News Briefs

Fayetteville residents can

speak their minds on ordinances for annexation and

rezoning of the proposed Deer Pointe development

Monday. A public hearing is on the agenda as the City

Council gathers at 7 p.m. at City Hall. The

873-acre site is at Lester and Huiett roads. Council also

will consider a resolution to submit that development to

the Atlanta Regional Commission for consideration of

possible regional impact.

The Peachtree Wind

Ensemble Community Band is presenting a children's

concert featuring famous Disney songs today at 3 p.m. at

Picnic Park in Peachtree City. The group performs

eight to 10 concerts per year, plus community outreach

programs at nursing homes and civic functions. For

information on the band, phone 770-487-6687.

The Fayette County Board

of Education's Facilities Advisory and Action Committees

will meet Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the media room of the

LaFayette Education Center. The board-appointed group

will review and discuss student population trends, the

state facility plan, options for housing students,

funding options and the results of the facilities survey.

Recommendations from the committee will follow.

Applicants have requested

tabling of three items on Tuesday night's Fayetteville

Planning and Zoning Commission agenda -

development plan for Hooters restaurant, a special

exception for Big 10 Tires on LeMans Drive, and a

variance request and development plan for Carolyn Ford .