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• <br /> it".4;A Department of.Public Works <br /> V ` • 217 South Hamilton Street - Suite 400 <br /> Madison, Wisconsin 53703 <br /> 4, �, .t_ Telephone: 608-266-4018 <br /> +toN3 <br /> �;;.. Fax: 608-267-1533 <br /> DANE COUNTY <br /> April21, 1994 <br /> SAY p 31994 <br /> urktiE Wail( <br /> TO: Town of Cottage Grove Planning Commission MO RE,G• <br /> FROM: Dane County Public Works Department <br /> • <br /> SUBJECT: Conditional Use Permit 1132 - Clay Extraction 64:e-Af-J- /n/c--- n <br /> The Town of Cottage Grove Planning Commission has delayed making a recommendation on CUP <br /> 1132 for a one month period. Dane County staff has since met twice with Kris Hampton and Phil <br /> Scherer of the Planning Commission to discuss several key issues. The chief concerns expressed by <br /> the Town and the County proposals for addressing these concerns are summarized as follows: <br /> 1. Purchase of the land by Dane County would benefit the residents of Dane County overall by <br /> providing a source of high quality clay for use at the Dane County Landfill. The Town of <br /> Cottage Grove and its residents, however, would be penalized because the land would be taken <br /> off of the Town's tax role. <br /> Dane County Public Works has proposed to make a payment in lieu of taxes to the Town of Cottage <br /> Grove for a minimum of 10 years or for as long as the County owns the property. The assessment <br /> will be allowed to increase in accordance with the average increase in assessed value of the <br /> following comparable parcels of agricultural land in the Town of Cottage Grove: <br /> - PN 0711-324-8000-6, NE 1/4 SE 1/4 SEC 32 <br /> - PN 0711-321-9500-2, SE 1/4 NE 1/4 SEC 32 <br /> - PN 0711-221-8000-0, NE 1/4 NE 1/4 SEC 22 <br /> - PN 0711-221-8500-5, NW 1/4 NE 1/4 SEC 22 <br /> 2. Removing the clay will increase the rate at which water can infiltrate into the soil, and it would <br /> thereby increase the potential for groundwater contamination. <br /> Although the rate of infiltration will increase, the water that will be moving through the soil and <br /> eventually recharging groundwater will actually be cleaner than at present if agricultural chemicals <br /> are not applied to the land. Therefore, Dane County Public Works has proposed that the land be <br /> kept in grasses and/or alfalfa for a minimum of five years after the clay is removed. After that time, <br /> a move to more intensive row-crop agriculture could be done only after soil testing and approval by <br /> the Dane County Zoning Committee. In the event that Dane County sells the property, the land use <br /> restrictions as specified in the CUP will be attached to the land as a deed restriction. <br /> ENGINEERING * SOLID WASTE * LAKES MANAGEMENT <br />