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04-02-2001 Regular MeetingApril 2, 2001 The regular scheduled meeting of Mayor and Council was held at Smyrna City Hall. The meeting was called to order by presiding officer Mayor A. Max Bacon at 7:30 o'clock p.m. All council members were present. Also present was Chris Corey, Human Resources Director, sitting in for City Administrator Howard Smith, Leah Bronson, Executive Assistant, sitting in for City Clerk Candis Joiner, City Attorney Scott Cochran and representatives of the press. Invocation was given by Reverend Dan McGill of Fellowship Baptist Church; followed by the pledge to the flag. CITIZENS INPUT: Mayor Bacon asked Scott Cochran, the City Attorney, to make a few quick comments regarding the discussion at the last council meeting about some sewer back ups in some residents homes. Mr. Cochran stated he had some information but unfortunately it is not as much information as he wished that he had. Mr. Cochran stated the City had two citizens that were here at the last meeting who complained of sewage back up problems in their homes. Mr. Cochran stated that sometimes, as is the case, the residents were both getting the run around from the insurance companies involved, which represent the City. Mr. Cochran stated that since the last meeting both Mr. Corey and he have spoken with representatives of both insurance companies and have tried to put some pressure on the insurance companies with some success. Mr. Cochran stated that Ms. Cundy is here today and they were able to talk for a few minutes before the meeting started and she, unfortunately, is not to the point where there is a settlement by any stretch. Mr. Cochran stated that Mr. Corey and he are trying to press the insurance company as best they can, but as is his understanding the insurance company has agreed to pay for some of the temporary stay, since Ms. Cundy can't live in her house. Also, Mr. Cochran stated the insurance company agreed to start the clean up project. Mr. Cochran stated it is not nearly what it should be or what it will be by the time this is done but that is the point where they are now. Mr. Cochran stated the City never wants to be in a situation to sue your own insurance company but that kind of thing does happen. Mr. Cochran stated the insurance company said they are going to resolve the problem; it is not resolved yet but will be soon. Mr. Cochran stated it was his understanding that the other kind lady who was here at the last meeting is in the hospital. Mr. Cochran stated he had not talked with her but hopefully he will be able to get her problem resolved too. Mr. Cochran stated that the long and short of it is that some progress is being made. Mayor Bacon asked Mr. Cochran regarding cases where there is a sewer back up, does the insurance company tell us to just back off and they will take care of it? Mr.. Cochran stated the City's insurance carrier would tell the City that if we do certain things that we would actually negate the coverage. Mr. Cochran stated the insurance carrier would say that if we interfere too much with that, that it would violate the contract we have with the insurance company. Mr. Cochran stated the insurance policy is nothing more than a contract and we have conditions on the contract and if the City breaches those conditions as the insured, then the insurance company can come back and say they are not going to cover it. Mr. Cochran stated the City is trying to walk a tight line, on the one hand trying to understand the obligation to help citizens and trying to do that the best we can, and on the other had the City doesn't want the insurance company to come back and say the city messed up in such a way that they are not going to cover it. Mr. Cochran stated at the same time the City pays insurance premiums for this kind of thing and the idea that the insurance company would just accept our premiums but when one of our citizens needs some kind of pay out they will look the other way is really just not anything that the City can tolerate. Mr. Cochran stated the insurance company tries to act like they can completely run the show and to an extent they do if an insurance company hires their own lawyers to defend them and to defend the claim and they hire their own adjusters and all those people make decisions and we can put pressure on them and tell them what we want them to do but ultimately it is their decision. Mr. Cochran stated you would think from a customer satisfaction viewpoint, the insurance company would want to listen to their client. Ms. Rose Cundy stated she appreciated all of the information that the CCiiy is giving out to the community about this situation. Ms. Cundy stated, however, she would like to have this resolved as soon as possible. Ms. Cundy stated.it-has been 18 months this -'month. Ms. Cundy stated she is in a residence inn again and will have to. be there for another month or longer because its going to take a month before she can get into her home after any testing, reconstruction, or anything like that can be started. Ms. Cundy, again, appreciated all the information and how the Council has brought this up again. Ms. Cundy stated she had another concern regarding the turn lanes on Spring Road at the intersection of Carolyn and Campbell. Ms. Cundy stated the left turning lane going North and South are very dangerous because you cannot see oncoming traffic when you have another vehicle in the turn lane facing you and she feels that the motorist was not taken into account when it was designed. Ms. Cundy stated she just saw an accident there yesterday and she felt as if they would haveCmoved the lane at least a foot on both sides to the left then the motorists April 2, 2001 2 can see the oncoming traffic in the two lanes going straight. Ms. Cundy stated this has been a very serious hazard ever since they put it in and it is a concern being that it is her crossroad and she had to do a lot of turning at that point. Mayor Bacon stated unfortunately none of the department heads are here tonight but Chris Miller, the new Community Development Director, will be asked to take a look at that and come back at our next meeting with a recommendation. Ms. Cundy asked that if Mr. Miller would go at rush hour and sit in that lane and try to cross then he would see the danger that is there on both sides. Councilman Newcomb stated the problem that Ms. Cundy has indicated is true. Councilman Newcomb stated that in fact all the intersections up and down Spring, that if your sitting there and trying to look to see if you can go ahead and are clear to make a left turn, especially if it's a bigger vehicle, you just can not see around it to see if its safe to make a left turn. Councilman Newcomb hoped that the folks would look at all those intersections and see if there is a solution. Mr. Richard Gallagher stated he lived in the King Valley at Vinings Subdivision and that he called Councilman Wood today about this issue. Mr. Gallagher stated the entrance of King Valley from King Valley Drive up to Kenway Circle in front of lots 7, 8, 86, 87, 88, from the site plan that is on file, is the only entrance into a 200 plus home subdivision. Mr. Gallagher stated the people who are doing the construction, Traiton Corporation, are building homes on those lots at the entrance of King Valley subdivision. Mr. Gallagher stated the construction people are blocking the roads there continuously, and he has had the Fire Marshall out there to see this and the Smyrna Police have come out and ticketed people, but they continuously still go out and park there. Mr. Gallagher stated he has called Mr. Miller's office for Community Development and has asked that for now the City take into consideration the possibility of pulling their construction permit until they get their contractors under control.. Mr. Gallagher stated that Traiton's contractors, apparently this is not Traiton, which are pulling up and blocking the access for fire or emergency vehicles, even school buses. Mr. Gallagher stated this has been going on continuously, and apparently when the plan was accepted by the City and the County there was two entrances into the subdivision and now there is only one, the other one was taken out. Mr. Gallagher stated what he is asking from the City Council now is to have the 500 feet designated from Kenway Drive to King Valley Drive on Queensgate Drive designated as a fire lane. Mayor Bacon asked if this is where you go in off King Valley? Mr. Gallagher stated entering off of King Valley Drive that is Queensgate Drive up to the intersection of Kenway and Queensgate Drive where it comes back around and intersects to it. Mayor Bacon asked even if there was another egress and ingress, wouldn't you still have a problem? Mr. Gallagher stated it wouldn't be as bad because you could still get emergency vehicles into the subdivision, but right now, there have been dozens of time where you could not just get emergency vehicles in and out but also the vehicles of the people that live there. Mayor Bacon asked if they have the whole road blocked? Mr. Gallagher stated the whole road gets blocked continuously. Mayor Bacon asked how many houses are being built there? Mr. Gallagher stated currently two of the homes have been completed, lots 7, 8, and lot 86 on the corner is also completed and there are now residents in them. Mr. Gallagher also stated there are two more and they are saying they will get out of there in a month but regardless even down the road if people are parking at this entrance it would be like parking in the only entrance to an apartment complex and there are 200 single family structures that you can not get emergency vehicles to. Mayor Bacon asked if the Police have been in there and have issued tickets? Mr. Gallagher stated yes, the Smyrna Police were there issuing tickets to some of the construction people that were parked. Councilman Wood stated he spoke to Mr. Gallagher today and also spoke to Deputy Chief Mike Brown and told him to continue to enforce that out there and the City would look into what Mr. Gallagher has asked the Council to do about the no parking along there up to Kenway. Mr. Gallagher stated it needs to be designated as a fire lane because of the number of structures that are back in there and being that the only entrance into the subdivision. Mayor Bacon asked if putting temporary "No Parking" signs would help? Mr. Gallagher stated they actually go there and take them down or run over them and park on top of them. Mayor Bacon asked if the City has already put "No Parking" signs up there? Mr. Gallagher stated he didn't believe it was the City but that it was the developer who put them up and the contractors ran over them. Mayor Bacon stated he didn't know if Councilman Wood has had contact with Traiton homes or not. Mr. Wood stated not lately on this since he just talked with him today about it but would have our City Engineer out there tomorrow and would also have Mr. Miller out there to -see what can be done and will continue to have the police out there. Councilman Wood stated he thought Mr. Gallagher had spoken with Larry Williams, the Fire Chief and Emergency Management Director. Councilman Wood stated it is a problem and understands that there have been some problems along King Valley Road with the homes that they are building and it has been dealt with. Mr. Gallagher stated that the way it was handled is that a Cobb County Police Officer was hired by Traiton to stay there to make sure that the road did not get blocked. Mr. Gallagher stated he has had to ask him to come down and tell these people to open up the road and he would, at that point, and said he would go and notify the developer again and that's the problem. Councilman Wood stated he knows they are building new homes there right as you turn in off of King Valley and two or three of them are under construction right now. Councilman Wood stated he would talk with the police again tomorrow April 2, 2001 3 and will have the City Engineer out there to look at the sign situation. Mr. Gallagher stated that would resolve the problem even in the future with that being the only entrance into that subdivision and should be designated as afire lane to allow the' fire engines to get in and out of the subdivision. Mayor Bacon thanked Mr. Gallagher. Joshua Smith stated he and his wife lives in Smyrna at 570 Plaza Drive and that he has recently opened up his own law practice in the Village Pavilion. Mr. Smith stated he wanted to let everyone know in the City that he is open for business. Mayor Bacon thanked Mr. Smith for letting everyone know about his new business across from City Hall. Councilman Wood asked Mayor Bacon before Council got away from the situation at King Valley at Vinings, so that Council could go ahead and act, Councilman Wood asked Council to suspend the rules and authorize the Public Works Department or the appropriate department to install temporary signs or fire lane signs or whatever is necessary to deal with the problem at King Valley at Vinings. Councilman Wood made a motion to suspend the rules. Councilman Cramer seconded the motion. Motion was approved 6-0. Councilman Wood made a motion to instruct the City Engineer or Public Works Director to go to King Valley subdivision and erect appropriate signs inside the entry way off of King Valley Drive to King Valley at Vinings subdivision to control the illegal parking. Councilman Wood stated the intent is that they may want to put something in addition to "No Parking" signs but whatever is appropriate signage as determined by the City Engineer. Councilman Cramer seconded the motion. Motion was approved 6-0. PUBLIC HEARINGS: (A) Rezoning Request — 1.53 acres — Bates Road and Argo Drive — From R-15 to R-12 Conditional. Mr. Corey stated that Cobb Habitat is proposing to rezone a 1.53 acre tract of land in Land Lot 664 from R-15 to R-12 Conditional. The development proposal provides for the construction of six single-family residences. The proposed rezoning will also require a land use change from Low Density Residential to Medium Density Residential. The parcel is located on the southeast side of Bates Road near the intersection of Bates Road and Argo Drive. Mayor Bacon stated that this is a public hearing and asked for public comment. There was none. Councilman Scoggins acknowledged the applicant, Mr. Dean Byers, and stated that looking at the plan the houses were to be from 1200 to 1400 square feet. Mr. Byers stated that is correct. Councilman Scoggins asked if there is supposed to be six homes? Mr. Byers stated yes. Councilman Scoggins asked for Council's knowledge, at this point about how many of those homes have you built over there?. Mr. Byers stated 18 homes have been built on this street. Councilman Scoggins stated that.this would bring the total to 24. Mr. Byers stated that is correct. Councilman Scoggins stated that it was his understanding there were going to be more homes built. Mr. Byers stated yes. Councilman Scoggins congratulated Mr. Byers and stated that those homes look good. Councilman Scoggins made a motion to approve the rezoning request from R-15 to R-12 Conditional and Councilman Lnenicka seconded the motion. Motion was approved 6-0. (B) Land Use Change Request — 1.53 acres — Bates Road and Argo Drive — From Low Density Residential to Medium Density Residential. Mayor Bacon stated that this is a public hearing and asked.for public comment. There was none. Councilman Scoggins made a motion to approve the land use change request from Low Density Residential to Medium Density Residential and Councilman Wood seconded the motion. Motion was approved.6-0... (C) Rezoning Request — 2.65 acres —Smyrna Hill Drive — From Neighborhood Shopping to Light Industrial. Mr. Corey stated William. L. Wills is proposing to rezone a 2.65-acre tract of land in Land Lot 381 from Neighborhood Shopping to Light Industrial. The parcel is located on the North side of Smyrna Hill Drive between Sherwood Drive and Radcliff Road. The proposed rezoning will also require a land use change from Community Activity Center to Industrial Compatible. Mayor Bacon stated that this is a public hearing and asked for public comment. There was none. April 2, 2001 4 Councilman Hawkins asked Mr. Garvis Sams to give the Council an overview of what his client plans for this property. Mr. Sams stated he represents Mr. Larry Wills and this is an application that appeared before the City's planning commission last month and was unanimously recommended for approval both with respect to the rezoning and the land use change. Mr. Sams stated the property at issue is a 2.65- acre tract located on the North side of Smyrna Hill Drive just east of Howard's Restaurant parking lot. Mr. Sams stated it is within the CAC and the applicant is seeking industrial compatible. Mr. Sams stated this area is a mixed bag of zonings that are from Heavy Commercial to Industrial to Recycling Plant. Mr. Sams stated the applicant proposes a rezoning of the property from Neighborhood Shopping to Light Industrial for purposes of an office warehouse about 22,000 square feet of buildings, including the applicant's residential construction company, which is Circle W Construction. Mr. Sams stated a good dialogue has been established with city staff and the planning commission. Mr. Sams stated there are a number of stipulations and conditions that are embodied in a letter that he sent to Mr. Miller dated March 14, 2001. Mr. Sams stated the applicant is asking that the property be rezoned subject to those stipulations and conditions. Councilman Hawkins asked if Mr. Sams was referring to the eleven stipulations the Zoning Board added. Mr. Sams stated they have been refined in the letter dated March 14, 2001 and that each council member was sent a copy. Councilman Hawkins asked Mr. Sams to read those stipulations into the record. Mr. Sams stated that the Light Industrial classification is an extremely broad classification in the ordinance so the applicant wanted to make certain that council and staff was comfortable with the Light Industrial. Mr. Sams stated that what was agreed to is a rezoning of this from Neighborhood Shopping to Light Industrial for office warehouse utilization only and are deleting any use that is injurious, noxious, or hazardous and specifically deleting automobile and truck sales and leasing establishments, automobile service stations, dry cleaning plants, mobile home and travel trailer sales, tire retreading and recapping plants, truck terminals, and archery and gun ranges. Mr. Sams stated the architectural style would be consistent with those architectural photographs that were shown to the Planning Commission. Mr. Sams stated the Planning Commission had stipulated or suggested in their motion that the architectural style be split -face block on four sides, the applicants is asking for split fact block on 3 sides with conventional block to the rear where the warehouse and storage area would be. Mr. Sams stated he erroneously, as his clients informed him afterward, had talked in his presentation about pitched style architectural roofs but actually the roofs will not be of pitched residential style. Mr. Sams stated the rest of the stipulations conform to what the city staff suggested but the Planning Commission wanted to make sure outside storage was located to the rear so there is a special stipulation that the outside storage shall be limited to those buildings located toward the rear property, line and any outside storage shall be totally screened from view either by retaining walls and/or a combination of fencing/landscaping. Mr. Sams stated this would include not only the screening in respect to those properties contiguous, but also that it be screened from view totally from any right-of-way and street areas that is adjacent to the property. Mr. Sams stated these are the stipulations and only three differ from the planning commission motion. Councilman Hawkins stated that stipulation 11 that the Zoning Board added states that City staff will review, any potential outside storage uses during the review of the business license for each tenant. Is that still a stipulation? Mr. Sams stated that it was fine with the applicant and believed the reason the Board put that in was before it had been restricted to a one use only under Light Industrial and then specifically omitting those otherwise permitted uses. Councilman Hawkins asked if stipulation 10 would be complied with the tree preservation requirements and tree ordinances although the applicant has to whether or not it is a stipulation. Mr. Sams stated yes and one of the stipulations that was submitted not only complies with that but also to maintain stream buffers. Councilman Hawkins asked if there were still plans to screen trash and refuse areas? Mr. Sams stated yes. Councilman Hawkins stated there is a changed in stipulation 4 and asked if the building will have a residential roof pitch or what? Mr. Sams stated this shouldn't have been part of his presentation to the Planning Commission but meant for the architectural style to be consistent with the photos showing an office warehouse park on White Circle in Marietta. Mr. Sams handed Councilman Hawkins the photos. Mr. Sams stated this would be what the roof will look like and what the architectural composition will be as far as the split face block. Councilman Hawkins stated it was his understanding there will be four buildings consisting of 22,000 square feet. Mr. Sams stated yes and the exact square footage is 22,200. Councilman Hawkins stated the biggest discussion at the Planning and Zoning Board that night was the outside storage. Councilman Hawkins read, from the Planning and Zoning Board Minutes, stipulation .1 _i, April 2, 2001 5 6 that stated outside storage is permitted only if incidental to primary use, stipulation 7 stated that outside storage areas are to be located adjacent to rear property line setback 10 feet from the rear property line and 30 feet from the rear of the buildings, stipulation 8 stated outside storage areas are to be screened from view with a masonry wall and vegetation: No storage is permitted to be visible from adjacent properties. Mr. Sams stated these stipulations have also been agreed upon. Councilman Lnenicka asked Mr. Sams regarding the proposed change in stipulation 2 to have split face block only on three sides and at looking at the drawing for each of these buildings all the sides will be visible within the project, so which side would not be in the split face block but in the conventional block, and why wouldn't that be unattractive, and why wouldn't the council go with the four sides as approved by the Planning and Zoning Board? Mr. Sams stated that what his client intended was for the architectural style to be analogous if not identical to what was shown to the Board at the White Circle buildings, which shows the service areas that use the warehouse component to the rear just seemed appropriate from the perspective of the client both architecturally and aesthetically to have conventional block on that side. Councilman Hawkins asked if the conventional block would be visible from Concord Road? Mr. Sams stated that there are two separate properties that front Concord Road that are separate from this project, so you won't be able to see it at all. Councilman Hawkins stated this is not uncommon in warehouses since the back is considered the service entrance where the trucks and loading docks are. Councilman Hawkins motioned the rezoning request for the 2.65 acres on Smyrna Hill Drive be changed from Neighborhood Shopping to Light Industrial but to include the stipulations that were listed.by the Planning and Zoning Board accept the changes to stipulation 2, the deletion of stipulation 4, and the inclusion of the additional stipulations Mr. Sams read into the record. Councilman Cramer seconded the motion. Motion was approved 6-0. (D) Land Use Change Request - 2.65 acres — Smyrna Hill Drive — From Community Activity Center to Industrial Compatible. Mayor Bacon stated that this is a public hearing and asked for public comment. There was none. Councilman Hawkins made a motion to change the land use request for the 2.65 acres on Smyrna Hill Drive to be changed from Community Activity Center to Industrial Compatible... Councilman Wood asked if that includes what Mr. Sams stated about the limitations. Councilman Hawkins stated for this particular rezoning the applicant put some restrictions on that would only apply to that zoning so if it changed ownership the zoning would still be in place, but this motion is only to change the land use. Councilman Scoggins seconded the motion. Motion approved 6-0. (E) Variance Request — Cumberland Community Church — Reduce required buffer from 50' to 25' Mr. Corey stated the Cumberland Community Church located at 3110 Sports Avenue has requested a variance to reduce the required buffer along the eastern property boundary and that this buffer is required because the adjacent property is zoned R-15. Mayor Bacon stated that this is a public hearing and asked for public comment. There was no opposition. Mr. Andrew Halloran stated he was with CDH Partners, an architect and engineer company for Cumberland Community Church.._ Mayor Bacon asked Councilman Newcomb to handle this issue since there is no councilperson for that district since -Ms. Capilouto resigned effective March 31, 2001. Councilman Newcomb asked Mr. Halloran to describe to Council the variance the applicant is requesting along the eastern line and the reason for it. Mr. Halloran stated the church is zoned General Commercial along with the other parcels along Sports Avenue. He stated on the eastern property line is the Colonial Pipeline but it is zoned residential so the property per city ordinance requires a 50-foot buffer along any residential property. Mr. Halloran stated that on previous engineering plans, no one looked at this in depth and just assumed since it is a Pipeline it was not zoned residential, in doing research for a new parking lot it was discovered. Mr. Halloran stated the church is asking for a variance to reduce it 50% from what it is originally called for in the Code but still provide some buffering along the Colonial Pipeline April 2, 2001 n property and it would still enable the church to build 13 viable parking spaces along that area to serve the community. Mr. Halloran stated there has been a discussion with Colonial Pipeline and they didn't have any objection to what is proposed. Councilman Newcomb stated it needed to be made clear that this is the eastern portion of the property that does buffer the Colonial Pipeline Property and that even thought it is zoned residential, which will be looked into, that it is in fact not residential and never has any prospect of being residential because it is the Colonial Pipeline. Councilman Newcomb pointed out that the buffer on the west side is less than 50 feet and believed, in the past, council had reduced that setback. Councilman Newcomb stated that the point of hardship is not so much the parking spaces because they do have the required number but would like to go beyond the minimum required because of the future increases that the applicant plans for the building but a more telling hardship is that ordinarily it wouldn't require a 50 feet buffer along the Pipeline. Councilman Newcomb made a motion to approve the variance request of 3110 Sports Avenue to reduce the required buffer from 50 feet to 25 feet with the understanding that of that 25 feet, 15 feet will be replanted and 10 feet be left natural against the property line. Councilman Hawkins seconded the motion. Motion was approved 6- 0. FORMAL BUSINESS: (A) Budget Adjustment Request Councilman Hawkins stated that due to the number of complaints about the poor quality of the picture and sound of the council meetings, the city hired a consultant and purchased new equipment and improvement has been apparent in both picture and sound. Councilman Hawkins noted, however, this was not a budgeted item and the cost is $42,12.6.90 so the Finance and Administration committee is asking Council to move these funds from contingency to cover these expenses. Councilman Hawkins motioned to approve the budget adjustment. Councilman Newcomb seconded the motion. Motion approved 6-0. (B) Authorize Mayor to execute agreement with Welker and Associates to provide engineering services for Village Market. Mr. Corey stated the proposal submitted by Welker and Associates would provide the surveying, site development and utility relocation plan for the Smyrna Village Market Project and this engineering proposal is for the development of commercial, office, and residential. uses along the old West Spring Street right-of=way. Mayor Bacon stated he hoped citizens had notice the grading out front has been completed and is ready for construction. Councilman Hawkins stated the City is at the point in development for the engineering services. Councilman Hawkins stated this is a budgeted item and the Finance and Administration committee recommends the City use Welker and Associates, who is on retainer as engineering consultants for the City, with the submitted proposal cost of $33,000. Councilman Hawkins motioned to authorize the Mayor to execute the agreement with Welker and Associates to provide engineering services for the Village Market. Councilman Newcomb seconded the motion. Motion was approved 6-0. COMMERCIAL BUILDING PERMITS: There were none. RTT) AWART)S- (A) Bid Award — Purchase Thermal Imaging Camera for Fire Department Councilman Lnenicka stated the Fire Department has asked to purchase a Thermal Imaging Camera, which would help during hazardous materials situations and also in firefighting to locate personnel within buildings. Councilman Lnenicka stated the Thermal Imaging Camera is very similar to the equipment the public saw on television during the Gulf War and allows persons to see through buildings, night, smoke, and pick up thermal images of people which could measurably allow our firefighters to get to them and get them out of buildings where their safety is hazardous. Councilman Lnenicka stated bids were requested and the lowest responsive bidder is Axis Fire Equipment with a bid of $14,391 and delivery within 21 days. � IG Y(z+ •l�A� o ,�q � r� � � a .z_ ....i },�J•.�.. fit, a an:l April 2, 2001 7 Councilman Lnenicka motioned to approve the bid award to Axis Fire Equipment. Councilman Cramer seconded the motion. Motion was approved 6-0. (B) Bid Award — Asphalt Contracting- Public Works Department Councilman Scoggins stated this contract would resurface Powder Springs Street, Church Street, Wynridge Drive, Lexington Trace, and miscellaneous patching. Councilman Scoggins motioned to award bid to the low bidder,_Bankhead Contracting.. Councilman Hawkins seconded the motion. Motion was approved 6-0. CONSENT AGENDA: (A) Approval of March 19, 2001, Minutes (B) Approval to use Council Chambers April 10, 2001, for CMA meeting from 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 P.M. (C) Approval to use Council Chambers April 30, 2001, for Education Forum from 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 P.M. Councilman Wood made a motion to approve the consent agenda and Councilman Cramer seconded the motion. Motion was approved 6-0. COMMITTEE REPORTS: Mayor Bacon stated that Ward 1 is not represented since Ms. Capilouto resigned; her last meeting was two weeks ago. Mayor Bacon stated there would be a special election on June 19, 2001 and the reason for the date is because state law dictates when those special elections can be held. 'Mayor Bacon stated if anyone is interested in getting involved in local government, That it is a tough job but is also a very rewarding experience. Mayor Bacon stated that those who are interested in running or qualifying could contact the City Clerk's office next week. Mayor Bacon noted the election would be for the remainder of Ms. Capilouto's term, which expires January 1, 2004. Mayor Bacon stated the first meeting of every month the City always has students from various schools in the community attend but since this is a holiday week they are not here. Mayor Bacon stated that Curt Johnston, who is the School Board Representative for Smyrna, asked him to announce the Word of the Month is Integrity, the Word of the Week for April 10"' is Honesty, the Word of the Week for April 17th is Dependability, and the Word of the Week for April 24th is Loyalty. Councilman Hawkins thanked the Public Works committee for Okaying the resurfacing of Church Street. Councilman Cramer stated the Veterans Memorial bricks and pavers can still be purchased by calling 770-805-4290 or individuals can pick up an application from City Hall, the Library, or the Community Center. Councilman Cramer stated this is to honor our veterans. Councilman Lnenicka stated he wanted to congratulate Julia Roberts on her award and we are very proud of her. ADJOURNMENT: With no further business, the meeting adjourned at 8:22 p.m. April 2, 2001 MAX BACON, MAYOR (VACANT), WARD 1 I IN �'- mdwx� I . I I a MGM �2'�4 -5, In • ••. CHARLES PE E WOOD, WARD 7 CANDIS JOINER, PtY�CLEAIK RON NEWCOMB, WARD 2