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• b) The potential for conflict with agricultural use. c) The need of the proposed use for a location in an agricultural area. d) The availability of alternative locations. e) Compatibility with existing or permitted use on adjacent lands. f) The productivity of lands involved. g) The location of the proposed use so as to reduce to a minimum the amount of productive agricultural lands converted. h) The need for public services created by the proposed use. i) The availability of adequate public services and the ability of affected local units of government to provide them without an unreasonable burden. j) The effect of the proposed use on water or air pollution, soil erosion and rare or irreplaceable natural resources. B. Compliance with Adopted Plans Town Land Use Plan The Town of Cottage Grove Land Use Plan (adopted 1995)applies the following general policy to quarries and mineral extraction sites throughout the township: "Place limits on the operation of quarries and mineral extraction sites and require the preparation and implementation of comprehensive remediation plans with strong enforcement provisions." Yahara Minerals' site plan shows the finished contours of the planned reclamation,but the written description offers little detail on how reclamation and remediation will take place. Enforcement provisions are not discussed in the materials provided. The site is located in an area designated for agricultural preservation by the Land Use Plan. The operation plan indicates that Yahara Materials intends to reclaim the site for agricultural use once quarrying is complete. C. Environmental Features An unnamed tributary of Little Door Creek flows from southwest to northeast across the southeast corner of the property. Little-Door Creek ultimately empties into Lake Kegonsa. This tributary is not shown of the site plan submitted with this application, so it is impossible to tell with any certainty if the quarry falls within the county's shoreland jurisdiction. If the quarry is within 300 feet of the stream, special exception permits from the board of adjustment may be required. The property has rolling terrain with relatively gentle slopes, except towards the southeast,where the land drops quickly toward the stream. Slopes in this section approach 12%. Most of the site is covered with Dodge(DnB) silt loam soil type, a deep,well drained soil classified as Class I farm soil. The balance is Whalan(WxC2) silt loam soils,a shallow well drained soil typically over dolomite bedrock. 3