Thanks for trying, but enough

is enough, said residents of the Golfview Drive area to the Peachtree

City Council last week when, once again, the issue of speeders in their

neighborhood drew the attention of City Hall.

Maybe because they thought

they were doing the right thing, city staffers put together yet another

proposal on slowing down motorists on Golfview, popular with residents

in the Kedron Village area who want to avoid Joel Cowan or Peachtree parkways.

But it's also legendary for attracting young drivers seeking the roller-coaster-type

sensations of "Thrill Hill," a sharp rise in the street near

its intersection with Pinemount Drive.

The city has monitored the

street for violations, changed the speed limit, put up warning signs,

installed extra stop signs at nearly every intersection and constructed

speed humps along the main stretch of Golfview, between Flat Creek Road

and Bluesmoke Trail.

City Engineer Troy Besseche

was offering Round Three of proposed solutions,like installing flashing

signals and modifying the speed humps into 22-foot-long, flat-topped speed

"tables."

And then Mayor Steve Brown

asked if anybody from the neighborhood wanted to speak.

About a half dozen Golfview

Drive homeowners took to the floor, each of them saying they appreciated

the efforts but that even they found some of the measures in place more

annoying than helpful. And though some of the more flagrant speeders had

been slowed or ticketed, there's not much else the city can do short of

changing societal behavior, it was suggested.

Because the residents were

reluctant to drag the issue on any further, the council withdrew it and

took no action.

In other business Thursday,

the council:

·Accepted a final report

on the city's 2002 financial audit from Adam Fraley of the firm Mauldin

& Jenkins, LLC. He said his firm found no serious areas of concern

and said the city was in good standing.

·Agreed to revert the

zoning specifications of the old Peachtree Skate building to industrial

from commercial since ABRA, an auto-body and glass repair facility, took

over the building. It was categorized as commercial after the skating

rink shut down in the hopes that a developer would convert it to use similar

to The Avenues next door.