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COMPOSITE REPORT-Page 4 Application No. CUP 1436 concluded that, of the alternatives considered, the selected alternative had the least impact on these surrounding features. E. The applicant has indicated that all applicable state and federal permits for impacts on environmental areas have been granted. The applicant has also applied for but not in all cases received necessary County permits and approvals for such impacts. Aside from this CUP request, a listing of required County/RPC permits and approvals and their status follows: • Rezone from Wetlands: The County would have to approve the rezoning out of the wetland overlay district all wetlands proposed for filling, subject to DNR concurrence. This action is required because airport runways are not a permitted use within the wetland overlay zone. The applicant has filed a petition for such rezoning, and it has been scheduled for ZNR public hearing on July 22. • Special Exception Permit: The County Board of Adjustment would have to grant a special exception permit to allow filling and grading within 300 feet of Starkweather Creek. The BOA held a public hearing on this request in March, but held the matter in abeyance. A primary concern of BOA members was that the runway was proposed to extend through County-mapped wetlands. It is expected that the case will be brought back before the BOA at its July or August meeting. The ZNR Committee has postponed Ordinance Amendment 60, which would have exempted the applicant from receiving this approval. • Flood Zone Permit: The Zoning Division must grant flood zone permits to allow filling and grading within mapped floodplains. The basis for such approval is certification by a registered engineer that the project will not increase flood elevations. The applicant applied for and received a flood zone permit on April 17, 1997. • Erosion Control Permit: The applicant applied to the Zoning Division and Land Conservation Committee staff for approval of its erosion control plan. Land Conservation staff are in the process of reviewing this plan. • Environmental Corridor Re-delineation: Acting under its water quality planning authority, the RPC maps environmental corridors to protect key natural features such as wetlands and stream corridors. The applicant should initiate a process with the RPC to redelineate the environmental corridor on the airport property, in both the Town of Burke and City of Madison. The created wetland in northern Dane County should also be considered for inclusion in a corridor if it meets RPC's criteria. F. There are several locally adopted plans which pertain to this area. These plans and their recommendations are as follows: • Dane County Regional Airport Master Plan: The master plan included plans for airport development, noise abatement, and adjacent land use compatibility. It recommended construction of a new southwest to northeast, 6,500 foot runway. The plan recognized that such a runway would reduce noise impacts, increase safety during landing and takeoffs, and increase capacity. The plan also recommended that