For those who did not attend the Council meeting tonight, the Council chambers was full and, in fact, overflowing with people interested in the affordable/low income housing issue. The Council provided little new information, instead relying in many instances upon the response that "the matter is in litigation" and they are prohibited from providing information due to the lawsuit. When one resident asked about why the Council was refusing to post documents that have been public records filed with the Court for several years, the Council responded by saying it would do so and acknowledging that there should be more transparency with this issue. Still, in my view, the answers were vague and mostly nonresponsive. When several residents made the point that the Council appears to have already decided on developing a large number of low income houses/units on the tract of land on Hartford Road, the response from the Council was essentially that they had not made that decision, but that it had been made in the 1980's. The Council did not acknowledge that circumstances and the Township has changed since the 1980's, and that the developments of Laurel Creek, The Mews at Laurel Creek, and Moorestown Hunt were not even in existence in the 1980's. Rather, the Council kept saying that the decision was already made. When asked pointed questions about why this tract of land was being singled out as the one for the low income housing, the Council responded with no answer and instead implied that this was "just the start" of more low income housing to come. Overall, the residents were left with little new information and more questions. When residents were asking about the number of low income units that were being considered for the tract on Hartford, the responses were vague but the implication seemed to be between 140-200. When asked if the Council had considered selling that land to a developer such as Toll Brothers and having them build a nice development of market rate houses with 20% affordable housing units mixed into the development, and then using the millions of dollars that the Township would get for the land sale to Toll Bros, the response was essentially no that would just add to the number of houses in the area. The professional planner acknowledged that the town can rehab 19-32 units of existing houses and count them toward the affordable housing quote. There was no discussion of whether that has been done and why not. When I went back into the Council meeting to ask if the Council has considered any "out of the box" strategies or perhaps continuing the litigation while starting to build 10-20 units at a time instead of placing 140-200 low income units on the Nagle tract, I was told the meeting was over. We have discussed forming a more formal group and possibly retaining an attorney to explore legal remedies. Please email us at "marifho@yahoo.com" with more interest or comments in forming a group. We believe it may be time to form a group and have an in-person meeting soon. Thank you.