6600 Old Boonville Highway rezoning

The E-REP economic development director backed the project, citing a 98% rental occupancy, 300+ household waitlists, and a study showing 3,000+ rental units needed over five years.

A Hickory Trace condo resident laid out the numbers: roughly 500 residents will compete to get on and off a 900-foot stretch of the narrow highway.

Apologized for the earlier applause, then described semi-trucks drifting into oncoming lanes on the curve and warned that a passing-blister approach signals compromised safety standards.

Said the road still functions as a rural road with no shoulders, and residents avoid it — citing weekly near-misses at the Burkhart intersection.

Raised missing streetlights, shoulders and sidewalks — kids can't safely cross to the church basketball courts — plus water pressure problems traced to a distant Campground Road tower.