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/r * f I T 4 \ A r • * V « « GusrtBriV FuDiicsticr: Frcm the City of Mound Vc!. 2. Me. 2 ‘•CCP City’s History Preserved in Mound Depot... When Millie Banks enters the Mound Depot, she sees more than the historic building that is now used for community functions. Sne sees cum-of-the-cenmn- families, dressed in their Sur.dav best, stepping off the train, bound for -.betr sum.T.er places on the lake. .At ar years oid. .Millie recalls the heydays of Laice Nlinne- tonka during the eariy part of the tentury. “When I was young, people didn t 0 ‘up north; they spent their summers ■ summer vacations on Lake .Vlinne- ika and they came here by train, j recalls. So busy was the area that e commuter trains ran daily from ' cities to the la.ke durum the sum- months. Ban.ks and others of the .■stonka Histoncai Society believe it residents know little of the ^ •a ’s rich histoiy: nor do they know i important part the Mound Depot CO piaved. Banks, a former English '.cher. is in the process of writing a .ok. .Vfinnetrista .Memories, which ’ll chronicle her life in the Wes- uca area. \tost '.found .-esicems assoc.-ctw :he .'.found Decot -.vu.-: .'.found 3g >'3m._r.Jis -•cm'’ .bos 0 .'on? .bistor/ :.b=: iorss rcc.k :o r.he .•:e;'ccvs .v La.<e Mmn-ton.rc. ...e j-is.-i” nl.be foreground desc.-rces r.be htstoncci sigmnco.nce of Lokc . finnetonKO. •Queen of fhe Inland Lakes. ' The depot, which -.vas moved to .Mound Bay Park ;n 1967. :s not tns ongtnal train station. In 1914 the onamai depot, '.vnicn stood apprcxi- mateiv where First .Vlinnesota Banx is now located on the comer of Commerce Blvd. and Shoreline Dr., burner to the grouno and was quickly rebuilt to continued on next oa^e Mound’s Future Presented at Upcoming Public Hearing What will .Mound look like in year 2000? .A partial answer to > question is contained in the und Comprehensive Plan Up- 9. which has been assembled he city’s Planning Commission r the past 18 months. The omission has scheduled a iUc heafiog on pl®n for aday, July 23 at 7:30 p.m. at City 1 At this hearing, the Commis- 1 wishes to bear comments from idents on their views of the city he tum-4jf*the<entury and spe- caily, comments on the content } plan. A comprehensive plan is an smbly of maps and text dis- sing existing and proposed i use. bousing, transportation. par.ks and recreadon areas and other public facilities. The plan also contams a set of goals and policies that are intended to guide development decisions over the ae.xt 10 years. .Additionally, the plan forms the basis for future modifications of the zoning ordi nance. In the Twin Cities Metro politan Area, comprehensive plans were mandated by the passage of me 1976 Land Planning .■\ct. In re sponse to the legisiadon. a plan was prepared in the early 1960s. The current comprehensive pian update builds upon the earlier pian. In accordance with the law. the .Mound Comprehensive Plan is subject to the review of the .'vlecro- politan Council. Their review, whicln will occur after the public hearing, will focus on the plan ’s consistency '.vith what are called metropolitan systems. Metropoli tan systems in^ude transporta tion. airports, parks and open space, sanitary sewer capacity and solid waste. After review by the Metropolitan CounciL the plan r.in be formally adopted by the City of Mound. Copies of the plan are avail able for review at City Hall and at the Mound Library. Mark your calendars for July 23. Come to the Planning Commission meeting and share your vision of what .Mound should be in the year 2000. I I I I I I I I I I I I