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<br /> s t r e e t s Little Canada residents in the vicinity of Morrison
<br /> r de rs sem e$ •7 and E. Demont avenues object to a house older than
<br /> •• theirs being moved to a lot at 317 E.Demont Ave.
<br /> A five-year, $657,500 mainte- Some of them told the CityCouncil last.week the
<br /> check nitrates nance program for Mounds View's house is not in character with he neighborhood,which
<br /> local street system has been rec-
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<br /> has ordered a sampling of individual ommended to protect the system has many homes about 10 years old. They also were
<br /> that would cost $3.6 million to re- concerned,as is the council,about storm water drain=
<br /> rets of nitrates were discovered in a place. s age in the area,which has no storm sewers.
<br /> wells. The nitrate levels are consid-
<br /> to infants and pregnant women. Re- A study by consulting engineer Following a hearing, the council tabled the condi-
<br /> )les are now being analyzed. Council- John Johnson found that more than tional-use permit request from Donald Holzmer and
<br /> half of the citystreets were built in Rick Collova and will ask for more information from
<br /> .aid no one has become ill because ofthe citypublic works director.
<br /> steel anyone concerned about them 1967 and three-quarters of the sys-
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<br /> the interim. No source of the nitrates was built before 1968. Collova also asked for a delay so he could personal-
<br /> With an estimated life of 15 to 20 ly discuss the move with neighbors. -
<br /> - - years for normal bituminous road- .. Thebouse to be moved,at 2608 McMenemy Road,is.
<br /> 'd mayor ways, replacement time could be a 40-to 50-year-old stucco structure with a high,steep
<br /> fast approaching,Johnson said. roof. It would go on the Demont Avenue lot without
<br /> any variations from the city codes but would be con-
<br /> an Willis Branning, mayor of the city siderably remodeled inside and out,Collova said.
<br /> i. resident since 1964, was appointed Mounds View The city of Little Canada is selling the lot, which it
<br /> inimous vote of the City Council. bought when it needed a sanitary sewer easement in
<br /> dt the term of former mayor Martis The study, on a block-by-block 1968. The sale is contingent on the permit that resi-
<br /> Feb. 13 and two days later pleaded basis,showed that more than 5 per- . dents sought to prevent.
<br /> cent of the city streets are in se -
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<br /> ng more than $2,500 from a nursery vere condition and need major re- "The structure badly blends with the character of .
<br /> i red. Overgard was put on probe- pair; nearly 38 percent are the neighborhood," said Joe Kausner, 325 E. Brooks. •
<br /> moderately bad and should have Ave. "I would not object to a new home there, but I,:
<br /> • some repair before they are seal- don't feel this dwelling will enhance the,neighborhood.,,-
<br /> .i closing coated; and more than half need or my property. . • . ,
<br /> minor repair of cracks that could "It's directly across from my property,"said Daniel '
<br /> As in North St. Paul-Maplewood-Oak- be accomplished by periodic seal- Campanaro,324 E. Demont Ave."I pay.$2,240 in tax- '
<br /> ild close by 1987-88 under a long- ing. - es and have a#9l,000 market value.That building will
<br /> ed by the School Board. • The city has 32.5 miles of local devalue my property.That house is an eyesore."
<br /> g could come even earlier if the dis- streets, 5.5 miles of county roads Councilman Michael Fahey,acting mayor in the ab-
<br /> Is general fund. and seven miles of county-state aid sence of Mayor Ray Hanson, said: "The city has no
<br /> highways. control over aesthetics, as long as the home meets-
<br /> g about closing a high school a year ""The system overall is in good code requirements and wetbacks. The only require-
<br /> ur financial condition, Board mem- . shape, that's the bottom line," ._ . ...
<br /> - he and his colleagues adopted the Johnson told council members last _ •
<br /> week. "But the city hasn't been _1 .4:=suburbs IbbL
<br /> a district would establish a K-5, 6-9, spending what's needed. The level
<br /> of maintenance is not what the city
<br /> i with eight elementary schools, two• should do." a l a r e r share
<br /> )r high school. 'If Mounds View went on a five- - of
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<br /> �n to business • program, he said, the annual � .: . ,
<br /> . cost would be about $131,500. Fourteen suburbs will mount a unique Iobbying ef- •
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<br /> al horse racing track in WoodburySome of that could be offset by fort-in-the state legislative session that begins next `
<br /> state aid for roads which-comes •wee-1 dilla'=.••- u'
<br /> nment and business but a bother to from gasoline taxes. - The cities have hired lobbyists to fight what they
<br /> Johnson recommended that in consider an unfair formula for apportioning state aids
<br /> more than $300 million in economic the first three years of a new pro- to local governments and to get the Legislature to
<br /> it of regional projects, jobs and tax gram the worst road surfaces recognize that suburban needs are as great as those of.
<br /> m Signorelli, one of the developers. should be replaced. Then the the cities of St.Paul and Minneapolis. - . _
<br /> streets needing less repair could be Suburban officials believe the central cities are
<br /> Brookview Road, opposes the
<br /> 3e cared for in the last two years of hogging an unfair.share of state local government aids
<br /> the southern boundary of the the program. under the present formula,prepared on city of Minna- r
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<br /> eat public hearing in City Hall After five years, the city could apolis computers
<br /> go back on a maintenance program , June Demos,Roseville mayor, recently was elected
<br /> of sealing about 20 percent of the chairwoman of the group, called the Municipal Legis- s
<br /> streets each year. lative Commission. t
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<br /> Where would the money for such "We aren't saying we want to take everything away t
<br /> , a program come from when the from St. Paul and Minneapolis,"Demos said. "But we
<br /> city is already strapped? want the airis not nn an annal hacic Wo want .'YTI :oi,
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