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June 1, 1965 - Page 2 Mr, Mangani, Chairman, City Planning Committee, reported that the committee re- commends approval of the Columbia Land Development Subdivision No. 4 which has been approved by the Planning Commission, and they will ask for Council approval under New Business. Mr, Mangani also reported on a letter dated May 21, 1965 from Lewis C. Naylor, County Librarian, advising that the State Library Board had voted to defer action on our application for Federal Funds until the 1965-66 fiscal year, and indicating that there seemed to be no cause for concern about this action. President 0'Neill called attention to the presence of inembers of the High School Problems of Democracy Class who were present, and had them introduced. Mr. Frank Pinkham, 6595 Barton Road, asked when the sewer construction on his road would be completed, since they had considerable of a mess. Mayor Christman advised that the contractor is ahead of schedule and will be doing the final grading and seeding some time next week. Mr. Caster also quoted from a letter from Floyd Browne to the contractors, calling their attention to sections of our ordinances which have to be complied with in completing the job, Ellsworth Vormelker, 6590 Barton, advised Council that he lived directly across the street from Mr. Pinkham, and verified that conditions were as he had stated. Mr. Pinkham also inquired about when water would be furnished to the lower end of Barton, and when this section would be sewered, Mayor Christman explained that the water was about to be bid, and the sewers would not be installed until probably 1967 or later, Mr. Earnest Parker, 5378 Columbia Road, inquired as to whether an initiative or referendum petition would be required to have the area around Kennedy Ridge and Columbia rezoned from Mixed Use back to Class A Residential, since the builder was tonight quoted in the newspaper as thinking he could buy enough more land so that passage of Ordinance No, 65-23 would not be necessary for approval of the hi-rise he proposed. After studying the matter, Law Director Kitchen advised that an initiative petition would be required, signed by 10% of the electors at the last municipal eleetion. If such a petition is not acted upon by Council within forty days, the committee named on such petition may at the next meeting of Council request that it be submitted to a vote of the electors, Nxcholas Weber, 24715 Kennedy Ridge, was present. He had requested information at the public hearing as to a comparison of the tax yield on a single dwelling and on a dwelling unit in an apartment and the average number of school children produced by each. President 0'Neill referred his question to the President oF ?