Traton Homes (Rockford Township) Land Lots 00360, 00370, and 00380, District 19. Motion to approve extention of the current deadline for tree installation at Rockford Township and to direct staff to require the following of Traton Homes: (1) Provide letters to extend the current deadline for tree installation for Lots 19, 20, 25, 32, 33 and 57, which have already received certificates of occupancy from December 31, 2011 to February 28, 2012. Traton Homes shall request permission from all property owners to enter their property in order to plant trees in compliance with the new landscape plan. (2) For any new requests for certificates of occupancy, Traton Homes must submit letters verifying that they will either comply with the current tree plan or will comply with the new landscape plan by February 28, 2012, and further, that Traton Homes has informed new property owners of this requirement and have written permission from said property owners to enter their property in order to plant trees in compliance with the new landscape plan. Mayor Tumlin disclosed that in 2009 political contributions were reported from Traton and its principals in the aggregate of over $250. Also, Smith, Tumlin, McCurley & Patrick, P.C., represented Mr. John Elliott in the sale and separation of the Smith Manning property. Council member Sinclair disclosed that in 2009 he received a political contribution of greater than $250 from Mr. Bill Poston of Traton Corporation. Also, he sold Mr. Will Etheredge, the neighboring property owner at the Smith Manning House, his house. In addition, he was the listing agent at Rockford for Mr. John Elliott, the previous owner, in his capacity as a Realtor at Harry Norman Realtors, but the project went bankrupt before they sold anything.

Committee

CITY COUNCIL

Introduced

December 13, 2011

Passed

December 14, 2011