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ME WELCOME EVERYONE TO OUR TUESDAY, NOVEMBER THE 18TH, 2025 BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS WORK SESSION. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE THIS MORNING. AND BEFORE WE OPEN OUR MEETING, I WOULD, IF Y'ALL DON'T MIND, LET ME OPEN US IN A WORD OF PRAYER. OUR GRACIOUS HEAVENLY FATHER, WE PAUSE NOW TO ASK THAT YOU BE WITH US THIS MORNING AS WE CONDUCT BUSINESS OF OUR COMMUNITY. LORD, WE ASK FOR WISDOM AND DISCERNMENT AS WE ADDRESS THESE MATTERS. LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS TIME OF THE YEAR, WHICH WE CAN SEE ALL OF YOUR HANDIWORK AND THE THE BEAUTIFUL LEAVES AND THE THE CRISPER TEMPERATURES. AND LORD, WE ENTER INTO ALSO A SEASON OF THANKSGIVING AND AND WE HAVE SO MANY BLESSINGS OF WHICH YOU HAVE BESTOWED UPON US. AND I JUST PRAY THAT EACH OF US HAVE A GOOD HOLIDAY, THAT THAT WE CAN HAVE TIME TO REST, RELAX, ENJOY FRIENDS AND FAMILY DURING THIS SEASON. I ASK YOU TO BE WITH US NOW AND BE WITH US THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THIS DAY. AND THY NAME WE DO PRAY. AMEN. AMEN. ALRIGHT. AT THIS TIME,
[1. Discuss Bid acceptance for Inclusive Playground (Lance Dennis)]
I'LL TURN IT OVER TO THE COUNTY MANAGER. THANK YOU. CHAIRMAN. COMMISSIONERS. FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA. WE'LL HAVE LANCE DENNIS COME UP AND DISCUSS THE BID ACCEPTANCE FOR THE INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUND. GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS. GOOD MORNING. LIKE I SAID, I'LL BE COMING BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING TO ASK PERMISSION TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH PLAY SOUTH FOR CONSTRUCTION OF OUR INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUND AT WHITESVILLE ROAD. TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY. HOW WE GOT HERE. ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO, WE CAME BEFORE THE BOARD TO ASK PERMISSION TO APPLY FOR THE DNR GRANT, FOR IT WAS A 700,000, WHICH WOULD BE MATCHING 350 FROM THE COUNTY, 350 FROM FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. THIS GRANT WAS HIGHLY COMPETITIVE. WE SAT DOWN AND BRAINSTORMED OF WHAT WE WANTED TO PUT IN THE GRANT, WHAT WE THOUGHT WE NEEDED IN THIS COMMUNITY, AND THE ONE THING I FELT THAT WE REALLY WERE LACKING WAS A PLAYGROUND AT THE WEICHSEL ROAD FACILITY, AND WE DID NOT HAVE ANY OF OUR PLAYGROUNDS AT COUNTY RUN THAT WERE INCLUSIVE FOR PEOPLE WITH HANDICAP DISABILITIES AND STUFF LIKE THAT. SO THAT'S WHAT WE WROTE THE GRANT FOR A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE INCLUSIVENESS AND THE DISABILITIES. YOU MAY HAVE SOME PEOPLE SAY, WHY ARE WE GOING TO SPEND THIS MONEY WHEN ONLY MAYBE 1% OF OUR POPULATION IS MAYBE HANDICAPPED OR DISABLED? WELL, LIKE I SAY, MY THOUGHT PROCESS IS THAT 1% DESERVES THE OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY THE SAME AS EVERYONE ELSE. BUT HERE'S THE THE THE HIDDEN HIDDEN FACTOR THAT PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE THAT THEIR DISABILITY AFFECTS ABOUT 75, 17 TO 20% OF OUR POPULATION. AND YOU SAY HOW WELL THEY HAVE BROTHERS, THEY HAVE SISTERS, THEY HAVE COUSINS, THEY HAVE SIBLINGS. AND WHEN THEY LOOK FOR A PLACE TO GO PLAY, THEY NEED A PLACE WHERE THEY CAN BE INCLUDED. AND THE ONE PART OF THE POPULATION THAT PEOPLE DON'T THINK ABOUT. AS WE ALL GET OLDER, THERE'S A LOT OF SENIORS IN THIS COMMUNITY THAT MAY BE PERFECTLY HEALTHY, BUT THEY'VE LOST THE ABILITY TO WALK. THEY'RE IN WHEELCHAIRS. THEY WANT TO GO SEE THEIR GRANDCHILDREN PLAY. THEY WANT TO BE A PART OF THAT. AND RIGHT NOW THEY CAN'T. THIS WILL PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY. YOU'LL SEE IT AFFECT A BIG SCOPE OF PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY, AND NOT JUST THE 1% THAT ARE REALLY PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED. IT'S ALL THE OTHER VARIABLES THAT GO ALONG WITH IT. IT'LL BE FAMILIES THAT WILL, YOU KNOW, THEIR FAMILIES THAT HAVE A DISABLED CHILD. IF THEY WANT TO PLAN A FAMILY REUNION, LET'S DO IT THERE, BECAUSE WE CAN INCLUDE EVERYBODY AND ALL THE KIDS CAN PLAY. SO THAT'S PART OF MY MY THING. I WANT TO KEEP EVERYBODY IN THIS COMMUNITY ACTIVE. BUT WHERE WE'RE AT NOW ON THE PROJECT. WE AS I SPOKE TO YOU, WE CAME BACK THE SECOND TIME AND I ASKED, WE DID RECEIVE THE GRANT, ASKED FOR PERMISSION TO ACCEPT THE GRANT, WHICH YOU GUYS GRACIOUSLY GRANTED. AND THEN WE GOT TO WORK ON IT, AND I PROMISED YOU THAT I WOULD. WE HAD A $700,000 BUDGET. I WAS NOT GOING TO BE ONE OF THE PROJECTS THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY GAVE ME A BID, AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN WE GOT TO DO A CHANGE ORDER. THIS COST MORE. SO WHAT WE DID WAS WE WENT OUT AND GOT QUOTES FROM SOMEBODY THAT UNDER SELECT SOURCE WAS THE STATE CONTRACT. AND I TOLD THEM A FIGURE THAT I FELT COMFORTABLE. THIS IS WHAT I HAVE THAT YOU GUYS NEED TO SHOW ME YOUR DESIGN WORK, YOUR ARTWORK. AND SO BASICALLY, THAT'S WHAT'S BEFORE YOU. NOW, SOUTH HAS PUT TOGETHER A PROPOSAL AND A QUOTE FOR $579,394.40. THERE ARE SELECT SOURCE STATE CONTRACT, WHICH GUARANTEES THEY GIVE US THE LOWEST RATE WITH THE DISCOUNT. AS YOU CAN SEE, BY BEING GOVERNMENT AGENCY, WE GET AUTOMATIC $47,880 AND 30 CENT DISCOUNT. AND WE CAME UP WITH THAT PRICE THERE BECAUSE TYPICALLY WHAT THEY LIKE TO DO IS THEY BUILD THE PLAYGROUND FOR YOU, BUT THEY WANT YOU TO GET A GENERAL CONTRACTOR TO HANDLE EVERYTHING FROM THE CONCRETE WORK TO FENCING TO LANDSCAPING AND ALL THAT. WE BYPASSED ALL THAT AND SAVE MONEY. WE'RE DOING IT ALL IN-HOUSE. WE'RE SUBCONTRACTING EVERYONE ELSE THAT DOES ALL THE[00:05:02]
LITTLE WORK AROUND IT WITH THAT ADDITIONAL FUNDS, SO THAT WE STAY UNDER THE $700,000. SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THAT. SO I'LL BE COMING BEFORE YOU TONIGHT TO ASK FOR PERMISSION TO ACCEPT THIS QUOTE, SIGN A CONTRACT WITH PLAY SOUTH. IF EVERYTHING GOES AS WELL AS PLANNED, WE SHOULD HAVE PLAYGROUND READY FOR PLAY PROBABLY END OF FEBRUARY. THERE IT'S 12 TO 15 WEEK LEAD TIME ON ALL THE MATERIALS. THIS IS BUILD AMERICA, BUY AMERICA. SO ALL THEIR PRODUCTS ACCORDING TO THE GRANT, HAVE TO BE MADE IN AMERICA. SO THEY THEY ABIDE BY THAT. SO THAT'S THE TIME FRAME WE'RE LOOKING AT. AND I'M GOING TO HAVE JAMES PLAY YOU A QUICK VIDEO SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE WHAT THE PLAYGROUND WILL LOOK LIKE ONCE COMPLETED.SO YOU KNOW I, I TOOK A LOT OF CONSIDERATION INTO, YOU KNOW, ASPECTS THAT TALKING TO FAMILIES WITH DISABILITIES EVEN READ SOME OF THE FACEBOOK POSTS AND COMMENTS WHEN WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT DOING IT, WHEN WE STARTED DESIGNING, THERE ARE SOME BENEFITS THAT ARE POSITIVE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT ARE NOT IN OTHER PLAYGROUNDS AND STUFF IS OURS WILL BE FENCED IN COMPLETELY BECAUSE WE KNOW CHILDREN THAT HAVE, YOU KNOW, FAMILIES THAT HAVE AUTISTIC CHILDREN, THEY TEND TO RUN. IT HELPS CONFINE THEM. PLUS IT KEEPS OUR CHILDREN MORE CONFINED. THEY WILL HAVE ACCESS TO BATHROOMS, WHICH, YOU KNOW, WE'LL HAVE THE BATHROOMS INSIDE THE GYMNASIUM THERE FOR THEM TO GO TO, WHICH IS IF YOU GO TO GRANGER PARK, THAT'S A THAT'S A BIG PROBLEM THERE BECAUSE THE ONLY PLACE THEY CAN GO IS TO THE TENNIS CENTER WHEN IT'S OPEN AND GO WAY DOWN THERE. SO WE WILL HAVE BATHROOMS, ABUNDANCE OF PARKING. BY PUTTING IT OUT HERE AT WHITEHILL ROAD, WE HAVE AN ABUNDANCE OF PARKING, EASY ACCESS FOR WHEELCHAIRS TO GET IN AND OUT. IT WILL BE WELL LIT BECAUSE WE HAVE EXTREME LIGHTING IN THE PARKING LOTS, AS WELL AS THE FIELD LIGHTING WHEN THEY'RE ON, AND THEN WE HAVE CAMERA SECURITY THAT WE'RE PUTTING IN THERE, SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO MONITOR. IF ANYTHING WERE TO HAPPEN IN THOSE PLAYGROUNDS, WE'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE IT ON CAMERA TO SEE. SO THOSE ARE JUST SOME OF THE EXTRA BENEFITS. SO LIKE I SAY, I WILL BE COMING FOR YOU TONIGHT TO ASK FOR PERMISSION TO ACCEPT THE QUOTE AND SIGN A CONTRACT WITH PLAY SOUTH TO GET THE BALL ROLLING IN THE AMOUNT OF $579,394.40. LYNN, CAN I MAKE ONE COMMENT? SOMETIMES WE GET SOME COMMENTS ABOUT THE FACT OF THERE'S NOT ACCESS FOR WATER. WATER PEOPLE. A LOT OF PEOPLE NOWADAYS FILL UP THEIR WATER BOTTLES AND ESPECIALLY STUFF LIKE THAT IS WHAT WILL BE THE CLOSEST TO THIS PARK OR THE WHOLE FACILITY OUT THERE FOR WATER. INSIDE THE GYMNASIUM THERE, THERE'S WATER FOUNTAINS INSIDE THERE. SO IS THERE ANY WAY FOR US TO LOOK AT PUTTING A AN OUTSIDE WATER? YEAH, SOMETHING THAT'S SOMETHING THE COUNTY WOULD LIKE THIS. THIS IS LONG DISTANCE FROM THOSE FIELDS BACK INTO INSIDE THE BUILDING.
YEAH. IT'D BE HARD TO PUT ONE. AND I KNOW IN BETWEEN THREE FIELDS, YOU GOT A LOT OF SPACE OUT THERE AND BE HARD TO, YOU KNOW, I KNOW DEDICATE ONE. BUT MOST OF THE KIDS ALL BRING THEIR OWN WATER COOLERS AND STUFF. AND WE SUPPLY WATER OUT THERE. SOCCER GAMES. IT'LL BE CONCESSIONS. THEY'RE SET UP ON THE PORCH. SO IT'LL IT'LL CHANGE A LOT OUT THERE. AS FAR AS THE AVAILABILITY OF STUFF. WHEN WE HAVE PRIVATE EVENTS, THEY'LL BRING FOOD TRUCKS IN WHICH WILL SELL OUT THERE AS WELL. BUT MOST THE MAJORITY OF THEM WILL BRING THEIR OWN WATER AND STUFF. BUT IF SOMETHING COUNTY WANTS TO EXPLORE, WE'RE WON'T THEY BE NICE? IF YOU COULD AT LEAST LOOK AT IT AND SEE WHAT IT IS BACK THERE, IF Y'ALL COULD JUST LOOK AT IT AND SEE WHAT THE OPTION WOULD BE, BECAUSE I SAW I SAW ONE A COUNTY HAD, IT WAS REALLY NICE JUST RIGHT NEXT TO A BATHROOM AREA, KIND OF. THEY COULD JUST RUN UP AND FILL OUT A WATER, FILL UP THE WATER. YOU DID HAVE TO BE ON THE BUILDING ITSELF THERE, WOULDN'T IT? J. I'M A
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LITTLE MORE FAMILIAR THAN LANCE, A LITTLE BIT ON WHAT WE HAVE OUT THERE. WHAT'S AVAILABLE IS ON THE BUILDING. THE PLAYGROUND IS GOING TO BE LOCATED RIGHT NEXT TO THE END OF WHAT USED TO BE THIS CLASSROOM WING. IF WE REMEMBER THE LAYOUT AND WE BUILT A BIG PORCH THERE ON THAT END, BECAUSE WE KNEW THAT WOULD BE LOOKING OUT OVER THE FIELDS AND THE PLAYGROUND. SO WE COULD PROBABLY ADD ONE TO THAT PORCH, BECAUSE THERE IS WATER IN THE BUILDING, AND THERE USED TO BE SOME OLD BATHROOMS THAT WERE IN THOSE CLASSROOMS THAT WERE GUTTED, BUT THE WATER IS STILL IN THE CEILING, BUT THAT'S GOING TO BE TAP WATER, RIGHT? YEAH. AND I MEAN, YOU KNOW. NO, BUT BUT WHAT I'M SAYING IS, I THINK THE WATER FOUNTAIN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IS GOING TO HAVE TAP WATER. YES. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A COOL DRINK OF WATER WHEN YOU GO. WELL, WELL, I THINK WHAT WE COULD ADD FAIRLY EASILY BECAUSE THE WATER IS CLOSE BY, IS THAT PICKLEBALL HAS THAT. OUTDOOR TENNIS HAS A BOTTLE FILLER, TOO. YEAH. MIKE HAS ONE. YEAH, TWO. AND WE HAVE ONE AT THE POOL. AT THE GRIGGS POOL. WE COULD PROBABLY BUY THAT EXACT SAME ONE, WHICH IS TWO WATER FOUNTAINS AND AN ACCESSIBLE SIZE ONE AND ANOTHER ONE, AND IT HAS THE BOTTLE FILLER. SO WE COULD PROBABLY ADD ONE TO THAT PORCH ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE BRICK WALL.MOUNT IT RIGHT THERE, JUST LIKE IT IS AT PICKLEBALL, JUST LIKE IT IS AT THE POOL. AND THAT WOULD BE THE WATER. YEAH, I BELIEVE IT HAS A COOLING ON IT BECAUSE THE WATER FOUNTAINS WOULD BE PERFECT. SO YEAH, I DON'T THINK THAT WOULD BE IF YOU HAVE THAT RUNNING, YOU WANT YOU WANT A COOL DRINK OF WATER, YOU JUST DON'T WANT IT. THAT'S RIGHT. I THINK WE COULD MOUNT IT RIGHT THERE. IT'D BE GREAT BECAUSE IT'D ALSO BE UNDER THE PORCH. YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU SIR. APPRECIATE IT. ALRIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? WHAT IS THAT? I WANT TO SAY FLOOR. BUT WHAT'S THAT SURFACE AROUND THAT? IT IS A RUBBER. I POURED RUBBER AS THEY WILL COME IN AND THEY WILL PUT LIKE THE JB GRAVEL UNDERNEATH. AND THEN THEY POUR THE RUBBER SURFACE OVER THE TOP.
SO IT'S PRETTY SOLID FOR WHEELCHAIR. YEAH, THAT'S WHAT IT'S MADE FOR. OKAY. SO IS OUR GRANT UP TO THE 300? DO WE SPLIT THE TOTAL COST OF CONSTRUCTION. YES IT'S 700,003 50 EACH OKAY. AND THOSE WAY THAT PLAYGROUND IS DESIGNED IS LIKE THE SLIDES AND STUFF. YOU SEE, THERE'S A RAMP ON ALL THE SLIDES THAT GO UP. THAT WHEELCHAIR CAN GET TO THE TOP, AND THEY CAN COME OUT OF THE WHEELCHAIR AND THEY CAN SLIDE DOWN AND SOMEONE CAN MEET THEM AT THE BOTTOM. AND THEN SHE SAID THE MONEY THAT WAS GOING TO BE LEFT OVER FROM THE GRANT WAS GOING TO THE LANDSCAPE. IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT. WHERE WE KNOW THAT THE PLAYGROUND QUOTE IS JUST THE INSTALLATION OF THE PLAYGROUND ITSELF. WE HAVE TO DO THE CONCRETE BARRIERS, WALKWAYS, LANDSCAPING, PART OF OUR DNR GRANT. WE HAVE TO PUT NATURAL GEORGIA PLANTS IN THERE WITH SIGNAGE DESCRIBING WHAT THEY ARE. THAT'S PART OF WHAT WE WROTE IN THE GRANT TO GIVE US A HIGHER POINT SCALE, TO TRY TO GET THE GRANT. SO WE'LL ALSO INCLUDE OUR TRASH CANS, OUR BENCHES, ALL THAT STUFF, SO THAT WE STAY UNDERNEATH THAT FINAL FIGURE THAT WE TURNED IN FOR THE DNR. GRANT WAS ON THE EQUIPMENT AND THE THE DECKING THERE. THE FLOORING WAS THERE.
WARRANTIES COME WITH IT OR. YEAH, THERE'S WARRANTIES ON EVERYTHING. I I'LL GET YOU THOSE WARRANTIES. BUT IT'S VARIES BY EVERY INDIVIDUAL PART AND PIECE. YOU KNOW A SLIDE MAY BE TEN YEARS. THE POLE MAY BE 100 YEARS. THE RUBBERIZED FLOOR MAY BE 5 TO 10 YEARS, YOU KNOW, AND YOU'LL HAVE TO DO SOME RESURFACING LIKE A TENNIS COURT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT WITH IT.
BUT EACH INDIVIDUAL PART HAS. THERE'S ABOUT 25 DIFFERENT WARRANTIES FOR EACH THING ON THERE, AND THEY GUARANTEE DURING THE WARRANTY ALL THE LABOR IS COVERED ON TWO FOR FREE. AND I SAY BEING ABLE TO MOVE ALL AROUND. BUT YOU SAID YOU DID HAVE THE WHEELCHAIR RAMP THAT WENT UP. IS THERE ANOTHER LIKE WHAT OTHER FEATURES LIKE? OKAY, SO IF YOU LOOK AT IT SO, SO LIKE THEY CAN TAKE THE WHEELCHAIR AND THEY'RE EASILY CAN MOVE AROUND THE PLAYGROUND. WHEREAS NORMALLY WHERE YOU HAVE MULCH AND STUFF, THEY CAN'T GET IN IT OR THEY CAN'T GET OVER THE CURB. ALL RIGHT. SO IF YOU LOOK AT LIKE THE SWING SET, THE ONE ON THE ON THE FAR RIGHT, THE ONE IN GREEN IS FOR LIKE A MOTHER CHILD SWING SET. YOU CAN PUT THE MOTHER ONE SIDE, AN INFANT CAN GET IN THE OTHER AND SWING BACK AND FORTH. THE ONE BESIDE IT IS BUILT SO THAT YOU CAN TAKE A HANDICAPPED CHILD OUT OF THE CHAIR, AND THEY CAN GO IN AND THEY CAN STRAP IN, WHICH THERE'S NOT MANY LIKE THAT, THAT THEY CAN PLAY IN THAT.
ALSO, IF YOU SEE THERE'S ANOTHER THING THAT SPINS AROUND A HANDICAPPED CHILD CAN THEY CAN GET THEM IN THERE AND THEY CAN SPIN AND PLAY AT THE SAME TIME AS THE OTHER KIDS. AND THEN THERE'S TONS OF DIFFERENT LITTLE, LIKE THE LITTLE INTERACTIVE THINGS THAT KIDS LIKE TO DO WHERE THEY CAN ROLL THE WHEELCHAIR UP, HIT BELLS, HIT SOUNDS, YOU KNOW, TAKE PICTURES AND STUFF LIKE THAT SO THEY CAN BE INCLUDED IN PLAYING SAME AS ANY OTHER CHILD WOULD.
I WENT TO MY CONFERENCE AND LORD, IT WAS NOTHING LIKE STARTING OUT MY FIRST MEETING WITH TEARS BECAUSE THE LADY WAS DOING A PRESENTATION ON THIS AND SHE FOUND OUT WHEN HER CHILD WAS BORN THAT HE WOULD NEVER WALK, NEVER TALK, AND HE LIVED TO BE MIDDLE AGE. AND
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THEN THEY CAME TO TELL HIM MIDDLE AGE WOULD BE ABOUT 15. SO SHE STARTED TAKING HIM, AND HE HAD NOTHING FOR HIM TO DO AT PLAYGROUNDS. AND SO SHE STARTED A MOVEMENT BACK ABOUT 20 YEARS AGO WITH THESE, BUILT THE LARGEST ONE IN SAINT LOUIS, AND STARTED A FOUNDATION TO HELP OTHER PEOPLE TRY TO BUILD THEM AROUND THE COUNTRY BECAUSE IT MEANT SO MUCH TO HER FAMILY.AND THEN THEY HAD OTHER FAMILIES THAT MOVED TO THEIR COMMUNITY JUST BECAUSE THEY HAD THAT THERE, BECAUSE THEY WANTED THEIR CHILD TO BE ABLE TO PLAY LIKE ANYBODY ELSE. ALL RIGHT.
SECOND ON THE AGENDA. BUT ALL RIGHT, SECOND THING ON THE AGENDA, WHICH I BRING BEFORE
[2. Discuss Naming of Whitesville Road Construction Project (Lance Dennis)]
YOU, THIS COMES FROM OUR TROUP COUNTY PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD, WHICH WE MEET EVERY OTHER MONTH. AND WE HAVE CERTAIN CRITERIA WHEN IT COMES TO NAMING OF FACILITIES AND STUFF LIKE THAT. PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING. THE CRITERIA HAS TO BE PRESENTED. BEFORE THE TROUP COUNTY PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION. THEN WE WILL VET IT, VOTE ON IT, AND THEN WE WILL BRING IT BEFORE THE BOARD IF IT PASSES. SO WITH THIS NEW FACILITY HERE AT WATSON ROAD, WE HAD BROUGHT BEFORE OUR BOARD THAT THERE WAS A REQUEST THAT WE NAME THE FACILITY AFTER TODD TINKLER. SO I'LL GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT WAS PRESENTED TO US. THE BIO. TODD CAME TO LAGRANGE. FOR THOSE WHO DIDN'T KNOW, HE MOVED OVER TO TROUP COUNTY FROM THE CITY AS THE PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR. AS YOU KNOW, AT ONE TIME WE WERE CONSIDERED THE CITY, AND THEN WE INTEGRATED IN 2001 BECAME THAT TODD MOVED OVER FROM THERE, BECAME THE PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR HERE. HE SERVED HERE AS PARK RECREATION DIRECTOR UNTIL 2007.HE WAS PROMOTED TO ASSISTANT COUNTY MANAGER. HE THEN WAS PROMOTED FROM THERE TO COUNTY MANAGER, WHICH HE SERVED UNTIL HE RETIRED, WHICH I BELIEVE WAS IN 2017. IS THAT RIGHT? 18, 2018? JUST SOME OF HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS, WHAT HE DID FOR RECREATION. TODD STARTED HIS CAREER IN COLUMBUS, WHICH HE WAS REALLY BIG IN THE GEORGIA RECREATION PARKS ASSOCIATION. IN 1994, HE WON THE MIKE DANIELS AWARD, WHICH IS, AS YOU KNOW, THE MIKE DANIELS CENTER IS NAMED AFTER. IT IS FOR THE OUTSTANDING PROGRAM PERSON IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA. TODD, LIKE MYSELF, STARTED OUT RUNNING PROGRAMS AND THEN PROGRESSED UP THE LADDER. IN 2001, HE BECAME THE PRESIDENT OF ALL OF GEORGIA'S PARKS AND RECREATION. HE WAS THE PRESIDENT 2010. HE WAS THE RPA PROFESSIONAL YEAR. YEAH. AND HE DID RETIRE IN 2018. WHEN HE FIRST CAME TO THE COUNTY, HE WAS INTEGRAL IN THE COMPLETION OF THE SHUFORD COMPLEX. AND THEN HIS LARGEST CONTRIBUTION. THAT WILL RINGS TRUE TO ME TODAY AND EVERYTHING I DO IS HE WAS WITH THE FIRST INITIATIVES OF GETTING SPLOST PASSED HERE, WITH FUNDS GOING TO PARKS AND RECREATION, AND THAT FIRST SPLOST THAT HE HELPED INITIATE AND GET PASSED IS WHAT BUILT THE MIKE DANIELS CENTER, THE HARRIS BALLFIELDS AND SOME OTHER ACTIVITIES. AND THEN WE'VE BEEN BLESSED THAT THAT SPLOST HAS CONTINUED TO ALLOW US TO HAVE GREAT FACILITIES FOR ALL OF OUR CHILDREN, ADULTS AND EVERYONE SENIORS TO HAVE THROUGH THE YEARS TO COME. SO IT WAS BROUGHT TO OUR BOARD THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO HONOR HIM AND NAME WHITE'S ROAD PROJECT AFTER HIM. AND IT WAS A UNANIMOUS VOTE. AND THAT'S WHY I'M HERE BEFORE YOU TODAY, TONIGHT, TO PRESENT THAT AS AN OPTION FOR THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS TO ACCEPT NAMING IT AFTER HIM. SO THEN IT WOULD FALL UPON YOU TO VOTE IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO FOLLOW THROUGH WITH THAT OR NOT. ANY QUESTIONS? TODD WAS ALSO INTEGRAL IN GETTING OUR TRANSIT SYSTEM STARTED HERE WHEN IT FIRST STARTED UP, AS WELL FOR TROOP TRANSIT. BUT WITH THE NAME.
THIS POSSIBILITY OF HAVING LIKE A SPORTS SOCCER COMPLEX. ABSOLUTELY. IT'S TOTALLY UP TO YOU GUYS. YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAY, WE WE GET BACK AND FORTH ON THE ON THE SOCCER COMPLEX BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I HAVE SOCCER PEOPLE TELL ME, WELL, THERE'S LINE FOOTBALL LINES ON THE FIELD.
WELL, MY JOB IS TO MAKE SURE I CAN MAXIMIZE THE USAGE OF THOSE FIELDS FOR EVERY PERSON IN THIS COMMUNITY. AND I WILL TELL THOSE FAMILIES THAT THEY SAY, WELL, THERE'S FOOTBALL LINES ON IT. WELL, THERE'S SOCCER LINES ON THE FOOTBALL STADIUM WHERE THEY PLAY EVERY WEEK, EVERY IF YOUR SON OR CHILD OR DAUGHTER IS GOING TO PLAY HIGH SCHOOL SOCCER, THEY'RE GOING TO PLAY EVERY MATCH WITH FOOTBALL LINES ON THEIR FIELD BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO PLAY AT CALLAWAY STADIUM, WHERE SOMEBODY ELSE'S STADIUM THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO MAXIMIZE THE FIELD, WE HAVE THE SPACE WE HAVE AND TRY TO GET AS MUCH PLAY AS WE CAN OUT OF IT. AND THAT WAS THE BEST WAY TO DO IT IS TO BE ABLE TO PLAY SOME FOOTBALL THERE, POSSIBLY SOME LACROSSE DOWN THE LINE, AS WELL AS OUR SOCCER ACTIVITIES AND GIRLS FLAG FOOTBALL AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
AS WE EXPAND, WE ALREADY KNOW THAT VOLLEYBALL CLUB PLAYING AT WETZEL ROAD. SO THERE'S VOLLEYBALL OUT THERE. NOW WE HAVE BASKETBALL THAT GOES ON OUT THERE. NOW WE, THE HIGH
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SCHOOLS ARE GOING TO HAVE A MAJOR TOURNAMENT THERE IN FEBRUARY FOR SOCCER, SO WE HOPE TO HAVE A LOT OF PARTICIPATION THERE IN FEBRUARY FOR VARSITY SOCCER TOURNAMENT AND THEN AGAIN IN MARCH FOR JV SOCCER TOURNAMENT. WE'RE LOOKING AT TRANSITIONING SOME OF THE JV SOCCER MATCHES FROM THE STADIUM TO THERE. SO PARENTS CAN SIT CLOSER TO THE FIELD. IT'S LESS ATTENDANCE AND IT'S LESS WEAR AND TEAR ON THE STADIUM AS WELL. AND IT SAVES THE SCHOOL SYSTEM SOME FUNDS AND FEES TOO, BECAUSE IT'S A LITTLE LESS EXPENSIVE TO PLAY OUT THERE AS OPPOSED TO THE STADIUM. BUT THAT'LL BE COMING BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING. AS FAR AS THE NAMING, I WILL LEAVE THAT TO YOU. I'M JUST BLESSED TO HAVE THE FACILITY THERE. IT'S GOING TO BE NICE FOR EVERYONE IN THIS COMMUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN. WE HAVE A RIBBON CUTTING FOR THAT FACILITY. ARE WE GOING TO JUST KIND OF WE HAVE NOT HAD A RIBBON CUTTING SET. I DID HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH TODD, SO HE DIDN'T GET BLINDSIDED THAT, HEY, I WAS BRINGING THIS BEFORE THE BOARD. I DIDN'T WANT SOMEONE TO CALL HIM. HE WAS ECSTATIC. HE WAS ON A CRUISE AND HE JUST YOU COULD TELL IN HIS VOICE HE WAS VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT POSSIBILITY. AND I TOLD HIM, I SAID, WE DON'T HAVE A RIBBON CUTTING SET. I SAID, BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN OUR LULL PERIOD BETWEEN SOCCER STARTING. SO AND THEN WE HAVE THAT PLAYGROUND THAT'S IN IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING COMPLETED. SO I WILL LEAVE THAT TO YOU GUYS. HE SAID HE'LL BE HERE WHENEVER, IF HE WOULD BE HONORED, HAVE NAMED HIM. HE'LL HE'LL ATTEND AND BE THERE WHENEVER. AND IT'S FINE. WE CAN DO WHATEVER IS THE BOARD'S WISHES THAT YOU GUYS THINK BEST. I MEAN, IF WE WANT TO WAIT TILL FEBRUARY, WE GET CLOSER TO THE PLAYGROUND. AND WHEN WE HAVE THAT BIG SOCCER TOURNAMENT OR IT'S IT'S PRETTY COMPLETE OUT THERE IN THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS, WOULDN'T YOU SAY, JAY? YEAH. OTHER THAN THE PLAYGROUND. SO. OKAY. BACK BEHIND IT STILL CHRIS JOSEPH SOCCER STILL CHRIS JOSEPH'S TRACK AND CHRIS JOSEPH'S SOCCER COMPLEX. AND THOSE ARE THE ALL GRASS FIELDS THAT WE HAVE TO WHICH, YOU KNOW SOME PEOPLE PREFER THOSE. AND WE CAN WE PLAY MOST OF OUR REC STUFF ON THERE. WELL MOST PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE IS WHEN THEY GO TO THAT SOCCER FIELD THAT THEY'RE LIKE, OH, THAT'S NOT A REGULATION SOCCER FIELD. OH YEAH. IT'S IT'S 15 YARDS WIDER THAN CALLAWAY STADIUM FOR SOCCER. IT IS A FULL COLLEGE SIZE SOCCER FIELD 75 YARDS WIDE. SO THEY WILL DO A LOT MORE RUNNING WHEN THEY PLAY THERE THAN THEY DO AT THE STADIUM. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE[3. Discuss Body Cams & Tough books (Major Jeff Duran & Tasha Hubbard-Davenport)]
IT. ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP I'LL INVITE MAJOR JEFF DURAND TO DISCUSS BODY CAM AND TOUGH BUCK PURCHASES. THANK YOU. WAS PLAYING COMMISSIONER CREWS ABOUT THANKSGIVING. AND I READ SOMETHING THAT SAID IF ALL YOU HAD TODAY IS WHAT YOU THANK GOD FOR YESTERDAY, WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE? PRETTY DEEP. AIN'T IT PRETTY GOOD SAYING. I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT THAT AS YOU WERE PRAYING. ALL RIGHT. LET ME SAY THANK YOU ALL FOR ALLOWING ME TO PRESENT. I'VE GOT TWO THINGS HERE. ONE OF THEM IS THE TOUGH BOOKS. THESE ARE THE LAPTOPS THAT ARE VERY RUGGED, THAT GO IN OUR PATROL CARS. WE'RE ASKING FOR SIX FOR SPLOST FUNDS FOR SIX OF THOSE, TWO WOULD BE FOR SID WHEN THEY'RE ON CALL. LIKE THE OTHER DAY WHEN WE HAD THE MISSING AUTISTIC KID, THEY CAN HAVE THAT LAPTOP THAT'S HOOKED UP TO THE SERVER AND EVERYTHING. THAT'S GOT ALL THE INFORMATION IN CASE THEY NEED TO LOOK UP WHERE, WHOSE HOUSE THIS IS OR ANY INFORMATION THEY NEED, THEY CAN HAVE IT READILY ACCESSIBLE. SO THAT'S FOR SIX OF THOSE. AND FOUR WOULD BE FOR PATROL. THE NEW POSITIONS THAT Y'ALL GIVE US. THE NEXT ONE IS THE MOTOR ROLLER SOLUTIONS. AND Y'ALL SHOULD HAVE THESE I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL GOT THE Y'ALL NEED TO LOOK AT IT. WE DO.THESE ARE FOR 12 BODY CAMERAS Y'ALL. NO BODY CAMERAS IN THE LAST 10 TO 15 YEARS HAS BEEN A BIG THING. IT SAVED US A LOT OF TROUBLE AND A LOT OF HEARTACHE. WE'VE HAD PEOPLE CALL AND COMPLAIN AND WE SAID, OKAY, WELL, WE'LL PULL UP THESE BODY CAMERA AND NEVER MIND, WE'RE GOOD. WE'RE GOOD. YEAH, HE DIDN'T REALLY SAY THAT. SO ANYWAY, THEY'RE JUST VERY BENEFICIAL. I MEAN, FOR OUR DEPUTIES TO HAVE IT PROTECTS THEM. AND YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE NOTICED, ESPECIALLY IN OUR JAIL, IS THAT NOT ONLY MAKES THE INMATE BEHAVIOR BETTER, BUT IT MAKES THE OFFICERS BEHAVIOR BETTER BECAUSE HE'S REALIZING HE'S HE'S BEING RECORDED AS WELL. SO ANYWAY, WE'RE ASKING FOR 12 OF THOSE. THESE 12 WOULD COVER JUVENILE COURT BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY GOT THEM. KIDS GOT ACCESS TO ONE. PATROL HAS THEM, THE JAIL HAS THEM. SO THIS WOULD JUST KIND OF FINISH US OFF IN OUR IN OUR IN THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. SOME OF THEM WOULD GO IN THE JUVENILE COURTS FOR THEM WHEN THEY'RE DEALING WITH JUVENILES IN THE ROOMS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND THEN ALSO OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM, ALL SEVEN WOULD HAVE BODY CAMERAS, ALL SEVEN OF OUR SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS, WHICH I THINK WAS REALLY BENEFICIAL. YOU KNOW, THE SCHOOL DOES HAVE CAMERAS, BUT THEY'RE NOT OUT YET. THAT I CAN TELL. SO WHEN WHEN THEY'RE INTERACTING WITH THESE CHILDREN IN THE SCHOOLS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, VERY BENEFICIAL FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT BODY CAMERA FOOTAGE. WHAT'S THE FIVE YEAR TERM? WHAT IS THAT THE FIVE YEAR TERM THAT IS LIKE FOR CLOUD STORAGE? THAT'S FOR
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BECAUSE BY THEN THEY'RE GOING TO BE OUTDATED AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GOING TO NEED NEW SOFTWARE AND THINGS LIKE THAT. I DID HAVE A QUESTION. I WASN'T SURE, BECAUSE I LOOKED MOST OF THIS UP TO MAKE SURE I COULD ANSWER AS MANY QUESTIONS AS POSSIBLE AND NUMBER THE SECOND LINE THERE. NUMBER TWO, I WASN'T SURE WHAT THAT MEANT, AND THAT'S JUST THEM GIVING US THE SERVICE. LIKE IF WE HAVE ANY ISSUES WITH THEM, ANY PROBLEMS, THAT'S TECHNICAL SUPPORT. THEY'LL COME OUT AND AND DEPLOY PEOPLE TO HELP US FIGURE OUT THE PROBLEMS. ANYTHING THAT GOES WRONG WITH THEM, THEY'LL THEY'LL SUPPORT US AND HELP US GET THEM SQUARED AWAY. SO IS THAT FIVE YEAR TERM MEAN THAT THIS IT WILL BE GOOD FOR FIVE YEARS UNTIL IT'S OUTDATED. OKAY. AND AND AND SOME OF THAT IS CLOUD STORAGE. YOU KNOW AGAIN THAT'S THE BIGGEST EXPENSE. IT'S NOT IT'S NOT THE BODY CAMERAS SO MUCH. IT'S THE STORAGE THAT YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR. AND WHAT WE DO TO TRY TO COMBAT SOME OF THAT SO WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE SO MUCH, IS WE CLASSIFY THESE CAMERAS, GIVE YOU THE ABILITY TO CLASSIFY BECAUSE YOU HAVE CERTAIN THINGS THAT ARE RETENTION. YOU KNOW, CERTAIN THINGS MAY BE 180 DAYS.IF IT'S A USE OF FORCE, IT MAY BE FIVE YEARS OR SOMETHING WHERE THERE'S POSSIBLE LITIGATION, YOU KNOW, YOU GOT TO KEEP IT FOR AT LEAST TWO YEARS, YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE THAT. SO WE CAN IT CAN AUTOMATICALLY ROLL OFF IF IT'S NOT NEEDED. YOU GO TO A CALL AND IT'S THAT DOG'S BARKING, YOU KNOW, AND WE DON'T EVEN NEED TO DO A REPORT. BUT THAT BODY CAMERAS RUNNING, THEN YOU CAN JUST ROLL THAT OFF BECAUSE THERE'S NO ISSUE. YOU KNOW, IT'S NOTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE SAVED FOR THE COUNTY RETENTION SCHEDULE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
AND SO YOU SAID CURRENTLY JUVENILE COURT DOESN'T HAVE ANY. AND SROS DON'T, DON'T HAVE. SO NOTHING IN THE SCHOOLS OR ANYTHING RIGHT NOW. AND THAT THAT'S A BIG ISSUE THAT, YOU KNOW, IF WE CAN I THINK DEREK'S HELPING ME WITH THESE SPLOST FUNDS FOR THAT. SO YEAH, IT WOULD BE VERY BENEFICIAL FOR THEM. IT WOULD MAKE THEM FEEL BETTER. IS THIS IS THIS SMALLEST 5 OR 6 SPLOST FIVE. YEAH. STILL LEFT OVER IN FLOSS FIVE. YES, SIR. SO IT'S DESIGNATED CAMERAS. WHAT IS THE COST? I'M SEEING DIFFERENT FOR THE FOR THE TOUGHBOOKS OR THE CAMERAS. ALL OF IT. ALL OF IT. WELL, WE'LL HAVE TO DO SOME MATH HERE. THE TOUGHBOOKS AT $16,930.26. THE BODY CAMS, THE 52 IS THAT 82, 389. SO WHAT? $69,319 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO KNOW, BECAUSE I WAS LOOKING AT TWO DIFFERENT NUMBERS. YES, 69,003 1926 OKAY. TOTAL. ANYTHING ELSE? ALL RIGHT. I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU SIR.
[4. Discuss Roof Replacement - Troup County Shop Building (2520 Hamilton Road)(Jay Anderson & Glenn Downs) ]
ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP WE'LL INVITE JAY ANDERSON TO DISCUSS, I GUESS ACCOMPANIED BY GLENN DOWNS TO DISCUSS THE ROOF REPLACEMENT FOR THE TROUP COUNTY SHOP BUILDING AT 2520 HAMILTON ROAD. CHAIRMAN. COMMISSIONERS. JUST AS COUNTY MANAGER SAID, TALK ABOUT A ROOF REPLACEMENT FOR THE TROUP COUNTY SHOP. AS YOU KNOW, IT'S RIGHT NEXT TO THE OLD C.I. AND ROADS AND ENGINEERING SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND THE ROOF ON. IT'S 30 YEARS OLD OR MORE REALLY BAD SHAPE. IT'S BEEN REPAIRED MANY, MANY, MANY TIMES. IT'S WELL PAST THE END OF ITS USEFUL LIFE CYCLE. SO ANYWAYS, WE NEED A NEW ROOF THERE AND AS YOU KNOW, IT IS OCCUPIED EVERY DAY WITH THE SHOP MAINTAINING THE VEHICLES AND TROOP TRANSIT. IS HOUSE THERE. NOW, AS WE DISCUSSED AT ONE OF OUR LAST MEETINGS AND GETTING THEIR ACCOMMODATIONS INSIDE, SO VERY SIMILAR TO ABOUT A MONTH OR SO AGO, WE TALKED ABOUT REPLACING A ROOF AT THE AIRPORT WITH A HANGAR, AND BASICALLY WE WENT THROUGH THE EXACT SAME PROCESS AS THAT WITH RESPECT TO IT'S AN OLD STANDING SEAM METAL ROOF. SO WE PUT OUT AN OUR TWO DIFFERENT RFPS JUST TO SEE THE PRICE. ONE IS TO REPLACE THE METAL ROOF TO TEAR ALL THE METAL OFF NEW INSULATION, PUT IT BACK ON. BUT THAT'S PRETTY DIFFICULT AND HARD WHEN IT'S OCCUPIED. AND SO WE ALSO PUT OUT AN RFP TO DO THE TPO OVERLAY, WHICH IS WHERE YOU LEAVE THE METAL ROOF, OVERLAY IT WITH MORE INSULATION, HARDBOARD, THEN PUT THE MEMBRANE ROOF ON IT, NEW GUTTERS, NEW DOWNSPOUTS, NEW TRIMS. AND SO WE BID IT BOTH WAYS SIMILAR TO THE AIRPORT. SO IF YOU GO DOWN AND THERE'S THE PICTURE OF OF THE SHOP, NOW IF YOU GO DOWN TO WE'LL JUST FOCUS ON THE TPO OVERLAY WHICH IS THE BOTTOM ONE. THE, THE THE PROPOSALS FOR THE TPO OVERLAY LIKE I SAID IS TO ADD INSULATION COVER BOARDS, 60 MIL TPO MEMBRANE, ALL THE TRIMS, PIPE, BOOTS, GUTTERS, DOWNSPOUTS AND THE LOW BID WAS MCCALLUM METAL WORKS AT $62,097.THAT WAS THE LOW BID ON THAT. THAT IS THE SAME COMPANY THAT HAD THE LOW BID ON THE AIRPORT
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HANGAR, AND I BELIEVE THEY ARE DONE OR VERY CLOSE TO BEING DONE. THEY ARE COMPLETE THERE.I THINK THAT PROCESS, DID THAT PROCESS GO GOOD? DID THAT PROCESS GO GOOD? YES, SIR. THE PROCESS WENT WELL. THEY, THEY THEY SCHEDULED DELIVERY OF MATERIALS. THEY SHOWED UP ON TIME. THEY SCHEDULED THE THE THE LIFT SHOWED UP ON TIME. I THINK IT TOOK ABOUT ABOUT TEN WORKING DAYS TO COMPLETE THE JOB. I THINK JUST BECAUSE SOME OTHER PRIORITIES AND THEN WEATHER. BUT ALL IN ALL A GOOD, GOOD EXPERIENCE. YEAH. AND AND IT'S A ROUGHLY ABOUT THE SAME ROOF BECAUSE ACTUALLY IF YOU LOOK BACK, THE PRICE ON THAT ON TROYES WAS ABOUT THE SAME. SO THEY SAID IT SHOULD TAKE ABOUT THE SAME TWO WEEK PROCESS ONCE THEY GET THE MATERIALS IN. AND IT DOES HAVE A 20 YEAR WARRANTY ON THE ON THE ROOF, THE SAME AS THE AIRPORT ONE, AND THEN A TWO YEAR WARRANTY ON THE ACTUAL INSTALLATION. AND AGAIN, OUR PROPOSAL OR OUR PRESENTATION TO YOU THIS EVENING WOULD BE TO APPROVE A CONTRACT WITH MCCALLUM METAL WORKS FOR THE 62 000 97 TO REPLACE THE SHOP ROOF, SAME AS THE AIRPORT ONE. ANY QUESTIONS? PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT A. $9,000 DIFFERENCE FROM REPLACEMENT TO THE MEMBRANE, SIR. IS THAT RIGHT BETWEEN THERE SAME PRICE FOR THE METAL REPLACEMENT.
REPLACEMENT 71,000. RIGHT. AND THE MEMBRANE 62. YES. CHEAPER TO DO THE MEMBRANE. YES. SO IT'S I'M LOOKING AT A $9,000 DIFFERENCE. RIGHT. CHEAPER TO DO THE MEMBRANE AND A LOT LESS INTRUSIVE BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT YOU DON'T YOU'RE NOT HAVING THE RISK OF STUFF FALLING IN THERE WHEN THEY TEAR OFF THE METAL ROOF BECAUSE THEY CAN STAY IN THERE WORKING AWAY BECAUSE YOU DON'T REMOVE THE METAL ROOF, THEY'RE JUST OVERLAYING IT. SO WHAT'S THE A LOT EASIER WHEN IT'S AN OCCUPIED BUILDING. AND THIS IS AN. YEAH. AND CHEAPER. SO IT'S EASIER AND CHEAPER AND YOU GET THE SAME WARRANTY. THE METAL ROOF WOULD ALSO BE A 20 YEAR WARRANTY AS WELL. IF WE LOOKED INTO WHAT'S THE PROCESS AFTER 20 YEARS IF THIS IF THIS, YOU WOULD JUST HAVE TO PUT A NEW MEMBRANE OVER IT. IT CAN'T DO THAT. THAT'S WHAT I'LL MAKE SURE. OKAY. THAT'S RIGHT. NOW IS THIS SPLASH OR WHAT IS THIS CAPITAL. OH I SEE IT DOWN HERE. YES, AT THE VERY BOTTOM. JAMES SCROLL DOWN. ANYWAYS, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. IS THAT WHAT'S THAT INSULATION LIKE THAT GOES INTO, YOU KNOW THE LEVEL THAT IS IT. IS IT A FOAM TYPE SPRAY OR IS. SO WHEN YOU SPRAY IT IT ACTUALLY COMES IN LIKE FOUR BY EIGHT SHEETS. BUT IT'S MADE TO, TO SCALP WITH THE ROOF. I THINK IT'S MAYBE TWO LAYERS. ONE'S A SCALP LAYER. AND THEN THE NEXT LAYER IS JUST A FLAT. AND THEN IT GETS A FLAT COVER BOARD OVER IT LIKE A HARDBOARD THAT I THINK IS OUT OF FIBERGLASS, LIKE A HARD FIBERGLASS. YOUR BROTHER'S BEHIND YOU. IF IT'S IF IT'S ABOUT THE SAME, IF IT'S, IT IS TROUGH AND PEAK. THEY USED ABOUT A THREE INCH BOARDS OF STYROFOAM DIRECTLY INTO THE, THE THE TROUGHS. AND ON TOP OF THAT IT WAS ABOUT AN INCH AND A HALF WORTH OF FIBERBOARD, IF YOU WILL. IT WAS INSULATION. AND THEN THAT'S WHEN THE MATERIAL THE TPO WENT ON.
GOTCHA. A LITTLE BIT OF A MESS WHEN THEY'RE CUTTING THE STYROFOAM, YOU KNOW, SMALL PARTICULATE MATTER WHENEVER YOU DEAL WITH FOAM. ASIDE FROM THAT, RIGHT. SAME PROCESS ON THE HEAT.
WHAT'S THAT? JUST GOTTA KNOCK DOWN THE HEAT. OH YEAH. THAT'S ANOTHER ADVANTAGE. THAT'S CURRENT ROOF STAYS THERE. AND NOW YOU'RE ADDING THREE INCHES OF PLUS THE COVER BOARD. SO YES IT YOUR YOUR LOAD TO BE MUCH LESS. YEAH. LOOKS LIKE IT'S IT'S WHITE TOO. SO I GUESS IT'S REFLECTIVE. SO YES. A LOT OF BENEFITS TO THIS PARTICULAR PROCESS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU
[5. Discuss of Approval to Contract for Obstruction Clearance - Airport (Troy Anderson) ]
VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP TROY ANDERSON DISCUSS CONTRACT FOR OBSTRUCTION CLEARANCE. GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIRMAN. COMMISSIONERS. GOOD MORNING.EARLY OCTOBER I CAME. I COME BEFORE YOU TO REQUEST PERMISSION TO OPEN A BID PROCESS FOR OBSTRUCTION CLEARANCE. THE BACKGROUND ON THAT IS THAT 2019, THE TROUP COUNTY PASSED AN ORDINANCE FOR AIRPORT ZONING. AND WITH THAT, IT INCLUDED EXCERPTS OR TEXTS SUCH THAT PROPERTY OWNERS WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY OBSTRUCTIONS, WHETHER THEY'RE MAN MADE OR NATURAL, AS IN THE WAY OF TREES WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING BELOW A CERTAIN THRESHOLD. IN OTHER WORDS, THERE IS A SURFACE DIRECTLY ABOVE OF THE EARTH'S SURFACE WHERE BY IT PROVIDES SAFE NAVIGATION TO AIRCRAFT ON THE APPROACHES AND DEPARTURES
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OF EACH OF THE RUNWAYS. IN 2020, THE STATE OF GEORGIA CAME IN AND STARTED MAKING ASSESSMENTS OF AIRPORTS ACROSS THE ACROSS THE STATE, AND OUR AIRPORT HAD A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF OBSTRUCTIONS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED. SO SINCE 2020, ANOTHER ASSESSMENT IS DONE. AND OF COURSE, IT'S IDENTIFIED ADDITIONAL TREES THAT ARE NOW GROWING UP INTO THE SAFETY ZONE FOR NAVIGATION. IN OCTOBER, I CAME BEFORE YOU AND REQUESTED TO OPEN THE THE PROCESS. I HAVE A SMALL PRESENTATION. THE THE INTENT OF THIS PRESENTATION THIS MORNING IS TO SEEK APPROVAL, TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A CONTRACT, TO EXECUTE THE TREE CUTTING, IF YOU WILL, ON 14 PARCELS AT THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 21. SO ESSENTIALLY, IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH GORDON COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL PARK, YOU HAVE MCDONALD OIL AND YOU HAVE THE THE BIBLICAL CENTER AND THEN A NUMBER OF COMMERCIAL VENUES ALONG GORDON COMMERCIAL. AND THEN YOU HAVE A COUPLE APARTMENT COMPLEXES. THE INTENT TODAY IS TO TO REQUEST PERMISSION TO MOVE FORWARD, BECAUSE WE HAVE RECEIVED A NUMBER OF BIDS. THE NEXT SLIDE, THE PROCESS FOR THE BIDS, AGAIN, ON THE 7TH OF OCTOBER, WE RECEIVED APPROVAL TO MOVE FORWARD. THE INVITATION WAS OPENED ON THE 8TH OF OCTOBER AND THEN CLOSED ON THE 6TH OF NOVEMBER. TWO BIDS WERE ACCEPTED. UNFORTUNATELY, ONE WAS DISQUALIFIED FOR INAPPROPRIATE AMOUNT OF INFORMATION OR INABILITY TO COMPLETE THE THE THE BID PROCESS. AND THEN THE SECOND MET ALL THE REQUIREMENTS. AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, THE BACKGROUND, WHICH IS THE NEXT SLIDE. THE AIRPORT ZONING ORDINANCE WAS PASSED OR AMENDED AT THAT POINT. THERE WAS ONE PRIOR TO THAT. BUT THIS IS WHERE THE TEXT THAT I HIGHLIGHTED IN ARTICLE TEN TALKS TO PROPERTY OWNERS BEING RESPONSIBLE. AND SO WHEN YOU TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE 2020 ASSESSMENT WITH USING LASER AND THEN THE ORDINANCE GOING INTO EFFECT ESSENTIALLY THE PREVIOUS YEAR, THE INTERPRETATION FROM MYSELF AND THE ENGINEERS THAT WE HAVE ON ON STAFF OUT OF ATLANTA INTERPRETED THAT THE PROPERTY OWNERS AT THAT TIME WERE NOT NECESSARILY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANYTHING THAT ALREADY HAD ECLIPSED OR SURPASSED THAT THRESHOLD. SO THEN IT'S NOW THE AIRPORT'S RESPONSIBILITY TO CLEAR THAT AND RESET A BASELINE.SO THE INTENT MOVING FORWARD IS THAT WITH THIS TREE CUTTING, IF WE ARE APPROVED FOR THE CONTRACT TO MOVE FORWARD, WE'LL SET A NEW BASELINE WITH SOME MARGIN OF SAFETY. AND THEN AFTER THAT POINT, THE PROPERTY OWNERS WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY CLEARANCE AND MAINTAINING THE OBSTRUCTIONS AND TREES OUT OF THE SAFE WAYS OF NAVIGATION. LET'S SEE WHAT ELSE. AT THE BOTTOM YOU'LL SAY. YOU'LL SEE THAT THE RISK OF NOT ADDRESSING WHAT'S THE RISK OF NOT ADDRESSING THESE TREES AND THESE OBSTRUCTIONS? WELL, UNFORTUNATELY, DOT AND FAA MAY PULL BACK FUTURE FUNDING FOR ANY SORT OF INFRASTRUCTURE REPAIRS OR GRANTS OF THAT NATURE. SO THAT'S THE CONCERN THAT WE HAVE. WE HAVE TO TAKE OWNERSHIP OF THIS PROBLEM THAT WAS ESTABLISHED AND MOVE FORWARD FOR THE DETAILS OF THE SCOPE. SO 14 PROPERTY OWNERS, OF WHICH THE COUNTY AND CITY HAVE VERY SMALL PARCELS WITH A FEW TREES. SO THOSE ARE PRETTY EASY. BUT THE REMAINDER WE'VE IDENTIFIED AND CONTACTED ALL THE PROPERTY OWNERS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY WISH TO DO, WHETHER THEY PAY FOR THAT PROCESS OF REMOVING THE TREES OR TOPPING THEM, OR THEY HAVE THE COUNTIES OR AIRPORT DO THAT. AND SO WE HAVE ALL THAT ACROSS THE BOARD. THEY THEY WISH TO HAVE THE AIRPORT OR THE COUNTY TAKE CARE OF THAT COST. ALL OCCASIONS THE ENTIRE TREE WILL BE REMOVED TO INCLUDE GRINDING OF THE STUMPS AND THEN RESEEDING OR REFURBISHING THE THE THE GROUNDWORK. THE EXCEPTION IS THE ANTIQUITIES CENTER. THEY'VE REQUESTED THAT WE TOP THE TREE OUT AS OPPOSED TO TAKE THE FULL THING DOWN, BECAUSE THAT PARTICULAR TREE IS PART OF THEIR EXHIBIT. AND SO THAT'S MORE COMPLEX REMOVAL, IF YOU WILL. THE DEADLINE THAT'S BEEN SET FOR US IS AT THE END OF THE YEAR. MOVING FORWARD, WE BELIEVE WE CAN GET THAT. IT'S ABOUT A 30 TO 40 DAY PROCESS, DEPENDING ON WHETHER IF WE GO WITH THE CONTRACT AND THEN THE THE GOAL OF THIS ENTIRE PROCESS IS TO REALLY ONLY REMOVE THE TREES THAT POSE RISK OR ARE AT THE VERY CUSP OF CROSSING THE THRESHOLD IN THE NEXT YEAR OR SO. NEXT COUPLE SLIDES SHOW KIND OF THE THE ZONE OF SAFETY, IF YOU WILL, THAT THE FAA AND DOT HAVE IDENTIFIED IN THE BOTTOM PORTION OF THE PICTURE THERE WITH THAT SAFETY ZONE OUTLINED BY GREEN, YOU'LL SEE MAGENTA OR YELLOW ASTERISKS. THOSE ARE INDICATIVE INDICATIVE OF TREES THAT ARE EITHER WELL BEYOND THE THRESHOLD OR AT THE CUSP. AND SO ALL IN ALL, WE'VE
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IDENTIFIED ABOUT 132 TREES THAT NEED TO BE TAKEN DOWN. ONCE WE GET ON SITE AND HAVE THE MEETING WITH THE THE CONTRACTOR, THE POTENTIALLY WILL BE OTHER TREES THAT WE HAVE TO ADD TO THAT LIST JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE WELL WITHIN THE BOUNDS, OR ENSURE THAT THE SAFETY ZONE IS CAPTURED FOR SAFETY OF NAVIGATION. BID SELECTION AND PROCESS. AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, WE RECEIVED TWO PROPOSALS. ONE WAS DISQUALIFIED, THE OTHER WAS COMPLETE PACKAGE. THE CONTRACTOR THAT MET THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE BID ARE IS MATTHEW AND JODY'S TREE SERVICE. THEY ARE ALREADY APPROVED VENDOR OF TROUP COUNTY. THE COSTS ARE BELOW. SITE PREPARATION. MOBILIZATION ROUGHLY $20,000. THAT MEANS BRINGING IN SIGNIFICANT EQUIPMENT AND THEN COORDINATION MEETINGS AS WE GO ALONG THE PROCESS, MAKING SURE THAT WE MEET WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS, MAKE SURE THAT ALL THEIR CONCERNS ARE MET, AND TO ENSURE THAT WE IDENTIFY SPECIFICALLY THOSE TREES THAT NEED TO BE TAKEN DOWN. THE TREE CUTTING ITSELF IS ROUGHLY $132,000. IT'S $1,000 PER TREE HAULING AND DISPOSAL OF THE VEGETATION, AS YOU SEE THERE AT 38,700, MULCHING AND STUMP GRINDING IS ROUGHLY 26,000 AT $200 PER STUMP. NOW, THIS IS A LAW OF AVERAGES. SOME OF THOSE TREES BEST GUESS ARE 50 TO 55IN IN DIAMETER AT THE BASE. SO THOSE ARE SIGNIFICANT HAULS AND THOSE ARE ALL OAKS. THEN THERE'S A GOOD PORTION OF PINE WHICH ARE A LITTLE BIT EASIER. BUT AGAIN, MOST OF THE TREES THAT WILL BE TAKEN OUT ARE AWAY FROM OBSTRUCTIONS, HOWEVER OR OR BUILDINGS. BUT THERE ARE A NUMBER THAT ARE IN CLOSE PROXIMITY. SO THAT MAKES THE CUTS MORE AND MORE COMPLEX. AND THEN THE AMOUNT OF VEGETATION BEING HAULED OUT OF THAT. ONE PROPERTY OWNER HAS REQUESTED THAT THE LUMBER, THE BULK OF THE WOOD BE LEFT ON SITE. BUT ALL IN ALL, THE OVERALL COST. IF WE DO CUT 132 TREES, IT'S ROUGHLY 217. SO THE NEXT SLIDE MOVING FORWARD. SO THE INTENT FOR THIS IS TO REQUEST YOUR PERMISSION TO TO MOVE FORWARD.THE PROJECT WILL BE RESOURCED THROUGH THE AIRPORT FUND. THIS EVENING I'M GOING TO REQUEST THE APPROVAL. WE MOVE FORWARD AND ACCEPT THE BID PROPOSAL. MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT CONTRACT.
I'M GOING TO ASK THAT THERE'S A CAP TO THIS CONTRACT BECAUSE OF WHAT I EXPLAINED BEFORE. OTHER POTENTIAL TREES THAT MIGHT BE OBSERVED, RECOGNIZED AS ADDITIONAL ADDITIONAL OBSTRUCTIONS THAT WE NEED TO GO AHEAD AND TAKE CARE OF WHILE WE HAVE THE MANPOWER AND THE EQUIPMENT IN PLACE, AS OPPOSED TO CHASING OUR TAIL A YEAR OR TWO YEARS DOWN THE ROAD. THE SECOND PORTION OF MY REQUEST WOULD BE TO ALLOW ME, AS THE AIRPORT DIRECTOR, TO SIGN THAT CONTRACT SO THAT WE CAN EXPEDITIOUSLY GET IN WRITING AND THEN GET THOSE CREWS ON SITE SO WE CAN MEET THAT 31ST DECEMBER DEADLINE. MORE. CAN WE DO BOTH OF THOSE IN ONE VOTE? YOU CAN BE A LONG MOTION, BUT BUT YOU CAN. FOR QUESTIONS IN REFERENCE TO RESOURCING. THE AIRPORT IS FORTUNATE ENOUGH WE DO HAVE A BUDGET TO SUPPORT THIS. THIS IS A HEALTHY BILL COMING DOWN. I WILL HONESTLY SAY THAT I DON'T DO THIS A LOT. I'M NOT SURE MANY OF US HERE IN THIS ROOM DO A LOT OF COMPLEX CUTTING LIKE THIS. WE WERE EXPECTING ON THE ORDER OF $100,000, SO THAT'S WHY WE KEPT IT LOCAL TO SEE THIS IS A LITTLE BIT EYE OPENING. BUT FOR YOUR INFORMATION, ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE AIRPORT, WE DID ENGAGE WITH A CONTRACT OF TIMBER CLEARING ON 42 ACRES, TO WHICH WE OBTAINED ABOUT $39,900. SO THOSE FUNDS WILL BE USED TOWARDS THIS. ADDITIONALLY, COLUMBUS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT HAS BEEN CLOSED DOWN SINCE THE FIRST WEEK IN AUGUST. WITH THAT, WE'VE HAD FIVE VERY LARGE COMMERCIAL JETS SPONSORED BY SYNOVUS AND AFLAC WHO HAVE BOUGHT AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF GAS ON THE ORDER OF ABOUT 151,000 GALLONS OF JET FUEL. SO COMBINE THOSE TWO FIGURES. WE HAVE THE MARGINS TO BE ABLE TO PAY FOR THIS OUT OF OUR AIRPORT FUND. AND SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW WE'RE SPECIFICALLY DOING IT. THAT'S EXACTLY HOW WE'RE DOING IT.
THAT WAS A QUESTION I WAS GOING TO ASK WHEN YOU WERE SAYING YOU HAD 132 TREES, AND IT COULD BE EXTRA, AND YOU'RE PUTTING IN YOUR COVERING YOURSELF IN YOUR CONTRACT, WHICH, WHICH IS GOOD.
BUT ONCE YOU GET THESE TREES CUT, WHAT IS THE PLAN IN THE FUTURE? IF SOME TREES GROW AND IS THAT GOING TO BE LEFT UP TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS? SIR, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TROUP COUNTY, ARE YOU GOING TO HAVE THEM TO SIGN SOME KIND OF CONTRACT ON THAT, OR ARE YOU
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GOING TO MAYBE GOES TO MARK? I MEAN, HOW ARE YOU GOING TO WELL, IN PLACE? Y'ALL KNOW, LIKE YOU SAID, TREES CONTINUE TO GROW, RIGHT? THE BEST WAY TO DEAL WITH IT OBVIOUSLY IS TO GET NAVIGATION EASEMENT RATHER THAN JUST DEALING WITH THE TREES AS THEY GROW ON A PERIODIC BASIS.WE'LL SAY ON THAT TRACK OF THAT TRACK IN THE PROPERTY OWNERS CHANGE, WOULD THAT BE PUT IN THE DEED? WELL, IF YOU GOT A NAVIGATION EASEMENT, IT WOULD, IT WOULD RUN WITH THE LAND. BUT THIS IS A A PERIODIC PROCESS THROUGH AGREEMENT WITH THE LANDOWNER. ESSENTIALLY WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IS THE COUNTY WOULD GET A TEMPORARY, A TEMPORARY LICENSE TO COME ON THE PROPERTY FROM THE LANDOWNER TO DO IT, PAY FOR IT, AND. THAT AGREEMENT WOULD ONLY BE VERY LIMITED FOR THE 2 OR 3 WEEKS IT TAKES TO GET THE TREES DOWN. YES, SIR. THEY'RE THEY'RE PROJECTING RIGHT AT THREE WEEKS. BUT WHETHER THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION IS THE THE WAY TO DEAL WITH IT PERMANENTLY IS TO GET A PERMANENT AGGREGATION EASEMENT, I THINK THAT WOULD BE A BE WISE.
SO WHEN THEY LOOK AT THE CRITERIA, YOU KNOW, TO MEET THAT THRESHOLD, AND I KNOW SOME OF THIS MIGHT COVER SOME OF THE EXTRA TREES THAT MIGHT. IS THERE A ARE THEY GOING BELOW THAT THRESHOLD, A CERTAIN AMOUNT ON THESE PARTICULAR ONES, OR IS IT JUST THE ONES THAT NEED TO TO TO COVER OURSELVES AND GO AHEAD AND AND GO THE EXTRA MILE, IF YOU WILL, IF A TREE IS CLOSE ENOUGH, KNOWING THAT IN A YEAR TO TWO YEARS IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE ECLIPSING THAT THRESHOLD AND WE'LL PROBABLY END UP TAKING IT OKAY. NOW THERE'S SOME OTHER THINGS INVOLVED WITH THIS. THIS IS A SECONDARY RUNWAY. THE REASON WHY WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS IS BECAUSE IN THE EVENT OF LOW CLOUDS, AVIATORS ARE NAVIGATING USING INSTRUMENTS.
AND SO THEY DON'T HAVE POTENTIALLY THE, THE THE VISIBILITY TO TO SEE AND AVOID.
AND SO THIS IS JUST THE EXTRA CLEARANCE THAT THE FAA REQUIRES. AND SO IT'S IT'S GOOD FOR AVIATION OBVIOUSLY TO HAVE THE SEPARATE THE SECOND RUNWAY FOR FOR THE AIRPORT. ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU SIR. OF NOTE ON THE 28TH, 29TH AND 30TH, THE AIRPORT WILL BE HOSTING THE GOODYEAR BLIMP. SO YOU MIGHT END UP RECEIVING SOME CALLS ABOUT THAT. THEY'RE GOING TO BE SUPPORTING AUBURN, ALABAMA. DO YOU DO THE NEXT ONE. SO ONE OF THE LARGE WELL THE LARGEST
[6. Discuss Amendment to Ground Lease - Airport (Troy Anderson)]
PROJECT THAT THE AIRPORT IS IS UNDERTAKING IN ITS HISTORY IS THE GROUND LEASE AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF PROJECT WING. PROJECT WING IS SPONSORED BY A COMPANY OUT OF THE UK WILL WHERE THEY'LL BE REFURBISHING, OVERHAULING, REPAIRING AIRCRAFT COMPONENTS. VARIETY COULD BE ENGINES, COULD BE SEATS, COULD BE TOILETS, PNEUMATICS, VALVES AND OF THAT NATURE. IT'S BEEN A LONG PROCESS TO TRY TO GET OUR REQUEST TO BUILD THROUGH DOT, WHICH IS THE FIRST STAGE. THEY ARE A VETTING PROCESS FOR THE FAA AND THEN THE EVENTUALLY ON TO THE FAA. WE HAVE MANAGED TO FINALLY GET THAT PACKAGE THROUGH TO THE FAA. WE HAD A SECOND LEASE, GROUND LEASE SIGNED IN JUNE WITH THE AT THAT POINT DOT, ALL THE REQUIREMENTS WE HAD CAPTURED. NOW THAT THE PACKAGE HAS MADE IT TO THE FAA, THEY'VE COME BACK AND GIVEN US ANOTHER TASK, IF YOU WILL. THE TASK NOW IS TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO OUR EXISTING GROUND LEASE TO ADD A VERY SMALL BUSINESS PLAN. AND SO THAT IS WHAT WE ARE LOOKING TO HAVE ADDED UNDER AN AMENDMENT SIGNED BY CHAIRMAN. AFTER OUR ATTORNEY GETS A GOOD LOOK AND EVERYTHING IS VERIFIED, ESSENTIALLY THE THE DETAILS THAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR ARE SPECIFICALLY THERE ARE TWO BUILDINGS, BUILDINGS A AND B. BUILDING A IS PRIMARILY THE WORK WORKHORSE OF THE FACILITY.THAT'S WHERE THEY'LL BE INGESTING THE THE PARTS. THEY'LL BE BREAKING THE PARTS DOWN USING A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT MECHANICAL PNEUMATIC MACHINES, HYDRAULIC MACHINES TO PUT THOSE COMPONENTS UNDER TEST. AND THEN IF ALL GOES WELL, THEY'LL TAG THEM AND THEN CERTIFY THEM AS FAA CERTIFIED SO THEY CAN PUT THEM BACK ON THE MARKET OR BACK ON TO A
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PLANE. THE SECOND BUILDING, BUILDING B, IS PRIMARILY STORAGE FACILITY, SO IT WILL BE HOUSING OUTSIDE EQUIPMENT TO WORK ON AIRCRAFT ON THE 100,000 SQUARE FOOT APRON TO BRINGING IN NEW COMPONENTS TO ALSO SENDING COMPONENTS OUT EITHER VIA GROUND OR VIA AIR. SO IT'S MORE PRIMARILY A A WAREHOUSE AND STORAGE FACILITY. BUT THEY WANTED TO CAPTURE THAT AS PART OF THE OVERALL GROUND LEASE. AND SO WE'VE DONE THAT SOME ADDITIONAL ANCILLARY BUT ADMINISTRATIVE THINGS. THEY'VE ASKED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE APRON AND TAXIWAY THAT THE RESOURCE SPONSORS COST ALSO BE COMPLETED AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME. CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY IS GIVEN FOR BUILDING A. AND SO WE HAVE THAT LETTER SIGNED BY MR. MARK WESLEY. AND THEN ACKNOWLEDGMENT FROM MR. WESLEY THAT THIS AMENDMENT TO THE GROUND LEASE BE COMPLETED WITHIN 60 DAYS. AND SO IN ORDER TO GET AHEAD OF THAT, I WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND GET IT BEFORE THE COMMISSIONERS FOR FOR THEIR VOTE. AND THEN HOPEFULLY AT SOME POINT IN THE NEAR FUTURE.CHAIRMAN SIGNATURE. ANY QUESTIONS? SO WE ARE WE SOMEWHAT STILL MOVING ALONG BASED ON EVERYONE'S TIMELINES AND TABLES FOR COMPLETION, OR IS THIS CONTINUING TO SLOW THIS PROJECT DOWN? IN THE SPIRIT OF THE PROCESS? IT HAS BEEN A PROCESS VERY LENGTHY. IN LAYMAN'S TERMS, IT IT APPEARS FROM ME BEING THE WORKHORSE, THE GOALPOST CONTINUES TO BE MOVED EVERY TIME WE PROVIDE A REQUIREMENT, A PRODUCT TO THE REQUIREMENT, IT'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH. I'VE BEEN ABLE TO GET MY FOOT IN THE DOOR WITH THE FAA DIRECTLY GOING TO THE HEADQUARTERS IN WASHINGTON, DC, TO WHICH THEN IT FILTERED DOWN TO LOCALLY AT THE ATLANTA AIRPORT DIRECTOR'S OFFICE. WE HAD A MEETING THREE WEEKS AGO, AND THE OUTCOME OF IS WHAT YOU'RE SEEING TODAY. THE LETTER SIGNED BY THE RESOURCE SPONSOR VERIFICATION. THE TAXIWAY AND APRON WILL BE COMPLETED AT THE SAME TIME. AND THEN THE AMENDMENT. SO THEY'VE WE'VE BEEN TOLD THAT WE SHOULD HEAR BACK TODAY, POTENTIALLY A GREEN LIGHT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH BUILDING VERTICALLY. IN THE MEANTIME, THE THIS COMPANY HAS INVESTED ABOUT $25 MILLION OF THEIR OWN FUNDS WITH NO GUARANTEE TO BUILD. I'M CONFIDENT THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET THERE. THE WAY WE'VE SPELLED OUT THE BUSINESS PLAN, THE WAY WE'VE PRESENTED THE MATERIAL, IT'S IT'S PURELY AERONAUTICAL. BUT THERE'S SOME NAYSAYERS, UNFORTUNATELY, AT DDOT THAT SAY THIS IS NOT PURELY AERONAUTICAL, THAT IT'S MORE OF A MIXED USE. AND THAT'S WHAT'S COMPLICATING THINGS IN A NUTSHELL. IF I JUST GO OUT TO THE AIRPORT AND WE WANT TO BUILD A HANGAR, IT IS ALMOST A RUBBER STAMP. WE JUST TELL THE FAA AND DOT THIS IS GOING TO BE A FACILITY STRICTLY FOR AN AIRPLANE COMING OFF THE AIRPORT. THIS IS DIFFERENT BECAUSE IT HAS A IT'S DIFFERENT. IT IS A BUSINESS THAT DOESN'T SPECIFICALLY HOUSE AN AIRCRAFT FOR TO AND FROM CHARTER OR OTHERWISE. AND SO THAT IS WHAT'S COMPLICATED THINGS. IT'S FOLKS AT DOT READING THE COMPLIANCE MANUAL VERBATIM NOT BEING ABLE TO INTERPRET UNFORTUNATELY AND THAT I WAS ABLE TO, I GUESS, LEAN A LITTLE BIT FROM THAT MEETING THAT I HAD WITH THE FAA WITH DOT AND PRESENT THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF MISINTERPRETATION OF THE COMPLIANCE MANUAL BY DOT. AND THAT'S WHAT'S COMPLICATED THIS PROCESS FOR US. SO TO YOUR QUESTION, I BELIEVE IN THE NEXT WEEK TO TWO WEEKS, WE'LL HAVE A GREEN LIGHT TO MOVE FORWARD AND BUILD. OKAY. OR ADDITIONAL GUIDANCE FOR THE NEXT TASK IS THEY CHANGE THE RULES. KEEPING MY FINGERS CROSSED. ALL RIGHT. EXCUSE ME. THANK YOU SIR. ALL RIGHT. TO GO OVER THIS
[7. Consideration of 5:00 p.m. Board Meeting Agenda (Eric Mosley) ]
AFTERNOON'S AGENDA, WE HAVE INVOCATION PROPOSED BY PASTOR ANDY HARPER OF PLANT CITY METHODIST CHURCH, ALABAMA. THOUGH ANDY CALLED ME THIS MORNING EARLY, HE HAS HAD A DEATH IN THE FAMILY AND HIS. AND SO MICHAEL AND I ARE WORKING ON TRYING TO FIND AN ALTERNATE PASTOR TO PROVIDE THE INVOCATION. UNDER SPECIAL BUSINESS, WE HAVE THE FIRST ITEM, WHICH IS THE CONSIDERATION FOR THE NAMING OF THE WHITESVILLE ROAD CONSTRUCTION PROJECT. ITEM B IS CONSIDERATION OF THE BID ACCEPTANCE FOR THE INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUND. ITEM C CONSIDERATION OF THE BODY CAMS AND TUCK BOOKS FOR THE TROUP COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE. ITEM D CONSIDERATION OF THE ROOF REPLACEMENT FOR THE TROUP COUNTY SHOP BUILDING. ITEM E IS THE CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL FOR CONTRACT AWARD AND[00:55:02]
EXECUTION FOR OBSTRUCTION CLEARANCE FOR THE AIRPORT, AND ITEM F IS CONSIDERATION OF THE AMENDMENT TO THE GROUND LEASE FOR PROJECT WING. UNDER PUBLIC HEARING. WE WILL HAVE THE SECOND READING OF THE SPECIAL USE APPLICATION FOR MUNICIPAL COMMUNICATIONS FOR 626 SANDTOWN ROAD, AND THAT IS ALL THAT'S ON THIS AFTERNOON'S AGENDA. ALL RIGHT. NOTHING ELSE. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE. Y'ALL HAVE A WE'LL HOPEFULLY SEE YOU AT 5:00.* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.