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6~l) A motion was made by Councilman Warthen, second by Councilman Bryant to approve the minutes of October 30`x, meeting of the Redevelopment Commission and Town Council. Motion carried 5-0. Next, Ross Holloway presented a request to vacate two alleyways for the Mooresville Public Library. Attorney Cof.Fee spoke to the council concerning the north alleyway, Lot 1.9 thru Lot 23 which is currently grass and trees and unimproved and I.,ot 18 & 19, the west alleyway bordering Harrison Street and runs north and south. Attorney Coffee said he was requesting the Town Council to frnd these alleyways no longer a benefit to the Town of Mooresville. He told the council there may be a question of current utilities and these will be re-routed at the Library's' expense. He also said they should have been to the council months ago to ask for alley vacating. Councilman Bryant said the alley running thru where the parking lot was going to~be further up one of the residents that remains has a garage exiting on the alley and asked if they had put any thought into leaving the alley and landscaping around just to leave that access and noC really lose too many parking spaces. Attorney Coffee said they had Cought about it but their feeling was the portion of the alley where the resident remains they were not asking far a vacation and they thought that by vacating the south half, it would almost be a private drive for that resident. Councilman .Bryant said that alley does get daily use outside of the property owner, that would be one l would like t o see stay. Councilman Warthen said on one of plans he saw there was a retention wall that went around the west side of one of the alleyways and asked how tall the wall was. They answered that on the west side 7 feet tall. Councilman Warthen asked how tall from the high side, from the alley side. Mike .Montgomery and brother David were present as the architect of the proposed facility answered abouC 7 feet and would have a railing on it. Mike Montgomery told the council he was sure the Library would modify the plan to let traffic turn and go thru, they need to get trucks around the corner. There was some discussion when viewing the plans- Attorney Tim Currens stated there was also an issue with the storm sewer line that ran thru there and asked Joe Beikman to address this issue. Joe Beikman said he wanted the storm sewer line on the perimeter not under the parking lot because if something happened to the line iC would be difficult to get to. Mr. Montgomery said the line Co come out and go along the low side of the retaining wall. Councilman Warthen said the Town had to have access to the line. Councilman Mathis asked if we knew where the sanitary sewer lines were goiT~g to be located. Attorney Coffee said they would agree tonight to have the sanitary sewer lines run along the side of the alley. Councilman Mathis asked if there was a study done to see how much traffic was on that alley. No one answered but Councilman Bryant says it sounds like a good idea to conduct a traffic study and asked if this had ever been done in the past, an operating alley that was vacated. Council President Dolen stated this was not a bad idea to do a traffic study. Councilman Mathis said that personally he wasn't really ready to vote on this issue tonight. He said he wanted to know where all the lines would be and wanted Joe Beikman to approve the plans this issue went any further. He said he also needs to know where the power lines are going to go before making any vote. Attorney Coffee asked if the council be requested to vacate the north alley (unimproved) tonight and table the other alley. President Dolen said he would like more time. Councilman Bryant said he would like a traffic study before the next meeting. A motion was made by Councilman Mathis, a second by Councilman Bryant to table the alley vacating to December 16, 2003 meeting. Motion carried 5-0. Councilman 1Vlathis asked Joe Beikman if this gave him enough time to review the revised plans and Mr. Beikman answered it depended on when they got the prints to him.. Ross Holloway asked if a traffic count would be enough. Councilman Bryant said yes, maybe over a typical day any day of the week. Ross Holloway asked for a continuance on the request Co rezone property for the Mooresville Library from Residential to B-3, because one of the stipulations from the Plan Commission was that a rezone was contingent upon vacating the alleys. Unfinished Business: Councilman Bryant said he would like to ask some questions. One question was on the street lights for downtown and asked Councilman Mathis for an