Smyrna City Council Meeting Tonight; Vinings Vision on Tuesday

It’s Monday, and that means another Smyrna City Council meeting is set for 7:30 tonight in the City Hall building located at 2800 King Street.

There will be a pair of business alcohol license matters on the agenda, but the meat of the meeting comes from the consent agenda, which is as follows:

(A) Approval of September 6, 2011 Mayor and Council Meeting Minutes

(B) Approval of 2011 Performance Partnership Agreement with the Georgia Emergency Management Agency between GEMA and City of Smyrna and authorize Mayor to sign and execute document

(C) Approval to change date on Campbell High School Spartan Sprint 5K Run from November 5th to November 12, 2011. Assembling at 7:00 a.m. and ending at approximately 9 a.m. (Route - from High School, Ward Street, Powder Springs Street, Stonecreek Road to Bank Street to King Street, around Village Green Circle and back onto Powder Springs Street, to Ward Street to Campbell High School parking area)

(D) Approval for Atkins Park Tavern to host Smyrna Beer Fest in Market Village Saturday, October 8, 2011 from 1 p.m.-6 p.m.

(E) Approval for Market Village merchants Atkins Park Tavern and Vintage Tavern/Zucca to host Market Village Octoberfest October 22-23, 2011

(F) Approval of partial road closure for east end of Anderson Circle from 2:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on October 15, 2011 for Williams Park Neighbors' annual social event

(G) Approval to submit Workers Compensation Self Insured Application Authorization and authorize Mayor to sign and execute related documents

(H) Award RFP 12-001 Spring Road Multi Use Trail Phase 2 to the lowest bidder C.P. Richards Construction Company for $418,819.70 and authorize the Mayor to execute any related documents

(I) Award RFQ 12-019 Street Paving Projects to the lowest bidder Baldwin Paving Company for their submitted unit pricing and authorize the Mayor to execute any related documents

(J) Award RFQ 12-012 Fuel Bid to the lowest bidder Mansfield Oil Company based on the daily OPIS fuel price + .0036 markup for diesel fuel and discount of -.0126 for gasoline and authorize the Mayor to execute any related documents

(K) Award of RFQ 12-017 to Wade Ford, the overall lowest bidder, at total price of $188,075 for Police and Fire Vehicles

(L) Approval and adoption of six revised personnel policies regarding leave, including jury court leave, funeral leave, annual leave, sick leave, FMLA and Military leave and Mayor to sign and execute adopted policies

(M) Approval and adoption of four revised general personnel policies regarding ethical conduct, equal employment opportunity, introduction, and harassment and Mayor to sign and execute policies

(N) Approval and adoption of revised personnel policy regarding holidays and Mayor to sign and execute policy

(O) Approval and adoption of three revised and/or new personnel policies regarding working test, termination of employment and retirement recognition and Mayor to sign and execute policies

The public is invited, but the meeting will be televised live on Charter Communications Public Access Channel 19. Replays of council meetings air the second and fourth Thursday of the month on Channel 23 at 7 p.m. See the TV23 section at www.cobbcounty.org for a complete rebroadcast schedule.

Vinings Vision Plan

And on Tuesday, the second public meeting to discuss the Vinings Vision Plan will be held at at 3101 Paces Mill Road. The meeting is scheduled from 7–9 p.m.

In March, the Cobb County Board of Commissioners directed the Community Development Planning Division to create a master plan for Vinings.

The Vinings Vision Plan looks to address a variety of uses including land use, transportation and community character and improvement. The goal of the process will be to provide a plan with recommendations and implementation items that the county and community can support.

The , and Tuesday’s event will focus on the following:

Natural environment including tree canopy and flooding issues; infrastructure including sidewalks, crosswalks and bicycle lanes; community facilities including parks and community center; and preservation of current land uses including transition zones and density issues.