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To: Dane County Zoning and Natural Resources Board <br /> From: Citizens Affected by C.U.P. #1217 <br /> Subject: Our Opposition to C.U.P. #1217 <br /> Date: January 8, 1994 <br /> CC: Carolyn Kelly <br /> As the people most affected by the proposed C.U.P. #1217 we respectfully request that <br /> you not approve this plan. We all share the same concerns to varying degrees regarding <br /> this issue. We will be happy to discuss these with you at the meeting on January 10, <br /> 1995. Our reasons are outlined below. <br /> First of all, the application for this C.U.P. appears to be incomplete. Dane County <br /> Ordinance 10.191 section 2 clearly states that, "The application for the conditional use <br /> permit necessary to conduct a mineral extraction operation shall include a written <br /> description of the proposed operation including a time schedule of development and <br /> termination, a site plan and a topographic reclamation plan." Upon inspection of the <br /> application, the time schedule, site plan, and topographic reclamation plan are missing <br /> or incomplete. <br /> We are very concerned about the proposed time schedule. If this operation was only <br /> going to run for another year we could certainly live with that, but all we know is that <br /> a 15 year permit has been requested. How long will it operate? How long will the <br /> reclamation phase take? <br /> We are also quite concerned with the site plan. How big is the quarry operation going <br /> to be? Currently, the application shows a shaded area from fence line to fence line. Is <br /> this the area that will be quarried? <br /> Lastly, we are extremely concerned about the reclamation plan. What is the site going <br /> to look like when it is reclaimed? What will the grades be? What will it be planted to? <br /> How will it be filled in, and with what? <br /> Given that the application is incomplete, we request that you do not take any action on <br /> this until it is completed. <br /> Even if we had the information that is missing from the application, we still have <br /> serious reservations. Since we all live close to the quarry site we have the following <br /> concerns: <br /> NOISE <br /> We are all affected by the noise that this operation produces. The engine noise from the <br /> equipment, the blasting, the drilling, the crushing, and the backup beepers on the <br /> trucks and other equipment add up to produce a high noise level. This noise that we <br /> have had to endure for the last summer, sometimes on a round the clock basis, has <br /> certainly effected our daily lives. <br />