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• <br /> • <br /> LAW OFFICES <br /> LAWTON & CATES, S.C. JUN 3 1985 <br /> 214 WEST MIFFLIN STREET <br /> MADISON, WISCONSIN 53703-2594 ,g0 <br /> MEMORANDUM <br /> TO: Members, Dane County Ag/Zoning Committee <br /> FROM: Richard A. Lehmann , Attorney for Concerns <br /> of the Neighbors <br /> DATE: June 2 , 1987 <br /> RE: Rezone Petition No. 3888/Conditional Use Permit No. 554 <br /> Mineral Extraction Application in Town of Medina <br /> On behalf of the concerned neighbors, I want to thank those <br /> members of the Ag/Zoning Committee (Chairman Anderson , Supervisor <br /> Rendall , and Supervisor Hanna ) who came out to the informational <br /> meeting held on the evening of May 28th at the Medina Town Hall . <br /> Those of us who were present at this meeting saw that there <br /> is a high level of emotional reaction on this particular issue . <br /> We also witnessed a certain amount of debate over the relevancy <br /> of certain issues and arguments. However, as usually happens , <br /> eventually the discussion got down to the real issues . <br /> There was 100% agreement that this particular stretch of <br /> road is hazardous because of the hills and the curves in the road <br /> and the trees close to the road and to the fact that there are 18 <br /> children under the age of 14 in this immediate stretch of the <br /> road. <br /> I have attached two drawings to this memorandum. Drawing A <br /> shows the stretch of road within which 18 small children reside . <br /> ( Somebody asked at the meeting whether parents sent their <br /> children out to play in the road. Obviously, the answer is no. <br /> These kids do, however , use the road to bicycle into the Village <br /> of Marshall for school , 4-H and other activities ) . Drawing B <br /> shows that the distance from the point where dump trucks exiting <br /> from this site would enter the road and the points in each <br /> direction where those trucks could be seen . The distances are <br /> 255 feet and 136 feet respectively. A vehicle at 55 m.p. h. would <br /> cover the 255 foot distance in a little over 3 seconds and would <br /> cover the 136 foot distance in 1 .6 seconds. <br /> Our worry is not that dump trucks will go 55 mph, but that <br /> ordinary cars and trucks going 55 mph won ' t be able to stop in <br /> time to avoid hitting the dump trucks . <br /> Some of the visibility can be improved by tree and brush <br /> cutting in the road right-of-way. However , this application asks <br /> for a 15 year permit. Is the Town always going to keep this <br /> ® s <br />