Jackson herald. (Jefferson, Jackson County, Ga.) 1881-current, December 13, 2023, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Texto O 24 PAGES 2 SECTIONS PLUS INSERTS The Commerce News JEFFERSON, JACKSON COUNTY GEORGIA 30549 $1.00 COPY Concept plan for proposed project on Athens Hwy. in Jefferson. Jefferson postpones action on two residential project plans The Jefferson City Coun cil postponed action on two controversial proposed housing developments at its meeting Monday night. In the first proposal, the city took no action on a plan to annex and rezone 12 acres on the Winder High way for 33 single-family houses and eight townhous- es, all for senior citizens. (The proposal has appar ently been modified to do away with the townhomes according to city paper work.) The council held a pub lic hearing last month on the proposal dining which a number of nearby resi dents voiced opposition. The issue was tabled at that time to come up again this month. The council will meet again next week on Dec. 18 and could take action at that time. ATHENS HWY. PROJECT In the second rezoning project, the council post poned until January action on a package of four pro posed rezonings and annex ations on Athens Hwy. at Carriage Ave. The current plan calls for 92 townho mes and 13 single family houses on around 20 acres. The proposal is an exten sion of an earlier city-ap proved project for 81 town- houses on 10 acres of the property. But several nearby neigh bors spoke in opposition to the project, citing over crowding schools and traf fic concerns. One person challenged the legal access to the site from a private road leading into an exist ing subdivision. The Jefferson City School System sent a letter in opposition to the plan due to its potential impact on student numbers. In speaking for the proj ect, Brent Bentley said the additional property would allow for some of the town- homes to have rear-entry for vehicles. Single family lots would face Athens St. under the proposal. Although no vote was taken, the council agreed to postpone action until Jan uary to allow time for the legal questions to be sorted out. OTHER BUSINESS In other business the council discussed: • a proposal to build addi tional parking in downtown Jefferson behind the old transmission shop on Syca more St. The old transmis sion building would have to be tom down to facilitate road alignment, officials said. • a proposal to mark pub lic streets in the new Syc amore Grove Townhouse Subdivision for no on-street parking so that garbage tracks and emergency vehi cles could have unblocked access. In related discus sion, the council reviewed the final plat for the subdi vision. • a rezoning proposal on Danielsville street to rezone 10 acres from multi-family to single-family housing for three lots. Photos by Cheyenne Tolleson Santa Phil Gurganus chatted and posed with the children present at Arcade City Hall on Dec. 9. See more photos from Arcade on page 5A. Santa, played by Bill Smith of American Legion, met with the children of Pendergrass. From his dec orated scene, he asked each child what they wanted for Christmas and posed for family photos. See more photos from Pendergrass on page 5A. BOE to buy land for new school sites The Jackson County Board of Education has agreed to purchase land on the west side of Jackson County for new schools. The BOE approved hav ing superintendent Philip Brown sign the documents for the property at its Dec. 11 meeting. Details of the property’s location, size and purchase price have not yet been released by the school system. School leaders said all due diligence for the prop erty had been completed and had received state de partment of education ap proval. The board also approved buying a smaller tract of 2 acres next to Heroes Ele mentary School to be used for expanding the school’s recreation area. Also Dec. 11, the board reelected Beau Hollett as chairman for 2024 and Lynn Wheeler as vice-chairman. In other action Monday night, the BOE approved purchasing seven new vehicles for the system’s “white fleet.” MAILING LABEL Jackson likely to move back into 9th Congressional District If a proposed state re districting map holds, Jackson County will move back into the 9th Congres sional District. Last week, the Georgia General Assembly met in a called session to rework state districts following a federal court order. It’s not clear yet if the new maps will meet federal approv al. Jackson has long bounced between the 9th and 10th districts, but has traditionally been root ed in the 9th District. In 2022, the county moved into the 10th District and is currently represented by Rep. Mike Collins. However, 9th District Congressman Rep. An drew Clyde lives in Jack- son County (representa tives don’t have to live in the districts they represent in Congress.) If Jackson moves back to the 9th, it will again be the southern most county in the district, which stretches to the state line with North Carolina and South Carolina. fcttw 9 mmmm m 000 Ob 0 We will be open Christmas Eve and Christmas Pay to serve you! 14 14 0