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r '1 u ( J so sometimes the addresses are whomever its addressed tot Published by the Arden Association No. 120 September 19.78 "The difference is slight, to the influence of an author, whether he is read by five hundred readers, or by five hundred thousand; if he can select the five hundred, he reaches the five hundred thousand " 9 --Henry Brooks Adams, 1838-1918 The Town Crier does not have a circulation of five hundred thousand (yet!), but our city is growing nicely as is evidenced by the number of these newsletters mailed each month. When Jan Hollenhorst began this job in September, 1975, she sent out 1501 copies. When I took over in March, 1977, we mailed 1799. And last month it was 1910. The exclusive and select list who -receive the Crier is made up of pays a sewer bill in Arden Hills or of people everyone who who has asked to be on our mailing list. We also try to mail to as many businesses as we can, but some of the offices keep changing (expecially in Arden Plaza) not always correct. Feel free to read this, The Twin Cities Christian Home was back last month at both the Planning.. 'Commission and at the Council meetings with its seemingly annual request for a Special Use Permit to build retirement apartments for the elderly on a parcel of land that is zoned R-1 (single family dwellings). Although the Planning 'Commission recommended granting the Special Use Permit (6 for, 1 opposed, 2 ab- staining), the Council voted to deny it 0 for denial, 2 for approval). The land in question is 23 acres just east of Old Snelling between the Soo Line tracks and County Road E. Many neighborhood residents spoke at each meet- ing, and opinion on the project seemed to be nearly evenly divided. The main objection to this proposal is that a project of this type will practically isolatf the homes north of E from the rest of the world. Already they have Lindey's on the west, McDonald's on the east, and County Road E out in front. Many of these residents are hoping for a development of single-family homes behind them to form a decent -sized neighborhood. Another objection was that the aim of Arden Hills has been to be a "Village ' of Homes" rather than a "Village of Special Use Permits". The Planning Commis- sion also considered the fact that if, for some unforeseen reason, TCCH went out 'of business, these apartments could easily be turned into college dormitories or "swingin' singles" apartments. On the "for" side of the question was the fact that housing of this type is definitely needed in the Twin Cities. It would be a nice -looking project with quiet residents who would generate little traffic and would probably not add many children to our schools. After three hours of discussion at the PC, our City Planner observed, "The amount of discussion is indicative of the mag- nitude of the problem." With the feelings of the Planning Commission in mind, the Council attacked the problem a week latera Two petitions were presented to the Council, one for the project and one against. To show just how evenly divided the opinions were, it was discovered two households had signed both petitions! Anyway, the Council has denied the request for the time being and the applicant has to wait at least 6 months before trying again. •