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w. • 1 <br /> It is a fact that water run off from cultivated land is much more than from lawn <br /> or pasture, especially in the Spring and Fall when corn ground is bare, which is <br /> when we have most of our rains. If we may quote from the Soil Conservation Service <br /> Technical Release #55, Page 2-5. The figures are very interesting. It says that <br /> an impervious surface has a run off coefficient of 98, cultivated land (as Conger's <br /> is farmed) has a coefficient of 81, residence is 68, forest land without good cover <br /> is 66, pasture is 61, meadow is 58, and forest land with good cover is 55. We feel, <br /> therefore, that we would be improving the run off situation that the town is concerned <br /> about. <br /> The question of creation of impervious surface is minimal. The small private <br /> road run off as engineered by George Weir would be diverted into the existing pond <br /> owned by Mr. Kessinich. On an individual lot basis we may calculate a small addition- <br /> al drive at 1000 sq. ft. and an average home roof at 3000 sq. ft. Even if we set the <br /> total at 5000 sq. ft. that is only 12 % of the total sq. feet in eight acres which <br /> is 346,000 sq.ft. We do not feel that is significant. <br /> 11. Please note that the Co-op, adjacent to our East boundary, I would estimate has <br /> several acres now in impervious surface. <br /> 12. Being less than 35 acres, Mr. Kessinich's land is currently a non-conforming parcel. <br /> 13. Only 10-12 acres of the total in Conger's parcel is tillable. It is farmed now in a <br /> long dog leg fashion not very suitable for efficient farming. A great part of <br /> Mr. Kessinich's land in the pond area is also not suitable for farming. <br />