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Show By GARY R. BLODGETT CENTERVILLE Aland-owner Aland-owner who proposes to develop de-velop about 40 acres of property proper-ty south of Parrish Lane and between the railroad tracks met with the Centerville City Council last Tuesday night. MARK NIXON, representing represent-ing Child Brothers, property owners, told the council of plans to develop the two parcels par-cels of land one containing 30 acres and the other 10 acres into high density housing or light industry. He asked the council if the property could be developed under industrial revenue bonding. "NOT IF it is developed residential," re-sidential," commented Mayor Neil Blackburn. "IRB funds can be used for commercial or industrial development which will provide additional services ser-vices and employment but not for residential development." Mr. Nixon said the property, proper-ty, which is a large wheat field, will be developed as soon as interest rates are reduced and money becomes available. He emphasized that the property is zoned Agriculture-1 but the city master plan calls for the area to be rezoned Manufac-turing-1 which would allow for light industry. "WE WOULD like to use the property to its highest density, de-nsity, but we are not certain what that will be," he said. "Whether or not we can get industrial revenue bonding I will make a big difference." Mr. Nixon was told by the council that there would be an urgency for Industrial Revenue Re-venue Bonding because the federal government is considering consid-ering discontinuing the IRB program. HE SAID he would like an indication from the council that the city would support him in an IRB program before he went to the expense of having the property surveyed, and paying engineering and all other development costs. Mayor Blackburn said he thought the council would favor IRB for commercial or industrial development but he urged the developers to check further with bonding officials as to the qualifications and limitations of IRBs before going ahead with development. THE COUNCIL agreed they would consider supporting an IRB program for this property if the right development proposal prop-osal was presented by the developers. de-velopers. Meanwhile, Walter Gasser of Peterson-Gasser Associates asked the council for rezoning of a strip of property about 1,000 feet long and 150 feet wide west of the existing Parrish Par-rish Square Shopping Center on the north side of Parrish Lane. THE COUNCIL voted 5-0 to rezone the property between 200 and 400 West as long as the development maintained a limited li-mited number of traffic egresses egres-ses and ingresses on Parrish Lane. Mr. Gasser told the council that four "shopping pads" are planned along the commercial strip with each area used for a separate shopping establishment. THE PROPOSAL was previously pre-viously approved by the city's planning commission and Mr. Gasser said there was no opposition oppo-sition from adjoining property owners. The council advised Mr. Gasser that a site plan and later a detailed plan of proposed development de-velopment would have to be approved before any construction construc-tion is started. |