02/13/07 Minutes

GWCC AUTHORITY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING
February 13, 2007

MINUTES
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Present:
Tom Bell
Elliott Caudell
Jim Edenfield
Glenn Hicks, Chairman
Anne Hennessy, Member at Large
Bob Prather, Im. Past Chair
Dan Graveline, GWCCA staff
Bill Miller, GWCCA staff

Chair Hicks called the conference call meeting to order at 9:00 a.m.

The purpose of this meeting was to review and vote on a resolution which “requests the Department of Economic Development to authorize the State Properties Commission, on behalf of the Department and the Authority, to enter into any agreements and do all things necessary to effectuate the conveyance of rights of way and permanent easements to the Property to the GDOT for the Project.” The “Project” is referred to as the “Jones-Simpson-Alexander Improvement” in the resolution.

The State is ready to begin the next phase of development of Ivan Allen, Jr. Boulevard, formerly known as Jones-Simpson-Alexander Streets. The road improvements run between Marietta Street and Northside Drive and will come through GWCCA property. We control the rights of way on both sides of the road and since improvements require the road to be widened and realigned, we need to essentially swap State rights of way from one side of the road to the other. The approval of the resolution is a formality which will allow the next phase of the project to begin.

If the GWCCA’s resolution is approved today, it will be presented to the Department of Economic Development this Thursday, February 15. The Department of Economic Development will then present a similar resolution to the State Properties Commission. The State Properties Commission will then take the resolutions to the Legislature for approval to swap rights of way, grant easements, etc. as necessary to develop the roadway.

Improvements will include a new bridge over the railroad which will be high enough for DOT to build a road underneath it for trucks to move between our Marshalling Yard and exhibit hall loading docks without having to get on the main road.

A motion to approve the resolution agreeing to swap rights of way with the State DOT to allow Phase II of the Jones-Simpson-Alexander Improvement Project to begin was made by Bob Prather, seconded by Jim Edenfield, and unanimously approved.

Chair Hicks thanked everyone for their participation. There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 9:05 a.m.

Recorded by: Dale Aiken