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Cracker Jax
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Posted: Jul 3rd, 2006 06:31 pm |
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I absolutely agree with Mike.
Let's concentrate on the Municipal Building.
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DOGGETTJA
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Posted: Jul 3rd, 2006 08:57 pm |
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Me three on municipat building only. I think I heard from somebody that a place for the sheriff is in the works but dang if I can remember who told me or where it was. Unfortunately I think the sheriff substation is a dead issue for Summerfield. I still think the citizens in Summerfield would have benefitted greatly but oh well.
Now as to the municipat building I think there is an architect rendition of a building already. We need to get people interested in getting the Town Council on the program. Anybody have any ideas on how to do this?
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Baseball Buddy
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Posted: Jul 3rd, 2006 09:21 pm |
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I'll give 100% of my support for a new Town Hall. Keep in mind, Look for a piece of property with room for expansion for future use. There are properties out there but, will the town be willing to purchase this prime property for such use? Let's make this happen soon before all the property is bought up. They just don't make any more of it around these parts. Food for thought.
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Posted: Jul 4th, 2006 12:55 pm |
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Baseball Buddy wrote: I'll give 100% of my support for a new Town Hall. Keep in mind, Look for a piece of property with room for expansion for future use. There are properties out there but, will the town be willing to purchase this prime property for such use? Let's make this happen soon before all the property is bought up. They just don't make any more of it around these parts. Food for thought.
Buddy, the town owns that property on Summerfield Rd. (at the corner of Rondan rd.) Thats what BS wanted to sell.
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Posted: Jul 4th, 2006 01:01 pm |
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DOGGETTJA wrote: Now as to the municipat building I think there is an architect rendition of a building already. We need to get people interested in getting the Town Council on the program. Anybody have any ideas on how to do this?
Jane, would the town be able to use this architect's drawing, since it included the substation?
Of course, the town might want to go on and build it and maybe rent out unneeded space. That's what Oak Ridge is planning to do. They said they were planning for 50 years into the future. I think they're going from renting something like 1,000 s.f. to a 9,700 s.f. building.
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FatPappy
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Posted: Jul 4th, 2006 01:19 pm |
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Yes suh an' yes ma'am, we been needin' a municipal buildin' fer some time now!
I gather some people think addin' that new door to the Recreation Center fixed the problem. It's a nice door an' all, but it ain't no door to the future. It's just a door to the same ol' short-sighted, penny wise an' pound foolish CC way o' thinkin'.
Suppose you have a flat tire on your truck. Suppose the hole in that tire is so big that no patch will cover it an' the tire just will not hold air! Without a tire that will hold air, your truck can't go very far an' the cargo you're haulin' just sits there. The solution?
There are two choices:
A. Buy a new tire an' get on with bidness.
B. Claim the tire is not the problem. The problem is the air goin' in the tire. If we stop tryin' to put air in the tire, then we don't have to worry about the hole in the tire an' we won't "waste" money on a new tire.
Which should we choose? (Hint: The argument for solution B just won't hold air. Even if'n it's a lot o' hot air.)
Last edited on Jul 4th, 2006 01:23 pm by FatPappy
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DOGGETTJA
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Posted: Jul 4th, 2006 01:49 pm |
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I think there is a architect rendition with the second floor or basement depending how you look at it of the building left out. It possibly would make sense to leave the building the size it is and have room for possible expansion. As I remember it the well/septic issue was the potential of the sheriff having all the officers in the building at one time which according to sheriff office never happens but the system has to accomodate that number anyway. If the building was built to accomdate less people then the septic might not be an issue. The lot is 1.2 acres I think and at one time there was potential to buy more but of course due to the enormous hate campaign going on at the time that issue was never followed up on.
I think the current lot is perfect for a town hall. Right there on Summerfield road next to the fire station. The architect rendition is mineful of the old depot that use to be in that area when the train stopped in Summerfield. A lot of historical significance and would also give a center to the whole area.
Pappy I love your tire analogy. You have such a talent for being able to see unusual solutions to problems. Maybe all that moon shine helps?
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FatPappy
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Posted: Jul 4th, 2006 02:10 pm |
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S. Smith wrote:
Of course, the town might want to go on and build it and maybe rent out unneeded space. That's what Oak Ridge is planning to do. They said they were planning for 50 years into the future. I think they're going from renting something like 1,000 s.f. to a 9,700 s.f. building.
Interestin' idee, Sandra! 50 yars from now is gonna be here in a few yars. By the way, what's that "p" word you were usin'? P-p-p-plan-ning? That's not in some folks' vocabulary! Hee hee!
Didn't somebody (a lawyer or somethin') tell us it was illegal fer a town to rent out space an' anybody who proposes such is married to the devil or somethin' like that? Or maybe the argument was it's a "political" municipal buildin' built in a "political" entity called Summerfield. I cain't keep it straight. Or was it somethin' about an alien invasion? I don't know...
Maybe Dunkin' Donuts would want to rent out some space.
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Posted: Jul 4th, 2006 02:34 pm |
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DOGGETTJA wrote:
Pappy I love your tire analogy. You have such a talent for being able to see unusual solutions to problems. Maybe all that moon shine helps?
Much obliged, Jane. I 'preciate y'all keepin' us straight on the details. This is a important project that we really need to get goin' ag'in.
By the way, it ain't the shine, it's clean livin'. Hee hee!
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Posted: Jul 5th, 2006 11:57 am |
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| The Town has a full set of drawings already to put out for bids. The only thing to change is in the 2/3 of the basement (that would have been the substation), Leave it unfinished for the future. The plans are paid for and ready to build. All we need is a vote. The money is in the bank........
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Posted: Jul 5th, 2006 12:30 pm |
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Pappy likes the sound o' that, Mr. Mike!
The load o' farwood's been cut, the track's been laid...let's get this train a-movin'!
Maybe the NWO can publish a pitcher of what it will look like.
Do the plans call fer enough room in the basement to store all Mom's copier supplies? She really needs her own substation to adequately cover her territory. I don't think her young'uns have been he'pin' her much lately.
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Posted: Jul 5th, 2006 12:54 pm |
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| Pappy the basement does have a file storage room....The town would save money by not having to paid anymore for their off site storage.....
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Posted: Jul 5th, 2006 03:34 pm |
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| Now that's thinking ahead.........building a F.O.I.A. room right into the plans !!!
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Posted: Jul 5th, 2006 04:10 pm |
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Waytago, I'm a-reckonin' F.O.I.A. stands fer Freedom of Information Act.
(Sorry, Pappy don't play a lawyer online, I play a ol' coot. Hee hee.)
We might need a padded room fer poor ol' Michael Brandt in them plans.
Does anybody know if'n the town charges fees fer fulfillin' FOIA requests based on a person's ability to pay? I understand fees are charged at the federal level. I'll look into it when I get a minute, but I figger somebody might know right off.
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Posted: Jul 5th, 2006 05:39 pm |
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| Its a low material only fee .....no labor.....
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