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E N G I N E E R S ARCHITECTS 1 �J ' C') %% S C I E N T I S T S P L A N N E R S Providing rt 1, nsiu:and innovative<<rt'lii W,00 December 9, 1998 1991 ‘) c Mr. Steve Glass, Plan Commissiori Chairman � 11 Town of Blooming Grove 1880 s South Stoughton Road '` 1 r f I �� Madison, WI 53716 1 � .--. -- -� Subject: Conditional Use Permit Request #I524 JAN 6 1999 Concrete Mix Plant at 4235 CTH AB q • Dear Mr. Glass: D.C. PLANNING &DEVEty hitNT • ZONi dG DIVISION Mead & Hunt, Inc., has completed its review of Mr. Wade Cattell's req con 3tional use permit (CUP) for mineral extraction and to open a concrete mix plant at his property located at 4235 CTH AB. It is our understanding that at this time Mr. Cattell has withdrawn his CUP request with the intention to resubmit after revising his development plans. As part of our review of this proposal for the Town of Blooming Grove, we conducted a site survey on November 13, 1998. We examined the CUP application dated September 21, 1998, and the Phase One Environmental Site Assessment conducted by Liesch Environmental Services, Inc., dated August 1995. Site Survey On November 13, 1998, we reviewed the proposed project site to ascertain its environmental features and determine protective or mitigative measures which might be required of the owner if the proposed surface mine is developed. The owner proposes to mine the northern half of a glacial drumlin or elongated hill for its gravel, sand and cobble. The drumlin runs along the western edge of a large, drained and farmed marsh that occupies the bottom of a former glacial lake plain. The glacial drumlin is covered by a young oak-hickory forest containing a number of mature, red and white oaks that appear to have grown up under open, grazed conditions. Other common trees include black cherry, ironwood and hackberry. On the slopes and southern half of the drumlin, there is a thick growth of weedy shrubs, chiefly buckthorn and honeysuckle, which has shaded out the ground-layer vegetation and contributed to soil instability on the north end of the drumlin. This end appears to have been disturbed by the previous grading or mining activities and has two separate areas of slump-block erosion along a gully up to three feet deep draining east into the adjacent marsh and road drains. There is also a shallow pool in a clear area in the north end that is intermittently flooded and does not appear to meet jurisdictional wetland criteria. The marsh is no longer farmed and supports wetland vegetation, chiefly cattails, reed canary grass, nettles and marsh aster. The marsh was abnormally dry and apparently still contains a Mead L Hunt Inc. 6501 Watts Road Madison Wisconsin 53719-2700 608 273 6380 fax:608 273 6391 email:mailboxameadhunt.com www.meadhunt.com B33A042'B33-98A (Vice;in(,ctlilnrnia, Kan>a>, /Minnesota, Washington D.C., Wisconsin and India