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AUGUST 9 , 1991 MEMBERS OF THE ZONING AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE DANE COUNTY CHEROKEE PARK, INC . ( CPI ) REQUEST THE ZONING & NATURAL RESOURCE COMMITTEE TO PERMIT CPI TO REMOVE LAND (APPROXIMATELY 1/2 - 2 ACRES ) FROM THE WETLAND ZONING TO PERMIT THE ORDERLY DEVELOPMENT OF OUR 5TH ADDITION LANDS . THE EXACT SIZE OF THE PARCEL TO BE REMOVED FROM WETLAND ZONING CANNOT BE DETERMINED AT THIS TIME . OUR CORPORATION HAS BEEN UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT NONE OF THIS LAND WAS IN THE WETLANDS SINCE WE 'VE BEEN GROWING CORN IN THIS AREA FOR YEARS . THERE PRESENTLY IS A SMALL POND OF WATER THAT EXITSTS IN THE AREA (EAST OF THE NEWLY CONSTRUCTED PRELIMNARY ROAD ) BUT THIS IS MERELY RUN OFF WATER FROM SURROUNDING LAND THAT IS BLOCKED UNTIL WE CAN PUT IN THE PROPER DRAINAGE UNDER THE ROAD . DANE COUNTY WETLAND MAPS DID NOT SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFY THIS AREA AS A WETLAND . IN LATE 1990 I ASKED DNR OFFICIALS TO ADVISE ME IF AND WHERE ANY WETLANDS EXISTED . I WAS ADVISED BY DNR (CLARK AMUNDSEN ) THAT THIS WAS A MATTER FOR THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS AND THAT DNR WAS NOT INVOLVED IN THIS MATTER . I TALKED TO THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS REPRESENTATIVE , DALE PFEIFFLE - ( SEE LETTER DATED 12/29/90-CORPS OF ENGINEERS ) AND I WAS ADVISED THAT THE ROAD WAS PERMISSABLE UNDER THE EXEMPTION CLAUSE . I BELIEVE HR . BILL FLECK, DANE COUNTY ZONING ADMINISTRATOR, THEN REQUESTED A STUDY OF THE AREA BY DNR WHICH NOW HAS BEEN COMPLETED AND SOME OF THE AREA WAS THEN DESIGNATED AS A WETLAND . I HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO OBTAIN A MAP FROM DNR IDENTIFYING EXACTLY WHERE THE WETLANDS START . AT THIS TIME IT 'S MY BELIEF THAT ONLY A SMALL PORTION OF OUR LAND, THAT WE WOULD BE DEVELOPING, COULD BE INVOLVED IN THE WETLAND . I ESTIMATE THIS TO BE ABOUT 1/2 ACRE TO 2 . 0 ACRES .