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Child Care Center Proposal
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A former Maplewood land," he commented. "I from the proposed devel- from White Bear Avenue
mayor, Louis P. Gilbert, feel it's something we opment, also called for will cut into the tHen-
came to the rescue of a definitely need in this approval. nekel parcel and could
,proposal for a proles- community. And it isn't render it unsuitable for
"We'd rather see a the child center."
sional child care and de- controversial." erty child care center there Meanwhile,cent " Hen
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center last Four of owners withineap200 foot t h a n apartments," ‘he neke has submitted a.re-
«eek. said. vised site plan that will
And his arguments radius of the proposed be reviewed by the vil-
seemed to'hold sway. site backed the rezoning Village Manager Mi
The village council fol- and Dr. Renneke's pro- chael Miller admitted 1 a g e 's administrative
lowed Gilbert's 'urging posaI,he pointed out. that the ro osal a - staff.
p . p p Elis original proposal
and introduced an ordi- Gilbert. 1942 E. Ken- pears to conform to the � included ai • for
nance to rezone property Wood Dr., said he decid- community's i n t e r i m 120 children and facility staff
at -the southwest corner ed to attend the hearing' comprehensive plan. of]5 employes.
of Van Dyke Street and after discussing the is-
Cope Avenue from mul- sue ' with a physician "But the a b u t t i n g' The center would be
tiple family to limited ne ghbor. streets of Cope Avenue for three- to five-year-
business commercial. lie said the physician and Van Dyke Street are olds, mostly children of
Presumably, t h a t predicted that child care not improved to accom- w o r k i n g mothers, he
opens the door for the centers will multiply in m o d a t e commercial said.
child care center propos- the near future. traffic, , he stated in a
al submitted by Dr. Don- "This is the first one." written report. "In addi-
ald H. Renneke, 560 Bat- Gilbert said. "There'll tion; the extension of
tle Creek Rd..St.Paul. be more — just like the • Cope Avenue eastward
His proposal once ap- surge of nursing homes,
peared to be in trouble. across the country."
Both Village Manager R o b e r t Ball, owner
Michael Miller and the and operator of Maple-
local planning commis- . wood Bowl, also support-
sion by an 8-0 vote, rec-, ed the proposal, stating
ommended against it. that "working mothers"
But then Gilbert ap- indicated to him a need
peared at a public hear- for child care centers in
ing. the Maplewood area.
"It looks to me like T h i s is something
you don't, have a tough Maplewood needs very
decision to make. he much,",he said. "I'd like
told the council. to see it go through."
"We don't have a lot of Finest. Christiansen,
valid reasons vhy we 2272 Van Dyke St., who
shouldn't r e z o n e this resides across the street