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gCouncilmen I) o n Wie- parks charge for each , He said pro,jection4An-
neighborhood p a r k s gert and Norm Ander- new single family home. dictate Maplewood kill
adopted by Maplewood's son.
For apartments, the h a v e 75,000 residents
City Council last week
will raise an estimated fee ranges from $85 to within the next 30 years.
$150,000 annually, Mayor $310 per unit. i
Robert Bruton says. Bruton argued that The Present population
"That'll give us a lot of newcomers to M a p l e-
30 has been estimates at
open space that we1 . wood should have to pay ,000.
wouldn't n o r m a l l y for increased park "W e 'r e supposed to
have," he told the coup- j' needs.
grow at the annual aver-
cil. But he said he pre- age rate of 2,250
The mayor's support of sumes general obli a- peo-
the charge, established do "Ifpie," Bruton urplaiople
tion tax monies will con- r w get four people
in a resolution, after the time to be spent for per dwelling, that's over
councilnadopted a neigh g'
�� community-wide parks. 500 dwelling units in one
b o r h o o d parks ordi And he didn't rule out year. That's what should.
nance,was pivotal, Ai a bond issue; for parks in bring in the$150,000."
Both the ordinance BRUTONthe future.
and the resolution pass- The mayor said the Councilmen John
ed by only a 3 2 vote. rtc o u n c i l wasn't acting Greavu and Burt Mur_
B e s i d e s the mayor, ofltheemeasuree s, devielts any too o- demands soonto
aolfast-iih dock opposed the new
they were backed by : ordinance.
pers must pay a $317 creasingpopulation.
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Greavu contended that
parks should be financed
entirely through a pond
issue.
And Murdock. al- i
though not opposed to
the concept of charging
developers for park s,
said he thought the coun-
cil was asking too much.
Several developers
talked against the pro-
posal..
Attorney Stuart Wells,
representing developer
Robert Tilsen, said the
council was taking the
equivalent of 25 per cent
of the undeveloped land
cost.
He said 10 per cent
would be fair.
- City officials have esti-
mated that the neighbor-
hood parks land can be
purchased today for an
average$4,000 per acre.
The development costs
for the parks have been
estimated at $7,500 per
acre.