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<br /> Proposed APPLE VALLEY
<br /> walking and .
<br /> \ r I biking trail ' '' >< j • ,
<br /> ::9-C.,--4W., a ri -' 4. • Gravel pit deal includes
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<br /> '�o ,'. °' w The agreement between thecit-
<br /> dam, , . ; BILL GARDNER STAFF wR:TER
<br /> , ies does a number of things intend-
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<br /> .x�� ,, 4 �” ed to please Lakeville residents?,.;,_
<br /> i EBRIGHTON in p
<br /> 2''g �• � 4 Creating a 38-acre park and fix- •Water that had been draining
<br /> L � ;. ` ®�° ing a drainage problem are part of across back yards of some people• 1 ® ,„: a deal reached between Apple Val- in the Dodd Pointe neighborhood
<br /> y , µms 4�.�, 1 V ley and Lakeville to solve prob- in Lakeville will now be piped
<br /> PIONEER PRESS lems caused by a new gravel pit in away from the neighborhood. C,,..-
<br /> •A 38-acre staging area for,Zhe
<br /> T�A�� The settlement ends six months county Public Works Department
<br /> ,, . of. negotiations::between:the two at the.corner of County Road.46,
<br /> cities concerning.the gravel opera- and Pilot 'Knob .Road will,4be
<br /> V CONTINUED FROM 1e ' : tion:: A year agog;-Apple;Valley ,deeded by, the county to. Apply
<br /> gave Fischer Sand.and Aggregate •Valley for a park that will serve
<br /> homes from`the,trail with.their 'Co. permission.to move.its opera_: both cities., *
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<br /> choice of a 6-foot wooden privacy tions from a largely mined-out site ::•County.Road 46, which is the
<br /> fence or.landscaping :,;.:, north of County Road 42 to a new,.'%.border.:between the cities.and:is
<br /> "This is government bureaucra- site south of the road . `the southern edge of the gravel'
<br /> icy and. irresponsibility at its fin- ,That decision upset Lakeville mining area, will be moved 20 feet.
<br /> est," Bellis said. ."They. (parks residents because the new gravel north when it is widened next year",
<br /> planners) have no concern for the pit would be closer to them. They from a. two-lane..to a four-lane .
<br /> plight of homeowners. They just worried about air quality from road.
<br /> want to get their projects done.", diesel fumes and dust kicked up by •A traffic signal will-be putjat,.
<br /> r'Mack said the county had pre- the mining and:;feared: falling the intersection of Galaxie Road
<br /> ferred landscaping.instead of fenc property values and County Road 46 ,t,_F
<br /> ing,but 26 of the 47 property own- ,
<br /> -ers; responded in'a survey. that - -- 1
<br /> they:.wanted fencing. —
<br /> •`"We're bowing to their wishes,
<br /> Mack said..
<br /> The fences and landscaping will
<br /> be installed in September and Oc-
<br /> tober-after. the trail is completed.'
<br /> Bellis said all he can do now is
<br /> monitor the trail construction as
<br /> closely as he can. ,
<br /> "But I really don't need this,"he
<br /> said;"Nobody wants .a bike path
<br /> 40 feet.from their..bedroom win-
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