Toccoa Authorized City-Crew Demolition on South Big A Road, but Record Does Not Show It Happened

Toccoa’s City Commission unanimously authorized the city manager on Nov. 25, 2013, to obtain Mr. Addy’s required signatures and proceed with demolition at 13 South Big A Road using City of Toccoa work crews. The vote gave municipal staff authority to pursue the project at the South Big A Road site, with Commissioner Fry making the motion and Commissioner Carter seconding it.

The decision mattered because it moved a specific demolition agreement from consideration toward potential action by city employees. For people near the address, the practical question was whether a structure at that site would be removed through city-led work—not whether Toccoa had adopted a broader demolition program or policy.

The matter first appeared on the City Commission’s Oct. 28, 2013 agenda as a proposed demolition agreement for 13 South Big A Road. That agenda listing documented consideration but no commission action. By the Nov. 25 meeting, commissioners had advanced the proposal: their unanimous authorization directed the city manager to seek the required owner signatures and use city work crews if the agreement could proceed.

Commissioners supported the authorization without a recorded dissent, according to the meeting minutes. Fry and Carter took the formal motion and second, while the city manager was assigned to obtain Mr. Addy’s signatures. The record identifies Mr. Addy in connection with the required paperwork, but does not describe his position on the agreement, the property’s condition, or views from neighbors, businesses, or other residents.

What Toccoa completed was an authorization to pursue demolition, not a documented demolition itself. The minutes establish that city staff could seek signatures and proceed with municipal crews, but they do not say whether the signatures were obtained, whether crews began work, or whether the building was removed. They also provide no schedule, cost, description of the site, or later action affecting the address.

The next meaningful public step would be a later city record showing whether the agreement was signed and whether demolition at 13 South Big A Road occurred. Until then, the central issue remains undecided in the public record: Toccoa cleared a route for city-led work, but the outcome of that work has not been established.