HomeMy WebLinkAbout1973 12-11 Environmental Impact Study Law costs Peeves Maplewood Officials DISPATCH 4 (E) ST.PAUL DISPATCH Tues.,Dec.11,'73
Environmental Impact Study Law
Costs Peeves Maplewood Officials
Maplewood officials Nobody has firm cost same parcel of land over council "no longer hay
are- peeved over a new estimates yet. i and over." ing any decision over
law that can hook local But village councilmen "A developer m a y ' how the 't a x p a v e is'•
taxpayers with the cost have speculated that it come in with one project funds are spent."
of environmental impact may run as high as that's turned down," he The council, however;
studies. $20,000. explained. "He still has
Under the legislation, Village Manager Mi- the land. He could come took a step last.week to
it's possible for 500 Citi chael Miller said the in with another (ilevel- require Twin City Fed
zens to bring about the ` cost is,not exempt from opment) of a different eral to "share their pro-
study. . Maplewood's levy limit. type and size. So you can pro-
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portionate cost" of an
All they have to do is And it's not budgeted do a number of impact environmental impact
study connected with the
petition the E n v i r o n- for. - • studies on the same site, Maplewood Mall.
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mental Quality Council. "Possibly we c o u 1 d at least theoretically." That was one condition
That has already hap- claim it's something re- Meanwhile, council- attached to a roval of
penedin Maplewood. quired by the state and man John Greavu as- the firm's plans for a
A group ,of citizens therefore exempt," he - serted that the petition building at the edge of
want a study of the envi- c o m m e n t e d. "But for the environmental the mall.
ronmental effects of thewhether we get it or not, study of the Maplewood Councilman Greavu
new Maplewood-Mall, a is up to another state Mall was s i g n e d by dissented.
regional 'shopping center agency." some persons residing
slated to open next year. Village attorney Don outside Maplewood. He suggested that
Presumably, the vil- ',ills says the village Councilman Don Wie such a requirement
lage will have to pay for may end up financing gest, said that unfortun would discourage Bevel
the study. impact studies "on the ately, in his opinion. vii_ opers at a time when a
tual)v anybody •has a "jobs are going 'to be
right to sign the petition. scarce."
"We're going to have
He said the law that al• (an increase in) unem-
lows that is another ex- ployment, he predict-
ample of the village ed. -