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REGULAR MEETING OF RAMSEY TO~ BOARD September 17, 1973 The meeting was called to order by the Chairman, Mr. Murphy at 8:00 p.m. Present were Mr. Cox, Mr. Hopperstad, Mr. Peterson, Clerk, and the attorney, Mr. Goodrich. The minutes of the last stated meeting were read by the Chairman, Mr. Murphy. Mr. Cox moved the minutes be accepted as read. It was seconded by Mr. Hopperstad. Motion carried. The minutes of the last stated Planning and Zoning meeting were read by Mr. Reimann. The Treasurer's report was read by Mr. Hopperstad. Mr. Menkveld reported that there is so much vandalism by children and that his fences have been cut four times and that he hopes something can be done about it. Mr. Cox said that the people should get together and organize self help in the areas of police protec- tion and development of parks. The last Newsletter requested that people be on the lookout for unauthorized cars in neighborhoods and any other questionable occurances. He also suggested we get to- gether a booklet to give to new residents with their occupancy per- mit stating what would be expected of them and their children when they moved into our community. He said people who want to move into country communities should realize that there is not going to be someone to hold their hand at all times and that people should learn to be self reliant. Also if they want a park program they should be willing to help build the parks and keep them up. He said we should all get our heads out of the sand, get together and get the job done. It is a fine community so let's keep it that way. Mr. Hopperstad was invited to go to Chisago City to speak to them about the development of a community because they had heard such good things about the job being done in Ramsey. Because of the action that An.oka took two commissioner's meetings ago when they stated they would like to annex Ramsey Township up to 149th Avenue, which would include about four square miles of our industrial and commercial area, we would like to send an opin- ion survey to all homeowners in Ramsey and would like to have them respond to this survey within one week. There are some members of the Anoka Commission who do not go along with the above stated policy of Anoka. Anoka has 135 full time employees for 1~,O00 res- idents and Ramsey Township has two full time employees. The Board agreed to send out the opinion survey. Mr. Murphy stated they had a meeting with Mr. Gary Anderson of NSP and that they will put in steel poles up to one mile from our north- western boundary and that from this point on it will be in swamp land. They will not require any more land for easements than they already have. There will be a public hearing on this matter by the