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--- title: July 24 2018 Work Session Meeting date: 2018-07-24 source: 2018-07-24_July_24_2018_Work_Session_Meeting.wav --- [0:00:25, 0:00:40]: No, I try back to it. Yeah, yeah, yeah. [0:00:40, 0:00:50]: But for I know. [0:01:04, 0:01:10]: We'll talk, we'll talk. [0:01:35, 0:01:36]: But I'm just saying. [0:01:37, 0:01:40]: Yes. [0:01:42, 0:01:50]: Is it good? [0:01:53, 0:01:55]: [148.0, 150.4]: And three times. [0:02:50, 0:02:51]: Yeah. [0:02:53, 0:02:55]: Yeah, that's what they're doing. [0:03:08, 0:03:10]: All right. Um [0:04:00, 0:04:01]: Yeah. [0:04:13, 0:04:15]: But we have points technically we do. [0:04:25, 0:04:41]: Alright ladies and gentlemen, I have uh 402 and I'd like to open up the uh Tuesday, July 24th, uh work session for the council. Call of order. And um Mr. McFarlane, passing the floor. Could you please give us the indication? [0:04:43, 0:05:03]: Body heads. Holy Father, we thank you right now for all that you've done for us, all that you've delivered to us, all that you promised us, God. We know that you will give those things that you promised. Bless right now, this council. Bless right now, mayor. Bless right now, everyone that is here in this building. Give them wisdom that we might lead this city in the way that you would. [0:05:03, 0:05:15]: We have to be blessed, the workers of this city. Bless all that takes encompass of everything that is done. We bless these things. We pray these things in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen. [0:05:17, 0:05:29]: And to the republic for which it stands for my nation, my God, individual, with liberty and justice for all. [0:05:39, 0:05:40]: Present. [0:05:45, 0:06:05]: Mayor for Jim Cant, it was not in attendance. Councilman Alexander. Councilwoman Private. Present. Mayor Ford may have the four. Thank you. Madam Clerk, appreciate that. I need a motion to adopt the agenda, please. So voted. I second. Uh vote on folks. I know you you just second that. [0:06:05, 0:06:25]: Um we we we have we need to make an amendment to the motion and i i'm sorry about that could you withdraw your motion from thank you appreciate that mayor yes sir we need to amend the agenda go right ahead please uh motion to amend the agenda to include uh to add community and schools presentation um by miss uh [0:06:24, 0:06:44]: uh Linda Harris and I would also like us to uh uh hear item number seven uh also Linda to hear item number seventeen after executive session. Number seven after executive session okay is there a second is there a second okay thank you very much any further discussion [0:06:44, 0:07:04]: Yes sir. Uh exactly the community that's good. I'll make that first. We'd like to make that first. Okay. Okay. We'll make that the first item after public comments. Okay. Thank you for that. Appreciate it. Is it for the discussion? All favor, please indicate. Thank you very much. Okay. We have reviewed the minutes for the following meetings. [0:07:04, 0:07:22]: June 27th, 2018, and July 9, 2018. Please take a look at those, see if there's any adjustments we have to make. If so, we'll address those with the clerk. We'll get a chance to approve these at our next council works at school council meeting community. [0:07:23, 0:07:25]: Yeah. [0:07:27, 0:07:45]: On that note, I'll move on to any public comments. Ms. Okay. So now public comments have been submitted. Then for the first item before we get on forward to reports, I'd like to have uh Ms. Glenda Harris come forward and give us our community schools briefing. [0:07:45, 0:07:47]: Thank you, man, for coming forward. [0:07:50, 0:08:10]: Thank you, Mayor Ford, Council, and I and the guests for allowing me the opportunity to share with you our mission and what community skills is and what we do. We have a packet in front of you. We're not going to go through that whole packet. But I will go through four main documents that are in that packet and then the other [0:08:10, 0:08:30]: I will touch on, you can refer back to those later for your need. And so I would first want to just share with you a little bit about what community schools is, what we do. We are a the largest non largest national nonprofit dropout. [0:08:30, 0:08:50]: Prevention organization in the country. And what we do is we work directly with students at the high school level to prevent them from dropping out of school and finding the resources for them. We are a we have a Georgia affiliate, which serves 41 districts within the state of Georgia. [0:08:50, 0:09:10]: Georgia, 41 school districts. Um, they have there are 248 sites in Georgia, and we work with approximately 1389 students on a case managed basis. So when we go into the school, just to give you an understanding of what we um [0:09:10, 0:09:30]: What the model looks like is, so I can let you know too, we are in Henry County High School, Stockbridge High School. The model what looks like is that we go into the school, we have a site coordinator that is our employee that we place in the school, we partner with the Henry County School System, and they allow us to have office space both in the school and then by office space. [0:09:30, 0:09:50]: As well. And what we do is we work with the principal to do a needs assessment on the school. We do work with the students who are most at risk within the school to find do a needs assessment to find out what is the problem and what is preventing them from staying in school. And what how we can remove those barriers so that they will stay in school or graduate. Ultimately, we will [0:09:50, 0:10:05]: to see that student succeed and we want to increase the graduation rate within Henry County. And so directly what affects this area is Scott Ridge High School. So we do have a site coordinator there who works directly with the students. And um [0:10:06, 0:10:26]: So, what I do want to refer to first is, and you don't have to be in your packet, I'm just going to show you. Right here is our report card for last school year instead of 16-17. You'll have one soon from 17 to 18 years. But in this, this reflects Henry County because we just started in Stockbridge last year and this past year. But this orange one is the orange. [0:10:26, 0:10:46]: The large piece is my favorite because it shows the colleges that our students were accepted at and the scholarships that they were accumulated that they received. And that shows that last year we had$140,000 in scholarships that were awarded the students in Henry County High School. And that's the total, and these are the colleges that they would were. [0:10:46, 0:11:06]: accepting that. So moving on. We have a um the next document that's very important and I do want you to get out because I think it's something that y'all will appreciate when you look at this is directly a data from our database. Me and our data, every student we work with, every time we work with them, every time we see them. [0:11:06, 0:11:26]: what their needs are and how we provide for those needs. And so this is our end of your report and it's going to show you the total school supports 181. Our case managed students we had that we that we provide direct services to was 75. We always work with at least 5% of the population. [0:11:25, 0:11:27]: when it's over a thousand. [0:11:28, 0:11:39]: And um and so what we provide though in the school is three tiers of support. Tier one being host school. That might be assemblies, that might be um just anything that can affect [0:11:39, 0:11:59]: the whole school. And tier two is group settings. Those are are also case managed students, which is group two. That's that is group settings. Tier three is one-on-one individualized supports. Tier two and tier three we have to have permissions that's from the parents in order for us to work with the students directly to provide services and to enter them into our database. [0:11:59, 0:12:19]: And the database is where we get this data here. So this also shows you the in-kir status as far as how many of the students that we worked with as seniors that graduated, those that were promoted, retained, transferred out, dropped out, and other. And the ones that were the exited programs. [0:12:19, 0:12:29]: and we have that broken down on the next page. Below that we will see also the colleges they were accepted at and the scholarships they received of the students that we worked with, correctly. [0:12:31, 0:12:44]: On page two, it explains more detail what our Tier 1 services, Tier 2 and Tier 3 services look like. It breaks it down so you can see exactly the initiatives that we support in order to support those children. [0:12:46, 0:13:06]: And then on tier three, I mean on page three, uh you do see the dropout prevention. And it breaks it down into the six students that we did lose within our program and why. Some were transferred out, some with one of them was actually dropped out of school, but we were able to connect and with Connecting Henry's uh swag program. [0:13:06, 0:13:10]: So even when we lose them, we follow them to try to connect them to services. [0:13:12, 0:13:30]: And then you see our mission amendments. Um this uh last year we started our our um site granting will meet in the first five minutes of our board meeting and present to our advisory council um a couple of stories of kids that they're working with and it really brings it to home what we do. So I capture some of those here. [0:13:31, 0:13:51]: And so I want to bring out I want to highlight one story. And one is Jamaria Patterson. And sh we worked with her um directly with um our uh site coordinator. Did she did not have a home, they were living in a hotel and they were being kicked out of the hotel, everything was in storage. Our site coordinator was able to find them that [0:13:51, 0:13:56]: day or rental home to move into, she took camera equipment over here so they had something to sleep on. [0:13:56, 0:14:16]: and food so they had something to eat and then made arrangements uh to try to get the foot and the stuff out of storage but with timing issues it was they were not able to get the things out of storage before they got ripped before they sold them. So we were able to work through different coaches, state office, to get uh c um donations [0:14:16, 0:14:36]: So that we were in the house, you know, fill their house and give them a place to live. And Jamaria wrote an essay, and her essay won for the state for CIS Georgia for our state champion for this past year for 2018. And our state coordinator, actually, because of her efforts with Jamaria, she won. [0:14:36, 0:14:56]: uh site pointator of the year which they just went they just instated because she did such a fabulous job. And we were actually met, there's a a news uh release in there that we'll share show you show you um put that we met at the aquarium. We honored um uh First Lady Weal and um the shriners for the work that they do with children [0:14:56, 0:15:16]: As well. So you can read on that later. We also, because of the great work, the Atlanta Journal Constitution wrote a two-part article on the site coordinator and the students, and that is in there as well. And then if we move along to the rest, what I wanted to share with you next is [0:15:16, 0:15:17]: How we [0:15:17, 0:15:20]: support our site coordinator. [0:15:21, 0:15:41]: My first document, and this is another one that's important for you to see, is um our second coordinator costs detail, and this breaks down the cost. It is includes the salary with the benefits, it also includes any program costs, support costs that may come from my support or [0:15:40, 0:16:00]: or the state office support, any training, any travel expenses, things like that. Some of these are hard expenses and some of those are in kind at this time, which eventually may roll over into heart expenses that will be, you know, that will definitely pay out. But right now some of those expenses are in kind. [0:16:00, 0:16:20]: And of course, these expenses will grow as our organization grows and we add on the program manager to support the cycle leaders' work. But this is the basis of what the cost is to have a site commander in a high school right now. And then on the next page that I want you to look at is our contributions and grants. [0:16:21, 0:16:41]: And this is just to show you what um how we receive our funding from contributions and grants. And the first portion is where the school system, in your county schools, does fund$30,000 towards our services. And they also provide an in-time contribution of the office phase that I mentioned. [0:16:41, 0:17:01]: Before for my two site coordinators and for myself. And then they also provide laptops and electronic, you know, become printers and anything that my site coordinators might need at our office. We also partnered heavily with the period expo that took place this past weekend. And we had uh we have about 1200, uh a little over 1200. [0:17:01, 0:17:21]: Henry County residents. We passed out almost a thousand backpacks and the re the um remaining of elementary backpacks we were able to give to um the backpack giveaway that y'all have this coming weekend, the back to school um batch and um and then the others that we have for high school we keep at our um facility so that we [0:17:21, 0:17:41]: Can support our services throughout the year. As you look further, you'll see different organizations that contribute to contributed to us throughout 2018, our FY18 year, any grants we may receive, and any in-kind contributions. If you look at the second page of that document, [0:17:42, 0:17:47]: It also gives you some grants that we've already have commitments on for the FY19. [0:17:48, 0:18:06]: But it also will show uh what I've shown you here um is that there are other affiliates within the state of Georgia that receive funding from municipalities such as um cities, counties and so forth. And um this was just a good breakdown to show you where um the possibilities are. [0:18:11, 0:18:12]: Then um [0:18:13, 0:18:33]: Further, um, we have in the packet, it just shows you our three fundraisers that we use throughout the year, and that is our parent expo, which really isn't a true fundraiser, which the money always bounces out. You know, what the contributions that we receive go straight back to the um school supplies. Then we have an Anu Giving campaign and [0:18:33, 0:18:38]: We also have golf term that takes place. So that's really how we gain our funds throughout the year. [0:18:39, 0:18:59]: And um and so what I'd like to um say in in closing is just um I'd like the possibility in the near future to discuss the possibility of of City Stockbridge assisting us with some kind of support for the services, and that support would go directly to Stockbridge High School, um not to Hummer Ken button [0:18:59, 0:19:03]: we didn't have it reacted uh to the um question. [0:19:04, 0:19:24]: Um yes sir. Um thank you again for coming. Several years ago uh Mrs. Cromley uh indicated that there was a need for a site here in the Stockbridge community. Um is that still so uh [0:19:24, 0:19:44]: As far as a side coordinator? Well, no, a location. I think at the time there were a number of students in the program. I think the majority of the students in the program came from the city of Stockbridge. So the program tried to locate a facility here in the City of Stockbridge. [0:19:44, 0:20:04]: Now with the communities and schools, um, when we first originated we were with Connecting Henry, but we separated from them that was before I even uh joined the organization. And um we were in the middle schools with the graduation coaches reassigned to us. And we used uh those graduations start the coaches to [0:20:04, 0:20:24]: Three years ago, we pulled out of the middle schools and hired our own to go into this the sites that were most at at need. And we we work with the school system directly to find out you know where that the greatest need is. We started Hammer County High School and then last year moved into [0:20:24, 0:20:44]: Stockridge high school. So as far as a site, that's where we would be. Um in and we are inside the school. We have that site where we're seeing those kids face to face every day. Does that answer your question? Mayor for the record. Uh the let the record mayor for TM. Appreciate it. Thank you. [0:20:44, 0:21:04]: Ms. Robinson Goretta, please. Um yes, thank you, Mayor. Thank you for the presentation. Um it is definitely needed and I'm glad you made it to Stockbridge High School because I just noticed even with the um stats that you have, the dropout is basically a lot of that is the behavior. Um so you guys are doing an excellent job. [0:21:04, 0:21:24]: job in the schools. So uh and I'm thankful that you said that you've partnered with us already with our factor school. Um so that's just a partnership in itself that is huge for our community. Um I just know that I'm for it um to be support, you know, coming from the city. So you know I definitely am mayor. [0:21:24, 0:21:43]: And uh colleagues, so hopefully we can look further and discuss further. We'll have to discuss through that would make it to move forward in reference to how we want to move. Any other questions from the council right now? You have no yet. [0:21:43, 0:22:03]: Thanks for coming. Um, and I definitely appreciate uh the support I've gotten from you all and uh this student crumble. Um when you was doing when I was actually just down there today when I was explaining to you about the uh teacher, the parent teacher liaison, and I spoke to them uh at your office's um when you [0:22:03, 0:22:10]: talk about case management management cases other than grades how are they determined [0:22:10, 0:22:11]: That's a great question. [0:22:11, 0:22:31]: Um we look at the agencies, attendance, behavior curriculum. Any of those areas start dropping, then we have the ability to reach out to that child. We have a support system where referrals can come from teachers, administration, counselors, c cafeteria workers, um, they can self [0:22:31, 0:22:51]: refer themselves, a parent can come in and refer them or even teach we have students who will bring the students to to the site coordinator. So we have a good referral system. But when we go into the school the first thing we look at are our foster children, McKinney Bento and unc unaccompany. We address those for [0:22:51, 0:23:11]: first and then we work we begin to look at you know which ones are having issues with the um the um oh my goodness was just the credits when they're under when they're working in a credit recovery. We work closely with the if you if you'll remind me the name of that group that meets uh is 234 [0:23:11, 0:23:31]: And that's 23 credits within four years. And so we're part of that group as well, so that we can address the most needs within that group. So we have different identifiers that will help us um to to see which kids need the most or have most. Okay, thanks. I appreciate that. Uh thank you for coming. I appreciate it. [0:23:31, 0:23:37]: presentation was excellent. I uh maybe I'm missing it, but I don't see any contribution from the school system. [0:23:38, 0:23:58]: It's the first thing at the top of the contributions and bridges. Do you see that? And there also I mean I forgot to mention there should be a letter from uh Chairwoods. I saw a letter. Okay. And their contribution from the county is w was that only two. Not yet. [0:23:58, 0:24:18]: And I think not yet. No, there's a lot of people. Mr. Watson, since you're Starbury's high school, sir, did you want to come up and say anything to the rest of the council at all? [0:24:18, 0:24:38]: First first of all I just want to thank Miss Harris OK for all the work she's done. It came to me, I guess this is the second year in you know about having the communities and schools uh you know asked operate high school. So we we met and uh after she shared many of the things she shared with you, I thought it was a no-brainer, you know, that we would bring [0:24:38, 0:24:58]: program into our school. It was definitely a success. Last year we were fortunate to have a good site coordinator that really worked with our kids. Our focus this year was on, you know, she said the ABCs, we focus on attendance and behavior. And so I did various programs to kind of incentive for the students to come [0:24:58, 0:25:18]: Come to school, certainly site coordinator, work along with administrative staff with discipline, those kind of things. It really gave the students another adult inability that they could go to and share things, maybe even private things at times. And so again, like I said, it's definitely a benefit. There's so much more. [0:25:18, 0:25:38]: We probably can do with definitely some support, financial support, those types of things. We can do some more innovative things in our school. But again, as the principal, I definitely think it's a benefit for our kids. We have 1,500 kids in the building, so anytime we can get some additional support, we try to do like [0:25:38, 0:25:58]: like a wrap around service uh for our students uh so they won't follow big press. So I support it 100%. Thank you sir appreciate that any other questions from the council. Sir thank you for the presentation. We have the information I'm pretty sure we'll we'll go through it, have some conversation and see what we can eventually do to assist in the program. And I [0:25:57, 0:26:17]: uh I'm but we're gonna I I would say I'll think we're a little biased because Starbury's high school has the name of the city. So so we'll see what we can do with this. Okay now they'll keep me straight but we'll see what we can do. Okay thank you for the presentation thank you Mr. Weisson okay all right so on that note [0:26:17, 0:26:32]: Note uh we're going to record the uh reports. What's first on the agenda would be advisory committee. Uh speak to the mayor. Um could we have maybe this and have public safety come through the first time? [0:26:33, 0:26:53]: Okay, you um there'll just a couple that okay. In reference to the police officer here. Yes. All right, well uh I guess we can legally amend the agenda again, so I just made a motion to make that make a motion, sir. Mayor. Sir. I can move the agenda to move the uh public safety presentation to the first presentation on the [0:26:53, 0:27:13]: Is there a second? Sir. Oh okay, further questions? Okay. All favor, please indicate. Okay, thank you. Um good evening, Lieutenant Staff from the United Police Department. I'm the Eagle Watch Commander here at the Star. Um the actual stats won't be out for the city. [0:27:13, 0:27:25]: until next week that they were able to compile some stats for me to cover the office. As for the call on the service, they were down slightly for May to June. I'm sorry. Yes, May to June or something. [0:27:26, 0:27:28]: [1658.6, 1678.6]: The total incidents were slightly down. Um arrests were about the same, citations were down, and borders were down a little bit. Um report there were no homicides in the city? No rates. There were two robberies. I'm not sure exactly what they were. I know one was a pizza draft. [0:27:58, 0:28:16]: driver piece of the loop of the dryer was brought. Before I ever made an assault, not sure was all them all that were there was a commercial burglar that was at the castle jewelry. The Deck Fisher has already made an arrest in that case. [0:28:17, 0:28:33]: Larson is up a little, or though I think it's rope a little bit, I'm not sure why. Um Frogs are down, drugs stay about the same, and DUI, the heat units come over from North Henry Boulevard pretty heavily on the weekends, so they probably make more DUI arrests out there. [0:28:35, 0:28:55]: Um accident stayed about the same and there were no fatalities. Um do I have any questions? Well I have one off the top of my head. Um every time you see these stats and and they're it I guess the sense they're somewhat great compared to other cities or other countries. [0:28:54, 0:29:14]: Counties per se, is is that right? Well yes, I when I was looking at this, I mean we had two murders last month or so in the county, right here, here one over in Highland Village, one on Tunis Joe Coke. So yes, this wasn't a good idea. [0:29:14, 0:29:34]: Or the other counties were not really that bad. I mean it can be improved, but maybe what I've been told I haven't seen actually stats that we actually enjoy a less lower crime rate in the surrounding county. All right. Any questions on this side? Yes, all right. A couple of questions. So in eighteen uh eighteen [0:29:34, 0:29:54]: May we had a spike in citations. We went from 212 to 735. Was there some type of program going on? This team runs, uh was running uh either Operation Zero Tolerance or one of the one of their programs at that time, there's zero tolerance and there's a cooking ticket. [0:29:54, 0:30:03]: And they just finished another one that had to do with speeding last week. So that would have been what I'm assuming is the increase in citations for that month. [0:30:04, 0:30:24]: Okay, and sir, to follow up on the on the mayor's question, as it relates to overall crime in Henry County, uh is the overall crime in the county up or down and how do we compare it to the other cities? I don't have that information with me as to how we compare it to the other cities or [0:30:24, 0:30:30]: if grammars uplay on India, so it just gave me the statistical data, it gave me the first remote system of what we ought. [0:30:30, 0:30:50]: Would you be able to get us that information? Yes, right. And then I'll always like comparison, maybe like the year-to-year comparison, maybe what the numbers look like in twenty seventeen versus what we are now, because you know when you do it month to month, but that's twenty seventeen numbers. [0:30:51, 0:31:05]: Yeah, this is okay. So the wind is looking at this. Yeah, it's just citation. Just citation, yeah. [0:31:10, 0:31:30]: Yes, that will that will be any questions from Council maybe. I just want to say thank you for coming in and provides a report and like Councilman Alexander said you can give that to our city manager and you can forward it to us. Thank you so much for that. [0:31:30, 0:31:38]: Okay. Appreciate you being doing it. All right. Uh we'll go back now to the new council advisory committee. This is a file computer. [0:31:42, 0:32:02]: Thank you, Mayor and Council. This is the second quarter of the report from the U Council, and we wanted to make sure that you are updated on all the things that we have done. But we believe that a picture speaks a thousand words. So once uh the city clerk gets this stuff, I'd like to take a look at some of the things that our new council has achieved. I also want to introduce and let you know. [0:32:02, 0:32:15]: that our chairman of the youth council is here, Mrs. Cruz. She actually works with the city now and doing some things, and we really appreciate her standing out to doing those different things. [0:32:15, 0:32:35]: These pictures will show you some of the things that have occurred, but we want to just run those down to you. In this report, we've been tailored to make sure our kids are understanding what government means, not only city government, but local, as far as state and federal. So we work towards making sure they become leaders. And in speaking of leaders, [0:32:35, 0:32:55]: They actually work with kids as well, teaching them how to become leaders. We did start with our opening retreat where we actually got the kids together and actually made them bund to get to know each other, making sure that they can achieve these processes. The evening volunteer moving night, we worked with [0:32:55, 0:33:15]: uh our um uh counterpart, I don't know if you call it a counterpart, but um the young lady you got to give me a main street. Uh and the kids really enjoyed that because it gives them another opportunity to work with the city and this is where it is. Anything that the youth council can do to help the city, that's what we are here to do. [0:33:15, 0:33:35]: a food truck. We've been doing that for a couple of things, working with that to include having one uh that we actually sponsored and awesome job. It was our um what do you call it uh Hanukkah not Hanukkah but the Luau those strange words the luau and the kids really enjoyed that as well and getting kids [0:33:34, 0:33:54]: Young people interested in coming to and attending the things that the city already has because one of the things we don't want to happen is our young people don't know what's going on, and then once they get ready to leave Stockbridge, it's always we don't do anything here, and that's not the case. We do quite a few things here. [0:33:54, 0:34:14]: speak enough on that and you can see how lovely they look in their uniforms. They are performing and representing Stockbridge in every way. The beautification day where they plant flowers. It is not so much that they just do the work but they have to have the opportunity to share and learn. It's about hands-on. It's not just about what you can tell [0:34:14, 0:34:34]: them but what they can show you. So the beautification day was a nice uh plug to that. We also want to be working with uh some of the council men and women to make sure that we support your your events. One will be uh the litter campaign and the other would be the backpack or the back school piece. Uh while we say [0:34:34, 0:34:54]: This. Anytime that you can use our young people and actually ours, they're yours. Anytime you can use them, we request that you let us know so we can actually have them there because believe it or not, young people listen to young people. Most times they listen to young people more than they listen to us. And if we want young people to stay in the city and start. [0:34:54, 0:35:14]: Side bridge, we have to start addressing their needs and their wants and the things that they are looking forward to. As you can see, we have a wonderful group. We have nine people on our advisory council and 17 in the E Council. We went up a notch, and I think next year we're going to go even further. One of the things I did want to mention in closing. [0:35:14, 0:35:34]: uh that you actually gave us uh uh uh amount of five thousand dollars to go to North Carolina. And we really do appreciate all that you do. Not only that, but the money that you send into our um our uh account each time to get these things done. Uh but we're pleased to let you know for some of you that didn't want to talk to several [0:35:34, 0:35:54]: the council and they did not know that seven thousand dollars was turned back into the council. So we really appreciate you actually helping us do that to acknowledge that. If you have any questions at this time. I just want to um add that uh Mr Mc [0:35:54, 0:36:14]: Uh Chair McFarlane, if you can add the piece of the money that we're trying to do for the nationals, if you can clear that up as well in your presentation. And this is the nationals now this year going to Los Angeles, California. What we're doing, and we got this uh recommendation, as a matter of fact, I got this recommendation from the council that we need to [0:36:14, 0:36:34]: Involve more of the parents' activities and also the community as a whole. So instead of asking the council for extra money, we're raising the funds. As a matter of fact, my church is going to be donated, and anyone would like to donate, please feel free. This is an opportunity for us to ask you to support in that effort. We have, I think, 10 to 12 years. [0:36:34, 0:36:54]: young people that would be going to Los Angeles that's a registry. We're kind of excited about that because what we're looking to do is to take them out from their surroundings and actually make them and get them to experience others' surroundings. This is most important to us. So we actually put this piece together so that that way we can actually get them [0:36:54, 0:36:58]: out of town to know what's out there so they can bring it back here. [0:36:59, 0:37:19]: Mr. Thomas. Uh I'd just like to take this opportunity, uh Reverend McFarlane, just to thank you for uh coming out to uh meet with me uh a couple of weeks ago. Um I express uh you know my concerns, uh, being very cordial in your answers. Uh [0:37:19, 0:37:39]: I think you and I sort of came to an understanding and I I I appreciate that. And um I met you in the hall earlier and just said that uh you know, okay, you know, with the direction. Um we all stand for improvements and I think as we go forward. [0:37:39, 0:37:48]: I think many of us will probably get involved to make sure that anything that's associated with the City of the Doctorate, we try to make it better. [0:37:49, 0:38:09]: Thank you so much. Any other questions from the council? I appreciate your presentation, sir. It was it was excellent as usual. And everything that you do for this particular program and the hours that you put in. So thank you so much uh for your contribution. I would, however, like to hear from the chairwoman over there to see uh allow [0:38:09, 0:38:29]: I always like to hear from the kids and to see what they're thinking and what's going on in the program. It'd be okay if you indulge me and just kind of hear what they have to say and what she has to say. If I could just say she's a little shy because she also there she's interning for the city for the record, so there's opportunity. [0:38:29, 0:38:49]: Opportunities that the youth council are being able to do the um she so she's currently the intern and we're trying to open doors for all of our youth in our city to enter as well. So that's probably why she was a little shot. Whatever you like to say. I was gonna say my name is Helly Cruise and I am here in the topic. [0:38:49, 0:39:09]: Council. Um, like uh he mentioned we have done a lot of events in the past uh months since our new council was um we will be you know this morning in August I believe. And we've done a lot since then. We've done our Luwau, which was a big hit with the kids and the community, and I think they all really enjoyed that. And our next big thing coming up will be our public service. [0:39:09, 0:39:29]: This project, which we're still talking about, and I'll be discussed more at our next meeting in August. And also the National Linux City, which will be in California this year. So we're raising money for that. We're hoping to it. Like you said, there's about 10 or 12 of us going. So we've been um we've been raising money for that, just getting more ideas about how we can go and uh bring some ideas after making me vendor. So that's what we've been up to. [0:39:28, 0:39:47]: And we thank you for your support, all you want to do for us. And please feel free to contact me and we'll be in touch with you and anything else that you can do. Appreciate that. Anybody else any questions for a buddy or any or passing the floor? Thank you for your presentation. We appreciate it. Thank you so much, Mary and Council. Thank you. [0:39:48, 0:40:08]: Main Street Advisory Board. Um, if Mr. Brackers might I as a representative to the board, uh I'll just sort of open this uh go ahead. Um I know the council um and staff know that uh earlier we had the combined meeting, uh Main Street, DDA, um, and so [0:40:08, 0:40:28]: the information that's in the packet. Um I personally won't get into that. You do have it. Uh Mrs. Bragg will probably come forward to share that with those that may not know and maybe the uh the public audience. But I do want to commend uh Mrs. Bragg and the staff and and actually the board. [0:40:27, 0:40:47]: uh because as I see it from from the chair that I sit in, uh they're very active. And if when you look at the report, uh it's a lot and they have been very active. And I personally just want to commend the staff uh for the work that they do. Um I was prepared to read the mission statement [0:40:47, 0:41:07]: Because reading the mission statement and the vision statement, and we're in this process now where we're with doing a comp plan, everything that we do, and one of the issues I uh tentatively had with the youth council and some of our other programs, you know, as a city, that should be one. [0:41:07, 0:41:27]: uh mission of one go. And all of the entities and and the part, the component, should be about trying to get to the same place. And I can truly say that uh in the main street program, when I analyze and compare the city's uh mission statement and the main [0:41:27, 0:41:47]: Mission statement, I can see uh how it all relates. And so with that being said, and just trying to conserve time, I'll just add the practice a little bit. Now you don't want to get me started. So I'll let you just go ahead and just talk about some of the things that probably not in the reports because I [0:41:47, 0:42:07]: I think the council at the joint session you sort of went through and said the fact that for some of the other folks that's around that don't have the opportunity to see this, you may just want to highlight some of the things. Okay. Um thank you, Councilman Thomas, and thank you all. Um mayor, mayor for chair and council members. [0:42:07, 0:42:27]: The Main Street program has been busy over the last quarter Q2. As you can see from our report, we have worked with City Brandon initiative, which hasn't been concluded yet, but we are still working on that. All of you all have received some requests to respond. [0:42:27, 0:42:31]: to our um braid. [0:42:33, 0:42:34]: Okay. [0:42:36, 0:42:56]: I don't care. Branding taglines. Um and then also um coming up with the city um logo so that we can move forward with some of our wayfinding initiatives that we would like to have in place as soon as possible. Um the downtown RSVP has been completed. [0:42:56, 0:43:16]: And so we will have the final report on that particular project by the end of this month, and I'll be able to share that with you all. And it is our hope and will be the recommendation of the Main Street Advisory Board that the RSVP recommendations be included in the comp plan that we're currently working on with the city. [0:43:16, 0:43:36]: Little Free Library project is moving right along. We have three installed in our plan, as you all may remember, from the first of last year was to have five installed in the downtown area. And we've been approached by two more organizations about having those. [0:43:36, 0:43:56]: Sponsored and placed in the downtown area, so we're excited about that as well. Over the last two months, Stockbridge Stories, which is our initiative that brings forth historic preservation through storytelling about the city of Stockbridge and important personalities that come from. [0:43:55, 0:44:07]: from the city of Stockbridge. We have a welcome home tour as you all know. We welcome Chris Kenny to the air back home to the area. He was our hometown Olympic winter athlete. [0:44:08, 0:44:28]: Martin Luther King Jr., we had an observance of the 50th anniversary of his death by placing a memorial photo here in the City Hall lobby and then also having information on the Facebook through Facebook posts in recognition of that observance. [0:44:27, 0:44:42]: also recognized throughout the state of Georgia in May, so we also had some information about stock bridge history and highlights on the Facebook post as well throughout that month. [0:44:43, 0:45:03]: Main Street staff has been to several trainings over the past quarter, and the one that I would like to highlight most is the STS Marketing College. That's the Southeast Tourism Society's Marketing College. Both um the Main Street um assistant and myself are in a certification program so that we will [0:45:03, 0:45:23]: Receive our certification within the three-year program for tourism marketing. And this was our second year that we complete, second session we complete completed. So we'll have one more session and that will be done next year. So we're really excited about being able to receive that certification. We've had [0:45:23, 0:45:43]: Several events activities that Main Street is very proud of, one being the downtown discovery tour. Some of you all here in this room were able to accompany us to Dublin, Georgia, where we were able to convene with the downtown development of. [0:45:43, 0:46:03]: Authority director and their tourism director and city officials to discuss how they have handled their Martin Luther King Jr. heritage there in Dublin, which is very similar, almost identical to our heritage here with Martin Luther King Sr. [0:46:03, 0:46:23]: And that particular trip was very informative and we've um established a connection between our city and that city. So I'm looking forward to expounding on that particular relationship and making sure that our tourism efforts connect. We hosted Main Street movies, we tried to host [0:46:23, 0:46:43]: One on July the 14th, and that would have to be canceled due to incoming weather. We're planning for Bridge Fest. Um we're working with um CC McGee, Connell Ingram, and um Brian uh over in the on the events team to make sure that uh Main Street is in [0:46:43, 0:47:03]: Involved with Bridgefest because they are increasing the footprint of BridgeFest this year, and Main Street will have some activities on Martin King Senior Heritage Trail. So we're going to have activities on both sides of the railroad track this year, and we're looking forward to that and exposing our [0:47:03, 0:47:23]: community to the Main Street district and that area as well. Small Business Saturday is a big event for small businesses across the country and Main Streets across the country are also charged with celebrating [0:47:23, 0:47:43]: Small Business Saturday in Subway. And we will be doing the same here in Stockbridge as we have over the past couple of years by including our small businesses not only in the Main Street district, but as across the city as a whole. We'll be working with the Stockbridge Association of Businesses. [0:47:43, 0:48:03]: We'll be actually doing a presentation on Small Business Saturday at their meeting on the 26th. So we're trying to get more and more small businesses and entrepreneurs excited about and participating in Small Business Saturday because this is a time when people across the nation come together. [0:48:03, 0:48:23]: To support small businesses and we want that here in Stockway and celebrate with that whole party. Um and that concludes my report. Were there any other um items that you all needed further information on? Yeah, I do um a couple things quick. Meanwhile, Miss Small Business Saturday is what day? What Saturday? [0:48:23, 0:48:25]: The alternative twenty four. [0:48:28, 0:48:48]: And the movie that was cancelled with increment weather, do we have risks of data or we just not particularly I will that particular movie was sponsored by um KISS one oh four point one and um they were the ones who actually canceled the movie so I am in communications with it. [0:48:48, 0:49:08]: Have a calendar to complete, and they have to look to see if they will be able to bring another woman back to Slackbridge. They know how supportive we are, our community is of the event, and I emphasize to them that it was something that our community was looking forward to, and so they're going to get back to me to let me know, and I will of course let [0:49:08, 0:49:13]: that you want to know of another AQ schedule. Thank you. Council, any questions for Ms. Rats? [0:49:15, 0:49:18]: Thank you for your presentation. Thank you very much. [0:49:19, 0:49:21]: DDA, Downtown Development Authority. [0:49:23, 0:49:43]: Um well yes. I'm on the DDA board. Uh quick update. I know that um we had a couple of meetings this past weekend and um currently the DDA um has waited for we're waiting with um Main Street and [0:49:43, 0:50:03]: In the city of Stockbridge, in regards to the RSBPD, to implement certain things. One of the things that projects that we have looked at, one of the low-hanger fruit is the actual mural that crosses over the bridge. That mural would be whether it's welcome to stop. [0:50:03, 0:50:23]: Ridge or the example that RBPD had given was Danny King picture. That's something that we're currently working with and trying to reach out to the owner and actually get done right now. We also have [0:50:22, 0:50:42]: The continuing running facade grant still available. The chair, Roland Clark, has recently developed a postcard to that effect that goes out to all the businesses in the down in the DDA area. We've talked about the expansion. [0:50:42, 0:51:02]: Of the map. Currently, our map matches the same map as Main Street. However, we believe that it is important to expand the map a little bit more for certain reasons and purposes in order to reach some of those areas and business locations, specifically for facade and other things that we're trying to do. [0:51:02, 0:51:22]: In the downtown area. In regards to business recruitment and development, the plan for the DA is to actually have a meeting with different developers. Currently, there's an RFP RFQ out right now for the development of the fire station. We are in host. [0:51:22, 0:51:42]: hopes that the DEA will have the ability to join in the efforts of that once the a developer produces the plans and renderings and the council votes on that, the DEA would love to be able to partner or work with the city to make sure that that development [0:51:42, 0:52:02]: it takes place. In regards to um also the DDA has met with a couple of developers that are actually interested. One of the things we've had to do necessarily the there have been positions where the DDA [0:52:02, 0:52:07]: um basically in regards to the roles of the DDA. [0:52:07, 0:52:08]: Um [0:52:09, 0:52:29]: Aren't quite necessarily those of actually recruiting the businesses that come here. However, we're thinking outside of the box and we kind of visualize what type of businesses it is that we want in our downtown area. So instead, that's exactly what we're doing. If we want a coffee shop, we're going to people who might be interested in bringing [0:52:28, 0:52:48]: in a coffee shop here and say hey you know we got possibly the perfect location for that and another discussion um that w or or jazz spot or art gallery or you name it but a restaurant or two um have shown some interest so we're looking at a couple quite a few things. Um we also [0:52:48, 0:53:08]: Have discussed and would like to present. At some point, we were asking for the support of counsel to have a direct staff person that would basically help the DEA. Currently, the DA doesn't have that. Support staff. [0:53:08, 0:53:28]: Person right now, and I believe that we're gonna head in that direction soon in the months to come. In regards to the city-owned properties or any properties that are available in the downtown area, the DDA is also asking and requesting that we're gonna work on and hope that we can work with staff to find those empty business. [0:53:28, 0:53:48]: buildings or spaces that might be available in attraction to what we're doing. Um however, being that we are waiting on the final result of the RSB PD, and we just heard from Ms. Braggs that that is now um going to take place at the end this month, we will be able to start implementing and meeting more on those projects. I have nothing for [0:53:48, 0:54:08]: question for uh Mr. Gantt in reference to the EDA. Now mayor in response to uh mayor approaching Gantt um and was referenced the RF the fire station RFP was referenced today we had several people in uh in response to um the RFP who actually met here in the city [0:54:08, 0:54:20]: We hauled, received information from our procurement officer, and then actually went over to the fire station to view the site. Had it to report that 8%, 75-8% fire station. [0:54:20, 0:54:40]: has been cleared out. We had a roll off dumpster there this morning and also we have uh ready for storage space and other things that are in need. So uh great work by the public work staff in particular. Uh within a matter of about uh a day or so getting most of that um it was highly value. We got a few other things we need to take out as well but uh [0:54:40, 0:54:54]: for the most part has been cleared out. I took some pictures uh earlier today as well. Uh so they did a great job and uh we're moving forward with the RFP and uh hopefully we'll get some very creative and innovative proposals, which I think we'll be very something. [0:54:54, 0:54:55]: Cleaned up pretty good, huh? [0:54:58, 0:55:00]: Yeah, the question is now. [0:55:00, 0:55:20]: Mayor, if I might I just wanted to add to Mayor Pro Temp's um report with regard to the um mural. Um I did meet with the building owner on Thursday of last week and he is considering it, so um that was an update that I have not given her yet, so I wanted to make sure that she had that. Thanks. Okay. [0:55:20, 0:55:26]: Thank you so much. Anything else on the council? Okay. Appreciate your report. Um finance department. [0:55:28, 0:55:30]: [3383.5, 3384.2]: Mm-hmm. [0:56:28, 0:56:48]: Well good afternoon. Um afternoon mayor and counsel. Uh my name is John Williams. I'm the interim um interim treasurer, city treasurer. And my report here is gonna be over uh the second quarter for the finance of the city. Um we start off with uh [0:56:48, 0:56:55]: of first sheet that that that's up on the um the board is um [0:56:56, 0:57:05]: simple income statement for uh the general fund. I we start off with the um [0:57:06, 0:57:13]: The budget as of uh June 30th, 2018, we have revenue budget of uh [0:57:15, 0:57:35]: $3,465,200. Um we actually had revenue come in at$3,590,500. Expenses came in at$4 million. [0:57:35, 0:57:50]: Well we had to start with a budget of$4,113,743. We had expenses, including in commerce, to total to$4,335,387,000. [0:57:51, 0:58:03]: With that, we have a difference with revenue to expenses negative 734,847. [0:58:06, 0:58:10]: We want to just meet I'm sorry. [0:58:10, 0:58:30]: I'm lost. Can you tell me where we are on the sheet? The first sheet. You're still on the first sheet. First sheet. Yeah. I think it's the bottom line that you're going across there where it says total expensive. Yep. Thank you. All right. First sheet on the first sheet, we have um the top level. [0:58:30, 0:58:50]: we have all the revenues. I started out with the budget as of June 30th at 3.54 million. Going across we have at the end, I'm looking at the actuals plus incumbents, we're looking at 3.5 million. [0:58:49, 0:59:04]: We're going up to the bottom here, we have the expenses. This is all just for the general fund. We have 4.1 million for the budget and we have 4.3 million for the actual expenses. [0:59:06, 0:59:23]: Below that we have uh uh our operating income, which is at a loss at seven hundred and forty-four thousand eight forty seven. Okay, if I understand right, then that means we're over we're over budget right now. So is that was that is that how I read that? Uh [0:59:25, 0:59:45]: Yeah, I wouldn't say we are over. If if you're looking at as far as expenses, you're coming in pretty much, you're spending pretty much your budget. Well, as far as the revenues, the revenues have not hit. Uh you're gonna have some revenues gonna come in at the end of the year. [0:59:45, 0:59:52]: There's some timing issues too throughout the course of the year when the revenues we receive later on February. [0:59:54, 1:00:08]: So during the course of during the course of the year you you you're gonna have some ups and downs, whether it's uh revenue uh or expenses. Okay. Mainly um at the end URC, the revenues are gonna catch up with the expenses. All right, thank you. [1:00:10, 1:00:12]: Moving to the second thing. [1:00:18, 1:00:20]: Second age. [1:00:21, 1:00:23]: is a uh more detailed [1:00:25, 1:00:45]: Summary of the financials. Um this is uh also the general fund. Uh this goes into detail. We we have total um revenue that three point five that came in. At the bottom we have four point oh million that came in. [1:00:45, 1:01:04]: here. That is due. You go back to your first sheet, you'll see a difference between the expenses that we have here opposed to expenses on the first sheet. That's because this does not include in commerce. This just includes exactly what you spent for that for the port. [1:01:07, 1:01:09]: A set of sheet. [1:01:16, 1:01:36]: This is hotel motel fund. Revenues that came in as of June 30th is$189,269. The expenses is$84,177. Gave us a positive bearance of$105.092. [1:01:36, 1:01:36]: Two. [1:01:38, 1:01:50]: We come down to the urban redevelopment fund. We have a transfer in of nine hundred thirty-five thousand seven thirty-three parts for the revenue, and we had a large shoule of expenses at [1:01:51, 1:01:55]: Nine hundred and thirty five thousand seven thirty-three. So we have zero bear step. [1:01:56, 1:02:16]: Moving down to the capital project, the grant fund for the LCI and the T. We had no revenues that came in for um as a June period, but we did. We made a couple expenses, which total 7,000 fifty-seven. [1:02:16, 1:02:21]: Which bearance is that negative 7057. [1:02:24, 1:02:44]: Excuse me, I got a question. The admin on the expenses under capital projects, was it that force the salaries? Well I mean it says admin, so what what would that encompass? Administration? Right. Three thousand five hundred eighty dollars. This is curiosity question. Um I don't have my detail right now, but uh [1:02:44, 1:02:55]: I I can I can get back to you about that. I I don't think that's anything of um or salad, but I'll make sure. Okay. [1:03:02, 1:03:03]: Next thing. [1:03:05, 1:03:06]: War is super cloud. [1:03:09, 1:03:27]: We have revenues that came in at$1,659,097. We have expenses of 1,285,614. Gave us a positive variance of$373,483. [1:03:29, 1:03:35]: Strong Word of Fund. Revenues. We had revenues of [1:03:36, 1:03:45]: Twenty thousand oh fifty six. Expenses five hundred and twelve oh eighty three. [1:03:45, 1:04:05]: We have a difference, which is a negative, will be a negative 492.027. That's due because your storm was uh that's not gonna come to the end when you when you're gonna start seeing this uh stormwater revenue. So that's why you got this kind of deep variance. [1:04:05, 1:04:12]: So the last quarter of the year this wanted to pick up I guess evil even even out some low out. [1:04:13, 1:04:29]: Sanitation fund for revenues of$644,337, expenses of$552,992, it was a positive bearance of$91,345. [1:04:35, 1:04:55]: Next page we have the uh the real man uh conference center. We have uh revenue that came in is two hundred and twenty-eight thousand six ninety-seven. That's due largely to transfer [1:04:55, 1:04:57]: From general part. [1:04:57, 1:05:08]: Expenses of$181,747. Right now, as of this quarter, second quarter, we're seeing a positive balance of$46,950. [1:05:09, 1:05:29]: Some more men's making planning. No, that no. No, that's the question right there. We definitely need that breakdown, excuse me. We definitely need that breakdown between what we we contributed and then what they actually brought in, because this this number right here [1:05:29, 1:05:35]: we need to break down every time we get this report to see [1:05:35, 1:05:55]: That's what they the eighty seven thousand eight the eighty seven thousand six sixty five is what the company that's that's the actual revenue that's companies bring in. But for this being the enterprise fund and the hack the enterprise fund is the general fund is supplementing most of uh the budget portion. That's uh [1:05:55, 1:06:02]: That's at 141, 032. That's coming in from Gerald. [1:06:03, 1:06:12]: Well then we need to probably need to talk about that at a later date in time, but that's a lot more. I got some concerns about that. [1:06:14, 1:06:20]: Any other questions? If not, go ahead. Okay. And there's conference seven. [1:06:22, 1:06:42]: We have revenues of uh twenty-nine thousand seven thirty-three and we have expenses of fifteen thousand eight fifty-one. We're sitting there deposit balance of thirteen thousand eight eighty-two. So on this excuse me, go go ahead. On this one right here, uh this revenue is revenue that [1:06:42, 1:07:02]: came in this is not anything coming in from the general fund this is how much money is made this this right here this revenue is streaming from for this conference fundamental. So honestly all of this really should go towards one category right because all of these are the whole the city staff is running all of these departments [1:07:02, 1:07:18]: So I guess if you would that's true. That's true. You have your your advanced uh uh department, they're running both of them. Right, so we'll take this twenty nine thousand seven thirty three and then uh [1:07:19, 1:07:28]: offer that offer this total of the uh off of the what the uh shortage was over there because they they should get credit for that if they're bringing that in. [1:07:30, 1:07:50]: Well, it's two different buildings, I'm saying, but they're getting charged for the mural manners, which is okay. Well it's the same staff as many, it's the same department, not the same buildings. Yeah, but the building itself has specific events in it. So that says true that you [1:07:50, 1:08:10]: events. Sh you you're seeing a circ you're seeing a a revenue a plus there and the Merrmanners it shows we're we're losing money. But we we've always throughout history have lost money at the Meromanders. It's just what I'm interested in is looking at the years of increase or decrease in that. Um [1:08:10, 1:08:12]: But right now [1:08:13, 1:08:27]: you know, it's two different buildings and it's two different kind of events. You got a smaller building there. So definitely understand that and it's uh what point was it? It's all under the events team. Correct. Make sure they get credit for what they do. Right. [1:08:30, 1:08:38]: The impressive in the side? Okay. Is that in your report, sir? No, we have two more sheet. Okay, scoop it. [1:08:39, 1:08:40]: Yeah, but [1:08:43, 1:08:55]: I think I thought. Alright. This sheet here is this this is um full with slosh. Um first one is squash three. [1:08:57, 1:09:17]: Right now we're uh your revenues that came in is sitting at$196. Expenses for squash three is$146,749. Uh this fund here is is basically uh coming to an end, but um [1:09:17, 1:09:37]: You currently have some more actual money that you need to spend on it. And I think some projects that's coming up, you gotta take care of that. Okay. You have on splash four, you have uh revenue that's still coming in. Right now it's revenues that that have been reported. [1:09:37, 1:09:57]: being reported 1 million eleven thousand four hundred and one and the expenses so far is thirty eight thousand and oh forty five sorry go right in okay the question to this right here is this just for the pretty much has the second quarter already hit or has it hit yet until [1:09:57, 1:10:10]: terms of uh the uh the amount given to the city from the county. Comes to the county first and then give it to us. So has the this just for the first quarter or is it just what is it included? [1:10:11, 1:10:31]: And usually sploss money is always lag about a month, a month and a half behind from the state. And the state essentially sends it to the county and the county sends it to us. Right. So in essence what it is and then we bring it in the sploss is generating a tremendous amount of money. We're bringing in and we got a million dollars on here and let's say [1:10:31, 1:10:51]: You know, take away two months away from that and basically almost uh a quarter. So we we we're basically in a little over a quarter bringing in another million dollars in splots, which is pretty good that we have money to spend on these um capital projects that they come up. And I would like to see if we can get back to us with. [1:10:51, 1:11:11]: The total phone balance, a splice, all of the accounts, and then the total phone balance since we've had some adjustments at the beginning of the year. Just remember that three and four is already committed to certain projects and some of those have to be re allocation at some point in time. Absolutely just want to know what the balances are. [1:11:11, 1:11:20]: So you wanna see like um what you actually have sitting in the bank? Yes. [1:11:20, 1:11:36]: In splots. Yeah. We usually do that during a retreat. Yeah. We have we have one coming up. This is coming. So [1:11:37, 1:11:57]: As well as uh CIP that will address some of that. Okay. That's not a problem. So is that it, sir? Yeah, sir. Okay, no more questions. Thank you very much. Appreciate you reading. Mr. Mayor Mr. While you're talking about the budget um [1:11:57, 1:12:06]: Pastor McFarland had intended to raise an issue about the uh use of the portion of the youth council budget. [1:12:07, 1:12:10]: to pay for registration fee. [1:12:13, 1:12:15]: Los Angeles. [1:12:19, 1:12:39]: You put in about$3,000 to cover a local trip to uh to Fogels would be a naked. And that would have covered the registration hotel travel. But there's about$3,000 in the budget for that. He had meant to ask you for permission or ask you for reality. [1:12:39, 1:12:55]: allocate reprogram that money to allow that to be used for Los Angeles for for the National India Cities trip. And I previously advised that they need the council's permission because when it was budgeted [1:12:55, 1:13:15]: It was stated that they were not going to go to California. Now they do want to go. So it requires you all to make that call. They they're trying to prepare a budget so that they can go out and raise money. So if you ask them, I'm sure they want you all to give the permission. [1:13:15, 1:13:35]: As soon as possible so that they know how much they need to raise. Because we're having that uh parent meeting, uh upcoming parent meeting in reference to that. And it's basically um the same amount of funds that would have been used even if we would have went to make it via. It was just the verbal, the verbiage that we've basically said we were. [1:13:35, 1:13:55]: We're not gonna go. Um, but the money would have still been there. So the money would have been there. It was just to clear up that we say we wasn't gonna go. But again, Megan Bib is not having theirs. Um Savannah, um Toddy Island just came in today saying that they were gonna have one, but they're still in the planning stages. Um [1:13:55, 1:14:15]: for October. So we're now going into um what is it, August and they're still in the planning stages, so we don't know if that's gonna flop or or move. So we want to still move forward since the parents are excited and wanting to um take them. The main thing is with the city last year was for the city to pay for [1:14:15, 1:14:35]: The registration, that's what that money was for in the hotel. So the students are working to pay for their travels, that's what their fundraising is for. It was already there, it was just a verbiage of us how we ask, and we just want to make sure that everybody's on the same page. All right. On that note, then since you're the council representative to to the [1:14:35, 1:14:48]: One second. Council representative to the uh to the new council then probably need to make a motion and then we'll see if we get a second and have further discussion. Yes, sir. Well um [1:14:49, 1:14:54]: when we before we're going to discuss the phase for as far as um [1:14:55, 1:14:57]: Bring it in. [1:14:58, 1:15:02]: The issue I see with this in itself is [1:15:03, 1:15:23]: when we come forward with the taxpayers' money about how we're going to spend them. And one of the questions I asked was, is there any local or somewhere, just like the kids drove up to North Carolina, what was the surrounding areas where there was youth programs that would be all [1:15:23, 1:15:43]: And the answer was to me was no. And so if there wasn't any looking outside the areas where they can drive, when we come before the people and we bring a budget for the youth council and it stated in the minute that it won't be used this year for California. [1:15:43, 1:16:03]: then I personally won't won't um won't approve of using funds for California unless they're it's funded by private entities because we can't continue to step outside of why we won't do something one year and then we come back and say now we need the money to do that. [1:16:03, 1:16:23]: Next year that we said we wasn't going to do. And then we didn't even look at any other resources for leadership outside of going to the national leader cities. And Councilwoman Robinson just mentioned what was in the plan to stay there. But I'm pretty sure in the surrounding areas, that's when we went to nationality. [1:16:23, 1:16:43]: Pascal de Cities and North Carolina that it was something that these kids could have been driven to. So I think we have to caution ourselves when we when we don't well when we say one thing, we do another, and then we come back and say, let's do this again. And we have to caution ourselves, and I'm glad the staff to see that we [1:16:43, 1:17:03]: We have Harry at the bottom of the talk. But while I'm talking, I would like to have the council ministry uh respect that I am talking, is that we have to be careful on the expenditures of funds. Okay. All right. So you you brought this up, sir. He didn't bring it to the right, so we're discussing this. Didn't [1:17:03, 1:17:23]: Okay. Well, I just want to clear up for everyone who is listening. Um, as I stated in in what I just said was we just today received um from Tybee. [1:17:23, 1:17:43]: Which is in Savannah, and they're in the planning stages. So we have, and again, Pastor McFarland and the other nine who are on the advisory council, who works extremely hard. We did look into everything. Everything was documented in our minutes. Unfortunately, our minutes haven't been made public. [1:17:43, 1:18:03]: Um but everything is documented so it's open to the public. Um we're very um aware of the funds that are being used. The main thing we're asking here is originally the year that we started, initiated our first youth council, the but the funding was there. The funding was there. [1:18:03, 1:18:23]: To go when we stated we were going to North Carolina, that again it was put in the budget, and all we're doing is we're asking for it to be still allocated for National League of Cities in Los Angeles. We have parents on board, and if my colleagues are against it, I will say that we were responsible. [1:18:23, 1:18:43]: Expect that, but we'll move forward because we do have a lot of church organizations, even Council of Church, who are going to be supportive for these young people. Because as okay, I'm talking about please. So at the end, we have our community of [1:18:43, 1:19:03]: Supporting 17 young people. And I will say in our youth council budget, we are the lowest budget in this city. And I just want to say to my colleagues: if we're going to allocate funds, we need to make sure that we keep our students at the forefront. These young people, they are [1:19:03, 1:19:23]: are out here clearly, clearly representing this city. So we're talking three thousand dollars. So all I'm asking is for my colleagues is to if you if you can move forward, let's move forward so we don't go back and forth over this. Yes, yes. [1:19:23, 1:19:43]: There are a couple things. Last year the money wasn't allocated. We actually were told that they wanted to add this money and it would be borrowed and then paid back for Carolina, and that's exactly what took place. The second thing is, although we're the lowest budget. [1:19:43, 1:19:55]: in this city I have contacted other youth councils and other cities in Henry County along with outside of here and their budget is around 10,000 people or$10,000. [1:19:55, 1:20:07]: and they have a little bit more students than we have currently. Now I know that our budget we increased it for startup money for our our youth. We actually did certain things [1:20:08, 1:20:12]: And it's from my understanding, I've even asked particularly on [1:20:13, 1:20:27]: you know, one we're not reinventing the wheel, there are youth councils everywhere um in Georgia, which is an awesome thing. It's just I think that is something that we need to really talk about and and just consider. [1:20:29, 1:20:31]: Yes, sir. Oh yeah, we have yes. [1:20:31, 1:20:51]: Quick move. I guess you want to talk. I mean first. Uh I'm I'm gonna bring you with that statement. Uh I I guess I have a couple questions on timeline. Um how soon um does this council give approved? [1:20:51, 1:21:01]: need to approve that the amount of money that parents are going to raise, I really would like to know that also. [1:21:03, 1:21:23]: I guess my biggest concern is timeline. Uh do we necessarily need to make that decision today? Do we need to wait and see um concern? Well I'm just sort of c curious, I guess, on timeline. How soon do we think [1:21:22, 1:21:35]: to do this, um how much um will parents raise to to see the total budget. It it just seemed like it just a little uh [1:21:37, 1:21:56]: off the cuff seemed like I know MacFarlane did not even mention it. I don't know how important it was to him, but I understand too sometimes that you just forget to talk about something. I I'm not necessarily against that. I I guess I just need more information. [1:21:56, 1:22:16]: Yeah, I'm in agreement with that, but when we have any entity that the council has started, which is the youth council, and I'm for the youth council 1%. But we also have to look at what we how the youth council and what funds we put into the youth council. And when we have such [1:22:16, 1:22:36]: A dynamic trip. When I say dynamic, is when you're talking about going to Los Angeles and actually the cities and all that encompasses. When the youth council knows, the youth advisory board knows our liaison to the youth council, Councilwoman Robinson knows. [1:22:36, 1:22:38]: And the parent though [1:22:38, 1:22:43]: But yet the council doesn't know the direction. And this is where I have a problem with [1:22:44, 1:23:04]: Things that are going on with the youth council that the council we implement the youth council. The youth council is not an entity of racial state like a DDA or Main Street. They're an entity of the city of Scott Ridge. And if we the council doesn't know the direction that they're going into, then why have [1:23:04, 1:23:24]: Have a youth count, uh, why have a council liaison on board? Why have these chairlines if we're not going to be informed on what the direction is when the parents do, and everybody else knows it's beside the council. And so this has been what I've been saying. We need to have more communication on the direction of what's going on. [1:23:24, 1:23:35]: the youth council. So it's we should already know the direction when when being asked for this money. And I don't as far as we just had a meeting on that. [1:23:35, 1:23:55]: Okay. Let me make a suggestion. Listen to what you brought this up, sir. And I I asked you, my father either forgot whoever case me, so be you brought this up. Uh I I know you want to say something here, but let me jump into this real quick. [1:23:55, 1:24:15]: we way this is seems to be going, continue for you counselors to continue to do what the best they can with whatever they're doing, and then we have the budget retreat, and you present at the budget retreat. I'm only assuming that the farmer may be at the budget retreat also. I'm assuming that. Alright? And then make make that present maybe lay things out a little better. That's my [1:24:15, 1:24:33]: Thought process, yes sir. Go ahead. I don't want to cut you off, but go right ahead. I'll just I'll just argue with what you just said. I don't want to have this public discussion with you you're two times. Go ahead. Because it was open. I just wanna say to everyone [1:24:35, 1:24:46]: Our youth council, which is our young people rising 10th, 11th, and 12th graders. We have an advisory board who volunteer. We have a secretary who takes the minutes. [1:24:46, 1:24:51]: minutes have been taken and submitted to our clerk's office. [1:24:53, 1:25:01]: So everyone will be aware once it's posted through our clerk's office, they've been doing the minutes from day one. [1:25:02, 1:25:22]: So that keeps everybody abreast of what's going on. We say we have a city liaison, which is myself. I'm always available to ask questions. There have been private meetings with Pastor McFarland and the city manager and the mayor and several of my colleagues to answer. [1:25:22, 1:25:23]: your questions. [1:25:23, 1:25:43]: So, by Mr. McFarland having to leave, it was very important. And everything that you all had your private meeting, you were had the opportunity to ask him those questions. I'm also available for you to ask questions. But again, the minutes that our secretary of the youth advisory provides. [1:25:43, 1:25:52]: To the clerk's office. They are detailed with everything that is discussed. There should not be that no one knows what's going on. [1:25:53, 1:25:55]: Because those should be posted. [1:25:55, 1:25:57]: as public record. [1:25:58, 1:26:07]: And our chair, he went a step further and stated he will forward all information that is needed by this council. [1:26:08, 1:26:10]: So with us [1:26:10, 1:26:14]: Maybe in the liaison. This is a city of [1:26:14, 1:26:16]: But I will say [1:26:16, 1:26:36]: This e this program is going v extremely well. It's very productive. Everyone in this community sees it. And I um I I feel very, very disheartened that we're going back and forth with this small amount when could when actually the information [1:26:36, 1:26:38]: has been provided. [1:26:38, 1:26:45]: And we're talking about a program for young people who are gonna be our future leaders. [1:26:46, 1:26:56]: So I don't know where we're going back and forth. We can talk about this again and even the attorney, he's gonna be able to state even the funding, um, Miracle Tim Gantt. [1:26:57, 1:27:04]: You were incorrect because he should be able to tell you it was another line item that he's actually talking about. [1:27:05, 1:27:08]: So all I'm gonna say to each and every one of you. [1:27:08, 1:27:16]: You're welcome. You're welcome to come um hey, I'm just being [1:27:16, 1:27:29]: Stated my comments, you are welcome to be a part, you are welcome to enhance as elected officials who approved of this youth council. [1:27:29, 1:27:49]: But I don't see any of you out when these young people have events or their meetings. Again, this is to the public. You all are welcome to get involved. Thank you. All right. On that note, uh recommendations, we just have follow up at the budget retreat. We'll get a chance to talk to all the entire staff of budget retreat. [1:27:49, 1:28:09]: And we'll deal with it at that point and see what we can come up with. Mr. Um Aaron, sorry uh public um works. Let's go forward. Good evening, Mr. Mayor and Council. All right. Uh tonight we'll be presenting our second forum public works update. And also this is the accompanying manual that details [1:28:09, 1:28:24]: 110 projects that public work has either done or in the process of completing. So we'll go get started now. [1:28:25, 1:28:45]: First thing I'm going to do is just give an introduction so everybody knows that infrastructure investment is critical to a city's continued economic success. An agent deteriorating and optimal infrastructure, along with rising expectations of what infrastructure should deliver, challenges cities' ability to meet public expectations. Cities must [1:28:45, 1:29:05]: Expand and modernize infrastructure across various sectors to help ensure that to help ensure they continue to provide businesses both large and small in an environment where they can successfully grow and operate. Research has shown that well-designed investments in infrastructure can include long-term economic growth, productivity, and land. [1:29:05, 1:29:25]: Values but also providing significant positive spillovers to areas such as economic development, energy efficiency, public health, and manufacturing. Improving infrastructure will not only create economic opportunities for residents but also improve their fundamental quality of life. And here's a breakdown of the current project. [1:29:25, 1:29:45]: We have by divisions. In stormwater current projects, we have four. We've completed 11 projects out of a total of 15. In wastewater, we have 21 total projects. We have 16 of the current five that have been completed. In water, we had 14 total projects we've been working on, nine are current. [1:29:45, 1:30:05]: Five are completed in public works. We've got 13. We have 13 projects. Six are current, seven have been completed. In parks, we've got 20. 12 are current, eight have been completed. And government buildings. We have 27 total projects and 13 have been completed. [1:30:05, 1:30:25]: And here's a breakdown of products by division. The majority of our projects, our government buildings, they represent 24% of the projects we've got going on. Wastewater is 19%, parks is 18%, stonewater is 14%, water is 13%, public works is 12%. [1:30:24, 1:30:44]: And we go by expenditures, what we've expended on project, stormwater project so far is$496,957. Wastewater$1.2 million. Water is$1.9, majority of the water expenditures for your AMI systems that you've installed. [1:30:44, 1:31:04]: Public works is three point five million, other three point five million, one million is on completed project, and other two and a half million is for the construction of public work facilities. That's a projection of how much the facility will cost. And parts we spend a total of seven hundred and eighty six thousand two hundred and [1:31:04, 1:31:24]: $249,$416,000 that have already completed projects, and the other$369,119 is for projects that are current, and in those current projects are the two projects we got coming up next month, are the researchers on our walking trails and parking. [1:31:24, 1:31:44]: Memorial Park. One thing I realized since I've been here, Reeves Creek Trail, Park Park and Memorial Park, we have a lot of residents and visitors that use those facilities. And we want to always ensure that they're top night of this thing can happen. That North Accompacte Trail reminds me of the Reeves Creek Trail, so that's one of the things. [1:31:44, 1:32:04]: And we got form for you talk about the project list of projects. So the t the projects that have been completed of that set of meeting, do you talk about what the projects are and work? And like arcs? Well, the total amount that you said uh was [1:32:04, 1:32:24]: Smith there, he said, since the full seven million dollars, seven or seven hundred thousand dollars, eighty six thousand two hundred forty nine. Talk about what those projects and parts there, the tennis courts, you've done the inclusive playgrounds at Park Park, and also you've done the uh rubberized [1:32:24, 1:32:44]: circus at Wheeze Creek Trail and um there's some other playground equipment as well and we're also in our current project some of the things we're proposing I know you have never been on Wheels Creek Trail is we've got to do some maintenance on the bridges on on the trails. We've we've had kids. [1:32:44, 1:32:58]: are young young adults go in and vandalize on the bridges, they're taking the uh wheel craft that's in the springs and they're making holes in the bridges so we've got to find a way to address that situation and [1:32:59, 1:33:19]: But some of the other things in that as well and the parts is we're gonna move some playground equipment and also uh add additional rotorized surfaces for those facilities. So but the list is in here. I try to be as brief as I can, but this is a detailed report I get to for past. [1:33:19, 1:33:39]: Everyone here. Right, but I'm just saying there's surely I'll think are there people tuned in? I hope they are so we can kind of get some of this out to the public about some of the things that we're doing. Like the tennis courts are repurposed, uh, we're doing a great job with that. These are splot sponsors in action, right? So people understand what they're doing when they're [1:33:39, 1:33:59]: understand that penny that the penny is coming back to the city and we're doing uh some great things with it. The one question I wanted to ask is that are we looking at beefing up the amount of special needs equipment at Memorial Park because uh the equipment at uh Clark Park has been a phenomenal success. [1:33:59, 1:34:19]: Didn't know whether you might be able to speak to that or the city manager because uh it is quite a discrepancy between the two and Reese Creek. I mean uh Clark Park has just been a phenomenal success with the usage of that equipment. Yes, and we've got some projects that's gonna address that in Memorial Park. And also we looked at expanding the park and then Reed's Creek. [1:34:19, 1:34:39]: Trail and also we've also discussed the security cameras of we want to do that in the near future for all of our parks. So and one more thing, you know, I know we were talking about Cousin Blount brought it up too about the lack of parking at this great facility uh over at Memorial Park. We just [1:34:39, 1:34:59]: definitely have to move forward with doing something over there and I know that property that one there's a piece of property that there's adjoining properties and I know the one along Rock Court has been for sale or ever uh that uh would be a good addition to make expand the parking over there. What is what are the plans for that? [1:34:59, 1:34:59]: [5699.6, 5719.6]: We would like to do that as well, but I think that would be best served in an executive session just discuss of acquiring additional properties and why don't we do this as a staff, why don't we look at those particular areas and and conceptualize what that would look like in terms of expand expanded parking for the [1:35:19, 1:35:39]: Be potentially uh require uh require property acquisition. So why don't we look at that and then perhaps in the executive session that's appropriate we could talk about. Okay, good. You said earlier about all the detailed things of the projects were in a book like that, but I believe you we have them in our book on expansion. [1:35:39, 1:35:59]: And a piece of document? No, that it's a separate book. That's a s so what you were we'll get that somehow, okay, that would help to outline all these projects and what we're what we're being. All right, that's gonna put it. Thank you. [1:35:59, 1:36:19]: Um Mr. Aaron, I want to first thank you guys. I've noticed a significant amount of the public works out picking up trash, the schedule tremendously. I still hear our next door neighbors, some of my um neighbors complaining about, you know, people literally within our neighborhoods. However [1:36:19, 1:36:39]: I've seen tremendous efforts on you on the public works department working hard to keep the bridge clean, and I really appreciate it and wanted to commend that effort. I also wanted to, it was mentioned one time before, when I drive down Blippin Road, right there at the open [1:36:39, 1:36:59]: Of the Reese Free Trail, I see people there every single day. I've seen crowds now using the exercise equipment, and I think that it would be a bonus if we had that equipment or consider that for every part of you that we have right now. I mean, when I say people, I'm saying 20-30 people groups are now coming. [1:36:59, 1:37:19]: coming out and utilizing the equipment and I think it would be something that we can consider as part of I know we're talking about the special needs equipment, but we also can can consider maybe putting more exercise equipment on at each park or at each trail location. Well Deb Greenway and I have discussed just a lot of the [1:37:19, 1:37:39]: Where as you walk along the trail and have different exercise stations, you can stop and do certain exercises. So we're looking at areas where we can possibly locate some equipment. So if you want to stop and do sit-ups, you can or push-ups and those type of things. And not just one location on the Reed Street Trail, but along the trail. [1:37:39, 1:37:51]: Right, and and I I would love to do that and again I'd love to see it at our at Clark Park, at at Memorial Park or whatever the case may be, but I love that. Um so thank you. Yes, and we can discuss that. [1:37:52, 1:37:53]: Any other questions from the council? [1:37:54, 1:37:56]: Yeah. Um [1:37:57, 1:38:00]: But it's not a glad to you caution us. [1:38:10, 1:38:24]: I I had more I I can fall back on that. Um one of the things I I I really want to talk about there in public work is about oversight over waste industry. Um [1:38:25, 1:38:36]: I personally have received some complaints and Mr. Nathan stop me if you need to uh discuss the other another thing you uh [1:38:36, 1:38:56]: waste industry over site some of us especially when it comes to uh the treatment has to be cut. Um I understand that you you know calling and they have to be cut four feet. But in a couple incidents uh it was called they came out and picked up uh [1:38:56, 1:39:16]: uh they were not able or they did not completely pick up everything, but they definitely come back. And uh the other site that I ride by every day um and what they left is still there. So I don't know if you have to recall again, but it seems like if you call more [1:39:16, 1:39:36]: That it should be something where they just come back and automatically get it. But I guess the overall question is about uh oversight over waste industries, about uh summon thing and and I give you some back on this about ghost. I'm gonna say I would I was since they're a private entity, I would I would suggest that perhaps. [1:39:36, 1:39:40]: Um so you're a non graphic council person have a form [1:39:40, 1:40:00]: Meeting with them and relate to them some of the issues or questions that have been raised across our attention, and we can do that directly with their management staff and then report back to the four months. One of the things I I I'd like to mention is I've I've done solid ways with the city of Atlanta and the city of Bear, and one thing. [1:40:00, 1:40:20]: I've learned is if there's unlimited quantities residents can put out, you'll never finish a house. Because when I was with the city of Atlanta, you go to a house in Buckhead, you might get 500 of those craft bags. So every other house got 100 bags for them to finish. In Perry, they didn't [1:40:19, 1:40:39]: have to be cut in specific lengths. So you might spend an hour at a house trying to get everything there on that site. And you're trying to put a 25 or 30 foot section of a tree in a truck that's only 15 feet long. You know, and everybody won't get [1:40:39, 1:40:59]: So one of the reasons that people start limiting the amount is usually like four QB yards is what if you call in their pick up. And if it exceeds that, then they leave it here and schedule another appointment. Or you can pay additional charge for them to get it all at once. Because believe you me. [1:40:59, 1:41:19]: If it's unlimited and there is no specifications on it, only probably thirty or forty percent of the residents will get services because everybody was going to outside and memory. And just as a follow-up, uh I do have a list of concerns uh but [1:41:19, 1:41:39]: I I wouldn't hold and wait in the schedule this tonight and we can call you in and you know we can talk about it. I don't want to prolong this session. I appreciate the numbers, the finance that you shared with us, but you know, I just like to get down into the details of the service part of what, you know, numbers. [1:41:39, 1:41:59]: are good but I think we also have to be able to look at the quality of the service services that we can provide to citizens and that's sort of my concern the services that we provide the citizens uh how can we improve some of those but uh I give them this many good time. The last thing I'm not sure [1:41:59, 1:42:19]: We've been talking about this crosstop issue along Martin Luther King Senior Trip Trail for a long time. That wall is not stable. It is it the potential safety issue and it needs to be addressed. Is that in your department? Is that something you do? Is that something we do or this council can authorize? [1:42:19, 1:42:39]: something to be done because uh that is a safety issue and it is very unsightly that those cross tires are all jagged and they might actually fall out. And I mean you probably s have mentioned that over the past uh we've had several conversations with Norfolk and South is on their right of way, is their property and [1:42:39, 1:42:59]: As long as it's serving the function and purpose that they've intended it for, then they don't have an issue with it. If there's something to be done, we approach them about doing something different at that location and we're waiting on them to get approved with them. Because before you do anything on railroads right away, you've got to get their approval. [1:42:59, 1:43:19]: contract or vendor you use has to be someone that approves by them. You just can't go on there right away. And if they decide they don't want to do anything there, we just have to accept it for you. The issue is it's been that way for three years. And multiple years. Longer than that. So at some point, you know, I know the railroad takes a long time but [1:43:19, 1:43:39]: But it ain't been three years. And we gotta get with them, sit with them, sit down and talk with somebody to get a resolution on what can be done, what we can do, and just stop talking about it's hard to deal with the rail the the the railroad, but just sit in the room with them and say, look, this has got to be fixed. Because people don't see [1:43:39, 1:43:56]: or care whether that's Norfolk Southern or there, and they look at us and like, you know, this is this is a primetime corridor for us and we need to be doing better. So what is it that we can do, Mr. Knight, and to get in the room with Norfolk Southern to talk about this? Okay. [1:43:58, 1:43:59]: Good concept. [1:44:00, 1:44:20]: So contact them and make sure that uh we see we'll we'll try to address it. Mr. Aaron said we've tried before. But you know, we will try again. So what I understand you said you you talked with him and offered a a a possible solution that we would we would we would get someone to find someone to or we would do it ourselves or what? [1:44:20, 1:44:40]: The individual that I spoke to says that retaining wall is serving the purpose that Norfolk and Southern install it for. So they don't, they're not going to spend any of their farms to be to make it useful to be fine. It serves a purpose of keeping it back. [1:44:39, 1:44:59]: But there is a possibility that we might be allowed to go in and put something there or change it, but it has to be their certification, it has to be someone they approve, and they will not take spending money. So if we if they get that approved, that means we have to spend the funds for [1:44:59, 1:45:16]: And we have to use the hand or day. That's allowed to work on that. Okay, all right, got it. Thank you. But obviously Mr. Knight says no follow up with them like this. We'll try and more questions for Mr. Aaron, please. [1:45:18, 1:45:20]: Thank you so appreciate your brilliant. [1:45:20, 1:45:22]: Uh community development. [1:45:23, 1:45:24]: It's more actually. [1:46:20, 1:46:25]: But that's the one to go. [1:46:35, 1:46:55]: I don't have no doubt. Okay. Land means we're gonna work from uh this is not a um this is a PDF so we're gonna have to let's see how I can get it back. Uh 75, I don't know if it would decide. [1:46:55, 1:46:57]: [6418.6, 6422.1]: And you didn't know. [1:47:04, 1:47:06]: Hey [1:47:09, 1:47:25]: Community area council. This is um reporting development. Um each and every month we do see a increase in development within the city of Stockbridge. So we're gonna go through each of the divisions. [1:47:25, 1:47:45]: This is the number, well how do you read this? This is the number for business services, and you can look at those numbers that are in your package that talks about home-based commercial. Thanks. Okay. Uh business license, the outstanding amount due for revenues. I will report that our revenues for the [1:47:45, 1:48:05]: This year have increased as of this day. We're over a million oh five nine three nine. And so um we're on target to exceed uh the revenues that we generated last year, probably the highest revenue we generated in a couple of years, because as you know, our biggest revenues will come. [1:48:05, 1:48:12]: I mean from October November, and so at this point on really we're over a million dollars in terms of revenues generated. [1:48:15, 1:48:35]: Any questions on business? Yeah it is. You you where you think that's from? Well, I I think that the economy has taken a turn for the best. Okay. Right. I think uh during the housing bus, uh people were a little bit more conserved if they didn't want to open the businesses. Uh in two thousand eleven the economy began to take a turn. [1:48:35, 1:48:55]: And so investment was out there, money uh to borrow was out there, and I think that more and more individuals and companies either have decided to expand or more individuals have decided to work a business for themselves. And so therefore I think that's why we're seeing an increase and it can only get better as we move forward. Here are our numbers. [1:48:55, 1:49:15]: Numbers for you can't see them all the way across the bottom, but here's the numbers for planning and zoning. Oh gosh, I mean. As you can see, I think the number that you need to pay attention to is the zoning verifications, because those are the number of development projects that would have come in. [1:49:14, 1:49:34]: To have some discussions about possible developments within the city of Stockbridge. So we have seen an uptick in the number of interested parties in terms of developing within the city of Stockbridge. So that's a very good number. As a matter of fact, we met with um a developer the other day, and I think it's one of my larger tracts that I've [1:49:34, 1:49:54]: That is interested in doing mixed use development. They're going to go back and see whether or not it works in terms of costing it out for him as a developer. But you know, we have 112 projects that are interested in moving forward in the city of Stockbridge sometime soon. Any questions? [1:49:54, 1:50:14]: Is there any projects that are already here that we have uh you know there that we've approved their plan that we can talk about or that we can inform the council about that we don't we have maybe unaware of or that we might be able to talk about? Right. It is I have um building to give some [1:50:14, 1:50:34]: Updated list, and you talked that we would have it by the end of this afternoon, and so we wanted to email that to you tomorrow so that you will have a copy of it. Appreciate that project list. Uh, one of the things I did want to talk about on the planning zone that's not in this package is where we are on the current plan. As many of you know, we hired um the collaborative. [1:50:34, 1:50:54]: The firm to assist us in terms of moving forward with the submission of our common land use plan that we are ending that process. Um, and so we will be bringing back to you, particularly mayor council, a draft. I was looking for that on Friday. Um, we hope to have at least by this flight a draft of what is provided. [1:50:54, 1:51:14]: Proposed and I just want to share with you some of the elements that will be a part of that comp plan. Of course, we have the highway 138 corridor plan that we did. The LCI is a portion of the comp plan. The highway overlay districts is a part of the comp plan. The RSVP is a part of the comp plan. [1:51:14, 1:51:34]: CIP. Because the City of Stockbridge is submitting their comp plan on their own for the first time, the short-term work program and the CIP have to be a part of the document that we submit. It is our anticipation to have this the first draft submitted to DCA by August the 30th. [1:51:34, 1:51:51]: give them 30 days to go back and forth in terms of um comments with changes, uh what things we need to add, what things we need to expound upon more. With a final submission to DCA, our deadline is October 18th, 2018. [1:51:51, 1:52:11]: So those are the predicted timelines for our comp plan. We're looking at special districts around the town center in terms of density. We've met with Ciara, so we've gotten that information. So we're looking for special district names for the area around the downtown area and looking at [1:52:11, 1:52:25]: some different uh areas that can that can serve as um parking uh stories and what type of uses can be a part of the development that comes into this area. Are there any questions on the content at this point? [1:52:29, 1:52:49]: The next area, which we always get proud about, is uh code enforcement. Uh as you can see, uh those are the numbers on uh code enforcement. Uh and we're generating a lot of revenue. Uh we're proud to say that uh we hope to generate more revenues going forward as we move forward with uh addressing uh parking needs. [1:52:49, 1:53:09]: And other issues that are on the table that pertains to a code enforcement and those areas of which uh judge report can have uh oversight of in terms of addressing issues for code enforcement other entities within the city of any questions on code enforcement numbers? Yes. [1:53:09, 1:53:29]: Number is like 16. So how do we deal with that in terms of those being repeat violations, folks, and continually giving warnings? Is there is there a metric to track? Well, we gave somebody a warning on this, and then two months later they corrected. [1:53:29, 1:53:49]: And then they're back in the same place again. Well, your ordinance does not speak to whether or not you warn somebody three times whether or not at that point you can spy them. What it does say that you give them a warning. So another month, if they're caught parking or doing stuff at the end, it just basically says you get [1:53:49, 1:54:09]: Give another warning, or at some point, if it's the violation is continuous for a number of days that results in a citation, then you actually do a citation. But most of the people who give the warnings and the numbers that they're given are really not repeat offenders. Um they don't like the warnings because they don't like the stuff that's stuck on their window and the shields that they have a difficult time. [1:54:09, 1:54:29]: to getting off or the signs posted on your doors. So most of these are not repeat defenders. We have about two situations in which um it involves neighbors fighting with each other. And so therefore um we're constantly out uh warning citations, warning citations. [1:54:29, 1:54:49]: And those two particular cases have been before judge record on a number of times and then after they get penalized, you're back through the warning phase again in citations. And Mr. Williams, so uh typically when we're dealing with these particular issues, uh is it mandatory that they give a warning? [1:54:49, 1:55:09]: Is it not, is it you know they have some discretion to use. I their their practice has always been to start with warnings before they immediately go to citations. And as was mentioned, typically, you know, the majority of folks keep a warning, clean it up, do whatever they have to do, and and and it's it's done. [1:55:09, 1:55:10]: Uh [1:55:10, 1:55:30]: So that that's really just for the discretion of their they're using. And typically I mean a warning is to try to bring someone to voluntary compliance. There are times when people actually don't know if they're actually violating the war and sometimes they may know. But once they give them a uh a warning, the hope is it will voluntarily comply and uh the curb [1:55:30, 1:55:50]: or or or eliminate whatever behavior they've been going for. And so most of the time you start with that and escalate it to something else by the substantial. So give me an example, um our ordinance says that the grass, which is is not atypical, but our grass height is six inches, but most of your six is twelve. And so [1:55:50, 1:56:10]: So if you have a neighbor next door who said that's over six inches, you know, you need to get out of here and you need to, you know, sight there because their grass is eight inches high, uh, with all this rain. So but typically most of our uh warnings are not repeating offenders. Yes, I'll just follow up with Mr. Williams. Now, let's say or you can this morning. [1:56:10, 1:56:22]: there are special classification, like you know some things when the windows change or whatever, they may not know. Let's say like on litter and stuff like that. If you wanted to crack down on litter, there's no ones on litter. [1:56:23, 1:56:43]: You know what litter looks like. We all know that litter is a violation. Certain categories don't get a warning. They just we just go straight to giving citations on that. Is that permissible? Well, it depends. Most of your littering is in your commercial area. Right. That's a good idea. Okay, but let's give you an example. I did remember last summer [1:56:43, 1:57:03]: Because you don't have a unified hauler for your commercial districts and you got all these different people coming in, one of the companies for one of the business might be a Dollar Tree or one of those, the hauler had problems. And so therefore they weren't able to pick up their trash. Remember that? You called it in, they weren't able to pick up their trash. [1:57:03, 1:57:23]: Because the hallway had picked it up. So typically, you as a courtesy to your businesses, all the ones that I know of, when we notified them, like we notified the dollar uh place, they gave a reason why the hallward had not picked it up, they got on top of it, and they came out and they picked it up. So most of your commercial businesses. [1:57:22, 1:57:42]: Are responsive once we give them a warning. We typically don't go out and say, hey, you know, you got this and this side. And we normally, which is traditional in the code enforcement areas, to give everybody an opportunity to clean it up when it comes to compliance. I also understand that side, like on the Dollar Tree, you know, that. [1:57:42, 1:58:02]: That's a service gap issue where they just weren't getting service. But if you go down to uh service station X and the lot littered all up, okay, they don't need a warning for that. They need a citation, in my opinion. Most of this comes down to the policy direction. [1:58:02, 1:58:22]: So that could all hand down. But just like state patrol, police departments from time to time do click it or ticket or they do these campaigns within a period of time to kind of get the message out. Right. You all could do similar things, but but you would need to know what you're looking for. [1:58:22, 1:58:42]: for whether it's litter, high whatever it is, and then let them implement you know a strategy to to address that. Maybe it's targeted in certain parts of the city. But those are things, you know, ultimately if you all set forth a a a policy directive, then you know we'll carry it out. [1:58:42, 1:59:02]: How do you retain your businesses? It's how do you be business strengthening? And those are things. Because you know, we depend on the business community for what it is we do. So we want them to come into compliance, but we don't want to run about town either. So finding that balance, and I think for us is always the best. [1:59:02, 1:59:15]: one company that we have not uh asked the claim that we give an example Oakware uh I think it's a coffee drip lady that has some coffee but I mean she she personally gets out and try to [1:59:15, 1:59:35]: cleaned up but she says people but what she says that on any given day or night people come and they just throw garbage right they just throw garbage now you know for her she makes a real effort herself but when she tells you the amount of trash but somebody riding by and they see the trash and she has to pick it up then somebody said we go [1:59:35, 1:59:55]: But we know specifically that she takes extra effort to clean up her site, but she also talks about where she sits and how people cut through and how people continue to throw out garbage. You know, it is just one of those things that happen. But I do think we need to find that perfect balance where we give them an opportunity. [1:59:54, 2:00:01]: to clean them out. What we may look at is, you know, how do you divide up repeat prevent offend?

--- title: July 9 2018 City Council Meeting date: 2018-07-09 source: 2018-07-09_July_9_2018_City_Council_Meeting.wav --- [0:00:05, 0:00:15]: Ready? All right. Alright ladies and gentlemen commence our meeting. Now clock's a little fast about two minutes after six. This is our regular council meeting from Monday, July 9th. [0:00:16, 0:00:20]: Please stand for either casing. [0:00:20, 0:00:21]: Councilwoman Gobson, please. [0:00:25, 0:00:39]: God, we thank you for allowing your service to gather once again. Lord, we ask that you give us the wisdom to lead in the manner that you have given us. Continue blessings upon our city. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. [0:00:40, 0:00:49]: But we seek to find out to be a God of the same nation without God in this world. [0:00:50, 0:00:51]: [ 57.7, 65.0]: Councilman Thomas. Present. Councilman Blount. Present. Mayor Ford. Present. Mayor Pro Tem Gantt. [0:01:06, 0:01:13]: Let the record reflect Mayor Pro Tem Gantt is not in attendance. Councilman Alexander. Present. Councilwoman Robinson. [0:01:14, 0:01:34]: Mayor Ford, you have a quorum. Thank you, ma'am. Appreciate it. Council, I need a motion to adopt the agenda, please. So moved. All right. So moved? So second. Said there is a second there. Any question? All favor, please indicate. Okay, thank you very much. I need a motion to approve the following minutes of May 22nd. [0:01:34, 0:01:37]: 2018 and June 11, 2018, please. [0:01:38, 0:01:48]: Mayor, I'm a motion to approve the minutes for May twenty second and June the eleventh, twenty eighteen. Okay, so there you go. Any discussion at all. [0:01:49, 0:01:50]: Okay. [0:01:56, 0:02:07]: If no discussion uh let me just clarify Robinson and Alexander thank you and unless the discussion if no discussion all favor please indicate. Thank you. [0:02:08, 0:02:25]: Mm. Do we have any public comments at all? There are no public comments. All right, so we have new business council consideration to award bid to weigh construction for ground floor municipal court renovations and amount of forty seven thousand seven hundred thirty-five dollars. Mr. Riley, please. [0:02:30, 0:02:35]: Good evening, Mr. Mayor and Council members. I have before you [0:02:36, 0:02:56]: Two projects, but I have a total of six items that I'm prepared to discuss with you. The first item is for weight construction and the amount of forty-seven thousand seven hundred and thirty-five thousand thirty-five dollars is for the lower court renovation. It's so that we can get the [0:02:56, 0:03:16]: courts back in uh session, get all of the uh tower, all the floors, the uh added additional doors, paintwork, and I've included the uh additional scope in front of you for any and all questions, concerns concerning the um [0:03:16, 0:03:26]: uh scope of work for wave construction. Alright. Council, any questions? Yes, sir. I just want to know what the time frame would be. [0:03:26, 0:03:46]: Thirty days. Yes, I got those. Go right in. No, we've been through this process uh a couple times it seems like. And uh so at this point the intrusion issue has been solved. Yes. But I do want to know uh what happens if we have another intrusion issue is that sometimes [0:03:46, 0:04:06]: Guarantee or warranty or coverage that we can get to make sure that uh we're covered in the future? The intrusion is under warranty in which we got bonding information for that. So that's what we do whenever we'll pull the bonds if any more work needed to be additional work needed to be done for the water intrusion. [0:04:06, 0:04:26]: Mr. Aaron has actually tested and over-tested the water intrusion levels. It made sure that there's no more intrusion. There's no only thing that we're doing is correcting the problem for the humidity in the building and the lower level because it's a basement, it collects moisture. [0:04:26, 0:04:46]: In which we will get into that um on number five. Okay, so there's blood privilege. Yes, questions on the side. Well I just go ahead and comment. Um as Councilman Alexandra's already indicated, this has been an issue uh for us for a while. And hopefully uh you are assuring us that [0:04:46, 0:05:06]: Much as you can uh that this will solve the issue if we can talk about this is not for the actual water intrusion. This is to put the building back in order. This is so that the the building has been in disarray because of the uh water intrusion, so the towel, the car. [0:05:06, 0:05:12]: carpet, uh the pews, the woodwork, the trims, the baseboard, all of that had got um [0:05:12, 0:05:26]: messed up in the process. So now we're having a contract to come back in and make the building whole just for the lower level. And making it whole will cost the city forty seven thousand seven hundred thirty-five dollars. [0:05:27, 0:05:47]: Go right ahead, sir. Mayor. I'm sorry. Go ahead. Go ahead. I just want to make sure I understood what he just said. Um the water intrusion has been completed. Yes, sir. Okay, I I I thought I heard you say something a little contradictory to that, but um you clarified. [0:05:47, 0:06:00]: In that answer. Yeah, I just wanted to make sure that step one, the intrusion issue was solved before we go to any improvements. Correct. Okay, I'm good. Yes. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. [0:06:00, 0:06:20]: Okay, well before we go, you ask over one answer? Yes, sir. Uh one of the good things about this past winter and summer, it's been real rain. And it's given us an opportunity to see that the water intrusion has been corrected and stopped at City Hall and at the Municipal Court building. And we are ready to move forward with the minute. [0:06:20, 0:06:33]: the basis of it, but the water intrusion has been stopped. We're monitoring it every day because we have empty dehumidifiers over there, but there is no more water intrusion in the court or city hall. [0:06:34, 0:06:40]: Okay. Councilman Blesser, we're ready. Yes, I'd like to motion to move to for Council said award. [0:06:40, 0:07:00]: Be able to waste the structure of the ground floor and this report renovations in the number$47,735. Sir Second. I second. There we go. Any further discussion? All favor of motion, please indicate. Thank you. Appreciate it. Thank you, Mr. Miley. Uh so now for council consideration award advantage. [0:07:00, 0:07:20]: Wave constructed for first floor municipal court renovations and amount not to see$15,500. That's the right place. Yes, sir. This is for cosmetic changes to the top level. Just painting, add a wall or partition in the building, and making sure that they provide all necessary accessories, materials, equipment. [0:07:19, 0:07:39]: equipment, apparatuses and services to just give it a cosmetic update. Since the bottom level is getting uh overhauled, this top level just needed just a little sprucing up. That's all this is just more for house cleaning and to make sure that that the top level and bottom level matches one another. Okay. [0:07:39, 0:07:59]: Yes. So I just want to make sure I understand there is no real there was no water damage or anything to the first floor area. This uh particular area, there's no safety type issues or anything. We just decided that we wanted to remodel or we wanted to [0:07:59, 0:08:02]: Oh the the first one. So that's correct. [0:08:03, 0:08:11]: Please kinda understand so I can understand whether what what was the basis of this how the ri whether this originated. [0:08:11, 0:08:31]: Okay, I can speak to it. As you know, we brought on uh permitting and building. They need someplace to go. Right now we're downstairs with developers on the table on the front floor. So the reason why we're having that remodeled is so that we can finally put the permitting and building people over in that space. [0:08:31, 0:08:37]: in a conference room so that when developers come, we're not rolling out plans on a table downstairs in the lobby. [0:08:38, 0:08:58]: Okay, so that that that's a explanation. So it's usable space instead of just cosmic. That's correct. Okay, thanks. Okay. Any further questions from the council? Okay. I'll go right and make a motion, please. Mr. Mayor, I would like to make a motion for the council to consider to award the day to wait instruction to the first floor um of the municipal [0:08:58, 0:09:18]: Court renovations of the mount not to exceed$13,500. Second. There you go. Any further discussion? All favor, please indicate. Okay, thank you. Lady Gentleman. Okay. Council consideration to award bid to Addison Smith Mechanical for Ace VAT improvements to City Hall, Conference Center, and Municipal Court. [0:09:18, 0:09:20]: building. Mr. Aaron, please. [0:09:26, 0:09:46]: Good evening, Mr. Mayor and Council. Last year we were tasked with the responsibility of making repairs to the HVAC system here at City Hall. We know the myriad of problems we've had. We've spent over a hundred thousand dollars since 2013 patching the air conditioning here at City Hall. And also [0:09:46, 0:10:06]: With the one at the municipal court building, the issue we have over there is the humidity in the basement. And that's what's causing other issues. So the system that would go in over there would have a built-in dehumidifier. Right now we've got portable dehumidifiers going in that we dump, empty twice a day, taken out over. [0:10:06, 0:10:26]: over 200 gallons of moisture per day that we know of because we change them at um seven in the morning when they first get in and at four o'clock before we leave and they stop and they're full and so when they come in in the morning they're full so we don't know what time they stop at night. But we've got to have a system that rem removes the moisture in City Hall. [0:10:26, 0:10:46]: I'm gonna say in the municipal court building. If we're not, then we're gonna have some other issues. But we're just trying to get the system here, one of the municipal court building and then one at the mural manders because there's some issues over there as well when they have a large uh gathering over there with cooling the building and the facility over there. So we all uh [0:10:46, 0:11:06]: All three projects that we want to complete so that we can get all these buildings up to standard. For clarification, let me say City Hall building improvements$327,000, Comfort Center building improvements$321,000, municipal court building improvements$161,000, and some of them will work allowances for$45,000. [0:11:06, 0:11:13]: Developmental is like a contingency fund if they encounter something that's unexpected while they're doing the work. [0:11:13, 0:11:33]: Okay. Any questions for Mr. Eric? Yes, ma'am. We're ready. These are Splash dollars for it or not? No ma'am, they are not. Where is this coming? These funds, uh if they were approved either in part or in whole, uh these funds would be coming from uh your reserve for combat. There's not swoss money identified specifically for this. [0:11:33, 0:11:53]: Project there would be a little bit for the municipal port, about fifty thousand we have left or so years for the municipal court at the company's quotes. So these other dollars would not be coming from the general fund and the world's cost, it would be coming from the reserves. Okay? Questions? [0:11:53, 0:12:13]: the way forward. Once these repairs are made at various locations here and rural manners, what time period does that give us? What type of protections do we have moving forward? And in terms of uh the the type of system or the quality of the system uh [0:12:13, 0:12:33]: Is not like normally the conversion system that the SEAR ratings or how does that work in terms of is this best in class system is middle grade or is it just we just get what we get? No, seriously best in class. One of the things we did we hired an actual HVAC engineer to design all of the systems. [0:12:33, 0:12:37]: And so this this was the system that they recommended. [0:12:38, 0:12:58]: Okay, and what types of protections does it come with going forward? Are we we got w how many what what year's warranty or protection do we have? They they designed it so they saying that it it will work and that it'll be efficient. Suppose we got in the middle of the next summer and something was there was a problem with that would ever be taken. [0:12:58, 0:13:18]: Taken care of by them or other uh yes, most uh the HPAC system itself has a ten year parts and warranty on it. We have uh I believe it's a three year labor agreement. On anything that if it goes wrong, it's taken care of within that time frame by the actual [0:13:17, 0:13:21]: [801.7, 820.0]: Okay, one follow-up. In terms of overall improvements that we were making in these particular areas, so we were looking at some type of um then not related to the eighth of A C, but uh some types of security enhancements and stuff like that. Would you be bringing that back for us anytime soon or [0:13:40, 0:13:55]: Yes, sir there's some additional downstairs for the court. They'll have some additional uh key pads on two doors downstairs. But that's included in the renovation of downstairs. Well what about girl banders too? [0:13:56, 0:14:16]: We're adding the key card to the mirror managers and the test trick. But that's separate. I just want to understand why we're doing this. Do we need we're gonna be coming back for more in the future? Yeah. Gentlemen, any questions from Duneside? Go right, please. [0:14:16, 0:14:36]: The uh with uh if approving this uh Addison Smith Mechanical, if approving this company, will they be able to do this simultaneously or is this project after project? Yes, they they would be able to do it simultaneously. But we can also prioritize which one we want to focus on. [0:14:36, 0:14:55]: No no is that was my question. Is the company big enough to do these simultaneously work? These projects are just moving forward simultaneously since they got paid. Yes. Okay. Well, I I I did want to follow up on Mr. Blood's uh question. Um [0:14:59, 0:15:19]: Let me see how I'm gonna phrase this. Uh is this a large enough staff? When you say simultaneously, in my mind, all of the projects are being done at the same time. Yes. So this is a large staff that's going to be at at point A, point B, point C, point seven, so. [0:15:18, 0:15:20]: Okay. [0:15:21, 0:15:41]: Okay, as part of the A D A C just like the systems that that are available now, they can be monitored off-site and they can actually be controlled. Is there some component of this or something that we might be able to let's say the m the the current center manager wants to check to see if the system's functioning, you know, see you in the morning [0:15:41, 0:16:01]: Before somebody comes, can she get up? Can you manually turn it on via via internet or something like that? Is that a capability? Yes, that's what we have here at City Hall now. You can do that remotely and program. It's programmed days when nobody's here. It doesn't come on up here, but it comes on before. [0:16:01, 0:16:19]: and when they have counseling. Okay, so it is able to be able to be programmed off-site off-site? Yes. And what about the man present? Yes sir. One of the uh comments we had man was we could be able to control all radio. Okay. Okay. [0:16:21, 0:16:41]: Okay, another question for the councilman? If I may, Mr. Mayor, um following up on the Councilman Thomas' um question about the staffing and bandwidth of the company to do these uh projects simultaneously, if it is your ultimate desire to move forward with these projects, I would recommend [0:16:40, 0:17:00]: Certainly that we uh prioritize the courthouse first because of the renovation and because of the ready need to ensure that the HVAC system is in to pull moisture out via a dehumidifier system. And so I certainly appreciate uh the potentially doing all simultaneously, but um I think that [0:17:00, 0:17:20]: That uh a priority uh is is determined that the courthouse would rather type based on those issues. Is that good? Okay, so basically yours he's saying that they can do all of them, and then you're coming back saying prioritize. So are they a larger company enough to have [0:17:20, 0:17:25]: handle this'cause I guess the question that I understood for my colleagues. [0:17:25, 0:17:38]: Yes. According to Mr. Taylor's uh one thing Ms. Riley did mention is that supplemental is actually fifty-six thousand four eight and one twenty-five. [0:17:38, 0:17:47]: Fifty-six thousand. Yeah. But like I say, that's a contingency there's an actual number. Fifty six thousand four eighty-one twenty-five. [0:17:48, 0:18:08]: And like I said, that's just in case they encounter something that not known when they start doing the actual work. It's not saying we're gonna spend that amount, but we just have a contingency in case they encounter something. All right, yes, sir. Go ahead, yes sir. Yeah, what do you make the most consideration of what the two hours is? [0:18:08, 0:18:28]: Council high back approvements. The city hall, conference, and the municipal court. Um, do we need to do the amounts or as presented to council as well? As present to council. Okay, good second? Second. Okay, good second. Any further discussion? All favorite motion, please indicate? Okay, thank you very much. [0:18:28, 0:18:45]: Mr. Thomas. Alright, thank you, gentlemen, Steve Metry. Just briefly, um, we got a large popular town uh called uh Titan E uh established. Uh [0:18:50, 0:19:05]: Upcoming at various subdivisions, and we hope the citizens will take note of those dates of those subdivisions. And if any other citizen or citizen group would like for us to come and present, provide factual information to educate and inform the public. [0:19:05, 0:19:25]: about the DNA section matter that is before us, please feel free to contact us and we will be glad to come out and to um engage uh those citizens uh where they are with their respective uh entity, agency, club, organization, or subdivision. Okay, thank you. [0:19:25, 0:19:37]: just wanted to speak to the voting here in Henry County for the runoff and that the early voting is being held at the elections office in Atlanta. I mean I'm sorry on [0:19:37, 0:19:40]: M. McDonald, forty Atlanta. [0:19:41, 0:20:01]: street and that you go to your regular polling place on election day july twenty fourth. Okay. Ms. Thompson, yes. Uh as always uh I may speak for the council uh to all the citizens that are here tonight we we thank you for your continued [0:20:01, 0:20:21]: support all the citizens that may be home watching. We thank you also for your continued support and just know that we are dedicated to continue to move this city forward to provide the most professional and quality services possible. [0:20:20, 0:20:40]: Also like to take this opportunity to uh invite you all to uh join me and the Star Grid Business Association, the Stockbridge Association of Businesses, which is the proper name, uh Boy Scout Troop 265, and hopefully the Star Grid [0:20:40, 0:21:00]: you council in our continued effort to eliminate litter here in the city of Stockbridge and that date is Saturday, August 4th. Don't trash Stockbridge. Join us in our battle to eliminate litter here in the city of Stockbridge. Thank you. [0:21:00, 0:21:01]: [1262.9, 1282.9]: Yeah, I just want to thank everyone that's viewing and that's here to continue to join us in our efforts to inform the citizens of all details and information pertaining to uh any annexation, de-annexation crisis that we're dealing with. Uh also, um I don't see it in the program here, but I would like to [0:21:22, 0:21:42]: wanted to to uh join me on july 28th uh july 28th from uh 10 to 1 at the mural manage we'll have a back school kickoff uh that uh back school kickoff and we'll be providing uh supplies to elementary middle school and high school in teacher bags uh we'll have a health pair downstairs [0:21:42, 0:21:47]: areas. It's gonna be real festive and uh have a really great time. So I like everybody to go. [0:21:49, 0:22:09]: Yes, I'd like to thank everybody for tuning in and for participating and know that uh we're working every single day on toward improvements that you all want to see in this community and we hope to uh maintain the community uh in a superior fashion. And uh please [0:22:09, 0:22:29]: Please keep the emails and phone calls and inquiries coming because I personally value those and I know my colleagues do as well because we need that feedback from the community so we know what's going on. And we're always out in the community. You know, one of the things I try to pride myself on is always being out and amongst. [0:22:29, 0:22:49]: to people so that we understand and that we always have our ear to the ground and when a particular issue comes up it uh we're already in touch with what's happening in the community and uh you know we do that on an online basis we do that uh via phone email and understand this uh you know how [0:22:49, 0:23:09]: I live in the Eagles Landing area myself and understand that we're all one city at this point and we hope to remain in that fashion as one city. And we uh we hear you and we hear the entire city and that uh we want to uh aspire to what our mission statement says to be the most aggressive city. [0:23:09, 0:23:15]: in the Metro Atlanta area, and we strive every day for that. Thank you. [0:23:15, 0:23:35]: Councilman Robinson, please. Yes, thank you, Mayor. Um just want to say to the citizens and um staff that are here, thank you for your continued support of the city. Um we're out here like town halls educating. Um so please spread the word to know that we got a lot of town halls that are upcoming so that we can just educate because that's what we're here to do. [0:23:35, 0:23:55]: Also want to just let you know that this Thursday, if you're not busy, our youth council is going to be doing a beautification day here at City Hall and also at Cochrane Library, where they'll be doing the beautification, putting out flowers and doing things within their own community. And also next Tuesday. [0:23:54, 0:24:14]: They're going to add the food truck, Tasty Tuesday. They'll be having a youth council at night, which will be their luau. So if you're there, please come out, support, spread the word to a lot of other youth. And as um Councilman Thomas said, youth will also be in support of his Don't Try Don't Trash Stock Ridge Initiative on August the 4th. [0:24:14, 0:24:34]: Um sorry, youth ambassadors are definitely in our community and they need your support. Um so if anything that you can see or do or include them, please do that because they're here to serve their community. And again, thank you all so very much. No problem? Okay, all right. All right, and for me, ladies and gentlemen, um hopefully you had a great [0:24:34, 0:24:54]: 4th of July was a holiday with your family and friends. In that aspect, uh I want you to make sure that you go out and vote. Voting is very important. It's a constitutional right to vote. And keep the faith for we're going to move the city forward. Keep the faith in the fact that we're going to keep the city complete and whole. We're not going to split the city. [0:24:54, 0:25:10]: The city will grow. It will not be split. You will see that. We are on the right side of what is correct and right. So, and time will tell. Just be patient, be prayerful, and keep your faith. I bless you up. [0:25:11, 0:25:31]: Mayor Port, I just wanted to put on the record that Mayor Pro Tem Gantt has joined the meeting. Thank you. I want to read some announcements here, but I'm gonna try not to repeat any announcements that were already mentioned. Uh I believe the U council meeting will be in July eleventh, five thirty PM in the city of Hall, be on the conference rule. We already talked about the hesitation on town hall, so [0:25:31, 0:25:51]: going on. Don't think we mentioned a round table meeting with the homeowner association regarding ordinance revision on-street parking and subdivisions. Tuesday, July 17th, 7 p.m. testing conference center and escort for one representative in the round table from those HOAs only. Those individuals is what we actually need. [0:25:51, 0:26:05]: It's open to the public, but only those one individuals and HAs will be able to speak and have conversation with the committee itself. Let's see here. Planning Commission meeting, Thursday, July 19th, 6 p.m. City Hall Council Chambers. [0:26:06, 0:26:20]: I have your special call meeting pre-planning for a joint meeting Friday, July 20th, 5 to 7, City Hall and Levi Meeting Room. City Joint Meeting Saturday, July 21st, 2018, with 8 a.m. and 3 p.m. City Hall and Levi meeting. That's with the DDA. [0:26:22, 0:26:26]: Okay, council book session uh Tuesday, July 24th, 4 p.m. City Hall. [0:26:27, 0:26:47]: We are talking about Don't Trash Stockbridge, Food Truck Tasty Tuesday, of course, every Tuesday, 5:30, every Tuesday this month to the 31st to be the last event for this season. Main Street Free Movie, Saturday, July 14th, 8 p.m., the City Hall Lawn. Featured movie Coco. Sound and Summer Free Concert Series, July. [0:26:47, 0:27:07]: twenty first. Six to nine thirty I see all along. I know it's gonna be a great blast there, so come on out for that as well. On that note, that's all the announcements I have, and uh we're naturally needed to have it go to the second session. Mayor for that. Just one correction on the joint meeting that location has changed, it will be the Mural Matters Conference Center, meeting room one, two, and three. Okay, thank you [0:27:07, 0:27:27]: appreciate that. That's what the D R D. Okay. And the council. Thank you. We need to go a second session. Or litigation personnel and well setting. Okay. I need motion folks. Well right at least executive session of litigation personnel and bills. Okay, thank you. Is there a discussion? I'm excuse me, second. [0:27:27, 0:27:35]: Discuss it. All favor, please indicate. Alright, we will go into Zess. We'll be back to it. Thank you.

--- title: June 27 2018 Work Session Meeting date: 2018-06-27 source: 2018-06-27_June_27_2018_Work_Session_Meeting.wav --- [0:01:44, 0:01:46]: Hello, sir. How are we in? [0:01:49, 0:01:52]: Yeah, you machine right. I am doing prime, thank you. [0:01:56, 0:02:16]: I don't think I met you. Or let's see if I don't know what we have, sir. My name is Randy Knighton. I'm city manager, sir. Yes. Oh won the war. Okay. We talked, didn't we? I don't know. I used to run the all these city functions up here. Okay. [0:02:16, 0:02:17]: I lost. [0:02:20, 0:02:40]: I I guess he just got tired of being disgusted. Okay. Alright. We were discussing paying. Okay. And uh he said he was going to give me a copy of the list of streets. Right. And the grading system and everything. Right. And I had a [0:02:40, 0:03:00]: heard back from him or anybody. Okay, the public works director should be here, but you heard from me. Let me give you my my card. Oops. And we will make sure that we get that. Yeah, usually as streets are graded to determine which one's going to be paved each year. Um well say I saw the list when it first came out since [0:03:00, 0:03:20]: Years ago. Okay. And I know where we were on the list, and it oh Mr. Rich Trail Following Subdivision. Mr. Region Creek. Yeah, okay. And we were ahead of a couple of subdivisions that were paved. Okay. And I don't understand why we got to other hand. Okay. I mean you had a grading system, you said, private cutting system. [0:03:20, 0:03:40]: Coming in and done the grading system. But all of a sudden the grading system gets changed because a few influential friends live over here or over there or something like that. That I that I can't speak to honestly. I can I can just tell you from other experiences or in other places that um sometimes cities or counties are [0:03:40, 0:04:00]: grade streets on regular basis. Sometimes they grade them on a more infrequent basis, every two to three years versus every end and out of I've I've seen situations where they're done every year. They're graded every year. Um and during the course of I mean especially if it's if it's five or six years, then they're [0:04:00, 0:04:18]: could be I don't know in this case there could be a road that may have had a certain raid that's gotten worn out because of I don't know truck traffic or something else and then changed that be a bit to the last part. What's what do you what what separation is the reason [0:04:22, 0:04:24]: Still beat you. [0:04:25, 0:04:27]: Oh done, let me think. I'll be right back. [0:07:07, 0:07:15]: Okay, I'm glad I hadn't lost my mind here. I was looking for something. Hey, how are you doing? Sweet. Um [0:07:16, 0:07:36]: About a week ago, I had inquired about this. I don't know what was from, if it was from another citizen or what, but our public workspeople were telling me that Misty Ridge Trail and Creek Creek View Overlook are scheduled to be resurfaced in 2019. And then [0:07:39, 0:07:49]: Somebody had another question about Glenn A. That's something else. This was from our public works director and from the um um [0:07:51, 0:08:11]: From the other general job. It must be the same person, the public works directly. It must be the same person that told me when I was complaining about water standing in the street. The next time it rained to go down there and call him and he would come down there personally look. But it rained on the Saturday and nobody answers during the Saturday. [0:08:11, 0:08:31]: or before nine o'clock in the morning or on weekends nobody's nobody's here. If you email me, sir, I will respond to you on the weekend. I and I can show you several emails. I I've had several experiences with A City Managers, you know. Okay. I know I've been worse to people. I I can show you several emails that I responded to on holidays. [0:08:31, 0:08:51]: weekends nine o'clock ten o'clock at night. I appreciate that and I gotcha. And yeah, email email me and I'll respond to you. So we have water standing on the streets. We have a roll down there, but they miss on hash talk that's on Mystery Ridge Trail. Mystery Ridge Trailbook. Okay. And your trucks ride through there every day. [0:08:51, 0:09:11]: These fancy pickups with air conditioner going, and the people riding them, and you wave them down and try to tell them about the hole right there, well that's not good to tell somebody else. It's always nobody else's responsibility. Alright. Email me. You know, I mean I'll send you an email. [0:09:11, 0:09:31]: Um mystery but that's what I I I knew I had that street name. Probably Richman in my mind and it says scheduled for resurfacing in twenty nineteen. Now I'll our public work director yes. Our public works director comes in, I want to make sure we connect, okay? Yes, excuse me. Yes. [0:09:33, 0:09:45]: Oh that's the same thing. Let me let me come out here just a second. [0:09:45, 0:09:46]: Excuse me, sir. [0:10:40, 0:10:50]: I'm gonna have to get you out of that chair there, you get no I know. It's uh I was losing weight, I was doing so good and and my birthday hit and [0:10:52, 0:11:08]: I just fell off the wagon, so I need to get back into it. You gonna be on the wagon, you gonna be up there on the bait with a heart. You have too much weight on you, man, you look good the last time I saw you. I know, I appreciate that. I I um [0:11:10, 0:11:15]: I gotta get back on the on the training schedule. Yeah. [0:11:16, 0:11:21]: Right there. So I think that we should. [0:11:25, 0:11:27]: Yeah, this opened the window. [0:11:27, 0:11:30]: I've already spent. [0:11:31, 0:11:31]: Yeah. [0:11:32, 0:11:34]: And like the school doesn't exist. [0:11:50, 0:11:58]: [718.5, 723.4]: Um CHS actually uh code for [0:12:05, 0:12:13]: In fact they had a group discussion about it on last Thursday. Mm-hmm. And there were a number of things that were broader. [0:12:14, 0:12:19]: Um during the course of that discussion. [0:12:24, 0:12:25]: Yeah. [0:12:28, 0:12:30]: Hello. [0:12:34, 0:12:35]: What's that? Okay. [0:12:36, 0:12:37]: Yeah. [0:12:40, 0:12:41]: But [0:12:45, 0:12:46]: Are you worse too? [0:12:47, 0:12:57]: Well your horse too. Yeah. I have purposes. Yeah, I've been taking some of my um sinus dreams and I have my actions. [0:13:10, 0:13:14]: That's another thing. Why do you have a whole meeting when it's four o'clock? [0:13:16, 0:13:17]: That's right. [0:13:18, 0:13:24]: Well is it six requirements takes a number of two? [0:13:25, 0:13:45]: Oh this works actually not for and this is the time because people can come in and post it all. Four o'clock any evidence. Four and six on Monday's second Monday of the book. Yes. You only advertise for four o'clock. [0:13:50, 0:14:02]: The city council meetings at six o'clock. Correct, yes. The work on that six o'clock. Correct. Yes, ma'am, I've got that down and said it's a good thing. But don't you think they should have the ability to answer the work session also or was she? [0:14:03, 0:14:05]: Well we can get more. [0:14:15, 0:14:35]: Out of the 215 biologists. None of them thought four o'clock would be a crazy half time. And we're directly within the city of the past. So a lot of them severely affected these are neighborhood. Unfortunately, we don't have any mayors and whatnot. [0:14:35, 0:14:55]: I was saying this takes a long time. [0:14:54, 0:15:05]: [905.0, 925.0]: But I don't understand how Clinty was in seventeen years of live here. But yet we've had major cuts in the street and talking about the show. [0:15:25, 0:15:30]: We don't see anything. [0:15:40, 0:15:45]: Or was it to come in and basically come up here? [0:15:50, 0:16:05]: They can't make them here from the work in order to get to a work session. Yeah, or if they can't get to a work session, you can't do something. [0:16:06, 0:16:24]: Yeah, that's it. [0:16:25, 0:16:32]: [993.7, 995.0]: Thank you. [0:16:40, 0:16:50]: They provided you analysis about the sun. They didn't want to contact the other side. [0:16:55, 0:17:14]: It was enough we and zero zero. [0:17:19, 0:17:20]: And here. [0:17:24, 0:17:30]: Well there. Yeah. What do you think about the game? [0:17:35, 0:17:49]: I still see the other stuff next to the whole menu. I see the ring with the whole menu, but I don't see anything. [0:17:50, 0:17:55]: I see him getting it. [0:17:55, 0:17:57]: Yeah, I'm chart. [0:18:03, 0:18:23]: [1103.2, 1115.0]: Yeah, it's awful. [0:20:15, 0:20:25]: This is the same thing. [0:20:35, 0:20:54]: You gotta find the one in the two. All right, so after four, you want to call a remote order? And the invocation. Uh Councilman Alexander, please sir. Could you please stand? [0:20:55, 0:21:15]: Thank you, Laura, for bringing us here on this great day. And we appreciate all the blessings that you have bestowed upon the city of Stockbridge. Give this council the wisdom and the judgment to make the right decisions in this meeting tonight, leading this city of [0:21:15, 0:21:31]: forward with great vision and great care and compassion for the citizens of Starridge. Amen. Amen. [0:21:33, 0:21:37]: God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. [0:21:40, 0:21:43]: Adam called please. Something in comment. [0:21:45, 0:21:59]: I know he's around somewhere. Councilman Thomas was not an attendance. Councilman Blount. Present. Mayor Orge. Present. Mayor Pro Temp Ant. President Councilman Alexander. Present. Councilman Robinson? Present. [0:22:00, 0:22:02]: Councilman Thomas. Resent. [0:22:03, 0:22:23]: Thank you. Appreciate that. Uh Council, I mean a motion to adopt the agenda, please. Okay, move, seconded. Third. Okay, there we go. Any discussion? All in favor, please indicate. Okay, great. And will we have a review of the following minutes? Um [0:22:23, 0:22:40]: May 22nd, 2018, and June 16th, excuse me, June 11th, 2018. As well, please review those. See if there's any changes. Will we go to that? If not, we'll be able to approve those at our next full council meeting. [0:22:43, 0:22:46]: That note is the more particular changes. [0:22:46, 0:22:47]: Okay. [0:22:48, 0:22:54]: We will go on to public comments. I don't know if you have any public comments at all. Just a little more. Okay. [0:22:54, 0:22:57]: So please come forward, name and address, please. [0:23:01, 0:23:21]: Thank you, Shell Noble, Your Honor. And I've got two other minutes for records. Number more, 110, Mr. Australia, Mystery Israel, Lowland Subdivision, South Drext Georgia. Thank you, sir. And three minutes is not gonna give me enough time because I hadn't been here in a long time. Okay. Uh my number one concern is uh [0:23:20, 0:23:34]: The street pavement is going up. I can only get stripped over or skipped over on pavement streets in mysterious trail when, you know, other subdivisions seem to jump in front of it. And I just don't understand that. [0:23:39, 0:23:42]: So nobody can provide it. [0:23:43, 0:24:03]: So, you know, maybe you can give some clarity on that. My second issue I wanted to address before you is the garbage issue that we got going on there. When you cut a limb down, or somebody cuts a limb down there fry, if they cut it down on the weekend, it takes another full week. [0:24:03, 0:24:05]: So then we're gonna get there and take it up. [0:24:05, 0:24:25]: Now they're laying out in the street, they're dead, they're impeding traffic and everything, but we can't get it picked up for a week or maybe two weeks, according to where they want to pick it up. When my call over waste management and waste engine, it takes an average of 35 minutes to get fruit. [0:24:26, 0:24:35]: Now that's you know, average person don't have that kind of time. I'm retired. I can sit there on the phone and listen to that female music that they play. [0:24:35, 0:24:37]: But it takes thirty-five minutes. [0:24:38, 0:24:43]: And when you get through, you can't tell them to pick up two addresses, and you can tell them to pick up one. [0:24:44, 0:24:45]: And one out. [0:24:46, 0:24:48]: So you have to hang up. [0:24:48, 0:25:05]: Wait a couple hours and call back again. They say they have 40 operators over there. I get the same person every time I call. And that is virtually impossible to have 40 operators and get the same person that answers the phone every time you call. [0:25:05, 0:25:16]: Now I d I don't understand it. We're supposed to have somebody to come around and, you know, try to keep the neighborhood up and everything like that. We try our best, but we can't get no cooperation of it. [0:25:16, 0:25:35]: And we can't get to street swept. You know, sweep comes through maybe once every s six months, two years. You know, I mean, you know, it's a very escape. And it's very easy to, you know, you can sweep every street and soft bridge here in two weeks. Easy. [0:25:36, 0:25:39]: And I I just don't understand things like that. [0:25:40, 0:25:42]: You you can't find nobody to give you an answer. [0:25:44, 0:26:00]: And you know I haven't been here a long time because I got virtually fed up with everything I got told. Mr. Yansick used to come with me all the time. He says, you know, he's had it. He just said, you know, nobody I talked to him, everything he's told is something new. [0:26:00, 0:26:20]: And I look in, I read the paper, you know, we got transparency and everything like that. And it looks like it's coming behind the great. I just don't see it. So my three minutes are up. Okay. And uh thank you for listening to it. I I make a motion to give a couple more minutes. Wait to see you back out. Thank you. [0:26:20, 0:26:28]: I motion to give him a couple more minutes if he has time for additional comments. [0:26:28, 0:26:30]: Yeah, but all the cancer. [0:26:31, 0:26:35]: Next comment please. The camera is Vail. [0:26:40, 0:26:46]: Hi, my name is Tamara Hisbell. I'm president of the Wildland Homeowners Association. I've lived in stock breaks for 17 years. [0:26:47, 0:27:07]: And I have been the Homeowners Association president for about 14 years. Nobody else wants the job. Um, I know several of you are aware of aware of me through emails. This is my first time that I've been allowed to get off work in time enough to be present. So I know I'm wasting my three minutes with that new. [0:27:07, 0:27:27]: But I want to make sure you know. My first question does kind of go along with the paving. I've lived in Stockbridge 17 years. Out of those 17 years, Glen Adding, every street in Glen Adding has been resurfaced three times. Now, I have gotten with the Georgia DOT. [0:27:27, 0:27:47]: I've gotten with C.W. Matthews, which most of you know is the largest paving contractor in the state of Georgia, and I have gotten with several municipalities to find out what their paving standards are for their streets to be repaid. Because as of this morning, I've gotten no reply from anyone within the city. [0:27:47, 0:28:07]: City of Stockbridge. I understand y'all were all on retreat or training and everything, but getting this document should be very easy. I do have here what I was told are the standards that most municipalities, CW Matthews and the DOT, expect when city streets are being [0:28:07, 0:28:27]: Evaluated to be repaid. So I have this available for y'all or nothing, but it does concern me, and I can't answer my homeowners because I can't get an answer from my city council or from any division of my city council, such as the city manager, um. [0:28:27, 0:28:35]: I've never addressed public works, so I can't say from this gentleman here. But from my account, we have flipped public works directors. [0:28:35, 0:28:36]: Several times. [0:28:37, 0:28:44]: So that's one of my main concerns. Another concern I have is we have a home, 173 Burke Street. [0:28:45, 0:29:05]: Um I still don't know the results of the June eleventh court case. Is it zoned a home or an office? It was brought to my attention because this is directly across the street from a city library where children are at, a large city car clerk, where children are at and our Moral Manners Conference Center, which [0:29:04, 0:29:16]: I'll be honest with you, when my son's graduation party came up and I had over 300 guests, I would not book Bermanders because the first thing you see is this house. [0:29:16, 0:29:31]: This quote under construction. It has been under construction for two and a half years. Now, the city cur the permit was turned over to the city of Stockbridge November of 2017. There was not another permit issued. [0:29:32, 0:29:36]: No one knew of a permit for this. No one in buildings. [0:29:36, 0:29:45]: And I spent a day calling to find out. No one knew. So now we have a building that is an office slash home. [0:29:47, 0:29:48]: And then three minutes. [0:29:50, 0:30:10]: So that's one of my own. Yes. Yeah, it I would ask if we can give her a little more time. She did say she left work, um, and I would think that we would allow that. Certainly. Is this okay? Any further discussion? All favor giving Miss Isabel more time. All right, there you have it. All right. This home it has [0:30:10, 0:30:19]: As bricks stacked up, the sediment fences have fallen, so you've got erosion coming both into a property next door and into [0:30:19, 0:30:39]: The uh buildings behind Merlmanders, the little building that's right there, I believe, where they keep the management for Merlmanders. So you've got sediment erosion and everything. But yet our code enforcement looked at this and told me that it was in perfect compliance. There was nothing wrong. When I showed the picture to several citizens, they were all [0:30:39, 0:30:55]: concerned about this because let's be fake children wander and this is a perfect place for them to wander. As of today, I am five foot tall, the grass comes to my knees. The bricks are still out there. There is no permit visible. [0:30:57, 0:30:59]: There is no silk fence up. [0:30:59, 0:31:01]: And nothing has been done. [0:31:01, 0:31:04]: Then we move on to 148 Chai Street. [0:31:04, 0:31:10]: which is across the street from an elementary school. It burned out in January of twenty seventeen. [0:31:10, 0:31:12]: It is still burnt. [0:31:12, 0:31:13]: Nothing has been done. [0:31:14, 0:31:15]: It's been boarded up. [0:31:17, 0:31:19]: Not boarded up enough to where you can't get in it. [0:31:20, 0:31:23]: Across the street from an em uh elementary school. [0:31:24, 0:31:28]: Then we have um with my other one. [0:31:30, 0:31:43]: 173 Burke is there, 148 High. There's another one on Dayton Street that has been burned out also. It's been burned out for three years. And I have reported to y'all that vagrants are now living in it. [0:31:44, 0:31:50]: The court cases have been delayed over and over and over. But guess what? Now that property is up for sale. [0:31:52, 0:31:53]: Then we get to parking. [0:31:54, 0:32:06]: Now previous zoning, planning and zoning allowed a subwalk a sidewalk community to be placed within the city limits of Stockbridge. It's called Wildwood Subdivision. [0:32:07, 0:32:27]: We as a homeowners association did everything your past administration told us to do. And I'm sorry, but some of you council members are part of that past administration. You're not all brand new. We did everything. We put the signs up. We begged y'all for speed breakers, which we've only received three of the six that you promised. [0:32:28, 0:32:32]: We did everything possible. Now we have no one to help us. [0:32:33, 0:32:41]: And if you park a car on one side and you park a car on the other side, right winded, an ambulance, a fire truck cannot get through. [0:32:42, 0:32:47]: And my subdivision has a large population of retired people. [0:32:48, 0:32:56]: Diabetes. I know of one instance that the ambulance actually had to turn around and go back in through the other entrance to get to the lady. [0:32:58, 0:33:09]: And now I've been told that some subdivisions are going to be excluded from the new parking ordinance that is supposedly under review. [0:33:11, 0:33:14]: We're here to work with y'all, but y'all are not working with us. [0:33:15, 0:33:23]: Okay. I'm not going anywhere. I got off work and took two hours out of my pay to be here. [0:33:23, 0:33:30]: I just need to concurrent address on the one ten Mr. Rich um Burke. One seventy three Burke. Okay. [0:33:31, 0:33:46]: 173 Burke, 148 TI. And I apologize, I would give you the other address. I do have it for the other burnt out phone. It's on Davis Drive and it's right across from Clark Park. [0:33:46, 0:34:06]: Aaron I'm Craig. Okay. On the ones that one second, please. On the on the two individuals that uh in preference to all your comments, we'll make a point to the staff to get back to you on all those particular issues. Uh and we'll get back to you on that and we'll make some updates and you'll be surprised of the outcome that we'll have to give you a good possible outcome. [0:34:06, 0:34:09]: Okay, is this usually? Okay. [0:34:10, 0:34:30]: Is that RT? That's fine. I to be honest with you, sir, I'm waiting for updates from when I email I you're included in my email. If I may go ahead and um we'll provide responses to all of those items within seven days. Okay, good deal. Is that fine? Okay. [0:34:30, 0:34:50]: I guess what we have here no more public comments. Okay, this is an appeal to the mayor of council. Um I guess Camilla, you're going to present this to us. Oh, you think here? Ms. Peterson? Mr. Peterson? Yes. Mr. Peterson's right there. 30, 57 G saidwood. [0:34:50, 0:34:59]: Fairview Road and the request for denial. Okay, this is uh initial request denial for a visit permit. And 1300 Rum Creek Parkway here stop. [0:35:04, 0:35:24]: Okay, um I think we're here today to hear Mr. Peterson. Okay. And what I would like to uh do first is um have Mr. Peterson come before Mayor Council and make his appeal. Okay. And the staff will follow up with uh history of what has transpired so that Mayor Council can make it [0:35:24, 0:35:32]: Okay. Mr. Peter, please come in like that. And Mr. Mayor, for orientation purposes, you can start his match for each person. All right. [0:35:33, 0:35:34]: Along there. [0:35:37, 0:35:38]: Yeah, yeah. [0:35:43, 0:35:44]: Yeah. [0:35:45, 0:35:47]: Yes, we need to run this. [0:35:48, 0:35:50]: No, I didn't I can't drill it. [0:36:10, 0:36:16]: An online area leave from the Freedom Parkway is the area in question. [0:36:17, 0:36:19]: Short one is a short one. [0:36:20, 0:36:23]: Uh you can have a you can have a [0:36:37, 0:36:57]: I want to start by apologizing first of all on how the things started out in the beginning. It was a little back and forth for a few or so. Um one second, please. Please, if you if you could take my side late. [0:36:57, 0:37:17]: Take them outside the room because it's a small room if you want to talk about it. Yeah, and procedure limit. Uh is there a time? There there's no specific requirement. Um Mr. Mayor, if I may, uh you all have imposed a moratorium on any truck-related uh establishments and in the [0:37:17, 0:37:37]: The resolution you provided for an exemption um from the uh requirements of that moratorium. And so the applicant here seeking uh an exemption for personal to that specific car route in your moratorium. So in the the resolution there's no specific process, it's just [0:37:37, 0:37:39]: Thank you, sir. [0:37:41, 0:38:01]: So um it takes to imagine to get the point across the supposed. Yes sir. Um so I just want to apologize to anybody who was coming up and so forth, um about how I started. Um I was trained to the to this industry and this is my first time developing a piece of property. And um so just going forward. [0:38:01, 0:38:21]: with that. It's been um a year now since I started this project. Actually Mike Williams, the city attorney, actually gave us a somewhat green light of what was needed to be done next in um in December. And then the next, and then they proposed a more retardable [0:38:21, 0:38:41]: The next week out of that. So that's what Moratorium came because of this truck stop. So he actually uh suggested that we do a truck stop and not a truck terminal, meaning that we can house trucks, dispense fuel to them and oil and that'll get the rest, and they move forward. So this is the property that we speak. [0:38:41, 0:39:01]: but uh this one here it's on off the corner road or lead street. Um that's it's best in two acres. We just wanted to put a fence, uh maybe even grabble or recycle uh asphalt to put down to allow the truck to good surface to park on uh no buildings at this time it is [0:39:00, 0:39:20]: zone and one. We do have the zoning. And these are a few pictures. Actually this is the one from our area, but the other pictures are actually from other truck stops. One that's particular that's on our street and the rest of them are surrounded less than a mile away. [0:39:20, 0:39:36]: Are any of these numbers so when if you show something that we got the right point as we look at this, please? This first one is round three, that's the one that uh actually designed on. Okay. It says 103, I'm sorry, I should put some. [0:39:39, 0:39:56]: And then a few of them are uh just around the uh areas that are doing the same thing that we are actually doing. This is this is Brock Court. Uh truck stop, a bigger one down there uh by the fire station. Can you see it? Yes, this is [0:39:57, 0:40:17]: So all these um businesses that we are trying to do is actually similar to what they are doing. I have one in stock um in Ellenwood for like five years, during Playton County. Sold down the Metro Trailer, brought my new business down here in Stock Business, so I started battling down here in Stockbridge a year. So I have experience in, I've done it before. [0:40:17, 0:40:20]: Uh and uh fair county. [0:40:20, 0:40:30]: Alright. And then we have another one that's also the songwalk for that would be seen. That would be seen. That would be seen. [0:40:31, 0:40:36]: And that's the one that's right now on a power. No fencing, no garage, we'll just sit there. [0:40:37, 0:40:57]: No, no, I no I don't. Okay. Your your your business, your proposal business run on Rump Creek. The first the rest of them the rest of them you're just showing us examples of where this these this type of truck stops or rest place so we get an idea of what you're referring to. Right. Okay. [0:40:57, 0:41:17]: Okay. Now the last one you just you just pulled up, that was where now? Um we've got to make sure the council's with you now. All these are less than a mile from my location. Scooby now? All these are less than a mile. Okay. And it's countries. I've brought court. All of them are in southwest. Well she's I think she's gonna go take a make sure. [0:41:16, 0:41:36]: It's it's it's supposed to be the right one. Alpha rounds the series on uh property as well. It's just three director problems. [0:41:36, 0:41:56]: Right. We are directly across the street from them. So we actually behind that new apartment building on the surface in the industrial park. It's off off the beaten pad. Yeah, but I'll be streaming to be around. [0:41:56, 0:42:16]: And this is um, I guess this could be C. This is a business that's already talking about right now. This is C this is a pine truck business that's right here uh On Rome Creek at the beginning when you first come into this industrial park. And they've been there sometime. Um they have a grab one of things and they spark the trucks and trails as well. [0:42:16, 0:42:25]: So what I would just give to that is so we're not trying to do anything special more than what they already know pretty much. Okay, on that side. [0:42:25, 0:42:45]: I'm gonna stop for a second because I I I think that that you may have lost some of us. So maybe include me. All right. So what I'm gonna do since John's supposed to meet he mentioned he was what what what do you need questions? What kind of questions do we have for us? Well I we're gonna get into questions now, but we can't do that? I mean I would think that you would fancy. Is he first present? Are you? [0:42:45, 0:43:05]: I'm sorry, you first present some. Oh well, that was just a supposed property, that's what we I've right. That's more than what we try to do. That's in that area. Um okay. On that note, I'll I'll open the council for questions first before she comes, if you don't mind. [0:43:05, 0:43:12]: amounts to you know I'd like to do this first because I think some of us are confused over something. Go ahead and ask what question you need sir. [0:43:12, 0:43:15]: Well my concern with this is [0:43:15, 0:43:21]: forest trucks and we're looking at uh tracker surveying in that area. [0:43:22, 0:43:31]: Uh because you only have two entrances from there, which is off North Henry Boulevard, or if we get off of uh Hudson Hudson Bridge. [0:43:31, 0:43:51]: Now you're talking about a two lane street, but y you're talking about a two-lane street all the way up and I'm I'm curious on if we've done on Rockford Road, I'm I'm curious if we've done any kind of traffic analysis pertaining to that t to now increase even more truck traffic. That's because one of the things that we've we're we're fighting for [0:43:51, 0:43:59]: Now and we're hoping to move forward with is the expansion of Rock Burger Road. And I'm looking at now, if we're bringing in all this truck traffic. [0:43:59, 0:44:19]: Now for emergency vehicles to go up and down Rock Prairie now is a hindrance. I'm just that's that's what I'm looking at for for as a residents of the city of Stockbridge. Is that Rock Prairie itself the world is a hindrance and you only have two entrances? Well but these are two entrances. So you don't you you got entrance off for Eagles Landing? [0:44:19, 0:44:39]: Not to this one, not to to to uh to uh the main property you do, but to this property, there's only one way in the right. But I'm saying this property is off Ron's Creek, which is off of Rock Court Road. And there's only two inches off of Rock Court to get to Rock off Rock Court Road. To get to Rock Court, yeah, yeah. So I thought you were talking about the property. [0:44:39, 0:44:59]: No, so that's my concern. That's my concern. Well, to me also too, uh Huston Bridge, he was like the exit is less than what five minutes from this property. Rather than the big trucks to try to go back through the city, like the dump trucks and all that, traffic from the quarry. Um big trucks don't, it's no need for them to go through the city. Uh 75 south. [0:44:59, 0:45:19]: I'm not talking about an access to Rock Quarry. I'm talking about Rock Quarry Road itself. Yes. We have a we have emergency room entrance onto Rock Quarry, uh off, you know, from the hospital. [0:45:19, 0:45:39]: with the owner of Rock Quarry and I live, not I live aloft of Rock Quarry, and I've seen the hindrances of amalances. People almost going in ditches for the amalances to come through now. And I'm looking at have we done any have we done any uh analysis uh traffic analysis? It's being done. It's being done now. And so for me, I would like to see a traffic anal [0:45:39, 0:45:59]: analysis because to add more vehicles in big big trucks, whether it's coming off of North Henry or Rock Quarry, I just don't want more hindrances for emergency vehicles. That's me. Yes sir. Design for heavy equipment. [0:45:59, 0:46:19]: Um I come in agreement with Council Blount. Um right now we're dealing with safety first um for our citizens and I if you notice by the hospital that is very congested and it's just a safety thing for me. Um and even with the analysis I know we've tried to widen the road. [0:46:19, 0:46:39]: But we're just not there now. Um and safety first is for me. Um more truck traffic, even just more traffic i in itself is just not there yet. Um so I just want to make that comment. That safety first is for me for all of our cities. It's safer to go that way than for to send it back to the city. [0:46:39, 0:46:59]: Well again, like he was saying, the entrance of it, even if you go in that way, the hospital is there. That's the center point of either going this way or that way. And that's where the congestion is there for emergency vehicles. So um I've been living in this area long time myself as well too. Sure. [0:46:59, 0:47:19]: I'm a partner in the project. My name is John Rogers. I live at 3146 Camp Rentro in Beauford, Georgia. Okay. And uh as you're speaking to safety, I just want to bring up a few other points that I'm not sure if anyone in here may be aware of. [0:47:19, 0:47:39]: There are over 200 million trucks running our highways so that we're able to grab something off the shelf when we need it, have it shipped to our doors as we wanted. Part of the problem is that now, starting in April, these trucks have a 10-hour [0:47:39, 0:47:59]: mandated stop pay. And this used to be governed by a manual log system that you basically filled out on your own. And if you got stopped, you show the officer, present your time. Because they don't want you over driving. They don't want you over there sleeping on the highway and drifting off. [0:47:58, 0:48:18]: I'm pretty sure anybody in here that drives has actually felt what that feels like. It's kind of scary. So, in a big truck, times 10, I would imagine. So, what they've done is they now have a GPS system that has to track the time that the truckers drive. Now, it doesn't really matter if you started driving from Cleveland and made it to [0:48:18, 0:48:34]: Atlanta in 10 hours like you planned, or you hit some traffic, or you have a flat tire, you have to have some repair time and some downtime. Whatever that might be, in 10 hours, you have to stop. It's that simple. And here lies the problem. [0:48:34, 0:48:54]: There is nowhere for these truckers to go. So as a result, I I have countless pictures in my phone right now that I can share and show with you. But what happens is those no parking signs all the way up the ramps filled up with trucks. So when the family's coming down the ramp, it's a rainy night, they hide the plane, have it blow up. [0:48:54, 0:49:14]: Out, car gets a little squirrely, they've nowhere to go. The trucks are all up and down the sides of the shoulder of the ramps. They're even on the side of the freeways. They're even filling up the Walmart parking lots. They risk getting booted. I think quickly you can understand where my problem is. You've got 200. [0:49:14, 0:49:34]: Million trucks out there that need to stop and rest on a 10-hour dive. So what we're trying to do is not only understand and work with the concerns you have for the residents who actually live here, but guess what? If those trucks are on those ramps and that person's getting off on their ramp and has a problem with [0:49:35, 0:49:45]: Their car could easily crash into those trucks. There are no parking signs. They park there anyway. I know that there are citations you can give. [0:49:45, 0:50:05]: It's a tough scenario. It's darned if you do and darned if you don't. So what we're trying to bring to light here is you are right. There is traffic problems. Believe me, where I live, there's real serious traffic problems as well. But listen, there's also safety concerns for people getting home to that traffic. [0:50:05, 0:50:25]: And if there's trucks lining those interstates at night and on those ramps and blocking their ability to pull over and have safety on those ramps, I think you all have seen those trucks park there, right? I mean they're there. They're there every night. It's not it's not sometimes, it's every single night they have to be there. The pilot gas stations [0:50:25, 0:50:45]: That they park at all fill up like this now. So this has become a very serious problem and it's going to get serious. Even worse, because there are 400 driving positions, 400,000 driving positions not field turning. So I just wanna bring those safety concerns to your table. [0:50:45, 0:51:05]: Let you realize that there are actually on either side of this comment, there are serious safety concerns because all your citizens are getting off at those ramps to get to Rock Quarry Road where you're concerned about that traffic. I guess if that was the mayor to just my last. This is my last. Yes, ma'am. I I I understand I'm in agreement with all of that you just said. [0:51:05, 0:51:25]: say but I still I guess maybe I should use this word location location location is what we really are because we have our citizens emergency vehicles that location is not at this time the right time for me okay [0:51:25, 0:51:45]: Okay. So you c uh so I I'm pr I'm pretty familiar with I'm I'm familiar with the move that they got now, getting rail to take the trucks from the south up north to eliminate two hundred thousand trucks on the road. I know all this you're talking about. I read it every day. Okay. [0:51:45, 0:51:50]: But we have to understand that small municipalities are not the solution. [0:51:50, 0:52:10]: We have to understand that going down and changing these rules and regulations and laws is the solution. When we talk about influxing trucks into communities and through small municipalities, that's not the solution, in my opinion. Now we're doing a traffic analysis analysis, and I don't know when that's going to be available, but I'm not a [0:52:10, 0:52:30]: against it. Let me let me make that clear. I'm not against it because I do understand. I have I understand that when I see these DOTs and officers in these different areas one by one every morning pulling these you know, getting behind the trucks and saying, Hey, you gotta get up and out there is somewhere you have to go, but I I I truly believe that small and this colors are not the solution. It's lobbying [0:52:30, 0:52:50]: Getting lobbies down under the dome to get them uh uh at the state uh at the uh on the state uh under the legislators at the uh uh in DC to change these rules when it comes to ERBs, electronic uh logging devices. Because it's not fair to own operators and all these different people it's it's designed [0:52:50, 0:53:05]: big companies to eliminate those those smaller businesses. But we have to understand what's the the parameters of what's happening here is that small municipalities and these small streets in these different uh areas are not the solution. [0:53:06, 0:53:26]: Because the dynamics of what we're dealing with in our cities, although from your perspective, it looks like a good idea and a good place. From our perspective, we're trying to resolve some situations and problems that we see every day pertaining to what's going on in this city. And you all are trying to solve the solution that's going on with you all pertaining to your business. [0:53:26, 0:53:45]: So that's where the conflict come in. So when we get for me, when we get these uh analysis going on and we know that we're gonna be wide in Rock Quarry, then w we understand that that can take that traffic, but right now, it it it it puts a danger in. I'm not just talking about immersive vehicles, it puts a danger in when you don't have enough track we don't have enough traffic lights on Rock Quarry. [0:53:45, 0:53:53]: For one thing. So you're talking moving vehicles, it that's not a divided highway that's coming in. It it's not a divided lane that [0:53:53, 0:54:06]: It it would create something bigger than this city needs in my opinion right now without everything else in place. Not to not to remove the idea say a good spot, but right now for me [0:54:06, 0:54:13]: it it creates more than the city needs, but it but you still have a bigger problem towards a a big a business owner. [0:54:14, 0:54:34]: I think my colleagues have pretty much nailed it. I think Jackie Ms. Blount have been in the truck and I've been in it too. I feel your pain in that um you uh there does need to be some parking issues parking for the trucks. But with the congestion of Rock Torrey Road right now, uh I I [0:54:34, 0:54:54]: I can't imagine how our citizens would have clearly told us with everything that they can that they don't want to see that and for this council to override the will of the public at this point we just it all of us would be uh looking for new opportunities post making that such a decision. But I I just really at this [0:54:54, 0:55:14]: point I think we won't kind of bring in the rules in ten minutes forward, ten minutes against, and go ahead and hear from staff so we can kind of move to the next one. If you're done two comments, are you anything else? I'm just saying we just need to no but I'm I gotta do something else first. I got this okay now way please thank you Mr. Mayor uh sir what you're [0:55:13, 0:55:20]: from this council is the sentiment of all of us. I've worked in the trucking industry myself. [0:55:20, 0:55:40]: There is a need for what you're asking for. As uh Councilman Robinson and it's the wrong location for that. The traffic issue that's been raised is legitimate and really true. The car plan, the land use plan, all of these things, these are the things that we have to consider. [0:55:40, 0:56:00]: For airplane that comes to us, and we have to look long range. This would not fit into the City of Stockton's long-range plan. We have a historical trail that's but right into that, and we're trying to enhance that for tourism. That would not work in that. [0:56:00, 0:56:06]: Lining of rock flory road, it's not gonna work into that. I would suggest [0:56:06, 0:56:08]: If you can find another location [0:56:09, 0:56:11]: and come back to us. [0:56:11, 0:56:30]: But from what you hear, the location is not going to be the right location for us. Uh is there any location that's designated that would allow for this type of thing without speculation? Uh do you guys have an overlay that says, hey, we'd allow it here, but none of these places? [0:56:30, 0:56:50]: Is there somewhere we can do that? I don't know if you're not I don't know if right now the council's gonna answer that question, but I'll tell you what we'll do. Yes. If you don't mind, I'll let the uh staff finish the do the portion here. I'm pretty sure there might be some more additional questions or whatnot, and we'll go down and we'll probably get to that point. We'll see if we can answer that, okay? All right, very well. I'm sorry, do you have something you want to say? Yeah, yes. I I just have uh uh [0:56:50, 0:57:10]: Uh bas basically a comment about staff, if the council has already stated that they are against and the and the staff is um recommending that right now we hold off on something like this, then I don't know why the staff needs to predict that. Because I like I like to actually give them I like to actually give them an opportunity to speak [0:57:10, 0:57:30]: probably have something else in the net we may not touch. In addition to that, I would I would like for the staff to um honor the list of these two gentlemen here and help them by chance if you can if you know of any locations that they possibly can have this have this opportunity here in Stock region I would love to [0:57:30, 0:57:50]: to help them. It's it's always been one of the very in the justice apart. Well the right now as far as counseling as as far as I'm concerned I concur with the rest of my colleagues. It's not the right location. It's near a retirement home I mean an elderly home location. It's a two lane road [0:57:50, 0:58:10]: with if it that needs to be why it's near a hospital and it's just not properly. If I might just give one sixty second comment to that. Our core customer is not the customer who is coming off of the interstate every single night. [0:58:10, 0:58:30]: There needs to be relief for those guys. Our core customer has a truck that he drives. He lives in one of the neighborhoods that these people were listening or are speaking on earlier. Cannot bring the truck there. He has no reprieve while he's out on the road for a whole week or more and he wants to come back through and see his family for a while. [0:58:30, 0:58:50]: He needs a place that he can call home for his truck. 75 to 80, even plus percent of the time, those vehicles are out on the road. And when they come back home for a visit, anybody that's been in the trucking business really understands how this resonates. You need a place where you can put your car, jump in your [0:58:50, 0:59:10]: Your truck and get out on the road and make your money. And in a week or so when you get home, come back, swap the vehicles, go to the house, and have a safe, secure place for your vehicle to rest. Those are our primary customers, 90% of them. We were hoping to help get into the other side where maybe we could actually find some relief for those. [0:59:10, 0:59:30]: Drivers who can't find a place to park every night. But it doesn't have to be that way. We want to be able to service the people that actually do live in your community, who share your concerns, who actually drive up and down that road and live in these neighborhoods and pay the taxes that run this community as well. Those people need some consideration as well. They have [0:59:30, 0:59:50]: Not enough room to park their vehicles. They genuinely need a space and we're trying to help them get there, not make more traffic problems. Our customers that we've had in the past basically don't sit there in and out, in and out, in and out all night. It's an occasional visit. [0:59:50, 1:00:10]: Maybe four to five times a month on that. All right, thank you. Good evening, Mayor and Council. Just for the record and for legal purposes, staff brings before you why you recommend that you not remove the moratorium. Well one, as you know, the city's in the process of being a [1:00:10, 1:00:30]: Land use. And while the current zoning is M1, it is our belief that that particular land use is not consistent with what is proposed or exists on the land today. For example, at one point in time, Rock Ford World was supposed to be widened. As we're all aware, the funding for the widening of that road. [1:00:29, 1:00:49]: Is no longer on the table by the car, by the state, or by the city. So therefore, from a traffic perspective, you have from a four-lane, either on in Eagles Landing or on North Henry going into a two-lane road. So therefore, either you're going to deal with congestions by the hospital, the elderly, or by the school. [1:00:49, 1:01:09]: System here. So based on that, it was our recommendation that we allow the comprehensive plan process to be complete as we work through the ponds and the consultants to look at our traffic pattern on all of our roads to determine the best and most reasonable land use for those parcels on rock. [1:01:09, 1:01:29]: With that being said, we recommend that you do not lift the moratorium, that the moratorium stays in place until the city is able to complete its comp plan and you adopt it and approve it. And in addition to that, there is a history. I don't think we need to go into this point, but if you have any questions from the court system, from code enforcement, [1:01:29, 1:01:49]: From Elida and myself. We're here to talk about the history of that. But based on where we are right now, staff doesn't know if that's necessary. But that is our recommendation for the record. Maybe wait, I'll make a motion to deny this request and to move forward. I thank it. Okay. So the motion is made the second is there further discussion. [1:01:49, 1:02:09]: Yeah, before we go, I just want to make it clear to the to the advocate is that we're not against and we I feel your claim and I'm pretty sure Council Alexander feel what you're going through because we've been in transportation is that for the city's stop rich right now for what we're going through right now, what we're trying to develop and what we're trying [1:02:09, 1:02:18]: trying to and I can't plan and all this stuff. It just we're trying to do some things that that this wouldn't be right for right now. [1:02:19, 1:02:22]: We want to have some other uses for the land. [1:02:22, 1:02:42]: Well I would have to have you that that regular questions. Right. What I can do is set up a meeting with him and we can talk about some existing uses that do not conflict with the moratorium. Okay, that would go along with the lines of sorry whether you have whether or not there's something other uh uh besides this location in coming up. Okay, good. And the traffic pattern study it's already asked before. [1:02:42, 1:03:02]: Do you have an idea when that would be well we don't know as you know we're still going through the con plan process with Ponds on uh Friday for us to get because they're doing the traffic portion of the conc plan to talk about you know all of our roles of what numbers they've gotten and what we're looking at in terms of the recommendations. Okay, thank you. Any other questions or discussion for? [1:03:02, 1:03:22]: Yes, sir, go ahead. Before the vote, I just want to say to the gentleman also that as Mrs. Moore indicated as our comp plan, we are attempting to bring industry into the city of Factory and into the county. [1:03:22, 1:03:42]: So therefore, yes, we are looking at opportunities for truckers to come and have a place to rest because all of us can agree when we're out on the highway and if you have a tired trucker driver, we are all concerned. So make no mistake about that. So within the larger scheme of things. [1:03:42, 1:04:02]: Yes, that needs to be a place where you all can do just exactly what you understand that you want to do. So make no mistake, we're looking at this, but if we're just looking at it from a different lens. Well, one second, so once but do me a favor, why don't you come back over here to the side? Sure. [1:04:02, 1:04:06]: Both of you if you need it if you need if you want it to respond to that. [1:04:06, 1:04:26]: Yeah, I I I just want to try to understand how do we cooperate with where it is you feel might be presentable for us to to pursue this. Uh I will contact Mr. Listen to the point and we'll look at the land use. [1:04:26, 1:04:32]: And we'll see where the land use is currently, which a moratorium doesn't exist, that may be applicable. [1:04:33, 1:04:53]: That'd be perfect. I would appreciate that. Thank you. Okay, thank you. Okay. Okay. In other discussion, motions on the floor. Please uh well ask for the vote. Uh are you in favor of the motion or not? Okay. It's unanimous. Okay, goodness. Thank you. All right. Uh next is uh council consideration of the medicine. [1:04:53, 1:05:13]: Aprovechation policy, Mr. Williams. I believe you have Mr. I'm sorry, Council considered to approve resolution to move forward with the RFP on the old fire station located at ML Senior Heritage Trail. Yes, Mayor and Council. As you know when you retreat you established for already to first project. [1:05:13, 1:05:33]: That you wanted the staff to pursue. This particular item is actually the RFP to be met on the screen for creative ideas in terms of what could possibly be done with existing fire stations. And the RFP would speak to two uses, one as a commercial use and the other one as an office institutional. [1:05:33, 1:05:53]: And so we're asking that you approve the resolution parcel deck this next week so that we can get ideas back as to how those two uses can run to that city side. Okay. [1:05:53, 1:06:13]: Do we have something we have people here? Do we have like something or that we might be able to display for them or to kind of show them what we're talking about? [1:06:13, 1:06:33]: about because we've been talking about it but they don't really know what we do have collects uh I apologize because it was just a resolution in the in the future. Yeah uh we'll be more than happy to bring the items that we're talking about for the RFP. Okay, cool. And what we can do uh for the citizens we can put it up on the website um so that you can view it [1:06:33, 1:06:53]: It's the fire station beside Titch or that's on that video. Yeah, let me please work. Yes, we're talking about the fire station that's uh right there. Uh we had um is it okay to talk about it, Mr. Williams, at this point? Well we own the fire station [1:06:52, 1:07:12]: I'm I don't want to d divulge anything that I shouldn't be divulged, okay? So we own that and so you know the question is do you wanna make some changes to that you could discuss that? Right. So what we're planning on doing is actually you know how uh we got some quite a few concepts out there. You know how you go to the McDonough and you see there [1:07:12, 1:07:32]: Welcome center. Stockbridge does not currently have that. We saw a multi-purse purpose center that we had previously seen that could house several different functions in the city. Maybe the Main Street program, perhaps, maybe a coffee shop or something. [1:07:32, 1:07:52]: Something like that to attract additional foot traffic to come down to the city. This is one of the projects that I'm really excited about because it gives us an opportunity to put some type of a destination spot in downtown and to actually berth the downtown and provide complementary businesses. [1:07:52, 1:08:12]: To Bar Beautiful, which was added downtown. So we'll have that old downtown feel again, and you have a reason to actually go to downtown in that area, hoping to spur some additional economic activity. Thank you, Mayor. Ms. Moore, one question about the RP. [1:08:12, 1:08:32]: RP well maybe a couple but okay one. The R and P um will be to any developers to come up with a concept for the fire station, correct? Correct. And once those RPs come back with that their plan, they are to come all of them are to come back to council for review, is that not correct? [1:08:32, 1:08:52]: Okay, and that then we will from there take it and discuss which one we are. Right. And it does we're asking them to get creative creative ideas for two uses. One is for commercial, because I think you talked about having a restaurant of some type, and the other will be a separate use for office space for the DDS. [1:08:52, 1:08:57]: for Main Street or for any other office space that may be relevant. [1:08:58, 1:09:18]: Okay, you have a question to the council. I I do. Um at one is there a point we're gonna have our citizens involved to where they can have input on anything that we're doing about you. I mean once we get the RFP back with correct, if if it is your desire, you know, once you pick your top three, your top two to actually have [1:09:18, 1:09:38]: have um citizens that they comments. I mean that's totally up to you. I would like to do that because this is their city and I would like for them to be engaged to have input. Um I know the council is here but at the same time they may see something we don't see so then maybe I would ask my colleagues to include um the citizens in whatever we do. [1:09:38, 1:09:45]: um in our downtown because this is, you know, the city belongs to all of us. So if that can be done, I would appreciate it. [1:09:46, 1:10:06]: Any other comments or questions? So um we don't have do we put have a motion on the floor yet? No, I think so. I need to do a motion. Okay, so it's a motion. All right. There we go. Any further discussion? All in favor, please? Okay. Good. Thank you. All right, uh now Mr. Wayne's. [1:10:06, 1:10:09]: Asselation's population costs. [1:10:10, 1:10:30]: Mr. Mayor, um it has been discussed uh among uh a number of folks um the clarification of our proclamation proclamations policy um so that there's no uh ambiguity about sort of what is or is not a proclamation, when our proclamations be issued, who [1:10:30, 1:10:50]: Is to be uh part of the proclamation ceremony. Um and so really, you know, we're I guess staff level we're coming back to the council was to to raise the issue and seek some guidance as to what is it that you want uh in the policy. Um you have um [1:10:49, 1:11:09]: Currently is for any proclamation that's issued at a council meeting, only the mayor or the mayor protends, the mayor's absence reads it, is sort of a ceremonial officer for that proclamation. But if it's not a council meeting, [1:11:09, 1:11:29]: But it's in the council chambers, should that be treated the same way, regardless of whose proclamations, who is for, or who is generating it? So that that is the question that I think we need for you all to resolve for us. And then the timing issue. [1:11:29, 1:11:49]: Because uh I guess last year under the previous mayor, um all the proclamations were done before the meeting. Um and so if you want to do that or you want to make sure you just get the pictures before the meeting, all those sorts of questions, we just need to make sure we understand clearly what what policy do you want. [1:11:49, 1:12:09]: want so we can help you all maintain adherence to that policy. Okay. Let's start this. Mr. Mayor, I mean I'm not familiar with any of this. I wasn't part of the conversation. You said you had with several people, uh a couple of people, so I'm not familiar with this. But I do say whatever we do, it needs to be consistent. [1:12:09, 1:12:20]: with it. Um and it and we can't go keep changing policies just because it doesn't fit a certain person. [1:12:20, 1:12:40]: So I hope going forward that whatever we do, this council can be consistent. Um I know we said and changed it from one time when we had Mayor Neal, now we have Mayor Ford. I mean, we just need some consistency. So um I I'm kind of confused that when you were saying [1:12:40, 1:13:00]: proclamation because to my understanding proclamation is the mayor's does the presentation anyway with a proclamation. Now record uh accommodation, letter accommodation that is different than an individual council member can do that either off-site. Um so I'm [1:13:00, 1:13:20]: just kind of confused it while where we are with this right here today. Well and that then that's part of our confusion. I mean you know if we if you say everything is a proclamation then everything would be covered under this but some things again like you said if it's a letter of congratulations a letter of something then you know presumably [1:13:20, 1:13:40]: Council members should be able to do those in their capacity, send them to live however. But if you have a ceremony here that's in hall, should that be covered under the policy? Um we just need to know from you all what you want for us to help you. So what is an employment? [1:13:40, 1:13:48]: Elected officials, as an elected body, an elected official by the people, we have the right to use City Hall. Am I correct? [1:13:49, 1:14:09]: Yeah. We have that right in to use city all for for meetings and all that. Yeah, I'm I'm the way the policy is written, I'm fine with the policy. Only thing that I two things is with the proclamation, because that was a time when uh the mayor was wasn't in time. [1:14:09, 1:14:29]: wasn't gonna be in town and uh mayor pro tem she had had her accident. So I'm I'm I'm fine with the mayor continually doing the proclamations, but if there's a time when he's not available to have whoever he or whatever the proclamation to have a designation if the mayor pro tem is not available. [1:14:29, 1:14:49]: That he ha he could designate any council member whoever to do the proclamation, but that comes from the mayor. The reason I want to see the proclamations and the ceremonials done prior to council meetings, but be because when we talk about the citizens, the citizens that are getting these, that are doing the ceremonials, they leave. [1:14:49, 1:15:09]: After the ceremonials. So the people that are getting proclamations are not there for the council meeting. And the people that are for the council meetings are not there for the ceremonials. We do do the ceremonials and announcements in our the mayor does them in his remarks. So why combine the two to all actually prolong a council meeting? [1:15:09, 1:15:29]: When these ceremonials, I don't care if you do 20, but let them be done prior to the council meeting because the two I ideologies of the two groups are not on the same page. One is there for the council meetings, one is there for a ceremony, and why we shouldn't I don't think we should combine the two. [1:15:29, 1:15:49]: For a whole year under J Mayor Neal, uh, if we wanted to change this, we could have changed it as a council because everybody's here was here except for Councilman Thomas. So if these if we wasn't okay with this being done prior to council meetings, then we had the power as a council to change it then. But if it worked for a whole year, [1:15:49, 1:16:09]: And it was done that way, and we're talking about the citizens, not the presenter, but the citizens, then it worked for the citizen because the ones that came for a council meetings, a lot of times when the meetings aren't that wasn't that long, they were still there when we came out of the executive session. But we're going to prolong meetings with ceremonials. We can guarantee most of the time nobody. [1:16:09, 1:16:13]: gonna be there when we can't have executive sessions, even if we have short sessions. [1:16:14, 1:16:34]: I just say we have those ceremonies prior to the council meeting because the the the idea of the citizens are conflicting each other. They're not there for ceremonies. The ones that come for council meetings, the ones that are doing ceremonies are not there for the council meetings. They leave. I will tell you that um uh I don't particularly [1:16:34, 1:16:54]: Particularly care for, didn't have to care for the last year under Mayor Neil that we gave you from prior to the proclamations, because everybody's name is on the proclamations. And when I read those proclamations, I always indicate you can you know I've always done this. I said I signed it, the clerk signs this. Alright, that's a that's a special recognition. Now, granted, when when you give out a proclamation. [1:16:54, 1:17:14]: The people that receive a proclamation are there, yes. That there are times though that other people come to the council meetings for other reasons. I I personally like the fact that when you read a proclamation during the course of the meeting itself, that there are other people in the audience to see the recognition that we're given to that individual that we're going to see. [1:17:14, 1:17:34]: It's for the citizens. So I I'm really I'm actually opposed to, it was all last year, opposed to just doing this before the meeting for the proclamation before the meeting, and then you just acknowledge the people that you just gave a proclamation to. I I don't particularly care for it. I think the proclamation should remain part of the actual core meeting. [1:17:34, 1:17:54]: So those people who receive the population are there and people that are coming for the for the other issues that we're talking about, observe this and see this. Now, what I'm what I'd like to see if this is the case, I'd like to see this particular recommendation or or or or uh uh some type of compromise. Whether i if if you if you you want to make something before [1:17:54, 1:18:14]: the meeting, then I'm willing to compromise on the fact, and I know this is not a resolution awarding, so I'm going to vote in but I just give my opinion that we maybe take pictures and uh during before the meeting and the actual reading of the proclamation is done still in the co uh uh within the confines of the meeting itself. Now the other thing I'd like for you to think about is that we have meeting we do this at [1:18:14, 1:18:34]: our main uh major uh council meeting at six o'clock. So I once we get a quoum we have to meet. All right, everybody should be there. Everybody's name's on a proclamation. So I'm thinking that if we're gonna have a proclamation we do them and read them ahead of time at five thirty, that makes that makes me think everybody should be there at five thirty. And that shouldn't just be me and maybe Miss Gantt or two of us. [1:18:34, 1:18:54]: When everybody's name is mentioned, everybody needs to be there for that. Now, granted, I understand that sometimes people might be a little delayed for meetings, so you may not make a meeting. I understand that. Whether it's a work session, special call meeting or regular council meetings. You know, so I really honestly think the proclamation should be done during the course of the meeting because of the special ceremony, especially before the people and the group, anybody else is. [1:18:54, 1:19:14]: There. My compromise would be to take pictures ahead of time and then actually read it and give them the comments at that point. Thank you. Mrs. Mayor. Okay, I agree with you wholeheartedly. I agree with you wholeheartedly because this is my last statement. Um it's only fair and to be respectful to our citizens who are [1:19:13, 1:19:33]: getting these recognitions. The reason being we should all be there as an elected body to show our support because our names are on there. It has been in the past where we, like the mayor said, we only have one or two. And that to me is just is not respecting the honor that we're bestowing on our citizens. [1:19:33, 1:19:53]: So if we're going to do this and hopefully we can compromise, but if this is a change that is going to be made, then I feel this entire elected body needs to be there to honor all of them and not just show up for the 6 o'clock. So we need to keep that in mind. [1:19:53, 1:20:13]: because if not, um that is not being respectful of our citizens and their honor. Thank you. Wait, I was gonna c I don't come back to you though. Well I wanna just say that I concur with the mayor and I concur with Councilwoman Robinson uh that uh you know basically if it ain't broke don't fix it. I don't even understand why we're talking about this. [1:20:13, 1:20:33]: Uh we gave this subject here more time than we gave the citizens to speak. And uh the only thing that I'd like to see is is that maybe we might add some additional proclamations like we had Domestic Violence Awareness Month that was not listed, uh and then we had uh Caribbean Heritage Month. I'd just like to expand it some. [1:20:33, 1:20:53]: I concur with Councilwoman Robinson when she says that the council members were elected to be able to use City Hall for the benefit of the citizens. And I would not like that right to be embargoed or impounded at all because that's something that we do. [1:20:53, 1:21:13]: All of us, uh even though we represent the whole city, have a constituency that we look to, that look to us. And when we when they come to City Hall and we have a letter of recognition or what have you, they expect us to present that to them. It is uh the city, everything from the city should come from the mayor and it's working appropriately. [1:21:13, 1:21:29]: So let's move forward with it. Uh it's not broken. Uh let's not uh tinker with it. What else? Well uh you can work on it, I think. Okay. I I want to say this and make this clear to everybody. [1:21:30, 1:21:35]: From me down, all of us were city council members. [1:21:35, 1:21:38]: from the meeting myself, everyone was sitting council members. [1:21:40, 1:21:42]: The city council set policy. [1:21:42, 1:21:43]: Not the mayor. [1:21:44, 1:21:52]: And when we start using words like not being respectful and all of these things, so what did we do for a whole year when we could have set a policy? [1:21:53, 1:22:04]: to alleviate not have them before the council meeting. We set the parts for all this stuff about disrespecting citizens and all that, that we could have stopped that if that's what it was. [1:22:05, 1:22:25]: But right now we set policies so it wasn't about disrespecting citizens because the ones that are getting proclamations, they got their proclamations. The ones that came for for council meeting, they came to council meeting and got information. So when we talk about policy setting and what what about disrespecting citizens, all of us had a chance to change the policy. [1:22:25, 1:22:28]: was set in place and we did it for a whole year. [1:22:29, 1:22:47]: a whole year and nobody said anything. So right now I'm saying that it worked if it worked then, if it works now, and we need to shorten these council meetings and have the ceremonies before the council meeting, let the city the business of the city be done during the council meetings and everybody may have. [1:22:48, 1:22:53]: Good. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Well I'm not going to get into [1:22:55, 1:22:56]: Just bet. [1:22:58, 1:23:02]: whose building this belong to. Those things are given. [1:23:03, 1:23:18]: My concern is policy and yes, the council has the authority and the responsibility to create policies to make this municipality, this government work smoothly. [1:23:18, 1:23:32]: My problem with all of this is the proclamation as we stand today is time and the number of proclamations that we need to present at any one given council meeting. [1:23:34, 1:23:37]: We're here to do the business of the people. [1:23:39, 1:23:42]: Proclamations are not the business of other people. [1:23:43, 1:24:03]: Proclamation is just a recommendation or a recognizing of organizations and people that have may have done some significant things in the city. But that is not the business of the city. Many folks and the majority of the folks come to be [1:24:03, 1:24:06]: be engaged in the business of the city. [1:24:06, 1:24:11]: Recently I recognized my pastor uh who was retiring. [1:24:12, 1:24:14]: And I intentionally [1:24:14, 1:24:16]: Schedule that for Fire Thirty. [1:24:17, 1:24:21]: And I invited all of those that [1:24:22, 1:24:31]: Wanted to come to be a part of that at 530. So we would not interfere with the business of the city at 6 o'clock. [1:24:31, 1:24:40]: I understand that, yeah, you know, the recipient should have an audience so others can see that. I I I get that. [1:24:41, 1:24:56]: But when we come here at six o'clock and it's seven o'clock almost before we get to the business of the city because we're politicking and we're bringing folks for all just to get a proclamation, I I just have a problem with that. [1:24:57, 1:25:06]: I would even also recommend that on any given night of council meeting that we limit the number of proclamations. [1:25:06, 1:25:11]: having five or six proclamation at any council meeting is just too much. [1:25:12, 1:25:13]: It's too much. [1:25:13, 1:25:19]: I'm about the business of the city, moving this city forward. [1:25:19, 1:25:26]: I could recognize a hundred people on any given council meeting night, but we are not about that. [1:25:27, 1:25:42]: So let's get back to the business of the city. If you have folks that you want to recognize because they're doing great things, yes, this city, this building is available. Come in here at four o'clock, five o'clock, six o'clock. Invite a hundred folks and come in and you do what you do. [1:25:42, 1:25:46]: But let's not waste the citizens' time. [1:25:47, 1:25:49]: With all of these [1:25:49, 1:25:52]: You know, who let's get down to the business. [1:25:53, 1:26:12]: There are a lot of things. We got folks over here that made some comments earlier. We have business that we need to take to. We have ordinances. We got parking in the street. This is the business that we need to be about. Let's get away from this, you know, everybody wanna be out front giving somebody a proclamation. I'm not here for that. [1:26:12, 1:26:32]: Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Yes, ma'am. Thank you, Mayor. Um Mr. Williams, I know you're asking for recommendations, and I think that after hearing all of the council members um and hearing our mayor speak, um you we have an issue about possible limiting proclamation. We have an issue on [1:26:32, 1:26:52]: maybe taking pictures before. We have the issue on whether or not we should start the ceremony at five thirty. Then we have another issue of that I always consider our staff and the time it it takes. I every time I have a meeting, usually at those, I I mark the time that we how long it takes us to discuss which particular issues because that [1:26:52, 1:27:06]: I would challenge all of my colleagues, all the council members and mayor, that we uh not say do behind closed doors, but fix and understand and get to know what the issues are before the meeting and ask the important questions. [1:27:06, 1:27:26]: that we need to ask at the meeting but know the detailed information as much as possible. And having said that, my question to you, Mr. Williams, is whether or not we've looked at other cities practices and is this something we can look into and discuss amongst council when you bring us back the suggestion of a policy and we go re go with it. [1:27:27, 1:27:47]: Um when the original policy was put together in 2016, we did. Um frankly I did not kind of go back and do additional review because I think at this point it's really what a stock rate you want. Um but the original policy was basically [1:27:47, 1:27:49]: [5270.0, 5279.8]: you had indicated you wanted to see and then we looked to other cities to see kind of what their processes were and kind of put that together to present what what's currently possible. [1:28:00, 1:28:04]: Having said that, I do have concerns in regards to [1:28:04, 1:28:24]: timing at the meetings. I do notice that we might start at 6, but we're not done with ceremonials until 645. And a lot of that is getting the groups up, deciding where we're going to take pictures, moving chairs, bringing chairs back, having one group come in, another group, and then we do another acknowledgement right after. [1:28:24, 1:28:44]: That. And so it is repetitive. We do need to streamline it, and if that means bump that portion up to 530 or one one or the other, I'm willing to compromise. I just I think that we need to be considerate of our staff time and the people who are here for their businesses and for their for information about the city. [1:28:44, 1:28:56]: Um I I think we need to be cons taking into consideration actually the honors of those who get proclamations as well. But we we do need it to be streamlined and [1:28:56, 1:28:57]: Yeah, yeah, okay. [1:28:58, 1:29:14]: I'm one of those people that are guilty. If we have at five o'clock, you know, I have two kids and I'm an attorney. I'm not going to be able to get here at five o'clock. And that's okay. Um I I still send my well wishes and the mayor signs off on it and and I mean no harm. And if I can be here, then I'm gonna be here. [1:29:15, 1:29:23]: But you know, five thirty may be that reasonable amount of time. I think it's a good compromise, um and it gets us in and out. [1:29:24, 1:29:27]: And and and we can go on about the the city's business. [1:29:30, 1:29:41]: So otherwise, you've got a bunch of ideas and thoughts here. So you're gonna try to try to compile all that and put it in some type of policy and get it back to us for the two on again. So what's it talking about? [1:29:41, 1:30:01]: Yes, I mean I we we've heard the the points and if I may just recommend the staff put together and bring back I think maybe a compromise or whatever. Um I'm not quite sure as I speak exactly what it will be, but we'll we'll do our best. [1:30:01, 1:30:21]: I mean the compromise seemed to me with the mayor was to take the pictures. Um take the pictures before that way like uh Mayor Frontier Gat said, we don't have to move chairs around. Um because I do like how we when we're starting our meeting, the camera starts and that is to me [1:30:21, 1:30:41]: For the honor of our citizens and the record keeping in the future. Everybody has said what they've said, but I like the compromise, and then we can move forward because we're all here for the people's business, but at the same time, we need to be on the same accord and be consistent. [1:30:41, 1:30:46]: That's where I'm at. We just said we did this in 2016. [1:30:47, 1:30:49]: And now we're here in 2018. [1:30:50, 1:31:10]: So if we can be consistent, then we won't have to waste time like we're wasting now. Because like I said, we have our citizens that were talking their concerns on what they needed and we're just wasting time. So I just want consistency, please. We're spending too much time on this. [1:31:10, 1:31:30]: My recommendation is go ahead and make a motion that we we that we have the policy to have all proclamations done before six o'clock. However, we need the cartel. My motion is to have all proclamations done before six o'clock. I second. Second. Any further discussion? Yes. Go right in, please. I will just simply say, like I said, uh [1:31:30, 1:31:50]: I I think we spent a lot of time talking about this. I really don't see a problem. And honestly, I kind of see things a little bit differently. When personally myself, when we're doing the proclamations, I've never seen us have five proclamations. I always seen us have two or one, uh, maybe three at the most. And what to me that does is it gives working [1:31:50, 1:32:10]: give people a little extra time to get here from work if they want to see an issue before the meet of the meeting. We start a meeting like today we have people who couldn't make it at four. Sometimes people can't make it at six with every kind of traffic that's kind of tough. So, you know, when we get started with the meet of the meeting by six thirty, then you know [1:32:10, 1:32:30]: What the proclamations are out of the way, but I have a real thing about making sure I disagree firmly with the statement that this is not the people's business. When we celebrate ALZ, the proclamation, it is the people's business. Uh when we celebrate uh and we honor uh various communities. [1:32:30, 1:32:50]: you know, Black History Month or whatever, that is the community month. When we under uh different uh you know um uh causes uh for the particular year uh you know throughout the year that uh those are definitely causes that are worthwhile. Uh when we look at uh you know breast cancer awareness and [1:32:50, 1:33:10]: In October. That's the people's business. And that's that those are very important ceremonial items that people take to heart and they should ext receive the biggest audience possible because it is the business of the people. But I diverse. [1:33:09, 1:33:29]: I'm considering the timing more than anything. I'm leaning because of the timing. Um, I'm also I I mean both sides make some valid points here. I I was hoping we could postpone this and and and iron out some of the issues, but you know, again [1:33:29, 1:33:34]: And I was stating 530 is right before the meeting is not too bad. [1:33:35, 1:33:35]: Yeah. [1:33:35, 1:33:55]: And then I I'm just torn. I'm torn in between the two because I I understand the purpose. I I get it. You know, you wanna award and you want to recognize the citizens, but at the same time we're starting meetings, the actual meetings at six thirty, six forty five, sometimes even further, and it's getting, you know, we we want [1:33:55, 1:33:57]: make sure we keep that under control. [1:33:58, 1:34:18]: Well I will say to you that your demonstration, I will say to you the council that this doesn't pass, we'll obviously give direction to redo this and come up with another suggestion. That passes will go to 530. Uh and I will submit to you that if it does pass and go we go to five thirty for all this. I would hope that this council make a concerted effort. I'll be there so we sense that your names are included on this. [1:34:18, 1:34:34]: and we can have we can take up pictures and have that pre-part of the process. I think it is part of the business to do the city to recognize people properly for what whatever good things the organization have done. On that note party, any other questions? Yes sir. Yes sir. My last comment. [1:34:37, 1:34:57]: For me, I'm a people person. If I'm going to recognize an organization for what they do, uh I'm boots on the ground and I give them my money so they can have an impact if it's cancer awareness. Give them your money. Get on the ground and help them to uh [1:34:57, 1:35:17]: Find causes. That's what these folks want. Yeah, it's okay. Come up here and give them a proclamation for what they do. But hey, get out there on the ground with them. Give them your money. That's big volume if you're trying to recognize any of these things that they do. Give them money so they can do the research. Alright, if another comments. [1:35:17, 1:35:29]: Mr. I have one other comment. Yes, ma'am. I did please I actually question to Mr. Blount. Mr. Blount, in your motion, are you stating you said eight time before six o'clock. Can we specify time and say five thirty? [1:35:30, 1:35:33]: It doesn't matter if we do 20 proclamations. [1:35:34, 1:35:35]: As long as they come [1:35:39, 1:35:42]: about these ceremonial done before six o'clock. [1:35:42, 1:35:49]: I'm gonna be doing at five, five fifteen, five thirty, five forty five as long as it's down before six o'clock. [1:35:50, 1:36:08]: Well, I I would like for it to just actually state five thirty. I have I have issues even now at four o'clock trying to get to these meetings, which I'm gonna bring up at some other particular time. Um so I would ask that we if you would consider amending the motion to stay five thirty. [1:36:10, 1:36:30]: It doesn't matter what time. I my motion is that all proclamations be done before six o'clock. Whatever you all do underlining that, it's fine with me. I'll just say all proclamation be done before six o'clock. Well, um, I understand that, but I'm just asking for a specific time of starting it at five. [1:36:30, 1:36:48]: Okay, I'll take it. I'll make the motion for the m for for the proclamation to be done at five thirty. Thank you. So Mr. Mayor, I'm gonna interpret that as agreeing to friendly amendment if you will, and the council is okay with that amended motion and that's what's before. Does it have to be seconded? [1:36:48, 1:37:08]: Oh it'd be nice if it if it were second that just is there a second to that? There you go. That the proclamation that the proclamations will be all proclamations we uh be done at five thirty prior to it would be prior to the actual six o'clock start time for the meeting. Here's the caveat if you don't mind the what's your motion. [1:37:08, 1:37:21]: The caveat is that I don't want that to to s to give a justification going past six o'clock. These proclamations and if you see that you're gonna be going past six, then you need to reschedule at five fifteen. [1:37:22, 1:37:42]: I want I would my motion is that all proclamations be done before six o'clock. Five thirty is a is is acceptable as long as they're done within the thirty minute uh time. All right, so so I guess we need to make sure we got the motion straight out. All right, so we um we try [1:37:42, 1:38:02]: Amended it was seconded whether or not that was a stand or whether or not you just go back to the I'm amending it. It's my motion that all proclamations will be done at 530, but concluded by six. That's my motion. Alright, is there a second tonight? That's seven. There we go. Now we've done that. Is that legal to do that? That's right. Okay, all right. Now and if [1:38:02, 1:38:03]: the discussion. [1:38:04, 1:38:24]: All right. No, no, no. No. That's why I double that's why I looked at the attorney. You he redrew that. So the motion is to have all proclamations uh start at six, five thirty, but conclude before it's six o'clock meeting. If I got that right. All right. All in favor of the motion, please indicate. [1:38:24, 1:38:25]: I'll both. [1:38:28, 1:38:30]: That's right. [1:38:35, 1:38:55]: Alright, so what we have now is uh council situation to authorize the surveillance of 2018-2019 Georgia Department of Economic Development, Tourism Product Development Grant Funding Requests. Yes, Mayor and Council, um what we bring before you night is a uh grant application we're gonna separation on Main Street. [1:38:54, 1:39:14]: I think in 2015 you uh approved uh the city to submit this same grant. There is a bad requirement of five thousand dollars in what you'd be aware of. Uh this year the grant is being submitted on behalf of the Caribbean Hamburg uh building uh that is being renowned over in [1:39:14, 1:39:34]: In that community and um authorization for staff to submit the application. It is a five thousand dollar match. Okay, okay, of course. So I just want to make sure this is you you're talking about the uh [1:39:34, 1:39:54]: Green FA. Right, so this business is privately owned, correct? You know, from my understanding, from talking to Kira, uh apparently looking back when the when the project came through for rezoning, from my understanding that mayor and council thought it had some historical significance. [1:39:54, 1:40:14]: Uh one of the things that we required in the zoning application was that they attempt to get it on historical register. However, it did not make the historical register, but from my understanding, from talking to Kira, it was the desire of the Mary Council to make it of historical value because of the value that it has. [1:40:14, 1:40:27]: for that particular community. And what this grant would do, should you choose to move forward with allowance to submit it, it would actually give the monies to assist in terms of bringing the project [1:40:28, 1:40:30]: What it's considered to be a historical value. [1:40:31, 1:40:32]: up to a particular state. [1:40:33, 1:40:37]: I I I the property owner bought the building. [1:40:37, 1:40:41]: They own the building. So we're gonna turn five minutes of grenades again. [1:40:42, 1:41:02]: Five thousand, ten thousand. I I think your grant will be well you will be five thousand out of your pocket and I think uh you can do any time so it doesn't have to cost in cash. Um'cause staff time, staff commitment, their hours dedicated to can be considered. I just want you to be made aware. I don't [1:41:02, 1:41:22]: I don't mind applying for this grant, but giving the money to a private business, that's that's a bad trust for any I wouldn't do that for any business in town to just give them money um after the purchase uh of the building. I understand what it is. If we own the building and we were leasing it to them. [1:41:22, 1:41:42]: And we were putting the investment in, that would be different. How are we gonna justify giving a spending five thousand dollars of the citizens' money to apply for the grant, then give them the money and Well, I think the way that you simply work, I don't think you necessarily give an individual the cash. Oh yeah. [1:41:42, 1:42:02]: grants are done. Father, what I think what they were attempting to do is again, it all depends on whether or not you as a counselor consider it as it having any historical value and what commitment you want to make to that should you choose that to be your decision and what type of commitment you want to make. [1:42:02, 1:42:22]: asking is whether or not you want to allow them to submit. Now what you can do, uh I don't know if the project is project specific. I have an opinion that based on what Kiery gave that the project was very specific to that particular facility. But again it is a$5,000. [1:42:22, 1:42:42]: And it will be to bring the structure into compliance of some sort. So this is not just say this. Okay. I'm okay with applying for the grant. I'm not okay with giving it to a specific institution. We're getting ready to develop a whole lot of citizen money in uh the fire. [1:42:42, 1:43:02]: station we could use that money for the fire station in a building that we own versus uh giving basic we can look at it giving it however that money is going toward a building that is owned by a private individual. They knew going into it that it was going to cost in order to bring the building up to code. [1:43:02, 1:43:22]: and to have it uh be what it is, uh what we uh would like it to be in that particular area. And then let me just say this before Ms. Ms. You know, I I said I think at the last meeting that you as a body at I think 2015, I guess, agreed to establish a historic preservation. [1:43:21, 1:43:41]: At some point in time, I'm hoping that you will import that board because I think that board will then be able to come back and designate what they think is historic, what they think is of value to you as a recommendation, and what they may recommend the city in terms of doing in that historic district. [1:43:41, 1:44:01]: So I I would I would not, you know, I would remiss of me not to say I really do think you need that historic preservation board because I think they would have had an opportunity to weigh in on any applications that you make to the state as pertains to anything of historical significance. Okay, thank you. [1:44:01, 1:44:21]: You may know that I'm very close to this issue. I've worked um in this endeavor for many, many years. Uh I knew Mrs. Hammer personally. Uh actually I was a part of the writing of the uh proposal to get the designation for the Green Front. [1:44:21, 1:44:41]: Uh cafe in the beginning. I was called concerning this issue, and I think the the issue that was raised, I think it is a legitimate issue that we have to look at. Um I am trying to work with uh the Main Street program and the owner of this property to uh look at how. [1:44:41, 1:44:45]: how we can actually match uh the funds from the grant [1:44:45, 1:45:05]: Just to move forward. But I think in the long term, when we look at tourism and preservation, this bill needs to be included in the scope of all of that. But I do have some concerns that raised, which are legitimate. But I think that I would be personally just as a citizen. [1:45:05, 1:45:18]: we'll be working with this business owner uh just to try to come up with that that matching fund. But I do feel that it is a work right project uh for the application for the grant to be submitted. Um [1:45:19, 1:45:39]: And I won't get into who um Carol McHammer was and what the Greenfront Cafe represented. It is significant. So personally I am willing to work with this business uh to make these things happen. And I would recommend that we go forward uh with the application. But I do have a reservation about [1:45:39, 1:45:59]: you know the matching funds of it and I think um just having a conversation with Cone I think we can sort of let me just add if you look at your tab I think here provided information on her tab this is a part of tourism that ties into I think uh NLK and the old trail and all [1:45:59, 1:46:19]: All of that and so when I want to see where they reported the bashing funds from, it was gonna be for the tourism for hotel hotel. So that's how they get opposed to that. And that's the bigger picture. [1:46:19, 1:46:30]: Um I am very familiar with that area. Um, not only Mr. Thomas, um I grew up over there and um [1:46:32, 1:46:52]: This that's not a good look. Did we consult our attorney um before wanting to do that? Because we do have the church where Daddy King did his first sermon. And we already know that's gonna be part of our history. Um well I think and we're and the reason why I'm saying that, we placed a monument in front of that church. [1:46:52, 1:47:12]: That um even just the landscape piece and different things can be done over there that has already been brought forth. Um so I just want us to stay, whatever task force that you put together, that we stay in line on what we're doing. Because when you start getting to a private [1:47:12, 1:47:32]: business for somebody to purchase city wise. That is not good to me. I mean I'm not an attorney, but legally, so that's why I was asking did we seek the attorney on this? Well um I think the grant applications typically we don't we only seek legal because it's an application. So before we do it, we [1:47:32, 1:47:52]: know it comes to you. But when I said in 2015 you got this grant before, you actually got the grant before. That's what you got the monument. That first five thousand dollars that you did match was just with that particular monument and the initial landscape. Okay. Okay. Really good. But okay. I would like this again. I would like that to [1:47:52, 1:48:12]: Task force, um Ms. Moore. But again, you say you don't have to seek legal, but I just said within in-house, because if it's coming to council now and how we're feeling, I would suggest that we could at least ask the question. Because even if it's just a grant or whatever, um it's just [1:48:12, 1:48:32]: the perception of knowing that everybody knows and like um uh Mr. uh Councilman Thomas said, his civic organization or whoever, those are opportunities that can be used to help with funding. We just don't want to out o overstep our boundaries because there are organizations that are [1:48:32, 1:48:52]: With Miss Carrie McHambrick's um legacy. Um, so we want to make sure we're not just jumping over, we want to stay in line with what we are as a city. Right. And then before you die, it uh she's just asking to move forward if it's your desire not to move forward with the application of Sabin on this grant. [1:48:52, 1:49:06]: Yeah. They will say vote no. Then that may give some time for you to pull your historic preservation uh group together for them to pursue. Okay, John. [1:49:06, 1:49:26]: 'Cause I concur what they're saying it would be easier for us if if it had been like Hanley Funeral Room in Atlanta that was on Bell Street. It was where King's body was. They made it a histor if it was on historic registry, it would even make it easier for [1:49:26, 1:49:46]: us to say let's move forward because we don't want to I wouldn't want to and I'm pretty pretty sure what the council is saying to to because we it hasn't been identified I think that we should bring uh uh historic uh reservation committee in because they would have done all of their homework before it came to before it comes to and they will bring [1:49:46, 1:50:06]: I mean what historic preservation uh committees do is they look at all of soft reach and they identify those areas which they think has historical significance, kind of your complex, which that is a part of it. Uh and they bring to you these areas that they think would represent historical aspects of soft reach. [1:50:06, 1:50:26]: And then you adopt the historical plan, and then at that point in time they can go forward with making recommendations in terms of what brands. If they had not been purchased already, if the property had not been purchased already, then it would have been easy to say, hey, because we didn't want that eyesore, we do [1:50:26, 1:50:44]: wanna show his dedication to Miss Carrie Mayhamberry is that then I would say it would be easier to go this way but since it's been approached I would prefer that we get that registry uh what do you want to say please she's not Mayor thank you there's a couple of things it w we're mentioning carrying Mayhambury [1:50:44, 1:51:04]: But and this item number six, not one thing on here, says Carrie May Hambrag. I think um the bringing with Councilman Alexander in regards to going ahead and applying food grant for specific purposes. There's a purpose for marketing, heritage, historic preservations, and anything you do with African American heritage, civil rights. [1:51:04, 1:51:06]: or anything of that nature. [1:51:06, 1:51:16]: they actually get an extra up to ten points on the project. So if they are creative in the sense that they are it's tying into the [1:51:16, 1:51:36]: heritage trail altogether, then I'm for it. Right now Miss Brads is not here to speak on it and I have some questions that in regards to it. I see that the first deadline is in today. Today right that's what I was gonna that's what I was gonna say. I think they had um think Main Street had talked with um [1:51:36, 1:51:56]: the owner of the property and I think that's how they got to be project specific. I I still say though if you back back from this and then do your appointments to the board and then let them do a master plan in terms of school preservation. And then when these deadlines go around, it won't be kind of at the last amendment. [1:51:56, 1:52:16]: Well, if if I may finish on my point on that, we've had boot truck, we've had other events where we've been allowed to receive the money for these funds. They come up revolving every year. Same thing, it's always available. We pay into this, you know, they the the county gets the tourism money, the charge. [1:52:16, 1:52:35]: chamber or however you want to claim it, okay? And there's this pool of funds there. When it comes to marketing, I've reached out to them before. We've had applications. So long as you're advertising outside of your setting limits for people on the outside to come in, then so be it. Whether that was a billboard or something other consideration. [1:52:35, 1:52:36]: I think. [1:52:36, 1:52:42]: that being that Miss Brads is not here and being that this is this is constantly evolving. [1:52:43, 1:52:58]: if we made a motion to approve so long as it's for the entire historical district or main street of Stockbridge, I'm okay with l as long as it's pertaining to it, but not as an individual business. And I I don't wanna lose an opportunity [1:52:58, 1:53:18]: I just think that would be horrible and I'm not going to wait on board that we don't need to appoint right now when we've knocked down most of the historical before our time. I'm not going to wait on that. The only problem with this is grads will be back after the deadline is gone. So who's going to apply? Well, from my understanding, they had already prepared the package based with the author that they had to appreciate. [1:53:18, 1:53:38]: If if if that is the case, then I would not be for I'm only for it pertaining to the entire I I don't want to open open up Pandora's box one one business goes to the next business. We're not doing that. [1:53:38, 1:53:58]: So I I want it to be for the entire city benefit. Due to the deadline, which is I think today or tomorrow, what I recommend based on what I've heard for you is that we not submit this code right now. And that we, because someone would have to write it for tomorrow. It's due tomorrow. [1:53:58, 1:54:18]: I believe that there is another grant cycle later in the year. December thirteenth is part of the grant. Well what's that one second. I was not saying perhaps with but it's a given number. [1:54:18, 1:54:38]: apply for a grant, what a historic area or district, if you will, of the city of Stockbridge during that particular cycle, and be able to provide you with information as it pertains to what particular property, building, or what have you to be identified and vetted for. [1:54:38, 1:54:40]: Uh the grant for me. [1:54:49, 1:55:09]: Yes, sir. Um I just want to weigh in uh being remiss if I did not I I've not been consultant on it, so I'm not sure exactly what the money is gonna be used for, what the project would be used for, but the grant um appears to allow [1:55:09, 1:55:29]: For cities to sponsor uh grant applications where the ultimate recipient is a nonprofit business of business, um a chamber of commerce, you know, a number of different things. So under the way the grant it appears to be written, it would be allowed. Um if we did have to pay uh [1:55:29, 1:55:49]: of a a matching portion. Um it would not be dissimilar from a facade plan where there's both a private benefit in terms of the benefits of that business in terms of upkeeping their their facade, but there's a public benefit because it, you know, if you if all the businesses improve [1:55:49, 1:55:58]: with their facade that you know that that's permitted. And so, you know, you could conceptualize a a a a scenario and again I don't know the particulars. [1:55:58, 1:56:18]: where in exchange for the city's sponsorship of the application of the five thousand that they agree to you know provide specific public benefits, maintaining it for certain hours as a tourist destination and you know maybe having an exhibit there [1:56:18, 1:56:38]: Showing you know its historical significance, and that would be the public benefit. So I'm not asking you to vote yes or no, because I just don't know the particulars, but I don't want that issue to be the issue upon which you denied, because I think you have to fashion it so that it would work. [1:56:38, 1:56:58]: mention that because with the Pasonic Grant you are given it I mean bars are beautiful. They get their money directly. And that is a private business. And that was Pasonic Grant. So if you look at it you're actually talking about a very similar situation. And I think also if I may mention your go ahead. I just wanted to mention one [1:56:58, 1:57:18]: Thing about specificity about what is intended for the property. One would be the historic site marker there. Another would be to install an interpretive sign seven story of the green front cafe as well as this area of the hammer. Also install two banner poles with banners at the location and also produce. [1:57:18, 1:57:38]: It's an informational rat car type brochure, you know, what holds something that holds brochures for people to come by so they can understand the history uh of that particular location um uh Green Park campaign and this carrying heritage as well. So it's not for construction. Oh, it's happy for nobody separately. Okay folks, you're on. [1:57:38, 1:57:58]: Well I'm glad that uh city attorney and uh city manager home then because it gave you know I'm grained on the grain front cap pay issue. Right. But uh that gave me more information that showed me that these type of findings have have happened before. Like I say, even with Hamley Femeral home. [1:57:58, 1:58:15]: uh that that was on the historic registry. So my question is has this happened in any areas that's not is uh was the uh was is the church on historic registry? When you did the five thousand I tried to get that before she left but I don't know who [1:58:16, 1:58:36]: I was reading this in in in line with what you're saying, that when we talk about facade grants and and and beautification of those things that are gonna be pertaining to historic sites and the s and it's right there at the street that says carry made. [1:58:36, 1:58:56]: And if it has historic significance for the neighborhood, then I'm gonna I I'm actually for no case. Haven't heard from our city manager, if it's with the marquees and other things that the city would utilize as we've already done on throughout the trail and and a part of the plan. [1:58:56, 1:59:16]: I'm not objecting to that. That's a part of our tourism. That's a part of it's actually it's property that belongs. We have a marquee out in front of Floyd Chapel. I thought you were stating we were given money for construction rehab purposes. I'm totally, no, this is for based off of the descriptions. These are marquees and other things. [1:59:16, 1:59:30]: things that we m we would place there, I'm not that that's a part of what we're doing when it comes to the walking trail, the MLK, the the whole little thing we have going on. I'm not I'm not in disagreement with that. [1:59:30, 1:59:32]: And and if there was [1:59:32, 1:59:36]: Just so you know, as so long as it is what mister Nighton [1:59:36, 1:59:38]: State the purpose of it was for [1:59:39, 1:59:41]: I'm okay with it if [1:59:41, 1:59:46]: It because it benefits everyone. It's not something that benefits the [1:59:46, 1:59:57]: The the the the specify for now. I mean it's clear what you're making. I'm gonna say I wanna say that. You're not you're not next. Actually Miss Robinson's next. Thank you, Mayor. [2:00:00, 2:00:01]: But listening to all

--- title: June 11 2018 City Council Meeting date: 2018-06-11 source: 2018-06-11_June_11_2018_City_Council_Meeting.wav --- [0:00:11, 0:00:31]: Alright, ladies and gentlemen called the meeting order. I have 603 on my actual phone. It's a little fast over there. And uh what I'd like to do is uh call Reverend Jackie Johnson up to give the invocation. We just actually earlier honored her proclamation on her retirement, and I'd like for her to give, since her day, I want her to give the invocation. [0:00:31, 0:00:35]: for us tonight. Please, Ms. Johnson. [0:00:41, 0:00:42]: Let us pray. [0:00:43, 0:00:45]: Eternal God our Father. [0:00:45, 0:00:54]: We acknowledge your holy presence in our lives at this moment. And God, we thank you for the opportunity of service in this community. [0:00:54, 0:01:02]: And in every aspect of our lives. We ask, O God, that you govern by the power of your Holy Spirit, the business conducted here today. [0:01:02, 0:01:08]: And may you be pleased, O God, with our actions. Be pleased, O God, with everything that we say. [0:01:09, 0:01:14]: And may what we do, O God, honor you. It is in Christ's name we pray. Amen. Amen. [0:01:15, 0:01:21]: Please remind us. [0:01:40, 0:01:42]: Councilman Blount. [0:01:42, 0:01:52]: Present. Councilman Thomas. Present. Mayor Ford. Present. Mayor Pro Tem Gantt. Present. Councilman Alexander. Present. Councilwoman Robinson. Present. [0:01:53, 0:02:05]: Mayor Ford, do you have a form? Thank you. Appreciate it, Clark. Council, I need a motion to adopt proceedings agenda, please. So moved. Second. There we go. Any discussion? All in favor, please indicate. [0:02:06, 0:02:07]: Thank you very much. [0:02:08, 0:02:28]: Council, what we have before us approved minutes for the following meetings. April 10th, 2018, April 11th, 2018, April 24th, 2018, and May 14th, 2018. I would assume that you've reviewed those particular minutes. And if that is the case, I need a motion to have them approved. [0:02:28, 0:02:41]: Is there a second? Second. There we go. Any further discussion? All paper is indicated. Okay, thank you very much. Madam Clerk, do we have any public office remote? [0:02:41, 0:02:44]: We do mayor, Mr. Derek Favours. [0:02:44, 0:02:49]: Give us a favors, please come forward sir and name and address. [0:02:51, 0:02:55]: Yeah, specify here. Is it volume? Okay. [0:02:57, 0:03:17]: Um Derek Favors, uh 587, Serene Waters, uh Trail of Jonesboro, Georgia. Uh I live in the city. Um I just want to tell you all thank you for uh the opportunity to come up here and speak. Uh just wanted to kind of bring up an issue that's been an ongoing um incident that's that happened in our association. I'm current. [0:03:17, 0:03:37]: uh HOA president for the Fallen Lords Community Association. Uh we've had a home that's been running a boarding house that's been cited as boarding house. It's also been indicated in uh issues with uh parking ordinance within our area. Uh so we've had um just transients and different people in the area that don't stay there. [0:03:37, 0:03:57]: Sleep in the cars that wanted the neighborhoods late at night at two or three o'clock in the morning. This issue has been ongoing for about two to three years. We brought this up to the code enforcement several times prior to my to my tenure as president, which I've only been serving since uh September. So we want to just be on record to bring this up again. [0:03:57, 0:04:17]: And to let the city know, you know, that we are having this issue and it's been a constant issue and it's worsened over the years. So um, you know, for my uh association people, my neighbors, you know, I want to make sure first that we protect them, we protect their safety, their well-being. We also want to make sure we protect our uh property value within our area. So um that's [0:04:17, 0:04:37]: That's pretty much all I had to bring up to the council's attention. I appreciate that. Thank you. Uh am I assuming this is a legal accident already about this? Yeah, there there is some legalities going on too. From my understanding, it was something that happened today uh with that per with that particular person within our association. So but we keep bringing this up and it's kind of fell on death ears on and off over the years. [0:04:37, 0:04:57]: Um so we're trying to lean definitely on the parking ordinance uh that the city does employ because we do have no parking uh signals on that particular street and we do want to tow. Uh so that's one thing we want to have a leg stand on when we uh when we actually uh address this issue with that resident in the neighborhood. Well noted uh but of my understanding the the speaker matters for all of this is [0:04:57, 0:05:00]: not much we can do right now since it's in the court system. [0:05:00, 0:05:20]: Uh yeah, I I don't know all the particulars on it. Uh I know there has been uh judgment uh left against this person at one point or another, uh, but that person still hasn't adhered to the uh arrangement that was made between them and the city. So it's still ongoing and from my understanding there was some type of uh court hearing that went on today with that particular person and they still haven't adhered to it. [0:05:20, 0:05:30]: Okay, thank you. Appreciate it. Okay, all right. What unless you have something to say or illegally. You have something to say about this? Okay. [0:05:30, 0:05:31]: Thanks for you. [0:05:33, 0:05:35]: Miss Molly Hammer. [0:05:37, 0:05:57]: I was just going to reiterate reiterate the fact that there was court action taken uh late last year uh regarding the matter uh there and also uh today there was some additional court action taken. Um and uh hopefully of course uh it's our hope that this will address the [0:05:57, 0:06:08]: issue and hopefully there will be relief for it and then we obviously will continue to monitor the situation. Okay, thank you sir. Yes ma'am Ms. Molly Hammer. Molly Hammer. Okay. [0:06:09, 0:06:13]: Please come to my handler, the name and and uh address please. [0:06:17, 0:06:37]: Molly Hammer. I live at five um 525 Streamwater Strail, and um I would like to speak um about what Derek just spoke about. Um so the person who bought the house, Boyd's, they bought the house in 2010, and it was in 2013 that I started noticing um different. [0:06:37, 0:06:57]: people moving in and out of the house, living down in the basement was after that hail storm. So the first group of people were actually roofers that were from Texas that were renting rooms from her. And then after that, after the roofing business, you know, all the roofs were fixed, then another group of people came. [0:06:57, 0:07:15]: various groups of people um of all nationalities um uh from my what what she's told me is that she was um renting off of Craigslist and I actually found evidence um last year of um her um [0:07:17, 0:07:37]: of her renting rooms for five hundred dollars apiece on Craigslist and printed it off and sent it over to um Officer Johnson. Um I was actually also subpoenaed um in O November, November second to testify against her um when um she went to court. [0:07:37, 0:07:57]: After court, things got a little bit better. Stopped seeing all the cars parked on the street. There was a flurry of people moving out. Things were better for a while, but they have gotten excessively worse. There a few months ago, walking my dog, there's six cars parked in the street. [0:07:57, 0:08:17]: Four cars in the driveway. People living there. Um just last weekend walking my dog early in the morning, two people sleeping in a car that I took pictures of. Um so yeah, I'm I'm worried for my family and you know I shouldn't have to be worried for my family. We don't know who's coming and who's going. [0:08:17, 0:08:25]: Um two years ago when I was the president of the board, that's when I started contacting um [0:08:26, 0:08:39]: people, Officer Johnson, Code Enforcement. Um I think Mr. Harris was the um city manager back then. Um so we started this process at um [0:08:40, 0:09:00]: back um January twenty seventeen of actually trying to, you know, do something official. Um as president of the board, you know, we've the board spoke to her about parking and um she's just blatantly um disobeying the laws, the covenants. [0:09:00, 0:09:02]: and it's time that it stops. [0:09:04, 0:09:24]: Okay. Thank thank you for comments. We've already made note of the situation. The world's court action going on. I'm pretty sure the police are involved in this as well, this aspect. Okay? Thank you very much. Any other comments? There are no part of the comments. On that note we'll go into a ceremonial portion of the meeting, but uh want to acknowledge the fact that uh the invocation once again was done by Reverend Captain Johnson. We had [0:09:24, 0:09:44]: A proclamation of ceremony murder 40 and uh listen wishing her well on on her uh actual retirement. And uh we also uh had a proclamation uh as a council initiative going to agree with American Heritage Month. Chris Scott and Jackie uh uh Watson were here. I don't know if we're still in the audience, no they're not, it'll seem like and then uh [0:09:44, 0:09:57]: I do have uh another elected official, a fellow uh council member uh from Hampton, um Mr. Earl, uh Mitchell Earl of Hampton. There you go. So we got our council member. [0:09:58, 0:10:01]: [611.5, 631.5]: Okay, so we have a couple proclamations uh to read. And the first one up is dealing with um I don't know, is this this actually working here? I mean it's low, but it's on. It's on, yes it is. Deals with the Alzheimer's, and that's one of the reasons why I'm wearing purple. So uh anybody here uh the Alzheimer's please [0:10:31, 0:10:32]: Please come forward. [0:10:42, 0:10:50]: I'll I'll read the proclamation and then I'm going to give you the proclamation and give you the mic to have any comments that you may have. Come on down. [0:10:50, 0:10:50]: Yeah. [0:10:51, 0:10:52]: Okay. [0:10:52, 0:11:12]: I have to oh I forgot what's your name, I'm sorry? Elizabeth Bradley. Miss Bradley? Debbie Watkins. Debbie Watkins. Kevin Bradley. My assumed husband and wife? That's Bradley. Okay, all right, good deal. This is a proclamation in reference to Alzheimer's. Whereas Alzheimer's disease is a progressive brain disease that slowly deteriorates the brain cells affecting one's reasoning skills and building [0:11:12, 0:11:32]: Perform simple tasks, ultimately leading to memory loss. Whereas Alzheimer's disease, which currently has no cure, is the sixth leading cause of death in adults aged 18 or older in the United States. Whereas with no currently defined definitive interventions to prevent Alzheimer's disease, essential public health services [0:11:32, 0:11:52]: Of early detention, detection, excuse me, risk reduction and surveillance are necessary to protect and improve the health of our citizens. Whereas during the month of June, citizens across Georgia take part in the longest day to raise awareness and support research and care for Alzheimer's patients. Whereas further research of Alzheimer's disease is critical. [0:11:52, 0:12:12]: As it is the only cause of death among the top ten causes in the United States that currently cannot be prevented, cured, or even slowed. Whereas nearly 50% of individuals with increased memory problems reported they had not discussed their symptoms with the health care provider yet, early and documented diagnosis when [0:12:12, 0:12:32]: coupled with access to care planning and services leads to better outcomes for individuals with Alzheimer's disease as well as their caregivers. Whereas caregivers and family members are crucial in maintaining a healthy quality of life for those battling Alzheimer's disease. And now therefore I, Anthony S. Ford, by virtue of authority lesson to me, as mayor of the city of Stockbridge. [0:12:32, 0:12:52]: Georgia and on behalf of City Council members Elton Alexander, John Blount, Lakeesha Jack, Meet Robinson, and Afonso Thomas to hereby recognize June 2018 as Alzheimer's and Brain Awareness Month in the Stockbridge, Georgia. And we call this observation to the attention of all citizens. And witness thereof, I have hereunto set my hand. [0:12:52, 0:13:03]: hand and the great seal of uh city of Stockbridge, Georgia, on the 11th day of June in the year of our Lord 2018. And I signed this along with our city clerk Vanessa Holliday. Thank you so [0:13:11, 0:13:31]: I don't know what to say. Anything you like. Um thank you guys so much for the recognition. We really appreciate it. Um this is the first year that our walk will be an official walk. Um we will no longer be a team out of Atlanta. So um we're very excited about that. The walk will take place September twenty ninth at Alexander Park. [0:13:30, 0:13:43]: um off of Jonesboro Road. And registration begins at 8 and you can register by going to Georgiawalk.org and finding Henry County and clicking on it from there. [0:13:43, 0:13:53]: Thank you, appreciate it. Um we're gonna take a picture with the entire council right back here if you don't mind. Okay, thank you. Thank you. You can go you can go this way? [0:13:53, 0:14:00]: Oh we think that's in a little bit. [0:14:20, 0:14:21]: Yeah. Okay. [0:14:23, 0:14:32]: Can slip gentlemen, you just slip in there. Ladies, just come on down. Can we get everybody? I don't mind. [0:14:37, 0:14:40]: [909.4, 910.0]: Thank you. [0:15:12, 0:15:32]: Now I have to admit, proclamations are always cool to really speak about and give and honor those special folks of the organizations. But this one tonight, in reference to uh another Stockbridge citizen, has done so well in the music industry, and I'm just and I didn't get a chance to meet Mr. Childers earlier this evening because I was up here, so I'll get a chance to meet him now. [0:15:32, 0:15:34]: Mr. Ross Childers, please, could you come forward? There he is. [0:15:46, 0:16:06]: Now I will tell you, you have your family here. I'm gonna read this and I'm gonna eventually give you the mic, okay? But if you want your family up here with you as well, have that? Come on. There's a lot, so we'll just do it? Okay. All of this we're good. Whereas Ross Childress hails from Stockbridge, Georgia, and is co-founder member of the band Collective Soul. And whereas Ross Childress [0:16:06, 0:16:15]: attended Stockbridge High School and was influenced by the Beatles, Prince, and The Cure, and whereas Ross Childress was inducted in the Georgia Music Hall of Fame in 2009. [0:16:15, 0:16:31]: Whereas Ross Childress is the platinum rocker played lead guitar and some of the biggest songs of his era. The group's le uh hook laden guitar anthems and powerfully me melodic songs led to them to have seven number one radio hits. Seven number one radio hits. Okay. [0:16:36, 0:16:39]: The nineteen top forty singles. [0:16:39, 0:16:40]: Yeah. [0:16:44, 0:17:04]: Whereas Ross Trildes was a lead guitarist for Collective Soul and his indebted guitar uh guitar work uh was heard by millions of fans from around the globe. From nineteen ninety-four to two thousand one, Collective Soul received more airtime than on the radio than any other band in its era, including Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarten, R. [0:17:04, 0:17:06]: RNA and Oasis. That's outstanding. [0:17:13, 0:17:33]: Ross currently currently resides in Henry County and enjoys working with children groups such as the Children's Health Care of Atlanta and is currently writing music and movie scores and commercials and loves doing it. Now, therefore, I, Anthony S. Ford, by virtue of authority vested in me as mayor of the city of Stockbridge, Georgia, and on behalf of City Council members Elton Alexander, John Blount, Lakeisha Gantt, Need Robin. [0:17:33, 0:17:45]: And Father Thomas do hereby recognize Ross Childress, co-founding member of Collective Soul from Stockbridge, Georgia, and invites everyone to come out to his performance of the Sound of the Summer concert Saturday, June 16th. [0:17:50, 0:18:10]: Oh yes, absolutely. Okay, I'll stand it. And whereas thereof, uh I here I'm to set my hand in the great seal of the city of Stockbridge, Georgia on the eleventh day of June of the year of our Lord two thousand and eighteen, and I signed this uh proclamation along with City Clerk Vinnes Hall. All right. [0:18:17, 0:18:37]: See the Stock Ridge thing you guys are awesome. This is really cool. So yeah, I'm looking forward to um Saturday. The sounds of summer kicking it off and uh it'll be a a good time. But yeah, honestly though, I remember when the first red light came in, which was like right over here. The first red light stock bridge and then the bridge when the bridge happened. Stockbridge never was the same as the bridge. [0:18:37, 0:18:37]: Ha ha ha. [0:18:40, 0:18:41]: Well it's around scared. [0:19:01, 0:19:05]: [1155.0, 1155.9]: Yeah. [0:19:22, 0:19:23]: Over here. [0:19:23, 0:19:24]: Mm. Oh. [0:19:25, 0:19:26]: Don't you know? [0:19:28, 0:19:31]: Sorry. [0:19:34, 0:19:37]: Yeah. [0:19:55, 0:20:05]: All right, uh we'll move on to business. [0:20:06, 0:20:13]: Council considerations to postpone the rest of the airborne agreement until further notice. Mr. Mike Williams, sir, please. [0:20:14, 0:20:20]: Good evening. Now I can say that I had a major rock star open for me to start [0:20:25, 0:20:45]: Merit Council, you have before you a resolution um that's really housekeeping. You all have already discussed this before, but this kind of evidence it evidences it in writing. Um this is uh calling on the postponement of further consideration of the Western Parallel Glaimon until we have more. [0:20:45, 0:21:05]: information come before us regarding its location and uh so from that perspective we would ask that it be approved by the very council okay um this core please we would then postpone um whole business item number seven for council consideration of the listing limit approved [0:21:04, 0:21:20]: Sorry. Uh Mr. Mayor, just to be clear, I uh approval of the resolution is what we're asking the motion to be because the the resolution itself postpones a consideration. [0:21:20, 0:21:40]: Mayor, I I'd like to restate my motion. I would like to approve the resolution postponing the West Carol agreement. All right. So there are second okay now discuss it please. Council discuss it. So one point of clarification. This was just a lighting. [0:21:40, 0:22:00]: We need to change the motion for that. Alright, there's no further discussion. All in favor of the motion, please indicate? All opposed? You sustain? Okay, so we got uh one sustain. Okay. [0:21:59, 0:22:19]: Council consideration to approve the vehicle use policy. Mr. Wins, please. Um this is the uh draft policy that had been discussed uh a number of times, but yet the final or perhaps the final version uh in front of you. Um it just sets forth a number of conditions uh under which city cables are to be used. [0:22:19, 0:22:39]: I'm going to summarize some of the major points. First, we have had in place a take-home vehicle policy, and so this replaces that with sort of a streamlined policy. [0:22:39, 0:22:59]: And it also provides for replication of of take home vehicles if necessary. Um it goes on to provide that city vehicles are to be uh used um primarily for city business. Um it lays out prohibited uses and these are some of the obvious things, obviously alcohol. [0:22:59, 0:23:19]: The use of tobacco is prohibited in vehicles, no transportation of pitchhikers, et cetera. And then with respect to passengers, it it goes back to the uh and and encompasses the waiver provisions that you all previously adopted and provides that it [0:23:19, 0:23:39]: non employees are e are transported they have to sign the waiver. Um and uh then it provides that if if any city vehicle um is operated and the driver receives a citation that the driver is responsible for paying that citation in the city [0:23:39, 0:23:59]: And then it has a procedure for disqualifying drivers for whatever reason. And these are to protect the city and just to make sure that they're only allowing responsible drivers to use city vehicles. And then it it has a [0:23:59, 0:24:19]: A set of procedures for if vehicles are involved in an accident. So those are the major things. And then what this does is it kind of brings into one policy all the uh the procedures that we had in place. We had them in three different places before, and this kind of puts them all. [0:24:19, 0:24:39]: to one policy. And so uh unless you have questions or want to make some adjustments, I would recommend this for approval. Um city attorney, um I guess I just want to be all right [0:24:39, 0:24:59]: Record for my concerns. I mean, I know you did this policy, but at the same time you're still holding on to this waiver. Um, so that this waiver is still intended that you can have someone in the vehicle spouse as long as they're signing a waiver. Um, I just want the citizens to know that I'm still [0:24:59, 0:25:19]: Against that, um, you're in a government vehicle, and if you're gonna be in a government vehicle, then you should not have a spouse or anyone in the city vehicle. You should not. And I'm strictly against that, but again you have stated that the waiver still stands, and that was the back and forth from [0:25:19, 0:25:39]: The previous because when we go out of town, we're going to be using different vehicles. Because that way, if you design a waiver for your spouse, that could be three or four vehicles or four or five vehicles traveling down the road when you can limit that to two vehicles. Because council members can ride together or if they want to. [0:25:39, 0:25:59]: Protect their spouse, they should drive their own personal vehicles. But again, um, there was an incident, and now we're bringing it to the forefront to let it be to where we were making it okay. Um, so again, I just want to go on record that I'm against any elected official or anybody employed with the city. [0:25:59, 0:26:18]: having their spouses even with a waiver in a city that should not take place at all. So I just want that for the record. Yes correct is yeah I'm moving to approve the uh vehicle users policy presented by Mike Wickers. Is there a second? A second. Okay, is there further discussion? [0:26:20, 0:26:40]: No further discussion? Okay. All in favor of the resolution, please indicate. All opposed? Okay, sweet two. Pass. Now this is the resolution not ordinance. Yes, sir. Okay. Alright, so did it. It passes. The uh sorry. No, that's uh that just one clarification. Council [0:26:40, 0:26:45]: consideration is Kansas City's Trump moratorium. Moratorium is headed by Mr. Williams. [0:26:45, 0:27:05]: A number of months ago, you all adopted a moratorium on the establishment of any new truck-related businesses in the city. That moratorium is set to expire in a few weeks, if I recall correctly. And we're asking you to extend it further establishment. [0:27:05, 0:27:25]: is is going to be presenting an actual revision to the ordinance that makes it clear um where any kind of truck related businesses are permitted in the city. And no we adopted the highway overlay and have some provisions there, but we want to clarify certain sections of the ordinance. So we'd like for you to extend them more toward [0:27:24, 0:27:44]: We can bring that back. All right, Council. Yes, ma'am. Mayor Ford, I move that we um approve the extension of the city's truck moratorium. Okay, is there a second? Is there a second? A second. There we go. Second there? Any further discussion? Yes. Go right ahead, please. I I share a lot of the citizens' concern. [0:27:44, 0:28:04]: About trucking related facilities in the community. And I actually was one of the sponsor of the highway overlay bill to be passed here in the city of Stockbridge. The city currently has a prohibition on all major highways in the city related. [0:28:04, 0:28:24]: Related to trucking related facilities and trucking related businesses on all major highways. As someone who, with all transparency, was in the trucking business myself for numerous years. These trucks need somewhere to park. And we as a council we don't want [0:28:24, 0:28:44]: them parking on our main street. We don't want them to park in terms of in residential areas. Because right now that's what they're doing. They're parking in residential areas and subdivisions. You go to Walmart, they have parking there, you go to Kroger, they're parking there. These trucks are already in our community parking everywhere. [0:28:44, 0:29:04]: What we need to do is we need to come up with a plan where it is acceptable to us to allow them legal parking within the city or they will continue to park illegally. Numerous times I've come down Rock Corridor Road where a tractor was pulled over to the side and notified the police that they were pulled over. [0:29:04, 0:29:24]: To decide waiting on somebody just to run them under that truck. We just need to make sure that whatever we do, there is a path, legal path to legal parking uh for these trucks to operate. They are the commerce uh in our community, and we want to make sure that whatever we do uh [0:29:24, 0:29:44]: is fully uh legal and embraced by safety experts, not necessarily hysteria concerning the trucks. And you know, sometimes I find out that these issues, the trucks are being used as scapegoats for the fact that we have two-lane highways and the highways aren't being maintained. It is not all the trucks. It is the [0:29:44, 0:30:04]: Failure of leadership in this county and in the city and a lot of these instances to maintain and to properly plan for infrastructure in these particular areas. I would like to ask a question of staff. When is this going to be presented? We have had uh well, this is this has been working. [0:30:04, 0:30:14]: worked on for quite some time now, including uh when we uh were going to actually enforce the residential parking uh in subdivision. [0:30:15, 0:30:35]: Mayor, member of the council, as you know, we're doing our comprehensive plan and a number of issues have come before us concerning transportation. And so we're putting this on hold until we look at the rating of our roads and our highways as we go through with our land use to determine where these type of users should be located as it relates to the transportation network. [0:30:34, 0:30:54]: To make sure that how these trucks roll out and get to the expressway, that there's a close proximity to keep them off of the two lane roads. And that is a part of our comprehensive plan, as you know. So just wanted to and that's due to DCA in August. In August to DCA. And then we will expect implementation to be what what [0:30:54, 0:31:10]: Well DCA is not going to approve it till the end of the year because it may come back with comments. Uh they will make some decision around November, December, and then by uh January of 2019 we should have a sign-off by DCA to implement that plan. [0:31:11, 0:31:21]: Okay, any further questions? Council? Okay. That's uh further questions, we have a motion of four. All in favor of the motion, please indicate? [0:31:22, 0:31:30]: All polls. Sustain your polls. Okay, full one. Oh okay. All right. [0:31:32, 0:31:49]: New business, council consideration to amend Title IX, Section 9.12 of Stop Raising Missal Code by hereby deleting and replacing Section 9.12 in its entirety as it pertains to solicitation, permit, and process. Mr. Williams, please. [0:31:50, 0:32:10]: Mr. Mayor and Council, again this is probably more housekeeping than otherwise. Um our current ordinance provides that those um applications go to the city clerk and this changes it so that they go to the administrative and community services department for processing. That's essentially all this does. [0:32:10, 0:32:21]: Okay. Alright. Yes sir. Yes sir. I'll move the way be um taken into consideration. Is there a second? Is there a second? [0:32:22, 0:32:24]: I I'm sorry to take it. [0:32:25, 0:32:45]: No, he didn't say different. He didn't just sit down. This my Mr. Question will do that. My motion is you you you want the vote to be moved. Yeah, I want to approve it. We're just moving it over. Uh council, I I move that we approve this item nine section nine point one two of this code. Okay. You said that okay. [0:32:44, 0:33:04]: Any further discussion? Yes. Go right ahead, please. Now, while we have this issue before us, uh, we have an issue with panhandling in the city, we have an issue with uh you know aggressive panhandling and folks who are basically conning people. Uh we have uh people using children out there at different uh shopping. [0:33:04, 0:33:24]: Centers and areas. Why can't we deal with that in some form or fashion as we're discussing this? Because this is an ever-present thing that we see in the community and citizens are really concerned about. I can't go over the Hudson Bridge without somebody standing in the right-of-way. [0:33:24, 0:33:44]: collective change and then you see them drive off in a nice new car and they're standing there collecting change and citizens are kind of kind of kind of fed up with that and uh you know at this point I'm not really sure whether uh those are whether co-enforcement is enforcing that or the police are enforcing it at this time [0:33:44, 0:34:04]: Time because as uh we've had this issue come before us numerous times, and we want to put the best representation of our city out there, and we need some something done. It's a law enforcement issue, it's not a code enforcement issue. Okay. So what are we able to do uh to with Henry County police? [0:34:04, 0:34:24]: at this time. Are they have we have talked to them? Are they even enforcing it at this point with what we are or is it even being enforced at all? Or what do we need? Do we need to get code enforcement involved because of the situation with the local ordinances or are they enforcing it? It code enforcement by state statute and your [0:34:24, 0:34:44]: By law can only do certain things because they're not law enforcement. It is a law enforcement issue. So it would have to be some arrangement between the city of Stockbridge and every county police. [0:34:44, 0:35:04]: What can we do legally uh to work something out where we have somebody in the city or some agency? Well, I don't know if we need to hire outside agency or what to be able to uh deal with this uh uh in in particular. Is there is there anything we can do in the city? Let me let me sign it here. Uh do the [0:35:04, 0:35:24]: SBS type of agreement. Is this something that Mr. Bag is going to work with with the county or as we work with the police department or anything like that? Something we can do? I don't think I I don't think it's a it's a liberty issue. Okay. It's a matter of perhaps having some conversations with the police department about concerns that have been expressed and raised. I'll be glad glad to do that with Captain War. [0:35:24, 0:35:44]: I think what this ordinance is trying to do is trying to address some of these issues and bring some regulatory aspects to some of the things that take place that would take place legally, hopefully that will drive people from engaging in illegal activities. And I think that's what this is intended to do. Okay, great. Any other comments from the council? Yes. [0:35:44, 0:36:04]: You know, uh we all can sit back and shake our heads at this issue, but we do have a problem. Not only in this in Henry County, but we have a problem around this country when it comes to homeless people. Um I've dealt with a lot of homeless people around here. They don't jump in the fancy car, they jump back in the woods and go to sleep. And so when we sit back, [0:36:04, 0:36:24]: And we have organizations that we sit here, we even give proclamations to. We can go talk to I don't wait on other people to solve my problems in my community. I go to the source. I go to these homeless people. I tell them about the resources that they can deal with. I fed the homeless in this community. We can't sit back and continue to see a see a situation and wait. [0:36:24, 0:36:44]: We don't somebody else to resolve it, but we can start resolving ourselves. Can you have comments from the council? Yes. Correct, please. Um so Mr. Knight, the city manager, you said you will be able to have a conversation with our police captain, correct? Absolutely, yes. So having steps to communicate, that's the main key. Sure. [0:36:44, 0:36:52]: Thank you. Any other comments from the council? If not, there's a motion on the floor. All in favor of the motion, please indicate. [0:36:54, 0:36:56]: All polls? [0:36:57, 0:37:15]: Okay, excuse me. I miscounted. All right, good deal. Thank you. Thank you. Ambassador Nelson. Council consideration to amend chapter 9.101 of the stockbridge municipal code by hereby amending and adding a new section. [0:37:15, 0:37:35]: Nine point zero one point two six zero to provide for single veterans engaging operating businesses and practicing professions in small police. Yes, uh mayor and council, what staff brings before you tonight is an ordinance that just brings stock rice in compliance with the state law so that when people come in to stock race who are veterans that want [0:37:35, 0:37:55]: An exemption on the business license. They know that it's consistent if they go to Hampton, if they go to Jonesburg, wherever they go, that the state laws are in this and that they understand that the rules apply across the board. So that's all that this always does. Okay. Any questions at all from this floor? [0:37:54, 0:38:12]: So okay, is there a second? I second. Here we go. Any further discussion? All things please indicate? Okay, it's unanimous. Appreciate it, thank you. Council consideration to approve selection of the C's Health and Wellness Insurance Policy. Staff recommendation, Sigma health care. Ms. Wheeler, please. [0:38:25, 0:38:38]: Mayor Council, how are y'all tonight? Just fine, but still. Doing well, thank you. I believe in your packets you have the executive summary. Yes. Maybe you all had time to read that. So what I'm gonna do is just do a PowerPoint. [0:38:38, 0:38:40]: Summary of my summary. So [0:38:41, 0:39:01]: And and I think Ellen, this is only going to take about forty, forty-five minutes, so we got plenty of time. Um sorry. This is our time of year which we go up for renewal for our medical or health benefits. Uh Mr. Wendell Strickland is our insurance program, so he's the one that goes out and and uh assesses the market. [0:39:01, 0:39:21]: To try to give us the best possible price and plan for our insurance premiums. He's going to give you a short presentation on what we've what he's gone through to get us to this point and hopefully your approval on the health planation. And thank you so much. You have great staff. We've been working together for many years now. [0:39:21, 0:39:41]: We work really hard to kind of uh look at the options this year. Um so um like I said in your uh packets you have the executive summary. Um so strong size solutions is a healthcare consultant. We specialize in cities and counties in helping you all maintain good benefits, make sure that you uh do the fiduciary responsibilities and bid things out, and that you provide uh good. [0:39:41, 0:40:01]: quality health care as low as possible possible to your employees. We went and marketed this year and everything we were doing is going to take effect July 1, 2018. That's when your renewal is. And our markets this year we went out to um all the appropriate you have fully insured carriers, you have level funded carriers, you have captive self-funded [0:40:01, 0:40:12]: stop loss markets and third party administration. So we went out to a myriad this year to make sure that we check not only your fully insured marketplace, but all the other types of alternate funding and insurance products. [0:40:13, 0:40:33]: Uh this year uh the City of Stockers had 137% utilization. That means for every dollar that you gave Cygna, they paid out a dollar thirty-seven. So you have what we call a high claims year. So um your premiums of$775,000, I think Cigna actually paid out like a million sixty-two. So uh you're running what we call hot, so uh being able to look at other carriers to take that risk at a low. [0:40:33, 0:40:53]: Lower rate didn't result in any competitive carrier. So we have a couple of ongoing large claimants over$25,000 and several prescription drug claims to kind of make that go higher throughout the year. So the original renewal was 30.4%, which was an increase of$232,000. We were able to get that down to$13.1%. [0:40:53, 0:40:56]: one uh or a hundred and one thousand dollars an increase. [0:40:58, 0:41:18]: Um the carriers that we went out to um neither the fully insured carriers, the level funding carriers, the um uh captive markets and the self-funded carriers provided a lower lower cost alternative. As a matter of fact, most of them came in in the 40 to 50 percent increase. So um I think taking the uh 30 percent increase from [0:41:18, 0:41:38]: Signa and bringing it down to 13.1 was a real uh achievement this year, considering the ongoing claims and the liability that the city has as far as claims, liability, and risk. So if you look at this page here, this is your um your benefit plan dynamic. We were able to get the 13.1% increase with keeping your exact same plan. [0:41:37, 0:41:57]: We thought that was really important for employees this year since there's a lot of change going on is to not have either increased deductibles or increased costs or increased co-pays. So we're able to do that by maintaining those current um uh plans. And then uh this is this is the resulting uh uh uh premiums or tier increases uh [0:41:57, 0:42:00]: uh from last year compared to to this year. [0:42:02, 0:42:22]: We also have a lower deductible to your employees, and the city takes on the second portion of their deductible. That way that the deductibles to your employees is kept lower, right? So it's called a split deductible or a health reimbursement arrangement. So we have that this past three years and it looks something like this. So you actually have a$2,500 deductible. [0:42:22, 0:42:42]: For an employee, but your employees only pay$500 of that, and the city pays a second$2,000. So even though there's a higher deductible in the plan, the employees' responsibility is really low. And compared to other cities and counties in the area, only having$500 as a deductible annually for a medical insurance plan is very, very rich. So it should be really good for you in the city to [0:42:42, 0:42:45]: to be able to track and retain good employees. [0:42:46, 0:43:06]: So if you look at a summary, medical is 13.1, dental, we got it down to two, uh, vision zero, basic life zero, voluntary um life zero, short-term disability zero, and long-term disability zero. And we've been able to get this zero increase on uh vision, uh basic life, voluntary life now for almost five years. So I think that's a great track. [0:43:06, 0:43:07]: Recording. [0:43:08, 0:43:28]: So all that wrapped up in a recommendation that would be for the 2018-19 plan year would be to renew with Cigna, to maintain your current health reimbursement arrangement or your split deductible, maintain your prescription drug programs, renew with human for dental, renew with IMED provision, renew with mutual Omaha for basic light volunteer life. [0:43:28, 0:43:35]: life and short-term disability, maintain your wellness program and keep the payroll deductions the same as what we the staff and I had had talked about. [0:43:37, 0:43:57]: Okay, thank you. Uh any questions for Mr. Spritler? Sir. I will just say as one of the people who have used the service and are currently using it, you have done well. Well thank you. [0:43:57, 0:44:17]: No additional funding at this point and uh been able to maintain um a level playing field from last year with all the increases in health care costs. This is outstanding and this is just want to make sure that I'm summarizing what you just told us pretty much is that our employees uh this year would not be facing any additional [0:44:17, 0:44:30]: cost and then we'll be looking at same the same baseline numbers as they were looking at last. That's right, same exact medical plan, no increased cost and premiums, and the same deductibles, co-pays, and co-insurance, correct? [0:44:30, 0:44:39]: Uh I make a motion to move forward with this because I don't think we can do any better than that. That's outstanding. Sir Second. Thank you. All right, great. Any further discussion? [0:44:40, 0:45:00]: All right, all three remote please indicate? Yes, but on the record and and I just want to make clear, yes, there will be no impact to um employees. It would be the same covers that's been in place before. There will be a slight increase, though overall budgetarily, uh to the city. I just want to make that clarification. [0:44:59, 0:45:08]: Okay. And our recommendation is is that this should be. Okay. Let me let me ask you let me ask for motion on the four to say. All favorite motion please indicate? [0:45:09, 0:45:12]: Thank you. Okay. Thank you, sir. Appreciate it. Thank you very much. You're welcome. [0:45:15, 0:45:29]: Council consideration to approve, amend the city established personal policy to reflect Georgia State Law House Bill 673, hands-free cell phone policy, effective 1 July 2018. Ms. Wheeler, please. [0:45:48, 0:46:08]: Good evening, Mayor and Council. Evening. We have a new policy that we're putting uh we've put together due to the new state law that is going to affect House Bill 673, which was passed by the House and Senate and goes into effect July 1st of 2018. [0:46:08, 0:46:26]: regarding the hands-free cell phone policy. So we have drafted a policy for you to approve that will go into effect July 1st and all employees in reference to what will be required as far as the hands-free cell phone policy. [0:46:28, 0:46:41]: We have the slide for that for this. I don't have a slide, it should be in your handbook. Okay. I'm just saying for your email says it's not so good. I don't have a is there a motion to accept this? [0:46:42, 0:46:45]: Questions. Have you had a chance to read it? [0:46:50, 0:46:55]: Well, right. I don't know why we would have the policy, but since we have it, I make a motion to [0:46:55, 0:47:15]: Who said the number? Who did the second second okay? Any any further discussion? Yes. Go right ask. I I obviously we definitely want to follow the law. I just have a question for staff to make sure that we're doing everything that we can do to be totally in compliance. So we have a older vehicle out there. [0:47:15, 0:47:35]: That's not equipped with hands-free service. Are we equipping these vehicles? Are we making are we retroing them? What are we doing to make sure that that old public works truck or whatever they gotta follow in there with them? What are we doing with that? Well, most of the public works trucks have been replaced to newer vehicles. The Navarre. [0:47:35, 0:47:55]: been outfitted for the uh for this. The only two trucks that I know of that we are uh going to work with are these code enforcement um trucks and getting them a a device where they can put their work cell phones in and make it hands-free. [0:47:55, 0:48:02]: Okay, so at this point we're saying that pretty much that's the majority of the vehicles are already. Right. [0:48:04, 0:48:24]: And for the questions under the council. Yeah, that's it. Go right ahead. This didn't outlaw Bluetooth and earpieces. This is this I mean if you still put on the earpiece, that's hand free. I mean it didn't have to necessarily come out to be a just didn't want people holding holding. Right, holding the phone up and and and [0:48:24, 0:48:44]: uh and driving but we've had some instances where employees are driving in their vehicles and they have their phone up to the air up to their ear. I mean I've seen it and stuff so since it's actually the law now for everyone we need to make sure that our employees are held accountable also. It's in the employee handbook also registration. [0:48:44, 0:49:04]: I would also encourage all employees to actually to read in depth the state code, the state law, because if I'm not mistaken, it even refers to passengers that may be uh on their phone. [0:49:04, 0:49:13]: Well, so I would just encourage everyone to actually read the state law in depth. Okay. Any further comments from council? [0:49:13, 0:49:17]: Okay, if not so, then I'll tell you what most of the cable. [0:49:18, 0:49:38]: Okay. Thank you. All right. Thank you, Ms. Will. Number eight project assign assigned an agreement to construct the amphitheater. Mr. Maggie, please. Yes, uh Mayor and Council, uh since there are uh [0:49:38, 0:49:58]: potential land acquisition, property acquisition issues related to this item. I would request that we um enter into executive session to uh discuss it further. Okay. Mayor? Yes sir. We move to the consideration uh move this uh item to uh uh to executive session to [0:49:58, 0:50:16]: Fine, fine. Second? Any further discussion? All favor please? Okay, we'll have a second session and come back on because uh make it known what we've discussed, what we can't discuss in the moment. On that note, uh we'll go over to comments. Uh city manager, do you have any comments right now? No. [0:50:17, 0:50:37]: Um just that we've got a lot going on here at the City Stockbridge and certainly encourage everyone to come out to the town hall meeting uh tomorrow evening at seven o'clock PM at the Merrill Manders Center. Of course we have Tasted Tuesday as well tomorrow evening um uh over at Clark Park. Um and so we encourage people to uh come out and uh [0:50:37, 0:50:40]: um uh take part in the town hall tomorrow. [0:50:42, 0:51:02]: Okay, uh City Clerk. Uh yes, Mayor, my comment would be to notify the public that there is no voting or uh the early voting for the uh run-up elections here in Stockbridge, you do have to go to the city of McDonough um to vote. We won't have it here in Stockbridge. Am I to assume that that's the case? [0:51:02, 0:51:22]: We will do so. Apparently they just voted for this last Thursday or Friday. The elections board did, so we will be putting something out on our website. But I just wanted people to know that there's no voting here in Stockholm. Clarification. [0:51:21, 0:51:41]: At uh the regular principles that we're going to do. Yes, there's just no early voting. Right. Thank you. Okay. Mr. Tuller, sir. Uh I just want to take this opportunity to thank all those that participated in the Don't Trash Stock Bridge Initiative, uh, all the departments. Also, I want to take this opportunity just to mention to [0:51:41, 0:52:01]: All of the citizens, I'm going to commend the staff for their due diligence in crisscrossing the city with the comp plan because I think we have to continue to show our citizens, irregardless of the challenges that we're facing, that we are moving forward to providing [0:52:01, 0:52:21]: The highest level of services that we can, and that we're all still about comprehensively uh moving this city forward. So I just want to commend Mrs. Moore and her staff and others for uh crisscrossing uh the city with with the cup plan and the uh other uh [0:52:21, 0:52:41]: uh contractors that we have hired to actually do this. Thank you. Mr. Blum, please. Yeah, I just want to say uh that as elected officials that we're here to serve and I know that this council is working together to do the the best we can for the city of Stockbridge. And that's what [0:52:41, 0:52:48]: that we're here to to do it serve the uh to serve the citizens. Um one of the things that uh [0:52:49, 0:52:52]: One of the things that's troubling to me when those things are challenged. [0:52:54, 0:52:55]: in our community. [0:52:56, 0:53:16]: And we're not standing up for those things that are challenging to our community as a whole. Uh I I would ask that each citizen would look at what's actually going on with our city with our city right now with uh the proposed city of League's landing and get the information to make a sound decision on uh pertaining to this uh issue. Um [0:53:16, 0:53:36]: Um this council right now, right here today, we're here to serve the citizens of Stockbridge. We want to continue to serve you all in the best of our abilities. And uh one of the things I also want to mention that on July twenty-eighth, and I'll mention it now because we are taking uh donations and uh in kind donations, uh [0:53:36, 0:53:56]: uh we're having a big uh back school kickoff on july twenty eighth from 10 to 1. And so anybody want to serve community get involved in that, definitely call the city and talk to uh our Zero assistant Laquinda Jackson and uh we'll love to have you on board. No condo [0:53:56, 0:54:16]: Council Mazan. Yes, uh thank you so much. I'd like to always uh thank the citizens for tuning in and to for being engaged in the community. Uh we have uh a lot of things uh going on in the city that uh need uh every one of you and everybody to be committed to [0:54:16, 0:54:36]: to to moving the city forward. We uh earlier today we recognize the Caribbean American Community and Heritage Month. We recognize Jackie Watson and we recognize Chris Smith. The two organizations are instrumental in what the Caribbean American community does. [0:54:36, 0:54:56]: uh here at Shock Ridge. Um hopefully next year we'll be able to have a full proclamation uh from the city, but I thought it was extremely important for us to move forward recognizing the contributions of that particular community because they always they do a lot and uh we we want to show to continue that push [0:54:56, 0:55:16]: of diversity is more than just words. It is inclusiveness. It is in policy. I also want to say I'm a resident of the Eagles Landing area of Stockbridge. You know, one of the things that I hear come back from the community a lot of times is, you know, why do we love call it the Eagles Landing community? [0:55:16, 0:55:36]: And when you're in Buckethead and you're in the city of Ona, no one complains about the fact that they call it Buckhead. It is just Buckhead. They celebrate the successes of that particular area and they allow it to be its own distinct characteristics. Both different areas of the city do. There's no ill. [0:55:36, 0:55:56]: will or anything cost me allow this area to be identified as that. Honestly in all transparency, for the first three years that I lived in my location with a McDonald's address, I had no idea that I lived in the city of Stockbridge until I went to get my business license. When I went to get my business license, I went to Heron County and they told me, uh [0:55:56, 0:56:16]: You're gonna run a place and you go down to the city of McDonald. And many of my neighbors are in that same position where they're actually clueless that they live in the city of Stockbridge. And um I I I heard a lot of talk. There are three groups, there are two groups. Uh one of the groups is uh you know the city of Stockbridge, the second group [0:56:16, 0:56:36]: uh the Eagles Valley Educational Research Committee. But there's a third group. That third group is the solid majority which represents the people who live in that particular area who have a vote. Those particular people who live in that area, they love the city too. But they do want to see some improvements. And that's nothing [0:56:36, 0:56:56]: Wrong with wanting better for your city. You know, when I ran for office, I wanted to see that. I wanted to see North Hillary Boulevard improved. I think we could have got more there, and I want to continue to work on these particular projects. I think we can have the city be proud of itself, be well, and do, and to also address the wants and needs. [0:56:56, 0:57:16]: Of every area of the city and listen. And that's what I do when I'm out there discussing the boat that is coming up to try to listen and to garner all of the facts and to make sure that each individual that I speak with that I hear them out 100% fully and whether they support the city or whether they support the city. [0:57:16, 0:57:36]: support uh the the the uh Eagles Landing group, I want to understand why it is that you feel that way. And some of the things that we understood was during 2016 I ran for office, those things are what I try to work on every single day. And I want us to continue to work on those items to move the city forward and I think we can do that. [0:57:36, 0:57:56]: Ms. Robinson, please. Thank you, Mayor. Um our youth council is doing outstanding. We just came off a two-day retreat here at Ted Strickland. I just want to thank staff because we had staff that stepped in and just volunteered and supported whatever they could. And also to our city manager, the mayor. [0:57:55, 0:58:15]: And my counsel and my attorney, thank you so very much, especially to our attorney. He actually went through the Robert Roberts Rule of Order to our young people so that way they can equip them for leadership, communication, and team building that we need here in our community. We're building leaders, so we want to [0:58:15, 0:58:35]: students to remain in their city. They are implicit about the proposed city, so they had a lot of questions. They were asking what they can do. So our attorney was there to allow, you know, speaking to them, telling what they can and cannot do. So it's a matter of showing them, leading our young people in the right direction. So please [0:58:35, 0:58:55]: Please, I just want to say to everyone, we're here to serve you, but I wish you would please get involved, be engaged with this council, because you need to know everything that we're doing. Everything. This is your city. And we're leaders, but a lot of times we make bad decisions. So I'm saying to each and everyone. [0:58:55, 0:59:10]: one of you please get involved and that's anywhere you go there's no one that is perfect but if you're involved with your city you'll know exactly what's going on so again I'm gonna leave you with this to get involved with your city [0:59:10, 0:59:15]: Thank you. I'll tell you what, uh last Tuesday I went down a tasty Tuesday. [0:59:15, 0:59:35]: Food truck tasting tooth. And it took me 10 minutes to find a parking spot. Jan-packed with people. And when I finally parked my car and got there, I looked, I looked around, I said, nothing long diversity around here. I said this is a fantastic community. We're just gonna let the tents to make it even greater than it is today. And so we've got tasting tunes once again tomorrow. [0:59:35, 0:59:55]: Wells the Town Hall of Merrill Manage is 7 o'clock. It's right, Tasty Tuesday, right there at Park Park, so we can go get you a meal at Tasty Tuesday. If you get your meal, come right across the parking lot to Merrill Manors and get an update on where we stand and the facts about what we're dealing with and in reference to this legislation and issues and this proposed city. Okay? You need to do that. [0:59:54, 1:00:14]: tonight and I I love doing proclamations when we're RNG and groups and and and whatnot and I tell you that's great and Alzheimer's individuals I appreciate the fact that they were here and I have to admit my I deal with that slightly not not that I have it but my father is suffering from Alzheimer's so I so when I talk with him I have to [1:00:14, 1:00:34]: repeated several times over and over and over again. And uh so I so I know how it affects it. I know how it affects me personally in this aspect as well. And and it's a recognition for Reverend Jackie Johnson is great, appreciate that I was bringing that forward. She really deserves all the recognition because she does a great job in the community. And I know she's right [1:00:34, 1:00:54]: Down the street to the library, so that's great too. For Ross Children's collect the soul. What I got a rock star. Ross star coming outside, right? And I tell you what, I'm gonna be at that concert and my wife comes out there and listen to my man jam. Okay? Jam his guitar and have a great time. And that's open to the public, citizens, so come on out. [1:00:54, 1:01:14]: out and check out watch children's and and and have a good time with us as the council and everybody else okay continue to be engaged with us as we continue to move the city forward keep the faith we're gonna we're gonna make it work it's gonna work for you and we we've got to keep it listening here listen to you and you gotta have continue to have that dialogue and we'll do so. God bless y'all thank you [1:01:14, 1:01:34]: On that note, I am now going to go down to some updated meetings we have going on. Council meeting Wednesday, June 13th. It's 6 p.m. the City Hall Lewis Meeting Room. Downtown Development Authority meeting June 18th. 6 p.m. City Hallwat Meeting Room. Stop Riz Comprehensive Plan Steering. [1:01:34, 1:01:54]: Committee meeting Tuesday, June 19th, 6 30 to 8, Rural Managers Conference Center. Youth Council Library Committee meeting Wednesday, June 20th, 630 in City Hall, the Leviat Meeting Room. Planning Commission meeting Thursday, June 21st, 6 p.m. City Hall, Council Chambers. Stop base comprehensive plan, final open house meetings. [1:01:54, 1:02:14]: Tuesday, June 26, 5:38, Merle Manders Conference Center. Council Work Session meeting Wednesday, June 27th, 4 p.m. City Hall, Levi Meeting Room. Strappers Association meeting uh business meeting, Thursday, June 28th, 6 p.m. Test Strickland Community Center, 1:30 ML King Senior Harriet's Trail. Food truck [1:02:14, 1:02:34]: I'll mention that that's gonna go on to the end of July. And then we got the already mentioned the Sound Summer Free Concert and featuring uh Rush Childress this Saturday, six and nine thirty. Come check it out. Okay, on that note, we're going to go into a second session. So council, I need a motion for a second session, please. [1:02:34, 1:02:47]: personnel and real estate. Thank you. Thank you. It's been some second. Some second please. There we go. Any discussion? All flavor please indicate. Thank you. [1:03:47, 1:03:49]: See the curve makes you get it. [1:03:53, 1:04:11]: Can you do something? All the names of the people who are here? Okay, so Elizabeth Bradley is who he presented it to. [1:04:12, 1:04:32]: Watch it. Yeah. Thank you. Yeah. Well thank you. Well you're yeah. We gotta be quick understanding all that said and get those notes. I'll get it out. I admire your fear that you're doing its job so well. That's such a hard job.

--- title: April 3 2018 Special Called Meeting date: 2018-04-03 source: 2018-04-03_April_3_2018_Special_Called_Meeting.wav --- [0:00:03, 0:00:11]: That might have been once. [0:00:15, 0:00:21]: Right. No, I'm fine. [0:00:24, 0:00:28]: And the sand it was gonna be around the office. [0:00:30, 0:00:35]: Wait for something that's on. [0:00:35, 0:00:38]: Yeah, [0:01:00, 0:01:04]: You call it what we're taking out here. [0:01:05, 0:01:12]: Yeah, but change one. [0:01:13, 0:01:15]: [ 77.8, 78.9]: [0:01:30, 0:01:32]: Oh [0:01:37, 0:01:40]: Can you work out? [0:01:41, 0:02:00]: So you're pretty sure it's number one for the other. I will say that I really think so, but I will say that. [0:02:10, 0:02:11]: Yeah. [0:02:15, 0:02:20]: I think I think it's [0:02:30, 0:02:30]: Yeah. [0:02:31, 0:02:33]: Okay. [0:02:34, 0:02:40]: Yeah, so we're [0:02:40, 0:02:42]: Yeah, [0:02:43, 0:02:50]: But I would have any folks from this play. [0:02:50, 0:02:52]: You know, how the book system is. [0:03:06, 0:03:07]: Yeah. [0:03:23, 0:03:27]: I think it's even more than that very simple. [0:03:29, 0:03:30]: Yeah. [0:03:56, 0:04:05]: No, uh huh. Okay. [0:04:07, 0:04:10]: I'm gonna do it. [0:04:12, 0:04:13]: Oh. [0:04:14, 0:04:16]: [275.9, 277.5]: Okay, Clerk, uh you sat. [0:04:40, 0:04:42]: Vanessa? Yes, sir. You set? Mm-hmm. [0:04:42, 0:04:43]: Okay. [0:04:45, 0:04:52]: Ladies and gentlemen, it's a little after four. I almost got five after four. I'm gonna call the special call meeting for April 3rd to order. [0:04:54, 0:04:59]: And the invocation will be done by uh Neat Robinson. Councilman Robinson, please. Everybody stands? [0:05:02, 0:05:17]: May we all bow. Father God, as your leaders assemble, we humbly come before you, asking that you will guide and lead us in a manner that we will faithfully serve your people. In your name we pray. Amen. [0:05:18, 0:05:20]: Pledge allegiance here? [0:05:20, 0:05:32]: Pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, Republic who would have stand on nation, under God, individuals, but liberty and justice for all. [0:05:43, 0:05:44]: No call please. [0:05:45, 0:05:46]: Councilman Thomas. [0:05:46, 0:05:47]: Councilman Blount. [0:05:48, 0:05:49]: Present. Mayor Ford. Present. [0:05:49, 0:05:51]: Mayor Pro Tem Gantt. [0:05:52, 0:05:57]: Let the record reflect Mayor Pro Tem Gantt is not in attendance. Councilman Alexander. [0:05:58, 0:05:59]: Councilwoman Robinson. [0:06:00, 0:06:06]: Mayor Ford, you have a quorum. Thank you, appreciate that. Council, I need a motion to adopt the agenda. [0:06:09, 0:06:09]: There's a second. [0:06:11, 0:06:19]: Is there a second? Thank you very much. Any questions? Discussion? All in favor of the motion, please indicate. [0:06:21, 0:06:21]: Okay. [0:06:22, 0:06:29]: All right. What we have next to review the minutes for the following meetings. The uh February 2nd special call meeting. [0:06:31, 0:06:32]: We also have here [0:06:33, 0:06:38]: A council meeting on the twelfth of um February. [0:06:38, 0:06:49]: And also a work session minutes on the 27th of February. Just review those. And our next meeting we'll be able to repeat them at the time. [0:06:49, 0:06:50]: Yeah. [0:06:59, 0:07:03]: If there are actually no questions about those minutes, we'll move on to new business in just a second. [0:07:07, 0:07:08]: And move. [0:07:09, 0:07:14]: New business. Legislative update presented by uh City Manager, Mr. Nighton, please. [0:07:14, 0:07:19]: Uh mayor and council, the legislative update would be an item that would be covered under executive session. [0:07:20, 0:07:21]: Okay. [0:07:22, 0:07:23]: Appreciate that. [0:07:24, 0:07:44]: Okay. Item number five, council consideration to approve the ordinance providing limitation on the city manager's contracting authority up to$25,000. Presented by Mr. Knighton, sir, please. Yes to Mayor and Council, uh this uh item is a request to um uh provide that uh contracting authority up to twenty-five thousand dollars previously uh [0:07:44, 0:08:04]: It was uh$50,000 for uh a lengthy period of time and then it was reduced down to$10,000. The request is as a result of uh you know some of the day-to-day operations that we encounter, talking to a number of staff people, and it provides more flexibility with respect to uh making the necessary. [0:08:04, 0:08:23]: purchases of uh that are necessary uh to conduct our activities. So the request is up to$25,000. That does not necessarily mean that items less than that may not be brought to the council for your consideration, but it does provide the latitude necessary to go up to$25,000 as needed. [0:08:24, 0:08:27]: Okay, thank you. Um any questions? [0:08:29, 0:08:33]: Do I have a motion to accept the uh ordinance change at all? [0:08:36, 0:08:37]: Soul Move. [0:08:37, 0:08:38]: Is it a second? [0:08:39, 0:08:41]: All right. Any further discussion? [0:08:44, 0:08:46]: Hearing none, all in favor of the motion, please indicate. [0:08:49, 0:08:52]: Four. I guess we got four affirmatives in. Okay, good deal. [0:08:53, 0:09:10]: Council consideration to approve vendor interdevelopment for interdevelop, I guess, for information technology services, the city of Stockbridge, RFP 17, RFP 112017-DRR, presented by Mr. Riley. [0:09:13, 0:09:14]: No. [0:09:15, 0:09:19]: Want to hear it after the session? Okay, we're gonna do it. [0:09:22, 0:09:28]: Ask if that item could be held until after executive session for consideration of the council. [0:09:33, 0:09:45]: All right, if that is the case, then uh what we have left is executive session itself. So I need a motion council to go to executive session, please. So move. [0:09:48, 0:09:54]: So moved uh one uh Blount and then second by Thomas. Okay, any discussion? All in favor, please indicate. [0:09:55, 0:09:58]: All right folks, we'll be back from the segment session shortly. [0:10:00, 0:10:00]: Mm-hmm. [0:10:06, 0:10:08]: Apply a diversity policy not only. [0:10:20, 0:10:21]: Hey Carly. [0:10:22, 0:10:25]: Maybe you can um ask. [0:10:25, 0:10:29]: This this is this is a this is a special call. [0:10:30, 0:10:32]: You're a bit of a high. [0:11:16, 0:11:16]: That's it. [0:11:20, 0:11:21]: Okay. [0:11:22, 0:11:25]: Yeah, yeah. [0:11:40, 0:11:42]: I'm [0:11:51, 0:11:52]: Yeah, yeah. [0:12:01, 0:12:03]: I'm not saying. [0:12:40, 0:12:44]: I don't know how to shake it. No. [0:13:45, 0:13:46]: Wait for the channel. [0:13:54, 0:13:59]: [857.9, 860.2]: I don't know. [0:14:27, 0:14:36]: [876.7, 885.0]: So we're big main. [0:14:45, 0:14:58]: Probably a little bit like I see. I think [0:15:01, 0:15:03]: Oh. [0:15:04, 0:15:24]: Usually nothing is more popular. Yeah, like bringing that. Maybe I don't have all those things like my legs. Yeah. [0:15:24, 0:15:29]: I don't know. [0:15:30, 0:15:37]: [938.8, 943.5]: Oh I've got to help me out. [0:15:44, 0:15:50]: This is a little bit. [0:15:58, 0:16:01]: Oh yes, yeah. [0:16:02, 0:16:04]: Yeah. [0:16:17, 0:16:37]: Maybe it's a pattern, you know. I've never rented some personal. [0:16:37, 0:16:38]: [999.9, 1002.2]: [0:16:44, 0:16:51]: I don't know if I don't know if that helps you. [0:17:49, 0:17:51]: Right. [0:17:53, 0:17:55]: That's fine. [0:18:00, 0:18:16]: Yeah, it's basically cheese, so she wanted that time. So she wanted to go. [0:18:18, 0:18:25]: [1106.4, 1124.8]: She was bringing that off. She didn't really write that. [0:18:46, 0:18:50]: [1144.9, 1148.6]: Yeah, you want to. [0:19:15, 0:19:17]: But it is a little real. [0:19:19, 0:19:33]: Yeah, but she didn't say that you know during it. [0:19:47, 0:19:49]: Yeah, well I think it's more. [0:19:51, 0:19:53]: Yeah, it's not. [0:19:56, 0:19:58]: Yeah. [0:20:01, 0:20:03]: Okay, yeah, we're just let you get some. [0:20:04, 0:20:06]: Yeah. [0:20:13, 0:20:21]: [1224.1, 1232.3]: Maybe the mayor playing earlier last season. [0:20:36, 0:20:46]: Oh yeah. [0:20:50, 0:20:52]: Yes. [0:21:00, 0:21:08]: And how drop it can't bring out the rock, but that's more than a little bit. [0:21:10, 0:21:12]: I'm not sure what we did. [0:21:20, 0:21:30]: [1310.0, 1321.8]: But it's different. So it's a different thing, but it's more important. [0:22:02, 0:22:11]: Yeah, we have an involved working out. And then it was a good one. [0:22:13, 0:22:21]: Because I'm not sure. [0:22:27, 0:22:34]: Yeah, when it's you got to go on. [0:22:39, 0:22:52]: But it's more software. It's more cow. Then it's saying that something is not something called the original photoshop because it was more capital. Okay. [0:22:52, 0:22:58]: And we'll never see it. [0:23:05, 0:23:06]: Yeah. [0:23:08, 0:23:28]: [1408.5, 1428.5]: [0:23:48, 0:23:52]: Okay, okay. [0:25:51, 0:25:53]: Oh [0:26:08, 0:26:15]: [1577.0, 1579.1]: [0:26:21, 0:26:27]: Thank you. [0:28:15, 0:28:15]: Okay. [0:28:17, 0:28:22]: We're gonna talk about it. [0:29:02, 0:29:03]: [1745.5, 1747.1]: [0:29:50, 0:29:51]: Yeah. [0:32:12, 0:32:14]: Oh, that's what they were. [0:32:17, 0:32:21]: Yeah, laughter and [0:32:21, 0:32:23]: Okay, [0:32:25, 0:32:27]: That's not a little bit. [0:36:20, 0:36:21]: So [0:36:22, 0:36:23]: [2186.4, 2189.6]: That's pretty good for it. [0:37:13, 0:37:14]: Yeah. [0:37:36, 0:37:38]: [2379.5, 2380.5]: Yeah. [0:42:21, 0:42:22]: What do you think about it? [0:58:12, 0:58:13]: Yeah. [0:59:22, 0:59:23]: [3570.0, 3575.4]: Or you do. [0:59:42, 0:59:44]: Okay, first yeah. [0:59:46, 0:59:50]: Yeah, okay. [0:59:52, 0:59:53]: Yeah. [1:01:17, 1:01:18]: Okay. [1:02:15, 1:02:19]: Yeah, there's a crazy NGOs thing. [1:02:27, 1:02:29]: That's right. Yeah. [1:02:30, 1:02:31]: Yeah. [1:02:58, 1:03:06]: Yep, yep, that's right. Especially young. Yeah, especially on the urge and often. [1:03:06, 1:03:08]: First yeah. [1:04:50, 1:04:52]: I'll still get the dog in it. [1:05:30, 1:05:36]: [3944.5, 3956.1]: Oh yeah, it's looking very sharp. [1:06:08, 1:06:11]: What if I think it's from twenty? [1:08:28, 1:08:30]: Yeah, that's the last thing you know, like. [1:08:31, 1:08:34]: Yeah, because build it on the cost of the whole. [1:09:27, 1:09:31]: Yeah, yeah, yeah. [1:09:32, 1:09:37]: But yeah, they are. [1:10:15, 1:10:17]: That's what I'm saying. [1:10:20, 1:10:24]: [4229.3, 4232.4]: Right? What is it there? [1:10:55, 1:10:57]: Oh yeah. [1:12:46, 1:12:48]: I'm following up, but then the post up is a [1:12:50, 1:12:53]: Yeah, I'll let people run again, I'll let [1:13:06, 1:13:06]: No. [1:13:20, 1:13:28]: [4453.3, 4459.0]: I think they don't know. [1:14:20, 1:14:21]: Yeah, [1:15:27, 1:15:31]: Yeah, but I have all that. [1:15:32, 1:15:35]: She's looking for the gland on my hand. [1:15:36, 1:15:39]: Uh bracket, yeah. [1:26:37, 1:26:40]: What do you want to do? [1:27:06, 1:27:16]: I'm going to get a lot of birds like [1:27:17, 1:27:18]: But for you. [1:27:20, 1:27:23]: But it's here! [1:27:23, 1:27:27]: [5257.6, 5259.3]: So I want to take it. [1:27:50, 1:27:59]: I wish I could tell the following. Hey, hey Kid, can we turn the show back? [1:28:20, 1:28:21]: Okay. [1:28:24, 1:28:27]: [5310.6, 5313.2]: [1:28:39, 1:28:43]: That would be right. [1:28:57, 1:29:00]: Just a bitch. [1:30:00, 1:30:04]: It is. [1:30:22, 1:30:25]: [5448.6, 5449.4]: Uh huh. [1:30:53, 1:30:55]: Yeah. [1:30:57, 1:30:59]: Uh [1:31:15, 1:31:17]: Yeah, man. [1:31:27, 1:31:28]: [5496.7, 5498.3]: I wanna go up to the minute. [1:31:45, 1:31:49]: [5509.8, 5513.2]: Yeah, okay, yeah. [1:31:57, 1:31:59]: Well what you do is you have [1:32:06, 1:32:08]: [5532.2, 5533.9]: But maybe you can put it on here. [1:32:47, 1:32:50]: I forgot that. [1:33:10, 1:33:10]: Yeah. [1:33:34, 1:33:38]: Alright, let's take a look. [1:33:42, 1:33:44]: [5641.2, 5641.9]: Yeah. [1:35:51, 1:35:55]: I don't think I saw that works with me. [1:36:10, 1:36:10]: Okay. [1:36:47, 1:36:49]: It's the hour. [1:36:49, 1:36:52]: It's still like anything. [1:37:11, 1:37:14]: Right. [1:37:20, 1:37:22]: [5842.5, 5845.5]: I'm not basically how you can look up. [1:37:28, 1:37:30]: Oh yeah. [1:37:34, 1:37:39]: [5864.4, 5865.8]: Yeah. [1:37:48, 1:37:49]: Yeah, it's meant to. [1:37:56, 1:37:57]: Yeah, [1:38:03, 1:38:03]: Okay. [1:38:20, 1:38:20]: Yeah. [1:38:23, 1:38:24]: Yeah. [1:41:10, 1:41:16]: Probably very button, big button. [1:41:25, 1:41:28]: Oh, I agree with you. [1:41:28, 1:41:40]: But the name of the train called? Yeah. Yeah, yeah. [1:41:45, 1:41:52]: Really? So y'all have to go there? [1:44:04, 1:44:16]: Let me get a chance to come out of this room here. How long we're going to check yourself? Uh I think it's gonna be short than that. Alright, thank you. Okay. [1:44:38, 1:44:40]: Yeah, I guess. [1:45:02, 1:45:03]: Yeah. [1:52:50, 1:52:52]: Oh screen. [1:55:40, 1:55:41]: Right. [1:55:41, 1:55:44]: I guess we're real short, she helped me. [1:55:46, 1:55:51]: Right. Oh baby. Baking. Yeah, buzz. [1:56:06, 1:56:07]: Yeah. [1:56:14, 1:56:16]: Yeah, I like it up. [1:56:36, 1:56:37]: There we go. [1:56:40, 1:56:42]: Oh state. [1:56:43, 1:56:45]: And a great resonance. [1:57:26, 1:57:26]: No! [1:57:31, 1:57:33]: It took us whole hours thinking. [1:57:34, 1:57:37]: Don't like [1:57:39, 1:57:40]: Any call for [1:58:15, 1:58:16]: Okay, get up. [1:58:19, 1:58:21]: [7102.3, 7109.0]: I'm mad. But it be in the heart to bring some people. [1:58:54, 1:58:55]: Okay, what is the day? [1:58:59, 1:59:00]: We gotta care. [1:59:17, 1:59:19]: That right. [1:59:27, 1:59:30]: Uh yeah. [1:59:41, 1:59:45]: I'll figure out what I said. [2:01:06, 2:01:07]: Yeah, yeah. [2:01:11, 2:01:12]: Yeah. [2:01:14, 2:01:21]: That's all I'm right. [2:01:29, 2:01:30]: [7302.3, 7303.7]: Yeah, yeah. [2:01:45, 2:01:46]: Oh yeah, but [2:02:01, 2:02:04]: But it's still yeah, we can see. [2:03:01, 2:03:03]: Yeah, yeah. [2:03:05, 2:03:06]: No look there. [2:03:11, 2:03:14]: [7397.0, 7400.2]: [2:03:22, 2:03:30]: Yeah, this is the one. [2:03:34, 2:03:37]: That's probably the paperwork. [2:03:42, 2:03:43]: [7428.9, 7431.8]: Obviously, huh? [2:03:53, 2:03:55]: Okay, so [2:03:59, 2:04:00]: Oh that's yeah. [2:04:04, 2:04:07]: [7450.0, 7451.6]: [2:04:13, 2:04:15]: Back to work on Friday too. [2:04:18, 2:04:24]: I said love. I said love. [2:07:18, 2:07:20]: Yeah. [2:07:47, 2:07:48]: No. [2:10:01, 2:10:02]: Yeah. [2:10:40, 2:10:43]: No, no, no. [2:11:20, 2:11:20]: Right. [2:11:27, 2:11:28]: Mm-hmm. [2:12:11, 2:12:13]: Yeah. [2:12:26, 2:12:29]: [7957.9, 7959.5]: Oh god, [2:12:45, 2:12:47]: Five. [2:12:49, 2:12:51]: Yeah. [2:13:21, 2:13:22]: Yeah. [2:14:40, 2:14:42]: Racket. [2:14:51, 2:14:53]: Come on, guess what? [2:15:03, 2:15:04]: Yeah, okay. [2:27:55, 2:27:57]: Yeah. [2:28:24, 2:28:25]: Yeah. [2:28:34, 2:28:40]: Oh you think they are the noun. How would it win? [2:32:04, 2:32:05]: And everything's cool. [2:35:17, 2:35:18]: Well. [2:35:40, 2:35:41]: Okay, see. [2:35:44, 2:35:47]: [9352.8, 9356.0]: Zero and I got a little very moving to [2:35:59, 2:36:01]: Yeah, I just [2:37:00, 2:37:01]: Yeah, I don't know. [2:37:04, 2:37:05]: Yeah. [2:40:13, 2:40:19]: I I just keep on driving. I look at it, but just keep on driving, but I just [2:40:50, 2:40:51]: What is it? Yeah. [2:42:05, 2:42:08]: I can't get it in the I can uh [2:42:28, 2:42:30]: [9750.6, 9752.0]: Yeah, that's the problem. [2:42:36, 2:42:37]: Yeah, so [2:42:57, 2:42:58]: Right. [2:43:03, 2:43:09]: Yeah, I know that was much more than good. Right. Right. [2:43:11, 2:43:15]: [9798.0, 9802.6]: Yeah, shell everything. [2:43:43, 2:43:44]: Yeah, yeah. [2:45:01, 2:45:02]: Oh the jump is that. [2:45:08, 2:45:09]: No. [2:45:36, 2:45:39]: I did, I did take that off. [2:52:28, 2:52:30]: Right. [2:52:32, 2:52:33]: [10539.6, 10540.9]: Yeah, fifteen. [2:56:19, 2:56:21]: Was deal? [2:56:43, 2:56:46]: No, that's not the open. [2:57:04, 2:57:07]: Go on, look at it. [2:57:41, 2:57:44]: Yeah, true. Yeah, it's like you know. [2:59:51, 2:59:55]: Yeah, no, I won't say that. [3:01:10, 3:01:12]: Always. [3:02:30, 3:02:32]: That's a little page. [3:04:12, 3:04:13]: Five. [3:04:53, 3:04:55]: I'm like the attractions down the road. [3:05:12, 3:05:14]: [11166.4, 11169.4]: Better. [3:06:16, 3:06:17]: That's all. [3:06:19, 3:06:21]: But off one. [3:06:22, 3:06:24]: They're not going to be able to do that. [3:06:29, 3:06:31]: And what we're looking at. [3:06:34, 3:06:35]: I ain't gonna have one. [3:08:23, 3:08:25]: Like a low minutes of video. [3:12:45, 3:12:46]: Oh. [3:12:47, 3:12:55]: Way too long. Too much target. [3:13:04, 3:13:06]: I don't know. [3:13:08, 3:13:10]: What do you think? [3:13:12, 3:13:13]: You're I don't know. [3:13:17, 3:13:28]: So I actually got some. [3:13:32, 3:13:46]: What if uh you can get a ball? [3:13:49, 3:13:54]: All right. [3:13:55, 3:14:01]: Spin up. Okay. We're gonna go back to the back. [3:14:05, 3:14:06]: Yeah. [3:14:06, 3:14:14]: We gotta go back. Council Elliott's never can't run. So we [3:14:16, 3:14:18]: Yes, we bought that share. [3:14:20, 3:14:21]: All right. [3:14:21, 3:14:24]: Okay. That's fine. [3:14:25, 3:14:27]: Agate, I know. [3:14:30, 3:14:31]: No, that's fine. You're good. [3:14:32, 3:14:32]: Yes, huh? [3:14:33, 3:14:36]: We'll take care. I I knew what you were talking about. [3:14:36, 3:14:38]: Yeah. Yes ma'am. [3:14:39, 3:14:40]: Mm-hmm. [3:14:41, 3:14:42]: What about the two that [3:14:45, 3:15:05]: Okay. So um Smere. Now they're we don't use that one, do we get out there? I'll give them a actually no uh back up then I mean before we go through they would uh correct button. That's okay. [3:15:04, 3:15:05]: Yeah. [3:15:06, 3:15:07]: I'll take care. [3:15:09, 3:15:18]: Because I know. But I thought it was uh this was going on on Monday. Oh, okay. Yeah, so that's why I was like [3:15:20, 3:15:21]: Yeah. [3:15:24, 3:15:37]: Oh no, all right. Okay, we are now completed with our executive session, so I uh need a motion to end the second session, please. Boom. [3:15:40, 3:15:41]: There's second? Second. [3:15:41, 3:15:43]: Okay. Any discussion? [3:15:44, 3:15:45]: All in favor, please indicate. [3:15:47, 3:15:47]: Okay. [3:15:48, 3:15:52]: I need a motion to reconvene our special call meeting, please. So [3:15:52, 3:15:54]: Tec there you go. Any discussion? [3:15:56, 3:16:06]: All favor please indicate. All right. In our executive session, we have some uh we had a at least one item that needs to be presented. Can I have a motion for that item, please? [3:16:08, 3:16:09]: Yeah. [3:16:09, 3:16:23]: Yes sir. I'd like to move that we accept the recommendation by the city manager in regards to the uh evaluation of city clerk. [3:16:23, 3:16:28]: Um no I is this uh you're talking about s we're talking about salary, is that right? [3:16:30, 3:16:38]: Well y y y yes, sir. I d the the motion um would probably be more proper to to include a reference to an increased salary. [3:16:45, 3:16:47]: And increase it. [3:16:52, 3:16:52]: Okay, is there a second? [3:16:54, 3:16:55]: Is there a second? Okay, there you go. [3:16:56, 3:16:57]: Uh further discussion? [3:16:59, 3:17:00]: All in favour, please in okay. [3:17:01, 3:17:02]: Okay, motion passes. [3:17:03, 3:17:04]: You're welcome. [3:17:04, 3:17:05]: I'll stand it. [3:17:05, 3:17:09]: All right. So what we have, one other item we have today is Mr. Riley. [3:17:10, 3:17:16]: You are going to present to us uh information about uh IT, is that correct, sir? Yes, sir. Right? [3:17:17, 3:17:17]: Go right here. [3:17:18, 3:17:38]: Good afternoon, Mr. Mayor and Council members. I'm here for the request approval of a recommended proposal, RFP number 17RFP 112017-DRR. It's for IT Technical Technology Supporter Service. [3:17:37, 3:17:53]: services with the Interdev LLC out of Alpharetta, Georgia. This contract is prorated for till the end of this year in the amount of$100,000. This agreement is for one year with two one-year renewals. [3:17:55, 3:17:56]: All right. Um [3:17:57, 3:18:06]: Anything else you need to add before the have any questions from the council? That's it? Anything else? Okay. Council, got any questions that you may have? Mayor. Go right here, sir. [3:18:06, 3:18:13]: I I just want to make sure that I understand this process uh completely. Um at this point [3:18:14, 3:18:34]: Uh is this uh the end use is this the the vendor has been selected or is it that uh we're putting this out for RFP or how how talk about that a little bit. This project was put out for RFP back in October of 2017. And we had two companies to respond to it. [3:18:34, 3:18:51]: And I had a selection committee of myself and several members of the city, and we actually evaluated the two proposals. And based on that, we came up with Interdev as our best company for the IT services. [3:18:51, 3:19:11]: Okay, now as far as these services are concerned, I read that there would be someone that would be on site as well. Now I look at some of the other uh administrative as well as the state and they're able to do something where they're posting these directly to YouTube or or a popular site like that, Vimeo. [3:19:11, 3:19:14]: where they are available immediately. [3:19:15, 3:19:34]: Uh but after the meeting you can reference and you can scroll through them. Is uh tell me all of the services that we would be getting from this provider that uh we that this council has discussed. Uh the uh what is the difference between this provider and some past providers. [3:19:34, 3:19:54]: Well this provider will actually have an on-site user five days a week at from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. as well as on site whenever we have council meetings. They will also provide the city with configurations, network, domains, printer setups, installations. [3:19:54, 3:20:14]: workstations, just all of IT from the cradle to grave. We will have one person that's here on site 24-7. Whenever staff is here, they will be here. And whenever we have anything from our networks going down or we [3:20:14, 3:20:26]: have any type of new solutions or anything that we need, they will be here 24-7 as well as have a network of team providers that will support the city. [3:20:26, 3:20:46]: Yeah, one final question if I could. Now there was in this RP there was a mention that there would be some type of um there would be a verification on other municipalities that this company uh was dealing with. Could you elaborate on that? Where we might be able to look at it and to see what they're doing [3:20:46, 3:20:48]: Uh for the other minute spelled. [3:20:48, 3:21:08]: Uh yes, sir. Uh well I don't have the actual list in front of me, but I know uh I have checked their references and made sure that they have supported a city size as well as scope that we have in front of you. They have supported cities such as City of Alpharet. [3:21:08, 3:21:17]: City of Tucker, City of Um Stone Crest. So they are actually a great provider as well as they come highly recommended. [3:21:18, 3:21:22]: Thank you. Any other questions from the council? Two real quick. [3:21:22, 3:21:23]: Um [3:21:23, 3:21:25]: When would they start? [3:21:26, 3:21:27]: Immediately. [3:21:27, 3:21:40]: I will touch bases with them in the morning and have them drafted up a contract, but I'll have been in conversation with them and I'll have them to start immediately working with our current provider. [3:21:40, 3:21:46]: Second question. I did want to add um Councilman Blount. There would be a transition period, obviously. [3:21:47, 3:22:07]: Um and our current provider um uh uh via um agreement has agreed to go through the end of the month with us to ensure that there is a proper transition. And let me say um that Liberty Tech has been a great provider for us. If this is if it is the council's will to go with Interdev, then obviously that that is what is being pr presented for you. [3:22:07, 3:22:12]: But we would anticipate a um a smooth transition between the two providers. [3:22:13, 3:22:33]: Um at that time the reason I was asked is because at the time they start, is there anything that need to be fixed or would they be coming in with everything operable so we won't have a you say the only way we could gauge the efficiency of anybody doing something is that everything has to be in place properly pro you know at the time that they start. [3:22:33, 3:22:53]: I just don't want us talking about issues that had nothing to do with them with the w if we go with them to a new company versus them coming in and everything is already set. Is that what we're looking at? Right, and we would hope that the transition period would allow us to do that to ensure that anything that is outstanding in terms of uh [3:22:53, 3:23:00]: um any any work product or anything like that or or anything that's in transition would be properly carried through to the new provider. [3:23:01, 3:23:03]: Any further questions from the council? [3:23:04, 3:23:15]: Okay, I need a motion then, no further questions on on the um accepting this particular um contract or bid or service from uh InterGev LLC. [3:23:16, 3:23:29]: Uh Mayor. Yes sir. I'd make a motion to accept the recommendation of staff for Interdev to become the IT provider for the city. Sir Second. Second. Second down here uh second for Mr. Blount. Okay, any further discussion? [3:23:30, 3:23:32]: If not, all in favor please indicate. [3:23:33, 3:23:34]: Okay, genemos. [3:23:34, 3:23:36]: Thank you. Thank you. [3:23:37, 3:23:39]: On that note, uh we [3:23:40, 3:23:42]: On that note, we have uh [3:23:43, 3:23:46]: Comments. I have no well actually [3:23:48, 3:23:54]: Okay, it's a special call meeting. It's a special call meeting. So anyway, so on that note then I'd I'd like to motion in the meeting. [3:23:55, 3:23:55]: Yes, sir. [3:23:58, 3:23:59]: All right, so second? Second. [3:24:00, 3:24:04]: Any discussion? All in favor, please indicate. Meeting is adjourned. [3:24:07, 3:24:07]: So [3:24:15, 3:24:35]: Let uh here or they can do it. Do you do you iron you don't iron? [3:24:35, 3:24:46]: You just wash it and no breakers in the proof. [3:24:47, 3:24:51]: Something that's like a little bit. [3:24:55, 3:25:10]: I just agree with that. Okay, so [3:25:32, 3:25:33]: Yeah, yeah. [3:25:40, 3:26:00]: All right, uh so I'll put that word. So yeah, here's the part. [3:26:10, 3:26:30]: Okay, so you can do uh they have the lines and all women. The reason for that is because when they were like I said, she on the camera. [3:26:30, 3:26:31]: [12394.3, 12395.0]: The box. [3:26:37, 3:26:43]: [12403.7, 12423.7]: I can make the whole colour in the morning just breaking the told me my phone would be able to break it to the late two. [3:27:03, 3:27:05]: [12435.0, 12455.0]: Oh I know but see I wonder if I had both or something like that. [3:27:35, 3:27:55]: And I get it. I don't care about it. And just stick the little thing, stick your uh stick the magnet on the back of it and still see the left as well. And I don't want to. [3:27:54, 3:28:05]: Yeah, that's what people. [3:28:25, 3:28:45]: I would imagine and I said the option. [3:28:45, 3:29:05]: But I already called them an error going to have to put it in other words. Appreciate you. [3:29:04, 3:29:12]: [12552.8, 12560.0]: Oh I got sure we got it. [3:29:22, 3:29:41]: I can watch out. I can have one of these exact little folding parts like that. Yeah. I can't read it back. It folds up, right? Yeah. Oh I don't know. Yeah, they fold it down like the story. Is it that two? [3:29:43, 3:29:50]: Yes, now it's going to be a landless.

--- title: Town Hall Meeting March 15 2018 date: 2018-03-15 source: 2018-03-15_Town_Hall_Meeting_March_15_2018.wav --- [0:00:25, 0:00:31]: [ 43.8, 63.8]: Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for coming to the second part of our town hall series that we had. We will get started momentarily at 7 p.m. Thank you for coming out. This event is for you. It's orchestrated for you. We want to hear your concerns. We will present information getting you the facts. In the meanwhile, please [0:01:03, 0:01:23]: Please get a green card if you have any comments, um, any expressions, questions, anything you want to get out today, we're gonna use our green cards to write this down. And for the interest of time, we're gonna get to those questions and concerns as soon as possible by a show of hands. Who needs a green card for questions? [0:01:24, 0:01:25]: Is it right here? Okay. [0:01:26, 0:01:38]: So let us know throughout the presentation event tonight. Uh raise your hand. We're gonna get to those questions, but we need for you to write them down, okay? And we will start momentarily. Thank you for your time. [0:01:42, 0:02:02]: Yeah, so we need to work. Uh director. Would you say? Okay. Okay. [0:02:02, 0:02:10]: Wonder that she was gonna do something with the other. [0:02:35, 0:02:41]: A little delay. Hey. [0:04:39, 0:04:40]: [300.6, 301.8]: [0:05:02, 0:05:05]: Enjoy yourself, right? [0:05:19, 0:05:21]: [362.6, 370.0]: Okay. We'll put a bit sure to get placed before they get the seeds. Okay. [0:08:10, 0:08:26]: Yeah. We would ask um that uh the people sitting on the very back rows, if you all could squeeze in just a little bit more, we may be able to create a few more spaces. [0:08:29, 0:08:35]: We do have overflow down in the Leviar room where it can be watched live as well. [0:08:38, 0:08:40]: We will be starting in just a moment. [0:08:43, 0:09:03]: Is that making sure they sort of all over there? [0:09:03, 0:09:05]: You can see. [0:09:06, 0:09:12]: We do have one or two more seats, so if you're coming in, you can come in young lady over here to my left. [0:09:13, 0:09:20]: And we have about three more that's available on the back row, on the back bench. So you can come on through if you want it to be seated here. [0:09:40, 0:10:00]: Just a few housekeeping notes. Again, we are thrilled you are with us tonight for the second town hall meeting in a series that we have held over the last few months. This event is for you. It's for our community members to get the facts, the facts, okay? We're gonna clear those out tonight. If you have any questions or concerns about [0:09:59, 0:10:15]: about the involuntary deannexation of Stockbridge property, please put them on the green card. Any questions or concerns, we would prefer you write those down for the interest of time because tonight's event will be brief. We want to be conscientious of your time with us tonight. [0:10:18, 0:10:24]: If you need a green card to write a question or concern on, please raise your hand and one of our staff members will assist. [0:10:31, 0:10:32]: Those are two seats. [0:10:34, 0:10:40]: And we do have two seats to my left in the back. [0:10:55, 0:11:01]: [663.9, 665.0]: Yeah. [0:11:16, 0:11:19]: I think it's strong yeah. Um [0:11:21, 0:11:22]: Oh galaxy. [0:11:24, 0:11:44]: Well, good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for joining us for this town hall presented by the City of Stockbridge. Tonight we will specifically address questions, concerns, getting the facts to you about an involuntary deannexation proposal by one group of individuals to take property that legally belongs to the City of Stockbridge. [0:11:44, 0:12:04]: I'm going to present to you the layout for tonight's event that will be very brief. We do ask that you stay with us because we have important information all throughout the night. First we will have our official welcome from City Manager Wandy Knighton. Then we will have a presentation. [0:12:04, 0:12:24]: from you covering the legislative process dealing with this involuntary de-nexation proposal. Then we will have question and answer. And tonight we're going to be conscious of your time and we're going to use our green cards. So all throughout the evening, even when there's a presentation or someone is speaking, if you have any question that pops up in your head or [0:12:24, 0:12:44]: any concerns raise your hand and we will have a member of our staff team get to you and get you that card once you're finished with your questions or concerns if you would pass it to the end of the row and someone will collect them and we will try our best to get to each question and concern tonight. And at the conclusion at the question and answer we [0:12:44, 0:13:04]: We will have public comments from our elected officials. Right now, that will go accordingly to Councilman Elton Alexander will speak first. Then Councilman John Blount, followed by Councilwoman Neat Robinson, followed by Councilman Alfonso Thomas, followed by Mayor Pro Tem Lakeisha Gantt, and final comments will be provided by Mayor Anthony S. Ford. [0:13:04, 0:13:10]: Again, this event is for you. We thank you for your time and Randy Knight and City Manager will open with comments. Thank you. [0:13:12, 0:13:16]: Good evening again. My name is Randy Knight and City Manager of the City of Stockbridge and [0:13:16, 0:13:19]: I'm uh happy to serve in that role. [0:13:21, 0:13:41]: Uh thank you again for uh coming out tonight. This is a very important issue uh which has been before us for some time now, and uh obviously the city of Stockbridge has taken a very firm position on where we stand uh as it relates to this proposed deannexation. Uh the mayor and council are in unanimous support to oppose uh this. [0:13:41, 0:13:57]: this proposal and we have spent numerous hours at the Capitol speaking to various legislators and other parties regarding this matter. I would mention again that the mayor and council have done an excellent job in their leadership on this issue and others. [0:13:58, 0:14:18]: Again tonight we're here. This is a second town hall, as uh Shana uh Thornton mentioned, and tonight our format is a little bit different. We wanted to ensure that as many questions that you have can be answered, and that's why we're going to the question uh form uh format uh in order to ensure that we can [0:14:18, 0:14:38]: Get as many questions answered as possible. Uh the presentation by Camilla Moore will be very detailed and very thorough, and we're sure that a number of questions may be answered throughout that presentation, but we certainly want to give everybody an opportunity as best we can uh to be heard this evening. I would also emphasize that it's very important [0:14:38, 0:14:52]: uh... for you all of course to hear from your elected officials uh after the presentation is done. Uh so we certainly want to make uh ample time for the elected officials uh to speak to you uh directly. [0:14:53, 0:15:07]: All right, with that, uh we will go forward uh with the presentation. And again, we thank you very much for being involved. We thank you very much for um uh a presentation this evening. Before we get started, we will have an invocation. [0:15:09, 0:15:10]: Can we bow our heads, please? [0:15:12, 0:15:32]: Dear Lord, we are so thankful to be in your presence. We are so thankful to live in a great nation where we enjoy so many freedoms and liberties. We pray your blessing upon the United States of America and certainly upon the city of Stockbridge in Henry County. We pray your blessings upon us individually and collectively, and we pray your vision that this community is. [0:15:32, 0:15:50]: Will can continue to grow, prosper, and benefit all people. We pray your presence this evening, that what is said and done will be pleasing in your sight. And we pray, Lord, that as we leave this place, we will leave better than we came. In your Son Christ's name we pray. [0:15:51, 0:15:51]: Amen. [0:15:56, 0:15:59]: We end up from Randy, would you put it on full screen for me? [0:16:00, 0:16:00]: Okay. [0:16:08, 0:16:10]: There we go, let's see. Can you guys hear me? [0:16:11, 0:16:13]: Greening Stag! [0:16:14, 0:16:25]: Y'all may be a little bit better than the group last week. Uh media's here. People say you don't care, so let's let them know that you care. When I say good evening, Start Bridge, you say what? [0:16:26, 0:16:46]: We're here. Hi, my name is Camilla Moore, and I'm going to be presenting information to you tonight on this complex process of how you get a bill through and how it particularly pertains to the incorporation bills and the DNX section bills that will impact the City of Stockbridge. Now just a little bit about myself. I've been through eight [0:16:46, 0:17:06]: of these started with Sandy Springs, ending with the city of South Fulton last year. So when I tell you what has typically been done for the creation of the last ten cities, I give you my word because I've been through eight of them. So I know what has traditionally been the pattern to get you there and what is an anomaly. [0:17:06, 0:17:26]: Which is what we're going to talk about tonight. Everybody's with me? As I go through this process, if I'm going too fast, just raise your hand and that means I need to slow down. Okay? What I would like for you to do as I go through this presentation, if you have questions, when I get to a particular slide, just write that down and we'll make sure that the [0:17:26, 0:17:30]: And we answer your questions. You ready to get started? [0:17:31, 0:17:34]: Now everyone should have a presentation. If you don't, raise your hand. [0:17:35, 0:17:36]: Everyone got one? [0:17:36, 0:17:38]: Okay, here we go. [0:17:39, 0:17:59]: Many people say or have told us this has been a very complicated process because every time somebody says that it's over, then I look around and it's not over. Somebody says that something has passed, then I hear that it hasn't passed. So really where are we? This first page pretty much tells you [0:17:58, 0:17:59]: So [0:18:00, 0:18:20]: how bills are passed through two chambers of the Georgia General Assembly. So you know you have the Senate side, you have the House side, and then of course you have the governor. Typically what happens bills are introduced in either two forms, as a general bill or a local bill. [0:18:20, 0:18:37]: And in most instances, a bill would typically have a companion bill in the opposite chamber. And that's what we're going to talk about tonight. So the first slide gives you an idea of the process overall. [0:18:39, 0:18:55]: So now with that being said, what I would like for you to keep in mind is that on each side of the chamber you had bills. So on the Senate side, you had 262, which is a deannexation bill. [0:18:56, 0:19:08]: On the house side is companion. Deannexation bill was 638. Everybody with me? Deannexation, Senate 262, House 638. [0:19:09, 0:19:14]: The incorporation bill on the Senate site was 263. [0:19:14, 0:19:34]: Its companion bill on the house side was 639. So your incorporation bills was 263, right, and 639. So now let's talk about the two DNA two deannexation bills. Because when you guys heard that something was moving pretty fast. [0:19:34, 0:19:39]: Yes, it was a reference to de-annexation. [0:19:41, 0:19:42]: I'm gonna go to the next slide. [0:19:46, 0:19:49]: So let's talk about 638. [0:19:50, 0:19:56]: And two sixty two specifically. As I mentioned to you, a bill could be either local [0:19:56, 0:19:58]: Or it could be general. [0:19:58, 0:20:01]: Typically when a bill is local [0:20:02, 0:20:07]: It means that the bill is germane to a particular city. [0:20:08, 0:20:26]: So therefore someone can come in and say, you know, I want this for Stockbridge and this particular rule only applies to Stockbridge and it doesn't apply to any other city in the state of Georgia. And typically when you see local bills, that's typically what you will see. [0:20:27, 0:20:29]: Well we have an anomaly here. [0:20:29, 0:20:32]: In order for a bill to be local [0:20:32, 0:20:34]: The house rules say [0:20:35, 0:20:42]: All you need is five signatures from five members of your county delegation. [0:20:43, 0:21:03]: As you know, your delegation is made up, I think, nine or ten folks who touched some aspect of Henry County. So it only took five of them to sign a bill to make it local. Now, what is odd about this bill is [0:21:03, 0:21:12]: Is that in this particular case, you had five members from the Henry County delegation who chose to make this a local bill. [0:21:13, 0:21:19]: This is an anomaly to every other city that has been incorporated in the state of Georgia. [0:21:19, 0:21:39]: because they all were general bills. Now the reason why they probably took this route is because when you make it a local bill, it bypasses the traditional committee process, which we will talk about later. So typically when you get five signatures, one day within a matter of two days, it could be [0:21:39, 0:21:41]: be on the floor for a full vote. [0:21:42, 0:21:49]: because it bypasses subcommittees and committees, it goes directly on the consent calendar, and then it's voted on. [0:21:50, 0:21:59]: That's what happened with the de-indexation bills. And if you look at this page, it walks you through the process of what happened. [0:22:00, 0:22:08]: The community from Eagles Landing requested their delegation members to introduce a bill. They went to the Legislative Council. They drafted it. [0:22:08, 0:22:28]: Because it was a local bill, it automatically went on the consent calendar, and then it moved forward for a vote. And so there was not a whole lot of say-so about it. The respect of the rules of the house. If someone is going to do it local, then that's typically the process. The problem with that though is that [0:22:28, 0:22:46]: that that local bill is not just germane to Stockbridge. What is happening in terms of de-annexation affects every city in the state of Georgia, all 536. So therefore in an essence it is not a local bill, it is a general bill. [0:22:47, 0:22:59]: In all prior cases of all ten cities that were incorporated since Sandy Springs, all ten incorporated from unincorporated areas of the county. [0:23:00, 0:23:20]: Not in any instance did Sandy Springs, Johns Creek, Tucker, City of South Fulton go into an existing city, de-annex part of it to create itself. So this is not local, because what this means that it could be Stockbridge today, it could be Buckhead tomorrow. It could be [0:23:20, 0:23:40]: Savannah two weeks from now. So therefore it really should have been a general bill, but it was introduced as a local bill. So what's the status on these two local bills? What happens? They're signed by signatures, right? Goes to the floor, vote, and it's done. [0:23:40, 0:23:40]: Mm. [0:23:41, 0:23:47]: So let's talk about the traditional way of how most cities actually come into existence. [0:23:51, 0:23:55]: She's been trying to learn how to work this here, not that way. [0:23:57, 0:23:58]: That's the same. [0:24:01, 0:24:05]: If you go to your page, uh page six. [0:24:07, 0:24:13]: That is going to give you the name of the five signers of the local bill. [0:24:13, 0:24:23]: Mr. Dale Rutledge, Andrew Welch, Brian Strickland, Kerry Matthias, David Knight, and Jeff Cobell. [0:24:23, 0:24:34]: They were the five members from the Henry County delegation that gave their signatures. And unfortunately about this, the people who sign your bill don't necessarily have to live in your city. [0:24:34, 0:24:53]: And that's one of the things that, you know, this process allows. They can sign bills to impact you when they don't even have to live there, nor do they have to represent you. They only have to represent a portion of Henry County to be a part of the delegation which allows you to introduce a bill. [0:24:55, 0:25:05]: Now let's talk about House Bill 639. Now this is the traditional route that Sandy Springs, Tucker, City of South Fulton all use to become a city. [0:25:06, 0:25:16]: Whenever a community wants to incorporate, the first committee that it goes to is the Governmental Affairs Committee. [0:25:17, 0:25:23]: That's on the house side. And then typically they will send it down to a subcommittee. [0:25:24, 0:25:26]: And that subcommittee we have a hearing. [0:25:27, 0:25:30]: from pros and cons as to why your city should exist. [0:25:31, 0:25:44]: And then if it passes the subcommittee, it goes back to the full committee, which is the government affairs committee, and then they take a vote. And then if they take a vote and it passes, then it is eligible to go before the rules committee. [0:25:45, 0:25:53]: for a vote. And if it passed the rules committee, at that point in time it goes to the full floor for a house vote. [0:25:53, 0:26:13]: So these are the steps. Introduce a bill, go to a committee, committee sends it to a subcommittee, subcommittee sends it back up to the committee, committee sends it to the rules committee, rules committee sends it to the floor for a full vote. And after it's a full vote, then it passes. The great thing about the wonderful and wise group of [0:26:13, 0:26:21]: of the rules committee. When this particular bill came before rules committee, which is Bill 639, it never made the rules calendar. [0:26:22, 0:26:24]: It never was given a hearing. [0:26:25, 0:26:26]: And it was never considered. [0:26:27, 0:26:30]: So therefore it did not cross over to the Senate. [0:26:31, 0:26:33]: Y'all can give that a clap. Come on, let him in. [0:26:36, 0:26:37]: Ciao. [0:26:37, 0:26:41]: Because it never passed the house. [0:26:41, 0:26:48]: The only bill that crossed over to the Senate was the which bill? They would they're dealt with what? [0:26:49, 0:27:09]: De-annexation. Okay? So you have a de-annexation bill sitting in the Senate from the House with no companion bill of incorporation. So it sits there alone. And typically that means that you don't have anything at this point happening on the Senate side because it does not have a [0:27:09, 0:27:29]: companion bill to be associated with. If you read the bills and all of them are on the line on the website, you they're proposing to de-annex to incorporate or add to something else. Well if you de-annex you got to have something to attach it to. The House never sent anything [0:27:29, 0:27:34]: over for the de-annexation portion to be attached to. So that's why it sits by itself. [0:27:38, 0:27:58]: So now we move to what the Senate did. So everybody with me, we followed how it all happened in the House, right? So now in the opposite chamber, which is the Senate, you have the same process. However, the Senate rules for them are a little bit different. The Senate rules do not have what they call [0:27:58, 0:28:00]: [1681.5, 1689.1]: So when the Senate looked at the bills that crossed over, they treated them both as general bills. [0:28:09, 0:28:28]: and decided to hear them together because unlike on the House side, the general bills go to one committee and the annexation goes to another, on the Senate side, because they don't have local bills, they both went to the same committee, which was the slogo committee. [0:28:28, 0:28:30]: So [0:28:31, 0:28:45]: Both of these bills set before the slogo committee. It was on again, off again, on again, off again, on again, off again. So finally when they had a hearing, here's the process of what happened to 262. [0:28:47, 0:28:53]: It was initially assigned to the Senate Local Government Option Operations Committee with the slogo, and it passed out. [0:28:54, 0:29:08]: Then it was assigned to the rules committee and it passed. And I need for you to remember that at each level when it these bills passed on the Senate side, they were very iffy. Nobody knew exactly how these were going to go. [0:29:08, 0:29:14]: So then it went to a full Senate vote and on the deannexation. [0:29:15, 0:29:17]: It fail by one vote. [0:29:18, 0:29:21]: On the incorporation, it fell by two. [0:29:22, 0:29:27]: And at that point in time, both bills from the Senate [0:29:27, 0:29:36]: were then allowed to cross over to the House because March the 28th was the crossover date. [0:29:36, 0:29:37]: Okay. [0:29:38, 0:29:41]: The same thing applied to 263. [0:29:42, 0:29:43]: However [0:29:44, 0:29:49]: Immediately after the bills crossed over, this is where it got real interesting. [0:29:49, 0:30:02]: Because typically when bills cross over, they really don't hear them until actually the crossover date, which is at the March 20, uh February 28th, so March 1, you start here having hearings. [0:30:02, 0:30:04]: Immediately we saw [0:30:06, 0:30:17]: the Senate Bill two sixty three appear before the intergovernmental before the government affairs committee, which was kind of unusual. And so when we went down to [0:30:18, 0:30:19]: The hearing [0:30:20, 0:30:23]: What the hearing was about was a substitute [0:30:23, 0:30:31]: amendment to Senate Bill 263 as it related to homestead exemption. [0:30:32, 0:30:39]: And what they were asking was that the homestead exemption language that was originally a part [0:30:40, 0:30:43]: of the bill that crossed over from the Senate. [0:30:43, 0:30:47]: that was in that be removed from the bill. [0:30:48, 0:30:50]: And at that point in time. [0:30:51, 0:30:59]: The government affairs committee allowed them to remove the homestead exemption information from the bill. [0:31:00, 0:31:05]: It still has to go to the rules and then it still has to go back to the Senate. [0:31:05, 0:31:09]: Because typically when the bills don't agree. [0:31:09, 0:31:28]: When you start amending each other's bills, then it has to go back to the original house where it originated from, and then that chamber has to agree or disagree to your amendments, and in many instances they have to have what what they call a conference, okay? [0:31:29, 0:31:30]: So [0:31:30, 0:31:41]: What has occurred since that time was that members of the General Assembly raised the constitutional issue with the bill 262. [0:31:42, 0:31:49]: For all of the ten bills that passed from Sandy Springs to South Fulton and Stone Crest last year. [0:31:50, 0:32:10]: Every single bill for incorporation had homestead language. And the reason homestead language was there, as well as your ability to tax yourself, is so that when a city, if they choose to tax themselves, will be able to give you an exemption at the [0:32:09, 0:32:29]: municipal level as well as at the county level. Everybody's with me? Okay. So no other city incorporated without having homestead because in every instant the General Assembly knew that new cities were going to have to have city property taxes in order [0:32:29, 0:32:39]: to operate thereby giving them homestead exemptions so that they could give those exemptions at the municipal level to their residents. Everybody's with me. [0:32:40, 0:32:57]: However, a challenge was raised as to the validity of 263 as it crossed over and whether or not it crossed over in its proper form because all the other cities required a two-third vote. [0:32:57, 0:33:03]: in order for the bill to pass. This bill lacked [0:33:03, 0:33:21]: Two-thirds. Remember, it passed by a simple majority. On one shy one vote, on the other one, Shy two. So therefore, it never left the Senate in the proper form in which a two-thirds vote was required. [0:33:22, 0:33:30]: The Legislative Council for the General Assembly has done a letter that basically said, in essence, when that bill left. [0:33:31, 0:33:41]: the Senate Chamber, it should have left with a two-third vote's passage and if it didn't, it did not cross properly. [0:33:42, 0:34:00]: So what does that mean? That means we're gonna have to wait and see. Right? Because right now, in essence, you actually have action on a bill on the House side that is really not a valid bill because it did not cross over properly in the form which it should have with a two-thirds vote. [0:34:01, 0:34:21]: So where we are now on the Senate side, you're not going to see anything because it doesn't have a companion bill to connect it to. The two de-annexation bills have both passed because five people signed for it to be a local bill, would allow it to move quickly, both of them. So they're in what they call the [0:34:21, 0:34:41]: Hopper, which means that if 263, which is the only thing left, should come out and move through the process and go back to the Senate and all those things, which were to give it a companion bill, then that and that bill could then go to the governor for him to take action. And his choices are these to sign [0:34:41, 0:34:50]: To veto or to not sign. A no sign means that the bill will in essence become law. [0:34:50, 0:34:53]: after forty days. So therefore [0:34:54, 0:35:14]: Right. What I mean by signature, somebody say what does that mean? That means that if he doesn't sign it, he has the option to sign bills with a signature. He can veto it or he can do nothing, but that means a no sign. The state statute says that all bills which have he does nothing to automatically become law. [0:35:14, 0:35:18]: After 40 days. That's how it's written in the state of Georgia. [0:35:19, 0:35:39]: So right now everyone has been put on notice about the constitutional challenge. We're waiting for uh the House to decide whether or not they want to take any further actions on 263, and the Senate has been on notice to decide whether or not what they want to do with an unconstitutional bill. [0:35:39, 0:35:59]: When it comes back to them, if it comes back to them, so therefore we would have to see. We have approximately five legislative days left, and then the session is over. So therefore we will have to watch for the next five days to see whether or not there's any movement in the House, and then we [0:35:59, 0:36:05]: We have to watch and see if there is any movement in the House, what the Senate will do, and whether or not [0:36:05, 0:36:10]: it goes anywhere. Now what are the impacts on you as residents? [0:36:12, 0:36:16]: As you guys know, you do not have a city property tax. [0:36:16, 0:36:24]: And for those of you who that who really want the details, if you go to the city's website, you will find all of [0:36:24, 0:36:44]: the areas in which the city of Stockbridge are impacted. But let me just say this. This is such an anomaly and has never been done in the state of Georgia ever. And so therefore a lot of legislators are a little nervous and so because they understand that this is not just about Stockbridge, but this is about Savannah. [0:36:45, 0:36:47]: I mean this is about Atlanta. [0:36:48, 0:36:50]: This is about Marietta. [0:36:50, 0:36:52]: This is about Deloniga. [0:36:53, 0:37:13]: This is about any city that exists today that will could be impacted by this. Now people say how. Because I've seen various comments that say, you know, cities don't have bond ratings really, or cities should not be concerned because it doesn't impact them. [0:37:13, 0:37:24]: This building in most cities build buildings like this, they do your streets, they normally do it through bonds, right? [0:37:25, 0:37:45]: If your boundaries are not stable, and if the group of individuals that contribute to paying off your debt is not stable, then your ability to borrow money is impacted. So we had an independent bond firm, not on our payroll. [0:37:45, 0:38:05]: We just asked them to do an analysis of what this would do based on bonding. And their their findings was this. Georgia as a whole would lose business, would just do a automatic drop because no city would be able to borrow money. [0:38:05, 0:38:16]: Because in terms of bonds, no one would want to take the risk of saying that you have a hundred people today to deal with the debt, but tomorrow you may have twenty people. [0:38:17, 0:38:32]: And so therefore the ability to pay off the debt is the question that arises, and that's why bonding becomes an issue, not only for Stockbridge, but also for Atlanta, which is the the hub of the state of Georgia. [0:38:33, 0:38:41]: We don't have a property tax. So therefore, because 50% of the city of Stockbridge is gone. [0:38:42, 0:38:46]: then guess who has to pay off this building? [0:38:48, 0:38:50]: Those of you that are left. [0:38:51, 0:38:54]: So our argument has been for the folks. [0:38:54, 0:38:56]: Of Eagles Landing that want to create a city. [0:38:57, 0:39:00]: If you want to take 50%, then take 50% of the debt. [0:39:01, 0:39:02]: Right. [0:39:03, 0:39:09]: Don't take the people and leave the debt on those that are left behind. [0:39:10, 0:39:26]: From an economic perspective, even though they're alleging by their own words that the demographics has changed, so therefore economic development can't come to Stockbridge, it's our belief that an imaginary line is not going to determine whether or not Papados come. [0:39:27, 0:39:29]: Or not. [0:39:29, 0:39:30]: Okay. [0:39:30, 0:39:38]: What does impact us from an economic perspective is that your housing values change. [0:39:38, 0:39:58]: Because you're losing 50% of your population, you're leaving a certain population left to pay off the debt. So therefore, how many people want to move to a city in which you already got debt? They don't want to come and inherit debt of those that left, right? So from an economic perspective, it will impact you. [0:39:58, 0:40:16]: and everyone in Stockbridge. We have current contractual obligations on this building and of course to our water sewer. We talked about the impacting on the bonding capacity. We talked about how it impacts every other city in the state of Georgia and needless to say that it's polarizing. [0:40:16, 0:40:26]: You know, at the last town hall meeting, we had people to stand up and say that on flipping road, that based on their proposal, the church is on one side and the cemetery is on the other. [0:40:27, 0:40:39]: So therefore, it becomes polarized because this proposal chooses to separate communities from each other. In two years, Stockbridge will be 100 years old. [0:40:39, 0:40:42]: It is the birthplace of Daddy King. [0:40:43, 0:41:03]: And a hundred years means something because a lot of cities are not a hundred years old yet. And so this proposal would be a setback when they start saying we want to revise the charter for the city of Stockbridge when generations after generations were born here, lived here, died here with another generation. And so that is how [0:41:03, 0:41:08]: how we will be impacted. Now let's talk about in terms of what it is we need for you to do. [0:41:10, 0:41:30]: The opposition has said that the people want to go into a new city. And maybe some of them are here tonight and maybe they can tell us or answer some questions, but we haven't been able to find that groundswell of individuals who [0:41:30, 0:41:50]: say they want to leave. And so but they told people at the General Assembly that they had been getting all these calls and that people really wanted to be their own city. And when we asked well what do you have to show for and it was like well that's just what they said. So what we need for you to do [0:41:50, 0:41:52]: is to sign a petition. [0:41:52, 0:41:58]: Because rather than us telling them what we think, we want to prove to them what we know. [0:41:59, 0:42:10]: We want to be able to take to the General Assembly all of your names that basically say that you object to this de-annexation and the 50%. [0:42:11, 0:42:31]: of of Saga Ridge property and the destruction of our city as a whole. So we need for you one to do your own petition if you haven't done that and you can do that online. The second thing we need for you to do is that we have a walking list that we need many of you to walk and get petitions for us. [0:42:31, 0:42:31]: Yeah. [0:42:31, 0:42:45]: so that we can attach those petitions with yours so that we can take down to the gold dome. And when you leave here there's a table outside and in at the table you will get a pack of petitions. [0:42:46, 0:43:00]: door hangers and all the goodies that you need to actually go door to door to get petitions and to leave them information. Now the bad news is for most of you your subdivisions were probably taken last week. [0:43:01, 0:43:18]: The good news is you get to meet some new folks. So we're going to need for you to actually canvass those neighborhoods that are left out there that needs to be canvassed. The other thing that we need for you to do in your package, if you turn to page 21. [0:43:23, 0:43:33]: When you go to our website, it's going to give you a list and email address of every single person in the house. Okay? [0:43:34, 0:43:36]: We need you to email them. [0:43:37, 0:43:57]: Now some of you say, well, would a call be better? The problem with the calls is that if you've been over there, they have like one person to like 10 legislators, right? So you got one person, she's answering the phone call for 10 people. So you know while you're calling in, she'll say, thank you for calling, Congressman Smith Scott. [0:43:57, 0:44:06]: Thank you for calling Congressman Douglas. Thank you for calling Congress. I mean, I mean shouldn't just say thank you, but because she is a state employee. [0:44:07, 0:44:17]: She's not hired by an individual's legislator. We're not quite sure that they would ever know that you call. You get my point? But one thing that we do know, they do read their emails. [0:44:18, 0:44:29]: Because they these are the emails that they give to their constituents so that they can email them their concerns. So we're asking that you email every member. [0:44:30, 0:44:48]: of the House of Representatives and tell them no movement on this bill and tell them we don't want it to see the light of day. And however you want to say it in your own voice, we need for them to know that we do not want this to happen. Okay? [0:44:49, 0:44:50]: Then we need for you [0:44:51, 0:44:55]: to actually go and visit on the website. [0:44:56, 0:44:58]: The the link to the governor's office. [0:44:59, 0:45:02]: And your information to him needs to be vetoed. [0:45:02, 0:45:05]: If any of these come out, we want you to veto it. [0:45:05, 0:45:13]: And when you go to the Senate side, all of the Senate emails are there as well, as well as the Lieutenant Governor. [0:45:14, 0:45:18]: We need for you to email them and say no to this bill. [0:45:19, 0:45:32]: That is where you can help us individually and also pass this information to all of your neighbors so that they will do the same thing. I think we can't say enough. [0:45:33, 0:45:49]: how concerned we are about what is happening. Initially when this happened everybody kind of laughed. I mean even people under Goldone would say this is not going to get any traction. I mean who in their right mind would actually think about taking land from a sovereign [0:45:50, 0:46:08]: city. Stockbridge is a sovereign community that the Georgia General Assembly would bypass the rights of US citizens and this governing body and say we're going to take away your right as a sovereign entity and we will decide. [0:46:09, 0:46:13]: What we're going to do with your city and your legacy. [0:46:14, 0:46:16]: We we thought it was a joke. [0:46:16, 0:46:34]: But now we know it could be a reality, and we're going to have to press in with everything we have as a community collectively together to make sure. I have said from day one, I've been through this eight times, that if the people of Eagles Landing want to be a city, [0:46:34, 0:46:42]: Do it like the one I just created, the city of South Fulton. Go behind into unincorporated Henry County. [0:46:43, 0:46:45]: Draw you a boundary. [0:46:45, 0:46:56]: create you a city and you can join Sandy Springs, Johns Creek, Tucker, Brookhaven, Stone Crest, everybody else. But do it the right way. [0:46:57, 0:47:15]: Do it the way the law has allowed cities to incorporate. Do not change the laws of the state of this Georgia that opens Pandora's box and will have cities pitted against each other and communities destroyed because a group of citizens. [0:47:15, 0:47:18]: decided they don't like you today. [0:47:18, 0:47:20]: But they might not like you tomorrow. [0:47:21, 0:47:28]: and can hop from city to city to city until no cities exist. [0:47:29, 0:47:32]: The portion on DNXation, and I'm going to end with this. [0:47:32, 0:47:44]: Someone has asked, well, what if the governor goes ahead and signs the deannexation bills? That means that all of you will be without a home for three years. [0:47:47, 0:47:56]: I know that would get you. That means that you'll be out there in the wilderness because you would have been de-annexed without a place to go. [0:47:58, 0:48:06]: That's why we're hoping that he does not until he has something to attach it to. [0:48:07, 0:48:17]: And so at this point, I think you all have done uh questions. If you have filled them out, would you raise your hand and we will collect them? [0:48:19, 0:48:28]: All right everyone, thank you so much. What a great presentation. There was a lot of information included, but we let's give a round of applause. Let's Camilla Moore. [0:48:33, 0:48:53]: We're interested in getting you the facts. And you have questions, we have answers. We're going to answer as many as we can tonight. But I know Camilla mentioned it. Also, Mr. Knighton, do visit our website because it's a very engaging website. We're keeping the conversation going. We're updating the website daily. They're new information coming out. This is an ongoing [0:48:53, 0:49:13]: Legislative process and it is not over. Okay, it is not over. We don't want anyone to use fear or intimidation. This is far from over. Our first question: Will the citizens have a chance to vote at large? Everyone. No, and I think this has been our argument under the Gold On because the other side said. [0:49:13, 0:49:33]: All we want you to do is to give us the right to vote. Now, that is something that Sandy Springs said, that is something that Tucker said, that is something that Stonecrest in the city of South Fulton said. We said, give us the right to vote, but the we were unincorporated in. [0:49:33, 0:49:43]: areas. What this bill does, it only allows 50% of Stockbridge to vote. Those people that we call in the bubble. [0:49:43, 0:49:49]: But the people that are left behind who are gonna have to pay off this building and the bond debt [0:49:49, 0:49:52]: The bill says you have no voice. [0:49:52, 0:49:54]: You don't get a right to vote. [0:49:55, 0:50:15]: You don't get a right to say no because the 50% of the people that you've taken from my city leaves a burden, a financial burden on me, and therefore I should have a voice. They have said you will not have a voice. And if the bill is passed today, only those individuals [0:50:15, 0:50:17]: in the bubble will be allowed to vote. [0:50:19, 0:50:32]: Camilla, our next question is from a concerned citizen. Uh he or she says, I hope this deannexation does not pass. But how much of the current debt will this new proposed city take away with them? Zero. [0:50:40, 0:50:45]: The next question from a concerned citizen. Will the value of my house go down if this passes? [0:50:46, 0:51:06]: Well absolutely, because the remaining folks are the only folks left to pay the debt. So who wants to come by your house, right? When you put it up for sale, right? And everybody know that your value is attached to comps, right? I mean the house around the corner sells for a certain amount of money, man, that increases your assessed value. [0:51:06, 0:51:24]: But you won't be selling any houses because no one wants to come into a community that they have to pick up the debt that someone else has left. Left. So yes, that will be an indirect impact on your property values. Another concern citizen asks, what is the official position of the Henry County Board of Commissioners? [0:51:25, 0:51:27]: Uh I think they've uh [0:51:28, 0:51:48]: I think they took a vote and I think in the newspaper you can find that article. I think their vote was that they're neutral, if I'm not mistaken. That is the vote that they took as a body. However, I think there were two commissioners, two uh two commissioners that actually spoke out uh in support of of Stockbridge, I think within the last two or three [0:51:48, 0:52:08]: weeks but in terms of a board position, it's my understanding that their legal counsel for the county advised them that they need to be neutral and that is their positions, which is very atypical. I mean we wish Fulton County had been neutral when we was trying to incorporate my God, we were fighting them day and night and every day they were talking about why we shouldn't become a city. [0:52:08, 0:52:13]: So this is the first time I've ever seen a county silent on this type of issue. [0:52:13, 0:52:16]: Thank you. One one second. [0:52:16, 0:52:36]: Um just just I think it is um just to um get an understanding, fifty percent of our tax base, commercial base, is being taken away. Nine thousand of the citizens of Stockbridge would would only only nine thousand out of the twenty seven, twenty eight thousand [0:52:36, 0:52:39]: thousand we have would have the right to vote. [0:52:40, 0:53:00]: Okay? So ev it affects all of us, but only nine thousand will have the right to vote. And in addition to that, uh when it comes down to the uh commissioners, they did take us uh the their attorney asked them to remain neutral. However, we did have two commissioners who uh [0:53:00, 0:53:20]: Commissioner Bruce Holmes who is against it altogether, um and he's in District Five, and Commissioner D. Clemens who stated that she is against deannexation of any city to form another city. And everyone else stated that they would remain neutral at that time. But other comments, but [0:53:19, 0:53:22]: they wanted to let you I mean they did speak out. [0:53:25, 0:53:33]: Excuse me, excuse me. Uh to add to that in general is that the Henry County delegation represents you. [0:53:33, 0:53:51]: Okay. You have to ask yourself how is it that can be neutral when a city of this site could be broken in half? As well, my own personal position is that you should be calling those representatives asking them why they're not taking a position in such a vital issue. [0:53:53, 0:53:54]: Okay, next question. Okay. [0:53:55, 0:53:56]: Another city. [0:53:56, 0:54:16]: Go ahead, go ahead. If you have any questions, we're asking that you please use this the information, the screen card, and we're gonna get to those. We're gonna use the cards tonight, sir, just for the interest of time, because thank you. This way everyone can get out. If you're interested in speaking with any of your elected officials, you can do that at the conclusion once it ends. So we always encourage. [0:54:16, 0:54:17]: Yeah. [0:54:18, 0:54:28]: N next question, Shayna. Okay, sir. Sir, we're gonna go ahead with another interested citizen. Said has it been determined if the homestead exemption will last if this passes? [0:54:29, 0:54:38]: For for who? City of Stockbridge. Well okay, let me explain how homestead exemption works and I think s some folks on the other side has are a little bit confused. [0:54:40, 0:55:00]: Remember I mentioned that all the other cities when they incorporated two things that they gave cities the right to do. One, to tax yourself, two, to have a homestead exemption. Now for those of you who've been around here a long time, there was a time in which Stockbridge had what? Property taxes. [0:55:00, 0:55:05]: They didn't have them at one time because at that point in time [0:55:05, 0:55:15]: they were allowed to use the full strength of their charter and institute a property tax. However, as the commercial base grew, [0:55:15, 0:55:35]: And the city became more and more financially stable, the powers that be decided, at that point in time, there was no longer a need to have a property tax, so therefore there was not a need for them to apply the homestead exemption because they weren't taxing you. Does that make sense? Now that's for a city that's a hundred. [0:55:35, 0:55:36]: [3337.8, 3354.8]: a hundred years old. Cities who are just starting up, they don't have that luxury. Because you're going to have to pay for a city manager, you're going to have to pay to operate, you're going to have to pay rent light and all those things. So therefore that's why in every instance in the past they've given you those two options. [0:55:56, 0:56:16]: This question comes from a local business owner in the city of Stockbridge. How will businesses that remain in the city, if this proposal goes through, how will we be impacted? Well, but they say taxes, taxes, taxes, right? I mean, um, I mean that's it at the end of the day. I mean services have to be paid for, right? [0:56:16, 0:56:36]: I mean the delivery and demand doesn't decrease. I mean it's always going to be a demand there for services. So at the end of the day, none of us will be better off because in order to compensate for the businesses that are left. Now mind you, they're they cherry-picked businesses. [0:56:36, 0:56:50]: businesses in Stockbridge to help them thrive. So when you take though that economic factor that we have that allows you to have no property tax, again those that are left are gonna have to pick up that burden and and use of this through taxation. [0:56:52, 0:57:03]: The next question from a citizen said, if this proposal does pass, and emphasis, I don't hope I hope it doesn't, rather, but would Stockbridge have the authority to annex adjacent unincorporated properties? [0:57:05, 0:57:06]: I mean what's gonna be left? [0:57:07, 0:57:27]: I mean I think the only thing left would be the island, as most of you know, that's uh the northern part of Stockbridge, which they tried to have the legislator give us without asking those people that they want to be in Stockbridge. Um and that's about it, because remember we almost landlocked ourselves. And basically if Eagles Landing [0:57:27, 0:57:32]: comes in and takes 50%, where can we go south? We can, right? [0:57:33, 0:57:53]: And we're sitting right here on the Clayton County line, right? So therefore this really stagnates the ability of Stockbridge to grow. And that's why in every other instance, when Stone Crest came on board, the General Assembly said, you're too large. We need for you to pull back. So Decatur and these other cities have room [0:57:53, 0:58:07]: to grow and that's typically what you see. They don't like for you to landlock another city without giving them the potential to do just that. And what this bill does, it would deny Stockbridge the opportunity to do just that. [0:58:09, 0:58:11]: Okay, I have a question, sir. Let me do something. [0:58:12, 0:58:32]: If you don't mind, let me just say this to you. You know, on that question, if this happens, then if you're talking about other annexations that we would have to look at, this council would have to decide that through through conversation with you. Okay? So it's it's uh I understand her explanation and everything, but that's something we would look at. Now, granted, I would say strategically we haven't looked at that. [0:58:32, 0:58:52]: Because we're prayerful and we know that we're going to win this particular battle. But good question, but something that we would have to discuss. And obviously as we discuss that, you'll know that and see that and you'll have interaction with us about it. Okay? Thank you. And on the portions that they gave us, uh right now, if you look at our map over there, we're landlocked. If um [0:58:52, 0:59:12]: If Eagle landings occur. You see that big gap in the middle of the map? That's pretty much all we have left because we'll be landlocked. And so Marin Council can decide if they want to take in those folks, but those folks would have to ask to come in. I mean we do believe in people asking. This myth about Stockbridge doing a land grow [0:59:12, 0:59:31]: grab and that all of a sudden all the folks in Eagles Landing were forced to come into Stockbridge. People, it is not true. Eagles Landing was brought into Stockbridge. Stockbridge made Eagles Landing. Eagles Landing did not make Stock Bridge. Let's be clear. Okay [0:59:32, 0:59:34]: All the properties. [0:59:34, 0:59:42]: of Eagles Landing and all those subdivisions, Winslow and all of those, were brought in by the developer. [0:59:43, 1:00:03]: The country club got in Stockbridge because they wanted to sell alcohol. And Henry County was dry. So Stockbridge didn't do a massive land grab. We have posted all of the minutes on annexation on the website. So don't take it just by word of mouth. Go read the minutes for yourself. [1:00:02, 1:00:16]: yourself and you will see how certain people annexed certain parcels to get to certain parcels because those folks wanted to come in for a certain reason. And now that the same people [1:00:16, 1:00:29]: who did all the legal work and did all the other stuff to bring them into Stockbridge are the same people who now want to undo their work and create another city. [1:00:31, 1:00:33]: The feasibility study [1:00:33, 1:00:53]: That they tried to give us most of it, if you go up to the website, you're going to see the feasibility study in terms of the impact on Stockbridge. And the piece that they tried to give us, George, you UGA came back and said we'll be worse off by taking that. They called themselves giving us an equal swap, where there was no such thing. [1:00:53, 1:01:02]: thing. Those parcels cause a greater demand for the city of Stockbridge because most of those parcels are residential. [1:01:03, 1:01:06]: So they're taking a whole lot of commercial. [1:01:06, 1:01:15]: that gives them money with low overhead and what they want to give us was a bunch of residential that demands a lot of delivery of services. [1:01:17, 1:01:27]: Another question is from someone who is asking why and who is behind this proposed city of Eagle Eagles Landing rather and is this a personal vendetta? [1:01:28, 1:01:48]: You know what? I I wasn't I I don't know about the person vendetta, but for those of you who have been here, I I gave you the names on page six. So you probably know a l a whole lot more about those five folks, probably than I do. And I think a lot of you know the history of a lot of these folks. So, you know, I think it kind of speaks for itself. [1:01:48, 1:01:48]: Oh. [1:01:52, 1:01:58]: Okay. The next question is, um, if this goes through, wouldn't property taxes go up for everyone in the county? [1:01:59, 1:02:18]: Well well no. Well I can't say that. I just say that the more they like the property taxes in two areas are gonna go up. The new proposed City of Eagles Landing, because they're gonna have to pay some bills, okay? And the existing stop risk that's left because we're gonna have to pay some bills too. [1:02:20, 1:02:38]: Another citizen saying I've heard a lot in the news lately um about the city of Stockbridge and this new proposed city. Uh they're saying that we have eighty million dollars in surplus and we wouldn't be hurt. Is this true and please explain how this works? No it's not true. Okay, so the [1:02:39, 1:02:53]: Okay, th th this is this is kinda th but you know what's fascinating about this? You have all of these smart people that are trying to create this city and they don't know the difference between assets and what's in the bank. [1:02:53, 1:02:57]: So they looked at the assets of this building. [1:02:57, 1:03:00]: And they looked at all of the city's assets and they say [1:03:01, 1:03:21]: That's money in the bank. Now you and I both know that your house has a value, right? Now is that sitting in the bank? Because you still paying a mortgage, right? Okay, but their deduction was because they took all of our assets, which they equated to being 80 million dollars, they say we got money. [1:03:21, 1:03:41]: money in the bank. Right. Yes. There was something a one-page sheet sheet that was floating around the Capitol last week, I believe it was, that referenced a number of different things with respect to Stockbridge's financial position. Let me say one thing. Stockbridge has a very sound financial position in that our operating [1:03:41, 1:03:48]: budget is about nine and a half million dollars and yet we have fifteen million dollars in the bank and that ratio is excellent. Now the bond issue [1:03:55, 1:04:01]: Of course. And of course our concern here is with the bond issue as uh Camilla uh articulated earlier. [1:04:01, 1:04:21]: This one page sheet did not have any references or sources. Okay? The$80 million referenced, you can look at our comprehensive annual financial report of CAFER in your audit.$80 million is our net position. And again, that's mostly buildings, properties, things that we own. That doesn't impact our day-to-day operations. [1:04:21, 1:04:41]: And so that$80 million really is not a sound figure to use at all. And so that is incorrect. And obviously, if someone is willing to take 50% of your uh commercial tax base away, your revenue away, that'll have a devastating impact then on us. I will also mention again, as referenced earlier, on our website. [1:04:41, 1:04:42]: Right. [1:04:42, 1:04:54]: There's a University of Georgia, a Carl Vincent Institute report, which is extremely detailed. It lays out everything with respect to Stockbridge's financial position and how this will impact us if it is passed. [1:04:56, 1:05:11]: Another question um and concern. First she starts off with a concern I I'm not sure why they want to devise Stockbridge. Uh please answer this. Did the group who's proposing this new city ever come to sit down and express their concerns? [1:05:12, 1:05:32]: I'll let these folks say. No, they have not. They have not um come to us. We actually went to them. I believe Mr. Uh Mayor Pro Tem Ford at the time, now Mayor Ford um had asked that we sit down and they told us that that was not the time. [1:05:32, 1:05:39]: and they never did have another time. Um they've never come to us, they never gave us notice. Um no. [1:05:40, 1:05:43]: Um let me s let me say this though real quick. [1:05:44, 1:06:04]: We individually, some of us did reach out to some of the uh uh legislative uh uh people that was introducing this bill, like Andy Welch, uh Brian Strickland. We reached out to these people that was introducing these bills because if if they wasn't gonna talk to us on the other side, maybe the people, the delegates that was that was introducing these [1:06:04, 1:06:08]: these bills were talked to us and I I can say we was getting nowhere with them also. [1:06:10, 1:06:15]: Let me add to that also. Um I served on the council [1:06:15, 1:06:30]: six five or four years ago, the only time that the Eagles Land and Homeowners Association, which is a a group of all of those neighborhoods in that particular area, that came to this council [1:06:30, 1:06:33]: And ask for anything one time. [1:06:33, 1:06:42]: They came one time and asked this municipality to help them finance the tower. Um, what's the proper name for that? [1:06:42, 1:06:47]: Eagles Landing Eagles Landing Monument Park. Monument Park. [1:06:47, 1:06:58]: They came one time and asked us to assist them in financing that. And we did. And I'm ashamed to say how much we actually provided for that. [1:06:58, 1:07:10]: But that's the only time they came and asked us for anything and we obliged. And that was over a hundred thousand dollars. And I'm just gonna say that. So I'm just saying. [1:07:11, 1:07:14]: It's not like they came and we refused. [1:07:15, 1:07:16]: They came. [1:07:17, 1:07:21]: And we obliged one time only. [1:07:21, 1:07:41]: And let me just add oh I'm sorry. I I would just like to add this. And and I want to add this caveat right now. I I don't know how many of you are out there live in the Eagles Landing area. I do. And let me tell you that everybody that lives in the Eagles Landing area is not the enemy. They're just like me. They're clueless to me. [1:07:41, 1:08:01]: To what has happened, and they're asking the same questions that you are. So I don't want this to divide the city in that you think that the people in the Eagles Landing area, because I talk to them every day, they're not for this, and they're at scratching their head too. So they are not the enemy. Let's stay focused on the five individuals. [1:08:01, 1:08:21]: Individuals who don't live in Stockbridge that are are behind this and a well connected group. This is how politics works sometimes, the dirty side of it. But the people of Eagles Landing are not the enemy. They are your neighbors. I'm one of them. So I'm not for this, and my neighbors are not either. So [1:08:21, 1:08:25]: Please keep that in mind. [1:08:25, 1:08:45]: So we when we went down to the hearing and they asked them why did they want to become a city, they said, Well, we don't have senior centers, uh we don't have parks, every single thing they named was a county service. Until finally one of the reps said so in [1:08:45, 1:09:05]: essence what you're saying is the county who has failed you and not stock bridge. The services that you're m demanding is because the county failed to provide them. So we need for you guys to understand that all of the things that they say they're not getting those are services that are mandated that count [1:09:05, 1:09:13]: Provide, okay? And they're confused. But yet they want to be a city, but they just got a little confusion going on. Okay. [1:09:13, 1:09:33]: One concerned citizen says I've been watching this in the news lately and I've heard certain individuals say, especially one who's proposed this bill, that all you have to do is uh Google City of Stockbridge uh from twenty years ago and you see that there was some disruption. Can you please address this? I'm gonna lead in and let them answer. I [1:09:33, 1:09:53]: I said at the last meeting and the thing that we stood before this General Assembly and said, Whatever issues or Stockbridge was not with this group here. That's correct. And the impression that they gave the General Assembly was that the unhappiness is because of these [1:09:53, 1:10:13]: six and we had to explain to them that if there was disruption, it wasn't because of these six. And so if there was disruption, what we told members of the General Assembly, do not these six deserve an opportunity to make history for themselves? Are they to be condemned? [1:10:13, 1:10:14]: Yeah. [1:10:14, 1:10:25]: A judge by that of their predecessor. So when he makes comments about if you Google Stockbridge for the last 20 years, right. But these guys weren't here twenty years ago. [1:10:27, 1:10:38]: Next question from a concerned citizen. Has the detailed information that I've been reading about and seeing on the news that would negatively impact the city of Stockbridge and its citizens? Is the governor aware of this? [1:10:39, 1:10:59]: Who knows? I'm assuming that he watches television, right? Uh but you know he is the governor. This is a legislative cycle, right? And there are over there's hundreds of bills that are going before him that he needs to sign. So it's up to you to make him aware. So let's just say that he's not aware. Can you make him aware in the next three A's? Okay. [1:10:59, 1:11:19]: So we're gonna make it your business to make him aware in the next three days. One of the things related to that is I think someone had also asked a question about the UGA study and the details of the study had that been provided. That's been provided to the entire Senate, House of Representatives, everyone, the study, everything has been provided to them in detail of how [1:11:19, 1:11:21]: how this would impact the city of Stockbridge. [1:11:22, 1:11:26]: And next question. If uh this proposal does Yeah I'm sorry, sorry. Excuse me one second. [1:11:27, 1:11:35]: Um I I I was up one night um bored and I went all the way back to nineteen thirty nine from the minutes from council meetings. [1:11:36, 1:11:42]: And from nineteen thirty nine up until today, up until a few years ago, nobody was concerned about [1:11:43, 1:11:56]: the growth of Stockbridge because everybody knew everybody and everybody was circulating the same monies and everybody was getting paid. The council meetings back then was probably fifteen, ten, fifteen minutes'cause they knew who was gonna do what and what they was gonna do. [1:11:57, 1:12:17]: When you see the progression of the city of Stockbridge, those game players that was circulating the money was getting pushed out because you, the citizens, was electing people to stand for you and not for special interests. And so when we're we're right now, every council member on this council is representing you as a as the citizens. [1:12:17, 1:12:26]: So the special interest groups are out. So who's gonna get me mad about that? Surely not the citizens. It's the special interest group that can't do it anymore like they used to do it. [1:12:32, 1:12:42]: A concerned citizen has written in saying if this does go through, and I hope it doesn't, but are we taking action to take this to court all the way to the Supreme Court? [1:12:43, 1:13:02]: Uh our attorney's not um here tonight but he would tell me to tell you yes. And they have said we will not hold back. They have gathered the best legal team, I would say in the southeast, to be prepared to defend your right as a resident to keep Stockbridge together. [1:13:07, 1:13:27]: Let me add to this. Let me add to this and I'll tell you that I was gonna I was gonna wait till my comments later, but let me tell you this. About five days ago, uh since we just came up, I signed two contracts. And I I signed them because unfortunately the city manager is limited on what he can sign. So as a mayor, the council voted on this obviously and I signed two contracts [1:13:27, 1:13:38]: So if Governor Deal decides not to veto or not sign it, we're going to go all the way we can because the law firms are already on board. [1:13:45, 1:13:50]: Next question, what is the total bond obligation going forward for the city of Stockbridge? [1:13:52, 1:14:12]: Well right now what we reported is about sixteen million. Okay, that is this building and a public sewer works project. Um all of you guys remember the LCI right? Y'all participated where y'all wanted that amphitheater, you want the cultural center, you wanted all those uh multipurpose center with the gym. [1:14:12, 1:14:16]: and all of that. [1:14:16, 1:14:36]: Several years ago had begun to put those plans on the table. And so what we shared with the General Assembly this time was that this community has been waiting for these projects for a long time and that they wanted to move forward. And typically, what was the first statement I made? The typical way in which most [1:14:36, 1:14:42]: cities fund capital improvement projects is through what? Through bonds. [1:14:43, 1:14:50]: Next question. How did this city come to a fifty percent of stock bridge uh being DNX? Uh was there a math model used? [1:14:51, 1:15:11]: So as I shared with you initially, most cities did this. They looked at areas that were left incorporated. So let me give you an example of one of the bills that's in house. Many of you may not have heard of a community called Greenhaven. Well that is a city that want there's a community that wants to be a city. So they went into into DeCab County. [1:15:11, 1:15:19]: And they said every parcel in the Cab County that's not in a city, we want it. [1:15:19, 1:15:29]: And we want to make that our city. That's typically how it's done. This group said, we're not even going to look at that method. [1:15:29, 1:15:49]: Right to the north, we got a city that is financially sound, commercial hub of Henry County, got a lot of money, and if we take 50% of them, then we could pay our bills. So let's draw our map around that group. Let's draw it [1:15:49, 1:16:09]: Around the commercial properties that's gonna help us survive. Let's draw our boundaries around the residential properties. Because if you look at that map, I mean, it's kind of strange. I mean, when they start going up the West Coast, they forgot all those subdivisions. I guess they weren't good enough, right? So they picked those subdivisions and those commercial [1:16:09, 1:16:29]: Areas that they thought would lead to them being viable. Interesting. Their study is the only study out of the 20 studies that have been done for incorporation that never refers to them by name in their stats. It calls them the traditional city. [1:16:29, 1:16:37]: And then there's a footnote that says this information that determines their feasibility is based on stock bridge. [1:16:38, 1:16:45]: So if you took away the asterisk and you took away Stockbridge, they wouldn't be viable. [1:16:46, 1:16:49]: So that's how they drew their map. [1:16:50, 1:17:10]: A related question to that, real quick, a related question to that that I saw was related to the University of Georgia study which we commissioned, City of Stockbridge Commission, versus the Eagles Landing Research Committee, which had a study done by Georgia State University. University of Georgia um has been recognized um essentially by members of the legislature as being [1:17:10, 1:17:23]: the most um viable institution to provide such studies on incorporations, the ones that have been done in the past. So we commissioned the University of Georgia to do ours and they have done one from Georgia State University. [1:17:25, 1:17:37]: One of our community members um wants some clarity with the petitions. Uh they want to sign petitions but they're saying there's conflicting information from their perspective. If they signed a petition before, can they sign one again? [1:17:37, 1:17:57]: No, we already have those. And so what we're doing, we're compiling those. Someone says, when's the last date to have them? Really this weekend is to cut off because we're trying to have them down. Uh there's only five legislative days left. Um so we're trying to get those ready to go down on Monday, no later than Tuesday. If you sign one, we already have yours. [1:17:57, 1:18:02]: the notebook so you don't need to do another one. But we do need for you to get others. [1:18:04, 1:18:16]: has the clerk has uh provided us with all of the petitions that we've received thus far. You can see we've received numerous petitions and we certainly want to get as many as possible from those who have not signed. [1:18:18, 1:18:25]: We're still counting so as uh we got like five different people inputting daily. We're getting them daily. Mm-hmm. [1:18:28, 1:18:48]: Certainly we've had a lot of overwhelming support from our citizens and those also not within city limits on this concern. Next question, is there a bill that was passed where you couldn't start a new city within three miles of another? Uh yes, the Senate uh leadership did pass what they call uh Senate Bill 453. [1:18:48, 1:18:53]: So and it did cross over, so we'll just have to wait and see what occurs on the outside. [1:18:54, 1:19:14]: We'll begin to wrap up some of our questions now. One of our community members here tonight says, I live in what would be considered the new proposed area uh for the Eagles Landing City, um but I don't want to be a part of it. Um what can I do to ensure that I'm not included in this? Okay, it's a vote. Worst case, I'm gonna give you the worst case scenario. Worst case scenario. [1:19:14, 1:19:22]: This goes past. You know, we put an injunction in and all of the legal things, but at the end of the day they say, you know what, you gotta vote in May. [1:19:23, 1:19:30]: Okay. Let me just share with you. Every other city that incorporated never did so on a primary ballot. [1:19:31, 1:19:51]: They always waited until the general ballot, which was November. You know why? Because they knew that in order for people to make a sound, intelligent vote, that they needed to be educated on the facts. So therefore they gave all of the ten cities six months to get their access. [1:19:51, 1:19:58]: acts together to educate folks on the referendum. But this bill is saying that you don't need to know. [1:19:58, 1:20:18]: Just put it on the May ballot and hopefully you won't know nothing about it and that you won't show up and vote. So worst case scenario, what can you do? To that answer, if this shows up on a May ballot, you need to bring yourself, your aunt, your uncle, your cousins, grandmother, grandpa, niece, nephews, and everybody in your neighborhood. [1:20:18, 1:20:23]: need to show up whenever this shows up on the ballot and make sure that you vote no. [1:20:27, 1:20:36]: We have a comment and we certainly want to honor that. Um someone said, I propose when this nonsense is put to rest, we have a victory party at Merrill Mandor Center. [1:20:41, 1:21:01]: We will uh go on with our last question and then you will hear from your elected officials, which of course is very critical. Um I do want to say if you have questions that are popping up in your head right now or more detail, please reach out to your elected officials. They want to hear from you. Visit our website, call City Hall, our staff members, uh Mr. Randy Knight and City Manager will certainly address your concerns along with [1:21:01, 1:21:10]: Camilla Moore. Last question for tonight. What reason did the sponsors of Senate Bill 263 give for removing homestead exemption language? [1:21:12, 1:21:32]: They said they wanted to be like Stockbridge. And and that's an honor. I would tell you, it's great that someone can go before the General Assembly and say they want to be like Stockbridge. The problem is that Stockbridge is almost 100 years old. And in our bill that created us as a city, we have the power to tax and we have the power to do homestead exemptions. [1:21:32, 1:21:36]: So they want to be like Stockbridge. That was their reason. [1:21:36, 1:21:39]: Let's give a round of applause for your questions and answers tonight. [1:21:43, 1:22:03]: Thank you so much. You can still pass. Yes. One last thing. Someone asked a question about representation at the last meeting. We want you guys to know that they claimed that they wanted representation. This council met with the people down at the state capitol and they actually drew district maps. [1:22:03, 1:22:04]: [4924.7, 4943.6]: for the entire area that included Stockbridge and the proposed City of Eagles Landing, submitted that to the five originators and to this day we have never heard a word from them. They said they wanted representation. This group sent them a proposal and they have totally ignored it. [1:22:25, 1:22:36]: We thank you for your interest. Again, if you have questions and answers tonight, you're welcome to stay behind or call us again and visit the website. Right now you're going to hear from your elected officials. First up, Councilman Elton Alexander. [1:22:37, 1:22:43]: Thank you everyone so much for coming out tonight. I really appreciate it and understand that the um [1:22:44, 1:22:45]: That the what [1:22:46, 1:23:06]: happens within the next few calendar days will leave a legacy or will uh define the city of Stockbridge forever. We must stay engaged every single minute, every single second of the coming days to make sure that we are. Representative Demetrius Douglas was here every [1:23:06, 1:23:26]: Every day. And and it was a question that was said, what do we need to do in order to uh does the governor know? He gave out the governor's phone number and said call, call, call. You know, sometimes you know there may be one person there to answer the phone, but believe me, if she answers a hundred calls that day, she gonna tell the governor. [1:23:26, 1:23:26]: Yeah. [1:23:28, 1:23:46]: I sure you should go tell the governor that day and to be able to do everything. But do everything. Email, petition, all of the above to make sure that we're getting the the message known. If you have time, show up at the Capitol. It's that capital belongs to you. [1:23:46, 1:24:06]: It's the people's house. And if it's the people's house, and you go down there to speak to the representative, they see me, they say city councilman Elton Alexander, they see Mayor Anthony Ford. But when they see you, your words carry more validity and it shows that you care because I'm being paid to go down there. You're not. So [1:24:06, 1:24:12]: So you can go to the governor, you can go to the sele legislature to make sure that things are taken care of. [1:24:13, 1:24:33]: I wrote down a couple of points uh that I wanted to go over as as we move through. Uh in layman's terms, many of you s heard that well, we don't have a tax. Well yeah, we have a county tax and that is you pay it. It's very high right now. The other line is blank. It says municipal or city. [1:24:33, 1:24:53]: Blank. You have to just imagine what would be left behind now. Instead of just having that one line which is extremely high already, you'd have two taxation lines, one for the county tax and one for a new tax that you may be paying perpetuity. So you need to make sure you understand the labor. [1:24:53, 1:25:13]: terms is that another tax will be added to what's already existing and they are uh very high because I get my bill too and know that that is what the situation is. I live in the Eagles Landing area as I said earlier. I'm doing this for you. I am [1:25:13, 1:25:33]: I want to make sure that I do this for you. You know, and if if I was able to steal fifty percent or this group is able to steal fifty percent of what is uh now Stockbridge which is Bible, they probably would be better off. But what guess what? Righteousness they are wrong. There are wrongs. There are rights [1:25:32, 1:25:46]: And they are wrong. I'm with this battle because what they're doing is absolutely wrong and we don't want to start today cheating and stealing is not the way to build a new city. That's not the way you start this process. [1:25:51, 1:26:07]: The one thing that Commissioner Bruce Holmes said, and I'm gonna go off the script a little bit right now, and I told him that I was gonna do this'cause he asked me. He said, You know what? The Henry County Commissioners, in his opinion, Commissioner Bruce Holmes, could stop this. [1:26:07, 1:26:27]: He said that there was no point in that this commission could be neutral and that from the county chair on down, those individuals, if they were to take a vote, could stop this. He said to me that uh w before the governor signs this bill, he's gonna call the commissioners in the area that live in the area. [1:26:27, 1:26:47]: according to him. And he asked me to tell you and to relay to you that we need to increase the pressure on those individuals because they represent you too. You voted for them as well. And right now there's no time to be having my hands behind tied behind my back or to say it, oh, it doesn't affect me. [1:26:47, 1:27:02]: It does affect me and we need to make sure that we understand that everybody is rowing in the same direction and this historic city is at stake. We need everybody in the same direction. So I appreciate it and thank you so much. [1:27:08, 1:27:18]: Thank you everybody for holding on and waiting on us tonight and uh being here still because uh this information is really good information. But I wanna say to you all that [1:27:18, 1:27:34]: And this line has been drawn, it would take me also away from being your elected official because I live in Eagles Landing area also. So I wanna say that this it angers me because even when we win the battle, which I believe we're gonna win, I pray till God is able to do anything. [1:27:35, 1:27:42]: Even when we win this battle, it saddens me that in two thousand eighteen we're having this type of fight. [1:27:43, 1:27:45]: That we see in s a city being divided. [1:27:46, 1:27:48]: That we're promoting division. [1:27:48, 1:27:55]: I would like for those that are trying to create that city to come in here right now and see that this fight doesn't have a color on it. [1:27:56, 1:28:01]: But this fight is a unified city that's saying no because right is right and wrong is wrong. [1:28:04, 1:28:10]: I won't be before you long, but I wanna say this to you because I told a friend of mine, a new friend of mine, that I would. [1:28:11, 1:28:16]: Is that if this bill shifts any kind of way other than what we want it to shift to? [1:28:17, 1:28:19]: We're gonna go at this one hundred percent. [1:28:19, 1:28:25]: even more powerful than this state had ever seen. So anybody that's gonna stand with Stockbridge. [1:28:26, 1:28:34]: And let your voices be seen and let your faces be let your faces be seen, your voices be heard. Just let me see your hands, because if it goes any other way. [1:28:34, 1:28:36]: Either way we wanted to go. [1:28:37, 1:28:53]: then it's a fight on this uh on their hands. We won't even need a news media because we'll march around the state capitol seven times and on that seven times we're gonna give a yell that's gonna call across the state say you're not gonna come in here and cheat us any kind of way. We got a voice. Thank you for coming. [1:28:55, 1:28:57]: [5340.1, 5355.5]: Good evening everyone. Thank you so much for coming out. I'm Councilwoman Neat Robinson. This has been a trying time for our city, but it's your time now to be able to stand up and do and assist us so that way we can keep our city together. [1:29:15, 1:29:28]: We have a lot of Georgia cities that are opposing this bill and they still are not adhering to their voice. So it's gonna take us always say f faith without works, guess what? [1:29:30, 1:29:35]: So we've got to put in the work. So we serve you. [1:29:35, 1:29:55]: So if you tell us that you want us to get buses to take you to the Capitol, that's what we will do. Please don't sit down on this. Don't allow us to make the decisions for you. You've already come, you've got the information. Now it's time for you to tell us what you need for us to do for you. We're here to serve and whatever it takes tonight. [1:29:55, 1:30:00]: We need your voices. Okay? We really do. I mean we can talk all day. [1:30:00, 1:30:20]: But if you're not telling us or assisting us on what you need for us to do, please do not leave this building tonight without assisting or telling us, insisting on us on what you want us to do before you leave this building tonight. Again, there's a lot of um on the page, I forgot the page number there but there [1:30:20, 1:30:27]: There's some representatives that put this bill out there. Hey six. Hey, they're gonna be running. [1:30:27, 1:30:47]: I need you to pay attention because these are the people that are making the decisions for us. To me, I guess they were talking and it sounded like, okay, you know how when you you know in our own personal life your family may think you have money. We're in this big old building, so they just think, oh, they got money, and it was just broken down to say, no. [1:30:47, 1:30:49]: We're gonna lose half. [1:30:50, 1:30:59]: We keep our city looking good. We try our best. That's what this council does. We try our best to keep it up. We try our best to provide the services for our citizens. [1:31:00, 1:31:12]: But guess what? You just can't come and take from us. And we're not gonna stand for it. So we need you all to stand with us so that way we can move forward. Thank you so much and God bless each and every one of you. [1:31:16, 1:31:30]: Good evening, Stockbridge. I made some notes here because I want to make sure I say a few things because I want you to understand. First, let me concur with Councilman Alexander when he made the statement that [1:31:31, 1:31:37]: This is not a fight against many of the residents that live in Eagles Landing. [1:31:37, 1:31:42]: I have a business card in my pocket right now. I met a gentleman today. [1:31:44, 1:31:45]: That told me that [1:31:46, 1:31:48]: No one came to him. [1:31:48, 1:31:50]: about the proposed city. [1:31:51, 1:31:53]: And that he was totally against that. [1:31:54, 1:31:59]: I would imagine that many of you that live in Eagles Landed and probably feel the very same way. [1:32:00, 1:32:02]: But first let me just thank all of you for [1:32:03, 1:32:04]: For your support. [1:32:05, 1:32:07]: For your dedication. [1:32:08, 1:32:09]: For your passion. [1:32:10, 1:32:11]: And your belief. [1:32:11, 1:32:12]: in this municipality. [1:32:16, 1:32:19]: This council and this staff [1:32:21, 1:32:23]: Have spoken the truth. [1:32:24, 1:32:25]: And have laid out [1:32:26, 1:32:28]: All of the facts. [1:32:28, 1:32:32]: Last Thursday, well even before last Thursday. [1:32:32, 1:32:34]: We laid out the facts. [1:32:35, 1:32:38]: Tonight we laid out the facts. [1:32:38, 1:32:39]: That's what we do. [1:32:41, 1:32:42]: We have spoken the truth. [1:32:43, 1:32:45]: And we have laid out the facts. [1:32:46, 1:32:50]: Now I cannot say that for the folks that are trying to create a new city. [1:32:52, 1:32:55]: We have prayed, we came together and we prayed. [1:32:55, 1:32:57]: I believe in prayer. [1:32:58, 1:33:00]: I believe God answers prayer. [1:33:02, 1:33:03]: I believe [1:33:04, 1:33:06]: That when it's all said and done [1:33:07, 1:33:12]: That the city of Stockbridge will still be whole. I truly believe that. [1:33:14, 1:33:19]: I want to speak to a couple of the issues that folks have called me and raised. [1:33:20, 1:33:21]: About [1:33:21, 1:33:25]: No representation from this municipality. [1:33:25, 1:33:32]: And I made a note here, and as I stated earlier, I was first elected to this council back in 2012. [1:33:33, 1:33:37]: And I I was I grew up here in the city of Stockbridge. This is my home. [1:33:38, 1:33:41]: I'm familiar with every [1:33:41, 1:33:50]: elected official in this municipality going back into the 70s. Know them personally, they knew me personally. [1:33:51, 1:33:53]: Many of them are deceased right now. [1:33:54, 1:33:57]: But the question of no representation [1:33:59, 1:34:00]: Four [1:34:01, 1:34:04]: of the last six mirrors. [1:34:04, 1:34:07]: Duly elected to this municipality. [1:34:08, 1:34:11]: lived in this target area. [1:34:12, 1:34:13]: Four of the six [1:34:17, 1:34:19]: Five council members. [1:34:22, 1:34:29]: that lives in that particular area for the last twelve years have been a part of this municipality. [1:34:30, 1:34:35]: So that is not true about no representation at this particular council. [1:34:36, 1:34:39]: The last two mayors before Mayor Ford [1:34:41, 1:34:42]: Brought no issues. [1:34:43, 1:34:45]: From that community. [1:34:46, 1:34:54]: No issues. So I just want to dismiss and disprove the notion of no representation at this municipality. [1:34:58, 1:35:00]: Mrs. Moore mentioned [1:35:00, 1:35:02]: A comprehensive [1:35:02, 1:35:03]: Plan. [1:35:04, 1:35:08]: that this council was prepared to go forward. [1:35:09, 1:35:15]: Now, this whole issue of Eagles Landing, it's been in the work for a long time. [1:35:16, 1:35:18]: And I'm telling you for what I know. [1:35:18, 1:35:21]: Now we just heard about it in twenty seventeen. [1:35:22, 1:35:25]: But this plan has been in the work for a while. [1:35:26, 1:35:28]: But this is a reason. [1:35:29, 1:35:31]: That this council [1:35:32, 1:35:35]: was elected back in November twenty seventeen. [1:35:36, 1:35:38]: It's not by circumstance. [1:35:40, 1:35:41]: It's by fate. [1:35:42, 1:35:43]: When you look [1:35:44, 1:35:46]: And these elected officials [1:35:46, 1:35:54]: When you look at this staff, Mrs. Moore just got here recently, our city managers just got here recently. [1:35:55, 1:35:56]: It was by faith. [1:35:56, 1:36:02]: And I can tell you and I can look in your faces that when they presented these facts [1:36:05, 1:36:11]: You said, wow, they are very knowledgeable, very experienced. It's a reason why. [1:36:11, 1:36:19]: that God brought them here to this municipality at this time because he knew [1:36:20, 1:36:21]: That we was gonna be in a fight. [1:36:22, 1:36:25]: And I believe that we are going to win this fight. [1:36:32, 1:36:45]: This council have been working on quality of life issues and I'm just going to mention just a couple of things just to give you an idea of what we have been trying to do for you. [1:36:46, 1:36:47]: The citizens [1:36:47, 1:36:48]: [5810.1, 5812.5]: When you talk about quality of life, [1:36:53, 1:36:56]: We understand that and this is what we've been trying to do. [1:36:57, 1:37:00]: We've been trying to div redevelop. [1:37:02, 1:37:03]: Out downtown. [1:37:04, 1:37:05]: Restaurants. [1:37:06, 1:37:07]: Shopping. [1:37:08, 1:37:09]: Entertainment. [1:37:09, 1:37:11]: Cultural arts. [1:37:11, 1:37:12]: Amphitheater. [1:37:13, 1:37:19]: Splash pads for the kids. You name it. All of this is on the drawing board that we have talked about. [1:37:20, 1:37:34]: Public safety. A lot of folks are saying, well, what is the city of Stockbridge going to do about public safety? We believe that it is our responsibility to make sure that you as a citizen, where you live, you are safe. [1:37:35, 1:37:47]: We understand that and we're going to work on that. If you're a business owner, we want to make sure that when you're in your business, that you're safe in your business. When you close up at night, you're safe. [1:37:57, 1:37:59]: quality education for all of our children. [1:38:00, 1:38:06]: We know that we have some issues with our s with some school systems here. We understand that. [1:38:07, 1:38:11]: But we have decided to work with the Henry County Board of Education. [1:38:12, 1:38:18]: And I see Dr. Finn over there, I know she's smiling, because this is one of her things about educating our kids. [1:38:19, 1:38:28]: We're going to get in the trenches with those board members and we're going to make sure that all of our children get a quality education here in the city of Stockbridge and in Henry County. [1:38:30, 1:38:44]: And I could go on and on, got a list here, but I'm gonna cut it short because you all may have some other questions and I'm going to let uh our city manager and our Mrs. Moore uh maybe respond to a couple of things. But the point I wanna make to you citizens. [1:38:46, 1:38:48]: We are in tune. [1:38:49, 1:38:51]: to the needs of this city. [1:38:51, 1:38:54]: And to the best of our ability, Mrs. Howard. [1:38:56, 1:38:57]: We're gonna make it happen. [1:38:58, 1:38:59]: Just give us the opportunity. [1:39:00, 1:39:02]: We're gonna make it happen. [1:39:03, 1:39:08]: It's hard for us to stay focused on those things when we're in a fight for our lives. [1:39:08, 1:39:13]: So once this is clear and I do believe that we will stay whole after this. [1:39:14, 1:39:25]: We're gonna look to you to come and voice your opinion about what we need here in this city. How do we go about making sure that some of these things that I just mentioned? [1:39:27, 1:39:28]: We need your input. [1:39:29, 1:39:38]: We're not going to do it without you having a voice. You elected us to represent you and to be your voice when you can't come here. [1:39:38, 1:39:44]: But we need you to come just like you're coming now. So here I'm looking in the eyes of a lot of folks in this room. [1:39:45, 1:39:47]: And believe me. [1:39:47, 1:39:51]: I'm reading your eyes. I'm feeling that heartbeat. [1:39:52, 1:39:53]: And we understand. [1:39:53, 1:39:55]: What we have to do. [1:39:55, 1:39:59]: My good friend Adam back there. We understand what we got to do. Thank you. [1:40:01, 1:40:02]: Good evening. [1:40:04, 1:40:20]: Thank you all for coming tonight. I am Lakeisha Gamp, Mayor Pro Tem of the City of Stockbridge. I want to say that um I would first would like to thank our staff who have done a phenomenal job tonight and have continued to work hard for the citizens here. [1:40:21, 1:40:23]: We stand unified, ladies and gentlemen. [1:40:24, 1:40:32]: The city of Stockbridge City Council stays unified and we will fight and continue to fight for you and for what is right. [1:40:33, 1:40:45]: and to the General Assembly wherever you are, whether you represent a small town, whether repres whether you represent an a city of our size, or someone as large as of Atlanta as Atlanta. [1:40:46, 1:40:51]: Whether you represent us in the state, whether you repres represent us in the country. [1:40:51, 1:41:04]: It is time to do what's right, not what's time to do for the Republicans, not what it's time to do for the Democrats, no not what it's time to do for blacks or whites. It's time to do what's right. [1:41:11, 1:41:31]: And we need to stick together. Taking 50% of our tax revenues, it is not right. Leaving us with the debt of what we have done for your side of the city, our side of the city is not right. And it's not done by the citizens that live over in Eagles Landing, the 9,000 that are [1:41:31, 1:41:51]: Over there, it this has been done, this effort has been done by a select few. And to include the names of the names on that list, include Senator Rick Jeffries, who's now running for lieutenant governor, and Senator Brian Strickland, who is currently the senator. But to sit here and say [1:41:51, 1:42:02]: That three cities out of four cities have signed resolutions. A hundred and three or more, a hundred plus have signed resolutions stating that they are against. [1:42:02, 1:42:22]: A new city such as this being formed by de-annexation is unbelievable that this thing has gotten this far. So we need to write our governor and say, veto the first bill, and by no means let Eagles Landon come to uh come together unless they come together in a [1:42:22, 1:42:34]: an unincorporated area. And you need to take that out to the community 10 and 20 at a time. Respond back to the emails. Ignore the shade. [1:42:34, 1:42:45]: of the false information and the smoke screens about how dysfunctional our city is when we have had to lay the foundation to get it where we are right now. [1:42:46, 1:43:06]: Because that's what we're having to do. I came here and there was a budget on an Excel spreadsheet. Unacceptable in twenty fourteen. And now we have the best financial, we're in the best financial shape, and we also have plans to build that art center, and we have plans to build that amphitheater, and we have plans for [1:43:06, 1:43:21]: for our community and we've given back and we continue to develop but we had to lay a foundation ladies and gentlemen and it's not an easy road and that foundation we had to lay is because we had to rebuild what was destroyed over twenty years ago. [1:43:23, 1:43:28]: So I say to you, thank you for your continued support. [1:43:29, 1:43:44]: And ignore those naysayers and fight for our city and do what's right, not because you're Republican, not because you're a Democrat, not because you're black or white or Asian or blue, green, purple, or from Mars. [1:43:44, 1:43:46]: It is time. [1:43:47, 1:43:48]: To do. [1:43:48, 1:43:49]: The right thing. [1:43:56, 1:44:16]: I tell you what, uh it's just great that uh you all are out here tonight. It really is. And uh I mentioned this before last Thursday that um we're here at least two ice a month. So we like to see the chambers feel like this twice a month when we're when we're doing the business for you all. Uh I I mentioned also earlier in in my comments uh that um uh I [1:44:16, 1:44:24]: I signed uh two different contracts involving uh some legal teams. Uh so don't fear. [1:44:24, 1:44:42]: Because if the governor, I'll say again, decides not to veto or not sign and after 40 days becomes law, we will initiate a strategic counter-attack, as I mentioned last week. I've I've resigned the contracts. Those law firms are sitting in the wings ready for us to say, go. [1:44:42, 1:44:45]: Okay? And we'll tie it up. [1:44:45, 1:45:05]: And the thing about it is is the governor himself on his way out for so he's got his legacy to worry about and one of the candidates when wants to become um governor, lieutenant colonel uh Lieutenant Governor Cato, if we end up going this way, he'll have to answer this in his campaign because it will get national attention. And we and and since we are very sovereign, yeah. [1:45:05, 1:45:06]: Go ahead. [1:45:09, 1:45:29]: We are a very sovereign city, so we have the funding. So and I don't think you would mind the spending the funding to uh to advocate the the the pushback or the de-annexation of our city. The funding is there. So and that is and and that's a key point because uh they didn't realize the funding is there. Why would you want to take our primary [1:45:29, 1:45:49]: economic corridor and rip us off or steal. That's I consider stealing in a sense. And it's a small group a small group of people. I mean it's not all these everybody lives in Eagles Land area. It's a small group of people who are kind of pushing this ordeal. We are very financially stable in this aspect of it all. So if you if you go to unincorporated [1:45:49, 1:46:04]: county area like everybody else, well those folks will tell you, no, I don't want to do this because everybody pays the county tax on a corporate county area here here in here in the county that you would look at, you don't have an economic corridor like you have at Eagles Land Parkway and Hudson Bridge all the way flipping road. You don't have that. [1:46:04, 1:46:05]: So [1:46:05, 1:46:18]: But we're gonna win this it's a war. We're gonna win this war. And once upon that victory, since it was a suggestion made, I'll have to ask the council'cause I at America do anything with the council to prove it, right? Maybe we'll have a big party in moral matters, right? Right? [1:46:19, 1:46:27]: And I'll tell you something else, since we become 100 years old in 2020, guarantee we're gonna have an off-the-chain party in 2020 as well. Okay? [1:46:30, 1:46:50]: On on that note, as we get prepared for our centennial, okay, what we want to do is continue to work and strategically build up our downtown so we can have an amphitheater so we can set up to have concerts and have a great time to celebrate the city's 100 years, right? Splash pad for our kids. So when we have the concert in the summer or movies and movies on the screen. [1:46:50, 1:47:10]: we'll have them in this area. We will build this this downtown area and we also will continue to work with the contractors and build Jodeco South, Atlanta South. It's going to happen, folks. If you look at the map, where are the maps? You look at the maps, we've annexed that, the 160 of those acres, that mixed use development, Jodeco Road and Highway 75, it was annexed into the city of Stompbridge. [1:47:10, 1:47:14]: in December of 2016. [1:47:14, 1:47:34]: I'll tell you what, I put you look at it. It's all on the on the on camera. I put the motion in in action. Alexander seconded that. We approved it unanimously. And it's done. They want commercial high-end stores. Guess what? We already have it. We just got to work the plan. The plan's there. You want legal representation? Well, someone's already, I think, come on, I already mentioned it. [1:47:34, 1:47:44]: We we say okay fine. We developed something for them, send it to all the five representatives, say, here you go. Here's a district plan. So everybody can have some legal representation. [1:47:45, 1:47:54]: Okay? No response. But I'll tell you what the key to that would be as well. Because even if we do that, guess what? You all would have to approve it. [1:47:54, 1:48:14]: We just can't arbitrarily just do that and say here we're gonna do this. You all will have to approve that. We would have to go to re do a referendum. Am I correct on this? Okay. Okay, we have to do a referendum and you would have to approve that. So otherwise that still comes back to you, the citizens. Because in all actuality, we work for you. We can't make major decisions without getting your approval. [1:48:14, 1:48:24]: letting you know what we're doing and how we're doing it. So the constant interaction we need with you is is what something that has to happen and something that we need to do on a continual basis. [1:48:24, 1:48:27]: Okay, in that aspect. But once we get over this hump. [1:48:27, 1:48:37]: You will see that and it's been mentioned several times already by the rest of the council that there will be there are things already in the budget, in the plan to build up the downtown area and Joe to go south. All right? [1:48:38, 1:48:58]: And the intent is to make Stockbridge a greater city than what it is now. And uh to I'm gonna do this as well, add this in there. Once this is over with, we're looking to increase our size. Because we got to fill up those holes, those islands. We need to fill them up. And if we go to districts, if we ever go to districts, and you all prove that. [1:48:58, 1:49:05]: But we have to fill the holes, which means we we're going to get larger. Which means folks will c can have local representation provided you'll prove that. [1:49:06, 1:49:11]: and um we'll continue to do great things. Have the faith, keep the faith. [1:49:12, 1:49:13]: Help us out. It's your city. [1:49:14, 1:49:15]: Our city. [1:49:16, 1:49:18]: Okay? God bless y'all. Thank you for being out here tonight. [1:49:24, 1:49:44]: Thank you all very much again for coming. We appreciate all your participation and as elected officials and as as county or city appointed uh staff. This is why we do what we do is to serve you. I want to remind you to go out to the tables outside about uh canvassing information and petitions, check our [1:49:44, 1:49:45]: City website. [1:49:45, 1:49:57]: for information and if anybody has any questions, myself and Ms. Moore will be here afterwards. Please come up and ask us questions if you have any additional questions. Thank you very much. Drive safely this evening. God bless. [1:50:27, 1:50:27]: Oh.