* 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. [00:00:01] GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. [1. CALL TO ORDER] THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US THIS EVENING. THIS IS THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING IN PUBLIC HEARING FOR SEPTEMBER 14TH, 2026. GO AHEAD AND CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. NOTE FOR THE RECORD, ALL MEMBERS OF COUNCILOR PRESIDENT ACCOUNTED FOR. AND AS ALWAYS, WE BEGIN OUR MEETINGS WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. SO IF YOU'RE WILLING AND ABLE, PLEASE STAND AND JOIN US. I PLEDGE, PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THE FIRST ITEM [4. CONSENT AGENDA] ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA IS THE CONSENT AGENDA. ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, WE HAVE THREE ITEMS. FIRST IS THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES FROM THE MEETING OF AUGUST 24TH, 2026, THE PUBLIC ART APPLICATION, WEB BRIDGE PARK, TUNNEL MURAL, AND THE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT REPORT FOR THE MONTH ENDING JULY 31ST, 2026. MS. SHAPIRO, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT CARDS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? WE DO NOT HAVE ANY FOR THIS ITEM, MR. MAYOR. HOWEVER, IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THE CONSENT AGENDA AND NOW'S YOUR CHANCE TO DO SO. I DON'T SEE ANYONE COMING FORWARD. SO WE'LL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT. DO I HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNSEL? SO, MOVE. SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN BRADY. ANY DISCUSSION? COUNCILWOMAN REESE? UM, THIS IS ANOTHER REALLY GREAT ART PROJECT ON THE, UH, PUBLIC ART PROJECT AND THE TUNNEL. THE MURAL AT WEB BRIDGE PARK IS SO CREATIVE AND 60 MINUTES, SO FESTIVE AND REALLY LOVELY LOOKING AND I'M REALLY EXCITED FOR IT TO GO UP. AND THANKS TO EVERYBODY WHO MADE THAT POSSIBLE BECAUSE, UM, IT'S JUST ANOTHER, IT'S ANOTHER NICE TOUCH THAT SEPARATES ALPHARETTA FROM EVERYBODY ELSE IF THERE'S NO OTHER DISCUSSION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE VOTE YES, AND IT DOES PASS UNANIMOUSLY. SO WE'LL MOVE ON [A. Announcement of Public Hearing Procedures] TO THE PUBLIC HEARING PORTION OF TONIGHT'S MEETING. MS. SWIN, IF YOU DON'T MIND, COULD YOU PLEASE ANNOUNCE THE PUBLIC HEARING PROCEDURES? 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 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 THE PROPONENTS A TOTAL OF 10 MINUTES TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF AN APPLICATION. OPPONENTS WILL BE ALLOWED 10 MINUTES TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION. COMMENTS ARE ACCEPTED FIRST FROM THE APPLICANT, FOLLOWED BY PERSON SPEAKING IN FAVOR, AND THEN FROM THOSE IN OPPOSITION, UPON CONCLUSION OF ANY OPPOSING COMMENTS OR PRESENTATIONS, THE MAYOR WILL ALLOW THE APPLICANT TO OFFER REBUTTAL IF ANY TIME IS REMAINING IN THE ORIGINAL ALLOTTED. 10 MINUTES. THANK YOU, MA'AM. SO THE FIRST ITEM [B. PH-26-16 116/126 North Main Street – Change of Condition Consideration of a change of conditions to allow a portion of the rooftop to be enclosed on the building closest to North Main Street. The enclosed space and outdoor rooftop would be used for a restaurant. The enclosed space represents a 4th floor on the building. The property is located at 116 & 126 North Main Street and is legally described as being located in Land Lot 1252, 2nd District, 2nd Section, Fulton County, Georgia.] UNDER PUBLIC HEARING THIS EVENING IS PH DASH 26 DASH 16, 1 1 6 SLASH 1 26 NORTH MAIN STREET, CHANGE OF CONDITION, DIRECTOR COOK, I BELIEVE YOU HAVE THIS ITEM. MM-HMM . MAYOR COUNCIL. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL, THE PUBLIC HEARING ITEM BEFORE YOU, I'M SHOWING YOU THE MAP ON THE SCREEN, WHICH HAS A HATCHED AREA SHOWN THE LOCATION AND THE APPLICANT, JOSHUA ST. STALLWORTH IS REQUESTING CHANGES, UH, OF, TO CONDITIONS OF ZONING TO ALLOW FOR A ROOFTOP SPACE TO BE ENCLOSED, RESULTING IN FOUR STORY BUILDING. CHANGES TO CONDITIONS OF ZONING ARE REQUESTED TO ALLOW FOR A ROOFTOP RESTAURANT IN THE BUILDING CLOSEST TO THE NORTH MAIN STREET TO NORTH MAIN STREET. PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT ONE 16 AND 1 26 NORTH MAIN STREET ON THE WEST SIDE OF NORTH MAIN, ACROSS FROM C*****G STREET. AND I'LL PUT THE, THE SITE PLAN UP THERE. AND ALTHOUGH I'M SAYING THAT IT'S CHANGING, UM, TO FOUR STORIES, 60 FEET, THE HEIGHT IS NOT REALLY CHANGING BECAUSE THEY WERE ALREADY APPROVED FOR AN AMENITY SPACE, BUT SINCE THE PREVIOUS AMENITY SPACE THAT WAS APPROVED WAS [00:05:01] OPEN, WE DON'T COUNT THAT AS A STORY. BUT NOW SINCE THEY'RE IN CLOSING THAT SPACE, WE DO COUNT, COUNT THAT AS A STORY. SO, ALTHOUGH NOT TECHNICALLY, UM, A HEIGHT CHANGE, IT'S JUST THE WAY THAT WE REGULATE WITHIN OUR CODE AND WE CONSIDER THAT NOW A STORY. SO THE, THE, THE BUILDING THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS CLOSEST TO MAIN STREET. THIS IS THE BUILDING HERE. OF COURSE, THEY HAVE THE HISTORIC BUILDING, UH, THAT'S LOCATED JUST TO THE SOUTH OF IT. AND THEN WE HAVE WEST OF MAINE, THE RESIDENTIAL THAT'S AT THE BACK. THERE ARE NO CHANGES PROPOSED TO THIS BUILDING THAT IS CLOSEST TO WEST OF MAINE. WE'RE LOOKING AT, AT THIS BUILDING HERE, THE 1.43 ACRE PROPERTIES CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION. IT'S ALMOST COMPLETE WITH CONSTRUCTION. THEY ARE STILL WAITING FOR THE ENTRANCE ON, ON MAIN STREET, BUT THAT HAS BEEN, UM, MAKING SOME PROGRESS. AND JUST A REMINDER, THIS WAS REZONED IN 2022. IT WAS APPROVED FOR DTMU, WHICH ALLOWED THE 32,000 SQUARE FOOT OF OFFICE, 4,000 SQUARE FEET OF RETAIL AND 8,000 SQUARE FEET OF RESTAURANT. AND FOUR, UH, FOR SALE CONDOMINIUM UNITS THAT ARE LOCATED IN THE BACK OF THE BUILDING HERE OVER OFFICE. ACCORDING TO THE APPLICATION, THE WHISKEY PROJECT WOULD BE LOCATED ON THE, THE TOP FLOOR. AND THIS IS VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HAVE WITH, UM, UP ON THE ROOF WHERE YOU HAVE A PORTION OF IT THAT IS ENCLOSED AND A PORTION OF IT THAT IS UN THAT IS NOT ENCLOSED. AND LEMME SHOW YOU BRIEFLY WHAT IT WAS APPROVED ON THAT BUILDING TOP. AGAIN, THIS BUILDING HERE, UH, PREVIOUSLY IT WAS APPROVED FOR AN AMENITY SPACE AT THE TOP. SO THE CHANGE WOULD ALLOW A LARGER AREA THAT WOULD BE ENCLOSED AND THEY WOULD STILL HAVE OUTDOOR SEATING. BUT PREVIOUSLY THIS AMENITY AREA WAS GONNA BE JUST EXCLUSIVE TO THE OFFICE BELOW. SO IT WAS CONDITIONED THAT IT WAS ONLY FOR THE OFFICE AND THE USERS OF THE BUILDING. SO THE CHANGE THAT THEY'RE REQUESTING, THIS IS WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE ON THE TOP, STILL HAVE THE, THE, THE, UH, THE ROOFTOP AREA, WHICH WAS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED FOR AMENITY WOULD BE EXPANDED. SO YOU WOULD HAVE AN AREA THAT WAS ENCLOSED, AND THEN YOU ALSO WOULD HAVE AN AREA ALONG MAIN STREET THAT WOULD BE OPEN. AND LIKE I STATED A FEW MINUTES AGO, IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO THE, THE UP ON THE ROOF CONCEPT. HERE'S ANOTHER VIEW OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE LOOKING DOWN. SO OF COURSE IT DOESN'T COVER THE WHOLE BUILDING. YOU CAN SEE THE STRUCTURE HERE WITH THE OUTDOOR SEATING. HERE'S A FLOOR PLAN, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, AND THEN WHAT YOU'LL SEE FROM MAIN STREET. SO AGAIN, PREVIOUSLY THIS AREA, THEY WERE GONNA HAVE THE AREA ON TOP OF THE ROOF, BUT IT WAS GONNA BE JUST FOR THE AS AMENITY AREA FOR THE OFFICE USERS. THE RESTAURANT DOES CHANGE THE, ADDING THE RESTAURANT TO THE TOP DOES CHANGE THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS. WE DID LOOK AT THE REQUIRED PARKING. THERE'S 139 PARKING SPACES ON SITE, AND THEY HAVE 114. SO THEY DO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS AND SOMETIMES WE DON'T IN COUNT, UM, THE OUTSIDE SEATING, BUT WE DID, IN THIS CASE, THERE'S ABOUT 800 SQUARE FEET OF THE, THE ENCLOSED RESTAURANT THAT WILL BE OPEN. BUT WE COUNTED THAT WHOLE SPACE THAT THEY'RE ADDING IN TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY MEET THE, THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS. UH, THE COVERED AREA IS 3,860 SQUARE FEET. UM, OF THAT 2,407 WILL BE ENCLOSED AND A LITTLE OVER 1400 WOULD BE COVERED, BUT NOT ENCLOSED. AND THEN YOU HAVE THE OUTDOOR 800 SQUARE FOOT SEATING HERE. BUT AGAIN, THEY DO MEET THE REQUIRED, UH, PARKING. THE WHISKEY PROJECT IS A FULL SERVICE RESTAURANT WHISKEY BAR. THEY WERE FORM FORMERLY, UH, OPERATED ON OAK STREET IN DOWNTOWN ROSWELL. AND THE RESTAURANT SERVES CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN CUISINE WITH A LARGE SELECTION OF WHISKEY, BOURBON, WINE, BEER, AND CRAFT COCKTAILS. AND WE ARE RECOMMENDING TWO CHANGES, TWO DIFFERENT CONDITIONS, UH, CONDITION. TWO OF THE ORIGINAL CONDITIONS WOULD HAVE TO CHANGE TO ALLOW FOUR STORIES, 60 FEET AND THEN CONDITION. 13 AMENITY SPACE SHALL BE DEVELOPED ON BUILDING ROOFTOPS, AND THE REAR BUILDING ROOFTOP AMENITY SPACE WOULD BE LIMITED TO OCCUPANTS, INVITEES AND GUESTS. THAT'S TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS BUILDING TO THE REAR THAT'S CLOSE TO [00:10:01] WEST OF MAINE STILL REMAINS THAT IT'S ONLY FOR AN AMENITY AREA AND NOT FOR A RESTAURANT. THE APPLICANT DID HAVE THE CITIZEN PARTICIPATION, UH, PLAN. THEY DID THE OUTREACH, UH, TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITH HIM 500 FEET. THE REPORT STATES THAT PUBLIC COMMENTS WERE RECEIVED AT THE, IN, AT THE CZIM. THAT WAS GENERALLY POSITIVE. UH, THERE WAS SOME CONCERN OVER THE BUILDING HEIGHT, THE SAFETY NOISE AND HOURS OF OPERATION. AND THE, AT THE CZIM, WE HAD ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE PEOPLE. UH, WE HAD VERY POSITIVE COMMENTS. I THINK SOME OF THE CONCERN WAS, OF COURSE, WAS THERE GONNA BE OUTSOURCE OUTSIDE SPEAKERS IF IT WAS APPROVED, WOULD YOU BE ALLOWING MUSIC? SO YOU'LL SEE WITH OUR RECOMMENDATION, THE RECOMMENDED CONDITIONS ARE TO NOT ALLOW, UM, OUTDOOR MUSIC OR SPEAKERS. THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE, UH, PH 26 16. AND I'LL JUST GO OVER THE NEW CONDITIONS. WE INCLUDED ALL EXISTING CONDITIONS, BUT WE DID ADD FOUR. UH, 23 ROOFTOP SPACE SHALL BE DEVELOPED SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR TO THE SUBMITTED FLOOR PLANS AND LIMITED TO THE BUILDING. CLOSEST TO NORTH MAIN STREET 24 ROOFTOP SPACE SHALL BE LIMITED TO A RESTAURANT OR AMENITY SPACE FOR THE USERS OF THE SUBJECT BUILDING. THAT'S THE BUILDING HERE IN AN EFFORT TO LIMIT OFFSITE IMPACTS FROM NOISE, THERE SHALL BE NO OUTDOOR SPEAKERS OR LIVE MUSIC IN THE UNCOVERED COVERED OR UN ENCLOSED ROOFTOP SPACE. SO WE COVERED ALL OF THE SPACES WOULD NOT BE, UH, PERMITTED TO HAVE OUTDOOR SPEAKERS OR LIVE MUSIC. AND THEN 26 ROOFTOP RESTAURANT HOURS OF OPERATION SHALL NOT EXCEED 11:00 PM AND THAT IS STAFF RECOMMENDATION. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL BE GLAD TO TRY TO ANSWER THOSE FOR YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR DIRECT CODE? COUNCILMAN DORITO? THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, REALLY JUST ANSWER MY QUESTION IN THE HOURS AND THE CONDITIONS, BUT, UM, THE, I'M SURE THIS IS, I CAN'T RECALL, DOES THIS HAVE AN ELEVATOR IN THIS BUILDING? IT DOES HAVE AN ELEVATOR IN THE BUILDING PUBLIC SAFETY STANDPOINT. THAT'S ALL I'M ASKING. UM, AND I THINK THAT'S ALL I NEEDED TO ASK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNSEL? THANK YOU, DIRECTOR. THANK YOU. WOULD THE APPLICANT LIKE TO COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME? HI, MR. MAYOR. UH, JOSHUA STALWORTH. I LIVE AT 1 5 7 3 0 CANTERBURY, CHASE AND ALPHARETTA NORTH END OF THE COUNTY. UM, EXCITED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF BRINGING THE RESTAURANT FROM ROSWELL TO ALPHARETTA. UH, IT'S A GREAT CONCEPT. IT'S VERY POPULAR. WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF GREAT FEEDBACK. UM, IF ANYONE'S GOT ANY QUESTIONS, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? COUNCILWOMAN REEVES, FROM WHAT I SAW, YOU SAW MOSTLY, UM, POSITIVE RESPONSES FROM THE NEIGHBORS, CORRECT? YES, MA'AM. THAT WAS GOOD. THAT'S, I'M GLAD I LIKED THE CZIM PROCESS SO THEY CAN GET OUT AND TALK TO PEOPLE. SO I THINK THAT'S A GOOD PROCESS. SO CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNSEL? THANKS SIR. YES, SIR. MS. SHAPIRO, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS IN FAVOR? WE DO NOT HAVE ANY CARDS SUBMITTED IN FAVOR. WE DO HAVE ONE SUBMITTED IN OPPOSITION. IS THERE ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK IN FAVOR AT THIS TIME? SEEING, SEEING NONE? DO WE HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT CARD? YES, SIR. RJ O'DONNELL. UM, DOCTOR, IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME FORWARD, MR. MAYOR, MEMBER OF OF COUNCIL, MY NAME IS ROBERT O'DONNELL. UM, I OWN 1 34 NORTH MAIN STREET. I'M A DENTIST. I HAVE A DENTIST OFFICE IN, UH, THE OLDER ONE STORY BUILDING. I'M NOT OPPOSED TO THE CONCEPT AT ALL. UM, IT'S REALLY KIND OF INTERESTING, I SUPPOSE I MAY HAVE, UM, OBJECTED A LITTLE BIT BEFORE. THE SIDE SETBACK ON THIS BUILDING IS ONLY 10 FEET. AND FROM WHAT I RECALL NOW, [00:15:01] I, I HAVEN'T, I HAVEN'T MEASURED IT, BUT I REMEMBER FROM THE PLANS BEFORE WHEN WE WERE HERE THAT THREE STORIES WAS 56 FEET. UH, IT MAY BE LESS THAN THAT, IT MAY BE MORE THAN THAT, BUT, UM, FROM, FROM, UH, COMMITTEES, I GUESS IT'S 60, BUT I THINK IT'S GOTTA BE MORE THAN FOUR, FOUR FEET. WHAT I'M OPPOSED TO IS THAT IF THIS BUTTS UP AGAINST MY SIDE OF THE BUILDING RIGHT NOW, WHEN, WHEN THE SUN SHINES IN THE WINTERTIME, I DON'T GET ANY, THE SHADE FROM THE BUILDING COVERS EVERYTHING ON MY SIDE. AND IF WE RAISE IT TO 65 OR WHATEVER IT WILL END UP BEING, THEN IT'S, IT'S A SHAME THAT WE'RE TAKING A, AN OLDER HOME THAT WE THINK WE'VE TAKEN CARE OF FOR THE LAST 25 YEARS AND PUTTING IT IN THE SHADE. UM, AS I SAID, I'M NOT, I'M NOT OPPOSED TO THE CONCEPT. I'M NOT OPPOSED TO THE RESTAURANT. I JUST THINK THE SIZE AND IF IT COULD BE MOVED OVER CLOSER TO THE PARKING LOT OR FURTHER SOUTH, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. AND THAT'S ALL MY COMMENT ON THAT. BUT THE QUESTION THAT I HAVE TOO IS THAT REALLY WHAT'S, WHAT'S CHANGED IN TWO YEARS SINCE UM, THE DEVELOPER CAME TO TO YOU ALL? I THINK THAT HE WOULD WOULD'VE LOVED TO HAVE HAD FOUR FULL FLOORS THERE. AND, UH, AN AMENITIES PACKAGE FOR THE, FOR THE RENTERS OF THE BUILDING IS GREAT. BUT NOW WE'RE, WE'RE GOING TO A FULL FOUR FLOORS THERE AND I THINK IT DEVALUES MY PROPERTY. UM, I THINK THAT YOU ALL MIGHT CONSIDER MY PROPERTY A HISTORIC PROPERTY. I DON'T. UM, AND WHEN I'M DONE WITH IT, I'LL PROBABLY BE COMING FORWARD TO SEE THAT SINCE SO MUCH HAS CHANGED ON NORTH MAIN STREET, THAT THAT CAN BE CHANGED AND WHATEVER DEVELOPER WANTS TO CAN TEAR DOWN MY HOUSE. THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. THANK YOU. THANKS SIR. WOULD THE APPLICANT LIKE TO RESPOND? UH, THANK YOU. I BELIEVE, AND KATHY SHOWED THE PICTURES THE WAY THE STRUCTURE, THE FIXED STRUCTURE IS SET ON THE ROOF. IT'S SET BACK FROM THE NORTH AND SOUTH SIDE. I COULDN'T TELL YOU EXACTLY HOW MANY MORE FEET TALLER IT'S GOING TO BE. THERE'S ACTUALLY ALREADY A ELEVATOR VESTIBULE THAT'S THE SAME HEIGHT. I DON'T KNOW THAT IT WOULD IMPACT THE SHADOW THAT'S CAST BASED ON THE WAY IT'S SET BACK FROM THE EDGES OF THE BUILDING TODAY. I WOULD SUSPECT THAT IT WOULDN'T. ALRIGHT. YEAH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNSEL? I COUNCILMAN REEVES. SO JUST TO CLARIFY, DIRECTOR KOCH, IT IS ALREADY ZONED FOR THE FULL THREE STORIES PLUS THE AMENITIES ON THE ROOF, CORRECT? CORRECT. AND THAT ZONING IS ALREADY THERE WITH A ROOF USE? THAT'S CORRECT. AND THAT ROOF USE WAS CONTEMPLATED TO BE COVERED? CORRECT. OKAY. SO WE'RE, IT WAS COVERED BUT NOT ENCLOSED, BUT NOT ENCLO AND IT STILL HAD THIS, IT STILL HAD THE SAME HEIGHT. OKAY. SO WITH THIS APPROVAL IT WOULD COME FORWARD SOME, BUT IT STILL WITHIN THAT MIDDLE OF THE BUILDING. OKAY. ALRIGHT, THAT'S, I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY. DO WE NOT HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE, I'LL CALL FOR A MOTION. THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. I'D OFFER A MOTION THIS EVENING FOR APPROVAL, A PH DASH 26 6 1 16 SLASH 1 26 NORTH MAIN STREET FOR THE CHANGE IN CONDITIONS AS PRESENTED THIS EVENING. SECOND, HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN. HES, ANY DISCUSSION? DON'T SEE ANY, SO, UH, CALL FOR A VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE VOTE YES. OTHERWISE, VOTE ACCORDINGLY. AND IT DOES PASS UNANIMOUSLY. SO IF YOU'RE WORKING FROM THE PRINTED AGENDA THAT WAS HANDED OUT THIS EVENING, I NEGLECTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THERE HAS BEEN A DEFERRAL OF ITEM MP DASH 26 DASH 13. THAT WAS THE ITEM C ON THE PRINTED AGENDA, AND THAT WAS THE ROYAL 400 DATA CENTER APPLICATION THAT WAS DEFERRED. THIS ITEM HAS BEEN DEFERRED BY STAFF AND IT WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED THIS EVENING. SO IF YOU WERE HERE FOR THAT ITEM, YOU MAY HAVE SAVED YOURSELF A BIT OF TIME. [00:20:02] THAT'S THE END OF OUR, LET'S SEE, PUBLIC HEARING PORTION OF TONIGHT'S MEETING. WE HAVE NEW [A. Agreement: Right to Enter at 1325 Mid Broadwell Road Consideration and approval of a Right to Enter Agreement between Judith M. McDaniel, Sole Trustee of the Burton and Judy McDaniel Revocable Trust and the City of Alpharetta and with the authorization for Mayor to execute all necessary documents.] BUSINESS. THE FIRST ITEM UNDER NEW BUSINESS IS THE AGREEMENT, THE RIGHT TO ENTER AT 1 3, 2 5, MID BROADWELL ROAD. MS. SWIN, I BELIEVE YOU HAVE THIS ITEM. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. UH, THIS IS A RIGHT TO ENTER AGREEMENT FOR 1325 MID BROADWELL ROAD, UM, WITH JUDITH M. MCDANIEL, WHO'S THE SO SOLE TRUSTEE OF THE BURTON AND JUDY MCDANIEL REVOCABLE TRUST. UM, AND THIS GIVES THE CITY OF ALPHARETTA THE RIGHT TO ENTER THE PROPERTY AND TO TAKE CERTAIN MEDIA REMEDIATION, UH, MEASURES RELATED TO SOME FALLEN TREES AND TREE STUMPS FOLLOWING, FOLLOWING RECENT STORM EVENTS ON THE PROPERTY. AND WOULD JUST REQUEST THAT THIS BE APPROVED TONIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MS. ASWIN. IS THAT ALL YOU HAD TO SAY ON THE ITEM? THAT IS ALL I HAVE TO SAY. MS. SHAPIRO, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? WE DO NOT. MR. MAYOR, HOWEVER, IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK ON THIS ITEM NOW, NOW'S YOUR CHANCE TO DO SO. I DO NOT SEE ANYONE COMING FORWARD. SO, WE'LL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT. DO I HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNSEL COUNCILWOMAN REEVES? I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE A RIGHT TO ENTER AGREEMENT BETWEEN JUDITH M. MCDANIEL, SOLE TRUSTEE OF THE BURTON AND JUDY MCDANIEL REVOCABLE TRUST AND THE CITY OF ALPHARETTA, AND AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS. ONE SECOND. WAS THAT COUNCILMAN BRADY? DOWN THE END? JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I HEARD THE RIGHT VOICE. THANKS SIR. IN DISCUSSION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION TO APPROVE, PLEASE VOTE YES AND IT DOES PASS UNANIMOUSLY. SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT [B. Landscape Maintenance Contract Extensions — Citywide by Russell Landscape and SR 400 by Georgia Green Consideration of approval of the extensions for Russell Landscape's Contract No. 22‑104/22‑105 in the amount of $704,638.98 and Georgia Green's Contract No. 22‑111 in the amount of $186,213.70 in the form of two one‑year (12‑month) renewals, and authorize the Mayor to execute all necessary documents.] NEW BUSINESS ITEM, WHICH IS THE LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE CONTRACT EXTENSIONS CITYWIDE BY RUSSELL LANDSCAPE AND STATE ROAD 400 BY GEORGIA GREEN. DIRECTOR VIC, YOU HAVE THE CHANCE TO SPEAK NOW? YES. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL BEFORE UNITED IS A REQUEST FROM PUBLIC WORKS TO EXTEND THE RUSSELL LANDSCAPE CONTRACT FOR OUR RIGHT OF WAY MAINTENANCE AS WELL AS OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE UM, GEORGIA 400 EXPRESS, UM, INTERCHANGES WITH TRUE NORTH 400. UM, AS YOU KNOW, 400 IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW. WE DO NOT HAVE A TRUE SCOPE OF WORK FOR WHAT WE ARE GONNA BE MAINTAINING OR NOT BE MAINTAINING. SO WE DON'T WANNA, UM, CAN'T BID ANYTHING OUT, UH, FOR THE MAINTENANCE TO TAKE PLACE. ALSO, WORKING WITH RUSSELL, THEY'RE GOING TO HOLD THEIR PRICES FOR A YEAR. SO IF THEY'RE ONLY DOING WORK AT 200 CHANGES, WE'RE ONLY GONNA PAY FOR THOSE 200 CHANGES. WE'RE NOT GONNA BE PAYING FOR THE WHOLE ENTIRE, UM, CONTRACT AMOUNT. UH, WHEN IT DEALS WITH THE CORRIDOR PROJECTS, SPECIFICALLY MAIN STREET AS WELL AS WE BRIDGE ROAD, UM, EXTEND THE CONTRACT, WE'LL ENABLE RUSSELL TO NOT ONLY PLANT THE LANDSCAPE, BUT ALSO MAINTAIN THE LANDSCAPE TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE SURVIVAL OVER THE FIRST COUPLE OF YEARS. SO THEY'RE GONNA HOLD THEIR PRICES FOR THE NEXT YEAR AND THEN THERE'LL BE A MAXIMUM 3% INCREASE PER OUR CONTRACT THE FOLLOWING YEAR. THANK YOU. DIRECTOR. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCILMAN DORITO? THANK YOU PETE. UM, JUST A QUICK QUESTION AND OBVIOUSLY WE NEED TO DO THIS. UM, THIS IS ALL THE, THE MONIES FOR THIS. WE'RE EXTENDING THE CONTRACT 'CAUSE OBVIOUSLY THEY HAVEN'T FINISHED THE EXTENSION OF THE FOREIGN EXPRESS LANES YET. SO THIS IS THE INTERCHANGES IN ALPHARETTA, RIGHT? THAT WE'RE GOING TO LANDSCAPE WHEN THEY COMPLETE, IS THAT CORRECT? YES. SO JUST A QUESTION. WHY, WHY, WHY WOULDN'T GEORGIA 400 BE PAYING FOR THAT? I'M JUST CURIOUS. SO WE, WHEN WE INSTALLED ALL THE LANDSCAPE WITH TRUE NORTH 400 SEVERAL YEARS AGO, WE SIGNED A RIGHT OF WAY MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT WITH G DDOT. SO THE MAINTENANCE OF, I'M NOT TALKING TWO FOUR, I'M TALKING ABOUT THE COMPANY THAT'S DOING THE, THE IMPROVEMENTS TO 400, THAT'S GEORGIA 400, RIGHT? IT'S UM, PEACH PARTNERS. PEACH PARTNERS? YES. SORRY. WHY WOULDN'T THEY BE INCURRING THE PRICE? SINCE THEY'RE BASICALLY TEARING UP ALL THE TREES AND EVERYTHING AND WE HAVE TO, SO THEY, THEY ARE, WE BASICALLY ARE GETTING A REDUCTION IN THE COST OF THE MAINTENANCE. SO WE ARE NOT GONNA BE MAINTAINING ANYTHING THAT THEY ARE WORKING ON THAT THEY'RE TEARING UP. IF YOU WENT BY, UM, HANS BRIDGE ROAD INTERCHANGE, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THE PARTIAL CLOVER LEAF, UH, THEY'VE TOOK OUT A LOT. SO THIS WOULD BE FROM MAINTENANCE ONLY? CORRECT. GOTCHA. ALRIGHT, YOU ANSWERED MY QUESTION. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR DIRECT COUNCILMAN BRADY? JUST ONE QUICK ONE, PETE, FIRST OF ALL, GREAT JOB. GONNA GET THE 12 MONTH KIND OF LOCKDOWN ON PRICING. DO YOU SEE ANY RISKS IN THE SCOPE OF WORK GOING FORWARD? NO, SIR. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNSEL? THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. [00:25:01] MR. SHAPIRO. DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT CARDS ON THIS ITEM? WE DO NOT. MR. MAYOR, HOWEVER, IF ANYONE WANTS TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, NOW'S YOUR CHANCE. DON'T SEE ANYONE COMING FORWARD. SO WE'LL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT. DO WE HAVE A MOTION ON THIS ITEM? YES, MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE MOTION. I'D LIKE TO APPROVE, MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE EXTENSIONS FOR RUSSELL LANDSCAPE'S. CONTRACT NUMBER 22 DASH 1 0 4 SLASH 22 DASH 1 0 5 IN THE AMOUNT OF 704, $704,638 AND 98 CENTS. AND GEORGIA GREEN'S CONTRACT NUMBER 22 DASH ONE ONE IN THE AMOUNT OF $186,213 AND 70 CENTS IN THE FORM OF TWO ONE YEAR 12 MONTH RENEWALS. AND AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS. WE HAVE A MOTION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. SECOND BY COUNCILMAN DORITO. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION TO APPROVE, PLEASE VOTE. YES AND IT DOES PASS UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU, COUNSEL. THANK YOU PETE. MR. MONTGOMERY, [C. Microsoft Enterprise Agreement Addition for Cloud Services with Dell Marketing LP Consideration of approval of the procurement of the addition of Cloud Services to the current three-year Enterprise Agreement with Microsoft from Dell Marketing LP for the amount of $342,160.00 using state contract number 9999-SPD-SPD0000060-0006, and authorize the Mayor to execute all necessary documents.] I BELIEVE YOU HAVE THIS ITEM. THIS IS THE MICROSOFT ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT ADDITION FOR CLOUD SERVICES WITH DELL MARKETING LP. GOOD EVENING MAYOR. COUNSEL. THE, UH, ITEM BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING IS A CONTRACT, UH, ADDENDUM OR A ADDITION TO THE MICROSOFT ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT THAT YOU APPROVED. UH, JUST LAST MONTH. IT WAS A THREE YEAR AGREEMENT THAT IS RENEWED ANNUALLY. UM, IN PREVIOUS YEARS STARTING IN 20, UH, FISCAL YEAR 2020, UH, MICROSOFT HAD RECOMMENDED THAT WE OPERATE OUR AZURE CLOUD SERVICES THROUGH A CLOUD SERVICE PROVIDER. AT THAT TIME, THERE WERE ONLY A FEW IN THE COUNTRY THAT COULD HANDLE, UH, GOVERNMENTS THAT WERE LICENSED TO WORK IN GOVERNMENT SPACE. AND SO WE CHOSE A COMPANY THAT WAS IN, UH, CHATTANOOGA. UH, THE COMPANY BECAME DATA PRIZE AND WE WERE BILLED THROUGH, UH, SHI INTERNATIONAL ON A STATE CONTRACT WITH THEM. THE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CSP HAS BEEN VERY GOOD. THIS IS MICROSOFT'S RECOMMENDATION FROM THE BEGINNING TO OPERATE WITHIN A CLOUD SERVICE PROVIDER TO HELP PROVIDE, UH, WITH ADDITIONAL IMPLEMENTATION SET UP AND BE AVAILABLE TO US, UH, AS A, AS A, AS A, AS A SOURCE, A RESOURCE FOR THEM IN CASE, UH, ANYTHING SHOULD OCCUR IN THE ENVIRONMENT. AS OUR STAFF OVER TIME BECAME MORE KNOWLEDGEABLE OF HOW TO WORK IN THE OPERATIONS OF A, OF A, UH, AZURE CLOUD OVER TIME, UH, THE NEED FOR THE CSP HAS BECOME LESS AND LESS AS THE TEAMS BECOME MORE AND MORE EXPERIENCED WITH IT. AND WE FEEL LIKE THIS IS THE RIGHT TIME TO START TO MAKE THAT CHANGE BACK TO BUYING DIRECT FROM MICROSOFT, UH, AND SEEING THE BUILDING OURSELVES. WE HAVE A COUPLE OF ISSUES OCCURRING WITH THE CSP TODAY. UM, ONE IS THERE'S A DELAY WHENEVER WE NEED TO ACT TO DO SOMETHING, THERE'S A DELAY IN HOW WE CAN, UH, RELATE TO THEM AND GET TO THEM, AND THEY CAN MAKE A CHANGE FOR US. AND SO THIS WOULD ALLOW US TO DO THIS OURSELVES. WE CAN SEE EVERYTHING OURSELVES AND MANAGE THE ENVIRONMENT OURSELVES. UH, THE OTHER IS THAT FOR THE CLOUD, THE GC HIGH CLOUD, WHICH I'LL TALK ABOUT IN A, IN A MOMENT, UM, WE CANNOT SEE THE DIRECT PRICING THAT OCCURS THERE. SO WE HAVE A GUESS THAT WHAT THEY'RE SAYING IS CORRECT, BUT WE CAN'T SEE AN ACTUAL DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR SORT OF COMPARISON ON THE INVOICE. UM, THIS WILL ALLOW US TO BUILD DIRECT. WE WILL BE ABLE TO SEE ALL THE CREDITS AND EVERYTHING WE'RE DOING, UH, MONITOR THE CONSUMPTION DIRECTLY AS IT'S HAPPENING, UH, INSIDE THE ENVIRONMENT. TODAY WE OPERATE TWO UH, CLOUDS IN AZURE. WE OPERATE A, WHAT'S CALLED THE, UH, GCC CLOUD. THIS IS SORT OF A BASELINE CLOUD THAT OPERATES IN THE, ALONGSIDE WITH THE COMMERCIAL CLOUD. MOST OF OUR ENVIRONMENT OPERATES IN THAT CLOUD TODAY. AND THEN WE OPERATE A, UH, ANOTHER ENVIRONMENT CALLED THE GCC HIGH. THIS IS DEDICATED MORE TOWARDS, UH, FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND, UH, MORE HIGHER REGULATIONS. UH, AND WE DO A LOT OF STORAGE IN THAT ENVIRONMENT AS A BACKUP ENVIRONMENT. SO, UM, THIS PROPOSAL THAT YOU SEE TODAY IS TO MIGRATE BOTH OF THOSE ENVIRONMENTS INTO OUR OWN ENVIRONMENT NOW, AND SO THAT WE CAN TAKE CONTROL OF THOSE. UM, FINANCIALLY. THE, UH, IMPACT IS JUST WHAT WAS BUDGETED FOR REALLY. WE, WE HAVE, UH, PREVIOUS YEARS IN 25, 25 AND 2026, UM, WE BUDGETED AND SPENT AROUND $320,000 FOR SHI, UH, WE PLANNED FOR AND THOUGHT THAT, UH, $340,000 IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET LAST NOVEMBER WOULD BE SUFFICIENT. TURNED OUT TO BE VERY CLOSE THE, THE ACTUAL QUOTE IN AT $342,160. UM, AND SO, UH, IN SPEAKING WITH FINANCE, THEY FELT LIKE THAT $2,000 IS SOMETHING THAT COULD BE ABSORBED. THE, UH, UH, THIS IS BILLED SLIGHTLY DIFFERENTLY. WHEN WE WERE WORKING WITH THE SHI AND THROUGH THE CSP, THEY BILL MONTHLY. SO YOU WOULD'VE APPROVED AN AGREEMENT AND WE WOULD JUST PAY EVERY MONTH OFF OF THAT [00:30:01] PURCHASE ORDER. UH, THIS IS, UH, BECAUSE WE'RE ADDING IT TO THE MICROSOFT ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT THAT WAS ALREADY PLANNED, UH, YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR CREDITS UPFRONT. SO THE $340,000 WILL GO TO PAY IMMEDIATELY INTO THE MICROSOFT WILL ESTABLISH CREDITS, AND WE BELIEVE THOSE CREDITS WILL TAKE US THROUGH THE NEXT RENEWABLE, WHICH WILL BE SEPTEMBER ONE OF NEXT YEAR. UM, I'M TRYING TO THINK IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE. I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAVE. I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCILMAN DRIGO? ADAM, I'M GONNA ASKED YOU SOME QUESTIONS ALREADY BEFORE THE COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT, BUT, UM, COULD YOU ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT ON THE GOVERNMENT COMMUNITY CLOUD AND THE GOVERNMENT COMMUNITY CLOUD HIGH, WHICH IS BASICALLY THE LEVEL OF SECURITY THAT LIKE OUR DEFENSE DEPARTMENT, DEPARTMENT OF WAR USES IN THE US? I MEAN, JUST AND WHAT GOES INTO EACH OF THOSE? SURE. I GUESS DATA POPULATIONS FROM THE CITY. SO THE, UH, UH, IN THE GOVERNMENT COMMUNITY CLOUD OR THE GCC CLOUD, THIS IS A CLOUD THAT OPERATES IN THE SAME SPACE AS A COMMERCIAL CLOUD, UM, THAT CORPORATE MIGHT RUN. UH, THESE ARE LARGE DATA CENTERS, UH, AROUND THE COUNTRY AND AROUND THE WORLD. WE ONLY OPERATE OF COURSE IN THE US BUT, UH, THEY HAVE THE MOST LATEST AND GREATEST, IF YOU WILL, OF, OF MICROSOFT'S TECHNOLOGY IN THE CLOUD BECAUSE IT IS A COMMERCIAL GRADE CLOUD. UM, THEY HAVE CORNED OFF CERTAIN AREAS FOR THE GOVERNMENT SIDES FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO OPERATE IN. AND SO THAT IS WHERE WE OPERATE MOST OF OUR STUFF. AND WE PAY THE SAME RATE AS A TYPICAL CORPORATE RATE WE PAY. UM, THERE ARE, UH, CERTAIN PROVISIONS, UH, IT USED TO BE THEY WERE NOT CGI COMPLIANT, THEY'VE NOW BECOME CGIS COMPLIANT. THERE ARE SOME OTHER THINGS THAT THEY'VE, THEY'VE MADE ALONG THE WAY, THE CHANGES THAT WE'VE MADE ALONG THE WAY. AND SO WE'RE LOOKING TO TRY AND DO MORE IN THAT CLOUD IF WE CAN. UH, BECAUSE THAT IS THE LEAST EXPENSIVE TO, OF THE CLOUDS. THE GCC HIGH IS A PURPOSE BUILT. THESE DATA CENTERS ARE ONLY BUILT FOR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND WELL, I SAY GOVERNMENT IN GENERAL AND GOVERNMENT CONTRACTORS. IT HAS A MUCH HIGHER RATE OF, UH, A MUCH SMALLER CLOUD, IF YOU WILL. BUT, UH, MUCH MORE. UM, UH, THE FOLKS THAT WORK THERE HAVE TO GO THROUGH A NUMBER OF CERTIFICATIONS. IT HAS A, HAS MET A NUMBER OF CERTIFICATIONS TO, TO FEDRAMP AND DOD AND THAT KIND OF THING, UH, TO OPERATE SECURELY AS A GOVERNMENT. UM, THE, YOU MADE REFERENCE TO SEPTEMBER. SEPTEMBER, IS THAT THE 342,000 THAT WE'RE GOING TO BASICALLY SHIFT TO YES. TO THIS NEW PLAN? UM, SO THAT MONEY RUNS OUT SEPTEMBER 1ST. THAT, THAT CARRIES US THROUGH SEPTEMBER 1ST OF THIS YEAR. IT WILL MATCH UP WITH THE, NOT THE ENTIRE FISCAL YEAR. IT'LL THROUGH SEPTEMBER 1ST OF NEXT YEAR. OF, OF THE FOLLOWING YEAR. YEAH. OKAY. 27. CORRECT. OKAY. I THOUGHT YOU WERE REFERRING TO THIS YEAR. I WAS GONNA GO. WOW. OKAY. UM, AND THEN ONE OTHER QUESTION, SINCE WE'RE SHIFTING, UM, TO MORE DIRECT CONTACT THROUGH MICROSOFT, RIGHT. FOR THIS, UH, GOVERNING COMMUNITY CLOUD, UM, DOES THAT REQUIRE ANY ADDITIONAL RESOURCES IN YOUR DEPARTMENT TO SUPPORT THAT? NO, I, I DON'T BELIEVE SO. UH, UH, WE'VE BEEN OPERATING THE CLOUD, UH, NOW SEVEN YEARS, UH, HERE IN THE CITY. UH, SINCE, SINCE THE INITIAL, UH, IMPLEMENTATION, WE'VE TURNED OVER SOME STAFF. AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO SPECIFICALLY RECRUIT PEOPLE WHO HAD AZURE CLOUD EXPERIENCE AT THIS POINT. SO, UH, I FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE THAT WE CAN MANAGE THE CLOUD OURSELVES. OKAY. THANK YOU COUNCILMAN REEVES. SO AS WE SWITCH OVER TO THE CREDIT BASED SYSTEMS, YOU'RE GONNA PAY UPFRONT AND THEN THERE'S A CREDIT THAT YOU WORK OFF, UM, WILL YOU BE MONITORING THAT THROUGH THE YEAR TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE NOT GOING TOO HIGH OR GOING TOO LOW? AND WILL YOU BE REPORTING BACK TO COUNCIL? IF WE BE YEAH. YEAH. IF, IF CERTAINLY, IF, CERTAINLY IF, IF, IF THE PRICE OF THINGS SUDDENLY JUMP UP AND WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH CREDITS, WE'LL HAVE TO COME BACK TO, TO, TO MAKE A CHANGE. BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR HOPE AS WE ESTIMATED THE COST WAS THAT, UH, WE WERE GONNA BE PRETTY CLOSE TO THAT. AND SO, UM, THAT'S WHAT WE WERE EXPECTING TO HAPPEN. OKAY. WHAT COULD IT, WHAT COULD INFLUENCE IT? IS IT MICROSOFT'S COST OR IS IT OUR USE, OR IS IT BOTH? I'D SAY THERE'S TWO MAIN, TWO MAIN THINGS. MICROSOFT MAY CHANGE THEIR, THEIR, THEIR COSTS. AND THAT'S PART OF THAT $20,000 INCREASE FOR THIS YEAR IS THEIR PRICES ARE GOING UP, DATA CENTER COSTS ARE GOING THROUGH THE ROOF RIGHT NOW. UM, UH, DATA CENTER HARDWARE IS JUST CRAZY COSTS, RIGHT? UH, TRIPLE, QUADRUPLE PRICING SOMETIMES, UM, WHAT WE'RE SEEING. SO, UH, THE OTHER SCENARIO THERE BESIDES MICROSOFT CHANGING ITS PRICING, UH, WOULD BE THAT WE CAN'T, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, WE DO OUR BEST TO TRY AND PREDICT THE DEPARTMENT'S NEEDS IN TERMS OF DATA AND SYSTEMS OVER THE NEXT YEAR. AND SO AGAIN, WE PLAN THAT INTO THAT BUDGET. UM, BUT YES, IF SUDDENLY THERE'S SOME SEEMS TO BE SOME MASSIVE CHANGE OR COUNCIL MAKES A DECISION TO PURCHASE SOME TYPE OF THING THAT REQUIRES A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF, UH, CLOUD RESOURCE, THEN, THEN WE WOULD, WE WOULD MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT THERE. AND YOU'LL LET [00:35:01] US KNOW IF THAT LOOKS LIKE IT'S STARTING TO HAPPEN. OF COURSE. YEAH. YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL, COUNCIL? THE ONLY THING I'LL ADD, WE'VE HAD SEVEN YEARS OF THIS. WE'VE NEVER SEEN THAT HAPPEN, BUT YEAH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. MS. SHAPIRO, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT CARDS ON THIS ITEM? WE DO NOT. MR. MAYOR, HOWEVER, IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK ON THIS MATTER. AND HOW'S YOUR CHANCE? I DON'T SEE ANYONE COMING FORWARD. SO WE'LL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT, WE'LL HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL. YES, MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE AGREEMENT AND PURCHASE ORDER OF THE ADDITIONAL CLOUD SERVICE TO THE CURRENT THREE, UH, ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT WITH MICROSOFT FROM DELL MARKETING LP FOR THE AMOUNT OF $342,160 USING STATE CONTRACT NUMBER 9 9 9 9 DASH SP D DASH SPD 0 0 0 6 6, AN AUTHORIZED MAYOR TO EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS. SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN RETO, A SECOND BY SECOND BY COUNCILMAN BRADY. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE VOTE YES. AND IT DOES PASS UNANIMOUSLY. SO WE'LL MOVE RIGHT ALONG TO [D. Speed Reduction Recommendation on Canton Street - North of Milton Avenue Consideration of a motion to reduce the speed limit on Canton Street - North of Milton Avenue - from 30 miles per hour to 25 miles per hour and petition the Georgia Department of Transportation to approve the same.] THE NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS SPEED PRODUCTION RECOMMENDATION ON KENTON STREET NORTH OF MILTON AVENUE. MR. MECKLER? NO, NO. MY AGENDA SAID MACKLER, BUT YOU DON'T LOOK LIKE MACKLER. WELL, YOU KIND OF GOT THE SAME FOREHEAD. HEY, UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNSEL. MY APOLOGIES, SIR. UH, MY NAME'S ANDREW SLON WITH ALPHA POLICE DEPARTMENT. I CURRENTLY SERVE AS OUR UNIFORM, UH, PATROL DIVISION COMMANDER. UM, THE RECOMMENDATION TODAY IS TO, UH, LOWER THE SPEED LIMIT ON CANTON STREET IN THE AREA FROM, UH, NORTH OF MILTON AVENUE UNTIL MAYFIELD ROAD. UM, THIS RECOMMENDATION COMES ABOUT FROM CITIZEN COMPLAINTS TO OUR TRAFFIC UNIT. UM, WE WENT OUT THERE, WE DID SOME ENFORCEMENT, UH, AND THEN WE ALSO COLLABORATED WITH PUBLIC WORKS WHO DID A SPEED, A SPEED STUDY, WHICH SHOWED THAT A SPEED REDUCTION WOULD BE PRUDENT. UM, ANOTHER IMPORTANT THING TO NOTE IS THAT, UH, WHERE THOSE FOUR STREETS COME TOGETHER, UH, CAN STREET MID BROADWELL, MILTON AVENUE AND ROSWELL STREET, UH, THREE OF THE FOUR STREETS ARE ALREADY 25 MILES PER HOUR. AND SO THE CITY, UH, WITH THE GOAL OF CREATING A PEDESTRIAN CITY, UM, MAKING THIS FOURTH STREET, A 25 MILE PER HOUR ZONE WOULD BE CONSISTENT WITH THE GROWTH AND THE DIRECTION THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR. UM, THAT'S ALL THAT I HAVE THIS EVENING. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR OFFICER SLAW? GREAT JOB. NO QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, MS. SHAPIRO. DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT CARDS ON THIS ITEM? WE DO NOT. MR. MAYOR, HOWEVER, IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK ON THIS MATTER NOW, IS YOUR CHANCE TO DO SO? I DO NOT SEE ANYONE COMING FORWARD. SO, WE'LL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT. DO I HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNSEL? SO, MR. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE SPEED REDUCTION RECOMMENDATION ON CANTON STREET NORTH OF MILTON AVENUE. CONSIDERATION OF MOTION TO REDUCE THE SPEED LIMIT ON CANTON STREET NORTH OF MILTON AVENUE FROM 30 MILES PER HOUR TO 25 MILES PER HOUR, AND PETITION THE GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO APPROVE THE SAME SECOND MOTION BY COUNCILMAN DRISCOLL. SECOND, MY MAYOR PRO TEM. ANY DISCUSSION? COUNCILMAN HEES. I JUST APPRECIATE THE, UH, DEPARTMENT BRINGING THIS FORWARD. UM, IT'S IN RESPONSE TO THE CITIZENS THAT IS A HEAVILY TRAFFICKED AREA BY PEDESTRIANS. AND IF WE AS A CITY ARE GOING TO BE VERY INTENTIONAL ABOUT MAKING US A WALKABLE CITY AND INVITING PEOPLE TO DOWNTOWN, WE SHOULD GIVE THEM SAFE PASSAGE. AND SO I APPRECIATE Y'ALL DOING THAT. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE VOTE YES. OTHERWISE VOTE ACCORDINGLY. AND IT DOES PASS UNANIMOUSLY. SO WE'LL MOVE ALONG, MOVE ALONG [E. Agreement: Points of Light, Lowe's Community Impact Grant Partners Consideration and approval of an agreement between Points of Light (Lowe's Community Impact Grant Partners) and the City of Alpharetta for the award of grant funds in the amount of $300,000, and with authorization for the Mayor to execute all necessary documents.] TO THE AGREEMENT FOR POINTS OF LIGHT, LOWE'S COMMUNITY IMPACT GRANT PARTNERS. MR. LAGER BLOOM? YEAH, I'LL ACTUALLY LET, UH, IF I CAN, MR. MAYOR, LET CHRISTINE MAKE THE PRESENTATION AS TO WHAT THIS ITEM IS, AND THEN FINISH UP WITH ME AND I'LL TELL YOU, IF IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SUPPORT, I'LL TELL YOU PROCEDURALLY HOW WE GET THERE. SO WE'LL LET THE PRESENTATION HAPPEN FIRST, THEN, THEN I'LL KICK IN. FAIR ENOUGH. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. GOOD TO SEE YOU. UM, I'M COMING FORTH TONIGHT AND I'M ASKING FOR CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL OF THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN POINTS OF LIGHT, LOWE'S COMMUNITY IMPACT GRANT PARTNERS, AND THE CITY OF ALPHARETTA FOR THE AWARD OF GRANT FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $300,000. [00:40:02] THIS WOULD BE PUT TOWARDS CONVERTING A CITY ASSET THAT IS CURRENTLY NOT AVAILABLE FOR USE BY THE PUBLIC INTO A MODERN, UPDATED, AND ACCESSIBLE PARK FACILITY. THE PLANS CONVERT THE INDOOR SPACE INTO AN OPEN FLOOR PLAN, INCLUDING FLOOR REPLACEMENT, UPDATED WIRING, CONVERTING THE KITCHEN INTO TEACHING AREA, AND UPDATING THE RESTROOMS AMONG SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO BE DONE. THE FUNDING IS COMING FROM GRANTS, IT'S COMING FROM A PRIVATE DONATION, AND IT IS ALSO COMING FROM COMMUNITY FUNDRAISING AT NO COST TO TAXPAYERS. THE RENOVATION WILL TRANSFORM THE FACILITY INTO AN AGRICULTURAL AND SUSTAINABLE EDUCATION CENTER, PROVIDING A PERMANENT INDOOR PROGRAMMING SPACE, FULLY FUNCTIONAL KITCHEN AND PUBLIC RESTROOMS, AND A SPACE FOR STAFF AND THE PUBLIC TO WORK, MEET, AND TO LEARN. ANY QUE I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? I DON'T SEE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL, SO YOU MUST HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB, CHRISTINE. THANK YOU, . ONE OF THE THINGS I'D LIKE TO SAY IS THAT I WANNA TELL YOU THAT OUR CITIZENS SHOULD ALWAYS LOOK AT THE STAFF REPORTS THAT COME WITH EACH OF THESE AGENDA ITEMS, AND I WANNA COMPLIMENT ALL THE STAFF MEMBERS ON, ON THE INFORMATION THAT THEY INCLUDE. AND I THINK THAT SOMETIMES IF YOU'RE LOOKING FROM HOME, YOU GO, WOW, THEY HAVE NO QUESTIONS. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? YOUR PRESENTATION WAS VERY THOROUGH AND ANSWERED A LOT OF MY QUESTIONS, AND I'M SURE SOME OF THE OTHER COUNCILMEN, AND I JUST WANT THE FOLKS AT HOME TO KNOW THAT WE GET AN AWFUL LOT OF MATERIAL AND IT'S ALL AVAILABLE ONLINE FOR THEM TO SEE. THANK YOU, MS. SHAPIRO. DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT CARDS ON THIS ITEM? UH, WE DO NOT. HOWEVER, IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK ABOUT THIS ITEM, NOW'S YOUR CHANCE. I I DON'T SEE ANYONE COMING FORWARD. SO, WE'LL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT. DO WE HAVE A MOTION ON THIS ITEM? MR. MAYOR? IF I COULD, THIS IS WHERE I WOULD KICK IN JUST REAL QUICKLY ON THE PROCEDURAL, UM, MOVING FORWARD, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, HES IS LIKELY TO MAKE THIS MOTION TONIGHT, AND AS SUCH, I CAN TELL YOU THAT, UH, IT'S A GREAT CONTRACT. IT'S A, IT'S A GREAT THING TO MOVE FORWARD. UM, IT WAS SO GREAT. WE ACTUALLY MOVED IT FORWARD BEFORE TONIGHT, INADVERTENTLY. AND SO AS YOU FRAME YOUR MOTION TONIGHT, IF YOU WOULD JUST FORM IT IN THE CONTEXT OF A RATIFICATION OF, UM, WE DON'T HAVE TO COME BACK AND DO THIS AGAIN, AND WE DON'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING DIFFERENT WITH LOWE'S. SO IF YOU JUST, IF YOU'RE IN INCLINED TO APPROVE THIS TONIGHT, JUST PLEASE DO IT AS A RATIFICATION. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I HAVE A MOTION. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE RATIFY THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN POINTS OF FLIGHT, LOWE'S COMMUNITY IMPACT GRANT PARTNERS, AND THE, UH, CITY OF ALPHARETTA FOR THE AWARD OF GRANT FUNDS AND THE AMOUNT OF $300,000, AND AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS. SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN HYS. WAS THAT COUNCILMAN DRISCOLL DOWN THERE? YES, SIR. SECOND BY COUNCILMAN DRISCOLL. ANY DISCUSSION? JUST REAL BRIEFLY? UH, YOUR HONOR, UH, MR. MAYOR, UM, IT'S A GREAT DAY FOR ALPHARETTA WHEN WE HAVE ONE OF THE CUTTING EDGE PROGRAMS, BEING THE COMMUNITY FARM, UH, THAT'S A LEADER IN THE STATE AND WHAT WE'RE DOING IN EDUCATING HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND PROVIDING, UH, UH, ACCESS TO OUR RESIDENTS, UH, WITHIN OUR RECS AND PARK SYSTEM. UH, AMANDA ELLI DOES A TREMENDOUS JOB. EMILY'S OUT THERE, SHE DOES A TREMENDOUS JOB. AND, UH, THIS FACILITY, UH, IS, IS MORE THAN LONG IN THE TOOTH. SO, UH, I JUST WANNA COMMEND, UH, THE STAFF AND THE, AND THE RECS AND PARK DEPARTMENT, UH, FOR PUTTING TOGETHER OVER 631,000 NON-TAX DOLLARS TO IMPROVE A CITY ASSET. THAT'S A WIN EVERY DAY, ANY DAY. SO THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH FOR, UH, FACILITATING THESE GRANTS. ANY OTHER, JUST, UH, COUNCILMAN BRADY? JUST WANNA RESONATE A LITTLE BIT BEHIND THAT FROM A FISCAL PER PERSPECTIVE, JUST LIKE THANK STAFF AND EVERYBODY FOR WORKING THROUGH THESE. THIS ISN'T THE FIRST TIME THAT THE STAFF'S REALLY KIND OF GENERATED A GRANT THAT REALLY DOESN'T COME TO A COST TO OUR CITIZENS, BUT IT HAS A HUGE IMPACT ON THE AMENITIES AND THE RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR OUR CITIZENS THAT ARE OUT THERE. IT'S JUST A GREAT WAY FOR US TO WORK TO KIND OF BRING THIS TOGETHER. SO JUST WANNA THANK EVERYONE FOR DOING THAT. THANK YOU. NOW WE'VE HAD ALL THE COMMENTS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE VOTE YES. OTHERWISE, VOTE ACCORDINGLY. AND IT DOES PASS UNANIMOUSLY. SO THAT'LL WRAP UP THE NEW BUSINESS PORTION OF TONIGHT'S MEETING, AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE [A. Natural Resources Commission Update] WORK SESSION ITEMS. [00:45:05] MR. BUCHANAN, I BELIEVE YOU'VE GOT THAT ITEM. NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION UPDATE. THERE WE GO. UM, GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION. I AM MICHAEL BUCHANAN. I'VE BEEN ON THE, UH, NRC FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW, AND I WANNA THANK COUNCILMAN HES FOR MY APPOINTMENT TODAY. AND, UH, I ALSO WANNA THANK ALL THE NRC MEMBERS, UH, PAST AND PRESENT, AND THOSE IN ATTENDANCE FOR EVERYTHING THEY'VE DONE TO, UH, TO HELP ALPHARETTA. UH, I THINK YOU ALREADY HAD A, A HANDOUT EARLIER THAT YOU PROBABLY SAW, AND, UH, THIS IS KIND OF, YOU CAN DO THAT AS A BINGO CARD AS I GO THROUGH THIS STUFF. BUT I JUST WANTED TO GIVE EVERYBODY, UH, AN UPDATE ON, UH, WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING. AND RECENTLY AND WITH ANTICIPATED FUTURE, UH, ACTIONS, THE NRC APPRECIATES THE CITY'S CONTINUED SUPPORT OF OUR DESIRE TO ENHANCE THE LONG-TERM ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH OF OUR HOME. AND HERE'S A SAMPLE OF OUR RECENT ENDEAVORS. THIS PAST JANUARY, WE WORKED WITH THE LOCAL GROUPS AND PUBLIC WORKS TO OWN, BRING ONE FOR THE CHIPPER, AN EVENT THAT, UH, IS TO COLLECT AND RECYCLE CHRISTMAS TREES. THIS PAST, UH, JANUARY, WE COLLECTED OVER 750 TREES. IT WAS A GOOD DAY. ARBOR DAY IS YEARLY CELEBRATED WITH TREE PLANTINGS IN COORDINATION WITH CITY ARBORISTS DAVID SACK. THE PAST TWO YEARS, WE PLANTED TREES AT INNOVATION ACADEMY, UH, ONE LAST YEAR AND FIVE THIS PAST SPRING THERE WAS AT LEAST 80 STUDENTS, PROBABLY MORE, THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE, THE DAY OF DIGGING HOLES AND PLANTING THE TREES. AND THEY HAVE, UH, MAINTAINED THE OAKS AND THE ELMS AND THE LONE MAGNOLIA OVER THERE. IT'S A WONDERFUL THING IN TIME. WE HOPE THAT THIS WILL ADD, UH, ANOTHER TREE LINE STREET TO ALPHARETTA AS WE PLAN TO PLANT MORE TREES OVER THERE AT INNOVATION ACADEMY RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER. UH, THE NRC HOSTED A SCREENING OF NATURE MATTERS, A TIMELY DOCUMENTARY ABOUT THE IMPACT OF NATURE IN A YOUNG PERSON'S LIFE, ALONG WITH HOW INCREASED EXPOSURE TO SCREENS HAS CONTINUED TO BE DETRIMENTAL TO SOCIAL GROWTH AND COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT, AND WHAT HAS BEEN COINED THE NATURE DEFICIT GENERATION, SOMETHING WE SHOULD ALL WORK ON. UH, THE DIRECTOR'S Q AND A WITH AT LEAST 50 PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE WAS VERY ENLIGHTENING AND VERY ENCOURAGING. THIS PAST WINTER, WE PLANTED SEVERAL HUNDRED DAFFODILS IN THE ROUNDABOUT AT ROCK MILL PARK. THEY CAME UP IN MARCH. I HOPE YOU SAW THEM IN A BIG SPLASH OF YELLOW. AND, UH, WE HOPE THAT THEY WILL CONTINUE FOR MANY MORE SPRINGS TO COME. WE PARTICIPATE IN HOMETOWN HEROES AND ENGAGING, UH, OUTREACH PROGRAM IN WHICH OUR MEMBERS VISIT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS TO TALK ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE AND IMPACT OF THEIR NATURAL WORLD. ALSO, FOR ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS, WE HAVE CREATED A VERY COLORFUL EYE CATCHING POSTER THAT EXPLAINS WHY TREES MATTER TO THEM AND TO ALL OF US. THE NRC HAS WORKED WITH PUBLIC WORKS, TERRY PORTER AND A DP TO INSTALL A WHOLE LOT OF PLANTS ALONG THE ALPHA LOOP, AND THEY'RE ALREADY UP AND THRIVING. ALSO WITH PUBLIC WORKS. WE PARTICIPATED IN EARTH DAY BY CO-HOSTING A BOOTH AT THE ALPHARETTA FARMER'S MARKET. THERE WE HELP DISTRIBUTE MATERIALS ABOUT WHY EARTH DAY MATTERS, ALONG WITH INFO AND HOW TO PRESERVE AND MAINTAIN TREES IN WHICH PLANTS A HEALTHY YARD NEEDS THE MOST. WE ALSO HAVE ASSISTED WITH RIVER AND PARK CLEANUPS, AS WELL AS HAZARDOUS WASTE COLLECTIONS AND RECYCLING EVENTS. AT THE LAST EVENT, OVER 400 PEOPLE BROUGHT IN THEIR RECYCLABLES AND OTHER, AND THAT COLLECTION AND OTHERS AMOUNTED TO OVER 25,000 POUNDS OF RECYCLABLE MATERIALS. THAT'S A LOT. AND ALL NRC MEMBERS HAVE RECEIVED COPIES OF VITAMIN NA BOOK DEDICATED TO LEARNING HOW COMMUNITIES CAN BRING NATURE INTO THEIR CITIES AND INTO THEIR PERSONAL LIVES. AND THROUGH ALL OF THIS, WE HAVE, UH, GENERATED VERY POSITIVE MEDIA PRESENCE IN THE APP AND PAPER IN THE HERALD AROUND HERE FOR WHAT WE'VE DONE AND HOPEFULLY FOR WHAT WE'RE DOING IN THE FUTURE. UH, AND NOW TO THAT FUTURE, FIRST AND IMPORTANTLY, WE THINK IS A VITAL, A VITAL PIECE OF INFORMATION FOR COUNCIL TO CONSIDER IS, AND IT'S A STUDY COMPARING PAST AND PRESENT TREE CANOPY PERCENTAGES. WHILE THE DATA IS STILL BEING REFINED, IT IS SAFE TO SAY THAT DOWNTOWN ALPHARETTA HAS SEEN A NOTABLE DECREASE IN TREE CANOPY. SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT THE NRC AS APPROVED EARLIER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, IS PARTNERING WITH ALPHARETTA'S CULTURAL SERVICES MANAGER KIM ZANE AND ARTS ALPHARETTA TO CREATE A NATURE INSPIRED MURAL IN THE TUNNEL AT WEBB BRIDGE. PARK COMPLETION IS ANTICIPATED FOR THIS FALL, AND IT WILL BE SEEN BY THOUSANDS OVER THE YEARS. I CAN'T WAIT. I THINK YOU'RE GONNA LOVE IT. UM, THE LATER THIS YEAR, WE'RE GONNA HAVE DAVID LONG FROM THE GEORGIA FORESTRY COM, UH, SERVICE TO TALK, GIVE A TALK [00:50:01] ABOUT URBAN AND SUBURBAN TREES. AND LINDA MARKSON, A VERY NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED ADVOCATE OF NATURAL HABITATS, WILL OFFER A VALUABLE INSIGHTS INTO KEEPING OUR YARDS FRIENDLY TO NATURE. OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE A SPEAKER EVERY, SEVERAL, EVERY FEW MONTHS. WE ALSO ARE WORKING WITH MANNING OAKS ELEMENTARY. THIS IS REALLY GONNA BE COOL, UH, TO HOST A NATURE THEMED ART SHOW COMPLETE WITH AWARDS AND A RECEPTION. THE SCHOOL IS VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT. THE ART WILL BE DISPLAYED IN THE COMMUNITY ROOM HERE IN CITY HALL THIS NOVEMBER, SO COME BY AND TAKE A LOOK. AND SINCE THE DAFFODILS TURNED OUT SO WONDERFUL, WE'RE GONNA PLANT MORE, UH, THIS YEAR AROUND TOWN, AND WE'RE GONNA DO MORE TREES FOR ARBOR DAY, LIKE WE'VE ALREADY DONE. WE PLAN TO CREATE A COMMUNITY NATURAL AWARENESS AWARD FROM THE NRC, WHICH WILL RECOGNIZE EFFORTS BY HOMEOWNERS, DEVELOPERS, AND BUSINESSES THAT AIM TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE INTEGRITY OF OUR NATURAL RESOURCES. AND TO FINISH UP OUT OF ALL THE EVENTS, PROJECTS, AND OUTREACH THAT WE PLAN TO DO, THE NRC FEELS OUR MOST VITAL TASK IS TO EDUCATE OUR CITIZENS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF THE NATURE THEY SEE, TOUCH, AND HEAR. WE WANT OUR CITIZENS TO KNOW THAT TREES AND NATURAL SURROUNDINGS STRENGTH STRENGTHEN LOCAL ECONOMIES, RAISE PROPERTY VALUES AND LOWER ENERGY COSTS. WE PROMOTE THAT NATURE BENEFITS OUR HEALTH, OUR WELLBEING, AND OUR CHILDREN'S CREATIVITY. WE WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT YARDS SPRAYED WITH HARMFUL CHEMICALS KILL POLLINATORS, AND THAT THE DISTINCT AND NOTICEABLE LACK OF FIREFLIES AND THE CONSISTENT LOSS OF BEES IS NOT MERE COINCIDENCE. WE DON'T NEED RESEARCH TO TELL US THAT WHEN WE SURROUND OURSELVES WITH NATURE, IT MATTERS. IT'S PART OF OUR DNA TO BE WITHIN AND NOT SEPARATED FROM NATURE. WHO WOULD'VE THOUGHT. STUDIES SHOW THAT BY SIMPLY TOUCHING A TREE, IT DECREASES OUR BLOOD PRESSURE, LOWERS OUR STRESS, AND RELEASES OXYTOCIN. THE HORMONE MOST ASSOCIATED WITH TRUST AND LOVE. ALPHARETTA HAS MANY GREEN SPACES, MANY WONDERFUL LARGE HARDWOOD TREES, AND I KNOW WE ALL WORK HARD TO PROTECT THEM. AND I KNOW WE DON'T WANNA BE LIKE OTHER TOWNS WHO HAVE, AS JONI MITCHELL ONCE SAID, DIMINISHED NATURE, PAVED OVER THEIR PARADISE AND PUT UP A PARKING LOT. IF YOU REMEMBER THAT, NONE OF US WANT THAT. OUR FELLOW CITIZENS TALK WITH US ABOUT IT. AND FRANKLY, SOME FEEL ANXIOUS ABOUT WHAT THEY PERCEIVE AS THE HURRIED PACE OF ALPHARETTA. THEY ENCOURAGE COMMON SENSE PROGRESS THAT ALSO EMBRACES OUR PARKS AND OUR TREES. THEY ALSO WANT US TO MAKE GOOD EFFORTS TO MAINTAIN OR RECOVER OUR TREE LINED STREETS. THEY WANT CODES THAT PROTECT SPECIMEN TREES AND DEVELOPERS THAT WORK FIRST TO SAVE NATURE. INSTEAD OF THE MORE CONVENIENT PLANTING OF NEW NATURE. WE WELCOME A DIALOGUE WITH DEVELOPERS ABOUT THESE TOPICS. AND IF THE NEW NORTH POINT MALL IN HL COMPLEX BECOMES REALITY, WE HOPE THAT THERE ARE VERY CONCERTED EFFORTS TO INCORPORATE NATURAL LANDSCAPES, FEATURING NATIVE PLANTS AND CALMING WATER FEATURES. IN CONCLUSION, AND FROM MY VIEWPOINT, WHEN I SEE A MONARCH BUTTERFLY OWN A MILKWEED FLOUR, I KNOW THAT IT WILL NEVER PUT A NICKEL IN MY POCKET, BUT I'M SURE GLAD IT'S THERE. AND I THINK IF ONE DAY IT WAS NOT, IT WOULD LEAVE AN IMMENSE HOLE IN MY SOUL. LIFE IS MORE MEANINGFUL AND FASCINATING WITH THESE NATURAL MIRACLES SURROUNDING US. I BELIEVE IT IS FOR YOU AS WELL. THE DEDICATED NRC MEMBERS ARE EXCITED AND EAGER TO, TO BEGIN THE NEXT CHAPTER WITH YOU AND WITH ALL OF ALPHARETTA. WE BELIEVE IT IS AN IMPORTANT JOURNEY FOR ALL OF US. THANK YOU. THANKS SIR. MR. BLAUM. UH, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING FURTHER ON THAT TOPIC, IF YOU HAD ANY QUESTIONS ON IT OR, UH, IT WAS MORE JUST INFORMATIVE AND AN UPDATE. I BELIEVE COUNCILWOMAN RAVES. I'VE KNOWN MIKE BUCHANAN FOR A LONG TIME, AND HE'S, HE'S ALWAYS BEEN A TEACHER AND HE'S ALWAYS BEEN PASSIONATE ABOUT NATURE, AND WE ARE SO LUCKY TO HAVE YOU AS A GIVING MEMBER OF OUR, OF OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. SO [B. Discussion regarding an Alpharetta Rotary Winter Parade] WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS THE DISCUSSION REGARDING AN ALPHA ALPHARETTA ROTARY WINTER PARADE. MR. LAGER BLOOM, AND I WON'T SAY MUCH ON THIS ONE, OTHER THAN JUST A QUICK LEAD IN AS TO HOW WE'RE, WE'RE HERE. WE'VE GOT A COUPLE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT ASKED FOR THIS ITEM TO BE ON AN AGENDA, AND I THINK IT'S A VERY APPROPRIATE PLACE FOR IT TO BE SO THAT WE CAN HEAR FROM THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, MAYBE WHAT YOUR INTENDED POLICY IS GOING FORWARD ON THIS TYPE OF AN EVENT. UM, A NEW EVENT BACK IN ALFREDA POTENTIALLY. UM, BUT I JUST WANNA HEAR THE DISCUSSION ABOUT, UH, UM, WHETHER OR NOT A PARADE IS, IS A, SOMETHING THAT, UH, WE WANT AGAIN IN OUR, [00:55:01] IN OUR FUTURE. UH, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO THE MAYOR PRO TEM AND THE COUNCIL MEMBER HYPES ARE THE TWO THAT ASKED FOR IT TO BE PLACED ON THE AGENDA. I DON'T WANNA PUT WORDS IN THEIR MOUTH AND, UH, LET THEM TAKE IT FROM HERE AND THEN I'LL WEIGH IN AS YOU ALL MIGHT ASK ME TO, UH, IN A LITTLE BIT. THANK YOU, CHRIS. YES, I WAS APPROACHED BY SOME MEMBERS OF THE ALFRED ROTARY CLUB, AND IN ALL FULL DISCLOSURE, I'M ALSO A MEMBER OF THAT CLUB. UH, HOWEVER, THIS IS NOT MY INITIATIVE, NOR IS IT, UH, SOMETHING THAT I'LL BE PART OF PUTTING TOGETHER. I'VE GOT WAY TOO MANY THINGS ON MY PLATE, BUT I DID FEEL THAT IT WAS ONLY FAIR, UH, TO GIVE THEM AN EAR TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO DO. ANY UNDERSTANDING IS IT WOULD BE, UH, IDEALLY THEY WANNA DO IT DECEMBER 2ND, I BELIEVE, WHICH IS THE FIRST SATURDAY IN DECEMBER. IT'S FAR ENOUGH AWAY FROM THE HOLIDAY STAY OFF OF ALL THE STATE ROADS. I BELIEVE THE WAY THEY PRESENTED IT WOULD BE THEY WOULD COME OUTTA WILLS PARK, UH, APPROXIMATELY WHERE THE SWIMMING POOL IS. UH, IT WOULD GO SOUTH AND THEN TAKE A LEFT ON ROSWELL STREET AND THEN DOWN TO, UH, WHATEVER THE STREET IS RIGHT THERE. JUST PAST, UH, ANYWAYS, IT DOESN'T HIT ANY OF THE MAIN ROADS. UM, OBVIOUSLY OLD MILTON PARKWAY STOPS AT, AT, AT HIGHWAY NINE. SO I, IT IT WAS, IT WAS, THERE WERE SEVERAL PEOPLE THAT WERE INVOLVED AND THEY WERE VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT IT. UM, AND YES, AS, AS MR. LALU MENTIONED, WE USED TO HAVE A PARADE THAT HAD TO GO AWAY FOR LEGAL REASONS. UH, WE DO LIMIT SOME OF OUR ROAD CLOSURES, HOWEVER, WE STILL DO HAVE A FAIR NUMBER OF ROADS THAT ARE CLOSED SOMETIMES FOR FOUR AND FIVE HOURS FOR EVENTS. WE DO HAVE ROAD CLOSURES FOR THE MAYOR'S CORPORATE CHALLENGE COMING UP. UH, THERE WAS ANOTHER RACE THAT WAS JUST EARLIER THIS YEAR, ANOTHER 5K. THIS WOULD BE A SHORT THING. IT'S GONNA BE MAYBE 30 MINUTES TOPS AND IT'S FAMILY ORIENTED, UH, HOLIDAY, UH, DECORATIONS AND, AND FESTIVITIES, IF YOU WILL, TO GO ALONG WITH IT. AND, UH, THEY ARE WILLING TO INCUR THE MANDATORY COSTS AS WELL AS SOME VOLUNTARY COSTS, UH, FOR, FOR ADDITIONAL ITEMS. SO, UM, I THINK IT'D BE WORTH LETTING THIS GROUP GIVE IT A TRY. I DON'T THINK IT'S GONNA INCONVENIENCE TOO MANY PEOPLE ON, AGAIN, ON DECEMBER 2ND ON THAT PART OF TOWN. AND IF IT WORKS OUT AND, AND IT BECOMES SOMETHING REALLY COOL AND THE CITY WANTS TO EMBRACE IT, THEN WE CAN LOOK AT IT AGAIN NEXT YEAR. IF IT DOESN'T WORK OUT, THEN WE CAN SAY, LOOK, WE TRIED THIS, THIS IS NOT FOREVER. THIS IS JUST FOR THIS YEAR TO RUN ONE ON A TRIAL BASIS. UH, FAMILY FRIENDLY FLOATS. UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE ROTARY BOARD WILL PICK WHAT FLOATS ARE, ARE NOT ALLOWED INTO IT. IF IT WAS A CITY PARADE, UH, WE WOULDN'T HAVE THAT. WE WOULD HAVE TO ALLOW ANY AND ALL COMERS, WHICH IS WHAT GOT US IN A LITTLE TROUBLE LAST TIME, UM, WHEN WE HAD THE OLD SOLDIERS STATE PARADE. SO THAT'S WHERE I AM. UH, PERSONALLY, I I, I THINK IT'S WORTH A TRY. PARADES AREN'T MY THING. I'M, YOU KNOW, 61 YEARS OLD. MY KIDS ARE GROWN AND I'M NOT CHASING CANDY IN THE STREETS, UH, FROM THE DIFFERENT FLOATS. BUT I DO THINK THAT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE CITY AS A WHOLE. AND, AND, AND IT'S STILL, THE DOWNTOWN HAS HISTORICALLY MAINTAINED SOME OF THAT SMALL TOWN FEELING. I KNOW THERE'S A LOT GOING OUT IN THE PERIMETER AREAS, BROOK SIDE'S GOING ON, NORTH POINTS GOING ON. BUT THIS IS THE CORE OF OUR DOWNTOWN. AND, UH, THIS IS THE CORE OF WHAT I CONSIDER, UH, WHAT'S, WHAT'S OUR SMALL TOWN FEEL. SO I GOT THAT. JOHN, UH, THANK YOU MAYOR PER TIM AS A CO-SPONSOR. UM, YOU KNOW, AND, AND FULL DISCLOSURE, I'M A MEMBER OF THE, UH, ALPHARETTA ROTARY CLUB AND, AND FOR THIS PARTICULAR YEAR SITTING ON THE BOARD, BUT HAVE NO INPUT ON THE BOARD REGARDING THIS MATTER. BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF OUR PRIVATE CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE ALPHARETTA AS WE KNOW IT. AND, AND JUST SPEAKING OF THE ALPHARETTA ROTARY CLUB, UH, YOU KNOW, IT, IT PROGRAMS THE TOWN GREEN CONCERTS EVERY OTHER FRIDAY. UH, WE HAVE A MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONY, UH, BY VIRTUE OF, UH, THE ALPHARETTA ROTARY CLUB, THE, UH, NORTH FULTON ROTARY CLUB PUT OUT THE LITTLE LIBRARIES AND PAINTED THE TAPS. UH, THE, THESE CLUBS HAVE CONTRIBUTED A LOT TO THE, UH, FABRIC OF OUR SMALL TOWN HERE. AND, UH, I THINK THIS IS ANOTHER ASPECT OF SOME PEOPLE FEELING PASSIONATELY ABOUT WANTING TO CONTRIBUTE TO SMALL TOWN ALPHARETTA AND TO BRING A PARADE BACK AND TO DO SO AT A TIME WHERE IT FITS SORT OF HAND IN GLOVE WITH WHAT WE DO AS A CITY WITH THE TREE LIGHTING AND BRINGING FOLKS TO DOWNTOWN AND THE COMMERCE THAT WE HAVE DOWNTOWN. SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I'M INTRIGUED BY THE IDEA, UH, YOU KNOW, I, I, IF, IF COUNCIL DECIDES TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS OR, AND, AND CITY STAFF MOVE FORWARD WITH IT, UM, YOU KNOW, I WISH IT MUCH SUCCESS. I, I, YOU KNOW, [01:00:01] I'M, I'M NOT A FAN OF ORGANIZING PARADES, BUT I WOULD CERTAINLY, UH, LOVE TO SEE A PARADE. AND THE, WHAT REALLY DIFFERENTIATES IT IS THE, THIS WOULD BE A, LIKE ANY OTHER CITY EVENT, THIS WOULD BE RUN BY A, UM, UH, AN, AN APPLICANT. UH, FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN WE DO THE MEMORIAL DAY, WE PULL A CITY EVENT APPLICATION, UH, THE ROTARY CLUB DOES, AND, AND PUTS THAT ON FOR THE CITY OUT HERE IN BROOK STREET PARK. THIS IS NOT THE CITY DOING A PARADE, BUT RATHER CHOOSING TO, UH, ALLOW AN, AN APPLICATION OR EVENT APPLICATION TO BE PULLED BY THE ALPHARETTA ROTARY CLUB TO HAVE A PARADE FOR THE BENEFIT OF, UH, OF, UM, ALPHARETTA. SO, UM, UH, I, I, I THINK THAT THAT CIVIC CLUB HAS A GOOD TRACK RECORD IN OUR TOWN. I THINK THERE'S A DESIRE TO BRING BACK, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT SORT OF SMALL TOWN FEEL THAT WE HAVE GOING THROUGH TOWN. UH, I THINK THIS COUNCIL IN THE PAST HAS BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE IN CREATING THAT ENVIRONMENT HERE IN ALPHARETTA. AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE THE REASONS I'M CO-SPONSORING THIS. COUNCILMAN REEVES, I'M JUST CURIOUS, DID YOU SAY DECEMBER 2ND? THAT'S A WEDNESDAY. FIFTH. OKAY. FIFTH, WHATEVER. THE FIRST SATURDAY THAT, THAT'S WHY IT'S A WORK SESSION. , YES. TO GET THE CALENDAR. UM, AND MY QUESTION WOULD BE, DO WE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE ON THE CITY CALENDAR ON THAT DAY? UH, NOTHING THAT WOULD CONFLICT. IF THERE'S ANYTHING, IT WOULD BE DURING THE DAY. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S ONE OF THE DAYS WE HAVE THE SNOW IN THE DOWNTOWN, BUT IT DOES NOT CONFLICT WITH THE TREE LIGHTING. SO I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S ANY OTHER EVENTS ON THE FIFTH. AND WOULD THE PARADE BE AT NIGHT OR DURING THE DAY? I UNDERSTAND THEY'RE, THEY'RE, UH, SEEKING TO DO IT AFTER DARK WHERE IT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, LIT FLOATS AND LIT. UH, SOME, SOME KIND OF A PLAY ON THERE BEING LIGHT AND PARADE AT THE SAME TIME. CERTAINLY SUBJECT TO CHANGE, BUT THAT'S WHAT I UNDERSTAND OF THEIR REQUEST AT THIS POINT. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? SO, I HATE TO BE SCROOGE HERE, BUT I WAS THE MAYOR WHEN WE HAD TO STOP THE OLD SOLDIER DAY PARADE. I WASN'T PROUD OF THAT, BUT I'M PROUD OF THE WAY OUR COMMUNITY RESPONDED BECAUSE OF WHY WE HAD TO STOP. AND IF YOU WANT TO HAVE A REAL GOOD LOOK AT WHY I AM HESITANT, ESPECIALLY AS THE WAY IT WAS JUST OUTLINED, YOU CAN WALK UP TO MY OFFICE AND YOU CAN SEE THE REPORT OF THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT DECISION THAT WE FOUGHT AS A COMMUNITY TO ALLOW US TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T REPRESENT THE VALUES OF OUR COMMUNITY OR THE THINGS THAT WE WERE DOING. UM, AND I'M PROUD OF THAT, THAT EXPENSE ON THE TAXPAYER'S BEHALF. THE REASON I BRING THIS UP IS THE PRECEDENT THAT THE CITY OF ALPHARETTA WON AT THE SUPREME COURT. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE WHOLE STORY OF OLD SOLDIERS DAY, BUT SEVERAL YEARS AGO WHEN I BECAME MAYOR, WE HAD A LOT OF CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS AND FORMER SOLDIERS. AND THE HERITAGE OF THE OLD SOLDIERS DAY PARADE ORIGINALLY CAME FROM THE SOLDIERS THAT HAD COME BACK FROM THE CIVIL WAR AND OVER ALMOST 75 YEARS, I GUESS THEY CELEBRATED THAT IN ONE WAY, SHAPE OR FASHION. AND THEN WE HAD A, AN ORGANIZATION FROM THE CITY OF ROSWELL. THE OLD, UM, WHAT IS IT? THE SONS OF CONFEDERATE, VETERANS CHAPTER FROM ROSWELL DECIDED THAT WE HAD NO RIGHT TO STOP THEM FROM WAVING REBEL FLAGS AND WEARING CIVIL WAR UNIFORMS. OUR COUNCIL DID NOT BELIEVE THAT WAS THE CASE, THAT WE SHOULD BE FORCED TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE IN A, A WELL INTENDED CITY EVENT. BUT IT WAS ALSO A PARTNER WITH THE AMERICAN LEGION. AND I'M SAYING THIS SO Y'ALL CAN UNDERSTAND THAT I'M NOT OPPOSED TO DOING A PARADE, BUT AS OUTLINED BY COUNCILMAN HYPES IN THAT WE AS A GOVERNMENT CANNOT CHOOSE WHO CAN HAVE PARADES [01:05:02] BECAUSE OF THE CONTENT. AND THEN WE SEE SOME CRAZY THINGS GOING ON IN OUR WORLD TODAY. SO I CANNOT SUPPORT AN EVENT THAT IS NOT A CITY EVENT. 'CAUSE WE WORKED HARD, WE SPENT A LOT OF TAXPAYER MONEY TO MAKE SURE THAT IF WE WERE HAVING AN EVENT AND WE WERE HAVING A PARADE, THE U UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT SAYS GOVERNMENT ALSO HAS A RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF SPEECH. AND WE FOUGHT IT TO THE SUPREME COURT AND WON THAT CASE. AND I'M JUST SAYING THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A PARADE, IT HAS TO BE A CITY PARADE. OR YOU'RE INVITING EVERY LUNATIC THAT WANTS TO HAVE A PARADE IN OUR TOWN, YOU'RE OPENING THAT DOOR. AND SO I'M NOT OPPOSED TO PARADES, I'M JUST SAYING IF WE AS AN ORGANIZATION, AS A COMMUNITY WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IT, I THINK WE HAVE TO HAVE IT AS A CITY PARADE AND THE ORGANIZATIONS CAN BE PART OF THAT. BUT OTHERWISE, WE'RE LEAVING OURSELVES OPEN TO THINGS I DON'T THINK WE WANT TO LEAVE OURSELVES OPEN TO IN THE FUTURE. SO IT COUNCILWOMAN RE WELL EXPLAINED AND IT, I THINK YOU MAKE A REALLY GOOD POINT BECAUSE WE CAN'T PICK AND CHOOSE WHO'S ALLOWED TO HAVE A PARADE AND WHO'S NOT THE CONTENT. I I BASED ON CONTENT. I MEAN, I, I, UM, THERE ARE OTHER THINGS WE CAN, YOU KNOW, ELECT TO DO, BUT LIKE I HADN'T REALLY THOUGHT ABOUT IT UNTIL YOU PHRASED IT LIKE THAT. AND THAT'S, THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M GONNA DO. GIVES JUST PAUSE. IT GIVES ME GREAT PAUSE. I THINK YOU MAY, THERE MAY BE A WAY AROUND IT, LIKE IN TERMS OF IF THE CITY DOES, UH, SPONSOR SOMETHING, BUT, UM, I'M INCLINED TO AGREE WITH THE MAYOR ON THAT. LIKE I SAID, I THINK THERE'S WAYS WE CAN DO IT. IF THIS IS THE WILL OF OUR COUNCIL, I JUST AS IT WAS OUTLINED, I I THINK THAT'S JUST A DISASTER WAITING TO HAPPEN. MS. ESWINE, DO YOU HAVE ANY, YOU'VE RE REVIEWED THE CASE. I MEAN, AM I WRONG ABOUT THAT? I I, I FULLY TAKE YOUR POINT AND, UM, I, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE OUR ORDINANCE IN PLACE THAT PROVIDES THE STANDARDS THAT ARE NOT CONTENT BASED. AND SO, UM, ULTIMATELY, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S A QUESTION FOR THE CITY COUNCIL FROM A, A POLICY STANDPOINT AND, AND FOR STAFF REVIEW. I MEAN, YOU, YOU KNOW, THE FIRST AMENDMENT LAW AND, AND JURISPRUDENCE. SO I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD ON THAT. YOU DON'T, YOU DON'T SEE ANY SAFETY IN DOING A CITY EVENT? OH, I, I MEAN CERTAINLY WHAT YOU SAID AND, AND THAT COURT CASE STANDS, UM, ABSOLUTELY. THAT THAT'S AN OPTION. AND THEN THE CITY DOES HAVE MORE LEEWAY IN, IN CONTENT BASED REGULATION BASED ON THAT COURT CASE. YES. OKAY. I DIDN'T, OKAY. I DID IT. OKAY. SO I MEAN, I, LIKE I SAID, IF WE CAN PULL IT OFF AND DO IT WELL AND WE HAVE A TRACK RECORD OF DOING THINGS WELL, I DON'T OBJECT TO IT, BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY WAS CLEAR ON WHY WE HAVEN'T DONE IT BEFORE. 'CAUSE WE HAVE TO BE VERY THOUGHTFUL IF WE GO BACK INTO THAT. THAT WAS GOOD. OKAY. IF WE DO CONSIDER IT, WE WOULD NEED TO THINK ABOUT A FISCAL ISSUE, RIGHT? WE WOULD, AND I WOULD ASSUME WE COULD CREATE SOME KIND OF METHOD OF ANY PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS THAT WANTED TO PARTICIPATE COULD HELP FUND. BUT THAT'S JUST FOR US TO DECIDE ON IN THE FUTURE, TAKE THAT UNDER ADVISEMENT AND CONTINUE DISCUSSION. AWESOME. ANYTHING ELSE? COUNCILMAN BRADY? I LOVE PARADES. I'LL JUST SAY . YOU KNOW, MY, UH, YOU KNOW, I WENT TO, MY SON WAS IN MARCHING BAND FOR MILTON AND THEY WERE IN THE PREVIOUS PARADES UP AND DOWN THE STREET. WE WENT TO NEW YORK, WE WENT TO, UH, LA FOR THE CHRISTMAS PARADE. IT'S JUST A GREAT TIME TO BRING A COMMUNITY TOGETHER. I MEAN, THE CORE OF IT, JUST HOW WE ALL COME TOGETHER AND CELEBRATE THAT, ESPECIALLY FOR CHRISTMAS. IT IS SOMETHING SPECIAL. IT'S, IT'S LIKE THE GRINCH, RIGHT? IT'S LIKE SOMEONE HAD TO RENT IT FOR ALL OF US. NOW WE GOTTA FIGURE OUT A RIGHT WAY TO DO IT. BUT I MEAN, IF THERE'S A WAY WE COULD FIGURE THIS OUT, I THINK IT'D BE GREAT FOR THE COMMUNITY. I, I UNDERSTAND THE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE PITFALLS OF IT AND IT JUST, IT SUCKS LIKE THAT HAPPEN IN, IN OUR HISTORY AND WE DEFEND THAT. BUT IT WOULD BE MY POSITION WOULD BE ODD. I THINK IT'S A GREAT THING FOR THE COMMUNITY. IF WE CAN FIGURE SOMETHING OUT, I'D LOVE TO CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION. AWESOME. ANYTHING ELSE, MS. LAGA? NO, I'VE ACTUALLY GOTTEN THE DIRECTION I THINK I NEED, LET ME SUMMARIZE IT REAL QUICK JUST TO MAKE SURE I'VE GOT THAT I'M READING THIS GROUP CORRECTLY. IS THAT THERE'S, THERE'S NOBODY THAT'S, THAT IS NO PARADE. THAT THE GENERAL CONSENSUS IS WE LOVE IT IF WE CAN DO IT SAFELY AND SAFELY [01:10:01] FOR, UM, ALL OF THE REASONS THAT THE MAYOR ARTICULATED. SO MAYBE FROM THIS PERS MAYBE FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE, MY TAKEAWAY IS LET US AS THE STAFF WORK WITH THOSE THAT WERE PROPOSING THE PARADE AND FIGURE OUT IF THERE IS A WAY TO BRING IT BACK TO YOU ALL. 'CAUSE YOU SEEM TO ALL BE SUGGESTING YOU WOULD, WOULD LIKE A PARADE. SEE IF WE CAN BRING IT BACK TO YOU IN A CONTEXT THAT YOU COULD SUPPORT COUNCILMAN HEIGHTS. IT'S, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT UNDERSTANDING WHEN A PRIVATE, WHEN AN APPLICANT OR A PRIVATE ENTITY, UH, DOES A PARADE, THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR, UH, SOME COSTS THAT GO WITH THAT. IT HAS BEEN OUR POLICY THAT IF A PRIVATE GROUP COMES FORWARD WITH ANY EVENT, PARADE CONCERT, YOU NAME IT. YES. THAT, THAT'S TRUE. AND I'M SOMEWHAT FAMILIAR FROM CONVERSATIONS THAT GO BACK MONTHS AND MONTHS. I THINK YOU AND I MIGHT HAVE, UH, KICKED THE TIRES ON SOMETHING MANY, UH, MONTHS AGO. IT FOR A PARADE IN ALPHARETTA. THERE. THOSE ARE SOME, YOU KNOW, CONSIDERABLE COST TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE POLICE AND, AND, AND THE STREETS AND SHUT DOWN, ET CETERA. THE POINT IS, UH, I'M NOT, I'M NOT DISAGREEING WITH THE MAYOR ABOUT HIS ANALYSIS, BUT I'M NOT COMPLETELY ON BOARD WITH THE ANALYSIS. BUT ASSUMING FOR THE SAKE OF DISCUSSION THAT THE ANALYSIS IS CORRECT, IF SOMEBODY ELSE SAYS, WELL, THIS PERSON GOT A PARADE, I WANT A PARADE, THERE WILL BE A PRICE TAG THAT COMES WITH IT, RIGHT? YES. YEAH. SO JUST 'CAUSE YOU WANNA MAKE A POINT AND MARCH DOWN OUR STREETS AND, AND DO WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO. YOU GOTTA PAY, YOU GOTTA PAY THE ENTRY FEE. THAT'S RIGHT. OKAY. THANKS. ANYTHING ELSE ON THIS ITEM? SO ONCE AGAIN, THIS WAS A WORK SESSION. WE'RE NOT VOTING ON THIS TONIGHT. WE JUST WANTED TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION IN PUBLIC SO EVERYBODY COULD BE ON THE SAME PAGE AMONGST OUR COUNCIL IN THE COMMUNITY. SO THAT'LL BE ALL ON THE SIDE FOR THIS TIME. AND THANKS FOR LETTING US, UH, BRING THAT FORWARD, SIR. APPRECIATE IT. ABSOLUTELY. SO NOW WE'RE TO THE EXCITING PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION OF TONIGHT'S MEETING. MS. SHAPIRO, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT CARDS? WE DO NOT HAVE ANY CARDS SUBMITTED THIS EVENING, SIR. HOWEVER, IF ANYBODY WANTS TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK, NOW'S YOUR CHANCE. I DON'T SEE ANYONE COMING FORWARD. DO WE HAVE ANY REPORTS? I DON'T SEE ANY REPORTS. MR. BLO, [10. EXECUTIVE SESSION (IF NECESSARY)] DO WE NEED AN EXECUTIVE SESSION? YES, MR. MAYOR, WE DO NEED AN EXECUTIVE EXECUTIVE SESSION TONIGHT. THE TOPIC IS LITIGATION AND I DO EXPECT, DO EXPECT THE CITY COUNCIL TO TAKE ACTION WHEN WE RETURN? MOTION TO CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. SECOND TO RE RECESS TO EXECUTIVE SESSION. OKAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE VOTE. YES. COUNCILMAN DORITO? DID YOU VOTE? IT'S UNANIMOUS. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE'LL RETURN HOPEFULLY NOT TOO LONG. WHO KNOWS? DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO RECONVENE? SO, SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN REEVES, SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF RECONVENING, PLEASE VOTE. YES. MOTION TO ADJOURN. EVERYBODY VOTE WE HAVEN'T OFFICIALLY GOTTEN THE RESULTS. OKAY, WE GO. NOW WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN DORITO TO ADJOURN. SECOND BY MAYOR PRO, TIM. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF JOURNEYING, PLEASE VOTE YES. HERE WE GO. ROCK ALONG. SOMEBODY'S GOOD. * 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.