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City council discusses capital
improvement software, Town
Green engineering
By Cathy Cobbs
Tucker City Council discussed a new
software that will provide more public
transparency regarding the city’s five-year
capital program spending at its Sept. 24
meeting.
Tucker Finance Director Beverly
FFilton and her staff outlined the features
of ClearGOV software, including
Capital Budgeting that will provide vital
information on each project that can be
accessed through the city’s website.
Currently, staff is entering data into
the system, with completion in time for
the presentation of the five-year capital
improvement plan at the council’s Oct. 15
meeting.
“Since becoming a city in 2016,
multiple studies have been conducted
through a process that involves residents,
business owners, and elected officials to
provide guidance on the future growth
and development of the city,” a staff memo
presented at the meeting said. “The first
Comprehensive Plan was established in
2018 and has been used to develop capital
budgets beginning in FY2019. The time
has come for the city to implement a plan
for expenditures over a five-year period to
prioritize projects with projected funding
and cash flow.”
The council also approved $310,000 to
relocate 21 utility poles on Old Norcross
Road. City Engineer Ken FFildebrandt
said many of the poles are one-to-two feet
away from the travel lanes and they have
been hit multiple times by vehicles.
The relocation of the poles will make
way for the installation of sidewalks on
the west side of Old Norcross Road from
the Reid FT Cofer Library to Spring Glen
Drive.
In other action, the council:
■ Approved $423,000 for a
construction, engineering and inspection
contract with Lowe Engineers to
manage the administration, construction
engineering, inspection, and management
of materials sampling and testing at the
city’s newest park, Tucker Town Green.
■ Approved the sale of a public right-
of-way between Fern Drive, Lawrenceville
FFighway, Montreal Road, and Montreal
Circle for $50,000 to RMS South, Inc.
which also owns the adjacent property at
1501 Montreal Circle. The buyer intends
to build a medical building on the two
properties.
■ Announced that the next session
of University of Government Affairs will
be held on Oct. 17. Officials will discuss
capital improvement projects.
At its upcoming Oct. 15 meeting,
Tucker City Council is expected to discuss
a request for a Special Land Use Permit
(SLUP) to allow for a 36-unit multi-family
development at 4419 Cowen Road.
The applicant, listed as Kevin Maher
of Placemaker Design, wants to convert an
existing 29,000-square-foot vacant office
building into 15 one-bedroom and 21
two-bedroom apartments. According to
planning documents, the office building
was constructed in 1974 and updated in
1992.
The property is near Enzo’s Pizza and
abuts four residential parcels on Dillard
Street. Because of its location next to the
residential units, a SLUP is required. The
Tucker Planning Commission approved
the SLUP at its Sept. 19 meeting.
Residential development in the
downtown area has been the topic
of conversation with the Tucker City
Council. It recently held a public hearing
regarding long-debated changes to
multifamily density, townhome widths,
and building heights in several downtown
districts.
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City of
Tucker
OCTOBER HAPPENINGS
Unless otherwise noted, all meetings are held at Tucker
City Hall, 1975 Lakeside Pkwy, Ste 350B, Tucker, GA 30084
• OCTOBER 1, 5 P.M
National Night Out
Church Street
Greenspace
4316 Church Street
OCTOBER 1, 7 P.M.
Zoning Board of
Appeals
University
Government Affairs
OCTOBER 15, 7 P.M.
City Council Meeting
Downtown
Development Authority
OCTOBER 14
All City offices closed in
observence of
Columbus & Indigenous
Peoples Day
Haunted Trail at
Henderson Park
2801 Henderson Road
(Livsey Side by the
playground & White
Trail)
• OCTOBER 28,7 P.M.
City Council Work
Session
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