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With regards to agreements with Spahn,the contract I had with Spahn that was in affect at the time of first closing in Oct of 2007 mirrored the restrictions put on us by the town, which limited development of the farm to four phases,one phase every three years. This would have required me to close on the land making up the 2"d phase in 2010 during the heart of the recession and at which time I still had the majority of the 14 lots from the 1st phase unsold. As I was still making interest only payments to the State Bank of Cross Plains and paying 4%to Spahn on his note, I was not able to close on Phase II and Spahn agreed to cancel the contract. With regards to Lot 31,the original contract gave me the ability to acquire Lot 31 when the last lot was sold from the last phase. Had it not been for the recession, I suppose that could have been about now. I've copied Mike Lawton here, only in case he remembers something differently. I was ultimately able to reach an agreement with Spahn in 2013 and 2014 for the land that is now Phase II and Phase III and includes OL3 (pond and surrounding acreage),which was acquired as part of Phase III. I have offered to purchase the 80 acres south of Enchanted Valley Road and the complete the project but the Spahn's have indicated an unwillingness to sell, in part due to the lack of exchange land currently available. Warm regards, Joe Joseph Kuhn Soleil Development,Inc. 435 Investment Court Verona,WI 53593 Mobile:608/279-5125 Email:joet soleildevelopmentcorp.com From: Lane, Roger [mailto:lane.roger@)countyofdane.com] Sent: Monday, October 10, 2016 9:48 AM To: Joe Kuhn-soleildevelopment Cc: Widish, Shawn Subject: RE: Autumn Pond Update Dear Joe, The ZLR Committee will hold a public hearing on this proposal at their October 25th meeting. The petition will be postponed after the public hearing due to no town action per committee rules. If the Town Board denies the Conditional Use Permit in the future,the conditional use permit will be rendered automatically denied and the ZLR Committee will not act on it. If approved by the Town,the proposal will be placed on a subsequent meeting and reviewed by the ZLR Committee. I understand that Mr.Spahn was going to discontinue the farm operation per a development agreement. Did the Spahn's sign anything that acknowledges this or was it just a gentlemen's agreement? If there was an agreement that shows the farm operation terminating at some point in time,that would be useful information to provide to the ZLR Committee. Respectfully, 3