Agenda Plus - July 22, 2019 Special City Council Meeting

July 22, 2019 Special City Council Meeting

Title
1. Motion to Approve an Intergovernmental Agreement with Chatham County for the 2020-2026 Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax

Strategic Priority
Good Government

Description

Per our discussion at the July 18 workshop, each of you sent me a list of projects for the Council’s consideration as a substitute to my list of recommendations, as follows:

Requested Priority	Requested	Description
Southside Community Center	$ 12,000,000	Lease expires May 2021; no renewal
Tide-To-Town	$ 1,000,000	Request to start 90-mile trail project
Abercorn Streetscape, Phase 1	$ 3,000,000	Request for streetscape: DeRenne south
Liberty City Parking Expansion	$ 300,000	Request to add needed parking
Woodville Community Center	$ 1,500,000	Renovate Woodville
Tremont Community Center	$ 1,500,000	Renovate Tremont
Hudson Hill Community Center Park	$ 3,000,000	Renovate Park at Hudson Hill
Highlands Road Project	$ 10,000,000	Road widening and improvements
Project DeRenne--Phase 1 (Add funds)	$ 4,000,000	$11.1M funded (Boulevard=$70M)
South Liberty Drainage	$ 3,000,000	Coordinate County Westlake Drainage
Springfield Canal--Staley to Feiler	$ 3,000,000	Is this same as above?
Fairgrounds Infrastructure	$ 3,000,000	Extend utilities to fairground
Total=	$ 45,300,000

Springfield Canal--Phase 3	$ 300,000,000	Liberty City basin to I-16

Please note that $3 million remains available for distribution. The prior list included Casey Canal South Drainage at $25 million to add to existing funding of $15 million for the project; however, the engineering estimates show the project at $37 million. In other words, $3 million now remains available for use in other projects. Any projects beyond $3 million will require reduction in spending from the recommended list; however, this decision remains fully within the Council’s discretion.

Recommendation

Finalize a project list, and approve the Interlocal Agreement with Chatham County

Contact
Patrick Monahan, City Manager

Financial Impact
N/A

Review Comments

Attachments
Exhibit 1: DRAFT IGA - SPLOST VII (2020-2016) Final.pdf