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• MINUTES OF PUBLIC HEARING AUGUST 15, 1983 PAGE 5 if the commission had any comments or questions. BOBBY BLACKWELL: Stated that it was fairly obvious that the Gray's were against the greenbelt for the property reasons and I can understand that, but Mr. Blackwell wanted to know if they researched andy of the other cities that have nice greenbelts and ask do they take care of those things or does someone else maintain them? Ms. GRAY: Did not have an anser to that and said she had not read any recent zoning ordinances in any other cityies. Stated that her information was based on general holdings concerning park land and park areas in general. BOBBY BLACKWELL: Stated that he knew the city did not maintain that little greenbelt area and that it was not feasible at all to be 5 ft. all around this country or 10 ft. on each side and I disagree constructively that it doesn't make a place of business look better, because it sure does. It makes them look more invitable. EDDIE GRAY: I completely agree with you that it is difficult r and real expensive to maintain these narrow strips all around and that's really our objective. The Plan calls for the green way corridors and I have asked about how wide they are and what's proposed and so far we haven't gotten any definition on that but their on the General Comprehensive Plan and whatever width is needed for the City to connect the different parks and make bike trails and do that, I think that if the city is calling for adding 20 more ft. on either side of it to be land scaped and maintained by the property owner, that you cannot use it for anything else, cannot park on it or use it for anything so I think that if the city needs 40 more feet of greenbelt, whatever they decide they need, they should buy it and put it into the same program that they have otherwise. r~ ~J