HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTION NO. 08-03-23STATE OF GEORGIA
COUNTY OF FULTON
RESOLUTION NO. 08-03-23
A RESOLUTION TO CREATE THE MILTON DISABILITY AWARENESS
COMMITTEE, THE MILTON DISABILITY AWARENESS COMMITTEE BOARD, TO
PROVIDE FOR THE POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN COMMITTEE
4W."MEMBERS TO ENFORCEMENT POSITIONS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES AS
DESIGNATED HEREIN
WHEREAS, the City of Milton would like to include persons of all abilities in every
aspect of community life; and
WHEREAS, the City of Milton would like to promote the inclusion of persons of all ability
levels through education, advocacy, and influence on public policy.
WHEREAS, the City of Milton formed a citizens committee in April 2007 for the purpose
of recommending the action for the city with regard to persons with disabilities; and
WHEREAS, the City of Milton Disability Awareness citizens committee is hereby named
the Milton Disability Awareness Committee (MDAC); and
WHEREAS, MDAC governance shall be provided by a Board comprised of seven
members of the community, each having experience and/or expertise with persons with
various disabilities.
WHEREAS, the MDAC Board shall elect a chairman and vice-chairman by majority
vote;
WHEREAS, the MDAC Board may establish and appoint representatives to as many
committees and sub -committees as are determined by the Board to be necessary for
the mission of the MDAC to be accomplished;
WHEREAS, in addition, the MDAC Board shall authorize and provide for volunteers to
fulfill the functions of the MDAC, with said volunteers being full MDAC members, it
being understood that all MDAC members will be volunteers;
WHEREAS, that the City of Milton believes it in the best interest of the public for those
qualified MDAC members satisfying the statutory requirements of O.C.G.A. § 40-6-228
to be empowered by the City of Milton Public Safety Director to enforce the Parking Law
for Persons with Disabilities Act, at O.C.G.A. § 40-6-220; and,
WHEREAS, staff of the City of Milton will attend the meetings of the MDAC Board but
shall hold no official capacity of the committee; and
WHEREAS, the mission of the MDAC shall be "The mission of the Milton Disabilities
Awareness Committee is to promote the inclusion of persons of all abilities in every
aspect of community life through education, advocacy, and influence on public policy."
And,
WHEREAS, the logo for the Milton Disability Awareness Committee shall be:
City Of Niton
lity
Awareness
ornittee
[As approved by majority vote of the committee]
WHEREAS, all members of the MDAC shall reside in the City of Milton and be at least
21 years of age; and
WHEREAS, each person nominated to the MDAC Board shall hold office for a period of
two years or until such time as they are no longer able to participate in the committee;
and
WHEREAS, each person serving on the MDAC Board may be removed from the
committee for cause by a majority vote of the committee; which, for purposes of this
Resolution shall mean (1) malfeasance or misfeasance in carrying out official functions,
(2) unwillingness to carry out official functions, (3) unreasonable number of absences
from meetings and/or official events, and (4) any other act or omission that would lead a
reasonable person to conclude the committee member is unfit for continued service on
the committee; and
WHEREAS, the MDAC Board shall meet at regular intervals to perform the tasks and
duties of recommending actions to the city staff and city council; and,
WHEREAS, each member of the MDAC, including MDAC Board members, shall
undertake their respective duties in a volunteer capacity and not be compensated for
any time or expenses associated with any assignment or function received by the
MDAC Board; and
WHEREAS, should any member of the MDAC Board be unable to fulfill their duties, the
Board shall nominate a new member to be confirmed by a majority vote of the Board.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THIS COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
MILTON, GEORGIA, AND IT IS RESOLVED BY THE AUTHORITY OF SAID CITY
COUNCIL, that:
By passage of this resolution, the City of Milton Mayor and the City Council hereby
FWW create the Milton Disability Awareness Committee ("MDAC"), with a Board comprised of
seven individuals, to serve as the official citizen's committee to the City of Milton; and,
`"'"' BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the members of the MDAC Board shall be:
Original MDAC Members
Ann Coggins, chairman
Laura Basham, co-chairman
Marcia O'Shaughnessy
.,10 Olga Espinola
Renee Catanzaro
Gary Arnold
Neal O'brien
Advisory
Mark Johnson (nonvoting member)
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that qualifications for serving on the MDAC Board, the
rules and regulations for Board membership, officers, removal, term limits,
disqualification, and volunteer status shall be as set forth in the preamble to this
Resolution;
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the MDAC logo shall be as depicted in the
preamble to this Resolution;
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Milton Public Safety Director shall appoint any
member of the Milton Disability Awareness Committee that meets the statutory
requirements in O.C.G.A. § 40-6-228, to wit: that the member is a Permanently
Disabled Person as defined in O.C.G.A. § 40-6-221(5), to enforce the provisions of
the Parking Law for Persons with Disabilities Act at O.C.G.A. § 40-6-220, et.seq.,
subject to all rights, obligations and limitations set forth within the Act.
RESOLVED this 3rd day of March, 2008.
Attest:
Vea&fte R. Marchiafava, City Clerk
.." (Seal)
Approved:
Joe Lockw o ayor
STATE OF GEORGIA
COUNTY OF FULTON
RESOLUTION NO. 08-02-23
A RESOLUTION OF THE MILTON CITY COUNCIL
EXPRESSING CONCERN OVER THE PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION
BY FULTON COUNTY
OF A 140 -FOOT ELEVATED WATER STORAGE TANK
AT FREEMANVILLE ROAD
BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Milton, GA while in
regular session on February 20, 2008 at 600 p.m. as follows:
WHEREAS, the City of Milton has been advised that the Fulton County Public
Works Department has proposed a new elevated water storage tank at Freemanville Road
in the City of Milton (the "Proposed Water Tank") principally to serve four new
developments in the North Fulton area known as the Chatham Subdivision, the Georgia
Tech Subdivision, the Peachtree Residential Subdivision, and the Wemick Subdivision
(the "Developments"); and
WHEREAS, the Proposed Water Tank is proposed to be constructed at a height
of 140 feet, which is approximately 14 stories high; and
WHEREAS, the Developments joined to form a consortium known as Pritchard
Mountain Water, LLC ("Pritchard Mountain Water"), for the purposes of providing water
supply to the Developments under contract with Fulton County dated in June of 2006,
whereby Pritchard Mountain Water would construct a booster pump at the Freemanville
Road site to be conveyed to Fulton County upon completion of construction and, in turn,
Fulton County would construct the Proposed Water Tank;
WHEREAS, there currently exists a 40 -foot high water ground storage tank at
Freemanville Road, which the City of Milton has required to be screened by vegetative
buffers so as to preserve the rural nature of the community; and
WHEREAS, the Proposed Water Tank will defeat the City's purposes of the
vegetative screening requirements as a water tower at the proposed height will be
incapable of screening and may threaten the rural nature of the community; and
WHEREAS, the City of Milton has been advised by experts in the pertinent field
(to wit: Wiedeman & Singleton, Inc. engaged by Pritchard Mountain Water and Fulton
County in accord with the contract attached hereto as Exhibit A) that a booster pump with
an ground storage tank is sufficient to provide an adequate water supply with appropriate
water pressure and water storage, thereby alleviating the need for the Proposed Water
Tank; and
WHEREAS, the City of Milton has been further advised by experts in the
swimpertinent field (Wiedeman & Singleton, Inc. as referenced in the preceding paragraph)
that the above -referenced booster pump with ground storage can be constructed at a far
lesser cost than the Proposed Water Tank; and
WHEREAS, the City of Milton has been advised that Pritchard Mountain Water
agrees that a ground storage tank is more desirable than the Proposed Water Tank and
would be willing to amend their agreement with Fulton County to provide for same;
WHEREAS, a report prepared by Wayne Super was considered meaningful to
the City of Milton in adopting this Resolution, and that report is attached hereto as
Exhibit B;
WHEREAS, the City of Milton recognizes the important public purposes of
providing water to the community at a desirable level of pressure and providing for
adequate water storage in cases of emergency to avoid interruption of water service; and
WHEREAS, the City of Milton, on behalf of its citizens, desires to avoid the
construction of the Proposed Water Tank to the extent feasible when balancing the
important public purposes associated with construction of the Proposed Water Tank; and
WHEREAS, if Fulton County determines that the Proposed Water Tank must be
obw constructed to accomplish the above -referenced important public purposes, the City of
Milton, on behalf of its citizens, urges Fulton County to work with the City of Milton
Design Review Board to construct the Proposed Water Tank in the most aesthetically
pleasing manner possible so as to fit in with the surrounding topography and rural nature
of the community.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Milton City Council does
hereby respectively request that Fulton County carefully consider alternative technology
that may allow for the avoidance of the Proposed Water Tank, while still meeting the
important public purposes of providing water to the community at desired levels of
pressure and providing for adequate water storage; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Milton City Council does hereby
respectively request, in the alternative, that should Fulton County determine that the
construction of the Proposed Water Storage Tank is required to meet the community's
water needs, that Fulton County will work with the City of Milton Design Review Board
and will take all steps reasonably possible to construct the Proposed Water Storage Tank
is the most aesthetically pleasing manner possible so as to fit in with the surrounding
topography and the rural nature of the Milton community.
SO RESOLVED this 201h day of February, 2008.
Attest:
Vean6tte R. Marchiafava, City Cler
(Seal)
CITY OF MILTON
Approved:
Joe Loc 7'o ,Plyor
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STATE OF GEORGIA
COUNTY OF FULTON
AGREEMENT
Exh;L,t A
FOR EXTENSION OF WATER NAMS AND FACILITIES
(Pritchard Mountain Subdivisions)
THIS AGREEMENT, made and entered into this /� day ofCSLuM^ 2006, by and
between Fulton County, a political subdivision of the State of Georgia (the "County") and
Pritchard Mountain Water, LLC (the "Pritchard Mountain Water"),
WITNESSESTH:
WHEREAS, Pritchard Mountain Water has requested an extension of the County's existing
water mains and facilities located near the Freemanville Road water storage tank in order to
make water service available to the proposed residential developments described on Exhibit A,
attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference (the "Pritchard Mountain
Subdivisions"); and
WHEREAS, Pritchard Mountain Subdivisions are being developed in an elevated area of North
Fulton County that is higher than can adequately be served by the County's existing water
system; and
WHEREAS, the County has initiated a capital improvement project (the "North Fulton Water
System Improvements") that includes additional pumping facilities and water main
reinforcements that will (among other enhancements) increase the volume of water supplied to
the Freemanville Road water storage tank and improve the County's ability to fill the tank during
peak demand periods; and
WHEREAS, North Fulton Water System Improvements, scheduled to be completed by
December of 2009, will not increase the hydraulic gradient above the existing overflow elevation
of the Freemanville Road water storage tank; and
WHEREAS, Pritchard Mountain Water will require a booster pump station to provide adequate
pressure and flow for potable and fire protection water service to the Pritchard Mountain
Subdivisions; and
WHEREAS, Pritchard Mountain Water and County agree the extension shall be designed,
constructed and funded by Pritchard Mountain Water and transferred to County upon terms and
conditions herein provided:
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19. Commencement and Duration of Work. Pritchard Mountain Water shall commence work
pursuant to this Agreement within 90 days of the execution of this Agreement. Pritchard
Mountain Water shall diligently prosecute its work to completion within 24 months after the
execution of this Agreement. The capacity of Pritchard Mountain Water's equipment and
plan, sequence and method of operation and forces employed, including management and
supervisory personnel, shall be such as to insure completion of the work within the time
specified in this Agreement.
20. Open Records Act. The Georgia Open Records Act, O.C.G.A. § 50-18-70 et seg, applies to
this Agreement. Pritchard Mountain Water acknowledges that any documents or
computerized data provided to the County by Pritchard Mountain Water may be subject to
release to the public. Pritchard Mountain Water also acknowledges that documents and
computerized data created or held by Pritchard Mountain Water in relation to this Agreement
may be subject to release to the public, to include documents turned over to the County.
Pritchard Mountain Water shall cooperate with and provide assistance to the County in
rapidly responding to the Open Records Act requests no later than 24 hours following receipt
of any such requests by Pritchard Mountain Water. Pritchard Mountain Water shall promptly
comply with the instructions or requests of the County in relation to responding to Open
Records Act requests,
21. Contract Term. The term of this Agreement shall commence effective from the date of
its execution and continue for twenty-four (24) consecutive months.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed, or caused this Agreement to be executed,
under seal, as of the date set forth herein above.
WITNESS OR ATTEST:
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MEMBERS OF
PRITCHARD MOUNTAIN WATER, LLC
C.L. CHATHAM, LLC
(Blue Vall^S"bdivlV,Ipn) /
(SEAL)
Name:
David Chatham
Title:
HAMPSHIRE PARTNERS, LP
(Peacht/ee Residential Subdivision)
(SEAL)
Name:
Alec B. Rickenbacker
Title:
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Name:
Stephen P. Casey
Title:
(SEAL)
KINGSLEY ESTATES, LLC
(Wen- ick Subdivision)
(SEAL)
Name:
.114 Ric and Werra r ,
Title: y5,,� ls:�• �`'
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ATTEST:
By:�`
Clerk to Commission
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
By: t
Office of the bounty Attorney
FULTON COUNTY:
By: //, , /,� —"�2L
Karen Handel, Chairman
APPROVED AS TO CONTENT:
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Director - Department of Public Works
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EXHIBIT "C" TO AGREEMENT
BETWEEN FULTON COUNTY AND PRITCHARD MOUNTAIN WATER, LLC
Includes Common Piping and Piping to be Installed Inside Each Subdivision
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LINE
Quantity
UNIT
PRICE
TOTAL
BOOSTER PUMP STATION
1
$600,000.00
$600,000
8" DIP
10000
$33.00
$330,000
12" DIP
27500
$50.00
$1,375,000
TAP
21_
$4,000.00
$8,000
LONG SERVICES
SHORT SERVICES
152
151
$550.00
$450.00
$83,600
$67,950
LONG SIDE CONDUIT
0
$6.00
$0
BOXES
311
$35.00
$10,885
FIRE HYDRANT
99
$1,500.00
$148,500
VALVES
80
$800.00
$64,000
ACK AND BORE
900
$130.00
$117,000
TESTING
12
$4,000.00
$48,000
FITTINGS
400
$375.00
$150,000
THRUST BLOCKING
400
$125.00
$50,000
RELOCATE FIRE HYD.
7
$1,800.00
$12,600
PRESSURE REDUCING
1
$25,000.00
$25,000
SUBTOTAL
$3,090,535
Contingency - 20%
Total
$618,107
$3,708,642
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FULTON COUNTY UNIFORM CONTRACT/PURCHASING SIGN -OFF SHEET
Solicitation #: Description: Agreement for Extension of Water Mains and
Facilities - Pritchard Mountain Water LLC
Department: Public Works Contact: Kun Suwanarpa
PROCUREMENT ACTION:
• Invitation To Bid (ITB) D Statewide Contract G Contract Amendment
• Request for Proposal (RFP) D Change Order D Renewal
• Request for Quotation (RFQ) D Sole Source D Emergency Procurement
KI Other (Explain):Not Required
SOLICITED FROM: MBE FBE Non-M/FBE Total
Bids Sent
Bids Received
No -Bids Received
TYPE^ OF SERVICE:
• Annual Purchase
D Land Purchase
• One Time Purchase
CH Construction & Contract Employee & Grant
• Professional Services n Non -Professional Services O Lease
Other (Explain) Developer
• Revenue Contract IEJ Funded - Extension of
Water Mains
Contract Start Date
PRIME CONTRACTOR
SUBCONTRACTOR
❑ Non-M/FBE
F. MBE
❑ FBE
Code:*
❑ Non-M/FBE
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DFBE
Code: -
Name:
Name:
Address:
Address:
City:
ST: Zip:
City:
ST: Zip:
County:
Telephone:
County:
Telephone:
Contact:
Contact:
Amount $
Percentage:
Amount $
Percentage:
Formal Contract Attached? DYes ❑ No
(If additional sub -contractor sheet is needed, please attach.)
Contract Start Date
Or • Upon
Approval
End Date:
Prior Contract(s) With County:
DYes • No
Dates:
Funding Line:
No Funding Required
APPROVAL SIGNATURES
Originating Department:
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Date: _4.1A _ ' ®h
Information Technology:
Date:
Environment and Community Development:
X
Date:
Finance:
Date:
County Attorney:
_
X
Date:
Contract Compliance:
Date:
Purchasing:
Date:
Deputy County Manager:
X
County Manager:
Date:
Board of Commissioners:
Date:
Finance Summary
TQ-tal
Contract
MBE/FBE Portion
Original Amount
$
Amount:
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Previous Increases
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This Request
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WIEDEMAN AND SINGLETON, INC.
CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERS
JOHN WIEDEMAN 1789 PEACHTREE ROAD
HAROLD WIEDEMAN
GARY TROTT ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30309
PETER SNYDER
PETER JOHNS (404) 876-Be6a JUSTIN WIEDEMAN
SCOTT TROTT FAX (404) 876-4054 TROY BEGAN
CARL SCHNEIDER
January 14, 2008
Mr. Alec Rickenbaker
Hampshire Partners, L.P.
7380 McGinnis Ferry Road
Suwannee, GA 30024
Re: Freemanville Tank
Pritchard Mountain Booster Pump Station
Milton, Georgia
Dear Alec:
The purpose of this correspondence is to evaluate the utility of the proposed elevated
storage tank at the Freemanville site. There is an existing 40 foot high (about 4 stories high), 4
Million Gallon storage tank at the site. The City of Milton'has required the construction of a
high vegetative screen around the tank site. Fulton County Public Works Department has
proposed a new tank in the area which is 140 feet high (about 14 stories). This will obviate the
purpose of the vegetative screen. The new tank is located adjacent to the highest elevation in the
county. The tank will be visible for several miles and will become a permanent landmark in the
City of Milton.
The pressure in the service area is currently insufficient to serve existing residences and
proposed new development. In order to increase the pressure, a booster pump station is under
construction. The pump station will be ready for service in February 2008. Upon the completion
of the Pritchard Mountain Booster Pump Station, it will be possible to raise the pressure in the
area by about 40 psi. The pump station meets EPD's reliability criteria for booster pump stations
and the plans have received approval from EPD. The pump station facility is approved to
operate by EPD without the new tank.
The station has many reliability features that will allow the station to operate indefinitely
without a tank:
1. The pump station includes a natural gas powered emergency generator. The
purpose of the generator is to provide power in the event of a loss of electrical
power.
2. There are four pumps. Two are large pumps for fire service. Two are smaller
pumps for normal service. Under all service conditions, there is at least one
redundant pump.
PROTECTING PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT FOR OVER 100 YEARS
Alec Rickenbaker
January 14, 2008
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3. The pumps are high quality horizontal split -case types which have an almost
indefinite service life.
4. The pump station includes a control system which will be monitored from Fulton
County's 24 hour control center. In the event of problems, Fulton County will be
immediately notified. In the event of a communications failure, the pump station
will continue to operate.
5. The station can be operated in a completely manual mode without the control
system in operation.
There is, of course, always the possibility of a failure which would leave the station without the
ability to serve. No system is completely fail-safe and as a professional matter, we can't
guarantee that there will be no interruption of service. However, it should be noted that this type
of arrangement is very common and, in general, provides economic and acceptably reliable
service to many communities throughout the State of Georgia.
Fulton County has proposed the water tank to provide additional redundancy to the pump
station. The tank will allow Fulton County to take the station out of service for several hours. In
the event of a complete failure of the pump station, the tank will empty.
The use of pump stations close coupled to elevated tanks represents a very conservative
design philosophy. Water systems are typically very conservative in the way they approach
designs and operating procedures. However, in recent years it has become common outside of
Fulton County to build ground storage tanks with associated pump stations to serve areas with
pressure problems. There is a long history of this type of facility. The City of Atlanta, for
example, does not use elevated tanks in Buckhead and relies exclusively on booster pump
stations in that area. Service outages on that system, which has been in operation for over forty
years, are not an issue in the community.
There are four primary reasons the combination of booster pump and ground storage tank
has become favored by some other systems in comparison to the use of elevated tanks.
1. Painting elevated tanks is expensive. The expense of shrouding a tank so that the paint
overspray does not affect surrounding property owners during painting can be as
expensive as the actual painting operation. The use of composite tanks such as Fulton
County builds has reduced, but not eliminated, this expense. Elevated tanks should be re-
painted on a 10-20 year cycle.
2. Communities have become intolerant of elevated storage tanks. What was once a symbol
of civic pride and prosperity in rural communities is now viewed as an eyesore in the
suburbs. We are aware of several cases where the community has been willing to pay for
additional expense to avoid building elevated storage tanks.
3. The booster pump and ground storage tank is much more flexible than an elevated
storage tank. If it becomes necessary to increase pressure in an area, it becomes a matter
of changing some pumps rather than building a new tank.
Alec Rickenbaker
January 14, 2008
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4. The booster pump station and ground storage tank is usually (but not always) cheaper to
build than an elevated tank — especially when large volumes of storage are required. In
the specific case of Freemanville Road, the use of the pump station without the elevated
storage tank would be much less expensive for Fulton County — because the facilities
have been built.
In my professional opinion, I believe that the booster pump station currently under
construction can serve the area indefinitely in an acceptable manner without an elevated tank.
The community should be consulted to determine whether the marginal benefit of additional
redundancy is worth the permanent presence of a landmark elevated tank.
Sincerely,
WIEDEMAN AND SINGLETON, INC.
Harold F. Wiedeman
Vice President
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