Barron Stadium track seen Monday, August 20, 2012. (Daniel Varnado RN-T)
Barron Stadium track seen Monday, August 20, 2012. (Daniel Varnado RN-T)
“The top rubber granular that they used in the top coating of the track appears to be breaking down,” Garland said as he showed photos of the melting track to the board members. “The track surface is coming off on the bottom of your shoes.”
Garland said he has contacted the contractor to repair
the track, which has an eight-year warranty, as soon as possible.
“We have made contact with the general contractor, which is Brassfield and Gorrie,” Garland said. “Matt Smith of Brassfield and Gorrie told me today the supplies to get the resurfacing done have been ordered. Their initial plan is to flood the surface again and use a different supplier for the granular rubber. They’ll basically give us the top layer of the track, and flood the whole thing for another layer.”
Garland said all scheduled events will continue at Barron Stadium, but the public won’t be able to utilize the track until the problems are resolved.
“We will still host the Rome High School, Shorter University and Rome Middle School football games,” he said. “Those will be the only activities we will have on the track until it is repaired.”
Both Garland and Chairman Jerry Lee said they hope the repairs will be finished by the end of October.
“The warmer the weather, the better the adhesion and getting it installed is going to be, because, if we wait too long, we’re looking at spring time before we get it done,” Lee said. “So far, I think we’ve done what we can do to protect our interests. It’s incumbent for us and the city to push this along as fast as we can.”
In other action, the RFPRA approved to adopt the finance committee’s recommendation to use $14,000 from the county capital reserve funds to help purchase a new truck.
An employee was involved in a wreck a few weeks ago and totaled a 2003 model F-250 cab crew truck. The insurance company reimbursed a little more than $8,000 for the truck. The authority plans to add $14,000 from the reserve funds to buy a 2012 F-250 model.
Ditto the city schools -- did they chip in any money to the RFPRA for the improvements? Or do they just lease the facilities?
Does anyone know what it costs to lease the stadium and track for an event? $100? $1000? $10000?
If they're not spending much to lease the stadium and track then that raises the question as to why they'd have priority on their use.
Also, do any of those teams practice there or do they all practice on their own campuses?
Finally, if they do practice there, can others walk on the track then (assuming they're practicing on the field and not the track)?
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Or are the lights on for walkers?
Am I missing some events? School track?
What's the RFPRA clearing after expenses, do you reckon? A LOT of money went into that stadium and track -- how long will it take to get paid back at these rates?
Or was this always meant to be a civic-improvement that didn't necessarily fully pay for itself?
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"... as long as the fees are collected." Folks are saying around town that Shorter's getting slow to pay its bills to local businesses. I don't know if these rumors apply to the government, too, or just businesses. I don't even know if this is true or not; I hope it's not but I've heard it multiple times.
Astroturf, inferior running track, and treadmills for Armuchee - We say YES.
I guess this community is proof that the theory of "The whole is greater than the sum of its parts" is a flawed theory. We are getting our just desserts.
TheMorrigan, please clarify that the front porch swing costs $3 million, that the person who buys it is not authorized to use it in the first year, and then must ask permission to use it in the following years. Please also clarify that if a religious nut is willing to pay for use of the front porch swing for 3 hours on Saturday, the front porch swing homeowner is kicked out of his house for the entire weekend.
Why can't anyone just say it's a shame Brasfield & Gorrie didn't do it right the first time, but at least they're going to fix it without a lawsuit or something?
And what would you say if someone insisted on swinging on your porch swing until you get out the tools to stabilize the loose ceiling bolt?
Because that's our track you selfishly want to damage further. And Rosebush, at least, would probably sue the porch swing owner if it fell.
Sheesh.
There is no reason why the people should be kept off that track till time for the repair.
The RFPRA has not wonted the tax payers that payed for that track on it sense it was resurfaced. If the tax payers cant be on that track till its resurfaced , Then No One should Be On It!
The people will end up having to Go Get an Court order from a judge to keep RFPRA in line on this .
2. The only events being allowed in the stadium during this time are football games. Those games don't involve use of the track except for the incidental walking by teams between the locker rooms and the field. There are contracts with those schools under which those schools are paying for and are using the stadium for those games.
The athletes did not pay for that track , We did !!
How many people do you think would have voted for that s.p.l.o.s.t if they new the public were going to be done like this ?
Its time for Garland and many others to Go !
We certainly don't want the ultra-pure Shorter folks standing on, or using, a track surface built by sinners.
Wonder if Dowless and company would like to sit down and talk about it over a drink?
"More important than that, how good are the signed Lifestyle Agreements signed by the coaches and staff?"
Why wouldn't these agreements not be any good? Has anyone heard anything to the contrary?