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• -2- Initial construction anticipates the development of a single 18-hole golf course of championship caliber and general recreational quality. Master planning for the entire site includes areas set aside for a major golf instructional center which is planned to include a state of the art teaching area or practice range and an academy course of nine high quality, but relatively short, holes which is conducive to play by those who are learning or developing golfing skills. To provide future expansion, when and if needed, the site is planned for future long range expansion to include a second championship length 18-hole course. These major use components, as outlined, would require utilization of the entire site of 584.8 acres currently under the ownership of the University of Wisconsin Foundation. (b) Time Schedule for Development The development of these facilities are to be phased by the Foundation. Upon construction completion of each of the various facilities outlined, that portion of the site containing a completed facility will be conveyed to the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin. Portions of the land awaiting future use for golf or recreational development may continue in agricultural use under the management of the UW Foundation as at present. Actual construction of the initial phase of the project is still dependent upon final completion of a fund raising campaign by the University of Wisconsin Foundation. Funds donated to the Foundation for this purpose currently total approximately $3.0 million dollars. Present planning calls for a start of construction on the initial 18 holes of golf at the site in late summer of 1987. No construction may occur until State of Wisconsin legislative approval is obtained, which is anticipated to be forthcoming on or about July 1, 1987. With a late summer construction start in 1987, completion of construction would be expected to occur during the Fall of 1988. Peculiar to golf courses is the need for a 'grow-in' period of at least a year following construction completion. It is, therefore, hoped that initial minimal play could occur during the Fall of 1989 and that full annual operation for the initial 18 hole course would commence in 1990. Major portions of the recreational trail system are anticipated to be available on approximately the same schedule. The timing of future phases of golf and recreational development on the site are entirely dependent upon the availability of donated gift funds or upon revenues as well as upon future market needs for additional golfing and recreational facilities. (c) Description of land uses within 300 feet of the property to be re-zoned. (attached) (d) Acreage or square feet of the area proposed for re-zoning. (attached) 1757G 4/1/87