Call to Order. The regular meeting of the Town of Sun Prairie Plan Commission was called to order at 7:00 p.m. by Chairman Roger Fetterly. Members present other than Chairman Fetterly were: Doug Yelk, Judy Stang, Alan Meyer, Dot Havens, John Quimby and Kerman Crothers. Also present was Claudia Quick, Town Clerk

Public Notice. Notice of the meeting was posted on the three Town bulletin boards on April 10th and amended on April 15th and was mailed out to applicants the day prior.

Approval of the Minutes. Correction noted from prior meeting that on agenda point #11 that ‘what’ be replaced with ‘was’ and with that correction the minutes were approved.

Public Comment. There was no comment from the public.

Public Hearing on Petition # 9678 by Brian Freitag, There was no comment from the public. Chairman Fetterly stated that the proposal was approved once before, but not recorded. Chairman Fetterly made a motion to approve and Member Quimby seconded. Motion passed.

Consider and Take Action on a Preliminary Plan by Cottage Grove Golf Development.  Represented by John Blaska. Applicant proposing to expand existing B-1 Local Business District area to legally accommodate tenting and parking for events that spill over into the current RE-1 Recreational District area at 4740 Pierceville Rd. Mr. Blaska began discussion stating that he did not want to carry out the request of his application and wanted to leave everything status quo. Mr. Blaska also noted that Chris Schutte, from Dane County Zoning Department, stated that he would write a letter to the effect that zoning be left as is. No action taken.

Consider and Take Action to Verify Consistency with the Town's Land Use Plan on a Preliminary Farm Plan by Randy and Laurie Kock Applicant proposing to purchase and run a cash grain farm operation on 24.1 acres of a 38 acre farm and build a house and machine shed north of 5615 Twin Lane Rd. Chairman Fetterly opened discussion stating some roadblocks to the proposal exist, as presented. First, stated Chairman Fetterly, is the inability to prepare a farm operating plan that can substantiate the viability of the proposed farm. Chairman Fetterly pointed out that he believed that the income side of the estimated farm expense plan was high and that it did not have any taxes in the estimate either. Chairman Fetterly also pointed out that Mr Koch wouldn't file a schedule 'F', which is a litmus test for definition of either an owner or operator, as he would not be logging in 500 hours a year labor on the farm. Another problem that the proposal has stated Chairman Fetterly, is that the proposed area is in the Mineral Extraction area and the proposal is not consistent with the Town's Land Use Plan for those areas. Joan and Keith Rademacher were also in attendance and are the current owners \sellers of the proposed parcel. Mrs. Rademacher stated that she believed that the Town's Land Use Plan should be revised to give greater consideration to proposals such as this one. Mr. Rademacher made a notation that, according to his statistics, 60% of all farms operate on less than 10 acres and can be economically viable. Chairman Fetterly, in a formal requested response to Dane County, stated that the Plan Commission would deem the proposal inconsistent with the Town's Land Use Plan for two main reasons: I) The proposed area is in the Mineral Extraction Area and the proposal is not in alignment with the Town's Land Use Plan for approving development in those areas. 2) The Plan Commission feels as if the intent of Mr. Koch is to build a home and not to run a viable farm. Member Meyers made a motion to table the issue one month and Member Stang seconded. Motion to table carried.

Agenda for Next Meeting.

Set Next Regular Meeting Date.  The next regular meeting date of the Town of Sun Prairie Plan Commission was scheduled for May 21, at 7:00 p.m.

Adjournment: the meeting adjourned at 11:15 p.m.

Respectfully submitted for the record, This 15th day of May, 2007

Kennan L Crothers Secretary