A G E N D A
REGULAR MEETING OF MAYOR AND COUNCIL
OF
I.
Call
to Order –
II.
Invocation
III.
Pledge
of Allegiance
IV.
Roll
Call
V.
Approval
of Minutes
1.
Regular
Meeting of Mayor and Council of
2.
Special
Meeting of Mayor and Council of
VI.
Comment Period by Public
VII.
Agenda
Items
1.
Consider
a Resolution by the City Council of the City of
SUMMARY AND
BACKGROUND:
2.
Consider
an Ordinance by the City Council of the City of
SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND:
A request has been made from the Clayton County Aging Program for a
donation for the Home Delivered Meals Program of Clayton County. This program delivers
3.
Consider
an Ordinance by the City Council of the City of
SUMMARY AND
BACKGROUND: The Forest Park Police Department has
been offered a community grant for award year 2006 from the Clorox Products and
Manufacturing Company in the amount of two thousand six hundred and sixteen
dollars. The primary purpose of this
grant is to help fund the Forest Park Police Cadets, which is a program
designed to introduce teenagers between the ages of thirteen to seventeen to
the law enforcement profession.
4.
Consider
an Ordinance by the City Council of the City of
SUMMARY
AND BACKGROUND: The Forest Park Police Department has
been offered a community grant for award year 2006 from Sam’s Club in the
amount of one thousand two hundred and fifty dollars. The primary purpose of
this grant is to help fund security education initiatives; which includes but
is not limited to neighborhood watch meetings and the dissemination of
education materials.
5.
Consider
an Ordinance to amend the Code of the City of
SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND: This
is the “Stormwater Utility Ordinance”, based on a uniform ordinance adopted or
to be adopted in very similar form by Clayton County and the cities of Forest
Park, Morrow, Jonesboro, Lake City, Jonesboro, Riverdale and Lovejoy “(the
Ordinance”). The Ordinance provides the
consent of the City of Forest Park to the establishment of a “Stormwater
Utility” to be operated by the Clayton County Water Authority, which will
assume responsibility for the operation and maintenance of all stormwater
facilities and systems throughout the county, including areas within the
participating cities, as well as the planning and implementation of future
stormwater systems, repairs of existing systems, and enforcement of stormwater
laws and ordinances, and other stormwater management services, including plan
approvals and construction inspections related to stormwater systems and
facilities. The Utility will also be
authorized to adopt a uniform stormwater fee or service charge upon each user
or customer of the stormwater system throughout the county in accordance with
certain guidelines.
6.
Consider
a Resolution by the City Council of the City of
SUMMARY
AND BACKGROUND: The recent purchase of several smaller
Ford Ranger pickup trucks for Public Works
and Planning, Building and Zoning departments had been needed for quite
some time. Several of the full size
pickup trucks replaced by the Ford Rangers were shifted to other departments to
replace even older units that were no longer economical to continue operating
due to their age, parts availability and reliability.
We request that the attached list
(Exhibit A) vehicles be considered surplus to allow for disposal by City
Auction.
7.
Consider
a Resolution by the City Council for the City of
Forest
Park, Georgia to abandon a portion of the Municipal Street System of the City
known as Ballard Road abutting a new proposed Industrial Development adjacent
to Southpoint Industrial Park; to authorize the sale of the property at Fair
Market Value to an Abutting Landowner as provided by Georgia Law; to authorize
the Mayor to execute a Quitclaim Deed and other necessary documents to
accomplish said purposes; to provide for severability; to repeal all
Resolutions and parts of Resolutions in conflict herewith; to provide an
effective date; and for other purposes
SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND:
This Resolution would provide for the abandonment of a portion of
Ballard Road and the sale of the property at fair market value to the developer
of an industrial project adjacent to the Southpoint Industrial Park. The abandonment will facilitate the
development and is consented to by all abutting landowners.
8.
Consider
a Resolution to extend the Moratorium on the
Acceptance
of applications for the permitting of certain types of signs for up to sixty
days; to provide for the purposes of the moratorium, to provide for findings of
fact, the imposition of the moratorium, and the duration of the moratorium; to
provide for an appeal process; to provide for severability; to provide a
penalty; to provide an effective date of this Resolution; and for other
purposes
SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND:
This Resolution would serve to extend the moratorium on sign permits for
an additional period of time up to sixty days or the date of adoption of a new
sign ordinance, whichever comes first.
9.
Consider
a Resolution by the City Council for the City of
SUMMARY
AND BACKGROUND: This Resolution would create a one time exception to the
current sign moratorium so as to allow the issuance of a sign permit to Clear
Channel so that it may relocate a sign that lies in the path of a City street
realignment project. The sign must be
moved in order for the street realignment project to be completed. If a sign permit is issued Clear Channel will
relocate the sign and remove it from the path of the project at no cost to the
City.
10. Consider a Resolution to allow the
Street Name Change of
Bridge Avenue between
SUMMARY
AND BACKGROUND: The City of Forest Park is requesting
approval to change the name of Bridge Avenue from Lake Drive to Park Avenue to
Hines Ward Pass. Hines Ward is a
graduate of
11. Consider a Resolution of the City of
Georgia
Cities Week,
SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND:
The Georgia Municipal Association has set aside the week of
12. Consider an Ordinance by the Mayor and
Council to
authorize the Fire Chief to apply for
2006 Assistance to
Firefighters Grant Program through the
Homeland Security
SUMMARY AND
BACKGROUND: The Department of Fire and Emergency
Services request authority to apply for a federal grant through the U. S.
Department of Homeland Security-Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program in the
amount of $275,000 maximum with a 10% match of $27,500.00 for fireground
operation and safety equipment. This
grant will allow the department to continue providing the best technological
equipment available to equip and protect our firefighters thus providing
ultimate service to the community we protect.
13. Consider a Resolution by the Mayor and
Council of the City
of
Manager/Public Safety Director and for
other lawful
purposes
VIII.
Legal
Matters
IX.
Committee
Reports
X.
Comments
by Governing Body
XI.
Adjournment