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42 TUESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1985 Pursuant to duly-published public notice, Council conducted a public hearing for the purpose of considering a request by Mike Lester of Piedmont Construction Corporation for a Special Use Permit to construct 46 housing units on the west side of Smith Lake Road near Forest Street. Mayor Cole noted that Mr. Lester's initial request had been for 56 apartment units and when the Planning Commission conducted their public hearing on July 18, 1985, there were several reasons cited in opposition to the request, two of which were the poor condition of Smith Lake Road would cause more traffic on Forest Street and the lack of sidewalks on Forest Street created a hazard to those who had to walk in the street, thus the Commission had postponed their decision. On August 6, 1985, the Planning Commission considered Mr. Lester's revised request and site plan for the construction of 46 units, and as a result were recommending to Council that this Special Use Permit be granted subject to certain conditions. Mayor Cole then requested City Manager George Brown to address these two problems. City Manager Brown noted that the streets in the City are reviewed annually for upgrading and improving. The City has a 7-Year Street and Sidewalk Improvement Program (we are now in the 3rd year of the program) and Forest Street, from Starling Avenue to New Dale Street, is scheduled for FY88-89 for sidewalk construction. If these apartments are constructed there will be a need to do improvements to Smith Lake Road and construct sidewalks on Forest Street in the near future. The City will be receiving more General Revenue Sharing funds this year than anticipated at budget time, and these funds could be used