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Regular City Council Meeting <br />July 10,2003 <br />Page 7 <br /> <br />to table action on the public hearing and the above ordinance. The motion <br />carried 5 ayes, 0 nays. <br /> <br />Mayor Pro Tem McCarthy declared the public hearing open to consider the <br />petition of Bill Gant for a change in zoning from a One-Family Dwelling <br />District No. 2 (SF-2) to Multiple-Family Dwelling District No. 1 (MF-1) on <br />Lots 1 and lA, City Block 264, being located in the 1000 Block of 20th Street <br />N.E. <br /> <br />Mayor Pro Tem McCarthy called for proponents to appear, and Bill Gant, 905 <br />Wilburn, appeared before the City Council advising he was not able to make <br />the meeting of the Planning and Zoning Commission and he thought there were <br />misconceptions about his plans for the lot. He said this was the Townsend <br />home place and it was thought that he either wanted to put an apartment <br />complex or low income housing at this location, and that is totally wrong. Mr. <br />Gant said he planned to build duplexes. He would start with two duplexes <br />facing each other. There would be an 18 foot driveway down the center which <br />would help remove water. He would place a 6 foot wood fence around the <br />entire property and there would be a wrought-iron fence with four brick <br />columns across the front. Mr. Gant said he has room to place two additional <br />duplexes. He thought that a lot of the opposition was that it might create crime <br />and traffic problems, but he is only trying to do something to the neighborhood <br />that is going to enhance the value of the total neighborhood. Mr. Gant said <br />these duplexes will have an approximate cost of $100,000.00 each and it will <br />be a half million dollar project when it is finished. <br /> <br />Mr. Gant said he did have some opposition and one of then is a Diana Swank <br />who owns two houses directly across the street from the property. When he <br />contacted Ms. Swank she was under the impression that he was going to do low <br />income housing and when he explained what he was doing, she would not have <br />objected to the zoning. He said he contacted some of these people and they <br />may be here tonight to oppose the zoning. Mr. Gant said there are pecan trees <br />on the lot and he can situate the duplexes in a way to save the trees. He said <br /> <br /> <br />