Although he

feels the creation of a sports and entertainment authority to run Peachtree

City's tennis center and amphitheater is a step in the right direction,

Mayor Steve Brown said he still unsure about the proposed makeup of the

new authority.

Brown said

Wednesday that he hadn't yet seen the details and was basing his limited

opinion on what he had heard. The City Council was slated to discuss the

matter at its meeting last night.

"We're

definitely going in the right direction: the legal, safe direction,"

said Brown, who proposed the new authority a year ago.

But the recent

plan is the result of work by a committee composed of council members

Dan Tennant and Murray Weed along with development authority members Bob

Brooks, Doug Warner and Brian Palmitessa. Weed and Brooks said Tuesday

the plan addresses the need to have continuity at the tennis center and

amphitheater when the operations are turned over to the new authority

assuming that's what council votes to do.

The mayor opposes

having representatives on the new authority from the Fayette County Chamber

of Commerce and the Fayette County Development Authority.

"The Chamber

of Commerce is a private special interest group which does not represent

this city at all," Brown said, adding that Virgil Christian, the

city development authority's executive director, is a Chamber member.

Brown pointed out that only two members of the county development authority

live in Peachtree City and both are currently on other authorities: Cathy

Nelmes of the airport authority and Tate Godfrey of the Development Authority

of Peachtree City.

"I don't

want duplication," Brown said, adding that he would "reserve

judgment until I see the document."

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