AGENDA
MAYOR AND COUNCIL
JANUARY 10, 2005

CALL TO ORDER: Mayor Shirley Fanning-Lasseter

INVOCATION/PLEDGE: Harvey Anderson, Perimeter Church 

WELCOME RESIDENTS: Bridlewood/Abbott's Pointe

I. CEREMONIAL MATTERS 

1. APPOINTMENT OF MAYOR PRO TEMPORE - 2005

Mayor Lasseter to announce her recommendation for the appointment of the Mayor Pro tempore. The charter states that the Council shall elect a Councilmember to serve as the Mayor Pro tempore at the first regular meeting of each year by a majority vote.

2. MAYOR'S "STATE OF THE CITY" ADDRESS

II. CONSENT AGENDA

1. APPROVAL OF THE DECEMBER 13, 2004 MINUTES

2. RESOLUTION - AUTHORIZATION FOR RECREATION AREA GRANTS

Approval of this item approves a resolution authorizing the City Administrator to apply to the Georgia Recreational Trails Program for part of the money needed by the City of Duluth for construction of a visitors' center and associated trails in accordance with the Concept Development Plan for the Rogers Bridge Greenway. 

3. ACCEPTANCE OF PROPERTY DONATION - CLYDE STEED

Approval of this item accepts deed of gift of approximately 1.15 acres of land from Dr. Clyde Steed. The property is located in land lot 324, 6th district and is adjacent to the property purchased by the City pursuant to a lease agreement with Mr. Steed dated February 24, 2003. The property deed was delivered to and accepted by the City Attorney on December 31, 2004. This act will ratify the City's acceptance of said transaction as of December 31, 2004. 

4. ACCEPTANCE OF DONATION - $8,000 - MICKEY HIPPS LUMBER

Approval of this item accepts an $8,000 donation dated December 16, 2004 from Mickey's Lumber Supply to be credited toward a Thermal Imaging system for the police department in account 37116 (Public donations - Police.)


5. ORDINANCE SETTING TIME AND PLACE FOR CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS AND WORK SESSIONS

Approval of this ordinance sets the City Council Meetings and Work Sessions for 2005.

Council Meetings will be held on the 2nd and 4th Mondays of every month (with the exception of June 27th for the GMA Annual Conference and December 26th) at 7:00 p.m. in the Duluth City Hall Council Chambers located at 3578 West Lawrenceville Street, Duluth, Ga. 

Work sessions will be held at 6:30 p.m. before each regularly scheduled Council meeting at the same location. Additional work Sessions may be held on the 5th Mondays of January, August and October at the same location. All meetings are open to the public, and the Mayor and Council welcome and encourage attendance at these meetings.

The annual Strategic Planning session will be held January 21-23, 2005 at the Lake Lanier Pine Isle resort in Gainesville, GA.

6. AUTHORIZATION - SPLOST CHANGE ORDERS - SIDEWALKS / RESURFACING

Approval of this item authorizes the Mayor or City Administrator to execute Change Order No. 1 to amend section 5 of the "SPLOST - City Assistance for Sidewalk Program Agreement" dated November 26, 2003 for $191,801.30. This amendment extends the expiration date of the agreement for sidewalk capital improvements to June 30, 2005. It further authorizes the Mayor or City Administrator to submit a revised application for new resurfacing project, pursuant to an original agreement also dated November 26, 2003 for 38,513.53.

7. RESOLUTION - APPOINTMENT OF THE LEGAL ORGAN (NEWSPAPER)

Approval of this item appoints the "Gwinnett Daily Post" as the City's Legal Organ for 2005. This resolution shall not be construed to prevent the City from utilizing a newspaper of general circulation within the City of Duluth or Gwinnett County when authorized to do so by state or local law.

8. APPOINTMENT OF LAW FIRM FOR 2005

Approval of this item appoints the law firm of Thompson and Sweeny as the City's legal counsel for 2005.

9. APPOINTMENT OF 2005 ENGINEERING FIRMS OF RECORD 

Approval of this item appoints Keck & Wood, Jordan, Jones & Goulding, Pond & Company, Clark Patterson & Associates, Bron Cleveland, Mattern & Craig, Rosser International, United Consulting, Wolverton & Associates and Precision Planning as the City's Engineering Firms of Record for 2005.

III. OLD BUSINESS

1. ORDINANCE OF REZONING AMEND PRD CASE Z#0161B-04
SPOHNTOWN CORPORATION PARCEL 6-244-332

Per the request of the applicant, Mr. Doug Spohn, this item will be postponed until January 24, 2005.

IV. MATTERS FROM CITIZENS 

V. MATTERS FROM COUNCIL/DEPT HEADS/CITY ATTORNEY

VI. ADJOURNMENT