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Minutes for the City Council meeting on September 4, 2001
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PUBLIC HEARING 5:20 P.M. - A public hearing was conducted for the abandonment of a seven and one half foot (7.5’) utility easement and a ten foot (10’) drainage easement along the west side of Lots 5, 6 and 7 in Block “D” of Forest Green Phase III Subdivision, as requested by Mr. Bob Gibson of Greenmeadows Development. No opposition was voiced.
APPEAL HEARING 5:30 P.M. - An appeal hearing was held regarding the MAPC recommendation to deny rezoning from Residential (R-2) to Commercial (C-5 LU-O) for property located at 418 W. Matthews Avenue, as requested by Mr. Sam Hester, who was represented by his attorney, C.M. Mooney. It was explained that a letter had been delivered to City Clerk Donna Jackson filed September 4, 2001, at 2:30 p.m. in which Mrs. Brenda Hester had requested the appeal hearing and the reading of their rezoning ordinance be delayed until September 17, 2001, due to the landfill issue being on the agenda. The letter stated the landfill issue would cause intense stress. The decision was made to continue with the appeal hearing to allow comments from the opposition. Mr. Philip Jones, president of the Heritage Square Property Owners Association, referred to a letter he had sent to Mayor Brodell and the City Council. The letter explained the request to rezone 418 W. Matthews had been denied twice by the Metropolitan Area Planning Commission. Mr. Jones described the efforts that have been made to redevelop the area across Matthews into a fifteen-unit residential planned-unit development under R-3 zoning. Of the fifteen homes, twelve have been sold and the owners of the newly developed property were in opposition to the rezoning request by Dr. Hester. Reason provided for the opposition were: An accelerated trend toward commercial zoning from this property west to Flint Street; the need for residential zoning to support a redevelopment of the downtown area; spot zoning; and the zoning...
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