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Home My WebLink About03-24-2003 Meeting I PUBLIC SERVICES COMMITTEE COMMITIEE ROOM - March 24, 2003 12:30 P.M. PRESENT: Hons. Mays, Chairman; Bridges, Co-Chairman; Kuhlke and Colclough, members; George Kolb, Administrator; Vanessa Flournoy, Staff Attorney; Walter Hornsby, Deputy Administrator; Tom Beck, Recreation Director; Larry Harris, License & Inspections Dept.; Lena Bonner, Clerk of Co=ission. ABSENT: Hon. Bob Young, Mayor. Also Present: George Eskola ofWJBF Television, Heidi Williams of The Augusta Chronicle, Stacey Eidson of The Metropolitan Spirit and Hons. Williams, Cheek, Boyles and Hankerson, Co=issioners. 1. Discussion: A request by Walter W. Lyons for a Special Events Beer License for 4 days April 9tb thru April12'b 2003 for Famous Dave's Barbeque located at 2821 Washington Rd. to be used at 2821 Washington Rd. in the parking lot. District 7. Super District 10. Mr. Harris: This has met all the requirements and we reco=end approval. There were no objectors. I Mr. Bridges: So move. Mr. Colclough: Second. Motion adopted unanimously. 2. Discussion: A request by Scott Levine for a Special Events Beer license for one day April 19, 2003 for Scott & Dee, Inc. located at 873 Broad St to be used at the Exchange Club Fairgrounds in connection with the Augusta Harley Owners Association. District 1. Super District 9. Mr. Levine: Scott Levine, 873 Broad Street. Mr. Harris: This is a request for a special event license. We reco=end approval. There were no objectors. Mr. Bridges: So move. Mr. Colclough: Second. Motion adopted unanimously. I 3. Discussion: A request by Kevin Goldsmith for a Special Events Liquor & Beer license for 5 days April 8'b thru April12lb 2003 for Pullman Hall Catering located at 560 Walton Way to be used at 2701 Washington Rd. in the National Hills Shopping Center parking lot. District 7. Super District 10. Mr. Goldsmith: Kevin Goldsmith, 2721 Wellington Drive. I Mr. Harris: This is also a request for a special event license. We reco=end approval. There were no objectors. Mr. Kuhlke: So move. Mr. Bridges: Second. Motion adopted unanimously. 7. Discussion: A request by Thomas D. Thompson for an on premise consumption Liquor, Beer & Wine Special Events License to be used in connection with Comfort Inn located at 629 Frontage Rd. for April 7'b thru 12lb, 2003. District 3. Super District 10. Mr. Thompson: Thomas Thompson and my address is 1603 Goshen Club House Drive. Mr. Harris: This is a request for a special event license and we reco=end approval. There were no objectors. I Mr. Kuhlke: So move. Mr. Bridges: Second. Motion adopted unanimously. 4. Motion to approve Bid Item #03-053, Brookfield Gateway Park to Arnmar Company for $638,000 and to reprogram $250,000 SPLOST Phase IV funds from Diamond Lakes Regional Park year 2003 to 2005, and reprogram $250,000 SPLOST Phase IV funds from Brookfield Park year 2005 to 2003. Mr. Colclough: So move. Mr. Kuhlke: Second. Motion adopted unanimously. 5. Discuss cost and logistics for turning over two baseball fields at Fleming Complex to Butler High School to be converted to high school baseball and softball fields. Actions are underway by parents and students of Butler High to I 2 I request the above and this is an effort to discuss and prepare for this request. (Requested by Commissioner Cheek) Mr. Cheek: Butler and Laney both have to travel to Masters City to play their games and the remedy is that Fleming Complex is adjacent to Butler. We wanted to develop a petition to request of the Co=ission the change over of two of those fields for use as Butler's home field for their softball and baseball. I wanted to ask the staff to look at the cost and discuss with the coach at Butler what is necessary to bring those fields up high school baseball standards. Mr. Beck: We still need the fields for our use but we had previously worked this out for them to use the fields. Based on our past relationship with Butler High School, I think it is something that can be worked out. We will do a cost estimate, but we do not have any money in our capital budget at this time. Mr. Cheek: I think the School Board may be willing to help out after they see a cost estimate. Mr. Kuhlke: I'd like to make a motion that we receive this as information, but that we ask the Recreation Director to begin to gather that information we need to go further. I Mr. Colclough: Second. Motion adopted unanimously. 6. Motion to approve Second Amendment to Co-Location Lease Agreement between Augusta, Georgia and through the Augusta Aviation Commission and Verizon Wireless of the East, L.P. d/b/a Verlzon Wireless as well as Memorandum of Co-Location Lease Agreement to be recorded. Mr. Kuhlke: I move approval subject to the approval of the Attorney. Mr. Colclough: I second it. Motion adopted unanimously. 8. Discuss abandoned grocery carts. (Requested by Commissioner WlIIIams) Mr. Williams: We have a great number of abandoned grocery carts in the city. Many times they end up in the ditches where they collect trash and block the flow of water where there are drainage problems. I'd like to see what we could do about it. I Mr. Kolb: I'm not sure what we can do to control carts coming from private businesses. We would be glad to remove them when they are reported to us. 3 Mr. Hankerson: We may want to ask the business owners to post signs letting people know that it is a theft to remove the carts and not return them. I Mr. Cheek: There are already laws on the books that do that. We just need to enforce the law. Mr. Chairman: Maybe we can make some calls to the stores in the areas where this is happening. After further discussion, Mr. Bridges: I make the motion that we refer this matter to the Administrator regarding the Chairman's co=ents. Mr. Kuhlke: Second. Motion adopted unanimously. ADJOURNMENT: There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned. Lena J. Bonner Clerk of Co=ission nwm I I 4 PUBLIC SERVICES AGENDA COMMITTEE ROOM - March 24, 2003 12:30 P.M. 1. Discussion: A request by Walter W. Lyons for a Special Events Beer License for 4 days April 9tb thru April12tb 2003 for Famous Dave's Barbeque located at 2821 Washington Rd. to be used at 2821 Washington Rd. in the parking lot. District 7. Super District 9. 2. Discussion: A request by Scott Levine for a Special Events Beer license for one day April 19, 2003 for Scott & Dee, Inc. located at 873 Broad St to be used at the Exchange Club Fairgrounds in connection with the Augusta Harley Owners Association. District 1. Super District 9. 3. Discussion: A request by Kevin Goldsmith for a Special Events Liquor & Beer license for 5 days April 8tb thru April12tb 2003 for Pullman Hall Catering located at 560 Walton Way to be used at 2701 Washington Rd. in the National Hills Shopping Center parking lot. District 7. Super District 10. 4. Motion to approve Bid Item #03-053, Brookfield Gateway Park to Ammar Company for $638,000 and to reprogram $250,000 SPLOST Phase N funds from Diamond Lakes Regional Park year 2003 to 2005, and reprogram $250,000 SPLOST Phase N funds from Brookfield Park year 2005 to 2003. 5. Discuss cost and logistics for turning over two baseball fields at Fleming Complex to Butler High School to be converted to high school baseball and softball fields. Actions are underway by parents and students of Butler High to request the above and this is an effort to discuss and prepare for this request. (Requested by Commissioner Cheek) 6. Motion to approve Second Amendment to Co-Location Lease Agreement between Augusta, Georgia and through the Augusta Aviation Commission and Verizon Wireless of the East, L.P. d/b/a Verizon Wireless as well as Memorandum of Co- Location Lease Agreement to be recorded. 7. Discussion: A request by Thomas D. Thompson for an on premise consumption Liquor, Beer & Wine Special Events License to be used in connection with Comfort Inn located at 629 Frontage Rd. for April 7tb thru 12th, 2003. District 3. Super District 10. 8. Discuss abandoned grocery carts. (Requested by Commissioner Williams)