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PARRANTO: from p. 1A The Housing and Redevelopment
said, "We're going into our sixth year never happened before." "Now do you see what I've had to put Councilmember Tom Egan agreed Authority of Dakota County
is accep-
Dakota Long Range Planning Report trying to work this out and we're not Blomquist agreed to hear him out, up with for six years?" with Blomquist's reasons and said,
"If ting applications for the Scattered Site
we approved this I fear we'd have an Family Housing Program,
which said building and selling single any further ahead than when we Parranto said having 19 meetings to Blomquist moved to deny Parranto's
family homes will be feasible for a long started. It's been before public bodies work out the details of developing 120 request to amend his PD agreement. influx
of developers requesting Eligible families rent houses,
time. He said the report also stated that 19 times, which means it has taken up a acres of land was not excessive, con- She modification of plats due to
economic duplexes or four-plexes under the pro-
many families who move into multiple tremenduous amount of staff time. As sidering the problems he has had to In n cited addition seven to reasons for her motion.
reasons. The. City shouldn't get into gram. Families must have two or more
inadequate park land
family housing units now, will pro- a taxpayer, I resent this much time be- face. and the inconsistency with the Com the development business. If
their pro- children and meet low or moderate in-
bably want to move into single family ing spent on one project. He said his problems have included prehensive Plan, she said approving posal has been approved, they
have to homes by around 1985, reducing the "I resent all the time we have had to having to wait for Inver Grove Heights the amendment because of the live
with it, regardless of the economic
conditions.
need for multiple family housing in the spend fighting this. Eighteen months to construct Argenta Trail which was economic conditions of the housing Councilmember
Jim Smith said he
county. ago Mr. Parranto was given everything planned to connect with his land, hav- market would set a precedent which felt sorry for the Parrantos and added,
"Single family homes will be almost he wanted. After five years of plann- ing to provide drainage for the in- other developers would follow. "It's a
hard piece of property to
non-available by the time people can ing, you'd think he would rush out and dustrial area to the south of his land She also said that having the PD
develop and Inver Grove Heights really SAVE
afford them," Rolbricki said. begin building. But nothing was done (enlarging Burr Oak Pond and reduc- come before the council and the APC stuck it to them. Any city
that insists
Rolbricki also expressed concern and now he comes in with outrageous ing the amount of active park land), 19 times has placed a burden on the on five
acre lots is ridiculous."
about what he believed to be an inade Plans which the Planning Commission
and having to serve as a buffer between staff, residents, and councilmembers. Although Smith expressed his con-
quate amount of park land which has voted `no' on twice." an industrial park and single family Her other reasons included the inade- cern for Parranto's
problem, he also
would have to serve the 900 people who After the residents were finished homes. quate intersection on Highway 149 and
would live in the area if Parranto's PD talking, Mayor Bea Blomquist said she "This is good plan and it is going to Cherokee Trail, the idea of having the expressed his
concern for the residents:
The proposal is too dense for that
amendment request were approved. He had "serious concerns" about Parran- make this neighborhood a good place higest density of housing in the deepest area. In another
area of the city it
added that the Comprehensive Plan's to's proposal. She said she believed the to live. We don't dictate what kind of part of the plat, and the fact that
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would probably work out well. But we
Land Use Map indicates the area is in- amount of park land was inadequate houses will sell, the market does," he Eagan residents shouldn't have to suf- must protect
the people who live there
tended to be used for single family for the area and added the proposal added. fer because Parranto was forced by the "
homes. was not consistent with the Com- Many residents groaned loudly. Inver Grove City Council to develop
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Rolbricki told the council, "It's your prehensive Plan which suggests that The council voted c4-0 il to deny Par-
"To buy a home in this development 5-acre lots (instead of the 2%z-acre lots
responsibility to protect the rights of single family housing should be built in wnnld re°uire a monthly navment of tip n" „J;--t ranto s request. Councilmember
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the residents. It's not your duty to bail that area. $950 a month with zero down G.I. ' • 1-auauw, wiiu lb ,ciaLeu io xicnara
in Inver Grove Heights. $8741
out a developer who made a bad finan- Blom uist said to Parranto "The Parranto, abstained and did not p
q We're not going to sell to anyone who Blomquist's last remark was made in ticipate in the discussion. Before the
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cial investment." City has acted in good faith in the past makes less than $45,000 per year and reference to claims by several residents
Rolbricki and several other residents with this matter and now you're ask discussion began, Councilmember Par- $7714
you treat me like I was bringing in that Parranto was proposing higher ranto said he would abstain to avoid a
said Parranto should stick with the ing..." trash," Parranto said. "Every step of density housing in South Delaware
plan which had been approved by the Parranto interrupted, "Won't I even the way I've incorporated the wishes of Hills to make up for the financial pro- potential conflict
interest, although
City Council 18 months ago. be given a chance to rebut the remarks the residents." added that technically there was no Economical V6 engine
blems he had encountered with his In- conflict of interest because he had no
Urban Langer, 540 Chapel Lane, we just heard? Madame Mayor, that's Parranto ended his rebuttal saying, ver Grove Heights development. •Automatictr'ansmission
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