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I I SAINT PAUL PIONEER PRESS . TlI"~DAY MARrH'~ Iqq5 I C S~ I I Arde~ Hills residents ask SuBURBS council to stop developer Pick a name I B~KEMORRISON5TAFFWRITER that would fit IT hey came prepared, the residents did, quoting from the I d . _!rden Hills comprehensive plan, from publications on commu. I on roa sIgn I '::riity planning, even from the speech of a Nobel Prize winner. i I ->, ..But the words of the first officer of the most famous starship i R ' in the universe perhaps best made their point. - - "To quote Spock, 'The needs of the many outweigh the needs C ~ m \~~ . ~of.the few,' " said resident Jay Schrankler. oun y I :' . :And with that, the citizens of Arden Hills - all 150 or so who asked - f?m- : came to Monday night's City Council meeting - hoped council n; u n I H::h~ , . members would see things their way and block a proposed a ong 96 for ::.townhome development near Valentine Lake. way . reo I . . Instead, council members tabled the matter until at least help. 10 e : 'early April, when they must decide whether to conduct an nam10g th ',_environmental assessment to determine the effect building 18 8. 4 5. m 11 e 222.1000 .Wnhomes may have on area flora and wildlife. Residents had str~tch of What do you Ie iIed. a petition with the state Environmental Qu~lity Board rO~f' early think Highway .-- seeking the assessment, and many say It may be their last hope entries are 96 in northern to stop development of the 6.5 acre parcel at the northwest -ndica. Ramsey County I intersection of County Road E2 and Old Highway 10. _ ~~!n I the should be called? Although Bethel College currently owns the tract, It has t . -n Call THE LINE at entered into a purchase agreement with local developer Dan ~oun Yb:n;y 222-1000 and Ogren, who attended the council n:eeting and subs~uent public r~~e a enter category I hear10g Monday. What he heard did little for hiS digestIOn. H' bo t 1300 to leave ~irst, there was SChrankler, a member of the resident'sgroup pot~;{e aBo~. your suggestion. Ne~ghbors of ValentlOe Lake. He not only quoted the. km~ of levard? Ar- We'll compile the logiC, but talked of the rare turtles he says may live m a I All ? results and pass I wetland that's part of the tract. He suggested the need to do a senoa ey : _ them along to "bioinventory" of the site to search for "rare species." ne resl - - - dent wants the Ramsey HIS sentiments were echoed by another local,-Grmnell College to rename County Board of I student Annemane RundqUiSt. Back rer a few days on spr10g th d Commissioners break, she took a few minutes to liken the land to the Brazilian ,,~. h roa . rain for~st, urging council members not to let the wooded 96- JI g wa1 Hill Memorial High. parcel disappear. . ,~mes I And resident Jon Hoelscher said aloud what many home. way_ _ owners might consider unthinkable. "I'm willing to be taxed for "It_ would take a st:,eet sign half the acquisition of this property," he said, even though the land i i the size of the state, _ said Jam<<:s appears already to be sold. ' . Tolaas, a county engmeer. who IS I Did all this make developer Ogren think twice? project manager for the highway. . "Absolutely not," he said after the meeting. "I certainly The county took over jurisdic. respect the citizens' right to take a look at this, but unless they tion of Highway 96 from the state can come to me with other alternatives, I still plan to go Jan. 26 and has asked New Brigh. I ahead." ton Arden Hills, Shoreview, North Although Ogren's plan to develop the area already has been Oaks Vadnais Heights, White Bear epproyed by the city's pla~ning commIssion, it still awaits full Tow~hip and White Bear Lake I ouncll a~provaL.That ~on t come until et le'l.St Apnl 10, when for suggestions. the council IS set.to review calls for the environmental assess- They plan to get a consensus on ment. a name and present it to the Ram- I sey County Board of Commission- ers for ap'proval by mid-May_