Friday, June 13, 2003
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Friday, June 13, 2003 |
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Golfview residents reject council help By J. FRANK LYNCH
Thanks for trying, but enough is enough, said residents of the Golfview Drive area to the Peachtree City Council last week when, once again, the issue of speeders in their neighborhood drew the attention of City Hall. Maybe because they thought they were doing the right thing, city staffers put together yet another proposal on slowing down motorists on Golfview, popular with residents in the Kedron Village area who want to avoid Joel Cowan or Peachtree parkways. But it's also legendary for attracting young drivers seeking the roller-coaster-type sensations of "Thrill Hill," a sharp rise in the street near its intersection with Pinemount Drive. The city has monitored the street for violations, changed the speed limit, put up warning signs, installed extra stop signs at nearly every intersection and constructed speed humps along the main stretch of Golfview, between Flat Creek Road and Bluesmoke Trail. City Engineer Troy Besseche was offering Round Three of proposed solutions,like installing flashing signals and modifying the speed humps into 22-foot-long, flat-topped speed "tables." And then Mayor Steve Brown asked if anybody from the neighborhood wanted to speak. About a half dozen Golfview Drive homeowners took to the floor, each of them saying they appreciated the efforts but that even they found some of the measures in place more annoying than helpful. And though some of the more flagrant speeders had been slowed or ticketed, there's not much else the city can do short of changing societal behavior, it was suggested. Because the residents were reluctant to drag the issue on any further, the council withdrew it and took no action. In other business Thursday, the council: ·Accepted a final report on the city's 2002 financial audit from Adam Fraley of the firm Mauldin & Jenkins, LLC. He said his firm found no serious areas of concern and said the city was in good standing. ·Agreed to revert the zoning specifications of the old Peachtree Skate building to industrial from commercial since ABRA, an auto-body and glass repair facility, took over the building. It was categorized as commercial after the skating rink shut down in the hopes that a developer would convert it to use similar to The Avenues next door.
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