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SPONEM CONSULTING Professional Bigiieer 5614Wood lenTF.,Marion,W1 53716 MS2214556 July 28, 1998 Dane County Department of Planning and Development Zoning Natural Resource committee City County Bulking,Room 116 Madison,WI 53709 Owner: Bradt Farms, Inc. Location:NW 1h,NE 1/4,Section 17,SW 1/4,SE'/,,Section 8.Town of Cottage Grove District A-1 EX Property Address 4226 Vitas Rd. Zoning Petition#7270 Response to our meeting on July 14, 1998 and phone conservation's after the meeting with canvr>titee members of the Zoning Natural Resource board. A letter was given to the committee members on June 23, 1998 at the public hearing,which addressed the concerns of Dane County Department of Planning and Development staff report#7270 and the Dane County Regional Planning concerns. If you could please review that letter once again and we will try to address the concerns that arose from the July 14, 1998 workshop meeting. This petition was delayed so that we would have the time to address the comments and concerns of the committee and we appreciate that opportunity to provide additional information and background,we have prepared the ng supplement response. Bradt Farms Inc.is looking to expand its golf course business;this is not a new golf course as stated in the staff report The sane people running the existing course will be running the expansion. The course need is to handle the overflow of the exiting course,which currently rently has to turn people away. On January 13, 1998 Bradt Farms Inc.was given a STOP WORK ORDER from Dane County Zoning. This letter was given after Bradt Farms Inc.went to the Dane County Zoning to find out what permits they needed to construct the expansion. Bradt Farms did start work before they received proper permits, but they demonstrated enviromi rental concern by placing silt fence and seeding and mulching areas that drain to the drainage ditches. SOILS The staff report states that"nearly all of the golf course site is on prime agricultural soils." This is an inaccurate statement Class I Prime Agricultural soils(Dresden, Kegonsa, Plano)make up 27% (20 acres)of the 73 acre golf course site. Further,the course will only physically impact 6.3 acres of the 20 acres of prime agricultural soils. (see soils map 4A and site plan layout 4B). The remaining areas of prime agricultural soils are steep(ranging from 2%to 20%), have never been famed(are forested),or have not been farmed in recent past (are in permanent grass cover). We propose to maintain these steep slopes in grass and forest cover to reduce surface water runoff and soil erosion from the site. The majority of the golf course site, areas within the limits of grading, and areas of golf play are on