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JULY 6, 1988 Shari Bisgard, Chair Agriculture, Environment, and Land Use Committee Dane County Zoning Department Room 116 City-County Building Madison, WI 53709 Dear Ms . Bisgard : I am writing in regards to a proposed zoning change in the Lake Forest, Forest Park area of the Town of Madison. The zoning petition is specified as follows : Zoning Petits #4287 y: David Simon, agent for Jay Keepman to change zoning from the R-3A residential district to R-4 residential district . Location: East of 1505 Carver Street Section 34, NE NE Town of Madison Area : 1 . 45 A Proposed Use : construct 36 unit Apt . Bldg (containing 1 bdr . and efficienty apts . ) This petition for a zoning change will be heard by your committee on July 12, 1988 . I am asking that this petition be denied by your committee . It will establish, I believe, an unfortunate precedent for this neighborhood and subject the residences and the available municipal services to unacceptable pressures . The neighborhood in question is one of the few single family neighborhoods in the Town of Madison . It is a unique neighborhood in its location and composition. The area is only one block wide and extends for 8 blocks into the University of Wisconsin Arboretum. Thus it is bounded on the east by Fish Hatchery road and on all other sides by the Arboretum. It is an extremely low lying area that has considerable problems with a high water table . This problem has been exacerbated by considerable development along the beltline to the south by such businesses as Kayser Ford and American T.V. The removal of topsoil and the laying of large asphalt parking lots has created such a water runoff problem for the neighborhood that the University and the Town of Madison were forced to build an earth berm to the south to hold back the water runoff . The proposed apartment building is to be built on a small hill between the residential area of the neighborhood and Fish Hatchery Road. While I 've been told that the water runoff problem will be minimal, I want you to know that even a minimal change in JUL 111988 RECEIVED ZONING DIV.