STATE OF ALABAMA

COUNTY OF ETOWAH

CITY OF RAINBOW CITY, ALABAMA – PLANNING COMMISSION – APRIL 26, 2005

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:

John D. Watson, Chairman Absent:

Terry John Calhoun, Mayor Bryan Stone, Council Member

Thomas Moon Jerry Tolbert

Wayne Walden Frances Elrod

Wes Ellis

Mona Wallace

Also Present:

Wiley McLain, Building Official Lee Roberts, City Attorney

Eddie Perman, City Engineer Mark Stephens, City Engineer

Eddie Cline, Recreation Supervisor Melvin Potter, Fire Chief

Jeff Harwood, Police Chief

1. Upon roll call, Chairman Watson declared a quorum was present and the following

business was transacted.

2. Thomas Moon moved and Wayne Walden seconded the motion to suspend the reading of the

minutes from the March 22, 2005 and April 15, 2005 meetings. Motion carried, minutes will

stand as presented.

3. Chairman Watson announced a public hearing for the annexation of property belonging to Gina

Scott Lengyel at 677 Township Road. There was no one present in opposition to this

annexation. Wes Ellis moved and Thomas Moon second the motion to recommend the

annexation of Ms. Lengyel’s property into the corporate limits of Rainbow City as R-1 Single

Family Residential Zoning. Motion carried.

4. Eddie Perman, Perman Engineering, Dr. Zandrlich, D.V.M., and Terry McWhorter, McWhorter

Construction, were present with site and building plans for an addition to the Central Valley

Animal Clinic. After review and discussion, Wayne Walden moved and Thomas Moon

seconded the motion to approve both site and building plans. Motion carried.

5. Ron Towers, owner of Montrose Gardens was present with the building plans for town homes to

be built on an unnamed street in Montrose Gardens Subdivision. Wiley discussed that fire walls

would be necessary and he and Mr. Towers discussed meeting to determine the procedure for

building these fire walls. There will be eight (8) town homes built in this section of Montrose

Gardens. Wes Ellis moved and Wayne Walden seconded the motion to approve the building

drawings for these town homes. Motion carried.

6. Wiley McLain, Building Official, requested that the Planning Commission recommend to the

Rainbow City Council to accept the cul-de-sac on Sandy Shore Lane. Mr. Craig Boden had this

section of Sandy Shore Lane paved last year. Wiley and Jessie Allen, Street Supervisor, have

inspected the cul-de-sac and both agreed that it was in good shape. Thomas Moon moved and

Wes Ellis seconded the motion to recommend to the City Council to accept maintenance on this

street. Motion carried.

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7. Mr. Watson announced that we would begin the public hearing for the Comprehensive Plan for

Rainbow City. He then turned the meeting over to Ryan Kallem and Dawn Landholm from East

Alabama Regional Planning Commission. Dawn announced that this is the initial public

hearing today to begin work on the plan and other meetings would be held over the next two

years to complete the Comprehensive Plan. Dawn said the Plan will be a policy guide for the

City for the future development of Rainbow City. At the present time, East Alabama is working

with the City of Gadsden to acquire the base maps to get started. Today, Ryan did a “SWOT

Analysis” which is the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats for Rainbow City.

People were asked to participate in answering each of these analyses for our city. After an

initial list was comprised; Ryan turned the meeting over to Mr. Watson. Mr. Watson and

Mayor Calhoun thanked Ryan and Dawn for coming to our meeting and helping Rainbow City

with this project.

4. There being no further business on the agenda for the Planning Commission at this time,

Thomas Moon moved to adjourn. Motion carried.

Respectfully submitted,

Kathy Hill

Recording Secretary