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authority to subdivide the
20-acre parcel, a move both
the city and the authority
objected to.
The Leeds deal was reject
ed, and the property went
back on the market.
Law said ADS has not
asked for any special consid
erations, but the company is
also interested in an adja
cent building owned by
CB&T.
Councilman Billy Jerles
moved to approve the sale,
with the authority’s agree
ment, provided the contract
included the reversionary
language, specified the use,
had a build-out timeframe,
included a job minimum and
allowed no subdivision of
the land.
The council unanimously
approved, and City Attorney
David Walker agreed to
work with Law on the con
tract.
As for a Montezuma busi
ness relocating to Perry,
Law specified that this
inquiry was initiated by the
company, which he says
wants to be closer to the
Atlanta market.
The authority did not go
out and try to recruit from
its neighbor city, he said.
“We do not operate that
way,” Law said.
According to an ADS press
release, growth is driving
the move of the Montezuma
plant to “a larger, more cen
trally located area in
Georgia.”
In other business, the
council:
• Appointed Jerles to the
Perry-Houston County
Airport Authority and reap
pointed Ralph Dorsett to the
same body, both to serve as
voting members. The coun
cil likewise approved Mayor
James Worrall’s reappoint
ment as an ex officio mem-
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concentrate development in
focus areas, and
• Ensure safe access by
vehicles and pedestrians to
destinations in the corridor.
A public hearing will be
held on the proposed ordi
nance in the near future
after which the council will
vote on the ordinance again
before it can become law.
In the meantime, the
council approved a resolu
tion which freezes any
development along the
Parkway extension for 120
days, or until the overlay
zone is adopted.
Ed Faircloth, a represen
tative of the developer of the
newly rezoned property,
assured the council that the
project would follow all of
the provisions of the pro
posed overlay zone.
“This is supposed to be
‘upscale retail.’ My question
is whether or not Wal-Mart
would be considered to be
‘upscale retail?’” asked
Councilman Dean Cowart.
“I assure you that it is
not,” Faircloth said.
The council also approved
the annexation of a 4.720-
acre site on Carl Vinson
Parkway. The lot is the site
of a motorcycle dealership.
The council also accepted
15 separate bids for every
thing from asphalt to animal
neutering. Among the pur-
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and the Department of
Corrections responded to
the area for assistance. The
two suspects were located at
137 Waterfront Way and
arrested.
According to reports,
Henry Lee Stubbs 111, 19,
137 Waterfront Way, Warner
Robins, was charged with
theft by receiving stolen
property (the vehicle), crim
inal attempt to commit
armed robbery and aggra
vated assault, both for the
Wal-Mart incident.
Mathis Lee Ward Jr., 17,
was charged with theft by
receiving stolen property
ber of the authority.
• Appointed Councilman
Riley Hunt to serve on the
Warner Robins Area
Transportation Study com
mittee. Worrall is chairing
the committee this year.
• Adopted an ordinance
requiring building numbers
be at least four inches tall
and placed within 50 feet of
the street.
• Awarded a $172,306 bid
to McDonough-based Macßa
Sewer and Pipeline Inc. to
extend the sewer lines along
Gurr Road.
• Declined a request for
funds from World Builders
to make improvements to
lower-income housing. The
volunteer group had pro
posed providing the labor if
the city provided the materi
als, but the council did not
think it appropriate to
spend tax money on private
property improvements, and
no grant funds were avail
able for this project.
• Authorized Fire Chief
Freddy Howell to apply for a
$300,000 Homeland
Security grant to purchase
an air and light vehicle.
• Approved an ordinance
transferring building
inspection authority from
the Georgia Fire Safety
Commissioners to the city.
Howell said the city can do
better work in-house than
currently provided by the
understaffed state authority.
The move also prepares the
city for a future when
growth reaches a point that
a local fire marshal will be
mandated by the state.
In its work session earlier
in the evening, the council
discussed, with members of
the Downtown Development
Authority, the future of the
city’s federal transportation
enhancement grant for
Courtney Hodges
Boulevard. The DDA’s origi
nal proposal - lighting and
chases were $3,816 for
sports trophies, $15,101.46
for filters, $45,540 for a two
ton truck cab and chassis
with a dump body for the
utility department, $80,267
for four trucks: three for the
utility department and one
for the Police Department,
$10,779.75 for paper sup
plies, and $5,890.98 for sta
tionery.
One of the bids approved
involved the. testing and
repair of water meters.
Cowart asked Mayor
Donald Walker about the
city instituting a system of
electronic meter reading.
Walker said that he had dis
cussed the issue with
department heads and said
it would be difficult to find a
reliable program that could
handle the reading of gas,
water, and sewer hieters. He
also said that of the
program would have to be
weighed against the savings
in personnel costs that
would result.
Councilman Matt Stone
said that he heard that the
city of Corpus Christi in
Texas had gone over to. a
citywide wireless network in
order to support just such a
system of electronic meter
reading.
Walker told the council in
response to a previous ques
tion concerning the lighting
(the vehicle), party to crimi
nal attempt to commit
armed robbery and party to
aggravated assault, both for
the Wal-Mart incident.
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improvements in the medi
an - was nixed by the
Georgia Department of
Transportation, which said
the proposal did not go far
enough to provide handi
capped access under the
Americans with Disabilities
Act or provide enough alter
native transportation
options.
A new proposal - to widen
the existing sidewalk along
the eastern edge of the road
- requires a traffic study,
which would cost the city
about $23,000. Some council
members - notably Joe
Kusar and Jerles - objected
to spending money on a
project that wasn’t what the
city wanted in the first
place.
Monday evening, Kim
Mullins, chair of the DDA
Design Committee, suggest
ed a new plan, one that the
designers believe would
require no traffic study and
could be a good foundation
for future improvements
along the route.
The group suggested
using most of the grant
money to build a pedestrian
bridge across Big Indian
Creek and the rest to make
curb cuts and other ADA
improvements.
Mullins said that proposal
ought to satisfy the DOT’s
requirements, and the proj
ect will help enhance an
area the DDA is already
working hard to improve,
through its Big Indian
Creek cleanup efforts, which
have the goal of ultimately
creating a recreational area.
The council concurred
with the suggestion and
encouraged the DDA to
work with Robert and
Company, the engineers who
have been assisting with the
various proposals, to quickly
get this new plan to the
DOT.
of the Russell Parkway
extension that he had dis
cussed the issue with Flint
Energies officials and was
told it would cost approxi
mately $900,000 to light the
entire extension.
City Attorney James
Elliott told the council that
he had been approached
about an issue resulting
from the construction of a
new Wal-Mart store on
Booth Road. He said that an
abandoned graveyard had
been discovered on the site
of the store’s proposed park
ing lot. No one had been
found to claim the grave
yard and the developers
were asking for guidance
about what to do.
Elliott said that after dis
cussing the issue with an
archaeologist he had two
possible solutions: cover the
graveyard with dirt and
pave it over or surround it
with a retaining wall and
leave it open to the air. The
problem with the second
solution was that, due to the
slope of the site, the ceme
tery would wind up being
sixteen feet below the sur
face level of the parking lot.
Horton suggested that it
would be safer to pave over
the cemetery but bring the
headstones to the surface
and place them behind a
retaining wall.
ing and anyone with infor
mation is asked to call Sgt.
Chris Rooks or Detective
Shane Mann of the Warner
Robins Police Department
at 929-6911.
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Pre-kindergarten students at Meadowdale Learning Center oi. Houston Lake Road
in Perry took part in a “Polar Express” coloring contest sponsored by the Galleria 10
Cinema at Galleria Mall in Centerville. The two winners of the contest received four
tickets each to Galleria 10 Cinema. Parker Agnew,
youth pastor at Perry Presbyterian Church, was the
official judge of the contest. Pictured are winners
Meet Patel, son of Bhavhaben and Aditya Patel, and
Caleb Beard, son of Larry and Kelly Beard. Also pic
tured are instructors Anne Agnew, Gail Authement
and contest judge Agnew.
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