City Council Work Session Nov 1, 2007
CITY OF DOUGLASVILLE
CITY COUNCIL
Legislative Work Session
November 1, 2007
7:30 p.m.
AGENDA
1. Call to Order
2. Invocation
3. Pledge of Allegiance
4. Public Safety Committee/Dennis McLain
a. Request for a change in the agent outlet manager for the alcohol beverage license for F & S Grocery for the retail package sale of wine and malt beverage at 8244 Dallas Highway (Georgia Highway 92). Application by Ruthie Mae Few.
b. Authorize the Mayor to sign a service contract with LINK2Spanish, LLC, for court interpreter services for the Douglasville Municipal Court.
c. Authorize the closing of Church Street between Price Avenue and Bowden Street on Saturday, December 1, 2007, from 3:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. for the seventh annual Old Fashioned Holidays event in Downtown Douglasville.
5. Community & Economic Development Committee/John Schildroth
a. Adopt a resolution concerning Douglasville’s seventh annual Old Fashioned Holidays event in the Downtown Historic District on Saturday, December 1, 2007, starting at 4:00 p.m.
6. Planning & Zoning Committee/Michael Carter
Tabled from October 1, 2007:
a. Request for a change in zoning from R-2 (Single Family Detached Residential District) to CG (General Commercial District) certain tracts through which the planned Bright Star Road Connector will pass on approximately 6.8 acres. Application by the City of Douglasville.
New Business:
b. Authorize the Mayor to sign an Amendment to Development Agreement with CP Douglas Place Phase I, LLP, providing for abandonment of un-needed existing right of way to the adjacent landowner/developer, for the developer’s use of land over City roadside drainage structures for parking and for the developer to pipe stormwater from City roadside drainage structures to on-site detention facilities at the developer’s expense.
c. Request for a variance from the City’s Fire Prevention and Protection Ordinance, Section 42-44(b) Automatic Sprinkler System requirements for all day care facilities, in order to allow relief from such requirements for Kids With A Vision Academy at 6304 Fairburn Road. Application by Sharon Stallings.
d. Request approval of a final plat for Tributary at New Manchester, Village Center Phase I at 1800 Riverside Parkway. Application by Douglasville Development, LLC.
e. Request approval of a revised final plat for Tributary at New Manchester, Parcel D, Section 1 at 1800 Riverside Parkway. Application by Douglasville Development, LLC.
f. Request approval of a revised final plat for Tributary at New Manchester, Parcel R, Phase 2 at 1800 Riverside Parkway. Application by Douglasville Development, LLC.
g. Request for variances from the City’s Zoning Code in order to reduce the minimum dwelling size from the required 1,800 square feet down to 1,392 square feet and to reduce the side yard setback on the east property line from the required 15 linear feet down to 5 linear feet in an R-2 (Single Family Detached Residential District) on approximately .160-acre on Upshaw Mill Road. Application by Habitat for Humanity Douglas County.
h. Authorize an extension of time through April 1, 2008, for installation of sod and all other plants required by the City’s Development Ordinance, due to drought conditions in the City of Douglasville.
7. Parks & Recreation Committee/Roy Mims
a. Authorize the Mayor to sign an agreement for renovation work on Field 1, Field 2, and Chandler Field in Hunter Park, with said work to be paid from the Hunter Park line item in the Parks and Recreation component of the City’s SPLOST program.
8. Finance Committee/Henry Mitchell III
9. Information Technology Committee/Henry Mitchell III
a. Authorize the Mayor to sign a Domain Name Registration Agreement with dotgov.gov for registration of the City of Douglasville’s new .gov locality domain name.
10. Maintenance & Sanitation Committee/Charles Banks
a. Adopt a resolution concerning an event to be held in O’Neal Plaza on Thursday, November 15, to encourage recycling in the City of Douglasville.
11. Transportation Committee/Michael Carter
a. Authorize the Mayor to sign Agreements to Purchase Real Estate and all necessary documents for closings on parcel 03 for the intersection improvement project on Chapel Hill Road at Douglas Boulevard and Timberidge Drive.
b. Authorize the Mayor to sign an amendment to the City’s agreement with Carter & Burgess, Inc., for design services on the intersection improvement project on Chapel Hill Road and Stewart Mill Road to provide for traffic signal connectivity on Chapel Hill Road.
12. Personnel & Organization Committee/Roy Mims
13. Ordinances & Intergovernmental Committee/Callye B. Holmes
14. Other Business
15. City Attorney/Joel Dodson
16. Chief Assistant City Attorney/Suzan Littlefield
17. City Manager/Bill Osborne
18. Comments from Citizens and Delegates
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