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Home My WebLink About1981 01-15 City eyes more parks, bicycle trails for plan DISPATCH city eyes more parks, bicycle trails for plan By MIKE BARRETT For,the commissioners point- tracts to about 26,620 in 1980 and i Staff Writer Maplewood ed out,the so-called"lower leg" 25,222 iq 1970. r ,.,,w4,, Moreparks and bicycle trails of the city, a one-by-seven-mile ° tsb . Y strip of rolling terrain bordering City officials indicated that fu- m Western Hills and Parkside Chairman Lester Axdahl, "is tore communitygrowth would ' the east side of St.Paul,is ex hei hborhaods are art of that the large number of hear- be influenced byincreases in k \ g P riencing a quickened pace of sin- \ At comprehensive proposed, updated ings when the plan first wasem to `'com rehensive lan. adopted in 1973 lessened con- gle and multiple-family develop- headquarters the Company 3 Y i V1 P P flicts." ments. q Maplewood. � ,CT,t ' Monday night, the city Plan- Later,a 3M company spokes- fi , s ' , �� Hing Commission held the first in Furthermore,'observed Corn- In addition, Jeffrey Olson, man confirmed that ab at pokes-0 " - a series of meetings to previewMaplewood communit develo4 C g em Hills Edward iea Kishel:"West- y P rsons now work for 3M in ` 'x Z the plan involving the city's 13 ern Hills and Parkside are older, ment director,said,"City plans Pe s neighborhoods Y more settled neighborhoods with around Maplewood Mall in the Maplewood. He had no future few major changes.Where we've north central part of the city employee projections. �_: But only a few of the 35 citi- found adjustments needed,we've also may get some citizen com- Devine Olson Schroeder Axdahl zeas in the Edgewater School made them." mems at future commission Meanwhile, Olson said.West• In Parkside, plans call for a cated south of County Road 8, gymnasium had comments or meetings." em Hills neighborhood plans ten- full-scale park somewhere south west of DeSoto Street and east of questions on specifics for the As commission meetings move tatively call for a mini-park with of Roselawn Avenue,east of Be- McMenemy Street.No park cost northwestern neighborhoods. into neigh borhoods in the According to city data based a swing set,sand box and a few Solo Street and west of Edgerton estimates were available. southeastern part of the city, upon Metropolitan Council stud- benches in the southeast corner Street. Another mini-park may be lo- See Plan,Page 2E Besides that,Olson said about "The reason for the tranquil though, there may be some de- les, Maplewood expects nearly at County Road B and Rice meeting,"explained Commission bate. 34,000 persons by 1990.This con- Street ♦ / I !I .i I I I' 4. I .I I f I I .s.1 i,i..-e .I I I .I I I I / .I 2E St. Paul Dispatch .Plan : Moreparks, bicycle trails a ed Y ■Continued from Page lE strip of land on the west side of is privately owned and that the five miles of bicycle trails may rl Rice Street between Roselawn city has no plans or money to ac- he established alongside existing and Larpenteur avenues be wid- quire parks in that area. streets in the two neighborhoods. ened and that a triangle shaped Recently,the CityCouncil ro- medium residential area west of hibited a cDonal 's restaurant Sometimes, the trails may be • the commercial strip be elimi nated. from locating in the northeast no more than paint markings on corner at 35E and Roselawn Av- pavement, he said. Inasmuch as g:e;,..''''.:•,, Instead, Shroeder said, land enue. several of the streets are county west of the commercial strip To another question from the roads,then the county may share should be high density residers audience, Olson said the`limited costs. rx tial. service commercial" strip north Olson emphasized there's a Another citizen, Ray Devine, of Roselawn Avenue and west of difference between land use poli- Prew Kishel of 350 E. Skillman Ave., asked 35E is owned by James Voigt, cies and zoning.Zoning,he noted, your day in court to object to why an area listed as "limited Daniel Fourre and R. Reiling. encompasses the legal rights zoning. But you'd weaken your service commercial" on both cause the City Council protecting land. case if you didn't object now." Bere sides of 35E between Roselawn GeBec denied their plans for five and Skillman avenues could not Prodding the audience mem- Robert Schroeder of Schroederremain open space. warehouse buildings on that bers to make more inquiries, Milk Co., 2080 Rice St„ suggest- land, Olson said the trio is suing Duane Prew said, "You'll have ed that the proposed commercial Planner Olson replied the land the city.