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ATTORNEY HENDERSON REMARKED AT THIS POINT THAT IT IS TRUE THAT THESE ARE NOT MODULAR HOMES, BUT NOTED THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN PRICE AND HE WAS NOT REALLY CONVINCED THAT MODULAR HOMES WOULD REALLY MEET THE NEEDS OF LOW COST HOUSING, ALSO, AS TO DRAINAGE, SITE PLAN APPROVAL WOULD ASSURE THAT THERE WAS ADEQUATE DRAINAGE, CHAIRMAN LOY ASKED DOES THIS FALL UNDER THE DISTRICT OF REGIONAL IMPACT REQUIREMENT? ATTORNEY HENDERSON SAID IT WOULD NOT UNLESS IT HAD MORE THAN 500 UNITS. CHAIRMAN LOY ASKED WHAT AGE GROUP THEY WERE CATERING TO. MR. HOFMANN REPLIED THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TWO SECTIONS - A FAMILY SECTION AND AN ADULT SECTION. CHAIRMAN LOY ASKED IF THEY HAD DONE ANY STUDY AS TO THEIR IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY AS FAR AS SCHOOLS AND VARIOUS SERVICES WERE CONCERNED, AND THEY HAD NOT. CHAIRMAN LOY THEN ASKED IF ANYONE PRESENT WISHED TO SPEAK, WILLIAM MACBLAIN, A RESIDENT OF LINDSAY ROAD, SPOKE OPPOSING THE PROPOSED PROJECT, HE SAID THE IMPACT ON THE SCHOOLS,'POLICE AND EMPLOYMENT ALL SHOULD BE CONSIDERED AND NOTED FOR THE RECORD THAT THE PETITION SUBMITTED IN OPPOSITION CONTAINS 12 NAMES. •SAM TILLIS OF LINDSAY ROAD SPOKE IN FAVOR OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT AND SAID HE DOESN'T FEEL THE IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY WILL BE THAT GREAT SINCE HE FELT LOCAL PEOPLE WILL BE BUYING THESE HOMES. HE PERSONALLY FELT IT WOULD BE AN ASSET TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. DONNA HOLLAND OF KINGSBERRY ROAD SPOKE IN OPPOSITION SAYING THAT SHE DID NOT WANT AN "INSTANT NEIGHBORHOOD OF OVER 400 PEOPLE," MRS. PAMELA PROFFITT OF KINGSBERRY ROAD SPOKE IN OPPOSITION AND STATED THAT SHE BELIEVED MOBILE HOME OWNERS HAVE A CHOICE OF EITHER PAYING FOR A TAG OR PAYING TAXES, WHICH SHE FELT WOULD CONSIDERABLY REDUCE THE TAX FIGURES PRESENTED BY THE DEVELOPER. DAVID SMITH STATED THAT HE SPOKE FOR THE RESIDENTS OF LINDSAY ROAD WHO ARE ALL OPPOSED TO THE PROPOSED PROJECT, -74- .SEP 24 1975 BOON 23 , i, -39i