The Rosebud Coalition

Earlier today, I sent an email to the applicant and city planning staff regarding the proposed shopping center and religious campus at the intersection of Rosebud Road and Hwy. 78. In it, I expressed my disappointment in the developer’s failure to communicate with the community regarding a recently-conducted traffic impact study and the resulting revisions to the plan.

The email prompted an immediate response from the applicant, Danny Herrmann. According to Herrmann, the developer of the proposed church/ministry has failed to provide assurance of adequate financing. For that reason, Herrmann has today asked city planners for permission to withdraw his application for rezoning for the southernmost portion and continue with the annexation and rezoning for the retail part.

According to Herrmann, the concerns regarding traffic flow on Rosebud Road will be addressed by long-awaited intersection improvements by the state and county which are scheduled to begin in 2008.

The site plan can be seen here; additional documents are linked from this page at the city web site.

While it is my preference that the application be denied in whole and the developer encouraged to submit an innovative and integrated plan for the entire tract, that position will be difficult to advance if the Planning Commission and City Council allow Herrmann to split the current application.

Unless these recent developments result in another delay, this case will be heard by the Planning Commission on Tuesday, November 27 at 7:30 pm, with a hearing and final decision by the Snellville City Council on December 10. You can express your position on this application to the Planning Commission by sending a single email to plancomm@aboutgwinnett.com.

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