Family Resources and Child Care Center will not build the controversial center because of traffic study costs and angry neighbors.
Clarification: An earlier version of this article referred to allegations from "planners" that a traffic study was used as a pretext to kill the project. "Planners" in that instance referred to those launching the day care project, not city planners. We regret the confusion and have changed the sentence to convey that more clearly. Family Resources and Child Care Center has withdrawn its application to build a controversial day care center at Excelsior and Blake—citing a traffic study and neighborhood opposition that the day care says used the study as a pretext to kill the project. The decision stems from a July 10 City Council decision to require a traffic study in order for the extended-hours day car project to move forward. …
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The owners said the day care would provide a necessary service. Interlachen residents questioned whether it was the right fit for the area.
UPDATED 2:58 p.m. July 11: The property owners now say they are waiting to decide whether to go through with the traffic study. Interlachen neighbors worried about noise from a proposed extended-hour day care at Excelsior and Blake. They worried about vehicles driving in and out. They worried about parking. But in the end, it may be the cost of a traffic study that kills the project. Family Resources and Child Care Center had applied for a conditional use permit to operate a 46-child day care at 8383 Excelsior Blvd., the site of an old interior design studio. Unlike a traditional day care, this one was to be open from 6 a.m. to midnight seven days a week in order to accommodate parents working untraditional hours. Frances Davis and …
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Trevor
3:48 pm on Wednesday, July 25, 2012
I disagree with Ms. Sampong’s characterization of the neighborhood concerns at the July 10th Hopkins City Council meeting. I was in attendance, and am a friend/neighbor to all who spoke at the meeting. I’m frankly offended by her comments. Her opinion that the requirement of a traffic study was a ploy to kill the project is simply false. A review of the Hopkins City Council archives shows that … more ›