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SAINT PAUL PIONEER PRESS N 3B i <br /> • I <br /> UBURBS <br /> Proposed APPLE VALLEY <br /> walking and . <br /> \ r I biking trail ' '' >< j • , <br /> ::9-C.,--4W., a ri -' 4. • Gravel pit deal includes <br /> � � it <br /> • <br /> {X 25 3 Na new park,, drama e relief.Rice ns \ . ,b I� <br /> IA,9 . Creek 11 /! <br /> '�o ,'. °' w The agreement between thecit- <br /> dam, , . ; BILL GARDNER STAFF wR:TER <br /> , ies does a number of things intend- <br /> jd. NEW „,r ,... <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., * <br /> • al <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- <br /> dow."•• <br /> • <br />