FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. – The Board of Commissioners will consider a First Addendum to the City/County Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) regarding raw and finished water when they meet in the final work session of the year Tuesday (Dec. 21) at 2 p.m. in the County Administration Building, 220 E. Main Street in Cumming.

The agreement authorizes payment by the County to the City of a not to exceed amount of $1,800,000 for the City to design, construct, install, operate, and maintain a new 900 HP Raw Water Pump at its Intake Facility

Other agenda items to be consider include:

• Approval to award Bid 21-134-3330 for the Laurel Springs Gravity Sewer Upgrade for the Department of Water and Sewer in the amount of $3,385,670 to Site Engineering Inc.;
• Approval to award Bid 21-164-1620 for Courthouse ADA Parking Lot Improvements/Pedestrian Crosswalk to Buildline General Contractors in the amount of $532,815.00;
• Approval to award Bid 21-168-3330 for the purchase of various Lead-Free Water Parts and Backflows on an as-needed basis for calendar year 2022 for the Department of Water and Sewer to Core & Main and Line in an estimated amount of $315,000;
• Approval to award RFP 21-129-1620 for Commissioning Authority Services for Fire Station #9 and Fire Station #15 for the Department of Public Facilities to Total Systems Commissioning Authority Services Inc. in the amount of $86,000;
• Approval to award RFP 21-141-3150 for as needed Geotechnical Services for the calendar year 2022 for various County Departments to NOVA Engineering and Environmental; ECS Southeast, LLC; S&ME, Inc.; United Consulting; Geo-Hydro Engineers; and, Contour Engineering, LLC.  Amounts will be based on need and project – Director, Department of Procurement;
• Approval to award RFP 21-150-3150 for Environmental Monitoring and Watershed Support Services for the calendar year 2022 for the Department of Engineering to Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc. in the amount of $365,000;
• Approval to issue a Task Order to Brown and Caldwell for Planning, Permitting, and Engineering Design for the Expansion of the Shakerag Water Reclamation Facility from its current capacity of 1.25 MGD to 2.5 MGD in the not to exceed amount of $1,738,123;
• Approval of Task Order #8 with ESG Engineering, Inc. for a Taste and Odor Pilot Study and Technology Review at the Water Treatment Plant. in the not to exceed amount of $221,060;
• Authorization to enter into the Low-Income Household Water Assistance Program (LIHWAP) with the Georgia Department of Human Services, Division of Family and Children Services;
• A resolution to appoint Anita Tucker as the Democratic Representative to the Board of Registrations and Elections to fill the remaining term of Randy Ingram;
• Approval to increase the County fee amounts for Dangerous and Vicious Animal classifications;
• Approval of a Budget Resolution regarding the GEMA Explosive Ordinance Device (EOD) K9 Grant Award #50 in the amount of $73,500.00;
• Approval of a Budget Resolution regarding the GEMA State Homeland Security Program/CERT Project #13 in the amount of $11,306;
• Approval of a Budget Resolution regarding the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety H.E.A.T Grant Award in the amount of $77,680.64;
• Authorization for the District Attorney’s Office to accept the award from the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council (CJCC) regarding the Federal Fiscal Year 2022 VOCA Continuation Base VWAP Program Funding, award #C21-8-001;
• Authorization for the District Attorney’s Office to accept the award from the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council (CJCC) regarding the Federal Fiscal Year 2022 Coronavirus Emergency Supplemental Funding (CESF), B50-8-128, in the amount of $58,472;
• Authorization to apply for the State of Georgia FY2022 Local Maintenance & Improvement Grant (LMIG) for an amount not to exceed $2,674,079.31 with a required match of up to $1,146,033.90;
• Approval of the FY2021 Emergency Management Performance Grant, administered by GEMA/HS, for $50,000.00 with a required match of $50,000.00 with authorization for the Chair to sign required documents and authorization for the Emergency Management Agency Director to electronically submit the Grant application.  If Grant is approved, staff requests Board authorization for the County Manager to sign any future close-out documents related to the Grant;
• Approval of the following 2022 Non-Profit Annual Agreements (total of eight Agreements): Bald Ridge Lodge, Inc.; CASA of Forsyth County, Inc.; The Children’s Center for Hope and Healing, Inc.; The Forsyth County Division of Family and Children Services; Forsyth County Family Haven, Incorporated; Jesse’s House, Inc.; Mentor Me – North Georgia, Inc.; and, Supporting Adoption & Foster Families Together, Inc;
• Possible direction regarding amendments to the Unified Development Code related to Title Opinion for Sketch Plats within Chapter 8;
• Possible direction regarding amendments to the Unified Development Code related to M1 Sketch Plats and Non-Residential Building Expansion within Chapter 8;
• Possible direction regarding amendments to the Unified Development Code related to Lap Siding within Chapter 11;
• Possible direction regarding a County-Initiated Conditional Use Permit for agritourism on 39.21 acres currently zoned Agricultural District (A1) – Parcel 188-039;
• Reappointment of Terri Johnson as the District 2 Representative on the Parks and Recreation Board for a two-year term to begin January 1, 2022 and expire December 31, 2023;
• A resolution supporting reform to Georgia’s Annexation Dispute Resolution Law;
• Approval of a Resolution to condemn property interests in Parcel 151, Tax Parcel 113-426 (Richard Wilmath and Susan Wilmath), of the McGinnis Ferry Road Widening Project (PI#0004634) with authorization for the Chair to execute documents in furtherance of same; estimated just and adequate compensation: $31,200;
• (28) Board consideration and approval of a Resolution to condemn property interests in Parcel 153, Tax Parcel 113-190 (Christopher M. Hanusek and Sherri L. Hanusek), of the McGinnis Ferry Widening Project (PI#0004634) with estimated just and adequate compensation: $3,300;
• Ratification of a Purchase Agreement with authorization for closing for 0.5554 acres of Fee Simple Right of Way in the amount of $27,700 needed for the Namon Wallace Road Project;
• Ratification of a Purchase Agreement with authorization for closing for 0.3453 acres of Fee Simple Right of Way in the amount of $17,265.00 needed for the Namon Wallace Road Project;
• Ratification of a Purchase Agreement with authorization for closing for 22,691.72 square feet of temporary easement for the construction of slopes (3 tracts) and cost-to-cure (landscaping/irrigation, stack stone column, 4-rail wood fence) for the sum of $70,800 needed for the Old Atlanta Road – Phase IV Project;
• A Memorandum of Understanding between CL-RP McFarland, LLC, the Georgia Department of Transportation, and Forsyth County, regarding the potential exchange of real property owned by CL-RP McFarland, LLC, with real property owned by Forsyth County;
• Authorization to tender documentation to the State Department of Community Affairs acknowledging the City of Cumming’s withdrawal of an annexation petition on behalf of Horizon Christian Academy and otherwise withdrawing the County’s request for arbitration.