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Home My WebLink About07-07-2003 Meeting I PUBLIC SERVICES COMMIITEE COMMIITEE ROOM - July 7,2003 12:30 P. M. PRESENT: Hons. Mays, Chairman; Bridges, Co-Chairman; Kuhlke, member; Jim Wall, Attorney; George Kolb, Administrator; Rob Sherman, License & Inspections Director; Heyward Johnson, Transit Director; Tom Beck, Recreation Department Director; Geri Sams, Purchasing Director; Lena Bonner, Clerk of Commission. ABSENT: Hons. Bob Young, Mayor; Colclough, members. Also Present: Sylvia Cooper of The Augusta Chronicle and Hons. Hankerson and Williams, Commissioners. 4. A request by Dawn Hadden for a Therapeutic Massage Operators License to be used in connection with Paradise Island Day Spa located at 210 Robert C. Daniel Parkway, Suite F. District 3. Super District 10. (Postponed from July 1 Public Services) Ms. Hadden: Dawn Hadden, 210 Robert C. Daniel Parkway. Mr. Sherman: The Sheriff's Department and License Department have reviewed the application and we recommend it be approved. There are no objectors. I Mr. Kuhlke: So move. Mr. Bridges: Second. Motion adopted unanimously. 3. New Application: A.N.03-20: A request by John M. Marks for a retail package Wine license to be used in connection with Delmonico's Fine Food located at 139 Davis Road. District 7. Super District 10. (postponed from July 1 Public Services) . Mr. Marks: John Marks, 139 Davis Road, Augusta, Georgia. Mr. Sherman: The License Department and Sheriff's Department have reviewed the application and it is in compliance with our requirements. Based on that, we would recommend approval. There are objectors here. (23 objectors are noted) I Rev. Michael Davenport, Pastor of Pine view Baptist Church, expressed the objections of his congregation to the sale of wine at that location. Mr. Kuhlke: I move that we approve. After a short discussion, the motion failed with Mr. Bridges voting No. I Mr. Bridges: Second. 1. Motion to approve the acceptance of a grant from the State of Georgia- Children and Youth Coordinating Council in the amount of $24,150.00. Mr. Kuhlke: So move. Mr. Bridges: Second. Motion adopted unanimously. 2. Motion to allow Walton Options the use of one (1) Paratransit vehicle on July 26,2003 for the 13th anniversary ofthe Americans with Disabilities Act. (Referred from July 1 Commission meeting) Mr. Bridges: So move. Mr. Kuhlke: Second. Mr. Johnson: I contacted Mr. Jones this morning and made him aware of our recommendation. We are providing one van and are reserving the other one for our use under our normal service. I Mr. Chairman: I just want to make sure that they are adequately covered for that day without disrupting our normal service. Mr. Johnson: I will talk to him again to make sure we have a good understanding on the numbers. Motion adopted unanimously. 5. Status report from the Administrator and Recreation Director regarding Savannah Place Park Renovations and Diamond Lakes. Mr. Beck gave a report on the timeline for the funding and activities for the renovations at Savannah Place Park. He discussed the changes in the project that resulted in an alternate bid to include a scaled down version of the gymnasium. After a lengthy discussion, Mr. Kuhlke: I'd like to make a motion that we ask Tom and Geri to continue the process that they're going through, that we receive bids on August 19 and at that point the Commission will make a decision as to whether we can build the whole facility, whether we have the opportunity to look at the alternate and cut down the size of the project or reject all bids and look at in-house forces to do that. At I 2 I the same time that you would still retain the architect because he would be needed to supervise the construction even if we did it with in-house forces. So that's the form of the motion. Mr. Bridges: Second. Motion adopted unanimousiy. Mr. Beck: The second part of the request deals with Diamond Lakes and our new community center and library. We're presently in the construction document phase of the design and our bidding phase will begin around August 18. Mr. Kuhlke: I move we receive this as information. Mr. Bridges: Second. Motion adopted unanimously. ADJOURNMENT: There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned. Lena J. Bonner Clerk of Commission I nwrn I 3 I PUBLIC SERVICES AGENDA COMMIITEE ROOM - July 7, 2003 12:30 P. M. 1. Motion to approve the acceptance of a grant from the State of Georgia - Children and Youth Coordinating Council in the amount of$24,150.00. 2. Motion to allow Walton Options the use of one (I) Paratransit vehicle on July 26, 2003 for the 13th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act. (Referred from JuIy I Commission meeting) 3. New Application: A.N. 03-20: A request by John M. Marks for a retail package Wine license to be used in connection with Delmonico's Fine Food located at 139 Davis Road. District 7. Super District 10. (postponed from JuIy 1 Public Services) 4. A request by Dawn Hadden for a Therapeutic Massage Operators License to be used in connection with Paradise Island Day Spa located at 210 Robert C. Daniel Parkway, Suite F. District 3. Super District 10. (postponed from JuIy I Public Services) 5. Status report from the Administrator and Recreation Director regarding Savannah Place Park Renovations and Diamond Lakes. I I