Thursday night was the final meeting of the year for the Tyrone Town Council and it was a busy one.

After dealing with the problem of a busted septic tank at the Millbrook subdivision, the council honored council members Lisa Richardson, who had served on the council for a total of 22 years, and Lyn Redwood, who had served for two years, with plaques and then moved on to the meeting’s agenda.

The first item was dealing with through traffic on Ashland Trail, an item that had been continued from the previous meeting. Two residents of Ashland Trail, who were representing the neighborhood, stated that they had yet to get a complete consensus on which of the four alternatives the town had presented to them to choose. They requested some more time to get a consensus and the town agreed to discuss it again at the Jan. 19 meeting.

Drivers have a hard time getting out of Castlewood Road in the morning because of traffic on Senoia Road and when they can’t get out, they find an alternate route, which often takes them down Ashland Trail. The town also unanimously passed an ordinance to install a three way stop sign at Castlewood road and Senoia Road, which many feel will alleviate the problem on Ashland Trail.

The second item was a rezoning request for a one acre tract located at 561 Dogwood Trail. The tract was zoned Agricultural Residential (AR) and developer Burt Clark requested it be rezoned to Office/Industrial (OI). The planning commission and staff both felt that OI was a good step down zoning and that with commercial zonings to the west and AR to the north and east, OI was appropriate. Most of the council agreed with the exception of Redwood, who felt that it was a sign of development creeping towards residential zonings. The rezoning was approved 3-1.

The next item was a rezoning request from AR to OI for an eight acre tract on Jenkins Road and the item was tabled, after it became clear that residents, the planning commission and council felt that with the current site plan, which called for five office buildings was to dense and would cause to many problems for neighbors, which included land owned by Charlie Bagwell, a church and a school. While many felt the zoning was appropriate, the council felt that the initial plan would cause too much water runoff and possible erosion problems for others in the area. Engineer Tom Hardy from Omni Consulting requested the item be tabled until the Jan. 19 meeting so that a less dense plan could be designed.

In other Tyrone Town Council news, the town will look into the costs for firms to create a comprehensive plan for the town. The town must have one completed by Feb. 28, 2007 and the process can take up to a year. Town manager Barry Amos told those in attendance that the Tour de Georgia will once again be coming through Tyrone in April of 2006.

The next meeting of the Tyrone Town Council will be Jan. 5, 2006.

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