HomeMy WebLinkAbout1977 07-05 Miller: Residency may mean pressure ST. PAUL DISPATCH •
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(F) St. Paul Dispatch tues: July 5, '77 4
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By SCOTT CARLSON "Planners usually indicate they
Staff Writer feel a pressure if they live in the
community,"Miller explained. He
Requiring a city planner to live later noted,"If he's(the planner)
in the community he works for got a'personal interest in it(the
could put pressure on his"profes- community)then his professional
sional interest." interest is waived."
Maplewood City Manager Mi- ANDERSON QUESTIONED
chael Miller at a recent meeting whether the planner would have
offered that comment after Coun- as much interest in the communi-
cilman Norman Anderson said ty living elsewhere.Responded
that the new city planner and en- Miller,"I,planners,and engineers
gineer should live in the city. have a profession.
"I THINK the person with-the "If we don't do a good job in it•
responsibilities he(the planner)is we're going to lose our profes-
going to have should be a citizen Sion,•
"Miller added. "There is a
of Maplewood,"Anderson said: different kind of pressure to do a
good job."
He later added,"This is a per- Councilman Donald Wiegert
son who is going to have a lot of agreed with Miller's comments.
influence in the development of The citymight be open to criti
Maplewood." cism frm citizens who would
Councilman John Greavu con- claim that planning recommenda-
curred."I think he(the planner) tions are based on the planner's
ought to be a part of the commu- personal interest,Wiegert said.
''pity."
No action was taken on Ander-
Miller told the council that with son's request.Miller also said that
the exception of the city planner he prefers not requiring the
he prefers that department heads planner to reside in Maplewood -
`:'reside within Maplewood.But he * because the city may lose atop'
.,added,"I don't push it." candidate.
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