City of! Hogansville City Council Work Session Meeting Agenda Monday, December 2, 2024- - 5:30 pm HOGANSVILLE GEORGIA Meeting will be held at Hogansville City Hall, 111 High Street, Hogansville, Ga30230 Mayor: JakeAyers Council Post1 1: Michael Taylor, Jr* 2025 Council Post2: Matthew Morgan 2025 Council Post 3: MandyA Neese Council Post 4: MarkAyers Council Post5: Kandis Strickland 2027 WORK SESSION N-5:30pm ORDER OF BUSINESS 2025 2027 2027 Cityl Manager: LisaE E. Kelly Assistant City! Manager: Niles Ford City Attorney: Alex Dixon Chief of Police: Jeffrey Sheppard City Clerk: LeAnn Lehigh Mayor Pro-Tem 1. Permitting Nuisance Abatement- - 302 Pine St. 2. Preliminary Plat- - Martin's Meadows 3. Preliminary Plat-Lee St. Townhomes Preservation Commission 4. Board Appointments - Meriwether Joint Development Authority & Historic Meeting to be held at Hogansville City Hall, 111 High Street, Hogansville Ga. 30230 PERMANENT RECORD HOGANSVILLE Work Session Meeting Meeting held at Hogansville City Hall, 111HighStreet, Hogansville GA 30230 Call to Order: Mayor Jake. Ayers called the Work Session to order at 5:32 pm. Present were Council Member Michael Taylor, Council Member Matthew Morgan, Council Member Mandy Neese, and Council Member Kandis Strickland.. Also present were City Manager Lisa Kelly, Assistant City Manager Niles Ford, City Attorney Alex Dixon, Police Chief] Jeffrey Sheppard, and City Clerk LeAnn Lehigh. Council Member Mark Ayers was not present at tonight's Work Session meeting. ORDER OF BUSINESS 1. Permitting - uisance. Abatement - 302. Pine Street At the last Regular meeting, the bid award for the demo of302 Pine Street failed. Thej property was under nuisance abatement and ordered to be demoed by the judge. The property owner obtained al building permit for repairs, but the permit was issued in error as aj permit cannot be issued for aj property under aj judge's 's order to be demolished. As ai result, thej permit was withdrawn. Since the property was under nuisance abatement and the timeframe to request the permit had lapsed, the property owner could not complete any repairs to the home. Thej property owner will receive ai refund ofa any money paid for the permit. City Attorney Alex Dixon said that the Council has three options regarding thej property: (1) Ultimately approve the demolition pursuant to the judge's order, (2) Request the Court Order to be vacated and the nuisance abatement be terminated, or (3) do nothing and the property would have tos sit for a year until thej judge' s orders expire. The property has been vacant since 2019 with no utility service. The property owner was given 90 days to pull aj permit to: repair the property but did not until after the 90 days was up. Ifthe property owner. had pulled the permit within the 90-day period, he would have 61 months to begin repairs. This This development has been discussed at aj previous Work Session meeting. This development is at East Boyd Rd and Mountville Hogansville Road. Thel Preliminary Plat was brought before the Planning & Zoning Commission and was recommended by them with al Development Agreement that would bel based on thet traffic study. The Development Agreement would require the traffic study be completed; and include traffic improvements and require that sidewalks must front City streets before issuance of an LDP. This item is on the Regular Meeting The Preliminary Plat for the Lee St' Townhomes was brought before the Planning & Zoning Commission and was recommended by them with conditions that al Development Agreement bei in place with the conditions that sidewalks must front City streets, patching and paving City streets the length of the property, and sewer/gravity feed inj place before issuance ofa an] LDP. Council also wants the conditions that clear lot lines are delineated, hydrant placement and sidewalks must be shown on drawings prior to site review. This development willl have 56 townhomes. Council Member Neese is concerned that the extra traffic in the area will destroy the road. Council Members discussed how to handle traffic int the dangerous intersection at Lee St and W. Boyd Roads. It was suggested toi make itat three-way stop. This item is on the Regular Meeting agenda for approval of the preliminary 4. Board Appointments - Meriwether Joint Development. Authority & Historic. Preservation Commission City Manager discussed the difficulty in getting applicants for board appointments. City staff1 has discussed putting applications and information on the City's website and posting to our Facebook page to get the word out. Council agrees and thinks putting flyers on all media outlets willl help. Council will table these appointments at the Regular item will come before Council in the near future for a decision. 2. Preliminary. Plat - Martin's Meadows agenda tonight. 3. Preliminary. Plat - Lee St. Townhomes plat tonight. Meeting tonight to see if putting the flyers online will help get more citizen applicants. Mayor Ayers adjourned the Work Session at 7:01 pm. Respectfully, S City Clerk December 2, 2024