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New senior center set for Fairburn

By LINDSAY BIANCHI

lbianchi@TheCitizenNews.com

Fairburn’s seniors will soon have a new place to call home.

A public hearing to discuss a change in use of 3.1 acres of land owned by Landmark schools opened the Fairburn City Council meeting Monday night. The undeveloped tract, which sits at the corner of US 29 and Brooks Drive has been selected by Fulton County as the site for a new senior citizen center.

Landmark agreed to trade the acreage to Fulton County in return for county property adjacent to the school. To accommodate the plans for the senior center, owners of the adjacent property, Holly Hill Memorial Park, have agreed to provide a half-acre parcel in an area of the cemetery which has not yet been used for burial purposes.

The Mayor and City Council’s approval was granted after documentation assuring that the land did not contain any human graves was presented. There was no opposition to the plan from anyone present at the meeting.

A Fulton County land agent, Van Johnson thanked the council saying he appreciated their cooperation and that the county was anxious to get started. The resolution was then unanimously adopted to build the center.

A resolution was then adopted for a consolidated fee schedule for all development activities in the city. They include new water tap and sewer tap fees which were discussed at the last city council meeting.

Most fees remain the same. Water tap fees for residential use are now $2,700 per unit and $2,700 per inch of water service for non-residential taps.

Sewer tap fees are now $3,500 per unit for residential use. Non-residential use ranges from $3,500 for less than 2 inches of water service to $96,600 for 8 inches of water service.

A contract for MEAG technical support passed unanimously after figures from last years tech support were compared to the cost of the MEAG services. The city spent over $48,00 for technical support from a non-MEAG company, Power Engineering. The new annual support cost has been quoted at $20,295. Along with the $17,231 MEAG charges for training and safety, joint purchasing, metering testing, pad-mount inspection, tree trimming, and pole inspection and treatment, the total cost for the coming year amounts to $37,526, substantially less than last years total tech support costs.

The City Council next turned their attention to maps designating the drainage and sinkhole problems being experienced by residents along Small Elk Court. A bid for correcting the numerous storm water problems in the vicinity was submitted by Integrated Science and Engineering (ISE). The fee for the job is not to exceed $14,900. Funds for such a project were included in this year’s capital budget. The mayor and council approved the bid unanimously.

The final item on the agenda was a resolution to declare the city’s intent to match 20 percent of all grant funds received for use with the Livable Center’s Initiative (LCI) designed to enhance Fairburn’s downtown development. The resolution comes in response to the “unprecedented development” being experienced in Fairburn and as part of the regional development and transportation plans initiated by the Atlanta Regional Commission.

Before adjourning, City Administrator Jim Williams informed the mayor and council of the Planning Commission’s desire to meet jointly with the City Council for discussion of various development issues as well as a request to possible change the council’s workshop and regular meeting times to 6 and 7 p.m. The suggestions were considered and will most likely start at the beginning of the new year.