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. a JUNE 27, 1988 `-- DEAR MR. DAHLK, MY NAME IS KAREN WOMACK AND I AM A WINDSOR TOWN BOARD SUPERVISOR. I AM WRITING IN REGARD TO A PUBLIC HEARING BY CURT ROEMING FOR AN AMUSEMENT PARK, MOVIE THEATRE AND RES. FOR CARETAKER, THAT WAS HELD BEFORE THE AGRICULTURE, ENVIORNMENT AND LAND RECORDS COMMITTE ON JUNE 14, 1988. I UNDERSTAND THAT ON JUNE 28, 1988 YOUR COMMITTEE WILL BE HOLDING A WORK MEETING TO DISCUSS THIS AND OTHER TOPICS. I WOULD LIKE TO URGE YOU NOT TO TAKE ACTION ON THIS PETITION AT THAT MEETING. THIS PARTICULAR PETITION HAS SEVERAL PROBLEMS. THESE PROBLEMS INVOLVE THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT ITSELF AS WELL AS THE METHOD THAT IS APPARENTLY BEING USED TO SECURE IT. PERHAPS A BRIEF BACKGROUND ON THE ISSUE MIGHT HELP CLARIFY THE ISSUE. IN ADDITON TO SERVING ON OUR TOWN BOARD, I ALSO TEACH IN OUR LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL. ALTHOUGH I LIVE A MILE NORTH OF THIS PARCEL, I WAS NOT AWARE THAT A POPCORN STAND HAD OPENED ON IT UNTIL ONE OF MY STUDENTS MENTIONED IT. SEVERAL DAYS LATER MY HUSBAND AND I WERE TRAVELING NORTH FROM HWY. 19 ON CV/LAKE RD. AND A CAR PULLED OF THE ROAD AND PARKED ADJACENT TO THE STAND, THE DRIVER EXITED THE CAR FROM THE DRIVER'S SIDE, AND LEFT THE DOOR OPENED WHILE HE BOUGHT GOODIES FROM THE STAND. WE MOVED INTO THE PASSING LANE AND WERE THANKFUL THERE WERE NO CARS TRAVELING SOUTH. THE NEXT DAY I CALLED DANE COUNTY ZONING AND TALKED TO BILL FLECK, WHO SAID THAT THE STAND WAS A PERMITED USE FOR THE ZONING, AND WHILE THERE WERE SET-BACKS REQUIRMENTS FROM COUNTY HIGHWAYS, BECAUSE THIS WAS NOT A PERMANENT STRUCTURE, THERE WAS NOTHING THAT THEY COULD DO TO REQUIRE THAT THE OWNER MOVE THE STAND BACK FROM THE ROAD. I THEN CALLED DANE COUNTY HIGHWAY AND DISCUSSED THE PROBLEM WITH THEM. THEY RECOGNIZED THE PROBLEM AND SAID THAT WE COULD REQUEST A ZONE OF NO PARKING ALONG THAT STRETCH OF ROAD. BY THIS TIME I WAS GETTING MANY CALLS FROM NEIGHBORS, AND THE MAJORITY OF THE CALLS CONCERNED THE SAFETY FACTOR, AND THERE WERE REPORTS ABOUT CHILDREN DASHING INTO THE STREET. CV/LAKE RD. IS A HEAVILY TRAVELED ROAD. IT IS A COLLECTOR STREET FOR OUR AREA, BUT IN ADDITION, IT IS ALSO HEAVILY TRAVELED BY JOGGERS, BIKERS AND CHILDREN. APPROXIMATELY TWO YEARS AGO RIGHT IN FRONT OF THIS PROPERTY TWO CHILDREN WERE HIT AS THEY RODE THEIR BIKES. ONE WAS SERIOUSLY HURT. SEVERAL YEARS AGO THREE GIRLS WERE KILLED AS THEY WALKED ALONG THE ROAD APPROXIMATELY ONE HALF MILE NORTH. THE ROAD HAS A BIKE LANE, BUT IF SOMEONE PARKS ALONG THE ROAD, BIKERS MUST MOVE INTO THE MAIN TRAFFIC LANES. BECAUSE I LIVE ON THE ROAD I AM ACCUTELY AWARE OF THE DANGERS OF THIS ROAD.