The Fayetteville

City Council will revisit the jail impact fee issue this week in its workshop

tonight and Monday's public meeting.

There has been

virtually no controversy within the council concerning whether to levy

impact fees, but rather the fees themselves and how they are structured.

Mayor Kenneth

Steele said this week that the city believes impact fees are the way to

go on a project such as the proposed jail complex, but city officials

had been waiting for the county to finalize some of the numbers in the

proposal, and the council tabled the matter last week so that the latest

figures could be digested.

One issue of

considerable importance to the city is the inclusion of a third category

for retail businesses. A previous proposal had impact fees divided into

two categories, which city officials felt left small business owners at

a disadvantage. The current fee structure calls for separate fees in the

following ranges under 10,000 square feet, 10,000-50,000 square feet,

and over 50,000 square feet.

The county

and each of its municipalities must pass a resolution to implement the

fees.

In other business:

Sam Burch,

chairman of the Community Coalition for Fayette Schools, is scheduled

to brief the council on the upcoming school bond issue.

The council

is scheduled to hear an appeal of a recent Planning and Zoning Commission

decision to deny a revised development plan for the Walgreen's drug store

set to be built at Ga. Highway 85 North and Ga. Highway 314.

The plan was

revised to provide for an above-ground detention pond with modular walls,

rather than the underground detention facility originally planned.

A discussion

also is planned concerning detention pond fence materials.

The city is

expected to submit the following list of streets for resurfacing as part

of the 2001 Local Assistance Road Program:

North Jeff Davis from Ga.

Highway 54 to Hwy. 85 (four lanes);

Mimosa Court from Mimosa

to the end;

Oak Court from Buckeye to

the end;

Elm Court from Buckeye to

the end;

Buckeye Court from Buckeye

to the end;

Deep Forest Avenue from

Hwy. 54 to Oak Street;

Laurien Street from South

Lee Street to the end;

Sandra Street from Laurien

Street to the end;

Brenda Lane from Sharon

Drive to the end;

Claire Avenue from Sharon

Drive to the end;

Industrial Way from South

Jeff Davis to the end.