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to turn the offer down, as it entailed 20 four acre lots. Had that been one of the retired farmers in the area, we would be looking forward to more customers for the golf course! As well as, more twice dailycommuters to Madison. We weighed the option very carefully of simply selling the properties for development and moving elsewhere. The site is stunning. The possibility of generating in excess of $600,000.00 was very tempting. The long term ties developed by our extended family with the Nei Glarus community were the factor that made the decision, as well as the possibility of passing on this place to the next generation in a condition in which it could be given and received proudly because of the careful stewardship exercised on it. I cannot fathom the connection between "loss of rural character" and golf course use of the type we have proposed. Our narrative clearly describes the desire to maintain the farm stead and barn as local points, to use the portions of the property not committed to fairways as hobby farrh, and to commit to the development over time of prairie restoration, and managed green space. Mr. Jennrich would like to be able to work with some of his antique horse equipment to accomplish some of this. Time will tell if his health will permit it. FranOy, the only way you get more rural character than this is by spreading manure in the parking lot so golfers can take some of the atmosphere home with them. Finally, to the issue of conflicts with ongoing farms because of traffic. Because of the shift from dairy to grain on Argue Rd., the agricultural traffic patterns using roadways have shifted dramatically. 1 There are no daily runs of milk trucks, or regular runs fo feed trucks. There is no road way crossing by large herds of dairy cows morning and night, as there was twenty years ago when we first arrived in New Glarus. Utilization of the roadways,, for movement of farm machinery peaks in the planting season in the early spring and again in October. Most of the large farm operations maintain contiguous properties to some extent, minimizing road movement of machines. The vast majority of current travel on Argue Rd. is by passenger vehicle. There is very little chance that a large confinement type animal operation could be developed in the Argue Rd. valley. Ward Creek begins approximately a half mile to the south of the Jennrich driveway. Since it nearly bisects the valley, manure lagoons would be very difficult to site. In ad ition, the residences already in place along Argue Rd. would make it difficult, if not im ssible to abide by the 1000 foot setback rule for such large animal confinement facili ies. I would again point out the Edelweiss course as an example. It is almost exact y analogous to our proposed course in terms of location. There have no use conflicts noted, in spite of the fact that adjacent areas are actively farmed and that active dairy farms front on roads routinely used to reach the course. Paragraph VIII. What constitutes construction? Will we be required to file special permits to till the soil and plant seed? Is a similar requirement made of farmers? Would that preclude our bility to farm on the "waste ground" portions of the course in Dane Co. if desirable to d so? Paragraph IX. The lands to be converted to a different form of development by the authorization of this petition have not been actively farmed for a minimum of ten