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FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS Wednesday, June 3,1996 ? '
County close to final contract on landfill
By Phillip Hermann
News Editor
Landfill Director Ben Knight
said earlier this week that he
expects to recommend approval of
a contract to complete closure of
the Hightower Road Landfill at the
next meeting of the Forsyth
County Commission on Monday,
June 8.
That recommendation had been
delayed from the commission’s
May 27 meeting because Knight
wanted a little more time to study
bids for the project, which is
expected to cost nearly $3 million.
Phase IV of the closure is nearly
complete at a cost of $750,000.
Closing out the three other
phases of the landfill will include
applying a 6-inch vegetative cover
in addition to an 18-inch clay
cover. Knight said those require
ments follow guidelines estab
lished by the Georgia
Environmental Protection
Division, which is continuing to
monitor the closure.
Using the two covers elimi
nates the possibility of groundwa
ter contamination, he added.
Knight noted that redevelop
ment of the 113-acre site is severe
ly limited by the EPD.
He added that he will recom
mend that the land be used as
“green space” after closure, with
the possibility of creating walking
trails and an observation tower so
that residents can watch the
wildlife that comes to the area
because of its proximity to the
Etowah River.
“We have bear and deer com
ing to the area, so we possibility
: Deaths
Lawrence E. Metcalf
; Lawrence E. Metcalf, 79, of
• Cumming, formerly of
* Fayetteville, Tenn., died
Wednesday, May 27, 1998. He
was preceded in death by his
- wife, Eva Wells Metcalf.
Survivors include his com
panion, Inez Quirouet of
Cumming; sisters and brothers
in-law, Jessie Metcalf of
Petersburg, Tenn., Rose Nell
and L.D. Tucker, Lucille and
Lesley Price, Ernesteen and
Luther Young, all of
Fayetteville, Tenn., and Sarah
Parrish of Ft. Wayne, Ind.;
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ple could come and see them,"
Knight explained.
The landfill’s closure was start
ed in December 1997, but is
expected to be completed until
later this year.
The decision to close the land
fill and contract out solid waste
services to BFI was made by the
commission last year based on a
recommendation by Knight that
the county’s continuing in the
landfill business would be too
costly.
Since that time, the county has
opened a new garbage transfer and
convenience station at the landfill
site where residents can bring
garbage and large disposal items.
In other recent action, the com
mission:
• Approved establishing 25
mph speed limits for Two Rivers
Drive (Chattahoochee River Club),
New College Way, New University
Trail, New Campus Court, New
Maine Trail (Princeton Square,
Phase 2), Sunbriar Drive,
Pembroke Place, Willows Way
(Polo Golf and Country Club,
Phase 18) and Heatherwyn Way,
Southfield Trail and Howegate
Terrace (Nichols Creek, Phase 2).
The commission also approved
reducing the speed limit on Adams
Road from 35 mph to 25 mph;
• Approved accepting multi
way stops at Brookwood Way and
Deauville Way, and at Brookwood
Way and Southwold Court;
• Approved the reappointment
of Talmadge Bolton to the
Department of Family and
Children Services board represent-
nieces, nephews and other rela
tives.
Funeral services were held
Friday, May 29, at 3 p.m. at
McCauley Funeral Home
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expire in 2003;
• Postponed until its next meet
ing on June 8 to consider a request
by the Forsyth County Board of
Education to waive or reduce the
tap fee for a 3-inch irrigation
meter for South Forsyth Middle
School;
• Postponed until June 8 a deci
sion on a request by local busi
nessman Skip Beighey for an
amendment to zoning conditions
on a 2.4-acre parcel on Strickland
Road near Hwy. 9 to pave way for
a pizza restaurant.
Current restrictions only allow
for the development of a existing
building at the site as a showroom
for refrigeration equipment.
County officials said that
Beighey’s attorney, Emory
Lipscomb, requested the delay. No
reason was given.
At a public hearing on the
request conducted by the commis
sion in early May, several resi
dents spoke in opposition saying
they feared allowing a restaurant at
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The Rev. Aubrey Knois officiat
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Interment was held at
Lincoln Cemetery in Lincoln,
the site would lead to noise and
traffic problems.
They also raised concerns that
a restaurant would become a
night-time hangout for youth;
• Approved a bid from
Mainland Development Systems
Inc. of $19,900 for construction of
addition parking at the
Administration Building in down
town Cumming. District 5
Commissioner Julian Bowen said
the sooner parking is expanded,
the better;
• Recognized the Forsyth
Central High School Drama
Department for winning the One-
Act Play State Championship.
Bowen had asked that the commis
sion honor the group because it
has won the championship four
years in a row. No one from the
department attended at the meet
ing to accept the honor.
“Last year they were all here
and we made them stand up and
come to the front. I guess they
didn’t want to be embarrassed
again,” he quipped.
Tenn.
Ingram Funeral Home of
Cumming had charge of the
arrangements.
Forsyth County News
RECYCLING from 1A
Georgia Environmental Facilities
Authority that was awarded to aid
the recycling effort, Knight said.
The equipment has been ordered,
but Knight said the county won’t
have it shipped until the site is
ready. That grant was awarded in
1997 after the county requested
SIOO,OOO. The amount was
reduced because of the large
number of other jurisdictions
seeking funding from GEFA for
similar projects, state officials
said at the time the grant was
awarded.
At least one county official is
concerned that continued delays
on the project could jeopardize
the state funding.
Nancy Smallwood, resource
coordinator for the county,
expressed disappointment over
the delay. “Each day we delay the
situation gets more congested at
the Tolbert Street facility. This
past Saturday, it was packed over
here,” she said.
Smallwood added that the
county has asked for and received
an extension on the GEFA grant
until Nov. 1. If finalizing the con
tract for the nqw recycling center
would push implementation past
that date, she said there are no
guarantees that GEFA would fol
low through with the grant funds.
“I really don’t know what would
happen in that case, but I don’t
think GEFA would look at it
favorably,” she commented.
The new facility is part of an
ongoing effort by the county to
reduce the amount of solid waste
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in light of. the decision in
December 1997 to close the
Hightower Road Landfill.
The county’s recycling center
in operation is on Tolbert Street
in Cumming. That center
accepts aluminum cans, bi-metal
(soup, pet food, foods) cans that
have been washed out with
water to prevent contamination
and insects, corrugated card
board boxes, newspapers, maga
zines, office paper, plastic con
tainers and clear, brown and
green glass.
Before bringing recyclable
items to the center, residents
should clean them as much as
possible, including removing the
metal or plastic caps off glass and
plastic bottles.
Smallwood said other recy
cling initiatives are in the works,
bolstered by the announcement
last week that the GEFA has
awarded the county an additional
$14,000 grant to pay for paving at
the Tolbert Street facility, and for
concrete slabs on which to place
the recycling bins on. In addition,
Smallwood noted that a portion of
the grant will be used to put recy
cling bins at the old landfill site
for plastic, newspapers, alu
minum cans and glass which can
be used by private waste haulers
and residents.
Implementation of the projects
is most likely tied to the comple
tion of the new recycling center
since the grant funding for all
items is coming from the same
source, Smallwood said.