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Senoia schedules public hearing on city charter changes

Senoia citizens interested in hearing more about a potential change to the current form of city government should attend a Nov. 5 public hearing to learn the specifics about transitioning to a form designed to limit the power of the mayor. Included in the proposed charter change is a proposal that would impose term limits on the city’s elected officials. The proposed changes came after a consensus agreement reached at the Oct. 3 work session. Read More»

PTC takes another look at Hwy. 74 S. annexation

A decision on a proposed 77-acre annexation for south Peachtree City may come from the City Council Thursday night.

Southern Pines Plantation wants to create a 90-home subdivision with two office buildings fronting on Ga. Highway 74 just south of the Meade Field sports complex.

The matter was up for discussion at the Oct. 4 council meeting but a decision was postponed due to a myriad of questions that council wanted to be resolved: from the long-term cost of providing services to the subdivision to the impacts on schools and recreational programs. Read More»

PTC stormwater fees may double as program grows

Wants $7.5M for new projects and $358K for new employees

Peachtree City’s newest bureaucracy is growing, and city property owners are going to pay for it, maybe up to double what they are paying now each year. Read More»

Longtime F’ville city engineer dies at 57

He is a man who will be remembered. Longtime Fayetteville City Engineer Don Easterbrook, 57, died Oct. 13 after a two-year struggle with cancer.

Easterbrook was described as very devoted to his family and an avid golfer.

Fayetteville City Manager Joe Morton said Easterbrook worked with the city for more than 20 years. Read More»

Beer tastings may be on tap in PTC

A new business in Peachtree City is asking the city for help in its internal marketing efforts to sell specially brewed craft beers.

Gremlin Growlers specifically wants to allow customers to purchase small samples so customers can choose which flavor they’d like to bring home in a sealed 32 or 64-ounce container called a growler.

Gremlin is asking the city to amend its ordinances to allow the sale of a “tasting glass” so customers could sample up to four different beers in a volume of no more than 2 ounces each. Read More»

PTC keeps sewer veto power

Deal brokered to save additional $500K in sewer refinancing

A deal to save an additional $500,000 on the refinancing of bonds for the Peachtree City Water and Sewer Authority has been reached.

At a special called meeting early Friday morning, WASA voted unanimously to keep the same exact language in the bond covenants granting the city council veto power over any potential extension of sewer service outside the city limits. Read More»

Consultant urges ‘Yes’ vote on redevelopment referendum Nov. 6

Consultant Kenneth Bleakly at the Oct. 4 town hall meeting in Fayetteville outlines the factors involved in the Nov. 6 city referendum that would permit the redevelopment of aging and failing commercial sites in the city. Photo/Ben Nelms.

Fayetteville voters in November will be faced with a question about the proposed redevelopment of a handful of failing commercial areas.

The question is this: Does the city wait to see if a developer comes along with the idea of developing an area like the old 692 Shopping Center on North Glynn Street or should a qualified developer receive an incentive to upgrade the site by having the site’s property taxes frozen until the redevelopment is complete and without posing any liability to the city? Read More»

F’ville OKs downtown mixed uses

The Oct. 4 approval to amend Fayetteville’s zoning ordinance will make it easier to have mixed use development in the downtown Main Street district. The amendment cleared up language that had unintentionally discouraged a residential component in the downtown zoning district. Read More»

Hood Avenue traffic circle explained

Integrated Science and Engineering representative Dan Davis at an Oct. 4 town hall meeting in Fayetteville gives details of the upcoming project that will create a new alignment of Ga. Highway 92, Hood Avenue and North Glynn Street and link them to Kathi Avenue and North Jeff Davis Drive. Photo/Ben Nelms.

Fayetteville citizens attending an Oct. 4 town hall meeting heard Dan Davis of Integrated Science and Engineering provide the details of the Hood Avenue/Ga. Highway 92/North Jeff Davis Drive realignment project expected to get underway in 2013. Funds to pay for the $9 million project have long been collected and are awaiting the final right-of-way acquisitions.

Residents at the meeting got an update on the expansive Hood Avenue/Hwy. 92 realignment project that will link Hwy. 92, North Glynn Street and Hood Avenue on the west to Kathi Avenue and North Jeff Davis Drive to the east. Read More»

PTC puts annexation vote on hold

Council: Airport, economic info needed before decision

A request to annex 74 acres into south Peachtree City for a 90-home subdivision and two office buildings is on hold as the city council awaits more information from city staff.

There also has been an inquiry from the Peachtree City Airport Authority to make sure Read More»

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