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Maplewood Councilman Urges
By Jim Broede "But this is the way it and expressed concern .
Staff Writers 1 has to be done," Council- over the s u p p o r t for
Maplewood City Coun- man Wiegert asserted. Greavu's views.
Gilman John Greavu has _ "We have total storm "I never complained
urged converting Knucsewer plan (to follow)." before about how any-
-k 1 e h e a d Lake into a ,*''''. .., ...:,./' he continued. "The way body voted on a mo-
giant drainage pond.
we go now is to run tion." he stated after the
He said the city should around putting fingers in split vote, "but I think
buy the lake, off the the dike." that's dumb."
south side of Hwy. 36 He went on to call for "We're just calling for
east of Hazelwood Ave- a total solution to the a hearing." Murdock re-
nue. c i t v 's drainage prob- ;minded Wiegert. "We
The cost of the pri-
lems, in keeping with the can always change our
vately-owned lake and GREAVU comprehensive p 1 a n, minds."
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surrounding properties, The council, however.
he suggested, probably also agreed, this time
sill be less than what he unanimously, to slate a
described as an alterna- July 30 hearing on an al-
tive: a lengthy series of ternative, acquisition of
downstream drainage about 29 acres north of
improvements. Hwy. 36 and west of Ha-
• His remarks at a re- z e 1 w o o d Avenue for ,
cent public hearing on ponding of water over-
Hazelwood and Lark av- flow from Knucklehead
enues drainage propos- Lake and the fast devel
als drew support from oping,surrounding area.
Councilmen Burt Mur Greavu, although not
dock and Norm Ander- opposed to a hearing on
s the alternative, said he
They joined with Grea- was leery of the propos-
wu to form the majority propos-
al. think we're asking
when the council voted for trouble," he stated.
3-2 for scheduling a pub- "We're getting off here
lic hearing July 30 on the where we don't know
Knucklehead Lake pur- what's ahead."
chase proposal. "I can see (Greavu's)
Mayor Robert Bruton p o i n t," Councilman
and Councilman . Don M u r d o c k added. "We 1
'Vyiegert dissented, say- may get ourselves to the
ing that in their opinion point where we can buy '
the proposal failed to the thole (city) for what
even warrant considera- we pay for a ponding ,
tion at a hearing. area north of Hwy.36."