The city of

Fayetteville is seeking a grant to determine if future development on

the Southside has an affect on the water quality of Perry Creek.

If the grant

is approved, the city would sample the watershed for the next five years

after getting a "baseline" that established current water quality,

City Engineer Don Easterbrook told the City Council at its meeting last

week.

The project

would also help the city evaluate the benefit of the stormwater plan for

the southside and meet other environmental requirements, Easterbrook indicated.

The grant would

come from the Georgia Department of Community Affairs which has been very

receptive to the idea, Easterbrook said. DCA doesn't typically receive

many grant requests for environmental programs, he added.

The city would

have to match the grant 50-50 and it's expected the DCA will provide about

$25,000, Easterbrook said.

The goal of

the program will be to monitor the water quality and habitat as the 250-acre

southside commercial and residential plan is developed.

Councilman

Al Hovey-King said he wanted to make sure the city got a "good baseline"

on the current status of the creek.

Mayor Ken Steele

commended Easterbrook and Integrated Science and Engineering for putting

the grant proposal together.

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