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August 20, 2018
Established in 1972
Vol 46 Issue 34
Hwy. 17 corridor
Above: The Hwy. 17 /
Glynn Ave. corridor has
been the subject of several
studies looking for ways to
improve it. The latest was
deferred by the Brunswick
City Commission last week.
This photo, facing south,
was taken at the northern
boundary of the the study
area near the SPUR 25
intersection.
Bottom: Also facing south,
this photo shows Glynn
Ave. from the Hopkins Ave.
intersection.
Islander Staff Photos - Permar
7 ■ ■ i/ -A:
City Commission defers vote on Glynn Avenue
Design Framework
BOC reverses
IPC denial of
event venue
By Matthew J. Permar
Within the last several
months the Glynn County
Board of Commissioners
(BOC) amended their Zoning
Ordinance to include a section
to allow a property owner to
appeal the denial of a site plan
by one of the county’s plan
ning commissions.
Last Thursday night (Aug.
17) the BOC heard their first
site plan appeal and reversed
the Island Planning Commis
sion’s (IPC) July 17 denial of
the special event venue at
2610 Lawrence Road on St.
Simons Island.
The vote was 4 - 1 with
Commissioner Bob Coleman
(At Large #2) the lone no vote.
Commissioners Mike Brown
ing (Dist. 1) and Peter Mur
phy (Dist. 2) were absent.
Commission chairman Bill
Brunson (Dist. 4) first read
the rules for the site plan ap
peal process:
1. ) the hearing shall be con
fined to a review of the record
of the preceding before the
planning commission;
2. ) no new evidence will be
admitted or considered;
3. ) the Board (BOC) shall
review the record for error
based on procedural irregu
larity and / or error based on
the sufficiency or insufficiency
of the evidence to support the
findings and conclusions of the
planning commission that the
applicable criteria were not
met;
4. ) the BOC will hear from
the appellant and from staff of
the Community Development
Department, each of whom
will have up to 10 minutes to
address the BOC;
5. ) after hearing from the
appellant and from county
staff, the BOC may ask ques
tions of the individuals and
parties involved, as may be
necessary to assist in rending
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Site plan appeal
At their meeting last week
(Aug. 15) in anticipation of
voting on the ordinance that
would incorporate the Glynn
Avenue Design Framework
regulations, the Brunswick
City Commission heard anoth
er presentation of the design
plan from Denise Grabowski,
owner of Symbioscity, the Sa
vannah consulting firm hired
to create the Glynn Avenue
plan.
Symbioscity was hired in
November of 2015 to create
By Pamela Permar Shierling
the design plan for the High
way 17 corridor at a budget of
$76,100. All but $465 of that
contract has been paid by the
city.
Two people who own prop
erty fronting along Highway
17 included in the design plan
spoke to the commission dur
ing the public comment period
of the meeting last week.
Ron Adams, who along with
his brother Doug Adams, owns
the old paint factory property
on the east side of Highway
17, told the commission that
the plan was inconsistent.
Adams pointed out the fol
lowing inconsistencies:
• the four plus acres owned
by Glynn Iron and Metal, Inc.
along with five other proper
ties fronting on Lanier Blvd.
are included in the overlay.
All these properties are sepa
rated from Highway 17 by
Lanier Blvd. and marsh, Ad
ams pointed out.
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Glynn Ave.
JWSC approves
funding to get
sewer closer to
Ellis Point
By Pamela Permar
Shierling
During their Thursday,
August 16 meeting the Glynn-
Brunswick Joint Water and
Sewer Commission (JWSC)
approved capital funding
which will extend the system
and ultimately bring water
and sewer closer to Ellis Point
and Picket Landing subdivi
sions, and Island View, Live
Oak, Pine View and Altamaha
apartment complexes.
The JWSC will spend
$161,628 from the capital
improvement fund to extend
the system’s infrastructure in
conjunction with the exten
sions paid for by the Friendly
Express on the corner of High
way 341 and Highway 303.
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JWSC - Ellis Point
Jekyll Creek
dredging to start
end of October
By Pamela Permar
Shierling
The Savannah District,
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
has $4.6 million of federal
funding on hand to begin the
pilot project of dredging Jekyll
Creek by the end of October or
early November, according to
Russell Wicke, Chief, Corpo
rate Communications Office
Savannah District.
A pre-solicitation notice
was issued on August 7 for
the maintenance dredging of
Jekyll Creek and other areas
of the AIWW (Atlantic Intra
coastal Water Way). An invi
tation for bid is scheduled to
be issued later this month.
One half of the 150 foot
channel will be dredged to a
depth of 10 feet and a width
of 75 feet. Dredging will be
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Jekyll Creek
County-Wide News
- Read County-Wide
Page 2 -BOE tribunal policy to change
Page 6- Lord of Life honors graduates
Page 3 - SGHS adds second valet
Page 10 - Pew News
parking location
Page 11 - Sounds by the Sea
Page 4 - Letters to the Editor
Page 12 - Back Talk
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