An inmate uses a machine provided by the county to repave Cox Street earlier this week. Inmates have joined city and county workers for much-needed repaving of LaGrange streets as part of the SPLOST-funded transportation improvements. The work is expected to continue through the summer of 2009, City Manager Tom Hall said. ‘The county has been a great help with the city’s road work. We really appreciate their efforts,’ Hall said.
At their regular meeting, council members agreed to rezone 850 acres of undeveloped land off Mooty Bridge Road, from residential to a planned unit development.
The PUD will allow the developer, Standing Tree Hill Land Co., more flexibility, city director of development Alton West said.
Retail venues and recreational areas such as a golf course and a marina will be possible, though nothing is decided yet.
“Right now, we expect to start building by maybe the middle of next year,” said Ron Orr, local developer and partner with Standing Tree Hill Land Co. “But it’s too early for any definite date.”
The development, known as the Newman property, eventually will include 2,500 homes and an estimated 5,500-6,000 residents, potentially clogging traffic on the already busy Mooty Bridge Road.
The city most likely will do a traffic study in the near future, council members said.
“It shouldn’t congest traffic too badly at first,” City Manager Tom Hall said. “But it will pose problems in the future with that many extra people.”
Multiple entries and exits will be built to ease travel in and out of the area and in case of emergency situations, Hall said.
The developer’s goal is to create a small fully-functional community where residents can live, shop and work nearby, West said.
Also on the agenda:
• An ordinance drafted by the city to prohibit sexual encounter centers or “swinger clubs” took effect.
n Lot prices for city owned Meadoway Cemetery were set at $550 for city residents and $825 for non-city residents.
• Council approved the first public hearing for a sign variance request by the Troup County Historical Society for its upcoming museum at 136 Main Street. City ordinance currently allows 75 feet of signage requiring three types: wall, projection and pole signs. The TCHS requested two additional wall signs to draw more attention to the building.
• The city will allow Confidence Missionary Church at 705 Colquitt St., to use city owned property on Glenn Robertson Street, lot number nine, as a parking area. The church will gravel the area, Rev. Michael Jackson said.
• Hollis Hand Elementary School third-graders attended Thursday morning’s committee of the whole meeting.
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