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ByElizabeth Mohr
' emohr @pioneetpress.com
Someone is upset about the possi -.
bility of development at an Eagan
golf course,
So upset that the individual sent a
death threat to City Hall.
"Any council member voting for
developing Parview [sic] will die!!
You are all in on it with the develop-
er! 1 " the letter reads.
The sender appears to be referring
to Parkview Golf %Club, whose own-
ers have asked the city council for a
change in zoning status, city spokes-
man Tom Garrison said.
"The (golf course) owners have put
the land under an option to a devel-
oper," and are requesting a change
in land -use designation from private
recreation to low- density residential,
Garrison said.
The issue came before the city
council on Tuesday, June 19, and
drew a packed house.
Folks who live near the golf course
and those interested in the issue
"came out in force" for the meeting,
Garrison said. Many opposed devel-
opment on the 80 -acre site..
The threatening letter was sent to
City Administrator Thomas Hedges
and opened the morning of the meet-
ing, It was signed "FOPV."
Mayor Mike Maguire held the let-
ter up during the meeting, after ini-
tially speculating it might be. from
someone in a group dubbed
"Friends of Parkview," .Garri-
son said. But the group was
"quick to condemn" 'it.
"(The group is) thought to
have no connection but conve-
nient for someone who wants
to remain anonymous to use,"
Garrison said. "Everyone who
spoke the other night and
those in the audience were
very respectful:"
The.city council voted unan-
imously Tuesday to forward
the zoning= change request to
the Metropolitan Council, as
required.
If the Met Council .approves
It, the matter ,comes back to
the City council for approval.
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If the Met Council votes it
down, the issue dies.
Assuming the request is
approved by both governing
bodies, the developer would
have to come back to the city
council yet again with pro-
posed plans.
Another round of voting
would follow. -
"What the council tried to
make .clear the other night is
that they're not approving :a
development with -that vote,"
Garrison said.
The proposed land -use des-
ignation, :which requires. a
Comprehensive Guide Plan
amendment, would .allow for
up to four houses per acre.
Parkview, an 18 -hole course
on Cliff .Road, is the city's
remaining course of that size.
In May, the city's planning
commission voted against the
amendment that would .allow
a residential development
there.
Eagan.police are investigat-
ing the threatening letter,
Garrison said.
Elizabeth Mohr can be reached at
651 - 228 - 5162. Follow her at
twitter.comAiWohr.
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