Toccoa’s Alewine Drive Tower Lease Still Has No Documented Decision

A proposed lease to allow a wireless communications tower at 566 Alewine Drive came before the Toccoa City Commission on Sept. 30, 2024, through an agreement with Milestone Tower Limited Partnership. Nearly two years later, the identified official agenda still establishes only that commissioners were scheduled to consider the item; it does not record a decision, vote or subsequent construction.

The unanswered outcome matters because the proposal concerns a specific city location and a potential agreement between Toccoa and a private tower company. Residents near Alewine Drive and people following city property decisions cannot tell from the agenda whether a tower was authorized, what lease terms may have been accepted, or what obligations the city and company would have taken on.

The matter surfaced as part of the commission’s Sept. 30, 2024 regular-meeting agenda. WNEG Radio reported that morning that commissioners would consider the Milestone Tower lease for installation of a wireless communications tower at 566 Alewine Drive; the city agenda separately listed the agreement for consideration. Those accounts document a proposal moving onto the public meeting agenda, but neither establishes what followed the meeting.

The agenda identifies Milestone Tower Limited Partnership as the prospective contracting party and Toccoa’s City Commission as the body set to consider the lease. WNEG Radio reported that the proposed agreement concerned a wireless communications tower. The record does not include statements from the company, commissioners, nearby residents or other supporters or opponents, so it does not establish their positions on the proposal.

What is documented is a proposed agenda item, not an approved lease or a completed tower installation. The official agenda does not state whether commissioners approved, rejected, amended, deferred or tabled the agreement, and it does not state a final action or vote. It also does not establish that the parties signed a lease or that construction began at 566 Alewine Drive.

The next concrete public step is to locate the Sept. 30, 2024 City Commission meeting minutes and any later commission action, executed lease or implementation record. Those documents could show whether the proposal received a decision, disclose adopted terms and clarify whether work followed. Until then, the Alewine Drive tower remains a proposed lease item with no documented public outcome.