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Conditional approval them almost exclusively meanders into wooded tween Givens and phase
of a revised site plan for one-bedroom a p a r t- areas, picnic tables, sur- one d e v e 1 o p e r, Mc-
a 169-unit government- ments for senior citi- face play areas that in- Glynn-Garmacker, that
subsidized apartment zeas, according to Giv- elude basketball back- no fence would divide
complex was voted 5-0 ens' spokesman, archi- stops. plus shuffleboard the first and s e c o n d
last - week by Maple- tect Jeffrey Pilling. c o u r t s and horseshoe phases of the develop-
wood's Village Council. The v i 1 l a g e council pits near the housing for ment.
The action pumps life must still approve the the elderly. . But since then the vil-
into a proposal by devel- building details, includ- A marsh at the south- lage staff had a change
oper Archie Givens for a ing the total number of east corner of the site of heart.
project on 11 acres im- units. ill be left alone, he add- E i t h e r party would
mediately east of the But the overall site ed. have to seek village
H i 1 1 s i d e Junior High kplan appeared to he to Councilman Wiegert council approval to erect
School athletic fields. the liking of both village inquired w h e t h e r the a fence, the staff ex-
It would become the administrators a n d project might be jeop- plained, which means
second phase of what's councilmen. ardized because of re- the issue is under village
k n o w n as the Fred Councilman I)on Wie- cent cutbacks in the goy- control. _ -
M o o r e Apartments, a gert said he was espe- ernment's "236" p r o-
planned u n i t develop- dally pleased with the gram funding.
ment. way the developer "has Developer Givens said
Givens said he intends r e s p e c t for what's he expected approval of
to finance the project there." his"236"application.
under Section 236 of the His reference was to "Otherwise .I wouldn't
National Housing Act. a efforts to preserve the be here." he stated. "We
law that seeks to make area as much as possi- beat the deadline."
h o u s i n g available for ble in its natural state. Two weeks ago the
low and moderate in- including trees and a Givens project appeared
comepeople. pond. Pilling also. told of to be in trouble because
The revised site plan plans for a swimming village administrators
shows two buildings on pool, a pathway system were i ns i s t i n g on a
the p r o p e r t y, one of that circles the pond and s i g n e d agreement be-