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SPECIAL HEARING Oct. ~, 1972 The meeting was called to order at 8:00 p.m. by Mr, Murphy, Chair- man of the Tovm Board. Present were Mr. Hopperstad, Mr. Pet~rson, Mr. Goodrich, Town attorney, Mr. Reimann, Mr. Pittman, Mr. Ander- son and Mrs. Guy, and Mr. Wurm~. Sections of last Town Board meeting were read by ~rso Guy which ex- plained the object of this special hearing. Mr. Murphy gave a revue of the circumstances and reasons for the proposed moratorium for a period of six or eight months. When Mr. Tooker, To~ Planner, was hired he said he would tell us what he thought we should do ~th regard to incorporation, whether he thought we should try it or not. Upon studying the To~ship he stated he thought we should go ahead with incorporation and that he thought we could make it all right. He made many maps, some of which were displayed at this meeting and explained by Mr. Murphy. Blt. ~urphy said he thought with things go- ing ahead so rapidly in the Township that we really should have in- corporation so that we could increase the board to five members in- stead of three. Being a village would give us state aid for roads and other revenue which we do not have as a township. We do have the power of assessing. We also do not have the time that should be spent on government. If the Metropolitan Sewer Board decides in ten years that we should have sewer and we are not in a position to build our own system, lthere isn*t much we can do about it. Soils Map: We are asking for trouble because there have been lots platted where water is standing on the land. Subdivision ~ap: There are 14OO lots all ready available for build- ing at this time. We 'don't have any parks in our Township. Some of the land donated for parks is in low areas and probably cannot be used for parks. Ten years ago there were 780 people here and now there are 4,O00. In another year hhere v~ll probably be 5,000. An- other elementary school is needed and no matter where it is built it will cost us just as much money whether it is put out here or some- where else. Traffic Flow: 19,600 cars come out highway #10 every day. This drops to 17,900 and then 17,200 as it goes through the Township which mean~ ~hose dropping off are going up into the northern part of this To~ohip. We have 80 roads in the Township at the present time~ Erosion of untarred roads is an expense to the Tov~ship. We are re- ceiving calls on water eroding lawns, etc. It would seem advisable to hire a planner to look at the community and give us his recommen- dations on zoning and the needs of the future of this community. When the developer has gone the residents have to take care of the problems brought on by developing, from that point on. Question: How long will the moratori~ be in affect? Would it possibly be extended? So far there has not been any determination made but it is thought in the neighborhood of six to eight months. We have three planners who are interested in giving us a bid on do- ing a comprehensive plan for the Township. If we don't do this we will have continuous shot gun development. Coon Rapids is till pay- ing for not having done this long ago. Mr. Shar, the Township En- gineer said we are maintain~M a lot of roads that are no good to