* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [1. CALL TO ORDER] [00:00:02] ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. GO AHEAD AND GET THIS MEETING STARTED. I'LL MAKE NOTE THAT ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF MAYOR GIL, WHO'S ON A WELL NEEDED VACATION. AND WE WILL BEGIN OUR MEETING AS WE NORMALLY DO WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. SO IF YOU PLEASE RISE PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH SUSTAINS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, LIBERTY, AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. ALL RIGHT, [A. Proclamation Honoring Pat Fox] THE GREAT PLEASURE OF PRESENTING A PROCLAMATION THIS EVENING TO MR. PAT FOX. SO THOSE OF YOU WITH THE APPIN GROUP, EVERYBODY WANTS TO COME ON UP. PLEASE COME UP. I THINK IT'S A BUNCH OF YOU. WELCOME BACK, PAT. OH, IT'S GOOD TO BE BACK. , YOU DIDN'T GO FAR, SO WE APPRECIATE THAT. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW PAT FOX, HE'S BEEN A IN, I'LL READ HIS, HIS BIO, SO TO SPEAK, IN, IN PART OF HIS PROCLAMATION. BUT HE WAS A BIG PART OF THIS CITY FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. UM, SHORTLY AFTER I CAME ON COUNCIL PAT CAME ON BOARD AND, UH, HE WAS A WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE. HE WAS VERY KIND TO ME, UM, TOLD ME WHAT I SHOULD AND SHOULDN'T SAY. SOMETIMES HE MIGHT, MIGHT, MIGHT HINT TO YOU MEAN THAT'S OFF THE RECORD OR ON THE RECORD, UM, BUT JUST BEEN A, A, A, A GREAT REPRESENTATION OF THE CITY OF ALPHARETTA, UH, AND, AND KEEPING A POSITIVE, A APPROACH TO, TO THE ARTICLES AND THINGS THAT YOU DID OVER THE YEARS, AS WELL AS SOME OF THE HARD ONES, WHICH WE ALWAYS HAVE TO DO FROM TIME TO TIME. SO, I WOULD ASK YOU TO SAY A FEW MORE, FEW WORDS FOR US, PAT. ABSOLUTELY. MY PLEASURE. UH, IT IS A, IT'S RARE INDEED THAT A CITY HONORS A MEMBER OF THE PRESS. , I CANNOT TELL YOU. UH, NEW YORK CITY NAMED A STREET AFTER THE NEW YORK, UH, COLUMNIST JIMMY BRESLIN BACK IN 2017. UH, BUT BRESLIN HAD BEEN DEAD FOR ABOUT 10 YEARS, SO I NEVER GOT TO DRIVE ON IT. UH, ATLANTA NAMED RALPH MCGILL BOULEVARD SOME 20 OR 30 YEARS AFTER HE DIED. THE, THE GREAT, UH, ATLANTA, UH, JOURNAL, NO, THE CONSTITUTION PUBLISHER, UH, BUT MCGILL DID LIVE WHEN IN 1964, HE RECEIVED THE PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM AWARD. AND SO THERE HAS BEEN PRECEDENT FOR GOVERNMENT RECOGNIZING MEMBERS OF THE PRESS. I AM NOT RALPH MCGILL . HE WAS A GIANT. I AM NOT. BUT WE WORKED FOR THE SAME BOSS, AND THAT IS THE READERS WE LIKE TO THINK WE SERVE AS A CONDUIT BETWEEN GOVERNMENT AND THE GOVERNED TO SERVE AS A WATCHDOG FOR THE PEOPLE. I GOTTA TELL YOU SOMETHING ABOUT ALPHARETTA. IN THE 45 YEARS THAT I HAVE WORKED IN THIS BUSINESS, IN THE NEWSPAPER BUSINESS THERE, I HAVE COME ACROSS ONLY A FEW CITIES THAT ARE AS OPEN AS ALPHARETTA. MY VERY FIRST MEETING BACK IN 2010 WHEN I COVERED THE CITY COUNCIL BACK AT THE OLD CITY HALL ON MAIN STREET, UH, WAS SITTING THERE AND THE ASSISTANT CITY ADMINISTRATOR, JAMES DRINKER, LAID A PACKET, A FOLDER ON MY LAP, HANDED IT TO ME, AND I LOOKED AT IT AND I COULD NOT BELIEVE WHAT I WAS SEEING. IT WAS A PACKET FILLED WITH INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT WAS ON THE AGENDA. THE VERY INFORMATION THAT I HAD FOUGHT FOR YEARS TO GET FROM OTHER MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES THERE, IT WAS ON MY LAP. SO THAT'S QUITE SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT THE CITY OF ALPHARETTA, NOT THE LEAST OF THE THINGS ALPHARETTA HAS TO BE PROUD OF IS APP AND MEDIA. AND I WANNA THANK RAY AND CHRISTINA FOR CONSTANTLY REMINDING ME OF MY VALUE TO THEM. YOU DON'T HEAR THAT VERY OFTEN ANYMORE. UH, PEOPLE [00:05:02] EVOKING HOW VALUABLE SOMEONE IS TO THEM, AND I HEARD IT CONSTANTLY, AND IT HELPED. AND I WANT TO THANK HANS FOR HIS CONTINUED EFFORTS AND HIS INTEGRITY AND HIS LOOK FOR TOWARD THE FUTURE. AND TO MY FRIEND AND HUMBLE ALLY AND FREQUENT, UH, UH, COLLABORATOR, CARL APEN, WHO, UH, I THINK WE FORMED A COLLABORATION THAT, UH, I WOULD CONSIDER ONE OF, UH, MY MOST ENJOYABLE, THE WORK WE DID AT THE PAPER. THANKS, CARL. AND LOOK AT THIS. I MEAN, ALL MY FRIENDS, I MEAN, FROM THE VERY FIRST DAY I WALKED INTO APEN OVER 10 YEARS AGO, I MEAN, THERE'S ALDO AND JONATHAN, AND THERE'S AMBER AND, UH, JUST, JUST, AND . IT'S, IT'S REALLY QUITE STUNNING TO ME HOW THIS HAS HAPPENED. BUT LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, AT LEAST RECOGNIZE THE POOR WOMAN WHO, UH, WAITED UP FOR ME WHILE AND KEPT NOTES ON THE BACHELOR WHILE I WAS AT THE MONDAY, UH, NIGHT MEETINGS. AND, UH, MY WIFE, UH, TAMMY, HER NAME IS TAMMY. IT'S TAMMY. AND, UH, SHE'S BEEN VERY GOOD. UH, WE'VE HAD A GREAT TIME AND I WANT TO THANK, UH, DAN VERY MUCH. AND, UH, I THINK THE PAPER'S IN GREAT HANDS WITH DAN AND, AND HANS. AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOU FOR COMING OUT. IT'S, IT'S REALLY QUITE HUMBLING TO SEE THIS , SO I WAS NOT EXPECTING IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, PAT. WELL SAID. OKAY. THIS EVENING WE PRESENT A PROCLAMATION BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ALFREDIA, GEORGIA, HONORING PAT FOX. WHEREAS PAT FOX HAS LONG BEEN RECOGNIZED BY THE CITIZENS OF ALPHARETTA AND THROUGHOUT THE METRO ATLANTA FOR HIS DISTINGUISHED CONTRIBUTIONS TO COMMUNITY JOURNALISM AND HIS COMMITTEE COMMITMENT TO KEEPING CITIZENS INFORMED ON MATTERS OF LOCAL IMPORTANCE. AND WHEREAS A GRADUATE OF WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY, WHICH A BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE IN JOURNALISM, PAT HAS DEVOTED 45 YEARS TO THE JOURNALISM PROFESSION, SERVING AS AN EDITOR, DESIGNER AND REPORTER FOR PUBLICATIONS, INCLUDING THE ATLANTA JOURNAL OF CONSTITUTION, THE MARION COUNTY RECORD, THE HUTCHINSON NEWS, AND APPEN MEDIA. AND WHEREAS DURING HIS TENURE WITH APPEN MEDIA AND THE ALPHARETTA ROSWELL HERALD, PAT PROVIDED THOROUGH COVER COVERAGE OF CIVIC AFFAIRS WHILE MENTORING AND GUIDING MORE THAN 100 REPORTERS, COLUMNISTS AND WRITERS HELPING TO SHARE THE NEXT GENERATION OF JOURNALISTS. AND THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER, PAT ANCHORED HIS WORK IN INTEGRITY, FOCUSING ON ISSUES OF CONSEQUENCE AND SIGNIFICANCE, EARNING THE RESPECT INTO ADMIRATION OF READERS, COLLEAGUES, AND COMMUNITY LEADERS ALIKE. AND WHEREAS PAT'S STEADFAST SERVICE, LEADERSHIP, AND DEDICATION TO EXCELLENCE HAVE LEFT A LASTING IMPACT ON THE APP AND MEDIA AND HIS COMMUNITIES, HE HAS SERVED, AND HIS CONTRIBUTIONS WILL BE GREATLY MISSED UPON THE OCCASION OF HIS RETIREMENT, AS PAT SUPPOSED BY HIS LOVING WIFE, TAMMY, WHOSE PARTNERSHIP HAS ACCOMPLISHED HIM THROUGH THE ENTIRE REMARKABLE CAREER. THEREFORE, WE, THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ALPHARETTA, GEORGIA, DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE AND COMMEND PAT FOX UPON THE GRAND OCCASION OF HIS RETIREMENT, AND EXPRESSED OUR SINCERE GRATITUDE FOR HIS OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO JOURNALISM, PUBLIC SURFACE, AND THE CITIZENS OF ALPHARETTA. WE EXTEND OUR BEST WISHES FOR CONT BEST WISHES FOR CONTINUED HEALTH, HAPPINESS, AND SUCCESS IN THE YEARS AHEAD, THIS 13TH DAY OF JULY, 2026, BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ALFREDO, GEORGIA. I'M GONNA ASK FOR ONE MORE PERSON TO SAY A COUPLE WORDS, AND THAT WOULD BE MY FRIEND RAY APEN. RAY, WOULD YOU SAY A FEW WORDS FOR US? GUESS WE'RE NOT FRIENDS. NO NO, NO SURPRISE HERE. UM, WE JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FROM COMING BACK OUT. UM, THIS HAS BEEN, IT'S LIKE OUR FAMILY AND TO HAVE REPORTERS COME BACK AND LIKE, I'M GONNA CRY. UM, IT, IT MEANS SO MUCH TO ME AND MAYBE AS MUCH AS IT MEANS TO PAT. AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN SINCE 1990, WHATEVER THAT IS, UH, 36 YEARS [00:10:01] THAT WE'VE BEEN COVERING THE CITY OF ALPHARETTA. AND, UM, THE CITY HAS BEEN, UM, ABOUT AS CLASSY AND DIGNIFIED AND RESPONSIBLE A CITY AS, AS WE'VE SEEN, AND IT'S CONSISTENT AND IT'S GENERATION AFTER GENERATION, COUNCIL PERSON AFTER COUNCIL PERSON. YOU GUYS HAVE WALKED A, UH, SUCH A RESPONSIBLE AND, UM, PATH AND, AND I HAVE GREAT ADMIRATION FOR WHAT Y'ALL DO. THANK YOU FOR, UM, LETTING US DO THIS WITH OUR STAFF. YES, I WAS, HE'S THAT OLD . ALL RIGHT, FIRST [5. CONSENT AGENDA] ITEM UP FOR BUSINESS THIS EVENING IS THE CONSENT AGENDA. ANYBODY, LIKE ANYTHING REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA? SEEING NONE. I'LL CALL FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. MAYOR PRO TEM, JUST IF I COULD ASK FOR PUBLIC COMMENT TO BE CALLED BEFORE, UM, THE VOTE IS TAKEN. OKAY. ANYBODY CARE TO COME AND COMMENT ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? SEEING NONE OUT THERE AS WELL. NOW I'LL CALL FOR A MOTION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. GOT A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN HEIGHTS, A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN DRISCOLL. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE VOTE ACCORDINGLY. AND THAT MOTION DOES PASS. NOW, [A. Announcement of Public Hearing Procedures] IF I COULD ASK CITY ATTORNEY TO ANNOUNCE THE PUBLIC HEARING PROCEDURES, PLEASE. AN INDIVIDUAL REQUESTING TO BE HEARD ON A MATTER RELATED TO THE PURPOSE OF THE HEARING MUST BE RECOGNIZED BY THE MAYOR PRO TEM. BEFORE ADDRESSING THE CITY COUNCIL, UPON RISING TO SPEAK, THE SPEAKER MUST IDENTIFY HIMSELF OR HERSELF AND FURNISH A HOME OR BUSINESS ADDRESS. BEFORE PROCEEDING WITH ANY COMMENTS OR REMARKS, THE COUNCIL WILL ALLOW PROPONENTS A TOTAL OF 10 MINUTES TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF AN APPLICATION. OPPONENTS WILL BE ALLOWED 10 MINUTES TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION. COMMENTS ARE ACCEPTED FIRST FROM THE APPLICANT, FOLLOWED BY PERSON SPEAKING IN FAVOR. AND THEN FROM THOSE IN OPPOSITION, UPON CONCLUSION OF ANY OPPOSING COMMENTS OR PRESENTATIONS, THE MAYOR PRO TEM WILL ALLOW THE APPLICANT TO OFFER REBUTTAL IF ANY TIME IS REMAINING IN THE ORIGINALLY ALLOTTED 10 MINUTES. THANK YOU. FIRST [B. Ordinance: Alcoholic Beverages Text Amendments FIRST READING Consideration of an ordinance to amend Chapter 4, titled “Alcoholic Beverages,” of the Code of the City of Alpharetta, Georgia. The proposed modifications will amend provisions related to alcohol service and consumption at publicly-owned facilities; to provide for severability; to provide for an effective date; and for other purposes. ] ITEM UNDER PUBLIC HEARING THIS EVENING WILL BE THE ORDINANCE, ALCOHOL, BEVERAGE, TEXT AMENDMENT. AND THIS WILL ALSO COME FROM MS. ESAN, AN ORDINANCE BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ALFREDA, GEORGIA, TO AMEND CHAPTER FOUR OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF ALPHARETTA, REFERRED TO AS THE ALCOHOL ORDINANCE TO PROVIDE FOR EFFECTIVE DATES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES, I BELIEVE MAYOR PRO TEM, OUR PRESENTATION FROM STAFF TONIGHT WILL BE DONE BY THE, UH, BY THE CLERK. SO GRACE IS READY FOR THAT PRESENTATION. OKAY, . ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. UH, MAYOR PROTO AND COUNCIL. UM, TONIGHT I'M PRESENTING THE FIRST READING OF OUR PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER FOUR, SECTION 2 57 OF THE CITY CODE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES. UM, THIS SECTION SPECIFICALLY WILL UPDATE, UM, ALCOHOL SERVICE AND CONSUMPTION AT CERTAIN PUBLICLY OWNED FACILITIES, NAMELY THE ARTS CENTER. UM, AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE BEEN DOING A CO WORKING ON A COMPREHENSIVE UPDATE OF CHAPTER FOUR, BUT WE'RE BRINGING THIS AHEAD OF THE REST OF THE AMENDMENTS, UM, DUE TO SOME SCHEDULED AND ANTICIPATED EVENTS THAT WILL OCCUR AT THE ARTS CENTER, UM, PRIOR TO THE READING OF THE FULL ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS, UM, THE REMAINING AMENDMENTS ARE ON FOR WORK SESSION AT NEXT WEEK'S MEETING JULY 20TH. UM, AS YOU KNOW, I'M SURE THE HISTORICALLY THE ARTS ART CENTER HAS FUNCTIONED AS A CULTURAL AND COMMUNITY USE VENUE AND HELD EVENTS THERE, OR SORRY, EVENTS HELD THERE, OFTEN BENEFIT FROM THE ABILITY TO SERVE ALCOHOL. UM, [00:15:01] HOWEVER, THE ART CENTER WAS NOT PREVIOUSLY LISTED AMONG THE PERMITTED LOCATIONS IN SECTION FOUR DASH 2 57. SO THIS CHANGE WILL ALIGN THE ORDINANCE WITH CURRENT OPERATIONAL NEEDS SUPPORT ARTS PROGRAMMING, AND WILL ENSURE THE CONSISTENT POLICY ACROSS ALL ELIGIBLE CITY OWNED VENUES. NO OTHER SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES WILL BE MADE TO THIS SECTION BEYOND ADDING THE ARTS CENTER, UM, AS AN ELIGIBLE VENUE. YOU, THAT IS MY PRESENTATION. IF Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. GRACE COUNCILMAN REEVES? NO, NO, NO. OH, COUNCILMAN RIO. QUICK QUESTION. OF COURSE. THE, THE, THE STAFF REPORT REFERENCES THE, UM, CITY OF ALPHARETTA PUBLIC PUBLICLY OWNED FACILITIES, BUT THEN THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS JUST FOR THE ART CENTER. SO IS IT APPLYING TO ALL PUBLIC FACILITIES OR NO, THIS IS SIMPLY TO ADD THE ART CENTER AS AN ALLOWABLE PUBLICLY OWNED VENUE FOR USE. WELL, I SAY FOR USE FOR CONSUMPTION AND SERVICE OF ALCOHOL, JUST THE ART CENTER. JUST THE ART CENTER IN ADDITION TO WHAT'S ALREADY ELIGIBLE, WHICH IS I BELIEVE THE MANSEL HOUSE, UM, CERTAIN PARKS, AS WELL AS NOT REMEMBERING THE LAST ONE. I'M JUST CURIOUS. IT'S APPLYING ALL PUBLIC FACILITIES. IT IS NOT, NO, THIS DOES NOT. WE, WE HAVE A HANDFUL OF FACILITIES ALREADY APPROVED. UM, THE MANTLE HOUSE IS A GREAT ONE. THIS IS JUST ADDING THE ARTS CENTER. JUST WANT THAT CLARIFICATION. THIS IS JUST ADDING THE ART CENTER. THE REST OF 'EM STAY APPROVED. THIS IS JUST AN AD. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. RIGHT? YES. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. WE HAVE ANY COMMENT CARDS? WE DO NOT. IF ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. I SEE NONE. I'LL MOVE FOR A MOTION. MR. MAYOR PERAM, I MAKE A MOTION TO COUNSEL, UH, APPROVE THE ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHAPTER, CHAPTER FOUR, ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES OF THE CODE OF CITY OF ALPHARETTA, AS REFERENCED BY CITY ATTORNEY S ONE SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN. HES A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN DORITO. ANY DISCUSSION? YEAH, COUNCILMAN, HES, UH, I KNOW THERE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE WORKING BEHIND THE SCENES ON THIS, AND I'M REALLY HAPPY TO SEE IT DONE. UH, THE ART CENTER IS A, IS A GREAT, UH, FACILITY IN OUR CITY'S INVENTORY. UH, I'VE HAD THE GOOD FORTUNE OF HOLDING AN EVENT THERE. I'VE ATTENDED OTHER EVENTS THERE. UM, IT, IT, IT IS USED FREQUENTLY, BUT I THINK THIS WILL ADD INTEREST FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO HOLD EVENTS. UH, IT'S, IT'S CLASSY. IT'S GOT THE BLACK BOX, IT'S GOT THE ROTATING ART EXHIBITS, AND, UH, I, I'M REALLY EXCITED THAT WE WILL, UH, YOU KNOW, HAVE THIS ORDINANCE IN PLACE TO MAKE IT, UH, MORE CONDUCIVE TO EVEN BROADER, UH, INTEREST BY FOLKS. 'CAUSE IT IS A REALLY, REALLY NICE FACILITY. ANYBODY ELSE ON THAT? I'LL CALL FOR A VOTE AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. IF YOU'RE HERE FOR THE FIRE PREVENTION AND PROTECTION TEXT AMENDMENT, THIS HAS BEEN DEFERRED, UH, STAFF TO THE JULY 20TH CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED THIS EVENING. SO NEXT UP UNDER [A. Intergovernmental Agreement: TSPLOST III Agreement between the City of Alpharetta and Fulton County Consideration and approval of an Intergovernmental Agreement with Fulton County for TSPLOST III, and with authorization for the Mayor to execute all necessary documents.] NEW BUSINESS. FIRST UP IS INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT. TLOS THREE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF ALPHARETTA AND FULTON COUNTY IS PETE. THERE WE GO. UM, WITH FULTON COUNTY, YOU PASS THE, UM, OUR TIER LIST FOR TIERS ONE, TWO, AND THREE FOR T PLUS THREE. THIS IS A IGA WITH ALL THE COUNTIES AND WITH, SORRY, WITH FULTON COUNTY AND ALL THE OTHER CITIES TO GET IT ON THE BALLOT FOR A REFERENDUM IN NOVEMBER. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. EK? WELL DONE. ANY COMMENT CARDS? WE DO NOT HAVE ANY. IF ANYBODY HERE THIS EVENING WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE COME FORWARD. SEEING NONE, I'LL CLOSE THAT OUT AND ASK FOR A MOTION. UM, MAYOR PRO TEM, UM, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT, UM, , LEMME FIND MY PLACE. WE, UM, APPROVE AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT WITH FULTON COUNTY FOR SLOS THREE AND AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY, UH, DOCUMENTS. SECOND, BOTH SNOOZED OFF AT THE SAME TIME. HUH? [00:20:02] I'VE GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN REEVES AND A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN DORITO. ANY DISCUSSION? YES, MA'AM. I JUST WANT THANK THE COMMUNITY, THE STAFF AND EVERYBODY'S, AND THE COUNCIL FOR GETTING US TO THIS POINT, BECAUSE EACH CITY HAS TO GO THROUGH IT, BUT FOR EACH CITY, IT'S A, IT'S A COMPLICATED PROCESS. WELL, IT WHERE IT SHOULD BE , IT IS IN OUR, IN OUR CITY. AND, UM, AND THIS IS A GREAT PLACE TO BE, TO BE ABLE TO GET THIS AGREEMENT. WELL SAID. ANYBODY ELSE WITH THAT? I'LL CALL FOR A VOTE AND IT DOES PASS. PETE, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. STICK AROUND, PETE. YOU GOT MORE TO DO. NEXT UP UNDER [B. Intergovernmental Agreement: SR 140/Arnold Mill Road Cross-Jurisdictional Improvement Project Agreement between the City of Alpharetta and the City of Milton Consideration and approval of an Intergovernmental Agreement between the City of Alpharetta and the City of Milton for a Cross-Jurisdictional Improvement Project located at SR 140/Arnold Mill Road at Green Road, a portion of which lies within the City of Alpharetta, and with authorization for the Mayor to execute all necessary documents.] NEW BUSINESS IS THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN STATE INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT WITH STATE ROUTE ONE 40 AND ER MILL ROAD CROSS JURISDICTION IMPROVEMENT PROJECT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF ALPHA REDD AND THE CITY OF MILTON. LONG STORY SHORT, MILTON AND GDA ARE WORKING ON A SIGNAL AT GREEN ROAD AND STATE ROUTE ONE 40. UM, IN ORDER TO GET THE WORK DONE, THEY HAD TO DO SOME WORK ON ALONG STATE ROUTE 40 ON THE KROGER PROPERTY RIGHT THERE ON THE KROGER, UM, SHOPPING CENTER. AND THAT'S IN THE CITY OF LIMITS, MISS OF ALPHARETTA. SO THEY GOTTA GET AN AGREEMENT FROM US THAT THEY COULD DO WORK IN THE CITY, UM, AS PART OF THE FEDERAL PROCESS. GREAT. ANY QUESTIONS FOR PETE? GOOD JOB SEEING NONE, GRACE. ANY ANY COMMENT CARDS? WE HAVE NO COMMENT CARDS. KEEPING ME ON TRACK? OKAY. IF ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE HERE THIS EVENING WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE STEP FORWARD. SEEING NONE, I'LL MOVE ALONG AND ASK FOR A MOTION. MAYOR PRO TEM, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE INTERNET GOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF MILTON SO THAT THEY CAN COMPLETE THE CROSS-JURISDICTIONAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT AT STATE ROUTE ONE 40 IN ARDO MILL ROAD AT GREEN ROAD, UM, PROPORTION, WHICH LIES WITHIN THE CITY OF ALPHARETTA AND AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS. SECOND, I'VE GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN REEVES. I'VE GOT A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN HYPES. ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, I'LL CALL FOR A VOTE AND IT DOES PASS UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. LET'S KEEP GOING. PETE. YEAH. RESOLUTION TRANSFER [C. Resolution: Transfer of Property Interests Between the City of Alpharetta and Georgia Department of Transportation Consideration and approval of a resolution approving the transfer of 0.497 acres in fee, 0.377 acres in permanent easement, 18,438.19 square feet of temporary easement, and 329.75 linear feet of access rights for Tax Parcel No. 12297008550532 (Project Parcel 618A) and 2.1 acres in fee and 947.70 linear feet of access rights for Tax Parcel No. 22530012630117 (Project Parcel 498) to Georgia Department of Transportation for the SR 400 Express Lanes Project (PI:0001757), and acceptance of a Quit Claim Deed from Georgia Department of Transportation to Alpharetta for +/-1.874 acres of Tax Parcel No.12260006902865 (Encore Parkway at Fanfare Way) for the Alpha Loop Project.] OF PROPERTY INTEREST BETWEEN THE CITY OF ALPHARETTA AND GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. ALRIGHT, SO, UH, ASSOCIATED WITH THE STATE ROUTE 400 EXPANSION OR EXPRESS LANES PROJECT, GDIT NEEDED PROPERTY FROM US AT TWO LOCATIONS, ONE ALONG WE BRIDGE ROAD IN GEORGIA, 400 FOR THE EXPANSION AND THE WIDENING OF THE WE BRIDGE, ROAD BRIDGE OVER 400, AS WELL AS THE, UH, FARMHOUSE PARCEL WEST OF THE CREEK. SO IT DOES NOT AFFECT OUR PROJECT AT ALL. THAT'S GOING ON THE BOND REFERENDUM RIGHT NOW. UM, WE, WE RECEIVED AN OFFER FROM 'EM. WE THEN ASKED THEM FOR A TRANSFER BECAUSE WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE PROPERTY AT FANFARE AND ENCORE DEVELOPED AS PART OF OUR ALPHA LINK PROJECT. SO WE DECIDED TO, UM, MAKE OUR OFFER INSTEAD OF RECEIVING FUNDS TO DO A LAND SWAP. AND THAT'S WHAT THE FRONT OF YOU TONIGHT. SO WE RECEIVED THE INTERSECTION, THE PROPERTY AT THE INTERSECTION OF FANFARE AND ENCORE. IN RETURN, WE GIVE THE RIGHT OF WAY EASEMENTS OVER TO GDO FOR THE TWO PARCELS THAT'S IN YOUR DOCKET. GREAT. ANY QUESTIONS FOR PETE? CAN I READ THE RESOLUTION WHEN THAT GREEN LIGHT GOES ON? YOU CAN DO WHATEVER YOU WANT. THANK YOU. A RESOLUTION BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ALFREDA, GEORGIA REGARDING THE TRANSFER OF CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY INTERESTS BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE CORRESPONDING CLOSING DOCUMENTS AND FURTHER PURPOSES. SECOND? SECOND. THANK YOU. NOW WE'LL CALL FOR THE MOTION GRACE. WE NEED TO ASK FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. I FEEL LIKE I JUST DID . ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE SEE WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT ON THIS ITEM. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO COME FORWARD. SEEING NONE. I WILL CALL FOR A MOTION. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE TRANSFER OF THE PROPERTY INTEREST BETWEEN G DDOT AND THE CITY OF ALPHARETTA AS OUTLINED IN THE STAFF REPORT AND THE RESOLUTION. SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN REEVES AND A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN BRADY. ANY DISCUSSION? COUNCILMAN HEIGHTS? YOU KNOW, A LOT OF EVENINGS WE SIT UP HERE AND WE PASS THESE MOTIONS ON LAND SWAPS AND THIS AND THAT AND THE PUBLIC'S OUT THERE, AND LIKE, WHAT WAS THAT ALL ABOUT? WELL, THIS LAND SWAP FOR FANFARE AND ENCORE IS GOING TO BE A, A SIGNIFICANT ADVANTAGE FOR THE CITY OF ALPHARETTA TO EXTEND [00:25:01] THE ALPHA LOOP FROM LAKEVIEW DOWN TO ENCORE AND TO ASSIST US IN BRINGING IT IN WITHIN OUR BUDGET. AND FOR ALL THE PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO LOVE THE ALPHA LOOP, THAT SECTION IS KNOWN AS THE ALPHA LINK, UH, BECAUSE OF PETE, BECAUSE OF, UH, YOU KNOW, MR. LAGER BLOOM AND OTHERS WHO NEGOTIATED THIS. UH, IT, WE JUST TOOK A HUGE STEP FORWARD ON THIS, HOPEFULLY ON THIS VOTE TO, UH, UH, TAKE ANOTHER STEP TOWARD GETTING THE ALPHA LINK COMPLETED DOWN TO ENCORE. WHEN WE CONNECT TO ENCORE, WE'RE ON OUR WAY TO CONNECTING TO THE GREENWAY. SO SOMETIMES Y'ALL SIT OUT THERE AND YOU'RE LIKE, WHAT WAS THAT ALL ABOUT? THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE? THANK YOU, PETE. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, I'LL CALL FOR A VOTE AND IT DOES PASS. THANK YOU. NICE JOB. ALL THREE. NEXT UP, ADAM, PURCHASE APPROVAL, SMALL [D. Purchase Approval: Small Government Enterprise Agreement and Annual Subscription with Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc (ESRI) Consideration of approval of the procurement of the small government enterprise agreement annual subscription from Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI) for three years at a fixed cost that is renewed annually in the amount of $66,600.00, and authorize the Mayor to execute all necessary documents.] GOVERNMENT ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT AND ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC. ESRI. GOOD EVENING, UH, MAYOR PROAM AND COUNCIL. THE, UH, ITEM TONIGHT IS FOR THE APPROVAL OF A THREE YEAR, UH, SMALL GOVERNMENT ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT WITH, UH, E-S-R-I-E-S-R-I PROVIDES ALL OF THE SOFTWARE, UH, FOR OUR GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS, UH, WHICH IS THE BASE FOR MANY OF THE REALLY IMPORTANT SYSTEMS THAT A LOT OF OUR DEPARTMENTS USE. UH, THIS IS A THREE YEAR AGREEMENT. UH, THE FIRST YEAR IS, OR I SHOULD SAY, EXCUSE ME, THE, THE THREE YEAR TOTAL IS $199,800 TO BE PAID, UH, AS $66,600 EACH YEAR. I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. ANY QUESTIONS FOR ADAM? WELL DONE, SIR. DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENT CARDS, MS. GRACE? NO, SIR, WE DO NOT. I'LL STILL ASK FOR THE, UH, AUDIENCE MAYBE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO COME FORWARD. SEEING NONE. I'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL FOR A MOTION. YES, MAYOR PERAM, UH, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE, UH, PURCHASE APPROVAL SMALL GOVERNMENT ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT, ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS RESEARCH INSTITUTE AS OUTLINED BY DIRECTOR MONTGOMERY SECOND, UH, MOTION BY COUNCILMAN DORITO. SECOND BY COUNCILMAN BRADY. ANY, ANY DISCUSSION, I'LL CALL FOR A VOTE AND IT DOES PASS. THANK YOU, ADAM. THANK YOU. AROUND. TRY ANOTHER ONE. WE'RE ON A ROLL. ALL RIGHT. UH, THE SECOND [E. Purchase Approval: Multifactor Authentication (MFA) Software as a Service (SaaS) Subscription with Verinext Corp. Consideration of approval of a purchase order to Verinext Corp., as the vendor to provide the annual MFA SaaS Subscription, in the amount of $53,947.05.] ITEM IS A MULTIFACTOR AUTHENTICATION SOFTWARE. THIS IS THE ANNUAL RENEWAL OF THAT SOFTWARE. UH, IT IS A SOFTWARE AS A SERVICE SUBSCRIPTION THAT WE PAY EACH YEAR. THIS YEAR, UH, VARIX CORPORATION, UH, CAME IN WITH THE LOWEST BID OF, UH, $53,947 AND 5 CENTS. THIS IS THE SOFTWARE THAT WE USE TO PROVIDE SECOND FACTOR A MULTIFACTOR FOR ALL LOGINS. UH, IT IS THE BASIS OF MODERN DAY CYBERSECURITY. AND SO, UH, I ASK FOR YOUR APPROVAL TONIGHT. UH, I WILL ALSO STATE THAT THERE ARE PORTIONS OF THIS THAT HAVE BEEN REDACTED IN THE PACKET JUST TO PROTECT SORT OF THE, THE SYSTEM ITSELF. UM, AND SO, UH, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING ANY OF THAT, I CAN TALK ABOUT THAT, UH, OUTSIDE THE MEETING. ANY QUESTIONS FOR ADAM? WELL DONE. AGAIN, ANY PUBLIC COMMENT CARDS, GRACE? NO, SIR, THERE ARE NONE. WELL, IN THAT CASE, I'LL ASK THE AUDIENCE IF ANYBODY'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS TOPIC TO PLEASE STEP FORWARD. SEEING NONE. I'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL FOR A MOTION. YES, MAYOR, BY TIME I MOVE TO APPROVE THE PURCHASE APPROVAL OF MULTIFACTOR A IDENTIFICATION SOFTWARE AS A, UH, SERVICE SUBSCRIPTION WITH VEREX CORPORATION. SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN DORITO, A SECOND FROM COUNCILWOMAN REEVES. ANY DISCUSSION? YES, MA'AM. JUST WANT TO THANK, UM, DIRECTOR MONTGOMERY FOR KEEPING THE PROCESS, UM, A GOOD COMPETITIVE PROCESS AND SAVING US SOME MONEY. APPRECIATE THAT. SAID ANYBODY ELSE? ALL RIGHT, I'LL CALL FOR A VOTE AND IT TOO DOES PASS. THANK YOU, ADAM. NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS [F. Resolution: Incorporation of Brookside Park into the Big Creek Greenway System Consideration and approval of a Resolution authorizing the incorporation of Brookside Park into the Big Creek Greenway System, and with authorization for the Mayor to execute all necessary documents.] A RESOLUTION TO INCORPORATION OF BROOKSIDE PARK INTO THE BIG CREEK GREENWAY SYSTEM. KATHY COOK. WHILE KATHY WALKS UP, I'M GONNA GO [00:30:01] AHEAD AND READ THE RESOLUTION, A RESOLUTION BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ALPHA GEORGIA TO INCORPORATE BROOKSIDE PARK INTO THE BIG CREEK GREENWAY SYSTEM. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR PRO TEM AND COUNCIL, THIS NEXT ITEM IT IS, IT CONCERNS THE BROOKSIDE PARK. YOU CAN SEE IT HERE. IT'S ACTUALLY, OH, THANK YOU. YOU JUST SAY, AND THERE'S AN EASY BUTTON FOR THAT. THIS PRO, THE PROPERTY THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT TONIGHT IS JUST WEST OF, OF THE BROOKSIDE MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT THAT WAS APPROVED OF COURSE LAST YEAR. AND IT INCLUDES CITY PROPERTY THAT IS KNOWN AS THE BROOKSIDE PARK. AND ALPHARETTA IS THE OWNER OF THE 30.6 ACRE PARCEL ADJACENT TO THE BIG CREEK GREENWAY AND BROOKSIDE OFFICE PARK ON THE WEST SIDE OF BIG CREEK, OFF OF, UH, OLD MILTON PARKWAY. AND HERE'S A BLOW UP OF WHAT THEY PLAN TO DO WITH THAT PARK AREA HERE. SO THIS IS, THIS IS A RENDERING THAT THEY ACTUALLY PRESENTED AS PART OF THAT PUBLIC HEARING. AND AS PART OF THEIR REDEVELOPMENT, PORTMAN IS PROPOSING CONSTRUCTION OF THE PARK. IT WOULD INCLUDE A 10 FOOT WIDE CONCRETE MULTI-USE TRAIL. THERE'D BE RAISED, UH, BOARDWALKS, BRIDGES, SEATING LOOKOUTS, OPEN LAWN AREAS, NATURAL PLAY ZONES, EXERCISE EQUIPMENT, UM, A HAMMOCK, FOREST WAYFINDING SIGNAGE, KIOSK, AND MULTIPLE LOOK TRAIL OPTIONS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. AND HERE ARE SOME OF THE BLOW UP PICTURES OF WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE. SO WHEN WE WERE GOING THROUGH THE PERMITTING PROCESS, WE DID FIND THAT THERE IS A COVENANT ON THE PROPERTY THAT RESTRICTS THE PROPERTY, THAT IT CAN ONLY BE DEVELOPED IF, IF THE PROPERTY IS PART OF THE BIG CREEK GREENWAY SYSTEM. SO IN TALKING AND WORKING WITH PORTMAN, WE DECIDED IT WAS BEST TO DO A RESOLUTION SINCE THERE WILL BE A DIRECT CONNECTION OVER TO THE BIG CREEK GREENWAY AS PHASE TWO OF THIS DEVELOPMENT. SO AS THEY GO AND THEY, THEY MEET AND TALK TO THE, UM, ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, THE RESOLUTION WILL HELP THEM TO SHOW THAT THE PERMIT IS NEEDED IN ORDER TO DEVELOP THE PARK BACK OFF THAT MICROPHONE. OH, IS THAT WHAT IT IS? THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND THEN THE RESTRICTIVE COVENANT. THIS IS WHAT IT, IT LOOKS LIKE FROM THE 1999 DOCUMENT THAT BASICALLY SAYS THAT, UH, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO CONSTRUCT AND COMPLETE UPON THE PROTECTED PROPERTY, SIDEWALKS, BOARDWALKS, AND KIOSK IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE CITY OF ALFREDA, BIG CREEK GREENWAY PROJECT. OF COURSE, WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING TO DO IS A LITTLE MORE THAN JUST, UM, KIOSK AND BOARDWALKS, BUT THE RESOLUTION, UH, WILL HELP FOR THEM TO, UH, TALK TO THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS AND TRY TO SEEK THAT APPROVAL. 'CAUSE OF COURSE, ALL OF THIS WOULD BE A PUBLIC PARK, BUT OPEN TO ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. COUNCILMAN, HES, YEAH. CAN YOU ELABORATE ON, UH, IN TERMS OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS, UH, PARK SPACE, HOW MUCH OF THIS THE CITY IS UNDERTAKING, IF ANY, AND HOW MUCH PORTMAN IS UN UNDERTAKING AS PART OF THEIR OVERALL DEVELOPMENT? UH, THIS IS, PORT PORTMAN WILL BE UNDERTAKING ALL OF THE CONSTRUCTION AND IN EXCHANGE FOR IMPACT FEE CREDITS. SO PRIVATE DOLLARS WILL DEVELOP THIS PREVIOUSLY UNDEVELOPED PARK WITH A POND IN THE MIDDLE, AND, UH, THE CITY WILL ULTIMATELY BENEFIT FROM IT IN EXCHANGE FOR THE IMPACT CREDITS. CORRECT. THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE? THANK YOU, KATHY. ALRIGHT, MS. GRACE, WE HAVE NO COMMENT CARDS. OKAY. WELL, IF ANYBODY'S INTEREST GOT SPARKED BY THE PRESENTATION, WANTS TO COME UP AND SPEAK ABOUT IT, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO STEP FORWARD SEEING NONE AND HAVING HAD THE RESOLUTION ALREADY READ, I'LL ASK FOR A VOTE. I'LL MAKE A MOTION. A MOTION. THAT'S WHAT I MEANT TO SAY. MAYOR PRO TEM, I MAKE A MOTION, UH, THAT COUNCIL APPROVE THE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE INCORPORATION OF BROOKSIDE PARK INTO THE BIG CREEK GREENWAY SYSTEM AND AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS. SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN, HES A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN DRISCOLL. ANY DISCUSSION? YES, COUNCILMAN. HES, UH, MS. MAYOR PRO TEM. IT'S, IT'S NOT EVERY DAY. IT'S NOT EVERY YEAR THAT WE GET A CHANCE TO SIT UP HERE AND JUST REALIZE THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET A 30 ACRE CITY PARK BROUGHT TO US. WE'VE ALWAYS OWNED THE LAND. [00:35:01] IT'S ALWAYS BEEN OVERGROWN. THE, THE POND IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS LAND WAS LARGELY UN UH, UNACCESSIBLE. UH, THERE, THERE WERE SOME TRAILS BACK IN THERE, BUT, UM, THIS IS A 30 ACRE, 30 PLUS ACRE PARK THAT WILL BE ON THE EAST SIDE OF, UH, ALPHARETTA. AND IT WILL ONE DAY, HOPEFULLY SOON BE CONNECTED TO THE GREENWAY. FOR THOSE WHO'VE USED THE FORSYTH GREENWAY, I'VE ALWAYS ADMIRED HOW YOU CAN GO UP THE FORSYTH GREENWAY AND THEN TURN INTO FOWLER PARK. WELL, THOSE WHO ARE USING OUR GREENWAY CAN NOW TURN INTO BROOKSIDE PARK WITH THIS BEAUTIFUL POND. AND, AND THIS VEGETATION'S GOING TO BE CUT BACK TO SOME DEGREE. I DON'T KNOW TO WHAT DEGREE THAT'S UP TO PORTMAN. BUT, UM, THIS IS A HUGE, HUGE WIN FOR OUR TRAIL SYSTEM, OUR, OUR GREENWAY SYSTEM AND FOR OUR PARK SYSTEM. UH, AND IT DIDN'T REALLY COST US ANYTHING TO GO ACQUIRE THE LAND, JUST TO ACTIVATE IT THROUGH IMPACT FEE CREDIT. SO, UH, I'M REALLY, REALLY, REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS. AND NONE OF THIS HAPPENS WITHOUT THE FORESIGHT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, UH, IN TERMS OF HOW THEY APPROACHED BROOKSIDE REDEVELOPMENT BECAUSE THERE'S TWO VERY, VERY SPECIAL ASSETS THERE. ONE IS GEORGIA STATE AND THE OTHER IS THIS PARKLAND THAT WAS JUST SITTING THERE. AND BECAUSE OF THE FORESIGHT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, UH, WITH THE BACKING OF COUNCIL, UH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A BEAUTIFUL ASSET ADDED TO OUR, OUR CITY. AND, UH, I HOPE IT PASSES . COUNCILMAN BRADY. YEAH. I WANNA RESONATE A LITTLE BIT ON, ON SOME OF THOSE COMMENTS BECAUSE FROM A FISCAL, UH, PERSPECTIVE, I REALLY WANT TO CONGRATULATE, UH, KATHY AND HER TEAM AND REALLY ALSO THE APPLICANT OF PORTMAN AND PUT THIS TOGETHER. WHEN YOU DO PUT PUBLIC AND PRIVATE TOGETHER AND THEY WORK TO KIND OF CREATE AN INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT, NOT NECESSARILY FROM SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE THAT YOU HAVE WITH, WITH THE EDUCATIONAL COMPLEX THERE, BUT ALSO KIND OF BRINGING IN NEW DEVELOPMENT KIND OF WHERE A BLIGHT AREA FROM AN AN OFFICE PERSPECTIVE, BUT IT'S ALSO FOR THE, FOR THE TAXPAYERS, RIGHT? THE CITIZENS TO REALLY LOOK AT THIS FISCAL. WHAT WE'RE REALLY TALKING ABOUT HERE IS WE WERE WORKING WITH A DEVELOPER IN ORDER AND UTILIZE THEM TO IMPROVE A SPACE WITHOUT THE BURDEN OF THAT COMING BACK TO THE TAX, TO THE TAXPAYERS. AND THAT IS SIGNIFICANT IN HOW WE KINDA LOOK AT THIS. AND I BELIEVE EVERY PARK IN EVERY AREA, WE SHOULD HAVE THIS PARTNERSHIP TO WORK TOGETHER. BECAUSE WHEN IT COMES TO MOBILIZATION, WHEN IT COMES TO COST, WHEN IT COMES JUST THE NORMAL PROCESS, A LOT OF THAT CAN BE MORE EFFICIENT WHEN YOU ALREADY HAVE SOMEONE WORKING ON THE SITE TO BE ABLE TO WORK THROUGH THAT. SO AS A BENEFIT FOR BOTH SIDES. SO I DO WANNA JUST CONGRATULATE, UM, YOU KNOW, OUR STAFF AND OUR TEAM AND EVERYTHING TO KIND OF MAKE THESE KIND OF UNIQUE KIND OF AGREEMENTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY. AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT. ALL RIGHT, CALL FROM A VOTE AND OF COURSE IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU GUYS. THANK YOU KATHY. NEXT UP CHRIS, YOU GONNA LEAD THE WORK SESSION? I CAN. UM, YES. NEXT UP WE'VE GOT TWO WORK SESSION ITEMS. I'M GONNA INTRODUCE 'EM TOGETHER IF I CAN AND THEN WE WILL TURN IT OVER TO KIM AND LET HER MAKE A PRESENTATION. UM, THESE ARE TWO THAT HAVE COME, UM, FROM A COMMITTEE. AS YOU ALL KNOW, OUR ARTS COMMITTEE MAKES RECOMMENDATIONS FROM TIME TO TIME AS TO, UM, EITHER ARTS THAT SHOULD BE DISPLAYED SOMEWHERE IN THE CITY OR ART THAT SHOULD BE CHANGED OUT IN THE CITY. WE HAVE AN EXAMPLE OF BOTH OF THOSE TONIGHT. ONE PRESENTATION TONIGHT WILL BE THE REVOLVING ART THAT'S IN THE DOWNTOWN AND WHAT IS POTENTIALLY LEAVING AND THEN COMING TO REPLACE IT. I'D LIKE YOU ALL TO TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE THINGS TONIGHT AND JUST SEE IF ANY OF THEM STAND OUT TO YOU THAT YOU MAY WANNA LOOK AT AND GO A DIFFERENT DIRECTION. UM, AND THEN THERE'S ALSO A PRESENTATION REGARDING A 24, UH, NUMBER BANNER PROGRAM, 24 BANNERS, UM, THAT WOULD BE, UM, ATTACHED TO LIGHT POLES AT THE KIMBLE BRIDGE ROAD CORRIDOR. SO YOU'RE GONNA SEE THOSE TWO THINGS TONIGHT. AGAIN, WE'RE NOT LOOKING FOR A VOTE TONIGHT, WE'RE JUST LOOKING FOR YOU ALL TO SAY, UM, TO NOT BE SHOCKED WHEN THE THINGS SHOW UP IN THE CITY. NUMBER ONE AND TWO IS IF YOU HAVE ANY FEEDBACK THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE US DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT OR GO A DIFFERENT DIRECTION, WE ARE JUST LOOKING FOR THAT FEEDBACK TONIGHT AS WELL BEFORE THE ART SHOWS UP OUT IN ALPHARETTA. IT SOUNDS LIKE I NEED TO KEEP TALKING 'CAUSE WE'RE STILL GETTING READY TO SHOW PICTURES. BUT, UH, UM, WHAT YOU'LL SEE WHEN WE GET THIS PRESENTATION FINALLY PUT TOGETHER, UM, IS THAT ON EACH SLIDE THERE'S TWO PICTURES. THERE'S GONNA BE A PICTURE OF THE ART THAT IS OUTGOING AND THE NEXT TO IT IS A PICTURE OF THE ART THAT WOULD BE INCOMING, UM, WITH AN ORIENTATION FOR SIZE BASED UPON A HUMAN SCALE, UM, ADJACENT TO THE NEW, UH, ART. SO, UM, WITH THAT, I THINK WE'RE GETTING READY TO HAVE MORE OF A PRESENTATION. I'M GETTING HEADS SHAKING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. SO MAYOR PRO TE I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO KIM TO MAKE A PRESENTATION. TAKE ANY FEEDBACK THAT YOU ALL MIGHT HAVE. HEY DAVE, CAN I ASK HIM A QUESTION? SURE. [00:40:01] ARE, IS THERE ANYTHING IN THE, IN THE, UH, ART PIECES THAT WE HAVE DETERMINED THAT WE'RE KEEPING AS A PERMANENT ONE? LIKE WE KEPT THE LABORERS A PERMANENT, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE'RE KEEPING AS A PERMANENT OR DO WE KNOW I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING AS A, AS CONVERTING FROM A TEMPORARY OR REVOLVING INSTALL TO A PERMANENT INSTALL. IS THAT CORRECT OR DID, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE'VE OUT OF THIS CYCLE ELECTED TO KEEP? WE ARE LOOKING INTO THAT AND WE'LL BRING THAT AT A LATER DATE. WE'RE WORKING ON SOME PARTNERSHIPS, SO WE'D LIKE TO KEEP, FOR EXAMPLE, BIG SKY THAT IS, UH, BIG SKY THAT'S ALONG THE, UM, THAT'S ALONG THE ALPHA LOOP RIGHT THERE ON WEST SIDE, THE BIG BLUE. SO WE'RE PROPOSING TO WORK WITH THE ALPHA LOOP FOUNDATION TO PARTNER AND THEY'RE GONNA DO SOME FUNDRAISING, BUT I DON'T HAVE ALL THOSE PARTNERSHIPS SOLIDIFIED. SO TONIGHT IS ABOUT THE NEW EXHIBIT COMING IN. SINCE IT'S A WORK SESSION, I HOPE WE CAN KEEP FALLING MAN NEXT TO, UH, CITIZEN SOUL. OH YES, I KNOW ARTS IN THE EYE, THE BEHOLDER, BUT THAT'S JUST TOO COOL. YOU LIKE THAT ONE? YEAH, I LIKE ONE TOO. GOOD EVENING. [A. Discussion on Public Art — Dazzle and Discord Discussion on Dazzle and Discord — Outdoor-On-Loan Exhibit for 2026-2028.] UM, I'M GONNA GIVE YOU A QUICK OVERVIEW AND I KNOW THAT CHRIS SET THAT TONE HERE. BUT, UH, BI YEARLY THE CITY OF ALPHARETTA CONTRACTS, UH, WITH ARTS ALPHARETTA TO PRODUCE THE OUTDOOR AND L SCULPTURE EXHIBIT. THIS EXHIBIT IS 2026 TO 2028 AND UH, PROPOSES A COLLECTION OF 10 SCULPTURES, INCLUDING EIGHT PIECES FOR EXISTING LOCATIONS AND TWO FOR NEWLY ADDED LOCATIONS. THE CULTURE ARTS COMMISSION REVIEWED EACH SCULPTURE INDIVIDUALLY CONSIDERING ARTISTIC MERIT AND LOCATION SUSTAINABILITY TO DETERMINE WHICH WORK SHOULD ADVANCE FOR RECOMMENDATION TO MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR UH, MOVING FORWARD CAN RANGE FROM ONE SCULPTURE TO 10 SCULPTURES. SO IT'S NOT THE WHOLE PROJECT, YOU CAN PUSH FORWARD ONE OR ALL ANY NUMBER. UM, THE PROPOSED SCULPTURE INSTALLATIONS ARE SCHEDULED FOR APPROXIMATELY AUGUST THROUGH SEPTEMBER. ANY CHANGES TO THE PROPOSED SCULPTURES MAY HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE OVERALL PROJECT TIMELINE. AS THE CALL FOR ARTISTS, THE CURATION PROCESS WOULD NEED TO BE REOPENED AND REPEATED FOR EACH SCULPTURE NOT APPROVED TO MOVE FORWARD. ARTS ALPHARETTA PROVIDES TURNKEY SERVICES FOR ALL ASPECTS OF THE PROJECT, INCLUDING INCLUDING ARTIST OUTREACH COMMUNICATION. THEY ISSUE THE CALL TO ARTISTS TO EXECUTING, UH, RENTAL AGREEMENTS AND PAYMENTS. THEY DO PROJECT BUDGET MANAGEMENT, INSTALLATION DEINSTALL AND MARKETING. ALTHOUGH ARTS ALFRED IS CONTRACTED TO MANAGE THE OUTDOOR AND LOAN SCULPTURE EXHIBIT, THE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION DEDICATES ALL PROJECT FUNDING DIRECTLY TO THE EXHIBIT AND VOLUNTEERS THE ORGANIZATION TIME TO SUPPORT THE PUBLIC ART INITIATIVE. THE CITY OF ALFREDA ARTS ALFREDA AND THE ALFREDA CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU ALSO PARTNER TO PRODUCE AN ART WALK BROCHURE, WHICH SERVES BOTH RESIDENTS AND VISITORS AND SUPPORTS THE, UH, PROMOTION OF CULTURAL TOURISM. SO WOULD YOU LIKE TO TAKE A LOOK? I'M SURE YOU'VE ALREADY TAKEN A LOOK. SO NOVO CRANE AND, AND I WANTED TO PAUSE FOR A SECOND. UH, ART RETTA. NANCY MURPHY, THE PRESIDENT IS HERE. YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME UP HERE AND SIT JUST IN CASE YOU HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT A SPECIFIC SCULPTURE. CITY STAFF MANAGES THE PROJECT. ART RETTA DOES THE CURATION. SO IF YOU HAVE A PARTICULAR QUESTION SHE COULD ANSWER. NOVO CRANE WILL BE LOCATED BETWEEN THE LIBRARY AND CITY HALL. IF WE HAVE A PICTURE FOR EACH SCULPTURE SHOWING THE PREVIOUS SCULPTURE AND THE PROPOSED NEW SCULPTURE. A CRACK IN THE PAST IS KIND OF A UNIQUE SCULPTURE. IT'S TWO PIECES. THE ARTIST SAID WE CAN POSITION IT IN ANY DISTANCE, ANY LOCATION APART FROM EACH OTHER. WE HAVE PROPOSED THAT IT WOULD BE RIGHT HERE. WE'VE HAD A PAD LOCATED, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE SEEN THAT RIGHT OUTSIDE THE PARKING GARAGE FOR A WHILE. AND WE HAD TO MOVE A PIECE THAT WAS TOO HEAVY THAT WAS LOCATED TO THE WATER MAIN. AND SO WE'VE HAD A BLANK PAD THERE. AND, AND LOOKING AT THIS PIECE, WE WERE STANDING INSIDE LIKE AS YOU COME OUT OF THE GARAGE, EXCUSE ME, AS YOU COME OUT AND THE LINE OF SIGHT HERE. 'CAUSE I KNOW THAT WAS, THAT WAS BROUGHT UP THE LINE OF SIGHT YOU CAN SEE EASILY. THAT'S WHY WE POSITIONED IT DIAGONALLY. SO THIS WOULD NOT BE IN THE WAY. YEAH, I HAD BROUGHT UP THE LINE OF SIGHT ISSUE MM-HMM AND I'M, I'M STILL CONCERNED IF THAT PIECE CLOSEST TO THE STREET ISN'T BOLTED DOWN, THAT THE FACT THAT IT'S MOVABLE DOESN'T REALLY STRIKE ME AS A GREAT THING IN THAT LOCATION. 'CAUSE YOU'VE GOT LINE OF SIGHT FOR PEDESTRIANS AND VEHICLE TRAFFIC BOTH COMING IN AND OUT OF THE GARAGE, BUT ALSO COMING IN AND OUT OF THE, UH, BACK WAY AROUND THE PUBLIX. RIGHT. SO, UM, [00:45:02] I, IT SEEMS LIKE AN UNUSUAL PLACE TO HAVE SOMETHING RIGHT ALONG THE CURB IN A HEAVILY TRAFFICKED AREA. I SEE. YES. THE INSTALLER WILL BOLT INTO THE CONCRETE AND HE REFILLS THOSE. IT'S ACTUALLY BOLTS THAT ARE MADE FOR CONCRETE TO SECURE THE PIECE TO THE GROUND SO THEY WILL BE SECURED TO THE GROUND. OKAY. COUNCILMAN REEVES, FIRST OF ALL, I THINK IT'S A, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEAUTIFUL. IT'S AIRY AND ALL THAT STUFF. I REALLY, REALLY, REALLY LIKE THE PIECES. REALLY, REALLY, REALLY HAVE CONCERNS WITH THE PLACEMENT. WITH THE PLACEMENT OF, YEAH, I GO IN AND OUTTA THAT GARAGE VERY FREQUENTLY AND IT'S NOT ALWAYS FUN. AND UM, AND I DON'T JUST THINK IT'S, 'CAUSE SOMETIMES MY HUSBAND'S DRIVING A REALLY BIG TRUCK. I, I, I REALLY AM CONCERNED. AND THE PEDESTRIAN CROSSING I WAS DOWN THERE FOR THE DRONE SHOW. IT WAS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE PEDESTRIANS DOWN THERE QUITE A BIT. I MEAN, WE'VE SUCCEEDED FOR THE WALKABLE DOWNTOWN. I THINK WE REALLY SUCCEEDED WELL AND I LOVE THE PIECES. I FIND THEM TO BE VERY BEAUTIFUL AND UM, BUT THAT PLACEMENT IS A HUGE CONCERN. DISCUSSIONS THAT WE HAD ABOUT THIS PIECE IS WE CAN LIGHT THE PIECE AT THAT AT THIS PARTICULAR LOCATION WE HAVE PROPOSED, AND IT WASN'T INCLUDED IN THE PACKET, UH, WE FOUND OUT THAT THE SPINE IN WILLS PARK IS ACTUALLY OPENED FURTHER ALONG THAN WHAT WE THOUGHT. SO WE, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO DROP SHOW YOU THAT IMAGE AS WELL FOR AN ALTERNATE AT THE END FOR AN ALTERNATE LOCATION. WE WERE NOT PROPOSING WILS PARK BECAUSE WE DIDN'T THINK IT WOULD BE READY IN TIME, BUT THEY'RE AHEAD OF SCHEDULE IN THIS AREA. PROCEED WONDER, THIS IS BEHIND LIBRARY AND CITY HALL. IT WILL BE REPLACING TANGENT CIRCLES IF APPROVED. IT'S A FUN PIECE. IT'S LIGHTHEARTED, IT'S GONNA BE INTERACTIVE. SENTRY LOCATION IS LIKE NEAR THE LITTLE RIVER. JUST ONE LOOK. THIS IS REPLACING EVERYBODY PROBABLY S REMEMBERS YELLOWBIRD. SO THIS IS WHERE YOU'RE REPLACING THAT PIECE. URBAN FLOW IS A UNIQUE PIECE. IT'LL BE LIGHTED AT NIGHT, WHICH WOULD BE NICE THAT THEY'RE ON THE CORNER PARK. VORTEX. VORTEX VORTEX IS A PIECE THAT MOVES BY THOMPSON STREET PARK. IT ACTUALLY HAS, UH, SOLAR LIGHTS THAT WILL UPLIGHT AND GIVE A DIFFERENT EFFECT AND A SLIGHTLY CHANGE. IT IS NOT, UH, POWERED BY ELECTRICITY. SO THE LIGHTING IS VERY SUBTLE. SO KING OF THE PRAIRIE IS A FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT INSPIRED PIECE AND IT, IT'S A VERY TALL PIECE. WAS THAT 11 FEET? 11 FEET. OKAY. RISING SPIRITS. WE BRIDGE PARK. WE HAVE BEEN TOLD THIS IS WHERE THE DEER LIKE TO GATHER. SO IN THE FRONT RED GREEN CONSTRUCTION, THIS ONE'S VERY UNIQUE. I LIKE THIS ONE IN THIS LOCATION BECAUSE IT'S USING ART AS WAYFINDING AND IT'S KIND OF HIGHLIGHTING, HEY THIS IS THE ENTRANCE TO THE GREENWAY AND THEN THIS WAS AN ALTERNATE PIECE. THIS WAS NOT ONE THEY'RE PROPOSING, BUT THAT WAS AN ALTERNATE. WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO SHOW YOU THE ALTERNATE LOCATION FOR CRACK? IN THE PAST IT WAS OKAY. NOW OUR HESITATION HERE WAS WE CAN'T REALLY LIGHT THE PIECE HERE. WE'RE GONNA WORK ON IT. WE'LL SEE IF WE CAN GET SOME SOLAR LIGHTING, SEE IF WE CAN WORK THROUGH THAT. BUT WE THOUGHT THEY COULD JUST WALK STRAIGHT THROUGH AND HAVE A PIECE ON EITHER SIDE IN THE ISLANDS. OKAY. UH, NO IT DOES. YEAH. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR KIM ON THIS PORTION? YES. SO THE LAST PIECE BEFORE THIS, THE ONE THAT LOOKS ALMOST LIKE A GNARLY TREE. THIS ONE? YEAH. IS THAT IN PLACE? IS THAT POTENTIALLY INSTEAD OF THE LAST ONE? ANY THE RED AND GREEN ONE? YEAH. ANY SCULPTURE. I REALLY LIKE THAT ONE. THAT WAS REALLY COOL. YEAH, 'CAUSE IT'S NATURE. IT JUST LOOKS VERY NATURAL. I I LIKE IT. YOU CAN ONLY AFFORD 10 . ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SO AT THE RISK OF INTERJECTING MYSELF HERE INTO THIS WORK [00:50:01] SESSION, SO WHAT I'VE HEARD AND WHAT MIGHT MAKE SOME SENSE IS TO TAKE THIS CRACK IN TIME AND PUT IT IN THE PARK AND WE'LL FIGURE OUT HOW TO LIGHT IT. WHAT WOULD BE THE OPPORTUNITY THEN TO TAKE, AND THIS IS PROBABLY A TERRIBLE IDEA, SO WHEN Y'ALL REACT POORLY , I APOLOGIZE. BUT WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF YOU TOOK THAT ONE THAT IS THE, UH, INTERNALLY LIT, UM, ONE THAT'S REPLACING THE ONE OVER IN FRONT OF THE HAMILTON, THAT ONE. OR IF YOU WERE TO PUT THAT NEXT TO THE PARKING DECK AND FIGURE OUT SOME WAY TO TAKE THIS ALTERNATE SCULPTURE AND PUT IT IN THE PARK UP THERE BY, UH, THE HAMILTON. UM, LEMME SEE IF I CAN GET THE MICROPHONE HERE. AND I KNOW THAT'S ONE EXTRA PIECE, BUT WE'LL FIGURE THAT OUT. ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE THINGS I'D WANNA CHECK IS THE HEIGHT OF THAT PIECE. UM, RED GREEN, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE, I THINK THE, UM, VERTEX VORTEX IS A 15 FEET. I THINK HE'S TALKING ABOUT URBAN, URBAN FLOW. THAT ONE YOU TALKING ABOUT, THAT ONE BY THE BARGAIN GARAGE. I COULD SEE THAT LOOKING REALLY COOL ON THAT PAD THAT ALREADY EXISTS. THAT PAD'S ABOUT THE RIGHT SIZE. AND WE CAN CERTAINLY LOOK AT THAT. YOUR LINE OF SIGHT WOULD BE A WHOLE LOT BETTER COMING OUT OF THAT PARKING DECK. POTENTIALLY. MAYBE NO BETTER THAN THE CRACK IN TIME I WOULD THINK. MAYBE. NO, I DON'T KNOW. WE HAVE ELECTRICITY THERE AND I THINK IT WOULD LOOK NICE THERE. THAT WAS ONE THING WE WANTED TO DO IS DELIGHT THE CRACK IN THE PAST THERE. AND SO WHEN YOU'RE ARRIVING DOWNTOWN AT NIGHT, SOMETHING WOULD, YOU'D HAVE THAT PRESENCE GOING INTO THE PARKING LOT? I THINK IT'D LOOK NICE. BET. YEAH. I BET WE CAN ILLUMINATE THAT CRACK IN THE PAST IN THE PARK. OKAY. I BET. SO THE LINE OF SIGHT COMING OUT OF THE PARKING DECK JUST IS NOT GREAT. I MEAN, WHETHER THERE'S A PAD THERE OR NOT, IT'S JUST NOT YOUR FAULT. THERE'S A PAD THERE, BUT LIKE, THERE'S JUST, IT'S NOT AN, IT'S NOT AN AWESOME PLACE TO OBSTRUCT ANYBODY'S VIEW. RIGHT. OKAY. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? WELL, THAT'S WHY IT'S A WORK SESSION. WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO HAVE FURTHER DISCUSSIONS AFTER TONIGHT WITH KIM ZANE, DO WE HAVE CONSENSUS AROUND THE FACT THAT THIS CRACK IN THE PAST, WE WANT THAT TO MOVE FROM THE DOWNTOWN INTO WILLS PARK? DO I SEE CONSENSUS ON THAT? I'VE SEEN THUMBS UP AND HEAD SHAKING. SO WE'LL MAKE THAT CHANGE. WE'VE GOTTA FIGURE THAT ONE OUT INTO THE PARK SOMEHOW. AND THEN FOR THE TIME BEING, MAYBE WE JUST LEAVE THIS PAD THAT'S OUT HERE IN FRONT OF THE PARKING DECK. WE'LL JUST LEAVE IT IN THE SAME CONDITION IT'S IN RIGHT NOW, WHICH IS JUST EMPTY SUBJECT TO SOMETHING MAYBE GOING THERE IN THE FUTURE. BUT THAT WOULD BE THE ONLY, YOU'D END UP WITH NOTHING RIGHT THERE, WHICH IS GONNA CONTINUE TO GO FORWARD WITH WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW. SO IT'S NOT LIKE ANYTHING'S GONNA CHANGE AND WE COULD JUST TAKE CRACK IN THE PAST AND TAKE IT FROM THAT LOCATION AND PUT IT IN THE PARK AND EVERYTHING ELSE WOULD BE AS PRESENTED. AND WE'LL COME BACK WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR THAT PAD MAYBE. OKAY. OR MAYBE JUST TAKE THE PAD OUT. SOUNDS GOOD. WE CAN DO EITHER NOT TO GO AGAINST MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBER, BUT I KIND OF LIKE THAT OTHER STATUTE MOVING TO THAT PAD. I'M NOT SURE THE SIGHT LINE IS AS BAD AS YOU THINK WHEN IT'S KIND OF OFF THE SIDEWALK. I GUESS I'D HAVE TO GO LOOK AT IT TONIGHT WHEN I LEAVE HERE. BUT, YOU KNOW, JUST OFF HAND, IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT'S BLOCKING THE MAIN SIDEWALK OR ANYTHING. AND THERE, IF YOU ALL WANT TO TRY IT, AND WE DON'T HAVE TO DECIDE THIS TODAY, BUT IF YOU DON'T WANNA TRY IT, IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE SOMETHING ON THAT COULD PUT THERE, MOVE IT. I MEAN THAT'S WHAT WE DID WITH THE BLUE, UH, WITH THE BLUE JACK. ONCE WE PUT THE BLUE JACK OUT IN FRONT OF THE, UH, GREEN BRANDED GROCERY STORE, THEY, UH, WHEN THEIR COMPETITORS WERE BLUE, THEY ASKED THAT WE MAYBE CONSIDER THAT DIFFERENTLY. AND UH, THAT'S WHEN THAT ONE MOVED TO, UH, WEST SIDE PARKWAY AT THE ALPHA LOOP. SO, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT UNCOMMON EITHER TO PUT IT SOMEPLACE AND THEN HAVE TO GET SOMEBODY OUT HERE TO PICK IT UP AND MOVE IT. THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT THAT HARD TO MOVE. AND I PUT DOWN BY GO AHEAD. YEAH, I KNOW IT'S A WORKSHOP, BUT I, I DO WANNA, UH, THANK THE CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION, ARTS RETTA AND THE A CBB WHO DID THE ART WALK PAMPHLET AND COLLABORATION. UM, EVERYONE INVOLVED HERE HAS DONE AN UNBELIEVABLE JOB WITH THE ARTWORK IN THE CITY AND THE GROWING ARTWORK. SO I, I REALLY APPRECIATE IT AS A, AS A RESIDENT AND WHEN I BRING VISITORS INTO TOWN, I, I SHOW THEM THESE THINGS. SO I THINK THIS IS SUCH A GREAT, UM, THING FOR THE CITY TO CONTINUE THE PROGRAM AND ENHANCE IT AND CONTINUE TO EXPAND AROUND THE CITY BECAUSE, UM, IT REALLY REPRESENTS THE, THE TYPE OF CITY THAT WE ARE. SO I APPRECIATE ALL YOUR EFFORTS. THANK YOU. I THINK YOU GOT ENOUGH TO WORK WITH ON THAT. WE DO. THANK YOU. OKAY, PART TWO, MOVE ON. ART ALPHARETTA [B. Discussion on Public Art — Lamp Post Gallery Discussion and direction regarding a Yearly Outdoor Art Gallery on Lamp Posts.] REQUEST APPROVAL TO CREATE FUND INSTALL AND MAINTAIN AN ANNUAL OUTDOOR ART GALLERY USING CITY OWNED LAMPPOST BANNERS. THE PROPOSAL INCLUDES INSTALLING, AND THIS WAS A MISTAKE IN THE STAFF REPORT. 21, NOT 42, 21 ORIGINAL ARTWORK BANNERS [00:55:01] AT TWO LOCATIONS ALONG KIMBALL BRIDGE ROAD SOUTHEAST, I'M SORRY, AT ONE LOCATION ALONG KIMBALL BRIDGE ROAD, SOUTHEAST CORNER OF NORTH POINT PARKWAY AND SOUTHEAST CORNER OF WATERS ROAD. THE PROJECT IS ENTIRELY TURNKEY THROUGH ARTS ALPHARETTA WITH CONSULTATION FROM CITY STAFF ARTS. ALPHARETTA ISSUED A PUBLIC CALL FOR ARTISTS AND SUBMITTED 45 ARTWORKS FOR PUBLIC ART REVIEW. A PUBLIC ART REVIEW COMMITTEE COMPRISED OF ONE ARTS ALPHARETTA REPRESENTATIVE AND THREE CITY ARTS AND CULTURE STAFF REVIEW SUBMISSIONS AND 20 AR 21 ARTWORKS WERE APPROVED. THIS INITIATIVE WAS DEVELOPED WITH GUIDANCE FROM MIDTOWN ALLIANCE, WHOSE OUTDOOR GALLERY PROGRAM INCLUDES MORE THAN 300 ARTWORKS ACROSS ATLANTA. THEIR MODEL INFORMED THE PLANNING FOR THIS ARTS ALPHARETTA INSTALLATION. AND IN ADDITION, THE, UH, CITY OF ALPHARETTA, THE ALPHARETTA CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU AND ARTS ALPHARETTA WILL SUPPORT IT THROUGH MARKETING AND FUNDING AND STAFF WILL PROVIDE OVERSIGHT AND CONSULTATION THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS. THE BANNERS ARE PROPOSED TO BE OUT FOR A BETA TEST FOR SIX MONTHS AND THEY'RE JUST TO ADD OUTDOOR WALKING ART GALLERY ON THAT SIDE OF TOWN. UH, IF I COULD REAL QUICK, KIM, CAN YOU JUST CONFIRM FOR ME, SO I'M LOOKING AT 23 IMAGES PLUS THE SPONSOR BAN SPONSOR BANNER ON THIS VISUAL, BUT WE MENTIONED 21. SO IS IT, WHAT IS THE RIGHT NUMBER? SHE HA THEY HAVE A COUPLE OF ALTERNATES IN HERE. OKAY. SO THERE'S A COUPLE OF BACKUP OPTIONS. SO THE ACTUAL DISPLAY WILL BE OF 21. YES. UNDERSTOOD. AND WE HAVE, WE HAVE A TITLE, WE HAVE TITLE BANNERS. SO THERE'S TWO TITLE BANNERS AND THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE CALLING THE SPONSOR BANNER THE FIRST ONE. AND THEN THERE'S 19 ACTUAL ARTWORK PIECES. THANK YOU COUNCILMAN REEVES. SO THEY'RE ON THE LIGHT POSTS AND SO LIKE HOW MANY, 'CAUSE THIS IS A LOT MORE THAN YOU'RE THINKING A CORNER, SO I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW THEY IT'S ABOUT EVERY THREE LAMPPOST. OKAY. AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE YOU REALLY, WHEN YOU'RE RIDING DOWN THE STREET, THEY'RE SPACED OUT. IT'S ALMOST LIKE YOU HAVE TO SEE IT AS YOU'RE GOING DOWN AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY THOUGHT ABOUT WITH THE PLACEMENT OF EACH BANNER WITH WHAT IT'S NEXT TO. OKAY. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN DORITO. I, I'M JUST WONDERING WHAT, WHAT'S THE THOUGHT OF IT ON KIMBALL AND WATERS ROAD? HOW DO RI HAVE TO GET IT ON THE EAST SIDE OF HEY, KNOW WHY THOSE, THERE WERE FAIRES. WELL, WE WROTE AROUND THE ALFREDA. YOU WOULD BE SURPRISED HOW FEW LAMPPOST BANNERS THAT WE ACTUALLY OWN OURSELVES. AND SO IF WE PLACED THEM ON A GEORGIA POWER POLE, WE WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THOSE ON A MONTHLY BASIS. NO, WE WOULD HAVE TO RENT. I'M ASKING LIKE WHY DID WE PICK THOSE ROADS TO PUT 'EM ON THAT? I THINK IT'S MENTIONS IN THE REPORT, KIMBLE BRIDGE ROAD AND WATERS ROAD. YES. THERE'S OH, SOUTHEAST CORNER OF NORTH POINT POLAND. SO IT'LL BE ON KIMBLE BRIDGE ROAD AND WATERS ROAD EAST BANNERS. RIGHT? CORRECT. NOT ON, I GUESS WHERE I'M HEADING WITH THE QUESTION IS IF I'M THINKING KIMBALL BRIDGE ROAD, IT'S, IT'S FAIRLY RESIDENTIAL MM-HMM . AND AS MUCH AS I LOVE ARTWORK, I DON'T KNOW IF I WANT ARTWORK AND BANNERS IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS. I WOULD RATHER SEE THEM THAT COULD EVEN BE MORE APPRECIATED ON MORE OF THE BIGGER THOROUGH AFFAIRS OF THE CITY. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? IT DOES. AND WE HAD SOME OF THE SAME DISCUSSIONS. THERE'S REALLY THREE LOCATIONS WHERE THERE'S CLUSTERS OF ALPHARETTA OWNED LAMP POST AND ONE IS IN THAT LOCATION, THE SECOND IS DOWNTOWN AND THE THIRD IS ON RUCKER ROAD. AND BECAUSE OF CITY POLES, RIGHT. IS THAT WHY? RIGHT. UM, AND THE INTENT WAS TO GET PEOPLE OUT AND WALKING AND CONNECTING TO THE PATHWAYS, THE PARKS, SO TO GET THEM OUT AND ABOUT AND WALKING. I MEAN, I LOVE THE, I LOVE THE IDEA. I JUST, I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED BECAUSE WHEN YOU GO DOWN KIMBALL BRIDGE AND THE AMOUNT OF MONEY INVESTED IN BEAUTIFYING KIM RIDGE ROAD AS IT IS TODAY, AS EVERYONE WILL SEE WITH THE LIGHTING AND THE LANDSCAPING, DO THESE BANNERS TAKE AWAY FROM THE AMOUNT OF EFFORT AND BEAUTIFICATION WE DID AWAY FROM THAT VERSUS FOCUSING ON BANNERS ON THE POLES THAT I JUST WONDER IF THAT'S NOT THE RIGHT LOCATION. THAT'S ALL WE PROPOSED. HAVING THEM OUT ORIGINALLY, OR ART SOFTWARE, I SHOULD SAY PROPOSED FOR A YEAR BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT MIDTOWN ALLIANCE, THAT'S THE WAY THEIR PROGRAM RUNS. WE REDUCED THAT TO SIX MONTHS. WE COULD DO A SMALLER TIMEFRAME AND WE COULD REVISIT THAT IF THAT WOULD HELP. LIKE IF, IF THEY STARTED THE PROJECT AND VISUALLY EVERYBODY COULD LOOK AT THAT. IF YOU WANTED THEM [01:00:01] UP FOR A SHORTER TIMEFRAME, WE COULD ACTUALLY WORK WITH THAT TOO. ANYWAY, JUST, JUST MY INPUT. I DON'T KNOW WHAT EVERYONE ELSE THINKS, BUT COUNCILMAN BRADY. YEAH, I THINK, UH, SOME GOOD QUESTIONS KIND OF BEHIND THAT AND, YOU KNOW, ART SO SUBJECTIVE SOMETIMES TO, TO WHAT IT IS, BUT SOMETIMES THE STORY BEHIND IT CAN KINDA CREATE MORE POWER. AND I GUESS WHAT, WHAT, WHAT I'D LIKE KINDA TO HEAR FROM YOU IS IF YOU ARE PASSING UP AND DOWN A CORRIDOR THAT HAS THIS ARTWORK AND SOMEONE SAYS, HEY, WHAT IS THAT? WHAT IS THE MEANING OF IT? WHAT WAS THE STORY OF IT? WHAT, WHY, WHAT'S THE WHY BEHIND THE CHOICE OF THESE PARTICULAR IMAGES ON IT? AND DOES IT CORRELATE KIND OF LIKE INTO, OH, WE HAVE ARTS FESTIVALS THAT ARE GOING ON, SO THIS IS OUR SEASONALITY, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THE TIE AND WHAT'S THE REASONING BEHIND THAT? I MEAN, YOU, YOU CAN HAVE AN ABSTRACT, BUT I'D LOVE TO HEAR JUST A LITTLE BIT OF THE REASONING WHY YOU SAID IT'S UP FOR SIX MONTHS. IS THAT WHAT IT IS? I'LL LOOK. OR IS IT A YEAR? RIGHT NOW WE'RE DOING SIX MONTHS. SIX MONTHS. IT WAS PROPOSED TO DO IT FOR A YEAR. YEAH. BUT WE'VE REDUCED THAT TO SIX MONTHS RIGHT NOW. THAT'S WHAT WE DO. SO IF SOMEONE LOOKS AT THESE IMAGES AND PASSES BY AND JUST SAYS, WELL, WHY'D YOU CHOOSE THAT? CAN, CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT OF THE STORY BEHIND THAT? SO WHEN WE PUT THE OPEN CALL OUT THERE, UH, ARTISTS COULD SUBMIT UP TO THREE PIECES AND MOST OF THE ARTISTS DID SUBMIT THREE PIECES. UH, WE DID NOT ASSIGN THIS VERY SPECIFIC THEME, UH, TO, TO SELECT THE PIECES. BUT, SO WE GOT AN IN A WIDE VARIETY OF PIECES. WHEN WE GOT DOWN TO JURYING THINGS DOWN, WE, THE CRITERIA BECAME MORE AND MORE STRICT AS WE WENT ALONG. PART OF WHAT, PART OF THE CRITERIA OF CHOOSING THESE BANNERS BASED ON WHAT WOULD REPRODUCE WELL IN THAT FORMAT, THESE BANNERS ARE TWO FEET BY FOUR FEET IN SIZE. NOT EVERY ARTWORK WILL FIT THAT. SO FOR SOME OF THESE ART, THESE BANNERS, YOU'RE LOOKING AT A SNAPSHOT OR A SLICE OF THE ACTUAL ARTWORK. SO WE HAD TO LOOK AT WHAT WOULD TRANSLATE WELL. AND THEN WE ENDED UP WITH FIVE CATEGORIES. WE HAD ANIMALS, WE HAD ABSTRACT, WE HAD PEOPLE, WE HAD LANDSCAPES AND WE HAD FLORALS. AND SO AS WE PAIRED THIS DOWN TO 19, WE HAD TO KIND OF CUT FROM ALMOST 85 BANNERS TO, TO 19. SO THAT'S HOW THEY GOT PAIRED DOWN. AND THEN JUST BASED ON THE QUALITY OF THE WORK THAT THE ARTISTS PRESENTED WAS ANOTHER DRIVING FORCE. SO THEY, THEY'RE, THEY'RE DIVERSE. UM, BUT THAT'S WHAT WE CHOSE 'EM. UM, IF I CAN EDITORIALIZE JUST A LITTLE BIT, I LIVE OFF OF KIMBALL RIDGE ROAD. I LIVE A, A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT'S THERE. SO NONE OF THESE ARE IN FRONT OF ACTUAL HOMES. THERE'S A LOT OF SPACE BETWEEN, WHILE YOU THINK OF KIMBLE BRIDGE ROAD AS A CONNECTED LINE OF BANNERS OR A LINE OF LAMPPOSTS, THERE ARE GAPS, SPACES IN BETWEEN. THERE'S A BRIDGE HERE AND THERE. THERE'S PLACES WHERE THERE'S, THERE ARE NO LAMPPOSTS AND THEN THEY STOP, PICK UP AGAIN. SO IT, THEY ARE PRETTY SPREAD OUT. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE GRAPHIC THAT SHOWS THEM ACTUALLY PLACED IN THE SETTING, THEY, THEY LOOK KIND OF SMALL IN THE, IN THE LANDSCAPE, BUT BECAUSE OF THE WALKABILITY OF THAT PATH, WE APPRECIATE THAT NICE WIDE SIDEWALK AND THE RENOVATIONS THAT ARE THERE. BUT THERE'S, THERE ARE BIKES AND PEOPLE ON THAT PATHWAY ALL THE TIME AND WE'RE JUST LOOKING AT AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRING ART, TO MAKE THAT CONNECTIVITY EVEN MORE ARTFUL AND POWERFUL. SO I LOVE THOSE COMMENTS AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, FROM, FROM A WORKSHOP PERSPECTIVE, I SEE THIS MORE OF A SEASONALITY. I LOVE SEEING KIND OF THIS ART DURING THE SUMMER KIND OF WORKS WELL, LIKE I SAID, YOU CAN HAVE A LOT MORE PEOPLE OUT IT, AS LONG AS IT DOESN'T CONFLICT A LITTLE BIT WITH THE PROGRAMMING WE MIGHT HAVE ON THESE BANNERS OF, YOU KNOW, HOLIDAYS KIND OF COMING TO END OF THE YEAR WINTER. YOU MIGHT, WE MIGHT WANNA SEE SOMETHING DIFFERENT OUT THERE OR PROMOTING SOME KIND OF EVENTS THAT MIGHT BE HAPPENING OR WHETHER IT'S THE HOLIDAYS, THOSE KIND OF THINGS TO JUST MAKE SURE WE'RE CORRELATING THIS TO THE RIGHT TIME OF YEAR TO MATCH UP WITH FAMILIES AND, AND THINGS THAT WE WANNA ALSO KIND OF PROMOTE. SO THANK YOU, FIRST OF ALL, EXCELLENT JOB ON CHOOSING THEM. 'CAUSE I LOVE ALL OF THEM. THEY'RE JUST AMAZING. I THINK THEY'RE ALL, THEY'RE ALL REALLY INTERESTING AND, AND A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, BUT THEY KIND OF LOOK LIKE THEY GO TOGETHER. SO GOOD JOB ON THAT. AND THE ONLY THING I WAS THINKING, AND THIS MAY BE COMPLETELY OFF THE TARGET AND NOT WHAT YOU WERE JUST OUTLINED YOU WERE TRYING TO DO, BUT LIKE, IT'S THE ENTRANCE OF PARKS. LIKE WE MAY OWN MORE OF THOSE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH GREEN IN OUR PARKS AND THIS WOULD BE LIKE A HUGE POP OF COLOR, YOU KNOW, WHETHER NO MATTER WHICH PARK YOU'RE COMING INTO, WHETHER IT'S NORTH PARK OR IT'S, YOU KNOW, WE PARK. IT'S, IT'S JUST, I THINK THEY WOULD BE NOTICED A LOT. SO JUST A THOUGHT. UM, BEING THE ONLY ONE UP HERE THAT LIVES OFF OF CAMPBELL BRIDGE UP HERE, UM, AND I'VE NEVER BEEN ACCUSED OF BEING A, HAVING A GOOD EYE FOR ART. I, UH, IT'S TOUGH FOR ME TO PICK IT OUT, BUT WHEN IT'S PRESENTED TO ME, I CAN KIND OF TELL YOU, HEY, THAT KIND OF, I, I GET A LITTLE BIT OF THIS, A LITTLE BIT OF THAT. I THINK THIS WOULD BE AMAZING. UH, I THINK THAT THAT CORRIDOR, AS PRETTY AS IT IS THE [01:05:01] WAY IT'S BEEN DONE, UM, IT'S VERY BLACK AND WHITE. YOU GOT WHITE CONCRETE AND BLACK POSTS AND THERE'S SOME STONE WORK AND THERE'S SOME BRICK WORK. AND YES, WE HAVE THE GREEN TREES, BUT MY WIFE AND I LITERALLY JUST PUT UP ARTWORK OVER THE WEEKEND IN FINISHING THE REMODEL OF OUR HOUSE. AND AS MUCH AS THE MEASURING AND LEVEL AND ALL THE OTHER STUFF THAT GOES WITH IT, ONCE WE GOT FINISHED AND WALKED AROUND THE HOUSE LAST NIGHT AGAIN THIS MORNING, I'M LIKE, I HAD NO IDEA WHAT WAS MISSING UNTIL IT WAS THERE. SO, UM, I LOVE THIS IDEA. I'M GONNA TAKE CREDIT FOR IT AT HOME IF WE DO DO THIS. UM, I DON'T THINK SIX MONTHS IS MUCH TO ASK. I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE ANYTHING PROGRAMMED FOR THE HOLIDAYS ON THAT CORRIDOR. I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING FROM A CITY STANDPOINT. TRADITIONALLY. WE, WE DON'T. UM, SO, UM, I'M ONE PERSON, BUT I WOULD VERY MUCH BE IN FAVOR OF SEEING THIS TO COME TO FRUITION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. MAY I, MAY I ADD ANOTHER LINE HERE? ABSOLUTELY. UM, AS OUR SOFTWARE AND OUR TEAM THAT WORKED ON THIS, WORKED VERY HARD TO NOT MAKE IT ABOUT ADVERTISING, UM, ABOUT ANY, ANY ONE THING OR ANY EVENT BECAUSE WE HAVE BANNERS IN THE CITY OF ALPHARETTA THAT DO THAT. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ANNOUNCEMENTS ABOUT SPECIAL EVENTS THAT HAPPEN HERE IN THIS, IN THIS IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA. SO WE DID WANNA MAKE THESE SEEM AND FEEL DIFFERENT FROM THOSE BANNERS THAT ALREADY EXIST. THEY, THOSE HAVE A PURPOSE IN OUR TOWN. WE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT IN OTHER, IN OTHER ACTIVITIES AND PROJECTS THAT WE SUPPORT. BUT FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT, IT WAS JUST ABOUT THE ART ITSELF. UM, WE DID WANNA GIVE A NOD TO OUR SPONSORS, THOSE WHO WERE HELPING WITH FUNDING. AGAIN, TO REITERATE WHAT KIM SAID, IT IS, THIS DOESN'T COST THE CITY ANYTHING EXCEPT APPROVAL AND PERMISSION TO USE THOSE LAMPPOSTS. WE'RE PAYING FOR THE RACKS, WE'RE PAYING FOR THE INSTALLATION. WE'RE NOT USING ANY CITY STAFF TO DO ANY OF THAT STUFF. AND WE'RE DOING IT ALL IN COORDINATION WITH, UH, PUBLIC WORKS TO MAKE SURE WE'RE COMPLIANT WITH EVERYTHING THAT GOES ON THERE. SO, UM, THAT'S IT, REMY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THE RECORD. I LIVE OFF CAMPUS BRIDGE AS WELL. SO YOU'RE AT THE OTHER END. I COULD WALK RIGHT TO THE CORNER. YOU'RE AT THE OTHER END. IT'S STILL PART OF KIMBALL BRIDGE. I WANTED TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO ARTS ALPHARETTA. THEY CURATE ALL OF OUR ART ANDRETTA, AND I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO YOU AND YOUR ORGANIZATION. IT'S JUST VERY, VERY HELPFUL TO GET THE QUALITY OUT THERE THAT WE WANT. ALFRED THEM. THANK YOU. GREAT. DITTO. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT, NANCY. ALL RIGHT. THAT ENDS THIS PORTION OF THE MEETING. WE HAVE NO OTHER NEEDS TONIGHT, SO YOU CAN BE, UH, FINE WITH REPORTS, YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT, AND THEN MOVING FORWARD TO ADJOURN. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? PUBLIC SEEING NONE AT THIS TIME. WE'LL MOVE RIGHT [10. REPORTS] ALONG TO REPORTS. ANYBODY HAVE ANY REPORTS FROM THE DAYS? COUNCILMAN DRISCOLL? I JUST WANT TO GIVE A, A SHOUT OUT TO STAFF AND JUST EVERYONE INSIDE THE CITY. TWO INCREDIBLE EVENTS HERE IN ALPHARETTA ON THE DRONE SHOW FROM FRIDAY NIGHT TO SATURDAY NIGHT WITH THE FIREWORKS. AND WHEN YOU PUT THAT MANY PEOPLE THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY ALL SHOWED UP FROM SOMEWHERE AND THEY WANTED TO BE HERE IN ALPHARETTA. UM, AND IT WORKED OUT GREAT. SO I JUST, IT COULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED AS SMOOTH AS IT DID WITHOUT ALL THE STAFF AND POLICE AND FIRE AND WHOEVER MAKES EVERYBODY WERE THERE AND PUT IN. SO JUST PLEASE LET THEM KNOW. THAT WAS, IT WAS A GREAT, GREAT EVENT. GREAT WEEKEND. GREAT. ANYBODY ELSE? UP AND DOWN THE LINE? SEEING NONE. I'LL CALL FOR A MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT. SO MOVED. SECOND. HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN REE. A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN BRADY. ANY DISCUSSION? NO DISCUSSION. LET'S VOTE AND THANK LOOKS LIKE. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.