Board of Commissioners expected to award Chamblee Gap Rd. project to Blount Construction

FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. – The reclamation and widening of Chamblee Gap Road will be among the agenda items when the Forsyth County Board of Commissioners meets Tuesday (Apr. 6) at 2 p.m. in the County Administration Building, 110 East Main Street in Cumming.

County staff has recommended that Blount Construction Company be awarded the bid in the amount of $515,605.18, with funding from Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST). The project calls for the widening of .917 miles of Chamblee Gap starting at the east end of the improved section from SR 141 and continuing to Forsyth County school property. The finished project will be 21 foot wide with two foot shoulders.

Other items on Tuesday’s agenda include:

• A discussion regarding the Development Authority;
• The list of items as surplus with authorization for the Department of Procurement to dispose of accordingly;
• Bid 21-37-5211 for the purchase of seven new zero turn mowers for the Department of Parks and Recreation. Staff Recommendation: award to Terry’s Equipment Sales & Rental in the amount of $55,500.00;
• A Change Order with Blount Construction Company, Inc. on the 2020 Road Resurfacing Project. Staff Recommendation: approve the Change Order in the amount of $270,500;
• A Task Order with CH2MHill (Jacobs) to update the Water Master Plan for the Department of Water and Sewer. Staff Recommendation: approve the Task Order in the amount of $199,522.00;
• Temporary Staffing needed at the vaccination site for the Emergency Management Agency. Staff Recommendation: award to Staffing Options, Inc. in the not to exceed amount of $105,548.80; funding source: FEMA/Vaccine Grant for Professional Services;
• An Encroachment Agreement for Easement with Georgia Transmission Corporation for the installation, operation, and maintenance of a 16″ ductile water main crossing a GTC Easement on Browns Bridge Road;
• An Encroachment Agreement for Easement with Georgia Transmission Corporation for the installation, operation, and maintenance of a 16″ ductile water main inside a 24″ steel casing pipe crossing a GTC Easement on Keith Bridge Road at Dawson Crossing – Hammonds Crossing;
• A Waterline Extension Policy to define a process for extending water service to existing, developed areas that do not currently have access to the Forsyth County public water system;
• A revised and updated Intergovernmental Agreement for the Purchase and Sale of Treated Water between Forsyth County and the Etowah Water and Sewer Authority;
• Authorization to apply for the State of Georgia FY2021 Local Maintenance & Improvement Grant Safety Action Plan (LMIG SAP) for an amount not to exceed $115,000.00 with a required match of up to $34,500.00 with authorization for the Chair to execute any related application documents. Staff requests this Item be considered on a “Time Sensitive” basis;
• Ratification of the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council Emergency Grant Award to the Forsyth County Adult Felony Drug Court in the amount of $3,500 to support case manager services due to COVID;
• Ratification of the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council Pandemic Relief and Technology Grant Award to the Forsyth County C.A.R.E. Program in the amount of $2,479 to purchase additional technology equipment due to COVID;
• Reappointment of Carla Radzikinas as the Republican Party member to the Forsyth County Board of Registrations and Elections;
• Creation of a Capital Projects Management Director position. Staff requests this Item be considered on a “Time Sensitive” basis;
• An Intergovernmental Agreement with the City of Cumming for creation of the Forsyth County/City of Cumming Land Bank and Resolution appointing members;
• Res6 Performance Standards;
• Presentation by Drug Intervention Counselor and others regarding experiences, outcomes, and successes due to intervention efforts at the Gateway Academy;

The Board is expected to go into Executive Session. Following the Executive Session, the Board will consider the following Resolutions to Condemn Property Rights in connection with the Coal Mountain Connector Project:

Parcel 10 – 2.024 acres of fee simple right of way and 79,940.12 square feet of temporary easement for construction of slopes (owners: Donald Jerry Gravitt, as Executor of the Estate of Bertie Mae Burgess Gravitt; Mildred Gravitt Williamson, individually and as heir of Rufus Gravitt, by and through Richard Neville, Esq., as her duly appointed Conservator; Donald Jerry Gravitt, individually and as heir of Rufus Gravitt; Charles Dennis Gravitt, individually and as heir of Rufus Gravitt; and Gary Allen Gravitt, individually and as heir of Rufus Gravitt);

Parcel 11 – 0.021 acres of fee simple right of way and 3,185.01 square feet of temporary easement for construction of slopes (owners: Donnie Williamson and Mildred Gravitt Williamson by and through Richard Neville, Esq., as her duly appointed Conservator);

A resolution to Amend Condemnation of Property Rights in connection with the Ronald Reagan Boulevard Extension, parcel 7: 0.155 acres of fee simple right of way; 2,259.16 square feet of permanent easement for construction and maintenance of slopes; square feet of temporary construction easement; 9,473.11 and two (2) temporary driveway easements (owners: Anson Logistics Assets, LLC and Prudential Insurance Company of America);

An acquisitions contract for the purchase of real estate, between 400 Pilgrim LLC (seller) and Forsyth County, Georgia (buyer), for land located along both sides of Freedom Pkwy, Cumming GA, otherwise known as Forsyth County tax parcel 219-113, comprised of 58.57 acres; but with the acquisition contract being only for acquisition of +/- 42 acres, and with a contingency for acquisition of an additional +/- 10 to 12 acres of the same tax parcel. Staff requests this Item be considered on a “Time Sensitive” basis – County Manager