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John McLean, Planning & Zoning Chairman, was asked for his views, to be followed by comments from the rest of the Planning & Zoning members. Mr. McLean stated that he felt that the position of the Planning & Zoning Board was: 1) that Lino Lakes not consider any more mobile home sites under any circumstances until we have municipal sewer and water; and 2) they feel a reluctance to have mobile home parks in any quantity until it can be demonstrated that such parks can carry their share of the tax burden; this based on the fact that mobile homes have a low starting cost and rapid depreciation compared to houses which start high and appreciate in value; and 3) there is no adequate way to control the population of school children in a mobile home park by administration of laws. Mr. Jaworski commented that he didn't feel we could ever control the number of children in a mobile home park since mobile homes are the only means of shelter for many newly married couples. Mr. Ed Karth stated that he doesn't consider mobile homes to be low cost when you consider the cost per month plus hookup fees for the court besides the owner paying for 7 years on a home that might last a maximum of 15 years. W. L'Allier noted that there are not many homes for sale in the $20,000 category; W. McLean disputed this. Mr. James Hill proffered a newspaper clipping commenting on the hardship of schools in low -tax base areas of heavy growth; emergency school aid was approved to many. Mr. Hill felt that we should first consider how mobile home courts will affect the schools. W. Glenn Rehbein ofjected to the lack of sewage systems for proposed courts, Menk- leld's in particular. Mr. Rehbein stated that the Youth Center is running sewage through the creek and adding on the trailer court can't be considered. It would be a different story if there were city sewer and water. He also mentioned the lack of a tax base. Mr. McLean mentioned the meeting held at Forst Lake Schools -- it had been suggested there that a trailer court of 500 units adding 1,000 voters could make quite an impact on the political life of a community of our size. These people could control the politics and services but don't Own any land to pay taxes on. There was some general discussion on communities having no industrial areas, only homes. Superintendent Hankerson of Centennial Schools stated that he appreciated having been invited to the meeting, that any mobile home courts in our area of course affect District #12 greatly. He stated that a few years ago there were no kids from trailer parks giving an example that in 1967 there were only 137 kids from 3300 trailers and in 1970, there were 284 kids from 3500 trailers. Mr. Hankerson gave statistics on the state aid and mill levy, as well as the depreci- ation on trailers as follows: MOBILE HOME TAX BREAKDOWN Tax Dispersement: Depreciation Schedule: Model Formula Criteria. 170 - 10% 1969 - 8.5% 1968 - 7.5% 1967 - 6.5% 1966 - 5% Formula: Mobile Home Tax Factory List Price x Model x Fixed Mill Rate 50% - School District 30% - Municipality 10% - County. 10% - General Revenue Fund