HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes CC - 03/14/2011 - 03-14-11 S.C. Mins (Migrated from Optiview)Special Called Work Session of the Milton City Council
Monday, March 14, 2011 at 5:00 pm
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intent to transcribe proceedings verbatim. Any reproduction of this summary must include this notice.
Public comments are noted and heard by Council, but not quoted. This document includes limited
presentation by Council and invited speakers in summary form. This is an official record of the Milton
City Council Meeting proceedings. Official Meetings are audio recorded.
The Special Called Work Session of the Mayor and Council of the City of Milton was held on
March 14, 2011 at 5:00 PM, Mayor Joe Lockwood presiding.
Council Members Present: Councilmember Karen Thurman, Councilmember Bill Lusk,
Councilmember Burt Hewitt, and Councilmember Joe Longoria. Councilmember Zahner Bailey arrived
late.
Council Members Absent/Excused:
Councilmember Alan Tart.
Mayor Lockwood:
• Work Sessions are an informal setting to update Council on business items.
• No votes will be taken during these sessions.
• There is one (1) item on our Agenda tonight.
• Public comment is allowed that is germane to an Agenda Item.
• If you wish to speak you are required to fill out a comment card and turn it into the City Clerk
staff.
• Public comment will be allowed for a total of 10 minutes per agenda item and no more than 2
minutes per person.
• Public comment will be heard at the beginning of each Item.
• Once the item is called, no other comment cards will be accepted.
Public Comment
No Public Comment.
City Clerk Gordon read Agenda Item #1.
1. Opening Presentation by Lew Oliver, Inc., Whole Town Solutions to Identify the Long -Term
Planning Needs of the Crabapple Crossroads Community and the City of Milton's Future City
Center.
(Presented by Lew Oliver, Whole Town Solutions)
Lew Oliver:
• We were contacted by Milton to look at the Crabapple area for assets and problems.
mom • Milton has large land area, a population of over 30,000, and you have the opportunity to add
5,000 to 10,000 houses currently.
• Due to the demographic, the beautiful area, and school system I expect that to happen.
• There are many possibilities that come into play here.
• Starting with transportation we normally look at cars as being the main source of transportation.
• We could look at pedestrian traffic, then bicycle, golf carts, cars, and then service vehicles.
Special Called Work Session of the Milton City Council
Monday, March 14, 2011 at 5:00 pm
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• We are here as facilitators and to present options to the city.
• Our stakeholder meetings are going to run this week starting today and going through
Wednesday.
• Thursday or Friday we will start some design work on three sketches.
• The sketches won't be conclusive.
• They are going to be presented again to you Monday at 7pm for your comment.
• They are sketches and I encourage you not to form consensus on anything until then.
• We are waiting to see what council and citizens think would be an appropriate direction to take.
• Aside from general quality of life, the next big issue is traffic.
• We have traffic problems very similar to what we have in Roswell.
• I will not say that the traffic will go away, they will increase.
• They are going to worsen as your population expands.
• There are two ways of dealing with it.
• Road widening is one way to deal with the extra volume which can be slightly problematic due
to increasing the viability of that route.
• The second way to deal with it is discourage commuter traffic.
• If you do nothing, that is considered discouraging commuter traffic.
• We are here to help discover some traffic systems that promote community building.
• Natural assets need to be protected in the city.
• We need to preserve the history in the city with historic buildings.
• There is need for aesthetic improvement and traffic calming.
• We want to look at reusing existing infrastructure as much as possible.
• We want a general consensus from the community as to what is wanted and what isn't.
• There will be a City staff update on Friday at 4:OOp.m.
Mayor Lockwood:
• Crabapple 61yofmiltionga.us is the email address for everyone to submit comments and
questions.
City Manager Lagerbloom:
• The next public meeting will be next Monday March 21St at 7:OOpm.
• The final presentation will be April 11th at 7:OOpm.
After no further discussion, the Work Session adjourned at 6:19 p.m.
Date Approved: April 11, 2011
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Sudie AM Gor on, Cit Clerk
Joe Lockwood, Mayor