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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1981 06-03 Limited dirt-hauling resume on Beam Ave THE REVIEW Minnesota Single Copy 30' WED.,JUNE 3, 1981 Limited dirt-hauling resume on Beam Ave. By MARY LEE HAGERT more than a year. During this time, land owners. "Under this new Editor trucks have been hauling heavy loads of requirement,we will only be able to finish earth away from the site to various half the grading that is required for this After a one week respite, the dump locations around Maplewood, including property,"he stated."If we have to apply trucks are once again rolling down the the Frost Avenue road construction area. for a mining permit and go through a westernmost portion of Beam Avenue in public hearing, it may take a year or Maplewood. Part of the time,the trucks have been more before this grading project is The Maplewood City Council on May 28 using Beam Avenue to go to and from the completed.I think everyone wants to get unanimously voted to allow Michael property. this thing done as soon as possible. Ryan, owner of Ryan Construction The three men's large tract of land is However,you are just slowing the whole Company,Burnsville,to resume hauling located north of Beam Avenue, near process down," the visibly agitated earth from an excavation site on the Kohlman Lake. Piletich told the council."I can't figure northern side of the avenue to a nearby The city council also ordered Ryan to out why you are putting on all these new location where the Maplewood Toyota guarantee that a 15 foot wide by 330 foot requirements." auto dealership is being constructed. long strip of Beam Avenue be paved at his The earth moving operation was shut expense. Equally agitated Councilman Earl down on May 21 by the city after a This was of special concern to the Nelson snapped, "You can look around downoup of angry21 council, alongeneighbors living along Beam, including here and see why.We have all these angry Avenuef west residentsolivingvy 61 com- one of the individuals,whose land is being neighbors to deal with.We are now trying Beamlaid their Hwas being excavated. to get a handle on this thing,"he said pdestroyed thaty the roadrucrThe beineighbong Popov asked about the the road referring to the excavation work on maintained that the vehicles were turning reconstruction. Piletich's property. Ken Haider, der,Maplewood public works the road into rubble, damaging their director,responded the north half of the The last citizen comment came from aid was operty and ndocriati creating dust,outoftheir which they roadway will have a new asphalt surface Michael Roy,a Beam Avenue resident, homes. applied. who told the city council members,"Mr. Last week,the city council The provision requiring Ryan to repave Ryan,nice guy that he is,still is captain of gave Ryan three,th working cg weeksilmembersthays a portion of the damaged roadway did not the ship.He keeps telling everyone that he satisfy all the concerns of the neighbors. is doingthe best that he can. the hauling process between the two sites completed. According to the resolution In addition to the other conditions,the "But I must admit that I've never seen introduced by Councilman Gary Bastian, city council required the restoration of scrapers go so fast in all my life.But,"he hauling along this portion of Beam topsoil and turf establishment be corn- continued,"I've never seen scrapers go Avenue "will be permitted if vehicle pleted on the excavated property as soon down a residential street before. speed is minimized and an aggressive as possible but under no circumstance "If it's not the dust along the road,"Roy dust control program is implemented." later than Aug.I. stated,"it's mud.After one weekend of The excavation of a large bluff on If further excavation and grading work rain,our street is all mud.You have dealt property owned by Voya Piletich, 2130 is to be done on the land, the three so much with the mechanics of this Arcade St.,Mike Miskovich,1193 Beam property owners will have to apply for a problem,I think you forget that we are Ave.,and Nick Popov,1185 Beam Ave.,all mining permit,the city council decided. dealing with peoples' homes, lives and of Maplewood, has been underway for This disturbed Voya Piletich,one of the families."