HomeMy WebLinkAbout1977 12-15 Way cleared for housing project THE DISPATCH 2 (E) St. Paul Dispatch Thurs., Dec. 15, ';
Way cleared for housing project
By SCOTT CARLSON $13.1 million housing project examiner,said that the Maple- said his people were"reasonably
Staff Writer should proceed in Maplewood, wood-Ferndale Associaton will satisfied"with the settlement.
Members of a homeowners' according to a state hearing cease opposition to the construe In retrospect,the homeowner
association recentlyreached examiner. tion of the Maple Greens devel-
a .opmentrealize there are adequate pro-
compromise settlement on how a Myron Greenberg,the hearing tections to control the develop-
IN EXCHANGE,the develop- ment,he said.
er,Century Land Company,Inc.,
will incorporate some of the But Phillips added that the
homeowners'suggestions to less- city's"lousy EAW"forced the
en the environmental impact of homeowners to go through the
the project,Greenberg added. lengthy hearing.
the homeowners appealed to "My concern is that the hear-
the Environmental Quality ing shouldn't have gone that
Board for an environmental im- far,"he said.
pact statement(EIS)on the Maplewood's EAW should
project.Previously,Maplewood, have been more"complete and
in an environmental assessment accurate,"Phillips contended.
worksheed(EAW)said the And the burden of expense
project only had local signifi- should be borne by the city,and
cance. The homeowners.the de- not the taxpayers,he added.
veloper and the city went
through a nine day hearing in During the September hearing
September before Greenberg. the homeowners contended that
an EIS was needed because the
But when his findings of fact city's preliminary worksheet
and recommendations were re- was deficient.
cently released,Greenberg said
no EIS for the project was Greenberg's report stated;Tin
required. findings of the city of Maple-
wood EAW are amply supported
"THE MAPLE Greens resi- by the record of the administra-
dential recreational develop- tive proceedings."
ment is not a major action which
has potential for significant en-
, vironmental effects,"Greenberg
stated. He added;"The proposed
Maple Greens project is of essen-
tially local significance.
The project would include 490
units, including a combination of
single,double and quad units and
apartments.It is located gener-
ally south of Marylake Road,
east of Sterling Street,west of
Ferndale Street and north of
Stillwater Road.
Contacted by the Dispatch,
Maplewood Manager Michael
Miller was pleased with the set-
tlement."We don't want to go
through an EIS,"he said.
SETH PHILLIPS,attorney for
the homeowners'association,