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G~OW & RAI~E¥ TOWNSHIPS ¢OMBINF. D MEETING ~ay 30, 1974 The hearing was called ~o order at 8=15 p.m. by the Grow Town- ship Chairman, Mr. Schneider. Present were Mr. Holasek, Mr. Cox, Mr. Hoppers~, Mr. Nelson, Mrs. Oliphant, Mr. Good~lch, and Mr. Jaworukt. The minutes of tho combined meeting held on May 21st were read by Mr. Schneider. It was explained ~o those present in the audience that th~s hearing was held because the MMC wants the Rum River as the boundary line between Grow and Ramsey Townships. It was also explained that the mill leFles of Grow, ~_.m_~sy, and Anoka are as follows I · , .1973 Grow 2.27 ~amsey 1.91 Anoka 23.28 Mr. Cox stated that a decision should be made on this issue to- night. He also explained many of the problems. Mrs. Dorothy Bridges had written a letter for this hearing. Mr. Weins asked question about future plans, assessments, sewer plans, etc. The people who are now livin~ in this area that would be shifted to Grow expressed much hesitancy about this problem because they do not know how the people in Grow think about these matters.** It was stated that there 'are no plans as yet for sewer in this area. The only contact with Grow has been the maintenance of roads and that has left a lot to be desired, they said. They.hope some- thing would be done ~o maintain the roads. Mr. Holasek stated Grow has not been eli~Lble for any State aid for roads to date. Hopefully, if they are incorporated, the road maintenance would be better. He stated that as it is in ~amsey,'the will of the people ruled. He does not like the philosophy of anyone who thinks the Board should make the decisions regardless of what the public wants. M~ke Gieseke: He asked about the meeting they had wtth Ramsey about the roads in the Russell Addition. Mr. Goodrich stated that whatever agreement is reached in any contracts, they would be taken care of, Glen Rogers: Lives in the Russell Addition, He asked if the County had a long range plan for a bridge crossing, He was told the County had a thoroughfare plan and there was a bridge in this plan, The bridge they had on. their plan was going east from Industry Avenue and would come across about at Kemp's store, Ramsey Town Board had expressed serious obJection~ to this location, They feel that at Highway junction of #5 and #4? the ground ms high and that a bridge at this point would be a much better location,