[1. CALL TO ORDER]
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WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO SWITCH THESE ITEMS? WE'LL HAVE TO, WE'LL HAVE TO.
AND DO THE PRESENTATION AND PROCLAMATION FIRST.
WAIT UNTIL WE, OR MAKE HER WAIT UNTIL THAT'S UP TO YOU,
THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US HERE, ALPHARETTA CITY COUNCIL MEETING IN PUBLIC HEARING OF APRIL 27TH, 2026.
BEFORE I GET STARTED, I DID WANT TO LET SOME PEOPLE KNOW THAT THERE HAVE BEEN A COUPLE OF CHANGES TO THE PRINTED OUTLINE OF TONIGHT'S MEETING.
SO I WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE IN CASE YOU'RE HERE FOR SOMETHING THAT MAY NOT BE HEARD THIS EVENING.
FIRST ITEM IS THE FOLLOWING IS, UH, HAS BEEN DEFERRED, WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED THIS EVENING, AND THAT IS CU DASH 26 DASH OH THREE SLASH V DASH 26 DASH OH FOUR SEVEN BREW COFFEE, UH, 11 3 78 STATE BRIDGE ROAD.
SO THAT WILL NOT BE HEARD THIS EVENING IF THAT'S WHY YOU WERE HERE.
AND THE OTHER IS THE WITHDRAWAL OF Z DASH 25 DASH OH SEVEN SLASH C DASH 25 DASH 15 V DASH 25 DASH 20 ALPHARETTA DISTRICT PLACES.
IF YOU WERE HERE FOR THAT PORTION, THEN YOU MIGHT HAVE SAVED YOURSELF A LITTLE BIT OF TIME THIS EVENING.
ON NOTE FOR THE RECORD THAT ALL MEMBERS OF COUNCIL ARE PRESENT AND ACCOUNTED FOR, EXCEPT FOR MAYOR PRO TIM MERLE.
AND AS ALWAYS, WE BEGIN OUR MEETINGS WITH PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
SO IF YOU'RE WILLING AND ABLE, PLEASE STAND AND JOIN US PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION FOR GOD IN WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
I'VE JUST BEEN NOTIFIED THAT THE SWEARING IN OF NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION MEMBER THAT WAS PRINTED ON THE AGENDA IS OUR NEXT ITEM, IS RUNNING A LITTLE BIT LATE, PROBABLY STUCK IN A LITTLE BIT OF TRAFFIC SOMEWHERE.
HER HUSBAND'S OUTTA TOWN WHEN SHE'S DONE AND SHE FIRST, BUT SHE SHOULD BE HERE 20, 30 MINUTES.
I JUST WANT TO LET PEOPLE KNOW WHY WE'RE NOT FOLLOWING THE AGENDA.
WE WILL WAIT FOR HER TO JOIN US BEFORE WE TAKE CARE OF THAT PORTION OF TONIGHT'S MEETING.
[A. Presentation: New Fulton County Health & Human Services - North Facility]
NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS THE PRESENTATION AND PROCLAMATIONS.AND IF, IF I COULD, I WOULD LOVE TO INTRODUCE THE PRESENTATION FROM DR.
PAMELA ROCHELLE FULTON COUNTY CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER, TO PRESENT TO PRESENT ABOUT THE NEW FULTON COUNTY HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES NORTH FACILITY.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY THIS EVENING TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON A BRAND NEW HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES FACILITY LOCATED IN ALPHA AT 4,700 NORTH POINT PARKWAY.
SO THIS EVENING, I'M GOING TO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THIS FACILITY AND SHARE WHAT THIS FACILITY WILL PROVIDE AND WHAT IT IS NOT AS WELL AS HOW CONSTITUENTS HERE IN ALPHARETTA CAN ACCESS THESE SERVICES.
SO, THIS FACILITY IS A $25 MILLION INVESTMENT BY FULTON COUNTY.
IT IS A PREVIOUS COMCAST CALL CENTER AT 4,700 NORTH POINT PARKWAY, AND WE PURCHASED THE FACILITY IN 2019 WITH HOPES OF IMMEDIATELY REHABBING THE FACILITY FOR THIS PURPOSE.
HOWEVER, IN 2020 WITH THE PANDEMIC, WE PIVOTED THE USE OF THIS FACILITY FOR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SERVICES AND PROVIDED SERVICES THROUGH THIS FACILITY FOR A FEW YEARS.
WE THEN REESTABLISHED THE ORIGINAL MISSION OF THE FACILITY, WHICH IS PROVIDING HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES IN NORTH FULTON IN A VARIETY OF WAYS.
THE SERVICES UNDER THIS ROOF INCLUDE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
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SERVICES FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS, A DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES TRAINING CENTER, SENIOR SERVICES TO INCLUDE A MULTIPURPOSE FACILITY AND ADULT DAY HEALTH PROGRAM, AS WELL AS A FULL SUITE OF PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES AND CUSTOMER SERVICE AND A RECOVERY TREATMENT COURT.MANY OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED ABOUT FACILITY FACILITY REALLY LEAN TO MAKING SURE THE PUBLIC KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT IS PROVIDED THERE AND HOW SO SERVICES ARE PROVIDED DURING TYPICAL BUSINESS HOURS, EIGHT 30 UNTIL FIVE MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY WITH SOME EVENING HOURS FOR SERVICES.
WHAT IT IS NOT, IT IS NOT A HOMELESS SHELTER, IT IS NOT A CRISIS CENTER, IT IS NOT A DIVERSION OR DROP OFF CENTER FOR OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES.
IT IS A FACILITY THAT IS PROVIDING HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES BY TRAINED DEDICATED PROFESSIONALS EVERY DAY OF THE BUSINESS WEEK.
SO MOVING ON TO WHAT EXACTLY IS PROVIDED FOR EACH OF THESE SERVICES.
WE HAVE A TRAINING CENTER FOR ADULTS WHO ARE LIVING WITH THE DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES.
IT INCLUDES TRAINED STAFF WHO PROVIDES A VARIETY OF SERVICES TO ENSURE THAT OUR RESIDENTS WHO HAVE DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES CONTINUE TO BE SOCIALIZED INTO THE IN THE COMMUNITY AND ARE PROVIDED WITH OPPORTUNITIES FOR A VARIETY OF TRAINING AND SOCIAL SKILLS.
MEALS ARE PROVIDED TO OUR PARTICIPANTS EVERY DAY.
LUNCH SERVICE, AS WELL AS TRANSPORTATION.
WE PROVIDE THAT AS WELL TO THIS FACILITY.
THIS FACILITY WILL ALSO INCLUDE NEXT SLIDE.
BEFORE I GO TO THAT SLIDE HERE, YOU SEE THE NUMBER TO CALL.
IF YOU HAVE CONSTITUENTS, RESIDENTS HERE IN ALPHARETTA WHO WOULD LIKE TO ENROLL IN THIS PROGRAM, YOU CAN CALL THE MAIN NUMBER AT SIX ONE TWO SIX FIVE TWO ZERO ZERO OR SPECIFICALLY IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, ONE OF OUR DEDICATED STAFF CAN ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS AT 4 0 4 6 1 2 8400.
WE ARE EXTREMELY EXCITED ABOUT SENIOR SERVICES BECAUSE WE HAVE NEVER HAD SENIOR SERVICES THIS FAR NORTH IN FULTON COUNTY.
IT WILL INCLUDE A MULTIPURPOSE PROGRAM, WHICH IS EVERYTHING FROM ART TO PHYSICAL EDUCATION, ALL SORTS OF DANCE CLASSES, ANYTHING THAT YOU CAN IMAGINE TO KEEP SENIORS ACTIVE AND ENGAGED FOR FAMILIES EXPERIENCING A LOVED ONE THAT MAY HAVE EARLY ONSET DEMENTIA OR OTHER PHYSICAL LIMITATIONS DUE TO FAILING HEALTH.
WE WILL ALSO HAVE AN ADULT DAY HEALTH PROGRAM.
BOTH PROGRAMS REQUIRE REGISTRATION AND A VERY HIGH LEVEL ASSESSMENT, BUT ALL OF THE SERVICES THAT I AM DESCRIBING ARE AT NO COST TO THE COMMUNITY.
AND SO WE ARE EXTREMELY EXCITED ABOUT ENGAGING YOU AND YOUR CONSTITUENTS AND ALL OF THE RESIDENTS HERE IN NORTH FULTON WITH THESE SERVICES.
PLEASE THEN HAVE BOARD OF HEALTH, ALL OF THE TRADITIONAL BOARD OF HEALTH SERVICES, NURSING SERVICES FOR CHILDREN AND WOMEN'S SERVICES.
WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THAT THIS FACILITY AT 4,700 NORTH POINT PARKWAY WILL ALSO HOST VITAL RECORDS.
SO YOUR CONSTITUENTS PREVIOUSLY HAD TO GO ALL THE WAY DOWNTOWN TO 1 41 PRIOR STREET FOR ANY OF THEIR VITAL RECORD NEEDS.
WE NOW HAVE AT 4,700 NORTH POINT PARKWAY IN ALPHARETTA.
CHRIS, AS YOU REMINDED ME, THAT THE ADDRESS IS ACTUALLY IN ALPHARETTA.
WE HAVE VITAL RECORDS, AND SO YOU NO LONGER HAVE TO GO ALL THE WAY DOWNTOWN TO OBTAIN ANY OF THE VITAL RECORDS.
YOU DON'T NEED AN APPOINTMENT.
YOU JUST SIMPLY WALK IN AND YOU CAN ACCESS ANY OF THE VITAL RECORDS THAT YOU PREVIOUSLY WENT DOWNTOWN TO RECEIVE.
THIS CLINIC OR SERVICES ALSO INCLUDE A DENTAL CLINIC FOR CHILDREN AND A TRAVEL CLINIC.
SO ALSO A VERY POPULAR SERVICE.
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OUT OF THE COUNTRY THAT MIGHT NEED VACCINATIONS, WE HAVE A FULLY STAFFED TRAVEL CLINIC AS WELL AT THIS LOCATION.NEXT, WE HAVE A RECOVERY TREATMENT COURT FOR ANY CONSTITUENT WHO MAY HAVE HAD THE UNFORTUNATE INCIDENT OF A DUI OR OTHER SUBSTANCE USE ISSUE WHILE DRIVING.
THIS IS AN ALTERNATIVE SENTENCING PROGRAM.
AND SO RIGHT AT THIS 4,700 NORTH POINT PARKWAY FACILITY, CONSTITUENTS WHO WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS ALTERNATIVE SENTENCING PROGRAM CAN RECEIVE THOSE SERVICES AT THIS FACILITY.
IT INCLUDES GROUP THERAPY, OTHER TESTING AND PROGRAMMING.
AGAIN, THIS IS AN ALTERNATIVE SENTENCING PROGRAM.
THIS IS ALSO AN EARLY VOTING LOCATION.
AND SO OF COURSE TODAY KICKS OFF EARLY VOTING AND WE ARE PLEASED TO PROVIDE EARLY VOTING AT THIS LOCATION.
THERE WERE SEVERAL EARLY VOTING LOCATIONS THAT WERE DISCONTINUED.
AND SO NOW TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THIS ADDITIONAL SITE, WE ARE PLEASED TO PROVIDE THAT ALL OF THESE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED AND THROUGH, AGAIN, FULTON COUNTY STAFF.
AND WHEN YOU ENTER THE FACILITY, YOU ARE GREETED BY A TRAINED CUSTOMER SERVICE PROFESSIONAL WHO CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AND HELP YOU NAVIGATE THROUGH THE ENTIRE FACILITY.
AND SO, MAYOR, AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US LAST WEEK AT OUR RIBBON CUTTING.
IT WAS SUCH A PLEASURE TO HAVE YOU, AND WE ARE AGAIN, SO DELIGHTED TO BE IN ALPHARETTA.
I I REALLY APPRECIATE ONE, JUST YOUR EFFORT IN MAKING THIS POSSIBLE.
I KNOW IT'S NOT JUST YOU, YOU'VE GOT TREMENDOUS STAFF AND SUPPORT FROM YOUR ELECTEDS AND EVERYBODY ELSE, BUT THIS IS A HUGE STEP FOR THE CITY OF ALPHARETTA AND NOT JUST THE CITY OF ALPHARETTA.
IT'S LOCATED HERE IN OUR CITY, BUT IT SERVES ALL OF THE MUNICIPALITIES IN NORTH FULTON.
AND, AND IT, YES, I KNOW ALL OF OUR MAYORS ARE APPRECIATIVE FOR HAVING THESE SERVICES AVAILABLE FOR THEIR RESIDENTS.
IS THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS, PERHAPS QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL COUNCILWOMAN REEVES, IT WAS LOVELY TO BE THERE FOR THE RIBBON CUTTING.
I, I CAN'T, I'VE BEEN IN FULTON COUNTY A LONG TIME AND THIS IS SUCH, THIS IS SUCH A WELCOME ADDITION TO US IN NORTH FULTON.
I WANT TO THANK ALL OF THE PEOPLE IN FULTON COUNTY WHO MADE THIS THIS POSSIBLE.
AND I THINK IT'S GONNA BE VERY, IT'S GOING TO PROVIDE CONSTITUENT SERVICES IN A MUCH MORE CONVENIENT WAY.
THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN REEVES, AND THANK YOU TO YOUR TEAM.
OF COURSE, A PROJECT LIKE THIS REQUIRES PERMITING AND OTHER SERVICES FROM THE CITY, AND EVERYONE WAS SO GRACIOUS AND HELPFUL AND SO IT CERTAIN WAS A TEAM EFFORT.
[B. Proclamation: Public Service Week 2026]
PROCLAMATION WILL BE FOR PUBLIC SERVICE WEEK 2026, I BELIEVE WE HAVE A DIRECTOR, HUMAN RESOURCES.LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THIS IS CHRIS RANDALL, OUR HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR.
I'LL LET HER TAKE THE FLOOR ON THIS ITEM.
SO WE ARE HERE TO CELEBRATE THE PUBLIC SERVICE WEEK, WHICH IS CELEBRATED ON THE FIRST FULL WEEK OF MAY.
AND IT'S A TIME TO RECOGNIZE PUBLIC SERVANTS AT FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL LEVEL.
UM, ALL OF THOSE FOLKS THAT MAKES ALL OF OUR DREAMS COME TRUE IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO EVERY SINGLE EMPLOYEE AND EVERY SINGLE POSITION MAKES A MINIMAL MEANINGFUL IMPACT ON THE LIVES OF THE COMMUNITY AND THE PEOPLE WHO WE SERVE.
SO WE ARE VERY PROUD TO HAVE, UM, WONDERFUL STAFF THAT WE HAVE AT THE CITY.
NOW, I SAY IT EVERY YEAR AND I'M GONNA CONTINUE TO SAY ALFRED IS GREAT BECAUSE THE GREAT WORKS HERE.
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SO WHEN IT'S TIME FOR US TO CONTINUE TO CELEBRATE THAT, THANK YOU, CHRIS.MOST PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, THEY GIVE CREDIT OR BLAME TO THE MAYOR OR COUNCIL MEMBERS OR PERHAPS THE POLICE CHIEF OR FIRE CHIEF OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
BUT THERE'S 550 EMPLOYEES PLUS THAT MAKE THE CITY, THE CITY THAT WE ENJOY TODAY.
SO THIS IS NICE THAT WE CAN RECOGNIZE THEM TODAY.
AND I'LL READ THIS PROCLAMATION BY THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ALPHARETTA, GEORGIA.
PUBLIC SERVICE RECOGNITION WEEK, MAY 3RD THROUGH NINTH, 2026.
WHEREAS EACH DAY, ALPHARETTA CITIZENS AND COMMUNITIES ACROSS AMERICA BENEFIT FROM THE DEDICATION AND SERVICE OF PUBLIC EMPLOYEES AT THE LOCAL, STATE, AND FEDERAL LEVELS.
AND WHEREAS THESE PUBLIC EMPLOYEES DO NOT SIMPLY ACCEPT JOBS, THEY TAKE OATHS AND DEDICATE THEMSELVES TO PROVIDE THE DIVERSE SERVICES DEMANDED BY CITIZENS EFFICIENTLY AND WITH INTEGRITY AND OFTEN PLACED IN THE NEEDS OF OTHERS ABOVE THEIR OWN.
AND WHEREAS PUBLIC SERVANTS INCLUDE ALL WHO SERVE OUR NATION AS FEDERAL, STATE, COUNTY, TRIBAL, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES.
AND COUNTLESS AND EQUALLY IMPORTANT OCCUPATIONS, EMBODYING THE SPIRIT OF SERVICE THAT STRENGTHENS OUR COUNTRY.
AND WHEREAS WITHOUT THESE COMMITTED PUBLIC SERVANTS AT EVERY LEVEL, CONTINUITY OF GOVERNMENT AND DELIVERY OF ESSENTIAL SERVICES WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE, ESPECIALLY IN A DEMOCRACY THAT EXPERIENCES REGULAR CHANGE IN ITS LEADERS AND ELECTED OFFICIALS.
AND NOW, THEREFORE, WE THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ALPHARETTA DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MAY 3RD THROUGH NINTH 2026 TO BE THE PUBLIC SERVICE RECOGNITION WEEK IN THE CITY OF ALPHARETTA AND URGE ALL CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF ALPHARETTA TO RECOGNIZE THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, ESPECIALLY THOSE OF OUR CITY, AND ACKNOWLEDGE THE IMPACT THEY MAKE ON OUR CITIZENS' QUALITY OF LIFE AND THE SUCCESS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
SO PROCLAIMED THIS 27TH DAY OF APRIL, 2026 BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ALPHARETTA, GEORGIA.
[6. CONSENT AGENDA]
OUR AGENDA IS THE CONSENT AGENDA.THIS EVENING CONSISTS OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES FROM THE MEETING OF APRIL 13TH, 2026, THE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT REPORT FOR THE MONTH ENDING FEBRUARY 28TH, 2026, THE FINAL ORDER AND JUDGMENT FOR WINDWARD PARKWAY, PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE AND WINDWARD PARKWAY DRAINAGE MODIFICATION PROJECT PARCEL FOUR EASEMENT AGREEMENT WITH SONY ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP CORPORATION, MCGINNIS FERRY ROAD.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE WHO WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE ANYTHING FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA? SEEING NONE.
DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT COURTS? NO, SIR, WE DO NOT.
HOWEVER, IF ANYBODY OBJECTS TO THE CONSENT AGENDA AND NOW'S YOUR CHANCE TO COME FORWARD.
SEEING NONE WILL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT.
SO HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MOTION TO APPROVE.
SECOND, HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN HYPES.
SECOND BY COUNCILMAN RG BRADY.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE VOTE YES.
NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE PUBLIC HEARING PORTION OF TONIGHT'S MEETING.
[A. Announcement of Public Hearing Procedures]
WILL BE THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE PUBLIC HEARING PROCEDURES.MS. SWIN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO THE HONORS? THANK YOU.
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 NOTHING TO SPEAK, THE SPEAKER MUST IDENTIFY HIMSELF OR HERSELF AND FURNISH A
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HOME OR BUSINESS ADDRESS BEFORE PROCEEDING WITH ANY COMMENTS OR MARKS.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 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.
[B. V-26-07 Alpharetta District Places Phase 1
Consideration of a variance request to allow a specimen tree to be removed along Marietta Street. A variance is requested to Unified Development Code (UDC) Subsection 3.2.8(K) to allow a specimen tree in the building setback along Marietta Street to be removed. The property is located at 131 South Main Street and 82 Marietta Street and is legally described as being located in Land Lots 695 & 1269, 1st District, 2nd Section, Fulton County, Georgia.]
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.
UH, THE, THE SUBMITTED REQUEST IF APPROVED, WOULD ALLOW FOR A SPECIMEN TREE TO BE REMOVED IN THE BUILDING SETBACK ALONG MARIETTA STREET.
AND THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO CONSTRUCT PHASE ONE OF THE ALPHA ATTA DIS PLACE'S DEVELOPMENT, WHICH INCLUDES 17,700 SQUARE FEET OF RETAIL AND 7,700 SQUARE FEET OF RESTAURANT ON 5.34 ACRES IN THE DOWNTOWN PROPER'S, LOCATED AT 82 MARIETTA STREET AND 1 31 SOUTH MAIN, NEAR THE SOUTHEAST CORNER, UH, ROSWELL STREET AND MARIETTA STREET.
AND THEN OF COURSE, UM, THE CORNER PROPERTY WHERE IT SAYS CBD IS THE CITY'S, UH, PARK SPACE AT THE CORNER OF MARIETTA AND ROSWELL STREET.
RIGHT NOW IT'S DEVELOPED WITH A 20,000 SQUARE FOOT RETAIL CENTER, FOUR, 200 SQUARE FOOT DRY CLEANERS AND 2,400 SQUARE FOOT CONTRACTOR'S OFFICE.
AND SURROUNDING PROPERTIES ARE ALSO, UH, ZONED C TWO, OF COURSE, THE FORMER OFF LEASH ACROSS THE STREET, THE TACO BELL.
AND THEN ON THE ROSWELL SIDE, YOU ALSO HAVE PURE AND NEXT TO PURE, AND THEN THE ZAXBY'S AND THE, THE WALGREENS SURROUNDING.
SO ALSO PROPERTIES WITHIN THE, UH, DOWNTOWN, LET ME PUT THE SITE PLAN HERE.
SO THIS IS, THIS IS THE TREE IN IN THAT THEY'RE REQUESTING THE REMOVAL OF.
AND JUST A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND, UH, REGARDING THAT TREE.
IT'S ACTUALLY LOCATED, UM, OFFSITE.
HOWEVER, THE REQUIRED IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE HAVE WITHIN THE DOWNTOWN DO REQUIRE THAT THE APPLICANT INSTALL AN EIGHT FOOT SIDEWALK ALONG THE FRONT.
AND IF YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE ON MARIETTA STREET, THERE'S A SMALL SIDEWALK ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE STREET.
IT'S ABOUT FOUR FEET, AND THERE'S NO SIDEWALK ON THIS SIDE OF THE STREET.
SO, UH, IT WAS BEEN A, PROBABLY TWO OR THREE YEARS AGO, WE PUT WITHIN THE CODE THAT IF A TREE WAS A SPECIMEN TREE WAS REMOVED WITHIN THE FRONT SETBACK, THAT IT DOES REQUIRE COUNCIL APPROVAL.
WE DIDN'T PUT IN THERE EXCEPT WHERE, UH, REQUIRED STREET IMPROVEMENTS AND SIDEWALKS ARE REQUIRED.
SO THE IMPACT FROM THE REQUIRED STREET SCAPE OF THE SIX FOOT BEAUTY STRIP, AS WELL AS THE EIGHT FOOT SIDEWALKS CAUSES ADDITIONAL IMPACTS TO THIS TREE.
THERE'S ALSO A SUBSTANDARD LANE WIDTH, SO THERE WILL BE SOME REQUIRED, UM, RIGHT AWAY, UH, PUBLIC EASEMENTS THAT WOULD BE GIVEN TO US FROM THE APPLICANT AS PART OF THE LAND DISTURBANCE PERMIT.
SO THEY'RE IN THE LAND DISTURBANCE PERMIT PROCESS, AND THEY ARE REQUIRED TO GO THROUGH THIS VARIANCE PROCESS PRIOR TO, TO ISSUANCE OF, OF THAT PERMIT.
AND I'LL SHOW YOU, I'LL SHOW YOU A BLOW UP OF THE TREE.
THE EXISTING IMPACTS, OF COURSE, UH, NOTHING IS HAPPENING TO THE EXISTING RETAIL CENTER THAT'S ALL IN GRAY, SO THERE'S NO IMPROVEMENTS.
THE IMPROVEMENTS ALONG MARIETTA STREET WOULD BE BETWEEN THE CITY'S PARK AND, AND THE EXISTING RETAIL CENTER AND PARKING.
SO RIGHT NOW, THE IMPACTS TO THE 54 INCH WATER OAK.
RIGHT NOW WITHIN THE CRITICAL ROOT ZONE, THERE'S A IMPACT OF 58% THAT'S SHOWN HERE IN GRAY.
SO THIS IS THE, THE CRITICAL ROOT ZONE IN GRAY, YOU CAN SEE THE ROAD, UM, THE, THE PROPERTY THAT'S LOCATED TO THE EAST, OF COURSE THEY HAVE PARKING WITHIN THAT CRITICAL ROOT ZONE.
AND THEN THERE'S A DRIVEWAY ACCESS ALSO WITHIN THE, UM, THE STRUCTURAL ROOT PLATE.
YOU CAN SEE THAT HERE, THAT'S HATCHED OUT AND THERE'S A 50% IMPACT ALREADY.
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OUR ARBORIST FOUND AS WELL AS THE, THE APPLICANT'S ARBORIST THAT THERE'S MODERATE RISK TO THIS TREE.AND IF THE TREE WAS TO RAIN EVEN WITHOUT CONSTRUCTION AND PUTTING IN THE EIGHT FOOT SIDEWALK, BUT CABLING WOULD BE REQUIRED TO HOLD THE LIMBS TO KEEP 'EM FROM MOVING SO THAT THEY DON'T FALL.
THERE'S ALSO A, A WHOLE PRESCRIPTION PLAN, UH, TO THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED TO SAVE THAT TREE.
BUT BOTH REPORTS AND THE ARBORIST AGREES THAT IF THERE IS ADDITIONAL CONSTRUCTION, THE REQUIRED, UH, WIDENING IN THE FUTURE OF, OF THE 10 FOOT OF MARIETTA STREET TRAVEL LANES, AS WELL AS THE EIGHT FOOT SIDEWALK, THAT, THAT WOULD, UH, LIKELY KILL THE TREE.
AND LOOKING AT THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST, THEY, THEY DID REQUEST THAT IN LIEU OF PAYING THE REQUIRED RECOMPENSE FOR THE REMOVAL OF THE TREE, THAT THEY IMPROVE THE SITE WITH LARGER TREES.
AND I'LL SHOW YOU A BLOW UP OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
SO I'LL SHOW YOU THE TWO LOCATIONS ON THIS SITE PLAN.
I'M GONNA SHOW YOU THE BLOW UP ON MARIETTA STREET FIRST.
SO THIS IS WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE ON MARIETTA STREET.
AND, AND THIS, YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE, THEY'RE CREATING THE ENTRANCE INTO THE PROPERTY.
THE ENTRANCE CANNOT BE PUSHED ANY FURTHER TO THE WEST BECAUSE OF ALIGNMENT TO CREATE PARKING INTERNALLY.
AND IT CANNOT BE FORCED ANY FARTHER TO THE EAST BECAUSE OF THE EXISTING PARKING THAT'S LOCATED, UH, WITH A SHOPPING CENTER.
SO WITH THE REQUEST TO REMOVE THIS TREE, THEY ARE PROPOSING THAT INSTEAD OF THE REQUIRED FOUR INCH MINIMUM CALIBER TREES THAT THEY WOULD INSTALL SIX INCH CALIBER.
AND THESE ARE, UH, PRINCETON HOMES.
SO THEY GET A VERY LARGE, UH, CANOPY.
AND ALTHOUGH THEY'RE NOT IMPROVING MARIETTA STREET, THIS SECTION, UH, THAT'S LOCATED, UH, THAT THEY PLAN TO DISTURB, THEY WILL BE REQUIRED AS PART OF THAT LAND DISTURBANCE PERMIT TO SET THAT BACK SO THAT THERE ARE FUTURE IMPROVEMENTS TO MARIETTA STREET.
THEY WILL BE REQUIRED TO INSTALL THE EIGHT FOOT SIDEWALK, JUST NOT IMPROVE THE LANE.
'CAUSE OF COURSE, YOU DON'T IMPROVE JUST A SMALL SECTION.
AND THEN THE OTHER BLOW UP OF THE AREA THAT THEY'RE PROPOSING IN LIEU OF, UH, THE, THE RECOMPENSE IS REMOVAL OF A SECTION OF THE ALPHA LOOP AND MAY HAVE A, HERE'S A BETTER PICTURE OF THAT.
SO WHEN THE ALPHA LOOP WAS INSTALLED, IT'S HERE IN THIS YELLOW PIECE, THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A JOG BETWEEN THE CURB AND THE ALPHA LOOP, BUT YOU CAN'T PLANT ANYTHING IN IT.
IT'S ABOUT A, MAYBE A LITTLE OVER A FOOT.
SO THEY WOULD MOVE THAT AND PUT IT IN LINE SO THAT THERE'S A, UM, A STRAIGHT LINE FOR THE ALPHA LOOP.
THIS ALSO PUSHES IT FARTHER, UM, TOWARDS ROSWELL STREET AND PROVIDES AN AREA LARGE, LARGER AREA FOR THE TREES THAT THEY PLAN TO INSTALL.
THEY ALSO PROPOSE, THIS IS, UH, ROSWELL STREET, OF COURSE, UM, PURE IS ACROSS THE STREET, EMPIRE HOMES, UH, CLOSER ACROSS THE STREET.
THEY ARE PLANNING TO, UH, SAVE, UH, I THINK IT'S TWO WATER OAKS THAT ARE LOCATED AT THE CORNER OF THE PROPERTY.
AND THEN THEY WOULD BE INSTALLING, INSTEAD OF FOUR INCH CALIBER PRINCETON ELMS, THEY WOULD BE SIX INCH CALIBER AS PART OF THE RECOMPENSE OF THE MARIETTA STREET.
AND I DO, ALTHOUGH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT THE ZONING OF THE PROPERTY, I JUST WANNA SHOW YOU WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE ALONG MARIETTA STREET.
ROSWELL STREET OR MARIETTA STREET.
SO, LOOKING AT THE VARIANCE CRITERIA, OF COURSE, THERE'S SEVERAL CRITERIA THAT WE LOOK AT, UH, WITHIN ARTICLE FOUR, SECTION 4.5, 0.3.
AND LOOKING AT NUMBER ONE, THE, THERE ARE EXTRAORDINARY AND EXCEPTIONAL CONDITIONS PERTAINING TO THE PARTICULAR PIECE OF PROPERTY IN QUESTION BECAUSE OF ITS EYES, SHAPE, OR TOPOGRAPHY.
AND THE PROPERTY DOES HAVE EXCEPTIONAL CONDITIONS PERTAINING TO ITS SHAPE AND, AND TOP TOPOGRAPHY.
BUT THE COMBINATION OF EXISTING IMPACTS TO THE TREE AND THE REQUIRED, UH, STREETSCAPE IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO TREE 41 IS THE REASON THAT WE'RE, WE BELIEVE THAT THERE'S A HARDSHIP WITH THIS REQUEST WITH THE FULL SITE.
WE ALSO LOOKED AT NUMBER TWO, THE APPLICATION OF THE ORDINANCE TO THIS PARTICULAR PIECE OF PROPERTY.
WE CREATE AN UNNECESSARY HARDSHIP, AGAIN, EXISTING IMPACTS, UH, TO THE STRUCTURAL ROOT PLATE, AS WELL AS THE CRITICAL ROOT ZONE EXCEED 50%.
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ARBORISTS, AS WELL AS THE CITY ARBORISTS, HAVE SAID THAT ADDITIONAL IMPACTS WOULD KILL, WOULD KILL THE TREE, OR CAUSE IT, UM, TO FAIL.SO AFTER REVIEWING THE VARIANCE CRITERIA AND THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST, WE ARE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL.
AND THE PROPERTY HAS PECULIAR CONDITIONS RELATED TO THE EXISTING IMPACTS.
UH, 3 41 IS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 15 FEET FROM THE RIGHT OF WAY, LINE ALONG MARIETTA STREET.
OF COURSE, THAT LINE'S GOING TO MOVE AND INSTALLATION OF THE REQUIRED STREET SCAPE IMPROVEMENTS WILL FURTHER IMPACT THE TREE COMMENDING APPROVAL AND SUBJECT TO FIVE CONDITIONS.
AND THE CONDITIONS WOULD REQUIRE THE ADDITIONAL LARGER TREES TO BE PLANTED ALONG MARIETTA STREET AND ROSWELL STREET.
IT ALSO, IT STATES THAT A, A NUMBER TWO DEVELOPER SHALL IMPROVE MARIETTA STREET SCAPE WITH A MINIMUM SIX FOOT PLANTER, PLANTER WITH STREET TREES, MINIMUM EIGHT FOOT SIDEWALK, CURB AND GUTTER, OR AS APPROVED BY STAFF DECORATIVE, DECORATIVE PEDESTRIAN LIGHTING AND STREET FURNISHINGS WITH FINAL APPROVAL BY STAFF.
OVERHEAD UTILITIES ALONG THE PROJECT SIDE AREA STREET MAY REQUIRE RELOCATION REPLACEMENT UNDERGROUND IN ORDER TO RESOLVE CONFLICTS WITH CODE REQUIRED LANDSCAPING AND STREETSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL RIGHT OF WAY OR EASEMENTS.
STREETSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS SHALL BE INSTALLED USING SPECIFIC CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES SUCH AS FLOATING SIDEWALK TO LIMIT IMPACTS TO SAVE TREES AS APPROVED BY STAFF.
AND THEN THREE DEALS WITH THE, THE MOVING OF THE ALPHA LOOP.
FOUR, THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE OVERSTORY SHADE TREES.
AND THEN FIVE APPLICANT SHALL INSTALL SIGNAGE AND IT SHALL BE STATED IN THE LEASES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT THAT DELIVERY TRUCKS IN EXCESS OF, UH, SIX WHEEL BOX TRUCKS SHALL NOT USE MARIETTA STREET FOR INGRESS EGRESS.
AND THAT'S STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL BE GLAD TO TRY TO ANSWER THOSE.
UM, PRESENTATION, UM, IN REVIEWING THIS FOR THIS EVENING'S MEETING, I, I, AND I WAS TRAVELING FROM NEW YORK CITY, SO DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO GIVE YOU A CALL TODAY.
I WAS ON THE AIRPLANE, BUT, UM, I I I, I LIKE WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO HERE.
SO IT'S, I'M, I'M NOT, MY QUESTIONS ARE NOT OPPOSING WHAT'S BEING, TRYING TO BE DONE HERE, BUT I WANT TO TRY TO UNDERSTAND, UM, THE PARTICULARS OF THIS VARIANCE REQUEST BECAUSE THE TREE LITERALLY RESIDES ON, I GUESS WHAT I'LL CALL PHASE TWO.
AND IT'S IN PHASE ONE OF THE PRO OF THE PROJECT THAT WE'RE SPEAKING TO.
AND AS EVERYONE KNOWS, PHASE TWO WENT THROUGH A LOT OF PUBLIC DISCUSSION, PARTICULARLY WITH THAT TREE.
AND I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND LIKE WHAT, WHAT, WHAT'S, WHAT'S CHANGED TO REMOVE THAT TREE IN THE FA WELL, I'LL CALL PHASE TWO, EVEN THOUGH IT WASN'T PRESENTED AS PHASE TWO.
I THINK FROM MY RECOLLECTION, UM, THAT'S THE DISTRICT PLACES THAT WAS WITHDRAWN.
THAT THE AGENDA THAT I ALLUDED TO TONIGHT, THIS WAS THE, SO WHY ARE WE TALKING ABOUT A TREE ON THE OTHER WITHDRAWN, UH, ALPHA TO DISTRICT PLACES? YEAH.
SO IN THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY VERSUS TALKING ABOUT, I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IMPACT IT'S CONFUSING YEAH.
MAKES, BECAUSE IT'S NOT SENSE PART OF PHASE ONE.
UM, SO, SO WITH, WHEN THEY WERE GOING TO GO FORWARD WITH PHASE TWO, THIS WAS AN INCLUDED, UH, REQUEST.
AND THEY HAD ACTUALLY COME FORWARD WITH PHASE ONE DURING THE LAND DISTURBANCE PERMIT AND SAID, WE NEED TO REMOVE THIS TREE.
AND IT WAS STAFF RECOMMENDATION THAT SINCE THEY WERE COMING FORWARD WITH A, A, UM, REQUEST TO COUNSEL FOR THIS PHASE, PHASE TWO, THAT THEY SHOULD JUST INCLUDE THAT AS PART OF THAT REQUEST.
'CAUSE IT'S FOR THE SAME REASON WHEN YOU WIDEN, WHEN YOU HAVE TO WIDEN, UH, MARIETTA STREET IN THE FUTURE FROM EIGHT AND A HALF FOOT LANE WIDTH TO 10 FOOT, IT'S TOO MUCH OF AN IMPACT TO THIS TREE WHEN YOU PUT IN SIDEWALKS, EVEN FOR THIS FIRST PHASE, WHICH COMES FROM THIS LOCATION, UM, HERE, THIS IS KIND OF THE BOX.
YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A CRITICAL ROOT ZONE IMPACT JUST FOR THEIR CONSTRUCTION.
SO ALL OF THIS WILL BE IMPACTED, AND THAT'S VERY SIMILAR WITH OUR, OUR TREE ORDINANCE.
WHEN WE GIVE A, A LAND DISTURBANCE PERMIT TO, IT COULD BE A NEIGHBOR PUTTING IN A POOL, WE LOOK TO SEE WHAT KIND OF AN IMPACT IT MAY HAVE ON THE NEIGHBOR'S CRITICAL ROOT ZONE.
BECAUSE IF IT'S MORE THAN A 20% IMPACT, THEN WE HAVE A CERTAIN PROTOCOL THAT YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW.
SO EVEN THOUGH THE TREE IS OFFSITE FROM THIS PHASE, THIS CONSTRUCTION WILL IMPACT IT SIGNIFICANTLY,
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EVEN MORE THAN THE, UH, 58% IMPACT THAT HAS.IS THE TREE IN QUESTION, IS THAT PROPERTY OWNED BY A DIFFERENT GROUP VERSUS PHASE ONE? THEY, THEY'VE LISTED THAT THEY'VE SUBMITTED THE ENTIRE SITE.
THAT'S PART OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING.
UM, FOR THIS APPLICATION, FOR THIS VARIANCE REQUEST, YEAH.
SO, SO THE ENTIRE, THE ENTIRE PARCEL IS INCLUDED.
UH, BUT, BUT THE ONLY REQUEST, THERE'S NO ZONING REQUEST, IT'S JUST, IT'S A REQUEST FOR REMOVAL OF THE TREE.
I GUESS I'LL ASK A LEGAL COUNSEL WHETHER WE SHOULD BE CONSIDERING A TREE REMOVAL ON A, A DIFFERENT, I GUESS, PLOT OF LAND THAT IS NOT PART OF THE APPROVED PROJECT ON PHASE ONE AND IT'S STILL SUBMITTED AS, AS PART OF THE APPLICATION HERE.
ARE YOU ASKING FOR CLARITY FROM YES, MS. S SWINE? COULD YOU, I'M NOT AS FAMILIAR WITH THE REQUIREMENTS ON THE SETBACK ISSUE THAT MS. COOK WAS EXPLAINING.
UM, SO I'M NOT IN A POSITION TO JUST EXPLAIN THAT RIGHT NOW.
I COULD LOOK INTO IT FURTHER IF Y'ALL DECIDE TO POSTPONE THIS.
UM, BUT IF, IF A VARIANCE IS NEEDED, I, IF I, I THINK HIS QUESTION IS MORE ALONG THE LINES IS, IS IT LEGALLY APPROPRIATE UNDER THIS CIRCUMSTANCE? I THINK IF, IF, AND MAYBE I'M MISUNDERSTANDING THE QUESTION.
IF AS MS. COOK SAID THE THEY'RE ASKING FOR THE TREE TO BE REMOVED WHEN IT WOULD OTHERWISE BE REQUIRED TO STAY, AND THEY'VE FILLED OUT THE APPLICATION WITH THE PROPERTY, PROPERTY OWNER AUTHORIZATION FOLLOWED ALL OF OUR STANDARD PROCEDURES, I THINK IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATELY BEFORE YOU, IF, IF THAT'S YOUR QUESTION, IF THERE WAS TWO DIFFERENT OWNERS AND TWO DIFFERENT POSITIVE OF LAND, IS IT THE RIGHT APPLICANT, I GUESS IS WHAT I'M ASKING.
THE QUESTION NUMBER ONE THAT I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK INTO THE PROPERTY RECORDS FURTHER.
AND THEN NUMBER, MY CONCERN IS, AGAIN, I I, I LIKE WHAT'S BEING REQUESTED, BUT I WANNA MAKE SURE WE DO THIS RIGHT.
UM, I'M NOT OPPOSED TO WHAT THE APPLICANT'S ASKING ME TO DO HERE, BUT WHAT I DON'T WANT TO DO IS REMOVE A TREE THAT BECAME, CAME UNDER TREMENDOUS SCRUTINY AND DISCUSSION WHEN ALFRED A DISTRICT PLACES ONE FOR OUR PLANNING COMMISSION AND, UM, A COUPLE OF TIMES AND A LOT OF DISCUSSION, UH, WITH CITY STAFF.
AND THAT TREE WAS ONE OF THE FOCAL POINTS OF THE, WHAT I'LL CALL DEBATE OR LEGITIMATE DISCUSSION AS TO WHETHER THAT COULD BE REMOVED OR NOT.
UM, BECAUSE OF WHAT THE APPLICANT ON THAT PART OF THE PROPERTY THERE WAS ATTEMPTING TO DO.
UM, YEAH, WE HAVE THE REQUIRED SIGNATURES ON THE, THE ENTIRE SITE.
OKAY, I'LL, I'LL, I'M NOT GONNA, I'LL ASSUME, BUT, BUT STAFF WAS VERY ADAMANT ABOUT MAINTAINING THAT TREE FROM WHAT I REMEMBER.
SO MY QUESTION IS, WE'RE GOING TO REMOVE A TREE THAT UNDER THE PREVIOUS APPLICATION ON DISTRICT PLACES, IT JUST SEEMS STRANGE THAT WE'RE GONNA NOW REMOVE IT EASILY WHEN IT CAME UNDER SUCH SCRUTINY AND DEBATE ON.
AND WHAT I HOPE IS NOT HAPPENING IS THAT WE'RE GONNA REMOVE THIS TREE AND ALL OF A SUDDEN WE'RE GONNA GET A NEW APPLICATION FOR WHAT I'LL CALL PHASE TWO TO GO BACK TO THE MULTI APARTMENT UNITS THAT HAD A LOT OF SCRUTINY AND DISCUSSION BY MANY PEOPLE IN THE CITY.
AND THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT MY, MY CONCERN IS.
I MEAN, BECAUSE I, I JUST REMEMBER THAT BEING A BONE OF CONTENTION AND IT WAS VERY ADAMANT BY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT STAFF THAT THAT TREE BE PROTECTED AND MAINTAINED WELL WITH THIS APPLICATION, WE ACTUALLY LOOKED AT AND HAVE A SURVEY OF THE TRAVEL LIGHTS WITH MARIETTA STREET.
AND WE HAVE FOUND THAT WHEN IT'S, IT'S APPROX, IT'S IN THIS AREA.
MOST OF IT'S ALONG THE CITY'S PROPERTY THAT YOU HAVE THE SUBSTANDARD LANE WEST, THE EIGHT AND A HALF.
SO WE KNOW IMMEDIATELY THAT EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE PUTTING IN THE EIGHT FOOT SIDEWALKS AND THE SIX FOOT, UH, BEAUTY STRIPS, IT'S GONNA PUSH IT EVEN FURTHER BACK INTO THE SITE.
AND WE ALSO HAVE OUR OWN ASSESSMENT THAT, UM, WE ACTUALLY HAD AN ASSESSMENT DONE OF THIS TREE TO VERIFY THE EXIST THE IMPACTS.
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IS, WE BELIEVE THAT WITH THE REQUIRED STREET SCAPE STANDARDS THAT ARE APPLIED WITHIN OUR CODE, THAT THE IMPACTS TO THE TREE WOULD, UM, YOU KNOW, CAUSE THE TREE TO HAVE A DECLINE AND SHOULD BE REMOVED.AND INSTEAD THE, THE LARGER ELM TREES PLANTED ALONG MARITA STREET AS WELL AS ROSWELL STREET, AND IF ANYTHING SUBMITTED FOR THIS APPLICATION, I MEAN, THEY WOULD, THEY WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH A PUBLIC HEARING.
AND BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T, THEY WITHDREW THAT APPLICATION.
THAT'S WHY THEY HAD TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A SEPARATE REQUEST FOR THE TREE.
IT WAS, IT WAS INCLUDED WITHIN THEIR REQUEST WHEN THEY HAD A, UH, PUBLIC HEARING THAT WAS SUBMITTED.
BUT SINCE THEY'RE NOT GOING FORWARD, IT'S JUST THE STANDALONE REQUEST.
BUT IS IT THE SAME APPLICANT ON BOTH PARCELS? IT IS THE SAME APPLICANT.
YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO, MA.
I GUESS, UH, I KNOW THIS WAS APPROVED BEFORE US ON COUNCILS.
I GOT A, I GOTTA ACTUALLY A CHANCE TO ASK SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT PHASE ONE.
UH, YOU KNOW, APPRECIATE THIS AND JUST HOPE YOU GIMME A LITTLE LATITUDE ON IT.
I'M NOT NECESSARILY TALKING ABOUT THE TREE, I'M JUST REALLY GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT THE ROAD AND REALLY KIND THE SAFETY OF THIS PARTICULAR INTERSECTION.
'CAUSE IT NARROWS SIGNIFICANTLY.
I THINK EVERYBODY WANTS A SIDEWALK THERE.
I MEAN, I'VE TALKED TO ALL THE NEIGHBORS UP AND DOWN.
I MEAN, I, I UNDERSTAND THIS CORRIDOR WE'RE SO, MOST OF THE NEIGHBORS, EVERYONE JUST SO EXCITED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, KIND OF IMPROVEMENTS HERE, ESPECIALLY ON THIS PART OF MARIETTA STREET AND WALKING THROUGH.
BUT I'M WORRIED ABOUT THE SEQUENTIAL EVENTS THAT ARE HAPPENING.
'CAUSE I THINK YOU JUST SAID THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA TOUCH THE LANE, SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE, WHEN'S THE LANE GONNA BE CURB THEY'RE GONNA PUT IN A SIDEWALK THAT THEN LATER THE CITY HAS TO TAKE EXPENSE TO MOVE THAT SIDEWALK AND MOVE IT BACK OUT.
I WANNA MAKE SURE THINGS ARE DONE WHEN EXPENSE DONE RIGHT, DONE IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME THAT WE'RE NOT ADDING ADDITIONAL WORK.
UM, JUST LIKE YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT, THE ALPHA LOOP HAD A LITTLE NUDGE OUT.
IT'S LIKE, WELL, WHY DID THAT HAPPEN? THAT JUST GOT POURED.
RIGHT? THAT WAS JUST FRESH CONCRETE GONNA GO INTO
SO JUST, JUST IF YOU WALK ME THROUGH THE SEQUENTIAL, WHAT IS THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT'S BEING DONE IN THAT STREET AND WHAT'S THE IMPACT ON THIS PROPERTY AT THIS INTERSECTION? SURE.
THIS IS, OF COURSE, THIS IS THE CITY'S PROPERTY THAT'S HERE IN THE DARKER GRAY.
AND THE, THE LANE IS ACTUALLY THE SMALLEST WIDTH ALONG THE CITY'S PROPERTY.
SO I KNOW THAT THERE IS ACTUALLY A REQUEST, I THINK IT'S IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET TO DESIGN THE PARK HERE.
SO I WOULD IMAGINE AS PART OF THAT, THAT WE WOULD ALSO WIDEN OUR LANE, UH, TO MATCH THIS.
AND THEN WE WOULD ALSO INSTALL THE EIGHT FOOT SIDEWALK THAT WOULD CONNECT HERE WHEN WE GIVE THE LAND DISTURBANCE PERMIT TO, THAT REQUIRES THEM TO INSTALL THE EIGHT FOOT SIDEWALK AND THE SIX FOOT BEAUTY STRIP THAT'S GONNA BE MOVED AWAY FARTHER FROM THE MARIETTA STREET IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE LAND IN THE FUTURE TO WIDEN THAT LANE.
WE'RE GONNA ACCOUNT FOR THAT RIGHT NOW AS PART OF THE LAND DISTURBANCE PERMIT THAT THEY PUSH THAT BACK, THIS, THE SIX FOOT BEAUTY STRIP AND THE EIGHT FOOT SIDEWALK TO ACCOMMODATE THAT FUTURE WIDENING.
NOW OF COURSE, WE DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY PLANS AND MAYBE THE APPLICANT CAN TALK ABOUT THAT, WHAT KIND OF PLANS IF THEY HAVE ANY, UH, FOR PHASE TWO.
BUT IF THEY DID HAVE ANY PLANS THEN AT THAT TIME WOULD REQUIRE THEM TO BUILD THEIR EIGHT, THAT EIGHT FOOT SIDEWALK AS WELL AS, UM, THE, THE WIDENING IF THEY BUILT IT.
NOW, OF COURSE THAT WOULD BE, THAT WOULD GO INTO, UM, THE PARKING THAT THEY HAVE ON SITE.
A A LITTLE BIT OF THAT, THE REASON WHY I'M ASKING THIS SEQUENTIAL IS I DON'T WANT LOOK LIKE A JIGSAW PUZZLE WHERE WE, WE HAVE ONE PIECE, WHICH IS OUR PIECE OF PROPERTY, THE, THE PARK, AND NOTHING HAPPENS RIGHT THERE.
THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN
NOT LIKE THREE, AND THEN A BIG GAP OF A HUNDRED FEET AND THEN A LITTLE BIT MORE.
I MEAN, I HOPE WE'RE WORKING, YOU KNOW, WITH THE PARK PIECE IN SAME KIND OF CONTINUITY AS THE DEVELOPER'S PIECE.
SO IT LOOKS THE SAME AS YOU'RE WALKING DOWN THE STREET.
AND THEN ALSO LIGHTING AS YOU'RE KIND OF WALKING THROUGH, LIKE IS ANY ADDITIONAL LIGHTING OR BOLLARDS, BUT MORE, IS IT ALL HAPPENING AT THE SAME TIME? IT WILL NOT HAPPEN AT THE SAME TIME.
JUST LIKE THOMPSON STREET, OF COURSE WE HAD WHAT, EIGHT DIFFERENT DEVELOPMENTS
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THROUGH THOMPSON STREET.SO EACH ONE OF 'EM, ALTHOUGH IT LOOKS SEAMLESS NOW, EACH ONE OF 'EM HAD TO COME IN THERE AND, UM, YOU KNOW, BUILD THEIRS.
AND WE, WE HAVE LIKE A MASTER PLAN FOR IT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN IT, WHEN ONE DEVELOPER BUILDS TO THE NEXT DEVELOPER, THAT IT ALL TIES TOGETHER.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE HAD TO DO AT THOMPSON STREET.
BUT THAT, BUT THAT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE MAKING A CONSCIOUS CHOICE AS A CITY NOT TO DO OUR PARK AT THE SAME TIME THE DEVELOPER'S DOING IT.
WHY WOULDN'T WE ALL DO THIS IN UNISON AND DO IT TOGETHER? THAT THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT THE COUNCIL COULD DECIDE.
UM, I DO KNOW THAT THE PARKS DEPARTMENT HAS SUBMITTED THAT FOR CONSIDERATION, THE DESIGN OF THE PARK.
BUT YOU'RE RIGHT, I MEAN THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE THAT ARE USE THAT STREET AND THE SIDEWALKS ARE, I MEAN, DEVELOPERS VERY MUCH IN DEMAND MEAN DEVELOP.
WE WORK WITH DEVELOPERS THAT PUT SIDEWALKS IN ALL THE TIME RIGHT AROUND, UP ALONG THERE.
SO IS THERE GONNA BE A GAP BETWEEN THE STOP SIGN THAT IN, ON THE PARK ON MARRIOTT STREET AND THEN IT STARTS A SIDEWALK? WELL, I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THAT.
SO WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT MARY STREET WITH JUST LITERALLY A HUNDRED FOOT PIECE OF SIDEWALK.
WELL, AND, AND OF COURSE I THINK THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PARK, BUT I DON'T KNOW THE TIMELINE.
ARE YOU, ARE YOU SAYING SOMETIMES IN THE PAST WE HAVE CONDITIONED A DEVELOPER TO BUILD OFFSITE SIDEWALKS IN EXCHANGE FOR IMPACT FEE CREDITS? I MEAN, SO RIGHT WHERE YOUR PEN IS RIGHT THERE AT THE, UH, HERE WHAT THEY CALL THE YEAH, RIGHT THERE.
WHAT HAPPENS CAN, CAN WE HAVE A SIDEWALK DONE RIGHT THERE? SO AT LEAST AT, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE THE ALPHA LOOP THAT COMES ALL THE WAY DOWN ROSWELL STREET, THEN RIGHT THERE AT THE CORNER, TURN TO A SIDEWALK AND GO ALL THE WAY DOWN TO WHERE IT WOULD END AT PHASE TWO.
SO THAT KIND OF CREATES CONTINUITY, RIGHT? YEAH.
STREET SCAPE, YOU HAVE SIDEWALK STREET SCAPE, THEN YOU HAVE PLANNINGS, YOU HAVE ALL THOSE THINGS AND IT'S ALL DONE AT THE SAME TIME.
AND IT ALL CAN BE KIND OF CONFORMING.
AND WE CAN, WE CAN CERTAINLY, UH, WORK WITH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT, IT COMPLIES WITH IT.
I KNOW THEY HAVE A CONCEPT PLAN FOR THE PARK, BUT YOU COULD GIVE IMPACT FEE CREDITS FOR OFFSITE, UM, TO COMPLETE THIS SECTION, WHICH WOULD BE GREAT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT CONTINUITY AND BE ABLE TO TIE INTO THE ALPHA LOOP THAT'S ALREADY THERE.
YOU'RE SPEAKING MY LANGUAGE NOW.
TOOK ME A MINUTE, COUNCILMAN RU.
FIRST OF ALL, I HAD A LOT OF THE, I HAD, I HAD A SIMILAR QUESTION ABOUT THE STREET AND WHEN IT WAS GONNA GET DONE.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE DON'T HAVE NICE SIDEWALKS AND BEAUTY STRIP DONE THAT ONLY THEN GETS RIPPED UP FOR THE RIGHT OF WAY.
SO IT'S GOING TO BE IN THE RIGHT PLACE AT FROM THE GET-GO.
AND WILL THE ELM TREES THAT ARE INSTALLED THERE, THE THREE ELM TREES, WILL THEY BE FAR BACK ENOUGH THAT WHEN THE STREET IS IMPROVED TO BE THE RIGHT WIDTH, LANE WIDTH ALL THE WAY THROUGH, THEY WILL NOT, THEY'RE FAR BACK ENOUGH THAT THEY WON'T BE DISTURBED? YES.
WE WILL, WE WILL MAKE SURE OF THAT, THAT IT'S SETBACK.
'CAUSE YOU DEFINITELY WOULDN'T WANT TO INSTALL AND THEN HAVE TO MOVE THEM.
I, UM, I'M A LITTLE BIT OKAY WITH THE PUZZLE PIECES BECAUSE I THINK EVERYBODY WHO IS A DEVELOPER WHO BENEFITS FROM OVER HERE, THEY, I THINK IT'S, IT'S NICE TO HAVE THEIR HELP IN DOING SOME OF THIS.
AND WE CERTAINLY WOULDN'T HAVE A GREENWAY IF WE WEREN'T ABLE TO WAIT FOR EVERYTHING TO COME ALONG.
SO I'M JUST GLAD THAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE CONSIDERING MARIETTA, YOU'RE, YOU'RE PRESETTING US UP FOR MARIETTA STREET TO FUNCTION BOTH AS A ROAD AS IT SHOULD AND AS YOU KNOW, SIDEWALKS FOR THE FOLKS THAT LIVE OVER THERE.
SO, UM, THANK YOU FOR THINKING OF THAT.
I JUST WAS WORRIED ABOUT THOSE LITTLE ELM TREES THAT WERE YES.
AND IF, IF WE GET THE RIGHT CANOPY AND GET THE RIGHT CANOPY, THE UTIL UNDERGROUND YEAH.
BE A BEAUTIFUL PEDESTRIAN INDUSTRY.
AND JUST ONE OTHER QUICK QUESTION.
IT'S NOT FOR HERE, IT'S FOR DESIGN, REVIEW, WHATEVER.
UM, LIGHTING IS REALLY EXPENSIVE.
AND DO WE HAVE THE DEVELOPERS INSTALL THE LIGHTING ON THEIR PROPERTY? YES.
LIKE ON THE, ON THE SIDEWALK ON THEIR YES.
SO THAT WE DON'T PAY THE $30 A MONTH? WELL, WE PAY THE, UH, ONCE IT, ONCE IT'S, IT'S SUBMITTED AND THEY, AND IT'S IN THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY, THEN WE DO PAY THE ACTUAL POWER BILL, LEASE BILL THE LEASE.
THEY PAY FOR THIS, THEY PAY FOR THE, THE LIGHT POLES AND THEY THEY PAY FOR, YEAH.
SO THEY PAY FOR THE POLLS THEN THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE LEASED FROM GEORGE POWER.
BUT THE, AND WE ARE WORKING WITH PUBLIC WORKS 'CAUSE WE DID FIND, UM, WE JUST HAD A DEVELOPER THAT INSTALLED FOUR ON CRICKET LANE, $35,000 FOR FOUR.
AND THERE WAS SOME ISSUES THAT SINCE IT WASN'T LEASED OF WHO WOULD DO THE REPAIR 'CAUSE WE'RE, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING ON THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THE BEST, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S
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BEST FOR THE CITY LONG TERM TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE LIGHTS ARE FUNCTIONING AS THEY SHOULD.NOW THE, THE, THE RECOMPENSE FOR THE TREE.
UH, IF, IF THE MOTION WERE TO PASS, WHAT CONSTITUTES THE RECOMPENSE? I'M SORRY, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT CONSTITUTES THE RECOMPENSE? SURE.
SO THE, THE RECOMPENSE THAT WAS REQUIRED WOULD'VE AMOUNTED TO, IT'S, UH, 43,800.
SO WE TRIED TO LOOK AT IMPROVEMENTS THAT WOULD EQUAL THE 43,800.
AND WE NEVER REALLY WANT MONEY INTO THE TREE BANK IF WE CAN MAKE IT BETTER ON THE ACTUAL SITE.
SO THE ENLARGING THE TREES FROM THE FOUR INCH TO THE SIX INCH, WE DIDN'T COUNT THAT, BUT WE DID COUNT, UH, MOVING THE ALPHA LOOP SECTION SO IT'S ALIGNED, GIVES IT BETTER SPACE FOR THE ELMS. AND HERE'S WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
WE HAD CHECKED WITH PUBLIC WORKS AND THEY SAID THAT THEY WERE PAYING ABOUT $700 A FOOT FOR THE ALPHA LOOP.
AND SO THAT WOULD AMOUNT TO 49,000 JUST FOR THAT, WHICH EQUALS THE RECOMPENSE.
BUT WE ALSO WANTED TO SEE LARGER TREES INSTALLED FROM THE BEGINNING AND GET THE, UM, THE PRINCETOWN, THE ELMS, SO THE ELM TREES ALONG ROSWELL STREET HERE SHOWN IN GREEN, AND THEN THE THREE ON MARIETTA STREET, AS WELL AS, UM, FIXING THE, THE ALIGNMENT OF THE, SO, AND, AND THAT IS IN TOTAL, THAT IS THE RECOMPENSE, THE CITY'S GETTING MORE IN, IN RETURN WHAT THE RECOMPENSE DOLLAR AMOUNT WOULD BE? WE BELIEVE SO.
NOW, A WHILE BACK THERE WAS A CHANGE OF DESIGNATION TO ROSWELL STREET WITH SOME MID-STORY OR LOWER BUILDINGS.
WE, YOU COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
UH, THE HERITAGE, IS IT HERITAGE AREA? YEAH.
IS THAT RIGHT? AND WAS HERITAGE DISTRICT? YES.
AND IF I RECALL, AND YOU, I'M ASKING YOU ACTUALLY, UH, YOU KNOW, WAS THERE, WASN'T THERE SOMETHING ABOUT DEVELOPING THE TREE CANOPY ON ROSWELL STREET TO TRY TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE TREE OVER, YOU KNOW, THE TREES OVERGROW AS YOU DRIVE UP, UH, ROSWELL STREET THROUGH THE HERITAGE DISTRICT? YES.
SO, UH, YOU KNOW, ONE AREA WHERE WE WANT TO ACCOMPLISH THAT WOULD BE THE, THE TREES ALONG ROSWELL STREET WHERE THESE BIGGER TREES ARE GONNA BE PLANTED.
AND THEN I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THIS CONDITION, WHICH IS CONDITION NUMBER TWO, WHICH IS THE, UM, DEVELOPER SHALL IMPROVE WITH THE, UH, THE BEAUTY STRIP AS YOU CALL IT, AND THE, UH, SIDEWALKS, THAT'S NOT PART OF THE RECOMPENSE, THAT'S PART OF WHAT THE DEVELOP WHAT THE CITY'S REQUIRING OF THE DEVELOPER TO DO THIS PROJECT.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.
SO WE'VE GOT A CODE CURRENTLY THAT SAYS THE CITY MAY REQUIRE A DEVELOPER TO, UH, UH, CONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT INWARD FROM A STREET.
AND IN DOING SO, IT MAY ENCROACH UPON ROOT ZONES OF EXISTING TREES AND COMPROMISE THOSE TREES.
BUT OUR CODE, EVEN WHEN THAT HAPPENS, AND WE ARE THE ONES REQUIRING IT, RIGHT, IN THAT AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW IN OUR CODE, IT HAS TO HAVE THE BLESSING OF COUNCIL.
I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO LOOK AT.
IF THE CITY'S GONNA BE THE AUTHOR OF, AUTHOR OF THE DEMISE OF THE TREE, WE, I THINK, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED TO YEAH, I THINK, I THINK, I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE CODE.
I I THINK WE DO NEED TO LOOK AT SOME CHANGE TO THE, THE TREE ORDINANCE, ESPECIALLY FOR THE DOWNTOWN, UH, THERE, IT'S, IT'S HARD TO MEET THE TREE DENSITY ON SOME OF THESE SMALLER LOTS.
SO WE NEED TO LOOK AT MAKING SOME CHANGES TO WHERE THEY HAVE SHARED AREAS STILL MEET THE TREE DENSITY FOR SMALLER LOTS.
BUT THAT'S, THAT'S ANOTHER ITEM THAT WE WILL LOOK AT BECAUSE IF IT IS A REQUIREMENT FROM THE CITY THAT IMPACTS THE TREES, UM, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE MAY WANNA ADDRESS IN THE CODE.
SO, SO THE TWO TREE REPORTS THAT ARE IN, YOU KNOW, ONE BY THE CITY AND ONE BY THE APPLICANT, UM, A ADDRESSES THE IMPACT ON THE TREE.
AND THERE IS ONE REPORT I THINK THAT LOOKS AT THE TREE WITH NO, UH, CONSTRUCTION AND THERE'S ANOTHER THAT LOOKS AT IT, UH, ADDRESSES AND THERE IS CONSTRUCTION, BUT REALLY THERE'S GOING TO BE CONSTRUCTION BECAUSE WE'RE REQUIRING IT AS A CITY, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.
SO THE CONSTRUCTION IS NOT JUST THE ENTRANCE, RIGHT? IT'S THE ROAD IMPROVEMENTS.
SO THE OUTCOMES THAT ANYBODY CAN READ IN THE REPORT ABOUT WHAT WILL, UH, HAPPEN TO THOSE TREES AS THE RESULT OF CONSTRUCTION, THAT'S THE RESULT OF CONSTRUCTION THAT THE CITY'S REQUIRING
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PART OF IT IS PART OF IT, YES.AND WHEN WE BUILD THESE EIGHT FOOT SIDEWALKS, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT ULTIMATELY CONNECT, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, I THE CITY'S AWARE THAT THAT'S A FAIRLY HEAVILY TRAVELED PEDESTRIAN CORRIDOR BETWEEN THE WEST SIDE AND GETTING TO THE PUBLIX.
AND NOW THERE'S TWO WRITTEN REPORTS THAT SAY THIS TREE IS COMPROMISED, LIMBS MAY FALL OUT OF THE TREE AND POTENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, INJURE PEOPLE AND THE EIGHT FOOT SIDEWALK'S GONNA BE UNDERNEATH THE TREE.
IT'S NOT GONNA BE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET, IS IT? THAT'S TRUE.
UM, BUT IT DID RECOMMEND PRUNING AND CABLING.
AS PART OF THAT, AND I, I'LL ASK THE APPLICANT, UM, BECAUSE YOU KNOW, I, I WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL CLEAR.
I WANT, UH, MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, YOU KNOW, SO THAT WE'LL UNDERSTAND.
BUT, UH, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING EXCEPT FOR THE PARK, THIS ENTIRE QUADRANT'S OWNED BY ONE OWNER, BURROCK.
SO THIS TREE, UH, AND THE APPLICANT HAS APPROVED THE, THE OWNER HAS APPROVED THE APPLICANT MOVING FORWARD.
BUT THE ENTIRE QUADRANT, OTHER THAN THE PARK IS OWNED BY ONE OWNER, CORRECT? CORRECT.
I APPRECIATE, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE, THAT'S WHAT I ASKED.
WELL, I COULDN'T INTERRUPT YOU, DOUG, BUT, UH, APOLOGIES THEN.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF ON THIS SIDE? THANK YOU.
WOULD THE APPLICANT LIKE TO COME FORWARD? UH, MY NAME IS ERIC ROWAN.
MY BUSINESS RESIDES AT SEVEN OLD ROSWELL STREET IN DOWNTOWN ALPHARETTA.
AND THIS IS MY, OUR CIVIL LANDSCAPE ENGINEER.
HI, I'M JENNIFER SPRAYBERRY WITH A EC.
UM, WE'RE AT 50 WARM SPRAY CIRCLE IN ROSWELL.
UM, I'M HERE ACTUALLY TO, UH, THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERING THIS APPLICATION.
UM, I THINK A LOT OF THE QUESTIONS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN ASKED HAVE BEEN ANSWERED, BUT IF, OR ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM RELATING TO THE TREE, TO THE DEVELOPMENT, TO THE, THE IMPROVEMENTS WE'RE MAKING OR RECOMPENSE.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? WE'VE TALKED TODAY SHORTEST PRESENTATION EVER.
YEAH, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD OTHER THAN, UH, WHAT'S ALREADY BEEN PRESENTED BY, UH, MS. COOK.
MS. HUSKY, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT CARDS IN FAVOR OF THIS ITEM? WE DO NOT.
DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT CARDS IN OPPOSITION TO THIS ITEM? YES, WE DO.
COULD YOU PLEASE ANNOUNCE WHO THAT? MR. MIKE BUCHANAN.
IF YOU WILL STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.
UH, MICHAEL BUCHANAN, 1 35 PEBBLE TRAIL RIGHT HERE IN AL ALPHARETTA.
UH, WHILE I HAVE OTHER ROLES IN THE CITY, I'M ALSO, I'M SPEAKING NOW AS CITIZEN MIKE, AND I THINK I REPRESENT, UH, OTHER CITIZENS AND ALSO WANTED TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE TREES OR THIS TREE IN PARTICULAR.
AND WHILE, UH, I UNDERSTAND PROGRESS, I ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT THERE ARE A LIMITED NUMBER OF SPECIMEN TREES IN THIS CITY.
WE CAN ALWAYS GET MORE BUILDINGS, WE CAN ALWAYS GET MORE GAS STATIONS.
YOU ONLY GET MORE, WHATEVER THAT FINDS PROGRESS.
BUT EVERY TIME WE CUT A TREE, THAT'S ONE THAT WILL NEVER COME BACK IN PROBABLY OUR LIFETIME TO THE, UH, TO THE STATE THAT IT IS NOW.
AND SO I ALWAYS, UH, LIKE I SAID, I UNDERSTAND PROGRESS, BUT THERE'S A REASON WE HAVE CODES AND THE, AS AS, AND IT FEELS LIKE I KIND OF, YOU WERE EXPRESSING WHILE AGO, I'M, I'M KIND OF CONFUSING.
IT FEELS LIKE WE'RE OKAY IN CUTTING THE TREE AND THEN THE REST OF THE PROJECT IS GONNA KIND OF BE FIGURED OUT.
MAYBE THAT'S NOT THE CASE, BUT IT FEELS LIKE THAT WITHOUT BEING TOTALLY IN DEPTH IN WHAT'S GOING ON.
UM, BUT MY QUESTION IS ALWAYS, 'CAUSE I'VE BEEN TO OTHER CITIES AND YOU HAVE TOO, WHERE THEY SAY, THIS IS WHERE WE DRAW THE LINE.
AND IF AS A DEVELOPER YOU HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO WORK AROUND THAT LINE.
I COACHED HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL FOR 20 YEARS, AND THE REFEREE NEVER LET
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ME GO OUT OF BOUNDS.AND, AND, UH, WE ALL HAD TO LIVE WITH THAT.
AND SO I REALLY HOPE IF THIS PROJECT DOES GET VOTED OKAY, THAT AT LEAST IN THE FUTURE, WE CONSIDER THE FACT THAT, THAT WE'RE LOSING OUR BIG TREES EVER SO SLOWLY.
AND THEN WAIT, IT, YOU WAIT FIVE YEARS, YOU WAIT 10 YEARS AND ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU'RE IN A TOTALLY DIFFERENT PLACE.
AND, AND I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF CITIZENS THAT HERE THAT FEEL THE SAME WAY I DO.
IF YOU'RE GO ON VACATION FOR TWO OR THREE WEEKS, YOU COME BACK HOME AND THERE'S ANOTHER SWATH OF TREES THAT ARE GONE, YOU'RE LIKE, WOW, WHERE DID THAT GO? AND SO I THINK IT'S, UH, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR ALL OF US TO RECOGNIZE THAT THAT, UH, THAT THIS ONE TREE REPRESENTS A BIGGER PICTURE THAN JUST A DEVELOPMENT.
UH, AND SO WHILE IT MAY HAPPEN, I AM, I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF IT, AND I ALWAYS FEEL LIKE THERE'S A WAY TO MAKE IT BETTER.
AND I HOPE THAT WE HAVE EXPLORED ASKING DEVELOPERS PRESENT FUTURE, THAT THIS HAS GOT TO STAY.
AND I KNOW THAT THEY CAN IF THEY, THEY HAVE CREATIVE ARCHITECTS AND THEY'RE CREATIVE DEVELOPERS, AND I'VE SEEN IT HAPPEN WHERE PEOPLE FIND A WAY TO MAKE IT WORK.
AND THAT'S WHAT I HOPE IS OUR MISSION NOW AND MISSION ALWAYS WHEN IT COMES TO THE NATURAL PART OF ALPHARETTA.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO COME FORWARD? NOW'S YOUR OPPORTUNITY.
HELLO, MY NAME IS TAYLOR MESH AND I LIVE AT 3 6 5 ROSE CIRCLE.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SPEAK FOR THE TREES AND ADVOCATE FOR THEM AS WELL.
SO TODAY I ASK MAYOR AND COUNCIL TO DENY THE VARIANCE REQUEST TO ALLOW THE REMOVAL OF THE SPECIMEN TREE ALONG MARIETTA STREET.
AS A LIFELONG ALFREDA RESIDENT, I BELIEVE I SPEAK FOR MANY ALPHARETTA RESIDENTS WHEN I SAY THAT WE HAVE LOST WAY TOO MUCH OF OUR TREE CANOPY OVER THE PAST 10 YEARS DUE TO DEVELOPMENT.
IT'S COMPLETELY DIFFERENT PLACE THAN IT WAS WHEN I GREW UP.
THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT THINGS ABOUT IT, BUT UNFORTUNATELY THE TREE CANOPY IS, IT'S, IT'S, UM, SOMETHING I HEAR A LOT FROM PEOPLE THAT THEY'RE QUITE UPSET ABOUT.
UM, SO I WOULD JUST LIKE TO EMPHASIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF TREE CONSERVATION.
AND TREES REDUCE AIR POLLUTION, IMPROVE AIR QUALITY.
THEY DO PROVIDE ECONOMIC VALUE.
THEY INCREASE PROPERTY PRICES BY BETWEEN 5% TO 18%.
IN ADDITION, SCIENTISTS FROM THE USDA FOREST SERVICE HAVE FOUND THAT FOR EVERY DOLLAR SPENT ON PLANTING AND CARING FOR TREES, THE BENEFITS THAT IT PROVIDES, UM, ARE TWO TO FIVE TIMES THAT INVESTMENT TREES IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE.
THERE ARE MEASURABLE HEALING AND WELLNESS EFFECTS OF TREES ON OUR PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH FROM LOWERING STRESS TO IMPROVING ACADEMIC OUTCOMES.
TREE LINE STREETS NOT ONLY HAVE AN AESTHETIC VALUE, BUT THE TREE CANOPY ALSO PROVIDE COOLING EFFECT FOR PEDESTRIANS AND CYCLISTS AND HOT DAYS, ESPECIALLY THIS ONE.
AND, UM, TREES PROVIDE SHELTER FOR HABIT, PROVIDE SHELTER AND HABITAT FOR LOCAL WILDLIFE, AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE INCREASE IN CONSERVATION OF LOCAL BIODIVERSITY.
A MATURE OAK TREE SUCH AS THIS ONE CAN PROVIDE A HABITAT FOR OVER 500 DIFFERENT POLLINATOR SPECIES.
IN ADDITION, TREES HELP SEQUESTER CARBON, THEY REDUCE EROSION, CONSERVE ENERGY, REDUCE AIR, WHICH REDUCE AIR CONDITIONING BILLS, REDUCE NOISE, REDUCE SOIL POLLUTANTS, MANAGE STORM WATER.
UM, AND IN REVIEWING THE ARBOR SUPPORT FROM THE BARLETT TREE EXCERPT, WHICH I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S THE CITY OR WHAT THAT ONE'S FROM, BUT I WAS HOPING THAT THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MIGHT CONSIDER RISK MITIGATION OPTION ONE, WHICH WOULD PRESERVE THE TREE AND RESULT IN AN ESTIMATED RESIDUAL RISK RATING OF LOW FOR TRUNK OR CROWN FAILURE.
AND JUST ON A PERSONAL NOTE, UM, MY ONE AND A HALF YEAR OLD SON AND I AND MY HUSBAND, WE RIDE OUR BIKES DOWN MARIETTA STREET SEVERAL TIMES A WEEK.
AND, UM, MY HOPE IS THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO DO SO FOR MANY YEARS TO COME.
AND I CONTINUE, CONTINUE TO HEAR HIS LITTLE VOICE, SAY, MAMA, BIG OLD TREE, WHICH IS WHAT HE DOES.
AND, UM, LASTLY, THERE ARE JUST SO MANY TREES BEING REMOVED ON THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY ALREADY, UM, CLOSER TO I GUESS, OLD MILTON.
AND THESE TREES REALLY ADD TO THE PEACEFULNESS OF THIS AREA, WHETHER YOU'RE EATING AT PURE OR WHETHER YOU'RE WALKING TO WELLS PARK, THAT WHOLE SPACE, UM, I GUESS IT'S ROSWELL STREET AND MARITA STREET, IT'S A LOT COOLER THAN THE OTHER SIDE BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF TREE CANOPY, WHICH IS, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY HARD TO WALK AROUND ALPHA IN THE SUMMERTIME WITHOUT THE TREE CANOPY PROVIDING SHADE.
UM, SO, UM, CAN WE PLEASE JUST RECONSIDER ALLOWING THIS VARIANCE TO PRESERVE A
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PIECE OF ALFRED AS NATURAL BEAUTY? UM, THANK YOU.HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU HAVE LEFT? IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WANTED TO COME FORWARD ON THIS ITEM? DID THE APPLICANT WANT TO HAVE A REBUTTAL STATEMENT? SEEING NONE? PARDON? WHO? OKAY.
HE DIDN'T LOOK LIKE HE WANTED TO SAY ANYTHING WHEN I LOOKED AT HIM.
I, I DO APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS AND ESPECIALLY AS IT RELATES TO, UM, PEOPLE ENJOYING THE TREES IN ALPHARETTA AND THINGS OF THAT SORT.
UM, I WILL REFER BACK TO THE ARBOR REPORT AND, UH, THE CONDITION OF THE TREE, THE, THE POTENTIAL LIFESPAN OF THIS TREE, AND ALSO THE, UH, POTENTIAL PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES RELATED TO THIS TREE.
AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT, I'D ALSO LIKE TO MENTION, UM, THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE'RE MAKING ALONG MARIETTA STREET AND THE, UH, PUBLIC GOOD THAT, UH, THE SIDEWALKS AND ADDITIONAL, UH, OVERSTORY TREES THAT WE'RE GONNA BE ADDING WILL PROVIDE FOR, UH, DOWNTOWN ALPHARETTA.
THAT BEING SAID, WE'VE HAD PUBLIC COMMENT.
DO I HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL? YES, MR. MAYOR, I MAKE A MOTION THAT COUNCIL APPROVE V DASH 26 DASH ZERO SEVEN ALPHARETTA DISTRICT PLACES TREE VARIANCE, SUBJECT TO THE FIVE CONDITIONS SET FORTH IN THE STAFF REPORT.
SECOND, HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN HYDES, A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN DORITO.
ANY DISCUSSION? WE'LL START ON THE RIGHT, MY RIGHT, THE RIGHT SIDE.
YEAH, IT'S ALWAYS DIFFICULT TO REMOVE A SPECIMEN TREE.
AND ONE THE REASONS WHY I WAS ASKING, I STATED EVEN BEFORE I ASKED MY QUESTIONS THAT I WAS IN FAVOR OF THIS VARIANCE.
UM, MORE SO FOR THE SUCCESS OF THE PROJECT PHASE ONE.
AND I JUST WANTED TO UNDERSTAND LEGALLY IF WE'RE ABLE TO REMOVE A TREE ON A DIFFERENT PIECE OF PROPERTY, BUT IT WAS PUT ON THE RECORD THAT THE OWNER IS THE SAME ON BOTH, WHICH IS GOOD TO HEAR.
UM, AND THE, YOU KNOW, UH, THE LARGER CALIBER TREES THAT ARE GONNA BE REQUIRED AS PART OF THE APPROVING THIS VARIANCE, I THINK WE'LL PUT SOME BEAUTIFUL TREES ALONG ROSWELL STREET AND MARRIOTT STREET.
UM, AND I'LL MAKE THIS PROJECT AFTER IT'S COMPLETE AND BUILT TO BE VERY SUCCESSFUL, TO CONTINUE TO HAVE OUR CITY CENTER BECOME A THRIVING ECONOMIC PLACE OF SUCCESS FOR THE BUSINESSES AND, AND FAMILIES TO ENJOY THEMSELF AND, AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF.
UM, I UNDERSTAND THE FRUSTRATIONS OF SOME OF OUR FELLOW RESIDENTS OUT THERE REGARDING JUST SPECIMEN TREES IN GENERAL AND REMOVING, YOU KNOW, OLDER TREES AROUND THE CITY AS WE SEE THE PROGRESS OF OUR CITY MOVE FORWARD.
UM, I THINK THE BIGGEST GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT HAS NO PARAMETERS IS GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
WHAT'S HAPPENING IN GEORGIA 400 IS A DISGRACE AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, AND WE CAN'T DO MUCH ABOUT IT.
WE DON'T HAVE AUTHORITY OVER, OVER THE STATE DEPARTMENT THAT MANAGES THE ROAD SYSTEM AROUND THE STATE.
I UNDERSTAND PROGRESS, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THOSE OF YOU THAT MAY HAVE WATCHED HAVE BEEN PARTICIPANT IN THE MEETING WHEN WE HAD G DOT COME AND GIVE US AN UPDATE ON THE GEORGIA 400 PROJECT.
UM, I ASKED ABOUT THE LANDSCAPING PLAN, THE RECOMPENSE PLAN, ALONG 400.
THERE'S THE CITY COUNCIL PRIOR, PRIOR CITY COUNCIL, LAW COMMUNITY, UH, PROFESSIONALS WHO, WHO WORK IN THESE AREAS.
UM, WE WORK REAL HARD TO MAINTAIN THE BEAUTY OF OUR CITY, PARTICULARLY ALONG THE GEORGIA 400 CORRIDOR.
AND I'M, I'M TALKING ABOUT GEORGIA 400 BECAUSE IN CONTEXT OF WHAT WE'RE CONSIDERING HERE WITH THIS VARIANCE, YOU KNOW, YEAH, WE'RE GONNA BE REMOVING, YOU KNOW, ONE LARGE SPECIMEN TREE THAT BASED ON BOTH REPORTS IS, UM, MODERATE HEALTH CONDITION RIGHT NOW.
UM, BUT IN ORDER TO HAVE THAT, THAT WHOLE QUADRANT SUCCESSFUL, BOTH PHASE ONE AND PHASE TWO, UM, AND TO IMPROVE MARIETTA
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STREET AND THEN TRAFFIC FLOW AND PEDESTRIAN WALKWAY AND SAFETY AND THAT, ALL THAT GOOD STUFF, THAT TREE'S, IT'S IN THE WAY.UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S, IT'S A TREE THAT, YOU KNOW, JUST BE FULLY HONEST DUE TO PROGRESS OF THE CITY HAS TO BE REMOVED TO BE, BE ABLE TO CONTINUE THE GROWTH AND THE SUCCESS OF CITY CENTER.
UM, THE PROJECT ITSELF, PHASE ONE IS GONNA BE A BEAUTIFUL ADDITION TO CITY CENTER AND TO THE CITY.
UM, THE REASON WHY I ASKED ABOUT THE, THE SPECIMEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT ON, ON PHASE TWO, TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW THIS HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH PHASE ONE.
UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, I TRUST OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT THAT THIS IS THE RIGHT ANSWER, UM, AND THAT IT MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS OF CONSIDERING A VARIANCE TO REMOVE THAT TREE, UM, FOR THE SUCCESS OF PHASE ONE AND THE SUCCESS OF THE, OF THE SIDEWALK SYSTEM AND THE, UH, MARIETTA STREET TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MAINTAIN AN ENVIRONMENT AND CITY CENTER THAT WE WANNA MAINTAIN FOR MANY YEARS TO COME.
SO, UM, I HOPE COUNCIL SUPPORTS THIS VARIANCE REQUEST THIS EVENING.
ANY OTHER COMMENT, COUNCILMAN? IT'S HARD NOT TO LOVE TREES.
WE HAVE A LOT OF REALLY BEAUTIFUL ONES HERE IN ALFREDA.
UM, THIS AREA HAS COME UP BEFORE, AND THE THE NON-STANDARD NATURE OF MARIETTA STREET HAS BEEN AN ISSUE.
AND, AND THROUGH THIS PROJECT, WE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THAT BECAUSE I DON'T THINK, WITHOUT ADDRESSING, REALLY MAKING IT VEHICULAR SAFE AS A STREET, WE CAN ADD THE SIDEWALKS TO IT.
AND, AND I THINK THAT THAT ITSELF IS GOING TO BE SUCH AN ADDITION.
AND I'M STRUGGLING TO SEE HOW THAT COULD BE DONE AND SAVE THIS PARTICULAR TREE.
AM I AM ALL FOR REALLY HAVING FOLKS BEND OVER BACKWARDS FOR TREES.
BUT I THINK PRIORITY OF HAVING A SAFE MARIETTA STREET TO NAVIGATE BOTH BY CAR AND BY AND BY FOOT, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT ON THIS ONE.
UH, FOR, FOR ME, IT, IT COMES DOWN TO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT COUNCILMAN COUNCIL MEMBER REEVES IS TALKING ABOUT IN TERMS OF THE CONNECTION ON MARIETTA STREET, COUPLED WITH JUST WHAT'S IN OUR, UH, PACKET BEFORE US, UH, IN TERMS OF WHAT THE TWO, UH, ARBORISTS HAVE HAD TO SAY.
SO IT, THE ARBOR, FIRST OF ALL, IF THE ARBORISTS, WELL, WE'LL BACK UP TO MARIETTA STREET.
UH, THE CITY IS ASKING THIS DEVELOPER TO, UH, MOVE SIDEWALKS IN THE BEAUTY STRIP OFF OF MARIETTA STREET INWARD TOWARD THEIR PROPERTY.
AND IN DOING SO, IT, IT'S ENCROACHING ON THE ROOT ZONE OF A TREE THAT IS, UH, MODERATE MARGINAL AT BEST.
AND THESE REPORTS THAT ARE IN OUR PACKET, UH, YOU KNOW, ONE REPORT TALKS ABOUT, UH, THE HEALTH OF THE TREE, NO CONSTRUCTION, THE HEALTH OF THE TREE WITH CONSTRUCTION.
AND, UH, THE SECOND REPORT TALKS ABOUT THE RELATIVE HEALTH OF THE TREE.
IF THERE IS CONSTRUCTION, THERE'S GONNA BE CONSTRUCTION, UH, THERE'S GOING TO BE CONSTRUCTION.
AND PART OF THAT IS BECAUSE THE CITY IS REQUIRING IT, BECAUSE OF POLICY CHOICES BEING MADE ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF MARIETTA STREET, CONNECTING OUR RESIDENTS ON THE WEST SIDE TO HIGHWAY NINE AND TO THE PUBLIX, OUR DOWNTOWN GROCERY STORE.
AND I SEE PEOPLE TRAVELING THE STREET ALL THE TIME.
MY WIFE AND I WALKED OVER TO PURIST THREE WEEKS AGO, AND THERE WAS A GIANT BRANCH LAYING ON THE GROUND UNDERNEATH THIS TREE.
UH, I'M, YOU KNOW, I, I STILL WELL REMEMBER THE TRIP HALSTED STORY ABOUT THE YOUNG PERSON WHO GOT HIT ON THE HEAD BY A LIMB AND WENT INTO A COMA.
YOU KNOW, I SIT UP HERE TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC, UH, HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE OF OUR CITIZENS.
WE'RE GONNA PUT AN EIGHT FOOT WIDE SIDEWALK UNDER A TREE THAT WE HAVE A REPORT THAT SAYS WE'RE GONNA COMPROMISE.
UM, I'VE GOT A PROBLEM, UH, YOU KNOW, ALLOWING THAT SITUATION TO HAPPEN.
WHEN THE REPORT SAYS READING FROM OUR REPORT, UH, IT'S IN THE PACKET, WE DETERMINED THAT WITHIN THE TREE'S, TARGET ZONE, PEOPLE NEAR THE TREE WERE AN OCCASIONAL TARGET.
IN DETERMINING THE RISK RATINGS, I CONSIDERED A TREE OR TREE HEART FAILURE IMPACTING A PERSON TO HAVE THE HIGHEST CONSEQUENCE SEVERE.
NOW, IF I'M A LANDOWNER, AND THE CITY'S
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ISSUED A REPORT THAT SAYS THAT YOUR TREE, UH, COULD SEVERELY INJURE OR KILL SOMEBODY, AND THEY HAVE THEIR OWN REPORT THAT SAYS A TREE COULD SEVERELY INJURE OR KILL SOMEBODY, AND THE TREE HURT SOMEBODY, UM, YOU KNOW, TO ME, THE, THE OWNER'S DAMNED IF THEY DO, DAMNED IF THEY DON'T.WELL, WE NOW KNOW THAT WE'RE GONNA REQUIRE IMPROVEMENTS TO, TO MARIETTA STREET FOR THE BETTERMENT OF OUR CITY.
AND WE KNOW THAT THIS TREE, UH, POSES A, A RISK TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELFARE OF OUR RESIDENTS.
AND SO FOR THOSE REASONS, UH, NOT TO MENTION THE FACT THAT I, I I APPLAUD THAT WHAT WE'RE GETTING IN RETURN BY WAY OF RECOMPENSE TO BEAUTIFY THE SURROUNDING AREA OF THIS PROJECT FOR THE BETTERMENT OF OUR CITY.
UH, YOU KNOW, I'M FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS APPLICATION.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE VOTE YES.
[A. Swearing in of Natural Resources Commission Member by Mayor Gilvin]
THAT PORTION OF THE MEETING, BUT WOULD LIKE TO GO BACK AND HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SWEAR IN OUR NEW NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSIONER, AND THEN WE'LL STEP BACK INTO THE NORMAL AGENDA.GIVE YOU, IS A COPY SO YOU CAN READ IT? MM-HMM
THAT WAY YOU'VE GOT ALL THE WORDS IN FRONT.
SO HOW DO YOU PRONOUNCE YOUR NAME? I WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN TOO FAR OFF, BUT I NEVER WOULD'VE GOTTEN IT.
AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY AND WILLING TO SERVE ON THE NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION.
WE'RE GRATEFUL TO HAVE RESIDENTS LIKE YOURSELF INVOLVED.
SO WE'RE GOING TO READ THE OATH OF OFFICE FOR THE NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF ALPHARETTA, GEORGIA.
I'M HEREBY ACCEPT HONOR OF SERVING AS A MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF ALPHARETTA, GEORGIA.
HEREBY ACCEPT THE HONOR OF SERVING AS A MEMBER OF THE NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISS OF THE CITY OF I DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT I DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT I AM NOT THE HOLDER OF ANY UNACCOUNTED FOR PUBLIC MONEY DUE TO THIS STATE OR ANY POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OR AUTHORITY THEREOF.
I'M NOT THE HOLDER OF ANY UNACCOUNTED FOR PROPERTY MONEY DUE TO THIS STATE OR ANY POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OR AUTHORITY THEREOF.
I AM QUALIFIED TO HOLD SET OFFICE ACCORDING TO THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF GEORGIA.
I'M QUALIFIED TO
AND I SHALL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA AND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
AND I SHALL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA AND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
FURTHER, I DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT I SHALL FURTHER, I DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT I SHALL FAITHFULLY PERFORM THE DUTIES OF A NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION MEMBER FAITHFULLY PERFORM THE DUTIES OF A NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION MEMBER REGULARLY ATTEND MEETINGS, REGULARLY ATTEND MEETINGS, UPHOLD THE IDEALS OF COMMUNITY AND SERVICE, UPHOLD THE IDEALS OF COMMUNITY AND SERVICE, ACT AND CONDUCT BUSINESS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CITY'S CODE OF ETHICS AND CONDUCT ACT, AND CONDUCT BUSINESS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CITY'S CODE OF ETHICS.
CONDUCT AND SUPPORT THE CHARTER IN LAWS OF THE CITY OF ALPHARETTA, AND SUPPORT THE
SO SWORN THIS 27TH DAY OF APRIL, 2026, SO SWORN THIS 27TH DAY OF APRIL, 2026.
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YOU.NOW LET ME GET A PEN AND MAKE IT OFFICIAL.
AFTER THE LAST ZONING ITEM, I THINK IT'S ONLY APPROPRIATE THAT WE APPOINT A NEW NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSIONER.
[C. Ordinance: Offenses and Miscellaneous Provisions Ordinance Text Amendments
FIRST READING
Consideration and approval of an Ordinance to amend Chapter 30, referred to as Offenses and Miscellaneous Provisions, of the Code of the City of Alpharetta to amend provisions regarding the discharge of firearms; to amend provisions regarding urban camping and the improper use of property; to regulate the discharge of bows and crossbows; to prohibit interference of a city officer; to prohibit false representations to a city officer; to prohibit loitering and prowling; to prohibit trespass; to prohibit street racing and reckless driving exhibitions; to prohibit vandalism; to prohibit aggressive panhandling; to prohibit public drunkenness; to provide for traffic violations for disobeying or avoiding an official traffic control device; to prohibit public urination or defecation; to prohibit creating a disturbance at schools; to provide for enforcement; to provide for penalties for violations; to repeal conflicting ordinances; and for other purposes.]
MS. EWIN, WILL YOU PLEASE READ THE ORDINANCE TITLE ALOUD AND PRESENT MR. MAYOR, AN ORDINANCE BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ALFREDA, GEORGIA, TO AMEND CHAPTER 30 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF ALFREDA OFFENSES AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS TO PROVIDE FOR EFFECTIVE DATES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
UM, AND SO FOR, UM, JUST THE SAKE OF BREVITY, THE ORDINANCE THAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR PACKET, AND THAT IS ON THE SCREEN, IS VERY LARGELY SIMILAR TO WHAT WAS DISCUSSED AT THE WORK SESSION.
SO TO REFRESH RECOLLECTION, UM, THIS IS ESSENTIALLY TO ADD TO OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT TOOLKIT SO THAT THEY HAVE, UM, WAYS TO ASSIST THE COMMUNITY, UM, IN MANY CASES WHERE, UM, PERHAPS MORE SEVERE CHARGES MIGHT BE SOUGHT SO THAT WE CAN KEEP THEM IN THE CITY, UM, WITHOUT HAVING TO RESORT TO THOSE MEASURES.
UM, THE LARGE MAJORITY OF THESE ARE NEW PROVISIONS, BUT THERE ARE A FEW UPDATES TO EXISTING CODE SECTIONS.
UM, SO FOR, UM, BEFORE I DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO 30 DASH NINE, JUST SO THAT YOU ARE AWARE, UM, THE, UH, CHANGES TO THE CODE FROM THE WORK SESSION WERE LARGELY LIMITED TO, UH, THE PROVISIONS RELATED TO GIVING FALSE INFORMATION TO AND OR INTERFERING WITH CITY OFFICERS.
AND ON BOTH OF THOSE PROVISIONS, IT PREVIOUSLY REFERENCED THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND CODE ENFORCEMENT.
WHAT I'VE ADDED IN, UM, THIS DRAFT THAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU IS ACTUALLY THAT, THAT INCLUDES FIRE PERSONNEL.
SO THOSE SAME THINGS WE'RE LOOKING AT PROVIDING THOSE, THAT TOOLKIT FOR ALL OF OUR ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.
AND SINCE THE FIRE MARSHAL FREQUENTLY IS ENCOUNTERING SITUATIONS WHERE THERE COULD BE VIOLATIONS, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE INCLUDED, UM, INCLUDED THEM IN THOSE PROVISIONS.
UM, WHAT IS NOT UPDATED IN THE PACKET SINCE IT, UM, WAS ONGOING DISCUSSIONS FOLLOWING THE WORK SESSION IS, UM, IN 30 DASH NINE, THIS IS THE DISCHARGE OF BOSE AND CROSSBOWS, AND YOU HAVE AN UPDATED VERSION ON THE SCREEN IN FRONT OF YOU.
SO THE FIRST DRAFT THAT WE HAD PUT TOGETHER INCLUDED A PERMITTING REQUIREMENT AND WHAT IS UPDATED IN THE DRAFT THAT IS ON THE SCREEN, AND THAT WILL BE DISCUSSED, UM, FOR THE NEXT, UH, READING OF THE ORDINANCE IS THIS SECTION WHICH OMITS THAT PERMITTING REQUIREMENT.
SO THIS FOCUSES ON THE SAFETY THAT WE DISCUSSED AT THE WORK SESSION, AND THE CONCERNS WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE SAFEGUARDS IN PLACE TO ENSURE THAT, UM, BOWS AND CROSSBOWS ARE DISCHARGED SAFELY AND WITH, UH, NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES AND PERHAPS TRAILS AND, AND THE GREENWAY IN MIND, UM, WHILE ALSO RESPECTING THE RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS. AND SO ALL OF THE SAFEGUARDS, THE REQUIRING THAT A PROJECTILE NOT LEAVE THE PROPERTY REQUIRING PERMISSION TO DISCHARGE A BOW ON SOMEBODY ELSE'S PROPERTY, ENSURING THAT YOU'RE WITHIN, UM, THAT YOU'RE, UM, NOT WITHIN 150 FEET OF A, A RESIDENTIAL DWELLING.
ALL OF THOSE REQUIREMENTS REMAIN IN THE ORDINANCE, BUT IT'S SIMPLY NOT PART OF A PERMITTING REQUIREMENT.
UM, SO WE JUST HAVE THAT, UM, THOSE SAFETY MEASURES IN PLACE, THE REGULATORY, UM, FRAMEWORK WITHOUT THE, THE PERMIT AND OVERSIGHT.
AND SO, UM, OTHER THAN THAT, UM, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCILMAN DORIGO? I, I UNDERSTAND THE CHANGES ON OR ABOUT IT BEFORE THIS EVENING'S MEETING, BUT I, I GUESS WHAT'S THE ENFORCEMENT MECHANISM FOR THE, WHAT THE BOW AND SBO IS? YEAH.
IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE ASKING? I I'M IN AGREEMENT WITH THE CHANGES, BY
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THE WAY.OF COURSE, I, OF COURSE, I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND.
SO HOW DO OUR POLICE ENFORCE IF SOMEONE IS SHOOTING BOWS ONTO SOMEONE'S OTHER PROPERTY AND NOT STAYING WITHIN THE PARAMETERS OF WHAT THE ORDINANCE REQUIRES? OF COURSE, I THINK LIKE MOST CODE VIOLATIONS, IT WOULD BE COMPLAINT BASED.
AND I THINK THAT THAT WOULD'VE BEEN THE CASE BEFORE AND AFTER THAT REVISION TO THE CODE.
AND SO, FOR INSTANCE, IF YOU'RE WALKING ALONG THE GREENWAY AND YOU SAW AN ARROW COME RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU, GOD FORBID THAT HAPPENED, UM, I AM, I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT WE WOULD HEAR ABOUT IT AT THE CITY.
AND SO WE WOULD BE INVESTIGATING AND LOOKING INTO THAT IN THE SAME WAY THAT WE WOULD ANY OTHER CODE VIOLATION.
SIMILARLY, IF IT WERE TO, YOU KNOW, PROJECTILE OR IF A PIECE OF A TARGET WERE TO ENTER INTO YOUR, YOUR PROPERTY AND STEMMING FROM ONE OF YOUR NEIGHBORS, IT WOULD ALSO BE COMPLAINT BASED.
AND SO, UM, I THINK THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD LARGELY BE HOW THAT WOULD BE ENFORCED.
CERTAINLY WE CAN'T ENFORCE IT, UM, AS IS THE CASE WITH MOST ANYTHING.
JUST, JUST CURIOUS, IF SOME KIDS WENT OUT IN THE STREET AND SET UP THEIR LITTLE BOW AND ARROW AND PUT A LITTLE TARGET UP, THEY'RE OUTSIDE THEIR PROPERTY, CAN THEY GET HAULED AWAY TO JAIL? IT WOULD CERTAINLY BE A VIOLATION OF THE ORDINANCE,
UM, AND I THINK WE WOULD BE HAVING TO DIS DISCUSS WHAT MEASURES WE WOULD TAKE ON ON THAT SORT OF SITUATION.
BUT NO, I DON'T, I I'M NOT GONNA COMMIT TO ANYTHING, BUT, UM, IT WOULD NOT BE AUTHORIZED UNDER THE ORDINANCE.
HOPEFULLY THE CHIEF WILL BE, BE EASY ON THEM.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO, JUST FOR THE RECORD, OUR SECTION ONE DASH EIGHT AUTHORIZES FINES AND JAIL TIME, EITHER OR, I THINK IT'S MORE THE EXCEPTION THAN THE RULE THAT PEOPLE GO TO JAIL FOR ORDINANCE VIOLATIONS.
SO I'VE GOT A QUESTION FOR THE CHIEF OF POLICE.
I, QUITE FRANKLY, I DON'T SUPPORT THE CHANGE.
SO AS I RECALL, AS WE WERE DRAWING UP THIS ORDINANCE TO BEGIN WITH, THE REASON THERE WAS A PERMITTING IS BECAUSE IF PEOPLE ARE BREAKING THE LAW AND HUNTING ILLEGALLY, WE HAD NO WAY TO FIND THEM OR TO TRACK THEM DOWN.
AND, AND THAT, GOING BACK TO THE QUESTION YOU LAUGH ABOUT HOW YOU'RE GONNA TRACK DOWN SOME LITTLE KID OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WE KNOW THESE PEOPLE ARE ALREADY HUNTING AND OFTEN ON OTHER PEOPLE'S LAND THEY DON'T OWN.
AND I REALLY DON'T SEE HOW WE CAN ENFORCE AN ORDINANCE WITHOUT SOME WAY TO KNOW WHO THESE PEOPLE ARE BECAUSE THEY'RE IN THE WOODS.
IF THEY'RE SHOOTING THINGS, ESPECIALLY IF THEY WERE TO ACCIDENTALLY KILL SOMEONE, GOD FORBID WE WOULD HAVE NO WAY IN HELL EVER FINDING OUT WHO THAT PERSON WAS.
WHAT, UH, THE, WHAT, WHAT WAS YOUR QUESTION THOUGH? IN, IN MY, MY QUESTION IS, DO YOU SEE THIS AS SOMETHING THAT'S ENFORCEABLE WITHOUT HAVING A PERMITTING PROCESS? I I THINK, LIKE, LIKE MOLLY SAID, ALMOST EVERYTHING WE DEAL WITH IN TERMS OF BOSE IN GENERAL HAS ALWAYS BEEN COMPLAINT BASED.
LIKE, WE DON'T TYPICALLY, LIKE, I CAN'T EVEN THINK OF AN INSTANCE WHERE WE'VE BEEN OUT AND SEEN SOMEBODY SHOOTING A BOW.
IT'S TYPICALLY LIKE A NEIGHBOR CALLING IN ON ANOTHER NEIGHBOR OR SOMEONE WALKING DOWN THE GREENWAY SAYING, HEY, SOMEBODY'S SHOOTING ARROWS IN THEIR BACKYARD.
IS THIS SAFE? IS THIS ALLOWED? UM, THE, THE HUNTING, I THINK WHAT THE, WHAT THE ORDINANCE WOULD DO IS, ESPECIALLY WHEN LIKE DNR, 'CAUSE WE HAVE DNR THAT VISITS REGULARLY AND THEY GO THROUGH SOME OF THOSE AREAS, IT'S JUST ANOTHER TOOL FOR THEM AS WELL TO BE ABLE TO HAVE SOMETHING.
'CAUSE THEY CERTAINLY CAN CHARGE PEOPLE UNDER OUR ORDINANCES AS WELL.
AND I THINK THAT THAT GIVES THEM THE ABILITY AT THE STATE LEVEL TO THEN, UM, REMOVE OR REVOKE HUNTING LICENSES AND DO THINGS LIKE THAT BECAUSE THEY HAVE AN OFFENSE THAT THEY NOW HAVE DOCUMENTED.
SO YOU HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THIS APARTMENT? I, I, I DO NOT, SIR.
COUNCILMAN DODO, WHY THE CHANGE? WELL, I THINK FOR, FOR ONE, I THINK IT'S JUST EASE, EASE OF, UH, ACTUALLY EXECUTING IT.
LIKE THERE, THERE'S JUST THE, THE BUREAUCRACY OR THE WHOLE PROCESS OF TRYING TO GET PEOPLE TO DO PERMITS.
AND THEN THERE'S ALSO QUESTIONS THAT MOLLY COULD ADDRESS THESE AS WELL, OF WHAT YOU CAN DO ON YOUR PRIVATE PROPERTY, LIKE GETTING A PERMIT TO SHOOT ON A PRIVATE PROPERTY.
I, WE CAN'T REGULATE THAT, AT LEAST NOT TO MY UNDERSTANDING.
AND SO ALL WE CAN DO IS WE CAN PUT RESTRICTIONS ON THE PARAMETERS BY WHICH YOU USE YOUR PROPERTY, BUT WE CAN'T REALLY RESTRICT WHAT, WHETHER OR NOT YOU COULD ACTUALLY USE THAT ON YOUR PROPERTY.
I THINK THE PERMITTING PROCESS BECAME DIFFICULT
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TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO AND TO IMPLEMENT AND EXECUTE.AND I CAN CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND THAT ON YOUR OWN PROPERTY.
MY CONCERN IS THAT MOST OF THESE PEOPLE THAT ARE HUNTING ALONG THE GREENWAY ARE NOT HUNTING ON THEIR OWN PROPERTY, BUT THEN THE ORDINANCE, ULTIMATELY IT ADDRESSES THE FACT THAT THEY ARE OUTSIDE OF WHAT WOULD BE ALLOWED AND SO THAT WE CAN ADDRESS IT AT THAT POINT.
BECAUSE THEY WOULD, BY DEFINITION BE OUTSIDE OF THEIR PRIVATE PROPERTY, WHICH WE ARE REGULATING THAT BEHAVIOR THROUGH THE ORDINANCE.
AS LONG AS YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH IT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT CARDS? NO, SIR.
HOWEVER, ANYONE WANTS TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.
NOW'S YOUR CHANCE FOR A SECOND THERE.
I THOUGHT YOU WERE GONNA COME FORWARD.
SO WE'LL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENTS SINCE I SEE NO ONE COMING FORWARD.
DO I HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNSEL? I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE.
UM, THIS WOULD JUST BE THE FIRST READING.
JUST APPROVE THE FIRST READING.
MOTION TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE FOR FIRST READ.
SECOND, HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN REEVES.
SECOND BY COUNCILMAN DORITO, THE DISCUSSION.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION TO APPROVE, PLEASE VOTE YES.
SO NEXT ITEM, LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO HEAR FROM DIRECTOR HARRIS.
[A. 2026-2027 City Wide Employee Health and Related Benefits
Consideration and approval to award contracts for certain Employee Health and Related Benefits for Plan Year 2026-2027: City's group Medical and Dental coverage to Cigna; Vision coverage to Eye Med; Life and Disability coverages to New York Life; and Wellness Services to Engagement Health Group; and to authorize the Mayor to execute all necessary documents.]
GOOD EVENING, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
UH, BEFORE YOU IS CONSIDERATION AWARD, UM, CERTAIN EMPLOYEE HEALTH AND RELATED BENEFITS FOR, UH, PLAN YEAR 2026, 2027, WHICH BEGINS JULY ONE WITH THE NEW BUDGET YEAR.
UM, BEING THAT HR WAS UP BEFORE YOU EARLIER TODAY, UM, OR THIS EVENING TO, UH, DISCUSS THE, UH, PROCLAMATION FOR PUBLIC SERVICE APPRECIATION, UH, SERVANTS APPRECIATION.
I, I WOULD BE, UH, SORT OF REMISS IF I DIDN'T START OFF SAYING, YOU KNOW, THE EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY ARE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE A VERY, UM, ROBUST AND VERY GOOD, UH, EMPLOYEE HEALTH BENEFIT PLAN THAT US COUNCIL HAVE PREVIOUSLY BROUGHT FORWARD AND OTHERS BEFORE YOU.
AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO CARRY ON A VERY COMPETITIVE, UH, HEALTH PLAN AS IT RELATES TO OTHER CITIES AROUND US AND EVERYTHING.
SO, UH, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT POINT THAT IT IS A, A VERY SOLID AND A GREAT BENEFIT FOR THE SERVANTS HERE AT THE CITY.
SO, UM, WITH THAT, HISTORICALLY WE'VE, I'VE, UH, THE LAST FIVE YEARS WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO GET RATES ON AVERAGE YEAR OVER YEAR.
WE'VE ABOUT A 4% INCREASE ON OUR MEDICAL SPEND, UM, THAT INCLUDE TWO YEARS WHERE WE HAD 0% INCREASES IN THE PAST FIVE YEAR WINDOW, INCLUDING THIS WHEN I THROW IN NEXT YEAR NUMBER, WHICH IS EIGHT AND HALF PERCENT.
SO YOU TAKE THE EIGHT AND A HALF, TWO YEARS OF ZEROS, SOMETHING AT 4%, WHETHER WE'RE AVERAGING 4%.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE NATIONAL AVERAGE ON MEDICAL SPEND, UM, TREND YEAR OVER YEAR, UNFORTUNATELY IS ABOUT 7%.
SO, UM, IN THAT REGARD, VERY GOOD.
BUT, UH, I THINK I MENTIONED THIS AT THE RETREAT AND MENTIONED IT LAST YEAR, THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WERE, OUR CLAIMS WERE STARTING TO GET VERY, UH, UP THERE AS IT RELATES TO WHAT WE ARE PAYING IN PREMIUM.
SO IF WE'RE PAYING A HUNDRED DOLLARS IN PREMIUMS, UM, WE RUN ABOUT $110 OF EXPENSES.
IF YOU LOOK AT JUST THE MEDICAL PREMIUM, 'CAUSE WE GET OUR PREMIUMS BROKEN INTO JUST SORT OF ADMIN AND MEDICAL COMPONENT.
THE MEDICAL COMPONENT COMPONENT IS, LET'S SAY IT'S A HUNDRED DOLLARS, WE'RE RUNNING AT 127, SO OUR MEDICAL CLAIMS ARE SO CIGNA'S EATING THAT.
AND SO IT'D BE VERY, WITH THE TRIBUNE 7%, AND THIS YEAR I KNEW IT WAS GONNA BE A YEAR, WE COULD EASILY HAVE SEEN A 20% INCREASE.
UM, WE DID, UH, AFTER NEGOTIATIONS WITH THEM AND COMPETING THEM WITH OTHERS.
AND, UH, LOOKING AT VARIOUS OPTIONS, UH, WE DO MAKE TWO PLAN CHANGES HEREIN, I THINK ARE JUST A REASONABLE PLAN CHANGES.
UH, WE HAVE A, UM, INCREASE OF 8.5% ON THE MEDICAL SIDE.
THAT'S THE FIRST TIME IN SEVERAL YEARS I THINK WE'VE HAD ANY DENTAL INCREASE.
AND, UM, FOR IMED AND VISION CARE, THAT IS A 0% INCREASE FOR NEW YORK
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LIFE, WHICH IS OUR BASIC LIFE, UH, POLICY THAT WE PROVIDE FOR ALL OUR EMPLOYEES ALONG WITH, UH, DISMEMBERMENT.AND ALONG WITH, UM, UM, THE LONG TERM AND SHORT TERM, UH, POLICIES, UM, UH, DISABILITY COVERAGE, UH, THAT IS ALSO AT A 0% INCREASE.
AND OUR, UH, EMPLOYEE HEALTH, UH, WELLNESS, UH, FIRM THAT COMES IN AND MAKES SURE THAT WE'RE DOING SOME THINGS WITH OUR EMPLOYEES, MAKE SURE THEY TRY TO STAY HEALTHY.
SO ALL IN ALL IN IT'S ABOUT A 7% INCREASE, BUT AGAIN, THE TREND FOR OUR TREND WE'RE WELL OVER FOUR WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE TOTAL PACKAGE FOR THE LAST FIVE YEAR WINDOW.
SO, UH, THAT IS WHAT I HAVE BEFORE YOU FOR, UH, THE APPROVAL OF THESE SPECIFIC ITEMS. COUNCILMAN DO THANK YOU, TOM, FOR PRESENTING THIS.
SO IT'S GOING TO INCREASE THE CITY'S COURSE BY, LEMME SEE, 800,000, ANOTHER 9,900 FOR THE DENTAL.
UM, AND THEN YOU'RE LOOKING TO OFFSET THOSE INCREASES BY ELIMINATING ONE OF THE, UH, THE HRA HEALTH REVERSION PLAN THAT'S ALREADY NETTED IN THE NUMBER ALREADY.
IT, IT'S IN THE PLAN PROPOSAL THAT, SO IT'S 800,000 IN ADDITION, THOSE NETTED SAVINGS? CORRECT.
SO THEN I WON'T ASK FURTHER ABOUT THE NEXT ONE.
IT WOULD, THE, THE NUMBER WOULD'VE BEEN, I GOTCHA.
WOULD'VE BEEN A MILLION DOLLAR.
SO WHAT IMPACT DOES THIS HAVE ON THE, THE TYPICAL EMPLOYEE OF THE CITY AS FAR AS DO THEY GET A, THEY GET A 10% INCREASE IN THEIR, WE'RE GONNA PASS ON, SINCE WE PICK UP ABOUT, WE'LL PICK UP THE 9%, WE PICK UP ABOUT 90.
THEY PICK UP 10, MAYBE A LESS, BUT WE'RE GONNA PASS ON, WE'LL BOTH SEE AN 8% INCREASE.
SO IT'LL BE UNDER, I WANT TO SAY FOR FAMILY COVERAGE, IT'LL BE, UH, A HUNDRED DOLLARS INCREASE FOR THE YEAR PER YEAR.
SO THE, THE 800,000 PLUS TO 9.9 IS, UM, SOME OTHER COST TOO ASSOCIATED WITH SOME OTHER PARTS OF THE PLAN DOWN HERE? UM, THE AGENT HEALTH GROUP, YEAH.
IT ALL DEPENDS WHICH PLAN THEY'RE IN.
IF THEY'RE IN THE, THEY, THEY'LL SEE THOSE ARE ALL NET OF ALL OF THESE ALLOCATIONS AND THAT'S, THAT'S GONNA BE OUR COST THAT HAS TO GO INTO THE CORRECT CONNECTION.
HEY, UH, DIRECTOR HARRIS, I BROUGHT THIS UP BEFORE THE MEETING.
CAN WE JUST, UM, LIKE AMEND ON THE RECORD HERE THAT THIS IS COMING OUT OF THE FISCAL YEAR OPERATING BUDGET, CORRECT? YES.
AND JUST AMEND A STAFF REPORT SO THAT WHEN WE, UH, APPROVE THE MINUTES NEXT MEETING, THAT, UH, IT WAS AN OVERSIGHT ON MY, MY, AND NOT TRYING TO CALLATE OUT ON OVERSIGHT, BUT IT'S A $12 MILLION VOTE WE'RE GONNA MAKE HERE.
AND I'D LIKE TO KNOW THAT IT'S NOT COMING OUT UNALLOCATED NEXT YEAR.
IT WILL BE PROJECTED IN BUDGET, WHICH WE HAVEN'T APPROVED YET.
BUT THESE RATES AND THESE NUMBERS WILL BE IN NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET.
THE INCREMENTAL AS WELL AS THE CORPUS THANK COUNCILMAN REEVES.
YOU READ A LOT ABOUT HEALTHCARE COSTS.
I MEAN, YOU READ ABOUT IT ALL THE TIME.
AND, UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK.
I MEAN, MUST BE A VERY GOOD NEGOTIATOR, SO I APPRECIATE IT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COUNCILMAN BRADY? JUST TOM, I JUST, UH, WANTED TO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR GOING THROUGH THIS.
'CAUSE UM, I REMEMBER SITTING DOWN WITH YOU, IT'S A 17% INCREASE, GIVE YOU GUYS AN IDEA.
IT WAS A 17% INCREASE THAT WE GOT FOR THE YEAR, AND TOM AND CHRIS REALLY WORKED, WORKED THROUGH THAT AND SURGICALLY KIND OF REMOVED SOME THINGS TO REALLY KIND OF OFF BALANCE THAT.
WE HAD A LOT OF KIND OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THIS BECAUSE IT IS A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNTS.
10% OF OUR EXPENSES IS $12 MILLION.
AND WHEN YOU REALLY KIND OF LOOK AT THE EMPLOYEES, UM, NUMBER ONE KIND OF FROM, YOU KNOW, AS, AS WE LOOK AT THIS, OUR ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO ACQUIRE THE RIGHT TALENT AND THE RIGHT RECRUITMENT IS CRITICAL TO THE CITY.
IT'S CRITICAL TO HAVE THE BEST PEOPLE WORKING AT THE CITY.
BUT THEN YOU KIND OF GO BACK IN THE YEARS WHERE WE'RE CHASING INFLATION, THERE WAS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S COMPOSITION COMING.
I MEAN, COMP PLANS KIND OF GOING UP.
THIS IS THAT EXPANSION, THIS IS THAT BREADTH THAT KIND OF COMES INTO THIS.
I BE REALLY KIND OF SENSITIVE, KIND OF WHAT I'M SAYING.
BUT I ALSO THINK WE CAN SHARPEN OUR PENCIL A LITTLE BIT MORE.
I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT SOME THINGS THAT ARE IN THERE THAT I KNOW NEXT YEAR WE'LL, WE'LL BE WORKING THROUGH THOSE CORRECT.
TO GET MAYBE ANOTHER THREE OR 4% COMING BACK.
BECAUSE I THINK WE MAY NEED TO MAKE SOME TOUGH DECISIONS.
WE NEED TO HAVE THE RIGHT PEOPLE DOING THE RIGHT THINGS.
BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO KIND OF COUNTER SOME OF THESE COSTS A LITTLE BIT BY BEING CREATIVE AND KIND OF GOING AFTER CERTAIN THINGS AND REALLY WORKING INTO THE PHARMACY.
THE COST OF SOME OF THESE WHERE YOU GET THESE, YOU KNOW, DRUGS OR, OR THE PHARMACEUTICALS THAT ARE, ARE NEEDED, UM, IN THE PRESCRIPTIONS, THERE'S THINGS WE CAN TACKLE.
WE REALLY GOTTA SHARPEN THAT PEN AND PENCIL.
I KNOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, I JUST WANNA SAY
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CONGRATULATIONS, YOU DID A GREAT JOB KIND OF GETTING OFF 17.BUT I KNOW WE GOT A LITTLE WORK TO DO.
YEAH, WE LOOK AT A LOT OF THAT EVERY YEAR, INCLUDING THOSE, THOSE ISSUES OF, OF PULLING OUT THE PHARMACY AND BREAKING THE WHOLE THING UP.
AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE, WE'RE OUT RIGHT ON A CUSP WHERE THERE PROBABLY WOULD BE SAVINGS ON ONE SIDE, UH, AND SOME TAKEAWAYS ON THE OTHER WAY.
BUT, UH, BUT I THINK THIS IS THE BEST WE COULD DO WITH THIS KIND OF HYBRID PLAN THAT WE HAVE, UH, WITH CIGNA FOR RIGHT NOW.
BUT WE'LL BE EXPLORING, YOU KNOW, AGAIN MORE AND MORE NEXT YEAR.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANKS SIR.
MS. ORKE, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT CARDS? NO, WE DO NOT.
HOWEVER, IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK, NOW'S YOUR CHANCE.
SEEING NO ONE COME FORWARD WILL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT.
YOU'LL HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A, A MOTION TO APPROVE THE 20 26 20 27 CITYWIDE EMPLOYMENT, HEALTH AND RELATED BENEFITS TO AWARD THE CONTRACTS FOR CERTAIN EMPLOYEE HEALTH AND RELATED BENEFITS FOR PLAN YEAR 26 27, THE CITY'S GROUP MEDICAL AND DENTAL COVERAGE TO SIGNIA VISION COVERAGE TO IMED LIFE AND DISABILITY COVERAGE TO NEW YORK LIFE AND WELLNESS SERVICES, UH, WELLNESS SERVICES TO ENGAGEMENT HEALTH GROUP, AND TO AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS.
SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN BRADY.
ANY DISCUSSION? THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS ON OUR EMPLOYEES BEHALF.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE VOTE.
YES, IT DOES PASS UNANIMOUSLY.
[B. GDOT Local Road Assistance (LRA) Administration Grant Application
Consideration and approval of a resolution to authorize the submission of a Fiscal Year 2026 Local Road Assistance Grant Application to the Georgia Department of Transportation and with authorization for the Mayor to execute the submittal cover letter and all necessary documents.]
IT DIDN'T LOOK LIKE, I DON'T LOOK LIKE PETE, BUT I CAN TELL YOU PETE WAS IN JURY DUTY TODAY AND PETE JUST LET ME KNOW HE WAS SELECTED FOR A JURY.
SO I SAID, UH, WELL MAYBE HE'LL DO ANYTHING TO GET OUTTA HERE.
KATHY'S STILL STICKING AROUND AND TOM'S STILL STICKING AROUND 'CAUSE THEY'LL PROBABLY PERK UP WHEN THEY HEAR THAT, BUT TOM'S STILL NOT PAYING ANY.
MAYBE JOHN WILL FILL 'EM IN HERE IN A MINUTE.
UM, BUT I HAVE THIS, UH, THIS AGENDA ITEM AND WHAT'S ON THE AGENDA IS THE, UH, UM, GDO LOCAL ROAD ASSISTANCE ADMINISTRATION GRANT APPLICATION.
WE THROW AROUND ACRONYMS IN GOVERNMENT LIKE, UH, LIKE I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE THROW 'EM AROUND ALL THE TIME.
UM, AND THIS ONE, WE'RE, WE'RE FAIRLY, UH, UH, USED TO THE PHRASE ELEG, WHICH IS THE LOCAL.
UM, AND IT'S AN IMPROVEMENT GRANT.
THAT'S ONE THAT WE COMPETE FOR EVERY YEAR.
AND WE PUT IN OUR LIST OF PROJECTS FOR ELEG AND WE HAVE TO HAVE SOME SORT OF A MATCH FOR IT.
UM, THIS IS THE GRANT THAT FOLLOWS UP ELEG.
IT FOLLOWS THE SAME ELEG PROCESS, BUT IT'S WHEN THERE MIGHT BE SOME EXTRA FUNDS AVAILABLE IN THAT ELEG PROCESS.
WE CAN APPLY FOR A LOCAL ROAD ADMINISTRATION GRANT.
CAN YOU APPLY FOR GRANTS FROM THE STATE WHERE YOU CAN GET MONEY WITH FEW STRINGS ATTACHED? THIS IS ONE OF THOSE.
UM, IT'S DISTRIBUTED BASED UPON, UM, A POPULATION BASIS BASED UPON WHAT WE WOULD BE ENTITLED TO.
IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, WE ARE ENTITLED TO $838,403 AND 13 CENTS.
UM, WE SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION FOR 5 MILLION IN RESURFACING PROJECTS.
UH, THE FIRST OF THOSE IS COGBURN ROAD FROM THE CITY LIMITS, SKYWAY NINE UP THERE NEAR NORTH PARK.
UH, THE SECOND IS JOHNNY HERRON WAY FROM COGBURN ROAD TO BETHANY BEND.
IF YOU WONDER WHERE THAT IS, THAT IS THE ROADWAY THAT IS CONTAINED WITHIN NORTH PARK, UM, SEAL DRIVE, THAT'S AT ROCK MILL ROAD AND KIMMEL BRIDGE ROAD AT THE TOP OF THE HILL.
IF YOU GO UP ROCK MILL AND TURN TO THE LEFT, I BELIEVE IT IS, YOU'LL GO INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT SEAL DRIVE UP THERE MADE MARION CLOSE OUT ON WE BRIDGE ROAD OUT PES OR OUT TOWARDS THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND NORTH TRACE ON, UH, CANTON STREET TO HOPEWELL, JUST, UH, RIGHT UP THERE OFF OF, UH, NEAR LAWN DRIVE, WHATEVER IN THAT AREA.
SO WE PUT IN, UH, REQUESTS FOR PROJECTS AT $1,337,000 THAT NEEDED TO EXCEED WHAT WE WERE ALLOCATED.
THE ALLOCATIONS 838,000 403 13.
THE BALANCE FOR THOSE FIVE PROJECTS WILL BE, UM, COMING OUT OF OUR IEG FUNDS, UM, THAT ARE ALREADY BUDGETED.
SO PETE, UH, LANDED ONE IN MY LAP.
I SAID IF YOU HAD TO LAND ONE TO ME THAT I HAD TO LEARN AT THE LAST MINUTE, UM, IT'S ALL, UH, IT'S POSITIVE.
IT'S ALL REVENUE IN FOR, UH, MILL AND RESURFACING PROJECTS IN THE CITY.
SO HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCILWOMAN REEVES? OH, OKAY.
SEEING NONE, WE HAVE NO PUBLIC COMMENT CARDS.
I SEE NO PUBLIC COMMENT COMING FORWARD.
SO WE'LL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT.
DO I HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL? UH, YES.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION, UM, THAT, UH, WE ADOPT A RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE THE SUBMISSION OF FISCAL YEAR 2026, LOCAL ROAD ASSISTANCE GRANT APPLICATION
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TO GOT AND AUTHORIZATION FOR THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE THE SUBMITTAL COVER LETTER AND ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS.SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN REEVES, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN BRADY IN DISCUSSION, IT'S ALWAYS NICE TO HAVE MONEY FROM THE STATE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE VOTE.
YES, IT DOES PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.
[C. Request for Proposal 26-112: Firefighter Turnout Gear
Consideration and approval of the award of a contract for RFP 26-112 to MES Service Company, LLC for firefighter turnout gear and with authorization for the Mayor to execute all necessary documents.]
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.
I AM HERE TO REQUEST YOUR CONSIDERATION AND HOPEFULLY YOUR APPROVAL FOR RFP.
UH, WITH MES SERVICES, WHO PROVIDES OUR TURNOUT GEAR FOR US? THE CONTRACT WOULD BE GOOD FOR ONE YEAR AND A TOTAL OF $100,000.
HOW WE GOT TO THAT NUMBER IS THIS YEAR'S COST OF A FULL SET OF TURNOUT GEAR IS ABOUT $5,000.
SO WE NEED, UH, 20 SETS, ABOUT HALF OF WHICH WOULD BE FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF EXISTING MEMBERS WHOSE GEAR IS NO LONGER SUITABLE FOR, UH, FRONTLINE USE, AND THE OTHER HALF WOULD GO FOR NEW RECRUITS.
UM, WE DID PUT THIS OUT TO BID.
WE HAD TWO COMPANIES BID ON IT AND MES WAS SELECTED.
UH, THEY WERE NOT ONLY RATED HIGHER, BUT THEY ALSO CAME IN CHEAPER.
UH, SO THAT WORKED OUT VERY WELL.
UH, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, ANY QUICK.
COUNCILMAN BRADY, IS THIS PART OF YOUR OPERATING BUDGET FOR THE YEAR? YES SIR, IT IS.
ARE YOU WITHIN BUDGET? I'M GOING TO BE AT THE END OF THE YEAR, SIR.
DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT CARDS ON THAT ITEM? NO, SIR, WE DO NOT.
AND SEEING NO PUBLIC COME FORWARD, WE'LL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT.
COUNCIL APPROVE RFP 26 DASH ONE 12 AWARD TO MES SERVICES COMPANY FOR A ONE YEAR CONTRACT FOR FIREFIGHTER TURNOUT GEAR.
AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS.
IT'S FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 100,000.
I BELIEVE THAT WAS COUNCILMAN HYPES WITH THE MOTION AND A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN DRISCOLL.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE VOTE.
SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM,
[D. Request For Proposal 26-113: Design/Build: Wills Park Field Artificial Turf Conversion
Consideration and approval of the award of RFP 26-113, Design/Build: Wills Park Field Artificial Turf Conversion, to Sprinturf, LLC in the amount of $546,286.00 for Wills Park artificial turf conversion, and with authorization for the Mayor to execute all necessary documents.]
HAVE SOME FUN? THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.
UH, I AM HERE TONIGHT ASKING FOR APPROVAL FOR A CONTRACT WITH SPRINT TURF, UH, FOR THE DESIGN BILL CONVERSION OF WILLS PARK FIELD NUMBER FIVE TO AN ARTIFICIAL TURF FIELD AMOUNT OF $546,286 AND ACCEPT THE FUNDING FROM THE FREDDY'S BASEBALL ASSOCIATION AND THE AMOUNT OF 282,143, WHICH IS HALF OF THE COST OF THE PROJECT.
AND WILLS PARK IS THE FIRST FIELD COUNCIL DURING A RAIN EVENT AND THE LAST FIELD THAT WE GET READY.
AND THAT'S IN OUR WHOLE SYSTEM, NOT JUST WILLS PARK, IT'S JUST, IT REALLY HAS A, HAS HAD A BAD DRAINAGE FIELD.
I MEAN, DRAINAGE PROBLEM FOR SEVERAL YEARS, WE WERE APPROACHED BY THE ALFRED YOUTH BASEBALL ASSOCIATION ABOUT TRANS THIS FROM A NATURAL FIELD TO AN ARTIFICIAL TURF.
AND THEY WERE WILLING TO PAY HALF OF THAT AMOUNT.
AND THAT BRINGS US HERE TO NOT, UM, WE DID A RFP IN JANUARY OF THIS YEAR.
WE HAD LOTS OF FOLKS AT, UH, UH, UH, ON THE BONFIRE AND THROUGH THE GEORGIA PROCUREMENT REGISTER, UH, DOWNLOADED, BUT WE HAD ONLY TWO FIRMS THAT ACTUALLY GAVE US A PROPOSAL.
UH, THOSE TWO FIRMS WERE EVALUATED WITH 25% FOR PROJECT TEAM AND RESOURCES, 25% ON TECHNICAL PROPOSALS AND 50% ON COSTS.
SPRINT TURF SCORED THE HIGHEST IN ALL OF THOSE, AND PARTICULARLY THE COSTS.
THEY WERE BY FAR THE LOWEST, UH, OF THOSE.
SO WE WERE ASKING FOR APPROVAL FOR THOSE, FOR THOSE TWO AGREEMENTS TONIGHT.
BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCILMAN DRISCOLL? GOOD TO SEE YOU THIS EVENING.
IS THAT THE, IS IT JUST THE OUTFIELD OR IS IT ALSO AN
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IN FIELD? IT'S THE, IT'S THE FULL FIELD, FULL FIELD FENCE.SO IT'LL BE, SO IT'LL BE EVERYTHING ON THE INSIDE OF THE FENCE.
THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, SIR.
WE HAVE NO COMMENT CARDS AND I SEE NO ONE IN PUBLIC COMING FORWARD.
DO I HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL? YES, MAYOR.
I MOVE THAT COUNCIL AWARD A CONTRACT FOR RFP 26 DASH ONE 13 TO SPRINT TURF LLC FOR THE DESIGN BUILD CONVERSION OF WILLS PARK BASEBALL FIELD FIVE TO AN ARTIFICIAL TURF FIELD IN ABOUT NOT TO EXCEED $546,286.
AND TO ALSO FOR THE CITY TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE, UH, ALPHARETTA, UH, I LOST IT HERE.
YOUTH BASEBALL ASSOCIATION, UH, TO REIMBURSE THE CITY 50% OF THAT AMOUNT OR $282,143 AND AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS.
SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN.
HES A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN BRADY.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE VOTE.
[E. Agreement: ICON Venue Group, LLC d/b/a CAA ICON - Second Amendment Services
Consideration and approval of a Second Amendment for additional services to the January 13, 2023 Agreement, and with authorization for the Mayor to Execute all necessary documents.]
I DO, MR. MAYOR, I HAVE THIS ITEM TONIGHT.
THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF A CONTRACT AND THAT'S WHY IT'S, UH, BROUGHT FORWARD AS A, UH, SECOND AMENDMENT CONTINUATION OF A CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE WITH CAA ICON.
CAA ICON HAS DONE SPORTS CONSULTING WORK FOR US.
UM, THEY HAVE, UH, COME TO A COMPLETION ON THE FEASIBILITY STUDY AS WELL AS THE SUMMARY DOCUMENT THAT THEY, UM, COMPLETED.
THOSE DOCUMENTS HAVE BEEN DELIVERED TO THE CITY.
YOU ALL HAVE RECEIVED LINKS TO BE ABLE TO VIEW THEM.
THEY ALSO ARE, UM, BEING RETAINED BY OUR SPECIAL COUNSEL, UM, ON THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT.
THAT REALLY CONCLUDES THE ENGAGEMENT THAT WE'VE HAD WITH CAA ICON FOR THE FIRST SCOPE OF WORK THAT WAS FUNDED JOINTLY BY THE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY AS WELL AS THE CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU.
UM, WE ARE RECOMMENDING, AND WHAT'S BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS TO NOW BRING FORWARD SOME SORT OF A GENERAL ADVISORY, UM, GENERAL, UM, ASSISTANCE TYPE CONTRACT SO THAT AS WE'VE FORMED A RELATIONSHIP WITH AN EXPERT, THAT AS WE WORK OUR WAY THROUGH THE REZONING PROCESS THAT IS BEING, UH, WORKED THROUGH NOW, UM, AS WELL AS ANY SUBSEQUENT PROCESS THAT RESULTS AS A RESULT OF THAT REZONING PROCESS THAT WE KEEP OUR EXPERT, UM, AS AN EXPERT IN OUR CORNER.
UM, WE CAN DO THAT IN THE FORM OF A CONTINUING RETAINER TYPE AGREEMENT.
THAT'S WHAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU TONIGHT.
UM, WITH GENERAL ADVISORY TYPE SERVICES, IT'S DIFFICULT TO WRITE, UM, INTO A LIST OF BULLETS EXACTLY WHAT YOU NEED WHEN WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THIS PROCESS THAT'S KIND OF GOING ON AND IS EVOLVING EVEN AS WE, UH, UM, AS WE KNOW THAT WE MAY NEED THESE, UH, TYPES OF SERVICES, UM, IN THE SIDELINE AND IN THE BACKGROUND.
SO, UM, THESE SERVICES AT $25,000 A MONTH, UH, FOR FOUR MONTHS, UM, MEANING IT COSTS NOT TO EXCEED A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
UM, IF THIS IS STILL A PROJECT AND STILL SOMETHING THAT WE'RE, UM, MOVING FORWARD WITH AFTER THAT FOUR, FOUR MONTH PERIOD, I'LL BE BACK IN FRONT OF YOU, UH, WITH SOME SORT OF A EVERY 90 DAY CONSULTING AGREEMENT IF WE FEEL IT'S NECESSARY TO CONTINUE TO HAVE AN EXPERT, UM, SOMETHING THAT HAS THAT EXPERT AT OUR FINGERTIPS, BUT ALSO HAS A QUICK EXIT STRATEGY IF WE WERE TO NEED IT.
LET'S JUST SAY FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE THIS APPLICATION FOR REZONING TODAY AND THE PROJECT ALL OF A SUDDEN FADES AWAY.
WE DON'T WANT TO BE HEMMED INTO A CONSULTING CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE TO PAY FOR FOR A YEAR OR TWO YEARS OR THREE YEARS.
UH, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT CONSULTING CONTRACT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN GET OUT OF IN A, A VERY SHORT ORDER IF WE NEED TO.
SO WHAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU TONIGHT IS FOR FOUR MONTHS AT A COST NOT TO EXCEED $25,000 PER MONTH.
UM, AGAIN, FOR TOTAL OUT OF POCKET, UH, NOT TO EXCEED A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
UH, THE FINANCE DIRECTOR HAS IDENTIFIED THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TOOLBOX AS A FUNDING SOURCE FOR THAT.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT, I WILL ASK HIM TO ADDRESS THAT.
UM, AND THAT IS WHAT IS IN FRONT OF YOU TONIGHT.
HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS OR ASK OUR STAFF TO ASK ANSWER COUNCILMAN, HE, UH, I, I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT GOING THROUGH THE DETAILS OF THE AGREEMENT.
THE 25,000 PER MONTH IS FEES AND EXPENSES, OR IS IT FEES AND EXPENSES DEALT WITH SEPARATELY, IF ANY EXPENSES ARE INCURRED, FEES, EXPENSES DEALT WITH INDEPENDENTLY, IF EXPENSES ARE INCURRED, EXPENSES ARE, WOULD BE IN ADDITION TO THIS IF INCURRED.
DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT, I MEAN, IS THAT GONNA BE A PETTY CASH SO TO SPEAK, OR IS IT GONNA BE A BIGGER NUMBER OR, TO THE EXTENT THAT WE'VE USED THEM ALREADY FOR A SCOPE WELL BEYOND WHAT IS PROPOSED TO YOU TONIGHT, THERE HAS NOT BEEN REIMBURSABLES THAT HAVE BEEN BEYOND THE PETTY CASH AMOUNT.
ANY OTHER QUESTION? COUNCILWOMAN MAIZ.
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WILL IT JUST NATURALLY FLOW INTO THE 27 BUDGET AND BE CAPTURED INTO THAT? YES.ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COUNCILMAN DORITO? UM, I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND THE, THE PURPOSE OF THIS FOR WHAT THE CITY'S GOING THROUGH RIGHT NOW ON LOOKING AT THE NORTH POINT MALL AREA REDEVELOPMENT.
UM, TWO, I GUESS TWO QUESTIONS.
WHO, WHO IS IN, WHO IS INVOLVED OR WILL THE CITY COUNCIL BE INVOLVED WITH INFORMING CAA ICON IN THIS NEXT PHASE? 'CAUSE IT, IT, IT, IT'S, IT'S LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS, DEAL STRUCTURES WITH THE NHL DEAL, UM, REVENUE SHARING.
UM, THE ONE THAT PARTICULARLY STRIKES ME IS THE, WHERE IS IT? UH, PUBLIC FUNDING SOURCES.
UM, I GUESS, AND I'LL JUST GENERALLY COVER IT AS GENERAL CITY NEEDS TO, TO HELP SEED FUND THIS PROJECT, I GUESS IS MY, MY, IS SYDNEY GONNA APPROVE THIS AMENDMENT? WHICH HAS TO BE DONE, I THINK.
BUT I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT, WHAT, WHERE ARE WE INVOLVED IN THESE DISCUSSIONS? 'CAUSE UP TO THIS POINT, I'M ABSOLUTELY, OUTSIDE OF EVERYTHING I'M SPEAKING FOR MYSELF.
I, I'M VOTING ON A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, BUT I'M NOT INVOLVED WITH ANY DISCUSSIONS OR WHAT'S GOING ON OR WHAT, WHAT'S GONNA DRIVE THEIR CONSULTING ADVICE TO US, UM, AND THE DIFFERENT FEE STRUCTURES AND EVERYTHING THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT, UM, FOR THIS THING TO WORK.
AND AT WHAT POINT ARE WE INTIMATELY INVOLVED WITH THOSE DISCUSSIONS AND NEGOTIATIONS AND WHO'S NEGOTIATING? AND I, I JUST, I I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWERS TO ANY OF THOSE QUESTIONS, SO, WELL, I'LL, I'LL TRY MY BEST TO EXPLAIN WHAT I KNOW.
WE'RE NOT NEGOTIATING WITH ANYBODY RIGHT NOW.
I, I THINK WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS AS THIS PROCESS EVOLVES, WE KNOW WE'RE IN A COMPETITIVE MARKET.
WE'RE NOT THE ONLY CITY IN THIS COUNTRY OR EVEN IN THE WORLD THAT'S TRYING TO GET A HOCKEY TEAM.
AND WE'VE NEVER DONE THAT BEFORE.
RIGHT? AND SO, IF I UNDERSTAND IT, WE WANT TO HAVE, IT'S LIKE RETAINING AN ATTORNEY OR AN ARCHITECT.
IF, YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO BUILD A HOUSE THAT YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO BUILD A HOUSE, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE BEST INPUT FROM PROFESSIONALS WHO HAVE DONE THIS BEFORE.
AND, AND AS I UNDERSTAND IT, WE'LL PAY FOR THOSE RESOURCES LIKE WE WOULD IF WE HAD TO GO TO AN ATTORNEY AND ASK THEM A QUESTION.
AND I ASSURE YOU, I, I DON'T KNOW ANY MORE DETAILS ABOUT THIS THAN ANY OF YOU BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW THE DETAILS YET.
WE HAVEN'T EVEN GOTTEN THROUGH THE APPLICATION OF THE DRI.
SO WE'RE STILL EARLY IN THIS PROCESS, BUT AS THOSE QUESTIONS ARISE, WE DON'T WANNA BE SCRAMBLING TRYING TO FIND SOMEBODY WE CAN RELY ON WHEN THOSE QUESTIONS ARE GOING TO BE ASKED.
AND I ASSURE YOU, ALL OF YOU WILL BE PART OF THIS ONCE WE HAVE A PART TO HAVE.
I, I'M, I'M JUST ASKING BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, I'M, I PERSONALLY FEEL COMPLETELY DISENGAGED IN WHAT'S GOING ON AND WE'RE APPROVING CONSULTING CONTRACT, LIKE YOU SAID, IT'S LIKE AN ATTORNEY, I GET IT.
BUT I ALSO WANNA UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT CONSULTANT'S GONNA BE DOING FOR A HUNDRED THOUSAND AND HOW WE GET INVOLVED WITH THAT DIALOGUE.
YOU HAVE MY INSURANCE, EVERYONE AT THIS ES WHEN WE HAVE TO SPEND ANY OF THAT MONEY, WE WILL ALL BE ABREAST OF WHY AND HOW MUCH AND ALL OF THAT WILL HAVE INPUT FROM ALL OF YOU.
THIS ISN'T SOMETHING BEING DRIVEN BY ME OR CHRIS OR ANYBODY ELSE.
IT'S JUST WE DON'T HAVE THE INFORMATION AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE BEST INFORMATION WHEN THE TIME COMES NEEDED.
AND MA'AM, I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT.
I KNOW, I I JUST WANNA ASSURE EVERYBODY.
LOOK, NOBODY'S BEEN MORE IN THE DARK OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS THAN ME.
I MEAN, HONESTLY, I I, I GET IT.
BUT THIS PROCESS, WE'RE ONLY A SMALL PART.
WE'RE THE HOST CITY, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, COUNCIL, WHEN WE REEVES, I SHARE COUNCILMAN, UM, DORITO'S,
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UM, SENSE OF FRUSTRATION WITH IT BECAUSE, UM, BECAUSE I KNOW SOME OF THE THINGS WE'RE OBVIOUSLY GOING TO DISCUSS.I MEAN, WE TALKED ABOUT VARIOUS ISSUES WE COUNCIL PEOPLE BRING UP AT THE RETREAT IN JANUARY.
LIKE WHAT KIND OF ISSUES ARE WE GONNA BRING UP? THERE ARE, THERE ARE SO MANY ISSUES.
AND I GUESS WHAT I WAS HOPING FOR, AND I DON'T KNOW MAY STILL BE IN OUR PLANS, IS THAT THAT AS MUCH AS, AS MUCH AS THE CITY MIGHT SAY, GOSH, WE WOULD REALLY LOVE TO HOST THE NEXT, UM, HOCKEY TEAM AND ALL OF THAT, IT'S, UH, I THINK OUR GUARDRAILS THAT WE HAVE FROM THE COMMUNITY AND FROM US AS COUNCIL MEMBERS, THERE'S SEVEN OF US THAT HAVE SEVEN DIFFERENT CIRCLES OF INFLUENCE AND TALK TO DIFFERENT PEOPLE.
AND I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT LOOKS GOING FORWARD, BUT, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT I NEED TO DO MYSELF TO MAKE THAT, TO MAYBE, YOU KNOW, EMPOWER MYSELF.
BUT I, I WOULD JUST SAY, AND I HAVE, HAVE EVERY INTENTION OF SUPPORTING THIS, IT MAKES ALL THE SENSE IN THE WORLD THAT WE WOULD WANT, WE WANT AND WANT HELP ALONG THE WAY.
I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH THAT, BUT UM, I SHARE THAT FRUSTRATION.
I WOULDN'T CALL IT FRUSTRATION FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, BUT THAT, THAT'S YOUR TERM.
I, I'M, AND, AND I GUESS YOU'VE MADE ME THINK, UM, WHAT I SHOULD HAVE ARTICULATED BETTER WAS I THINK WE AS THE ELECTED GOVERNING BODY AND AND THE MAYOR, I TRUST YOU, WE WILL BE INFORMED AND GET INVOLVED WITH THAT.
AND THE REASON WHY THAT'S IMPORTANT IS WE HAVE TO, UM, BE IN A POSITION TO REPRESENT WHATEVER WE DECIDE TO MOVE FORWARD ON HERE IN A WAY TO EDUCATE OUR CONSTITUENTS ON OUR PEOPLE AND THE TAXPAYERS ON THIS AS A TEAM.
BECAUSE I THINK WE ALL WANNA SEE THIS HAPPEN, BUT IT'S HARD TO BE A CHEERLEADER IF YOU KIND OF FEEL LIKE YOU'RE KIND OF OUT OF THE KNOW.
UM, AND CERTAINLY OUR INTENT IS NEVER TO HAVE YOU FEEL OUTTA THE KNOW.
UM, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THOUGH, TONIGHT, ESPECIALLY WITH A CONSULTING CONTRACT LIKE THIS, IS BECAUSE WE NOW HAVE THIS APPLICATION IN, UM, IN THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT THAT IS WORKING ITS WAY THROUGH A VERY, VERY LEGAL PROCESS.
UM, I DO NOT WANT YOU ALL TO FEEL OUT OF THE LOOP, BUT I DO WANT YOU ALL TO FEEL AS THOUGH YOU ARE ENOUGH OUT OF THE LOOP THAT YOU ARE, YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO WEIGH INDEPENDENT FACTS THAT COME YOUR WAY AS YOU'RE WEIGHING THE REZONING OF THE LAND THAT'S AT NORTH POINT, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY IS WHETHER OR NOT THE REZONING MAKES SENSE.
IT HASN'T MADE IT TO YOU YET BECAUSE IT'S JUST MADE IT IN THE DOOR'S APPLICATION.
ONCE YOU ALL MAKE A DECISION ON THAT, IN YOUR POSITION AS A QUASI JUDICIAL TRIER OF FACT IN A ZONING MATTER, ONCE YOU'VE MADE THAT DECISION AND YOU'VE EITHER DECIDED THE LAND USE MAKES SENSE OR NOT, UM, THAT IS THE POINT IN TIME WHEN I WOULD SEE YOU A LOT MORE INVOLVED IN THE DETAILS OF WHAT DOES ARENA LOOK LIKE, WHAT DOES HOCKEY LOOK LIKE? WHAT DOES, WHAT DOES ANY OF THAT LOOK, BECAUSE THEN YOU'VE USED YOUR POWERS OF REZONING TO SAY THAT THAT CAN ACTUALLY HAPPEN.
SO, UM, I DON'T WANT YOU AT ANY POINT TO FEEL AS THOUGH YOU'RE OUT OF THE LOOP, BUT RIGHT NOW YOU'RE IN THAT PLACE OF ACTING AS THE TRIER OF FACT.
SO I KIND OF NEED YOU TO BE HOPING YOU WANT TO BE, UM, AT THIS POINT REALLY KIND OF TRIER FACT, FACT-BASED, NEUTRAL BASED.
AND THEN ONCE YOU'VE MADE THAT DECISION ON LAND USE, THEN WE CAN JUMP WAY INTO THE WEEDS ON ANYTHING YOU WANT TO JUMP IN ON, UM, AS IT RELATES TO THE PROJECT SPECIFICALLY.
SO THERE'S TWO THINGS THAT WHEN WE SAY A RETAINER, IS IT USE IT OR LOSE IT? OR ARE THEY LOOKING FOR RETAINER AND IT'S BILLABLE HOURS BACK OUT OF IT? 'CAUSE I'VE HEARD TWO DIFFERENT THINGS, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE WITH IT THERE.
YEAH, FOR THIS FIRST TRANSITION, IT'S A COST OF $25,000 PER MONTH FOR A FOUR MONTH MINIMUM.
UM, SO IN YOUR, IN THE PHRASE YOU USED, YES, WE WOULD USE THAT OR WE WOULD LOSE THAT.
SO OUR, IT IS OUR INTENT TO USE THAT, UM, IN ANY OF THE WAYS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO CREATE KIND OF A BULLETED LIST THAT WAS GENERIC ENOUGH, IT COULD KIND OF BE BACKED INTO FOR REALLY ANY TOPIC.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNSEL? ALRIGHT, DO I HAVE A MOTION? NO
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PUBLIC COMMENT.DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT, CHRIS? NO, SIR, WE DO NOT.
DO WE HAVE ANYONE THAT WANTS TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK IN THE PUBLIC? I DON'T SEE ANYONE COMING FORWARD.
SO WE'LL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT.
DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? YES, MAYOR.
I MAKE A MOTION THAT COUNSEL APPROVE THE SECOND AMENDMENT SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH IC ICON VENUE GROUP LLC, UH, IN AN AMOUNT OF $25,000 PER MONTH FOR FOUR MONTHS NOT TO EXCEED A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN HUT, A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN DORITO IN DISCUSSION.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE VOTE YES.
[F. Resolution: Participation in Amicus Brief in Chang v. City of Milton
Consideration and approval of a Resolution authorizing the City of Alpharetta to participate in an Amicus Brief in Chang v. City of Milton on remand before the Georgia Court of Appeals or, if warranted, the Georgia Supreme Court, and with authorization for the Mayor to execute all necessary documents.]
MS. SWIN, A RESOLUTION BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ALFREDA, GEORGIA, AUTHORIZING PARTICIPATION IN AN AMICUS BRIEF IN CHANG V CITY OF MILTON ON ORMAN BEFORE THE GEORGIA COURT OF APPEALS, OR IF WARRANTED THE GEORGIA SUPREME COURT.
SO BACK IN MARCH, THE GEORGIA SUPREME COURT RULED ON WHAT WAS BEFORE IT IN THE, THE CASE I JUST MENTIONED, UM, CHANG VERSUS THE CITY OF MILTON.
THAT'S THE ONE WHERE, UM, THE CITY WAS HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR NOT MAINTAINING A PORTION OF THE RIGHT OF WAY THAT WAS NOT IN THE ORDINARY LANES OF TRAVEL.
AND IN THE COURTS BELOW THE, UM, PLAINTIFF WAS AWARDED A VERY SUBSTANTIAL AWARD, UM, BASED ON THE LOCATION OF A PLANNER THAT WAS NOT IN THE ORDINARY LANES OF TRAVEL.
THE GEORGIA SUPREME COURT HAS HELD THAT THE CITY'S MUNICIPAL MINISTERIAL DUTY TO MCCAIN THE LANES OF TRAVEL DOES NOT EXTEND TO THE AREAS OUTSIDE THE ORDINARY LANES OF TRAVEL, WHICH IS WHAT WAS HOPED FOR BEFORE THE GEORGIA SUPREME COURT.
HOWEVER, WHILE THAT ISSUE IS RESOLVED, THE COURT REMANDED BACK TO THE COURT OF APPEALS TO RESOLVE CERTAIN OTHER ISSUES, ONE OF THOSE BEING WHETHER THE CITY HAS ANY LIABILITY FOR MAINTAINING A NUISANCE, UM, AND WHETHER THE PLAINTIFF IS ENTITLED TO, UM, ANY COMPENSATION ON THAT BASIS.
AND THIS STEMS FROM WAIVER OF SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY.
AND IN FACT, CITIES AND COUNTIES UNDER GEORGIA CASE LAW HAVE DIFFERENT APPLICATION OF THE WAIVER OF SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY AND LIABILITY IN NUISANCE CASES THAT ARE BASED ON PERSONAL INJURY RATHER THAN TAKINGS.
AND SO THAT IS WHAT THIS WOULD BE ARGUING TO THE COURT OF APPEALS TO TRY AND PUT COUNTIES AND CITIES ON EVEN FOOTING AND TO REMOVE LIABILITIES FOR CITIES, UM, BASED ON SOME QUESTIONABLE CASE LAW THAT THAT STEMS BACK DECADES.
UM, AND SO THAT'S WHAT THE CITY OF MILTON HAS REQUESTED, IS SENDING OUT REQUESTS TO MUNICIPALITIES ALL ACROSS THE STATE ASKING FOR THOSE MUNICIPALITIES TO SIGN ON TO THOSE AMICUS BRIEFS JUST TO MAKE A GOOD CASE FOR MUNICIPALITIES FOR THE COURT OF APPEALS.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS ITEM? OKAY, THANK MS. ESWINE.
SO THE, THE RESOLUTION WOULD JUST AUTHORIZE FOR, UM, OUR OFFICE VIA KENARD, UM, TO FILE THAT AMICUS BRIEF WITH THE COURT OF APPEALS.
UM, AND OF COURSE, AS YOUR CITY ATTORNEY, I WOULD REVIEW IT BEFORE, UH, THE CITY'S NAME IS PUT ON IT, BUT I TRUST YOU IT WILL BE, UM, WELL PREPARED.
COUNCILMAN HYPES, IS THIS IN ESSENCE A ME TOO BRIEF, LIKE A ONE PAGE? YEAH, WE AGREE WITH WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE ELSE SAID, SO I DON'T THINK IT'S, OR ARE WE GONNA DO SOME, SOME FREE THINKING OF OUR OWN? UM, SO THE, THE AMICUS BRIEF, JUST AS IT WAS WITH THIS SUPREME COURT, I DON'T THINK, UM, KENDRA'S CAPABLE OF WRITING A ONE PAGE BRIEF A TEASE, BUT, UM, IT IS A ME TOO BRIEF, BUT WHAT THE CITY WOULD BE SIGNING OFF TO IS ACTUALLY A MORE ROBUST THING.
BUT THE CITY OF MILTON IS INCURRING THE FULL COST FOR IT.
SO THE CITY OF ALFRED IS NOT GOING TO BE BILLED JUST AS IT WAS NOT BILLED FOR THE AMICUS BRIEF FOR THE SUPREME COURT BRIEFING.
SO IT'LL BE A MORE ROBUST BRIEF THAN A ONE PAGE, BUT THE CITY WON'T INCUR ANY COST.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, MA'AM.
ANY PUBLIC COMMENT CARDS? WE HAVE NO PUBLIC COMMENT CARDS.
HOWEVER THERE'S ANY PUBLIC HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO COME FORWARD.
SEEING NONE WILL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT.
DO I HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL? I, UM, MAYOR, A MOTION THAT THE COUNCIL ADOPT A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING CITY OF ALPHARETTA TO, TO PARTICIPATE IN AN AMICUS BRIEF IN THE CHANG V CITY OF MILTON APPEAL PENDING IN THE COURT OF APPEALS AND
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WARRANTED THE GEORGIA SUPREME COURT AND AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS.SECOND, HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN SECOND BY COUNCILMAN BRADY.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE VOTE YES.
SO MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT WITH A COMMENT FROM THE PUBLIC COMING FORWARD.
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THIS EVENING? COUNCILMAN REECE.UM, OUR CITY POLICE HAD AN OPEN HOUSE ON SATURDAY AND IT WAS AWESOME.
THERE WAS A LOT OF OUR, UM, COMMUNITY WAS THERE, OUR CADETS WERE THERE HELPING OUT.
IT WAS A GREAT DAY AND, AND IT'S JUST A WONDERFUL THING THAT Y'ALL DO AND I I APPRECIATE IT.
UH, ONE OF ALPHARETTA'S THREE BIGGEST DAYS IS COMING UP THE TWO BIG DAYS BEING THE TREE LIGHTING AND WIRE AND WOOD.
BUT THE ONE I'M TALKING ABOUT IS TASTE OF ALPHARETTA IS, I THINK IT'S, UH, MAY 14TH, IS THAT RIGHT? DIRECTOR RU MAY 14TH.
UH, GREAT FOOD, GREAT FESTIVITIES ON THE STREETS OF DOWNTOWN ALPHARETTA.
PLEASE TELL YOUR NEIGHBORS AND TURN OUT AND HAVE FUN THERE.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO COUNCILMAN MARIE? JUST, JUST A REMINDER, TOMORROW NIGHT ACROSS THE HALL, UM, I'M GONNA HAVE A COMMUNITY MEETING TO DISCUSS TEA SLOS.
SO LOOKING FORWARD TO LISTENING TO ALL OF OUR, UM, STAKEHOLDERS COME IN AND JUST BE REVIEWING THE PROJECT LIST AS IT'S BEEN GIVEN TO COUNCIL SO FAR.
SO, UM, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.
AND I HOPE A LOT OF PEOPLE SHOW UP.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? SECOND MOTION BY? WHO WAS THAT? COUNCILMAN DRISCOLL.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ADJOURNING VOTE? YES.
COUNCILMAN DRISCOLL AND NO EXECUTIVE SESSION RIGHT.
DO I HAVE ANYTHING I HAVE TO SIGN?