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Control Ordinance, Sec. 3 Procedure, Subsection C., Minor Plat Approval, Paragraph 13). Said ordinance states that the required statement in writing "...shall indicate that the minimum requirements for approval of septic systems by the Health Department can be met for the individual lots in the subdivision." I was advised that the Health Department will not issue such a written statement. I was further advised that determining whether or not a given site or lot is suitable for a private septic system cannot be ascertained without careful consideration of many site factors including lot slope, surface drainage, and surface water retention. Of utmost concern is the fact that most of the residents on the adjacent tracts rely on private water wells for home drinking water supply. Currently, with septic systems limited to these larger tracts, we have had no concerns about well contamination. However, if minor plats are developed with private septic systems on smaller lots in an area with a very high water table and poor drainage (such as this), the potential for contamination of our drinking water supply becomes a very serious concern. 3. A precedent for Brookmore repeated. Surrounding the proposed minor plat are additional 5 acre or larger tracts (zoned agriculture) created at the same time as the subject tract by the original subdivision of the Van Doren farm by Wolfe et al. Some of these have not yet been improved or built upon. If the commission does choose to approve the further subdivision of this land as proposed by the Stauffer minor plat, then it is a valid concern that a precedent will have been set for approval of additional minor plat subdivisions of surrounding tracts. This could well lead to an ill-planned \. and problematic transition from agricultural use to residential use as these tracts are minor platted. Recent history has demonstrated the results of this type of random residential development. Brookmore, and other developments in the county with similar sewage problems, are reminders of what will happen when private septic systems are placed in such close proximity to each other. Clustered private septic systems' do not support successful residential area development. In summary, to allow the transition in land use from agriculture to residential by minor plat approval would be very unwise and could create a precedent that appears to be contrary to good and responsible planning. Approval of this proposed minor plat would not be consistent with protecting the health, welfare, and general well-being of the community. Therefore, I respectfully request that the Commission deny this proposed minor plat. Thank you, Robert J. Giger