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HomeMy WebLinkAbout05-28-1996 Meeting I I I ENGINEERING SERVICES COMMITTEE COMMITTEE ROOM - May 28, 1996 4:00 P.M. PRESENT: Hons. Larry E. Sconyers, Mayor; Powell, Chairman; Todd, Vice-Chairman; Handy and J. Brigham, members; Linda Beazley, Interim Administrator for Administration; Charles Dillard, Interim Administrator for Operations; Max Hicks, General Supt. of Waterworks Operations; Tom Wiedmeier, Director of Water Pollution Control; Jim Wall, Interim Attorney; Homer Moore, Sign & Marking Division Manager; Millard Gooding, Public Works Director; Jack Murphy of the Public Works Department; George McElveen, Director of Water & Sewerage; Harry Hartley, Asst. Director of Public Works; Alma Stephenson, Consolidated Revenue Manager; Lena Bonner, Clerk of Commission-Council and Nancy Morawski, Deputy Clerk of Commission-Council. Also Present: Sylvia Cooper of the Augusta Chronicle and Hons. Mays, H. Brigham and Bridges, Commissioners. The Clerk: We have a request to delete items 11 and 12 and to add an item on Tanglewood'and Kingston drainage improvements which was deleted in error by the Clerk's Office and the attorney has asked to add an Ordinance for user fees at the Landfill. Mr. Todd: I so move. Mr. Brigham: Second. Motion adopted unanimously. Communication from Harry D. Revell requesting approval of the option to purchase easement from James E. Davis, Jr. known as Project Parcel 52 of the Raes Creek Channel Improvement Project, was read. Communication from Harry D. Revell requesting approval of the option to purchase right of way from Edd Selman, Olga Selman and Angelika Selman known as Area B, Parcel 4 of the Barton Chapel Road Intersection and Drainage Improvement Project, was read. Communication from Harry D. Revell requesting approval of the option to purchase right of way from Edd Selman known as Area B, Parcel 5 of the Barton Chapel Road Intersection and Drainage Improvement Project, was read. Communication from Harry D. Revell requesting approval of the option to purchase right of way from Michael T. Kerr, Georgia M. Kerr and Robert D. Kerr, Jr. known as Area 0, Parcel 2 of the Barton Chapel Road Intersection and Drainage Improvement Project, was read. Mr. Wall: We recommend approval of these. Communication from the Sign & Marking Division Manager regarding the installation of a four-way stop sign at the I intersection of Rushing Road and Cadden. Under normal conditions this intersection does not meet the criteria set forth for a four-way stop. However, during the widening on Windsor Spring Road traffic is being rerouted into Cadden Road. Due to the large number of trucks traveling Rushing Road, we are recommending you approve a four-way stop until traffic returns to the normal pattern, was read. Mr. Todd: I so move. Mr. Brigham: I'll second the motion. Motion adopted unanimously. Communication from the General Supt. of waterworks Operations stating in the morning of May 6 we learned that timber harvesting equipment had crushed a 21" vitrified clay sanitary sewer line beside Damascus Road west of Highland Avenue and south of the Augusta Golf Course. Mr. Lewis, owner of the night club adjacent to the area being cleared, told us that he had pointed out the sewer line to the timber harvesting personnel and cautioned them about the line. The top two thirds of the pipe had been broken out extensively along a 60' to 80' length. Some sewage flow was remaining in the pipe but about 1/3 to ! the flow was running out of the pipe and down the hill. Blair I Construction, Inc. was contacted immediately and authorized to begin repairs. By 3:00 that afternoon they had cleaned out the broken lengths of pipe and built up the dirt along the pipe so that all flow was contained within the remaining pipe. Over the next several days they replaced approximately 130 feet of the pipe with 24" ductile iron pipe from manhole to manhole and then placed 12 to 18 inches of fill over the pipe. We are requesting that you ratify the award of the repair contract to Blair Construction, Inc. and authorize payment of the attached invoice in the amount of $9,539.33. Funding for this project will come from Renewal and Extension Funds presently budgeted. It will not increase our total budget for 1996. Mr. Steve Reed of the Risk Management Department has been given the information regarding this incident and is seeking to recover from the logging company the cost of the repairs, was read. Mr. Todd: I so move. Mr. Brigham: I'll second the motion. Motion adopted unanimously. Communication from the Interim Attorney submitting a letter from John Flynt, together with the originals of the Deed of Dedication, Maintenance Agreement and a Quit-Claim Deed on that portion of the road being exchanged pursuant to an agreement that was previously approved by the Board of Commissioners, I Mr. Todd: I so move that we approve it. I Mr. Handy: Second. Mr. Brigham: Is there an effective date? Mr. Wall: It would be upon adoption. Mr. Todd: I'd like to amend the motion to be effective to allow the administrative office to give proper notice to the public through the press and signs at the Landfill. Mr. Wall: How about making it effective August 1? Mr. Chairman: I think that would be fair. Mr. George Cunningham asked that the Committee address concerns about people dumping garbage into dumpsters rather than taking it to the Landfill. Mr. Todd: We can discuss that with Mr. Leiper, Mr. Smith and the Attorney and report back when we can. At this time the motion was put and adopted unanimously. I ADJOURNMENT: was adjourned. There being no further business, the meeting Lena J. Bonner Clerk of Commission-Council NWM I