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REGULAR MEETING OF RAMSEY TOWN BOARD December 15, 1972 The me, e,t:i.n.~ was called to order at 8:00 p.m. by the Chairman, Mr. M~,t~h~T. Pre~ent were Mr. Cox, Mr. Hop.oerstad, Mr. Peterson and Mr. Goodrich. The minutes of the last stated meeting were summarized by Mr, Mur- phy in view of the fact that all the Board had received a copy of the min~t~s ~rior to the meeting. A motion was made by Mr. Cox that the minutes be accepted with the addition of the words "Town Hall." before the word "windows" ~n the rebirth ma~rfframh. Seconded bM Mr. Hopnerstad. Motion carried. Mr. Gooctr~ch st~0ted he will call about the bond which Mr, I,orentzen was ~oin~ to nut up to clean un his nronerty in case of defanlt. ].b~.s hs,-~ still not been recei ved. We b~ve received ,~ confirmation from the assessor, Mr. Ernie farsen~ ,~s¥~n? he will acce~t the position of assessor for Ramsey Toy.reship for the ~fear 1973. The ouent~on of the airplane han.6ers has been postponed until next ~r. Goodwich wrote the City o~ Anoka~bout the condition of the road to t~n ]s~fi]] but so Far has mot had a reply~ Re, mort by I'~r. Tooker: We are half way through the first ohaae of the n].~n.nin~ proeram outlined in the contract. We are ].ookinE at the mom~la.t~on figures from the U. S. census of 1970~ econom~cs~ etc. There w~11 be a narrative on this ohase. Then we will be t~_rninf~ to the sketch plan itself from there on. Next he wi].l be workin? with the Planning and Zoning Commission op_ possible revision in the zonine code ordinance so they can be th_inking about changes im the ewi,~tinff ordinance and talk about relating this to the land uae in the Township. We wi]_l be looking to create clusters of ho~sin?. BI. so we will be looking to land use for snowmobi]..ing~ horseback trails, ~iking trails, some possibly privately he]..d ~nd some under public o~nershi~0. Will also be looking at towns~.~m houses an~] ]_ow ~ncome housing. Housing density rather than housing types deterroines this. A question was asked about multiple housing in a rea~tenti~], area and the feeling that this should be determined be- fore oeonle b~._ild a home and then build multiple housing next to t~em. One of t~e larKest causes in the increase in housing cost is the coat of the land. There were some question as to when utilities wo~].~ be out in. Discussion on town houses or condominiums - where t~e~f s~o~?].d be nut. Answer: This should be approached thn~ zoning. Zo~n? is not retroactive. Elementary School Site: The .m~.blication "Action" can be picked up sbort!¥ after the School Board meetings in the entryv~ay of the Tec. Center or anyone can be ~laced on the mailing list. Discussion on t~e ~ossibility of buying land next to the proposed school site for a fire hal.l, police department, recreation center, etc. for Psmsey Tovmsb~m. Also the ~ossibility was discussed of having the school