After months

of study, debate and discussion, the Senoia City Council approved the

preliminary plat for the first phase of the Twin Lakes subdivision.

Monday night's

conclusion to the debate was not without drama, though.

After Twin

Lakes attorney Litt Glover put the city on notice that a possible lawsuit

was in the offing if the city didn't approve the plat, the City Council

adjourned into executive session for more than 30 minutes.

As the council

adjourned into discussion, Mayor Dianne Cleveland quipped to the Twin

lakes developers about Glover's legal discussion.

"I told

you to bring a shepherd's hook to get him off stage," she said.

When the City

Council reconvened, they added several more conditions for approval of

the plat:

The current

developers could not develop another phase of the project.

Funding of

the water tank for the property would not be done through state agencies

with the city backing any debt on the tower.

An additional

entrance would have to be made on the backside of the subdivision, so

there would not be two entrances on Rockaway Road.

The developers

agreed to the new condition and secured their plat for 381 homes on Rockaway.

No construction timeline was given for the project.