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Tom Borchert 4146233431 P. 02 I Marian Lichtenwalner 6422 York Heights Road Waterloo, WI 53594 March 28, 1997 Dane County Zoning & Natural Resources Committee City-County Building Madison, WI Committee Members: As a long-time resident of the Town of York, I want to express my opposition to the application of Mark Smithback to rezone a piece of wooded property so that he can build a house. I specifically oppose the rezoning of this property because it is quite removed from the main road and will require a very long access road to reach it. That access road will have to be built on either farmland or low, marshy land. Both options are, in my opinion, undesirable and inappropriate. Approval of this request will set a bad precedent for future requests . My opposition goes beyond the development of this particular piece of property, however. When I moved to York Heights Road twenty years ago, I moved to the country. I didn't move to suburbia. Now, when I drive into Madison or Sun Prairie or even Marshall, I note with great sadness the relentless destruction of rural Dane County. Every day, precious, productive farmland is being converted to housing developments . It sometimes seems as if every stand of woods has at least one house on it. If the Town of York is at all interested in retaining its rural nature, it is time to take a stand against the willy-nilly, hodge-podge development of its farmland and woodland. Please understand that I have nothing against Mark Smithback; I don't even know him. In fact, I completely understand his desire to live on that lovely piece of property. I am simply not interested in seeing the Town of York become the next Town of Madison or Town of Sun Prairie. The line must be drawn some where, and I believe this is it. Very truly yours, Marian Lichtenwalner