The Stockbridge City Council voted unanimously at its February 23 workshop meeting to approve a resolution in support of the aquatic center on the site of the Bridges at Jodeco multi-use development with an intergovernmental agreement between the city and the county to be negotiated.

In other business in Stockbridge, portions of 13 roads were included on the FY2022 Local Maintenance and Improvement Grant (LMIG) list approved by the council. The road sections add up to nearly five miles total and include parts of Davidson Parkway, Old Atlanta Road, Meadow Ridge Drive, Willow Springs Lane, Sage Court, Memory Lane, Old Legends Boulevard, Timeless Walk, Homeplace Drive, Bridle Cove, Lakeview Place, Fairgreen Trail and Winter View Way. The LMIG program uses assistance and funding from the Georgia Department of Transportation for local road maintenance. The vote to approve the list was unanimous.

A new firm has been named to represent the city in future legal matters. The council voted unanimously to approve the appointment of Bell & Washington LLP, an Atlanta-based firm, several weeks after making the determination not to retain Michael Williams, the city’s attorney for the past several years. The council voted later in the same meeting to approve a three-month contract with Williams for legal counsel regarding ongoing litigation with BBQ Masters, a Stockbridge business. That vote was 3-0-1, as Yolanda Barber voted in opposition and Elton Alexander did not participate in the vote.

A motion to confirm Brecca Johnson as the new community development director passed by a unanimous vote. 

The Stockbridge Planning Commission met February 25 and considered one agenda item, voting unanimously to recommend denial of a rezoning request for a residential subdivision on Brannan Road. The applicant was seeking a change from RA (residential agricultural) to R-3 (single-family residential) for a 73.71-acre site along the southeast corner of Brannan Road and North Salem Drive.

The site previously consisted of five separate parcels, which the Planning Commission voted at its December meeting to combine into a single parcel. The final decision on the rezoning lies with the City Council, which was scheduled to consider the case at its March 8 regular meeting.