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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT face=Arial>March 18, 2009<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT face=Arial>This letter is to notify you of the following public hearing item:<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT face=Arial><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">A request by William and Beverly Mills (owners), to establish R-1 (One-Family Dwelling District) as permanent City zoning on approximately 13.9 acres of land pending voluntary annexation into the City of Columbia.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The subject property is located generally west of the western terminus of </SPAN></B><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:Street><st1:address><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Smiley Lane</SPAN></B></st1:address></st1:Street><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT size=3> </FONT></SPAN></B><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">(addressed </SPAN></B><st1:Street><st1:address><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">415 W. Smiley Lane</SPAN></B></st1:address></st1:Street><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">).<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The applicant’s stated purpose of the rezoning is the partitioning of the home and small acreage from the greater parcel.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(Case #09-17)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; tab-stops: 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT face=Arial>The public hearing is scheduled during the Planning and Zoning Commission meeting for <B><U>Thursday, April 9, 2009</U></B> at 7:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers, City Building, 701 East Broadway, Columbia, Mo. You are invited to attend and may submit any information in favor of or in opposition to the request on or before the public hearing.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>After the public hearing, the Commission will forward its recommendation to the City Council.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The City Council will take final action on the application, usually 25 days after the Commission’s public hearing.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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