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144 <br /> <br /> Mayor Mercer said that the bond was for 85 million dollars. <br /> He explained that it was not true that the State was overloaded <br /> with requests. Eighty percent of all school districts which apply <br /> to the state for funding receive the funding. <br /> <br /> Mr. Belecky asked why there was a bond issued for the new <br /> Middle School if the State would have funded it. <br /> <br /> Mayor Mercer said that it was the School District's decision. <br /> <br /> Mr. Belecky explained that there were many residents in this <br /> area that objected to this project. He asked how Council could <br /> approve a project with this many objecting to it. <br /> <br /> Mr. Belecky asked if the new Council will be able deny this <br /> project when it comes back for Growth Management. <br /> <br /> Mayor Mercer explained that Growth Management would be a <br /> decision to made by the next City Council. <br /> <br /> Mr. Belecky asked if the policy of continuing items affected <br /> this item. <br /> <br /> Mayor Mercer stated that Council changed its policy such that <br /> if an individual Councilmember wanted to continue an item, the item <br /> will be continued if a majority of the Councilmembers agree. <br /> <br /> Mr. Belecky asked if a citizen could request a continuance. <br /> <br /> Mayor Mercer answered yes, but a Councilmember would need to <br /> make the request. <br /> <br /> Mr. Belecky asked for a continuance for thirty days. <br /> <br /> There was no motion made by a Councilmember to continue this <br /> item for thirty days. <br /> <br /> Jim Happ, 1119 Blanc Court, spoke in support of the project. <br /> He represented a group of homeowners on Vineyard Avenue. He <br /> appeared tonight to speak about the secondary access road. There <br /> are five owners of property 20 acres or larger on Vineyard Avenue <br /> that the secondary access road would affect. These owners object <br /> to having this access road. <br /> <br /> Larry Snyder, 1375 Bordeaux Street, represented the Kottinger <br /> Homeowners Association. He explained the three choices that the <br /> Association considered: 1) 98 homes with golf course providing <br /> there was a secondary access road that would be used just for the <br /> golf course; 2) 98 unit project with no golf course; and 3) 86 <br /> homes with a golf course, using Hearst as an access, develop some <br /> alternative for the drop off at the elementary school, create a <br /> sidewalk on the north corner of Hearst, and create some mitigation <br /> <br /> 10/20/92 14 <br /> <br /> <br />