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CITY OF ANNA
SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
January 5, 2004 7:00 PM
Community Room, Texas Star Bank
The City Council of the City of Aima met in Special Session at 7:00 p.m., Monday, January 5,
2004, at the Community Room, Texas Star Bank, located at 402 W. White Street (FM 455), and
considered the following items:
1. Call to Order.
The meeting was called to order at 7:14 p.m.
2. Roll Call and Establishment of Quorum.
All members were present.
3. Consider citizen comments and presentations.
No citizen comments or presentation were received/made.
4. Public Hearing: Consider public comment on application by City of Anna for assistance
through the Housing Infrastructure Fund of the Texas Community Development
Program.
The public hearing was opened at 7:25 p.m.
Ms. Jessica Kaltenbach of Lawrence & Associates, Ms. Contessa Mendoza, and Mr. Bob
Roberts of Thompson -Roberts were present to discuss the application. They briefly
reviewed the proposed application, which consists of a request for up to $400,000 in
grant funds from the Texas Office of Rural Community Affairs to support infrastructure
improvements for a 25 acre tract in east Anna. The developer/builder would be required
to sell 51% of the homes in the project to persons of low and moderate income status.
The homes to be built in the project would be 100% brick and would be a minimum of
1,300 square feet of living space.
Mr. Dooley Wortham spoke in opposition to the proposed application on the grounds that
allowing low income residents to move into the area would cause increased crime, trash,
and traffic. He stated that the housing units would become rundown within a few years
and the property values in the area would be adversely affected. He noted that there is
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only one means of access to the proposed development and that one access road is in poor
condition.
The public hearing was closed at 7:54 p.m.
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 7:56 p.m.
leth L. Pelham, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Wayne E. Cummings, City Secretary
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