04-18-1977 Regular MeetingApril 18, 1977
The regularly scheduled meeting of Mayor and Council was held pursuant to the
charter on April 18, 1977 at City Hall, Smyrna, Georgia. The meeting was called
to order by presiding officer Mayor Arthur T. Bacon. All Councilmen were present
except C. 0. Canada who was ill and Jerry Mills was out of town on business.
Also present was Attorney Charles Camp, City Clerk Willouise Spivey, Controller
Ron Egger, Building Inspector David Granade, Police Chief Little, Fire Chief
Atkinson, Director of Parks and Recreation Lee Silver, Public Works Director James
David and representatives of the press.
Invocation was given by Homer Kuhl, followed by the pledge to the Flag.
No citizens report.
Mayor Arthur Bacon accepted for the City of Smyrna the.Bicentennial Charter
presented to the city by the Georgia Bicentennial Commission, a Certificate of
Official Recognition as a Bicentennial City from the National Bicentennial
Commission and a plaque to be placed over the time capsule. Joe Reynolds,
Chairinan.1of,�the:.iSmyrna Bitentenn il.-Commit.tee�ihad&tthe presentations.. He.
thanked the Mayor and Council for their help and support in making the Bicentennial
celebration a great success. Mr. Reynolds was thanked for his leadership and hard
work in this worthwhile and very successful project.
The request by Kirby E. Calloway to rezone property located at 1149 Concord Road
from F.C. to RM10 (duplex) was the next order of business. Mrs. W. S. Shirey
spoke in favor of the rezoning. She stated that after talking with Councilman
Homer Kuhl last fall about this rezoning and he had no objections to the house
being made into a duplex and could foresee no problems, she sold the house to Mr.
Calloway with this understanding. She pointed out there were businesses all
around, that she had operated a beauty shop in the basement for 17 years and that
Mr. Calloway owned the houses on either side. Mr. Kuhl stated he did talk with
Mrs. Shirey about this rezoning last December and told her he did not think there
would be any problem. He felt that since the property is zoned Future Commercial
he thought the residents would prefer it be kept residential rather than business.
Personally he would prefer this, but according to our Zoning Ordinance, this
property does not meet the requirement for a two-family dwelling. The lot falls
short of the required number of feet, also the side yard and the back yard, and
that he would have to vote to uphold the ordinance rather than his personal
preference. The Planning and Zoning Board recommended this rezoning be denied.
After further discussion, Homer Kuhl made a motion this rezoning be denied. Jim
Tolleson seconded the motion and the vote was unanimous.
Bids for four (4) sirens for the Civil Defense Department were opened, read and
are recorded as follows:
Item I Item II Item III Item IV Item V
< Siren Starter Siren Starter Relay
208-204/480 volts 240 volts
Federal Signal Corp. $1469.76 $177.60 $1950.72 $216.48 $39.36
Jack Cocke & Co. 1228.63 148.46 1630.68 180.77o 32.90
Majors Sales & Service 1240.00 149.75 1645.00 182.00 33.50
Bill Darby made a motion the bids be turned over to committee with authority to
act on the low bid. Homer Kuhl seconded the motion and`the vote+was unanimous.
Commercial building permits were submitted by Inspector David Granade and upon
his recommendation the following action is recorded:
(1) Barrow Shell, 2112 South Cobb Drive, requested a permit to make his outside
island a self-service. Plans meet the requirements of Lt. Sanford of the Fire
Bureau. Homer Kuhl made a motion the permit be granted. Elbert Coalson seconded
the motion and the vote was four to one. Jim Tolleson voted against the motion.
(2) Nick Souris, 1418'Spring Street, requested a permit to build a one-story
cement block building, with load requirements for adding a second story later.
The building will come within eight feet of the side property line, although he
is only extending the existing building line. The Fire Bureau asked to look at
'., the plan again, and David Granade recommended the plan be approved, subject to
approval of the Fire Capt. C. J. Sanford. Jim Tolleson made a motion the permit
be granted subject to approval of the Fire Department. Bill Darby seconded the
motion and the vote was unanimous.
(Continuation of April 18, 1977 Meeting)
(3) Rich's Bake Shop at Belmont Hills requested a permit to erect a wall in
the existing building. Rem Bennett made a motion the permit be granted. Elbert
Coalson seconded the motion and the vote was unanimous.
Mayor Bacon made a recommendation the Industrial Development Feasibility Study
be approved. He stated he got an option on some property today. Ron Egger
explained the study was in three phases and the total cost to the city would be
$8,500.00 Homer Kuhl made a motion Phase I of this study be approved. Bill
Darby seconded the motion and the vote was unanimous.
Elbert Coalson made a motion bids for the Industrial Development Feasibility
Study be sent out, to be opened at the May 16th council meeting. Homer Kuhl
seconded the motion and the vote was unanimous.
Reporting on the bid opening for Phase II, King Springs Park, Jim Tolleson
reported SAMAS was low bidder for a total of $667,142 with construction time of
240 days. Bids are being turned over to the Finance Committee. The Parks and
Recreation Committee recommends we go with the entire project within 30 days.
Rem Bennett reported he was working on annexation and urged others to do the
same. He said three property owners on Pretty Branch were ready to be annexed.
Bill Darby reported bids were not mailed out last week for the two police cars
because we can now buy Fords under the State Contract cheaper than we can get
them on bids. He made a motion we purchase two Fords, under the State Contract
for $5,389.90 each. Homer Kuhl seconded the motion and the vote was unanimous.
Jim Tolleson reported W. T. Aenchbacher was retiring as of April 29th and ex-
pressed his appreciation for his 15 years of service.
Mayor Bacon is to check with the County on the holdup on the caution light at
Fire Station #3.
Homer Kuhl made a motion the office hours for City Hall be changed from 8:30 A.M.
until 5:30 P.M., to 8:30 A.M. until 5:00 P.M., with 30 minutes for lunch. Bill
Darby seconded the motion and the vote was unanimous, effective April 25, 1977.
Mayor Bacon recognized Johnny Isackson and congratulated him on becoming a new
daddy. Mr. Isackson, a freshman representative this past year, thanked Mayor
and Council for their support and leadership.
Mayor Bacon read a letter from C. J. Fouts asking to purchase 13 acres owned by
the City, in LL 387, and known as 4380 Nolan Drive. Mr. Fouts stated this was
a portion of the sanitation fill and does not have access to a public road, and
of no use to the city. Mr. Kuhl stated we would need to have it appraised, take
action to surplus and then put it up for bids.
No citizen input.
Meeting adjourned at 8:32 P.M.
UR T. BACON, MAYOR
ES E. TOLLESON, ARD 1
WILLOUISE C. SPIVEY, TY VkK
WILLIAM F. DARBY, WARD 2
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M B. BENNETT, JR., WARD 7