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Standing, Brian From: Standing, Brian Sent: Friday, January 24, 2014 9:21 AM To: McCarville, Maureen Cc: 'Amy Anderson Schweppe'; Violante, Todd; Thurlow, Karin Peterson; Allan, Majid; Kodl, Curt; Miles, Patrick; Burns, Diana; Lane, Roger Subject: Farmland Preservation Zoning blanket rezone petition in the Town of Windsor Attachments: FPZ_Windsor_2014_Rezone_Application_Complete.pdf Hello, Supervisor McCarville As part of the Department of Planning and Development's efforts to implement the Dane County Farmland Preservation Plan and the Town of Windsor/ Dane County Comprehensive Plan, I have attached a proposed rezone petition affecting multiple parcels in the Town of Windsor. This petition would rezone 217 parcels from the A-1(ex) [exclusive agriculture] zoning district to various zoning districts. This action is necessary to maintain Town of Windsor farmers' eligibility for state Farmland Preservation tax credits, under Chapter 91, Wisconsin Statutes. These lands fall within either the Urban Service Area or the Rural Development Area for the Town of Windsor, and so are ineligible for state farmland preservation 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%20PIan%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 February 5, 2014, so we can schedule this for the ZLR March 25 public hearing. The Department of Planning and Development has worked closely with the Town of Windsor Plan Commission and the Town Board on this project. We identified proposed zoning districts intended to accommodate existing uses on the property and appropriate to the size of each lot. We have contacted all affected landowners and held one public meeting at the town. A couple of landowners attended, and we were able to resolve all of their concerns. Neither the town nor department staff have received any communications from landowners indicating that they object to the proposed petitions as revised. 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. Let me know if you'd like me to mail you a hard copy or make alternate arrangements to get these documents to you for signature. 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