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unwilling to annex the entire park be- Population growth has varied widely in <br /> cause the cost of providing service would the area, with large increases in some <br /> e too high and the township does not areas and losses in others.The most rapid <br /> have the resources to fix the problem. growth generally has been in areas with <br /> small populations. More than 80 percent <br /> The lack of cooperation between govern- of the housing units in the area use public <br /> ments is seen as the primary barrier to sewer systems. <br /> managing growth issues on the urban <br /> fringe. Conflicts over annexation exem- <br /> plify and exacerbate the difficulties in <br /> coordinating growth management and <br /> environmental controls. At least two cit- Bluff Site <br /> ies in the site have had contentious <br /> annexation fights. Township and city of- -- <br /> facials believe the adversarial process pits w ,ono Twp. <br /> townships against cities. They blame the 2 tv <br /> state for not having a clearly defined pol- r score "'° <br /> icy on urban fringe growth and offering " 7.,I--, w <br /> few incentives for cooperation. - - F1 <br /> Local governments have taken a number <br /> of positive steps to manage growth in the A '.,ON.A CO,","' K\'- ' <br /> region.Both Wright and Sherburne coun- <br /> ties have adopted density requirements to --- _ _______ <br /> protect farmland and guide growth to- _ ;, <br /> , re- <br /> ward urban areas. Sherburne County has N 1 <br /> 40 esignated urban expansion areas, ands <br /> as developed a mechanism to encourage .. ~ —' ._F,. f <br /> cities and towns to do joint planning and NM= <br /> zoning for these areas. Two cities have <br /> entered into orderly annexation agree- Source:U.S. Census <br /> ments with the surrounding townships, <br /> smoothing relations and helping manage <br /> the pace of growth on the urban fringe. Bluff Site: Population Change 1970 — 1990 <br /> Bluff Site: Natural Constraints '" + <br /> The Bluff Site covers nine townships and <br /> six cities in Houston and Winona coun- <br /> ties. Most of the settlements are betweenIII <br /> the Mississippi River and the blufflands, <br /> and much of the new development fol- <br /> lows valleys between the bluffs. Though <br /> '.c,:A � ��,C <br /> the numbers of new residents and hous- <br /> ing are not large, the effects of this <br /> growth are significant because bluffs and <br /> steep slopes restrict the amount of land <br /> available for development. Karst lime <br /> I. <br /> stone bedrock with sinkholes, typical of 7 <br /> wutheastern Minnesota, northeastern <br /> wa, and southwestern Wisconsin, un <br /> derlies about a third of the Bluff Site. Source:U.S. Census <br /> ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY BOARD 11 <br />