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Published Sunday, August 24, 2008 in Local

City to hear plans for former school

By Brenda Pedraza-Vidamour

The Times-Herald

The Newnan City Council will hear presentations Tuesday on how the city should best use the former Howard Warner School building on Savannah Street, property that was donated to the city by the Coweta Board of Education.

Council meetings are held at 6:30 p.m. in council chambers at city hall on LaGrange Street.

Two groups have expressed an interest in using the building as either a early childhood education center or a neighborhood community center. The Howard Warner building was last used as the school system's curriculum building in 2007 before those offices relocated to Werz Industrial Boulevard.

Complicating council's considerations was an added stipulation two weeks ago by the school board that the Warner building be used as an educational facility.

In other business, the council will also consider an annexation request for about 43 acres of rural county land located off of Poplar Road across from the Piedmont Newnan Hospital site. Healthcare Realty Trust wants to develop the land for a commercial/office park, and is requesting general commercial, high density office and institutional rezoning. The two tracts of land are near Interstate 85, Poplar Road and the Stillwood Farms apartment development.

An issue with the annexation request is the future construction of the Poplar Road interchange and whether the city would have to assume the costs for a portion of the interchange's construction should the quadrant be annexed. The annexation area occupies the northeast quadrant of the I-85 and Poplar Road intersection. The proposed hospital will be located in the southeast quadrant.

The council will also consider:

* An appointment on the city's board of zoning appeals.

* A public hearing on some proposed revisions to the city's subdivision regulations.

* Bids for the full-depth reclamation and paving of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive from Spence Avenue to Cliff Circle and to purchase a vibratory asphalt roller with a trailer.

* An agreement with the owners of the Chevron property at 75 Jackson St. for the storage of the city's Christmas items.

* Three requests for condemnation or extensions for repair on properties that have failed to meet housing and property maintenance code standards as well as a public hearing for the repair or demolition of the Holy Zion Center of Deliverance property at 115 Temple Ave. The council will also be updated on the status reports on about eight other sub-standard properties.

* Two requests from the Community Welcome House to temporarily close some downtown streets and to use the Court Square and the Greenville Street Park for community events. The first event is a walk Oct. 18, to recognize National Domestic Violence Awareness month. The second event is for the same venues on Jan. 31, for a Chinese New Year celebration for the survivors of domestic violence.

* A request from Diann Alford to temporarily use some downtown streets for the annual Keesha Vessell Vasculitis Awareness Walk on the morning of Sept. 20.

* A request from Newnan High School to temporarily close some routes from Newnan High School to the Court Square, and to use the Court Square for its annual Homecoming Parade and Pep Rally on Sept. 18.

* A request from First Baptist Church to temporary close some downtown streets for its Fall Festival Oct. 31.