The Hopkins Township Board will have a public hearing at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 27, on an ordinance to establish a Downtown Development Authority for the west side of U.S.-131 on 12^th and 13^th Streets from the Wayland exit (No. 64) on the expressway south to just past the Bradley exit (No. 61).

The board decided to have the special public hearing next moth at its rescheduled meeting Wednesday evening. The hearing originally was planned for Monday, April 13, but that meeting had to be postponed because it was improperly noticed.

The DDA is proposed to spark economic development and use tax increment financing to capture added tax revenue with improvements. One of the properties will be the new site of the K & M Chrysler Jeep dealership that is moving out of its location just north of Wayland.

The Hopkins Township Board last fall granted conditional approval for rezoning 11 acres on 12^th Street just south of 135^th Avenue and west of the U.S.-131 expressway from agricultural to C-2 commercial to accommodate K & M.

In other business at the rescheduled meeting Wednesday, the board:

• Agreed to have proposals for road improvements placed on the Aug. 4 primary election ballot. One is for a renewal of two mills for four years. The other is for a one-mill increase for four years.
• Approved a request to place on the Aug. 4 ballot a proposal for an increase in the surcharge, from $36 to 50 per year per residence, for curbside recycling services.