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Gainesville council ratifies easement, accepts new city street and fixes golf-cart code
Summary
At its Oct. 15 meeting the Gainesville Mayor and Council unanimously approved ratification of a perpetual easement at 514 Davis Street, accepted Calvary Creek Parkway into the city street network, and approved an ordinance correcting code cross-references for personal transportation vehicles (golf carts).
Gainesville’s Mayor and Council met Oct. 15 and unanimously approved a set of routine items and technical code fixes, including a resolution to ratify a perpetual easement at 514 Davis Street, the acceptance of Calvary Creek Parkway as a city street, and an ordinance amending the municipal code language for personal transportation vehicles, commonly known as golf carts.
City Manager Brian Lackey told the council the BR 2024-42 resolution will “ratify the perpetual easement relating to property located at 514 Davis Street,” a parcel adjacent to the Davis Street trail near Engine 209 Park that, he said, has had an informal easement in place for about 10 years but had not been formally memorialized. The council moved and approved the resolution by unanimous vote.
Lackey also presented BR 2024-43, accepting Calvary Creek Parkway into the city’s street network. He said the parkway connects from Calvary Church Road to Highway 60, has been a stub for an abandoned industrial park, and that the Department of Driver Services has purchased nearby property and is building a facility that requires access via the extended road. The council approved adding the street into the city network.
On Ordinance 2024-28, Lackey described the measure as a technical correction to section 3-4-213 of the municipal code regarding personal transportation vehicles. “We needed to correct this to make it align, correctly,” he said, explaining the changes fix numbering and cross-reference errors from the recent municipal code update and do not change substantive penalties. The city moved and seconded the ordinance and it passed unanimously.
The council also approved consent minutes for the Sept. 26, 2024 work session and the Oct. 1, 2024 mayor and council meeting. No members of the public spoke during the public-comment period.
The meeting opened with an invocation from Rabbi Nehemiah Yurevitz, who urged unity and safety for Gainesville residents in light of recent anti-Jewish attacks; he thanked city and county leadership and noted the local Jewish community’s growth. City Manager Brian Lackey and the council closed routine business and adjourned the meeting.
