HomeMy WebLinkAbout05-18-1999 Regular Meeting
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REGULAR MEETING COMMISSION CHAMBERS
May 18, 1999
Augusta Richmond County Commission convened at 2:10 p.m.,
Tuesday, May 18, 1999, the Honorable Bob Young, Mayor,
presiding.
PRESENT: Hons. Beard, Bridges, H. Brigham, J. Brigham,
Colclough, Handy, Kuhlke, Mays, Powell, and Shepard, members
of Augusta Richmond County Commission.
Also present were Ms. Bonner, Clerk of Commission;
Mr. Oliver, Administrator; and Mr. Wall, County Attorney.
THE INVOCATION WAS GIVEN BY THE REVEREND COSTIGAN.
THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE WAS RECITED.
: Madame Clerk, if we can go ahead with our
MAYOR YOUNG
recognition, and then we'll get into the rest of the agenda.
Yes, sir. We will ask Mr. Andy Baumgartner to
CLERK:
please join the Mayor at the podium.
This is indeed a very special day for us
MAYOR YOUNG:
today as we recognize Mr. Andy Baumgartner for his recognition
as National Teacher of the Year. And with him is his wife
Nancy, and I know you are just as proud of him as we are for
his accomplishments. And, Madame Clerk, we have a Resolution
if you'd go ahead and read that, please.
In recognition of Mr. Andy Baumgartner, 1999
CLERK:
National Teacher of the Year:
"Whereas Andy Baumgartner graduated from H.B. Jenkins
High School in Savannah and the University of Georgia in
Athens and North Georgia College in Dahlonega; and whereas
Andy Baumgartner has taught for 23 years, all in the state of
Georgia; and whereas Andy Baumgartner has served as a
classroom teacher for Richmond County schools since 1982, most
recently as a kindergarten teacher for A. Brian Merry
Elementary School since 1995; and whereas Andy Baumgartner
holds numerous professional memberships and chairmanships, is
active in numerous community and civic organizations and
volunteer programs; and whereas based upon teaching excellence
Andy Baumgartner received the 1990 Barton Chapel Elementary
Teacher of the Year Award, the 1997 and 1998 Merry Elementary
Teacher of the Year Awards, the 1998 Richmond County Teacher
of the Year Award, and the 1999 Georgia Teacher of the Year
Award; and whereas Andy Baumgartner was named the 1999
National Teacher of the Year by President Bill Clinton on
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April 19, 1999; and whereas Andy Baumgartner is just the
second kindergarten teacher to be named the National Teacher
of the Year in the 48-year history of the program; and whereas
Andy Baumgartner is the first ever Georgia teacher to be named
the National Teacher of the Year Award; now therefore I, Bob
Young, Mayor of the City of Augusta, do hereby proclaim May
18, 1999 to be Andy Baumgartner Day throughout Augusta-
Richmond County in honor of Mr. Baumgartner's outstanding
accomplishment and contribution to the lives of his students.
In witness thereof, I have set unto my hand and caused the
Seal of Augusta, Georgia, to be affixed this 14th day of May
1999.
[A ROUND OF APPLAUSE IS GIVEN.]
I say to those people who are naysayers
MAYOR YOUNG:
about public education in Augusta: Look at this man right
here. I don't think there's any doubt about it that we have
some of the finest schools in the state of Georgia right here
in Augusta, and we can all be proud of that. We have some
members of the Board of Education and some of the staff people
are here. If you would please stand, we want to recognize
you, too. Barbara Padgett over here, and Mary Oglesby, the
Board President, and Dr. Larke and Mr. Stein and Mr. Sullivan
from the staff. Good to have you with us today. Thank you so
much for being with us. Andy, you're doing a lot of traveling
right now and we don't see much of you around here. The kids
sure don't. You've been traveling as the State Teacher of the
Year and as the National Teacher of the Year. We want to
present you with a key to the City of Augusta because we want
you to remember that this is home and we'll all be glad to
have you back here. There's always a place for you in
Augusta. Thank you.
Thank you very much. This honor is
MR. BAUMGARTNER:
indeed an honor, and it's one of many for me this year; and,
therefore, I have an extreme responsibility to speak on behalf
of the other teachers whom I represent. We in the teaching
field are working very hard to give the best education
possible to the children of our communities, and what we need
most desperately is the support of all the other members of
that community, and what we need are pats on the backs and
thank yous, and we need to see your faces in our schools, and
we need to see you pledge your allegiance to helping us in the
only organization in the entire world that pledges itself to
the betterment of all children. We need you, your children
need us, we need to work together. Thank you very much.
[A ROUND OF APPLAUSE IS GIVEN.]
Madame Clerk, if you will proceed with the
MAYOR YOUNG:
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order of the day.
CLERK:Yes, sir. Mr. Mayor, we have a request for
addendum. Per our addendum agenda, Item 1 is to approve a
contract with the Georgia Department of Transportation for
sewer line relocation, Wheeless Road at Rocky Creek; and, 2,
to discuss Bush Field/LPA contract.
MR. BRIDGES:Move for approval.
Second.
MR. KUHLKE:
Is there any objection? It's so ordered
MAYOR YOUNG:
these be added to the agenda.
Yes, sir. Under our consent agenda, Items 1
CLERK:
through 34. And for the benefit of any objectors to the
Planning Items, I will read those requests, the petition and
the location. If there any objectors, would you please
signify by raising of your hand.
PLANNING:
1. Z-99-47 - Request for concurrence with the decision
of the Planning Commission to approve a petition from William
F. Lesshafft, on behalf of Georgia-Carolina Council, Boy
Scouts of America, requesting a Special Exception to establish
a telecommunication facility per Section 28A of the
Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance for Augusta-Richmond County, on
property located on the northwest right-of-way line of
Crenshaw Road (private), 2,420 feet, more or less, southwest
of the southwest corner of the intersection of Brown Road and
Crenshaw Road.
2. Z-99-48 - Request for concurrence with the decision
of the Planning Commission to approve a petition from Johnson
Laschober & Associates, on behalf of Our Redeemer Lutheran
Church, requesting a Special Exception to expand an existing
church (including pre-school/day care facilities) as provided
for in Section 26-1, Subparagraph (a) of the Comprehensive
Zoning Ordinance for Augusta-Richmond County, on property
located on the southwest corner of the intersection of Boy
Scout Road and Aumond Road (402 Aumond Road).
3. Z-99-49 - Request for concurrence with the decision
of the Planning Commission to approve a petition from Betty
Saxon requesting a Special Exception for the purpose of
establishing a family personal care home as provided for in
Section 26-1, Subparagraph (h) of the Comprehensive Zoning
Ordinance for Augusta-Richmond County, on property located on
the northwest right-of-way line of Carr Street, 150.0 feet
southwest of the southwest corner of the intersection of
Telfair Street and Carr Street (511 Carr Street).
4. Z-99-50 - Request for concurrence with the decision
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of the Planning Commission to approve a petition from
Cheatham, Fletcher, Scott & Sears Architect, on behalf of
Westminster Schools of Augusta, requesting a Special Exception
for the purpose of expanding an existing private school as
provided for in Section 26-1, Subparagraph (b) of the
Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance for Augusta-Richmond County, on
property located on the north right-of-way line of Wheeler
Road, 150.7 feet east of the northeast corner of the
intersection of Hillwood Circle and Wheeler Road (3067 Wheeler
Road).
5. Z-99-51 - Request for concurrence with the decision
of the Planning Commission to approve a petition from Noel
Schweers, on behalf of the Trustees of the Nixon Trust,
requesting a change of zoning from Zone A (Agriculture) to
Zone LI (Light Industry) on property located on the southwest
right-of-way of the Central of Georgia Railroad, 1.700 feet
south of the southwest corner of the intersection of Tobacco
Road and the Central of Georgia Railroad line.
6. Z-99-52 - Request for concurrence with the decision
of the Planning Commission to approve a petition from Noel
Schweers, on behalf of G. Bryan Simkins, et al., requesting a
change of zoning from Zone A (Agriculture) to Zone LI (Light
Industry) on property located on a Bearing S 7606'40" W and
being 290.26 feet west of the southwest right-of-way of the
Central of Georgia Railroad line, and also being 642 feet,
more or less, south of the southwest corner of the
intersection of Tobacco Road and the Central of Georgia
Railroad line.
7. Z-99-54 - Request for concurrence with the decision
of the Planning Commission to approve a petition from Sylvia
Robinson and Joyce Mayes requesting a Special Exception to
establish a private tutorial center as provided for in Section
26-1, Subparagraph (b) of the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance
for Augusta-Richmond County, on property located on the
northeast right-of-way line of Telfair Street, 260 feet, more
or less, west of the northwest corner of the intersection of
Second Street and Telfair Street (223 Telfair Street).
8. S-549-II - CHARLESTOWNE SUBDIVISION - SECTION II -
FINAL PLAT - Request for concurrence with the decision of the
Planning Commission to approve a petition from James G. Swift
& Associates, on behalf of Charles Brigham, requesting Final
Plat approval of Charlestowne, Section II. This section is an
extension of Charlestowne Way and Charlestowne Drive, adjacent
to Charlestowne, Section I, and contains 22 units.
FINANCE:
9. Pulled from consent agenda.
10. Motion to authorize the Mayor to execute contract
with the Department of Community Affairs subject to approval
of Legal Counsel and the Administrator for the attached sub-
recipients grant awards.
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ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES:
11. Motion to approve 1999 Tower Leases for the 60,
200, and 220-foot levels through June 30, 1999 and for the
350-foot level through December 31, 1999.
12. Pulled from consent agenda.
ENGINEERING SERVICES:
13. Motion to approve Fiber Capacity and Pole
Attachment Sharing Agreement between Augusta and Knology of
Augusta, Inc.
14. Motion to approve payment to Bert Hester in the
amount of $640.50 for seven sewer tie-ins.
15. Motion to approve petitions for the installation
and maintenance of street lights in various locations.
16. Motion to authorize execution of Lighting Agreement
with Georgia Department of Transportation for the intersection
of Tobacco Road and U.S. #1. The estimated annual cost of
$20,600.00 to cover operations and maintenance will be funded
from Street Light Account 101041610/54.14510.
17. Motion to approve Ordinances and related documents
concerning Development Documents #1 through #16, excluding
Development Documents #3, #7, & #14. (Approved by Engineering
Services Committee May 10, 1999 - first reading.)
Document #1: Development Regulations Guide.
Document #2: An Ordinance to amend the
Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance adopted by ARC
Commission effective September 16, 1991 (Ordinance
No. 5960) by changing the provisions of Section 4-
1(f) related to curb cuts.
Document #4: An Ordinance to amend Title 8 of the
ARC Code so as to amend Chapter 8 entitled "Site
Plan Regulations" to incorporate the Site Plan
Regulations adopted on June 1, 1999.
Document #5: Stormwater Management Ordinance.
Document #6: Stormwater Management Plan Technical
Manual.
Document #10: An Ordinance to amend the ARC Code,
Title 7, Article 5, to make editorial changes and
to amend Section 7-3-35 to require compliance with
the Site Plan Regulations and to require best
management practices be implemented; to restate
said article.
Document #11: An Ordinance to amend ARC Code,
Title 7, Article 6, so as to restate said article
regulating the issuance of a grading permit in its
entirety.
Document #15: Rights of Way Encroachment Guide-
lines.
Document #16: Use of County Right-of-Way Ordi-
nance.
18. Motion to approve easement from Randall G. Salzman,
Tax Map 19-2, Parcel 167.
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19. Motion to approve Georgia Department of
Transportation County Contract #PRLOP 8530-60(245) for their
participation in the Hephzibah-McBean/Brothersville Road
Improvements Project in the amount of $139,877.82. Also
approve Capital Project Budget Amendment Number One (CPB #321-
04-288821804) in the amount of $165,000 to be funded from One
Percent Sales Tax, Phase I Recapture (321-04-288821333).
20. Motion to approve Georgia Department of
Transportation County Contract #PRLOP 8530-60(245) for their
participation in the SR56 @ Old Waynesboro Road Improvements
Project in the amount of $91,062.09. Also grant permission to
let to bidding and approve Capital Project Budget Amendment
Number Two (CPB #322-04-292822783) in the amount of $120,000
to be funded from One Percent Sales Tax, Phase II Recapture
(322-04-292822333).
PUBLIC SAFETY:
21. Motion to approve Information Technology Policies
and Procedures Manuals.
22. Motion to approve the purchase of QBIC III Systems
Work Order Software to automate the recording, assignment of
resources, and accountability involved in processing work
orders and inventory usage at Purchasing, Public Works,
Utilities, and Bush Field Airport.
23. Motion to approve Emergency and Disaster Mutual Aid
Agreement between Augusta-Richmond County and Georgia
Emergency Management Agency Area Three.
24. Motion to approve request for Juvenile Account-
ability Incentive Block Grant (JAIBG) Application for Richmond
County Juvenile Court and approve match of $3,356 from General
Fund Contingency.
PUBLIC SERVICES:
25. Motion to accept grant in the amount of $135,000.00
for a project to rehabilitate and relocate Runway 11/29 runway
lights.
26. Motion to approve a request by Anderson B. Jones
for a retail package beer & wine license to be used in
connection with sprint Food Stores, Inc. #12 located at 2840
Cross Creek Road. District 4, Super District 9
27. Motion to approve a change order to the contract
awarded to Two State Construction Company, Inc. in the amount
of $151,741.00 for additional work associated with the
construction of the Augusta Aquatics Center. Funded by
Account #323061110-296063600.
28. Motion to approve Change Order #2 for a change in
professional services contract awarded to Virgo Gambill
Architects in the amount of $13,600.00 for additional design
work associated with the construction of the Augusta Aquatics
Center. Funded by Account #323061110-5413130/296063600-
5212112.
29. Motion to approve and award bid item #99-065 to
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H.E. Hodge Company for telescopic bleachers in the amount of
$22,346.00 for the McDuffie Woods Community Center. Funded by
Account #323061110-5413120-299064070-5413120.
30. Motion to approve a change in Professional Services
Contract to Johnson, Laschober & Associates in the amount of
$1,166.00 regarding the May Park Improvements Project. Funded
by Account #323061110-5412110/296063310-54212115.
31. Motion to approve Change Order #2 for park
improvements and renovations for May Park to Allen Batchelor
Construction in the amount of $22,398.02. Funded by Account
#323061110-5412110/296063310-5412110.
PETITIONS & COMMUNICATIONS:
32. Motion to approve minutes of the regular meeting of
the Commission held May 4, 1999.
APPOINTMENTS:
33. Appoint Mr. James Rouse to Housing & Neighborhood
Citizen Advisory Council due to the resignation of Mr. George
Cunningham, representing District 2.
34. Appoint Ms. Leechonna Gillis to the Housing &
Neighborhood Citizen Advisory Council representing District 4.
[NO OBJECTORS NOTED FOR PLANNING ITEMS.]
For the record, Mr. Mayor, I am a member of
MR. OLIVER:
the church in Item Number 2.
MR. HANDY:Move for approval.
Mr. Mayor, I'd like for Item Number 12 to
MR. KUHLKE:
be pulled for clarification, please.
Mr. Mayor, I'd like for Item Number 9 to
MR. SHEPARD:
be pulled, please.
For the record, the Mayor is a member of
MAYOR YOUNG:
the Board of Directors for the Boy Scout Council, with respect
to Item Number 1. Does anybody else want an item pulled? Mr.
Bridges [sic] made a motion we approve the consent agenda. Do
you want to approve it as amended, pulling these items?
Second, Mr. Mayor.
MR. SHEPARD:
Okay. We have a motion and a second on
MAYOR YOUNG:
the floor. Any discussion? All in favor, please vote aye.
MOTION CARRIES 10-0.
CLERK:Item 9: Motion to approve budget schedule for
year 2000 Budget and direct staff to prepare two-year budget.
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MR. SHEPARD:Mr. Mayor, I make a motion that we approve
the operating budget--well, not the operating budget, but the
budget schedule for the year 2000. I'd also ask that as part
of this process, that the department heads be directed to
prepare a similar operating budget implementing the management
study savings so that when we look at the budget we'll have
the option of choosing those savings, modifying them, or
rejecting them. We can deal with it in that fashion. I'm not
suggesting we adopt the study today, just that we have some
parameters to look at both in terms of the current needs of
the departments and the needs with the study features
implemented.
I second the motion.
MR. KUHLKE:
Motion and a second. Any discussion on
MAYOR YOUNG:
that? All in favor of the motion, please vote aye.
MOTION CARRIES 10-0.
Thank you, Mr. Shepard. The motion passes
MAYOR YOUNG:
unanimously, and the Chair concurs with your settlement on
that item.
CLERK:Item 12: Motion to approve the reprogramming of
$250,000 of UDAG funding from the Laney Walker Development
Corporation to the CSRA Business League and authorize
execution of contract subject to the approval of Attorney and
Administrator.
MR. KUHLKE:Mr. Mayor, I asked to pull this for a
clarification. When this matter was originally approved to
Laney Walker, it was approved with the idea to utilize these
funds to buy additional property for Phase II of the Galleria.
And I would like to ask that this be amended from the way
it's worded to specifically require that these funds be
utilized for that purpose, and I'll put that in the form of a
motion.
So your motion is to approve the--
MAYOR YOUNG:
To approve the transfer, that the money be
MR. KUHLKE:
used for what it was originally intended for, and that is the
basis of doing that.
Phase II of the Galleria.
MAYOR YOUNG:
Yes,sir.
MR. KUHLKE:
Second.
MR. SHEPARD:
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Motion and a second. Any discussion on
MAYOR YOUNG:
that?
I just want to make sure that we are not
MR. BEARD:
tying the hands of these people. As long as it's used for
what it was intended for and the original purpose, then that's
fine with me. And the original purpose was to construct the
second phase of the Galleria.
Exactly, and that's all I'm asking.
MR. KUHLKE:
What the minutes said from that meeting was
MR. OLIVER:
provide $250,000 of UDAG funds to the Laney Walker Development
Corporation to fund acquisition and demolition of property for
Phase II of the Galleria, with private funding to be used for
development of the property, is the exact wording from the
transcript.
Any other questions? We have a motion and
MAYOR YOUNG:
a second. All in favor, please vote aye.
MOTION CARRIES 10-0.
CLERK:Item 35: Request for concurrence with the
decision of the Planning Commission to deny a petition from
Atkins & Associates, on behalf of Augusta, Inc., requesting a
change of zoning from Zone B-2 (General Business with
Conditions) to Zone R-3B (Multiple-family Residence) on
property located on the south right-of-way line of Beaver
Drive, 135 feet, more or less, east of a point where the
centerline of Cobana Court Extended intersects the south
right-of-way line of Beaver Drive.
MR. BRIDGES:Move for approval and agreement with the
Planning and Zoning denial.
Second.
MR. J. BRIGHAM:
We have a motion and a second on the
MAYOR YOUNG:
floor. Are the petitioners here? Do we have objectors here?
[TWO OBJECTORS PRESENT.]
Okay, we have objectors. Are the
MAYOR YOUNG:
petitioners here? Mr. Patty, would you like to speak to this?
The petitioner apparently is not present.
MR. PATTY:
It was a fairly high-density development [inaudible] in front
of these people's residential area, and we recommended denial.
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Would one of the objectors like to tell us
MAYOR YOUNG:
in 25 words or less, or whatever your need to tell us why you
support denying this petition?
My name is Alisha Colahan, I reside at
MS. COLAHAN:
3272 Beaver Drive. I would submit for the records and for
future reference if anything comes up again a petition signed
by 99% of the residents of Beaver Drive and Cobana Court
requesting that--it was signed originally when it went before
the Planning Committee, requesting that it be denied. We are
a quiet, mixed neighborhood, from young to old, and we would
like for the Commission to maintain the protection that they
put in place when this was zoned commercial to keep any extra
traffic off of our dead-end street.
Do you want to add anything to that, or
MAYOR YOUNG:
that pretty much sums it up?
I'm Gene Griner, 3380 Beaver Drive,
MR. GRINER:
Augusta, Georgia. I own the property right beside where this
went in. No, we did not object when the motel wanted to come
in because that was all basically Wrightsboro Road and did not
affect the integrity of our community at all. This will
affect the integrity of our community. And I'll have right
next to my house, just a tad over an acre, 15 some kind of
little dwellings with two car lots each, and I just really
think that would affect--that would really destroy the
integrity of our neighborhood. It would put too much traffic
out on us. We don't object to them building one house maybe
or two houses, but not 15. We don't need that on our street.
And one of the major points that the guy brought up before was
this was going to leave a land-locked piece of property. It
does not because it all was zoned to go into the motel and
it's all zoned to go out on Wrightsboro Road, not to Beaver
Drive.
Mr. Mayor, I would like the record to
MR. SHEPARD:
indicate that the objectors communicated to me that the
petitioners previously had a zoning matter conditionally done,
and the conditions of that previous rezoning have been
violated and ignored, and I think that should bear in our
decision today.
Thank you for pointing that out.
MAYOR YOUNG:
Could I address that, Mr. Mayor, just
MR. GARDNER:
briefly? I'm Bob Gardner, 1422 Springfield Circle. My
grandchildren live on Beaver Drive and I own property there.
In regard to what Mr. Shepard said, just to reinforce that, in
September of 1990 when this property was originally rezoned
after negotiations between the petitioner and the residents,
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the petitioners agreed after negotiations, as I said, to
establish a 10-foot buffer zone with an 8-foot wooden fence
sealing off that property 10 feet back from Beaver Drive and
200 feet back on either side, left to right, and those
conditions have been observed in the breach. Nothing has been
done since that time. We're not here to ask them to enforce
it, but I just wanted to bring up the fact that they have
ignored the directive from the Commission to do what they were
asked to do as a result of the negotiations. That's all I
have to say unless you have a question of me.
Any questions from the Commissioners? Any
MAYOR YOUNG:
discussion among the members? I see Mr. Beard is all ready to
vote, so we have a motion on the floor and a second. All in
favor, please--this is a motion to deny the petition. So all
in favor of that, please vote aye.
MOTION CARRIES 10-0.
CLERK:Item 36: ZA-R-104 - Request for concurrence
with the decision of the Planning Commission to approve an
amendment to amend the text of the Comprehensive Zoning
Ordinance for Augusta-Richmond County, Section 4(1)(f) related
to driveway.
You've actually already voted on this
MR. PATTY:
because it's Development Document #2, and it's in here twice,
but this is just typed up on the commercial driveways--
distance between commercial driveways.
MR. SHEPARD:Move for approval, Mr. Mayor.
Second.
MR. BRIDGES:
Motion and a second. Any discussion? All
MAYOR YOUNG:
in favor, please vote aye.
MOTION CARRIES 10-0.
CLERK:Item 37: ZA-R-105 - Request for concurrence
with the decision of Planning Commission to approve an
amendment to the Site Plan Regulations for Augusta in their
entirety pursuant to the activity of the Subdivision
Regulation Review Committee, a group consisting of Augusta-
Richmond County Department, local consulting engineers, and
the development community.
This actually, unfortunately, you've already
MR. PATTY:
voted on, too. This is Document #4, I believe, in the
Development Documents. It regulates the development of
commercial industrial land.
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Mr. Patty, this doesn't have anything to
MR. BRIDGES:
do with the--
No, sir.
MR. BRIDGES:
Okay.
MR. BRIDGES:
[inaudible] asphalt or concrete.
MAYOR YOUNG:
MR. SHEPARD:I move for approval, Mr. Mayor.
Second.
MR. KUHLKE:
Motion and a second. Any discussion?
MAYOR YOUNG:
Yes, Mr. Mayor. I'm in favor of the motion,
MR. MAYS:
I just wanted to ask Mr. Patty this and then maybe make a
suggestion after I find out what his answer is. How many folk
will that consist of basically, George?
You mean the committee? Fifteen, ten or
MR. PATTY:
fifteen.
And my reason for asking, Mr. Mayor, I know
MR. MAYS:
on the state level with a lot of committees and boards where
you have professionals representing a basic concern, and I
think they've done a good job with it, but I'm looking here at
some of these that are coming up lately and I think that's
where the input should come is from those professionals. But
I'm looking at what I think could be a place in there to make
sure that you've got lay people represented on those boards. I
think if you're dealing with the development community and
with our folk, the engineering group, and I think they give it
professional advice, but I think you do have a strong body,
particularly of neighborhood association people, and I think
maybe we need to at least include representation of a person
from that group so that they can report back to those
established neighborhoods on those concerns. And I don't
think that alters the makeup of those boards by giving a lay
representative in those areas, and I think this one would be a
start of doing it, and I'd like to ask the maker of that
motion if maybe you could amend that so that somebody could
represent that group as well. Because we've seen a lot of
jostling lately in reference to what Mr. Williams was saying
with the other issue, and absent in those groups has basically
been the average, everyday person. And we say we are--we're
talking about those who maybe have to buy homes do thus and
so, but I think it's--no knock on the professional people, but
I think it does give another avenue of representation and so
that your lay people can have some voice in it. That's just a
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suggestion.
Thank you, Mr. Mays. It's a point well
MAYOR YOUNG:
taken. We have a motion on the floor and a second. Mr. Handy
and Mr. Colclough have already voted. If the rest of you
would like to vote aye, please go ahead.
MOTION CARRIES 10-0.
Do they have a problem with that, the maker
MR. MAYS:
of that motion?
Did you accept that, Mr. Shepard?
CLERK:
I do not.
MR. SHEPARD:
Well, then so add it.
MR. MAYS:
He said he didn't accept that.
CLERK:
This meeting is just speeding along at the
MAYOR YOUNG:
speed of light today, Mr. Mays.
You travel that fast, usually something
MR. MAYS:
[inaudible].
They're trying to get out of here to see
MAYOR YOUNG:
Star Wars at midnight tonight. Next item?
CLERK:Item 38: Z-99-32 - Request for concurrence with
the decision of the Planning Commission to approve a petition
from Dennis Boydstun, on behalf of Dennis & Elise Boydstun,
requesting a Special Exception for the purpose of establishing
a family day care home as provided for in Section 26-1,
Subparagraph (f) of the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance for
Augusta-Richmond County, on property located on the southwest
right-of-way line of Merrico Street, 283.54 feet northwest of
a point where the northwest right-of-way line of Sterling Road
intersects the southwest right-of-way line of Merrico Street
(805 Merrico Street).
Do we have any objectors to this here
MAYOR YOUNG:
today?
[ONE OBJECTOR PRESENT.]
The petitioner is here?
MAYOR YOUNG:
Yes.
MR. BOYDSTUN:
All right. Is there any new information--
MAYOR YOUNG:
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would you state your name and your address, and then is there
any new information you'd like to present to the Commission
today before I take this up twice?
No, I wasn't here for the first one.
MR. BOYDSTUN:
We're just going to keep the kids next door and we just wanted
to get it zoned so we could get a business license and pay
taxes and everything.
Okay. We have an objector. Do you want
MAYOR YOUNG:
to come up, state your name and your address, and tell us what
you have to say about this.
I'm Bill Summerall, I live at 807
MR. SUMMERALL:
Merrico next to Dennis and Elise. I find myself extremely
uncomfortable being opposite Dennis here today because Dennis
and his wife are extremely good neighbors and a very fine
young couple with a one-year-old daughter that I really
cherish and adore. But my problem is--and I have spoken
before Planning and Zoning meetings about rezoning issues such
as this in our neighborhood. I've lived in my residence for
21 years. The people across the street from me have been
there--were there when I moved in, as were their neighbor.
The guy directly across from 805 has been in his home probably
15 years or so. We are pretty much a solid, established
neighborhood of people who bought houses and turned them into
homes to raise their families. We have all the social
amenities, if you will, that go with a residential
neighborhood. And while I applaud Dennis and his wife for
their entrepreneurship and certainly do not want to put that
down, I do question doing it in the middle of a residential
neighborhood. I think that to allow commerce to begin to
invade a residential neighborhood soon destroys the
neighborhood. We already have--we have many children who play
in our streets, we have school buses up and down the street,
we have a very business neighborhood with people going in and
out to work.
I hate to see a precedence set by this action. And the
reason I say that is it came to my attention just this past
weekend that the neighbor on my other side, at 809, is also
contemplating a request for the same type of facility that
Dennis and his wife are asking for. If that were the case, I
would be sandwiched between two businesses. And while I hate
to bring up property values because we've all heard that hum-
drum issue time after time after time, it would certainly have
an effect on my potential sale of my property should I in the
future decide to sell it, and I ask you today to vote no
against this petition. Thank you.
Do the Commissioners have any questions
MAYOR YOUNG:
for the petitioner? Any discussion?
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Mr. Mayor, let me ask the petitioner, do I
MR. SHEPARD:
understand you're taking in children in your neighborhood and
you need this permit--I mean you're taking your neighborhood
children? Tell me more about your application, Mr. Boydstun.
Okay. Actually, the plan is to babysit
MR. BOYDSTUN:
the kids that are directly next door. There's three of them.
They're going to be coming over to our house for the summer
while the mother is at work. She's a mother of five and she's
by herself, and--well, I mean we're not doing it out of the
kindness of our heart. We're trying to make some money so my
wife can stay home and take care of our child at home, but the
plan is to take those kids next door. So we're not going to
be having all kind of traffic coming in the neighborhood,
they're going to be walking across the yard to our house.
But because it's an entrepreneurial thing
MR. SHEPARD:
you have to have this license; is that--
Well, we wanted to go ahead and go
MR. BOYDSTUN:
through the proper channels, become licensed and get the
business license and everything like that to do this, and the
first step in that would be to get zoned for this.
And if you were so licensed you could have
MR. SHEPARD:
other children in the future, I take it?
Possibly.
MR. BOYDSTUN:
Mr. Patty, could you tell the Commission
MAYOR YOUNG:
what kind of activity is involved with this special exception,
what activity could go on?
There are a variety of land uses that we
MR. PATTY:
allow by special exception in neighborhoods, and I know you
all have mixed feelings about that. But there are two things
I think you need to know. One is those land uses, and I'm
talking about personal care homes and day care homes, things
of that nature, there is a 1,200 foot spacing requirement from
any of those to any other similar use, so there is some
building protection in this and it does prevent saturation of
a specific area with these type uses. We allow day care
centers to have less than six children by special exception.
Any more than that, they have to have B-1 zoning in a full-
blown day care center. Now, you know, obviously at some point
babysitting becomes a day care center and, frankly, at this
point in time I don't know where that line is drawn. But this
gentleman's problem is that he wants to have a business
license so that he can declare his expenses and income on his
taxes. In order to do that he's got to have a tax number. In
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order to get a tax number he's got to have a business license,
so I assume that's why he's down here.
Any comments or questions from the
MAYOR YOUNG:
Commission?
Something in that didn't sound right to
MR. J. BRIGHAM:
me about the tax number and the business license. I don't
think that's a requirement from the IRS to have a business
license and have business expenses to run a little business. I
know also that we have all kind of exceptions now. Is there
any exception as to the number [inaudible] is this a
requirement of our zoning laws, is this a requirement to get a
business license?
There's nothing in our zoning ordinance that
MR. PATTY:
says how many--at what point you have to have the zoning and
have to have a business license to do it, but we do provide up
to six by special exception. Now, I'm not an accountant, I
don't know, but I can tell you I've had [inaudible]say that
they can't get a tax ID number without a business license, and
I assume that that's why he's here.
I was told at the business license office
MR. BOYDSTUN:
that I had to have it zoned for this before I could get the
business license.
I think Commissioner Brigham's question
MAYOR YOUNG:
was whether you needed to have a business license to get an
IRS employer ID number. That was his question. Any other
discussion?
MR. BRIDGES:Mr. Mayor, I'll make a motion--I would be
concerned about the integrity of the neighborhood here, so
I'll make a motion to deny the petition.
I'll second the motion.
MR. J. BRIGHAM:
We have a motion to deny, it was seconded.
MAYOR YOUNG:
Any further discussion? All in favor of the motion, please
vote aye.
MR. HANDY, MR. MAYS & MR. POWELL VOTE NO.
MR. BEARD & MR. H. BRIGHAM ABSTAIN.
MOTION FAILS 5-3-2.
Did we have a substitute motion?
MR. J. BRIGHAM:
I didn't hear a substitute motion. It was
MAYOR YOUNG:
a motion to deny and the motion did not carry.
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Call for the order of the day, Mr. Mayor.
MR. BRIDGES:
Order of the day, Madame Clerk.
MAYOR YOUNG:
CLERK:Item 39: Motion to approve Service Delivery
Agreements, subject to approval of Attorney and Administrator,
and authorize execution of documents necessary to ensure
timely filing.
House Bill 489 requires us to work with the
MR. OLIVER:
cities of Hephzibah and Blythe in regard to a unified service
delivery strategy. We've been having several meetings that
the Mayor, the Attorney, myself, and various representatives
of staff have been involved in to do this, and I guess the two
specific areas that have had the most discussion--and we're
still in the process of updating the maps. I got a final map
yesterday on water and sewer service areas. And these
documents are supposed to be in Atlanta by June the 1st so
they can review them and get any comments they have back, and
the City of Blythe of Hephzibah are going to be asked to take
corresponding action on their behalf.
And everyone is in agreement on the issues
MAYOR YOUNG:
we've discussed.
At the last meeting, yes.
MR. OLIVER:
MR. POWELL:Move for approval.
Second.
MR. BRIDGES:
Motion and second. Any discussion?
MAYOR YOUNG:
Mr. Mayor, isn't there a fall deadline to
MR. SHEPARD:
have all this finished or is it--there's been some
discussion--
They had asked that it be June the 1st.
MR. OLIVER:
There's a provision for a potential extension put in there,
but we think we can get everything done within the time frames
provided. But they had asked that they be in there by June
1st to give them some time to review them in case there are
deficiencies, they can ask for corrections to be made. I
think the actual deadline is, what, June the 30th, Jim?
[Indicates affirmatively.]
MR. WALL:
Is June the 30th. But this will give them
MR. OLIVER:
some time, because they're going to be getting these from a
lot of different jurisdictions.
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Anybody else? We have a motion and a
MAYOR YOUNG:
second. All in favor, please vote aye.
MOTION CARRIES 10-0.
CLERK:Item 40: Motion to approve lease agreement for
construction of Georgia Golf Hall of Fame.
The Golf Hall of Fame has been discussing for
MR. WALL:
some time an agreement with the county to allow them to do
certain things on the levee. Primarily that's the location of
a fence. They also plan to put a self-contained waterfall
along the levee and also to do some landscaping. And this
would be a--what we are proposing is a 20-year lease agreement
at one dollar, which would give them the right to come in and
to put that landscaping and other fence, et cetera, in there.
Mr. Wall, they will also need permission
MAYOR YOUNG:
from the Corps to do that; is that right?
Yes, sir. And all that is part of the lease
MR. WALL:
agreement, subject to the Corps of Engineers' approval.
Jim, in reading through it I saw on the
MR. KUHLKE:
first item where you had in there subject to approval of the
Corps. I didn't see it on the second--on the waterfall. Did
I miss something?
Yes, sir. It is in there--it's in the lease
MR. WALL:
agreement, I mean, until written approval of the Army Corps of
Engineers is obtained. So it was just in the description in
the agenda item perhaps.
Mr. Mayor, let me ask the Attorney and the
MR. SHEPARD:
Administrator, will the levee behind the Golf Hall of Fame
site be closed to public access by this fencing?
No.
MR. WALL:
You will still be able to--as a jogger,
MR. SHEPARD:
Mr. Mayor, I want to know if I'm going to have to alter my--
Just jump the fence.
MR. BEARD:
Mr. Beard, too, he's a jogger down there.
MR. SHEPARD:
Well, I jump the fence in other places, Mr. Beard. We won't
go there. But will the public still have access to the levee?
Absolutely, and that's part of the agreement.
MR. WALL:
It's placed near the top of the levee, not at the top of the
levee, and it would not shut off access along the top.
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You could become a hurdler instead of a
MR. OLIVER:
runner.
Well, when Mr. Beard shows me how, then
MR. SHEPARD:
I'll consider that.
Mr. Wall, could you explain to me about
MR. POWELL:
this waterfall and what's going to occur on the levee exactly?
Well, this is a simulated waterfall
MR. WALL:
attraction on the slope of the Savannah River levee. And,
again, there would not be--I can't say there won't be any
digging into the levee, but I mean basically this is to
provide the backdrop for the Golf Hall of Fame and will be a
part of that garden, but will not--obviously the Corps of
Engineers is concerned about the structural integrity of that
levee, we're obviously concerned about the structural
integrity of that, and so all those safeguards are in place.
It's just a water feature, it's not
MR. OLIVER:
actually going to breach the levee.
That was my question, is it going to
MR. POWELL:
penetrate the levee.
No.
MR. WALL:
We'll name it Powell Falls.
MAYOR YOUNG:
Jim, could you explain to me how you come
MR. HANDY:
about how much you charge for the years--I mean how many years
you give and the amount of money. That one dollar and 20
years, how you come up with those terms?
Well, the Golf Hall of Fame is now--well, is
MR. WALL:
currently an agency of the state, and the 20-year term is sort
of a term--I mean obviously there was some discussion at one
point about 50 years. But I mean they're making an investment
there. I don't think that we want to go out that far. A 20-
year term seemed a reasonable period of time to allow them to
do it. Again, with it being another governmental agency, it
was nominal consideration.
One dollar?
MR. HANDY:
One dollar.
MR. WALL:
Well, aren't they a private, nonprofit
MAYOR YOUNG:
corporation now?
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No, sir, right now they're an agency.
MR. WALL:
There's also been legislation to make them an authority, but
they have not had the organizational meeting to actually
become an authority. One of the things that I'm discussing
with the Attorney General's Office is the possibility of
having this executed by them in their capacity as an authority
rather than as a state agency, but at this point they are a
state agency.
MR. BEARD:I move for approval.
Second.
MR. BRIDGES:
Mr. Mayor, if we wanted to expand the
MR. J. BRIGHAM:
Riverwalk, this won't in any way stop that?
No, because it does not deal with the top of
MR. WALL:
the levee.
This will not affect the river side. The
MAYOR YOUNG:
question has been called. All in favor, please vote aye.
MR. POWELL ABSTAINS.
MOTION CARRIES 9-1.
CLERK:Item 41: Reappoint John C. Bell to the Richmond
County Board of Health for a four-year term.
MR. SHEPARD:So move.
Second.
MR. BEARD:
Motion and a second. Any other nomina-
MAYOR YOUNG:
tions? All in favor, please--
Mr. Mayor, I just wanted to make sure that
MR. MAYS:
she recorded my abstention, but I did want it put in the
record that I think Mr. Bell has served as a very good
president, and because of conflict I'll have to abstain on it,
but I think he's a very good nomination.
Voting may resume.
MAYOR YOUNG:
MR. MAYS ABSTAINS.
MOTION CARRIES 9-1.
CLERK:Item 42: Appoint Ms. Susan Sammons to the
Community Service Board for a two-year term as recommended by
the Richmond County Board of Health. And for the Commission's
information, she will be replacing Richard Slaby.
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MR. BEARD:So move.
Second.
MR. SHEPARD:
Motion and a second. All in favor, please
MAYOR YOUNG:
vote aye.
MOTION CARRIES 10-0.
CLERK:Item 43: Discuss clarification regarding
Directors pay increases.
Mr. Mayor, I had this placed on the agenda. I
MR. MAYS:
understand Mr. Wall's items are next under legal [inaudible]
that I or we may need to get some advice on that particular
one. I will yield in reference to go in there or we can deal
with it here.
And, Mr. Mayor, I would suggest that perhaps
MR. WALL:
we add that to the legal meeting, the personnel matter, to
discuss certain aspects of that pay raise situation.
MR. SHEPARD:I move we add it to the legal agenda and
consider it after the legal meeting, Mr. Mayor.
Second.
MR. MAYS:
We have a motion to add Item 43 to the
MAYOR YOUNG:
legal agenda. It's been seconded. All in favor, please vote
aye.
MOTION CARRIES 10-0.
Do we want to do the addendum before you go in
CLERK:
legal?
Yeah, let's do the addendum.
MAYOR YOUNG:
CLERK:Okay. Item 1: Approve Agreement with Georgia
Department of Transportation to include water and sewer line
relocation in its contract to replace the bridge on County
Road 200/Wheeless Road at Rocky Creek. Authorize execution of
attached contract and payment of $61,106.60 to Georgia DOT for
the water line and sewer line work. (Funded by Account No.
5070043410-5425110/89900180-5425110)
The DOT advised us within the last couple
MR. OLIVER:
of days that they are proposing to let the Wheeless Road
contract on Friday; however, for them to let that contract, we
need to get our utility relocation money to them to do that.
And this agenda was scheduled to appear at the next committee
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meeting; however, because of their schedule, it's in our best
interest to go ahead and let them let that contract. It's
$61,106.60 that we will pay them for the relocation of those
utilities, and those amounts are funded, and we would ask for
your approval.
MR. POWELL:I move approval.
Second.
MR. SHEPARD:
Motion and a second. Any discussion?
MAYOR YOUNG:
I've just got one question. Is DOT fast or
MR. HANDY:
are we slow?
Mr. Murphy is here, I think he can answer
MR. OLIVER:
that better than I can.
Mr. Murphy, is DOT fast or are we slow?
MAYOR YOUNG:
At putting in or taking?
MR. MURPHY:
For the record, Jack.
MR. POWELL:
What this is, this is a bridge replacement
MR. MURPHY:
project at Rocky Creek. I think you know what that is.
Right, I know about that part. I'm talking
MR. HANDY:
about the rush on getting it done.
The rush is that they want to let the
MR. MURPHY:
project in June, and I think probably it has something to do
with using some money that they have.
They're trying to beat their year-end.
MR. OLIVER:
Okay. I just wondered. I mean all of a
MR. HANDY:
sudden they come up here wanting it done today. I know they
knew about this last year; right?
That's true. Everything is falling into
MR. MURPHY:
place except our commitment and the check. They have a
meeting Friday that will decide the projects that are to be
advertised and opened in June. And Friday is the cutoff date
for their committees to meet up there, but if they don't have
the money this project will go on in July.
Okay. I'm not objecting to it. I just
MR. HANDY:
wanted to know who was fast and slow, that's all.
They had extra money at the state level and
MR. OLIVER:
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I think we're going to benefit from it if we can play our
cards properly.
Let the record show the answer to Mr.
MAYOR YOUNG:
Handy's question is yes. All right, do we have a motion?
Yes, sir.
CLERK:
We have a motion and a second. All in
MAYOR YOUNG:
favor, please vote aye.
MOTION CARRIES 10-0.
CLERK:Item 2: Discuss Bush Field/LPA Contract.
Mr. Mayor, if I may. Back in February you
MR. WALL:
approved work authorization number six with LPA for design
development of the terminal renovations at Bush Field, but
with no authorization for any phase until airline agreements
are executed or a formal agreement is reached on any fund
transfers and payment in lieu of taxes. This question has
come up insofar as trying to come up with a work authorization
that meets the grant requirements insofar as proceeding with
the project. I have had a number of discussions back and
forth, and what we--the agreements with the airlines--the
agreements that we are currently working on are agreements
that would carry us to June 30th, 2001, and those would not be
the agreements that would be any sort of security or looked at
in any proposed bond issue. Y'all authorized me to associate
counsel to assist in the airline agreements as well as to
assist insofar as the bond. That attorney did come down, I
have met with him. He has met with the officials at Bush
Field; he has met with Frank Newton, who is the financial
consultant of Bush Field. And based upon the current method
of issuing bonds and the current bond market in airline bonds,
it is not the airline agreements that are looked at insofar as
determining whether or not bond sales are feasible or
practical; rather, it is the airline market of a particular
area. In other words, will Augusta, whether it be Delta
Airlines or some other airline, be serviced by some airline
such that the passenger facility charges, such as the landing
fees, will be sufficient to generate enough revenue to satisfy
the bonded indebtedness.
With that in mind, what I have been trying to do and
what I think that we have succeeded, subject to your approval,
is to have a work authorization that allows this project to go
forward, but with a limited scope of work, such that in the
event that we get into the bond feasibility study and it
proves not to be feasible, or when that decision is brought
back to you for ultimate approval you choose, for whatever
reason, policy decision or because it's not needed or for
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whatever reason choose not to proceed with it, that the county
has not committed to a project or committed the funding beyond
the FAA grant and for some long-term project. The current LPA
work authorization is only for a 35% scope of work. In other
words, it looks at the entire project that is being proposed
and begins the process of looking at the elevations, doing the
design work, et cetera. That scope of work is for a $592,000
architectural fee. You've got a grant of 680-something
thousand dollars. Of course, 10% of the money has to come
from us, so basically you're talking about $59,000 roughly of
airport funds, not general funds, that would go toward this
project.
If the project were to die after that design work is
done and either the funding does not come about or you choose
not to continue with the project, then you have, in essence,
gone to the 35% level, but have not committed anything beyond
that. And that, I think, in my mind, satisfies the concerns
that were expressed by several Commissioners about paying for
something that might never be built. This will allow us to
move forward, but not go so far that we have committed to
something that funds are not available to build. And based
upon that, I would ask for your approval to go ahead and
execute the LPA work authorization and for the city to issue a
notice to proceed with that scope of work.
MR. KUHLKE:I so move, Mr. Mayor.
Did they put a cap on the amount?
MAYOR YOUNG:
It's $544,575 for phase one, plus an
MR. WALL:
additional--not to exceed $50,000 for another portion of it.
$594,575. And with 90% of that coming from
MR. OLIVER:
a grant, 10% of it would be coming out of Bush Field funds.
My motion includes all of that.
MR. KUHLKE:
I'm going to second the motion.
MR. POWELL:
Mr. Kuhlke's motion includes all of that.
MAYOR YOUNG:
Would you go over one more time the funding
MR. POWELL:
sources?
90% of it will be coming from a federal
MR. OLIVER:
grant that we have already been awarded and 10% of it will
be--or about $60,000 will be coming out of Bush Field funds.
None of it will be coming out of general funds of a taxpayers'
funded account.
Mr. Wall, I had one question for you.
MAYOR YOUNG:
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Your characterization of these airline agreements and the
payback on the bonds is not consistent with the representation
made by the Airport Commission and the people from LPA when
they did their presentation in here.
Well, if you go back and read and understand
MR. WALL:
the agreements, they are accurate. I, with you, had a
different impression when I heard the comments that were made,
but the comments are accurate when you read the minutes.
All right.
MAYOR YOUNG:
Now, who's fast and slow now?
MR. HANDY:
I think it's already past.
MR. WALL:
I don't know about fast and slow, but I'm
MR. SHEPARD:
not in the game, Mr. Handy. Mr. Powell has asked this
question, but I'm going to ask it again. The grant monies
that we're talking about, are these the enplanement fees
that--use it or lose it, or is this--where is this coming
from?
This is a federal grant that we were
MR. OLIVER:
awarded. It's called an airport improvement grant.
That doesn't come from the ticket
MR. SHEPARD:
revenues?
No, sir.
MR. OLIVER:
But there are grants that come from the
MR. SHEPARD:
number of passengers enplaning at Bush Field, and those are
collected by the federal--and returned to us?
That's correct, and we've already been
MR. OLIVER:
awarded one of those grants. Now, they have applied for a
passenger enplanement fee, and I don't know the status of
that, but that's three dollars a ticket.
Is this sort of a use it or lose it from
MR. SHEPARD:
the--
Yes. We have accepted the 680-something
MR. WALL:
thousand dollar grant, and that is a use it or lose it type
deal. The three dollar passenger facility charge, we're in
the process of making application, and that deadline comes up
sometime in June or July when a final decision will be made,
but there's been no opposition from the airlines to collecting
that fee. It's that three-dollar fee plus a landing fee that
will either be imposed pursuant to an agreement or the city
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has the ultimate right to impose that fee beginning July 1,
2001, that would go toward retiring any bonded indebtedness.
So it's a combination--I mean if we go forward and build the
project, then it will be a combination of revenues: the
landing fees and the passenger facility charges.
But this money for the design is coming
MR. SHEPARD:
from the airport improvement grant?
An airport improvement grant.
MR. WALL:
And 60,000 is coming from Bush Field, I
MR. SHEPARD:
take it?
Correct.
MR. WALL:
From their monies--which are identified as
MR. SHEPARD:
their monies, but from public monies?
Well, it came from enterprise funds, it did
MR. OLIVER:
not come from general property taxes.
Let me ask Mr. Wall this because this is
MR. KUHLKE:
the way I understand it. The process that they're going
through now is going to contribute to determine the
feasibility--in other words, this 35% area that they're going
in is going to give the Airport Commission a better handle on
whether or not the bonded part will really work; right?
The answer to that question is really no. I
MR. WALL:
mean it's allowing both processes to move along in parallel
fashion at the same time.
I understand that, but I'm talking about
MR. KUHLKE:
from a cost standpoint, part of this work is developing cost
estimates to see if $50 million is the right figure or not?
Right. I'm sorry, that's true, yes. In that
MR. WALL:
sense it is, yes.
Any other questions or comments? All in
MAYOR YOUNG:
favor of the motion, please vote aye.
MR. POWELL OUT.
MOTION CARRIES 9-0.
That's it, Mr. Mayor.
CLERK:Legal session.
For the items stated, including personnel.
MR. WALL:
MR. HANDY:So move.
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Second.
MR. SHEPARD:
MR. POWELL OUT.
MOTION CARRIES 9-0.
[LEGAL MEETING, 3:00 - 3:40 P.M.]
Do we have any items to add to the agenda
MAYOR YOUNG:
as a result of the legal meeting? Is there any other business
to come before this Commission?
MR. KUHLKE:Move we adjourn.
Second.
MR. H. BRIGHAM:
All in favor, leave the room.
MAYOR YOUNG:
MOTION CARRIES 10-0.
[MEETING ADJOURNED AT 3:40 P.M.]
Lena J. Bonner
Clerk of Commission
CERTIFICATION:
I, Lena J. Bonner, Clerk of Commission, hereby certify that
the above is a true and correct copy of the minutes of the
Regular Meeting of the Augusta-Richmond County Commission held
on May 18, 1999.
Lena J. Bonner
Clerk of Commission