Canton, Georgia  
110 Academy Street  
Canton, Georgia 30114  
Meeting Agenda Full Detail  
Thursday, August 15, 2024  
6:00 PM  
City Hall  
110 Academy Street  
City Council  
1. Pledge of Allegiance and Invocation  
2. Call to Order  
3. Consideration to Approve Agenda  
4. Guests and Visitors  
5. Public Hearings  
A.  
Public Hearing on Appeal of the Denial of Cases VAR2405-001 (Request  
to Reduce 50-Foot Landscape Buffer to 10 Feet) and VAR2405-002  
(Request to Reduce 50-Foot Building Setback Around the Perimeter to 10  
Feet) by the Board of Appeals - Zoning Administrator Steve Green  
Attachments:  
Variance Appeals Documentation  
B.  
Public Hearing on the Adoption of New Zoning Map In Response to Unified  
Development Code Amendments - Community Development Intern Tyler  
Peoples  
Attachments:  
Zoning Map Amendments  
6. Consideration to Approve Minutes  
Council Meeting Draft Minutes - August 1, 2024  
A.  
Attachments:  
Minutes - Council Meeting - August 1, 2024  
7. Informational Items  
A.  
Information Only - Historic District Expansion and Residential Historic  
District Design Guidelines Update - City Planner Brittany Anderson  
Attachments:  
Historic Preservation Updates  
8. Other Announcements  
9. Ten Minute Public Input  
10. Consent Agenda  
A.  
Approval of Professional Services Agreement with Brown and Caldwell -  
City Engineer Bethany Watson  
Attachments:  
Attachments:  
Brown & Caldwell  
B.  
Approval of the Award of the Reinhardt College Parkway at Reservoir  
Road Intersection Improvement Project to Glosson Enterprises in the  
Amount of $702,690.00 - City Engineer Bethany Watson  
Glosson Enterprises  
11. Old Business  
A.  
Discussion and Possible Action on the Approval of the Downtown Master  
Plan - City Engineer Bethany Watson  
Attachments:  
Downtown Master Plan  
B.  
Discussion and Possible Action on Master Plan Amendment  
MPA2404-010 - Request to Remove the Requirement of a Water Tank  
within the Laurel Canyon Development - Zoning Administrator Steve Green  
Attachments:  
MPA2404-010 Documentation  
C.  
Discussion and Possible Action on Harmon Park Mini-Pitch Programming  
Fee Schedule - Parks and Recreation Manager Adam Dodson  
Attachments:  
Harmon Park Programming  
D.  
Discussion and Possible Action on Proposed Fiscal Year 2025 Budget  
and Fee Schedule - Finance Director Melissa Forrester  
Attachments:  
FY 2025 Budget and Fee Schedule  
12. New Business  
A.  
Discussion of Task Order 12 for Canton Water Treatment Upgrade  
Feasibility Study to Black & Veatch in the Amount of $83,545.00 - City  
Engineer Bethany Watson  
Attachments:  
Black & Veatch - Task Order 12  
B.  
Discussion of Request for Proposals for Annual Financial Auditing  
Services Issued July 9, 2024 - Finance Director Melissa Forrester  
Attachments:  
Audit RFP  
C.  
Discussion and Possible Action to Readopt the City of Canton's Defined  
Benefit Pension Plan Documents - Assistant City Manager Nathan Ingram  
Attachments:  
GMEBS Adoption  
D.  
Discussion of Survey on Canton Building Authority Property within the  
Laurel Canyon/Soleil Development - Assistant City Manager Nathan  
Ingram  
Attachments:  
Gunnin Surveying  
13. City Manager's Report  
14. Council Introduced Items  
15. Mayor's Report  
16. Adjourn to Executive Session to Discuss Real Estate and Litigation