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regular meeting, december 8, 1969 page two The Mayor read a letter from the Planning & Zoning Commission, see attached. On", item, a petition tior annexation of 15.1 .creson Uhland Road owned by J.C. Varner, required action. Mr. Dannelley moved acceptance of the petition for annexation. Mr. Con- treras seconded the motion, which passed unanimously. The second item referred to a request for rezoning of property, owned by Richard Del Cueto which had been ~tileUedt the November 17 meeting, until a full Council I could be present. Mr. Del Cueto had requested a change of zoning from "R-l" to "R-2", to permit construction of a duplex. Mr. Flores deplored the fact that the Council had delayed action on the matter fon almost a month. Mr. Dannelley expresse~ opposition to the change of zoning for .several reasons. He said that more than 20% of the property-owners within 200 feet of the property had objected to the change of zoning at the public hearing. Mr. Darinelley said he understood a four-lane street was planned'whenthe new Cheatham Street bridge is built, and if a duplex we.re built on the lot, there would not be sufficient property available for the required right-of-way. H~ said members of the Planning & Zoning Commission should check the City's Comprehensive Plan. and Urban Renewal plans before recomm~ndinga change ~fzoning in areas under de- velopment or improvement. In answer to a question from Dr . Craddock, Mr. Bean st,ated that in the past the Planning and Zoning Commission had followed a policy of automatically denying a request for. change of zoning when 20% or more of the property-owners within 200 feet objected at the public hearing. It had been determined, however, the City Manager said, that the Commission was not required legally t,o deny I the request, but could ~akerecommendations to the Council on their own judgement. A plat of the area in question was examined. and the ~equ.st discussed. Mr. Dannelley moved that the req.est for' rez~ning of the Del Cueto property be denied. Mr. Smith seconded the motion. On roll call, the following vote was recorded: AYE: Craddock, Da'nnelley, Serur, Smith, Zavesky NAY: Contreras, Flores Th~ Mayor declared the motion to deny the requ~itf~r rezoning had passed by a vote of 5 to 2. The Mayor read aloud a report from the committee appointed to study United Gas Corporation's request for ~ rate increase. The report, signed by Dr. Emmie Craddock, Ronald J. Dannelley and Jerry Zavesky, is attached and made a part of the Minutes. The Mayor recommended that the 'report be discussed item by item. Dr. Craddock said she would like to go on record as being opposed ,to "the escalatIon clause" in United Gas Corp.' s proposaL stating that any time a change of rate is cilntem- plated, the Co~ncil should appr~ve it. Mr. Smith agreed. I Mr. J.R. Uhr, District Manager for United Gas, came before the Council and urged that the ordinance authorizing the rate increase, cis originally proposed at the Jan. 2.7, 1969 meeting, be adopted. The Mayor asked the CityM'anager to comment on the matter. Mr. Bean stated that the Charter