The Senoia

City Council addressed a proposed new subdivision, a sewer development

plan and abandoned vehicles during its regular meeting Monday night.

Senoia Historical

Society president Perry Benson asked the council at a previous meeting

to investigate what action could be taken concerning the growing number

of abandoned vehicles in the city. Benson estimated that there could be

70 or 80 such cars throughout Senoia.

City attorney

Drew Whalen informed the council Monday that the city has an ordinance

in place authorizing city officials to go on private property and remove

discarded vehicles that could constitute a health hazard or nuisance.

The ordinance also authorizes the city to contract with a wrecker service

for removal of the vehicles.

After further

discussion involving the Chief Cannarella of the Police Department, the

council decided that a list of abandoned vehicles should be compiled and

property owners notified of the city's intentions to resolve as many of

these cases as possible in the coming weeks. City officials hope to have

the list completed and the process begun by the Nov. 18 meeting.

In other business,

city administrator Murray McAfee presented the Senoia Heights subdivision's

conceptual plat, which had already been approved by the city's Planning

and Zoning Commission. The development is to consist of 13 units, zoned

R-40, with one-acre lots. After some discussion of driveway design and

speed limits, among other issues, the council approved the plat 4-0-1,

with Councilman Belisle abstaining.

Councilman

Wood initiated a discussion of the sewer development plan, saying that

the bid process was supposed to be only a few months away when he took

office a year ago and has still not been completed. He suggested a more

detailed tracking of the progress of the project to keep it on schedule.

Wood made a

motion to have the engineers, city attorneys and city staff get the remaining

steps in the process and a time line in writing so that the plan can be

completed in a timely manner. Whalen agreed with that idea and briefly

addressed the council on what steps were left until completion. The motion

passed unanimously.