Calhoun City Council Agenda, March 13, 2017

WORK SESSION

MARCH 13, 2017 – 12:00 NOON

700 WEST LINE STREET

CONFERENCE ROOM

CITY COUNCIL MEETING

MARCH 13, 2017-7:00 PM

109 SOUTH KING STREET

DEPOT COMMUNITY ROOM

PROPOSED AGENDA

  1. Call to order and welcome – Mayor Jimmy Palmer
  1. Invocation
  1. Pledge of Allegiance to the United States Flag – Mayor Jimmy Palmer
  1. Amend or approve Proposed Agenda
  1. Amend or approvethe minutes of February 27, 2017 City Council Meeting. Amend or approve the minutes of the Executive Session of February 27, 2017.
  1. Mayor’s Comments:
  1. Council Comments:
  1. Councilman Edwards- Water and Sewer Operations, Water and Sewer Construction, Police, Municipal Court, Court Services and Enforcement, Fire, and Building Inspection.
  2. Mayor Pro Tem Barton- Electric, Telecommunications, Downtown Development Authority, Main Street Program, and Historic Preservation Commission, Schools, and Safety Committee.
  3. Councilwoman Palazzolo- - Street, Sanitation, Cemetery, Animal Control, Recycling, Golf, Recreation Authority, Recreation Advisory Committee, and Zoning Advisory Board.
  4. Councilman Hammond- Northwest Georgia Regional Commission, Revolving Loan, Library, and Airport.
  1. Public Hearing and Comments:
  1. Announce at this time, public hearings will be held. The public will have the opportunity to make pro and con comments with a ten minute maximum time limit for each side of the matter, with each person speaking having filed a financial disclosure statement five days prior to the hearing if required, with each person giving their name and address. An inquiry should be made to determine if any elected official has filed a disclosure statement regarding ownership or special interest in any of the agenda items. Zoning Land Use Maps on display in Council Chambers for Zoning Advisory Board and Council hearings.

1)A public hearing of a building height variance for Calhoun Hospitality, LLC at a location of parcel #057B-096 (Lovers Lane Road). The applicant is requesting to exceed the maximum building height of 50 feet per the zoning code and to allow a proposed hotel building up to a height of 60 feet. The ZAB met on March 9, 2017.

  • Open public hearing
  • Report on notices and Zoning Advisory Board
  • Comments
  • Close public hearing
  • May be approved/denied

2)A public hearing of a zoning change request for the existing zoning of Ind-G, to be rezoned to a Tower Site (TS) for 0.2296 acres at a location of parcel #C10-041 (CL Moss Parkway) for Skyway Towers, LLC. The zoning change request is for a proposed new 190 foot cell tower in order to help improve coverage and capacity issues. The Zoning Advisory Board met on March 9, 2017.

  • Open public hearing
  • Report on notices and Zoning Advisory Board
  • Comments
  • Close public hearing
  • May be approved/denied

3)A public hearing for the purpose of hearing comments and feedback surrounding the redevelopment area and the necessity to draft an Urban Redevelopment Plan (Plan) to combat the economic development concerns within the redevelopment area. The Plan is available for viewing by the public at City Hall, 226 South Wall Street, Calhoun, GA 30701, or online at All advertising requirements have been met.

  • Open public hearing
  • Report on notices
  • Comments
  • Close public hearing
  • Adopting Resolution may be approved/denied
  1. Old Business:
  1. Tabled item: The Water Distribution Department is requesting the following amended list of service trucks and backhoes be declared as surplus and sold on gov.deals:

1)2000 F-650 truck w/utility body VIN ending in 15089122,937 miles

2)2005 F-650 truck w/utility body VIN ending in 18653 83,879 miles

3)2004 F-650 truck w/utility body VIN ending in 84495 141,082 miles

4)2000 F-650 truck w/utility body VIN ending in 15090 151,951 miles

5)2000 F-650 truck w/utility bodyVIN ending in 14925 114,914 miles

6)1991 F-800 dump truck VIN ending in 04600 62,979 miles

7)2000 LB 75 backhoe S/N 0310251953,359 hours

8)2005 Backhoe 310SG S/N ending in 61065 3,341 hours

9)2005 Backhoe 310SJ S/N ending in 52898 2,498 hours

10)2005 Backhoe 310SG S/N ending in 41958 5,670 hours

  1. New Business:
  1. Judge Pat Rasbury, Gordon County Magistrate Judge, has requested to address the Council regarding Gordon County’s Accountability Court program and the current truancy issues in our school systems.
  2. Motion needed to adopt the October 2016 City of Calhoun Watershed Assessment and Protection Plan. Catherine Fox, Fox Environmental, LLC, attended a work session in March of 2016 to discuss the plan.The final version has been approved by Georgia Environmental Protection Division.
  3. Recommendation by the Calhoun Utilities Engineering Manager, David Burnett, for the Bid Award to Universal Controls, Inc. in the amount of $89,750, to design and install a supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system for the Wastewater Treatment Plant.
  4. Request from the Calhoun Police Department for approval to use Asset Seizure funds to purchase a 2012 Chevrolet Equinox at a cost of $15,500.00. The vehicle will be used by the Special Operations Division. Mileage is 39,287.
  5. Special event permit request by Stephanie Starr, event organizer, for Tripp Day, to be held on Saturday March 18, 2017. The event is a community hoedown fundraiser for the Tripp Halstead Foundation. The event would require that Trammell Road be closed between North Wall Street and North Piedmont Street (approximately 180 feet) from 8:00AM to 7:00PM, for vendor displays. Two Gordon County officers will be on duty during the event.
  6. First reading of an ordinance change to Chapter 18 and Chapter 50 of the Calhoun Code of Ordinances to add fire protection and prevention requirements to the C-1 District concerning loft apartments. Eligible for a public hearing on April 10, 2017.
  1. Other written items not on the agenda
  1. Work reports:

Eddie Peterson, City Administrator

  1. Motion to move to Executive Session, if needed

Motion to return to General Session

  1. Motion to report Executive session, if appropriate
  1. Motion to adjourn

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