Feb 02, 2026 City Council

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FEBRUARY 2ND EASTPOINTE CITY COUNCIL MEETING. MADAM CITY CLERK, ROLL CALL, PLEASE.

COUNCIL MEMBER HENRY PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER. ATKINS. COUNCIL MEMBER.

ZIEGLER. COUNCIL MEMBER. CUMMINGS. ALL RIGHT. COUNCILMEMBER. MITCHELL PRESENT.

COUNCIL MEMBER. CALDWELL PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER. MIKE ROGERS, MAYOR. CHAPMAN, WE HAVE A QUORUM. THANK YOU. AND BEFORE WE BEGIN TONIGHT, I'D LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO ACKNOWLEDGE BLACK HISTORY MONTH. I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE FOUNDATIONAL ROLE THAT AFRICAN AMERICANS AND BLACK HISTORY, CULTURE, LABOR AND LEADERSHIP HAVE PLAYED IN SHAPING OUR COUNTRY AND OUR CITY OF EASTPOINTE. THROUGHOUT ITS HISTORY, EASTPOINTE HAS BEEN SHAPED AND STRENGTHENED BY BLACK FAMILIES WHO'S BUILT NEIGHBORHOODS, SUSTAINED LOCAL BUSINESSES, SUPPORTED SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES, AND CONTRIBUTED TO THE CIVIC AND ECONOMIC LIFE OF OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH RESILIENCE AND HARD WORK, CREATIVITY, COMMITMENT AND IN OTHERS. THE BLACK COMMUNITY HAS HELPED DEFINE THE SPIRIT AND CHARACTER OF OUR CITY. DESPITE FACING GENERATIONAL GENERATIONAL INJUSTICE AND INEQUALITY, WE HAVE PERSEVERED AND THAT PERSEVERANCE WE HAVE NOT ONLY UPHELD OUR OWN COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO OFFERED SERVICES AND SHINE AS A BEACON OF LIGHT, OF HOPE AND PROGRESS, STANDING ALONGSIDE ALLIES WHO BELIEVE IN OUR DIGNITY, JUSTICE AND SHARED LEADERSHIP. THROUGHOUT THIS MONTH, I INVITE EAST POINTERS TO, IN WHATEVER WAY YOU FEEL MEANINGFUL TO YOURSELF, TAKE TIME TO REFLECT, LEARN, AND ENGAGE. BEING MINDFUL OF OUR SHARED RESPONSIBILITIES TO ONE ANOTHER. AS RESIDENTS OF THE CITY, LET US CELEBRATE WHO WE ARE. HONOR THOSE WHO CAME BEFORE US AND AND AND COMMIT TO HONORING OURSELVES AND BUILDING A STRONGER FUTURE TOGETHER AS WE ARE ONE CITY, WE ARE EASTPOINTE MOVING FORWARD TOGETHER. AND NOW WE WILL HAVE A BRIEF MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR THE INVOCATION.

WILL YOU PLEASE STAND? AND THEN WE'LL FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. THANK YOU. NOW WE'LL HAVE THE PLEDGE TO THE FLAG.

[V. ANNOUNCEMENT OF SERGEANT-AT-ARMS - Capt. Robinson]

[VI. ADOPTION OF THE COUNCIL AGENDA ]

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I WANT TO JUST MAKE ITEM NUMBER FOUR DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE PLAN TO. THAT'S CORRECT. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO. YES. SO IT SHOULD BE CHANGED ON HERE TO DISCUSS.

YES. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A PRESENTATION OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY MADAM MAYOR THEN IN THAT CASE I WOULD MAKE A RECOMMENDATION THAT YOU GET A SECOND MOTION TO AMEND THE AGENDA TO HAVE ITEM FOUR UNDER PRESENTATIONS AS A ITEM FOR DISCUSSION AND POTENTIAL CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU. MAY I HAVE A MOTION FOR MADAM A SECOND, SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. ANY ALL THOSE ANY DISCUSSION. THANK YOU. YES, COUNCILMAN. FREELY. IF THIS IS GOING TO ACTION, HAVE WE HAD A WORK SESSION DISCUSSION OR DO WE KNOW WHAT THIS IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ASKED TO VOTE ON? I'M NOT PREPARED TO KNOW. IT IS NOT YET GONE TO WORK SESSION.

WE'RE JUST RIGHT NOW I'M JUST ASKING FOR JUST I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT CHANGING IT FROM THE PRESENTATION, BUT IT'S JUST REALLY A REPORTING OUT JUST TO FIND OUT WHERE THE CITY IS WITH REGARDS TO THE FIFA GAMES THAT ARE COMING IN LESS THAN FOUR MONTHS. SO WHAT ACTION WOULD BE NEEDED? I GOT AN ACTION. I HAVE ACTION IS THE ACTION TO BE MOVED TO THE WE'LL MOVE IT. CAN WE MOVE IT TO THE WORK SESSION BUT ALLOW FOR, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, THE CITY MANAGER? DO YOU NOT HAVE ANY TYPE OF PRESENTATION OR. YES, STAFF IS PREPARED TO GIVE A PRESENTATION AS TO ITS CURRENT STANDING IN THE PLANNING FOR FIFA. NOT SURE MYSELF IF THERE'S AN ACTION THAT COULD BE TAKEN RIGHT NOW. YEAH. OKAY, SO IT'S A GO AHEAD. COUNCIL MEMBER. YES. I THINK THAT THE APPROPRIATE ACTION WOULD BE TO MAKE A MOTION TO DIRECT THE CITY MANAGER TO WORK WITH STAFF. THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING, TO WORK WITH STAFF, TO COME BACK WITH A PRESENTATION FOR COUNCIL, BUT ALSO A PRESENTATION THAT INCLUDES THE EAST POINT CONVENTIONS AND VISITORS BUREAU. DIRECT HIM TO CONTACT THEM SO THAT THEY COULD ALSO BE A PART OF THE PRESENTATION. THAT WAS GOING TO BE MY ACTION. I DON'T KNOW IF COUNCIL MEMBER CUMMINGS IS AMENABLE TO THAT, BUT DIRECT HIM TO COME BACK WITH THE INFORMATION THAT WE NEED AND ALSO THE CONVENTION VISITORS BUREAU. IF MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WAS WHAT WAS SUPPOSED TO TAKE PLACE TONIGHT. CORRECT. OR DO WE NEED TO OR WOULD YOU PREFER THAT WE DO A FULL. I THINK IT PROBABLY PRUDENT TO LET THE PRESENTATION HAPPEN, AND THEN THE COUNCIL CAN DECIDE WHETHER IT WANTS TO DO AS FAR AS NEXT STEPS, MADAM CITY ATTORNEY, ARE WE ALLOWED TO. SO I THINK AT THIS POINT, HEARING THE DISCUSSION ON WHAT THE ACTION WOULD BE BECAUSE OF RULE 15, IF THE ACTION IS JUST TO DIRECT THE CITY MANAGER TO DO SOMETHING, ONCE YOU HEAR THE PRESENTATION, LEAVING IT AS A PRESENTATION IS FINE BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT ACTUALLY TAKING ACTION ON THE SUBSTANTIVE ISSUE. YOU WOULD BE TAKING A PROCEDURAL ACTION TO DIRECT THERE TO BE, I GUESS, SOME WORK DONE BY STAFF. SO I THINK YOU CAN LEAVE IT AS A PRESENTATION HERE. THE PLAN FOR THE FIFA GAMES. AND AT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION, IF THERE'S A MOTION TO DIRECT THE CITY COUNCIL, I'M SORRY, THE CITY MANAGER TO DO MORE, IT WILL BE APPROPRIATE AT THE END OF THAT PRESENTATION, BUT WE WOULDN'T BE VOTING ON THE ACTUAL PLAN, IS ALL I'M SAYING, WHICH IS WHY YOU WOULD MOVE IT TO A AGENDA ITEM RECEIPT. I THINK I'M AT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. I'M SORRY. SO, MADAM MAYOR, THE THING IS, FIFA GAMES ARE LESS THAN FOUR MONTHS AWAY. WE NEED AND WE HAVE NO CLUE AS TO WHAT IT IS THAT THE CITY, WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE PREPARING TO DO. AND WE SIT JUST ON. WE ARE NEIGHBORS TO THE WHOLE CITY. SO IF WE CAN AT LEAST JUST SORT OF SEE WHAT IT IS THAT THEY HAVE PLANNED, WOULDN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT WE HAVE TO VOTE ON ANYTHING IN PARTICULAR TONIGHT. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHAT IT IS THAT WHAT WHAT THEY HAVE PREPARED THUS FAR. IS THAT OKAY? ARE YOU OKAY WITH THAT? I'M OKAY WITH THE MOTION TO KEEP. I MEAN, I'M OKAY WITH KEEPING THE PRESENTATION AS IS AND THEN

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COUNCILWOMAN MARTIN ROGERS. YES. AND I DO REALIZE THAT OUR JOB IS OVERSIGHT. HOWEVER, IN KEEPING IN LINE WITH WHAT THE CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU KEEPING IN LINE WITH THEIR SCHEDULE, I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM EVERY MEMBER OR THE ENTIRE BODY OF THAT CONVENTIONS BUREAU TO COME AND ALSO PRESENT AT THE MEETING. SO YES, WE DO HAVE OVERSIGHT. BUT HOWEVER, IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THINGS ARE DONE IN STREAMLINE, WE ALSO CAN PROVIDE THE CITY MANAGER WITH DIRECTIVES SO THAT IT'S JUST NOT A COMMON ASK, BUT IT IS A DIRECTIVE THAT IS UNDER THE PURVIEW OF COUNCIL. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR COMMENTS AND WE WILL PROCEED.

OH, WHO ELSE IS COUNCILWOMAN CALDWELL? THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. I JUST WANTED TO ASK THE CITY MANAGER. HAVE WE REACHED OUT AND CONFIRMED A DATE FOR THE VISITORS BUREAU TO COME AND PRESENT TO US? SO THE VISITORS BUREAU HAS BEEN MEETING WITH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM, INCLUDING MULTIPLE CITY DEPARTMENTS. THAT'S BEEN AN ONGOING THING. I THINK THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A MONTH OR MAYBE TWO MONTHS. SO I DID HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH MR. ROGERS, WHICH I BELIEVE HE'S GOING TO BE DOING THE PRESENTATION TONIGHT, AND HE WAS SEEKING TO GET CVB TO BE A PART OF TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION. NOT SURE OF THAT. SCHEDULES ALIGNED OR NOT, BUT I KNOW THAT THEY'RE ON POINT TO ALSO DO PRESENTATIONS WITHIN THE BUDGET PROCESS AS WELL. AND AS WELL AS THE FIFA. I KNOW I'VE BEEN IN ON THE MEETING WITH BOTH CVB AND THE CITY STAFF AND TALKING ABOUT FIFA, SO I KNOW THAT THEY'RE THEY'RE COORDINATING, THEY'RE WORKING. THEY'VE PLAYED A ROLE IN THE PRESENTATION THAT'S GOING TO BE PRESENTED TO YOU, THAT STATUS OF WHERE WE ARE. AND I'VE TASKED THE TEAM TO DO A LITTLE MORE WORK. AND BUT THE PART THAT CVB HAS BEEN PART OF THAT YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO SEE IN FULL AND STAFF IS DOING SOME MORE WORK TO FINE TUNE THAT. BUT THAT'S ■MY UNDERSTANDING. OKAY. THANK YOU.

SO WE DON'T HAVE AN ACTUAL DATE FOR THEM TO COME IN AND DO THEIR PRESENTATION AS OF TODAY, ARE THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? THE ONLY THING IS, IF YOU COULD JUST DISPOSE OF THE MOTION, EITHER THE MAKER CAN RETRACT IT IN, THE SECOND CAN BE RETRACTED, OR IT NEEDS TO BE DENIED. I RETRACT THAT. OKAY. SO YOU CAN PLEASE. COUNCILWOMAN. ABSOLUTELY. I WILL RETRACT THE MOTION. BUT PRIOR TO RETRACTING. SECTION 2-302. POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE CITY MANAGER. THE CITY MANAGER SAYS THE CITY MANAGER SHALL, SUBJECT TO THE POLICY, CONTROL, DIRECTION AND SUPERVISION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL, BE THE HEAD OF THE ADMINISTRATION BRANCH OF

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PLAY WITH ME. THANK YOU. THE MOTION HAS BEEN RETRACTED AND WE ARE CLEAR TO MOVE ON TO THE.

[VII. APPROVAL OF CITY COUNCIL MINUTES]

COUNCILMAN MITCHELL, SO THANK YOU, MADAM CITY CLERK. SO IS IT CORRECT? CAN WE GO AHEAD AND ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY OBJECTIONS? OKAY, I HEARD THAT'S WHAT THE DISCREPANCY WAS.

OKAY. COUNCILMAN COUNCILWOMAN MARTIN ROGERS, HI. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I WOULD LIKE THE CITY ATTORNEY TO WEIGH IN ON EXECUTIVE SESSION MINUTES. AND WHAT GOES INTO PUBLIC RECORD FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION. THANK YOU. MADAM MAYOR. DO YOU WANT ME TO RESPOND AT THIS TIME? YES.

SO. YES, MA'AM. SO THE PUBLIC MOTION SHOULD GO INTO YOUR PUBLIC MINUTES THAT YOU GET APPROVED. ONE OF THOSE MOTIONS THAT YOU YOU ALWAYS APPROVE WHEN YOU COME OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION IS A MOTION TO APPROVE EXECUTIVE SESSION MINUTES. THOSE MINUTES FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION DON'T BECOME PUBLIC. OBVIOUSLY THEIR EXECUTIVE SESSION MINUTES. BUT THE MOTION TO APPROVE EXECUTIVE SESSION MINUTES AND ANY MOTIONS MADE OUT HERE THAT MATERIALIZE AFTER EXECUTIVE SESSION SHOULD BE PLACED ON THE MINUTES THAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR PACKETS TO APPROVE AT THE NEXT MEETING. SO YOU WOULD BE APPROVING WHAT IS THAT JANUARY 21ST MEETING MINUTES

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SO TO MY UNDERSTANDING, AS IT STANDS, THE MOTIONS HAVE BEEN PLACED IN THE AGENDA AND THE AGENDA IS ACCURATE. THE MINUTES. I'M SORRY THE MINUTES HAVE BEEN A FOLLOW UP QUESTION TO.

COUNCILWOMAN MARTIN ROGERS. YES, A FOLLOW UP QUESTION. HOW WOULD ONE RECEIVE EXECUTIVE SESSION MINUTES IF THEY NEEDED TO? SO A COUPLE OF THINGS. IF YOU NEED TO REVIEW EXECUTIVE SESSION MINUTES PRIOR TO VOTING ON THEM. I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD DO INDIVIDUALLY WITH THE CLERK BECAUSE AGAIN, THEY'RE NOT PUBLIC. THE ONLY OTHER WAY TO GET EXECUTIVE SESSION MINUTES, IF THERE'S A COURT ORDER, YOU. COUNCILWOMAN MITCHELL. NO, I WAS GOING TO MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE REGULAR MEETING ON JANUARY 20TH. SECOND.

IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL THOSE OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. OKAY. WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE PUBLIC HEARING SECTION OF THE

[IX. PUBLIC COMMENTS]

SHOULD THE SPEAKER DESIRE TO GIVE HIS OR HER TIME TO ANOTHER SPEAKER, HE OR SHE MAY DO SO BY NOTATING WHAT SPEAKER SHALL RECEIVE THE TIME ON HIS COMMENT FORM HIS OR HER COMMENT FORM, PROVIDED THAT THE SPEAKER, GIVEN HIS OR HER FORM, PROVIDED THAT THE SPEAKER GIVEN HIS OR HER FORM, THAT HE OR SHE GIVES ALL OR PART OF HIS 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 THE TIME OF THE AGENDA. SPEAKERS MUST IDENTIFY THEMSELVES IN THEIR ADDRESS PRIOR TO SPEAKING. QUESTIONS FROM THE SPEAKER 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 AND DECORUM. NO DEBATE, DISRESPECT OR OBSCENITIES SHALL BE TOLERATED. THE PRESIDING OFFICER SHALL RULE OF ANY SUCH INDIVIDUAL OUT OF ORDER. THAT FAILS TO COMPLY WITH THE FOREGOING. MADAM CITY CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE CALL THE FIRST SPEAKER? WE HAVE ONE PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY. THAT'LL BE FROM MISS ERNESTINE PITMAN, AND SHE HAD TIME GIVEN TO HER BY MISS JACKIE SLAUGHTER. SO SHE'LL HAVE SIX MINUTES. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR. I HAVE BEEN KNOCKED OFF MY BALANCE BY WHAT I HEARD HERE, TO WHAT I WAS GOING TO SPEAK ABOUT. BUT FIRST, LET'S GO ON WITH THIS. MADAM MAYOR WAS CORRECT IN STATING THAT SHE WANTED TO MAKE COUNCIL APPOINTMENTS PRIOR TO COUNCIL COMMENTS. PUBLIC COMMENTS? THE PUBLIC HAS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO WITH THE APPOINTMENT OF BY MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THERE'S NO DISCUSSION, SO PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOT GOING TO CHANGE THAT. SO THAT THAT THAT WAS IN ORDER. EXECUTIVE SESSION MINUTES LEAVE, EXECUTIVE SESSION SEALED. THE ONLY THING THAT'S MADE ABOUT EXECUTIVE MINUTES, EXECUTIVE MINUTES AND OPEN FORUM LIKE THIS IS THE PRESENTATION OF THEM TO THE CLERK. ONLY COURT ACTION CAN UNSEAL THOSE MINUTES. THEN THE OTHER ONE WAS ABOUT THE CONVENTION BUREAU AND MARKETING. THAT IS NOT UNDER THE CITY MANAGERS. THAT'S HOTEL MOTEL TAX MONEY. THEY ARE MARKETING WITH A CONTRACT WITH THE CITY OF EAST POINT. SO THAT DOES NOT HAVE DIRECT IS FROM HIM. HOWEVER, TO STATE THAT. HIS STAFF WORK WITH THEM IN COORDINATING ANYTHING THAT THE CITY THAT THEY MIGHT WANT TO DO HERE IN THE CITY WOULD BE APPROPRIATE. NOW, BACK TO WHAT I CAME HERE TO TALK ABOUT.

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THAT'S THAT'S PAYING ALL SUPPORTERS. AND ANOTHER THING TO THAT, I OH, I'VE JUST GOT SO TEED OFF ABOUT WHAT I'VE SEEN HERE. YOU SEE THIS LITTLE, LITTLE SHEET OF PAPER HERE. I AM GOING TO GO TO THE GEORGIA STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE, BECAUSE ANY AGENDA THAT YOU HAVE SHOULD HAVE BACK UP. THERE'S NO BACK UP HERE. NONE WHATSOEVER. AND IT SHOULD BE POSTED WITH BACK UP AND PLENTY ENOUGH TIME FOR RESIDENTS A YOU TO SEE THE INFORMATION BEFORE YOU GET HERE. YOU CAN'T READ, LISTEN AND GIVE AN INFORMED OPINION ABOUT ANYTHING UNLESS YOU'RE THE BIGGEST FOOL EVER LIVED AND THINK YOU CAN. AND I'M SICK OF THIS. AND WHERE IS THE MONTHLY FINANCIAL REPORT THAT OUR ESTEEMED CITY MANAGER, WHO CAN FIND ALL THIS TIME TO TAKE CARE BUDGET EVENTS BUT CAN'T COME UP WITH A MONTH MONTHLY FINANCIAL STATEMENT, AND I WANT THE ONE WITH THE NUMBERS ON IT FROM THE BUDGET. I WANT TO SEE THE APPROPRIATIONS THAT WERE MADE. WHERE ARE WE NOW AND WHERE IS THE MID-YEAR SIX YEAR REPORT? YOU GETTING READY TO TALK ABOUT BUDGET FOR 20 FOR FY 27? YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU ARE. SIX MONTHS AFTER THE BUDGET YOU PASSED FOR FY 26. AND ANOTHER THING, THIS COUNCIL BUDGET, YOU DON'T HAVE A BUDGET. YOU HAVE FUNDS THAT ARE THAT'S GIVEN TO YOU IN ORDER FOR YOU TO GAIN THE INFORMATION, TO MAKE THE MOST AND BEST INFORMED DECISION THAT CAN BE MADE. EVERYTHING THAT YOU PASS UP HERE MUST HAVE A DERIVATIVE IN OUR CHARTER. NOW YOU BETTER GO BACK AND FIND IN THE CHARTER WHERE IT SAYS YOU CAN HAVE EVENTS. I DON'T HAVE TO SHOW YOU WHERE YOU CAN'T. YOU'VE GOT TO SHOW WHERE YOU CAN. I CAN SHOW YOU WHY YOU HAVE A DEBIT CARD THAT YOU THINK IS YOUR CREDIT CARD THAT BELONGS TO US. EACH POINT HAS TO BE A MEMBER GM IN THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES EDUCATION. THAT'S NOT A REQUIREMENT FOR YOU TO SIT UP THERE JUST AGE AND RESIDENCY, AND THEN YOU HAVE TO BE EDUCATED. YOU USE THAT CREDIT CARD TO GO TO ANY CONFERENCE, WORKSHOP, SEMINAR THAT GM HAS, AND THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES. OUTSIDE OF THOSE TWO, YOU DON'T SPEND ANY MONEY ON EDUCATION TRAVELING BECAUSE GM IS THE ARM HERE IN GEORGIA THAT KEEPS UP WITH THE STATE LEGISLATION THAT PASSES THAT WE HAVE TO STILL BE GOVERNED UNDER AND MAKE LAWS IN AGREEMENT WITH ANYTHING THAT YOU HAVE TO KNOW ABOUT GOVERNMENT IS OFFERED BY THEM. YOU AUTOMATICALLY HAVE MEMBERSHIP TO GO TO THE WEBSITE.

TOLD YOU SIX MINUTES, BUT I'M GOING TO BE ENOUGH. CHECK MY WEBSITENING.

THANK YOU, MISS PITTMAN. AND SO WE ARE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE AGENDA ITEMS, AND WE

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MADAM MAYOR, YOUR YOUR MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA EARLIER WAS TO HAVE THE APPOINTMENTS ISSUED. HAVE YOU CHANGED IT AROUND? I THINK YOU HAVE TO HAVE A ANOTHER MOTION BECAUSE THEY VOTED. THE COUNCIL VOTED TO DO APPOINTMENTS NOW. SO THE COUNCIL APPOINTMENTS MOVING TO DO THE APPOINTMENTS. CAN WE DO THEM NOW IN THE PUBLIC COMMENT. YES. CAN WE DO OKAY? THE PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE OVER. YES MA'AM. BECAUSE WE ONLY HAD ONE. YEP. AND SO NOW YOU'RE TO YOUR NEXT ITEM WHICH IS APPOINTMENTS, WHICH WAS APPROVED WHEN YOU DID A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA.

RIGHT? YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. COUNCILWOMAN HEMMINGS. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. WITH THE SUPPORT OF MY WARD COLLEAGUE, ERIC FRIEDLI, I SEEK TO APPOINT A CASTLE TO THE BLIGHTED PROPERTY TASK FORCE. MISS CASTLE IS A LONGTIME EASTPOINTE RESIDENT WITH MORE THAN 23 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING, SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, NONPROFIT LEADERSHIP, AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. SHE BRINGS DEMONSTRATED EXPERTISE IN STRATEGIC PLANNING, PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND HOUSING ADVOCACY. SHE IS THE CO-FOUNDER OF HOPE TOWARD HOMEOWNERSHIP, AN INITIATIVE LAUNCHED DURING THE NATIONAL HOUSING CRISIS THAT PARTNERED WITH WITH MAJOR FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO STABILIZE NEIGHBORHOODS, PREVENT EVICTIONS, AND RETURN PROPERTIES TO THEIR PRODUCTIVE USE ACROSS MULTIPLE STATES. MISS CASTLE HAS ALSO SERVED IN LEADERSHIP ROLES AS A LOCAL BUSINESS OWNER AND HOA PRESIDENT, A HOUSING CONSULTANT, AND A LONG TIME VOLUNTEER IN HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE AND CHILD ADVOCACY. HER PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND AND COMMUNITY EXPERIENCE ALIGN DIRECTLY WITH THE GOALS OF THE BLIGHTED PROPERTY TASK FORCE, AND FOR THESE REASONS, I MOVE TO APPOINT MR. CASTLE TO THE BLIGHTED PROPERTY TASK FORCE.

SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL THOSE OPPOSED. THE MOTION CARRIES. IS THERE ANOTHER COUNCILWOMAN, MARTIN? OKAY. OKAY. NOW WE CAN

[X. COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL]

DURING A WEDNESDAY WIND DOWN AND SENATOR JON OSSOFF IN JUNE OF 2024, HE SPONSORED LEGISLATION AIMED AT SUPPORTING THE CITY'S WATER SYSTEM. THE BILL CAME INTO LAW IN JANUARY OF 2025. THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION UNDERSTOOD THE VALUE OF BUILDING A STRONG FOUNDATION, AND THAT WORK HAS HELPED POSITION EAST POINT WHERE WE ARE TODAY. LASTLY, THE CITY OF EAST POINT HAS UNANIMOUSLY VOTED ON A COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL. TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THE PROTOCOL HAS NOT BEEN CHANGED AND ADOPTED. LEGISLATION TOOK PLACE ON 2014 2020. MR. CITY MANAGER, IS THERE A REASON THAT YOU AND MEMBERS OF STAFF ARE NOT FOLLOWING THE ESTABLISHED COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL, AND I YIELD MY TIME FOR HIS RESPONSE? THANK YOU. COUNCILWOMAN CALDWELL. OH, I'M SORRY, JONES I'M SORRY. WAS THAT A QUESTION TO. IT? WAS THE COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL VOTED ON UNANIMOUSLY BY COUNCIL IN 2024 AND 2014 AND 2020, ISN'T BEING FOLLOWED BY YOU OR MEMBERS OF THE STAFF IN EAST POINT. SO IS THERE A REASON? HAS THAT PROTOCOL CHANGED? AND I DON'T KNOW ABOUT IT, BUT THE COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL IS NOT BEING FOLLOWED. SO I WAS YIELDING MY TIME FOR A RESPONSE FOR YOU. FROM YOU ON

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IS IT IN YOUR WILL TO HAVE THAT AGENDA, THAT DISCUSSION ITEM PUT ON THE WORK SESSION AGENDA FOR NEXT MEETING FOR OUR NEXT. YES. OKAY. YES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM CITY CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE ADD THAT TO THE AGENDA FOR THE WORK SESSION FOR OUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, PLEASE? WOULD THE TITLE BE DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL? YES, I BELIEVE YES. MADAM MAYOR, I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT THAT WAS FOR THE CLERK TO PULL THOSE RESOLUTIONS. I HEARD ATTORNEY, BUT I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY. THAT'S NOT. IT'S OKAY. YES.

OKAY. PERFECT. THANKS. OKAY. SO JUST IN ADDITION TO THE THE NEW MEDIA MEETING AGENDA FOR WORK SESSION, PLEASE APPROVE THE PULL. THE. WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR THE AMENDMENTS? NO. THE RESOLUTIONS WE CAN DO YOU WANT THEM TO BE INCLUDED IN THE PACKET THAT THEY SAID? EVERYONE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT IT. YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. MADAM CITY CLERK, PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE A PART OF THE PACKET. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR, ARE WE OBSERVING THE TWO MINUTE REQUIREMENT ON COUNCIL COMMENTS TONIGHT OR NOT? THANK YOU. COUNCILWOMAN. COUNCILMAN FRIEDMAN. YEAH, THAT'S. I WILL, THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. I'LL MOVE TO COUNCILWOMAN CALDWELL AND THEN TO COUNCILMAN ATKINS. NO. OKAY. GOOD EVENING. I WILL BE BRIEF. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A QUICK ANNOUNCEMENT THAT THE WARD COMMUNITY MEETING WILL BE HELD ON FEBRUARY 28TH. WE ARE STILL FINALIZING DETAILS, SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. AND THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILWOMAN MIMS. YES. GOOD EVENING. I HAVE TWO COMMENTS FOR THIS EVENING. THE FIRST IS TO SHARE WITH THE COMMUNITY THAT ON MARCH 1ST, 2026, SAINT PAUL'S MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH WILL CELEBRATE 65 YEARS OF SERVICE. SO I HOPE THAT FOLKS WILL COME OUT AND HONOR ONE OF OUR OUR GREAT INSTITUTIONS HERE IN OUR CITY.

AND THEN, FOR THE RECORD, I'D LIKE TO PROVIDE OUR CONSTITUENT SERVICES REPORT FOR THIS PAST MONTH. SO I GOT ONE CONCERN FROM WARD A THAT WAS A CONSTITUENT CONCERNED ABOUT A BLIGHTED PROPERTY TAX. THEY WERE REPORTING THAT THEY HAD BEEN ACTIVELY WORKING TO REDEVELOP THEIR BLIGHTED PROPERTY AND YET WERE STILL TAXED HIGHLY. THE WARD I GOT ONE RESPONSE. EXCUSE ME. ONE CONSTITUENT CONCERN FROM WARD B ABOUT A NEIGHBOR WHO'S UNHOUSED

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AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO WE WILL KEEP YOU INFORMED. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND NOW WE WILL GO INTO

[XI.1. Fiscal Outlook - Part 1 ]

MAYOR. COUNCIL, I'M GOING TO ASK SOMEBODY TO CUE UP THE PRESENTATION FOR ME. MADAM CITY CLERK, AT THE START OF THE PRESENTATION, CAN WE SET THE CLOCK FOR 15 MINUTES, PLEASE? THANK YOU. OKAY, SO AS THAT GETS SET UP, I WANTED TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF A AGENDA ON WHAT DO WE PLAN ON DOING. SO THAT LOOKS A LITTLE JUMBLED UP THERE. SO THIS WOULD BE PART ONE OF A TWO PART PRESENTATION STARTING OUT WITH MICRO LOOK OF OF VARIOUS ASSUMPTIONS AND UNCERTAINTIES. AND WE'LL THEN GO TO A PART TWO, WHICH WE TEND TO HAVE THAT NEXT MONDAY THAT WILL FOCUS IN ON THE. MICRO. SO THAT LOOKS REALLY DIFFERENT. IT'S NOT EVEN IN THE SAME TYPE.

MAYBE THERE'S A VERSION THAT'S BEEN EMAILED. AND THEN WE HAD EMERGENCIES. FLASH DRIVE ONE TWO. RIGHT. THAT'S THE ONE WITH THE FLASH DRIVE. WELL MAYBE WE SHOULD GO TO THE OTHER ONE THEN.

NOT SURE WHERE ALL THESE DIFFERENT FONTS COMING FROM, BUT AT LEAST THAT LOOKS A LITTLE BIT BETTER. OKAY. WELL. TECHNOLOGY OKAY. WE'LL WE'LL WORK THROUGH IT HERE. ALTHOUGH IT'S NOT LINING UP NOW. SO SHOULD I LET YOU MANUALLY DO IT OKAY. OKAY. SO WHILE WE'RE KIND OF STARTING THIS CONVERSATION AS WE BUILD CITY MANAGER, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CLOCK IS STARTED. THANK YOU. AS WE BUILD TOWARDS OUR RECOMMENDED BUDGET IN APRIL, THERE'S A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT WE SHOULD, YOU KNOW, KEEP IN MIND AS WE KIND OF FORM THESE RECOMMENDATIONS. AND SO TODAY'S DISCUSSION IS AIMED AT REALLY BEING TRANSPARENT ON SOME OF

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AND WHILE THAT IS TRUE IN SOME CASES, THE CHALLENGING PART OF THAT IS IT KIND OF CREATES A COMPETING FACTOR FOR THE WORKFORCE OUT THERE. SO TO TO GET OBVIOUSLY YOU ALWAYS WANT TO GET THE THE BEST AND MOST QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS, BUT WE MAY HAVE TO PAY A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN EVEN THE MARKET HAD HAD BEFORE, BECAUSE THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE ARE EXPECTING PACKAGES AND DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR AMOUNTS THAT TYPICALLY OUTPACE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. SO THAT CREATES ANOTHER LAYER OF. COMPETITION, BUT ALSO HIGHER WAGE REQUIREMENTS TO ACQUIRE THE BEST QUALIFIED PEOPLE OUT THERE. SO COSTS AND BENEFITS TO THAT DISRUPTION. AND AND WE'RE, YOU KNOW, ON THE CUSP OF POTENTIALLY ANOTHER. FURLOUGH OF SOME SORT. SO THIS CONSTANT UNCERTAINTY CREATES OTHER EFFECTS IN THE MARKETPLACE. NEXT SLIDE. SO ANOTHER ECONOMIC INDICATOR. AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS EXPERIENCING BOTH IN STATE OF GEORGIA BUT

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THIS IS SHOWING SOME TAXABLE VALUE, STABILIZING NEW CONSTRUCTION MOMENTUM IS ALSO MODERATE. WHY THIS MATTERS FOR EASTPOINT. WELL, GROWTH IS IS REALLY PART OF SOME OF OUR BUDGETING PRACTICES. AND SO YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD THE TERM ALLOW GROWTH TO PAY FOR GROWTH.

WELL WHEN GROWTH IS NOT THERE THEN WE REALLY HAVE TO FOCUS IN ON MAKING SURE THAT WE WORK WITHIN OUR CURRENT REVENUE STREAMS OR BE FOCUSED IN ON MAKING SURE OUR REVENUE STREAMS ARE MORE FOCUSED ON THE TRUE EXPENSE AND TRUE COST, BECAUSE YOU CAN'T JUST HAVE GROWTH BAIL YOU OUT OF HAVING PROJECTIONS OR ESTIMATES OFF. SO REVENUE CONTINUES TO TO GROW, BUT JUST NOT AT THE SAME LEVEL THAT WAS ASSUMED IN PREVIOUS BUDGET YEARS. NEXT SLIDE. SO COMPOUNDING PRESSURES, NOT ISOLATED ISSUES. WHY THIS MIGHT FEEL A LITTLE DIFFERENT I THINK THERE'S THE A MIX OF THERE'S THE ECONOMY IS EXHIBITING SOME STRENGTH. AND ECONOMISTS ARE SAYING AT THE HIGH LEVELS OF THE ECONOMY, THE PURCHASING POWER CONTINUES TO BE STRONG AND IS GIVEN A LOT OF MIXED MESSAGES FOR THE ECONOMY, FOR FOLKS THAT REALLY FOCUS IN ON THAT. WHAT THEY'RE SEEING, THOUGH, IS MIDDLE-CLASS. AND LOWER MIDDLE CLASS ARE EXPERIENCING AFFORDABILITY ISSUES. AND THOSE MULTIPLE COMPLEX, DIFFERING SNAPSHOTS ARE ARE CAUSING A LOT OF UNCERTAINTIES IN THE MARKET. AND SO THOSE MULTIPLE PRESSURES MAKE IT VERY HARD TO KIND OF FORECAST, BUT I THINK IT'S SOLID THAT WE WE LOOK AT WAYS TO OFFSET SOME OF THE LACK OF REVENUE THAT WE MIGHT BE GETTING BY EXAMINING NEW REVENUE STREAMS OR STRENGTHENING EXISTING REVENUE STREAMS, REDUCING THE ONE TIME FUNDING OPTIONS. WE TALKED ABOUT THE ARPA GOING AWAY. THOSE TYPE OF FUNDS LIKELY AREN'T GOING TO BE RETURNING ANYTIME SOON. AND SO UNDERSTANDING LIMITATIONS ON GROWTH REALLY NEED TO REQUIRE US TO FOCUS IN ON SOME OF THE IMBALANCES IN OUR STRUCTURES.

AND THAT ESSENTIALLY JUST MEANS MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE A PLAN THAT CAN STILL FOCUS IN ON, ON GROWTH, BUT MAKING SURE THAT IT KEEPS IN PACE WITH REVENUES AND SO THAT THAT IS GOING TO REQUIRE SOME DISCIPLINE. IT'S LIKELY THAT THE STATUS QUO BUDGETING PRACTICES WON'T BE SUSTAINABLE. WE'LL HAVE TO LOOK AT ACROSS THE BOARD TYPE OF DISCIPLINE ACTIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR REVENUES AND OUR EXPENDITURES STAY ALIGNED. ALL SERVICES AND COST DRIVERS, YOU KNOW, MUST BE REVIEWED. SO WE WE'RE TAKING OUR PROCESS NOW, GOING THROUGH OUR OUR DEPARTMENT BUDGETS WITH A REAL CRITICAL EYE ON ON THAT PARTICULAR ASPECT AND, AND OVERALL MAKING SURE THAT OUR REVENUE STRUCTURES, INCLUDING OUR UTILITY RATES ARE, ARE WELL EVALUATED. NEXT SLIDE. SO CLOSING THOUGHTS ON ON THE THE MACRO PERSPECTIVE IS THAT WE SHOULD FOCUS ON NOT SIMPLY BALANCING THE BUDGET, BUT POSITIONING THE BUDGET TO

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YEAH, I CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO MAKE IT SEEM LIKE IT'S ALL DOOM AND GLOOM. I MEAN, IT'S CERTAINLY TOUCHED ON BRIEFLY ON THE STRENGTH OF THE ECONOMY IS REALLY COMING FROM HIGH END USERS AND BUYERS AND CONSUMERS. SO THERE THERE IS STRENGTH THERE. BUT, YOU KNOW, A COMMUNITY LIKE US, I THINK WE COULD LOOK AT MORE DIVERSITY IN OUR HOUSING TO, YOU KNOW, MAXIMIZE HAVING SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE. AND SO THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES THERE. THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES FOR SOME OF OUR BIG DEVELOPMENT. THOSE DOLLARS HAVEN'T SLOWED DOWN. SO AS WE LOOK AT THINGS LIKE THE COMMONS OR LOOK AT MAJOR REDEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES, IT'S WE'RE SEEING THAT INVESTMENT AT THAT LEVEL STILL THERE. SO THERE'S SOME SOME GOOD THINGS THERE.

BUT BEING READY TO SEIZE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES WHEN THEY PRESENT THEMSELVES IS REALLY WHAT WE'RE

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YES, THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. MR. CITY MANAGER, JUST A FOLLOW UP ON YOUR RESPONSE TO COUNCIL MEMBER CALDWELL IN TERMS OF ADDITIONAL REVENUE SOURCES, YOU MENTIONED IMPACT FEES. AND I KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD A PRESENTATION AND THERE'S A PROCESS THAT WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT IMPACT FEES. AND I THINK THAT WE'VE STARTED THAT PROCESS ALREADY. CAN YOU SPEAK TO WHERE WE ARE IN THAT, SO THAT WE MAY BE ABLE TO REALIZE THOSE ADDITIONAL FUNDS AS IT RELATES TO IMPACT FEES? YEAH. SO WE WE CERTAINLY HAD CONSULTED A CONSULTANT THAT HELPED US WALK THROUGH THAT. THAT'S GOING TO BE A PART OF OUR OUR BUDGET PROCESS. SO WE'LL HAVE A WHOLE SECTION WHERE WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT ALL THE VARIOUS REVENUE STREAM OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE'LL HAVE. AND I'LL, I'LL PUT IT TO WE'LL GO INTO MORE DEPTH IN DEPTH DETAIL AT THAT POINT. OKAY. BUT WE ARE STILL ON TRACK. OH, WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT THE. ABSOLUTELY OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANY MORE DISCUSSION. AND SO CITY MANAGER FOR THE NEXT PRESENTATION, ARE YOU GOING TO HAVE THE DATA POINTS AND FEES THAT WERE COVERED OR AS REQUESTED IN THE NEXT PRESENTATION. SO THE NEXT PRESENTATION IS THE PART TWO. THAT'S THE MICRO. AND SO I WILL HAVE I WILL HAVE SOME OF THAT INFORMATION. CERTAINLY WHEN WE LOOK AT SOME OF THE OTHER COMMUNITIES, THAT WAS DEFINITELY GOING TO BE PART OF OF THE PRESENTATION. WE'LL GOING TO HAVE A SEPARATE UPDATE ON THE SALARY AND THE EVERGREEN STUDY. SO MY PRESENTATION IS NOT GOING TO DEAL WITH THAT. AS FAR AS THE IMPACTS GO LOCALLY, ESPECIALLY WITH THE FEDERAL IMPACTS, THAT'S CERTAINLY GOING TO BE A PART OF THAT PRESENTATION. I WILL GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF A COMMERCIAL AND SAY THAT THOSE ARE COME WITH COSTS AND BENEFITS. CERTAINLY THE IMPACT ON OUR RESERVES,

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SO IF YOU COULD PLEASE DOCUMENT THAT OUT VERY CLEARLY THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF FEDERAL

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THANK YOU. I YIELD, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU. AND WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE SECOND

[XI.2. Council Discussion and Approval of Multi-Generational Rec Center Site Update and Change Order Request ]

WE'RE WE JUST GOT FINISHED DOING A FUNDRAISER ON THAT. WE'RE WAITING TO SEE HOW WELL WE DID ON THAT. AND I WAS TOLD THAT THOSE FUNDS WILL BE COMING IN THROUGHOUT THIS MONTH. AND SO I, I SHOULD HAVE A BETTER SNAP PICTURE ON WHERE WE ARE THERE. BUT THAT'S THE ONLY PROGRAM THAT COMES TO MY MIND THAT WE RUN THE RISK OF NOT BEING ABLE TO COMPLETE OR COMPLETELY DELIVER THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE FISCAL YEAR. ALL RIGHT. COUNCILWOMAN MITCHELL AND THEN COUNCILWOMAN MARTIN ROGERS, THANK YOU. THIS IS FOR MR. CITY MANAGER. I KNOW WE MENTIONED I THINK IT WAS A GREAT QUESTION. WE MENTIONED GRANT FUNDING AND THINGS LIKE ARPA FUNDING. I WANT TO MAKE SURE I HAVE A CORRECT UNDERSTANDING OF THIS. DOES THAT GO UNDER UNDER NON-DEPARTMENTAL OR HOW HOW WOULD THAT MONEY BE. WHO WHO WILL BE OVER THIS, HOW THIS MONEY IS ALLOCATED? THE ARPA DOLLARS GOT USED THROUGH DEPARTMENTS. SO DEPARTMENT CERTAIN DEPARTMENTS UTILIZE THOSE FUNDS. SO THEY WOULD BE DEPARTMENTAL FUNDS IN THE SENSE THAT WE'VE BUDGETED THOSE FUNDS IN THAT DEPARTMENT. IF I THINK I ANSWERED THAT CORRECTLY I WOULD MAKE SURE DOES THAT. I'M GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WAS A LITTLE GOING TO ASK YOU ABOUT. MY FINANCE DIRECTOR MIGHT WANT TO EXPOUND. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND THIS CORRECTLY. WHEN WE GET GRANT MONEY IN IT THAT CONSIDERED NON-DEPARTMENTAL, UNLESS A CERTAIN DEPARTMENT REQUEST OR IT'S AWARDED A GRANT.

MR. MITCHELL, I CAN'T HEAR YOU. MR. OH, SORRY. GOOD EVENING. COUNCIL MAYOR. I'M SORRY, CAN YOU REPEAT THAT? YES. I WAS TRYING TO GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHEN WE GET GRANT MONEY IN. DOES THAT GO UNDER THE NON-DEPARTMENTAL CATEGORY? UNLESS THE GRANT MONEY IS AWARDED TO US, LIKE, SAY, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO WHEN WE GET TO SOMETHING LIKE ARPA FUNDS AND OR HOW WOULD THAT WORK? SO WE'LL USE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AS AN EXAMPLE. SO IT WILL GO TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WON'T GO INTO A NON-DEPARTMENTAL ACCOUNT. IT'LL GO DIRECTLY TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. IF IT'S A GRANT FUNDED FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OR FIRE DEPARTMENT, IT'S ALLOCATED TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. SO I WAS ASKING ABOUT LIKE THE ARPA FUNDS. WHAT WAS SOMETHING LIKE THAT? GO. SO THE THE ARPA FUNDS WAS DISTRIBUTED ACROSS MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS AND THAT WAS APPROVED BY COUNCIL. AND IT CAN'T BE CHANGED UNLESS IT COMES BACK TO COUNCIL. OKAY. SO ANYTHING ARE THERE ANY SITUATIONS WHERE. SO WHEN WE GET GRANT MONEY IN IT'S USUALLY ALLOCATED TO A DEPARTMENT. OR DEPARTMENT IS AWARDED THAT MONEY. YEAH. SO SPECIFICALLY WE'LL USE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT NINE TIMES OUT OF TEN THE THE GRANT WILL BE APPLIED FOR BY THE DEPARTMENT OR SPECIFICALLY FOR THE DEPARTMENT, WHETHER IT'S SANITATION FIRE DEPARTMENT, IF IT'S APPLIED FOR DIRECTLY FOR AN APARTMENT, IT'S GOING TO BE ALLOCATED DIRECTLY FOR THAT DEPARTMENT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. COUNCILWOMAN MARTIN ROGERS. YES.

IN THIS QUESTION IS DIRECTED TOWARDS MR. CITY MANAGER. HOW MUCH MONEY IS IN THE CITY'S RESERVE ACCOUNT? SO. I DON'T HAVE THAT EXACT NUMBER, BUT I WILL SAY THAT THE RESERVES ARE MADE UP OF. RESTRICTED AND NON-RESTRICTED FUNDS. AND SO THE THE TRICK TO AND WE'LL GO INTO DETAIL OF THE RESERVES. AND I THINK THERE WAS A PRESENTATION I GAVE LAST OH

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BUT WE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE RESERVES, WE CAN ONLY WORK FROM THE A PORTION OF THOSE RESERVES.

AND SO WHILE WE MIGHT HAVE RESERVES OF UPWARD OF 45 MILLION OR SO. MANY OF THOSE MAY BE RESTRICTED AND WE MAY ONLY HAVE ACCESS TO THOSE, AND THOSE ALSO ARE RESTRICTED IN VARIOUS ENTERPRISES. AND SO IT DEPENDS ON IF THERE'S GENERAL FUND REQUIREMENTS OR IF THERE'S ENTERPRISE REQUIREMENTS THAT REQUIRE TO GO INTO THOSE RESERVES. SO WE'LL GO INTO MORE DETAIL ON THAT. BUT IT'S REALLY A VERY COMPLICATED ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION, THAT IT DESERVES TO HAVE MORE TIME THAN I'M PREPARED TO GIVE AT THE MOMENT. OKAY. THANK YOU, MADAM. MR. CITY MANAGER. AND THEN FOR THE NEXT UPDATE, IS IT POSSIBLE TO HAVE A NUMBER ON THE RESERVE FUND IN THE NEXT MEETING OR. YEAH, THAT'S GOING TO BE PART OF IT. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO WE'RE MOVING ON TO ITEM TWO. AND I WANT TO UNDERSTAND JUST TO CLARIFY FOR THE RECORD, IS THIS A ITEM THAT SHOULD BE PRESENTATION ONLY OR THIS IS TO MR. CITY MANAGER. ARE YOU ASKING FOR COUNCIL TO MAKE A MOTION ON THIS ITEM. AND HOW SHOULD THAT MOVE FORWARD, SINCE THIS IS IN A PRESENTATION SECTION AND NOT A PART OF THE ACTUAL AGENDA? THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. YES, THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT PARKS AND REC DIRECTOR AND I WAS JUST DISCUSSING. I THINK THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN SOME CONFUSION. CONFUSION WHEN WHEN PREPARING THE AGENDA. BUT WHATEVER THE COUNCIL IS COMFORTABLE WITH, WE ARE PREPARED TO GO THAT DIRECTION. SO THERE WAS A CHANGE ORDER THAT WAS PRESENTED WITH THE PRESENTATION. BUT THAT IS NOT THE TYPICAL WAY TO DO THAT. BUT WE'RE WE'RE PREPARED TO HOLD THAT CHANGE OVER OLDER CHANGE ORDER. EXCUSE ME. OVER UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING, THE WORK SESSION AND AND THEN HAVE THAT POTENTIALLY UP FOR A VOTE ON THE LAST MEETING OF THE MONTH.

SO WE CAN DO THAT. IN EITHER CASE, WHEREVER THE COUNCIL FEELS THE COMFORT LEVEL. MADAM MAYOR, BECAUSE OF RULE 15, I THINK CITY MANAGER'S LATTER OPTION IS APPROPRIATE. AS TO YOU CAN HEAR THE PRESENTATION, BUT IT CAN'T BE VOTED ON BECAUSE IT HADN'T BEEN TO A WORK SESSION. ALL RIGHT. SO WE WILL MOVE. MADAM MAYOR. YES. GIVEN THE TIME SENSITIVITY OF THIS ITEM, I'D MOVE THAT WE SUSPEND THAT RULE TO ALLOW FOR THE PRESENTATION AND IF NEEDED, TO TAKE ACTION ON THAT ITEM TONIGHT. SECOND, OKAY. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION AND IT HAS BEEN SECONDED. SO IT'S DISCUSSION. THE LIGHTS ON. COUNCILMAN ATKINS. YES. SO THIS YOUR PRESENTATION THIS EVENING, MR. CITY MANAGER, IT WOULD BETTER FACILITATE ACTION ON THIS TO VOTE ON THIS THIS EVENING. CORRECT. BASED ON THE FACT THAT YOU'RE IN THE BUDGET CYCLE AND THERE ARE THINGS THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT PROCESS CONTINUES ON IN THIS SMOOTHLY, CONTINUES ON SMOOTHLY, AND IS EFFECTIVE IN YOUR PLANNING.

CORRECT? CORRECT. OKAY. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN MITCHELL. SO I'M TRYING TO CATCH UP. SO THIS IS APPROVING THE CHANGE ORDER REQUEST. DO YOU ALREADY HAVE INFORMATION ON THAT YET OR THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE ABOUT TO PRESENT? I'M ASSUMING I DON'T HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON IT. MR. SUBMITTED. IS IT IN THE PACKET? ARE WE ON NUMBER TWO YET? YEAH, WE ARE ON NUMBER TWO. WE'RE ON NUMBER TWO WITH THE DISCUSSION IN THE PROPOSED APPROVAL FOR THE MULTI-GENERATIONAL REC CENTER. SO DO WE THEN NEED TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO THE AGENDA TO. NO, MA'AM. OKAY. SO RIGHT NOW YOU'RE IN DISCUSSION ON THE VOTE TO SUSPEND THE RULES. AND SO ONCE WE FINISH DISCUSSION ON

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GO AHEAD QUESTION. SO I WAS TRYING TO UNDERSTAND SO ARE WE SUSPENDING THE RULES TO HAVE THE PRESENTATION OKAY. NO SIR. IT'S SUSPENDED RULES TO TAKE ACTION ON THE CHANGE ORDER OKAY.

THANK YOU. THAT WAS MY QUESTION. YES, SIR. YOU'RE CORRECT. OKAY. THANK YOU. NO ONE ELSE IS IN FOR DISCUSSION. YOU JUST NEED THE VOTE ON THE SUSPENSION OF THE RULES. OKAY? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF SUSPENDING THE RULE, ALL THOSE OPPOSED. THE AYES HAVE IT. WE WILL HEAR THE PRESENTATION, AND THEN WE WILL HAVE A VOTE ON THE ASK. MADAM CITY CLERK, PLEASE START THE TIMER, PLEASE. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I'M EXCITED TO BE IN FRONT OF YOU TONIGHT TO PRESENT WHAT WE WORKED ON. JUST FOR A BRIEF CONTEXT, I'VE BEEN WORKING TOWARDS THIS GOAL GOING ON 16 YEARS. ACTUALLY. MY TEAM HAS DONE AN AMAZING JOB WITH PROGRAMS. WE WANT SOME OF THE BIGGEST PROGRAMS IN THE STATE AND PROBABLY IN THE SOUTHEAST.

WE ARE FACED WITH A GREAT CHALLENGE OF NEEDING MORE SPACE TO SERVICE MORE OF THE COMMUNITY. THE YOUNG LADY TO MY RIGHT IS MISS SOPHIA. YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN HER QUITE A FEW TIMES.

THEY'VE DONE AN AMAZING JOB DATING BACK TO SPRING OF 2025, ENGAGING WITH THE COMMUNITY, HEARING THEIR INPUT AND THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO ADD. SO TONIGHT WE'LL BE GIVING OUR FIRST VISUAL OF WHAT WE WORKED ON. I THINK WE WERE ABLE TO ADDRESS A LOT OF THE CONCERNS AND THE THINGS THAT THE RESIDENTS WANTED. I THINK WE HAVE A DESIGN PLAN IN PLACE THAT CAN ADDRESS FROM AGE 3 TO 103, WITH A LOT OF BEAUTIFUL PROGRAM SPACES AND CUES THAT MIGHT HAVE DIFFERENT CHALLENGES IN THE SPACE THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON, AND PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THOSE PARENTS AND THOSE KIDS THE LAST YEAR. SO I'M GOING TO TURN THIS PRESENTATION OVER TO SOPHIA, AND WE WILL WORK THROUGH SOME OF THE THOUGHT PROCESSES AND SOME OF THE SPACES THAT WE HAVE IN THE REC CENTER. GOOD EVENING. I'M EQUALLY EXCITED ABOUT SHARING THIS PRESENTATION. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR CHAPMAN, AND TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE YOU THIS UPDATE. WE'VE BEEN, AS YOU MENTIONED, WE'VE BEEN WORKING VIGOROUSLY. WE'RE GOING TO START WITH A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON THE SITE, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE IS ON THE SAME PAGE. SO THIS IS THE LOCATION OF THE SITE. IT'S OFF OF BEN HILL. BEHIND BEHIND OUR SITE IS THE GEORGIA SOCCER PARK, AND IN FRONT OF OUR SITE IS A MICROSOFT WAREHOUSE. AND AS SOME OF YOU ALREADY KNOW, THIS SITE IS VERY INTERESTING. WE HAVE A FEW. OBSTACLES TO WORK AROUND, A FEW LIMITATIONS, BUT WE FIND THAT SOMETIMES THESE LIMITATIONS ACTUALLY CAUSE US TO BE MORE CREATIVE. AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAVE, YOU'LL SEE THERE IN THE BLUE IS A CREEK. AND SO WITH THE CREEK, THERE ARE LIMITATIONS ON HOW CLOSE WE CAN GET TO THE CREEK. IN THE CENTER THERE IS THE NUMBER TWO. AND THAT COLOR REPRESENTS THE FLOODPLAIN. AND SO WITHIN THAT FLOODPLAIN WE CAN NOT DO ANY KIND OF SIGNIFICANT STRUCTURES. THE OTHER ITEM THAT WE HAVE HERE IN YELLOW THAT CROSSES THE SITE IS THE GAS PIPE EASEMENT. AND SO THAT GAS PIPE, PIPE EASEMENT, THAT AREA WE CANNOT CONSTRUCT ON EITHER. SO WHAT YOU SEE THE NUMBER FOUR, THAT DARK GREEN COLOR, THAT IS THE AREA THAT WE CAN CONSTRUCT. AND SO THIS IS THE DRIVER FOR THE LOCATION OF THE FACILITY. SO THIS IS A SITE PLAN SHOWING THE LAYOUT. AS WE AS I MENTIONED THAT WITH THE LIMITATIONS IT'S CAUSED US TO BE MORE CREATIVE. YOU'LL FIND THE BUILDING ITSELF AT THE VERY CORNER PUSHED AGAINST BEN HILL, WHICH WE THINK IS A PLUS BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY WILL BE ABLE TO SEE THE FACILITY AND THEY'LL KNOW THE INVESTMENT THAT YOU'VE MADE IN THE COMMUNITY, MAJOR PLUS. SO EACH POINT IS THE GATEWAY TO THE CITY OF ATLANTA. WHEN PEOPLE LAND AT THE AIRPORT, THEY'RE WELCOMED BY THE CITY OF EAST POINT. HOWEVER, EAST POINT IS MORE THAN A GATEWAY. EAST POINT IS A CULTURAL CROSSROAD, A HUB SERVING AS A NEAR CITY MECCA FOR BLACK BUSINESS, DIVERSE

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WHEN THE COMMUNITY COMES TO THEIR NEW GATHERING HUB. THEY ARE WELCOMED. THEY HAVE CHOICE, THEY HAVE ACCESS AND THEY ARE CONNECTED. AND SO THE OVERALL CONCEPT FOR THE FACILITY IS THE HUB. YOU HAVE THREE MAJOR BUILDING COMPONENTS, BUT WHAT'S IMPORTANT IS THE SPACE IN BETWEEN THESE COMPONENTS. THIS IS WHERE THE CONNECTION OF ACTIVITIES HAPPENS. THIS PARTICULAR SPACE ALLOWS EVERY VISITOR TO BE ON CENTER COURT. THE LAYOUT CREATES CLEAR ORGANIZATION FOR SCHEDULING AND ORGANIZED PLAY, WHILE FOSTERING COMMUNITY THROUGH SHARED VISIBILITY AND PROXIMITY. THE CENTRAL HUB ACTS AS A SOCIAL ANCHOR, ENSURING THAT EVEN AS ACTIVITIES OCCUR IN SEPARATE ZONES, PLAYERS AND SPECTATORS REMAIN VISUALLY AND SPATIALLY CONNECTED, REINFORCING A SENSE OF UNITY FOR THE COMMUNITY. OKAY. AND SO THIS IS THE THE ENTRY SEQUENCE OR PROCESSION FOR THE MULTIPLEX. AS YOU STEP OUT OF YOUR VEHICLE, YOU'LL COME ACROSS THIS WALKWAY. TO YOUR RIGHT WILL BE THE PLAY FIELDS. IN THIS PLAY FIELDS ARE WHERE YOU'LL HAVE FLAG FOOTBALL OR ANY OTHER OUTDOOR ACTIVITY YOU DESIRE. AND THEN TO THE RIGHT, WE HAVE AN AREA FOR A PLAYGROUND FOR THE LITTLE KIDDOS, AND THIS IS THE GREETING YOU'LL WALK RIGHT THROUGH. SO THIS HUB ACTUALLY OPENS UP. AND IN THAT OPENING IS WHERE INDIVIDUALS ARE WELCOME INTO THE FACILITY. IF YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING YOU'RE WELCOME. ALL RIGHT. AND SO THIS IS YOUR VIEW FROM BEN HILL. AND SO IT'LL BE CLEAR THE FACILITY THIS IS NOT REALLY THE MAIN ACCESS BUT BECAUSE OF THE WALKABILITY OF THE COMMUNITY SIDEWALK BIKING, WE MADE SURE THAT THERE WAS SOME ACCESS OFF OF BEN HILL AS WELL. AND SO THIS IS ACTUALLY PART OF THAT HUB IN THE CENTER. AND THAT HUB IN THE CENTER BLURS THE LINE BETWEEN INSIDE AND OUTSIDE. SO SOME OF THE SPACES ARE ENCLOSED. AND THIS IS ONE OF THE SPACES THAT'S OPEN. SO IF YOU WANT TO HAVE MULTI-PURPOSE ACTIVITIES ON THE EXTERIOR, YOU'LL HAVE AN OPEN COURTYARD FOR THAT. AND THEN WHEN WE TAKE YOU INSIDE THE MAIN SPACE THAT WE'LL MEET YOU IS THIS MULTI-PURPOSE ATRIUM SPACE. SO IT'S GREAT FOR THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT WILL BE VISITING THE FACILITIES, BUT IT'S ALSO CAN BE USED FOR VARIOUS PURPOSES BY THE CITY OVERALL. DID YOU WANT TO SAY MORE ABOUT THAT? SO ONE OF THE DESIGN THOUGHTS WITH THIS PARTICULAR SPACE? I KNOW A LOT OF TIMES WE HAVE A LOT OF GATHERINGS POTENTIALLY THE CHRISTMAS PARTY IS ALWAYS A IS AN IDEA. WE HAVE A LOT OF RESERVATIONS FOR JUST PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WANT TO UTILIZE THIS SPACE. SO TOURISM IS DEFINITELY A PART OF THE THOUGHT PROCESS TO BRING REVENUE INTO THE CITY, BASICALLY PUTTING HEADS AND BEDS THROUGH VARIOUS TOURNAMENT COMPONENTS AND THE THREE HUBS THAT SOPHIA MENTIONED. WE'LL BE ABLE TO ENTERTAIN BASKETBALL TOURNAMENTS ON A LARGE SCALE. THOSE OF YOU FAMILIAR WITH BASKETBALL KNOW THE KIND OF REVENUE WHEN PEOPLE CHOOSE YOUR SPACE. WE HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN VOLLEYBALL. WRESTLING. PICKLEBALL IS A BIG SPACE THAT WE'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN FOR YEARS. SO A LOT OF TIMES WHEN YOU'RE HOLDING A FUNCTION OF THAT MAGNITUDE, A LOT OF TIMES THERE'S A BIG KICK OFF MEETING, BUT THIS WOULD BE A SPACE THAT OBVIOUSLY YOU ALL CAN USE. RESIDENTS CAN RENT THIS SPACE, BUT EVERY SPACE THAT WE'RE GOING TO MOVE THROUGH, THIS PRESENTATION IS GOING TO HAVE A POTENTIAL REVENUE SOURCE THAT COULD COME IN FOR THE CITY, AS WELL AS USABLE SPACE FOR OUR RESIDENTS. SO THE NEXT SPACE WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS YOUR STEM ACTIVITIES. AND SO THIS IS AN ACTIVITY THAT YOU ALREADY HAVE OR THAT JEFFERSON PARK. AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S A LONG LINE EVERY YEAR WHEN THIS ACTIVITY STARTS FOR PARENTS WHO WANT TO GET THEIR THEIR STUDENTS INVOLVED. AND SO WE PROVIDED A SPACE IN THIS FACILITY, A DYNAMIC SPACE, AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S A SEPARATION. SO THAT ALLOWS FOR YOU TO HAVE TWO CLASSROOMS OR ONE LARGE CLASSROOM. THERE ALSO

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SMALL COURTYARDS GIVES US OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE SOME INDOOR OUTDOOR SPACES. AND I BELIEVE THE TOP RIGHT CORNER. YEAH, IT'S A MULTI-PURPOSE SPACE SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HAVE, BUT ON A GRANDER SCALE THAN WHAT WE HAVE AT JEFFERSON. THOSE SPACES ARE TYPICALLY USED FOR BIRTHDAY PARTIES. WE'VE HAD REPAIRS, YOU NAME IT, WE'VE HAD IT IN OUR REC CENTER THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE, BUT WE HAVE MULTIPLE MULTI-PURPOSE ROOMS THAT ARE CONNECTED. SO IF IT'S A LARGE GROUP THAT NEEDS MORE SPACE, THE WALLS CAN BE SEPARATED TO CREATE A LARGER UNIT. ALRIGHT, BACK TO FITNESS. SO THE INTERIOR TRACK WAS A PART OF THE DESIGN AS WELL. SO I KNOW WE COULD HAVE DEFINITELY USED THAT THESE PAST COUPLE WEEKENDS WHEN IT'S BEEN LIKE 17 DEGREES OUTSIDE. BUT FITNESS DOESN'T STOP, SO THEIR THOUGHT PROCESS WAS TO BE ABLE TO BE ACTIVE AND HEALTHY INSIDE OF THIS SPACE AS WELL. FITNESS AGAIN. RECENTLY WE RENOVATED THE REC, THE WEIGHT ROOM CENTER AT JEFFERSON REC. I'VE SEEN A FEW OF YOU. YOU GUYS USE IT. I KNOW MISS JOHN HAS BEEN OVER THERE, BUT BUT YEAH, IT'LL BE A NICE FITNESS SPACE. WE WANTED TO HAVE A CONCEPT OF INDOOR OUTDOOR, SO A LOT OF GREAT LIGHTING. WINDOWS WILL BE IN THE SPACE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE BEAUTIFUL PROPERTY THAT THE THE REC CENTER WOULD SIT ON.

AND THIS IS OUR VIEW AT NIGHT. SO WE'RE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE REGARDING WHAT WE'VE PRESENTED. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. COUNCILMAN MITCHELL. YES, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. I WAS MENTIONING THE FIELD. SO I'M ASSUMING THERE'S GOING TO BE REGULATION SIZE FOR LIKE HIGH SCHOOL AND OTHER TOURNAMENTS.

YES. SO OBVIOUSLY, YOU GUYS KNOW I'VE BEEN UP HERE WITH THE GIRLS, THE GUYS WE'RE REALLY BIG IN THE FLAG FOOTBALL SPACE. SO WE WANTED TO CREATE A FIELD SPACE THAT KIND OF MIRRORED THAT. THE BEAUTY ABOUT THAT GREEN SPACE, WE'LL HAVE OPPORTUNITY WHERE THE FIELDS ARE LAID OUT. IF WE WANT TO DO LIKE A CITY EVENT, THAT MIGHT CARRY ON OUTSIDE. BUT AS FAR AS THE SCALE OF THE FIELDS, THEY DO FALL UNDER THE REGULATIONS FOR THE ACTIVITY THAT WE'RE KIND OF DEEP IN, WHICH IS FLAG FOOTBALL. I'M JUST WONDERING IF I MISSED IT. DID YOU GUYS KNOW YOU WERE TRYING TO DETERMINE IF THE POOL WAS GOING TO BE ON SITE OR OFF SITE, OR DO WE HAVE ANY MORE INFORMATION AROUND THE POOL? YES. YOU WANT ME TO SPEAK TO IT? YEAH, YEAH. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME OUT IN THE COMMUNITY MEETINGS WAS THE SCALE AND THE SIZE OF THE POOL.

IT WAS KIND OF, I WANT TO USE THE WORD VOTE. THE INPUT KIND OF DICTATED THAT THEY WANTED AN OLYMPIC SIZE, STYLE SIZE POOL. RIGHT. WHICH WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO WORK IN THIS PARTICULAR SPACE. SO WHAT WE WANTED TO DO WAS TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ALL OF THE PROGRAMING OPPORTUNITIES.

AND WE'RE LOOKING AT OTHER SITES WHERE A POOL OF THAT SIZE COULD FIT IN THE CITY. COOL. IS

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RIGHT. AND SO THE COST OF CONSTRUCTION GIVES YOU A VERY GOOD IDEA OF THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT. RIGHT. AND I'M JUST GOING TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA THAT, YOU KNOW, WE PROBABLY CAN ALL RELATE WITH. IF I WERE TO TELL YOU THAT I JUST BOUGHT A NEW HOUSE IN EAST POINT AND I SPENT $250,000 ON IT, YOU COULD KIND OF FIGURE OUT WHAT KIND OF HOUSE I BOUGHT, RIGHT? IF I TOLD YOU THAT I BOUGHT A HOUSE IN EAST POINT, IT WAS $350,000. IT'D BE A DIFFERENT HOUSE.

RIGHT. AND SO THIS IS PRETTY MUCH THE CASE HERE. OUR PROPOSED FEE WAS A PERCENTAGE OF CONSTRUCTION. AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH WHY WE DO THE PERCENTAGE OF CONSTRUCTION, BECAUSE IT'S A GREAT INDICATOR OF THE PROJECT'S SCOPE. SO THAT'S ABOUT AN $11 MILLION DIFFERENCE FROM INITIALLY STATED. AND IS THAT ITEMIZED INTO WHAT'S THIS GOING INTO LIKE FEES, SERVICES, CONSULTING, YOU KNOW MATERIALS. DO WE DO WE HAVE ANY FIGURES ON THAT. SO OUR PROPOSED PLAN FOR, YOU KNOW, PART OF THE CONTRACT IS 6% ON THE FIRST 10,000,005.5% ON ANYTHING ABOVE THAT FIRST 10 MILLION. AND SO THAT'S WHAT'S USED TO ARRIVE AT OUR FEET, WHICH THE FEE INCREASE THAT WE'RE REQUESTING IS $517, 517094 517,000 $517,094. YES.

NO PROBLEM, NO PROBLEM, NO PROBLEM. THANK YOU. EVER OPPOSED TO THAT? THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK. THANKS I APPRECIATE IT. OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO GO TO COUNCILWOMAN ZIEGLER, THEN. COUNCIL WOMAN, CUMMINGS AND COUNCILWOMAN CALDWELL. COUNCILWOMAN ZIEGLER, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. I'M OVER HERE. OKAY. I'M CHANGE SEATS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. TWO THINGS. THE FIRST THING IS, YOU KNOW, THERE IS A STREAM THAT RUNS THROUGH THE PROPERTY. WHAT ARE WE DOING TO HIGHLIGHT THAT AND TO REALLY MAKE THAT AN ASSET. SO I DO REMEMBER THAT ONE OF THE THINGS YOU MENTIONED WAS MAYBE A BRIDGE TO CROSS THE STREAM AND A WALKING PATH ON THE OTHER SIDE. AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S DEFINITELY GOING TO BE INCLUDED. OKAY. AND AND THOSE ARE SOCCER FIELDS THAT ARE THERE MULTI-PURPOSE MULTI-PURPOSE MULTI-PURPOSE. OKAY. YEAH. OKAY. THAT'S FINE.

I, I, I WOULD HAVE PREFERRED TO HAVE SEEN MAYBE A BASKETBALL BECAUSE WE HAVE A TON OF PEOPLE USING THE BASKETBALL COURTS. THERE'S GO AHEAD. YEAH. SO YEAH WE HAVE PLENTY OF BASKETBALL OPPORTUNITIES INSIDE OF IT'S COINED AS THE HUB. THE HUBS ARE THE BASKETBALL COURTS OKAY.

YEAH. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNCILWOMAN CUMMINGS. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. SO PARKING I SAW. CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE TO THE DRAWING. OH.

THANK YOU. OKAY. OKAY, I SEE IT. PARKING. HOW MANY SPACES IS THAT ALLOWED IN THE PARKING SPACES OR WILL THERE BE A PARKING DECK OR. IT'S JUST ALL FLAT SURFACE. FLAT SURFACE. BUT WE'RE STILL WORKING. CAN YOU PUSH YOUR MICROPHONE? SORRY. YEAH, YEAH, WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH THE PARKING. STILL WORKING THROUGH THE PARKING. AND SO THERE ARE TWO MULTI-PURPOSE FIELDS THAT WILL BE THERE. CORRECT? CORRECT, CORRECT. ALL RIGHT. AND I KNOW

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PLACES ARE AVAILABLE. I'M NOT SURE IF YOU GUYS FOLLOW A LOT OF COLLEGE BASKETBALL, BUT WE HAVE A YOUNG KID WHO WILL PROBABLY BE NUMBER THREE OR NUMBER FOUR PICK IN THE NBA COMING UP THIS SEASON. WE'VE ALREADY STARTED HAVING TALKS WITH HIM ABOUT HAVING PRIVATE WORKOUTS. SO SOME OF HIS PRO, HIS NEW PROFESSIONAL COLLEAGUES CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF A PRIVATE SPACE, BUT WE WILL HAVE ENOUGH TO WITHHOLD A LARGER TOURNAMENT. IN REGARDS TO THE PARKING, MR. JONES AND I ARE IN CONVERSATIONS WITH GEORGIA SOCCER PARK TO HAVE LIKE A MUTUAL SHARED SPACE. IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH EVENTS WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST WITH AT THE REC CENTER WITH TRI-CITIES, WE'RE HAVING DISCUSSIONS WITH THEM HOPEFULLY AS EARLY AS NEXT WEEK TO BE ABLE TO UTILIZE SOME OF THEIR SPACES AS WELL. AND WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT THE OPPORTUNITIES NEAR THAT SPACE TO HOLD MORE PARKING. OKAY. AND LAST QUESTION ABOUT THE WELL, TWO QUESTIONS. THE HUB, AND I KNOW YOU SHOWED ALL THE DIFFERENT ROOMS, THE MEETING ROOMS, THE THE BIG KIND OF WALK IN AREA. AND I GUESS BECAUSE I MISSED OUT LIKE, SO WILL THE COURTS BE IN EACH ONE OF THE, THE HUBS? I MEAN, IT'S THE ROOM SPECIFIC BECAUSE YOU HAVE THOSE THREE HUBS, CORRECT. THE THREE BUILDINGS AND WE ARE WE SPECIFIC TO WHAT'S GOING TO BE IN EACH ONE OF THEM? BECAUSE I KNOW IT, IT ALL KIND OF WORKS TOGETHER. YOU THEY MEET IN THE MIDDLE OF WHATEVER. I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M CLEAR ON WHAT'S IN EACH ONE OF THOSE BUILDINGS. SO EACH BUILDING WILL HAVE THE SAME FUNCTION AND THE SAME OPPORTUNITY. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, WITH PICKLEBALL, THERE'S SIMPLY A PAINTED LINE THAT WE HAVE SIMILAR TO JEFFERSON REC. THE VOLLEYBALL COURTS WILL BE RETRACTED OUT OF THE CEILING TO GIVE US THE FLOOR SPACE AND OBVIOUSLY BASKETBALL. THE RIMS ARE THERE TO BE ABLE TO DO BASKETBALL. SO THEY'RE ALL THREE THE SAME TYPE. CORRECT. EVERYTHING WILL BE THE SAME.

CORRECT. GOTCHA. AND LAST QUESTION, THE CHANGE ORDER I KNOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NOW 517,000 AND A LITTLE BIT SOMETHING 0039. AND THAT'S BECAUSE OF THE INCREASE IN CONSTRUCTION PRICE OR JUST INCREASE INCREASE IN CONSTRUCTION COSTS. YES OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU I YIELD THANK YOU. AND COUNCILWOMAN CALDWELL THANK YOU.

THIS IS A GREAT PRESENTATION. I AM SUPER EXCITED FOR WHAT'S TO COME. JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER ZIEGLER ASKED ABOUT THE WALKING PATH. SO IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT'S A PART OF THE PLAN AS WELL. THIS SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR RETURN ON INVESTMENT. AND, YOU KNOW, A BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY. WILL THERE BE BUSINESSES ON SITE LIKE COFFEE SHOPS, OR IS ANY OF THAT INCLUDED? I MIGHT HAVE TO MAKE YOU SOME COFFEE, BUT WE BUT NO, WE WE'LL HAVE A CONCESSION SPACE. WE DIDN'T DIVE INTO EVERY PARTICULAR ROOM, BUT IT WILL BE A CONCESSION SPACE. IF YOU COME TO OUR BASKETBALL GAMES THIS WEEKEND, WE CAN GET YOU SOME HOT CHOCOLATE. BUT AS FAR AS LIKE THE BUSINESS SPACES WE TALKED ABOUT, LIKE WE WORKSPACES, BUT IT'S A LOT OF OPEN AIR SPACES THAT WE CAN KIND OF MAKE THINGS HAPPEN FOR THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY AS WELL AS A RESIDENT THAT'S JUST WANTING TO COME IN TO GET THEIR WORKOUT ON. YEAH. AND THEN ONE OTHER QUESTION. SORRY, IS THERE GOING TO BE ANY COST FOR RESIDENTS TO ATTEND WORKOUT, ANY OF THAT SO SIMILAR TO THE SAME MODEL THAT WE HAVE NOW? YOU HAVE AN ANNUAL GYM MEMBERSHIP WITHOUT MORE THAN LIKELY WE'LL SEPARATE OUR EAST POINT. ATTENDEES WILL PAY A DIFFERENT RATE. KIND OF LIKE WHAT OUR PROGRAMS. WE HAVE PEOPLE COMING FROM EVERYWHERE. OBVIOUSLY, AS YOU CAN SEE, THE MAGNITUDE OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO BUILD IS GOING TO BE MONUMENTAL IN THE CITY'S HISTORY. AND OUR PROGRAMS NOW ATTRACT PEOPLE FROM EVERYWHERE. SO MY THOUGHT IS TO HAVE A TIERED PRICING, ONE FOR EAST POINT RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES FROM THE OUTSIDE, BUT IT WILL BE A GYM MEMBERSHIP FOR SURE.

OKAY. YEAH. THANK YOU. OKAY. I'M GOING TO GO TO COUNCILMAN COUNCILMAN ATKINS AND THEN COUNCILWOMAN HEMMINGS, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO GO TO COUNCILWOMAN MARTIN ROGERS.

THANK YOU. MISS ANYTHING. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. AND THANK YOU, DIRECTOR PINKHAM AND MISS TARKIN FOR THE PRESENTATION. I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. I KNOW THAT MY COLLEAGUE, COUNCILMEMBER ZIEGLER AND ALSO CALDWELL ASKED ABOUT THE TRAILS OR THE STREAMS, AND I KNOW THAT WITH OUR BUFFERS, THE 50 FOOT UNDISTURBED VEGETATIVE BUFFER AND THEN AN ADDITIONAL 25 FOOT.

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AND SO I BELIEVE THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET A TRAIL. I THINK THE REQUEST WAS TO CROSS THE WATER AND THAT WOULD REQUIRE A PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE. AND SO THE BRIDGE WOULD HAVE TO SPAN THE DISTANCE PROBABLY 50FT AS LONG AS IT'S PEDESTRIAN. I'M PRETTY SURE A VEHICLE BRIDGE WOULD BE A LOT MORE DIFFICULT. YEAH THAT'S TRUE. AND BRIDGE I THINK WAS THE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE. SO IF WE COULD DO THAT AND IT LOOKS LIKE FROM THIS IMAGE WE'VE GOT STREAMS ON TWO SIDES OF THE PROPERTY, ALMOST LIKE A V. IS THAT CORRECT? YES. OKAY. AND SO POTENTIALLY FOR THE THE WALKING TRAILS, HAS THAT BEEN INCORPORATED, INCLUDED AND CONSIDERED IN THE ADDITIONAL CHANGE ORDER OF 44 MILLION. SO ONCE WE WE WE ARE ALMOST AT THE END OF THE SCHEMATIC DESIGN PHASE. ONCE WE GET TO THE END OF THAT, WE WILL DO ANOTHER COST ESTIMATE AND THEN WE'LL LET YOU KNOW. I WOULD SAY THAT RIGHT NOW THAT WAS NOT PART OF THE CONSIDERATION, THE TRAIL OR THE BRIDGE. THE BRIDGE, OF COURSE, WILL BE A LITTLE EXPENSIVE, BUT WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND AND GIVE YOU A REPORT BACK. OKAY. SO POTENTIALLY WE COULD HAVE ANOTHER CHANGE ORDER ONCE YOU IF YOU WANT THE BRIDGE. YES. THE OTHER OPTION IS THAT WE WOULD MASTER PLAN ALL OF THESE SITE FACILITIES FOR YOU. RIGHT. YOU'D KNOW WHERE THEY COULD BE.

AND THEN YOU WOULD ADD THAT LATER. THAT IS A POTENTIAL. BUT IT'S UP TO YOU. AND WHILE WE'RE SPEAKING ON THAT, WHAT ABOUT PUBLIC ART WITH SUCH A NEW, VERY CONTEMPORARY, MODERN FACILITY, DOES THIS PRICE ALSO INCLUDE ANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC ART? AND IS THAT INCLUDED IN THE 44 MILLION? WELL, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT SOME CREATIVE WAYS TO INFUSE ART.

WHEN WE STARTED OUR PICTURE. I SAY OUR PINTEREST BOARD DURING COVID, THE ONE, AND I WANTED TO BUILD A MODERN SPACE THAT WOULD NOT BE DATED VERY SOON. I'VE TALKED TO CHRIS SWAIN, WHO WORKS IN PUBLIC ARTS IN MY DEPARTMENT. I MISS OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO COMMISSION SOME DIFFERENT PIECES OF ART. WE'LL BE TALKING WITH ABOUT NINE ART TONIGHT, ACTUALLY THE NEXT ON THE PRESENTATION. BUT THERE ARE CASES WHERE SOMETIMES YOU HAVE ARTISTS THAT WANT TO DISPLAY THEIR ART. BUT AS FAR AS A PARTICULAR ART PIECE BEING A PART OF THE SCOPE THAT WAS NOT IN THERE, WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION. ONCE THE SPACE IS BUILT ABOUT CREATIVE WAYS TO INFUSE ART. BUT THE DESIGN OF THE BUILDING ACTUALLY SPEAKS TO PUBLIC ART DISPLAYS THAT CAN BE KIND OF PROMINENT IN SOME OF THE TALLER SPACES, LIKE THE ATRIUM OF THE REC CENTER. OKAY. YEP. BUT WE HAVE A COMMISSION. WE HAVE NOT COMMISSIONED A CERTAIN ARTISTS TO HANG ART INTO THE SPACE. OKAY. YEP. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. AND THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE THAT COULD BE PHASED INTO THE BUILDING. RIGHT. OKAY. COUNCILWOMAN HEMMINGS, MADAM MAYOR, IF I MAY, TO THE CITY MANAGER. YES. THANK YOU, MR. CITY MANAGER. THIS IS AN IMPRESSIVE JOB THAT'S BEEN DONE HERE. WE JUST HAD A PRESENTATION ABOUT 30 MINUTES AGO ABOUT THE BUDGET ENVIRONMENT. PLEASE EXPLAIN TO ME WHERE THE FUNDING WOULD COME FROM TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THIS CHANGE ORDER, AND HOW SOON WE WOULD NEED TO REALIZE THOSE PAYMENTS. THANK YOU. SO SLIGHTLY. BEFORE YOU TOOK OFFICE, THERE WAS A

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AND SO THERE WAS A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT WE WOULD LOOK AT THERE. AND THEN THE MULTI-GENERATIONAL RECREATION CENTER WOULD BE OUR BIG BONDING ISSUE. SO SO THE CAPACITY IS AROUND THAT, THAT 70. WE CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO BE PLANNING 70, BUT OBVIOUSLY WE DO HAVE A POOL THAT WE NEED TO ALSO ADD INTO THAT, THAT 44. SO WE'RE PROBABLY BE SHY OF 70.

RIGHT. BUT RIGHT THERE IN THE BALLPARK, THE OTHER VENUES, WE HAVE HAD SOME INTEREST EXPRESSED TO US AS FAR AS CONVENTIONAL LENDING OPPORTUNITIES, WHICH ARE PROBABLY NOT AT LIBERTY TO GO INTO DETAILS ON, BUT THERE ARE SOME OPPORTUNITIES THERE AS WELL. THANK YOU FOR THAT. I UNDERSTAND THE PRIORITY AND THE ENTHUSIASM. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE ADDITIONAL 500, SOME ODD THOUSAND DOLLARS THAT'S NEEDED TO SUPPORT THIS CHANGE ORDER, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT TO BE A FEE THAT GOES TO COOPER CARRY. I JUST WANT CONFIDENCE THAT EXISTS CURRENTLY IN OUR BUDGET. SHOULD THAT NEED TO BE REALIZED IN THIS FISCAL YEAR, DO WE HAVE THE $500,000 TO ACCOMMODATE THIS REQUEST? I AND I APPRECIATE THAT. I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO TO SIT DOWN WITH OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR TO GO INTO THAT THAT LEVEL OF SPECIFICITY. BUT I DO KNOW THAT IT ALSO IS VERY DETERMINED ON OUR AUDIT PROGRESS. SO I THINK WE'RE KIND OF BALANCING WE DON'T WANT TO SLOW ANYTHING DOWN ON ON THE DESIGN. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE KNOW NONE OF THIS MOVES FORWARD IF WE DON'T GET OUR AUDITS COMPLETE. SO SO THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A BALANCING ACT. SO I THINK I WAS JUST TALKING TO. PARKS AND REC DIRECTOR. THERE'S SOME THOUGHTS THAT HE HAS. THERE'S SOME THOUGHTS THAT WE JUST HAVEN'T VISIT WITH FINANCE ON WHERE EXACTLY WE PULL THOSE TOGETHER. MADAM MAYOR, IF I MAY, TO THE PRESENTERS. YES. MR. AND MISS SOPHIA, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS PRESENTATION. I AM SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THIS AND MOVING FORWARD. I THINK MY COLLEAGUES HAVE LAID OUT THE MAJORITY OF MY QUESTIONS, BUT I JUST WANTED FOR THE PUBLIC FOR YOU TO SHARE SOME OF THE TIMELINE, HOW THIS DECISION IMPACTS THE NEXT STEPS, AND OUR ULTIMATE GOAL OF

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SO ACTUALLY TONIGHT WOULD BE PERFECT TO HAVE THE CHANGE ORDER. THEN WE CAN ENGAGE OUR CONSULTANTS AND GO AHEAD AND WRAP UP THE SD PHASE. IF WE DON'T, THEN THERE WILL BE A DELAY IN THE SCHEDULE AND THE DELAY WILL BE RELATIVE TO HOW LONG IT WOULD TAKE TO GET THE APPROVAL. AND I THINK MR. CITY MANAGER MENTIONED SOMETHING A BIT CONCERNING EARLIER. HE WAS SAYING WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE MONEY THERE FIRST. SO I'M NOT SURE. IF I MISS YOU OR NOT. WE WILL HAVE TO CHECK BEFORE WE VOTE ON SOMETHING. YOU'RE NOT MISQUOTING. I JUST DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHERE IT'S GOING TO COME FROM. LIKE WE HAVEN'T SAT DOWN AND ACTUALLY FIGURED OUT WHERE THE ACTUAL DOLLARS AS FAR AS FUNDS GO. BUT IF YOU RECALL, WHEN WE APPROVED THE BUDGET, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD SOME PLANNING NUMBERS IN THERE THAT REFLECTED THE PROJECT. AND SO I FEEL CONFIDENT THAT WE'LL FIND THEM EXACTLY WHERE IT COMES FROM. I HAVEN'T HAVEN'T SAT DOWN AND DID THAT OKAY. BECAUSE I WOULD JUST LOVE TO THROW A BUNCH OF MONEY AT IT. TRUST ME. WE'VE BEEN WAITING ON THE POOL SINCE I WAS LITTLE, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE. ABSOLUTELY. UNDERSTAND YOUR RESPONSIBILITY AND ALSO GAINING EVEN WITH THIS $11 MILLION, THAT'S LIKE A THIRD OF THE INITIAL ASKING PRICE. SO THAT'S A BIT SCARY KNOWING THAT WE DON'T HAVE WE DON'T KNOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN ON SITE POOL, OFF SITE, OFF SITE POOL, EVEN THOUGH I KNOW WE WANT LIKE THINGS LIKE BRIDGES AND ALL THESE OTHER AMENITIES, I DON'T KNOW IF WE WANT TO PRIORITIZE THE POOL GUYS. I KNOW PEOPLE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. I KNOW WE'RE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW MUCH ALL OF THIS IS GOING TO COST. I JUST WANT US TO BE MINDFUL THAT IF I WOULD SAY IF WE WERE TO GO FOR REALLY ANY AMENITY, I WOULD, I WOULD SAY CONCENTRATE ON THE POOL FIRST AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WE CAN KIND OF WORK ON THE OTHER STUFF WHEN IT COMES AROUND. BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE SAYING THE POOL ON THIS SITE OR I MEAN ON SITE, WE DON'T KNOW IF IT'S GOING TO BE ON SITE OR OFF SITE. THE POOL. YEAH, BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE WITH THE FLOOD, I THINK IT'S THE FLOODPLAINS. YEAH. SO AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE'VE ALREADY STARTED LOOKING. ME AND MR. JONES HAVE GONE AROUND TO LOOK AT POTENTIAL PROPERTIES. OKAY. I THINK WE HAVE PROBABLY TWO THAT KIND OF STAND OUT. I DON'T WANT TO MENTION IT TONIGHT, BUT THOSE ARE SOME OF THE SPACES THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT IT. AND I CAN ACTUALLY ECHO YOUR CONCERN ABOUT HAVING A POOL, BEING A RESIDENT OF EASTPOINT, I DON'T WANT TO AGE MYSELF TONIGHT, BUT BUT THAT IS IN THE IN THE THOUGHT PROCESS. WE'RE JUST LOOKING FOR ANOTHER SPOT FOR IT. BUT WE HAVE NOT

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OKAY. THANK YOU. YEAH. ARE YOU MADAM? THANK YOU. AND I BELIEVE IT'S COUNCILWOMAN COMING. GOOD.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. QUESTION. SO THE ORIGINAL 33,250,000 WAS A POOL NOT ALLOCATED? WAS IT NOT BUDGETED IN THERE? IN THE SCALE OF THE PROJECT ACTUALLY INCREASED AS SOON AS KIND OF MOVING THROUGH THE THE CHANGE ORDER, WE CREATED THE SCOPE OF WORK FOR THE THINGS THAT WE WANTED. AS FAR AS THE LAND SIZE AT THAT TIME, WE DID NOT HAVE THE SURVEY COMPLETED. THE SCOPE JUST INCLUDED THE AMENITIES THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE. THE INITIAL THE INITIAL PIECE THAT WENT OUT FOR SOLICITATION INCLUDED A POOL BUILDING DESIGN AND A POOL NOT BEING IN THE DESIGN. BUT ONCE WE STARTED WORKING THROUGH THE ACTUAL PROPERTY, ITS LIMITATIONS, AND THE CITY'S DESIRE TO HAVE AN OLYMPIC SIZE POOL, IT KIND OF CHANGED THE SCALE OF THINGS. SO THE INITIAL SCOPE, WE PUT IT OUT FOR NON POOL DESIGN AND POOL DESIGN. ONCE WE GOT THE SURVEY DONE AND START LOOKING AT OUR BUILDABLE SPACE, THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT COOPER CARRIE HAS BEEN WORKING THROUGH PROBABLY THE LAST. WHAT WOULD YOU SAY SEVEN EIGHT MONTHS? YEAH, AROUND THE LAST 7 OR 8 MONTHS. SO SOME THINGS KIND OF EVOLVED ONCE WE ACTUALLY HAD A SURVEY IN HAND TO LOOK AT OUR BUILDABLE SPACE.

SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE ARE WITH, WITH YOUR I GUESS YOUR QUESTION IS ABOUT WHAT'S THE DESIGN IN THERE ON THE INITIAL SCOPE. I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT I'M JUST LOOKING AT THAT ORIGINAL NUMBER. I KNOW, I KNOW THINGS CHANGE WITH THE LAND, BUT THE LAND WAS THE LAND, SO IT WAS BUT THE 33,250,000, I THINK WHEN IT WAS PROJECTED OUT, THE POOL WAS TO BE INCLUDED IN THAT COST FOR THE 33 MILLION. I MEAN, I KNOW THAT SOME HICCUPS CAME WITH THE LAND, AND WE WEREN'T ABLE TO DO THOSE THINGS THAT WE NEEDED TO DO. AND BECAUSE THIS REALLY ISN'T LIKE SPECKED OUT FOR. A DOLLAR AMOUNT FOR PARKING SPACE, A DOLLAR AMOUNT FOR THE ACTUAL BUILDING FOR THE FACILITY ITSELF, A DOLLAR AMOUNT FOR A POOL. I JUST ASSUME THAT THE POOL PRICE WAS IN THE $33,250,000, AND SINCE WE AREN'T DOING THE POOL, I UNDERSTAND TO ME I WOULD TAKE SOMETHING OUT OF THE 33 MILLION BECAUSE THAT WAS THE POOL COST.

BUT LIKE I SAID, I DON'T KNOW SPECIFICALLY HOW THIS THE $33,250,000, I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S WHAT ALL IS ENTAILED IN THERE. I JUST KNEW IT WAS I JUST ASSUMED THAT IT WAS TO BUILD THE MULTIGENERATIONAL CENTER WITH THE POOL INCLUDED. AND SINCE THE POOL IS NO LONGER THERE, AND THEN I KNOW WE DO HAVE NOW INCREASED CONSTRUCTION COSTS. SO NOW WE'RE UP TO 44 MILLION OR 40, 40 MILLION. AND I JUST DIDN'T. I'M JUST TRYING TO. AND NOW THIS IS THAT PRICE WITHOUT A POOL. BUT WE, WE I MEAN THE AND I UNDERSTAND AN INCREASED CONSTRUCTION PRICE, BUT I JUST DIDN'T I THOUGHT WE WOULD HAVE GOT LIKE SOME OF THIS TAKEN OFF SINCE THE POOL WASN'T IN THERE. BUT APPARENTLY THAT'S NOT. AND LIKE I SAID, THERE'S NOTHING SPECIFIC TO WHAT THIS WHAT THE 33 MILLION ENTAILS. SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I WAS CLEAR. SO I THINK I MIGHT BE GOING. THE SALE OF THE ACTUAL BUILDING IS LARGER THAN WHAT THE INITIAL PLAN WAS. SO WHEN WE PUT IN THE SCOPE OF WORK, ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANTED, IT WAS A PRICE GIVEN FOR THEIR CONSULTANT SERVICE. ONCE THE SURVEY WAS ACTUALLY COMPLETED, OUR BUILDABLE SPACE THROUGH THEIR DESIGN ALLOWED FOR MORE SPACE. FROM THE INITIAL THOUGHT OF WHAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO BUILD AS FAR AS THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE PROPERTY. SO MY THOUGHT PROCESS WAS IF THE POOL, THE STILL IN THE POOL THAT WE INITIALLY SAID THAT THE COMMUNITY SAID THEY WANTED, IT WAS TOO LARGE TO FIT INTO THE SPACE, RIGHT. THEREFORE, WE WANTED TO TRY TO MAKE MORE PROGRAM SPACES, TO GIVE RESIDENTS MORE THINGS TO DO.

BUT TO WHAT YOU MENTIONED EARLIER, THE POOL IS STILL A BIG PART OF WHAT OUR PLANS ARE, AND THOSE ARE THE SPACES THAT WE'VE LOOKED AT TO TRY TO KEEP THAT THAT DESIRE FROM THE COMMUNITY AND FOCUS. OKAY, SO WE PRETTY MUCH TOOK OUT THE POOL, BUT THEN WE INCREASED THE

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THANK YOU I YIELD. COUNCILWOMAN MARTIN ROGERS. THANK YOU. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. IT HAS TAKEN QUITE SOME TIME FOR US TO EVEN GET HERE. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. A COUPLE OF THINGS I JUST WANT TO SAY, MR. CITY MANAGER, YOU PROVIDED A PRESENTATION THAT TALKED ABOUT FUNDING, AND IT ALSO TALKED ABOUT. THE TIMELINE.

COULD YOU PROVIDE THOSE PRESENTATIONS TO THE NEWLY ELECTED COUNCIL MEMBERS? I HAVE MINE, BUT THEY ARE AT HOME. BUT I THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO KIND OF BRING THEM UP TO SPEED, BECAUSE YOU HAD IT ALL LAID OUT. IF THE CITY DOES THIS OR GOES THIS ROUTE, THIS IS WHAT WE CAN DO. AND YOU ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE OLD CITY HALL. YOU TALKED ABOUT THE AUDITORIUM. YOU PUT A GREAT DEAL OF WORK INTO THAT PRESENTATION WITH ALL OF THE POSSIBILITIES, BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF THEY HAD THAT INFORMATION. THE SENSORY MOTOR ROOM, I LOVE IT. IT WILL MAKE US COMPETE WITH ALL OF THE SURROUNDING SOUTH FULTON CITIES TO HAVE THAT SENSORY MOTOR ROOM. PARENTS WILL PROBABLY PAY A FEE JUST TO HAVE ACCESS TO THAT ROOM, BECAUSE WITHIN OUR GENERAL AREA YOU DO HAVE CORE BRIDGE, BUT THERE REALLY AREN'T ANY SENSORY MOTOR SPACES THAT ARE PUBLIC SPACES THAT PARENTS CAN GO TO. I ALSO WANTED TO PIGGYBACK ON THE PARKING. IF WE COULD PROBABLY START TALKS WITH THE GEORGIA SOCCER PARK, I'M SURE THEY'LL BE AMENABLE. THEY HAVE OVER 100 PARKING SPACES OR OVER 200 ON SITE. WE DID THE LAST TIME YOU ALL CAME BEFORE US, I BELIEVE I MENTIONED BUFFERS, NATIVE TREES, SHRUBS AND RAIN GARDENS FOR THAT ACCESS AREA AND ALSO WALKING PATHS AND BOARDWALKS.

PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE. I'LL HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT MY NOTES ON THAT. BUT WHAT I ALSO WANTED TO SAY TO THE POINT SOMEONE HAS ALREADY MENTIONED IT. IS IT POSSIBLE WE CAN HIGHLIGHT VISUAL ARTISTS OR HAVE A SPACE FOR VISUAL ART, UP AND COMING ARTISTS, JUST LIKE THEY HAVE IN THE SOUTHWEST ART CENTER? ONE OF OUR OWN DISPLAYED SOME OF HIS ART. I WAS JUST WALKING THROUGH THE SOUTHWEST ART CENTER AND WAS ABLE TO SEE HIS ARTWORK, BUT IF THERE COULD BE A SPACE FOR VISUAL ART TO BE DISPLAYED, I THINK THAT WOULD BE FANTASTIC. THAT IS ALL I HAVE. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. IT'S TAKING US, WHAT, EIGHT YEARS TO EVEN GET TO THIS POINT. EIGHT YEARS. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. OH, AND I JUST WANT TO SAY FOR THE RECORD, THE LAST TIME THAT YOU ALL CAME BEFORE US, COUNCIL MEMBER ZIEGLER, THE REASON WHY YOU ALL STARTED LOOKING AT THOSE OTHER SPACES FOR THE POOL WAS, NUMBER ONE, THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH IT BEING IN THIS REC CENTER. BUT YOU WERE LOOKING AT OTHER SPACES BECAUSE WE NEEDED OTHER SPACES TO PUT THE POOL. AND I BELIEVE, I DON'T KNOW, I DO REMEMBER COUNCIL MEMBER ZIEGLER MENTIONING MAYBE MILNER PARK, BUT THERE WAS A CONVERSATION CENTERED ON DURING THAT COUNCIL MEETING. OKAY, WE CAN'T HAVE THE POOL AT THE REC CENTER. IT PROBABLY NEEDS TO GO AT ONE OF OUR OTHER SITES IN THE CITY OF EASTPOINTE. BUT AGAIN, I'LL GO BACK AND LOOK AT THOSE MINUTES. BUT I DO REMEMBER THE POOL AND THE DISCUSSION OF IT BEING PLACED ELSEWHERE. YEAH. SO I, I CAN UNPACK THE ART PIECE THE WAY THE DESIGN AND KIND OF SPEAK TO WHAT MR. ATKINS WAS ASKING ABOUT THE WAY THE DESIGN IS. THERE ARE CREATIVE WAYS WHERE ARTISTS WILL WANT TO DISPLAY WHERE WE WOULDN'T BE CHARGED ANYTHING, BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF DISPLAY WALLS THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE, HIGH CEILINGS WHERE WE CAN INFUSE ART INTO THAT SPACE. THERE WILL BE A CHARGE THAT I WILL PUT WITH MY PUBLIC ARTS COORDINATOR TO FILL THOSE SPACES. KIND OF LIKE AN ART GALLERY. YOU NEED A PLACE THAT DRIVES A LOT OF PEOPLE TO SEE WHAT ART COST, OR FOR SOMEBODY TO BE A PURCHASER OF IT. SO THERE ARE CREATIVE WAYS WHERE WE DON'T HAVE TO FOOT THE COST TO INFUSE ART INTO THE SPACE. AND IN REGARDS TO THE SITES, WE HAVE STARTED LOOKING AT SEVERAL SITES. AS I MENTIONED, MR. JONES HAVE GONE OUT TO LOOK AT POTENTIAL SPACES. SPACES. I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS A KID HERE IN EASTPOINTE, BUT THAT PROCESS PROBABLY STARTED LIKE 2 OR 3 WEEKS AGO. THANK YOU. MADAM MAYOR, CAN I JUST

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SO WE DON'T HAVE TO REALLY SEARCH FOR FOR THE FUNDING FOR THE CHANGE ORDER. IT'S IT'S THERE. IT WAS JUST PART OF THE PROJECT COST THAT WE THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH, OR WE'RE TRYING TO BE PREPARED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH SOONER BECAUSE WE THOUGHT OUR AUDITS WAS GOING TO BE DONE AT THE END OF THE YEAR OF END OF LAST CALENDAR YEAR. SO THAT BEING THE CASE, THE FUNDS ARE THERE FOR FOR THE CHANGE ORDER. AND THEN WE'LL JUST IN THE NEW BUDGET PROCESS, WE'LL MANAGE. NOW KNOWING THAT WE FEEL VERY CONFIDENT THAT WE'LL BE READY FOR BONDING IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR, AND WE'LL JUST BUDGET ACCORDINGLY. THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN HEMMINGS. MADAM MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CHANGE ORDER REQUEST IN THE AMOUNT OF $517,094 TO SUPPORT THE. NEW SCOPE, AS PRESENTED BY COOPER CARRY THIS EVENING. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ANY DISCUSSION, ANY DISCUSSION? NO DISCUSSION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? OKAY. THE AYES HAVE IT. ALL RIGHT. SO COUNCIL. AND I THINK THAT ENDS IT. BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT IT IS A THANK YOU FOR PRESENTING THIS VERY WELL THOUGHT OUT AND INCLUSIVE PLAN. BECAUSE I SAW THE CITY, THE SENSORY ROOM AS A VOLLEYBALL HOLDER, RECORD HOLDER IN THE MIAC. I AM EXCITED THAT YOU HAVE A VOLLEYBALL SYSTEM COMING, AND I LOVE THE FACT THAT YOU THOUGHT ABOUT IT IN A WAY THAT WILL BRING IN MORE REVENUE BASED ON TOURNAMENTS, AND SO IT SERVES THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY, BUT IT'S ALSO EXPANSIVE ENOUGH TO GENERATE REVENUE OUTSIDE. AND SO THAT WAS GENIUS. AND I APPLAUD YOU GUYS FOR YOUR EFFORTS. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

[XI.3. Microsoft East Point Park Results of the Community Engagement Plan Presented by Nine Dot Arts. ]

GIVE US ONE SECOND.

OKAY. GOOD EVENING MAYOR COUNCIL I KNOW ART WAS A PART OF THE DISCUSSION. SO I THINK THIS IS A GREAT SEGUE TO TALK ABOUT THE MICROSOFT ART PARK. I ALWAYS LIKE TO START WITH A LITTLE BRIEF HISTORY. VERY EXCITED TO BE ON THE SIDE OF A GOOD A GOOD POINT OF REFERENCE FROM A HISTORICAL STANDPOINT IN EASTPOINTE WARD, EVER SINCE I WAS A YOUNG KID, NEVER HAD A PARK. AND I KNOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BUILDING THIS BEAUTIFUL MULTIPLEX REC CENTER, BUT ALONG WITH MICROSOFT, WE HAVE ANOTHER PARK FEATURE ALONG WITH WHAT WE HAVE IN THE MULTIPLEX, A PLAYGROUND SPACE. SO, AARON, THIS IS WHO I INTRODUCED YOU ALL TO AT THE BEGINNING OF JANUARY ABOUT THE ART COMPONENT FOR THE MICROSOFT PARK. WE HAD A COMMUNITY MEETING. I WANT TO THANK COUNCILWOMAN CALDWELL AND DOCTOR MARTY ROGERS. THEY DID A GREAT JOB AS BEING A PART OF MY STREET TEAM, TRYING TO GET THE WORD OUT. WE HAD A VERY ROBUST MEETING. WE HAD GEORGIA POWER, MICROSOFT REPRESENTATIVES, MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY FROM WARD D. I'M GOING TO BRING AARON FROM NIAGARA ARTS TO TALK ABOUT ALL OF THE PLACES THAT WE MARKETED TO, TO GET COMMUNITY

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HERE WE ARE AT THIS DELIVERY OF THE SURVEY RESULTS RIGHT ON TIME. TODAY IS THE SECOND WE'LL LOOK AT PURCHASING THESE ARTWORKS. SO THESE ARE COMMISSIONED NEW NEVER BEFORE SEEN ARTWORKS FROM THESE TWO ARTISTS. ALL TO BE INSTALLED IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS. AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY. WE WANT TO INVITE COMMUNITY MEMBERS OF ALL AGES TO WORK ALONGSIDE THE MURALIST TO HAND PAINT THE MURAL WALL TOGETHER. SO AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE ARTISTS, WE WILL MAKE SURE WE INVITE THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND SET THE DATES AND TIMES FOR A WEEKEND OF PAINTING. SO THIS IS JUST EXPLAINING THAT WILL ENGAGE WITH THE PAINT DAYS AND THEN THE ARTWORK REVEAL OF THE SCULPTURE. WE DON'T WE WE WON'T INVITE COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO CREATE THE SCULPTURE, BUT THAT GRAND REVEAL OF THIS 14 FOOT SCULPTURE WILL BE MAJOR.

AND THIS SCULPTURE WILL HAVE SO MANY DETAILS THAT YOU WANT TO KEEP COMING TO THE PARK OVER AND OVER AGAIN TO DISCOVER THESE TINY DETAILS OF THIS BEAUTIFUL SCULPTURE THAT WE'LL LOOK AT TODAY. SO FROM THE 17TH THROUGH THE 27TH OF JANUARY, WE COLLECTED 112 COMMUNITY SURVEY RESPONSES ACROSS THE DIGITAL AND PHYSICAL PAPER SURVEYS. AND THESE RESULTS WERE REVIEWED ACROSS ALL RESPONDENTS WITH A FOCUS ON WARD D, WITH THE LOCATION OF THE PARK AND WARD D, AND THIS, THE PREFERENCES OF WARD D ACTUALLY ALIGNED WITH THE OVERALL PREFERENCES, WHICH WAS NICE TO SEE. AND THE KEY FINDINGS WAS THAT THE WHITE TAILED DEER BY JONATHAN AND IT EMERGED AS THE PREFERRED SCULPTURE CONCEPT, AND REAP WHAT YOU SOW BY ASHLEY BELLA EMERGED AS THE PREFERRED MURAL CONCEPT ACROSS THE BOARD. ALL OF THE CONCEPTS THAT WERE WE WERE LOOKING FOR INPUT ON OR FROM LOCAL HYPER LOCAL ARTISTS. SO WE'RE PROUD TO PRESENT THESE TWO ARTISTS AND WE CAN LOOK AT THESE RESPONSE BREAKDOWNS WE WANTED TO CAPTURE WHICH WARDS OR IF THEY WERE OUTSIDE OF EASTPOINTE. AS YOU CAN SEE, WARD D ON THAT FOURTH DARK BLUE LINE, WARD D RESPONDENTS WERE MORE THAN HALF OF OUR. SURVEY RESPONDENTS. SO THAT WAS GREAT.

AND WE FOUND THAT THE WHITE TAILED DEER ON THE RIGHT SIDE HERE ON THE TOP, THE WHITE TAILED DEER JUST BY A SMALL MARGIN, WAS PREFERRED OVER THE BARRED OWL CONCEPT. WE ALSO WANTED TO SEE IF THERE WAS IF THERE'S NO PREFERENCE. WE ALSO CAPTURED THAT AS WELL ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT. THE ASHLEY BELLA WAS PREFERRED OVER ANOTHER LOCAL ARTIST, TALENTED LOCAL ARTIST VANNA BLACK. AND JUST TO COMPARE WARD D, THESE ARE THE SAME CONCEPTS. WARD D THAT YOU CAN SEE THAT IT WASN'T MUCH CHANGED FROM THE OVERALL RESPONDENTS TO FROM WARD D THE SAME PREFERENCES ARE SHOWN, AND I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT SOME OF THE QUALITATIVE FEEDBACK THAT WE GOT WAS THAT WE CHOSE THE DEER OR I CHOSE THE DEER. THESE ARE ANONYMOUS, BY THE WAY. I CHOSE THE DEER BECAUSE WE REALLY DISPLACED A LOT OF DEER FOR THE DATA CENTER AND THE PARK. I CHOSE THE DEER DUE TO DISPLACEMENT THAT HAS OCCURRED. I CHOSE THE DEER BECAUSE IT REMINDS ME OF A TIME IN THE AREA WHERE I SAW A LOT OF THEM, AND I LIKE THE COLOR AND THE MESSAGING OF THE MURAL, SO IT'S GREAT TO SEE THAT WE GOT QUALITATIVE ALONG WITH THE QUANTITATIVE DATA HERE. AND WHAT I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THE DEER. THIS IS A BLACK AND WHITE DRAWING OF THIS DEER. JONATHAN WORKS WITH RECLAIMED MATERIALS, SO HE'S TAKING CAR PARTS SPOONS, CHAINS AND LIKE GIVING THESE OLDER ITEMS NEW LIFE. SO IT'S REALLY TELLING A STORY OF LIKE REVITALIZATION AND BRINGING NEW LIFE INTO DISCARDED OR UNUSED ITEMS AND

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YES, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. THOSE ARE VERY EXCITING INSTALLATIONS THAT ARE SOON TO BE OPEN. QUESTION ABOUT THE HANDS ON DAY. HAVE YOU GUYS ALSO REACHED OUT AND WORKED WITH THE ART DEPARTMENT AT TRI-CITIES TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE STUDENTS WILL BE ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN THIS PARTICULAR OPPORTUNITY? YES. IT'S FUNNY THAT YOU MENTION IT. I WANTED TO LET AARON AND FINISH THE PRESENTATION, BUT THE YOUNG LADY WHO SPOKE, I THINK IT WAS IN THE PUBLIC COMMENTS TONIGHT WHEN WE ACTUALLY YEAH, WHEN WE ACTUALLY SPOKE AND PRESENTED WHAT OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PLAN WAS. I'M WORKING OUT THE DETAILS WITH HER, POSSIBLY WRITING STUDENTS OVER FROM AND USING OUR SPRINTER VANS THAT DIRECT ON THE PAINT DAYS TO TRANSPORT THOSE KIDS, OR FINDING MONEY IN MY BUDGET TO ASSIST WITH TRANSPORTATION FROM THE SCHOOL SO THE KIDS CAN BE A PART OF THE PAY DAY. GREAT. BUT WE HAVE HAD THAT DISCUSSION, RIGHT? YES. MISS MARIETTA, I THINK, IS THE DIRECTOR OF THE ART DEPARTMENT AT TRI-CITIES.

THANK YOU. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR THE. YES.

I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION, AND I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS SPACE FOR WARD DE RESIDENTS. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. FOR. ABSOLUTELY. ALL RIGHT. THANK

[XI.4. City's Plan for the FIFA Games ]

MAYOR COUNCIL WHILE THEY SET UP I KNOW THAT THIS REQUEST CAME FROM COUNCILWOMAN COMING. SO I'LL LET HER INTRODUCE THE STAFF. I THINK SHE'S VERY FAMILIAR WITH THEM. GOOD EVENING AGAIN. MAYOR AND COUNCIL. BASICALLY WHAT I WANTED TO DO. I KNOW THE FIFA GAMES ARE FAST APPROACHING. WE ARE LESS THAN FOUR MONTHS AWAY, AND I JUST WANTED TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS THAT THE CITY, BECAUSE WE SIT JUST ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE HOST CITY, JUST TO SEE WHAT THE CITY OF EASTPOINTE HAS PLANNED FOR US WITH REGARDS TO THIS EVENT THAT'S COMING. SO I GUESS NOW WE HAVE A PRESENTATION FROM OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. SO, MR. MARIO, I'M SORRY, MR. MACY. I'M SORRY, I APOLOGIZE.

TAKE IT AWAY. THANK YOU. WELL, GOOD EVENING AND THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN CUMMINGS, IT IS A PLEASURE TO SEE EVERYONE THIS EVENING. I THINK THIS IS MY FIRST TIME BEING UP HERE BEFORE THE NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS. SO WELCOME. IT'S. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH ALL OF YOU. I AM MACY ROGERS, DIRECTOR FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND MY COLLEAGUE AARON ROGERS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST. ALSO DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. I FIRST APPEARED BEFORE COUNCIL LAST YEAR, OCTOBER 13TH, WHERE WE PRESENTED A SERIES OF IDEAS BEFORE THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER. FROM THAT MEETING, THE COUNCIL REQUESTED THAT WE GO BACK AND CREATE A PLAN WHERE WE WOULD ALSO TALK AMONGST OURSELVES, BUT ALSO WITH THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE. THE CVB IS A MAJOR PARTNER IN THIS IN THIS

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AND WHAT YOU WOULD HAVE AS A PLANS IS THAT WE WOULD WE WOULD WRAP INTERNATIONAL FLAGS AROUND THAT WHOLE OUTLINED AREA. WE'D HAVE INTERNATIONAL FLAGS RUNNING ALONG MAIN STREET FROM DOWNTOWN, PROBABLY UP TO 166, AND WOULD ALSO HAVE INTERNATIONAL FLAGS RUNNING AGAIN ALONG EAST POINT STREET AS WELL, AND ALONG MAIN STREET, I MEAN WEST STREET, AS WELL AS WEST CLEVELAND AVENUE WITHIN THE ACTUAL FOCUS AREA. IF YOU LOOK TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE SCREEN THERE, EASTPOINTE STREET, WE WOULD HAVE FOOD TRUCK VENDORS AND BOOTHS THAT WOULD LINE THAT PARTICULAR ARTERY OR CORRIDOR. AND THEN OF COURSE, WITHIN THE ACTUAL AREA, WE HAVE WHAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED AS INTERNATIONAL TENTS, BIG TENTS THAT WOULD HOUSE THOSE TEAMS THAT ARE PLAYING WITHIN THE CITY OF ATLANTA DURING THOSE EIGHT DAYS THAT THEY WOULD BE IN COMPETITION. THEY WOULD HAVE LIKE INFORMATIONAL BOOTHS THAT WOULD BE REPRESENTED, THAT WOULD REPRESENT THEIR COMMUNITIES WITH RESPECT TO CITIZENS COMING IN TO VISIT, COLLECT INFORMATION AND JUST FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THEM, WE WOULD HAVE A VIP TENT THAT WOULD BE ADJACENT TO THAT, MUCH LIKE WE HAD A VIP TENT SET UP FOR THE WEDNESDAY LINE DOWN.

WE'D HAVE A STAGE THAT WOULD HAVE A JUMBOTRON OR BIG SCREEN THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO HOST WATCH PARTIES, AND THEN OF COURSE, WE WOULD HAVE THE LAYOUT FOR ALCOHOL VENDOR FOR BEVERAGE BEVERAGES. WE WOULD HAVE THE THE SEATING AREA FOR THE CITIZENS AND VISITORS TO COME AND AND BE A PART AND HANG OUT IN THAT AREA. WE WOULD ALSO HAVE THE FAN ZONE WHERE WE WOULD HAVE INFLATABLES, GAMES THAT KIDS COULD PLAY AS WELL AS THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS COULD CONVENE AND BE A PART OF THAT. AND OF COURSE, WE'D HAVE THE PARKING AREAS THAT YOU SEE OUTLINED IN THE LOWER LEFT HAND CORNER FOR PARKING ACROSS THE STREETS WOULD BE CORDONED OFF SO THAT YOU'D HAVE ONE ENTRY POINT ACTUALLY GETTING INTO IT FROM FROM CITY HALL DRIVEWAY.

AND THEN WITH RESPECT TO THAT, WE WOULD HAVE THE SPONSOR BOOTHS. WE WOULD HAVE THE PORTA POTTIES THAT YOU SEE THERE, RIGHT BEHIND THE THE FAN ZONE. THAT'S INDICATED AS WELL. AND THEN OF COURSE, WE'D HAVE ACCESS TO THE CITIZENS WHO WOULD BE TAKING UBER AND PERHAPS LYFT DESIGNATED AREA RIGHT THERE ALONG MAIN STREET. IN ADDITION TO THOSE THINGS, WHAT WE ARE DOING IS THAT WE WORKING WITH THE BUSINESSES WHO WANT TO ALSO PARTICIPATE IN A WATCH PARTY EFFORT, THOSE BUSINESSES WOULD BE IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA, OF COURSE, AND WE'RE ALSO WE'VE HAD OUR INITIAL MEETING WITH SOCCER IN THE STREETS, SO WE'D HAVE GAME ACTIVITIES GOING ON THERE AS WELL IN TERMS OF NOT JUST DOWNTOWN BUT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TRACKS, BECAUSE THERE'S A PROPOSAL TO HAVE ANOTHER 1 TO 2 SOCCER FIELDS BASED ON THE THE EFFORTS OF THAT ENTITY. WE WOULD DO STREET PAINT AT THE INTERSECTION OF MAIN STREET AND WHERE WHERE STREET AND EAST POINT STREET, EASTPOINTE STREET AND WEST CLEVELAND, AND OF COURSE MAIN STREET AND WEST CLEVELAND, SO THAT YOU HAVE, AGAIN, SOME ATTRACTION THAT'S GOING TO DRAW PEOPLE IN, CREATE SOME ENTHUSIASM AND EXCITEMENT, MUCH LIKE WE DID WHEN WE DID THE THE BETTER BLOCK FOUNDATION. THANK YOU, BLOCK PARTY THAT WE HAD BACK IN 2022, I BELIEVE IT WAS. AND THEN OF COURSE, WE'D HAVE ANOTHER STREET MURAL RIGHT THERE IN FRONT OF MEDA. AND WE ARE ALSO WE HAVE ONE MEETING WITH MARTA IN TERMS OF THEIR PLANS, WHICH I WON'T GET INTO TONIGHT, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION TO YOU AS WELL. WE HAVE ALSO STARTED OUR WAYFINDING INITIATIVE, THE, THE, THE SOLICITATION HAS ALREADY GONE OUT FOR THAT, AND WE EXPECT TO HAVE THAT ALL DONE BY THIS TIME. THE DOWNTOWN STREETSCAPE, WE'RE LOOKING AT

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SO IN YOUR DOCUMENTS, YOU'LL SEE EACH DEPARTMENT IS KIND OF SPLIT UP. I CAN GO OVER THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ONE A LITTLE BIT MORE IN DEPTH THAN SOME OF THE OTHERS. I'M OKAY ON TIME. IF THERE'S SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS, THOUGH, WE WILL, YOU KNOW, WANT TO DEFER TO THEM BECAUSE THOSE ARE NUMBERS THEY PROVIDED TO US. SO I CAN'T GET TOO, TOO DEEP INTO THAT. BUT ESSENTIALLY IN THIS PROPOSAL, WE'RE LOOKING AT A JUMBO LED MOVIE SCREEN. SO I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN CONTINUE. WE NEED EXTENDED TIME TO MADAM CITY ATTORNEY. CAN WE ADD TIME TO THE PRESENTATION TO. YOU MAY JUST NEED TO VOTE TO DO SO.

OKAY. COUNCIL MAY HAVE A MOTION TO ADD 15 MINUTES TO THE PRESENTATION. SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED IN. SECOND, ANY DISCUSSION DISCUSSION. CAN WE I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT. COUNCILWOMAN CUMMINGS TEN ADDITIONAL MINUTES FOR THE PRESENTATION TO ALLOW FOR Q&A. TEN ADDITIONAL MINUTES IS FINE. SO ARE WE GOING TO WANT TO ROUND IT UP TO 30 OR

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AND THEN WE CAN AND THEN WE CAN ALLOW FOR DISCUSSION TO FLOW AS NEEDED. BUT ONLY TEN MORE MINUTES. IT IS OKAY. GOOD. ONE SECOND. YEAH. THAT'S THAT'S FINE I THINK. QUESTION. WOULD YOU GUYS NEED ANY ADDITIONAL OR. THIS IS PRETTY MUCH THE LAST PART HERE OKAY. TEN MINUTES I THINK WE'LL BE FINE. OKAY. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO MOVE ON TAB FOR TEN MINUTES. WELL I JUST MADE A SECOND OKAY. SECOND SECOND STANCE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. GO AHEAD. WE GOT A VOTE. OH. ALL OKAY. ALL THOSE OPPOSED OKAY. THE AYES HAVE IT. PROCEED PLEASE. MISS ERIN.

THANK. SORRY FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. OF COURSE TO WATCH THE GAMES, WE'RE PROPOSING A JUMBO LED MOVIE SCREEN. WE WENT WITH LED VERSUS THE INFLATABLE VERSION. BECAUSE SOME OF THESE GAMES OCCUR DURING THE DAY. AND AN INFLATABLE VERSION, YOU CANNOT ACTUALLY VIEW IT DURING THE DAY. SO THAT IS A LITTLE BIT MORE COSTLY AS YOU CAN SEE THERE. BUT OF COURSE, THAT'S A KEY COMPONENT OF PULLING OFF THIS EXPERIENCE. THE SECOND ONE FAN EXPERIENCE AGAIN, BOUNCY HOUSES, SOCCER GOALS, THINGS FOR GAMES AND ACTIVITIES SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU WOULD SEE IN DOWNTOWN ATLANTA RIGHT BEFORE BIG GAMES OR WHATNOT TO GET THE FAMILIES OUT, GET THEM EXCITED ABOUT THE GAME. ALSO, GET SOME OF THE ENERGY OUT OF THE KIDS SO THEY CAN HAVE A GOOD TIME. AND THOSE WOULD BE ESTIMATED AT APPROXIMATELY THAT WITH WITH STAFF THAT WOULD BE RUNNING IT LARGE STAGE TO REFERENCE IT. IT WOULD BE THE SAME SIZE AS OUR 4TH OF JULY AND OUR WEDNESDAY WIND DOWN STAGE. THAT IS THE SAME STAGE THAT IS PROPOSED FOR THIS AND THAT SCALE, AND ACTUALLY THE SAME LOCATION THAT WE HAVE HERE ON THE MAP. A SMALLER STAGE WITH VERY BASIC SOUND EQUIPMENT, KIND OF OFFSET. IF WE WANT TO LOOK AT SOMETHING LIKE THAT WHERE WE COULD ROTATE IN SOME MORE, MAYBE LOCALS, LOCAL PERFORMERS THAT WANTED TO DO SOME INTERIM STUFF IN BETWEEN BANDS PERFORMING JUST TO KIND OF CREATE SOME AMBIANCE THERE ON THE SITE. OF COURSE, A BUDGET FOR LARGER SCALE MUSICIANS. AGAIN, WE ARE RUNNING IN ON TIMELINES FOR THAT STUFF, SO THE SOONER WE CAN GET SOME DIRECTION ON THAT, THE SOONER WE CAN FIGURE OUT WHO WE COULD BOOK. BUT WE DID PUT A PLACEHOLDER IN THERE FOR BOOKING THAT ENTERTAINMENT. SAME FOR THE SMALLER SCALE DJ. I WON'T GO INTO ALL OF THIS UNLESS YOU GUYS HAVE QUESTIONS. THE VIP EXPERIENCE TENT WILL BE THE SAME SIZE AS WHAT WE USE AGAIN FOR THE 4TH OF JULY AND THE WEDNESDAY WIND DOWN, BUT THEN THERE WOULD BE TWO ADDITIONAL TENTS THERE ON SITE, AND THE PURPLE AND THE DIAGRAMS THAT ARE THAT INTERNATIONAL VILLAGE. SO SAME SCALE, SAME SIZE. BUT THAT'S WHERE THAT INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL TENTS WOULD BE SET UP IN THOSE AREAS. THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY VENDING VILLAGE, THAT WOULD BE 14, TEN BY TEN SET UP ON THE ON THE MAP. YOU'LL SEE THEM AS THE 14 PURPLE BOXES THERE, VERY UNIFORM, ALL WHITE TENTS AND SET UP SO PEOPLE CAN SET UP UNDER THEM. DEPENDING ON WHAT COUNCIL WANTS TO MOVE BUDGET WISE AND WHAT THEY WANT TO SEE. BIG PICTURE. THIS COULD POTENTIALLY STAY UP DURING THOSE TWO MONTHS, AND WE COULD ROTATE SMALLER SCALE EVENTS UNDER THOSE IN BETWEEN THE BIGGER ONES, OR IF WE ONLY DO ONE OFF, IT WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO AGAIN CREATE SOME MOMENTUM THROUGHOUT THAT TWO MONTHS AND ALLOW OUR BUSINESSES TO COME AND SET UP AND SHOW THEIR GOODS AND HOPEFULLY MAKE A LITTLE, LITTLE BIT OF MONEY OFF THE TOURISTS COMING THROUGH. WE ALREADY MENTIONED THE INTERNATIONAL VILLAGE, OF COURSE, WAYFINDING, FAN EXPERIENCE, SIGNAGE, GETTING THEM TO THE EVENT SITE, BEAUTIFICATION AROUND THE IMMEDIATE SITE. AGAIN, COLORFUL PAINT ON THE STREET THAT WE MENTIONED AT THE EVENT SITE ENTRIES ALSO AROUND THE MARTA TRAIN STATION. SO IT'S KIND OF OUR WELCOME MAT WHEN WE GET OFF IN THERE. AND OUR TOURISTS, WE WANT THAT TO BE VERY WELCOMING.

SITE LIGHTING. AGAIN, THESE ARE ALL PRETTY EXPLANATORY, BUT WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT ONE. AT THE TOP. THIS IS MORE OF A FLAT RATE LOOK OF THINGS WE COULD DO DURING THAT ENTIRE TWO MONTHS, SO IT'S NOT TIED TO ONE SPECIFIC DAY THAT WE DO IT, BUT FOR INSTANCE, THAT PLACE MAKING RIGHT NOW WE CURRENTLY BUDGET FOR EATS AND BEATS MUSIC IN THE PIZZA COURTYARD EVERY THURSDAY IN THE NICE WEATHER MONTHS. THIS BUDGET WOULD ALLOW US TO ACTIVATE THAT EVERY DAY DURING THAT TWO MONTH PERIOD. SO WHEN PEOPLE COME OFF THE TRAIN STATION, THEY VISIT OUR DOWNTOWN, THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON, THERE'S ACTIVITY, THERE'S MUSIC, IT'S WELCOMING.

THE SAME WITH THE PROFESSIONAL LITTER PICKUP. THIS WOULD OCCUR THROUGHOUT THE CITY, MORE OF A PROFESSIONAL GROUP COMING IN AS A PROPOSAL, WHERE THEY'RE MAKING SURE ALL OUR GATEWAYS LOOK NICE. BECAUSE I KNOW OUR GUYS ARE, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO CONSTANTLY FOLLOW UP WITH THAT,

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AND THEN OF COURSE, THE COMMEMORATIVE EASTPOINTE SOCCER BALL DESIGN. ATLANTA IS DOING THIS AS WELL AS. SO WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE COOL TO CREATE SOMETHING SIMILAR TO LIKE THE OLYMPICS WITH THE PINS THAT PEOPLE COLLECT. A REASON TO COME TO EASTPOINTE IS TO GET THE COLLECTIVE, YOU KNOW, THE COLLECTOR EASTPOINTE SOCCER BALL AND ALSO ENGAGE MAYBE THE KIDS, YOU KNOW, SOME IDEAS WERE DO A KID VERSION, YOU KNOW, LOGO OR WINNING COMPETITION AND AN ADULT VERSION. JUST SOMETHING AGAIN TO GENERATE SOME BUZZ, SOME SPIN AND GET PEOPLE WANTING TO COME HERE AND GET THAT COLLECTOR ITEM. SO WE DID INCLUDE A BUDGET FOR THAT.

AGAIN, THESE OTHER DEPARTMENTS WE WILL JUMP ON THROUGH, BUT WE CAN'T GO INTO TOO MUCH DETAIL OF COURSE. YEAH. PUBLIC WORKS, POWER DEPARTMENT, POWER DEPARTMENTS. THIS IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF ONE OF THOSE FLAT FEES FOR THE TWO MONTHS, BECAUSE THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY KEEP POWER ON FOR EVERYBODY WHILE THEY'RE VISITING US IN THEIR HOTELS OR WHEREVER THEY ARE. SO THEY PLAN ON HAVING SOMEONE ON CALL AND READY AT THE READY THE ENTIRE TIME TO COVER THAT. SO THAT'S WHERE YOU SEE WHERE THOSE BIG FLAT FEES, PARKS AND REC COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT AGAIN, THEY'RE CONSIDERING THAT A TWO MONTH PERIOD FOR THEIR BUDGET.

AND THEN OF COURSE, IT FIRE POLICE IS ONE ITEM THERE THAT WE WILL DEFER TO THE CHIEF TO PROVIDE. YOU KNOW, HIS HIS NUMBERS ON THAT ONE. PLANNING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.

MACEO MENTIONED EARLIER. WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT SOME DIFFERENT GUIDELINES AND DIFFERENT JURISDICTIONS ABOUT THAT OPEN CONTAINER DISTRICT. SOME THOUGHTS WE'VE THROWN OUT IS THE DOWNTOWN AREA, OF COURSE, BUT THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE VIRGINIA AVENUE HOSPITALITY DISTRICT WITH ALL THE HOTELS OVER THERE. SO JUST LOOKING AT KEY WAYS WE CAN MAYBE LOOK AT WHAT OTHER JURISDICTIONS HAVE DONE AND CREATE SOMETHING, MAYBE THAT WE CAN ACTIVATE WHEN THINGS LIKE THE SUPER BOWL THAT WE WERE JUST ANNOUNCED FOR COULD BE PUT INTO PLAY. YOU KNOW, SPECIAL KEY THINGS THAT AREN'T ACROSS THE BOARD ALL YEAR, BUT IT'S IN THE ORDINANCE WHERE WE CAN ACTIVATE IT FOR THINGS LIKE THIS. SO WE ARE LOOKING AT THAT BEHIND THE SCENES. SO THE SCHEDULE AGAIN, THIS IS VERY LINEAR. AND I THINK YOU GUYS RECEIVED THE ACTUAL FULL DIAGRAM. BUT ESSENTIALLY THIS WAS PLOTTING OUT STRATEGICALLY WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE GOING ON IN THE CITY, LIKE JUNETEENTH, LIKE THE DRAG DOWN SOUTH, LIKE THE 4TH OF JULY, AND HOW THAT ALIGNS WITH THE GAMES THAT ARE ACTUALLY IN TOWN. ALSO, HOW IT ALIGNS WITH WHEN ATLANTA UNITED MATCHES OCCUR, NOT IN ATLANTA, BUT SOMEWHERE. SO THERE'S PEOPLE HERE, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD WANT TO WATCH THAT. AND HOW DOES THAT ALIGN WITH WHAT WE HAVE GOING ON RIGHT NOW. SO WE HAVE THIS KIND OF WHOLE STRATEGIC CALENDAR LAID OUT TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN TAKE BEST ADVANTAGE OF THOSE. SO REALLY, I THINK WE HAVE LOTS OF IDEAS. STAFF CAME UP WITH LOTS OF IDEAS. THE COMMUNITY CAME UP WITH LOTS OF IDEAS. WE JUST NEED DIRECTION, YOU KNOW, FROM YOU GUYS WHAT YOU WANT US TO DO. WE HAVE KIND OF A BUFFET OF OPTIONS. SO IF YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, IS IT A IS IT A ONE OFF KICKOFF LIKE JUNE 15TH, THE VERY FIRST DAY THERE IN ATLANTA? DO WE DO ONE BIG ONE OFF AND THEN WE DO SOME OF THE SMALLER PLACEMAKING THINGS DOWNTOWN THROUGHOUT, OR MAYBE THAT LITTLE VILLAGE BUSINESS VILLAGE DOWNTOWN, OR DO WE WANT TO GO AFTER EIGHT FULL EVENTS EVERY TIME THEY'RE IN TOWN? WE JUST, YOU KNOW, WE NEED SOME SCOPE. ALSO, SOME THOUGHTS HAVE BEEN THROWN OUT ABOUT POTENTIALLY CHARGING FOR THE EVENT AND CHARGING ADMISSION FOR THE EVENT. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, LIKE BIG, BIG PICTURE QUESTIONS? WE HAVE A LOT OF IDEAS AND A LOT OF THINGS WE CAN WORK WITH. WE JUST NEED SOME, YOU KNOW, DIRECTION FROM YOU GUYS, WHICH WAY YOU WANT US TO REALLY KIND OF FINE TUNE IT AND MOVE FROM THERE. RIGHT? OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. I WILL MOVE DISCUSSION AND WE HAVE COUNCILWOMAN ZIEGLER, FOLLOWED BY CUMMINGS LAST. HOLD ON. COUNCILWOMAN CALDWELL. AND THEN

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AND OF COURSE, AS AARON MENTIONED EARLIER, WE REQUEST FROM ALL DEPARTMENTS THAT HAD ANYTHING TO DO. FOR EXAMPLE, WITH A WEDNESDAY WIND DOWN IN THE PAST TO START RIGHT THERE, GIVE US THEIR COST, OUTPUT OR EXPENSE FOR THEIR ROLE IN CONDUCTING AND MAKING A SUCCESSFUL WEDNESDAY. WEDNESDAY WIND DOWN OCCUR FOR ONE NIGHT. AND SO FROM THAT, WE WOULD TAKE THAT AMOUNT AND WE WOULD JUST ADD THAT TO THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS FOR THE ONE DAY.

AND THAT'S HOW WE CAME UP WITH THAT. IF YOU WERE GOING TO THEN MULTIPLY THAT BY THE EIGHT DAYS THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED WITH RESPECT TO THE GAMES TAKING PLACE IN ATLANTA, THEN YOU WOULD HAVE THAT AMOUNT. AND THEN, OF COURSE, IF YOU WERE GOING TO SPREAD OUT ACROSS THAT TIME FRAME FROM JUNE 11TH TO THE 19TH OF JULY, YOU WOULD HAVE 24 DAYS THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT. AND THIS IS BECAUSE WE WOULD HAVE INFRASTRUCTURE PUT IN PLACE LIKE THE TENTS, PORTA POTTIES, GUARDRAILS, THOSE KIND OF THINGS. TRAFFIC CONES, THE WORKS THAT WOULD ALL BE A PART OF THAT. ALL OF THE THE INFLATABLES THAT WE MENTIONED, THE BIG SCREENS. AND SO IF WE'RE LOOKING AT HOSTING AND HAVING ACTIVITIES GOING ON FOR THE WHOLE DURATION, THAT IS WHAT WE NEED GUIDANCE WITH. GOT IT. ONE OTHER QUESTION AND I'LL LET MY COLLEAGUES ASK. THIS MAY OR MAY NOT BE YOU, BUT DO WE ANTICIPATE THE MAIN STREET CONSTRUCTION WILL BE DONE IN TIME FOR. YES, MA'AM. WE WE ARE HOPING AND THAT WOULD BE AN APPROPRIATE QUESTION FOR PUBLIC WORKS. WE ARE IN CLOSE CONTACT WITH THEM ON A WEEKLY BASIS, BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO, OF COURSE, WE SEND OUT A WEEKLY NEWSLETTER. WE HAVE ONCE A MONTH DOWNTOWN BUSINESS MEETINGS. THAT'S THE FIRST WEDNESDAY OF EACH MONTH AT THE CUPCAKERY. BUSINESSES FROM ALL OVER CAN COME AND GET, YOU KNOW, INPUT INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON, WHAT'S TAKING PLACE AND WHAT'S COMING UP. AND WE'RE TRYING TO DISSEMINATE THAT INFORMATION AT ALL OF THOSE MEETINGS, AS WELL AS THE WEEKLY PUBLICATION, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY IS INFORMED. BUT THEY COULD CERTAINLY BE. THAT'S THE ANTICIPATION THAT IT WOULD ALL BE DONE BY THAT TIME. SO MAYBE THE CITY MANAGER TO GET AN UPDATE ON THAT, BECAUSE THIS IS QUITE AN AMOUNT OF A LARGE AMOUNT TO ALSO HAVE CONSTRUCTION STILL GOING ON DURING THAT TIME. THANK YOU.

WE'LL DO. I'LL CHECK ON THAT. I KNOW THE LAST TIME WE ASKED THAT QUESTION, THEY DID ANTICIPATE IT BEING COMPLETE. BUT I WILL FOLLOW UP ON THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT'S STILL STAYING ON THE TIME FRAME THAT WE ANTICIPATE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. AND HAVE. FREELY. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. A FEW QUESTIONS. WELL, ONE COMMENT I KNOW YOU SAID YOU'RE LOOKING

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OF COURSE, THAT CHANGES IF THOSE BELLS AND WHISTLES ARE NOT INCLUDED. THE EIGHT EVENT SITES, IF WE DID ONE EVERY TIME THEY PLAYED HERE IN ATLANTA, THAT'S THE RIGHT HAND COLUMN WITH THE GREEN BARS THERE. AND YOU'LL SEE THAT THEY NOT ALL THE NUMBERS MULTIPLY OUT TO EXACTLY EIGHT, BECAUSE AGAIN, THE TENTS BECOME LESS EXPENSIVE BECAUSE THEY'RE UP FOR TWO MONTHS INSTEAD OF, YOU KNOW, PULLED UP AND PULLED DOWN, YOU KNOW, AND ONE OFFS. SO THERE'S SOME SAVINGS, COST SAVINGS IN THE SCALE OF DOING IT FOR THAT ENTIRE TWO MONTHS. SO THAT TOTAL IF WE WERE TO DO EIGHT OF THOSE EVENTS, WAS THAT THREE, 3 MILLION, 28,000, IF YOU DID ALL EIGHT WITH, AGAIN, ALL THE BELLS AND WHISTLES, THAT WOULD BE THAT COST. SO ESSENTIALLY WE JUST NEED, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE PARAMETER IS, WHAT'S THE BUDGET AND WHERE WE CAN MOVE WITHIN THOSE REALMS TO KIND OF TAILOR THIS TO WHAT WE NEED. SO POINT OUT THE TOTAL WHOLESALE MEAL BUDGET. BOTTOM LINE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SPREAD ALL THE WAY THROUGH. RIGHT THERE. SO TOTAL OVERALL, THE 1.564 IS FOR THAT ONE OFF. BUT ALSO AGAIN INCLUDES SOME OF THOSE DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE COVERING THAT TWO MONTH PERIOD. AND THEN IF WE DECIDED TO DO ALL EIGHT THAT THEY WERE IN THERE JUST TO GIVE AGAIN, A SCALE, THAT TOP END SCALE WOULD BE THAT 3,028,000. OKAY. SO AT MINIMUM, WE'RE LOOKING AT 1.5 MILLION FOR ONE EVENT. BUT THEN SOME OF THIS IN PLACE FOR SEVERAL WEEKS, IT'S KIND OF A LA CARTE AGAIN. YEAH. THE 1.5 IS IF YOU DO ALL THE BELLS AND WHISTLES IN THERE AGAIN, IF IF WE TAKE OUT SOME OF THE COMPONENTS OF THAT, THEN WE COULD GET IT FURTHER DOWN. BUT THIS WAS KIND OF A LOOK AT WHAT IF WE DID ALL THE BELLS AND WHISTLES FOR ONE OFF, PLUS THE TWO MONTHS OF COVERAGE PERIOD FOR AGAIN, SOME OF THOSE DEPARTMENTS. OR IF WE WENT ALL OUT AND DID EVERY ONE OF THOSE EVENTS. RIGHT. AND I REALIZE THEY DIDN'T COME THIS EVENING, BUT I ASSUME ON WHAT YOU BASED ON WHAT YOU SAID, MR. ROGERS, THAT CVB WOULD BE PUTTING IN ADDITIONAL MONEY FOR INTENSIVE MARKETING AND ADVERTISING. SO WE'D BE LOOKING AT ACTUALLY A GREATER SPEND. YES. AND AND THOSE ARE THE NUMBERS THAT WE DON'T HAVE, BUT THEY ARE AWARE AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT THEY WOULD BE PROVIDING OR SUPPLYING INFORMATION ON. AGAIN, THAT WOULD COVER EVERYTHING INVOLVING THEIR THEIR MARKETING, PROMOTING AND ADVERTISING. THEY'RE DOING TV SPOTS RIGHT NOW. THERE'S SOME PLANNED RADIO SPOTS AS WELL, AND DIGITAL AND THEY THEY HAVE, I THINK SOME STANDING DIGITAL DISPLAYS THAT THEY WILL BE PUTTING INTO ALL OF THE HOTELS SO THAT NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO FIND, PARTICULARLY IF YOU'RE AN OUT-OF-TOWN VISITOR, BE ABLE TO GET THAT INFORMATION AND KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE CITY OF EASTPOINTE IN REAL TIME. THANK YOU. AND WHERE ARE THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE CITY TO RECOUP ANY OF THESE EXPENSES WITH VENDOR FEES OR SOMETHING? DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT WE MIGHT? YES. SO LOOKING AT SOME OF OUR PAST EVENTS LIKE THE WEDNESDAY WIND DOWN THE FOOD TRUCK ROAD THAT WE USUALLY DO THERE IN TO THE OVERALL BUDGET. WE'RE I MEAN, WE'RE PROBABLY TALKING $6,000 WORTH OF VENDOR FEES IS WHAT WE USUALLY PULL IN. AND AGAIN, THOSE ARE WITH SOME REALLY NICE ACTS ON STAGE. SO. THERE'S DIFFERENT WAYS. YOU KNOW WE CAN LOOK AT SOME SPONSORSHIP FEES. BUT THERE THERE'S REALLY A THIS

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THAT'S PART OF THE STREETSCAPE WORK. YES. AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT COULD BEST ANSWER BECAUSE THEY'RE, THEY'RE THEY'RE DIRECTLY INVOLVED WITH THAT. AND WE'RE KIND OF OPERATING ON THE PERIPHERY. SO WE HAVE TO REFER TO THEM FOR THAT KIND OF INFORMATION BECAUSE THEY ARE THE LEAD. OKAY. AND THEN JUST TWO MORE QUESTIONS. ONE, A MINOR POINT. I SUSPECT IT'S A HOLDOVER FROM SOMETHING ON THIS SLIDE UNDER NOTES, IT SAYS MASKS MUST BE WORN. OH YES. ANTICIPATING DISREGARD THAT. THAT WAS A QUICK SAVE AS WE WERE TRYING TO PUT THE MAP TOGETHER. SO YES, THAT'S DISREGARD. AND I WILL BE HONEST IN SAYING THAT WHEN I LOADED THIS UP EARLIER TODAY, SOME OF THE FORMATTING GOT DISPLACED. AND SO I WAS KIND OF CONCERNED ABOUT THAT. BUT ANYHOW. OKAY. AND THEN FINAL QUESTION. FIFA IS IS VERY WELL KNOWN FOR BEING EXTREMELY PROTECTIVE OF ITS TRADEMARKS AND ITS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY. AND SO THAT IS A DISCUSSION THAT IS GOING ON ALL OVER. HAVE WE LOOKED INTO THAT? HOW DO WE PLAN TO MAKE SURE? I MEAN, THIS LOOKS LIKE A LOT OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE SETTING UP STUFF AND DOING STUFF, BUT ARE WE GOING TO DO SOME KIND OF EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGN? IS THERE SOME KIND OF WAY THAT WE ENSURE THAT NOTHING THAT IS CITY SPONSORED IS VIOLATING THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS OF FIFA AND THE TRADEMARKS AND ALL OF THAT? AND YOU'RE SO RIGHT. AND SO THAT'S WHERE THE THAT'S THE CRITICAL COMPONENT FOR AN ALL OF THE CDB, BECAUSE THEY HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE LENIENCY THAN WE DO BECAUSE THEY THAT'S THEIR DIRECT BUSINESS, YOU KNOW TOURISM CULTURE THAT SORT OF THING. AND SO AND THIS IS VISITORS. SO THEY THEY HAVE THE SOME LENIENCY IN TERMS OF THE WORDING. BUT THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THE WORDING WORLD SOCCER GAMES AND NOTHING MORE THAN THAT, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME VERY STRICT RULES AROUND TRADEMARKING AND THAT SORT OF THING. AND WE DON'T WANT TO BE IN VIOLATION. AND WE'LL PUT THAT IN FOR THE PARTICIPANTS. SO PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING OUT TO VEND AND ALL OF THAT WILL HAVE THAT AS PART OF THE VENDOR APPLICATION, WHERE THEY'LL HAVE TO SIGN, AGREEING THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE PRINTING T SHIRTS WITH FIFA ON UNLESS THEY'VE ACTUALLY GOTTEN PERMISSION TO DO IT, AND SO ON. RIGHT. AND I KNOW THERE WAS SOMETHING ABOUT A SOCCER BALL DESIGN OR SOMETHING THAT ALSO WOULD BE AN AREA OF POTENTIAL CONFLICT, I THINK. YES. AND SO WE'RE WE'RE TAKING DIRECT GUIDANCE FROM THE CDB ON THAT.

AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE WORKING CLOSELY WITH THEM AS WELL BECAUSE THEY'RE DOING A SIMILAR THING. AND WE WANT TO DO A KIND OF A FRIENDLY COMPETITION WITH OUR LOCAL ARTIST TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING. BUT IT WILL NOT BE ANYTHING THAT WOULD BE IN VIOLATION OF FIFA LAWS AND REGULATIONS. OKAY. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN ATKINS. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR AND MISTER ROGERS AND MISS ROGERS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ASKED SOME OF THE QUESTIONS, BUT I DO WANT TO GO BACK TO THE QUESTION THAT COUNCILMEMBER FREELY ALLUDED TO. YOU'RE ASKING US, YOU KNOW, GIVING US A SMORGASBORD AND WANTING US TO GIVE YOU SOME DIRECTION IN TERMS OF WHAT WE'D LIKE TO SEE FOR OUR CITY DURING THIS TIME PERIOD. FOR ME, IT'S A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO EVEN RESPOND TO THAT BECAUSE YOU'VE SHOWN US YOUR EXPENSE BUDGET. BUT I DON'T SEE A REVENUE BUDGET. SO I WOULD IMAGINE THAT WHILE YOU'RE DOING THIS, YOU HAVE SOME IDEA OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR REVENUE TO OFFSET SOME OF THIS

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AND SO I THINK THAT WE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO DO THAT AND THAT WE SHOULD BE PRESENTED WITH IDEAS OF WE THINK REVENUE COULD BE THIS IF WE DO THIS. SO THOSE PROJECTIONS WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR ME TO SAY, YES, LET'S MOVE IN THIS DIRECTION BECAUSE IT HELPS OFFSET THE COST. I DON'T KNOW, HEARING THE CITY MANAGER'S BUDGET PRESENTATION EARLIER, IF I WOULD HAVE AN APPETITE FOR THIS, IF I DON'T KNOW IF WE ARE HAVING SOME DOLLARS TO OFFSET. YES, SIR.

THANK YOU FOR THAT. COUNCILMAN ATKINS, WE MET WITH THE CITY MANAGER ON JANUARY 23RD. THAT WAS THE WEEK OF THE ICE STORM. AND WE TALKED ABOUT JUST THAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT WILL WE DO TO GENERATE REVENUES? WE HADN'T DONE THAT BEFORE BECAUSE THE THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND OURSELVES, AS WELL AS WELL AS THE CVB WAS WORKING, YOU KNOW, FRANTICALLY WEEKLY IN TERMS OF JUST COMING UP WITH A PLAN AND WHAT WE FELT WAS DOABLE AND REALITY BASED ON THE TIMING OF THIS. SO THAT'S WHERE WE ARE NOW. WE HAD THE THE SNOWSTORM ONE WEEK, AND THEN WE HAD THE, WELL, THE ICE STORM. ONE WEEKEND WE HAD SNOWSTORM. THAT DIDN'T QUITE HAPPEN THIS PAST WEEK, BUT WE ARE WORKING ON THAT NOW TO SEE WHAT WE COME UP WITH. I THINK I MISSED THE ICE STORM TOO. I. AND SPEAKING OF THAT, WHAT PORTIONS OF THE EXPENSES THAT YOU'VE PRESENTED TONIGHT ARE YOU ANTICIPATING WOULD COME FROM GENERAL FUND AND WHAT PORTION WOULD COME FROM CVB? BECAUSE ALL OF THIS IS ABOUT VISITORS COMING TO OUR CITY. AND SO HAVE YOU SORT OF DELINEATED WHAT YOU WOULD EXPECT TO COME FROM CVB HOTEL MOTEL DOLLARS AND WHAT WOULD COME FROM GENERAL FUND? SO AS IT INVOLVES MARKETING, ADVERTISING, PROMOTION, ALL OF THAT WILL COME FROM CVB. NOW, HOW MUCH OF THAT IN TERMS OF THE DOLLAR AMOUNT, THEY CAN BEST TELL YOU BASED ON THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON RIGHT NOW IN TERMS OF THE IN TERMS OF THE ADVERTISING ITSELF. BUT WITH RESPECT TO, YOU KNOW, LEASING TENTS, LEASING, WHETHER IT'S THE BIG TENTS OR THE SMALL TENTS, LEASING, PORTA POTTIES, LEASING GUARDRAILS AND THOSE TYPE OF THINGS THAT WOULD BE COMING FROM THE CITY'S BUDGET. NOW, WITH RESPECT TO, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR BUDGET, FOR EXAMPLE, WE WE WE WOULD WORK CLOSELY WITH EAST POINT MAIN STREET WITH RESPECT TO THE 4TH OF JULY PROGRAM ITSELF. WE HAD MONEY, I GUESS BUDGETED WELL, PERHAPS NOT, BUT IF WE WERE GOING TO DO, SAY, FOR EXAMPLE, THE WEDNESDAY LINE DOWN, THAT PIECE OF FUNDING COULD GO INTO THIS POOL AS WELL, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE EXPECTATION IS THAT WE PROBABLY WON'T DO THAT THIS YEAR, BUT RATHER FOLD IT INTO, YOU KNOW, THESE GAMES. SO THAT WOULD BE PART OF THE FUNDING. BUT AGAIN, IT WOULD BE LESS THAN WHAT WE ARE PROJECTING RIGHT NOW IN TERMS OF THE INFORMATION THAT WE'VE RECEIVED FROM THE DEPARTMENTS COLLECTIVELY IN TERMS OF COMING UP WITH THE FEE. YEAH. AND SO ESSENTIALLY NOTHING IN THIS BUDGET IS CVB. THIS IS ALL COSTS THAT WOULD NOT QUALIFY FOR WHAT THEY'RE SPENDING. THEY'RE SPENDING ADDITIONAL FUNDS. WE WE JUST TACKLED THE PART THAT WOULD BE COMING FROM THERE. AND WE HAVE TOYED AROUND SINCE SINCE THE MEETING THAT WE HAD WHERE WE WERE KIND OF, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT RETURN ON INVESTMENT AGAIN, THAT'S NEW. THAT'S A NEW LOOK FOR US. AGAIN, WE HAVE TOSSED AROUND SOME NUMBERS. WE'LL BE GOING A LITTLE BIT DEEPER INTO THAT TO SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. BUT I CAN SAY JUST BASED ON MY EXPERIENCE WITH EVENTS AND THESE BUDGETS PULLING THIS OFF, WE WON'T AT THIS TYPE OF SCALE. WE WILL NOT PAY FOR THIS EVENT. WITH THAT, I MEAN, WE WILL OFFSET SOME COSTS, BUT LIKE I SAID, EVEN THE VENDOR FEES FOR WEDNESDAY WIND DOWN, WHICH IS WAS WELL ATTENDED, HAD GREAT ARTISTS AND WHATNOT.

WE'RE TALKING IN THE $16,000 RANGE, THE SPONSORSHIPS, YOU KNOW, WE COULD LOOK AT A DIFFERENT WAYS. WE DID TALK TO THE CVB BRIEFLY ABOUT SOME OF THAT. YOU KNOW, THEY GUESSTIMATED BEST GUESS WITH SOME, YOU KNOW, NICE ARTISTS, YOU KNOW, 20, 25,000 FOR SOME

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RIGHT. SO, COUNCILWOMAN CUMMINGS, PLEASE. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. I THINK IT'S A TON OF GOOD IDEAS. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN GREAT TO GET THESE

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EVERYBODY AND THEIR MOTHER, GWINNETT, COBB, UNION CITY. I'M SURE THEY PROBABLY RESERVE THOSE ALREADY, ESPECIALLY FOUR MONTHS OUT. WE TALK ABOUT CAN YOU GO BACK TO YOUR THE PAGE WITH THE $1.1 MILLION? THERE WAS A LINE THAT'S ON HERE, WAYFINDING SIGNS. WHERE IS THAT? OH WAS IT ON THE NEXT. IT MAY BE ON THE NEXT SLIDE OVER OKAY. SO YEAH. SO THAT ONE COST I DO KNOW BASED ON DCA GUIDELINES THE CVB, THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THOSE WAYFINDING SIGNAGE. I THINK I SAW SOMETHING $56,000 I DON'T KNOW I DON'T HAVE MY GLASSES. AND SO JUST OF THE $1.1 MILLION I KNOW YOU SAID IT WAS PRETTY MUCH THAT WAS WHAT WAS ON THE CITY, BUT WE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THE CVB, WHAT THEY HAVE PLANNED IN THIS COUNCIL MEMBER ATKINS TALKED ABOUT SPONSORSHIPS. THAT'S WHAT WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN TALKING TO. THE COCA-COLA'S, THE DELTA'S CHICK FIL A, ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE, THOSE ARE THE SPONSORS THAT WILL COME IN. THEY WILL HELP TO FUND THE COST FOR STAGE, POSSIBLY ACTS. I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT VENDING FEES AND YOU SAID MAYBE $16,000. THAT'S NOT EVEN A DROP IN THE BUCKET FOR ONE FOR THE $1 MILLION THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. AND LIKE I SAID, THE THING FOR US TO BE ABLE TO PUT ON, WE DON'T EVEN KNOW.

EVEN IF WE SAID IT, WE DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE COMING. MY QUESTION IS ALSO, HAVE WE ATTENDED ANY OF THE MEETINGS THAT THE CITY OF ATLANTA HAS PUT ON? THEY'VE BEEN DOING THESE MEETINGS GOING ON ALMOST NOW, A YEAR AND A HALF, AND EVERYBODY IS THERE FROM UNION CITY, COBB COUNTY, MACON, GWINNETT, DEKALB COUNTY. THEY'VE BEEN AT THESE MEETINGS.

FROM MY UNDERSTANDING. THERE'S A TEAM THAT'S CURRENTLY THEY'LL BE IN MACON. SO IT MAKES NO SENSE FOR A TEAM TO STAY IN MACON WHEN THEY COULD HAVE BEEN HERE IN EAST POINT, THEY COULD HAVE USED THE GEORGIA SOCCER PARK FOR THEIR TRAINING. THEY COULD HAVE STAYED IN OUR HOTELS, EITHER ON VIRGINIA AVENUE OR HOTELS AT CAMP CREEK MARKETPLACE. SO THAT HAS NOTHING THAT'S CVB AND ALL OF THE BRANDING THAT THEY'VE DONE FOR THE CITY. I'VE SEEN ENOUGH OF THEIR VIDEO, THEIR, THEIR, THEIR PRESENTATIONS. I'VE SEEN ENOUGH EAST POINT BOOK TOWELS AND FANNY PACKS AND HAND SANITIZER. THEY SHOULD HAVE DONE THIS A LONG, LONG TIME AGO.

LIKE I SAID, I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT WE CAN PULL OFF IN FOUR MONTHS. AND THEN, LIKE I SAID, BECAUSE THIS STUFF SHOULD HAVE BEEN ADVERTISED A LONG, LONG TIME AGO, WE DON'T EVEN KNOW IF WE EVEN AGREED TO DO ALL OF THIS IF THEY WOULD EVEN COME HERE. THE THING THAT WORKS OUT ADVANTAGE IS FOR THE SIMPLE FACT THAT WE'RE JUST RIGHT OUTSIDE OF THE CITY OF ATLANTA, SO THAT MAY HELP US. WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT, I KNOW COUNCILMEMBER FRIEDSON AND COUNCILMEMBER ATKINS TALKED ABOUT THE NAME WE THE FIFA. YOU CAN'T YOU CAN'T USE THAT NAME.

WE CANNOT UNLESS WE HAVE THE PROPER LICENSING CITY OF DECATUR. I THINK THEY'RE USING.

THEY ARE THE SACRIFICE 2026. SO IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN A NAME OR SOMETHING THAT WAS OUT, JUST LIKE THEY'VE ADVERTISED FOR WHAT WAS IN APRIL. WE STARTED SEEING WEDNESDAY WIND DOWN BANNERS. THAT STUFF SHOULD HAVE BEEN ALL OVER THE CITY. WE TALKED ABOUT THE DIGITAL DISPLAY BOARDS. I KNOW I'VE MENTIONED THAT AS WELL. I THINK MAYBE EVEN MENTIONED IT TO YOU BEFORE, AND I KNOW DEFINITELY THE CVB, THOSE BOARDS THAT CALL IKE BOARDS, THEY'RE ALL OVER THE CITY OF ATLANTA. EVERY MAJOR CORNER IN THE CITY OF EAST POINT INTERSECTION. THOSE BOARDS SHOULD HAVE BEEN THERE SO PEOPLE WOULD KNOW THAT THE GAMES WERE COMING TO EAST POINT.

THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING. NOT ONLY DOES IT DO THAT, IT'S ALSO EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR BUSINESSES TO ADVERTISE. SO WE'LL KNOW WHEN MR. SWAYNE DOES EVENTS THAT THAT INFORMATION IS THERE. IT'S ON THOSE BOARDS SO WE CAN LET THE PEOPLE KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE. SO I DON'T EVEN KNOW. AND THEN NOW FOR YOU TO COME IN AND SAY THAT YOU ALL HAVE A PLAN, BUT YOU YOU NEED TO TAKE DIRECTION FROM US. WE DON'T EVEN KNOW. HONESTLY, AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHAT YOU CAN DO. I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THERE'S ANOTHER I KNOW. I'M SURE THERE ARE NO MORE SOCCER INFLATABLES AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME, SO I, I SEE WHAT YOU'VE YOU'VE DONE AND I THINK IT'S IT'S BIG. IT'S HUGE. I DON'T BUT I THINK WE REALLY AT THIS POINT THIS LATE IN THE GAME, WE NEED TO BE REALISTIC FOR WHAT IT IS BECAUSE PEOPLE NEED TO

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SO TO THE DO IT PART, WE HAVE DONE A LOT OF DIFFERENT FESTIVALS AND EVENTS AND EVERYTHING THAT I MENTIONED UP THERE DOWN TO THE PORTA POTTIES. I HAVE ACTUALLY WORKED WITH OUR VENDORS TO SECURE THE QUOTES, AND SO THEY'VE BEEN WAITING TO JUST KIND OF FIGURE OUT WHAT DIRECTION THAT WE ARE GOING ON THIS. I CAN'T AGAIN, I CAN'T PERSONALLY SPEAK FOR THE CB, AND I KNOW MESA WILL ADD TO THAT. YOU KNOW, WE WERE GIVEN THE DIRECTIVE IN OCTOBER TO START THIS. SO WE'RE WE'RE DOING HONEST THE BEST THAT WE CAN GIVEN WHAT WE'RE GIVEN. AND WE'RE TRYING TO PULL SOMETHING OFF, WHATEVER SCALE THAT WE WANT TO SEE IT. WE HAVE IN OUR ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS ARE VERY WELL VERSED IN THE EVENTS. WE CAN PULL THINGS OFF. IF IT'S THE WISH OF COUNCIL, WE CAN DO IT. AND LIKE I SAID, I HAVE TALKED TO THOSE VENDORS THAT WE'VE PUT UP THERE, BUT THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT. LIKE I SAID THIS, WE'RE AT THAT POINT, SO WE JUST NEED TO KNOW WHICH WAY TO GO. AND I'M GOING TO FORWARD SOME INFORMATION TO YOU ALL SO THAT WE CAN START ATTENDING. SO SOMEONE FROM EASTPOINTE CAN START ATTENDING THESE MEETINGS.

I'M IN THE CITY OF ATLANTA. THEY MEET PRETTY MUCH EVERY WEEK. EVERYBODY FROM ALL OVER.

IS THAT THESE MEETINGS BUT EASTPOINTE. SO I HAVE A QUESTION NOW FOR THE CITY MANAGER. AND I KNOW IT'S WE'RE GOING TO THROW IT ON THE WALL AND SEE WHAT STICKS. DO WE JUST FUNDS. IS THERE ANY IDEA WHAT TYPE OF FUNDS MAY POTENTIALLY BE AVAILABLE TO TRY AND FUND ANY OF THIS? SO. AGAIN, IT WAS ALLUDED TO. MY DIRECTION WAS TO LOOK AT WHAT REVENUES COULD BE GENERATED OUT OF THIS ACTIVITY, BECAUSE WE WOULD HAVE TO REDIRECT. I THINK, THE 4TH OF JULY EVENT, WEDNESDAY WYANDOTTE WAS MENTIONED, BUT WEDNESDAY WYANDOTTE DOESN'T HAVE ANY FUNDS, ANY MONEY. AND SO THE OTHER COUNCIL EVENTS THAT HADN'T BEEN DONE, THOSE EVENTS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT PRIORITIZING, THAT THOSE FUNDS COULD BE UTILIZED. AND, AND AND THEN THERE I WOULD, I WOULD, I WOULD SAY WE NEED TO HAVE SOME PRETTY DECENT REVENUE PROJECTIONS IF WE WERE TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS. I THINK THIS COULD BE SCALED BACK. MY

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YOU ALSO NEED TO INCORPORATE WHAT IT IS THAT CVB, WHAT THEY'RE WILLING TO PUT IN THIS, BECAUSE WE NEED TO ALSO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE COMPLIANT WITH DCA GUIDELINES WHERE THE MONEY, WHAT THEY CAN USE, BECAUSE THERE ARE ONLY CERTAIN THINGS THAT YOU CAN USE FOR TPD AND THOSE FUNDS THAT THEY HAVE. SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE COMPLIANT WITH THAT.

BECAUSE I DON'T THE ONLY THING I THINK IT IS JUST GOING TO BE PROMOTING THE EVENT, THE ADVERTISEMENT, THE MARKETING OF THE EVENT. BUT AS FAR AS LIKE ALL THE OTHER STUFF, THE, THE, THE TENTS, THE INFLATABLES, THE DIFFERENT, ALL THAT STUFF THAT WOULD NOT COME UNDER THE MONEY THAT WOULD COME FROM CVB FOR HOTEL MOTEL TAX. SO WE JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE STAY.

COMPLIANT WITH THAT. I YIELD. THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN HEMMINGS AND THEN COUNCILWOMAN MARTIN ROGERS. AND THEN TO YOU, COUNCILMAN ATKINS. MADAM MAYOR, IF I MAY, TO THE CITY MANAGER, MR. CITY MANAGER. AND THEN I HAVE A SECOND QUESTION FOR MADAM CITY ATTORNEY. MR. CITY MANAGER, I THINK THE OPPORTUNITY HERE IS THAT WE DON'T GET JUST A PRODUCT THAT IS FOR THIS TIME FRAME, BUT THAT THERE'S SOME OPPORTUNITY FOR THERE TO BE ENDURING IMPACT.

SO THERE WERE QUITE MANY THINGS THAT WERE MENTIONED THAT I THINK ARE GREAT FOR THIS CITY.

THERE WERE BEAUTIFICATION STRATEGIES THAT WERE PRESENTED THIS EVENING, WAYFINDING, ETCETERA, ETCETERA, ETCETERA. SO I THINK IN ORDER FOR MY APPETITE TO GROW FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS, I'D LOVE TO HEAR NOT JUST WHAT HAPPENS FOR THIS EVENT, BUT THEN ALSO WHAT REMAINS AFTER THAT EVENT. AND I DON'T WANT AN ANSWER TONIGHT. THAT'S JUST A COMMENT THAT I'D LIKE FOR YOU TO CONSIDER FOR A FUTURE PRESENTATION. AND THEN I'D LIKE TO DIRECT A QUESTION TO MADAM CITY ATTORNEY. I'M GOING TO READ FROM A POWERPOINT THAT I FOUND ON THE DCA'S WEBSITE, AND I'M GOING TO ASK YOU IF THAT ALIGNS WITH YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE STATE LAW THAT ESTABLISHES THE HOTEL MOTEL DOLLARS AROUND TOURISM, PRODUCT AND DEVELOPMENT, THAT THAT WAY THAT THE FUNDS ARE USED. SO, OH, I DON'T KNOW IF I'M READING THESE SECTIONS RIGHT, BUT IT SAYS 48 DASH 13 50.2 SECTION SIX, I GUESS IS HOW YOU READ THAT. AND I CAN GET A DATE FOR WHEN THIS PRESENTATION WAS DEVELOPED. SO MAYBE THE YOU HAVE IT. OKAY. SO I'M JUST GOING TO READ SOMETHING AND I'M GOING TO ASK YOU IF THAT ALIGNS WITH YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE HOTEL MOTEL TAX DOLLARS AND HOW THEY MIGHT BE USED. SO THERE'S THIS SECTION REFERS TO TOURISM PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT. AND IT SAYS CREATION OR EXPANSION OF PHYSICAL ATTRACTIONS, WHICH ARE AVAILABLE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND WHICH IMPROVE DESTINATION, APPEAL TO VISITORS, SUPPORT VISITORS EXPERIENCE AND ARE USED BY VISITORS. SUCH EXPENDITURES MAY INCLUDE CAPITAL COST AND OPERATING EXPENSES, AND ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE PRESENTATION, IT LISTS SEVERAL THINGS TO INCLUDE LODGING, OVERNIGHT OR SHORT TERM SITES FOR RECREATIONAL VEHICLES, MEETING CONVENTION AND EXHIBITS, SPORTS STADIUMS, ARENAS AND COMPLEXES, GOLF COURSES, RACING FACILITIES, AMUSEMENT CENTERS AND IT GOES ON TO INCLUDE WAYFINDING SIGNAGE, PERMANENT NON-MIGRATING, CARNIVALS AND FAIRS, AIRPLANES, HELICOPTERS, BUSSES, AND LOTS OF OTHER THINGS BOAT RENTALS, BOAT PARTIES, RIVER RAFTING SERVICES, MUSEUMS, PLANETARIUMS, ART GALLERIES, BOTANICAL GARDENS, AQUARIUMS, ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, PARKS, TRAILS, AND OTHER RECREATIONAL FACILITIES. AND

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[03:40:01]

EXCELLENT. THEY MAY BE ABLE TO PLAY A GAME RIGHT THERE JUST TO KIND OF GET THE EXCITEMENT CENTERED AROUND THIS LOCAL SOCCER CLUBS. WE SHOULD THINK ABOUT CONTACTING THEM. THE MARKETING FOR THE HOTELS. I LIKE THAT IDEA, BUT WE ALSO HAVE MARTA RIGHT THERE. HEY, YOU MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO GO TO ATLANTA, BUT YOU COULD DEFINITELY COME TO EASTPOINTE.

I HEARD MENTION ABOUT SPONSORSHIPS, BUT WOULDN'T THOSE SPONSORSHIPS COME FROM THE BUSINESSES IN EASTPOINTE? AND SOME OF THOSE BUSINESSES THAT ARE IN EASTPOINTE BECAUSE THEY'VE SPONSORED THINGS AMAZON, DICK'S, FEDEX, OUR MODEL WAREHOUSE, THE CAMP CREEK BUSINESS ASSOCIATION, THE ATLANTA AEROTROPOLIS. AND ALSO WE NEED TO TAP INTO THE MAIN STREET ASSOCIATION. I DIDN'T HEAR YOU ALL MENTION THEM. I KNOW THEY'RE NOT A BUSINESS, BUT THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO CENTER AROUND THIS SINCE THEY ARE AN ASSOCIATION. THERE'S ALSO A COUPLE OF OTHER BUSINESSES IN THE CAMP CREEK BUSINESS PARK, SO MAYBE WE CAN TAP INTO THEM FOR ADDITIONAL SPONSORSHIPS. THERE'S A GERMAN SHIPPING COMPANY THAT HAS BEEN VERY AMENABLE TO CITY SPONSORED EVENTS. THE NAMING EASTPOINTE SOCCER FEST 2026. I'M JUST THROWING THAT OUT THERE. I DON'T KNOW. WE HAVE EIGHT SCHOOLS IN EASTPOINTE. WE SHOULD LOOK AT CONTESTS FOR THOSE EIGHT SCHOOLS AND THEN INVITE THE WINNERS OUT TO WHATEVER WE HAVE HERE IN EASTPOINTE THAT HIGHLIGHT THAT HIGHLIGHTS THE SCHOOL. IT ENGAGES THE YOUNGER POPULATION. YOU HAVE EIGHT SCHOOLS, ONE HIGH SCHOOL, SO WE SHOULD ENGAGE ALL EIGHT SCHOOLS FOR THOSE CONTESTS. AND LASTLY, I JUST WANT TO SAY IT'S NOT ABOUT IT IS TO SOME DEGREE ABOUT ATTRACTING VISITORS TO OUR CITY, BUT IT'S MAINLY ABOUT GIVING THE RESIDENTS A CHANCE TO COME TOGETHER. AND I THINK WHEN WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THESE EVENTS, WE REMOVE THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE HERE THAT ENJOY THESE EVENTS, BECAUSE NOW THE EASTPOINTE IS HAVING SOMETHING. I'M GOING TO COME TO EASTPOINTE. I DON'T HAVE TO TAKE AN UBER TO ATLANTA FOR ANYTHING. SO I THINK IT GIVES RESIDENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME TOGETHER AND EXPERIENCE THE EXCITEMENT OF A FIFA STYLE EVENT RIGHT AT HOME. WHEN WE CREATE LOCAL OPPORTUNITIES, WE STRENGTHEN COMMUNITY PRIDE AND MAKE THE WORLD CUP ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE. AND I THINK THAT IS I DIDN'T HEAR THE PEOPLE OR THE THE RESIDENTS ARE GOING TO ENJOY THIS. SO I FELT THAT THAT NEEDED TO BE SAID. BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING BACK FROM YOU AND YOU REALLY HAVE BEEN DOING THE WORK. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. COUNCILWOMAN ZIEGLER. YES. THANK YOU. SO CAN WE GO BACK TO THE MAP OF WHERE EVERYTHING IS LAID OUT? THANKS. SO I THINK WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE IN GENERAL TERMS, BUT I THINK THAT WE REALLY NEED TO ACTUALLY DO IT. SO I KNOW THAT FROG HOLLOW HAS A LOT OF ISSUES WITH NOISE AND THINGS LIKE THAT FOR ALL THE EVENTS. AND RIGHT NOW WE STILL HAVE THE STAGE POINTED TOWARDS THEM. ALL WE NEED TO DO IS TURN THE STAGE. TURN THE STAGE. SO. SO THE SOUND POINTS DOWN TOWARDS DOWN THE STREET, DOWN MAIN STREET. AND THEN YOU'RE GOING TO, YOU KNOW, REALLY HELP ELIMINATE A LOT OF STRIFE. AND, AND THEN ADDITIONALLY PARKING, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY NEED TO FIGURE OUT THE PARKING SITUATION. THAT'S ALWAYS A NIGHTMARE FOR THE RESIDENTS THAT THAT LIVE ADJACENT TO THE COMMONS IN DOWNTOWN. WE REALLY NEED TO FIGURE THAT OUT. WE HAVE A LOT OF CITY PROPERTY THAT YOU KNOW IS AVAILABLE. WE HAVE LOTS OF BUSINESSES THAT WE CAN PARTNER WITH. WE NEED TO FIGURE THAT PART OUT. AND THEN THE OTHER

[03:45:06]

SO AS WE'RE HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS, WE NEED TO PUT PEOPLE FIRST. IT'S WHAT DO THE RESIDENTS WANT? AND YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO GIVE SOMETHING TO OUR RESIDENTS WHERE THEY CAN TAKE A LAWN CHAIR AND ENJOY THEMSELVES. I'LL YIELD. THANK YOU. COUNCILWOMAN ZIEGLER.

THANK YOU. SO IN RESPONSE TO THAT, DRAG DOWN SOUTH IS 100% SPONSORED. THERE'S NOT A PENNY THAT COMES FROM THE GENERAL FUND. AND, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE ATTRACTING A BIG ACT LIKE THE

[03:50:01]

YEAH. COUNCILWOMAN MARTIN. YES. AND ACTUALLY, I FOUND THE RESEARCH RIGHT HERE. SO LET ME GO AHEAD ON THE RECORD. THE CITY OF SANDY SPRINGS 2025 APPROVED BUDGET. THEY DO A CITY GREEN LIVE CONCERT SERIES FOR $197,000, $197,000. THAT'S THEIR CITY CONCERT SERIES. ALSO, IT IS $45,000 BUDGETED. A TOTAL OF THESE TWO FREE CONCERT SERIES IS $242,000 IN CITY BUDGET SUPPORT. ALRIGHT. ALSO ROSWELL. ROSWELL DOES RIVERSIDE SOUND CONCERT SERIES ALONG WITH ALONG THE CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER. IT'S A FREE OUTDOOR. IT'S FREE OUTDOOR SHOWS ON SELECTED EVENINGS FOR $52,000. THE ATLANTA CITY COUNCIL ALLOCATED $50,000 IN THE FY 2026 GENERAL FUND BUDGET TOWARD ATLANTA PRIDE, PEACHTREE CORNERS, PEACHTREE CORNERS CONCERT SERIES FREE LIVE MUSIC ON SATURDAYS AT TOWN GREEN. SPECIAL EVENTS CATEGORY THAT INCLUDES CONCERTS WAS BUDGETED AT $600,000. IN 2020, THE WOODSTOCK CITY COUNCIL APPROVED CONTRACTS TOTALING ABOUT 217,000 FOR FIVE CONCERTS. SO I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE, SO IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE FACTUAL INFORMATION. AND YES, I BELIEVE IN TRANSPARENCY, BUT I ALSO BELIEVE IN A CITY GIVING THEIR RESIDENTS SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO, AND I'LL YIELD. OKAY. AND THANK YOU. AND I UNDERSTAND THE SEVERITY AND THE NATURE OF THIS PRESENTATION. I KNOW WE'VE GONE OVER QUITE A BIT, AND I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS THAT I NEED TO ASK IF IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE DOING A LOT OF MARKETING AND DEVELOPMENT IN A MEETING, LIKE RIGHT NOW, WE'RE DOING A LOT OF MARKETING DEVELOPMENT IN THE MEETING. AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. I KNOW IT TAKES A LOT OF WORK TO GET ALL OF THOSE THINGS PULLED TOGETHER, AND I AGREE THERE. MY QUESTION IS, SO IF THE CBD, CBD, THE CONVENTIONS AND VISITORS BUREAU DOESN'T COME THROUGH WITH THEIR PROMOTION, THEN WE WOULD TOTALLY BE EATING THE COST OF THE $1,000,003 MILLION FOR THIS EVENT. LIKE IS THERE A IS THERE A GOOD, BETTER, BEST OPTION TO THIS PLAN THAT WILL ALLOW US TO GET PROMOTION OR WHATEVER THAT WE NEED FROM OTHER VENDORS? AND THEN HAS THERE BEEN ANY CONSIDERATION TO THINGS LIKE GAMES, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING ONLINE WHERE PEOPLE CAN FROM AROUND THE WORLD? BECAUSE FIFA IS A GLOBAL INITIATIVE, PLAY FIFA ONLINE AND HOSTED BY EASTPOINT. THOSE ARE JUST SOME THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, COULD BE LOW COST BUT HAVE A HUGE IMPACT BECAUSE IT'S DIGITAL STREET BALL. A LOT OF THE A LOT OF THE ORGANIZATIONS AND FIFA, THE CULTURAL THE CULTURE IS, YOU KNOW, THEY PLAY SOCCER IN THE STREETS. SO IS THAT SOMETHING THAT IS LOW HANGING FRUIT, LOW COST, MAYBE ONE OF THE PLAYERS OR TRAINERS FROM FIFA WILL BE WILLING TO COME INTO EASTPOINT AND HOST THE EXHIBITION GAMES, LIKE IN THE STREET, SO IT DOESN'T COST MUCH. GET POPCORN, HOT DOGS OR WHATEVER, AND THIS IS JUST SOME OTHER THINGS. AND THEN. SO IN THIS PRESENTATION TONIGHT AND I JUST WANTED TO KNOW, HAS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BEEN ENGAGED IN THIS IN TERMS OF SHOWING HOW THAT WE CAN GET REVENUE IN OR LIKE WHAT THEIR ROLE WILL BE? AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU NEED TO ANSWER ALL THOSE QUESTIONS TONIGHT BECAUSE WE ARE REALLY ROLLING OVER ON TIME, BUT DO WE WANT TO PULL THIS INTO A WORK SESSION OR ANOTHER MEETING WHERE WE CAN, YOU KNOW, FLESH THIS OUT MORE, TAKE IN ALL OF THE CONSIDERATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE TONIGHT AND THEN FOLLOW UP ON THOSE ANY WAY THAT'S COMFORTABLE AND DOESN'T TAKE US 50 60 MINUTES TO GO OVER. THOSE ARE JUST MY MY QUESTIONS, BECAUSE I THINK WE HAVE A HUGE OPPORTUNITY HERE, AND I THINK THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THINGS THAT THAT WE DON'T NEED A LOT OF MONEY FOR. WE JUST NEED TO BE A LITTLE CREATIVE IN THE WAY THAT WE DO THEM. AND I DON'T KNOW ALL THOSE THINGS. AND SO THAT ALSO LEADS ME TO HAS AN EVENT PLANNER OR AN EVENT VENDOR BEING ENGAGED, BECAUSE THIS IS A HUGE LIFT FOR A DEPARTMENT. THIS IS ALMOST AN I DON'T WANT TO SAY IT'S IMPOSSIBLE, BUT

[03:55:04]

[XII. COMMITTEE REPORTS]

AND THE THE SELF-EVALUATIONS HAVE BEEN APPROVED TO BE USED. OKAY. YEAH. YEP. AND WE TALKED ABOUT THAT STARTING IN JANUARY. AND NOW WE'RE IN FEBRUARY. AND WE DIDN'T MEET IN JANUARY. OKAY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SO THE BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE HELD ITS FIRST MEETING ON JANUARY 27TH AT 6 P.M. WE DID HAVE A QUORUM. THOSE IN ATTENDANCE INCLUDED COUNCILWOMAN CALDWELL, COUNCILWOMAN HEMMINGS, MAYOR CHAPMAN, OUR CITIZEN REPRESENTATIVE, MISS ALICE WILSON, AND MYSELF. I'M SORRY, LISA WILSON. DURING THIS MEETING, THE COMMITTEE ADDRESSED SEVERAL ITEMS UNDER NEW BUSINESS. YOU FIRST DISCUSSED THE APPOINTMENT OF A CHAIR FOR THE COMMITTEE. THERE WAS A PRESENTATION ON THE ROAD SCOPE AND AUTHORITY OF THE BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE, INCLUDING AN OVERVIEW OF THE CITY'S GOVERNING BUDGET POLICIES AS OUTLINED IN THE CHARTER. WE THEN REVIEWED THE MONTHLY YEAR TO DATE VARIANCE REPORT FOR DECEMBER 2025. HOWEVER, STAFF EXPLAINED THE CITY IS CURRENTLY TRANSITIONING TO A NEW BANKING SYSTEM AND AS A RESULT, NOT ALL FINANCIAL FIGURES HAVE BEEN FULLY UPDATED. THE COMMITTEE WAS ADVISED THAT A MORE ACCURATE AND COMPLETE FINANCIAL PICTURE SHOULD BE AVAILABLE LATER THIS MONTH. ONCE ALL TRANSACTIONS HAVE BEEN ENTERED AND ANALYZED, SO I GUESS WE WILL WAIT UNTIL THEY GIVE US AN UPDATED REPORT.

MOSTLY BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF END OF THE YEAR QUESTIONS SURROUNDING SURROUNDING IDENTIFYING WHICH ENTERPRISE FUNDS OR DEPARTMENTS END OF THE YEAR, THE LAST FISCAL YEAR AND THE DEFICIT. THE COMMITTEE ALSO RECEIVED THE CURRENT BUDGET TIMELINE AS PRESENTED TO COUNCIL ON JANUARY 5TH, 2026, PROVIDING CONTEXT TO THE CITY'S FISCAL CYCLE AND KEY UPCOMING MILESTONES. ADDITIONALLY, THE COMMITTEE RECEIVED A PREVIEW OF THE CITY'S FISCAL OUTLOOK,

[04:00:05]

SO I AM EXCITED TO SEE HOW THAT HOW THOSE VERSIONS COMPARE. AND I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

THANK YOU. OKAY. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMITTEE REPORTS THAT WE NEED TO COVER? AND THEN THE HR COMMITTEE WILL RECONVENE ON FEBRUARY THE 5TH. SO ALL RIGHT, NO MORE QUESTIONS THERE. AND THANKS. WHERE ARE WE AT NOW? OKAY. AND ANY CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS? NOPE. DON'T THINK WE HAVE THOSE. WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING. AND THEN MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO MOVE INTO EXECUTIVE

[XV. EXECUTIVE SESSION]

OKAY. I MEAN, IF YOU COULD, IF THAT IS THE WAY, IF I CAN, I WILL I WILL CUT HIM DOWN, I PROMISE. ALRIGHT. AND THEN NOW WE HAVE LET'S SEE HIM AS A COUNCILWOMAN. HIM AND THEN COUNCILMAN CREAMY AND THEN COUNCILWOMAN MARTIN ROGERS AND COUNCILMAN ATKINS. ONE LEGAL, ONE PERSONNEL. MADAM MAYOR, I HAVE ONE REAL ESTATE AND ONE PERSONNEL. AND I ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GIVE THE CITY MANAGER AN OPPORTUNITY TO LET US KNOW IF HE HAS ANY ITEMS. OH, I HAD ONE. PERSONNEL. I HAVE TWO PERSONNEL IN TWO NO, THREE PERSONNEL AND TWO REAL ESTATE.

OKAY. OKAY. AND I HAVE. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO. CITY MANAGER? OH, SORRY. ONE PERSONNEL. TWO REAL ESTATE, ONE PERSONNEL. TWO REAL ESTATE. OKAY, AND I NEED. MAY I HAVE A MOTION? I HAVE SOMETHING ON MY ITEMS HERE BEFORE EXECUTIVE SESSION. MAY I MAKE A MOTION? MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ELECT? ANNOUNCE A COMMITTEE MEMBER TO THE CULTURAL ENRICHMENT COMMITTEE? MOTION. OKAY. DO I HAVE A SECOND? THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ALL OPPOSED

[04:05:10]

YES. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE MOVE TO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR FIVE REAL ESTATE, NINE PERSONNEL AND TEN LEGAL. OKAY, OKAY. YEAH. SO WE HAVE I HAVE ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR.

OKAY. OKAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? OKAY, OKAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? WE HAVE A SECOND. SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. ALL THOSE

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