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FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS Sunday, February 8, 2004
The king
and queen
North Forsyth
High School
seniors Mitchell
Meadows and
Lindsey Wilbanks
were all smiles
Jan. 30 after they
were crowned
homecoming king
and queen follow
ing the school’s
basketball games
against North
Springs.
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County eyes temporary ban
on planned unit developments
From Staff Reports
The Forsyth County Board of Commissioners
Monday morning will consider instituting a temporary
ban against issuing permits for planned unit develop
ments and conditional use permits until changes are
made to the county code.
In addition, at the called meeting, commissioners also
are expected to address instituting a new ordinance for
transmission lines, revising the Impact Fee
Administrator’s job description, discussing the status of
Windermere Parkway, and discuss insurance for volun
teer firefighters.
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Who: Forsyth County Board of
Commissioners
What: Called meeting
When: 9 a.m., Monday, Feb. 9
Where: Conference Room,
Suite 210, County Aministra
tion Building
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County considers tower locations
From staff reports
The Forsyth County Board
of Commissioners on Monday
will reconsider a decision
made last month on the loca
tions of three communication
towers for rescue and law
enforcement operations.
Commissioner A.J.
Pritchett, who represents south
Forsyth, made the request to
reconsider the decision at last
week’s meeting.
Homeowners waited nine
and a half hours until the 2:45
a.m. end of that meeting
before they had a chance to
speak out against the locations
in south Forsyth at Fire
Station 10 and in north
Forsyth at Molly View Point.
The location in central
Forsyth is on Sawnee
Mountain.
In other business, the board
will not be discussing institut
ing a ban against smoking this
week. That discussion has
been postponed until Feb. 23.
Topics the board is expect
ed to address Monday night
include:
• Awarding $133,923 to
Design Builder’s Group of
Alpharetta to upgrade video
equipment in the auditorium at
the County Administration
Building.
The equipment includes
new monitors, production and
editing systems, and cameras.
Though an agreement
between the county govern
ment and Adelphia ends
March 31, County Public
Information Qfficer Bill
Johnson said the commis
sion’s regular monthly meet
ings will continue to be broad-
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Who: Forsyth County
Board of Commissioners
What: Regular monthly
meeting
When: S p.m., Monday,
Feb. 9
Where: Auditorium, County
Administration Building
cast after the deadline even if
a new agreement is not
reached.
“I think as long as we con
tinue to provide the videotapes
for them, they will play them,”
Johnson said.
• A $40,144 change order
from Precision Planning Inc.
of Lawrenceville for intersec
tion design changes required
by the Department of
Transportation.
The money would come
from the county’s voter
approved sales tax collections.
• A report on the sales tax
collections from September to
January from County
Administrator Stevie Mills.
Sales tax collections dur
ing the five-month period are
$8.95 million 5680,000
less than the projected $9.63
million.
• A request for $63,519 to
upgrade computers at the
Emergency 911 facility.
• An agreement with
developer Steve Hornyak of
Riverside Management to
share the $673,000 estimated
cost of extending sewer lines
from Ga. 400 to property
located on Hwy. 9 south of
Bethelview Road.
The developer would pay
$305,000 of the cost and pro-
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funds.
• A request from the Civil
Service Board to increase
meeting pay from SSO to SIOO
per meeting.
• A request from Tru-
Vision Security Inc. to rezone
I. acres located on the
northwest comer of Hwy. 306
and English Drive from agri
cultural to residential with a
density of two units per acre.
• A request from Focus
Development Inc. to rezone
43.9 acres located on the west
side of Mathis Airport Road
near the intersection with
Bagley Road from agricultural
to residential with a density of
four units per acre.
Conditions from the
Planning Commission would
limit the development to a
density of 2.5 units per acre.
• A request from Kelly’s
Pond LLC to rezone 12.2
acres located on the south side
of Kelly Mill Road near the
intersection with Bethelview
Road from agricultural to resi
dential with a density of four
units per acre.
Conditions from the
Planning Commission limit
the development to a density
of 2.99 units per acre.
• A request from Kelly
Mill Associates LLC to rezone
11. acres located on the
south side of Kelly Mill Road
near the intersection with
Jason Drive from agricultural
to residential with a density of
six units per acre.
Conditions from the
Planning Commission limit
the development to a density
of 3.99 units per acre.