FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — The Forsyth County Board of Commissioners will meet Tuesday, September 22, 2026, at 2:00 PM at 110 East Main Street, Suite 220, Cumming, to consider a long agenda whose most resident-facing questions involve roads, land use and development rules.
What to watch
1. Road resurfacing program
The board is asked to award Bid 26-75-3150 to Blount Construction Co. for the 2026 Road Resurfacing Program at $9,379,147.17. A resurfacing award could affect road work residents encounter, while the packet identifies two budget lines but does not list the roads or a construction schedule. Watch the award, the two budgeted amounts of $7,467,941.92 and $1,929,205.26, and any information about locations or timing. Agenda item 9; packet p. 171.
2. A postponed District 5 rezoning question
The board may give direction on a Board-generated rezoning for ZA4163, Tipton Development LLC, under UDC 8-5.5(I), which addresses cases in which no land-disturbance permit has been submitted within 18 months of zoning approval; the item was postponed from the March 24, 2026 agenda. This is a parcel-specific land-use question for District 5, so its significance is direct for the property and nearby residents. Watch what direction the board gives and whether the packet provides any additional information about the parcel or the proposed constitutional zoning designation. Agenda item 14; packet p. 350.
3. Short-term-rental grandfathering
The board will discuss a Unified Development Code amendment to terminate any claim or assertion of grandfathering to conduct short-term-rental operations under the UDC version in effect before April 18, 2019. That could affect how owners of properties used for short-term rentals understand their ability to continue operating under an earlier code, although the packet does not describe affected properties or a proposed implementation. Watch the discussion and the text of any amendment or direction; the agenda does not state a recommended action. Agenda item 16; packet p. 357.
4. A time-sensitive agreement with Milton
The board is asked to approve an intergovernmental agreement with the City of Milton covering maintenance and control of certain portions of McGinnis Ferry Road, Morris Road and Bethany Bend, and staff has requested time-sensitive consideration on September 22. The agreement assigns or shares responsibilities for roads, signals, drainage, mowing and related work along the jurisdictions’ border, including county responsibility for certain McGinnis Ferry Road traffic-signal costs and maintenance. Watch the division of responsibilities, the agreement’s 12-month term with automatic renewal language, and the fact that the document says it will terminate absolutely 50 years after its first term begins. Agenda item 17; packet pp. 358, 360–362.
5. Old Atlanta Road safety design-build work
The board is asked to award RFP 26-65-1514 to Backbone Infrastructure, LLC for progressive design-build services for SPLOST IX Transportation Bundle 5, with a $692,500 preliminary-stage cost and a 15.5% design-builder’s fee. The packet identifies the project as 1.32 miles of Old Atlanta Road safety and operational improvements between Ronald Reagan Boulevard and Brannon, with added or widened turn-lane capacity at several intersections. Watch what the preliminary stage covers, how the later completion-stage price is handled, and the traffic changes described for Old Atlanta Road. Agenda item 11; packet pp. 235, 240.
Also on the agenda
Also on the agenda: items 1–8, 10, 12, 13 and 15, a code-work update on the residential moratorium for which the packet supplies no further detail.
What the agenda does not tell us
The meeting has not happened. Its outcome, discussion and last-minute changes are unknown, and agendas can be amended. I could not establish which roads the resurfacing program covers or when work would occur; the parcel’s proposed constitutional zoning designation or why no land-disturbance permit was filed; the properties affected by item 16, its amendment text or a recommended action; or the eventual completion-stage price for item 11.
Sources
County agenda: “Agenda 9.22.2026 Work Session” ↗, CivicClerk event 437, file ID 5338, fetched September 20, 2026 at 19:44:35 UTC. Meeting date and time are taken from the agenda.
County agenda packet: “Agenda Packet 9.22.2026 Work Session”, CivicClerk event 437, file ID 5340, fetched September 20, 2026 at 19:44:35 UTC; 368-page PDF converted to text.
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