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St. Paul Dispatch E ✓ers Board :es itself in - Ore% inties Joint Powers Board that will -to- energy plant finally has a chair -.. > months of behind- the - scenes hag ommittee voted 5 -0 last week to give, Robert Orth and to set member Sal- a meeting. Ramsey County commissioner, is members on the Joint Powers Board' :s are Warren Schaber and John Fin- my County commissioners; Art and Wes Scheel, Washington County iers, and Mike Mazzara, Lake Elmo.. man_ mittee was originally scheduled to or- 3. oned because each county delegation ean. th a gentleman's agreement to rotate . irding to Vice Chairman Schaefer. mty will have the chairman," he said. ded the board's decision to take sala- working board," he said. "We'll earn it ad responsibility for a $100 million ,sal calls for incinerating 600 tons of am energy for the 20 buildings in the dies have expressed hope that revenue ing fees and from the 3M Co.'s pur- ,ugh to finance the project Hearing scheduled . on apartment plan aractice opposed By Jim Nagel Staff Writer A hearing on a proposed 41 -unit apartment building for the handi- capped and elderly will beheld at 7:30 p.m. March 23 by the Little Canada City Council: The project, to be built by the St. Paul - Minneapolis Archdiocese's Community Development Corp., requires a conditional use permit and rezoning of a small segment of the property currently zoned for industry. The site is at Market Place and First Bank drives, near the Market Place Shopping, Center and adja- cent to the Soo Line railroad tracks, a block north of Little Can- ada Road and two blocks east of Rice Street. John Rocheford, program man- ager for Little Canada Elderly and Handicapped Housing Inc., said the project is ready to go once city ap- proval is given. "We've got a reservation of funds from the Department of Housing and Urban Develoment," Rocheford said. "We expect condi- tional commitment from HUD this week and then plan to start work- ing on plans and specifications." rers St. Germain explained:. "The su- split results from this on the one n if hand there is a need for practice, tate that the young people can't get out Ir. on the golf courses on Saturday. If good? there is a Monday tournament they nad haven't had practice since Friday. pro- o• ta nles: cast "However, historically the state High School League, as well as our school district, has tried to stay away from any kind of formal ac- tivity on Sundays," St. Germain cairt. "We're not sure how the St. If all goes well, he said, the 41.5- million project, providing subsi- dized rentals to elderly and handi- capped people, could be under construction this summer and be completed in early 1984... The three- story, brick - veneer building would be built on land the city plans to purchase and turn over to the non -profit housing cor- poration. The city has applied for a grant to help pay for the land. D if Ni; ✓ r� 27 Little Canada Little Canada senior citizens, led by Johanna Gallagher, asked the council last week if a city sugges- tion that a fire sprinkler system be installed would jeopardize the project, which she's been suppor- ting for several years. "We don't want.to see it (a sprin- kler requirement) kill the project," Councilman Michael Fahey said "But if we can cut something else out, then I'd want the sprinklers." Rocheford said a city require- ment for sprinklers could throw a wrench into plans. "We don't have them in any other elderly buildings except in the case of a hi- rise," Rocheford said in an interview. „ What do you take out? These are basic housing units. There are no disposals, dishwashers, balconies or garages. It's very difficult to make these de- velopments work even without the extras. "1 think there are some miscon- ce,,'ions about the building” he c anued '"These are apartments for independent living. It's not a nursing home. There will be smoke detectors, fire walls, alarms, mag- netic door closers. We are trying to make housing available to these people and we just can't raise the rents (to cover additional costs for sprinkler systems). Federal laws won't allow that." Rocheford said figures presented to the Planning Commission show- , ing substantial insurance savings if there are sprinklers are incorrect. He plans to detail those costs at the March 23 hearing. is conflict A✓ i ntm a nt a conflict carne up on a par- ks.nn T would refrain from