City of Delafield - Delafield Mayor Ed McAleer will present to the Common Council Monday night a revised version of his proposal to impose a moratorium on future development in downtown Delafield until a downtown land use plan is completed and approved.

Instead, McAleer is going to recommended the moratorium be restricted to development in a 30 acre neighborhood located east and south of City Hall until the city determines whether it wants to develop a road network that will connect the neighborhood to Genesee Street and remaining downtown business districts.

McAleer said that Acting City Administrator Marilyn Czubkowski and developer Bob Lang convinced him to revise his proposal.

McAleer said he wanted a moratorium on all of the downtown business district until the city had an opportunity to complete a storm water control plan. However, the city has already completed such a plan, Czubkowski has informed the mayor.

McAleer said he also understood Lang's concerns that the word "moratorium" had a negative connotation that could affect Lang's and other downtown land owners ability to sell or develop their properties.

McAleer said since the storm water plan had been completed and the only land remaining in the city that might be redeveloped is the 30 acres behind City Hall, a moratorium on development throughout the business district may not be necessary.

Lang may still be impacted by the moratorium since he owns about 14 of the 30- acres behind city hall that will be subject to a moratorium, if approved by the Common Council, until the city decides on whether to plan a street network in the neighborhood.

City of Delafield - City officials are apparently going to explore the feasibility of providing a new street access connection from Genesee Street east to about 30 acres of undeveloped land located behind City Hall.

Developer Bob Lang received tenative, preliminary approval Wednesday night from the Plan Commission to change language in a land easement to permit vehicle access to Genesee Street along an alley he owns that is south of the Fire Station.

Rob Gerbitz, chief operating officer for Lang, told the Plan Commission that Lang is negotiating the sale of land he owns near city hall.

Gerbitz said improved access to Genesee Street may be necessary in order to complete negotiations on a three acre parcel south and east of City hall.

Changing the language in the easement would allow South Oneida Street to  be extended north and west to connect with Genesee Street, according to Gerbitz.

Mayor Ed McAleer and Alderwoman Beth Leonard, both members of the Plan Commission, said final approval of the easement will be contigent upon a review by the Public Works Committee.

McAleer and Leonard said they want the city to conduct a comprehensive review of whether to provide an additional street connection from Genesee Street to the land behind city hall.

Lang and former Mayor Jim Behrend own the largest shares of the 30 acres that city officials have said could be available for retail and residential development.

Lang has three seperate parcels totaling about 14 acres all of which he plans to sell, according to Gerbitz.