Columbus, Georgia

MINUTES

COUNCIL OF COLUMBUS, GEORGIA

REGULAR SESSION

AUGUST 20, 2002



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

order at 9:02 A.M., Tuesday, August 20, 2002, on the Plaza Level of the

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

presiding.



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

Councilors R. Gary Allen, 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: No one was absent.



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INVOCATION: Offered by Pastor Hal Brady - of St. Luke United Methodist Church.

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SEPTEMBER 11TH:



Mayor Peters said since September 11, there has been a lot happening and

said our Public Safety personnel were really strained and said we want to thank

Pastor Hal Brady and his congregation, for honoring our Public Safety employees

at the Trade Center and for all that they have done.



He said that on September 11th of this year at 8:20 a.m., we will gather

outside of the Civic Center and dedicate a new flag and a plaque and honor our

public safety personnel again and those who lost their lives in New York and

Washington, and said we would like to invite Pastor Brady and his congregation

to be a part of this ceremony.

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PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Led by students from Carver Heights Child Development

Center.

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CITY-WIDE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE:



Mayor Peters said also on September 11th, we are going to have a city-wide

pledge of allegiance with our School District and all of our young people and

said, hopefully, all of the businesses and everyone in Columbus can join in at

8:45 a.m., to do a concerted pledge. He said it will be televised live and

there are eight radio stations that will carry it live.

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CITY ATTORNEY?S AGENDA:



WITH POLICE CHIEF WILLIE DOZIER, ASSISTANT CHIEF OF POLICE WESLEY MOTT AND

SERGEANT RENEE McANENY STANDING AT THE COUNCIL TABLE, THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION

WAS READ IN ITS ENTIRETY BY COUNCILOR WOODSON AND ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL:



Councilor Woodson said she would ask that we amend this resolution to add

some additional names and agencies. She said she has already spoken with

Councilor Smith in this regard, as there were other very important key people

that were involved, which included the Sheriff?s Department, the Fire

Department, EMS, Sergeant Parker and Mr. Lockett.



A Resolution (476-02) - Commending and expressing appreciation to Sgt.

Renee McAneny, Chief Willie Dozier, Assistant Chief Wesley Mott and the

Columbus Police Department for organizing and hosting the National Drug

Fighters Reunion held in Columbus on August 1-4, 2002. Councilor Woodson moved

its adoption. Seconded by Councilor Allen and carried unanimously by those nine

members of Council present for this meeting.

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INMOTION X:



Ms. Janice Davis, Executive Director of the Columbus Sports & Events

Council, appeared and said she would like to introduce one of the first of an

event, in conjunction with the City and several other organizations throughout

the community, which is the Burger King In Motion X Extreme Games that will be

held on August 31, 2002 in Uptown Columbus. She said on September 1st it would

be held in Fort Benning and on September 2nd , at the Bradley Park Center. She

said their main focus is August 31st, where they will be racing in Uptown

Columbus, where they will have skateboarding, inline skating, 5K and Poker

Ride, along with bike racing in the Uptown area.



She said she just wanted to come and introduce the concept, because it is

another first for Columbus. She said they just want to make sure people know

that they can come out and be a spectator for free, and participate at a cost

or volunteer to help make this happen.



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COLUMBUS PARK CROSSING:



City Manager Cavezza said everyone is well aware of the opening of

Columbus Park Crossing and what appears to be a tremendous success for our

community. He said we wanted to take this opportunity to introduce some of the

people in the City that worked behind the scenes to make that happen. He said

this involves the people who get on board with the initial zoning process and

carries it all the way through to the approval of the Certificate of Occupancy

and said these are the people that makes it happens.



He then named those individuals, which includes the following:

Richard Bishop, Anthony Blair, Ron Hamlett, Eric Webb, Steve Gray, Todd Shiver,

Farhad Alifarhani, Danny Parker, Jesse Gamble, Dennis Thompson, Kathy Hudson,

Don Dotlich, Danny Stokes, Anthony Turner, Sherri Quinn, Otis Holcomb, Jessie

Allen, Danny Duncan, Ron Smith, Bruce Raymond, Danny Olive, Kevin Strother,

Ricky Jones, Raymond Mays, Michael Burgess,

Rizaldy Manabat, John Kennedy, Pam Daniels, Ken McTaggert, Robert Riley,

Josh Eller, Norma Ausburn, Robyn Webb, James French, Felton Grant,

Tina Trant, Will Johnson, Lynne Halvorson, Freddie Bullock, Danny Cargill, Bill

Duck, Billy McDaniel, Terry Moore Allen Posey, Wayne Sanders, Mary Scott, Kevin

Simms, Greg Smith, Anne Thomas, Carolyn Watson, and Sandy Wilson.



Mayor Peters said we have Mr. Steven Cadranel present in the audience this

morning and then asked him to come forward. He said he wants to also thank him

publicly, as he was the front man on this project and put a lot of confidence

in our City. He said this is a tremendous project. He said he was out there

this weekend with our trolley system and said he want people to know that this

is a service of the development. He said we want to thank all of our City

employees, Rick Jones and everyone who has been involved in this project.



Mr. Cadranel said without all those people that were mentioned by City

Manager Cavezza, it would not be the success that it is, and he also thanked

those individuals. He encouraged those who has not been out yet, to please do

so. He also thanked Pastor Jim Swiley and the North Highland Assembly of God

Church, who was instrumental in helping to create Whittlesley Boulevard.



City Manager Cavezza also thanked Lt. Jimmy Ashmore of the Columbus Fire

and Emergency Services Department, who worked the fire inspections, and was a

key player in this process.

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MINUTES: Minutes of the August 6 and August 13, 2002 Meetings 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 Smith, which carried unanimously by those nine members of Council.

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TOUR OF THE JAIL:



Mayor Peters said at 12:00 today, the Council will go on a tour of the new

jail that we are building. He said he and City Manager Cavezza will not be able

to go on that tour, due to them having a meeting at 12:00 with some individuals

on our EMS/Fire Consolidation Team.



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ELECTION 2002:



Councilor Hunter said it is an important day of our future, as we elect

new City officials, including the new Mayor. He said he knows that Mayor Peters

has some time left in his term, but said he just wanted to be one of the first

to say to Mayor Peters that he really thinks that he has done an outstanding

job during his two terms as Mayor. He said he has been very honored to serve

with you in your second term as Mayor.



He said over the past four years, he has been awfully proud to be a member

of City Council, but said he has never been prouder than three weeks ago when

we had the ceremony for A. J. McClung at Memorial Stadium, which was

spearheaded by Mayor Peters. He said it was something that we all wanted done

and we were wondering how we were going to get it done, and you (Mayor Peters)

saw to it that it was done.



Councilor Hunter said he knows that Mr. McClung?s family sincerely thanks

you, but said, he, on behalf of the citizens of this community, thank you;

because it was something that we wanted done. He said when we think of A. J.

McClung, a smile comes to our face, because of the fact that over the years, he

brought a smile to our face in so many ways.

Councilor Hunter said he is someone that can get along with everybody in

this City, and said the one thing that A. J. tried to do in public service, was

he tried to get all of us to get along with each other. He said he think it was

very important that the Mayor spearheaded this effort, because when all is said

and done, and historians write about your term as Mayor, that is going to be

the main theme, that as Mayor, you tried to get us all to work together, as a

City.



He said, if you ask the question, why is the Mayor so important, he point

to Mayor Peters, as ?Exhibit A?, because the Mayor sets the tone for the

community. He said your trying to get us together, really did set the tone and

he really think that people are talking to each other more in this community.

He said he thinks that One Columbus is a direct result of Mayor Peters? voice

and he just want to say, thank you for offering yourself to public servant, and

offering yourself as Mayor eight years ago.

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ZONING PUBLIC HEARINGS:



THE FOLLOWING ZONING ORDINANCE, WHICH WAS DELAYED AT THE JUNE 4, 2002

COUNCIL MEETING WAS AGAIN SUBMITTED AND ITS CAPTION READ BY CITY ATTORNEY FAY

AND A PUBLIC HEARING WAS HELD AS

ADVERTISED:





An Ordinance - Rezoning approximately 2.2 acres of property along the

northern boundary of the A-O section of Columbus Park Crossing from a C-3

District to an A-O District. (12-CA-02-Fickling & Company, Inc.)



PROPONENTS & OPPONENTS:



Ms. Stella Shulman, representing the Jordan Company, was present, but she

did not make a presentation, as there was no one present to oppose this

proposed rezoning ordinance.



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THE FOLLOWING ZONING ORDINANCE, WHICH WAS DELAYED AT THE JULY 30, 2002

COUNCIL MEETING WAS AGAIN SUBMITTED AND ITS CAPTION READ BY CITY ATTORNEY FAY

AND A PUBLIC HEARING WAS HELD AS

ADVERTISED:





An Ordinance - Rezoning approximately 20.449 acres of property located

at 300 Jackson Avenue from an M-1 District to an M-2 District.

(39-CA-02-PTI Ventures, Inc.)



PROPONENTS & OPPONENTS;



The petitioner was present, but he did not make a presentation, as there

was no one present to oppose this proposed rezoning ordinance.



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

ATTORNEY FAY AND A PUBLIC HEARING WAS HELD AS ADVERTISED, AND AFTER SEVERAL

MINUTES OF DISCUSSION WAS THEN AMENDED BY THE COUNCIL AND ITS FIRST READING

DELAYED FOR THREE WEEKS, AT THE REQUEST OF COUNCIL:



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)



PROPONENTS:



Attorney James Moye, #1 Bradley Park Court, representing DRR Properties,

Mr. David McGee, Mr. Randy McGee and Mr. Rodney Brimberry said this matter

comes to the Council after exhausted consideration of two sessions with the

Planning Advisory Commission, which resulted in their unanimous recommendation

that it move forward with the conditions as stated in the staff?s report. He

said this also comes to you with the recommendation of the Planning Division,

our in-house experts.



Mr. Moye then offered to answer any questions or concerns of the Council,

or that may be raised by anyone who is present to speak in opposition.



In response to Mayor Peters, Mr. Moye said this site would be used to

build apartments. He said the preliminary plans are for twenty-four units to be

built on the site, which is three buildings with eight apartments in each. He

said, if after the final design is completed, the site will support it,

possibly one additional building to make the total density of apartment units

thirty-two. He said they would be two-story buildings, four up and four down.

He said the units are designed to be two-bedroom, two-baths units, with brick

and siding exterior. He said as indicated by the conditions, there shall be one

entrance into the apartment complex, which is located off of Arkansas Drive, as

far away from the intersection with Anglin Road, as Engineering, including our

own City Traffic Engineering will allow us to do. He said this would keep down

some of the traffic that may be coming around Anglin Road.



OPPONENTS:



Mr. Robert Duval, 4151 Anglin Road appeared and spoke in opposition of

this proposed rezoning ordinance; saying the area surrounding the property is

primarily a residential area, consisting of single-family homes, duplexes and

condo duplexes. He said the area of Arkansas Drive, Claymore Road and Anglin

Road has drainage problems, and all three streets have open ditches, which

often overflow. He said these streets are also used by children that

walk to Gentian Elementary School, which backs up to Anglin Road. He said this

morning he discussed with a member of the faculty at Gentian Elementary School

and they are very concerned about the safety of the children walking both on

Anglin Road, Claymore and Arkansas.



Mr. Duval spoke for several minutes in expressing his opposition to this

proposed rezoning ordinance, citing further reasons why he felt that this

rezoning should be denied.



After Mr. Duval concluded his presentation, he then responded to several

questions of Mayor Peters and members of the Council.



Councilor Smith then asked if we have R-4 zoning directly across the

street, based on the way it shows on the map, to which Mayor Peters said it

appears so on the map.



Ms. Cathy Skelly, 4151 Anglin Road, Unit 3B also appeared and expressed

her concern regarding this proposed rezoning ordinance, saying her biggest

concern with this rezoning is the traffic. She said right now where these roads

join together, Claymore, Arkansas, and Anglin Road, there is a very sharp turn

there. She said she and her husband have been on that road a number of times,

and said you have to be extremely careful, and said if there are going to be

any changes, that this curb be widen.



Ms. Skelly said the landscaping should trim out all trees and bushes, so

that everyone coming in both directions would have good visibility.



Ms. Paula Franklin, 3728 Claymore Road said she is probably the one

person that will be affected the most by this apartment building, because she

is surrounded to the east and south by Mr. McGee?s proposal. She said he also

owns the property to the west of her; so, she is encircled by his property. She

said they choose the area that they live in to have privacy and said this

privacy will be gone, if these apartment units are built behind them.



She said she is very concerned about the children in the area, and said

they don?t have sidewalks on Claymore Road, and is very much opposed to this

proposal.



Attorney Moye then responded to questions of Councilor Smith, as to where

will the proposed entrance be to this piece of property, saying that it will be

on Arkansas, as close backup toward the intersection with University Avenue, as

design engineering and traffic engineering will allow it to be placed.



Councilor Turner Pugh asked Mr. McGee what is the proposed buffer of the

back portion of the property that abuts the single-family dwelling?

Mr. McGee said it would be whatever our zoning ordinances require.



Councilor Turner Pugh then asked the staff what is the required buffering

for this area, to which City Manager Cavezza said it is 15, 20, and 30-feet.



City Manager Cavezza said on the right-out, there is only a sign, but said

there is no physical obstacle restricting a right-out. Attorney Moye said that

is the present condition and said as we all have seen at various businesses

that have attempted to put up concrete to divert that traffic, right out, it

doesn?t stop anyone.



Councilor Turner Pugh said you need more than just a sign. She said the

way the curb cut is cut, that will be a determining factor. She said we went

through this with Walgreen?s and said you couldn?t just have a right-out sign,

but you had to physically put something out there, which would encourage people

not to turn there. She said she thinks that needs to be a provision in the

ordinance that needs to have that.



Speaking to City Attorney Fay, Councilor Turner Pugh said she thinks there

needs to be a provision in the ordinance that would state that, and said

whatever needs to be stated, it needs to be more than just a sign.











City Attorney Fay said you can add to Condition Number Four that requires

the sign, which states that a barrier should be erected as specified by the

Engineering Department. Councilor Turner Pugh then so moved. Seconded by

Councilor Allen and carried unanimously by those nine members of Council.



Attorney Moye said his client doesn?t have any objections to this

amendment.



City Manager Cavezza, in respond to an earlier question of Councilor

Turner Pugh as it relates to the buffering requirements for this area, said

they have the option under Category ?B? for a 15, 10 or 20-foot buffer and that

the variation depends on trees and other things that they would put in.



Attorney Moye, in response to Councilor Allen said that Mr. David McGee

owns some more sites down on Claymore Road, on which there are presently

single-family rental properties, but said that is not included in this rezoning

application



Councilor Allen then asked Mr. Moye if his client would be willing to put

a 20-foot buffer, since the requirements would allow you to go 10 to 20 foot,

if he would be willing to put a 20-foot undisturbed natural buffer

around the existing residential home sites. He said the concern is that the

dwellers will be able to look down on the homes, and the undisturbed natural

buffer and probably a fence would be able to help relieve that concern.



Mr. McGee said if that does not affect the number of units that they are

trying to build, he doesn?t think it would be a problem. He said they have a

limited number of acreages to work with, and said if that is a viable option,

he certainly would do it, if he can get what he wants on there.



Councilor Allen said he think it would help relive the concerns of the

neighbors that abuts the property line. He said it is a concern that the

Council has and said if would certainly help, if you would agree to something

like this. However, Mr. McGee said without knowing how it would affect the

overall project, and what it would do to his overall design, without having

time to take a look at it. He said if he could get the units in there with

that, it wouldn?t be a problem.



Mr. McGee said they knew that what the City required of them, there would

have to be a buffer, so that went without saying. He said they also own the

properties at 3720 and 3704 Claymore Road, the two houses that Mr. Moye spoke

of earlier. He said 3728 Claymore belongs to Ms. Franklin and said if that is

the only one in concern, he could probably do a buffer around that particular

unit.



Councilor Allen then made a motion that there be a minimum of a 20-foot

undistributed natural buffer around existing home sites. Seconded by Councilor

Henderson.



City Manager Cavezza said the option is 10, 15 or 20 foot buffer, but said

it depends on the variation in the number of trees, scrubs and etc.. He said

usually the narrower the buffer, the more the density it is.



After more than forty minutes of discussion on this matter, with members

of the Council expressing their further views and Mr. McGee responding to

several questions of the Council, Mayor Pro Tem Rodgers then made a motion that

this ordinance be delayed for three weeks. Seconded by Councilor Turner Pugh

and carried unanimously by those nine members of

Council.

Ms. Franklin, who had addressed the Council earlier wanted to express some

further comments; however, Mayor Peters pointed out to Ms. Franklin that under

the Council rules, we don?t allow rebuttals on the issue.



Councilor Suber said this is the reason that we are asking Mr. McGee to

come back, because of 3728 Claymore Road and said this is where Ms. Franklin

lives, and said we are trying to protect her, and said maybe she is going to

say something that would allow Mr. McGee to proceed. He then made a motion that

Ms. Franklin be heard. Seconded by Councilor McDaniel and carried unanimously

by those nine members of Council.



Ms. Franklin said she appreciates the 20-foot buffer, but said the thing

is that they are sitting on a hill and they are down in a valley, and said

anything that they build would really not help.



Mrs. Betty Schroeder said that there are two things that bothers her,

which is that Mr. McGee stated in the very first meeting that they had with him

that they planned on putting 32 or 64 apartments there, but has since changed

his mind and is keeping it down to 32 apartments. She said he also stated at

that time, the real reason he put in those apartments was that he was planning

on renting them; hopefully, to college students.



She said when she first came to Columbus, she lived on Clearview Circle

and at that time, the college was not there, but it was the Miller Farm and

said it was a nice area, but gradually the college took it over and they were

forced to move. She said you either moved or had to put up with the way young

people acted, and said if Mr. McGee rent these apartments to college students,

you will be talking about 64 cars in the area. She said these students can?t

afford $600 for rent, so the way to get around it, is to have two students per

apartment.



Mrs. Schroeder said she hate to think that a nice residential area in

which they live will be subject to these young people being out in the streets,

playing their loud music from their boom boxes.



City Attorney Fay then asked if there were anyone else who wanted to be

heard, but there were none. He then declared this public hearing held and said

this ordinance will be back on first reading on September 10th.



Councilor Allen said he would also ask for a delay on his amendment for

the 20-foot buffer on this ordinance as well.



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THE FOLLOWING ORDINANCE WAS SUBMITTED AND ITS CAPTION READ BY CITY

ATTORNEY FAY AND A PUBLIC HEARING WAS HELD AS ADVERTISED, AND ITS FIRST READING

CONTINUED FOR TWO WEEKS:



An Ordinance - 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. (42-CA-02-Columbus Properties, LLC)



PROPONENT:



Mr. Robert McKenna, representing Columbus Properties , said the

petitioner is requesting that the two use restrictions in the ordinance dealing

with the frontage lot, and the mini-storage warehouse lot behind those frontage

lots on Armour Road with respect to this piece of property be amended. He said

it is his understanding that those use restrictions were designed to restrict

the amount of cars and traffic generated out of this development onto Armour

Road.



He said since the initial application was filed the intended users have

dropped out and they have gone to another user and that user has also dropped

out. He said what they are asking is that the use restrictions on those lots

and the mini-storage warehouse lots be deleted from the ordinance and we go to

more of a traffic generation restriction.



Mr. McKenna said when they initially did this rezoning, they had numerous

traffic studies done, all of which indicated that the total traffic out of this

site would 2800 cars, 1400 in and 1400 out. He said the use restrictions were

placed on there, because that is what generated that number of trips; those

were the uses that they had at the time and said those users are no longer

going to be using that property.



He said their request is that those users be deleted and that they insert

in place that the total number of traffic trips being generated out of this

site be limited to 2800 trips.



Councilor Turner Pugh said when we did the rezoning initially and those

restrictions were put in there, they were supposed to last for twenty years, to

which City Attorney Fay said that is correct, and said that is in the text of

the zoning ordinance now.



City Attorney Fay then responded to further questions of Councilor Turner

Pugh as to the previous requests, as it relates to this request.



Mr. McKenna then responded to several questions of Mayor Peters and

members of the Council, after which Councilor Turner Pugh moved that we

continue the first reading of this ordinance for two weeks. Seconded by Mayor

Pro Tem Rodgers.



Councilor Henderson asked that we get a list of the allowable businesses

in a C-3 zone.



City Attorney Fay said we would get Mr. Johnson of the Planning Division,

to put in the entire history from the first reading and all the amendments in

the Council?s Agenda packet for next week.



City Manager Cavezza said there are two issues, one of which is the

constant changes, which has been frustrating to all of them and said that is

the reason for the condition. He said when you look at it purely from a traffic

point of view, take aside the changes and the number of changes, the traffic

studies says that 2800 trips a day is what it can handle, and said the staff is

going to hold them to 2800 trips a day, but said they will have to figure out

what they can put in there to accommodate that. He said the changes in the uses

are another issue.



After still further discussion on this issue, Councilor Allen said he

would like to amend Councilor Turner Pugh?s motion, and delay this matter

indefinitely and when the petitioner finds a tenant, then he can come back to

the Council and we can consider amending it or altering it accordingly.



Mr. McKenna said if they go out and find a user and then come back and the

Council doesn?t like the use, then they will have to go out and find another

user and bring them back, until we find one that the Council likes, or unless

it has to be one that is already approved in the ordinance, and at the moment,

there isn?t any.

After continued discussion with Mr. McKenna responding to further

questions of members of the Council, Councilor Allen then withdrew his

substitute motion. He said once we get all the information, we can consider

this other delay at that time.



The question was then called on Councilor Turner Pugh?s motion to delay

this ordinance for two weeks, which carried unanimously by those seven members

present at the time, with Councilor Suber and Mayor Pro Tem Rodgers being

absent for this vote.



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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 properties located at 1528, 1529, 1531, 1532,

1535, 1536, 1539 and 1540 Ridge Creek Way; and 1021, 1022, 1023, 1024 and 1025

Timber Creek Way from a C-2 District to an R-1A District. (43-A-02-Planning

Div.)



PROPONENTS & OPPONENTS:



Members of the Planning Division staff was present, but they did not make

any presentation, as there was no one present to oppose this proposed rezoning

ordinance.



City Manager Cavezza said this is an administrative change, as the use is

R-1A and for some reason it is rezoned C-2, but said it needs to be R-1A

consistent with the use.



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An Ordinance - Rezoning approximately 0.92 acres of property located at

2501 Old Whittlesey Road from an M-1 District to a C-3 District.

(44-CA-02-Milner)



PROPONENTS & OPPONENTS:



Mr. Rodney Milner was present, but he did not make a presentation, as

there was no one present to oppose this proposed rezoning ordinance.



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An Ordinance - Amending Ordinance No. 97-6, which rezoned properties

bounded by J.R. Allen Parkway, Whitesville Road and Bradley Park Drive, by

amending Condition #2 to allow for an additional, right-in/right-out only, curb

cut. (45-D-02-Crosse)



City Attorney Fay said he believes there is some further discussion on a

site plan and a proposed amendment to the conditions as listed in the

ordinance.



City Manager Cavezza said originally the City staff recommended denial on

this propose rezoning ordinance, but said since the petitioner has proposed a

compromise, the staff feels that it is an acceptable compromise and therefore,

would change their recommendation to approval.



Mayor Peters said based on the new design and the new criteria, it is

being recommended for approval.

City Attorney Fay then asked if there was a motion on the proposal

submitted to add two conditions tied to the site plan, to which Councilor

Turner Pugh so moved. Seconded by Councilor Woodson and carried unanimously by

those eight Councilors present at the time, with Mayor Pro Tem Rodgers being

absent for this vote.



City Attorney Fay then read the conditions into the record, which reads as

follows:



2. Access to Whitesville Road shall be restricted to five locations as

identified on the site plan (see attached site plan). A sixth access, right-in

/right-out only, shall be permitted between the rear drivewayof Publix and

Rollins Way and shall apply to parcels shown on the attached site plan as

follows:



A. Parcels 1, 2 and 3 shall be allowed access to Whitesville Road via

right turn in/ right turn out driveway.



B. Parcel 4 shall have access to Whitesville Road via right turn in/

right turn out driveway or future cul-de-sac off Rollins

Way, but

not both.



City Attorney Fay then asked if anyone wanted to be heard in opposition to

this amendment.



A gentleman said he is not in opposition to this rezoning, but said he

would like to make a statement. He then identified himself as Mr. Mike

Pappafotis, of Fox Chapel Subdivision, and said whoever looks at this drawing

to remind them and the Council that this is only the southern portion of the

area, on Whitesville Road. He said with the recommendation that has been

approved, this will be the sixth entrance going into it. He said prior to that,

in 1986, they guaranteed three entrances. He said this is a residential area

there, and said he would hope that the Council would look at it for the

future.



Councilor Henderson then asked Mr. Pappafotis if they were in favor of the

curb-cut or against it? He said he has heard from the residents of Fox Chapel

that they are in favor of it; because of the position of the businesses that

will be across the street. He said several of the Council members fought to try

to encourage the developer, who graciously agreed to pay for a traffic signal

on Rollins Way, once opened up to minimize the impact on Fox Chapel. He said he

was of the understanding that once the concession was made to only allow access

to these four parcels that this was actually preferred by the residents of Fox

Chapel.



Mr. Pappafotis said they agreed to it because they were very courteous of

the future, and they are looking at that area to grow even more. He said Fox

Chapel is the only subdivision in Columbus, Georgia that is being completely

four-lane all the way around.



Mayor Peters said this is not a request of the City, but a request of the

developer and said the City had told them no, but said they went back and

redesigned it and worked with the neighbors and now the City Manager is

recommending that we do this based on the changes.



Ms. Denise Blair, 6231 Fox Chapel Drive said she thinks that Mr.

Pappafotis? concern is that he lives at the opposite end of Fox Chapel and said

on yesterday when she was at his property, and said there is a huge billboard

sign near his property. She said his property will back up to Whitesville Road

& Whittlesey Road, and said there is that billboard right above his property.



She said they worked really hard with the developers, Ms. Leah Braxton,

trying to find something that was good for all parties concerned. She said they

found that if you had the front of the building facing Whitesville Road, that

it was a good concession; and they agreed to develop that direction and down

Rollins Road. She said they also have a big greenspace, the buffer zone, which

don?t they have one for Whitesville Road, and said it is within five feet of

her back property line.



Ms. Blair said they would do other things, plantings and other different

things. She said they are in favor of it.



Councilor Henderson said the concessions made by the Bradley Company,

these are not part of the ordinance, and while we are fortunate that the

Bradley Company will uphold their end of the bargain, asked if it would be wise

to include some of the agreements in the ordinance?



Mayor Pro Tem Rodgers said he thinks that the residents? decision to

support this is very wise.



Mr. Allen Kamensky said you have a very reputable developer who has an

agreement with the Homeowners Association that they will live up to. He said it

is an agreement between the developers and the Homeowners Association, and is

not an agreement with the City, with the issues that they are going to face.



City Attorney Fay then asked if there was anyone else who wanted to be

heard on this matter, but there were none. He then declared this public hearing

held, and said this ordinance will be voted on at next week?s meeting.

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PUBLIC AGENDA:



MR. EDDIE SMITH, RE: SCRAP TIRE ORDINANCE:



Prior to Mr. Smith addressing the Council, City Attorney Fay said Mr.

Smith has a case pending in State Court and said he knows that he has a meeting

set up with the prosecutor in State Court. He said that case really doesn?t

need to be discussed here in this Council, unless he has some other matter that

he wants to talk about.



Mayor Peters then advised Mr. Smith that he is willing to speak before

this Council on any matter; however, we do not get involved in any individual

cases that are pending in court. He then asked, Mr. Smith, if he wanted to talk

to the Council about something other than his case.



Mr. Eddie Smith said he is not really speaking of the case, but in

reference to his business. He said that Columbus has been a great town to him,

and said he has been a lot of places, but have always come back to Columbus,

and he finished school here in Columbus and he loves Columbus.



He said he doesn?t feel that it is fair that Columbus give his license to

operate a business and not give him the right and privileges that the business

has. He said he doesn?t know if it has been brought to the attention of the

Council and said he is in the tire business. He said he is a retail tire dealer

and said that the City has put him in jail on several occasions for having more

than 100 tires, but said that he is authorized to have 3,000 tires.



City Manager Cavezza said that is a State restriction and said we are just

following the State law on that. However, Mr. Smith said that the State has

classified him as a retailer for new and used tires.



Mayor Peters said he has enough confidence as a lawyer in the courts that

if what you are saying is true, and the City is citing you for having more than

100 tires and you have permission in writing or have a certificate that says

you can have up to 3,000 tires, then the judge will dismiss the case, but if

that is not the case, then he will fine you. He then said that you (Smith) are

now getting into this case.



Once again, City Attorney Fay said Mr. Smith already has a meeting set up

with his attorney and the prosecutor.



City Manager Cavezza, in response to a question of Mayor Peters said that

Mr. Smith can only have 100 tires, based on the license that he has. He said

beyond that he has an issue with the State.



City Attorney Fay then responded to questions of Mayor Peters and

Councilor Woodson regarding the State law, as it relates to this matter.

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CITY MANAGER?S AGENDA:



THE FOLLOWING FIVE RESOLUTIONS WERE SUBMITTED AND EXPLAINED BY CITY

MANAGER CAVEZZA AND ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL:





A Resolution (477-02) - Authorizing the City Manager to submit, and if approved accept a local law

enforcement block grant for $204,006 from the Bureau of Justice Administration

to fund programs in the Muscogee County School District, the Muscogee County

Sheriff?s Office, the Columbus Police Department, the Columbus Fire Department,

the Marshal?s Office, the Solicitor General?s Office and Children?s Tree House,

and the remaining balance of the grant will be appropriated from unspent grant

funds from previous years ($18,127) and a transfer in from the general fund of

($222,667), for a total of $244,800. Councilor Allen moved its adoption.

Seconded by Councilor McDaniel and carried unanimously by those eight members

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

vote.



A Resolution (478-02) - Authorizing a variance to City Code Section

22-32(A)(6)(a) to allow the radius of the driveway to cross the property line

for 6950 Beaver Run Road; authorizing the Traffic Engineer to issue a permit

with said variance. Councilor McDaniel moved its adoption. Seconded by

Councilor Allen and carried unanimously by those eight members of Council

present at the time, with Councilor Henderson being absent for this vote.



A Resolution (479-02) - Authorizing a temporary and limited access

easement for a new driveway extension on City Property at the Miller Road

railroad for Chevron Products Company. Councilor McDaniel moved its adoption.

Seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Rodgers and carried unanimously by those eight

members of Council present at the time, with Councilor Henderson being absent

for this vote.



A Resolution (480-02) - Authorizing the acceptance of a deed to Chatham

Woods Drive, Vernonnburg Drive and the Detention Basin, located in Section

Seven, Chatham Woods Subdivision, on behalf of Columbus, Georgia. Mayor Pro Tem

Rodgers moved its adoption. Seconded by Councilor McDaniel and carried

unanimously by those nine members of Council now at the table and voting.

A Resolution (481-02) - Authorizing the acceptance of a deed to Gramercy

Park, located in Gramercy Park, on behalf of Columbus, Georgia. Mayor Pro Tem

Rodgers moved its adoption. Seconded by Councilor McDaniel and carried

unanimously by those nine members of Council present.



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THE FOLLOWING EIGHT PURCHASING RESOLUTIONS, WITH DETAILED INFORMATION

HAVING BEEN INCLUDED WITH THE CITY MANAGER?S AGENDA PACKET WAS SUBMITTED AND

EXPLAINED BY CITY MANAGER CAVEZZA AND ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL, PURSUANT TO THE

ADOPTION OF A SINGLE MOTION MADE BY COUNCILOR MCDANIEL AND SECONDED BY

COUNCILOR SMITH, WHICH CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY BY THOSE NINE MEMBERS OF COUNCIL

:



A Resolution (482-02) - Authorizing the execution of contracts for legal

services for CDBG, real estate closings with Jacob Beil, Mary A. Buckner;

Thompson, Redmond, Nicolson & Ray; and Posey, Moye & Cartledge.



A Resolution (483-02) - Authorizing the purchase of six (6) 35-foot clean

diesel low floor buses from New Flyer of America, Inc., in the amount of

$1,571,046.00.



A Resolution (484-02) - Authorizing the purchase of a step van from Bill

Heard Chevrolet, in the amount of $37,881.00; and rescinding Resolution Number

347-02, which awarded the contract to Merc Holding, D/B/A Innovan By Merc.



A Resolution (485-02) - Authorizing negotiations and final contract with

Ticket Master to provide ticketing services for the Civic Center and South

Commons Sports Complex.



A Resolution (486-02) - Authorizing the execution of real estate appraisal

services contracts with Cliatt & Norris Appraisals, Benson Appraisal Services,

Realty Appraisal Services and G. E. Heinzelman.



A Resolution (487-02) - Authorizing the execution of a construction

contract with Tifton Golf Services, for the renovation of eighteen (18) holes

at Bull Creek Golf Course.



A Resolution (488-02) - Authorizing the execution of a contract, for Legal

Counsel of Record for Community Reinvestment, with Jacob Beil on an ?as needed?

basis.



A Resolution (489-02) - Authorizing the expenditure of the appropriated

funds to the Muscogee County Nutrition Program, in the estimated amount of

$532,442.00 for the Summer Feeding Program and the Community School Program for

FY-03.



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THE FOLLOWING TWO ADD-ON RESOLUTIONS WERE SUBMITTED AND EXPLAINED BY CITY

MANAGER CAVEZZA AND ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL:





A Resolution (490-02) - Authorizing payment to Palmer and Cay, in the

amount of $89,900.00 for the provision of Builders Risk Insurance for the

Columbus Ironworks Convention & Trade Center expansion and renovation.

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

unanimously by those nine members of Council.



A Resolution (491-02) - Authorizing payment to the Georgia Subsequent

Injury Trust Fund, in the amount of $29,044.67 for the Worker?s Compensation

annual assessment fee for 2001 and an adjustment for the 2000 assessment.

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

unanimously by those nine members of Council.



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JAIL TOUR:



City Manager Cavezza said today at 12:00 noon, for those Councilors who

have the time, will go on a tour of the Jail, but those who doesn?t have the

time, we will set up a tour at your convenience.



Mayor Peters said you will also hear that the Jail flunked the fire

inspection, and that is because the contractor didn?t put in some vents that

was part of the plans, but they have gone back and will put them in.



City Manager Cavezza said like any construction project of this magnitude,

there are some gives and takes, and said there are some learning curves, and in

the process the State Fire Marshal did find some deficiencies, which are in the

process of being corrected. He said we anticipate that being cleaned up in the

near future, and said as soon as that is done, then the Sheriff will give us a

date when he wants to have a ribbon cutting, because we have to inform the

Justice Department, as they need to come down to do their inspection.



Mayor Peters said he wants the citizens to know that no one likes to build

a jail, and we rather look at alternatives for incarnation, but said we were

required to build this jail and by using the interest and excess money through

sales tax, we saved the taxpayers millions of dollars in bond interest. He said

he thinks it is really a success story.



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UNITED WAY KICK-OFF:



City Manager Cavezza informed the Council that on Thursday, September 5,

2002 11:300 a.m., at the Trade Center will be the United Way Kick-off in the

south hall.



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COMMUNITY MEETING:



City Manager Cavezza informed the Mayor & Council that there will be a

community meeting on September 9, 2002 to discuss the Forrest Road Widening

Project, which will be held at Forrest Road Elementary School at 6:00 p.m. He

said this primarily concerns the area east of Woodruff Farm Road.



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PROPERTY AT 2332 SOUTH LUMPKIN ROAD:



Councilor Woodson said she received a telephone call from a Evelyn

Planner, who lives at 2332 South Lumpkin Road. She said right behind her, there

is an area that is being used as a dump, and said that she has called the City

to come out there, but said nothing has been done. She then asked that City

Manager Cavezza to send someone out there to check that area.



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FENCING REQUIREMENTS:



Councilor Woodson said she would like for the City Manager to get together

with Animal Control and let?s look at the ordinance for fencing requirements

for those owners who have dogs of a certain height at their residences. She

said when she was walking in her District that she had a complaint from a

constituent, Ms. Williams about a dog; whereby there were five bit pulls in a

house, which only had a standard fence. She said she thinks something needs to

be done when you have that many big dogs in a home, like that.



City Manager Cavezza said that we have good restrictions on that and said

he will send someone out to make an assessment of that concern.



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SCHOOL BOARD:



Councilor Turner Pugh said it has been talked about in the media, about

the relationship between this Council and the School Board and said the thing

that bothers her is that no one calls us and ask us any questions about it. She

said they don?t have a problem working with our School Board, as we do it all

the time and said we meet more than once a year with out School Board. She said

she wish people would stop throwing accusations out there, that we can?t get

along; because we do what?s best for the schools in our district with each

other; as we always have, and always will.



She said the approval of including the School System in the grant for

security cameras is just another example of what we do to try to get along with

the School System. She said she doesn?t see where we have a problem, but may

have some differences, but that will always be with both elected bodies;

because we have to look at the funds that we are both given to spend.



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OLD CUSSETA ROAD:



Councilor Turner Pugh said she would like for City Manager Cavezza to have

someone to check and patrol the area on Old Cusseta Road going towards Fort

Benning on the left hand side, as some people have been using that area as a

dumping ground.



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ST. MARY?S ROAD:



Councilor Turner Pugh said on the corner of St. Mary?s Road at McCartha

Drive, there is a house there, right across the street from the cemetery that

has about five trash cans that they been left out front for almost a month now.

She said that she has called this in for someone to take care of it, and said

it hasn?t been, and now she would like for someone to go out and check this

property and get those people to remove those trash cans.



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OVERGROWN PROPERTY:



Councilor Turner Pugh also said on St. Mary?s Road right before you get to

the lake that property is overgrown, and said we need to have someone to go out

there and clean it up.



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VETERANS PARKWAY:



Councilor Henderson said he would like to mention what a good job the City

has done in preparing some of the traffic improvements around the newly opened

Northside High School. He said he has driven it for the last two mornings, and

said some of the other parents have talked to him about the intersection there

where Williams Road, Moon Road and Veterans Parkway come together. He said

there is a lot of truck traffic that comes form the quarry, where many of the

trucks will come down Fortson Road and go down Williams Road and then cross

over or turn right onto Veterans Parkway. He said when they go across and catch

Moon Road, there is one right turn lane and another lane shared by those

motorist turning left to go to Northside High School; and there were two near

accidents this morning.



He said as the cars are waiting to turn left, some of the trucks and other

vehicles are pulling out and passing on the right side, while the other

vehicles coming north, turning left are going ahead and turning that way;

therefore, almost hitting as they go around each other. He said he thinks that

we are going to need to take a look at finding a way to put left-turn lanes on

the north and south side of Veterans Parkway, one on Moon Road and one on

Williams Road.



Councilor Henderson said also tied to that, he thought that he understood

at some point that the truck traffic, the larger trucks, particularly the ones

coming from the quarry in the area of Fortson Road, were denied access to that

portion of Fortson Road that was redone and is now intersecting with Double

Churches Road. He said if we haven?t done that, he would like to look at trying

to do that, as there has been a lot of development out there, and a lot of

businesses and some existing residents that are trying to get along with the

increase in traffic, but are having some difficulty with those trucks. He then

asked City Manager Cavezza to look into this concern.



City Manager Cavezza said we haven?t restricted that truck traffic, but

said they will take a look at that.



Mayor Peters said he thinks that a resolution from the Council to these

companies might help, just to point out the route that you would like them to

take.



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BUILDER?S RISK INSURANCE:



City Manager Cavezza said regarding Resolution Number (490-02), there was

an error in the figure on that resolution, and said the correct figure is

$89,900 to cover $31 million coverage in construction.



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CONTINENTAL CARBON:



Mayor Peters said he and City Manager Cavezza spent seven hours in

dispositions on this lawsuit with Continental Carbon on yesterday and said we

will give you an update on that in the near future. He said he would like to

see if we could get the attorneys who will handle the appeals to come to the

Council and meet with us earlier before the night Council meeting.

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CLERK OF COUNCIL?S AGENDA:



THE FOLLOWING ITEMS WERE SUBMITTED BY CLERK OF COUNCIL WASHINGTON AS

INFORMATION FOR THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL:



(1) Biographical Sketch of Mr. Ralph Huling, Councilor Woodson?s

nominee for the position of Mr. Michael Johnson on the Region 9

Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Board.



(2) Notice from EPD Public Advisory Air Protection that an

application

has been received from Weyerhaeuser Company to install new gluers, die cutters

and paper handling devises and to remove some existing units, to be located at

4847 Cargo Drive, Columbus, GA. 31908-8787.



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THE FOLLOWING TWO RESOLUTIONS WERE SUBMITTED AND EXPLAINED BY CLERK OF

COUNCIL WASHINGTON AND ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL:





A Resolution (492-02) - Excusing Councilor Berry Henderson from the

August 13, 2002 Council Meeting. Councilor Suber moved its adoption. Seconded

by Councilor Allen and carried unanimously by those nine members of Council.



A Resolution (493-02) - Approving the report of the Finance Director of

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

month of July 2002. Councilor Allen moved its adoption. Seconded by Councilor

Suber and carried unanimously by those nine members of Council.



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THE FOLLOWING TEMPORARY STREET CLOSING APPLICATION WAS SUBMITTED BY CLERK

OF COUNCIL WASHINGTON AND APPROVED BY THE

COUNCIL:





Application of Ms. Janice Davis for a temporary street closure of

Brookstone Centre Parkway off Bradley Park Drive, on September 2, 2002, from

6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., in connection with a ?Bicycle Road Race?.

Councilor Henderson moved the approval of this application. Seconded by

Councilor Suber and carried unanimously by those nine members of Council.



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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, Numbers 30 & 31.

Building Contractors Examining Board, August 1, 2002.

Employees? Pension Plan, Board of Trustees, June 5, 2002.

Family & Children Services, July 31, 2002.

Uptown Fa?ade Board, July 15, 2002.



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

Councilor Woodson and carried unanimously by those nine members of Council.



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THE FOLLOWING TWO NEW ZONING PETITIONS, BOTH RECOMEMNDED FOR CONDITIONAL

APPROVAL BY BOTH THE PLANNING ADVISORY COMMISSION AND THE PLANNING DIVISION

WERE SUBMITTED BY CLERK OF COUNCIL WASHINGTON AND AN ORDINANCE WAS CALLED FOR

BY COUNCILOR

MCDANIEL:





Petition submitted by Janice Baird to rezone approximately 0.4 acre of

properties located at 1524 and 1532 Harvey Avenue from a R-4 District to a C-3

District. (46-CA-02-Baird)



Petition submitted by Mordic Builders, Inc. to rezone 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.)



Councilor McDaniel called for the ordinance and public hearing on these

two ordinances.



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BOARD APPOINTMENTS:



COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COUNCIL:



Clerk of Council Washington pointed out that we still need someone for Mr.

Homer Kuhl?s position on the Community Development Advisory Council, which

expired on March of last year. She said this individual represents Council

District Five. Mayor Pro Tem Rodgers said he is still trying to find someone

for this seat.



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REGION 9 MH/MR/SA BOARD:



Clerk of Council Washington pointed out that Councilor Woodson is

nominating Ralph Huling for Michael Johnson?s position on the Region 9 MH/MR/SA

Board, which expired in December of last week. She said if there are no other

nominations and no objections, Mr. Huling can be confirmed. Councilor Turner

Pugh so moved. Seconded by Councilor Henderson and carried unanimously by those

nine members of Council.



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TAXICAB COMMISSION:



Clerk of Council Washington pointed out that we still need a nominee for

someone to fill the new at-large position on the Taxicab Commission.



Councilor Suber said Councilors Henderson and Turner Pugh are working

extremely hard on that.



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BUSINESS LOCATED ON 10TH STREET:



Councilor McDaniel said there is a place that has applied for a business

license and there are a lot of the businesses in the area that are complaining

about it. He said they are really concerned about the place, and said he

understands that it is going to be some kind of a nightclub on 10th Avenue. He

said do we have any say so in that or just as long as they comply, they can

open up.



City Manager Cavezza said they don?t have sufficient parking to support

what they want to do there.



Councilor McDaniel said he has received a lot of telephone calls about

that place. He said he is just expressing all the concerns that he has received

about this particular place. He said there are no parking spaces available

there.



City Manager Cavezza said what they were talking about was putting in a

Sports Bar, but said he thinks that we are within our rights to deny that,

based on the parking. He said he thinks the person has entered into an

agreement on the property prematurely and he think that is his concern.



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13TH AVENUE @17TH STREET:



Councilor Woodson said she would like for City Manager Cavezza to have

someone to check the streets at 13th Avenue at 17th Street, as they are really

in bad condition, as one side of the street is torn up very bad.



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REGIONAL CONFERNECE:



Mayor Peters said he went to Macon on last week and met with some Mayors

on a regional conference and said they were very complimentary of Columbus,

Georgia throughout the State. He said they keep up with us and are really

impressed with our consolidated government. He said they all face the issues

and same problems, and said we asked them to come united with some kind of plan

to get some revenue in for our public safety and city employees. He said he was

surprised of the number of cities that are under a mileage cap, just like

Columbus. He said they can only impose a certain amount of mileage for

operations, and said they are all facing that same dilemma. He said how do you

continue that trend when most of your budget is salaries, when you are paying

$1 million a month in health care cost and all of the cost of pension, plus

include the salaries, there has to be a revenue stream. He said there has to be

a revenue stream, so we looked at a gas tax, to be earmarked for cities back to

counties.



Councilor McDaniel said there is only solution to the problem, and we have

said it time and time again, to have a one cent sales tax for operations and

roll back some of the property taxes. He said the legislators think they will

be voting for a tax increase, if they approve that, but said he thinks we need

to let the people vote on it.



Mayor Peters said he agrees, and said when this penny comes off, if we can

replace it with a penny for operation. He said you can still build things if

you want to, but said you will have $30 million a year to operate and pay

salaries and build what you want to build. He said we are very fortunate in

Columbus, compared to some of the things that the other cities were talking

about.



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Mayor Peters then asked if there was anyone who was 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, Mayor Pro

Tem Rodgers then made a motion for adjournment. Seconded by Councilor Suber and

carried unanimously by those nine members of Council, with the time being 11:05

A.M.



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Tiny B. Washington, CMC

Clerk of Council

The Council of Columbus, Georgia