HomeMy WebLinkAbout1980 05-14 Developer told to pay for all watermain costs THE REVIEW Single Copy 30` WED.,MAY 14,1980
Developer told
topay for a l l
watermain costs
By MARY LEE HAGERT new,young couple in the neighborhood.
We can't afford these assessments.Let
Due to neighborhood opposition a Tilsen pay for this thing."
Maplewood developer is being forced to Norman Meyer,2536 E.County Road D,
pay all the costs of extending a watermain stated,"You people(the council mem-
to his property. hers)should be very happy with us.We
are probably the only solid block of
The Maplewood city council decided citizens in the City of Maplewood that has
recently that Robert Tilsen will have to no complaints.
bear all of the anticipated cost of$13,650 "We don't want Gall Avenue extended
to extend water services along Gall to County Road D.We are worried about
Avenue to his property.. the increase in traffic.There are only 20
cars using the street right now,"Meyer
Tilsen is tentatively planning to build a said.
townhouse complex in northeastern "The people in my neighborhood can't
Maplewood.The property is directly east afford to pay for this project," Tom
of Gall Avenue and south of County Road Morris,2324 Gall Ave.,told the council.
D in Maplewood. "My grandfather's assessment will be
$18,000 and mine will be$16,060.I'm going
The council was considering three to have to sell half of my yard just to pay
alternatives for the upgrading of the this.
public services in the area. The alter- "It's going to costa lot and put hardship
natives included extending Gall Avenue on everyone in the neighborhood."
380 feet east of McKnight Road, con-
structing Lakewood Avenue from County THE COUNCIL apparently agreed with
Road D to Brenner,or doing both these Morris and his neighbors. The council
proposals. decided to let the developer pay the full
Tony Vruno,2370 Gall Ave.,submitted a assessment for the watermain.Residents
petition to the council,which he said was in the area who want to connect later will
signed by all the residents in the neigh- have to pay Tilsen for their share of the
borhood who were unhappy with the full cash assessment.
project to upgrade their street.
The street improvement projects were
'WE DON'T want a new street,storm not approved.Mayor John Greavu said,
sewer or watermain. We love our well "I think we are premature on the plans
water.We are happy there,so leave us for constructing Lakewood Drive.I think
alone,"Vruno stated. we should act on it when he (Robert
"Most of us are retired and there is one Tilsen)brings us in a development plan so
we can act on it."
Jim Tilsen,the developer's son,told the
council he was not pleased with its
decision to make his father pay the full
cost of the watermain extension.
"I think water is as important to
everyone in the neighborhood as it is to us.
We would have prefered that if only the
water was approved, that all abutting
properties be assessed," Tilsen stated.