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HomeMy WebLinkAbout10-05-2000 Meeting I PUBLIC SERVICES COMMITTEE COMMITTEE ROOM - October 5, 2000 4:00 P.M. 'I PRESENT: R. Colclough, Chairman, J. Brigham, B. Kuhlke, W. Mays, members, L. Beard, Commissioner, R. Oliver, Administrator, J. Wall, Attorney, W. Hornsby, Deputy Administrator, T. Beck, Recreation Director, R. Sherman, S. Walker, L. Harris, L&I, R. Berry, Stoney, Sheriff's Dept., T. Smith, PW Director, L. Bonner, Clerk of Commission. MEDIA: S. Eidson, Metro Spirit. 7? Mr. Kuhlke: Mr. Chairman, may I ask if I could get approval to expand on item number Mr. Colclough: I hear no objections. Presentation from AuguSta Rugby Club regarding the relocating of a skate park from Central Avenue to Wood Street Park. I Mr. Beck: We probably could have deleted this off the agenda for the next meeting. But I did want to bring you up-to-date on a couple of things regarding this issue. At the last Committee meeting when we made this presentation on relocation of the skate board park from Central Avenue to Wood Street there were a couple of things you asked me to do. One was that we made the proposal and we had construction money to construct a skate park at Wood Street but there were two issues that you wanted us to check into before getting with the Rugby Club to see if they might be interested in operating the park. The Rugby Club is interested in leasing some property for a rugby field that they could use for their purposes. Of course we're looking at getting into, possibly the skate board business as far as operating a park with staff and operating it the way it needs to be operated. We met with the Rugby Club several times and they don't have a proposal at this time ready to present to you. Their Board of Directors will be meeting tonight to corne up with something for the next Committee meeting. The other thing was to hold a meeting with the Harrisburg West End Neighborhood Association due to the fact that the park is in that area. We had already held a public meeting at Julian Smith Casino and had good attendance there to go over what we were presenting. We did meet on August 24 with the Neighborhood Association and made a presentation on the proposed skate park and they did approve at the meeting for that function to go into the area. At this time the Rugby Club is not ready to make a proposal they are working on something to present at the next meeting. Mr. Brigham: So move to accept this as information. Mr. Kuhlke: Second. ~Iotion carried unanimously. Motion to approve an Ordinance to amend the Augusta-Richmond County Code Section 1- 3-3 so as to prohibit the Chairman of the Augusta Aviation Commission from serving as Chairman for more than two consecutive full one-year terms, until after the lapse of one year from that person's last term in office. I lvCr. Wall: This is a request that came from the Aviation Commission to limit the term of . the chairman of the Aviation Commission. It" was directed by them to be submitted to the full Commission and we recommend approval on that. Mr. Brigham: So move. Mr. Kuhlke: Second. Motion carried unanimously. ;''; New Application: A.N. 00-47: A request by Terry Loskoski for an on premise consumption liquor, beer & wine license to be used in connection with The Barracks located at 1923 Walton Way. There will be a dance hall. District 1. Super District 9. Mr. Loskoski: Terry Loskoski, 206 West Buena Vista Avenue, North Augusta, Sc. Mr. Walker: This application met all requirements of the L&I Department and the . Sheriff's Department and we recommend approval. (No objectors) Mr. Brigham: I move we deny this application because of neighborhood concerns, the parking area and complaints that I have received and the nnmber of establishments in the area. Mr. Kuhlke: Second. Motion carried nnanimously. .' ';:.i :..~ :,C:j New Application: A..l"l. 00-48: A request by Liddell W. (Sissy) Boulus for an on premise consumption liquor, beer & wine license to be used in connection with Distinctive Events & Catering at the Double Eagle Oub by Sissy Boulous located at 2603 Washington Road. There will be a dance hall. There will be Sunday sales. District 7. Super District 10. Ms. Boulous: Liddell W. (Sissy) Boulus, 3516 Pebble Beach Dr., Augusta. Mr. Walker: This application has met all requirements of the L&I Department and Sheriff's Department and we recommend approval. (No objectors) Mr. Mays: So move. Mr. Kuhlke: Second. Motion carries 4-0 with Mr. Colclough voting no on Sunday sales. Discnssion: A request by Terry L. Cato for a dance hall license to be used in connection with On the River Cafe located at #2 Riverwalk at Eighth Street. There will be a dance hall. District 1. Super District 9. Mr. Cato: Terry J. Cato, 652 Riverfront Dr. Mr. Walker: This is a request for a dance hall that has an alcohol license and a restaurant. We have no problem inside but there is a problem outside and that's the reason for the objectors. There are objectors present. Mr. A. Mansberger, President POA River Place Condos: The problem as far as the outside music started around early April. We started to receive complaints about the noise level I I I ,I distributing the property owners. The POA request that the On the River Cafe not be permitted to have outside music currently. I respectfully submit these letters that were sent to Jack West at WJBF, Randy Oliver, City Manager and Lee Beard, Commissioner Mr. Large, GM, On the River Cafe: I don't think that anything you've said is unfair. I agree with probably everything you've said. We have taken steps to insure that the music will not be at high volume. We want to move the stage where the back faces Port Royal, over the patio so that the music goes out over the parking lot. In the contract with the bands, we have a specific statement that says: management of On the River Cafe will be the determining factor of the volume of the band. I took over management on August 27 ana I will"assure you that if we have a band outside, the volume will be low, it will be facing in the opposite direction of Port Royal. We want to be good neighbors and we want to be a part of the growth. We don't want any adversarial relationships with anyone downtown. So I'm saying what happened in the, past, I can't affect now, but I can assure you that what happens in the future will be in compliance any ordinance, sound decimals of the this county and city. ' Mr. Berry: Based on the complaints that they have and I do know some of them are true, I would go along with that recommendation, dance hall inside. I have been there and the band was too loud. Mr. Brigham: Do you have a defined space inside where you will have a dance hall? Mr. Cato: We have a defined space inside and outside. I Mr. Brigham: When we issue a dance hall license, do we have any controls over whether this license will be an inside or outside license? Mr. Walker: It's for their premises. time? Mr. Kuhlke: I would like to ask the residents if they would like to try it for any period of Mr. Mansberger: They've had ample time. The night I went over there was nobody inside, everybody was outside. Unidentified resident: The noise level is usually so high that people can't dance. They'll sit at the tables only for a short time because they can't stand the noise. Mr. Colclough: I'm looking at the noise ordinance and it stipulates that loud speakers, amplifiers for advertising or operating permitting how does that affect what we're talking about today? Mr. Berry: Anything that could be heard within a certain round of feet according to our ordinance you could be sited. Mr. Charles Freeman: I discussed this with Mr. Walker and we never did get an answer as to who has the ownership and the right-of-way? That area is blocked off right now so that there can be no crossing of the area. I Mr. Walker: That property, when the city sold it. they sold that plus that area to Mr. Morris. So when he leased that property to the River Front Cafe 'he also leased the outside patio and tltat's their property. It doesn't belong to the city. They wanted to sell alcohol so that people could go outside and drink. The state requires the area be blocked off and you have to go inside and corne out a door. They have tltat right it's their property. I .", Mr. Large: Tomorrow that configuration is changing. We're taking it from the brick wall to brick wall and we're opening up access probably twenty feet from the wall of the patio to the levee that would fix the problem. We will then be in compliance with the noise level. "--:-l Mr. Kuhlke: I would like to make a motion that we approve this application with inside dancing and music only. Mr. Brigham: Second. , ,', Motion carried unanimously. Discussion: 'Consider a request by Debora Berlin for a massage therapist license to be used in connection with Paradise Island Day Spa located at 3435 Wrlghtsboro Road. District 3. Super District 10. , , '01 I ., ., . ' .~1 .il' ;t: ~::i ~ ! Mr. Walker: Ms. Berlin is in New York, she thought that she was supposed to be here next week and she had already made plans. This application does meet all requirements of the L&I Department. Mr. Berry: I don't suggest you approve this and she's not here. Mr. Kuhlke: I move we forward this to the full Commission with no recommendation. I !vir. Brigham: Second. Motion carries 3-1 with Mr. Colclough voting no. Approve street banner location for Junior League of Augusta at Walton Way in front of Augusta State University and add administrative approval. Mr. Oliver: My suggestion would be to have Mr. Patty bring back a proposed framework for administrative guidelines for approval. Mr. Kuhlke: This is a request that carne to me from the Episcopal Day School requesting to place a banner up on Walton Way in front of the school. My suggestion is rather than have these kind of requests corne to this Committee and then have to go before the full Commission to get approval is whether or not we would approve letting these kind of requests be approved administratively through the Planning Commission. . !vir. Wall: My suggestion is rather than the Planning Commission why not Traffic Engineering? They are the ones who deal with this. lvCr. Gibbons: I just spoke with Mr. Huffstetler at Traffic Engineering he informed me that because Georgia Power is concerned that the last conversation they had from the city was that they are not to allow banners to be hung. I I Mr. Mays: Ms. Bonner, how was that handled in the past years when it was functioning? Ms. Bonner: It was handled through the Electrical Department. They would make the request through that department and they would in turn get permission through the Mayors office to have the banner and Georgia Power would hang the banner on their pole. But what Mark is saying now, Georgia Power gave permission to hang the banners on their pole but they don't physically go out and hang the banners any longer because the last word they got the city was not allowing the hanging of the banners. In the city days it was handled through the Electrical Department and they would actually go out and hang the banners. Mr. Gibbons:'Georgia Power says they don't mind doing it, but they will charge the client. All they want is clarification from the city on whether they can hang them or not. Mr. Brigham: We have several choices, we can let Mr. Sherman do it, Planning & Zoning do it, the Traffic Engineer or the Clerk. Probably the most logical person to do it is the person that has to inspect it, that's !\IIr. Sherman. ' After further discussion, Mr. Oliver: My suggestion would be like with underpasses there is a minimum height distance. To speed up the process, these banners will be up on poles roughly fourteen feet high. I think Rob and Jim can get together and write up a procedure. I think as long it fits into that criteria I would like it to be administrative to Rob. If it's something different than those criteria then I think it needs to go back to Traffic Engineering. I Mr. Kuhlke: My motion would be that we allow the banners be approved administratively through the L&I Department and let what has been discussed, let Rob and the Traffic Engineer set the criteria and Rob would be enforce it. I would like to add that we approve the request from the Episcopal Day School and the Junior League. Mr. Brigham: Second. ~Iotion carried unanimously. With no further business to discuss, the meeting was adjoumed. Lena J. Bonner Clerk of Commission fbb I .... I PUBLIC SERVICES AGENDA COMMITTEE ROOM - October 5, 2000 4:00 P. M. I. Presentation from Augusta Rugby Club regarding the relocating of a skate park from Central Avenue to Wood Street Park. 2. Motion to approve an Ordinance to amend the Augusta-Richmond County Code Section 1-3-3 so as to prohibit the Chairman of the Augusta Aviation Commission from serving as Chairman for more than two consecutive full one-year terms, until after the lapse of one year from that person's last term in office. 3. New Application: AN. 00-47: A request by Terry Loskoski for an on premise consumption liquor, beer & wine license to be used in connection with The Barracks located at 1923 Walton Way. There will be a dance hall. District 1. Super District 9. 4. New Application: AN. 00-48: A request by Liddell W. (Sissy) Boulus for an on premise consumption liquor, beer & wine license to be used in connection with Distinctive Events & Catering at the Double Eagle Club by Sissy Boulus located at 2603 Washington Road. There will be a dance hall. There will be Sunday sales. District 7. Super District 10. I 5. Discussion: A request by Terry L. Cato for a dance hall license to be used in connection with On the River Cafe located at #2 Riverwalk at Eighth Street. There will be a dance hall. District I. Super District 9. 6. Discussion: Consider a request by Debora Berlin for a massage therapist li,~ense to be used in connection with Paradise Island Day Spa located at 3435 Wrightsboro Road. District 3. Super District 10. 7. Approve street banner location for Junior League of Augusta at Walton Way in front of Augusta State University. - --