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M u n 1 c a t' ions
Say Maplewood Homeowners
Ramsey County has aceicent." said Ara); A, - Crea area in a new.-e-
been accused of "poor Baum, "05 Century Ave: port last J14,',. Blit Village Manager
Michael Miller said the
communication" with His reference ivas to
Maplewood • property himself, and neighbo' rs county had failed to
"But I didr't know make conlact with hiin
owners being asked to John R. Emeolt. 111 In3". Int and 'Inn"' about a hearing.
sell their and and even- Century Ave. and F in V 0 i V e d," ht ere
plainer', "not until -:sxt.
Wally their hornes for vin Spiingstro'h,97 Cen.... "I thought
v,ts
just an informal infor-
public "open space." tury Ave.
' It came as a big sur- M o n d a y tJuly a i motional meetinrf "
ilh,erseodmesrboimuendpao.
morninc, when the eon ,,, he
expla Med.
The proposa-I lo ac- p r i s e," Baum said,
inp. plYersdeul, . •
"like someone com' "it's just another cx.
quire 72 acres in the
,Battle Creek area of utus and so - g rines on them."
Maplewood appeared to 'Ypouro ‘)iny lines h o in e s'
be comm011 knowledge burned down."' ' j 5 At the same time, he
last week with every- Bonin said he read said, lie w..as informed
body but three of the some " ague„, refer- of a "public heariiP”to
five directly involved ences" a ihe c.oui . . be held the following
property owners. tv'S plans to acquire . night. Tuesday (Aug.
"We learned of it by . kinds . in the Rattle O. on the proposal.
The hearing was sup-
posed to have been set
up by the Maplewood
Village Council, appal.-
,
ently on request twin
the county, Baum said.
ample of the lack of county wanted the"land yard space for their and Mrs. Josephine
communication . be- instead," he explained. homes. Ebertz, 2563 Upper At-
tweet) government and At the "hearing"that "Pm for open land." . ton Rd.
the people," Emeott turned into an informa. Baum said. "That's Jordan would give up
commented. tional m e e t i n g, the why I live in this area, most of a 40-acre tract.
"IC we were properly properly owners said As long as I'm not But he. too, would tem-
notilied well ahead of they were generally re- forced out of my home, porarily retain a home.
time and if someone ceptive to the county's I'm for it. I don't think The other Maplewood
came out and talked to proposal, particularly there'll be many objee- property owners have a
%s about the plans, we since they'll be allowed tions to this. But it combined total of 32
wouldn't come to these to continue to live in would have been nice if acres,
meetings with such an- -their homes- the county had let us The county's land ac-
tagonistic attitudes,"he But when they decide know sooner than this quisition program in
said. to sell their homes,the just what was going the Battle Creek arca
Springstroh said he county gets first choice en." extends into St. Paul.
first learned of his land at the going market Other affected prop- There some 139 acres.
being in the "open price. erty owners in Maple- including 13 homes,
space" proposal when Meanwhile, the coun- wood are Jake Jordan, would be purchased
he tried to sell it to a ty announced plans to 2472 Upper Anon Rd . eventually.
private developer for a' purchase their "excess
golf course, land." everything but
"My attorney came what the homeowners
back..to me and said the deem necessary for