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Minutes for the City Council meeting on January 16, 2006
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CITY COUNCIL MINUTES - January 16, 2006
The Jonesboro City Council met Monday, January 16, 2006, at 6:30 p.m. Members present were: Mayor Doug Formon, City Clerk, Donna K. Jackson, City Attorney Crego and ten council members. Those members were: Province, Hargis, Williams, Perrin, Street, Johnson, Dover, Furr, McCall and Ashley. Councilman Farmer and Councilman Moore were unable to attend.
Councilman Perrin moved, seconded by Councilwoman Furr for the adoption of the City Council minutes from January 3, 2006, January 6, 2006, and from December 28, 2005, as provided. A voice vote was taken resulting in all members voting aye. Those members were: Province, Hargis, Williams, Perrin, Street, Johnson, Dover, Furr, McCall and Ashley.
Attorney Crego stated there was no formal legal report, but they were compiling end of the year statistics and would give an in depth report for last year as well as the first part of 2006 at the second meeting in February.
The following ordinance was on the third and final reading:
ORDINANCE TO REZONE PROPERTY FROM C-3, GENERAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT TO C-5 NEIGHBORHOOD OFFICE DISTRICT, DESCRIBED AS LOT 5 OF SOUTH CARAWAY VILLAGE ADDITION BETWEEN LATOURETTE LANE AND CARAWAY ROAD (Camtri Ross Investments)
Councilman Johnson moved, seconded by Councilman Hargis to deny the adoption of this ordinance. Several spoke in opposition to the rezoning request. Mr. Curtis Shatley, resident of 1341 Medallion Drive, provided a petition containing 76 signatures of residents who were in opposition to the zoning change. He explained the zoning ordinance permits office complexes in C-1 through C-5 zonings and questioned why the zoning needed to be changed to C-5 if all they were going to have were apartment complexes. Mr. Robert Ryan a member of “Respect Our Neighborhood” (R.O.N.’S) stated he attended the MAPC meeting and the individuals requesting the zoning change admitted wanting ...
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