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r ✓t1,i� v-o -4 '0 ►/t David K. Combs c c � 7/ May 20, 1998 7454 Valley Road Verona, WI 53593 �w.�- 845-6607 To: Dane County Zoning and Natural Resources Committee RE: Summary of my comments made in opposition to CUP#1484 on May 19, 1998. I was asked to speak on behalf of those attending the May 19, 1998 Dane County Zoning and Natural Resources Committee meeting who oppose the gravel pit on the Curt and Deb Herfel property in the Town of Verona. The points I tried to make before the committee are summarized below. I. A gravel pit may be an approved use for land zoned A-1,but that does not mean that it is an appropriate use. A. This pit would be located within 200 feet of residential housing. Some of these citizens have been living here for nearly forty years. This is not an issue of urban development encroaching on an established gravel pit and the residents complaining about conditions that existed before they moved in. B. Establishment of this pit will negatively impact citizens of the Town, especially those living in the Manhattan Drive area. • There is no satisfactory solution to the noise, dust and traffic problems that will be imposed on the residents by this proposed pit. • This pit will decrease property values in the area. • Wells, septic systems and drainage of adjacent properties could be adversely affected by this operation. Payne and Dolan's offer to post a $5,000 bond against property damage is an admission on their part that this operation may negatively impact the neighboring properties. The bond could also be viewed as an attempt by Payne and Dolan to limit their liability and exposure to citizen litigation if problems bt• ome evident once the begins operations. C. There are also serious concerns about how this pit will impact land use planning by the Town. It is widely known that Payne and Dolan,Hammersly Stone and Wingra Sand and Gravel entered into a joint venture to prospect for gravel in this valley and that several farmers have been approached about leasing land for gravel extraction. D. The Town has been hurt before by this type of piecemeal `development' . You only have to go immediately north (the Nine Mound Road area)and east (the former Dane County landfill)of Verona of observe how the Town and the city of Verona has been negatively impacted by this type of development in the past. I propose that the City of Verona should consider changing its nickname from"Hometown USA" to "Holetown USA" if mining is approved for this southern entrance into the city.