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Lane, Roger From: Joe Kuhn-soleildevelopment <joe @soleildevelopmentcorp.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2016 12:11 PM To: Lane, Roger Cc: Widish, Shawn; Michael J. Lawton Subject: Autumn Pond - ZLR CUP Lot 31 review Attachments: 20161025112445126.pdf; Spahn, Harold-Betty List of Parcels owned (effective. 09-28-16) (A258393....pdf Dear Roger, In addition to my previous email below sent on October 10, please allow me to state the position of the Autumn Pond Home Owners Association. Please include this email and that of Oct 10 along with the attached petition signed by members of the APHOA in the packets and file that the ZLR members receive. As you know, Mr. Spahn is seeking a Conditional Use Permit(CUP)for UNLIMITED animals on the 7 acres which is Lot 31. I did in fact meet with Mr.Spahn two years ago on Lot 31 to discuss the issues that led to the complaint and I was rebuffed. In a follow-up letter year or so later in which I requested a response, I received none. It was only after contacting the county was any action taken,that being the CUP request. I do not believe we are creating a hardship for Mr. Spahn or being un-neighborly. In fact, quite the opposite is true. As the owner of Lot 31, a lot within the plat of Autumn Pond,the Spahns are our neighbors and yet they have made no attempt to maintain or provide even the provide most basic upkeep to the property, including the pasture or outbuildings. Mr.Spahn has invested the proceeds from the sale of the Autumn Pond property north of Enchanted Valley Road and acquired two farms, one in the Town of Springfield and the other in the Town of Black Earth. These are in addition to his main operation located on CTH K in the Town of Springfield. The Spahns most definitely own enough property to house and maintain these cattle elsewhere. Please see attached. As you may know,the Spahns originally agreed to allow Lot 31 and the 80 acres south of Enchanted Valley Road to develop as part the Autumn Pond neighborhood. They have since changed their minds but this does not change the fact that we have all invested in Autumn Pond based on the zoning that was approved by the town and county at the time the neighborhood was platted. The approval process itself took almost four years and at the time, I was representing the Spahn family as the developer of Autumn Pond. The Spahns signed the plat. Approving the CUP will have negative and long term ramifications for the Autumn Pond neighborhood. I respect the Spahns as famers and longtime landowners in the Town of Springfield but if there was ever a instance where the old adage"Having your cake and eating it too" applies, this would be it. I copied you and Shawn Widish on a similar email of Oct 3 requesting this correspondence be filed and provided to members of ZLR committee,which meets tonight to consider the CUP request. 1