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Commissioners review zoning and infrastructure items; accept parkland donation proposal and approve several contract actions
Summary
The board reviewed multiple agenda items including a revised Southwest Cherokee zoning site plan, legacy‑lot and zoning modification requests, two annexation requests to Woodstock, SPLOST resurfacing amendment, several procurement items (including an E911 recorder service and station renovations), a proposed condemnation resolution for SR‑140 improvements, and a donation offer of roughly 49.49 acres for a new preserve.
The Cherokee County Board of Commissioners reviewed multiple development, procurement and land matters at its June 16 work session, discussing zoning revisions, annexation requests, infrastructure contracts and a proposed parkland donation.
Staff summarized a revised site plan for Case 206‑647 (Southwest Cherokee Holdings), noting the applicant reduced multifamily and shifted roughly five acres to general commercial. Commissioners discussed unit counts (staff and applicant referenced roughly 325 multifamily units and 66 townhomes in one stipulation for a total of about 400 residential units) and whether the plan preserved an appropriate grocery‑store site; staff said the commercial designation would permit a grocery but no retailer commitment exists.
The board also heard a legacy‑lot request at 1760 Mountain Farm Road (Commission District 2) proposing a split that would retain about two acres for the existing resident and create a roughly 1.12‑acre legacy lot with shared driveway access; staff said the proposed new home would be about 1,200 square feet.
Planning staff presented two annexation requests to the City of Woodstock: a ~30‑acre Weekly Homes parcel (proposed zoning R4, about 6.99 dwelling units per acre) and a ~2.17‑acre Joseph Lorenz parcel; commissioners raised concerns about displacement of trailer‑park residents on the Weekly Homes site.
Under the County Manager's portion, acting County Manager Bridal Reynolds ran through procurement and capital items: a one‑year extension for E911 recorder maintenance and quality assurance with Replay Systems ($50,491.75), a kitchen renovation at Fire Station 11 ($85,085.11), burn‑building repairs at the Fire Training Center ($30,750), and a conference‑center flooring project ($125,398.42) to be paid from conference center revenue and hotel‑motel tax. The SPLOST roadway department requested Amendment 1 to the Phase 3 resurfacing contract with Baldwin Paving to add Orchard Drive for $120,899.45, bringing the year’s contracted resurfacing total to about 68.47 miles plus 28 miles in‑house (96.47 miles total).
Reynolds also presented a proposed condemnation resolution to acquire Parcel 19 for the State Route 140 at Univerter Road improvement project; staff said condemnation is being pursued after failed negotiations and estimated just compensation for that parcel at $40,700. A separate county attorney item discussed a proposed condemnation consent order on the Publix property tied to the SR‑140 project; staff recommended finalizing payment to settle relocation and sign reconstruction costs.
Recreation and Parks staff described a donation offer of approximately 49.49 acres at 205 Dodd Lane off Ball Ground Road to be designated Spring Valley Nature Preserve; donors would continue to reside on the property as caretakers under a lease until they vacate. "They are the current land owners and residents there. They're both elderly and have no heirs and so as they have gotten older they want to see their land remain in its passive state," staff said.
At the session’s close Commissioner Ragsdale moved to adjourn to executive session to discuss property acquisition, personnel matters and pending or threatened litigation; Commissioner Carter seconded and the motion carried unanimously among the commissioners present.
