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f, Department of Planning and Development Planning Unit City of Madison Municipal Building Madison 215 Martin Luther King,Jr. Boulevard P.O. Box 2985 Madison,Wisconsin 53701-2985 FAT November 20, 1998 608 266 4635 „I Ms. Helen Johnson, Chair s s Dane County Zoning and Natural Resources Committee `'' ") 419g rt c/o Dane County Planning and Development Department Room 116, City-County Building 210 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. io twits FOR_ Madison, WI 53709 z�,z T°'''"'"'r' -my D. Re: Conditional Use Permit#1524 for a mineral extraction site wan concrete batch plant in the Town of Blooming Grove - Dear Chairperson Johnson: The Planning Unit of the City of Madison Department of Planning and Development has reviewed the Conditional Use application for expansion of a mineral extraction operation and a new concrete batch plant at 4235 County Highway AB, in the Town of Blooming Grove. The following comments are submitted for your consideration. This proposed quarry expansion and concrete batch plant are located immediately across Buckeye Road from an existing residential subdivision in the Town of Blooming Grove, and in close proximity to the southern portions of the Richmond Hills residential development in the City of Madison. The Planning Unit has received several phone inquiries regarding this proposed expansion and batch plant from both City and township residents living in these areas. In all cases, the residents were concerned about the potential effects that dust, noise, visual impacts, and heavy truck traffic related to these operations might have on their neighborhood. Callers were encouraged to communicate their concerns to Town officials and to the Zoning and Natural Resources Committee, but we are also passing their comments to our department along to you, for your information. Because of the close proximity of residential uses, the Planning Unit considers the proposed quarry and batch plant location to be marginal, at best. Staff is concerned • by the potential negative impacts of blasting, machinery noise, and dust from operations on the enjoyment of residential properties north of Buckeye Road. Truck traffic to and from the site may also contribute to traffic hazards, as well as create a potential for dust, dirt and debris falling from or being tracked onto the highway by vehicles leaving the site. If this quarry and/or cement batching operation are approved, the Planning Unit recommends that appropriate conditions be placed upon the operations to protect surrounding properties from these undesirable impacts.