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• • Jam° CJnunfg of Bang /�o t"$� Erpartmrut of Public illifirks ‘V. , f -'° ttilisnu, isrunsin 53709 KENNETH J.KOSCIK,P.E.,Director City-County Building,Room 519 210 Martin Luther King,Jr. Boulevard 608/266-4592 608/266-4018 January 3, 1989 T0: Dane County Zoning Town of Cottage Grove Board Town of Cottage Grove Planning Commission RE: Conditional Use Permit for Clay Soil Extraction Gentlemen: We wish to make application for the following parcel located in the Town of Cottage Grove, Section 33, T7N, R11E: Part of the SA NEQ beginning at Southeast Corner then Northwesterly along the centerline of USH12 775.5 feet, then Southwesterly to point on South Line 973.5 feet West of Southeast Corner, then East 973.5 feet to Point of Origin; and the North i of the NWa SE4. Dane County Public Works proposes to remove clay soils from property owned by Steven and Colette Link for use at Dane County Landfill Site No. 2 (Rodefeld) . Preliminary soil tests indicate that clay soils meeting DNR specifications exist over approximately 18 acres of this parcel (see attached map) . Test pits dug on this parcel in June 1988 had clay thickness of 5 and 8 feet. Dane County proposes to remove the clay soils from this parcel during 1989. Approximately 75,000 cubic yards will be needed. Clay extraction will begin in the Spring of 1989. Scrapers will be used to remove and stockpile the overlying topsoil. Depending on clay thickness, it will either be excavated with scrapers, stockpiled, and then loaded into trucks for transport to the landfill site (see attached map) ; or, it will be excavated using a loader. Once the clay has been excavated, the borrow area will be regraded to match original topography and drainage patterns. Sandy loam subsoil materials will be backhauled from the landfill to replace the excavated material. The topsoil will then be replaced and land restored for future agricultural use. It is proposed that the land be kept in alfalfa and/or grasses for an initial 5-year period to allow soil structure to become re-established. After this initial period, the reintroduction of a more intense land use such as row-crop agriculture may be allowed based on soil test results and committee approval. Access to the site will be directly to USH 12-18 via an existing farm access point. The trucks will then travel northwesterly on USH 12-18 for approximately three miles to the landfill site (see attached map) . The majority of the adjacent land is also agricultural with several single family homes nearby.