Town of Bell
Harbor Commission Meeting
Monday, November 17, 2020

The meeting was called to order at 6:33 p.m.. The meeting was held on Zoom. Members present were Chuck Perry, Jesse Kaseno, Pauline Colamatteo, Jessica Resac, Mark Halvorson, Will Tillmans, David Tillmans and MaryBeth Tillmans. Roger Lindgren, Town of Bell Chairman was also present on Zoom.

Minutes – A motion was made by P. Colamatteo to approve the minutes of the last meeting and D. Tillmans 2nd the motion. Unanimous decision. Approved.

Conflict of interest – None

Public Comments – None

Public Hearing – None

Reports:
– Harbor Dredging Committee – There is no news from the Army Corp. of Engineers (ACOE) on the President’s budget. The ACOE Cornucopia Harbor Fact Sheet needs more on the economic impact to the town included on it. D. Tillmans and P. Colamatteo will work together to gather this information from the town’s businesses.
– Shop Grade Issues Committee – C. Perry has all the permits completed. He will get the permits to R. Lindgren. A $175.00 check needs to be submitted with the permits. This will be a spring project.
– Green Shed Committee – Steve Denker has retired. He has offered to look the building over to see if the repairs necessary are cost effective. He wants to volunteer to help.

Old Business:
– Harbor map/jurisdiction- This is being worked on to improve it.
– Shop Leases/Halvorson Lease/Comes About Lease – D. Tillmans made a motion to extend the current shop leases that are due for one year and for the past fee of $810.00. P. Colamatteo 2nd the motion. Unanimous decision. Discussion was held about the Halvorson land lease and boat dockage lease. The land around the building is used for boat launch, boat retrieval and boat storage. The Halvorsons would have exclusive use of the area except for the boardwalks along the slip and to the breakwall. An easement would be necessary to the town for dredging, repairs to the harbor and breakwall, and any other activity (ex: access for fireworks setup) granted permission by the town board. The ACOE already has an easement. The leased area could only be used exclusively for Halvorson owned boats or equipment. The town’s attorney will need to write up the lease. D. Tillmans made a motion to set the land lease at $.10 a square foot for 9600 square feet, totaling $960.00 for a one year period. P. Colamatteo 2nd the motion. Unanimous decision. Approved. The Halvorson dockage lease is for 250’. It is for a full year of dockage, summer and winter. J. Kaseno made a motion to set the dockage lease fee to $25.00 a foot for 250’ of dockage, totaling $6250.00 per year for a two year period. P. Colamatteo 2nd the motion. Unanimous decision. Approved. C. Perry will write up the lease and send it to the town board for approval.
– Ten Year Plan – No update
– Breakwater Access – No report
– Boardwalk leveling – No report
– Marina Handyman part time as need employee/contractor – This has been postponed, until C. Perry is able to do interviews.

New Business:
– Financial Reports – Reports were reviewed by M. Tillmans
– BIG and RBF grant update – R. Lindgren gave a report. A DNR funding meeting was held today. The BIG grant is federal money and provides for transient dockage. The RBF is state money and provides for erosion control and dredging. The BIG grant is for 150’ on the east side of the river, north of the bridge. The RBF grant is for 50 feet north of the end of the 150’ of the BIG grant. The DNR reviewed the RBF grant and approved it. The BIG grant is being sent to the Federal Fish & Wildlife for approval. The RBF grant is for $117,000.00 and the BIG is for 200,000.00. They are matching grants. The project would be fully funded by them.

Communications – None

The next meeting date was set for Monday, January 4, 2021 at 7:00 p.m.

At 7:50 p.m., P. Colamatteo made a motion to adjourn and J. Resac 2nd the motion. Approved.

Respectfully submitted,

MaryBeth Tillmans – Secretary