The Senoia City Council could start off the new year by resolving a bit of unfinished business from last year.

On Monday night, the City Council will decided what to do about the proposed redevelopment of Crook’s Tire Center on Ga. Highway 16. With the widening of the busy state highway to start earlier this year, owner Greg Crook is hoping to get an answer on the redevelopment, so the project can get started in a timely fasion.

The new development features the tire store being next to the Hit-N-Run convenience store and another retail building that would be located behind the existing location of the tire center. In November, several residents opposed a driveway that would exit onto Bridge Street, and Crook said he would be willing to compromise and make that an exit-only onto Bridge Street, forcing traffic to go back onto Hwy. 16 instead of the other direction on Bridge Street.

Another council concern was the reduction of the setback at the rear of the property which abuts a residential lot. Tom Hardy of Omni Consulting said the rear of the property would be heavily landscaped and the parking lot back there would have a six-foot privacy fence. Hardy also said the rear lot drops about four feet, adding further to the buffer next to the residential area at the rear.

One option is to move the new tire store a bit further forward toward the highway, but that would create less area to stage autos that are exiting the service area, Hardy said. The new tire store would be about 6,000 square feet, which is larger than the existing building.

In other action Monday night, the City Council will elect a maoy pro-tem and take bids on improvements to the Freeman-Sasser building in the city’s park.

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