Wednesday, June 20, 2001
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Wednesday, June 20, 2001 |
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Landmark issue to be aired Thursday
By JOHN
THOMPSON
Landmark Christian School will find out Thursday if it can build a new school campus in Tyrone. Late last month, more than 200 people packed Town Hall and saw the Planning Commission turn down Landmark's request to rezone a 95-acre tract at Farr Road from residential to office institutional. Landmark's Steve Fincher presented the school's case by telling the Planning Commission that Landmark had conducted three public meetings with residents near the property. Fincher said Landmark's development schedule is for 15 years, with preschool and elementary grades being the primary focus of the initial building program. Eventually, the school would have preschool through high school with an estimated 1,100 students at the Tyrone campus. But Eric Allen, who represented disgruntled homeowners, told the Planning Commission that Landmark's campus should be closer to Tyrone's town center and not placed in the middle of a residential area. "This doesn't comply with the regional transportation plan," he said. The Council is expected to render its decision Thursday. In other business, the Council will: ·Conduct a public hearing on state mandated erosion control ordinances. ·Adopt the general and capital fund budget for 2001-2002. The total budget is just over $2.4 million and anticipates no tax increase. The meeting starts at 7:30 p.m.
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