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Planning Commission Minutes — March 27, 2008 Page 4 Moore thought they should plan for sewers in the area. Kleissler said there should not be sewer in the rural area. Phil Watkins, 13345 Homestead Avenue, said he was at the CSAH 7-8-9 reconstruction meeting and it was apparent the residents in the agricultural area do not want the added traffic brought on by development. Fred Hummel, 7225 Oneka Lake Boulevard, suggested they also consider the wetland areas on some of the large lots and pointed out that those areas would not be developable. John Waller, 14310 Homestead Avenue North, said JD #2, Brown's Creek, and JD#1 were natural dividers. The large property owners have spoken and it would be appropriate to size the pipe larger in the JD#2 flowage area. Kevin Aufderhar, 7325 132"d Street, said it made no sense to go from high density to low density, back to high density. He said the character of eastern Hugo should be preserved. John Waller talked more about how the area was broken up by the watersheds and about continuing the pattern set on the west side by mixing 10 and 20 acre lots with high density. Kathy Scobie, 7676 120th Street North, said the petition she circulated was to show those who wanted to preserve open space, not high density. Ten -acre lots would be stove pipe lots, and there would be driveways every 300 feet. Clyde Wagner, 8650 136th Street North, asked about a letter that was sent out by the City to only certain property owners. The CDD explained letters were sent only to those whose land use designation was proposed to be changed. Phil Watkins said he thought five -acre development was a good compromise and questioned why sewer and water should go there. He commented that large land owners were never promised they could develop their land, and they should not have expected it. To allow development at more than one home per five acres would offend many property owners. John Waller said there was no rule in the township days regarding lot size. Wally Stoltzman, 8139 157th Street North, said he thought the Comp Plan needed to be flexible because we do not know what the future holds. Victoria Hoffbeck, 8110 1201h Street North, said large land owners have much of their property classified as Green Acres, which has lower taxes, so taxes should not be an issue; they will still make money on their land. Forcing development has forced foreclosures, and cluster housing will not preserve land.