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Newspaper Clipping - Newspaper Clipping Scan - Newspaper clippiings on Sam's Club approval to be built in Eagan - 8/1/1999www.mnSun:com `Apple Valley/Rosemount,'Eagan S Sam's Club: Paying part of road improvement From Page lA construction plans haven't been final= ized, the three stores will_: likely be completed sometime in 2001. • The Eagan store would be at the south end of the site, with parking to the north. In addition to the store it- self, plans call for an automotive tire - and battery installation service. • .Because theland was zoned Limit- ed Industrial, a change to the city's .Comprehensive Guide Plan was,need- ed to allow a commercial business in the area, Dudziak said. "That was orie of the •biggest. changes in approving. the store," Dudziak said. "The area is not desig- nated for retail and that is what we felt Sam's Club was so we went ahead and made that zoning. change part_ of the application." The Advisory Planning Commis- sionrecommended.approving a zoning - change „for the property to Commer__ cial Planned Development following a public hearing June 27. The City -Council took up the APC's recommendation at a July 5 meeting, but held off on a decision pending a re- view of the plans by the Metropolitan Council. That review was necessary because whenever a city consid- ers a development -that would require a change to its' comprehensive _ plan, the Met Council needs to sign off on the change. The Met 'Council in early August notified the city that the plan met its ap- .proval. Dudziak said that• throughout the process residents raised no opposition to the store, mostly because there are no residential areas in the immediate area of the proposed.store. The plot of land is surrounded by 'the Eagan Post Office and some open land owned by the Postal Service, some hotels and of- fice.complexes. The biggest technical. issue that had to. be. overcome regarding the store was concerns over traffic: "That was :probably the biggest issue,that we had to address," Dudzi- ak said. "There'•were concerns- by city staff that the streets in the area might not be able to handle that kind of traf- fic."- . - Wal-Mart's .planners conducted a traffic study that showed poor traffic conditions at the Clubview Drive and Lexington Avenue.. intersection. How- ever, improvements to that intersec- tion are scheduled in both cities' and the county's 2001 Capital Improve- . ment Plans, Dudziak said. At the applicant's suggestion, the APC included as a condition of ap- proval that Wal-Mart pay for a portion of the cost of improvements at the in- tersection. The approval of the -final. plat for the Apple Valley. Sam's Club store is expected to be before the Apple Valley City -Council in early_ September, said Apple Valley City Planner Tom Lovelace. - That store- will be • in the ;Fischer Marketplace development, directly west of Menard's, Lovelace said. That development.will also include a Kohl's department store, as well as smaller retail stores..: In addition to the three new stores, •Wal-Mart is . remodeling • existing stores in St. Louis Park, Fridley and White Bear Lake this year. Sam's Club also has two other stores, in Inver Grove Heights and Burnsville. • . n•Current/Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2000 www.mnSun.com STUDENT LINES • Apple Valley and Roemount stu- dents who,were named to the academic f distinction list at the.University of Wis- consin -Eau Claire are: Apple Valley — Jennifer- Allen, Shannon Hoag, r Katie Hofferber, Shauria Hoising- • ton, Jennifer Klobassa, . Kelly Madura, Megan Maloney, Kelly • Nordling, Robert Power, -Jennifer • Quist, Jessica Sauvageau, Susan . Shier,.. Bjorn Simpson, Natalie Strawn, Megan Terry, Jennifer .Thorp, Amanda Thorp, Jennifer Wagner and Richard Whitt.. Rose- mount — Brian Kangas, Tony Schaf- fer and Angela Thomae. Sally Albers of Apple Valley has .:graduated with.a B.A. degree from the University of Missouri -in Columbia and was- recognized • for academic achieve- ment from the Big 1-2 Conference. •She has accepted aposition with CBSsport- sline.com in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., as a community producer. Sharon Reinardy, whose parents are Robert and Audrey Donahue of Apple Valley, has been named to the dean's list at .Concordia University in St. Paul. Christina Harmon of Apple Val • - f d� c+ nl.f Amy Kjorlien, whose parents are Marilyn and Jerry_Kjorlieh of.Apple Valley, was named to the dean's list at Concordia -College in Moorhead, Minn. Matt Brandel of Rosemount has graduated from Dakota County -Techni- cal College in Rosemount in the pro- gram of computer programmer. Stephanie Rick of Apple Valley is one of 45 St. Olaf College science stu- dents who conducted research with pro- fessors this summer. Rick and -biology faculty member Joel Olfelt researched the endangered plant species called Leedy's roseroot, and gathered ecologi- cal and demographic information about known• populations .to .aid in conserva- tion efforts. • • Erika Bock of Apple Valley has re- - ceived a bachelor of science degree in speech communication at Syracuse University in New York. Artists who received champion rib- bons in the recent Dakota County Fair Art Show are, Julie Jonker, photo- graph advanced; of Apple Valley; and Elaine Hendrickson; china painting, of -Rosemount: • Apple Valley and Rosemount stu- dents who are recent graduates.from -North Dakota State •University- in Fargo are: Apple -Valley — Douglas Butler, B.S., electrical' engineering, Jason Cowles, B.S., honors, mechan- ical engineering, Yvette Weiser,. •B.S., facility management, Stephen • Iaria, B.S. in environmental design and B ARCH in architecture, Stephen Karl, B.S. in construction management, Benjamin Koenig, B.S., natural resources management, Dean Schultz, B.S.,'electrical engi- neering, and Gretchen Stromwall, B.S. in management information sys- tems. Rosemount — Kevin Brennan,. B.A. English (education), Denny - Heinle, B.S. in environmental design and B.ARCH in architecture, Jade Kayfes, B.S. in environmental de- sign, and• B.L.A. in landscape archi- tect. .Shelly Kohn of Rosemount has re- ceived a bachelor's degree in business administration at the University of Wisconsin -Eau Claire. 'James McTigue of Rosemount has received a M.S..degree at the Universi- ty of Oklahoma in Norman. pagan Council clears way 1!orSanfs:. New stores also indevelopment stage for Apple.Valley and Maple, Grove By. Joshua"Nichols Sun Newspapers - • Eagan, along with Apple . Valley and -Maple Grove, will 'see new Sam's Club stores in their. communities next year. . The Eagan City Council granted' its . approval to_.the store's plan in its community this month. . _Wal-Mart approached Eagan with plans for the 130000 square -foot store .in March,. said Pam Dudziak, a planner with the Eagan.Plan- ning and Zoning Department. 'After a series -of hearings at the Advisory Planning Commission and City Council level, and the 'plan earning the approval of the Metropol- itan Council, the plan was ap- proved by the City Council during its 'Aug. 15 meeting. The store will be on a 15- acre parcel 'to the east of In- terstate 35E • and south of Lone Oak Road.' Although - . SAM'S CLUB: To Page 13A SU.sn. bite& jo joo • PULTB Wooded or vista views • Rolling terrain; Walk to pads at Marion Lake ORCHARD MEADOWS • From high $140s Rambles Townhomes £Tam I35 (south of I35E/W junction), exit 185th St. Go east one-third mile. Follow signs to nuyiPls- 952/435-2702 Model hours: .= ,31107.1.112,