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Plan commission approves survey split to let Ice Age Trail Alliance buy parcel to extend trail
Summary
The Village of Cross Plains Plan Commission approved a certified survey map to divide a property owned by a Town of Berry resident so the Ice Age Trail Alliance can purchase a parcel and connect it to nearby preserves, removing a roughly 0.7‑mile trail gap.
The Village of Cross Plains Plan Commission on Sept. 2 approved a certified survey map (CSM) that will divide a property owned by John Brooks so the Ice Age Trail Alliance can purchase one of the resulting parcels and construct a trail connection. The commission voted in favor after hearing from an alliance representative.
The CSM divides two parcels that together include the Brooks house lot and an adjacent parcel. John Brooks, described in the meeting as a Town of Berry resident, will retain one parcel and sell the other — described in the meeting as 33.64 acres — to the Ice Age Trail Alliance. A speaker for the alliance, Claire Pukin, said the purchase would connect existing preserves and remove a current road gap in the trail system.
The map and sale were described at the meeting as falling into the village's extraterritorial jurisdiction; the plan commission recorded that the split already had approval from the Town of Berry. Claire Pukin, representing the Ice Age Trail Alliance, told the commission, “Yep. So across the street, we own Swamp Lovers Preserve, the 433 acre. It will connect to that. So the plan would be to construct the trail through Lot 1, and it actually then connects to the village property there. So that next to Anderson Preserve, and it would remove the 0.7 mile roadblock building somewhere between 3 quarters of a mile and a mile of 2 trail.”
A commission member moved to approve the non-certified CSM for sections 33 and 34; the motion received a second and carried. The commission did not take any separate land‑use conditions on the sale during the meeting.
The action will allow the Ice Age Trail Alliance to proceed with planning for a trail through the newly created lot. The commission approved the minutes for its Aug. 4 meeting earlier in the same session and then moved on to other business.
No statutes, ordinances, or other legal authorities were cited on the record during this agenda item. The public‑comment period earlier in the meeting produced no substantive remarks about the CSM.
