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Sinkholes at proposed Moody Family Housing? –Scott Rafshoon @ LCC 2013-08-13

All about public-private partnerships (PPP) and military rank waterfalls
by an Atlanta and K Street lawyer
at

the 13 August 2013 Lowndes County Commission Regular Session.
about

REZ-2013-09,
introduced by

local lawyer Tom Kurrie
to answer a question by

Commissioner John Page.


Scott Rafshoon

G. Scott Rafshoon of

McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP
of Atlanta and K Street in DC spoke for.
His law firm bio says in part:

G. Scott Rafshoon has a diverse legal practice that includes
corporate law, government affairs and project finance. Combining
these disciplines, Mr. Rafshoon is a leader in the Firm’s
public-private partnership (“P3”) practice….



Manages the Firm’s representation of Balfour Beatty Communities, a
subsidiary of Balfour Beatty plc, in the privatization of family and
unaccompanied personnel housing at military installations around the
country. To-date, Mr. Rafshoon has assisted Balfour Beatty with
privatizing facilities at 48 Army, Navy and Air Force installations
in 23 states and the District of Columbia, in separate transactions
valued at more than $4 billion.

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Phase II of Moody Family Housing already has a sinkhole –Tom Kurrie @ LCC 2013-08-13

Tom Kurrie said Phase I has a structural issue and Phase II of
the proposed Moody Housing has a sinkhole,
at

the 13 August 2013 Lowndes County Commission Regular Session.


Existing Sinkhole in Phase II of REZ-2013-09

Tom Kurrie spoke for
the rezoning for Phase I,

REZ-2013-09,
first giving something unknown to the County Clerk,
and then saying:

Bill Holland and I are the applicants,
we represent the owner of the property, the Howard Dasher Company,
as well as the developers of the property, Balfour Beatty Communities.

The ubiquitous Bill Holland had spoken the previous morning

in the Work Session.


Tom Kurrie

This time, Kurrie
said the project had been in the makings for over two years.
(Funny how the county didn’t tell us about it until they were ready
to rush it through.)
He said it was for “prestige housing” for base personnel.
He said it was unusual in being 8 miles west of Moody AFB.
He introduced Ron Nestor, Senior Vice President of Balfour Beatty,
and said it was a public-private partnership.
And use would be restricted to Air Force personnel.
We’d already heard about such restrictions at

the Planning Commission.
He said it would be a “gated community”.
We’ll see if that actually happens this time, unlike at
Nelson Hill just up Val Del Road;
you can see both locations on this map:


Kurrie also mentioned professor Noll and geotechnical issues such
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