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Comments in regards to Regional Planning, Mr. Thomas L. Smiley Petition 7160, Gary and RoseAnn Achenbach farm. Submitted by: Kendall Kahl 1. The Town Planning Commission was at each site. The land slopes all 4 directions and is certainly not good productive ag. As mentioned, the entire planning commission and town board have been on this property. 2. Mr. Smiley's comment of nearly 100 acres along Far View is over stated. The entire original parcel was 80 acres years ago when added to the original Danz Farm. The 16 acres next to Steve and Vicki Danz (CSM 740) located in the Northeast corner of the map will not be built on for housing. The Danz's are —are planning to build on lot 4 some day. This is a rocky knoll of 16 acres. Lot 3 slopes down to the south rapidly . Lot 2 is on a higher rocky ridge area. Lot 1 also slopes off to the south. The town board agrees with Mr. Smiley that this land is not the best for farming. The southwestern parcel with the creek and wetland is also misleading. This land has been tiled twice. 60 to 70 years ago and then again around 1982. All that is needed is a culvert and proper road base which is covered under the town's driveway ordinance. 3. Mr. Smiley comments about the minimum lot size should be 2 to 10 acres. I don't believe the 16 acres is a problem when the plan says 2 acres or more. 4. Mr. Smiley talks about subdivisions. This was discussed with the Town Planning Commission prior to making this request. This clearly is not a subdivision. First, the parcels are over 16 acres, therefore are not included in subdivision criteria of 15 acres or less. Second, there are only 4 building parcels that are adjacent to each other. Currently it is when there are 5 or more parcels of 15 acres or less together that constitute a subdivision. There are several acres between the Far View land and the 2 on Spring Valley Rd. 5. Mr. Smiley does not seem to be consistent here. The request for this rezone is no different than the one that was approved for Harald and Sue Weber this year in the Town of Berry which was approved by the Town Plan Commission, Town Board, Dane County Zoning and Mr. Smiley. Mr. Smiley's comments were : Pending further comments at the public hearing, this petition appears reasonably consistent with adopted plan policies. The Weber parcels were rezoned from Al to 2 separate A2 parcels of 16 and 18 acres. This land too was hay field, on a ridge and sloped the same as the Achenbach property. ( Copy of Mr.Smiley's comments are attached.) 6. It has always been my policy to work with our planning commission and town board from the start as we have with this plan. Mr. Van Deurzen, I believe has even made comment at local level town meetings that it is preferred to have plans done ahead so local and county staff can plan accordingly with the development process. I feel this is much better than coming in one parcel at a time, not to mention the savings of time and money for the applicants. 7. The only difference I feel here is a strike at the Town of Berry through the Achenbach's because the town voted against the vision 2020. I think if Mr. Smiley is unhappy with the town's handling of the town plan he should be working with them, not penalizing the Achenbachs.