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City manager cites quick response to playground grading issue, warns of possible drought restrictions and unveils draft quarterly operations report
Summary
City manager Mr. Smith described a rapid response that enabled an ADA playground installation at Magnolia Point Park, warned of pending state drought restrictions and reviewed a draft quarterly operations report including water production and departmental performance.
City manager Mr. Smith told the council on April 21 that coordinated city and county work allowed an ADA-accessible playground installation at Magnolia Point Park to proceed on schedule after staff discovered the site had not been graded to meet the vendor's specifications.
Smith said the Haya Club had raised funds and scheduled the install, but site grading required about 160 truckloads of fill and immediate grading work. "Dwayne and Chad jumped into action on this... within the day and starting the very next morning, they had the developer of Kroger lined up to give us around 160 loads or some odd loads of dirt," he said, praising county crews and city street staff led by Mr. Schumate for hauling and grading the site so the contractor could install the playground as planned. Smith noted a ribbon-cutting and groundbreaking took place April 14.
Smith also warned the council the Georgia Environmental Protection Division was considering drought restrictions and that Hston County is in a severe drought. He summarized the city's drought contingency plan and explained that a level-two trigger would impose mandatory outdoor water-use restrictions and could include customer shut-offs for noncompliance. "It's very dry in the state of Georgia," Smith said, noting staff will publicize conservation measures should the state impose restrictions.
Finally, Smith walked through a draft quarterly operations report intended for council and public posting. Highlights included general-fund revenues at roughly 87% of budget year-to-date, water-production metrics (Woodlawn averaging about 1.92 million gallons per day of a 4.0 million permitted capacity; Tucker Road averaging about 1.13 of a 2.0 million permit; Frank Satderfield averaging about 2.74 million and nearing its permit), and an acknowledgement that police call-data tables contained an error staff will correct before publication. Smith asked council for input before finalizing the report for posting to the city's website.
The pre-council discussion concluded with a request that Mr. Schumate and Mr. McMurray receive recognition during the evening meeting for their roles in the playground project.
