Apr 21, 2025 City Council

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GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE APRIL 21ST MEETING OF THE EASTPOINTE CITY COUNCIL.

[I. MEETING CALLED TO ORDER:]

SHROPSHIRE. COUNCIL MEMBER. FRIDLEY. COUNCIL.

IF WE COULD ALL PLEASE BE SEATED AND BE QUIET.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER. ATKINS. PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER.

ZIEGLER. COUNCIL MEMBER. CUMMINGS. COUNCIL MEMBER.

MITCHELL. COUNCIL MEMBER. BUTLER WILL BE LATE.

COUNCIL MEMBER MARTIN. ROGERS. PRESENT. MAYOR.

HOLIDAY. INGRAM. WE HAVE A QUORUM. THANK YOU.

PRIOR TO THE INVOCATION THIS EVENING YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED THAT OUR FLAGS ARE FLYING AT HALF STAFF.

PRESIDENT GOVERNOR KEMP ISSUED AN ORDER CELEBRATING THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF CAPTAIN GARCIA OF THE SOUTH FULTON POLICE DEPARTMENT.

AND THEN, AS WE ALL KNOW, THIS MORNING WE LEARNED OF THE PASSING OF POPE FRANCIS.

AND THE WHITE HOUSE HAS ISSUED A PROCLAMATION FOR FEDERAL BUILDINGS, THAT THE FLAGS FLY AT HALF STAFF UNTIL HIS INTERMENT.

AND SO WE WANT TO PAUSE FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE AND ALLOW OUR FLAGS TO REMAIN AT HALF STAFF UNTIL THE POPE'S INTERMENT AS WELL.

BUT TO CELEBRATE THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF CAPTAIN GARCIA, WHO LOST HIS LIFE IN THE LINE OF DUTY.

AND POPE FRANCIS, WHO AT 88 YEARS OF YOUNG HAS DEFINITELY BEEN THE EPITOME OF WHAT IT MEANS TO SHOW COMPASSION, LOVE, GRACE TO PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD AND WHAT IT REALLY MEANS TO BE A SERVANT.

AND SO IF WE COULD JUST PAUSE FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE, FOLLOWED BY THAT, WE'LL HAVE THE INVOCATION FROM PASTOR MOBLEY OF VICTOR VICTORY BAPTIST CHURCH AND THE PLEDGE TO THE FLAG. SO WE'LL STAND AFTER THE STAND, HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE, AND THEN I'LL INVITE PRESIDENT PASTOR MOBLEY UP.

AND CONTINUING IN OUR PRAYER. WE THANK YOU FOR THE LIFE OF CAPTAIN GARCIA.

AND WE PRAY YOUR. WE PRAY YOUR BLESSINGS ON HIS FAMILY.

WE THANK YOU FOR THE POPE, WHO IS A FRIEND TO THE WORLD.

AND WE THANK YOU FOR OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS AND OUR MAYOR AND WHAT THEY DO TO TRY TO LEGISLATE AND DIRECT THE AFFAIRS OF THIS CITY AND THE COMMUNITY AND ALL THE MEMBERS WHO VISIT AND WHO CONDUCT BUSINESS HERE.

BLESSED. NOW, EVERY CITY EMPLOYEE, BLESS EVERYONE WHO'S DOING YOUR WORK.

IN THE NAME OF OUR GOD, THE ALMIGHTY. AMEN. PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

TONIGHT, OUR SERGEANT AT ARMS IS CAPTAIN ROBINSON.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE THIS EVENING.

WE WILL MOVE TO PRESENTATIONS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS.

AT THE REQUEST OF THE CITY ATTORNEY. WE WILL MOVE THE 50 WORST PROPERTIES PRESENTATION TO LAST.

AND THE PRESENTATIONS LIST. MR. JONES, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION ON THE PAY AND CLASSIFICATION STUDY UPDATE.

[VI. 1. Pay and Classification Study Update]

GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.

WE ARE GETTING VERY CLOSE TO COMPLETING THE WORK ON THE PHASE TWO OF THE PAY AND CLASSIFICATION STUDY. AT THE LAST MEETING, THE MAYOR EXPRESSED SENTIMENTS OF THE COUNCIL THAT WE WOULD HAVE THE INCREASE USE, OR THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE DUE INCREASES THAT THEY WOULD BE RETROACTIVE TO APRIL 1ST. WE HAD SOME TIME TO LOOK AT THE CALENDAR AND WE WOULD REQUEST TWO

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APRIL 1ST IS IN THE IN THE MIDDLE OF A PAY PERIOD AND WOULD REQUIRE SOME EXTRA CALCULATIONS.

SO WE COULD DO IT EFFECTIVE APRIL 5TH, AND WE WOULD HAVE IT READY FOR IMPLEMENTATION JULY 1ST.

AND THAT WOULD GIVE US TIME TO SPEAK WITH ALL OF THE IMPACTED DEPARTMENT HEADS AS WELL AS IMPACTED EMPLOYEES.

ANYTHING ELSE, MR. JONES, BEFORE I OPEN IT UP.

THANK YOU, MISS JESSE, FOR THAT UPDATE. NOT AT THIS TIME, MA'AM.

I DON'T SEE ANY LIGHTS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS. AND SO, MISS JESSE, WHEN YOU SAY ROLL OUT JULY 1ST, 2025. APRIL, MAY. THAT'S ABOUT 90 DAYS. SO HOW WOULD THE RETROACTIVE PAY BE PROVIDED TO EMPLOYEES? SO FOR IF WE WERE GOING TO START THIS JUST JULY 1ST, WE WOULD START FROM JULY 1ST.

BUT BECAUSE IT IS RETROACTIVE, WE WILL INCLUDE PAY AS OF APRIL 5TH AND THAT WOULD BE UNDER THE NEW RATES. EIGHT. SO WOULD IT BE A LUMP SUM PAYMENT OR LIKE, HOW WOULD THAT BE PAID OUT? I'M SORRY. NO, MA'AM. IT WOULD BE IN WITH OUR REGULAR BIWEEKLY PAY.

AND WOULD IT BE SPREAD OUT OVER TIME? IT WOULD BE FOR THE THREE MONTHS IN QUESTION.

APRIL, MAY AND JUNE. AND THEN EFFECTIVE FOR THE PAY PERIOD IN JULY.

BUT YES, MA'AM, IT WOULD BE OVER THE IT WOULD BE BIWEEKLY INCREASES.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, MISS JESSIE? WHAT DATE DID YOU SAY YOU'D LIKE TO COME BACK TO? COUNCIL. WE CAN BRING THIS BACK. AFTER I CONSULT WITH THE CITY MANAGER AND GET A TIMELINE OF OUR MEETING WITH DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS. IT IF WE COULD HAVE THE CITY MANAGER INCLUDE THAT INFORMATION IN IN HIS NEXT UPDATE. SO WOULD YOU ALL LIKE TO BRING IT BACK TO US AT THE MAY WORK SESSION OR THE JUNE? YES, WE CAN, IF THAT'S OKAY WITH THE CITY MANAGER, MR. JONES? YES, THAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE. OKAY. I NOW HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER.

COUNCIL MEMBER. THANK YOU. JUST A QUESTION. APOLOGIES IF I MISSED THIS IN YOUR INITIAL EXPLANATION.

WILL THIS REQUIRE A BUDGET AMENDMENT OF SOME KIND? NO, SIR. YOU MEAN FOR THE THREE MONTHS? NO, SIR.

OKAY. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER CUMMINGS. THANK YOU, MISS JESSIE.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I HAD CLARIFICATION WITH REGARDS TO THAT THAT PAYMENT.

SO WE'RE GOING TO RETRO THE PAYBACK TO APRIL 5TH.

CORRECT? YES, MA'AM. SO WHEN THEY GET THE FIRST THEIR FIRST CHECK IN JULY, IT'LL GO FROM APRIL.

THEY'LL DO THE RETRO PAY. SO IT'LL BE THAT PAY ADJUSTMENT. IT'LL JUST BE THAT ONE PAYMENT.

CORRECT. THAT'LL GO IN THAT ONE PAYCHECK. BECAUSE THEN I KNOW YOU CAME BACK AND YOU SAID IT WOULD BE OVER BY WEEKLY PAYMENTS. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M CLEAR IT WILL BE THE PAY FOR APRIL, MAY AND JUNE. RIGHT. AND WHATEVER TIME PERIOD THAT WE START, OKAY.

IN JULY. ALL RIGHT. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I WAS CLEAR ON THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU, I YIELD. ANYONE ELSE? COUNCILMEMBER ATKINS? YES, MISS JESSIE, JUST A QUESTION.

TO PIGGYBACK ON COUNCILMEMBER FREELY. THERE IS NOT THERE IS NO NEED FOR A BUDGET AMENDMENT.

IS IT? BECAUSE IN JULY, WE WILL BE THE BEGINNING OF A FISCAL YEAR, AND THIS WILL BE A LINE ITEM IN THE NEW BUDGET THAT WILL BE PRESENTED TO US? IS THAT CORRECT? YES, SIR. THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY.

THANK YOU. THE RETROACTIVE PAY TO APRIL. IS THAT GOING TO BE FROM SALARY SAVINGS? IS THAT WHY? YES, MA'AM.

THAT'S WHY WE DON'T NEED A BUDGET AMENDMENT. OKAY.

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NEXT UP WE WILL HAVE UPDATE ON WARD D MULTIGENERATIONAL RECREATION CENTER, MR.

[VI. 3. Update on Ward D Multigenerational Recreation Center]

THANK YOU. OKAY. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

VERY HAPPY TO BE BEFORE YOU TODAY. SINCE FEBRUARY, WE'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK BEHIND THE SCENES TO GET THE BALL ROLLING ON THE MULTIPLEX REC CENTER. TONIGHT I HAVE COOPER, CAREY MISS SOPHIA AND TREVOR TALKING ABOUT WHERE WE ARE, THEIR PROCESSES, AND WHERE WE ARE NOW ON THE CURRENT TIMELINE.

GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. FIRST AND FOREMOST, FOR SELECTING US AS YOUR ARCHITECT FOR THIS PROJECT.

WE WERE EXCITED WHEN WE HEARD THAT WE WERE AWARDED.

AND WE'RE STILL EXCITED ABOUT THE PROJECT. AND IT'LL BE OUR ENDEAVOR TO PROVIDE AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE FOR YOU THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS.

AND SO AS HE MENTIONED, WE ARE COOPER CAREY. TRY THIS.

AND THIS IS THE FORMAT THAT WE HAVE FOR TODAY.

WE'RE GOING TO DO A LITTLE INTRODUCTION OF OURSELVES.

WE'RE GOING TO SHARE WITH YOU OUR OVERALL APPROACH FOR THE PROJECT.

AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU A PROJECT STATUS UPDATE.

AND THEN WE'LL BE OPEN TO QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

SO WE'RE GOING TO START WITH OUR TEAM INTRODUCTION.

AS MENTIONED WE ARE COOPER CAREY. WE'VE BEEN PRACTICING FOR 65 YEARS.

WE CONSIDER OURSELVES MORE THAN AN ARCHITECTURAL FIRM.

WE CONSIDER OURSELVES A DESIGN FIRM. AND SO LET ME EXPLAIN THIS TO YOU.

BY THIS WE MEAN THAT IN-HOUSE WE HAVE ARCHITECTS, INTERIOR DESIGNERS, LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS, URBAN PLANNERS. HISTORIC PRESERVATION IS PRETTY MUCH ALL OF THE DESIGNERS THAT IMPACT THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT.

THESE DESIGNERS WORK IN 16 DIFFERENT PRACTICE GROUPS.

AND THROUGH THESE DIFFERENT PRACTICE GROUPS, THEY'RE ABLE TO DIAL INTO DIFFERENT SPACES TO GIVE YOU EXPERTISE, ALL THE EXPERTISE THAT YOU NEED FOR THIS FACILITY.

OUR FIRM IS 250 PEOPLE STRONG. AND SO FROM THIS, FROM THIS POOL, WE CURATED A TEAM SPECIFICALLY FOR YOU.

I AM SOFIA TARKIN. I'M THE PRINCIPAL OF THE K THROUGH 12 STUDIO.

THIS PROJECT IS BROUGHT IN CONJUNCTION WITH SOME HIGHER ED KNOWLEDGE AS WELL AS URBAN PLANNING.

TREVOR THOMAS RIGHT NEXT TO ME IS FROM OUR URBAN PLANNING STUDIO.

HIS EXPERTISE IS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. WE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO THIS PROJECT, AND SO HE WILL BE SHARING ABOUT THAT TODAY. SO IF WE LOOK AT OUR APPROACH FOR THE PROJECT OVERALL, WE'RE GOING TO START WITH OUR FORAY PROCESS AND OUR FORAY PROCESS.

IT'S SIMPLE. IT'S INVESTIGATE ILLUMINATE INNOVATE AND IMPLEMENT.

SO NOW I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH EACH ONE AND INVESTIGATE.

WHAT WE DO IS TRY TO LOOK AT THE FACTS OF THE PROJECT.

WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT SURROUNDING PROPERTIES.

WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT COMPARATIVE PROPERTIES IN THE STATE AND EVEN IN THE NATION.

WE'RE GOING TO ALSO DEEP DIVE INTO THE DOCUMENTS THAT YOU CURRENTLY HAVE.

WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THE SITE. WE'RE GOING TO UNDERSTAND THE SITE.

WE'RE GOING TO UNDERSTAND THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES AROUND THE SITE.

AND SO IN THE INVESTIGATION, WE'RE JUST LOOKING FOR THE FACTS.

THE NEXT PHASE IS ILLUMINATE AND THE ILLUMINATE.

THIS IS WHEN WE START DISCUSSIONS. AND SO THIS IS OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS.

SO OUR FIRST MEETING WILL BE TO COME TOGETHER AND DESIGN THIS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SESSION TOGETHER.

RIGHT. IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE TELL YOU WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU AND GET THAT FEEDBACK.

AND THIS PROCESS HAS STARTED. AND SO THEN OUR FIRST QUESTION IS WHO ARE YOUR STAKEHOLDERS? WHO DO YOU WANT TO HEAR FROM? WHO DO YOU WANT TO GET FEEDBACK THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS? THEN OUR SECOND QUESTION IS HOW DO YOU WANT TO GET THAT FEEDBACK? DO YOU WANT TO HAVE OPEN HOUSES? DO YOU WANT TO HAVE SURVEYS? THERE ARE MULTIPLE WAYS TO GET THAT FEEDBACK FROM YOUR STAKEHOLDERS.

THEN OUR NEXT STEP IS TO GO AHEAD AND EXECUTE THAT PLAN.

ONCE WE'VE EXECUTED THAT PLAN, WE'LL PUT TOGETHER A REPORT AND WE'LL PRESENT THAT REPORT TO YOU.

IN THAT REPORT, YOU'LL HAVE A LOT OF DATA IN THIS DATA WILL BE INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING YOU MAKING THOSE CRITICAL DECISIONS TO MOVE THIS FORWARD, THIS PROJECT FORWARD IN A WAY THAT WILL BE RESPONSIVE TO YOUR STAKEHOLDERS.

AND THEN ONCE WE GET ALL THAT INFORMATION AND GATHER IT, THEN WE GET TO DO WHAT WE LOVE, WHICH IS WE GET TO DO PEN TO PAPER AND WE'LL COME UP WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT CONCEPTS. WE THIS IS OUR ITERATION PHASE WHERE WE GO THROUGH A LOT OF OPTIONS FOR THE PROJECT.

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AND ONCE WE AGREE ON THAT ONE CONCEPT, THEN WE BEGIN THE IMPLEMENTATION PHASE.

IN THE IMPLEMENTATION PHASE, WE ARE DEVELOPING CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS, PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING THAT COMMUNICATES TO THE CONTRACTOR YOUR VISION FOR THIS PROJECT.

AND WE WILL ALSO BE WITH YOU THROUGH THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE TO MAKE SURE THAT AS THE PROJECT IS BEING BUILT, THAT IT IS IN ALIGNMENT WITH YOUR VISION. SO AS I STATED, TREVOR THOMPSON IS OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EXPERT SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT.

AND SO HE'S GOING TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE PROJECT STATUS.

THANK YOU, SOPHIA, AND THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING ME TODAY.

LIKE SOPHIA SAID, MY NAME IS TREVOR THOMPSON. I'LL BE LEADING THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PART. FOR THE MULTIPLEX.

SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN THE ILLUMINATE PHASE. THE ILLUMINATE PHASE BASICALLY REPRESENTS RIGHT NOW OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

AND SO WE'VE TAKEN MORE SO A QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE DATA APPROACH.

SO THE TYPE OF INFORMATION THAT WE WILL BE GATHERING IS BOTH QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE.

ON THE QUALITATIVE SIDE IT MAY BE POSITIONED MORE SO TOWARDS, YOU KNOW, HOW PEOPLE FEEL WHEN THEY'RE IN THIS SPACE.

SO MORE EMOTIONAL. IT CAN ALSO TAKE PARTS IN, YOU KNOW, HOW PEOPLE WANT AN ACTUAL SPACE TO LOOK.

SO THOSE ARE THE QUALITATIVE MEASURES THAT WE'VE TAKEN ON THE QUANTITATIVE SIDE.

WE'RE MORE SO GATHERING INFORMATION LIKE DEMOGRAPHIC DEMOGRAPHICS OF PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, WHERE DO PEOPLE LIVE.

THE AGE GROUP OF CERTAIN PEOPLE. AND ALSO TAKING INTO ACCOUNT, YOU KNOW, HOW FREQUENTLY PEOPLE USE CERTAIN SPACES WHEN IT COMES TO US DESIGNING.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, THIS IMAGE HERE REPRESENTS BASICALLY HOW WE HOW WE STARTED TO DESIGN AND CURATE THE ACTUAL COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ITSELF.

SO WE TAKE AN APPROACH TO COLLECT DATA DIGITALLY USING QR CODES AND SURVEYS.

AND SO WE HAVE STATIONS THAT WILL BE SET UP WHERE PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO BASICALLY SCAN QR CODES AND TAKE DIGITAL SURVEYS THAT WAY.

ALSO, OVER TIME, WE PLAN ON DOING IS ACTUALLY TRACKING THIS ENGAGEMENT THROUGHOUT OUR PROCESS.

AND SO WHETHER WE'RE THERE OR NOT, YOU KNOW, IF A QR CODE IS THERE, SOMEONE CAN SCAN IT THAT'S WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AND ACCESS OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO TRACK OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT OVER TIME AND ALSO STILL COLLECT THAT QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DATA.

AND SO A BIG PART IN US COLLABORATING WITH THE CITY OF EASTPOINTE, SHALLARD AND HIS TEAM, DAJUAN WAS THINKING ABOUT HOW WE CAN DESIGN THIS FOR MULTIPLE GENERATIONS JUST BECAUSE THIS IS A MULTIPLEX.

SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ACTUALLY DESIGN THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TO REFLECT THOSE GENERATIONS THAT WILL BE WITHIN A MULTIPLEX, WITHIN THE MULTIPLEX. MY APOLOGIES. AND SO WITH STEAM BEING A PART OF THE PROGRAMMATIC PART OF THE MULTIPLEX WE USE VR WITHIN OUR OFFICE AS A DESIGN TOOL. AND SO TO CONNECT BACK TO THE KIDS, WE WANT TO USE VR AS AN IMMERSION TOOL TO GET THEM ENGAGED WITHIN THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS. SO THIS GIVES THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE WITH TECH, BUT ALSO GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE HOW KIDS ENGAGE WITH TECHNOLOGY AS PART OF OUR ENGAGEMENT PROCESS. AS WELL AS OUR SENIORS, WE KNOW THAT SENIORS HAVE A BIG VOICE IN THE COMMUNITY, AND SOME ARE NOT AS DIGITALLY SAVVY AS OTHERS.

SO WE'VE MADE IT SO PEOPLE FROM OUR TEAM OR PEOPLE FROM THE CITY OF EASTPOINTE WILL BE THERE TO ACTUALLY MAN THE STATIONS AND WALK PEOPLE THROUGH SOME OF OUR SENIORS USING TABLETS. SO THOSE THAT ARE NOT ABLE TO ACTUALLY SCAN THE QR CODES, WE'LL HAVE PEOPLE THERE TO ACTUALLY ASSIST THEM AND MAKE IT ACCESSIBLE FOR THEM TO ENGAGE WITH OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS. AND NEXT, A BIG PART OF US DESIGNING THIS ENGAGEMENT WAS FOR OUR EXCEPTIONAL GROUP.

THAT DEMOGRAPHIC OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE CERTAIN DISABILITIES.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, NO MATTER WHAT DISABILITY SOMEONE HAD, THEY WERE ABLE TO ACTUALLY ENGAGE WITH THIS PROCESS AS WELL.

SO THIS GIVES EVERY EVERYONE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THEIR VOICE HEARD.

AND SO WE'LL LEAVE THIS TIME FOR Q&A IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION, MR. PICKETT.

IT. DID YOU HAVE PINK IT? DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD BEFORE I OPEN IT UP? YEAH.

YES I DID. COOPER HAS DONE A GREAT JOB TO THIS POINT.

WE HAVE SOME POTENTIAL DATES FOR OUR FIRST COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MEETING OF MAY 8TH AND MAY 13TH.

I'LL BE ASKING EACH OF YOU TO ASSIST WITH YOUR CONSTITUENTS ON GETTING THE WORD OUT.

WE'VE BEEN WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A LARGER REACH TO THE EAST POINT COMMUNITY.

AS TREVOR MENTIONED, THE THREE PILLARS OF WHO? WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT HAS SOME STAKE IN WHAT WE'RE DOING.

OUR SENIORS, OUR EXCEPTIONAL KIDS, AS WELL AS OUR YOUTH THAT WE CURRENTLY SERVE IN THE COMMUNITY.

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WE'LL BE OUT AT THE CONCERT SERIES COLLECTING DATA AS WELL.

BUT WHAT I WHAT MOST INTERESTED ME WITH COOPER CARRY.

THEIR DESIGN WORK IS AMAZING, BUT I THINK THAT THEIR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

I KNOW THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR ALL OF US. THEIR CREATIVE APPROACH IS WHAT I'M MOST EXCITED ABOUT, AND THEY'RE HITTING THE THREE CORNERSTONES OF AREAS THAT IMPACT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD OUR SENIORS, OUR YOUTH, AS WELL AS YOUNG FAMILIES AND OUR EXCEPTIONAL KIDS AS WELL.

SO WE'RE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. AS SOON AS I GET A FIRM DATE AND TIME ON THE 13TH, WE'LL BE SENDING ALL THOSE COMMUNICATIONS OUT, AND I'LL BE CALLING EACH OF YOU TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY THAT WE CAN WITHSTAND, WE CAN LET EVERYBODY KNOW THE DATES AND THE TIMES AND THE LOCATION, SO EVERYBODY CAN HAVE SOME INPUT INTO THIS AMAZING PROJECT.

ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL MEMBER CUMMINGS. THANK YOU.

SO I KNOW WE SAID MAY 8TH AND MAY 13TH. THOSE ARE THE TENTATIVE DATES.

YES. WHAT'S THE LOCATION? THAT. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THE JEFFERSON REC CENTER.

AND I'M IN COMMUNICATION WITH GEORGIA SOCCER PARK TO DO IT ACTUALLY ON SITE.

PRETTY MUCH WHERE THE GYM WILL BE LOCATED. OKAY.

AND DO WE HAVE JUST A I KNOW IT'S KIND OF ROUGH.

MAYBE A TIMELINE FROM START TO FINISH OR JUST I KNOW WITH YOUR FOUR, YOUR FOUR EYES THAT YOU'RE THAT YOU WERE FOR THIS PROCESS.

IS THERE A TIMELINE? JUST YOU. YEAH. SO FOR FOR THE DESIGN PROCESS IS WHICH WHICH WILL GET US TO THE DOCUMENTATION.

COMPLETE DOCUMENTATION. IT'LL BE ABOUT ONE YEAR FOR THE DESIGN PROCESS.

AND THEN CONSTRUCTION COULD BE 18 TO 22 MONTHS DEPENDING ON THE SIZE OF THE PROJECT.

SO THIS IS 2526 NEXT YEAR. ABOUT THIS TIME IT SHOULD BE GOING OUT TO BID.

AND THEN I WOULD SAY IN A YEAR AND A HALF PLUS PLUS OR MINUS.

CONSTRUCTION SHOULD BE COMPLETE. OKAY. THANK YOU.

THIS QUESTION IS FOR MADAM MAYOR. EITHER THE CITY MANAGER.

I KNOW WE HAD SOME DATE TIMES THAT WE NEEDED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE WELL, WE WILL.

WILL THIS GO IN LINE WITH BECAUSE SHE'S TALKING ABOUT, LET'S SAY, 20, 27 OR 28, ROUGHLY 28.

WILL THAT CONFLICT? DOES THAT WILL THAT HAVE A PROBLEM WITH I KNOW, SOME DATES, SOME TIME CONSTRAINTS THAT WE HAD 27 I THOUGHT IT WAS MAY 18TH AND 13TH.

I MUST HAVE MISSED IT. WHAT'S THE 27TH? NO, I GOTCHA I KNOW WE HAVE TO HAVE SO MUCH DONE.

I KNOW THERE WAS SOME TIME RESTRAINTS WITH THE WITH THE TIME, SO.

OH, OH. SO IS THAT GOING TO CONFLICT? I'M TRACKING NOW.

OKAY, I'M TRACKING NOW. GOOD QUESTION. I THINK IT MAY BE OKAY.

THAT'S A REAL ESTATE QUESTION FOR LEGAL. OKAY.

THERE'S A QUESTION. THIS DEALS WITH THE ACTUAL REAL ESTATE TRANSACTION BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE SOCCER PARK REGARDING THE THE SPACE.

SO THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. POSSIBLY MAKE NOTE FOR OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION TONIGHT.

OKAY. THANK YOU. I YIELD COUNCIL MEMBER MARTIN ROGERS.

I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

AND THANK YOU, MR. PINK. PINKY. WHILE WE ARE HAVING THESE COMMUNITY TALKS OR COMMUNITY CHARRETTES IS IT POSSIBLE TO INCLUDE AN ONLINE OPTION AS WELL? PEOPLE DO COME OUT. THEY DO.

BUT DEPENDING ON THE DATE, THE TIME, THE MONTH OF YEAR IT JUST MAY BE MORE FEASIBLE TO HAVE AT LEAST TWO ONLINE MEETINGS, MAYBE TWO IN PERSON, TWO IN LINE. I DON'T KNOW, BUT WE COULD TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.

ACTUALLY, THAT'S A GREAT RECOMMENDATION. BUT WE CAN WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND GET BACK WITH YOU.

THANK YOU. YEP. COUNCIL MEMBER HATTON. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER MARTIN ROGERS SORT OF ALSO TOUCHED ON THIS AS IT RELATES TO THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT COMPONENT. AND BECAUSE WE ARE CALLING THIS A MULTIPLEX, TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE APPEAL TO VARIOUS GENERATIONS IN ADDITION TO THE ONLINE OPTION. THE IN-PERSON MEETINGS, CAN WE ALSO SCHEDULE SOME THAT ARE DURING THE DAY? SOME SENIORS WOULD PREFER MAYBE TO COME TO A MEETING DURING THE DAY VERSUS THE EVENING.

JUST TO GIVE THEM THAT OPTION AS WELL. SO THE PROPOSED TIME IS ROUGHLY FROM 330 TO 730.

SO WE DID TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT. BUT IN MY SPACE I CAN KIND OF CONTROL THE TIME AT JEFFERSON REC, BUT WE'RE WORKING WITH GEORGIA SOCCER PARK, SO WE WERE GOING TO HAVE A WINDOW OF TIME THAT ACTUALLY KIND OF PLAYED TO THAT.

NOW, WE DID NOT CONSIDER A MORNING TIME, BUT WE TRIED TO GET A TIME LIKE IN BETWEEN WHERE IT'S NOT EVERYTHING AT NIGHT.

OKAY. BUT WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT IT. YEAH. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL THE GENERATIONS TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT

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SO WE'RE NOT JUST KIND OF TAKING A PASSIVE APPROACH, WAITING FOR PEOPLE TO COME OUT.

SO I'VE BEEN HERE LONG ENOUGH. I CAN'T SAY I KNOW WHERE EVERYBODY'S LOCATED, BUT WE'RE GOING TO DO A LOT OF WORK DURING THE DAY AS WELL, WITH MY STAFF GOING TO THOSE PLACES WHERE SENIORS TEND TO MIGRATE.

SO A LOT OF THINGS WE'LL BE DOING WITH WHAT TREVOR IS SPEAKING OF, WILL WE BE ABLE TO TAKE OPPORTUNITIES TO WHERE SENIORS GO? LIKE THE BIBLE CENTER, FOR EXAMPLE? WE'VE BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH THEM.

THEY KNOW THAT WE HAVE SOME THINGS COMING, BUT WE'RE LOOKING TO ACTUALLY ACTIVELY GO OVER THERE.

OUTSIDE OF THE TWO PROPOSED DATES THAT WE GAVE YOU TONIGHT.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. YEAH. ALL RIGHT.

I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER LIGHTS ON. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION AND THE UPDATE.

AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND HEARING FROM OUR RESIDENTS REGARDING THIS SPACE THAT WILL BE MULTIGENERATIONAL, A PLACE FOR EVERYONE TO ENJOY. AND WARD D SO THANK YOU AGAIN AND WE WILL MOVE TO THE NEXT ITEM WHICH IS THE WARD

[VI. 4. Water Professionals Appreciation Proclamation]

AT THIS TIME I'LL HAVE OUR WATER RESOURCE DIRECTOR.

MISS ECHEVARRIA. COME. COME IN. I KNOW I PROBABLY BUTCHERED YOUR NAME, SO I APOLOGIZE.

ECHEVARRIA. GIVE US A PRESENTATION. GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. SO, IN APPRECIATION FOR WATER PROFESSIONALS WEEK WE PREPARE A PROCLAMATION TO PRETTY MUCH ACKNOWLEDGE THE WATER PROFESSIONALS FOR THE CITY OF EASTPOINTE IN REGARDS TO STORMWATER, WASTEWATER AND WATER TREATMENT.

AND SO WE ARE HAVE DEDICATED MAY 8TH AS THAT DAY WITH FUN ACTIVITIES FOR OUR STAFF AND FOR OUTREACH ACTIVITIES FOR THE CITY OF EASTPOINTE. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP OF OUR WATER RESOURCE DEPARTMENT.

AND TO ALL THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO WORK IN THAT DEPARTMENT.

AND I'LL READ THE PROCLAMATION. ARE ANY OF YOUR OTHER STAFF HERE? YES, THEY ARE SITTING. STAND UP. I'M SO EXCITED.

COME FORWARD. YES. IT'S SHY. I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY'RE SHY, BUT THEY'RE SHY.

I DON'T HAVE ANY IDEA. SO IMMA GIVE YOU ALL TIME TO COME FORWARD WHILE I'M READING IN RECOGNITION OF WATER PROFESSIONALS APPRECIATION DAY.

WHEREAS IN 2015, THE STATE OF GEORGIA PASSED SENATE BILL 119 INTO LAW, RECOGNIZING THE FIRST MONDAY IN MAY AS WATER PROFESSIONALS APPRECIATION DAY.

THIS LEGISLATION BRINGS RECOGNITION EACH YEAR TO ALL WATER PROFESSIONALS IN THE STATE, WHILE BUILDING APPRECIATION AND SUPPORT FOR CLEAN WATER.

INVESTMENTS IN INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE CRITICALLY IMPORTANT WORK OF THOSE IN THE WATER INDUSTRY.

AND WHEREAS, THE TERM WATER PROFESSIONALS IS ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE CHOSEN TO MANAGE AND WORK IN PUBLIC WATER UTILITIES, THAT IS, THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR ENSURING THAT PUBLIC DRINKING WATER, STORM WATER AND WASTEWATER RECLAMATION SEWER SYSTEMS ARE PROPERLY MANAGED SO THAT THE WATER IS CLEAN, SAFE AND RELIABLE FOR PUBLIC CONSUMPTION, HEALTH, SAFETY, ECONOMIC GROWTH, WATER RECREATION, AND COMMUNITY STABILITY. SUSTAINABILITY.

AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF EASTPOINT, WATER PROFESSIONALS HAVE DEDICATED THEIR CAREERS TO MAINTAINING APPROXIMATELY 11,000 METERED ACCOUNTS, 164 MILES OF WATER DISTRIBUTION MAINS, 153 MILES OF SANITARY SEWER MAINS.

A ROBUST STORM WATER MANAGEMENT REGULATORY PROGRAM OF VIGOROUS ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE PROGRAM.

A COMPREHENSIVE BACKFLOW PREVENTION AND CROSS-CONNECTION CONTROL PROGRAM, AND THE PRODUCTION OF ROUGHLY 13.9 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY OF TREATED AND PURIFIED DRINKING WATER TO NEARLY 70,000 CITIZENS OF EAST POINT, COLLEGE PARK AND HAPEVILLE COMMUNITIES.

AND WHEREAS WE ACKNOWLEDGE AND RECOGNIZE THE CITY OF EAST POINT'S WATER PROFESSIONALS FOR THEIR CONSCIENTIOUS REGULATION AND OPERATION OF EAST POINT'S WATER INFRASTRUCTURE THAT HELPS PREVENT CONTAMINATION AND OTHER AVOIDABLE INCIDENTS THAT COULD NEGATIVELY IMPACT THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF THE CITY OF EAST POINT'S 38,409 RESIDENTS. THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT EDINA HOLIDAY INGRAM, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF EAST POINT, ALONG WITH THE CITY COUNCIL, HEREBY PROCLAIM MAY 8TH, 2025 AS WATER PROFESSIONALS APPRECIATION DAY IN THE CITY OF EAST POINT AND JOIN WITH THE RESIDENTS OF EAST POINT TO EXPRESS OUR DEEP GRATITUDE FOR THE DEDICATED LABORS OF OUR WATER PROFESSIONALS WHO SERVE AS OUR WATER HEROES.

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ANY OF THIS STUFF ABOUT A PHOTOGRAPHER? I DON'T SEE ANYBODY UNLESS YOU'RE GOING TO GO TAKE THE PICTURE. I DON'T KNOW IF SHE WANTED ME TO COME DOWN THERE OR NOT, BUT I THINK SO. YEAH. YEAH.

THREE ZERO.

ZERO. 60.

I DON'T HAVE IT. PERFECT. I THANK YOU ALL.

SO OUR CITY ATTORNEY HASN'T MADE IT YET, BUT SHE SHOULD BE ON HER WAY SHORTLY.

I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO MR. JONES FOR THE 50 WORST PROPERTIES PRESENTATION.

[VI. 2. 50 Worst Properties]

MR. JONES? YES. FOR I GUESS IT WOULD BE SEVERAL WEEKS AGO, COUNCIL HAD THE MANAGER'S OFFICE. EXCUSE ME. IS THIS BETTER? SEVERAL WEEKS AGO, THE CITY COUNCIL HAVE TASKED THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AND THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO GET TOGETHER AND, ASCERTAIN WHAT MIGHT BE THE BEST STEPS FORWARD AS WE LOOKED AT THE 50 WORST PROPERTIES PROGRAM.

ONCE ALSO CONSIDERED TO BE A DEPARTMENT. WE DID MEET AND MET WITH SEVERAL STAFF LOOKING AT THE DIFFERENT OPERATIONAL ASPECTS THAT THE PROGRAM HAS, AS WELL AS THE LEGAL COMPONENTS THAT THE PROGRAM NEEDS.

CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT DUE DUE TO THE NUMBER OF DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS RANGING FROM EMPLOYEES IN THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TO SUPPORT STAFF IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT THE CODE ENFORCEMENT WHICH IS UNDER OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS THE LEADERSHIP FROM A BUILDING OFFICIAL INVOLVING ASPECTS OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AND THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, THAT THE COORDINATION OF THE EMPLOYEES NEEDED TO WORK WITHIN THAT PROGRAM MADE SENSE THAT IT CONTINUED TO OPERATE IN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, OUT OF THE CITY MANAGER'S DOMAIN OF RESPONSIBILITIES.

FROM FROM THAT WE ALSO ASCERTAINED THAT ALTHOUGH THE PROGRAM HAD A NUMBER OF HIGHLIGHTS IN THE PAST THAT THERE WERE A NUMBER OF, OF CHALLENGES THAT WERE DISCOVERED ALONG THE OPERATIONS OF THIS NEWLY FORMED AT THAT TIME PROGRAM AND REQUIRED A REBOOT, IF YOU WILL, AND AN ANALYSIS OF HOW TO OVERCOME SOME OF THOSE CHALLENGES.

MAKE SURE THAT THE PROGRAM IS OPERATING WITHIN ITS LEGAL CONFINES.

AND SO STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING ON DEVELOPING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES MEASURES AND STANDARD OPERATING PRACTICES THAT WOULD GUIDE THAT PROGRAM AS IT MOVES FORWARD.

SO IN, IN, IN THAT WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THAT.

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SO THAT WAS THE THE ASPECT THAT CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN.

I'M SURE THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY WOULD HAVE SOME ASPECTS OF PARTICULARLY ON HOW TO MANEUVER CERTAIN CASES THROUGH THE LEGAL PROCESS.

THAT ALSO WOULD MAKE SENSE, BUT THAT WAS MY UPDATE.

OKAY. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING WE'RE ALSO SUPPOSED TO BE GETTING INFORMATION AROUND PROPERTY THAT THE CITY OWNS.

ARE YOU READY FOR THAT TONIGHT OR. BECAUSE I THINK WE ANTICIPATE IT WAS GOING TO BE MORE THAN THAT.

SO IF NOT, WE COULD HAVE PUT IT ON THE WORK SESSION AGENDA.

WELL, I DO KNOW THAT I DON'T WANT TO TAKE ANY THUNDER FROM COUNCILWOMAN CUMMINGS, BUT SHE HAD DONE SUBSTANTIAL WORK IN DEALING WITH SOME OF THE PROPERTIES THAT'S COME IN AS A PART OF THIS PROGRAM UNDER THE CITY'S CONTROL.

I THINK THE CITY ATTORNEY WAS ALSO DOING A DEEP DIVE INTO THE TITLE OF THOSE PROPERTIES.

THAT I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE OUTCOMES HAVE BEEN.

BUT CERTAINLY THERE'S CLAIMS THAT THE THAT THE CITY HAS IN THESE PROPERTIES.

AND I THINK COUNCILWOMAN CUMMINGS CAN GIVE SOME LIGHT TO THOSE TOO, IF SHE'S PREPARED.

COUNCIL MEMBER CLEMONS. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

CITY CLERK MCCULLOUGH. DO YOU HAVE THE ARE YOU ABLE TO PULL UP THE PRESENTATION? IS YOUR PRESENTATION FROM LAST WEEK? YES. OKAY.

AND THANK YOU. WHILE SHE'S PULLING IT UP, AND NOW, BASICALLY JUST KIND OF LET YOU ALL KNOW JUST WHAT THE PRESENTATION WILL WILL IT WHAT WILL IT CONSIST OF? SO WE DO HAVE THESE 50 THE 50 WORST PROPERTIES.

THAT'S A PROGRAM THAT'S BEEN GOING ON WITH THE CITY. AND THERE ARE SOME PROPERTIES THAT WE HAVE ACQUIRED.

AND WHAT I HAVE DONE WAS JUST SORT OF IT SORT OF WAS A SPIN OFF FROM A PRESENTATION THAT I HAD DONE A COUPLE YEARS AGO WHERE WE COULD POSSIBLY WORK WITH SOME ORGANIZATIONS, SUCH AS HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OR HOUSE PROUD. THERE'S SOME ORGANIZATIONS THAT COUNCIL MEMBER, SHROPSHIRE HAD MENTIONED AS WELL. BUT BASICALLY WE JUST WANTED TO SEE EXACTLY WHAT WE DID HAVE IN THE INVENTORY WITH THE CITY.

AND I KNOW THERE WAS A QUESTION, IT WAS THAT CAME UP TO FIND OUT IF WE ACTUALLY OWN THESE PROPERTIES.

SO THESE ARE SOME PROPERTIES THAT THE CITY DOES OWN. THEY WERE DEEDED OVER.

SO I JUST TOOK THOSE ADDRESSES FROM THAT I HAD FROM PREVIOUS YEARS AND JUST WENT TO FULTON COUNTY TAX ASSESSOR'S OFFICE AND WAS ABLE TO FIND OUT INFORMATION WITH REGARDS TO WHO ACTUALLY HELD TITLE TO THOSE PROPERTIES.

SO THE CITY OF EAST POINT 50 WORST PROPERTIES UPDATE.

AND THIS IS THE CURRENT INVENTORY THAT WE DO HAVE.

THOSE ADDRESSES ARE 2570 BLUNT STREET. 1101 GLENDALE DRIVE.

2431 JEFFERSON TERRACE. 1346 LISLE AVENUE. 1407 PINE AVENUE.

1866 WEST TAYLOR AVENUE AND 1981 WEST WOODBURY AVENUE.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO WHAT I DID WAS ACTUALLY WENT OUT AND TOOK PICTURES OF THESE PROPERTIES TO SEE EXACTLY WHAT IT IS THAT WE HAVE.

AND I PULLED INFORMATION FROM THE FULTON COUNTY TAX ASSESSOR'S OFFICE.

SO THE PROPERTY AT 2570 BLOUNT STREET, THAT IS A CURRENT PICTURE OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE NOW.

SO THAT WAS A PROPERTY THERE AND IT WAS DEMOLISHED.

SO THAT'S A CURRENT PICTURE OF IT. IF YOU GO TO THE PRINTABLE PAGE THAT THEY HAVE FROM THE TAX ASSESSOR'S OFFICE, THE OWNER, THAT'S WHAT'S IN THE HIGHLIGHTED AREA.

IT DOES SAY THAT THE CITY OF EASTPOINTE, WE DO OWN THAT PROPERTY.

AND THERE'S A COPY OF THE QUITCLAIM DEED THAT I'VE ATTACHED TO IT AS WELL THAT NOTES THAT PARTICULAR PROPERTY THERE.

SO THAT PROPERTY WAS QUITCLAIMED OVER PER CONSENT ORDER ON APRIL 18TH, 2022.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 1101 GLENDALE DRIVE. THAT PROPERTY IS STILL STANDING THERE.

AGAIN, A PRINTABLE PAGE FROM THE TAX ASSESSOR'S OFFICE.

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AND THERE'S A COPY OF THE QUITCLAIM DEED AS WELL.

AND IT STATES THAT ADDRESS 1101 GLENDALE. AND THAT WAS A DONATION AND ACCEPTANCE AGREEMENT.

AND THIS CAME FROM A MORTGAGE COMPANY ON DECEMBER OF 2021.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 2431 JEFFERSON TERRACE. THAT'S ANOTHER PROPERTY THAT'S ON THAT.

THAT'S IN THE INVENTORY. IT STATES CITY OF EAST POINT IS THE PROPERTY OWNER.

THERE'S A COPY OF THE WARRANTY DEED. THIS PROPERTY WAS DEEDED OVER TO THE CITY JUNE OF 2020.

NEXT SLIDE. 1346 LISLE AVENUE. SOMEONE IS KEEPING THAT.

WE'RE KEEPING THAT PROPERTY UP. AND LIKE I SAID, THESE PICTURES ARE ALL PICTURES.

I ACTUALLY WENT OUT JUST LAST WEEK AND PHOTOGRAPHED THOSE.

SO THESE ARE THIS IS ACTUALLY WHAT'S STANDING IN EACH ONE OF THOSE INDIVIDUAL SPACES.

PAID FROM THE TAX ASSESSOR'S OFFICE. NOTES. CITY OF EAST POINT.

AS THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY, THERE'S A QUITCLAIM DEED FOR THIS PROPERTY AS WELL.

THIS IS LISLE AVENUE. WAS DEMOLISHED BY THE CITY SEPTEMBER OF 2024, AND IT WAS DEEDED.

THE PROPERTY WAS DEEDED TO THE CITY JANUARY OF 2021.

NEXT SLIDE. PINE AVENUE IS A TRICKY ONE. THIS IS A CURRENT PICTURE OF THAT LOCATION.

FIRST AMERICAN FUNDING IS THE CURRENT OWNER OF THAT PROPERTY.

SO THE PROPERTY WAS DEEDED OVER TO THE CITY BY MR. DAVID DANIEL MAY OF 2021. NO, NO. I'M SORRY. FEBRUARY OF 2019.

NO, NO, NO. I'M SORRY. LET ME GO BACK AGAIN. MARCH OF 2018 MR. DAVID DANIEL GAVE US THIS PROPERTY WAS DEEDED OVER TO THE CITY OF EAST POINT, AND FROM THERE THE FULTON COUNTY SHERIFF ENDED UP THIS PROPERTY WENT FROM THE FULTON COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT TO SOUTHERN TAX CAPITAL COMPANY.

AND THAT WAS IN FEBRUARY OF 2019. AND FROM SOUTHERN TAX CAPITAL, IT WENT TO FIRST AMERICAN FUNDING, WHO IS NOW THE CURRENT OWNER. AND THAT WAS NOVEMBER OF 2023.

SO I KNOW IT ORIGINALLY STARTED OFF WITH THE CITY OF EAST POINT, BUT NOW FIRST AMERICAN FUNDING IS SOMEONE THAT HAS THAT.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING I GUESS WE'VE GOT TO KIND OF TAKE A DEEPER DIVE INTO TO FIND OUT EXACTLY IF THE CITY STILL OWNS THAT PROPERTY OR NOT, OR. NO. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 1866 WEST TAYLOR AVENUE.

CITY OF EAST POINT AGAIN OWNS THAT PROPERTY. AND IT WAS QUITCLAIMED OVER OCTOBER 2024.

I'M SORRY, JANUARY OF 2021. AND THERE'S A COPY OF THAT QUICK, QUICK CLAIM DEED AS WELL.

NEXT SLIDE. 1981 WEST WOODBURY. THIS IS I THINK IT'S A SIX ACRE TRACT OF LAND THAT THE CITY OWNS, AND THIS PROPERTY WAS DEEDED OVER TO THE CITY.

NOVEMBER OF 2015. SO WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOME SOME GOOD THINGS THERE.

MAYBE BUILD OUT A POTENTIALLY A NEIGHBORHOOD OR SOMETHING.

I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY, BUT I MEAN, IT IS A IT IS THERE IS ACREAGE THERE ON THAT PROPERTY.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING THERE ARE JUST SOME THINGS THAT WE CAN LOOK AT THAT WE COULD POSSIBLY DO WITH THAT PROPERTY. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO NOW WHAT'S NEXT.

NEXT THERE WAS A IN 2019 THE URBAN REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, ESTABLISHED IN 2021 TO DISCUSS THE FUTURE OF THESE PROPERTIES CURRENTLY IN THE CITY'S POSSESSION, AS WELL AS DISCUSS THE BLIGHTED PROPERTY PROGRAM.

THE PROGRAM. THE RESOLUTION DESIGNATED BY THE CITY OF EAST POINT COUNCIL IT DESIGNATED THE CITY OF EAST POINT.

I'M SORRY. THE RESOLUTION DESIGNATED THE EAST POINT CITY COUNCIL AS THE EAST POINT URBAN REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY.

BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS. PARTNERSHIPS CAN POTENTIALLY BE FORMED WITH ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS HABITAT FOR HUMANITY, HOUSE PROUD CORPORATE GIANTS SUCH AS MICROSOFT, DELTA, PORSCHE, CHICK FIL A, AND HOME DEPOT, AS WELL AS OUR LOCAL EAST POINT BUSINESSES TO MAKE HOME OWNERSHIP A REALITY FOR ANYONE.

THE POSSIBILITIES ARE ENDLESS. NEXT SLIDE. AND HERE I'VE JUST ATTACHED A COPY OF THE RESOLUTION THAT CREATED THE URBAN REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY. AND IT ALSO DESIGNATED THE CITY OF EAST POINT CITY COUNCIL AS THOSE MEMBERS.

THANK YOU. SO MY ASK THIS EVENING WOULD JUST BE THAT WE RECONVENE THE RECONVENE THE URBAN REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY SO THAT WE CAN COME TOGETHER AND FIGURE OUT WHAT WHAT THE FUTURE COULD POSSIBLY BE FOR THESE PROPERTIES. SO I'M SORRY.

I'M SORRY. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE RECONVENE THE URBAN REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY SO THAT WE CAN DISCUSS FUTURE USE OF THESE PROPERTIES.

SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED.

DISCUSSION. I DON'T RECALL THAT AGENCY OR THAT AUTHORITY BEING DISBANDED, SO I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'D HAVE TO RECONVENE IT.

IF THERE WAS NOTHING THAT DISSOLVED IT, THAT MEANS IT STILL EXISTS.

IT JUST HASN'T BEEN MEETING. THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD, I THINK IT JUST ESCAPED ME.

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AND I'M NOT SURE WHETHER OR NOT IT'S BEEN CHECKED TO SEE THAT ALL OF THESE PROPERTIES ARE WITHIN THAT.

I THINK THERE, AND I MAY BE THINKING ABOUT DDA.

I'M NOT SURE IF LEGAL HAS LOOKED AT THIS. HAS THAT THEY FIT IN THAT PARTICULAR THAT GRID AREA ON THAT MAP.

YEAH, I CAN CHECK THAT. SEE, BUT I DO HAVE A COPY OF THAT MAP TO SEE IF THEY DROP IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA.

YEAH. SO BECAUSE WE ALSO HAVE A DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, WE HAVE A BUSINESS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY. AND WE HAVE A BUILDING AUTHORITY. AND THE BUILDING AUTHORITY BY BYLAWS DEALS WITH PROPERTIES OWNED BY THE CITY.

AND SO WE JUST NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW ALL FOUR OF THESE AUTHORITIES COEXIST.

WE HAD A DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY RETREAT A COUPLE YEARS AGO.

IT'S PROBABLY TIME TO HAVE THAT AGAIN. TO BRING BY BUILDING AUTHORITY MEMBERS BY THE MEMBERS BUSINESS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY.

MEMBERS THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY. MEMBERS TOGETHER TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS BECAUSE THERE IS SOME POTENTIAL OVERLAP.

OR WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S WHERE. BUT IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, THIS URBAN REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY MIGHT HAVE A MAP THAT WAS ADOPTED WITH THE RESOLUTION THAT GIVES IT A CERTAIN SPACE.

IT COULD BE THIS ONE, OR IT COULD BE. I KNOW DDR DEFINITELY HAS ONE.

SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO THEN IS TO, I GUESS, MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO THE ORIGINAL MOTION.

IS THAT WE, SINCE YOU SAID IT WAS NEVER DISBAND, BUT FOR THE URBAN REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY TO MEET AND EVEN WITH THOSE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT TO JUST TO MEET WITH ALL THOSE ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE ALL COME TOGETHER SO THAT WE CAN DISCUSS SOMETHING WITH THESE PROPERTIES.

BECAUSE I THINK ONE, WE'VE HAD AS LONG AS 2015.

SO WE NEED TO GET TO A POINT THAT WE CAN MOVE ON THESE.

I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER SHROPSHIRE AND COUNCIL MEMBER MARTIN ROGERS HAD TALKED ABOUT POTENTIALLY USING THOSE SPACES FOR OUR POLICE FIRE. I PERSONALLY WOULD LIKE TO OPEN IT UP TO ALL OF OUR CITY EMPLOYEES JUST BECAUSE THIS HOMES TODAY, THE PRICES FOR HOMES, YOU'RE LOOKING AT THREE $400,000 AND BASED ON THE SALARY, EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE PUMPED UP THE THE MONEY THAT WE ARE GOING TO GIVE OUR EMPLOYEES, WE STILL WANT THEM TO BE ABLE TO QUALIFY TO PURCHASE HOMES.

SO I THINK THIS WOULD BE AN EXCELLENT WAY THAT WE COULD EXTEND THAT OFFER TO SOME OF OUR EMPLOYEES, SOME OF OUR EMPLOYEES, BECAUSE AND I SEE A NOD OUT OF THE AUDIENCE.

SO I KNOW SOMEBODY IS AGREEING WITH ME ON THAT, BUT I THINK IT'D BE GOOD IF WE COULD OPEN IT UP TO CITY EMPLOYEES.

BUT MAYBE A PREFERENCE OR SOMETHING OR A POINT SYSTEM FOR OUR PUBLIC SAFETY WORKERS.

I DON'T KNOW HOW WE COULD WORK THAT OUT, BUT DEFINITELY I THINK IT SHOULD BE EXTENDED TO ALL OF OUR CITY EMPLOYEES.

I'M SORRY. SO THE ASK IS THAT WE JUST THAT WE MEET WITH ALL OF OUR DIFFERENT BODIES CITY COUNCIL AND THE DIFFERENT BODIES WITH THE CITY TO FIGURE OUT SOME SORT OF WAY THAT WE CAN DO SOMETHING WITH THESE PROPERTIES.

AND I WAS JUST SPEAKING BECAUSE THE TYPICAL HOME PRICE TODAY YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THREE. 350 $400,000.

AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE HOMES, THIS GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THESE HOMES AFFORDABLE, POTENTIALLY FOR OUR CITY EMPLOYEES, AND I THINK IT SHOULD BE OPEN TO ALL CITY EMPLOYEES.

SOMEBODY IN WATER AND SEWER. SOMEONE IN PUBLIC WORKS.

I THINK THAT THAT THIS OPPORTUNITY SHOULD BE AVAILABLE TO ALL OF OUR CITY WORKERS.

SO YOUR AMENDED MOTION IS TO HAVE THE ALL OF THE CITY'S AUTHORITIES MEET.

YES. AND WE ALL WORK TOGETHER WITH THE I KNOW THE RECOMMENDATION IS THAT IT STAY WITH THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, BUT WE ALL COME TOGETHER AND WORK WITH WITH THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN MAKE THIS HOME OWNERSHIP A REALITY FOR OUR CITY EMPLOYEES.

SO THE MINUTE MOTION IS THAT THE. CITY THAT THERE BE A MEETING OF ALL OF THE CITY'S AUTHORITIES WITH THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AND COUNCIL? THAT'S CORRECT.

DOES YOUR SECOND STILL STAND, COUNCILMEMBER MITCHELL? STILL STANDS. OKAY. THE MORE PEOPLE IN FOR DISCUSSION.

SHROPSHIRE. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

I KNOW FOR YEARS SINCE THE JEFFERSON STATION WILL ACTUALLY THE ANNEX BUILDING WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT BUILDING FOR THE EMPLOYEES, THE FIRST RESPONDERS YOUR TEACHERS, YOUR DOCTOR, YOUR NURSES.

FOR YEARS WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THAT. HOW DO WE BUILD? AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE WERE THERE WAS SOMETHING THE CITY WAS WORKING WITH, AND I THINK IT WAS ATLANTA METRO COLLEGE AT THE TIME TO KIND OF

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TO DO THAT AND TO WORK WITH HABITAT AND HOUSE PROUD AS WELL AS TO HOW WE CAN DO THAT, BECAUSE I KNOW IN THE CITY OF ATLANTA, THEY WORK WITH HABITAT TO BUILD A WHOLE COMMUNITY OF HOMES, AND WE NEED TO FIND OUT HOW WE CAN DO THAT AS WELL. AND WHEN IT COMES TO 1981, WEST WOODBURY, IT IS IT USED TO HOUSE CASTLE TERRACE APARTMENTS.

AND FOR THOSE WHO MAY REMEMBER, THOSE ARE THE APARTMENTS THAT SIT ON 166 THAT WOULD FALL DOWN LITTLE BY LITTLE.

SO NOW IT'S A VACANT LOT. AND BEFORE ANY DECISION IS MADE WHEN IT COMES TO THAT PARTICULAR LOT, I DO WANT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FOR THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.

WHO'S GOING TO BE IMPACTED TO AT LEAST GIVE INPUT ON WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE ON THAT PIECE OF LAND.

BECAUSE IT IS IT USED TO BE APARTMENTS. BUT OTHER THAN THAT WE'VE ALWAYS HAD THE DISCUSSION AND I'M AND I'M GLAD TO KNOW THAT NOW. WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS PROGRAM IF WHATEVER COMES OUT TO PUT OUR FIRST RESPONDERS IN THE IN, IN THE HOMES AS WELL AS TEACHERS, NURSES DOCTORS TO HELP BUILD THE COMMUNITIES UP. SO THAT IS A GOOD THING. AND EMPLOYEES AS WELL, BECAUSE WE'VE ALWAYS HAD THAT CONVERSATION AND TALKED ABOUT DOING THAT.

FOR QUITE SOME TIME, AND I'LL YIELD COUNCIL MEMBER FREELY.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. AND THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER CUMMINGS, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

THE THE RESOLUTION WAS ONLY UP ON THE SCREEN VERY BRIEFLY.

IS IT POSSIBLE THAT WE COULD PUT THAT BACK UP JUST SO THAT WE CAN SEE SORT OF WHAT THE MANDATE, THE LANGUAGE IS THERE? WHEN I WAS ALSO THINKING OF THE PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE, BUT.

I CAN EMAIL YOU A COPY OF IT AS WELL. OKAY. I'LL EMAIL IT TO ALL MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.

OKAY. AND THEN ANOTHER QUESTION WHILE THE THE CLERK IS BRINGING THAT UP, I THINK HOW DOES THE BLIGHTED PROPERTY TASK FORCE WORK IN THIS UNIVERSE? BECAUSE WE HAVE THAT CITIZEN TASK FORCE AS WELL.

COUNCIL MEMBER FREELAND. THAT'LL BE THE MILLION DOLLAR QUESTION. I MEAN, SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE IT'S NOT BEEN THAT WE'VE NOT HAD ANY MEETINGS, SO I DON'T I THINK THE BIGGEST THING RIGHT NOW IS JUST FOR EVERYONE TO SORT OF COME TOGETHER AND FIGURE OUT WHAT WHAT COULD BE FOR THESE PROPERTIES AND THEN WHAT WOULD BE THE BEST APPROACH. I WOULD JUST LIKE FOR US TO COME TOGETHER, TO HAVE A CONVERSATION SO THAT WE COULD AT LEAST GET STARTED ON WHAT IT IS THAT WE COULD DO. I MEAN, I HAVE AN IDEA OF SOME THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT I'D LIKE TO SEE.

I SORT OF GOT THE IDEA FROM THIS ONE. WHEN WE PARTNER WITH AGENCIES SUCH AS HOUSEPROUD OR HABITAT FOR HUMANITY FROM THE CITY OF MARIETTA, AND WHAT THEY ACTUALLY DID WAS TAKE THEY HAD LAND, JUST AS WE DID, DONATED IT TO HABITAT FOR HUMANITY.

THEY USED SOME OF THEIR ARPA FUNDS TO START IT, AND THEN THEY PARTNERED WITH CORPORATE GIANTS LIKE DELTA, HOME DEPOT, AND FROM THERE THEY WERE ABLE TO HAVE PARTICIPANTS, THOSE HOMEOWNERS THAT WERE AWARDED THOSE THOSE PARTICULAR HOUSES, THEY ACTUALLY GO IN AND THEY WORK TOGETHER TO THEY DO 250 HOURS OF SWEAT EQUITY IN THEIR HOME.

AND THE GOOD THING ABOUT IT WITH, WITH THESE HOMES IS, I KNOW FOR HABITAT FOR HUMANITY.

THERE'S A 0% INTEREST ON THAT LOAN FOR THE 30 YEARS THEIR MORTGAGE PAYMENT WILL BE NO MORE.

BETWEEN 650 AND $850 FOR THE LIFE OF THE LOAN.

SO THAT IS IN ITSELF. AND JUST WITH THE CITY EMPLOYEES AND THE SALARIES THAT THEY HAVE, THAT WOULD MORE THAN MAKE THEM QUALIFY FOR, FOR THESE, UNLESS THEY HAVE A YACHT PAYMENT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, OR ONE OF THOSE BIG CAR PAYMENTS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

BUT OTHER THAN THAT, I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT WOULD WOULD WORK DEFINITELY FOR OUR CITY EMPLOYEES. BUT I THINK THE BIGGEST THING IS JUST THAT WE GET TOGETHER AND JUST COME UP WITH SOMETHING SO THAT WE CAN START TO MOVE ON IT.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS. ALL RIGHT. AND I'LL BE BRIEF.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE INCLUDING THE BUILDING AUTHORITY BOARD.

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ARE WE INCLUDING THEM? EM. YES. ALL MEMBERS. EVERYONE COME TOGETHER.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE DOWNTOWN ARCHITECTURAL OVERLAY REVIEW BOARD.

ARE THEY INCLUDED OR WAS THAT DDA? IT WAS A DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY.

BUSINESS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY. BUILDING AUTHORITY.

AND THEN THE URBAN REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY. SO THE AUTHORITIES OF THE CITY.

WHAT'S COME UP DURING DISCUSSION IS THE BLIGHTED PROPERTY TASK FORCE.

OKAY. DOWNTOWN ARCHITECTURAL OVERLAY REVIEW BOARD.

DEALS MORE WITH OUR DESIGN STANDARDS IN DOWNTOWN EAST POINT.

OKAY. AND SO THIS WAS TO A CONTINUATION OR A SECOND MEETING.

PREVIOUS FROM THE PREVIOUS MEETING, WE HAD A RETREAT WITH ALL OF THE AUTHORITIES OF THE CITY.

THE DEPARTMENT OF GEORGIA, DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS PROVIDED A FACILITATOR.

SHE ACTUALLY USED TO LIVE IN EAST POINT. I CAN'T REMEMBER HER NAME RIGHT NOW.

AND IG ELECTRIC CITIES OF GEORGIA. DARYL INGRAM, WHO'S THEIR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PERSON.

BUT I THINK HE MAY HAVE BEEN PROMOTED SINCE THEN, BUT HE CAME AND THEY BOTH KIND OF FACILITATED THAT RETREAT FOR US.

I FEEL LIKE IT WAS AT LEAST FOUR HOURS, IF NOT MORE.

AND WE HAD IT AT ONE OF THE LOCAL HOTELS. OKAY.

COUNCIL MEMBER. ATKINS? YES. IN TERMS OF THIS IS ANOTHER PIGGYBACK ON COUNCIL MEMBER MARTIN ROGERS, THE ARCHITECTURAL OVERLAY REVIEW BOARD. ALTHOUGH SOME OF THE PROPERTIES THAT COUNCIL MEMBER CUMMINGS MENTIONED THIS EVENING ARE THOSE THAT WE ARE AWARE OF.

BUT THERE COULD BE SOME OTHERS THAT COME ONLINE THAT FALL WITHIN THE DOWNTOWN AREA.

SO I ALSO WOULD LIKE AND I THINK PARTS OF CENTER PARK MAY BE WITHIN THE BOUNDARY OF THE ARCHITECTURE OVERLAY REVIEW BOARD BOUNDARY.

SO TO THE EXTENT THAT WE'RE ABLE TO INCLUDE THEM IN OUR BRAINSTORM MEETING I WOULD BE IN SUPPORT OF THAT AS WELL.

SO IF THAT'S THE DESIRE THAT WOULD NEED TO BE A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO THE MOTION THAT'S ALREADY ON THE FLOOR, THAT ONLY DEALS WITH THE AUTHORITIES TO INCLUDE THE BLIGHTED PROPERTY TASK FORCE, AS WELL AS THE DOWNTOWN ARCHITECTURAL OVERLAY REVIEW REVIEW BOARD.

MEMBER SHROPSHIRE. HERE'S MY QUESTION. AND MAYBE MISS JESSIE CAN ANSWER THIS QUESTION.

WE HAD A PROGRAM TO GET. PROGRAM? HOW DOES THAT PLAY INTO THIS RIGHT HERE.

THE GET PROGRAM IS A PROGRAM THAT FACILITATES A DEVELOPER OF OBTAINING A TAX NOT A WRITE OFF, BUT TAX CREDIT.

OKAY. AND I KNOW CENTER PARK WAS ONE OF WAS ONE PART THAT WAS PART OF THE GET PROGRAM.

AND I, I CAN'T REMEMBER THE OTHER ONES. THERE'S ONE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA TONIGHT FOR, I BELIEVE, PHASE TWO OF THE WAGON WORKS PROJECT IN DOWNTOWN WITH THOMPSON CURRY.

YES. THE GIG FOR THE COMMUNITY STANDS FOR GEORGIA INITIATIVE FOR COMMUNITY HOUSING.

IT'S A PROGRAM THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS. THE CITY WAS SELECTED SOME YEARS AGO.

THE BLIGHTED PROPERTY TASK FORCE WAS MEETING AND ASSESSED AND CAME UP WITH, I THINK, AROUND 3 TO 3, 50, 400 PROPERTIES WITHIN THE CITY OF EASTPOINTE THAT WERE BLIGHTED.

AND THEN THAT INFORMATION WAS SHARED WITH STAFF, AND AT THE SAME TIME, THERE WAS A DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT BLIGHTED PROPERTY TASK FORCE LEVEL. WE NEEDED AN INVENTORY ASSESSMENT OF THE HOUSING WITHIN THE CITY.

THE GEEK GEORGIA INITIATIVE FOR COMMUNITY HOUSING PROGRAM CAME ALONG.

THERE WAS AN INVENTORY ASSESSMENT DONE, I BELIEVE, ON CENTER PARK AND RIVER PARK.

AND MAYBE EVEN EAST WASHINGTON. YOU'LL NOTICE IN THIS RESOLUTION THAT IS BEEN ON THE SCREEN FOR SOME TIME, IT SAYS NEIGHBORHOODS KNOWN AS EAST WASHINGTON RIVER PARK, CENTER PARK AND THE LOW CONNOLLY ESTATES ARE THE AREAS THAT ARE REFERENCED ARE SHOWN IN EXHIBIT A, WHICH IS THE MAP THAT I REFERRED TO, BUT FOR THE GIG PROGRAM.

THAT THAT TOOK PLACE. I MEAN, I THINK WE WERE IN IT FOR ABOUT THREE YEARS.

THERE'S TRAINING THERE. SESSIONS WHERE THEY BRING ALL OF THE GET COMMUNITIES TOGETHER.

IN FACT, COUNCILMEMBER ATKINS WAS ON THAT COMMITTEE PRIOR TO BEING ON COUNCIL.

WE ATTENDED A CONFERENCE IN CARROLLTON, UP NORTH GEORGIA.

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I CAN'T REMEMBER THE NAME TO ASSESS THE PROPERTIES WITHIN THE CITY.

AND SO AS A PART OF THIS RETREAT, I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO REALLY BRING ALL OF THAT WORK TOGETHER IN A WAY THAT PEOPLE HAVE THE HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE, BUT ALSO THE ASSESSMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN DONE.

THERE WERE SOME COMMUNITY CHARRETTES DONE. I THINK COMPANY WAS CALLED MOSAIC, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.

THAT WERE DONE AROUND THIS AS WELL. AND THEN MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THE BYLAWS, SEVERAL OF THE AUTHORITIES, A COUPLE OF THE AUTHORITIES ARE CONSTITUTIONALLY AND STATUTORILY CREATED BY THE GEORGIA STATUTE, GEORGIA CONSTITUTION. SO JUST HAVING ALL OF THAT INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO BE ABLE TO DISCUSS IT HOLISTICALLY.

BUT AGAIN, IN ORDER FOR THERE TO BE, INCLUDED.

THE INITIAL MOTION WAS JUST FOR THE AUTHORITIES, THE CITY MANAGER AND COUNCIL.

IF THERE IS A DESIRE TO ADD THE BLIGHTED PROPERTY TASK FORCE MEMBERS, THE MAJORITY OF WHOM ARE COUNCIL MEMBERS.

WELL, THREE ARE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THEN ONE PER WARD.

AS WELL AS THE DOWNTOWN ARCHITECTURAL OVERLAY REVIEW BOARD, THAT CAN EITHER BE DONE BY A SUBSTITUTE MOTION THAT RESTATES THE ENTIRE MOTION ADDING THEM, OR A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO THE MOTION THAT IS ALREADY ON THE FLOOR.

COUNCIL MEMBER SHROPSHIRE. THANK YOU. AND I'LL DO THAT IF WE CAN GATHER ALL THE INFORMATION FROM THE JET PROGRAM AS WELL TO BE INCLUDED.

I THINK. WHO ARE THE CURRENT MEMBERS ON THE AUDIT COMMITTEE? I DON'T KNOW THEM VERBATIM, BUT I DO KNOW THAT SOME OF THE MEMBERS ON THE ORIGINAL COMMITTEE HAVE DROPPED OFF.

SO THERE MAY BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADD MEMBERS.

THERE WERE, AS I UNDERSTAND THREE COUNCIL MEMBERS, 2 OR 3 COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO WENT THROUGH THE TRAINING.

SO THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT OR SUBSTITUTE WOULD BE TO HAVE A RETREAT WITH THE CITY'S AUTHORITIES, ALL OF THE AUTHORITIES, THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, COUNCIL AND THE BLIGHTED PROPERTY TASK FORCE, DOWNTOWN ARCHITECTURE OVERLAY REVIEW BOARD AND THE GEEK MEMBERS GEORGE INITIATIVE FOR COMMUNITY HOUSING.

THAT CAN EITHER BE DONE BY A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT OR A SUBSTITUTE MOTION.

WOULD YOU ACCEPT THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT? DOES THE SECOND STILL STAND? COUNCIL MEMBER MITCHELL. THE SECOND STILL STANDS.

ALL RIGHT, THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR IS THAT WE HAVE A RETREAT WITH ALL OF THE CITY AUTHORITIES AS WELL AS THE.

CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, COUNCIL, BLIGHTED PROPERTY TASK FORCE, DOWNTOWN ARCHITECTURE OVERLAY REVIEW BOARD AND THE GEEK COMMITTEE MEMBERS.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.

GIVEN THE CONVENING OF ALL OF COUNCIL, THAT WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE TO BE A SPECIAL CALL MEETING.

SO AS YOU WORK THROUGH PLANNING, THAT WILL NEED TO BRING THAT FORWARD FOR A DATE.

OR WE CAN DO A SPECIAL CALL MEETING OUTSIDE OF THE MEETING.

TO SET SET THE DATE AND COORDINATE. WE CAN SET A SPECIAL CALL MEETING WITHOUT A MEETING.

SO YOU CAN EITHER DO IT AT THE MEETING OR IT'S THE CALL OF.

I FORGOT THE NUMBER OF COUNCIL MEMBERS I THINK IS THREE, BUT WE CAN SET IT.

WE NEED TO SET A SPECIAL CALL MEETING FOR IT.

OOPS. THAT'S FINE. I WILL ALSO, SINCE I'M NEW LEARNING ALL THE DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS, I'LL SEND OUT AN EMAIL TO MAKE SURE THAT I COVERED EVERYTHING THAT WAS JUST COVERED IN THE MOTION.

OKAY. THANK YOU. NEXT UP, COMMITTEE REPORTS. DO WE HAVE COMMITTEE REPORTS FROM ANY OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS ON THE BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE AND OR

[VII. COMMITTEE REPORTS]

[VIII. ADOPTION OF THE COUNCIL AGENDA]

WHEN WE HELD IT, I THOUGHT THERE WAS A SECOND PUBLIC HEARING BEING HELD.

WE HELD A PUBLIC HEARING AS ADVERTISED ON APRIL 14TH AT 6:30 P.M..

SO THERE WAS NOT ANOTHER ADVERTISEMENT. SO I'VE BEEN INFORMED THAT THIS ITEM SHOULD BE REMOVED FROM THE AGENDA.

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CAN WE GET A MOTION TO ADOPT THE AGENDA REMOVING ITEM NUMBER SIX? MADAM MAYOR. COUNCILOR, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ADOPT THE AGENDA REMOVING ITEM NUMBER SIX.

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 IS APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

[IX. APPROVAL OF CITY COUNCIL MINUTES]

COUNCIL MEMBER, SHROPSHIRE. MADAM MAYOR, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING ON APRIL THE 7TH.

SO MOVED. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED.

ANY DISCUSSION? DISCUSSION. COUNCIL MEMBER. ZIEGLER.

MY LAST NAME IS SPELLED WRONG. A COUPLE TIMES IN THE MINUTES.

SO FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO CORRECT THE SPELLING OF MY LAST NAME.

IN THE MINUTES OF THE MEETING. COUNCIL MEMBER.

SHROPSHIRE. DO YOU ACCEPT THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT? YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. FREELY. DOES THE SECOND STILL STAND? IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.

NEXT, WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING. THE FIRST ONE IS A REGULAR PUBLIC HEARING.

[X. 5. Council Discussion and Possible Action on Alcohol License for Consumption on Premises at Sunshine Blue Waters, LLC (UBAR) (3515 Camp Creek Parkway) - Public Hearing Required]

MADAM MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. PUBLIC HEARINGS SHALL BE ADVERTISED AS PER 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 I GET A PUBLIC HEARING TO OPEN THE REQUEST FOR ALCOHOL LICENSE FOR CONSUMPTION ON PREMISES AT SUNSHINE BLUE WATERS LLC, U BAR 3515 CAMP CREEK PARKWAY. SO MOVED.

IS THERE A SECOND? IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED.

ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. MR. JONES, PRIOR TO HAVING SPEAKERS COME UP, I'M GOING TO HAVE STAFF GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF THIS ITEM.

YES, I WASN'T SURE. YES. I'LL HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.

WALK US THROUGH THAT. RIGHT. YEAH. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

NAOMI LEWIS IS APPLYING FOR AN ALCOHOL LICENSE FOR CONSUMPTION ON PREMISE OF AN EXISTING BUSINESS AT THE U BAR LOCATED AT 3515 CAMP CREEK PARKWAY.

MISS LEWIS IS THE REGISTERED AGENT OF AN EXISTING BUSINESS AND HAS NO HISTORY WITH THE CITY OF EASTPOINTE.

MISS LEWIS. LEWIS HAS PASSED A BACKGROUND PROCESS, ADHERED TO ADVERTISEMENT REQUIREMENTS, AND OBEY ALL BYLAWS REQUIRED AS A NEW APPLICANT.

HOWEVER, ON THE BUSINESS SIDE, THE BUSINESS LICENSE.

ARE NOT IN COMPLIANCE. AND THE DEPARTMENT, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS ASKING THAT THE ISSUANCE OF THE LICENSE.

THE LICENSE BE DEFERRED UNTIL THE BUSINESS LICENSE ARE UP TO DATE AND IN COMPLIANCE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. ANYONE DESIRING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF ISSUANCE OF AN ALCOHOL LICENSE FOR CONSUMPTION ON PREMISES AT 3515 CAMP CREEK PARKWAY.

PLEASE COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME. IT'S A PUBLIC HEARING.

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THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. ANYONE DESIRING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE APPLICATION IS THE APPLICANT HERE? IF YOU'RE HERE, THIS WILL BE YOUR TIME TO SPEAK IF YOU'D LIKE TO.

IF NOT, I'M GOING TO MOVE TO THE OPPOSITION, IF THERE'S ANY.

GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, TERRY BAILEY, ATTORNEY, ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT.

MY ADDRESS IS 221 PEACHTREE ROAD NORTHEAST, SUITE D 341, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, 30309.

WE DIDN'T STEP UP HERE EARLIER BECAUSE AS MENTIONED THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S RECOMMENDED DEFERRAL OF THE APPLICATION.

SO FOR THAT PURPOSES, WE'RE NOT IN OPPOSITION OF DEFERRAL FOR THAT REASON.

THANK YOU. AND HI, I JUST WANT TO INTRODUCE MYSELF.

I'M NAOMI LEWIS, THE APPLICANT. SO NICE TO MEET YOU.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING. ANYONE ELSE DESIRING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR? IT'S THE PUBLIC HEARING. ANYONE DESIRING TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO THE ALCOHOL LICENSE FOR CONSUMPTION ON PREMISES AT THE U.

BAR, 3515 CAMP CREEK PARKWAY. PLEASE COME FORWARD.

AT THIS TIME. ANYONE DESIRING TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION, PLEASE COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME.

ANYONE DESIRING TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION. CAN I GET A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? IS THERE A SECOND? IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED.

ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED.

CAN WE GET A MOTION? MOTIONS FOR DISCUSSION ON THE ALCOHOL.

LICENSE FOR CONSUMPTION ON PREMISES AT 3515 CAMP CREEK PARKWAY.

IS THERE A SECOND? IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED.

ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION TO OPEN THE FLOOR? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.

I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO OUR ATTORNEY. DEPUTY ATTORNEY.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. IT'S THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT'S RECOMMENDATION TO DEFER UNTIL THE BUSINESS OWNER CAN BE IN COMPLIANCE. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER MITCHELL.

YEAH, I WAS GOING TO ASK, WHAT'S THE ISSUE WITH THE BUSINESS LICENSE OR WHAT CONCERNS WHAT'S KEEPING IT FROM BEING IN COMPLIANCE, I GUESS. SO THE BUSINESS LICENSE WERE NEVER PUT IN MISS NAOMI'S NAME.

SO WHAT WOULD BE THE CORRECTIVE ACTION? IT JUST HAS TO.

SO MR. BAILEY CAN UPDATE YOU ON THAT? I'M NOT SURE WHAT HAPPENED.

GOOD. GOOD EVENING. THE CORRECTIVE ACTION IS TO OBTAIN THE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY AND HAVE THE LICENSE TRANSFERRED OVER.

SO WE BELIEVE THAT'D BE WE'D BE ABLE TO DO SO PRIOR TO THE NEXT HEARING.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANKS. COUNCIL MEMBER.

SHROPSHIRE. THANK YOU. SO LET ME ASK YOU THIS BECAUSE THEY'RE CURRENTLY SERVING ALCOHOL UNDER THE OLD BUSINESS.

CORRECT? CORRECT. SO WHAT HAPPENED? SO WHERE DOES THAT.

SO, MISS. MISS LEWIS. MISS NAOMI LEWIS, SHE IS THE ALCOHOL LICENSEE.

SHE'S ON THE ALCOHOL LICENSE. BUT THE BUSINESS IS NOT IN HER NAME.

OKAY. UNDER THE CURRENT ALCOHOL LICENSE. CORRECT.

OKAY. THANK YOU. SO THE DEPARTMENT POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS RECOMMENDED DEFERRAL.

AND LEGAL HAS JOINED IN THAT RECOMMENDATION. I THINK A MOTION TO POSTPONE ACTION ON THE ALCOHOL LICENSE FOR CONSUMPTION ON PREMISES AT 3515 CAMP CREEK PARKWAY UNTIL THE APPLICATION IS PRESENTED TO COUNCIL BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WOULD BE IN ORDER AT THIS TIME. SO MOVED. SECOND.

MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THE ITEM IS DEFERRED.

[X. 7. P2024U-001-10 Use Permit Request to Develop 2 (Two) Warehouse and Distribution Buildings with Concurrent Variance P2025V-001-03 at 0 Welcome All Road in the I-1 (Light Industrial) Zoning District PUBLIC HEARING REQUIRED]

PUBLIC HEARING PROCEDURES. BEFORE ADOPTING ANY CHANGE TO THE ZONING MAP OR 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 BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL.

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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 APPLICANT'S DESIGNEE 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 A 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 INDIVIDUAL SPEAKER.

OTHER THAN THE ZONING APPLICANT, THE ZONING APPLICANT MAY RESERVE A PORTION OF HIS ALLOTTED TIME FOR REBUTTAL.

SPEAKERS MUST ADHERE TO 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 A SPEAKER THE RIGHT TO CONTINUE IF, AFTER FIRST BEING CAUTIONED, THE SPEAKER CONTINUES TO VIOLATE THE RULES OF DECORUM.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CAN I GET A MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON.

P20242. DASH 001. DASH ONE ZERO. USE PERMIT TO DEVELOP TWO WAREHOUSE AND DISTRIBUTION BUILDINGS WITH CONCURRENT VARIANCE.

P20250010380. WELCOME ALL ROLL IN THE I ONE. LIGHT INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICT? YES. SO MOVED THERE A SECOND. 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.. JONES I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO YOU FOR STAFF TO HAVE.

WE HAVE A PRESENTATION PRIOR TO OPENING FOR COMMENTS.

THANK YOU. MAYOR. WE'LL HAVE DIRECTOR SMITH WITH OUR PLANNING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.

WALK US THROUGH THIS. THANK YOU, MR. CITY MANAGER JONES.

GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR AND FELLOW COUNCIL.

KIMBERLY SMITH AND I ALSO HAVE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, MR. LEE KELLY, WITH US TODAY IN REFERENCE TO THIS ITEM.

PROPERTY LOCATED AT WELCOME ZERO. WELCOME ALL ROAD CASE NUMBER P202500103 THREE AND P2 024U-01.

DASH ONE ZERO. THE APPLICANT IS GREYSTAR. JOHN HOBART AND THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY ZONED I-1.

EXCUSE ME, I-1 LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT. THE REQUEST IS A USE PERMIT WITH A CONCURRENT VARIANCE, AND THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TO DEVELOP A APPROXIMATELY A 21 ACRE SITE WITH TWO WAREHOUSE AND DISTRIBUTION BUILDINGS TOTALING APPROXIMATELY 219FT² IN AREA AND A LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT.

THE. THE CASE ALSO HAS A CONCURRENT VARIANCE ASSOCIATED WITH IT, AND PURSUANT TO SECTION TEN 2079 D TO ALLOW DEVELOPMENT WITHIN ONE MILE DISTANCE REQUIREMENT FOR RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY.

THE ZONING OF THE PROPERTY AS STATED IS LIGHT INDUSTRIAL I-1.

THIS IS A MAP DISPLAYING THE DISTANCES AND THE DISTANCES TO RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES.

THE GREEN CIRCLES WILL HIGHLIGHT ALL OF THE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES WITHIN THE VICINITY OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.

THIS MAP ALSO PROVIDES VICINITY INFORMATION. IT PROVIDES FOR DISTANCES OF RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES.

YOU WILL SEE ON THE MAP. AS NOTED, THERE ARE A PLETHORA OF DISTANCES THAT LIE WITHIN A MILE OF SAID PROPERTY. THIS IS A MAP OF OUR LAND USE, AND IT SHOWS THAT THE PROPERTY HAS AN INDUSTRIAL SUBAREA,

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THERE ARE A PLETHORA OF USES THAT ARE ALLOWED PURSUANT TO OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

SOME OF THOSE USES ENCOURAGE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL OFFICE PARK USES, INDUSTRIAL AREAS IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO RESIDENTIAL USES, AND SHOULD BE ALIGNED WITH OUR C2 ZONING, DISTRICT CLASSIFICATIONS AND OUR NEWEST ZONING DISTRICT, WHICH IS THE CI ZONING DISTRICT. THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND STAFF WAS TO DENY THE USE PERMIT AND THE VARIANCE APPLICATION FOR WAREHOUSE AND DISTRIBUTION DUE TO UNCERTAINTIES ABOUT DETAILED TRAFFIC STUDY INFORMATION, POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE IMPACTS SUCH AS NOISE, LIGHTS, TRACTOR TRAILER TRAFFIC, AIR QUALITY AND WATER. PURSUANT TO THE USES AND RESIDENTIAL USES WITHIN THE VICINITY.

STAFF DID HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY WITH THE USE PERMIT COMING BEFORE THIS BODY OF LAST MONTH TO PROVIDE FOR CONDITIONS THAT COULD BE PLACED ON THE PROPERTY.

IF IT IS THE WILL OF THIS COUNCIL TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL.

AND I'D LIKE TO SHARE THOSE CONDITIONS WITH YOU IF I CAN.

THE FIRST CONDITION THAT WE HAVE IS DEVELOPMENT TO PROVIDE FIVE FEET SIDEWALKS AT THE BACK OF THE CURB ALONG THE ENTIRE PROPERTY FRONTAGE.

CONDITION NUMBER TWO DEVELOPMENT IS TO PROVIDE ADA RAMPS AND RELATED STRIPING ASSOCIATED WITH PEDESTRIAN CROSSWALKS AT ALL PROPOSED DRIVEWAYS.

CONDITION NUMBER THREE DEVELOPMENT IS TO PROVIDE FOR A MINIMUM RADII OF 35 OF 35FT AT THE BACK OF THE CURB FOR ALL PROPOSED DRIVEWAYS.

CONDITION NUMBER FOUR DEVELOPMENT IS TO DESIGN EGRESS AND EGRESS, INGRESS AND EGRESS TO THE SITE TO MEET MINIMUM DRIVEWAY SPACING OF ONE OF 125FT. CONDITION NUMBER FIVE DEVELOPMENT IS TO BE DESIGNED SUCH THAT THE MAXIMUM LOT COVERAGE FOR THE SITE NOT TO EXCEED ANY INDUSTRY STANDARD OF 75%. COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL PROJECTS.

CONDITION NUMBER SIX. DEVELOPMENT IS TO PROVIDE CONNECTIVITY WITH THE PROPOSED SIDEWALKS AT THE STREET TO THE PROPOSED BUILDING.

CONDITION NUMBER SEVEN. DEVELOPMENT IS TO PROVIDE A TRAFFIC STUDY.

CONDITION NUMBER EIGHT. PROJECT IS TO ADHERE TO SECTION TEN 2067 WAREHOUSE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT.

ITEM NUMBER C, WHICH IS PROCEDURES, LETTER D DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AND COMMUNITY BENEFITS THROUGH DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.

CONTRACT. IN CONDITION NUMBERS. NUMBERS. ADDITIONAL CONDITION DEVELOPMENTS TO PROVIDE CONNECTIVITY TO SIDEWALKS.

I'VE READ THAT ONE ALREADY. I JUST WANTED TO READ NUMBER EIGHT.

AGAIN. SO YOU COULD BETTER SEE WHAT SECTIONS OF THE WAREHOUSE ZONING DISTRICT WE'RE LOOKING AT TO IMPOSE.

AND AGAIN, IT'S LETTER C PROCEDURES, LETTER D SITE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, LETTER E TRANSPARENCY REQUIREMENTS, LETTER F ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE CLAUSE AND LETTER H COMMUNITY BENEFITS OF THE WAREHOUSE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT.

THAT'S THE CONCLUSION OF OUR PRESENTATION. THANK YOU.

AT THIS TIME, PER OUR RULES, I WILL INVITE THE APPLICANT OR THE APPLICANT'S REPRESENTATIVE REPRESENTATIVE TO SPEAK FIRST IN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE FOUR SIDE.

IT IS NOW 8:00, SO MAKE SURE WE KEEP THE TIMER.

GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

TO CLARIFY, AM I LIMITED TO A THREE MINUTE? SO YOU'RE NOT LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES.

THE TOTAL FOR AND AGAINST, PER THE RULES THAT WERE READ IS 15 MINUTES PER SIDE.

OKAY. AND SO IF WHEN WE GET TO 15 MINUTES, I WILL SEE IF THERE'S ANYBODY ELSE WHO'D LIKE TO SPEAK.

AND THEN COUNCIL WILL HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THEY WILL INCREASE THE TIME.

AND BOTH SIDES WILL HAVE THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME.

YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I AM MARVIN ARRINGTON JUNIOR HERE TONIGHT WITH MY ATTORNEY HAT ON.

ON BEHALF OF GREYSTAR, THE APPLICANT WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

WE KNOW THAT THESE ISSUES ARE DIFFICULT AND CHALLENGING ONES FOR YOU ALL.

AND WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SERVICE TO THE RESIDENTS OF EAST POINT.

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AND THE VARIANCE IS FROM SECTION TEN 2079D OF THE EASTPOINT ZONING ORDINANCES.

AND THE REASON THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR THIS VARIANCE IS SPECIFICALLY AND WE BELIEVE THAT BASED UPON THE CONDITIONS OF THE LOT, THAT THEY ARE ENTITLED TO THE VARIANCE. THE VARIANCE, THE THE CODE SECTION, THE ORDINANCE READS BY REASON OF EXCEPTIONAL NARROWNESS, SHALLOWNESS OR SHAPE OF SPECIFIC LOT, OR BY REASON OF EXCEPTIONAL, EXCEPTIONAL TOPOGRAPHIC CONDITIONS NOT CREATED BY THE OWNER OR APPLICANT. THE STRICT APPLICATION OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS ORDINANCE.

AND OF THAT ORDINANCE WOULD DIVIDE, DEPRIVE THE PROPERTY OWNER OF THE RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES ENJOYED BY OTHER PROPERTY OWNERS.

BASICALLY, THIS LOT HAS ALREADY BEEN GRADED. IT ALREADY HAS UTILITIES FOR A WAREHOUSE.

ALL OF THAT WAS DONE BACK IN 2018. THE LOT IS ZONED FOR LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.

NOT W ONE. AND SO MY CLIENTS CERTAINLY WOULD OBJECT.

I THINK THEY ARE FINE WITH DOING THE FIRST SEVEN STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS.

BUT THE EIGHTH RECOMMENDATION WOULD BASICALLY CHANGES THE ZONING OF THE PROPERTY FROM LIGHT INDUSTRIAL TO WH1.

AND SO WE DON'T BELIEVE THAT THAT IS APPROPRIATE.

AND THAT THAT WOULD FURTHER DEPRIVE THEM OF THEIR RIGHTS UNDER THE CONSTITUTION.

BUT AGAIN, THEY ARE READY, WILLING AND ABLE TO COMPLY WITH THE FIRST SEVEN OF THOSE CONDITIONS.

WE BELIEVE THAT THIS IS THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE FOR THIS LAND.

IT IS ALREADY INSIDE AN EXISTING INDUSTRIAL PARK.

AND REASONS SUCH AS TRAFFIC NOISE AND THOSE REASONS ARE NOT ALLOWED PURSUANT TO YOUR OWN ORDINANCE, ARE NOT ALLOWED TO BE CONSIDERED INSIDE OF THIS PARK.

ADDITIONALLY, THERE IS AN HOA INDUSTRIAL HOA THAT IMPOSES EVEN FURTHER ADDITIONAL RULES AND DOES NOT ALLOW THEM TO HAVE ANY TYPE OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OR ANYONE THERE THAT WOULD BE DOING SOMETHING WITH ANY TYPE OF TOXIC FUMES OR TOXIC WASTE.

SO WE THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR TIME. AND CERTAINLY MY CLIENT IS GOING TO RESERVE ALL THEIR RIGHTS, AND WE WOULD LIKE TO RESERVE AT LEAST TWO MINUTES AT THE END FOR REBUTTAL.

THANK YOU, MR. ARRINGTON. AND THANK YOU, COUNCIL AGAIN.

AND, MADAM MAYOR AS AN INDUSTRIAL REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER, WE LOOK FOR, FOR LAND WITH A VERY SPECIFIC CRITERIA.

LAND THAT IS ZONED INDUSTRIAL AND LAND THAT IS ONLY SURROUNDED BY INDUSTRIAL PROPERTIES, WHETHER THAT BE AN EXISTING INDUSTRIAL BUILDING OR INDUSTRIAL ZONED LAND. THIS THIS PROPERTY MEETS THAT CRITERIA PERFECTLY.

YOU CAN SEE THE THE PIECE OF LAND HIGHLIGHTED HERE IN WHITE.

IT IS A 21 ACRE PIECE OF LAND THAT IS ZONED INDUSTRIAL.

AND AS AS MR. ARRINGTON MENTIONED, HAS THE SITE HAS ALREADY BEEN DEVELOPED FOR AN INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT WITH RETAINING WALLS, RETENTION PONDS STORM SEWER TOPS AND HAS BEEN GRADED FOR AN INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT.

I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT DESPITE THE ADDRESS LISTED ON THE TAX RECORDS, THIS PROPERTY HAS NO FRONTAGE ON.

WELCOME ALL. BEN HILL ROAD. IT IS TUCKED BACK INTO SOUTH MEADOW INDUSTRIAL PARK.

AN EXISTING INDUSTRIAL PARK WITH A GOVERNING ASSOCIATION WITH NOTHING ON THAT ROAD OTHER THAN INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT.

THE VARIANCE IS NEEDED BECAUSE OUR PROPERTY IS NOT MORE THAN A MILE FROM ANY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY.

I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE, THERE IS NOT ANY PARCEL OF LAND IN THE CITY OF EASTPOINTE THAT IS OVER A MILE AS THE CROW FLIES FROM ANY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY. I MEASURED EVERY EXISTING WAREHOUSE IN EAST POINT AND HOW FAR IT IS FROM RESIDENTIAL. THE CLOSEST I COULD FIND WAS, OR THE FURTHEST I COULD FIND WAS 2400FT.

SO LESS THAN HALF OF THAT MILE REQUIREMENT FROM RESIDENTIAL.

THE CITY STAFF HAS LISTED A NUMBER OF REASONS FOR THE RECOMMENDATION FOR DENIAL.

A NUMBER OF THESE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE IN DIRECT CONTRADICTION TO SECTION 1027, NINE, 2079 OF THE I-1 ZONING ORDINANCE LANGUAGE ADOPTED BY THIS BODY AND WRITTEN INTO LAW. THIS SECTION READS THAT THE INTENT OF THIS SECTION IN ESTABLISHING THE I-1 DISTRICT IS TO PROVIDE AREAS WITHIN THE CITY FOR THE MANUFACTURE, STORAGE, SALE AND DISTRIBUTION OF GOODS AND THE CONDUCT OF RELATED COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES.

EXACTLY WHAT WE ARE INTENDING TO DO. THE I-1 DISTRICT IS COMPRISED OF EXISTING INDUSTRIAL AREAS THAT ARE LOCATED ON, OR HAVE READY ACCESS TO MAJOR THOROUGHFARE THOROUGHFARES AND OR RAIL FACILITIES, AND ARE WELL ADAPTED TO INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND ARE NOT OBJECTIONABLE BY REASONS OF

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AGAIN, THAT COMES FROM THE CITY'S CODE, WHICH IS WRITTEN INTO LAW.

THE CITY'S REASONS FOR DENIAL INCLUDE A DETAILED TRAFFIC STUDY FOR THE CITY CODE.

A TRAFFIC STUDY IS NOT REQUIRED FOR A DEVELOPMENT OF OUR SIZE, WHICH IS WHY WE DID NOT COMPLETE A COMPREHENSIVE TRAFFIC STUDY, ALTHOUGH WE DID DO KIND OF A DESKTOP REVIEW. BUT WE ARE WILLING TO DO ONE MOVING FORWARD WHICH IS ONE OF THE CONDITIONS RECOMMENDED BY THE CITY STAFF.

CONCERNS ABOUT NOISE IS ONE REASON LISTED PER SECTION 1020, 79.

OUR DEVELOPMENT IS NOT OBJECTIONABLE FOR THIS REASON.

CONCERNS ABOUT TRAFFIC PER SECTION TEN 2079. OUR DEVELOPMENT IS NOT OBJECTIONABLE FOR THIS REASON.

CONCERNS ABOUT LIGHTS. WE WILL FOLLOW THE CITY CODE CONCERNING LIGHTS.

AIR QUALITY. WATER QUALITY. YOU KNOW, THE LAST THING WE WANT IN OUR BUILDING IS AN ENVIRONMENTALLY DIFFICULT TENANT.

PLUS, AS I'LL SHOW YOU HERE IN A MINUTE, PER THE USE RESTRICTIONS OF THE ASSOCIATION WE ARE GOVERNED BY, THESE USES ARE NOT ALLOWED. LASTLY, CONCERNS ABOUT SIDEWALKS, LOT COVERAGE AND DRIVEWAY SPACES.

OUR SITE PLAN WAS DESIGNED TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE EXISTING I-1 EASTPOINT CODE IN ALL OF THESE AREAS.

SOME OF THE RECOMMENDED THE RECOMMENDED CONDITIONS OF OUR APPROVAL ARE, YOU KNOW, GOING EVEN FURTHER ON THE SIDEWALKS AND DRIVEWAY SPACING THAT, THAT THE CODE CURRENTLY REQUIRES.

AND WE ARE HAPPY TO COMPLY WITH THOSE. THE EIGHT CONDITIONS WERE BROUGHT UP ON APRIL 17TH, FOUR DAYS AGO AS WE'VE BEEN YOU KNOW, AT THIS FOR ABOUT SIX MONTHS NOW.

HOWEVER, WE ARE OPEN TO ITEMS ONE THROUGH SEVEN, AS MR. ARRINGTON MENTIONED, BUT ITEM EIGHT RECOMMENDS THAT WE ADHERE TO ALL PROCEDURES OF THE DISTRICT.

THIS IS NOT A REZONE, BUT A SPECIAL USE PERMIT WITH A VARIANCE.

SO WE ASK THAT ITEM EIGHT NOT BE CONSIDERED A REQUIREMENT OF OUR APPROVAL.

THE REASON FOR THIS IS SOME OF THE CONDITIONS OF THIS DISTRICT WOULD, WOULD BE THE SAME AS A DENIAL.

THEY JUST ARE ABOVE AND BEYOND AND WOULD MAKE THE DEVELOPMENT OUTRAGEOUSLY EXPENSIVE, TO BE HONEST.

ONE OF THESE REQUIREMENTS IS A GREEN ROOF, WHICH MEANS OUR ROOF WOULD BE COVERED WITH GRASS AND PLANTS.

ANOTHER REQUIREMENT IS ALL PARKING AREAS AND ROAD ROADWAYS TO BE BUILT WITH PAVERS.

PICTURE LIKE A COBBLESTONE PARKING LOT. THE BUILDING TO BE BUILT OUT OF BRICK AND STONE, WHICH IS NOT TYPICAL IN OUR INDUSTRIAL INDUSTRY.

WE WOULD WE WOULD BE BUILT WITH TILT WALL CONCRETE JUST LIKE EVERY OTHER FACILITY. AND ANOTHER EXAMPLE, PARTNERING WITH LOCAL MEDICAL TEAMS TO CONDUCT REGULAR MEDICAL MONITORING ON AFFECTED COMMUNITIES AND PROVIDING TREATMENT.

YOU KNOW, WE ARE JUST NOT IN THE MEDICAL INDUSTRY HERE.

I'LL GO A LITTLE FURTHER INTO OUR SLIDES. AS IT RELATES TO CONCERNS ABOUT TRUCK TRAFFIC THERE'S EXISTING SIGNAGE DIRECTING ALL TRUCKS TO TURN LEFT OUT OF SOUTH EAST PARKWAY AND TWO ADDITIONAL SIGNS REMINDING TRUCKS THAT THEY ARE NOT TO TO TRAVEL THIS DIRECTION.

SOME DEVELOPMENT BENEFITS. CURRENTLY, THERE'S ABOUT $6,400 IN PROPERTY TAXES ON THIS VACANT LAND.

WE WOULD INCREASE THAT BY 1,100%, PROVIDING OVER 100,000 TO THE CITY OF EASTPOINT ANNUALLY.

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR LOCAL RESIDENTS AND SALES TAX GENERATION TO THE COMMUNITY.

THIS HIGHLIGHTS THE ASSOCIATION USE RESTRICTIONS THAT, YOU KNOW, GO GO EVEN FURTHER THAN THE CITY OF EASTPOINTE RESTRICTIONS ON OUR DEVELOPMENT.

WE CANNOT DO ANYTHING THAT WOULD MATERIALLY INCREASE THE TRAFFIC, CREATE VIBRATIONS, NOISE, ODOR OR OTHER ADVERSE EFFECTS BEYOND THE BOUNDARY OF THE SITE, CREATING SUBSTANTIAL LIKELIHOOD OF WASTE, CONSTITUTE ANY DANGEROUS OR UNSAFE USE OR INVOLVE THE GENERATION, TREATMENT, STORAGE OR DISPOSAL OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES.

THE TARGET BUSINESSES ARE IN THE 20 TO 40,000 SQUARE FOOT RANGE.

SIMILAR WAREHOUSES IN THE AREA ARE 300 TO 600,000FT², VERY LARGE USERS WITH A VERY HEAVY TRAFFIC IMPACT.

BUT WE'RE TARGETING THESE SMALLER USES, ENSURING A LIGHTER OPERATIONAL FOOTPRINT.

HERE'S SOME PICTURES OF SIMILAR SIZED INDUSTRIAL USERS IN THE AREA.

YOU CAN SEE A NUMBER OF AUTOMOBILES PARKED OUT FRONT DEMONSTRATING THE THE NUMBER OF JOBS WE COULD PROVIDE.

AND THEN IF YOU LOOK AT THE TRUCK COURTS, THERE'S VERY LITTLE TRUCK TRAFFIC ASSOCIATED WITH THESE USES.

AS I MENTIONED, WE HAVE PERFORMED SOME SIDE IMPACT STUDIES, KIND OF A DESKTOP TRAFFIC STUDY THAT DEEMED OUR DEVELOPMENT TO BE OF LOW IMPACT, AND ALSO A NOISE STUDY THAT ALSO DEEMED OUR DEVELOPMENT TO BE OF LOW IMPACT.

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AND WE ARE ASKING THIS BODY TO APPROVE THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT AND VARIANCES AND VARIANCE WITH CONDITIONS ONE THROUGH SEVEN ATTACHED, BUT NOT CONDITION EIGHT AS AS INCLUDING CONDITION EIGHT WOULD REALLY JUST BE THE SAME AS A DENIAL OF OUR PROJECT.

AND I'LL RESERVE MY RIGHT TO REBUTTAL. AND I THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME.

ANYONE ELSE DESIRING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE SPECIAL USE AND VARIANCE REQUEST? GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR. COUNCILMAN. COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS JEROME WILLIAMS. I ADDRESS 32 FALL CREEK LANE, DALLAS, 30132.

I AM THE SITE DIRECTOR OF MARTIN-BROWER, WHICH IS A NEIGHBOR OF THIS PARTICULAR SITE, AND WE SUPPORT THE PURCHASE OF THE SALE, THE PROJECT. THAT'S THAT'S BEFORE YOU TODAY.

YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I REALLY WANT TO REALLY HELP YOU UNDERSTAND, I REMEMBER BEING HERE BEFORE AND HE TALKED ABOUT A COUPLE OF THINGS.

TRUCKS TURNING RIGHT AS THE SITE DIRECTOR. I HAVE ADDRESSED THAT FOR MY BUILDING AS WELL AS THE VENDORS AND OUR NEIGHBORS, BECAUSE I CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND THAT TO BE A PROBLEM AND UNDERSTAND IT COULD BE A POTENTIAL PROBLEM.

WE'VE ADDRESSED THAT. IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'RE GOOD CORPORATE CITIZENS IN OUR BUILDING AND IN OUR CORPORATE STRUCTURE.

WE HAVE IMPACT FOR GOOD, AND WE GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.

WE SPONSOR OUR EMPLOYEES. AMBITIONS AROUND MENTORSHIP, COACHING, LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL, BASKETBALL, FOOTBALL TEAMS, ALL OF THOSE THINGS WE TRY TO SUPPORT.

WE'VE DONE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY IN THE COMMUNITY AS WELL.

WE HAVE A GOAL TO DO 1000 HOURS THIS YEAR OF COMMUNITY SERVICE.

WE ALREADY LAST YEAR WE DID 700. THIS YEAR IT'S 1000.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO BE GOOD CORPORATE CITIZENS.

WE WANT TO BE ENGAGED WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OR ANYONE ELSE IN THE COMMUNITY TO MAKE THIS A GOOD PLACE FOR NOT ONLY THE COMMUNITY, BUT THE PEOPLE WHO WORK IN OUR BUILDING. COMING FROM THIS ENVIRONMENT, EVERYBODY WHO COMES OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL IS NOT FIT FOR COLLEGE.

AND SOME OF THESE BUILDINGS THAT YOU SEE, THESE WAREHOUSES PROVIDE EMPLOYMENT, IMMEDIATE EMPLOYMENT AND A CAREER PATH FOR PEOPLE TO PROVIDE FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILIES AND REDUCE THE CRIME RATE IN THE COMMUNITY.

SO WE STAND IN AGREEMENT WITH SUPPORTING THIS SALE AND THIS PROJECT TO GREYSTAR.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. ANYONE ELSE DESIRING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE APPLICATION FOR A.

SPECIAL USE PERMIT AND VARIANCE. ANYONE ELSE DESIRING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR? IS 814. HOLD ON JUST A MOMENT.

SO IT IS 814. AND THE APPLICANT RESERVED TWO MINUTES FOR REBUTTAL, WHICH WOULD TAKE US TO 816 OR A TOTAL OF 16 MINUTES ON THAT SIDE, WHICH IS MORE THAN 15 MINUTES. AND SO EACH SIDE WILL HAVE AN EQUAL AMOUNT OF TIME.

I WILL ACTUALLY GO TO THOSE IN OPPOSITION TO SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE WE HAVE TO SPEAK.

SO THAT WE WON'T HAVE TO INCREASE THE TIME, POSSIBLY TWICE.

AND SO AT THIS POINT, WE'RE AT 14, BUT THE APPLICANT WANTED TWO ADDITIONAL MINUTES, WHICH WOULD BE 16 MINUTES, WHICH WOULD BE ONE MINUTE OVER. AND SO BECAUSE THEY STOPPED AT 814, I'LL START WITH THE OPPOSITION.

AND WHEN WE GET TO ABOUT THE 14 15 MINUTE MARK, I WILL SEE WHO ELSE IS STILL LIKES TO SPEAK.

IF WE NEED ADDITIONAL TIME, WE WILL GET ASK COUNSEL TO INCREASE THE TIME AT THAT TIME.

LET ME JUST ASK THIS QUESTION. HOW MANY PEOPLE WANT TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION? BECAUSE IF THERE'S OVER SIX, THEN WE'RE GOING TO BE AT 18 MINUTES. ONE. TWO.

THREE. FOUR. FIVE. 5678. SO THAT'S 24. EIGHT TIMES THREE IS MY MATH, RIGHT? 24. OKAY, SO AT THIS POINT, I THINK IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE FOR COUNCIL TO ENTERTAIN OR DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO DO A MOTION TO INCREASE THE TOTAL TIME FOR SPEAKERS SO THAT BOTH SIDES ARE GIVEN THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME.

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ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. MADAM CITY CLERK. WE'RE AT 816.

ANYONE DESIRING TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME.

HI COUNCIL, I'M BARBARA JACKSON, I LIVE IN LAKESIDE PRESERVE AND I GUESS THE MAIN THING I'M DOING IS ASKING MYSELF WHY MORE WAREHOUSES? WHEN I LOOK AT WAREHOUSES IN TERMS OF THE PURPOSE THAT THEY SERVE, A LOT OF THEM, A MAJORITY OF THEM ARE LOGISTICALLY RELATED, RIGHT? SO I'M THINKING OF WHY CAN'T WE HAVE MORE DEVELOPMENT IN EASTPORT THAT'S RELATED TO IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE, RIGHT. MORE HOUSING. MORE. I'M OPEN TO RECREATIONAL CENTERS.

I'M OPEN TO RESOURCE CENTERS. I'M OPEN TO THINGS.

THAT'S GOING TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE. WHEN I LOOK AT WAREHOUSES, I'M LOOKING AT SOMETHING THAT'S MORE LOGISTICALLY ORIENTED AND SOMETHING THAT'S RELATED TO ME GETTING MY PACKAGES SOONER, OR BUSINESSES GETTING THEIR SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS DELIVERED SOONER.

NOT SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE ABOUT IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN EASTPORT.

THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE DESIRING TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION CAN COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME.

GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS MIRIAM TAYLOR. I LIVE AT 3730 LAKE ENCLAVE WAY IN THE LAKESIDE PRESERVE SUBDIVISION.

NO ONE WANTS TO LIVE NEAR A WAREHOUSE IN THEIR COMMUNITY.

NOT THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, NOT THE SERGEANT AT ARMS, NOT ANYONE.

IT RUINS THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE COMMUNITY.

IT CAUSES A LOT OF TRAFFIC POLLUTANTS IN THE AIR.

AND IT TAKES AWAY FROM MUCH NEEDED GREEN SPACE THAT CAN BE USED FOR SOMETHING ELSE.

I BELIEVE ORDINANCES WERE PUT IN PLACE TO PROTECT RESIDENTS FROM THIS TYPE OF PROJECT.

MY NEIGHBORS AND MYSELF, WE PAY CLOSE TO $5,000 WORTH OF TAXES EVERY YEAR, AND THESE DEVELOPERS BUILD WAREHOUSES, AND THEN THEY GO BACK TO THEIR COMMUNITY BECAUSE I DON'T BELIEVE THEY LIVE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND THEN WE ARE LEFT TO LOOK AT THESE BUILDINGS.

THAT DOES NOT BRING AN ADVANTAGE TO OUR COMMUNITY.

NOW, IF DEVELOPERS LIKE THIS MUST COME INTO OUR COMMUNITIES, I'M ASKING FOR REAL, REAL COMMUNITY BENEFITS THAT BENEFITS EVERYONE. AND THAT INCLUDES OUR STUDENTS, OUR SENIORS, OUR SCHOOLS, AND ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES.

THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE IN OPPOSITION? GOOD EVENING. I AM SHANNON HICKS, FORMER RESIDENT OF HERITAGE PARK, AND I CURRENTLY LIVE IN WARD D AND STONEGATE.

AND I JUST WANT TO KIND OF, I GUESS, ALERT MR. HOBART OF THE HISTORY THAT THIS ORDINANCE IS NEW.

SO I UNDERSTAND THE POINT WAS MADE THAT THERE ARE OTHER INDUSTRIAL COMPLEXES AROUND THAT DON'T HAVE THESE SORT OF RESTRICTIONS, BUT BECAUSE WE'VE HAD A LOT OF DEVELOPMENTS IN THIS AREA, AND I WILL SPEAK FOR SOMEONE WHO USED TO LIVE IN WARD D, AND BECAUSE OF THE DEVELOPMENTS AND MY PERSONAL HEALTH ISSUES, HAD TO MOVE FURTHER AWAY FROM WHAT WAS THERE AND INCUR INCREASED EXPENSES.

I CURRENTLY COMMUTE LIKE PROBABLY 45 MILES EACH DAY TO WORK, RIGHT? BECAUSE THERE ARE NO CORPORATE COMPLEXES HERE, RIGHT? I AM EDUCATED, I DID GRADUATE FROM HIGH SCHOOL AND WENT FURTHER RIGHT.

SO IN TERMS OF CAREER OPPORTUNITIES AND THINGS THAT ARE BEYOND WAREHOUSING, I DO THINK THAT WE DO HAVE DEMAND OF PEOPLE IN THIS AREA WHO WANT MORE.

THAT ASIDE, YOU GUYS OWN A LOT. I UNDERSTAND THAT, AND WITH PURCHASING A LAND, WE DO KNOW THAT THERE IS A REQUIREMENT FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ENTERED INTO THAT AGREEMENT TO DO THEIR DUE DILIGENCE TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO MEET THE ZONING AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS OF THAT JURISDICTION.

RIGHT. AND I DO FEEL THAT YOU SORT OF FLIP FLOPPED A BIT IN THAT YOU WANT TO IGNORE ORDINANCE WHEN IT SUITS YOU,

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AND I THINK THAT THAT'S KIND OF UNFAIR TO ASK OUR COUNCIL PEOPLE TO VOTE AGAINST THE CONSTITUENTS OF THIS COMMUNITY AND ASK THEM TO IGNORE THE ORDINANCE THAT SAYS THAT IT'S WITHIN ONE MILE. I NOTICE YOUR POINT HERE THAT THE ONE MILE IS FOR A CITY OF FULTON COUNTY RESIDENT, WHICH I THINK IS KIND OF IRRELEVANT HERE, CONSIDERING THE WAY THAT THE JURISDICTIONS ARE SPLIT.

BUT I DO WANT TO SAY THAT THE OTHER PROPERTIES ARE GRANDFATHERED.

AND THIS IS NOT ONLY A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT HOUSES INDUSTRIAL COMPLEXES.

THERE ARE PEOPLE VERY CLOSE BY WHO ARE IMPACTED BY TRAFFIC.

OUR INSURANCE RATES ARE RIDICULOUSLY HIGH IN THIS AREA BECAUSE OF TRAFFIC.

SO THIS IMPACTS ALL OF US LIVING IN THIS AREA, WHETHER OR NOT THEIR CITY OF SOUTH FULTON, WHETHER OR NOT THEIR COLLEGE PARK, UNION CITY, EAST POINT. IT IMPACTS OUR POOL IN TERMS OF HOW MUCH WE PAY IN INSURANCE.

SO THERE ARE LOTS OF THINGS THAT TRICKLE DOWN TO US ECONOMICALLY AS A RESULT OF HAVING ALL OF THESE STRUCTURES IN SUCH CLOSE PROXIMITY TO US.

AND THEY'RE NOT REALLY BEING AN INFRASTRUCTURE HERE TO SUPPORT IT.

SO WITH THAT, I'LL END AND I WILL ASK THAT YOU GUYS, THIS IS NOT GOOD FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

I THINK MAJORITY OF THE RESIDENTS WHO ARE WILLING TO SPEAK UP ABOUT THIS WILL TELL YOU THAT WE DON'T NEED ANY MORE STRUCTURES LIKE THIS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

I JUST WISH THAT WE COULD GET DIFFERENT TYPES OF BUSINESSES TO COME HERE AND PUT THINGS THAT ARE NOT GOING TO FURTHER HAMPER THE QUALITY OF LIFE. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE DESIRING TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME.

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS ANDREA CALDWELL. I LIVE IN THE SAVANNAH WALK COMMUNITY.

4328 SAVANNAH LANE. DURING THE LAST MEETING OR THE LAST ZONING AND PLANNING MEETING WITH GREYSTAR, I RAISED A FEW KEY POINTS AND CONCERNS THAT I ALSO WANTED TO BRING UP TONIGHT.

I'VE LIVED IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD FOR OVER 15 YEARS, AND I BELIEVE THAT IT'S MORE THAN JUST LOADING ZONES AND WAREHOUSES.

I WE ARE A COMMUNITY THAT IS OF HARD WORKING PEOPLE.

WE HAVE FAMILIES, WE RUN SMALL BUSINESSES, AND WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD A FUTURE FOR OURSELVES.

SELVES WHEN I'VE VISITED OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS AND I SEE LOCAL RESTAURANTS, SMALL SHOPS LEARNING CENTERS, THINGS THAT SUPPORT THE RESIDENTS IN THE AREA.

TO ME, IT SENDS A MESSAGE THAT PEOPLE LIVE THERE, YOU KNOW, AND THIS ISN'T A PLACE WHERE JUST GOODS ARE PASSED THROUGH.

IT'S THE VISION THAT I HAD OF WARD D WHEN I PURCHASED MY HOME 15 YEARS AGO.

THAT JUST HASN'T BEEN REFLECTED. AFTER THE LAST MEETING, I ACTUALLY FOLLOWED UP WITH PEOPLE IN MY COMMUNITY, AND I THINK WE SHARE VERY SIMILAR SENTIMENT, WHICH IS WE DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN STOP THE WAREHOUSES FROM COMING.

BUT IF THEY ARE COMING, THEY SHOULD BE BRINGING VALUE TO THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE TO LIVE WITH IT EVERY DAY.

I'VE ALSO CONNECTED DIRECTLY WITH GREYSTAR IN THE LAST ZONING AND PLANNING MEETING, AS WELL AS OVER THE PHONE.

THEY HAVE AGREED TO AND EXPRESSED WILLINGNESS TO HELP DEVELOP AND CREATE SOMETHING FOR THE COMMUNITY, A COMMUNITY SPACE. I PERSONALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT ON THE PROPERTY, BUT I KNOW THAT THAT MIGHT NOT BE FEASIBLE.

BUT THEY'VE MENTIONED MAYBE BUILDING SOMETHING IN A DIFFERENT AREA.

SO I'M A LITTLE SURPRISED TO HEAR THAT THAT WASN'T STATED TODAY AND WOULD LIKE TO CONFIRM THAT JOHN IS RECANTING WHAT HE MENTIONED DURING THE LAST ZONING MEETING AND DURING OUR CONVERSATION. TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, I THINK THIS IS A TIME THAT WE CAN GET IT RIGHT.

WE DIDN'T GET IT RIGHT WITH MICROSOFT, BUT I THINK THIS IS A TIME THAT WE CAN GET IT RIGHT AND SHOW THE PEOPLE IN WARD D THAT THEIR VOICE STILL MATTERS.

IF THE COMMUNITY IS DEMANDING MORE AND WE HAVE A COMPANY THAT IS WILLING TO COME TO THE TABLE WITH A BETTER OFFER AND WE TURN IT DOWN.

I PERSONALLY AM JUST NOT SURE HOW I CAN CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR PEOPLE THAT AREN'T ADVOCATING FOR US.

I ASK THAT TONIGHT THAT WE VOTE TO MAYBE POSTPONE TODAY'S VOTE.

AND UNTIL THERE IS A COMMUNITY BENEFIT, SOMETHING THAT IS CLEARLY DEFINED AND WELL DOCUMENTED.

THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE DESIRING TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION? GOOD EVENING, MAYOR TERRY, 2855 SEVILLE ROAD.

I BELIEVE THIS IS MY THIRD TIME COMING BEFORE YOU GUYS.

I WAS IN THE NOT TO VOTE FOR IT THE FIRST TIME, AND I'M NOT TO VOTE FOR IT THE SECOND TIME.

AND I THANK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU. CITY COUNCILS SHOULD KNOW YOUR RESIDENTS, YOUR CONSTITUENTS.

THEY DON'T NEED DON'T WANT A WAREHOUSE IN THEIR COMMUNITY.

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WAREHOUSE COMING INTO A COMMUNITY WITH HOUSES.

THESE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN IN THEIR HOMES A LONG TIME. WE ALL KNOW THAT.

AND FOR INVESTORS TO COME AND BRING SOMEONE HERE THAT'S INFLUENTIAL TO THIS COMMUNITY TO TRY TO SHUN YOU GUYS.

VOTE BY NOT PUTTING THAT WAREHOUSE THERE. I DON'T THINK IT WAS FAIR.

YOU GUYS GOT TO LOOK DEEP, DEEP WITHIN YOURSELF.

NOT WITHIN THAT PERSON THAT APPEARED AT THIS MICROPHONE, NOT LOOK WITHIN YOURSELF.

LOOK TO YOUR RESIDENTS, THE ONES WHO ARE GOING TO VOTE FOR YOU, THE ONE WHO'S LOOKING TO YOU TO TAKE CARE OF THEM.

THAT IS YOUR FIDUCIARY DUTY. THAT IS YOUR FIDUCIARY DUTY TO THESE RESIDENTS.

I COME HERE, I DON'T LIVE THERE, BUT I DO LIVE IN A COMMUNITY WHERE TRUCKS FOR THEM TO SAY THE TRAFFIC PATROL, THEY'RE NOT COMING THIS WAY. THAT WAY THEY DON'T KNOW THAT.

THEY DON'T KNOW WHICH WAY THE TRUCKS GOING TO COME. AND THAT IS A LOT OF TRUCKS PARKED THERE THAT YOU PUT UP ON THERE.

THAT'S NOT SO UP TO DATE. THAT IS NOT UP TO DATE.

YOU KNOW, ME DIDN'T WANT ME TO COME UP HERE AT THIS MICROPHONE.

BUT I'M HERE BECAUSE Y'ALL KNOW COUNCILMAN, SHROPSHIRE COUNCILOR ERIC FRIENDLY, CARRIE ZIEGLER, LATONYA MARTIN, DEANNA INGRAM, SEAN ATKINS, JERMAINE MITCHELL, STARC CUMMINS AND JOSHUA BUTLER AND MR. CITY MANAGER, YOU GUYS NEED TO VOTE NO. THEY DON'T WANT THE WAREHOUSE.

THESE PEOPLE HAVE COME IN SO MANY TIMES. I'M NOT GOING TO BEG YOU.

I'M JUST ASKING Y'ALL DO YOUR FIDUCIARY DUTY TO THE RESIDENTS THAT PUT YOU IN THOSE SEATS.

I VOTE NO TO THE WAREHOUSE. NO, NOT IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA.

MAYBE IT'S A RESOURCE CENTER. MAYBE SOMEONE FOR THE SENIOR CITIZENS TO GO RECREATION CENTER.

DO THAT. THINK ABOUT THAT. LOOK DEEP. THANK YOU.

ANYONE ELSE DESIRE TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION? COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME.

GOOD EVENING. ERNESTINE QUEEN PITMAN. GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

I HAPPEN TO HAVE BEEN THE MAYOR WHEN LAKESIDE PRESERV'D WAS FIRST STARTED BEING BUILT.

AND ONE OF MY CONCERNS THEN IS STILL HERE. NOW WE HAVE MACDONALD PROPERTIES IN SOUTH MEADOWS.

WE HAVE DUKE'S BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL STORAGE SPACES.

YOU CAN GO OVER THERE AND BUILD ONE. YOU LOVE IT, BUT NOT WITHIN A MILE OF LAKESIDE PRESERVES.

NO BUSINESS IS ENTITLED TO WHAT RESIDENTS WHO LIVE IN THE AREA HAVE STAKED THEIR FINANCIAL STAR TO THE BIGGEST INVESTMENT OF THEIR LIVES. IN AN AREA FOR YOU TO COME THROW UP A WAREHOUSE WITH LORD KNOWS WHAT COMING IN AND OUT AND SAY YOU'RE ENTITLED TO DO SO WELL BUT FINANCIALLY YOU'RE NO BOOM.

BACKSIDES WITH THOSE HOMES OR THEIR PROPERTY TAXES ARE $3,000 A YEAR.

YOU SAID 6000. YOU DON'T EVEN MAKE UP 9000 WITH THREE HOUSES AND THREE HOUSES IS WAY LESS SPACE THAN YOU WANT TO PUT A WAREHOUSE, BUT YOU WANT TO PUT ONE WITHIN A MILE OF THAT? NO. LET'S LOOK AT THE UTILITIES. HOW MUCH ELECTRICITY AND WATER ARE YOU GOING TO BE USING? THE RESIDENTIAL AREA SHOULD NOT SUBSIDIZE A WAREHOUSE BACK THERE.

ROCKDALE COUNTY HAD A WAREHOUSE ALL AT ONCE. THESE CHEMICAL FUMES START COMING OUT.

NOBODY KNEW THE THINGS WERE IN THERE. NOBODY KNEW WHAT'S GOING IN AND OUT OF THESE WAREHOUSES.

WELL, SINCE THE TARIFFS ARE IN PLAY, NOTHING IS COMING IN TO BE STORED ANYWHERE.

SO YOU MIGHT WANT TO CUT DOWN ON THAT SIZE WHEREVER YOU GO.

BUT WE DON'T NEED TO CHANGE TO BRING YOU IN. TO DO WHAT? WHAT ARE YOU BRINGING TO THIS CITY? ITS RESIDENTS? WHAT WILL IT IMPROVE? THE PROPERTY VALUES OVER THERE? NO, BECAUSE IF I'M LOOKING TO BUY A HOUSE THAT'S $500,000.

DON'T TELL ME WE HAVE A WAREHOUSE WITHIN A MILE.

I'LL WALK OUT AND LOOK. WHAT DO I SEE? AND AS FAR AS YOU DRIVING AROUND, THERE'S NO WAREHOUSE IN MY BACKYARD.

AND I'VE LIVED THERE 51 YEARS. THERE'S NOT A WAREHOUSE WITHIN TWO, THREE, FOUR, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE MILES WHERE I LIVE IN EAST POINT, BECAUSE WE'VE HAD ZONING LAWS THAT WE HAVE STOOD UP AND FOUGHT FOR IN OUR COMMUNITIES.

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THE 24 HOUR MCDONALD'S REFRIGERATED BUSINESS.

THOSE ARE REALLY NICE SPACES OVER THERE. THEY HAVE ROOM OVER THERE.

WE ALREADY HAVE ENOUGH ON WELCOME OUR ROAD. ARE YOU GOING TO COME IN FROM 29 ACROSS THE RAILROAD TRACK AND TURN AND FURTHER BACK UP TRAFFIC UP ON CAMP CREEK, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE PROPOSING TO DO? NO. AND A DETENTION POND. DON'T MAKE IT SOUND LIKE IT'S A GLAMOROUS POND.

THAT'S STORMWATER RUNOFF THAT HAD TO BE PUT DOWN WHEN THE PROPERTY WAS GRADED.

WE UP TO DATE ON ALL OF THAT HERE, TOO. SO YOU NEED TO VOTE.

NO. YOU VOTED IT THAT WAY TWICE. PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD COMES BACK AND SAID NO AGAIN.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE BULLIED. TAKE IT ELSEWHERE.

IT'S SUCH A GREAT IDEA. FABRIC. UNION CITY. PALMETTO.

THEY DON'T WANT IT. CHATTAHOOCHEE HILLS, YOU DON'T EVEN GO THAT WAY.

THAT PLENTY LAND OVER THERE. DON'T BRING IT TO EAST POINT.

THERE'S NO FINANCIAL BENEFIT. IT WILL COST US MONEY.

WE NEED FAMILIES HERE IN EAST POINT. WE NEED CHILDREN.

WE NEED PEACE OF MIND THAT WHEN WE GO OUT AND BUY AND INVEST IN, THE LARGEST PERSONAL INVESTMENT THAT YOU'RE GOING TO GET IS A HOUSE THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO TURN AROUND AND PRAY. LORD, DON'T LET THE PROPERTY VALUE DROP.

BECAUSE IF IT DOES, WHAT AM I GOING TO DO? ONE MORE THING.

TALKING ABOUT WORKING WITH CHILDREN, YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A BUSINESS TWO MILES DOWN THE ROAD IF YOU WANT TO WORK WITH THE CHILDREN IN THE CITY OF EAST POINT? WE WELCOME YOU. COME ON. WE WELCOME YOU. BUT WE DON'T NEED ANYTHING ELSE ON.

WELCOME. OUR ROAD. ESPECIALLY A WAREHOUSE. ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO THE REQUEST FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT AND A VARIANCE.

ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO A REQUEST FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT AND A VARIANCE AT ZERO.

WELCOME, ALL. ROAD. AT THIS TIME IT IS 833. 15 MINUTES WOULD HAVE BEEN 831.

SO THE APPLICANT HAS TWO ADDITIONAL MINUTES. SO ACTUALLY THE TWO ADDITIONAL MINUTES WOULD TAKE THE APPLICANT TO THE 16 MINUTES.

SO YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES FOR YOUR CLOSING. WE'VE GIVEN THE.

OPPOSITION SIDE A TOTAL OF 17 MINUTES AND YOU WOULD HAVE.

I'M SORRY. IT'S THREE MINUTES. YOU'D HAVE A TOTAL OF THREE MINUTES BECAUSE YOU HAD ONE MINUTE ON THE INITIAL 15, PLUS THE TWO ADDITIONAL MINUTES THAT WE GAVE TO THE OTHER SIDE.

SO YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. CAN YOU START A THREE MINUTE TIMER? THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. CAN I ASK A QUESTION REAL QUICK? SO WE ARE IN A PUBLIC HEARING. SO WHAT I CAN DO IS 834.

SO I COULD. IF YOU'RE STILL WANTING TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION, I JUST WANT TO ASK YOU WHERE.

SO YOU. SO YOU WOULD HAVE TO COME AND SPEAK ON THE OPPOSITION SIDE, AND I WOULD END UP GIVING THEM WHATEVER ADDITIONAL TIME THAT YOU SPEAK, AND THEN THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO CLOSE WITH THEIR REBUTTAL.

SO MADAM CITY CLERK IS 35. SO TWO PLUS, HOWEVER MANY MINUTES, MADAM MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL, FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO SAY I DON'T EVEN LIVE NEAR THE PROJECT.

BUT IT'S JUST STRANGE TO ME THAT THESE PEOPLE COME INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND THEY WANT TO BUILD STUFF, AND THEY REFUSE TO MOVE INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT THEY WANT TO COME INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND UPSET OUR STUFF.

LATER ON, I HAVE A SITUATION I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT AS FAR AS THIS REZONING FROM SINGLE FAMILY TO MULTI FAMILY, BUT RIGHT NOW, JUST LIKE TO KNOW WHERE DOES HE LIVE, IS HE GOING TO BE LIVING NEAR THIS PROJECT.

SO WE CAN DISRUPT OUR NEIGHBORHOODS BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO DISRUPT THEIRS.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. ALL RIGHT. ANYONE ELSE DESIRING TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION?

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SO YOU HAD ONE LEFT. SO YOU HAVE A TOTAL OF FOUR MINUTES FOR REBUTTAL.

THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR AND COUNCIL. YOU HAVE IT SET FOR FOUR MINUTES.

OKAY. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR AND COUNCIL. AGAIN, I DO NOT ENVY THE POSITION THAT YOU ALL ARE IN.

I HAVE SAID IN THAT POSITION BEFORE ON FROM FULTON COUNTY SIDE.

IN FACT, I HAVE FOUGHT AGAINST. I HAVE BEEN ONE OF THE LEADING PROPONENTS AGAINST WAREHOUSES IN SOUTH FULTON AREA.

AND UNION CITY. PUT UP A WAREHOUSE WITH A ZERO FOOT BUFFER RIGHT NEXT TO THE SUBDIVISION WHERE COUNCILWOMAN WILLIS LIVES.

RIGHT. COCA COLA, WE FOUGHT THAT. WE FOUGHT ALL OF THOSE WAREHOUSES BECAUSE THEY WERE IN RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS.

THIS PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT IS INSIDE OF AN INDUSTRIAL WAREHOUSE DISTRICT.

THIS PROPOSED WAREHOUSE IS INSIDE OF A EXISTING WAREHOUSE DISTRICT, AND THE LAND HAS ALREADY BEEN DESIGNED AND BUILT AND DEVELOPED FOR A WAREHOUSE. SO, YOU KNOW, AND I CERTAINLY RESPECT MUCH RESPECT TO ALL OF THE PEOPLE THAT SPOKE AGAINST IT, FORMER MAYOR PITMAN AND EVERYONE ELSE. YOU KNOW I LIVE IN SOUTHWEST ATLANTA.

I JUST BOUGHT A HOME ON DUKE OF GLOUCESTER, AND I'VE GOT ANOTHER PROPERTY RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER OFF OF BENT HILL AT 3527 ROOSEVELT HIGHWAY.

SO I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE AREA. OBVIOUSLY GREW UP HERE IN THE GREATER ATLANTA AREA.

BUT THIS PROPERTY IS INSIDE OF AN EXISTING INDUSTRIAL WAREHOUSE.

IF THE CITY WANTED TO CHANGE THE ZONING FROM I ONE, THE CITY COULD HAVE CHANGED THE ZONING AND SAID, NO, THIS IS NO LONGER OUR ONE. MAKE IT ONE. MAKE IT SOMETHING ELSE.

MAKE IT RESIDENTIAL. RIGHT. BUT THEN YOU REALLY BE PUTTING IF YOU PUT RESIDENTIAL HOMES ON THIS LOT, YOU REALLY BE IN A TOUGH POSITION BECAUSE THEN YOU WOULD REALLY BE PUTTING RESIDENTIAL HOMES NEXT TO WAREHOUSES.

SO CERTAINLY, AGAIN, MUCH RESPECT TO EVERYONE THAT SPOKE IN OPPOSITION.

WE APPRECIATE YOU ALL FOR UPHOLDING THE RULE OF LAW.

AND ESPECIALLY WITH WHAT'S GOING ON IN AMERICA RIGHT NOW, PEOPLE DO NOT BELIEVE IN UPHOLDING THE RULE OF LAW, AND THE RULE OF LAW DICTATES THAT THE VARIANCE WE ARE MY CLIENT IS ENTITLED TO THE VARIANCE FOR THIS PROJECT.

AND WE ASK FOR YOUR APPROVAL OF THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT.

THERE IS A BIG $500,000 MICROSOFT WAREHOUSE IN BETWEEN THIS PROPERTY AND ANY OTHER PROPERTY.

ANY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY. THIS PROPERTY IS AT THE END.

AT THE END OF A DEAD END STREET. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

YES. I'D JUST LIKE TO REITERATE MARVINS POINTS.

YOU KNOW, WE ARE NOT THE CLOSEST INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY TO ANY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OR ANY RESIDENTIAL ZONED PARCEL OF LAND OR RESIDENTIAL HOME.

THERE IS A WAREHOUSE BETWEEN US AND ANY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY.

I'D LIKE TO REITERATE THAT THE THE, YOU KNOW, TRAFFIC IS NOT A ALLOWED OBJECTION TO OUR PROJECT.

AND MISS ANDREAS SHE DID CALL ME. WE TALKED ABOUT COMMUNITY BENEFITS.

WE DO NOT HAVE ROOM OR DON'T REALLY BELIEVE IT'S FEASIBLE TO PUT ANYTHING ON OUR PROPERTY, BUT IF THERE IS A, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING WE CAN DO TO HELP THE COMMUNITY, WE'RE CERTAINLY OPEN TO THOSE DISCUSSIONS.

YEAH. IF THERE'S SOMETHING WE CAN CONTRIBUTE TO THE NEW COMMUNITY CENTER THAT WAS PRESENTED EARLIER THIS EVENING.

HAPPY TO. HAPPY TO OPEN THOSE DISCUSSIONS. BUT AGAIN, THE EXISTING SITE CONDITIONS OF THIS PROPERTY AND THE SURROUNDING, THE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT JUST REALLY RESTRICT ANY OTHER USE FROM GOING HERE TO TO RIP UP THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S ALREADY IN PLACE WOULD COST $1 MILLION JUST TO BE ABLE TO DEVELOP ANYTHING OTHER THAN WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING, BECAUSE THE SITE HAS ALREADY BEEN DEVELOPED FOR OUR DEVELOPMENT.

THANK YOU. I FOUND IT LITERALLY JUST I LITERALLY JUST STOPPED.

SO WE'RE GOOD. GET A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

COUNCIL MEMBER MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

SECOND, AND PROPERLY SECONDED. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL THOSE OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES.

CAN I GET A MOTION TO OPEN THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION? COUNCILMEMBER MARTIN ROGERS.

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ANY DISCUSSION? ARE YOU IN FOR THIS SESSION OF EMOTION? NO. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES THE MOTION.

THE MOTION CARRIES. THE FLOOR IS NOW OPEN FOR DISCUSSION.

COUNCILMEMBER MITCHELL. I HAD A QUESTION FOR MR. ARRINGTON, IF YOU DON'T MIND. CAN YOU CAN CALL THE QUESTION TO THE CHAIR, AND I CAN ADDRESS IT CLOSER TO YOU? YES. SO IT'S JUST ABOUT THE EMAIL YOU SENT THIS.

I JUST WANTED YOU TO EXPOUND ON THAT A LITTLE BIT.

I MEAN, YOU SENT US AN EMAIL, SO HOLD ON A MINUTE, MADAM CITY ATTORNEY.

THE QUESTION IS ABOUT AN EMAIL THAT WAS SENT TO COUNSEL.

IS THAT A PART OF THIS RECORD? IT WAS ABOUT DUE PROCESS WITH THIS WHOLE HAVING DUE PROCESS WITH THIS THIS WHOLE HEARING.

MADAM CHAIR, I DO NOT BELIEVE THEY MADE IT A PART OF THE RECORD.

IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS SENT TO MYSELF. AND I BELIEVE TO THE CITY MANAGER.

BUT IT WAS NOT MADE A PART OF THEIR APPLICATION.

SO AT THIS POINT, SHOULD THAT IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD BE DISCUSSING? OR IS THAT OUTSIDE OF THIS DISCUSSION FOR THIS EVENING? SO THAT'S UP TO THE COUNCIL. RIGHT. BECAUSE THAT IS SOMETHING THAT BASED ON THE CONTENTS OF THE LETTER, YOU DO HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS IT.

AND IF YOU WANTED TO INVITE MR. ARRINGTON INTO YOUR EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS IT, BUT THAT'S UP TO THE COUNCIL TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THERE IS ENOUGH SUPPORT FOR AN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS THE LETTER BASED ON ITS CONTENTS.

IT WOULD QUALIFY. I WOULDN'T SAY IT HAS TO BE ABOUT THE LETTER.

IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO EXPRESS ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCE WITH DUE PROCESS.

SO I THINK, MADAM CITY ATTORNEY, I'M GOING TO ALLOW YOU PRIOR TO.

SO, MR. ARRINGTON, YOU CAN'T SPEAK UNTIL I CALL ON YOU.

MR.. COUNCIL MEMBER MITCHELL CAN ASK HIS QUESTION.

I'M LIKELY GOING TO ASK THE CITY ATTORNEY TO CHIME IN TO GIVE THIS COUNCIL ADVICE.

WHAT WE DON'T DISCUSS IS LEGAL MATTERS OR POTENTIAL LITIGATION IN PUBLIC, BECAUSE THAT COULD ADVERSELY AFFECT THE CITY.

SO, COUNCIL MEMBER MITCHELL, YOU CAN ASK YOUR QUESTION.

I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO THE CITY ATTORNEY.

AFTER HE ASKED THE QUESTION IF YOU CAN ADDRESS IT.

ATTORNEY WIGGINS BEFORE I CALL ON OR DECIDE TO CALL ON MR. ARRINGTON. COUNCIL MEMBER MITCHELL, WHAT'S YOUR QUESTION? I WOULD, AS I STATED EARLIER, I RECEIVED THE EMAIL SAYING THAT MAY NOT THE MAN MAY HAVE BEEN SOME VIOLATIONS. THEY MIGHT NOT. THIS CLIENT, THIS APPLICATION OR APPLICANT MAY NOT HAVE HAD DUE PROCESS.

AND THAT RAISED CONCERNS BECAUSE IT COULD POTENTIALLY YOU KNOW, WE KNOW IF LITIGATION COMES OUT OF THIS OR I'M NOT SURE WHAT MAY BE THE END RESULT OF THAT. SO THAT'S WHY I HAVE MY CONCERNS ABOUT HOW A LOT OF THIS WAS DONE, BECAUSE WE WANT TO BE FAIR TO EVERYBODY, REGARDLESS OF HOW YOU FEEL.

WE HAVE TO BE FAIR, ESPECIALLY WITH PEOPLE TRYING TO DO BUSINESS IN THE CITY.

SO. SO THIS ISN'T ABOUT FEELINGS. MAYBE YOU SHOULD THINK ABOUT THAT.

THIS IS ABOUT PROCESS AND ENSURING THAT THE CITY IS PROTECTED.

AND SO THERE IS A TIME AND A PLACE FOR EVERYTHING.

AND SO I AM GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, WHICH IS VERY LACK OF FEELING AND EMOTIONS, BUT IN A WAY TO PROTECT THIS CITY, TO MAKE SURE BEFORE WE GO DOWN ANY AVENUE IN A PUBLIC HEARING ABOUT MATTERS THAT SHE'S JUST INDICATED, THAT'S NOT A PART OF THE APPLICATION, THAT WE ARE ADVISED SO THAT WE'RE NOT SWIMMING UPSTREAM ON THE BACK END.

SO, ATTORNEY WIGGINS, SO AS AN INITIAL MATTER, THE CITY HAS FOLLOWED THE REQUIRED ZONING PROCEDURES LAW, WHICH IS STATE LAW, AND ALSO IT'S LOCAL LAW ON DUE PROCESS.

PUBLIC HEARING WAS HAD BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION TWICE BEFORE THIS BODY TWICE.

AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHY IT'S BECAUSE OF THE CONCURRENT VARIANCE THAT NEEDED TO COME BACK WITH THE USE PERMIT.

SO WE FOLLOWED THE RULES WHEN IT COMES TO DUE PROCESS.

IF THERE IS A QUESTION OR CONVERSATION THAT NEEDS TO BE HAD ABOUT POTENTIAL LITIGATION THAT MAY ENSUE BASED ON THE PROCESSING OF THIS APPLICATION, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT THE COUNCIL SEEK SUPPORT TO GO INTO AN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

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SO CAN WE DEFER THIS UNTIL WE CAN TALK ABOUT THIS IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

SO THERE'S NO MOTION ON THE FLOOR RIGHT NOW. YOU HAVE OTHER COLLEAGUES THAT ARE IN.

IF YOU PUT A MOTION ON THE FLOOR AND THAT'S THE MOTION AND IT PASSES, IT CAN.

BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM.

WHAT DO YOU THINK DEFERRED. I SAW SOME OTHER LIGHTS WHERE THEY'RE NOT.

COUNCIL MEMBER ZIEGLER. THANK YOU. MR. ARRINGTON SO QUESTION WOULD YOU BE AMENABLE TO ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS? CAN WE ACTUALLY GET THE CONDITIONS PULLED UP ON THE LAPTOP? I'M SURE THAT MY CLIENT WOULD BE. I THINK THAT WE HE ALREADY INDICATED HE WOULD.

WAS FINE WITH CONDITIONS ONE THROUGH SEVEN. I THINK HE'S ALSO AMENABLE TO DOING SOMETHING FOR THE YOUTH AND AND OR FOR SENIORS AND OR FOR A COMMUNITY CENTER, RIGHT. OR CONTRIBUTING TOWARDS A COMMUNITY CENTER.

SO I THINK THAT THEY ARE READY, WILLING AND ABLE TO BE GOOD PARTNERS WITH THE CITY OF EAST POINT.

OKAY. CAN WE ADD SOME CONDITIONS TO THIS LIST? I WOULD LIKE TO ENSURE THAT THE WAREHOUSE IS NOT REFRIGERANT, IS NOT A REFRIGERANT WAREHOUSE.

CONDITION NUMBER TWO THAT YOU NEED TO HAVE DOWNCAST LIGHTING.

CONDITION NUMBER THREE, THAT THE HOURS OF YOUR OPERATION ARE FROM 8 A.M.

TO 7 P.M.. AND THEN CONDITION NUMBER FOUR THAT YOU CANNOT PULL AN AIR OR WATER PERMIT TO DISPOSE OF ANY POLLUTANTS OR WASTE. IF YOU DON'T MIND REPEATING THOSE AGAIN, FOR ME, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I GOT THEM.

SURE. SO CONDITION NUMBER ONE THE WAREHOUSE CANNOT BE A REFRIGERANT WAREHOUSE, SO YOU CANNOT HAVE COLD ITEMS THAT WOULD REQUIRE, THE USE OF REFRIGERANTS. AM I ALLOWED TO RESPOND? OKAY. NO. SO? SO I PRESIDE OVER THE MEETING. THIS IS NOT CALL AND RESPONSE.

OKAY. SO HE HE ASKED HER TO REPEAT. I'M LETTING HER REPEAT.

BUT WE'RE NOT JUST GOING TO HAVE AN OPEN DISCUSSION. YES, MA'AM. SO, COUNCIL MEMBER ZIEGLER, IF YOU CAN FINISH REPEATING CONDITION NUMBER TWO THAT YOU NEED TO HAVE DOWNCAST LIGHTING ON YOUR PROPERTY.

CONDITION NUMBER THREE, THAT YOUR HOURS OF OPERATION ARE FROM 8 A.M.

UNTIL 7 P.M.. AND CONDITION NUMBER FOUR THAT YOU CANNOT PULL AN AIR OR WATER PERMIT FOR THE DISPOSAL OF POLLUTANTS OR WASTE.

SO I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THE AIR WATER PERMIT PULLING WOULD BE A PROBLEM.

BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE FOR DISPOSAL OF WASTE, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THAT WOULD BE ALLOWED UNDER THE HOA RULES.

BUT I'LL LET JOHN SPEAK. I DON'T THINK THE DOWNCAST LIGHTING WOULD BE A PROBLEM EITHER.

I AM, BUT I WOULD LET JOHN SPEAK TO THE NO REFRIGERANT AND THE HOURS OF OPERATION, IF THAT'S OKAY.

MADAM MAYOR, I THINK SHE ASKED, ARE YOU DONE? HOW WOULD IT? YES. THAT'S IT. BECAUSE I THINK SHE ASKED, MADAM MAYOR, WOULD THE APPLICANT BE OPEN TO ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS? SO YOU MIGHT WANT TO TALK WITH HER BEFORE HE CONFIRMED.

BUT YOU'RE THE REPRESENTATIVE. I'LL LET YOU DECIDE.

THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER ZIEGLER. YOU KNOW, THIS IS OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, JUST ALIVE, BUT I THINK THAT I WOULD BE OPEN TO AGREEING TO ALL OF THOSE CONDITIONS, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE EIGHT A M TO SEVEN P M HOURS OF OPERATION.

YOU KNOW, AS YOU KNOW, WE WILL BUILD THIS BUILDING AND THEN GO LOOK FOR TENANTS, AND WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, IF SOMEBODY WANTED TO OPEN AT SEVEN THIRTY INSTEAD OF EIGHT.

IT WOULD BE TOUGH TO HAVE TO TURN THE TENANT AWAY AS A AS A POTENTIAL BUSINESS IN THE CITY OF EASTPOINTE.

AM I ALLOWED TO ASK? ARE YOU DONE? WHAT HOURS OF OPERATION DO YOU FEEL LIKE WOULD BE THAT YOU WOULD BE AMENABLE TO? JUST SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE YOU KNOW, WE'RE WE'RE NOT AFFECTING THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF THE RESIDENTS, BUT ALSO WE'RE ABLE TO HAVE SOME KIND OF BUSINESS HERE.

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BUT IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, DICTATING RIGHT NOW WHAT HOURS I WOULD JUST SAY THAT WE WOULD FOLLOW THE EXISTING CITY OF EASTPOINTE CODE IN RELATION TO HOURS OF OPERATION. OF COURSE. THAT'S ALL FOR NOW. COUNCIL MEMBER. MARTIN. ROGER. THANK YOU.

AND YOU ALL KNOW HOW I FEEL ABOUT WAREHOUSES IN THE COMMUNITY.

AS SOMEONE THAT RESIDES IN WARD D, THAT MICROSOFT PROJECT JUST WAS NOT A GOOD PROJECT FOR OUR AREA.

BUT I DID LISTEN TO SEVERAL OF MY CONSTITUENTS, AND I WAS ALSO ON THE CALL ON LAST THURSDAY, ON LAST THURSDAY, IN WHICH YOU SAID YOU WOULD BE WILLING TO PROVIDE THE HOPES AND DESIRES OF THE COMMUNITY.

SO I HAVE SPOKEN TO RESIDENTS IN THE COMMUNITY AND NO, WE DON'T WANT ANOTHER WAREHOUSE.

IF YOU DRIVE PAST MICROSOFT, YOU'LL SEE US CUSTOM BUILT HOMES TO THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE STREET.

TO THE LEFT HAND SIDE YOU GO. FURTHER DOWN YOU HAVE SUMMERLIN, SAVANNAH WALK, AND ALSO HERITAGE PARK.

BUT I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE APPETITE IS OF THIS COUNCIL, BUT I KNOW PREVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT THE CONDITIONS BEING PLACED ON THE DEVELOPER IN WHAT HE SHOULD AND SHOULD NOT BE DOING, BUT I WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT YOU CAN DO FOR RESIDENTS THAT LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY AND ASK FOR THIS COUNCIL TO THINK ABOUT A COMMUNITY BENEFITS AGREEMENT. WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS, BUT I DO THINK THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE THERE SHOULD BE SOME DISCUSSION ON HOW WE CAN BETTER NOT ONLY WARD D, BUT ALSO WARDS A, B, C, AND D A COMMUNITY BENEFITS AGREEMENT. HOLD ON JUST A MOMENT.

I DIDN'T NOTICE THE CITY ATTORNEY WAS HERE. I CAN WAIT.

IT WAS JUST IN RESPONSE TO COUNCILWOMAN ZIEGLER'S RESPONSE I.

I'LL HAVE YOU GO AHEAD. OH GO AHEAD. THE ONLY THING I WANTED TO ADD IN RESPONSE TO COUNCILWOMAN ZIEGLER'S LIST OF CONDITIONS IS THAT WE HAVE A CODE SECTION ON LIGHTING TEN DASH 2039, WHICH IS VERY DETAILED IN WHAT KIND OF LIGHTING IS ALLOWED IN AN INDUSTRIAL AREA. SO IF THAT'S A CONDITION THAT THIS COUNCIL IS CONSIDERING, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT YOU STICK TO THE CODE THAT WILL BE TRIGGERED WHEN A BUILDING PERMIT IS PULLED. RIGHT. AND SO ANY LIGHTING WOULD HAVE TO THEN GET STAFF REVIEWED TO ENSURE THAT IT'S IN COMPLIANCE WITH THAT CODE SECTION.

COUNCIL MEMBER MARTIN ROGERS. SO AFTER HEARING FROM RESIDENTS ALL WEEKEND IN THE COMMUNITY AND LOOKING AT OUR SECTION TEN DASH 2067. I THINK THAT THERE WAS SOME TALK THAT YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO PUT A BUILDING ON YOUR SITE, BUT I GUESS THIS WOULD BE A PART OF A BROADER CONVERSATION.

BUT NUMBER ONE AN OFF SPACE SITE WITHIN WARD D FOR A COMMUNITY SERVICES FACILITY SUCH AS A COMMUNITY CENTER WHICH ASSISTS OUR SENIOR RESIDENTS EXCEPTIONAL NEEDS, POPULATION AND OUR YOUTH, A PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT.

THOSE STUDENTS HAVE MADE US A CITY OF CHAMPIONS.

AND YOU'VE HEARD THE WORK. YOU'VE BEEN TO OUR COMMUNITY.

YOU'VE BEEN TO OUR COUNCIL MEETINGS IN WHICH THE PARKS AND REC DIRECTOR HAS TALKED ABOUT THAT.

A PARTNERSHIP WITH TRI-CITIES HIGH SCHOOL, THEIR BASKETBALL TEAM, PERHAPS THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION.

THE CULINARY PROGRAM AND ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM TO HELP MEET THE NEEDS OF THOSE STUDENTS IN TRI-CITIES HIGH SCHOOL.

WHEN IT COMES TO DEVELOPING THIS PROJECT, YOU SHOULD PROBABLY CONSIDER TARGETED OUTREACH TO PRE-BID MEETINGS WITH WORKSHOPS FOR LOCAL, MINORITY AND DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS OWNERS RELATED TO BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT.

DONATING MONEY TO THE FOLLOWING HOA'S HERITAGE PARK, SAVANNAH WALK, LAKESIDE PRESERVE AND THE CITY OF PRAISE CHURCH.

IT ALSO IT DISCUSSES IT IN THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS AGREEMENT, BUT THAT'S OPTIONAL.

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35% OF THOSE JOBS SHOULD PROBABLY GO DIRECTLY TO EAST POINT RESIDENTS.

AND THEN MONEY SET ASIDE FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF ROADS AND LITTER PICKUPS AND THEN SIDEWALK WALK CONNECTIVITY.

YOUR PROPERTY SHOULD CONNECT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE OTHER COMMUNITIES IN THE AREA IN TREES WHERE YOU CANNOT, I GUESS TREES ON THE FRONTAGE OF THE PROPERTY SO THAT IT'S HIDDEN OUT OF SIGHT.

IS THAT IT? YES I AM, YOU CAN RESPOND. ATTORNEY SO.

BUT THAT'S A LAUNDRY LIST. I'M NOT SURE IF YOU WERE ABLE TO CATCH UP.

SO WHAT I MY INITIAL RESPONSE IS, I THINK ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE GREAT.

I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE TO ALL OF THEM, BUT MAYBE THERE COULD BE A CONTRIBUTION TO THE CITY, AND THE CITY COULD DECIDE HOW TO SPEND THAT. MAYBE ONE OF THE 50 WORST PROPERTIES COULD BE CONVERTED INTO A COMMUNITY CENTER.

AND SO I'M SURE THAT THEY WOULD BE HAPPY TO WORK WITH YOU AND MAKE SOME TYPE OF, YOU KNOW, COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITY. AND I WILL BE SURE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY DO THAT BECAUSE WE SERVE THE SAME RESIDENTS IN DIFFERENT CAPACITIES.

RIGHT. AND AND SO I HEAR YOU. NO ONE WANTS A WAREHOUSE NEXT TO THEIR NEXT TO THEIR HOME.

AND BUT I BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE COMMITTED TO WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY, PARTICULARLY THE YOUTH AND THE SENIORS.

AND I'LL LET JOHN SAY ANYTHING ELSE. MAYOR, MAY I APPROACH? YES. YEAH. I THINK, YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD TO COMMIT TO SOMETHING WITHOUT, YOU KNOW, ASSIGNING A DOLLAR VALUE TO IT.

BUT WE CAN COMMIT TO A MATERIAL DONATION TO THE CITY OR TO A PROJECT INVOLVED WITH THE CITY.

ALTHOUGH, YOU KNOW, MY I WOULD HAVE TO GET SENIOR LEADERSHIP APPROVAL ON THE AMOUNT OF THAT DONATION.

THANK YOU. THE. THAT WAS JUST THE LIST THAT I RECEIVED FROM RESIDENTS THAT I SPOKE TO OVER THE COURSE SINCE LAST THURSDAY.

THEY JUST CONTINUED TO ADD TO THIS LIST OF ITEMS, AND I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE RESIDENTS.

SOME OF THEM STATED, YOU TALK TO PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY THIS WEEKEND, DIDN'T YOU? THERE WERE CONVERSATIONS THIS WEEKEND. I HAD I HAD ONE CONVERSATION TODAY WITH MISS ANDREA.

YES. SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT WOULD BE LIKE THE CORRECT COURSE OF ACTION WITH THIS, BUT.

CITY ATTORNEY WIGGINS, THANK YOU. I WOULD JUST CAUTION THE CITY BARGAINING ITS APPROVAL ON ANY MONETARY CONTRIBUTION.

AND SO ANY CONDITION THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE THAT WOULD BE ILLEGAL.

SO JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT. AND OBVIOUSLY THERE THERE CAN BE CONDITIONS THAT MAY ACHIEVE SOME OF THAT, BUT IT SHOULD NOT BE ANY MONETARY VALUE. COMING BACK TO THE CITY IN EXCHANGE FOR YOUR APPROVAL OF THE APPLICATION.

CORRECT. COUNCIL MEMBER SHROPSHIRE. THANK YOU.

EITHER YOU ARE FOR OR YOU ARE AGAINST. WHAT YOU ALLOW IS WHAT YOU ACCEPT.

I REMEMBER MAYBE ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO, WE HAD A.

MOTION TO COME BEFORE US IN A DIFFERENT WARD, AND THEY WANTED TO BRING CANISTERS WHERE THEY GO TO THE HOUSES AND PICK UP THE TRASH THE DUMPSTERS. AND BECAUSE THAT WARD PERSON DID NOT WANT IT. THAT'S HOW WE VOTED BECAUSE IT AFFECTED THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.

HERE'S WHAT I SEE. AND I'M GOING TO BE REAL HONEST.

ANYTHING THAT'S IN CERTAIN WARDS NEAR DOWNTOWN, THEY DON'T WANT IT.

THEY WANT TO PUSH IT FURTHER OUT. OUT OF SIGHT, OUT OF MIND.

REMEMBER THAT. OUT OF SIGHT, OUT OF MIND. THEY DON'T WANT IT IN CERTAIN AREAS, BUT THEY'RE WILLING TO NEGOTIATE YOUR LIVELIHOODS. BUT WHEN IT COMES TO OTHER AREAS, THEY'RE NOT WILLING TO NEGOTIATE.

THEY DON'T WANT IT BECAUSE IT BRINGS DOWN THEIR COMMUNITY.

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SO HERE WE ARE AND YOU ALL ARE HERE. AND YOU DON'T WANT IT.

BUT ARE THEY LISTENING? NO. BECAUSE WHEN IT CAME BEFORE US, THEY SET UP HERE AND NEGOTIATED CONDITIONS. THAT'S HOW WE GOT TO BEING ONE MILE FROM WHERE YOU ARE NOW.

AND IT'LL PROBABLY PASS BECAUSE THEY'RE THE VOTES.

IT'LL PROBABLY PASS. BUT YOU REMEMBER WHO'S RUNNING.

THERE ARE SEVERAL ELECTIONS COMING UP. COUNTY.

CITY. REMEMBER THAT. REMEMBER HOW? REMEMBER HOW THEY DIDN'T LISTEN TO YOU. BUT WHEN ELECTION TIME COME, THEY'RE GOING TO WANT YOUR VOTES.

THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT HOW IT IMPACTS YOU. THAT'S THAT'S NOT THEIR CONCERN BECAUSE IT'S NOT IMPACTING WHERE THEY ARE.

YOU HAVE TO BE ENGAGED. YOU HAVE TO BE INFORMED AND YOU HAVE TO MOVE WITH YOUR VOTES.

I GUARANTEE YOU, WHEN THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS IN CERTAIN AREAS, COME BACK AND SEE HOW THE VOTE GO.

COME BACK AND SEE WHO WANTS WHAT AND WHAT THEY DON'T WANT.

THAT'LL TELL YOU THE WHOLE STORY. I'VE BEEN IN THIS CITY A LONG TIME AND WHAT I SEE IS COUNCIL BEFORE 2013 AGAIN. SO I SAY THIS. I'M GOING TO SUPPORT WHAT YOU ALL WANT BECAUSE YOU ALL HAVE TO LIVE WITH IT. AND I KNOW HOW THINGS IMPACT NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE NOT FOR THE GOOD OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND IMMA YIELD. SO I WAITED PATIENTLY. I WON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR YOU ALL.

I'M GOING TO GO TO THE LAW. OUR ZONING ORDINANCE TEN DASH 2079D USES PERMITTED THROUGH USE PERMIT ONLY. THE FOLLOWING USES MAY BE PERMITTED PER THE PROCEDURES AND STANDARDS SET FORTH IN ARTICLE D, SECTION TEN, TWO, ONE, ONE FIVE ET SEQ. IN THE I ONE DISTRICT, PROVIDED THAT SUCH USE SHALL BE AT LEAST 5280FT FROM ANY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY OR PROPERTY USED FOR RESIDENTIAL USE, AND IN THAT LIST IS WAREHOUSE. SO I'M ASSUMING YOU'RE GOING BY THAT SECTION.

BUT BEFORE YOU EVEN GET TO THE LIST, IT SAYS THE PROPERTY OF WHERE THIS USE IS GOING TO BE HAS TO BE AT LEAST 5280FT FROM ANY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY OR PROPERTY USED FOR RESIDENTIAL USE.

I DON'T RECALL IF YOUR SLIDE WAS IN HERE TONIGHT THAT SHOWED THE CIRCUMFERENCE OR THE DIAMETER READING THAT WAS.

I FEEL LIKE IT WAS 900FT. IT WAS LESS THAN A THOUSAND.

AND ON ANY FROM RESIDENTIAL? I DON'T THINK IT WAS A WAREHOUSE IN BETWEEN IT, BECAUSE THE LINE WAS GOING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION OF MICROSOFT. IT WAS GOING TO THE LEFT, MICROSOFT'S TO YOUR RIGHT, AND THE SAME DISTANCE FROM THE CENTER.

RIGHT. IT'S BASIC MATH, BUT NEVERTHELESS, IT DIDN'T SAY 5281FT.

IT WAS LESS THAN THAT. AND SO BY THE VERY LANGUAGE IN OUR ORDINANCE, WHICH IT WAS STATED THAT THE CITY COULD HAVE CHANGED THE ZONING. WE DID.

WE PUT AN INDUSTRIAL MORATORIUM IN PLACE FROM FEBRUARY 2020 TO DECEMBER 2020, AMENDED THE I1, I2, AND BPY ZONING INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS AND CREATED ONE.

AND I THINK IT'S MIXED. I FORGOT THE WORDS. IT'S THE MIXED INDUSTRIAL MSI DISTRICTS.

AND IN THAT AMENDMENT, BECAUSE THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT HAS THE AUTHORITY OVER LAND USE AND ZONING IN EVERY MUNICIPALITY IN THIS STATE, IT'S NOT A COUNTY DECISION. IT'S NOT A STATE DECISION.

IT IS A LOCAL POWER GIVEN TO MUNICIPALITIES ACROSS THIS STATE.

SO WE EXERCISED OUR POWER. AND IN FACT, THE MILE CAME FROM THE EASTPOINT ENVIRONMENTAL COLLECTIVE THAT COUNCILMEMBER ZIEGLER WAS A PART OF.

IT WAS COUNCILMEMBER ZIEGLER. SHE WASN'T A COUNCIL MEMBER AT THE TIME.

JULIE. AARON, WE MET WITH THEM. WE HAD A DISTANCE IN THE ORDINANCE AND THEY SAID, THAT'S NOT FAR ENOUGH.

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THIS BUILDING. SO YES, THERE'S OTHER THINGS THAT WE INHERITED.

BUT BECAUSE WE HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE LOCAL DECISIONS ON LAND USE AND ZONING, WE'VE DECIDED THAT WE WANT ADAPTIVE REUSE OF WAREHOUSE LIKE PONCE CITY MARKET, KROG STREET, ALL THOSE OTHER AREAS IN ATLANTA AND PARTS OF FULTON COUNTY WHERE THEY CONVERT OLD INDUSTRIAL BUSINESSES TO MIXED USE OR QUALITY LIFE TYPE PLACES WHERE IT'S RESTAURANT, RETAIL, ENTERTAINMENT.

LIKE THAT'S WHY THAT LIST OF THINGS THAT ARE ALLOWED ARE THERE.

AND THE OTHER THING IS YOU'RE ASKING FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT BUT HAVEN'T TOLD US THE USE.

YOU SAID BUILD THE BUILDING AND GO LOOK FOR THE TENANTS.

THAT MEANS WE DON'T KNOW WHO'S GOING TO BE IN THE BUILDING. THAT'S WHAT YOU SAID, MR. JOHN. I QUOTED IT. ALSO, YOU SAID IF WE RIP UP, IT WOULD TAKE $1 MILLION TO RIP UP THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S THERE. WHY CAN'T WE USE THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S THERE FOR OTHER BUILDINGS THAT COME LIKE INFRASTRUCTURE IS INFRASTRUCTURE? I'M NOT ASKING THE QUESTION. I REALLY THERE'S NO NEED TO RESPOND.

THE OTHER THING IS. THERE IS NOT A BENEFIT THAT CAN BE OFFERED WITH A VALUE THAT HAS A PRICE THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO SAY, OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO NEGATIVELY IMPACT THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF OUR RESIDENTS.

SO FOR ME, THIS ISN'T ABOUT BENEFITS. THIS IS ABOUT I'M STICKING WITH OUR ORDINANCE.

WHAT THE ORDINANCE PROVIDES AND THE FACT THAT THE DEVELOPER IS NOT ENTITLED TO A VARIANCE.

THEY CAN REQUEST A VARIANCE. AND THIS COUNCIL HAS THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE A DECISION AS TO WHETHER IT WILL BE GRANTED OR NOT.

I THINK I THINK WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS FROM A LEGAL LIKE WHAT OUR ORDINANCE IS, WHAT HAS BEEN MET AND WHAT HAS NOT BEEN MET.

THERE HAS NOT BEEN A CONDITION THAT SAYS WE SHOULD WAIVE THIS VARIANCE BECAUSE WE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT'S GOING IN THE BUILDING. SO IF THAT WERE SOMETHING THAT WE WERE GOING TO CONSIDER, WE CAN'T BUILD IT AND GO LOOK FOR TENANTS AND THEY WOULD COME.

I KNOW OTHER CITIES ALLOW THAT. OTHER CITIES HAVE MORE WAREHOUSES THAN THEY LIKE, A BUNCH OF INDUSTRIAL WAREHOUSES THAT IMPACT THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF RESIDENTS BUILT WITH NO BUFFERS BETWEEN RESIDENTIAL. A MILE AT LEAST, IS WHAT WE DESIRE FOR NEW INDUSTRIAL USE.

AND NOW YOU ARE HERE BECAUSE THIS BUILDING OR THIS LAND IS IN A PROCESS WHERE YOU NEED THAT, BECAUSE WE'VE EXERCISED OUR RIGHTS AND WE HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING WRONG.

THE PROCESSES HAVE BEEN FOLLOWED, THE HEARINGS HAVE BEEN HELD.

THERE'S NOT A DUE PROCESS VIOLATION AS IT RELATES TO HEARINGS.

YOUR THE HEARING WE CONDUCTED TODAY IS ACTUALLY THE SECOND HEARING BECAUSE YOU HAD A HEARING ON THE FIRST PART AND NOW WE'RE HAVING TWO.

SO THEY WERE COMBINED TOGETHER. YOU ACTUALLY GOT AN EXTRA HEARING.

RIGHT. BECAUSE WE'RE NOT WE HAVEN'T BIFURCATED IT.

WE'RE NOT JUST HAVING A HEARING ON THE VARIANCE.

IT'S A HEARING ON THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT AND THE VARIANCE. THERE'S TWO HEARINGS WHEN GENERALLY WE'RE REQUIRED TO DO ONE.

YOU HAD TWO HEARINGS BEFORE PLANNING AND ZONING.

AND SO IF WE LOOK AT THE PLAIN LANGUAGE OF OUR ORDINANCES, WHICH WERE PUT IN PLACE TO PROTECT OUR RESIDENTS FROM THE INDUSTRIAL USES THAT WE HAD INHERITED AND TO TRY TO SAY AS WE MOVE FORWARD, WE WANT TO DO GROW IN A DIFFERENT WAY.

NOW YOU'RE ASKING US TO GO BACK ON WHAT WE SAID TO THE RESIDENTS THAT WE WOULD DO AND WHAT WE PUT IN OUR ORDINANCE AS IT RELATES TO THE SPECIAL USE, WHICH WE DON'T KNOW. IT'S JUST THE WAREHOUSE. YOU SAID BUILD IT AND YOU GO LOOK FOR TENANTS AND THE VARIANCE.

AND BASED UPON YOUR SLIDES, RESIDENTIAL IS LESS THAN 5280FT FROM THIS PROPERTY ON ANY AREA OF THE PROPERTY. SO THAT'S WHAT THIS IS TONIGHT.

IT'S ABOUT THOSE TWO THINGS. AND THE APPLICANT, IN MY OPINION, HAS NOT MET THOSE REQUIREMENTS.

NOW WE DON'T HAVE EIGHT COUNCIL MEMBERS HERE TONIGHT.

NO WE HAVE SEVEN. OH YOU'RE HERE. MY BAD. YOU SLIPPED IN.

I WAS LOOK, I SHOULD HAVE STAYED AT HOME. WE DO HAVE EIGHT COUNCIL MEMBERS TONIGHT.

WELCOME. COUNCIL MEMBER BUTLER. I DIDN'T SEE YOU SLIP IN. THANK YOU. SO I WAS JUST ABOUT TO SAY WE DON'T HAVE EIGHT, SO I WON'T BE ABLE TO VOTE IF THERE'S A TIE,

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I'M SURE. COUNCIL IN COUNCILMAN BUTLER. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

IT WOULD HAVE BEEN MUCH EASIER JUST TO STAY AT HOME.

THIS IS A VERY CONTENTIOUS FIGHT. I DO APOLOGIZE FOR BEING LATE.

I HAD CAR TROUBLE, AND I DID EVERYTHING I COULD TO BE HERE FOR THE PEOPLE.

FIRST OF ALL, I'M A CANCER, RIGHT? BORN JULY 8TH.

SO WE FEEL EVERYTHING. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? VERY TOUCHY FEELY ABOUT THIS SITUATION.

AND. I TOLD TWO PEOPLE, MISS CARTER. AND WHERE IS WHERE'S DORY? IS SHE HERE? I WAS GOING TO VOTE NO AGAINST THIS WAREHOUSE BECAUSE I KNOW HOW YOU FEEL.

WE HAD A FOOD BANK WAREHOUSE PUT BEHIND MY NEIGHBORHOOD, AND THE DIFFERENCE IN THAT WAS THAT WAS COMMERCIAL PROPERTY. AND THIS IS INDUSTRIAL. I WAS HERE WHEN WE DID THE MORATORIUM.

I SUPPORTED THE MORATORIUM. SOME PEOPLE DID NOT.

I KNOW WHY WE PUT IN WHAT WE PUT IN. AND IT WASN'T TO STOP BUILDING WAREHOUSES IN A WAREHOUSE SUBDIVISION SO I COULD HAVE STAYED AWAY AND ABSTAINED ON THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE.

BUT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE PEOPLE TO KNOW WHERE I STAND.

RIGHT OR WRONG. AND I HAVE TO APOLOGIZE TO YOU.

THE PEOPLE OF WARD D OF HERITAGE PARK, OF SAVANNAH WALK LAKESIDE PRESERVE.

BECAUSE PEOPLE KEEP COMING TO YOU GUYS AND THEY'RE GASLIGHTING YOU AND THEY'RE NOT TELLING YOU THE ENTIRE FACT.

AND THAT'S UNFORTUNATE, AND IT'S NOT FAIR TO YOU.

WHEN WE ACT ON THIS DAIS IN THIS PARTICULAR SITUATION, WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE MINISTERIAL WITHOUT BIAS.

WE'RE SUPPOSED TO LOOK AT THIS BASED ON THE FACTS.

AND THE LEGITIMACY OF WHAT'S BEEN ASKED OF US.

YOU'RE NOT GETTING THAT. IT'S NOT MY JOB TO PUT MY PERSONAL FEELINGS IN THIS PLACE.

IT'S MY JOB TO ABIDE BY THE LAW. AND WE HAVE A PRESIDENT RIGHT NOW THAT WANTS TO DO WHATEVER HE WANTS TO DO, DESPITE THE LAW. AND WE GOT SOME PEOPLE THAT KEEP GASLIGHTING YOU AND BREAKING THE LAW.

AND I'M TELLING YOU, WITHOUT GOING INTO DETAILS, WE GOT TOO MANY LAWSUITS RIGHT NOW.

MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. AND WE DON'T NEED ANOTHER ONE BECAUSE OF OUR FEELINGS.

NOW YOU, THE RESIDENTS, YOU GET TO FEEL WHAT YOU WANT TO FEEL BECAUSE IT'S YOUR RIGHT AND WE'RE SUPPOSED TO REPRESENT YOU.

BUT WOULD YOU RATHER FOR US TO SAY NO TO THIS PROJECT OR GET SUED FOR MILLIONS OF DOLLARS BECAUSE WE DIDN'T DO WHAT THE LAW TOLD US TO DO? THAT'S THE QUESTION THAT I COME THAT I HAVE TO ASK MYSELF, BECAUSE I KNOW HOW IT FEELS.

IT HAPPENED TO ME. IT HAPPENED TO ME. A FOOD BANK WAREHOUSE PUT BEHIND A HISTORIC BLACK NEIGHBORHOOD AND WE GET ZERO PROPERTY TAXES FOR IT.

SO WHEN I TELL YOU I KNOW HOW IT FEELS, I KNOW HOW IT FEELS.

BUT I HAVE TO TAKE MY FEELINGS ASIDE AND I CAN'T BREAK THE LAW.

MR. ZIGGLER, THANK YOU. SO MY CONDITION OF NO REFRIGERANT WAREHOUSING STILL STANDS? I SUPPOSE SINCE WE ALREADY HAVE AN ORDINANCE ABOUT DOWNCAST LIGHTING, WE CAN IGNORE THAT ONE FOR HOURS OF OPERATION.

WOULD YOU BE AMENABLE TO 6 A.M. TO 7 P.M.? MAY I RESPOND? YES. OKAY. YOU KNOW, I JUST CAN'T COMMIT TO THAT RIGHT NOW.

I NEED TO GO BACK AND TALK TO MY HIGHER UPS AND INVESTORS IN THIS PROJECT.

YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST NOT SOMETHING I CAN COMMIT TO. YOU KNOW, WHILE THE WHILE THE USE OF THE PROPERTY,

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YOU KNOW, IF IF THEY'RE OPEN AT 24 HOURS, I DON'T THINK THAT US NOT BEING OPEN AT THE SAME TIME THEY'RE OPEN WOULD WOULD AFFECT, YOU KNOW, THE TRAFFIC ON THAT STREET AND OR THE FACT THAT THERE IS TRAFFIC ON THAT STREET AT THOSE HOURS.

BUT I CAN'T COMMIT RIGHT NOW TO A RESTRICTION ON HOURS OF OPERATION.

INSPIRATION. OKAY. AND THIS IS MY MY LINE OF THINKING.

SO AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, THERE IS A MOVEMENT TO REINDUSTRIALIZE THE UNITED STATES, WHICH PERSONALLY TERRIFIES ME. BUT WHAT I DO KNOW IS THAT WHEN WE HAVE AN APPLICANT IN FRONT OF US, WE HAVE CONTROL AND WE CAN PUT CONDITIONS THAT FURTHER PROTECT PEOPLE. AND WHEN WE WERE A PART OF THE THE INDUSTRIAL MORATORIUM AND WE CREATED THESE, THESE ADDITIONAL RULES THAT ARE NEW ABOUT DISTANCE REQUIREMENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, IT STILL NEEDS TO BE RETWEAKED.

I, I STILL WANT TO GO BACK AND FIX SOME THINGS THAT I BELIEVE NEED TO BE ADDED.

BUT AT THE MOMENT, THIS IS A WAREHOUSE. THE OTHER USES FOR AN IRON DISTRICT ARE MANUFACTURING.

YOU KNOW, PRINTING, LIKE, ALL DIFFERENT KINDS OF THINGS THAT ANOTHER APPLICANT COULD EASILY COME IN FRONT OF US, AND WE WOULD BE IN THE SAME CONVERSATION OF CONDITIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO RIGHT NOW THIS IS A WAREHOUSE. AND THE ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS THAT I BELIEVE THAT ARE WOULD BE APPROPRIATE IN ORDER TO FURTHER PROTECT THE COMMUNITY WOULD BE ABSOLUTELY NO REFRIGERANT WAREHOUSING.

SO THAT THAT'S WHERE I STAND ON THIS PROJECT.

SO THAT THAT'S AND I YIELD. IS THERE A BUILDING ON THIS PROPERTY I UNDERSTAND IS VACANT LAND? THAT'S CORRECT. IT'S VACANT LAND TODAY. SO THERE'S NO WAREHOUSE ON THIS PROPERTY RIGHT NOW? CORRECT.

THERE'S JUST THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT I LISTED, INCLUDING THE UTILITIES AND AND RETENTION POND AND RETAINING WALL.

AND THE SITE IS GRADED BUT BUT CORRECT. THERE'S NO STRUCTURE ON THE SITE.

COUNCIL MEMBER, SHROPSHIRE. THANK YOU. AND AGAIN, THERE'S NO BUILDING.

YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT EXACTLY IS GOING TO BE. BUT HERE AGAIN WE'RE PUTTING CONDITIONS ON THINGS THAT'S NOT YET DONE. AND I'M GOING TO ASK THIS QUESTION WHERE WOULD THESE SAME CONDITIONS TWO YEARS AGO WHEN THEY WANTED TO HAVE JUST DUMPSTERS, WHERE THEY GO TO THE HOUSE AND PICK UP THE DEBRIS, DUMP IT OUT? AND THEY WAS JUST STORING THOSE DUMPSTERS THERE.

I'M GOING TO KEEP SAYING IT WHEN IT COMES TO CERTAIN AREAS, THERE ARE THINGS THAT THEY DON'T WANT AND THEY FIGHT HARD FOR IT.

BUT WHEN IT COMES TO THINGS THAT'S OUT OF SIGHT AND OUT OF MIND, THEY PUSH IT OFF BECAUSE THEY CAN'T SEE IT.

IT'S NOT VISIBLE. THESE PEOPLE ARE HERE SAYING THAT THEY DON'T WANT IT AND TO SPEAK TO COUNCIL MEMBER BUTLER.

I REMEMBER WHEN THE CHEVRON, OR MAYBE IT WAS TEXACO, CAME TO THE LOW TWO CONVENIENCE STORES ON ONE CORNER.

NOW WE HAVE FOUR. AND I REMEMBER MY NEIGHBOR SAYING WE WANTED THE CITY TO FIGHT FOR US BECAUSE WE DIDN'T WANT IT AND WE DIDN'T WANT THE ALCOHOL.

AND, AND, AND THERE WERE NO ALCOHOL OUT OF NEITHER CONVENIENCE STORE BECAUSE WE WANTED THE WE WANTED THE CITY TO FIGHT FOR US.

AND THAT'S JUST LIKE THEM. THEY WANT US TO FIGHT FOR THEM AND TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT.

AND IF THEY'RE TELLING US THEY DON'T WANT IT BECAUSE IT IMPACTS THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE AND THEY'RE SURROUNDED BY WAREHOUSES, THEN WE SHOULD LISTEN. WE SHOULD NOT BE UP HERE PUTTING NEGOTIATIONS ON CONDITIONS WHEN THEY WOULDN'T PUT CONDITIONS IN THEIR AREA. COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL MEETING WHEN WE HAVE OTHER PLANNING AND ZONING MEETINGS, AND IT'S IN CERTAIN AREAS AND SEE ARE THEY GOING TO PUT THOSE SAME CONDITIONS ON IT? SO NO ONE'S LIGHT IS ON AT THIS TIME. AND I'M LOOKING AT THE AGENDA.

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THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION. I READ OUR LAW INTO THE RECORD.

THAT'S THE CURRENT ORDINANCE THAT I THINK WE AMENDED BACK IN DECEMBER OF 2020.

SO IT'S BEEN OUR LAW FOR ABOUT FOUR AND A HALF YEARS.

I THINK WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO, COUNCIL MEMBER SCHWARTZ, WAS IN JANUARY OF LAST YEAR.

AND SO WE DO HAVE AN ORDINANCE AND IT DOES HAVE PROVISIONS, AND A VARIANCE IS NOT AN ENTITLEMENT.

IT'S NOT SOMETHING YOU'RE REQUIRED. WE'RE REQUIRED TO DO.

AND IT'S THE FIRST I'M HEARING THAT WE NEED TO LOOK MORE AT THE ORDINANCES REGARDING INDUSTRIAL.

BUT I WELCOME IT BECAUSE WE'VE HAD THOSE CONVERSATIONS.

WE AMENDED THE ORDINANCE, AND WE'RE HERE WITH EXACTLY WHAT THE ORDINANCE WAS DESIGNED TO DO.

HAVE SPECIAL USE PERMITS, COME BEFORE THIS COUNCIL, SO THIS COUNCIL CAN MAKE A DECISION IN FRONT OF THE PEOPLE WHO ELECT US AND OUR CONSTITUENTS AND OUR SUPERVISORS, AND ENSURE THAT IF THOSE SPECIAL USES WERE GOING TO BE ALLOWED IN EYE ONE. THEY HAD TO BE AT LEAST A MILE AWAY FROM RESIDENTIAL.

IT'S THE LAW. I READ IT INTO THE RECORD. AT THIS POINT COUNCIL MEMBER MITCHELL SAID, MADAM CITY ATTORNEY, WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO NEED YOU. OH. I WAS JUST I DIDN'T NOTICE MY LIGHT WAS ON, BUT I WAS TRYING TO SEE IF WE WERE GOING TO CALL THE QUESTION ANYTIME SOON.

SO THERE'S NO THERE'S NO MOTION ON THE FLOOR.

WE'RE IN DISCUSSION. SO THERE'S NO QUESTION TO BE CALLED.

UNLESS THERE'S A MOTION PUT ON THE FLOOR. COUNCIL MEMBER FREELY.

YEAH. I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS A QUESTION FOR MADAM MAYOR OR THE DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY OR THE CITY ATTORNEY. IF THERE IS ACTION TO BE TAKEN, WE WOULD NEED TO WAIVE THE FIRST READING. CORRECT.

LET ME ALSO ADD, I DON'T THINK HAVE YOU GUYS HAD THE STAFF REPORT ALREADY? OKAY. AND THEN THE AT THE BEGINNING, WE HAD THE STAFF REPORT.

THROUGH THIS LIVE PRESENTATION, THEY SHARED THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS OF CONDITIONS DURING THE DISCUSSION.

ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED. I THINK THIS IS.

ON THE NEXT PAGE, THE NEXT SLIDE JUST ACTUALLY PROVIDES MORE INFORMATION ON NUMBER EIGHT, I THINK.

I DON'T THINK IT ADDS ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS, BUT THESE WERE THE STAFF RECOMMENDED DENIAL.

AND THESE ARE THE CONDITIONS IN THE EVENT THAT THAT THEY RECOMMEND TO COUNCIL MOVES FORWARD.

THE ONLY THING I WOULD ADD THEN FOR THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL IS THAT THE CRITERIA THEN THAT'S IN THE STAFF REPORT THAT IN YOUR DELIBERATIONS AND VOTING THAT AND I THINK THIS HAS BEEN SAID BY MULTIPLE OF YOU WHO HAVE ALREADY SPOKEN, IS THAT YOU APPLY THE CRITERIA IN YOUR ORDINANCE TO THE APPLICATION.

COUNCIL MEMBER FREHLEY'S QUESTION OF WAVING THE FIRST READING.

WE DON'T HAVE AN ORDINANCE. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING WHEN STAFF IS RECOMMENDING DENIAL.

GENERALLY, THERE'S NOT AN ORDINANCE THAT'S PREPARED AS IT IS WHEN THERE'S A RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL.

COUNCIL MEMBER FREHLEY'S QUESTION WAS, DO WE NEED TO WAIVE THE FIRST READING? WE DON'T HAVE AN ORDINANCE BEFORE US THE WAY THE FIRST READING.

IF NOT, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, I THINK WE'RE REQUIRED TO HAVE THE ORDINANCE BEFORE US IN WRITING.

PER, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S IN THE COUNCIL RULES SECTION OR SOMEWHERE WHERE IT TALKS ABOUT ORDINANCES.

SO YOU ARE CORRECT, MADAM MAYOR. STAFF TENDS NOT TO PREPARE ORDINANCE WHEN THEIR RECOMMENDATION IS DENIAL.

AND SO IN THE CASE OF THIS, IF THERE IS A MOTION TO APPROVE, THEN YOU WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO READ THE WAIVE THE FIRST READ. AND IT WOULD NEED TO COME BACK FOR A SECOND READ.

STAFF THEN COULD PREPARE THE ORDINANCE BASED ON WHATEVER THE MOTION IS TONIGHT, PROVIDED IT INCLUDES CONDITIONS HERE ON THE SCREEN OR ONES WE'VE HEARD FROM THE DAIS. IF THAT. SO WHEN IT COMES BACK, WOULD THAT BE THE FIRST READING OR SECOND READING? BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE THE FIRST TIME WE'D HAVE THE ORDINANCE.

IF YOU DRAFT AFTER WHATEVER DECISION IS MADE TONIGHT.

I BELIEVE THE RULES PROVIDE THAT IT NEEDS YOU NEED TO HAVE THE ORDINANCE FOR APPROVAL.

AND TECHNICALLY, APPROVAL WOULDN'T BE UNTIL THE SECOND READ. I CAN LOOK THAT COUNCIL RULE UP, TO BE SURE.

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IS IT POSSIBLE THAT WE CAN TABLE THIS UNTIL STAFF HAS A CHANCE TO DRAFT THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE, AND THEN COME BACK TO THIS THIS EVENING? SO YOU'RE ASKING IF STAFF COULD.

IT'S VERY PRESUMPTUOUS, PRESUMPTUOUS REQUEST, BUT YOU'RE ASKING IF STAFF COULD IF THE ITEM COULD BE TABLED AND STAFF COULD DRAFT THE ORDINANCE TONIGHT TO THEN REMOVE THIS ITEM FROM THE TABLE LATER SO THAT COUNCIL COULD ACT ON AN ORDINANCE TONIGHT.

MADAM CITY ATTORNEY, THAT WAS HYPOTHETICAL, NOT PRESUMPTUOUS.

AND I AM LISTENING, MADAM MAYOR. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I'M LOOKING FOR THAT COUNSEL.

SO IF YOU WOULD ALLOW ME, IT'S RULE 16. THAT'S RIGHT.

MADAM MAYOR. MAYOR, MAKE A STATEMENT. LET ME GET HER RESPONSE ON THIS, AND THEN I'LL COME TO YOU.

UNLESS YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT. NOT ABOUT. IT WAS NOT ABOUT THAT.

IT WAS. SO WE CAME TWO TIMES. THE FIRST TIME WHEN IT WAS JUST A SPECIAL USE PERMIT. AND THEN TWO TIMES THIS TIME.

WE WERE HERE LAST WEEK FOR THE GREAT MEETING ABOUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND WAITED THE WHOLE MEETING ONLY TO BE TAKEN OFF OF THAT AGENDA. SO WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF UP OR DOWN VOTE TONIGHT.

AND THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO SAY. OF COURSE. MADAM MAYOR, I'VE BEEN ABLE TO READ THAT RULE.

AND AS I ASSUMED IT SAYS, EVERY PROPOSED ORDINANCE SHALL BE INTRODUCED IN WRITING AND IN THE FORM REQUIRED FOR FINAL ADOPTION.

AND SO I READ THAT TO SAY THAT YOU NEED THE ORDINANCE IN WRITING FOR YOUR FINAL ADOPTION, WHICH WOULD HAPPEN AT THE SECOND READING. SO IT SAYS EACH ORDINANCE SHALL BE READ BY TITLE AT TWO DIFFERENT REGULAR MEETINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, UNLESS THE READING IS WAIVED.

RIGHT. SO BY TITLE DOESN'T TO ME DOES NOT SAY THAT YOU NEED THE ACTUAL TEXT OF THE ORDINANCE.

SO THE TITLE WOULD BE MOTION TO IN THIS CASE WOULD BE APPROVED BECAUSE YOU WOULDN'T HAVE AN ORDINANCE FOR DENIAL FOLLOWED BY THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT AND CONCURRENT VARIANCE IN THE CASE NUMBERS IN THE I-1 DISTRICT FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT THE ADDRESS.

SO IF THAT COUNCIL DOES NOT DESIRE, IN AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION, I WOULD ASK THAT YOU READ WHAT THE MOTION SHOULD SAY.

CERTAINLY. SO THAT THAT PART CAN BE ADDRESSED APPROPRIATELY.

AND THEN WE'LL TAKE WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THAT.

SO IF THE COUNCIL'S DESIRE IS TO APPROVE, THEN THE RECOMMENDED LANGUAGE WOULD BE A MOTION TO APPROVE, USE PERMIT AND CONCURRENT VARIANCE IN I-1 DISTRICT TO DEVELOP TWO WAREHOUSES AND DISTRIBUTION BUILDING IN CASE NUMBER P 2020 5-00103. I THINK THAT'S THE RIGHT CASE NUMBER.

AND CASE NUMBER P20 20 4U-001- TEN FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT ZERO WALKER MALL ROAD WITH ALL APPLICABLE CONDITIONS. AND THEN YOU WOULD NEED TO LIST WHAT THOSE CONDITIONS ARE. OBVIOUSLY BECAUSE WE'VE HEARD MANY.

SO THERE ARE EIGHT CONDITIONS ON THE SCREEN. I THINK YOU WROTE DOWN FOUR CONDITIONS.

I THINK I HEARD MORE CONDITIONS. SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT IT WOULD BE THAT LANGUAGE YOU JUST SAID, PLUS STATING ALL OF THE CONDITIONS? CORRECT. NOW, IF I MEAN FOR THE FOR THE FOR BREVITY, IF IT'S JUST THE CONDITIONS THAT STAFF HAS LIFTED, YOU CAN SAY IN THOSE CONDITIONS AS STATED BY STAFF, RIGHT. BUT IF THERE ARE ADDITIONAL ONES, THOSE NEED TO BE READ BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT A PART OF THIS,

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I'M NOT SURE. THERE'S NO QUESTIONS.

COUNCIL MEMBER FREELY. YES, MADAM MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE.

AND PLEASE CATCH ME IF I DON'T REPEAT IT THE EXACT SAME WAY YOU DID.

USE PERMIT TO REQUEST A REQUEST TO DEVELOP TWO WAREHOUSES AND DISTRIBUTION BUILDINGS WITH CONCURRENT VARIANCE.

P 2025 00103 AT ZERO MALL ROAD IN THE I-1 LIGHT INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICT WITH WITH THE USE PERMIT. DO I NEED TO ADD THAT LANGUAGE HERE? YES. AND STATE BOTH CASE NUMBERS WITH USE PERMIT P 2020 4U-001-10 WITH CONDITIONS ONE THROUGH SEVEN. RECOMMENDED BY STAFF.

STRIKING CONDITION EIGHT. THAT WOULD BE YOUR MOTION.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND FOR DISCUSSION. COUNCILMAN MOTION HAS BEEN SECONDED.

COUNCIL MEMBER. SHROPSHIRE. SO WHY WOULD WOULD WE STRIKE? WHY WOULD YOU STRIKE CONDITION NUMBER EIGHT? BECAUSE BASICALLY WHAT THEY SAID IS IF YOU PUT CONDITION NUMBER EIGHT IN THERE, THEN IT MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR THEM TO BUILD ON IT.

SO NOW IT'S LIKE YOU'RE JUST GIVING THEM WHAT THEY WANT AND DISREGARD WHAT THE PEOPLE SAY.

SO IF YOU WERE GOING TO MAKE A MOTION, YOU WOULD HAVE INCLUDED EVERYTHING IN THE MOTION.

NOT CHERRY PICK, BUT HERE AGAIN. IS THAT A QUESTION FOR ME? NO. SO NO NO NOT WE WON'T GO BACK AND FORTH COUNCIL MEMBER FREELY IF YOU WANT TO.

YOU JUST TURN ON YOUR LIGHT IF YOU WANT TO RESPOND.

I DON'T SEE ANYONE ELSE IN. IF THERE ARE NO OTHER DISCUSSION, I'LL CALL FOR THE QUESTION.

MEMBER. ZIEGLER. AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER COUNCIL MEMBER.

DID YOU COUNCIL MEMBER. ZIEGLER AND COUNCIL MEMBER ATKINS THANK YOU.

FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO THAT THE DEVELOPMENT CANNOT HAVE A REFRIGERANT WAREHOUSE.

THERE IS A REQUEST FOR A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO ADD A CONDITION THAT THE DEVELOPMENT CANNOT HAVE A REFRIGERANT WAREHOUSE.

COUNCIL MEMBER FREHLEY, DO YOU ACCEPT THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT? YES. COUNCIL MEMBER SHROPSHIRE, DOES YOUR SECOND STILL STAND? NO. THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR WITH A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT.

TO ADD AN ADDITION TO THE SEVEN CONDITIONS ON THE SCREEN.

RECOMMENDED BY BAR STAFF. ANOTHER CONDITION THAT THE DEVELOPMENT CANNOT HAVE A.

REFRIGERANT. COOLANT. REFRIGERANT. REFRIGERANT WAREHOUSE.

THAT THERE'S ONLY A MOTION. THERE'S NOT A SECOND TO THAT MOTION WITH THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT.

IS THERE A SECOND? IF WE CAN GET A SECOND, I CAN GET TO A DISCUSSION.

BUT IF NOT, WE'LL SECOND. SO IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.

COUNCIL MEMBER CUMMINS, DID YOU ALL AGREE TO THE NOT HAVING THE REFRIGERANT, WAS THAT.

YES, MA'AM. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANKS. COUNCIL MEMBER.

YOU WERE IN BEFORE COUNCIL MEMBER ATKINS. YEAH.

THAT'S FINE. IN ADDITION, IF THE MAKER OF THE MOTION AND A SECOND WOULD ACCEPT ALSO NO STORAGE OF LITHIUM IN ANY FORM. THAT WOULD BE A CONDITION THAT I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ADD TO THIS.

MADAM CITY ATTORNEY. I DON'T RECALL HOW MANY FRIENDLY AMENDMENTS WE CAN HAVE.

I KNOW WE CAN HAVE TWO SUBSTITUTE MOTIONS. I'M TRYING TO FIND IT REALLY QUICKLY.

I THINK WHAT WE SHOULD DO IS YOU SHOULD GET THE VOTE TO ADD THE AMENDMENTS TO THE MAIN MOTION.

SO RIGHT NOW YOU'VE GOT A MAIN MOTION TO APPROVE WITH CONDITIONS ONE THROUGH SEVEN.

THEN YOU HAVE AN AMENDMENT TO ADD THE NO REFRIGERANT THAT GOT A SECOND.

SO LET'S VOTE THEN TO ADD THAT TO THE MAIN MOTION.

AND THEN IF THERE'S ANOTHER AMENDMENT GET THAT ADDED.

AND THEN YOU WOULD VOTE ON THE MAIN MOTION WITH THE TWO AMENDMENTS.

OH BECAUSE THAT'S NOT. BUT IF THERE'S A VOTE ON THE AMENDED MOTION, THEN

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IT WAS MOVED AND SECONDED. I THINK FOR PURPOSES OF KEEPING UP OF WHAT'S GOING TO PASS RIGHT, GET AMENDMENTS ADDED BY VOTE ONE AT A TIME. OKAY.

SO THE FIRST SO YOU UNDERSTAND THE RECOMMENDATION.

SO I'M GOING TO CALL FOR THE QUESTION ON THE FIRST AMENDMENT OF ADDING NO REFRIGERANT WAREHOUSE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. ALL THOSE OPPOSED. ROLL CALL.

COUNCIL MEMBER. COUNCIL MEMBER. FRIENDLY. COUNCIL MEMBER.

ATKINS. COUNCIL MEMBER. ZIEGLER. COUNCIL MEMBER.

CUMMINGS. COUNCIL MEMBER. MITCHELL. OH, OKAY.

COUNCIL MEMBER. BUTLER. I'M SORRY. WHAT? OKAY.

AND COUNCIL MEMBER MARTIN ROGERS. NO. THE MOTION PASSED.

ALL RIGHT. THE MOTION IS. ALL THAT WAS SAID. THE ONE THROUGH SEVEN, PLUS THE CONDITION OF NO REFRIGERANT. WHAT I SAID BEFORE. REFRIGERANT WAREHOUSE.

OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER. WE'RE IN DISCUSSION ON GOING BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBER.

ATKINS. GO AHEAD, MADAM MAYOR. I'D LIKE TO ALSO ADD CONDITION FOR NO STORAGE OF LITHIUM IN ANY FORM. SECOND. SO HOLD ON, BECAUSE WE KNOW LITHIUM HIM AS A KNIFE.

RIGHT. BUT I HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE ORIGINAL MOTION MAKER TO SEE IF THEY ACCEPT THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT.

NOT JUST NO, NO. YOU CAN GET DISCUSSION ON THE NO.

ONE. AND THEN YOU'LL CALL FOR THE QUESTION TO ADD.

NO. AS A NINTH CONDITION TO MANAGE REGARDLESS OF A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT.

OKAY. DISCUSSION ON THE. DID YOU GET THE FIRST AND SECOND? OKAY. I GOT ATKINS AND BUTLER DISCUSSION ON THE NO LITHIUM AMENDMENT.

COUNCIL MEMBER MARTIN ROGERS I MEAN, YOU ALL ARE ADDING ALL OF THESE CONDITIONS, BUT NUMBER EIGHT, ADHERE TO SECTION 1026 2067 WAREHOUSE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT.

YOU'RE NEGLECTING THE PROCEDURES, THE DEVELOPMENTAL STANDARDS AND THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS AGREEMENT.

THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS THROUGH DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT IN THE CONTRACT.

BUT YOU'RE PUTTING YOUR YOUR YOUR PIECEMEALING A QUALITY OF LIFE WITHOUT PRESENT PROCEDURES, DEVELOPMENTAL STANDARDS, OR EVEN A COMMUNITY BENEFITS THROUGH A DEVELOPMENTAL AGREEMENT CONTRACT.

SO I'M GOING TO GO AND ADD IN THE SAME MOTION.

AND I WANT TO ADD IN NUMBER EIGHT. SO YOU HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND ON THE FLOOR OF THE VICTIM.

AND THEN WE CAN GO TO COUNCILWOMAN DOCTOR MARK ROBBINS MOTION TO ADD EIGHT.

OKAY. SO I NEED TO CALL FOR THE QUESTION ON THE LITHIUM.

YES. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? ROLL CALL. COUNCIL MEMBER. SHROPSHIRE COUNCIL.

MEMBER. FREELEY. COUNCIL MEMBER. ATKINS. AYE.

COUNCIL MEMBER. ZIEGLER. COUNCIL MEMBER. CUMMINGS.

COUNCIL MEMBER. BUTLER. COUNCIL MEMBER MARTIN.

ROGERS. THE MOTION PASSES. ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL MEMBER MARTIN ROGERS.

YOU WANT TO PROPOSE AN AMENDMENT? GO AHEAD. STATES ONE THROUGH EIGHT.

SO WE ARE ASKING FOR THE AMENDMENT TO ADD NUMBER EIGHT.

SO THERE IS A MOTION TO ADD CONDITION NUMBER EIGHT AS AN AMENDMENT TO THE MOTION.

ORIGINAL MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION.

MADAM MAYOR, I JUST WANT TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION COUNCIL.

IF THERE IS A PARTICULAR SECTION OF TEN DASH 2067, BECAUSE THAT IS NOT THE DISTRICT THAT THIS PROPERTY IS IN, IT'S IN THE IE ONE AND TEN. DASH 2067 IS IN THE IS THE WAREHOUSE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT.

SO THAT WOULD BE ADDING TRANSPORTATION. SO GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

IS THERE MORE. THAT'S THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THEY SAID FOR EIGHT.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO SAY, RIGHT. THAT'S WHAT HER MOTION IS THAT THOSE SECTIONS OF 1067 WOULD BE ADDED TO

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IT NEEDS TO BE SPECIFIC THAT THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT OUT OF THAT SECTION.

ALL RIGHT. FOR MY SAID MOTION TO INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING.

CORRECT. AND HERE'S THE SECTION TEN DASH 2067 I WAREHOUSE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT RC PROCEDURES, THE SITE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS TRANSPARENCY REQUIREMENTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE CLAUSE AGE COMMUNITY BENEFITS AGREEMENT.

DOES THE SECOND STILL STAND? COUNCILWOMAN, SHROPSHIRE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? ROLL CALL.

COUNCIL MEMBER. SHROPSHIRE. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER.

FREELEY. COUNCIL MEMBER. ATKINS. NO. COUNCIL MEMBER.

ZIEGLER. COUNCIL MEMBER COMES. NO. COUNCIL MEMBER.

BUTLER. COUNCIL MEMBER. MARTIN. ROGERS. YES. THE MOTION FAILED.

SO THE ORIGINAL MOTION, AS WAS PREVIOUSLY READ AND STATED, HAS BEEN AMENDED WITH NO DEVELOPMENT. I MEANT NO REFRIGERANT WAREHOUSE AND NO LITHIUM.

NO LITHIUM STORAGE. ANY OTHER AMENDMENTS THAT COUNCIL WOULD LIKE CONSIDERED AS A PART OF THE MAIN MOTION? ALL RIGHT. SO SEEING NO ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS THEN YOU FOR CALLING THE QUESTION ON THE MAIN MOTION, WHICH IS TO APPROVE WITH CONDITIONS ONE THROUGH SEVEN AND TWO ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS THAT WERE ADOPTED.

SO I'M GOING TO CALL FOR THE QUESTION TO APPROVE THE FULLY STATED MOTION, AS ORIGINALLY STATED, WITH CONDITIONS ONE THROUGH SEVEN, WITH THE ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS OF NO REFRIGERANT REFRIGERANT WAREHOUSE.

I KNOW I CAN'T SAY THAT AND NO LITHIUM STORAGE.

ANY DISCUSSION ON THE FULL MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? I. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? ROLL CALL. COUNCIL MEMBER.

SHROPSHIRE. COUNCIL MEMBER. FRIEDLI. COUNCIL MEMBER.

ATKINS. I. COUNCIL MEMBER. ZIEGLER. COUNCIL MEMBER.

CUMMINS. COUNCIL MEMBER. BUTLER. COUNCIL MEMBER MARTIN.

ROGERS. THE MOTION PASSED. AND DID YOU ORDER? COUNCIL COUNCILMAN. YES. ON ALL THREE VOTES. ALL RIGHT, NEXT UP, WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE

[X. 8. P2025RZ-001-02 Rezoning Request for Property Located at 2257 Delowe Drive From R-1 Single Family Dwelling District to R-3 Multi Family Residential Zoning District (0.30 +/- Acres) (PUBLIC HEARING REQUIRED)]

SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED.

ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? COME ON, Y'ALL.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.

THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN. MR. JONES, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO YOU FOR STAFF TO PROVIDE A PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU. MAYOR. I'LL HAVE DIRECTOR SMITH WALK US THROUGH THIS ITEM.

OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. CITY MANAGER. IN REFERENCE TO THIS ITEM ON THE AGENDA PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2257 DILLARD DRIVE, CASE NUMBER P2 02500102. THE APPLICANT IS COPPER TERRY.

THE CURRENT ZONING ON THE PROPERTY IS I R1 SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING UNIT.

THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A REZONING FROM R1 SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING DISTRICT TO R3 MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT.

AS STATED, THE PROPERTY IS ZONED SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, WHICH IS OUR OUR ONE ZONING DISTRICT.

DISPLAYED ON THE ZONING MAP, YOU SEE THE HIGHLIGHTED PROPERTY IN IN LIGHT BLUE.

THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP DESIGNATION IS REDEVELOPMENT IS TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD AND IT'S HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW WITH THE BLUE OUTLINE. THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT PATTERN FOR TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTER AREA INCLUDES ZONINGS OF R1, R2, R1, R2, R2, R2, AND R3. ALTHOUGH R3 IS A TYPICAL ZONING DISTRICT IN TRADITIONAL URBAN NEIGHBORHOOD, THE USE AND SCALE FOR THIS AREA IS LIMITED TO MULTIFAMILY, DUPLEX, TRIPLEX, AND QUAD QUADPLEX AT

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IN THIS PROPOSAL, IT IS NOT AT A CROSSROAD AND IT IS NOT EXISTING.

THIS IS A HIGHLIGHT FROM OUR OUR DATA SYSTEM, SHOWING THAT WE HAD COMMUNITY CONCERNS THAT WERE CODE ENFORCEMENT ISSUES IN REFERENCE TO THIS PROPERTY.

WE RECEIVED PHONE CALLS IN REFERENCE TO AN ILLEGAL BOARDING HOUSE.

WE ALSO RECEIVED CITIZEN CONCERNS THAT THIS WOULD CREATE A PRECEDENT OF SPOT ZONING IN THE COMMUNITY, AND IT WOULD BE UNDESIRABLE TO CHANGE THIS PROPERTY TO R-3 IN THE MIDDLE OF A SINGLE FAMILY NATURE COMMUNITY.

STAFF AND PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED DENIAL OF THIS PROPERTY.

BASED ON THE. IT'S IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

PLANNING COMMISSION ALSO RECOMMENDED DENIAL AS WELL, FOR THE SAME REASONS.

NOT COMPLIANT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

THAT'S THE END OF OUR REPORT. IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? SO SORRY. SO I AM PROBABLY OUT OF ORDER, BUT IF YOU WOULD ALLOW ME.

SO YOU REMEMBER, WE HAD ALL THE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE ZONING CODE BEING UPDATED, ESPECIALLY IN COMPLIANCE WITH THAT HOUSE BILL THAT PASSED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.

HOUSE BILL 1405. THERE'S A PROVISION THEREIN THAT WHENEVER THERE IS A ZONING ORDINANCE THAT SEEKS TO CHANGE SOMETHING FROM SINGLE FAMILY TO MULTIFAMILY, THERE ARE SOME STEPS THAT NEED TO BE FOLLOWED.

SO I AM ASKING THAT WE DO A MOTION TO DEFER UNTIL THOSE STEPS ARE FOLLOWED TO PROPERLY HAVE THIS BEFORE YOU, BEFORE AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING HAS ALREADY BEEN ADVERTISED.

NOW. YES, BUT I JUST OPENED THE PUBLIC HEARING.

I'M ASKING FOR IT TO BE CLOSED AND THAT THE BOARD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO POSTPONE.

CITY ATTORNEY IS REQUESTING THAT THERE BE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

SO MOVED. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED IN PROPERLY.

SECONDED. DISCUSSION. COUNCILMEMBER SHROPSHIRE, IF I CAN ASK THE ATTORNEY WHAT PROCEDURES? COUNCIL MEMBER. SHROPSHIRE. SO EACH ONE OF 36.

66. FOUR PROVIDES THAT WHENEVER THERE IS A PROPOSED ZONING DECISION RELATING TO THE AMENDMENT OF A ZONING ORDINANCE TO REVISE ONE OR MORE ZONING CLASSIFICATIONS OR DEFINITIONS RELATING TO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL USES, AS TO AUTHORIZE MULTIFAMILY USE, OR TO GRANT PERMISSION TO PROPERTY OWNERS TO DEVIATE FOR THE FROM THE EXISTING ZONING REQUIREMENTS OF A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL.

THEN THE ZONING DECISION NEEDS TO BE ADOPTED AT TWO REGULAR MEETINGS. SO YOU COULDN'T WAIVE THE FIRST HEARING. AND THOSE TWO MEETINGS ARE SHOULD NOT BE LESS THAN 21 DAYS APART PRIOR TO THE FIRST MEETING PROVIDED FOR IN SUBPARAGRAPH A, WHICH IS WHAT I JUST READ.

AT LEAST AT LEAST TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS SHALL BE HELD ON THE PROPOSED ACTION.

THOSE PUBLIC HEARINGS SHALL BE HELD AT LEAST THREE MONTHS, AND NOT MORE THAN NINE MONTHS PRIOR TO THE DATE OF FINAL ACTION OF THE ZONING DECISION.

AND THEN IT TALKS ABOUT THE HOURS OF WHEN THOSE PUBLIC HEARINGS SHALL BE REQUIRED.

THE REASON WHY I'VE ASKED FOR A MOTION TO POSTPONE BECAUSE OF THIS NEXT SESSION SECTION ABOUT POSTING FOR THAT HEARING, IT SHALL BE DONE. EVERY 500FT NEEDS TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE NEWSPAPER, WHICH I'M SURE THIS IS DONE. I'M JUST NOT SURE THAT THE EVERY 500FT WOULD HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED.

AND THEN IT SAYS THAT BOTH THE POST-IT NOTICE AND THE PUBLISHED NOTICE SHALL INCLUDE A PROMINENT STATEMENT WHICH I ALSO DO NOT THINK WAS DONE IN, YOU KNOW, AT NO FAULT OF ANYONE. I JUST REMEMBERED THAT THIS ORDINANCE EXISTED THAT THE PROPOSED ZONING DECISION RELATES TO OR WILL AUTHORIZE MULTIFAMILY IN WHAT WAS PREVIOUSLY A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICT.

SO MY QUESTION IS, BECAUSE WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT CAME OUT THAT'S BEEN HERE AND IT IS 950 AND NOW WE CAN'T HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING.

I WOULD RECOMMEND YOU DO NOT. OR YOU CAN HAVE IT AND THEN JUST DO IT AGAIN.

ONCE THAT CODE SECTION HAS BEEN FILED, I WOULD RATHER DO IT.

DO IT NOW AND THEN AGAIN, BECAUSE YOU HAVE PEOPLE HERE THAT THAT HAVE BEEN HERE FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

YES. USUALLY MY RECOMMENDATION WAS IF A PUBLIC HEARING IS ADVERTISED, THAT YOU HAVE IT TO ALLOW THE PEOPLE TO SPEAK BECAUSE THEY MAY CANNOT COME BACK.

BUT I WOULD SAY THAT THIS PUBLIC HEARING WOULDN'T QUALIFY FOR WHAT I JUST READ.

WE'LL JUST HAVE TO DO IT AGAIN. OKAY. SO IS THERE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER TO NOT CLOSE THE PUBLIC

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WE NOT CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. SO WE JUST HAD THE PRESENTATION BY STAFF.

AT THIS TIME, ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE REZONING OF THE PROPERTY, LOCATED AT 2257 DILLARD DRIVE, FROM R-1 SINGLE FAMILY TO R3 MULTIFAMILY. COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME.

PRESS THAT BUTTON ON THE MIC. THERE YOU GO. OKAY.

HI. MY NAME IS COPPER TERRY. I'M THE APPLICANT.

SO, YEAH, SHE KIND OF SUMMED IT UP AS TO WHAT IT IS THAT I'M TRYING TO DO.

HOWEVER, THE COMPLAINTS THAT THEY CONTINUOUSLY SPEAK OF, THEY WERE FROM THE PREVIOUS OWNER.

THIS PROPERTY WAS PURCHASED IN DECEMBER OF 2024.

SO WHATEVER HAPPENED PRIOR TO THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH MY CLIENT.

I CAN SAY THAT THE PROPERTY WAS PERMITTED AND THE WORK WAS DONE TO TURN IT INTO A TRIPLEX BACK IN 2022.

THE PREVIOUS OWNER OPERATED AN AIRBNB FROM THE PROPERTY RIGHT NOW.

IT'S LONG TERM RENTERS THAT ARE THERE NOW. I KNOW THERE WAS SOME TALK ABOUT THEIR PROPERTY VALUES BEING LOWERED.

IT'S ACTUALLY THE BEST KEPT HOUSE BETWEEN HEADLAND AND CAMPBELLTON ROAD.

SO AS FAR AS YOU KNOW, ANYTHING DONE WITH THE PROPERTY VALUES, THE THAT PROPERTY HELPS THE PROPERTY VALUES, ACTUALLY. THE DRIVEWAY COULD ACTUALLY HOUSE ABOUT TEN CARS, BUT ON A REGULAR IT'S ABOUT THREE. THE HOUSE DOES. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE THE PICTURES THERE, BUT THE HOUSE, IT CONFORMS TO THE ESTHETIC OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. JUST RIDING PAST OR JUST PULLING UP TO THE HOUSE, YOU WOULD NEVER KNOW THAT IT WAS A MULTI-FAMILY.

THE DOOR TO. SO? SO LET ME SAY THIS. THERE ARE SIX BEDROOMS AND SIX BATHS.

OKAY. THE TOP PART OF THE HOUSE. WHEN YOU WHEN YOU ENTER IN, YOU CAN GO UPSTAIRS OR DOWNSTAIRS.

WHEN YOU GO UPSTAIRS, THERE'S THREE BEDROOMS, THREE FULL BATHS IN EACH BEDROOM.

ONE THE MASTER BEDROOM EVEN HAS A KITCHENETTE IN IT.

OKAY. THE DOWNSTAIRS, THE GARAGE WAS TURNED INTO A ONE BEDROOM, ONE BATH, AND THEN THE BASEMENT WAS TURNED INTO A TWO BEDROOM, TWO BATH.

SO ESSENTIALLY THERE ARE THREE STANDALONE UNITS.

LIKE I SAID, THEY'RE THEY'RE OPERATING AS A MULTI-FAMILY AS OF RIGHT NOW.

AND THERE HASN'T BEEN ANY DISTURBANCES OR ANY PROBLEMS. AND WE'RE QUITE OF I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT YARDAGE, BUT IT'S ABOUT 300 STEPS BEFORE, AND THAT'S ON THE SIDEWALK BEFORE I CAN EVEN GET TO THE HOUSE. THAT'S TO THE LEFT OF ME.

I MEAN, I, I DON'T HAVE LARGE STRIDES, BUT I DID COUNT IT.

SO. YEAH, THAT'S THAT'S KIND OF THE GIST OF IT.

BUT I DID WANT TO NOTE THAT WHATEVER COMPLAINTS THAT THEY'RE SPEAKING OF, IT DIDN'T HAPPEN WITH THE CURRENT OWNER.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WHO'D LIKE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THIS REZONING? ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF REZONING PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2257 DILLOW DRIVE FROM R-1 SINGLE FAMILY TO R-3 MULTIFAMILY.

ANYONE DESIRING TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION OF THE REQUEST TO REZONE THE PROPERTY FROM 2257 TO LOW DRIVE AT 2257 WILLOW DRIVE FROM R-1 TO 31 R-3. PLEASE COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME. MADAM MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS I DO NOT STAY DIRECTLY ON THE STREET WHERE THAT HOUSE IS, BUT I STAY RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER FROM IT.

I HAVE A MULTI FAMILY HOME RIGHT NEXT TO MY HOUSE RIGHT NOW AND IT IS A MESS.

THEY HAD A ROTTEN TREE IN THE FRONT YARD. THE TREE FELL DOWN AND THEY CUT THE TREE UP AND THREW IT IN THE BACKYARD.

THEY HAVE A GIANT OAK TREE IN THE BACKYARD NOW THAT FELL ACROSS THE PROPERTY.

WE HAD A STORM JUST THE OTHER DAY. ANOTHER TREE HAS FALLEN.

NOBODY HAS ADDRESSED THIS AT ANY PARTICULAR DAY.

I MIGHT HAVE 4 OR 5 VEHICLES PARKED OUT ON THE STREET.

I WOKE UP ONE MORNING, WENT OUTSIDE. I HAD A VEHICLE HALFWAY MY DRIVEWAY.

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THEY DON'T PAINT THE PLACE. THEY HAVEN'T FIXED THE BUSH THAT THE TREE FELL IN.

IT'S IN THE FRONT YARD. SO YES, I DO OPPOSE ANY TYPE OF MULTIFAMILY LIVING IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THEY'RE TRYING TO TURN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD INTO AN APARTMENT COMPLEX ALL OF A SUDDEN.

I'VE BEEN THERE NOW FOR, I KNOW, 40 YEARS, AND IT'S ALWAYS BEEN SINGLE FAMILY.

NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN, WE GOTTA HAVE MULTIFAMILY STANDING HOUSES.

IF YOU WANT MULTIFAMILY SITUATIONS, BUILD SOME APARTMENTS SOMEWHERE.

AND STOP TRYING TO TURN MY COMMUNITY INTO AN APARTMENT COMPLEX.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. ANYONE ELSE DESIRING TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME IS JACKIE GEORGE.

I LIVE AT 2357 RIDGECREST LANE AND I'M IN OPPOSITION OF IT.

ALSO I'VE BEEN IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR FOR ABOUT 40 YEARS AND HAVE ALWAYS BEEN SINGLE FAMILY.

I UNDERSTAND IF THERE'S A SHORTAGE, THAT'S FINE, BUT PUT THE SHORTAGE IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE IT SHOULD GO, NOT IN WHERE THE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES ARE AND I.

AND IF IT'S OPEN UP ONCE IT'S STARTED, IT'S GOING TO KEEP ON GOING.

AND I DO NOT WANT IT IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD. THANK YOU.

ANYONE ELSE WHO'D LIKE TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME.

HELLO. HELLO, EVERYBODY. MY NAME IS JOSE VILLALBA.

I'M LIVING ON 2241 DILLARD DRIVE. MY HOUSE IS NEXT TO THIS PROPERTY, SO I KNOW THE PROBLEM, AND. I SAW A LOT OF PEOPLE COMING IN AND COMING OUT FROM THE PROPERTY. NOISY CARS FROM THAT PROPERTY. THE LAST TIME THAT I WAS HERE, I TOLD YOU ABOUT THE BENEFIT FOR THE COMMUNITY. WHEN WHEN WE RECEIVED THIS PAPER AT HOME, MY WIFE AND ME TOOK ABOUT TOOK ABOUT THIS SITUATION.

AND WE ASK EACH OTHER, WHAT WAS THE BENEFIT FOR THIS CHANGE? UNTIL TODAY, I CANNOT FIND ANY BENEFIT FOR THE COMMUNITY.

ONE DAY. MAYBE I'M GOING TO ASK YOU IF I CAN CHANGE MY PROPERTY FROM SINGLE FAMILY TO MULTIFAMILY, FAMILY AND NEIGHBOR BE IN FRONT OF ME IS GOING TO ASK THE SAME THING TO MAKE.

FROM SINGLE FAMILY TO MULTIFAMILY AND THIS CITY IS GOING TO BE THE MULTI MASS.

ARE. THESE PEOPLE THAT IS HERE THAT THAT IS HERE YOU.

ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR OUR FEELINGS. FOR THEIR RULES.

AND I THINK THE ONLY WAY TO CHANGE THIS RULE.

OR TO BREAK THIS RULE. IS UNDER THE LAW. WHEN I CAME, I WAS THINKING TO SAY SOMETHING, AND I SAY, I ALREADY KNOW WHAT I'M GOING TO SAY.

I AM GOING TO SAY THAT I AM GLAD BECAUSE I AM NOT BROUGHT MY LAWYER WITH ME TO TALK ABOUT ME OR TO TALK ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. AND MY THOUGHT WAS, I'M HAPPY BECAUSE I DON'T NEED IT, I DON'T NEED IT, I DON'T NEED HIM OR I DON'T NEED HER BECAUSE WE HELPED YOU. BECAUSE YOU REPRESENT US.

AND IN THIS WAY, YOU ARE MAKING THE BEST JOB FOR US.

YOU ARE LISTENING THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE. AND THIS IS THE BEAUTIFUL PLACE WHERE WE ARE.

YOU ARE GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR OUR VOICE, TO HEAR OUR FEELINGS.

AND I'M HAPPY FOR THAT, AND I'M HAPPY FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY.

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NOT TO. TO DESTROY IT. HAVING A LOVE FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

UNION. INTEGRITY. AND I THINK THE MONEY OR THE LOVE FOR THE MONEY IS NOT THE WAY TO HAVE THOSE PRINCIPLES FOR OUR KIDS. THE ONLY WAY TO FIND THOSE PRINCIPLES IS TO HAVE A BETTER EDUCATION, TO PUT OUR GOALS ON BETTER, BETTER SCHOOLS, BETTER EDUCATION, BETTER EDUCATION.

TRYING TO MAKE IT BETTER FOR THEM BECAUSE WE REALLY NEED IT.

EVERY TIME THAT I HAVE TO USE THE TRAIN I'M WORKING ON PITTMAN ROAD.

ROAD? I HAVE TO USE SOMETIMES A TRAIN. AND I CAN SEE THE MISERY IN THIS ATLANTA IN THIS HOUR.

I'M MEXICAN, BUT I CAN SAY THESE ARE ATLANTA, OUR CITY.

AND WHEN I THINK ABOUT IT, I ALWAYS THINK WHAT HAPPENED? THEY DID NOT RECEIVE LOVE. THEY DID NOT RECEIVE THE NECESSARY FOR THEIR LIVES TO MAKE THEM FEEL IMPORTANT.

OKAY. THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THE PEOPLE FEEL IMPORTANT, TO MAKE FEEL PEOPLE WITH LOVE. TO MAKE A BETTER PLACE FOR ALL. FOR ALL OF US.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. ANYONE ELSE WANT TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION OF THE REZONING OF THE PROPERTY AT 2257 WILLOW DRIVE FROM R-1 TO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL TO R3 MULTIFAMILY.

ANYONE ELSE WANTS TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION? I'M SORRY.

I APOLOGIZE. ANYONE ELSE WANT TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION? CAN I GET A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? MADAM, MAY I MAKE THE MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED.

ANY DISCUSSION? TO CLOSE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL THOSE OPPOSED? DID I SAY OPPOSED? ONE? I MEANT IN FAVOR.

I DON'T KNOW. DID I SAY ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? OKAY.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. ANY FURTHER ACTION ON THIS ITEM? THE CITY ATTORNEY HAS REQUESTED THAT WE DEFER THIS ITEM UNTIL WHEN? MADAM MAYOR I THINK THIS IS ANOTHER ONE WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE AN ORDINANCE.

BUT IF THE COUNCIL'S WILL IS TO DENY. I THINK YOU CAN GO FORWARD.

I WAS SITTING HERE JUST DOING SOME CASE LAW RESEARCH ON THE CODE SECTION THAT I JUST READ.

THERE WAS A LOT OF BACK AND FORTH ABOUT THE REQUIREMENTS BECAUSE THIS WAS TO ADDRESS MULTI-FAMILY HOMES GOING INTO SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICTS. AND OBVIOUSLY THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT DEVELOPERS WANTED, BUT INDIVIDUALS DIDN'T. AND I DO BELIEVE THAT YOU GUYS CAN GO AHEAD FORWARD PROVIDED THAT THE MOTION IS FOR A DENIAL FOR WHICH YOU DON'T HAVE AN ORDINANCE, WHICH WOULD BE OKAY. AND THE REQUIREMENTS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN MET THROUGH THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION, I THINK YOU'RE WELL WITHIN DUE PROCESS AND THE ZONING PROCEDURES LAW THAT I JUST READ TO GO FORWARD WITH YOUR MOTION TONIGHT.

COUNCIL MEMBER. MADAM MAYOR, I MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE DENY THE REZONING APPLICATION.

P2025001022257. WILLOW DRIVE THEM PROPERLY. SECONDED.

ANY DISCUSSION? DISCUSSION. COUNCIL MEMBER COMES.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. I DON'T KNOW WHO THIS.

MAYBE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY. SO FOR THE. YOU'RE THE PROPERTY OWNER.

CAN I ASK HER THAT? MADAM MAYOR, SHE'S THE PROPERTY OWNER, CORRECT? I REPRESENT THE PROPERTY OWNER. I'M NOT THE PROPERTY OWNER.

OKAY. SO MY QUESTION IS, IT IS OPERATING AS A TECHNICALLY, IT'S A TRIPLEX RIGHT NOW, RIGHT? IT'S A ROOMING HOUSE. SO THAT IS IN VIOLATION OF.

SO HOW HOW DOES THAT HOW DO YOU GO MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT? SO WHEN YOU SAY IT'S ILLEGAL, MA'AM, IT'S SHE'S ASKING OUR CITY ATTORNEY.

I'M SORRY. YEAH, YEAH. NO WORRIES. SO IF THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY OPERATING OUTSIDE OF ITS ZONING DISTRICT,

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SHROPSHIRE. THANK YOU. SO, YES, THE HOUSE IS OPERATING ILLEGAL.

IT IS A ROOMING HOUSE. AND THE CITY DON'T ALLOW ROOMING HOUSES.

THE THE CITY ONLY HAD ONE ROOMING HOUSE, AND THAT WAS ON CHENEY STREET.

AND THAT WAS GRANDFATHERED IN. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S STILL THAT BECAUSE THE HOUSE DID BURN DOWN, BUT IT IS OPERATING ILLEGAL. AND ACTUALLY THAT IS NOT ONE OF THE BEST KEPT HOUSES ON DELO.

DELO HAS SEVERAL NICE HOUSES. AS A MATTER OF FACT, THAT HOUSE IS THREE DOORS DOWN FROM ME AND AND AND AND I KNOW SO, MA'AM, WE HOLD ON. COUNCILMAN. SHROPSHIRE.

YOU CAN'T YELL FROM THE AUDIENCE. NO, NO, BUT THE HOUSE.

COUNCIL MEMBER, SHROPSHIRE. SO WE HAD THE PUBLIC HEARING WHERE PEOPLE CAN COME IN.

IF THERE ARE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS THAT MAY NEED TO BE ANSWERED.

YES, BUT RIGHT NOW SHE'S JUST MAKING COMMENTS.

SO. AND I AND I REMEMBER WHEN THE HOUSE GOT RENOVATED, ACTUALLY, I REMEMBER WHEN THE HOUSE GOT BUILT BECAUSE THE PEOPLE WHO OWNED 27, 67 BUILT 27, 57. SO THEY OWNED BOTH HOUSES. AND I REMEMBER AND I ASKED AT THE TIME IT WAS MARGARET DEWBERRY WHO WAS OVER PLANNING AND ZONING WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH THAT HOUSE? GOT NO ANSWER. SO I CONTINUED TO PAY ATTENTION TO IT, AND I NOTICED THAT MULTIPLE CARS WAS THERE DIFFERENT TIMES OF THE DAY, IN AND OUT. AND YES, THERE WERE PROBLEMS. MATTER OF FACT, YOU HAD A TENANT THERE WHO PASSED AND THAT WAS LIVING IN THE BASEMENT, AND NO ONE KNEW THAT SHE HAD PASSED FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS UNTIL THEY WENT DOWN TO CHECK ON HER.

THERE HAVE BEEN TENANTS THAT THAT HAVE MADE A LOT OF NOISE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND STILL DO, BUT THE HOUSE IS ILLEGAL. IT IS A ROOMING HOUSE.

IT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE THAT. THAT IS A SINGLE FAMILY COMMUNITY, AND WE WANT IT TO REMAIN A SINGLE FAMILY COMMUNITY.

AND ON THAT NOTE, I'LL CALL FOR THE QUESTION.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.

NEXT UP, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS THIS EVENING? CAN YOU READ THE NAMES OF PEOPLE WHO SIGNED UP? BECAUSE I'M NOT SURE IF THEY'RE STILL HERE. YEAH, THE MOTION WAS TO DENY. WE HAVE MISS DEBORAH HARGROVE.

OKAY. NEVER MIND. OKAY. HOW MANY DO WE HAVE? SIX.

SAID OKAY. PUBLIC COMMENTS. CHAPTER TWO DASH.

[XI. PUBLIC COMMENTS]

THE PUBLIC MAY SPEAK DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION OF THE AGENDA.

SPEAKERS MUST COMPLETE A COMMENT FORM PRIOR TO THE START OF THE MEETING. SUBJECT MAY INCLUDE ANY SUBJECT OF CHOICE.

THERE WILL BE A THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT FOR EACH SPEAKER.

SPEAKERS THAT HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK MAY GIVE ALL OR PART OF THEIR TIME, UP TO THREE MINUTES TO ANOTHER SPEAKER, FOR A TOTAL OF SIX MINUTES OF SPEAKING TIME. SPEAKERS MAY ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ONLY ONCE DURING THIS TIME OF THE AGENDA.

SPEAKERS MUST IDENTIFY THEMSELVES AND THEIR ADDRESS PRIOR TO SPEAKING.

QUESTIONS FROM THE SPEAKERS MAY NOT BE ADDRESSED DURING THE PUBLIC SPEAKING SECTION OF THE AGENDA. EASTPOINTE RESIDENTS WILL HAVE PRIORITY OVER OTHER SPEAKERS.

THERE WILL BE A TOTAL OF NOT MORE THAN 60 MINUTES FOR THE PUBLIC SPEAKING SECTION OF THE AGENDA.

SPEAKERS MAY ONLY ADDRESS THE PRESIDING OFFICER.

SPEAKERS SHALL OBSERVE ALL RULES OF DECORUM. NO DEBATE.

DISRESPECT OR OBSCENITY SHALL BE TOLERATED. THE PRESIDING OFFICER SHOULD RULE ANY SUCH INDIVIDUAL OUT OF ORDER THAT FAILS TO COMPLY WITH THE FOREGOING.

MADAM CITY CLERK, YOU MAY CALL THE FIRST SPEAKER.

OKAY. FIRST WE HAVE MISS DEBORAH HARGROVE, AND SHE HAD TIME GIVEN TO HER FROM MR. NORM URQUHART. SO SHE'LL HAVE SIX MINUTES.

IT SHOULD BE RIGHT DOWN THE TOP. IS IT? IT SHOULD BE A BUTTON RIGHT ON THE TOP.

IT'S NOT WORKING, BUT. OKAY. THERE YOU GO. OKAY.

GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY MANAGER JONES, WELCOME TO EAST POINT AND GREETINGS TO ALL THE RESIDENTS.

ZOOMING IN THIS EVENING, AS WELL AS THOSE WHO JOIN ME THIS EVENING.

I AM DEBORAH HARGROVE, AND I AM THE FOUNDER OF THE RECENTLY FORMED EAST POINT COUNCIL FOR CONCERNED CITIZENS FOR CIVIC AND CULTURAL

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WE ARE HONORED TO COME BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IN SUPPORT OF COUNCIL MEMBER MARTIN ROGERS COMMISSION ON AGING, AS WELL AS A COUPLE OF INITIATIVES THAT WE ARE PROPOSING.

AS A RESIDENT OF EAST POINT FOR OVER 40 YEARS AND A MEMBER OF THE SENIOR POPULATION OF THOSE 55 YEARS AND OLDER, IT BECAME A CONCERN THAT THERE WAS NO DEDICATED SPACE FOR SENIOR CONNECTIVITY RESOURCES AND GENERAL INFORMATION. SEEING THAT THE EASTPOINT SENIOR POPULATION OF 50 AND OLDER WAS GREATER THAN 25%, AND BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT YET DISCOVERED HOW TO REVERSE OUR AGE, THAT PERCENTAGE WILL KEEP GROWING.

THERE HAVE BEEN MANY STUDIES THAT HAVE SHOWN AND CONFIRMED THAT CONNECTIVITY AND SOCIALIZATION OF SENIORS INCREASES LONGEVITY AND KEEPS AND HELP TO CREATE A BETTER QUALITY OF LIFE.

THEREFORE, WE WERE THRILLED TO COLLABORATE WITH THE CITY IN CREATING A SENIOR RESOURCE LINK ON THE CITY'S WEB PAGE AND THE UPPER RIGHT HAND CORNER. MANY THANKS TO MIKE DIMOCK, WHO IS WONDERFUL TO WORK WITH COUNCIL MEMBER LATONYA MARTIN ROGERS AND AT THE TIME, ACTING CITY MANAGER MISS JESSIE FOR THEIR SUPPORT WITH THIS EFFORT.

ANOTHER INITIATIVE ENVISIONED TO ENGAGE RESIDENTS CULTURALLY AND CREATE A BETTER SENSE OF COMMUNITY IS TO HAVE A CITYWIDE GARDEN WALK. WE WILL BE SELECTING THE TOP FIVE GARDENS FROM EACH WARD AND HAVE A DAY OF EAST POINT TOUR OF GARDENS. WON'T THAT BE WONDERFUL AND ADVENTUROUS FOR RESIDENTS OF WARD A AND B TO TOUR, MEET AND GREET RESIDENTS OF WARDS C AND D AND VICE VERSA.

SO GARDEN LOVERS, START SPRUCING UP YOUR FLOWER GARDENS AND YARDS.

WE WILL BE ACCEPTING NOMINATIONS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION PRESIDENTS OR IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE YOURSELF OR A NEIGHBOR, SIMPLY EMAIL TO CITY OF EAST POINT C AS IN CHILD FIVE AT GMAIL.COM. THAT'S CITY OF EAST POINT C FIVE AT GMAIL.COM AND WE WILL SEND YOU A LINK TO REGISTER.

NEXT WE ENVISION AN EAST POINT BREAKFAST CLUB FOR SENIORS 55 AND OLDER.

THEY WILL BE ABLE TO MEET AND GREET OVER BREAKFAST, LINE DANCE, PARTICIPATE IN TABLE GAMES, BINGO, GIVEAWAYS AND MORE. ALSO, AFTER COVID, THERE NEEDS TO BE A RESURGENCE OF NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS AS THEY ARE THE LIFELINE AND THE CONNECTING THREAD TO OUR COMMUNITIES.

ONCE AGAIN, I AM WITH THE EAST POINT COUNCIL FOR CONCERNED CITIZENS FOR CIVIC AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS.

OUR EMAIL ADDRESS IS EASIER TO REMEMBER THAN OUR NAME.

CITY OF EAST POINT. SEE FIVE AT GMAIL.COM. EMAIL US IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BECOME A MEMBER OR REGISTER.

A GARDEN FOR THE TOUR OF GARDENS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BRITTANY, MY NEIGHBOR, FOR MAKING ALL OF THIS POSSIBLE.

AND TO GOD BE THE GLORY. THANK YOU. OKAY.

MISS ERNESTINE PITTMAN IS NO LONGER HERE. SHE HAD TIME GIVEN TO HER BY NAPOLEON BLACK, WHO ALSO ISN'T HERE.

SO NEXT WE HAVE CHARLES MASON, THE SECOND. WHO IS NOT HERE.

MISS JACKIE. GEORGE. MISS JACKIE IS ALSO GONE.

ALL RIGHT. TERESA NIELSEN. THANK YOU. CHARLES.

NO. TERESA. NELSON.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I'M TERESA NELSON.

I RESIDE AT 1732 NEELY AVENUE HERE IN EAST POINT.

[03:40:05]

PUBLIC WORKS HAS COMMITTED TO CLEAN THAT DRAIN.

FINALLY. WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET THAT DONE FOR A WHILE.

THAT'S BETWEEN THE HANDICAPPED PARKING AT THE CORNER AND EAST POINT STREET.

BUT THE BABY BIRDS HAVE TO LEAVE THE NEST FIRST.

COUNCIL VOTED AT A RECENT MEETING WITHOUT DISCUSSION TO AUTHORIZE CUTTING APPROXIMATELY OR OVER 100 100 TREES AT CONLEY NATURE PARK. THERE WAS NO MENTION OF THE CONSERVATION EASEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY BOOM AND LAND KEEPERS TO PROTECT THAT WAS PUT IN PLACE TO PROTECT CONLEY.

THE CITY IS REQUIRED REQUIRED TO WORK WITH LAND KEEPERS BEFORE ANY CHANGES CAN BE MADE TO CONLEY.

THE TREES TO BE CUT SUPPOSEDLY WERE DECLARED A HAZARD.

WHILE I SYMPATHIZE WITH THE COMPLAINANT, WHO WAS ON A TRAIL WHEN A TREE FELL, CUTTING A LARGE NUMBER OF TREES IN A NATURE PRESERVE IS NOT APPROPRIATE. SOME TREES DO NEED TO BE CUT AND REMOVED PROPERLY BECAUSE THEY CONTAIN A PARTICULAR TYPE OF, OF BEETLE THAT'S DESTRUCTIVE.

TREES. ATLANTA IS CURRENTLY SUPPOSEDLY, I HOPE, STILL GOING WORKING WITH PARKS TO IDENTIFY THE ONES THAT NEED TO BE ACTUALLY CUT.

A FOREST IS NOT A CITY PARK WITH BALL FIELDS AND PICNIC GROUNDS.

WHEN YOU WALK IN A FOREST, YOU MUST UNDERSTAND THERE ARE ALWAYS DANGERS SUCH AS TREES, SNAKES, BEES, ETC.. INDEED, IT IS CRITICAL TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT WILDLIFE IN ORDER TO PROTECT THE ECOLOGY OF THE FOREST AND OUR ENVIRONMENTAL COMMUNITY. OUR VOLUNTEERS HAVE WORKED TO REMOVE INVASIVE PLANTS THAT THREATEN THE HEALTH OF THE FOREST.

OTHERS SHOULD PARTICIPATE. PEOPLE SHOULD ACKNOWLEDGE THAT PRECAUTIONS MUST BE TAKEN ON WILDERNESS TRAILS.

THE PINES IDENTIFIED AS DISEASE WOULD LIKELY INCLUDE EVERY PINE IN THE FOREST AND ACCORDING TO NOT ONE BUT THREE DIFFERENT ARBORISTS.

I'VE TALKED TO NEARLY EVERY PINE TREE IN THE ENTIRE STATE OF GEORGIA.

IMAGINE THAT ONE. MANY SHAGS MUST BE SAVED IN ORDER TO PRESERVE WILDLIFE.

PLEASE RESPECT THE FOREST BY HELPING TO REMOVE INVASIVE INVASIVES AND TRASH.

ALSO, KEEP YOUR DOGS ON A LEASH ON TRAILS. ONLY THE ENDANGERED AND EXCUSE ME AND PROTECTED PINK LADY SLIPPERS REQUIRE BOTH THE PINE TREES AND OUR CARE TO SURVIVE. THANK YOU.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE A COPY OF THIS CONTRACT OR NOT.

LEGAL SHOULD HAVE HAD ONE AND YOU SHOULD HAVE CONSULTED IT FIRST.

JUST ONE MORE TIME. CHARLES MASON. OKAY. SORRY, MR. MASON. I GOT IT. PUSH THE BUTTON. YOU TURNED IT OFF, SO JUST TURN IT ON. PRESS THE BUTTON IN THE MIDDLE. THE LITTLE MARKER.

YEP. THERE YOU GO. IT'S WORKING. HELLO. GOOD EVENING.

EASTPOINTE FELLOW EASTPOINTE NEIGHBORS, COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY MANAGER AND MADAM MAYOR.

MY NAME IS CHARLES MASON, THE SECOND. AND IT'S A PLEASURE TO SPEAK WITH YOU TONIGHT.

JUST HAVE. I LIVE AT 2474 NORTH BRIAN CIRCLE.

AND MY ASK IS WHAT SUBSTANTIAL ACTIONS OR EFFORTS WILL BE TAKEN TO IMMEDIATELY IMPROVE THE ELECTRICAL POWER STABILITY? ALL TOO COMMON. EASTPOINTE IS KNOWN FOR THE ARRAY OF BROWNOUTS AND COMMUNITY POWER OUTAGES THAT HAVE OCCURRED, SIX OF WHICH HAVE BEEN DOCUMENTED.

I HAVE A TING ELECTRICAL WIRING APP IN MY HOME THROUGH STATE FARM INSURANCE.

SIX HAVE BEEN DOCUMENTED JUST FROM MARCH BEGINNING OF MARCH TO NOW.

AND I'M SURE YOU AS RESIDENTS GET FRUSTRATED WITH THAT, I UNDERSTAND.

SEVERE STORMS, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE JUST A RAINDROP FALLS AND POWER GOES OUT HERE IN EASTPOINTE AND IT'S SUCH A BEAUTIFUL CITY.

OUR RESIDENTS SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PURCHASE A GENERATOR TO MAINTAIN SUSTAINABLE, CONSISTENT ELECTRICAL POWER.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND TIME THIS EVENING. THOSE ARE ALL THE PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR THIS EVENING.

[03:45:06]

YEAH. THAT WAS THAT WAS IT WASN'T BECAUSE MISS HARGROVE, NORM URQUHART GAVE HIS TIME TO HER.

WHO? NORM URQUHART. I THINK I'M NORM URQUHART.

YOU ARE? Q U A R T. EVERY TIME THE WHO? MISS? MISS HARGROVE. OH, YOU DIDN'T INDICATE THAT I MISSED IT.

ALRIGHT. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO SPOKE DURING PUBLIC COMMENTS THIS EVENING. WE NOW HAVE OUR CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. ITEMS NINE THROUGH 29.

[XII. CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS]

IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES. GET A MOTION TO OPEN THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION ON ITEM 30.

[XIII. 30. Rezoning Application - Petition # P2025RZ-001-01 Located at 0 East Woodberry Avenue Zoning Map Amendment Request to Rezone Property From R-3 (Multifamily Development) District to MX-CI (Mixed Use Commercial Industrial) District To Build Office/Workspaces for Small Businesses PUBLIC HEARING HELD - March 17, 2025]

ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL THOSE OPPOSED? FLOOR IS NOW OPEN. MR.. JONES. I KNOW WE DISCUSSED THIS ITEM AT WORK SESSION.

IT IS BACK BEFORE US TONIGHT. THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS HELD ON MARCH 17TH, 2025.

YES. IF WE COULD HEAR FROM STAFF AND THEIR CURRENT RECOMMENDATION AS IT RELATES TO THIS PROPERTY.

YES, MADAM MAYOR. IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR LEE HERE TO WALK US THROUGH THIS ITEM.

GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THE CASE BEFORE YOU IS ZERO.

EAST WOODBURY AVENUE CASE NUMBER IS P2025Z00101.

THE APPLICANT IS CODY SNYDER. THE CURRENT ZONING DISTRICT IS R-3 MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT.

THE REQUEST THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A REZONING FROM R-3 MULTIFAMILY TO THE MIXED USE COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICT TO DEVELOP AN OFFICE SLASH WORKSPACE FOR SMALL BUSINESSES.

CURRENT ZONING MAP HIGHLIGHTED THERE IN ORANGE IS R-3.

THE FUTURE LAND USE FOR THIS PARTICULAR LOCATION IS REDEVELOPMENT NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION FOR THIS, A REZONING REQUEST IS DENIAL.

AS WELL AS PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. THEIR REQUEST WAS DENIAL ALSO.

AND THE APPLICANT IS PRESENT.

COUNCIL MEMBER BUTLER. HOW ARE YOU DOING, MR. LEE? PRETTY GOOD. THANK YOU. YOU DO. WE KNOW WHAT THE VOTE WAS FOR THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION REGARDING THIS PROPERTY? NO, SIR, I DON'T. NOT OFF. I DON'T I DIDN'T KNOW IF IT WAS CONTESTED OR IF IT WAS UNANIMOUS.

IT'S OKAY IF YOU DON'T KNOW, IT'S FINE. IT ESCAPES ME.

I CAN'T, I CAN'T RECALL. DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.

THANK YOU.

QUESTION ABOUT THE LOCATION. THANK YOU. SO WE'VE ALREADY HAD THE PUBLIC HEARING, SO WE COULD JUST MAKE THE MOTION. IS THERE ORDINANCE TO WAIVE OR ANYTHING OR JUST MAKE THE MOTION? SO THE RECOMMENDATION IS DENIAL. THEY DIDN'T HAVE AN ORDINANCE.

BUT WE COULD. COUNCIL'S DESIRE IS TO APPROVE INSTEAD OF DENY.

[03:50:06]

THAT'S IN THE NUMBER 30. STAFF, DID Y'ALL GO TO THE PREVIOUS SLIDE? WERE THERE ANY CONDITIONS IF IT WAS APPROVED? YES, MA'AM, AND I FAIL TO SHARE THAT. HOWEVER, IF IT BE THE WILL OF THE COUNCIL TO APPROVE, WE DID DENOTE SEVERAL CONDITIONS. SO YOU GOT ONE AND TWO.

IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE ON THE NEXT PAGE OR JUST ONE THROUGH SEVEN? AND IF NEED ME TO, I CAN READ THOSE INTO THE RECORD.

I THINK THERE WERE RESIDENTS WHO DID A PETITION.

I'LL MAKE THE MOTION. I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE REZONING APPLICATION.

PETITION P20225R00101, LOCATED AT ZERO EAST WOODBURY AVENUE. ZONING MAP AMENDMENT REQUEST TO REZONE PROPERTY FROM R3 MULTI FAMILY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT 2MXCI. MIXED USE COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT TO BUILD AN OFFICE WORKSPACE FOR SMALL BUSINESS. FOR SMALL BUSINESS WITH THE SIX CONDITIONS OR SIX RECOMMENDATIONS.

SECOND IS 1707. I'M SORRY SEVEN. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.

ANY DISCUSSION? COUNCILMAN BUTLER? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? THOSE OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES. NEXT UP, COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL.

[XIV. COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL]

I WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY RIGHT NOW TO THANK OUR WATER AND SEWER DIRECTOR FOR ALL OF HER HARD WORK AND TO ALSO TO CONGRATULATE THE DEPARTMENT AGAIN. BUT ON SATURDAY, APRIL 26TH, 2025, WILL BE CLEANING UP THE SUN VALLEY CREEK.

IT'S GOING TO BE A COMMUNITY CLEAN UP. A STREAM CLEAN UP.

ANYONE CAN PARTICIPATE, OLD OR YOUNG, WHETHER YOU ARE READY TO GET WET OR STAY ON THE WATER'S EDGE, THERE IS SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THIS EFFORT.

WHETHER YOU ARE DOING THE HEAVY LIFTING, PASSING OUT BAGS, LOADING UP COLLECTED TRASH, SPOTTING FOR TRASH DEBRIS OR JUST STANDING BY TO LEND AN EXTRA HAND WHEN NEEDED, THERE'S SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE TO DO.

FEEL FREE TO INVITE FRIENDS AND FAMILY. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE NUMBER IS, BUT IT'S A COMMUNITY STREAM CLEANUP RIGHT THERE IN SUN VALLEY. I ALSO WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK THE WARD D RESIDENTS THAT CAME OUT TO HELP ADVOCATE FOR WHAT WAS BEST FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU. THE VOTE DIDN'T TURN OUT AS WE WANTED, AND I THINK WHAT'S MOST TROUBLESOME IS OUR PREVIOUS COUNCIL PUT ORDINANCES IN PLACE TO PROTECT RESIDENTS FROM THIS TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT.

AND TONIGHT THE RESIDENTS IN WARD D GOT ANOTHER WAREHOUSE WITHOUT NUMBER EIGHT, WHICH WOULD HAVE MADE LIVING NEAR A WAREHOUSE SOMEWHAT PALATABLE. ONE COUNCIL MEMBER DIDN'T WANT A CIGAR LOUNGE IN HIS COMMUNITY AND WE ALL VOTED NO.

OTHER COUNCIL MEMBER DIDN'T. ANOTHER COUNCIL MEMBER DIDN'T WANT TO PROPOSE DEVELOPMENT OVER NEAR THE WILLINGHAM CORRIDOR IN HER WARD, AND WE ALL VOTED AGAINST IT. WE TOOK THE CONSIDERATION AND THE FEEDBACK FROM THOSE COUNCIL MEMBERS.

THERE WASN'T A SINGLE RESIDENT ON SITE OR THAT HAD COME TO ANY OF OUR MEETINGS TO SPEAK OUT ABOUT IT.

BUT WE LISTENED TO THE PEOPLE THAT REPRESENTED THE AREA AND TOOK THAT INTO CONSIDERATION.

ON TWO OCCASIONS, WARD D RESIDENTS CAME OUT, EXPRESSED THEIR VIEWS, AND MEMBERS OF THIS COUNCIL VOTED AGAINST THEM.

THE TOWNHOMES. BACK IN JULY AND AGAIN TONIGHT, ONE NEIGHBOR SAID LAST WEEK THE PEOPLE HAVE NO VOICE IN THIS CITY.

AND I EXPLAINED TO THEM, WE DO HAVE A VOICE AND WE ARE GOING TO EXERCISE OUR VOICE COLLECTIVELY IN THE NEXT ELECTION, WHICH IS IN NOVEMBER. WE WILL SEE YOU. WE SEE YOU BY THE ACTIONS THAT YOU TAKE AGAINST US.

[03:55:04]

WE CAN NO LONGER CONTINUE TO VOTE FOR PEOPLE THAT DO NOT REPRESENT US OR SERVE US.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL? I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO CAME OUT TONIGHT, SPOKE DURING PUBLIC COMMENTS.

THE RESIDENTS WHO SPOKE DURING THE PUBLIC HEARINGS THIS EVENING.

THERE SEEMS TO BE A TREND IN WARD D NOT SURE WHY.

BUT TONIGHT'S THE FIRST TIME I HEARD ABOUT THE DESIRE TO AMEND AN INDUSTRIAL ORDINANCE THAT WASN'T BROUGHT UP LAST JANUARY.

WHEN A DECISION WAS MADE AGAINST A WAREHOUSE ESTABLISHMENT IN AN INDUSTRIAL AREA, IN AN AREA THAT'S ALREADY INDUSTRIAL IN ANOTHER AREA OF THE CITY. BUT THE RESIDENTS IN WARD D, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONTINUE LETTING YOUR VOICE BE HEARD, CONTINUE TO BE ENGAGED IN ALL ITEMS THAT IMPACT YOUR COMMUNITY.

PLEASE DON'T BE DISCOURAGED AND FEEL THAT IT'S FALLING ON DEAF EARS.

YOUR VOICE IS YOUR POWER AND I ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONTINUE USING THAT.

AND HOPEFULLY AT SOME POINT THE PEOPLE IN WARD D VOICE WILL MATTER.

I THINK I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT REGISTRATION IS STILL OPEN AND ONGOING.

DO WE HAVE YOGA, ZUMBA, PILATES, TOTAL BODY WORKOUT.

WALKER HOLLIS COOKING DEMONSTRATIONS, MENTAL HEALTH SESSIONS, FINANCIAL LITERACY SESSIONS, KIDS ZONES FOR KIDS. OVER 25 ACTIVITIES THAT ARE HAPPENING ALMOST WEEKLY IN THE CITY FOR A 90 DAY PERIOD.

WE WILL HAVE A5K RUN WALK AT THE END. WE EVEN HAVE BEACH VOLLEYBALL DAY.

NOT BEACH VOLLEYBALL. SAND VOLLEYBALL. AT THE SAND VOLLEYBALL COURTS IN BRYANT PARK OVER BY TRI-CITIES HIGH SCHOOL IN THAT AREA. SO WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE ACTIVITIES FOR EVERYONE, THAT IT IS DEFINITELY MULTIGENERATIONAL. AND ALL ARE INVITED TO REGISTER.

YOU CAN REGISTER ONLINE AND OR CONTACT OUR PARKS AND RECREATION CENTER.

THE PASSPORTS AND THE BAGS, THE STUFF THAT YOU GET AT REGISTRATION IS AT THE OUR JEFFERSON PARK RECREATION CENTER.

AND YOU CAN STOP BY THERE TO PICK UP YOUR REGISTER AND OR PICK UP ON SITE.

DO WE HAVE ANY SESSION ITEMS? COUNCIL MEMBER ZIEGLER AND COUNCIL MEMBER BUTLER.

DO WE HAVE ANY EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS? MR.. JONES ONE REAL ESTATE ITEM, ONE LEGAL.

LEGAL. WE HAD THREE LITIGATION. COUNSEL. ANY.

EXECUTIVE SESSION COUNCIL. YES. ILLEGAL FOR ME AND A COMMENT TO.

YEAH, I'M COMING BACK TO COMMENTS. LIGHTS WEREN'T ON WHEN I STARTED TALKING, SO THAT'S WHY I GAVE MY COMMENTS.

BUT I PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE JUST WAITED PATIENTLY. ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL? I MEANT EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS FROM COUNCIL? YES, ONE. WHAT TYPE? REAL ESTATE? I HAVE TWO REAL ESTATE AND FOUR LITIGATION SO FAR.

I CAN'T HEAR YOU. SO IT'S FIVE LEGAL AND TWO REAL ESTATE.

ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL? OH, YOU DON'T HAVE A LEGAL.

MY BAD. SO IT'S FOR LEGAL. COUNCIL MEMBER. BUTLER, THEN COUNCIL MEMBER.

ZIEGLER. THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO SAY, FIRST OF ALL, I REALLY DO APPRECIATE OUR NEIGHBORS FOR COMING OUT TO SPEAK. IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT THINGS THAT ARE POSITIVE, WE MAKE NEGATIVE AND WE GASLIGHT PEOPLE WITHOUT GIVING THEM ALL THE FACTS.

THE FIRST THING IS MICROSOFT IS A GOOD THING.

IT IS GOOD BECAUSE IF WE DID NOT PUT THAT DATA CENTER THERE, THEN WE WOULD HAVE HAD A WAREHOUSE THERE TWICE THE SIZE RIGHT IN BACK OF PEOPLE'S HOUSES BECAUSE IT IS INDUSTRIAL.

WE HAVE LAWS, AND THE FIRST THING I WAS TAUGHT WHEN I GOT ON COUNCIL IS THAT YOU CANNOT DOWNZONE A PROPERTY.

CITIES WILL BE HELD LEGALLY LIABLE FOR THOSE.

YOU CAN'T DO IT. SO WHEN YOU GO OUT AND TELL PEOPLE WHAT COULD BE HERE AND WHAT CAN'T BE HERE AND WHAT SHOULD NOT AND SHOULD BE HERE, YOU ARE LYING TO THE PEOPLE, AND THEN YOU HAVE THEM COME HERE AND GET THEM DISAPPOINTED BASED ON SOMETHING THAT'S NOT COMPLETELY TRUE.

[04:00:06]

STOP GASLIGHTING PEOPLE AND LYING TO THEM AND HAVING THEM COME UP HERE KNOWING THAT YOU CAN'T DO WHAT YOU'RE PROPOSING TO DO.

FACT IF YOU'VE DONE A TRAFFIC STUDY MORE THAN ONCE AND YOU SAID YOU CAN'T PUT SPEED BUMPS ON BEN HILL, YOU CAN'T PUT SPEED BUMPS ON BEN HILL. SO STOP LYING TO THE PEOPLE.

FACTS. THE TOWNHOUSE DEVELOPMENT THAT HAS NO NEGATIVE EFFECT ON LAKESIDE PRESERVE WILL INCREASE THEIR PROPERTY VALUES, AND BASED UPON WHAT THE STATE HAS JUST DONE, THEY WON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT AN INCREASE IN THEIR PROPERTY TAXES BECAUSE THEY'RE PROTECTED FACTS. THE PROPERTY THAT HAS THOSE 3 OR 400 HOUSES DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO LAKESIDE PRESERVE, WITH NO CONDITIONS, PLACED A GREATER THREAT ON THE LIVELIHOOD AND THE LIFESTYLE OF THOSE PEOPLE THAN THOSE UPSCALE TOWNHOMES.

FACT WITH SOME OF THESE MEMBER ON COUNCIL, NOTHING GETS DONE, NO PROGRESS, NOTHING HAPPENS.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN NAPERVILLE, WHAT'S HAPPENING IN ATLANTA NEAR GREENBRIAR, PROGRESS. I ASK YOU, PEOPLE OF EASTPOINTE, HAVE YOU SEEN THE PROGRESS IN EASTPOINTE? HAVE YOU SEEN EVERYTHING THAT WANTS TO BE DENIED AND STOPPED? AND AND WE DON'T WANT THIS. FACTS. YOU CAN'T BUILD A SHOPPING CENTER IN A HOA NEIGHBORHOOD.

FACTS. YOU CAN'T BUILD A HOUSE IN A NEIGHBORHOOD FOR INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY.

THE PROPERTY'S BEEN THAT WAY SINCE 1989. WE INHERITED A MESS WHEN THAT OTHER PROPERTY WAS ANNEXED INTO THAT.

AND NOW YOU HAVE RESIDENTIAL DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO INDUSTRIAL.

BUT WE HAVE TO DO WHAT WE CAN DO WITHIN THE LAW.

FACTS. WE ARE BEING SUED BY SOME OF THE ACTIONS ON COUNCIL, BECAUSE PEOPLE REFUSE TO DO WHAT'S LEGAL AND DO WHAT THEY WANT TO DO, AND YOU CAN'T DO THAT. SO IT'S EXTREMELY FRUSTRATING TO COME HERE AND SERVE THE PEOPLE AND THEN HAVE YOUR COLLEAGUES UNDERMINE THE TRUTH. HERE'S THE DEAL.

WE ARE EIGHT PEOPLE, PLUS THE MAYOR'S NINE PEOPLE.

WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE ON THE SAME TEAM. WE'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE GOOD DELIBERATION IN ORDER TO PROTECT THE INTEGRITY OF PEOPLE IN EAST POINT, WE SHOULD NOT BE GOING BACK AND FORTH ON ISSUES AND VILIFYING OTHER PEOPLE.

AND YOU DON'T DO THAT BY CONTINUING TO GASLIGHT THE COMMUNITY TO GET WHAT YOU WANT.

IT DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY. WE HAVE A PRESIDENT IN OFFICE THAT'S DOING THE SAME THING, AND WE SEE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU VIOLATE THE LAW.

AS I STATED EARLIER, I HAVE AN INTIMATE EXPERIENCE WITH A WAREHOUSE COMING IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.

THE DIFFERENCE IS THAT PROPERTY WAS ZONED COMMERCIAL.

AND WE CHANGED IT TO INDUSTRIAL WITH NO TAX BENEFIT.

SO I KNOW INTIMATELY HOW THAT FEELS, AND IT PAINS ME TO HAVE TO TELL MY NEIGHBORS, I AM SORRY, BUT WHAT PEOPLE ARE GASLIGHTING YOU TO DO IS ILLEGAL.

IT IS NOT LEGAL. AND I WAS HERE WHEN WE DID THE MORATORIUM.

IT WAS NOT A UNANIMOUS DECISION. I RECALL THAT MY VOTE WAS ONE OF THE VOTES THAT MADE SURE WE HAD THE MORATORIUM, SO THAT WE COULD STOP THE PROLIFERATION OF WAREHOUSES IN OUR AREA.

HOWEVER, SOUTH MEADOWS IS A WAREHOUSE SUBDIVISION.

IT IS ZONED INDUSTRIAL. AND THE PROBLEM IS, THE REAL REASON WE HAD THAT MORATORIUM IS TO PROTECT ALL OF OUR PEOPLE, BUT PROTECT A PARTICULAR GROUP OF PEOPLE, BECAUSE WE ARE TIRED OF 50 CONTIGUOUS ACRES. THAT COULD BE A WAREHOUSE AND THAT WAS BAD.

BUT ONE SIZE DOES NOT FIT ALL. AND WE HAVE TO DECIDE AS PEOPLE IN NOVEMBER, IF YOU WANT TO

[04:05:04]

COUNCILMEMBER ZIEGLER. YES. THANK YOU. AND I'LL TRY TO BE BRIEF.

SO AS PART OF THE EAST POINT ENVIRONMENTAL COLLECTIVE, OUR DREAM IS TO GET RID OF ALL INDUSTRIAL.

IF I HAD A MAGIC WAND, I WOULD GET RID OF IT IN THIS ENTIRE CITY.

BUT UNFORTUNATELY, THAT'S JUST NOT THE CASE. WE HAVE TO DO THINGS LEGALLY.

AND IF WE. IF THE CITY IS NOT ABLE TO REZONE PROPERTY, THEN THE NEXT BEST THING IS TO FORCE AN APPLICANT TO COME IN FRONT OF US AND PUT CONDITIONS ON THEM. AND WHEN IT COMES TO TO CHEMICALS AND THINGS LIKE THAT THE, THE AREA OF IMPACT IS FIVE MILES IN RADIUS, WHICH MEANS THAT THINGS IN WARD D DEFINITELY AFFECT PEOPLE IN WARD B.

OUR CITY IS NOT THAT LARGE. ALONG WISE. AND SO THAT IS WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO ME TO CONTINUE TO PUT ON CONDITIONS ON THESE APPLICANTS TO ENSURE THAT PEOPLE ARE REMAIN HEALTHY AND THAT WE ARE ABLE TO TO DO SOME THINGS WITH THESE PROPERTIES THAT ARE BURIED INSIDE OF INDUSTRIAL AREA WHILE ALSO BEING ABLE TO MAINTAIN A IN ORDER TO NOT AFFECT THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF THE PEOPLE AROUND IT.

AND THAT IS WHY I BELIEVE THAT WE WERE LOOKING TO DO OUR ZONING REWRITE BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME ISSUES WITH THE CURRENT ZONING, AND AND THIS IS NOT A NEW DISCUSSION. WE HAVE DISCUSSED THIS BEFORE.

AND AT SOME POINT, I WOULD LIKE AN UPDATE ON WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THAT.

AND IN REGARDS TO WARD B SO THE REASON WHY WE WE VOTED AGAINST THAT DUMPSTER STORAGE FACILITY IS BECAUSE THE WILLINGHAM CORRIDOR IS HAS A PLAN THAT WE SPENT A LOT OF MONEY AND A LOT OF TIME ON TO REDEVELOP THAT AREA IN WARD D.

WE DO NOT HAVE THAT IN WARD B. WE DID AT SOME POINT START THE PROCESS OF REDEVELOPING THAT AREA.

SO IN ORDER TO TO STICK WITH THE PLAN, WE HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, ACTUALLY VOTE ACCORDING TO WHAT THAT PLAN SAYS. THAT'S AND THAT'S WHAT I'LL HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THE THE ZONING AND THE ORDINANCE AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE TO THE RESIDENT WHO CAME OUT ABOUT THE POWER OUTAGES.

YES. THAT IS A VERY SERIOUS ISSUE THAT THAT WE ARE TRYING TO ALLEVIATE.

I BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE SPENT A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF MONEY IN SWITCHES TO HELP ALLEVIATE THE THE IMPACT OF A SINGLE OUTAGE. AND THEN WE'RE ALSO DOING THE THE GRID HARDENING PROJECT.

BUT I DO WISH THAT WE CONTINUE TO PUT AS MUCH ENERGY AND FOCUS AND THAT WE ARE UNITED IN MAKING SURE THAT THAT WE KEEP MOVING FORWARD. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? COUNCIL MEMBER. YES. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

WE'D JUST LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT. CITY MANAGER JONES, I'M GLAD THAT EARLIER TODAY WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT OUR 50 WORST PROPERTIES AND WE TALKED ABOUT ENGAGING SOME AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS.

I AM HOPEFUL THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT ALL OF THE AUTHORITY'S BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS WITHIN THE CITY OF EASTPOINTE, AND ENGAGING THOSE RESIDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN APPOINTED TO SERVE ON THOSE AS A PART OF CIVIC ENGAGEMENT.

SO I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN LOOK BEYOND THE ONES THAT WE DISCUSSED THIS EVENING AND IF ANY HAVE NOT BEEN MEETING IF WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE REVIVE THOSE SO THAT THOSE RESIDENTS WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE THE CITY IN A CIVIC ENGAGEMENT CAPACITY.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS? NO, I WAS JUST GOING TO MAKE THE MOTION TO ADJOURN TO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR.

[XV. EXECUTIVE SESSION]

IT'S MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES FIVE, SIX.

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ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. WE GET A MOTION. WE NEED A MOTION TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO RETAIN ATLAS. SO MOVED. HOLD ON A MINUTE. I, I HAVEN'T FINISHED THE MOTION TO RETAIN ATLAS.

TO DO. WHERE'S LARRY? WITH ATLAS. OH.

NOT MUCH. WE NEED A MOTION TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO RETAIN ATLAS.

TO DO THE REMEDIATION ON PARCEL SEVEN, NOT TO EXCEED $75,000.

SO MOVED. SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED.

ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE. EXECUTIVE SESSION.

MEETING MINUTES. SO MOVED. SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED.

ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. WE NEED A MOTION TO ADJOURN. MOTION TO ADJOURN.

IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR I OWE YOU SAID.

WHAT? DO YOU OWE TO MOTION TO ADJOURN IS NOT DEBATABLE, BUT IT CAN BE WITHDRAWN. MOTION TO WITHDRAW. WITHDRAW.

THE MOTION TO ADJOURN. OR IT COULD FAIL. COULD DO IT 1 OR 2 WAYS.

DO IT. MOTION TO. I HADN'T CALLED A QUESTION SO IT CAN BE WITHDRAWN FROM THE FLOOR.

MOTION TO WITHDRAW. YOU WITHDRAW YOUR MOTION? YES. OKAY. IN THE OSBORNE VERSUS CITY OF EAST POINT, WE NEED A MOTION TO PROCEED. AS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. SO MOVED.

SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.

MOTION TO ADJOURN. SO MOVED. SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.