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 Frances Elrod
Terry
John Calhoun, Mayor
Bryan
Stone, Council Member
Jerry
Tolbert
Thomas
Moon
Wayne
Walden
Wes
Ellis
Mona
Wallace
Also
Present:
Wiley
McLain, Building Official
Laura Lloyd, City Attorney
1. Upon
roll call, Chairman Watson declared a quorum was present and the following
business was transacted.
2. Wayne
Walden moved and Thomas Moon seconded the motion to suspend the reading of the
minutes from February 28, 2006
meeting. Motion carried unanimously, the
minutes will stand
approved as presented.
3. Mr.
Dudley Parker was present representing MMC Properties. They wish to re-zone a five acre
parcel of land known as
District to R-1 Single Family Residential
District. MMC Properties wishes to build
a residential
subdivision on this property. The Building Department received phone calls
from Court Barber,
Robert McMurray, James Martin and Doug
Waldrup being in favor of the re-zoning.
No one
appeared in opposition to this
request. Wes Ellis moved and Wayne
Walden seconded the
motion to recommend to the Rainbow City
Council to re-zone this property to R-1 Single
Family.
Motion carried unanimously. This
request will be forwarded on to the City Council for
their consideration.
4. Howard
Bryant was present representing the Gospel Truth Lighthouse Church. They are in
negotiations with the owners of the
this property is zoned M-1 Manufacturing
and this zoning will not allow a church to be built in
that district. Mr. Bryant understands that the property will
need to be re-zoned once Gospel
Truth Lighthouse has made the purchase. Mr. Bryant stated they were hoping to close
on the
property around the first of May,
2006. They will have a structural
engineer look at the
structure of the building to see if it
can be saved. If not, he stated they
would remove the
present structure and start from
scratch. Mr. Bryant came to the Planning
meeting to let the
Commission members know what their plans
were for the future. No action was
necessary at
this time.
5. Mr. Ryan
Kallem with East Alabama Planning Commission in
the next phase of the Comprehensive Plan
for
6. There
being no more business to come before The Planning Commission, Wes Ellis moved
and Jerry Tolbert seconded the motion to
adjourn.
Respectfully submitted,
Kathy Hill
Recording Secretary