City of Fayetteville, Georgia Bi-Weekly Report - Oct. 29, 2018

City Manager’s Bi-Weekly Report 240 South Glynn Street • Fayetteville, Georgia 30214 770-461-6029 • fayetteville-ga.gov

October 29, 2018

Police or Fire Emergency 911 Police Non-Emergency 770-461-4441 Fire Non-Emergency 770-461-4548 City Hall 770-461-6029 City Manager 770-719-4144 Water & Sewer 770-460-4237 Water & Sewer After-Hours 770-997-5189 Public Works 770-460-4230 Main Street Fayetteville 770-719-4173 Code Enforcement 770-719-4150 City Court 770-719-4277 Building Permits 770-719-4062 Burn Permits 770-719-4051 Job Line 770-719-4182 Public Information Officer 770-719-4147

TOP: Main Street Fayetteville board members Beverly Thomas (left) and Vicki Turner braved the chilly wind and rain Friday morning to welcome decorated pumpkins and their bringers to the Old Courthouse Lawn. The display will remain through Oct. 31. ABOVE: Preschoolers compete in The Great Pumpkin Festival’s Saturday afternoon costume contest. (See more on Page 4.)

City Manager

Ray Gibson

Mayor

Ed Johnson Mayor Pro-Tem Council Member

These and many more City of Fayetteville employees teamed up on the morning of Oct. 19 for a twohour breast cancer awareness walk, which became known as “Paint Fayetteville Pink�.

Paul Oddo

Our Vision

Council Members

Fayetteville shall be a city of innovation and opportunity that fosters a vibrant and welcoming community for all.

Harlan Shirley

Our Mission

To provide efficient and effective municipal services to the community through a culture of transparent leadership, excellence and teamwork.

Our Values

Kathaleen Brewer

Rich Hoffman

Scott Stacy

The City employees, the City Council and all of our City-related boards will always function in a way that reflects well on the City and is in alignment with our vision and mission. The Core Values we will use to make decisions and guide our behavior are to: Be responsive; Act as one team; Act with integrity; be fully accountable.

Monthly Meetings Fayetteville City Council: 1st and 3rd Thursdays, 6 p.m.

Fayetteville Planning & Zoning Commission: 4th Tuesdays, 6 p.m.

Downtown Development Authority: 3rd Wednesdays, 8 a.m.

Main Street Tourism Association: 3rd Tuesdays, 8 a.m.

City Council and P&Z meetings are held at Fayetteville City Hall. DDA and MSTA meetings are held on the 3rd Floor of the Old Fayette County Courthouse.

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Residents invited to contribute to Fayetteville Master Path Plan The Fayetteville Planning and Zoning Department received a lot of public input on the Master Path Plan during the Oct. 27 Main Street Market event, and those who missed that opportunity will have another one during the Nov. 16 Free Movie under the Stars event on the Old Courthouse Lawn starting at 5:30 p.m.

City representatives will provide information about the City’s Master Path Plan, then participants will have an opportunity to complete a short survey. Interested citizens may also sign up to receive project updates by e-mail.

“Fayette County is developing a county-wide path development study, so this is good timing for the City of Fayetteville to do the same thing,” said City Planner LaShawn Gardiner. “The City already has several miles of sidewalks and paths, so we want

Construction of this bridge over Hwy. 54 near Piedmont Fayette Hospital is part of the Fayetteville Master Path Plan.

to see how best to connect those in addition to constructing additional paths, that will connect with whatever the county may look to develop.

“Within the City, we’re looking in particular to connect our Historic Downtown District with the Fayette Pavilion development to the north and with the west-side developments, including Togwatee Village, Piedmont Fayette Hospital

and Pinewood Forest,” Gardiner added.

To participate, look for the City of Fayetteville booth at the Free Movie under the Stars event on Nov. 16 beginning at 5:30 p.m.

Event entertainment will begin at 6:30, and the movie “Hocus Pocus” will be shown after dark.

Contact LaShawn Gardiner for more details: lgardiner@ fayetteville-ga.gov, 770-719-4179.

Fayetteville SPLOST paving is under way The first round of SPLOSTfunded, city street repaving has begun in Fayetteville, and Finance Director Mike Bush says SPLOST collections are on track to continue repaving all of the road scheduled for improvements over the next couple of years.

Voters in 2017 approved a one-penny Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST), and one of the proposed projects to be funded was the repaving of several miles of city streets in Fayetteville. White Road and Kathi Avenue were two of the first streets on the list, and they were repaved earlier this month. Other City streets to be repaved in this first round include Arbor Way, Courtyard Lane, Garden Court, Wilbanks Drive, Williamsburg Way, Medford Drive, Walker Page 3

Mid-October repaving on Kathi Avenue in Fayetteville was part of a multiyear, SPLOST-funded project.

Avenue, Georgia Avenue, Georgia Avenue East, Normandy Drive and Lee Street.

An additional 16-plus miles of City street repaving is being planned over the next couple of years, and it will be funded by a combination of SPLOST and Georgia Department of Transportation Local Maintenance and Improvement Grant (LMIG) money.

As crews continue to repave streets in the City of Fayetteville,

they will place notice signs in visible locations, and updates will be posted on the City’s website, www.fayetteville-ga.gov, and social media channels.

Please use caution when driving near repaving crews, and watch for flaggers directing traffic.

More SPLOST project updates will be published on the City’s website, fayetteville-ga.gov, and in upcoming editions of the City Manager’s Bi-Weekly Report.

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The Great Pumpkin Festival photos

TOP-RIGHT: Nine-month-old “Baby lamb” Rylee Gibbins took the top prize in the preschool costume contest on Saturday during The Great Pumpkin Festival in Fayetteville. Second place for that age group was 19-month-old Astrid Barlay dressed as a pirate, and six-month-old Grant Burch dressed as “boss baby” won third. ABOVE: Zaiden Lee the eight-year-old werewolf won first place in the 5-8 costume contest. Second place went to six-year-old diner waitress Jess Hehir, and five-year-old nubian princess Samantha Jones won third. RIGHT: Sisters Emily and Elena Athey, eight and 11, won first place as “The Terminator Roller Coaster” in the 9-13 division. Second place went to siblings Jesiah, Hezekiah and Amariah Beroser, who were Hasbro Family Night characters. Third went to brothers Cody and Tyler Gum, who were dressed as Fred and Barney from “The Flintstones”. BOTTOM-RIGHT: Also taking place during The Great Pumpkin Festival was the annual Fayetteville Fire Department Open House down at Station #91, where guests, costumed or not, dropped by to enjoy free food, games and other activities. PUMPKINS ON THE SQUARE: The Old Fayette County Courthouse in Historic Downtown Fayetteville is surrounded by decorated pumpkins. Six community groups and five individuals were chosen as winners in the annual contest, and those winners will be announced this week on the City of Fayetteville website, fayetteville-ga.gov, and social media.

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Fayetteville Fire Department offers cold-weather fire safety advice As colder weather and seasonal festivities increase, the risk of residential structure fires also rises, which is why the Fayetteville Fire Department is urging residents to put safety first to ensure we all enjoy happier and healthier holidays.

According to the National Fire Protection Association, fire fighters across the United States responded to more than 1.3 million fire calls in 2017. About 360,000 of those occurred within home structures.

The United States Fire Administration confirms that house fires peak in the fall and winter months, because days get shorter and colder, so people spend more time indoors while cooking more and utilizing various types of heating systems. During the Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year holidays, consumption of alcohol and unsafe decorations can also be a contributing factor to house fires.

“We want Fayetteville residents to enjoy the holiday seasons, which are special times to celebrate with family and friends,” said Fayetteville Fire Department Division Chief Keith Harris. “All of that gets turned upside-down when there’s a house fire.”

Harris noted that in Fayetteville and pretty much everywhere else, most house fires turn out to have been preventable.

“In the kitchen, fires most often take place when people leave food unattended on the stove or in the oven,” Harris said. “What starts out as a small amount of smoke on a stove burner can easily turn into something much worse if steps aren’t taken quickly to correct the situation.”

Harris said the cause of one recent residential kitchen fire was a boiling pot of baby bottles caught fire when plastic came in contact with a heating source.

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Following are some general home fire safety tips:

Smoke detectors can save lives

• Never overload electrical outlets • Never leave home with the dryer running • Always test smoke alarms once a month • Never go back into a home if it is on fire • Plan your home exit drill (two emergency exits for every room) and practice it

“Every home should have smoke alarms on each level and inside each bedroom,” Harris said. “You want to put them about a foot below the ceiling, because smoke rises and collects up there. If detectors are much lower, they may take longer to activate and alert occupants of fire danger.

Harris said it’s best to place kitchen smoke alarms about 10 feet away from cooking surfaces to avoid increased false alarms.

Here are some kitchen fire safety tips: • Never wear loose clothing while cooking • Never leave cooking unattended • Never leave a hot stove unattended • Never cook on high when using oils • Keep handles turned in while cooking • No playing in the kitchen • Keep stovetop clear of flammable items • Always cover a pan fire with a lid; never use water • Keep a fire extinguisher close while cooking • Never carry a burning pan to the sink or outside

Change your clock, change your batteries “This time of year, we remind residents to change smoke alarm batteries when they reset their clocks,” Harris added. “The time falls back on Sunday morning, Nov. 4, so that’s a great time to replace the batteries and to test all of your smoke alarms.

“If residents have any kind of gas appliances, we recommend Carbon Monoxide (CO) detectors be installed in the home, and they should test those and replace the batteries on those as well,” Harris said.

Find more fire safety tips and activities at www.nfpa.org.

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Fayetteville played an important role in Mitchell’s ‘Gone with the Wind’

Margaret Mitchell wrote her famous novel “Gone with the Wind” (GWTW) between 1926 and 1929 to relieve the boredom of sitting around with a leg injury she suffered from a horse-riding incident. She used many stories and tales that she had heard from relatives who had lived through the War and knew firsthand of its hardships and struggles. Two of those relatives were her “Aunt Mamie”, Mary Ellen Fitzgerald, and “Aunt Sis”, Sarah Fitzgerald, who lived in the ancestral home they called “Rural Home” near the Flint River east of Fayetteville.

Miss Mitchell also heard stories from aged Confederate veterans, many of whom were still alive during her lifetime. She often rode horses in Atlanta with them as a small girl. Many of the facts behind the novel were gleaned from historical sources in the Atlanta Public Library and Rhodes

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Hall, which became the Georgia Archives, as well as local history.

Fayette County played a significant role in the background for the GWTW story, and some of the people from the area were used as models for her fictional characters. Fayetteville can make a case as being the town where the roots of GWTW began. In fact, it is recorded that Mrs. Mitchell made several trips to the Clayton County and Fayette County courthouses to pore over census records, tax lists, county records and local history so as not to use the names of real persons as her characters. She talked to many people here at the time, and many old-time Fayette County families have a Margaret Mitchell/GWTW story to tell.

Mitchell’s great-grandparents were Phillip and Elenor Fitzgerald, who settled in Fayetteville in the 1830s. The Fitzgeralds were the undeniable models for the

O’Haras (Gerald from Fitzgerald, and Ellen from Elenor). These great-grandparents along with the great-aunts and many other Fitzgerald relatives are buried in Fayetteville’s Historic City Cemetery.

Phillip Fitzgerald was an Irish immigrant, who followed his older brother James, a school teacher, who had immigrated here just a few years before. Fitzgerald became a merchant and later decided to become a planter. The plantation house and property which he purchased at a sheriff’s sale in 1840 was located east of the Flint River, just off McDonough Road in Fayette County. His land and the area around it were included into Clayton County, which was formed in 1858, the land having been taken from Fayette and Henry. The house, the locale, the family and the neighbors were all taken into

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consideration by Mitchell when she wrote her classic novel.

Tara, as described in the novel, sat on a hill overlooking the Flint River, with Twelve Oaks just west of the river going up a long, sloping hill. If the Fitzgerald home was the site of Tara, then Twelve Oaks would have been in Fayette County.

Atlanta historian Wilbur Kurtz, Mitchell’s appointed consultant to Hollywood, stated that the two places were fictional. However, his advice to those who wanted to see the fictional land of Tara was to ride the “red earth trail” from Lovejoy to Fayetteville. He even took the Hollywood folks on this route to give them a feel for the setting. All later attempts by Mitchell to separate the Fitzgerald House from the fictional Tara were in vain. The two became synonymous.

The assertion that Martha Anne “Mattie” Holliday was the model for Melanie Hamilton is a fact that is widely agreed upon by most Mitchell biographers.

Related by marriage, they knew each other and had talked often about the family. Mattie’s parents, Robert Kennedy and Mary Anne Holliday, are also buried in the Fayetteville City Cemetery in the Fitzgerald plot. (Does the name “Mr. Kennedy” ring a bell?)

Mitchell’s grandmother Annie Fitzgerald Stephens is said by some to be a role model for Scarlett O’Hara. Annie was born (probably in Fayette County) in 1844, and her age paralleled that of Scarlett. Miss Annie attended the Fayetteville Academy, just as Scarlett did, in the early 1860s, although Mitchell changed the name to the Fayetteville Female Academy. Annie boarded at the Holliday home in Fayetteville, which is now the Holliday Dorsey Fife Museum. That home is said to have been used by the trustees, including Dr. John Stiles Holliday, of the school as the academy until the permanent academy could be built around 1857. It must be added that the bell from the Page 7

academy is now in the Fayetteville First United Methodist Church just a block or so away to the east. The great-aunts Mamie and Sis are said to have boarded at the Cam Bennett home in Fayetteville.

Another clue that Annie may have been used for Scarlett can be found in biographies of the famous author.

It is implied that Mitchell and her grandmother were often at odds and did not particularly like each other. Mitchell once said that all her grandmother thought of was power and money. Does this sound familiar to you Scarlett fans?

Mrs. Annie’s husband John Stephens, a Confederate veteran, is believed by many to have been the model for Rhett Butler.

Mitchell speaks of a lawyer from Fayetteville, a Judge Parmalee, who, in my opinion, had to be Mial M. Tidwell, the flamboyant and outspoken attorney who represented Fayette at the Secession Convention at Milledgeville and has gone down in history as having saved the Fayette County Courthouse from General William T. Sherman’s torches. Tidwell’s reputation as a very competent attorney was widely known all over the state, and Mitchell would most certainly have found him in her research.

Among the neighboring families of Tara in GWTW were names such as MacIntosh, Tarelton, Calvert, Wilkes and Fontaine. All have Scotch/Irish or Ango/Saxon connotations. Some of the real neighbors of the Fitzgeralds were

the Dicksons, Glasses, Gilberts, McElroys, Murphys, Orrs, Bottoms, Dorseys, Crawfords, Pebbleses and so on. Many of these names are old Fayette and Clayton county families and share the same origins of the fictional names.

Did Margaret Mitchell research these families and use them in an inconspicuous manner? It cannot be proven, but judging from the other sources that she did use, it would not be out of the question.

[Fayetteville City Historian John Lynch wrote this feature column, which was originally published in Fayette County News in 2006.]

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Water Department Sewer Backups

Total Water Department Work Orders: 74

1

Grease Trap Inspections

4

Meter Installs

4

Water Leaks

October 12-24, 2018

6

Water Meter Maintenance Lift station maintenance

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Building Department Demolition Fence Pool Foundation Only Impact Fee Plumbing

October 12-24, 2018 Total Inspections: 161

1 1

Building: 43 Plumbing: 27 Mechanical: 31 Electrical: 38 Foundation Only: 19 Land Disturbance: 2 Demolition: 1

Total permits: 61

1 4 4

7

Mechanical Electrical Building

12 15 16

Code Enforcement General Maintenance

1

Lighting Standards Nuisances

1

Total Inspections: 84

1

Yard Trimmings Disposal

2

Complaint Investigation

3

Disposal of Garbage

3

Inoperable Vehicle/Junk

3

Parking on Grass

3

Water Meter Obstruction Prohibited Signs Working without Permit Grass Cutting

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October 12-24, 2018 Initial Inspections: 33

Code Enforcement Cases

1st Re-inspections: 49 2nd Re-inspections: 5 Verbal Warnings: 6 Written Warnings: 21 Violation Notices: 3

4

Stop Work Orders: 2

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Planning & Zoning: Ongoing Projects Project #

Applicant

Address

Project Name

Status

17-012

Fayette County Board of Education

1 Tiger Trail

17-014

SHJ Construction Group c/o Martie Murphy

Fayette County High School (Auditorium)

750 Glynn Street N.

Tidal Wave Auto Spa

17-016

Pinewood Forrest

395 Veterans Parkway

Pinewood Forrest

17-019

Hearthside/ Brendan Barr

105 Meeting Place Drive

Hearthside Lafayette

17-020

Alfred Dingler

200 N Jeff Davis Drive

Prime B&B

17-023

Pinewood Forrest

395 Veterans Parkway

Pinewood Forrest Phase 2 Construction

Development Plans Approved- under construction Development Plans Approved – Under construction Phase 1 Residential Development under construction Development Plans Approved- under construction Development Plans Approved under construction

17-034

Pinewood Atlanta Studios

400 Veterans Parkway

Pinewood Atlanta Studios

17-037

Broadway Diner

705 W. Lanier Avenue

Broadway Diner

18-005

BCM Construction (Rob Beecham)

1129 & 1137 Hwy 54. W.

Folia Crossroads

18-006

Russell Moulton

Highway 85 North Parcel 045 016

Cool Runnings International

18-009

Jeff Landrum

740 Hwy 54 East

Maggie’s Place

Construction Plans - Phase 4 Grading – Under construction Development Plans Approved Construction not started Annexation/Rezoning Approved Development Plans ApprovedConstruction not started Residential Subdivision Preliminary Plat-Approved Development Plans Approved –Construction not started

18-010

Marksman Properties

Promenade Pkwy

Promenade Office Warehouse

18-011

Pinewood Forrest

475 Veterans Parkway

PF Wellness Center

18-012

Kamlesh/Gulas

139 N. Glynn Street

Downtown Hotel

18-013

CPH Development

105 Banks Station

Del Taco

18-014

Ingenium Enterprises Inc.

Banks Station

Del Taco

18-019

Terwilliger Pappas

Hwy 54 E.

Solis Fayetteville

18-028

Doug Dillard

Grady Ave/Beauregard Blvd

Walton Communities

Fayette Ventures, LLLP

Hwy 92 and Jimmie Mayfield Blvd.

Fayette Ventures

Fayette Ventures, LLLP

Hwy 92 and Jimmie Mayfield Blvd.

Fayette Ventures

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Construction Plans- Phase 2 under review by staff

Development PlansUnder Staff Review Development Plans Approved with conditions Development Plans Approved- Construction not started Development Plans Approved- Construction not started Rezoning Tabled to no definitive date Rezoning & Variance Tabled to P&Z 11/27/18 CC 12/6 and 12/20 Annexation/Rezoning P&Z 11/27/18 CC 12/6 and 12/20 Rezoning P&Z 11/27/18 CC 12/6 and 12/20

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Fire Department Activity for September 27 - October 10, 2018

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Projects: Continued work on OKRs in 7Geese system Chief Alan Jones and Battalion Chief Chris Peacock attended a meeting with City Manager Ray Gibson and Finance Director Mike Bush to review program pricing for the new Fire Station #93 Deputy Chief Linda Black attended the quarterly meeting of the Fayette County 911 Communications Board Chief Black and Division Chief Keith Harris attended the Planning & Zoning Commission meeting McGrath Consulting will return Nov. 13-15 for the next departmental site visit

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Significant Events: Units participated in 11 fire safety special events.

A couple of the highlighted events included the Public Safety Fall Festival held at the Fayette County Justice Center, and fire safety education for senior citizens that included an evacuation drill at Heartis Senior Living.

Our department attended a public safety appreciation luncheon hosted by Heritage Bank.

Prepared for the annual Fayetteville Fire Department Open House on Saturday, October 27 Training division completed an in-house course for “Principals and Practices of Incident Command”.

Police Department

Fayetteville Police Chief Scott Gray (left) swore in Officer David Augcomfar during a recent ceremony. Officer Augcomfar comes to the City with previous law enforcement experience.

City residents vote at county and city precincts Nov. 6 Early voting for Fayette residents continues through Friday, Oct. 29, 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily at three Fayette County locations: the Fayette County Elections Office at 140 West Stonewall Avenue in Fayetteville; the Peachtree City Library at 201 Willowbend Road in Peachtree City; and Tyrone Town Hall at 881 Senoia Road in Tyrone.

While all Fayette voters have local and state elections on their ballots, residents of the City of Fayetteville and of the City of Peachtree City have an additional referendum to consider, which deals with whether or not to Bi-Weekly Report - October 29, 2018

extend the hours of Sunday sales of alcohol, starting at 11 a.m. instead of 12:30 p.m., within the respective cities. During early voting, residents of Fayetteville and Peachtree City are able to access this Special Election Ballot at the same time that they complete the General Election Ballot.

On Election Day, Nov. 6, this Special Election Ballot in Fayetteville will only be available at the two normal City of Fayetteville polling locations. For Fayetteville residents living north of Hwy. 54, the City of Fayetteville

polling location is the Lafayette Educational Center at 205 Lafayette Avenue. For Fayetteville residents living south of Hwy. 54, the City of Fayetteville polling location is the Fayette County Library at 1821 Heritage Parkway.

For City of Fayetteville residents voting on Election Day, Nov. 6, the General Election Ballot will be available at the precinct indicated on the voter’s registration card.

Voters may also contact the Fayette County Elections Office at 770-305-5408 to determine their General Election voting precinct location.

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Veterans Day Parade begins at 10 a.m.

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Saturday, November 10 Veterans Day celebrations in Historic Downtown Fayetteville (see Page 11) Friday, November 16 Free Movie under the Stars: “Prancer”, sponsored by Main Street Fayetteville, on the Old Courthouse Lawn, entertainment begins at 6:30 p.m.

Saturday, December 1 Christmas on Main Street, including “Victorian Christmas” at the Holliday Dorsey Fife Museum, 1-4; Fayetteville Christmas Parade at 5; Tree Lighting at 7; plus visits with Santa and more!

Find more events: fayetteville-ga.gov facebook.com/fayettevillega.gov

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