By JOHN MUMFORD
jmumford@thecitizennews.com

The West Village Annexation Task Force will meet Wednesday at 3 p.m. at the Peachtree City Hall to look over the newest version of the conceptual plan for the project.

Time is running short, however, for the task force to make its August deadline for providing a recommendation to the city council on whether or not to annex the land.

The conceptual plan was created during a lengthy task force meeting last month. Since then, it has been changed to include some of the amenities the task force wanted, said city planner David Rast.

The land planning consultants who are redesigning the plan have used minutes of the task force meetings for guidance on what changes to make.

Also, developer representatives Jerry Peterson and Dan Fields have had input with Wood and Partners, the consulting firm that drew up the plan, according to Rast.

As of Thursday, the modified West Village plan had not been submitted to the city. But Rast said he has heard a number of the task force's considerations have been included in the new plan.

“It sounds like they have been able to include a little bit of everything,” Rast said.

The main issue for the developers, of course, is the cost of infrastructure, particularly if a new bridge to cross the railroad tracks.

To fund that and other items such as land for a school and a fire station, the developers have said they need to fit over 1,400 homes in the area.

Rast said he also thought the plan would address the task force's environmental concerns.