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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18, 2008
THE BANKS COUNTY NEWS
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Scout seeks approval to build pavilion
Council decides fate of store sign
STREETSCAPE PROGRESS
DDA chair Janice Tennent spoke to the Homer City Council dur
ing last week's meeting about the progress that has been made
on the downtown streetscape.
BY JUSTIN POOLE
A storefront sign was the cause
of discussion during the Homer
City Council meeting last week.
The sign in question is for S &
J Food Mart, formerly Rob’s
Supermarket.
The council voted to allow S & J
Food Mart to use the sign.
“Anyone who wants to put up
a sign needs to get a copy of the
sign ordinance,” city attorney Gary
Freeman said. “[For a sign] not to
be gaudy is the biggest thing with
all of these regulations together.”
Discussion among the council
members was over if the sign that
read Rob’s Supermarket was the
original sign and whether or not
allowing the sign for S & J Food
Mart to use the previous sign with
block lettering would be in line
with current ordinances.
ACTION ITEMS
The city council also took the
following action:
•approved the resolution of
the Community Assessment
Participation Program of the
Comprehensive Plan.
•approved the reappointment
of members on different boards
including: Danny Mason and
James Dumas for three-year terms
on the planning commission; Jason
Bond and Faye Reynolds for four-
year terms for code enforcement;
Martha Crane to a three-year term
for the library; and Jerry Payne to
a one-year term on the Georgia
Mountain RDC.
•heard updates from the DDA
chairman Janice Tennent about
ongoing projects in downtown
Homer.
•heard updates concerning the
ordering of speed limit signs and
the construction at the fire depart
ment.
•heard clarification from Freeman
on the rules about annexation.
•heard an update about street
cleanups.
•discussed the history of Tiny
Town and its historical signifi
cance.
BY SHARON HOGAN
Boy Scout Blake Dalton came
before the Baldwin City Council at
the monthly work session meeting on
June 5 asking permission to construct
a pavilion at the city’s roadside park
on Hwy. 441.
Dalton asked the council’s permis
sion to construct the pavilion to earn
his Eagle Scout award.
“I have lived in Baldwin all my life
and I want to give something back to
Baldwin,” he said.
Dalton is the son of Brent Dalton
and he has been involved in Scouts
since the age of six.
B. Dalton said the structure will be
a 20 by 20 pavilion with tables under
neath. Dalton has to raise the funds to
pay for the project and would like to
get started as soon as possible.
Council member Jeff Murray said
he has talked with B. Dalton and the
city street department crew will be
able to help prepare the site for the
pavilion.
Council members agreed to have
Murray and council member Beverly
Holcomb work with Dalton on this
project.
The council said they would draft a
letter on behalf of the city confirming
that Dalton came before them seek
ing permission to locate this pavilion
at the roadside park.
OTHER BUSINESS
At the work session meeting on
June 5:
•acting Mayor Ray Holcomb said
the City of Baldwin received a plaque
from Little Lakes Soccer Club thank
ing them for the use of the soccer
fields in the city.
•Holcomb announced a joint meet
ing with the City of Cornelia to dis
cuss downtown development and the
Level Grove corridor. The meeting
will be held at 6 p.m. on Monday, June
30, in the courtroom at the Baldwin
Police Department. Holcomb said
engineers and designers from the
Department of Community Affairs
will be on hand to explain the project
and go over ideas.
•Holcomb said the city experi
enced a computer malfunction on its
water bills and the same bills as last
month were printed a second time
and mailed out. New bills have been
printed and mailed out and the dead
lines have been extended. The dead
line to pay is the 20th of the month
and the cutoff date is the 25th.
•Carter Stewart asked for the city’s
help with moving a waterline along
Hwy. 441. Stewart said he is plan
ning to build a new pottery place on
Hwy. 441 next door to North Georgia
Accounting and Tax Service. Murray
said the two-inch water line is about
2 V feet deep on top of the hill.
The line supplies around 45 houses,
Murray said.
•Stewart also said he talked with
former mayor Mark Reed and coun
cil member Robert Bohannon about
possibly leasing the spot where the
Beef Baron sign is located. Stewart
said he would really like to buy
this piece of property. Stewart asked,
“What would the city want as a lease
amount for a concrete pottery busi
ness to locate on this site?” Holcomb
said, “We can take a look to see how
much land is there and see what
we can do and let Robert contact
Stewart.”
•Dorinda Marshall, representing
the homeowners in Chandler Run
Subdivision, asked that the city take
over the streets in the subdivision.
Marshall said, “I am new at this and
I would like to know what needs to
be done to turn the streets in the sub
division over to the city.” Holcomb
said they would need to wait one year
after build-out in the subdivision and
come back before the council. The
roads will need to be inspected by the
city at this time.
•the council discussed the annexa
tion of several pieces of property
that are currently islands that have
not been annexed into the city. City
Attorney David Syfan said he would
check on the process for annexing an
island and get back to the council.
The owners of one piece of property
agreed to annex when property was
contiguous to them. Syfan suggested
that someone from the city talk with
them on this and ask them to come in
voluntarily.
One piece of property in question
should have been annexed when the
property owners applied for water
service and it was not. Holcomb
said, “They were given water service
without annexing them into the city.”
Syfan said on this piece the city
should contact them and let them
know that they are bound by the city
to have them annexed.
Planning Commission gives nod
to Lula-based trucking company
BY CHRIS BRIDGES
The Banks County Planning
Commisison issued a green light to
a request for a conditional use permit
for a trucking business in Lula during
a called meeting Tuesday night.
While one commission member
had concerns about the width of the
road leading into one entrance of the
location, the request was approved
unanimously by the members who
were at the meeting.
Larry Jackson and Bennie Jackson
will operate Anjan Hauling at 1806
Moccasin Gap Road in Lula on
approximately three acres of land.
They have already done extensive
clean-up to the area and repairs to the
building on the site. Planning com
mission member Sammy Reece said
the property already looked “1,000
percent better.”
The company contracts work for
the state to build roads and will oper
ate away from the area most of the
time. In fact, the company is set to
begin an 18-month job in Brunswick
soon.
Planning commissioner Keith
Segars expressed concern about the
narrow width of Moccasin Gap Road
if two of the company’s dump trucks
met going opposite directions but he
also voted to approve the conditional
use permit.
The Banks County Board of
Commmissioners will have final say
on the matter next Tuesday during a
3:30 p.m. meeting.
Also at Tuesday’s meeting, the
Planning Commission voted down
a request from Bob Blackwell for a
variance for a lot size reduction on
property he owns in Homer.
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