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RE: REQUEST FOR CHANGE OF ZONING FROM Al TO R3 IN THE TOWN OF SPRINGDALE AT 1641 LEWIS RD. MT HOREB, WI PART OF TAX PARCEL NUMBER: 27-0607-313-9320-1 WE ( JACK & ELAINE SWENSON) PURCHASED THIS EXTRA LAND ON APRIL 1, 1976 FROM FRANCIS AND PAULINE POST WHEN WE WERE A FAMILY OF 8 TO EXTEND OUR YARDAGE. OUR FOUR SONS PLANTED TREES, BUSHES AND MOWED WITH PUSH LAWN MOWER. AFTER THE THIRD SON LEFT, WE PURCHASED A RIDING MOWER AND WE ARE ON OUR SECOND MOWER NOW. ALL OUR CHILDREN ARE GROWN AND ON THEIR OWN ALTHOUGH THE LAST SON STILL COMES AND HELPS SOME. HE IS PURCHASING A HOME OF HIS OWN IN BLANCHARDVILLE SO WILL HAVE PLENTY OF HIS OWN WORK TO DO NOW. JACK STARTED HAVING HEART PROBLEMS IN 1987 WHEN HE HAD THE ANGIOPLASTY OPERATION. HE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM 8 TIMES SINCE THEN. ON JUNE 23, 1993 HE HAD EMERGENCY OPEN HEART SURGERY WITH 5 BY—PASSES. WE REQUEST TO SELL 1 ACRE OF THIS LAND SO WE WILL BE ABLE TO KEEP UP TO OUR YARD ON OUR OWN WITHOUT OUR CHILDRENS HELP. JACK HAS BEEN UNABLE TO USE THE PUSH LAWNMOWER FOR TRIMMING FOR SOME YEARS. WE HAVE BEEN PAYING ALMOST $400.00 IN TAXES EACH YEAR FOR JUST AN EXTENSION OF OUR YARD. THE MONEY WE WOULD GET FOR THE LAND WOULD HELP CONSIDERABLY WITH JACK OUT OF WORK FOR SOMETIME. WE DO NOT EVEN KNOW IF HE WILL BE ABLE TO RESUME HIS PREVIOUS WORK. (A SELF—EMPLOYED PLUMBER) AS THE LAND IS LONG AND NARROW THE SPRINGDALE TOWNSHIP 50' FROM LINE FENCE REQUIREMENT WOULD NOT ACCOMMODATE A HOME. WE HAVE ALREADY HAD A POTENTIAL BUYER BUT THEY DID NOT WANT THE HASSLE OF TRYING TO GET THE RULE CHANGED. THIS LAND IS NOT AGRICULTURAL LAND, IT HAS BEEN A LAWN FOR 17 YEARS AND HAS BEEN KEPT UP AS SUCH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IN THIS MATTER. JACK AND ELAINE SWENSON r i cc 61( /-)'D / Ct,__�._a!