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--- title: May 13 2019 City Council Meeting date: 2019-05-13 source: 2019-05-13_May_13_2019_City_Council_Meeting.wav --- [0:00:00, 0:00:08]: I'm gonna call our meeting in order. We have roughly six o'clock here. This, of course, is our council meeting for Monday, May 13, 2019. [0:00:08, 0:00:13]: And if you can stand, please stand for the invocation. Mr. Christian, please come and do give the invocation for us. Appreciate it. [0:00:21, 0:00:41]: Lord God, we thank you for this opportunity to come before you this evening. We ask your blessing, Father, over the deliberations in this city council. May you be in the midst, O Lord God, that the people's work may be done. It's in your holy name that we pray. Amen. Amen. I pledge allegiance to the flood of the life and to your God. [0:00:41, 0:00:47]: Which is saying one dimensional liberty and justice. [0:00:51, 0:00:52]: Madam Clerk, roll call, please. [0:00:56, 0:01:08]: Councilman Thomas. Present. Mayor Pro Tem Blount. Present. Mayor Ford. Present. Councilwoman Gantt. Present. Councilman Alexander. Present. Councilwoman Robinson. Present. Mayor Ford, you have a quorum. Thank you very much. [0:01:08, 0:01:11]: Council, I need a motion to adopt the agenda, please. [0:01:12, 0:01:17]: So move. Mayor. Stand by please. Go right. I'd like to amend the agenda, please. Go right ahead. [0:01:17, 0:01:26]: Um I'd like to remove uh item number six, uh council consideration to approve Jodico Development Standards and site plan down to uh discussion item. [0:01:27, 0:01:31]: Okay, is there a second? Second. All right. Any further discussion? [0:01:31, 0:01:34]: All in favor of the change, please indicate. Thank you very much. [0:01:35, 0:01:42]: All right, uh before you have ha before you council you have the adoption of the minutes for the following meetings. Moving down uh March third, two thousand nineteen. [0:01:43, 0:01:52]: March twenty-sixth, twenty nineteen, and also there was a special call meeting and also a uh work session on March twenty-third, two thousand excuse me, March twenty-sixth, twenty nineteen. [0:01:53, 0:01:57]: If there are no changes to that, I would need a motion to accept those minutes, please. [0:01:58, 0:02:00]: Thank you. So moved, is there a second? [0:02:01, 0:02:03]: I second. Okay, any further discussion? [0:02:04, 0:02:06]: If not, please syndicate all in favor? [0:02:07, 0:02:09]: Thank you. All right, so now let's [0:02:10, 0:02:16]: Uh earlier today about 530 we had a couple of ceremonial type of activities, proclamations being read. [0:02:16, 0:02:31]: And one from National Public Works Week proclamation, Mr. Decius Aaron uh received that proclamation for his public works department. And we want to recognize all the public works folks not only in our city of Stockbridge, but also all over the nation. And uh so Mr. Aaron's received that. [0:02:31, 0:02:45]: Our clerk uh Vanessa Holliday received a proclamation for na uh municipal clerks week as well and to recognize all the work that municipal clerks do, not only for this the municipal clerk section does for the City of Stockbridges, but also municipal clerks all over the [0:02:45, 0:02:48]: all over the country in a sense of what they do for their cities. [0:02:48, 0:02:52]: And then also we had a proclamation for public service appreciation week. [0:02:53, 0:03:10]: Um and uh that was given it for that's for all this all our all our public employees here uh in the city of Stockbridge, but that was actually received by James Touchon, uh economic director, uh earlier uh today as well. So I wanna thank all those folks in reference to [0:03:10, 0:03:13]: their recognition and all the good hard work they do for the city Stockbridge. [0:03:20, 0:03:24]: On that note, uh Madam Clerk, any public comments? We do from Ms. Cecilia Green. [0:03:25, 0:03:28]: Okay, please come forward. Your name and your uh address please. [0:03:34, 0:03:35]: Thank you. [0:03:38, 0:03:47]: Good afternoon, Mayor and Council. Good afternoon. My name is Cecilia Lucinda Pierce Green, Post Office 51821, Stockbridge, Georgia. [0:03:47, 0:03:51]: three oh two eight one. I've been a resident here since two thousand and seven. Okay. [0:03:53, 0:03:55]: She's gonna pass out something before. [0:03:55, 0:04:00]: On that note, um I know we are only allowed to. [0:04:05, 0:04:06]: Let me kill you. [0:04:09, 0:04:10]: That's all right. [0:04:10, 0:04:12]: Take your time. Thank you. [0:04:40, 0:04:52]: What I'm going to say this afternoon I feel like is very important and it's very relevant. It's gonna take a little bit longer, probably three and a half minutes. What I'm gonna try to do what I can to get this out. Right here, please. [0:04:53, 0:05:13]: Last year, when we were in the midst of a crisis with the deanxation in Stockbridge versus the proposed city of Eagles Landing, Senate Bill 262 and 263, which Governor Nathan Deal later signed, we were asked to call him to show support against the Eagles Landing deannexation. With much prayer, I chose not to make this phone call, but write him in. [0:05:13, 0:05:14]: Yeah. [0:05:14, 0:05:22]: My pen power went into full effect and in a matter of minutes I composed a poem on April the fourth, twenty eighteen at eleven seventeen PM. [0:05:23, 0:05:34]: After fasting for three days, I mailed it to Governor Nathan Dill shortly after I made seven copies and passed them out to the following city officials on april ninth, twenty eighteen at the city council meeting. [0:05:34, 0:05:51]: Anthony S. Ford, Mayor, Randy Knighton, Cindy Manager, Camilla Moore, Assistant City Manager, Vanessa Holliday, City Clerk, Michael Williams, City Attorney, LaQuenda Jackson, Executive, Assistant to Mayor Council, and I myself, [0:05:52, 0:05:53]: Made a copy of this. [0:05:54, 0:05:57]: Last month's work session meeting, april thirtieth, twenty eighteen, [0:05:58, 0:06:00]: It was to me unbelievable. [0:06:01, 0:06:04]: I heard the words unity in the community. [0:06:04, 0:06:05]: Several times. [0:06:06, 0:06:10]: A phrase that I have not ever heard before at these monthly meetings. [0:06:11, 0:06:18]: The irony of this is that it's the same spiritual power phrase I use when I address Governor Nathan Deal in my poem. [0:06:19, 0:06:25]: The shocker was that it came from a council member of one of the council of Stockbridge who [0:06:25, 0:06:27]: that has just taken this and ran with it. [0:06:28, 0:06:30]: Uh for oneself. [0:06:30, 0:06:32]: When I heard this my heart sunk. [0:06:34, 0:06:37]: These seven words best describe how I felt. [0:06:38, 0:06:40]: When I came out of this meeting. [0:06:41, 0:06:42]: I even cried about it. [0:06:43, 0:06:44]: Disappointed. [0:06:45, 0:06:46]: This made [0:06:47, 0:06:48]: Disgusted. [0:06:49, 0:06:50]: Disturbed. [0:06:51, 0:06:52]: Disrespectful. [0:06:52, 0:06:54]: To me, it felt like [0:06:54, 0:06:55]: Disgraceful. [0:06:56, 0:06:57]: And distasteful. [0:06:58, 0:07:00]: It was apparent to me that my poem was copied. [0:07:01, 0:07:03]: It ended up in the hands of whoever. [0:07:04, 0:07:05]: I remember when I was a six grader. [0:07:06, 0:07:08]: At some hour middle school in North Cross, Georgia. [0:07:09, 0:07:12]: My language arts teacher gave us an assignment for a final test grade. [0:07:12, 0:07:15]: Which required that we should write a five paragraph report [0:07:15, 0:07:17]: on a list of nouns that she compiled. [0:07:18, 0:07:20]: I chose to write about flowers. [0:07:20, 0:07:30]: We went to the library to gather our information and instead of writing the author of the book and giving him credit for the words that I copied directly out of the book, I turned the paper in. [0:07:31, 0:07:36]: With a GPA of ninety-nine point seven, I knew I was gonna ace this class. [0:07:36, 0:07:37]: It didn't happen. [0:07:38, 0:07:41]: When I got my paper back, my teacher wrote in red letters. [0:07:42, 0:07:46]: Okay, that's it. I got two. [0:07:46, 0:07:50]: Uh council, are you willing to allow Miss Green to have additional time to finish her statement? [0:07:51, 0:07:52]: Yes. [0:07:53, 0:08:01]: Second okay, she's yes, seconds great. All in favor allowing her have additional time, please indicate. All right, thank you very much. Go ahead. Thank you. I just got one more paragraph. Sure. [0:08:02, 0:08:10]: When I took that class, uh my GPA was 99.7. I knew I was gonna age the class, but it didn't happen. [0:08:10, 0:08:13]: When I got my paper back, my teacher wrote in red letters on my report. [0:08:14, 0:08:15]: The name of the book [0:08:16, 0:08:18]: The author in these words [0:08:18, 0:08:19]: Placerism. [0:08:19, 0:08:29]: I never heard of that. I was a sixth grader. So I rushed home and pulled out my dictionary. And when I read it, I said, oh my goodness, I did this to myself. [0:08:29, 0:08:32]: She put a big fat F on my paper. [0:08:33, 0:08:34]: I was so disappointed. [0:08:35, 0:08:38]: My GPA went down to 79.9. [0:08:39, 0:08:44]: causing me to lose out on being on the A B honor roll for my sixth grade year. [0:08:45, 0:08:50]: The first poem I wrote to myself because I felt like I had did something really bad. [0:08:50, 0:08:53]: With these words if we don't write it. [0:08:54, 0:08:55]: Don't recite it. [0:08:56, 0:08:57]: Just because you took note. [0:08:57, 0:08:59]: Doesn't make it your quote. [0:09:00, 0:09:03]: When one attaches oneself to stake a claim [0:09:03, 0:09:06]: Remember, remember it always comes with a name. [0:09:07, 0:09:09]: What a hard lesson to learn. [0:09:10, 0:09:12]: But I did this to myself. [0:09:12, 0:09:24]: I chose to commit this thing called plagiarism, which is something I didn't understand because I didn't understand it. And my teacher was kind enough to give me an F. She could have flunked me. [0:09:25, 0:09:27]: Amen. But she gave me [0:09:27, 0:09:28]: Uh elf. [0:09:29, 0:09:49]: Since then, I have written over seven powerful poems. Four of them will be featured in a book that's coming out very soon in 2019. I have written short stories. I have written journals. Cheers for chill-inning. Four powerful newspaper articles in the Rockdale Citizen newspaper in Cunnings, Georgia. Three I co-wrote with a report. [0:09:49, 0:09:50]: Yeah. [0:09:51, 0:09:55]: I have also written obituaries for families, eulogies for families. [0:09:56, 0:09:59]: And even for our very own Anthony S. Ford. [0:10:00, 0:10:02]: А каємо ви селен пова понц. [0:10:03, 0:10:07]: That I knew helped to boost him to win his election. [0:10:08, 0:10:16]: I'm not taking all the credit, Mayor, because I know you are a good person and you worked hard to get where you are, but let me have a little slice of the pie. [0:10:17, 0:10:23]: Those points was powerful and they got over 500 views on our Facebook pages. Amen? [0:10:24, 0:10:25]: So my point is [0:10:27, 0:10:29]: If you're gonna put something out like that [0:10:30, 0:10:34]: There's a name that goes with it. I attend a lot of these meetings. [0:10:34, 0:10:36]: Matter of fact, I hardly ever miss a meeting. [0:10:37, 0:10:40]: And so when this came out, I felt deprived. [0:10:41, 0:10:44]: I felt somebody had taken something from me. [0:10:44, 0:10:46]: Because I've never heard this before. [0:10:47, 0:10:48]: I've never heard [0:10:48, 0:10:55]: Unity in the community. I've never heard it. I've heard of it, but it never came out like it came out last at the last meeting. [0:10:56, 0:11:00]: So Mayor Ford, I don't know what it's gonna take to rectify this. [0:11:00, 0:11:20]: But in Jesus' name I pray that something would would be made right out of this. Because again I say it just didn't feel right. Okay. Thank you for your thank y'all for allowing me to speak. Appreciate it. God bless you and thank you for giving me the extra time to to do so. Thank you very much. Thank you so much. And in that public comment. Okay, no further comments. All right. [0:11:20, 0:11:28]: On that note, um old business council consideration to approve a renewal of the city's liability insurance policy. Mr. Knighton, please. [0:11:31, 0:11:45]: Mayor and council, uh you should have a one page summary sheet before you that itemizes the overall um expenditures expected for the renewal of our insurance liability premium. [0:11:53, 0:12:06]: with J. Smith Lanier. Uh the uh as you can see there's a comparison between uh last year's premium and the renewal premium uh cost estimated premium, which is actually slightly lower than [0:12:07, 0:12:26]: uh the previous year uh overall. Uh obviously um that's due to a couple of different things. One, uh we did add some items to our um uh insurance this year, but we also surplused a number of items from our insurance uh as well. And as you can see the cost is about [0:12:26, 0:12:29]: Forty five hundred to five thousand dollars less. [0:12:29, 0:12:32]: We're asking that you would approve this, uh, to [0:12:33, 0:12:34]: Um [0:12:34, 0:12:37]: Uh approve the renewal of our city's liability insurance policy. [0:12:38, 0:12:43]: Uh and we will uh continue to use J. Smith Lanier moving forward. Thank you, sir. [0:12:43, 0:12:47]: Council, you have a motion to accept this uh particular proposal? [0:12:48, 0:13:08]: So moved. All right, is there a second? All right, any further discussion? Yes. Go right ahead, please. Mr. Night, could you talk about I think we've uh we just need uh everybody to understand what a tremendous job the city has been doing taking care of our employees in terms of not racing uh the co the co-pays and what we we bent over backers. [0:13:08, 0:13:28]: Because we take care of our employees here, and that you're st what you're stating here now is that there's actually an overall decrease in the amount that we would be paying. Talk about that a little bit so folks can understand what we do for our employees. Yeah, point of com uh clarification there, Councilman. This is actually liability insurance. Right, right. The liability for the assets that we own. [0:13:27, 0:13:47]: Types of things. The benefit in health insurance is something that we will be discussing with you in the very, very near future. And so that's a different item. This is just strictly the liability insurance to ensure that we go ahead and renew uh and move forward. And as you can see there, this is for commercial automobile, correct, management liability, uh criminal property liability. [0:13:47, 0:13:50]: [831.0, 851.0]: Right. In terms of this particular item, I'm sorry, I had a wrong note I'll add on the wrong notes. In terms of what we did to to impact that. Mm-hmm. Well we we shopped it around, we marketed it and w and uh we went to different brokerages in order to get a better rate, correct? Well we have we have a good company. Uh we think they've done very well and they've [0:14:10, 0:14:30]: They've ensured that while we uh um are fully covered, that we have the best uh price uh possible moving forward. And uh so again, uh some of the items related to some of the assets that we no longer have, some of the surplus items we no longer have helped to make some adjustments in the overall price. [0:14:30, 0:14:33]: All right, thank you. Any further questions from the council? [0:14:33, 0:14:46]: If none, all in favor of the motion, please indicate. Okay, thank you very much. Unanimous. On that note, uh thank you, Council. Council consideration to approve the citywide project manager position, funding source of what says various here. [0:14:46, 0:14:47]: Mr Knighton, please. [0:14:48, 0:15:08]: Yeah, I'll go ahead and present that item. Um this is an item uh for an overall citywide project manager uh that would be responsible for a number of special projects and special needs and overseeing certain uh infrastructure items uh that the uh city may have in the future. This is a budgeted uh item and would [0:15:08, 0:15:22]: Be under the direction of the city manager. We went through an RFP process. There were a number of vendors that did provide submittals. [0:15:22, 0:15:25]: Uh on um this particular item. [0:15:25, 0:15:27]: uh and the evaluation committee [0:15:28, 0:15:40]: Um did rank two firms at the top, Falcon Design and Kek and Wood. Um and to avoid potential conflict of interest, the city's determined that uh Keck and Wood uh would be the appropriate. [0:15:40, 0:15:43]: А ферм гонфорд. [0:15:43, 0:15:48]: Uh I would mention that Falcon Design uh under the current contract has a have a component [0:15:48, 0:15:50]: Of project management. [0:15:50, 0:15:53]: Uh, they are involved in a number of projects that we currently have. [0:15:53, 0:15:59]: And based on the evaluation, we believe that the recommended vendor of Kekin wood for this particular item. [0:16:00, 0:16:01]: uh would be appropriate moving forward. [0:16:02, 0:16:09]: Thank you, sir. Appreciate it. Uh go right, Mr. Blount. I'm only approved to the council on approval of the citywide project management position. [0:16:10, 0:16:14]: Okay. Second. Okay. Any further discussion? Yes. [0:16:14, 0:16:17]: Mr. Mayor? Yes, sir. Yep. Yes, go right, please. [0:16:18, 0:16:20]: Mr. Night, I wanna apologize for not [0:16:22, 0:16:42]: Getting with you normally like I do to ask my questions. Um I I am in favor of the project manager and you and I have discussed this. Um my questions sort of centered around some of the other um entities as far as the management of [0:16:42, 0:16:52]: Splosh uh funds, uh Project Block Grant um initiative, just having someone um [0:16:53, 0:17:04]: on point to make sure for instance as it is stands right now, not having a shovel ready project to receive the block grant funds. And I'm hoping that [0:17:05, 0:17:07]: This company could be in that lane, but [0:17:07, 0:17:27]: That was subtle my concerns and I wanted to try to get with you early so you can explain that a little better, but maybe that may be a concern with many other council members as well. Yeah, this this particular firm, if approved, and operating in the project management capacity would do those types of things. Um potentially uh Splash program management. [0:17:27, 0:17:47]: Potentially CDBG type management, another special project management, they would oversee, making sure that if a project, a project stays on time, stays within budget, is moving appropriately as it should. And so this particular project manager would handle those types of projects to ensure that the project is not a good idea [0:17:47, 0:17:54]: ensure that the city is getting uh the uh oversight that it needs on uh those types of projects. [0:17:56, 0:18:16]: Good. Okay. Any further questions from the council? Well, I did have a firm. Oh, I'll go right ahead. I'm sorry. Well, I I want to sort of ask about grant writing, even though I know we we have a firm now, so I'll just withdraw that and we'll we'll talk later about that. All right. Any further questions from the council? Go write it, please. Yes. Uh in terms of this overall thing uh of uh assistance. [0:18:16, 0:18:36]: Us moving forward with city projects. This position, we've done a very good job, I think, of building the staff up, increasing uh volume. But you all have a tremendous workload, especially in the last two years with the City of Eagles Landing and the litigation and everything. [0:18:36, 0:18:56]: That we got to go through. Talk about a little bit how this is gonna help us manage the capital projects, the SPLOSS projects, because uh we just had a town hall meeting talking about$24 million that we potentially could have on SPLOS 5. So talk about how this position. [0:18:56, 0:19:16]: Is going to help us manage these capital projects like the amphitheater. And I know that they have a component of that, TSW is managing it, but from our side, keeping us on track with this potential youth senior center that we're working on, the cultural arts center. Talk about how this position directs. [0:19:16, 0:19:19]: directly impacts moving those forward and keeping them on time. [0:19:19, 0:19:35]: Well, uh a firm such as uh this one, Kick and Wood, or any other firm that we would provide project management experience has the bandwidth. In other words, they have the resources. They have expertise in engineering and planning and stormwater and utilities. [0:19:35, 0:19:39]: Uh, all of those types of things at their disposal. So they have [0:19:39, 0:19:42]: the ability to to be flexible [0:19:42, 0:20:02]: Um uh for various projects that we might utilize them for. And it does provide some level of relief to the staff to focus on other projects. This again was budgeted something that has been budgeted by the council, and uh we're now uh proposing to bring this project manager on to handle those projects. [0:20:02, 0:20:04]: projects to uh move the city forward. [0:20:04, 0:20:24]: And a follow-up. Okay, go right, please. Uh and Mr. Williams probably legal term. Their fiduciary duty is to the city, correct? Their duty is to protect and be good stewards of the citizens' fund. So those millions of dollars that they're that the city is investing in these projects, their job is to [0:20:24, 0:20:31]: Make sure that they watch every tax dollar that goes out to make sure that they're maximized. Is that correct? That is correct, yes. [0:20:32, 0:20:41]: Okay. You did that, sir? Is that it? Okay. Yeah, go ahead, please, Ms. Blount. Mr. Knight, uh, real quick, uh in approval of this um firm [0:20:41, 0:20:48]: I understand they're gonna be the part of the management, but far as the uh implementing to formulate, where do they fall there? [0:20:49, 0:21:09]: They would provide the oversight. For instance, if there was a project that um had a particular contractor involved in actually constructing a project or implementing a project, they would provide the oversight of that. And depending on the expanse of the project, how large the project is, they would ensure that the subconsultants are are working together. They would ensure [0:21:09, 0:21:29]: That certain um uh phases of the project are coming on as they should. They would ensure that the the funds are being expended as they should, and they would ensure that the project is staying on time and staying on task. They are there to watch out for us uh overall and to ensure that uh the project's monies are being spent and there's [0:21:29, 0:21:30]: spent correctly and properly. [0:21:31, 0:21:38]: Uh mayor, just quick follow up. I I asked that question because I wanted to be clear to everyone that this company is not here to [0:21:39, 0:21:50]: formulate but and or but they're here to manage. Right. The gr they're not the ground roots company to formulate. They're the company that whatever foundation has been laid, they manage that foundation. [0:21:50, 0:21:53]: Is that correct? I think that's that's a that's a good assessment. [0:21:53, 0:22:01]: Okay. I don't know. Any other comments from the council? And if not, all in favor of the motion please indicate. Outstanding unanimous decision. All right. [0:22:01, 0:22:10]: Number six has been moved to discussion, so we'll go to number seven here, council consideration to approve a fire hydrant meter policy and application of fee schedule. Mr Aaron, please. [0:22:16, 0:22:35]: Uh yes, Mr. Mayor. Tonight we come before you to have a formalized policy of how contractors secure and use fire hydrant meters. Currently we have a system in place that is word of mouth, but we like to have something that's in the official City of Stockbridge records as to how a contractor obtains [0:22:35, 0:22:37]: Uh five hydrant meter. [0:22:38, 0:22:58]: Okay. Let me ask you this. Um so this is something obviously we haven't done before in a sense, and this is something other cities our size, other cities, period, just are automatically already do, I'm assuming. Okay, they have to rent a five hydrant meter and apply for that meter so that we can keep track of [0:22:57, 0:23:02]: and make sure that they're being billed correctly for the water that they use. [0:23:03, 0:23:06]: Okay. All right. I know there's some questions I'm I would imagine. [0:23:07, 0:23:27]: Yes, I go right ahead. In terms of now we have a wall or our water department that manages just rightly or strictly in the downtown area. Does this uh apply to'cause I think most of us have Henry County water, does it apply to how the the fire hydrogen we manage to them or it just applies to us or is it [0:23:27, 0:23:37]: city, how does that work? No sir, just the city of Stockbridges water system. The Heron County Water and Sewer Authority have their own policy for five hydrant meters. [0:23:37, 0:23:57]: Okay. Okay, any other questions for the council? Go right ahead, please. Uh Mr. Daish, I thought we already had a system in place for anybody that needs water use from the city that we would go connect, already had that in place. But there's not a formal policy of how the the applicant comes in and applies for that meter. This is a way for us to track [0:23:57, 0:24:10]: and require them to formally come in and apply for it because in the past you've had people that have purchased their own hydrant meter. Okay, so basically this is to solidify the process. Yes. Okay, got you. [0:24:12, 0:24:15]: Okay, if no other questions, I need a I need a motion, please. [0:24:15, 0:24:16]: Yeah. [0:24:16, 0:24:25]: I move that we approve the five hydro meter policy and application and fee schedule second. Second. Okay, second down here. Here down here, Thomas. Okay, any further discussion? [0:24:26, 0:24:40]: I I heard on my right side. I heard from the right side. Okay. All right. Sorry about that. I heard from the right side. Um any further uh comments, questions? All in favor, motion, please indicate. Okay, you now great stuff. Um [0:24:41, 0:25:01]: Council consideration to approve painting of the city's four water uh water towers with the new branding and amount of seventy-six thousand four hundred dollars paid in three installments, an amount of twenty-five thousand four sixty-seven. Funding source would be general fund. Mr. Aaron, please. Yes, Mr. Mayor. Uh we want to start moving forward with some of the branding, implementing those services. [0:25:01, 0:25:10]: services and one of the things uh that's been discussed are the water towers. And so we'd like to move forward with going ahead and getting those with the city's new logo and brand on them. [0:25:11, 0:25:31]: Okay. Any questions for Mr Ern? If not, okay, we'll go right, sir. Um be clear on this is that because we do have a contract with the company to for maintenance and painting and all that. Yes. This would be separate because we're all gonna be painting and putting our new branding on it. So this is why we needed a separate contract so [0:25:31, 0:25:51]: anybody want to come and see that we do have a contract with a company for maintenance, but this is beyond maintenance. This is uh the creating new aesthetics for the uh yes for the towers. The reason why we're doing this is the company bid it on repainting the current logo that's on the tank now. And this is a different logo with a different set of color schemes instead of just one [0:25:51, 0:25:53]: One colour, you got multiple colours, so [0:25:54, 0:25:54]: Yeah. [0:25:55, 0:26:15]: Okay. Any further questions? Mr. Mayor. Yes, sir. Go ahead, please. Just wanted to be clear with the city's uh emblem. So would that go away? The emblem? We're uh replacing the current city of Stockbridge seal that that's on the tanks now with the city of Stockbridge where community connects that that will go on the tanks. So how how large of left [0:26:14, 0:26:25]: veteran would that be because you know the tanks um they up there pretty nice. It will be visible. Okay. You will be able to see it. Okay. Mayor. Exciting. [0:26:25, 0:26:45]: Um I would uh I motion to for the council consideration to approve the painting of the city's four water towers and new branding to be an amount of seventy-six thousand four hundred dollars to be paid. Second I heard down here. Alexander, okay. All right. Motion was made and seconded. Any further discussion? All in favor, please indicate. Outstanding. Okay. [0:26:45, 0:26:46]: Okay. [0:26:47, 0:27:07]: Okay. Council consideration oh excuse me, this is discussion. I'm sorry. Discussion part council cons uh discussion of the parking lot expansion of Rees Creek Trailhead Flip and Row Engineering primarily estimate for prodable cost of construction. Twenty four thousand seven eighty funding source splots. Mr. Aaron, please. Yes, Mr. Mayor. Uh a couple of weeks ago [0:27:07, 0:27:24]: So Mr. Knight and you and I we met at Reed's Creek Trail. There was concerns about the lack of parking at at the trailhead. So you wanted us to bring it back for discussion as to whether we move forward with it now that it's springtime and more people are using the trail or [0:27:24, 0:27:31]: What do we do with it? Do we just set it to the side for in perpetuity or do we move forward with adding the additional spaces? [0:27:32, 0:27:52]: All right, and further discussion on the point that you're absolutely right, we met. I I was looking forward, I know we had this discussion once before entire council, wanted you to bring it back. Have the additional parking spaces there and also look at beautifying and putting the grass there, putting some landscaping back around the all the exercise equipment was also part of my thought process as well. And that's why I wanted you to bring it back for the council to discuss this and hopefully we'll take this. [0:27:52, 0:27:57]: on. Okay? Yes. All right. Now on that note, questions or concerns? Yes. Go write it please. [0:27:57, 0:28:17]: Uh Amor, I'm glad you brought this back up. Um I think the um this estimate here is a lot less than the one that we had seen before, which would be twenty-four thousand dollars. As we did trail alive and we use this um on a regular basis, it's overflow. You have people parking [0:28:17, 0:28:37]: Uh on the grass and in the grassy areas, that's probably what impacted the area around the exercise equipment. Uh we have a very active health and wellness community here. That trail is probably one of our biggest assets that we have, and our citizens use it on a regular basis. Um [0:28:37, 0:28:57]: Unfortunately, it's very difficult to find Memorial Park on the other side. So most of the usage comes out of the flipping road side. And again, I agree with you that we need to move forward with the beautification as well, because this is one of our greatest assets. And one of the things that the property ownership [0:28:57, 0:29:17]: understand is that one of the things that brings value, overall values, are the sidewalks and the trails in the community. Because what they do is as a realtor, speaking on that, that they increase home values because they're one of the number one targets that people look for when they're deciding where to locate. They want to [0:29:16, 0:29:36]: To be next to a connected trail or a sidewalk in a connected community. I think the previous estimate that we gave was a little bit expanded, it was a little inflated. And with this new estimate here, I think we should move forward with it in making sure. [0:29:36, 0:29:47]: that we provide everything that we promise in terms of being a progressive community that's uh all about uh the health and wellness of our citizens. [0:29:47, 0:30:07]: Thank you. Any further comments from the council? Yes, Mayor. Go right, please. Thank you, sir. Okay. What about signage? Um, because a lot of people, again, they it's a beautiful trailhead, beautiful park, but they don't know that it's there. Um, I know we are doing our branding, but I do know that we have the capability of putting up signs. [0:30:07, 0:30:25]: signs um fairly quickly to say that it's there. And that's basically low-hanging fruit. How quickly can we get up signage? Because people are going to Panola Mountain, um, the other different trailheads, because they just didn't know that it was there. [0:30:25, 0:30:45]: Yes, ma'am. We're currently in the process of designing a sign for the Reeds Creek Trail, Trailhead. But also I just want to let you know that this is an estimated cost. This is just a placeholder. It could be more, it could be less when we bid it out, but that's just the engineer's opinion of what the probable cost would be. I don't want anybody [0:30:45, 0:30:56]: to think it's gonna be twenty four, it could be thirty, we don't know until we beat it out. But based on the size of the area and the number of parking space, that's their estimate of what it would cost. [0:30:56, 0:31:16]: Mr. Mayor as a follow up. Yeah, for the right place. Um when I'm saying signage, I'm also indicating when um the when you're coming down the road the right of way. I mean just basic signs that saying that it's you're entering or it's up on the left. Is that not something that our public works you all do [0:31:16, 0:31:32]: Or n don't have the capability of doing signs such as that? We're gonna do something. It's it's gonna be nice. We wanted to to make a statement. When the sign is installed, it'll be one on Flippin' Road and it'll be one at the entrance of the park. Do you have an estimated time frame for that? [0:31:32, 0:31:47]: Well, custom size usually two to four weeks. Okay on the custom size. Thank you. Okay. Mr. Dacious, on on the estimate we have, there's is there a projection of uh how many spaces? It's gonna be ten parking spaces. Ten parking spaces? Yes. [0:31:49, 0:32:05]: Okay, council, any other questions? Okay, the motion has no motion has not been made. Yes, I would like to make a motion to move forward with expansion of this as the mayor recommends. Okay, okay, the second down here. Okay as well. Any further discussion? [0:32:05, 0:32:07]: And if not, all in favor of the motion, please indicate. [0:32:08, 0:32:10]: Opposed? Oh everybody's everybody's in favor? [0:32:10, 0:32:22]: Okay, good deal. Fantastic. Thank you. Thank you, sir. We'll move forward. Uhhuh. And uh now additional discussion, council consideration to approve the Johto Development Standards and Site Plan. Miss Moore, please. [0:32:30, 0:32:37]: Mr. Mayor, this is discussion that we are doing. Yeah, this part yeah, this is yeah, this is discussion. Yes, next is discussion, yes. [0:32:41, 0:32:48]: I don't think we'll have a vote coming out of this. We'll find out from our our project or not our our community director. She'll let us know, right? [0:32:55, 0:32:57]: Is it count out? [0:32:59, 0:33:01]: [1990.2, 1990.5]: Okay. [0:33:20, 0:33:30]: Good evening, Mary and Council. How are you tonight? Evening. Evening to you. Uh staff is gonna give a brief update on what's happening with uh what we call Jodico South right now, which is currently Everly. [0:33:30, 0:33:41]: Um so that you and the public can know a little bit about uh where we are. Uh this project is at the point where we're seeing a lot of movement, so just want to give you an update on [0:33:42, 0:33:46]: What you have looked at and the public have looked at this particular site plan. [0:33:46, 0:33:59]: is the proposed site plan for Jodico South. Our staff has shown you this before. This particular site plan will be attached with the design standards that we bring to you on the 28th. [0:34:00, 0:34:20]: Let's see how we do this. Uh this deals with the commercial piece. Uh and here are the percentages. And I'm gonna go over these a little bit in the next slide. Based on our discussions with the uh owner and the developers of Jodico South, based on what we presented to Mayor and Council, uh, we're going to lock in the site. So, what does that [0:34:20, 0:34:28]: That means? There are actually one, two, three, four, five, six pods as a part of this site. Part A. [0:34:28, 0:34:37]: Is uh 14.7 acres, which is 9% of the site. It is single-family detach, which is 79 lots. [0:34:38, 0:34:58]: Part B is single family attached, it is 15.7 acres, which is 9% of the site, which is 141 lots. Part C is single family detached, is 35.3 acres at 21% of the site of 115 lots. Part D is commercial, which is [0:34:58, 0:35:01]: fifty two point four acres, which is thirty percent of the site. [0:35:01, 0:35:14]: Pod E is multifamily, which is 14.5 acres at 9% of the site, which is 300 units. And Pod F is open green space at 18.1 acres in 11% of the site. [0:35:16, 0:35:16]: Okay. [0:35:17, 0:35:26]: Staff is in the process of working on the uh design standards. We hope to have those completed by Wednesday or Thursday of this week. [0:35:26, 0:35:46]: We will be emailing each of you a copy of the proposed draft for you to look at, which will give you about a week and a half. We'll also be sending those design proposed design standards to the developer and the owner to get their comments back. And at that point in time, staff will ask that we have a meeting with each of you so that we can go over your [0:35:46, 0:35:52]: your comments for the design standards before we bring it to you for final adoption on the twenty eighth. [0:35:55, 0:36:07]: Is that your presentation? Is it on that? Okay, so so uh obviously there probably some questions I'm pretty sure that we can handle right now. You you wanna you wanna take first or go right ahead. [0:36:07, 0:36:27]: Ms. Moore, I I appreciate the excellent work and then uh you discussing it with us, uh counsel. I appreciate you inviting uh me to your office the other day to kind of look at this a bit. As well, I think it is point it's important to note uh from the original setup. [0:36:27, 0:36:47]: for Jodico that there was originally six hundred multifamily units that were approved in the previous uh i uh uh iteration of this particular development. Now as you see on this particular development that as we discussed that has been cut in half. So it went from six hundred down to three hundred. [0:36:47, 0:37:07]: um apartment units and then um the overall spacing and developing of this particular project. Talk about that those changes and then what you talked to me about, which was uh you were just uh and you are expert at what you do, which is uh going to the authorities and deep [0:37:07, 0:37:27]: DC and the Pheneminent experts on setting the best possible design standards, including the multi-use paths, including signage, all the way down to the trash can, and to make sure that this particular development is indeed best in class. [0:37:27, 0:37:42]: uh in every way and then uh go ahead if you would answer them. Um I think uh mayor and council is looking for Jodeco to be a a legacy project. When I got here um it was told to me that citizens and you as elected official they invested a lot of time [0:37:42, 0:38:02]: And what you want this project to look like. And so therefore, staff has spent the energy and the time to make sure that we bring you design guidelines that will withstand the test of time and that the citizens and you as elected officials will be proud to say that Jodico South, whatever the new name is, every whatsoever that day is chosen. [0:38:02, 0:38:22]: To be that 10 to 15 years from now, when you look back at this project, both you and the citizens of Stockbridge will be very proud of this project. Fantastic. Go right ahead. In terms of um, you've you've um been involved in this project and you're uh right there at the table. I know there's only so much that we can share with the public. [0:38:22, 0:38:37]: But talk about um the the overall interest uh in this particular parcel. There was some the rumors out there that project was dead and things weren't happening there. But you're you're seeing action on this project and that it's moving forward, correct? [0:38:37, 0:38:57]: Right, I think uh we've shared with Mayor and Council before that as long as we were in litigations with uh a proposed city of Eagles Landing, uh all interest in Jodico and any other development in Stockbridge died. And that's because in those parcels that could be a part of another jurisdiction, the unknown is why a lot of developers and builders did not. [0:38:57, 0:39:17]: Want to pursue development in those areas that could be in a new jurisdiction. Now that that is over and everyone is clear that this project, as well as others that were in that area, are in the city of Sidebridge. The interest has triple, quadruple. The interest is there, not only in this site, but in all of the parcels that we have this undeveloped and city. [0:39:17, 0:39:24]: There's a huge interest, and we're seeing those applications and requests and requests for meetings that are coming in. [0:39:24, 0:39:44]: All right, fantastic. Any other questions from this side? Yes. Go right, please. Um, just want to thank uh Ms. Moore and staff uh for working so hard. I look forward to sitting down um with the additions that you're gonna be bringing forth to us. Um I just, you know, as when I spoke at the Council for Quality Growth, I basically [0:39:44, 0:40:04]: Told them that you know Stockbridge is open for business. And so we need as residents, we need to spread the word to know that it's a new day and we're ready to move forward. It's gonna be a lot of um developments that are gonna be coming forth that we've been working on, and staff has been working so diligently as well as this council. [0:40:04, 0:40:24]: So we just need our citizens to also get out there, spread the word, and and not only that, participate. Um, we have different events, um, town halls that are gonna be coming up. We have SPLOSS meetings that we've had too. And I will say that, you know, we didn't have a lot of our citizens there, um, but we need to let everyone know they [0:40:24, 0:40:44]: They need to be in attendance because this not only is something led by your elected body and staff, but your input is very well valuable and we need your presence. So if you can definitely make sure that everyone in your communities know that we need you there for your support. [0:40:44, 0:40:58]: because your voice is what we need to hear. But again to staff, um city manager, um, all the way down to um our public works, everybody, thank you so much for working so hard um to bring us where we are now. [0:40:58, 0:40:59]: Yeah, okay. [0:40:59, 0:41:00]: Go right here, please, Ms. Blount. [0:41:01, 0:41:21]: Uh Ms. Moore, um one of the things that was one of the concerns in the community was about pertaining to development was the uh surrounding infrastructure. And when we see things that was going on with the county, that was the biggest concern. What about the infrastructure? Um I want to rest the I want the city of Starbury's residents in the surrounding areas to rest assured. [0:41:21, 0:41:32]: that with this development that we do have an infrastructure um plan in place for this type of development uh with so many residentials and and uh commercials coming in. [0:41:32, 0:41:52]: Absolutely. As a matter of fact, um you um passed impact fees that deals with infrastructure which is down in effect, but every single development, including this, uh the others on Hudson Bridge Road and other areas, all of them are responsible developers are responsible for putting in that infrastructure. So none of that cost will be shared or transferred to [0:41:52, 0:42:02]: to the taxpayers, but all of that will be incumbent upon the developer and the owner to put it in. And it's our responsibility to make sure that that infrastructure is there. [0:42:02, 0:42:21]: So f as a follow-up, so the city of Stockbridge, what we're building here and what we allow to be built, we're not building it, but what's being built here in the in the in the uh commercial and the and and the um um the with the commercial and the residence that the city of Stockbridge has it with the impact fees that's gonna be implemented. [0:42:21, 0:42:31]: That there is an infrastructure development plan can be put in place to relieve traffic. That's correct. As a matter of fact, um just wanted to add that plans are being submitted, so I don't want the [0:42:31, 0:42:51]: Public to think that we're just showing you pictures. Uh plans for Jodico South has are currently and some have been submitted already. And we've started the plan review on infrastructure and other projects that are waiting for Mayor and Council to execute the design standards and the agreement. So, but there will be no cost at this. [0:42:51, 0:43:11]: This point in time, or should there ever be, regarding any development such as this, the burden is on the developer. And just one last note, Mayor, as I share it with Councilman Alexander, as we move forward on this side and others, we enter into a confidentiality agreement with these developers in terms of tenants who will be coming into these. [0:43:11, 0:43:31]: particular parcels and what they've asked us to do is that when they tell us that certain tenants are interested in coming that we not disclose that to the public until those contracts have been signed. So I just want to share that with you. So when the information comes it's not that I'm withholding it from you. It's just that you know we have [0:43:31, 0:43:51]: Have to decide at what point based on the signed agreement that we say we would not share because we don't want any of the deals spooked, right? We want them to be able to work out those negotiations and sign those contracts. But once those contracts have been signed by the restaurants, by the retailers, by the entertainment folks, all those folks who say they [0:43:51, 0:43:57]: wanna come, then we'll be free to release those individual company names to you first and then to the public. [0:43:58, 0:44:11]: Oh thank you. Any questions any more questions on this side? Good. Anybody else on this side? One more. You got another one. Okay. Is is there is there a potential groundbreaking here any time that we might be able to look forward to over the summer? [0:44:11, 0:44:17]: Uh yes, I think Jodico South, the last time we talked is looking for a groundbreaking, hopefully in August. [0:44:17, 0:44:20]: Thank you so much. [0:44:20, 0:44:40]: So this is discussion, not the just information for us of tonight, but you're gonna come back with some additional uh standards for us to review or approve, I guess approve could be. On the twentieth, we're gonna bring for you to solidify this site plan and the design standards that speak to every element of how this site will be developed. [0:44:40, 0:45:00]: Okay. In a contract form so that we can move forward and so that then the developer and owner can then enter into an agreement with the tenants who are desiring to come into the spaces. Got it. Good deal. Thank you. Mayor Ford. Yes, ma'am. I was just gonna ask part of what you just said, Camilla, to restate the timeline because we missed the deadline for the twenty eighth meeting. [0:45:00, 0:45:20]: As we thought it was gonna be brought forward tonight, but it's been moved. But uh but your meeting with the council, I just wanna make sure that that falls within to make sure that we we can always amend the agenda. I'm pretty sure we'll amend the agenda to add it in there once you have conversations with the council. We'll just simply amend the agenda. No, I mean your meetings with the uh make sure we get those. Oh yeah, we'll we'll I'm pretty sure. [0:45:20, 0:45:26]: So we'll have to work through that process. I'm pretty sure the council will be more than willing to sit down and get more information prior to the meeting on this. [0:45:27, 0:45:29]: I would think they'll cooperate wholeheartedly. [0:45:30, 0:45:31]: Okay. Okay. [0:45:33, 0:45:43]: Okay, okay. That that's it, ma'am? Yes, sir. Okay. On that note, uh comments from you, sir, uh city manager. And do you need the time uh go to the clock please? I don't think it'll take three minutes, but [0:45:44, 0:45:51]: Uh Mayor and uh Council, we certainly uh appreciate um great work of the staff as always. Um we've got um [0:45:51, 0:45:55]: the um yeah inclusive pre playground [0:45:55, 0:46:01]: foundation out at uh Memorial Park that been worked on and we're doing some things at Gardner Park as well that we'll continue to work forward on. [0:46:02, 0:46:22]: as well with our parks um projects. Obviously our parks are well used, well liked. Obviously we have food truck tasty Tuesday tomorrow and look forward to that. And also of course the Jodico project. There's a lot of work that's been uh put into this project behind the scenes with staff people and also those who are proposing the project as well. [0:46:22, 0:46:33]: So we appreciate uh their cooperation in seeking to move the project forward. And we look forward to exciting things to come uh here in the city of Stockbridge. Thank you. Thank you, sir. Appreciate it. [0:46:34, 0:46:38]: Madam Clerk, you have nothing? Okay. Uh could we restart the clock, please? [0:46:41, 0:46:43]: Uh Mr Thomas, please, sir. Thank you, Mayor. [0:46:44, 0:46:49]: I'd like to take this opportunity to thank all those that came out [0:46:50, 0:46:54]: uh to assist in the memorial cemetery cleanup. [0:46:54, 0:47:07]: um the Boy Scouts, other service organizations. Wanna thank Mrs. Uh Jackson for all her assistance and making sure that um everything was on point. [0:47:08, 0:47:20]: Wanna thank you for that. Um for getting up early Saturday morning and and coming out, even though we thought it was gonna rain and um but you know we got it done. Uh just wanna thank everyone for that. [0:47:21, 0:47:21]: Mm-hmm. [0:47:22, 0:47:28]: Also want to invite everyone out to on Saturday, May the eighteenth. [0:47:29, 0:47:34]: Excuse me. I got a little wet over the weekend, so I'm a little [0:47:34, 0:47:37]: Got a little frog sort of going on, but [0:47:38, 0:47:50]: I do want to invite everyone out Saturday to the eleventh annual Carame Hambrick Um community celebration, honoring the life and legacy of Mrs. Carameh Hambrick. [0:47:50, 0:47:53]: Uh, also during that time. [0:47:53, 0:47:59]: Um there will be um an an historic marker unveiling. [0:47:59, 0:48:01]: In honor of Mrs. Hambrick. [0:48:01, 0:48:05]: the recognizing the greenfront cafe [0:48:05, 0:48:09]: uh as a landmark uh in the site of stockbridge [0:48:10, 0:48:15]: And that is s this Saturday, May the eighteenth. [0:48:15, 0:48:16]: Uh at one o'clock. [0:48:16, 0:48:19]: We're starting at Trinity United Methodist Church. [0:48:19, 0:48:21]: For the commemorative service. [0:48:22, 0:48:23]: We ask you please come out. [0:48:24, 0:48:27]: Everything is free. And and just let me state that [0:48:29, 0:48:30]: Mrs. Hamburg. [0:48:32, 0:48:36]: was a true servant. Last week we recognized public servant. [0:48:37, 0:48:38]: Um [0:48:38, 0:48:50]: Miss Hammer was not an elected official, but she served others, and that's important regardless of where you are. Uh and she [0:48:51, 0:48:55]: was in that lane and she served others very well. [0:48:55, 0:48:57]: The unveiling [0:48:57, 0:49:03]: Uh as we enter into next week, next week is historic preservation week. [0:49:03, 0:49:05]: And it's it's fitting. [0:49:05, 0:49:06]: That we will [0:49:07, 0:49:16]: uh recognize the Greenfront Cafe for what it stood for in the community as uh Hittsville, USA and Detroit stood [0:49:16, 0:49:24]: For that purpose, the Green Front Cafe stood for that uh in the city of Stockbridge and as well as Henry County. [0:49:25, 0:49:27]: So again, just like to invite you all out for that. [0:49:27, 0:49:43]: The uh unveiling take place at two thirty. The commemorative uh services start at one at Trinity United Methodist Church. Uh the streets are blocked off. Um you have to get there early for parking. Thank you. [0:49:47, 0:49:49]: Mr. Potem Blount, go ahead, sir, please. [0:49:49, 0:50:09]: Yeah, I just want to say that I believe that we're in some exciting times right now for the city of Stockbridge. Uh my tenure here, we've seen I've seen us come through several and several battles that was that could have been detriment to the city, but we we stood forward and we stood fast and we're we're at this point where we are today, which is really exciting because we have a amphitheater that's about to go [0:50:09, 0:50:29]: And we're looking forward to doing a cultural arts center, youth center, and a senior center here in the city of Stockbridge, along with other things that you've all heard today pertaining to Jody Co. South. Um Stockbridge is an exciting place to live. I thank you all to you all for coming out tonight and hopefully [0:50:29, 0:50:39]: this room will be more uh filled the next time because people really need to get involved and know what's going on with the city. Uh we have so much going on and we just want everybody to be a part of. So thanks for coming. [0:50:43, 0:50:44]: Councilwoman Gantt. [0:50:47, 0:51:07]: Real short, happy belated birth happy belated mother's day to all of you mothers out here and a happy birthday to Mayor Pro Tem Blount. I usually don't get a chance to say that, but it actually falls on today, so I wanted to wish you that. Um Stockbridge is truly where community connects. Thank you guys so much for being [0:51:06, 0:51:11]: Being here and being present, my door is always open. So thank you. [0:51:17, 0:51:24]: Hello everyone, and then thank you all for tuning in and coming out. How many of y'all are here for the Jodico project tonight? Raise your hand. [0:51:27, 0:51:42]: Thank you. You have support. We we we want to endeavor to move this project forward because you for you. Why? Because you deserve it. When I took this seat in office the fur one even before then. [0:51:42, 0:52:02]: You all share some of the same things and concerns that I said. I'm tired of driving the buckhead and North Atlanta and for entertainment, for dinner, for lunch, for everything. Our community deserves these types of projects. And with your support, they will continue to move forward because [0:52:02, 0:52:22]: we deserve what we we deserve quality projects. I'm glad the staff made that a point of view that it was going to be best in class because when developers come to us or tenants and they have a Class B project or C project, that's not going to cut the mustard anymore. [0:52:22, 0:52:42]: Gonna be class A, it's gonna be best in class because that's what you deserve. And thank you all for continuing to support that. And speak up, speak out loudly to make sure that folks understand that you support this project because you understand that we're moving in the right direction, because there are gonna be communities that stand [0:52:42, 0:53:02]: Stand still, those are gonna be the communities that are left behind. This is not gonna be one of those communities that's left behind. I had someone approach me earlier to talk about jobs. This will have this particular development will offer that opportunity to have those types of jobs with some Class A office space. [0:53:02, 0:53:11]: uh that will be available uh along in this d uh that will attract that kind of development. It will have fiber optic at its base in order to be able to compete. [0:53:11, 0:53:13]: For those the that technology [0:53:14, 0:53:17]: uh and quality professional services type jobs. [0:53:17, 0:53:37]: I wanna let you know that we've heard your concerns about right-of-way grass cutting. It's extremely important that we cut the grass and that you look that it looks like we're in the city. And we've uh in endeavored to do that. We're looking at bringing in some uh contractors to supplement what we particularly have. [0:53:37, 0:53:57]: Not particularly happy with how we got started, but we're gonna catch up and we're gonna do the right thing. And the city manager has pledged that that's what was going to happen. Um Keepstock Bridge beautiful. We commit it. If you drove down Highway 138, hopefully you saw a difference in the last week. The grass was cut over there. [0:53:57, 0:54:17]: We moved out, we moved all the illegal signs. Well, we even had a volunteer to edge it because we are raising the level of what we should expect in this particular community. So this post-Equals landing area, the community is booming. It came anyway. We didn't need to change it. [0:54:17, 0:54:19]: the name of the city, it came anyway. [0:54:23, 0:54:43]: Councilwoman Robinson, go ahead, please. All right, thank you, Mayor. Um, again, I want to say thank you to everyone for coming out. Um, your input is very important. Um, I actually missed our video in reference to why I serve, but I just want to thank everyone for the opportunity to serve. I not only represent Stockbridge, but also represent five. [0:54:43, 0:55:03]: So we have a seat at the table here in Stockbridge, and it's opportunities for us to actually grow. So I just want to say that I actually am strictly. [0:55:03, 0:55:12]: Starting a teen ambassadors program. So there's some flyers out. So if you know any rising 10th, 11th, or 12th graders that would like to be afforded the opportunity. [0:55:12, 0:55:27]: To learn about their local government, please share that with them. Also, I just want to also share that our legislative house delegation and also our senator, who is Senator Emmanuel Jones, they are having a town hall. [0:55:27, 0:55:47]: this evening. So if you are available and can please go to Fair um Fairview Recreation Center. It is tonight from 630 to 830. They're giving legislative updates so that way you can have more information. And again, you still have time because that is from 630 to 830 at the Fairview Record. [0:55:47, 0:56:02]: Recreation Center. Um a lot has happened and I know with um through the legislative down at the Capitol, we need to be informed and we need to be engaged. So if you can please do that, it would be great. And I know we're gonna have one here as well, our Senator. [0:56:03, 0:56:23]: Um Emmanuel Jones Jones and Senator Brian Strickland. They're going to show how we're going to be unified moving forward to take our city even higher. So we're going to be having that town hall with them in the next couple of months. So please follow your city webpage, all the social media so that way you'll [0:56:23, 0:56:28]: exactly know exactly what's going on within your community. Thank you so very much and everyone have a great evening. [0:56:31, 0:56:42]: All right, thank you. Um all right, citizens. Um month of May, Memorial Day weekend's coming, which kicks off our summer, right? So have a great uh Memorial Day weekend. [0:56:42, 0:57:02]: And uh enjoy your s beginning your summer with your family and friends. And I wanna say congratulations to all the elementary school, high school, middle school, college graduates for this season. It's a great time that you accomplished that fact, got that diploma and and uh moved on for all the folks that uh graduated this this month. All right. [0:57:02, 0:57:10]: and continue to strive to get more education as time goes on. Um yes, the city of Stockbridge is moving forward. [0:57:10, 0:57:28]: You're gonna be very proud of what your legislative government's doing and and you will we have a seat at the table to discuss those things with us as we continue to do great things. Uh the city's gonna even be greater than it is today as it continues on and uh through twenty nineteen and through our centennial next year at two thousand twenty. [0:57:29, 0:57:31]: I can't wait for that one hundred year celebration. [0:57:31, 0:57:32]: Can you? [0:57:32, 0:57:40]: All right, we're gonna party hardy. Have a great time. Anyway, on that note, uh, continue to keep the faith with us, please, folks. I'm gonna read some uh min uh some uh meeting notes here. [0:57:41, 0:57:56]: Youth Council Advisory Committee meeting is Wednesday, May 15th, uh, six thirty, leave our room. Downtown Development Authority meeting is Monday, May 20th, 6 p.m., leave our meeting room. Planning commission meeting is Thursday, May 23rd, 7 p.m. in the Council Chambers. [0:57:57, 0:58:01]: A work session is next Tu uh Tuesday the May twenty eighth, six PM right here in the council chambers. [0:58:02, 0:58:10]: Yeah, Food Truck Tasty Tuesday, every Tuesday, except for the twenty seventh, I guess it is, right from moral day there. But uh come on out to Clark Park, five thirty nine. [0:58:11, 0:58:20]: Welcome to Stockbridge Roundtable. It's Tuesday, May 4 14th, which is tomorrow night, 6:30. And to have with uh Spirit Head by Councilwoman Gantt. [0:58:20, 0:58:26]: Historic preservation, Greenfront Command uh Cafe plaque dedication was already mentioned May eighteenth, two thirty. [0:58:27, 0:58:29]: Okay. [0:58:30, 0:58:36]: Quarterly Town Hall is Thursday, May 23rd, 7 PM JW Suites Event Center. [0:58:37, 0:58:48]: The annual Memorial Day March, Monday, May 27th, Murrell Manor's Conference Center. Registration is free, available online, of course, go there and join us on that celebration. [0:58:48, 0:58:49]: Okay. [0:58:50, 0:58:56]: Okay, Memorial March Res uh Restoration Apps uh applications. So you have an application for it. So please go online and do that as well. [0:58:57, 0:59:06]: Uh monthly Bingo Bash, Wednesday, May 29th, 10 a.m. at the Test Strickland Center. Spirithead by Mayor Pro Tem Blount. [0:59:06, 0:59:21]: Now of course on Memorial Day the offices here are are going to be closed, observants of Memorial Day. And on Tuesday, uh after Memorial Day, there's meet and greet with me and uh for individuals that wanna have some one-on-one conversation about what anything's on their mind. [0:59:21, 0:59:25]: Okay. Any issues and concerns you may have about the city. [0:59:26, 0:59:35]: Okay, I think that covers about everything there, uh in a sense. On that note, I will say uh I'm assuming we're going to zek need a Zekle session tonight. [0:59:40, 0:59:42]: All right, council you have anything for a second session? [0:59:44, 0:59:45]: I move that we adjourn the meeting. [0:59:46, 0:59:46]: All right. [0:59:47, 0:59:55]: I second. Okay, well actually so moved was by Thomas Thomas Down here. So okay, on that note, uh all in favor adjourning the meeting. He's indicated. All right. [0:59:55, 0:59:57]: Ladies and gentlemen, we are now adjourned.

--- title: April 30 2019 Work Session Meeting date: 2019-04-30 source: 2019-04-30_April_30_2019_Work_Session_Meeting.wav --- [0:00:00, 0:00:01]: next council meeting for approval. [0:00:02, 0:00:06]: Madam Clerk, we have any public comments? Yes. Um Mr. Kenneth Wilson. [0:00:06, 0:00:08]: Kenneth Wilson. Kenneth Wilson. [0:00:09, 0:00:11]: Come on, come on, Mr. Kenneth Wilson, your name and address, please. [0:00:19, 0:00:39]: Good evening, our council. Good evening. My name is Kenneth Gold 7361 Biscourt for our Stockbridge, Georgia, Monaco Village. Um I'd say I quick uh one thing on the agenda for the public comments, ask all of the council members and the mayor. Um just a quick overview. I wanted the opportunity, I guess, in the next night. [0:00:39, 0:00:59]: just to talk a little bit about uh program that I have over the last nine years we've been in the county we've had the opportunity to partner with the uh local school system side of the local partner with the local school system um as well as work with the city on several events so we're really excited about it since that time we've had great progress I have it all detailed common in there [0:00:59, 0:01:11]: The largest of music and arts camp for serving children from ages K and 5th grade is actually going to be branded right here in Stockbridge, hosted at Smith Monds Elementary School. It's called the Stockbridge Music and Arts Camp or Smart Camp. [0:01:12, 0:01:15]: Along with that we also have partnerships now with [0:01:18, 0:01:38]: All this is happening right here in Stock Bridge. Um I was reaching out, one just to share that the benefits of what the program has done now over the last nine years is showing that kids that have been in the KPM program after graduation rate are close to 100%. Um I actually addressed the proposal to the youth council. I didn't know that the uh youth council had changed in structure. [0:01:38, 0:01:58]: But if you all would, I'm just simply asking over the next couple of days that you guys get an opportunity or wherever you do get a moment, just to review the proposal I sent you all. I think it has some really good things in that I really would uh like the often to see the stock here in some kind of meaningful way. Um we are self-funded, we've done everything over these uh last couple of years, the wife and [0:01:58, 0:02:18]: over eight thousand dollars in cash and services of Clayton Henry County School in total sixteen thousand kids per now. Um the views back from program principals are very well pleased with it. I just I'm passionate about working with the youth in the community. I would love the opportunity um just over the next couple of days just to share some ideas we have on how we can make a partnership that would really help. [0:02:18, 0:02:18]: Civil. [0:02:19, 0:02:28]: Appreciate it, uh Miss Wilson, but I'm telling you said you sent something and I may I'm I might have missed it. I might have missed what you sent. I don't recall getting that, so I don't know if any I just said it's not. [0:02:28, 0:02:34]: Okay. Okay. All right. We'll take a look at it then. Appreciate it. Thank you. Mm-hmm. [0:02:35, 0:02:44]: Any other comments? Okay, on that note uh we're gonna go to new business, which uh means we have our quarterly reports. And the first quarterly report would be from the Henry County Public Safety. [0:02:45, 0:02:47]: Startbridge North Precinct. [0:03:07, 0:03:08]: Good evening. [0:03:16, 0:03:18]: down this year and maybe a county whatever rings. [0:03:19, 0:03:20]: We do. [0:03:23, 0:03:26]: Or is it home side? [0:03:28, 0:03:30]: Yeah, one record break back in January. [0:03:31, 0:03:34]: more than that is that we keep closer. [0:03:35, 0:03:40]: And two robberies. Okay. Yes, yes. And no results. [0:03:42, 0:03:53]: Six or correction, eight burglaries, commercials, commercial burglaries. Stand by one second, please. Is there a way uh you y that we do have slides in front of us but it's not showing on the screens at all? Can we fix that? [0:03:54, 0:03:57]: I was just I don't know what you guys have. [0:04:00, 0:04:10]: Okay, Mayor, what we had originally was individual months, but I believe he is citing quarterly numbers. Okay. [0:04:16, 0:04:36]: Would you prefer me just to go over the mark? No, no, you well, you can talk about you can talk, of course, and get a briefing. We do have it in front of us, but it was on the screen. I just want to see it on the screen as well. All right, well I apologize for that. Okay. Uh we had twenty residential burglaries, uh hundred and seventy-seven thefts. [0:04:36, 0:04:56]: Twenty stolen vehicles, thirty-six forgeries or frauds, uh fifty-nine drugs and narcotics arrests, uh reports, and ten DUIs. Uh most of those areas are decreased from last quarter in 2018, except for the uh drugs and the thefts. [0:04:56, 0:05:03]: Uh do you have any questions about those stats so far? Can explain further? [0:05:03, 0:05:15]: Well, I I would have one. Is this uh the this is a quarterly report, so is this trend uh numbers you give, is this kind of a trend going, believe it or not, going down or is it increasing anything like that? Can you re elaborate on that? [0:05:15, 0:05:35]: Uh it most areas are go have gone down slightly, uh except for the thefts and the drugs drug charges. Okay. Thefts we're pretty much thinking that Walmart has increased some of our responses, some of our calls. They changed their policies on what they want to report and what they don't want to report as far as [0:05:35, 0:05:42]: crimes uh for shopliftings and that that tends to m bring that stat a little higher than normal. So [0:05:43, 0:05:53]: Yes sir, go right ahead please. Yes sir. I'm looking at this number that uh says residential burdenaries. Yes sir. Uh is up thirty it says thirty three percent. [0:05:54, 0:06:02]: Well, the stat form that I've been provided says it's the same as of last quarter last two thousand eighteen quarter. Says twenty. [0:06:05, 0:06:23]: This is twenty eighteen versus twenty nineteen and it says thirty three percent. Is that what everybody else has? I'm looking at by the month, he has a quarterly report, Councilman. He may be looking at a particular month. He's looking at the March March month, right. March eighteenth, March eighteen. The monthly report. [0:06:26, 0:06:27]: I do not have that, so [0:06:30, 0:06:39]: That just means that as as of last year, twenty eighteen and March, it's March twenty nineteen is up thirty three percent from that month on. [0:06:39, 0:06:55]: Okay, so uh what were you when you're seeing that, is there a particular area that you're seeing them at uh that has I see the hot zone right here. These two hot zones, I see this one of course is at six seventy five and seventy five. Where's this other? [0:06:57, 0:06:59]: It looks like it's Eagle's Landing. [0:07:00, 0:07:02]: Um I don't have words. [0:07:03, 0:07:07]: No, it's not because many because it's this north of uh [0:07:08, 0:07:12]: Just north of it? So the west of the interstate and it's on the left hand side. [0:07:14, 0:07:26]: I would have to be able to zoom in on that map to tell you exactly where it is. Probably in the commercial area includes the Walmart. Right. But I think it was both Walmart. Yeah. Yes. [0:07:27, 0:07:39]: Okay, but the statistics say residential burglaries. So this is people, these are break ins into homes. So where's what's generating that number where the home burglaries are? [0:07:40, 0:07:49]: I could not explain that to you unless I had the actual locations of the burglaries. Okay. And I don't have it available. Sure. Get that back. [0:07:52, 0:07:52]: Yeah. [0:07:53, 0:07:55]: Any other questions for Lieutenant at all? [0:07:55, 0:08:15]: Oh yes, is it this definition of report? I I do have another question. Just today I went over to the Holiday Inn and we got a cleanup plan for uh Saturday and I was speaking to the Holiday Inn uh I won't say the official name, but one of the officials there. And and she said to me I'm [0:08:15, 0:08:35]: embarrassed when I get off at highway one thirty eight and there's panhandlers there, there's illegal signs there, there's trash there, or police can't do a lot about that. But what is it that is the policy or protocol to deal with the panhandling that has become [0:08:37, 0:08:40]: all too common uh at these exits. [0:08:40, 0:09:00]: We uh we patrol it very heavily. I'm I'm sure if anybody goes through there they see a police car with somebody pulled over most of the time. Uh if we see somebody on the side of the road pain handling, we always stop identifying. If they've been warned to not be out there then they take a trip to jail. If they have not been warned, then we have to warn them first and then they go on their way. Uh [0:09:00, 0:09:17]: Some of them have warrants, some of them are are just not able to be taken to jail. Uh it we're we respond to'em as often as we can see'em. Even Clayton County will call us'cause they drive through there a lot. They'll call us and let us know if they're on our side of the interstate. So we respond and handle'em the best that we can. [0:09:17, 0:09:32]: And Mr Williams, uh what our ordinance speaks to them? Permitted for that, right? Or how how how does our ordinance so if solicitation is uh prohibited unless you have an actual [0:09:32, 0:09:45]: um license to affirmative you're not going to be issued one of those unless you're you you you're working for a natural organization or what have you. We don't specifically [0:09:46, 0:09:48]: All limits and license. [0:09:48, 0:10:00]: along the right way that the ordinance is aimed at permanent solicitation, really fundraising and stuff door to door, just not specific to [0:10:00, 0:10:14]: Right. So sir, uh if someone sees somebody out there, they simply need to call the non emergency number to to to get someone to go out to to deal with this is pretty much what you see. Correct. Yes. Thank you. [0:10:15, 0:10:18]: Any other questions for Lieutenant O? [0:10:18, 0:10:21]: Appreciate it. If not, thank you very much. Appreciate it. [0:10:24, 0:10:25]: Stockbridge Youth Council. [0:10:46, 0:10:48]: Good evening, ladies. [0:10:49, 0:11:09]: Um we have uh just a few announcements. Just gonna give you guys some of the activities that we've done in the past um for this quarter. Our youth council attended uh National League of Cities in um California. There was a teen etiquette hosted in November. Um we did a sp um service project where we um went to the firehouse. [0:11:09, 0:11:13]: house and the police station. We did a community service for them in December. [0:11:13, 0:11:23]: Um we participated in the MLK parade. We had a very informative meeting with Council uh Councilman David Scott. Um we attended the GMA. [0:11:24, 0:11:44]: um youth symposium just this past March and then they hosted a very um successful art show that the youth put on themselves. They did the planning, fallout, preparation and setup and they did an amazing job and it was very impactful. A few announcements. There was just a few changes made in the youth council advisory board. [0:11:44, 0:11:51]: Myself have um I'm currently acting as the chair of the advisory board. [0:11:51, 0:12:11]: Councilwoman Need Robinson has publicly announced that she has will um be stepping down into the liaison. So we're um we have a few changes that are taking place. We would like to let you guys know that um you guys are aware of the issue of a the attendance policy that we had. And we did rectify that situation and we reinstated the majority of those. [0:12:11, 0:12:23]: students and they are active again on the youth council so that was corrected. Um and um we had the upcoming events that we have are the the last thing that we have is the [0:12:24, 0:12:35]: um end of the year award ceremony, um their final meeting, and then we will be opening up applications soon and uh approximately around the um beginning weeks of May. [0:12:37, 0:12:57]: Okay. Thank you. Go ahead and see. At this time, the current the finance report is under review due to some lateness of information. I'm not able to give a complete report at this time. So we're asking if we can have extended time to provide you with that financial report after we do the auditing and updates of of the information. [0:12:57, 0:12:58]: Okay. [0:13:00, 0:13:04]: Alrighty, so be it. Anything else? Any qu any council got any questions? [0:13:05, 0:13:25]: I have a comment. I'd just like to thank you all for everything that you do and I'd like to thank the council uh for her service to the committee. I'd like to thank Mr. McFarlane for his service uh to the committee because it all takes a group effort and getting the program started and off to a good start. [0:13:25, 0:13:42]: uh could giving up giving of yourselves uh to the community. So whatever we can do to move forward to be very supportive of you, uh we want to do that. And thank you for uh uh working on the issues that we brought to your attention. [0:13:44, 0:13:45]: Miles? [0:13:45, 0:13:55]: Mayor. Go right ahead, please. I just wanna thank you ladies for doing a great job with this presentation. Um we look forward to working with the youth council in the future. Thank you. [0:13:55, 0:14:06]: I just thought about it. So you wanna we're gonna give uh a n a re more detailed report next month? Is that what you get in our next council meeting? We'll we'll provide a detailed report, correct. In two weeks or four weeks? [0:14:06, 0:14:26]: However time you give me, I I got the inf some of the information on late yesterday afternoon. So considering that I work a full time job, I was not able to complete some of the assignments. So as soon as we uh clear up some issues and stuff, we'll be able to present the food. All right, this is a work session. Our next work session is roughly four weeks from now. So four weeks. [0:14:26, 0:14:32]: How about the next workshop? Will that work? Appreciate you appreciate your concern. Yes, ma'am. [0:14:32, 0:14:52]: I think the city attorney the um city manager wanted to say something, seems like. Um but first before he does that, um you went like you were reaching for the mic. Um just want to say thank you to you ladies and the rest of the crew, um, the advisory board that supported. Um again, I know that you all work and I thank you, Ms. [0:14:52, 0:14:55]: Carter for getting here. I know you probably came through traffic. [0:14:56, 0:15:16]: Um but thank you so much. Um and with the report, I understand that the city attorney and city manager has been working with our finance department to ensure that you receive all of that information. Um so if you can definitely work with them directly, um they will definitely be able to give you that and hopefully the city uh uh manager will be able to confirm. [0:15:15, 0:15:26]: That as well in front of the council. Um I do see on here on your report that you wanted to receive um direction from the mayor and council. [0:15:26, 0:15:46]: in moving forward on the um discussion of newly implemented processes. So hopefully with them they'll be able to say how they wanted to move this youth council forward. But as I stated to each of you, even though Councilwoman's gonna be doing her thing as a council initiative, we all serve the same citizens. [0:15:46, 0:16:03]: And we have the same youth. So we would love to definitely make sure when we're working in the community that we're working together. Um so we're not separated and we'll be as one. So just know that that invitation is open whenever you all begin to um do your community service events. Did you want to say something? [0:16:04, 0:16:04]: Mereport. [0:16:06, 0:16:11]: Okay, that's what I thought. Okay. All right, ladies, thank you. Appreciate your time and effort. We'll see you next month. Thank you. Thank you. [0:16:11, 0:16:13]: All right. Uh D D A. [0:16:18, 0:16:38]: Okay. Okay. Are you gonna be more than happy to um but some of the things that I want to discuss about the DDA um will be discussed in executive session. In regards to um where the DDA is right now, we have awarded we're in the process. [0:16:38, 0:16:55]: of awarding another facade grant. I believe um we've done that um recently. We're looking into implementing the RFP, I mean the RF RSVP process um and what that [0:16:56, 0:17:16]: entails is something that I will again discuss um in executive session. Um we also um have um we had a great meeting we went ahead and hired an and we actually our economic development directors here are you gonna do a report on the DDA? [0:17:16, 0:17:17]: Okay. [0:17:19, 0:17:27]: Y you are? Well come on up. All right, good. Sorry. Um that'd be great. [0:17:28, 0:17:33]: Yeah. Combine all of'em. Let'em know about the people we just appointed, all that good stuff. [0:17:33, 0:17:37]: Well and with my economic we don't kind of do both reports at the same time. [0:17:37, 0:17:57]: Whatever you want to do. This is referencing the DDA. The DDA. Well then I'll just stick with that. Okay. Well, so I put in the last few months I have focused on our downtown development authority, ensuring the members have all the tools and the resources to help revitalize the downtown with unlimited opportunity. The DDA after our January retreat. [0:17:57, 0:18:15]: hired a broker and has held meetings with the broker working to set goals and set a direction that will bring many aspects of the RSVP plan to life. This has been a major initiative of mine and I'm hoping in the next few months the city will be able to announce some new development in the downtown area based on some meetings we've had with some potential investors that [0:18:16, 0:18:36]: wasn't going to talk about here and and open the open city meeting for executive sessions. So that's my report on the DDA. That was my only DDA portion. Uh Mayor, yes. I would uh I want to s thank the DDA for an outstanding retreat that we had in January. That retreat [0:18:36, 0:18:48]: because of the discussions that we had led to some legislation that was passed that we need to highlight a as a part of the D DA. Uh Mr Williams, can you talk about that? [0:18:49, 0:18:51]: [1132.9, 1148.9]: Yeah, initially there it was recommended that the um city pursue uh the statute or a uh local legislation um uh local bill excuse me for a development authority and after some discussion with ledge council and and others [0:19:09, 0:19:18]: Um it was deemed appropriate to change the focus to a public facilities authority, which would allow us to finance a number of projects. Um [0:19:18, 0:19:24]: with the authority including the amphitheater and perhaps the uh the uh [0:19:24, 0:19:28]: The cultural arts facility when that comes online. So things of that sort, but that [0:19:28, 0:19:31]: A lot of that discussion originated at that retreat. [0:19:31, 0:19:51]: And we're gonna actually talk about that a little later on in our agenda here. Yes, sir. We'll get deeper into that if you don't mind. We'll get deeper into that. Right. I just wanted to point that out. And then uh as we go deeper into the agenda tonight, also that rolled out of this great DDH retreat set up by Mr. Touchton was that we'll be uh looking [0:19:51, 0:20:11]: Looking at expanding the development authority, a citywide development authority, putting tools in the toolbox so that we can work with economic development in the downtown area. But all of these advancements came out of the Downtown Development Authority retreat, which was an excellent retreat. [0:20:11, 0:20:31]: Because we got tangible results out of that. So I don't want to uh I don't want to let this time pass by without acknowledging the great work of Mr. Touchd setting that up. And then um we had uh great, great um facilitation facilitators uh [0:20:31, 0:20:51]: At that retreat from the city of Smyrna, who laid out just the coursework of everything that they did for uh to develop the great downtown that they have. And we can only hope to have a bit of that, but we're uh trying to do that. And those relationships developed by Mr. Touchdown helped [0:20:51, 0:21:01]: help us to facilitate that. So kudos to the Downtown Development Authority for this outstanding uh retreat that we had that that drew the these great results. [0:21:02, 0:21:13]: Okay, good. I'll save the rest of it. Okay. Why don't you s why don't you go ahead and give the economic development update instead of you sitting down and coming back up again? So why don't you just do that? [0:21:14, 0:21:32]: All right, so the state of the state of the city is strong as indicated by the Mayor's State of the City address, and that is a story I'm telling as I work daily in the city and throughout in my meetings with investors, the Department of Economic Development, and developers throughout the region to ensure we bring new vibrant development in our downtown and in the city overall. [0:21:32, 0:21:52]: And let me skip past this. The Henry County Development Authority, myself, and city staff are working to really relocate an international German company's headquarters to Stockbridge. The city, assuming all final details will be settled, could potentially announce their first international North American headquarters right here in Stockbridge. This is a continuous project, and and meetings will occur Monday. [0:21:52, 0:22:12]: Monthly at minimum with most of the city staff and community development until the project announcement, which is currently kept confidential because of details. So we're hoping to announce in the next few months what the project's going to be. So that's one update there. Additionally, I've met along with other city staff with developers who are interested in creating a mixed-use project along the Hudson Bridge area and met with met with a potential. [0:22:12, 0:22:26]: potential developer myself to discuss another mixed use project along the Mount Zion Road area as mixed use will help bring in new residents to help drive new high end retail along and restaurants along that corridor because as we know the rooftops drive the retail. [0:22:27, 0:22:41]: And I think with the 130 corridor ripe for enhancement and development and redevelopment, I believe outside of the downtown area, this is a key area to focus on cleaning up to bring in new business to our city, as that to me is one of the entrances to the city at the very north end. [0:22:41, 0:23:01]: After meeting with several hotel operators in the area, the lack of a Starbucks is one of their concerns voiced by their customers. And that is a focus of mine in order to have a catalyst for other redevelopment along with the mixed use in that area. We also look at creating an opportunity zone. So I'll be meeting with uh DCA and doing a ride along to get a true assessment from them on what is the potential, because I know we tried for it a few years. [0:23:01, 0:23:11]: years ago and I don't think we kinda I think we just sent an application without really knowing where we stood with them. So I'm gonna try to get a ride along to make sure that we can actually get one along that corridor area. [0:23:12, 0:23:32]: Uh we have also met with Clayton County officials to discuss code enforcement and safety issues in the area for their portion as this is a cr critical inhibitor to economic development when recruiting potential development, because when we discussed that with them, you know, I told them people can't differentiate when they get our left off or right with either Henry, Clayton, or Stockbridge. So we really need to focus on partnering together. [0:23:31, 0:23:45]: there too, then I want to thank Councilman Robinson for helping facilitate that meeting with us and the commissioner and some of the staff over there. And it was a I think a very productive meeting. And so with that, that's really I wanted to provide, you know, and the full reports in your package, I know, but I wanted to give you a brief update on that. [0:23:46, 0:24:06]: All right, good deal. Any questions for Mr. uh James here? Ms. Tuscan. Ms. Robinson, you do? Go right ahead, please. Thank you, Mayor. I just want to say thank you. Um because relationships matter. Um having that um relationship and connectivity um with different jurisdictions, it really matters. So thank you for actually coming in running, doing [0:24:05, 0:24:12]: doing everything that you know that you know how to do um to take us forward. So thank you very much. Thank you. [0:24:12, 0:24:32]: You have comments there. Go right ahead. I do. Can you talk about some of the um the or or the conversations that you might have had with some of the development? We have the new surgical center that's preparing to open uh in the North Bridge Park uh over on the Eagles Landing area. We have several other developments uh that are coming along. [0:24:32, 0:24:52]: Along that corridor. It was good to see you mention overall Highway 138, Hudson Bridge, and everything. But there's some significant development that's coming our way with the surgical center that's about to open, and then several others as well. You know that as well as I do, the key drivers is the interstate and then the [0:24:52, 0:24:56]: traffic count. So uh can you talk about that a little bit? [0:24:56, 0:25:16]: Well I can I can say the little bit because that was pre-my time with the stu the surgical center. I know that we are getting because of that center a lot of interest in the Eagles Land area with more hotels. We've talked a lot with some potential hotel investors there, but I continue to push back with them saying we want a full service hotel. And so we're working to get a full service hotel and they're they're looking at a mini competition. [0:25:16, 0:25:36]: conference center, not I will say mini conference center, an area to host meetings for doctors, you know, when they're having and nurses when they're having training and and having enough hotel rooms for that. And we're also kind of looking down and seeing how we can use that to build up on Rock Cory and using that whole that the potential of what they're doing there to drive more development along Rock Cory and some redevelopment I know as well. So that's [0:25:36, 0:25:56]: That that's been sort of the conversation right. Obviously, you know the the hotel's going up there right now, the true Hilton's happening in that area. Mm-hmm. So is that where the direction you want me to go in with? Right, that's kind of the direction that I want you to go in and then um just kinda talking about um the uh uh uh you mentioned the empowerment zones. Uh what else can we assist you to obtain? [0:25:56, 0:26:16]: I mean, of course we definitely need the empowerment zone. The d the Jonesboro is thriving off of them. So we desperately need those in the opportunity zones. But what else in the toolbox can we use or assist you uh in obtaining for us? I think the citywide development authority would help out, you know, once we create that, it's what I think we're talking about later because I think that [0:26:16, 0:26:18]: Will help us be able to [0:26:18, 0:26:38]: With the development costs there, you know, with some of the the top the topography right there, you know, back in that area, how we can help them invest, get them to invest there and maybe revitalize some of those aging hotels in order to put some of the restaurants and retail that we want to see out there. So right now I think it's just continuing to work for that empowerment, that opportunity zone in that area. But that's my concern is [0:26:38, 0:26:58]: I don't know that we can get an opportunity zone in that area because of the income uh you know levels they have for that. So I'm working to see if if we can. That's one of the areas we're gonna drive as well. But that's one of the, you know, that's one of the best areas for redevelopment along that that corridor as well. So I've been but like I said, I've been focused very much on the 138 trying to help that drive it down for [0:26:58, 0:26:59]: Further. [0:27:00, 0:27:08]: Okay. Thank you. Thank you. Any other questions for Mr. Tustin? Okay. Thank you, James. Appreciate it. Appreciate you up here. Uh Main Street, please. [0:27:25, 0:27:27]: Yeah, that's very nice. [0:27:51, 0:27:57]: I'll say good evening while I am waiting for my good evening PowerPoint to boot up here. [0:28:15, 0:28:18]: Taking a little bit longer than I thought. [0:28:18, 0:28:20]: Oh, there we go. Pops in it. [0:28:29, 0:28:49]: Okay, again, good evening. It is a pleasure to be here before all of you, Mayor and Council members, to talk about what Main Street has been up to over the last quarter. We have been very busy and have hit the ground running with our programming. [0:28:49, 0:28:56]: We're looking forward to not only this um quarter but the next quarter as well. [0:29:01, 0:29:21]: In January, the Main Street staff assisted with the public information officers' plans for our new branding launch event, which was very successful. We continue to work on our tourism product development project that we received grant funding for in the winter of [0:29:21, 0:29:41]: 2018. This project is in support of our Stockbridge Stories Initiative, which is a dual historic preservation and downtown design initiative. And so we're very excited to be wrapping up that particular project. You all should have received an invitation for our ceremony. [0:29:41, 0:30:01]: Where we will be unveiling a marker at the site of the Greenfront Cafe, which is the historic site that we have received this funding for. We also recruited and seeded two new board members on the Main Street Advisory Board, along with reseeding three board members. [0:30:01, 0:30:04]: members that were reappointed per their request. [0:30:06, 0:30:26]: In February, we um worked with the DDA and assisted the Fletcher and Sons Automotive, which is a downtown business in achieving uh well completing their application and achieving approval for a facade grant. We helped them work on their application and [0:30:26, 0:30:30]: and then submit help them submit that and present that to the DDA. [0:30:30, 0:30:39]: And it was approved, and I think they mentioned that in the DDA report. So we're very excited about that. They have already started work on that particular um [0:30:40, 0:31:00]: Outside facade. They're doing a wraparound facade, so they will be completing improvements all the way around. The continued partnership with the DDA has been very instrumental with regard to improving the look of our downtown. So we do appreciate DDA. [0:31:00, 0:31:01]: Um [0:31:01, 0:31:04]: колабораціон on these types of projects. [0:31:05, 0:31:18]: We have a continued partnership with the Cochrane Library. We are hosting we hosted the first of our two exhibits featured in the main library at Cochrane. [0:31:19, 0:31:39]: This exhibit featured a Stockbridge story of Daddy King, Martin Luther King Sr., and this generated quite a bit of media attention, and the library was very happy to have that particular exhibit featured in their lobby. This was one of two exhibits that we featured during this quarter. This one, of course. [0:31:38, 0:31:45]: was for Black History Month and then we also hosted one in March for Women's History Month. [0:31:46, 0:32:06]: We also hosted our local love social media campaign. As you all know, the city of Stockbridge, through its Main Street program, has embraced shopping locally and supporting local small businesses. So our February Local Love campaign is really an extension of our [0:32:06, 0:32:26]: Shop small initiative that we do every fall around the Thanksgiving holiday. So we are encouraging people not only to shop at Christmas time and around Thanksgiving, but to also think about shopping locally throughout the year. In February, because it is Valentine's Day, the month [0:32:26, 0:32:46]: Of Valentine's Day, and people are out getting things for their sweetheart. We thought that it would be great to also remind people to shop locally for that holiday as well. So, this is something that we started last year and continued this year and got really good response from that. And we um heard [0:32:46, 0:32:58]: from our business owners that thanked us for continuing to really, really push for our community and visitors to shop locally when they come into the Stockbridge area. [0:33:02, 0:33:03]: Then in March [0:33:04, 0:33:10]: We assisted uh with the GMA Youth Council Symposium by providing um [0:33:11, 0:33:31]: Um serving as the official, I guess, welcome wagon for the students who were coming into the area for the conference. We provided welcome bags at the Symposium Hotel, which was the Fairfield Inn. And we also helped at the Merrill Manders Conference Center on their [0:33:31, 0:33:51]: First day in town to make sure that they felt the love and felt the welcome when they came to Stockbridge. I'm sure Councilwoman Neat Robinson can attest to the fact that they had a wonderful time here. I think that they were very well received, and the comments that I received from the [0:33:50, 0:34:10]: People who were chaperoning the students who were here, that they had a really good time here in Stockbridge. So I think that this is the type of thing that brings not only visitors to our community but potential business owners, potential residents, because when they come into our downtown and [0:34:10, 0:34:18]: And into our community, they see what potential we have here. So I was very happy to assist with that particular endeavor. [0:34:19, 0:34:37]: Um we also continued again our partnership with the Cochrane Library in hosting um the second of our exhibits which was featured in the facilities lobby, which was um for Women's History Month, first Lieutenant Andrea Lewis, who is the first female Georgia National Air [0:34:37, 0:34:53]: Georgia Air National Guard pilot. We wanted to feature her because she does have a connection to the Stockbridge community. And again, we are a city where community connects and we wanted to show just how we connect to excellence here in Stockbridge. [0:34:54, 0:35:14]: And that's all I have for my report today. If there are any questions, I'd be happy to entertain them. Mayor. Your questions. Yeah. Well, I just have a comment. Thank you, Mayor. Um, Kira, yeah, thank you so very much. Um GMA um has spoken highly of the city. Um you went far and beyond um [0:35:14, 0:35:34]: The duties. Um you just showed what Stockbridge offers um more so than I expected. Um so thank you so very much. The hotel there was basically saying, Wow, can we have this all the time? Um, because people that are coming off the interstate, you know, they want to see all of that. Um so I did tell her that I would, you know. [0:35:34, 0:35:39]: let the city manager know but definitely a lot of stuff that you did um [0:35:39, 0:35:59]: I mean I'm just so thankful. Um and I know with GMA, the cities from Dublin, Sugar Hill, all of them, um, and the young lady from Tybee Island basically said that, you know, you definitely um represented Stockbridge through your department um with the welcoming bags, time they arrived at the hotel, um, to just the balloons and just the [0:35:59, 0:36:11]: markers um excellent job and I just want to thank you for making sure that not just the um the youth council of the city but the city of Stockbridge as a whole was represented well. So thank you so very much. [0:36:12, 0:36:16]: Thank you for those comments and it is a pleasure. Thank you. Councilman Alexander. [0:36:16, 0:36:36]: Uh yes, sir. Uh in terms of the fire station. Yes, sir. Where are we at uh with the fire station? We saw a beautiful plan that uh I think we kinda all liked and uh we wanted to do something with. So where where does that stand before uh as far as moving forward? [0:36:36, 0:36:56]: That is a question that I think that I have to actually push back to you all as our council and to our city manager with regard to the progress on that particular structure. Um it was according to the RSVP RSVP planning that we did that we would like to see a welcome sentence [0:36:56, 0:37:01]: Center placed in that particular building with some sort of um [0:37:01, 0:37:06]: gallery type space, but I think that um there has been some conversation about [0:37:06, 0:37:09]: How that might be used in a different way. [0:37:09, 0:37:15]: Um, I don't know if you all will be discussing that in your executive session. I know that there have been some [0:37:16, 0:37:16]: Um [0:37:17, 0:37:20]: inner workings with um the [0:37:20, 0:37:40]: um economic development director and DDA with regard to that particular structure. But it is a part of a a plan that we have for downtown that we would like to see a Main Street presence in that particular building. So otherwise in this case obviously is back to us to try to just resolve all this okay. She's she's part of that [0:37:40, 0:38:00]: Right. That's exactly what I'm talking about. Well, I was w I thought we were waiting on you to come back. Uh we to charge the architect with putting anything together for that, sir, so we can move this forward. I think we all want to do that. So what is the next step for us to actually put that? [0:38:00, 0:38:08]: plan that we saw um in at in into action. Is the architect working on something for us or what? [0:38:16, 0:38:36]: To the V okay, okay. All right, okay. So and then uh in terms of uh you did a great job. We rolled out uh the new initiative where community connects. I think the community loves it. I love it, I think we all do. Uh so where are we in terms of do you think that you need you [0:38:36, 0:38:56]: unique uh wayfinding signage and everything in the downtown area or what does that stand for you in terms of um wayfinding signage and uh that strategy? What do we stand with that? Okay. Um well we have already started um ordering business cards. [0:38:56, 0:39:16]: With the new branding. So that is part of phase one with regard to getting our brand out there to the community, in addition to what we've already been doing on social media. As far as wayfinding signage is concerned, that would be something done collaboratively with our public works director who has approached me and asked me. [0:39:16, 0:39:36]: What the plan is for starting with that signage. The city council has to decide if they want the new branding at all of our gateways where we currently have signage, or if you want to remain with the signage that we currently have, which shows the city seal. Once that [0:39:36, 0:39:40]: um decision has been made, then we can move forward with that. [0:39:41, 0:40:01]: So Mr. Knighton, when will that be coming to us? Because I think um personally for myself, I think we need to go ahead and move it forward with uh monument signs at all of the city um uh entrances and gateways. And we desperately, as a council, had talked about uh [0:40:01, 0:40:18]: having signs off of I-75, directing uh travelers to Merrill Manders Conference Center, the trails in the park. So what is the next step for us uh that we need to do or that you will be bringing to us so we can uh go ahead and get those signs out there. [0:40:19, 0:40:26]: I think um Miss Moore some time ago did send some uh designs of what could be wayfinding signs. That was some time ago. Now that we have [0:40:27, 0:40:47]: The new branding, uh, logo, tagline, and all of those things, we need to we'll can incorporate those into those designs. I think what we need to do is give you a mock-up of what that's the what that would look like with the new brand and logo, send that to you for your review and ultimate approval for those particular gateways and exits. So so when do you think you can have that back to us? [0:40:47, 0:40:50]: Within a week to ten days. [0:40:51, 0:41:06]: And that would require a decision as to whether we are going to be using the new branding at those sign at those signage points or if we're going with the city seal. Right. Because both would be appropriate. Right, and that would be or either would be appropriate. That would be the mock up that you would be reviewing. [0:41:06, 0:41:14]: Absolutely. I think we spent a lot of money to get this right. I hopefully we can agree upon what we need to do from this point forward. Thank you. [0:41:14, 0:41:34]: On that note, I want to thank you for your efforts obviously in reference to the youth council symposium. It's the first time it was done in Atlanta metro area since they've been developed. And they picked stop bridge in this aspect. So I put stop bridge a a good thumbs up, a go a go, and it's just a good thing. So I really appreciate that. And I think in my comments I mentioned I hope they come back here soon again. [0:41:34, 0:41:37]: But it's good. I appreciate all your efforts on that. Any other comments on this side? [0:41:39, 0:41:40]: Mr. Mayor, [0:41:41, 0:42:01]: Mrs. Brax, I just want to thank you for that. Also, as a advisory board member, I I see the work that y'all put in and I commend y'all for that. Yeah, I just want to be able to share with the audience here uh the historic marker celebration will coincide with the 11th annual character. [0:42:01, 0:42:21]: May Hambrick commemorative service program on that day. Now, some of you all are familiar with it. I'll just hold this up, but it's going to coincide with that. It's a free event, plenty of food. Y'all are welcome to come out. Come early. Parking is at a print. [0:42:21, 0:42:22]: Premium. [0:42:22, 0:42:23]: Thank you. [0:42:23, 0:42:36]: And that particular ceremony, if I might add Councilman Thomas, will start at two thirty, but it is a part of other festivities that will be going on. But that particular ceremony starts at two thirty PM. Yes. [0:42:37, 0:42:57]: Thank you. And that's what one other question in terms of all of that, and maybe Miss Moore might be able to ask us with that. Now, this sell along with the celebration, which is an outstanding event, how what are we doing in terms of um I know we were maybe smore probably will be able to answer that about that's uh the curve in the [0:42:57, 0:43:05]: And gutter and all of that that we're going to be doing for this community to uplift them at the same time that we're doing the celebration. [0:43:06, 0:43:15]: Good, Mary Council. Basically, I started working on that about a year and a half ago, and we actually had uh engineering firms look at that and now that they should. [0:43:16, 0:43:35]: Well I you're gonna be next anyway. So I if if if the no the if the no other questions f if the other questions from Miss Bragg's on Main Street, uh Desis is up next anyway, Public Works is up next. Okay so I'll relieve this you, Kira. Thank you for your report. Thank you everyone. Oh come on, Desis. Let's give'em some [0:43:48, 0:43:57]: I will be giving a abbreviated version of the uh presentation and documents that are that are in your book. Um [0:43:58, 0:44:18]: First of all, when I got here, we identified a list of 109 projects. We've completed 57 of them. We got 52 that are currently in various stages of being completed. Some of the ones that are being completed are camera installations. We've gotten Memorial Park, Clark Park. [0:44:18, 0:44:28]: the parking lot at uh Merrill Manders. They recently installed the cameras at Gardner Park. So those will be coming online shortly. And some of the things we're currently working on are [0:44:29, 0:44:37]: The air conditioner here at City Hall, Merrill Manders, and the municipal court building. And also we've got some water and sewer projects that are [0:44:37, 0:44:57]: In various stages. And here's a breakdown, a percentage breakdown of the projects that we currently have. Government buildings is 23% of the projects, stormwater is 8%, wastewater is 27%, water represents 19%, parks is 13%, and public works is 10%. [0:44:57, 0:45:17]: Uh if what we've got in progress now is eleven million one hundred and seventy nine thousand three hundred and eighty-eight dollars worth of projects. The largest one is four point seven million we currently got spending at the wastewater treatment plant on the improvements we got there. We've got three million dollars allocated for the public works administrative building, a little over [0:45:17, 0:45:37]: A million for the 2019 LMIG list, almost a million for the City Hall, Merrill Manders, and the Municipal Court HVAC. Uh the Davis Road Sidewalk project. Hopefully next week we'll be bidding that's out. Phase one goes from uh Highway 42 down to Shields Road, and then we'll be coming back. [0:45:37, 0:45:57]: At a later date, future date with Mayor and Council, see if they wanna proceed with phase two, which is from Shields Road to Clark Park. Also, they've started with the memorial park port in place. They relocated some playground equipment over there. They should be finished with that project this week, putting in a rubberized surface, and then they'll move to Gardner Park. [0:45:57, 0:46:17]: And also we'll be advertising hopefully next week, phase one of Smith Barnes basin. That's where we had the major sewer spill when we had the uh heavy amounts of rain. So we'll be started on that project, which involves videotaping that uh sewer basin. And we've completed 7.3 million. [0:46:17, 0:46:33]: million dollars worth of projects, 2.8 million in public works, 1.7 in water, 1 million in wastewater, 700,000 plus thousand in parks, 600,000 in stormwater, and 336,000 in government buildings. [0:46:34, 0:46:40]: And just to follow up on some of the conversation that was had, I know at Reeves Creek we've got a [0:46:40, 0:46:47]: an issue that we've gotta address, which are the bridges at Reed's Creek Trail. For some reason people like to vandalize'em and [0:46:47, 0:47:01]: with the t the humidity and all the other things over there is taking a toll on those bridges. So we'll be bringing something back at the council meeting just for informational purposes, as well as expanding the parking lot. We'll bring that back to discuss that again. [0:47:01, 0:47:21]: And also um we got some other projects that we'll be discussing. Uh you talked about branding. We're gonna be coming forward in May about going ahead and refresh and repaint the water tanks with the new branding logo. So as four tanks, we've already got prices for that. So we'll come forward next month. [0:47:21, 0:47:37]: Month requesting permission to move forward with that. So that's all I have is if anybody's got any questions. I imagine we've got several questions. One of what you dealt with the curbing and and gutter or sidewalks, I guess it is in the Tie Street area. If you want to address that one first, I'm pretty sure that there'll be some other questions to follow. [0:47:37, 0:47:57]: Yes, sir, Mr. Mayor. We've currently got a a neighborhood study going on over there because one of the the major issues is storm war. So Kirby and Gutter will address that. So once the study is completed, we'll come back before Mayor and Council asking how you would like for staff to proceed with it. But the issue is gonna be where do we find the funding. [0:47:57, 0:48:13]: Is it a spLOS 5 project or is it a fund balance project or do we budget annually and do it in phases? So that's gonna be the the biggest issue is how do we fund the improvements that are recommended out of that study. [0:48:13, 0:48:33]: And the studies due back when now? It should be, I think, June first. We should have the results back. Okay. Thank you. Okay. Mayor. Go right up, please. Thank you, Mayor. Um, I just wanna m make a comment, um, two of'em actually. Um when we were doing the trailer live this week this past weekend, which was a great event and you were saying about the bridges. [0:48:33, 0:48:53]: Um one of the questions that was raised by Dana Lemon, who is our G DOT rep, she basically stated that we should um try to look into an investing in the call emergency call boxes throughout there because I know we did incorporate the camera, um, but the camera's at the entry, you know, at the front. Um so it would be [0:48:53, 0:49:13]: Because I know she said McDonough, they actually have it on their trail. So that would be something because we have a beautiful trailhead. Um and also um for is identifying that there is a trail. A lot of people didn't know that that trail was there. So if signage or something that we can put up um in-house that we can do, um [0:49:13, 0:49:33]: Would be approved because that needs to be made aware that you know that the trailhead is there so for um signage um for that. Address those concerns. We haven't done anything with the signage because like I said with the branded initiative, what we would have put up would have changed. So we want to incorporate that and also we've spoken with Georgia. [0:49:33, 0:49:53]: Well, I think what she basically was saying, we can do generic signage for now. Absolutely. Um, because that process, you know, it takes time. Um, but in the meantime, we can put up generic signs um that we have our city logo now and just say re-screen trail this way. So that's basically what she was saying. Because a lot of people that were there. [0:49:53, 0:50:13]: Stated that they drive way up to um Panola Mountain because they didn't know that it was right here and they were saying it's a beautiful trail. They were like it's very'cause you have the trees for it's the um you're not connected with the sun the entire time. So they was like, it's just a beautiful trail, but they just didn't know it was there. So [0:50:13, 0:50:23]: other thing is we've have spoken with Georgia Powered. Now they have the solar cameras because one of the issues was getting power and electricity down on the trail. So we're gonna come back [0:50:24, 0:50:44]: With that proposal for putting cameras on the trail and also if you have call boxes, it would have to be wireless technology. Right. Yes. Thank you. Okay. Mr. Rear. Okay. Thank you for doing that. Go ahead. Uh Mr. David, I just want to thank you and I I I think [0:50:44, 0:51:04]: You sort of hit on it briefly. I won't really talk a whole lot about it, but uh the the issues with curb and gutters in that neighborhood, as you know, it's not new. Uh you and I and Mr. Knight met a few years ago. Um a couple of homeowners had some issues with the water running off, and we recognized [0:51:04, 0:51:24]: then that that was really the solution because as you indicated, you know, you could fix it at one resident, but then you throw it onto another. But I just want to share with the council and others that as a resident of that particular community, you know, we're looking at a total comprehensive plan for the neighborhood. [0:51:23, 0:51:43]: Which also include the curb and gutter. Mr. Knight and I have talked about the abatement project and program that we just instituted. So it's a total comprehensive plan for the approach for that particular neighborhood, which probably will include also the youth and seniors. So I just want to share that. [0:51:43, 0:52:03]: So it's a little bit more than just curb and gutters. The ML King Heritage Trail runs into that neighborhood, the lack of parking at Memorial Park. So all of these things are included in this study and in this plan that homeowners in that particular area is already working. But it's not new. [0:52:03, 0:52:23]: You know, we've been working on this for years, but we just know at this point it has not been a priority because of some other things we got going. But uh, and it is coming forward, but I just want to be able to share that. And I just want to thank you for meeting with me and some of the homeowners uh years ago to come out and to explain that to them. [0:52:23, 0:52:33]: them about the runoff and and the total solution to solving those issues. So I just want to thank you and Mr. Knight for that. You're well, sir. [0:52:34, 0:52:34]: Mr. Blood. [0:52:35, 0:52:50]: Yes. Um the the the um survey that we we was doing for the the streets for the ro so streets and the sidewalks. Yes. When would that be completed and when would we get a list of what streets and sidewalks are gonna be? That is underway. [0:52:51, 0:53:11]: And I think we should have it by the end of May. I'll check my email from the engineer as to when we'll have the rating of the streets and sidewalks and we'll present it to mayor and council for that to be the official some kind of resolution action taken that this is gonna be the official document that we use to going forward to resurface. [0:53:11, 0:53:23]: streets and repair sidewalks so that we'll know that they're ranked and we'll go off of that list and we'll we'll work that way instead of just picking picking a street or sidewalk because it's on the list. [0:53:24, 0:53:44]: No, you're saying it's gonna be toward the end of May? Yes. Y'all forgive my voice. I'm congested with all this stuff going on. Um now, because we're gonna be rating them from what's more important to the least important, because a lot of people just look at a lot of time aesthetics. So that list what everything is gonna that list [0:53:44, 0:54:04]: gonna be compiled every every s neighborhood and every sidewalk. Yes or that. And here's where where we are, the city has eighty-five miles of paved streets. So with the 2019 L Mid completed, we've been on resurface 20 miles in the last since 2000 since 2017. [0:54:04, 0:54:10]: So within that sixty five miles you'll have a ranking that that should [0:54:10, 0:54:23]: Should go pretty quick'cause some of those streets are shorter streets and some years you get more streets, some years you get less streets based on the length. But the when I got here the standard was five miles a year. That's what Okay. Thanks. [0:54:25, 0:54:26]: Ms. Alzheimer, go ahead, sir. [0:54:26, 0:54:46]: Thank you, sir. And I think uh to comment on what Councilman Thomas has said, those residents have been waiting long enough. And I think we got to the point now where we you spoke to them a couple of years ago. The problem has been pervasive. I was over there when I was campaigning and down direct from the down [0:54:46, 0:55:06]: Down the street from Councilman Thomas's house, all of the grass was washed away. And you know, you can't the public works at that time, they put down some rocks uh to kind of slow it down a little bit. But at some point, citizens look at us and say, We need you to act. And uh we gotta act uh as a deliverance. [0:55:06, 0:55:12]: Body. We have to go through the process, but if the conversation started two years ago, [0:55:12, 0:55:14]: Three years ago, however long it is, [0:55:15, 0:55:33]: The point is to get to a point where you put where you act and you actually do something about it. And we need to have a timetable for uh getting us to the point where we're actually doing something. That's an outstanding celebration that those uh residents have every single year. [0:55:33, 0:55:53]: But my point is I want to give them something tangible than uh free food every year. I wanna give them something that enhances their neighborhood that we can move forward with and celebrate that we actually move the needle in the community that Councilman Thomas and all his neighbors deserve. So [0:55:53, 0:55:56]: As a city we gotta get very uh [0:55:57, 0:56:08]: intentional about bringing these items to a close so we can come to a fix. Um, in terms of some things that you mentioned uh um some time ago [0:56:09, 0:56:11]: The Park It Park Plan. [0:56:11, 0:56:15]: You mentioned to us at a couple of retreats ago that you know you [0:56:15, 0:56:19]: Believed in the pocket parks and that we would have them all over the city. [0:56:20, 0:56:22]: I have not seen anything come forth. [0:56:22, 0:56:32]: uh w about that. Notice that is something that I definitely believe in and I kinda was waiting to see what you were going to do because these add beautification all over the city. So [0:56:33, 0:56:42]: Can you kind of talk about uh what is it that um we need to do to move the Pocket Park Initiative along in the city? [0:56:42, 0:57:02]: Well i all of these projects come down to one thing. Where is the funding for these projects? There are plenty of projects we love to do. We love to go over over in that area, Wilson Avenue, Tye Street, Jennings Way and all that. But funding for all of these projects gotta be identified. There was no funding source for stormwater in Splash. [0:57:02, 0:57:12]: f three or four. So where do you get the funds to fund those projects? The pocket parts. Where does the money come from to fund those projects calls [0:57:12, 0:57:32]: Uh we've I've seen council approve a lot of projects that's gonna take money out of fund balance. And you eventually the more you keep taking out, you're not putting anything in. That's it's gonna be depleted or you're gonna get to a level that uh finance would not be comfortable with as far as your rain of day fund, but it's gotta be where do we get the [0:57:32, 0:57:52]: Funding for to do these projects because the project even for the Reeds Creek Trail Bridges to replace with permanent structure, they're estimating a million and a half dollars. Probably for the that neighborhood study that we're doing over there, it's probably gonna be close to two million dollars. So where do we get the resources? [0:57:52, 0:58:12]: We can plan all day, we'll have all the plans, but where do we get the funds to move forward? I'll tell you what. I I think and you all get your opportunity, obviously, but I think what it amounts to is that those those issues are things that we're here have to decide when we're prioritizing all this and figure out how the funding comes up and how we best [0:58:12, 0:58:32]: do this. That decision comes to us when you give us all the information to make a good logical decision in this aspect, whatever community input there may be, set the priorities and then go for it. That's all I need to say. Yes sir, go right ahead. City manager. Comments were along similar lines, Mayor. Obviously we've uh had some recent discussions with the financial advisor which we will be unpacking more information. [0:58:32, 0:58:51]: information uh for your consideration as well and also of course as we have these splost five discussions uh in terms of priority of projects, infrastructure needs and civic projects as well, that's where the balance has to come in about uh prioritization, cost allocations, and things of that nature. So I think [0:58:51, 0:58:52]: Between [0:58:52, 0:59:12]: Those financial advisory discussions and also with PASC5 and discussions that will have to come to a close pretty soon. I think we'll hopefully be able to develop a an overall financial package and priority list that is consistent with some of the things that you mentioned and also will help us to to you know sustain. [0:59:12, 0:59:32]: uh some of the infrastructure needs that we have over the next five or six years. Mr. Alison, go ahead, Tom. So to answer the question, once we get to that point, because we're coming, okay, because we're gonna get these things done and we're gonna make these decisions because we're going to move some projects forward this year. Are you going to have do you have a pocket plan [0:59:32, 0:59:37]: park plan ready or do we need to work on one or how's that gonna work? [0:59:37, 0:59:57]: The only thing is it it needs to be identified the location. Okay. Where the city owns property, what the American council would like to allocate for that that particular park and the funding identified for it. Okay. Now my next question is, it's always this time of the year, you know, is this season? [0:59:57, 1:00:17]: season where the grass starts growing a little bit faster and citizens are complaining about, you know, the grass growing back and we're not cutting it as but um explain the processes how we're bringing people on so folks can understand that, you know what, now that it's growing season, we're gonna s we're staffing up and the [1:00:17, 1:00:37]: The cutting frequency will get uh a little bit more concise. Um and I was we did a lot of work over at Hudson Bridge and the grass, you know, it grows back now, lightning quick and then uh rock quarry as well. I know we had made a decision and I spoke with Mr. Knighton about this earlier where we took some parts of [1:00:37, 1:00:57]: Uh we were cutting Rock Quarry Road ourselves consistently uh to make sure that it was in our city limits and we traded off some stuff uh with the county uh in order to do that because it's growing season and we we what tell me what uh what it is and when we bring the people aboard. Are they already aboard? [1:00:57, 1:00:58]: Or what we're doing. [1:00:59, 1:01:02]: Well here's the process. Your public works department is pretty much [1:01:03, 1:01:15]: Twelve people. Well eleven people right now. And that includes the general maintenance supervisor. And it's supplemented during the growing season with temporary staffing. And right now we're having a issue with [1:01:15, 1:01:33]: getting temporary staffing. And also you gotta understand that staff is also allocated to support events. We just had for the movie, we had five, I think five employees out there pretty much all day supporting that event. And so a lot of public works time is [1:01:34, 1:01:43]: on events as well. So you gotta you gotta strike that balance. But the main thing is we're we're looking for additional. We have talked to the [1:01:43, 1:01:52]: the people who provide the temporary staff and that we need at least eight staffing additional temporary staff to support the operation. So [1:01:52, 1:01:59]: But it's pretty much it's ten people that that do the major that's what public works is. Ten people. [1:01:59, 1:02:19]: So each time I always ask the same question. What is it that we need? And what is it that you need to be successful? So uh do you need uh some more funding? Is it what you're paying the people? Is it we have a contract with this provider to provide uh a certain number of people and uh are they compliant? [1:02:19, 1:02:39]: With the contract when you send that request out, or they not how so how do we respond when we say we need eight or we need six? How long do they have to say here's your eight? This is the the problem is trying to find when the economy is good, you don't have too many people working temporary jobs. But that's their job. I mean they're the staffing service. [1:02:39, 1:02:59]: So when you call them, they're supposed to have them for you. But they're looking, they're looking for staff to supplement our staff and meet our request. But like I say, when you tell somebody that you're gonna be on a weed eater or more or picking up paper eight hours a day, those people are few and and far between. It is just difficult to find out. [1:02:59, 1:03:19]: Somebody that's wanting to cut grass for eight hours a day, five days a week. But we have asked them for eight people so far. We've gotten about two. So the call went out again to three different agencies today to add, you know, to give us those employees that we need. Okay. I was gonna say, Mr. Knight, I would imagine certified. [1:03:19, 1:03:28]: Yeah, we actually had a conversation even this morning with um Deshus and Jeff Greenway, the general maintenance supervisor about the staffing issue about [1:03:29, 1:03:48]: Rotation of cutting and those types of things. We had a in depth discussion about that. What we're gonna do is Desha's mentioned, look at other s other agencies to help provide the staffing needs, the temporary staffing needs, to make sure that there's a heavy rotation for uh maintenance. Well, the only thing that I would say to that, if I may, is uh to say [1:03:49, 1:04:09]: Every single year. And it's not just you. It's Henry County. The spring seems to creep up on us. It comes the same time every year. So at some point we need to say, okay, in March and April, we need to already have those people in place. We don't need to be reactive. We need to already have them there. But I don't need you to respond. [1:04:09, 1:04:29]: respond to that I just need to make sure that if we come to this point next year we say okay we ready we already got them in place. But the firms were notified in January but the staffing requests were so Ms. Wheeler might need to say well do we need to find somebody else? Ms. Ms. Robinson go ahead miss it. Yes thank you mayor um [1:04:29, 1:04:29]: Um [1:04:30, 1:04:50]: And this is probably for the city manager. Uh when we're talking splots and we're talking needs, like we were talking about the um the different areas that we need, the infrastructure and all of that. Is that something that you're gonna do in your presentation so when our citizens come out so that way we can make them aware of different things that are going on in the [1:04:50, 1:05:10]: possibility of where we need these dollars to go. Um so that way we can revise that presentation that you did the last time. Because if these are major issues that you're saying that we have but it's gonna take somewhere else, I think we need to make sure that we're educating um our citizens when we're doing all of this because we need to make them aware [1:05:10, 1:05:30]: And then it could be other things and there's areas that may need to be taken care of as well. Right. Yes, we can certainly do that in the next presentation to talk more specifically about some of the items that have been addressed tonight with respect to the bridges and and um stormwater needs, um drainage needs, things of that nature. We can certainly do that again. The Splash um [1:05:30, 1:05:47]: Meeting is scheduled for Monday, May the 6th at 6 30 p.m. at the Merrill Manders Conference Center, uh, so that everybody uh is aware of that and we obviously wanna want to have as many citizens come out, but we certainly can be more specific in terms of some of the items that we know uh may need to be addressed as a part of SPLOST. [1:05:48, 1:05:48]: Right. [1:05:49, 1:05:55]: Okay, on that note, I think you are done for now, sir. Thank you. Community development. [1:06:12, 1:06:13]: Thank you. [1:06:16, 1:06:18]: Mm-hmm. I appreciate it. [1:06:20, 1:06:25]: Uh she wasn't supposed to hand him out until unless they need'em, but that's okay. [1:06:26, 1:06:29]: Thank you. [1:06:35, 1:06:37]: Yeah, y he was supposed to hold that with. [1:06:38, 1:06:39]: Okay. [1:06:40, 1:06:43]: No, I don't it's not it's not too short. [1:06:44, 1:06:57]: Okay, good evening, Mayor and Council. Um the reason why you have an updated version, Linda Logan's numbers were left out. Uh and so I was just gonna go through the presentation and kind of put those in your box later, uh, but you have them now. [1:06:58, 1:07:00]: But I did include her information. [1:07:01, 1:07:04]: А з інформаційні сформи and for you. [1:07:05, 1:07:13]: Uh and as we go through, if you have any questions, if you want to stop on each slide, then we to ask questions you can do that or you can wait till we finish. [1:07:16, 1:07:36]: Uh who makes up community development services, as you know, is uh business services, building permanent and services, code enforcement, fire prevention, planning and zoning, and GIS mapping services. Uh I think what is important, we clearly understand that we don't have a military. So just in terms of the revenues that community development is bringing in. [1:07:36, 1:07:56]: This particular slide lets you know that development has really turned around. Um, I think it's evident that now that Stockbridge is whole again, we are getting developers that are running in the door left and right. As you can see, last year for the entire year, community development did 2.7 million in three months. [1:07:56, 1:08:01]: We have done one point three million. That does not take into account [1:08:02, 1:08:22]: Okay, that does not take into account the impact fees that Mayor and Council adopted just recently. And so we have not seen development really turn because now we're getting into the warm months that construction starts. So if we stay on pace at the rate that we're going every three months, we hope that. [1:08:22, 1:08:42]: By the end of the year, we'll be in the range of four to five million dollars this year. So hopefully that would help with a lot of the projects that the city has going forward. In terms of more specifically, as you can see, these are the numbers from business services. It gives you an idea of where we are right now, based on the number of renewals that we send out. [1:08:42, 1:08:59]: We have about$41,000 that's now in delinquency. And so we're in the process of collecting, serving notices, and serving those folks with a notice, sending them to court. Hopefully we can have all of that money collected within the next 30 to 60 days. [1:09:00, 1:09:20]: Next, as you know, uh code enforcement, as you can tell, the season is getting warm. Uh, we don't have any revenues for them at this point in time because typically our revenues for code enforcement will be based on the citations of the forty-something thousand dollars that pre we previously talked about. Those are the folks that will be served, and those are the folks that individual. [1:09:20, 1:09:40]: That would go before the municipal court judge. And so typically, by the time we come back for the next quarter report, you will see some revenues there. In addition to now that it's spring and grass is growing and some other things are happening, then that revenue stream shall go up. As on a prior screen, I think last year, believe it or not, code enforcement just [1:09:40, 1:10:00]: Generated$32,000 just based on penalties and fines. These are the top five issues that we deal with on a year-to-year basis. Of course, prohibited parking, which we're going to address with shortly, high grass, as you know, as the weather grows warmer, and you know, grass grows with rain. [1:10:00, 1:10:20]: Crashing debris on the curb size, illegal signs. As you can see, just in this quarter, we picked up 152 illegal signs. So code enforcement is out there doing their job. And then illegal dumping. We can't stress enough the importance for everyone to do click fix it because that helps code enforcement actually. [1:10:20, 1:10:40]: address a lot of these issues. Uh on the planning and zoning, as you know, we took over uh planning zoning effect of effective April 8th. However, prior to this, it can tell you based on these numbers, the development has truly picked up for us. Melinda and Linda have been quite busy [1:10:40, 1:11:00]: As you can tell by these numbers in terms of plan reviews, in terms of mapping, in terms of uh site visits, and dealing with administrative issues as pertains to customers' requests in terms of identifying the correct parcels and zonings for particular properties. As you know, we brought on uh fire prevention. [1:11:00, 1:11:20]: April the 8th. Since that time, Chief Wells has been doing a tremendous job in terms of doing fire inspections and business inspections. We did have a fire, which he sent, we sent a report to you in terms of his arson investigation. So the next quarter, then we should have some real numbers in terms of his site visit. [1:11:20, 1:11:22]: business to the businesses in terms of their renewals. [1:11:24, 1:11:44]: Building permitting numbers, as you can see again, we have been quite busy uh this first three months. Uh we've actually uh issued uh twenty-three land disturbs permits. What does that mean? The reason why I focus in on that number, the numbers of bur building permits is thirty-four and land disturbing permits is twenty-three. That means that's dirt. [1:11:44, 1:11:45]: Yeah. [1:11:45, 1:11:50]: That means that there's something actually out there on the ground that's pretty much new. [1:11:50, 1:12:10]: So we're very excited about that. So let's get to a couple of projects. These are some of the ones that we have coming in in terms of restaurants. We have Moe's, we've got chicken salad chicken for those of you who really love chicken, right? We have uh Jason, uh Jersey Mike Subs and Wendy's. And three of these are at 101 Eagles. [1:12:10, 1:12:28]: Landing Parkway and then of course the Wendy's is 870 Highway 138. All of these developments are in compliance with our facade and design standards that were developed by Mayor and Council. So all of these projects should look pretty good. Let's move on to commercial. [1:12:29, 1:12:41]: We have on 935 Eagles Landing Parkway, you have the um the Sophie Suds car wash that's coming in. And then on 900 Highway 138, you have the racetrack. [1:12:43, 1:12:57]: Uh in terms of hotels, um we have Hilton True Hilton True Hotel that's coming in, and then we have the best western. Uh both of these we're hoping will be complete no later than September, October. [1:12:57, 1:13:02]: So we're looking forward for those revenues coming online by the end of December. [1:13:03, 1:13:23]: Uh office construction. We have 135 North Park Place, which is the surgical center that's underway, which we should hopefully be through with those renovations here within the next 30 to 90 days. And then on the back side of 175 Country Club Drive, there's a brand new office building, two stories. [1:13:23, 1:13:43]: That's being developed. So those are our office construction buildings that are online. This is 4045 Mount Zion. This is a new strip commercial center. The owner has not advised the city in terms of who those tenants are right now. They're just building out the building. [1:13:43, 1:13:50]: So hopefully in about ninety days we will have some idea in terms of who the tenants will be in this particular strip mall. [1:13:50, 1:14:10]: Uh next, this is what's happening on Campground Road. This is Winding Creek Subdivision. As you know, Mayor and Council approved the facade and the design standards for this particular development the first of this year. This is the first phase that's basically the neighbors are calling in about because the trees are being cut. [1:14:10, 1:14:30]: This is Winding Creek. There's two other phases. There's a commercial phase that we're meeting with the developer tomorrow about, as well as there's a gated townhome community that makes up phase two. So this is phase one, the townhome is phase two, and then the commercial is phase three. And all three of those should be turning dirt. [1:14:30, 1:14:33]: Within the next thirty to nightny days. [1:14:34, 1:14:45]: Next of course is the amphitheater. Uh the RFQ for the amphitheater is out. Uh we're waiting for those proposals to come in and just for the public. That's just a idea of what the [1:14:45, 1:14:50]: A renderings for the anfit are and what that particular facility will look like. [1:14:51, 1:14:53]: А ін адрін то, ви а [1:14:53, 1:15:01]: Waiting on uh the road improvements from G Dot. We have to realign uh Lee Street with our park. [1:15:01, 1:15:21]: across the street in order to change that signal light. And so we will be bringing back specific details because that property over there belongs to the city. But we will have to realign that street so that when you get to that light, you can take a right on Lee or left on the other street to take you about the school. But we will have [1:15:21, 1:15:29]: to use some of city the city property in that park in order to do that realignment. Finally [1:15:30, 1:15:39]: the spelling I was it was okay tickle we did it. Okay. Finally uh your monument sign. Um that right now we just waited on G dot. [1:15:40, 1:16:00]: There is a radius issue because it actually is on a GDOT highway. And so we're waiting for them to confirm that we can do a 40 radius coming off of uh East Atlanta, more so than a 50-foot radius. And so other than that, the sign is ready to go. We just need the clearance. [1:16:00, 1:16:04]: from G dot in terms of what the radius will look like. [1:16:04, 1:16:24]: And then uh before we get to any questions, um just wanted to re-emphasize that we have um community development has been approached by a number of different major firms from across the country internationally, just based on the available parcels that we have available. [1:16:24, 1:16:30]: So there's a potential of a movie studio coming to the area. [1:16:30, 1:16:50]: There's a potential of a wonderful mixed use that may actually include some of those white linen restaurants that y'all are looking for. Um, so those conversations are being done, but the first thing that we have to examine is whether or not the land use is in place for one of those, which is a 60-acre tract. We may have to rezone. [1:16:50, 1:17:10]: That because it's from commercial to mixed use to get all of those components in. But I just wanted to tell Marion Council that development is truly booming. I can't say it enough. It's keeping us quite busy. We're very excited. The development community is very excited that we have a one-stop shop. They're able to get in and get out. [1:17:10, 1:17:30]: Out and so everyone's pleased, we're happy, and if all goes well, Stockbridge will have a very good year in terms of development. Absolutely outstanding. Questions? I do. Okay, what's that? But the sign um that you, if you can go back where you were waiting on G DOT, what about the turning lane? Um, where's that? But that's it. The way that the lane. [1:17:30, 1:17:50]: Lanes go is actually two lanes. One is a s uh a straight lane. Well, you got uh a straight and a turn. And then you've got a straight and a turn that you can go either way. So actually you're talking three lanes. Okay. But the one that they're most concerned about is the far inside lane that's uh closest to the curve and the side. [1:17:50, 1:17:57]: That is the radius because if a truck comes down East Atlanta at that light, they want to make sure that there's enough [1:17:57, 1:18:01]: radius for those trucks to turn to go down um [1:18:01, 1:18:21]: North Henry Boulevard. So that's what we're waiting on. And if I can ask, um, I guess, and you may be doing this, but whenever you're whoever you're communicating with, would you just CC um our rep, Dana Lemon, on all communications? Um, because that was requested um as well. So whatever it was requested, if you just CC um her, and then that way we can possibly [1:18:21, 1:18:26]: possibly get a quick follow up. Okay. Thank you. Any questions? [1:18:27, 1:18:43]: Uh is anybody else wanna go? I'm pretty sure I'm pretty sure people do, but if they do you w you wanna go last this time? Yeah, yeah, I'll go last if somebody else has to go. I just want to give somebody else the opportunity. But if not, I'll go ahead and go. Um and I wanna just thank you. I was over at the community development. It's outstanding. [1:18:45, 1:19:05]: It is what we aim for in terms of um being able to from the time you walk in the door to what needs to be done in terms of running a first class operation. Uh the staff was doing an outstanding job. They did a great job of explaining and sitting down going over uh concepts with us. I know that I [1:19:04, 1:19:24]: I particularly want things done a certain way and just want to make sure that we always in line. But what I saw over there, I was extremely impressed with what you guys are doing and the revenue that you're bringing in has exceeded everything that we could have ever dreamed of from so not. [1:19:24, 1:19:26]: На [1:19:26, 1:19:28]: upping the standard, but you're paying for it. [1:19:29, 1:19:49]: at the same time, which is something that I think we just mar I just marvel at because it is uh s truly outstanding uh the staff that we've had and the way that we've been able to assemble uh some top notch professionals to do the things uh that we have done. Uh the one update that I wanted to have from you was uh [1:19:49, 1:20:09]: We were looking at um uh a rewrite. So what is it that you need from us, or is there anything that you need from us to to do the rewrite? It's already in the budget, I believe. So what is it? What does that stand at? Well, right now we're working on the RFP for the towing, and if the [1:20:08, 1:20:14]: same time we're actually I'm pulling together the information for the RFP for the consultant. [1:20:14, 1:20:34]: for the zoning. And so we should have that before mayor and council, probably at the June meeting, for us to actually put that on the street uh so that we can get somebody in here by July to start their rewrite. Unless the parking thing is there where does that stand then? Where we are right now, we're waiting on the RFP for the towings [1:20:34, 1:20:54]: um company. That's the last piece that we're waiting on in order to send out the postcards. I have an update that I can provide for you to be allowed. But once we get the towing company, that information we feel is very critical that everybody needs to know all of the pieces that will take place. And that's the last piece that we're waiting on for selection [1:20:54, 1:21:14]: So I know we were talking about a sticker or something that we were doing for these warnings. Are those now in place? Are we doing those stickers or we're waiting to s until we get the towing company because we said that we were gonna do two months warning, but we don't want to do two months and we don't have the towing company in place. [1:21:14, 1:21:19]: We want to get the towing company in place and then back from that we'll do two months from that. [1:21:20, 1:21:22]: We won't be doing much though. All right. Thank you. [1:21:22, 1:21:24]: Do you have any questions at all? Miss Kent? [1:21:25, 1:21:27]: Damn and gentlemen, any questions? Okay. [1:21:27, 1:21:47]: I want to tell you uh I I really appreciate the fact of obviously the city step forward to become that one stop shop. I spent some time at the courthouse uh with your staff over there and it's great the way we renovated everything. Everybody seems to be comfortable, has a nice working environment and it and and they're doing a great job. And this is great. It's great for us. And I that's a great move. And and we're we have [1:21:47, 1:21:56]: Of a very bright future. Nothing's gonna stop us now. We got a very bright future. We're taking off. This is a great thing. Thank you for your report. [1:21:56, 1:22:02]: Okay, Mr. Fi Finance uh report. There we go. Mr. Wiggins. [1:22:16, 1:22:16]: Mm-hmm. [1:22:52, 1:23:01]: Mm. Good evening, Mayor and Council. As always, well. Okay. Good evening. All right. Good evening. Well we have up, we have um uh [1:23:01, 1:23:12]: First quarter uh as of March thirty first, twenty nineteen, we have a um statement of changes as far as uh revenue and expenditures. [1:23:13, 1:23:16]: We're starting out with uh total general fund revenue, which is at [1:23:17, 1:23:20]: Two million three hundred and ninety seven dollars and [1:23:20, 1:23:25]: on a hundred forty four dollars. We uh [1:23:26, 1:23:32]: Or sitting at uh total expenses which consist of the general fund um [1:23:32, 1:23:35]: departments at one million [1:23:35, 1:23:39]: Six hundred ninety seven dollars, two hundred and forty one dollars. [1:23:40, 1:23:42]: That generates that gives us a operating income. [1:23:43, 1:23:48]: At six hundred and ninety-nine dollars, six hundred ninety-nine thousand nine hundred and three dollars. [1:23:49, 1:23:55]: Uh below that, before we get to the net changing and fund balance. [1:23:57, 1:24:02]: We have uh we paid the uh debt service as of February, which was nine hundred [1:24:03, 1:24:05]: fifty thousand seven fifty nine [1:24:06, 1:24:09]: Which gave us a net change in fund balance, which is at [1:24:10, 1:24:14]: two hundred and fifty thousand eight hundred and fifty se fifty six dollars. [1:24:16, 1:24:17]: Uh sh [1:24:19, 1:24:19]: Yeah. [1:24:21, 1:24:23]: Moving to the graft. [1:24:24, 1:24:25]: Yes. [1:24:34, 1:24:35]: It doesn't always even grab. [1:24:43, 1:24:55]: Okay. The graph that we have up is uh it's a graph of the general fund uh revenue. Uh it displays um [1:24:56, 1:25:05]: the uh the years of of 2016, 17, 18, there at 19, which is uh in the go [1:25:05, 1:25:06]: We're sitting [1:25:06, 1:25:08]: Right now again at [1:25:09, 1:25:11]: Two million three hundred and ninety seven dollars. [1:25:12, 1:25:13]: A hundred and forty four. [1:25:14, 1:25:14]: Talos [1:25:15, 1:25:19]: Last year we was at two miljon, two point two milyen. [1:25:19, 1:25:20]: If you look at that [1:25:21, 1:25:23]: Those two we have a difference of uh [1:25:23, 1:25:25]: of of a net gain of a [1:25:26, 1:25:27]: One hundred and seventy four thousand. [1:25:28, 1:25:31]: One hundred and seventy four thousand six eighty two. [1:25:31, 1:25:36]: Which is a good increase at this particular time as of March thirty first. [1:25:38, 1:25:58]: Uh you also have in your package um some more graphs um that I can let you um just go through by yourself. Basically it's just it's is showing all the uh the other funds which can include the enterprise fund, the conference funds. [1:25:58, 1:26:12]: as well as splotch and that just gives you a look at what they're doing as of now. And that concludes um the finance report. Any questions? [1:26:12, 1:26:15]: All right. Anybody have any questions for Mr. Wiggins? [1:26:16, 1:26:17]: Yes, sir. Go right in. [1:26:17, 1:26:37]: So we were working on the all of the projects. Mr. Aaron was talking about finding dollars. So we were talking about uh the grant. Where does that stand? You brought that we had that discussion on that and can somebody give me an update on where that stands? Right now [1:26:37, 1:26:56]: We we uh Mr. Dine and I we had a uh conversation with our um the grants um administrators and right now for a quarter two they have identified at least four grants that we can probably we can pursue. Most of those grants will uh involve um [1:26:56, 1:27:16]: a lot of um Main Street initiative. So I I spoke with Kira today. We're gonna set up a meeting with her and let her go through go through the package and see if these grants really fit uh uh the Main Street uh initiative. Um and then we'll get back with them and then in in the meantime their [1:27:16, 1:27:27]: already getting some letters for us. They're gonna send some letters down here to Mr. Knight and myself so we can take a look at it and start moving forward on those particular grants. [1:27:29, 1:27:35]: Yeah, we had a conference call with them on Friday, actually. Friday, yes, it was Friday, uh, with the grant firm and they've listed out [1:27:35, 1:27:40]: A number of different grants that they'll be pursuing on our behalf, and it probably may behoove us to send you. [1:27:41, 1:27:45]: that list or send you a synopsis of uh what they're actually pursuing right now. [1:27:46, 1:27:47]: Mm-hmm. [1:27:47, 1:28:07]: All right, just wanna make sure we continuing to move that forward because I mean I guess with uh the all the needs that we have in the city, especially in the public works area and stuff like that, surely we might be able to identify uh some grants that are available for those as well. Yes, I I I think if you you uh [1:28:07, 1:28:24]: uh our packet that they presented to us, I think in their quarter three, uh, we might have something that where we can probably start pursuing some uh uh warner sewer type grants. Um and maybe move to something like federal. [1:28:25, 1:28:45]: Yeah, I I think that obviously we wanna pursue as many grants as we can, but I I certainly don't want to give the impression that grants is gonna solve the needs, especially some of these infrastructure needs, given the cost associated with it. It's gonna be a combination of funding that's gonna have to be involved. Obviously, we do and will pursue these grants, but um grants usually are [1:28:44, 1:29:04]: are designed to supplement other funding sources for for your hardcore infrastructure. Right. And then one other question. Mr. Line, you gave me some very good information when you was talking about the SPLOSS collection, uh, when we were having a private conversation and you were talking about um that the numbers were up. [1:29:04, 1:29:24]: They were really encouraging that we were bringing in so much with the one cent sales tax uh over what um the projection was. Can you talk about that a little bit? Yeah, the previous year's PLOST, I believe, averaged about, and I uh uh forgive me if I don't have the exact numbers, about that 230, 200, 230,000 per month range. [1:29:24, 1:29:42]: And then the first quarter of this year, we're about, I think, at three seven hundred three hundred and seventy thousand per month. And so obviously that's a drastic increase uh on our monthly receipts that we have been obtaining. And and hopefully that trend will continue with a strong economy, which means that [1:29:42, 1:29:51]: SPLOST FOR which we are currently in, hopefully, uh will continue to progress and we'll have uh those additional funds that will they'll come to us for the needs on SPLOST four. [1:29:52, 1:29:53]: Okay, thank you. [1:29:54, 1:30:14]: Any other questions on this side? You good? Everybody good on the side. Mayor. Yes, ma'am. Yes. What do you what do you need? I just needed to clarify, um, John, in your report you stated um the numbers through March twenty eighteen compared to March [1:30:13, 1:30:27]: March twenty nineteen you gave that difference of a hundred and seventy seventy four thousand six eighty-two. Six eighty-two. And then Mr. Knighton, you were saying that the SPLOSS numbers were up. [1:30:28, 1:30:39]: Over the same period, correct. Yeah, he was saying uh we I just want to make sure I put that we was collecting he was thinking collecting around two hundred and thirty thousand. Now we're collecting close to three hundred and seventy. [1:30:39, 1:30:42]: Right. Does that you think that's a hundred and seventy four? I'm just [1:30:43, 1:30:44]: Mm. [1:30:45, 1:30:55]: Uh I would have to go back and do something else. I don't know a month, right? Yeah. But m a lot of this is w uh with general fund, the splash is not is not in the general fund. Right. So [1:30:57, 1:31:17]: All right. No other questions for uh Mr. Wiggins? Okay. Mr. Wiggins stand there. Please stay right there. We're gonna move on to uh rest of the uh things. I got one more. I'm sorry, I don't hate to do this. I wanna congratulate Mr. Wiggins on being our official treasurer. Stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop. Okay, stop. Okay, hold on. [1:31:17, 1:31:28]: Okay, stay put, please. I got a res uh there's a resolution to fill the vacancy to appoint the city treasurer. I need a motion to appoint Mr. John Wiggins as our treasurer. [1:31:28, 1:31:31]: So move. Okay. Who'd you think of that? [1:31:32, 1:31:44]: One of them. Just don't matter. Give it give it to Slay right here. All right. I thought we had done that, huh? Any further discussion? We had a motion been seconded. Any further discussion? All in favor, please indicate. [1:31:44, 1:31:45]: Uh thank you. [1:31:46, 1:31:48]: Now we got done. Now we got I'm sorry. [1:31:50, 1:32:10]: I also want to thank Mr. Knighton for putting me in front of you and uh giving me also the opportunity. Um I I really appreciate this. This is a uh this is a real good [1:32:10, 1:32:11]: Good. [1:32:12, 1:32:32]: theme for my uh myself as well as my family. We appreciate you. Uh going forward I I plan to be here uh for quite some time and and and I'm gonna give nothing but uh one hundred and ten percent uh for my knowledge and my experience uh to [1:32:32, 1:32:33]: To help [1:32:33, 1:32:53]: Stockbridge continue to uh move in the right direction. So I I thank you and I appreciate you. You're more than welcome. Thank you very much. All right. Now, do you counsel have any comments from Mr. Wiggins? All right. If not, sir, welcome and thank you every part of the team. Fully. Thank you. Okay, thank you. All right. [1:32:53, 1:32:54]: Yeah. [1:32:55, 1:33:03]: Council consideration approves striping of one tennis court at Gardner Park for pickleball at amount of$500. Park's fund. [1:33:03, 1:33:07]: Miss Linnell Lindell Miller. [1:33:07, 1:33:27]: Oh, who's doing this? It's got Lindell's name, but you're doing this? Okay. Oh, yes, mayor and council. Uh several months ago, a couple of gentlemen came before council asking about pickleball. And we currently have two tennis courts at Gardner Park. And when I met with the city manager, my recommendation is that we do one court. [1:33:27, 1:33:47]: For pickleball, so that there's no conflict. So the tennis players will always have a court available and there's one available for pickleball. Because my recommendation to him was the tennis players have been loyal when the court was in bad condition. They played through it all. So I just didn't want to see a situation where both courts are strife for. [1:33:47, 1:34:05]: pickleball and somebody come to play tennis and they have no place to play. So that way both players, pickleball and tennis players would have a court to play on. And then the the group that did it signature tennis said they can stripe it for pickleball for five hundred dollars is within the budget. [1:34:05, 1:34:12]: for parks and we just requesting permission to move forward with striping one court at Gardner Park for pickleball. [1:34:12, 1:34:19]: All right. Five hundred dollars is well under your your approvals to do that. I mean I mean last time [1:34:20, 1:34:40]: Last the last time we had this discussion um previously, there was some there wasn't, I don't think, a full determination of what we would do. Uh we wanted to make sure that we acknowledged it publicly uh with you because if we were gonna alter uh particular playground or park apparatus, we wanted to make sure you're aware of it. [1:34:39, 1:34:41]: Bring it forward to you for acknowledgement. [1:34:42, 1:34:44]: Okay. You have a question, sir. Go ahead. [1:34:44, 1:34:57]: Yeah, thank you. Um I appreciate you all addressing this. Um I brought this back to you because we have not addressed it. But my understanding, see when you when you mark a court with pickleball, [1:34:57, 1:34:58]: It doesn't [1:34:59, 1:35:02]: It doesn't alleviate the markets for tennis. [1:35:02, 1:35:05]: And my thing is that we got two courts there. [1:35:06, 1:35:19]: We wanna track those older uh community that is really booming with pickleball. How can they have their little tournaments on two courts when we only doing one? It doesn't it doesn't alleviate the striping for tennis. It doesn't [1:35:20, 1:35:23]: because it's a totally two different type striping two different colors. [1:35:23, 1:35:26]: If you go to different areas that have pickleball and tennis [1:35:27, 1:35:33]: you'll see that the stripings are totally different. It doesn't affect the tennis court. So I I would like to see both courts. [1:35:34, 1:35:43]: uh set up for pickleball so if they wanna do little tournaments they would they will have both courts as well as the tennis players was still the tennis players still gonna have the pickleball court'cause it's still the same striper. [1:35:44, 1:36:04]: But the only reason I say I spoke Mr. Knight, my concern was with it being a new facility for pickleball and you have both courts in use, then the tennis players have no place to play because you got both courts dedicated to pickleball. And I just think if you just leave one dedicated specifically for tennis, one dedicated specifically [1:36:04, 1:36:18]: for pickleball. If those two groups come up there, then both of them can play. But if it's pickleball on both courts, with it being new, that's gonna be the majority of the use. And then you're gonna move out your tennis players. They haven't they have no place to play. [1:36:18, 1:36:38]: Yeah, but that determination for the supply and demand should come to the council then if we need to be on more tennis course with striping. But at this point here, I just you know, there's first come, first serve, right? That you don't do reservations on it. If we want to start doing that, I guess that's an option. But right now it's first come, first serves. What's people come there and [1:36:38, 1:36:46]: Want to play pickleball, they play pickleball, the tennis paper people have to wait. If they're on the court playing tennis on the pickleball stripe court, they're not gonna leave. [1:36:47, 1:37:07]: They're still gonna play tennis until the pickleball people can play. So what's the what's the difference? I mean, I don't understand the analogy. I I I just I when I talked with Mr. Knight and I just thought, like say, the tennis players were loyal when the courts were in bad shape. Nobody else and I just won't if you came out there to play tennis. Right. [1:37:07, 1:37:15]: And somebody was on both courts playing pickleball, you have no place to go, then you you gotta try to find another place to play. Let me ask you a question, Mr. Dacious. [1:37:15, 1:37:18]: How can the pickleball people be loyal when it's not a pickleball court? [1:37:19, 1:37:31]: But you st they still could have played without the striping'cause I've seen'em they do in make'em bib. I've s I've seen it. They did it in Perry on our tennis courts. You know, and and I just wanna be fair to both group of players. That's [1:37:31, 1:37:51]: Yeah, it's I mean obviously it's up to the council's determination. Whatever you all want to do, one one quarter two, either way. Thoughts? Okay, so the Okay, so why do I need well I for five hundred dollars we need a motion for this I I would imagine for this on the agenda? Don't move, Mr. Mayor. Okay. There it's okay. [1:37:51, 1:38:05]: Is there's been moved, second, there we go. Are we third of discussion? One or two. Are we doing one? Well it's only this is only says one. Five hundred dollars is only one. So the motion's for one. That's what it says here in the paper, the document. So it's been made [1:38:06, 1:38:08]: And second it, so all in favor of the motion please indicate. [1:38:10, 1:38:11]: Okay, all posed? [1:38:11, 1:38:19]: I I prefer to see both of'em die. Four. Four one. It passes four one. It's only one Which is in your jurisdiction, city manager, if you wanted to do that. [1:38:19, 1:38:38]: No, I said no, no, no. That's not what I said earlier. It was five hundred dollars, it was it's a low it's a low amount. We just the council just voted there. Well, they understand that. Okay. The the information from the vendor who did the tenants courts that if you do multiple courts it's four hundred dollars per court. So it would be eight hundred if you did both of'em. So [1:38:38, 1:38:58]: All right. We we just made a motion to disapprove, just discuss it. It's one as far as I'm concerned, it's one. Which I mean in that aspect. You just you just did it. We just did that. Mayor. Yes sir. Yes, ma'am. I know we've already uh voted. Um just in the future if we can go ahead and start observing once the pickleball it the you know the line [1:38:58, 1:39:18]: And if it's a pretty popular thing, then g by all means, Mr. Knighton, you have the ability to add more lines to uh the tennis courts. Yeah, I think we we certainly need to look at the demand and what the usage is. And and of course the part of the reason why we want to bring this to you is because you know that you know [1:39:18, 1:39:35]: And as mentioned, there was discussion about one or two, and I think that's a decision that the council needed to make in terms of one or two with respect to that. And so that that was the reason for the but yes, we need to look at the demand. Look at the demand and see what we're dealing with in terms of usage. [1:39:36, 1:39:37]: All right. [1:39:37, 1:39:48]: Council consideration uh to award a contract to Rush Truck Centers, Georgia Incorporated under state a Georgia contract number, 99999, SPD. [1:39:48, 1:39:57]: SPT-000-155-001, an amount of$98,489 from a solid waste fund balance. [1:39:57, 1:40:01]: Ms. Miller, please. Good afternoon, Mayor Council, City Manager. [1:40:01, 1:40:08]: Uh this request is from the W Public Works Department. They're looking to purchase a [1:40:09, 1:40:15]: A mini garbage truck. A mini garbage truck. Um based on the state of uh state of Georgia contract. [1:40:17, 1:40:18]: Okay. [1:40:19, 1:40:39]: Any questions for the council? Yeah. Okay, go go right in. Go ahead. I'm sorry, Mr. Thomas, go right in. Okay, thank you. We'll start for a um well I'm gonna just to Mr Aaron. I had a conversation with um the city manager and I've had this conversation uh on many occasions. I'm sorry. [1:40:38, 1:40:44]: I'm sorry, I'm sorry. Um, I've had this conversation with Mr. Nighting on several occasions. [1:40:45, 1:40:48]: I don't really have a major issue with this purchase. [1:40:48, 1:40:52]: Um roughly a hundred thousand. My concern is [1:40:52, 1:41:02]: And and I'll I'll speak this and and Mr. Aaron, you probably know through Mr. Nighting, I have made several requests of roadside [1:41:04, 1:41:06]: Liam's, if you will. I'll just leave it at that. [1:41:10, 1:41:19]: My issue with this purchase, and I've read the what you indicated the use for this truck would be. [1:41:20, 1:41:36]: I like to see it a little bit more enhanced. It's sort of limited. Even though it's not written, I'm sure it will be used for other purposes. And I mentioned this to Mr. Knight, and I'm gonna take this opportunity to speak this and I'm gonna ask Mr. Knighton if he would uh make a comment on this. [1:41:37, 1:41:38]: I would like to see [1:41:39, 1:41:42]: uh a riding law instituted [1:41:42, 1:41:47]: um in public works because the problem I have is that when I ride [1:41:48, 1:41:50]: I see things that are there. [1:41:51, 1:41:52]: Over a long period of time. [1:41:53, 1:42:06]: And I feel that someone needs to ride to see those things in order for for to pick up. So in the description for the use of this vehicle, if you're not out there riding, how do you know where to go to pick up? [1:42:07, 1:42:19]: Now, Mr. Nighton, I'ma ask you to comment on this because he and I just spoke a couple of days ago and he sorta indicated to me that something would be happening in the future. Um [1:42:20, 1:42:28]: In order for me to uh vote in favor of this, I'll have to believe that uh this policy will be instituted. Mr. Knight. [1:42:32, 1:42:52]: Yes, we have spoken about that. And I think two things. One is and and and Mr. Aaron and and uh Mr. Greenway and I spoke as well. Um and uh what we're going to do is actually formally, we're gonna have uh a couple of days a month that we formally together go out together. I wanna see what they see, I want them to see. [1:42:52, 1:42:58]: see what I see in terms of riding the city. The other thing is related to that, obviously when the um [1:42:59, 1:43:05]: Crews go out when they rotate and they go out and do their mowing and or the litter pickup. [1:43:05, 1:43:13]: Um there are a certain number of streets that they identi they um pick up trash on a rotational basis um every month. [1:43:13, 1:43:22]: And I think maybe putting that together in terms of what they're doing each month, in terms of what roadways they're going to each month, in terms of trash pickup, litter pickup. [1:43:22, 1:43:27]: And also um mowing uh something that we can provide to you as a body. [1:43:27, 1:43:47]: So those two things that uh I had spoken to um Mr. Aaron about specifically um that would uh I think perhaps address uh some of the concerns that you're talking about with respect to uh identifying specific streets and keeping a record of those streets uh on a monthly basis. Mr. Mayor, if I may. [1:43:47, 1:43:48]: [6228.4, 6235.5]: My last comment. I I am concerned about the roadside buildup of [1:43:56, 1:43:59]: Not only debris, but the tree limbs and what have you. [1:44:00, 1:44:02]: And I've noticed on several streets. [1:44:02, 1:44:03]: That [1:44:04, 1:44:04]: Is there. [1:44:05, 1:44:07]: And no one is riding about to even see it. [1:44:07, 1:44:24]: Because I I fear that if somebody saw it, they would come by and get it. And uh mattresses, furnishing, just a number of things. I think if you saw it, some appropriate action would be taken. So I'm encouraged by this [1:44:25, 1:44:40]: uh that you indicated that you and uh Mr. Aaron, Mr. Greenway is going to do. Uh with that being said, then I would uh vote in favor of the purchase. Uh but I'd like to see this instituted. Thank you. And thank you, Mr. Mayor. That's my last comment on that. [1:44:41, 1:44:52]: Report Tim Blount, go ahead, sir. Um we we've only we contracted and out s we outsourced uh sanitation uh a little over three years ago, I believe. Yes. Um [1:44:52, 1:44:55]: What happened to the trucks? Did we get rid of all the trucks we had? [1:44:56, 1:45:16]: The trucks have exceeded their use for life. The the only one we have remaining is a two thousand and one garbage truck, full-size garbage truck. And garbage trucks are not like other vehicles. They have a life expectancy of five to seven years. So we're having an issue obtaining parts for it, but since we contracted [1:45:16, 1:45:36]: out the garbage. We're going to the mini truck that we can use. You can park it at events like Tasty Toosty, that they can take it directly and dispose of the garbage in there. It'll be away from the event. You can use it at Sounds of Summer. We also, there are times when a person doesn't have their garbage out on time and waste industry will go back [1:45:36, 1:45:56]: Back the next day, but on those days we go back that same day and pick up those. But we want to have the capability in those cases to have a reliable vehicle that we can use. And also when we're doing cleanup on the right-of-ways, instead of sitting the bags down waiting for somebody else to come back, you have the garbage truck out there, you throw them in there and we dispose of them at the transport. [1:45:56, 1:45:56]: First station. [1:45:57, 1:46:16]: Also, um, this is online with since we're talking a little sanitation. Um, if the citizens of Stockbridge would they have t the closest place that they can dump their trash is outside the city limits if they want to get a decent bargain for it. [1:46:16, 1:46:20]: Is there any way we can negotiate the country c negotiate with [1:46:20, 1:46:24]: the the transfer station for the citizens to bring their garbage there because [1:46:24, 1:46:28]: That's a deterrent for anybody to to have to go so far. [1:46:28, 1:46:48]: to get rid of their personal garbage if they want to dump a a a mattress or anything when you're talking about eighty, sixty to eighty dollars to just bring trash over to a transfer station when, you know, that's probably what it's gonna cost to get a new mattress. You know, I'm just saying, is there a set, is can we negotiate them taking that trash over [1:46:48, 1:46:52]: to the transfer station?'Cause they do receive it, but it's at a high rate. [1:46:52, 1:46:58]: And that's why that would have to be something that's why we are so much illegal. I believe it's contributors. I'm not gonna say that's why. [1:46:58, 1:47:13]: But I think it contributes to illegal dumping uh around the city of Stockbridge because we need to this the the citizens itself could should should be able to show their ID. Because the transfer station takes trucks from everywhere, not just the city limits of Stockbridge. [1:47:14, 1:47:24]: They take trucks from everywhere. But I think for us the citizens, I think we sh the citizens of Stockbridge should get a discount to take be able to take the garbage over to that uh transfer station. [1:47:25, 1:47:27]: I'd help alleviate some of the problems we have. [1:47:28, 1:47:33]: We'll talk we'll discuss that and then bring an update at the next meeting, a May thirteenth meeting. [1:47:34, 1:47:51]: Mayor. Yes. Yes, Mayor. Mayor, I'd like to make a motion to approve the stripping. I mean not approve the stripping, I'm sorry, to award the contract to Rush Truck Centers Georgia, Inc. under the state of Georgia contract, um in the amount of ninety eight thousand four hundred eighty nine dollars. I second, Mayor. [1:47:51, 1:47:53]: Okay, further discussion. Yes. Go right ahead. [1:47:54, 1:48:00]: I just wanna understand what we're doing and I was gonna ask a question before we the motion was made. Now [1:48:00, 1:48:13]: I just called uh waste industries to come by and pick up the limbs. I have neighbors who set out couch set out furniture and furniture and stuff like that. They come and scoop it right up. [1:48:13, 1:48:33]: So what is it that I'm missing that we need to go pick it up instead of waste industries need to go pick it up? But we still got instances like say if we're picking up the right of way, that garbage goes somewhere. It goes in that old garbage truck we have now and then you take it to the transfer station. Or it there's been some instances like say [1:48:33, 1:48:38]: If a resident forgot to put their garbage out. Waste industry is not gonna get it that day. [1:48:39, 1:48:59]: So that resident wants that garbage picked up. So now we're going in a pickup truck or that old raggly garbage truck to do that. But it's gonna be used for other things. Like say when we have an event, you can have the garbage truck parked there and you you throw it in there. You ain't gotta walk to find a dumpster or overwork the city's uh [1:48:59, 1:49:19]: uh resources that they have at City Hall, the dumpster there or at the Merle or the other facilities. But even when you're picking up litter around the the right of way, instead of taking all those bags back to public works or some other place, guess what? You got the garbage truck right there, you throw them in the truck and you and you keep on about your business. You don't lose time going back to take [1:49:19, 1:49:39]: those bags to another location. So it it's gonna benefit what we're doing. I say we've got a full size garbage truck, but it's two thousand and one and you know, just trying to keep it in service and be able to use it it is getting to be costly. Well I I didn't know. I I missed a couple of trash. I just waited to the next week. [1:49:39, 1:49:52]: So but but everybody everybody don't want to wait till the next I know. I didn't know they did that, so I learned something new today. I thought I didn't know you could call'em and they'll come the next day. Yes, sir, go right ahead. What about [1:49:53, 1:50:03]: What about the smaller trucks that we had that would come through the community? We got rid of all those too? Those trucks are are pretty much surplus. Those trucks were like fifteen, sixteen years old. [1:50:04, 1:50:06]: I would prefer to sp [1:50:06, 1:50:26]: Those trucks, but the I said the miniature garbage truck, you can use it for multiple like events when you when the amphitheater opens. You can have it parked there and people you can put it directly instead of taking it from one location to another and then loading into another vehicle and take to a to the transfer station. I'm just gonna say this and we can go ahead and vote. [1:50:26, 1:50:28]: Now you know we get another garbage truck is gonna put pressure on you. [1:50:29, 1:50:49]: N no, sir. I don't think we we're gonna continue to to do things the way we're doing it, but this would just enhance what we're doing. All right. Any other questions? No. All right. Motion is made by second. All in favor of motion, please indicate. All right. You know, great stuff. Thank you, Desmond. Appreciate it. Okay. Um, Council Cussi. [1:50:49, 1:50:54]: [6654.2, 6658.3]: But estimate costs of forty five thousand eight hundred and forty dollars. Miss Miller, please. [1:50:58, 1:51:08]: Good afternoon, Mayor Council. This request is um to ask for approval to utilize the City of Atlanta's most recent contract. [1:51:09, 1:51:12]: For Mac talling of demolition of the police precinct. [1:51:13, 1:51:13]: Okay. [1:51:14, 1:51:20]: Council, you have any questions? No, sir. All right. I'd like to make a motion to make it happen. I second. [1:51:21, 1:51:30]: All right. Any further discussion? Just just one question about the the demolition, mist let me address this to Mr. Knighton, just the demolition on Lee Street. Would this come later? [1:51:33, 1:51:35]: Yes. Okay, thank you. [1:51:35, 1:51:37]: Yeah, uh yes. [1:51:37, 1:51:57]: Yeah. Okay, okay. Thank you. What on that note one question? What what what uh real quick. What go ahead, sir. Mr. Knight, I thought we was having one package deal that that encompassed the the the the everything. Police station is everything that we need to demo demo demoed. I thought it was gonna be one contract to uh [1:51:57, 1:51:59]: Uh address all those issues. [1:51:59, 1:52:00]: This contract um [1:52:01, 1:52:04]: The first project will be the police precinct. [1:52:04, 1:52:11]: The contract that we're approving it will be for one year with the options to renew, so we'll still utilize the same contract. [1:52:12, 1:52:18]: Wait, wait a minute then. Now if we gonna use uh this contractor for one project [1:52:19, 1:52:29]: Then we sound like we need to go back through the process to get a better deal. Right. It'll be several projects. The the police station will be the first one that they demolish. [1:52:29, 1:52:32]: So do we have a total of what the project's gonna be right now? [1:52:33, 1:52:53]: It'll be obviously we'll use these for homes that we have over here for anything related to the amphitheater and any other things that we need to do for demolition. And the reason I'm asking this is because like we talked about moving things forward. Instead of keep coming back to us about we need this, we need if we do it one swoop and then just say, hey, let them get the job. [1:52:52, 1:53:12]: The estimated cost for the police precinct is approximately$45,000. This contract will also be utilized for the houses as well. But the contract approval is an estimated annual amount of$100,000. So we won't have [1:53:12, 1:53:14]: have to come back to you anymore. [1:53:15, 1:53:33]: Okay. Yeah, we we we the the contract is for the vendor. This vendor that which we'll be using for demolition services. The first item is the police station, but the total contract is four hundred thousand for the an for an an on an annual basis. So we'll use this uh vendor for other demolition projects that we have. [1:53:33, 1:53:53]: Well, I I guess the question is we don't know what the cost is for the other projects and we wanna get it out of the way so you don't have to keep having these on the agenda during our meetings. Just tell us what the cost is for all the demolition demolition. You have an estimate of price. We were told we were waiting [1:53:53, 1:53:54]: On a [1:53:54, 1:54:01]: demolition package in order to otherwise I wanna know why this hadn't been done in a year. [1:54:02, 1:54:20]: I mean I'm just saying it it was supposed to be a a complete package with all three projects done, the Lee Street properties as well as the police station. I I hear what you're saying, but we're approving only the demolition for 45,000. I don't want you to have to come back here [1:54:20, 1:54:35]: And I have to approve another hundred thousand for the three houses. I need to know what that total package is and we approve then. I think if I'm correct that the hundred thousand that we're is you're approving a hundred thousand dollars. [1:54:35, 1:54:48]: The the cost of the police station is forty five thousand. Of that hundred thousand. I think that the cost, the hundred thousand, will take care of the homes. I could tell you exactly what those but I think they would take care of those homes. [1:54:48, 1:55:08]: But it wasn't disclosed like that. Um is what we're saying. Correct. Instead of us just going ahead and saying, hey, we got a demolition package, it includes these, this portion is gonna be about 45, and these are gonna be about fifty, and that's gonna be a hundred, then we would have been done with it. I don't want it to come back, is what I'm saying. So as long as you know that we [1:55:08, 1:55:16]: We all approve of the demolition of those houses, as well as that. And I know you're saying we may use them for other sources. [1:55:17, 1:55:37]: But for a year, are we contracting them for everything we dem demol uh we have a demolition through? Will there be another competitive bid or rate for something else? Those are the only so far the projects I think we have are those four projects. However, you know, does that mean [1:55:37, 1:55:57]: they're gonna increase their price on us if we get other additional things because they think they're gonna I mean so I I'm saying I'm okay if that is a if it's a hundred thousand and it's for the demolition of all those projects. I just wanted to know that I don't want to have to sit here at another agenda a meeting and have it on the agenda again for the other home [1:55:56, 1:55:57]: Holmes. [1:55:58, 1:56:18]: Mayor. Yes, ma'am, go right ahead, please. Okay. So with this one contract, can you get an itemized just like you did here, forty-five thousand, and just br you know, send it in an email to us so that way we'll know. Is that the same thing? The cost of the homes? Yes, cost of everything that it's gonna be, so that way we'll know that it's we have a year contract. [1:56:17, 1:56:29]: And then if they do change, then you can let us know. So we need to know it up front, basically. We can itemized. If you can. [1:56:29, 1:56:48]: a quote the same way they did for the precinct. I here's what I'm saying to you. I don't think we I think we all approve it already. You want to approve you want to be sure that there's an amount that will take care of all of the things about the what the one thing I would mention and those the three homes obviously have been identified. Those have been identified. [1:56:49, 1:56:53]: Those items. Now if there are other items throughout the course of the year. [1:56:53, 1:57:13]: that may be that may arise. Now we've got money in the nuisance uh Bateman, what fifty thousand? I think it was fifty thousand for nuisance homes that we can utilize. But if it's um um the hundred thousand is what you're concerned about in terms of taking care of all of the items that we know of right now. Is that your concern? Yeah we just wanted to [1:57:13, 1:57:19]: Taken care. But we've we've made a motion. It's been seconded. We're ready to go. But I I just want you to know we don't [1:57:20, 1:57:40]: On that note, on that note, uh just wanna make it a question. At that note, mister Mr. Williams, legally what we're asking for, legally can we just do I want to make sure we're legally proper and how we wanna co go forward with this. But the limit is what he was just asking about. The limit right now is one hundred thousand. [1:57:39, 1:57:53]: increase that to utilize say 150 or 200 just to be sure in case the estimates come in high you can do that. Just amend the motion, authorize that to a higher amount. [1:57:53, 1:58:13]: But question on that, please. Oh, to you, Mr. Williams. This is why I thought that we was gonna bring the itemized prices because to come back then saying they need this and need that. I thought we was even we even talked about a bait abatement house or whatever. I thought it was gonna be a total package because [1:58:13, 1:58:19]: 'Cause I'm telling you, I c for what we're paying for the ch the the fire station, uh the uh police station. [1:58:19, 1:58:23]: I know they're not gonna knock down three houses for less than sixty thousand dollars. [1:58:24, 1:58:39]: I know that's not gonna happen. And so now you're in a pre position then where you have to come at the council and then there's an extended process put in place when we was hoping that this process would be alleviated by just coming one time for the package deal. [1:58:40, 1:58:40]: I mean [1:58:41, 1:58:43]: And um as I'm thinking through this, I think the [1:58:44, 1:58:45]: Issue was [1:58:46, 1:59:02]: for the three homes that are that would be a part of the amphitheater project, that those would be absorbed in the amphitheater cost because they're directly related to that to clearing that property into that project. Right. And so if if you're comfortable with that [1:59:03, 1:59:07]: That would be a part of the whole o the overall ampitheater cost. [1:59:07, 1:59:15]: Good. This sounds good. Well but I mean that's okay, but I'm saying but you but if this [1:59:15, 1:59:18]: We either pay ten dollars here or ten dollars there. [1:59:18, 1:59:22]: So if the c if we got a c demolition company that's coming in gonna do what they need to do. [1:59:23, 1:59:36]: We either we either get it done and don't have to pay it over here or whatever. I just I'm just saying up until right now we're now separating the entities to do the service. That's what I'm saying. And that wasn't told to us in the beginning. All right. Okay. [1:59:37, 1:59:47]: All right, right now we have a motion on the floor. It's been seconded. And this and that's uh that's in reference to the pol old police station forty five eight forty. All in favor of motion, please indicate. [1:59:48, 1:59:51]: All right. [1:59:51, 2:00:11]: All right. Uh council consideration to amend city smoking ban ordinance. Uh Mr. Williams, please. Good evening, Mayor and Council. What you have um before you is an update to our uh smoke free air ordinance, which was adopted uh back in two thousand five. Um wanna highlight some of the main things. [2:00:11, 2:00:31]: Sir? 2005. Okay. Is when it was originally adopted here in Stockbridge. Okay. Um a couple things that were added in in the definition section. We added a definition for e-cigarettes, and we included that in in the definition of smoking. So it's clear that we those are included. [2:00:31, 2:00:47]: Um we added a section prohibiting smoking within 20 feet of any entrance of any commercial or multifamily public commercial or multifamily building. Um so you know that's common thing that people uh express concern about. Um [2:00:49, 2:00:50]: In uh [2:00:52, 2:01:08]: We added uh definitions f uh for hookah and hookah bars because that was not uh covered and so um later on in the in the uh exceptions we uh it have a a specific exception for those. [2:01:10, 2:01:26]: Um the main substantive change um is in our current ordinance we allow smoking rooms in restaurants, bars, and private clubs. [2:01:26, 2:01:30]: And the requests um came from councilman. [2:01:31, 2:01:36]: uh Alexander to limit that to just bars. And so this draft [2:01:36, 2:01:43]: uh removes that exception and and what's allowed in in currently is if you have a smoking room [2:01:44, 2:01:58]: in a restaurant or a private club or uh in a bar, similar to the smoking rooms you see at the Atlanta airport, which I think they're doing away with, if it's self contained and ventilated such that it doesn't affect the rest of the [2:01:58, 2:02:01]: uh the establishment it's allowed this would [2:02:02, 2:02:03]: Ремов да. [2:02:03, 2:02:07]: uh permission for restaurants and private clubs, but keep it for bars. [2:02:08, 2:02:28]: Um next we allow smoking in hookah bars or lounges, provided that no one under eighteen is permitted. Um in the the where we we uh provide for retail tobacco stores, this is mainly like cigar establishments, cigar bars, we allow smoking in the [2:02:28, 2:02:32]: Those and those are the the major changes. Um [2:02:34, 2:02:52]: You know, most of them are kind of fairly straightforward. The only substantive change again is is the limitation of smoking rooms to bars only and not restaurants. It's my understanding there are only about two or three establishments in all of Stockbridge that have that anyway. So I'm not sure how much of a change that is. [2:02:53, 2:02:57]: Okay, thank you, Mr. Williams. Any questions from Mr. Williams, sir? [2:02:58, 2:03:18]: Isn't there state law that's already govern governing the way this operates? Yes, there is state law. This mirrors that, but the state allows you to go a little bit further. Um and a number of cities are doing that. State kind of sets sort of a minimum threshold and specifically authorizes cities, they can go further. So basically the state. [2:03:18, 2:03:24]: State law has already determined and set something in place and it said basically the marketplace take care of itself. [2:03:24, 2:03:26]: That you could put it that way, yes, sir. [2:03:27, 2:03:32]: All right. Any more questions from Mr. Williams on this? I do. Go right ahead, please. [2:03:32, 2:03:52]: I think uh to put it t boldly, I think uh we don't wanna be going into a restaurant and in in in certain areas and bar you should be able to go in there and enjoy yourself without having the room being full of smoke. That's what it really comes down to. It's not a whole lot of uh fluff to this one. [2:03:52, 2:04:12]: Just you want you want Sav to go out with your family, enjoy yourself, and you shouldn't be bombarded by smoke. And that's what this really comes down to. All right. Mayor. Yes, ma'am. Go ready, please. Um, Councilman Alexander, thank you for bringing this to our attention. I um do have some concerns. I have not done any research to see [2:04:12, 2:04:16]: what this looks like compared to other cities and other ordinances. [2:04:17, 2:04:29]: Personally, I think it's a preference. If there's gonna be a restaurant with smoke, I'm just not going, basically. If I walk in there and I see it, I d what I don't want to do is um [2:04:30, 2:04:38]: become so scrutin you know, scrutinize uh public facilities to such a degree where [2:04:40, 2:05:00]: it bec it it becomes damaging to us. I mean, I understand for public health and safety. I can't stand smoke. So I can't even go into certain bars, even if they have the the um divider there and a special room. I to me, I still can smell it. Then my choice is to not go there. I think if we do this that [2:05:00, 2:05:20]: That we are basically um hurting ourselves as far as being a business friendly in that atmosphere. So I'm a little concerned. Um if we vote tonight, then my vote would be no right now because I'm uncomfortable. If we wait so I can research the information a little bit more, so I can [2:05:20, 2:05:28]: feel comfortable that this is something or the way it it should be because I you know you you say only in bars [2:05:28, 2:05:47]: But no restaurant, no club. I don't know what the restaurant or the I mean the club or the bar is concerned and then the hookah and the vapor. I'm not I don't know. So I need a little bit more time on that. But right now my thing is if I go into some place and if it's smoking, I'm not taking myself nor my children in there. [2:05:48, 2:06:08]: Okay, any other comments this way? You got another comment, sir? Go ahead. I just simply say this. You shouldn't have to choose Yay and A. The restaurant should not, it should be smoke-free. I think that's pretty standard. I think the city of Atlanta kind of led the way uh in setting that standard, and I think Augusta and some others uh [2:06:08, 2:06:28]: Picked up on that. If there's a nice restaurant in town, it should be smoke-free. It's pretty simple. You shouldn't have to debate whether or not you could bring your child there or not. And then we control the standard in this community. Many folks in the community would definitely appreciate the fact that they. [2:06:28, 2:06:48]: They don't have to choose not to go. They would choose to go. And that's the progressive thing that you would do in the community to be able to stand behind the fact that your community sets the standards. We had secondhand smoke, and we already know the statistics behind that and what that deals with. [2:06:48, 2:07:08]: But this is a pr a really simple ask, which is you shouldn't have to make a choice to not go to the restaurant. You control whether or not your child or my child or anybody else's child can go to the restaurant and not have to worry about whether it's smoke-free or not. It's going to be smoke free because that's the [2:07:08, 2:07:28]: standard in this community. I think that's as far as the community is concerned and uh the public in general. I don't want to walk into a restaurant and just like Mr. Williams covered, even smoking at the door, people stand at the door, you got to walk through a cloud of smoke in order to get to the restaurant. [2:07:28, 2:07:48]: If you say, okay, well, uh, you know, uh you have this section, it should be smoking, that section is not, then that crowd's got to smoke outside. They go outside with their cigarette, they stand right outside the door, and everybody that walks through there gotta walk through the cloud of smoke. But you remove all of that by simply saying, my community. [2:07:48, 2:07:49]: Yeah. [2:07:49, 2:07:52]: My community that I represent. [2:07:52, 2:08:12]: I don't want smoking in restaurants. Now on bars on the other side of that, the bars still have that option if that's what they want to do. But I don't I don't frequent bars a lot. I go every now and then, but I go to restaurants all the time. So this is intended at the restaurants, whereas the bar patrons make that decision who are grown folks to say to themselves [2:08:12, 2:08:21]: look, I don't want to uh I I I can choose to go to this bar. I'm of age, but children go into a restaurant, they don't get to make that choice. [2:08:22, 2:08:27]: I think any other comments? Okay. We have a motion that's been seconded, right? [2:08:28, 2:08:37]: Okay, I I need a motion. I'm sorry, I need a motion. Is there a motion? Um a motion to approve the ordinance as it's case. Is there a second? [2:08:39, 2:08:40]: So a second? [2:08:43, 2:08:45]: Okay. Well if there's not a second, I guess the motion dies. [2:08:47, 2:08:47]: All right. [2:08:48, 2:09:01]: So otherwise if the motion dies, then I guess we just don't we just don't do anything at all with this or whether we review it or not. But right now it's there's nothing. It's just dead. All right. Wow. It's it's it it stays the same. Yes sir. All right. So be it. [2:09:02, 2:09:07]: All right, council consideration oh excuse yeah, council discussion to rename Monument Park, Nurpotemblan. [2:09:10, 2:09:22]: Mayor. Oh excuse me. All right. Well it's dead now. Count Council discussion on activating development authority and appointing members of public facilities authority. Mr. Williams. [2:09:22, 2:09:26]: So uh Mr. Mayor, um this has come [2:09:26, 2:09:35]: before the council a number of times as y'all talked about uh revitalizing development in uh the city. Um [2:09:36, 2:09:42]: We have the authority under state law to essentially reactivate our citywide development authority. That would [2:09:43, 2:09:51]: require a simple resolution of the council, naming members, and uh and then you move forward. Um [2:09:52, 2:10:10]: Similarly with the public facilities authority, that's still pending before the governor. It's honest desk he has not signed it yet. Once he signs it, then that authority is in existence and it would be incumbent upon this body to name members. What staff needs is direction. Do you want us to go ahead and [2:10:11, 2:10:31]: like you've done in the past and advertise those uh availabilities and seek uh um potential applicants or do you want the staff to bring a slate of candidates for you all to consider? We just need your guidance because we can adopt the resolution for the development authority at any time as long as [2:10:31, 2:10:42]: we have members and then again once the governor names or sign or hopefully he'll sign it, once it's signed, we we'll need to populate the public facilities authority. We just need your input. [2:10:42, 2:11:02]: Okay, let me ask you this, Mr. Williams. Um no matter which way we go, there's a certain amount of criteria for these folks to be. So we need to have an understanding of what the criteria would be to select the people, whether we select them or it goes out for out in the community or whether or not you all the staff does it. So the criteria we need to have an understanding of that I would assume. Y yes, sir. And and the the you know the main um criteria [2:11:02, 2:11:09]: and this is I'm greatly summarizing, but for the development authority they have to be taxpayers residing in the city. [2:11:09, 2:11:12]: And then one of the seven can be a member of the governing body. [2:11:13, 2:11:33]: Um for the public facilities authority, um we there's a requirement that there be subject matter experts um and then the there a requirement that they uh that we have a certain number of residents. Uh that's essentially it. And if we advertise we'd make it clear what the re the criteria are. [2:11:33, 2:11:53]: Or if if you direct staff to bring back some recommendations, again, we would apply the same criteria. So you'd have some individuals who you know you know would be willing and able to serve and we could vet them and do some things along those lines. We just need some guidance because once uh [2:11:52, 2:12:12]: you know particularly for the public facilities authority it's my understanding from the council that you will want them to hit the ground running and move very quickly. As far you know there's no training requirement in um for the public facilities uh authority but for the development authority there there is training available we could send them to that um [2:12:12, 2:12:18]: B but we ch all this is about getting your input and feedback so we can move pretty quickly. [2:12:18, 2:12:38]: Okay, development authority has to be all citizens within the city limits of Stockbridge. Development Authority is taxpayers. Taxpayers, yes. Yeah. So otherwise you can be someone that owns a business in the city stop bridge but doesn't live in the city st s uh stop bridge. Potentially, yes, sir. Potentially. And that that's you know there's actually legislation pending that makes it specific that they have to pay [2:12:38, 2:12:45]: [7965.5, 7971.8]: trying to get at the residency piece, but right now it the the code language is taxpayers. [2:12:52, 2:13:11]: And the public facilities authority is a combination of both residents and or people that do not actually live within the city limits stop relationship. Yeah, and then they they would they have now they they have to live in Henry County. Okay. But they as long as they have subject matter expertise, development experts, com you know, uh real estate experts, that kind of thing. [2:13:11, 2:13:31]: Mayor. All right. Thank you. That's helpful, I suppose. Yes, ma'am, go right ahead. My my only hope is that we would get dedicated, commu um, committed professionals that really want to move the city forward. Um, and when we're saying that, we need to let them know that it can take time, a lot of their time. [2:13:31, 2:13:51]: Time efforts. And we need to make that known up front. Because if not, we're not going to move forward like we want to. It's going to be a step back. It's going to put us on hold. So I just want dedicated, committed professionals to know that what we're trying to do, and if we're going to do [2:13:51, 2:14:05]: it um and we have a lot of people and and not only that before stop bridge um to know that where we came from and where we're trying to go um and that's the key to me um that that's that's the key. Okay, Mr. Alexander [2:14:05, 2:14:14]: I just want to go ahead and make a motion to move forward with this item because it's something that we've already discussed at the the retreat and we need to do it. [2:14:15, 2:14:35]: It's not quite an action item. Right. It's not oh it's not okay. I think you sent an email already. And you sent an email in regard there was an issue in regards to development authority and how we would set it up and what whether we [2:14:35, 2:14:55]: We agree with uh D D the D D A chair, the mayor being on the that has already been established. And so I would like your suggestion on the way we set up the polling facility in a very same and similar manner with the professional well um categories there. And then let's let's move on. [2:14:55, 2:15:03]: If it was just me and if I was in charge, I would recommend you let the staff bring to you a slate of individuals for you all to consider. [2:15:03, 2:15:05]: I agree. Let's move forward. [2:15:05, 2:15:24]: Anybody else agree? Let's get down to kind of comments. Yeah. You have any comments? Well, I I I sort of agree with your recommendation. I I just want to get it right. I I'm not in a rush. And you also indicated that's pending legislation and that may even change. [2:15:24, 2:15:33]: We may s do a selection and the legislation may even throw that out. So I I'm just willing let's do it right the first time. [2:15:34, 2:15:52]: Yeah. You got anything, sir? No, I'm good. Okay. Now anything else? Okay, so uh so otherwise we're gonna give it seems like we're gonna let you all the staff do that and then have those folks ready and then we'll see what the legislation says and then make a move from that point. Yes, sir. Okay. Thank you. All right, now council discussion to rename mining apartment, Mayor Pro Tem Blount. [2:15:54, 2:16:02]: Y'all bear with me here. I'm pretty congested. Um, as we all know, this is the ancestral home of the King family and [2:16:02, 2:16:13]: One of the things that the King family represented was uh equality and uh unity. They preached that and and in fact uh Dr. Mart Luther King died and Daddy King died. Uh [2:16:14, 2:16:28]: uh taking that stance. Um we've always been about talked about unity in our in our community. In fact we have a council member, Neat Robinson, that has an event called Unity in the Community. Um [2:16:28, 2:16:32]: But we went a step farther as a city. We we branded our city. [2:16:33, 2:16:36]: uh promoting unity because we said this is where community connects. [2:16:37, 2:16:38]: And unity [2:16:39, 2:16:43]: connects communities together. Um [2:16:44, 2:16:46]: The fight for our city [2:16:46, 2:16:50]: When we had to fight for our city, we w we wanted to make our city whole. [2:16:50, 2:16:52]: To unify our city. [2:16:52, 2:16:56]: And one of the things that we heard during that fight is that everybody matters. [2:16:56, 2:16:59]: So that means that we should be one unit. [2:17:00, 2:17:01]: Because everybody should matter. [2:17:03, 2:17:10]: In fact, one of the key phrases that was used that we're better together, meaning that we're better in unity than we are separate. [2:17:12, 2:17:32]: Unity, the definition of unity is the state of being uh whole or joined together. And when we talk about being whole and our city being whole and being kept whole, we fought for that. We fought many uh fights throughout the community over this last uh over the last uh uh year and a half ago. Uh year and a half. [2:17:32, 2:17:36]: have are trying to keep our community whole. [2:17:36, 2:17:46]: But in the midst of keeping it whole, we keep try to keep our unit uh community unified. We let them to know that there's no bad guy when we come together, we rise together. [2:17:47, 2:17:53]: Uh when you talk about monument, monument is a structure erected to commemorate an event. [2:17:53, 2:18:00]: And what event that was more monumental than us knowing that the city can be whole and the citizens matter. [2:18:00, 2:18:02]: Once again we're speaking about unity. [2:18:03, 2:18:04]: Um [2:18:04, 2:18:08]: Mayor Ford had even said that we need to reach across the aisle and [2:18:08, 2:18:10]: And heal our community and mend. [2:18:11, 2:18:13]: mean differences, meaning that [2:18:13, 2:18:19]: We're promoting unity. That's what we've done over a year and a half. And we're still doing it now. [2:18:20, 2:18:28]: Our differences need to be come together. And when we talk about the gateway into the city coming 75 north from the south end, [2:18:30, 2:18:50]: Eagles Landing Parkway is a gateway into the city of Stockbridge. And so one of the things that I've seen over the years is that we we have always promoted unity. We have always promoted unity. One of my suggestions is that we name this park Unity Monument Park. [2:18:50, 2:19:10]: Is because this is what we stand for. And I'm and I'm asking that we put our tagline on that, on that uh monument that says where community connects. And I'm hoping that and I'm and I'm asking that we put a um we put one of the um um branding, uh uh branding, what do you call the thing that we did [2:19:10, 2:19:11]: Yeah, K. [2:19:11, 2:19:12]: Yeah. [2:19:13, 2:19:22]: Well, we put it out there and talk about the history of Stockbridge. We need to we need to put a mark out there talking about the city the history of the city of Stockbridge. [2:19:22, 2:19:30]: Because right there, that that area right there can be a beacon that we are a a a unified community. [2:19:30, 2:19:38]: That could be a beacon that this community is not separate, uh separated by by who's rich, who's poor, who's black, who's white. [2:19:39, 2:19:59]: Who has the most money or who can do the most? It's not that that corner right there can represent and be a beacon of truth for who we what we've been fighting for. That we're one community, one stop bridge. And so Unity Monument Park is what I'm asking this council right now. And and I like to take a personal privilege and say, I'm [2:19:59, 2:20:04]: making it a motion right now to this council that we would name this park Unity Monument Park. [2:20:05, 2:20:05]: A second. [2:20:06, 2:20:26]: Point of order. It was a discussion item listed. No there is just is it is a discussion. Mayor. It's the same discussion item that we had just tried to vote on and and the ch uh number eleven was a discussion item also. But we just tried to vote on it, but our city attorney told us we couldn't. Then there's nothing to hinder me from making a motion for item number. [2:20:26, 2:20:28]: Number twelve. What's the difference? [2:20:29, 2:20:33]: Well I'll tell you what, uh I just need to basically get a legal opinion on whether or not we can do this or not. [2:20:35, 2:20:46]: You you certainly can take action on on any item. The you know, the difference between four on number level, we weren't asking for specific action, right? But but y'all can [2:20:47, 2:20:55]: You know, take action on whatever proposals that come up. All right. Okay. Good deal. So a motion's been made, it's been seconded for discussion. Yes. [2:20:55, 2:21:15]: I I think that um what we're what uh when we had our town hall and we went down to the Capitol for Stockbridge Day, we talked about unity. We talked about moving on uh from and acting as one community. But this is not unity. This is a s this is an attempt to uh strike back [2:21:15, 2:21:35]: At the Eagles Landing community. I sat down and I talked with Barber Culpepper, who is the president of the Eagles Landing Community Association, and she has she was unaware of this, and none of the citizens in the Eagles Landing area have been made aware of this. The concerned citizens haven't been made aware of it as an Eagles Landing resident. [2:21:35, 2:21:55]: President and a council member, I haven't been made aware of it. So there's not been any work done uh in order to substantiate the fact that it needs to be done. It's already been uh Eagles Landing Monument Park. So we're gonna go over there and it should be pointed that these citizens put up in the Eagles Landing Community Association. [2:21:55, 2:22:15]: put up$150,000 of their own money in order to establish this park with that particular monument. We had an agreement with those citizens. Is that correct, Mr. Williams? When this was done, there was an agreement with these citizens that they put in part of the money for the Eagles Landing Community Association. [2:22:15, 2:22:35]: The city put in part of the money, yet we're getting ready to make a decision without consulting them or asking them anything about what we want to do after this very uh divisive battle that we've entertained for the last couple of years. Why would we do this now without [2:22:35, 2:22:55]: Talking to any of these individuals or without having to understand they might they hey they may end up wanting to do so. But at the same time, there's been no public meetings. We didn't ask, do we have a public meeting to discuss or ask the citizens what they wanted to do? [2:22:55, 2:23:15]: We always talk about being able to give the community an opportunity to be able to have input. There's been absolutely zero community input on this particular subject. There hasn't been any at all. We're talking about putting this on the monument. We're talking [2:23:15, 2:23:35]: About uh there was some discussions behind the scene about taking some things off the monument. I don't I think that really is uh the wrong message to send at this time. The name Unity is a good idea, but the motive behind it, I have to question the motive behind it because again, we're [2:23:35, 2:23:55]: Going over uh into that community and we haven't had any public meetings. The even the the president of the Eagles Landing Country Club HOA has not been talked to. Uh nobody at the Eagles Landing uh Community Association has been talked to or agreed to do this. There's been no citizens coming. [2:23:55, 2:24:15]: Come to the podium to ask us to do this. So I have questions about whether or not this is the thing to do, especially after our town hall at the Capitol, which says, let's all work together collectively to come up with this. It sounds like the only one that worked collectively to do this. I'm not sure. [2:24:14, 2:24:34]: uh who my colleague uh consulted, but I know I wasn't consulted. I don't know anybody else up here that was consulted. Okay, thank you. Ms. Robinson, please. Thank you, Mayor. Um I do have some concerns um because as I'm looking at the Eagles Landing Community Association booklet that we received here, um so [2:24:34, 2:24:41]: on the monument it doesn't say it doesn't have it written um that it's m monument park. [2:24:42, 2:25:02]: What? Unless I'm looking at it incorrect you know, if it's just a figurative the name. Can I interrupt you for a second? Sure. I would say to you that it by the agreement that was signed by both the city and the Eagle Land So Association many years ago, it doesn't have an official name. Okay. So I would say there is no official name. We just call it it, but it has never been official. [2:25:02, 2:25:22]: Beneficial name. So here it says ELC has an agreement with the city of Stockbridge and they have it in their their pamphlet here, um for for all residents, um, to maintain the tower landscaping while the city pays for the utilities and owns the structure and property. So basically to me and I agree [2:25:22, 2:25:25]: um when you make changes, you've got to communicate. [2:25:26, 2:25:46]: Because when you don't communicate, then that's when it the confusion sets in. And I have a question. It has Eagles Landing. Um it does have stop bridge with our seal, but it also has the Eagles where it says Eagles Landing. And I know there was um mention that we possibly would put a monitor somewhere out there. So that [2:25:46, 2:25:50]: That way they'll know what events we have going on. That was prior discussion. [2:25:51, 2:26:11]: I just don't want to go in here, take things down, make changes, and we haven't had communication or discussion with these people or this organization, this community, period. Especially when this has been ongoing and taking place for numerous years. [2:26:11, 2:26:31]: If we're going to move forward, even just like our legislators, both of our senators are coming together, um, that we will be having a town hall. Maybe that could be something um that we can bring up at that time. Um, but we definitely need to make sure that we have citizen feedback because I'm not in agreement. Um, if we're gonna be taking stuff down. [2:26:30, 2:26:50]: unless we're just adding to it. Now if we're gonna add our loop logo of where communic community connects and and change out the stopridge, I'm good with that. But that is an Eagles Landing community where it clearly says here that there's six um subdivisions which are part of their um HOA. [2:26:50, 2:27:00]: that play a part in this. So there's some communication that needs to be directed to those residents, in my opinion. Yes, I like to say something. [2:27:01, 2:27:15]: I'm the only council member up here that's lives in the Eagles Landing community. I pay dues. I paid to help have it built. And and I take offense to Mr. Alexander and I take offense saying you don't know the motive. Here's the first thing. [2:27:15, 2:27:18]: You all just agree it don't have a name. [2:27:20, 2:27:31]: Ms. Alexander, you said right during the time that we was fighting for our city, and you started calling it Garden Park because one of the members over there was calling it Garden Park. Everybody calling it whatever they want to call it. [2:27:32, 2:27:34]: Why name a dog? Just call him dog. [2:27:36, 2:27:44]: All I'm doing is when I came to you, I came to you Mr. Night and I talked about and I thought it was coming to us tonight. All we talked about is branding this city. [2:27:44, 2:28:04]: And I thought that when we talked about the towers, that that would come to the council tonight. Because we talked about go ahead and painting our towers, getting the money for for that, and putting on those towers where community connects. This is only branding our city. That my motive is to bring community together and letting this community know that everybody matters. That's my motive. Mayor. [2:28:04, 2:28:18]: That's my motive and and and we just admitted that this that this park does not have a name. Not one single name. People will call it anything. These people calling it garden park. These but it's a monument there that we erected. [2:28:19, 2:28:20]: No we re [2:28:20, 2:28:33]: Only thing we're doing is giving it a name and putting the city of Stockbridge tag on there saying where community connects. If anybody's against that, there's no motive behind that rather than seeing this city move forward. That's simple as that. [2:28:34, 2:28:45]: Okay, sure. Mayor. I'm totally confused by this because I attempted to put a little library up there and I was [2:28:46, 2:28:47]: Told? [2:28:47, 2:28:49]: And this council had to vote. [2:28:50, 2:29:10]: In order to authorize me to put uh the little library up there, and I had to go over to the Eagles Landing Community Association to get their board to sign off it. They do have a board. And they did put up$150,000 of their own money to erect this. So we didn't just erect it alone, they spent$150,000. [2:29:10, 2:29:30]: their own money. But I just want to know what is the difference. When I've tried to put up the little library, I had to go over and get them to agree. And their board board had to vote to put up the library. Now we're talking about changing the name of the park, changing the tower, and there's no agreement with the community association. [2:29:29, 2:29:32]: [8973.7, 8982.7]: Okay, Mayor. Okay, go ahead. Thank you. This is why I this will be you know, because we get to I didn't hear answer from the attorney. Well, I'm sorry. Stand by. I'll get you. Please put your hand up. [2:29:43, 2:29:49]: I don't you know, I honestly don't recall there being a city requirement that you go to [2:29:50, 2:29:56]: the uh homeowners association. We we talked about somebody needed to maintain [2:29:56, 2:30:00]: the little library and check it, make sure it's whatever [2:30:00, 2:30:05]: Um, now there may have been an issue with the covenants over there about [2:30:05, 2:30:08]: setting something up, but I don't recall [2:30:08, 2:30:25]: You all saying that you wouldn't do it unless they agreed to it. You told Okay, I'm sorry. That was our discussion which you told me. Okay. You're done with that. Ms. Robinson, please. Thank you, Mayor. Again, let me be clear when I'm speaking. [2:30:27, 2:30:30]: I agree with us being unified. [2:30:32, 2:30:37]: But I do not agree with making changes without communicating. [2:30:38, 2:30:41]: If someone is putting in financial dollars [2:30:42, 2:30:45]: The city of Stockbridge needs to make them aware [2:30:47, 2:30:50]: of our expectations on moving forward so they will know. [2:30:52, 2:30:53]: Not for this council, but [2:30:54, 2:30:59]: To sit here and vote and say move it. Yes, we're hier. [2:30:59, 2:31:03]: To set policy and to make things move. [2:31:03, 2:31:05]: Like we expect them to. [2:31:05, 2:31:10]: But at the same time, we just came through a fight. [2:31:11, 2:31:14]: And when you do things you do it decently and in order. [2:31:15, 2:31:18]: And if someone is maintaining this part. [2:31:18, 2:31:21]: And we're looking to do some, all I'm saying. [2:31:22, 2:31:36]: is to communicate because I'm looking at this brochure that they've provided all of us that has that in there to break down telling the citizens who live in all six of these HOAs that they've identified. [2:31:37, 2:31:48]: And just communicate. That's all I'm saying. Even if it did not have a name. If we're gonna give it a name, if we're gonna make changes, we need to communicate. That's all I'm saying. [2:31:50, 2:32:07]: Miss Stamp, please. Thank you. Um to answer Councilman Alexander's question, the little library, the issue was is that it was a initiative done by our Main Street, and Main Street did not go all the way up to Eagles Landing Parkway or to [2:32:08, 2:32:21]: what we call Monument Park. Uh if the park doesn't have an official name, then this is simply a vote to give it a name. That's what this discussion was. He made a motion [2:32:22, 2:32:22]: To [2:32:23, 2:32:26]: Give the park a name. [2:32:26, 2:32:29]: And so I didn't know that it didn't have an official name. [2:32:29, 2:32:49]: It was Mon I thought it was named Monument Park and to add unity Monument Park, I think, is a a great idea. Um, all the other details about w what you put on it or or whatever the case may be, which of course we already know there's no real easy access to it, right? Um [2:32:49, 2:32:51]: All those other details [2:32:52, 2:32:58]: are things that we can discuss at a later time. Right now I think um that [2:32:58, 2:33:06]: There is a difference there. And and also the city paid the majority buck of the construction and maintenance of that. [2:33:07, 2:33:15]: Park, pocket that that that area. So um that's my two cents and I'm ready to vote. [2:33:15, 2:33:35]: Okay, before we do that, uh I want to say this. Uh there is no official name, never has been. Why that hasn't been done, I don't know. Matter of fact, when we did the dedication to that many several years ago, uh it was uh it was constructed prior to Miss Gantt and I coming on council six years ago, but we were actually actually uh actually attended, because we were elected fiscal time attended. [2:33:35, 2:33:42]: Actual monument ribbon cutting per se, a little ceremony. And I I forgot that it doesn't have a name. I didn't think it did. We just called it Monument Park. [2:33:43, 2:33:44]: I like to name. [2:33:44, 2:33:51]: Fine, unity, absolutely. And I still uh while I'm in this seat and while I'm on serving the council, I'm always gonna talk about unity and teammates anyway. [2:33:51, 2:33:57]: I but my bottom line is that that if they spent some time and money and effort [2:33:57, 2:34:17]: With a joint partnership with the city, that association did, we should at least let them know what we're doing and ask them so they'll know. Just like we want to put up a couple, one or maybe two uh uh reader boards. Okay, they need to know that. They need to know that why we're doing that, and they need to have understanding. It deals with communication this aspect as well. Um now I know. [2:34:17, 2:34:22]: know there's been emotions, one's been seconded. Okay, we'll see how that goes. But the point of it is is that [2:34:22, 2:34:30]: We should actually they they have buy in to this monument because or this area because they had some they they put some skin in the game themselves. [2:34:31, 2:34:38]: And y and you would want to try to uh at least involve them, at least and let let them know officially ahead of time what you plan to do, at least get some feedback. [2:34:39, 2:34:39]: I [2:34:40, 2:34:40]: Now [2:34:41, 2:34:48]: On that note, if there are no other discussions, and I think everybody s talked at least twice, except for Mr. Thomas, he wanted to add something into this. [2:34:50, 2:35:00]: Uh I was on the council when it was uh built. I remember all of the particulars about it. I do like the name Unity Park. Um [2:35:01, 2:35:10]: And that that's it. Uh it's been motioned. Okay. It's been second. All right. I got it. Let's vote. Let's vote. All right. Motion seconded. So with no other further discussion. All in favor of the motion, please indicate. [2:35:12, 2:35:15]: All opposed. All right. Motion passes. Three, two. [2:35:17, 2:35:25]: All right, on that note, uh Ms. Clerk, comments? Set the timer please. Yeah, comments. Okay. [2:35:28, 2:35:30]: No, you're first, Mr. Um Nine. [2:35:33, 2:35:34]: Do you have no comments? [2:35:34, 2:35:54]: Well the city manager typically goes first. You know what you know what happened here? You know what's at the very bottom of the place. Oh m Mr. Manis, City Man, I'm so sorry. I just wanted to mention uh the uh appreciation for the staff, the hard work that they do, obviously through the reports, there are a number of things that are going on in the city of Stockbridge, and obviously that could not [2:35:54, 2:36:14]: not happen with the great uh without the great dedicated work of the staff. So we appreciate uh everything that they they do. Obviously throughout uh all of Cities Week uh we had a number of events that were very successful and citizens were exposed to uh some of the uh many things that happened uh in the city of Stockbridge. So we [2:36:14, 2:36:19]: [9379.1, 9399.1]: uh the SPLOST five uh meeting uh scheduled for Monday, May the sixth at 6 30 p.m. at Merrill Manders Conference Center. We want to certainly get the word out to all of the citizens to come and have a voice in uh potential SPLOST projects that will be on the ballot in November. [2:36:39, 2:36:40]: Thank you. [2:36:40, 2:36:41]: All right. So the clerk. [2:36:46, 2:36:58]: Yes, Mayor. Go right ahead, please. In today's hectic world, it is becoming harder and harder to calm the mind. You said it for yourself as well. There you go. [2:36:59, 2:37:00]: There we go. [2:37:01, 2:37:15]: I'll start over. In today's hectic world, it is becoming harder and harder to calm the mind. We are overstimulated and overworked, and we find less time to do the things we enjoy because of the things we have to do. [2:37:15, 2:37:31]: Without moments of quiet and clarity, it's easy to go a full day without hearing your inner voice. But this is one of the most important things you can do for your mental health. Finding a space for mindfulness helps us both in challenging times. [2:37:32, 2:37:34]: and moments of celebration. [2:37:34, 2:37:36]: It allows our mind [2:37:36, 2:37:38]: To come back to who we really are. [2:37:38, 2:37:39]: Where we are [2:37:39, 2:37:40]: And how we are doing. [2:37:41, 2:37:44]: Inspirational words of encouragement have a powerful effect. [2:37:44, 2:37:45]: On the mind. [2:37:46, 2:37:49]: Encouraging phrases themselves spark a positive. [2:37:49, 2:37:57]: Neurological response. And my phrase for today is: in the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity. [2:37:58, 2:38:00]: Thank you. Thank you. [2:38:02, 2:38:03]: Yes, it was. [2:38:03, 2:38:05]: You reset please? [2:38:07, 2:38:27]: Councilman Thomas, please sir. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Uh just want to take this opportunity to thank all of the staff. As Mr. Knight indicated, you know, uh during Cities Week, we was able to highlight um our great city. Uh we involved a lot of our citizens uh in those endeavors. All of that was was great, all of that was good. [2:38:27, 2:38:47]: Good. Uh I'm one that like to do the heavy lifting. I think we just need to get back to moving this city forward. Um I was a little concerned about some things tonight. Uh some some little glitches. For example, the the demolition I you know [2:38:47, 2:39:07]: Things like that, you know, should just be clear that need to be behind us, just move forward. But I I think we're on the right track. I I I think we have a great staff. We're building a great staff. I am in favor of a project manager because more and more every day I see there's a need for an independent person that's [2:39:07, 2:39:27]: That comes to work to move these projects forward. Uh, I'm all about the heavy lifting. Some of these things that we do is great. We involve our citizens, but I I can do without some of these things. Let's move this city forward. Let's create policies and and procedures and legislation to move this city forward. So [2:39:27, 2:39:34]: With that being said, I cannot go without talking about Memorial Day in which um [2:39:35, 2:39:55]: You know, we we come together to pay tribute to those servicemen and women that paid the ultimate price for this country. Um Memorial Day March is a is approaching us. I just want to encourage all citizens to take a registration, fill it out, and come out and participate with the city. [2:39:55, 2:40:03]: Of Stark Ridge as we pay tribute to the men and women that uh paid the ultimate price for our country. Thank you. [2:40:07, 2:40:09]: Remember to write it. [2:40:09, 2:40:29]: Um, I just like to say um first of all thanking those that came and those that are still here and those that are viewing. Um and if my wife is looking right now, uh I'd like to say happy anniversary to it. I'm spending my anniversary right here on this uh dais. But I I want to say that uh come uh this Thursday we have a uh National Day of Prayer event. [2:40:29, 2:40:31]: [9632.4, 9633.8]: But I want to talk about [2:40:34, 2:40:54]: Real quick and briefly, is that since I've been on this council, every decision I've made and every move I've made on this council has been in my mind to benefit the citizens of Stockbridge is to help move the city forward. And that's what all I've been ever done. Look at my record, go through anything and see how I voted on things and and the things I've implemented. [2:40:54, 2:41:14]: Minute, look at my initiatives, look at my call logs on who I talk to pertaining to the business of Stockbridge. That's all I've ever done. My only motive in here in the city of Stockbridge, and my only motive for being on this council is to help move this city forward. It's to help unify this community. Is to let everybody in this community know that they do. [2:41:14, 2:41:16]: matter. That's my motive. [2:41:16, 2:41:18]: That's always been my motive. [2:41:18, 2:41:20]: It's the it's to serve. [2:41:20, 2:41:23]: It's hard for me to learn how to be a politician. [2:41:23, 2:41:27]: But it's easy for me to know how to be a servant because that's what I truly am. [2:41:28, 2:41:48]: And so when we come here and we can hear this and that, you look John Blount up and see what John Blount is doing in the community. You look John Blount and see what John Blount is doing in his church. You look John Blount up and see what he's doing with his neighbors, with his friends, then you know the true John Blount. My only motive is to see somebody else happy, to make somebody else smile. [2:41:48, 2:41:51]: So did I take offense? Of course I do. [2:41:51, 2:41:56]: Because those that that's that would say things like I've heard tonight, they don't know John Blount. [2:41:57, 2:42:00]: They only know their person they only p their own personal opinions. [2:42:01, 2:42:11]: So look at my track record here on this dais. How I voted during this city. I created so much for this city and I'm proud to say it and I stand boldly by saying it. [2:42:12, 2:42:18]: That we have staff that have a have a tr that have contributed to me in moving a lot of things forward in the city. [2:42:19, 2:42:23]: And when we talk about smoking, of course I'm concerned about kids smoking. [2:42:23, 2:42:36]: Out of 536 cities in the state of Georgia, the city of Stockbridge is the only city that banned smoking in cars with with minors in it. Because we we did it. We made it happen. I brought it forward and we made it happen. [2:42:36, 2:42:38]: I only got one vote. [2:42:38, 2:42:41]: Sitting up here. So all type of ideas that come up. [2:42:42, 2:42:44]: We still only have one vote. [2:42:45, 2:42:53]: And when we sit here and talk about something as simple as naming a park, Unity Monument Park, and put negative overtones on that. [2:42:54, 2:42:59]: It's ridiculous to me. So thank you all for coming. I'm gonna enjoy the rest of my night when I leave here. [2:43:03, 2:43:04]: Ms. Gamp, please. [2:43:05, 2:43:16]: I just want um to thank staff for this past week. Um um Miss Jackson, you did a phenomenal job having to juggle [2:43:17, 2:43:23]: six people um this past week and the team effort that each and every [2:43:23, 2:43:30]: person in here on our staff made, um, Miss Moore, Miss Holliday, Mr. Knighton, [2:43:30, 2:43:50]: Although they have other titles, everybody pulls g pulls together to make sure that Stockbridge shines. And it shows. I I think that we are the model city for Cities Week. I I'm claiming it myself. I think that we've done a lot for our community this week. When I look at other [2:43:50, 2:44:10]: CDs and I read some of the articles and I can compare notes on what was done and what activities. We really go out of our way to do things that we hear that the community want and that we believe is needed here. Um so I just want to say thank you to that. Um my welcoming Stockbridge committee is [2:44:10, 2:44:30]: Is going phenomenal. The input that we're getting from what a flyer looks like or or how it feels from one race or culture to another is amazing and just basically an eye-opener. I will be sending a report out to you all. [2:44:30, 2:44:34]: on some of the things and tips that we're getting to include [2:44:34, 2:44:40]: updating ourselves on our our website, making it smoother, our technology, um [2:44:41, 2:45:00]: you know, the millennials, we're missing a whole group of people and we don't even realize it. And that comes from us still having to talk about our own C V B if that's where we're headed or marketing and how we're gonna market that, um, and where we're headed with that and our updates. And that is all because we're missing [2:45:00, 2:45:15]: a a large group of people and and we don't even know and in that group is the millennial age group um that we really have barely touched the surface on because they don't read Facebook and they ask me what the Henry Harold was. [2:45:16, 2:45:33]: Literally. And so I've been able to get a age gap group there that are are that are missing out on they don't know what our local newspaper is. They don't know they don't watch, they don't look at Facebook, they're on Snapchat or Instagram. So [2:45:34, 2:45:40]: There's some eye openers there and I just welcome you guys. I I plan on sending you information, but thank you guys for everything you've done. [2:45:45, 2:45:46]: Mr. Alexander, please. [2:45:46, 2:46:06]: Yes, sir. Thank you so much. Uh the one thing you can say about me uh is results. I measure results. I don't measure fluff. I don't measure things that we just do. You know, we changed the name of Martin Luther King Sr. Jr. trail two years ago. [2:46:06, 2:46:26]: We put up a sign. That's all we did. We haven't done made any improvements to the road. We haven't done anything tangible. Tonight we changed the name of a park. That's what we do. I measure the results. In five years, we have not moved one capital project forward. Not one. I'm not [2:46:26, 2:46:46]: Talking about Tasty Tuesda food truck or another event of us having a good time. I'm talking about something that impacts the lives of our children. Why don't we have a youth center in Stockbridge? We don't, because we don't measure results. We measure how we feel today and what that we do. We need results, meaning [2:46:46, 2:47:03]: meaning moving things forward, but we pontificate on things forever. We don't make decisions. Today I went down to the city of East Point and in the last five five years they moved forward with a downtown campus, City Hall. It was amazing today. [2:47:05, 2:47:25]: It was amazing to see that those individuals on that council and two different mayors, Miss Peters and Miss Ingram Holliday, worked together and moved those project that project forward, transforming their downtown in five years. We've been working on downtown for nearly 20 years. [2:47:25, 2:47:45]: years, what do we have to show for it? Almost nothing. But in order to do that, you need individuals up here in the leadership role that are going to make decisions that are going to move the city forward in a tangible way. We have money in the bank, we have money in the fund balance. We are nowhere near broke. [2:47:45, 2:47:50]: got plenty of it. Yet we don't spend any of it and we pontificate, well we'll wait to the retreat. [2:47:51, 2:47:56]: I've been waiting on retreats every single year for the past five years and nothing has been done. [2:47:58, 2:48:02]: You know how many tickets we giving out on smoking in cars? Zero, not one. [2:48:03, 2:48:07]: I'm talking about results. I'm not talking about what we do. [2:48:07, 2:48:24]: It's not enforceable because we don't have a policy where the police will enforce it because we don't work together in order to move it forward, either to starting our own police department or having this police department enforce it on the Henry County level. Not one. [2:48:24, 2:48:44]: Now to I want to thank everybody for Trail Alive. It was amazing. It was great. And I want to invite everybody out for Keep Stockbridge Beautiful this Saturday at I-75 and Highway 138 cleaning up that area because we know it deserves it. But that's another thing that we have not. [2:48:44, 2:48:46]: [10134.5, 10154.5]: Ms. Robinson, go ahead, please. Thank you, Mayor. Um just wanna thank everyone. We had our Cities Week, Georgia Cities Week, and my event at Eagles Land in Middle School was amazing. Um the young people were very engaged. They had a great time, the um staff there, they just it was just a a wonderful event. It [2:49:14, 2:49:34]: Brought um again like the unity in the community in reference to our public safety, which is our first responders, and our middle school students to show that they actually can interact with our police and fire department and knowing that they're human just like them. So we're just trying to make sure that we're keeping um idle. [2:49:34, 2:49:54]: Things such as that in our community, especially with our young people. And I'm not gonna take up a lot of time, but I will say this. When I make my statements, I'm not trying to knock anyone down, but it has to make sense to me. And I'm all about unifying our community. It was stated that this part was never had a name. [2:49:54, 2:50:14]: And stating Unity Mem Monument Park is excellent. But when you went a step further to state that we want to put our branding and all of that, that tells me if you put something up, you got to take something off. So with that being said, just communicate. If we communicate it and everybody has buy-in. [2:50:14, 2:50:27]: Then we won't have problems. So again, I'm not here to tear anybody's suggestions down, but if you have to put some up, you got to take it down. And we need to communicate. Thank you, Mayor. [2:50:28, 2:50:28]: You're welcome. [2:50:31, 2:50:40]: All right, um couple things here. Uh last week uh actually coun councilman uh Thomas and I actually attended a ribbon cutting. [2:50:40, 2:50:44]: For Kappa Epislan Fa Psy a military sorry. [2:50:44, 2:51:02]: And uh what so just so happens that this particular military swordy for the last couple of years have been very active with several of our our uh military uh function city functions in this capacity and got invited there and actually read a proclamation. We were the only ones to give a proclamation to them and it's their national headquarters, their national headquarters in Decatur. [2:51:03, 2:51:05]: And so uh it was a great event. [2:51:05, 2:51:21]: And they're located in a mega sci-fi's uh fraternities uh building until they get uh their own uh space. But I wanna wanna thank uh uh Councilman Thomas for joining me on that. It was a great activity and the ladies really enjoyed uh the fact of getting a proclamation for the city's top bridge. [2:51:22, 2:51:24]: Today, earlier today [2:51:24, 2:51:38]: I attended the American Legion and for ribbon cutting. The American Legion's been in existence for 100 years. And uh it just so happens that the American Legion uh here in the state of Georgia, they have 200 chapters. [2:51:39, 2:51:41]: out out of within the course a hundred and fifty nine counties. [2:51:42, 2:51:49]: And they actually have their Georgia state headquarters where I was early day in Stockbridge. [2:51:49, 2:51:50]: The American legions [2:51:51, 2:52:10]: actual state headquarters in the state is in Stockbridge. That's a great thing. That's a great thing. And we'll work with them in reference to things they can do with us for our our overall in the city, but also for our specifically the Memorial Day, Veterans Day, and our nine one one ceremonies that we have here in the city as well. Wanna mention that to you all. [2:52:11, 2:52:15]: Saturday, this past Saturday was a march for uh babies. [2:52:15, 2:52:18]: Five K walk, which was at c um our actual Clark Park. [2:52:19, 2:52:22]: All right. Roughly five hundred participants in that. [2:52:23, 2:52:30]: It's a great thing. Matter of fact, the organizer of that indicated that they had such a great time. They're looking to come back to Clark Park. [2:52:30, 2:52:32]: For years to come, which is another great thing. [2:52:33, 2:52:45]: All right, they'll start working on that. I want to have a special shout out to uh Rose Sigma Lambda of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Incorporated,'cause they raised fourteen thousand five hundred dollars for March for Babies. They were number one in this particular area. [2:52:46, 2:52:50]: And they led off this this walk on Saturday. It happens to be my fraternity brothers, by the way. [2:52:51, 2:53:10]: A chapter. All right. On that note, um, I'll mention uh get to the analysis later. God bless y'all and listen, keep the faith. Georgia's week, the Georgia Cities week was great for us at Stockbridge. We had a great lot of great activities. And I'm gonna tell you, we do a lot of things in Stockbridge all the way around. We do we we have we're very busy, very active. [2:53:10, 2:53:13]: And we'll continue to get better at this process and [2:53:13, 2:53:15]: And continue to be very active as well. [2:53:15, 2:53:17]: I'm gonna cut it off at that point. [2:53:17, 2:53:21]: And uh I'm gonna start reading about some um upcoming meetings. [2:53:22, 2:53:23]: And by the way, God bless you all. [2:53:24, 2:53:44]: U Council meeting is Wednesday, May 8th, 2019 at 5:30 p.m. in Levi Room. Main Street Advisory Board meeting Friday, May 10th, 9 a.m. in Levi Room. Uh Council Advisory Committee meeting is Wednesday, May 15th, 6:30 in Levi Room. Downtown Development Authority meetings is Monday, May 20th. [2:53:44, 2:53:59]: 6 p.m. in Leviat Room. Planning Commission meeting Thursday, May 23rd, 7 p.m. in the council chambers. Our next work session will be Tuesday, May 28th, 6 p.m., and right here in the City Hall of Course Chambers, and that's right after Memorial Day weekend. [2:53:59, 2:54:13]: Okay, so we already talked about the National Day of Prayer. Keep Stockbridge uh beautiful. By the way, Food Truck Tasty Tuesday kickoff, Tuesday, May 7th, 530 to 9 in Clark Park. Every Tuesday for the month of May, June, and July. [2:54:14, 2:54:34]: You already mentioned about uh well don't try straight stop bridge, no litter campaign. I believe. Okay, welcome to Stockbridge. Okay, Women in Business Brunch. Thursday, May 16th, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Merrill Manor's Conference Center. Spirit headed by Councilwoman Robinson. Okay, and we are talking to a store preservation greenfront campaign. [2:54:34, 2:54:40]: play plaque dedication Saturday, May 18th at 230 PM and that's gonna read right before we have the actual [2:54:41, 2:54:45]: uh program at Trinity United Methodist Church uh for Mer uh [2:54:46, 2:54:47]: Carry May Hammer Day. [2:54:48, 2:54:50]: All right, uh let's see here. [2:54:51, 2:54:55]: There's gonna be a quarterly town hall meeting Thursday, May twenty third. [2:54:55, 2:55:09]: at JW Sweets Event Center, spearheaded by Councilman Alexander. The annual Memorial Day March, Monday, May 27th, 9 a.m. Murray Manus Conference Center. Registration free and available online. That'll go from Murray Manus to a Memorial Park. [2:55:10, 2:55:19]: And we still have the monthly Bingo Bash Wednesday, May 29th, 10 a.m. to noon, Test Strickland Center, spiritheaded by Mirapro Tim Blount. [2:55:20, 2:55:29]: Okay. And I know my meet and greet the Mayor Mondays for month of May, it won't be on Monday'cause the fourth Monday, it'd have to be on Tuesday the twenty eighth, because Monday is a holiday. [2:55:30, 2:55:33]: Okay, let's see what else we have here. [2:55:33, 2:55:53]: Quarterly Homeowners and Neighborhood Associates Roundtable, spearheaded by Mer Merprofen Blount. Not sure when you're gonna have the next one, but I know it's coming sometime soon here. Clergy Round Table, spearhead by Councilman Robinson, coming up shortly as well. Okay, and uh you already talked about your quarterly meeting dealing with the welcoming Stockbridge. [2:55:53, 2:56:03]: Okay, I believe that is it. We I would imagine we need to go to Zechession, Council. Is that right? Council. Okay, I need a motion to go to Zeko Session, please. [2:56:04, 2:56:05]: Is there a second? [2:56:06, 2:56:11]: In further discussion, all in favor of going executive council, executive session, please indicate indicate. [2:56:12, 2:56:16]: We got a vote here? All right, thank you. Folks we'll be back. [2:56:27, 2:56:28]: Miss Jackson. [2:56:49, 2:57:08]: Yeah, you guys got the hands. No. No, no, no. This is what you said to us. Okay. Thank you, How are you? Okay. Appreciate it. You been doing all right? Listen. [2:58:41, 2:58:44]: Tonight. [2:59:03, 2:59:04]: All right, okay. [2:59:35, 2:59:55]: I just think Saturday May the 18th. This is the Catherine Hammer? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Everything's free, man. So you're saying that you want to perform? But we only have one hour. [2:59:55, 3:00:10]: To do everything we have to do and then we come back after this. So I'm gonna give you a pay. [3:00:22, 3:00:24]: Okay. Well, [3:00:25, 3:00:45]: I don't think we have it. No, I don't think we have any let me check with Mike real quick, but I let me check with Mike real quick, but I don't think we do. [3:00:44, 3:00:50]: [10885.4, 10891.8]: Oh you don't want a raise and either I don't like that. I mean take the kind of [3:01:46, 3:01:48]: [10910.0, 10912.1]: That's okay. [3:01:56, 3:01:59]: I think so. [3:02:03, 3:02:07]: Or there's no. [3:02:22, 3:02:23]: Yeah. [3:02:51, 3:02:55]: [10978.3, 10988.4]: [3:03:12, 3:03:13]: Yeah. [3:03:31, 3:03:34]: Model where it started. [3:03:43, 3:03:44]: Okay, that's pretty good. [3:04:00, 3:04:01]: Okay. [3:04:16, 3:04:17]: Uh [4:02:28, 4:02:31]: Okay. Okay, we're back in here. [4:02:32, 4:02:52]: Clerk is here. All right. Uh council, I need a motion to close out our executive session, please. So move. The second. All in favor, please indicate. All right. And since we do not have any actions uh from the second session to bring public, I'd like to ask for a motion to adjust. [4:02:51, 4:02:52]: [14575.5, 14576.1]: Thank you. [4:02:57, 4:03:14]: I'd like a motion to reconvene our our work session. So moved. Is there a second? A second. All right. All in favor, please indicate. Now I'd like to ask a motion to force to adjourn. So moved. Is there second? All in favor, please indicate. We are now adjourned. [4:03:15, 4:03:15]: Yeah. [4:03:25, 4:03:25]: Well [4:03:33, 4:03:34]: Do it that way. [4:03:45, 4:03:46]: Okay, let's see. [4:03:47, 4:03:58]: Let me go ahead and get this soldier. I'm gonna keep my book for a little bit. Yeah, I'm blue, I'm gonna keep I'm gonna keep it. I'm gonna keep it for a little bit then.

--- title: April 8 2019 City Council Meeting date: 2019-04-08 source: 2019-04-08_April_8_2019_City_Council_Meeting.wav --- [0:00:00, 0:00:09]: Ready? Okay, ladies and gentlemen, I have a little after six. Look like about six oh two from here. I'd like to call our Monday, April 8th, calcium to order. [0:00:11, 0:00:12]: Invocation, please. [0:00:12, 0:00:15]: Sir, could you come up and give an invocation? If you can't stand, please stand. [0:00:16, 0:00:20]: I'd like to give your name as well as the address, you could, for the record. [0:00:24, 0:00:26]: I believe that is on. If it's not, we'll give you a [0:00:29, 0:00:30]: There we go. All right, there you go. [0:00:32, 0:00:38]: James Turner, 131 Pine Drive, Stockbridge, Georgia. If you can bite your hands with us. [0:00:39, 0:00:59]: Father God, we thank you for keeping us today and bringing us together and uh and on one accord. Lord God, we ask you to help us with wisdom to do the business of the citizens of Stockbridge, Lord. We ask you to give keep us on one accord, give us wisdom, knowledge. [0:00:59, 0:01:19]: And understanding and uh Lord God, let's work together that we might again do the business of citizens citizens of Stockbridge. In Jesus' name we ask. Amen. Amen. Pledge allegiance. Pledge allegiance to the flag in the face of America. [0:01:19, 0:01:26]: [ 88.6, 89.3]: Mm-hmm. [0:01:30, 0:01:33]: Madam Kirk will call, please. [0:01:34, 0:01:36]: Councilman Thomas, present. Mayor Pro Cam Born. [0:01:37, 0:01:45]: Present. Mayor Ford. Present. Councilwoman Gantt. Present. Councilman Alexander. Present. Councilwoman Rodney. Present. [0:01:45, 0:01:51]: Thank you. Appreciate that. Council, I need a motion to accept tonight's agenda, please. [0:01:53, 0:01:55]: So, yeah. [0:01:56, 0:02:01]: Mayor. Yes, sir. I was got a second up there. Did you have something to add? Yes, I like to mend it, and [0:02:01, 0:02:02]: Here it goes. [0:02:02, 0:02:07]: For adopting the agenda. Yes. [0:02:08, 0:02:09]: Did you have something that you need to add? [0:02:09, 0:02:11]: No, no, I have something I want to remove. [0:02:13, 0:02:16]: All right, well we got well first of all, okay, we have we have a motion, it's been seconded. [0:02:16, 0:02:17]: Um [0:02:18, 0:02:22]: Mama make sure if we approve this we can still go into discussion, is that right? Or w or withdraw it? [0:02:22, 0:02:23]: Yeah. [0:02:25, 0:02:28]: Do we have motion second and now final discussions? [0:02:28, 0:02:37]: All right. So we'll okay, we'll have dis we'll have a discussion this point in reference to what you wanted to take off and we we'll make adjustments that we have to do that. What is it, sir? [0:02:38, 0:02:43]: If you have a movement to second, I I ask that you would take the vote and then I come back and I make a motion to remove. [0:02:44, 0:02:50]: Mm. Well's already been said. Well we can do it that way as well, I suppose. Okay. All right, so all in favor of the motion, please indicate. [0:02:52, 0:02:54]: The motion has been made. Notion's been seconded. [0:02:55, 0:03:06]: I mean, this was I won't confuse. I mean if we wanna go forward, we we we need to know what it is we're voting on. We might not wanna go in that direction. So to accept the agenda. [0:03:07, 0:03:09]: We didn't have any discussion over. [0:03:10, 0:03:17]: All right. All right. Motion is made. Motion is seconded. Any discussion on the motion? We'll do it that way. So what's this what do we need to talk about? [0:03:19, 0:03:19]: Sure. [0:03:21, 0:03:27]: What do we need to talk about? I mean first of all you have a motion and you have a second to approve the agenda. [0:03:28, 0:03:32]: I'm not I'm my motion would be to remove an item. It's not for discussion. [0:03:33, 0:03:38]: So if if this motion to accept the agenda is is upheld, then I would go forward from there. [0:03:40, 0:03:45]: I think the question mayor Hold hold on a second, hold a second. Can we leg legally do that, correct? [0:03:47, 0:04:07]: All right. All motion has been made to accept the agenda has been it's been seconded. All in favor of the motion, please intend to be able to do that. Okay, what's what's what's discussion? I want to know what it is that I'm voting why should I do that? Well right now right well right now I guess he he's he wants to do this later. I mean he's not saying. So the motion's been made, it's been second. [0:04:07, 0:04:13]: [253.2, 256.5]: So so m Mr. Mayor, um [0:04:19, 0:04:37]: I don't understand if we're being transparent why if there's a discussion that the item, if it's something that we all should know, why can't it be discussed? However, this clearly shows when it's not transparency. So I will withdraw. [0:04:38, 0:04:45]: My motion so that way we won't have the back and forth and we can move forward. So I will withdraw the motion. [0:04:46, 0:04:51]: to see where we are so we can move forward this meeting. All right. So we can leave we see that can happen. Okay, fine. Now [0:04:51, 0:04:54]: Motion to adopt the agenda. You have some discussion this, sir. Go right ahead. [0:04:56, 0:05:00]: I have a motion to amend the agenda. Okay, to amend the agenda to what, sir? [0:05:01, 0:05:02]: To remove um [0:05:05, 0:05:05]: Item [0:05:08, 0:05:08]: Mm. [0:05:09, 0:05:17]: for the use of the mural manders for the um request to use the murmur on uh for the um [0:05:20, 0:05:23]: Council on aging event on September the eighth. [0:05:27, 0:05:29]: That is number eight. [0:05:30, 0:05:34]: You like to remove you want to remove that? Yes. All right. [0:05:35, 0:05:42]: Is there a reason is there any any additional comments in reference to why that being removed? We have a uh facilities policy in place. [0:05:43, 0:05:48]: And I just want to remove that item bit because we do have a facilities policy in place. [0:05:48, 0:05:49]: A second. [0:05:50, 0:06:10]: All right. Now discussion. Yes. You go right in. I I want to understand um what it is. Um I think we have a representative from the council on aging actually here. Yeah, but before before we ask that individual come up if they want to come up, I believe I believe really the interpretation of the what we have just done in reference to the resolution. [0:06:10, 0:06:21]: [385.0, 400.0]: left on the agenda for your considerations because it was in the hopper prior to your adoption of the policy. And in fact that I think the representatives came and and spoke [0:06:42, 0:06:46]: Okay. All right. Thank you for that. Yes, sir. Go ahead. You have additional comments? [0:06:47, 0:06:58]: Yes, I did have a comment because individuals here from the council on aging I'd like to see uh have them come to the podium and kinda comment on this and what effect it would have on their planning. [0:07:00, 0:07:00]: All right. [0:07:01, 0:07:02]: So be it. [0:07:02, 0:07:06]: Mr Mr. Mayor. Point of order if I may. [0:07:07, 0:07:07]: Go ahead. [0:07:10, 0:07:25]: We are approving the agenda. Correct. I do not think this is the appropriate time for citizens' comments. I think this is uh an issue that the elected body as far as approving or not approving the agenda. [0:07:25, 0:07:28]: Well I'll tell you what I like to do there, Councilman uh [0:07:28, 0:07:33]: Thomas is actually looked at the attorney and whether or not i i we can legally do let a person c commit or not. [0:07:33, 0:07:35]: Avalan, what what's the legality on this? [0:07:40, 0:07:41]: Okay. [0:07:48, 0:07:56]: Okay. So it's actually up to the council whether or not they allow a citizen at this point to talk about this specific issue. Okay. So yes, sir. [0:07:56, 0:08:03]: I've had discussion with some members of the council on agents. I've had discussion with our city manager prior to today. [0:08:04, 0:08:08]: Which I has ha have and I told you I was going to actually remove that item. [0:08:09, 0:08:11]: These discussions have been had. [0:08:11, 0:08:27]: We spend too much time trying to play politics when we should stick with the agenda, stick with the process, and let's let it let the process be moved forward. These conversations have been had. I'm not doing something that's detriment to the council I'm aging. I'm not doing anything detriment to this council nor my seat. [0:08:28, 0:08:48]: This is the agenda item on the board. It's been second, and let's either discuss it and move forward. We're wasting the citizens and taxpayer time making something out of nothing. These discussions have been had. I make no decisions up here unless I've talked to the parties at hand about my decision making. This is not a John Blount thing. [0:08:48, 0:08:54]: I've talked to members of the council agent and I've talked to our city manager prior to this. I don't need approval. [0:08:55, 0:09:00]: from anybody on this dais to to to motion to remove anything from this agenda. [0:09:00, 0:09:08]: Well the thing of it is I just want to make sure we're legally whether or not uh we can obviously do that or is there an option to allow the the citizen to speak on this as requested. [0:09:09, 0:09:12]: All right, and it it can happen provided that the council allows that to happen. [0:09:12, 0:09:15]: That's the point. After the council allow it to happen, then it won't happen. [0:09:15, 0:09:30]: So I just want to make sure I got li l legal guidance on that. And it's it I would imagine, let me just do a quick query. Are you a well willing to allow the individual to speak or not? Yes or no? Not right now. Point point of order. Wait, hold on, hold on. I'm trying to get a feel for this before we go forward. Ms. Robinson? Yes or no? [0:09:30, 0:09:50]: I'm if I'm fine with whatever the suggestion is with Councilman Blount, if he said he's spoken with them, he's spoken with the city manager, then I think we need to move forward. Okay. All right. So I'm obviously you gentlemen think along the same lines then. Okay. So on that note, there's been a there's been a motion to remove item number eight, which is uh council consideration approved the request to use murder. [0:09:50, 0:09:52]: [592.9, 595.5]: Motion's been made, it's been it's pr properly seconded, is that correct? [0:09:56, 0:09:57]: It's been seconded? Okay. [0:09:57, 0:10:00]: Okay. Then all in favor of the motion, please indicate. [0:10:00, 0:10:01]: Opposed. [0:10:02, 0:10:08]: Okay, there you four one. It's takes it's off. There you go. Now, uh so everything else is good except for that particular uh item. [0:10:09, 0:10:20]: All right. So on that note we have approval for the minutes of the following meetings. Uh the um approval for the meeting, council meeting on the uh second of f uh excuse me, eleventh February. [0:10:20, 0:10:23]: Also for the work session on twenty sixth February. [0:10:24, 0:10:29]: And then our retreat summary on the twenty eighth of uh February and also the first of March. [0:10:30, 0:10:44]: Do you have any comments, corrections for that? If not, any motion to accept those particular minutes? Mayor. Yes, ma'am. I move that we approve the minutes for the following meetings on February eleventh, February 26th, February 28th, and March 1st. Okay, is there a second? So move. [0:10:44, 0:10:46]: Okay. All in favor? Please indicate. [0:10:47, 0:10:50]: All right, there we have it. All right. Do we have any public comments, Clerk? [0:10:51, 0:10:52]: Okay. [0:10:53, 0:11:13]: What I want to mention to you all is that uh before we uh started our meeting, we had a ceremonial soremontial review. And uh during that process, uh we read a proclamation for child abuse prevention awareness month. We didn't have anybody for that uh here to receive that, but we did read that particular uh proclamation. [0:11:13, 0:11:15]: Proclamation and aspect as well. [0:11:15, 0:11:35]: And then we had a proclamation presented uh to us from the Henry County Board of Elections. And the Board of Elections Chair, Mildred Smultz, was here to present that to us. And this is in reference to all the assistance that uh uh that we had during the course of the election in 2000, the actual voting and election per in 2018, November 2018. [0:11:35, 0:11:49]: And the fact that um we had record attendance in reference to uh uh county wide in reference to that election, roughly ninety thousand five hundred and ninety-four uh voters in the county voted during that election. It's a historic uh historic uh high voter turnout. [0:11:50, 0:12:07]: And then uh also this proclamation identifies that a group of volunteers that worked at the election uh well, excuse me, that looked at i each of the polls, they helped the absentee ballots and we had a record number of absentee ballots that actually were processed. I believe that number is four thousand nine hundred and ninety-five. [0:12:07, 0:12:21]: And of course the the school board, board of educational uh system, uh has students at Eagles Landing, uh high school, Stockbridge, Woodlawn, and uh OLA. They helped out the polls on election day and they had critical uh spots that they helped out with the polls. [0:12:21, 0:12:27]: So the proclamation was read earlier today for that. So I'm gonna acknowledge that fact that uh that was great in that aspect. [0:12:28, 0:12:45]: And then something that normally doesn't happen during a ceremonial review is that we I swore in our new fire marshal, Demetrius uh Wells. Wells. I'm sorry, Demetrius Wells. And um and I I wanna just ask Mr. Wells if you don't mind city manager whether or not he wanted to come and address the uh address the council at this time. [0:12:52, 0:13:12]: Welcome, sir. First I want to um say to you guys thank you for allowing me to serve as your fire marshal. I'll give I'll tell you a little bit about me. I am um originally born in small town Macon, Mississippi. I moved to Georgia in 1993 after trying to pursue [0:13:12, 0:13:14]: [794.4, 814.4]: And I ran across a little fire station in Riverdale, Georgia, and been there twenty-two years. This is my second job since I got out of college. All right. So I wanna thank you guys. I can assure you this, that um that I'm gonna in the best of my power, I'm gonna make sure that people that visit this city, live in this city, and work in this city. [0:13:34, 0:13:40]: Thank you, appreciate it, sir. Thank you, Dad. And welcome. Appreciate it. Thank you, Dad. Thank you, sir. [0:13:41, 0:14:01]: Good deal. Sir. What which what we make what's what's the deal? What's what's up? Might we talk to him? Or excuse me. Any yeah, any questions? That's that's a good point. Any questions? Yes, sir. I thank you and welcome aboard. I really appreciate uh this. This is a giant step in the right direction for the city. Thank you. Uh [0:14:01, 0:14:21]: We've had uh some issues with uh and I think the public should understand we had issues with uh permitting and that uh it was taking an extended amount of time for businesses to receive uh their certification from the fire department. And I think uh Ms. Moore, as well as I have had to [0:14:21, 0:14:41]: conversations with her because we I was going around the businesses and seeing that uh after we finish our inspection it was it's taking them 30 to 60 days in order to finish their inspection which was holding up our process. I look forward to you stepping into that role so that we can [0:14:41, 0:14:58]: uh make sure that we're being as business friendly as possible uh without compromising safety in any way because you're a highly qualified individual and uh could you talk a little bit about so the public understands your a lot your previous experience [0:14:59, 0:15:01]: Well if war is over your career. [0:15:02, 0:15:22]: So they understand the the the the the the magnitude or the or the depth of your experience assuming this. I can tell you this from from from my experience. I've had the pleasure to work with Miss Camilla Moore over in Riverdale and make you feel a little bit comfortable. We didn't go oh twenty four hours. If a business came in and applied for a business license, [0:15:22, 0:15:42]: and it got approved through zoning and uh and and all that good stuff was done, we made sure we got that business inspected within that twenty-four hours. And that business was meant picking up a business license once they once they got through zone. So we had a three day turnaround. We was done. Never went over 30 days. So hopefully that will make you feel better. All right, good deal. Appreciate that. [0:15:42, 0:15:45]: Any other questions for Mr. Wells? Anybody else on the council? [0:15:46, 0:15:50]: Okay. Thank you, sir. Appreciate it. Welcome aboard. Thank you. Okay. Good deal. [0:15:51, 0:16:06]: Okay, old business. Um council consideration to amend ordinance number OR nineteen-four seven eight regarding chapter four point zero five, fire prevention and protection protection of the code for the city of Stockbridge, Georgia, and amending resolution number R nineteen-1029. [0:16:07, 0:16:15]: Resolution R nineteen dash one zero three zero and resolution R nineteen dash one zero three one with the effective date of nine April. [0:16:16, 0:16:36]: She's tomorrow, 2019. Mr. Williams, please. Good evening. Um the net effect of this is really a housekeeping uh measure. Uh the count council had previously adopted um the afore uh referenced uh ordinance as well as the two resolutions. The ordinance provided for the adoption of of the uh [0:16:35, 0:16:50]: state level fire codes and fire protection ordinance. Um and then the two resolu resolutions uh called for the transfer of fire marshal services from the state and the county respectively to [0:16:50, 0:16:54]: The uh city and all those were effective April one. [0:16:55, 0:17:15]: As you know, uh you just sworn in your fire marshal today and so as a housekeeping and sort of out out of abundance of caution, we want to restate the effective date to tomorrow. So that that's okay all that this does. Thank you, sir. So in a sense you just made a motion for this to to be approved in this aspect. So all right so [0:17:14, 0:17:16]: Is there a second? [0:17:17, 0:17:19]: Is there a second? There you go. Any further discussion? [0:17:20, 0:17:24]: Mr. Yes sir. Uh I I just want to make sure with Mr Williams and [0:17:25, 0:17:29]: staff knows this and council knows this about me is that um [0:17:32, 0:17:52]: Let me ask this question this way. So the reason why there's no supporting document is because we have discussed this previously and it and it's the same information. Yes, sir. It's the same exact information. The only difference is the change in the effective date. Okay. Because, you know, I I'm I'm one that like to have supporting documents on whatever agenda item that we're going to discuss, but I understand [0:17:52, 0:18:10]: understand that process, but I just want to speak that into the record. Uh future, um I would appreciate any uh support and document, but I do understand that if we have discussed this earlier and I do understand that it's just a matter of moving the date to make it effective. Thank you. [0:18:12, 0:18:12]: Okay. [0:18:13, 0:18:16]: Any other questions for Mr. Williams? If not, all in favor of motion, please indicate. [0:18:17, 0:18:37]: I thank you very oh that I thank you very much unanimous. Okay, thank you, sir. And uh council consideration to transfer planning and zoning services from Henry County to the city of Stockbridge effective nine April two thousand nineteen. Mr Williams, please. Um this is a similar m uh measure that's uh previously been discussed and as you know the the council approved the hiring of uh [0:18:37, 0:18:57]: City planner. And so what this does is now that we've moved all the building inspection services and the other related development services, including fire marshal services, to the city, this is the last piece to bring the the actual planning. So what this does is it essentially authorizes the notification of Henry County that we are taking [0:18:58, 0:19:03]: Yeah, and planning and planning effective tomorrow. Okay, is there a second [0:19:03, 0:19:05]: I second. There you go. Any further discussion? [0:19:06, 0:19:08]: All favor, please indicate. [0:19:08, 0:19:28]: Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you. New business. Council consider Council consideration to approve the request for use of the Test Strickland Community Center 1 May 2019 for a Greater Atlanta Home Builders Association luncheon. And I'll make this presentation for the council here. I've been asked to speak to the Greater Atlanta Home Builders Association 1 May at the Test Strickland Community Center. [0:19:29, 0:19:34]: at the quarterly chapter meeting. Normally this gathering has about six or so individuals from real estate and development industry. [0:19:35, 0:19:38]: who would like to learn more about the opportunities to develop and invest in the Stockbridge community. [0:19:39, 0:19:45]: I will be hosting a lunch where I would then be the keynote speaker and deliver remarks similar to the state of the city. [0:19:45, 0:19:58]: I look forward to the opportunity to present the state of the city to this association and provide them with information of the newly adopted comprehensive plan, our vision of downtown, sound financial standing of the city, key points on which it's important to those who choose to invest in our city. [0:19:58, 0:20:01]: I really appreciate your consideration to use the test stricken facility. [0:20:01, 0:20:05]: as a welcome opportunity to convey the Greater Lantern Home Builders Association [0:20:06, 0:20:08]: Wonderful opportunities had to present themselves at City of Stockbridge. [0:20:09, 0:20:23]: And of course, if you all approve that, uh besides the council being there, if you're more than welcome, the city manager, assistant city manager um um know will be accompanying me for this particular activity. So I'd like for you to uh ask for approval to have this on one May at Ted Strickland. [0:20:23, 0:20:43]: Ms. Mayor. Yes, ma'am. I can do we have fucking discussed this. Yeah well yeah well discussed. Go ahead. You got a comment? I do. Um I was familiar with this event um because it was emailed um and our economic development director was working on it and Miss Camilla Moore. Um so the email thing [0:20:43, 0:21:03]: Thread stated from Ms. Moore that um it didn't have to, because at first initially it was asked that I would host, um, but Ms. Moore b um came back and said there was no need that it can come through community development. So I guess if Ms. Moore can elaborate to see how right now it's coming before mayor and council. [0:21:03, 0:21:07]: [1267.3, 1276.5]: Um indicated that it didn't have to because it would come through community development. So I'm kind of confused. Right. At the present time, it was about us unveiling. [0:21:16, 0:21:36]: Building and permitting. And from my understanding, it has changed to be more of your address. So at the time that we talked about it, we were supposed to be unveiling building, permitting, and the whole agenda was supposed to be about exposing to builders how you do business and how you come through the building and permitting. [0:21:36, 0:21:38]: division of the city. [0:21:39, 0:21:59]: So that's why I said at that point in time, if it was going to be our unveiling, then it would be through our department. From our understanding, since that time, it has changed and they want to do something else. It's not about building and permitting, it's really about giving you an opportunity to speak and to give your state of the the [0:21:59, 0:22:10]: city address. But let me clarify as I mentioned the comments there. [0:22:10, 0:22:15]: Okay? So so in the process of what you initially want to do, it can still occur. [0:22:16, 0:22:26]: Okay. Yes sir. Go right ahead. So I just want to follow up on her quote. I wasn't. I just want to do a follow up. Um so I was just be with be would h think [0:22:26, 0:22:46]: that you would just be in an addition. So it could but I guess like you said, and I'm glad you clarifying. So if that changed and you okay, then I'm okay with it. Um I just know that the communication so right. If it was a department thing, it's just like um right now if the department puts on a event for education [0:22:46, 0:23:06]: Education, community development, then it will be the department that were doing that event. So therefore it would not have needed to come before mayor and council. But if it is something that's being sponsored by one of you, then it moves it from being a department event to being something else. So I mean, whatever it is y'all want us to do, we're available, but I was just sharing with you. [0:23:06, 0:23:26]: Initially it was gonna be like the permitting and building show. Right. Right. And now we can s we will step back and yield to, you know, it being a a welcome and state of the union and all of that. I've just changed it that the agenda has changed. Okay. Well, I think it's a chance. Which puts it back before. And I just want to say, Mayor, um, it was ask of me, but I'm okay because you're the mayor. [0:23:26, 0:23:38]: Mayor and I would definitely be there to support. So I'm okay with that. All right, fine. Absolutely. Mr. Alexander, you have something to say, sir? Yes, I just wanna understand'cause I think we kinda all have had these discussions uh with Mr. Touchdown. He set this up or [0:23:39, 0:23:41]: Uh initially had some conversation with me, yes. [0:23:41, 0:23:54]: Yeah, because that's where's uh part of gonna be a tour or something to go along with that too, or is that incorporated in the I believe that is the case. I would have to double check with uh uh these two the assistant manager or city manager, I'll make sure of that. [0:23:55, 0:23:56]: That was a part of the process. [0:23:56, 0:24:00]: Absolutely. I don't know if it's part of the process or not. Do you need to answer that? I d I don't know. [0:24:02, 0:24:22]: I'm in full support of that because uh I I don't know about a tour, but you know, we had uh brought to Mayor and Council that once we set up building and permitting the developers day, which is supposed to be scheduled, but it wasn't necessarily a part of this. It was gonna be a part of the unveiling of our uh permitted building division and [0:24:22, 0:24:42]: And having developers come in and then they would take a tour and then we would tour the city of all of the available properties that we have available. But that was a developer's day and tours that was at another point in time. I'm not sure if there was supposed to be a tour on this day. [0:24:42, 0:24:42]: Yeah. [0:24:42, 0:24:52]: I didn't know anybody in turf for this particular event. I would think that it'll be adjusted to another day another day when the community director and Mr. Tutson would probably establish something else. Okay? That's what I [0:24:53, 0:25:13]: I I'm okay with either way. I just want to make sure that we're going to follow through with a tour because that's what I'd ask you. I would say I would say yes on the tour. I would say it's not scheduled on that particular day. Okay. Okay, yes, ma'am. Thank you. Mayor, is this your event or is it the Greater Atlanta home builders? Greater Atlanta home event. Okay, but I'm planning to be the guest speaker at the event and talk [0:25:13, 0:25:21]: Talk to him further about what I stated in reference to economic development and our opportunities to invest within the city itself. If it was your event. [0:25:21, 0:25:25]: I'm okay with it, but it's not your event. [0:25:25, 0:25:28]: We're back to the policy of people [0:25:28, 0:25:29]: We would start [0:25:29, 0:25:39]: another um precedent where people would constantly ask us if those that's like someone saying, Okay, we want Mayor Ford to come and speak at our event and then [0:25:39, 0:25:53]: by the way, we want the building for free. And I I don't mean it in in a a negative light. It's just that we've set this policy up. There's a budget in place that has been in place um [0:25:53, 0:26:13]: And what we've seen is in the past three years, we have injected money from our fund balance over a hundred thousand three years ago, and now it's up to three hundred and twenty-five fifty thousand dollars. And what we did was we adopted a policy last month. Last month, the um just two weeks ago. [0:26:13, 0:26:16]: That basically stated that [0:26:16, 0:26:36]: You know, although we would love to help everyone and these organizations, and these are home builders, by the way, and developers, although we want to help everyone, if it's not a council or s a city initiative and we have a policy in place, then they have to go and pay a discipline. [0:26:36, 0:26:38]: Now, [0:26:39, 0:26:59]: I know Mr. Touchden is not here, but also I'm aware when we do RFQs and RFPs, we usually have informational meetings and th that's such right here in the chamber. And I don't see that being any different. I think that this is one particular organization and some of [0:26:59, 0:27:04]: the developers may be a part of that, some may not. But if it's your event. [0:27:05, 0:27:06]: then you know [0:27:07, 0:27:17]: I would go by based off of the policy, but this is their event and I I can't agree with that. Okay. One second please. Mr uh mister Mr attorney, Mike, you were gonna say something, sir. [0:27:18, 0:27:30]: If I can uh just take it suggest to the mayor that um I believe the mayor misspoke because what was intended was for us to essentially [0:27:30, 0:27:35]: м асюм ди операціонали с мітин анхост [0:27:35, 0:27:55]: Um and so that it would be the city's event um with the mayor making the request so that it would be consistent with the policy and and that's why the the stuff about the having a tour and the briefings and and and all that was was part of this. But I your point is well taken, but but the intention was that this would be a city [0:27:55, 0:27:56]: hosted function. [0:27:57, 0:27:59]: Okay. Okay. Go raise it. [0:28:00, 0:28:01]: Um [0:28:02, 0:28:03]: Mr. Williams. [0:28:03, 0:28:12]: The mayor just said himself is not his. So you're saying something that's contrary to what he's just stated. And let me just make this clear. [0:28:13, 0:28:32]: That when we talk about development and and opportunities in the city of Stockbridge, I would rather for that to come from our economic development director, our um uh uh uh community development director, our city manager. If we're talking about what opportunities builders have in the city of Stockbridge. And so when you come and say that [0:28:33, 0:28:35]: Вот хі щодався. [0:28:35, 0:28:42]: versus what we just got, uh, that becomes interesting because that's not in line with anything he just said. [0:28:42, 0:28:58]: May I please quit me. If I if I understood, uh Councilwoman Gantt, you would not be opposed to it being hosted at City Council Chambers. I want to make sure. Correct. I I don't have a problem with it being like an informational and open to [0:28:59, 0:29:10]: all developers and I'm saying it's I don't want it just gr geared only towards nothing against Greater Atlanta Home Builders Association on you know, the southern um region here, but [0:29:11, 0:29:25]: It would be open to anyone, any developers, investors, whomever that needs to discuss or learn our new up to date building codes, what our new permitting, um, or whatever that plan is. And it doesn't seem like [0:29:26, 0:29:27]: Um [0:29:27, 0:29:31]: That was the agenda um based off of [0:29:31, 0:29:36]: what I've heard thus far. If we were gonna do that, some type of program of that sort [0:29:36, 0:29:37]: You know, but [0:29:38, 0:29:43]: and and th then I'm okay with it. But we have a policy and it al as tough as it is. [0:29:44, 0:29:49]: We've got to stop somewhere the bleeding, and in addition to that. [0:29:49, 0:29:50]: Um you know [0:29:51, 0:29:56]: I know Councilwoman Robinson had just stated that they asked her. [0:29:56, 0:30:01]: to sponsor the event or you know as an initiative іні ініціали [0:30:01, 0:30:02]: And [0:30:03, 0:30:07]: And so once again we're back into people calling us to do something. [0:30:07, 0:30:15]: to have something to sponsor. And so we wanna be really careful about that. Because we're getting more and more every day. [0:30:15, 0:30:19]: Mayor. [0:30:20, 0:30:40]: Since my name is being stated, I want to clear it up that I made sure that I had our community development director a part of the email thread. That email thread stated that the community development department would be spearheading [0:30:40, 0:30:57]: Once that took place, that's where it was left. So this is new to me. So when that came from the Economic Development Director and the Community Development Director, and which is also our assistant manager, Camilla Moore. So again. [0:30:57, 0:30:59]: We're trying to bring [0:30:59, 0:31:19]: things here to our community that is going to make sure that it's showing stop bridge being top notch. So anytime we have the ability to show our city to these builders and if we're blank bringing in planning and zoning and we want them to clearly know what our standards are. [0:31:19, 0:31:35]: This is a wonderful opportunity. If the mayor is willing to speak, like I said, moving myself aside, if the mayor is going to speak, I think he should. Now, what I think my suggestion would be go back. [0:31:35, 0:31:55]: to the community development department and having the mayor as the sp as a speaker because he's speaking for our city. That's how I think it should be, so that way we can move forward. So that way how it is on the agenda, it should not be a problem. All right. So one second. Uh so I like [0:31:55, 0:32:07]: that I like re like recommendation. Fine, so be it. I mean community director has a meeting full of his builders and whatnot and uh I can be present and give a a speech. It's uh speak is as well. So that's fine with me. So be it. Yes sir, go right ahead. [0:32:08, 0:32:09]: I I think that uh [0:32:10, 0:32:30]: Sometimes you can get caught in the weeds on things like this. This is a great event. It really is. No matter how we do it, I want to do it appropriately. I want to do it correctly. But this event uh uh is what we need. We need these home builders from all over uh Metro Atlanta. [0:32:30, 0:32:31]: To descend on our city. [0:32:32, 0:32:52]: We need to showcase what we have available at the gateway 20 minutes to the city of Atlanta so they can come here and understand. We don't have a lot of housing starts here where McDonough is booming, Hampton is booming. We have to do something to generate those housing housing starts. [0:32:52, 0:33:04]: starts and these builders come into town, they pull the trigger on housing starts, property acquisition, and all of the above. If we want our downtown to be to redevelop, [0:33:04, 0:33:24]: Bringing them to downtown, there's nothing better that we could possi possibly do than to make that happen. So I'm willing to support it either way that we do it, because it is the right thing to do. And I don't see a problem with you taking it as your initiative. You can do initiatives as well. It could be done that way if that's the way it's going to be. [0:33:24, 0:33:43]: way that you want to do it. I think your desire is to make this happen. Well which in in which capacity it happens. Is that correct? Yeah it is my desire. But but if it will council, I mean let the community director can manage this and I'll just be present, I'll give a spiel speak. I mean I'll I'll be there regardless. I'm gonna be there regardless. So uh yes sir. [0:33:44, 0:33:45]: Thank you, Cameron. [0:33:47, 0:33:54]: Granted, the merit of this initiative is great. It's no doubt about that. [0:33:54, 0:33:57]: I I think what we're missing here is [0:33:59, 0:34:04]: It is the council's responsibility and obligation to set policies [0:34:05, 0:34:09]: to make the city run smooth smoothly. [0:34:11, 0:34:14]: The reason why we created a facility use [0:34:15, 0:34:26]: is to get away from letting others use us to come and present their program or to do their program. [0:34:27, 0:34:31]: So I think the key here is not to debate the merit. [0:34:32, 0:34:33]: Of this initiative. [0:34:34, 0:34:36]: But how do we allow [0:34:37, 0:34:39]: These type of [0:34:40, 0:34:42]: Information, if you will. [0:34:42, 0:34:44]: Go forward. [0:34:44, 0:34:50]: that will move this city forward and will better this city. This is why we uh [0:34:51, 0:35:02]: going back and forth with the facility use. And until we really iron that out, I I think we're gonna have this problem. And I just say this to the citizen, [0:35:03, 0:35:07]: We have folks coming at us from all directions. [0:35:09, 0:35:18]: to get us to get these facilities so they can come and do that event. Some of them are worthy. [0:35:19, 0:35:21]: Some of them may not be but [0:35:22, 0:35:42]: But it's the policy that we need to clear out and iron out to separate legitimate uh initiatives and programs that are coming forward. The thing that struck me was someone mentioned, uh may it may have been the city attorney saying that uh it was scheduled to be a city event. [0:35:42, 0:35:42]: And [0:35:43, 0:35:44]: Which would have been great. [0:35:44, 0:35:48]: If that information had came to us as a body. [0:35:48, 0:35:53]: And we could have said yay or nay. But if this had come to us as a city initiative and [0:35:54, 0:36:00]: We would not be in this predicament right now. So my my issue is my point is [0:36:01, 0:36:02]: Communication [0:36:03, 0:36:07]: And putting a policy in place that will address [0:36:07, 0:36:11]: All of these kind of things. And this is what we're trying to do. [0:36:12, 0:36:24]: I would never get into debating the merit of the council on aging, uh what we're trying to do to bring uh building into our city to make our city better. [0:36:25, 0:36:38]: But we as a council has to flesh this out and put the policy in place that will address all of these things. And everyone up here at this diet know that we are bombarded with calls. Um [0:36:39, 0:36:44]: Get this facility for me so I can do this. Get this facility me for me so I can do that. [0:36:45, 0:36:45]: Citizen [0:36:46, 0:36:50]: This is where the conflict is for us. [0:36:50, 0:36:51]: To try to iron this out. [0:36:52, 0:36:55]: I still say counsel that we need to [0:36:56, 0:37:10]: get a better grip and a better understanding of this policy, this facility use policy. And I think that's the issue. Not the merit of one program versus another program. And we don't want to put another program versus another program. [0:37:10, 0:37:17]: If we do the policy correct, then those worthwhile initiative will go through that. [0:37:18, 0:37:24]: And we'll be able to to do that, to move this city forward. That's the bottom line for me, is to move this city forward. [0:37:25, 0:37:34]: But we have the responsibility to set these policies and to make this city run smooth. So if we need to go back to the drawing board, so be it. But [0:37:35, 0:37:38]: We need to do this so we would not look like this. [0:37:40, 0:37:45]: So we will not look like this going back and forth about [0:37:46, 0:37:52]: This initiative or this program versus that program. It's not about that. [0:37:53, 0:37:53]: So [0:37:54, 0:38:04]: That's just my concern and if we have to go back to the drawing board to make sure that the facility use policy is in place and it's correct, then that's what we do. [0:38:05, 0:38:07]: And and that's my recommendation. Um [0:38:09, 0:38:16]: I think the merit of this program is great. But again, if you're talking about realtors and land developers. [0:38:17, 0:38:20]: To rent the Ted is a drop in the bucket for them. [0:38:20, 0:38:33]: So that's where I'm a little confused. If it's a city initiative, we all should have been um exposed to this and say yeah or nay with this and we could have just gone forward with this. But it didn't come to us. It didn't come to me. [0:38:34, 0:38:35]: Okay. [0:38:36, 0:38:37]: Yes, go right, please. [0:38:37, 0:38:57]: Mr. Knighton, uh but you had asked me a question and I just wanted to clarify. If in fact you guys are doing an informational here in the chambers for everyone, not just for one particular organization, I'm fine with that. That's not the intent of what I'm saying. I'm saying that it should be something that again the community [0:38:57, 0:39:17]: Community development director would handle in regards to discussing the permitting. We now have our own fire marshal and the new process that we have and help walk through that as a community for everyone. So I'm not objecting to that. And the mayor would be there and he could speak. [0:39:17, 0:39:32]: speak as well there, but it would I mean they said about sixty people approximately and it's a informational. I don't see a reason why it wouldn't be like an informational just as it is for RFQ or RFP. So that's where I stand. [0:39:34, 0:39:50]: All right. If well if that type of um session, if you will, uh were arranged and developers were invited, all developers or whomever were invited, including the Greater Atlanta Home Builders Association. [0:39:51, 0:39:55]: um as an informational setting to discuss her permitting and and [0:39:55, 0:40:00]: plan review and things of that nature, would that be acceptable if if I understand your statement correctly? [0:40:02, 0:40:03]: Yeah. [0:40:04, 0:40:24]: If it's it's for the for everyone, not a particular group or of people, if it's here and I say have it in chambers, have an informational here. Um just like you do any other thing. But um as far as this motion is concerned, I'm not you know, it's [0:40:24, 0:40:32]: I d I mean and we don't know the agenda of we I mean it's just a lot. So let me let me mention this. So otherwise if this metro [0:40:32, 0:40:45]: homeowners association wanted to uh coincide with the community director and and and and if it's just specifically for them, if it's this specific for them, then they will have to pay a certain charge for the rental of the facility. Is that correct? [0:40:46, 0:40:51]: That's what I'm hearing from the discussion. Okay. All right. So [0:40:52, 0:41:06]: No, I believe what she was saying is that to open up to everybody and uh coming here to City Hall. I'm uh what I'm going what I'm going as that if this was specifically for them [0:41:06, 0:41:10]: This home association they need to build association it's gonna be a tad. [0:41:10, 0:41:27]: Th I think the process would be that they would have to purchase that or rent that for that time frame and the community director or myself or whatever the council could be present for that is what I was getting at, based on her comments. Yes sir. Can I speak? Yes, yes you well, yes you can. Yeah, I'm sorry, what back up for a second yes ma'am, come. [0:41:27, 0:41:28]: Well now the thing is that [0:41:30, 0:41:45]: certain things we're talking about facilities just the economic development policy that if it be HR, if it be community development, if we were sponsoring for the public, which meant that um [0:41:49, 0:42:00]: That for commercial, retail, residential, here's an unveil for how stock bridge is going to be permanent building. And we have [0:42:03, 0:42:03]: Okay. [0:42:06, 0:42:06]: Okay. [0:42:11, 0:42:14]: of this community there is no charm. [0:42:14, 0:42:18]: Okay. Yeah, yeah. And we can I can I can go along with that. [0:42:19, 0:42:39]: Okay, thank you. Yes, sir. Yes, I I I I uh that would be uh one a a way to go. To me this is a economic development um initiative uh itself in that um area or that genre where it needs to go. Okay. But in terms of [0:42:39, 0:42:54]: of uh of of your involvement and to me if you took it as as as as your initiative as we said before, it would be something that you uh could choose to do. Because uh with all due respect to Councilwoman Gantt, [0:42:54, 0:43:12]: These home builders and these developers don't want to come and sit in these seats. They're accustomed to coming to an event where there's food served or there's some type of gathering or event where they're here. For some reason we haven't been able to get them to come. [0:43:12, 0:43:32]: And when they come, you want to roll out the red carpet for them. Uh, and I agree that it should be everyone and not just this one organization, but to simply invite them to City Hall and say, sit in these empty seats and talk to us, that's not gonna get it done. What they want is they want you to to come and uh s [0:43:32, 0:43:52]: So speak, not don't take this verbate, but wine and dine them a little bit and and welcome them to the community so they can come and eat and have a break and understand a little bit and have a little um little chatter with you doing during the meal, not just uh you presenting to them. So that would be my point. [0:43:52, 0:44:09]: No matter what we do, we do need to have it at the TED or maybe even Merrill Manders to just make sure that we uh roll out the red carpet for these individuals so that they come here and they understand our commitment because this is a cell celebration. [0:44:09, 0:44:12]: Of the planning and zoning being unveiled. [0:44:12, 0:44:31]: And the way that we're gonna wrap it with a bowl and it's gonna be the best program possible here in Stockbridge. Right. So on that n on that note, so otherwise, I guess the initial concept was that the community director, your department would uh uh run with this particular uh plan this pr particular event and then myself along with the council would be [0:44:31, 0:44:38]: would come with that and open it up to the public and we can have it to Ted, I w I'm assuming, with no problem on May first,'cause time's a ticking. [0:44:38, 0:44:39]: In this aspect. [0:44:40, 0:44:46]: So Mayor. Yes, Mayor. If I may. I think that what I'm saying and just so you guys clarify I I [0:44:46, 0:45:06]: I heard what Councilman Alexander said and it's very similar. I think we're pretty much close there. I think that it needs to be a city event if it's gonna be an event and it's gonna be open to everyone. And that's gonna take some planning and some time. Um I'm saying that the Georgia's Atlanta Home Builders Association to make [0:45:06, 0:45:26]: Date is probably not something that's gonna happen if it's for specifically a Georgia's Atlanta Homeowners Home Builders Association. The reason why that's a association that pays membership dues, just like the Quality of Growth and the Henry County Chamber and everyone else. It is a membership. [0:45:26, 0:45:28]: Membership do driven. [0:45:29, 0:45:49]: organization. And so what I'm saying is when we have an event, just like we have um our Christmas gala or our um any any kind of like I mentioned when we do our bids it's not necessarily an event it's informational. Um or if there were some type of class [0:45:49, 0:46:02]: classes or something that is geared towards everyone, then so be it. But this particular event is the request of Georgia Atlanta Home Builders Association on that particular day. [0:46:02, 0:46:02]: All right. [0:46:02, 0:46:14]: Uh Mr Williams, once again, based on a new policy, if if I want to make it my initiative, per chance. I mean, I have that opportunity but by the policy since I have not done that attend stricken thus far this year, is that correct? [0:46:15, 0:46:16]: That's correct in the caveat. [0:46:19, 0:46:20]: Okay. [0:46:23, 0:46:31]: Okay. That you know, if if they come then fine, but but it's it it's not necessarily a partnership. [0:46:32, 0:46:32]: Mayor. [0:46:33, 0:46:35]: Okay. Yes sir. Go right ahead. [0:46:36, 0:46:56]: I would like for us to go ahead and move with the vote because when we talk about policies, the policies are in place. All we have to do is read the policies. I mean, we're spending thirty minutes of the of time here talking about something and all we have to do is read the policies. Why don't we go ahead and make the vote what adjustments we need to make to make it happen or don't happen? Then they those adjustments to be made. [0:46:56, 0:46:57]: [2818.0, 2820.9]: Talking about something and all everybody needs to do is read the policy. [0:47:04, 0:47:17]: I so I I did I made not that motion was not I didn't make a motion. I didn't make mo I there's no motion on the floor because I don't think I can make a motion as a mayor in this aspect. So a motion has to be made. Presentation's been uh brought to you. And uh so [0:47:19, 0:47:24]: I'd like to see accept a move. Yes, sir. [0:47:25, 0:47:45]: We withdraw this initiative. The way um Mrs. Moore presented that, that should have been the way it should have uh come to us uh from that department. And I think if it had come to us that way, we would not be where we are now. And I think [0:47:45, 0:47:58]: um from any department if they approach this city council um off script offline before we get to this point so we have a better understanding of how this is going to impact the city. [0:47:59, 0:48:13]: Everything should have an impact on the city. And I think if if if if that department had come to us, and there's no reflection here because I understand where the mirror is with this, but if it had come that way. [0:48:14, 0:48:22]: We would not be here and as we all stated, there is a facility policy in you. And so for you, Mayor, to [0:48:22, 0:48:23]: Come with it. [0:48:23, 0:48:28]: and have them attached to you, si that's the conflict there. [0:48:29, 0:48:32]: But if it's coming from a department, then it's city. [0:48:33, 0:48:38]: And we can all jump on board and say this is good for the city. It's impactful for the city. [0:48:39, 0:48:44]: That's why the policy is in play. So I would move that we push back [0:48:44, 0:49:04]: And withdraw this and let Mrs. Moore come back and include others developers in this realm and open this up. Invite all of them here and let this be impactful for the city of Stockbridge. Because it's not the merit of the initiative, it's the way that we're going about. [0:49:04, 0:49:05]: Trying to do it. [0:49:06, 0:49:08]: That's my that's my that's my motion. [0:49:08, 0:49:08]: Right. [0:49:08, 0:49:13]: Motion is made. Is there a second? Second. Okay, any further discussion? [0:49:14, 0:49:15]: Uh yes, sir. [0:49:15, 0:49:17]: Go right ahead, you know, to me. [0:49:18, 0:49:20]: Uh you [0:49:20, 0:49:23]: And any council member up here is trying to lead. [0:49:24, 0:49:26]: You brought this initiative to us. [0:49:26, 0:49:46]: It has always been my belief, and you can go back and check my voting record. Anytime anybody up here asks for a silly facility, I trust them enough to give it to'em. And that's what I always do. Whether I agree with the event, it's not my initiative, I didn't bring it to the city. [0:49:46, 0:49:55]: all for the greater good. So in this instance, as the mayor of the city, I think you should be able to lead on this issue and be able to [0:49:56, 0:50:16]: Have whatever event that you choose to have, because no matter how it came to us, we should trust you enough to lead us and say this is what we're going to do. Just like if anybody up here made that suggestion and brought it to us, I would vote for it every time because that's [0:50:16, 0:50:36]: That's what we were elected to do in order to lead. We're beating this issue to death when it is, you brought it to us. I trust you enough to vote to it, and I would vote for it today, uh, under the city auspices or even under your auspices if you chose to uh bring it and say, you know what, I wanted to give a speech. It's a great thing. [0:50:36, 0:50:43]: That you want to invite the Home Builders Association here because even though they're a dues-paying organization. [0:50:43, 0:51:02]: They are a multitude of different companies. They're not one company. It's not like one company is coming here and we're throwing them all of the business. It's builders, all tons of builders that will be able to come and partake in this particular thing. I think sometimes we get so caught up in [0:51:03, 0:51:23]: The policy, why and sometimes you have to ask yourself why is the policy does not give the mayor of the city enough flexibility to have an event that he so chooses to have. It is when when the policy is that restrictive, you have to ask, is it an appropriate policy? And you might need to go back and re-examine it. [0:51:23, 0:51:38]: Because if anybody up here, one of these people brought something to me and they said, I want to have it at the city, my hands are gonna go up and I'm gonna vote it for'em because that is what you should do and you allow sh you allow your leaders to do. All right. Appreciate it. Any other comments for discussion? [0:51:39, 0:51:41]: Mr. Mayor, my last comment if I may. [0:51:43, 0:51:47]: The mayor is a part of the council, no more, no less than [0:51:48, 0:51:50]: Why create a policy? [0:51:52, 0:51:55]: If you're going to conflict that policy. [0:51:56, 0:52:07]: The policy is out front, it's out first. So I'm not going to go against a policy that we've already created for no individual here on this council. [0:52:08, 0:52:15]: Again, it's not about the merit of that. We have created created a policy to govern. [0:52:16, 0:52:18]: How we move forward. [0:52:18, 0:52:36]: But that last comment is saying, okay, because it's the mayor, let's go against the policy that we just created. I'm gonna feel a certain kind of way. I'm a council member. So I can come with a come with an initiative and I'm gonna say, hey, go against the policy because I'm a council person. No. [0:52:36, 0:52:38]: The policy is in place for a reason. [0:52:39, 0:52:59]: Let's adhere to the policy. Again, we can accomplish the very same thing that we want that's gonna impact this city and to move this city forward, just bring it in a different direction. And my motion still stands. All right, so we got a motion, we got a second, another comment. Go right ahead. My last and out of due respect to the mayor. [0:52:59, 0:53:19]: in the position. Um the mayor um is voted as the mayor and everyone knows that when they go to vote. There's policy that is in place here at the city that the council has done. The council um we do not sign checks, the mayor does. So the mayor is not in line with the council all the way. So I [0:53:19, 0:53:33]: I just wanna make sure that is clear because the citizens vote for a mayor and he is the face of the city. So there should be certain things that our mayor should be out front. So I disagree with that and we need to [0:53:33, 0:53:53]: As leaders, learn to respect and and and honor positions because even with me, yes, I'm an elected council member, but I do know that the mayor is also elected. And if you look, a lot of people more so see in the front of a city is the mayor. So the reason why we're [0:53:53, 0:54:13]: We're here is because the policies are put in place by this council. So again, I support the mayor. We just said that we can make the change, the adjustment for Mrs. Moore to lead it as the community development director. We still have time because it was already in the [0:54:13, 0:54:21]: The planning phase, but we're going back and forth, back and forth, because at the same time we need to understand. [0:54:21, 0:54:41]: There is a position there, and it's a position there for a reason. The council does not have an office here at City Hall, but the mayor does. So when we try to compare and say he's no more, no less, I disagree with that. So we need to honor and respect the position because I will remove myself. [0:54:41, 0:54:46]: myself as a council member and when I elect, I elect a mayor. [0:54:47, 0:54:52]: Okay. So thank you. All right. On that note, we'll stop all the comments and we'll take the vote and then we'll move on. [0:54:52, 0:54:54]: So all in favor of motion, please indicate. [0:54:57, 0:55:00]: All opposed. Three two motion passes. All right. [0:55:00, 0:55:03]: Now, cows number eight's been taken off. [0:55:03, 0:55:23]: Council consideration to approve the request to use the Test Strickland Community Center on uh April nineteenth, twenty nineteen, from six PM to nine PM for the Youth Council Art Show. Presented by Councilwoman Robinson, please. Thank you, Mayor. Um this was on the calendar for a while and I'm actually presenting this as I've have done in the past because I'm the youth council the liaison. [0:55:23, 0:55:43]: However, I did want to publicly let that be known um that at the end of this term, I will have advised Mayor and Council that I will be stepping down um and going out as a council initiative doing a different program um that will remove politics from our young people. So with this being stated. [0:55:43, 0:56:03]: Um the youth have decided that they want to do an end-of-the-year event, which is their art show. Um they've actually had meetings, they've discussed on their own on how they're gonna do different things with this art show. So they're looking to um use the facilities on April the 19th from 6 to 9 p.m. [0:56:03, 0:56:10]: um for their art show. They have put out flyers um to um their s their um [0:56:11, 0:56:31]: Peers, um in reference to this art show, um, because it was approved by the advisory board as well. So all of this has been approved on items nine and ten when I um present this has been approved um by the um advisory board of the youth council. So again, Mayor, I would like to make a motion for [0:56:31, 0:56:42]: For the youth to be approved to use the Ted Strickland on April the nineteenth from six to nine PM for their art show. Okay, so the discussion. [0:56:43, 0:57:03]: Yes, could we go ahead and um do you want to go ahead and add the other one also we can go ahead and can we do that in just one motion? No no no no we'll take we'll take them separately. We'll take them separately, no problem. We'll take it separately. Any further discussion? Mayor. Yes ma'am. For clarification, uh Councilwoman Robinson, you stated um at the end of this term, I just want you to specify [0:57:03, 0:57:17]: uh the term because is in May. Not your election term, but Yes, yes. There this the term for these students for twenty eighteen, twenty nineteen, their term ends in May and that's when I would end my term with them in May. [0:57:18, 0:57:24]: Any further discussion? Okay, if not, all in favor of the motion please indicate one one discussion. [0:57:24, 0:57:44]: Go right ahead. Um in regards to the process of this on April nineteenth, that's fine. However, I understand the advisory board voted in favor of it just for clarification purposes. The council still has to vote whether or not to utilize facilities. Um and that's what we're doing here today. So [0:57:44, 0:57:52]: Yes, the advisory board it could have went through and they could have had they could have talked about it, but the council still has to [0:57:53, 0:57:54]: Vote for it. [0:57:54, 0:58:01]: And today on Facebook it's already being advertised. So it's being advertised prematurely. [0:58:01, 0:58:21]: Um because we haven't voted for the use of it yet. Even though I plan on voting for it. I'm just saying it was advertised prematurely and just to give them a heads up on that. Mayor. If I can um in the past we've never had this discussion because generally when it comes to our youth, if facilities are available [0:58:21, 0:58:36]: Um we've never had the um question of how they've advertised, but I will um let the advisory board know um Councilwoman Gantt's um concerns for few for their future um notices. Right. Okay. [0:58:36, 0:58:40]: Okay, motions on the floor has been seconded. All in favor of motion, please indicate. [0:58:40, 0:58:41]: Okay, thank you very much. [0:58:42, 0:58:47]: Council consideration approved the request to use Murray Manners Conference Center, May fourth, twenty nineteen. [0:58:47, 0:59:07]: Twelve PM which is noon to four PM for the youth council workshop. Miss Robinson, please. Yes. Um again, this is the end of the year that the students will do every year. Um if there's any of well, I'm just saying every year that they've done the past two years that I have um been um the council liaison. Um moving forward, I don't know what they will do, but [0:59:07, 0:59:27]: generally is something that is on their calendar to do at the end of the year. This one would be the use to do a workshop that they're going to do at the Merle Manders Conference Center. Theeis would be on a Friday. I did check and and the availability is there. And the time if you look at it, it is available. And back [0:59:27, 0:59:47]: Basically what they will be doing, they will be utilizing the outside, the parking lot, and parts of the downstairs with the balcony is to do their workshop. So this is more so an outdoor event of the Merle. However, they will have one some of the rooms at the floor level. Um so they'll have their refreshments. [0:59:47, 1:00:07]: and different things. Um and so I would like to make a motion for the youth council to be able to complete their youth council workshop on May the 4th from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. Is there a second? Second. Any further discussion? May 4? Yes ma'am. Just for clarification, you said Friday. If been May 4th is actually a Saturday. [1:00:07, 1:00:10]: But I mean Saturday, I'm sorry. It is available. Yes. [1:00:11, 1:00:13]: All favor of motion, please indicate. [1:00:14, 1:00:34]: Okay, Shanas. Thank you very much. Thank you. And I and Mayor, if I can add, please support these young people. Um, because they've done a lot. Um, it takes a lot. Um, with they have extra curricular activities that they have at school. So they're putting their young minds together, creating all of this. So I would ask my colleagues and also everyone to please support them. [1:00:34, 1:00:52]: Thank you. Thank you. Council consideration to approve printing and marketing services for the city to be awarded to Curtis 1000, subsidiary of Taylor Strategic Relationships, T S R. E. Contract 111815. See if stopper is contract number two zero one nine zero zero eight P [1:00:52, 1:01:12]: Not to exceed fifty thousand dollars, presented by Miss Lindell Miller, please. Good afternoon, Mayor. Council. Afternoon. City staff is requesting approval to utilize a cooperative contract, which was um competitively bid through SourceWill uh for an annual amount not to exceed fifty thousand dollars for our printing and marketing service. [1:01:12, 1:01:16]: services more specifically for our new branding launching. [1:01:16, 1:01:35]: Okay, thank you. Any questions, Council for Miss Miller? Yes, uh just if I could. Tell us about the uh the the the uh the award recipient or the person who has been chosen a little bit more. Are they a local company or is there somebody that uh that might a uh be here local or is it just someone else? [1:01:36, 1:01:54]: Uh no. The contract was awarded by SourceWill, which is NJ which was formerly known as NJPA. It's a cooperative, meaning that it's utilized from most um purchasing agencies or government entities throughout the the country. That allows us to get more competitive bidding and competitive pricing. Um [1:01:54, 1:02:14]: In the back, attached, is a is a copy um of the actual award. The award was made to uh Taylor Strategic Relationship. Um also a subsidiary is Curtis, and they're not local. It's not a local company, but it's being utilized for most of most of our huge branding um projects. [1:02:14, 1:02:20]: projects. Okay. Any more questions for Ms. Miller? If not I need a motion, please. [1:02:21, 1:02:28]: Mayor, I move that we approve the um printing and marking services for the city to be awarded to Curtis One Thousand. [1:02:28, 1:02:29]: Okay, so. [1:02:30, 1:02:31]: Okay, the second down. Any further discussion? [1:02:32, 1:02:34]: If not, all in favor please indicate. [1:02:35, 1:02:37]: Okay, thank you very much. Thank you, Ms. Miller. [1:02:38, 1:02:45]: Council consideration to approve RFQ for qualified contractors to bid on the amphitheater project. Mr. Knighton, please. [1:02:45, 1:02:53]: Yes, if you would give me just one moment, sir, I wanted to bring something up here. [1:03:06, 1:03:09]: All right. Uh mayor and council. Um [1:03:10, 1:03:30]: We wanted to come before you this evening and um seek your approval to move forward uh with an RFQ for qualified bidders for the amphitheater project. As you can see here on the screen, this is a rendering, merely a rendering in concept of the amphitheater proposed amphitheater project. [1:03:30, 1:03:41]: Uh the actual bidders uh will be bidding on one hundred percent construction uh documents. Uh this will be a two-tiered process in which we will qualify bidders first. [1:03:41, 1:03:44]: And then we will go back out to get actual [1:03:44, 1:03:46]: Um um [1:03:46, 1:04:06]: bids uh on the uh amphitheater construct the construction component of the amphitheater project. Uh the overall rendering here uh depicts about um twelve to thirteen hundred fixed seating and then additional terrace seating uh for an overall capacity of uh just over three thousand about thirty two hundred [1:04:06, 1:04:13]: uh to three thousand um uh thirty f thirty two hundred, thirty five hundred, excuse me, uh full capacity. [1:04:13, 1:04:33]: As you can see, there are a number of box seats there. Off to the right, there is also a green room and terrace and a state-of-the-art stage. This will be, if uh built as we envision, a state-of-the-art amphitheater that will certainly be a catalyst for everything that we hope to see in the downtown. [1:04:33, 1:04:45]: area. So our request to you this evening is to allow us to move forward with seeking qualified bidders for this amphitheater project. [1:04:45, 1:04:50]: And again, we're moving in a two-tiered process given the magnitude and scope of this project. [1:04:50, 1:04:52]: The qualify bidders first. [1:04:52, 1:04:58]: And then go back out and then select an actual construction contractor. [1:04:58, 1:04:58]: Yeah. [1:04:59, 1:05:00]: Go right, please. Do you have a question? [1:05:00, 1:05:11]: Yes, sir. I want uh the city manager to when w when we as council and as a city endeavor to move forward with this amphitheater project. [1:05:11, 1:05:18]: Talk about the charge that we gave you and went what the goal and where the bar was set. [1:05:19, 1:05:31]: Well obviously through um several discussions that we had, um the the mayor and council uh want to have uh a um top-notch uh premier venue. [1:05:31, 1:05:36]: To provide for the citizens of the siti of Stockbridge and the режін. [1:05:36, 1:05:56]: We certainly expect that this amphitheater project will draw people throughout the state of Georgia, certainly throughout the Atlanta region, given the type of shows, concerts, stage plays, other events that we would envision having at this facility. We obviously have uh TSW, Turner Spengler and Walsh as an architect, which is a top architectural firm. [1:05:56, 1:06:03]: in the metropolitan Atlanta area, and we went through a painstaking process to get to this point. [1:06:03, 1:06:07]: А ви так туалет у инстрі. Евриван. [1:06:07, 1:06:10]: Who's an expert in sound? [1:06:10, 1:06:11]: And lighting. [1:06:12, 1:06:13]: in stage [1:06:14, 1:06:34]: uh in concessions and parking. We obviously visited a number of sites throughout the Metro Atlanta region and took components that we thought were would be the essential components of those particular amphitheater projects and we compiled them into this project that you see here. [1:06:33, 1:06:37]: [3998.1, 4010.1]: have been successful in other places. We've in incorporated those into this proposed project. And we think that the end product will be something that uh everyone in the city can be very proud of. Follow up. [1:06:51, 1:07:11]: Okay, any further questions? Follow up. In terms of um this particular project, you said that it was a two tier process. Give us a timeline on those two tiers and when you think uh roughly the construction will begin and how it will kinda lay out [1:07:11, 1:07:31]: for the public so they can understand this is not something we're looking at far off into the future. This is something that we're looking at uh moving forward with so the people so the public uh clearly understands this. And I think in add to what your previous comments were, we wanted the best amphitheater in the state of June. [1:07:31, 1:07:51]: Georgia. We did not want to just have a amphitheater, and I think you alluded to that we wanted the best in class, but and that's exactly where we wanted to go. Can you talk about the timetable on the two-tier process and the construction? Sure. There have been a number of components to this. Uh some have moved a little bit slower than we would have liked. However, uh it was incumbent upon the staff. [1:07:50, 1:08:10]: To make sure we got this right. And we feel very comfortable with where we are. Also, the addition of additional property also helped in the design of the amphitheater, which was very key to what you see here. We will put this out to bid within a week. [1:08:10, 1:08:30]: time frame. It will be out thirty days. Then we will receive those back, get your approval on the qualified bidder list, and then we will go out for the actual uh construction bids, which would likely be another 30 days. And at that point, once selection is made, we expect to break ground at that point. So we're looking at the early summer. [1:08:31, 1:08:31]: Okay. [1:08:31, 1:08:33]: Yeah. [1:08:33, 1:08:52]: Mayor, I move that we approve the RFQ for qualified contractors to bid on the amphitheater project. Second. Okay. Any further discussion? I do. Go right ahead, please. Um just to uh loosen up a little bit. Um Miss Moore, did you get my Mr's added? So when it's hot out there, like Disney? Okay. [1:08:52, 1:09:00]: Any other comments? Okay. Got a motion that's been seconded. All in favor of the motion, please indicate. There you go. Outstanding. Appreciate that. [1:09:00, 1:09:02]: All right. We're gonna go into comments. Um [1:09:02, 1:09:05]: Madam Clerk, we've got a three minute limit, need for you to run the clock. [1:09:07, 1:09:09]: Uh city manager, sir. What kind of comments do you have? [1:09:10, 1:09:30]: I've just wanted to again thank uh everyone for uh the staff for the wonderful job they do uh every day. I cannot tell you um how hard many of our staff members work uh each day to provide an excellent uh level of service uh to the citizens of um the city of Stockbridge. And um I see that the SPLOSS meeting is mentioned. [1:09:30, 1:09:50]: On here, so I will defer those comments until I guess the mayor will mention those, but I would encourage everyone to attend the SPLOSS meeting on the 16th of April to receive input. We want to receive everyone's input about the upcoming proposed SPLOSS specific to the city of Stockbridge. That'll be very important for us. [1:09:50, 1:10:05]: us as we uh move forward when drawing up a spLOS list of projects um that would move forward to a vote in November of this year. Thank you. That's all sir. Appreciate it. Madam Clerk. Okay. [1:10:12, 1:10:20]: Councilman Thomas, please, your comments. Thank you, Mayor. Just like to take this opportunity to reflect [1:10:20, 1:10:40]: Um our first responders, I just want to say thank you to all of them for their courage, their dedication, and their commitment to keep us safe here in the city of Stockbridge. As many of you know, um we had a private vigil um last week. Today we had [1:10:40, 1:11:00]: the first responders luncheon. Uh it was received well. All of the re responders really thanked us for recognizing them, what they do. I just want to take this opportunity to thank the my councilmates for supporting that initiative. [1:11:00, 1:11:20]: That's one of the initiatives that I take a uh great pride in in coming forward with. And I just want to say uh thanks to all of the first respondents, all of the staff. I want to thank our executive to the mayor and council, uh Mrs. Jackson, for her hard work and making sure. [1:11:20, 1:11:21]: [4282.0, 4302.0]: And uh and everyone that had a hand in this, uh, our PO, P I O officer, um, and everyone that had a hand in this, and I just want to say thank you. Um it was worthwhile today to be able to recognize and to thank all of our first responders and and they really uh appreciate it. [1:11:42, 1:12:02]: They was pretty tired. Um, I was told that many of them were resting, they had time off, and it it was reflected in the number, but um the thoughts still went out and um again I just want to say thank you for uh for the city of Thagrid to put that out there. Um [1:12:01, 1:12:21]: for all of our first responders. Thank you. And we do have one here. Let's take take a moment to um give um our first respondent that's here. Uh he's always here and we see him and so Officer Scott, we just wanted to thank you uh for as as a first responders uh here and [1:12:21, 1:12:22]: All right. [1:12:35, 1:12:35]: Thank you, sir. [1:12:41, 1:12:43]: Mayor Pro Tam Bont, please. [1:12:43, 1:13:00]: Yes, I wanna to also concur a lot of the sentiments by uh Councilman Thomas. Uh the first respondent luncheon was awesome. Um talking to a lot of the officers and first responders prior to uh today uh during the course of their uh [1:13:01, 1:13:18]: um gathering themselves and finding balance again. Uh my hearts go out to you, my friend, uh Officer Scott and and the rest that have um that was involved and the whole departments. Um I knew uh Officer Webb, he was the one that dove through the um [1:13:19, 1:13:39]: He was one that was involved pretty deeply. And uh his his courage and his and his endurance to really just want to stay in the game was was really he's a you all are heroes in my book. Um one of the things that took place Saturday was that we had a um prayer visual, which the family was there very thankful. And I just wanna say that [1:13:39, 1:13:40]: That [1:13:41, 1:13:44]: When it comes to tragedies that we've just suffered. [1:13:46, 1:13:53]: Um, there's no right or wrong way to pray for people. There's no right or wrong way to um [1:13:53, 1:13:54]: Comfort. [1:13:54, 1:13:57]: I would say whatever you do is all the above. [1:13:58, 1:14:08]: Um and when I saw others come together and visiting the house and talking to family members and neighbors in the community, so many of the neighbors that I knew. [1:14:09, 1:14:13]: Um I also had uh the opportunity to [1:14:13, 1:14:16]: Talked to several officers and and [1:14:16, 1:14:30]: the appreciation that and love that that is being shown to them by so many people it it definitely it definitely goes in line with our uh tagline uh community connects. Uh one of the things that I did discuss is that we don't [1:14:30, 1:14:40]: My concern is not about this imaginary line that separates city and county. When it comes to tragedy in any form, shape or form, it's about communities coming together. [1:14:41, 1:14:51]: And so that's what I believe that happened Saturday. Um that the community came together and it was an awesome event. Uh on a brighter note, um [1:14:52, 1:14:58]: that on this uh twenty fourth of this month there'll be uh senior bingo bass because we have Cities Week. [1:14:58, 1:15:02]: And uh because of cities we we're gonna make it something special. So [1:15:02, 1:15:17]: If you're fifty-five and over, come to the bingo bash. If you're under that, you can come and cheer your special bingo player on. So So we uh but I just don't ever want us to forget, not o in our own personal life, whatever we do. [1:15:18, 1:15:19]: What is the purpose of you doing it? [1:15:21, 1:15:24]: Just think about the purpose of what we do. Thank you all for coming. [1:15:24, 1:15:25]: Yeah. [1:15:28, 1:15:30]: Councilwoman Gantt please. Thank you. [1:15:32, 1:15:50]: to mayor and council and to our staff, um to our first responders, Officer Scott, um I see you often and um to the surrounding cities and and and from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Georgia GBI and [1:15:50, 1:15:53]: Clayton County, DeCab County, Butts County. [1:15:53, 1:15:59]: We truly showed what happens when there's a tragedy in this place. [1:15:59, 1:16:19]: In any place in America. And it is just um, it was a very um tense moment um that hit so close to home that I believe it has affected each and every one of us in our own personal way. And I just want to let the the first responders, the officers, and everyone. [1:16:19, 1:16:39]: Everyone that was involved know how greatly I appreciate them. I feel safe knowing that if a tragedy was to occur, that everyone pulled together and did what they needed to do. Um, I'd like to thank everyone who came out and participated in the prayer vigil. Um, it was [1:16:39, 1:16:59]: Phenomenal, very so real to have you know Miss Wright there, the mother and the father and the family, and to speak about any type of domestic violence and abuse. Those are things that we should be aware of. I usually don't give comment publicly. [1:16:59, 1:17:19]: comments but I also want you to I ask that you continue to keep those those um that those families in prayer. Um you know a a young man who's 16 years old that was a football player at Dutchtown High School lost his life and as a [1:17:19, 1:17:39]: Mom, I just, you know, that feeling in your heart, someone innocent throughout the end, you know, you have the couples have arguments, but you have someone who had so much going for him. It's mom. So let's continue to pray for that family and let's continue to pray for our city and our country. Um, stop bridges where community comes. [1:17:39, 1:17:59]: connects. And we truly showed that this weekend. I also want to invite you to the art. I'm having a art painting for Georgia City's week. I've had two before for one for seniors, one for youth, but it will be April 25th at 6 o'clock PM, 6.30 p.m. [1:17:59, 1:18:05]: Um over at the Ted Strickland Center. And that's a nice painting art canvas thing. Thank you. [1:18:11, 1:18:13]: Councilman Alexander, please. [1:18:14, 1:18:34]: Uh thank you, Mayor. Yeah, thank everybody for coming out tonight and I'd like to thank everybody that's tuning in on our new video system that we had installed specifically for the public to be able to partake and understand the function of their city and municipal government to [1:18:33, 1:18:50]: and the way that we govern the city. Uh I think we did um identify Officer Scott, but I think our new fire marshal is a first responder as well, and uh we don't wanna leave him out and give him a round of applause for coming to join us. [1:18:59, 1:19:19]: I um just want to say that I too I did enjoy the um visual this weekend. I especially enjoyed coming out and meeting the family at the house. Uh Miss Kathy White and and her husband, they're just tremendous people. And as we surround and we go through uh [1:19:19, 1:19:39]: Our particular community, we gotta understand the need is now. Uh they were over there moving out or packing up the house. If you're an able-bodied person, they could use your help uh in order to square that away. As we think about these times, they need food over at the house, they need several other things. [1:19:39, 1:19:43]: As a caring community, maybe we could come out and support them. [1:19:43, 1:20:03]: They have a GoFundMe account. I don't normally share GoFundMe accounts on my media presence, but I did this time because the need was so great in this family. And I proudly say today it was up to sixteen thousand dollars with the goal of twenty-five thousand dollars uh raised so far. Uh uh or the goal of twenty. [1:20:03, 1:20:23]: twenty five thousand. We raised sixteen. But think about it, keep giving, keep donating to this family because they need all of that in order to move forward with their lives. The last thing they should have to worry about is a financial concern, losing a daughter, a grandson, and an unborn child. That is something that we [1:20:23, 1:20:43]: uh owe them in my uh opinion and to continue to give. Uh I want everybody to Trail Alive is coming up for Cities Week. And we want to make sure that you come out to walk, run or ride with Rees Creek Trail uh during Cities Week. It's on the twenty seventh. Get out, stay active in Stockbridge. Uh it was [1:20:43, 1:21:03]: sobering I was over at Piedmont Henry and they said Henry County uh in the surrounding area we were number one uh for heart conditions and heart attacks uh we were number one in the area for heart disease it was it that was something that we gotta step up and we gotta do something about and let [1:21:03, 1:21:13]: Lastly, I will say that I'll challenge this council every single time the rest of the year to say this. We need three projects in the ground this year for SPLOS. [1:21:13, 1:21:14]: Thank you. [1:21:15, 1:21:16]: Could you reset it, please? [1:21:22, 1:21:24]: I mean five minutes, please. [1:21:25, 1:21:25]: Mm-hmm. [1:21:25, 1:21:45]: Ms. Robinson, please. Yes, thank you, Mayor. Um again, I echo what my colleagues have stated about our first responders. Um Officer Taylor Webb, he's done a lot with us here in Stockbridge. He's the tall fella that I always like to Yeah. He's um so with Webb, it's a mess. [1:21:45, 1:21:57]: matter of knowing that they are they've been in our community. They've been in our community. They love our community. When there's food trucks, they're here. They're relaxed and they're here. [1:21:58, 1:22:18]: in the community. Um so to um Taylor Webb and Keegan Keegan Merritt, just know that um they are definitely in our continuous prayers and hopefully Scott you can go back and tell them if there's anything we can do, please let us know here at the city. Also want to say thank you to Pastor Timothy T [1:22:18, 1:22:20]: J Pastor T J McBride. [1:22:20, 1:22:40]: with tabernacle praise because he did um open arms for the um family so they will be doing a viewing um on Thursday so if you all want to participate it's gonna be Thursday at Tabernacle Praise um from six to eight PM and also on Wednesday the NAAC [1:22:40, 1:23:00]: Youth Council in our city of Stockbridge Youth Council, who are going to be in a supportive role to the NAACP Youth Council. They've actually gonna do it as the youth at Mickey D. Cochrane Park on Wednesday at 7:30. So it's gonna be a lot of young people that are hurting. [1:23:00, 1:23:20]: So if you have a sincere heart, please go out and pray and uphold these young people. Cause they just came off a spring break, not realizing that their classmate is gone and he will not come back. Outstanding student on the football team. Um, so it's a lot of our young people are hurting. [1:23:20, 1:23:40]: in our community. So we just need to know that whatever differences, just put it aside and be there for the the youth um in our community. We have so much going on as you see with our amphitheater that is coming. We have the planning and zoning that is coming. This council has put [1:23:40, 1:24:00]: put things in motion. So we've got a lot more to do. Um, but we can't do it without you. Whatever concerns, thoughts that you may have, please bring them to us and share those with us. But again, for those that came out tonight, thank you so much for taking the time to be here to get information, to support. [1:24:00, 1:24:02]: O our city, thank you so much. [1:24:07, 1:24:21]: Thank you, madam corner. Go right ahead. Uh for the council's um understanding here of the facility use uh policy that we recently adopted, I want you to know that I have a diabetes workshop that I'm working with organization for with on for Saturday, November ninth. [1:24:21, 1:24:35]: And I'm also working with a different organization for an economic summit scheduled for June thirteenth at this pri time. And one's on a weekend and one's on on the weekday. And by the policy, I believe that is as authorized and that would max me out for the use of the moral manners and that concept. So just so you know that. [1:24:35, 1:24:42]: Okay, on that issue, uh besides it being uh uh first responders and the great work they did. [1:24:42, 1:24:46]: And the last couple days with a tragedy in our community, besides Officer Webb and Merritt. [1:24:46, 1:25:06]: You gotta recall that uh in the last year and a half we've had a couple of the officers that actually gave their lives up uh uh for the for the community. Uh Officer Smith and also Chase Maddox uh uh did as well. Uh so obviously uh we definitely appreciate the the officers in the fire department, uh the emergency management folks, uh [1:25:07, 1:25:27]: our fire marshal that we have now as well and the sheriff's department for all that they do uh in this aspect to keep us safe and keep us uh secure as best as possible in our community. Um I won't tell you that the prayer visual was fantastic the other day. The white family was very appreciative. Uh this obviously this this particular [1:25:27, 1:25:33]: incident got national attention. Um kind of surprised me that it did, but then again it just makes me think that whatever we do in Stockbridge [1:25:34, 1:25:35]: Good, bad or indifferent. [1:25:35, 1:25:38]: It will get attention, so we just have to be on our Ps and Q's and [1:25:38, 1:25:45]: Make sure we're doing the proper and right thing because uh folks are watching, not just in the media area, not just in the state, but across the nation. [1:25:45, 1:25:46]: I'll tell ya. [1:25:47, 1:25:53]: When you have the World News Night with David Muir on Friday night, with the lead story of this tragedy that happened and then [1:25:53, 1:25:55]: The following morning on Good Morning America. [1:25:55, 1:26:15]: It was not the least story, but it was about ten minutes into the broadcast, an old school national. So that's something for us to be aware of in reference to how we conduct ourselves here and what happens within our city itself. Um happy Easter, everybody. It's right around the corner. And uh I want you citizens to make sure that you keep the faith with us because we're going to move the city forward, which [1:26:15, 1:26:28]: your help and your guidance and your and with a listen here. So continue to uh pray for us all and because we are a community that community that actually connects. On that note, I will read some uh announcements here. [1:26:29, 1:26:38]: Okay. New council meeting is Wednesday, April tenth, uh at five thirty PM here in Levi Room. Downtown Development Authority meeting is Monday, April fifteenth. [1:26:38, 1:26:50]: is six p.m. Levi Room. Community Sploss meeting Thursday, April 16th, 630 Merle Manders Conference Center. Uh Council Advisory Committee meeting Wednesday, April 17th, 630 PM in Levi Room. [1:26:51, 1:26:55]: The planning commission meeting Thursday, April twenty fifth, seven PM in the council chamber. [1:26:55, 1:26:57]: And of course the work session is Tuesday. [1:26:57, 1:27:01]: Uh April thirtieth, uh right here in City Hall Chamber. [1:27:01, 1:27:03]: Uh Tays of Henry. [1:27:03, 1:27:14]: at the Harper Event Center this Friday, April twelfth in McDonough, seven PM in the city of Starbrace Main Street, uh our Main Street uh and events team will participate in that and have a food truck present for that as well. [1:27:14, 1:27:34]: Now actually the council would be we won't be present because we'll be in Athens going to class, so we won't be there. Tasty Tuesday Food Truck Takeover, Tuesday, April 16th, from noon uh noon to two PM at Walmart and Hudson Bridge Road, just to give you an idea of what the Tasty Tuesday event's gonna be like this year. And I believe that first one starts on May 7th. [1:27:34, 1:27:43]: I believe it is at uh Clark Park. A job fair is Thursday, April 18th, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Merrill Manters Conference Center. [1:27:43, 1:27:49]: And of course uh on Friday, April nineteenth, which is good fr uh good Friday, the city hall is closed. [1:27:50, 1:28:10]: And then several you've already mentioned about City's Week activities. Uh on April 22nd, I will have uh mayor's meet and greet luncheon. It says Tess Strickland, but counselor that's gonna be right here in City Hall since we've been down this road. We're gonna make it a city hall, all right, and uh in the Levi Conference Room. On the April 23rd, Scouts Appreciation, Tess Strickland Conference. [1:28:10, 1:28:29]: Center. I believe that's with uh Councilman Thomas. Is that you, sir? Okay. And then Bingo Bass with uh Maripotem uh uh Blount here at Ted Strickland uh 10 a.m. to noon and uh the paint mixer uh at 6 30 Ted Strickland that evening uh with councilwoman um uh excuse me Kant. [1:28:29, 1:28:38]: And then Unity Community at Eagles Landing uh Middle School. And uh I believe it's a basketball event, is that right? We have to commit that's 2:30 p.m. [1:28:38, 1:28:39]: Yeah. [1:28:39, 1:28:40]: Yep. Excuse me now? [1:28:41, 1:28:58]: Fir and the first responders playing those young kids and uh Councilman Robinson is uh councilman Robinson is doing that. And then of course on the twenty seventh and trail live at Reese Creek Trail Memorial Park and uh Councilman uh Man Alexander has that one. And we got a bunch of ongoing initiatives that we're constantly uh going. So [1:28:58, 1:29:05]: I'm gonna leave that alone for this moment. On that note, um um Mr. Turney, I think we have a second session. Is that correct? [1:29:10, 1:29:16]: Okay, we have a personal matter to discuss. So council, I need a motion to go into second session and handle personnel matter, please. [1:29:20, 1:29:26]: I that no I need a motion. I don't know how we if we don't do this, I don't know how we're gonna solve the problem. [1:29:37, 1:29:39]: You can we can accomplish that that way. [1:29:41, 1:29:42]: All right, so I'm [1:29:43, 1:29:49]: Okay, well I I'm asking for a motion. If I don't get a motion, I don't get a motion. So be it. So I'm gonna ask for a motion. Is there a motion to go into second session? Talk about personnel matter. [1:29:52, 1:29:55]: Okay, I guess we have no motion yet. All right. So be it. [1:29:56, 1:30:00]: So on that note then I need a motion to adjourn. [1:30:00, 1:30:08]: Okay. I can't ask my question. Oh, I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I did not hear you. I just want to be clear when you're saying individually [1:30:10, 1:30:13]: [5413.6, 5423.3]: Okay. Okay. It's been seconded. All right. All in favor of of adjournment, please indicate. Okay. We're out of here. Unit is closed. [1:30:40, 1:30:45]: Okay. All right. It won't get it won't get far. [1:31:24, 1:31:26]: Not forget. [1:31:27, 1:31:29]: I think it's [1:31:45, 1:31:45]: Okay. [1:31:48, 1:31:50]: Well. [1:32:45, 1:32:47]: [5568.0, 5569.5]: And the ease of the [1:32:51, 1:32:56]: [5577.6, 5580.1]: You see the see the see the [1:33:00, 1:33:01]: Yeah. [1:33:06, 1:33:08]: That's [1:33:15, 1:33:22]: [5626.5, 5631.1]: Yeah, that's what we're looking at. [1:33:51, 1:33:52]: It's [1:34:40, 1:34:41]: Yeah. [1:34:54, 1:35:00]: I don't know. I think that's one I really [1:35:18, 1:35:19]: Like two things. [1:36:05, 1:36:08]: [5768.6, 5773.4]: [1:36:14, 1:36:18]: That's it. [1:36:50, 1:36:55]: [5843.9, 5850.1]: No, let me see. God knows. [1:37:54, 1:37:59]: She needs all the point. Mr. Black. [1:38:00, 1:38:05]: Yes, ma'am. [1:38:44, 1:38:45]: Okay. [1:38:55, 1:38:56]: Okay, yeah. [1:39:03, 1:39:10]: [5955.0, 5959.2]: Yeah, yes. [1:39:21, 1:39:21]: [5962.8, 5965.0]: [1:39:36, 1:39:37]: Yeah, yeah. [1:39:52, 1:40:00]: [6035.2, 6036.1]: [1:40:40, 1:40:43]: Yeah, do you think about this? [1:40:44, 1:40:45]: Yes, too. [1:40:47, 1:40:50]: Yeah. [1:40:57, 1:40:57]: See yeah. [1:41:00, 1:41:01]: Yeah, yeah. [1:41:04, 1:41:06]: [6110.0, 6130.0]: I think you I think they will be a new time. Okay. So [1:42:10, 1:42:28]: Well you don't just find out uh [1:42:29, 1:42:32]: [6153.5, 6156.4]: Well this one's something. [1:42:38, 1:42:40]: Yeah. [1:42:45, 1:42:48]: Yeah. [1:42:48, 1:42:55]: Wait, do I tell anything? Uh but that's that I can do something. [1:43:11, 1:43:13]: Yeah, that's how we do it. [1:43:15, 1:43:17]: I think it's anywhere. [1:43:25, 1:43:28]: Um chance. [1:43:31, 1:43:35]: [6225.0, 6225.9]: [1:43:50, 1:43:52]: Yeah, so you're just [1:43:53, 1:43:55]: Oh good yeah, so [1:44:01, 1:44:02]: This is fine. [1:44:04, 1:44:06]: [6255.2, 6256.7]: But we should say a lot more. [1:44:20, 1:44:21]: We're gonna use it now, so [1:44:22, 1:44:29]: And that's what it's doing. [1:44:30, 1:44:35]: I mean [1:44:51, 1:44:55]: And it's a short and

--- title: March 26 2019 Special Called Meeting date: 2019-03-26 source: 2019-03-26_March_26_2019_Special_Called_Meeting.wav --- [0:00:00, 0:00:10]: So we need to honor and respect the position because I will remove myself as a council member. And when I elect, I elect a mayor. [0:00:11, 0:00:16]: Okay so thank you. All right. On that note, we'll stop all the comments and we'll take the vote and then we'll move on. [0:00:16, 0:00:18]: So all in favor of motion, please indicate. [0:00:21, 0:00:27]: All all opposed. Three two motion passes. All right. Now, council number eight's been taken off. [0:00:27, 0:00:47]: Council consideration to approve the request to use the Test Strickland Community Center on uh April nineteenth, twenty nineteen, from six PM to nine PM for the Youth Council Art Show. Presented by Councilwoman Robinson, please. Thank you, Mayor. Um this was on the calendar for a while and I'm actually presenting this as I've have done in the past because I'm the youth council the liaison. [0:00:47, 0:01:07]: However, I did want to publicly let that be known um that at the end of this term, I will have advised Mayor and Council that I will be stepping down um and going out as a council initiative doing a different program um that will remove politics from our young people. So with this being stated. [0:01:07, 0:01:27]: Um the youth have decided that they want to do an end-of-the-year event, which is their art show. Um they've actually had meetings, they've discussed on their own on how they're gonna do different things with this art show. So they're looking to um use the facilities on April the 19th from 6 to 9 p.m. [0:01:27, 0:01:34]: um for their art show. They have put out flyers um to um their s their um [0:01:35, 0:01:55]: Peers, um in reference to this art show, um, because it was approved by the advisory board as well. So all of this has been approved on items nine and ten when I um present this has been approved um by the um advisory board of the youth council. So again, Mayor, I would like to make a motion for [0:01:55, 0:02:06]: For the youth to be approved to use the Ted Strickland on April the nineteenth from six to nine PM for their art show. Second. All right. Further discussion. [0:02:07, 0:02:27]: Yes, could we go ahead and um do you want to go ahead and add the other one on so we can go ahead and can we do that in just one motion? No no no no we'll take we'll take them separately. I'll take them separately, no problem. We'll take it separately. Any further discussion? Mayor. Yes ma'am. For clarification, uh Councilwoman Robinson, you stated um at the end of this term, I just want you to specify [0:02:27, 0:02:40]: uh the term because is in May. Not your election term, but yes, yes. There this the term for these students for twenty eighteen, twenty nineteen, their term ends in May and that's when I would end my term with them in May. [0:02:42, 0:02:48]: Any further discussion? Okay, if not, all in favor of the motion please indicate one one discussion. [0:02:48, 0:03:08]: Go right ahead. Um in regards to the process of this on April nineteenth, that's fine. However, I understand the advisory board voted in favor of it just for clarification purposes. The council still has to vote whether or not to utilize facilities. Um and that's what we're doing here today. So [0:03:08, 0:03:16]: Yes, the advisory board it could have went through and they could have had they could have talked about it, but the council still has to [0:03:17, 0:03:18]: Vote for it. [0:03:18, 0:03:25]: And today on Facebook it's already being advertised. So it's being advertised prematurely. [0:03:25, 0:03:45]: Um because we haven't voted for the use of it yet. Even though I plan on voting for it. I'm just saying it was advertised prematurely and just to give them a heads up on that. Mayor. If I can um in the past we've never had this discussion because generally when it comes to our youth, if facilities are available [0:03:45, 0:04:05]: We've never had the question of how they've advertised, but I will um let the advisory board know um Councilwoman Gantt's um concerns for few for their future um notices. All right. Okay. Okay. Motion's on the floor. It's been seconded. All in favor of motion, please indicate. Okay. Thank you very much. [0:04:06, 0:04:11]: Council consideration approved the request to use Murray Manners Conference Center, May fourth, twenty nineteen. [0:04:11, 0:04:31]: twelve P. M. which is noon to four PM for the youth council workshop. Miss Robinson, please. Yes. Um again, this is the end of the year that the students will do every year. Um if there's any of well, I'm just saying every year that they've done the past two years that I have um been um the council liaison. Uh moving forward, I don't know what they will do, but [0:04:31, 0:04:51]: generally is something that is on their calendar to do at the end of the year. This one would be the use to do a workshop that they're going to do at the Merrill Manders Conference Center. This would be on a Friday. I did check and the availability is there. And the time if you look at it, it is available. And basically [0:04:51, 0:05:11]: Basically, what they will be doing, they will be utilizing the outside, the parking lot, and parts of the downstairs where the balcony is to do their workshop. So this is more so an outdoor event of the Merle. However, they will have one some of the rooms at the floor level. Um, so they'll have their refreshments. [0:05:11, 0:05:25]: and different things. Um and so I would like to make a motion for the youth council to be able to complete their youth council workshop on May the fourth from twelve PM to four PM. Is there a second? Second. Any further discussion? [0:05:25, 0:05:34]: If you're just for clarification, you said Friday. But in May 4th is actually a Saturday. But I mean Saturday. I'm sorry. It is available. Yes. [0:05:35, 0:05:37]: All favor of motion, please indicate. [0:05:38, 0:05:58]: Okay, Shanels. Thank you very much. Thank you. And I and Mayor, if I can add, please support these young people. Um, because they've done a lot. Um, it takes a lot um with they have extra curricular activities that they have at school. So they're putting their young minds together, creating all of this. So I would ask my colleagues and also everyone to please support them. [0:05:58, 0:05:59]: Yeah. Thank you. Thank you. [0:05:59, 0:06:16]: Council Consideration approved printing and marketing services for the city to be awarded to Curtis 1000, subsidiary of Taylor Strategic Relationships, TSR RE Contract 111815, C of Stoppers Contract Number 2019008P. [0:06:16, 0:06:23]: Not to exceed fifty thousand dollars, presented by Miss Lindell Miller, please. Good afternoon, Mayor. Council. Afternoon. [0:06:23, 0:06:40]: City staff is requesting approval to utilize a cooperative contract which was um competitively bid through SourceWill uh for an annual amount not to exceed fifty thousand dollars for our printing and marketing services, more specifically for our new branding launching. [0:06:40, 0:06:44]: Okay, thank you. Any questions, Council for Miss Miller? [0:06:44, 0:07:04]: Yes. Uh no. The contract was awarded by SourceWell, which is NG which was formerly known as [0:07:04, 0:07:18]: NJPA. It's a cooperative, meaning that it's utilized from most purchasing agencies or government entities throughout the country. That allows us to get more competitive bidding and competitive pricing. [0:07:18, 0:07:38]: In the back, attached, is a is a copy um of the actual award. The award was made to uh Taylor Strategic Relationship. Um also a subsidiary is Curtis, and they're not local. It's not a local company, but it's being utilized for most of most of our huge branding um projects. [0:07:38, 0:07:44]: projects. Okay. Any more questions for Ms. Miller. If not I need a motion, please. [0:07:45, 0:07:52]: Mayor, I move that we approve the um printing and marking services for the city to be awarded to Curtis One Thousand. [0:07:52, 0:07:53]: Okay, so [0:07:53, 0:07:56]: Okay, the second down. Any further discussion? [0:07:56, 0:07:58]: If not, all in favor please indicate. [0:07:59, 0:08:01]: Okay, thank you very much. Thank you, Ms. Miller. [0:08:02, 0:08:09]: Council consideration to approve RFQ for qualified contractors to bid on the amphitheater project. Mr. Knighton, please. [0:08:09, 0:08:17]: Yes, if you would give me just one moment, sir, I wanted to bring something up here. [0:08:30, 0:08:33]: All right. Um mayor and council. Um [0:08:34, 0:08:54]: We wanted to come before you this evening and um seek your approval to move forward uh with an RFQ for qualified bidders for the amphitheater project. As you can see here on the screen, this is a rendering, merely a rendering in concept of the um amphitheater proposed amphitheater project. [0:08:53, 0:09:08]: Uh the actual bidders uh will be bidding on one hundred percent construction uh documents. Uh this will be a two-tiered process in which we will qualify bidders first and then we will go back out to get actual [0:09:08, 0:09:10]: Um um [0:09:10, 0:09:30]: bids uh on the uh amphitheater construct the construction component of the amphitheater project. Uh the overall rendering here uh depicts about um twelve to thirteen hundred fixed seating and then additional terrace seating uh for an overall capacity of uh just over three thousand about thirty two hundred [0:09:30, 0:09:50]: uh to three thousand um uh thirty f thirty two hundred thirty five hundred excuse me uh full capacity. Um as you can see there are a number of box seats there uh off to the right uh there is also a green room and terrace and a state of the art stage. Um this will be um if uh built as we envision [0:09:50, 0:10:10]: A state-of-the-art amphitheater that will certainly be a catalyst for everything that we hope to see in the downtown area. So our request to you this evening is to allow us to move forward with seeking qualified bidders for this amphitheater project. And again, we're moving in a two-tier. [0:10:10, 0:10:14]: [614.5, 622.0]: The qualify bidders first, and then go back out and then select an actual construction contractor. [0:10:22, 0:10:22]: Yeah. [0:10:23, 0:10:24]: Go right, please. Do you have a question? [0:10:24, 0:10:42]: Yes, sir. I want uh the city manager to when w when we as council and as a city endeavored to move forward with this amphitheater project, talk about the charge that we gave you and when what the goal and where the bar was set. [0:10:43, 0:10:55]: Well obviously through um several discussions that we had, um the mayor and council uh want to have uh a um top notch uh premier venue. [0:10:55, 0:11:15]: Uh to provide for the citizens of the city of Stockbridge and the region. We certainly expect that this amphitheater project will draw people throughout the state of Georgia, certainly throughout the Atlanta region, given the type of shows, concerts, um, stage plays, other events that we would envision having at this facility. Um we obviously have [0:11:15, 0:11:27]: uh TSW, Turner Spangler and Walsh as an architect, which is a top architectural firm in the metropolitan Atlanta area. And we went through a painstaking process to get to this point. [0:11:27, 0:11:31]: Uh we talked to a number of people who are involved in the industry. Everyone [0:11:31, 0:11:34]: Who's an expert in sound? [0:11:34, 0:11:35]: And lighting. [0:11:36, 0:11:37]: in stage [0:11:38, 0:11:58]: uh in concessions and parking. We obviously visited a number of sites throughout the Metro Atlanta region and took components that we thought were would be the essential components of those particular amphitheater projects and we compiled them into this project that you see here. [0:11:57, 0:12:01]: We think that we've taken all of the elements uh that are [0:12:02, 0:12:14]: have been successful in other places. We've in incorporated those into this proposed project. And we think that the end product will be something that uh everyone in the city can be very proud of. Follow up. [0:12:15, 0:12:35]: Okay, any further questions? Follow up. In terms of um this particular project, you said that it was a two-tier process. Give us a timeline on those two tiers and when you think uh roughly the construction will begin and how it will kinda lay out [0:12:35, 0:12:55]: for the public so they can understand this is not something we're looking at far off into the future. This is something that we're looking at moving forward with so the people, so the public uh clearly understands this. And I think in add to what your previous comments were, we wanted the best amphitheater in the state of [0:12:54, 0:13:13]: Georgia. We did not want to just have A amphitheater, and I think you alluded to that we wanted the best in class, but and that's exactly where we wanted to go. Can you talk about the timetable on the two-tier process and the construction? Sure. There have been a number of components to this. Uh some have moved a little bit slower than we would have liked, however. [0:13:13, 0:13:19]: Uh it was incumbent upon the staff to make sure we got this right and we feel very comfortable with where we are. [0:13:19, 0:13:39]: Uh also um also the addition of additional property also helped in the um design of the amphitheater, which was very key uh to what you see here. Um we will put this out to bid um um within a week time frame. It will be out 30 days. Then we will receive those back, get your [0:13:39, 0:13:54]: your approval on the qualified bidder list and then we will go out for the actual uh construction bids which would likely be another 30 days and at that point once selection is made we expect to break ground uh at that point. So we're looking at the early summer. [0:13:55, 0:13:55]: Okay. [0:13:55, 0:14:03]: Mayor. You go right here, please. Maybe Mayor, I move that we approve the RFQ for qualified contractors to bid on the amphitheater project. Second. [0:14:03, 0:14:16]: Okay. Any further discussion? I do. Go right ahead, please. Um just to uh loosen up a little bit. Um Miss Moore, did you get my Misters added? So when it's hot out there, like Disney? Okay. [0:14:16, 0:14:26]: Any other comments? Okay. Got a motion, it's been seconded. All in favor of motion, please indicate. There you go. Outstanding. Appreciate that. All right. We're gonna go into comments. Um [0:14:26, 0:14:29]: Madam Clerk, we've got a three minute limit, need for you to run the clock. [0:14:31, 0:14:32]: Uh city manager, sir. [0:14:32, 0:14:33]: What kind of comments do you have? [0:14:34, 0:14:54]: I'm just wanted to again thank uh everyone for uh the staff for the wonderful job they do uh every day. I cannot tell you um how hard many of our staff members work uh each day to provide an excellent uh level of service uh to the citizens of um the city of Stockbridge. And um I see that the SPLOSS meeting is mentioned. [0:14:54, 0:15:14]: On here, so I will defer those comments until I guess the mayor will mention those. But I would encourage everyone to attend the SPLOSS meeting on the 16th of April to receive input. We want to receive everyone's input about the upcoming proposed SPLOSS specific to the city of Stockbridge. That'll be very important for us. [0:15:14, 0:15:29]: as we uh move forward when drawing up a spLOS list of projects um that would move forward to a vote in November of this year. Thank you. That's all sir. Appreciate it. Madam Clerk. Okay. [0:15:36, 0:15:56]: Councilman Thomas, please, your comments. Thank you, Mayor. Just like to take this opportunity to reflect on our first responders. I just want to say thank you to all of them for their courage, their dedication, and their commitment to keep us safe here in the city. [0:15:56, 0:16:16]: Of Stockbridge. As many of you know, um we had a private vigil um last week. Today we had the first responders luncheon. Uh it was received well. Um all of the re responders f really thanked us for recognizing them. [0:16:16, 0:16:36]: what they do. I just want to take this opportunity to thank the my councilmates uh for supporting that initiative. Um that's one of the initiatives that I take a uh great pride in in in coming forward with. And I just want to say uh thanks to all of the first responders, all of the [0:16:36, 0:16:56]: staff. I want to thank our executive to the mayor and council, uh, Mrs. Jackson for her hard work and making sure that this took place and uh and everyone that had a hand in this, uh our PO, PIO officer, um, and everyone that had a hand in this. And I just want to say thank you. Um [0:16:55, 0:17:15]: It was worthwhile today to be able to recognize and to thank all of our first responders and and they really uh appreciated. They was pretty tired. Um I was told that many of them were resting, they had time off, and it it was reflected in the numbers. [0:17:15, 0:17:35]: But um the thoughts still went out. And um again, I just want to say thank you for uh for the city of Thy Grid to put that out there uh for all of our first responders. Thank you. And we do have one here. Let's take take a moment to um give um our first responders that's here. [0:17:35, 0:17:46]: Uh he's always here. We see him and so we Officer Scott, we just wanted to thank you uh for as as a first responders uh here and uh [0:17:59, 0:17:59]: Thank you, sir. [0:18:05, 0:18:07]: Mayor Pro Tam Pont, please. [0:18:07, 0:18:25]: Yes, I wanna to also concur a lot of the sentiments by uh Councilman Thomas. Uh the first respondent luncheon was awesome. Um talking to a lot of the officers and first respondents prior to uh today uh during the course of their um [0:18:25, 0:18:30]: um gathering themselves and finding balance again, uh, my hearts go out to [0:18:30, 0:18:42]: you, my friend, uh Officer Scott and and the rest that have um that was involved and the whole departments. Um I knew uh Officer Webb, he was the one that dove through the um [0:18:43, 0:19:03]: He was one that was involved pretty deeply. And uh his his courage and his and his endurance to really just want to stay in the game was was really he's a you all are heroes in my book. Um one of the things that took place Saturday was that we had a um prayer visual, which the family was there very thankful. And I just want to say that [0:19:03, 0:19:04]: That [0:19:05, 0:19:08]: When it comes to tragedies that we've just suffered. [0:19:10, 0:19:18]: Um, there's no right or wrong way to pray for people. There's no right or wrong way to um comfort. [0:19:18, 0:19:21]: I would say whatever you do is all the above. [0:19:22, 0:19:32]: Um and when I saw others come together and visiting the house and talking to family members and neighbors in the community, so many of the neighbors that I knew. [0:19:33, 0:19:36]: Um I also had uh the opportunity to [0:19:37, 0:19:40]: talked to several officers and and [0:19:40, 0:20:00]: The appreciation that and love that that is being shown to them by so many people, it it definitely it definitely goes in line with our uh tagline, uh community connects. Uh one of the things that I did discuss is that we don't my concern is not about this imaginary line that separates city and county. When it comes to tragedy in any [0:20:00, 0:20:04]: form, shape, or form. It's about communities coming together. [0:20:05, 0:20:22]: And so that's what I believe that happened Saturday. Um, that the community came together and it was a awesome event. Uh on a brighter note, um that on this uh twenty-fourth of this month there'll be uh senior bingo bass because we have Cities Week. [0:20:22, 0:20:26]: And uh because of cities we we're gonna make it something special so [0:20:26, 0:20:43]: If you're fifty five and over, come to the bingo bash. If you're under that, you can come and cheer your special bingo player on. So So we uh but I just don't ever want us to forget, not o in our own personal life, whatever we do, what is the purpose of you doing it? [0:20:45, 0:20:48]: Just think about the purpose of what we do. Thank you all for coming. [0:20:48, 0:20:49]: Yeah. [0:20:52, 0:20:54]: Councilwoman Gantt please. Thank you. [0:20:56, 0:21:14]: to mayor and council and to our staff, um to our first responders, Officer Scott, um I see you often and um to the surrounding cities and and and from the federal bureau of investigation, Georgia GBI and [0:21:14, 0:21:17]: Clayton County, DeCab County, Butts County. [0:21:17, 0:21:37]: We truly showed what happens when there's a tragedy in this place, in any place, in America. And it is just um it was a very um tense moment um that hit so close to home that I believe it has affected each and every one of us in our own. [0:21:37, 0:21:57]: own personal way. And I just want to let the the first responders, the officers, and everyone that was involved know how greatly I appreciate them. I feel safe knowing that if a tragedy was to occur, that everyone pulled together and did what they needed to do. I [0:21:57, 0:22:17]: I'd like to thank everyone who came out and participated in the prayer vigil. It was phenomenal, very so real to have Miss Wright there, the mother and the father in the family, and to speak about any type of domestic violence. [0:22:17, 0:22:37]: Violence and abuse. Those are things that we should be aware of. I usually don't give comment, public comments, but I also want you to I ask that you continue to keep those those families in prayer. You know, a a young man who's 16 years old. [0:22:37, 0:22:41]: old that was a football player at Dutchtown High School, lost his life. [0:22:42, 0:23:02]: And as a mom, I just, you know, that feeling in your heart, someone innocent throughout the in you know, but you have the couples have arguments, but you have someone who had so much going for him, it's mom. So let's continue to pray for that family and let's continue to pray for our city and our country. Um stop bridges. [0:23:02, 0:23:22]: Where community connects. And we truly showed that this weekend. I also want to invite you to the art, I'm having a art painting for Georgia City's week. I've had two before for one for seniors, one for youth, but it will be April 25th at 6 o'clock PM. [0:23:22, 0:23:29]: Six thirty PM over at the Ted Strickland Center. And that's a nice painting art canvas thing. Thank you. [0:23:35, 0:23:37]: Councilman Alexander, please. [0:23:38, 0:23:58]: Uh thank you, Mayor. Yeah, thank everybody for coming out tonight and I'd like to thank everybody that's tuning in on our new video system that we had installed specifically uh for the public to be able to partake and understand the function of their city and municipal government to [0:23:57, 0:24:14]: and the way that we govern the city. Uh I think we did um identify Officer Scott, but I think our new fire marshal is a first responder as well, and uh we don't wanna leave him out and give him a round of applause for coming to join us. [0:24:23, 0:24:43]: I um just want to say that I too I did enjoy the um visual this weekend. I especially enjoyed coming out and meeting the family at the house. Uh Miss Kathy White and and her husband, they're just tremendous people. And as we surround and we go through uh [0:24:43, 0:24:47]: our particular community we gotta understand the need is now. [0:24:48, 0:24:51]: Uh, they were over there moving out or packing up the house. [0:24:51, 0:24:53]: If you're an able bodied person, [0:24:53, 0:24:55]: They could use your help. [0:24:55, 0:24:57]: In order to square that away. [0:24:58, 0:25:07]: As we think about these times, they need food over at the house, they need several other things. Uh as a caring community, maybe we could come out and support them. [0:25:07, 0:25:27]: They have a GoFundMe account. I don't normally share GoFundMe accounts on my media presence, but I did this time because the need was so great in this family. And I proudly say today it was up to sixteen thousand dollars with the goal of twenty-five thousand dollars uh raised so far. Uh uh or the goal of twenty. [0:25:27, 0:25:47]: twenty five thousand. We raised sixteen. But think about it, keep giving, keep donating to this family because they need all of that in order to move forward with their lives. The last thing they should have to worry about is a financial concern, losing a daughter, a grandson, and an unborn child. That is something that we [0:25:47, 0:26:07]: uh owe them in my uh opinion and to continue to give. Uh I want everybody to Trail Alive is coming up for Cities Week and we want to make sure that you come out to walk, run or ride with Reece Creek Trail uh during Cities Week. It's on the twenty seventh. Get out, stay active in Stockbridge. Uh it was [0:26:07, 0:26:27]: sobering I was over at Piedmont Henry and they said Henry County uh in the surrounding area we were number one uh for heart conditions and heart attacks uh we were number one in the area for heart disease it was it that was something that we gotta step up and we gotta do something about and let [0:26:27, 0:26:37]: Lastly, I will say that I'll challenge this council every single time the rest of the year to say this. We need three projects in the ground this year for SPLOS. [0:26:37, 0:26:38]: Thank you. [0:26:39, 0:26:40]: Could you reset it, please? [0:26:46, 0:26:48]: I mean five minutes, please. [0:26:48, 0:26:49]: Mm-hmm. [0:26:49, 0:27:09]: Ms. Robinson, please. Yes, thank you, Mayor. Um again, I echo what my colleagues have stated about our first responders. Um Officer Taylor Webb, he's done a lot with us here in Stockbridge. He's the tall fella that I always like to Yeah. He's um so with Webb, it's a [0:27:09, 0:27:21]: matter of knowing that they are they've been in our community. They've been in our community. They love our community. When there's food trucks, they're here, they're relaxed and they're here. [0:27:22, 0:27:42]: in the community. Um so to um Taylor Webb and Keegan Keegan Merritt, just know that um they are definitely in our continuous prayers and hopefully Scott you can go back and tell them if there's anything we can do, please let us know um here at the city. Also want to say thank you to Pastor Timothy um T [0:27:42, 0:28:02]: TJ Pastor TJ McBride with Tabernacle Praise because he did um open arms for the family. So they will be doing a viewing on Thursday. So if you all want to participate, it's gonna be Thursday at Tabernacle Praise from 6 to 8 p.m. in August. [0:28:01, 0:28:21]: Also on Wednesday, the NAACP Youth Council in our city of Stockbridge Youth Council, who are gonna be in a supportive role to the NAACP Youth Council. They've actually gonna do it as the youth at Mickey D. Cochrane Park on Wednesday at 7:30. Um so it's gonna be a lot of young people. [0:28:21, 0:28:22]: Um [0:28:22, 0:28:42]: That are hurting. So if you have a sincere heart, please go out and pray and uphold these young people. Cause they just came off a spring break, not realizing that their classmate is gone and he will not come back. Outstanding student on the football team. Um, so it's a lot of [0:28:42, 0:29:02]: of our young people are hurting in our community. So we just need to know that whatever differences, just put it aside and be there for the the youth in our community. We have so much going on as you see with our amphitheater that is coming. We have the planning and zoning that is coming. [0:29:02, 0:29:22]: Um this council has put things in motion. So we've got a lot more to do. Um, but we can't do it without you. Whatever concerns, thoughts that you may have, please bring them to us and share those with us. But again, for those that came out tonight, thank you so much for taking the time um to be here. Um [0:29:22, 0:29:26]: to get information to support our city. Thank you so much. [0:29:31, 0:29:45]: Thank you, madam clerk. Go right ahead. Uh for the council's um understanding here of the facility use uh policy that we recently adopted, I want you to know that I have a diabetes workshop that I'm working with organization for with on for Saturday, November ninth. [0:29:45, 0:29:59]: And I'm also working with a different organization for an economic summit scheduled for June thirteenth at this pri time. And one's on a weekend and one's on on the weekday. And by the policy, I believe that is as authorized and that would max me out for the use of the moral matters and that concept. So just so you know that. [0:29:59, 0:30:06]: Okay. On that issue, uh besides it being uh uh first responders and the great work they did. [0:30:06, 0:30:10]: And the last couple days with a tragedy in our community, besides Officer Webb and Merritt. [0:30:10, 0:30:30]: You gotta recall that in the last year and a half we've had a couple of the officers that actually gave their lives up s uh uh for the for the community. Uh Officer Smith and also Chase Maddox uh uh did as well. Uh so obviously uh we definitely appreciate the the officers in the fire department, uh the emergency management folks, uh [0:30:30, 0:30:33]: our fire marshal that we have now as well. [0:30:33, 0:30:36]: and the sheriff's department for all that they do. [0:30:36, 0:30:56]: uh this aspect to keep us safe and keep us uh secure as best as possible in our community. Um I won't tell you that the prayer visual was fantastic the other day. The white family was very appreciative. Uh this obviously this this particular incident got national attention. Um kind of surprised me that it did, but then again it just makes me think that [0:30:56, 0:30:57]: That whatever we do in Stockbridge. [0:30:58, 0:30:59]: Good, bad, or indifferent. [0:30:59, 0:31:02]: It will get attention. So we just have to be on our P's and Q's and [0:31:02, 0:31:10]: Make sure we're doing the proper and right thing because uh folks are watching, not just in the media area, not just in the state, but across the nation, I'll tell ya. [0:31:11, 0:31:17]: When you have the World News Night with David Muir on Friday night with the lead story of this tragedy that happened and then [0:31:17, 0:31:19]: The following morning on Good Morning America. [0:31:19, 0:31:39]: It was not the least story, but it was about 10 minutes into the broadcast, an old school national. So that's something for us to be aware of in reference to how we conduct ourselves here and what happens within our city itself. Um happy Easter, everybody. It's right around the corner. And uh I want you citizens to make sure that you keep the faith with us because we're going to move the city forward. [0:31:39, 0:31:52]: With your help and your guidance and your and with a listen here. So continue to uh pray for us all and because we are a community that uh community that actually connects. On that note, I will read some uh announcements here. [0:31:53, 0:32:02]: Okay. New Council meeting is Wednesday, April tenth, uh at five thirty PM here in Levi Room. Downtown Development Authority meeting is Monday, April fifteenth. [0:32:02, 0:32:21]: is six p.m. Levi Room. Community SPLOSS meeting Thursday, April sixteenth, six thirty Merrill Manor's Conference Center. Youth Council Advisory Committee meeting Wednesday, April seventeenth, six thirty P. M. in Levi Room. The Planning Commission meeting Thursday, April twenty fifth, seven P. M. in the Council Chamber. And of course the work session is Tuesday, [0:32:21, 0:32:25]: Uh, April thirtieth, uh right here in City Hall Chamber. [0:32:25, 0:32:45]: Uh Tayso Henry at the Harper Event Center this Friday, April 12th in Madonna, 7 p.m. in the city of Stockbridge Main Street. Uh our Main Street uh and events team will participate in that and have a food truck present for that as well. Now actually the council would be we won't be present because we'll be in Athens going to class, so we won't be there. [0:32:45, 0:33:05]: There. Tasty Tuesday Food Truck Takeover, Tuesday, April 16th, from noon to 2 p.m. at the Walmart and Hudson Bridge Road, just to give you an idea of what the Tasty Tuesday event's going to be like this year. And I believe that first one starts on May 7th, I believe it is, at uh Clark Park. A job fair is Thursday, April 18th, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. [0:33:05, 0:33:07]: [1987.5, 1993.6]: And of course, um on Friday, April nineteenth, which is good fr uh good Friday, the city hall is closed. [0:33:14, 0:33:34]: And then several you've already mentioned about Cities Week activities. Uh on the April 22nd, I will have uh mayor's meet and greet luncheon. It says Tess Strickland, but counselor that's gonna be right here in City Hall since we've been down this road. We're gonna make it a city hall, all right, and uh in the Levi Conference Room. On the April 23rd, Scouts Appreciation, Tess Strickland Conference. [0:33:34, 0:33:53]: Center. I believe that's with uh Councilman Thomas. Is that you, sir? Okay. And then Bingo Bass with uh Maripo Tem uh Blount here at Ted Strickland uh 10 a.m. to noon and uh the paint mixer uh at 630 at Ted Strickland that evening uh with councilwoman um uh excuse me Kant. [0:33:53, 0:34:02]: And then Unity Community at Eagles Landing uh uh middle school. And uh I believe it's a basketball event, is that right? It went to a commitment that's 2:30 p.m. [0:34:03, 0:34:04]: Yep, screw me now. [0:34:05, 0:34:25]: Fer and the first responders playing those young kids and uh Councilman Robinson is uh councilman Robinson is doing that. And then of course on the twenty seventh and trail live at Reese Creek Trail Memorial Park and uh Councilman uh Man Alexander has that one. And we got a bunch of ongoing initiatives that we're constantly uh going. So I'm gonna leave that alone for this moment. On that note, um [0:34:25, 0:34:29]: Co um Mr. Turney, I think we have a second session, is that correct? [0:34:34, 0:34:40]: Okay, we have a personal matter to discuss. So council, I need a motion to go into second session and handle a personnel matter, please. [0:34:44, 0:34:50]: I that no I need a motion. I don't know how we if we don't do this, I don't know how we're gonna solve the problem. [0:35:01, 0:35:03]: You can we can accomplish that that way. [0:35:05, 0:35:06]: All right. So I'm [0:35:07, 0:35:13]: Okay, well I I'm asking for emotion. If I don't get emotion, I don't get emotion. So be it. So I'm gonna ask for emotion. Is there a motion to go into second session? Talk about personnel matter. [0:35:16, 0:35:19]: Okay, I guess we have no motion yet. All right. So be it. So [0:35:20, 0:35:24]: So on that note then I in motion to adjourn. [0:35:24, 0:35:32]: Okay. I can't ask my question. Oh I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I did not hear you. I just want to be clear when you're saying individually. [0:35:34, 0:35:47]: The city manager and the personnel director can have house. Okay. Okay. It's been seconded. All right. All in favor of adjournment, please indicate. Okay. We are out of here. Unit is closed. [0:35:48, 0:35:49]: [2164.0, 2168.7]: Okay, all right. It won't get it won't get far. 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[0:45:50, 0:45:51]: Yeah, so [0:45:55, 0:46:00]: Yeah, it's fine now for these dollars. [0:46:20, 0:46:21]: Yeah. [0:46:25, 0:46:27]: Yeah. [0:46:35, 0:46:43]: Yeah, we can use that. [0:47:20, 0:47:35]: I think I'm so you know what that was in the box. [0:47:35, 0:47:52]: Well that's why I think you put the [0:47:53, 0:47:56]: Nothing like that for the interesting. [0:47:57, 0:48:00]: Well this got something. [0:48:00, 0:48:05]: [2890.1, 2891.7]: So I could do the same thing. [0:48:12, 0:48:20]: [2910.0, 2910.6]: That is. [0:48:45, 0:48:53]: [2935.0, 2938.5]: Yes, because you can't start. [0:49:10, 0:49:11]: Like this case. [0:49:12, 0:49:19]: [2965.1, 2966.5]: This is fine. [0:49:27, 0:49:30]: Okay. [0:49:35, 0:49:35]: Okay. [0:49:40, 0:49:40]: Yeah. [0:49:43, 0:49:45]: We're gonna use it now, so [0:49:48, 0:49:53]: And the idea we used to put a real and that's why. [0:49:54, 0:50:00]: I mean the end of the [0:50:14, 0:50:19]: Change the show right.

--- title: March 26 2019 Work Session Meeting date: 2019-03-26 source: 2019-03-26_March_26_2019_Work_Session_Meeting.wav --- [0:00:00, 0:00:05]: twenty six and I have roughly six o'clock at this point. I'm gonna call the meeting order. [0:00:05, 0:00:06]: All right, invocation. [0:00:07, 0:00:09]: And I'm gonna tell you what, Pastor Green, would you come up and give us [0:00:09, 0:00:16]: I thought we've already done it because we're going to do that. No, we're starting the next meeting, sir. I move right on. Okay, gotcha. All right. Pastor Green, could you come up here and give us an invitation, please? [0:00:18, 0:00:18]: Mm. [0:00:27, 0:00:30]: Oh wow, that uh Yes, yes, new and approved. [0:00:32, 0:00:33]: Good afternoon. [0:00:39, 0:00:40]: Good. [0:00:42, 0:01:02]: Go ahead, please. Go ahead. Go ahead. Let us pray. Most wise God, we just come before you today to say thank you. We thank you, Lord, for blessing us with a brand new day. A day that only you could give us and the only day that we would have because of your love and your mercy. God, we just bless you for who you are. We know that you're an all-wise God and you're so good to us. [0:01:02, 0:01:21]: of God that we tend to forget just how good you are. And Lord, as we assemble today for this very important work session meeting, I pray that you will be in every thought, in every act, and that everything would be for the good of the citizens of Stock Bridge, Georgia. Lord, we just bless your name, we magnify your name, and we glorify your name. [0:01:21, 0:01:25]: It is in the master's name of Jesus the Christ as protection. [0:01:28, 0:01:44]: Amen. Okay. Invocation? In two republic with a stand, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for [0:01:48, 0:01:50]: Okay, you need a roll call, please. [0:01:53, 0:02:02]: Councilman Thomas. Present. Mayor Pro Tem Blount. Present. Mayor Ford. Present. Councilwoman Gantt. Present. Councilman Alexander. Present. Councilwoman Robinson. [0:02:04, 0:02:13]: Let the record reflect Councilwoman Robinson is not in attendance. Mayor Ford, you have a quorum. Thank you. Um Council, I need a motion to adopt the agenda. [0:02:14, 0:02:23]: So moved. Uh before you second that, I believe there was an item that we want to recommend to take off. Is that correct? [0:02:23, 0:02:25]: Removal item eight. [0:02:26, 0:02:27]: Okay. [0:02:27, 0:02:30]: That's council consideration in reference to relationship for the SAB. [0:02:31, 0:02:32]: Yes. Mayor. Yes, Mayor. [0:02:33, 0:02:49]: I'd like to make a motion to um I would like to rescind my motion and I'd like to make a motion um to amend the agenda to um take off item number eight for discussion. Is there a second? Second. Is there a discussion? [0:02:50, 0:02:51]: All in favor of the motion please indicate. [0:02:52, 0:02:53]: Thank you. [0:02:53, 0:03:13]: Okay, what you have before you council to review the minutes for the following meetings. Uh uh February second, two thousand nineteen, and February twenty-sixth, two thousand nineteen, the twenty-eighth of two thousand nineteen, and march first, two thousand nineteen. Obviously our next council meeting we'll be able to approve those minutes. I don't know if you had a chance to thoroughly read them. If you have any questions or concerns [0:03:13, 0:03:28]: About those minutes and any adjustments. If not, we will move on to any public comments. There are no public comments. No public comments. Okay. So on that uh we have a presentation and I don't see the individual [0:03:28, 0:03:31]: That is oh yeah, she just walked in. [0:03:32, 0:03:33]: Yeah, she did. [0:03:33, 0:03:45]: Master Sardin retired Sandra Brown Lee. Ma'am, you are up. You walked through the door at the same time. I do make Mr. Mayor if I may with the introduction. She's actually next on the agenda. [0:03:46, 0:03:49]: Yeah, you're actually next. You're actually next. [0:03:52, 0:03:54]: Good evening. Your your name, please? [0:03:56, 0:03:56]: Okay. [0:04:02, 0:04:03]: Uh huh. [0:04:05, 0:04:07]: Yes. [0:04:08, 0:04:15]: Okay. Well Mr Mayor, if I may, while she's catching her breath, if you don't mind, um I had asked [0:04:17, 0:04:37]: Uh sir go right here please. Mrs. Brownlee. I just want to give a little background. So go right go right doing that. Go right ahead, sir. Okay. Uh I just want to let everyone know that uh a few months ago, uh myself, the mayor, and Mr. Clark visited Mrs. Brownley in Griffith. [0:04:37, 0:04:57]: And we had the opportunity to actually see the service program there in Griffin Wade Point. Mrs. Brownlee is a retired Master Sergeant. She is the CEO of Discovering Soldiers Potential 2. [0:04:57, 0:05:17]: And I was so impressed with the presentation, I asked if she would come to share that with us. I had asked some veterans to actually come out. I only see one in the background, so it's originally some. [0:05:17, 0:05:37]: I had also arranged and I I I called Mrs. Brownley and asked her if she had the time to do it. Um I had asked if she would be available to take a step over uh in the next room to be able to do a QA with some of the vets. Uh Mrs. Brownley, I don't know. [0:05:37, 0:05:57]: They may come in later. So I don't know if that is gonna happen, but I will let everyone know that you did agree uh to do that. And we had vets here that wanted to ask questions because during this process here, um we [0:05:56, 0:06:16]: you know, questions are not allowed other than from the city council. And so if the thing come in, it does some bets to come in uh within a time frame, then we have an a joining room here and uh someone would direct you and those bets over and uh you be able to do that. So without [0:06:16, 0:06:36]: Without any further ado, ladies and gentlemen, uh Master Sergeant Sandra Brown Lee. Thank you. So good evening. Good evening to you. Um, first of all, let me just say thank you for inviting me out to speak about what we do in Spalding County and other communities, helping our veterans. I am a proud veteran myself, I did serve. [0:06:36, 0:06:56]: For 27 years, so I'm very proud of that accomplishment. Um, as I spoke with the good folks who came down, I explained to them that upon retiring from the military, the one thing that I noticed that was a huge disparity and really disheartening for me was the number of veterans that I saw with signs on the [0:06:56, 0:07:16]: Corner saying or work for food or I'm a veteran and I'm homeless. And I thought that was a travesty that you could use the word veteran and homeless in the same sentence. It just doesn't make sense to me. Um, so me being a retired veteran myself, and contrary to what people think, it is not easier if you retire. It's no more easier than [0:07:16, 0:07:36]: If you didn't, because you have to learn this entire world all over again based on what you've been trained to do for so many years, especially someone like me who did 27 years. So I left my mom's apron string and then went to the military, and then I came back and the streak was gone, so I gotta figure that thing out for myself. Um, so when I did retire. [0:07:36, 0:07:39]: Yeah, I I because of that reason [0:07:40, 0:07:58]: And also just understanding how this world works and how this community works versus the military world, it's a huge change for someone who has been and I won't use this word loosely, but I will use this program to do a certain thing. And that's what soldiers are doing. We're trained to do a certain thing to just protect this country. Um [0:07:59, 0:08:19]: But the goal is to come back home and see where you left off once you've done that. And that's where the hard part takes in. And so in the course of that time frame of being for retired for about two or three years, I realize that even if you're retired, finding assistance services and just someone who can relate to you is very difficult to do and understand where you're coming from. [0:08:19, 0:08:36]: So I started this nonprofit organization called Discovering Soldier's Potential Too. Because as I explained to the gentleman who came down, when we serve as we're serving on active duty, every individual who serves in the military understands what their mission is while they're serving on active duty. [0:08:36, 0:08:56]: The problem comes is that once you're done, what do you do with yourself now in the new community that you're in? Even though it's your hometown and it's your family and all of that, and everybody's back to see you because we get all the parades and thank you for your service and flags as we get off the plane. But about three days later, sort of like bad fish, you know, folks are saying, okay, what are you gonna do now? [0:08:56, 0:09:15]: You can't sit around my house all day and ponder life. So under discovering soldiers potential too, what I realized was there was a lack of resources or good resources available for us to figure out what we're supposed to do. And I'm not saying they aren't good resources, but oftentimes they're all over the place. You don't know where to go. [0:09:15, 0:09:20]: So I started creating these Waypoint Veterans Service Centers within the [0:09:21, 0:09:25]: rural community areas because believe it or not [0:09:27, 0:09:30]: The VA only covers metro areas in any state that they're in. [0:09:31, 0:09:36]: And so that leaves the rural community sort of out there trying to get to the VA's location. [0:09:36, 0:09:56]: But what people don't understand is 80% of our veterans who serve come from rural community areas. I.e., I'm one of them. I'm from a little town called LaGrange, Georgia. I would have loved to go back home with my mom and my dad and talk about all my stuff, but if there are no services available to assist me, then start to stay there. So I had to move closer to the city to get those services. [0:09:56, 0:10:16]: But like in any of these Waypoint Veterans Service Centers, we afford a veteran to come in and it's sort of a one-stop shop experience. So when you come there, depending on your need, is what we address. So we are a researcher plus resource center. So I'm very happy to say that because we have great folks who volunteer. [0:10:16, 0:10:36]: their time to come to these centers and assist us with helping veterans understand what their purpose is in the community that they're living in now. And that includes VA benefits of excuse me about a slight dry. Uh there's uh there's water. I'll pay you enough. [0:10:36, 0:10:38]: [640.4, 660.4]: This is Cassandra, my general manager. We have been running all day. It's been so busy. It really has. One displaced female in another counties, I need help. One that walked in the door. This has been a long, a long day. But under Waypoint Veteran Services, the purpose is to allow a place where veterans can come and get multiple services to take care of it. [0:11:00, 0:11:20]: At one time versus having to go all over creation. So in this service center, we have, and our very first one that we opened in Griffin, Georgia in 2016, July. In that service center, we have multiple services, including claims and benefits, uh housing, emergency funding, Social Security. [0:11:21, 0:11:22]: I could go on all day. [0:11:23, 0:11:27]: But the way that we service if you walk in the door and you have an issue, that's how we service you. [0:11:28, 0:11:33]: So doing a brochure would be a viewpoint. I do have business cards, I don't do many brochures. [0:11:33, 0:11:53]: Tell us uh tell you all that we do. The greatest part about this is that it was a need because I found this from my first center that I opened in Griffin, Georgia, at that time frame of two and a half years we've been open, we've seen over 9,000 ventures in that center. We processed over 4,000 ventures, claimed through benefits. Yes indeed. I'm so excited about. [0:11:53, 0:12:13]: that far because we've gotten over 2,000 claims of benefits back with positive results. And every day it's it's the process that we do and it's the people that come in and really want to do it that makes it successful. But between that and putting 23 veterans in housing, getting about oh God only knows over 50 in the last two years jobs. So all of [0:12:13, 0:12:33]: All those services that we supply to our veterans are services that are beneficial to help them become, I don't know, more beneficial to the community that they live in versus having to ask for handouts. We're a very prideful people, the military, so it's very difficult for us to go and ask you for something. But if you tell me where I can go to make my own, then I could. [0:12:33, 0:12:37]: I feel that would be more in touch with my own being, my own self work. So [0:12:38, 0:12:58]: That's what we do at Wadeport Venture Service, and I know that was really fast. Um, I don't know how to explain it more than I I do both keep asking requests that you and I tell you what we do versus what we do as a service center. But we have been very fortunate with all of our doing to now have opened up a new center in La Grange George in my hometown, which I'm very excited about. [0:12:58, 0:13:18]: Doing some great things down there with supportive housing. And we also have a location in Macon, Georgia. U of S has to come, so has Clayton County and so has Fort Valley. So there's three other potential places that we can open up service centers that are very beneficial to our veterans. And we don't just service folks in this community, believe it or not, we service veterans from all over the world. [0:13:18, 0:13:38]: both active duty and retired and those who have left the service. So the name is out there for what we do and I think it's because we're probably taking KKR. So we're very, very proud of what we do. I'm very happy about that. It is a all volunteer force. It is a nonprofit organization. So none of the folks who work in Energy Centers paid for their services. [0:13:38, 0:13:45]: I don't get paid for my services. It's the right thing to do. We do live off donations and gifts and time, and we've been very [0:13:54, 0:14:12]: Thank you. Thank you for the presentation. Yes, sir. Go right here to the question. Uh Mrs. Brownlee, I really appreciate you coming. Uh as I stated earlier, um I was personally impressed with your presentation. And I saw it. I saw the volunteers. I saw the facility and uh Mayor Ford and I sort of talked about um [0:14:13, 0:14:15]: The house, the prison. [0:14:15, 0:14:18]: The jail and we went upstairs and we saw [0:14:19, 0:14:20]: Uh the hang in [0:14:21, 0:14:31]: Gallow, if that's what you call it. But I was so impressed with the program and and one thing I wanted to do and I know I'm non vet, uh the mayor is a retired colonel. [0:14:31, 0:14:35]: I don't know where the gap is. I know there's a facility uh in McDonough. [0:14:35, 0:14:38]: There's some services here in the city of Stark Grid. [0:14:38, 0:14:40]: But what I wanted to do was to [0:14:41, 0:14:42]: Identified a gap. [0:14:42, 0:15:02]: And to see if we could bring something here. And that was one of the reasons why I I reached out to uh some vets and uh Mr. Clark, who was with us, is a vet and I spoke with him and I thought he would be here. But I do know we have Mr. Tyrone Anderson back there who is a vet. But I just wanna thank you for coming and uh your uh [0:15:02, 0:15:22]: Executive director. Just wanna thank you all for coming. It is a great program and whether we get some traction today, uh I'm committed to trying to see what we can do here in the city of Stockbridge to provide those services uh for vets. And and we have quite a few and even today, this morning, um [0:15:22, 0:15:42]: I'm on a uh planning committee for the Memorial March. And so uh there are a number of vets here in the city of Stockbridge, and I'm sure they need services. And I know they run all the way up to Claremont. Um So just with that being said, that's that's my goal, is to see what we can do here in the city of [0:15:42, 0:16:02]: Stockbridge and I'm sure I'll be calling on you again, um, you know, just for that, for your expertise. But I feel that I so I did a little research on stockbridge, which is what I always do before I go into any community to determine if it's a need there or not. And I did a census on stock bridge and by census you have about fourteen thousand. [0:16:02, 0:16:18]: veterans who are census, but that's uh those who are enrolled in the VA who live here and those who are of course count every year. That excludes the number of veterans that you have that are considered displaced or homeless. And then also the number that that I in the sense that are counting, some of those are people who [0:16:18, 0:16:21]: That's that they're probably addressed they're probably living with someone else. [0:16:22, 0:16:42]: So I do know that I do know also that Stockbridge is considered sort of a welcome center per se. So I know that a lot of pumpers people leave the city during the day and come to this area because we have lots of like free stuff, just like Spaulding County does, and then the other day they go back. But I will tell you that weight wanted [0:16:42, 0:16:43]: [1003.8, 1023.8]: benefit to Spalding County because we're the veterans that come in in that way because they do it every single day because as many freebies you have to offer. Then we've been able to cut that number down drastically just from getting them in and getting assistance and getting them services and getting their benefits started. So because of that, we have averaged about 47,000 [0:17:03, 0:17:10]: That we brought back into the city of Spaulding or the city of River Spaulding County based on the services that we're providing to them. [0:17:11, 0:17:31]: Good deal. I truly appreciate your your your presentation and of course the briefing that we had uh with you a couple months or so ago. Look forward to a bright future and the fact that hopefully we can work out some i issues and assist you in maybe bringing your services to the area, because there are a lot of veterans here without a doubt that uh can utilize the services as a po and they don't have a way to get to to cater or things of that nature. [0:17:31, 0:17:38]: So look forward to to try to work through some things to help out as best as possible. Any other comments from the council at all? [0:17:39, 0:17:49]: I just want to say thank you for coming. Thank you. Well thank you thank you for meeting right. No, no, you're quite right. Could you share with with us um [0:17:50, 0:18:10]: The funding so you you touched on it briefly. Uh it was amazing how just looking at that facility and the services, it was amazing how you could do that with a non-paid staff. Could you just share some of that with us, how you get that done? So how do we even get them to do it? That's the first thing you have to do. [0:18:10, 0:18:11]: [1091.8, 1111.8]: But I think it's like it's community effort number one. So as always, I come to a community, I always want to speak with the s the leaders of the community, for in businesses for instance. And so from there the community felt that it was a need in Spawdy County area because of a lot of the ventures that they had living there, those were coming in and out, and the homeless ones. [0:18:31, 0:18:51]: That live around the city. And because of that, the community actually gave us the building that we're living in. So because we were a non-governmental agency, we are a nonprofit. One of the governmental agencies leased a place for us, which is the Old County Jail, which is actually the most historical building in the town. Pretty cool, built by Doc Holliday. [0:18:51, 0:19:11]: And his dad. I thought that was pretty cool. They had to see the O jail and all. And uh so we paid one dollar a month for rent there. And then from there we just started, first of all, touch basing with all the military organizations of the community to explain what we were doing. And a lot of them are retirees. And plus, like I said, of twenty seven, you know a few folks. [0:19:11, 0:19:31]: To call in some of those favors from folks you helped out along the way, they were willing to come in and say, Hey, okay, I'll give an hour here, and I'll give two days here, I'll give a day here. But because of those people who come to volunteer even minimal time, we're able to now open five days a week in every center that we have because of the number of people who volunteer. [0:19:31, 0:19:51]: So even one hour volunteer fills in a gap so that we actually have a place open full time five days a week because of that. And then gifts and kinds, donations. We actually went up to Maryland to one of the military bases up there and received furniture for the space that was donated to us. We had to drive and go get it. But we found someone with 18 wheels. [0:19:51, 0:19:55]: Yeah. [0:19:55, 0:20:15]: We have a gentleman who every quarter brings us four cases of water and chips that we give out to the veterans that come in. So everything you see in that scene, if you ever take a visit, we're donators of gifts and kinds between the veterans who come there and actual folks who live in the community. So even the decorations, so we sort of it's not a [0:20:15, 0:20:35]: But we try to make it as homey as possible, I can say. So we have lots of memorabilia everywhere. So the vets love that. We have uniforms of vets who worn these uniforms that we have put on mannequins that we display in the center, which is great for them because it's surprising. So because of that, we're able to function and have a full-fledged center and do great things for them. [0:20:35, 0:20:55]: folks and we don't have to pay very much. We do have a local church that pays our utility bills every month, and we have another church that pays our water bills. So those kind of things help us so any money that we get into the system goes back to another vet. And another way that we get reimbursement is whatever vet we assist with their claims and benefits, if they get [0:20:55, 0:21:15]: awarded they have to pay it forward. So they have decide to pay it forward for them on their application that says if I get even if I don't give if you assist me I will pay it forward in some kind of way either volunteering time, putting a dollar in the donation box or just come in and bring a case of water or whatever we need to in order to take care of. [0:21:14, 0:21:15]: Foxes with [0:21:16, 0:21:36]: Thank you. Thank you. That's awesome. Thank you. Thank you. That's really good. Any other questions for at all? Okay. Thank you, ma'am. You have any information you can leave us? It's in the book. It's in the book? Yeah, yeah. And in in the booklet there's um a whole brochure about waypoint. Yes. Thank you. [0:21:36, 0:21:37]: Thank you. Thank you. Appreciate it. [0:21:39, 0:21:53]: Mayor. Yes, yes, Mayor. For the record, Councilwoman Robinson has joined the meeting. Yes. Okay, great. Full compliment tonight. Old business. Council consideration and approved facilities uses uh uses policy presented by Mr. Williams, please. [0:22:00, 0:22:12]: And um uh what I think we have in front of the is a third option way when we see policy. [0:22:26, 0:22:31]: Um but the policy, let me just simplify um as much as possible. [0:22:32, 0:22:35]: Um in part two. [0:22:35, 0:22:55]: Council members will be able to even use uh the Merl Manders Conference Center for a council initiative once each year on a weekend, that's Friday through Sunday. And then with the approval of council, um, we could use the Merl Manders or Ted Strickland um for additional council initiatives Monday approved. [0:22:55, 0:23:01]: Thursday and as it's currently written, that could be uploaded and the approval of the governing body. [0:23:01, 0:23:12]: Um but one thing it does suggest is that a council initiative could not include a partner in the organization. It would have to be specifically your council initiative and this is meant. [0:23:12, 0:23:32]: get out of you know organizations wanting to come um get the use of the facilities for free um by you know parkering with with the city so this would be purely for council initiatives for city business um part three provides [0:23:32, 0:23:52]: Uh employee discount, the number that's plugged in is 25%. I think at one point it was discussed, it could be as high as 50%. But this would apply to all employees, and since council members are technically employed, it would be applied to you all as well. [0:23:52, 0:24:12]: A 20% discount for all nonprofit organizations. The um there's a previous version that would have allowed the staff to develop rates for competitive rates to be competitive with other facilities. [0:24:12, 0:24:32]: And to establish a discount that would be subject for a discount for nonprofits that would be subject to approval of the mayor council. But in discussions with staff, I think they wanted just an easier straight line discount for nonprofits that you all approved so that there would be no kind of room for negotiation. [0:24:32, 0:24:40]: So that's it in a in a nutshell. Um I welcome your input. Um [0:24:40, 0:24:44]: This is ready to be adopted but make changes now at this time. [0:24:45, 0:25:05]: May Mayor. Yes, go right, please. Thank you, ma'am Attorney Williams. Uh one of the things that we discussed at the Kennesaw retreat was a use facility for the purpose of we're seeing an increase, even myself, of where organizations would ask us to [0:25:05, 0:25:25]: partner or do something with us in order so that basically so you don't have to pay for the building. And what we're trying to do is eliminate there's a lot of usage if you look into our budget right now and the expenditures of Merrmanders, there's a lot of usage um [0:25:25, 0:25:30]: of Merrmanders. I I would also like to mention [0:25:30, 0:25:31]: That [0:25:31, 0:25:33]: In the number two section. [0:25:34, 0:25:35]: It actually was one [0:25:36, 0:25:36]: Um [0:25:37, 0:25:39]: One weekend from Merrymanders? [0:25:39, 0:25:59]: And my suggestion would be one weekend for Mermanders and one day out of the week for Merrill Manders, so that we're it's two events period for the council member. And that's more of the concern of the Merrill Manders Conference Center. Um [0:25:59, 0:26:19]: And so in regards to nonprofit organizations, I don't know if that 20% is what they do right now. I don't know if you got that number. That's what they do. Then then so be it. Um if they prefer to have one flat fee. I think that across the board, um, the Moral Manders, although it's an events facility. [0:26:19, 0:26:26]: that the city us utilizes for our events. We also have to be mindful [0:26:27, 0:26:28]: That each year [0:26:28, 0:26:38]: we're gradually increasing in the red. And so we we need to put a cap on um and consider w what exactly does that look like. [0:26:45, 0:26:55]: once each year on a weekend, once each year on a weekday, that's Monday through Thursday. And then for the TED strike limit, then you would be entitled to use that. [0:26:56, 0:27:01]: Correct. Mayor. [0:27:01, 0:27:04]: Is that different from what's on here? What did you just say? I'm sorry. [0:27:05, 0:27:25]: No, that's what I he's disinterpreted it. So so what she is suggesting is we change this so that the the that council members for council initiatives would be able to use the Merl Manager Conference Center once each year on a weekend Monday through Friday and once each year on a weekday Monday through [0:27:25, 0:27:35]: through Thursday and then the the the second sentence would s would then read with the approval of the city council the Ted Strickland Center would use [0:27:36, 0:27:42]: And this is not new. This is something that we pretty much we ended our discussion in Kennesaw with this [0:27:43, 0:28:03]: Conclusion almost. It was just a matter of putting it in writing and eliminating some of the wordiness of it. So Councilman Robinson, please um thank you, Mayor. Um we did discuss it in Kennesaw because it was brought forth by certain um council members out of concern. Um certain certain parts [0:28:03, 0:28:23]: Of this, I'm not in agreement with, but of course, I'm the minority when it comes to the vote. Um, but I would like to say we keep throwing out um a lot of numbers saying we in the red. I have yet to really see data um from the Merrill Manders um when people are renting. Is that something that we can receive um from? [0:28:23, 0:28:43]: from that department, um the usage, who's you who's using it, um, when it's being used. Um I have yet to see any of that, how much people are paying for it if they are using it. Um maybe you know other council have, but I have yet um to see any data. And so I would suggest that if [0:28:43, 0:28:58]: we're going to um be saying we're in the red, then all of us should be aware of how we're in the w red, um, because there may be additional changes that we may need to do to look at. So I would definitely like to see the data um from the that department. [0:29:22, 0:29:36]: Well, it wasn't just the numbers is what I was just requesting. I was requesting who was using it, all of that, itemized, how what they were paying. Um, that's the data, detailed information that I'm asking, um, if you don't mind. [0:29:40, 0:29:42]: Go right in, please. [0:29:42, 0:30:00]: Uh I've looked at these options myself, uh as well, and I look at this particular option right here. And um it has always been my position that the citizen should come first. None of these options have it where the citizen it's a conference center. [0:30:00, 0:30:20]: It is if we ever gonna get out the red, why isn't the priority to have citizen events that are paid for uh by those uh hosting the issue? I on the previous two options that was down at like number six, where citizens would come in and they would pay. [0:30:20, 0:30:40]: Uh to me we should schedule around what they're doing. That's correct. They shouldn't schedule around what we're doing. That's correct. So the I don't see that reflected in this document or the previous two because the the other one I think option two had it down at like number six or something like that. [0:30:40, 0:31:00]: I want to see that be the priority and then we fill in around when those events are scheduled. Mayor, if I may. Go right at the time. And Mr. Williams can we we had a dialogue on this? The priority use was completely eliminated because it was confusing. This this is just basically [0:31:00, 0:31:20]: A policy on the use for mayor and council in the city and the way we operate with nonprofit organizations. Paying customers come first. Wow. And everybody else falls in wherever there's a space available. I think we took out the pecking order because it was confusing. It didn't make any sense. [0:31:20, 0:31:37]: to have a pecking order on who gets a priority when paying customers, they just come first. And if they have a an event and they've paid, then they come first. This is just a policy for our use purposes when the moramanders is available. [0:31:37, 0:31:47]: Right. I I hear what you're saying. I just how it is, I like to see this document or whatever document we adopt. [0:31:47, 0:31:53]: have that in writing that these events, citizen events come first. [0:31:54, 0:31:55]: Yeah, go right, please. [0:31:56, 0:32:00]: Um I d I do concur with you, um, Councilman Alexander [0:32:01, 0:32:05]: But when we talk about policies for us, and I I think I'm kind of reiterating [0:32:06, 0:32:10]: These policy doesn't knock a citizens off the calendar. [0:32:10, 0:32:18]: So if a citizen has a date that we're trying to get, then we just don't get the date. That's always been like that. I don't this doesn't change that process. [0:32:18, 0:32:21]: Uh to to put it in there just be a [0:32:21, 0:32:35]: uh just be verbiage that's we're already operating under. We don't we don't knock anybody. If somebody got it on the tenth and we want it on the tenth, it's just not available for us. That's that's not a that's just protocol right now for for what how we operate. [0:32:36, 0:32:53]: On that note, let me just ask say this. Uh say for instance uh a council initiative uh that wants to use the moral manners, you set a date for something and all of a sudden a citizen wants that particular date maybe a a month out and it's already been programmed. [0:32:53, 0:32:59]: And is is the citizen still coming first or are we gonna stay with that particular date? Is that how we how we wanna handle that type of situation? [0:33:01, 0:33:02]: Okay. [0:33:09, 0:33:29]: Is it's getting funds for an event and you know, a month out or two weeks out, a paying client wants to use it, can't unwind that. Okay. All right. Just just wanna ask bring it up. Just want to ask the question. Any other questions from the council? No, Mayor I would like to go ahead, please. I would like to make a motion. Oh sorry, go ahead. [0:33:29, 0:33:49]: The uh city clerk asked the question and and this is a decision to draw already. So the employee discount of twenty-five percent, as it's written, it's unlimited. So we want it to be a one-time discount, one event a year or something like that, or we can make that change. One per one time per year. One time per year, I was my reason. [0:33:49, 0:33:56]: [2037.2, 2040.7]: One one percent one percent. [0:34:04, 0:34:10]: with with with those changes and I can summarize them and and state a motion if [0:34:11, 0:34:13]: Fire. Thank you. Um so [0:34:13, 0:34:33]: So i this that number should not be unlimited. What do you think? You should not be able to use Ted Strickland unlimited. I'm sorry. Yeah, we said one time per year. Okay, so you just changed it to a one time per year. Okay. All right. Yeah. Go go right, sir. Go ahead. [0:34:35, 0:34:55]: To adopt or approve the option three policy with the following changes. The first change would be that each council member would be permitted to use a bromander center once per year on a weekend, Friday through Sunday, and once per year on a weekday. [0:34:55, 0:35:08]: Monday through Thursday. And then with the approval of the City Council, the second change will be agreed with the approval of the city council, the Ted Strickland Center may be used for additional council initiatives Monday through Thursday. [0:35:09, 0:35:19]: The third change would provide that city employees shall be entitled once per year to receive an employee discount of twenty-five percent for the use of any city. [0:35:20, 0:35:22]: Okay. Yes, I have a question. [0:35:23, 0:35:27]: Well it hasn't been motion hasn't been accepted just yet. Has that motion been accepted? [0:35:28, 0:35:48]: I'm moved. Okay, has it been seconded? Okay, there you have now discussion. Go right ahead. Now I'm gonna go back to my point, which was the citizens come first. Now, in my estimation, let's say like we do a s a calendar a year ahead of time. So uh to me there should be a window. [0:35:48, 0:36:08]: Right? Let's say we have a council initiative set up on a particular date, right? And then someone says they want to hold a wedding on that particular day. Within 90 days ahead of time, or 60 days ahead of time, where we start advertising it or putting the event. [0:36:08, 0:36:12]: out there, that citizens should be able to bump that event. [0:36:12, 0:36:32]: This that of that we're truly putting the citizens first because we're scheduling events uh in December and they're they're throughout the year and somebody wants to have a wedding on that date, and that's a three or four thousand dollars, three thousand dollar payday that we're giving up. Now we wouldn't want to give up the event. [0:36:32, 0:36:52]: At the very last minute, somebody says, okay, we've already started advertising. So a 60 or 90 day window, well, those events could actually be bumped. Uh but I say that because you cannot say that you're putting the citizens first if you're take you got prime time, they they can't even they have [0:36:52, 0:37:10]: even scheduled events yet. You're scheduling the events. You've taken up the time a year ahead of time. And then they're coming back saying, Oh, I want to have a wedding in the summertime or I want to have wedding in August or but that time is already taken uh from them. So I don't know if if [0:37:11, 0:37:19]: We're saying one thing that we're putting the citizens first, but that's not the practice if we take up the best dates. [0:37:20, 0:37:28]: Uh a year out. They're already boxed out. So there's blackout window already into effect before the public even receives this. [0:37:30, 0:37:39]: All right, so otherwise it uh that's kinda was kinda in a sense what I was talking about earlier, but I didn't put a of time frame on it. I said only a month or two weeks out. But if you if you're looking at uh [0:37:40, 0:37:49]: uh something like ninety days or sixty days, obviously it looks seems like that would have to be added in or it'd have to be retaken in on the motion or something like that if we if we want to go down that road. [0:37:49, 0:38:03]: Um but anyway. Ma'am Yes, yes, ma'am. I think that that complicates things a lot. I think that us planning ahead of time whether we put something on the calendar is first come, first serve. And we've been acting in that manner. [0:38:03, 0:38:23]: Already. We we've been doing that from day one. We've always planned you you put something on the schedule and if a paying customer wanted to come in and it that day is booked, then it's booked um already, whether it's from the city reserving it or that person. I don't think that's not putting the citizens first. I'm pretty sure everyone [0:38:23, 0:38:43]: Understand that planning is everything, whether it's a year out, you're pre-planning, or even if you haven't put the advertisement out there, it would cause a lot of confusion and disarray. I think this method is it makes sense. [0:38:43, 0:38:57]: The purpose of this method and the purpose of this policy, we really have to focus on the purpose of the policy, and that is to get away from the constant asking of the use of the facility from outside organizations to partner with us. [0:38:57, 0:39:04]: in order to get discounts. And that's basically and and that we have one set standard. [0:39:04, 0:39:10]: that is in place for everybody, um, I think that I think it makes sense. [0:39:10, 0:39:13]: Okay. Any further comments? Yes sir. Go ahead, please. [0:39:14, 0:39:16]: Just the process of planning. [0:39:17, 0:39:19]: If anyone is planning a wedding [0:39:20, 0:39:22]: And they are looking for a facility. [0:39:22, 0:39:34]: They're gonna check the availability of that facility before they put anything in concrete as far as their plans. And it's with any facility. [0:39:35, 0:39:38]: Anyone that's planning anything, they're gonna always check. [0:39:38, 0:39:40]: the availability. [0:39:41, 0:39:41]: It just [0:39:43, 0:39:46]: It's just a no brainer. Thank you. Any further comments from the council? [0:39:46, 0:40:06]: Well I just yes if I could I would just simply say this is that um you know I said it from the beginning which is putting the citizens first. Now we can say that um you know we we we're putting them first but at the same time like I said with that without that bump out position [0:40:06, 0:40:26]: They're days that they're private deprived of that they cannot actually use at the top of the calendar. Now, I want to be I like uh the fact uh um of of what we're trying to do, but my priority is a little is is making sure that this facility makes [0:40:26, 0:40:46]: money. That's what my priority is. Because as we are subsidizing it at an extremely high level right now, if there's$4,000 available or$3,000 available and they give us a 90-day notice, that that that funding coming into the city coffers should [0:40:46, 0:40:55]: should be prioritized over any event because it's cutting the red out of this facility that we have now. [0:40:55, 0:40:57]: Uh good deal. Go ahead, sir. [0:40:57, 0:41:01]: I was gonna make a comment, but I just wanna say every [0:41:01, 0:41:05]: Council member up here, any event that we have, any initiative we have. [0:41:06, 0:41:07]: Is [0:41:08, 0:41:10]: It's providing something for the community. [0:41:11, 0:41:21]: So if we start setting a policy like that, then we can't as every event, even though it's a council initiative, it it's a city event, it's spent with taxpayers' monies. [0:41:22, 0:41:28]: So if we start to go down this road like that, then we're saying that we can't we can't reserve it for our Christmas special. [0:41:28, 0:41:36]: Because we do that a year in advance. If somebody wants for citizens wants it, then we need to cancel the Christmas uh gala. [0:41:36, 0:41:56]: We have to be careful and cautious, the policies we put in our mind, because that's across the board, because all of these initiatives, everything we do as a city is a city function by taxpayers' money. So if we have a policy in place that says if we have a place uh reserve that if a citizen wants it, they gets it, they get it, then we're being irresponsible. [0:41:56, 0:42:05]: for pro providing those extensions of things that can uh um be provided for our community, not only in our initiatives, but from the city. [0:42:06, 0:42:06]: So [0:42:07, 0:42:09]: When you ha any city you go to [0:42:10, 0:42:19]: That's like if we have a uh a sounds of summer and the citizen got the group that got together and say, I wanna have this, that's revenue for the city, so we cancel sounds of summer. [0:42:20, 0:42:39]: Scheduling scheduling and providing services and and and having services presented by the cities, that's just the way it is. If I can't get it on that day, then I move to another day. Rather, what happens if somebody a citizen's already rented that day? You're gonna do the exact same thing, change your day. [0:42:41, 0:42:42]: And that's just the way it is. [0:42:43, 0:42:50]: I'd like to respond to the no ac actually two times folks. You have not, sir. Go ahead. Okay. [0:42:50, 0:42:56]: One thing that this does, I know for an example, one of the initiative that I've had [0:42:57, 0:43:01]: It was the first time for a lot of citizens. [0:43:01, 0:43:03]: To even attend the mural. [0:43:03, 0:43:07]: And they said, Oh, this is a wonderful facility. [0:43:08, 0:43:11]: How can I rent this facility? It's PR. [0:43:11, 0:43:31]: And on that particular night, I know of five people that went to the staff and inquired about how they could rent it. So it also serves as PR, the initiative when you have folks coming to the Murray Manor for the first time. And you can pretty much say that for all of the initiatives that we have. [0:43:31, 0:43:44]: It's many of those folks first time coming. And and folks are coming from Clayton, Spaulding, from Atlanta, and they love that facility. And it's their first time. So it's also a PR mechanism. [0:43:45, 0:43:56]: Thank you, sir. Thank you. Okay. So limited amount of folks can talk on that so sends a two too limited time frame or two time speak. So on that note we have a motion on the floor. It's been seconded. All in favor of motion, please indicate. [0:43:58, 0:43:59]: Ring? All posed? [0:44:00, 0:44:01]: Two. All right, three, two it passes. [0:44:03, 0:44:05]: All right. Um [0:44:06, 0:44:19]: New business council consideration to partner with Friends House to allow for annual fundraiser Taste of Henry, April twelfth, twenty nineteen, Kay Anderson and uh Angela Beaver. [0:44:20, 0:44:21]: Okay, come f come forward, Miss Anderson. [0:44:26, 0:44:27]: Hello? [0:44:28, 0:44:29]: Okay. [0:44:29, 0:44:30]: Okay. [0:44:31, 0:44:33]: Evening to you two as well. [0:44:53, 0:44:55]: [2697.8, 2701.8]: It it probably got a little closer to Mike, maybe. [0:45:01, 0:45:03]: All right. Is it wrong? [0:45:03, 0:45:03]: Is it all? [0:45:04, 0:45:04]: Oh. [0:45:06, 0:45:26]: There we go. All right. Turn it on. Okay. All right. Um every year we host Taste of Henry. We partner with City of Stockbridge and Henry County or McDonough and Main Street, as well as Henry Chamber of Commerce with the Tourism Department in promoting this event. [0:45:26, 0:45:46]: This event raises much needed funds for the children's home there in McDonough. And so we appreciate the annual partnership that the City of Stockbridge, Stockbridge has given us. In partnership, what we do is we offer booth space for the Tasty Tuesdays food truck in Main Street that comes to the event. [0:45:46, 0:46:01]: And then uh and the city of Stockbridge puts out banners uh for us to help promote the event. So um so here we're just asking for that request again to be able to partner with you guys and have some banners put out and some promotional material. [0:46:02, 0:46:22]: Thank you. Appreciate it, Ms. Beaver. Any questions? Mayor Ford. Go right in, please. Mayor Ford, I move that we approve the Taster Henry partnership in order to put out banners um in return of being able to advertise and promote at their taste uh at their taste of Henry Henry with our food truck. Second. Okay. [0:46:22, 0:46:32]: Okay, any further discussion? Yes. Go right in. I want to ask the city manager and uh maybe the assistant city manager. We've been working on a project. [0:46:32, 0:46:35]: For quite some time now to get the city [0:46:36, 0:46:38]: Um branded. [0:46:39, 0:46:59]: banner displays put into place and um because we have those unattractive green uh holders that we have all over the city, yet we seem to be unable to put them in place. When will we have those in place? Will we have them in place for this [0:46:59, 0:47:03]: It's a nice sign to be able to go up in an appropriate fashion. [0:47:07, 0:47:21]: Thank you, uh Councilman. I think you're referring to um the uh stock bridge uh poles that we purchased. Um there was an issue with placing them in certain areas because we have to f have G DOT approval because it's on G DOT right away. [0:47:22, 0:47:42]: In fact, uh the public works director and I, um discious Aaron, discussed this uh in the last day or two about another location near the bridge that we could potentially put one of those there at that location as you come across on um Burke Street, using that one location. There's another location that we've identified as [0:47:42, 0:48:02]: That we would likely need to seek uh private property approval, which we I think we could probably get in another location. The issue is that those stanchions have to be actually placed into the ground, concreted into the ground with footers. And in order to do that on GDOT right-of-way, you have to receive their approval. [0:48:02, 0:48:02]: Approval. [0:48:03, 0:48:23]: We have been working on that for some time and I think we've made some progress. I don't know if Mike may be able to provide some additional insight, but we've identified a couple of other places that we can probably uh uh place those um polls uh aside from NGDOT right away. I'd like to hear from Mr. Williams on what where that stands at. [0:48:23, 0:48:43]: That that that's essentially correct. G DOT wanted to see um designs for the signs because you know one of the issues they had is that anything that's permanent in the right of way for safety reasons, they wanted, you know, there's stuff like breakaway signs and things like that. Um so those have been provided um uh [0:48:43, 0:48:50]: Uh and I don't know where they are in terms of how long they've been with G Dot, but we're awaiting time for G Dot to hear back. [0:48:51, 0:48:53]: So Miss Councilwoman, when do we receive these signs? [0:48:57, 0:48:58]: It's been months. [0:48:59, 0:49:05]: Well, the issue is this. If we put'em in those certain locations, if we put'em up in G dot right away. [0:49:06, 0:49:09]: They're subject to being removed, or they're subject to being a safety hazard. [0:49:10, 0:49:15]: Obviously we don't want to put the city in that type of predicament at those particular locations that were initially identified. [0:49:16, 0:49:20]: За меншен, викинля сам alternative locations to place those up. [0:49:20, 0:49:29]: That would be off of G DOT right away in order to get those up um in a timely fashion. When when can we have that? When when will that happen? [0:49:29, 0:49:32]: I'll give you re I'll be glad to give you a report at the next meeting. [0:49:33, 0:49:35]: If not if not before then. [0:49:36, 0:49:49]: All right. Any further questions? All right, uh we have a motion that's been seconded. All in favor of the motion please indicate. Okay, it's unanimous. Ms. Beaver, thank you very much. We're gonna partner with you once again. Thank you. We're excited about it. [0:49:49, 0:49:50]: Okay. [0:49:51, 0:49:53]: What we have next is comments. [0:49:53, 0:49:59]: uh staff and council when we have public comments from the citizens they get three minutes to comment. [0:49:59, 0:50:19]: And if they if we extend any time additional time, we at we at the we're asked for the council to grant additional time and typically do that. So this is what we need to do for our comments starting tonight. Everybody gets three minutes for our comments. If you have to have additional time, you're going to extend that additional time with a c with the confirmation from the council. All right? On that note, sir. Hold on a second. [0:50:19, 0:50:20]: Hold on a second. [0:50:21, 0:50:28]: Mm mr uh city manager go write it please. Um point of order. Okay, excuse me. Point of order, yes, go ahead. Okay, now [0:50:29, 0:50:49]: That's not the pol I'm sorry. What's the policy? That's not the policy. We don't have a policy on the police. I I wanna ask the attorney, is that appropriate to implement a policy on the fly? Is that okay? Is that I don't I don't see anything'cause I have longer than three minutes. I do because that is what has been customary. [0:50:48, 0:51:02]: The chair uh in his discretion can d make that determination. Y you're within your rights to appeal the ruling of the chair and it would take the majority of counsel to overrule the ruling of the chair. [0:51:04, 0:51:06]: I don't appeal to the rest of the council. [0:51:07, 0:51:16]: All right. You want to ask the rest of the country? Yeah, I wanna see what they think. Is that okay to just uh make up the rules as well, so be it. We'll start starting my immediate uh [0:51:16, 0:51:18]: Right. And you need to make a motion. [0:51:18, 0:51:38]: No, no, he's not a motion, it's discussion. I just want to discuss the motion uh the appeal. Well he's asking for appeal. Technically he's appealed the ruling of the chair, so it would be up to counsel to overturn the decision to limit it to three minutes. Right. So what I've mentioned is that we have uh make up comments just like our citizens. [0:51:38, 0:51:43]: which were no better than our citizens. I mean if we talk about citizens first they get three minutes to talk [0:51:43, 0:52:03]: And on and if they if we want them to go longer, the st the uh the uh the actual uh uh clerk would say they're passed the time and we were asked for additional time, we were granted this time if that's the case. So I'm asking that right now that we hear hear the same rule when we give our comments to the two that we stay within the three minute limit. Is that good with you? Uh I agree with the mayor. [0:52:03, 0:52:23]: Okay, good. Is that good with you? Is that good with you? That's fine I want to get rid of comments altogether, but that's fine with me. Okay, and obviously that's not good with you. Is that good with you? Okay, there we have it. So we g we we d no overruling in that aspect. So we're gonna have go with three minutes starting tonight, three minutes for comments. If we've got to go any longer than that to get approval from the council to go [0:52:23, 0:52:43]: Longer on that. Approval with consensus. City Manager, please. Yeah, thank you, Mr. Mayor. I don't have any other comments other than to say that um uh I continue to be impressed by the staff as we come together and work together as a team um about the things that we can accomplish. And uh we are endeavoring to uh ensure that we uh move the city forward in our [0:52:43, 0:52:45]: And so we [0:52:45, 0:53:03]: Um are always conscious of how we operate and will continue to uh improve uh where we need to and we appreciate all of the staff and all of the hard work that they do. Thank you. All right, thank you. Before we go to Clerk Clerk, when we do this, you you have to push the button, ma'am, to make sure we're timely if you don't mind. Okay. [0:53:04, 0:53:12]: Yeah, that that includ that includes everybody. Includes everybody. We're above board, see my hands. Includes everybody. Okay. [0:53:13, 0:53:14]: You come, Miss Mayor. [0:53:15, 0:53:29]: Uh Mr. Thomas. Uh I'd just like to say uh briefly uh a statement about the future. Uh as many of the citizens know that in twenty eighteen the city of Stockbridge withstood its its greatest challenge. [0:53:31, 0:53:35]: And as the city council closes out the first quarter of twenty nineteen. [0:53:36, 0:53:40]: We yet face another challenge. [0:53:40, 0:53:43]: And that challenges when in the future. [0:53:44, 0:53:50]: We now look forward to realize the city's vision of a vibrant city. [0:53:50, 0:53:55]: And a renaissance of a robust downtown, which is vital for the Stockbridge economy. [0:53:56, 0:53:57]: Um [0:53:58, 0:54:04]: Downtown is the heartbeat of the city, it's the pulse of the economy, and a barometer [0:54:05, 0:54:07]: Of our quality of life. [0:54:08, 0:54:10]: I'm excited about where we're headed. [0:54:11, 0:54:18]: Uh with the comp plan, which uh the staff put a lot of time into, the community put a lot of time into. [0:54:18, 0:54:36]: Uh we are positioning ourselves to create a robust downtown with the uh amphitheater, with the um the vision that we have for the uh revitalization of downtown with the uh cultural arts center, these being um [0:54:36, 0:54:48]: anchors uh for our community. So I'm excited about that and I just want to commend the staff for the hard work and the council for the hard work to put us in this position to move forward. Thank you. [0:54:49, 0:54:50]: Mirapal Timblon. [0:54:52, 0:54:56]: Okay, I'm sorry, I gotta slow down and so you can reset. Excuse me. [0:54:58, 0:55:16]: Yeah, I just like to say that um, you know, I I look at the city of Stockbridge ha ha having a bright future. We just had a uh visit down to the state capitol, um and visited some of our senators and some of our uh House members and it was a positive feel. [0:55:16, 0:55:21]: uh in that place when it comes to and pertaining to the future stock bridge and we [0:55:21, 0:55:24]: Definitely want to uh uh embrace that. [0:55:24, 0:55:35]: At a time when we was going through our struggles, I remember so many of us stood on the city hall steps and some people said, What are you all gonna do? We said, We're gonna pray. We're gonna have a prayer vision. [0:55:36, 0:55:43]: Because we believe that in prayer, prayer was the only thing in my opinion that got us to a place where we are right now. [0:55:43, 0:55:46]: To see those bills move as fast as they could. [0:55:46, 0:55:53]: through all these legislative bodies and to see us right now in the place we are now, a place of prosperity and a place to even grow. [0:55:54, 0:56:00]: Um we're looking for great things in the city of Stockbridge and I believe that the future for the Stockbridge is very bright. [0:56:01, 0:56:21]: Uh and talking to some of the legislators and talking to uh the community, uh, we see a switch and we see a shift in the ideology of what people feel about the city of Stockbridge. And so that that is very pleasing for me. Um, I just want to say uh tomorrow we have a bingo bash from 10 to 12 for the seniors bingo bash. [0:56:21, 0:56:41]: We just want to invite all the seniors out from 55 and older to come out to uh the seniors bingo bash tomorrow at the uh Ted Strickland Community Center. Uh and I just want to thank staff and everybody that's continually working uh to make this city better because I know that uh we've gone through some challenges and we still have challenges. [0:56:40, 0:56:43]: Challenges ahead of us. Uh, thank you all for your strength. [0:56:51, 0:56:53]: Councilwoman Gantt. No comment. [0:56:55, 0:57:15]: Councilman Alexander. I'll take your time. No, you won't. That's approved by the council. All right, you got to three minutes. All right. Alrighty. Uh I want to thank everybody for tuning in and I want to thank everybody [0:57:15, 0:57:20]: Everybody who attended uh here tonight and I wanna just talk about [0:57:20, 0:57:40]: Um that desire for us to move forward in an aggressive manner uh in twenty nineteen. Uh we gotta hit the ground running and we gotta get these projects going. We got the amphitheater uh getting ready to roll off, but that's just not good enough, ladies and gentlemen. We gotta do better than that. We gotta bring [0:57:40, 0:58:00]: To the table multiple projects. One of those projects that I constantly hear out in the community is about a youth center that is needed because we do not have those facilities. Senator Emmanuel Jones made it very clear that we're the largest city in the Henry County and we need to act like [0:58:00, 0:58:20]: like it. And to in order to do that, uh he suggested that we uh have that youth facility, maybe a YMCA with an Olympic pool or a pool inside, because our children currently don't have a facility to uh swim in and they don't have a competitive pool. [0:58:20, 0:58:24]: and currently have to go to Clayton County in order to do that. [0:58:25, 0:58:28]: Uh if we're aggressive and this council moves forward. [0:58:29, 0:58:49]: With the funding that we have available right now and the upcoming SPLOST, you can have the amphitheater, the youth center, the cultural arts center, and you can have sidewalks in your community. But that takes this council to lead in an aggressive manner with what we have going on right now. [0:58:48, 0:59:04]: we can actually do that. That takes courage and leadership out front to be able to get out front and hear what the citizens are telling us. The citizens tell us at every opportunity they want that youth facility. [0:59:04, 0:59:24]: Now this council reacted to that in that we purchased the property over on Tie Street, and what a shot in the arm that would give that particular community if we did move forward with that. Whether we uh we have substantial funds in the bank, we have um borrowing capabilities. [0:59:24, 0:59:44]: Where we could actually bond some of these projects if need be. Also, want you to think about we we have a job fair coming up here on Thursday with REI. This job fair will offer jobs up to$22 an hour over on Eagles Landing. [0:59:44, 1:00:04]: Parkway. REI is an outdoor equipment manufacturer, and if you're a citizen that needs a job and you want to pull yourself up, REI will be a great job for you to have. And last, I'd like to say that I've challenged uh the city attorney for us to be able to move forward uh [1:00:04, 1:00:14]: with a smoking ban uh in our restaurants and uh pr public areas. Thank you. [1:00:17, 1:00:37]: Thank you, Mayor. I just wanted to apologize. I know we had a um special call meeting earlier. I had an emergency that I had to attend to, so I do apologize for my um absence during that. But also want to um say that we had a wonderful um Georgia Municipal Association Youth Symposium um this past weekend. Um we had our [1:00:37, 1:00:57]: Outstanding students that represented from seven cities, which was Stockbridge, Fettville, Noonan, Dublin, Walking in Authority, which represent all of Clayton's County cities of Clayton County, Sugar Hill, and also Union City. So I want to thank Main Street, the staff, even our [1:00:57, 1:01:17]: city manager and our mayor and um public works, everybody, um executives, assistants, just for all of the hard work to make sure that Stockbridge um was very well represented as a city as a whole. Cause this is something that um was, you know, at the top of the bar and everyone is looking at [1:01:17, 1:01:37]: Moving forward, we're trying to actually outdo us because we did an outstanding job. So I just want to say thank you to everyone for that. Also, we had Stockbridge Day, and I think a council member and the mayor is probably gonna touch on that. It was an outstanding day for us to go down in the well to let every alleged [1:01:37, 1:01:57]: later know that we're moving forward here in the city of Stockbridge along with those um throughout Henry County. So it's a new day for us to move forward. Um and I missed the special call meeting but I'm not sure with the attorney um we're gonna do the um executive session okay because I do have an announcement and if we [1:01:57, 1:02:06]: we don't do it there then I would make it publicly. So um mayor, if we don't do an executive then I'll make that announcement. Okay. All right. Thank you so much. Welcome. All right. [1:02:12, 1:02:15]: Yeah. [1:02:16, 1:02:36]: Yeah, I would say what's good for the goose is good for the gander. I get three minutes as well, right? Okay. In reference to the use symposium, it was a very great use symposium. And what I understand it was the first time that this use symposium for GMA was done in the Atlanta metro area. So for the very first time, it was in Stockbridge. So outstanding. Now the thing of it is is I we gotta probably wait a couple years before we can get it back here. [1:02:36, 1:02:56]: Year, but I look forward to that. Um and I will touch base on the fact that we had Stoppers Day the other day last week and the fact that we went to the well in the Senate and received a proclamation. We see the proclamation from uh Senator Jones and also Senator uh Strickland, which were of course uh d last year were on opposite ends of the [1:02:56, 1:03:16]: uh an involuntary deannexation issue. But yet the citizens voted and thank God there's the citizens voted and I really appreciate that. We all appreciate you voted and said save our city and you did. So what has happened to these two senators that represent our county have come together, said we gotta do better with this. We got to put the community back together and we're gonna go forward. [1:03:16, 1:03:36]: We're not gonna let this issue stop us. We're gonna grow. We're gonna get better. And we, the council, myself, the staff, we're doing the exact same thing with our citizens. We want to make sure that we go forward and we have a bright future and we're gonna do exactly that. And the citizens that elected us to office, and the majority of them, hopefully everybody, as many people as possible, are gonna be proud of the fact that this council has done [1:03:36, 1:03:37]: does some great things for them. [1:03:38, 1:03:40]: in this aspect. And so I s tell you to keep the faith. [1:03:41, 1:03:56]: And keep us in your prayer. We're going to do great things. And uh we still have to have a listen there to what's on your mind in this aspect and we'll continue to do that. On that note, I will now end my comments and I will read the announcements here. [1:03:59, 1:04:19]: City Council meeting is Monday, April 8th, 2019, right here in City Hall, 6 p.m. Youth Council meetings Wednesday, April 10th, 2019, of course, 5:30 in City Hall Levi Meeting Room. Main Street Advisory Board at fair uh Friday, April 12th, 9 a.m. City Hall Levi Meeting Room. Downtown Development Authority meeting Monday, April 15th. [1:04:19, 1:04:39]: 15th, 6 p.m. Right here, of course, in the City Hall and Levi Meeting Room. Youth Council Advisory Committee meeting Wednesday, April 17th, 6:30 City Hall, Levi Meeting Room. Planning Commission meeting, Thursday, April 25th, 7 p.m. right here in the Levi meeting room in City Hall. Of course, I'm [1:04:39, 1:04:46]: Our next work session is uh Tuesday, April 30th, 6 p.m. right here in City Hall. Uh Paint Henry Blue. [1:04:47, 1:04:52]: raising awareness to the prevention of child abuse. It's actually Thursday, March twenty eighth. [1:04:53, 1:05:13]: Claude Gray Park, 99 Francis Ward Drive, and Locus Grove. And I'll be there with some council members and I'll read a proclamation that evening as we continue to support uh the Child Abuse Month and and support our community in that aspect. Okay, we got uh first responders of appreciation lunching, spirit head with Councilman Thomas, and with partnership [1:05:13, 1:05:33]: with the uh district four commissioner Vivian Thomas, uh, which is April eighth from noon to two PM. I believe that's the right date. Okay, several different and ongoing initiatives that are going on. He's already mentioned bingo bass for seniors. Okay. All right. Quarterly [1:05:33, 1:05:49]: Well we we just had a quarterly welcome Stockbridge Round Table spirit head by America uh well by um Councilwoman Lakeisha Ganttz just the other day and that worked out well in that aspect as well. So on that note, I would end those comments for now and um Mr Turney, I know we have an executive session. [1:05:52, 1:05:56]: Okay and council, I need a motion to go into the second session, please. [1:05:58, 1:06:05]: For l okay, and there's any further discussion. All in favor, please indicate. Alright folks, we'll go into the Zec session, we'll be back. [1:06:07, 1:06:08]: Ha ha ha. [1:07:00, 1:07:01]: Absolutely. [1:07:07, 1:07:09]: I forgot to tell you that uh [1:07:23, 1:07:25]: Yeah, it's nice. [1:07:40, 1:07:45]: [4094.2, 4100.0]: Well, it's actually [1:08:50, 1:09:00]: Two fill pretty much. You told it to him, right? Yes, sir. I'll cut it fit now for it. [1:09:18, 1:09:19]: Hey I'm gonna make sure I [1:09:20, 1:09:21]: Oh thank you. [1:09:45, 1:10:00]: Well yeah I I've that I was told I didn't do that. Because we have a season. Yeah, it's half some calls. [1:10:02, 1:10:04]: Yeah, we make more. [1:10:05, 1:10:07]: Uh yeah. [1:10:18, 1:10:21]: I'll get back with it, but based on what we did I don't [1:10:25, 1:10:25]: Mike Right. [1:10:45, 1:10:50]: Even on the web [1:10:51, 1:10:52]: I just get it there. [1:10:53, 1:10:55]: All right, Red. [1:11:05, 1:11:07]: They have fun. [1:11:09, 1:11:11]: Game builder. [1:11:11, 1:11:17]: All right, well you know, you all right, goodbye. [1:11:17, 1:11:19]: I'm some of the things get [1:11:19, 1:11:25]: themselves those transportation concentrating which you know I think [1:11:35, 1:11:37]: Well yeah, she was coming. [1:11:39, 1:11:42]: [4307.4, 4309.3]: I was gonna ask you because my girlfriend [1:11:49, 1:11:51]: Father is my lady. [1:11:54, 1:11:55]: And she's trying to get her [1:11:57, 1:11:59]: A day or something that's okay. [1:12:04, 1:12:06]: Gen X or sometimes. [1:12:09, 1:12:09]: Yeah. [1:12:10, 1:12:14]: No problem that's I was just wondering if if if the transit bus [1:12:30, 1:12:32]: Yeah, should we have added problems or [1:12:33, 1:12:34]: Yeah. [1:12:36, 1:12:38]: It's just her. She's single. [1:12:45, 1:12:49]: If they had I mean I mean it'd be good if we could [1:12:52, 1:12:55]: [4387.0, 4391.7]: Is it did we oh is it up proper thing? Let me see. [1:13:13, 1:13:25]: No, they must have grabbed it, I guess. No, I didn't last them. But you were only up there, right? Yes. And then you went into the off into the room. I didn't I don't think I know. [1:13:30, 1:13:34]: Someone it was [1:13:39, 1:13:41]: I don't know how to go off. [1:13:46, 1:13:48]: Thank you for making up. [1:13:53, 1:13:54]: [4437.9, 4457.9]: What's on that uh that table over there? They say they don't need you. Are they on the no, they said it might be. Okay, thank you. We'll give it a check out. Okay, okay. No. [1:14:17, 1:14:26]: Thank you. Thank you so much. Renee, I think Renee, yes, man. Renee from you. [1:14:52, 1:14:54]: Just one thing that's all about. [1:21:03, 1:21:05]: [5056.5, 5057.8]: Mm-hmm. [2:03:00, 2:03:00]: [7805.0, 7805.5]: Okay. [2:19:35, 2:19:36]: Wow. [2:19:37, 2:19:38]: Good. [2:40:00, 2:40:00]: There you go. [2:41:32, 2:41:38]: [9699.2, 9700.1]: [2:41:40, 2:41:45]: I mean it can get that. What about that place? [2:41:45, 2:41:46]: Mm-hmm. [2:41:48, 2:41:50]: I was gonna come back people for I'll understand this. [2:41:59, 2:42:02]: Broadcast and we're going to tonight. Not YouTube, right? [2:42:03, 2:42:07]: We gotta get on YouTube. So people can find the video. [2:42:18, 2:42:27]: So that's the new camera right there? Straight up. What? Right over there. Yeah. Should be H D now, huh? [2:42:30, 2:42:32]: I see the new podium right here. [2:42:33, 2:42:36]: Smace. Speaker sound a lot clearer and brighter. [2:42:37, 2:42:39]: Can't you can't turn it around, it's too big. [2:42:39, 2:42:43]: All right, you gotta you can go a little side you can go a little side. [2:42:47, 2:42:56]: People like standing at the phone or fumble. [2:43:07, 2:43:08]: Mm-hmm. [2:43:14, 2:43:22]: Okay, council, I need a motion to end executive session, please. So moved. Is there a second? Second, sir. Any further discussion? [2:43:22, 2:43:27]: Yes. Let the record reflect Councilman Thomas left executive session at eight twenty. [2:43:27, 2:43:42]: Okay, great. And uh all in favor please indicate. Okay, thank you. I need a motion to reconvene our council work session, please. So so okay, there we go. Alexander and Robinson. Any discussion? [2:43:43, 2:44:03]: If not, all in favor, please indicate. And I believe we have something we need to announce based on the second session here. Yes, sir. Uh a motion would be in order to approve the settlement and development agreement with DrayPack Group 32 LLC with the changes as directed to the city attorney. So move. All right, is there a second? [2:44:03, 2:44:23]: I second. Is there further discussion? If not, all in favor, please indicate. All right, great. And then Mr. Mayor. Yeah, I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I d I didn't well um it should just be stated for the record that Councilwoman Robinson is accusing herself. Okay. Okay, thank you. Appreciate you keeping me straight on that. [2:44:23, 2:44:27]: Need a motion to end the R work session please? So moved. Is there a second? [2:44:28, 2:44:34]: I second. All right, great. Our work session is is uh now over. I got what, eight no oh [2:44:35, 2:44:46]: That's a good point. You need to vote on it. What what's what's your votes there, sir? Vote please. All right. I guess I'm trying to get out here too soon, huh? Okay, we're out in it. Seven forty. [2:45:05, 2:45:08]: Immediately following adjournment. [2:45:10, 2:45:12]: He's supposed to be let's see. [2:45:20, 2:45:21]: Oh, what's next to it? [2:45:24, 2:45:27]: Locked up, locked up.

--- title: March 11 2019 City Council Meeting date: 2019-03-11 source: 2019-03-11_March_11_2019_City_Council_Meeting.wav --- [0:00:00, 0:00:05]: Ladies and gentlemen, I have uh 615 and I'd like to uh call the meeting to order. [0:00:06, 0:00:12]: Okay. On that note, uh Chairman uh Chairwoman June Wood, please come forward and give the invocation. [0:00:13, 0:00:14]: We appreciate it. [0:00:15, 0:00:16]: Everybody please stand if you can. [0:00:18, 0:00:21]: Yes, if we would all just bow our heads in honor of the Lord. [0:00:22, 0:00:42]: Father God, we just first of all just want to say thank you for this day, Lord God, and we know that you are the greatness that we look to, that we seek for. We thank you, Lord God, that you are already here in the presence as business of your people is being conducted. We thank you for wisdom. We thank you for guidance. We thank you for all the [0:00:42, 0:00:45]: That will be done according to the will that you've done. [0:00:45, 0:00:51]: We thank you for this great city of Stockbridge, Lord God, and just ask that you will continue to bless it, Lord God. [0:00:51, 0:00:55]: as well as bless our county, our state and our nation. [0:00:55, 0:01:01]: And put this in all things and all that agree with me in the name of Jesus, please say amen. Amen. Thank you. [0:01:01, 0:01:15]: Pledge allegiance? I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. [0:01:18, 0:01:19]: Adam Clerk will call, please. [0:01:23, 0:01:34]: Councilman Thomas. Present. Mayor Pro Tem Blount. Present. Mayor Ford. Present. Councilwoman Gantt. Present. Councilman Alexander. Present. Councilwoman Robinson. [0:01:36, 0:01:50]: Let the record reflect Councilwoman Robinson is not in attendance. Mayor Ford you have a quorum. Thank you, I appreciate that. And on that note, uh it's my understanding that Councilman Robinson is actually at the National League of Cities Conference in Washington DC at this point. That's why she wouldn't be able to join us tonight. So we have a quorum. [0:01:51, 0:01:53]: I need a motion to adopt the agenda, please. [0:01:54, 0:01:55]: So move. [0:01:55, 0:02:15]: One. Mayor. Okay, I'm sorry. I'd like to amend the agenda. Yes, go right it, please. Uh to include item number fifteen be uh council consideration to urge stop rich legislative delegation to create a public facilities authority. Also uh another item with it uh number sixteen for council consideration to amend the job classification. [0:02:15, 0:02:20]: job classification for building permit coordinator from non-exempt to exempt status. [0:02:21, 0:02:27]: Uh we'll label it uh number 17 to for council consideration to approve the use of the mural managed conference center. [0:02:27, 0:02:31]: on uh March twenty fifth, twenty nineteen for the Henry County Clergy Event. [0:02:32, 0:02:33]: Thank you. [0:02:33, 0:02:34]: Is there a second? [0:02:37, 0:02:40]: Is there a second? I second. Okay, thank you. [0:02:42, 0:02:43]: All in favor, please indicate. [0:02:45, 0:02:54]: All right. Thank you very much. We'll add those to the agenda. We have adoption of minutes for the following meetings, uh January 14th and January 31st of 2019. [0:02:55, 0:02:59]: Are there any changes at all? And if not, if you reviewed them. [0:02:59, 0:03:01]: Then I need a motion to accept them. [0:03:03, 0:03:07]: May I move that we accept the minutes as written. All right. [0:03:07, 0:03:08]: Any further discussion? [0:03:09, 0:03:11]: All in favour, please indicate. [0:03:11, 0:03:12]: Thank you very much. [0:03:13, 0:03:33]: Ladies and gentlemen, right before we started our meeting, and we got obviously got started a little later than normal due to the fact that we had several different uh several different ceremonial type of reviews. Uh we gave honor once again to the uh this is Women's History Month, so we gave honor once again to uh the women that uh actually are employed here at the city of Stockbridge. [0:03:33, 0:03:50]: And when it comes to the inner workings and of of the city staff, majority of our staff here in the in the within City Hall are females and they run the show. And they have oversight guidance from, of course, our city manager, Ms. Knighton, but they're but it's inundated by all kinds of outstanding women that run that that handle the business of the city. [0:03:51, 0:04:11]: We want to make sure we honor them as well so we recognize them earlier today. And we also recognize the women that were at the visionary celebration that occurred last Sunday. Uh it was uh spearheaded by Councilman Alexander. We wanted to make sure that we uh identified the the committee uh that helped put that all together and and for that as well. [0:04:11, 0:04:13]: So several different individuals were recognized there. [0:04:15, 0:04:35]: Along with that, we also recognize the fact that uh the uh ZMU New Alumni Chapter Omega Sci Fly has uh adopted street. They adopted uh Martin Luther King Senior Drive to actually help uh patrol and keep that particular street clean and uh the entire street itself. And that was [0:04:34, 0:04:54]: initiated and worked through uh Councilman uh Afonso Thomas and gave recognition to them as well this evening. And also Mr. Thomas gave recognition to the all the individuals that uh have participated and helped sponsor and and appre and do all the hard labor for the establishing of the eighth annual African American Heritage Celebration. [0:04:54, 0:05:11]: that was conducted uh uh late last month. And uh Mr. Thomas once again uh gave recognition to this is it, Mr. Anthony for his participation in in giving a wonderful meal and the fact that he's he's a he's really a great he has a great restaurant in our community. Wanna recognize him as well. [0:05:11, 0:05:25]: We recognize Sigma Gamarro Sawarti for the Youth Day, their the Sawordies um celebration or celebrities initiative to to celebrate youth. We wanted to make sure that we acknowledge that as well and they gave a proclamation for the continued support in the community. [0:05:26, 0:05:46]: And uh we gave recognition to the Red Oak United Methodist women, celebrating 150 years of of existence, the Red Oak United Methodist Church, and and the women that's that served there in that capacity, and we wanted to, and I spent time with them on Sunday as well, this past Sunday, uh, but uh we want to make sure we recognize them in this particular venue as well. So those are all the ceremonies. [0:05:46, 0:05:59]: ceremonial type of things that were conducted earlier uh this evening. On that note, uh do we have any public comments please? We do and this military read. Ms. Reed. Please come forward and state your name and address please. [0:06:11, 0:06:14]: Mildred Reed, fire thirty, quick view overlook, Stockbridge. [0:06:15, 0:06:25]: I'm here on behalf of the Council on Aging, which our Stockbridge members include Tyrone Anderson, Ramona Haley, [0:06:25, 0:06:34]: Mary Jo Blount and myself representing District 4. Mary Journe represents the city of Stockbridge. [0:06:34, 0:06:38]: I'm here asking, uh we're in a process of a fundraiser. [0:06:38, 0:06:39]: Event. [0:06:39, 0:06:44]: That's gonna be on the half on behalf of the seniors. [0:06:44, 0:06:57]: and senior awareness in the city of Stockbridge and we're requesting the date of September the eighth, that's on a Sunday, which we realize that sometimes you all don't give out on Sundays. And if not, we're gonna alternate it to [0:06:58, 0:07:05]: uh Thursday, September the fifth, to be able to use the Merrill Manders for a fundraiser and [0:07:06, 0:07:13]: Brandon Knighton has a copy and the copy has has been given to the clerk for you all for each copy for each one of you all to review. [0:07:14, 0:07:15]: You have no questions for me? [0:07:17, 0:07:19]: Any questions all for Mr. Ms. Reed? I'm sorry. [0:07:20, 0:07:22]: On behalf of the city. On behalf of the council and aging. [0:07:23, 0:07:24]: Okay. [0:07:24, 0:07:26]: Thank you, ma'am. Okay, thank you. [0:07:27, 0:07:35]: Any other comments? Okay, no further comments. Well on that note then I'll come down and and uh give the city say the city address. [0:07:37, 0:07:42]: Council and uh clerk along with the our attorney, you have a copy of that. [0:07:42, 0:07:43]: And uh [0:07:45, 0:07:46]: We learned this message. [0:07:50, 0:07:54]: Don't you? Mr. Shady. [0:08:06, 0:08:10]: And bear with me folks, I've been doing a lot of speaking uh this evening. [0:08:11, 0:08:17]: And uh we'll see if we can get through this with not too much of a problem. I may have to keep this connected here. I'm gonna push this down just a little bit. [0:08:19, 0:08:23]: What I try to do as long as uh try to give at least a state of city address [0:08:23, 0:08:27]: uh at least once a year in this aspect and tonight is the night. [0:08:28, 0:08:30]: So thank you for listening in this aspect as well. [0:08:30, 0:08:32]: But I wanna tell you, stop bridge. [0:08:33, 0:08:35]: is where community connects. [0:08:36, 0:08:37]: Stockbridge. [0:08:38, 0:08:39]: is where community [0:08:40, 0:08:40]: Connects. [0:08:41, 0:08:42]: Top bridge. [0:08:43, 0:08:45]: is where community connects. [0:08:46, 0:08:48]: Since it's of course in twenty eighteen. [0:08:48, 0:08:50]: It was a year truly for the history books. [0:08:51, 0:08:53]: Extremely historic year. [0:08:53, 0:08:56]: And without a lot of faith, hard work and perseverance. [0:08:56, 0:09:01]: of you citizens, we would not have made it through successfully. [0:09:02, 0:09:04]: Last month and actually on February twenty first. [0:09:05, 0:09:12]: Elected officials, along with several staff members, attended the 17th Annual South Metro Development Conference. [0:09:15, 0:09:17]: to receive a reward that has never been given out before. [0:09:18, 0:09:20]: Perseverance and leadership award. [0:09:21, 0:09:22]: This was given to the city. [0:09:24, 0:09:25]: For successful efforts. [0:09:26, 0:09:32]: of saving the city and defending the involuntarily deannexation efforts that will split our city [0:09:32, 0:09:35]: our community into two separate distinct cities. [0:09:36, 0:09:41]: I truly believe that teamwork is the primary key to success in moving the city forward. [0:09:41, 0:09:43]: toward a very bright, bright future. [0:09:44, 0:09:47]: en route to make a stopbridge even greater city than it is today. [0:09:48, 0:09:53]: In my initial comments on the 21st of February, I spoke about team effort. [0:09:54, 0:09:54]: Ting Will. [0:09:55, 0:09:57]: Of the city officials, the city staff. [0:09:58, 0:10:00]: But mention the real heroes in this effort. [0:10:01, 0:10:04]: are the citizens, you citizens are the real heroes. [0:10:05, 0:10:07]: to save our city. Because why you went out and voted? [0:10:08, 0:10:10]: Not to split our community. [0:10:11, 0:10:15]: They're the same citizens, you're the same citizens that did all the heavy lifting and the hard work. [0:10:16, 0:10:17]: Knock on doors. [0:10:18, 0:10:19]: Hold up signs. [0:10:20, 0:10:21]: Passing out literature. [0:10:22, 0:10:24]: Of factual information. [0:10:25, 0:10:28]: You were what you call those foot soldiers doing the hard work. [0:10:30, 0:10:34]: There are several ballot committees out in the community engaging citizens with factual information. [0:10:35, 0:10:36]: Citizens to keep stoppers together. [0:10:38, 0:10:39]: Coalition to keep stoppers together. [0:10:40, 0:10:43]: There are also citizens from behind the gate. [0:10:44, 0:10:50]: I just wanted to convey and understand the truth behind the entire deannexation issue. [0:10:51, 0:10:53]: It truly assisted in saving the city as well. [0:10:54, 0:10:57]: 'Cause they just wanted to know this wasn't feasible financially to split the city. [0:10:58, 0:11:00]: So Allah, thank you for all your efforts. [0:11:00, 0:11:02]: to saving our city. And on that note [0:11:03, 0:11:07]: I want to pause for a second. If you are a member of any of those committees. [0:11:08, 0:11:15]: Those ballot committees. If you're a citizen that actually voted, a citizen that got out there and did that hard work, I want you to take a stand. Please stand. [0:11:17, 0:11:17]: Now [0:11:29, 0:11:30]: Thank you very much. [0:11:30, 0:11:32]: We're forever indebted. [0:11:32, 0:11:35]: to you for sav making efforts to save our city. [0:11:36, 0:11:37]: Okay? Forever. [0:11:38, 0:11:41]: The Heron County led to a delegation led by two state senators. [0:11:42, 0:11:44]: Senator's Emmanuel Jones who is very supportive of us. [0:11:45, 0:11:47]: and Senator Bryce Strickland have come together [0:11:48, 0:11:54]: to assist us in the healing process in the city of Stockbridge and also here in Henry County. [0:11:55, 0:11:58]: I and the city council and the staff join those efforts. [0:11:59, 0:12:00]: To mend our community [0:12:01, 0:12:04]: to ensure we collectively have a bright future. [0:12:04, 0:12:09]: You know why? Because it really are better together than to be separated. [0:12:10, 0:12:11]: Well since guess what? [0:12:12, 0:12:14]: We still have no city property taxes. [0:12:15, 0:12:16]: No city property taxes. [0:12:17, 0:12:17]: Pass it again. [0:12:17, 0:12:19]: We have no city property taxes. [0:12:20, 0:12:24]: But we had a little over$10 million in our up for our operating budget for 2019. [0:12:25, 0:12:27]: Roughly fifteen million dollars in reserves. [0:12:28, 0:12:30]: We're extremely [0:12:30, 0:12:32]: Financially stable municipality. [0:12:34, 0:12:36]: Which are auditors, Walden and Jenkins. [0:12:37, 0:12:39]: have stayed for several years. [0:12:40, 0:12:49]: We're an excellent financial shape for a city of our size, roughly 28,000. And of course the census is in 2020, so we'll see how large we get. [0:12:51, 0:12:53]: We and I'll say we, but myself the mayor. [0:12:54, 0:12:55]: City Council. [0:12:55, 0:12:56]: And staff. [0:12:57, 0:13:00]: have taken several proactive actions to assist in moving the city forward. [0:13:01, 0:13:02]: Into the future. [0:13:03, 0:13:06]: Which includes our own thirty year comprehensive plan. [0:13:06, 0:13:09]: that you citizens assisted in developing. [0:13:10, 0:13:11]: You helped us do that. [0:13:11, 0:13:13]: 'Cause you want to see certain things happen in your community. [0:13:14, 0:13:15]: This particular player [0:13:16, 0:13:20]: will assist us in how we expand our population. [0:13:20, 0:13:21]: how we grow economically. [0:13:23, 0:13:26]: and what we want to look like in our community for the next three decades. [0:13:27, 0:13:32]: We also developed a 15-year capital improvement plan for community-based projects. [0:13:33, 0:13:36]: civic projects such as our 3,000 seat Stadium or Epitheater. [0:13:37, 0:13:38]: Which will break down soon. [0:13:39, 0:13:43]: And it would be considered, I will say, the anchor to our downtown area. [0:13:45, 0:13:53]: You have a couple of electronic informational city monument signs we typically installed to for maximum exposure. That is coming soon as well. A cultural arts center. [0:13:54, 0:13:57]: and expansion of a public works facility. Just to name a few things [0:13:57, 0:13:59]: that are on that capital improvement plan. [0:14:01, 0:14:10]: Our community director is leading the charge in securing and handling the services that Henry County previously provided for our city of Stockbridge. [0:14:10, 0:14:16]: We now handle the majority of our planning, zoning services that are responsible for project management. [0:14:16, 0:14:22]: oversight and r and res resource coordination for planning related projects in the city. [0:14:22, 0:14:24]: Building permits and inspections. [0:14:25, 0:14:35]: We're going to process and improve our impact fees on new and proposed development projects that we pay that will pay for either all or a portion of the cost of providing public services [0:14:36, 0:14:37]: to our new development. [0:14:39, 0:14:41]: The Jericho Project is our mixed use development. [0:14:42, 0:14:47]: It's now going to pick up momentum due to the successful overcoming of last year's de-annexation disruption. [0:14:49, 0:14:50]: More will follow soon. [0:14:52, 0:15:00]: Our recently staffed economic director is assisting our downtown environmental authority to revitalize our downtown to bring in new life into the area. [0:15:00, 0:15:07]: Our Main Street program is a catalyst for the RSVP program and center to assist in making our downtown a tourist destination. [0:15:08, 0:15:10]: to take on our historical aspects of the city. [0:15:12, 0:15:15]: Citizen Stockbridge will celebrate our centennial. [0:15:15, 0:15:18]: One hundred years of studyhood next year in twenty twenty. [0:15:19, 0:15:21]: One hundred years, folks, in twenty twenty. [0:15:21, 0:15:28]: The city of Stockbridge continues to strive to be the most progressive business and family-oriented community in Metropolitan Atlanta. [0:15:28, 0:15:35]: with strong focus on enhanced quality of life, which promotes a sustainable live, work and play environment. [0:15:36, 0:15:40]: The city established municipal government believes that our citizens are the most valuable asset. [0:15:41, 0:15:52]: Stoppers is truly a business-fronted community with 214 new businesses started in 2018 and we project this so many much more will open up for new businesses and starbers in 2019. [0:15:54, 0:16:13]: We the city staff and and the city council, staff are extremely busy in 2018 with many city sponsored and funded events as well as many city initiatives. It doesn't look like in 2019 that we're going to slow down at all. And of course in 2020, once again, we're truly excited about the fact we'll celebrate the city's centennial. [0:16:14, 0:16:15]: Never dumb on it. [0:16:16, 0:16:17]: in the city of Stockbridge. [0:16:17, 0:16:17]: Never. [0:16:18, 0:16:21]: I'm not bored and I'm the council and the staff are not bored at all. [0:16:22, 0:16:31]: There are many scheduled sponsored events and activities, such as three job fairs that will assist in attempting to employ our currently unemployed citizens. [0:16:32, 0:16:37]: Food truck tasty Tuesdays that assist in bringing our very diverse community together over food. [0:16:39, 0:16:42]: Memoral Day March, which honors our military dead. [0:16:42, 0:16:44]: South and Summer Concert Series. [0:16:45, 0:16:47]: Family oriented movies on the green next to City Hall. [0:16:48, 0:16:55]: Our 9-11 remembrance ceremony honoring our public safety individuals, the police and fire, along with our military as well. [0:16:55, 0:17:00]: And the Veterans Day parade and luncheon to honor those particular military personnel that are still with us. [0:17:01, 0:17:02]: Bridge West. [0:17:03, 0:17:12]: International Fest of Service last year with the Hispanic, Caribbean, and Asian communities and many more cultures will continue to honor them because we are a very diverse community. [0:17:13, 0:17:13]: Tayson Henry. [0:17:14, 0:17:17]: Breast cancer awareness, lunch in your love walk. [0:17:18, 0:17:22]: Also schedules well, and of course we end the year with a Christmas gala at Merrill Manor's Conference Center. [0:17:23, 0:17:24]: But wait a minute. [0:17:24, 0:17:30]: Oh yes, we have a multitude of city initiatives with the council during the year as well. [0:17:31, 0:17:34]: I recently started a monthly Mayor's Monday, meet and greet. [0:17:35, 0:17:53]: We have the African America celebration in February. We're right now Women's History Month. Last celebration. First Responders Luncheon is coming. Nonprofit Mixer is coming. Trail Live. Welcome to the American Initiative, which involves once again highlighting our diversity in our particular city itself. Women in Business Launching. [0:17:53, 0:17:55]: Diabetes educational workshop. [0:17:55, 0:17:57]: Back to school kickoff event. [0:17:58, 0:17:59]: Hometown Connection. [0:18:00, 0:18:01]: Housing form. [0:18:02, 0:18:03]: Now all in November. [0:18:03, 0:18:05]: community, Thanksgiving dinner. [0:18:06, 0:18:07]: How they give back? [0:18:08, 0:18:27]: Bingo Bass for Senior Citizens. Don't try Stockbridge. Reunion Community Basketball Event. National Day of Prayer. Clergy Roundtable and Keep Stockbridge beautiful. I hope I didn't miss anything, but my God, all those things we do. The council does, the staff does, we do for you citizens. We're quite busy. [0:18:28, 0:18:34]: We, such as my mayor, the mayor, me and the city council, are elected by you and work for you, the citizens. [0:18:35, 0:18:37]: So must all times have that listening ear. [0:18:38, 0:18:40]: And what's fine, what's on your mind. [0:18:40, 0:18:45]: And what would you like us to see happen in the community? Because it is your community as well. [0:18:45, 0:18:50]: The Maryland City Council, with the total support of the city staff, must continue to work together as one team. [0:18:51, 0:18:52]: Block strip. [0:18:52, 0:18:55]: Whereas we're moving together simultaneously to accomplish [0:18:56, 0:18:58]: The same goes for our citizens. [0:18:58, 0:18:59]: Here. [0:19:00, 0:19:04]: Teamwork is the ultimate key to our success to move forward toward a very bright future. [0:19:05, 0:19:06]: Onward and upward toward the light. [0:19:07, 0:19:08]: Please keep the faith. [0:19:09, 0:19:11]: We'll do our best we can for our citizens. [0:19:11, 0:19:12]: And God bless you all. [0:19:12, 0:19:13]: Thank you. [0:19:37, 0:19:38]: Well on that note [0:19:39, 0:19:47]: We have a public hearing involving invariance requests R V eighteen dash fourteen that S das S, excuse me. [0:19:48, 0:19:50]: And um [0:19:51, 0:19:56]: I'm humbling how to pronounce this. Doziga Okahola of Locust Grove. [0:19:58, 0:20:07]: Georgia has requested a variance to reduce the minimum rear setback requirements from 75 feet to 45 feet to construct a home on the golf course lot. [0:20:08, 0:20:17]: On a property located at 845 Cog Hill in land lot seventeen of sixth district. The property consists of 0.55 acres. [0:20:17, 0:20:35]: Ms. Moore, please. Yes. Good evening, Mayor and Council. Staff brings before you tonight a variance request. As again, Nizhoki Oculia is the applicant. The agent is Fraser Superwela, who lives at Pine Court. And the location is 845 Cockhill, Georgia Cycridge, Georgia. [0:20:35, 0:20:41]: As you can see the parcel ID, what it is, 0515F0124400. [0:20:41, 0:21:01]: The purpose of this particular request is for the construction of a single family residence in the country club in Eagles Landing. The current land use is vacant. The future land use is residential. The sign was posted by Henry Kent on January the 30th. Planning Commission was February the 21st. We would like to advise [0:21:01, 0:21:09]: Vice Mayor and Council that Hemory County planning staff recommended denial. However, the Planning Commission and staff recommended approval. [0:21:10, 0:21:14]: So on your slide just for you and the public, here's the area view as you can see the lights. [0:21:15, 0:21:15]: Oops. [0:21:16, 0:21:16]: One way. [0:21:17, 0:21:18]: Can I do something? [0:21:20, 0:21:21]: Okay. [0:21:21, 0:21:41]: It's a pointer word. Yes, it doesn't. If you can look on your slide, here's the lot right here that's highlighted in green. That is the lot as you can see there, trees, it's vacant. Here's an area view in terms of the subject property. It's tree. Here's the view to the west. You can see the view to the south and the view to the east. Again, this is in the country club. It is a vacant lot. [0:21:41, 0:21:59]: Here is the layout of the lots that pertain that are existing on this street. This is the subject lot. As you can see it bags up against the golf course. Here is another picture. Here's a lot. You can see the overall lots that surround this particular property that is coming in. [0:22:00, 0:22:05]: Uh here is a closer view to let you see where the site is located in green on Cockheel. [0:22:05, 0:22:22]: And here are the renderings. Our staff actually reached out to the president of the HOA of the country club and basically asked them to weigh in on whether or not they wanted staff um in terms of the approval of the setback from 75 to 45. [0:22:22, 0:22:42]: They had a meeting of their board and their the conclusion was that they did not agree to a 45 setback, but they did agree to a 50. And the reason why, if you go back and look at the lots where these houses are, most of them have a 50 setback. So to be consistent with all of the lots that are developed, they decide [0:22:42, 0:23:02]: To go ahead and allow the 50 but not a 45. So, based on that, staff and the planning commission have recommended approval with the conditions of a 50-foot rear yard setback and not a 45 as requested by the applicant. The applicant is in agreement with the planning commission and staff recommended. [0:23:02, 0:23:05]: recommendation as well as that from the country club. [0:23:05, 0:23:06]: Thank you. [0:23:07, 0:23:09]: Council, do you have any questions for Ms. Moore? [0:23:12, 0:23:13]: Just one real quick. [0:23:14, 0:23:34]: W these contingencies wasn't presented to the county prior to it coming? Uh yes, as a matter of fact, as you know, Henry County does all of our uh planning right now until April the first and so therefore um in their review they always send us over their analysis which is in your in your package um and their recommended was denial. [0:23:34, 0:23:54]: I think what they were doing was just holding or adhering to the standard setbacks that we have in our zoning ordinance. So I think that's the reason why they actually probably recommend denial. But when we contacted the HOA and we looked at the houses that had been allowed to develop along the street, they all were with a 50-foot rear. And so we're just being consistent. [0:23:54, 0:23:58]: [1438.5, 1446.2]: Okay, I I only asked because the standard setback over there is at fifty and I was wondering if that was a contingency why they just didn't approve it. [0:24:07, 0:24:07]: Right. [0:24:10, 0:24:11]: Any other questions from the council? [0:24:12, 0:24:22]: If not, I know this is a public hearing, so I need to open it up. So uh this aspect I'm gonna look over here to my left. Anybody over here that is uh wants to make a comment? [0:24:22, 0:24:23]: Four [0:24:24, 0:24:29]: of this particular uh variance uh request. Anybody know over here on the left? [0:24:30, 0:24:32]: Anybody here in the middle? [0:24:34, 0:24:35]: Anybody here to write four. [0:24:36, 0:24:39]: All right. Anybody on the over here on the left against? [0:24:41, 0:24:42]: Anybody in the middle? [0:24:43, 0:24:45]: Mm-hmm. [0:24:45, 0:25:01]: Seeing I'm hearing now, so I will close the public hearing, sir. On that note. Mayor Ford. Yes, ma'am. Go ahead, please. Mayor Ford, I'd like to make a motion that we approve the variance request VR dash eighteen dash fourteen S with the conditions that the rear yard setback should be no less than fifty feet. [0:25:01, 0:25:03]: Okay, so a second? [0:25:03, 0:25:03]: Thank you. [0:25:04, 0:25:05]: Okay, any further discussion? [0:25:06, 0:25:08]: All in favor, please indicate. [0:25:09, 0:25:12]: All post? [0:25:13, 0:25:16]: Okay. All right. So be it. So it passes. So it's approved. [0:25:17, 0:25:19]: All righty, thank you. Should we? [0:25:19, 0:25:26]: Thank you. Okay. Could you do me one favor please? That that I forgot that. I mean that. Thank you very much. Appreciate it. [0:25:28, 0:25:31]: Okay, great. So um new business? [0:25:32, 0:25:52]: Council Consideration excuse me, Council of Consideration to approve resolution to adopt the Henry County multi-jur disindal. I can't even pronounce the word. Hazard mitigation plan to trans uh transmit this resolution to the Georgia Emergency Management Agency and a Federal Emergency Management Agency. Mr. Aaron, please. [0:25:54, 0:25:55]: Jurisdiction or not. [0:25:56, 0:25:58]: Okay. Do me a favor. [0:26:01, 0:26:03]: Good evening, Mr Mayor and Council. [0:26:03, 0:26:18]: This is the standard uh plan that is required and uh all of the local jurisdictions within Herring County have adopted the same resolution so we're just coming to be consistent with the rest of the jurisdictions within the city within the county. [0:26:19, 0:26:25]: asking for mayor and council to approve us to transmit this resolution to adopt the hazard mitig mitigation plan. [0:26:27, 0:26:27]: Okay. [0:26:28, 0:26:30]: Any questions for Mr. Aaron, please? [0:26:32, 0:26:38]: No, no questions? Do I need a motion? Mayor. Go right in. I move that we approve the [0:26:39, 0:26:42]: Um Henry County multi jurisdictional hazard mitigation plan. [0:26:43, 0:26:46]: Okay, is there a second? Second. [0:26:47, 0:26:50]: All favor, please, okay? Okay, so be it. Passed. Okay. [0:26:51, 0:27:11]: Council consideration adopted revised 2019 planning and zoning schedule for and planning commission meeting dates. Ms. Moore, please. Yes. Uh Mayor and Council, the next couple of items from five through items 14 are actually in your book. Uh, but for you and for the public sake, I put it in a private PowerPoint presentation so that you [0:27:11, 0:27:15]: You can go along and they can go along based on what we're doing. [0:27:15, 0:27:35]: This particular item is item number six. All of the information should have been provided in your book that you picked up this past weekend. And staff also offered to have briefing sessions with you Thursday, Friday, and today to answer any of your questions that you may have. The only revision, and we will get to that later, is something that we brought to you to the retreat. [0:27:35, 0:27:41]: that's in this final phase or final format that we will bring to you tonight. As you know, um [0:27:42, 0:28:02]: Stockbridge would take over planning services from Henry County effective April to first. April the first. What you have in your agenda package is the zoning schedule for the next year. What that means is of April the 1st, applicants can now file with the City of Startbridge for all rezoning inverences. [0:28:02, 0:28:05]: public notifications would be uh submitted. [0:28:06, 0:28:17]: on April the eighth to the paper. Your planning commission dates will change to April the twenty fifth and then Mayor and Council on May thirteenth. So this is the new schedule. It allows enough time from the filing date [0:28:18, 0:28:24]: to notices being published in the newspaper, to signs being posted, to go into the planning commission. [0:28:25, 0:28:31]: to being before mayor and council. So this is a schedule for the remainder of the year, effective April the first. [0:28:31, 0:28:33]: Thank you. Any questions for the council? [0:28:35, 0:28:46]: Okay. And I think the attorney has provided a resolution that's in your book that asks you to adopt this new schedule filing deadline with the time. Okay. [0:28:47, 0:28:47]: Okay. [0:28:48, 0:28:50]: Any motion to accept that, uh [0:28:50, 0:28:52]: So move. All right, sir. Second. [0:28:54, 0:28:55]: I said well. [0:28:55, 0:28:57]: Second here. Any further discussion? [0:28:58, 0:29:00]: All in favor, please indicate. [0:29:01, 0:29:02]: Thank you. Appreciate it. [0:29:03, 0:29:20]: Council consideration to approve an ordinance creating impact fees for the city of Stockbridge. Ms. Moore, please. Yes, I think at the planning retreat I brought you three jurisdictions. I brought you Sandy Springs, McDonough, and Fayetteville. And basically the one that I had recommended at the retreat was the city of McDonough. [0:29:20, 0:29:39]: And so uh I think uh the attorney has actually done a ordinance that will one allow the creation of us being able to have impact fees. So I think he prepared that document for you, which is in that. So I if you have any questions regarding that then [0:29:40, 0:29:43]: We're here to answer. Any questions for Ms. Moore, Council? [0:29:44, 0:29:49]: Again, this is an ordinance that will allow us to collect impact fees. Mayor. [0:29:49, 0:30:09]: Mr. Blue, go ahead please. No be clear, these impact fees are in line with the impact fees that are already existing for us in the surrounding area. So let me show what I brought to you at the uh retreat, I brought you three cities, which was Sandy Springs, Magdonna, and Phaead. [0:30:09, 0:30:10]: Yeah. [0:30:10, 0:30:30]: We're still waiting on the ones from Henry County, uh, and they sent them all, but we couldn't get the link, so I just ran through the list. So Henry County was the highest, and what we would get over next is that we just adapt, we just, I brought you McDonald's, right? That's what's in your book. Um so if you look at your sheet, it was too large to kind of pick, put up for the public. [0:30:30, 0:30:36]: because it's such a large Excel spreadsheet. Everything that's in blue in your package, those are all McDonald's. [0:30:37, 0:30:46]: If it's in orange, that means it came from Fed Bill. So the majority of almost all of those are the same impact fees at the city of McDonough. [0:30:46, 0:30:47]: Or now? [0:30:48, 0:30:51]: Using when someone comes in to get [0:30:52, 0:30:52]: A permit? [0:30:52, 0:30:53]: To be ill? [0:30:54, 0:30:58]: And then those that are in orange are those from Fayetteville. [0:30:58, 0:31:01]: I have Fat Villain Blue. Okay, so [0:31:17, 0:31:36]: My bad. Okay. And I I would also say for adoption tonight is also your water and sewer. We also brought those to you during the retreat uh that there was a water and sewer uh increase in the impact fees as well. And so those were part of your packages as well. [0:31:37, 0:31:38]: Yeah. [0:31:38, 0:31:45]: All right. Yes, I just want to go ahead and make the motion to uh approve the impact fees. [0:31:45, 0:32:05]: with the statement as Mr. Bundes indicated, actually we've been kind of losing money the last few tim since the we left Henry County because Henry County was previously collecting those impact fees for us and they went away when we took over planning in the zone. Actually we're just bringing them back to be consistent um with what Henry County [0:32:05, 0:32:11]: is uh has been doing it for us all along. So we're gonna close that gap. And I'd like to make a motion to approve. [0:32:11, 0:32:12]: Their second. [0:32:12, 0:32:13]: Second. [0:32:13, 0:32:14]: Okay. Any further discussion? [0:32:16, 0:32:17]: All favor, please indicate. [0:32:17, 0:32:18]: Okay, fantastic. [0:32:19, 0:32:35]: And just for the public that might not know what impact fees are, they are a one time charge that you would charge a development, a new development for the increase of any demand on the public infrastructure. So it only applies to new developments and it's a one time charge. [0:32:36, 0:32:48]: Uh the next item is item number nine and basic is the registration of home ownership groups and neighborhoods. One second sorry one second. I actually number eight. Okay. Okay. Council considerations to adopt impact fee schedule. [0:32:49, 0:32:52]: First of all, it's the ordinance creating the impact fees. This is a schedule. [0:32:52, 0:32:54]: Right, the fee schedule is what you're adopting. [0:32:55, 0:32:55]: Okay. [0:32:57, 0:32:59]: He made the motion. Okay. [0:32:59, 0:33:05]: The council consideration is adopting ordinance requiring homeowner and neighborhood association to register with the city. See I th I thought so. [0:33:06, 0:33:08]: All right. So we we just [0:33:08, 0:33:16]: There was an ordinance to establish the city. That's a vote. Right. They vote for the colour. Now we need a vote for this. [0:33:16, 0:33:21]: Fee schedule. The fees, that's great. That's what I thought. Okay. [0:33:22, 0:33:23]: Is there a second? Second. [0:33:23, 0:33:24]: All right, any further discussion? [0:33:24, 0:33:44]: I have one discussion. Go ahead. And and that is trying to compare here. I'm still trying to compare the fees and make sure we're in line. Right? So long as we're in line, if we're not w what is the is there any difficulty in changing up fees or what is the process? You can change fees any time by resolution. [0:33:44, 0:33:59]: But what I did attach in there, I gave you McDonald's, I gave you Fed and every CD that's in there, if you flip through I made sure that they were in your packages to look at. But they're the same. But you can change them next week if you like. Okay. All right, thank you. No further questions. No any further questions? [0:34:00, 0:34:04]: Okay, all in favor of council consideration to adopt the impact fee schedule, please indicate. [0:34:05, 0:34:25]: All right, fantastic. There we go. Now, now number nine. Council consideration to adopt an ordinance requiring homeowner and neighborhood associations to wrestle with the city. Ms. Moore, please. Correct. As you know, we're in the process of uh instituting a parking requirements on the street. Um I think about two weeks ago we had an emergency situation. [0:34:25, 0:34:45]: In the city of Stockbridge, where the alarms went off and our phones were ringing off the hooks because people were like, Well, where are the shelters? Where do we go? And so we've gotten a number of calls from citizens saying, What if, where do we go? So, what a lot of jurisdictions have done, have done not only uh in Georgia but across the country, is that they have what they call [0:34:45, 0:35:05]: Call it registration of homeowner associations and neighborhood groups. And basically, what that does, it requires every HOA to provide a list of their board members to the city of Stockbridge. And the way that that works, should we have a disaster or something happens in Stockbridge, then that [0:35:05, 0:35:25]: notification would go from the city to the HOA president and it would be up to the HOA president and their board to disseminate that information to all of their residents that's within their HOA. As it relates to the parking situation, it would actually help us as we get this going here in a couple of weeks. [0:35:25, 0:35:45]: It would help us address any of those initial concerns that come in with parking on the street. So it's for uh the parking issues, it's for public safety. Not only that, we've had a couple of major uh zoning cases that have come in around uh Stockbridge. We get calls all the time saying, you know, what are these zoning cases? [0:35:45, 0:36:05]: How do we know about them? It also provides an avenue for the city to apprise the HOA presidents of zoning cases that we have pending as well as zoning cases that are around us, whether it be from Henry County or Clayton County. It allows us to disseminate that information to the HOA presidents so they in turn can send. [0:36:05, 0:36:18]: that information to the residents that live within their HOA. It is free, there is no charge, it's just a database, it can be done online, and they just have to update it every time there's a change in their officers. [0:36:18, 0:36:20]: Okay, any questions for Ms. Moore? [0:36:22, 0:36:29]: Yes, I have one question. So i i how does this work in terms of [0:36:29, 0:36:32]: These homeowners associations already exist. [0:36:33, 0:36:38]: So how do you are they the ones that already exist, already grandfathered in? [0:36:38, 0:36:39]: Are they are they [0:36:39, 0:36:40]: Well they [0:36:40, 0:36:40]: Compare [0:36:41, 0:36:42]: Compulsory. [0:36:42, 0:36:44]: To make them come in. How's that work? [0:36:45, 0:36:55]: would apply to everyone grandfather. Um so it would just be an annual registration as they change presidents and officers. We'd ask them to [0:36:57, 0:37:01]: once a year notify us and give us contact information so we can notify them. [0:37:02, 0:37:04]: You know, as the case may be. [0:37:04, 0:37:24]: And and for example, Councilman, if there's water main breaks, uh if something happened with water that needs to be boiled, there's just certain things in which your masses of citizens need to know. The HOAs become a mechanism whereby the city can inform them of the information. As you know, there's one primary management company that's in the city of South. [0:37:24, 0:37:44]: Bridge, but they have not released that information. So while those HOAs may exist, we don't have information on those board presidents. So this would allow the city to have the information so that we can go directly to the HOAs and neighborhood groups. There are neighborhood groups out there that are organized but they don't officially have an HOA. [0:37:44, 0:38:00]: This is for them as well, so that we can identify a person in some of the older neighborhoods or those that actually don't have HOAs so that they can be the contact person so that anything, any information that the city needs to get out immediately, we will have a mechanism to do just that. [0:38:01, 0:38:21]: Yes, uh I would like to say I'm for this idea. I think it's a very good idea. I just want to make sure where we're going. Is this voluntary? Is there a punitive action? Should they not comply? How does that work? Well, I would tell you uh if you go up on the website for the city of Roswell, Sandy Springs, Johns Creek, any of them have it? [0:38:21, 0:38:41]: And uh basically I haven't seen where none of them have not complied. In those cities that I've talked to, the HOA saw a value in being able to get the information. So in the cities that I've talked to, and as a matter of fact, all of the cities in Fulton County have a registration uh requirement. And no one that I talked to said that they didn't receive [0:38:41, 0:39:01]: respond because they saw a value in being able to get information from the city, whether it was on zoning, whether it's on public safety, whether it's on anything that pertained to public safety and health and welfare, they wanted to know. Okay. Just one thing. So otherwise the management company is not involved in this at all. No, sir. Okay. All right. So be it. [0:39:01, 0:39:11]: Mayor. Yes, ma'am. I move that we approve the neighborhood um the ordinance require homeowners and neighborhood associations to register with the city of Stockbridge. Sure. Second, somewhere? [0:39:12, 0:39:16]: Second, Mr. Blount here. Any further questions? All in favor, please indicate. [0:39:17, 0:39:18]: Fantastic. Okay. [0:39:19, 0:39:26]: Um council consideration uh to approve resolution uh for creation of city zoning ordinance. [0:39:27, 0:39:29]: and uniform development code. [0:39:29, 0:39:49]: As you know, uh Mayor and Council, last year the City of Slibridge adopted its first comprehensive land use plan that we submitted to DCA and it was approved and adopted by the state and ARC. The next step in that process is a zoning ordinance that reflects that plan that you approved. In addition to that zoning ordinance, we need to have a unified [0:39:49, 0:40:09]: development code. That means in addition to the zoning ordinance, you've got your design standards, your landscaping, and all those other wonderful things that make the development process work. And so what we're asking is that we be allowed to move forward with putting out on the street the RFP for the zoning ordinance and the codes. You approve [0:40:09, 0:40:17]: Money in the 2018 budget for this to be done, and now we're ready to do this since ARC and DCA have adopted. [0:40:18, 0:40:20]: the comp plan and the CIP. [0:40:21, 0:40:23]: Okay. Any questions for Ms. Moore, please? [0:40:23, 0:40:33]: No, I would just have a comment if I may be may do that. Uh this is something that is long overdue. Uh something that um it needs to take place because [0:40:34, 0:40:54]: What it does is we have a lot of citizens that complain when we have uh different businesses come in, unwanted businesses come in. Uh this particular process will analyze uh all the particular parcels in the city of Stockbridge, making sure that uh what we want to go there should be the [0:40:54, 0:41:14]: There and is in accordance with um a future land use map to make sure that um we don't have five dollar stores over here or we don't have three waffle houses where we don't want them at. And that's what this process is. Everything will be looked at uh in detail to make sure. [0:41:14, 0:41:21]: Sure that um it's in keeping uh with the particular area, uh downtown or uh the [0:41:22, 0:41:42]: uh different areas of the city. And this will tighten that up in ways that uh always said the just like this. The developer and the development community jump just as high as you will have them jump. If you set the bar extremely low, they jump really low. [0:41:42, 0:41:49]: But when you go up to Johns Creek, you go up to Sandy Springs, you go up to Dunwoody, they set the real they set the bar really high. But seems like [0:41:50, 0:41:59]: at every opportunity these communities seem to they seem the developers seem to do that. They seem to accomplish that. So we're gonna uh embark upon [0:42:00, 0:42:10]: making sure that we set the highest standards uh possible uh for our t particular community. So I'm one hundred percent enforcing this and I would make a motion to approve. [0:42:10, 0:42:11]: There a second. [0:42:11, 0:42:13]: A second. All right, any further discussion? [0:42:14, 0:42:15]: All favor, please indicate. [0:42:16, 0:42:17]: Thank you very much. [0:42:18, 0:42:38]: For discussion purposes, demolition services presented by you, Ms. Moore. Item number 11, demolition services update. This is, as you know, in 2018, uh Mayor Council approved a number of city initiatives that require demolition services. One is our public facility improvement projects for city properties, one the old police building. [0:42:38, 0:42:58]: Which is associated with the downtown RSVP, and then residential structures along Lee Street, which are needed demolishing for the amphitheater parking. And then under the nuisance abatement, Mayor and Council approved monies to deal with the demolition of burned and abandoned residential structures so that we [0:42:58, 0:43:18]: could remove those ISORs. We're in the process of selecting the vendors from the state contract list, so we should be bringing that to you at the next meeting. And our schedule is first to demolish the police building, which we hope to get done in April. And while they're out here to go ahead and demolish the three houses that's on Lee Street so that we can begin clearing from [0:43:18, 0:43:19]: Mm. [0:43:20, 0:43:21]: Okay. [0:43:21, 0:43:25]: So discussion uh first of all any questions, I'm sorry, Council, any questions for this more about this? [0:43:26, 0:43:27]: Mayor. Yes, sir. [0:43:28, 0:43:31]: I'd just like to pose the question to [0:43:32, 0:43:34]: Mr. Williams and Mr. Knight and [0:43:34, 0:43:36]: Uh concerning the [0:43:37, 0:43:39]: one particular property on Wilson. [0:43:39, 0:43:39]: You know. [0:43:40, 0:43:41]: met late last year. [0:43:42, 0:43:44]: We created the abatement. [0:43:44, 0:43:45]: Program. [0:43:46, 0:43:50]: I just want to see the traction in that I know we have priorities for as [0:43:50, 0:43:53]: uh the old uh police [0:43:53, 0:43:55]: The houses on Lee Street. [0:43:55, 0:43:56]: [2636.7, 2638.6]: This one particular house on Wilson. [0:43:59, 0:43:59]: Um [0:44:01, 0:44:03]: It's a mess on that street. [0:44:03, 0:44:03]: So [0:44:04, 0:44:05]: Can you two comment on that? [0:44:08, 0:44:14]: So Mr Mayor, the the uh there are about five houses that are [0:44:14, 0:44:23]: on in line for the nuisance abatement. And we had planned on filing for the first house, which is the one on turning point, the burned out house. [0:44:23, 0:44:41]: And uh Sun Trust uh has um been in con we've been in contact with Sun Trust Bank wills the mortgage on that and so we've delayed the filing on that, but that was to be the first and then the other ones were gonna fall in line as well. But um we should be able to file actions on [0:44:41, 0:44:46]: the remainder of the the five houses uh by the end of this month. [0:44:46, 0:44:47]: All right. [0:44:48, 0:44:49]: Any further questions? [0:44:49, 0:44:50]: Yes, sir. Go ahead, sir. [0:44:51, 0:44:52]: Uh Mr. Williams. [0:44:52, 0:44:56]: Does that include the burnt out house on Ty Street? Is that included in there? [0:44:56, 0:44:58]: Yeah. Cross across from the school. [0:44:58, 0:44:59]: Yes. [0:44:59, 0:45:00]: Okay. [0:45:02, 0:45:03]: Any further questions? Follow up. [0:45:04, 0:45:08]: Um the house has recently been sold. [0:45:08, 0:45:10]: Do we have that information on the new owner? [0:45:11, 0:45:22]: One on Tide Street. The the one on Tide Street. Across from Smith Morgan Elementary. We we don't have the specific information, but that was part of the the process. We run title on those to make sure we have all the [0:45:23, 0:45:29]: the uh you know whether it's a mortgage on it, you know, any other parties of interest will be served as part of the uh [0:45:29, 0:45:32]: the nuisance abatement process. Okay. [0:45:33, 0:45:33]: Thank you. [0:45:34, 0:45:35]: Any further questions? [0:45:35, 0:45:40]: So this is just discussion information for us, no voters needed. Okay. Next discussion issue is annexation. [0:45:41, 0:45:55]: Yes. Um as you know, um staff is providing you information on the annexation process. People have called in in terms of how does this work. Our staff just wanted you to know that we have all the documentations [0:45:55, 0:46:15]: up on the website with an effective date of April the first. So for those individuals and businesses that are interested that have been calling that actually would like to come into the city, here's their opportunity. All of the information is up on the website, the application, all the forms that's required, all the documentation is required, it is actually up on the website. And as you know, [0:46:15, 0:46:35]: We can do 100% method, 60% method, or an island annexation in terms of what municipalities can do to get rid of the islands. But I just wanted you to understand or to know that we're saying on as of April the 1st, we are ready, staff is ready, to start receiving any applications for annexation. [0:46:35, 0:46:37]: Effective April first. [0:46:38, 0:46:40]: Fantastic. Any questions for Ms. Moore on the subject? [0:46:41, 0:47:01]: No questions, Mayor. I just want comment. Miss Moore, there I know there are some neighborhoods right off of Walt Stevens and Flipman Road that are very interested in annexing in. Although the information's on our webpage, which is probably more feasible for the city. Is it possible that some of those subdivisions could get a postcard with information on Yes ma'am? [0:47:01, 0:47:08]: Or something to that effect, especially when we have those big gaps on on that particular area up and down. [0:47:08, 0:47:28]: Both of those streets. So they they can be aware of what's going on. We actually still uh one of the things that we thought about doing for a number of things that we are doing is that we can actually send out a text message. We still have the entire database that we used earlier for the last year to let it everyone know. So individuals will get it as well as HOA presidents. [0:47:28, 0:47:34]: that the city is accepting annexation applications beginning April the first and it would direct them to the link. [0:47:34, 0:47:36]: So that they could pass that along. [0:47:38, 0:47:47]: One question. The the Arc uh I had it was Arcadian, I think it was, the one neighborhood that had already had the signatures. Wh where are they? [0:47:48, 0:48:05]: We actually in the process of reviewing those. Um we have to verify because we thought they had submitted all of them, but when we went to look they had not. So they really do need to meet that threshold of sixty percent. So I've made a call and we're gonna get with them to see how we can [0:48:05, 0:48:10]: get that get the appropriate signatures for them because they've always expressed an interest. [0:48:10, 0:48:12]: in terms of coming into the city. [0:48:13, 0:48:14]: Thank you. [0:48:14, 0:48:15]: Any further questions? [0:48:17, 0:48:18]: Thank you for that. [0:48:18, 0:48:38]: Continue on update on parking requirements for subdivisions. Ms. Moore, please. Item number 13. Um during the last minute we gave you a full schedule of how we were going to move on the parking update. Just wanted to bring back to you some potential costs. Uh Public Works has done a great job in going out and actually getting the [0:48:38, 0:48:43]: approximate number of linear square feet. So if you see this on your sheet. [0:48:44, 0:49:04]: And based on that, uh, what we were hoping to do was to do them at a thousand intervals on subdivision streets and that approximate cost is about twenty-seven thousand dollars. And then the software that we're looking at ranges between fifteen thousand and forty thousand and basically the software would allow you to actually go online. [0:49:04, 0:49:24]: and request the permit and give you the permit with the appropriate information, which means that you don't have to always try to come down to City Hall to do it, but you can actually request the permit online. And so at the next meeting we should bring back a final cost. There's no money in the budget for the signs or the software. [0:49:24, 0:49:29]: but I want to give you an idea of what that cost would look like before we come back. [0:49:29, 0:49:36]: Mayor. Yes Ma'am Clarification, did you say fifteen thousand to forty thousand? Correct, the software. [0:49:37, 0:49:43]: And then twenty seven thousand for the actual size. It had to no parking size with the tow trucks on it? [0:49:43, 0:49:53]: Okay. On that note then, what so when you come back to us next month, you said fifteen to forty five you have more you have a more redefined redefined number. Okay, good deal. Any questions for counselor? [0:49:53, 0:49:55]: Uh yes, yes um [0:49:55, 0:49:57]: Uh now I know we uh talked about um [0:49:58, 0:50:00]: Uh starting the warning process. [0:50:01, 0:50:18]: Which is are are those particular we don't wanna have the sticker too hard to get off the window and that kind of thing. So where where is that at? Actually we're getting ready the uh postcard's actually going to print next week and basically let everybody know that we're doing a trial. [0:50:18, 0:50:25]: for April and May. Here's your one time to see how it works. And the stickers that will be on your car or not the pillable. [0:50:26, 0:50:29]: They're just the stickers that you can put onto your windshield. [0:50:30, 0:50:40]: Okay, so no towing at this point in time. It's just a warning so everyone can get used to the idea of what a warning sticker will look like on your car and give them an opportunity to [0:50:41, 0:51:01]: Yeah, I just wanted to make sure that everybody understands tuning in or listening that the HOAs can do this absolutely right now. They are empowered under the current ordinance. If that's correct, Mr. Williams and Miss Moore, they are empowered to do that. This was my desire in doing this to equip the citizens with what [0:51:00, 0:51:02]: But they need a thorough [0:51:03, 0:51:04]: Um [0:51:04, 0:51:05]: Here we go. [0:51:05, 0:51:25]: um comprehensive plan that they could use in order to do that. I think uh they will be the front lines of whatever action is taken. I don't see the city going out just routinely or uh randomly just in emergency maybe towing but not just uh going out there seeking to tow any but I don't want anybody to think that that's [0:51:25, 0:51:42]: what we would do in under any circumstances, but uh that the HOAs are fully equipped right now to be able to uh act on this i if they so chose uh at this particular time and the city will be rolling our uh on our own timetable. [0:51:43, 0:51:44]: Is that correct? [0:51:46, 0:51:48]: Any further comments from the council? [0:51:49, 0:52:09]: Okay. Informational purposes next month would be a good update. Okay. And the next one update on the towing service, which basically lines up with the parking and basically wanted you to see what the scope of service was in the towing service that we're putting out the RFP, has had the date and the time, the license mate model, physical address location, meeting time. [0:52:09, 0:52:18]: told from and where the vehicles are being told to. And in that particular RFP, we're asking for these specifics. [0:52:18, 0:52:38]: because we want people to know how to go get your car and where your particular car is located. So this is just the scope of work. Now in that RFP it basically gives two entities, two entities can contact the towing service. That is the city of Stockbridge and the president or designatee designee designee [0:52:38, 0:52:58]: For an HOA. So either the city can call the towing company or the HOA president or whomever they designate as their representative. So if I live in your subdivision and you park in front of my house, I just can't call the towing company because I don't like you, right? Um someone has to reach out and and [0:52:58, 0:53:18]: And we we think it's really great if it goes to the HOA that use our tourists because then the HOA president can call his neighbor and say, look, don't want your car towed, uh, you know, move your car, because otherwise I'm gonna have to call the towing service. So it kind of forces, you know, communities to kind of work together. [0:53:18, 0:53:27]: Either the city or the designee for the HOA are the only ones who can call the towing company, not just someone that lives in the neighborhood. [0:53:29, 0:53:29]: Okay. [0:53:30, 0:53:30]: Good deal. [0:53:31, 0:53:33]: On that any questions for Ms. Moore on this subject? [0:53:33, 0:53:35]: Give me a race. [0:53:35, 0:53:39]: On the the touring companies that we would bring on. [0:53:39, 0:53:40]: Um [0:53:40, 0:53:44]: Because I'm looking at whatever margin of error would be in that. [0:53:44, 0:53:48]: Uh there can be contingencies written in any contract that we have with them. [0:53:48, 0:53:53]: that those margins of error can't happen we can't have those continued margin of error because it is [0:53:54, 0:53:57]: It is a for profit organization that's coming in. So [0:53:57, 0:53:59]: We can monitor those [0:53:59, 0:54:02]: errors and have a contingency in there that [0:54:03, 0:54:09]: this contract not a void if those you know, if you're there doing it for profit instead of what we intended it for it to be. [0:54:09, 0:54:29]: Great, I think so. Anything that you order there, you know, customer service is great, right? When the car gets hold, I don't need to not be able to find you to get my car. So, you know, any of those items we can actually put in the contract. And then as you know, we told you that we were just gonna do this for a period of time, evaluate it, and then bring it back to you for you to decide if you want to continue. [0:54:29, 0:54:34]: And so during this process, that would give us an opportunity to evaluate the towing service as well. [0:54:35, 0:54:55]: Okay, make sure I understand I guess since I live in a very large community. So someone that's maybe other side of Monar Village, they their their resident or their neighbor has a car parked on a couple parks caught couple of cars parked on the street, I'm sorry. So someone's got to call the designee for an HOA to call the [0:54:55, 0:55:15]: Well, that's why it's so important to get this HOA board of directors information from HOA so that we'll know who we're talking to. And the reason why, Mayor, we know that neighbors get in disputes. [0:55:15, 0:55:15]: Right. [0:55:16, 0:55:36]: You know, they don't like each other sometimes and sometimes they call on each other for things, right? So we didn't want a neighbor calling on another neighbor simply because they didn't like their neighbor car and here's an opportunity. We thought the fair and equitable thing would be for us to have somebody call you or your designee and say, Look, you know, uh Candace Smith [0:55:36, 0:55:51]: is parked on the street and I don't see her decal in the window, uh could you tell her to get a decal or move it off the street? And then you or your designee will call Candace and say, look, do you have a decal in the window? [0:55:51, 0:55:55]: If not, you're probably gonna have you're gonna have to move your car because otherwise it it may get tall. [0:55:56, 0:55:57]: Right, sir. [0:55:58, 0:56:00]: Uh we have the quick [0:56:00, 0:56:01]: Click fix. [0:56:02, 0:56:06]: So uh as code enforcement forcement being an extension of the city [0:56:07, 0:56:08]: If they [0:56:08, 0:56:12]: click fix the code enforcement where they have the right to have it told. [0:56:12, 0:56:21]: No. And the reason why is that it goes back to them being uh certified to Hold on, we got a little discrepancy in uh here. I just want to make sure. [0:56:22, 0:56:22]: Okay. [0:56:23, 0:56:32]: Click fix is for a code enforcement issue uh that's in our citation. The towing is not a part of the click fix. [0:56:33, 0:56:36]: So that's why we're getting the different software to deal with. [0:56:37, 0:56:41]: the towing it. So code enforcement would not have the authority to have a vehicle towed. [0:56:41, 0:57:01]: I mean you can. It's uh it's up to you guys, but what it does it takes your code enforcement. Most of the parking on the street is not during the times of code enforcement, right? Our statistics show us that most parking on the street occurs after code enforcement is gone. Uh but during the daytime, uh they can actually just they don't have to tow it during the daytime. [0:57:01, 0:57:11]: They can actually do what we call the uh citations where the court can run the tags and actually cite during the day. Well then that goes to this question. [0:57:12, 0:57:15]: Well then that's a kinda two part question then. Then w who [0:57:16, 0:57:19]: If you're saying the city has that authority, who at the city has that authority? [0:57:20, 0:57:23]: We have to designate who you want it to be. [0:57:24, 0:57:28]: If you want to be code enforcement, that's fine. But we just say city in case that changes. [0:57:29, 0:57:38]: Okay. I'm just trying to get it get it in because I I'm asking these questions because I just wanna know who's the designated city person because that person ha be hasn't been identified. [0:57:38, 0:57:41]: And if it's still uh then the HOA can control it then [0:57:42, 0:58:02]: We might well just left it in HO hand. So but I'm just want to know. Well we can we can let it be code. What are the recommendations for the city? You can be code enforcement. You can be code enforcement for the times when they're here, right? But but but my point is during the day, code enforcement don't need to tow, they need to ride by and leave a citation. [0:58:01, 0:58:11]: on the car. That's what I'm saying. Okay. Right? That's why I put the city or the HOA because in the daytime we're gonna try not to tow. [0:58:11, 0:58:22]: We would prefer to do a citation. So if we put a citation on the vehicle then the HOA is alerted and then they they pretty much can deal with it? Yeah, i if we have HOA information. [0:58:22, 0:58:40]: Okay. I mean uh it just seemed like we gotta knock some not take away. Well yeah, I uh uh and to Mayor Pro Tem Blount's uh point, I think you're asking some very insightful questions and I think it'll be a combination. It'll be a combination of working with the neighborhoods and HOAs, also with the staff and also with the towing companies. [0:58:41, 0:58:45]: to make sure that we address the issue that we want to address, which is parking on the street. [0:58:45, 0:58:51]: Um, especially um, you know, after hours or at night and so forth when most of these things occur. [0:58:51, 0:59:08]: So I think when we bring this back to you, we will have uh addressed specifically some of those questions that you mentioned about a designated person with with the city and then how the towing situation would work in terms of cost storage, those types of things, um, as well as with the HOA information. [0:59:08, 0:59:08]: Okay. [0:59:10, 0:59:10]: Thank you, Ms. Moore. [0:59:11, 0:59:11]: This man. [0:59:12, 0:59:15]: We redress the um HOA [0:59:15, 0:59:30]: Subdivisions and neighborhoods, but what about the neighborhoods that don't have an HOA? But that's why we're asking neighborhoods to register as well outside of HOAs. There are some older neighborhoods and so we're gonna try to work with them to see if they can identify a designee. [0:59:31, 0:59:34]: to address those issues that they feel comfortable with. [0:59:35, 0:59:36]: Otherwise they [0:59:38, 0:59:41]: You know, it's it's up to the record company. [0:59:42, 1:00:02]: Uh if you don't mind. Um it may not be that tough if we send letters out to those areas that don't that has residents. T let's take McCain Creek for instance. They don't have an HOA but they have designated people that we could contact even right now if we needed to. And they even have functions in their s in in their area and they even have s uh [1:00:02, 1:00:09]: um community meetings. So i it's not something that can't be done. So I mean I think I think that we give it a shot and see what happens. [1:00:09, 1:00:25]: When it comes to those communities that don't have uh HOAs. Right. And again, once we get this back, we'll have more information'cause once the RFP come back and we have who the selection is, then we would have had time to iron out all of these issues and the costs and the process. [1:00:25, 1:00:31]: Because we'll be able to tell you how the software works that allows anybody to go online and get a permit. [1:00:32, 1:00:33]: Any further questions? [1:00:34, 1:00:43]: We don't because the RFP's having no document. Miss Moore. Yes ma'am. Even though I've made it very known that I'm not in favor of this at all. [1:00:43, 1:00:46]: Um, I think that we should speak with the police department. [1:00:47, 1:00:48]: Um [1:00:48, 1:00:50]: Officer Scott is here and a couple of others. [1:00:51, 1:00:59]: who can talk to us more about their relationship with towing companies and their past experiences so that we are all on one accord. Mm-hmm. Okay. [1:00:59, 1:01:00]: Well. [1:01:01, 1:01:20]: Any further questions? Okay. So that ends that discussion. Point number 15. Council consideration to urge Stockbridge legislative delegation to create a public facilities authority. Mr. Williams, please. Mr. Mayor, this is just a a follow-up from some of the communications I've had with all the council members. [1:01:20, 1:01:27]: Um we have already been in contact with the uh our legislative delegation and this is just to uh [1:01:27, 1:01:31]: uh clarify that we wanted to get a public facilities authority rather [1:01:32, 1:01:35]: than the legislatively created development authority. So we would [1:01:36, 1:01:39]: I view this as more housekeeping to get a resolution to [1:01:39, 1:01:40]: Hand to them. [1:01:41, 1:01:41]: All right. [1:01:42, 1:01:53]: And for the questions for Mr Williams. Yes. Now I I was uh when I spoke with you I guess uh it's about it wasn't a either or situation. It [1:01:53, 1:02:06]: That's correct. So we already have the ability to activate our uh statutory development authority and we anticipate that will be on the agenda for you all in the coming weeks, if not the next meeting. [1:02:06, 1:02:12]: Um but this would be for a public facilities authority which would have the power to assist [1:02:12, 1:02:16]: uh the city in financing any publicly owned projects. [1:02:16, 1:02:18]: Russell Development Authority cannot do that. [1:02:19, 1:02:22]: Yeah, I just and then I want everybody to understand. [1:02:22, 1:02:25]: This is progress in the cities, ladies and gentlemen. [1:02:25, 1:02:29]: What we're attempted to do we have a downtown development authority right now. [1:02:29, 1:02:36]: which juri whose jurisdiction resides right around here in the main street around city of Stockbridge. [1:02:36, 1:02:53]: This effort is to create a citywide development authority to assist development, to make sure that we have quality development and to incentivize quality developers to come to town and us to be able to work with them or our city projects as well. [1:02:54, 1:03:14]: uh in outside the downtown area. Alright, uh just like Henry County has the Henry County Development Authority uh to assist uh with uh development projects working with the Georgia um the economic development arm of the uh of of um of the state of Georgia. We need [1:03:14, 1:03:34]: We we're trying to move forward with establishing that base outside of the downtown area for when we have projects uh that are outside down as I-75 is just hot right now along all those corridors, along the Eagles Landing Parkway corridor, along the Highway 138 corridor, along the Jodico corridor. [1:03:34, 1:03:54]: This uh particular uh agency will be able to assist us in bringing quality development and being able to help pot potentially incentivize these developers to be in the game of quality development in the area. Everybody is offering some type of incentives. [1:03:53, 1:04:01]: And in order for you to to attract the type of the development and jobs, we gotta get in the game and this is our t attempt [1:04:01, 1:04:06]: Uh in my opinion to get in the game so that we can be competitive [1:04:06, 1:04:09]: uh with areas around us like Fayetteville. [1:04:09, 1:04:23]: who's just booming in quality economic development in uh various areas. This is our attempt to do that and I I wholeheartedly support that. There's a motion and I and and I I'd like to go ahead and make a motion to approve. [1:04:24, 1:04:24]: There's second. [1:04:25, 1:04:26]: All right, any further discussion? [1:04:27, 1:04:28]: Any discussion on this side? [1:04:28, 1:04:30]: All right, all favor the motion please indicate. [1:04:31, 1:04:32]: Oppose [1:04:33, 1:04:36]: Oh, it proves? Okay. All right. So it looks like we're in [1:04:36, 1:04:38]: A there is yeah, okay. [1:04:40, 1:04:48]: Council consideration to amend job classification for building permit coordinating from non-exempt to exempt status. Is this Mr. Ms. Wheeler? You're doing this? [1:04:49, 1:04:51]: Yes ma'am, come forward please. Mm-hmm. [1:04:59, 1:05:00]: This [1:05:02, 1:05:08]: Good evening, Mayor and Council. This is just merely a housekeeping um item. [1:05:08, 1:05:27]: The uh job description that was originally approved during the budget process called for the position to be a non-exempt level classification and due to the reviewing the FLSA and the job duties test, we're recommending that the position be uh made an exempt level position. [1:05:28, 1:05:30]: Move from non exempt to exempt. [1:05:31, 1:05:31]: Okay. [1:05:32, 1:05:34]: The building and permit coordinator. [1:05:35, 1:05:37]: And further questions for Miss Wheeler? [1:05:39, 1:05:39]: Yes, ma'am. [1:05:39, 1:05:41]: I'd like to make a motion to it. [1:05:43, 1:05:44]: Okay, okay. [1:05:46, 1:05:47]: Okay. [1:05:48, 1:05:49]: Okay, is there a second? [1:05:51, 1:05:53]: All right. Any further discussion? [1:05:54, 1:05:56]: All favor the motion, please indicate. [1:05:58, 1:05:59]: Okay, there you have it. Congratulations. [1:06:00, 1:06:09]: Item number 17, Council consideration to approve the use of Merrill Manor's Copper Center on the 25th of March for a Henry County clergy event that the Stockbridge is sponsoring. [1:06:10, 1:06:20]: This is something that uh Ms. Robinson had brought forward sent an email out to the council, addressed to me, but sent out to council for your approval. And at this point, we have not [1:06:21, 1:06:32]: uh uh agreed to or come with a with an actual resolution involving all this. So anyway, so it's out for discussion folks of whether or not uh we want to uh support this uh this particular event. [1:06:33, 1:06:48]: Um it's similar to the clergy round table that we'd have here at Stockbridge that I participate in, but this is this is a little larger in reference to the Henry County um uh ac activity and we're sponsoring this particular event. Want to sponsor this particular event on this day. [1:06:51, 1:06:56]: Any further comments and discussions, sir? Uh I'd just like to ask uh do you have any information? [1:06:58, 1:06:58]: I just [1:06:59, 1:07:01]: From my understanding the [1:07:03, 1:07:04]: Small. [1:07:04, 1:07:05]: Uh [1:07:05, 1:07:17]: We talk about it for for the head th this one on the twenty fift uh for schedule for the twenty fifth once approved if approved, uh I don't I'd uh I would imagine it'd have maybe twenty, thirty people possibly. I think what it is is that the um [1:07:18, 1:07:25]: Uh the actual uh Levi stop bridge room would probably be a little too small to handle the r the crowd in this is what I've been informed. [1:07:26, 1:07:34]: Well, or or more. Okay. I I don't have the actual number, uh tell you the truth. I really don't have the actual number, but I've been informed it. [1:07:35, 1:07:52]: Well w we well it we'd like to make a decision tonight if that but if if the council feels feels you know liable to do that or could do that, but if not, so be it. And we'll move we'll move on and make decisions a little Well actually the twenty fifth of March is just right around the corner. So in that aspect. But I don't know the actual number, no. Is that a weekday? [1:07:53, 1:07:56]: It's a Monday. It's a Monday. Monday. Monday night. [1:07:58, 1:08:00]: I I do not know if the telescription is available. [1:08:01, 1:08:03]: And I the reason being is we just came up with comments. [1:08:04, 1:08:06]: Well we haven't approved it yet, but we discussed it. [1:08:06, 1:08:07]: We haven't proved the policy. [1:08:07, 1:08:08]: I thought we were. [1:08:08, 1:08:09]: No, no, we have not. [1:08:09, 1:08:12]: Not been approved. Uh [1:08:14, 1:08:17]: Second draft, if you will, uh probably at the next work session. [1:08:19, 1:08:31]: Well uh my intention is to judge based on what we had discussed, but I want to make sure that we have somewhere for clubgy. I mean if it if it's only twenty five hundred people it's [1:08:36, 1:08:39]: Or even the Or even downstairs. [1:08:40, 1:08:44]: Yeah. Or downstairs from a downstairs area in the low basis building? [1:08:45, 1:08:47]: Oh no, space. [1:08:49, 1:09:03]: I would imagine it says mural matters. It didn't say upstairs or downstairs. It said mural manners. The request just came to Merle Manders. So I don't I I don't know what the actual number would be. I was not giving the actual number. I'm just taking a wild guess. Okay? Well I'm I'll label more information in regards to. [1:09:08, 1:09:10]: This is not there, but [1:09:10, 1:09:11]: Okay. [1:09:11, 1:09:12]: Any further comments or discussion? [1:09:14, 1:09:15]: Um [1:09:16, 1:09:25]: the the policy I agree with you, Mayor, hasn't come forward yet. I would just wish we had more information on it, uh, due to what we have already discussed. Um, but if it's to [1:09:26, 1:09:29]: Um I would I will say approve it until we get some [1:09:29, 1:09:31]: More information in. [1:09:31, 1:09:37]: uh to w w with contingencies. I don't know if because it costs more to [1:09:37, 1:09:41]: for the mural to open up and lighten up than it does the tear stricklin. [1:09:41, 1:09:42]: So um but [1:09:43, 1:09:45]: I'm I wouldn't be against any [1:09:45, 1:09:49]: Uh with the policy not being in place right now. I mean I don't I don't wanna get too technical. [1:09:50, 1:09:52]: Um for as a facilities I wouldn't [1:09:53, 1:10:00]: I would like to see more information, I wish you know, o on that but if if the facility, you know, for as what we're discussing I I [1:10:00, 1:10:05]: I'm kinda on the fence about it because we have discussed policy pertaining to [1:10:05, 1:10:08]: o other outside entities like that. So [1:10:08, 1:10:22]: Um I I I would just uh me personally I I guess getting more information and if we could also approve it pri prior to this event in enough timely fashion if we're gonna approve it that you know, s give her enough time to uh make those adjustments. [1:10:22, 1:10:31]: I was gonna say I think the event is the March twenty fifth, right? So the next meeting won't be until the twenty next work session wouldn't be until the twenty sixth. That's correct. [1:10:32, 1:10:45]: It's my understanding it's gonna be a large event, upwards of one hundred and seventy five to two hundred people's with my understanding. Okay, see like so I okay, that's that's more information than I had. If if the event if the event's gonna be that large and we haven't put a a policy in place [1:10:45, 1:10:47]: Um I'm gonna motion to approve it. [1:10:49, 1:10:57]: But you just made a motion to approve at this point? Because you're saying it's gonna be 175 people. That's my understanding. All right, yes. So be it. You made a motion. Is there a second to the motion? [1:10:58, 1:11:01]: I'll second the most. Any further discussion? [1:11:03, 1:11:04]: All in favor, please indicate. [1:11:06, 1:11:09]: I'll prove okay, so I'll I'll prove. Okay, appreciate it. [1:11:10, 1:11:16]: All right, and then we'll go forward on that. On that note, uh that is all from the discussion sake. [1:11:17, 1:11:19]: Uh City Manager, Mr. Knighton, do you have any comments, sir? [1:11:20, 1:11:40]: Um just want to thank the staff for the very hard work that they do each and every day and appreciate uh the acknowledgement uh of staff and the fine work that they do. Um obviously we've got a lot going on in the city and it takes everybody moving in the same direction to make all of that happen. Uh I'd also mention that we are um we've received [1:11:39, 1:11:59]: So that's a very significant step. We've already restarted reviewing it with our engineers, building per building inspectors, and so forth, uh, to bring that to uh the point of putting it out to bid. So we're making tremendous progress there and uh look forward to everything uh, we're gonna have to do that [1:11:59, 1:12:02]: that we can accomplish here in the next several weeks and months. [1:12:03, 1:12:03]: Thank you. [1:12:04, 1:12:13]: Ms. Clerk, Vanessa. I just want to thank the mayor and council for the women's history celebrations. We certainly appreciate that. [1:12:15, 1:12:15]: Thomas, sir. [1:12:16, 1:12:23]: Uh thank you, Mr Mayor. Briefly I just want to recognize Mr Hightower. I just want to thank him for [1:12:23, 1:12:30]: um inviting us over to the uh South Metro. We had a great time, great information. [1:12:30, 1:12:32]: And we appreciate the uh recognition [1:12:33, 1:12:35]: that the city of Stockbridge received on that particular day. [1:12:36, 1:12:37]: I will appreciate that. [1:12:37, 1:12:40]: Also would like to take this opportunity to invite all to [1:12:41, 1:12:43]: The ninth annual [1:12:43, 1:13:03]: Carame Hamburg Day celebrations, which is uh May the 18th. Uh as many of you know, the uh upcoming construction of the Carame Hamburg Culture Arts Center is named for her. Uh as I mentioned, this is our ninth uh celebration. Uh it's going to be a little different this year. [1:13:03, 1:13:05]: Um [1:13:05, 1:13:07]: I know Mrs. Um [1:13:08, 1:13:15]: Mrs. Miller is here. I I sh you got lost there for a minute. I took my glasses off. Uh, who is the new owner of the Greenfront? [1:13:15, 1:13:25]: And uh there will be some special uh recognition for Mrs. Hamburg and the Greenfront on that particular day. And um [1:13:25, 1:13:34]: The Starberry Civic Association is very excited about this recognition that the Greenfront will receive on this particular day. [1:13:35, 1:13:35]: Thank you. [1:13:36, 1:13:37]: Love please, Mr. Protence. [1:13:38, 1:13:55]: Um I concur on uh thanking Mr. Hightower. I thank you for uh the South Metro uh event that you had and uh that you're making a difference not only in the South Metro in the region and and I also thank you for your efforts and things you've done for the city of Stockbridge to help us promote initiatives to help better our community. [1:13:55, 1:14:06]: Um one of the things I would just want to tell the citizens is that um we're in a time now that we see so much change in the city of Stockbridge and not only in the city of Stockbridge but in our county. [1:14:06, 1:14:10]: And one of the things that change is done is is that we're moving the city forward. [1:14:10, 1:14:30]: Moving the city forward doesn't have a color on it, doesn't have a race on it, it doesn't have a religion on it. It has progress attached to it. And I think everyone that's connected to the city of Stockbridge is all about progress. And I thank you all for being a part of that as citizens because it's tax your tax dollars in a in a uh in all kind of ways are helping us to [1:14:30, 1:14:49]: uh actually promote our city and better our city and when you look uh back twenty years in the city of Stockbridge, things are being done historically right now that you never never would have dreamed of twenty years ago. So I thank you first the citizens and I thank my colleagues for us having one vision and and moving the city forward. [1:14:51, 1:14:52]: That's one uh [1:14:53, 1:14:53]: Case again. [1:14:54, 1:14:54]: Thank you [1:14:55, 1:15:15]: Yes. Um thank you everyone for coming out. Um I ask that you continue to pray and support us on this council. We always say, I always say, there's six of us and there are twenty eight thousand of you. Um Mr. Hightower, thank you so much for everything you've done for the city of Stockbridge. [1:15:15, 1:15:17]: even w not including the award, but [1:15:17, 1:15:18]: Just [1:15:18, 1:15:24]: on a on a day to day basis. We thank you for that and for recognizing the hard work. [1:15:24, 1:15:32]: Um and thank I would like to thank the staff for everything they've done this year thus far. We have a lot of great things coming up. [1:15:33, 1:15:36]: Um I was driving in my neighborhood. I live in Monarch Village. [1:15:37, 1:15:57]: And there's a sign on the n on when you first come in there's this on the marquee and it basically says you're a citizen or you're c you're in this community too, volunteer. And it is so important that we all know that from the school system uh if you live in the or near school to give some of your [1:15:57, 1:16:17]: Time to some of the trash that you see on the street. Um it takes a village to make this um a success. Uh I know you look at us and we have employees that work for you, for us, for you, we're doing it, but everyone has to do their part. And that includes [1:16:17, 1:16:33]: doing the best that you can to reach out and help each other within the community. Um in order to respect where we live, we need to make sure that you wanna respect your home, right? So this is our home and we want to make sure that it is um [1:16:34, 1:16:35]: Christine. [1:16:35, 1:16:43]: on all levels, from education to beautification, to everything we do. And I just thank you for your continued support. [1:16:44, 1:16:44]: Yeah, is that please? [1:16:45, 1:16:54]: Yes, sir. I always like to thank everybody for tuning in. Uh we are broadcasting today, Miss Holliday. Miss Holliday. Have not heard about the class. [1:16:55, 1:17:15]: We are broadcasting a day. Hopefully we can take it to the next level and we will get to YouTube and you can be able to watch these videos anytime that you shall choose. So we're going in that direction to update the technology so that um you can tune in anytime and you can participate. This is the democratic process. I want to [1:17:15, 1:17:18]: Echo my colleagues' sentiments about uh the SMDO. [1:17:19, 1:17:39]: It's a marvel, marvelous to see all the entities in the South Metro come together and it's a magnificent outpouring. And Mr. Howtower has been champion of the South Side. We've always looked to be able to come together and now all of those synergies are coming together and things are happening in [1:17:39, 1:17:59]: In the south side. You know, we have to celebrate not just what happened in Stockbridge. When you hear about a D-League arena in College Park for the NBA on the South Side, that's a big deal. When you hear about the transportation projects and everything going on in the area, when Porsche decided to uh Porsche [1:17:59, 1:18:09]: Sha decided to locate it here uh in our particular area that um there's a catalyst for a lot of other things going on and we want to continue that momentum. [1:18:10, 1:18:28]: And it's good that we were recognized that we fought a fight as the mayor always said to to uh to for the rest of Georgia because at that time uh we were standing on the front lines and uh we rec thank you for recognizing us for that. I also thank you for helping to sponsor the Women's History Month. [1:18:28, 1:18:48]: uh honors the other day. We we have history gone here. Many of you have gotten here, uh may have been here earlier, that we recognize historic women, 20 exceptional women, 21 actually, that were honored on Sunday at our brunch. We had the first African American female judge, Hollyville, uh with the [1:18:48, 1:19:08]: Superior Court. We had Pandora Palmer who was the first female judge on the state court. We had Pam Bettis who was here today, who was the first Solicitor General female uh here in this uh Henry County. And earlier last week we honored Andrea Lewis, who first Lieutenant Andrea Lewis who [1:19:08, 1:19:28]: was the first African American pilot in the Georgia Air National Guard. Those are history-making, trailblazing women that took it to the next level. And I always would like to emphasize things. This board has plays a part in supporting women every single day. Not just during women's history. [1:19:28, 1:19:46]: month uh when we pass the supplier diversity policy making su uh with the goal of twenty five percent participation and then a local preference that makes sure that everybody in here has an opportunity to be at the table. That's extremely important. We can talk about it all day long but it's written down [1:19:47, 1:20:00]: uh as a goal uh here for the city as well. And one of the first things that we did and I can probably say that I spearheaded that effort which is we evaluated our pay rates here in the city of Stockbridge. [1:20:01, 1:20:21]: And the HR department was charged with making sure that we had competitive rates with the rest of Metro Atlanta, not just in salary but in benefits as well. We wanted to be able to compete compete for the very top talent in Metro Atlanta from the city manager on down and say, Okay, well we're competitive all [1:20:21, 1:20:26]: all region wide so we can hire the best possible staff [1:20:26, 1:20:28]: to run this city. [1:20:28, 1:20:48]: because we come up with a big picture vision, but they execute this big picture vision that all of us have uh collectively. But uh again, uh we celebrate women's history month uh and we want to make sure that we're always doing that. And uh you know it you you you I was having a conversation [1:20:48, 1:20:52]: earlier about uh uh women's health issues with the clerk. [1:20:52, 1:21:11]: and uh and several others who were here and someone uh uh uh uh one of the friends had passed away of heart of a heart attack, right? Now we think we hear a lot about breast cancer and several other uh issues that challenge women but heart disease and heart attacks is the number one killer of women. [1:21:12, 1:21:15]: And we have to recognize that every day. [1:21:15, 1:21:19]: And especially now to be highlighted during Women's History Month, but every single day. [1:21:20, 1:21:32]: You know, I like fried chicken, okay. I like fried pork chops and on different other things, but at that time we gotta push back from the table and we have to address that in terms of what we're in taking. [1:21:32, 1:21:36]: Uh to make sure that we're eating in a more healthy fashion. [1:21:36, 1:21:44]: Uh I'm gonna a couple other one other item to it. One other item is the youth right now we're in the middle and we ask for your help. I ask for your help. [1:21:45, 1:21:55]: We're in the middle of deciding how we're gonna spend millions of your tax dollars on the next spLOS. As the mayor outlaid, we have fifteen million dollars in SPLOSS. [1:21:55, 1:21:58]: Uh uh in and we have some some of that allocated. [1:21:59, 1:21:59]: But [1:22:00, 1:22:01]: We need to hear from you. [1:22:01, 1:22:04]: The council has decided what we want as the top [1:22:05, 1:22:14]: uh two or three projects, but we need to hear from you because if you don't speak up, that decision's going to be made. And we want to hear from as many people as possible. [1:22:14, 1:22:17]: I personally want to see a youth center at the top of the list. [1:22:18, 1:22:21]: Because we have nothing for our kids to do. [1:22:21, 1:22:29]: And if we're going to see the youth center at the top of the list, we can do all of these projects at one time. We don't have to do one at a time. We can do them all. [1:22:30, 1:22:37]: It requires bold leadership in order to do that. We can do the Art Center, the Youth Center, and we can do um [1:22:38, 1:22:41]: uh very uh the empathy are all here because we're cash [1:22:43, 1:22:44]: Rich here. [1:22:44, 1:22:53]: And on our bottom line, we're one of the most financially stable cities in the entire state of Georgia and we don't have a municipal tax. [1:22:54, 1:23:05]: We reason that we are able to do that is that we have another splotch coming up in November. Another one, right? But we still have fifteen million dollars remaining off the last splot. [1:23:06, 1:23:08]: I want you to vote for the next boss. [1:23:09, 1:23:17]: But in order for us to vote for the next blossom, I think this council is committed to making sure that we get these projects in the ground this year. [1:23:17, 1:23:19]: I will keep reiterating [1:23:19, 1:23:29]: that I want at least three projects off the ground in the city this year. It's not too ambitious. We gotta think big and bold. [1:23:29, 1:23:35]: because we're asking you to allocate twenty million more dollars for future projects. [1:23:35, 1:23:36]: And we can do that. [1:23:37, 1:23:47]: But right now, every person out there needs to be contacting all of the council members up here to let them know what you want to be in the city. Don't come back. [1:23:48, 1:24:01]: after November and say or six months from now and say, Well why didn't you do this and you haven't talked to any of us? Because we're we're taking that feedback right now and we need to hear from each and every one of you. [1:24:01, 1:24:08]: Lastly, I'm going to talk about the Stockbridge, the Keep Stock Bridge beautiful program. Councilman Thomas does um [1:24:08, 1:24:21]: Uh don't trash start bridge. It's all a collective effort of everybody fighting litter uh here in the city and beautification. Uh uh I'd like to thank the you know, just the other yesterday I was driving down Hudson Bridge Road. [1:24:21, 1:24:41]: I called the city manager to talk to him. We got the grass cut today, right? We got it taken care of, we got it put down because that is extremely important to this particular community and all of our communities. When people drop every time somebody pulls off the interstate and they spend a dollar in this community, it keeps you. [1:24:41, 1:25:01]: You from having to pay a property tax. That's why you don't have a property tax. So I'm passionate about those interstate exits. Why? Because they keep me from paying a property tax and they keep you from paying them. When you pull off at that exit, the last thing you want to see is tall grass, litter everywhere where I can go. [1:25:01, 1:25:02]: [5103.2, 5119.2]: And that's where it really counts at. And people say, why don't Stockbridge have a property tax? Because of I seventy five and the way that we take in the salt the s the splots tax and the sales tax off of I seventy five. We gotta take advantage of that and we gotta be responsible. [1:25:19, 1:25:21]: We are giving a tremendous gift. [1:25:22, 1:25:42]: with I seventy five. But that comes with the responsibility to absolutely maintain it. And that's what we'll do. We need you to volunteer for keep Stockbridge beautiful and don't trash Stockbridge because we want to have the best community of v possible in South Metro and in the entire Metro Atlanta region. Thank you so much. [1:25:42, 1:25:42]: Much. [1:25:44, 1:25:50]: Okay, on that note, it's as I stated earlier in is in the I believe in the State and City address that uh we need to have a listener. [1:25:51, 1:25:58]: And uh all of us work for you, work for the citizens, so you need to communicate with us, let us know what the desires are and we'll have the open dialogue and discussion. [1:25:59, 1:26:04]: And then uh then we'll make a decision as a collective group the the elected officials are making a decision based on [1:26:05, 1:26:07]: what we hear from the citizens and what we can feasibly do. [1:26:08, 1:26:24]: on the intents to move the city forward, period. And make this the greatest city ever. Okay. So on that note, uh Mr Hightower, thank you for coming in. I didn't see you coming earlier, sir. And you've been a great help, great support of the city. And uh also uh without doubt uh [1:26:24, 1:26:44]: I appreciate you recognizing our efforts last year and I mentioned that earlier in my comments uh before you got here, sir, about the the recognition that we received from your your company. The collaborative firm obvious obviously was was uh uh worked out our comprehensive plan that I talked about, a thirty year plan. And I don't want to forget Miss Crow that's sitting out here too. Thank you for your efforts on that, ma'am. [1:26:44, 1:26:47]: Really appreciate that. Okay. It's great to see you here as well. [1:26:48, 1:26:50]: Um I will tell you that um [1:26:51, 1:27:06]: We we we j we we're on upswing folks. We're we're on upswing and nothing can stop us now. We just gotta work together. He lockstep as I mentioned, simultaneously work together to get to stuff viewed citizens. And I said before and I'll say it again, the citizens are the real heroes here of last year's effort. [1:27:07, 1:27:15]: So a couple upon us to do the right thing, the best thing financially uh for you as we continue to move the city forward. All right? [1:27:16, 1:27:22]: On that note, I'm going to say God bless you and appreciate you listening in and just keep the faith on that aspect. We're going to make it work. [1:27:22, 1:27:24]: I'll read some uh announcements here. [1:27:24, 1:27:34]: New council meeting Wednesday, March thirteenth, uh, five thirty p.m. City Hall Levi Meeting Room. Downtown Development Authority meeting Monday, March 18th, 6 p.m. [1:27:35, 1:27:40]: Right here in the Levi Meeting Room. Youth Council Advisory Committee, Wednesday, March twentieth, six thirty. [1:27:40, 1:27:41]: Right to leave our meeting room. [1:27:42, 1:27:45]: Planning Commission meeting Thursday, March twenty first, seven P.M. [1:27:46, 1:27:47]: Uh leave our meeting room. [1:27:48, 1:27:51]: Work session is next uh excuse me, Tuesday, March the 26th. [1:27:52, 1:27:54]: It's six o'clock here in the council chambers. [1:27:55, 1:27:58]: City Council meeting next month, April eighth, six PM. [1:27:59, 1:28:10]: Uh upcoming events you've got the uh monthly bingo bash uh with uh Metro Tim Blount here on March twenty-seventh and that's at uh ten AM to noon. [1:28:10, 1:28:11]: Paint Henry Blue [1:28:12, 1:28:16]: Raising awareness to prevention of child abuse, Thursday, March twenty eighth. [1:28:16, 1:28:19]: And uh of course that'll be on our social media aspect as well. [1:28:20, 1:28:32]: Okay, oh GMA Youth Summit, hosted by the city of Stockbridge Youth Council. The very first time the GMA Youth Summit has been in Stockbridge. It'd be a Merrill Manter's Conference Center March 22nd and 24th. [1:28:33, 1:28:53]: Okay. And uh ongoing initiatives. Several of those were already mentioned. Uh clergy round table was not mentioned earlier. So month is a quarterly basis. Uh that is done with myself and Councilman Robinson. And the quarterly welcoming stop bridge roundtable spirited by uh Councilwoman Gantt in reference to the Welcoming America initiative. [1:28:53, 1:28:55]: [5335.7, 5336.6]: Um [1:28:57, 1:29:00]: I would imagine we have a zecar session of item for zeker session, sir, correct? [1:29:03, 1:29:06]: All right. Council, I need a motion to go into second session, please. [1:29:07, 1:29:08]: All right, sir, a second. [1:29:08, 1:29:10]: All right. [1:29:11, 1:29:12]: Any further discussion? [1:29:12, 1:29:14]: Okay, thank you. All in favor, please indicate. [1:29:15, 1:29:18]: Okay. Ladies and gentlemen, we're going to go to the second session. We'll be back in the day. [1:30:35, 1:30:50]: Like the layout thing. [1:32:26, 1:32:30]: [5572.4, 5585.0]: I know that's not giving it to the right. [1:33:22, 1:33:30]: Chewing it around me with it. [1:34:20, 1:34:25]: [5680.0, 5690.0]: Like this. [1:35:09, 1:35:15]: So we're going to have to. [1:36:10, 1:36:11]: I know you [1:36:49, 1:36:55]: I didn't I have a hand. [1:37:30, 1:37:45]: Yeah, so I'm not sure. [1:37:47, 1:37:50]: Yeah, but [1:37:53, 1:38:07]: [5887.9, 5907.9]: No, it was like. [1:38:27, 1:38:35]: [5915.0, 5935.0]: Oh yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh there you go. Yeah, you can start. [1:39:14, 1:39:34]: Oh yeah, one of the reasons that one for the square and all that is. [1:39:34, 1:39:54]: I have one before the boy one might be with us speaking. I have no one any other. [1:39:54, 1:40:14]: [6014.1, 6029.7]: Of course I did that that that's a good thing. That's what it is. [1:40:30, 1:40:50]: Yeah, no, but also. Oh my god, no. [1:40:50, 1:41:10]: Yeah, about five or five or six men. Yeah. Maybe about six events. Okay. I don't know. I have to eat. [1:41:09, 1:41:17]: Yeah, you just have to take this one out of the way. [1:41:20, 1:41:23]: But just do that. You won't remember with what? [1:41:23, 1:41:43]: Okay. So I think that's a spot. Because the what is it? Yes, yes, yes, yes. So [1:41:43, 1:41:45]: Okay, [1:41:46, 1:41:47]: Yeah. [1:42:00, 1:42:01]: [6124.8, 6143.8]: I actually told me that you're not going to be able to do that. I'll keep the answer. Yeah, I know. [1:42:32, 1:42:34]: working on a system with [1:42:55, 1:42:55]: [6183.3, 6193.7]: I haven't done it before actually. I mean, I mean one exception of the which wants to know it yes, something more natural. [1:43:18, 1:43:21]: No, you don't think you're up for the all that. [1:43:30, 1:43:34]: [6229.2, 6236.8]: [1:44:21, 1:44:24]: Yeah, move those. [1:44:35, 1:44:36]: Okay. [1:44:37, 1:44:45]: [6295.0, 6295.6]: [1:45:09, 1:45:11]: Location. [1:45:26, 1:45:46]: [6346.1, 6350.0]: No, no, no. [1:45:55, 1:45:55]: Yeah. [1:45:57, 1:46:17]: I w I might go one time for a large public land where we have to build a church now because expensive for number of them to build a church. It just depends on how far it goes. [1:46:17, 1:46:28]: [6390.0, 6397.4]: I don't got that for you soon. [1:47:50, 1:47:51]: Yeah. [1:50:55, 1:50:56]: [6670.6, 6684.1]: [2:01:50, 2:01:55]: Hey, what's up, comrades? [2:02:02, 2:02:16]: I don't know about it because we're not in multi-jurisdiction. I don't know how much multi-jurisdiction. I'd have had a ton of time, PM. Oh man, too much. [2:02:51, 2:02:55]: Alright, uh this clerk's back set. [2:03:00, 2:03:00]: [7389.7, 7390.2]: Okay. [2:03:10, 2:03:13]: Council, I need a motion to end the second session, please. [2:03:13, 2:03:14]: They moved. [2:03:14, 2:03:15]: They're second. [2:03:15, 2:03:15]: Sorry. [2:03:15, 2:03:22]: All right. I need a motion to reconvene our favor. Oh sorry, excuse me. All in favor. [2:03:22, 2:03:24]: I'm jumping the gun. All right. [2:03:25, 2:03:32]: Uh now I need a motion to reconvene our our council meeting. So moved. I second. All right. All in favor? Please okay, there we go. All right. [2:03:32, 2:03:36]: And uh now we're back in our regular council meeting we have uh action that we need to [2:03:36, 2:03:49]: The uh bring forward the please. Yes. Mayor Ford. Yes, ma'am. I move that we retain the legal services of Jack Wilson to assist the city in the litigation negotiation with Hemory County on the service delivery strategy agreement. Is there a second? [2:03:49, 2:03:50]: Right. [2:03:50, 2:03:52]: All right. Is there further discussion? [2:03:52, 2:03:54]: All in favor, please indicate. [2:03:54, 2:03:55]: I'll stand it. [2:03:55, 2:03:56]: No, so [2:03:56, 2:03:59]: Council, I need a motion to end our council meeting. [2:03:59, 2:04:01]: So moved. Okay, is there a second? [2:04:02, 2:04:03]: All in favor, please indicate. [2:04:04, 2:04:05]: Meeting is now adjourned.

--- title: February 26 2019 Work Session Meeting date: 2019-02-26 source: 2019-02-26_February_26_2019_Work_Session_Meeting.wav --- [0:00:00, 0:00:07]: Alright ladies and gentlemen, I'm going to start the meeting. This is council work session. Tuesday, February 26th. I have roughly looks like 6.02. [0:00:09, 0:00:09]: Okay. [0:00:10, 0:00:11]: Please stand for the invocation. [0:00:13, 0:00:22]: And since I pass this around, I'm gonna do the invitation tonight. All right. So Lord, thank you to bring us together once again for an outstanding meeting as we can discuss discuss the citizens' business. [0:00:22, 0:00:36]: And make sure you give us a wisdom and a knowledge to do the right thing, do the proper process and be able to take our citizens forward and move the city in the right direction. Because always, Lord, in your name. Amen. [0:00:36, 0:00:48]: [ 49.9, 51.7]: Am Clerk, near roll call, please. [0:00:52, 0:01:00]: Councilwoman Thomas. Present. Mayor Protam Blount. Present. Mayor Ford. Present. Councilwoman Gantt. Present. Councilwoman Robinson. [0:01:01, 0:01:21]: Did the record reflect Councilwoman Robinson is not in attendance. Councilman Alexander. Present. Mayor Poyd, you have a corner. Thank you. And I want to make a note to this that uh it's my understanding that uh Councilwoman Neat Robinson is a member of the GMA Legislative Policy Committee and part of our uh duties and responsibilities uh this will happens today that the meeting will [0:01:21, 0:01:25]: with the Leslie the Black Caucus at downtown. So that's why she's not present today. [0:01:26, 0:01:27]: For this particular meeting. [0:01:27, 0:01:31]: On that note, I need a motion to adopt the agenda. [0:01:31, 0:01:37]: Sir. I'd like to amend the agenda. Okay, go right ahead, please. To include uh [0:01:37, 0:01:46]: House Bill uh 203 for approval and to amend it to uh include the uh DA development authority approval. [0:01:46, 0:01:51]: Okay, d Housewheel is four uh two three oh two. House bill free oh two. [0:01:52, 0:01:58]: Is is the correct way to say that, okay. And the development authority discussed uh approval per se. Okay? [0:01:58, 0:02:00]: Hey, any further discussion? [0:02:00, 0:02:01]: All in favor, please indicate. [0:02:02, 0:02:05]: All right, thank you. That'll be items uh six and seven on the agenda. [0:02:07, 0:02:19]: Council, please uh review the minutes for the following meetings um uh January 14th, 2019 and the 31st of January 2019. If we review those, we'll we'll actually approve those at our next council meeting. [0:02:19, 0:02:23]: I don't know if there's any particular changes that you want to submit this time. If not. [0:02:23, 0:02:24]: So be it. [0:02:25, 0:02:27]: On that note, Madam Clerk, do we have any public comments? [0:02:28, 0:02:30]: There are no public comments. No public comments. Okay. [0:02:32, 0:02:41]: And on that case, we will go to uh old business council consideration to amend the 2018 CIE capital improvements. [0:02:41, 0:03:01]: element and comprehensive plan update relating to economic development section of the report. Mr. Knighton, please. Yes, Mayor and Council. We wanted to acknowledge uh a question that was raised at the previous meeting uh regarding the adoption of the um uh CIE and I placed a uh memorandum uh should you should have at your desk [0:03:01, 0:03:03]: [183.3, 188.3]: that states that per the council's request any economic development activities which were assigned to community development [0:03:08, 0:03:15]: as submitted in the city's twenty eighteen and twenty twenty three short-term work program and and capital improvement element. [0:03:15, 0:03:16]: Um [0:03:17, 0:03:37]: would be uh reassigned to the Economic Development Division immediately. These changes will be reflected in the city's annual update in September for submission to the Department of Community Affairs and Atlanta Regional Commission. So as our annual update uh to the SWTP and CIE, we would make that uh notation uh formal [0:03:37, 0:03:45]: formalized in the document. In terms of practical day-to-day operations, those uh specific assignments would be [0:03:45, 0:03:54]: uh reassigned immediately. So there's no specific action that we're asking you to take, but uh we wanted to bring that back to your information and acknowledgement. [0:03:54, 0:03:58]: Okay, thank you. Uh any questions for Mr. Knight and Council? [0:03:59, 0:04:01]: Questions? Okay, thank you sir. Appreciate it. [0:04:01, 0:04:21]: Council consideration to amend and extend the moratorium on acceptance of applications for certain businesses in the city. Mr. Williams, please. Mr. Mayor, this is an extension of the existing moratorium. Uh you're going to see, I think at the next council meeting, a uh a request to do an RFP for zoning rewrite. [0:04:21, 0:04:34]: And uh I we wanna fold the changes that would be made into that rewrite. And so we're requesting the extension of the moratorium uh I wanna say for 180 days, but I'm I'm looking back [0:04:34, 0:04:35]: It's a hundred and eighty days. [0:04:36, 0:04:37]: So that's that's the request. [0:04:38, 0:04:39]: Okay. [0:04:39, 0:04:42]: Any questions for Mr. Knighton Council? Yes. Go right at sir. [0:04:43, 0:04:47]: Uh uh the question that I have is uh we had some c discussions behind the scene. [0:04:48, 0:05:02]: How many businesses are actually in there? I didn't I want to make sure that I understand what's there. Do you have the actual list of businesses that were there because uh I think uh my concern was that the nail salons were not there. [0:05:02, 0:05:18]: And then uh I want to make sure the vape businesses are in there. Uh there's a complete list because that there was a list of businesses and then there was several other. There was like I think we're lumped in one category. Is there like a list of how many there are? So we can verify that. [0:05:19, 0:05:34]: If you want the count of the number of businesses, I I don't have that for you, but but if if you just want the count of the type, if you'll hang on a second, I'll pull it up. Well well I just want to make sure that we uh we have nail salons in there and that we have vape shops in there. [0:05:34, 0:05:36]: Uh yes they were in there. [0:05:36, 0:05:37]: Okay. [0:05:38, 0:05:58]: Okay. They are in there. We don't need to add them. Yes. But but out of an abundance of caution, if if the motion is to accept it on the condition that those are clearly in there, we we can Yes. I'd like to make sure that that's in the motion that it's clearly stated that the nail salons and the vape shops are in there uh and continue the moratorium for another hundred. [0:05:58, 0:05:59]: Yeah. [0:06:00, 0:06:05]: There's got another question here. Yeah. Uh Mr Williams also could we be provided um [0:06:05, 0:06:09]: the list because when we go into the memoriatorium extension [0:06:10, 0:06:28]: Um there I'm gonna use the word hopper. There could still be some already in the hopper that does not d this one effect. Can we get a list of of those businesses that are already in there? Because if we put a memoriatorium out and then they s those businesses still come in, it could be because they're already they're already there pre memoriatorium. [0:06:30, 0:06:34]: I'm just speaking from thank you. Thank you, Mayor Council. Typically come on, come up here, please. [0:06:36, 0:06:45]: Thank you. Good evening, Mary and Council. So typically in the past, if something is already in before in other words, your existing moratorium of everything that [0:06:45, 0:07:05]: was still in the moratorium, it still exists. But if you add something new tonight that was not a part of the original moratorium, if they're in the hopper, we still process those. That means that we can't accept any new ones. For example, he's asking what's nail shops in there? He's gonna check and see. Let's just say nails weren't. [0:07:05, 0:07:25]: Right? If you what passes tonight says that no nail salons are allowed, well if downstairs if nail salon was not in the prior language and then there's nail shops that's downstairs, we have to process those. What that means so that we can't accept any new applications for those. [0:07:25, 0:07:45]: for a follow up my question is that could we be provided once the memoratorium go into effect those bids in areas those business that are in the hopper so that we won't see one pop up and we got a a ton of questions questions coming at you all while sure I I can ask tomorrow if if you need an have um as their [0:07:45, 0:07:46]: Processing. [0:07:46, 0:07:52]: what are they currently process and what applications we've received before tonight. That is for something new. [0:07:53, 0:07:58]: But if nails was in there already, then we wouldn't have any applications for them anyway. [0:07:59, 0:08:17]: Yes yes ma'am, go ahead please. I I understand what you're saying by n if the nail salons wasn't in the moratorium. But if a nail salon is combined with the hair salon and the hair salon is in the moratorium, wouldn't that automatically uh if they're in one business, one actual [0:08:17, 0:08:21]: business and they're doing both, it would void out [0:08:22, 0:08:42]: that as well, correct? It depends on how they came in. Does that make sense? If they came in under a nail salon and not a hair, then we wouldn't know. That typically uh the hair salon comes in as a primary and the nail is a secondary. But I think what triggered this was that you saw a nail salon opening in a business that was [0:08:42, 0:09:02]: process almost a year ago. There's no hair associated with it. So nail salons are not automatically attached to hair, but it depends on how the application is submitted. So if they submit hair and they do have salon, that's a trigger for us not to accept either. But a lot of times we get nail salons [0:09:02, 0:09:04]: And there is no hair. It's just nail salon. [0:09:05, 0:09:25]: Well Mayor, having heard that, I I just ask that we make sure in this moratorium that nail salons is added. I know the vapor stores are already there. Um it just in case they're not in. And also ask that if there's a combination thereof that it also means that it's null and void as well. Um [0:09:25, 0:09:40]: That w you know, we are aware of that. As well as vape shops. [0:09:42, 0:09:43]: Thank you. [0:09:43, 0:09:52]: All right, so should be any more questions so we need a a motion, is that correct? I just want to know what's up. The language that Miss Gantt wanted to add was if there is a combination of the two. [0:09:53, 0:10:02]: Or any. But they were already there because nail slot and hair was already there, so that's why I say it was a trigger we don't have any. Separately. So either way we got it. That's correct. All right. [0:10:02, 0:10:22]: On that note, I just need a motion. Well please repeat your motion. I would like to uh continue the 180-day moratorium. Uh Mr. Um Williams has indicated that the nail salons and vape shop shops are in there, but we want to reiterate that even if they weren't in there, we want it to be in full [0:10:22, 0:10:24]: Alright, is there a second emotion? [0:10:25, 0:10:45]: Before you second though, I know we got a couple of emails or some things that you wanted to add. So here's your opportunity. If there were other things that he read you the list, and if there were other things that you wanted to add, because somebody mentioned something about auto brokers or something else. So if there is anything else that y'all wanted to add, I'm just going to say here's the opportunity for whatever you want to add. [0:10:45, 0:10:56]: As as the clerk, I thought we had a cap on auto brokers already on auto uh used car dealers already, right? There's a m that's different from an autobroker. Two different things. [0:10:58, 0:11:05]: The autobroker, as long as they have no inventory on site as a requirement, is really just an office use. [0:11:07, 0:11:09]: not cover that in the original [0:11:12, 0:11:29]: I mean if they don't have the cars there I wouldn't re be concerned about'em if it's an office use inventory, I just don't want the car sitting out there. So but what if an audible broker decides to bring a car, then we still need something some language in there that says office use only, no you know, no inventory? [0:11:30, 0:11:36]: I I believe that's how the definition is. I I we'll have to go back and double check, but it it [0:11:36, 0:11:39]: If there's no inventory out of sight, then [0:11:39, 0:11:59]: then it's really not the same impact. So that's something we'll cover in the zoning rewrite as well. We cover everything in zone rewrite. I just wanted to make sure that this was this one last time to catch all that you want for the next hundred and two. So it's my assumption at this point that your motion still stands, no no difference on that. So you made a motion [0:11:59, 0:12:07]: I need a second. My second. Oh you did a second. Okay, got it. Excuse me. All in favor of the motion, please indicate. Okay, thank you very much. Appreciate it. [0:12:08, 0:12:15]: Um council consideration to approve citywide furniture, state of Georgia contract number 9999. [0:12:16, 0:12:20]: Nine, I guess SPD zero zero zero zero one zero. [0:12:21, 0:12:23]: Uh Miss Lindell Miller, please. [0:12:23, 0:12:29]: Good afternoon, Mayor. Council. Afternoon to you. Uh this uh this request is to you ask for authorization [0:12:30, 0:12:35]: Task for authorization to utilize the state contract, um, which was competitively done. [0:12:35, 0:12:37]: Uh through February tw uh twenty twenty. [0:12:38, 0:12:38]: if needed. [0:12:39, 0:12:43]: and to currently purchase um furniture for city staff. [0:12:44, 0:12:45]: Okay, thank you for that. [0:12:45, 0:12:48]: Uh council any questions at all for Ms. Miller? [0:12:51, 0:12:51]: Yes, sir. [0:12:52, 0:13:01]: Uh I just wanna thank uh Ms. Miller. Um I gave her a call to get clarification. Okay. I just wanna thank you for uh returning the call and [0:13:01, 0:13:02]: Explaining that process. [0:13:03, 0:13:05]: And I also want to thank you for your due diligence. [0:13:05, 0:13:08]: I just want the council to know that you [0:13:09, 0:13:23]: did research and look over of what was already in place to see if the city could use any of the AO for assessment was that we needed to fall. So I just wanna thank you for that. You're welcome. [0:13:23, 0:13:37]: Okay, any further questions for Ms. Miller? If I need a motion, please. Mayor, I move that we approve the um state of Georgia contract number 9999, SPD 00010. Is there a second? Second. [0:13:38, 0:13:43]: Mr. Mr. We'll give Mr. Thomas for a second. Any further discussion? I know. All in favor, please indicate. [0:13:43, 0:13:45]: All right, see now. Appreciate it. [0:13:45, 0:14:02]: Okay. Now number six would be the uh discussion of House Bill three oh four. Bill two as you know uh House Bill three oh uh three oh two was uh introduced. It would essentially preempt uh most local um uh [0:14:02, 0:14:13]: regulation of uh building aesthetics and and things of that sort. GMA is uh opposed to it and is encouraging all the cities to [0:14:13, 0:14:18]: uh adopt resolutions uh in opposition and so the staff recommendation would be [0:14:18, 0:14:24]: to adopt a resolution in opposition and direct us to submit it to our legislative delegation. [0:14:24, 0:14:44]: Okay. Any further discussion for comments from Mr. Uh Williams here? Yes, please. I think this is a great idea. I think that as a city we collectively have put some uh proceeded to upgrade our zoning standards and the last thing uh that we want to happen is for those [0:14:44, 0:14:59]: zoning standards be rolled back. Uh we have a fifty percent brick requirement. We have uh we passed the highway overlay quarter plan. We were trying to build our master trail plan. All of those things and the exemplary work that we've done. [0:14:59, 0:15:19]: uh in planning development, uh under Miss Moore. A lot of those things could possibly be lost and we definitely don't want to give up that. I think we were at GMA where we talked about home rule and, you know, this is this is really overreach, uh, in uh in my opinion and we need to send the strongest signal possible that [0:15:19, 0:15:21]: Uh we want control of these items. [0:15:22, 0:15:23]: Any further comments from the Council? [0:15:24, 0:15:39]: Um Mr. Williams, just out of curiosity, I know there's a Senate bill equivalent with that, but it it doesn't mean necessarily being part of the resolution will provide for for both um the original bill and any Senate companion bill. Okay. Thank you for that. Yes, sir. Uh I motion that we approve the uh [0:15:40, 0:15:43]: House uh resolution for House Bill three zero two. Okay. [0:15:43, 0:15:44]: Good deal in the second. [0:15:45, 0:15:47]: A second. All right, any further discussion? [0:15:47, 0:16:07]: All in favor, please indicate. There you have it. Good deal. Um number six item would be uh council consideration also for the the new development authority uh process. Mr. Williams, please. Yes, sir. This is following up on some communications we forwarded to the mayor and council over the last week or so. Essentially what's [0:16:07, 0:16:10]: is proposed is to [0:16:10, 0:16:22]: Ask the General Assembly to enact local legislation creating a development authority for the City of Stockbridge that's different from your normal statutory development authority. [0:16:23, 0:16:32]: primarily in in the w manner in which the members are selected. W w what the current staff recommendation is is a seven member board. [0:16:32, 0:16:45]: um composed of the following categories. The f first three members would have to be residents of the city of Stockbridge, one of which may be a a member of the elected body, but doesn't have to be. [0:16:46, 0:16:53]: And then the the second category is is four uh uh um residents of Henry County. [0:16:53, 0:17:13]: who have subject matter expertise in the in the area of development, whether it's r realtors, developers, zoning experts, attorneys, things of that sort, there would be the the list showing that they would have to fall with within one of those categories. But beyond that, the the powers of the authority would be very specific [0:17:13, 0:17:21]: similar to the uh development authority that was uh enacted for the city of Clarkston, which would be a very comprehensive set of powers. [0:17:22, 0:17:23]: Trecky. [0:17:23, 0:17:27]: Any questions for Mr. Williams on development authority process thus far? [0:17:28, 0:17:31]: If not, I need a motion to go forward with that, please. [0:17:32, 0:17:36]: Don't move Mayor. I I move that we go for it with the development authority. [0:17:36, 0:17:37]: Second. [0:17:37, 0:17:38]: Okay, any further discussion? [0:17:39, 0:17:40]: All in favor, please indicate. [0:17:41, 0:17:44]: There you have it. Good deal. Thank you. [0:17:45, 0:17:46]: City Manager, any comment, sir? [0:17:47, 0:17:50]: Um Stockbridge is a great city where community connects. [0:17:51, 0:17:53]: We appreciate the window of the scale. [0:17:53, 0:17:55]: And moving the city forward. [0:17:55, 0:17:56]: That was a big club. [0:17:56, 0:17:59]: Clerks, Ms. Vanessa Holliday, comments. [0:17:59, 0:18:05]: No coming o other than looking forward to a great retreat coming out with some great things. [0:18:06, 0:18:26]: Okay, Councilman Al Thomas, sir. Uh I just want to take this opportunity to thank Cotton Indian Elementary School for inviting me out to talk about Don't Trash Stockbridge, uh third, fourth, and fifth graders, about 300 students. Uh we had a great time, uh, Miss Jackson and I. Uh they were very uh in [0:18:26, 0:18:31]: engaged in that question. So just want to thank Cotton Union for inviting us out. Thank you. [0:18:32, 0:18:33]: Air Pro Tem Block, please. [0:18:34, 0:18:38]: Uh yes. Um tomorrow we have uh uh seniors bingo bash tomorrow from uh [0:18:39, 0:18:41]: Ten to uh noon. [0:18:41, 0:18:45]: Um also I'd like to uh thank the city of Stockbridge for [0:18:45, 0:18:49]: And you uh um um Rendon um [0:18:49, 0:18:52]: Randy, uh uh Mr. Uh the city manager. [0:18:53, 0:19:13]: convoluted here in the mind. You reached out to uh powers the bee and uh I think Daces did also, uh and they repaired they're repairing now the concrete that has been there that was on city property for quite a while, but we reached out to the right people and got that moving for uh for the city area because even though it's it's partly [0:19:13, 0:19:33]: County. We actually made some phone calls and I thank you all for for making those phone calls and and that's that's happening now. Uh it's they're paying for it and the city's not paying for it. Let me make that clear. Uh but the bingo bash is tomorrow from uh 10 to 12 and uh if you all know any seniors from 55 and up, young seniors like we about [0:19:33, 0:19:35]: uh you're more than welcome to come out. [0:19:37, 0:19:39]: Councilwoman uh Lake Gamp, please. [0:19:40, 0:19:45]: We just thank you for your continued support and prayers and I thank the staff for the excellent job we're doing. [0:19:45, 0:19:51]: Um, I look forward to the retreat and getting this amphitheater up and moving. Thank you. [0:19:52, 0:19:53]: Councilman Alexander, please. [0:19:53, 0:20:05]: Yeah, thank you, Mayor. I have a few comments here. The first thing I wanna do is uh we're we're broadcasting, correct? Are we broadcasting? I have not heard any of the things. Where is my we're not? [0:20:06, 0:20:08]: We are broadcasting. Excellent. [0:20:08, 0:20:28]: Thank you. I appreciate that. Well good for everybody's tuned in. Thank you, Mr. Adgie. We appreciate that. Um I want to invite everybody out to the Women's History Month celebration uh on Sunday at Merrill Manders at three PM. Uh we are going to o honor twenty exceptional women. We had so many to choose from. It was hard to narrow it down. [0:20:28, 0:20:34]: So we just kinda upped the number a bit, but we still had so many others. And um [0:20:34, 0:20:54]: We have led the way here in Stockbridge. This is our fourth time that we'll be issuing a proclamation for Women's History Month uh this particular year. And we led the way here in Henry County, being the first agency to do so. We're taking it to the next level this year, uh honoring exception 20 exceptional women. Uh tickets are available online through [0:20:54, 0:21:14]: event bright. I think we may be releasing some more tickets because they were sold out. But if you would like to come, if you would contact us directly uh through our assistant Laquinda Jackson, then we may be able to assist you because we want to get a head count here as we go forward. But the idea is to continue the mo momentum forward on our [0:21:14, 0:21:30]: outstanding women uh in the community Sunday at Merrill Manders at 3 p.m. I want to thank everybody that came out for the town hall, thank the gentleman here and his wife who were at our town hall and brought some outstanding suggestions for a senior center. [0:21:30, 0:21:50]: uh here uh to the city as well as uh the feedback that we got was extremely outstanding at the town hall. Uh there's a video of it you'd like to see uh where the citizens were act to kind of rank the pot the projects and they kinda were in line with what we wanted to do but they definitely emphasized that they wanted us to work on [0:21:50, 0:22:10]: on a youth center. If we had uh we had to select between the two projects, it would be youth center, uh cultural arts center, and then uh down the line we would move down the line to maybe the senior center and then other facilities that were available. But I think we could possibly do uh all of those uh particular developments. [0:22:10, 0:22:14]: And the one thing that was mentioned at the town hall is that they would like to see a f [0:22:15, 0:22:32]: a pool, a competition size Olympic pool inside w it if it's the youth center or the multipurpose center, because the multipurpose center may be able to accomplish both of those uh at the same time because our swim teams currently have to leave the community and go to Clayton County to compete. [0:22:32, 0:22:52]: Which is totally unacceptable uh when we're trying to be a first class county. We need to have those facilities here. And uh as we mentioned earlier, uh over there in the Tide Street area we purchased or we acquired a property over there, and that area really could use a shot in the arm uh for us if we move forward with that. Uh [0:22:52, 0:23:12]: uh to be able to assist that community which is in which is experiencing some uh poverty and we we could be able to help out with that with a shot in the arm to that community if we move forward with a project uh in that particular area. I also want to thank the folks that came out for Stockbridge Active at a new business here, uh Club Spin at 272 E [0:23:12, 0:23:31]: High East Atlanta Road. It's a new business that's come to town and they asked the best in class cycling facility. And believe me, after that class, I needed to rest up. It was a real deal. It was no it wasn't a beginner's class, but I I thank everybody that participated. [0:23:31, 0:23:51]: uh in this. And I want to thank uh Main Street and the city itself for setting up this outstanding event that we had with Lieutenant Lewis yesterday and it gave us an opportunity to honor Lieutenant Lewis as one of the Women History Month uh honorees because her accomplishments were so outstanding. [0:23:51, 0:24:11]: her and her family and uh her husband. It it was just a beautiful thing to see this in this family unit representing us. You know, even as an African American, it was a proud day to see during Black History Month, to see this solid family step forward and represent us in such a uh outstanding way. [0:24:11, 0:24:18]: Okay. The next thing that I want to do here and I want to close on this particular topic is I want to say this. [0:24:19, 0:24:23]: We have been going to these retreats for the last three, four years. [0:24:24, 0:24:25]: We have to act. [0:24:26, 0:24:30]: We gotta move forward with these particular projects. [0:24:30, 0:24:35]: It is the we have it is up to the elected body that's sitting up here. [0:24:36, 0:24:41]: to set the tone, to direct the staff to move forward with what we want to do. [0:24:42, 0:24:55]: When we set the time aside and the funds aside, these projects will move forward expeditiously in the manner that our community deserves. Um I won't [0:24:55, 0:25:07]: to challenge this council to go to this retreat and come back out of this retreat with some solid plans that we're gonna make at least three of these projects happen. [0:25:07, 0:25:11]: or begin to go in the ground this year. [0:25:11, 0:25:31]: Not next year, not the year after, this particular year right here, because we have a spLOS coming up in November. We need to show the citizens that we're committed to moving these projects forward because we need you to improve the next spLOS in November. And what better way that we can do that than to show you [0:25:31, 0:25:39]: that we're moving projects forward right now. I believe we can do that as a city and that's the challenge at the end of this retreat. [0:25:39, 0:25:57]: We're going to have some firms, we're going to set aside some three projects, maybe more, that we're it but at least three that we're going to move forward and get in the ground this year to move this city forward and d to begin building the world-class city that we deserve. Thank you so much. [0:25:58, 0:26:18]: Okay, on that note I will say to you absolutely I look for a very productive retreat myself and I know the rest of the council does as well. Uh but uh we'll we'll see what we can come up with, whether it's three more or less. But we have to do things logically and what we'll have the funding stream that we need for these projects and m make some logical decisions. But I'm pretty sure we're gonna make the right decisions uh for the citizens and what makes [0:26:18, 0:26:38]: good logical sense. On that note I also want to mention to you uh to everybody actually I think it was a great activity yesterday as well with Lieutenant Lewis uh honoring her as the first African American uh pilot female pilot for in the state of uh Georgia for the Georgia Air National Guard she gets ready gets ready to head out on a deployment. [0:26:38, 0:26:53]: So I wish her well on that and as being a retired uh army officer and and a veteran myself, I I've been on a couple deployments and uh you know I know how it can it can wear and tear on you as an individual, but also on your family as well. So I wish her the best and her and her family in that aspect. [0:26:54, 0:27:14]: On the 21st of February, uh several of us, matter matter of fact, uh uh almost uh almost 20 of us from the city staff attended what you call the South Metro Development Outlook Conference. It's an economic development type of conference that is in the 17th annual year. It is uh put on by Michael Hightower. This is a partner and collaborator. [0:27:14, 0:27:20]: firm and it deals with economic issues and development and aspects for the South Metro area. [0:27:20, 0:27:40]: And for the very first time in a 17-year history, an award was given to the city of Stockbridge. And it was called the Perseverance and Leadership Award that I accepted along with the council. Several members of the staff were present for that. And it dealt with the fact of how we persevered through the course of last year and what we were dealing with with the proposed city of E. [0:27:40, 0:28:00]: Eagles Landing. Now, I will tell you it was a great award and great acceptance and I really appreciate that. But even though we've received this award and and and and it's it has my name on it, but it's really for the the entire city staff and the and the personnel and the people that really uh supported the city and fought hard. And I mentioned in my comments that the real heroes were the citizens out. [0:28:00, 0:28:10]: out there that knocked on those doors on those ballot committees that did the the heavy lifting along to staff. But even though this occurred and we received this particular award, which is now located in City Hall. [0:28:10, 0:28:30]: We still have a mission to do as an elected body to maintain and mend the city back together. We're still one city, one community. We still have to do that and we will do the right thing in a p and uh in the as we go forward uh to to mend that city and bring people on board. And we it's up to the elected body in a sense, uh along with our uh staff and uh with the [0:28:30, 0:28:50]: heavy lift into do the right things for the citizens of the city and uh and that is the intent and that's what we need to do. Um mend everything, bring the city forward, and uh make sure that we embrace the entire community as one because we are better together and and and we we really will prosper better as a complete city. [0:28:50, 0:29:10]: know as we come to 2020 for the census and also 2020 for Centennial. But I just want to acknowledge the fact that I thank the Michael Howe Tower and the and the South Metro Development Outlook Conference and and his leadership and and the recognition of what the city had to go through. But I also want to know this again that it um that is it's a group. [0:29:10, 0:29:30]: type of award but also the fact that our work is not done as we're as elected officials to do what we need to do properly for the entire city itself. So on that note I want to tell you keep the faith. We have a listening ear. We will do the best we can to do what we need to do. [0:29:30, 0:29:36]: do to make sure that we move the city forward as one complete entity. And God bless you all. Thank you. [0:29:37, 0:29:48]: On that note I'll read some in um some uh uh meeting updates here. It was already mentioned about the council retreat that we have on the 28th to 1st of March. We'll actually be off site in Kennesaw, Georgia. [0:29:49, 0:30:05]: Main Street Advisory Board meeting is Friday, March eighth at nine A. M. right here in City Hall. Our next city council meetings on March eleventh at six PM in City Hall. And during that meeting I I will pl I plan to give the state of city address at that meeting, an annual event that uh that the mayor needs to do. [0:30:05, 0:30:09]: The new council meeting is Wednesday, March 13th at 5.30 p.m. [0:30:09, 0:30:26]: It is right here in City Hall, of course. Downtown Development Authority meeting is Monday, March 18th at 6 p.m. Youth Council Advisory Committee meeting is Wednesday, March 20th, 6.30 right here in City Hall. And the Planning Commission meeting is Thursday, March 21st, 7 p.m. right here in City Hall Council. [0:30:27, 0:30:40]: Our next council work session is actually March 26th, 6 p.m. right here in City Hall. Um Mayor Pro Tan Blount's already mentioned about the monthly bingo bash. Alexander's already mentioned about the women's history history celebration brunch. [0:30:41, 0:31:01]: Uh GMA Youth Summit hosted by the City of Stockbridge Youth Council. March 22nd to 24th. It'd be a Murray Manus Conference Center. And this is a first that we have tempted this and first that I know that is happening with the GMA community. That youth summit with all the youth councils in the immediate area will come to Stockbridge. 22nd to 24th of [0:31:01, 0:31:02]: Uh March. [0:31:03, 0:31:07]: I just have my very first Mayor Mondays, uh which will be on the fourth Monday of every month. [0:31:08, 0:31:28]: Councilman Alz uh Councilman Thomas is mentioned about don't trash start bridges on ongoing no litter campaign. Okay. I imagine uh Alexander's already mentioned about the quarry town hall and keep strawberries beautiful. Clergy roundtable, spirit headed by Councilman uh Robinson will occur on March 4th. Uh that is six thirty on March. [0:31:28, 0:31:31]: March fourth, those interpretations are already gone out. [0:31:31, 0:31:51]: And a quartering a quarterly welcoming Stockbridge round table spearheaded by uh Councilwoman Lakeesia Gantt and uh you need to contact of course Miss Jackson uh to participate in that activity. All right. On that note, those seem to be all the announcements and I believe we have a second session, is that correct? Uh Mr. Attorney, Mike Williams. Council. [0:31:51, 0:31:54]: Okay. So I need a motion to go to the second session, please. [0:31:54, 0:31:56]: Okay, is there a second? [0:31:57, 0:31:58]: Is there any further discussion? [0:31:59, 0:32:02]: All in favor? No one? All in favor going to second session, please indicate. [0:32:02, 0:32:04]: Okay, thank you. Appreciate it. So folks we'll be back. [0:32:10, 0:32:18]: [1940.0, 1960.0]: Yeah, um yeah, we will be there by obviously the point here before you go channel again. [0:32:39, 0:32:45]: [1970.0, 1990.0]: Getting more people as you sign up for that. Get more people. [0:33:09, 0:33:29]: Well yeah, I I asked the content, but just to let them know about an idea. Right. I'll I'll pick up [0:33:29, 0:33:49]: Well yeah, we'll have to take it. [0:33:49, 0:34:09]: No. I was reading from the thing. [0:34:09, 0:34:29]: I got the whole thing. Yeah, you got the bowl of the two. So we've got to keep our hand in the back to let me break it through the following. [0:34:29, 0:34:47]: I usually have a free week. Um [0:34:50, 0:34:53]: Yeah. [0:34:57, 0:35:11]: [2125.0, 2145.0]: No, I'm going to push the people. [0:35:45, 0:35:46]: Yeah. [0:35:47, 0:36:05]: Oh again, I'll give you that wrong way. Oh no, I'm not sure. [0:36:08, 0:36:09]: Yeah. [0:36:09, 0:36:29]: Yeah, you know. Oh yeah. That's two. Or seventeen. Oh. So with sixteen, that's a half. That's really probably But when it's 16 17. Yeah. [0:36:29, 0:36:49]: Oh yeah, probably one three. That's a sort of same thing. That's how it shows them all. Oh, is it crap? Every single day every week. [0:36:49, 0:37:05]: I've been to the reason I mean it's always any spring. I mean it's been a little bit of how I didn't want to tie because I knew about your money before the spring. Yeah, it's a summer. Yeah, so it's a lot before. [0:37:10, 0:37:30]: Yeah, she's a little bit more. Yeah, yeah, for shopping. Sorry. So it would be like a roll, but yeah, that was pretty good. Some of them are seeing it. Yeah, but we've got a bunch of photos everything. Hundreds of things. [0:37:30, 0:37:45]: On the uh pain, she was short. He's a square. He helped the company off, but he's the he's a s [0:37:45, 0:38:05]: I just wanted to um thank you all. Have a good night. [0:38:05, 0:38:11]: Let me back. No, no. [0:38:18, 0:38:19]: I'm ready. Come here. [1:07:50, 1:07:51]: Almost done. [1:07:53, 1:07:54]: Already. [1:08:01, 1:08:03]: Mm. [1:08:04, 1:08:07]: Да что. [1:08:07, 1:08:08]: Mm. [1:09:50, 1:09:50]: Mm-hmm. [1:10:00, 1:10:01]: Mm. [1:10:19, 1:10:20]: I can place uh [1:10:20, 1:10:23]: Council, I need a motion to end the executive session, please. [1:10:26, 1:10:28]: There's a second, okay. Any further discussion? [1:10:29, 1:10:30]: All favor, please indicate. [1:10:31, 1:10:35]: Thank you. I need a motion to reconvene our work session blink. [1:10:36, 1:10:39]: Okay, any discussion? All in favor, please indicate. [1:10:39, 1:10:47]: And we have nothing to report out of the second session, so I actually need a motion to adjourn. So moved. All right, so second. Okay. [1:10:47, 1:10:53]: So uh the the motion, I think the second's down here. Okay. [1:10:53, 1:10:54]: And so [1:10:54, 1:10:55]: All favor, please indicate. [1:10:56, 1:10:57]: Meeting is now adjourned. [1:10:58, 1:10:58]: Wait.

--- title: January 31 2019 Work Session Meeting date: 2019-01-31 source: 2019-01-31_January_31_2019_Work_Session_Meeting.wav --- [0:00:00, 0:00:20]: Wireless carriers. They happen to be the one that's approached us from Metro Atlanta for the bill 2019. Uh on the second page here. Um I gave a bunch of information and I'm not gonna, I don't have limited time here, so I don't want to go through uh everything in here, but um at the very bottom there, I listed all the cities and counties that this [0:00:20, 0:00:40]: Current project we're working on is involved in Metro Atlanta. For us, it's going to be about 130 to 140 nodes total. And just to correct one thing, I didn't give Mr. Logis the most updated information. We originally had four slated for Stockbridge. We found out two of those are actually in Henry County. That went down to two. [0:00:39, 0:00:59]: Than we just got told by ATT they're adding 12 more. I just got the map for those the other day and looked at, and while they all are right around the city of Stockbridge, most of them are actually just on the outskirts of the city limits. There's only actually three more that are in the city limits. So we're at a total of five right now. The others are in uh unefort. [0:00:59, 0:01:19]: Incorporated in Henry County and a few in Clayton County to the north. But we do anticipate ATT adding more eventually. And also, once we get this built here, our salespeople will be working over Ryzen Wireless and T-Mobile. You know, they have a current proposed merger or sprint that's still pending right now. But we will be marketing. [0:01:19, 0:01:39]: And once we come in as a neutral host provider and develop that relationship with the city and build a network in there, it's much easier for the other major wireless carriers to come in and go through us as opposed to trying to you know start from scratch again doing self-performer or going with another company. [0:01:39, 0:01:59]: But in this packet here, I gave you some general information about our company, about our license here, the project. This third page here just gives a general design here to show you, you know, just in very simplistic terms how wireless is set up. One thing that I cannot put in here after I [0:01:59, 0:02:19]: I don't really remember how I forgot to do this, but I will email this out to you by tomorrow. But wanted to send you a photo simulation picture of what this equipment looks like on a pole. Basically it's a canister-style antenna, looks like an upside-down small garbage can that's mounted on the top of a utility pole. Uh, and it's a 360-degree wire. [0:02:19, 0:02:39]: The signal that goes out from that, and then there's a shroud or equipment cabinet box that hangs from the pole itself that holds the radio equipment. Uh, other than that, there's just maybe uh a meter or disconnect. Georgia Power is actually going to work with us to do a flat billing system so we don't have to put meters on the poles if it's a Georgia Power pole. Uh, if we use anything here you can. [0:02:39, 0:02:59]: utility, your city infrastructure, such as street lights or other things, and we may you know do that sort of arrangement as well. But then you just have the RF cable in that connects everything together. Depending on the pole type, it could be hidden inside the pole, it could be you know attached to the outside of the pole. But I'll send you a photo simulation to show you what those look like. [0:02:59, 0:03:00]: Um [0:03:01, 0:03:21]: And then um, you know, I I know you all have probably heard a lot about 5G, and about people coming all the time asking, what is 5G? You know, what does that mean? I'll give you the short story of what 5G is. Basically, it's a major increase in technology for wireless. We're going to be getting speeds about 10 times as great as what you're getting with 4G LT. [0:03:21, 0:03:41]: right now once 5G is totally implemented. So it's way faster speeds and it's way better capacity on the system. So it's not about coverage, it's about capacity. It's about with all the data that's being used, all the video that people use on their phones now, how much capacity can go on the system. It also greatly increases the reliability of the network. [0:03:41, 0:04:01]: as well. So you know a lot of things you've probably seen in the media about autonomous driving cars and you know surgeons being able to do remote surgery, you know, over TV with this with this faster now you know 5G technology. Those are just a couple of examples. There's a whole lot of stuff out there. [0:04:01, 0:04:21]: But uh 5G is going to be a major upgrade in the technology. Any small cells are needed. They're going to be all across the country, but they're going to be needed greatly. The wireless companies right now are mainly focusing in downtown areas where there's a heavy lot of pedestrian usage in these areas that's overloading the capacity of the system. [0:04:21, 0:04:41]: But eventually it's gonna grow out everywhere. Um, and just to try to wrap up here, another page in here, I gave you a breakdown of the uh five initial nodes uh that we're putting in. And there's a map in here to show you where those are located, and those five are all within the city limits. And then I also included uh photographs from Google Earth. [0:04:41, 0:05:01]: Of the initial five uh utility polls that we are um looking to go on for this project that match up with those dots you see on the map. So um I guess at this point I'll just open it up to answer any questions that you all may have. Mayor. Just please. Mayor, I'm moving that we approve the um site. [0:05:01, 0:05:14]: agreement with ex ext extinet systems for ATT small antennas subject to any changes by council. Okay so [0:05:14, 0:05:34]: Who was the second? John. Okay, I do have a quick question. That's just something Mike brought up. I want to make sure I understand. There was$1,500 and it was the$500 that you mentioned. What now let's make sure I understand what is that now? So there's a fee schedule now. You know, the FCC has been coming out with all these orders that are basically designed, you know, to help speed up the [0:05:34, 0:05:54]: the 5G process around the country. And there's been some that have been issued already, another one coming out in January. But the one coming out in mid-January is dictating the fee schedule that municipalities can charge maximum for companies like us, utility infrastructure companies building small cell and gas in the right away. [0:05:54, 0:06:14]: You know, for those rates. So uh Mr. Williams out of counterpart, uh his name's Mark Holm, he's not here today, but he handles negotiating all those terms, language, and terms, and basically that you guys are working on basically duplicating the FCC rates that are coming out of January, right? Yes, sir. What I kind of understood, and that's my main aspect. I I've kinda kind of stood at the [0:06:14, 0:06:34]: Initial nose, fifteen hundred dollars and then additional nose would be five hundred dollars then. For for a brand new tower, okay, or pole, a tower is called don't call them poles, yeah. So if they were to install a new pole, which would be similar to a telephone pole size, just to give you um that would be fifteen hundred dollars per year. [0:06:34, 0:06:54]: To operate that pole and to put antennas onto that. For an existing pole, if they went out to a Georgia Power site, wanted to co-locate on that pole, it would be five hundred dollars. And just to clarify, we have working agreements with all of the major utilities as well as Jacob to go on all of their infrastructure. Okay. Good to think. [0:06:54, 0:07:05]: Oh so any other questions? So everything you're doing since we don't have any uh pictures of it, everything you're doing is aerial, nothing no digging. [0:07:05, 0:07:25]: No. Uh the only digging will be is that we bury fiber in the ground as opposed to putting an aerial on the poles. And on this particular project, ATT is actually installing the fiber that connects everything. Normally we put that fiber in to connect all the nodes. If we bring on a T Mobile uh or uh Verizon or whoever later, then we [0:07:25, 0:07:45]: We'll go back and add additional fiber. And it's up to the city and GDOT, whoever's controlling the right of way, to tell us either we want you to put your fiber aerially on the poles or we want you to bury your fiber in the right way. It's it's whatever they prefer. And we'll put it that way. And that's no equipment, no to answer your question, no equipment there, those that's why I want to go. [0:07:45, 0:08:05]: that because the possibility of any digging because we I think we should still try to reach out to ATT in our community that laid fiber down because you all saying in the future you may be laying fiber down that they need to make sure that they put the put the uh concrete and everything back to where it was but still uh like an ATT on it now. [0:08:05, 0:08:25]: In my community. So that's that's one of the concerns I have. Well, I can promise you that that agreement that we're talking about, it outlines you know how we have to go about permitting with the city and what we're responsible to live up to. So we will go through an administrative permit process as well. And anything we do, we won't we don't have a right to just go out there. [0:08:25, 0:08:45]: and start building anything we want. We have to submit construction drawings. We have to get right-of-way encroachment permits approved by the city in order to dig or to build anything out there. And your building inspectors can come out and inspect everything we do. And I promise you we will work to get everything done the way the city wants it. ATT is a much [0:08:45, 0:09:05]: Bigger company, I can't, you know, account for them. I mean, I I know sometimes you know they don't always do things the way that they're supposed to, uh, but they should be accountable for that with the city through their franchise reading. Any other questions? The motions being made in secondary. [0:09:05, 0:09:19]: So all in favor of motion, please indicate. Okay. All approved, disapproved? Sustain? Sustain. Okay. Thank you, sir. Appreciate it. [0:09:21, 0:09:24]: On that note, uh comments from the city manager. [0:09:25, 0:09:40]: Uh to Mayor and Council, thank you for the approval of budget. We look the great things in 2019. Also uh before you you have a packet before you provides an outline and timeline uh some historic perspective and additional [0:09:45, 0:10:00]: for your information and if you have any questions uh about that um uh we're certainly here to uh answer uh those questions and or uh miss more to provide a brief summary of the history of the Stockbridge Association businesses whatever is your question. [0:10:01, 0:10:21]: Oh I'm sorry I'm sorry, I'm sorry. You're gonna excuse me, so sorry. Stand by. Yes, ma'am. What you have before you is an assault or timeline. There's been several issues of questions as to how we get to the SAB as it currently is presented today. It's uh read back to two thousand thirty. [0:10:20, 0:10:40]: This was the information that Mr. Harris and the Treasure that time gave me. So what I'm giving to you is a timeline from 2013. We have attached the documents to basically show you how we got to where we are today and based on the recommended structure that is viewable. [0:10:40, 0:11:00]: Be bringing back to you in January. I think one of the main concerns is that uh I give you a documentation of uh what the Stockers Business Association did in pass, uh, and complaints came from the business community about the misuse of funds. Apparently, some words of total 100 or something,$150,000 disappeared. [0:11:00, 0:11:20]: Here including ten thousand dollars from the city. And so businesses have been asking where that money is. Uh amount. So they're charging$1,500 for corporate,$250. [0:11:20, 0:11:40]: For some of us than$100 for every business. Because there was a loose connection or relationship between the city and that entity. The city is telling business we have no account of that information and how those funds have were used and how they proposed have been used. We're in the process of trying to, however, [0:11:40, 0:12:00]: regain the ten thousand dollars that the city gave to that group. So here's a historical perspective. After you read it, if you have any questions, please feel free to email me. Uh all of the documentation that's required to bring the system that the other boards are in place that will be submitted to you coming down there. Okay before [0:12:00, 0:12:20]: I would just like to say I just want us to look forward to moving forward. I I hate sometimes we look back for things that were this is a new date, this is a new council, we didn't have anything to do with what happened in the past. Uh we just like from my own perspective. [0:12:20, 0:12:40]: I just like to move forward and put together the best organization possible. Any other questions in this one? Um I uh met with uh Ms. Cato and was enlightened by her on some things that the US could be uh gonna be focusing on and what they would bring forward. I I would ask the counselor if she would like to [0:12:40, 0:12:45]: Putting him, putting in before we go to start. All right, so come come forward scared. [0:12:51, 0:12:52]: Neither. [0:12:54, 0:13:14]: I want to thank you guys for the opportunity to speak to you and everyone who's present in regards to the SAB. The SAB is a what I feel to be a very important organization within the city of Stockbridge, only because we have so many small businesses that make up the community of the city of Stockbridge. [0:13:13, 0:13:33]: The retention part for our businesses is needed. You know, many cities develop uh economic development groups to bring in new cities, new businesses to the city, but you have a great business community right here already. What I like to see then. [0:13:33, 0:13:53]: SAB do is to come in and assist with training, purification, standards, which is something that the organization has talked about doing. We've already, and I'm going to share just a really quick short story, the some members of the [0:13:53, 0:14:05]: safety we decided to go out for restaurant. And we picked of course a business, a restaurant in the city of Stockbridge. And they were excited one that we were there. [0:14:07, 0:14:27]: We noticed that they had a couple of problems and we jumped in to help. And that's what this the Stock Bridge Association Business is set up to do, to come in and help make the businesses wonderful, work well, work well as a with the community and help it to develop the the [0:14:27, 0:14:32]: the culture here they help develop the [0:14:32, 0:14:46]: the school systems and becoming partners again, which is something that I am seeing lacking throughout all the cities in Stock Bridge. That should not be we have over 1400 businesses that I know care about these kids. [0:14:47, 0:14:55]: And we need to make them happy. We need also the community to know that the business is already for them. So we keep the money right here in stock. [0:14:56, 0:14:56]: And that's [0:14:57, 0:14:57]: They [0:14:58, 0:14:59]: Main initiative. [0:15:00, 0:15:01]: That's serious that. [0:15:01, 0:15:21]: So I thank you, AJ. Yes, uh uh a thank you for all your work and everything that you do. You've been an exceptional leader uh and example of what a small business person should be, so thank you. Uh I would like to say talk about sometimes I think folks get confused in that this is just [0:15:21, 0:15:40]: the downtown business uh organization but it's for all of stock bridge and it's the in including all of the areas Eagles Landing South Stockbridge East West every area it is for the entire city not just for the downtown so what happens is is that one that the [0:15:40, 0:16:00]: Businesses are so close to city cars. So they get hit first in in the conversations that take place. But for myself and as a facilitator for this complete year, I have they uh the community development department was nice enough to give me a list of emails of businesses so we could reach out to them and [0:16:00, 0:16:20]: And I have gone from one end of the city to Stock Bridge to the last end of the city of Stock Bridge to make people aware of the greatness that is happening and formulating right here. So it's just not downtown, it's just not Eagles Landing, it's all of our businesses. And granted, we do have our big box stores. [0:16:20, 0:16:40]: I don't mind people calling me a small business, but I'm still a big business in my home. So we reach out to all of them. So it doesn't matter. I mean, a lot of times the you know, the large businesses, they have their own network. Our smaller businesses, our mom and pops, they need a network. [0:16:40, 0:17:00]: network. They need somebody to turn to to be able to have a conversation with. You know, my focus is restaurants and and nightclub. I don't mind going to help and put in, you know, 40 hours of consulting pro bono for a restaurant night club in the city of Skybridge. [0:17:00, 0:17:20]: Now I won't do that nowhere else because I'm gonna need my check. But the city is not crazy as I respect. So um I I and I this is my first time public speaking, right? So every from from November and every time I have to get up and say something, nervous is bad. [0:17:20, 0:17:35]: But I do this because I believe in this. Now I'm a great 101 and I take five at a time, but you know, the passion behind building the SAB is real and it needs to happen. [0:17:35, 0:17:55]: So I appreciate y'all thank you. So I just want to say thank you for your dedication. Um it truly shows um your commitment to our community. Um and you know, even with this council, whatever, I know my colleagues we definitely support in whatever we can do outside the walls of city. [0:17:55, 0:18:15]: Hall that we can help, let us know. Some of us have probably a majority of us have been to your meetings to show support. But I know there's a lot of other businesses that have not come to those meetings. And if you need that support, because we are out here and we know some of those business owners, and we need to be [0:18:15, 0:18:35]: We need to do a little more as well, um, because I do I love your commitment and I love all those involved their commitment as well. Um so please just don't limit yourselves, bring it to us so that way we know that we can help you. Any other comments questions? Okay. Thank you. [0:18:35, 0:18:55]: Um one of the things in the creation of this, and you will see my notes, the SAD was not was not to compete with the chamber. So this is not a chamber type of endeavor. That was clear by the last person that was sitting in your seat. You know, whatever the chamber was provided or didn't provide. [0:18:55, 0:19:15]: SAD is not that type of organization, nor is it an entity that competes with what our new Economic Development Directory does. The Economic Development Directory is designed to go and bring in new jobs, new businesses, SAB purposes to deal with existing businesses as retainers. [0:19:15, 0:19:32]: to establishing a network among businesses and businesses. So all of that is a documentary. Appreciate that. Thank you very much. Matt, yeah, I'll sorry go ahead. Even with that, that's a great collaborative effort for everybody though, because everybody's doing a piece, but it all comes together as one. So thank you. [0:19:33, 0:19:53]: I'd just like to take this opportunity to thank all of the partners that came out on December the 10th. We're done trash stock readers campaign. It was a great evening. About 30 or 40 partners came out. [0:19:53, 0:20:08]: uh for the year end and uh celebration we look forward to kick starting uh in the spring again and for any of those uh watching the in one if you would like to get involved with that campaign please reach out to me. Thank you. [0:20:08, 0:20:28]: Uh I just want to say uh happy uh holidays and Merry Christmas to everybody. Um the uh big up batch that we started here we've done three so far and we we're up to forty plus people and we're really not pushing it hard. So the course of the year we're really gonna push it hard and uh you know you all know some seniors that uh want to come out and have [0:20:28, 0:20:41]: So uh uh it'll be more information to go to the website when we have those dates uh solidified. So thank you everybody for coming. [0:20:41, 0:21:01]: Yes, um I do want to say Merry Christmas, happy new year, happy holidays to you. Um now's the time to give and to be thankful and just to show an act of kindness throughout. Um I have um I'm starting a round table called Welcoming Stockbridge. We are part of a a larger scale group called [0:21:01, 0:21:21]: welcoming America and we're one of the steering cities of that um organization. And what that round table would consist of is a diverse group of people of all ages and nationalities, race, sex, cultures in general. [0:21:21, 0:21:41]: And so I encourage many of you to reach out to others, maybe neighbors and friends, and get me some people to come to the roundtable. And I also would like to thank the staff for a phenomenal event on this past. [0:21:41, 0:21:56]: Friday it was a volunteer appreciation gala. It was top-notch and we had a wonderful time. And I just want to say thank you to everyone for putting that together the last minute. [0:22:00, 0:22:05]: I was about to ask a question first of all. The video's working today. [0:22:05, 0:22:17]: I don't know stu uh I see it's here. I don't I have not heard of his name. Do do you know Sarah's meaning now? Uh she says she should Good Queen we should not expect it is. [0:22:17, 0:22:37]: I I will hope that the video is working now and thank you to everybody for tuning in and everybody for being here. Uh as I close in on my third full year in council, I just want to reflect and say keeping my campaign promises moving forward daily I is something that I that I do. [0:22:37, 0:22:57]: On what I promised you as you elected me to represent this office and the things that we have done. I'm extremely proud of some of the accomplishments that we have made since 2015. One of the things that we talked about in the campaign and during that time was a promise made to revitalize. [0:22:57, 0:23:17]: Downtown. We're moving forward with a 3,000-seat amphitheater. We're moving forward with beautification in downtown. We're moving forward with giving you the downtown and re-establishing the area that we deserve here in the city of Stockbridge. I saw a DDA chairman here earlier. [0:23:17, 0:23:37]: We move forward with a facade grant program assisting existing businesses in the downtown area. We have fiber optic technology that is available here today. All city buildings are connected to fiber technology. The high and highway 138 corridor is connected to fiber. Many of our neighborhood [0:23:37, 0:23:57]: Including my very own, have ATT fiber already in ground as one of the only communities in South Metro to do so. Merle Manders technology has been updated where they have broadband speeds where they're able to compete with our outlying neighborhoods. And speaking of the SAB, [0:23:57, 0:24:17]: One of the things that I want to do for the SAB and all the businesses exclusively in downtown and the low to mod areas is generate an opportunity zone tax credit for you. So every new job that you create generates$3,400 tax credit for, I think, up to 10 years. That's something that we have in the [0:24:17, 0:24:20]: budget this year in order to move forward with it. [0:24:21, 0:24:41]: The very one of the proudest accomplishments for this council and myself was spearheading the opening of the Stockbridge Library from one to five on Saturday. It took the courage and partners like Ms. Shaw here who are at the table with us campaigning, uh moving forward uh to get the idea out. [0:24:41, 0:25:01]: Out there and to just revisit it and understand that we have our library open on Saturday now. I'd just like to understand, even uh with Highway 138, all of us ran during the 2015 and we uh promised that we're gonna work on cleaning up Highway 138. [0:25:01, 0:25:21]: We did that by establishing the Highway one hundred thirty eight overlay corridor, and what that does is establish great standards on the Highway one hundred thirty eight area. We have endeavored to clean it up, to take over those areas with litter pickup, routine or corridor pickups every single day in a [0:25:21, 0:25:41]: In order to make sure that we make you proud to be a Stockbridge citizen moving forward. We also talked about increased public safety. We have a Stockbridge Police Feasibility Study that has been completed. It assesses every aspect of our police. [0:25:41, 0:26:01]: public safety is at the will of the council to look at the Stockbridge Police Force or to enhance the Henry County Police Force. We have that data, we have that feasibility study already completed today, and that's what uh we do. We we had issues with our in our community with code enforcement. We even [0:26:01, 0:26:21]: Established a seven-day a week code enforcement force which protects businesses all over Stockbridge. Because we have businesses that were popping up on the weekends, selling sheets, selling uh odd items, blankets, uh tires, all kinds of things on our street corners. We no longer have [0:26:21, 0:26:41]: Have that any longer. Our co-enforcement is out enforcing that. And now I proudly say that Stark Bridge has some of the best exits off of I-75 in Metro Atlanta because we maintain them and this council has been on top of them every step of the way. Closing out this third. [0:26:41, 0:27:01]: I want to say thank you all for allowing me to serve and to be able to walk the walk, not just talk the talk. And all of the items that this council has delivered over the past three years, we continue to move forward to do that even more. I want to put down the gas pedal in 2019. [0:27:00, 0:27:20]: Accomplishing much more projects not and encompassing put on priority. In my own opinion, we need to go ahead and move forward with that youth/slash senior center right now. We need that facility available to the community because we lack those. [0:27:20, 0:27:40]: Facilities and we have seniors who need that facility, and we have youth with no facility in our general vicinity, no access to a facility within our general vicinity, no access to a pool in our general facility. So thank you so much. I appreciate it and I look forward to serving as one. [0:27:40, 0:28:00]: One more year here on this Stark Bridge Council and doing everything possible to continue to fulfill the promises that I made to voters in 2015. And every day, when I lay my head on the pillow, I think about the promises that I made to you, and I will continue to move forward with that. And thank you so much. [0:28:00, 0:28:11]: Thank you, Mayor. Um I just want to say um happy holidays, Merry Christmas to everyone, again to staff. Um thank you for all had an um [0:28:11, 0:28:31]: a wonderful twenty eighteen. I look forward to a another wonderful twenty nineteen. But I just want to touch base on the youth council. Um I know with our last meeting it extended our budget for tonight. There was some concerns um in reference to the youth council, but we didn't um that wasn't brought up tonight. So hopefully my colleagues [0:28:31, 0:28:51]: um are going to take heed to if there's any concerns to please attend the meetings or to reach out to me as a counsel liaison. But I also would say to our citizens, please be engaged, stay engaged because anything could happen outside of this meeting as well. But I would definitely [0:28:51, 0:29:11]: If that happens, bring it forth at the meeting, so for discussion. Because our youth, um, they're our future. Um, they had the opportunity to um attend National League of Cities, which was in LA. We had some of our local um business sponsors, so that's why I said with the SAD, they're there. Um [0:29:11, 0:29:31]: Um they want to make sure that our youths succeed outside of um the budget that has been provided for the city. Um because our youths, even just this weekend, they did their service project where they um did Christmas stockings, stuff with love for our police department, our fire department. Um they took the time out um to [0:29:31, 0:29:51]: To do this at the end of the year to ensure to let them know that they appreciate their service and they appreciate the youth doing that. In our presence tonight, we have our chair who is also doing something with a PIO because she loves her city. And that's Ms. Kelly Cruz. She is a senior. [0:29:51, 0:30:11]: at um Eagles Landing Christian Academy. So I just want to thank her. She's been with us for two years and she's done an outstanding job. So if you all would give her a round of applause because the excellent excellence is there. Um she's looking for a bright future, but she wants to come back here to our community to serve [0:30:11, 0:30:30]: as our leader. So I just want everyone to understand a lot of things have taken place and Mayor if you don't mind I would like for her to just be able to say a little closing so I won't extend my um talking but I want to give her that opportunity um to say something on what's her takeaway um that has taken place this year her last two years. [0:30:30, 0:30:50]: Hi everyone, good evening. My name is Kelly and like Justine said I have been on the youth council for the past two years and I've really enjoyed it. It's talking so much about local government and just how to be more engaged and we've done things like go to NLC conference and um our most recent service project were all really great experiences and uh I'm just thankful for the opportunity and I hope that [0:30:50, 0:31:00]: um it just continues from interviews it comes so that other youth can come and you go over leaders and just experience the city on high day and just wish you all a great Christmas, happy holidays. [0:31:01, 0:31:03]: Thank you. [0:31:05, 0:31:25]: And just so everyone will know, um look out for March twenty-second through the twenty-fourth, GMA, um the city of Stockbridge Youth Council will partner with Georgia Municipal Association to host um the youth council symposium here in [0:31:25, 0:31:45]: Stockbridge. So that is going to be an awesome event. Um, that planning um is has already started. Um, so if my colleagues please, we will need your support because there is a lot of local cities who have formed. I have reached out to six, provided them the information on how we started our youth council. They reached out to [0:31:44, 0:32:04]: to us so that way they can start theirs. So we have City of Jonesboro, we have Fayette, we have Stonecrest amongst others that are starting their youth council. So just know it is very important to have our youth involved in the community. Don't take it lightly because [0:32:04, 0:32:24]: we're impacting lives, y young lives that are gonna be leading our community in the future. So again, um please get involved if you have any questions. Also our chair, he chairman of the advisory, he spoke, these young um these um people they volunteer, they work, um, and they just love what we [0:32:24, 0:32:44]: we do and they love our kids. So if there's anything on concerns or anything support, please, please, please be that um support so we could be better together. Thank you. On that note Scott Bridge new branding tagline where community connects. I love it. Where community connects, okay? Showing diversity [0:32:44, 0:33:04]: all around the city here. It's great stuff. I also want to acknowledge a fact too the volunteer appreciation in Canada was fantastic. The stop raises first, so I don't know if this will be an annual event, but maybe we can think about that, right? But it depends on how much that cost, right? It's not even budgeted right now. Anyway, but it was a great event man. Really appreciate and I thank the citizens for volunteering their time. [0:33:04, 0:33:24]: and help save the city. Outstanding. Now it's up to us to collectively to move the city forward. So happy holidays, Merry Christmas. Please enjoy your family, friends, or relatives and be thankful for their assistance and be thankful to the good Lord for having a good life. And keep the city in your prayers continually as we move around to the new year and we'll have a prosperous [0:33:24, 0:33:44]: This new year in 2019 as we move the city forward. Nothing but great things are along the horizon for us collectively as a city, as a group, as a community. God bless you all. Okay, and enjoy your holidays, please. On that note, I'm going to leave some announcements here. Youth Council Advisory. [0:33:44, 0:34:04]: Committee meeting Wednesday, December 19th, 6:30 p.m. City Hall lead by meeting room. New council meeting Wednesday, January 9th, 2019, 5:30 in City Hall lead-by-meeting room. The downtown development authority retreat Friday, January 11th through Saturday, January 12th, location Smyrna, Georgia. That involves the council and the D [0:34:04, 0:34:18]: mediate collectively. Starbury's Main Street Advisory Board meeting scheduled for Friday, January 11th, 2019, 9 a.m. O'Hadden Council that says, okay, the next meeting will take place Friday, February 8th, and we buy meeting on this. So [0:34:20, 0:34:40]: Our next council meeting, the first one of the uh 2019 will be January fourteenth, Monday, six PM, City Council Chambers. Planning Commission meeting, Thursday, January seventeenth, six PM, City Hall, Council Chambers. And our next work session, Tuesday, January twenty ninth, six P. M. and it's going to be in the council chambers. No more will be [0:34:40, 0:35:00]: Here in Levi Meeting Room, at least for 2019 anyway. Alright? All city offices will be closed Monday, December 24th, and Tuesday, of course, Christmas date on the 25th. And all city offices will also be closed on Tuesday, January 1st. And there's a course on New Year's Day. Job Fair is Wednesday, January 6th. [0:35:00, 0:35:05]: 16, 2019, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. of Rome Manager's Conference Center. [0:35:05, 0:35:25]: All city offices will be closed Monday, January 21st, 2019, service of Monthly King Junior Holiday Celebration. And I also have here monthly Vingle Bash. I guess it starts Wednesday, January 23rd, and Test Brickland Conference, Test Brickland Community Center. Councilman Blount has that one. [0:35:25, 0:35:45]: trash Stockbridge, ongoing initiative of Councilman Thomas. Uh the Courtney Town Homing, ongoing Councilman Alexander, keep Stockbridge beautiful, ongoing she says here Councilman Alexander, and accordingly welcoming Stockbridge round table off obviously we already mentioned about the welcoming uh committee and the and it'll be a monthly bingo pass, I guess then. [0:35:45, 0:36:05]: But uh blood. On that note and family family, go ahead. Yeah, that's why it's not for some reason it's not on here. For January I mean December twenty second? Yes, it was about the Doctor Family Christmas toy gave away this Saturday. I read up uh United Methodist Church. [0:36:04, 0:36:12]: 10 a.m. to 12 noon. We plan on giving back to our community and we're still looking for volunteers and extra toys. [0:36:12, 0:36:27]: This had a young lady drop off some toys just a few minutes ago when I was out on program. Yeah. On my side, no problem. Well okay, on that note, uh I would think that we have a second session, is that right here? For litigation programs. Okay, council I need a motion for that please. [0:36:28, 0:36:32]: Okay, any any further discussion? All favor we'll be holding our. [0:36:32, 0:36:33]: Yes, ma'am. [0:36:33, 0:36:40]: All in favor, please indicate. I'm sorry. Okay. All opposed? Was that good session? [0:36:40, 0:36:43]: Okay, three three opposed. Okay, so we'll have a second session. [0:36:44, 0:36:45]: Okay. [0:36:45, 0:36:47]: On that note I need a motion to end our [0:36:47, 0:36:54]: Our uh work session. So is there a second? Oh so right. Discussion. [0:36:55, 0:37:11]: Yes. Um there was information that we needed to discuss with the executive. So if it's concerning incidents that have taken place that we need to address, I mean what do we do with that attorney we [0:37:14, 0:37:34]: But the the council has voted not to have an executive session. I need to point out that a motion to adjourn is not a debatable motion. So I'm sorry, excuse me for that. That was my mistake. Um okay. Okay, okay. Uh well motion to make a second to [0:37:34, 0:37:38]: to the council to the end our meeting adjourned so all in favor [0:37:39, 0:37:40]: All both? [0:37:41, 0:37:45]: Okay, we're done. [0:37:45, 0:37:55]: Right, I mean uh catch up to A Ub A Up Run like crazy. It's a good problem to have, I'll tell you. We'll definitely catch up. [0:37:55, 0:38:00]: Good evening, sir. How are you? [0:38:20, 0:38:20]: Thank you. [0:39:04, 0:39:05]: No, it's actually so [0:39:26, 0:39:27]: [2370.0, 2380.0]: I need to have one. [0:39:56, 0:40:16]: Much of this will be the same. But it's a really interesting service offering a letter to all the patients I can see myself, who I am, but you know, I mean as people moving forward process, you know. [0:40:16, 0:40:18]: [2421.9, 2432.5]: No, I don't know. [0:40:34, 0:40:35]: Sorry, yeah. [0:40:50, 0:40:57]: What do you want? Where what is our existing business? [0:41:05, 0:41:14]: Here's a marketing thing I mean, not only retained but increase that so I'd love to sit down with you you know it's new year but I'm kinda sitting down to waiting in an office. [0:41:16, 0:41:21]: But I'm trying to get around and I have the operation so I can figure out what it's not trying to [0:41:35, 0:41:45]: [2508.1, 2525.0]: What is your business from up to? So I got a table. Okay. But the my other thing is what we're going to explore about. That's what I want to bring out. I can tell you bring a lot of folks because it's an operation out. [0:42:06, 0:42:18]: [2557.6, 2577.6]: That's why I'm totally okay with that. That's one thing. We want certain industry people, we want certain businesses here. Well, I mean what I what I want with the reality is there's a shiny face on the scene. [0:42:57, 0:43:05]: And they just kind of wave that. [0:43:20, 0:43:40]: They have the both regional trail. They want to connect this all the way to the trailer. Speaking of the other thing, you can [0:43:40, 0:44:00]: Right. They're gonna use a hole in that in real life and they're gonna do that. That's a project they're working on. Yeah, okay, because she talked about it. They have a seventeen mile trail school. [0:44:00, 0:44:20]: So the whole project, if they can get seventeen mile trail funding down here, I think we can get seven mile. That would be seen. [0:44:19, 0:44:36]: I think what we see here is operating this time. [0:44:37, 0:44:40]: [2690.3, 2704.9]: It does not. It does not. Next to the subject. [0:45:26, 0:45:29]: Uh actually I'll probably start returning. [0:45:30, 0:45:37]: The DVD is the mayor means the public they can come and decide in the session. But it's like it's the mayor and the council. [0:45:45, 0:46:05]: That's great. We all want everyone I want to really have a lot of other things, but it takes a lot of [0:46:05, 0:46:17]: Every single time you get on the dead side, we don't have to worry if the car wants to work. [0:46:18, 0:46:38]: But we're competing. Trash trucks money. And that's really important. I mean, and I like to have county manager of cars. But but we keep trying to see what chuckle. [0:46:37, 0:46:57]: They don't work there anymore. It wasn't. They had a year plus almost. Well, but I'm saying that's a good thing. So for me, incorporation is a different usage downtown. They've got a whole downtown. They're all downtown. Actually, it's all on Facebook. [0:46:57, 0:47:05]: Oh yeah, they can still veil on the state manager's post this area. [0:47:20, 0:47:40]: Oh where is that? Where's that? Uh the other side of the bridge with Food Depot. Yeah. When you go to the parking island or yeah, that's the handside. When it was like all feature with the structure over with the whole train, you've got a food depot. [0:47:39, 0:47:59]: Other than that, I don't think it's a good thing. Well they have a large attack because that's you know they have a big time. Huh? But I mean I don't care if that's it too far attack. Yeah, I think it's a good idea. [0:47:59, 0:48:10]: I don't know what that is. Yeah. So there are possibilities. [0:48:19, 0:48:21]: [2906.2, 2926.2]: Yeah, it's gonna be a few more things. Yeah, maybe it won't come down there, hopefully, as soon as it comes up. Yeah, on a regular basis. But we need [0:48:46, 0:49:00]: When I'm looking at season thirty five sequence, you know. What is the favorite to start this stuff? So [0:49:05, 0:49:20]: [2965.0, 2969.7]: Well starting with businesses and they started investing a lot better now. [0:49:30, 0:49:50]: where my college and my friends are all they're moving they're saying we're okay we're up but in what's not a little bit more that that you see go up there wine bars, rhuwat bars, they're putting fifteen thousand people in right now. [0:49:52, 0:50:07]: thousand dollar townhomes across the street. They're rental rates and they're wall. Fourteen hundred bucks for a one-year town in downtown where they put walking for trails in. They started this process in late nineties really started hitting it in early two thousand and the recession every old [0:50:07, 0:50:27]: But if you're on the sidewalk, there's no directional side. If you're on the sidewalk, I think I agree. [0:50:27, 0:50:47]: And then they go over the thing. I think it's kind of I gotta get in my dog's. Actually, sometimes people it's dark and they come down uh [0:50:47, 0:51:07]: I have I think that's kind of two and that's near that's never a chip but I see people. I mean I'm I'm going I'm going to be with uh College County for the first year. So I'm about one thirty eight because technically when I get off six seventy five yeah I look at it and I really like [0:51:07, 0:51:27]: Because it's not going to try to do it. I don't know if playthroughs think we can't come up with an MLU to try to redesign our cleanups and code. Well we're gonna push on it. I need that because that's properly sitting behind. That's I mean the way the line runs here's one thirty eight and this is plaything here. [0:51:27, 0:51:47]: And you go back those dates and you've got all that property. I've got folks who want to nice nice kind of elephant for the waves and buying that property. Well the element property, 80 acres of that free. Yes. So buy the state bridge in or the state, say, bridge suites, whatever it's called, that that line's called that control state. [0:51:47, 0:52:07]: I appreciate it. So I gotta do that. Oh no no no no no. He's buying stock purchasing very close. [0:52:07, 0:52:25]: And what would really be good? How good would be right. Tim Keane played Michael he's a good friend of mine. Okay, yeah. [0:52:30, 0:52:31]: Yeah. [0:52:32, 0:52:35]: Yeah. [0:52:48, 0:53:08]: That's fine. You are making maybe screw on together. Yes, I would I would you guys can say that would be called people. Awesome people have to set potentially. [0:53:08, 0:53:20]: Christmas and happy holiday to you. Thank you, thank you. I'm gonna head up a little head up back to my house and this this did not last as long as I sort of I look forward to meeting you now. Thank you. Thank you. [0:53:30, 0:53:36]: You send me give me your car open. Do I run an office to have cards? [0:53:39, 0:53:40]: Uh

--- title: December 18 2018 Work Session date: 2018-12-18 source: 2018-12-18_December_18_2018_Work_Session.wav --- [0:00:00, 0:00:20]: And the report where you can save somebody. Um I'd be more than happy to help uh with the any of the council members who want to actually know what the community's doing for exercising and how they're getting out in in the neighborhood. Um this morning we had seventeen runners every Tuesday morning from the uh [0:00:20, 0:00:40]: Cochrane Library. We have anywhere from 10 to 24 runners that run at 5 o'clock in the morning. So we run Eagles Mount Parkway on Thursdays, anywhere from 10 to 20 runners on that route. So we have lots of runners and lots of uh athletes uh in the community, and we'll be more than happy to share our thoughts uh about. [0:00:39, 0:00:41]: I would improve immediately. [0:00:43, 0:01:03]: Um I've been in this community. I've been in Human County since 1980. So I've watched this community grow, I've watched it change over the years. I was here before the bridge was was built across the railroad. So I know kind of what it's done over the last years. And I um I appreciate the city of Stockbridge and what it does with the community being the [0:01:03, 0:01:23]: I think the largest city in the in the county. Um it's a good community, it's a good area. Uh I've only moved to two houses, um, both of them just barely outside the city hall uh the city limits. Um but at some point I know the city should expand and hopefully encompass uh my house at that point. But at any [0:01:23, 0:01:43]: time if anybody wants any advice or any consulting information about the current needs of the county and what they're doing and how they're uh exercising and what they're doing to reduce um uh increase their health benefits, I'd be more than happy to help out. My numbers listed, my emails listed. Okay, I would think so that [0:01:43, 0:02:03]: uh if you give that to the group we'll be able to do the reach out to you if we need to do that. I also have a concern though you said 2009 I know the price 12 plan that I know of is 2016. So I don't know whatever you reviewed this the current plan. The pricing that it said the used was 2009 pricing. I looked at it as part eleven for some reason it used 2019. [0:02:03, 0:02:20]: 2009 price, so I was a little confused about that. When they priced each one of the roads and the road and sidewalks to be increased, it was a I know about 2009, which I was a little confused about. If you give a name another water building, you can't probably time comfortable building. [0:02:22, 0:02:42]: Okay. Okay, you agree? Yes. Uh Mr. Councilman Howard has my number as well. Thank you. Thank you for the reading. Thank you. Thank you. There are no further comments? No further comments? Okay. Then we go to old business, a public hearing, a continuation of a third reading and adoption of the FY twenty nineteen upgrading budget. [0:02:42, 0:02:43]: Mr. Nighton, please. [0:03:04, 0:03:17]: All right, Mayor Council uh certainly appreciate the opportunity again uh to present the proposed COVID 19 budget. Obviously we've we've uh had several hearings uh on this matter uh over the pat over the past uh month and a half. [0:03:18, 0:03:25]: And so I will certainly hit on the highlights of what is proposed and then receive any questions as they arise. [0:03:27, 0:03:31]: You can start that I'll let the record reflect the road to the end of the room. [0:03:33, 0:03:33]: Yeah. [0:03:33, 0:03:47]: And with that, we won't want to again start with a vision and vision statements for the city of Stockbridge, which do uh certainly uh play into the proposed 2019 budget to be the most progressive business friend business and family organization. [7:13:34, 7:13:54]: Four of the major wireless carriers. They happen to be the one that's approached us from Metro Atlanta for the built in 2019. On the second page here, I gave a bunch of information. I'm gonna I don't have limited time here, so I don't want to go through uh everything in here, but um at the very bottom there, I listed all these cities and counties. [7:13:54, 7:14:14]: If this current project we're working on is involved in Metro Atlanta, for us it's going to be about 130 to 140 nodes total. And just to correct one thing, I didn't give Mr. Logan some most updated information. We originally had four slated for Stockbridge. We found out two of those are actually in Henry County that went down. [7:14:14, 7:14:34]: Down to two, then we just got told by ATT they're adding 12 more. I just got the map for those the other day and looked at, and while they all are right around the city of Stockbridge, most of them are actually just on the outskirts of the city limits. There's only actually three more that are in the city limits. So we're in a total of five right now. The others are in [7:14:34, 7:14:54]: uh unincorporated Henry County and a few in Clayton County to the north. But we do anticipate uh AT<unk>T adding more eventually and also once we get this built here uh our salespeople will be working over Ryzen Wireless and and T-Mobile you know they have a currently a proposed merger with Sprint that's still pending right now but [7:14:54, 7:15:14]: we will be marketing to them. And once we come in as a neutral host provider and develop that relationship with the city and build a network in there, it's much easier for the other major wireless carriers to come in and go through us as opposed to trying to you know start from scratch again doing self-performer or going with another company. [7:15:14, 7:15:34]: But in this packet here, I gave you some general information about our company, about our license here, the project. This third page here just gives a general design here to show you, you know, just in very simplistic terms how wireless is set up. One thing that I've not [7:15:34, 7:15:54]: Put in your outfit. I don't really remember how I forgot to do this, but I will email this out to you by tomorrow. But wanted to send you a photo simulation picture of what this equipment looks like on a pole. Basically, it's a canister style antenna, looks like an upside-down small garbage can that's mounted on the top of a utility pole. Uh, and it's a 360-degree [7:15:54, 7:16:14]: Wireless signal that goes out from that, and then there's a shroud or equipment cabinet box that hangs from the pole itself that holds radio equipment. Other than that, there's just maybe a meter or disconnect. Georgia Power is actually going to work with us to do a flat billing system so we don't have to put meters on the poles if it's a Georgia Power pole. If we need [7:16:14, 7:16:34]: Using your utility, your city infrastructure, such as streetlights or other things, we may you know do that sort of arrangement as well. But then you just have the RF cable and it connects everything together. Depending on the pole type, it could be hidden inside the pole, it could be attached to the outside of the pole. But I'll send you a photo simulation to show you what those look like. [7:16:34, 7:16:35]: Um [7:16:37, 7:16:57]: And then um, you know, I I know you all have probably heard a lot about 5G. About people coming all the time asking, what is 5G? You know, what does that mean? I'll give you the short story of what 5G is. Basically, it's a major increase in technology for wireless. We're going to be getting speeds about 10 times as great as what you're getting with 4G LT. [7:16:57, 7:17:17]: right now once 5G is totally implemented. So it's way faster speeds and it's way better capacity on the system. So it's not about coverage, it's about capacity. It's about with all the data that's being used, all the video that people use on their phones now, how much capacity can go on the system. It also greatly increases the reliability of the network. [7:17:17, 7:17:37]: as well. So, you know, a lot of things you've probably seen in the media about autonomous driving cars and you know surgeons being able to do remote surgery, you know, over TV with this with this faster now, you know, 5G technology. Those are just a couple of examples. There's a whole lot of stuff out there. [7:17:37, 7:17:57]: But uh 5G is going to be a major upgrade in the technology. Any small cells are needed. They're going to be all across the country, but they're going to be needed greatly. The wireless companies right now are mainly focusing in downtown areas where there's a heavy lot of pedestrian usage in these areas that's overloading the capacity of the system. [7:17:57, 7:18:17]: But eventually it's gonna grow out everywhere. Um, and just to try to wrap up here, another page in here, I gave you a breakdown of the uh five initial nodes uh that we're putting in. And there's a map in here to show you where those are located, and those five are all within the city limits. And then I also included uh photographs from Google Earth. [7:18:16, 7:18:36]: Of the initial five uh utility polls that we are um looking to go on for this project that match up with those dots you see on the map. So um I guess at this point I'll just open it up to answer any questions that you want to have. Mayor. Just right, please. Mayor, I'm going to approve the um sign. [7:18:36, 7:18:49]: agreement with ex ext extinet systems for ATT small antennas subject to any changes by council. All right. Discussion. [7:18:50, 7:19:10]: Who was the second? John. Okay, I do have a quick question. That's just something Mike brought up. I want to make sure I understand. There was$1,500 and it was the$500 that you mentioned. What now let's make sure I understand what is that now? So there's a fee schedule now. You know, the FCC has been coming out with all these orders that are basically designed, you know, to help speed up [7:19:10, 7:19:30]: The 5G process around the country. And there's been some that have been issued already, another one coming out in January. But the one coming out in mid-January is dictating the fee schedule that municipalities can charge maximum for companies like us, utility infrastructure companies building small cell and acid right away. [7:19:29, 7:19:49]: you know for those rates. So uh Mr. Williams out a counterpart uh his name's Mark Holm he's not here today but he handles negotiating all those terms language and and terms and basically that you guys are working on basically duplicating the FCC rates that are coming out in January right what I kind of understood and that's why maybe that's the I I kinda kind of understood that [7:19:49, 7:20:09]: Initial nose, fifteen hundred dollars and then additional nose would be five hundred dollars in one. For for a brand new tower, if they were a pole, a tower is called. Don't call them poles because it gets very confusing. So if they were to install a new pole, which would be similar to a telephone pole size, just to give you um that would be fifteen hundred dollars per year. [7:20:09, 7:20:29]: year to operate that pole and to put antennas onto that for an existing pole. If they went out to a Georgia Power site, wanted to co-locate on that pole, it would be five hundred owners. And just to clarify, we have working agreements with all of the major utilities as well as Shada to go on all of their infrastructure. Okay. Good to think. [7:20:29, 7:20:49]: Oh, so you know the questions? So everything you're doing, since we don't have any uh pictures of it, everything you're doing is aerial, nothing, no digging? No. Uh the only digging will be is that we bury fiber in the ground as opposed to putting aerial on the poles. And on this particular project, ATT is [7:20:49, 7:21:09]: Actually, installing the fiber that connects everything. Normally we put that fiber in to connect all the nodes. If we bring on a T-Mobile uh or uh Verizon or whoever later, then we will go back and add additional fiber. And it's up to the city and GDOT and whoever's controlling the right way to tell us either we want you to put your fiber airily. [7:21:09, 7:21:29]: on the polls or we want you to bury your fiber in the right of way. It's it's whatever they prefer. And that's no equipment, no dance requests and no equipment. But that's why I wanted to cover that because the possibility of any digging because we I think we should still try to reach out to ATT in our community that lay fiber down a little bit. [7:21:29, 7:21:49]: view all saying in the future you may be laying fiber down that they need to make sure that they put the put the uh concrete and everything back to where it was but still uh type name T and T on it now and not community. So uh that's that's one of the concerns I have. Well I can promise you that that agreement they were talking about it outline [7:21:49, 7:22:09]: You know how we have to go about permitting with the city and what we're responsible to live up to. So we will go through an administrative permit process as well. And anything we do, we won't we don't have a right to just go out there and start building anything we want. We have to submit construction drawings, we have to get right-of-way encroachment permits approved by the city in order to do. [7:22:09, 7:22:29]: Able to build anything out there and your building inspectors can come out and inspect everything we do. And I promise you we will work, you know, to get everything right the way the city wants it. AT<unk>T is a much bigger company. I can't, you know, account for them. I mean I I know sometimes you know they don't always do things the way that they're supposed to. [7:22:29, 7:22:49]: But they should be accountable for that with the city. They're their franchise reading that. Any other questions? No. If no other questions, the motion's been made and seconded, so all in favor of the motion, please indicate. Okay. All approved, disapproved, sustained? Sustained. [7:22:49, 7:22:55]: Okay. Well that we want thank you so I appreciate it. [7:22:56, 7:23:15]: On that note, uh comments from the city manager. Uh to mayor and council, thank you for the approval of budget. We looked at great things in 2019. Uh also uh before you you have a packet before you provides an outline and timeline, uh some historic perspective. [7:23:20, 7:23:36]: to you for your information and if you have any questions uh about that um uh we're certainly here to uh answer uh those questions and or uh miss more to provide a brief summary of the history of the stock group association businesses whatever is your question. [7:23:36, 7:23:56]: Oh I'm sorry, I'm sorry. You're gonna excuse me, so sorry. Stand by. Yes, ma'am. What you have before you is an assault or timeline. There's been several issues of questions as to how we get to the SAB as it currently is presented today. It's uh way back to two thousand thirty. [7:23:56, 7:24:16]: This was the information that Mr. Harris and the Treasurer that time gave me. So what I'm giving to you is a timeline from 2013. I attached the documents to basically show you how we got to where we are today and based on the regulated structure that is doing. [7:24:16, 7:24:36]: Be bringing back to you in January. I think one of the main concerns is that I give you a documentation of what the Stockers Business Association did in pass, and complaints came from the business community about the misuse of funds. Apparently, somewhere at the total 100 or something,$150,000 disappeared. [7:24:36, 7:24:56]: Here including ten thousand dollars from the city. And so businesses have been asking where that money is. Uh amount. So they're charging fifteen hundred dollars for corporate, two hundred and fifty dollars. [7:24:56, 7:25:16]: For some almost than$100 for every business. Because there was a loose connection or relationship between the city and that entity. The city is telling business we have no account of that information and how those funds have were used and how the proposed have been used. We're in the process of trying to, however, [7:25:15, 7:25:35]: regain the ten thousand dollars that the city gave to that group. So here's a historical perspective. After you read it, if you have any questions, please feel free to email me. Uh all of the documentation that's required to bring the system that your other boards are in place that will be submitted to you coming down there. Okay before [7:25:35, 7:25:55]: I would just like to say I just want us to look forward to moving forward. I I hate sometimes we look back for things that were this is a new date, this is a new council, we didn't have anything to do with what happened in the past. Uh we just like from my own perspective. [7:25:55, 7:26:15]: I just like to move forward and put together the best organization possible. Any other questions on this one? Um I uh met with uh Miss Cato and was enlightened by her on some things that US could be uh gonna be focusing on and what they would bring forward. Um I would ask the counselor if she would like to. [7:26:15, 7:26:20]: Putting the input in before we call this out. [7:26:26, 7:26:27]: Either. [7:26:29, 7:26:49]: I want to thank you guys for the opportunity to speak to you and everyone who's present in regards to the SAB. The SAB is a what I feel to be a very important organization within the city of South Bridge, only because we have so many small businesses that make up the community of the city of Southbridge. [7:26:49, 7:27:09]: the retention part for our businesses is needed. You know, many cities develop uh economic development groups to bring in new cities, new businesses to the city, that you have a great business community right here already. What I like to see then [7:27:09, 7:27:29]: SAB do is to come in and assist with training, purification, standards, which is something that the organization has talked about doing. We've already, and I'm going to share just a really quick short story, the some members of the SAB. [7:27:29, 7:27:40]: safety we decided to go out for lunch money. And we picked of course a business, a restaurant in the city of Stockbridge. And they were excited one that we were there. [7:27:42, 7:27:47]: We noticed that they had a couple of problems and we jumped in to help. [7:27:47, 7:28:07]: And that's what this the Stock Bridge Association business is set up to do. To come in and help make the businesses wonderful, work well, work well as a with the community and help it to develop the the the culture here to help develop the [7:28:07, 7:28:21]: the school systems and becoming partners again, which is something that I am seeing lacking throughout all the cities in Stockford. That should not be we have over 1400 businesses that I know care about these kids. [7:28:22, 7:28:32]: And we need to make them happy. We need also the community to know that the business is only for them. So we keep the money right here in stock region. And that's [7:28:32, 7:28:33]: D [7:28:33, 7:28:34]: Main initiative. [7:28:35, 7:28:36]: Let's see if it's five years. [7:28:36, 7:28:56]: So I thank you, King. Yes, uh but thank you for all your work and everything that you do. You've been an exceptional leader uh an example of what a small business person should be. So thank you. Uh I would like to say talk about sometimes I think folks get confused in that this is just [7:28:56, 7:29:15]: the downtown business uh organization but it's for all of Stockbridge and it's the in including all of the areas Eagles Landing South Stock Bridge East for us every area it is for the entire city not just for the downtown so what happens is is that one that the [7:29:15, 7:29:35]: Businesses are so close to city hall. So they get hit first in in the conversations that take place. But for myself and as a facilitator for this complete year, I have they uh the community development department was nice enough to give me a list of emails of businesses so we could reach out to them. [7:29:35, 7:29:55]: And I have gone from one end of the city of Stock Bridge to the last end of the city of Stock Bridge to make people aware of the greatness that is happening and formulating right here. So it's just not downtown, it's just not Eagles Landing. It's all of our businesses. And branded, we do have our big box stores. [7:29:55, 7:30:15]: I don't mind people calling me a small business, but I'm still a big business in my heart. So we reach out to all of them. So it doesn't matter. I mean, a lot of times the you know the larger businesses, they have their own network. Our smaller businesses, our mom and pops, they need a network. [7:30:15, 7:30:35]: network. They need somebody to turn to to be able to have a conversation with. You know, my focus is restaurants and nightclub. I don't mind going to help and put in, you know, 40 hours of consulting pro bono for a restaurant nightclub in the city of Stockbridge. [7:30:35, 7:30:55]: Now I won't do that nowhere else because I'm gonna need my check. But the city is not really sad. So um I I and I this is my first time public speaking, right? So every from from November and every time I have to get up and say something, nerves is bad. [7:30:55, 7:31:15]: But I do this because I believe in this. Now I'm a great one-on-one and I take five at a time, but you know, the passion behind building the SAB is real and it needs to happen. So I appreciate y'all thank you. So I just want to say [7:31:15, 7:31:35]: Thank you for your dedication. It truly shows your commitment to our community. And you know, even with this council, whatever, I know my colleagues, we definitely support in whatever we can do outside the walls of City Hall that we can help, let us know. Some of us have probably a majority [7:31:35, 7:31:55]: Majority of us have been to your meetings to show support. But I know there's a lot of other businesses that have not come to those meetings. And if you need that support, because we are out here and we know some of those business owners, and we need to be, we need to do a little more as well. Um, because I love your commitment and I love [7:31:55, 7:32:15]: all those involved their commitment as well. Um so please just don't limit yourselves, bring it to us so that way we know that we can help you. Okay. Any other any other comments, questions? Okay. And there just to close, um one of the things in the creation of this and you will see in my notes, the essay [7:32:15, 7:32:35]: Was not to compete with the chamber. So this is not a chamber type of endeavor. That was clear by the last person that was sitting in your seat. You know, whatever the chamber was provided or did provide, the SAP is not that type of organization. Nor is it uh [7:32:35, 7:32:55]: uh entity that competes with what our new economic development directors do. The Economic Development Director is designed to go and bring in new jobs, new businesses, SAB purposes to deal with existing businesses as it retains to establishing a network among its existing businesses. [7:32:55, 7:33:08]: Even with that, that's a great collaborative effort um for everybody though, because everybody's doing a piece, but it all comes together as one. So thank you. [7:33:08, 7:33:28]: I'd just like to take this opportunity to thank all of the partners that came out on December the 10th. We don't chest stock readers campaign. It was a great evening. About 30 or 40 partners came out. [7:33:28, 7:33:43]: uh for the year end and uh celebration. We look forward to kick starting uh in the spring again and for any of those uh watching the in the deal would like to get involved with that campaign, please reach out to me. Thank you. [7:33:44, 7:33:45]: That's a blood. [7:33:45, 7:34:05]: Um, I just wanna say uh happy uh holidays and Merry Christmas to everybody. Um the uh bingo batch that we started here we've done three so far and we we're up to forty plus people and we're really not pushing it hard. So in the course of the year, we're really gonna push it hard and uh you know, you all know some seniors that uh wanna come out and have our unplanned bingo. [7:34:05, 7:34:16]: listen to music and we have games and prizes. So uh uh it'll be more information to go to the website when we have those dates uh solidified. So thank you very much for coming. [7:34:16, 7:34:29]: Yes, um I do want to say Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, Happy Holidays to you. Um now's the time to give and to be thankful and just to show an act of kindness throughout. Um [7:34:29, 7:34:49]: I have um I'm starting a round table called Welcoming Stockbridge. We are part of a a larger scale group called Welcoming America. Um and we're one of the steering cities of that um organization. And what that round table would consist of is a diverse group of people of all ages. [7:34:49, 7:35:09]: um and nationalities, race, sex, um, cultures in general. And so I encourage many of you to reach out to others, maybe neighbors and friends, and and get me some people to come to the round table. Um and I also like to thank [7:35:09, 7:35:29]: Thank the staff for a phenomenal event on this past Friday. It was a volunteer appreciation gala. It was top-notch and we had a wonderful time. And I just want to say thank you to everyone. [7:35:29, 7:35:31]: one for putting that together for the last minute. [7:35:35, 7:35:40]: I was like asked a question first of all. The video's working today. [7:35:40, 7:35:52]: I don't know sta uh I see it's here. I don't I have not heard anything. Uh she says she's checking. Go ahead. Go ahead, we should not expect it. [7:35:53, 7:36:13]: I I will hope that the video is working now and thanking everybody for tuning in and everybody for being here. Uh as I close in on my third full year in council, I just want to reflect and say keeping my campaign promises moving forward daily I is something that I that I do. [7:36:13, 7:36:33]: Reflect on what I promised you as you elected me to represent this office and the things that we have done. I'm extremely proud of some of the accomplishments that we have made since 2015. One of the things that we talked about in the campaign and during that time was a promise made to revitalize. [7:36:33, 7:36:53]: Downtown. We're moving forward with a 3,000-seat amphitheater. We're moving forward with beautification in downtown. We're moving forward with giving you the downtown and re-establishing the area that we deserve here in the city of Stockbridge. I saw a DDA chairman here earlier. [7:36:53, 7:37:13]: We move forward with a facade grant program assisting existing businesses in the downtown area. We have fiber optic technology that is available here today. All city buildings are connected to fiber technology. The Highway 138 corridor is connected to fiber. Many of our neighborhoods. [7:37:13, 7:37:33]: Including my very own, have ATT fiber already in ground as one of the only communities in South Metro to do so. Merle Manders technology has been updated where they have broadband speeds, where they're able to compete with our outlying neighborhoods. And speaking of the SAB, [7:37:32, 7:37:52]: One of the things that I want to do for the SAB and all the businesses exclusively in downtown and the low to mod areas is generate an opportunity zone tax credit for you. So every new job that you create generates$3,400 tax credit for, I think, up to 10 years. That's something that we have in the [7:37:52, 7:37:56]: budget this year in order to move forward with it. [7:37:56, 7:38:16]: The very one of the proudest accomplishments for this council and myself was spearheading the opening of the Stockbridge Library from 1 to 5 on Saturday. It took the courage and partners like Miss Shaw here who are at the table with us campaigning, uh moving forward uh to get the idea out. [7:38:16, 7:38:36]: out there and to just revisit it and understand that we have our library open on Saturday now. I'd just like to understand even with Highway 138, all of us ran during the 2015 and we promised that we're gonna work on cleaning up Highway 138. [7:38:36, 7:38:56]: We did that by establishing the Highway 138 overlay corridor, and what that does is establish great standards on the Highway 138 area. We have endeavored to clean it up, to take over those areas with litter pickup, routine or corridor pickups every single day in a [7:38:56, 7:39:16]: In order to make sure that we make you proud uh to be a Stockbridge citizen moving forward. Uh we also talked about uh increased public safety. Uh we have a Stockbridge police feasibility study that has been completed. Uh it assesses every aspect of our police our [7:39:16, 7:39:36]: public safety is at the will of the council to look at the Stockbridge Police Force or to enhance the Henry County Police Force. We have that data, we have that feasibility study already completed today, and that's what uh we do. We we had issues with our in our community with code enforcement. We even [7:39:36, 7:39:56]: Established a seven-day-a-week code enforcement force which protects businesses all over Stockbridge. Because we have businesses that were popping up on the weekends, selling sheets, selling uh our odd items, blankets, uh tires, all kinds of things on our street corners. We no longer have [7:39:56, 7:40:16]: Have that any longer. Our co-enforcement is out enforcing that. And now I proudly say that Stark Bridge has some of the best exits off of I-75 in Metro Atlanta because we maintain them and this council has been on top of them every step of the way. Closing out this third. [7:40:16, 7:40:36]: I want to say thank you all for allowing me to serve and to be able to walk the walk, not just talk the talk. And all of the items that this council has delivered over the past three years, we continue to move forward to do that even more. I want to put down the gas pedal in 2019. [7:40:36, 7:40:56]: Team accomplishing much more projects not and encompassing put on priority. In my own opinion, we need to go ahead and move forward with that youth/slash senior center right now. We need that facility available to the community because we lack those. [7:40:56, 7:41:16]: facilities and we have seniors who need that facility and we have youth with with no facility uh in our general vicinity uh no access to a facility with in our general vicinity no access to a pool in our general facility so thank you so much I appreciate it and I look forward to serving as one [7:41:16, 7:41:36]: One more year here on this Stark Bridge Council and doing everything possible to continue to fulfill the promises that I made to voters in 2015. And every day, when I lay my head on the pillow, I think about the promises that I made to you, and I will continue to move forward with that. And thank you so much. [7:41:36, 7:41:56]: Thank you, Mayor. I just want to say happy holidays, Merry Christmas to everyone, again to staff. Thank you. You all had a wonderful 2018. I look forward to another wonderful 2019. But I just want to touch base on the youth council. I know with our last meeting. [7:41:56, 7:42:16]: meeting and it extended our budget for tonight. There were some concerns in reference to the youth council, but we didn't, that wasn't brought up tonight. So hopefully my colleagues are going to take heed to if there's any concerns to please attend the meetings or to reach out to me as a council liaison. [7:42:15, 7:42:35]: I also would say to our citizens, please be engaged, stay engaged, because anything can happen outside of this meeting as well. But I would definitely, if that happens, bring it forth at the meeting, so for discussion. Because our youth they're our future. [7:42:35, 7:42:55]: To attend National League of Cities, which was in LA. We had some of our local business sponsors, so that's why I said with the SAD, they're there. They want to make sure that our youth succeed outside of the budget that has been provided for the city. Because our youths, even just this weekend, they [7:42:55, 7:43:15]: They did their service project where they did Christmas stockings, stuff with love for our police department, our fire department. They took the time out to do this at the end of the year to ensure to let them know that they appreciate their service and they appreciated the youth doing that. [7:43:15, 7:43:35]: um in our presence tonight. We have our chair who is also doing something with our PIO because she loves her city. And that's Miss Kelly Cruz. She is a senior at um Eagles Landing Christian Academy. So I just want to thank her. She's been with us for two years and she's done an outstanding job. So if you all would give her a round of applause. [7:43:35, 7:43:55]: applause because excellence is there. Um she's looking for a bright future, but she wants to come back here to our community to serve as our leader. So I just want everyone to understand a lot of things have taken place and mayor if you don't mind I would like for her to just be able to say a little closing so I want [7:43:55, 7:44:05]: extend my talking, but I want to give her that opportunity to say something on what's her takeaway that has taken place this year or last two years. [7:44:06, 7:44:26]: Hi everyone, good evening. My name is Kelly and like the Steve said I have been on the council for the past two years and I've really enjoyed it. It's talking so much about local government and just how to be more engaged and we've done things like go to NLC conference and um our most recent service project are all really great experiences and uh I'm just thankful for the opportunity and I hope that [7:44:26, 7:44:35]: um it just continues to reduce the comes so that other youth can come and we're not gonna be better leaders and just experience the city I have to have such a great Christmas, happy holidays. [7:44:36, 7:44:38]: Thank you. [7:44:41, 7:45:01]: I had one more thing. Okay. Um, and just so everyone will know, um look out for March 22nd through the 24th. GMA, um the City of Stockbridge Youth Council will partner with Georgia Municipal Association to host um the Youth Council symposium here in Stockbridge. So that is the [7:45:01, 7:45:21]: Going to be an awesome event. Um, that planning um is has already started. Um, so if my colleagues please, we will need your support because there is a lot of local cities who have formed. I have reached out to six, provided them the information on how we started our youth council. They reached out to us so that way. [7:45:21, 7:45:41]: They can start theirs. Um so we have um City of Jonesboro, we have Fayette, we have um Stonecrest, amongst others, um, that are starting their youth council. So just know it is very important to have our youth involved in the community. Don't take it lightly because we're impacting [7:45:41, 7:46:01]: lives, y young lives that are gonna be leading our community in the future. So again, um please get involved if you have any questions. Also our chair, he chairman of the advisory, he spoke, these young um these um people they volunteer, they work, um, and they just love what we do and they love our kids. [7:46:01, 7:46:21]: So if there's anything on concerns or anything support, please, please, please be that support so we can be better together. Thank you. On that note, Scott Bridge's new branding tagline where community connects. I love it. Where community connects, okay? Showing diversity all around the city here. [7:46:21, 7:46:41]: It's great stuff. I also want to acknowledge the fact too the volunteer appreciation gana was fantastic. Stop raises first, so I don't know if this will be an annual event, but maybe we can think about that, right? But depends on how much that costs, right? It's not even budgeted right now. Anyway, but it was a great event, man. Really appreciate it, and I thank the citizens for volunteering their time and help save the city. [7:46:41, 7:47:01]: Now it's up to us to collectively to move the city forward. So happy holidays, Merry Christmas. Please enjoy your family, friends, or relatives and be thankful for their assistance and be thankful to the good Lord for having a good life. And uh keep the city in your prayers continually as we move around to the new year, and we have a prosperous new year. [7:47:01, 7:47:21]: 2019 as we move the city forward. Nothing but great things are along the horizon for us collectively as a city, as a group, as a community. God bless you all. Okay, and enjoy your holidays, please. On that note, I'm going to leave some announcements here. Youth Council Advisory Committee meeting Wednesday, December. [7:47:21, 7:47:41]: 19th, 6:30 p.m. City Hall lead by meeting room. New council meeting Wednesday January 9th, 2019, 5:30 in City Hall lead-by-meeting room. The downtown building authority retreat Friday, January 11th through Saturday, January 12th, location Smyrna, Georgia. That involves the council and the DDA collectively. [7:47:41, 7:47:53]: Uh Starbucks Main Street Advisory Board meeting scheduled for Friday, January 11th, 2019, 9 a.m. or have been counseling it says. Okay, the next meeting will take place Friday, February 8th, and we buy meeting on this. [7:47:55, 7:48:15]: Our next council meeting, the first one of the uh two thousand nineteen will be January fourteenth, Monday, six PM, City Council Chambers. Planning Commission meeting, Thursday, January seventeenth, six PM, City Hall, Council Chambers. And our next work session, Tuesday, January twenty ninth, six P. M. It's going to be in the council chambers. No more will we be [7:48:15, 7:48:35]: Here in Levi Meeting Room, at least for 2019 anyway. Alright? All city offices will be closed Monday, December 24th, and Tuesday, of course, Christmas date on the 25th. And all city offices will also be closed on Tuesday, January 1st. And serves, of course, on New Year's Day. Job Fair is Wednesday, January 6th. [7:48:35, 7:48:40]: 16, 2019, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Murray Managers Conference Center. [7:48:40, 7:48:54]: All city offices will be closed Monday, January 21st, 2019, reservation King Junior Holiday Celebration. And I also have here monthly bingo bash. I guess it starts Wednesday, January 23rd. [7:48:54, 7:49:14]: and test brickland conference uh community test brickland community center councilman Blount has that one don't trash start bridge ongoing initiative councilman thomas uh the court town on me on ongoing councilman alexander keep star bridge beautiful ongoing she says here councilman alexander and according welcome to starbridge [7:49:14, 7:49:34]: Well obviously you already mentioned about the welcoming uh committee and uh and it'll be a monthly bingo fast I guess then on uh Blount. On that note excuse me. Well Doctor Fail, go ahead. Yeah, that's why it's not after some reason it's not on here for January I mean December twenty second. Yes, yeah, go ready. [7:49:34, 7:49:54]: Doctor Family Christmas toy giveaway this Saturday. I read up United Methodist Church, 10 a.m. to twelve noon. We plan on giving back to our community and we're still looking for volunteers and extra toys. Just had a young lady drop off some toys just a few minutes ago when I was out on prayer. Yeah. [7:49:54, 7:50:02]: Well okay on that note uh I would think that we have the second session, is that right there? For litigation personality. Okay, council I need a motion for that read. [7:50:03, 7:50:07]: Okay, any any further discussion? All favor we'll be holding our. [7:50:08, 7:50:08]: Yes, ma'am. [7:50:09, 7:50:15]: All in favor, please indicate. I'm sorry. Okay. All opposed? Is that good? [7:50:15, 7:50:18]: Okay, free free opposite. Okay, so we'll have a second session. [7:50:19, 7:50:20]: Good. [7:50:20, 7:50:22]: On that note I need a motion to end our [7:50:23, 7:50:30]: Our uh work session. So is there a second? Oh so right. In discussion. [7:50:30, 7:50:46]: Yeah. Um there was information that we needed to discuss in the executive. So in this concerning incidents that have taken place that we need to address. I mean what do we do with that attorney we [7:50:49, 7:51:09]: But the council has voted not to have an executive session. I need to point out that a motion to adjourn is not a debatable motion. Oh I'm sorry, excuse me for that. That was my mistake. Um okay. Okay. Okay. Uh but most of the main segments do [7:51:09, 7:51:14]: to count to the end our meeting adjourned so all in favor [7:51:14, 7:51:16]: All both. [7:51:16, 7:51:20]: Okay, where done? [7:51:20, 7:51:30]: It's a good problem to have, I'll tell you. We'll definitely catch up. [7:51:30, 7:51:31]: [28315.4, 28318.6]: [7:53:01, 7:53:04]: I think this is a Philosophical. [7:53:05, 7:53:15]: I need to walk. [7:53:31, 7:53:43]: Much of the still interesting. But it's a really interesting service operator to all the researchers myself, who I am, but you know, it has been really important across my thing. [7:53:43, 7:53:46]: So [7:53:48, 7:53:50]: I'm gonna talk about this. [7:54:05, 7:54:05]: Yeah. [7:54:25, 7:54:35]: [28475.0, 28490.0]: investors on the fly and say, well here's exactly what we have, here's here's the market issue that we have to not only retain but increase and advertise. So I'd love to sit down with you and you know you're not kind of sitting out waiting in an office. [7:54:51, 7:54:57]: But I'm trying to get around any time to figure out what it's not trying to get with people off. [7:55:10, 7:55:20]: [28525.0, 28540.0]: So I got safety right there off. Okay. But the my other is like a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a that's what I want to bring it out. I would tell you I can bring a lot of folks to operate. [7:55:43, 7:55:53]: Yeah no I might you know I might have into it. We're not going to be able to do that. [7:56:15, 7:56:35]: Okay, but that is a good thing. We want certain industry, we want certain businesses here. Well, I mean what I what I want with the reality is that there's a we all we all do shine. [7:56:35, 7:56:40]: [28610.4, 28612.5]: Yeah, we're going to. [7:56:55, 7:57:15]: They want to connect this all the way to the other. [7:57:14, 7:57:34]: Right. They're going to use a whole man in rail line that they're going to do that. That's a project they're working on. She talked about it. They have a 17 mile trail. [7:57:34, 7:57:54]: So those projects, if they can get seventeen mile trail funding down here, I think we can get seven mile. That would be season something that is important. [7:57:54, 7:58:10]: [28692.7, 28695.1]: You know, yeah, yeah. [7:58:25, 7:58:40]: It does not. It does not. Next to the subject. [7:58:50, 7:58:50]: [28732.0, 28735.0]: Yeah, because [7:59:01, 7:59:02]: [28745.0, 28755.0]: The DA is the mayor means the public they can come in the city session. But it's a it's the mayor and the council, DAC and the city staff. [7:59:19, 7:59:39]: It's just named the next town in all these different places. But it took twenty years to go break. They went to go. Oh, I want to do it. That's great. We all want everyone I want to really have one of those things, but it's [7:59:39, 7:59:52]: That's why street bridge is a good one. Every single time you get on the dead side, we don't have to worry if you carry one for one. [7:59:53, 8:00:12]: But we're competing. Trash trucks money. And that's really important. I mean, and I like to see a manager of cars. But but we keep seeing down town. [8:00:12, 8:00:32]: Chucked out. They don't work there anymore. It wasn't because they had a yearless. Yeah. Well, but I'm saying for me, it seems usually these downtown. Their whole downtown is almost and today actually is a solid thing. [8:00:32, 8:00:40]: Oh yeah, v things to avail on the state manager's post as well. [8:00:55, 8:01:15]: That's all I use. Uh, celebrate is the food depot. Yeah. When you go to the parking lot very side. Well that most structures go with your end. [8:01:14, 8:01:34]: Well they have a large tax you know they have a function. I mean which is size wise comparison, too wide. Huh? Well they can't but I mean I don't care about five yeah [8:01:34, 8:01:45]: Yeah, oh yeah, very few sleeves and don't context. Yeah. [8:01:55, 8:01:56]: [28922.2, 28923.8]: Well there. [8:02:05, 8:02:25]: Yeah, maybe it wouldn't come down that hopefully through the comments. But we need we need to say when I'm looking at C35. [8:02:25, 8:02:35]: What is the start this stuff? Anywhere. [8:02:40, 8:02:50]: It seems fun from two. [8:03:05, 8:03:24]: Maybe where my friends and confidence and my friends are all they're moving. They're saying we're okay. We're up in what spots. Wine bars, Ruha bars, they're putting fifteen thousand people right now. [8:03:25, 8:03:42]: They have big public high apartments, seven hundred thousand dollar townhomes across their rental rates and their wallets fourteen hundred bucks for a one year town. And downtown they put walking with trails in they start this process. I mean late nineties really start hitting in early two thousand in the recession every [8:03:42, 8:03:55]: [29035.0, 29055.0]: So we stay on this side the entire time. But if you're on the sidewalk, there's no directional side. If you're on the sidewalk, I think they are up on the children. We're talking about uh yeah, and I think that little piece is our boundaries so on the direction. [8:04:15, 8:04:35]: I see sometimes people it is dark and they come down um. I'm going to be with uh first year talking about one thirty eight. [8:04:34, 8:04:44]: When I get off six seventy five C I look at it and it's like and I re and I realize basically things. I can't wait for the winter. [8:04:45, 8:05:05]: I'm going to be playing with stuff. You can't come up with MLU to try to redesign. Or cleanups and code. Well, we're gonna push on it. I need that because that's property seen behind it. That's I mean the way the line runs is here's 138 and this is plain here. You go back those dates and you've got all that. [8:05:05, 8:05:25]: I got folks who want to nice nice kind of four days or buying that property. Well I own the property eighty acres and that three eighty eighty so buy the state bridge in or the state state bridge suite, whatever it's called, that that that line that controls that is not right there. [8:05:24, 8:05:35]: I appreciate it. I gotta make a project. I mean, [8:05:39, 8:05:59]: He's buying stock purchasing out for the first part of the year and sketch in retail. And what would really be good? How would it be right? Tim Keane playing commission, he's a good friend of mine. Okay, yeah. [8:05:58, 8:06:00]: Yeah, [8:06:05, 8:06:10]: You know what it's. [8:06:11, 8:06:15]: Yeah. [8:06:20, 8:06:40]: Sure, that's fine. Yes, I would I would you guys can say that would be called your park once we can have asking people [8:06:40, 8:06:48]: Of course. Merry Christmas and happy holiday to you. Thank you, thank you. I'm gonna head up a little head up back to my house and [8:06:49, 8:06:55]: This this did not last long though. Teleport meaning Thank you. Thank you. [8:07:05, 8:07:11]: If you send me a file. Do I run an office to have cards? [8:07:14, 8:07:15]: Uh