Wednesday, August 15, 2001
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Wednesday, August 15, 2001 |
| Civic auditorium
out, playgrounds, picnic areas added to list for PTC bond referendum
And JOHN MUNFORD
The list of projects for Peachtree City's proposed bond referendum in November will be presented to the City Council at its meeting Thursday night. Absent from the list is a $3.1 million civic auditorium which had previously been proposed by Mayor Bob Lenox. Added is $200,000 for four playgrounds and two picnic shelters. Other projects remaining on the proposed list include a community center, the expansion of Kedron Fieldhouse, improvements to Drake Field and refinancing of the Airport Authority's existing debt. Each project will be listed separately on the ballot so voters can pick and choose if they wish. The newly added playground plans are for four locations: one at the Three Ponds area at Luther Glass Park, one near the multi-purpose rink under construction at the Kedron recreation complex and two at the baseball and soccer complex on Ga. Highway 74 South with one near the baseball fields and the other near the soccer fields. The picnic shelters would be located near the city's BMX track and near the Glenloch recreation area. At its last meeting, council agreed to make a $2.6 million offer to purchase the Braelinn Baptist Church campus off Robinson Road to use as the community center. The church has 27 classrooms and a multi-purpose space that can seat 600 people. The recreation department plans to expand its program offerings with the new space. The $1.73 million expansion of the Kedron recreation center would add a gymnasium and a multi-purpose room. Leisure Services Director Randy Gaddo said the gym would be suitable for a number of sports including basketball, volleyball and badminton. The room would be used for exercise, gymnastics and martial arts classes, Gaddo said. The improvements to Drake Field include the addition of a boathouse and dock, a walking trail, a special golf cart crossing linking it to Picnic Park, interpretative signage and an interpretative center on the lake. Those improvements would cost approximately $700,000. The refinancing of the Airport Authority's existing debt would cost $1.62 million. The object of refinancing the debt is to save money in the long run through lower interest rates.
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