JPC wants more time and information

More time to look over a 15-page report from Marshall City Manager Chris Olson is what Joint Planning Commission Chairman Mark O'Connell says his six member panel has now that they have voted 5-1 to table a rezoning request from Trae Allman and business partner Kevin Neilsen. The developers had asked in August that local officials change the zoning designation on prperty they want to buy from professional office service to commercial so they can develop the 63 acres owned by State Farm they refer to as The Crossing. Commissioner Vic Potter cast the lone dissenting vote, saying the panel would have no more information at the next meeting than they had last night. "We could keep doing this until hell freezes over," Potter said repeatedly as the meeting was breaking up. Citizens and some commsissioners wanted more information on the proposed development first while Olson said in his report that the action should be postponed to allow for a traffic study. See more on this story in Saturday's Chronicle.