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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> In response to Commissioner Lowther’s inquiry Traffic Engineer Chris Mora <br />th <br />responded that the traffic signal at 49 Street and Kings Highway would be moved forward with <br />this rezoning. <br /> <br /> The Chairman opened the public hearing and asked if anyone wished to be <br />heard regarding this matter. <br /> <br /> Bruce Barkett, <br />Attorney, representing the applicant and property owner <br />Martin Taber, said Mr. Taber agreed to cooperate with the warrant for signals. He posed several <br />questions to staff demonstrating that this rezoning request meets the criteria of our Comp Plan and <br />the LDRs. <br /> <br />th <br /> Frank Zorc <br />, 1695 20 Avenue, said he fully supported Commissioner <br />Wheeler on his comments on growth. He felt any request to rezone 107 acres was a major request <br />and it needs to be looked at more seriously. <br /> <br /> John Williams, <br /> 1535 Smugglers Cove, supported Commissioner Wheeler in <br />recognizing that the Comp Plan needs to be amended before we continue approving rezoning <br />requests. He believes it is absurd to continue to allow us to be impaled by the land use plan. The <br />Board has expressed that they do not want to change the Urban Service Area line, yet they <br />continually approve rezoning that is abutting it. History has proven that the line cannot stand when <br />this is already happening. He felt we are forcing our development director to say that concurrency <br />is met, but we are denying citizens and ourselves by following that dictum. It is often that political <br />decisions come along at a later time that makes the land use plan concurrency issue not applicable. <br />rd <br />He used the 43 Avenue issue to demonstrate this theory. “You have to give us room to consider <br />future political decisions,” he said, and he begged the Board to re-address the Comp Plan. <br /> <br />NOVEMBER 16, 2004 16 <br /> <br />