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Minnesota Mining & manufacturin or 3M — Carlton Street, Conway . objections to the 3M ex . north of Conway Ave-
Vlanufacturing Co. re- that the "condition" is- Avenue and McKnight pansion proposal. nue.
:eived a special permit sue should be raised Road. T h e Village Council The plans also show
ind building plan ap- again at the time of per- supported the issuance landscaping along Carl-
)roval last week for the mit issuance. PROVISION for on- of the permit without ton Street to create what
,tart of a major expan- But a 3M representa- site water pressure ad- conditions 4-0, with may- 3M d e s c r i b e s as a
;ion program in Maple- tive, Clair Larson, direc- justments. or Les Axdahl, a 3M em- "pleasant visual streets-
vood• tor of central engineer- COMMITMENT to an r ploye,abstaining. cape."
But when Village Man- ing, said application of adequate supply of wa- Officials from 3M said The site plans also in-
iger Michael Miller sug- the c o n d i t i o n s now, ter for the permit area, the new building repre dicate what village offi-
;ested "serious consid- mostly intended to solve plus the immediate sur- sents the first phase of c i a I s call "numerous
ration" of nine pro- what Miller describes as rounding area. an expansion program. s t r e e t crossings" on
iosed c o n d i t i o n s in road and utility prob- AGREEMENT b e- _ It will be located adja- Conway Avenue for utili-
ionnection with the lems in the area around tween the village and 3M cent to Carlton Street, ties.
permit, he was rebuffed Conway Avenue between for adequate site pond- •
lv Councilman J o h n M c K n i g h t Road and ing.
ireavu. Carlton Street, would be SECURING of addi-
"I don't understand premature. tional right of way to im-•
illy (you are proposing) "Some of them (prob- plement Alternate No. 4
11 these roadblocks," lems) may take consid- of a Conway feasibility
;reavu stated. erable time to resolve," traffic study, covering
He said that applying he warned. the area that abuts the
le conditions would in- But Larson said there 3M property.,
efinitely delay the proj- was time for compliance ESTABLISHING t h e
ct, which includes con- because the new build- • alignment of McKnight
ruction of• a sprawling ing, which includes re- Road between Conway
ne to t h r e e-s t o r v, search and office facili- and Larpenteur Ave-
)2,000 square foot build- ties, won't be completed Hues.
ig. until January 1975. COMMITMENT from
Miller, however, re- Meanwhile, he pledged "all public agencies" in-
iinded Greavu that the compliance with all lo- volved to the implemen-,
)uncil insisted — at the cal building codes. tation of the Conway Av-`
me that a 146-acre par- Larson also disagreed epue feasibility study.
A was rezoned light with the village's poli- ADOPTION .of policies
tion that a special per- regarding the distribu-
mit was even necessary. tion of public capital
The village officials costs benefitting 'the 3M
point out that local ordi- property.
nance requires the per- APPROVAL of a grad-
mit when manufacturing ing plan for the proper-
buildings are placed on ty, including village ap-
property• within 200 feet ' proval for removal of
of residential areas. trees with at least six-
Larson said the actual inch diameter. .
building will be 800 feet "These are not condi-
from any residences. Lions meant to indicate
The proposed condi- that all the problems in
tions listed by Miller in- the area are caused by
elude: 3M," Miller commented,
•ADEQUATE looping "but by development in
of the water systei ' Atgeane publicl) eahearing.
Mi n n e h a h a Avenue, there were -no citizens'