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%'" FERRY BLUFF EAGLE COUNCIL July 22, 1997 James Van Deurzen Supervisor and Chair, Dane County Zoning and Natural Resources Committee Madison, Wisconsin Dear Supervisor Van Deurzen and members of the Zoning and Natural Resources Committee: The Ferry Bluff Eagle Council, Inc. (the Council) is a nonprofit [501c)3] conservation organization committed to the preservation and sound stewardship of unique eagle habitat in and near the Wisconsin River Valley in Dane, Sauk, and Columbia Counties. Since 1988, the Council has been involved in research, management, and education efforts that focus upon eagles who winter in southern Wisconsin. As most winter areas occur on private land, our activities have focused heavily upon land-use issues. In 1994, we created a land-use plan that Roxbury Township (Dane County) and West Point Township (Columbia County) incorporated into their own land-use plans. The map and accompanying report are included as attachment "a". Consistent with this eagle management plan, the Council has recently been involved in the development of a multi-faceted conservation project to protect a significant area known as "Round Top Bluff", the adjoining river bottom, and the lands in between these two important eagle habitats. All three regions are located on the property proposed to be rezoned by petition #6960 and are shown on the map included in attachment "a". The Council has worked closely with La Verne and Bonnie Reible (who are the contract purchaser and proposed developer of adjacent lands located in both Dane and Columbia counties), the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR), officials of the Roxbury Town Board, officials of West Point Town Board, and neighbors that adjoin this property. These efforts have resulted in an agreement in principle for the limited development of the subject property in a manner that we believe will protect critical eagle habitat as well as meet the needs of neighbors and town boards alike. The proposed conservation plan involves the re-zoning and division of the property by a Certified Survey Map(s) or plat to create no more that ten residential lots and two or more unbuildable outlots (attachment "b"). Of the ten lots, seven are within Dane County and three are in Columbia County. The attached map shows the two outlots (river bottom outlot outlined in orange on the left and Rount Top Bluff outlot outined in orange on the right) and the current parcels of land affected by this re-zoning. If the zoning request is approved, the parcels would be consolidated and subdivided to no more than the ten lots, as described above, subject to any applicable zoning requirements. Box 532, Sauk City, WI 53583 1(X)%recycled paper