Efforts to

pave a road adjacent to Falcon Field to provide access to a new hangar

area have been stalled slightly.

The Peachtree

City Airport Authority, the Peachtree City Council and the Fayette County

Commission are hammering out an agreement to get the road paved next year.

Although the authority hoped to have a version of the agreement to approve

at its Wednesday meeting, it was still being tweaked by county attorney

Bill McNally, said airport manager Jim Savage.

It appeared

unlikely that all the parties could approve the agreement before the Christmas

holiday, Savage said.

The authority

wants the agreement approved as soon as possible so it can seek a state

grant for its share of the project, which is estimated between $75,000

and $100,000. The hangar area is already completed, but the authority

can't lease the sites there until the road is paved.

The hangar

sites, once leased, would provide an estimated $4,000 in revenue a month.

The authority

considered approving the agreement as long as it was similar to the version

it was presented with at the meeting. But authority attorney Doug Warner

suggested it would be better for the authority to wait to vote on the

final version of the agreement, perhaps at a special called meeting.

The agreement

calls for county to provide equipment and labor for the paving of the

road while Peachtree City will be responsible for engineering services,

coordinating the project and building the curb, gutter and drainage facilities.

The authority

has already gotten $150,000 in commitments for the project from Peachtree

City Holdings, LLC, and the Peachtree City Water and Sewer Authority.

Both entities would also benefit from the portion of Stallings Road since

they have parcels which use Stallings Road as an access point.

The agreement

also requires the authority to maintain the road for two years before

the city takes possession of it.

In other business

Wednesday night, authority chairwoman Cathy Nelmes recognized outgoing

authority member H.E. "Hoppy" Buffington for his five years

of service. Nelmes said his time and energy would be missed and presented

Buffington with a large framed aerial photograph of Falcon Field.

Buffington

chose not to reapply for his seat on the authority. That leaves two seats

on the authority to be filled by the City Council, following the recent

resignation of authority member Mark Harris, who was moving out of town

and would no longer qualify to serve.

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