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Metropolitan Area Planning Commission Special Session Minutes
July 13, 1956
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The City Planning Commission of Jonesboro, Arkansas, met in special session on July 13, 1956, at 7:30 P.M., in the Engineering Office of City Water and Light Plant.
MEMBERS PRESENT: Planning Commissioners Jesse Banks, Dean Ellis, Charles Frierson, Al Hendrix, Mrs. Clifford Hill, Minor Markle, Lloyd Rebsamen, Elmer Stuck, and Neal Thayer.
OTHER PRESENT: Herbert J. Parker, Aldermen Fritz, Keister, Hamilton, Stricklin, Mayor Sanderson and William S. Bonner and John Voorhees, both of the University of Arkansas Planning Division.
MEMBERS ABSENT: No absentees.
Upon presentation of a plat of Country Club Heights Addition, together with dedication and bill of assurance by Herbert J. Parker, it was moved by Lloyd Rebsamen, seconded by Minor Markle, and carried, that Country Club Heights Addition to the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas, be given final approval by the City Planning Commission; the preliminary approval having been given at a meeting March 30, 1956.
William S. Bonner, of the University of Arkansas, outlined the provisions of a recent Federal law granting funds for planning purposes. He also outlined a proposal contract between the City of Jonesboro and the University of Arkansas Planning Division for planning services. A copy of the proposal is made a part of these minutes. There was considerable discussion regarding the possible sale of maps which might be prepared under this contract, possible aid in financing by the Quorum Court of the county and other sources. It was pointed out that the services proposed would aggregate about $7400.00, of which $3600.00 would be paid by the Federal Government, and not to exceed $3800.00 by the City of Jonesboro.
It was moved by Lloyd Rebsamen, seconded by Jesse Banks, that the Planning Commission recommend to the Mayor and Council the acceptance of the above discussed contract for planning services, all under the Federal Grant ...
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