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August 4, 1993 Mr. Richard Phelps Dane County Executive aU is U I Room 421 210 Martin Luther King Blvd. i3ECEiVEu Madison, WI 53709 7Q�llNG 0111 Dear Mr. Phelps: We are writing this letter from the Frosch family in opposition of the Zoning Petition #5697 for the building of a home for Steve and Kathy Endres. The Endres' are requesting a rezone of 1.3 acres from A-1Ex to R-1A to allow for a buildable site. We hope you can help us in this unfair situation. We were at the Town of Springfield Town Board Meeting last evening,August 3 and the above zoning petition above was approved by the Board. We feel we did not get a fair chance in this case. This case was to the Planning Commission twice and was tabled both times because they could not agree on a decision. At last night's meeting the Board which consists of Dave Helt, Steve Crosby and Don Hoffman, made a decision without blinking an eye. The Board members know the father of the son who wants to build, or Don Endres, very well since Mr. Endres was on the Springfield Board for many years. When we spoke they didn't even hear us - their decision was made before we even arrived at the meeting. We feel we did not have a fair hearing and we wish to appeal the vote of the Board After the meeting, one of the Planning Commission members - Cyril Statz - walked us to our car and stated we didn't have a chance-that whatever Don Endres wants he gets-and the situation with the Board is getting worse. Mr. Statz also was recorded last night at the Board Meeting saying that he would have seconded the denial but he knew it would entail much yelling from the Endres' and he didn't want to deal with it. This is what has happened in a nutshell -- Currently the Endres'have the farm house (where the son lives), the parents built a new home and now this third home for another son. We feel their intentions are to sell this new home within a short amount of time. Our main complaint is that there was a previous site that was unanimously approved by the Planning Commission which was a non- agricultural site located by the actual farm house. We would like them to build on that site instead of right next to our home - the new site would be as close to our home as a city lot. The new site also is not a safe place to put a home since the road slops downward where they would be building their home. Also there would be three driveways within 50 feet of each other. We are sending to you all the letters we have sent for your background information along with a map of the site. The farm house, new house already built, and farm buildings are not even on this map. It seems to us that if the only two neighbors(Frosch&McSherry)who would be adjacent to this new site are opposed to it, and that another site was unanimously approved by the Planning Commission that was non-agricultural land-then how can this be approved when they are using good agricultural land right next to our home?? We just don't understand.