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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1995 Council and Henry County Board of Supervisors. Upon motion, duly seconded and by unanimous vote, Council approved the supplemental appropriation to be taken from the General Fund's Industrial Development Reserve. Council considered a request by the City Council to rezone property owned by R. P. Thomas Trucking Company, from M-1 Industrial to C1-A Intermediate Commercial and R-9 Residential. Reginald Scales, City Planner, Zoning & Housing Manager, noted the rezoning would encompass 22 lots on 4.97 acres. Mr. Scales reported the Planning Commission had recommended approval of the request. In response to a question from Vice-Mayor Oakes, Mr. Scales said the current usage of the property as a trucking terminal could continue indefinitely after the property is rezoned unless the property were to not be utilized for that purpose for a two-year period. There being no other comments from the members of Council, Mayor Adams declared the public hearing open. Richard Sayers, attorney with the firm Magee, Foster, Goldstein, & Sayers, the bankruptcy trustee for R.P. Thomas, stated that his firm had not taken a position on the rezoning, but asked that Council delay any action for 90 days so his firm could evaluate the matter by hiring an appraiser and a firm to perform a Phase 1 Environmental Review on the property. Mr. Sayers stated that his firm, as trustee, has a duty to protect the creditors through ensuring that no actions are taken which would have the effect of lowering the property value. Lafayette Jones, 501 Second Street, Jimmie Hawkins, 408 Second Street, J. B. Travis, 401 Fifth Street, and Denise Wilson, 832 Smith Road, all spoke in favor of the rezoning. There being no other comments from persons present, Mayor Adams declared the public hearing closed. In response to a question .from Vice-Mayor Oakes, City Attorney David B. Worthy stated that he did