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January 27, 2003 Page 2 J. Danch, President of Danch, Harner&Associates has been received requesting that Bill No. 72- 02 be withdrawn. Council Member Kuspa noted that a motion to strike would therefore be in order this evening. Council Member Kuspa then called for a presentation on Bill No. 03-14 which would adopt a written fiscal plan and establish a policy for the provision of services to the Cleland Homes Inc. Annexation Area in German Township. Larry Magliozzi, Assistant Director of the Division of Community Development, made the presentation. He noted that this is a voluntary annexation request for 28 plus acres in German Township. The report concluded that essential city services can be made available to the area in a timely and comparable fashion per the requirements of governing state law. Following discussion, Council Member Coleman made a motion, seconded by Council Member Kelly that Bill No. 03-14 be recommended favorably to Council. The motion passed. Bernard Feeney then made a presentation on Bill No. 102-02 on behalf of Justine Demaegt, which is the companion bill to the proposed fiscal plan addressed in Bill No. 03-14. He noted that there is one (1) house on the land and some dilapidated farm buildings. It is currently zoned "R" Residential and is proposed to be zoned"A" Single Family and be divided into 140 residential lots with a proposed population base of 350 individuals. At the request of Council Member Coleman, Mr. Feeney noted that the lots would run between 6,000 square feet to 12,000 square feet. There would be a wide variety of home styles starting at $80,000 with Cleland Homes Inc. being the contractor. The area is immediately west of the Jack Hickey project and would be grid-like. It would feed into stub streets of the adjoining subdivision and stub streets in the county. Following discussion, Council Member Coleman made a motion, seconded by Council Member Kelly that Bill No. 102-02 be recommended favorably to Council. The motion passed. Under unfinished business, the Council Attorney noted that under 1st Readings Bill No. 6-03 is listed requesting to be named an historic landmark. She noted that the Historic Preservation Commission held its public hearing on this request in 1997. Since the Council Attorney did not believe that six (6) years between the HPC hearing and the Common Council public hearing was a reasonable period of time for the property owner, she is recommending that Bill No. 6-03 not be heard by the Council until February 24th. This would permit HPC to contact the property owner again and provide more timely information to the Council. There being no further business to come before the Committee meeting, Council Member Kuspa adjourned the meeting at 4:30 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Council Member Ervin Kuspa, Chairperson Zoning and Annexation Committee KCF:kmf Attachments