Friday, December 29,2017
Lake Oconee News
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DATE Nov, 30, 20 1
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GREAT FUTURES START TOGETHER.
Contributed
Ayal Latz and a2b Fulfillment employees present the Pete Nance Boys & Girls Club with a check for $25,000.
a2b donates $ 25,000 to Pete Nance B&G Club
Ayal Latz, president of a2b
Fulfillment, believes in changing
the lives of kids. Since 2013, his
company has played a vital role in
allowing the doors of Pete Nance
Boys & Girls Club to be transfor
mative for Greene’s youth.
With continued impact in mind,
a2b Fulfillment recently made a
$25,000 donation toward the club’s
mission of enabling allyoungpeople
to reach their full potential as
productive, caring and responsible
citizens.
“We continue to support Pete
Nance Boys &Girls Club because we
have seen firsthand the value that
theyprovidetothekids andfamilies
in our community,” Latz said. “To
contribute to the spaces and efforts
that are making a direct impact on
the youth of our local community
is the real reward for us.”
For the past five years, a2b has
served as a corporate sponsor of
PNBGC, and in 2015, funded an
art studio program at the club.
The art studio, located within the
club in Greensboro, provides daily
opportunities for club members
to express themselves through
various media, including painting,
drawing, graphic design and expos
ing students to careers in adver
tising, fashion design, enhanced
photography and animation. This
recent donation of $25,000 will be
used toward continued funding
of the art studio, including for
upgrades to software.
“Our partnership with a2b
Fulfillment is a wonderful exam
ple of how we create great futures
together. The passion that Ayal and
his wife Kara, who is member of
the PNBGC board and an active
volunteer at the club, have for our
youth is deeply valued by our Pete
Nance staff and Boys & Girls Clubs
of North Central Georgia,” Bob
Mackey, BGCNCGCEO, said. “We
are the hub for youth development
and because of corporate sponsors
such as a2b Fulfillment we’re able
to make a larger imprint on our
youth.”
a2b Fulfillment is a third-party
logistics provider specializing in
orderfulfillmentandcustomercare
services. For more information
about a2b visit www.a2bf.com.
To learn more about Pete Nance
Boys & Girls Club or to volunteer,
visit www.bgcncg.com or call
706-920-1400.
P&Z
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zoning requirements of R2
would only allow construc
tion of 10 homes, driving up
the cost substantially. Good
said his plan was to build
homes in the $300,000 to
$400,000 range, but with
out the zoning changes the
homes wouldbe prices closer
to $700,000. He added that
he doesn’t believe the market
for homes in that price range
is strong enough to take the
risk.
City planner Molly Bogle
disagreed with Good’s
assertions.
“It does not appear that
there are extraordinary
and exceptional conditions
pertaining to the property
because of size, shape or
topography that warrant the
granting of 80 variances,”
Bogle said. “Although it does
appear the dimensions and
numberofthelotsdepictedin
the plan may be appropriate
for the neighborhood, the
means bywhich the applicant
is attempting to accomplish
said plan may undermine
dimensional requirements
established for all zoning
districts. Finally, it does
appear this variance may
confer upon the applicant’s
property a special privilege
denied to other properties
in the zoning district. No
other property owner may
create non-comforming lots
of record at the point of
subdivision, not to mention
the creation of almost 100
percent non-conforming lots.
Staff recommends denial [of
the variances].”
City staff were less critical
of Good’s request for R4
zoning, according to the
report prepared for the P&Z
back in the summer: At the
time they concluded that the
proposed use is consistent
with the Comprehensive
Plan, which indicates future
use of the property as
Traditional Neighborhood
Residential, which “should
be at a significantly higher
density level than sur
rounding low density areas.
The Historic Preservation
Overlay District currently
encompasses approximately
488 residentially zoned lots.
The addition of 24 lots would
be an approximately 5 per
cent increase. Furthermore,
the 2009 Partial Update
to the Comprehensive Plan
indicates that to preserve
historic landmarks, con
sideration should be given
to transfer of development
rights, tax incentives, and/
or conservation programs to
encourage these properties,
as well as Madison’s various
associate pecan groves, to
remain intact.”
The rejection follows a
decision earlier this month
by Madison’s Historic
Preservation Commission
to offer support for the most
recentiteration. Even though
the HPC has no statutory
authority to rule on zoning
matters, the board has
expressed an interest in being
involved in the process when
the issues are in Madison’s
Historic District.
Five months ago, the board
rejected Good’s proposal to
rezone 10.36 acres ofproperty
between Foster Street and S.
Main Street from R2 to R4.
Opposition to Good’s plans
for the property goes all the
way back to the summer
of 2016 when he tried to
convince the city to allow
a Planned Residential
Development on the land.
That idea was met stiff and
vocal opposition, so Good
relented, but he returned with
anideathatprovidedhousing
that wasn’t as dense.
That proposal proved
nearly as unattractive to res
idents of Madison’s Historic
District as the PRD.
Good was scheduled
to present his idea to the
Madison City Council on Oct.
9, but the public hearing was
abruptly removed from the
agenda a few days prior to
the council Meeting.
Opponents of the plan
argued that city did not have
the rightto remove the public
hearing from the agenda
and reschedule it for a date
following the municipal
elections.
The final showdown
appeared set for Nov. 13, but
right before the public hear
ing started, attorneys rep
resenting both sides agreed
that a compromise might be
in order.
The 80-variance plan was
theresultofthatcompromise.
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