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limited to school capacity, transportation system capacity, emergency services, (police, fire, EMS) capacity, parks and open space availability, are adequate to serve the proposed use. Response to Concerns—Although the Congregation is tax-exempt, it has offered to pay taxes on unimproved portions of the property. This will be a majority of the acreage. This offer is made in spite of the fact that no children will be added to the school district as part of the retreat; thereby not placing an added burden on school capacity. Since the bulk of property taxes are used as support for schools, we feel that the taxes which the Congregation has offered to pay will more than offset any use of the transportation system and emergency services which are the only portions of the plan which apply to this proposed conditional use. Additionally, because the significance of the retreat would be lost by having a lot of people on the property, a majority of the activities will be held for groups no larger than 25. Further, many of these participants will travel by van or car pools to the site. It is our estimate that the retreat will not significantly increase traffic in the area. Town Use Plan— 3-i). The land proposed for redesignation is suitable for development and will not result in undue water or air pollution, cause unreasonable soil erosion or have an unreasonably adverse effect on rare or irreplaceable natural areas (such as floodplains, wetlands, steep slopes, significant woodlands, etc.) Response to Concerns— Although the property contains floodplains and wetlands, the portion proposed for use does not contain floodplains, wetlands, nor steep slopes. It does contain woodlands. The proposed structures would be in the woods. Wherever possible, existing open spaces would be utilized rather than clearing any area for building. Building would be low impact and provide for the continued preservation of the existing woodlot. The only large unit proposed is a lodge which will be approximately the size of a modest home. Other proposed out buildings will be significantly smaller than those needed for farm operations. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources states that this property is not in a priority watershed area (See Appendix H). Despite this fact, the Congregation will take the following steps to address run-off and erosion concerns for the protection of surface water and ground water. The Congregation has consulted with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and, in accordance with their recommendations, will: 1) advise all contractors that we will not allow construction site erosion and require them to have a run-off erosion control plan; 2) construct buildings that are low impact in order to do preserve the natural integrity of the land. Further, concerns were raised that nearby Story Creek could be damaged by sediment. However, the creek does not run though this section of property and proposed building sites are slightly less than 1/2 mile away with no direct water flow to the creek.