Columbus, Georgia

MINUTES

COUNCIL OF COLUMBUS, GEORGIA

REGULAR SESSION

SEPTEMBER 10, 2002



The regular weekly meeting of the Council of Columbus, Georgia was called to

order at 9:00 A.M., Tuesday, September 10, 2002, on the Plaza Level of the

Government Center, Columbus, Georgia. Honorable Bobby G. Peters, Mayor, and

Honorable John J. Rodgers, Mayor Pro Tem, presiding.



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PRESENT: Present other than Mayor Peters and Mayor Pro Tem Rodgers were

Councilors Glenn Davis, Berry H. Henderson, Julius H. Hunter, Jr., Charles E.

McDaniel, Jr., Richard Smith, Nathan Suber, Evelyn Turner Pugh and Evelyn

Woodson. City Manager Carmen Cavezza, City Attorney Clifton Fay, Clerk of

Council Tiny B. Washington and Deputy Clerk of Council Sandra Davis were also

present.



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ABSENT: Councilor R. Gary Allen was absent.



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INVOCATION: Offered by Pastor George Cofield - Green Hill Baptist Church.

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PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Led by Kendrick High School Family Community & Career

Leaders of America.

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GEORGIA MUNICIPAL ASSOCIATION:



Mayor Peters said that the Georgia Municipal Association is an

organization where all the cities are members and come together for different

meetings and seminars. He said they are also in contact with our city on

different issues, and legislative issues and work very closely with our

Legislative Delegation in Columbus. He said our delegation in Columbus is one

of the most efficient, organized; and powerful legislative delegation anywhere

in Georgia. He said that we have two members of that delegation this morning

that will be honored by the Georgia Municipal Association and then called on

Mr. Lamar Norton, of the Georgia Municipal Association to make that

presentation. He said Councilor Evelyn Turner Pugh will read into the record

the information.



Councilor Evelyn Turner Pugh said this morning she is delighted to be able

to recognize the leadership and dedication of two of our legislators, Senator

Ed Harbison and Representative Tom Buck. She said these two individuals have

spent years in public service and truly have been friends of cities and City

Government. She said on behalf of the Georgia Municipal Association, it gives

her great pleasure to be able to present to these two gentlemen, the Champion

of Georgia Cities Award, for Legislative Service during the 2002 Legislative

Session.



She said Senator Harbison and Representative Buck were very instrumental

in securing funding for the Georgia Cities Foundation during a very difficult

budget year, and these funds are matched by the Woodruff Foundation and are

already being used for low interest loans to business owners and revitalization

efforts in our downtowns across the State.



Councilor Turner Pugh said this is the most important program as it

continues to build the economic base for the State, one City at a time. She

said Senator Harbison and Representative Buck are wonderful ambassadors to

represent the Columbus - Muscogee County area and we appreciate all that they

have done for Columbus and the Georgia Municipal Association.



She then called upon Mr. Lamar Norton from GMA, to present photos of

downtown Columbus, Georgia as it was in 1904. She said if we can revitalize our

downtowns, it would cause more tourism to come into our State that we would all

benefit from.



Mr. Norton said on behalf of the Georgia Municipal Association, he just

wants you to know that you do have wonderfully strong leadership in Atlanta to

represent this great area and said they have always given them advice and a lot

of opportunities to discuss things that hopefully will be better legislation

for cities and they do appreciate it very much. He then presented to Senator

Harbison and Representative Buck, a photo of Columbus, Georgia as it was back

in 1904.



Senator Harbison and Representative Buck thanked the Mayor and Council for

this honor and the opportunity to serve as your representatives in the Georgia

General Assembly.



Mayor Peters also thanked Mr. Lamar Norton and the Georgia Municipal

Association for coming down this morning to make this presentation, as these

two gentlemen certainly do deserve this honor.



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HOUSE OF HEROES:



Mayor Peters called upon Councilor-elect Wayne Anthony, who wants to come

and give a brief update on the House of Heroes event, which is a very

worthwhile event that is upcoming and he has been very much involved in.



Councilor-elect Anthony said he would like to thank the Councilor for

their support from the earliest stage of this project, which began in 1999.

He said this is something that began here in Columbus, and it is an effort that

we hope would go nationwide. He said Columbus was selected as an alpha site and

said we did the first house in 2000, 12 houses in 2001; and said the goal for

this year is to do 50 houses. He said they wanted to do those houses in

September, with the date being set last August, having no idea that the events

of September 11th would unfold and make this so timely and appropriate.



He said the House of Heroes is an effort to do something personal and

practical for some 70 million Americans who have served in our military and

many of whom go on into public service. He said they have served faithfully,

with many of them serving in WWII, Korea, as well as tours of duty in Vietnam.

He said they have now reached a time in their life when it is difficult to take

care of the yards and houses like they once kept it. He said this is a way for

Americans to do something personal and practical for them; to bring the

memorial to their very doorstep, to bring it right back home to them.



Mr. Anthony said we have volunteers who work on their yards and in their

houses. He said local businesses and individuals contribute so that we can do

the work around the house and inside the house, at no cost to the homeowners.



Mr. Anthony also said they want to do 50 houses and have already begun the

process this past weekend. He said the work on these homes are being done by

different groups and organizations in the community.



He said there is going to be a ceremony in which they will give them a

flag that has been flown over the capital of the United States in their honor;

specifically for each individual homeowner. He said this program is to give

these individuals their flags while they are still alive, to bring special

recognition, which is a joint effort by the Congress of the United States, the

Department of Defense, the Department of Veterans Affairs, the U. S. Chamber of

Commerce, The Society of Human Resources Management and City Cares,

specifically lead by the Congress of the United States. He said that the flag

will be presented by a representative of Congress to the individual. The

ceremony will be held on Friday September 20, 2002 at 2:00 p.m., at the Civic

Center, where dignitaries from outside of the State will be there, as well as

local dignitaries, but said we are reminded that the real honorees are those

veterans and their spouses whose homes that they have worked on and whom they

are honoring.



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MR. JOEL AMES OF THE UNITED CITIES GAS COMPANY:



Mayor Peters said we have Mr. Joel Ames of the United Cities Gas Company,

who has an announcement that he would like to share with the Council this

morning.



Mr. Joel Ames then appeared and introduced Mr. Jim Thompson, Operations

Manager, as well as Mr. Brian Hercules, Sales Manager who was present with him,

to give the final details of an important event for their company, which will

be occurring three weeks from today.



He said on October 1st, their company will no longer be known as United

Cities Gas Company, but will become Atmos Energy Company. He said he

distributed around the Council table, an information packet, which includes a

fact sheet that has some financial information about the Atmos Family of

Companies, as well as what the new trucks will look like, and a sample of the

new bill.



Mr. Ames said right now they are the fifth largest pure natural gas

distribution company in the Country and by the end of the year, they think that

they will be the third largest distribution company in the Country. He said

they have an acquisition under way right now, and said for those reasons all

five of the operating utility companies under the Atmos umbrella companies are

going to take one name. He said in all eleven states of their operation, all

800 communities and 1.4 million customers will be known as Atmos Energy. He

said there would be some changes at their local office on Victory Drive, as the

employee uniforms will change, and will have the trucks with the new decals. He

said there will be a change in every way that they look, but an important note

for the Council to remember is that it would be the same people, the same

office location and the same hours of operation, and the same telephone numbers

will work; it?s a name change only for them.



He said that by taking this step and uniting under one name, they are

hoping that they will provide more efficient services. He said their customers

were notified on August 1st, about the name change, with a special insert in

their bills.



Mr. Ames also said they printed the outside of their envelopes in big bold

black letters to alert the customers to look inside their bill for the name

change.

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MINUTES: Minutes of the September 3, 2002 meeting of the Council of the

Consolidated Government of Columbus, Georgia were submitted and approved upon

the adoption of a motion made by Mayor Pro Tem Rodgers and seconded by

Councilor McDaniel, which carried unanimously by those nine members of Council

present for this meeting.

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ZONING PUBLIC HEARINGS:



THE FOLLOWING ORDINANCE, WHICH WAS DELAYED FROM THE AUGUST 20, 2002

COUNCIL MEETING WAS AGAIN SUBMITTED AND ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING WAS HELD AND

DELAYED

AGAIN:





An Ordinance - Rezoning approximately 3.3 acres of properties located at

the northwest side of Arkansas Drive, the northwest corner of Arkansas Drive

and Anglin Road, and the southwest corner of Claymore Road and Anglin Road from

an R-1A District to an R-4 District. (41-CA-02-McGee)



City Attorney Fay said there was a condition that was amended to provide a

barrier at the right-turn out as approved by Engineering, and then said the

matter is now open for discussion.



Mayor Pro Tem Rodgers said that he had asked that this ordinance be

delayed two weeks ago in an effort to provide us some sort of site plan where

these buildings were going to be located, and said it was not provided to us

until this morning. He said we can go ahead and proceed with any comments that

need to be made on this today, but because the residents have not seen this

yet, he will ask that this matter be continued for one more week, in order for

him to meet with them and show them what is proposed out there.



PROPONENTS:



Mr. James Moye, Attorney, #1 Bradley Park Court, representing DRR

Properties once again appeared and went into further details in outlining

additional information as it relates to this proposed rezoning ordinance.

He said this property has been assembled in the McGee family for some thirty

years and said Mr. David McGee lives at the opposite corner of Arkansas and

Anglin Road; so, this will not be an absentee landlord situation.



He said pursuant to a request of the Council, the applicants together with

Mr. Richard Bishop and other members of the City have been back out to the site

to investigate the natural row of trees, shrubs, etc., that are out there and

to examine where the lines are. He said they have those lines cut so that Mr.

Bishop and others could see where they are. He said he would like to point out

that south of this property, on the other side of Arkansas Drive there is

already existing R-4 zoning where there are some two-story apartments existing.



Attorney Moye also recapped some of those comments that were made at last

week?s Council meeting by the opposition present, and offered some comments in

those regards. He said there will only be one entrance to the property off of

Arkansas Drive and upon the motion made by Councilor Turner Pugh said there

will be a concrete barrier at that one entrance to force a right-turn only when

exiting this site.



He said what they are proposing for the protection of the Franklin

residence is that as to 3728 Franklin Road, there shall be a 20-foot natural

vegetation boundary along the two sides where the McGee site touches the

Franklin?s property and along all of the sides of the property, including the

Franklin?s, there shall be a wooden fence that the buffering ordinance

requires. He said for the other adjoining properties, 3720 3712, and 3704 they

are proposing to use the 10-foot buffering option that the ordinance provides.

He said unavoidably in the construction of this site, the slope is going to be

cut down, the slope downhill from Arkansas towards Claymore, don?t build it up

during construction, but cut it down more.



He said it is their position and belief that the buffering plan that they

have just outlined will provide the sanctity of the Franklin?s background that

they are interested in. He also stated that right at the Franklin?s back fence,

is what he will describe as a barn like structure, large enough to get a

vehicle in, will also provide some buffering. He said that the Franklins would

have an excellent natural buffer.



Attorney Moye said this is a project with a good report card from PAC with

their unanimous recommendation and also a good report card from the Planning

Division. He said they won?t create a drainage issue for anybody and said they

have law enforcement people that can take care of that should there be any

runoff that escapes. He said any developments are going to provide some

increase in traffic, but said our City experts have found no negative impact.

He said the site at the intersection may be improved and the concrete barrier

is going to divert traffic back up toward University when exiting this site.



He spoke for some twenty minutes in expressing his views, as to why this

rezoning request should be approved.



Mayor Peters asked if those things that were outlined by Attorney Moye, if

they were in the ordinance, to which City Attorney Fay said they are not.

However, Attorney Moye said if this is a way to work this through for the

mutual benefits of the neighbors there, they are offering the 20-foot buffer

abutting the Franklin?s property.



City Attorney Fay also responded to questions of Mayor Peters as it

relates to Condition Number Six and the driveway.



OPPONENTS:



Mr. Paul Dement, 4151 Anglin Road, Apt. 22A appeared and distributed

around the Council table, some handouts regarding this proposed rezoning

ordinance. He highlighted the concerns and issues that the residents have

regarding the proposed zoning, which includes traffic, drainage, safety for

school children, and the privacy of the Claymore Drive residents.



He said they haven?t seen the plan and said this is something that will be

very important for them to look at, and then went into some details in

addressing the Planning Advisory Commission?s conditional approval of this

request. He said he don?t believe the apartments would really be compatible

with what located in the neighborhood right now, because of the density.



Mr. Dement also made comments about the right-turn-out coming out of the

apartment units, but said a right turn out of Arkansas will meet up with the

Maryland Circle street and said they will have another intersection; which they

don?t think is a very good idea at this point. He said he would suggest that

the Engineering Department review any drainage plans before the Council takes a

vote on this matter.



He spoke for some ten minutes in expressing his and his neighbors concerns

regarding this proposed rezoning ordinance. He said he thinks it would be very

disruptive to the neighborhood to have this apartment complex where it is right

now.



Mayor Pro Tem Rodgers told Mr. Dement that he would get in contact with

him to go over this plan, as he has spoken with Mrs. Schroeter and said he will

get together with the residents and go over this matter.



After the conclusion of his presentation, Mr. Dement then spent several

minutes in responding to questions of the Council.



City Manager Cavezza pointed out that the traffic on University Avenue

would not increase that much, saying it would go from 15,038 vehicles to 15,228

vehicles, if it goes to R-4. He said as far as the traffic on Arkansas Drive,

it would go from 901 vehicles to 1099 under a R-4, and said capacity of the

road is 18,600.



Ms. Paula Franklin, who appeared two weeks ago and expressed her concerns,

appeared again today and expressed further concerns. She said the property

borders them on the east and south side, whereas the other property will only

be bordered on the south side. She said these apartments are on a hill higher

than they are, even though they may be going to cut some of it down, these

two-story apartments will still be able to overlook them on two sides. She said

there will be no way to preserve their privacy with these apartments over them,

and feels that their property value will be devalued with a site like this. She

said she does have a concern with the traffic, but only on Claymore Road,

because it is a street without sidewalks and a lot of people cut through

Claymore Road just to avoid that curb on Arkansas and Anglin Road. She said she

appreciates the 20-foot buffer Mr. McGee is talking about and said it is a very

dense area, but it only has five trees on the east and south side, and said

that is not as much a buffer as any other type of vegetation would be.



She also pointed out that Mr. McGee has stated that he has a 10 foot

easement on their property that he can run utilities or sewer lines, and if in

fact, he does that, she will lose two trees in her front yard, along with a 12

- 14 foot bush. She said she appreciates the fact that he is considering

putting up a privacy fence, along with the buffer, and said if there is a way

of re-routing his sewer lines and utility lines, where it won?t go through her

property, she would greatly appreciate that.



Mayor Peters said Mayor Pro Tem Rodgers is the Councilor for that district

and said he is very conscientious on this and that is why he asked for it to be

continued to look at some of the conditions and possibly amend the ordinance on

first reading next Tuesday.



Attorney Moye then responded to questions of Councilor Turner Pugh

regarding the comments made by Ms. Franklin regarding the utility easement that

Mr. McGee owns on the Franklin property, as well as the proposed buffer being

offered by Mr. McGee.



After continued discussion on this matter, Councilor Smith said one of the

things that a lot of people are concerned about, is the traffic and how people

will be getting in and out and said as it relates to Condition Number Six, he

would like to make a motion to amend that condition to state, As specified by

the Department of Engineering, so that it will be a part of the ordinance.

Seconded by Councilor Henderson and carried unanimously by those nine members

of Council present for this meeting.



This matter was then concluded after more than forty-five minutes of

discussion.



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THE FOLLOWING TWO ORDINANCES WERE ALSO SUBMITTED AND THEIR CAPTIONS READ

BY CITY ATTORNEY FAY AND A PUBLIC HEARING WAS HELD ON EACH AS

ADVERTISED:





An Ordinance - Rezoning approximately 0.4 acres of property located at

1524 and 1532 Harvey Avenue from an R-4 District to a C-3 District.

(46-CA-02-Baird)



PROPONENTS:



Ms. Jane Baird, appeared and pointed out that she is the owner of the

property and said that they are requesting this property to be rezoned in order

to put warehouses for a heating and air conditioning company, as well as an

electrical company.



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An Ordinance - Rezoning approximately 1.387 acres of property located

at 6131 Crystal Drive from an R-1A District to an A-O District.

(47-CA-02-Mordic Builders, Inc.)



PROPONENTS:



Mr. Buddy Mordic, owner of Mordic Builders said that he owns an apartment

complex across the street from this piece of property on Crystal Court and said

that his office is located at 5203 Crystal Court. He said what they are going

to do is to move his office from across the street into an existing house. He

said there are only four residences left along this area, and said he has

talked with all the residents and said no one has a problem with it.

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CITY ATTORNEY?S AGENDA:



THE FOLLOWING ORDINANCE WAS SUBMITTED AND ITS CAPTION READ BY CITY

ATTORNEY FAY AND INTRODUCED ON FIRST

READING:



An Ordinance - Amending Ordinance No. 01-100 which designated the Wynnton

Village Historic District as an official historic district in Columbus, Georgia

by removing the parcel of property located at 2033 Wynnton Road (Burger King)

from said historic district.



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THE FOLLOWING ORDINANCE WAS SUBMITTED AND ITS CAPTION READ BY CITY

ATTORNEY FAY AND ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL ON SECOND

READING:



An Ordinance (02-91) - Amending Ordinance No. 01-109, which rezoned

property located 500 feet north of Manchester Expressway, between Armour Road

and 1-185, by deleting the first sentences of Conditions #2 and #3 of said

Ordinance and replacing them with two new sentences. (The first sentence in

Condition #2 as outlined in the current ordinance reads: ?The three commercial

lots fronting on Armour Road in Land Lease #3 shall be limited to the following

development: automotive service businesses such as a car wash, oil and lube

center, muffler shop, brake service center, or similar uses. The first

sentence of Condition #3 reads: ?On Land Lease #3, the portion designated for

mini-storage facilities may be used for RV, camper, and boat storage.?

Councilor Suber moved its adoption. Seconded by Councilor Turner Pugh and

carried unanimously by those nine members of Council present for this meeting.





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THE FOLLOWING ORDINANCE WAS ALSO SUBMITTED AND ITS CAPTION READ BY CITY

ATTORNEY FAY AND THEN INTRODUCED ON FIRST

READING:



An Ordinance - Providing for the demolition of the structures located at

4756 Kolb Avenue (James W. & Ollie M Fisher, owners), 930 Winston Road (Ethel

Mae Jones, owner), 901 Joy Road (Erik J. & Linda Livsey, owners), 2833 Bradley

Circle (Charlie M. & Ora L. Mickle, owners), 410 - 24th Street (Wyndol B.

Montgomery, owner), 2801 - 9th Street (Ruby J. & Michael Pitts, owners), 358

Bragg Smith Street (Dorothy J. Rachal, Life Est., owner), 4325 Old Cusseta Road

(Eddie Smith, owner), and 1605 Sheffield Drive (James Snell, owner), and for

demolition services for the Inspections and Code Division in accordance with a

Tabulation of Bid sheet.



Councilor Turner Pugh said the property identified as the Montgomery

property, the ordinance has the address as 410-24th, but in the analysis

included in the Agenda packet, it has 410-29th Street, and then asked, what is

the correct address.



Ms. Rebecca Wiggins of the Inspections & Code Enforcement Division, said

the correct address is 410-24th Street.



City Attorney Fay then asked if there was anyone who wanted to speak on

any of these properties?



Mr. James W. Fisher, 5734 Wiltshire Drive , owner of the property located

at 4756 Kolb Avenue appeared and said the property had been listed by the City

to be demolished; however, prior to that he and his wife had decided that it

wouldn?t be cost effective to upgrade the house and rent it out, and that it

was an eyesore; so, therefore, they decided that they were going to tear the

house down. He said he went down to the City to get a permit to do this, and

said it has been a one-man operation. He then showed some photographs of what

the house look like before he started demolishing it and what it looks like at

the present time.



Mr. Fisher then responded to several questions of Councilor Suber as to

when he purchased the permit to demolish the property and when did he begin

working on tearing this property down.



Mr. Fisher said the only thing that is standing of the house at this

particular time is the fireplace chimney and some of the foundation.



Mayor Pro Tem Rodgers said from what he sees in the photographs it

shouldn?t take you more than one week to get that cleared out and said he don?t

know that we could execute a contract between now and then.



After more then fifteen minutes of discussion, and Mr. Fisher responding

to several questions of the Council, it was then pointed out to Mr. Fisher that

he has one week before the Council votes on this matter, to get the rest of

this structure torn down.



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Mr. John Cartledge, #1 Bradley Park Drive, Suite "D", Attorney,

representing Mr. Charles Mickle, appeared and said that Mr. Mickle is the owner

of the property located at 2837 & 2833 Bradley Circle, along with his mother.

He said Mr. Mickle?s mother has been ill during this year and he has had to

come and stay with her a lot at night and worry with her. He said Mr. Mickle

got a permit back in March to fix this house up and has done very little on it.

He said he has intentions to fix the house up and get it habitable again.



Mr. Cartledge said Mr. Mickle?s mother is the next-door neighbor, and has

a big interest in trying to get the property restored. He said the house is a

victim of some burglaries and vandalism. He said he has insurance on it, it has

a fire policy and a storm policy, but it didn?t cover the burglary. He said he

was getting ready to do some painting and has plans to put a roof on the house

and repair two back rooms.



He said what he is here for today is to request an additional 90-days

extension to fix this property.



Ms. Rebecca Wiggins of the Inspections & Code Enforcement Division said at

2833 Bradley Circle there is a good bit of asbestos there. She said they have

all properties that they plan to demolish surveyed by a company for asbestos

and said it does contain asbestos in the kitchen, laundry room, walls and

ceilings throughout the house, window glaze, and the roof shingles, with a

total of 1,020 square feet of asbestos in that one house.



Ms. Wiggins said the roof has badly rotted and collapsed and caused a lot

of interior damage.



Mayor Peters said this is one area that we all have worked very hard to

clean up in Columbus and have done more houses within the last couple of years,

then in the history of our City in trying to get them brought up to code or

demolished. He said we always leave it up to the property owners and it goes on

for months, but said the day that we vote, people comes to this Council saying

they are going to do this, and that, but just need more time. He said the

Council doesn?t have much patience with these excuses.



Mr. Mickle then appeared and said that his mother has been sick twice this

year and has been hospitalized and said she was convalescing for about 6 - 8

weeks and during that time, he couldn?t do a lot of work because he had to take

care of her. He said he was not aware of the asbestos, and said what he

recognizes as asbestos is when he can see it with his eyes, because he sees

these asbestos homes all over Columbus that has the asbestos siding on them. He

said he would like to have 90-days to fix this property up, but if not, then

you will have to demolish it.



Several members of the Council expressed their views regarding this

matter, after which Mr. Mickle then responded to several questions of Mayor

Peters and members of the Council regarding the property. Ms. Wiggins also

responded to further questions of members of the Council as well. There was

no action taken on Mr. Mickle?s request for a 90-day extension.





Mr. Wyndol B. Montgomery said he purchased this property at 410- 24th

Street and ten other buildings, most of them duplexes around this area a little

over five years ago. He said when he purchased them, he probably didn?t know

what he was doing, but said he had a good job at Litho-krome printing for over

21 years, and said he supplemented his income into these apartments and never

made any money on them, except for a few months.



He said it looked like his job at Litho-Krome was going to go under, so he

went to work in LaGrange at International Paper, (Mayor Peters interrupted Mr.

Montgomery and asked him to get back to the subject matter at hand.)



Mr. Montgomery said he has gone through the house and put a new floor in,

which he is going to have to take back up after speaking with Ms. Wiggins. He

said they put siding down the entire front and end of the property, which it

looks fairly good now. He said he painted the property.



Ms. Wiggins pointed out that Mr. Montgomery purchased a permit to make

repairs to this property sometime back, and said everything that he has done is

wrong. She said what he needed to do rather than put that siding on, was to

take all of the siding off and replace all of the seals, which are rotten and

termite damaged, and remove all of the floor joists and put the new seals on

and make that floor level and then put on siding. She said he has done some

rough electric wiring, as well as some interior framing for walls, for closets,

which is entirely wrong. She said it is going to cost a lot of money to go in

and take that siding that he put on yesterday off, and replace all those seals

and do all that work that needs to be done. She said Mr. Montgomery had some

people working for him when he was out of town and not on the job site and she

thinks that all of this just got away from him.



Ms. Wiggins then responded to several questions of Mayor Peters and

members of the Council



Mr. Montgomery then responded to several of those comments made by Ms.

Wiggins, and after further discussion on this matter, Mr. Montgomery said he is

requesting an extension of time to work on this property.



City Manager Cavezza then pointed out that the Minister of the Twenty

Fourth Street Baptist Church is present here this morning and said his church

is directly across the street from this property, and said he would like to

speak regarding this matter.



Pastor Xavier Maddox, Pastor of the Twenty Fourth Street Baptist Church

appeared and said they are neighbors to the property in question, and said he

sympathizes with Mr. Montgomery, but he is here to state that the houses that

are occupied are substandard as well. He said people living there should not

live like that.



He said he don?t believe that Mr. Montgomery would live in that house and

therefore, he questions the integrity of him asking others to live there. He

said they saw efforts this past weekend toward trying to cosmetically beautify

this area, and said are we in the vision of Columbus to cosmetically do it, or

are we trying to be sound about it.



Pastor Maddox said he respects what Ms. Wiggins has given to you as a

report and he would ask that we honor that. He said if it was him and he owned

that property, he would be held accountable to the Code. He said he is here

today to express the sentiments of the church and their concerns regarding this

area.



Several members of the Council also expressed their views on this matter,

after which Mr. Montgomery then responded to further questions of the Council.



Mayor Peters then pointed out that Mr. Montgomery has requested an

extension of time to repair this property, and then asked what was the pleasure

of the Council in this regard. There was no action taken to grant an

extension.





THE FOLLOWING FOUR RESOLUTIONS, EXPRESSING CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILY OF

CITY EMPLOYEES WHO RECENTLY PASSED AWAY WERE SUBMITTED BY CITY ATTORNEY FAY AND

THEIR CAPTIONS READ BY MAYOR PRO TEM RODGERS AND ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL,

PURSUANT TO THE ADOPTION OF A SINGLE MOTION MADE BY MAYOR PRO TEM RODGERS AND

SECONDED BY COUNCILOR MCDANIEL, WHICH CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY BY THOSE EIGHT

MEMBERS OF COUNCIL PRESENT AT THE TIME WITH COUNCILOR SUBER BEING ABSENT FOR

THIS VOTE AND COUNCIL ALLEN ABSENT FROM THIS

MEETING:





A Resolution (508-02) - Conveying condolences to the family of William

Lewis, Sr. who passed away on June 24, 2002.



A Resolution (509-02) - Conveying condolences to the family of Maxine B.

Thomann who passed away on July 6, 2002.



A Resolution (510-02) - Conveying condolences to the family of Otho E.

Epperly who passed away on July 12, 2002.



A Resolution (511-02) - Conveying condolences to the family of Robert L.

Jackson who passed away on August 11, 2002.



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THE FOLLOWING TWO RESOLUTIONS, EXPRESSING APPRECIATION TO THOSE EMPLOYEES

WHO HAVE RETIRED FROM THE CITY OF COLUMBUS WERE SUBMITTED BY CITY ATTORNEY FAY

AND THEIR CAPTIONS READ BY MAYOR PRO TEM RODGERS AND ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL

PURSUANT TO THE ADOPTION OF A SINGLE MOTION MADE BY MAYOR PRO TEM RODGERS AND

SECONDED BY COUNCILOR SMITH, WHICH CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY BY THOSE EIGHT MEMBERS

OF COUNCIL PRESENT AT THE TIME, WITH COUNCILOR SUBER BEING ABSENT FOR THIS VOTE

AND COUNCILOR ALLEN BEING ABSENT FROM THIS

MEETING:





A Resolution (512-02) - Expressing appreciation to Charles J. Holy upon

his retirement with the Public Services Department after 43 years of service.



A Resolution (513-02) - Expressing appreciation to Dennis Lamar Wall upon

his retirement with the Columbus Fire Department after 28 years of service.

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TAX FREEZE CASE:



Mayor Peters said there was an article in the newspaper this morning,

regarding the tax freeze case that will be going to the Georgia Supreme Court.

He said the attorneys representing the City on this case will be in town on

October 1, 2002 at 5:00 p.m., to meet with the Council and discuss this case.



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FIRE DEPARTMENT:



Mayor Peters said there were members of the Fire Department that was

listed on the Public Agenda, and said they have withdrawn for today and said we

have a meeting set up with them at 1:30 p.m., today to discuss this promotional

ordinance. He said they spent hours working on this yesterday and said we have

consultants that are experts on this topic and working with us on it. He said

the consolidation of the Emergency Medical Service and the Fire Department is

very involved and many issues are being addressed. He said the ordinance is

not final, but is going through a process and therefore, we ask everyone to

bear with them.

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PUBLIC AGENDA:



MR. GLEN BAHDE, MR. HENRY HALL, MR. ERIC REEVES & MR. MICHAEL JOHNSTON,

REPRESENTING THE COLUMBUS FIREFIGHTER?S ASSOCIATION, RE: FACT FINDING

INFORMATION FOR THE UPCOMING PROMOTIONAL PROCEDURES ORDINANCE FOR THE COLUMBUS

DEPARTMENT OF FIRE AND

EMS:



Mr. Henry Hall called on yesterday morning and cancelled his scheduled

appearance before the Council this morning.

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CITY MANAGER?S AGENDA:



AT THE REQUEST OF CITY MANAGER CAVEZZA, THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION WAS

WITHDRAWN FROM THE

AGENDA:





A Resolution - Authorizing the execution of a value-engineered contract

with MCSI Broadcast Solutions for the procurement and installation of studio

and media room equipment.



City Manager Cavezza said one of the bidders has filed a protest on this

and said we have to address that.



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THE FOLLOWING THREE RESOLUTIONS WERE SUBMITTED AND EXPLAINED BY CITY

MANAGER CAVEZZA AND ADOPTED BY THE

COUNCIL:



A Resolution (514-02) - Accepting a deed to Walters Loop, located in Moye

Plantation, Phase III, on behalf of Columbus, Georgia. Councilor Suber moved

its adoption. Seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Rodgers and carried unanimously by

those nine members of Council present for this meeting.



A Resolution (515-02) - Authorizing the Department of Fire & Emergency

Medical Services to modify ambulance billing information necessary for

compliance with the Federal Balanced Budget Act of 1997. Councilor McDaniel

moved its adoption. Seconded by Councilor Suber and carried unanimously by

those nine members of Council present for this meeting.



A Resolution (516-02) - Authorizing the City Manager to execute an encroachment agreement with the

Litho-Krome Company to allow an encroachment of an existing building located at

1359 11th Avenue to encroach 1.5 feet onto 11th Avenue right-of-way. Councilor

Suber moved its adoption. Seconded by Councilor Smith and carried unanimously

by those nine members of Council present for this meeting.



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THE FOLLOWING THREE PURCHASING RESOLUTIONS HAVING BEEN INCLUDED WITH THE

CITY MANAGER?S AGENDA PACKET WERE SUBMITTED AND EXPLAINED BY CITY MANAGER

CAVEZZA AND ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL UPON THE ADOPTION OF A SINGLE MOTION MADE BY

COUNCILOR SUBER AND SECONDED BY COUNCILOR MCDANIEL, WHICH CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY

BY THOSE NINE MEMBERS OF COUNCIL PRESENT FOR THIS

MEETING:





A Resolution (517-02) - Authorizing the execution of a construction

contract with McMath-Turner Construction, in the amount of $169,289.00.



A Resolution (518-02) - Authorizing the execution of a construction

contract with Alexander Contracting Company, in the amount of $503,167.00.



A Resolution (519-02) - Authorizing the renewal of an existing contract

with Sarah McLaney to provide Quality Management Services, during FY-03, in the

amount of $30,000.00.



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UPCOMING EVENTS:



City Manager Cavezza highlighted several upcoming events and important

dates for the Council to remember, which are outlined below:



September 14 - 15, 2002 Shrine Circus, Civic Center



September 16, 2002 - 6:30 p.m., meeting at Midland School, to discuss

the Comprehensive Plan.



September 17, 2002 - 6:00 p.m., Community Improvement for 2nd Avenue, Bibb

City Area.



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REFINISHING OF GYM FLOORS:



City Manager Cavezza said we are going to refinish some gym floors, which

would necessitate closing down some gyms for a few days. He said the Carver

Park gym will be closed from September 9 - 13 and will reopen on September

16th.



29th Street gym will be closed on September 18 - 27 and will reopen on

September 30th.



Benning Park will be closed on September 18 - 22, and will reopen on

September 22nd.



Comer Gym will be closed on September 19 & 20, and will reopen on

September 23rd.



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URBAN ECONOMICS & SMART GROWTH:



City Manager Cavezza reminded the Council of the luncheon with Don

Rypkema, who will be speaking on Urban Economics & Smart Growth, on Thursday,

September 19, at 12:00 noon at Foley Hall at the Springer Opera

House.



FORREST ROAD:



Mayor Peters asked City Manager Cavezza if he has updates on Forrest Road

after the information from yesterday?s meeting, to which he deferred to

Councilor Turner Pugh to give a report.



Councilor Turner Pugh said they had a very good, well-attended town hall

meeting on last night. She said Councilors Henderson and Suber, as well as

State Representative Hugley and Department of Transportation Board Member Sam

Wellborn were also present. She said it was more of an update on where we are

and said they still don?t actually know where they are with the environmental

reports.



She said Mr. Wellborn asked the Department of Transportation?s officials

from Atlanta to go back and find out who is it that we need to contact to see

when can we expect some finalization on the environmental report. She said they

still don?t know where they are with the Forrest Road widening project, because

of the environmental studies that have been done.



Councilor Turner Pugh said at the meeting on last night, there were 13

people present who actually lived on Forrest Road at the section between

Woodruff Farm Road and Schatulga Road that is 98 percent residential. She said

she asked those 13 people who would be in favor of a two-lane, that has been

refurbished, widen and the sides fixed up, with sidewalks versus a 3-lane with

a turn lane; and said there were 11 people who were in favor of the 2-lane, to

keep it a residential street. She said there were some people who didn?t live

on Forrest Road, who were in favor of just a widening project the way DOT wants

it; but said to do that you would end up with another Buena Vista/Macon Road on

Forrest Road that would turn a strictly residential portion of Forrest Road

into a commercial road, which is what they don?t want and will fight.



Mayor Peters said the perimeter road around our land swap area would be

more of an asset to that area and relieve a lot of that off of Forrest Road.



Councilor Turner Pugh said Buena Vista Road and Macon Road is where the

most of your commercial traffic is now and said that is where we want to keep

it. She said when you talk about a Forrest Road residential area with a 3-lane

or 4-lane road, it will destroy a residential neighborhood and you have an

elementary school on that road where children walk to school everyday. She said

these are the concerns of those residents and we really need to be mindful of

that. She said as soon as we get the environmental information back, we will go

back to the public and have another town hall meeting.



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DEAD TREES:



Councilor McDaniel said these trees that we have that are dead on City

property that are in people?s yard and they call to get them cut down or

trimmed; and they are telling them that it will be a year and a half before

they can get to those trees. He said he would like for the City Manager to

consider putting out bids for a private contractor to cut down these dead

trees. He said if we can?t get to it on an emergency situation, then we can

hire these contractors to go out there and cut these trees down.



He said he had someone to call him on yesterday, who has a dead tree in

his yard that has been there for almost a year, and the City Arborist has been

out there and checked it and said it needs to be cut down, but he can?t get an

answer as to when he will get that tree cut down.



Councilor McDaniel said he has gotten several telephone calls and he knows

that the other Council members have been concerned about this as well. He said

when these trees are rotten or dead and these limbs falling, he thinks we could

probably save money in the long run, with the damage that it costs; if we go

ahead and cut them down.



He said he thinks that we need to consider putting this out on a contract

basis as needed, and cut these trees down that we have a problem with.

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NOTE: Councilor Smith left at this point in the meeting, with the time

being 11:30 a.m.

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CLERK OF COUNCIL?S AGENDA:



AT THE REQUEST OF COUNCILOR TURNER PUGH, THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION WAS

CALLED UP AS THE NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS AND ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL:







A Resolution (520-02) - Authorizing a Special Exception Use to allow a

day care center at 5325 Forrest Road. Councilor Turner Pugh moved its adoption.

Seconded by Councilor McDaniel and carried unanimously by those eight members

of Council present at the time, with Councilor Smith being absent for this vote

and Councilor Allen being absent from this meeting.

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NOTE: The Clerk of Council's Agenda is continued below.



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TREES:



Referring back to this subject, Councilor McDaniel said he thinks that

City Manager Cavezza should have an opportunity to look into this matter,

because it is a real problem. He said a citizen shouldn?t have to wait a year

and a half to get a tree cut down, if they are rotten.



City Manager Cavezza said the tree that Councilor McDaniel mentioned would

now be removed within three weeks. He said they finally have a replacement

bucket truck, because we have had one down for a long time; but it is now

available and working. He said they have also done some modification to our two

other bucket trucks, and they have done some modifications to them so they can

be much more effective. He said we will now have full crews out there working.



He said they are also looking in the mid-year adjustments to see if they

can find some money to go ahead and see if they can contract this out. He said

they have found out that with the Enterprise Zone, they can use some of the

grant and other money, to contract with someone to go in and clean that area

up. He said they are looking at innovative ways to do this, and said they are

well behind.



Councilor McDaniel said he knows that it is a real problem and the

Arborist is doing the best that she can do, but said when you go down to

Lakebottom and cut down fourteen trees, although they need to be cut down, that

is not an emergency. However, you have more serious problems on City property

and they are being neglected. He said he knows that you are doing the best you

can, but said we have so many old trees. He said there are so many trees in the

area of 16th Avenue, which are over 100 years old, and those trees are dead on

the inside and the limbs are rotten; so those are some dangerous trees.



City Manager Cavezza said he would look into this matter.



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TUSKEGEE/MOREHOUSE CLASSIC:



Councilor Hunter pointed out that listed in the Upcoming events, the word

?Morehouse? was misspelled. He said he would like to remind everyone to try and

get their tickets early, because this is going to be a really special weekend,

October 18 - 19. He said Tom Joyner is going to come to town and do a show on

Friday, and then there will be a parade at 9:00 a.m., Saturday morning. He said

the game is going to be at 1:30 p.m., and there may be a possibility that it

will be televised nationally.



He said as you may or may not know, the actor, Denzel Washington who

played the football coach in the movie, ?Remember the Titans? has a son who

plays in the offensive back field for Morehouse, and said there is a real good

chance that Mr. Washington will be here for that game.



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ELECTION:



Mayor Pro Tem Rodgers said he had received some telephone calls about the

time lapse and granting or seeking to grant or requesting a recount in the

recent election and the time delay that resulted in a delay for absentee

ballots being made available for the runoff election in three weeks. He said he

was told that we did the best job that we could by law, after being certified

by the Secretary of State, but then that left us less than a week for people to

be able to vote in this runoff today. He said it might be something that we

want to check statewide and see if that is a problem and if so, then we need to

go to the General Assembly on something like that.



City Manager Cavezza said he talked with Ms. Boren on last night and said

she has indicated that it is a statewide problem. He said it has to do with the

demands for recounts and the delay that causes, as well as the close timing

between the primary and runoff election.



He said in several other localities they have gone on record with the

State, saying that they do need at least another week. He said that continues

to be a problem and we will raise that again.



He said within a week?s time our Elections & Registrations Department sent

out 1200 ballots in the mail. He said he knows that some of them were just

received on yesterday or the day before, but with the timing with that issue,

they got them out as soon as they could. He said the State has to adjust the

timetable on that.



Councilor Turner Pugh said in relations to that, once the election is over

with, she would ask that the staff give us a final turn around time; because

the recount was done one week and then the absentee ballot date was not done

until the following week. She said it was the next Wednesday when they voted

to mail the ballots out. She said some people got them on Saturday, and as of

yesterday, there were some people who still didn?t have them.



City Manager Cavezza said he would get copies of those dates to the

Council.



Mayor Peters said Ms. Boren told him they mailed them out in time, but

said they went out all over the world and said there is no way that they can

get back in time. He said she needs more than three weeks in between the

election and a runoff. Councilor Turner Pugh said there were some people in

Columbus that had not received their ballots as of yesterday or the day before.



City Manager Cavezza said they basically had one week to get 1200 ballots

in the mail, and said he would provide those dates. He said that is a sizeable

number of ballots to get out, and said they only had 1600 such ballots for the

primary election.



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FORREST ROAD:



Regarding those earlier comments of Councilor Turner Pugh, as it relates

to the Forrest Road widening project, Councilor Suber said referring to what

Councilor Turner Pugh was talking about said that he and Mayor Pro Tem Rodgers

have a different set of problems in that and said we probably need to have a

meeting of the communities at Edgewood School. He said this area is where the

growth is supposed to be, and it seems like the State is somewhat reluctant in

just going ahead and put asphalt down, because they need to widen that because

of traffic counts and other things of this nature. He said we probably need to

have a public hearing on that.



City Manager Cavezza said they have been meeting with Mayor Pro Tem

Rodgers, but said they are waiting for the environmental result. Mayor Pro Tem

Rodgers said he has also asked City Manager Cavezza to update the traffic

counts as well.



City Manager Cavezza said they have completed the traffic counts and said

the material to improve that railroad crossing is in place now and said there

should be something happening out there rather quickly.



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ABSENTEE BALLOTS:



Councilor Woodson said she received a telephone call stating that it was

very difficult to get into the building to vote last week when they were doing

the absentee ballots. She said they said the process was more difficult at the

Government Center than it was at the actual polls. She said we need to come up

with a better process; although they understand the security purposes, but said

it was very difficult. City Manager Cavezza said he will look into that, but as

you know we have been very consistent in our security measures and people have

adjusted to it, but maybe we had some people who were coming down for the first

time. He said that maybe we need to put some better signs out , which may help.



PROMOTIONAL PROCEDURES:



Mayor Peters said on yesterday they met and talked about this promotional

procedures ordinance, and said again today, they will meet with the fire

fighters at 1:30 p.m. today, and said any of the Council members are welcomed

to attend that meeting.



He said the question that has been asked several times as we go through

this process, is why are we even doing this, as it is such a turmoil. He said

most departments in the United States now have combined Emergency Medical

Services with their Fire Departments, and said you just can?t focus on that one

issue. He said you could have them separated and it not be a big deal; however,

when you look at it in conjunction with everything else that is happening in

Public Safety, that?s different.



Mayor Peters said on the news last week, there was an article that the

Brown Avenue Station was in the Fire Call Magazine because of the number of

calls that they get on Brown Avenue. He said part of that is every time a fire

truck, an ambulance and another unit goes out, they count that as three calls.

He said every vehicle that goes out is counted as an additional call, and said

that doesn?t mean that they are padding the calls, but that is the way the

record keeping is done. He said it really should be one call, because we don?t

have that many fires in Columbus.



He said they have initiated a protocol system, whereby once your

dispatchers are trained, they can ascertain which calls will require the

ambulance, the fire truck or a quick response vehicle. He said once we get all

the new fire stations in place and the response time is reduced throughout the

City, it would not be necessary through the protocol system for all of these

vehicles to be going to the same scene when they are not needed. He said this

is what we are striving for, where you can have the paramedics and EMT?s

cross-trained, and quick response from the fire stations.

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CLERK OF COUNCIL?S AGENDA CONTINUED:



THE FOLLOWING ITEM WAS SUBMITTED BY CLERK OF COUNCIL WASHINGTON AS

INFORMATION FOR THE MAYOR AND

COUNCIL:





(1) Memorandum from Sam R. Cunningham, EMT-P, Coordinator-West

Central Georgia Region 7 EMS, requesting a nominee to serve a two-

year term on the West Center Georgia Region 7 Emergency Medical

Services Council.



Clerk of Council Washington pointed out that Chief Robert Futrell is

eligible to serve again on the Region 7 Emergency Services Council, if the

Council desires to re-nominate him. Councilor Turner Pugh then made a motion

that Chief Futrell be re-nominated. Seconded by Councilor Suber and carried

unanimously by those eight members of Council present at the time, with

Councilor Smith having already left the meeting and Councilor Allen being

absent from this meeting.



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THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION WAS SUBMITTED AND EXPLAINED BY CLERK OF COUNCIL

WASHINGTON AND ADOPTED BY THE

COUNCIL:



A Resolution (521-02) - Approving the report of the Finance Director of

those alcoholic beverage licenses that were approved and/or denied during the

month of August 2002. Councilor Turner Pugh moved its adoption. Seconded by

Councilor Henderson and carried unanimously by those eight members of Council

present at the time, with Councilor Smith having already left the meeting and

Councilor Allen being absent from this meeting.



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THE FOLLOWING TEMPORARY STREET CLOSING APPLICATION WAS SUBMITTED BY CLERK

OF COUNCIL WASHINGTON AND APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL:



Application of Rev. J. H. Flakes for a temporary street closure for 5th

Street between 2nd Avenue and 3rd Avenue, on September 22, 2002, from 10:00

a.m. to 7:00 p.m., in connection with a ?Church Anniversary Homecoming?.

Councilor Suber moved its approval. Seconded by Councilor Turner Pugh and

carried unanimously by those eight members of Council present at the time, with

Councilor Smith having already left the meeting and Councilor Allen being

absent from this meeting.



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MINUTES OF THE FOLLOWING BOARDS WERE SUBMITTED BY CLERK OF COUNCIL

WASHINGTON AND OFFICIALLY RECEIVED BY THE

COUNCIL:



Board of Tax Assessors, Number 34.

Council Briefing, June 18, 2002.

Family & Children Services, August 28, 2002.

Golf Course Authority, July 23, 2002.



Councilor Suber made a motion that these minutes be received. Seconded by

Councilor McDaniel and carried unanimously by those eight members of Council

present at the time, with Councilor Smith having already left the meeting and

Councilor Allen being absent from this meeting.



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BOARD APPOINTMENTS:



KEEP COLUMBUS BEAUTIFUL COMMISSION:



Clerk of Council Washington pointed out that Ms. Dee Shore has resigned

from the Keep Columbus Beautiful Commission and that the Council must nominate

someone to succeed her on this board. She said the Commission has submitted a

recommendation of Mr. William P. Kendall if someone would like to nominate him

for this seat. Councilor McDaniel then nominated Dr. William P. Kendall to

succeed Ms. Shore.



Councilor Henderson said he was wondering if Mr. Kendall was the new

Director of the River Kids Program, to which Clerk of Council Washington said

she did not know, but would find out that answer for Councilor Henderson. She

said she would bring this information back on next week.



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PLANNING ADVISORY COMMISSION:



Clerk of Council Washington pointed out that the terms of office of

Mr. Andrew Mullen and Mr. Derrick Shields, who serves as alternate members on

the Planning Advisory Commission will expire on September 30, 2002. She further

pointed out that both of these incumbents are eligible to succeed themselves.



Councilor Turner Pugh then made a motion that they be reappointed to serve

another term of office. Seconded by Councilor McDaniel and carried unanimously

by those eight members of Council present at the time, with Councilor Smith

having already left the meeting and Councilor Allen being absent from this

meeting.



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TAXICAB COMMISSION:



Clerk of Council Washington said we still need someone for the new

at-large seat on the Taxicab Commission that was approved several months ago.

There were no nominations.



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YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCIL:



Clerk of Council Washington pointed out that there are two additional

nominees that are needed on the Youth Advisory Council and then asked

Councilors Davis and Henderson if they had a nominee. There were none.



She also pointed out that on last week, Councilor McDaniel had nominated

Mr. Derrick Hay for another term; however, he had already submitted an

application to the Youth Advisory Council and had been accepted, therefore,

Councilor McDaniel is now nominating Ms. Al Shondra Harris. Councilor Turner

Pugh then moved that Ms. Harris be confirmed. Seconded by Councilor Woodson and

carried unanimously by those eight members of Council present at the time, with

Councilor Smith having already left the meeting and Councilor Allen being

absent from this meeting.



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Prior to the Council adjourning its regular session Mayor Peters then

asked if there was anyone seated in the audience that wasn?t listed on the

Agenda, but had an issue to bring before the Council, they could be heard at

this time. There was no one who indicated that they wanted to be heard.



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With there being no other business to come before this Council, Councilor

Turner Pugh made a motion for adjournment. Seconded by Councilor Henderson and

carried unanimously by those eight members of Council still present, with

Councilor Smith having already left the meeting and Councilor Allen being

absent from the meeting, with the time being 11:50 a.m.



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Tiny B. Washington, CMC

Clerk of Council

The Council of Columbus, Georgia