>
YOU''RE ACTUALLY
GOING
TO
WIND UP
ADDING
AT
LEAST
A
THIRD TO CONSTRUCTION COSTS IN
THIS
TYPE OF
PROJECT.
>>
I''M
GOING
TO
LET
GREG
GET
IN
THE
FINAL
WORD.
GO
AHEAD.
>>
ONE
OF THE
INTERESTING
THING
THERE
ARE
A
LOT
OF
WATERFRONT PROPERTY
OWNERS
THAT
BUILT
OVER
2010
OR 1968
AND
THEY
HAVE
BEEN
UNDER
PRETTY
SEVERE LIMITATIONS. THIS
IS
GOING
TO
ALLOW
THOSE
PEOPLE
MORE
FLEXIBILITY
TO
REMODEL THEIR
HOMES,
MAKE
IMPROVEMENTS
TO
THEIR
PROPERTY
THAT
THEY WOULDN''T
HAVE OTHERWISE BEEN ALLOWED TO
DO
PRIOR TO
2010. BUT
IN
EXCHANGE FOR
ALLOWING
THEM
TO
DO
THOSE
ADDITIONAL
ACTIVITIES, THEY
ARE
GOING
TO
HAVE
TO
DO
MITIGATION ON
THE
WATER QUALITY. >> ALL
RIGHT.
WE
NEED
TO
LEAVE
IT
THERE.
JAY,
ENJOY
THAT LAKE
FRONT
PROPERTY
YOU
HAVE
UP
THERE
AND
GREG, THANK
YOU.
>>
COME
UP
AND
SEE
WHAT THE
ACTUAL
PROBLEMS
WILL
BE.
WE''D BE HAPPY TO
WALK YOU
THROUGH THEM. >> THANK YOU VERY
MUCH.
THAT IS
ALL
FOR
OUR
PROGRAM
TONIGHT.
NEXT
WEEK
WISCONSIN
PUBLIC
RADIO
SHAWN
JOHNSON
WILL BE
BACK.
THANK
YOU
FOR JOINING
US. GOOD NIGHT.
♪♪
>>
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OSHKOSH.
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AND
NOW
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PROVIDED
BY
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