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The True Citizen, Wednesday, June 16, 2021 — Page 3
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Homeowner expresses sentiments concerning airport expansion plans
Property owner Jeannie Joyner criticized the commissioners’
plans to expand airport services during the monthly meeting
June 8.
Consultant Amanda Hill said there are several options rooted
in FAA guidance that can be discussed with Jeannie Joyner
once the results of the appraisal are received.
SHELLIE SMITLEY
thetruecitizen.shellie@gmail.com
Property owner Jeannie
Joyner faced the Board of
Commissioners June 8 with her
sentiments about the county's
plans for the airport, including
acquisition of her home.
“To me the condition of the
airport is not desirable,” she
said. “If I owned a $3 million
jet, I would not fly into Burke
County, I would fly into Au
gusta.”
Joyner stated that the county
spending a “ton of money”
expanding airport services
and purchasing her home in
the process, was money being
spent unnecessarily.
“I don’t ever see that airport
being a revenue source for
this county,” she said. “In my
lifetime, I don’t see it.”
Joyner is worried about her
home. She received a certi
fied letter May 7 stating the
County’s intention to purchase
her property that sits adjacent
to the east side of the airport.
It took her by surprise, she
said. She thought the issue had
been resolved in 2018 when the
County notified her that acqui
sition of her parcel was not a
necessary part of expanding
the facility.
“When I received the let
ter on May 7, I did a lot of
research,” she told the panel.
“I read every meeting agenda
and every airport committee
agenda, come to find out this
was re-addressed in October
2020.”
Joyner explained that she re
cently moved back to Waynes
boro, after selling her family’s
farm located in Sylvania.
“My intent was to move
back here, retire here, and live
my life in that home,” she said
and pointed out that she has
lived in the home off-and-on
since 1973.
Joyner said an appraisal has
been performed on her prop
erty and surveying was con
ducted without her knowledge.
“I was kind of upset about
that,” she said. “But I can’t
change that all I can do is move
forward and be open minded
to whatever they consider but
I would like the county to re
consider this purchase.”
Joyner acknowledged that
there are trees that are part of
the Federal Aviation Adminis
tration’s concern. She said she
can’t afford to remove them
herself. She is not opposed to
the County removing the trees.
“But if the whole intent is
just to spend federal funding
on my property, then I don’t
get it,” she said. “I want you
to take into consideration that
this is my home.”
Chairwoman Terri Lodge
Kelly was the first to respond.
“We hear you and we un
derstand,” she said and asked
consultant Amanda Hill to ad
dress the issue.
Hill said the airport com
mittee intends to approach the
matter in an empathetic way.
She said there are several op
tions rooted in FAA guidance
that can be discussed once
the results of the appraisal are
received next month. She spe
cifically mentioned relocation
assistance and life estate poten
tial. Allowing Joyner to reside
in her home for the rest of her
life could satisfy FAA require
ments because there would be
an “end” to the circumstances.
No additional structures could
be built. The airport commit
tee is not planning any airport
expansion on the East side of
the facility in the near future.
Hill said it’s an issue of
airspace safety changes on the
FAA’s part, regarding distance
between airports and structures
where people gather. The air
port committee is presented
with the task of taking an
existing residence/airport situ
ation and making it conform
to current FAA requirements.
Houses, nursing homes and
schools do not mix well with
airspace.
“We wouldn’t put those
things there, if we were starting
from scratch,” Hill said.
Joyner pointed out that her
home was constructed in 1960,
years before the airport was
commissioned.
“I am here tonight to ask the
committee to drop this propos
al,” she said choking back tears
and later said that she wanted
to pass the property down to
family members. “My mother
died in that home.”
Commissioner Lucious
Abrams gently persuaded
Joyner that expanding airport
services was helping to ensure
jobs for future generations.
WHAT’S NEXT?
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New student registration
Burke County Public Schools new student registration is open and available online for
the 2021-2022 school year. Now parents and guardians are able to complete registration
entirely online through a safe and secure system, including the ability to upload required
documentation like birth certificates, proofs of residency, etc. This easy to use process
is for new students enrolling in kindergarten through 12th grade. It's as easy as 1,2,3. 1.
Gather required documents. 2. Click the New Student Registration link at www.burke.
kl2.ga.us. 3. Complete and submit the registration application. Enroll and register now.
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Don’t be
alarmed.
Plant Vogtle siren test
scheduled June 23 rd .
On Wednesday, June 23 rd , Plant Vogtle will test
the emergency notification system. During this
time, outdoor sirens may be activated within
the states of South Carolina and Georgia, in the
surrounding counties of Burke, Allendale, Aiken and
Barnwell.
Plant Vogtle has installed 48 new sirens throughout
the 10-mile radius around the plant as part of its
efforts to protect residents in the unlikely event
of an emergency at the plant. Plant Vogtle will
test individual sirens for up to three minutes on
June 23 each to measure the reach of the sirens
around the plant. The test will be coordinated with
local emergency management agencies. Residents
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as the test is being conducted.
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