Columbus, Georgia

MINUTES

COUNCIL OF COLUMBUS, GEORGIA

REGULAR MEETING

OCTOBER 28, 2003



The regular monthly Work Session of the Council of Columbus, Georgia was called

to order at 9:00 A.M., Tuesday, October 28, 2003, in Ballroom A of the Columbus

Convention & Trade Center, Columbus, Georgia. Honorable Robert S. Poydasheff,

Mayor, presiding.



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

Councilors R. Gary Allen, Wayne S. Anthony, Glenn Davis, Charles E. McDaniel,

Jr., Evelyn Turner Pugh, Nathan Suber, 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: Councilors Berry H. Henderson and Julius H. Hunter, Jr., were absent,

but were officially excused upon the adoption of Resolution Numbers 490-03 &

491-03, respectively.



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INVOCATION: Offered by Mayor Pro Tem John J. Rodgers.

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PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Led by Mayor Robert S. Poydasheff.

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CONSENT AGENDA:



THE FOLLOWING THREE ITEMS, LISTED ON THE CONSENT AGENDA WERE SUBMITTED AND

APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL PURSUANT TO THE ADOPTION OF A SINGLE MOTION MADE BY

MAYOR PRO TEM RODGERS AND SECONDED BY COUNCILOR WOODSON, WHICH CARRIED

UNANIMOUSLY BY THOSE EIGHT MEMBERS OF COUNCIL PRESENT FOR THIS

MEETING:





An Ordinance (03-97) - Amending text of the Zoning Ordinance of Columbus,

Georgia by limiting the period of time to table a case to six (6) months,

regardless of where the case is in the zoning process. (39-A-03-Planning

Division)



An Ordinance (03-98) - Rezoning approximately 22 acres of property located

at 6802 Mobley Road fromR-1 District to an R-2 District. (40-A-03-Brian Grier,

Inc.)



A Resolution (489-03) - Confirming the appointment of Mr. Dale Hester as

the Civic Center Director.



City Manager Cavezza called Mr. Dale Hester, who was present in the

audience to come forward and to introduce his son, who was also present with

him.



Mr. Hester introduced his son, John Dale Hester.



City Manager Cavezza said Mr. Hester has been here a long time and has

done a good job and said they will carry a big load at the Civic Center. He

said we want Mr. Hester and the Civic Center to be successful.



Mayor Poydasheff said Mr. Hester did a great job with the

Tuskegee/Morehouse game, as well as the concerts that we have been having, and

said we encourage him to keep up the good work.



PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING:



City Manager Cavezza said that the Public Safety Committee Meeting that

Councilor Anthony had previously scheduled has been postponed until November

25th immediately after the Council meeting.



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LEGISLATIVE LUNCHEON:



City Manager Cavezza reminded the Council of the Legislative Luncheon with

the Chamber of Commerce and the School Board, as well as our Legislative

Delegation immediately after this meeting today.



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FIRE DEPARTMENT:



City Manager Cavezza said Chief Roy Waters have asked him to announce that

we have received two new fire quints, which was approved in the SPLOST

projects.

He said one of these trucks will be assigned to Fire Station 1and the other

truck will be assigned to Fire Station Number 12, East Industrial Park, which

is currently under construction. He said Deputy City Manager Richard Bishop

will be talking with us about the SPLOST projects and give us an update on

those.



He said on Friday afternoon at 1:30 p.m., in the Community Room, the

Fire/EMS Division would be promoting one (1) Battalion Chief, one (1) Captain,

three (3) Lieutenants and three (3) Sergeants. He said they will have the

quints on display at that time and said the Mayor and Council are invited to

attend that ceremony.



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SALES TAX:



Councilor Turner Pugh said there was an article in the newspaper where we

were being criticized about the $3 million that has been mentioned about the

skateboard park; about spending tax dollars. She said apparently the writer is

under the impression that these funds are coming out of the general fund;

however, the money that is being proposed for the skateboard park was voted on

by the taxpayers during the last sales tax proposal.



Mayor Poydasheff said that brings him to the point as it relates to a lot

of letter writers who really don?t have an understanding of the facts and said

all they have to do is to call any of the Council members or the Mayor and said

we would be glad to give them the facts.



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THE FOLLOWING TWO RESOLUTIONS WERE ALSO SUBMITTED AND APPROVED BY THE

COUNCIL PURSUANT TO THE ADOPTION OF A SINGLE MOTION MADE BY COUNCILOR MCDANIEL

AND SECONDED BY COUNCILOR WOODSON, WHICH CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY BY THOSE EIGHT

MEMBERS OF COUNCIL PRESENT FOR THIS MEETING:



A Resolution (490-03) - Excusing Councilor Berry Henderson from the

October 28, 2003 Council Meeting.



A Resolution (491-03) - Excusing Councilor Julius H. Hunter, Jr., from the

October 28, 2003 Council Meeting.



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MEDICAL HEALTH COURT:



City Manager Cavezza said the Council approved the submission of a grant

application and if approved, to accept a $150,000 grant for a Medical Health

Court, which has been approved. He said we will be receiving the $150,000 and

said it will be handled through the Superior Court and Judge Allen will be

meeting on tomorrow afternoon to do that. He said a part of that grant states

that we will contract with New Horizons to administer that program and said he

thinks it is appropriate for the Council to reaffirm this.



Mayor Poydahseff said he would accept a motion to do that. Councilor Suber

so moved. Seconded by Councilor Woodson and carried unanimously by those eight

members of Council present for this meeting.



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GEORGIA SOFTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP:



Mayor Poydasheff said the City of Columbus would be hosting the Georgia

Softball Championship on October 30 - November 1, 2003 at South Commons. He

said there will be 55 teams participating in this event and will be hosted by

the Columbus Sports & Events Council, Parks & Recreation Department and the

Columbus Convention & Visitors Bureau. He said Ms. Jenny Finch, Pitcher of the

2004 Olympics Softball team will throw out the first pitch on October 30th at

2:00 p.m., and everyone is invited.

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WORK SESSION AGENDA:



1999 SPLOST PROJECTS:



City Manager Cavezza said we would like to give the Council an update on

the 1999 SPLOST Projects. He said we are finishing up the 1992 SPLOST Projects

and will bring that back to you within a few weeks and talk about the finals on

those projects.



Deputy City Manager Richard Bishop then went into some details and

outlined the following projects, as listed below, which were approved during

the 1999 sales tax and outlined the status of each of these projects.



? Build New and Upgrade Fire and EMS Stations:

? # 7 @ Buena Vista/ completed

? # 15 @ Mckee Rd, # 3 Veterans @ Northside and # 12 @ Cargo under construction

? # 10 @ Benning Dr. # 15 @ River Rd. start construction December

? #2 @ 33rd/Rosehill and # 9 @ Jay Street construction date TBD





? UpGrade Public Safety Vehicles and Equipment:

? Mid-Size Sedans 76

? Pursuit Cars 150

? Utility Vehicles 6

? Ambulances 2

? Cargo Van 2

? Fire Trucks 4

? Motorcycle 1

? Scooter 2

? Total 243





? 152 technology packages have been installed in Public Safety vehicles





Deputy City Manager Bishop said we basically have one more year of funding

for about $2 million to fund additional vehicles, depending on what the

combination of those vehicles will be, i.e., sedans or pursuit cars.





? Public Safety Warning Sirens

? 45 completed





? Animal Shelter:

? Public\Private Partnership

? The Committee is developing fund raising strategy.





? Local street improvements

? Georgetown\Amber Improvement

? Under construction, completion Spring of 04



? Veterans\Whitesville Intersection

? Completed





? Storm Water\Flood Abatement:

? Storm Water

? Priority One and Two replacement 85% complete



? Flood Abatement

? Design 60% complete

? The design is planned to accommodate a 25 year storm event with an intensity

at 0.83 inches per hour

? First project will start Fall 03

? Flood Abatement

? Liberty District under design 60% complete, construction start March 04

? 12th Street Project construction Fall 03



As it relates to the Liberty District, Councilor Turner Pugh asked, how is

that going to impact the Liberty District as the entire drainage project works

from the Weracoba Creek.



Deputy City Manager Bishop said they would be installing a diversion

structure that will be a culvert that will go underground that will have a

dramatic impact during construction; however, once it is completed, then we

will do new tie ins to that structure. He said this will be a positive impact

on the flooding that we now have in the Liberty District.



? Pools:

? Rigdon Park, Psalmond Road, and Shirley Winston Park pools have been

completed

? Center City Pool site To-Be-Determined



City Manager Cavezza said we are drawing more people to pools than we have

done within the last ten years with those pools, and said we have families that

are going to those pools. He said we have not had any problems recruiting

lifeguards, like we had in the past as well. He said it was a great decision to

do these pools, as they are paying great dividends.



? Bull Creek Golf Course renovation:

? New irrigation, new pump station, new irrigation lake, new concrete cart

paths, greens constructed to USGA specifications, green grassed with TifEagle,

reconstructed tees and bunkers

? Phase One, renovation of 9 holes has been completed

? Phase Two, renovation of 9 holes has been completed

? Phase Three, renovation of 18 holes under construction, July 04 complete





? Enterprise Zone:

? Brownsfield Grant has been awarded

? New Apartment Complex on North and South Lumpkin Road completed

? Five CHI single family residences have been approved for tax abatement

? Other land purchase opportunities are ongoing





? Expand Trade Center:

? Phase One completed

? Phase Two construction is estimated to be completed in the Spring of 04.





? NFL (Muscogee Technology Park):

? The Master Plan has been completed.

? Zoning has been completed

? The design of the infrastructure has started.

? Permitting process on-going

? Chattsworth widening completed

? Diversion Center under construction



Deputy City Manager Bishop also pointed out that H & K announced two weeks

ago that they would be going into the Muscogee Technology Park. He said we are

in the process of getting a road that will open up even more of that property

into the Industrial Park.





? Buses:

? 4 Buses have been purchased



Deputy City Manager Bishop said METRA has funds to purchase some

additional buses and will be moving that forward within the next few months.



Councilor Woodson asked if the bus schedules that were to be translated

into Spanish have been completed. She said they should have been ready about

two or three months ago.



City Manager Cavezza said he would have to follow up on that.





? Parks and Green Space:

? Phase One (Sol Loeb) has been completed

? Phase Two (9th to 10th Street) completed

? Phase Three (10th to 11th Street) will start Early 04





Deputy City Manager Bishop said they should have construction documents

for Phase 3 sometime within the next two months, as well as begin on Broadway

and around the River Club and the new Synovus Building. He said they will hold

a public meeting on Monday night to update all the businesses in the Uptown

area on what the construction schedule would be. He said they are trying to

keep them informed to make sure they understand that we are not trying to come

down and disrupt them during the holiday season.



He said also during that meeting, they would discuss some concept designs

for the Fourteenth Street Bridge. He said they have a $1 million ISTEA grant to

make improvements for the pedestrian bridge on 14th Street and they have some

concepts that they would be showing the public on that.



City Manager Cavezza said these are very rough concepts that we are

talking about; and said before any decisions are made, we will bring them back

to the Council.





? Walking Trails/Trolley Line

? Trail route will be from Uptown to Cooper Creek Park

? Engineering Firm has been selected

? Engineering field work has started

? Public meetings will be held in Fall



Deputy City Manager Bishop said they are ready to go out and start doing

public meetings to get the public?s involvement on how we will develop this

project. He said this rail line would run from downtown all the way up to the

County line. He said they think the first phase should be from the Uptown area

out to CSU, with all that CSU is doing to move more students; this could be an

alternative transportation route for the students.





? Liberty District

? Master plan is under way



Deputy City Manager Bishop said the Master Plan for the Liberty District

is under way and we are trying to push that forward somewhat faster than it has

been. He said we would be working with the consultants so that we can get more

of that information out to the public.



? Oxbow Park



Deputy City Manager Bishop said with the announcement and the possibility

of the Museum being built in this area, with the money that we have in the 1999

SPLOST, we think it is important that we go ahead and begin that master

planning process so that we are all on the same page on what needs to happen

out there. He said they have started that process and as they develop it, they

will be brining it back to you; for your approval.



City Manager Cavezza said in the November Work Session, we would have a

briefing on the Infantry Museum.



Deputy City Manager Bishop said there were two projects that were on the

1999 SPLOST, but have been put off until funding is available; that is the

Citizens Service Center and Lake Oliver Marina Improvements.



Mayor Poydasheff said by the end of this year, we will come out with a

detailed report on the amount of money that was spent on the 1993 SPLOST

projects.



Councilor Suber then asked, besides the animal shelter, what other

projects have not been done, to which Deputy City Manager Bishop said they are

working on all the projects, except Citizens Service Center and the Animal

Shelter, Trolley and improvements that we would make at Oliver Lake Marina.



City Manager Cavezza said we had money allocated for the SPLOST Marina for

planning and said that has been completed. He said there is a portion that they

need to work through with the Native Americans, in the event that they come

across any remains, which will be the last piece of that. He said the next step

will be construction; however, there are no funds available at this time.





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PAWS (PETS ARE WORTH SAVING):



Ms. Cindy Hanes, Executive Director of PAWS, introduced those individuals

who were present with her, which included Ms. Kathleen Holstein, President, Ms.

Beth Taylor, Vice President, Ms. Drale Short, Special Enforcement, Mr. Harold

Bryant and Ms. Sally Adams.



Councilor Suber said there was a letter to the Editor in yesterday?s

newspaper regarding the Animal Shelter and then asked Ms. Hanes to state for

the record that the City has not been negligent in their assistance in trying

to get whatever built that you?ll want to have done. He said they have been

trying to work in collaboration to make sure that whatever we do, it is done in

a first class way. He said the money is there and we are just waiting.



Ms. Hanes said that is correct. She said the City hasn?t been negligent

and said those funds have not been spent. She said she is hopeful that this

presentation will bring everyone up-to-date as to where they are in their

process and what their intentions are.



Ms. Hanes said they have partnered with Animal Care & Control to work

together to eliminate animal abuse, abandonment, neglect and most of all

overpopulation. She said their mission is to support animal care and control by

enhancing new City facilities and providing effective humane education,

adoption, fostering and spade and neuter programs that are not funded by the

Columbus Consolidated Government. She said PAWS has studied similar

public/private partnerships in other areas of the Country, as well as

researched successful animal welfare community outreach programs nationwide.



She said they have contracted with a consultant who has done a community

wide feasibility study and have studied the needs of their animal care and

control and have also researched and developed effective strategies for

addressing social, community, economic and educational issues associated with

animal abuse, neglect and overpopulation.



Ms. Hanes said several of their board members have visited state of the

art animal shelter communities, in Florida, as well as Virginia. She said they

have also hired an executive director, as well as part-time staff, an

Administrative Assistant and 2 Adoption Coordinators. She said they have also

secured a professional office location in the Windsor Village Office Complex,

where the public can come to. She said they have reconstructed their board of

directors.



She said they are currently partnering with other public entities and

non-profit organizations, such as the Chattahoochee Valley Regional Library,

the School System, PAWS for Healing, Enrichment Services; where they have

implemented community programs that they feel have positively impacted the

quality of citizens? lives. They have the PAWS to Read Program and are

currently working with the Reading Recovery Program at J. D. Davis Elementary

School and River Road Elementary School, Pet Safety & Education.





Ms. Hanes said they have identified criteria for a location of a shelter,

which would include accessibility to all of the citizens, the functionality of

ACC, acres for green space and future possible expansion. She said they have

tentatively identified what they think is an outstanding site and have a

consultant to test their site for construction. She said in order to increase

their adoption numbers and to lower the euthanasia statistics; PAWS has secured

design and construction services for a temporary adoption annex, which will be

at their existing facility.



Ms. Hanes spoke for some fifteen minutes in outlining their plans, after

which she then responded to several questions of Mayor Poydasheff and members

of the Council.

She said they are planning by the middle of November to be able to announce the

site.



She said their tentative timeline is November ? December 2003, the new

adoption annex will open and then announce the location of the new site through

a press conference and then will begin their architect selection at that time.



Ms. Hanes said during the first quarter of 2004, they would begin their

capital campaign. She said they would then have the architect selected, so they

can begin their six months design phase process. She said in the third quarter

of 2004, their final rendering will be completed and they will have their

groundbreaking ceremony and also begin their 12 months construction. She said

they hope to open their facility in September of 2005.



Mayor Poydasheff asked Ms. Hanes to provide a copy of her presentation to

the members of the Council.



City Manager Cavezza said there seems to be on the part of some people, a

preoccupation with the construction of a shelter; however, as Ms. Hanes pointed

out in her presentation, this is more than just a shelter, but this is a

program. He said we can rush and put this shelter up, but said what we will

have is just another shelter, as you can see from the partnerships that they

are in, the euthanasia rate is dropping slowly, as well as the adoptions are

increasing. He said all these programs will be complimented by the shelter; so,

when they are done, whether or not the shelter is done next year or five years

from now, it doesn?t mean nothing is being done. He said that money is not

going away, in fact, they are raising money to complement the money that we

already have. He said the bottom line is that this will be a first class

facility, as well as a number of first class programs and said we will be on

the front end of this nationally, in dealing with this program with animals.



Mayor Poydasheff said this is another great example of a public/private

partnership.



Councilor Anthony said he would also like to mention the therapeutic

programs that go along with this, as they are very extensive and reach all age

levels. He said that is not to be under-estimated as it will be a remarkable

component of this program.



TRANSPORTAITON PROJECT UPDATE:



Deputy City Manager Bishop said there were a lot of projects in the 1999

SPLOST that went towards improving our transportation and said he will provide

you with an update on that today. He said transportation is becoming so

important in our community as we grow and deal with zoning cases on a regular

basis. He said the way these projects come about is that it is an idea or ones

that are identified by a Council member, there is congestion in an area or

brought forth by a citizen. He said it then flows through our process and gets

into our transportation plan and then is added to the long-range plan; after

which it then goes through an evaluation process and after some point in time

where there is very good justification to move it up, it then is moved into the

TIP, which is our short window of transportation improvements.



He said once it gets into the TIP, there has to be a local project

agreement; which means that the Council has approved and we have funding

attached to it. He said this is really when the process starts to work with the

public meetings, engineering, environment and historical review and we also

start looking at right-of-way and how it will impact right-of-way. He said we

are very familiar with how right-of-way is affecting communities now, so we

have to become more sensitive on how roads are designed. He said he thinks that

we need to work even harder at making sure that we are sensitive to the

environment and the neighborhoods as we do these projects. He said we don?t

have easy road projects anymore; as the ones that we are dealing with now are

dealing with congestions in the neighborhoods, and said we need to get a little

more real on how we deal with building those roads. He said as we go through

these projects, you will see that a lot of them are widening projects, which is

the way they are set up; however, we need to look beyond a widening project and

we need to look for alternative ways to design roads, so that it?s not just a

widening project, with a raised median and taking out houses on both sides of

the road. He said that won?t be easy, but we are very sensitive to that and

will push it forward and said from time to time there will be hard decisions

that will have to be made by the staff, as well as our elected officials, to

determine whether or not a project moves forward.

Deputy City Manager Bishop said we also talk about schedules, when will a

particular road come on line, and said that what we have found out is that it

is a moving target until the environmental study is completed. He said once the

environmental study is completed, then at that time we can have a good idea as

to when we can start construction. He said some of the other things that you

will see in this presentation, is that there may be a construction time line

that is ?To Be Determined?. (TBD).



Councilor Turner Pugh said when we talk about being environmentally

completed, we are talking about the State?s completion.



Deputy City Manager Bishop said all of these road projects that we are

talking about today, there is a partnership between the Local Government, State

and Federal Highway. He said when that partnership is formed, there are certain

guidelines that we have to go through and the environmental process is one of

them, which also includes historical review that also impacts these schedules.



He then went into more details in outlining several projects as detailed

below and the status of each.





Project Planning Process



Transportation Project Update

w Long Range Projects

w Projects that have been identified for improvements, without appropriations





w Transportation Improvement Plan (TIP)

w Local Project Agreement approved by Council and funding sources have been

identified:

w Local

w State DOT

w Federal Highway



Transportation Project Update

w Transportation Development Challenges/Impacts

w Community input

w Environmental/Historical issues

w Project cost

w Funding

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TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PLAN:



Forest Road

Macon Road to Woodruff Farm

w Project Description

n Four Lane divided

w Projected Cost

n ROW (262 parcels) $14,600,000

n Construction $10,000,000

w City Responsibility

n None

w Status

n ROW acquisition 07 (TIP)

n Environmental complete

n DOT has agreed to flush median, but will clear ROW for full built out





Forest Road

Woodruff Farm to Schatulga

w Project Description

n Four lane divided

w Projected Cost

n ROW (150 parcels) $6,100,000

n Construction $6,200,000

w City Responsibility

n None

w Status

n Long Range

n Resurfacing completed

n Environmental complete

n DOT will consider 3 lanes for this section

n Sidewalks



Talbotton/Warm Springs Road

7th Ave. to Woodruff Road

w Project description

n Four lane divided with raised median

w Projected Cost

n ROW (140 parcels) $4,000,000

n Construction $10,300,000

w City Responsibility

n None

w Status

n ROW (TIP)

n Environmental underway

n Construction TBD



Councilor McDaniel said there has been a lot of controversy on this

right-of-way and said he understands that this is a State project; however,

when those Doctors Offices came in to determine where the right-of-way line

was, they were given a specific point as to where it would be and they moved

their offices back when they built them. He said the State then came in and

said they were going to move it back further and now they are going to have to

take some of the front of the offices, as well as some of the parking. He said

he doesn?t think that is right what they are doing in this regard. He said one

of the physicians would have to give up their office entirely.



He said he was wondering why the State couldn?t go across the street. He

said they are talking about historical value, but said those houses are rental

houses. He said he doesn?t understand why they are reneging on their promise as

to where they are going to put the right-of-way.



Deputy City Manager Bishop said there are a lot of things that determine

the alignment and said the City was given information as to where that road

would be located. He said they in turn provided it to everyone that was going

to develop along that corridor and it turned out to be incorrect information.

He said now the Department of Transportation has looked at a lot of different

alignments and they are still back to where they will impact the physicians

office. He said DOT is prepared, through the process, to deal with those.



Mayor Poydasheff said he knows that there is a 50-year rule and then

asked, if there is any way to moderate that and compromise that.



City Manager Cavezza said they have met with DOT on this a few times and

said their response to that, is according to Federal requirements you don?t

touch, but you protect historical things. He said you can go in there, but you

can forget the Federal funding.



Mayor Poydasheff said if we condemn the properties, there would be no

Federal funding.



Deputy City Manager Bishop said if you start condemning property after a

project has already started, you lose your funding.



Councilor McDaniel said he thinks it would be a lot cheaper to go across

the street and get that right-of-way in front of those houses, instead of

tearing those offices that were just built 4 or 5 years ago.



City Manager Cavezza said they agree with that and this was their position

when they went to Atlanta to discuss this matter. He said they came down here

and all these business owners came to a meeting with their attorneys and we

discussed this and the bottom line was that it just wasn?t the building, but it

was historical property. He said those are the Federal rules and they won?t

change them.



Councilor McDaniel said when this first started, why weren?t these people

told; because they knew about the historical value when they started the road

project. City Manager Cavezza said they were told the wrong thing.



Several minutes of discussion continued on this subject, with City Manager

Cavezza and Deputy City Manager Bishop responding to questions of the Council.



Mayor Pro Tem Rodgers said he doesn?t completely understand all of the

historic preservation regulations and said he would like to have a copy of it;

especially after hearing that yards can be considered historical property. He

said he was under the impression that the owner of the property; at their own

discretion, could destroy a piece of property. He said if we buy the property,

what is to prevent us from destroying the structure and using the property.

Deputy City Manager Bishop said if we purchase the property during the process,

once the environmental work has started, we would be interfering with the

process.



Councilor Turner Pugh then asked, if there is anything in the legislation

that states if the owner comes to us and wants to sell the property to us, we

still couldn?t purchase it.



City Manager Cavezza said he doesn?t think that we can destroy it, because

the roadhouses on 9th Street, he has been trying to take down every since he

has been City Manager. He said he has been fighting SHIPO, as well as our local

Historic organization and said he hasn?t been able to move forward on it.



Mayor Poydasheff said we are talking about the homes and said what they

are talking about, and what we need to have checked out, is the land, not the

home; but the property upon which the home is situated on, the little portion

that abuts the street.



Deputy City Manager Bishop said he would check into that. City Manager

Cavezza said the Mayor?s position is the City?s position. He said you have

espoused it to us before and we have carried that forward, but got turned

around and said that is the way it is going to be, if you want the project.



Mayor Poydasheff said that maybe we need to have our Legislative

Delegation to take a look at that.



Deputy City Manager Bishop said we would go back to the Department of

Transportation and talk with them about the alignment again.



Councilor Turner Pugh also asked City Attorney Fay to do some research and

determine whether or not if we purchased a piece of State historical property

that is offered to us for sale, will there be an impact on it, and if we would

be allowed to do something with it, if we choose to.



Councilor Anthony then asked if there is a possibility, with our State and

National Delegation that we could influence legislation on a national level

relative to the Department of Transportation regulations; because he would

think that this would be an issue for every city and county in the country that

is dealing with issues of trying to improve their infrastructure.



Deputy City Manager Bishop said he thinks that almost every project that

we have now will be impacted by an environmental and historical review process.

He said if we want to deal with it, it might be better to look at it in the big

picture, so that we don?t have to fight those on every project. He said the

process that we may need to go through might be that we have to engage everyone

up through Washington.



City Manager Cavezza said it will be a Federal issue and said we will

follow up on it and pursue it.



Mayor Pro Tem Rodgers said we need to find out if this is specifically

outlined in legislation, or whether or not this is policies and procedures

established by the agencies enforcing this legislation.



Mayor Poydasheff then asked City Attorney Fay to look into this, as well

as the legislative history of it.



Deputy City Manager Bishop then continued with the road projects as

outlined below:



Buena Vista Road

Brown Avenue to Illges Road

w Project Description

n Widening with flush median

w Projected Cost

n ROW (parcels 72) $3,497,000

n Construction $4,736,000

w City Responsibility

n ROW

w Status

n ROW (TIP)

n Environmental being revised

n Construction TBD



Councilor Woodson asked Deputy City Manager Bishop if there has been any

word from the Department of Transportation as it relates to the bridge on Brown

Avenue.

Deputy City Manager Bishop said that the bridge is in their funding cycle, and

said it will take about three years before it is repaired. He said they have

priorities they set, as far as their funding; and that is when they could get

it into the system.



Councilor Woodson then asked Deputy City Manager Bishop to find out what

their priority is, because she feels that a person?s life is the number one

priority. She said there are people that are walking on the end of that bridge

and that bridge is unsafe.



Deputy City Manager Bishop said that is a local bridge, not a DOT bridge;

however, we are asking them to participate and assist us in correcting the

problem. He said if we want to move it forward, we would have to fund the

entire project.



Councilor Woodson said she would discuss this at a later time with City

Manager Cavezza.



City Manager Cavezza said that is what we are talking about here today, if

we are going to move a project forward, then something has to fall back, as we

only have so much funding.





St. Mary?s Road

Buena Vista Rd. to Robin Rd.

w Project Description

n Widening

w Projected Cost

n ROW (72 parcels) $1,664,000

n Construction $3,959,000

w City Responsibility

n ROW (SPLOST)

w Status

n ROW acquisition has started

n Construction 05





Mayor Poydasheff asked if this proposed project would solve the problems

of those residents who came before the Council regarding the traffic in the St.

Mary?s Road area.

Deputy City Manager Bishop said, it will not.



City Manager Cavezza said they have met with the residents and said this

would not necessarily deal with their problems. He said even if we widen the

road, there is only one ingress and egress to that road and they think there

should be another road. He said they have talked with Fort Benning about

using Moye Road and they are looking at it; but may have some problems with

that, because with the security issue, it would require additional staffing. He

said the solution is a new road, coming out through another area, which would

be very expensive. He said we have discussed with them, having the Public

Safety to do an analysis in this area in the event there is a major problem and

what poses potential obstacles.



Deputy City Manager Bishop said Chief Meyers is putting together a report

for us.



Whittlesey Road

Bradley Park Dr. to Veterans

w Project Description

n Four lane with median from Whitesville Road to Veterans Parkway

w Projected Cost

n ROW (25) $1,120,000

n Construction $6,000,000

w City Responsibility

n ROW cost (SPLOST)

w Status

n ROW (TIP)

n Environmental underway

n Construction Long Range



Councilor Davis said Whittlesey Road is a highly traveled road, which is

in desperate need of repairs. He said he is receiving a lot of telephone calls

and concerns from citizens about the need to make some improvements there. He

said eventually we are going to have to put some money into that road to fix

it. He said we don?t need to be funneling money into these roads if they are

earmark to be fixed later on down the line.



Deputy City Manager Bishop said there are some circumstances where they

have to consider making decisions, if a road is well out on the list when it

will be improved, about making some short-term improvements, so we can make it

a road that is travelable during the short term. He then gave two examples of

those roads that are not in good shape. He said Warm Springs/Talbotton Road is

not in good shape and we have considered going out and putting a resurfacing

coat on that road, if we don?t go ahead and get this environmental completed

and get all the issues resolved. He said they also did the same thing with

Forest Road, whereby they went again and resurfaced a section of Forest Road.

He said they will take a look at Whittlesey Road and if it needs to be

resurfaced, then that may be something that we can consider.



He said if we had the funding to fund these projects, we could consult

with our design engineers and get them designed and built a lot quicker;

however, there is a funding issue.



Deputy City Manager Bishop then went into some details and explained to

Councilor Davis why the project was slowed down.





Trail/Trolley

w Project Description

n Walking/Jogging/Trolley trail from Uptown to CSU along the Warm Springs Rd.

rail line

w Projected Cost

n ROW Own

n Construction TBD

w City Responsibility

n Construction (SPLOST/Federal funds)

w Status

n Starting design concept

n Public meetings



Long Range Projects



Macon Road

University Ave. to Reese Rd.

w Project Description

n Widening project

w Projected Cost

n ROW TBD

n Construction TBD

w City Responsibility

n None

w Status

n Long Range

n 04 Concept Design



Veterans Parkway

54th St. to Old Moon Road

w Project Description

n Widening Project

w Projected Cost

n ROW TBD

n Construction TBD

w City Responsibility

n TBD

w Status

n Long Range





St. Mary?s Road

I-185 to McCartha Drive

w Project Description

n Widening

w Projected Cost

n ROW TBD

n Construction TBD

w City Responsibility

n ROW (SPLOST)

w Status

n Long Range

n Consider bridge widening and southern terminus as Northstar Drive as partof

project



Farr Road

Cusseta Road to St. Mary?s Rd.

w Project Description

n Widening

w Projected Cost

n ROW TBD

n Construction TBD

w City Responsibility

n ROW (SPLOST)

w Status

n Long Range

n Moving forward with concept

n Neighborhoods will be impacted



Deputy City Manager Bishop said we have a project to widen St. Mary?s Road

from the Interstate to McCartha Drive and said the question is, do we want to

take it all the way to Northstar Drive. He said there are certainly some

constraints in that area to expand the road project that far. He said we do

need to talk about this and see if we want to expand that network up to

Northstar Drive.



Councilor Turner Pugh said one of the things that she would like for the

staff to look at is the possibility of a 3-lane road that goes all the way out

to the end of St. Mary?s Road to Yorktown Subdivision.



Deputy City Manager Bishop said we had a project on to do an Interchange

at Cusseta Road; however, it has been put back out in the long-range plan and

put on hold because of the impact it had on the neighborhood. He said Farr Road

was a portion of that project, but said now it will become a standalone

project. He said there will be some alignment as we get close to the design

concept and said it will have a major input on the residents as we go through

the area.



Councilor Turner Pugh said the original Farr Road project that was on the

books under former Councilor Frank Chester was just the widening of Cusseta

Road from Farr Road to St. Mary?s Road before the Interchange and then asked,

whatever happened to that project.



Deputy City Manager Bishop said it was all going to be one project with

the Interchange, now that the interchange is not going to be there, it is

coming back like it originally was. He said it was never in the Transportation

Improvement Plan, but it was in the long-range plans.



City Manager Cavezza said as soon as we identify the funds for it, we

could move it into the Transportation Improvement Plan.



Cusseta Road

Farr Road to Ft Benning Road

w Project Description

n Widening

w Projected Cost

n ROW (52 parcels) TBD

n Construction TBD

w City Responsibility

n ROW

w Status/Issues

n Long Range

n Need direction



Deputy City Manager Bishop said the project from Cusseta Road from Farr

Road to Benning Road are also tied together and this was also a part of the

Interchange and now that the Interchange is not going to happen, it will be a

stand alone project and it is out in the long-range plans as well.



In response to Councilor Suber, Deputy City Manager Bishop said it could

have some effect on the Enterprise Zone; however, we are not far enough along

in the concept to determine that as of yet. City Manager Cavezza said when we

introduced the Interchange, we felt that it would enhance the Enterprise Zone,

pointing out that Ply mart had indicated that they could expand if they had

better access with trucks. He said we got into that project and found out that

it would be highly controversial. He said it would disrupt a lot of homes and

churches, and politically it would not be good to do.



City Manager Cavezza and Mayor Poydasheff then responded to questions of

Councilor Suber as to how we are going to develop the Enterprise Zone, because

we can?t get the 18-wheelers back into that particular area conveniently.



Deputy City Manager Bishop said it is in the long-range plan and we can

take a look at that again.

City Manager Cavezza said it is one of those things where we really need

something there, but said we don?t need it at the cost it?s going to create.

Mayor Poydasheff said it will all enhance what we have been talking about with

the revitalization task force, and said it will be an issue.



Moon Road

Wilbur to Veterans Parkway

w Project Description

n Widening

w Projected Cost

n ROW (150 parcels) TBD

n Construction TBD

w City Responsibility

n ROW (SPLOST)

w Status

n Review of concept

n Long Range

n Alternatives





Councilor Davis said some of these roads probably needs to be fixed and

then asked if we could go in and make some improvements that could help relieve

some of the traffic issues and then come back later when the projects are

approved and connect back to them.



Deputy City Manager Bishop stated that if our environmental process is in

the works, and we go out and do something, we could jeopardize our funding

there. He said there may be some possibilities there to do that, and said if

the design concept is far enough along, and if we do any of those type things,

it will be to marry it up and try to get the design that is already at hand

with that project and do that portion, so we don?t have to minimize what we

would have to tear out when the project comes on line for full construction.



Buena Vista Road

I-185 to TBD

w Project Description

n Widening

w Projected Cost

n ROW TBD

n Construction TBD

w City Responsibility

n ROW

w Status/Concerns

n Logical termini

n Cost

n Impact to businesses along corridor



Mayor Poydasheff said he has had a horrible time at the spider web and

said he and the City Manager have written a letter to the railroad and said we

still haven?t received anything on that issue. He said he has purposely sat

there when a train was going by, and he timed it at 22 minutes, blocking that

intersection. He asked if there was any way possible of getting some kind of

overpass, similar to what we have done on Veterans Parkway and Second Avenue.

He said the residents are entitled to a good ingress and egress without waiting

22 minutes, which clearly violates the law as to how long they can block a

thoroughfare.



Deputy City Manager Bishop said they have a study that has been done which

indicates that an overpass can be done there; however, it is a very costly

project and we just need to get it in our long-range plan so that we can

continue to push it forward once we can marry up funding with it. Councilor

Suber said he thinks that we need to have Deputy City Manager Bishop to show us

the design, because you will be talking about taking away a school right there

at the corner.



Several minutes of discussion continued on this with Deputy City Manager

Bishop responding to questions of members of the Council.

Miller Road

Warm Springs Rd. to Macon Rd.

w Project Description

n Widening

w Projected Cost

n ROW TBD

n Construction TBD

w City Responsibility

n ROW (SPLOST)

w Status

n Starting design concept

n Long Range



Automated Transportation Management System

w Project Description

n Creation of a Traffic Coordination Center to monitor signal systems and

provide an incident management process

w Projected Cost

n ROW TBD

n Construction TBD

w City Responsibility

n ROW (SPLOST)

w Status

n Starting design concept

n Long Range



Interstate 185 from St. Mary?s to Victory Drive

w Project Description

n Realignment of roadway to correct substandard curvature South of St. Mary?s

Interchange

w Projected Cost

n ROW TBD

n Construction TBD

w City Responsibility

n ROW (SPLOST)

w Status

n Starting design concept

n Long Range



Veterans Parkway

Moon Road to Turnberry

w Project Description

n Widening

w Projected Cost

n ROW/Utilities TBD

n Construction TBD

w City Responsibility

n Construction/ROW

w Status

n Under design

n Construction necessary to accommodate two new schools at Northside School Site

n Request authorization to move into TIP



Deputy City Manager Bishop said we have a project in our Transportation

system that will widen Veterans Parkway from the intersection of Moon/Williams

Roads all the way to 315 to Harris County. He said it is a project that is out

in the long-range plans. He said we have a situation now at the high school

site where we have major congestion every morning and afternoon trying to get

into the area. He said we are trying to get this project moved up and we will

discuss this later in the meeting.





Eastern Connector

US 80 to Buena Vista Rd.

w Project Description

n Construction of a four lane road for Muscogee Technology Park

w Projected Cost

n ROW N/A

n Construction $23,700,000

w City Responsibility

n Design/Construction (SPLOST)

w Status

n Environmental underway

n Request to move into TIP to support industrial development

n Phase One would start in early Spring 04



Deputy City Manager Bishop said we are having prospects to come into this

community every day looking at this site. He said Litho Chrome is currently

located there and said we have had the announcement a few weeks ago that H & K

would be coming in. He said we don?t have a road into that site and the

environmental is very close to being done and we will have the final

environmental public hearing on November 18th. He said they are trying to work

with the Department of Transportation to allow us to expedite getting a mile

and a half of that road built into the Industrial Park so that we can open up a

number of sites for industrial prospects to look at as they come to town. He

said right now the Development Authority is very limited on what they have to

sell; so, we are trying to get that project moved up in the process so that we

can get those last two projects funded.



Mayor Pro Tem Rodgers said he thinks it is imperative that this be done,

which is an investment, but said in as much as we have allocated some millage

for economic development, asked if the Chamber of Commerce would be willing to

partner with us and the State on the something like this.



Deputy City Manager Bishop said this project is on the State?s priority

list and we also have funding in the 1999 SPLOST to also help with

infrastructure and said we are just trying to marry our schedules up. He said

what they are recommending today, with the Council?s approval is to move

Veterans Parkway from Moon Road to Turnberry Drive into the Transportation

Improvement Plan. He said it has to be in the TIP before we can get into the

design and start identifying right-of-way.



He said they are also recommending moving the Eastern Connector into the

Transportation Improvement Plan. He said we really don?t have a lot to sell out

there now, without a road into that site. He said what they are asking today is

to allow us to use $8 million dollars from the Forest Road project from Macon

Road to Woodruff Farm Road. He said there is $14.5 million in that project,

which is for ROW acquisition funds, and we are asking the Council to allow us

to borrow $8 million from that so we can move these two projects forward.



Deputy City Manager Bishop said he has talked with the Department of

Transportation and said what it would require is a letter from us requesting

that and how we re-prioritize or borrow against the Forrest Road Project. He

said in our 1999 SPLOST, we had $30 million of funding approved; of which $3.5

million was not obligated to a project and said he has also spoken with Sam

Wellborn and said as our funding cycle comes around, he would assist us in

getting this money put back into this project.



City Manager Cavezza said this would not jeopardize the Forrest Road

project, as it is just a loan from it.



There were no objections expressed. Councilor McDaniel said this is

nothing new, as we have previously borrowed back in the early 70s when we

borrowed money from the spider web project to build the Beallwood Connector.



Mayor Poydasheff said he thinks it would be better to vote on this matter

at a regular Council meeting, instead of having it done here at a Work Session.

City Manager Cavezza said he would bring it back to the Council on next week,

for them to take action on it.



Brown Avenue/Peacock Realignment



Councilor McDaniel said this project should have been done in the spring

of 2003 and said it has been delayed for a few years now; and then asked, what

was the delay on this project?



City Manager Cavezza said there are some differences of opinion about the

value of investing money to realign Brown Avenue/Peacock Avenue. He said if we

do a realignment, which we can come to some consensus with the Midtown group,

that realignment would be possible; however, we would have to reduce the

openings and come down the lanes and eliminate one left turn lane.



He said unfortunately the data that was used in the traffic counts

sometime back by DOT was erroneous and have since gone back and revisited that

and still says that it merits the intersection improvements. He said they have

met several times in trying to work it out amicably. He said the latest

agreement is that the Midtown group is bringing on board a consultant to look

at that intersection. He said if the consultant feels that the City is right

and it does need to be realigned, they will fall off of it; but if not, then we

will have to bring it to the Council for them to tell us what they want to do

with this intersection.



Councilor McDaniel said he would suggest that if we can align that up and

what is left over between the service station and the property, make a park

area out of it. He said it would beautify that section.



Deputy City Manager Bishop said the consultants have already been selected

and they are in the process of getting a contract signed, so they are moving

forward.



City Manager Cavezza said we could move that money to another road

project, if we don?t use it.



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COLUMBUS HOUSING INITIATIVE:



Ms. Cathy Vaughn appeared and went into some details in briefing the

Council on where the Columbus Housing Initiative is currently at and their

goals of ultimately becoming a CDFI (Community Development Financial

Institution), which would open up a tool box from the Treasury Department to

neighborhood revitalization. She said they have to take care of some

compliance issues, one of which is to become designated from the City of

Columbus, as a CBDO (Community Based Development Organization).



Ms. Vaughn spent some twelve minutes in outlining the following areas as

it relates to the Columbus Housing Initiative:



Vision



To improve the quality of life in Muscogee County through the elimination of

substandard housing conditions and the revitalization of target neighborhoods.



Mission



To provide access to fit and affordable housing for all Columbus? citizens



Activities:



Housing Rehabilitation and New Construction

Homebuyer education and Counseling

Mortgage Lending and Financial Services

Target Neighborhood Revitalization



Values



Act with integrity openness and honesty in all relationships, dealings &

transactions

Involve target neighborhood residents in key decisions affecting their lives

Keep the public trust through efficient, cost-effective and compassionate

stewardship of resources

Always be respectful of the dignity and rights of individuals

Committed to diversity, accessibility and social justice



CHI stabilizes and strengthens our neighborhoods through our efforts in

Community outreach

Homeowner education & counseling

Rehabilitation of existing housing

Development of new housing



Ms. Vaughn then went into some details in outlining what a CBDO is, which

they are requesting that the Council approve a resolution designating them as.

She said a Community Based Development Organization allows the City to utilize

CDBG funds that it typically cannot. She said the best example is using CDBG

funding to build new housing (otherwise an ineligible activity).



CHI is a state and federally recognized incorporation with a mission that

encompasses housing development activities. She said these activities require

an infusion of new funding sources to continue and to also attract new funding

sources and to realize their collective vision, it is essential for CHI to be

designated as a CBDO.



Ms. Vaughn said that a CBDO carries out activities, which deal with one or

more critical problems in a community, i.e. physical, economic or social ?

giving particular attention to the needs of lower income people, as well as

provides these activities within specific neighborhoods in each City.



Councilor Woodson said she thought that when we established CHI, we did

use some CDBG money to do that. She said it wasn?t for building homes, but was

for the structure. She said she thought when we were talking about doing the

Housing Initiative we were taking some funding to put in that area, so that we

didn?t have to do it any longer in-house.



Ms. Vaughn said that CHI has never received any funding from the City in

the form of CDBG funds. City Manager Cavezza said it has always been private

funding.



Councilor Turner Pugh said we give money to the CHADDO, but that is

different from this. She said part of the CDBG money is allocated to CHADDO.



Councilor Woodson said she would like for the City Manager to provide a

fact sheet of the different programs under the Columbus Housing Initiative,

along with their acronym and explain what benefits each receive; also who

serves on the various Boards.



Mr. Franklin Douglas who was present in the audience, also made a comment

as it relates to the CHADDO funding.



Ms. Vaughn then outlined the criteria that are required for them to be

designated as a CDBO.



Must be organized under State or local law to carry out community

development activities. For entitled communities, the entity must operate

primarily within an identified neighborhood within the City. She said they

require that members of the governing body must be nominated and approved by

the organization?s general membership or by its permanent government body and

said their process for nomination is contained within their bylaws and meets

this requirement.



Require its primary purpose to be the improvement of the physical,

economic or social environment of its geographic area of operation, with

particular emphasis on the needs of low and moderate-income persons.



Be either a nonprofit or for profit, but if for profit, only incidental

monetary benefits to its members are allowed.



Not be an agency of the City, and not permit more than 1/3 of its

governing body to be appointed by or consist of elected or other public

officials or employees of the City even if such person would otherwise meet the

requirements.



Not be subject to the reversion of its assets to the City upon dissolution.



Be free to contract for goods and services from vendors of its own

choosing.



Maintain at least 51% of its governing body?s membership to be made up of

any combination of the following:



Low and moderate income residents or

Representatives of low and moderate-income neighborhood organizations

located in

its geographic area of operation.



Ms. Vaughn said that CHI must meet all of these criteria in order to be

designated as a CBDO and said the City needs to formally recognize that

designation.



She then outlined the benefits of being a CBDO saying that CBDO

designation lays the foundation to seek funding that is not available to City

Governments. As a CBDO, CHI would have the framework in place to see

certification as a Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) by the US

Treasury Department. She said CDFI Certification creates diverse funding

opportunities, expands resources available to the organization and for building

its capacity, allows for eligibility for participation in the New Market Tax

Credit Program, increases investments from untapped resources, as well as

provides incentives for Bank investment.



Ms. Vaughn said that CDFIs have invested over $7 billion in America?s

distressed areas with $7 million in Georgia alone. However, none of this

investment is in Columbus since there are no CDFI's. She said they are

estimated to leverage $12.99 in private sector resources for every dollar of

federal funding.



Mayor Poydasheff said he would ask a Councilor to sponsor the resolution

for this request and then we can bring it back at our next Council meeting.

Councilor Woodson called for the resolution.



After more than twenty minutes of discussion, Ms. Vaughn then responded to

several questions of members of the Council regarding the establishment of the

Columbus Housing Initiative as a CDBO.



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SPANISH BUS SCHEDULES:



Regarding an earlier question of Councilor Woodson, as it relates to the

bus schedules in Spanish, City Manager Cavezza said they will be out during the

second week of November.



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COUNCIL RETREAT:



City Manager Cavezza said we are looking at having a Council Retreat and

said we have two dates to choose from and said he will be contacting you to see

which would be the best date for each of you. January 29th - 30th or February

12th - 13th.







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COLUMBUS ENTERPRISE ZONE:



City Manager Cavezza said there would be a meeting on November 6th, 6:00

p.m., at Brewer Elementary School regarding the Columbus Enterprise Zone,

Brownfield?s Initiative. He said this is a grant that we received to do an

environmental study for the Enterprise Zone to see if we have any environmental

problems. He said there is also another grant that may become available similar

to this that we will be looking at for the Columbus South Initiative.



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COMPREHENSIVE PLAN:



City Manager Cavezza then gave a status report as to where they are with

the Comprehensive Plan. He pointed out that there has been two series of public

meetings where they have gone through all districts and we have had a good

feedback. He said at the last meetings, which were held in Districts One

through Four, where they had the best turnout at those meetings. He said there

were no controversy and the people seemed to accept it. He said there was some

good discussion, which was positively received by those who showed up at the

meetings. He said we are looking at possibly coming to the Council with the

first reading during the second week in November.



He said there would be some people who are going to express concern to you

from the Development Community, where there have been issues that you have been

dealing with, but hopefully what we have is a plan that everyone can live with.

He said it will be followed by the Unified Development Ordinance. He said we

are going to bring the Unified Development Ordinance separately, as we will

bring it to you in sections, as it is very large. He said it has taken all of

our regulations and put them under one cover and also have included some new

initiatives, which includes conservation subdivisions, as well as the

possibility of larger tracts than the one acre tracts. He said we would need to

get the Council?s guidance on a lot of these things and see how you feel about

these different options.



City Manager Cavezza then went into more details using a slide

presentation, highlighting the purpose and plan of the Comprehensive plan,

showing the different areas and highlighting what changes have been made to the

areas.



After the completion of City Manager Cavezza?s presentation, several

members of the Council made comments, after which City Manager Cavezza then

responded to several questions of members of the Council.



During the discussion on the Comprehensive Plan, Councilor Davis made

comments as it relates to development in Council District One, as well as the

City of Columbus. He asked that the City Manager look at the possibility of

initiating some kind of study on the cost and impact to cities as it relates to

revenues being generated from residential development, commercial development

and agriculture versus costs and expenditures to cities.



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CCG-TV:



Councilor Woodson said when the City Manager presents his Agenda she would

like to ask that we make sure that we are showing it on the screen at that

time.



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With there being no other business to come before the Council, Mayor Pro

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

and carried unanimously by those eight members of Council present for this

meeting, with the time being 11:45 a.m.







Tiny B. Washington, CMC

Clerk of Council

The Council of Columbus, Georgia