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Er Asgrow Seed Company 1984 Berlin Road subsidiary of The Upjohn Company Sun Prairie, WI 53590 (608) 837-6763 Bill Fleck, Zoning Administrator Zoning Department Dane County Land Regulation and Records Room 116, City-County Building Madison, WI 53709 Dear Bill: I am filing a petition for Asgrow Seed Company to have 7 . 9 acres rezoned from A-1 to AB in the town of Windsor in Dane County. I am also filing an application for a conditional use permit for this 7 . 9 acre area. Proposed Use of the Property to Retain its A-1 Zoning. Asgrow Seed Company is attempting to purchase approximately 75 acres of land from Ed Wipperfurth in Section 15. We intend to establish an agricultural research station on this property. Most of the land will be used for field research with the objective of developing new and improved varieties of snap beans, peas, sweet corn, cabbage, carrots, and onions. The field plantings would also be used for customer field day events at which we demonstrate our new products to food processing industry representatives. It is our understanding that the farm land on which we will be doing our field research can retain its A-1 status. Proposed Use of the Property to be Rezoned A-1 to AB. On the 7 . 9 acre section we wish to have rezoned to AB we plan to build an office building, a headhouse/greenhouse complex, and a warehouse building. The office building includes an upper level for office space for about six to eight full time staff. The lower level includes a cold seed storage, seed tech room (for organizing, packaging, and labeling research seed) , and a pathology lab for growing and maintaining cultures of plant pathogens used to screen plants for disease resistance in the greenhouse or headhouse. The headhouse includes a cabbage vernalization (cold treatment room to induce flowering) , work space, and a break area and bathrooms for up to 15 to 20 temporary employees. Three greenhouses, each 30 ' X 96 ' , will be used to grow transplants and to produce inbred and hybrid seed of cabbage and carrots during the winter months. The warehouse includes a shop, seed cleaning rooms, storage for pesticides used on the farm, work area, carrot root storage, onion bulb storage, and farm equipment storage. All of the activity occurring within the 7 . 9 acre area will be research related to the development of new vegetable seed products. No commercial seed will be sold or distributed from this facility. Time Schedule for Development. It is our goal to begin construction as soon as we can following the zoning approval and closing on the property. We hope to have