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City Council Meetrng June 6, 2002 Page 8 HEREWITH; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE, WAS PRESENTED. A motion was made by Councilman McCarthy, seconded by Councilman Plata, for adoption of the ordinance. The motion carried 7 ayes, 0 nays. Mayor Pfiester declared the public hearing open on the petition of Earl Posey for a change in zoning from a One-Family Dwelling District No. 2(SF-2) to a Two-Family Dwelling District (2F) on Lots 2 and 3, City Block 300, being located in the 500 Block of 24th Street N. W. Mayor Pfiester called for proponents to appear, and Tommy Posey, 815 33rd N. E., came forward telling the City Council that all they wanted to do is build a duplex on a four and one-half acre site. Mr. Posey advised that his brother's plan is to live in one side of the proposed duplex. Mr. Posey said yesterday, he went through the neighborhood talking to the people and he got eighty-seven names on a petition that have no objection to the duplex being constructed. Mr. Posey said seventy-one of the people signing the petition were property owners in that area, and he presented the petition to the City Council. He said that some of those obj ecting to the petition wanted the neighborhood to stay the same, that the streets are too narrow, that there was no curb and gutter, and the street will be congested with additional traffic. Mr. Posey felt the duplex would improve the neighborhood. Mr. Posey said that most of the people he talked to had been told by Mr. Dalton that the duplex is going to be low income, low budget, mixed families, and Section 8 housing. He did not know what Mr. Dalton meant about mixed families, and he did not know what Section 8 housing was. Mr. Posey said no one has contacted him or his brother regarding what their intentions were regarding their property. Mr. Posey pointed out that there were duplexes located close to schools all over the city and felt that was not a valid reason for not building the duplex.