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To Constant Tw
By JIM BROEDE muted a lighting plan tensity of the lighting at -: •
Staff Writer that includes erection of the s h o p p i n g center, s` •
Ron Monroe says that e i g h t, 120-foot light plus the hours they're •
by nett yearhis home poles. •
turned on. '1�M'1.. ant Pisvairli
will never again be in He said that was pre- Other nearby shopping
the dark. ferable to the customary centers K-Mart in
"I feel it'll always be 80 to 90 poles 35 to 50 feet White Bear ..Lake, Tar-
(at least) twilight out high at most other shop- get in North St. Paul and
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there," he told Maple- ping centers. Rosedale — are exam-
wood's Village Council But Monroe, 2975 Fur- pies of what not to do, he ® '
last week. ness St.,isn't so sure. said. •
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Why? • ,, o iv my backyard „ "There," he asserted,
Monroe lives only one they have a callous dis- f ::.,,.::.
half mile from the new gets dark at night," he regard for the neigh-
explained.Ma lewood Mall, a re "But I'm hors."
Maplewood afrd that they rdeyelo TUESDAY, JULY 24, 1973
gional shopping center He said some of the. •
under construction on per Homart Inc.) are lights are still on at 3 "This
the community's north trying to abolish night.'' part of the coon He suggesteMaple
y a.m. try is known for a good wood needs "an ordi-
side.: Monroe called on the James St. Onge, 2126 view of the aurora bo- n a n c e or guidelines'
And the project direc- Village Council to "se- B e a m Ave., said hethat deal with lighting.
tor, Jerry Sandvig, sub- verely restrict" the in- shared Monroe's views. realis '� (northern "And the environment
lights), he commented. should be taken into con.
"But after these (shop- sideration,"he added. •
ping center) lights go in The c o u n e i 1, mean
we'll be known for the while, sent the lighting
proposal to the commu-
aurora M a p 1 e w o o d nity design review board
Atm " fora recommendation.