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• <br />As more and more homes are added in Silver Creek, some <br />roads will be added. Upkeep of these roads will cost $4,400 <br />a year, and added school bus routes will cost $2.19 a mile. <br />In studying the effects of growth in three communities <br />-- in the City of Buffalo at a relatively high density, close <br />to infrastructure; in Otsego, on one acre near an established <br />population center; and in Silver Creek,on 7 1/2 acres in a <br />rural area, it became apparent that the revenue /cost rela- <br />tionship is healthiest in Buffalo. In addition to current <br />figures, over the long term, both Otsego and Silver Creek can <br />be expected to have sharply higher local costs, while <br />Buffalo's can be expected to remain relatively steady, at <br />. least over the next decade. <br />Of major importance as well, is the fact that when <br />houses are put on 7 1/2 acre lots, as is true in Silver <br />• <br />Creek, 375 acres of land are used for a 50 unit development. <br />Five acres are used Buffalo for 50 units when housing is de- <br />veloped close to infrastructure and at higher density. <br />It is especially important to Minnesota right now to <br />find the least expensive way to provide service's. Minnesotans <br />now pay more in property taxes than they do in income taxes. <br />The pressure on the state to increase state aids for property <br />tax relief grows yearly. Already these aids cost $3 billion a <br />43 <br />