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Agenda





 
Cherokee County
 
Board of Commissioners Regular Meeting AGENDA
 


July 21, 2026 Regular Meeting Cherokee County Admin Complex
1130 Bluffs Pkwy,
Canton, GA 30114    6:00 PM AMENDED




INVOCATION


Fire Chaplain David Price will give the invocation.



PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE




"Veterans of U.S. military service may proudly salute the flag while not in uniform based on a change in the governing law on 25 July 2007"





Sgt. First Class Scott McElroy, US Army Veteran and Purple Heart recipient, will lead the Pledge in honor of Army Veteran First Seargent John David Blair.



1.

CALL TO ORDER

 


2.

RATIFY CLOSURE OF EXECUTIVE SESSION

 


3.

AMENDMENTS TO AGENDA

 

3.1
Amend to add item 6.3 under Commission Business - Moratorium on Data Centers.
 

3.2
Amend to add item 6.4 under Commission Business - Public Hearing to Extend Moratorium.
 


4.

PRESENTATIONS/PROCLAMATIONS

 

4.1
Proclamation - Canton Center for Nursing and Healing.
 



5.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

 


6.

COMMISSION BUSINESS

 

6.1
Appointments to Internal Audit Committee.
 

6.2
Appointment to Board of Tax Assessors.
 

6.3
Amendment: Moratorium on Data Centers. Consider adoption of a thirty-day moratorium on Data Centers.

 

6.4
Amendment: Public Hearing for extension of moratorium. Call for a Public Hearing on August 18, 2026, to consider an extension to the moratorium related to Data Centers.

 


7.

APPROVAL OF MINUTES

 

7.1
Minutes from July 7, 2026. Consider approval of Work Session, Executive Session, and Regular Meeting Minutes from July 7, 2026.

 




8.

PUBLIC HEARING

 

8.1
Public Hearing - 2026 Millage Rate. Conduct a public hearing to receive input on the 2026 Millage Rate.

 


8.2
Public Hearing - Britton & Erika Felber - Modification of Zoning Conditions (BOC Dist. 3). Conduct a public hearing to consider a request by Britton and Erika Felber to remove a zoning condition per Case #06-07-046 (Resolution 2006-R-087) related to a buffer. 

 






8.3
Public Hearing - Transmittal of the 2026 CIE/CWP Annual Report. Conduct a public hearing to consider transmittal of the 2026 Capital Improvement Element (CIE) and the Community Work Program (CWP) Annual Report to the Georgia Department of Community Affairs (DCA) for their review.

 





8.4
Public Hearing - Adoption of Pearidge Small Area Plan. Conduct a public hearing to consider resolution for adoption of the Pearidge Small Area Plan as an amendment to the Comprehensive Plan.

 




8.5
Public Hearing - Board-Initiated Rezoning - 504, 514, 516, 518, 520 & 528 Toonigh Road. Conduct a public hearing to consider zoning changes for six (6) properties located at 504, 514, 516, 518, 520 & 528 Toonigh Road, Woodstock, Georgia.

 







9.

PUBLIC COMMENT

 


10.

PLANNING AND ZONING

 

10.1
Case #26-04-007 - Parks F. Huff for SW Cherokee Holdings, LLC (BOC Dist. 4). Consider applicant's request to rezone 39.46 +/- acres from R-40 (Single-Family Residential), NC (Neighborhood Commercial), GC (General Commercial) and OI (Office/Institutional) to GC (General Commercial) (4.46 +/- acres) and RM-16 (Multi-Family Residential) (35 +/- acres) for a Mixed-Use Development. Also requesting variances to Article 16, Section 16.1.5 of the zoning ordinance for relief to the Hwy 92 Overlay Streetscape, Table 10.1 to reduce a zoning buffer to 10-feet adjacent to R-40 zoned property, Table 10.1 to eliminate the internal zoning buffers between GC and RM-16, Cherokee County Development Ordinance Section 4.08 to allow streets to not end in a cul-de-sac, Table 7.1A to allow front building setbacks to be 0-12 feet, Article 10, Section 10.6 to allow disturbance and replanting of zoning buffers, Article 12, Off-Street Parking requirements, to reduce parking ratios as presented, and Article 7, Section 7.7-12(3)(ii)b.1, to allow an existing wireless tower to be located within a property line a distance less than the height of the tower. 

 










10.2
City of Canton Annexation - 2829 Ball Ground Highway and 3830 Fate Conn Road. Consider annexation request from the City of Canton for 48.192 +/- acres located on Ball Ground Highway and Fate Conn Road.

 





10.3
City of Canton Annexation - Old Shoal Creek Road, Honeydew Drive, Douglas Ridge Lane and Reinhardt College Parkway. Consider annexation request from the City of Canton for 176 +/- acres located on Old Shoal Creek Road, Honeydew Drive, Douglas Ridge Lane and Reinhardt College Parkway.

 




10.4
City of Ball Ground Annexation - 7583 Ball Ground Highway. Consider annexation request from the City of Ball Ground for 40.2 +/- acres located on Ball Ground Highway.

 





11.

CONSENT AGENDA

 

11.1
ARC Mini-Grant Award for Senior Services. Consider request from Senior Services to accept the mini-grant from the Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC) in the amount of $2,500.00 for the construction and placement of a supply pantry for unhoused seniors and consider a corresponding Budget Amendment in the same amount.

 



11.2
CDBG and HOME Programs Urban Cooperation Agreements with Cities. Consider request from Grants Management for approval of Urban Counties Cooperation Agreements for HUD funding with the cities of Ball Ground, Waleska and Woodstock.

 





12.

COUNTY MANAGER

 

12.1
Request for Private Streets - Shallow Waters (Phase 1). Consider applicant (Lennar) request for private streets within a proposed 28-lot major subdivision known as Shallow Waters located off of Arnold Mill Road. 

 


12.2
Network Switch Replacement for Board of Commissioners Main Locations. Consider request from IT Department for purchase of Network Switch Replacement equipment for the Board of Commissioners main locations in the total amount of $57,205.82.

 


12.3
Network Switch Replacement for Board of Commissioners Remote Locations. Consider request from IT Department for purchase of Network Switch Replacement equipment for the Board of Commissioners remote locations in the total amount of $49,100.75.

 


12.4
Network Switch Replacement for Public Safety Main Locations. Consider request from IT Department for purchase of Network Switch Replacement equipment for Public Safety main locations in the total amount of $61,653.80.

 


12.5
Network Switch Replacement for Public Safety Remote Locations. Consider request from IT Department for purchase of Network Switch Replacement equipment for Public Safety remote locations in the total amount of $36,769.31.

 


12.6
Amendment One to Design Services Agreement with Wendel, Inc. for CATS Headquarters. Consider request from Community Services and Capital Projects for Amendment One to the Design Services Agreement with Wendel, Inc. for the design and construction administration of the CATS Headquarters, in the amount of $57,000.00.

 






13.

COUNTY ATTORNEY

 



ADJOURN