The issues surrounding the Meyer Lake Subdivision continue to grow. The platt was brought before the council with a number of variances to be included. The council decided to not approve the plat again but the interesting point in the discussion was that the Mayor became rather aggravated at the entire issue.
To explain this a little bit the Meyers have been before the council at least 3 or 4 times to see approval of his subdivision plat. The plat has changed a few times but the issues that were brought up at the council meeting were major changes that were never discussed previous to this meeting. The issue of the brick ordinance variance needing to go before the zoning board of appeals was a new step in solving a problem that everyone thought had been solved.
To be fair to both sides in the issue the Meyers are not your typical subdivision development and the whole process has been rushed through, but Mr. Meyer has been very compliant and has done everything the city has asked him to do. The city appears to have some mis-communication going on between the council, attorney, and the city engineer.
I am unsure of what process is in place for developers and businesses to use when planning to move or build in Columbia but there appears to be at least a few places that could use a little improvement.
Mayor Hutchinson’s frustration wasn’t really pointed at any one person, just the system. Which is only ironic because it was a main running point of Harold McCarty to fix the system to encourage businesses and development in Columbia.
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