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<br />tl0 <br /> <br />TUESDAY, JUNE 11, 1985 <br /> <br />vehicular traffic and creating safety problems. He stated he was trying <br /> <br />to persuade the Council to vote "no" and turn this project down, saying <br /> <br />"Are you going to listen to the people or do what you want?". Councilman <br /> <br />Groden stated that he was very sympathetic to what he had heard and asked <br /> <br />Councilman Oakes, "What neighborhood would want apartments?" Mr. Oakes <br /> <br />noted that he had voted for the Martins Landing apartments because they <br /> <br />were in an area off by themselves, that he was not against apartments and <br /> <br />suggested that there could be a compromise in this request of maybe 20 to <br /> <br />30 units that could be acceptable. He further noted that he had suggested <br /> <br />when the Comprehensive Plan was being updated that there be an apartment <br /> <br />zone so everyone would know where apartments could be constructed. <br /> <br />Councilman Williams read a prepared statement noting that there is a <br /> <br />shortage of housing in the City, the number of school-age children has <br /> <br />declined considerable in the last 20 years, that we are a City of older <br /> <br />citizens, that we are bound by the ordinances of the City in considering <br /> <br />such requests as this, that we should be fair and consistent in making <br /> <br />such decisions, that he would vote for the approval of this project and <br /> <br />sincerely hope that something constructive would be done about housing in <br /> <br />other parts of the City. Vice-Mayor Severt said she appreciated all the <br /> <br />comments made by the citizens and their preparation, that we have an <br /> <br />obligation of helping Martinsville, but that she would have to abstain <br /> <br />from voting because of a conflict of interest. <br />