The Fayette Citizen-News Page
Wednesday, March 31, 1999
Plan for 100 homes on 20 acres back on council agenda

By DAVE HAMRICK
Staff Writer

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Bob Adams Homes' controversial plan to put 100 empty nester homes on 20 acres in south Fayetteville is back on the City Council agenda for Monday.

Council also will discuss the plan tonight during its work session. Both meetings are at 7 p.m. at City Hall.

The company, which specializes in homes for seniors, encountered neighborhood opposition when it presented plans for the subdivision at Redwine Road and Grady Avenue late last year.

Council members have tabled the rezoning request several times to give Adams time to meet with neighbors and revise the plan. Fewer homes is key to approval, council members assured company president Bob Adams.

According to the city's comprehensive plan, about 18 percent of residents are in the 55 to 65 category generally identified as "empty nesters."

Among other matters on the council's agenda:

A Fayetteville traffic bottleneck may be getting some relief. Council will consider a proposal for design work as a first step in widening Jeff Davis Drive from Ga. Highway 54 to Jimmie Mayfield Drive, and widening Grady Avenue from Hwy. 54 to Fayette Middle School.

If approved, the design work will cost $63,721 and take about four months to complete. Then the city will solicit bids for the construction work, which could begin about a month after that.

Plans to beautify city medians also will be on the agenda.

Dressing up the city's landscaped traffic islands is part of Main Street Fayetteville's revitalization program for the downtown area, and Main Street director Sherri Anderson will present design proposals for the project.

A master plan for the 110-acre McElwaney Property on Ga. Highway 54 at Tiger Trail will be discussed.

Hayes Development will present is annexation and rezoning request for an office complex on Hwy. 54 near Fayette Community hospital.

Council will consider a county-wide solid waste management plan.


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