Wal-Mart Hearing May 11

Photos by John Heiser and Jim Kendrick

Below: Steve Wilson, president of CLC Associates, presents the Wal-Mart proposal to planning commissioners (L to R) Verlin Dickman, Dennis Hisey, Robert Roulier, Joe Salute, Barbara Wait, Robert Null who later left to attend to a family emergency, John Vohland, and Robert Schrader. Commissioner Will Brown was seated between Hisey and Roulier but does not show in this photo.

Below: Adjacent property owner Janet Turner addresses planning commissioners (L to R) Verlin Dickman, Dennis Hisey, Will Brown, Robert Roulier, Joe Salute, Barbara Wait, John Vohland, and Robert Schrader. At the desk to the right is Assistant County Attorney Cole Emmons.

Below: Following testimony of 23 opponents, Wilson returned to offer rebuttal. Seated at far left is Elaine Nelson, executive secretary for the planning commission. Seated just to the right of Wilson is Paul Danley, manager of the county engineering division in the Development Services Department. Danley provided testimony regarding traffic and drainage aspects of the proposal.

Below: Typical afternoon traffic backup on the Baptist Road I-25 interchange.

Below: The proposed Wal-Mart site as seen looking east from Struthers Road south of Baptist Road. The Family of Christ Lutheran Church is in the center of the photo.

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