The Atlanta Journal and Constitution is reported last night that the man that injured a Brinks courier guard was 41 year old David Broderick of Stone Mountain. Broderick is a self-employed businessman who runs CD Showplace, an online store that specializes in displaying CDs on walls for decorative art. A white van that Broderick rented was recovered at the mall and a list of charges is mounting, including aggravated assault. Broderick was still listed in stable, but critical condition at Grady Memorial Hospital.

The AJC also has a photo gallery.

CITY OF DOUGLASVILLE
CITY COUNCIL

Legislative Work Session
November 29, 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 an alcohol beverage license for The English Country House, Inc., DBA Irish Bred Pub & Restaurant for the on premises sale and consumption of wine, malt beverage, and spirituous liquor at 6682 East Broad Street. Application by Russell Phillips.

b. Authorize the Mayor to sign a one-year Animal Control Agreement with the Douglas County Board of Commissioners, with the City to pay $40,000.00 to the County for special services.

c. Adopt a resolution to declare as surplus property the Glock .40 caliber handgun, serial number KKR053, assigned to Police Sergeant Buddy Frith, now retired, and authorize the Police Chief to mount on a plaque and present it to said former City police officer.

5. Community & Economic Development Committee/John Schildroth

6. Planning & Zoning Committee/Michael Carter

Tabled from October 15, 2007:
a. Request for a change in zoning from R-LD (Low Density Single Family Residential District) in unincorporated Douglas County and R-2 (Single Family Detached Residential District) in the City of Douglasville to CG (General Commercial District) in the City for approximately 99.58 acres at Bright Star Road and the planned Bright Star Road Connector. Application by the City of Douglasville.

b. Request for an amendment to the Future Land Use Plan from Mixed Use Corridor in unincorporated Douglas County to Regional Activity Center in the City of Douglasville for approximately 85.38 acres at Bright Star Road and the planned Bright Star Road Connector. Application by the City of Douglasville.

c. Request to annex approximately 85.38 acres at Bright Star Road and the planned Bright Star Road Connector. Application by the City of Douglasville.

New Business:
d. Adopt an ordinance to amend Articles III and XII and Section 9.04.06 of the City’s Development Code Ordinance to revise provisions regarding tree conservation.

7. Parks & Recreation Committee/Roy Mims
a. Authorize the Mayor to sign the Renewal Agreement with the Douglas County Board of Education and the City of Douglasville for calendar year 2008 for the reciprocal use of recreational and/or school facilities.

8. Finance Committee/Henry Mitchell III
a. Presentation by the actuarial firm of Mauldin & Jenkins of the City of Douglasville financial report for the 2006 - 2007 fiscal year, ending June 30, 2007.

b. Announce the City Council on Monday, December 3, to accept the presentation by the actuarial firm of Mauldin & Jenkins concerning the June 30, 2007, City of Douglasville Financial Report.

c. Consider the request of the City of Douglasville’s Legal Department to revoke or other otherwise sanction the business license and alcoholic beverage licenses for Sassafras Jazz Bistro, Inc., at 7436-A Douglas Boulevard for failure to pay alcohol excise taxes.

d. Authorize the Mayor to sign an agreement with the Norfolk Southern Railway Company for the lease of 1.9 acres adjacent to West Strickland Street west of South Flat Rock Road.

e. Authorize the Mayor to sign an agreement with the Norfolk Southern Railway Company for the lease of approximately 86,093 square feet adjacent to West Broad Street from Campbellton Street to west of Courthouse Square West, adjacent to West Strickland Street west of McCarley Crossing, and Worthan Park, at an initial annual cost to the City of $6,000.00.

9. Information Technology Committee/Henry Mitchell III

10. Maintenance & Sanitation Committee/Charles Banks
a. Authorize the Mayor to sign a Fourth Amendment to the City’s franchise agreement with Advanced Disposal Services Atlanta, LLC, for an optional rate adjustment due to increased fuel prices.

b. Announce the City Council on Monday, December 3, to recognize the residential winners in the City’s Fall 2007 Recycling program.

11. Transportation Committee/Michael Carter

12. Personnel & Organization Committee/Roy Mims
a. Adopt a resolution authorizing the City’s Human Resources Department and Finance Department to prepare and distribute one-time Christmas season payments to City employees.

b. Establish five new job slots for the temporary position of Records Division Clerk in the Police Department starting January 1, 2008, and terminating not later than December 31, 2008, with a total compensation level of $12.00 per hour.

13. Ordinances & Intergovernmental Committee/Callye B. Holmes

14. Other Business
a. Change the date of the City Council’s second meeting in January 2008 from 7:30 p.m. Monday, January 21, to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, January 22, 2008, due to the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday.

15. City Attorney/Joel Dodson

16. Chief Assistant City Attorney/Suzan Littlefield

17. City Manager/Bill Osborne

18. Comments from Citizens and Delegates

PLANNING & ZONING BOARD
AND
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
MEETING AGENDA

December 4, 2007

APPROVAL of MINUTES
November 6, 2007

AGENDA

Z2007-55 | Tab [1]
Rodolfo Prado – Request for a rezoning from L-I to C-G for an event hall at the property located at 4195 Bankhead Highway: Land Lot(s) 361, District 18, Section 2, Parcel(s) 25. Lot size: 0.463 acres.

Z2007-56 | Tab [2]
Dwight M. Ferguson – Request for a rezoning from C-G to C-H for an auto broker at the property located at 999 Crestmark Boulevard: Land Lot(s) 580, District 18, Section 2, Parcel(s) 1. Lot size: 1.826 acres.

S2007-57 | Tab [3]
Dr. Ateeq Patel – Request for a Special Use Permit to allow a muslim cemetery at the property located at Cedar Mountain Road: Land Lot(s) 220, District 2, Section 5, Parcel(s) 1. Lot size: 10.00 acres.

Z2007-58 | Tab [4]

Dr. Daniel J. Tulman – A request for a rezoning from PUD to OI-L for a dental office at the property located at the southeast corner of Skyview Drive and Maxham Road: Land Lot(s) 522, District 18, Section 2, Parcel(s) 3. Lot size: 1.6718 acres.

OTHER BUSINESS:

Consider the following amendments to the Unified Development Code:
Article 3, Section 340 (g) (1) (c) (1) – Radio, Television and Telecommunications: Application Requirements

Article 10, Section 1014 (d) – Open Drainage Easements

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Last month’s community poll asked the question of whether Losing Georgia should continue. A majority of votes, 73% out of 106, catered for the Project to carry on. For the entirety of 2+ years, Losing Georgia has been the byproduct of my selfish work habits to describe a story of a growing community in the shadow of metro Atlanta.

Like an unfinished painting, Losing Georgia is a piece of art taking on different colors to explore a defining picture. Starting out with following new development to digging up forgotten history, there is always a story to tell. That is why today I am rolling out a new effort to help expand the Project with your help.

You voted for Losing Georgia to continue and here’s your chance to do it personally. Over the past few weeks I have had people e-mail me on how to help out, wanting to submit photographs and articles about a story that they want out. Already posted by contributors are work from Michael Moore and Sebastian Llano.

So here’s the question: what does the term “Losing Georgia” mean to you?

Is it the loss of the Southern hospitality and culture that once was prevalent? The loss of history and sense of place? A community growing up too fast too soon? Or is it something personal?

I am asking for your stories because, frankly, I’m all out of storytelling from the past two years and opening up this webumentary to the community. Topics do not have to be about Douglas County, but about Georgia itself. Take in the emotion, breathe with your eyes and the story will tell itself.

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The Douglas County Sentinel (requires registration) is reporting today about the Arbor Place Mall shooting that included a Brinks courier guard and the shooter. The news is fairly old since it relies on yesterdays press conference. Apparently the guard was leaving as shots rang out near the food court. Exchanging gun fire, the guard took a bullet in the leg while placing two rounds into the suspect. Both men were transported to Grady Memorial Hospital, the guard was released Monday evening while the suspect is in critical condition.

The AP press release is posted after the jump. Also check out AJC.com.

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Breaking news coming out of Douglas County today as two armed men attempted to rob a Brinks Security armored truck just before noon. The shooting occurred near the Johnny Rockets at the back side mall entrance at Regal Cinemas. A Brinks Security guard took a shot in the leg, but was able to fire back at the assailant by placing two rounds in the chest and neck area. Both men were transported to Grady Memorial Hospital. A second suspect that is intended to be the getaway driver is still on the loose.

Arbor Place Mall went immediately into lockdown as local law enforcement and SWAT teams moved in to do a sweep of the area. Schools in the vicinity of the mall were put on “code yellow”, meaning all students were moved inside and exterior doors were secured.

News Agencies Reporting » AJC.com | CBS 46 | Fox 5 | Ledger-Enquirer | WSB Radio | WSB TV

This maybe old news, but for those RSS readers there is a new community poll up: Can Douglas County go Green? With the historical north Georgia drought grudgingly continuing, questions about environmental resources like water and fuel are sure to increase. Green energy has seen little success in the county and the advent of more could be possible. For instance, the award winning visitors center at Sweetwater Creek State Conservancy Park is a role model for understanding the measures of consuming natural resources to their full extent while having a aesthetically working facility.

The Douglas County Sentinel (requires registration) reported yesterday that Tanner Health System broke ground on Thursday for a new 42-bed behavioral health hospital in Villa Rica. The $14.5 million facility will be the first of its kind in the West Georgia region and the first behavioral hospital in over 20 years to be built in the state of Georgia. It will be located off of Highway 61 in Carroll County on Tanner Health System land.

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Barns are the relics of a workmanship’s past, the symbolic covenant of a farm that families relied on for living. Still scattered throughout Douglas County, although not as prevalent as in the days of long ago, barns can been seen in the rural areas and on the doorstep of urban culture. This barn once stood on the grounds at Boundary Waters Park before it was torn down from a state of disrepair and danger.

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Happy Thanksgiving to all you out there. Enjoy the festivities, feast and football games. This maybe my day off from work, but I’m hard at work improving SavingHunter.org.