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Aug. 11, 2011 • V41.32
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Parking ramp g n approved for i p m a Normandale R Location altered, but neighborhood remained disappointed with plan BY MIKE HANKS • SUN NEWSPAPERS A slight relocation for the proposed parking ramp at Normandale Community College is aimed at reducing its impact on the neighborhood to its west, but residents there weren’t satisfied with the end result. Despite their continued objections the Bloomington City Council approved the parking plan by a 6-1 vote. The ramp is being built to meet increased parking demands created by growth of the college. Residents questioned when the college’s continued expansion and renovations would end. “At what point will it be obvious that the welfare of our neighborhood has suffered,” asked resident Bobbie McAdam. McAdam was among neighborhood residents invited to participate on an advisory committee that met after residents objected to the plan at the council’s June 20 meeting. “Draw the line now,” she implored the council, explaining that shifting the ramp from the location initially proposed wouldn’t alleviate impact of it upon her neighborhood. The college had formed a design advisory committee to study possible ramp locations, determin-
Tristin Tresise, 12, of Bloomington flies through the air during a rally at the Bloomington BMX bike track. The track, which features a variety of jumps, is at Valley View Park in east Bloomington.
(Photo by John Sherman • Sun Newspapers)
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