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Burns, Diana From: Standing, Brian Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2014 1:59 PM To: Willett, Michael Cc: Miles, Patrick;Amanda Arnold (AArnold @town.verona.wi.us); Violante, Todd; Ladell, Chris; Lane, Roger; Burns, Diana Subject: Farmland Preservation blanket rezones in the Town of Verona Attachments: Verona 2014 FPZ Rezone_Application complete.pdf Hello, Supervisor Willett: As part of the Department of Planning and Development's efforts to implement the Dane County Farmland Preservation Plan and the Town of Verona / Dane County Comprehensive Plan, I have attached a proposed rezone petition affecting a number of parcels in the Town of Verona. This petition would rezone 260 parcels from the A-1(ex) [exclusive agriculture] zoning district. This action is necessary to maintain Dane County farmers' eligibility for state Farmland Preservation tax credits, under Chapter 91, Wisconsin Statutes. All of these parcels fall within either the town's Rural Development Planning area, or within the Urban Service Area for the City of Verona or the City of Madison As a result, these landowners are ineligible for state farmland preservation income tax credits. Under recently revised state law, such parcels cannot remain in the A-1(ex) district. The state Department of Agriculture,Trade and Consumer Protection has given Dane County until 12/31/2014 to bring our zoning map into compliance with the certified Dane County Farmland Preservation Plan map. (See http://pdf.countyofdane.com/plandev/planning/news/FPP%2010%20Farmland%20Preservation%20Plan%20Map.pdf) Under s. 59.69(5), Wis. Stats., any county board supervisor may initiate a rezone petition. Please review the attached petitions, and if possible, return signed copies to me by Monday, May 12th, so we can schedule this for the ZLR July 22 public hearing The Department of Planning and Development has worked closely with the Town of Verona Plan Commission and Town Board on this project. The A-3 district proposed for most of these lots is identical to the existing A-1(ex) district, with the exception that landowners in A-3 are not eligible for state farmland preservation income tax credits. Zoning districts for other smaller parcels were selected to bring these parcels into current zoning compliance and accommodate all existing uses. I have contacted all affected landowners and have responded and answered questions from a dozen or so affected landowners. The town held a public meeting on April 24th, to which all affected landowners were invited. Approximately 25 landowners attended; I gave a presentation on the rezones and answered questions. A few landowners requested changes to proposed zoning districts, which, in consultation with the Town plan commission, we accommodated. After the meeting, no attendees or other landowners objected to the petitions as submitted. Once petitions are submitted, they will follow the normal public hearing process and landowners will receive additional notices in advance of the ZLR and town public hearings. The town plan commission has authorized the Department of Planning and Development to submit rezoning petitions as indicated in the attached application. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns, and I'll do my best to answer them. I will leave a hard copy of the attached applications in your inbox at the County Board office. If you don't think you can get signed copies to me by May 12th, I could have ZLR Chair Patrick Miles sign these at the May 13th ZLR meeting. Please let me know what you would prefer, and feel free to contact me if I can answer any questions. I'm also happy to meet with you to discuss, if you wish. Thank you for your consideration. Brian Standing Senior Planner AFSCME Local 1871 Dane County Planning & Development Room 116, City County Building Madison, WI 53703 (608) 267-4115 1