City Hall  
City of La Crosse, Wisconsin  
400 La Crosse Street  
La Crosse, WI 54601  
Meeting Minutes - Final  
City Plan Commission  
Monday, December 1, 2025  
4:00 PM  
Council Chambers  
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Call to Order  
The meeting was called to order at 4:00 pm.  
Roll Call  
10 -  
Present:  
James Cherf, Matt Gallager, Elaine Yager, Jennifer Trost, Jennifer Trost,  
Jacob Sciammas, James Szymalak, Shaundel Washington-Spivey, Olivia  
Stine,Aron Newberry  
Approval of Minutes  
Approval of the November 3, 2025 Meeting Minutes.  
1.  
A motion was made by Yager, seconded by Sciammas, to APPROVE these  
minutes. The motion carried by voice vote. Szymalak abstained.  
Agenda Items:  
Resolution approving the partial vacation of public right-of-way along the  
western side of the 1800 block of 13th Street South.  
25-1294  
2.  
3.  
A motion was made by Trost, seconded by Yager, that this Resolution be  
RECOMMENDED TO BE ADOPTED to the Finance & Personnel Committee. The  
motion carried by voice vote.  
AN ORDINANCE to amend Subsection 115-110 of the Code of Ordinances of  
the City of La Crosse by transferring certain property from the Single Family  
Residence District to the Residence District, allowing for a duplex and the  
construction of an accessory dwelling unit at 1931 George Street & 1126  
Livingston Street.  
25-1325  
Speaker: Elijah Faas  
A motion was made by Trost, seconded by Cherf, that this Ordinance be  
RECOMMENDED TO BE ADOPTED to the Judiciary & Administration Committee.  
The motion carried by voice vote.  
AN ORDINANCE to amend Subsection 115-110 of the Code of Ordinances of  
the City of La Crosse by transferring certain property from the Low Density  
Multiple Dwelling District to the Commercial District, allowing for 610 Hagar  
Street to be combined with the adjacent parcel of the same zoning.  
25-1326  
4.  
Speakers: James Wille, Colin Klos, Karen Doolin  
A motion was made by Cherf, seconded by Yager, that this Ordinance be  
RECOMMENDED TO BE ADOPTED to the Judiciary & Administration Committee.  
The motion carried by voice vote.  
25-0143  
5.  
Update on the zoning/subdivision code project.  
Staff provided an update. No action taken.  
Adjournment  
The meeting was adjourned at 4:30 pm.  
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decision-making responsibility.  
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City Plan Commission  
Mayor Shaundel Washington-Spivey, Elaine Yager, Jacob Sciammas, James Cherf, Jennifer  
Trost, Matt Gallager, Olivia Stine, Aron Newberry and James Szymalak.