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ZONING AND PLANNING COMMISSION
Special Meeting - 7 :30 PM
City Commission Room —City Hall
January 26, 1961
Members present were: Messers. McKibbin, Rams, Talley,
Johnson, Harris, Lee and Bush. Also present were: City Manager
Knowles; Building Official Yelvington; Mr. J. Martin Gainer,
Acting Manager of the Planning.Dept. in the.Florida Development
Commission,i Tallahassee; Mr. George W. Simons, Jr., City Planner;
Mr. Phil Pitts, representative and staff planner of Mr. Simons'
office and two newspaper representatives.
Chairman McKibbin called the meeting to order.
The reading of the previous minutes was waived.
The meeting had been called for the sole purpose of
accepting the finished Comprehensive City Plan per the agreement
between Mr. Simons and Mr. Gainer to the City Commission.
Mr. Simons presented Volume II, which contains the Major
Street Plan; Central Business Districts and the future of that
district; 14eighborhood Structure of Sanford with consideration
of housinglAnd an Area Treatment Plan; Parks and Recreation;
Community Fjacilities; Capital Improvements and Planning Procedures.
Mr.i Simons said that the -City now has a diagram to follow
and the planning starts from this. He said that he felt that,
Sanford would continue to grow and has no appearance .of suffering
a relaspe. He urged the City Commission to obtain legislative
action for urban renewal areas.
He also presented the various maps as called for under
the Contract.
Mr.i Simons presented "Subdivision Regulations" which he
.thought the Board would want to review.
Mr. Simons reminded the Board that under the agreement
and from this date, the Zoning and Planning Commission is to have
two more subsequent meetings with the City planner if .there is a
need for them.
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There being no more business at this time on the Compre-
hensive City Plan, the Board concluded their meeting with Mr.
Simons and Mr. Gainer.
Due to prior rumors, questions, and further concrete
information from the City Manager regarding the proposed colored
school on school property at 11th Street and Bay Avenue, Chairman
McKibbin told the Board Members that he had recently discussed the
matter with Mr. R.T. Milwee, Supt. of Public Schools and relayed
this information to the Board.
A lengthy pro and con discussion followed regarding this
site for a colored school gust because it was school -owned property
and the feasibility of expansion of Hopper Academy at its existing
location. Also, as to whether petitions might be forthcoming for
the next school term to enter colored children at Southside
Primary.
Thereupon, Mr. Bush moved for the adoption of the .following
Resolution:
... WHEREAS, the proposed new school site at 11th.Street and
Bay Avenue is in conflict with the proposed Comprehensive Community
Plan of the City of Sanford, and
WHEREAS, the proposed Comprehensive .Community Plan of
the City of Sanford calls for the expansion of Hopper Academy
at its existing site by the expansion of six to eight additional
acres,
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Sanford Zoning and
Planning Commission go on record as being .opposed to the proposed
school being relocated at 11th Street and Bay Avenue.
FURTHER BE IT RESOLVED, that a copy of this Resolution be
delivered to the City Commission of the City of Sanford and to the
Seminole County School Board.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 26th day of January, in the year
1961, A.D.
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Motion was seconded by Mr. Harris and roll call was
taken as follows:
Bob Karns aye
Bud Talley aye
Bill Bush aye
Pat Johnson aye
Art Harris aye
A. W. Lee
.ape
Cliff McKibbin nape
Ui Thereupon, the majority card for the adoption of
said Resolution.
There being no further business, the meeting was ad-
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