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Home My WebLink About1979 04-11 Petitioners against land use proposal THE REVIEW 1, Minnesota °' Single Copy 304 WED., AFKIL II, / a aaPetitioners f proposal a n u S � it would increase the taxpayers' burden, homes and they want to stay in their own By MELANIE WAAGE and the residents would have no homes. But this isn't the issue. We want Neighbors and an investment cor- rhe elderly,were the objections he voiced elderly and t the land would be used for assurance noproperty sw tch to lll stay for the poration clashed over the application for then not switch continued others." a land use change to allow the con- for the residents. theBut,fact that they fel was n discuss need buildistructng inof an ple senior citizens'apartment on Moreetitionn 0askingwures to keepre the collectedlneigh- for such a residence,plus the area was not b Maplewood. borhood residential. the best for the elderly's needs. Residentst oA livingrnear attended the Avenue, One resident mentioned that the nearby iaast of Ariel Street, public Weber's proposal is to construct 117 grocerystore in one of the hearing April 5 at the Maplewood City apartments for the elderly in a four-story most expensive theh the plazaTwin was Cities.on bedroom units and eight two-bedroom Councilman Anderson mentioned that Council meeting in order to voice their building. It would contain 107 one- he knew of a volunteer group, called criticismeabout the ,project. units.The plans are similar to the senior The developers, represented by Thomas Weber of Weber's Investment citizens' residence located in North St. Volunteer People, who drove elderly to the grocery stores. Corporation, had pl requested an Plan d- Paul." e don't mean to prohibit the elderly "I AM A CASE worker for emergency mentb is the Maplewood Landes Use Pse to s t establish a new set of figures to a used ins the assurance the site would nom our neighborhood, but t cause want atc social to assist a persvices in St. l,and I on who iststuck , gthe density of apartments problem,"Newland said "There must be somewhere with no way to get home," designedestfornenhe elderlyent and had 4 requested an amendment to change the another site thatwould be better suited Ss Zanne no oneoywh�w3 Fl urness,said. "There elderly land use designation from RM, medium for this project." is anywhere,owho for drivethe thee. lr I density, to RH, high density. COUNCILMAN Donald Weigert asked know for a f xce Weber police. That I t But,that really wasn't the question the the citizens if they knew of another piece he felt there was a misunderstanding neighbors were concerned about. of property that would not get objections "AS SPOKESPERSON for the from the neighbors in order to build among the residents as to the appearance residents,I would like to outline the four elderly housing in their neighborhood. of theve builtdi ina number of g and the r oundi gs. objections we have to the change," Dale "We have a figure to meet in the amount in e Newland, 2975 Frederick Pkwy., said. of acreage to be used for low income housing, andoundtresea nhing these There is no proven need for this type of housing," Weigert said. "If we don't do projects building,the site would create problems, this now,it will be a long time before the these buildings go into take on a quieter state will look at helping us out with the atmosphere,"Weber said. "There are no funding." loud stereos and screeching tires." Weber assured the neighbors that the Weber was requesting an amendment yard will be landscaped and parking to the land use plan because he felt there areas will be screened. The proposed was an error in the land use map for building and parking lot will cover a little Maples �dand questioned the density over an acre of a four acre lot. THE ERROR in the plan is a conflict "This is a po w location because it's between planned populations and land use doclose to Maplewood Mall, bus lines, designations. The land use map for Weber drug stores and a grocery store," Maplewood Heights neighborhood shows MEsaid. MEMBERS of the city council 1VIa highdensity nLandresidential Plan,land. however, discussed the fact that many elderly Mac ewes four acres of high residents prefer to move into the senior sity citizen residences for companionship and residential land in this neighborhood.The ro sed amendment would bring the security. Councilman Norm Anderson proposed posed othe bring the mentioned that he had talked with some map of accordancecc dwith older citizens who felt they would rather The col thecil nveige to table the ood. live in a residence with others their age, meet proposal until staff would be able to amend- in order to make their home available to determineo f council could approve the young couples with children. amendment and add a condition that if N"I disagree,"Pkwy., said. Newland, 2975 fundingwas not approved for the senior health said. "I'mea publictis citizens' residence, the land use would cheaperh forore aaped toe have einotheirund lown return to medium density. poop Y