CITY
OF
The
Planning Commission of the City of Rainbow City, Alabama met in a regular session
at 4:00 P.M. and upon roll call the following members were present:
Present: Absent:
Thomas
Moon, Acting Chairman John
Watson, Chairman
Terry
John Calhoun, Mayor Wes
Ellis
Bryan
Stone, Council Member
Wayne
Walden
Mona
Wallace
Jerry
Tolbert
Also
Present:
Laura
Lloyd, City Attorney Melvin
Potter, Fire Chief
Doug
Waldrup, City Engineer Eddie
Perman, City Engineer
1. Upon
roll call, Acting Chairman Moon declared a quorum was present and the following
business was transacted.
2. Bryan
Stone moved and Jerry Tolbert seconded the motion to suspend the reading of the
minutes from December 6, 2005
meeting. Motion carried unanimously, the
minutes will stand
approved as presented.
3.
Court Barber, owner of property on
Perman, Engineer. Mr. Barber is seeking final approval Peteet
Estates consisting of nine (9) lots
facing Joham and Peteet Streets. After discussion, Bryan Stone moved and Mona
Wallace
seconded the motion to give Mr. Barber
final approval on the nine (9) lots after a bond of
$10,300 is presented to the Building
Dept. to cover the following: Two (2)
detention ponds, 630
lineal feet of force main, and the inspection
fee. Motion carried unanimously.
4.
Becky Simpson with Wilshire Park, Ltd. Was present to discuss getting a
letter from
City concerning the apartment complex
that Ms. Simpson’s company wishes to build on Jones
Street.
Ms. Simpson stated they were seeking funding through the State and
needed to get their
information in by March 3rd in
order to be considered to received funding.
The apartments will
be located next to Meadow Oaks with
approximately 56 units on a little over four (4) acres.
Planning asked Ms. Simpson if she had
gotten a letter from the Utility Board stating the sewer
could handle more apartments. Ms. Simpson said she had a hand written
letter from Terry
Simpson, Planning asked her to get a copy
of the letter from the Utility Board to the Building
Dept. and we would then call a special
meeting of Planning to review the letter from the Utility
Board and then decide their course of
action. No action was taken at this
time.
5. Mr.
Tom Davis, Attorney for Rainbow Plaza Associates, was present seeking a time
period
adjustment on
the one (1) year waiting period of rezoning request, see Section 347, Zoning
Ordinance #360.
Commission voted against the rezoning
request. The request was then forwarded
to Rainbow
City Council. The Council meeting was September 12, 2005,
but no one notified
Plaza of this meeting. Mr. Davis feels that this is an unusual
circumstance that would allow his
clients to come
before Planning earlier than one (1) year.
After discussion, Bryan Stone moved
and Jerry
Tolbert seconded the motion to allow Rainbow Plaza Associates to come before
Planning to seek re-zoning of a parcel of
land now zoned R-2 to R-3 for the purpose of building
apartments. This re-zoning request will be handled as if
it were a new request. Motion carried
unanimously.
6. Ryan
Kallem with East Alabama Planning did a work session with Planning members
about the
Comprehensive Plan for
2006.
7. There
being no more business to come before The Planning Commission, Mona Wallace
moved
and Jerry
Tolbert seconded the motion to adjourn.
Respectfully submitted,
Kathy Hill
Recording Secretary