HomeMy WebLinkAbout1978 05-02 Drainage questions raised over condominium proposal THE DISPATCH { Drainage questions raised
over condominium proposal
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By SCOTT CARLSON `° •
"I will take exception
ion to that,"
s % D lewood :* .Staff Writer Greavu responded."The
Ram-
THE COUNCIL has postponed sey-Washington Watershed Dis-
The Ramsey-Washington action on the proposal from Con- trict is about as phony as a$3
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Metro Watershed District"is as dor Corporation until May 18. bill.
phony as a$3 bill,"according to City Manager Michael Miller "I don't want to argue that
Maplewood said that extra time was needed point,"Wiegert'told Greavu.
,g Mayor John to resolve drainage problems The point is that they(the
c ''P ' Greavu. with the project. watershed commissioners)are
y "The (the there and they are going to have
Y Miller also noted that the
watershed something to say."
watershed district wants to sub-
f commission- mit recommendations regarding Greavu said: "We have places
` ers)have been drainage for the project.The where backyards are washing
,H, in existence for proposed four-story building away and they(the watershed
two years and Iii: would be located on Londin district)don't give a damn.Then
haven't seen Lane. all of a sudden they get involved
them do a in something(the Condor
damn thing," Councilman Donald Weigert project).
Greavu corn- backed Miller's rquest for a de-
Greavu plained at a re- lay in council action.He indicat- "I`M NOT concerned about
cent meeting when the council "ed that some people probably be- them donkeys, Greavu added.
was considering a 96-unit con- lieve the city does a"rotten job" He insisted that the Watershed
dominium proposal. of drainage control. See Drainage,Page 2(E)
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Drainage
Continued from Page 1 Lake noted: "We're going to be
District has concentrated efforts looking at the entire Battle
on periphery problems. Creek watershed.We have some
preliminary hydrologic evalua-
"They should have started up tions."
at the head end (at Mud Lake)
where the problem starts," BUT LAKE ADDED:"Before
Greavu asserted. we can undertake a feasiblity
The watershed district was study we have to receive a peti-
formed in 1975 after several tion from a local municipality
Ramsey and Washington County and we haven't received one.'
communities failed to reach a The watershed district,he
joint powers agreement for stop-
noted,has a$200 00 limitation
ping erosion along Battle Creek. on projects that it can undertake
Roger Lake,a manager for without a petition from a muni-
the Watershed District,said he cipality or the counties.
has information that doesn't sup-
port Greavu's contention that the Regarding the Condor propos-
drainage problems begin in Mud al,Lake said: "We are going to
Lake. give it a very careful review."