News Briefs

Fayetteville residents have

three more opportunities to comment on a proposed new

zoning category designed for large, mixed-use

developments.

City

Council Monday will have first reading of an ordinance

creating the planned community district category, with

plans to act on it March 20 after discussing it again in

a March 15 work session.

The meeting

is at 7 p.m. at City Hall.

Waiting in

the wings is The Village, the first proposed project

seeking the new zoning category. The city Planning

Commission will discuss the project March 14 and again

March 28 before voting on whether to recommend the PCD

zoning for the 110-acre, 203-home plan, which also

includes neighborhood shopping, offices, parks and a

hotel.

The Main Street program in

Fayetteville is ready to start phase two of its median

beautification program.

Bids for

landscaping the medians on Ga. Highway 85 from Shoney's

to the northern end of Fayette Pavilion will be on City

Council's agenda Monday night.

Council

meets at 7 p.m. at City Hall.

During a

work session Wednesday, council members seemed inclined

to award the work to Hollingsworth Landscapes for its bid

of $94,191. At $94,097, A Cut Above's bid is the lowest,

but Hollingsworth is a local company and the city has had

good experience with the company on phase one of the

median project, officials said.

"They've

done a tremendous job on [Ga. Highway] 54 east and

west," said Councilman Al Hovey-King, chairman of

the city's Main Street Committee.