Peachtree City's new slogan,

"Plan to Stay," can be applied to the community in various ways,

say members of the committee that settled on the phrase and chose a new

"virtual peach" logo to go with it.

One of the first official uses:

Adornment for the city's Web site, recently updated with several

new features.

A complete redesign of www.peachtree-city.org

is targeted for sometime next year, said Betsy Tyler, public information

specialist for the city, but in the meantime the new services already

online are worth a visit.

Tyler, along with systems administrator

Matthew Robinson, gave a demonstration of the additions at the Dec. 4

City Council meeting. Among the new features:

-�TicketFastPay: This

online method for making a credit card payment on traffic citations handed

out by Peachtree City Police was approved by the City Council last March.

Software developer Courtware Solutions, Inc., says the process is completely

secure and the city promises information entered won't be made available

to third parties. The ticketholder is asked to enter a last name and either

a license number or citation number, and then follow the prompts. The

system is already in use in several Atlanta-area counties, including Coweta,

Clayton and Cobb.

-�Virtual Neighborhoods:

This feature is still in development, said Tyler, but promises to eventually

offer a wealth of detailed information about the city's neighborhoods

at the click of a mouse. Starting with pull-down menus to the city's

four official "villages" as well as the unofficial "West

Village" between the CSX tracks and the county line, the directory

offers links to each subdivision in the city and offers detailed information

on neighborhood watch programs, homeowner's associations, zoning

and covenants, fire station districts, recent home sales and property

tax information, and even traffic speed stats. A directory of weekly yard

sales even comes complete with automatic links to Mapquest locators of

each address.

-�Quick Delivery E-mail

Lists: The application page for this service asks, "Want a quick

way to get Peachtree City information?" If yes, residents can get

on the list to receive via e-mail any of four communications sent from

City Hall on a regular basis, usually to the news media: The Update newsletter;

City Council and Planning Commission agendas; emergency alerts and special

notices; and press releases. The service even comes complete with a number

of "two pack" or "three pack" options if applicants

don't want their in-boxes to be swamped with news from City Hall.

As with the Fast-Pay service, the city promises not to make e-mail addresses

or other information available to a third party, but users are reminded

that an e-mail address may be subject to Georgia's Open Records laws,

Tyler said.

-�Velo-City or Virtual

City Hall: While not entirely a new service, this pull-down menu has been

redesigned for easier access and features electronic forms for registering

for recreation classes, applying for burn permits, reporting street or

cart path problems, or to obtain garage sale signs. It also includes PDF-printable

forms for golf cart registration, occupational tax license and solicitor's

permits that still must be hand-delivered, Tyler said.