[I. MEETING CALLED TO ORDER]
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GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE SEPTEMBER 3RD MEETING OF THE EASTPOINTE CITY COUNCIL. MADAM CITY CLERK, ROLL CALL, PLEASE. COUNCIL MEMBER, SHROPSHIRE. COUNCIL MEMBER. LEE. COUNCIL MEMBER. ZIEGLER. COUNCIL MEMBER. CUMMINGS. COUNCIL MEMBER. MITCHELL. COUNCIL MEMBER. BUTLER AND COUNCIL MEMBER MARTIN ROGERS. PRESENT. MAYOR. HOLIDAY. INGRAM. WE HAVE A QUORUM. THANK YOU. OUR SERGEANT AT ARMS. THIS EVENING IS CAPTAIN ROBINSON. LET'S STAND FOR THE PLEDGE. DO WE HAVE ANYONE FOR INVOCATION? REVEREND BE ALSO READY. COME ON. JUST PRESS THE MIC RIGHT THERE FOR ME. AND WHAT'S YOUR NAME? PUT THE MIC ON. I'M SORRY. REVEREND WALTER MOBLEY, PASTOR OF VICTORY BAPTIST CHURCH IN EASTPOINTE. WELCOME. WOULD YOU PLEASE DO OUR INVOCATION? YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. BLESS US, LORD, AS WE DO THE BUSINESS OF THE CITY. BLESS OUR COUNCIL PERSONS. BLESS OUR MAYOR. BLESS ALL THE CITY EMPLOYEES OF EASTPOINTE. AND HELP US, THE CITIZENS OF THIS COMMUNITY, BE BETTER SERVANTS FOR YOU. AMEN. AMEN. THANK YOU.
[VI. PRESENTATIONS and ANNOUNCEMENTS]
SO, TONIGHT WE ONLY HAVE ONE PRESENTATION, AND THIS ACTUALLY CAME UP POST A MEETING I HAD TODAY AROUND 4:00. SO THE ATL AIRPORT KIDS, WHICH INCLUDES THE AREAS OF COLLEGE PARK, EAST POINT, HAPEVILLE, SOME PARTS OF CLAYTON COUNTY AND ATLANTA IS, EXPLORING AND ROLLING OUT DIFFERENT EMERGING MOBILITY SOLUTIONS. RECENT ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE PRT, WHICH WILL CONNECT FROM THE AIRPORT THROUGH THE GRCC AREA. THROUGH FUNDING BY MARTA. IS ONE PROJECT. PRT STANDS FOR PERSONAL RAPID TRANSIT. I BELIEVE, AND IT'S A PILOT, THE PRT ARE AUTONOMOUS SHUTTLES, BUT THEY NEED GUIDEWAYS. EITHER THEY EITHER SUSPENDED IN THE AIR OR THEY ACTUALLY, HAVE DEDICATED LANES. BUT THIS IS BEING PILOTED AT THE AIRPORT IN GRCC. THE OTHER, EMERGING MOBILITY SOLUTION IS OR STRATEGY IS MICRO TRANSIT. AND SO THE ATL AIRPORT KIDS RECEIVED $2.6 MILLION FROM, THE ATLANTA REGIONAL TRANSIT LINK AUTHORITY, TO OPERATE MICRO TRANSIT FOR TWO YEARS. AND SO MICRO TRANSIT IS BASICALLY PUBLIC UBER OR LYFT. AND THEY ARE THE KIDS ARE, EXPLORING VENDORS AND LOOK TO BE SELECTING A VENDOR WITHIN TWO WEEKS TOWARDS THE END OF SEPTEMBER. ONCE THEY SELECT A VENDOR, FOR MICRO TRANSIT, THEY WILL THEN GO INTO A 2 TO 3 MONTH CONTRACT PERIOD. AND DURING THAT PERIOD, THEY WILL BE LOOKING AT DIFFERENT STOPS AND DIFFERENT LOCATIONS, WHICH COULD INCLUDE AREAS WITHIN CLAYTON COUNTY, COLLEGE PARK, EAST POINT, HAPEVILLE AND ATLANTA, AND THEN ONCE THE CONTRACT IS FINAL, THEY CAN LAUNCH THE PROGRAM WITHIN 30 TO 60 DAYS. AND THEY'RE LOOKING FOR A TENTATIVE, LAUNCH IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF TOWARDS THE END OF THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2025, IF NOT SOONER, AND AREAS LIKE CAMP CREEK MARKETPLACE, FORT GILLEM AND OTHERS FOR DIFFERENT EMPLOYEES. THERE IS ANOTHER OPTION. THEY HAVE TAKEN OVER THE TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY. THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY UNDER THE CITY OF ATLANTA. THEY ARE NOW RUNNING THAT AND THAT IS TO TRANSPORT EMPLOYEES WITHIN THE ATL AIRPORT CITY AREA, IN THE AREAS AROUND THE AIRPORT, INITIALLY IT WAS 60,000, BUT NOW THAT THE SED IS TAKING OVER, IT WILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE SUPPORT WITH UP TO 200,000 EMPLOYEES WITHIN THE SED NETWORK THROUGH THE TRANSIT TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY. THE OTHER OPTION IS AUTONOMOUS SHUTTLES AND SO WHILE, THE PRT IS AN AUTONOMOUS SHUTTLE AND THE, TRYING TO GO BACK THROUGH MY[00:05:09]
NOTES, WHERE IS IT? YES SO AUTONOMOUS SHUTTLES, SO BASICALLY IDENTIFYING DIFFERENT AREAS WHERE THEY CAN RUN AUTONOMOUS SHUTTLES. THAT WOULD ACTUALLY BE, ON DEMAND, NOT ON DEMAND. SO THEY WOULD RUN ON A SCHEDULE, AND PEOPLE THOSE SCHEDULES WOULD BE PUBLIC AND PEOPLE WOULD KNOW HOW THE, THE, TIMES TO GET FROM DIFFERENT SPOTS OR POINTS OF INTEREST WITHIN THE CITY, THROUGH USAGE OF THAT AUTONOMOUS SHUTTLE, THEY ARE MEETING WITH SOME VENDORS NEXT WEEK. TOWARDS THE MIDDLE OR END OF THE WEEK REGARDING POTENTIAL AREAS. THEY HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT SOME AREAS AROUND PHOENIX BOULEVARD. IN CLAYTON COUNTY IN COLLEGE PARK, THEY'VE TALKED TO CLAYTON COUNTY AND COLLEGE PARK REGARDING THAT, BUT THEY ALSO ARE OPEN TO, CONSIDERING PROPOSALS OF DIFFERENT AREAS WITHIN THE SED AREA, THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO SHARE WITH THEM. AND SO THE REASON I, ADDED IT AS A PRESENTATION TONIGHT IS TO GIVE COUNCIL AN UPDATE REGARDING THAT. AND TO, ALSO TALK ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THERE TO BE A MAP OF AN AREA THAT INCLUDES MAYBE LIKE THE OUR HOTEL CORRIDOR, ON VIRGINIA AVENUE CONNECTING TO THE AIRPORT. CAMP CREEK, THE DOWNTOWNS AND HAPEVILLE EAST POINT. AND FOR THAT TO BE CONSIDERED AND FOR US TO BE ABLE TO CONSIDER GIVING, STAFF THE AUTHORITY TO TALK WITH, HAPEVILLE, AS WELL AS INCLUDING OUR EAST POINT CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU IN THE DISCUSSION, BECAUSE THEY'RE LOOKING AT THE AREA AROUND VIRGINIA AVENUE WHERE OUR THE MAJORITY OF OUR HOTELS ARE TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH THEM TO, COME UP WITH A PROPOSAL OR A MAP, AN AREA ON A MAP THAT ENCOMPASSES DIFFERENT, STOPS WITHIN, OUR CITIES IN TO THE AIRPORT, THROUGH OUR HOTELS, AND THEN ALSO TO BE ABLE TO, CONNECT TO THE MARTA STOP OR OUR MARTA STATION. BUT THAT WOULD REQUIRE A LEVEL OF, RESPONDING TO THIS RATHER QUICKLY BECAUSE, AGAIN, THE MEETING IS NEXT WEEK, PROBABLY WEDNESDAY OR THURSDAY. AND SO IF COUNCIL IS INCLINED TO GIVE STAFF THE AUTHORITY TO COORDINATE OR WORK WITH, OUR EAST POINT CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU TO BRING US BACK A PROPOSED MAP OR AN IDEA ON MONDAY, AT OUR WORK SESSION, THEN WE'D BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THAT AND THEN, ALSO SAY WHETHER OR NOT WE'D LIKE FOR THEM TO SHARE THAT WITH THE AERO, THE ATL KIDS, TO BE ABLE TO SHARE WITH THE POTENTIAL VENDOR SO THAT THEY CAN LOOK AT THAT, AREA ON A MAP TO DECIDE, LIKE WHAT MIGHT BE THE COST, WHAT THE STOPS COULD BE, OR JUST THE LEVEL OF FEASIBILITY AROUND IT. COUNCIL MEMBER SHROPSHIRE. THANK YOU. SO THE, WHAT IS THE ASK FOR US TO VOTE TO ALLOW THE STAFF TO ALLOW OUR STAFF, EAST POINT STAFF, PROBABLY OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. MISTER ROGERS TO WORK WITH, HAPEVILLE AND OUR EAST POINT CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU TO BE ABLE, ALONG WITH THE INTERIM CITY MANAGER, TO BE ABLE TO COME UP WITH AN AREA ON A MAP THAT CONNECTS, SHOWS A LEVEL OF CONNECTIVITY AND POSSIBILITY FOR AUTONOMOUS SHUTTLE SHUTTLES, AND TO BRING THAT BACK TO US ON MONDAY AT THE WORK SESSION SO THAT COUNCIL CAN REVIEW IT. IS THAT THE IS THAT THE MOTION, IT'S KIND OF LONG. SO THE ASK IS THAT COUNCIL AUTHORIZE STAFF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND THE INTERIM CITY MANAGER TO WORK WITH STAFF AT THE CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE AND OUR EAST POINT CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU TO CREATE A MAP OF AN AREA FOR POTENTIAL AUTONOMOUS SHUTTLES.SO MOVED. SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND, PROPERLY SECONDED. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. SO MADAM CITY CLERK, IF YOU COULD
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ALSO ADD THIS TO OUR MONDAY WORK SESSION AGENDA SO WE CAN GET THE UPDATES. THANK YOU SO MUCH.COUNCIL NEXT UP, ANY COMMITTEE REPORTS THE COMMITTEES HAVE MET IS THE REPORT AND BUDGET AND
[VII. COMMITTEE REPORTS]
FINANCE IS STILL LOOKING AT VARIANCES AS WELL AS THE PROPOSED MILLAGE RATE AND HR.THERE'S TALK OF THE GRIEVANCE POLICY AND PROCEDURES, AS WELL AS EVALUATION OF OUR DIRECT
[VIII. ADOPTION OF THE COUNCIL AGENDA]
REPORTS. OKAY ADOPTION OF THE COUNCIL AGENDA. SO MOVED. IS THERE A MOTION? YOU SAID COUNCIL MEMBER ROGER SAYS SO. MOVED. IS THERE A SECOND? IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE ALL THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. NEXT UP IS APPROVAL OF[IX. APPROVAL OF CITY COUNCIL MINUTES]
CITY COUNCIL. MINUTES FROM THE AUGUST 19TH REGULAR MEETING OF EAST POINT CITY COUNCIL. IS THERE A MOTION, MADAM MAYOR? YES, COUNCILMAN SHARP, MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING MINUTES FROM AUGUST TO AUGUST THE 19TH. SO MOVED. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL THOSE OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES. NEXT UP, WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING. I WILL TURN IT[X. PUBLIC HEARING]
OVER TO THE CITY ATTORNEY TO READ THE PUBLIC HEARING RULES. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. GOOD EVENING. COUNCIL. PUBLIC HEARING RULES FROM SECTION TEN, DASH 2219 PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING.BEFORE ADOPTING ANY CHANGE TO THE ZONING MAPS OR THE TEXT OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE, THE CITY COUNCIL SHALL HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING FOLLOWING THE PUBLIC HEARING BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, WHERE A RECOMMENDATION WAS MADE ON THE PETITION. PUBLIC HEARINGS BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL SHALL BE CONDUCTED AS FOLLOWS. THE PRESIDING OFFICER WILL CALL FOR A MOTION TO OPEN AND CLOSE THE HEARING. THE PRESIDING OFFICER OR HIS OR HER DESIGNEE WILL INTRODUCE THE PROPOSED ZONING AMENDMENT AMENDMENT BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL. STAFF WILL THEN BE CALLED UPON TO PRESENT THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION AND SUMMARIZE THE STAFF'S WRITTEN REPORT. PERSONS BOTH FAVORING AND OPPOSING THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT WILL THEN BE PROVIDED AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL. THE APPLICANT FOR THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT OR THE APPLICANT'S DESIGNATED REPRESENTATIVE, IF ANY, WILL BE ENTITLED TO SPEAK FIRST, FOLLOWED BY OTHER SPEAKERS IN FAVOR OF THE PROPOSAL FOR A TOTAL OF 15 MINUTES. THOSE WHO OPPOSE THE PROPOSED ZONING AMENDMENT WILL THEN BE PERMITTED TO SPEAK, FOR A TOTAL OF 15 MINUTES BY MAJORITY VOTE. THE COUNCIL MAY INCREASE THE TOTAL TIME FOR SPEAKERS, PROVIDED THAT EACH SIDE IS GIVEN THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME. IF THERE IS MORE THAN ONE SPEAKER FOR A SIDE, THE PRESIDING OFFICER MAY LIMIT THE TIME ALLOTTED TO EACH SPEAKER.
OTHER THAN THE ZONING APPLICANT, THE ZONING APPLICANT MAY RESERVE A PORTION OF HIS OR HER TIME FOR REBUTTAL. SPEAKERS MUST ADHERE TO THE RULES OF DECORUM PRIOR TO SPEAKING. EACH SPEAKER SHALL IDENTIFY HIMSELF OR HERSELF AND STATE HIS OR HER CURRENT ADDRESS. EACH SPEAKER SHALL SPEAK ONLY TO THE MERITS OF THE PROPOSED ZONING DECISION. UNDER CONSIDERATION SHALL ADDRESS REMARKS ONLY TO THE COUNCIL, AND SHALL REFRAIN FROM MAKING PERSONAL ATTACKS ON ANY OTHER SPEAKER. THE PRESIDING OFFICER MAY REFUSE THE SPEAKER THE RIGHT TO CONTINUE. IF, AFTER FIRST BEING CAUTIONED, THE SPEAKER CONTINUES TO VIOLATE THE RULES OF DECORUM. THANK YOU. CAN I GET A MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING? OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN. MR. BROWN. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. MISS SMITH, IF YOU NEED TO COME UP AND JUST WALK US THROUGH THE PUBLIC HEARING.
WE'LL DO. THANK YOU SO MUCH. IN REFERENCE TO THIS ITEM PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1910 PHILLIPS AVENUE.
PROPERTY APPLICATION NUMBER IS 2023 R'S DASH 003-12. THE APPLICANT IS BRG CONSULTING. THE CURRENT ZONING OF THE PROPERTY IS R1 A, WHICH IS OUR URBAN RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICT. THE REQUEST IS FOR A REZONING FROM R1, A URBAN RESIDENTIAL, TO R3 MULTIFAMILY ZONING DISTRICT TO DEVELOP NEW MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS. THE APPLICANT IS ALSO. THE APPLICANT IS ALSO SEEKING CONCURRENT VARIANCES FOR RELIEF FROM SECTION TEN DASH 2065ED REAR
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YARD SETBACK TO REDUCE THE 25 FOOT DEVELOPMENT STANDARD TO 16FT 18IN. TO UTILIZE THE EXISTING CONDITION, JUST TO STATE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE REQUEST FOR THE VARIANCE, BASED ON PROPOSAL THAT WAS SUBMITTED TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AFTER REVIEW AND COMMENTS, THE APPLICANT IS NOT MOVING FORWARD WITH THE VARIANCE. JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT. AS STATED PREVIOUSLY, THE CURRENT ZONING IS R1, A, WHICH IS OUR URBAN RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION. IN THE FUTURE, LAND DEVELOPMENT MAP. IS REDEVELOPMENT NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE REDEVELOPMENT NEIGHBORHOOD PORTION OF OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, IT CALLS FOR, FUTURE PLANNING IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA, WHICH WILL IMPROVE HOUSING CONDITIONS. IT ALSO HAS AN INTENT TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF VACANT HOMES AND VACANT LOTS, WHICH THIS PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY A VACANT LOT. THIS NEIGHBORHOOD WITHIN THE REDEVELOPMENT AREA ALSO IS TO INCLUDE AND IS INTENDED TO INCLUDE AN ASSORTMENT OF HOUSING TYPES SUCH AS SINGLE FAMILY DUPLEX, TWO FAMILY AND MULTI-FAMILY. AND THIS REQUEST IS FOR A MULTIFAMILY. THIS IS A COPY OF THE SITE PLAN FOR THE PROPERTY. AND PLANNING COMMISSION AND STAFF HAS RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THE REZONING. PETITION TO CHANGE FROM R-1, A RESIDENTIAL, TO R3 MULTIFAMILY. THE ZONING PETITION IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AS REDEVELOPMENT. NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTER AREA SUPPORTS AN ASSORTMENT OF HOUSING TYPES TO INCLUDE THE R-1 ZONING DISTRICT.AS A TYPICAL ZONING FOUND IN REDEVELOPMENT, NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTER AREA. STAFF ALSO RECOMMENDS THE FOLLOWING CONDITION THAT ALL CITY CODE ORDINANCES, SUCH AS THE ZONING STANDARDS, ARE ADHERED TO, INCLUDING TO INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO LANDSCAPING BUFFER DENSITY REQUIREMENTS AS STATED IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE DENSITY IS 4 TO 8 UNITS PER ACRE. THIS PROPERTY IS APPROXIMATELY HALF A ACRE AND, I'LL STOP THERE. WE DID RECEIVE A LETTER FROM THE CENTER PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. IT'S A LENGTHY LETTER. IT DO I NEED TO READ IT INTO THE RECORD? IT'S A LETTER OF SUPPORT. SO GENERALLY, WE'VE NEVER READ LETTERS OF SUPPORT INTO THE RECORD, IT WAS EMAILED. I BELIEVE, TO ALL OF US, AND SO COUNCIL SHOULD HAVE IT, I KNOW I RECEIVED IT, I BELIEVE EVERYBODY RECEIVED IT. BUT YEAH, WE'VE NEVER READ LETTERS OF SUPPORT INTO THE RECORD. OKAY. NOT BY STAFF. SOMEBODY ELSE WAS HERE. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S IT FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. WE ARE. OH, HOLD ON. LET ME GO TO THE CITY ATTORNEY. THE REQUEST TO READ A LETTER OF SUPPORT INTO THE RECORD. THAT'S NOT BEEN OUR PRACTICE, I WOULD. I WOULD OPINE, MADAM MAYOR, THAT THE SPEAKER WOULD NEED TO BE HERE, OR ANOTHER SPEAKER, AS YOU STATED, COULD READ IT, FOR THAT SPEAKER, BUT NOT FOR THE STAFF, BECAUSE THEN THAT WOULD BE READING SOMETHING IN, FAVOR OF THE, YOU KNOW, OF THE APPLICATION, WITHOUT THAT SPEAKER BEING HERE. SO I WOULD THINK THAT IF IT'S MADE A PART OF THE RECORD BECAUSE YOU GUYS GOT IT AND MAYBE IT'S ATTACHED TO THEIR STAFF REPORT, BUT NOT READ IT INTO THE RECORD. ALL RIGHT, ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE APPLICATION, PLEASE COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME. ANYONE SPEAKING IN FAVOR? GOOD AFTERNOON. WHITNEY FULLER, APPLICANT, I WOULD ACTUALLY LIKE TO READ SOME OF THE NOTES FROM THE LETTER OF SUPPORT. THIS LETTER WAS ADDRESSED ON AUGUST. HOLD ON JUST A MOMENT. OH YES. SO, CITY ATTORNEY, THE LETTER WASN'T WRITTEN BY THE APPLICANT. IT'S A LETTER THAT WAS RECEIVED IN SUPPORT. SO I JUST WANT TO. I THINK THAT'S FINE WITH YOU. OKAY. THE APPLICANT WANTS TO USE
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HIS HER TIME TO READ THE LETTER. IF THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THEIR PLEA FOR THE APPROVAL FOR THE ENTITLEMENT. I THINK THAT'S FINE. OKAY. BUT THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR, ON AUGUST 26TH, THE PRESIDENT OF THE CENTER PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, CURTIS CARMICHAEL, WROTE. AND IT IS A LENGTHY LETTER. SO I WILL GET TO THE POINT THAT THEY DO APPROVE AND SUPPORT OF THE APPLICATION.THEY CITE THAT THE APPLICATION IS ESSENTIALLY RETURNING A NON-CONFORMING LOT INTO CONFORMITY, AND THAT THEY ARE INTERESTED IN THE PARKING BEING OFF STREET, THAT THERE'S LIGHTING AT THE FRONT OF THE STREET AND NEAR THE BUILDING, THAT THERE'S CONSISTENT LANDSCAPING THROUGHOUT THE PROPERTY. AND THEY DO MENTION TWO OTHER POINTS THAT THE CITY OF EAST POINT ARE ASKED TO COORDINATE WITH AND THAT STREET IMPROVEMENTS BECAUSE 1910 PHILLIPS AVENUE DEAD ENDS AT THIS PROPERTY, NEAR THE HEADWINDS OF CAMP CREEK. THEY ALSO ASKED FOR MORE INCLUSIVE COORDINATION WHEN IT COMES TO VIRTUAL PUBLIC HEARINGS. THEY CITED HAVING TROUBLE ACCESSING LINKS TO PARTICIPATE IN PUBLIC HEARINGS WHEN IT DEALS WITH REZONING APPLICATIONS. AND THAT CONCLUDES THE POINTS OF THE LETTER OF SUPPORT. DOES THAT CONCLUDE YOUR COMMENTS? IT DOES. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR? ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR? ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME. ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME. ANYONE IN OPPOSITION? AND A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. SO MOVED. IS THERE A SECOND? IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL THOSE OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. MADAM MAYOR. I'M SORRY. EXCUSE ME. SORRY. I MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE REZONING. DO YOU HAVE. THANK YOU, MAKE THE MOTION TO WAIVE THE FIRST READING. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE ALL THOSE OPPOSED? I'M ASSUMING THAT'S UNANIMOUS. OKAY. IS THERE ANY FURTHER ACTION ON THIS ITEM? MADAM, MAY I MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE REZONING AS PRESENTED BY STAFF? SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED. ANY DISCUSSION? SO THE ACTUAL ITEM SAYS MOTION, REQUEST TO REZONE WITH VARIANCES. AND SO I BELIEVE IN THE PRESENTATION STAFF INDICATED THAT THE APPLICANT IS NO LONGER SEEKING VARIANCES. IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. MADAM MAYOR. AND I WILL ALSO ASK IF THE MOTION DOES INCLUDE TO THE CONDITION. THAT WE HAVE ON THE SCREEN. SO MAYBE IF YOU COULD PULL UP THE ORDINANCE, I GUESS SHARE, SHARE MY SCREEN AND I'LL TELL YOU WHEN TO SHARE IT.
THE ACTUAL ORDINANCE, MA'AM. THE ACTUAL ORDINANCE. THAT'S ON. TH. LET'S SEE. OKAY. WE KNOW THAT
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THERE IS. THE. OH, YOU WANT TO GO TO THE TOP? YEAH.THIS IS. WHERE THEY'RE TAKING OUT. I'M SORRY. I SAID, ARE THESE THE CONDITIONS THAT YOU WERE CONCERNED ABOUT? ARE THESE THE ACTUAL CONDITIONS AS OF TODAY? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION, MAYOR. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IF THERE'S A MOTION TO APPROVE BASED ON STAFF RECOMMENDATION, STAFF RECOMMENDATION HAD CONDITIONS, A PART OF IT THAT THE MOTION REFLECTS THAT, BUT THESE CONDITIONS ARE DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE SAW. I THINK, IN THE STAFF REPORT. SO WE'LL JUST HAVE TO BE CLEAR WHICH ONES ARE GOING TO BE APPLICABLE TO THE APPROVA.
NEEDS IN THE ORDINANCE. THE CONDITIONS THAT WERE HIGHLIGHTED IN THE PRESENTATION ARE THE CORRECT CONDITIONS. YES. SO THE ORDINANCE ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA DOESN'T HAVE THOSE CONDITIONS IN IT. SO I WAS GOING TO ASK COUNCIL MEMBER BUTLER TO, AMEND HIS MOTION TO JUST ADOPT THIS ORDINANCE. BUT THOSE AREN'T THERE. CAN YOU SCROLL TO THE TOP, PLEASE? SO COUNCIL MEMBER BUTLER, CONSIDER EITHER AMENDING OR MOTION THIS WAY BECAUSE I HAVEN'T CALLED THE CALL FOR THE QUESTION OR FOR SOMEONE TO PROPOSE A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT.
ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP OF THE CITY OF EAST POINT BY REZONING PROPERTIES LOCATED AT 1910 PHILLIPS AVENUE FROM R-1, A URBAN RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT, TO R3 MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT WITH INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS. IF YOU CAN GO BACK TO THE PRESENTATION WHERE THE CONDITIONS ARE. YEAH. THANK YOU. THE OWL CITY CODE OF ORDINANCE, SUCH AS ZONING DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, ARE ADHERED TO, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, LANDSCAPING BUFFERS AND DENSITY REQUIREMENTS. AS STATED IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. AND HOLD ON REAL QUICK. COUNCIL MEMBER BUTLER, BEFORE YOU RESPOND TO THAT, BECAUSE THAT'S ONE CONDITION. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S OTHERS. CAN YOU GO TO THE NEXT PAGE? NO, THERE'S NOT OTHERS. YEAH. TO MY COMPREHENSION, THOSE CONDITIONS WOULD BE THERE WITH IT'S NOT REALLY A CONDITION THAT PERSON AUTOMATICALLY HAS TO ABIDE BY CITY CODES AND ORDINANCES. SO I'M JUST BASING THAT BASED UPON OUR CITY ATTORNEY WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CONDITIONS WERE INCLUDED. THE ORDINANCE THAT'S ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA HAS DIFFERENT CONDITIONS. AND THEN THERE'S THIS CONDITION. SO KIND OF THIS ONE OF THREE WAYS YOU CAN AMEND YOUR MOTION. THERE CAN BE A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT. IT CAN BE TABLED SO THAT THE ORDINANCE COULD ACTUALLY BE UPDATED. AND THEN WE CAN ADOPT THE ORDINANCE WITH THE RIGHT LANGUAGE, I'M SORRY, MADAM MAYOR. I WANT TO COMPLY WITH WHAT YOU'RE ASKING. I DON'T SEE THE CONDITIONS OTHER THAN CITY CODE OF ORDINANCES THAT. IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SPEAKING TO? YEAH, I JUST THAT'S THE ONE. I JUST READ MY CONCERN IS, THOUGH, THAT THE PREVIOUS ORDINANCE HAD ABOUT FOUR CONDITIONS. AND SO I THINK THE CITY ATTORNEY AND STAFF SHOULD MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER THE CONDITIONS ARE, THAT THE ORDINANCE ACTUALLY REFLECTS IT. AND IF WE TABLE THE ITEM, THEN WE CAN REMOVE IT FROM THE TABLE BEFORE WE GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. THEY CAN CONFER ON THAT AND GET US THE ORDINANCE WITH
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THE RIGHT CONDITIONS. I'M NOT TRYING TO IMPOSE MORE OR LESS. I'M JUST CONCERNED THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE ORDINANCE WAS APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS. THE CONDITIONS THAT ARE IN THE ORDINANCE ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA DON'T REFLECT THE CONDITIONS BEING RECOMMENDED HERE. AND I THINK, IT WOULD BE PRUDENT TO TABLE IT TO GET THAT CLARIFICATION SO THAT WE CAN MAKE THE MOTION TO ADOPT THE ORDINANCE AND ENSURE THAT THE RIGHT CONDITIONS ARE THERE. OKAY, HAVING SAID THAT, BEFORE WE GO THERE, ARE THERE ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS THAT WERE IN THE ORDINANCE THAT ARE NOT HERE THAT YOU WANT TO INCLUDE IN THIS? NO. OKAY. SO IT'S JUST ABIDE BY THE CITY CODE. IT SAYS STAFF ALSO RECOMMENDS TO FOLLOW CONDITION THAT ALL CITY CODE AND ORDINANCES, SUCH AS ZONING, DEVELOPMENT X, Y, Z BE ADHERED TO. IS THAT ALL THAT YOU REQUIRE? THAT'S CORRECT. SO, MADAM MAYOR, I'LL. I'LL MAKE THE MOTION THIS WAY. MOTION TO APPROVE THE REDEVELOPMENT OF 1019. I'M SORRY. REZONING. THANK YOU. THE REZONING OF TEN 1910 PHILLIPS AVENUE WITH STAFF RECOMMENDATION OF CONDITIONS. THAT CITY CODE OF ORDINANCE, SUCH AS ZONING DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, ARE HERE TO INCLUDE, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, LANDSCAPING BUFFERS AND DENSITY REQUIREMENT. AS STATED IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. THE MOTION HAS BEEN AMENDED. DOES THE SECOND STILL STAND OR IS THERE A SECOND? IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED. ANY DISCUSSION DISCUSSION. COUNCIL MEMBER SHROPSHIRE, CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE OTHER CONDITIONS? THAT'S IN THE ORDINANCE? YEAH, YEAH.THAT'S RIGHT HERE. SO LET ME ASK YOU, WHY WERE THESE CONDITIONS REMOVED? THOSE CONDITIONS. THOSE CONDITIONS APPEAR TO BE FROM A DIFFERENT CASE. HOWEVER.
CAN I CONFER WITH STAFF FOR A MOMENT? THANK YOU. WOULD YOU LIKE TO TABLE THIS? I THINK, SO THERE COULD BE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION TO TABLE AGAIN. I JUST DON'T KNOW THAT WE'RE READY, BUT WE CAN GET READY. OKAY YOU GET A SUBSTITUTE MOTION. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE THE SECOND. THE MOTION. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED THAT WE TABLE THIS ITE, WHICH MEANS IT WILL BE DISCUSSED BEFORE WE GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. NEXT UP IS THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE, PROPERTY TAX MILLAGE RATE. MADAM, CITY ATTORNEY, I BELIEVE THERE ARE DIFFERENT RULES FOR THIS PUBLIC HEARING. SO IF YOU COULD READ THOSE, PLEASE.
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PUBLIC HEARINGS SHALL BE. AND THIS IS RULE 29. PUBLIC HEARINGS SHALL BE ADVERTISED AS PER THE ORDINANCE. THE PRESIDING OFFICER WILL CALL FOR A MOTION TO OPEN AND CLOSE THE HEARING. THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE SUBJECT WILL SPEAK FIRST FOR A TOTAL OF 15 MINUTES. EACH SPEAKER WILL BE LIMITED TO NOT MORE THAN THREE MINUTES. THOSE WHO OPPOSE THE SUBJECT WILL THEN SPEAK FOR A TOTAL OF 15 MINUTES. EACH SPEAKER WILL BE LIMITED TO NOT MORE THAN THREE MINUTES. SPEAKERS MAY GIVE A TOTAL OF THREE MINUTES TO ANOTHER SPEAKER. AFTER ALL OF THOSE PRESENT HAVE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK, RESIDENTS WILL BE GIVEN FIRST PRIORITY TO SPEAK. AFTER ALL, RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. NON RESIDENTS MAY SPEAK BY MAJORITY VOTE. THE COUNCIL MAY INCREASE THE TOTAL TIME FOR EACH SIDE OF THE SUBJECT TO A TOTAL OF 30 MINUTES PER SIDE.EACH SIDE WILL BE GIVEN THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME. SPEAKERS MUST ADHERE TO THE RULES OF DECORUM.
THANK YOU. CAN WE GET A MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING, PLEASE? SO MOVED. IS THERE A SECOND? DO WE HAVE TO READ THE FIRST WAY? THE FIRST READING WE HAD HAD A PUBLIC READING AND PUBLIC HEARING. FIRST. WE WON'T BE TAKING ACTION. THIS IS JUST THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING ON THE MILLAGE RATE. THANK YOU. THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. IS THERE A SECOND? IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. MR. BROWN. YES, MADAM MAYOR, IF WE CAN GET THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT, MR. JEFF JACKSON AND SHANNON GOLDEN TO COME UP AND WALK US THROUGH THIS FIRST PUBLIC HEARING ON THE BUDGET, ON THE TAXES MILLAGE RATE. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
OFFICIAL CODE OF GEORGIA 48 532 REQUIRES THAT EACH LEVYING AND RECOMMENDING AUTHORITY TO ANNUALLY PUBLISH THE ASSESSED TABLE OF TAXABLE VALUE OF ALL PROPERTY BY CLASS AND IN TOTAL, THE PROPOSED MILLAGE RATE FOR THE LEVYING AND RECOMMENDING AUTHORITIES PURPOSES FOR THE CURRENT CALENDAR YEAR AND ASSESSED TAXABLE VALUES AND MILLAGE RATES FOR EACH OF THE IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING FIVE CALENDAR YEARS. THE ADVERTISEMENT MUST ALSO INDICATE THE PERCENTAGE INCREASE IN TOTAL DOLLAR INCREASE FOR EACH YEAR. ADVERTISE OFFICIAL CODE OF GEORGIA 48 FIVE. DASH 32 ALSO REQUIRES EACH LEVYING AND RECOMMENDING AUTHORITY TO COMPLETE A ROLLBACK. MILLAGE RATE. ON THE SCREEN, YOU WILL SEE THAT THESE ARE THE FIVE YEAR FIVE PRECEDING YEARS THAT LEADS UP TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2425, WHERE WE HAVE REAL AND PERSONAL, TOTALING. $2,295,748,371. OUR MOTOR VEHICLE TOTALS 4,052,630, AND MOBILE HOMES TOTAL 76,119.
THE GROSS TOTAL OF ALL THOSE ARE $2,299,877,120 LESS. THE EXEMPTIONS, WHICH TOTAL $132,690,908. WHICH BRINGS OUR NET TOTAL. TO $2,167,186,212. WITH THE PROPOSED MILLAGE RATE OF 13. THAT BRINGS THE NET TAXES LEVIED THAT WE EXPECT. AT $28,173,421, WHICH IS AN INCREASE OF 2.2 MILLION $409,970 OVER THE PREVIOUS YEAR. 9.35%. THE ROLLBACK MILLAGE RATE AMOUNTS TO 12, AND WE'RE PROPOSING 13, WHICH IS AN EIGHT, 8.3 8.33% INCREASE OVER THE ROLLBACK MILLAGE RATE. THIS SLIDE WILL SHOW YOU ALL OF THE PRECEDING YEARS FROM JANUARY 15TH THROUGH THIS YEAR, WHICH SHOWS THAT IN 15, 16 AND 17, THE MILLAGE RATE WAS 15. WE DECREASED IT TO 13.89 AND 18 DECREASED IT AGAIN IN 19 TO 13.45 FOR TWO YEARS 19 AND 20 DECREASED TO 13.25 AND 21, AND THE LAST TWO YEARS IT HAS BEEN 13. AND WE ALSO SHOWED THAT WE'RE ASKING 13 THIS YEAR. THIS ALSO THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE NET TAXES LEVIED FOR EACH OF THE
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PRECEDING YEARS. AND EACH YEAR IT HAS INCREASED. THIS SLIDE WILL SHOW YOU THE FAIR MARKET VALUE OF A HOME IN IN 2023 WAS FOUR WOULD BE 400,000 WITH A MINUS VALUE OF 100 AND OF $2,000, WHICH MEANS THE ASSESSED VALUE WOULD BE 100, WOULD BE $158,000. MILLAGE RATE AT 13 WOULD LEAVE YOUR TAXES AT $2,054. THAT WAS LAST YEAR WITH THE 8.33% INCREASE THIS YEAR, THAT SAME HOME WOULD GO UP TO $433,320. THE ASSESSED VALUE WOULD BE 171328 171,328. AT 13, THE MILLAGE RATE WOULD THEN THE TAX WOULD THEN BE. $2,227.26. THAT'S A DIFFERENCE OF $173. AND $0.26. IF DIVIDED INTO MONTHLY INCREASES, IT WILL BE $14.44 47IN $0.47 IN DAILY INCREASES.THIS SLIDE WILL SHOW YOU THE VALUE OF A HOME. LAST YEAR, THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN 300,000. THIS YEAR IT'S $324,990. AT 40%. MINUS THE 2000, IT WOULD BE $127, 127,996 THAT THEY WOULD BE TAXED ON AT A MILLAGE RATE OF 13. THAT BRINGS THE TAXES TO. $1,663.95. THAT'S AN INCREASE OF $129.95 PER MONTH, AN INCREASE OF $10.83 PER DAY, AND AN INCREASE OF $0.36. AND THAT'S OUR SLIDE FOR THIS EVENING. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. WE ARE HERE ON THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPERTY TAX MILLAGE RATE FOR THE CITY OF EAST POINT. IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR? ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR. IS THERE ANYONE WHO LIKE, SPEAK IN FAVOR? IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION? ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION. IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION? MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. MADAM MAYOR, MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, ALL THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED. OUR NEXT PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE ON SEPTEMBER THE 16TH, FOLLOWED BY OCTOBER THE 7TH. SO WE'LL HAVE TWO MORE
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PUBLIC HEARINGS ON THE TAX PROPERTY TAX MILLAGE RATE. DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS THIS EVENING? NO PUBLIC COMMENTS THIS EVENING. YOU SAID NO. OKAY. NEXT UP IS AGENDA ITEM. CAN WE GET A[XII. AGENDA ITEMS]
MOTION TO OPEN THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON IMPACT FEE ADVISORY COMMITTE? IS THERE A SECOND SECOND? IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL THOSE OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES. THE FLOOR IS NOW OPEN. MR. BROWN.YES, MADAM MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. I HAVE MISS ECHEVARRIA COME UP AND WALK US THROUGH THE IMPACT FEE ADVISORY COMMITTEE. GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. I'M. I'M SORRY.
YES SO ON AUGUST 12TH, 2020 FOR EAST POINT CITY COUNCIL ADVISED ME TO DEFINITELY ATTEND THE DDA MEETING. THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY MEETING ON AUGUST THE 21ST, 2020 FOR THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY VOTED AND ACCEPTED THE APPOINTMENT AS THE IMPACT FEE ADVISORY COMMITTEE. I'M SORRY. SO IN MY PRIOR PRESENTATION, WE COULD DO FIVE PEOPLE OR TEN AS LONG AS 50% OF THAT MET THE CRITERIA OF BEING IN A DEVELOPMENT BUILDING OR REAL ESTATE INDUSTRIES. SO THE DDA HAS SEVEN MEMBERS, WITH ONLY TWO MEETING THAT CRITERIA. SO MY
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REQUEST TONIGHT IS TO SEE IF MAYOR COUNCIL WILL APPOINT THREE ADDITIONAL MEMBERS TO FULFILL THE 50% CRITERIA. FOR THE IMPACT FEE DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE. SO SONIA BOOK IS IN REAL ESTATE. YES. SO WHAT I DID WAS I RECEIVED THE RESUMES OF THE DDA COMMITTEE AND WE PASSED THAT ALONG TO OUR CONSULTANTS AND BASED OFF OF THEIR REVIEW, WE NEED THREE ADDITIONAL MEMBER.SO I'M CONFUSED. LET ME GO BACK HERE. YES. SO I DIDN'T I OMITTED NAMES FOR NOT THAT IT'S PRIVATE BECAUSE I'M 100% SURE. OKAY. YES. SO THE CHAIRPERSON IS A DEVELOPER. THE VICE CHAIRPERSON IS A BUSINESS OWNER, THE TREASURER IS ATTORNEY AT LAW. THE DOWNTOWN BUSINESS OWNER IS NUMBER FOUR. NUMBER FIVE MEMBER IS A REALTOR. SIX IS ALSO A BUSINESS OWNER. AND THE NUMBER SEVEN PERSON IS A RESIDENT. SO WE JUST NEED THREE ADDITIONAL. THREE. SO THREE ADDITIONAL. IF IT'S 5 OR 10 IT'D BE TEN. YEAH SO THE DDA COMMITTEE CAN SERVE. WE JUST NEED THREE ADDITIONAL MEMBERS THAT MEET THAT CRITERIA. SO WHY DIDN'T THEY GO TO THE TEN INSTEAD OF THE FIVE? BECAUSE IT WAS SEVEN, AT THE TIME, IT'S SEVEN PEOPLE. YES. SO SEVEN WAS OVER THE FIVE. SO WE WENT TO THE TEN. SO IT WAS SEVEN. THEY WOULD NEED FOUR. THAT'S CORRECT. WE NEED HALF OF THE COMMITTEE. SO WE NEED FIVE TOTAL. SO YOU NEED HALF OF THE EXISTING COMMITTEE TO EITHER DO THAT. AND OF COURSE WE DON'T HAVE HALF AT THIS POINT. WE ONLY HAVE TWO OUT OF SEVEN. YEAH. SO WAS THAT DOES THAT MEAN LET ME I'LL, DOUG JONES AND MY APPOINTEE IS A REAL REAL REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER AS WELL JEREMY FARMER OKAY. JEREMY FARMER CARL SIMEON DOUG JONES AND SONIA BOOKER. THAT'S FOUR PEOPLE, RIGHT THERE. OKAY, SO I HAVE MR. SIMEON IS HERE. YEAH. OKAY YOU'RE THE CHAIR. NO THERE'S FOUR. YES OKAY. THANK YOU. BLESS YOU. BLESS YOU. ONE. TWO THREE. OKAY OKAY. SO I'LL GO BACK WITH, WHAT I HAVE AND GIVE THAT TO THE CONSULTANT TO SEE IF THAT MEETS THE CRITERIA. AND I CAN GIVE AN UPDATE AT THE MEETING ON MONDAY, CUMMINGS, THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. SO.
WELL, I WAS ASKING MY FIRST QUESTION IS HAD TO BE EITHER A DEVELOPER REAL ESTATE OR WHAT WAS THE OTHER? IT HAS TO BE A DEVELOPER, A BUILDING, ANYONE IN BUILDING OR A REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY. OKAY, BUT NOW, SINCE WE HAVE THE FOUR PEOPLE, THAT'S THE 50 OVER 50, SO WE SHOULD BE GOOD, CORRECT? I BELIEVE SO, MR. SIMEON IS HERE. FROM WHO SERVES ON THE DDA. I'M ASKING HIM TO COME FORWARD. AND IF YOU COULD GO THROUGH THE NAMES OF THE PEOPLE ON THE COMMITTEE BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE THE DDA HAS ALREADY MADE THE MOTION TO ACCEPT THE APPOINTMENT, I'M ASSUMING IT'S BECAUSE THEY KNEW THEY HAD THE 50%. MR. SIMEON, IF YOU COULD. YEAH, I HAD A QUESTION FOR I'LL COME TO YOU AFTER MR. SIMEON. HI. YEAH. LOOKING AT THIS, I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU GUYS GOT THE INFORMATION BECAUSE YOU WOULD HAVE HAD MY NAME, AND I'M A COMMERCIAL BROKER. SO JUST TO PUT, LIKE, REALTORS. SO IT'S SORT OF LIKE GENERAL. MR. SIMEON, I JUST WANT YOU TO THE NAMES OF THE PEOPLE ON THE RIGHT. JEREMY. YEAH. JEREMY FARMER, SONYA BOOKER. THOMPSON SAYS THREE. RIGHT. AND LET ME SEE IF SOMEONE ELSE, DOUG JONES.
OKAY. MARK, ARE YOU STILL ON THERE? YEAH. MARK BUTLER. NO. SONIA. SONIA IS A CHAIRPERSON, BUT MARK HARDY IS STILL THERE, RIGHT? ALL RIGHT, SO IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE ENOUGH. I'LL TAKE THIS BACK AND REVISIT IT. AND I GUESS, MONDAY MEETING, I HAVE AN UPDATE TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE IMPACT FEE ADVISORY COMMITTEE. WELL I'M GONNA GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER MITCHELL, AND THEN I HAVE A QUESTION. OKAY, I DIGRESS, THE YOU NEED US TO TAKE ACTION OF PROVING LIKE, WHAT DO YOU NEED
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FROM US? NOTHING NOW, SINCE I HAVE THE ADDITIONAL NAMES, I'LL JUST GET CLARIFICATION JUST TO MAKE FOR CERTAIN IF THAT'S IT, WE JUST HAVE ENOUGH. AND ON MONDAY'S MEETING, YOU JUST TAKE A VOTE TO PUT THEM IN. POWER TO PRETTY MUCH INSTILL THE IMPACT FEE COMMITTEE, AS IS WITH THE NAMES. I'LL REVISE THE LIST THAT I RECEIVED AND THAT'S IT, MADAM CITY ATTORNEY, WHAT WE'VE DONE DURING WORK SESSIONS FOR ITEMS LIKE THIS IS, IF IT'S INCLUDED, WE CAN PUT IN PARENTHESES.ACTION MAY BE TAKEN AT THIS MEETING, AND THAT WAY WE COULD VOTE AT THE WORK SESSION.
GENERALLY, WE JUST HAVE PRESENTATIONS THAT. OKAY I THINK IT WOULD BE OKAY IF WE WERE SURE THAT WE'VE MET THE 50% OF THOSE PERSONS THAT OCCUPIED THESE PROFESSIONS TO MAKE UP THE SEVEN MEMBER, YOU KNOW, IMPACT FEE. I'M NOT SURE IF WE'RE SURE. IF WE ARE. YES, CERTAINLY. IF WE ARE, CAN WE DO IT TONIGHT OR DO WE NEED TO WAIT TILL MONDAY? IF YOU ARE CONFIDENT THAT WE HAVE THE 50% OR THE FIVE PEOPLE THAT MAKE UP THESE, VARIOUS PROFESSIONS, YOU'RE IN A MEETING, YOU CAN VOTE. WHAT IS COUNCIL'S DESIRE? WE CAN EITHER GO AHEAD AND APPOINT THE MEMBERS OF THE DDA AS THE ADVISORY IMPACT FEE ADVISORY COMMITTEE TONIGHT, OR WAIT TILL MONDAY, PUT IT ON THE AGENDA AS ACTION MAY BE TAKEN ON THIS ITEM AND VOTE ON MONDAY. COUNCILWOMAN SHROPSHIRE, I WOULD WE CAN JUST GO HEAD ON AND VOTE BECAUSE I THINK ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DDA BOARD WAS THAT THEY HAD TO BE IN THOSE REQUIREMENTS THAT MISS MELISSA IS STATING.
SO, IF WE CAN GO AHEAD ON AND VOTE, I'M I'M FINE WITH THAT. COUNCIL MEMBER MITCHELL I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A LIST OF THE PEOPLE BEFORE I VOTE ON IT, BECAUSE I HEARD THEY HAD SOME ISSUES WITH THEIR MEETINGS. SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A LIST BEFORE I VOTE ON IT. THANK YOU. OKAY, SO THAT'S ONE OUT OF THE SEVEN COUNCIL MEMBER. CAN I JUST ASK MISS ECHEVARRIA, WHAT WOULD BE YOUR PREFERENCE? WOULD YOU RATHER GO BACK TO THE CONSULTANT AND CONFIRM, OR WOULD YOU BE COMFORTABLE WITH A VOTE? YES. SO I JUST PROVIDED HER THE RESUMES OF THE INDIVIDUALS THAT I HAVE, RECEIVED. SO DEFINITELY MAYBE IT COULD HAVE BEEN OUTDATED. AND THEN THEY DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT THEY MEET THAT CRITERIA BASED OFF OF THE INFORMATION WE PROVIDED. SO YES, I WOULD LIKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE THIS TO THEM. AND THEN ON MONDAY, WITH THE NAMES THAT YOU'VE ASKED, AND I'LL GO AHEAD AND DO ANOTHER PRESENTATION FOR A VOTE ON MONDAY. SO YOU HAVE TO ASK THEM FIRST, RIGHT? YOU HAVE TO ASK THEM FIRST. RIGHT? RIGHT. SO IF THEY'RE ALREADY ON THE DDA, THEY ALREADY VOTED TO BE THE IMPACT FEE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE. AND THEY TOOK THAT VOTE ON AUGUST THE 21ST. OKAY. SO I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE ASK THEM FIRST AND THEN WE DID. AND THEY TOOK A VOTE. THAT'S WHAT SHE JUST SAID. SHE'D RATHER WE WAIT UNTIL MONDAY AND THEN TAKE ACTION ON MONDAY. OKAY. SO MADAM CITY CLERK, IF YOU CAN PLACE THIS ITEM ON THE WORK SESSION AGENDA AND IN PARENTHESES INDICATE ACTION MAY BE TAKEN ON THIS ITE. IS THAT. THANK YOU. WE NEED TO REMOVE ITEM NUMBER TWO FROM THE TABLE. THE MOTION TO REMOVE FROM THE TABLE. ARE WE READY? OKAY.
THE MOTION TO REMOVE ITEM NUMBER TWO FROM THE TABLE. SO MOVED. SECOND IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL THOSE OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES, CITY ATTORNEY OR MR. BROWN? OKAY. MADAM MAYOR, WE DID HAVE A DISCUSSION AND DETERMINED, STAFF IS WANTING THE CONDITIONS THAT ARE IN THE ORDINANCE. THEY ARE APPLICABLE TO THE MULTIFAMILY REZONING. AND SO I KNOW THAT MR. BUTLER MADE A MOTION, AND IT WAS SECONDED TO ONLY INCLUDE THE CONDITION THAT WAS IN THE STAFF REPORT. AND THAT, ACCORDING TO STAFF, WOULD BE INACCURATE. SO WE TABLED THE ITEM. I THINK THAT PREVIOUS MOTION NO LONGER STANDS. SO NOW WE CAN MAKE THE MOTION. IF WE COULD SCROLL TO THE TOP OF THE PAGE TO ADOPT THE ORDINANCE AS INDICATED WITH THE CONDITIONS INCLUDED IN THE ORDINANCE. COUNCIL MEMBER BUTLER MADAM MAYOR, I MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE ADOPT THE ORDINANCE AS PRESENTED WITH. TO BE INCLUDED ARE THE
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CONDITIONS IN THIS ORDINANCE. THANK YOU SIR. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED. ANY DISCUSSION? COUNCIL MEMBER SHROPSHIRE, I HAVE A QUESTION. AND I THINK AT ONE POINT, A DESIGN WAS PRESENTED. I KNOW YOU HAD A SITE PLAN, BUT IS THERE AN ACTUAL DESIGN OF WHAT IT WILL LOOK LIKE? I BELIEVE THE APPLICANT SHOULD HAVE THAT INFORMATION FOR YOU THIS EVENIN.SO I DON'T HAVE A PRESENTATION TO SHOW THIS EVENING, BUT REFERENCING THE LAST PRESENTATION IN THE EMAIL THAT WAS SENT AROUND AUGUST 24TH. AUGUST 24TH, THERE WAS A DESIGN IN THOSE PRESENTATIONS, AND IT WAS A TWO DUPLEXES. OKAY LET ME SEE IF MY COMPUTER IS WORKING AND STAFF DOESN'T HAVE THAT IN THEIR PRESENTATION. HOLD ON. JUST.
WHEN WAS THE LAST BEFORE US? I'M LOOKING AT THE AUGUST 19TH AGENDA. I DON'T SEE IT. MR. BROWN'S STAFF. BEFORE THE COUNCIL. I DON'T HAVE THAT DATE. I'LL HAVE TO CONFER WITH STAFF.
MAYOR, IF YOU'D ALLOW ME A COUPLE OF MINUTES, I'M SURE SHE'S WORKING ON THAT AS WE SPEAK. KIM. OKAY, WE'LL WAIT.
FOR YOU. MADAM MAYOR, CAN I JUST ADD, WHILE WE'RE WAITING FOR THAT DATE? THAT THE ORDINANCE, DOES REQUIRE THAT THE PLANNING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT HAVE OVERSIGHT OVER DESIGN. AND IF THE MOTION PASSES TO GO TO R3, ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS IS FOR IT TO MEET THE DENSITY REQUIREMENTS, AS STATED IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. SO THERE IS A LIMITATION AND SOME BARRIERS AROUND WHAT CAN BE DONE IN THE R3 BASED ON THOSE REQUIREMENTS, DESIGN REQUIREMENTS, AND THEN THE DENSITY REQUIREMENTS OF THE COMP PLAN. ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL MEMBER, SHE INDICATED SHE'S OKAY WITH ANYTHING ELSE. COUNCIL MEMBER SHROPSHIRE SO THEY HAVE TO APPROVE WHATEVER IS BEING BUILT. OKAY. THEY STILL GOT TO GET A BUILDING PERMIT, RIGHT? THEY STILL HAVE TO GET A BUILDING PERMIT. IT'S A VACANT LOT. THEY STILL WILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH APPROVALS. AND BASED ON THE CONDITIONS THAT WERE STATED IN THE MOTION, LOOK AT, WELL, THE ONE THAT WE HAD BEFORE THE DENSITY REQUIREMENTS AND THE COMP PLAN, THAT'S GOING TO SAY HOW MANY UNITS YOU CAN EVEN PUT ON BECAUSE REMEMBER THERE'S NO VARIANCE. SO IT'S NOT LIKE SHE'S ASKING TO GO OVER WHAT'S ALLOWED IN A R3 ZONING IN THE FIRST PLACE. AND THEN IN NUMBER. THREE, IT REQUIRES THE DEPARTMENT TO HAVE
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ADMINISTRATIVE OVERSIGHT OVER THE DESIGN STANDARDS. OKAY. SO THE TYPE OF BUILDING MATERIAL HEIGHT IS REQUIRED IN R3. THE PARKING IS A REQUIREMENT IN THE ORDINANCES, SO THEY ARE CERTAINLY GUARDRAILS AROUND WHAT CAN BE DEVELOPED. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. I'M FINE WITH THAT. THANK YOU, MR. BROWN. YES. SO WE CAN JUST MOVE FORWARD, MAYOR, WITH. THAT'S WHAT I'M DOING. YEAH. UNLESS. KIM, YOU HAVE THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION. THE MAYOR'S QUESTION.OKAY, YOU. SO, COUNCIL MEMBER TRAVIS ASKED THE QUESTION ABOUT THE DESIGN. THE APPLICANT SAID IT WAS SHARED PREVIOUSLY. I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE IT WAS SHARED SO THAT THAT COULD BE ADDRESSED. I ASKED STAFF FOR THE DATES. WE WEREN'T AWARE OF THEM SINCE POST THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY EXPLAINED THAT THE DESIGNS AND OTHER THINGS WOULD HAVE TO BE APPROVED, AND COUNCILMAN SHROPSHIRE SAID THAT SHE'S OKAY. DO YOU HAVE A DESIGN AT THIS POINT? BUT IT'S NO LONGER ON THE TABLE. IT'S TAKEN A WHILE, I DON'T OKAY. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? DO YOU WANT TO WANT THEM TO PULL IT UP? PRESSURE. PRESSURE IT HAS TO GO BACK TO STAFF FOR APPROVAL, THEN I'M FINE WITH THAT, BUT I GUESS WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT DOES. IF WE CAN GET A COPY OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN BASED ON THAT AREA, SO WE'LL KNOW WHAT IT WHAT IT WILL LOOK LIKE AND WHAT TO EXPECT. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES, WE ARE
[XIII. COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL]
AT COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL. COUNCIL MEMBER MARTIN. THANK YO. AND I WOULD LIKE TO COME ON AND SAY THANK YOU TO THE EAST POINT RESIDENTS OF WARD D FOR COMING OUT TO OUR COMMUNITY GATHERING.I ALSO WANT TO EXTEND A SPECIAL APPRECIATION TO THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, MR. REEVES. LIEUTENANT DOUGLAS STANLEY WITH EAST POINT FIRE, ERIC EMMETT WITH STORMWATER. THE EAST POINT DEPARTMENT WAS DEFINITELY IN THE HOUSE WITH LIEUTENANTS BRIDGES AND BRASSARD. BRASSARD I APOLOGIZE, SERGEANT TRIMBLE. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, OFFICER MCGEE. AND ALSO MISS JESSE, THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING OUT AND PROVIDING EAST POINT WARD RESIDENTS WITH VALUABLE INFORMATION. MY OTHER COMMENT IS IN RELATION TO ADVANCING HEALTH EQUITY IN THE CITY OF EAST POINT. THE PHOTO EXHIBIT, IF YOU HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THE PHOTO EXHIBIT, IT WAS DEFINITELY A TREAT TO SEE OUR CITY. I MEAN, JUST IN PHOTOGRAPHS, THEY DEVELOPED A REALLY NICE PRESENTATION IN THE ARTS EXCHANGE, AND IT WAS DEFINITELY A GOOD EXPERIENCE, I FEEL THAT THE CONVERSATION SHOULD CONTINUE, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE PHOTOGRAPH SHOULDN'T BE PUT TO WASTE OR IN A CLOSET. I DON'T WANT TO USE THE TERM WASTED, BUT I DO THINK THAT THIS CONVERSATION SHOULD CONTINUE. SO MY QUESTION IS FOR OUR INTERIM CITY MANAGER. IS THERE ANY WAY THAT WE CAN CONTINUE OR PUT THE PHOTO EXHIBIT UP IN EAST POINT CITY HALL OR OVER TO THE CITY HALL ANNEX? NOBODY IS GOING TO GO OVER THERE. I DON'T KNOW WHERE. WELL, WE'LL WE'LL WORK ON TO COME BACK OFFLINE DISCUSSION TO CONSIDER. I DON'T KNOW THAT THE CITY. I'M SORRY, MISTER BROWN. WHAT WERE YOU SAYING? NO, I WAS GOING TO SAY WE'LL WORK UP SOME OPTIONS AND WORK WITH YOU AND SEE WHERE WHERE THAT CAN BE. OKAY. WILL YOU HAVE THOSE OPTIONS? I GUESS BY FRIDAY. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO WITH THE INFORMATION, BUT I DO THINK THAT IT SHOULD BE DISPLAYED FOR EVERYONE TO SEE. OKAY, ALRIGHT. AND YES, THAT'S IT FOR ME. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
AND TO JUST PIGGYBACK OFF THAT, IF YOU PUT IT OVER AT THE ANNEX, IT'S NOT VISIBLE BECAUSE CUSTOMERS DON'T GO THERE. BUT IF YOU PUT IT IN CITY HALL BUILDIN, YOU HAVE PEOPLE IN AND OUT THAT WILL SEE IT, WE I DO WANT TO SAY THIS, I WILL BE DOING A VOTER REGISTRATION ON OCTOBER THE
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SIXTH ON A SATURDAY, ALONG WITH ANOTHER GROUP OF COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS, RIGHT HERE ON THE CITY LINE. OH, I'M SORRY, THAT'S MY MOM'S BIRTHDAY, OCTOBER 5TH. THAT SATURDAY, THE VOTER REGISTRATION. AND I BELIEVE IT'LL START AROUND 11. SO, WE'LL BE DOING THAT. SO THAT'S A MOTION TO DO. THE VOTER REGISTRATION RIGHT HERE ON AT CITY HALL. OUTSIDE. SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. ANY DISCUSSION? COUNCIL MEMBER MITCHELL, WHAT IS THE MOTION? I THINK I THINK TO DO A VOTER REGISTRATION TO GET PEOPLE SIGNED UP TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE SIGNED UP TO VOTE FOR THE UPCOMING ELECTION. OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER FREELAND, JUST COUNCIL MEMBER SHROPSHIRE, UNDER SORT OF WHO WOULD BE ORGANIZING IT, I AM SO IT WOULD JUST BE YOU. YES OKAY. THANKS. I THINK SO. WHILE COUNCIL MEMBER SHROPSHIRE WILL BE ORGANIZING IF COUNCIL APPROVES THE MOTION, IT'S THE CITY EVENT. I THINK SHE'S OPEN TO IT. IS THAT. YEAH THE CITY? YEAH. PARTICIPATION ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES. ANYTHING ELSE? COUNCIL MEMBER SHROPSHIRE. I DO, I DO. I HAVE SOMETHING ELSE. I WANT TO SAY. IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT I HAVE TO COME BACK TO THIS, BUT I DO. I WANT TO CLEAR UP SOME MISINFORMATION THAT'S OUT IN THE PUBLIC, BY RESIDENTS. AND IN REFERENCE TO THE KIDS BEING IN THE FOUNTAIN AND THE MISINFORMATION IS I SHOULD HAVE APPROACHED THE KIDS, OR I SHOULD HAVE BROUGHT IT TO THE ATTENTION OF CERTAIN PEOPLE. AND WHEN I WALKED UP AND I SAW IT, I DID BRING IT TO THE ATTENTION OF THE STAFF THAT WAS AT THE EVENT, AND I MENTIONED IT THREE TIMES TO THE STAFF THAT WAS AT THE EVENT, ALSO, THIS IS NOT A RETALIATION TO GET ANYONE IN TROUBLE AS ONE, COUNCIL MEMBER STATED ON SOCIAL MEDIA, THIS WAS ABOUT THE SAFETY AND WELL-BEING OF THE KIDS AND PUTTING THEM IN A POSITION THAT WAS A LIABILITY ON THE CITY, BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE FOUNTAIN HAD WIRING AND LIGHTS WHICH THEY COULD HAVE GOT SHOCKED. BUT WHEN I BROUGHT IT TO THE ATTENTION OF STAFF, STAFF DIDN'T HAVE ANY, THEY DIDN'T WORRY ABOUT IT. IT WAS A NON-ISSUE TO THEM. AND AS FAR AS HOLDING THE PARENTS ACCOUNTABLE, THAT HAS TO BE WHERE STAFF STEPS IN AND TELL THE PARENT, OH, YOUR CHILD CAN'T DO THAT. AND IF THE CHILD CONTINUES TO DO THAT, THEN YOU HOLD STAFF ACCOUNTABLE. BUT AT THAT TIME, STAFF WAS AT THE EVENT AND I ADDRESSED IT TO STAFF. THAT'S WHAT I'M REQUIRED TO DO AS FAR AS THE SPLASH PAD BEING ON, IT WAS ON ON SUNDAY. I ALSO HAVE A PICTURE OF THAT WHERE THE WATER IS COMING OUT, AND LUCKILY YOUR PHONE ACTUALLY DATES AND TIME WHEN IT HAPPENED. SO I DO WANT TO CLEAR UP THAT MISINFORMATION THAT WAS OUT THERE CALLING ME ALL KIND OF NAMES AND EVERYTHING ELSE, BUT I'M COOL WITH THAT. BUT I DO WANT TO PUT OUT THERE THAT I DID ADDRESS. I WENT TO STAFF AND I ADDRESSED THE ISSUE AND WHAT I WAS TOLD WAS, DON'T WORRY, WE GOT THAT UNDER CONTROL. OR IF THEIR PARENTS LETTING THEM DO IT, THEN WHATEVER THAT WAS THE RESPONSE THAT I RECEIVED. BUT I DID ADDRESS IT TO STAFF AND IT IS. AND IT WAS A SERIOUS ISSUE. AND LUCKILY NO KIDS GOT SICK BEHIND THAT BECAUSE THAT IS RECYCLED WATER. AND TO ALSO, SEE THAT PEOPLE LET THEIR DOGS USE THE FOUNTAIN. SO NOW THE QUESTION IS WHEN ARE WE GOING TO PUT UP SIGNS ABOUT NOT GETTING[01:10:05]
IN THE FOUNTAIN? THANK YOU. MR. BROWN WELL, I, I WOULD SAY WE NEED TO LOOK AT IT AND WE DEFINITELY NEED TO INFORM OUR EMPLOYEES ABOUT SAFETY AND THAT THERE AUTHORIZED AND EMPOWERED TO TAKE ACTION ON ANY UNSAFE, UNSAFE THING THAT HAPPENS. BUT MY RESPONSE, MY RESPONSE TO THE SIGNAGE ISSUE, THAT IS TOTALLY UP TO YOU GUYS IF YOU WANT TO DO IT. I TEND TO NOT WANT TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT. YOU PUT UP TOO MANY SIGNS, YOU KNOW, CLOSED CIRCUIT TV UNDER SURVEILLANCE.STOP. DON'T YOU KNOW A LOT OF RULES? YOU KNOW, CAN IMPACT THAT? I THINK WE CAN. I THINK THAT WE COULD POLICE OURSELVES, YOU KNOW, IF WE INFORM OUR EMPLOYEES WHEN THEY ARE IN AND AROUND THE AREA, IF THEY SEE SOMEONE DOING SOMETHING UNSAFE, THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO APPROACH THAT PERSON OR CALL THE EVENT ORGANIZER OR CALL THE POLICE OR WHOEVER THEY NEED TO CALL, DEPENDING ON WHO'S DOING WHAT, BUT MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO PAY MORE ATTENTION TO IS JUST MAKING SURE THAT OUR EMPLOYEES ARE ARE AWARE OF WHAT ISSUES NEED TO BE ADDRESSED. AND THAT'S THAT'S HOW I WOULD APPROACH THAT, OBVIOUSLY WE CAN DO SIGNS. I'VE SEEN SOME SIGNS OUT THERE PERSONALLY, AND IT'S JUST TOO MANY. BUT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANT TO PUT A SIGN OUT THERE, IF IT'S THE WILL OF THIS BOARD, WE CAN DO THAT. I WOULD HOPE THAT WE COULD JUST TRY TO CHANGE THE BEHAVIOR FIRST WITH THE EMPLOYEES BY TALKING TO THEM AND INFORMING THEM WHAT WE'D LIKE TO SEE OR WHAT WE EXPECT, AND THEN MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT. BUT WE NEED A SIGN WE CAN DO A SIGN. YOU SAID YOU'VE SEEN SOME SIGNAGE OUT THERE. YEAH. LIKE, THERE'S SOME SIGNAGE OUT THERE. THEY'RE LIKE SMALL ONES. YOU CAN'T REALLY SEE THEM, BUT IT'S KIND OF CONGREGATE. THE SIGN. I THINK THAT'S THE CHALLENGE. IF THEY'RE THERE, NOBODY SEES THEM. WHERE ARE THEY AND WHAT DO THEY SAY? I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT THEY RECALL. THE EXACT WORDING, BUT IT JUST TALKS ABOUT ALL KINDS OF THINGS IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, WHERE TO GO, WHERE TO WALK. THEY'RE RIGHT OUT HERE. BUT NOTHING ABOUT THE FOUNTAIN. NOTHING ABOUT THE FOUNTAIN. YEAH. NO COUNCIL MEMBER SHROPSHIRE, I'M GOING TO REFER TO THE CITY ATTORNEY. DO WE LEGALLY DO WE NEED TO PUT ANY SIGNAGE UP TO WARN PEOPLE NOT TO GET IN THE FOUNTAIN? I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE LEGALLY REQUIRED TO PUT IT UP, IF YOU KNOW, NOW THERE IS AN ISSUE AND IT IS REOCCURRING, THEN IT WOULD BEHOOVE YOU TO PUT IT UP. SO NOW THAT YOU KNOW IT'S AN ISSUE, YOU'RE ON NOTICE. SO THE LEGAL RAMIFICATIONS OF THAT IS THAT IF SOMEONE WERE HARMED BY ENTERING THE FOUNTAIN, BUT IT IS A ATTRACTION, SIGNS COULD HELP. IT MAY NOT PREVENT, BUT AT LEAST THEY WERE WARNED, BUT I'M JUST TRYING TO THINK OF OTHER, YOU KNOW, CITY ATTRACTIONS AND WHETHER OR NOT THERE IS SIGNAGE, WHERE THERE IS AN ISSUE. I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS A ONE OFF EVENT SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, IT MAY NOT BE REOCCURRING, BUT SIGNAGE WON'T HURT. I WILL TELL YOU THAT. AND ACTUALLY, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE PROBABLY SHOULD REACH OUT TO OUR PREMISE LIABILITY INSURANCE TO FIND OUT WHAT THEY RECOMMEND, BECAUSE THEY COVER THE GROUNDS AND OUR PROPERTY, THEY MAY RECOMMEND SOMETHING, TO INSURE OR REDUCE SOME LIABILITY. YEAH, I THINK WE DEFINITELY SHOULD TAKE A NEXT STEP BECAUSE THERE WAS STAFF OUT THERE AND IT WAS BROUGHT TO STAFF'S ATTENTION. AND PEOPLE, THE KIDS WERE STILL ALLOWED TO WAIT IN THE WATER, AND SO I DO THINK WE NOW HAVE NOTICE OF SOMETHING DIFFERENT. AND SO SPEAKING, THE RECOMMENDATION IS SPEAKING WITH OUR PREMISE LIABILITY, PROVIDER AND SEEING WHAT THEIR RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE WOULD BE GREAT. SO MAYBE YOU CAN BRING THAT BACK TO US. I DON'T KNOW IF, IF WHENEVER YOU GET IT. SO IF IT'S A WORK SESSION OR, BY, THE NEXT MEETING, JUST WHENEVER YOU GET IT, IF YOU CAN LET US KNOW, AND ACTUALLY IF YOU COULD LET US KNOW BY EMAIL AND WE CAN DECIDE WHAT ACTION, IF ANY, NEEDS TO BE TAKEN. YEAH. ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL? I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE. ON THE SUCCESSFUL THIRD ANNUAL HEALTH EQUITY SUMMIT, THAT REALLY HAD A LOT OF PROVIDERS HERE, TIMO GOODY WAS HERE AND WE HAD A SPECIAL SURPRISE. HE ACTUALLY PERFORMED A LITTLE BIT, RAPPED US ON A PART OF A SONG, SOUL FOOD. SO THAT WAS DELIGHTFUL FOR ME, FOR
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SURE. TOOK ME BACK TO MY COLLEGE DAYS, BUT THERE WAS A LOT OF WORK THAT WENT INTO IT. I WANT TO THANK OUR HEALTH EQUITY COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD AND THE MEMBERS WHO ARE A PART OF THAT CADRE WAS A PARTNER, AND PRESENTED. AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE WORK THAT MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE HAS DONE OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS AND THE $1.2 MILLION THAT HAS BEEN PROVIDED THROUGH A FEDERAL GRANT FROM THE US OFFICE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, OFFICE OF MINORITY AFFAIRS, I BELIEVE, TO ADVANCE HEALTH EQUITY IS LOOKING AT POLICIES, THROUGH OUR LAND USE, LOOKING AT OUR FOOD INSECURITY CHALLENGES AS WELL AS ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES WITHIN OUR CITY. AND SO, THEY HAVE APPLIED FOR A SECOND ROUND OF GRANT FUNDING, WHICH IS 600,000, UP TO $600,000 A YEAR FOR UP TO FOUR YEARS. SO POTENTIALLY $2.4 MILLION. THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO CONTINUE THAT WORK, FROM A POLICY LENS, BUT ALSO BRING IN AND BUILD MORE COMMUNITY ADVOCATES, COMMUNITY SUPPORT, AND REALLY DO MORE AROUND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AREAS AS WELL. AND SO, I'M VERY OPTIMISTIC. WE HAVE NOT HEARD YET WHETHER OR NOT THEY WERE FUNDED. BUT IN THE FIRST ROUND OF FUNDING, IT WAS $375,000 PER YEAR FOR UP TO THREE YEARS. AND WHEN WE GOT TO THE THIRD YEAR, WE GOT 375,000 THE FIRST YEAR, THE SECOND YEAR AND THE THIRD YEAR, THEY ACTUALLY GAVE US $475,000. THEY GAVE AN EXTRA $100,000 BECAUSE OF THE WORK THAT MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE IS DOING COLLABORATIVELY WITH THE CITY AND ALL OUR HEALTH PARTNERS AROUND THIS WORK. AND SO IT SPEAKS VOLUMES TO THE LEADERSHIP OF MEGAN DOUGLAS, WHO IS, LEADING AND COORDINATING THIS EFFORT, THROUGH MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND SO HOPEFULLY SOON AND VERY SOON, WE WILL LEARN ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT WE'VE BEEN GRANTED OR MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE HAS BEEN GRANTED FUNDING FOR THE SECOND ROUND OF FUNDING, THE PHOTOVOICE WAS ABSOLUTELY, AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE. I GOT CHILLS JUST SEEING OUR COMMUNITY. BECAUSE IT'S NOT ABOUT ME. IT'S NOT ABOUT ANY INDIVIDUAL, ANY COUNCIL MEMBER OR ANY ONE PERSON. IT'S REALLY ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY AND THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING AROUND HEALTH EQUITY IS REALLY EMPOWERING OUR COMMUNITY, AND REALLY HELPING TO IMPROVE HEALTH OUTCOMES WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. AND SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT WORK AND KNOW THAT IT WILL CONTINUE. THE OFFICE OF HEALTH EQUITY, INCLUSION AND EMPOWERMENT, MISS JOHNSON WAS ALSO A PART OF THE ACTIVITIES FOR THE WEEKEND. AND SO WE BUILT IN OUR CITY'S INFRASTRUCTURE, A WAY TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE WORK TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE HELPING ALL RESIDENTS LIVE HEALTHY LIVES AND THRIVE. AND SO DEFINITELY WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THEM AND ALL THE STAFF THAT HELPED, PARTNER WITH THEM TO PUT ON OUR THIRD ANNUAL HEALTH EQUITY, I DON'T[XIV. EXECUTIVE SESSION]
BELIEVE I HAVE ANYTHING ELSE. DO WE HAVE ANY EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS THIS EVENING? MADAM MAYOR, I HAVE FOUR LEGAL. WHAT KIND? LEGAL. ALL LEGAL. I MEAN, LITIGATION. THAT'S WHAT I MEAN.LITIGATION OKAY, YOU GOT ME. I'M PUTTING MY LITTLE, FOR LEGAL MISS. FOR LITIGATION. SEE, YOU GOT ME SAYING FOR LITIGATION. MR. BROWN, DO YOU HAVE ANY EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS? JUST ONE REAL ESTATE. COUNSEL, DO YOU HAVE ANY EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS? LEGAL ANYONE ELSE? REAL ESTATE. ANYTHING ELSE? HOW MANY PERSONNEL? TWO. ANYONE ELSE? SO I HAVE TWO REAL ESTATE. TWO PERSONNEL AND FIVE LITIGATION. MADAM MAYOR. YEAH I FORGOT WHERE ARE WE GOING? FIVE, TWO. TWO.
KNOW IT. RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR FIVE. LITIGATION. LITIGATION. TWO PERSONNEL AND TWO REAL ESTATE. SO MOVED. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.