City Council Meeting Feb 18, 2008
CITY OF DOUGLASVILLE
CITY COUNCIL
Regular Meeting
February 18, 2008
7:30 p.m.
AGENDA
1. Call to Order
2. Invocation
3. Pledge of Allegiance
4. Minutes of regular meeting of February 4, 2008, executive session of January 31, 2008, and legislative session of January 31, 2008.
5. Consent Agenda:
Community & Economic Development Committee/John Schildroth
a. 21-08-10 - Delete the names of William Osborne and Bill Epps as the board of directors for the Douglasville Convention and Visitors Bureau, Inc., and replace them with the Douglasville City Manager and Douglasville Finance Director as ex officio board members.
Parks & Recreation Committee/Roy Mims
a. 23-08-05 - Adopt a resolution pertaining to the 2008 use of City Parks and Recreation Department facilities by the Douglasville Tiger Cubs Football program.
b. 23-08-06 - Authorize the Mayor to sign an agreement with National Amusement Device Company for renovation of the train in the City’s Hunter Park, at a total cost for materials, signals and crossing signs, labor, and travel expenses not to exceed $33,700.00.
c. 23-08-07 - Authorize the Mayor to sign the 2008 Loan Agreement between the National Museum of the United States Air Force and the City for the period of April 1, 2008, through March 31, 2009, for display of an F-105D aircraft at the Airplane Memorial in Hunter Park.
Transportation Committee/Charles Banks
a. 27-08-09 - Authorize the Mayor to sign an agreement between the City and the Chapel Hill Community Association for the care of the trees, shrubs, and other vegetation planted by Adams Turf Care, Inc., as part of the intersection improvement projects on Chapel Hill Road and Stewart Mill Road.
b. 27-08-10 - Authorize the City Attorney to file for condemnation on parcel number 02 of the Georgia Department of Transportation project for the Georgia Highway 5 - Rose Avenue intersection improvements, consisting of 0.049 acre of real property and 683.84 square feet of construction easements.
c. 27-08-11 - Authorize the Mayor to sign an amendment to the City’s agreement with Croy Engineering, LLC, previously Croy-MSE, Inc., for preparation of additional information being required by the Federal Highway Administration for the environmental document on the Georgia Highway 92 Relocation project.
6. Public Safety Committee/Dennis McLain
7. Community & Economic Development Committee/John Schildroth
a. 21-08-11 - Appoint an individual to the Retail Industry, Post 1 position on the City’s Convention and Visitors Bureau Advisory Board for a two-year term extending through December 31, 2009.
b. 21-08-12 - Authorize the Mayor to sign separate service agreements with Kim Banks and the Mike Glenn Foundation for presentation of programs during Black History Month.
8. Planning & Zoning Committee/Dennis McLain
a. 22-08-12 - Request for a change in zoning from CG (General Commercial District) to CG (General Commercial District) with a Special Land Use Permit for a church at 7486 Bankhead Highway (U. S. Highway 78) on approximately .89 acre. Application by Harvest for Christ Church.
b. 22-08-13 - Request for a change in zoning from CG (General Commercial District) to CG (General Commercial District) with a Special Land Use Permit for new and used automotive sales at 6520 Bankhead Highway (U. S. Highway 78) on approximately .22 acre. Application by Wilson Gist.
c. 22-08-14 - Request to amend Appendix A - the Zoning Code of the City of Douglasville Subsection 3.73.02(a)(5) to allow a maximum height of 100 linear feet for freestanding signs on commercial lots which front on the south side of Concourse Parkway.
d. 22-09-15 - Refer to the City Zoning Board a proposed amendment to the Zoning Ordinance to provide an exception until September 1, 2009, to the duration limits on banner permits and the number limit on freestanding signs, for developed lots zoned for commercial or office use and lying adjacent to Westmoreland Plaza, and for such lots adjacent to Georgia Highway 92 and lying west of Interstate 20 and east of Plaza 92 Drive.
e. 22-09-16 - Adopt a resolution, effective until May 1, 2008, suspending enforcement of duration limits on banner permits and the number limit on freestanding signs, for developed lots zoned for commercial or office use and lying adjacent to Westmoreland Plaza, and for such lots adjacent to Georgia Highway 92 and lying west of Interstate 20 and east of Plaza 92 Drive Plaza.
9. Parks & Recreation Committee/Roy Mims
10. Finance Committee/Henry Mitchell III
a. 24-08-03 - Authorize the Mayor to sign all documents necessary to sell to the Douglasville Convention and Visitors Bureau, Inc., the City-owned property at 6694 Broad Street, known as the Old Commercial Bank Building.
b. 24-08-04 - Direct the City Finance Director to place the proceeds from the sale of the City-owned property at 6694 Broad Street in a line item in the Non-Departmental section of the General Fund entitled “Proceeds from Sale to CVB,” to be expended only after specific authorization by the City Council.
11. Information Technology Committee/Henry Mitchell III
12. Maintenance & Sanitation Committee/Callye B. Holmes
13. Transportation Committee/Charles Banks
14. Personnel & Organization Committee/Roy Mims
15. Ordinances & Intergovernmental Committee/John Schildroth
16. Education & Training Committee/Terry Miller
17. Other Business
16. City Attorney/Joel Dodson
17. Chief Assistant City Attorney/Suzan Littlefield
18. City Manager/Bill Osborne
19. Comments from Citizens and Delegates
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