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5 <br /> When the question was asked of the Board at the 2/22/93 meeting <br /> whether the desires of the area property owners who had signed the peti- <br /> tion in opposition to rezoning residential property to commercial car- <br /> ried any weight , Supervisor Vernon Pouge responded: <br /> " A petition is relatively unimportant. I myself have <br /> signed petitions that I regretted having signed within <br /> a few days after signing" ' ' " ' <br /> Chairman Blaska was equally cavalier when he stated at the meeting <br /> of 3/8/93 that in approving petition #5557, the Board had addressed the <br /> primary concern of the opposition. He went on to state that the approval <br /> of the petition was for the benefit of the neighborhood as it resolved <br /> the expressed road safety concerns. Frankly, I was dmmb-struck.by that <br /> statement. Either the Chairman had not taken the trouble to brief him- <br /> self of the concerns of the opposition as expressed in the first Board <br /> meeting which he did not attend; had not heard the concerns expressed at <br /> the meeting of 3/8/93 ; or conviently disregarded the oppositions primary <br /> concern - - i.e . , preserving the limits of commercially zoned property <br /> as currently established. <br /> The Staff Comments of the Regional Planning Commission(RPC) as they <br /> pertain to petition #5557 was read at the 3/3/93 Board meeting and a <br /> copy of the Comments given to the Boar a. Since the Committee will be in <br /> possession of those comisnts, it is/$Ndessary to dwell on those comments <br /> which clearly outline the Town of Sun Prairie land use policy and the in- <br /> compatibility of the proposed commercial usage envisioned by petition <br /> #5557. It is, however, noteworthy to point out that the Board refrained <br /> from commenting on the Staff Comments in approving petition #5557. <br /> I sincerely regret the length of this letter , the strike-overs, <br /> typos and any misspelled words that may inadvertently appear in it. <br /> However , I felt compelled to attempt to apprise the Committee of a more <br /> complete and factual understanding of what the full ramifications of <br /> this particular rezoning petition fiasco entail. . <br /> Finally, it is my understanding that the Committee hearing and the <br /> three Board meetings have been recorded on tape and are available to <br /> the Committee for possible review. <br /> Sincerely, <br /> Erns• Conrath <br />