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12-07-1981 Regular MeetingDecember 7, 1981 The regular scheduled meeting of Mayor and Council was held pursuant to the Charter on December 7, 1981, at Smyrna City Hall. The meeting was called to order by presiding officer Mayor Frank Johnson at 7:30 o'clock p.m. All Council members were present. Also present was City Attorney Charles Camp, City Clerk Willouise Spivey, Police Chief R. E. Little, Acting Fire Chief Hubert Cochran, Public Works Director Jim David, Parks and Recreation Director Bill Johnston, Civil Defense Director Jim Farley, Building Inspector Dan Steely and representatives of the press. Invocation was given by Max Bacon, followed by the pledge to the flag. Citizen Reports:, Sue Brissey of Havilon Way read a prepared letter to Mayor and Council concerning the recent adverse publicity involving the extension of Pasadena Boulevard by the City, County and State. Jim Tolleson said that council had worked very hard on the annexation of Post Properties, and no deals were made for the roadway. Jim read a letter dated May 4, 1979 from the Mayor and Council to John Williams of Post Properties outlining the City's intentions and plans for the area, should the property be annexed into the City. Lengthy discussion followed, and Max Johnson, a developer in the City and County said it escaped him why no one had ever told this Mayor and Council what a great job they were doing, and how much their efforts should be appreciated. Jay Wallace of Smyrna Jaycees requested permission to hold their annual Empty Stocking Fund roadblock on December 12th and 13th at the intersections of Cherokee at Atlanta Road and Hargrove at Spring. Mayor Johnson told Mr. Wallace to work his plans out with Chief Little. Plat Approval: Jack Shinall made a motion the final plat for Phase III of Falling Waters be approved. Jim Tolleson seconded the motion which carried 7-0. Bid Openings: (1) Bids for the repair of the roof on Fire Station #3 were opened, read and recorded as follows: Artcraft Construction Co. $1,620 Charles Curtis Dobbs $ 510 - 10 days completion T. C. Ledbetter $ 853 Jack Shinall made a motion the bids be turned over to the Fire Committee for review, with authority to award the bid. Elbert Coalson seconded the motion. Max Bacon amended the motion for the Fire Committee to review the bids and have a recommendation ready for full council at the next meeting. John Steely seconded the amendment. Vote on the amendment and main motion carried 7-0. (2) Bids for traffic signals were opened, read and recorded as follows: Bass Signal Corp. Rt. 4, Box 203A Eaton, Georgia 31024 (30 day completion) Over & Under Electrical Cont. P. 0. Box 91312 East Point, Georgia 30364 A&P Signal Co. 3560 Old Klondike Road Conyers, Georgia 30207 Jerry Mills made a motion the bids be recommendation back to full council at motion which carried 7-0. Material & Labor Labor Only $20,200 $ 9,200 $24,500 $13,250 $18,736.50 $ 91000 turned over to committee for review, with a the next meeting. Jim Hawkins seconded the (3) Bids for the installation of floodlights at Cobb Park were opened, read and recorded as follows: Lynn Lighting 1334 Jordan Road Powder Springs, Georgia. $2,450 L&L Lighting Maint. 3829 Herren Drive Smyrna, Georgia $3,775 f December 7, 1981 - Continued Brisco & Davis P. 0. Box 1342 Douglasville, Georgia $2,675 John Steely made a motion the bid be awarded to Lynn Lighting, the low bidder. Jim Tolleson seconded the motion which carried by a 7-0 vote. Certification of Election: Dusty Bennett, Superintendent of Elections, read the results of the November 17th run-off election, a copy to be made a part of these minutes. Jim Tolleson made a motion the results be accepted. Max Bacon seconded the motion which carried 7-0. Reapportionment: Jerry Mills made a motion the seven wards of the City be reappor- tioned. John Steely seconded the motion. Jim Tolleson amended the motion that Dusty Bennett be appointed to structure the reapportionment, to be completed by May 30, 1982. John Steely seconded the amendment. Vote on the amendment carried 7-0. Jack Shinall then made an amendment that a committee of three council members be appointed to -work with the reapportionment. Jerry Mills seconded the amendment. Attorney Camp said he did not think this would be necessary since council would be required to meet with the reapportionment committee at least once to get their input, and another meeting as to what the initial proposals might be before a final draft would be made. Also, the final approval of the reapportionment will ultimately be made by council. After further discussion, Jack Shinall withdrew his amendment. Vote on the main motion carried 7-0. Elbert Coalson made a motion the 1982 Georgia Municipal Association dues of $2,895.38 be approved for payment. Jack Shinall seconded the motion which carried by a 7-0 vote. Jim Tolleson made a motion bids be requested for a low -boy trailer to be opened at the next meeting. Jim Hawkins seconded the motion which carried by a 7-0 vote. This expenditure was previously approved in the Revenue Sharing budget. Jim Tolleson made a motion the minutes of November 2, 1981 be approved as submitted. Jim Hawkins seconded the motion which carried by a 7-0 vote. Jerry Mills made a motion the minutes of November 16, 1981 be approved as submitted. Max Bacon seconded the motion which carried 7-0. Jim Hawkins made a motion the minutes of November 30, 1981 be approved as submitted. Jack Shinall seconded the motion which carried 7-0. Mayor Johnson stated the November 30th meeting was a called meeting concerning his veto on the motion to deny a variance request by Tumo Construction Company at the November 16th meeting. At that meeting, council elected to approve the variance by a 6-0 vote. Jerry Mills was out of town and not present for the meeting. There were no commercial building permits to bring before council. �r Committee Reports: (Sanitation) Jim Tolleson said letters are being sent to citizens not bagging their leaves before putting them on the side of the street and asked everyone to not be offended by the letter. Jim Tolleson asked Chief Little if he had had time to review the proposed courtesy parking tickets. Chief Little said he would like to have more time to discuss it with the committee in detail. Jim said the tickets are aot intended as a warning, but rather to let citizens know they may be parking in a potentially dangerous place. Attorney Camp said he could not see anything on the proposed tickets that was inherently libelous. The only problem he could see was that the issuing officer may be called to testify as a witness in case of an accident if a particular vehicle was parked in what we considered to be a potentially dangerous location. Mr. Camp said this should be further discussed in committee and a decision made as to when and where these tickets would be issued. (Parks) John Steely read a letter from Bill Johnston, notifying council of his resignation as Parks and Recreation Director, effective December 18, 1981. John said Bill had done an outstanding job and would be missed. Max Bacon said he had enjoyed working with Bill and knew he would be an asset in his new job with Cobb County. Jim Tolleson said he also appreciated Bill's service to the City. John Steely reminded everyone of the Christmas Tree Lighting on December loth, beginning at 7:00 p.m. at the First Baptist Church and the tree lighting at 8:00 p.m. December 7, 1981 - Continued John Steely thanked council for approving the bid to install lights at Cobb Park, which are badly needed. John introduced his son Gary who was a member of the SAA 75 pound football team, and runner-ups in the Cobb County Superbowl. Mayor Johnson stated there was no secret meeting involving the extension of Pasadena Boulevard as stated in the newspaper. Council has never met with the full Cobb County Commission at any given time, and the articles made meetings held with Mr. Barrett appear completely out of the ordinary. In the latter part of 1979, Mayor Johnson said.he met with State Department of Transportation Commissioner Tom Moreland and at that time Mr. Moreland agreed that it would be an asset to the State, County and City road system to extend the road, and agreed to participate in the construc- tion. At a later meeting with Mr. Moreland, Earnest Barrett and Bob Sutton were present and at that time it was agreed by all three parties that it would be an asset to have the road cut through. That was pretty much the extent of any meetings and the only other problem after that was to get the construction set on a priority list so that work could.get underway. Some circumstances have come about that have confused the building of the road and when these are resolved, it is anticipated that Cobb County will re-engage itself into the construction of the roadway. With no further business, meeting adjourned at 8:40 p.m. ************************ December 21, 1981 The regular scheduled meeting of Mayor and Council was held pursuant to the Charter on December 21, 1981 at Smyrna City Hall. The meeting was called to order at 7:30 o'clock p.m. by presiding officer Mayor Frank Johnson. All Council members were present. Also present was City Attorney Charles -Camp, City Clerk Willouise Spivey, Police Chief R. E. Little, Acting Fire Chief Hubert Cochran, Public Works Director Jim David, Assistant Parks and Recreation Director Sherry Reavis and representatives of the press. Invocation was given by Elbert Coalson, followed by the pledge to the flag. Annexation: Warren Grant Wilbanks, Adelia Wilbanks Eubank and James Virgil Wilbanks requested annexation of property located on Spring Road in Land Lot 631. The appli- cation was read as follows: We the undersigned, who constitute sixty percent (60%) of the owners of the land area by acreage of the area described below, which is unincorporated and contiguous to the City of Smyrna, hereby apply to have said area annexed into the City of Smyrna under the provisions of the Code of Georgia Annotated, Sections 69-904 through 69-912 (Georgia Laws, Acts 1966, Pages 409, 410, 411, 412, 413; 1971, 399; 1976, Page5.1011, 1012; said property to be annexed being described as follows, to wit: All that tract or parcel of land lying and being in Land Lot 631 of the 17th District, 2nd Section, Cobb County, Georgia, and being.a part of original Lots 14 & 15, East Smyrna Subdivision as per plat of said lots by 0. P. Guillebeau, Jr., Surveyor, dated February 6, 1970 and being more particularly described as follows: TO FIND THE POINT OF BEGINNING, begin at an iron pin on the northerly right of way of Corn Road located 150.99 feet easterly as measured along the westerly right of way of Corn Road from its intersection with the easterly right of way of Emory Drive; thence north 2 degrees 8 minutes east a distance of 424.65 feet to an iron pin on the southerly line of property now or formerly owned by Ted G. Jones & J. W. Holloway; thence north 88 degrees 3 minutes west a distance of 150.18 feet to an iron pin on the easterly right of way of Emory Road; thence north 3 degrees 26 minutes west along the easterly right of way of Emory Road (or Drive) a distance of 173.05 feet to an iron pin on the POINT OF BEGINNING: running thence hortherly along the easterly right of way of Emory Drive and following the curvature thereof a distance of 301.8 feet to an iron pin; thence easterly at an interior angle of 87 degrees with the proceeding call a distance of 90 feet to an iron pin; thence northerly at an exterior angle with the preceeding call of 270 degrees 05 minutes a distance of 68 feet to an iron pin on the'southeasterly right of way of New Spring Road (formerly Love Street);