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by Scott Carlson emergency elevator,security system and
A Maplewood councilman dissented on magnetic floor closures activated by fire-
a vote to approve building plans for a 169 smoke alarm detection system.
unit subsidized housing project on A revised southerly entrance to the
grounds that it would place an additional project has been designed as result of
financial burden on the village citizens. construction of Beebe rd. but does not
"This will put more of a burden on the appear to present any possible traffic
taxpayers because we'll be only able to manueverability problems, manager
collect half the tax base we would nor- Mike Miller said.
mally," John Greavu said in explaining STORM DRAINAGE problems to the
his opposition to the Forest Green phase north of the 12-acre site need to be worked
II apartment proposal,now called Archer out between the developer and the village
Heights. engineering staff. Max Goracke, legal
"I voted against this before and I will
again tonight," Greavu said. "Now more have been for umi Givens',o said drainage plans
. than ever we have a financial limitation have submitted o opentthe village.
placed upon us by the state legislature," Landscaping and space land uses
said, need to be more clearly defined, Miller
he referring to the tax levy limitationlaw. said. Givens' has appropriated$7,500 for
landscaping purposes. In the process of
Councilman Donald Wiegert indicated
that he agreed with Greavu but said, "I gradingpreserve the sitethedeveloper should
think we're too far along with this project as much of sthe naturalMr
now". He and Mayor Les Axdahl and vegetationaexisting as possible, Miller
councilmen Harald Haugan and Donald said.
Olmstead all voted to approve the The village has required that all roads
Oauildinplans. to the site be 32-foot wide,and 15 feet wide
bon
all entrance roads to accomodate
CONCEPT APPROVAL was granted to safety
the project last October and revised site standards.
The Forest Green project in its initial
plans okayed in January. A delay in
public housing funds, however, made the conceptionpartmt unitwass.
to have consistednwof 540.
project unfeasible until recently. apartment units. It will now total 277.
Givens' project was approved to Construction of phase II is to begin no
later than Feb. 15 under conditions of the
conditions outlined by the Community
special use permit.
Design Review Board and safety con-
siderations mutually satisfactory to
Givens, Police Chief Dick Schaller and
Fire Marshal Al Schadt.
Archer Heights,located between Beebe
rd. and Furness st. north of Ripley ave.
and south of Holloway ave., will include
two three story structures to be ar-
chitectually designed with face brick
exterior and mansard roof. The brick
iolor will be a variation manganese.
One of the buildings will be a 69-unit
ienior citizen-building and will include
several provisions to adequately handle
he people. Included would be an