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<br />TUESDAY
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<br />SEPTEMBER 9, 1975
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<br />question of rezoning because Mr. Lester was not present at Council's
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<br />August 26th public hearing at which (hearing) testimony was presented by
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<br />both proponents and opponents. Councilman Lester informed the Council
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<br />that, in advance of this meeting (i.e., September 9th), he has read the
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<br />minutes of Council's August 26th meeting, through a copy furnished him,
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<br />and has listened to the tapes recording all the testimony offered at said
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<br />August 26th meeting; therefore, already being familar with the proceedings,
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<br />he felt that he should exercise his appointed and/or elected duty to
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<br />participate. Mr. Ralph C. Lester, Nationwide Homes' Board Chairman,
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<br />reviewed with Council certain conversations he has had with Mr. Roy C. Stone
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<br />in which Mr. Stone had offered to trade certain of Mr. Stone's property on
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<br />the west side of Rives Road to Nationwide Homes in exchange for Nationwide
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<br />Homes' property for which rezoning has been requested. Councilman Fitz-Hugh,
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<br />although expressing the opinion that Rives Road is not necessarily a boundary
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<br />line, in the area in question, between industrial operations and residential
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<br />usage and, also, that the area is in a transitional process, indicated that
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<br />he could not now sustain his prior-held opinion that the property should be
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<br />rezoned in the light of the City Attorney's legal advice on this matter.
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<br />Planning Commission Chairman James H. Ford, addressing the Council, reviewed
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<br />the role of the Planning Commission not only in its deliberations of matters
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<br />referred to the Commission by City Council but also the proceedings of the
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<br />Commission in its development, with Wiley & Wilson, of the City's
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<br />comprehensive plan, with such review not for the purpose of representing
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<br />any interest but merely to portray and reflect the fact that the Commission
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<br />must operate within and under directions adopted by the Council. Meanwhile,
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<br />Attorney Frith cited State Statutes (15.1-437, Local Planning, and 15.1-456,
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