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Developer 'fed up'
with City Council
By SCOTT CARLSON Ma plewood
Staff Writer
A developer says he's"fed up"
with delays from the City Coun- asked the council about declar-
cil in trying to construct 39 sin- ing a building moratorium in the
gle-family homes in south area in order to update the city's
Maplewood. comprehensive plan.
"To me they are gutless "We don't expect that no de-
wonders,"Ken Gervais,vice- velopment will occur,"said Phil-
president of Castle Design and ip Krinkie,spokesman for the
Development Company,said of homeowners'association."What
the council members. we are saying is we'd like to get
together to draw up some alter-
THE COUNCIL recently de- native plans."
layed for 45 days action on a
$980,000 improvement project Krinkie later explained:
which affects Gervais'property. "We're interested in preserving
as much of the wooded area and
It wants Gervais and the Vista pond as possible."
Hills Homeowners'Association
to work out a land use plan in the Although the council didn't
open space area east of adopt a moratorium,Council-
McKnight Road,north of Lin- man Norman Anderson was
wood Avenue and south of Mai- sympathetic to the the homeown-
land Road. ers'concerns.
"What it amounts to is that it's "To me this is one of the last
tough to work with Maplewood," sections of Maplewood that we
Gervais said in a Dispatch inter- See Maplewood,Page 4(E)
view after the meeting.He told
of working out housing; utility -
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and road plans with city engi-
neers for a year.
But Gervais said the council
delayed his plat plans a second.
time because the Homeowners'
Association opposes his project.
Now Gervais is offering the
homeowners'association his 15
acres for$90,000. "I've delivered
them all the necessary papers.
"My offer still stands,"Ger-
vais continued."I'm so fed up
with Maplewood."
CITIZENS AT the meeting
Maplewood
Continued from Page 3(E) projects.He reported that pro-
posed assessments won't cover
should preserve,"he said. the cost of all the project con-
AFTER THE meeting,Ger- struction.
vais admitted:"It's a beautiful "The city has an obligation to
piece of land.But from a point of allow people to develop their
taxation I can't maintain it. . . . property but not to the point
Ramsey County has said it's not where the city is spending
interested in the property for $200,000,"Evans said. "When
open space because it doesn't the city is being asked to partici-
connect to anything." pate in it(development),I think
Meanwhile.,City Manager Bar- we have to take a long hard look.
ry Evans indicated that Gervais' "If I had a$200,000 capital
plans for development remain budget proposal you'd look at it
tied to the feasibility of putting very carefully,"Evans told the
in the water,sewer,and road council.