COLUMBUS CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT
COUNCIL MEMORANDUM
TO: Mayor and Councilors DATE: October 27, 2006
FROM: Isaiah Hugley, City Manager SUBJECT: Referrals for
Oct. 17 & 24, 2006
Please see responses to the referrals and from Tuesday, October 17 and 24, 2006
Council Meetings below.
BLYTHE STREET:
Have the staff to really look at the plans of the DOT design requirements for
the realignment of Blythe Street, as there may be a better plan that would suit
and fit the area a little better than what we are talking about and just taking
that road out. (Request of Councilor Davis)
Response: Please see response attached.
SPEEDING ON 17th AVENUE:
Have the staff to get together with Traffic Engineer Ron Hamlett and see what
can be done to alleviate a serious speeding problem in this area on 17th Avenue
behind St. Elmo School. (Request of Councilor McDaniel)
Response: Please see response attached.
GRAFFITI:
Have the staff to have someone to look at the retaining wall on Hilton Avenue
at Edgewood Road where there is a lot of graffiti that shouldn?t be there.
(Request of Councilor McDaniel)
Response: The graffiti was removed on October 17, 2006.
BAKER HIGH SCHOOL:
Have the staff to determine what Council Work Session is this item going to be
listed on. (Request of Councilor Woodson)
Response: Staff will work with the Muscogee School District on the schedule
and provide a date.
WOODBURN COURT:
Have the staff to bring something back to this Council as soon as possible
regarding the concerns of the citizens with the issue on Woodburn Court; and to
determine what they can do legally and what the City needs to do to resolve
this matter. (Request of Councilor Suber)
Response: Please see response attached.
OCTOBER 24, 2006 ? REFERRALS
INFORMATION ON NAMI:
Have the staff to scroll this information submitted regarding NAMI on CCG-TV.
(Request of Mayor Poydasheff)
Response: Please see response attached.
CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAM PROGRAM:
Have the staff to get together with the Chief of Police and consider having all
of
the 911 employees trained in the Crisis Intervention Team program. (Request of
Councilor Allen)
Response: This referral has been forwarded to the Police Chief for handling.
ASHLEY STATION PROJECT:
Have the staff to check and bring back some information regarding the Ashley
Station project and provide information as to the kind of proposed taxes we
expect for that project to generate on the houses that are being sold there,
and also the rental properties. (Request of Councilor Turner Pugh)
Response: Staff is working on this referral and will provide a response.
PROPOSED BAKER VILLAGE PROJECT:
Ask the Housing Authority to have their attorneys to look into the possibility
of a set-aside program so that local contractors, particularly sub-contractors
would have a certain portion of work set-aside for the local sub-contractors.
(Request of Mayor Poydasheff )
Get one of the Deputy City Managers to work with the Housing Authority and
let?s find out what the opportunities are for the Baker Village area, to
include this proposed project; and very soon, we need to make some kind of
decision, if this is something that we want to participate in. (Request of
Councilor Henderson)
Have the staff to continue to look at some of the creative financing and
determine if there are any CDBG funds available, as well as look and see if
there is special funding that we can get through special appropriation on the
State and National level. Also, if infrastructure kinds of issue, i.e., sewer,
etc.; can we use some of the funding from those restrictive funds for those
restrictive purposes that will support this effort. (Request of Councilor
Anthony)
Have the Finance staff to get together and determine where we can fund the $3.5
million to assist the Housing Authority with this proposed project, and look at
some creative financing ways that we could possibly do this. (Request of
Councilor Suber)
Response: Staff is working on this referral and will provide a response.
LIBRARY PROJECT:
Have the staff to request our bond attorney, Mr. Jim Parnell to explain his
opinion further, in regards to the procedure in order to allow the Library
Board to purchase the Firestone property, where he stated that we would have to
vote to expand the footprints to make it larger in order to allow them to
include it in their project. (Request of Councilor Allen)
Response: Staff is working on this referral and will provide a response.
INFORMATION MATERIAL
Homebuyers Assistance Program ? Quarterly Report
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