January 12, 1998                                                                 

 

                                                                     MINUTES

 

A called meeting of the Pooler City Council was held on January 12, 1998.  Mayor Buddy Carter called the meeting to order at 4:00 p.m.  Present were Councilman Jack Brewton, Robert Bryan, Sonny DeFilippis, Jim Poteet, Wayne Seay and Stevie Wall; City Manager, Dennis Baxter and City Attorney, Wiley Ellis.

 

The purpose of this meeting was to discuss:

 

1.  Request for approval of site plan for the Cracker Barrel Old Country Store and

Brickyard Subdivision on Bourne Avenue

Mayor Carter presented this request for site plan approval of a Cracker Barrel Old Country Store and approval of the Brickyard Subdivision on Bourne Avenue.  He stated that the issue concerning the lift station has not yet been resolved.  Mr. Baxter presented several options the City could take, one being to ask the County (who owns the lift station at the Eighth Air Force Museum) to accept the amount of $32,760.00 and in return, deed the lift station to the City.  The other option being for the City to build a new lift to handle this subdivision, at an estimated cost of $90,000.  Mayor Carter  stated that the lift station at the Eighth Air Force Museum would need to be upgraded to handle the capacity from this subdivision and that he has spoken with Commissioner Eddie DeLoach, who has stated that the County will agree to accept the $32,760.00 with the stipulation that the City would reimburse the difference up to $90,000.  This amount will come from tap in fees from the development in the subdivision. 

Mr. Allen Lewis of Georgia/Carolina Land Company, Inc. and Mr. Mike Donahoo, Engineer representing the Cracker Barrel were present at the meeting.  Mr. Baxter presented comments from the City=s engineer regarding the site plan and subdivision.  After discussion, Councilman Wall made a motion to approve the site plan for the Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, contingent upon the engineer=s comments being answered prior to the issuance of a building permit.  Motion was seconded by Councilman Poteet and passed without opposition.  Councilman Wall made a motion to approve the Brickyard Subdivision, contingent upon a pond being posted for 150% of the estimated infrastructure cost and contingent upon the lift station agreement with Chatham County being approved.  Motion was seconded by Councilman Poteet and passed without opposition.

 

There being no further business to discuss, Councilman Poteet made a motion to adjourn at approximately 4:30 p.m.  Motion was seconded by Councilman Bryan and passed without opposition.