The group objects to the destruction of wetlands, which at 0.4 acres, is just a tiny fraction of the 37-acre site west of Pilot Knob Road and just south of Cliff Road. The group, called the Friends of the Diamond T property, argues the developer should reduce the size of its project by four to five units to allow the wetlands to remain. Toll Brothers already had downsized its plan from 109 housing units to 95 units to win the city's approval.
The land has a history of pollution, including stockpiled horse manure and demolition debris from the former Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington, MN. Pennsylvania-based Toll Brothers will foot the bill for the site's environmental remediation and had hoped to get it done by mid summer, with final plat approval in July. But given the appeal -- the state board has 30 days to decide if it wants to hear it -- those plans may be delayed yet again.
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