<--Proposed site of the sand pit: Highway 60 and Jones Road along the Lower Wisconsin River.
Click on the map image to see a full-sized map.
The proposed sand pit site is just east of the Nature Conservancy's "Spring Green Preserve".
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Have you contacted your local public official lately?
Message from Mike Birr - River Valley Concerned Citizens
My congratulations to everyone for your work, dedication and continued
motivation is a Phase 1 WIN with a 5-0 vote by the Plan Commission to reject the
proposed sand pit rezoning.
It has been a long grueling fight and you all stuck together.
We need to regroup and be prepared for the December
5 Public comment meeting and the December 7 Town Board meeting where they will
vote to pass this on to the Sauk County Board of Adjustments.
The job is far from over, but we did a great job getting to first base.
Thank you for all of your help.
Report from Timm Zumm - FLOW Co-chair 608-575-0325:
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A proposed sand pit on
scenic Highway 60 in Spring Green
will have a dramatic impact on the lives of the adjacent property owners and
the entire Spring Green area. Please help us in this fight to preserve the
values of our community.
<--Proposed site of the sand pit: Highway 60 and Jones Road along the Lower Wisconsin River. Click on the map image to see a full-sized map. The proposed sand pit site is just east of the Nature Conservancy's "Spring Green Preserve". |
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Letter to the community from
August 26 |
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Dear Editor and citizens of the River Valley community, Monday afternoon, August 14, brought shocking news to my attention. I looked out of our kitchen window and saw a Kraemer Company van in the parking lot. A young fellow emerged. He was a geologist doing a GPS survey of residences in this area for that company. He politely told me that a sand pit was proposed for the large field south of our property. The field runs from Thuli Road eastward along Jones Road and Highway 60. He would put our home and others on the GPS map to allow a required distance from the operation. Our family has lived in this home (which Jim designed and built) since 1973. We are among the elderly people and many others who have a great love for the natural beauty and productive nature of the River Valley area. Our children and grand children will live in this house when we call for their assistance and after we are gone. Now we are quite concerned about the future of this place, this community. I called our neighbors along Thuli, Neuheisal and Jones Road and heard many responses of amazement, disbelief and sorrow. It became apparent that we needed to get together to discuss this situation. So, we had a community informational meeting here on Monday evening, August 21. 25 residents came for details and to discuss the matter. It was unanimously agreed that we should pursue further facts and details and schedule a meeting to inform the public. That meeting will be held at the Spring Green Library at 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, August 29. It will be covered by The Home News and will be in print as soon as possible. We are also putting up posters around town with dates of relevant Town Planning Board meetings at which the public is welcome. It is important and effective to have a strong representation from concerned and interested citizens. The currently scheduled meetings are 1) 6:30 PM Thursday September 7 at Spring Green Town Hall - regarding amendments to Town's Comprehensive Plan. Specific to Mineral Extraction Issues. 2) 7:00 PM, Monday September 11 at Spring Green Town Hall - The Kraemer Company will present Sandpit Proposal to Plan Commission. We as residents are also on the Agenda. We appreciate any and all support anyone can give. Thank you! |
"We need help from everyone to get our Petition (40KB doc file) out and signed by our friends, neighbors and residents, land owners and home owners of the Township and village of Spring Green. Please participate and help in the cause for our community. The petition will also be available at Tuesday nights meeting. See you there." - Mike Birr
| Mike Birr No Spring Green Sand Pit E6060 State Road 60 Spring Green, Wisconsin 53588 Phone: 608-588-7844 Cell: 608-628-3890 Fax: 608-588-2534 Web Page: www.highway60.com/sandpit/ |
Charley Brigham S12124 Thuli Road Spring Green, Wisconsin 53688 Phone: 608-588-3917 |
Jim & Maxine Pfefferkorn S12124 Thuli Road Spring Green, Wisconsin 53688 Phone: 608-588-2495 |
