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JOINT MEETING .
FINANCE AND ENGINEERING SERVICES COMMITTEES
Committee Room
October 13, 2003
PRESENT: Hons. Hankerson, Co-Chairman and Acting Chairman; Shepard,
Bridges and Williams, members of Finance Committee; Cheek, Chairman; Mays and
Boyles, members of Engineering Services Committee; Jim Wall, Attorney; George Kolb,
Administrator; Teresa Smith, Public Works Director; Lena Bonner, Clerk of
Commission.
ABSENT: Hon. Colclough, member, Engineering Services Committee.
Review minutes regarding the selection of the Telfair Street site for the
Judicial Center. (Referred from the October 7 Commission meeting)
Mr. Kuhlke: At our last Commission meeting a motion was made selecting the
Telair Street site as the primary location and the Municipal Building site as the secondary
location. Prior to that meeting we had a presentation from the consultants and they made
a graphic presentation which outlined the boundaries of the Telfair Street site and three
layouts for the building on that site.
Mr. Williams uses a map to show the location he had previously referred to as the
location for the Judicial Center.
Mr. Kuhlke: The motion just specified the area between 9th and lOth Streets.
Mr. Williams: Who limited the area?
Mr. Wall: When you first suggested these properties, I got copies of the maps of
everytlring from here to here (indicates on map ). We talked about what I would provide
to the architect and we gave them this block and this block (indicates on map). They
were never asked to look at this (indicates on map) because we talked about getting this
piece of property from Bankruptcy Court. There was discussion about shared parking
with Bankruptcy Court, Federal Court and this on that property next to 9th Street.
Mr. Cheek: We had talked at some point about the third level of the canal, the
potential for a greenway tying into that project, the rail and engineering solutions of
building a deck over it, so that entire square should have been included. The architects
said the location of the building was flexible and the taking ofthose buildings was not an
absolute necessity to build on that site.
Mr. Williams: The building I was talking about moving was the old steel
building.
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Mr. Mays: I think clarity in the issue now is needed to determine where it will be
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Mr. Kuhlke: Let me suggest this. When we determine when the meeting is with
the architects, we could have a special work session and convey to them what we're
talking about. I think we need to have a preliminary, more defined footprint of what
we're talking about which would show streets, acreage and what we need and we could
bring it back or we could have a work session to express your concerns to the architect.
Mr. Bridges: I'd make the motion that we accept Mr. Kuhlke's reconunendation
at this point and meet with the architects.
Mr. Shepard: I'll second Mr. Bridges' motion.
Mr. Cheek: I'd like to see a $50 million dollar cap put on this project.
Mr. Boyles: I'd suggest that we make the same motion from Engineering
Services that was made in Finance.
Mr. Mays: I'll second it.
Mr. Hankerson: Do we need an amendment to that to request them to bring the
information?
Mr. Bridges: I think we could just administratively do it.
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Mr. Mays: I think it might be good when they come if we could go over there and
physically look at the property in question with them.
After further discussion, the motion was adopted unanimously from both
committees.
Approve the Augusta Traffic Calming Program and $12,000 from General
Fund Contingency to allow the Public Works and Engineering Department to
initiate the program in 2003.
Mr. Bridges: So move.
Mr. Shepard: Second.
Mr. Kolb: We're proposing that there be a special assessment in the
neighborhoods where this is used and that would include the initial installation and the
ongoing maintenance of the program.
Mr. Boyles: I move it be approved.
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Mr. Mays: Second.
After a discussion of the matter, Ms. Smith gave a brief overview of the program.
(Vote in Finance Committee)
Motion fails with Mr. Hankerson voting No.
(Vote in Engineering Services Committee)
Motion fails with Mr. Boyles and Mr. Mays voting No.
ADJOURNMENT: There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned.
Lena J. Bonner
Clerk of Commission
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