HomeMy Public PortalAbout20080214InfraMins.pdfINFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
February 14, 2008
Updated: 02/22/2008 Page 1 of 3
Attendees: Eddie Crone, Bill Lovett, John Redmond, George Reese, Diane Schleicher, Joe Wilson, Paul
Wolff, Barry Brown
Meeting began at 5:35 pm.
Eddie Crone motioned to approve minutes for November 29, 2007; January 10, 2008 and January 24,
2008. Barry Brown seconded. No objections.
I. LIFEGUARD TRAILER AND COMPACTOR
a. Construction Plan Review
i. Bill Lovett has presented construction plans for review.
b. Change Order
i. Contractor returned the change order on February 13, 2008 with a cost of
$64,963.50. It was determined that the Electrical costs are over half of the change
order cost at $32,656.00. Bill Lovett met with the contractor earlier this morning
and has scheduled a meeting for 10:00 am tomorrow with the Contractor, the
Electrical Subcontractor and the Electrical Engineer to negotiate the pricing.
ii. Diane had asked to talk to the contractor about eliminating all of the concrete
around the Lifeguard Station and using White Rock instead to save costs as well as
keeping in mind that it is not a permanent structure.
iii. Bill believes that rather than giving the Lifeguard trailer its own power supply that
it would be more cost efficient to run power off of the Marine Science Center. Joe
Wilson explains the Science Center is currently maxed out for power supply. Joe
suggests adding another 100amp box to the Science Center would be much less
expensive. Everyone agrees there is a less expensive alternative and Bill reiterates
that this issue will be brought up in his 10:00 am meeting tomorrow with the
contractor. Debbie Kearney, from Marine Science Center, claims they have had
many electrical problems within the last year and there is no way it could handle
supporting a piggy back set up to the Lifeguard Station. Joe says he will have our
Electrician check out the current situation at the Science Center.
c. Trash Compactor
i. Diane explains there is about a four week time period to order the compactor so she
would like to move forward on agreeing to a site location and the cost for the site
preparation.
ii. Four representatives, including board members, from the Marine Science Center
joined the meeting to dispute the planned location of the Trash Compactor. These
four persons are as follows: Debbie Kearney, Kathryn Williams, Elisabeth Johnson
and Maria Procopio. Their concern is about the odor and the safety of the children
that visit their facility and will have to walk directly past the compactor which will
be located across from their building entrance. Debbie presents several alternatives
but the Committee has already discussed those options and believes the decision
they have made is the best solution. The action decided on was for the
representatives to meet with the other businesses in the area, that will be using the
compactor, and request that they get consensus in the district regarding the
location.
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II. FT SCREVEN WATERLINES
a. GEFA Loan Approved
i. Yes
ii. Begin Bidding
A. It was agreed that the bidding will begin February 17, 2008. Bill
Lovett suggested getting the contractor to install Radio Read
Meters. George Reese says he already has some in stock and some
being repaired at the factory. Barry Brown is concerned about who
is going to pay for the lateral connection. Bill explains that the
City will pay for this and not the homeowners. Barry request that
the laterals be unit priced with the overall bidding process.
III. BUTLER AVE SIDEWALKS
i. Bill Lovett describes as of the January 24th meeting, the contract was submitted to
the Commissioner and assumes it is still there. Diane has sent a letter to GDOT to
them asking to sift funds from the Tybrisa project to Butler project.
IV. WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLAN
a. Anti-degradation Review
i. Bill Lovett explains he gave George Reese a copy and he passed a draft to Diane.
b. Watershed Assessment
i. Bill says the Watershed Assessment is still in review by EPD.
c. Phosphorus Study
i. Bill says they are still collecting samples, George agrees they should be completed
by the middle of this month.
d. Grit Removal and Odor Control
i. Fee Proposal
A. Bill Lovett says they are moving forward without a contract and has
given out copies with the hopes that it will be passed or not. Diane
and John explain it was added into the budget. Diane says they can
put it on the city council agenda for formal approval at the February
28th meeting.
V. WATER AND SEWER RATE STUDY
i. Bill explains that they met with John last Friday and they are going through all of
the information.
VI. DRAINAGE CHANGE ORDER
i. Bill is unsure why certain drain spouts are being put in their locations. Joe explains
it is the amount of water that comes off of the buildings when it rains that can be a
safety factor. Bill says we have not gotten a price yet when Barry asks how much it
will cost. Bill will bring this back for a change order at the next meeting. Joe
expressed that but DPW will be addressing the issue at Tybee Time. The committee
members all agreed that the work should be done to reduce the city’s future
liability.
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VIII. DIRECTIONAL DELINEATION OF SIDE STREET NEXT TO THE STRAND
i. Joe explains the direction he proposes the side streets should go and why. The only
streets that would change to one- way are TS Chu, Izler and Silver.
VIII. REVIEW CITY WIDE ROAD RATING STUDY
i. It is determined that this topic will be discussed at the next meeting due to lack of
time.
The meeting was adjourned at 6:30 pm.
Respectfully submitted by Jackie Cary.