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- 6- C.M.7/31/7~+ Ernie: They have about 3,000 people. In talking with the County Highway Dept. they say studies show they can grade a road every day to maintain it for less than they can maintain blacktop° Blacktopping their streets would be prohibitive. Grow: New developments require blacktop. Hutchinson: He doesn't think 2½ acres is a good minimum. ~s Berg: Couldn't get a loan on a 20 acre piece at the bank. He had to cut it down to l0 acres and run a road across the other l0 acres. Cox: If we went to 20 acre requirement in the northern area of the Township the same thing would happen that has happened in the communities to the south of us. Bill Nelson: Has the Metro Council approved this 20 acre idea? Answer: Metro Council has not approved this as yet. With 20 acres you are legislating growth, you are going to own a lot of land when sewer goes in. It is discriminating against the land owner and the individual who wants to move into your community. A lot size of this requirement is discriminating decision and he thinks a court would look at it the same way. Such large areas would acquire, junk, garbage and everything lyou can think of. They will create eye sores in the community. Cox: He has noticed a new attitude on the part of the Metro Council. Jim Barton of the Metro Council: Some of the comments are well taken. They are trying to come ~up with some standards. They have completed an analysis of soil capabilities and environmental considerations. They are also studying emissions from power plants. Some people bought a large acreage and this is their next egg. Restraints on the property are the soil conditions. One community is going to deeper wells. This combined meeting is a fine thing and he would like to see more of it. How much pollution are we going to accept? Holasek: He is not sure this is a good question. How do you control orderly growth? He had just attended a convention in the State of Maryland which was attended by people from all across the U.S. Some places have 40 acre restrictions. This is the biggest waste of land and it won't hold. It has taken good land out of production. You haven't seen a weed patchunless you have seen a 20 or ~0 acre weed patch. They habe urban sprawl all over the world. You can't farm ~0 acres. There is a worldwide food shortage and he doesn't feel such land can be taken out of food production.