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MINUTE BOOK No. 24, CITY OF OXFORD
RECESS REGULAR MEETING 7:00 P. M. APRIL 23, 1968
Pursuant to a recess order on April 2, 1968, the Mayor and Board of Aldermen
met on April 23, 1968 at 7:00 p. m. in the Mayor and Board of Aldermen's Chamber
in City Hall when and where the following were present:
Richard W. Elliott, Mayor - Presiding
Bill A. Hannaford - Alderman At Large
J. P. McLaurin, Jr. - Alderman Ward One
Linder Owens - Alderman Ward Two
Harry S. Sisk - Alderman Ward Three
James N. King - Alderman Ward Four
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Hugh C. Wiley, Jr. - City Clerk
Thomas R. Ethridge - City Attorney
John R. Smith - City Engineer
Tom M. Newberry - Planning Coordinator
F. O. Burrow - Chief of Police
Dr. J. G. McMurray - Chairman of Park Commission
After the meeting was called to order the following business was transacted:
There came on for hearing the matter of the adoption of an amendment to
the Official Zoning Ordinance For Oxford, Mississippi, 1966, the hour of 7:00
o'clock p. m., on this date having been set as the time for the hearing of
objections and protests, if any. No objections or protests having been made by
any person, the Mayor and Board so adjudicated, meaning that the said amendment
to said Ordinance shall take effect and be in force on April 24, 1968.
Motion was duly made, seconded and passed unanimously to spread upon the
minutes the following petition:
To: The Mayor and Board of Aldermen
Gentlemen:
19
P. O. Box 52
University, Mississippi 38677
April 10, 1968
We, the undersigned, have been concerned for some time about our local traffic
problems on College Hill Road from its intersection at Highway•#6 to the airport.
This problem has now been augmented by the erection of a large apartment
complex near the airport entrance with its concomitant addition to the
traffic flow.
As you are aware, traffic complications occur constantly at the intersection
with Highway #6, Phillip Road, and Washington Avenue. It now appears that the
additional traffic occasioned by the apartment houses and other home buildings
has increased the danger to those entering College Hill Road from Leighton
Road and from certain "blind" private driveways opening onto College Hill Road.