INFORMATION #2 08-02-1993
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4It FROM COUNCILMEMBER ROGER HOLMGREN:
P.O. Box 490 · 13065 Orono Parkway
Elk River, MN 55330
Phone: (612) 441-7420 · Fax: (612) 441-7425
ATTACHED FOR YOUR INFORMATION ARE TWO ARTICLES
FROM THE 7/29/93 STAR TRIBUNE THAT COUNCILMEMBER
HOLMGREN REQUESTED TO BE INCLUDED IN THE PACKET.
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Star Tribune/Thursday/July 29/1993
To Mart or 'riot
Plymouth opposes- building
of\IVaJ~Mart a.nd Sam's Clu.b
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Will a' Wal-Mart and a Sam'~
Club come to the Carlson Center
Development. straddling Plym-
outh and Minnetonka?
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The Plymouth Planning Commis-
sion advises against it. Minneton-
ka planning officials weren't
available for comment.
The proposal" calls for 322,177
square feet of retail commercial
buildings, including three restau-
ra_MS, on 47 acres ofland south of
n Pkwy. between Interstate
L, .' 494 and Cheshire Lane.
The Wal-Mart would be located
in Plymouth and the Sam's Club
in Minnetonka.
"We're recommending denial of
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the changes to the la~d:u~eg~ide
plan from industrial to commer-
cial use," said John Keho, an as-
sociate planner in Plymouth. "
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Keho said the commission's rec-
ommendation, along with an en-
vironmental assessment work-
sheet, will be considered by the
Plymouth City Council when it
makes its decision whether to al-
low the changes, probably in Sep-
tember. '
. A key factor in the denial is that a" ' ,
commercial cen~er would genel"ll;te Burnsville bond sale goes to voters
more traffic, nOIse and other dlS- , , ' ",'
ruptions for nearby homeowners Bumsville residents will decide the center and $3.2 million for. ':
than industrial use would. on Nov. 2 whether to sell $12.9 more ball fields, tennis courts and:: '
million in bonds for a community trails. The city proposes to reno~:,"
center and improved park facili. vate the foreclosed Diamond'"
ties. Head Mall on Bumsville Pkwy.:
The 200,000-square-foot commu~ . ,
nity center would include a gym,~ .': .
pool and youth and senior areas;'
School District 191 would pay for" .
space for community education....
and other school programs, said ",
City Manager Greg Konat.'
-Jim Adams.
-Dan Freeborn
If the plan is approved, taxes on a
$110,000 house, the Bumsville
average, will rise about $70 a
year. Taxes would increase about
$51 on an $80,000 home and $96
on a $150,000 home. The City
Council approved the plan last
week. It includes $9.7 million for