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ESPLOST 2
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field work;
• the conversion of Risley Middle
School into a new Risley Early College
Academy;
• renovations and additions to Glynn
Academy;
• a new fine arts center to be known
as the Coastal Community Center for
the Arts (There was some board discus
sion about the name of this facility, but
no final decisions were made.);
• renovations to the Historic Risley
Center;
• renovations to Altama and Bur-
roughs-Molette Elementary Schools;
• a new elementary school; and
• land acquisition, renovations
throughout the system to both real
and personal property and equipment,
including technology hardware, soft
ware and fiber, and a new transporta
tion facility.
This proposed 1 cent education tax
will run for five years like the Glynn
County Commission's SPLOSTs.
For ESPLOST 1 the school board
opted for a three and a half year tax
thinking the shorter time frame would
be more palatable to the voters.
Also, the school board expected
ESPLOST 1 to raise about $100 million
based on the 7.5% rate that the county
was receiving at the time.
But, according to school system Chief
Financial Officer Andrea Preston, since
economy has made the downturn, she
and the school board are expecting
ESPLOST 1 to come in short at about
$73 million.
Asked how much ESPLOST 2 will
bring in, Preston said staff is still work
ing on that figure.
County moves forward
with Pate Bldg, plans
At the June 9 Glynn Comity Finance
Committee meeting committee mem
bers gave county staff the green light
to complete architectural plans for the
Pate Building expansion.
Cost estimate of the three story,
21,675 sq. ft. expansion is $4.9 million
and is included in SPLOST V county
wide project budget.
Departments expected to relocate
from the County's Office Park Building
are Community Development and pos
sibly Environmental Health. Engineer
ing and Code Enforcement will relocate
from the old Barnett Bank building
saving the County $8,800 per month
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After some minor changes to the
draft copy of the referendum, Pannell
said he would rework it and bring
it back to the school board at their
Tuesday, June 23 meeting for final
approval.
Panned said at that point, school
board attorney Andrew Lakin can send
the document through the federal Jus
tice Department process for approval.
According to Panned this final step
is more of a formality. □
Island planning
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the way the height restrictions are gov
erned. They also included reducing the
number of zoning classifications that
currently exist in the PVP district.
The revisions also included the cre
ation of an island corridor overlay that
would cover major island roads such as
Demere Rd., Frederica Rd. and Kings
Way and subject adjacent properties to
the same regulations included in the
PVP ordinance.
And finally, the revisions included
an architectural review board that
would review applications for commer
cial development, within the PVP dis
trict or corridor.
While the IPC looked at a revised
version of the original proposal, the
general tone of the work session was
a discussion of the larger approach or
bigger picture rather than a discussion
of specific details of the changes.
Different choices on how to attack
the issue were discussed, such as
should the corridor be eliminated or
should the review board be eliminated.
The sentiment seemed to be to
keep the corridor overlay and drop the
review board. It was suggested that the
review board would be another layer of
bureaucracy to handle functions that
the IPC can carry out.
It was stated that a "middle ground"
needed to be found so the corridor
overlay would not generate too much
additional paperwork.
The possibility of additional site plan
requirements that deal with appear
ance was also discussed.
There was less discussion of the
actual changes to the PVP ordinance.
According to Planning and Zoning
Division Manager York Phillips, the
PVP ordinance is currently heavy on
rules for measuring height and build
ing footprint, with only general rules
about building appearance.
The IPC seems to be leaning toward
more regulations regarding appear
ance.
Island businessman and former
Planning Commission member Hal
Hart was at both IPC meetings had a
some concerns mainly about the island
corridor overlay.
Hart told The Islander, "I'm very
much in favor of good planning, but
this, some of the things in the first
draft of this document, are too much.
It's like they're micromanaging."
Pointing out that the corridor over
lay extends 150 ft. out from the center
line on either side of the corridor roads,
Hart said it regulates everything except
single family residential.
Hart said, "They don't know exactly
how many parcels will be affected. I
asked the IPC and staff (during the
May meeting) and (Community Devel
opment Director David) Hainley esti
mated that 95% of the parcels were
single family residential and would not
be affected by the overlay."
"Well," Hart continued, "if 95% is
excluded, what is the sense of the cor
ridor overlay? What are you protect
ing? Five percent? I'm opposed to the
corridor if it is only going to impact 5%.
It needs to protect more than that. Not
just the commercial property."
Hart said some of these issues could
be addressed in the site plan process.
"I don't have problems with setbacks
or parking requirements," said Hart,
"But I do have a problem if they are
going to tell me I can't change my land
scaping or the color of my building or
my door. Especially if someone living in
a single family residence doesn't have
to follow the same rules I do."
"Most of my concerns were with the
first draft of this ordinance," explained
Hart, "And zoning is always a work
in progress, so I'll save any more com
ments until I see the final product.
Like I said, I'm not at all opposed to
good planning, but some of this first
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Mann
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Glynn Academy, Mann has more than
31 years of experience in education.
He began his career as an industrial
arts instructor in the Glynn Comity
School System in 1975. He was pro
moted to transportation director in
1981 and served in that capacity for
16 years.
From 1997 to 2001, he served as an
assistant principal at Risley and Need-
wood middle schools.
He then returned to the Transpor
tation Department for two years to
oversee a computer system conversion
before retiring in December 2003.
Mann returned to the Glynn County
School System in January 2006 as
an assistant to the superintendent.
He served briefly as interim principal
at Needwood Middle School in 2007
before being named assistant superin
tendent for operations in July 2007.
Nationally known as a school sys
tem transportation expert, Mann has
served as a consultant for the South
ern Regional Desegregation Assistance
Center in Miami, Fla., since 1994. He
has also served as secretary, treasurer,
president and District One represen
tative for the Georgia Association for
Pupil Transportation.
After attending Brunswick Junior
College for two years, Mann enrolled
at Georgia Southern University where
he earned a Bachelor of Science degree
in education in 1975. He was a member
of the GSU baseball team that played
in the College World Series in 1973.
He also earned Master's and Education
Specialist degrees in administration
and supervision from GSU in 1988 and
1994, respectively.
Mann and his wife Kay, who teaches
special education at St. Simons Ele
mentary School, attend St. Simons
Community Church. □
draft was just too much."
The IPC will continue discussion
this issue at a second work session
scheduled for Tuesday, June 23 at 9:00
a.m. in the meeting room at the Deme
re Annex Fire Station on St. Simons
Island. □
