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:
John
Watson, Chairman
Thomas
Moon, Vice Chairman
Terry
John Calhoun, Mayor
Bryan
Stone, Council Member
Wes
Ellis
Steve
Parrish
Jerry
Tolbert
Mona
Wallace
Also
Present:
Wiley
McLain, Building Official Laura
Lloyd, City Attorney
Eddie
Perman, City Engineer Maurice
Wildeman, City Engineer
Melvin
Potter, Fire Chief
1. Upon
roll call, Chairman Watson declared a quorum was present and the following
business was transacted.
2. Thomas Moon moved and Mona Wallace seconded
the motion to suspend the reading of the
minutes from January
23, 2007 meeting. Motion carried
unanimously, the minutes will stand
approved as presented.
3. A
public hearing was announced for Court Barber, owner/developer of Peteet
Estates Phase II
and Eddie
Perman, Engineer. They presented
Planning with the preliminary plans for the 11
lot residential
subdivision located off of
that is in the
back of the homes located on
subdivision will
have a ditch and retention pond to control his water. Ralph Bircheat,
and Robert
Elrod, and Jason Presley were present to discuss the drainage of the
water. They
stated that they
were not necessarily against the project, but they were concerned for their
homes during a
heavy rain. Mr. Presley also spoke for
his father-in-law Robert Colvin, who
could not attend
due to work. After discussion, Steve
Parrish moved and Wes Ellis seconded
the motion to
approve the preliminary plans as presented.
A roll call vote was taken as follows:
John Watson – yes
Bryan Stone – yes
Thomas Moon – yes
Jerry Tolbert – no
Mona Wallace – yes
Steve Parrish – yes
Wes Ellis – yes
Motion carried.
4. A
public hearing was announced for Jon and Owen Noojin, owners/developers of
Subdivision and Eddie Perman,
Engineer. They presented Planning with
the preliminary plans
for the 14 lot
residential subdivision which will be located off of
Phillips, Glenn Bethel, and Cory &
Alison Bowling were all present with concerns over the
amount of
traffic that is on
necessarily
against the project but wanted something done about the traffic and
speeding.
Mr. & Mrs. Phillips were also concerned
about the drainage that comes from this property onto
their
property. Bill Chance spoke in favor of
the project. After discussion, Wes Ellis
moved
and Mona Wallace
seconded the motion to approve the preliminary plans as presented to the
Planning Commission. Motion carried unanimously.
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5. A
public hearing was announced for John Freeman, owner/developer of property
located on
7 lots. Mr. Freeman stated that he will extend the
sewer to this property from the City’s
Industrial Park. The Utility Board will be in charge of
overseeing the sewer project. Mr.
Freeman’s preliminary plans are not
complete as of today. There was no one
present in
opposition to
this project. Mr. Watson stated that when Mr. Freeman gets the plans completed,
the Planning
Commission will hold a special meeting to review them. No action was taken on
this project at
this time.
6. Eddie
Perman, Engineer for Working Man Rental presented the building plans. After discussion
concerning a
door needing to be added, Thomas Moon moved and Bryan Stone seconded the
motion to
approve the building pending the addition of a door in the back. Motion carried
unanimously.
7.
8. Ryan Kallem with East Alabama Planning
Commission was present to review any comments
that the Planning
Commission had on the first draft of the Comprehensive Plan for Rainbow
City. Mr. Watson requested more time to review and
make comments on this plan. Mr. Watson
suggested that if the Planning Commission holds a special
meeting for Mr. Freeman, that maybe
Ryan can come and meet with the board
after that meeting.
9. There
being no more business to come before The Planning Commission, the meeting was
adjourned.
Respectfully submitted,
Kathy Hill
Recording Secretary