10-04-1971 Regular MeetingPAGE 18
(CONTINUATION OF SEPTEMBER 20, 1971)
Marston Tuck commented on the operation of some restaurants not in accordance with
health department regulations. Mayor Harold Smith appointed Marston Tuck,. Chair-
man, and Hubert Black•to make anlinspection-and report back at 'nekt meeting.
J. C. Porterfield reported that -the water pressure on Rosalyn Lane was very low and
there was no fire hydrant on Rosalyn. Mr. Porterfield stated he had received two
bids on installing a six -inch line (labor only) from'Powder Springs down Rosalyn
Lane. One';bid from W.-P. Lord was $764,•the other bid from `J: E. Lovern was•$1745.
Mr. Porterfield.motioned the low -bid of W. P. Lord be approved.' The motion was
seconded -by -,Hubert B•l ack and• voted unanimously.,
Marston Tuck stated there were some fire plugs that were dry." J. E. David asked
that he.be furnished 'a list of these:
J. C. Porterfield stated he would write a letter to Litton Automated Business Machines
telling them the machine had not performed as"we we're told it would and -would ask
that ,the)machti_ne,�:be_picked up.
Meeting adjoui-ned 10:30.P.M.'
SMITP; MAJOR -
MARSTON TUCK, COUNCILMAN WARD I
ARTHUR T. BACON, COUNCILMAN WARD 3
C. 0. CANADA, COUN ILMAN WARD 5
HUBERT BLACK, COUNCILMAN WARD 7
L. W. CHARLES, CITY CLERK
J. P. WHITE, COUNCILMAN WARD 2
HOMER KUHL, COUNCI MAN WARD
C. PORTER7ELD, COUNCILMAN WARD
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OCTOBER 4, 1971
The regularly scheduled meeting of Mayor'and Council"was held, pursuant to the Charter
at City Hall,�Smyrna, Georgia on October 4, 1971 and called to order at 7:30 P. M.
by presiding officer Harold L. Smith. All Council Members were present except"Homer
Kuhl of Ward #4. Also present: L. W. Charles, D. Scott Jackson, G. W. Carreket,
Leon Hood, George Hardy of Mayes, Sudderth and Etheredge, J. E. David, and a represent-
ative of the Marietta Journal and WBIE. N. Proctor was absent.
In the first order of -business, Mr. W.'-J-. Adams of Anderson'' Circle appeared before
Mayor and Council as a concerned citizen over the drug traffic in the schools in
Cobb County, and what the City of Smyrna Police Department was doing to combat the
problem. Mr. Adams.was assured by Mayor Harold Smith -that the Smyrna Police Department
was actively seeking to correct the drug situation in Smyrna.
Mr. Reddish of 3000 Pinecrest Circle appeared before Mayor and Council as spokesman
for three other citizens in protest of a concrete plant being built in'the area of
Pineerest Circle, Corn Road and the railroad. Mr. Reddish was 'told that the property
was properly zoned I'M,, Industrials and•that the business had purchased a business
license, but that the City would look into the matter to insure that no irregularities
existed.
(CONTINUATION OF OCTOBER 4, 1971)
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ZONING HEARINGS
1. Bill Alexander, representative of American Legion Post #160 appeared before
Mayor and Council, as spokesman requesting that property located at the southeast
corner of Concord Road and King Springs Road and being in Land Lot 485 be rezoned
from.R-1 to C-1 Commercial.- .
There were two citizens present objecting to additional traffic, possible presence
of beer sales and possible long hours of business activities. On motion of Council—
man Arthur T. Bacon and second of Councilman C. 0. Canada, the above described
property was zoned from R-1 to C-1 commercial on unanimous vote, subject to the
developer paving an additional 12 foot driving lane with curb,.gutter and sidewalk
the entire length of property on the east side of King Springs Road and curb,
gutter and sidewalk on Concord Road.
2. On.motion of Councilman J. C. Porterfield and second of Hubert Black approximately
twelve•acres of Woodruff Drive and South side of Spring Road, being in,Land Lots•810
and 811 was rezoned from R-1 to R-2 apartments. There were no citizens present in
objection to the zoning. The vote was five for, with Councilman Marston Tuck voting
against.
3. Hugh Dobbins appeared before Mayor and Councilmo behalf of Central Electric
Company in an effort to rezone a parcel of property on the north side of Love Street,
being in Land Lot 594, from District C to C-1. The plans submitted required a 20'
variance of the rear yard set back from 30' to 10'..,.. The applicant submitted written
agreement of adjoining property owner stating no objection to variance in reax yard
set back. Mr. Stallman owner of Central Electric stated that privacy fence on rear
would be constructed and that front of building would be bricked with -exception of
loading dock. On motion of Councilman Hubert Black, and second of Councilman J. C.
Porterfield, the property was rezoned from District C to C-1, including 20' rear
yard variance, as advertised. The vote was unanimous.
4. On motion of Councilman J. P: White, seconded by Councilman C. 0. Canada, the
property on southwest side of Spring Street at Alexander Street, being known as 1418
and 1424 Spring Street, was denied rezoning because of lack of,plans, anyone present
to make presentation or answer questions as to construction or use of property.
The vote was„unanimous to deny rezoning request from R-1 to .C-2...,.
Commercial Building..Permits were submitted by Building Inspector, Leon Hood, and
upon his recommendations the following action is recorded:
1. On motion by Councilman C. 0. Canada and second of Councilman Arthur T. Bacon,
permit for 36' x,601-Butler type building to be used.forstorage was approved•.on
unanimous vote for Brawner Properties, Inc. located at 3180 Atlanta Street.
2. John C. Walsey appeared before Mayor and Council requesting permit to build a
Bonanza Sirlion Pit Restaurant, using the Pinkerton and Law Company as Contractor.
Mr. Walsey further requested a front yard variance of 15' from 50' to 35' and rear
yard variance of 13' from 30' to 17'. Mr. Walsey stated that the front yard would
be grassed with no parking in front of building. Parking provided on adjoining
parking lot by a recorded joint driveway and parking lot easement. Permit was
granted including above variances by unanimous vote on motion of Councilman Arthur
T. Bacon, seconded by Councilman J. P, White.
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3. Mr. William E. Beasley appeared.before Mayor and Council requesting a building
permit for Southland Corporation to be located on south,side of, -Concord near inter-
section of Concord Road and North Cooper Lake.Road, being #510 Concord Road.
Building Inspector, Leon Hood, presented -Mayor and,Council,.with;.a copy of December
20th, 1965 minutes which called out the zoning classification as C-1 and certain
restrictions applying to.this property.
Mr. Leon Hood stated that he had contacted Cobb County zoning department and found
that subject property.had been.zoned C-1 in.December.1963 by Cobb :County Board.of
Commissioners with one restriction that' construction be restricted to Williamsburg
style convenience shopping facilities. Upon the motion of Councilman Arthur T.
Bacon, seconded ,by J. P... White, ,.permit was granted, ..subject. ,.to ,the paving of an
additional 121.driving lane and sidewalk within present right-of=way.on south -side
of Concord Road at the expense of Southland Corporation. Motion was approved by
unanimous vote.
4. On motion of Councilman J. P. White, second of Arthur T. Bacon, P & D Neon
Company was granted a permit to install one 8x10 double faced lighted sign on pole
and one set of 2' letters on front of each 7-Eleven Store, one located at 510
Concord Road and one located at 2539 Old Concord Road, voted unanimous.
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(CONTINUATION OF OCTOBER 4, 1971)
5. On motion of Councilman C. 0. Canada, second of J. P. White, Colite Industries
was granted a permit to install a 20' x 38' double faced lighted sign replacing an
existing sign at South Cobb Plaza Shopping Center, on unanimous vote.
City Attorney, George W. Carreker explained 'the basic contents and -coverage of a
nuisance, noise and polution ordinance. After lengthy discussion by Mayor and
Council, the ordinance was referred to Councilman J. P. White for study and recom-
mendations at the_neid Council meeting.
Councilman J. C. Porterfield reported that he was going to pick up a deed for that
portion of right-of-way on Atlanta Street owned by D. P. R. Corporation in the
morning (October 5, 1971) and that Bobby Landers was still working on an appraisal
value of his mother's property. City Attorney George W. Carreker reported that
paper work had been prepared and would be filed with Cobb County Wednesday, October
69 1971 to start proceedings on special master hearings on Concord -Love Street
right-of-way acquisition.
Report on Old Concrod and•Joneshaw Road study of grades and accident frequency was
deferred to the next meeting by Councilman Marston Tuck.
Mayor and Council received and opened bids on fencing for double tennis court at
Jonquil Park as follows:
Sears Roebuck & Company $3487.50
AAA Smyrna Fence Company 2365.00
Acme Fence Company 2140.00
All bids were referred to Parks and Recreation Committee for checkout and recommendations
at the next meeting.
Bids were requested for one -base station for Civil Defense Department and one mobile
unit for Fire Department. Bids were received as follows: -
Fire Department Mobile Unit Civil Defense Base Station
Motorola $ 651.00 $ ------------
Gen. Elec. $ ------ $ 1300 or *$1195 less installation
AB-COM
$ 885.00
* Same Model less noise blanket.
$ 1209.25 installation included
Bids were referred to Fire and Civil Defense Committee for checkout and recommendations.
Bids were received on one 4-wheel drive vehicle for the Civil Defense Department as
follows:
John Smith Chevrolet $ 4771.54
trade in 11.00
$ 4260.54
Trade City Motor Co. $ 5289.60
-trade in 1300.00
$ 3989.60
On motion of Marston Tuck and second of Hubert Black bids were referred to Civil
Defense committee for checkout with authority to purchase from low bidder if Speci-
fications check out. Motion approved by unanimous vote.
Councilman"Marston Tuck•reported-that ordinance,for'inspe6ti6n' of `carnivals, tents, etc.
was in process of being drawn up, but he had nothing to report at present.
Mayor -Harold -Smith -stated that the State Highway°Department had requested a priority
listing of road projects that might qualify under urban bond financing as well as
county contracts. Among those roads listed in lengthy discussion of Mayor and Council
were: Atlanta Street, Concord-Love-Street,,Ward Street; Atlanta Street connector,
King Springs Road, McCauley,-Herodian Way, Powder Springs, Church Street, Old Concord,
Smyrna Roswell Road, Campbell Road and Old Spring Street. Mayor Harold Smith and
Councilman John Porterfield, as Chairman of Roads Committee, agreed to meet and compile
a listing of priorities within our corporate limits.
Page 21
(CONTINUATION OF OCTOBER 49 1971)
Mayor Harold Smith stated that Mrs.,Katherine_Jones, City, -of Smyrna Librarian,
had contacted Councilman Hubert Black, Chairman of the. Library.Committee, and
informed him that the Library Board had met and adopted a new set of By -Laws
providing the board to expand from five members to seven members, one member
being chosen from each waxd.by the ward Councilman.. The.,Library Board members
were named as follows:
Ward #1
Norma Dameron
Ward #2
Mrs.
Ted Davis
Ward #3
Mrs.
J. .C'w (Betty) Johnson
Ward #4
Mrs.
Max Morris
Ward #5
Mrs..James
H. Waddleton
Ward #6
Mrs.
June Braund
Ward #7
Mr..Terry
Rush
Council representatives and Mayor are automatically members of this board.
The members of this board select a chairman among themselves and have the power
to.perpetuate themselves in office. All the above approved on'motion of Council-
man Marston Tuck, second of Councilman J. P. White, for six year terms on a
unanimous vote.
Mayor Harold Smith stated he had contacted -Max Kaley, Ordinary for Cobb County,
and informed him of his commitment to Mrs. Milton Bennett as Superintendent
along with the Cobb County Election Committee as follows:
Mrs. Harry Jean) Shenk
Mrs. L. M. Claire) Scheff
Mrs. Harry H. (Sarah) Jones, Jr.
Mrs. Fred M. (Sue) Shope
The above committee members to.,receive$40:00acompensation,each and.will assist
Mrs. Bennett in training workers and conducting the election. Each Councilman
named election workers for each polling place as follows:
Ward #1:, Mrs. Wyn.elle7Blough;2Mrs.= Lois Sutherland, Linda S.;_Wells.; - Nola C.
Gambert-, and Mr. Glen Patton.
Ward #2:nMr. Charles..W. Barrett,: Percy'Hearle,'Bill Cummins, Harold Ransford
and J. T. Thurmond.
Ward #3: Betty'Johnson,.-Eunice Grace, Dora Wood,.and Lucille Austin.
Ward #4: Harold Hayes, Mrs. Glenn M. Hughes,.:Mrs.,Dot,Mc Reeves;f:and Mrs.
Katherine Henderson.
Ward #5: Frank M. Ernst; Mrs. Grady L. Chaffin,,•Mrs.-C.,,W: Bradley, Terry Clayton,
and Timmy Miller.
Ward #6: Frank S. Lee, Thomas W. Miller, Donald L. Braund-, Vera K. Brooks.
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Ward #7: Edward E. Taylor, Mrs. Jim A. Smith, Mrs. Jean Black, Mrs. Arthur L.
Boyd, and Levi Wright.
The above Superintendent, Election Committees and poll workers were unanimously
approved on motion of Councilman Marston Tuck, seconded by Hubert Black.
On motion of J. P. White and second of Marston Tuck, D. Scott Jackson was named as
Absentee Ballot Clerk. The vote was unanimous. Mr. Jackson to receive $30.00
compensation.
Upon recommendation of..City.Clerk, L. W. Charles, -Mayor and Council selected,the
court room at the Cityi;of Smyrna Police Station as the polling-place.•for Ward #31
and the office suite under lease to Digbys Optical Company in Cherokee Medical
Building on Cherokee.Street for polling place in Ward #6. D.-Scott•Jackson was
to checkout availability and make arrangements.
City Clerk L. W. Charles called out the names of Nora Proctor as Chief City
Registrar, Registrars Mrs. Willouise Spivey and Mrs. Glenda Hicks,,with.'Mrs.,,Judy
King and Kathy Johnson as alternates if needed. The above were unanimously
approved on motion of J. P. White, second of Hubert Black.
Page 22
(CONTINUATION OF OCTOBER 4, 1971)
The financial report -for August 1971.and year to date was discussed and the
Garage -Department was commended for being under the budget for,the month..
On motion of Councilman J. P. White, second of Hubert Black, the mid -month
Council meeting in December,•scheduled for the 20th, was cancelled on unani-
mous vote.
On motion of Councilman J. P. White, the November 1st Council meeting was
changed to November 8th, and the mid -month meeting was changed from November
15th to the 22nd, on unanimous vote.
Mayor Harold Smith suggested that -Council consider the merits of allowing
Kassuba Development to close Woodland Terrace in band Lots 808 and 848 since
they own property on both -sides of•the street, and be ready for a vote at the
next meeting.
Mayor Harold Smith stated that he was in process of assisting -Jonquil Skating
Club on Smyrna Hill Drive in getting approval of a temporary septic tank permit
from the county Health Department.
Joe Sims, a representative of Mayes, Sudderth and Etheredge, requested Mayor
Harold ?Smith to sign..an agreement allowing the necessary relocating -of water
and sewer lines'in the City on South Cobb in the area of Old Concord Road.
Mr. Sims also stated that the City had three ways in which the relocation of
these utilities could be accomplished:
1. By force amount where the City,takes•on the project and completes job with
their own forces.
2. By letting work to contract and being reimbursed by State.
3. By letting the State take care of the whole project by themselves.
Mr. Sims recommended the -third proposal as being by fax the quickest and
simplest way. On motion of J. P. White and second of Hubert Black, Joe Sims
was authorized to draft a letter for the Mayor's signature contracting with
the State to relocate -the necessary utilities under the third method as stated _?
above. Approved'on unanimous vote.
Councilman Arthur T. Bacon stated he had several complaints about large sign
at Church Street Park advertising Karate. Councilman Marston Tuck agreed to
contact' -owner and have him remove the sign..
Councilman Hubert Black reported he had secured information from Cobb County
Health Department concerning recent publicity of restaurants not having
health peimits. Cobb County reported only seven restaurants in Smyrna that
were required to have health permit and that theys!,would give the City of Smyrna
a list of those restaurants not qualifying in December of.1971•asking that
business licenses not be issued until permit is obtained.
Meeting adjourned at 10:25 P. M.
HAROLD T. SMITH, MAYOR
MAAftdN TUCK, COUNCILMAN WARD 1
AR93-T.._MCO , CILMAN WARD 3
C. 0. CAN —, -n-TNCILMAN WARD 5
HIIBERT BLACK,,,COUNCILMAN WARD 7
L. W. CHARLES, CITY CLERK
J. P. WHITE,
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