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• RONALD A. JACOBSON LEOLA M. FOTI 5529 BOX ELDER ROAD MARSHALL, WI 53559 April 29,1998 '� La James Gregorius r , MAY 4 1998 Dane County Zoning Administrator `' �_____ " Room 116 D.C. PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT City-County Building ZONING DIVISION 210 Martin Luther King JR Blvd Madison, WI 53709 Dear Mr. Gregorius, This is a follow-up letter to you and the Zoning and Natural Resources Committee regarding my hearing last night on petition 7195. I think it is important for me to clarify and refute a number of the comments made by Brenda Gottschalk in opposition to this petition. It was implied that I was taking control of the Town of Medina to do as I like including changing Town policies to my way. This is far from true. Upon taking over as Chairman last year I found that the Town of Medina had minimal policies and ordinances in place. This past year I have moved to install some of these policies and am hoping to continue this process in the future. Key among these are revisions to the Town Land Use Plan which I feel should be discussed as well as the establishment of the most basic of Town Ordinances which have never been put in place. I have enclosed a copy of an article from our local paper from earlier this month. You will find highlighted that I requested that the Planning Commission be reinstated and consist of five members with not more than two being Town Board members. I feel strongly that any changes to the Land Use Plan should have extensive input from our citizens. To demonstrate this further you will see that I also recommended a referendum to approve these changes. This is the most direct way I know of to assure that the residents of the Town of Medina have a say in these changes. It is also my opinion that the Planning Commission should be charged with recommending to Town Board what Town Ordinances should be established which relate to Land Use, these I would not expect to be put on a referendum.