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Home My WebLink AboutMEMORANDUM OF UNERSTANDING BETWEEN GA DEPT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND AUGUSTA AVIATIONMEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BY AND AMONG GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND AUGUSTA, GEORGIA AND AUGUSTA AVIATION COMMISSION T is MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING, (hereinafter "MOU "), entered into this day of r� y 1 * / , 2012, by and between the GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY' ( "DPS "), a department of the State of Georgia, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, a consolidated local government and a political subdivision of the State of Georgia and the AUGUSTA AVIATION COMMISSION ( "Aviation Commission "). WITNESSETH: WHEREAS, The Georgia State Patrol (GSP) operates as the uniformed division of the Georgia Department of Public Safety to patrol the public roads and highways and to safeguard the lives and property of the public and to prevent, detect, and investigate violations of the criminal laws of this state, any other state, or the United States which are committed upon these public roads and highways or upon property appertaining thereto and to apprehend and arrest those persons who violate such criminal laws; and WHEREAS, GSP supports the efforts of all public safety agencies to reduce crime, apprehend those who commit them, and respond to natural and manmade disasters; and WHEREAS, The Commissioner of Public Safety is the head of DPS as well as the Commander of GSP and the Aviation Division is under the supervision of the GSP Field Operations Commanding Officer; and WHEREAS, DPS, through the GSP Aviation Division, conducts aviation operations in support of law enforcement activities throughout the State of Georgia; and WHEREAS, DPS is in need of airport facilities, including a hangar facility for storage of aircraft and office and barracks space for pilots and support personnel, from which to conduct such aviation operations in the region of Augusta, Georgia; and WHEREAS, Augusta, Georgia has property located at the Augusta Regional Airport at Bush Field, (Bush Field) a commercial airport, which is suitable for the location of such a hangar facility; and WHEREAS, the Augusta Aviation Commission is charged with managing all property at Bush Field and entering into contracts for the operation of the Airport; and WHEREAS, DPS owns a packaged hangar which includes the cost of erection of it upon a prepared foundation; and WHEREAS, Augusta, Georgia has agreed, in conjunction with the Aviation Commission, to provide a site at Bush Field for the erection of such a hangar and to prepare such site including, but not limited to, the engineering and construction of access requirements, utilities and foundation including all costs of such preparation necessary to accommodate such hangar erection; and WHEREAS, such construction and preparation of said site shall be accomplished in cooperation with and approval of DPS and in accordance with design, plans and specifications required for the proper construction thereon of said hangar as required by the manufacturer including all utility and communications connections; and WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of the GSP, DPS and public safety in general to lease such site and to conduct aviation operations from such site in support of emergency and law enforcement activities for the Airport including search and rescue operations; and, WHEREAS, the Board of Public Safety by resolution duly adopted has authorized the Commissioner of Public Safety to enter into negotiations with Augusta, Georgia and the Aviation Commission and to enter into the appropriate agreements and execute all contracts and supporting documents as necessary to enable the use of such hangar and aviation facilities at Bush Field including a long term lease agreement of fifty (50) years; and NOW THEREFORE IN CONSIDERATION OF THESE MUTUAL GOALS AND BENEFITS the parties agree as follows: Augusta, Georgia Augusta, Georgia will finance the design and construction upon said parcel of land at Bush Field at a cost not to exceed $500,000.00 to accommodate the erection of the hangar by DPS in accordance with the design and requirements of the hangar construction package. The Augusta Aviation Commission 1. The Aviation Commission will provide a parcel of land at Bush Field as shown in Exhibit "A" for use by DPS for the purpose of constructing a hangar for use by the Aviation Division of the Georgia State Patrol to store aircraft and provide office space and barracks for GSP pilots and DPS support personnel. 2. The Aviation Commission will cause a site plan to be developed in cooperation with DPS to accommodate the requirements for construction within the hangar of bedrooms, bathrooms, a kitchen and communications space including all necessary utility and communication connection capabilities in accordance with plans for the said construction within the hangar submitted by DPS to the Aviation Commission. 3. The Aviation Commission will enter into a long term agreement of fifty (50) years with DPS for the use of said parcel of property and occupancy of such hangar at no cost to DPS as shown in Exhibit `B ". The Georgia Department of Public Safety 1. DPS will cooperate with the Aviation Commission to approve the site plan and improvements to the parcel of land at Bush Field as shown in Exhibit "A" upon which to erect the hangar facility to serve as aircraft storage and office and barracks space for aviation activities of the GSP Aviation Division. DPS shall finance erection of the hangar and interior construction. (See item 3. Below) 2. Upon completion of such improvements in accordance with the site plan DPS will enter into a fifty (50) year renewable exclusive use agreement in a form similar to the specimen agreement attached hereto as Exhibit `B" for the parcel of land with the Aviation Commission and proceed to erect said hangar for the purposes stated. 3. Upon erection of the packaged hangar DPS will finance construction within the hangar at a cost of up to $100,000.00, of offices, bedrooms, bathrooms, and a kitchen and communication space to support the aviation operations of the Aviation Division of DPS. 4. All expenses of operation and repair and maintenance of the hangar so constructed will be borne by DPS. 5. The building and all improvements inside said building shall remain the property of DPS and shall not become the property of Augusta Georgia during the lease term. 6. GSP will continue to provide Search and Rescue efforts on behalf of Augusta Georgia and the Airport in a manner consistent with current support. IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties have affixed their signatures on the day and year first above written. Georgia Department of Public Safety 1)7i1J Colonel Mark W. McDonough, Commissiolfer Augusta, Georgia By: Attest: Deke Copenhaver, Mayor Augusta Regional Airport Aviation Commission By: Jay - ster, Chairman Attest. / , L _ (SEAL) /0J -i I a°l3 t fifes EXHIBIT "A" LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY EXHIBIT A (Description) Said parcel contains 1.10 acres, and this conveyance also includes 1 (one) access easements shown on the above referenced plat of survey dated January 12, 2012 and recorded in Plat Book 8 Page 59 described below. Entry Easement From Paved Road to 1.10 Acres ALSO CONVEYED is a perpetual, nonexclusive easement for access, ingress and egress to the above - described tract of land over and across the property of the Augusta Airport Authority lying and being in the 41st G.M. District of Richmond County, Georgia, leading South from the thirty (30) foot paved road; at a ninety (90) degree angle from the centerline; South 17 degrees 45 minutes 00 seconds; West with a width of thirty (30) feet, 15 feet each side of the centerline; and a distance of 40 feet to the above described 1.10 acre tract of land, all as shown and depicted on the above referenced plat. co co W 2 X w LOCATION MAP N.T.S. NKEE: THIS PROPERTY MAY ALSO BE SUBJECT TO EASEMENTS, SETBACKS, OR REGULATIONS NOT 550WN ON THIS PLAT BUT WHICH MAY BE ON RECORD IN THE CLERK OF COURT'S OFFICE EQUIPMENT USED: TOPCON 303 100' STEEL TAPE RBS = #4 REBAR SET RBF = #4 REBAR FOUND OTPF = OPEN TOP PIPE FOUND CTPF = CRIMP TOP PIPE FOUND THE FIELD DATA UPCN MXICH THIS PLAT IS BASED CNE FOOT 5 A CLOSURE � IN FEET AND AN CALCULATED ANGULAR ERROR Of 0-00-03 PER ANGLE POINT ANO WAS ADJUSTED USING. Rif COMPASS RULE TNIS PLAT HAS BEEN FOR CLOSURE AND IS ND TO BE ACCURATE WHIN ONE FOOT IN . 1.a990 FEET. 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