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Mooresville Planning Commission Meeting Minutes April 8, 2021 Members: Mark Taylor, Josh Brown, David Sadler, Robert Alumbaugh, Beth Copeland, Mike Young, Jeff Dieterlen, Kimberly Schofield Mike Young opened the meeting at 6:03 stating to the crowd that there would be a time limit to speak and introducing David Sadler as the newest member of the Planning Commission. First on the agenda was a continuation from the last meeting, a rezoning request at Hadley Road. Ross Holloway addressed the commission requesting a rezoning for the purpose of developing the property to be named Grand Oaks from a PUD -R granted in 2006 to a R -1-C with the same commitments as the March meeting, with a single additional commitment of developing a buffer on the east and south sides of the property with evergreen trees planted every 100 feet. His client, Shawn Stewart, wishes to develop the property with 196 lots. Mr. Holloway showed slides of home examples, that he stated would be representative of the homes to be built. Mike Young and Jeff Dieterlen spoke to the lack of necessity to rezone from PUD -R. Mark Taylor asked Mr. Holloway why he was requesting a higher density than normally allowed. Mr. Holloway responded that times and demographics have changed, and this development would support community growth. Jeff Dieterlen asked if the Stewart Group would need to come back to the Planning Commission for plat approval. Mr. Holloway responded that yes, they would, and that the Planning Commission could ask for a traffic study and other studies at the time. Mike Young asked if the model homes shown in the slides were the same as the homes to be built. Mr. Holloway replied not necessarily and that it would be extremely difficult to put into words a description of the esthetics of the homes and features to be built. Beth Copeland asked Mr. Holloway if the Stewart Group would be willing to stipulate that the homes to be built would be in substantial compliance with the homes shown on the slides. There was a brief debate about inability to show pictures representative of the homes to be built. Mike Young then asked for public comment. Dawn Mitchell asked if there were anyway that residents of Grandview could stop traffic from passing through their development, as a traffic problem already existed. Mike Young stated that this was a part of the original Grandview platting. Jeff Turley expressed several concerns including the need for quality mid-level homes for appropriate community development. Mike Dellinger of the Morgan County Economic Development Corporation stated that his organization was in favor of the rezoning. He also pointed out that during the pandemic, the supply chain disruption caused the price of building materials to go up dramatically and has caused a price increase. Eileen Mathers, whose property borders the proposed development to the south described situation of trespassing and vandalism from the neighboring development. She asked the commission to reject the vinyl -sided starter home mentality, pointing out that Mooresville has spent millions of dollars of taxpayer money on upgrading the gateways and road improvement. Ashley Wright expressed her concern on the number of homes on the market and expressed her support of the rezone. Shawn Stewart addressed the Planning Commission stating his desire to develop quality homes for the Town of Mooresville. Josh Brown asked Ross Holloway and Shawn Stewart about a development of the Stewart Group in Plainfield, compared to this development. Mr. Stewart stated that 20 Plainfield homes were built that now sell above the price of this development. Josh Brown asked how many floor plans would be available, and Mr. Holloway replied 5