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COMPOSITE REPORT- Page 3 Application No. CUP 1478 11. All trucks hauling from the CUP area shall use the truck route described as Sprecher Road north to CTH T, and shall not occur during the "winter/spring road break up as determined by Blooming Grove." 12. When the minerals have been removed, or within 12 months of expiration of the CUP, the property will be reclaimed according to "Wisconsin department of transportation standard specifications for road and bridge construction." Final grades are set forth in the "Surface Water and Erosion Control Plan, dated August 1993." E. The current request(CUP 1478) was to ZNR public hearing on February 24. In its original staff report, staff requested additional information and input from the Town and City of Madison. Those requests have now been satisfied. II. ANALYSIS A. The operator has been extracting clay from the site since 1994. The clay is used to cap landfills. Although the existing CUP is for 150 acres, clay extraction has actually occurred or is proposed on about 90 acres. This difference results partially from a prohibition on extraction within wetland areas on the property. Clay has been removed from 50 acres thusfar, with 45 acres already reclaimed for farming (see Exhibit A). During the proposed 3 year extension, the operator would intend to open up the final 40 acres in two phases. These two phases are located in the western part of the CUP area. The property is provided access to Sprecher Road via a paved service road just south of I-94. That road is a public right-of-way now within Madison's jurisdiction. B. Exhibit A is the operations plan for the property. It shows the total area where extraction has occurred and will occur and the final 40 acres in which extraction activities are expected to occur, shown in two phases as Area 3 and Area 4. It also shows that extraction activities come no closer than 500 feet from the western and southern property line of lands owned by J&H. The service road accesses the northwest edge of the property. The dark shaded areas are wetlands, which the applicant has an agreement with DNR not to negatively impact. Door Creek is located roughly 1/2 mile east of Areas 3 and 4. C. Exhibit B is the operator's reclamation plan for the property. It shows projected restoration grades. The operator indicates that actual finish grades can vary to some extent based on the amount of clay extracted. The operator also notes that restoration grades may also change somewhat based on its agreement with DNR, which states that operations/reclamation may not increase or decrease surface water flow to the wetlands, or the speed which water reaches the wetlands. D. The Town of Blooming Grove Land Use Plan identifies the majority of the subject property as within an Agricultural Preservation Area. The Plan shows the southeast corner of the subject property as a resource protection area along the Door Creek. The Dane County Parks and Open Space Plan shows this same area as part of the proposed Blooming Grove Drumlin Resource Protection Area, which extends 3+miles southwest. E. The County Conservationist has reviewed this request with regard to the County's erosion control requirements. His recommendations are included as Exhibit C.