Final action was taken Tuesday by the Bryan City Council allowing the new owners of what’s been a dilapidated mobile home park to accomodate recreational vehicles and build storage units.
The council’s vote on the request from what’s been known as Finfeather Acres was 5-1.
Councilman Mike Southerland, who voted no on the main motion, also attempted two amendments that failed.
Southerland ran into a roadblock with City Attorney Janis Hampton when he wanted legalize a verbal committment from the park owner to screen his property fron neighboring homes along Stuart Street.
Comments from Mike Southerland & Janis Hampton.
Attorney Chris Peterson, representing Finfeather Acres, says they and city staff decided to use 65 trees and fill in the gaps with fencing. Peterson says to put that in writing, would make future enforcement by the city impossible.
Comments from Chris Peterson.
Southerland’s motion failed on a 2 to 4 vote (Southerland and Richard Cortez voting yes, Jason Bienski, Art Hughes, Chuck Konderla, and Paul Madison voting no, and Ann Horton not present.).
The council also voted down Southerland’s motion, requested by neighboring homeowners, to build a six foot tall privacy fence that would have removed 65 trees. Again, Southerland and Cortez voted yes while Bienski, Hughes, and Konderla voted no and Madison abstained.
Plans are to reopen the property, which will be renamed Teserra, by March 21st.