[IV.12. Council Discussion and Possible Action on Vendors, ProSource Utility Contractors and U-TEC Electrical Contractors, from ECG Cooperative Agreement, to Provide Citywide Electrical Construction and Emergency Support Services. Services Will Include Assistance with Underground and Overhead Electrical Projects, as Well as Emergency Storm Response and Restoration Assistance as Needed by the East Point Power Department.. NOT TO EXCEED: $1,000,000.00 FUNDING CIP Approved Funding SOURCE: Contractor Services]

SAKE OF TIME AND TO GET STAFF OUT, CAN WE MOVE TO 12 AND 13 EAST POINT POWER. HI. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. ITEM NUMBER 12, THE CONTRACT. THIS IS A IG ELECTRIC CITIES OF

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GEORGIA. THEY'VE ALREADY VETTED THESE VENDORS. AND WE'RE JUST PIGGYBACKING OFF OF THEIR CONTRACTS WITH TO USE PRO SOURCE AS A EMERGENCY AND OTHER MAJOR PROJECTS AROUND THE CITY.

CONTRACTOR. OKAY. WHAT'S THE WHAT'S YOUR ASK TONIGHT? THE ACTUAL ASK, ARE YOU JUST DOING A PRESENTATION? I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT NOT THE PRESENTATION, BUT COUNCIL, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCILWOMAN CALDWELL SO I THINK I READ THE ASK IS FOR $1 MILLION OR NOT TO EXCEED $1 MILLION. I GUESS MY FIRST QUESTION IS WHAT'S PREVENTING US FROM DOING THIS WORK INTERNALLY TODAY? I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND THE EMERGENCY SITUATIONS, BUT WHAT'S PREVENTING US FROM DOING SOME OF THE OTHER MAJOR PROJECTS INTERNALLY? WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE MANPOWER OR THE STAFFING LEVELS. OKAY. AND DO WE FORESEE LIKE, FROM A FUTURE STANDPOINT OF US INVESTING EITHER TO LEVEL UP SKILL SET INTERNALLY TO BRING ON MORE PEOPLE? I'M JUST LOOKING AT THE DOLLAR AMOUNT OF $1 MILLION. AND, AND I'M IN SUPPORT OF THIS TODAY BECAUSE IF THAT'S WHAT WE NEED, THAT'S WHAT WE NEED. BUT HOW DO WE POTENTIALLY REDUCE THAT MOVING FORWARD? I DON'T HAVE THAT ANSWER ONLY BECAUSE THAT'S THAT WOULD BE US INCREASING OUR STAFFING LEVELS. CURRENTLY WE ONLY HAVE X AMOUNT OF POSITIONS.

SO THAT WOULD BE I DON'T I THINK WHETHER THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OR CITY MANAGER HR TO GIVE US MORE POSITIONS AND AS WELL AS FUNDING SOME OF THESE SKILLED POSITIONS, SOME OF THE SALARIES THAT WE ARE PAYING RIGHT NOW, WE WE JUST WON'T GET BE ABLE TO GET THEM FILLED.

OKAY. WELL, I WAS THINKING LIKE, IF THERE WAS AN APPROACH WHERE MAYBE YOU NEED 500,000 AND YOU PUT 500,000 INTO YOUR DEPARTMENT TO GET THE RIGHT STAFF OR TO HELP STAFF LEVEL UP FOR THE SKILL SET THAT'S NEEDED IN ORDER TO COMPLETE SOME OF THESE PROJECTS. I JUST WANTED TO KNOW IF THERE WAS IF YOU CONSIDERED THAT, I WOULD LOVE THAT. I WOULD LOVE THAT. OKAY.

THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN ATKINS. YES. MR. DOWD, THIS IS JUST A A NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT. SO WE DON'T KNOW IF WE'LL USE ALL THE 1 MILLION. AND AS YOU MENTIONED, THESE ARE SOME VENDORS THAT HAVE BEEN ALREADY VETTED BY IG FOR THE PROJECT. AND IT LOOKS HERE THAT THIS IS GRID HARDENING BECAUSE IT TALKS ABOUT UNDERGROUND. YES. SO SOME GRID HARDENING AND THEN EMERGENCIES. CORRECT. OKAY. AND SO JUST UP TO $1 MILLION NOT TO EXCEED. THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ANY MORE QUESTIONS. WE CAN MOVE. COUNCILWOMAN MARTIN, I'M COUNCILWOMAN CALDWELL, ONE MORE QUESTION. HOW HOW MUCH HAVE WE SPENT IN THE PAST IN THIS AREA? WE'VE SPENT RIGHT UP TO $1 MILLION, SPENT $1 MILLION THE LAST 2 OR 3 YEARS. OKAY. BUT AND JUST LIKE MAJOR PROJECTS, NOT YOUR EVERYDAY, LIKE A CUSTOMER NEEDS POWER AT THE HOUSE. NO, WE TAKE CARE OF THAT TYPE OF STUFF INTERNALLY. BUT PROJECTS WHERE, YOU KNOW, THESE CONTRACTORS ARE GOING TO BE ON FOR WEEKS OR MONTHS AT A TIME THAT, YOU KNOW, WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE MANPOWER TO JUST SIT OUR STAFF AND THOSE PROJECTS AND FORGET ABOUT THE REST OF THE CITY. GOT IT. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY MORE QUESTIONS? OKAY. AND THIS IS GO AHEAD. IS THIS SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO MOVE TO CONSENT? IF WE DON'T HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR MONDAY? OKAY. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. YEAH. THANK YOU. YEAH. ITEM ITEM NUMBER 13 IS

[IV.13. Council Discussion and Possible Action on Vendor Daupler, from Piggyback City of Seneca, SC Contract, for Utility Dispatching and Outage Maps, NOT TO EXCEED: $130,000.00 Funding SOURCE: Professional Fees.]

ONE THAT I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT, BECAUSE WE'RE FINALLY AT A POINT WHERE OUR SKATER SYSTEM IS COMPLETED. THE EMI IS COMPLETED AND WE HAVE THE OUTAGE MANAGEMENT DATA. SO NOW WE CAN PUT IT ALL TOGETHER AND CREATE OUTAGE MAPS AND THAT TYPE OF STUFF. SO RESIDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO SEE EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING ON WITH A LIKE A WIDGET OR SOMETHING ON OUR HOME

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PAGE INSTEAD OF LIKE RIGHT NOW, THE SYSTEM THAT WE'RE USING, IT WORKED FOR US FOR THE TIME, BUT WE'RE READY TO, YOU KNOW, MOVE FORWARD. SO I, YOU SEE THAT'S WHO WE CURRENTLY USE. AND WE PAY RIGHT ABOUT 130,000 PER YEAR. AND THEY ONLY PROVIDE CALL SERVICING. THERE'S NO, YOU KNOW, AI OR OUTAGE MAPS OR ANY OF THAT PROVIDED WITH IUC. THEY'RE ONLY A CALL CENTER, BASICALLY AFTER HOURS CALL CENTER. WITH THIS, WE'RE GETTING ALL OF THAT FOR A WAY CHEAPER PRICE. I THINK IT'S LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE THE FIRST YEAR, IT'S GOING TO BE LIKE 80,000. WHEREAS WITH IUC LAST YEAR WE SPENT 130,000 AND THEY ONLY HAVE, I THINK IT'S A 32 PAIR PHONE SYSTEM. SO YOU KNOW, THAT NEXT PERSON THAT CALLS IN, IT GOES TO VOICEMAIL OR A BUSY SIGNAL VERSUS WITH DOPPLER, THEY'RE GOING TO BE USING AI. SO YOU'LL GET THAT, YOU KNOW, LIKE WHEN YOU CALL YOUR BANK OR SOMEONE, YOU KNOW, WALK YOU THROUGH THE PROMPTS. AND IF YOU NEED TO SPEAK TO A LIVE AGENT, YOU KNOW, YOU PRESS ONE, THAT TYPE OF STUFF. SO AND ALSO TEXT MESSAGING, ONCE YOU OPT IN, YOU'LL GET THE TEXT LIKE, HEY, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A POWER OUTAGE IN THIS AREA AND IT'LL BE OUT FOR TWO HOURS, WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE. SO THAT'S WHAT DOPPLER UTILITY DISPATCH IS. THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN CALDWELL. THANK YOU. I DEFINITELY LOVE UPGRADING AND BEING ABLE TO KIND OF SEE THOSE OUTAGE MAPS. SO I'M EXCITED FOR THIS AS WELL. BUT A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. YOU MENTIONED THAT WE HAVE IUC IN PLACE TODAY.

WHEN DOES THAT CONTRACT EXPIRE. IS THERE GOING TO BE AN OVERLAP IN COST. BECAUSE I ALSO SEE THAT THIS HAS COME OUT OF COMING OUT OF PROFESSIONAL FEES. CORRECT. SO THERE'S GOING TO BE A OVERLAP IN COSTS IN TERMS OF THE SETUP PERIOD. BUT WITH IUC IT'S LIKE WE NEED TO GIVE THEM I THINK IT'S FOUR EITHER FOUR OR BETWEEN 4 TO 6 MONTHS TIME FRAME, BUT IT'S GOING TO TAKE US ABOUT 4 TO 5 MONTHS TO GET THIS WHOLE SYSTEM UP AND RUNNING. OKAY. AND THEN I GUESS WHEN I WAS DOING THE LOOKING AT THIS AHEAD OF TIME, CODE RED CAME UP BECAUSE THIS KIND OF ALL FALLS INTO THE SAME REALM AS WELL. WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH CODE RED? IS THIS GOING TO REPLACE CODE RED? NO. SO WITH SPEAKING WITH CHIEF, BEFORE WE VENTURED INTO THIS, I SPOKE WITH CHIEF ABOUT THE CODE RED TO SEE IF CODE RED COULD DO THESE TYPES OF STUFF, WHICH IT CAN DO SOME, BUT THE CODE RED IS MEANT JUST FOR THAT, JUST FOR EMERGENCIES. WE DON'T WANT TO BOG DOWN CODE RED WITH HEY, THERE'S AN OUTAGE, YOU KNOW, 15 PEOPLE IS OUT AND WE SEND OUT A CODE RED ALERT BECAUSE EVENTUALLY WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS THAT WHEN THERE IS THAT REAL EMERGENCY, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO JUST BE LIKE, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT STUDYING THAT ANYMORE. AND IT WON'T ACTUALLY BE, YOU KNOW WHAT IT'S MEANT FOR. GOT IT. OKAY. I DID WANT TO ASK ABOUT LIKE THE OPT IN OR HOW WE'RE GOING TO OBTAIN PHONE NUMBERS AND EMERGENCY CONTACT INFORMATION. I KNOW TODAY WITH CODE RED, WE'RE KIND OF PUSHING FOR PEOPLE TO OPT IN. DOES THIS REQUIRE OPT IN AND HOW ARE THEY GOING TO GET CLIENT INFORMATION? CAN WE TAP INTO WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE. CORRECT. CORRECT. SO WE'RE GOING TO BE THE THE WHOLE BACKBONE FOR THIS SYSTEM IS THE SYSTEM. AND THAT'S WHERE WE GENERATE OUR ALL OUR ACCOUNTS, ALL OUR BILLS, EVERYTHING. SO THE PHONE NUMBERS AND THE, YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION THAT'S ON YOUR ACCOUNT, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, MOST OF THIS WILL GET PUSHED TO THAT FOR JUST GENERAL MESSAGING, THAT TYPE OF STUFF. BUT TO ACTUALLY GET LIKE, YOU KNOW, MY POWER IS OUT, THAT TYPE OF STUFF, YOU'LL HAVE TO OPT IN TO THAT SERVICE AND THAT WILL BE, YOU KNOW, US DOING MARKETING EVERY TIME SOMEONE GOES INTO CUSTOMER CARE, YOU KNOW, ON SOCIAL MEDIA, JUST HOWEVER WE CAN TO GET THE MESSAGE OUT THAT, HEY, WE'D LIKE FOR YOU TO OBTAIN AND TAKE PART SO YOU, YOU KNOW, KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.

SO WAIT, EXPLAIN THAT AGAIN. WHAT, WHAT INFORMATION WILL WE GET WITHOUT OPTING IN? SO YOU'LL GET IT'LL BE LIKE YOU'LL GET OUTAGE INFORMATION, BUT IT WON'T BE SPECIFIC TO WHERE YOU ARE BECAUSE YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T THERE'S CERTAIN INFORMATION THAT YOU WOULD HAVE TO FEED IT SO IT CAN GIVE YOU BACK. IT'S ALMOST LIKE, YOU KNOW, CHATGPT OR ANY OF THAT,

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RIGHT? YOU COULD PUT IN A, YOU HAVE TO PUT IN THAT GENERAL QUESTION FIRST FOR IT TO GIVE YOU BACK INFORMATION. SO SAME THING. YOU'LL GET GENERAL INFORMATION LIKE, HEY, THERE'S A MASS OUTAGE GOING ON IN EASTPOINTE, YOU KNOW, BUT IT WON'T BE SPECIFIC TO COUNCILWOMAN CALDWELL. YOU KNOW, THERE'S AN OUTAGE AT MY HOME, YOU KNOW, AND LAST QUESTION IS FOR CITY ATTORNEY. ARE WE ABLE TO TAP INTO PHONE NUMBERS TODAY FOR THE THE NON OPT IN MESSAGES? NO. IF IF SOMEONE HAS NOT GIVEN YOU THEIR NUMBER TO USE FOR. BECAUSE THAT'S A VOLUNTARY PROGRAM WHERE THEY THEY GET A LINK AND CAN, YOU KNOW, UPLOAD THEIR INFORMATION. SO IF WE DON'T HAVE THEIR NUMBERS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, THEN I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND THAT YOU USE PEOPLE'S PERSONAL HOME PHONES OR CELL PHONES FOR COMMUNICATIONS THAT THEY DIDN'T GIVE US CONSENT TO USE IT FOR. SO I LIKE THE IDEA OF THIS. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE OF WHAT THAT COMMUNICATION PLAN LOOKS LIKE, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN MAXIMIZE THE USAGE OF THIS. AS FAR AS LIKE HOW WE WOULD GET THAT OUT. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A WAY TO POTENTIALLY BRING THAT BACK TO THE NEXT MEETING ALONG WITH THIS PRIOR TO MOVING INTO CONSENT. OR, YOU KNOW, I'LL ALSO JUST LIKE TO HEAR FROM MY COLLEAGUES. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. NO COMMENTS. COUNCILWOMAN. OKAY. THANK YOU. I THINK THIS IS A GREAT, YOU KNOW, AI, DIGITAL COMMUNICATION. I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE USING THAT PHONE SYSTEM THAT, YOU KNOW, IF THERE CAN BE COMMUNICATION BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO JUST SWITCH OVER, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE, THE PHONE NUMBERS, LIKE, CAN WE KIND OF LIKE LEARN FROM THAT LESSON BEFORE? AND THEN THE SO YOU WERE SAYING THAT OVERALL, THE 130 IS WHAT WE'RE PAYING THE CURRENT SYSTEM. AND NOW WE'RE GOING DOWN TO LIKE 80 FOR THIS NEW TECH SYSTEM. IT'S 80,000, LIKE AROUND 80,000 FOR THE FIRST YEAR ONLY BECAUSE THAT INCLUDES THE LIKE 15,000 SET UP FEE. AND THEN AFTER THAT, IT'LL BE LIKE 65 OR 6 BETWEEN 60 AND 65,000. AND THIS WILL HELP ME TREMENDOUSLY BECAUSE WITH IUC WE'RE PAYING PER MINUTE. SO WHEN WE HAVE A CRAZY WEEKEND WITH STORMS, THEN MY BILL COULD EASILY BE 10 TO $15,000 VERSUS, YOU KNOW, THIS, IT'S A SET FEE PER YEAR. OKAY. I MEAN, I THINK THIS IS GREAT. IT'LL BE INTERESTING TO SEE THE SAVINGS FOR ACROSS, YOU KNOW, NOT JUST THE DOLLAR AMOUNT FOR THE CONTRACTOR, BUT THE MANPOWER AMOUNT OR THAT TYPE OF THING. BUT THIS IS REALLY EXCITING. AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THIS IS ALSO A SHARED COST AS WELL BETWEEN THE UTILITIES AS WELL. YEAH, THIS WILL BE AN INTERESTING EXERCISE. COMMUNICATION PLAN WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE ALONG THIS WAY AS WELL. SO ALRIGHT. I'M SORRY, WOULD YOU SAY COUNCILWOMAN CALDWELL? I THINK WHAT IS THE NEXT STEP? I DIDN'T HEAR YOU. HE'S BRINGING IT BACK TO MEET THE MEETING. RIGHT.

CALDWELL DID YOU WANT TO SEE COMMUNICATION? I DON'T THINK I UNDERSTOOD EARLIER THAT THIS WAS GOING TO BE CHEAPER THAN THE OTHER SOLUTION. SO THAT MIGHT CHANGE. YOU KNOW MY I I'M FINE WITH MOVING INTO CONSENT. IF IF IF IT IS GOING TO SAVE US SOME MONEY FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE. OKAY. YES. SO THIS IS GOING TO BE CONSENT FOR THE NEXT MEETING. YEP. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER 14. WAIT HOLD ON. WE GOT. YES. EVERYTHING ELSE IS CONSENT.

[IV.14. 2027 Comprehensive Plan Update Announcement for the City of East Point PUBLIC HEARING REQUIRED]

SO ITEM NUMBER 14 IS FOR DISCUSSION. SO WE HAVE THE PLANNING AND ZONING. I MEAN I'M SORRY, THE PLANNING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PRESENTATION. GOOD EVENING MADAM MAYOR AND FELLOW COUNCIL. YES. IN REFERENCE TO ITEM NUMBER 14, IT IS WE ARE AT THAT TIME AGAIN TO UPDATE OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE THAT FIVE YEARS HAVE PASSED. OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS DUE ON OCTOBER 31ST OF 2027. WE HAVE ENGAGED WITH ATLANTA REGIONAL COMMISSION. ATLANTA REGIONAL COMMISSION IS ACTUALLY MANDATED UNDER THE GEORGIA

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PLANNING ACT OF 1989 TO PERFORM THE CONSULTANT SERVICES FOR UPDATING COMPREHENSIVE PLANS FOR ALL METRO ATLANTA JURISDICTIONS THAT ARE PART OF THE ATLANTA REGIONAL COMMISSION.

WE HAVE ENGAGED WITH THEM. THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO TO FINALIZE.

THEM, HELPING US WITH OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR THIS TIME AROUND. WE DID SEND OVER A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING THAT HAS TO BE SIGNED BY THE MAYOR, ALONG WITH OUR LEGAL COUNSEL AND THE CITY CLERK. THAT WAS AN ATTACHMENT FOR THIS ITEM, AND WE'RE HOPING THAT IT COULD BE SIGNED UP AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING DOES HAVE A NOVEMBER 1ST ENGAGEMENT DATE. OTHER ITEMS IN REFERENCE TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE, THERE ARE ABOUT 20 ITEMS THAT WE WILL BE MANDATED TO DO IN COORDINATION AND PARTNERSHIP THROUGH THE UPDATE PROCESS. ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE WITH IS FORMING A STEERING COMMITTEE. WE ARE ASKING THAT COUNCIL PROVIDE REPRESENTATIVES IF THERE IS AN ISSUE. WE ARE MORE THAN ABLE TO SUBMIT NAMES FOR YOU TO CHOOSE FROM, IF THAT'S HOW YOU ALL WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE FOR REPRESENTATIVES. WE HAVE SEVERAL PROJECTS GOING ON CURRENTLY WHERE WE WOULD BE ABLE TO PROVIDE REPRESENTATIVES. IF THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH YOU ALL PRESENTING THEM TO. TO US, WE ARE. WE CURRENTLY HAVE A STEERING COMMITTEE FOR OUR ZONING ORDINANCE UPDATE THAT IS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY. WE ALSO HAVE A DEVELOPMENT REVIEW TEAM ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT WE WOULD ALSO BE ABLE TO SUBMIT NAMES FOR YOU TO CHOOSE. BUT THE MAIN THING IS WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE UPDATE AND WORKING WITH ATLANTA REGIONAL COMMISSION, AND THE ASK IS TO GIVE PERMISSION FOR THE CITY TO TO ENGAGE THROUGH THE MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS FOR COUNCIL? I THINK, COUNCILMAN ATKINS. YES. THANK YOU. DIRECTOR SMITH, QUESTION FOR YOU. HOW SOON WOULD YOU NEED, I GUESS, IF YOU WOULD GIVE US A TIME, CERTAIN TO GIVE YOU THOSE NAMES SO THAT IT DOESN'T LINGER IN TERMS OF WHENEVER YOU WOULD LIKE TO BRING THAT STEERING COMMITTEE TOGETHER TO ENGAGE A. HOW SOON WOULD YOU LIKE FOR US TO PROVIDE YOU WITH THOSE NAMES? WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING WITH THE ATLANTA REGIONAL COMMISSION. THEY'VE GIVEN US A DEADLINE UNTIL WE ACTUALLY GET INTO THE GET THE THE SIGNATURES FOR THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING, WE WILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE A TIMELINE FOR WHEN WE'LL NEED THOSE NAMES BY. I DON'T HAVE IT THIS EVENING BECAUSE WE HAVE IT ENGAGED INTO THE CONTRACT YET, BUT WE WILL DEFINITELY BE SENDING IT OUT FOR YOU WITH THE TIMELINE. OKAY. AND SO FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING THAT'S REQUIRED, I GUESS IT WILL TAKE PLACE NEXT MONDAY. FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING COMPONENT. WE WOULD LIKE FOR THAT ATLANTA REGIONAL COMMISSION TO BE AT THAT MEETING. SO WE ARE ACTUALLY MOVING THE PUBLIC HEARING COMPONENT. THAT IS A REQUIREMENT FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN REWRITE TO NOVEMBER THE 2ND, AND WE HAVE ADVERTISED FOR NOVEMBER THE 2ND, AND WE INTEND FOR ATLANTA REGIONAL COMMISSION TO BE HERE TO PROVIDE FOR PRESENTATION BEFORE THIS BODY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, I YIELD. COUNCILWOMAN CALDWELL. THANK YOU. I'M JUST TRYING TO GET CLEAR ON THE ASK. IT'S IT'S TO SIGN OFF SO THAT WE CAN START THIS PROCESS. CORRECT. ATLANTA. OKAY. OKAY. WELL, IF THAT'S IT, THEN YEAH, I, I WOULD CONSENT TO IT. I DID HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ABOUT SEEING THE EXISTING PLAN AND JUST KIND OF UNDERSTANDING WHAT WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED VERSUS WHAT'S OUTSTANDING, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT WOULD BE SEPARATE FROM WHAT'S NEEDED HERE. AS FAR AS THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THE RIGHT EXISTING. YES. THAT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO BE ONE OF THE EXERCISES THAT WE GO THROUGH.

OKAY. TO SEE WHERE WE MOVE THROUGH THE 2022 PLAN. THAT'S ACTUALLY ONE OF THE EXERCISES THAT WE'LL HAVE TO RUN THROUGH TO SEE WHAT WE ACCOMPLISHED. IS THERE ANY COST ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PROCESS? THERE IS NO CAUSE. THE GOOD THING ABOUT IT AT CITY OF EAST POINT IS IN THE ATLANTA

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REGIONAL COMMISSION. AND SO WHATEVER WE'RE WE'RE IN IT. SO IT'S A A NO FEE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING. OKAY. NO FEES ARE ASSOCIATED WITH IT. GOT IT. AND I GUESS LAST QUESTION WHILE I HAVE YOU, HOW DO WE TRACK LIKE THE PROGRESS OF BUILDING OUT THESE UPDATES OR THIS NEW COMPREHENSIVE PLAN? AND THEN WHAT IS THE INVOLVEMENT FROM COUNCIL? FROM COUNCIL? WELL, FIRST OF ALL, FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THERE'S THERE'S A PROJECT TIMELINE. THE CITY, THE ATLANTA REGIONAL COMMISSION ON NOVEMBER 2ND, THEY'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO PROVIDE A DEDICATED TIMELINE ON WHAT IS EXPECTED, THE INPUT AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT. BUT IN A NUTSHELL, THERE ARE TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS THAT ARE REQUIRED. THERE ARE CERTAIN COMMUNITY OUTREACH COMPONENTS THAT HAVE TO BE ADHERED TO, AND SO THEY WILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT DETAILED TIMELINE WHEN THEY SPEAK AND PROVIDE THE FORMAL ANNOUNCEMENT THAT WE ARE ACTUALLY INITIATING THE UPDATE ON NOVEMBER THE 2ND. OKAY. THANK YOU. I YIELD. ALL RIGHT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? NOPE. THANK YOU, DIRECTOR SMITH. AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROJECT. AND I KNOW THAT THE RESIDENTS INFORMED AND EXCITED TO SEE THE WORK THAT

[IV.15. P2026U-002-07 and P2026VC-001-07 Use Permit FOR Private School with 4 Part Concurrent Variance Request Property Located at 2956 Hogan Rd (0.3708 +/- Acres) (PUBLIC HEARING REQUIRED)]

YOU'LL GET THROUGH. OUR NEXT ITEM IS THE USE PERMIT FOR PRIVATE SCHOOL FOR FOR PART CURRENT VARIANCE REQUEST ITEM NUMBER 15 FOR DISCUSSION IN REFERENCE TO ITEM NUMBER 15, KNOWN AS CASE NUMBER P20262-002-07, AND P2026-001 AND 007. THIS IS A VARIANCE WITH CONCURRENT VARIANCES. THE APPLICANT IS ASHLEY MCFARLAND. THE CURRENT ZONING OF THE PROPERTY IS OUR RESIDENTIAL LIMITED ZONING DISTRICT, AND THE PROPERTY IS APPROXIMATELY 0.3.0.37 PLUS OR MINUS ACRES. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A USE PERMIT FOR A PRIVATE SCHOOL.

THERE IS A FOUR PART CONCURRENT VARIANCE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PROJECT. THE PROPERTY IS RESIDENTIAL LIMITED. AS STATED, THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP DOES SUPPORT PRIVATE SCHOOLS WITHIN THE DISTRICT. HOWEVER, IF YOU COULD GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE HERE, THE VARIANCE. IS A FOUR PART CONCURRENT VARIANCE. THERE ARE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH PRIVATE SCHOOLS WITHIN THIS AREA. IF YOU LOOK ON THE TABLE, MINIMUM LOT AREA SHALL BE FOUR ACRES. THIS PROPERTY IS APPROXIMATELY 0.37 ACRES, WHICH IS SUBSTANTIALLY SHY OF FOUR ACRES. THE SECOND DEVELOPMENT STANDARD FOR THE VARIANCE BUILDINGS AND REFUSE AREAS SHALL NOT BE LOCATED WITHIN 100FT OF A RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT. AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE PICTURE, IT'S LOCATED ON THE CORNER IN THE MIDDLE OF A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD AND IS WOULD BE LESS THAN 100FT FROM THE NEAREST RESIDENT. AS SHOWN ON THE TABLE. IT'S ABOUT TEN FEET AWAY. THE NEXT VARIANCE IS FOR ACTIVE OUTDOOR RECREATION. AREAS SHALL NOT BE LOCATED WITHIN 100FT OF ADJOINING RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT OR USE. AGAIN. THIS IS ON THE CORNER OF HOGAN AND DOGWOOD AND IT WAS.

IT IS WITHIN APPROXIMATELY TEN FEET OF AN ADJOINING RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT. OUR USE AND. THE FOURTH VARIANCE IS FOR STUDENT DROP OFF AND VEHICULAR TURNAROUND FACILITIES SHALL BE PROVIDED ON SITE, SO THE VEHICLE MAY ENTER THE PUBLIC STREET IN A FORWARD MANNER.

AGAIN, THIS IS A RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT. IF YOU COULD SEE ON THE AERIAL THERE IS A DRIVEWAY.

HOWEVER, IT DOES NOT PROVIDE FOR THE TRAFFIC TO MOVE IN AND OUT IN SORT OF THE HORSESHOE TYPE OF DRIVEWAY THAT IS MANDATED BY THE BY THE CODE. SO THOSE ARE THE VARIANCES IN REFERENCE TO THIS CASE, STAFF DID RECOMMEND DENIAL AND PLANNING COMMISSION ACTUALLY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL. AND THE CONDITION WAS THAT NO MORE THAN SIX CHILDREN ARE ALLOWED AT THE SCHOOL. AND THE APPLICANT ACTUALLY IS NOT HERE THIS EVENING. SO THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION, COUNCILWOMAN CUMMINGS. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. WHAT KIND OF SCHOOL IS IS THIS A DAYCARE CENTER OR. IT'S A SCHOOL? THE THE APPLICATION WAS FOR 10 TO 12 CHILDREN. AND IT IS A IT IT'S JUST A SMALL PRIVATE SCHOOL

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THAT WILL BE HELD IN THE BASEMENT OF AN EXISTING RESIDENTIAL HOUSE. OKAY. I'M FAMILIAR WITH THIS, THIS, THIS PROPERTY HERE, IT'S ACTUALLY AROUND THE CORNER FROM MY HOUSE.

AND I DIDN'T KNOW IF IT WAS A DAYCARE. I KNOW, CAN YOU GO BACK ONE SLIDE. YEAH. THIS SLIDE HERE AND THE VARIANCES THAT THEY HAVE ON HERE. I KNOW ONE OF THE CONCERNS WAS THE THE STUDENT DROP OFF. BUT LIKE I SAID, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TYPE OF SCHOOL IT IS. IF IT'S GOING TO BE A, A DAYCARE OR NO. AND I KNOW THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT THE, IT'S NOT A DAYCARE, IT'S NOT A DAYCARE. SO IT'S AN ACTUAL SCHOOL. IT'S A PROPOSAL. IT'S PROPOSED FOR A SCHOOL, PRIVATE SCHOOL, SMALL PRIVATE SCHOOL IN THE BASEMENT OF A OF A HOME. WAS THE APPLICANT OKAY WITH THE SIX KIDS? IT REALLY WOULD HAVE HELPED IF THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN HERE. SO WE COULD KIND OF ASK SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS. YEAH. I, I CAN'T, I ACTUALLY, I NEED TO ASK HER SOME QUESTIONS. SO THAT'S FINE. I'M GOOD. I YIELD. OKAY. COUNCILWOMAN MARTIN ROGERS YES, TO ANSWER COUNCIL MEMBER CUMMINGS QUESTIONS, I THINK NOW THEY'RE CALLING THEM MICRO SCHOOLS. SO AM I CORRECT IN THE DESCRIPTION LITTLE MICRO SCHOOL OTHER THAN A DAYCARE, I GUESS THAT'S WHAT IS TRENDING IN THE EDUCATION FIELD, LIKE A LITTLE MICRO SCHOOL. SO IT MAY BE A HOME SCHOOL TYPE. SO WE WANT TO BE CAREFUL WITH THE TERM MICRO SCHOOL BECAUSE THERE WAS RECENTLY AN AMENDMENT TO THE GEORGIA STATE CODE THAT ACTUALLY PROHIBITED REGULATIONS, OKAY, FOR MICRO SCHOOLS. SO THIS PARTICULAR PROPOSAL DID NOT. DID NOT QUALIFY TO BE A MICRO SCHOOL BASED ON THE GEORGIA DEFINITION. AND IT IS I MEAN, IT'S JUST A SMALL TYPE OF PRIVATE SCHOOL THAT THEY'RE WANTING TO PROVIDE SERVICES INSIDE OF A RESIDENTIAL HOME.

OKAY. ON PAGE 167, THE INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT, THAT SECOND PARAGRAPH SAYS IT'S A PROPOSED MICRO SCHOOL OR AN ACADEMIC POD OF GEORGIA POD IS PROBABLY THE THE BETTER DESCRIPTION. OKAY. BECAUSE AGAIN, MICRO SCHOOL HAS A SPECIFIC DEFINITION. AND IF IT DID QUALIFY FOR THE CITY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO IMPOSE ANY REGULATIONS AS FAR AS WHETHER THEY COULD SITE OR HAVE THEIR FACILITY THERE OR NOT. SO WE JUST WANT TO BE SPECIFIC. POD SCHOOL IS PROBABLY A BETTER DEFINITION. SO ACADEMIC POD, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE USING IN THIS.

OKAY. I KNOW, I MEAN, PEOPLE USE THEM INTERCHANGEABLY IN THE FIELD OF EDUCATION BETWEEN, I MEAN, DURING COVID, IT WAS A MICRO SCHOOL OR ACADEMIC POD. SO NOW WE'RE OKAY. ACADEMIC POD.

AND TO PIGGYBACK ON COUNCIL MEMBER CUMMINGS QUESTION IS IT IS THE APPLICANT OKAY WITH SIX CHILDREN BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE SIX CAN FIT? AND THEN I DIDN'T SEE THE HOURS OF OPERATION BECAUSE THIS ISN'T A RESIDENTIAL AREA. I GREW UP IN A HOME DAYCARE THAT WAS IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA, SO IT IS BENEFICIAL. BUT IS THE APPLICANT OKAY WITH JUST THE SIX CHILDREN? I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT, AND I WOULD HAVE TO DEFER TO THE APPLICANT TO RESPOND. I WOULDN'T WANT TO MISSPEAK FOR THEM. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WELL, I WILL EMAIL MY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS BECAUSE THROUGHOUT THE PAPERWORK, IT'S USED INTERCHANGEABLY, BUT I'LL I'LL JUST REQUEST MORE INFORMATION. AND I SHOULD HAVE SAID THIS FIRST, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN CALDWELL. THANK YOU. COUPLE QUESTIONS. ONE, HOW HOW WOULD WE ENFORCE THE SIX CHILDREN? LIKE, ARE THERE PERIODIC CHECKS OR LIKE, HOW WOULD THAT HOW WOULD WE KNOW THAT THEY'RE IN COMPLIANCE? HOW WILL WE KNOW IF THEY'RE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SIX CHILDREN? WELL, WE REALLY WE WOULDN'T KNOW. IT WOULD BE SOMETHING WRITTEN ON THEIR CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY. AS FAR AS THE CONDITION, IF SOMETHING WERE TO HAPPEN AND IT WAS EXPOSED THAT THEY DID HAVE

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MORE THAN SIX, THEN THEY WOULD HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, BE I GUESS THEY WOULD HAVE TO. BE TAKEN CARE OF FROM A REGULATION PERSPECTIVE, WE PROBABLY CITATIONS OR REGULATIONS. OKAY.

DO YOU KNOW IF THERE'S BEEN ANY OUTSTANDING, LIKE CODE ENFORCEMENT VIOLATIONS OR COMPLAINTS OR PERMITTING ISSUES AT THIS LOCATION PRIOR? WE CAN LOOK INTO THAT. BUT AT THIS TIME, WE DON'T WE DON'T HAVE ANY CODE ENFORCEMENT VIOLATIONS ON THE PROPERTY, BUT WE DEFINITELY COULD LOOK INTO THAT BEFORE NEXT WEEK, BEFORE MONDAY. OKAY. IT'D BE HELPFUL TO UNDERSTAND. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. AND DIRECTOR SMITH, I'M SORRY, JUST A REFRESH. MY MEMORY. THIS PART OF THE PROCESS IS THIS IS THIS WHEN THE COMMUNITY GETS LIKE THE INFORMATION OR ABOUT I FORGET THE NAME OF THE DOCUMENT. BUT WHEN YOU SEND OUT THE COMMUNITY, THE INFORMATION FOR THE COMMUNITY TO KIND OF COMMUNITIES ON THE INFORMATION.

YEAH. IS THIS A PART IS THAT PART OF THE PROCESS NOW OR AFTER THE NEXT? THE COMMUNITY ZONING INFORMATION MEETING? IT'S ACTUALLY ON THE FRONT END OF THE THE ZONING PROCESS. AND SO THEY HAVE BEEN THROUGH THAT PART. GOTCHA. PROCESS ALREADY. OKAY. JUST WANTED TO KNOW WHEN THEY WILL BE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH IN. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN ATKINS. YES, THANK YOU, DIRECTOR SMITH, I JUST WANT TO PIGGYBACK ON COUNCILMEMBER CALDWELL'S QUESTION REGARDING THE CONDITION, THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN. SO IF THEY ARE VIOLATED OR IN VIOLATION OF THAT, WOULD THAT NOT REVOKE THEIR VARIANCES OR THEIR USE PERMIT? BECAUSE THE USE PERMIT THEN WOULD BE GRANTED ON THE CONDITION THAT THEY DON'T GO ABOVE SIX? NOT NECESSARILY. STAFF COULD SUBMIT FOR REVOKING THE LICENSE IF THEY ARE FOUND IN VIOLATION. THAT COULD BE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO.

THAT COULD CERTAINLY BE AN ADDITIONAL CONDITION TO HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE. SO WHAT HAPPENS WHEN FOR ANY OF NOT JUST THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT, BUT ANY PROJECT WHERE THE THE OWNER, THE APPLICANT IS IN VIOLATION OF A CONDITION. WHAT HAPPENS IN THOSE SITUATIONS? CODE ENFORCEMENT WOULD WRITE UP THE VIOLATION AND THEN THEY WOULD GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF ACCOUNTABILITY THROUGH CODE ENFORCEMENT. OKAY, SO IT COULD BE FINES OR IT COULD BE A NUMBER OF OTHER THINGS. OKAY. THANK YOU, I YIELD. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NOPE. HEARING NONE,

[IV.16. P2026RZ-001-08 & P2026VC-001-08 Rezoning Request for Property Located at 0 Hammarskjold Dr, Parcel(S) # 13 000200020207, 13 000200020215, & 13 000200020223 Rezoning For Rezoning From R-1 Single Family Residential District to CUP Community Unit Plan District with A concurrent Variance from Minimum CUP Size in Section 10-2068(F)(C) (PUBLIC HEARING REQUIRED)]

WE CAN MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER 16 NOW. SO IN REFERENCE TO ITEM NUMBER 16. AND I JUST WANT TO STATE IN ADVANCE THAT THE APPLICANT FOR THIS PROJECT IS NOT HERE THIS EVENING. THEY ARE ACTUALLY A GROUP OUT OF FLORIDA AND WERE IMPACTED BY THE INCLEMENT WEATHER. SO THEY'RE NOT HERE, BUT THEY WILL BE HERE ON MONDAY. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT UP FRONT, BUT IN REFERENCE TO THIS ITEM, IT'S KNOWN AS CASE NUMBER P2026RZ, THAT'S 001 AND 08-08. THERE IS A CONCURRENT VARIANCE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PROPERTY. THE APPLICANT IS BAY COUNTY BUILDERS. THE CURRENT ZONING IS R ONE AND IT IS ABOUT AN ACRE, A LITTLE UNDER AN ACRE IN SIZE.

AND THE REQUEST IS FOR REZONING FROM R ONE TO Q P COMMUNITY UNIT PLAN DISTRICT WITH A CONCURRENT VARIANCE TO ALLOW FOR THE PROJECT TO BE LESS THAN TEN CONTIGUOUS ACRES. AGAIN, THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY ZONED R ONE. THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP DESIGNATION FOR THIS AREA IS GROWING RESIDENTIAL TYPICAL ZONING DISTRICTS IN THIS AREA IS SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL.

R1ARLRT R2R3R4QP, WHICH IS THE ZONING THAT THEY'RE SEEKING. MXI IN AGRICULTURE. ON THE LAND USE MAP YOU SEE THAT IT'S ADJACENT TO A SCHOOL. IT IT FEEDS INTO A SCHOOL. IT'S KIND OF ON A DEAD END STREET INTO A SCHOOL. IT'S KIND OF TUCKED AWAY. AND IT'S THE TWO PARCELS THAT ARE OUTLINED IN THE LIGHT BLUE AREA. PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL WITH SEVEN CONDITIONS. THE CONDITION CONDITION NUMBER ONE IS DEVELOPMENT SHALL CONSIST OF NO MORE THAN TEN UNITS. THEY ASKED FOR 12. CONDITION NUMBER TWO. THE DEVELOPMENT SHOULD ADHERE TO. PARKING STANDARDS SPECIFIED IN THE ZONING ORDINANCE. OFF STREET PARKING. CONDITION

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NUMBER THREE. DEVELOPMENT SHALL ADHERE TO THE SUBMITTED SITE PLAN WITH THE FOLLOWING SETBACKS. TEN FEET FOR FIVE FOR SIDE AND TEN FOR REAR. CONDITION NUMBER FOUR. MINIMUM PERIMETER SETBACK SHALL BE FIVE FEET. SET. SETBACK SHALL BE IMPROVED. SHALL PROVIDE IMPROVED LANDSCAPE AREAS TO PROVIDE SCREENING FOR ADJACENT PROPERTIES. CONDITION NUMBER FIVE. MINIMUM HEATED FLOOR AREA FOR THE DWELLING UNIT SHALL BE 1000FT SQUARE FEET. AN AREA CONDITION NUMBER SIX. NO ACCESSORY STRUCTURE SHALL BE PERMITTED FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT AND CONDITION NUMBER SEVEN DEVELOPMENT SHOULD ADHERE TO ARTICLE C, SECTION TEN DASH 2068 POINT F IN FIVE AGREEMENTS, COVENANTS, DECLARATION AND OTHER CONTRACTS WHICH GOVERN THE USE, MAINTENANCE AND PROTECTION FOR THE CUP DEVELOPMENT AMONG ITS OWNERS AREAS SHALL BE PART OF AN OFFICIAL ZONING FILE. CHANGES THERETO SHALL HAVE NO FORCE AND EFFECT UNTIL THE COPY HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO THE DIRECTOR OF PLANNING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. THOSE ARE THE CONDITIONS THAT WERE PLACED ON THIS PROJECT BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION. I REALLY WISH THAT THE APPLICANT WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT. THIS IS A MICRO COMMUNITY.

THEY ARE PROPOSING 12 SMALLER TYPE UNITS ON THE ACRE. BUT WE'RE REALLY NOT AT AT LIBERTY TO PRESENT THEIR CASE FOR THEM. THEY WILL BE HERE ON MONDAY TO PROVIDE FOR MORE DETAILS AND INFORMATION. STAFF DID UPLOAD THEIR PROPOSAL TO MINUTE TRACK. IF YOU ALL HAVE ACCESS TO THAT, AND WE'LL BE HAPPY TO SEND AROUND THEIR PACKET TO YOU SEPARATELY, AN EMAIL IF THAT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO YOU AS WELL. IN LIEU OF THEM NOT BEING HERE TONIGHT TO PRESENT THEIR CASE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION, COUNCILWOMAN MARTIN ROGERS. YEAH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. I REMEMBER GOING DOWN TO SAVANNAH AND THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT MICRO COMMUNITIES. BUT THEN AFTER I HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY, I KIND OF PULLED BACK BECAUSE PEOPLE WEREN'T NECESSARILY OWNING THE LAND, THAT WHATEVER WAS BEING PROPOSED. BUT WITH THIS, MY FIRST QUESTION IS IF SOMEONE IS INTERESTED IN A HOME LIKE THIS MICRO COMMUNITY, WILL THEY OWN THE HOME? YES, IT WILL BE THEIR SPECIFIC PROPERTY. NOW, I DID NOT GET THE OPPORTUNITY. AND WHAT IS GOING TO BE THE SIZE OF THE HOME? I KNOW IT'S IN HERE.

I THUMB THROUGH HERE. CAN YOU PULL IT UP SO THAT THE MINIMUM SQUARE FOOTAGE IS 1000FT■!S, 1000FT■!S? CAN YOU PULL IT UP? O IF PEOPLE ARE WATCHING AT HOME, THEY CAN SEE WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED. YES, I HAVE IT IN MY. I HAVE IT IN THE PACKET HERE. YOU CAN SEE IT HERE. 8000FT■!S.

YEAH. IT'S. YES. OKAY. WE DON'T HAVE THE PRESENTATION. ALRIGHT. IT IS IN HERE IN PAPER IN THE.

YES. THE FORMAT THAT I LIKE. BUT IS THERE A REASON WHY THEY AREN'T BUILDING BIGGER HOUSES.

AND THEN I DIDN'T SEE THE PRICE POINT FOR THESE HOMES BASED ON THE PRESENTATION THAT THEY PROVIDED THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS TO DATE, THEIR INTENT IS TO GO FOR A MARKET FOR THE MIDDLE HOUSING COMPONENT. THE THE HOUSING SIZE ARE ABOUT 1000FT■!. THAT'S THE MINIMUM HOUSING SIZE.

WHAT WAS YOUR SECOND QUESTION? I GUESS BECAUSE I DID GO TO A TINY HOME COMMUNITY AND SOME OF THE MATERIALS THAT WERE BEING USED FOR THIS PARTICULAR COMMUNITY WERE SUBPAR. TO DATE, TO DATE, TO DATE, AS PRESENTED THROUGH THE PROCESS. THUS FAR, THE MATERIALS ARE VERY ESTHETICALLY PLEASING. YEAH. THE PICTURES. I WISH YOU WERE ABLE TO. BUT PROCEED. THEY'LL

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BE HERE NEXT MONDAY. THEY WILL BE HERE MONDAY TO PRESENT. THE MATERIALS ARE VERY ESTHETICALLY PLEASING. ONE OF THE EXAMPLES ARE. HOUSING TYPE HAS THE. THE. THE GLASS WITH BLACK FRAME WINDOWS, FULL WINDOWS. THEY'RE KIND OF MODERN, BUT CABIN TYPE. SO I'LL BE EXCITED ON MONDAY FOR THEM TO COME. ALRIGHT, MY OTHER QUESTION, WHICH IS SO IMPORTANT THIS WON'T TURN INTO MAYBE AIRBNB RENTAL. WE ARE TARGETING HOME OWNERS AND THIS IS FOR ATTAINABLE HOUSING FOR THOSE PEOPLE. FOR THOSE PEOPLE THAT MAY BE AT AN INCOME BRACKET LIKE OUR TEACHERS, FIREMEN, POLICE OFFICERS THAT ARE STARTING OUT, ATTAINABLE HOUSING, WHICH IS A PHRASE THAT OUR CURRENT MAYOR COINED. QUITE SOME TIME AGO. BUT WHAT WOULD BE THE PRICE POINT FOR THESE HOMES? THE PRICE POINT WAS UNDER 200. WHAT? BASED ON WHAT THEIR PRESENTATION WAS? OKAY, I'LL YIELD. OKAY. THANK YOU, DIRECTOR SMITH. THIS SOUNDS LIKE A REALLY INTERESTING PROJECT TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE HOUSING AFFORDABLE IN OUR COMMUNITY OR, YOU KNOW, GIVING OUR RESIDENTS INCOMING RESIDENTS OPTIONS. IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S SOME MORE OPTIONS THAT DEFINITELY WILL PROVIDE NEW OPTIONS FOR THE COMMUNITY FOR SURE. SO BE EXCITED TO SEE THE PRESENTATION AND THANK YOU SO MUCH. IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YES. ALL RIGHT. YOU

[IV.17. Council Discussion and Possible Action on Zoning Application P2026RZ-002-08 Request to Rezone Property Located at 3380 and 3384 Harrison Rd from R-1A (Urban Residential) Zoning District to R-T (Zoning District with Concurrent Variances to Reduce Minimum Side and Front Yard Setbacks in Sec 10-2069(E)(C) and (F) PUBLIC HEARING REQUIRED]

HAVE ONE MORE. YES. ITEM NUMBER 17 ON THE AGENDA KNOWN AS CASE NUMBER P 2026. RZ-002-08. THIS IS ALSO A REZONING REQUEST WITH CONCURRENT VARIANCES. THE APPLICANT IS TIMOTHY HELMS WITH FUZE DESIGN STUDIO. THE CURRENT ZONING OF THE PROPERTY IS R1A, WHICH IS OUR URBAN RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICT, AND THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TO REZONE FROM R1A TO R T, WHICH IS OUR RESIDENTIAL TOWNHOME ZONING DISTRICT, WITH CONCURRENT VARIANCES FROM THE MINIMUM SIDE YARD SETBACKS. AS STATED, THIS IS A COPY OF THE ZONING MAP. THE PROPERTIES ARE THE TWO PARCELS OUTLINED IN THE LIGHT BLUE. IF YOU'RE ABLE TO SEE THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP FOR THIS AREA IS DESIGNATED AS TRADITIONAL URBAN, NEIGHBORHOOD AND TYPICAL ZONING DISTRICTS IN TRADITIONAL URBAN NEIGHBORHOOD IS R1RLR1ART, WHICH IS WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED IN THIS ZONING APPLICATION. AND THE MAP IS SHOWN ABOVE AS WELL. TO SHOW THE PARCELS, STAFF RECOMMENDED APPROVAL AND DENIAL OF THE CONCURRENT VARIANCE FOR THE REDUCTION IN SETBACK, AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION ALSO RECOMMENDED APPROVAL WITH THREE CONDITIONS. THE THREE CONDITIONS. NUMBER ONE DEVELOPMENT SHALL CONSIST OF NO MORE THAN FOUR DWELLING UNITS.

CONDITION NUMBER TWO DEVELOPMENT SHALL HEAR TO ALL DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS OF THE R T RESIDENTIAL TOWNHOUSE DISTRICT. CONDITION NUMBER THREE. THE PROJECT SHALL NOT BE USED FOR SHORT TERM RENTAL PROPERTY. AND AGAIN, PLANNING COMMISSION DID RECOMMEND DENIAL OF THE CONCURRENT VARIANCE AND THE APPLICANT IS PRESENT TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. COUNCIL, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCILMEMBER ATKINS YES. JUST ONE QUESTION. IS THERE A VISUAL OF HOW THE APPLICANT PLANS TO SITUATE THE THE FOOTPRINT OF THE TOWNHOMES ON THE PROPERTY? YES. MR. HOLMES. GOOD EVENING. I THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. WOW. THIS IS A HUGE COMMITMENT. SO I APPLAUD THAT. FIRST OF ALL, I DO HAVE A PRESENTATION THAT WAS PRESENTED AT OUR LAST MEETING. UNFORTUNATELY, IF WE ARE APPROVED WITH THESE CONDITIONS. THE PLAN THAT YOU'RE ABOUT TO SEE WILL NOT ACTUALLY WORK WITH THESE CONDITIONS. HOWEVER, WE DID MEET WITH THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY TO LOOK AT BEING ABLE

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TO MEET THESE CONDITIONS, AND WE WE CERTAINLY CAN. SO THE OWNER IS COMMITTED TO RE REDESIGNING THE SITE SO WE CAN MEET THESE. SO WE'RE HAPPY TO SHARE. BUT JUST KNOW WHAT YOU'D SEE WOULDN'T ACTUALLY BE WHAT WOULD BE DEVELOPED ON THE PROPERTY. RIGHT. ANY MORE QUESTIONS. OH SORRY. I DIDN'T SEE PULLING UP THE ANSWER. LET'S SEE. TWO SLIDES I THINK OVER. THERE. ONE MORE. AND CAN WE ZOOM IN. WE'RE ABLE TO DO THAT. THAT'S THAT'S PERFECT. SO ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE'RE SEEING HERE SORRY. WE'LL NEED THE NEXT SLIDE. SORRY. YEAH THERE WE ARE.

SO THERE'S ALREADY A CURB CUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TWO PROPERTIES. SO WHAT WE'RE SEEING HERE ARE ESSENTIALLY TWO SINGLE FAMILY HOMES THAT ARE ATTACHED WITH A DIVIDING WALL PARTITION WALL. AND THEN THE DRIVEWAY SEPARATES THOSE TWO. SO MUCH LIKE A DUPLEX SIDE BY SIDE. THAT'S VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE WOULD SEE HERE. NOW WITH THE CONDITIONS, WHAT WOULD ACTUALLY END UP HAPPENING IS IT WOULD GET LONGER. SO WE WOULD HAVE A UNIT UP FRONT AND A UNIT IN THE BACK, BOTH WITH DOORS FACING HARRISON ROAD. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

WILL YOU HAVE AN UPDATED VERSION OF THIS FOR MONDAY'S MEETING? BASED ON THE CONDITIONS? WE CERTAINLY CAN PROVIDE THAT, YES. OKAY. THANK YOU, I YIELD. OKAY. THANK YOU.

AND JUST TO CONFIRM, WE HAVE ITEMS COMING BACK FOR THE NEXT MEET. I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM THE DATES FOR THE ITEMS AND WHEN THEY'RE COMING BACK FROM 14 TO 17. OKAY? OKAY.

EVERYTHING'S COMING BACK ON MONDAY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. NEXT WE ARE AT ITEM NUMBER 35.

[IV.35. Council Discussion and Possible Action to Request Funding to Purchase an E-ONE Fire Apparatus (Truck), from Vendor, Fireline, Inc., from GA State Contract #99999-SPDES40199373-002. NOT TO EXCEED: $893,300.00]

FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR THE E ONE FIRE APPARATUS TRUCK. GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. WILLIAM TATE, DEPUTY CHIEF OF OPERATIONS IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. WE'RE HERE TONIGHT TO REQUEST FUNDING FOR PURCHASE OF AN E-1 FIRE APPARATUS FROM THE VENDOR FIRE LINE NOT TO EXCEED $893,300. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN ATKINS AND THEN COUNCILWOMAN CUMMINGS.

SURE. THANK YOU, CHIEF TATE. AND THIS AMOUNT, WAS IT ALREADY IN THE BUDGET AND APPROVED FOR THIS E ONE FIRE APPARATUS? NO. NOT MICROPHONE. NO. THE MONEY WAS NOT BUDGETED. WE LOST AN ENGINE IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF SEPTEMBER 22ND IN AN ACCIDENT. THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED ON AN EMERGENCY SCENE ON 285 WHEN A DRIVER REAR ENDED IT, CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO WHERE THE ENGINE CANNOT BE REPAIRED. OKAY, SO WE WILL WE GET ANY SORT OF INSURANCE FROM THAT ACCIDENT? I DON'T HAVE THOSE FIGURES AS FAR AS INSURANCE. AS FAR AS HOW MUCH WOULD BE COVERED FROM INSURANCE, I'M SORRY, I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION. AS FAR AS HOW MUCH WOULD BE COVERED FROM INSURANCE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, MADAM DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY, DO YOU ARE YOU AWARE OF ANYTHING THAT WE WOULD GET? I THINK YOU JUST PROMOTED ME TO ATTORNEY, BUT. WE DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION YET. WE HAVE NOT GOTTEN ANY INFORMATION BACK FROM OUR INSURANCE BROKER.

SO. OKAY, I HAVE CALLS OUT. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCILWOMAN CUMMINGS. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, CHIEF TATE. SO A COUPLE QUESTIONS. NUMBER ONE, I KNOW THAT THE FROM MY UNDERSTANDING WAS SOME OF THAT REAR ENDED THE ENGINE. AND THE

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ENGINE IS A TOTAL LOSS. COMPLETE, CORRECT? CORRECT. IT'S AN ENGINE OR A TRUCK. IT WAS AN ENGINE. IT'S AN ENGINE. SO THE ENGINE IS THE ONE THAT'S GOING TO CARRY THE WATER. YES.

WITH THAT BEING SAID, ARE WE ABLE TO RECOUP ANY FUNDS FROM THE INDIVIDUAL THAT STRUCK THE REAR OF THE APPARATUS? OKAY, I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION YET. LIKE I SAID, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN ONLY ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO. WE'RE STILL FINDING OUT MORE MORE ABOUT IT. OKAY, SO THE REPLACEMENT COST TO AT LEAST KNOW WHAT THE REPLACEMENT COST WILL BE FOR A NEW PIECE OF EQUIPMENT. EXCUSE ME. COULD YOU REPEAT THAT? THE REPLACEMENT COST FOR NEW ENGINE? YES. HOW? WHAT'S THE. IS THAT THE PRICE? THE 893,000? YES. NOT TO EXCEED 893,000 893,000. SO WHAT WE LOOK AT I THINK WOULD BE WHATEVER THE DEDUCTIBLE FROM THE INDIVIDUAL'S INSURANCE.

MADAM INTERIM CITY MANAGER, WHAT IS OUR DEDUCTIBLE WITH THE CITY? IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT OUR DEDUCTIBLE IS $250,000. AND THAT ALSO IS PART OF THE CALL TO CONFIRM THAT. AND SO ANYTHING OVER 250 IS WHAT THE INSURANCE COMPANY WOULD REIMBURSE FOR. OKAY. AND I DO.

SO I THINK THE BIGGEST THING IS JUST REALLY FINDING OUT WHAT THE OUT OF POCKET COST WOULD BE FOR THE CITY. SO THE ALTERNATE, THE CHOICES THAT WE HAVE, IS THERE A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THAT IS READILY THAT WE COULD PURCHASE NOW? BECAUSE I KNOW NORMALLY YOU'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT 30 MONTHS TO CUSTOM BUILD ANY PIECE OF EQUIPMENT. SO IS THIS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO PURCHASE OFF THE SHOWROOM FLOOR? MOST LIKELY YES. OR A DEMO. SO IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO COME OFF THE SHOWROOM FLOOR, WHAT'S THE TURNAROUND TIME ON GETTING THAT BACK TO THE THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE IT HERE IN THE CITY. I DON'T I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION. I'D HAVE TO GET IT BACK TO YOU. OKAY. WHILE BRINGING SOME OF MY JUST SOME ATLANTA STUFF. NORMALLY, IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN BUY OFF THE SHOWROOM FLOOR, YOU'RE LOOKING AT ANYWHERE FROM A MONTH OR TWO THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY PROBABLY HAVE THAT EQUIPMENT HERE. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, ANOTHER QUESTION IN THE $893,000, LESS THAN $250,000 DEDUCTIBLE, LESS WHAT THE THE PERSON THAT STRUCK THE ENGINE, WHATEVER THEY WERE, WHATEVER THEIR INSURANCE, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO RECOUP FROM THAT, AS WELL AS WHATEVER THE INSURANCE COMPANY WOULD GIVE US. BUT WITH THAT BEING SAID, THE REMAINDER WOULD HAVE TO BE WE COULD FINANCE, WE COULD POTENTIALLY FINANCE IT. CORRECT? CORRECT. BUT WITH OUR CURRENT STATUS, OUR FINANCIAL STATUS, ARE WE ABLE TO FINANCE A VEHICLE AT THIS TIME? I'M NOT SURE ON THAT INFORMATION. I KNOW WE I'VE BEEN I WAS TOLD THAT WE WERE UNABLE TO LEASE FROM ANY COMPANIES. THE COMPANY THAT WE NORMALLY LEASE FROM WON'T ALLOW US TO LEASE AGAIN.

THAT'S WHAT I WAS TOLD. SO FINANCING WOULD BE DIFFICULT. OKAY. SO IF NOT, IF WE ARE NOT ABLE TO FINANCE AND I DON'T KNOW. INTERIM CITY MANAGER, ARE WE ABLE TO FINANCE A VEHICLE THAT CAN STOP A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT? SO THE INITIAL REQUEST AND THE CONVERSATION HAS CENTERED SOLELY AROUND THE PURCHASE OF A DEMO, RIGHT, WHICH WE'RE NOT FINANCING. IT'S A CASH PURCHASE. CORRECT. IN FINANCING. WHICH I UNDERSTAND IT'S $9,000 A MONTH. I WAS TOLD EARLIER TODAY THAT DUE TO OUR CREDIT SITUATION, OUR. WE COULD NOT. THAT. AND THAT IS A FINANCE. SO. AND IT'S ALSO IT'S ALSO A A BUY IN OF A YEAR. SO WE WOULD SPEND $108,000. PLUS THERE IS THE UPFITTING. PLUS THERE WOULD ALSO BE MILEAGE. SO I HONESTLY DON'T HAVE THAT CONTRACT. I CAN WORK WITH THEM TO, TO REVIEW THE CONTRACT. BUT THE OTHER PART OF THIS IS THAT THIS DEMO IS RIGHT NOW THEY'RE HOLDING IT, BUT WE HAVE TO PROVIDE SOME TYPE OF AN INTENT TO PURCHASE, OTHERWISE WE WILL LOSE IT. SO THESE ARE THE CONVERSATIONS THAT I'VE HAD WITH CHIEF THORNTON. SO THE THING IS WE AREN'T ABLE TO SECURE WE'RE UNABLE TO FINANCE ANY PORTION OF IT. SO THE $893,000 THAT'S GOING TO SOLELY BE ON THE CITY TO EITHER PURCHASE OR EVEN TO TO LEASE. BUT BECAUSE OUR CREDIT SITUATION IS WHAT IT IS CURRENTLY, OUR LEASE WON'T EVEN BE EXTENDED TO US. THAT'S MY THAT IS MY UNDERSTANDING AT THIS TIME. SO IF A LEASE IS NOT EXTENDED TO US, WHAT THAT MEANS IS IN ORDER FOR US TO REPLACE THE EQUIPMENT, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PURCHASE, AND THE PURCHASE PRICE ON THE ENGINE IS

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GOING TO BE $893,000. CHIEF TAIT, CAN YOU JUST LET THEM KNOW JUST WHAT THE THE IMPACT THAT IS CURRENTLY ON OUR STAFFING AND JUST WITH COVERAGE? WELL, IT LEFT A TEMPORARY, I GUESS YOU COULD SAY HOLE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CITY. AFTER THE ACCIDENT, WE MOVED THE ENGINE FROM STATION FOUR. AND AGAIN, THE ENGINES, THE TRUCK THAT CARRIES THE WATER OUT TO STATION THREE, SO WE CAN HAVE WATER COVERAGE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE CITY. AND WE LEFT OUR LADDER TRUCK WAS, WHICH IS OUR AERIAL APPARATUS IN THE MIDDLE OF CITY AT STATION FOUR THAT CAN STILL RESPOND TO CALLS TO. SO IT IS URGENT THAT WE DO GET A REPLACEMENT ENGINE SO WE CAN FILL THAT VOID IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CITY. THANK YOU. SO ULTIMATELY, WHAT HE'S SAYING IS IF A HOUSE IS WHICH STATION IS THE THAT THE ENGINE WAS DAMAGED OUT OF WHICH STATION IS THAT? IT WAS DAMAGED OUT OF STATION THREE OFF OF NORTH COMMERCE AND CAMP CREEK. SO WE MOVED THE ENGINE FROM STATION FOUR, WHICH IS ON BEN HILL ROAD TO STATION THREE ON NORTH COMMERCE. SO WE WOULD HAVE COVERAGE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE CITY, MEANING THE WEST SIDE AND EAST SIDE. SO STATION FOUR THAT'S ON BEN HILL ROAD DOES NOT CURRENTLY HAVE AN ENGINE. IT DOESN'T HAVE AN ENGINE. WE DO HAVE AN AERIAL APPARATUS. IT DOESN'T HAVE WATER ON IT, BUT IT DOES HAVE A CREW. AND THEN WE HAVE A RESCUE TRUCK AND AN AIR LIGHT TRUCK THAT ALSO HAS A CREW. SO WE HAVE PEOPLE AND EQUIPMENT, BUT WE JUST DON'T HAVE AN ENGINE OR TRUCK WITH WATER AT THE STATION FOUR, WHICH IS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CITY TECHNICALLY. THANK YOU. SO LET THE RECORD STATE, IF ANYTHING, ON THE LEXINGTON, THE LOW ACROSS THE STREET IN THAT AREA CATCHES ON FIRE. I MEAN, WE WILL EVENTUALLY GET THERE, BUT IT'S GOING TO IT'S GOING TO BE A DELAYED RESPONSE. SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT A UNIT OF ENGINE COMING FROM CAMP CREEK, THE NORTH, THAT'S THE NORTH COMMERCE AREA OR FROM NORMAN, NORMAN, BARRY, NORMAN, BARRY. SO IT DEFINITELY IMPACTS THE LEVEL OF SERVICE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I MEAN, IT'S IT'S A HARD, HARD, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A BIG BUY. BUT I MEAN, IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S NEEDED. SO I MEAN, WE WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THESE FUNDS ARE GOING TO COME FROM. AND I THINK JUST REALLY TO ALSO JUST GET SOME BETTER NUMBERS ON AS FAR AS WHAT THE, THE INDIVIDUAL WHO SLAMMED INTO, WHO DAMAGED THE, THE ENGINE, WHAT THEIR DEDUCTIBLE WOULD I MEAN, WHAT THEIR WHAT COVERAGE THEY HAVE THAT WOULD BE OWED TO THE CITY. OKAY. WHAT ONCE THEY TOTAL OUT THE ENGINE, HOW MUCH OF THAT MONEY WOULD WE BE ABLE TO RECOUP FROM THE INSURANCE COMPANY? BECAUSE ANYTHING OTHER THAN THAT IS SOLELY GOING TO BE ON THE CITY. SO EVEN IF LET'S JUST SAY IT WAS $100,000 THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GET FROM THE INDIVIDUAL THAT HIT THE BACK OF THE ENGINE, AND IF THEY GAVE US 350,000 TO REPLACE THE APPARATUS THAT WAS DAMAGED, THAT'S $450,000. SO WE STILL HAVE WE STILL WE'RE LOOKING FOR 890. OKAY. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ALL NEED TO CONSIDER WITH REGARDS TO HAVING THIS APPARATUS REPLACED. I GUESS, COULD SOMEONE FROM SOMEONE HERE FROM FINANCE STILL TO JUST SAY WHERE THESE FUNDS COULD POTENTIALLY COME FROM? MISS CARTWRIGHT IS HERE. HOWEVER, I DID CONFIRM WITH HER THAT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE TO USE AND WE COULD USE FUNDS FROM THE GENERAL FUND RESERVES. SHE WAS HERE. SHE MIGHT HAVE LEFT. OKAY, OKAY. IT'S A LOT. SO WE JUST NEED TO FIGURE OUT I MAKE, I GUESS. WHAT IS IT? ONCE WE GET THE DEFINITE NUMBERS MAKING A DECISION ON. I MEAN, WILL YOU SAY IF THE FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE GENERAL GENERAL FUNDS RESERVE? IS THIS AN ITEM THAT'S GOING TO CONSENT OR. I MEAN. BUT I YIELD WITH REGARDS TO MY QUESTION DURING WORK SESSION THAT. COUNCIL. ARE YOU DONE FOR? YOU'RE DONE. OKAY. COUNCILWOMAN MARTIN ROGERS, THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. MY QUESTIONS ARE FOR COUNCIL MEMBER CUMMINGS. AND MAY I, MADAM MAYOR? CAN YOU GIVE US YOUR EXPERTISE? AND ALSO YOU TWO, CHIEF TATE, THE DEMO TRUCK, IS IT LIKE GETTING A CAR OFF THE SHOWROOM FLOOR? LIKE, ARE WE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT THE MILES ON THE TRUCK, THE USAGE ON THE TRUCK? BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE THE DEMO TRUCK MAY BE THE MOST FEASIBLE FOR US TO PURCHASE. I JUST LIKE TO HEAR

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FROM FROM BOTH OF YOU IN THAT ASPECT. YEAH, WE LOOKED AT A LOT OF TIMES, THE DEMO TRUCK IS A SHOW TRUCK. THAT DEALER MANUFACTURE TAKES AROUND. IT'S LIKE AN ADVERTISEMENT, SO IT DOES HAVE SOME MILES ON IT DUE TO, YOU KNOW, TRAVELING FROM DIFFERENT MUNICIPALITIES. BUT SO IT'S TECHNICALLY USED, BUT IT'S STILL LIKE A NEW TRUCK. IT HASN'T BEEN WORKED OUT RUNNING CALLS AND, AND THEN MY FOLLOW UP QUESTION IS, IS IT LIKE A TRUCK WITHIN THIS YEAR? LIKE, IS IT A 2026 TRUCK, 2025 TRUCK? DEFINITELY. IT WILL BE ONE OF THE NEWEST MODELS. OKAY.

ALRIGHT. AND THEN HOW LONG AFTER WE APPROVE THIS? THIS IS FOR THE ACTING CITY MANAGER.

CAN WE OBTAIN THE TRUCK? BECAUSE NOW THIS IS THIS IS A MATTER OF PUBLIC SAFETY. SO HOW LONG AFTER WE WELL, WE KNOW WHERE THE MONEY IS GOING TO COME FROM. HOW LONG WILL WE BE ABLE TO GET THE GET THE TRUCK? IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE TRUCK WOULD BE DELIVERED IN JANUARY. SO WE'D HAVE TWO MONTHS. EVEN AFTER WE APPROVE IT ON MONDAY. IT'LL COME TO US IN TWO MONTHS IN JANUARY. YES. OKAY. IS NOVEMBER. DECEMBER, JANUARY. OKAY. ALRIGHT. AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION IS, MONTHS, AND THIS IS THE IMPACT OF THAT. ARE THERE ANY OTHER NEEDS? ACTING CITY MANAGER AS FAR AS OUR PUBLIC SAFETY IS CONCERNED, I KNOW THAT I DID RECEIVE INFORMATION THAT THE POLICE NEEDED THEIR CARS OR UPDATED CARS. I HAVEN'T HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO NOT UPDATED CARS, BUT THEY WANTED TO PURCHASE CARS AND THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO BECAUSE THE AUDIT WASN'T DONE. SO THAT INFORMATION HAS NOT BEEN SHARED WITH ME. I HAVE NOT HAD THAT DISCUSSION WITH CHIEF. I AM SUPPOSED TO MEET WITH HIM TO DISCUSS SOME PERSONNEL.

COMPENSATION. I WILL BRING THAT UP. SO I DON'T KNOW. YEAH, IT WAS BROUGHT IT WAS BROUGHT UP.

I MENTIONED IT ON THE PUBLIC RECORD BECAUSE A RESIDENT HAD ADVISED ME THAT BECAUSE OF THAT AUDIT, THAT THE POLICE, THEY WERE IN NEED OF CARS. SO IF YOU COULD FIND OUT WHAT OTHER PUBLIC SAFETY NEEDS THAT MAY BE OUTSTANDING SO THAT WE CAN ADDRESS THEM AT ONE TIME, THAT WILL BE APPRECIATED. YES, MA'AM. I WILL. THANK YOU. CHIEF DEPUTY. CAN YOU COME BACK WITH THAT MAYBE AT THE NEXT MEETING OR VIA EMAIL? ABSOLUTELY. I SHOULD I WILL SPEAK WITH CHIEF BUCHANAN IN THE MORNING. I CAN PROVIDE AN ANSWER TO THAT. AS FAR AS THE CARS ARE CONCERNED, I CAN ALSO JUST, I GUESS, DO KIND OF A ROUND ROBIN AND SPEAK WITH FIRE TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE, AS WELL AS PUBLIC WORKS, JUST TO SEE WHERE WE ARE WITH RESPECT TO PUBLIC SAFETY. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN ATKINS. I'M SORRY, COUNCILWOMAN CALDWELL, SHE DIDN'T GO IN THE FIRST ROUND. GO AHEAD. COUNCILWOMAN. THANK YOU. MY ONE QUESTION OR TWO QUESTIONS? ONE, WHERE WAS THE MONEY COMING FROM COMING FROM THE GENERAL FUND RESERVE, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW MUCH IS IN THERE. BUT THE SECOND PIECE IS, DO WE HAVE ANYTHING IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AROUND LIKE A CONTINGENCY PLAN OR EMERGENCY FUND THAT WE WOULD TAP INTO, EVEN IF IT'S, WELL, ONE, DO WE HAVE ONE CURRENTLY, AND IS THERE A PLAN TO POSSIBLY HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT IN THE FUTURE? BECAUSE I WOULD HAVE ANTICIPATE EMERGENCIES COME UP, MAYBE NOT TO THE TUNE OF $800,000, BUT WHAT DO WE HAVE? HOW ARE WE KIND OF THINKING ABOUT THAT? WELL, AS FAR AS A CONTINGENCY PLAN FOR SOMETHING THAT LARGE OF AN ITEM, I DON'T THINK WE DO HAVE ANYTHING. OF COURSE, WE HAVE CONTINGENCY PLANS FOR A LOT SMALLER ITEMS. I DON'T WANT TO PUT A PRICE TAG ON IT. BUT, YOU KNOW, WE DO, YOU KNOW, ACCOUNT FOR EQUIPMENT FAILURE, SMALL EQUIPMENT FAILURES. BUT CURRENTLY I DON'T KNOW OF ANY LARGE BUDGET ITEMS, YOU KNOW, SEVERAL HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS THAT WE HAVE A RESERVE FOR. GOT IT. OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN ATKINS.

YES. THANK YOU CHIEF. TAKE THIS MIGHT BE A QUESTION OF OUR ACTING CITY MANAGER. SO WITH THIS AND UNDERSTANDING THE NECESSITY TO REPLACE THIS ENGINE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE ANTICIPATING, THAT WE WILL BE MADE WHOLE BECAUSE WE'VE LOST AN ENGINE OF NO FAULT OF OUR OWN? AND SO SOMEONE HAS TOTALED THAT BY RUNNING INTO IT. AND SO WE'RE JUST MAYBE MAKING SURE THAT WE COVER THE COST OF THIS. BUT WE WOULD AT SOME POINT EITHER GET INSURANCE PAYMENT FROM THAT DRIVER THAT REAR ENDED THE ENGINE OR INSURANCE FROM OUR CARRIER. SO IS THIS A SITUATION THAT WE'RE ANTICIPATING THAT WE WOULD BE

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MADE WHOLE FROM THIS, OR WE'RE LOSING AN ENGINE, AND THEN WE'RE ALSO ABSORBING THE COST TO REPLACE IT? THE ANTICIPATION IS NOT THAT WE'LL ABSORB ALL OF IT. WE WILL NOT BE MADE WHOLE.

THE YOUNG PERSON THAT RAN INTO THE BACK OF THE THE FIRE ENGINE AND TOTALED IT. WE ARE ESTIMATING WE MAY GET $30,000 FROM THAT, AND I AM CONFIRMING AS TO WHETHER OR NOT FOR OUR INSURANCE, IF OUR DEDUCTIBLE, IF OUR DEDUCTIBLE IS $250,000 BEFORE ANYTHING IS PAID, IT'LL BE WHATEVER IS OVER THAT. SO I'LL ADDRESS THAT IN THE EMAIL THAT I SEND TO YOU ALL, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, I DON'T KNOW. AND THE OTHER THING IS, EVEN WITH THE ESTIMATION OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO GET FROM THE INSURANCE, THEY'RE GOING TO NEED THE INFORMATION, WHICH THEY MAY HAVE, THEY SHOULD HAVE. BUT THE AGE OF THE TRUCK, WHICH IS RELATIVELY NEW. THEY DEPRECIATE AS WELL, UNFORTUNATELY. SO HONESTLY, I HONESTLY, IF WE GET $400,000, THAT WOULD REALLY BE A LOT. SO I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW YET. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. OKAY. WE HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS? YES, WE CAN CONSENT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. YES. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ITEM NUMBER 36.

BEFORE WE DO ME, MAYOR, WE STILL HAVE THE PUBLIC WORKS FOLKS ARE HERE.

COUNCILWOMAN HEMMINGS HAD THE 90 DAY PLAN, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT COUNCIL MEMBER FRIEDLI IS GOING TO DO. I'M SORRY, MADAM. MADAM CITY ACTING CITY ATTORNEY. ITEM NUMBER. WHICH ITEMS WERE YOU REFERRING TO? JUST TO MAKE SURE. NUMBER TEN. OKAY, SO YOU HAVE ITEM NUMBER TEN. I THINK THAT'S THE ONLY ONE THAT STAFF IS NEEDED FOR. OH, YOU SAID THAT'S THE LAST ONE IS STAFF IS HERE TO PRESENT. OKAY. SO WHO'S WHO'S PRESENTING FROM STAFF.

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR HALL AND DIRECTOR REEVES. OKAY. AND ON YOUR AT EACH OF YOUR SEATS THERE IS A 90 DAY PLAN COMPILED. SO WE HAVE PUBLIC WORKS AND WE HAVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INFORMATION, BUT MR. WHITFIELD IS NOT HERE. DIRECTOR REEVES, CAN YOU ASSISTANT DIRECTOR HALL, COME UP, PLEASE?

[III.10. Council Discussion and Possible Action Regarding a 90-Day Downtown Project Coordination and Impact Briefing]

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. JEFFREY REEVES, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, AND CORDELL HALL, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. WE'RE BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING FOR ITEM NUMBER TEN COUNCIL'S DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING A 90 DAY DOWNTOWN PROJECT COORDINATION AND IMPACT BRIEFING. SO WE'LL PROVIDE SOME INFORMATION ON THE DOWNTOWN 90 DAY PROJECT PLAN THAT WAS PRESENTED AT THE LAST TOWN HALL MEETING, WHICH WAS HELD HERE IN THE CITY HALL FOR WARD EIGHT. AND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR HALL WILL PROVIDE THAT FOR YOU. GOOD EVENING. THE 90 DAY PLAN THAT'S INCLUDED IN THE AGENDA. WE KIND OF BROKE IT DOWN BY INCREMENTS OF 30 DAYS, SIX DAYS, 90 DAYS, DESCRIBING THE ACTIVITIES FOR EACH LOCATION, EACH STREET RELATED TO THE DOWNTOWN MULTIMODAL PROJECT. BASICALLY, WE OUTLINED THE PROGRESS AND THE EXPECTED MILESTONES THAT WE PLAN TO ACHIEVE TO HIT FOR EACH LOCATION KIND OF OUR COMMUNICATION PLAN. I, OUR SCHEDULING WITH THE BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTS IN THE VICINITY OF THE PROJECT, AND JUST OUTLINING WHERE WE ANTICIPATE BEING UP TO 90 DAYS AND THE SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION DATE THAT WE ANTICIPATE THE PROJECT ENDING, WHICH WE HAVE. FEBRUARY 2027. BUT WE JUST DETAILED IN BULLET POINT WHERE WE PLAN TO

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HIT OUR MILESTONES FOR EACH TIME PERIOD. SO I WANT TO ANSWER ANY DIRECT QUESTIONS YOU HAVE REGARDING THE PLAN. I'M SORRY, COUNCILWOMAN. COUNCILMAN, DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? YES.

THANK YOU, AND THANKS FOR PULLING THIS TOGETHER. BUT I'M JUST WANT TO CLARIFY. EARLIER TODAY, MADAM ACTING CITY MANAGER, YOU SENT A SHORT PRESENTATION TO COUNCIL MEMBER HEMMING AND MYSELF IN RESPONSE TO A QUESTION ABOUT PAVING WHITE WAY. IS THAT RELATED TO THIS AT ALL? HE'S REFERRING TO THE PRESENTATION THAT YOU ALL GAVE ME THIS. WELL, YOU ACTUALLY SENT IT LAST WEEK. OKAY. AND I SENT IT OVER THIS MORNING. SO I THINK THERE WAS SOME QUESTION ABOUT THE WHITE WAY PAVING AT NIGHT. IN THE PRESENTATION WE PRESENTED THAT WE WERE GOING TO PAY PAY MAIN STREET AT NIGHT, WHICH IS LIKE A STATE ROUTE. YOU SEE A LOT OF TRAFFIC DURING THE DAYTIME. SO THE NIGHT TIME IS A PREFERRED METHOD OF PAVING, BUT THERE'S NO PLAN TO DO ANY NIGHT ACTIVITY ON WHITE WAY AT THE MOMENT. OKAY. AND WHAT ABOUT THE SORT OF MITIGATION PLANS FOR RESIDENTS WHO ARE IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA FOR THE NOISE LEVELS AT NIGHT FOR ON ON MAIN STREET, RIGHT? YES. SO ONCE WE GET A SCHEDULE FROM THE CONTRACTOR ON THE DATES THAT WE PLAN ON, WE'LL BEGIN TO PUT DOWN COMMUNICATION. WE DON'T ANTICIPATE THERE BEING ANY DISRUPTIONS TO ACCESS OR, OR, YOU KNOW, DETOURS RELATED TO PAVING AND STANDARD PAVING JOB ON THE STATE ROUTE. SO ONCE WE GET A FURTHER PLAN DEVELOPED WITH THE CONTRACTOR WILL BEGIN COMMUNICATING WITH RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES. OKAY. SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE WORKING ON THE PREFERRED HOURS AND PUTTING TOGETHER THE PLAN OF RESURFACING SO WE CAN GET EVERYTHING FINALIZED. OKAY. YES. AND WOULD YOU ANTICIPATE THAT IT WOULD BE INTRUSIVE IN TERMS OF NOISE AND SO FORTH AT NIGHT FOR PEOPLE IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA? WELL, WE WE CAN HAVE A SCHEDULE SO THAT WE'RE DOING SOME OF THE WORK, NOT NECESSARILY OVERNIGHT, BUT IN THE EVENING, FOR INSTANCE, IF WE'RE WORKING CLOSER TO WHITE WAY, FOR INSTANCE, THAT WORK MAY TAKE PLACE FROM EIGHT GOING TO EVEN NOT 11 OR 12. SO WE CAN SEQUENCE IT. SO WE'RE MINIMIZING DISTURBANCE. SO YOU'RE NOT ANTICIPATING IT WOULD BE GOING FROM 2 A.M. TO 4 A.M. OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? NO, SIR. OKAY. AND THEN ON PAGE ONE OF THE INFORMATION THAT YOU PROVIDED TO US IN THE HARD COPY, IT SAYS THAT THE PLAN NOW IS TO COMPLETE THIS IN FEBRUARY OF 2027. THAT'S OBVIOUSLY BEEN A BIT OF A MOVING TARGET, AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT A LOT. HOW COMFORTABLE ARE YOU WITH THAT? AND ARE WE TALKING BEGINNING OF FEBRUARY? ARE WE TALKING THE END OF FEBRUARY? CAN YOU SAY THE TARGET WOULD BE THE END OF FEBRUARY, AS WE HAVE SOME STOPPAGE FOR DIFFERENT REASONS FOR EVENTS AND OTHER UTILITIES I'M FORESEEING. SO KIND OF SHIFTED THE DATE OUT A LITTLE BIT FROM THEIR ORIGINAL ANTICIPATED DATE OF NOVEMBER. SO END OF FEBRUARY WOULD BE MORE REALISTIC. YES. OKAY. AND WHAT HAVE WE DONE TO ENSURE THAT THAT TARGET DOESN'T CONTINUE TO MOVE? WHAT SORT OF ASSURANCES DO WE HAVE OR WHAT DIFFERENT APPROACH THAT WE TAKE IN TO TRY TO GET THIS DONE THIS TIME? SO THE MAJORITY OF THE HEAVY, BURDENSOME WORK PROJECTS BEEN COMPLETED. WE'VE ALSO BROUGHT ON A NEW PROJECT MANAGEMENT TEAM, ATLAS CONSULTANTS, WHO'S WORKING MORE CLOSELY, DIRECTLY WITH MYSELF AND THE CONTRACTORS TO GET OUR SCHEDULING, GET AHEAD OF ANY KIND OF UNFORESEEN OBSTACLES. SO WE'RE WE'RE REALLY PUSHING THE TIMELINE TO GET THIS THING DONE BY FEBRUARY. SO WE'VE WE'VE HIRED A TEAM AND THEY'VE BEEN VERY ACTIVE ON HELPING SCHEDULING WITH THE CONTRACTOR. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I APPRECIATE THE INFORMATION. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SIR. SO ANY MORE QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. AND JUST ONE QUESTION. ONCE THE PROJECTS ARE DONE IS THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT TEAM SERVICE THAT YOU'VE THAT YOU'RE WORKING WITH.

DO THEY SUPPLY LIKE A LIKE A POSTMORTEM KIND OF POST PROJECT RECAP REPORT IN TERMS OF HOW THINGS WENT, HOW THE PROJECT WENT, SAVINGS THAT WE HAVE IN TIME? YES. THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN MAKE SURE WE GET DEVELOP LIKE A SUMMARY REPORT OF PROGRESS AND OBSTACLES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS. YES, DEFINITELY. ALL RIGHT, I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WELCOME. THE ASK TO COME BACK FOR THE WORK SESSION. OH, OKAY. BACK TO FIVE, SIX, EIGHT

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NINE. WE JUST FINISHED TEN AND THEN WE'LL GO TO. THE CITY MANAGER ITEMS FOR 36, 37 AND 39.

I MEAN 36, 37 AND 38. OKAY. SO ITEM NUMBER FIVE AND NUMBER SIX, I THOUGHT GO AHEAD, COUNCILWOMAN CUMMINGS. YES, THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. BUT WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS HAVE THE CITY MANAGER. I KNOW ONE OF I THINK IT'S ITEM 36. IT TALKS ABOUT THE POTENTIAL NEW HR DIRECTOR. AND WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO FOR THIS IS DEPENDING UPON US BRINGING ON THIS NEW HR DIRECTOR. I WOULD LIKE FOR HER TO JUST SORT OF HAVE SOME INPUT ON THIS AND WHAT I'M SAYING, INPUT, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS INFORMATION GETS OUT TO ALL CITY EMPLOYEES PROPERLY.

THEY NEED TO KNOW WHAT THE GRIEVANCE PROCESS IS, WHAT THAT PROCESS IS, HOW THEY'RE ABLE TO ACCESS FORMS, WHAT IT IS THAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT WHISTLEBLOWER, HOW HOW IS THIS INFORMATION GOING TO BE COMMUNICATED? IS IT A DROP BOX SYSTEM? IS IT AN EMAIL TO JUST DROP IT INTO? IS IT A PHONE NUMBER THAT THEY NEED TO DIAL? SO I THINK FOR THOSE, OUR HR DIRECTOR WOULD BE BETTER SUITED AS FAR AS HOW WE NEED TO HANDLE THIS. I KNOW THE INFORMATION HAS BEEN SENT OUT. I WITH REGARDS TO WHAT THE THE POLICY IS FOR WHISTLEBLOWER AND THE GRIEVANCE. IT HAS ALSO BEEN VETTED THROUGH THE CITY ATTORNEY, THROUGH. I'M SORRY, I'M SORRY THROUGH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AS WELL. SO DEFINITELY ALL OF THE T'S HAVE BEEN CROSSED AND I'S DOTTED. SO I JUST JUST WAITING TO SEE WHAT. THANK YOU, MISS TYLER. I'M I'M.

I'M SORRY IT'S LATE. JUST TO JUST WHAT HER RESPONSE IS GOING TO BE WITH REGARDS TO THE HR DIRECTOR, I'D LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, STILL VET THIS THROUGH A MAJOR DIRECTOR JUST TO FIGURE OUT WHAT DIRECTION SHE'D LIKE TO GO ABOUT GETTING THIS OUT TO ALL OF OUR CITY EMPLOYEES. OKAY. SO YOU WANT US TO YOU WANT MISS MADAM CITY ACTING CITY MANAGER TO GO BEFORE ME. OKAY. THAT'S IT. THAT'S OKAY. SHE SAID SHE'D LIKE THE CITY MANAGER. ACTING CITY MANAGER TO GO BEFORE HER.

SO THEN. OKAY WITH THAT? ABSOLUTELY. DISCIPLINE NUMBER TWO. OR IS THAT NUMBER 36 OR WHAT ARE WE DOING? WHAT ARE WE DOING? YOU KNOW, THE NUMBER. 36. EIGHT, EIGHT, NINE. GET THAT OUT OF THE WAY AND THEN GO BACK TO 36. ALL RIGHT. EIGHT. NINE. YEP. WELL, SOMEONE HAD A

[III.8. Council Discussion and Possible Action on Direct Report Progressive Discipline Plan]

QUESTION ABOUT NUMBER EIGHT. BUT WHAT I HAVE ASKED IS THAT IN COMMUNICATING WITH MADAM CITY ATTORNEY, THAT IS STILL IN PROCESS. CORRECT. SO THAT. SO ONCE THAT DOCUMENT IS FINISHED, I'M JUST REQUESTING THAT IT GO OUT TO ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS IF THEY NEED FURTHER INPUT FOR THE DIRECT REPORT, PROGRESSIVE DISCIPLINE PLAN, BECAUSE THE CITY ATTORNEY'S CONCERN WAS THE JUDGE. AND YOU CARE TO ELABORATE ON THAT FOR US? CERTAINLY. I HAVE ASSESSED THE POLICY AGAINST THE JQC RULES. I WAS MOVING ON TO THE BAR RULES FOR THE ATTORNEY AND, WELL, THAT IT WOULD BE THE ATTORNEY AND THE SOLICITOR. AND THEN THERE AREN'T ANY OF THOSE TYPE OF PROFESSIONAL. AGENCIES FOR THE CITY MANAGER OR THE CITY CLERK. IT WOULD BE GOVERNED BY CONTRACT. AND SO IF YOU JUST PUT THIS ON FOR THE FIRST MEETING IN NOVEMBER FOR ADOPTION, I THINK THAT WILL BE APPROPRIATE. ALL RIGHT. AS LONG AS IT'S JUST SENT TO MEMBERS OF

[III.9. Council Discussion and Possible Action on Amending East Point Code § 8-2011 to Establish Extreme Weather Utility Disconnection Protections for Residential Customers]

COUNCIL WHEN IT'S COMPLETE. AND THEN I BELIEVE THAT. ITEM NUMBER NINE, SOMEONE REQUESTED THAT IT STAY ON. AND THAT WAS THE EXTREME WEATHER UTILITY DISCONNECTION PROTECTIONS FOR

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RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS. I'LL YIELD. AT THIS TIME, I BELIEVE COUNCIL MEMBER ATKINS HAD A QUESTION. NUMBER NINE. I WAS I WAS REALLY AT THAT TIME, AND I THOUGHT I CLARIFIED WAS TALKING ABOUT NUMBER EIGHT. BUT NOW THAT YOU BRING THAT UP, I REMEMBER THAT THERE WAS DISCUSSION AROUND THIS BECAUSE I THINK THE SAME NIGHT WE HAD, WE HAD ASKED TO HAVE THE ENTIRE UTILITY PROCEDURES LOOKED AT. SO LET ME GO THROUGH. YEAH, I CAN. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE FOR THAT? I CAN DO THAT ON MONDAY. ALL RIGHT. AND I BELIEVE THAT, YES, THE INTENT WAS FOR COUNCIL MEMBER HEMMING AND FOR COUNCIL MEMBER ZIEGLER AT THE TIME, THEY DID WANT A COMPLETE OVERHAUL, AND THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT THIS IS SEPARATE FROM THAT, AND ONLY BECAUSE OF THE HISTORY THAT WE'VE EXPERIENCED WITH HAVING THE UTILITY SERVICES CUT FROM RESIDENTIAL AREAS IN EASTPOINT. I GIVE A BRIEF HISTORY ON THAT IN THE BEGINNING OF THE PACKET.

SO THIS WAS SPECIFICALLY FOR THAT ONE PIECE. IT WASN'T A COMPLETE OVERHAUL. SO IF WE NEED TO WAIT OR PUT IT ON CONSENT, I'M FINE WITH THAT. BUT IT WASN'T A COMPLETE OVERHAUL. I DO REMEMBER THAT. DO WOULD YOU LIKE TO CHIME IN? MADAM CITY ATTORNEY, I WOULD AGREE WITH YOU THAT THIS DRAFT OF AN ORDINANCE, AGAIN, IT WILL REQUIRE TWO READS OR A WAIVER OF THE FIRST READ WAS NOT A COMPLETE OVERHAUL. I THINK THAT'S GOING TO REQUIRE MORE OF A DISCUSSION, NOT JUST WITH LEGAL, NOT JUST WITH COUNCIL, BUT WITH THE CITY MANAGER AND ALSO WITH THE DEPARTMENTS THAT THAT DO THIS CUSTOMER CARE, WATER POWER. SO THIS WAS SIMPLY TO ADDRESS HOW TO HANDLE DISCONNECTIONS DURING EXTREME WEATHER. I WILL TELL YOU THAT THIS DRAFT LOOKS VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT THE PSC REQUIRES OF THE UTILITIES THAT HAVE TO REPORT TO THEM. RIGHT. SO I WOULD LIKE TO PUT IT ON TO WAIVE THE FIRST READING, MADAM MAYOR. YEAH, THIS WAS JUST ADDRESSING THE DISCONNECTION. IT WASN'T ADDRESSING THE ENTIRE POLICY.

IT WAS WAS. AND THEN WE DO HAVE EXTREME WEATHER THAT WILL BE HAPPENING IN THE WINTER MONTHS.

SO THANK YOU. OKAY, SO THIS IS GOING TO GO ON FOR THE FIRST READING IN NOVEMBER. OKAY.

NOVEMBER AND. FIRST READING IS THE FIRST READING. AND NEXT MONTH. YEAH. OKAY. AND THEN TO YOUR POINT, MADAM CITY ATTORNEY, BECAUSE WE DID TALK ABOUT THE OTHER ISSUE AT THE SAME TIME WE TALKED ABOUT THIS. SO THEN IF WE COULD PUT THE OVERHAUL ON THE WORK SESSION FOR NOVEMBER.

THE NOVEMBER WORK SESSION, THAT IS. THAT'S SOMETHING. SO WE COULD DO IT THEN LET'S SAY DECEMBER. ALL RIGHT. FOR DECEMBER. THANK YOU. OKAY, MADAM CITY ACTING CITY MANAGER.

FIVE AND SIX IS WITH CUMMINGS. SHE SAID SHE'LL GO AFTER THE THE MEETING. SO SO EXCUSE ME, MAYOR. YES. MR. LAWRENCE HAS BEEN WAITING. AND IF WE COULD DO 37 AND 38 AND I CAN DO 36 BY MYSELF. OH, I'M SORRY, IT DIDN'T SAY CITY. IT SAID CITY MANAGER FOR 37. 38. SO, MR.

[IV.37. HDL/GMA Revenue Advantage Program Council Discussion and Possible Action on Vendor HDL, Sole Source Procurement, for the HDL/GMA Revenue Advantage Program Administrative Services to Include Discovery/Compliance for Hotel and Alcohol Excise Tax and Short Term Rentals, in Addition to Audit and Collection Services, NOT TO EXCEED: $170,000 FUNDING SOURCE: City Manager Contingency Fund]

LAWRENCE, WE DIDN'T KNOW THAT YOU WERE WAITING. SO IF THAT'S IF THAT'S THIS IS SIGNAL SO I CAN IF I SEE YOUR DEPARTMENT, THEN I KNOW TO CALL YOU UP WITHOUT IT, WE DON'T KNOW. ALL RIGHT. GO AHEAD. IT'S QUITE ALRIGHT. GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. I JUST WANT TO ASSIST THE CITY MANAGER IN REGARDS TO NUMBER 37 HDL. JUST WANTED TO SEE IF, FOR INSTANCE, FIRST OF ALL, THIS IS A SOLE SOURCE. IT SHOULD BE IN YOUR PACKAGE. SO WE'RE ASKING FOR THIS TO GO ON CONSENT. AND THEN OF COURSE NUMBER 38 THROUGH THE RFQ THAT WE DID.

COUNCILWOMAN MARTIN. ROGER. THANK YOU SIR. YEAH. I THOUGHT LOOKING AT ITEM NUMBER 36,

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PROFESSIONAL HUMAN RESOURCES. NO. ARE YOU DOING OKAY? NUMBER 37. IT TALKS ABOUT THE REVENUE ADVANTAGE PROGRAM. INCLUDE DISCOVERY COMPLIANCE FOR HOTEL AND ALCOHOL. DIDN'T WE SUPPORT.

WELL COUNCIL SUPPORTED GTS WHAT IS THEIR ROLE IN THIS? FOR TAX COLLECTION? IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, THAT. WAS THAT JUST PROPERTY. YEAH. JUST PROPERTY TAXES IS JUST FOR PROPERTY TAXES. OKAY.

ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ATKINS? YES. MR. LAWRENCE, TO YOUR POINT, IF MY COLLEAGUES ARE OKAY, I'M OKAY WITH 37. I REMEMBER THE DISCUSSIONS AROUND HDL BEING ON CONSENT. BUT CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT NUMBER 38? WHAT WOULD THIS. OKAY. I MEAN, I GOT I WASN'T TRYING TO. OKAY. GO AHEAD. I JUST WANTED TO KNOW WHAT IS THE. SO THE WHOLE THE ALCOHOL EXERCISE EXCISE EXCISE TAX. WHAT IS THAT FOR? LICENSES FOR SERVING ALCOHOL. SO I CAN JUMP IN ON THAT MAYOR. I'M SORRY. SO BASICALLY HDL THEY'VE DONE A FEW PRESENTATIONS TO US.

THEIR PURPOSE IS TO HELP COLLECT OUTSTANDING MONIES THAT WE'RE NOT GETTING. IT'S NOT ONLY THE ALCOHOL. IN THE HOTEL REVENUE, BUT THEY'RE ALSO WILL BE MONITORING AND HELPING US TO ENFORCE SHORT TERM RENTALS, WHICH WE ARE NOT COLLECTING FEES. OKAY. AND THE WE HAVE THE LISTING OF THE, THE TAX, THE ALCOHOL TAX. AND IS THERE EVER ARE WE IS THAT THE SAME YEAR OVER YEAR. IS THAT THE IS IT CHANGING OR HAS IT CHANGED? NO. IF YOU IT'S IT'S ALL OUTLINED IN THE ACTUAL AGREEMENT. SO IT TALKS ABOUT THE AREAS FOR THE SCOPE OF WORK. SO THAT'S A NO OR YES. IT'S CHANGING OR IT HASN'T CHANGED. NO IT'S NOT CHANGED. THIS IS THIS WAS THE PRESENTATION. OKAY. THANK YOU. YES. I WAS JUST ASKING THE QUESTION AROUND NUMBER 38, THAT

[IV.38. Council Discussion and Possible Action on Vendor Business Central Solutions LLC (D/B/A Municipal Central), from RFQ No. 2026-1934, for Interim Municipal Accounting Services – Year-End Close & Audit Preparation, NOT TO EXCEED: $125,000.00 FUNDING SOURCE: Other Professional Fees]

CONTRACT. COULD YOU JUST GIVE US A LITTLE CONTEXT? YES, SIR. THE NUMBER 38 WAS IN REFERENCE TO HAVING A CPA COME AND BE IN HOUSE TO ASSIST THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT WITH THE AUDITS.

OKAY. YEAH. THANK YOU. I YIELD. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NOPE. SO THAT COVERS NUMBER 37.

NUMBER 38. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, SIR. THANK YOU ALL. SO, COLLEAGUES, ARE WE MOVING THOSE TWO TO CONSENT? YES. OKAY. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. CONSENT. SAY THAT AGAIN. I WOULD IMAGINE IT PROBABLY IS IN THE CONTRACT. ARE WE ON NUMBER 30? WHAT'S WHAT NUMBER ARE WE ON NOW? 36.

YES. OKAY. WHERE'S THE AUDIT UPDATE? THE AUDIT COMPANY IS MUNICIPAL CENTRAL. OKAY. WE

[IV.36. Council Discussion and Possible Action on the Emergency Selection of Professional Human Resources Services to Contract with Dr. Teaa Allston-Bing to Serve as Interim Human Resources Director, Pursuant to City Ordinance Section 4-3306, to Ensure the Continuity of Essential Human Resources Operations]

DIDN'T HAVE THE AUDIT UPDATE ON THIS ONE. OKAY. MADAM, CITY AND CITY MANAGER, I THINK YOU HAVE 36 NOW, RIGHT? ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. OKAY. SO YOU ALSO HAVE IN YOUR PACKET THE PROPOSAL FOR DOCTOR TIA AND BRINGS TO COME ON BOARD AS THE CONTRACT HR DIRECTOR. HER CONTRACT IS IN YOUR PACKET AND WE ARE ASKING AS AN EMERGENCY IF IT CAN BE APPROVED TONIGHT. IF IT CAN BE DOCTOR TABB WILL JOIN US WEDNESDAY OF THIS WEEK. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBERS, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OF OUR ACTING CITY MANAGER REGARDING AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 36 CONTRACT FOR DOCTOR TIA AUSTIN BEING MAYOR PRO TEM. YES I DO. MY QUESTION IS MORE FOR CITY ATTORNEY TO SEE IF YOU'VE HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THE CONTRACT AND KIND OF GET YOUR LEGAL PERSPECTIVE.

CERTAINLY I DID GET IT RECENTLY, SO I HAVE NOT GIVEN IT A DEEP DIVE, UNDERSTANDING THAT THE NEED FOR THE SERVICES IS PRETTY URGENT. I THINK IF THE COUNCIL IS WILLING, YOU CAN DO A MOTION THAT APPROVES IT, SUBJECT TO LEGAL REVIEW, WHICH WILL RESERVE THE ABILITY FOR ANY

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CHANGES, PROVIDED THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE ANY. ON FIRST LOOK, THE TERM IS FINE BECAUSE THE INITIAL ENGAGEMENT IS ONLY FOR 90 DAYS, WHICH DOES NOT VIOLATE ANY RULES. IT ALSO GIVES US THE OPTION TO TERMINATE WITH 30 DAY NOTICE. THERE'S A PROVISION IN HERE FOR CONFIDENTIALITY, WHICH IS IMPORTANT. AS YOU KNOW, FOR HR PROFESSIONALS. IT ALSO PROVIDES THAT THERE IS AN INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR RELATIONSHIP. AGAIN, NOT TO ESTABLISH ANY VICARIOUS LIABILITY. THERE IS A SECTION IN HERE ABOUT PRIORITIES AND DELIVERABLES, WHICH DOESN'T REALLY HAVE ANY LEGAL IMPLICATIONS. THAT'S BASICALLY WHATEVER IT IS THAT SHE HER SCOPE OF WORK, IF YOU WILL. SO ON FIRST LOOK, I DON'T SEE ANY IMMEDIATE ISSUES. I WOULD WANT TO ADD THAT. LIKELY A PROVISION ABOUT INDEMNIFICATION AND POTENTIALLY ONE THAT REQUIRES HER TO GO THROUGH E-VERIFY, SINCE SHE WILL BE WORKING ON CITY PROPERTY. BUT THOSE ARE STANDARD, STANDARD PROVISIONS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR MASTER SERVICES AGREEMENT. OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCILWOMAN CALDWELL. YES. SO ONE OTHER QUESTION. THE TOTAL CONTRACT AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED. DOES THAT INCLUDE ANY TYPE OF LIKE OVERTIME OR IS THAT JUST 40 HOURS A WEEK? WELL, IF SHE STAYS LATE THOUGH, SHE WOULD HAVE TO. I'M JUST WONDERING. IT WOULD BE OVERTIME.

RIGHT. IT'S. SO IN THE EVENT THAT SHE HAS TO APPEAR IN COUNCIL, SHE HAS TO SAY SHE WOULD IT WOULD IT WOULD BE BILLED AT A STRAIGHT RATE OF HER HOURLY RATE. OKAY, OKAY.

THANK YOU. SO SHE WOULDN'T GET TIME AND A HALF. THAT'S FOR AN EMPLOYEE. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? ALL RIGHT. DID WE ASK ABOUT A THE PLANNING AND I'M SORRY FOR LIKE OUR FIRST 30, 60, 90 WHEN SHE COMES IN. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WAS COVERED AS WELL? OH OKAY. NEVER MIND.

OKAY. NO HEARING, NO MORE ITEMS, I GUESS. DO WE HAVE ANY MORE ITEMS TONIGHT? THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. EXCUSE ME. MAYOR. GO AHEAD. I AM ASKING, THIS IS AN EMERGENCY ASK. I AM ASKING IF COUNCIL CAN VOTE AND APPROVE THIS TONIGHT. I THINK THAT'S WHAT THE ATTORNEY WAS ALSO MENTIONING. THAT THERE'S A CLAUSE WE CAN INPUT. OKAY. DO WE NEED TO SUSPEND THE RULES OR SOMETHING FOR TONIGHT? NO. TO SUSPEND THE RULES, MADAM MAYOR. IT IS. IF THE COUNCIL IS SO WILLING, IT WOULD BE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONTRACT WITH DOCTOR AUSTIN BEING TO SERVE AS THE INTERIM HUMAN RESOURCE DIRECTOR PENDING LEGAL REVIEW. OKAY. CAN WE SAY YOUR WORK SESSION POLICY PROVIDES THAT? IF IT IS SO NOTED ON THE AGENDA THAT IT REQUIRES COUNCIL APPROVAL ON THE WORK SESSION, THEN IT CAN BE DONE. AND IT LOOKS LIKE THE AGENDA ITEM SAYS IT'S AN EMERGENCY. OKAY, COUNCIL. MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE A CONTRACT WITH DOCTOR TIA AUSTIN TO SERVE AS INTERIM HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR, SUBJECT TO LEGAL REVIEW. SECOND. SECOND. SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED?

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FIVE AND SIX ARE. YES. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID. AND ON WEDNESDAY WE DO HAVE A INTERIM HR DIRECTOR. I WOULD LIKE FOR THIS JUST TO GO BEFORE HER, JUST FOR THE SIMPLE FACT THAT I'D LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE THE GRIEVANCE POLICY AND THE WHISTLEBLOWER POLICY ARE PROPERLY VETTED, JUST HOW THEY'LL BE IMPLEMENTED FOR ALL EMPLOYEES SO THAT THEY WILL KNOW JUST WHAT THE PROCESS IS MOVING FORWARD. SO. I DON'T KNOW, WOULD THERE BE A MOTION? I DON'T THINK THAT'S JUST GOING TO BE AN ADMINISTRATIVE TASK THAT THE CITY MANAGER NEEDS TO TELL HER. OKAY, SO WOULD YOU PLEASE SIT? THANK YOU. OKAY, SO FIVE AND SIX, EXCUSE ME. AND

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MAYOR. MAYOR. YES. OVER HERE. THERE WAS ALSO ANOTHER DIRECTIVE ASKED RATHER FROM COUNCIL THAT SHE. DOCTOR BIGGS, LOOK AT OUR HANDBOOK. THAT WAS A THAT WAS AN IMMEDIATE ASK AS WELL. SO I'M JUST REMINDING YOU KNOW, IT'S AN FYI BECAUSE I'M MAKING A LIST. SO I'M JUST KEEPING YOU GUYS INFORMED OF THE LIST. THANK YOU. HAD SOMETHING. YES. AND MADAM ACTING CITY ATTORNEY, I DID HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY. I'M SORRY, ACTING CITY MANAGER, I APOLOGIZE. I DID HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO THUMB THROUGH THE EMPLOYEE HANDBOOK. SO IF YOU COULD ALSO ADD THIS TO THE LIST OF TASKS, THE EMPLOYEE GRIEVANCE, THE DEPARTMENT HEADS DON'T HAVE A RECOURSE OF ACTION. AND THAT HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT IT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED IF THE COMPLAINT INVOLVES LIKE, YEAH, THE DEPARTMENT HEADS DON'T HAVE A RECOURSE OF ACTION, WHICH STEMS THAT LEADS TO COUNCIL RECEIVING EMAILS. AND THEN SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A STRONG POLICY FOR DEPARTMENT HEADS, AND IT SHOULD CLEARLY EXPLAIN WHO RECEIVES THE COMPLAINTS. ALL OF THE PARAMETERS SURROUNDING AN INVESTIGATION AND THE OUTCOME OF THOSE INVESTIGATIONS, AND HOW EMPLOYEES CAN APPEAL A DECISION.

THE OTHER THING IS THE WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTION POLICY. HOW ARE EMPLOYEES PROTECTED FROM RETALIATION IN THE HANDBOOK? IT REALLY DIDN'T GIVE A GOOD DESCRIPTION ON IF THEY ARE WHISTLEBLOWERS, HOW ARE THEY PROTECTED? AND I BELIEVE COUNCIL MEMBER CUMMINGS SAID, WHO SHOULD THEY REPORT THEIR CONCERNS TO WITHOUT FEAR OF LOSING THEIR JOBS, BEING TRANSFERRED, THREATENED OR PUNISHED? AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SEE IN THAT POLICY AN INDEPENDENT PROCESS FOR INVESTIGATING COMPLAINTS. AND THEN ALSO IN THAT ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE POLICY, WHAT PROGRAMS CAN EMPLOYEES USE? THERE WAS A LOT OF INFORMATION GIVEN AT GMA IN SAVANNAH. SO I'D LIKE FOR HER TO LOOK AT THE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE POLICIES ACROSS THE BOARD, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WE HAVE SOMETHING IN THE HANDBOOK, BUT I'M JUST NOT SURE LIKE WHAT ARE EMPLOYEES ALLOWED TO USE? BECAUSE IN DIFFERENT INDUSTRIES, YOU'RE ALLOWED TO USE DIFFERENT THINGS. AND THE EDUCATION WORLD, YOU'RE ALLOWED TO USE MICROSOFT COPILOT WHERE SOMEPLACE ELSE YOU MIGHT HAVE TO USE CHATGPT. AND THEN NOW I'M HEARING THAT THERE'S ANOTHER ONLINE RESOURCE, BUT I THINK THAT WE NEED TO MAKE THAT A LITTLE BIT STRONGER.