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Minneapolis Star and Tribune <br />Wednesday , <br />April 10/1985 ' " 6B. <br /> <br /> Rosemount <br /> <br />property values <br /> <br />to be studied <br /> <br />Staff Writer - <br /> <br />The Dakota County commLsr, loner~ <br />agreed Tuesday to fate a ~'cood <br />look at the property values of <br />group o! Rosemount resldenL~ who <br />Uve near the University of Mtnneso- <br />ta's Rosemount Research Center. <br /> <br />"No one would buy I~ose homes to <br />live In," raid Vern Napper, spokes- <br />man for the families, who have <br />been receiving bottled water from <br />the utdverslty since the ~,ate found <br />that their wells were t'oa~mi~atefl <br />with chloroform. : · ~ . . <br /> <br />here as to bow successful tills H <br />going to be." raid Commtsslooer Get, <br />~d HotlenKamp, <br /> <br />l~.esldent~ say their property velues <br />have plunged since the c. bemlca~ w~ <br />lound in Uae wells. Nap~r, who llv~ <br />~r ~e center, ~1~ ~ ~ ~e~ <br />~at ~ ~te agen~ have n~rly <br />lau~ed at btm when he ~ ~u~t <br />to ~ h~ bo~ for ~e. <br /> <br />County A_v, essor Seymour Olson said <br />Washington County, where some <br />property also trod bee~ a/tatted by <br />pol;uLion, had allowed reducUon~ o1' <br />up to 50 percenL <br /> <br />At the behest of about a dozen ~rea <br />residents, the Dakot~ County Human <br />Services lk~ard, which Is made of <br />members of the County Board, asked <br />the assessor's office to .set up a meet. <br /> <br />Chlorolorra was one o! ~e cheml. <br />cats dumped at e burn pit that the <br />university used tc dispose o! chen~- <br />cals, The university has been distrib- <br />uting bottled water to the 28 families <br />whose 16 wells ate contemlm~ted <br />with chloroform. The chloroform <br />has raised concern because Its pres- <br />ence in ground water usuelly Indl- <br />rates ttmt there ts a nearby source of <br />pollution, accoralng to university <br />flcte.L~. <br /> <br />Napper, spokesrnaa for the 28 affect- <br />ed faml. ll~. sstd the group n.~ked the <br />Rosemount ClU' Council lsat week to <br />te~ke ~rral~r action. Rosemount otti. <br />clais asked the group to draf~ t~wo <br />resolutloas and present them to the <br /> <br />Hun,aa Ser~'lces l~ard Cl~atrma~ <br />Steve Loedlng said county ogfidab <br />are eva~uating a report on the JL-sl <br />phase of the InvestlgnUon. <br /> <br />."l-Iavl~g grown up In that area, I <br /> knob' the people w-ho were affected. <br /> We're doing everything we can to <br /> <br />Toe County Board el.so agreed yes- <br />terday to e.sk the university to speed <br />up Its Investlg~Uon of the problems <br />at the Rosemount Research Center. <br /> <br />don't want to ratse any false hope <br /> <br /> <br />