2022-01-20 · City Council · Transcript · Planning Commission Meeting

--- title: Planning Commission Meeting date: 2022-01-20 source: 2022-01-20_Planning_Commission_Meeting.wav --- [0:00:04, 0:00:05]: [ 58.3, 60.4]: Mr. Dumas, how are you this evening? [0:01:01, 0:01:03]: I'm doing well, sir. How are you? [0:01:04, 0:01:05]: Same in here. [0:01:05, 0:01:06]: Good. [0:01:06, 0:01:08]: Good. I'm glad you can hear me. [0:01:10, 0:01:15]: I wasn't sure. I'm working on my cell phone tonight because my computer's giving me problems. [0:01:15, 0:01:16]: Uh oh. [0:01:16, 0:01:19]: I wasn't sure if you all could hear me or not, but I'm glad you can. [0:01:20, 0:01:21]: Yes, sir. [0:01:21, 0:01:23]: Happy New Year to you. [0:01:23, 0:01:24]: Happy New Year, everybody. [0:01:26, 0:01:27]: Right, but new year. [0:01:33, 0:01:36]: You do know I'm a computer engineer, right? What's wrong with your computer? [0:01:37, 0:01:42]: Well, it's not the computer itself, it's the software that allows my camera [0:01:43, 0:01:45]: on my phone to talk to my computer. [0:01:46, 0:01:50]: So I can see y'all on the on my computer screen rather than on my cell phone screen. [0:01:52, 0:01:57]: I don't have a camera installed in my computer, but I have software that will allow me to use my [0:01:57, 0:01:59]: Inefficient phone, right. [0:01:59, 0:02:00]: Yeah. [0:02:00, 0:02:01]: Okay. Huh. [0:02:03, 0:02:06]: Yeah, ho your phone hooks up via USB to your computer. [0:02:07, 0:02:07]: Yeah. [0:02:10, 0:02:15]: I and I know you've done this, but have you tried unplugging it, waiting thirty seconds and plugging it back in? [0:02:16, 0:02:30]: Well, it's asking me for an upgrade to the software. And I need to I need to do that. And I I can't do that 15 minutes before the meeting starts. Right. So so I'll uh I'll address it when the meeting is over. Yeah, yeah. All right. [0:02:32, 0:02:33]: Good evening, everyone. [0:02:35, 0:02:39]: Good evening. Happy New Year. Can you guys hear me? Okay. I'm on a different computer, so [0:02:40, 0:02:53]: Hopefully you guys can hear me. Yes, we can see you. We can hear you. Wonderful. Well, wonderful to see your faces this new first meeting of the year. Um, lots of cool things happening. Um [0:02:54, 0:02:56]: I think I've we've got everybody on. [0:02:56, 0:02:59]: So Chairman Abdullah. [0:03:26, 0:03:28]: Brecker, you froze on us. Can you repeat that? [0:03:29, 0:03:37]: No, I just said I'm I'm handing it over to you, Mr. Chairman, for the for the agenda for this evening. [0:03:46, 0:03:46]: Uh [0:03:48, 0:03:50]: Am I s am I frozen? Can you guys hear me okay? [0:03:52, 0:03:54]: Hear you loud and clear. [0:03:54, 0:03:55]: Okay. [0:03:55, 0:03:58]: Mr. Abdullah, I think I lost you for a moment there. [0:04:00, 0:04:01]: You can't hear Mr. New. [0:04:08, 0:04:11]: He's muted. [0:04:45, 0:04:58]: Okay. Um if if I know the public is is likely watching, if you guys can bear with us for just a few moments, just see what um because I think I heard you earlier, uh chairman. [0:04:59, 0:05:00]: And then it just it went away. [0:05:07, 0:05:10]: Do you wanna try logging out then logging back in? [0:05:29, 0:05:34]: Okay, if you all would just bear with us while uh Chairman Abdullah laws back in. [0:05:36, 0:05:38]: No, he's having some technical difficulties. [0:05:40, 0:05:40]: Okay. [0:06:07, 0:06:09]: We cannot hear you, sir. [0:06:13, 0:06:16]: Try clicking the up arrow on your mute button. [0:06:16, 0:06:20]: And selecting a different speaker. I'm sorry, a m different microphone. [0:06:22, 0:06:23]: Thank you, Robert. [0:06:29, 0:06:30]: Can you hear me now? [0:06:30, 0:06:32]: Yes, sir. Yes, we can. [0:06:33, 0:06:33]: All right. [0:06:34, 0:06:35]: Thank you, Robert. Save the day. [0:06:36, 0:06:36]: Yeah. [0:06:37, 0:06:40]: I was asking Miss Nelson, wanna give us an invocation? [0:06:42, 0:06:43]: Miss Nelson, can you hear me? [0:06:46, 0:06:50]: Mr. Plashon, can you hear me? Plashon, can you hear me? Yes, I can hear you. [0:06:50, 0:06:52]: All right, we wanna give us an invocation. [0:06:53, 0:06:54]: Yes, sir. [0:06:57, 0:06:58]: Let's bow our heads. [0:06:59, 0:07:04]: Lord, we thank you for bringing us together this evening and we pray that you just lead us and guide us throughout this. [0:07:05, 0:07:06]: Meeting that we can do your will. [0:07:07, 0:07:10]: And we appreciate the fellowship. In Jesus' name we pray, Amen. [0:07:11, 0:07:12]: Amen. [0:07:12, 0:07:13]: Yeah. [0:07:13, 0:07:14]: I fled allegiance. [0:07:15, 0:07:18]: I guess we want to stand up, place our hand over our chest, hard. [0:07:23, 0:07:38]: Pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America. To the Republic for which you stand one nation, under God, indivisible, the liberty, justice for all. [0:07:39, 0:07:40]: Okay. [0:07:43, 0:07:45]: Uh Miss Logan hasn't shown up yet. [0:07:45, 0:07:46]: So [0:07:47, 0:07:54]: I guess I'll take the roll call. Yes, I'm here. I'm here. Okay. All right. Okay. Well, I had called on you earlier. You didn't respond. [0:07:55, 0:07:56]: I didn't hear anything. [0:07:56, 0:07:58]: Okay. All right, roll call then. [0:07:59, 0:08:00]: Ask you a double. [0:08:00, 0:08:01]: Present. [0:08:01, 0:08:02]: Oh typical. [0:08:05, 0:08:06]: It's [0:08:06, 0:08:08]: Stanley Doom Stanley Dumas. [0:08:09, 0:08:09]: Present. [0:08:11, 0:08:12]: Kathleen Nelson. [0:08:12, 0:08:13]: Present. [0:08:15, 0:08:16]: David Plantain. [0:08:16, 0:08:17]: Present [0:08:18, 0:08:19]: And Rodney Horns. [0:08:20, 0:08:21]: Present. [0:08:22, 0:08:24]: So Mr. Thibodeau is not here at the moment. [0:08:26, 0:08:28]: Okay, maybe he'll maybe he'll join us later. [0:08:28, 0:08:29]: Yeah. [0:08:29, 0:08:31]: Uh we still have a quorum, Mr. Cairn. [0:08:32, 0:08:33]: Thank you, Miss Logan. [0:08:34, 0:08:35]: Boom. [0:08:36, 0:08:39]: Wanna have a motion to adopt the current agenda? [0:08:42, 0:08:44]: I make a motion to adopt the [0:08:44, 0:08:45]: Agenda for this evening. [0:08:46, 0:08:49]: I'll second it. This is Dave Flanchon. I'll second it. [0:08:49, 0:08:53]: All right, it's been moved and seconded. All those in favor, let it be known by the sign of aye. [0:08:54, 0:08:56]: I agree. Those opposed. [0:08:57, 0:09:00]: Hearing none, the ayes have it. The motion is carried. [0:09:01, 0:09:04]: Uh reviewed amendments from December the sixteenth. [0:09:19, 0:09:25]: Unless anybody has any changes, I'd like to make a motion to approve the minutes from our last meeting. [0:09:26, 0:09:26]: A second. [0:09:28, 0:09:29]: Who's second that? [0:09:30, 0:09:35]: Mr. Dumas. Mr. Dumas. All right. It's been moved and seconded. All those in favor, let it be known by the sign of aye. [0:09:36, 0:09:38]: Aye. Uh those opposed? [0:09:39, 0:09:43]: Hearing none, I saved the the agenda from the sixteenth is adopted. [0:09:45, 0:09:46]: Okay. [0:09:47, 0:09:49]: Uh election of officers. [0:09:52, 0:09:54]: Miss Johnson, I guess you oversee that. [0:09:55, 0:09:57]: Right. So for this segment, uh we would [0:09:58, 0:09:59]: Um take a vote. [0:09:59, 0:10:04]: For who the chair and vice chair would be. [0:10:04, 0:10:06]: Okay. So we would just need to have [0:10:07, 0:10:07]: Yeah. [0:10:08, 0:10:09]: For chair. [0:10:09, 0:10:12]: And a vote and then a vote for the vice chair. [0:10:12, 0:10:13]: Okay. [0:10:20, 0:10:22]: Somebody needs to be nominated for chair and vice chair. [0:10:23, 0:10:27]: I guess Mr. Chair, Mr. Vice Chair, let us know if you still want the position. [0:10:29, 0:10:31]: Uh I'm fine with it. I'll take that. [0:10:35, 0:10:36]: We just need a motion on the floor. [0:10:40, 0:10:45]: I make a motion for Mr. Abdullah to continue uh to be the chair of the planning commission. [0:10:50, 0:10:53]: We we need a second. A second. [0:10:54, 0:10:56]: Who is that? Mr. Horns? [0:10:56, 0:10:57]: Yes. [0:10:58, 0:11:01]: Okay. Ms. Johnson, I guess you would take over from there. [0:11:02, 0:11:14]: Perfect. And uh for the vice chair, uh Mr. Thibodeau is currently the vice chair uh from the a few meetings back, so we would need a vote on uh [0:11:19, 0:11:20]: Making emotion. [0:11:20, 0:11:21]: For that position. [0:11:23, 0:11:26]: Make a motion to nominate Mr. Thibodeau for the vice chair. [0:11:31, 0:11:32]: A second. [0:11:35, 0:11:36]: We need a second. [0:11:43, 0:11:44]: We don't have a second. [0:11:46, 0:11:47]: So we need a new nominee. [0:11:50, 0:11:51]: Ms. Johnson? [0:11:53, 0:11:56]: So um you all have the option to [0:11:57, 0:11:59]: Make a motion for anyone on the [0:11:59, 0:12:00]: Board. [0:12:01, 0:12:02]: And [0:12:02, 0:12:03]: We just need a second. [0:12:04, 0:12:05]: I nominate Kathleen Nelson. [0:12:07, 0:12:08]: Okay. [0:12:10, 0:12:11]: A second. [0:12:14, 0:12:14]: Miss Johnson? [0:12:16, 0:12:16]: [738.3, 739.2]: Do we have a vote? [0:12:19, 0:12:22]: I like to make a motion that nominees be closed. [0:12:25, 0:12:30]: Ms. Johnson, uh Mr. Horn, second Mrs. Kathleen Nelson to be vice chair. [0:12:30, 0:12:31]: Mm-hmm. [0:12:31, 0:12:35]: Uh and Mr. Flash on move that we close. I assume that [0:12:36, 0:12:38]: Everybody's in approval for the current administration. [0:12:39, 0:12:44]: Well we have to because because there was a second chairman, we do have to take a vote. [0:12:45, 0:12:52]: All those all those in favor of Kathleen Nelson being the vice chair, let it be known by the sign of I. [0:12:53, 0:12:55]: Aye. Oh those opposed? [0:12:57, 0:13:01]: Hearing none, the eyes have it. Kathleen Nelson is voted in as vice chair. [0:13:01, 0:13:03]: Okay. Great. Congratulations. [0:13:04, 0:13:09]: Excuse me, but I didn't hear a vote for the chairman. I mean there was the nominations, but I didn't hear a vote. [0:13:10, 0:13:12]: So Linda, um [0:13:12, 0:13:16]: Miss Nelson made the vote for Chairman Abdullah to remain. [0:13:16, 0:13:17]: Right. The chair. [0:13:18, 0:13:19]: And Mr. Horns of the Second. [0:13:21, 0:13:23]: But then was there a vote after that? [0:13:23, 0:13:24]: It [0:13:24, 0:13:25]: Uh [0:13:25, 0:13:26]: It was unanimous. [0:13:31, 0:13:33]: Okay, so [0:13:33, 0:13:34]: Okay. Yes, sir. [0:13:34, 0:13:37]: No, I was talking to Miss Uh Logan. [0:13:40, 0:13:47]: That being the case, uh the election of officers is is been closed been approved and closed. [0:13:48, 0:13:50]: Reciting with project updates. [0:13:51, 0:13:52]: Окей, супер. [0:13:52, 0:13:56]: So at the last, uh what say the last meeting at the end of the year? [0:13:57, 0:14:05]: I admit to you all that the Bridges of Dodoco project is moving forward. We have a townhome community. [0:14:05, 0:14:11]: and an apartments and commercial retail mixed use community coming online. They have a [0:14:12, 0:14:17]: or uh their land disturbance permit, which allows them to prep the land in order to start building. [0:14:18, 0:14:22]: And they for for the apartments that are going in, there's gonna be [0:14:23, 0:14:24]: Um [0:14:24, 0:14:43]: a March date uh for the groundbreaking. I'm waiting to get the finalized um um information from the council members to make sure they can be there, but we have tentative a tentative groundbreaking for Friday, March the 11th. [0:14:44, 0:14:45]: Twenty twenty two. [0:14:46, 0:14:49]: So please mark your calendars as for 10 AM. [0:14:50, 0:14:53]: you're able to attend, we would love to have you there. [0:14:53, 0:15:11]: Um again this is a a long project where additional uh commercial types of businesses. We've spoken to some folks, nothing has been solidified yet, but there's quite a bit in the works for uh for this project, right off Jodeco Road and I-75. [0:15:12, 0:15:13]: Any questions at all? [0:15:14, 0:15:15]: Yeah, um [0:15:16, 0:15:18]: I've been watching them with that um [0:15:18, 0:15:26]: doing the groundwork directly across the street, they also have, I guess, an another project coming online. [0:15:26, 0:15:34]: That's right. That's right. That's going to be compatible or comparable with this on the uh north side. Correct. Correct. And [0:15:35, 0:15:55]: Um, our our hope is to once they start moving, it's gonna prompt and and be a catalyst for some commercial development to come into the area as well. So we're talking with other developers. There's a very much a lot of interest in it. Um, and we'll keep you posted on what's going on. [0:15:57, 0:16:06]: Um in another s uh update is I think I mentioned to you last meeting that we were gonna have a new city manager. [0:16:07, 0:16:27]: Right. And our new our new city manager is uh Mr. Frederick Gardner. He comes to us uh years in administrative and planning backgrounds in uh at the city of East Point. Um, Griffin, Henry County. Actually worked with him a little bit in Henry County. [0:16:27, 0:16:37]: and then just in the over the years throughout the region. And he's back with us. This was his first week. So um today is day three for him. [0:16:37, 0:16:40]: And uh we're I just wanted to welcome him. [0:16:41, 0:16:45]: Um and let you guys know that that he's on board. And if you have questions or would like to reach out to him. [0:16:46, 0:16:48]: I will provide you all with. [0:16:48, 0:16:50]: His contact information. [0:16:50, 0:16:51]: So [0:16:51, 0:16:54]: Um if you don't have any questions about that. [0:16:55, 0:16:56]: I don't have anything additional. [0:16:56, 0:17:01]: But um just looking forward to keeping you updated on upcoming projects. [0:17:02, 0:17:08]: All right. Uh I want to confirm that meeting, that groundbreaking 311 22 at 10 a.m. [0:17:09, 0:17:14]: And uh that would be at the corner of uh Jodico and Tunis, I assume. [0:17:14, 0:17:19]: Yes, look uh Jodico and Mount Olive right off of I seventy five. [0:17:21, 0:17:22]: Excuse me, so [0:17:26, 0:17:28]: Madam Director, excuse me. [0:17:30, 0:17:31]: Yes, sir. [0:17:32, 0:17:33]: I'm sorry. Um [0:17:33, 0:17:40]: Will we get a uh an additional notification as we get closer to that date or do we need to record this date tonight? [0:17:40, 0:17:44]: No, we'll we'll send you a an a calendar invite. [0:17:44, 0:17:48]: Very good. Um to add on to your calendar, absolutely. Thank you so much. [0:17:48, 0:17:48]: Sure. [0:17:50, 0:17:51]: Oh. [0:17:52, 0:17:53]: What was the address for that again? [0:17:54, 0:17:57]: Um it's not an address, it's actually just at the corner. [0:17:58, 0:18:02]: of Johtoco. It's it's the the address for the property is three hundred [0:18:02, 0:18:05]: Argento drive. [0:18:06, 0:18:12]: But it is a it's a raw piece of land. So right when you come off of Jodoko Road, if you're leaving from the city. [0:18:13, 0:18:14]: You're gonna make a left. [0:18:14, 0:18:16]: Onto Jellicoe. [0:18:16, 0:18:18]: And it's right, it's before you get to Mount Olive. [0:18:19, 0:18:20]: Excuse me. [0:18:23, 0:18:25]: And once we get I'm sorry? [0:18:25, 0:18:28]: I think the street there cross street there's Tunis. [0:18:28, 0:18:33]: There's Tunis. It's Mount Mount Olive is on one on the other side of it. [0:18:33, 0:18:39]: So yeah, so it's it's a really large property. It's about a hundred and seventy seventy five acres. So [0:18:40, 0:18:45]: Um we are really, really excited about getting this book forward and the council is as well. [0:18:45, 0:18:49]: Um, as this has been a long anticipated project. [0:18:49, 0:18:51]: So the project you're actually speaking of. [0:18:51, 0:18:53]: It's west of seventy five. [0:18:53, 0:18:54]: Yes. [0:18:55, 0:18:57]: Okay. I'm thinking south of Jodeco. [0:18:58, 0:19:06]: The project east of uh 75 on Jodeco at Tunis, which is an apartment complex, they got the science and everything up. [0:19:07, 0:19:18]: What you're talking about is going to be the the multi-development project on the uh west of uh 75. Yes. And it expands both, it crosses Jodicon both sides. [0:19:18, 0:19:24]: Yes. Well mostly mostly on the south side. South side. But yeah, that's part of the north side. All right, gotcha, gotcha. [0:19:25, 0:19:26]: So um [0:19:26, 0:19:28]: And I've been watching Evan as well. [0:19:28, 0:19:29]: Super. [0:19:29, 0:19:30]: Okay. [0:19:31, 0:19:36]: And if we might, Chairman for the record, uh Linda, uh Mr. Thibodeau is on the call. [0:19:37, 0:19:39]: So if you'll count him as as present. [0:19:39, 0:19:42]: Mr. T yes, I noted that. Hello, Mr. T. [0:19:43, 0:19:46]: How you doing? I got kicked out of my computer and I had to uh [0:19:47, 0:19:49]: Oh we got some good We get to see you on camera. [0:19:50, 0:19:51]: We got some video of you. [0:19:52, 0:19:55]: I I I told you I was gonna make it happen for Christmas. [0:19:55, 0:20:04]: Okay, okay, good deal. Good deal. That you did, that you did. But but this thing decided it wanted to reboot itself and everything, and then I had to [0:20:05, 0:20:09]: Re put my password in so I I was like, Okay, just at the last minute. [0:20:11, 0:20:11]: Okay. [0:20:12, 0:20:13]: Well, it's good to see you. [0:20:13, 0:20:16]: Same here, uh Happy New Year. [0:20:16, 0:20:19]: Happy New Year to all. Happy New Year. Happy New Year. [0:20:19, 0:20:20]: Happy New Year. [0:20:24, 0:20:26]: Uh any board comments? [0:20:27, 0:20:29]: Any comments from the board? [0:20:32, 0:20:35]: No comments from the board. Have a motion to adjourn. [0:20:37, 0:20:39]: I make a motion to adjourn the meeting. [0:20:40, 0:20:41]: Give it a second. [0:20:42, 0:20:43]: A second. [0:20:44, 0:21:01]: All right, it's moved and second. Uh motion for adjournment is carried. All those in favor, let it be known by the sign of aye. Aye. Those opposed, ayes have it. Meeting is adjourned until the next scheduled meeting. And I'm sure Ms. Johnson will advise us of that. [0:21:02, 0:21:06]: Absolutely. Absolutely. And we'll send you the information we talked about earlier. [0:21:06, 0:21:08]: Okay. Put on your calendars. [0:21:08, 0:21:09]: All right. [0:21:10, 0:21:11]: Well, good night to all. [0:21:11, 0:21:13]: Thank you so much. Yeah, have a good one. [0:21:14, 0:21:16]: Okay. Bye bye. [0:21:16, 0:21:17]: Right.