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VOL. 119, NO. 36
Council talks city system upgrades
Members consider GIS mapping, hydraulic modeling By CARMEN RODGERS Staff Writer
The Tallassee City Council is considering GIS mapping and hydraulic modeling to upgrade the city water, sewer and gas systems. If approved, this measure could cost about $140,000 but could save much more than that in the long term.
A hydraulic model is a mathematical model of a fluid flow system such as a water system, a sewer system or a storm system and it’s used to analyze systems’ hydraulic behavior. A geographic information system (GIS) is a system designed to capture, store, manipulate, analyze, manage and present all types of geographical data. In this case, that data would be
underground pipes that have been in place for years and, in some cases, are in unknown locations. “Just like most cities, we’re not really sure what’s there,” CDG Engineer Scott Trott said, “how old it is, what needs to be replaced and what doesn’t.” The initial steps are documenting and mapping all the components of the city’s water, sewer and gas systems. “The first thing we have to do is map everything and collect data,” Trott said. “We generate an entire map of the
system.” Once all components of the water, sewer, and gas systems are accounted for, that data can be stored in a central location that is accessible by everyone who needs access to the hydraulic model. “We take this information and keep it all in one database that everyone can access,” he said. Once the data is collected, engineers determine what adjustments need to be made to run the system at maximum See COUNCIL • Page A3
Student FFA car wash set for Saturday
First steps to a new high school in progress
By CARMEN RODGERS Staff Writer
Is your vehicle dirty? If so, leave it that way until Saturday and bring it over to Advanced Auto on Gilmer Avenue between 7 a.m. and noon so Tallassee High School’s Future Farmers of America students can wash it for you. Local FFA students are holding the first annual car wash Saturday and “everyone is encouraged to attend,” according to FFA vice president V’angela Holmes. “The car wash is new this year,” Holmes said. “We have the meat sale each year, and we will still have that, but this is new for us.” Funds from the upcoming car wash will directly benefit FFA See CAR WASH • Page A7
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Wade Shipman first presented members of the Tallassee City Council with drawings of the new school in February. After Tuesday’s public hearing, THS students are one step closer to a new school.
The City of Tallassee held a public hearing to discuss and consider approval of a request by Tallassee City Schools for rights to portions of Preer and King Street as well as public alley right-of-way. Tallassee schools asked the city to abandon rights to the streets that run immediately east of the high school’s current campus so that a parking lot can be constructed. “Our intention is to do a couple of things,” See SCHOOL • Page A2
Local vendors invited to showcase goods at farmers market
Carr speaks to Rotary Club Carmen Rodgers / The Tribune
Councilman Damian Carr spoke to the Tallassee Rotary Club on Thursday afternoon. Carr explained his take on beautification, safety and infrastructure within his ward. Carr’s district recently underwent a face-lift after the longstanding and decaying Old South building came down. ‘I am so glad to have that building down,’ Carr said. ‘Some may not realize just how unsafe that structure was. The top of that building was falling in and could have fallen on someone. It is safer now and looks much better in Jordanville since the removal of that building.’
By CARMEN RODGERS Staff Writer
Did you have a bounty harvest this year only to be left with a tightly-packed pantry of jelly, jam and pickled jars? If so, the Tractor Supply store in Tallassee has a solution for you. The store is looking for farmers, crafters and artisans to sell their homemade and homegrown goods at its farmers market Sept. 22. Tractor Supply is encouraging See FARMERS • Page A3 LIFT Ministries will host:
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