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• <br /> I might add that the Oak Bridge Luxury Condominiums <br /> project was built right next to the current Town of <br /> Middleton Hall/Ball Park Complex. The ball park <br /> facility is lighted, the town hall is old and <br /> unattractive and yet these facilities have had no <br /> detrimental effect on the sale or resale in this <br /> project. I might add, Oakbridge is one of the more <br /> successful condominium projects in Madison. <br /> Positive examples of the impact of recreational <br /> facilities on adjoining properties and their lack of <br /> influence on agricultural uses are as numerous as <br /> plats existing in Dane County, however; I will only <br /> cite three recent and clear examples: <br /> a) The 1987 Primary Parade of Homes site selected <br /> by the Madison Area Builders Association was on <br /> Schumann Drive in Seminole Forest. The lots on <br /> the north side of Schumann Drive all adjoined a <br /> public Recreational park with soccer fields, <br /> • Ball Diamond, tot lot, etc, plus there was an <br /> adjoining private pool and lighted tennis club <br /> complex. Not only did the developer price the <br /> lots adjoining these facilities higher than <br /> those across the street adjoining vacant farm <br /> land, but when the builder' s selection of lots <br /> for their Parade Houses took place, these were <br /> the first lots chosen by the builders with the <br /> most seniority. These were the lots with the <br /> most expensive houses built on them and these <br /> are the properties that are experiencing the <br /> highest and fastest resale today. The land <br /> immediately behind the properties on the south <br /> side of Schumann Drive is still agricultural <br /> land used for farming. Neither the recreational <br /> facilities nor the residential properties seem <br /> to have affected its use in any way and, as a <br /> matter of fact, when I was near there last week, <br /> the land seemed to be growing a pretty good crop <br /> of alfalfa despite the playfields and the <br /> drought. <br /> b) When the Noll Valley Plat came for approval by <br /> the Town of Middleton, the Town Parks Committee <br /> petitioned the developers to preserve certain <br /> lands for a public park and to provide certain <br /> easements for an Ice Age Trail. Interestingly <br /> enough, when the development was approved and <br /> marketing began, these facilities became key <br /> promotional factors for the development. The <br /> lots adjoining these facilities carried premium <br /> prices compared to comparable non-adjoining <br /> properties. I have yet to see any impact either <br /> way on the surrounding agricultural land. <br /> 3 <br />