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September 30, 2019
Established in 1972
Vol 47 Issue 39
County GIS wins international honors
Glynn County Geographic Information Systems (GIS) employees were honored by the County
Commission during the September 19 commission meeting for winning two awards - at the state
and international levels - for their Unmanned Aerial System program - aka the drone program. The
awards were given by the Government Management Information Systems (GMIS) organization in
the G2G category. The G2G category is 'Government to Government’ and is given to govenment
departments that show excellence in working with other government departments, be they local,
state or federal level agencies. Glynn’s GIS Manager Bob Nyers (second from right) said his
department mostly assists other Glynn County departments with their drone program. The group
recieved the award at the GMIS conference in Orlando last month. Honored by the County
Commission were FAA Certified Drone Pilots Michael Mazih (left to right) and Andrew Stickland.
Along with the two drone pilots were Nyers and Information Technology (IT) Dept. Director John
Catron. Not pictured is John Centeno, also an FAA Certified Drone Pilot for Glynn County.
Islander Staff Photo - Permar
URA sees designs for Ross Park splash pad
By Matthew J. Permar Shierling
Planners look at
first draft zoning
ordinance report
By Matthew J. Permar
Glynn County’s Mainland
and Islands Planning Com
missions (MPC & IPC) met for
three hours without a break
last Tuesday night (Sept. 24)
in a joint meeting with county
staff and members of the TSW
consulting firm.
Tuesday night’s meeting
was to review the draft of the
Diagnostic Report for the on
going rewrite of the county
zoning ordinances by the TSW
consulting firm that was hired
by the county to rewrite the
zoning ordinance and subdivi
sion regulations.
The diagnostic report con
sists primarily of questions
about zoning policies and
technical aspects of the zoning
ordinance.
Woody Giles of TSW said
policy questions were big-pic-
ture questions that focus on
the practical impact of regula
tions on development and the
development process.
These are the issues on
which the county wants public
input. They deal with issues
like density, design standards,
height limitations, open space
and others.
Technical questions, ac
cording to Giles, may also deal
with some policy issues, but
are related to legal standards,
usability, and other technical
matters that may not require
detailed public input.
Turn out for Tuesday’s
meeting was light with only
about 17 people showing up
not including county staff and
the consultants.
The well attended kick off
meeting for this project was
held in early May and three
more drop-in type meetings
have been scheduled for the
weekend of October 4th and
5th.
The first will be during
the First Friday event in
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Planning commissions
Last week (Thursday, Sept.
26) Brunswick’s Urban Rede
velopment Agency reviewed
four design proposals from lo
cal architect Robert Ussery
for the structure that will ac
company the Mary Ross Park
splash pad.
Ussery’s proposals were
similar but of varying size and
with different amenities.
The building will hold the
pumps and other equipment
for the splash pad, along with
bathrooms.
At this point Ussery did
not provide cost figures for the
building because he first want
ed to get some direction from
the URA on what they were
looking for.
However, Ussery did give
the URA what he called a
“very rough guess” at a cost
figure. The estimate Ussery
gave was between $350,000
for the smaller building, up
to $500,000 for the larger
building.
The group chose two plans
(A and D) and asked Ussery to
come back with some cost esti
mates, so the URA can present
them to the Brunswick City
Commission.
Plan A is the largest and in
cludes additional toilet facili
ties, an information center and
large covered porch that goes
all the way around the building
for picnic tables and benches.
By ‘additional toilet facilities,’
Ussery means more than the
required minium. Plan A in
cludes three toilets, two sinks
and a shower in both the men’s
and women’s bathrooms.
Plan B includes the mini
mum number of toilets, no in
formation center and a covered
area on two sides for some pic
nic tables and benches. Plan
B has one less toilet in each
bathroom.
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Mary Ross Park
City ponders
$55 million
SPLOST list
• Additional monies
included for city
conference center
By Pamela Permar
Shierling
During a planning session
last week (September 24) the
Brunswick City Commission
made a first pass at their
SPLOST 2020 projects list to
taling $55 million.
The SPLOST 2020 list in
cludes two amounts of addi
tional funding for a conference
center depending on the size
of the center the city chooses
to build.
• $3.8 million - additional
monies for a 20,000 sq. ft. Con
ference Center or $1.8 million
additional monies for a 12,000
sq. ft. to 13,000 sq. foot confer
ence center.
Regarding the conference
center the city has three items
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City SPLOST
Trial date set for
Bob Coleman
• Insurance fraud case
By Pamela Permar
Shierling
During a hearing before Su
perior Court Judge David Cav-
ender last Friday, a November
18, 9 a.m. trial date was set for
Glynn County Commissioner
Bob Coleman who is charged
with two counts of insurance
fraud and three counts of vio
lating the Georgia Insurance
Code’s reporting and disposi
tion of premium requirement.
Coleman has pled not guilty
to the charges.
Also on Friday, his wife,
Sherry Coleman pled not
guilty to four counts of insur
ance fraud, four counts of vio
lating the Georgia Insurance
Code’s reporting and disposi
tion of premium requirement,
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Coleman
County-Wide News - Read County-Wide
Page 2 - NewCity Brunswick focuses
on downtown
Page 4 - GCAS, Coldwell Banker to sponsor
adoption day
Page 8 - Jl Arts Assn Oct. exhibit
Page 13 - 2019 Football with Dave Jordan
Page 14 - Pew - A Bahamian Thank You
Page 16 - Back Talk
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