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On state projects, staff reported that the Barrington Road bridge will be replaced soon, with a “major shutdown” expected in late April or early May and a scheduled completion date cited as August 2025. Staff also reported that Miller Road bridge demolition has been completed and the Miller Road bridge project has a similar August 2025 completion target. The Panola Road/I‑20 interchange construction schedule was reported to have been advanced, with staff saying the date was moved up to May 2025 from December 2025.

Committee members expressed concern about DOT detours routing heavy traffic through residential streets. George Turner and others said GPS-suggested detours have been directing traffic onto Rock Springs Road, a narrow two-lane road that committee members said is not designed to handle heavy truck traffic and is showing accelerated wear and shoulder loss. Committee members asked staff to document damage and raise the issue with DOT so the county or state can consider maintenance or reparations when detours are in effect.

Staff said they will circulate the official CDOT detour plan once it is released and will follow up on ownership questions about which agency is responsible for long-term maintenance and paving decisions for roads such as Barrington Road.

Ending: Staff will notify the committee and public when the formal detour plan is published and will track detour impacts (damage and maintenance needs) for follow-up with GDOT/County officials.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","TIPS 6:00 PM 04-09-2025","oneSentenceSummary","Deputy City Manager (acting) told the Stonecrest TIPS Committee that CDOT bridge projects will cause significant local detours this spring; the Barrington Road closure and Miller Road bridge work are slated for completion in August 2025.","taxTitle","Stonecrest, DeKalb County, Georgia","taxId",4249,"location","headline","shortSummary",{"_33":75,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":76,"_41":77,"_43":78,"_45":79,"_47":80,"_49":81,"_51":82,"_53":83,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":84,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":85,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":56,"_73":56},6079817,"Stonecrest staff present Georgia Power EV charging plan; committee weighs reallocation of $500,000 in CDBG funds",2456,2730000,5186000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2953959-61c7029f3b0857152c3bf5927609a8bc&start=2730&end=5186","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2953959-61c7029f3b0857152c3bf5927609a8bc/thumbnail_2730000.jpg","/articles/6079817/Stonecrest/DeKalb-County/Georgia/Stonecrest-staff-present-Georgia-Power-EV-charging-plan-committee-weighs-reallocation-of-500000-in-CDBG-funds","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6079817-2cdc032af3e1d9f5e8f01ce9566d8559/orig.mp4?Expires=1771141217&Signature=d9wFesAycHQSp04c8pyVV68nKOQ-4bVIT2KVLoObXy4at6WcSVvA5O3e8UT20~Z~HzliikAnaho9hMGIil60wUqZrDXCw27hwWKn2L4nqvNjcchZWEMdau1AUM20BBmHccjgX3qTMtvgN~pWQYKxOEijqekH9RK9hpT6nZUizszKhkxUqdFHlSgUA4bibKnfcMVzgOHoh19vRLoHscgJvuG3a1KLTfjTrX5Grrfen3f5SaL2TckJXvyXFiWjdQllgK~Z-vjhq-zlYXS0HKXg0CXAtP0DrWni4sfhS1xiJbeKTXoQh2qphwge-hcEe-P0tOvVti~auTYMD0PI173akQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Deputy City Manager (acting) told the Stonecrest Transportation, Infrastructure & Parks Committee on April 9 that staff have selected Georgia Power as the recommended partner for an initial public EV charging program and will bring a budgetary proposal to the City Council on April 24.

The deputy city manager said Georgia Power’s program is “turnkey” and cited an estimated city-side contribution of “around $240,000” (presentation figure) for the package under consideration. He said Georgia Power’s make-ready program would contribute up to $300,000 per site toward infrastructure on the Georgia Power grid and that staff had identified three initial candidate sites: City Hall, Stonecrest Mall and Brownsville Aquatic Center.

The nut of the discussion was money and operations: committee members asked where the roughly $500,000 in reallocated Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds (originally for Farrington Road sidewalks) should be directed. The deputy city manager said the committee should develop recommendations for city council but noted the CDBG funds had not yet been received and that staff would bring costs back for specific projects. Committee members proposed options that included allocating the funds to EV charging, to repair a deteriorated walkway at Southeast or toward road resurfacing needs.

Georgia Power representative Tammy Harrington described the company’s role and what the make-ready funding covers. “We support and manage the entire electrification process,” Harrington said, listing project discovery, on-site assessment, pre-engineering design and a turnkey construction-and-commissioning approach. She said the $300,000 make-ready cap per site pays for electrical distribution work (transformers, panels, conduit and related site work) but not for the charging equipment itself, which remains the customer’s responsibility.

Harrington described the program parameters discussed with staff: to qualify for the $300,000 make-ready contribution a site must be on the Georgia Power grid and meet either of two criteria — have one DC fast charger on site or six level-2 parking spaces — and Georgia Power’s current program allows up to five funded locations per customer per year. She also summarized equipment options offered in the proposal (level 2 units at ~7.2 kW per port; DC fast chargers with 62.5–80 kW capability) and said installers provide a five-year warranty and training for city staff on the ChargePoint platform used for network management.

Committee members raised a range of operational questions that staff did not resolve during the meeting: who will set pricing, how revenue and transaction data will be handled, expected daily utilization and how electricity costs will be paid. The deputy city manager and Harrington said those implementation details would be worked out with city finance and facilities staff and in the formal contract documents and easements that would follow a council decision on the infrastructure proposal.

No final commitment or council-level vote occurred at the committee meeting. The deputy city manager told the committee he planned to present the budgetary proposal to the City Council for final consideration on April 24 and asked the committee to frame funding recommendations. The committee discussed adding the CDBG reallocation to the city’s paving/resurfacing program as an alternative if the committee preferred not to use the funds for EV charging.

Ending: Staff will return with updated cost estimates and the formal proposal language to support a council decision; the EV vendor presentation and the question of reallocating CDBG dollars were left for future council-level action.","City staff recommended a Georgia Power turnkey electric-vehicle (EV) charging pilot at three sites and presented budget estimates; committee discussed using roughly $500,000 in reallocated CDBG funds for the project or other needs such as a walkway or street work.",{"_33":87,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":88,"_41":89,"_43":90,"_45":91,"_47":92,"_49":93,"_51":94,"_53":95,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":96,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":97,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":56,"_73":56},6079809,"Parks upgrades, Southeast walkway repairs and planned fire station prompt funding and design follow-ups",770,1268000,2038000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2953959-61c7029f3b0857152c3bf5927609a8bc&start=1268&end=2038","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2953959-61c7029f3b0857152c3bf5927609a8bc/thumbnail_1268000.jpg","/articles/6079809/Stonecrest/DeKalb-County/Georgia/Parks-upgrades-Southeast-walkway-repairs-and-planned-fire-station-prompt-funding-and-design-follow-ups","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6079809-20017ec29f2d22df0eb7e7dfd02a76b5/orig.mp4?Expires=1771141217&Signature=j7FmC-ghTJGHIDdKNVEuHOlwwVY-VpTaenptGrrgbuubADmekiBNvYgovAlRD-TQCUiG7ACbrmqOHC2uRdYYnUQ5PCj3pLx0lMjeRpLfEnCcIoxxlTm~VpeWCCvBUHUSl~m8pdzjRgzim48IbP8IbrcvOMyd~Lu-nUoiaazrx6ezymYH1Qvwy3UKQJbjkI3OKUsNnAvETvrmA3LfSqM5VmIn9t4zLRkNEBV~X9liKseqI50HNxQtewbhBC8drlvTEDwObes0ajf0LCO6~MiTFRa3iHnT-8oU6vxVBw6W8Wa-8zuBMXMLzRTBlhRRxtjz0g3Co1-qISFbzI8LjSrajA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Parks and Recreation Director Levbetter updated the committee on a series of facility upgrades at multiple city properties and on coordination with the county over a planned fire station adjacent to the Southeast athletic complex.

Levbetter showed photos of a newly installed building sign and the nearly completed concession/restroom building at Southeast; she said a few change orders remain and staff anticipate the concession restrooms will be finished by the end of the month. She said lobby/classroom and office finishes have been completed and that the next major capital item is a new gym floor for the main gym, currently scheduled for installation in August; staff said the auxiliary gym will retain its existing hardwood floor.

Levbetter confirmed aquatics renovations are “on schedule” and described plans for the upcoming aquatics season in May; she also said staff are preparing fields for a busy summer and fall. On capital planning, committee members noted high summer programming demand and discussed longer-term expansion options for Brownsville and other sites.

Committee members raised a deteriorated concrete walkway inside Southeast park (described repeatedly in the meeting as a cracked walkway between fields). Committee members asked whether funding for that repair had been identified; staff replied that the capital improvement budget already adopted does not include that walkway and that scoping is required. The committee directed staff to scope the Southeast walkway repair and return with a proposed budget and funding recommendation so the committee can decide whether to amend the capital plan or include the work in an alternative funding source.

Members also discussed a county fire station planned at the park’s front area. Staff said the fire station design will shift the park entrance a few feet to the right (toward DeKalb Medical Parkway side of Covington Highway) and that the county will cover the fire‑station construction while the city will be responsible for the street design and improvements that serve the station and park. Staff said the project will include an MOU with the county and that a funding decision for the city’s street work will be brought to council; one committee member referenced a notional figure discussed elsewhere of $500,000 in city funding for related CIP needs.

Ending: Staff will produce a scope and budget for the Southeast walkway repairs, continue project closeout work on restroom and interior finishes and return with details on the fire‑station-related road design and the anticipated MOU and funding request.","Parks staff reviewed building signage, restroom/concession work, gym floor replacement, and aquatics season planning; committee directed staff to scope a repair budget for a cracked walkway inside Southeast park and heard that a new county fire station will shift the park entrance, with the city responsible for the relocated street work.","actionData","errors"]

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Stonecrest staff outline Barrington and Miller bridge replacements; residents worry local streets will be strained by detours

Stonecrest staff present Georgia Power EV charging plan; committee weighs reallocation of $500,000 in CDBG funds

Parks upgrades, Southeast walkway repairs and planned fire station prompt funding and design follow-ups