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Council approved the measure during the April 27 meeting.
The $22 million county Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax project is set to be built at the Bridges at Jodeco development site inside city limits.
The agreement will put the donation of the property, design, location, permitting authority, building inspections, certificate of occupancy, impact fee waivers and all operations of the aquatic center in the hands of the county.
Additionally the county will be responsible for lighting, parking, landscaping and access roads.
City Attorney Jeremy Berry, working with County Attorney Patrick Jaugstetter, said an indemnity clause was added to protect the city.
ATLANTA â The Fulton County School System is entering the final year of its five-year building program in better shape financially and operationally than expected.
âWhat a climb we ve had and we re almost at the top,â said Louis Mosley, interim director of operations for the district. âThe good news is I have a message of promises made and promises delivered.â
Under Capital Plan 2022 which kicked off in June 2017, Mosely said 88 of the districtâs 105 schools will have been âtouchedâ in some way, either through building upgrades, technology improvements, safety equipment or combinations of all.
The $980 million capital plan is funded primarily through the 1-cent Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax, which was renewed by voters for a fourth time in June 2017 and runs through June 2022. The current SPLOST was initially projected to raise $940 million over the five-year period.
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The $27.4 million contract was awarded to E.R. Snell Contractor Inc. of Snellville.
Work is expected to begin at the end of May and completed within 18 months, though, according to Transportation Director Roque Romero, work could be completed sooner depending on the number of crews working simultaneously.
Romero said heâll have more details following a pre-construction meeting to be held in about three weeks.
Roads to be repaved were determined using the Georgia Department of Transportationâs Pavement Condition Evaluation System. The program assigns a rating to roads, based on pavement condition, using a 0-100 scale, with 100 being the best.