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Hiller, 107 Meadowood, voiced his objection to the ruling of legal counsel. He also said he thought hearing the petition was a violation of the statute- the advertisement in the paper said 7:00 P.M. instead of 6:00 P. M. He told the commission he lived on the stub street and there was not a statute or law that says this street had to be connected. He said there was a stop sign there that is ran all the time. He told the commission they need to look at the bigger picture, no money for schools, home building is down, people just did not have the money. Brian Turley, 13342 N. Allison Rd. spoke to the commission questioning the significance of the change when there was less than a 10% change in the number of homes. He said he did not care how you sliced the pie, you would get four homes per acre, that in Glenhaven, Decatur Ridge, The Village, the houses were on top of each other and he would hate to be a firefighter because if one house caught on fire several would catch on fire. He also stated the traffic study said nothing about the addition of the Shae development on Hadley Road or the St. Francis Hospital expansion. Chuck Petechek spoke next, 205 Creekview, saying he was at one of the meetings and only 15-20 people were there and two walked out. He asked for this petition to be put aside. He said Grandview had enough trouble with Davis Homes on a $145,000 home. Colleen Leffler, 200 Ridgeview Court told the commission there were two sections to Grandview, Grandview Meadows and Grandview Manor. She lives in Grandview Manor on a three-quarter acre lot. She told the commission that Davis Homes did not meet the requirements and Best Homes had to finish up the subdivision. She said they have always struggled with traffic problems in Grandview. She thinks there is a need for larger step-up homes. Eileen Mathers told the commission she owned the property adjacent to the Jessup property and there was no natural outlet for drainage of surface water and if this subdivision went in, it would change their farming practices. The stub street is in the middle of their property. Commissioner Crouch stated he had up to two acre parcels for sale in his development and sales were totally dead. He said he was at a loss how to compromise, maybe they should offer bigger lots and homes. Jeff Banning said with 247 lots in Grandview and only twelve houses for sale he did not think that was a bad arnount. He said he would love to eliminate the stub street but could not. Development time on the project would be 40-45 lots per year, (one section), probably a six year project. Motion was made by Commissioner Bryant, second by Commissioner McGuire to recommend to the Town Council to deny the re-zone from Agriculture to RI-C and RI- D. Vote was 7-1. Motion carried. This will be heard at the February 4,2003 Town Council meeting at 6:30 PM. Building Inspector, Joe Beikman, reported fifty-eight (58) inspections and sixteen (16) permits. He also reported the property on the south end of Interurban Lane was processing deer meat. He had told Darrin Carr to appear at the meeting, which he did not. Mr. Currens will inform Mr. Carr to appear at the next meeting.