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August 3, 1993 Springfield Town Board Springfield, WI 53597 Dear Board Members, 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 are sending to you the letters we have hand delivered to the Dane County Zoning Department and the Springfield Planning Commission for your background information. We were at the Planning Commission Meeting last night, August 2, and we left that meeting very confused. Mr. Don Hoffman again made a motion to approve the site and no one seconded it, so it was a dead issue. Another person made a motion to deny the request (and someone from the room shouted out - "on what grounds!"which intimidated the rest of the committee which resulted in no one seconding the denial. You could feel the fear in the town hall last night. (We hope all cases are not handled this way - that the committee members are afraid to voice their opinions.) Then the Chairman said since no decision was made that it would now go to the Town Board the next evening, August 3. Why did it go to the Board if the Planning Commission did not reach an agreement? It seems if anything, it should go back to the Planning Commission_ So far this agenda item has gone to the Planning Commission on July 12 which was then tabled; to the Dane County Zoning Committee on July 13, to the Planning Commission on August 2 at which time no decision was made and now it's to the Springfield Board on August 3. It seems that the meetings are not following the proper procedures, which apparently sometimes happens in certain cases. It just seems this agenda item gets on the next evening's agenda which gives us very little warning. We would like at least one week notice of future meetings instead of having Donny Endres put this item on the next evening agenda. Many times he doesn't even know the outcome of the meeting the evening before. As you can see from the attached letters,we have many concerns-but the main one is that we would like the Endres'to look into possible alternative sites closer to the farm. Do you realize the new site is as close to our home as a city lot would be? It does not make sense to us to have the new home built so far away from the farm house and buildings. They are asking to build on the northern most location they could get. We are concerned that the outcome will be that they will sell their home to a buyer in the near future. When we built 18 years ago,our builder told us at that time that the land surrounding our home was all A-1EX and that no one would be able to build on that land. We value the investment of our property and we feel a house so close to our lot line is a hinderance to our property value. "How would you feel if you were in the same position as us? Would you like it if someone built right next to your property?"