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• <br /> • <br /> TOWN OF COTTAGE GROVE PLANNING COMMITTEE Mar. 13, 4985 <br /> • <br /> Members present: B. Gust, M. Kindschi , J. Peterson, D. Ubbelohde <br /> K:"'Wi l as, _K6 fmacher; O. 8Waar' _. <br /> • <br /> Also present: L.S. Kettinger, T. Nienstedt, Henry Fredenberg, <br /> • Tom Smiley (RPC) , Steve Reynolds (County Zoning) , <br /> 1 Prof. Art Peterson (UW Soils Dept) , • <br /> I • Patrice Christianson (County Environmental Health) , , <br /> Kevin Connors (County Ag Committee) , ' <br /> Dennis Kugle & John Edwards (DNR) <br /> 1. Minutes of 02-19-85 meeting were read and approved with one change. <br /> In point #4, the name Mrs. Thomas Williams should have been Mrs. <br /> Thomas Russell . <br /> 2. .Discussion of Henry Fredenberg rezone petition. Points of interest <br /> are as follows: <br />• <br /> Per Henry Fredenberg: _ <br /> * Started business in 1978. • <br /> * New silage brought in from Aug. 1 to about Sept. 15. <br /> * Stores about 8,000 tons of silage. <br /> ' <br /> Per Steve Reynolds: <br /> * County would like to see a Conditional Use permit in AB zoning <br /> to cover this situation. <br /> t . <br /> Per Dennis Kugle and John Edwards: <br /> * Corn silage is considered a food by-product and not regulated <br /> • <br /> by the DNR. <br /> 40 similar operations in the state. <br /> Silage juice should be collected regularly and knifed into <br /> field soils as fertilizer <br /> *- Fredenberg' s pond is not of prober construr ion. <br /> * ,Pond should have a liner like required for liquid fertilizer <br /> ponds on a farm. <br /> * Silage creates 15/20 gallons of juice per ton, if pressed. <br /> * Odors can' t be measured, but silage juice strength can be. <br /> ' • * Jefferson County zoning ordinance with a Conditional Use <br /> permit is very strict. Would force most out of business. <br /> * Current ponds areAvalidly constructed and feel they must <br /> • be leaking. <br /> Per Art Peterson: <br /> * 13,000 gallons of juice per acre is very good fertilizer measure. <br /> * Would be very bad in a creek due .to high SOD (Biological <br /> Oxygen Demand) . <br /> * Would take only 15 acres to use the silage juice froIRECE!VED <br /> * Fredenberg' s ( 160, 000 gallons annually) . - <br /> * Regular pumping of the juice would reduce odor. MAR 2 ti 19'55 <br /> * All natural , not really harmful . <br /> * This is a very recycling system. DANE COUNIY <br /> Per Kevin Connors: ZONING <br /> * No federal aid for pond construction. <br /> •* Should develop a complete system: structural measures, operation, <br /> maintenance, 'etc. <br /> * Offered use of Waste Utilization Standards to Fredenberg. <br />