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~AMS~ TOWNSBIP PUBLIC M~TING ON I~OORPORATION The Advieor~ 0cemaittee appointed at the last meeting consisted of Mr. Dick ~ha. Mr. Robert Cook, Mrs. Roger Eng, Mrs° John Baubrich, and Mro John I~one. All Town Board members were present. The meeting was opened by Mr. Murph~v, Chairman of the To~n ~oard. He stated ~olum Engineering Associates has some 800 acres platted and Chapman, 55 sores. Mr° Menkveld and others have land platted and in the platting stage. In 1968-1969 an incorporation ~tudy was made with the City of Aaoka. This, however, was dropped. Mr. Murphy then turned the meeting over to M.v, Robert Cook. Be read the report of the Advisory Committee which had been distributed to each person present. Be said that he felt we should try to control the growth of Ramsey Township ourselves and then we would be more likely to have the type of community in which we want to live. Be feels Ramsey Township is going to be a large unit and could some day have a population of 100,000. None of this will happen over night, of course, and it will be a long tim~ before anything is done about the incorporation. Everyone should do mush thinking about this matter. The eventual hookup with the Metro- politan 8ewer will probably be done outside our municipalityes control. We have several problems. One is the encroachment of the City of Anoka. Mr. Lareon stated we have 5~ homesteads at the close of 1971 and about 200 have been added since that time. Borne kind of municipal government will take over. There will be needed services each as fire and police protection. Even if we in- corporate, these services can be handled in the same manner in which they are now until such time ae the residents demand expanded services. The City of Auoka has come out t~ the west side of the Tec. Center building and they also have 319 acres across the railroad tracks north of Highway 10. If we start in- corporation proceedings, we should put as much planning into it as possible. We will need good professional help. There is a possibility we should have a Joint powers study including Grow, Ham Lake, and the City of Anoka with Ramsey Township. in view of the fact th~ the foregoing townships are also trying to incorporate. One of the steps in this stud~ is the relationship between these communities. It is better to find so~ way to make this study ourselves, possibly making two municipalities out of the four in question. The 1971 market value of Ramsey Township ia as foll&we~ $1. 83.3 8 - 11, 103,831 - agricultural homesteads industrial & commercial mostly along t~v. 10. in service stations & truck ,tope making a total of $1~,725,82~ for market value of property in Ramsey Township. There are 750 homesteads and 1500 parcels of land. Question~ If ye become a village, hey fast do we have to go into these new pro- grams? Anew, r: The amount of services and government expense would be dependent on the people and the elected officials. Bovever, if we Join the City of Anoka, we could and would get the taxes first and the services quite some time later. We would have much better control over the services, expenses and government under our own village type government. We would only have one representative in Anoka and we would have to asetu~ their bonded indebtedness and earlier mistakes. It is well known that Anoka has more government than it needs, in fact the Municipal