Wednesday, November 21, 2001
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WASA approves land, construction deals for new admininstration buildingBy JOHN
MUNFORD
The new administration building for the Peachtree City Water and Sewerage Authority will be built by Group VI of Peachtree City on land the authority has agreed to purchase from Peachtree City Holdings in the city's industrial park area. The authority approved the purchase of 9 acres along Ga. Highway 74 and Rockaway Road for $260,000, the appraisal value for the property, said WASA General Manager Larry Turner. The authority also bought 29 acres south of Falcon Field from Peachtree City Holdings that is adjacent to its Rockaway sewage treatment facility. That land, which will sell for $218,000, will be used to build storage ponds necessary for the authority's urban reuse program that will use specially treated wastewater as irrigation for Planterra Ridge golf course. The storage pond site was actually appraised at $200,000, but that was when it was thought there was only 12 useable acres on the site; a later survey revealed that 16 of the site's acres could be used for the project, Turner said. So although the price paid was higher than the original appraised price, the authority is getting a good deal on the transaction, Turner added. Group VI was the only bidder for constructing the building. The current estimated cost is $1.246 million, down approximately $110,000 though some changes in the specifications, Turner told the authority at its meeting Monday night. WASA member Ted Taylor said he was concerned about making sure the project stood up to public scrutiny. He said he wanted an outside firm to review the plans, which are being developed by Group VI as part of the design-build contract. Taylor was the only negative vote against approving the contract with Group VI for the construction. Jim Pace of Group VI said that the company bid out every facet of the construction to keep costs down. WASA's current administration building was originally supposed to be a temporary facility. It is located at the Flat Creek sewage treatment plant, which will be shuttered as part of a $15 million project to expand the sewer system. The authority still plans to keep its permit to discharge treated sewage water into Flat Creek, with that sewage being pumped in from another facility.
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