Call to Order. The regular meeting of the Town of Sun Prairie Plan Commission was called to order at 7:15 p.m. The following were present: Chairman Roger Fetterly, Doug Yelk, Alan Meyer, Dot Havens and John Quimby. Absent-excused: Keenan Crothers, Judy Stang. Also present was Claudia Quick, Town Clerk.

Public Notice. Notice of the meeting was mailed to Plan Commission members and posted on the three Town bulletin boards on January 15, 2008.

Approval of the Minutes. Minutes were mailed to Plan Commission members prior to the meeting. The following corrections were made: Agenda Item 5, line 2, corrected typo to read RH­2; Items 9 and 10, corrected spelling of Stang; Item 15, next meeting date corrected to January 21. Minutes approved as corrected.

Public Comment. There were no members of the public wishing to speak.

Conservation Easement Appeal. Discussed Mark Hazelbaker's memo regarding his recommendation to appeal the decision of the circuit court. The appeal will allow the Town to enforce conservation easements while the appeal is pending. The Plan Commission will work toward completing revisions to our plan in 5-6 months, hopefully before the court renders a decision, and include specific language on conservation easements that will gain the approval of the Dane County Board.

Mineral Resources. Reviewed Chapters 5 and 8 of the recently adopted Dane County Comprehensive Plan relating to mineral resources and policies, goals and proposed amendments to the Dane County Ordinance on mineral extraction sites. Identified mineral extraction areas in the Town of Sun Prairie on the Dane County mineral resources map.

Reviewed an updated list of changes to our Comprehensive Plan that were proposed at previous meetings. Discussed additional changes to the land use element that will define conservation easements in more detail.

Discussed the pros and cons of reducing the minimum lot size from 40,000 ft² to 20,000 ft² to provide and option for higher density residential development.

Reviewed an executive summary of the newly adopted amendment to the Dane County Zoning Ordinance establishing standards for transfer of Development Rights. Towns would have to opt in by passing an authorizing resolution. The consensus was that TDR's would not be of much use in our town because TDR's cannot be created in ETJ's of our neighboring municipalities without an intergovernmental agreement between cities and villages and our Town.

Set Next Regular Meeting Date. The next regular meeting date of the Town of Sun Prairie Plan Commission is scheduled for February 18, 2008 at 7:00 p.m.

Adjournment. The meeting adjourned at 9:45 p.m.

Respectfully submitted for the record Roger Fetterly, Chairman