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Unresolved public uti - the Village Hall, 1380 mitments," he added, to) the capacity question
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ity and street issues Frost Ave. "the proposed develop- . . should be consid-
stand in the way of a Maplewood I' 1 a z a, •ment will, in essence, ered prior to construe-
proposed shopping cen- Inc., has s u b m'i t t e d determine the s t r e e t tion of the shopping cen-
ter at the northeast cor- p 1 a n s for a 174,000- needs and either present ter."
tier of White Bear and square-foot • shopping intolerable traffic prob- The center can be
Lydia Avenues in Maple- center there. lems or force the village served by the village's
wood, Village Manager Meanwhile, Manager into possibly undesirable storm sewer system, ac-
Michael Miller says. Miller also said he sees street patterns." cording to Miller.
a need for revision in the He told of a possible But first a storm sew-
r" ' i''z: ,, developer's plans. need for four-laning of er would have to be con-
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But most important at both Lydia Avenue and structed along the align-
the present time, he nearby Tower Avenue. ment of Ariel Street to a
He has recommended, said, are street, storm As for water, Miller holding pond in the Ma-
in a written report, that sewer, sanitary sewer said the village has un- plewood Heights neigh
the village council table and water main prob- der consideration pro- borhood,he reported.
posals that would pro- The manager admitted
a request for rezoning of lems.
the 16-acre sit . "Commitments • vide sufficient w a t e r that the shopping center
for necessary street up- flow and pressure to the proposal was consistent
=.A public hearing on gradings in this area area. with Maplewood's inter-
the rezoning — from should be made prior to But if they don't go in, im comprehensive plan.
farm residential to shop- rezoning," Miller 'corn- the developer w o u I d But the plan also stipu-
ping center — is set at mented. need to install a private lates that the develop-
7:30 p.m. Thursday at "Without- such corn- h o o s t e r system, he ment should occur only
warned. . when the necessary pub-
•"Any approval of the lie services are avail-
:zone change should be able or committed to by
3accompanied by the or- the village council, he
Bering of the construe- said.
tion of the necessary wa- M i I 1 e is report was
ter improvements," he made public last week at
suggested. a meeting of Maple-
"There is presently •a wood's planning corn-
question of how much mission.
sewage. the White Bear The commission voted
interceptor will be able 5-3 to recommend the re-
to accept," he added. zoning, provided the vil-
"The sewage from this 'age council concludes
site would be into the in- there are reasonable so-
terceptor. Therefore, a lutions to the problems
resolution (pertaining mentioned by Miller.