Mar 02, 2026 City Council

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THANK YOU.

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

IT'S NOW 6 37 AND I'M CALLING THIS MEETING TO ORDER.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

A LOT OF MEETINGS GOING ON TONIGHT, FOLKS.

UH, SO AT THIS TIME AS I BEGIN TO SAY, WE WILL START OUR MEETING WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

FOR THOSE THAT CAN DO IT WITH US, PLEASE JOIN.

FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT MIGHT BE HERE FOR A COUPLE OF ITEMS, LEMME TELL YOU WHAT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN TONIGHT.

AND THAT WILL START WITH CUP DASH 25 DASH ZERO FIVE Z DASH 25 18 SLASH V SLASH 25 32.

MCKINLEY HOMES MORRIS ROAD.

THIS HAS BEEN DEFERRED.

THE REQUEST WAS ASSERT DEFERRED BY THE APPLICANT TO THE MARCH 23RD CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

THE SECOND ONE IS MP 26 DASH ZERO FOUR SLASH C DASH 26 DASH ZERO TWO SLASH Z DASH 26 DASH ZERO TWO SLASH CU DASH 26 DASH ZERO TWO.

MOON VALLEY REGENT PARTNERS MP, THIS REQUEST HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN.

UH, THAT'LL DO IT.

SO IF YOU'RE HERE FOR EITHER ONE OF THOSE ITEMS, THEY WILL NOT BE HEARD THIS EVENING.

ALL RIGHT.

DID ROLL CALL PLEDGE THE FLAG PRESENTATION

[A. Presentation: Welcoming New Alpharetta High School Head Football Coach]

WELCOME THE NEW ALFRED HIGH SCHOOL HEAD FOOTBALL COACH, AND I WOULD ASK MORGAN ROGERS TO STEP FORWARD AND CONDUCT THIS IS DANIEL CARLISLE HERE.

YEP.

COME ON DOWN.

THANK YOU MAYOR PRO.

TIM, NICE TO MEET YOU DANIEL.

VERY NICE TO MEET.

ME AND DANIEL HAVE NOT HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET, BUT I'VE BEEN IN SEVERAL MEETINGS WHERE WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT HOW EXCITED WE ARE THAT ALPHARETTA HIGH SCHOOL HAS A NEW FOOTBALL COACH.

WELCOME TO ALPHARETTA.

WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE YOU.

WE'RE TRYING TO, UH, ENHANCE OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH ALPHARETTA WITH THE IDEA THAT, UH, WE WANNA MAKE ALPHARETTA A HIGH SCHOOL, ALPHARETTA'S HIGH SCHOOL.

SO, WELCOME ABOARD.

YOU'RE COMING AT A GOOD TIME AND WE'D LOVE FOR YOU TO ADDRESS THE COUNSEL IN THE GROUP AND TELL US ABOUT WHAT YOUR PLANS ARE FOR THE FOOTBALL SEASON.

UM, THE BIG PLAN FOR ALPHARETTA TO MAKE US THE PREMIER HIGH SCHOOL IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA, LIKE MILTON NEWS, CAMBRIDGE IS UP AND RUNNING, BUT ALL THESE OTHER, WE, WE HAVE THE PRIVILEGE TO BE THE ONLY HIGH SCHOOL IN ALPHARETTA AND HOW THEY'VE BEEN, YOU KNOW, THE LAST 10 YEARS.

WE NEED TO GET 'EM BACK TO ONE OF THE TOP TEAMS IN THE STATE.

WHEN JOSH DOBBS WAS THERE, THEY WERE ROLLING THROUGH ALL THESE DIFFERENT TEAMS, REGION TITLES.

I MEAN, WE HAVE THREE GUYS IN THE NFL RIGHT NOW.

THAT'S UNHEARD OF WITH MOST HIGH SCHOOLS IN THIS AREA, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD THE RELATIONSHIPS, GET, GET THE TEAM BACK AND RUNNING.

I KNOW THE LAST COUPLE YEARS, UM, HAVEN'T BEEN WHERE WE WANT IT TO BE.

UM, I'VE HIRED SOME OF THE BEST COACHES IN THE STATE.

UM, I, I HIRED OFFENSE COORDINATOR, OFFENSIVE LINE COACH, HIRED SEAN WITHERSPOON IS OUR DEFENSE COORDINATOR, FORMER FALCON.

SO THINGS ARE ROLLING RIGHT NOW.

UM, OUR PRINCIPAL, OUR ATHLETIC DIRECTOR THAT'S HERE TONIGHT, HAVE BEEN SO SUPPORTIVE.

AND ONCE AGAIN, WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE ALPHARETTA RAIDERS THE PREMIER SCHOOL STATE CHAMPIONSHIP CONTENDER, BUT IT'S GONNA TAKE A LOT OF WORK.

UM, A LOT OF RELATIONSHIPS WITH YOU GUYS AND, UH, JUST A GREAT COMMUNITY.

AND ONCE AGAIN, I REALLY, DEEP DOWN IN MY HEART BELIEVE THAT WE WILL IN THE NEXT THREE TO FIVE YEARS, WIN A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

VERY NICE TO MEET Y'ALL.

THANK YOU.

AWESOME.

WELCOME DANIEL.

NEXT UP THIS EVENING WE'RE GONNA OFFER OUR PROCLAMATION FOR ARBOR DAY OF 2026.

SO I'M GONNA ASK THE REPRESENTATIVES TO COME STEP AND MEET ME UP FRONT.

GOOD EVENING, SPECIAL GUEST.

WELCOME BACK, DAVID.

YES.

OUR ARBORIST WAS OUT, GET SOME REPAIRS DONE ON HIMSELF, SO WE'LL LEAVE IT THERE.

BUT FROM OUR NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE, LOVE TO HAVE Y'ALL, MICHAEL, SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT ARBOR DAY, UH, WHAT IT MEANS TO THE CITY AND, UH, WHAT WE HAVE COMING FORWARD.

ALRIGHT, UH, THANK YOU.

UH, ARBOR DAY HAS BEEN IN EXISTENCE FOR

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AND SO WE ARE PROUD TO BE PART OF IT AT THE NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION.

AND SO ONE, ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE GONNA DO BESIDES, WE'VE BEEN PLANTING DAFFODILS AND ALL KIND OF STUFF TO HELP THE CITY BECOME MORE, UH, NATURAL.

AND SO OVER AT THE, UH, INNOVATION ACADEMY, UH, NEXT TO WEDNESDAY WILL BE PLANTING, UH, FOUR, MAYBE FIVE TREES, SOME ALONG THE STREET, SOME IN THE, THE FRONT COURTYARD OF THE SCHOOL THERE.

AND SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

AND, UH, SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING FOR THIS YEAR.

AND EVEN THOUGH WE'RE NOT DOING IT ON ARBOR DAY, WE HAVE TO PLANT EARLIER IN THE SEASON.

ARBOR DAY IS A LITTLE BIT LATER OFFICIALLY.

AND SO WE'RE GONNA DO IT IN THE FIRST PART OF MARCH.

AND, AND WE CAN'T WAIT ON DOWN THE LINE TO SEE THOSE TREES, UH, PROSPER AND, AND BECOME, UH, ANOTHER NATURAL PART OF ALFREDA.

AND WE HAVE SOME GUEST HERE FROM, UH, TERRY ON THE, UH, NRC.

AND DAVID IS OUR, UH, CITY ARBORIST PERSON WHO WORKS WITH US VERY CLOSELY.

AND I GO TO HIM WITH ALL MY QUESTIONS AND WITH HIM BEING OUT FOR A LITTLE BIT, I'VE HAD TO UH, KIND OF FIGURE SOME THINGS OUT.

BUT, UH, HE'S WONDERFUL.

SO WE'RE GLAD HE'S BACK IN THE GROOVE.

AWESOME.

THANK YOU DAVID.

YOU GOT ENERGY FOR A FEW MINUTES.

HE'S GOT NOTHING TO SAY.

THAT IS A RARE, SOMEBODY WRITE THAT DOWN.

OH, SO WE DO HAVE SOME I, OH, SORRY ABOUT THAT.

WE HAVE SOME IA STUDENTS HERE WHO WERE, UH, GONNA BE PART NEXT WEEK OF THE TREE PLANTING.

I HOPE.

IF Y'ALL WANT TO WAVE IT, EVERYBODY.

YAY.

AND, UH, SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED THAT THEY'RE EXCITED ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING.

[B. Proclamation: Arbor Day 2026]

ALRIGHT, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD WITH A PROCLAMATION BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ALFRED, GEORGIA ON ARBOR DAY 2026.

WHEREAS THE FIRST ARBOR DAY WAS CELEBRATED IN 1872 IN NEBRASKA AS A SPECIAL DAY FOR PLANTING TREES IN AS TWO THOUSANDS OF CELEBRATIONS IN COMMUNITIES ACROSS OUR NATION EACH YEAR.

AND WHEREAS TREES WILL BE PLANTED ACROSS THE UNITED STATES, CREATING A LASTING LEGACY FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS AND WHERE PLANTED MAY THAT AREA BE A SOURCE OF JOY AND SPIRITUAL RENEWAL.

AND WHEREAS THE TREES IMPROVE WATER QUALITY, REDUCE EROSION OF PRECIOUS TOP TOPSOIL, INCREASE PROPERTY VALUES AND ECONOMIC VITALITY IN BUSINESS AREAS, PROVIDE SHADE, CLEAN AIR, CREATE HABITATS FOR WILDLIFE AND ADD BEAUTY TO COMMUNITIES.

AND WHEREAS TREES PROMOTE OUTDOOR RECREATION, WHICH IMPROVES HUMAN HEALTH AND WELLBEING, AS WELL AS REDUCES NATURE DEFICIT DISORDER AND CHILDREN BY ENCOURAGING MORE ACTIVITY AND CONNECTION TO THE NATURAL WORLD.

AND WHEREAS ALL OF ALPHARETTA BENEFITS FROM THE TREES AND URBAN FORESTRY, WHICH CONTRIBUTES TO THE LOCAL ECONOMY AND ENJOYMENT OF THE OUTDOORS.

NOW WITH, FOR WE, THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ALPHARETTA DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MARCH 11TH, 2026 AS ARBOR DAY IN THE CITY OF ALPHARETTA AND URGE ALL CITIZENS TO PLANT TREES TO PROMOTE THE WELLBEING OF PRESENT AND FUTURE GENERATIONS.

AND THE SUPPORT THE CITY'S BEAUTIFICATION AND FORESTRY PROGRAM FOR YEARS TO COME.

SO PROCLAIM THE SECOND DAY OF MARCH, 2026 BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF ALFREDA, GEORGIA.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

THANKS SIR.

ALRIGHT, YOU'RE WELCOME.

EVERYBODY SQUEEZE IN FOR A PICTURE.

OKAY.

NEXT

[5. CONSENT AGENDA]

CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES OF 2 23 26, ANNOUNCEMENT OF PUBLIC HEARING PROCEDURES.

I BACK THAT ONE UP.

THAT'S JUST THE ONE THAT'S A CONSENT AGENDA.

DO I HAVE A MOTION OR DOES ANYBODY WANNA SEE ANYTHING REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA? SEEING NONE, I'LL ASK FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE.

MAKE MOTION TO APPROVE.

UM, AND MAYOR PER TIM, IF WE COULD ASK FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM, BUT WE HAVE NO PUBLIC COMMENT CARDS.

OKAY,

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ALRIGHT, SO I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN REEVES.

SECOND.

SECOND BY COUNCILMAN BRADY.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE VOTE ACCORDINGLY.

AND IT PASSES.

NEXT UP.

[A. Announcement of Public Hearing Procedures]

AN INDIVIDUAL REQUESTING TO BE HEARD ON A MATTER RELATED TO THE PURPOSE OF THE HEARING MUST BE RECOGNIZED BY THE MAYOR.

BEFORE ADDRESSING THE CITY COUNCIL, UPON RISING TO SPEAK, THE SPEAKER MUST IDENTIFY HIMSELF OR HERSELF AND FURNISH A HOME OR BUSINESS ADDRESS BEFORE PROCEEDING.

WHEN HE COMMENTS OR REMARKS, THE COUNCIL WILL ALLOW THE PROPONENTS A TOTAL OF 10 MINUTES TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF AN APPLICATION.

OPPONENTS WILL BE ALLOWED 10 MINUTES TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION.

COMMENTS ARE ACCEPTED FIRST FROM THE APPLICANT, FOLLOWED BY PERSON SPEAKING IN FAVOR.

AND THEN FROM THOSE IN OPPOSITION UPON CONCLUSION OF ANY OPPOSING COMMENTS OR PRESENTATIONS, THE MAYOR WILL ALLOW THE APPLICANT TO OFFER REBUTTAL IF ANY TIME IS REMAINING IN THE ORIGINALLY ALLOTTED 10 MINUTES.

THANK YOU MS. SWAN.

FIRST

[B. Z-25-14/V-25-31 10235 Waters Road
Consideration of a rezoning and variance to allow for the subdivision of a 0.841-acre property into 2 ‘For-Sale’ single-family detached lots. A rezoning is requested from CUP (Community Unit Plan) to R-15 (Dwelling, ‘For-Sale’, Residential) and variances are requested to Unified Development Code (UDC) Subsection 2.2.5(D) to reduce the front and rear setbacks. The property is located at 10235 Waters Road and is legally described as being located in Land Lot 58, 1^st District, 1^st Section, Fulton County, Georgia.]

KATHY, HOLD ON A SECOND.

WE, WE ARE NOT SEEING THIS.

YOU'RE NOT.

THERE WE GO.

THANK YOU.

THERE WE GO.

SO JUST A REMINDER, THIS ITEM WAS HEARD AT THE NOVEMBER 17TH, UH, CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

AND AT THAT TIME THE APPLICANT AND THE APPLICANT IS STILL REQUESTING TO REZONING FROM CUP IN ORDER TO HAVE R 15 ZONING.

IT DOES MEET THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP.

IN FACT, UH, THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP SHOWED MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL IN THE FUTURE, WHICH WOULD'VE ALLOWED ABOUT FOUR UNITS TO THE ACRE.

THEY ARE REQUESTING JUST TWO LOTS, A LITTLE OVER TWO UNITS TO THE ACRE.

SO THERE WEREN'T A LOT OF CONCERNS WITH THE REQUEST AND THE DENSITY, AND I'LL SHOW YOU THAT SITE PLAN.

THE REASON THEY WERE POSTPONED AT THE LAST MEETING WAS BECAUSE THE APPLICANT WAS REQUESTING A VARIANCE FROM THE 65 FOOT FRONT SETBACK IN ORDER TO ALLOW A REDUCED 50 FOOT SETBACK.

AND SOME OF WHAT THE APPLICANT WAS OFFERING IF THAT WAS APPROVED WAS TO INCREASE THE REAR, UH, THE REAR SETBACK FROM THE REQUIRED 25 FEET TO 35 FEET, WHICH DOES PUSH IT FARTHER AWAY FROM EXISTING HOMES AND SAVE SOME SMALLER TREES.

STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION AT THE NOVEMBER MEETING WAS TO APPROVE THE, THE VARIANCE ON LOT TWO FROM 65 FEET TO 50 FEET, BUT TO MAINTAIN A 65 FOOT SETBACK ALONG WATERS ROAD FOR THIS HOME.

AND THE REASON IS BECAUSE THERE'S A 28 INCH OAK ALONG THE FRONT.

SO OUR RECOMMENDATION WAS TO APPROVE THIS ALTERNATE PLAN, WHICH INCORPORATED MORE TREE SAVE ALONG WATERS ROAD.

WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE LAST MEETING, BUT WE DID HAVE THE REQUEST FROM COUNCIL FOR THE APPLICANT TO GO BACK AND HAVE AN ARBORIST LOOK AT THE TREES IN THE BACK AS WELL AS LOOK AT THE 28 INCH OAK ALONG THE FRONT AND, AND REALLY MAKE A DETERMINATION AS TO, TO WHICH TREES ARE BETTER, UM, TO SAVE, WHICH WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, IS IT THE, THE SMALLER TREES OF QUALITY OR THE LARGER TREE ALONG THE FRONT.

AND LOOKING AT THE TREE INFORMATION THAT WAS GIVEN TO US, REALLY THE ARBORIST STATED THAT EITHER WOULD BE A GOOD TREE SAFE, SO THERE WASN'T A LOT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT WAS GAINED EXCEPT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER THE DECISION OF COUNCIL THAT THESE ARE ALSO A GOOD, SAFE OR THE FRONT WOULD BE A GOOD SAFE.

SO LOOKING AT SOME OF THE TREES ON THE REAR, THEY DID INCLUDE PICTURES WITHIN THE, UH, TREE STUDY THAT THEY PROVIDED.

AND THE TREES ALONG THE, THE REAR ARE SWEET GUMS. UM, AS WELL AS THERE'S A PINE AND A BRADFORD PEAR THAT WOULD BE SAVED IF THEY WERE APPROVED FOR THE FRONT SETBACK

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AND THERE'S ALSO SMALL WATER OAKS AND PINE CLUSTERS.

AND FROM THE REPORT THAT SAYS THEY'RE ABOUT 50 FEET IN HEIGHT AND AROUND EIGHT TO 11 INCHES IN DIAMETER.

SO THEY'RE JUST MORE OF THE, UM, THE TREES THAT JUST KIND OF GROW TALL AND THINNER, BUT DON'T, DON'T HAVE A LOT OF CAMPY EXCEPT FOR THE VERY TOP.

UM, THE REPORT ALSO SAID THAT THE WATER OAK HAS AT THE FRONT HAS A FULL CANOPY, THE 28 INCH WATER OAK AND, UH, SOME POOR PRUNING PREVIOUSLY, BUT A FULL CANOPY AND IT'S IN GOOD CONDITION.

SO THAT BRINGS US TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY.

AND THE APPLICANT IS STILL REQUESTING, UH, BASED ON THE TREE INFORMATION THAT THEY PROVIDED, THAT THEY ARE APPROVED FOR THE REZONING REQUEST TO ALLOW THE R 15 AND ADDITIONALLY THE FRONT SETBACK VARIANCE TO GO FROM 65 FEET, WHICH IS REQUIRED BY THE CODE TO 50 FEET.

AND THAT CONCLUDES STAFF PRESENTATION.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL BE GLAD TO GIVE YOU MORE OF AN UPDATE.

ANYBODY HAVE QUESTIONS FOR KATHY? COUNCILMAN BRADY? KATHY, I, I COULDN'T BE BRIEF 'CAUSE I KNOW WE, WE, WE'VE HAD THIS MEETING BEFORE.

UM, WE WERE, YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT EITHER IS A CHOICE AND, AND YOU SEE SWEET GUM AND, AND PINES.

THAT'S NOT EXACTLY THE TREES THAT GARNER THE, THE SPECIMEN KIND OF QUALITY OF OAK AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

WHAT I'M KIND OF HEARING IS THE PREFERRED IS THE ONES IN THE FRONT, IS THE ONES WE WANNA KEEP AND BE BENEFICIAL TO HAVE THOSE.

YEAH.

UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS STILL THE SAME.

WE BELIEVE THAT, UH, LOT ONE SHOULD MAINTAIN THE 65 FOOT, UH, SETBACK.

THAT WAY YOU HAVE THE, SOME CANOPY ALONG WATERS ROAD.

IT DOES PUSH THE, THE, THE HOME TOWARDS THE REAR.

BUT LOOKING AT THOSE, THOSE TREES ARE SMALL.

THEY'RE, THEY'RE 50 FEET TALL, BUT THEY'RE VERY SMALL IN DIAMETER.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

ANYONE COUNCILMAN REEVES.

SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT WATERS ROAD IN TOTAL, THAT WOULD BE, THAT WOULD BE PROBABLY FAIRLY IMPACTFUL TO AN INTERSECTION THAT'S ALREADY HAD A LOT OF IMPACT 'CAUSE IT'S VERY CLOSE TO THAT INTERSECTION, CORRECT? I, I THINK IT IS.

I MEAN, I THINK IF WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE CANOPY ALONG WATERS ROAD, UH, YOU KNOW, STAFF BELIEVE THAT IT WAS A SIGNIFICANT TREE AND THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER TREES THAT ARE GONNA BE REMOVED ALONG THE FRONT OR FOUND TO BE IN POOR CONDITION.

AND THERE'S SILVER MAPLES ARE FOUND TO BE IN POOR CONDITION, BUT IT'S STILL A CANOPY THAT WILL BE REMOVED.

SO WHEN WE DO FIND A TREE, JUST LIKE WE DO IN THE DOWNTOWN AND WE LOOK ELSEWHERE ON A MAIN ROAD, IF THERE'S A WAY TO INCORPORATE A LARGE TREE ALONG FRONT AND ESPECIALLY A 28 INCH DIAMETER, YOU KNOW, IT HAS A LONG LIFESPAN.

IT'S NOT A OVER 50 INCHES.

SOME OF THE OTHER LARGER ONES CAN HAVE A A SHORTER LIFESPAN.

AND THESE ARE CUSTOM HOMES, CORRECT? I'M SORRY? THESE ARE CUSTOM HOMES? YES.

OKAY.

ANYONE ELSE? ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU KATHY.

THANK YOU.

IF THE APPLICANT WOULD LIKE TO COME FORWARD, PLEASE, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.

MY NAME IS, UH, BARRY DUNLOP.

OH, LEMME PUSH THAT COURSE IF YOU WANT.

OKAY.

AND THEN I'LL, I'LL USE THAT.

UH, MY NAME IS BARRY DUNLOP.

I'M WITH PARADIGM ENGINEERING.

I AM THE, UH, UH, THE APPLICANT FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT.

I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME THIS EVENING.

AND, UM, AS YOU HAVE RECALLED, UM, WE WERE HERE IN NOVEMBER AND, UH, WE DID SHOW THE TWO DIFFERENT, UH, CONCEPTS FOR BUILDING HOMES ON THIS PARTICULAR SITE.

AND ONE WAS INCORPORATING A SETBACK REDUCTION AND PULLING THE HOME CLOSER TO WATERS ROAD.

AND ANOTHER ONE WAS, UH, UH, THAT WAS NOT USING A SETBACK REDUCTION, BUT ACTUALLY PUSHING THE HOME AN ADDITIONAL 25 TO 30 FEET BACK, UM, AWAY FROM THE SETBACK.

UH, THAT IS, UH, THE CURRENT SETBACK FOR THIS PARTICULAR ZONING CATEGORY.

AND THE DISCUSSION FROM MY RECALL, THE DISCUSSION WAS THAT, UH, SEVERAL COUNCIL MEMBERS SEEMED TO LIKE THE IDEA OF PULLING THE HOMES FORWARD AND HAVING THE, THE BOTH HOMES HAVE THE SAME, SAME, UH, LOOK WITH THE HOMES BEING PULLED FORWARD.

AND THEN WHEN THE COUNCIL WENT TO VOTE, EVERYONE VOTED TO AGREE WITH THE REZONING.

AND I BROUGHT UP AT THE END THAT, THAT BECAUSE THE VOTE WAS TO INCLUDE ALL OF THE STAFF, UH, CONDITIONS THAT,

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UM, AND IF, IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'M GONNA SHOW YOU THIS ON THE PLAN, ON THE PROJECTOR.

LET'S SEE.

THANK YOU.

AND, AND AT THE, AT THE SAME TIME, THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION AS TO, UH, THE, THE SITE PLAN.

THE SITE PLAN WAS USING JUST A CONCEPT FOOTPRINT THAT I HAD PULLED TOGETHER, CONCEPT FOOTPRINT THAT I PULLED TOGETHER TO REPRESENT THE HOME AND THE GARAGE FOR THE HOME.

AND THERE WAS AN IDEA THAT I SHOULD GO BACK AND TALK WITH MY ARCHITECT AND SEE IF I CAN GET SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT MORE ACCURATE TO REPRESENT THE BUILDING SO THAT WE CAN DETERMINE IF WHAT COULD BE BUILT ON THAT LOT, UM, UH, THAT WOULD BE MORE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE, THE DESIGN.

BUT AS, AS KATHY WAS SHOWING, THIS WAS THE ALTERNATE THAT WAS BASICALLY PUSHING THIS, PUSHING THIS HOME BACK A FAIR AMOUNT FROM THE SETBACK.

UM, THAT HERE, HERE, RIGHT HERE IS THE EXISTING SETBACK ON THE PROPERTY.

AND I'VE HAD TO PUSH THE HOME BACK ALMOST AN ADDITIONAL 30 FEET TO BE ABLE TO SAVE THAT TREE RIGHT THERE.

SO I'M, I PUSHED MY HOME BACK 30 FEET FROM THAT ORIGINAL SETBACK.

THAT'S WHY THIS HOME HAS BEEN PUSHED.

SO BACK IN THE, INTO THIS AREA.

BUT MY, MY ARCHITECT, UM, CAME UP WITH, UH, A REAL FOOTPRINT ON THE BUILDING AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT TOO FAR OFF FROM WHAT WE HAD CONCEPTUALLY, BUT, UM, BUT THIS IS WHAT THEY, THEY CAME UP WITH.

AND, UM, THIS IS JUST AN IDEA OF THE, UH, ELEVATIONS OF THAT PARTICULAR BUILDING.

THERE'LL BE A, UM, UH, A THREE CAR GARAGE WITH SORT OF A ROOFTOP KIND OF AMENITY TO THAT GARAGE.

AND THEN THE HOME IS BRICK.

I THINK THAT THEY MIGHT END UP PAINTING THE BRICK WHITE TO, TO GO ALONG WITH THE ORIGINAL, UH, UM, IMAGERY FOR THE, FOR THE HOME.

BUT THIS BEING AN ACTUAL FOOTPRINT OF ARCHITECTURE, UM, WE'RE, WE ARE SHOWING OUR, OUR DRIVEWAY COMING TO THE MIDDLE OF THE HOME AND WE HAVE A LITTLE, UH, SORT OF A, A, A MOTOR COURT AREA, JUST SORT OF A, A LITTLE PARKING SPACE AREA TO BE ABLE TO PULL IN AND OUT OF THE GARAGE AND HAVE A SPACE FOR GUEST PARKING.

WE OBVIOUSLY DON'T WANT GUESTS TO PARK ON THE ROAD.

UM, BUT THIS CONCEPT, UH, REMOVES THAT RIGHT THERE.

THAT, THAT RED, UM, X RIGHT THERE IS THE, UH, 28 INCH WATER OAK THAT IS IN QUESTION.

AND NO MATTER HOW I PUSH THIS IN OR UP OR DOWN IN THE PROPERTY, IF I WERE TO PULL IT BACK OR FORWARD, I STILL, WITH THE, THE DRIVEWAY AS IT COMES THROUGH HERE AND THE, THE WAY THE ARCHITECTURE IS SET OUT, I, I DON'T REALLY HAVE A PATH TO BE ABLE TO SAVE THAT OAK, THAT WATER OAK WITH THE ARCHITECTURE THAT HAS BEEN GIVEN TO ME BY THE, UH, BY THE ARCHITECT.

UM, SO BASICALLY AS, AS KATHY HAD STATED, UM, WE DID HAVE TWO CONDITIONS, STAFF CONDITIONS THAT WE WOULD LIKE.

WE, I WOULD LIKE WE AN ADJUSTMENT TO OR EVEN A REMOVAL OF, UH, TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THIS A MORE VIABLE, UH, PROJECT FOR THE, THE BUILDER AND, UM, AND FUTURE FUTURE RESIDENTS.

UH, BECAUSE I DO, I DO KNOW AS A, AS A RESIDENT ON HERE, UH, AT THIS PROPERTY THAT THE MORE WE CAN PULL THIS HOME AWAY FROM THE REAR PROPERTY, THE MORE SUCCESSFUL WE'LL HAVE IN, IN HAVING A, A BACKYARD, UM, FOR THE TENANT TO BE ABLE TO USE AS OPPOSED TO, UM, SOMETHING THAT WOULD REQUIRE GRADING UP IN A RETAINING WALL, UH, TO BE ABLE TO TRY TO FORM ANY SORT OF A BACKYARD, UM, FOR A TENANT.

IF THE, IF THE HOME WAS PUSHED BACK FURTHER, UH, FROM THE PROPERTY LINE OR ACTUALLY FROM THE SETBACK, YOU CAN SEE JUST HOW MUCH OF A DIFFERENCE THE BUILDING HAS TO BE BEYOND THE SETBACK

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UM, AND SO I JUST WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE RIGHTS TO BE ABLE TO PULL MY BUILDING UP TO THE, UP TO THE SETBACK.

SO THE CONDITIONS THAT, THAT, UH, WERE OUR CONCERN WAS ONE THAT, UM, THE, UH, SETBACK FRONTING WATERS ROAD THAT WE HAD REQUESTED A 50 FOOT SETBACK, WHICH WAS OKAY AND AGREED TO ON LOT NUMBER TWO FROM 65 TO 50 FEET, THAT WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO HAVE THAT ON LOT ONE FROM, UH, FROM 65 TO 50 FEET.

AND THEN THE NEXT CONDITION WAS REALLY THE ONE THAT, THAT WAS CONCERNING TO US IS THAT IT BASICALLY SAID THE TREES ARE TO BE SAVED AS DEPICTED ON THE ALTERNATE SITE PLAN PREPARED BY PARADIGM ME DATED 6 23.

AND THAT'S, THAT IS THIS PLAN, WHICH WAS THE ALTERNATE AS YOU KATHY'S ORIGINALLY SHOWED.

UM, THIS WAS WHAT WE HAD ORIGINALLY SUBMITTED AS A NON, AS WHAT WE HAD WANTED.

AND THEN WE CAME UP WITH AN ALTERNATE WHEN THEY SAID, HEY, HEY, TRY SOMETHING TO SEE IF WE CAN TRY TO SAVE THAT TREE.

AND THAT'S WHAT I DID.

I TRIED SOMETHING, WE'RE STILL PUSHING THE 20% IMPACT ON THE ROOT ZONE, UM, WITH THIS PARTICULAR LAYOUT.

BUT THAT WAS WHAT WE ORIGINALLY SUBMITTED.

AND THEN THEY ASKED FOR AN ALTERNATE.

AND THE ALTERNATE IS USUALLY, THE INTENT IS, WHAT COULD WE DO TO TRY TO PUSH THE BOUNDARIES OF THE DESIGN TO, TO, TO SAVE SOMETHING? AND THAT'S WHAT WE DID.

UM, BUT NOW THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE SOME REAL ARCHITECTURE, UM, WHICH IS WHAT, WHAT MY ARCHITECT PUT TOGETHER HERE, I, I DON'T REALLY SEE A PATH THAT WORKS TO GIVING ME, UH, JUST A 20% IMPACT TO THE CRITICAL ROOT ZONE OF THAT, OF THAT THAT TREE.

SO THE CONDITION HERE THAT READS, UM, THAT, UH, THE TREE SHALL BE SAVED, UM, AS DEPICTED BY THE ALTERNATE PLAN BY PARADIGM ON 9 23 25, UM, THE TREES SHALL TREE SAVED, SHALL BE CONSISTENT WITH THE, UH, SUBMITTED TREE SURVEY, UH, WHICH BE DONE.

A COUPLE, WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD AN ARBORIST OUT THERE A COUPLE TIMES.

UM, WHAT I'M REQUESTING IS THAT WE EITHER REMOVE THAT, UH, REMOVE THAT CONDITION, OR WE COULD CHANGE THE DATE OF THAT CONDITION TO REFLECT THE, THIS PLAN WITH REAL ARCHITECTURE, WHICH I'VE, I'VE GOT A DATE OF, UH, MARCH, UM, 2 3 2.

I'VE GOT A SITE PLAN HERE THAT I CAN GIVE OVER TO KATHY, WHICH IS ACTUALLY THIS WITH A TITLE BLOCK.

SO THAT'S MY REQUEST TO YOU AS, AS A COUNSEL, THAT I WOULD, I REQUEST THAT YOU, UM, HELP THIS, UH, THIS DEVELOPER, A BUILDER WITH, UM, UH, TO BE ABLE TO ADHERE TO THIS, THIS PROPERTY RIGHTS TO BUILD THE ARCHITECTURE THAT, THAT THEY SEEM TO BE, UM, MOST DIRECTED TOWARDS THIS PARTICULAR PRODUCT.

AND, AND ADJUST, ADJUST THIS CONDITION TO READ EITHER, UM, SIX TWO, I'M SORRY, 3, 3 2, MARCH 2ND, UM, OR JUST REMOVE THE CONDITION ALTOGETHER.

AND THEN WE WOULD JUST BUILD SOMETHING, UH, WE WOULD JUST HAVE, WE'D WORK DIRECTLY WITH STAFF DURING THE BUILDING PERMIT PROCESS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, UH, WORK THROUGH THE ARCHITECTURE AND THE LAND DISTURBANCE ACTIVITIES.

OKAY.

I'M SORRY, I'M GONNA HAVE TO INTERRUPT YOU FOR JUST ONE SECOND.

UM, MAYOR PER TIM, THE TIME FOR THE APPLICANT'S 10 MINUTES INITIALLY HAS EXPIRED, SO IF YOU WANNA CONTINUE TO HEAR FROM HIM, UM, I WOULD SUGGEST A MOTION TO EXTEND IF THAT'S SOMETHING YOU WANT.

IT WOULD JUST NEED TO BE EQUAL FOR BOTH SIDES.

I, I'M PERFECTLY FINE.

IF Y'ALL JUST HAVE QUESTIONS, I'D BE GOOD.

OKAY.

WE CAN GO RIGHT TO QUESTIONS IF YOU'RE OKAY WITH THAT.

WE'RE GOOD WITH THAT, THE PRESENTATION.

THANK, THANK YOU SIR.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? COUNCILMAN DORITO? THANK YOU MAYOR.

MAYOR , I APPRECIATE MR. DUNLOP, YOUR PRESENTATION.

SO JUST TO SUM IT UP, 'CAUSE YOU KEPT MOVING PICTURES ON ME AS I WAS TRYING TO FOLLOW YOU BACK AND FORTH AND ALL OVER THE PLACE, SO I GET A LITTLE CONFUSED, BUT I THINK I HAVE IT DOWN.

YOU WANNA REMOVE CONDITION FOUR AND CON CONDITION EIGHT IS BASICALLY WHAT YOU'RE SUMMING UP, RIGHT? HOWEVER, REMOVING THOSE CONDITIONS, YOU'RE BASICALLY GOING BACK TO OUR DISCUSSION, THE INITIAL HEARING, WHICH WE WERE, UM, FOLLOWING STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS OR, OR CONSIDERING STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS AS FAR AS LOT TWO BEING, UH, A 65 FOOT, UM, SET BACK.

AND, UM, LOT ONE, I THINK IF I HAVE THE, I DON'T HAVE IT

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YES.

UM, I'M SORRY, LOT TWO BEING 50 FOOT, LOT ONE BEING 65 FOOT WAS THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION, RIGHT? R RIGHT.

SO, SO IT IT'S PRETTY MUCH GOING BACK TO WHAT WE HAD CONCERNS ABOUT FROM THE LAST MEETING, UH, PARTICULARLY IF WE REMOVE THOSE CONDITIONS.

UM, I UNDERSTAND THAT THE, THE DILEMMA, UM, AND, AND I KNOW THIS IS STILL KIND OF A, WHAT I'D CALL A DRAFT RENDERING, ARCHITECTURAL RENDERING OF WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO PUT THERE.

UM, BUT I I I JUST BUT YOUR RECOMMENDATION, WE WOULD BE MOVING THAT OAK TREE, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.

IN, IN FAVOR TO SAVE THE, UM, THE CLUMP OF TREES IN THE REAR.

AND LIKE, UH, KATHY SAID ARBORIST WENT OUT THERE AND, UH, INSPECTED THE SITE AGAIN, UH, THIS LAST MONTH.

AND HIS RECOMMENDATION, WELL, HE BASICALLY SAID IT'S A TOSS UP.

THE ONE TREE IN THE FRONT HAS ABOUT THE SAME VALUE AS THE CLUSTER OF TREES IN THE REAR.

UM, I GUESS DEPENDING ON HOW YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT.

CORRECT, BECAUSE THERE'S A FENCE BACK THERE AND THE RESIDENTS BEHIND YOU ARE NOT GONNA, THEY'LL SEE THE TOPS OF THOSE TREES, I GUESS.

SO IF I WAS A RESIDENT THERE, KIND OF LIKE THAT BUFFER.

UM, HOWEVER, MAINTAINING THAT BEAUTIFUL OAK TREE IN FRONT IS, UM, AESTHETICALLY PLEASING TO PEOPLE GOING DOWN WATERS ROAD AND TRYING TO KEEP THAT CANOPY FEELING ALONG THAT STRIP OR ROADWAY IN ALPHARETTA.

SO.

RIGHT.

UM, I MEAN THAT, THAT, THAT'S REALLY WHAT THIS IS COMING DOWN TO FROM WHAT I COULD SEE AND AS POINTED OUT BY, UH, COUNCILMAN BRADY AND HIS QUESTIONS TO STAFF, THE, THE TREES THEMSELVES ARE NOT REALLY SPECIMEN TREES.

THEY'RE, THOSE WILD TREES ARE KIND OF GROWING RIGHT BACK OF MANY, MANY WELL, THE SAME, THE SAME , I I'M SORRY.

THE TIME FOR YOU TO OFFER A COMMENT WITHOUT BEING IN RESPONSE TO AN ACTUAL QUESTIONS PASSED, SO OH, OKAY.

UNLESS THE COUNCIL DIRECTLY ASKED YOU QUESTION.

SO MY POINT IS, WHAT IS IT THAT, I MEAN, IF YOU COULD BE MORE SPECIFIC, WHAT IS IT THAT YOU CAN'T ARCHITECTURALLY DESIGN THE, THAT ONE HOUSE ON LOT ONE THAT WOULD ACCOMMODATE MAINTAINING THAT OAK TREE? WHY CAN'T YOU DO THAT? IS IT THE, BECAUSE YOU'RE, LOOK, YOU'RE LOOKING AT A VERY SIMILAR HOUSE AS THE ONE ON LOT.

UM, WHAT DID YOU DO NOW? YOU JUST PUT UP TWO.

YEAH, I JUST, I PUT UP BOTH.

UM, YOU'RE REALLY CONFUSING ME.

OKAY, SO THIS, I PUT UP THE BOTH IMAGES OF LOT ONE 'CAUSE THAT'S REALLY WHAT'S IN QUESTION.

I'M GONNA SLOW TONIGHT, SO HELP ME OUT HERE.

AND SO WHAT'D YOU SEE? THE, THE TWO, THE TWO TOGETHER? OKAY.

WHAT LOT ONE WAS, I GOT IT.

THIS WAS THE ALTERNATE PLAN, UM, THAT WOULD, AND THAT, THAT KIND OF LOOKS LIKE ACCOMMODATING TO THE CITY'S ISSUES OR AT LEAST CONCERNS RAISED AND STAFFERS RAISED.

I MEAN, WHY WOULDN'T YOU JUST DO THAT? I MEAN, I, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY I, YOU KNOW, YEAH, THE, SOME OF THE TREES IN THE BACK WILL BE REMOVED, BUT R RIGHT, AND, AND IF THERE'S A CONCERN TO THE, TO THE REAR NEIGHBOR, I GUESS LEMME SORT OF LINE UP WHAT THE, WHAT THE, THE REAR THE REAR PROPERTY LINE WOULD BE, JUST SO YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENCE IN HOW MUCH CLOSER THE HOUSE IS TO THE REAR PROPERTY.

THAT E EVEN IF THE, IF THE TREES WERE GONE, THEN THAT JUST MEANS THAT THAT HOUSE, WHICH IS GONNA BE A TWO STORY HOUSE, IS, IS A GOOD 40 FEET CLOSER TO THE PROPERTY LINE.

AND SO YOU'LL SEE THAT HOME FROM THE BACKYARD.

IT'LL, IT'LL BE IN THAT VISUAL CORRIDOR OF YOU SITTING OUT ON YOUR BACK PORCH FROM, FROM THIS HOME.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

COUNCILMAN BRADY.

I FEEL LIKE IT'S GROUNDHOG DAY.

WE'VE DONE THIS IN NOVEMBER.

WE'VE HAD THIS CONVERSATION IN NOVEMBER.

IT'S GONE THREE MONTHS AND YOU'RE BACK EXACTLY WITH THE SAME REQUEST.

AND HAVE YOU WORKED WITH STAFF, STAFF DOESN'T SUPPORT WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR.

SO FOR THREE MONTHS YOU COME BACK WITH EXACTLY THE SAME THING.

WHY HA WHY, WHY HAVE YOU KNOCKED THIS OUT WITH STAFF? O OKAY, I, I DID ASK, UH, FOR A MEETING WITH STAFF, UM, ACTUALLY THAT'S THE FIRST TIME I'VE SEEN DAVID AND, AND A COUPLE OF MONTHS.

BUT, UH, I'VE BEEN BACK AND FORTH WITH, UH, MICHAEL WOODMAN.

HIS REQUEST THAT CAME BACK TO ME WAS, CAN YOU HAVE AN ARBORIST GO TO THE SITE AND TAKE A LOOK AT THE TREES IN THE REAR AND DETERMINE IF THEY'RE OF ANY GREATER VALUE THAN THE SPECIMEN.

AND SO I DID, I HAD A, HAD AN ARBORIST GO OUT THERE AND, AND DO AN ASSESSMENT OF REASSESS THE SPECIMEN IN THE FRONT AND THEN DO AN ASSESSMENT OF THE TREE.

I'VE GOT THAT.

YOU, YOU'VE ALREADY SAID THAT.

SO I'M GONNA SPEED ALONG.

YES.

I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, THREE MONTHS LATER, STAFF DOES NOT SUPPORT

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WE'VE ALREADY HAD THIS MEETING.

THIS IS THE SECOND MEETING NOW ON THE SAME THING.

THREE MONTHS, NOTHING IS, HAS DEVELOPED.

SO WE'RE HAVING THE EXACT SAME CONVERSATION THREE MONTHS LATER.

THANK YOU.

RIGHT.

WELL I'VE, I'VE, I'VE ASKED FOR THAT MEETING.

LIKE I SAID, DAVID SCHAACK, UM, DAVID HAS BEEN BEEN OUT OF, OF, UM, OF TOUCH AS YOU KNOW, AND I'VE RESPECTED THAT.

AND SO I FELT LIKE THAT, UH, I COULD COME TO TONIGHT AND DISCUSS THE ISSUES TO YOU AND, AND GET YOUR GRACES FROM, FROM THAT DIRECTION.

THANK ANYBODY ELSE? COUNCILWOMAN REEVES? I GUESS, UM, I'M GONNA THROW A MONKEY WRENCH INTO THIS BECAUSE WHY NOT? UM, BOTH LOTS.

LIKE IF THEY WERE BOTH WITH THE 50 FOOT VARIANCE, THEN THAT WOULD BE WHAT HE WANTS.

UM, THAT WOULD BE THAT.

YES.

UM, I HAVE A, I HAVE AN OAK TREE IN MY FRONT YARD THAT'S BEEN HIT BY LIGHTNING THREE TIMES AND I LOVE IT.

IT'S HUGE.

I WON'T TAKE IT DOWN 'CAUSE WE LOVE THAT DARN OAK OAK TREE.

UM, BUT THIS, SOMEBODY COULD BUILD FOUR RESIDENCES ON HERE AND I HAVE A CONCERN ABOUT I SWEET GUMS. OH, THEY'RE THE WORST TO STEP ON.

LIKE ALWAYS THE WORST.

BUT THEY ARE PROVIDING SOME KIND OF BUFFER FOR THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE BEHIND.

AND I'M, I'M, IF WE ARE SIX OF ONE HALF DOZEN OF ANOTHER AND LOOK AT TWO LOTS, AND IF WE GIVE THEM BOTH THE SAME SETBACK, THAT SEEMS LIKE THAT WOULD BE CONSISTENT AND MAKE SENSE.

I THINK HE'S PROBABLY TRYING TO BUILD NICE HOUSES AROUND HERE THESE DAYS.

THAT'S MOSTLY WHAT GOES.

SO IF IT'S SIX OF ONE HALF DOZEN OF ANOTHER, I, UM, I WOULD BE FOR TRYING TO WORK SOMETHING OUT.

I, I HAVE A QUESTION.

NO, I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION.

I WAS TOLD YOU I HAD A STATEMENT AND THAT WAS ALRIGHT.

THANK YOU.

COUNCILMAN DRISCOLL.

UH, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING.

SO QUESTION I'VE GOT FOR YOU, IS THIS TWO FOOT TOPO, UM, OR FIVE FOOT TOPO? UM, ACTUALLY ONE FOOT TOPO.

ONE FOOT.

MM-HMM .

SO IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, EVEN IF YOU PUSH IT BACK, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TREES THAT I WOULD THINK A LOT OF THE TREES, EVEN WHEN YOU'RE PUSHING ALL THE WAY BACK DUE TO THE TOPO CHANGE A WE'VE GOT WHAT, 10, 10, 12 FOOT DIFFERENCE IN, IN FINISHED GRADE TO YOUR BACK PROPERTY LINE.

THE, THE SITE DOES GO UP IN ELEVATION AS YOU HEAD TO THE BACK.

IT'S MORE DRASTIC THE FURTHER BACK INTO THE PROPERTY IT IS.

RIGHT.

UM, FROM, UH, UH, AN AN 85 ELEVATION IS WHAT I THINK THE FINISHED FORWARD WORK TO, UM, THE, THE TOPO IN THE BACK IS AROUND, UH, 89 TO 90 RANGE.

YEAH.

SO THAT'S WHY I DO THINK THAT WE'LL HAVE TO PUT A WALL OR SOMETHING IN THERE TO, TO GET AT LEAST ABOUT 20 TO 30 FEET OF BACKYARD, WHICH IS NOT A LOT ON A MULTIMILLION DOLLAR HOUSE.

NO, I MEAN, SO, BUT I JUST WANTED TO JUST CLARIFY THAT WE'RE MUCH FLATTER UP AT THE FRONT.

SO YES.

YOU MAYBE A LITTLE RESISTANCE ON THE BACK IS JUST BECAUSE MORE GRADING.

CORRECT.

THERE'S MORE GRADING.

THAT'S WHAT I NEEDED.

THANK YOU.

YES.

ANYBODY ELSE? MS. SHAPIRO? DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT CARDS EITHER FOR OR AGAINST THIS PROJECT? IT'S MY TURN.

.

WE DO NOT, IF ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE DIDN'T REALIZE THEY NEEDED TO FILL OUT A FORM, I WOULD STILL LIKE TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THIS, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND OR COME ON UP.

SEEING NONE, I'LL ASK THE SAME FOR ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE IN OPPOSITION OF THIS PROJECT.

SEEING NONE, I'LL CALL THAT AT THIS TIME.

UH, I'D ASK COUNSEL FOR TO MAKE A MOTION.

YES.

MAYOR PERAM, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO, OKAY.

MOTION TO APPROVE.

EXCUSE ME.

SO MOTION TO APPROVE Z DASH 25 DASH 14 SLASH V DASH 25 DASH THIRTY ONE TEN TWO THIRTY FIVE WATERS ROAD AS PRESENTED BY STAFF.

SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN BRADY IS SECOND BY COUNCILMAN DORITO.

ANY DISCUSSION? COUNCILWOMAN REEVES? I THINK THERE'S A COMPLETELY VALID RATIONALE TO NOT WANNA PUSH THAT HOUSE BACK.

UM, NOT ONLY TO SAVE THE

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IT'S JUST GONNA MAKE IT EVEN MESSIER.

UM, YOU KNOW, THE LOT TWO HAS THE 50 FOOT SETBACK.

I, I I WOULD BE FOR KEEPING THE LOT SETBACK THE SAME FOR BOTH OF THE LOTS.

IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE GONNA BE VERY SIMILAR HOUSES AND I THINK THERE'S A UNIFORMITY OF PULLING IT FORWARD.

AND I THINK THERE'S VALUE TO KEEPING THOSE TREES IN THE BACK AND OPERATING ON A MORE LEVEL GROUND.

THAT'S, AND THAT WOULD, THAT, THAT MEANS THAT I WOULD BE FOR ADJUSTING THE UM, CONDITIONS.

THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS? COUNCILMAN DORITO? YEAH.

UH, THANK YOU MR. RE FOR YOUR COMMENTS.

UM, JUST MY THOUGHTS ON LOT.

UM, ONE, UH, WHERE THEY'RE LOOKING TO EQUALIZE THE, THE SETBACK UNDER THIS, THIS AGENDA ITEM.

UM, AND MENTIONED BY THE APPLICANT A REPRESENTATIVE HERE THAT THE TREES IN THE BACK THAT THEY WOULD'VE TO PICK, BUILD THE WALL BACK THERE.

UM, I'M JUST THINKING FROM A, A PRACTICAL STANDPOINT, IF I WAS GONNA INVEST ON A MULTIMILLION DOLLAR HOME AND IN THAT LOT, AND, UM, I WOULD LOVE THE OAK TREE IN THE FRONT OF OUR, MY HOUSE AND I WOULD INCUR THE ADDITIONAL COURSE TO, TO REPLANT THAT BUFFER BACK THERE, I THINK IN ORDER TO BEAUTIFY THEIR BACKYARD, WHICH IS THEY'RE GONNA WANT TO DO, WHOEVER BUYS THIS PROPERTY, THAT'S GONNA BE DONE.

I, I ALMOST GUARANTEE IT.

I, I DON'T KNOW, BUT I, I WOULD GUARANTEE WHO WHOEVER BUYS IT, SPENDING THAT TYPE OF MONEY ON A HOME, THEY'RE GONNA REPLANT THAT BUFFER AND IT'S GONNA BE EVEN NICER.

SO BY US HAVING THEM REMOVE THAT TREE, UM, WE'RE REALLY JUST GIVING SOMETHING UP.

WE REALLY WOULD LIKE TO PROTECT, UM, KNOWING THAT I THINK THAT THAT PROPERTY, THAT BUFFER IN THE BACK WOULD HAVE TO BE IMPROVED IF SOMEONE'S GONNA INVEST THAT TYPE OF MONEY IN THAT HOUSE.

SO JUST MY TWO SONS.

ANYONE ELSE? SEEING NONE, I'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL FOR VOTE.

THE VOTE BEFORE US IS TO APPROVE.

PLEASE VOTE ACCORDINGLY.

AND IT DOES PASS FOR ONE.

THANK YOU.

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[A. Purchase Approval: Annual Workstation Equipment Replacement
Consideration of purchase approval of workstation equipment from Dell Marketing, Inc. under the State of Georgia technology contract (#99999-SPD-SPD0000161-0004) in the amount of $140,000.00, and with authorization for the Mayor to execute all necessary documents.]

AND DIRECTOR ADAM MONTGOMERY WILL PRESENT THAT.

EXCUSE ME.

UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR PRO GENERAL COUNSEL.

THE ITEM BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING IS THE ANNUAL WORKSTATION REPLACEMENT.

UH, WE DO THIS THROUGH DELL EVERY YEAR.

UH, THE AMOUNT WE'RE REQUESTING THIS YEAR IS $140,000 TO REPLACE 84 WORKSTATIONS.

UH, THE DETAILS OF THAT EQUIPMENT WAS IN THE STAFF REPORT, UH, A MIX OF OUR BASE LAPTOP AND DESKTOP.

OUR, UH, UH, ADVANCED, UH, LAPTOP AND DESKTOPS, UH, UH, A FEW MONITORS AND SOME DOCKS.

AND THEN MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT THAT OFTEN COMES UP THAT'S TYPICALLY IN THE FORM OF, UH, EXCUSE ME, I'VE BEEN FIGHTING A COLD, UM, UPSS OR, UM, UH, KEYBOARDS AND MY, AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE THAT JUST NEED REFRESH OVER TIME.

SO, UH, IN, UH, THIS $140,000 IS WITHIN THE CURRENT BUDGET AND WAS PLANNED FOR.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.

DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR DIRECTOR MONTGOMERY? THANK YOU, ADAM.

WELL DONE.

MY PLEASURE.

MAYOR PROAM, I'M SORRY.

WE NEED TO ASK IF THERE'S ANY PUBLIC COMMENT.

THAT'S MY NEXT MOVE, RIGHT? OH, SORRY, .

NO, BUT YOU KNOW ME WELL ENOUGH, YOU NEED TO CHECK ON ME.

IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF OUR OPPOSITION OF THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, WE'LL MOVE FORWARD.

I'LL ASK FOR A MOTION THIS EVENING.

MAYOR PERAM, UH, I MOVE TO APPROVE WORKSTATION EQUIPMENT FROM DELL MARKETING INC.

UNDER THE STATE OF GEORGIA TECHNOLOGY.

CONTRACT NUMBER 9 9 9 9 9 DASHS PD DASHS, PD 0 0 0 0 1 5 1 4 IN THE AMOUNT OF $140,000 WITH THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS.

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SECOND TO MOTION IS SECOND TO APPROVE THE DISCUSSION.

ANY DISCUSSION? SORRY.

YES, SIR.

COUNCILMAN DORITO REAL QUICK.

MAYOR, LIEUTENANT, I JUST WANT TO THANK, UH, DIRECTOR MONTGOMERY AND THE STAFF FOR PULLING THIS TOGETHER.

I KNOW IT'S, IT LOOKS SIMPLE.

YOU JUST COME IN AND YOU WANT TO LIKE, JUST MAKE A PURCHASE AS, AS WE TALK ABOUT EVERY YEAR.

BUT, UM, A LOT OF THOUGHT GOES INTO THIS.

THERE'S A PROGRAM OF REPLACEMENT THAT'S, THAT'S BEHIND THIS.

SO IT'S NOT JUST, UH, SIMPLY SPENDING $140,000.

IT'S A LOT OF THOUGHT AND, UM, UH, COST EFFICIENCY IN THE PROCESS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE REPLACING THE RIGHT COMPUTERS, THE RIGHT TIME, UH, TO KEEP OUR STAFF THE ENTIRE CITY OF ALMOST 500 EMPLOYEES, UH, YOU KNOW, WITH THE RIGHT EQUIPMENT TO DO THE RIGHT JOB FOR THE PEOPLE OF ALPHARETTA.

SO, THANK YOU, UH, DIRECTOR RECOVERY.

THANK YOU.

ANYBODY ELSE? OKAY, ASK EVERYBODY TO VOTE ACCORDINGLY AND IT DOES PASS UNANIMOUSLY.

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[B. Change Order to Request For Proposal 25-1003: Fire Station 81 Construction Manager at Risk - Construction Services and Change Order to Request For Proposals 23-117: Jericho Design Group, LLC for Fire Station 81
Consideration of approval of Change Order 1 associated with Request for Proposal 25-1003 to Ajax Building Company, LLC for an amount of $3,048,937.00 for construction services associated with a Construction Manager at Risk delivery method for an addition and enhancements at Fire Station 81 and award change order number 2 to Jericho Design Group, LLC in amount of $65,000 for related construction administrative services, and with authorization for the Mayor to execute all necessary documents. ]

AND WE'LL SEE MR. PETE ESK AMER PRO TOWN COUNSEL.

ONLY FOUR NINE IS THE, WE CALL, WE REFER TO AS A CHANGE ORDER OF FIRE STATION 81 BECAUSE WE ISSUED A PURCHASE ORDER ALREADY FOR THE FIRE STATION THROUGH THE CMAR PROCESS.

UM, THIS PROJECT STARTED BACK IN, UM, AUGUST OF, UM, 2023 WITH THE HIRING OF JERICHO TO DO AN ASSESSMENTS OF FIRE STATIONS FOR FUNCTIONALITY AS WELL AS START LOOKING AT CLEAN ROOM APPLICATIONS TO OUR STATIONS.

FOLLOWED UP BY THEN ON OCTOBER OF 2024, UH, WITH A CONTRACT TO JERICHO TO START THE DESIGN PROCESS FOR FIRE STATION 81 FOR THE CLEAN ROOM AND THE CLEAN STATION CONCEPT.

THIS PAST IN JUNE OF LAST YEAR, WE HIRED, UM, AJAX TO DO THE CMAR PROCESS CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK, UH, FOR AMOUNT OF $11,000.

AND TONIGHT IS THE ACCUMULATION OF ALL THAT.

SO COLLECTIVELY PUBLIC WORKS, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, AJAX JERICHO HAVE BEEN WORKING TO BRING THE PROJECT IN.

IT'S FULLY DESIGNED.

WE WENT THROUGH A DETAILED VE PROCESS.

UM, IN FACT SOME THINGS AS CREATIVE AS FINDING WHERE WE GET THE FRONT DOORS TO THE BAYS, THE BI-FOLD DOORS FROM OVERSEAS FOR A $36,000 SAVINGS.

THE STATION ALREADY HAS DOORS, SO THEY'RE DELAYED.

THE STATION COULD STILL BE OPERATIONAL.

UM, WE ADDED A RESTROOM, UM, FOR A FUTURE FEMALE FIREFIGHTER YOU MAY RECALL, UM, GOING THROUGH THAT DESIGN PROCESS, NOT, UM, REPLACING ALL THE KITCHEN CABINETS, WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA PAINT THEM.

SO VERY, VERY DETAILED PROCESS.

SEVEN MONTHS TO COMPLETE THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS PROJECT.

I DO WANT TO ANNOUNCE THAT, UM, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS VERY WILLING TO RELOCATE IN THEIR STATION.

SO WHEN WE'RE WORKING ON THEIR BUNK ROOM, THEY'RE GONNA BE IN THE ADDITION STAYING IN THERE.

THAT WILL EXPEDITE THE PROJECT, GETS THIS DONE SOONER, AND SAVE US DOLLARS AS WELL.

SO THANKS TO BRAD AND HIS TEAM FOR DOING THAT.

UM, THE ADDITIONAL $5,000 FOR JERICHO IS FOR ALL OF THEIR, UM, SUBMITTALS AND SHOP DRAWINGS AND INSPECTIONS THEY HAVE TO DO TO KEEP THE PROJECT MOVING FORWARD QUICKLY AND AS THEY DESIGNED IT.

SO, ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCILMAN DORITO? HEY, THANK YOU.

UM, REAL QUICK QUESTION.

I KNOW WHEN, UH, I MET WITH SEVERAL PEOPLE GOING OVER THE, KIND OF THE DETAILS OF THE, THE COURSE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS, UM, WE, WE HAD A, A REALLY BIG DISCUSSION ON THE GARAGE DOORS.