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ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES
COMMITTEE
COMMITTEE ROOM - August 12, 1996
3:00 P.M.
PRESENT: Hons. Larry E. Sconyers, Mayor; Beard, Chairman;
Bridges, Vice-Chairman; H. Brigham and Powell, members; Charles
Dillard, Interim Administrator for Operations; Linda Beazley,
Interim Administrator for Administration; Erik Montgomery of
Historic Augusta; Samm Fusselle, Main Street Director; Sirena
Rogers, Interim Director of Housing & Neighborhood Development;
George Patty, Housing & Neighborhood Development Director; Kip
Plowman, Interim Internal Auditor; Keven Mack of the Housing
& Neighborhood Develoment Department; Jim Wall, Attorney; Lena
Bonner, Clerk of Commission-Council and Nancy Morawski, Deputy
Clerk of Commission-Council.
Also Present: Sylvia Cooper of the Augusta Chronicle,
Gale Mino of WBBQ Radio and Renita Crawford of WJBF Television.
The Clerk:
staff to add two
rebidding of 982
projects.
We have requests from the Community Development
items to the agenda. They are recommending
and 984 Broad Street facade restoration
Mr. Bridges: I move it be added.
Mr. Powell: Second.
Motion adopted unanimously.
Communication from the Interim Director recommending a
revision to the Facade Rehabilitation Grant Program Guidelines
concerning owner's responsibility for lead-based paint removal
and restricting the number of facade projects per contractor,
was read.
Mr. Patty: We would like to require that the owner be
responsible for removing this paint and are asking you to amend
the facade guidelines to reflect this.
Mr. Chairman: Do you have a written request from HUD about
this?
Mr. Patty:
it but there is
of buildings.
NO, we don't. We have talked to them about
nothing specific required about it on the outside
Mr. Chairman: Why don't we accept this as information
until you get a written policy?
Mr. Patty: All right.
Mr. Bridges: I'll second that.
Motion adopted unanimously.
Mr. Patty: The second item has to do with the number of
contracts that anyone contractor can have. We have a contractor I
who has done a number of buildings for us and we've run into
some problems recently with timeliness and quality of work.
We need to have a provision in our policies that allows us to
decide how many jobs a contractor can have.
Mr. Chairman: We have a Director coming on board possibly
in the next month and I think that person should have some input
on this.
Mr. Powell: I move we receive this as information.
Mr. Bridges: Second.
Motion adopted unanimously.
Communication from the Interim Director recommending
approval of the following projects for funding in 1996 for the
Facade Rehabilitation Grant Program:
586-588 Broad Street
658-662 Broad Street
822-824 Broad Street
519 Greene street
1102 Laney Walker Blvd.
415 7th street
Griffith Polatty
Sylvia Manson
Robert Gordon
William Hatcher, Sr.
R. Calvin Brown
Historic Augusta
$ 15,000
15,000
15,000
30,000
30,000
30,000
Mr. Powell: I move that we postpone this until the
Director is in place.
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Mr. Brigham: Second.
Motion adopted unanimously.
Communication from the Interim Director submitting a
schedule of neighborhood meetings and public hearings to obtain
citizens' suggestions and comments regarding the use of Community
Development Block Grant Funds, Emergency Shelter Grant Funds
and HOME Funds in the 1997 funding cycle, was read.
Mr. Brigham: Could we add another date and site in the
south Augusta area?
Mr. Bridges: Maybe around Fleming Community Center?
I'll make the motion that we add two additional sites to the
present list, one at Fleming Community Center and the other
at Gracewood Community Center.
Mr. Brigham: Second.
Communication from the Attorney submitting a proposed
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Motion adopted unanimously.
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amendment to the UDAG Promissory Note and Loan Agreement which
was previously executed between the City Council of Augusta
and Ronlyn Corporation, was read.
At this time Mr. Ben Allen and Mr. Ronnie Brown appeared
before the Committee regarding the above communication.
Mr. Allen: It was Ronlyn's position that the City had
given them a grant in the amount of $100,000 for work at 1102
Laney Walker Blvd. Instead of looking for this grant of $100,000
we have agreed to convert a low interest loan that Ronlyn has
with the present government to a forgivable loan whereby if
Ronlyn employs a certain number of people over a certain number
of years, then each year the loan amount will be forgiven until
you get down to zero dollars. They also were supposed to receive
a $60,000 facade grant.
After a short discussion, Mr. Brigham: I move that we
accept the proposal and grant him the loan.
Mr. Bridges: I'll second the motion.
Motion adopted with Mr. Powell voting "No".
The Committee next considered a Fringe Benefit Communication
Service Agreement with Select Benefit Consultants.
Mr. Powell: I move that we receive this as information.
Mr. Brigham: Second.
Motion adopted unanimously.
ADJOURNMENT: There being no further business, the meeting
was adjourned.
Lena J. Bonner
Clerk of Commission-Council
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