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ENGINEERING SERVICES
COMMITTEE
COMMITTEE ROOM - September 28, 1998
2:30 P. M.
PRESENT: Hons, Larry Sconyers, Mayor; Powell, Chairman; Handy, Vice-
Chairman; Bridges, member; George Patty, Executive Director of Planning Commission;
Paul DeCamp of the Planning Commission; Randy Oliver, Administrator; Jim Wall,
Attorney; Jack Murphy, Public Works Director; Michael Greene, Asst. Director ofP.W.
_ Operations Division; Drew Goins, Asst. Director ofP.W. - Engineering Division; Lena
Bonner, Clerk of Commission and Nancy Morawski, Deputy Clerk of Commission.
Also Present: Sylvia Cooper of The Augusta Chronicle, Stacey Eidson of The
Metropolitan Spirit and Hons. 1. Brigham, Beard and Shepard, Commissioners.
The Clerk: We have a request for an addendum item.
Mr. Bridges: I so move we add it,
Mr. Chairman: Second.
Motion adopted unanimously.
A request to approve proposed 1999 LARP Program List, was read.
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Mr, Bridges: They are resurfacing a portion ofHephzibah-McBean Road. Could
we add the portion from 25 back into Hephzibah?
Mr. Goins: Yes, we can add it to the list but there is no guarantee it will be done
because the DOT ranks these.
Mr. Bridges: Also, could we do Centurion Road?
Mr. Murphy: I think we can do that in-house.
Mr. 1. Brigham: On Dennis Road, is there any way we can do a turn-around at the
end?
Mr. Chairman: I agree with you. Maybe we expand the priority to do this that
when we're resurfacing them, that a turn-around can be included and money can be
placed in the project for that.
Mr. Goins: We'll check into it and report back.
Mr. Bridges: I move we approve subject to the additions we made.
Mr. Handy: Second.
Mr. 1. Brigham: Are we going to do anything with the side streets downtown?
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Mr. Murphy: I believe that some of these are included in some of our other
resurfacing projects.
Motion adopted unanimously.
A request to authorize Public Works and Engineering Department to
prepare plans and specifications for the tree removal and maintenance of the
Augusta Levee and let project to bid. Resources for this project are available in the
Special One Percent Sales Tax - Phase m Contingency Account 57-8081-00-0606,
was read.
Mr. Bridges: I so move.
Mr. Handy: Second.
Motion adopted unanimously.
A request to approve list of roads to be let to contract which have adequate
right-of-way, was read.
Mr. Goins: These are dirt roads to be paved which already have the adequate
right-of-way and can be paved now.
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Mr. Bridges: I make a motion to approve.
Mr. Handy: Second.
Motion adopted unanimously.
A request to approve Change Order No.2 in the amount of $4,427.50 for W.
R. Toole Engineers, Inc. regarding additional engineering services requested for the
extension of a 12" water main along Columbia Nitrogen Road, was read.
Mr. Bridges: Motion to approve.
Mr. Handy: Second.
Motion adopted unanimously.
A request to approve final change order in the amount of $4,587.03 to Blair
Construction for work completed on the Belair Hills Water Line Improvements, was
read.
Mr. Handy: I so move.
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Mr. Bridges: Second.
Motion adopted unanimously.
A request to approve award of low bid to Hardy Plumbing who submitted a
bid of $528,735 regarding construction of the RCCI Trunk Sewer, was read.
Mr, Handy: I so move,
Mr, Bridges: Second.
Motion adopted unanimously.
Mr. Beard: Back on the item on Belair Hills, was it stated that Carolyn Street was
to be paved? I think there was some confusion about that.
Mr. Oliver: The water lines were to be put in but the drainage had to be dealt
with before any paving could be done.
Mr. Chairman: I thought we were going to put down some kind of base down on
the portions of the street on the ends. I remember that also.
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A request to consider approval of engineering fees for ZEL Engineers in the
amount of $31,815.47, was read.
Mr. Bridges: I so move,
Mr, Chairman: I second the motion,
Motion adopted unanimously.
A request to consider Change Order to Engineering Services Agreement with
Freeman and Vaughn for additional work related to digester modifications at the
WWTP at a cost not to exceed $23,700, was read.
Mr. Bridges: I so move,
Mr, Chairman: Second.
Motion adopted unanimously.
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A request to consider award of Augusta Corporate Park Trunk Sewer to the
low bidder, Mabus Construction, in the amount of $818,288.63, was read.
Mr. Handy: I so move.
Mr. Chairman: Second.
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Motion adopted unanimously.
A request to authorize additional engineering services to revise the Hyde
Park Drainage Improvements plans and specifications with W. R. Toole Engineers,
Ioc. in the amount of $6,500.00. Approve Capital Project Budget Amendment #5 to
allocate funds from project contingency, was read.
Mr. Oliver: We had applied for a Brownsfield grant on this and that was denied.
Mr. Handy: I so move.
Mr. Bridges: Second.
Motion adopted unanimously.
A request to approve an Ordinance entitled "Groundwater Recharge Area
Protection Ordinance" which is proposed to bring Augusta into conformity with the
rules of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources at Chapter 391-3-16.01, was
read.
A request to approve an Ordinance entitled "Water Supply Watershed
Protection Ordinance" which is proposed to bring Augusta into conformity with the
rules of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources at Chapter 391-3-16.01, was
read.
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A request to approve an Ordinance to amend the Comprehensive Zoning
Ordinance for Augusta Richmond County to provide for a new Section 25-D entitled
"Savannah River Corridor Protection District (SRCP)" to bring Augusta into
conformity with the rules of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources of
Chapter 391-3-16.04, was read.
A request to approve an Ordinance to amend the Subdivision Regulations for
Augusta Richmond County to provide for wetland protection in conformity with the
rules of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources at Chapter 391-3-16.03, was
read.
A request to approve an Ordinance entitled "Site Plan Regulations for
Augusta, Georgia" which adopts existing site plan policies and also a new provision
necessary to bring Augusta into conformity with the rules of the Georgia
Department of Natural Resources of Chapter 391-3-16.03 regarding Wetlands
Protection, was read.
After a discussion of these Ordinances, Mr. Bridges: I move these be approved.
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Mr. Handy: Second.
Motion adopted unanimously.
A request to approve an Ordinance to amend Chapter 8-4 of the Augusta
Richmond County Code entitled "Trees" to provide for additional landscaping
standards for development that is not single-family residence in nature, and for
other purposes, was read.
Mr. Bridges: I make a motion we approve.
Mr, Handy: Second.
Motion adopted unanimously.
ADJOURNMENT: There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned.
Lena 1. Bonner
Clerk of Commission
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