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Proposed • rezoning' of tions attached. village hearing will be at Bea much public discussion
140 acres in south Ma- manager Michael Miller ver Lake School, which of the rezone proposal in
plewood to make way •said. can accommodate a big- Maplewood and neigh-
for expansion of the Min- He declined to outline ger crowd than the vil- boring St.Paul.
nesota Mining & Menu- them in detail. lage hall. , In addition to rezon-
facturing Co. (3M) Cen- Miller also said print- The c o m a n y`s re- ing, 3M will need a spe-
ter faces its first test ed copies of Seida's re- quest deals with land cial use permit, required
Monday night. port would be withheld hounded by McKnight in M a p 1 e w o o d when
from the public, in keep- Road, C a r 1 t o n Street, manufacturing p l a n t s
"e ..-1 ing with a r e c e n t l y C o n w a y Avenue and are located within 200
adopted village council Minnehaha Avenue, feet of residential prop-
. policy. It's zoned farm resi- erty.
However, the report dent i a l now, but the The rezone hearing
The issue will be up for will be available to vil- company seeks a light also will deal with 21
discussion at a 7:30 p.m. I a g e councilmen and manufacturing zone. acres at the southeast
session of the planning planning commission- So far nospecific ex
corner of McKnight
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commission. ers, pansion. proposal or con- R o a d end. Minnehaha
At that tune, village The 3M rezoning pro- stru .tion timetable •has Avenue, now occupied
planner Bailey -da is posal has been sched- bee outlined. by a drive-in theater.
expected to recommend uled for pualic hearing B t -planner Seida, m
approval for a portion of before the village coun- c o m e n t s several Seida explained that it
the rezoning request, ini- cil Dee. 11. weeps ago, warned that was logical to include
tiated by�3M. l3c.causr� of ani p ': ,z any 3M expansion u the t'�r air lane ci
But there'll be condi- widespread interest, the have "tremendous im- re''' ; i > row}rn t... '.'
paeL" on the surround- parcel.
ing area. The 3M portion of the ,
lie said he expects tract ie vacant.