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Crowd opposes Hoover Muslim center plan
MIKE CASONNews staff writer
About 150 people filled the lunchroom Monday night at Gwin Elementary School at a meeting organized by opponents of a Muslim worship center in Hoover.

Residents from several neighborhoods near the 4.7-acre site at the intersection of Sulphur Springs and Al Seier roads said they oppose the project because of the traffic it would bring.

Lee Strickland, who lives in the Village at Highland Crest, said hundreds of new houses already planned in the area will cause traffic congestion that a worship center would make worse.

"You've got a traffic problem you can't resolve if you just keep adding to it," Strickland said.
No one at the hour-long meeting spoke in favor of the worship center.

On Friday, the Hoover Planning and Zoning Commission postponed until Aug. 13 its consideration of the project. The commission, which meets the second Monday each month, had been scheduled to consider the proposal on July 9.

Georgia developer Lou Passarella wants to build the worship center for an Ismaili Muslim congregation that has met in a rented facility in Hoover since 1999. Passarella said he would work with the city to minimize traffic concerns.

Passarella, who has a contract to buy the land from Alfa Properties, said he received notice of the postponement Monday.

Passarella, who did not attend Monday night's meeting, said he did not know the reason for the postponement.

Hoover City Executive Director Allen Pate, a member of the Planning and Zoning Commission, referred questions about the postponement to city consultant Bob House, who could not be reached for comment.

It was the second delay of Passarella's request.

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