HomeMy WebLinkAbout1984 06-25 Woman fears sewer will destroy her hill DISPTACH East
Thursday, June 25, 1981 / 1E
I- Woman fears sewer
I will destroy her hill
By Darlene Gorrill
Staff Writer Maplewood
Marilyn Vars wants to keep look very pleasing, according to
her hill. Ken Haider of the Maplewood
"I'm not going to give up my public works department.
200 x 33 feet cheaply," Vars, a "It (swinging the road north)
Maplewood resident of 1140 would not be a very good utitiza-
Beam Ave. told the City Council tion of property,"Haider said.
last week.
Initially Vars and her husband, lig
Denton, complained to the coun- We thought we had
cii about some residents' prob-
lems with dirt and debris caused
by nearby construction of a Toy- heaven and it's
ota auto agency. turned out to be a
"The water flowed out like Ni- real piece of hell, I'll
agora Falls, during a rainy peri- tell you.
od," she said. Council members —Marilyn Vars ��
suggested barriers be construct-
ed to stop the problem.
But then the debate changed to The council decided to hold a
whether or not Vars could keep public hearing July 2 to talk
her hill slated for removal in a about possible alternatives. Con-
city sanitary sewer project also struction has begun on the sewer
on Beam Ave. project. However, the contractor
"We thought we had found a requested time off to complete
real piece of heaven and it's another project and construction
turned out to be a real piece of has stopped just short of Vars
hill.
hell,I'll tell you,"Vars said.
The city says changing the When the contractor returns to
plans for the sewer construction uwork, city officials are autho-
may cause expensive sewer red not to stop construction,
hookups for some residents and despite the move for a public
could cause problems for future hearing.
residents. "The whole project was pre-
"I am telling you that that hill mature,"Vars said.
provides us with privacy and The project to change the sew-
dust protection," Vars told the er began in 1978 when a petition
council. from a resident asked for hookup
It might be possible to save to city utilities. The city's staff
Vars' hill if the construction devised a comprehensive project
swings north starting at Vars' that would bring sewer and wa-
property,city officials said. ter for the further development
of Beam Ave.
But that would mean the Vars The council held public hearn-
would need a more expensive, ings and decided to accept a
private sewer hookup to reach scaled down version, calling for
_ city lines and the hill would not expanded sewer lines.