HomeMy WebLinkAbout1973 09-23 Maplewood Adopts master Plan Minus Street Network DISPATCH —
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Maplewood's Village streets past their $35,000 designating the through partly because of citi
Council last week adopt- to SlO,( O homes. streets in the compre- zens'protest.
e d a comprehensive The streets. Beam and hensive plan until Com-. "I realize it's stupid r-
comunity plan minus a Woodlyn Avenues, will p 1 e t i o n of feasibility have a land t.&‘. plan !)?:
street network for the be necessary to make studies. the neighborhood) with
M a p 1 e by o o d heights the neighborhood "tune- Despite urgings from . out the roads," Counen
neighborhood. tional," Councilman Dun• Wiegert not to do that, man Don Olmstead rc
'the absence of a street Wiegert argued. the council finally fol ported. "But I'm villin
system, on paper, was a "The present streets." lowed St. Onge's advice, to live with it."
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moral V i c t o r y for a he explained. "do not —
neighborhood organiza- sunr)ort the land use."
lien known as CARE the neighborhood resi-
(Citizens Against Resi- dents contend that the•
dential Exploitation). - through streets would be
But it appeared to be mainly for access to the
only a postponement 01 Maplewood Mall. a re-
ale inevitable—the cx- gional shoppin!, center
tension of at least two u n d e r construction at
e a s t-w e s t through White Bear and Beam
Avenues.
"But even single fami-
ly homes will reouire
through streets," \Vie-
-oert stated. "It was al-
ways anticipated they'd
be there."
lie: pointed out that
Ramsey County even N-
iers to Beam Avenue as
future County Road C2.
James St. Onge, 2126
Beam Ave.. a spokes-
man for CARE disputed
\\ i e g e r t 's assertions
about Beam Avenue.
"We have heard (as-
sertions) time in and
time out that the street
was i n t e n d e d to go
through." he comment-
ed. "How conic the 78
families who live there
never heard" of this be-
fore?"
, • "I don't know how
come."Wiegert replied.
_ But he suggested they
should have suspected it
%Olen Beam Avenue was
constructed 11 feet wide
in front of their homes.
wider than the usual res-
idential street.
St. Onge calledfor the
council to at least delay