100 North Appleton Street  
Appleton, WI 54911-4799  
www.appletonwi.gov  
City of Appleton  
Meeting Minutes - Final  
City Plan Commission  
Wednesday, January 14, 2026  
3:30 PM  
Council Chambers, 6th Floor  
Call meeting to order  
1.  
Meeting called to order by Vice Chair Fenton at 3:33 p.m.  
Pledge of Allegiance  
2.  
3.  
Roll call of membership  
Present:  
6 - Palm, Robins, Uitenbroek, Neuberger, Fenton and Carpenter  
1 - Mayor Woodford  
Excused:  
Others present:  
Alderperson Martyn Smith, District #4  
Greg Hall, 1000 S. West Avenue  
Anne Schoenwalder, Park Place Holdings LLC  
Joel Van Bommel, 4 South Meadows Drive  
Tom Deason, 87 Estherbrook Court  
Lola Deason, 87 Estherbrook Court  
Chris Clarke, 711 E. Boldt Way  
Approval of minutes from previous meeting  
25-1533  
4.  
City Plan Minutes from 12-10-25  
Attachments:  
City Plan Minutes 12-10-25.pdf  
Neuberger moved, seconded by Robins, that the Minutes be approved. Roll  
Call. Motion carried by the following vote:  
6 - Palm, Robins, Uitenbroek, Neuberger, Fenton and Carpenter  
1 - Mayor Woodford  
Aye:  
Excused:  
Public Hearing/Appearances  
5.  
25-1534  
Major Amendment to Planned Development Overlay Commercial Office  
District (PD/C-O #8-01) for 1025 E. South River Street (Tax Id  
#31-4-0809-00) and 1101, 1107 and 1111 E. South River Street (Tax Id  
#31-4-0806-00), including to the centerline of existing adjacent streets,  
as shown on the attached maps, replacing the current Implementation  
Plan Document #1419869 with the attached new Implementation Plan  
Document (development regulations) subject to recording with the  
Outagamie County Register of Deeds (Associated with Action Item  
#25-1535)  
Attachments:  
PublicHearingClass2NoticeNewspaper_ESouthRiverSt_PDAmend8-01  
.pdf  
PublicHearingNoticeNeighborhood_ESouthRiverSt_PDAmend8-01.pdf  
This public hearing was held and the following person spoke:  
Greg Hall, 1000 S. West Avenue  
This public hearing was held, and 1 person spoke on the item.  
Action Items  
6.  
25-1535  
Request to approve Major Amendment to Planned Development Overlay  
Commercial Office District (PD/C-O #8-01) for 1025 E. South River  
Street (Tax Id #31-4-0809-00) and 1101, 1107 and 1111 E. South River  
Street (Tax Id #31-4-0806-00), including to the centerline of existing  
adjacent streets, as shown on the attached maps, replacing the current  
Implementation Plan Document #1419869 with the attached new  
Implementation Plan Document (development regulations) subject to  
recording with the Outagamie County Register of Deeds  
Attachments:  
Final_StaffReport_E. South River St_PDAmendment_8-01_for  
01_14_26.pdf  
Uitenbroek moved, seconded by Robins, that the Major Amendment to Planned  
Development Overlay Commercial Office District (PD/C-O #8-01) be  
recommended for approval. Roll Call. Motion carried by the following vote:  
5 - Robins, Uitenbroek, Neuberger, Fenton and Carpenter  
Aye:  
Excused:  
1 - Mayor Woodford  
1 - Palm  
Abstained:  
25-1536  
Request to approve the 5730 N. Ballard Road Annexation consisting of  
approximately 1.69 acres, currently in the Town of Grand Chute, as shown  
on the attached maps, subject to the stipulation in the attached staff  
memo  
Attachments:  
StaffMemo_5730 N Ballard Road_Annexation_For1-14-26.pdf  
Palm moved, seconded by Robins, that the 5730 N. Ballard Road Annexation  
be recommended for approval. Roll Call. Motion carried by the following vote:  
6 - Palm, Robins, Uitenbroek, Neuberger, Fenton and Carpenter  
Aye:  
1 - Mayor Woodford  
Excused:  
25-1537  
Request to approve the street discontinuance to vacate a portion of  
Canal Street public right-of-way, the southern half of Canal Street located  
120 feet west of S. Lawe Street, and adopt the Initial Resolution and  
exhibit map  
Attachments:  
StaffMemo_Canal Street_StVacation_For1-14-26.pdf  
Neuberger moved, seconded by Palm, that the street discontinuance to vacate  
a portion of Canal Street public right-of-way be recommended for approval.  
Roll Call. Motion carried by the following vote:  
6 - Palm, Robins, Uitenbroek, Neuberger, Fenton and Carpenter  
1 - Mayor Woodford  
Aye:  
Excused:  
Information Items  
7.  
Adjournment  
8.  
Palm moved, seconded by Robins, that the meeting be adjourned at 3:57 p.m.  
Roll Call. Motion carried by the following vote:  
6 - Palm, Robins, Uitenbroek, Neuberger, Fenton and Carpenter  
1 - Mayor Woodford  
Aye:  
Excused: