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<br /> Star Tribune/Tuesday/December 21/1993•
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<br /> Many at the meeting clearly wanted , a $ .-4 A f �f" --VI!,
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<br /> '``,the project scuttled, sayingtwould + `, % <- �, ..�. $ � t a .. � r `who taught invitetoomuchtrafficandcrimeand ' ,� ,`- fez _
<br /> rea for more would lower property values. Maple04\ <i °r• _" :: ; ; „
<br /> lay at Friend- Grove, the Twin Cities' fifth-fastest �.- x r ``
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<br />;t 2'h years. The dispute over Elm Creek Village •• „,f,,,:,. ..,,',„'„,„+ � � �„ �] 1 � �•. ,?`
<br /> had cast a shadow on the city's im- 'r► s
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<br /> Iew Prague, age, with residents and city officials , ” � 3a ,. ' , -, ° �x
<br /> om Bethany ahke saying their opposition to the �F' � �� .s����� �. d;. f��_ h� �' ��,� 4
<br /> in Mankato, project had been unfairly attributed (sT .' ft, r . / ::',%'''''
<br /> elor's degree al racism. tis.r .4 f, o t Y
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<br /> Is in Minne- "Don't tell me what I think. Dont t',1•'"Y"4i.)-;:*''''''''''''.::,„• �� � ,�<.�" ,, � ;firy - < a g �ommunities tell me what I feel, or [say that] if I > _' • f4"� "' ,Model T to don't do something, I have no Y r 1i
<br /> � �heart," said City Council Member �° • ��, 4,40,,,,,,,„•,.. " yw ". ,, � x;,b "
<br /> Donald Ramstad. +':` Yes - k -
<br /> ling position � . `�
<br /> z School of "Don't tell me the citizens of Maple Staff Photo by Duane Braley s
<br /> ccided to get Grove,or any city,don't have a right
<br /> sband, Hen- to worry," he added, referring to The Maple Grove City Council met before an' overflow audience before approving a low-and moderate-income housing project.
<br /> former state many residents' concerns about
<br /> use they had crime."Don't tell me that." quarter-mile away. Officials said the considered it again in mid-November The city of 38,000, 3 percent mem- move to Maple Grove."[But]earn it,
<br /> Ian 60 years meetings on Elm Creek Village were — only to be confronted by a large bers of minorities, has a median buy it,like I did....You have to lire
<br /> But Council Member Dave Burtness among the most heavily attended in and angry crowd that flocked to City household income of $50,611. The up to the standards of the communi
<br /> said, "I take exception to all the the city's history. • . Hall in a last-minute attempt to stop median household income for the ty,not vice versa."
<br /> violin and comments that were made [about] it. City Administrator Jon Elam said state is$30,909:
<br /> eld her 59th 'those people.' ... Ido not Neve The project began winding its way some city officials felt the outcry was
<br />€rs ago. One low-income people are bad." toward cityapprovalBut Veronica Beach, a tenant advo�
<br /> ith agrand- in October and "unnerving and surprising, and per- As the meeting began last night, op- tate and the only black person w �
<br /> had been unanimously approved by haps even discouraging." ponents resented a
<br /> gl�ter. Last night's meeting was held before the city's planning commission at a p petition with spoke at the meeting, said, "Web
<br /> a crowd of several hundred that hearing attended by a few residents. The issue was again galvanized when halt the pro900 signatures, seeking to have a lot of problems with atrordl
<br />€ the area," spilled out the doors of City Hall. Podawiltz and Brad Hoyt, who owns p able housing in suburban Iing ho ,s
<br /> lis Morlock, Police had to direct traffic,and many After reviewing Elm Creek Village at an option to the property, said the A Russian immigrant said, "Come ing doesn'temeanethey�rergoing tooti
<br />"She always people were forced to park as far as a a Nov. 1 meeting, the City Council opposition was racially motivated. here," he said of those wanting to down the place." ,
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