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. t • • • 0 U.S.Department Great Lakes Region 2300 East Devon Avenue of Transportation Illinois, Indiana,Michigan, Des Plaines, Illinois 60018 Minnesota, North Dakota, Federal Aviation Ohio,South Dakota, Administration Wisconsin OCT 2 9 1987 OCT _; 198/ County of Dane Zoning Department Madison, Wisconsin Dear Gentlemen: The enclosed Application for a Conditional Use Permit is to provide the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) the necessary real estate rights to relocate, operate, and maintain an Airport Surveillance Radar (ASR) serving Dane County Regional Airport, Madison, Wisconsin. The FAA operates and maintains a number of complex, electronic facilities on airport land for the purpose of providing safe and effective navigation of aircraft. This parcel, proposed for relocation of the ASR, is land purchased in large part by the federal government for airport purposes, and would be leased back to the federal government at no cost. The existing ASR was constructed within the airfield runway complex in the early 1970's. The ASR provides the FAA air traffic controllers with the information necessary to locate and track all aircraft within a forty mile radius, up to an altitude of 8,000 feet, from this airport. Within this 5,000 square mile area, the FAA controls approximately 190,000 aircraft per year. The function of this facility is to insure the safe separation and efficient routing of all aircraft in this air space. Since the ASR was constructed, the air space under control of the local FAA has increased considerably, and the current site has poor coverage because of hills in the surrounding area. The proposed location is located on a hill mass north of the existing site and will significantly improve radar reception. We anticipate construction of the radar site and access road to begin the summer of 1988, and continue into the fall, with commissioning of the radar to occur in April 1989. Land uses within 300 feet of the proposed site are as follows: Land to the north, east, west and 170 feet to the south of the FAA property lines are agricultural. The area beyond 170 feet to the south is residential.