Headlines

Seems like the Douglas County Sentinel is improving...actually writing about crime news and problems our county has...such as the BOE is the second highest paid BOE in the entire state.  They've also revamped their website, and it seems to be much easier to navigate.  Links below...

Douglas BOE second highest paid in Georgia

Another suspect charged in copper theft ring

Man allegedly chases girlfriend with butcher knife

Father and son facing shoplifting charges

However...they did not report on this...a dangerous guardrail on Chapel Hill Road that cost one woman her life and another man barely escaped with his...a month after his accident, the guardrail STILL has not been moved.  I hope it will be moved before another accident happens there.  

http://www.wsbradio.com/news/news/local/dangerous-douglasville-guardrail-not-yet-moved/nXbD6/

Douglas County Planning & Zoning Meeting

The meeting will be held tomorrow, May 7, at 6pm at Citizen's Hall in the Douglas County Courthouse.  The agenda can be found here:  http://douglascountyga.suiteonemedia.com/web/Player.aspx?id=75&key=-1&mod=-1&mk=-1&nov=0  Some of the highlights:

• Request for an amendment to the zoning conditions for the property located West Chapel Road and Yeager Road.  Land Lot(s) 4,5 & 32, District 2, Section 5, Parcel(s) various.  Lot size:  54.0 acres +/-.  Commission District 3.
• Request for a Special Use Permit to allow a church in a planned centr at the property located at 560 Thornton Road, Suite 112 & 113:  Land Lot(s) 374, District 18, Section 2, Parcel(s) 7.  Lot size:  4.02 acres.  Commission District 1.
• Request for a rezoning from L-I to H-I to allow a recyclling center at the propety located at 4366 Bankhead Highway:  Land Lot(s) 733, Distrist 18, Section 2, Parcel 41.  Lot size:  7.689 acres.  Commission District 1.

Douglas County Commission Meeting May 7

The meeting will be held tomorrow at 10am at Citizen's Hall at Douglas County Courthouse.  You can read the work session agenda here:  http://douglascountyga.suiteonemedia.com/web/Player.aspx?id=60&key=-1&mod=-1&mk=-1&nov=0

A few of the highlights:

• 2013 Tax Anticipation Note (TAN) - Authorization to bid in the amount of $10,500,000 and use Gray Pannell & Woodward LLP as the County's Note Counsel.
• Public Hearing to obtain citizen input into the formulation and adoption of the amended Thornton Road Urban Redevelopment Plan for Douglas County and to submit the Opportunity Zone documentation to DCA (Department of Community Affairs).
• Public Hearing to initiate the 2013 Comprehensive Plan for Douglas County.   
•  Resolution supporting efforts to maintain the Tax-Exempt Status of Municipal Bonds.
• Authorization to approve an Intergovernmental Agreement with Cobb County for the resurfacing and rehabilitation of a portion of Factory Shoals Road between the Cobb County line and Six Flags Road located in Land Lots 0705 and 0706 of the 18th District, 2nd Section and authorize the Chairman to sign all related documents. 
• Authorization to advertise for proposals for qualifications based professional transportation engineering services for projects PI#0012618, PI#0012620, PI #0012621 and PI#0012622 recently approved by the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) and the Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC) Regional Transportation Plan (RTP). 
• In trying to find the details of these projects, I found this--plans for roads until 2040--and some of the plans include:
• Extending Douglas Blvd to Midway Road (to be completed by 2040)
• Widening Chapel Hill Road to four lanes (now two) from Central Church Road to Stewarts Mill Road (to be completed by 2030)
• Widening Chapel Hill Road to four lanes (now two) from Dorsett Shoals Road to Central Church Road (to be completed by 2040)
• Widening Hwy 92 beginning at Brown and Malone Streets to Nebo Road in Paulding County, then from Nebo Road to SR 120-Marietta Hwy (to be completed by 2020)