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THE CITY. THE LAWRENCEVILLE CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION MEETING ON WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER THE 9TH AT 5:09 P.M. SO PLEASE REMEMBER TO TURN OFF OR SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONES SO AS NOT TO INTERRUPT THE VARIOUS SPEAKERS. AND WE VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THAT. NEXT, WE'LL MOVE TO PRAYER. AND SO PRAY WITH ME AS YOU WILL. IN RICHARD FOSTER'S BOOK CALLED PRAYER, HE STATES THE FOLLOWING ON PAGE 272 WHEN WE TRIED TO LOVE OUR NEIGHBOR WITHOUT LOVING GOD, WE BEGIN IMPOSING WHAT BONHOEFFER CALLS OUR WISH DREAMS ON TO THE RELATIONSHIP, WHICH IN THE END DESTROYS IT UNAIDED. HUMAN LOVE LOVES OTHERS FOR ITS OWN SAKE, WHILE AGAPE LOVES OTHERS. FOR GOD'S SAKE. HUMAN LOVE REACHES OUT EXPECTING A RETURN, NEEDING A RETURN, DEMANDING A RETURN.
AGAPE, IN CONTRAST, GIVES EXPECTING NOTHING IN RETURN. THIS IS WHY, WRITES BONHOEFFER, HUMAN LOVE BECOMES PERSONAL HATRED WHEN IT ENCOUNTERS GENUINE SPIRITUAL LOVE, WHICH DOES NOT DESIRE BUT SERVES TO ATTEMPT TO LOVE OUR NEIGHBOR WITHOUT AN ONGOING LOVE.
RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD WILL DESTROY COMMUNITY. SO, DEAR LORD, I ASK THAT YOU HELP US TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER AS YOU COMMAND. AND IT'S IN YOUR NAME I PRAY. AMEN. AMEN. WE COULD GO TO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. IF YOU PLEASE STAND ME, PLEASE JOIN ME AND STAND. THANK YOU. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. NEXT, WE'LL
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MOVE TO AGENDA ADDITIONS AND DELETIONS. DOES THE STAFF OR COUNCIL HAVE ANY RECOMMENDED ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS TO THE WORK SESSION? YES. MAYOR AND COUNCIL STAFF IS RECOMMENDING TWO ITEMS TO BE PLACED OR TO BE TABLED TO OUR OCTOBER 13TH WORK SESSION MEETING AND OUR OCTOBER 26TH REGULAR MEETING. AND THAT WOULD BE ITEM NUMBER THREE. AND NUMBER FOUR. ITEM NUMBER THREE IS SUP2026-00009. PURE FUND PROPERTIES LOCATED AT 401 INDUSTRIAL PARK DRIVE, AS WELL AS ITEM NUMBER 4CP2026-00010-00011 AND DASH 00012. IT'S LOCATED AT 272 HURRICANE SHOALS ROAD. BOTH OF THOSE, AGAIN, WOULD BE. STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THEY WOULD BE TABLED TO OCTOBER. OKAY. AND THE DATE ON OCTOBER IS THE 13TH, THE 13TH AND THE 26TH. YES.CORRECT. AND SO WE'LL TABLE IT TO THE WORK SESSION. YOU'LL ADVERTISE IT FOR THE 26TH.
CORRECT. WE'LL SEE IF IT MOVES TO THAT. OKAY. THIS COUNCIL HAVE ANY ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS.
OKAY. SO WE'LL DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE AGENDA AS AMENDED. MR. MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT THE AGENDA AS AMENDED. OKAY. I HAVE A FIRST BY COUNCIL MEMBER JONES. DO I HAVE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER MAYOR PRO TEM TRAVIS, I DO BELIEVE. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, I'LL CALL FOR THE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. THE AMENDED
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AGENDA HAS BEEN APPROVED. SO NEXT WE'LL MOVE TO CONSENT AGENDA. IT IS THE PRACTICE OF THE COUNCIL FOR THE MAYOR TO ASK THE COUNCIL MEMBERS IF THERE ARE ANY OF THE AGENDA ITEMS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO PLACE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR THE REGULAR MEETING ON SEPTEMBER THE 28TH, AND THEN BE VOTED ON WITH ONE VOTE. AND I'LL START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER VICTORIA JONES. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I WOULD LIKE TO PUT ON CONSENT ITEM NUMBER SIX, CONTRACT AWARD PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT AND ENGINEERING, LAND DISTURBANCE PERMIT PLAN ON CONTRACT ON ANNUAL CONTRACT P SIX. I'M SORRY. P006-26. ITEM NUMBER SEVEN AWARD CONTRACT FOR GROVE PARK ELECTRIC UNDERGROUND LOOP PROJECT SB 005-27 AND ITEM NUMBER EIGHT AWARD CONTRACT FOR BAKER CARTER PRESSURE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT SP 006-27. OKAY. ARE YOU GOOD WITH THOSE? YEAH I'M OKAY. SUGGEST AS WELL. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL LISTEN TO THE OTHERS AND SEE WHAT MIGHT GO ON TO CONSENT LATER. SO FIRST WE'LL START OFF WITH DISCUSSION OF GENERAL CITY[Discussion of General City Business ]
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REQUESTED BY THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL. SO ITEM ONE IS FIRST HOUSING CENTER SIX MONTH UPDATE.AND THIS ITEM IS BEING PRESENTED BY IMPACT 46 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR GIAN YOUNG.
GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. GOOD EVENING. I'M EXCITED TO BE WITH YOU GUYS AND SHARE ABOUT THE FIRST HOUSING CENTER. SO I WANTED TO START WITH A LITTLE BIT OF THE HISTORY, JUST SO THAT OUR NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS AND STAFF AND PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE AT HOME IN HERE HAVE A GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF WHY WE DID THIS. SO I WANT TO SHARE. WE'LL START HERE. SO IMPACT 46 WITH THE CITY OF LAWRENCEVILLE, STARTED DOING RELOCATION PROJECTS BACK IN 2020. THAT'S WHERE THE CITY WOULD BUY AN OLD APARTMENT BUILDING, OR THEY WOULD BUY A DILAPIDATED APARTMENT COMPLEX, AND IMPACT 46 WOULD PARTNER WITH THE CITY, AND WE WOULD COME IN AND REHOUSE THE PEOPLE THAT WERE LIVING THERE SO THAT NO ONE WAS DISPLACED AFTER THE SALE OF THE BUILDING, AND SO THAT IT WAS TORN DOWN. BUT A LOT OF THE PEOPLE STAYED IN LAWRENCEVILLE.
AND DURING THAT TIME, WE BEGAN TO COLLECT A LOT OF DATA TO BETTER UNDERSTAND HOUSING HERE IN LAWRENCEVILLE. AND SO BEFORE YOU, WHAT YOU CAN SEE IS A LOT OF THE DATA THAT WAS COLLECTED DURING A LOT OF THOSE RELOCATION PROJECTS, AS WELL AS THE HOUSING THAT WE WERE DOING AS A RESULT OF COVID. AND SO AND THIS IS FROM 2020 THROUGH 2022, BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT WE SPENT ALMOST $400,000 ON TEMPORARY HOUSING VOUCHERS. THAT'S WHERE WE PLACE PEOPLE IN HOTELS THAT ARE HOMELESS, AS WELL AS THE HOTEL RELOCATION STIPENDS FROM 2020. WE ALSO SPENT ALMOST $100,000 ON HOTEL ROOMS TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY SHELTER AND TRANSITIONAL HOUSING FOR HOMELESS RESIDENTS IN 2021, SO A LOT OF MONEY WAS SPENT USING HOTELS AS MAKESHIFT SHELTERS TO HOUSE OUR HOMELESS COMMUNITY, AND MOST OF THEM WERE DEEPLY AFFECTED DUE TO COVID. SO WE DID SEE A LARGE INCREASE FOR PEOPLE THAT WERE EVICTED OR HAD LOST THEIR HOUSING DUE TO A LOSS OF INCOME, RESULTING IN HOMELESSNESS. DURING THAT TIME. WE ALSO DID ABOUT $400,000 IN RELOCATION STIPENDS AT METRO AND METRO HOTEL OFF OF BUFORD DRIVE, WHICH IS NO LONGER THERE, BUT DURING THAT TIME, THIS IS WHERE THE DATA REALLY STARTED TO KIND OF OPEN OUR EYES TO WHAT WAS HAPPENING WITH WITH HOUSING, 83% OF THOSE HOUSEHOLDS WERE SINGLE, AND 69% OF THOSE HOUSEHOLDS IN THE HOTEL WERE SINGLE MEN. SO METRO USED TO BE A VERY IN VERY CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE COUNTY JAIL AS WELL AS OTHER RESOURCES. AND SO WE STARTED TO LOOK AT A LOT OF THE ROOT CAUSES FOR WHY PEOPLE WERE MOVING INTO THAT HOTEL. AT THE SAME TIME, WE SAW THAT 53% HAD A CRIMINAL RECORD PREVENTING THEM FROM MOVING INTO PERMANENT HOUSING. SO NOT ONLY WERE THEY HOMELESS, BUT THEY ALSO HAD AN ADDITIONAL BARRIER THAT WOULD PREVENT THEM FROM STABILIZING AND MOVING INTO DIFFERENT TYPES OF HOUSING. FROM THERE, WE SPENT AROUND $52,000 ON HOTEL ROOMS IN 2022. SO AS COVID WAS KIND OF ENDING, WE WERE REALLY STARTING TO TRYING TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WHERE DO WE WANT TO PUT OUR FOCUS, TIME AND ATTENTION AROUND HOUSING? AN ADDITIONAL $34,000 WAS SPENT IN 2023. DURING THAT TIME, THE LAWRENCEVILLE RESPONSE CENTER IN 2022, WE SERVED 90 RESIDENTS WITH 46 OF THOSE BEING CHILDREN WITH EMERGENCY SHELTER AND TRANSITIONAL HOUSING SERVICES, BUT TEN OUT OF THE 16 SERVED IN THAT FIRST QUARTER WERE SINGLE OR COUPLES WITHOUT CHILDREN. AND WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT IS THAT NATIONAL DATA WOULD TELL YOU TO REALLY FOCUS ON WOMEN AND CHILDREN, THAT A LOT OF THE DATA WOULD TELL US. THAT IS WHO THAT'S THE LARGEST DEMOGRAPHIC OF HOMELESS POPULATION. BUT WITHIN LAWRENCEVILLE, WE WERE SEEING SOMETHING VERY DIFFERENT THAT WAS SKEWING VERY DIFFERENTLY FROM NATIONAL DATA, WHICH WAS WHERE OUR LARGE POPULATION WAS SINGLE MEN. WE ALSO WORKED WITH OUR POLICE OFFICERS TO UNDERSTAND THEIR DATA. SO DURING THAT TIME IN 2021, LAWRENCEVILLE REALLY TOOK THE FIRST STEP IN CREATING THE FIRST CO-RESPONDER HERE IN GWINNETT COUNTY. AND WE STARTED LOOKING AT THEIR DATA TO SEE, DOES IT MATCH? ARE WE ARE WE GETTING THE SAME KIND OF INFORMATION? AND SO WHAT YOU HAVE HERE BEFORE YOU IS THE DATA THAT CAME OUT OF THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THE CO-RESPONDER UNIT. AND SO IN 2021, FROM JULY THROUGH DECEMBER, YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE WERE 432 CALLS DIRECTLY LINKED TO A MENTAL HEALTH OR A BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ISSUE. OUT OF THE 3004, 3500 CALLS FOR SERVICE, AT THAT SAME
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TIME, THERE WERE 320 DIRECTLY RELATED TO OR DIRECTLY LINKED TO HOMELESSNESS, PREDOMINANTLY SINGLE MEN. SO WHEN WE LOOKED AT THEIR DATA, WE LOOKED AT OUR DATA. WE KNEW THAT WE HAD TO PAY ATTENTION TO THAT AND BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS HAPPENING HERE IN LAWRENCEVILLE.SO IF WE'RE CARING FOR THIS CITY AND WORKING WITH THE CITY ON MANY DIFFERENT THINGS, WE NEEDED TO UNDERSTAND HOW TO HOUSE PEOPLE THE RIGHT WAY AND REALLY LOOK AT A LOT OF DIFFERENT SOLUTIONS. THE NEXT THING I WANT TO SHOW YOU ARE SOME OF THE ENCAMPMENTS THAT WE ENCOUNTERED. A LOT OF OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS GOING OUT INTO THESE ENCAMPMENTS. SO AS RESIDENTS FROM THE CITY OF LAWRENCEVILLE WERE NOTICING THEM, THEY'RE CALLING THEM IN, AND OUR POLICE RESPOND. SO THE CO-RESPONDER UNITS GOING OUT. AND I BELIEVE IF YOU LOOK IN THE FAR RIGHT CORNER, YOU CAN SEE MAYOR STILL AND CHIEF MULLEN. AND SO THIS IS IN JANUARY OF 2023. THIS IS BEHIND A BRIDGE. AND SO YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE THINGS THERE THAT THEY ENCOUNTERED WHEN THEY WENT TO THE ENCAMPMENT. HERE ARE A COUPLE OTHER PICTURES FROM SOME ENCAMPMENTS. THESE ARE THE ONES THAT WERE OFF OF COLLINS HILL ROAD WHERE WALMART WAS BEFORE THAT DEVELOPMENT. RIGHT THERE AT COLLINS HILL WAS BEING BUILT. AND SO YOU CAN SEE JUST HOW VAST AND BIG THESE ENCAMPMENTS ARE. THIS NOT ONLY IS AN ISSUE, IT'S AN ISSUE FOR MANY REASONS.
WITH PUBLIC HEALTH, WE HAVE TO CLEAN THAT UP. IT COSTS A LOT OF MONEY AND AT THE END RESULT, PEOPLE ARE NOT LIVING IN TRUE HOUSING. SO WE ASKED OURSELVES, WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS IN TERMS OF HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION? AND WE IDENTIFIED THESE THREE KEY AREAS THAT WE WANTED TO TACKLE. WE WANTED TO FIND COST EFFECTIVE HOUSING SOLUTIONS FOR HOMELESS MEN. WE WANTED TO PROVIDE APPROPRIATE CARE. SO THOSE WITH UNDIAGNOSED MENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ISSUES, IF THEY'RE CONCENTRATED IN A PARTICULAR AREA, LIKE A HOMELESS ENCAMPMENT, THEY'RE NOT GETTING THE SUPPORT THAT THEY NEED. AND SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS PROVIDED.
AND THEN THE LAST ONE WAS SECOND CHANCE HOUSING OPTIONS. SO I MENTIONED THAT A LOT OF THE MEN WE WERE ENCOUNTERING HAD A CRIMINAL BACKGROUND. AND SO WHEN YOU RUN A BACKGROUND CHECK TO GET INTO HOUSING, THAT WILL OFTEN PREVENT YOU FROM GOING INTO HOUSING. AND SO WE HAD TO FIND SECOND CHANCE HOUSING OPTIONS. SO THAT BRINGS US TO THE FIRST HOUSING CENTER, ONE OF THE MANY RELOCATIONS THAT THE CITY WAS A PART OF INCLUDED THIS SMALL LITTLE APARTMENT COMPLEX OFF OF CONSTITUTION AND PLAINVIEW DRIVE IN LAWRENCEVILLE. IT WAS, EXCUSE ME, A VERY SMALL APARTMENT COMPLEX OF JUST TEN ONE BEDROOM UNITS BUILT IN 1957.
SO IT WAS QUITE OLD AND WAS NOT TAKEN CARE OF. THE PEOPLE THAT LIVED THERE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THEIR RENTER'S RIGHTS. AND SO A LOT OF THINGS WERE HAPPENING AND THEY WERE BEING TAKEN ADVANTAGE. BUT WE SAW THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE OF ITS LOCATION. IT WAS ALSO SMALL ENOUGH THAT WE COULD TRY A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANTED TO ACCOMPLISH FROM THE PREVIOUS SLIDE. AND SO WE DECIDED TO ASK THE CITY TO CONSIDER ALLOWING US TO REPURPOSE THIS BUILDING, RENOVATE IT, IF WE COULD FIND THE FUNDS, SECURE THAT FUNDING, SECURE PERSONNEL, AND GET YOU GUYS A REALLY GOOD PROGRAM THAT WE COULD SOLVE SOME OF THOSE PROBLEMS AROUND HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS WITH SINGLE MEN. NEXT SLIDE IS ACTUALLY A PICTURE FROM ONE OF THE FIRST TIMES THAT WE WENT INTO THE BUILDING. THESE ARE TINY LITTLE GO CARTS THAT WERE LEFT BEHIND WHEN WE RELOCATED THE PEOPLE THAT WERE LIVING THERE. BUT YOU CAN SEE THE CONDITION OF THE APARTMENT. WHEN WE WENT IN, THERE WERE A LOT OF HOLES IN THE WALLS. THERE HAD BEEN SOME FIRE MARKS. SO THERE JUST AGAIN, THE THE PROPERTY MANAGER AND OWNER OF THE BUILDING WAS NOT TAKING CARE OF THE PEOPLE. HE WAS TAKING ADVANTAGE. AND SO THIS WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO NOT ONLY REDEEM THAT BUILDING, BUT REDEEM THE SPACE AND USE IT FOR A GOOD PURPOSE. SO WE RENOVATED, NOT TO MENTION THE MOLD AND MILDEW. WOULD YOU SAY MOLD AND MILDEW? YES. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
SO WE RENOVATED A 1957 TEN UNIT APARTMENT INTO EIGHT ROOMS. IT'S A NON-CONGREGATE SHELTER THAT WE USED HOME AARP FUNDS TO RENOVATE THE ENTIRE BUILDING, AS WELL AS FUNDS ARPA FUNDS THROUGH THE CITY. BUT WE HAD AN IDEA TO RENOVATE THIS SO THAT WE WOULD CONVERT EIGHT OF THOSE UNITS INTO ONE BEDROOM SPACES FOR THE MEN. WE WOULD ALSO PROVIDE AN OFFICE SPACE FOR OPERATIONAL STAFF, AS WELL AS AN ON SITE LAUNDRY ROOM. AND THEN WE WOULD HAVE AN INTAKE ROOM USED FOR OUR STAFF. SO WHEN THE MEN ARE COMING ON SITE AS WELL AS THE PSYCHOSOCIAL ASSESSMENT THAT HAS TO HAPPEN TO ENROLL THEM IN ONGOING COUNSELING. AND SO THE EIGHT TRADITIONAL UNITS, THEY WOULD PROVIDE UP TO 89 DAYS OF HOUSING FOR THE MEN. BUT WITH THAT, THE MEN GET A FULL TIME CASE MANAGER, A FULL TIME PROGRAM DIRECTOR, A CLINICAL
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DIRECTOR, AND 24 HOUR MONITORING BY THE LPD. SO WITHIN THE FIRST HOUSING CENTER, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE OPERATIONS. SO WE HAVE COMMITTED TO SERVING UP TO 150 MEN DURING A YEAR. IF YOU DO ANY KIND OF NAPKIN MATH, THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE WHEN YOU ONLY HAVE EIGHT UNITS. SO FOR US, SERVING IS NOT ONLY HOUSING THE MEN, BUT IT'S ALSO PROVIDING WRAPAROUND SERVICES. SO WHEN I EXPLAIN A LOT OF THE DATA THAT'S COMING OUT OF OUR FIRST SIX MONTHS, A LOT OF TIMES THE MEN THAT WE'RE ENCOUNTERING SPECIFICALLY ARE CO-RESPONDER UNIT. A LOT OF TIMES THE MEN JUST NEED AN ADDITIONAL SERVICE LIKE TRANSPORTATION OR FOOD, OR THEY MAY NEED A DIFFERENT PROGRAM. AND SO THAT'S CONSIDERED A SERVICE. SO WE'RE STILL SERVING A LOT OF MEN, EVEN THOUGH WE CAN ONLY HOUSE UP TO 32 A YEAR IF THEY STAY FOR THE FULL THREE MONTHS IN THE PROGRAM. NEXT, A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE OPERATIONS AND HOW IT'S SUPPORTED. SO WE HAVE A COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD. THIS WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO BRING IN ADDITIONAL EXPERTS THAT CAN HELP ADVISE THE OPERATIONS AND PROCESS AND PROCEDURES AND SYSTEMS IN ORDER FOR US TO TO SERVE THE MEN THERE. AND SO WE HAVE THAT THAT BOARD CONSISTS OF INDUSTRY EXPERTS AND MENTAL HEALTH, HOUSING STABILIZATION, SECOND CHANCE EMPLOYMENT, CRIMINAL JUSTICE, AND TWO COMMUNITY MEMBERS AS WELL, SPECIFICALLY FROM THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION ACROSS THE STREET. SO WE'RE INVOLVING THE COMMUNITY IN MULTIPLE WAYS. THEY DO MEET QUARTERLY, AND SO WE INVOLVE THEM IN THE OPERATIONS AND THEY ADVISE US ON BEST PRACTICES. I MENTIONED THE WRAPAROUND SERVICES THAT ARE PROVIDED. SO EMPLOYMENT, FOOD, TRANSITIONAL HOUSING, MENTAL BEHAVIORAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH, SUBSTANCE ABUSE, TRANSPORTATION, MEDICAL CARE ARE JUST SOME OF THE SHORT LIST OF WHAT WE PROVIDE TO THE MEN AT THE HOUSING CENTER. AND ALL OF OUR PARTNERS ARE WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE. AND IF WE'RE NOT, WE DO USE RIDE GWINNETT, WHICH IS A GREAT RESOURCE FOR US TO HELP THE MEN GET TO THE APPROPRIATE RESOURCE. WE ALSO HAVE THE IMPACT ENRICHMENT CENTER, WHICH IS LOCATED IN ROADSTER PARK. AND SO WE USE THAT SPACE. IT'S A BIG OPEN BUILDING WHERE WE CAN USE THE SPACE FOR THE MEN TO CONGREGATE BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO CONGREGATE AT THE OTHER BUILDING. AND SO WE USE THAT SPACE FOR JOB FAIRS FOR ANY KIND OF ENRICHMENT ACTIVITY. IT MAY EVEN BE HAIRCUT DAY. IT COULD BE CELEBRATIONS. IT'S ALSO A GREAT WAY FOR US JUST TO GATHER AND BUILD COMMUNITY WITH THE MEN. AND THEN LASTLY, WE'VE REALLY SEEN A LOT OF SUPPORT FROM THE COMMUNITY AND THE IN-KIND DONATIONS THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED IN REGULAR DONATIONS FOR THE BUILDING THAT HELP PROVIDE THOSE THOSE WELCOME BAGS FOR THE MEN. YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THEM ARE COMING WITH NOTHING BUT WHAT'S ON THEIR BACK OR WHAT THEY CAN CARRY IN A SMALL BAG. AND SO WE'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE A LOT OF ESSENTIALS BRAND NEW BECAUSE OF OUR COMMUNITY. THE NEXT THING WAS SECURITY AND SAFETY. IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT SECURITY AND SAFETY FOR THE MEN AT THE HOUSING CENTER, BUT ALSO FOR THIS COMMUNITY, MAKING SURE WE'RE IMPROVING ALL OF THAT FOR SAFETY. AT THE FHC PROGRAM, FOR THE PARTICIPANTS IN OUR LAWRENCEVILLE RESIDENTS, THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE AT THE HOUSING CENTER, 24 HOUR MONITORING AND SECURITY ON THE PREMISES. WE HAVE A STATE OF THE ART SECURITY SYSTEM AND CAMERAS THAT HAVE 24 HOUR VIEWING OF THE PREMISES THAT CAN BE ACCESSED FROM THE REAL TIME INFORMATION CENTER AT LPD, AND THAT'S THROUGH THE DISPATCH. WE ALSO HAVE POLICE PATROLLING THE CENTER AS NEEDED. WE HAVE KEY CARDS FOR EVERY ROOM WITH SECURITY CAMERAS AND 360 SECURITY VIEW OF THE CENTER SO WE CAN ACCESS AND WE CAN SEE THINGS 24 HOURS A DAY AS NEEDED. WE ALSO HAVE TWO FULL TIME AND ONE PART TIME STAFF ON SITE TO WORK WITH THE PARTICIPANTS. WE'RE LOCATED LESS THAN A MILE FROM LPD AND OUR FIRE STATION. WE ALSO HAVE A THREE MAN BIKE PATROL, SO IF SOMETHING WERE TO HAPPEN, WE GOT TO GET IN THE WOODS. WE CAN TAKE CARE OF THAT WITH LPD'S BIKE PATROL. AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE HAVE THE CO-RESPONDER UNIT, WHICH HAS BEEN PHENOMENAL. AND I'LL SHARE A LOT OF THE DATA. THEY DO AN INCREDIBLE JOB RESPONDING TO THESE MEN VERY PROACTIVELY. THAT'S ONE THING THAT I REALLY WANT TO TO SHARE IS THAT WHEN I LOOKED AT A LOT OF MODELS BEFORE WE STARTED THIS, IS THAT THE POLICE WERE ALWAYS CALLED IN A REACTIVE SITUATION. AND MOST OF THE TIME, 9.9 TIMES OUT OF TEN, IT WAS NEGATIVE. WE'RE CHANGING THAT BECAUSE OF OUR CO-RESPONDER UNIT. THEY'RE RESPONDING NOT ONLY WITH ACCESS AND RESOURCES BUT WITH HOPE. AND SO OUR CO-RESPONDERS ARE ESSENTIAL AND WE'RE VERY PROUD TO WORK WITH THEM. CONTINUED ABOUT SAFETY FOR LAWRENCEVILLE AND WHAT WE'RE PROVIDING. SO WHEN WE DO BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR THE MEN. SO THAT'S WHERE THE CO-RESPONDERS REALLY COME INTO PLAY, IS. THEY'RE ABLE TO DO THOSE STATE AND FEDERAL BACKGROUND CHECKS ON THE MEN.WE DO NOT ALLOW MEN THAT ARE COMING INTO THE BUILDING, IF THEY DO HAVE THE FOLLOWING A FELONY MURDER, AGGRAVATED ASSAULT, SEXUAL OFFENDER OR ARSON. SO IF THEY HAVE THAT BACKGROUND ON THEIR RECORD, IT DOES PREVENT THEM FROM MOVING INTO THE BUILDING BECAUSE WE
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ARE ACROSS THE STREET FROM A DEVELOPMENT WITH CHILDREN. WE'RE AROUND THE CORNER FROM AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE THINKING ABOUT THE PUBLIC SAFETY AND WHO CAN ACCESS THIS UNIT. A COUPLE OF THINGS. THIS WAS OUR RIBBON CUTTING ALMOST A YEAR AGO, OCTOBER 20TH. THE BUILDING WAS FULLY RENOVATED. IT'S AN ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL BUILDING.WE HOPE THAT THE COMMUNITY IS EXTREMELY PROUD OF IT. WE KEPT THE ORIGINAL STYLE OF THE APARTMENT, SO IF ANYTHING YOU DRIVE BY AND YOU JUST THINK IT'S A MORE BEAUTIFUL APARTMENT COMPLEX. AND SO THE MEN THAT ARE STAYING THERE ARE ENTERING FROM THE BACK. AND SO WE KEPT THE TRUE APARTMENT STYLE THAT IT WAS BEFORE WE RENOVATED IT. HERE ARE A COUPLE OF PICTURES FROM THE RENOVATION. EVERYTHING IN THAT BUILDING IS BRAND NEW EXCEPT THE ROOF, INCLUDING ALL OF THE FURNITURE, WHICH IS VERY STURDY. WE THOUGHT VERY PARTICULARLY ABOUT THE DESIGN OF THE BUILDING WITH TRAUMA INFORMED CARE AS PART OF OUR DESIGN AS WELL AS THE COLORING.
SO KEEPING IN MIND SOME OF THE MENTAL HEALTH DISORDERS THAT MEN CAN BE AFFECTED BY COLOR, TEXTURE, ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT THINGS WE HAD TO THINK THROUGH. BUT IT TRULY IS A BEAUTIFUL BUILDING THAT'S VERY WELCOMING AND INVITING. NEXT, I WANT TO INTRODUCE THE TEAM THAT IS LEADING THESE EFFORTS AND DOING AN AMAZING JOB. SOME OF THEM ARE HERE TONIGHT. SO KATRINA EDWARDS IS OUR DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS. ERICA POPE IS OUR PROGRAMS CAN STAND PLEASE. SO WE CAN. SO KATRINA, JULIAN, ERICA POPE AND THEN WE HAVE LINDSAY COLEMAN, WHO'S NOT HERE WITH US TONIGHT. BUT SASHA EDWARDS, SHE'S OUR UTILITIES AND INTAKE SPECIALIST. WE ALSO WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH OFFICER MASON GEAR. I'M NOT SURE IF HE'S HERE IN THE BACK AS WELL AS MEGAN NGUYEN WHO IS THE CLINICIAN. YES. SHE HAD TO STEP OUT. AND THEN KIRA GEIL, WHO IS OUR CLINICIAN WITH VIEWPOINT HEALTH, SHE'S BACK THERE AS WELL. AND WE DON'T WANT TO FORGET OFFICER DOCTOR LANA MCDOWELL, WHO IS OUR PROGRAM EVALUATOR THROUGH GGC. AND THAT IS OUR TEAM. WE ALSO HAVE SEVERAL BOARD MEMBERS HERE TONIGHT THAT ARE HERE TO SUPPORT AND JUST LEND THEIR SUPPORT TO US AS WE CONTINUE OUR EFFORTS WITH THE FHC. CAN THEY STAND AS WELL? YEAH, WE HAVE HOPE. CAMPBELL, AARON BOYCE, ADAM HILDEBRANDT AND GLENN MARTIN. OKAY, SO FOR THE REAL DATA, WHY I'M HERE TODAY IS TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE DONE, WHAT WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED AND WHERE WE'RE GOING. SO WE HAD OUR RIBBON CUTTING IN OCTOBER AND THEN GOT INTO A FIGHT WITH SPECTRUM AND CHARTER AND LEARNED A LOT ABOUT INTERNET AND HOW IT WORKS AND HOW HARD IT IS TO GET THEM TO COME OUT AND PROVIDE THE RIGHT INTERNET. AND SO WE DID NOT OFFICIALLY OPEN UNTIL MARCH OF THIS YEAR. SO WE HAD A DELAYED OPENING FOR TECHNOLOGY REASONS. BUT THAT WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAD THAT SECURITY SYSTEM IN THOSE CAMERAS IN PLACE BEFORE WE OPENED. BUT DURING THAT TIME, WE HAVE HOUSED EIGHT MEN. AND I WANT TO WALK YOU THROUGH BECAUSE ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS ABOUT HOMELESSNESS IS THAT IT IS NOT LINEAR, AND WE WANT TO BE VERY TRANSPARENT AND SHARE WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED AND THE TYPE OF SERVICES AND WHAT WE'RE SEEING AS A RESULT OF OUR EFFORTS AT THE FHC. SO WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IS THREE MEN ARE CURRENTLY BEING HOUSED SINCE JULY. THEY RECEIVE WEEKLY CASE MANAGEMENT APPOINTMENTS AS NEEDED, REQUESTED COUNSELING WITH OUR VIEWPOINT CLINICIAN. TWO MEN DID NOT COMPLETE THEIR 90 DAYS. ONE WAS DISCHARGED FOR DRUG USE, BUT HE WAS ENROLLED IN A DRUG TREATMENT FACILITY AFTER HE DISCHARGED. SO HE ACTUALLY GOT THE RIGHT AND MOST APPROPRIATE HELP THAT HE NEEDED FOR THE SITUATION THAT HE WAS IN. WE ALSO HAD ONE THAT STRUGGLED WITH TAKING HIS MEDICATION, AND HE CHOSE TO LEAVE THE PREMISES VOLUNTARILY, EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS A HOUSING REFERRAL SET UP FOR HIM. AND THEN LASTLY, WE HAD ONE MAN WHO COMPLETED 90 DAYS. HE AND THEN WE HAD TWO THAT FOUND HOUSING ON THEIR OWN.
ONE OF THE MEN THAT COMPLETED HIS FIRST 90 DAYS, HE FOUND A FULL TIME JOB. HE BOUGHT A CAR AND HE WAS ABLE TO LEASE AN APARTMENT. HE MET THE CONDITIONS. WE HAD ANOTHER GUY THAT MET THE CONDITIONS OF THEIR PAROLE AS WELL AS RECEIVING MEDICAL TREATMENT. SO AGAIN, WHAT YOU CAN SEE IS THAT IT'S NOT A HAPPY ENDING FOR EVERYBODY. WE'RE NOT GOING TO PROMISE THAT WE ARE GOING TO PROMISE IS A BEAUTIFUL BUILDING WHERE WE CAN STABILIZE MEN FOR UP TO 90 DAYS AND PROVIDE WRAPAROUND SERVICES THAT HELP THEM STABILIZE AND GIVE THEM OPTIONS FOR A FUTURE. NOW ON TO THE DATA. MY FAVORITE PART DATA IS VERY IMPORTANT. AND THAT'S WHERE DOCTOR MCDOWELL REALLY COMES IN FROM GGC AND HELPING US MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK, THAT WE'RE MEASURING THE RIGHT THINGS. AND WHEN WE'RE NOT, WE CAN MAKE QUICK ADJUSTMENTS AND WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PROVIDING THE RIGHT CARE. SO A COUPLE OF
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THINGS IN FRONT OF YOU I WANT TO POINT OUT, I CAN'T PROVIDE ALL THE STATISTICS BECAUSE IT WOULD TAKE ALL NIGHT. BUT I WANTED TO POINT OUT A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I THINK ARE VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU CAN SEE. THE FIRST IS LINE TWO, WHERE IT TALKS ABOUT THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS RECEIVING RECEIVING A SCREENING. THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE THAT SCREENING REALLY HELPS US KIND OF IDENTIFY WHAT TYPE OF HELP THESE MEN NEED. AND SO OUR CO-RESPONDERS ARE THE ONES PROVIDING OUR CLINICIAN, MEGAN, IS PROVIDING THAT SCREENING. AND SO YOU CAN SEE BY OUR THIRD QUARTER, REALLY BY THE SECOND QUARTER THAT WE ARE OPEN AND PROVIDING TRUE SERVICES, WE'RE PROVIDING MORE SCREENINGS. AT THE SAME TIME, WE HAD A SLOW ROLL IN TERMS OF THE TYPE OF TREATMENTS AND WHAT'S BEING REFERRED, AND THE NUMBER OF DAYS THAT IT TAKES FOR THEM TO RECEIVE TREATMENT IS IN FACT, DECREASING. BUT IT DOES TAKE TIME FOR US TO FORM OUR TEAM. WE HAD A LITTLE STORMING AND NOW WE'RE PERFORMING. SO WE'RE GETTING THERE. WE'RE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. NEXT THING THAT I REALLY WANT TO POINT OUT IS THE AVERAGE AGE OF AN FHC PARTICIPANT. SO AN AVERAGE AGE IS AROUND 56. AND SO THAT'S ALSO THE AVERAGE AGE OF A REFERRAL. SO YOU CAN SEE THE TYPE OF MEN, HOMELESS MEN THAT ARE IN LAWRENCEVILLE ARE OLDER. THE AVERAGE LENGTH FOR HOMELESSNESS KIND OF RANGES ANYWHERE FROM SIX MONTHS TO 24 MONTHS. SO THAT THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE THAT KIND OF TELLS US A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THEIR HISTORY, THEIR SITUATION. HOW DID THEY COME TO BE HOMELESS? AND SO THAT HELPS US KNOW WHAT EFFORTS TO PROVIDE AND WHERE TO START, AND AS WELL AS EXPECTATIONS, NUMBER OF COUNSELING SESSIONS CONTINUE TO INCREASE, WHICH IS GREAT. SO THAT WAS THE PROMISE OF THIS PROGRAM IS THAT WE WOULD PROVIDE TEMPORARY HOUSING AS WELL AS MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES, WHICH WE ARE DOING THE NUMBER OF CASE MANAGEMENT APPOINTMENTS.SO YOU CAN SEE THE SIGNIFICANT INCREASE FROM THE FIRST 2 TO 3 MONTHS THAT THAT SECOND QUARTER INTO THE THIRD QUARTER, PROVIDING OVER 90 CASE MANAGEMENT APPOINTMENTS. AND KEEP IN MIND, WE ARE NOT FULL. SO THESE MEN ARE GETTING A LOT OF SUPPORT FROM THIS TEAM. SOME OF THE MEN CANNOT WORK DUE TO DISABILITIES OR OTHER ISSUES. AND SO THEY ARE REQUIRED TO PARTICIPATE. WE CALL THEM PARTICIPANTS FOR A REASON. THEY HAVE TO BE RESPONSIBLE AND BE A PART OF THE PROGRAM. AND SO ONE OF OUR MEN COMPLETED 160 HOURS AS PART OF HIS PAROLE. SO EVEN IF THEY CAN'T ATTAIN EMPLOYMENT, WE ARE MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE MEETING THOSE THOSE REQUIREMENTS. THE NEXT IS REALLY KIND OF AROUND OUR CO-RESPONDERS. AND I WANT TO KIND OF DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE CALLS FOR SERVICE AND THE DUPLICATION FOR CALLS FOR SERVICE. SO YOU CAN SEE THE NUMBER OF CALLS RANGE FROM 82, 113 TO 80. AND THOSE ARE SPECIFICALLY TIED TO HOMELESSNESS. SO WE DO HAVE A SIGNIFICANT ISSUE AROUND THE CALLS FOR SERVICE FOR HOMELESSNESS IN EACH QUARTER. HOWEVER, THERE'S SOME DUPLICATED CALLS, MEANING ONE MAN MAY BE CALLING TEN, 12 TIMES. AND SO A LOT OF THAT IS THE CONNECTION THAT OUR CO-RESPONDERS ARE MAKING WITH THESE PEOPLE IS IT'S NOT JUST A ONE AND DONE. THERE'S A LOT OF FOLLOW UP. AND SO THERE'S SOME ATTACHMENT TO HELP GET THEM THOSE RESOURCES. BECAUSE AGAIN, HOMELESSNESS IS NOT LINEAR. YOU CAN SEE THE NUMBER OF FOLLOW UP CALLS. SO NOT ONLY ARE THERE A LOT OF CALLS FOR SERVICE, BUT MASON, MEGAN, AND CHARLES ARE DOING THEIR PART BY FOLLOWING UP WITH THESE MEN. AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU SHOULD BE VERY PROUD OF AND THAT WE SHOULD REALLY PROMOTE, IS HOW WELL OUR CO-RESPONDERS ARE CARING FOR OUR COMMUNITY, SPECIFICALLY HOMELESS MEN. ALSO THE HOW THE COMMUNITY IS INVESTED IN THIS PROJECT. SO WE'VE HAD TWO COMMUNITY WORKDAYS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE GROUNDS STAY BEAUTIFUL. AND SO YOU CAN SEE THE NUMBER OF HOURS THAT OUR COMMUNITY IS INVESTED BY WORKING AND VOLUNTEERING AT THE CENTER, AS WELL AS THE AMOUNT OF MONEY FROM THE DONATIONS THAT WE'VE BEEN GIVEN TO CONTINUE OUR SERVICES AT THE FHCC. SO I WANT TO CLOSE WITH A COUPLE OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOU TO CONSIDER FOR THE FUTURE. WE'RE JUST GETTING STARTED, BUT WE ARE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. SO THE DATA IS REALLY SHOWING THAT WHAT WE SAID WE WOULD DO, WE ARE DOING, BUT WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO. AND SO SOME OTHER OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOU TO CONSIDER. THE FIRST IS THE EXTENDED TIME FOR THE PARTICIPANTS. ONE OF THE THINGS IS REALLY AROUND THE 89 DAYS, AND THAT'S JUST FOR TENANT RIGHTS AND MAKING SURE WE'RE NOT GETTING INVOLVED IN ANY EVICTION ISSUES BECAUSE OF THE HOUSING CENTER. HOWEVER, 89 DAYS IS VERY, VERY SHORT FOR SOMEONE WHO'S BEEN HOMELESS FOR 24 YEARS. SO WE WANT TO CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION AROUND HOW DO WE PROVIDE A LONGER RUNWAY SO WE CAN SEE MORE SUCCESS WITH STABILIZATION. THE SECOND IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE HOUSING CENTER TO PARTNER WITH THE WARMING STATION. SO AS WE WORK WITH OUR CO-RESPONDERS DURING THE WINTER MONTHS, WE WANT TO BE PREPARED WITH THE OUTREACH THAT'S GOING TO BE NEEDED. AND SO MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE CONNECTING TO OUR WARMING, WARMING STATION IN
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THE PARK SO THAT THE MEN KNOW THAT THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE HOUSING CENTER. AND THEN LASTLY, THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR IMPLEMENTATION FOR THE LAWRENCEVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT TRACKING SYSTEM. WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON SOME THINGS SO THAT WE CAN BETTER UNDERSTAND DATA, WE CAN BETTER TRACK THINGS AND PULL REPORTS MUCH FASTER SO THAT WE CAN TRULY UNDERSTAND THE CONDITIONS AS WELL AS JUST WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH NOW AND IN THE FUTURE. SO THOSE ARE JUST A COUPLE OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOU TO CONSIDER AS WE SHARE WHAT WE'RE DOING AT THE HOUSING CENTER. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. VERY THOROUGH. I'LL SEE IF ANYONE ON COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO BE RECOGNIZED TO ASK QUESTIONS.JUST ONE QUICK QUESTION, MISS YOUNG. WONDERFUL PROGRAM. I KNOW THAT YOU GOT STARTED LATE.
WELL, ACTUALLY TWO QUESTIONS. IT'S SIX MONTHS. IS THIS WHERE YOU THOUGHT YOU'D BE IN SIX MONTHS? IF EVEN IF YOU HAD STARTED AND GOT THE CHARTER THING ALL STRAIGHTENED OUT, IS THIS THE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE YOU WERE HOPING TO HELP SIX MONTHS DOWN THE ROAD WHEN YOU OPENED? I THINK SO, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THE BIGGEST THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO DO IS MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE RIGHT TEAM. AND IT TAKES A LOT OF PEOPLE TO MAKE SURE WE'RE DOING THE RIGHT SERVICES.
AND COORDINATING ALL OF THOSE SERVICES TAKES A LOT OF EFFORT. AND SO REALLY STARTING WITH THE CO-RESPONDERS WAS ESSENTIAL SO THAT WE CAN CREATE THAT STREAMLINED PROCESS FROM THE WOODS INTO THE HOUSING CENTER. WE HAD TO CREATE A TRACKER, WHICH TOOK QUITE A LONG TIME TO CREATE TO MAKE SURE. SO THERE WAS A LOT OF RETROACTIVE DATA. SO GETTING STARTED REALLY HAD TO GO BACK A COUPLE OF MONTHS, REALLY ALMOST A YEAR, TO LOOK AT SOME DATA TO MAKE SURE THAT WE UNDERSTOOD HOW WE WERE GOING TO PROCESS THESE THINGS. WHAT'S THE FLOW, WHAT'S EVERYBODY'S ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITY? WE'VE GOT A LOT OF THAT WORKED OUT OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF SIX, REALLY OVER THE LAST THREE MONTHS, THAT WE SHOULD SEE A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE OVER THE NEXT SIX MONTHS. AND TO MAKE SURE IT'S CLEAR TO EVERYBODY WHO MIGHT BE WATCHING OR LISTENING, THE PEOPLE YOU'RE TRYING TO HELP, THEY'RE NOT BEING CHARGED ANY MONEY FOR THIS SERVICE. CORRECT. THEY ARE NOT. THEY ARE NOT. SO IT IS THEY CAN STAY FOR 89 DAYS FOR FREE IN THE HOUSING CENTER, BUT THEY HAVE TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR CERTAIN THINGS. AND THAT'S WHERE THE CASE MANAGEMENT PLAN AND THE TREATMENT PLAN COME INTO PLAY. AND WHY WE CALL THEM PARTICIPANTS IS THAT THEY HAVE TO PARTICIPATE IN THEIR TREATMENT AND IN THEIR CARE.
IT'S NOT A PLACE TO JUST COME AND SIT AND DO NOTHING. THAT'S IF THEY DON'T PARTICIPATE, THEY WOULD BE DISCHARGED. AND IT'S ALSO NOT A PLACE WHERE THEY'RE BEING FORCED TO LIVE. THEY HAVE TO BE ABLE TO COME ON THEIR OWN VOLITION. RIGHT? IT IS VOLUNTARY. YES. YEAH. THE LAST THING I WANT TO MENTION IS THAT I NOTICED IN YOUR DATA HERE, YOU START OFF AVERAGE LENGTH OF HOMELESSNESS IS 1.5 MONTHS. NOW WE'RE AT 24 MONTHS. I'M WONDERING IF WE'VE YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO HELP THE EASIEST ONES WHO NEED HELP. AND NOW YOU'RE HAVING TO FOCUS ON THE THE TOUGHER NUTS TO CRACK. IS THAT A FAIR WAY OF LOOKING AT IT? ESSENTIALLY, I DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT INFORMATION TO REALLY ASSESS THAT ANSWER YET. I THINK THAT'LL TAKE MORE TIME TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WHY THEY'RE HOMELESS AND WHERE THEY'RE COMING FROM. JUST BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE WE HAVE A VERY SMALL NUMBER TO WORK WITH. I THINK IT'S TOO SMALL TO START TO MAKE SOME ASSUMPTIONS. AND SO I DON'T WANT TO DO THAT WITHOUT PROPER DATA AND EVALUATION.
OKAY. THANK YOU. GREAT JOB. YEAH. THANK YOU. AND THIS IS ONE OF THE FIRST IN THE STATE AS FAR AS A MUNICIPALITY DOING THIS. YES, AS FAR AS THE CITY. SO YOU GUYS ARE ON THE CUTTING EDGE OF BUYING AN APARTMENT OR HAVING AN APARTMENT AND LEASING IT TO A NONPROFIT. IT'S A GREAT EXAMPLE OF HOW WE CAN BUILD PUBLIC NONPROFIT PARTNERSHIPS TO REALLY SOLVE A LOT OF SOCIAL PROBLEMS. SO IT'S A GREAT MODEL. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? YES. GO AHEAD. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.
MISS YOUNG, THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE THROUGH IMPACT 46 AND FOR THE CITY OF LAWRENCEVILLE. THANK YOU. THIS IS JUST A SMALL PIECE OF WHAT YOU'VE DONE FOR THE CITY AND FOR THE PEOPLE WHO COME AND VISIT HERE, AND IT HAS MADE A TREMENDOUS DIFFERENCE. SO I WANT TO SAY THAT PUBLICLY. THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE IT. I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE PROGRAM. I LOOKING AT THE 31, I THINK YOU HAD 31 PEOPLE TO COME THROUGH ON QUARTER THREE IS THE DATA. AND SO THE QUESTION IS, DO YOU HAVE A WAITING LIST FOR THE. WE DO NOT, AS OF RIGHT NOW, WITH A LOT OF THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE IMPLEMENTING, THAT IS THE GOAL.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE BUILDING IS FULL. SO WE WANT TO BE AT CAPACITY BY THE END OF THE YEAR. FOR SURE. WE DID DO A SLOW ROLL OPEN, SO WE WERE NOT IN A RUSH TO FILL THE ROOMS, TO GIVE THE TIME TO GIVE THE TEAM TIME TO ACCLIMATE, LEARN EVERYTHING, MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD EVERYTHING RIGHT. AND SO AS WE'VE WORKED OUT A LOT OF THOSE THINGS WITH THE TEAM AS WELL AS
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OPERATIONS, WE'LL START TO OPEN MORE EFFICIENTLY AND EFFECTIVELY. OKAY. THANK YOU. I JUST HAD ONE QUESTION. GREAT PRESENTATION, AND I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING.AFTER THE 90 DAYS. DO THEY STILL RECEIVE WRAPAROUND SERVICES? THOSE DON'T END AT THE 89 OR 90 DAYS. CORRECT. THEY DON'T LIKE IN. SO A LOT OF THE SERVICES THAT OUR CASE MANAGER IS HELPING THEM APPLY FOR, SHE CAN FOLLOW UP WITH AFTERWARDS AS WELL AS THE CO-RESPONDERS. SO LIKE EVEN TODAY, I GOT AN EMAIL FROM MEGAN WHO WAS FOLLOWING UP WITH A GENTLEMAN WHO HAD FOUND A JOB IN SOUTH CAROLINA, AND SO SHE WAS HELPING HIM WITH HIS SNAP BENEFITS. SO THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF WHAT WE'RE DOING, IS THAT THERE'S STILL CONTINUED CARE EVEN AFTER THE 89 DAYS. BUT IT DOES PRESENT AN OBSTACLE IF WE CAN'T FIND HOUSING AFTER 89 DAYS. SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO DO AND ACCOMPLISH. OKAY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. WELL, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. AND ALSO THANK YOU, MISS YOUNG, FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. SO THIS IS NO ACTION THAT NEEDED TO BE TAKEN THAT WILL GIVE US. SO THERE'S NO ACTION NEEDED ON THAT AGENDA ITEM. WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM TWO. A NNX2026-00002RZM2026-00006 AND SUP2026. 00006. OWEN HERBERT ZERO SUGARLOAF PARKWAY, AND THIS ITEM IS BEING PRESENTED BY OUR DIRECTOR OF PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT, TODD HARGRAVE. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. AS YOU MENTIONED, THIS IS AN ANNEXATION REQUEST, REZONING REQUEST AND A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT ZERO SUGARLOAF PARKWAY. WHAT I'LL TELL YOU TONIGHT IS THIS POWERPOINT HAS BEEN UPDATED TO INCLUDE THE CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN PRESENTED TO YOU ALL THROUGH NEW CONDITIONS, PLANS AND ELEVATIONS. SO RIGHT NOW, THE PROJECT AS IT SITS IS IS STILL 6.61 ACRES. HAVE A MAXIMUM CAP OF EIGHT UNITS PER ACRE. WHEN ALL IS SAID AND DONE, THE REQUEST IS TO REZONE WHAT IS CURRENTLY ZONED R, S, T H TOWNHOUSE SINGLE FAMILY TOWNHOUSE DISTRICT IN UNINCORPORATED GWINNETT COUNTY TO THE PROPOSED RM8 TOWNHOUSE RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT FOR THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT. FOR 40 TOWNHOMES, TOWNHOUSES WITH FRONT ENTRY UNITS VIA SUP AS REVISED. THAT'S WHAT YOU SHOULD HAVE. YOU SHOULD HAVE IN YOUR SOME PAPERS. I GAVE YOU A COPY OF THE CONDITIONS WITH THE MOST CURRENT SET. I BELIEVE IT'S AUGUST 4TH DATE, BUT I'LL CONFIRM THAT IN A MOMENT. STAFF IS SUPPORTIVE OF THIS REQUEST AND WE GO THROUGH THIS AS WELL.
THIS IS THE VICINITY MAP. THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF LAWRENCEVILLE, SUWANEE AND SUGARLOAF PARKWAY. IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THAT LOCATION, IT'S THE WALMART ON HIGHWAY 29. IT'S ACROSS THE STREET. THE PROPERTY AROUND IT IS JUST A VACANT PIECE OF PROPERTY, WHICH IS PROBABLY ONE DAY MAY BECOME A TRAIL OR PARK OR WHO KNOWS. BUT RIGHT NOW IT'S WE'RE FOCUSING ON THE AREA THAT YOU SEE ON YOUR SCREEN THAT'S HIGHLIGHTED IN BLUE AS FROM A ZONING STANDPOINT, FROM THE COUNTY STANDPOINT, AS I PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, IT IS CURRENTLY ZONED RSTHU. MR. MAYOR. WHAT'S THAT? YOU LOOK PUZZLED. I'M SORRY. NO, I WAS JUST TRYING TO KEEP UP. I'M TRYING TO READ THE MINUTES FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION. SAME TIME READING YOUR PRESENTATION. YES, SIR. AS I MENTIONED, IT IS OUR OUR RTH IN UNINCORPORATED GWINNETT COUNTY, THE ANNEXATION REZONING FROM 8 TO 40. FRONT ENTRY TOWNHOME UNITS AT SIX UNITS PER ACRE. AS WE COME OUT TO BE THE SUP ALONG SUGARLOAF AND LAWRENCEVILLE SUWANEE. THE SITE WILL CONSIST OF SIX TOWNHOUSES RANGING FROM 4 TO 8 UNITS. THE CENTRAL GREEN AREA OF APPROXIMATELY 10,500FTā S, WITH A 750 SQUARE FOOT COMMUNITY BUILDING. AND THERE ARE SEVERAL VARIANCES REQUIRED WITH THIS REQUEST AS WELL. VARIANCES IN SUPS. THE MINIMUM HEATED FLOOR AREA IS ONE PRIVATE DRIVE WIDTH, ADJACENCY TO PUBLIC GREEN SPACE, BUFFER WIDTH, ETC. 40 FRONT ENTRY UNITS IN SOME DEVIATIONS MITIGATED BY TRANSITIONAL CONTEXT. ADJACENCY TO UNDEVELOPED CITY OWNED PROPERTIES. I FAILED TO MENTION THAT PREVIOUSLY THE PROPERTY SURROUNDING IS CITY OWNED. IT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, IT'S IN THE TRADITIONAL DAILY TRADITIONAL SUBURBAN AREA. EXCUSE ME. COMMUNITY SUPPORTS RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS, INCLUDING TOWNHOMES IN THE LAWRENCEVILLE 2045 PLAN. IT'S ADJACENT TO PARKS AND COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR, CHARACTER AREAS AND FUTURE TRAIL AND DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS. AND IT'S IN CONCLUSION, IT'S
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COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING DEVELOPMENT PATTERN. TRANSITIONAL REDEVELOPMENT AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS. I'M SURE YOU WILL HAVE SOME QUESTIONS, BUT WHAT I'LL GO TO NEXT IS THE MOST RECENT SITE PLAN YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU. THIS SHOULD BE PART OF YOUR PACKET. TONIGHT. I WILL PUT TWO COPIES IN HERE. WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THE TOPOGRAPHY OF THE SITE. SO I LEFT THAT OUT SPECIFICALLY. BUT THIS IS A PLAIN SHEET HERE. YOU CAN SEE THERE'S 40 UNITS ON IT. AND I HAVE A BETTER QUALITY PICTURE IN JUST A MOMENT. IF YOU WANT TO WAIT. AND I CAN BRING THAT ONE UP AS WELL. HERE'S ONE WITH SOME TOPOGRAPHY ON IT WHERE THEY'RE SHOWING HOW THE LAYOUT WILL BE AS WELL. THESE WILL ALL BE FRONT ENTRY INTERNAL TO THE DEVELOPMENT. AND YOU SHOULD HAVE 12 PAGES I BELIEVE, OF RENDERINGS FOR ELEVATIONS IN YOUR PACKET AS WELL OR NOT YOUR PACKET, BUT I CAN'T REMEMBER WHERE I PUT THEM.BUT TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, THEY'RE RIGHT HERE. THEY'RE RIGHT HERE. GOOD. GOT EM. AT LEAST THEY GOT TO THE COUNTER. THAT'S WHAT I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT. AS YOU CAN SEE, I BELIEVE THESE MEET YOUR STANDARDS. AS WE DISCUSSED IN THE PREVIOUS HEARINGS, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT DOORWAYS ON THE ADJACENT TO THE GARAGES. AS I GO THROUGH THIS, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A DAYLIGHT IMAGE AND A NIGHT A NIGHTTIME IMAGE. SO HERE'S WHAT IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE AT NIGHT. IF YOU WANT TO SEE IT AGAIN, HERE'S DIFFERENT ROWS OF TOWNHOUSES HERE. AGAIN, THESE PRETTY COMMON THEME GOING THROUGHOUT WITH THE ARCHITECTURAL STYLE, WHICH WE THINK IS CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR HERE IN LAWRENCEVILLE. AGAIN, A NIGHT IMAGE, THE UNITS ON THE SOUTHERN END OF THE PROJECT, THEY WERE THE SEPARATE UNITS DOWN AT THE END UNITS OF THREE. THERE'S WITH THE LIGHTS OFF. AND THESE WOULD BE THE ONES ON SUGARLOAF PARKWAY, I BELIEVE. IS THAT CORRECT? YES. OKAY. SORRY. AND HERE'S THE ALLEYWAYS, HOW THEY'LL LOOK AS YOU GO IN OR THE UTILITY EASEMENTS AGAIN, DAYLIGHT SETTINGS. AND THEN HERE'S SOME MORE UNITS HERE AS WELL. STAFF HAS BEEN SUPPORTIVE OF THIS REQUEST. WE'D ASK THAT YOU AS WELL. IT'S WELL AS YOU CAN SEE IS THESE ARE THE CONDITIONS OF ZONING AND THE DATE THAT THEY ARE THERE. I CAN BRING UP BETTER COPIES IF YOU'D LIKE. YOU HAVE THEM IN YOUR HAND. YES, SIR. SO BEFORE I TURN IT OVER FOR QUESTIONS, JUST GOING OVER SOME BASICS. SO I KNOW THIS PROJECT HAS GONE THROUGH A LOT OF REVISION. AND SO NOW WE HAVE GREEN SPACES IN BETWEEN THE HOUSES. THAT IS LEVEL, CORRECT? YES, SIR. INSTEAD OF WHERE WE'VE GONE FROM TEN FOOT BARRIERS TO NOW, I MEAN TEN FOOT RETAINING WALLS IN BETWEEN. NOW WE THOSE ARE ALL GONE. AND WE HAVE SOME UNITS ARE BASEMENT AND SOME ARE SLAB, I BELIEVE. THAT'S CORRECT.
YES. THERE IS A DROP FROM THE FRONT ELEVATION FROM SUGARLOAF TO THE BACK OF THE PROPERTY. I CAN'T REMEMBER THE EXACT NUMBER, BUT THERE WAS. BUT IN LOOKING AT THE FRONT RENDERING THAT YOU GAVE US. IT LOOKS VERY AMENABLE TO NEIGHBORS BEING ABLE TO MEET EACH OTHER AND WALK AND SEE AND, AND SO FORTH, AND THEN THE AMENITIES AROUND. SO THAT'S A BIG CHANGE FROM WHERE WE STARTED. SO THAT'S, THAT'S GREAT. SO NOW WHAT QUESTIONS DOES THE WHO WOULD LIKE TO BE RECOGNIZED? ASK QUESTIONS. YES, THERE'S A COUPLE HERE. THE RENDERINGS ARE A LITTLE CONFUSING. I LOVE THE WAY IT LOOKS FROM THE FROM THE FRONT THE BACK WITH THE STEPS. I'M JUST A LITTLE CONCERNED. THE THIS AERIAL PICTURE RIGHT HERE. LET'S SEE WHAT THIS ONE LOOKS LIKE. YEAH, THAT ONE RIGHT THERE. IT LOOKS LIKE THAT'S A BUNCH OF WHITE WOODED STEPS IN THE BACK THAT JUST GO ON AND ON AND ON. BUT THE OTHER PICTURES LOOK LIKE IT'S WROUGHT IRON.
MAYBE. IS THAT THE WHAT ARE YOU MAKING THE RAILINGS OUT OF ON ALL THESE STAIRS THAT ARE FLOWING OFF THE BACKS? I WOULD IMAGINE IT'S GOING TO BE WROUGHT IRON, BUT I'LL MAKE SURE THE APPLICANT IS AWARE. BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT WROUGHT IRON, WROUGHT IRON OR WHATEVER YOUR PREFERENCE, THIS IS WHAT. SO THIS IS THE OTHER LOOK, THE WROUGHT IRON LOOK. THERE'S A PARTICULAR IMAGE. THERE'S ONLY A TOTAL OF SIX. RIGHT. BUT THE STAIRS LOOKS LIKE SIX. YES.
YEAH. THOSE ARE IN THE BACK. AND YOU CAN SEE THEM OF COURSE FROM SUGARLOAF. SO WE WANT TO MAKE THOSE AS PRETTY AS POSSIBLE. WHY DON'T YOU ASK. ASK HIM HOW MANY UNITS, IF YOU DON'T MIND. I WANT TO SAY 16. BASEMENT. 16, WHICH WILL BE BASEMENTS. SO THEN THEY WOULD HAVE THE STEPS THAT WE WOULD. SO YOU WOULD. SO THEN WE COULD COUNCIL CAN DISCUSS AND SEE WHICH TYPE OF MATERIAL WE LIKE THEM TO BE BUILT OUT OF. OKAY. I'M JUST CURIOUS. OVERALL QUESTION. THIS IS COUNTY LAND RIGHT NOW. WE'RE GOING TO ANNEX IT IN AND APPROVE THIS. IDEALLY, IF WE CAN GET EVERYTHING THE WAY WE WANT, WHAT CAN BE BUILT RIGHT NOW UNDER THE COUNTY ZONING? TOWNHOUSES RIGHT NOW. TOWNHOUSES THAT PROBABLY WON'T LOOK LIKE THIS. THEY'LL BE
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BUILT TO GWINNETT COUNTY STANDARDS, WHICH THEY TEND TO HAVE. THEY'RE MORE FLEXIBLE WITH THEIR STANDARDS THAN THE CITY IS. I DOUBT YOU WOULD GET WROUGHT IRON ON THERE. THEY'D PROBABLY BE A LOT OF WOOD. THE QUALITY, BASICALLY, FROM WHAT YOU'VE TOLD US IN THE PAST, WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT LOWER. YES, SIR. I WOULD IMAGINE. YES, SIR. I THINK IT'S FAIR TO SAY.AND THIS IS OUR FRONT DOOR, AT LEAST ON THE WEST SIDE. YES, SIR. IT'S A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. YES, SIR. ESPECIALLY IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA. IT'LL BE SURROUNDED WITH OUR OUR IN THE FUTURE PARK. IT'S PROPERTY OWNED BY THE CITY. YES, SIR. I UNDERSTANDING IT'LL ATTACH TO OUR. THEY'VE AGREED TO ATTACH TO OUR TRAILS THAT WILL EVENTUALLY HAVE. YES, SIR. IN THERE AS WELL. KIND OF LIKE THE CONDITION BEHIND THESE BUILDINGS WOULD BE PART OF THAT AREA, RIGHT? THERE WOULD BE PART OF THE PARK. OKAY. I'M SURE IT'D BE TRAILS BECAUSE IT'S MOSTLY FLOOD IN THAT AREA. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YES. MR. MAYOR. I HAVE A QUESTION. OKAY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. I NOTICED THAT IN THIS, THERE IS A 750 SQUARE FOOT COMMUNITY BUILDING. YES, MA'AM. I'M GOING TO SHOW US. OKAY, GREAT. SO WHERE IS THE THE MALE? THE AREA FOR THE MALE IN CONNECTION TO THE BUILDING THAT I'M NOT SURE OF. THAT'LL BE SOMETHING ADDRESSED TO THE DEVELOPMENT. AND YOU'LL HAVE TO ADDRESS WITH THE POST OFFICE. ADDRESSES WILL BE HANDLED DURING THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN REVIEW PROCESS. THE MALE MAY COME IN AND SAY WE WANT IT HERE OR THERE. RIGHT NOW IT'S JUST GOING TO BE A LIKE A BOX. IT MAY COULD BE IN THE BUILDING FOR ALL I KNOW, BUT THAT'S WHAT I WAS GETTING TO. IS IT POSSIBLE TO PUT IT INSIDE THE BUILDING? IT'S POSSIBLE, BUT I IMAGINE IT WOULD BE AN OBSTACLE AFTER HOURS IF THE COMMUNITY, IF IT'S NOT OPEN, UNLOCKED AND HAVE ACCESS TO THE PUBLIC. SO WE'LL SEE. YEAH, WELL, THEY'LL HAVE TO WORK WITH THE POST OFFICE BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THE POST OFFICE IS PUSHING TO HAVE EXTERIOR MAIL KIOSKS AND OTHER LOCATIONS IN DOWNTOWN LAWRENCE.
I'LL MAKE SURE WE HAVE AN ANSWER. OKAY. I'M JUST LOOKING AT THE SAFETY POINT. YES, MA'AM.
YEAH, SURE. ALSO, THE NEW CONDITIONS HAVE RAISED IT FROM 700FTā S TO 1000. OH, OKAY. OKAY.
SO IT'S 1000. THANK YOU. AND THEY'LL BE FOLLOWING THE RULES. YES, SIR. YEAH. THAT'S ON PAGE PAGE TWO. THAT'S THE FIRST CONDITION I PUT IN IT NOW. SO. I KNOW WE'VE HAD A LOT OF CONDITIONS WHEN YOU LOOK THROUGH THIS. THE THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL RECOMMENDED CONDITIONS AS OF THIS MEETING. THERE'S A LOT OF RED AND BLUE TRACKING THE CHANGES. SO WE WE APPRECIATE EVERYBODY WORKING SO HARD ON IT. ANYONE ELSE HAVE QUESTIONS? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. OH, YOU DIDN'T WANT. NO. WE'RE GOOD. GOOD. I'M GOOD. AND THEN SO THIS WAS IN THE WHAT YOU'VE GIVEN US TONIGHT WAS IN THE PACKET. CORRECT. IT'S IN YOUR. YES. IT'S PART OF THE POWERPOINT. AND IT'LL BE THEN THIS WILL BE IN THE. YES, I WILL BE IN THE FUTURE. YES. FOR THE PUBLIC. OKAY. GREAT. ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
WHAT'S THE PLEASURE OF THE COUNCIL? REGULAR AGENDA. REGULAR AGENDA. THAT WILL BE ON SEPTEMBER THE 28TH. ITEM THREE WAS TABLED. ITEM FOUR WAS TABLED. WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM 5ZC2026-00003. COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPORATION, 2555 UNIVERSITY PARKWAY. AND THIS ITEM IS ALSO BEING PRESENTED PRESENTED BY OUR DIRECTOR OF PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT, TODD HARGRAVE. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. TURN IT OFF HERE. YES, SIR. YOU SHOULD HAVE IN YOUR PACKET THAT I GAVE YOU OR SOME ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS AS THE MINUTES FROM LAST NIGHT'S MEETING. WE DO. THE AS AS MENTIONED, THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE MEETING MINUTES. PLANNING COMMISSION ADOPTED THE RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THIS WITH STAFF'S RECOMMENDED CONDITIONS. HOWEVER, AS I SPELLED OUT IN THE MINUTES, THERE WERE SOME CONCERNS BESIDE THAT. AND ALSO THE APPLICANT DID MAKE ONE CORRECTION TONIGHT. BEFORE I GET TOO DEEP INTO THIS ABOUT THE DUMPSTER. IT'LL BE A COMPACTOR AND DUMPSTER WILL BE LOCATED OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING ON THE WHERE THE. I'LL SHOW YOU IN A MOMENT WHERE THE LOADING DOCK IS ON THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING. BUT THROUGH ELEVATION CHANGE AND THE BUILDING, IT'LL BE OBSTRUCTED FROM VIEW FROM THE ROAD. SO THIS WILL BE SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU SEE IN OTHER GROCERY STORES THAT HAVE COMPACTORS. YES, SIR. OKAY.
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IT'S A. SO I WILL CORRECT THAT IN THE MEETING MINUTES. THAT'S WHY I SEND OUT A DRAFT COPY FIRST. OKAY. THEY WERE KIND ENOUGH TO READ THROUGH THIS, BUT THANK YOU FOR. YES, AS MENTIONED, THIS IS A REZONING REQUEST FOR COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPORATION FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2555 UNIVERSITY PARKWAY. THE ACREAGE OF THE SITE IS 19.90 ACRES. THE CURRENT ZONING IS BG AND BG GENERAL BUSINESS DISTRICT AND LM LIGHT MANUFACTURING DISTRICT.THE PROPOSED ZONING REQUEST IS FOR BG GENERAL BUSINESS DISTRICT AND THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT IS A WHOLESALE MEMBERSHIP CLUB AND STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST. THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF ZONING HISTORY ASSOCIATED WITH THIS. IN 1971, THE PROPERTY WAS ZONED BG, HISTORICALLY USED FOR WAREHOUSE AND OUTDOOR STORAGE USES. THE AREA NOW IS TRANSITIONING TO COMMERCIAL AND SERVICE USES AND REZONING CONSOLIDATES THE SITE UNDER BG AND THERE ARE NO BARRIERS REGARDING RELATED TO REDEVELOPMENT BESIDES SOME VARIANCES THAT ARE COMING UP. PROJECT SUMMARY AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, IT WAS NIGHT.
IT IS 19.9 ACRES. REZONING TO BG DEVELOPMENT INCLUDES A 150 800 ZERO SQUARE FOOT WHOLESALE MEMBERSHIP CLUB WITH FUEL FACILITY. AND I WILL PUT THE HAND RIGHT THERE. THAT IS THE FUEL FACILITY IN THE NORTH EAST CORNER OF THE PROPERTY, WHICH IS WHAT IS NOW CALLED LIGHTNING DRIVE. AND I BELIEVE THERE WAS A HOTEL THERE AT ONE TIME THAT'S BEEN DEMOLISHED. THE SITE INCLUDES WILL INCLUDE 854 PARKING SPACES, CIRCULATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADES. ONE OF THE CONCERNS WITH THE PARKING WAS THE NUMBER. THEY COULD INCREASE THIS UP TO POSSIBLY 999 WITHOUT GOING THROUGH WHAT'S CALLED THE DEVELOPMENT OF REGIONAL IMPACT. THE THRESHOLDS ARE 1000 AND GREATER OR EQUAL TO. AND AGAIN, THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE BUILDING DOES NOT MEET THE THRESHOLD EITHER, WHICH IS 400 000 FOR A PROJECT THIS BIG. AND AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED, THIS REPLACES AN UNDERUTILIZED WAREHOUSE STORAGE USE ZONING AND DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS. AGAIN, BG DISTRICT SUPPORTS THE PROPOSED COMMERCIAL USE. THE PROJECT MEETS BG DIMENSIONAL AND ACCESS STANDARDS. THE VARIANCE IS NEEDED FOR MATERIAL SIGNAGE AND BUFFER IMPACTS AND VARIANCES ARE ACCEPTABLE WITH REQUIRED CONDITIONS. ONE OF THE VARIANCES WILL BE THROUGH THE STATE OF GEORGIA FOR STREAM BUFFER. THAT'S BEEN. IT'S NO LONGER THERE. THEY MAY HAVE TO DO SOME REPLANTING. AND I THINK THE APPLICANT IS PROBABLY GOING TO REPLANT THAT. EITHER WAY, ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. BUT THE SURROUNDING USES INCLUDE RETAIL, OFFICE WAREHOUSE AND SERVICES. IT IS LOCATED ALONG SR 316, WHICH IS A COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR YOU SEE HERE. THAT'S 316. THE PROPOSED USE FITS NEARBY COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND THERE IS NO SIGNIFICANT LAND USE CONFLICTS EXPECTED. IT IS CONSISTENT WITH OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WHICH IS LOCATED IN THE COMMUNITY MIXED USE AREA, WHICH PLAN SUPPORTS CORRIDOR FOCUSED ECONOMIC GROWTH. REDEVELOPMENT, STRENGTHENS COMMERCIAL SERVICES AND JOBS, REUSES AND IMPROVES AND UNDERUTILIZED SITE ADVANCES. A RESILIENT, ECONOMICALLY VIBRANT AND COMMUNITY VISION. STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO REZONE THE PROPERTY BG. IT FITS THE ESTABLISHED DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS. THE VARIANCES ARE ACCEPTABLE WITH CONDITIONS TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE, AND THE REDEVELOPMENT SUPPORTS ECONOMIC GROWTH AND BETTER SITE USE.
THEREFORE, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? PLEASE ASK.
OKAY. WELL, BEFORE I TURN OVER QUESTIONS TO YOU, I WOULD ALSO. I'VE ASKED THE CITY MANAGER TO READ THROUGH A LIST OF QUESTIONS THAT HE SENT THAT MAYOR PRO TEM TRAVIS SENT BOTH THE. CITY MANAGER AND YOU. AND SO IF I WOULD, IF THE CITY MANAGER COULD COME UP AND GO THROUGH THAT LIST, BECAUSE IT DEALS A LOT WITH 1 OR 2 QUESTIONS WE'VE HAD WITH TRAFFIC. THANK YOU. I'LL MAKE A POINT, THOUGH. I WANT TO ASK ONE QUICK QUESTION. YEAH. WE'RE GOING TO ASK A QUESTION FOR TODD THOUGH. OKAY. YEAH. RIGHT. YEAH WE WILL. OKAY. YOU WANT TO DO THAT FIRST. YOU GO. GO AHEAD. ASK A QUESTION. OKAY, OKAY. I JUST WANTED YOU TO CLARIFY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. THERE IS A REZONING, BUT PART OF WHAT THEY ARE ALREADY HAVING ACCESS TO IS A BG, WHICH IS A USE BY. RIGHT. I WANTED YOU TO EXPLAIN. YES, MA'AM. THIS IS.
IT'S A WHOLESALE MEMBERSHIP CLUB. THIS WOULD BE A PERMITTED USE BY RIGHT IN THIS DISTRICT.
THAT'S WHY IT'S BG. IT IS CURRENTLY ZONED L M MOST OF IT PARTS OF IT. SO THEREFORE THAT'S WHY WE'RE REQUESTING BG STAFF. THAT WAS OUR RECOMMENDATION FROM THE BEGINNING FROM A STAFF STANDPOINT. RIGHT. SO SOME OF THIS IS ALREADY BG WHICH THEY CAN USE WITHOUT COMING TO US. BUT THEY'RE JUST WANTING TO REQUESTING REZONING OF THE L M TO AN EXTENT. BUT IT ALL NEEDS TO BE ASSEMBLED INTO ONE PARCEL ID NUMBER, WHICH IS WHAT THAT'S PART OF THE PROCESS WE'RE GOING THROUGH RIGHT NOW. OKAY. AND THE LMS WILL REDUCE THE DENSITY OF THE ZONING. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. THE INTENSITY GOES DOWN. OKAY. I JUST WANTED TO. YES, MA'AM.
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THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. CHAIR. THANK YOU, MAYOR, FOR ASKING ME. I DON'T PLAN ON READING THIS. I'M GOING TO TRY TO SUMMARIZE THIS AND I WILL OUTLINE SOME OF THE THE QUESTIONS THAT CAME FROM ORIGINALLY FROM COUNCIL MEMBER TRAVIS. HE ASKED MULTIPLE QUESTIONS. AND SO AND I THINK THESE WILL OUTLINE SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT WE'VE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY RELATED TO TRAFFIC. THE FIRST QUESTION WAS RELATED TO WHAT IS THE INCREASE IN TRAFFIC? YOU'LL LOOK OVER AT MY DESK OVER THERE. THERE'S A 600 PAGE TRAFFIC STUDY THAT WE RECEIVED LAST JULY THAT STAFF HAS REVIEWED. GWINNETT COUNTY DOT HAS REVIEWED, AND I JUST HAD RECENTLY HAD A CONVERSATION WITH GEORGIA DOT. THEY'RE REVIEWING IT AS WELL. DO NOT ANTICIPATE ANY ISSUES FROM GEORGIA. DOT BUT THEY HAD VOLUNTEERED TO TO WANT TO SEE THAT AS WELL. AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT ARE RECOMMENDED IN THAT STUDY.IN THAT STUDY, THERE WERE EIGHT EXISTING INTERSECTIONS THAT WERE STUDIED. THOSE INTERSECTIONS SURROUND THIS PROPERTY, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE HIGHWAY 316 AND THE COLLECTOR DISTRIBUTOR THAT'S ALREADY IN PLACE, AND THE INTERSECTIONS RELATED TO THAT AT BUFORD DRIVE, AS WELL AS COLLINS HILL ROAD, BOTH IN THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH, AND THEN ALSO TO, I GUESS, TO THE WELL TO THE SOUTH OF THAT IS ALSO HURRICANE SHOALS ROAD. SO ALL THE INTERSECTIONS SURROUNDING THAT RELATED TO BUFORD DRIVE, 316, HURRICANE SHOALS ROAD AND COLLINS HILL ROAD WERE ALL STUDIED. INTERSECTIONS WITH TRAFFIC COUNTS THAT WERE TAKEN. AND THEN MOVING ON TO ANOTHER PIECE OF THAT, THERE IS CURRENTLY TWO LARGE DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE HAPPENING THAT DID NOT GET CAPTURED IN THOSE IN THOSE STUDIES. ONE OF THOSE IS THE NASHVILLE CENTER MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT AT BUFORD DRIVE. THAT'S A 305 MULTIFAMILY UNITS, 1500 ZERO SQUARE FEET OF RETAIL AND 3000FTā S OF FAST FOOD RESTAURANTS. THAT IS THAT THAT APARTMENT COMPLEX NOW IS OPEN, AND THEY ARE CURRENTLY IN THE LEASING PORTION OF THAT. AND THERE'S A CHIPOTLE AS WELL THAT IS OPEN. THERE'S FURTHER DEVELOPMENT. BUT AGAIN, WHEN THE TRAFFIC COUNTS WERE TAKEN, THOSE WERE NOT. HOWEVER, THAT IS NOW MODELED INTO AND THE THE STUDY AS WELL. LAWRENCEVILLE GATEWAY MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT AT COLLINS HILL ROAD AND PARK ACCESS DRIVE. THAT'S TWO MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENTS, 100 ZERO ZERO ZERO SQUARE FEET OF SELF STORAGE AND JUST UNDER 5000 OF MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDING AND 26000 RETAIL. AND JUST A LITTLE UPDATE ON THAT. IT'S LOOKING LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE MORE OFFICE MEDICAL OFFICE THAN STORAGE AND RETAIL. SO THERE'S BEEN SOME MEDICAL OFFICE DEMAND WITH NORTHSIDE AND THE HOSPITAL HAPPENING. SO WE WE ARE SEEING SOME ADDITIONAL CHANGES TO THAT FROM A POSITIVE STANDPOINT.
WITH THE MEDICAL OFFICE, WE LOOKED AT WEEKDAY MORNING TRIPS 448 AND THAT IS TO THE EXIT AND ENTRANCE TO THE FACILITY. SO IT'S ACTUALLY HALF OF THAT. BUT WE COUNT THEM TWICE BECAUSE THEY'RE COMING AND GOING WEEKDAY MIDDAY, WEEKDAY EVENING, SATURDAY MIDDAY, AND THE TOTAL DAILY TRIP GENERATION. SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU LOOK AT BOTH THE WEEKEND AND ALSO WITH THIS TYPE OF USE. YOU LOOK AT THE WEEKEND AND THE WEEKDAY TRAFFIC BECAUSE AS YOU SEE HERE, WE ANTICIPATE MORE TRAFFIC ON THE ON SATURDAY FROM THIS FACILITY THAN WE DO DURING, DURING ULTIMATELY DURING THE WEEK. THE OTHER PART OF THIS IS YOU'LL SEE BY THE SITE PLAN THAT THAT WAS ON THE SCREEN EARLIER. THERE IS GOING TO BE A CONNECTING ROAD THAT CONNECTS HIGHWAY 20, STATE ROUTE 20 TO COLLINS HILL ROAD. AND THE BEAUTY BEHIND THAT IS NOW THERE'S GOING TO BE TWO WAYS TO EXIT THIS FACILITY. IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE CURRENT COSTCO AT MALL GEORGIA, THERE IS ONE WAY IN AND ONE WAY OUT. AND THERE'S A BIG ISSUE THERE.
HERE. YOU ACTUALLY CAN EXIT THROUGH THROUGH ACCESS OF COLLINS HILL ROAD, OR YOU CAN ACTUALLY ACCESS THROUGH HIGHWAY STATE ROUTE 20 AS WELL. AND THERE'S A DISTRIBUTION MODEL THAT I WON'T BORE YOU WITH THE DETAILS THAT ARE OUTLINED IN THERE THAT SAYS THIS AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC WE ANTICIPATE GOING HERE AND THIS AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC GOING THERE, AND THEN ULTIMATELY GOING THROUGH HURRICANE SHOALS AS WELL. SO ALL OF THAT IS, IS, IS HANDLED THROUGH THE ENGINEERING MODELING DATA. I MENTIONED SOME PROPOSED TRAFFIC MITIGATION MEASURES. AND THE OBVIOUSLY THE LARGEST ONE THAT COSTCO IS DOING IS BUILDING THE ROAD THAT'S GOING TO CONNECT HIGHWAY 20, STATE ROUTE 20 ALL THE WAY TO COLLINS HILL ROAD. THAT IS NOT CURRENTLY HAPPENING TODAY. SO THAT IS ACTUALLY A PART OF WHAT COSTCO IS GOING TO BE
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DOING WITH THEIR PROJECT. AND ALSO VARIOUS LEFT TURN LANES. AND ON THAT ROAD AS WELL, THE CITY IS GOING TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR AN ADDITIONAL LANE OUTSIDE OF THAT AT LIGHTNING RENTAL DRIVE OR LIGHTNING DRIVE WITH AN ADDITIONAL LEFT TURN LANE AND THEN OPTIMIZING. WORKING WITH GWINNETT COUNTY AND GEORGIA DOT, OPTIMIZING ALL THE SIGNALS. AND AGAIN, ALL OF THAT DATA IS IN MODELED INTO THE TRAFFIC STUDY. AND THAT WILL BE ULTIMATELY THE RESPONSIBILITY OF OF THE CITY. MOVING ON TO SOME OF THE RESULTS OF THE STUDY, IF YOU LOOK AT EACH ONE OF THE WEEKDAY AND THE MIDDAY AND EVENING, AND AGAIN, I WON'T BORE YOU WITH ALL THE DETAILS.WE LOOKED AT EXISTING TRAFFIC. WE LOOKED AT THE MODELED TRAFFIC FROM THE TWO DEVELOPMENTS AND NO COSTCO. AND THEN WE ADDED THE COSTCO TRAFFIC TO IT. AND AS YOU SEE THERE, FROM THE MODELED DATA TO THE COSTCO TRAFFIC, WITH THE OPTIMIZATIONS AND ALL THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE HAPPENING, IT'S MINIMAL INCREASES BASED ON THE OTHER DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE HAPPENING THERE. THE WHEN YOU LOOK WHEN THE STANDARD FOR LOOKING AT AN INTERSECTION IS RATED AN A ALL THE WAY TO AN F, AND THERE IS NO INTERSECTION THAT WAS STUDIED AT ANY TIME, THAT WAS THAT GOES BEYOND A D AGAIN. SO THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME DELAY. AND THAT DELAY IS ALREADY WE EXPERIENCED THERE. AND BY OPTIMIZING THE SIGNALS I THINK IT WILL BE ABLE AND AND HAVING TWO SEPARATE ROUTES TO LEAVE COSTCO, I THINK ELIMINATES SOME OF THE CONCERN RELATED TO THE ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC. AGAIN, AS YOU GO THROUGH, YOU'LL HAVE SOME OF THE INTERSECTIONS ARE OPERATING A AND B, AND SOME ARE IN THE C AND D, BUT NOT ANY. ANY INTERSECTION GOES INTO AN E OR AND AN F, WHICH WOULD BE CONSIDERED A FAILURE BASED ON GDOT STANDARDS. LASTLY, THERE WAS A QUESTION RELATED TO WELL, TO TO THE TRAFFIC. WHEN IS THE STATE ROUTE 316 CONSTRUCTION GOING TO BE COMPLETED? AND WHEN I WAS MEETING WITH GDOT LAST WEEK, THAT PROJECT WILL BE COMPLETED APRIL OF 2029. THAT INCLUDES ALL THE OVERPASSES ALL THE WAY DOWN. SO WE'RE WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT ORANGE BARRELS ON 316 FOR QUITE SOME TIME. THAT DOES NOT NECESSARILY MEAN THAT THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE LANES OPEN AND THINGS LIKE THAT. IT'LL BE PHASED, BUT THAT'S AT THE VERY END OF GDOT PROJECT FOR 316 IS APRIL OF 2029, WHEN WE DID NOT LOOK AT THE TRAFFIC ON 316, BECAUSE ULTIMATELY IT IS THIS TRAFFIC, THE CONCERN RELATED TO THE INTERSECTIONS. ONCE TRAFFIC GETS ON TO 316, IT GETS ABSORBED AND IT'S IT'S A MINIMAL IMPACT WITH 100,000 CARS THAT THAT 316 CARRIES TODAY. AND THEN ALSO WHEN 316 IS NOW IN AS OF APRIL OF 2029, WILL BECOME A LIMITED ACCESS.
WE DO NOT ANTICIPATE THERE BEING A BIG IMPACT INTO STATE ROUTE 316 LASTLY, THERE WAS A QUESTION RELATED TO HOW MANY TREES WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE SITE. AS WAS MENTIONED, YOU SAW THIS WAS CURRENTLY A LANDSCAPE BUSINESS, A A RENTAL RV PLACE AS WELL. IN ADDITION TO SOME LEFTOVER GDOT PROPERTIES THAT HAD BEEN LEFT OVER FROM THE THE COLLECTOR DISTRIBUTOR PROJECT THAT HAPPENED A DECADE OR SO AGO. OVERALL, THERE'S ABOUT 3.2 ACRES OF THE NEW DEVELOPMENT THAT HAVE CURRENTLY HAVE TREES AS NEW GROWTH TREES, AND THOSE WOULD BE REMOVED. AND THAT'S ULTIMATELY 16% OF THE DEVELOPMENT. SO THAT WAS A QUESTION RELATED TO THAT. AND THEN THE LAST QUESTION WAS RELATED TO AN EV CHARGING STATIONS. AND AT THIS TIME THERE THERE IS NOT PLANS TO HAVE ANY EV CHARGING STATIONS. AFTER CONVERSATIONS WITH COSTCO RELATED TO THAT, THEY INDICATED THEY KNOW THEIR CUSTOMERS. AND IF THEIR CUSTOMERS INDICATE THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS NEEDED, THEN THAT WILL BE ADDED AT SOME POINT. BUT AT THIS AT THIS POINT, IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT THAT THEY HAVE INDICATED THAT THEIR CUSTOMERS DESIRE AT THIS TIME. OKAY. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. WARBURTON? OKAY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION, MR. HARGRAVE. IF YOU CAN COME ON UP AND TAKE OVER THE SHOW. MAYOR PRO TEM TRAVIS, WE APPRECIATE ALL THE DETAILED QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. I WAS BASICALLY THROUGH. SO STAFF IS RECOMMENDING. WELL, WE LIKE TO HAVE YOU UP THERE. THANK YOU. I CAN STAY FOREVER IF YOU'D LIKE. WELL, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE IF COUNCIL HAD ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MR. HARGROVE. I DO HAVE SOME OTHER THINGS TO ADD ABOUT THEM. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.
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AS WE GO THROUGH. OKAY. ADDRESS LAST NIGHT THROUGH THE PUBLIC HEARING, THE PLANNING COMMISSION DID EXPRESS CONCERN ABOUT BUILDING MATERIALS. I. ADDITIONALLY, WHEN I MET WITH COSTCO THE FIRST TIME, I GAVE THEM AN EXAMPLE OF A BUILDING AND THEY JUST BURNED VERY NICELY AND STERNLY TOLD ME, NO, BUT IT'S A GOOD THING THE MATERIALS THEY'RE GOING TO USE ARE RECYCLABLE. THEY'RE PRE-ENGINEERED, THEY'RE LONGER LASTING, THEY'RE MORE DURABLE.IT KEEPS COSTS DOWN WHEN IT COMES TO STEEL. THE COST OF STEEL AND CONSTRUCTION, AND I BELIEVE IT WAS REDUCED BY ONE EIGHT. SO YOU DON'T NEED THEY NEED ONE LESS HVAC SYSTEM. SO THAT'S A GOOD THING. AND I THINK YOU'LL BE PLEASED WITH IT WHEN YOU ACTUALLY SEE IT. SO DURING THE REGULAR MEETING, THEY'LL BRING THEIR BOARD IN HERE AND THEN THEY'LL START DOING THIS TO YOU. AND THE BUILDING IS GOING TO CHANGE ITS COLORS AS SHOWN IN THE IMAGES YOU HAVE BASED ON WHEN THE SUN HITS IT. SO, OR MAYBE MOONLIGHT TOO, FOR ALL I KNOW. BUT WHAT I'LL DO IS I'LL SHOW YOU ALL THIS STUFF. THESE ARE THE ELEVATIONS. AND THEY DO HAVE EXAMPLES SO YOU CAN TOUCH AND FEEL THE EXAMPLES OF THE BUILDING MATERIALS WHEN THEY COME IN. I BELIEVE THIS WILL BE THE FIRST BUILDING CONSTRUCTED THIS WAY. OR IS IT SOMETHING YOU'RE DOING CURRENTLY THE BUILDING, IS THIS THE FIRST TIME YOU'RE USING THESE TYPE OF MATERIALS? NO, NO. OKAY. SOMEWHERE ELSE, SOMEBODY SENT ME SOME PICTURES, BUT I'VE SEEN THEM. I THINK YOU'LL BE PLEASED. BUT THIS IS THE RENDERINGS HERE. YOU CAN SEE THIS IS THE WAREHOUSE ELEVATIONS. THE TRASH DUMPSTER WILL BE IF I'M SMOOTH. I BELIEVE IT'S IN THIS CORNER.
LOOKS RIGHT. IS THAT RIGHT? ELEVATION ON THE FAR LEFT. OH. RIGHT HERE. SORRY. THAT'S WHERE THE DUMPSTER WOULD BE. IF YOU'RE LOOKING. THIS IS LOOKING FROM 316 AT THE SITE. THESE ARE SOME MORE CONCEPT WAREHOUSE ELEVATIONS HERE. AGAIN YOU'RE SEEING SOME SOUTH ELEVATIONS THE EAST AND THE NORTH. AND THESE ARE THE RENDERINGS HERE. AS YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE SHADOWS WILL MAKE THE BUILDING APPEAR TO BE DARKER AND CERTAIN TIMES OF THE DAY. THAT'S THE WAY I UNDERSTOOD IT. BUT THEY'LL PIECE OF METAL, THEY CAN TURN AND SHOW YOU HOW IT'S GOING TO CHANGE. AGAIN, THIS IS A COSTCO HERE. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING ELEVATIONS, I THINK THEY LOOK GOOD. WE'VE BEEN IN DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS FOR QUITE SOME TIME, SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO BE RECOGNIZED, JUST ONE ONE QUESTION ABOUT THE TRAFFIC. I LIVE WITHIN A MILE OF THIS PROJECT, SO THE TRAFFIC WILL BE AFFECTING ME AT SOME POINT, I THINK. YES, SIR. AND I KNOW THAT THAT'S OF ALL THE COMMENTS WE'VE RECEIVED ABOUT THIS PROJECT SINCE IT BECAME PUBLIC. THAT'S THE BIG ISSUE, IS AN INCREASE OF TRAFFIC. AND CITY MANAGER'S POINTED OUT THE TRAFFIC STUDY THAT SHOWS THAT IT MAY NOT HAVE THE APOCALYPTIC EFFECT THAT THEY'RE FEARING IT WILL. I REMEMBER WHEN WE I'M A BRAVES FAN, AND I REMEMBER WHEN THE BRAVES MOVED FROM ATLANTA UP TO SMYRNA, AND HOW ALL THE DIRE PREDICTIONS ABOUT HOW TERRIBLE THE TRAFFIC WAS GOING TO BE AT THAT NEW STADIUM RIGHT THERE WHERE 285 AND 85 MET. BUT THE BRAVES WERE SMART, AND THEY PUT PARKING ALL THE WAY AROUND THE PERIMETER OF THE STADIUM. SO IF YOU LIVED ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE STADIUM, YOU WOULD PARK ON THE EAST SIDE, SO YOU WOULD JUST WALK TO THE STADIUM FROM THERE, YOU WOULDN'T BE GETTING IN THE WAY OF EVERYBODY ELSE WHO WERE TRYING TO DRIVE EAST, WEST, NORTH OR SOUTH FROM THE STADIUM. AND IT REALLY HASN'T BEEN THAT BAD UP THERE.
SO I KNOW THAT COSTCO PROBABLY REGRETS THE TRAFFIC SITUATIONS THAT WE SEE UP IN BUFORD, BECAUSE YOU'RE RIGHT, IT IS A ONE WAY IN, ONE WAY OUT KIND OF THING. AND I GUESS MY MY PLEA AND MY REQUEST AS WE MOVE FORWARD TO ACTUALLY VOTING ON THIS IN A FEW WEEKS IS TO MAKE SURE THAT COSTCO HAS LEARNED FROM WHATEVER MISTAKES THAT LAYOUT HAS CREATED, THAT TRAFFIC HAS CREATED UP IN BUFORD. AND WHEN THEY APPLY IT HERE TO MAKE SURE THAT MISTAKE ISN'T MADE AGAIN, I REALLY THINK THAT THE MULTIPLE WAYS OF GETTING IN AND OUT KIND OF REPLICATES WHAT THE BRAVES DID WITH THEIR STADIUM UP THERE. THERE ARE MULTIPLE WAYS NOW.
YOU DON'T ALL JUST HAVE TO DRIVE DOWN FOR DRIVE AND TAKE A LEFT UP THERE WHERE THE MALL IS AND YOU'RE STUCK. YOU CAN'T GET GET IN AND OUT OF THAT PARKING LOT. AND THAT'S WHY THE TRAFFIC IS BACKED UP SO MUCH THERE. IDEALLY, THIS IS A PLAN THAT WILL CORRECT THAT, AND I'M HOPING THAT THEY'VE APPLIED EVERY LESSON THEY'VE LEARNED FROM THAT PROJECT AND MAKE SURE THAT IT FITS IN THIS ONE. SO WE DON'T MAKE THE SAME MISTAKES. YES, SIR. I THINK THE PROPOSED ROADWAY EXTENDING FROM BUFORD HIGHWAY, BUFORD DRIVE 20 OVER TO PARK DRIVE WILL SATISFY THAT.
IT'S NOT THERE RIGHT NOW. YOU YOU GO UP COLLINS HILL, TURN RIGHT, AND YOU GO TO THE HONDA PLACE AND STOP. AT ONE TIME IT WENT ALL THE WAY THROUGH. BUT AS TIME GOES BY, THINGS CHANGE.
AND I THINK THIS IS FOR THE BETTER. THANK YOU. AND FOR THE PARKING WITH THE FACILITY, THERE'S THREE EXITS ONTO THE PROPOSED ROADWAY, CORRECT? YES, SIR. ONE, TWO. YES. HERE ON
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PARK ACCESS. HERE, HERE, HERE. THIS IS THE FUEL CENTER, OF COURSE. AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER ACCESS HERE. SO THERE'S PLENTY OF GETTING IN AND OUT IF YOU LEARN HOW TO MANEUVER THE SYSTEM. SO OKAY. AND FROM WHAT I'VE HEARD, I'VE TECHNICALLY ONLY HAD ONE COMPLAINT FROM A RESIDENT SO FAR ABOUT THE CONCERN ABOUT TRAFFIC, BECAUSE WE HAVE GONE AT LENGTHS TO MAKE SURE THE TRAFFIC STUDY COVERS THIS, EITHER COSTCO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR CHANGING INCREASING ROADS AND TURNING, YOU KNOW, TURN, YOU KNOW, TURNING LANES AND OR EITHER THE CITY IS AND THAT GDOT HAS ALSO GONE THROUGH THIS. AS CITY MANAGER SAID, WE HAVE THE STATE LOOKING AT IT AS WELL NOW. SO ANYBODY ELSE LIKE TO BE. ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. SO IT'S A PLEASURE OF THE COUNCIL.REGULAR AGENDA. OKAY. SO REGULAR AGENDA 28TH SEPTEMBER. ITEM SIX. IT WILL BE THE FIRST ITEM ON CONSENT FOR THE REGULAR MEETING ON SEPTEMBER THE 28TH. THE CONTRACT AWARD PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT AND ENGINEERING LAND DISTURBANCE PERMIT PLAN REVIEWS ON ANNUAL CONTRACT. THE SECOND CONSENT ITEM ON THE REGULAR AGENDA WILL BE ITEM SEVEN AWARD CONTRACT FOR GROVE PARK ELECTRIC UNDERGROUND LOOP PROJECT. THE THIRD CONSENT ITEM WILL BE AWARD CONTRACT FOR BAKER CARTER PRESSURE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT. AND NOW WE'LL LISTEN TO ITEM NINE RATIFICATION OF EMERGENCY RESTORATION SERVICES AT THE LAWRENCE ARTS CENTER. AND THIS ITEM IS BEING PRESENTED BY OUR PURCHASE PURCHASING DIRECTOR, KENNETH MORRIS. GOOD AFTERNOON.
GOOD AFTERNOON. I THINK THIS IS YOUR SECOND TIME IN FRONT OF US. OR MORE. MAYBE MORE. I CAN'T REMEMBER. IT MAY BE SECOND, SECOND, STARTING TO GET COMFORTABLE WITH IT. MAYOR AND COUNCIL, I'M PRESENTING AN ITEM TONIGHT REQUESTING COUNCIL'S RATIFICATION OF THE CITY'S EMERGENCY SELECTION OF BAILEY ROOFING AND RESTORATION TO COMPLETE EMERGENCY WORK COMPLETED AT THE LAWRENCE ARTS CENTER ON MAY 3RD. THE LACK EXPERIENCED A SIGNIFICANT FLOODING EVENT FOLLOWING THE FAILURE OF A SPRINKLER PIPE. BECAUSE THE AMOUNT OF WATER INVOLVED, THE CITY NEEDED AN IMMEDIATE RESPONSE AND THE IMMEDIATE PRIORITIES WERE REMOVING THE STANDING WATER. EXTRACTION AND DRYING OF ANY MATERIALS. PREVENTION OF ADDITIONAL DAMAGE IDENTIFICATION, IDENTIFICATION AND REMOVAL OF ANY DAMAGED MATERIALS. ADDRESSING AND MITIGATING ANY FURTHER MOISTURE AND POTENTIAL ISSUES, AND STABILIZING THE AFFECTED PORTIONS OF THE FACILITY. THESE WERE MOSTLY LOCATED DOWN IN THE BASEMENT. WAITING FOR THE CITY'S NORMAL COMPETITIVE PROCUREMENT PROCESS. COULD HAVE BEEN COULD HAVE ALLOWED THE DAMAGE TO CONTINUE AND POTENTIALLY INCREASE THE CITY'S OVERALL RESTORATION COSTS. THE OBJECTIVE AT THE TIME WAS TO RETURN THE AFFECTED AREAS TO A SAFE AND FUNCTIONAL CONDITION, WHILE ADDRESSING THE DAMAGE RESULTING FROM THE EMERGENCY.
BECAUSE OF THE IMMEDIATE THREAT TO CITY PROPERTY AND THE POTENTIAL FOR MORE DAMAGE, THE SITUATION MET THE CIRCUMSTANCES REQUIRING AN EMERGENCY RESPONSE. FOLLOWING ARTICLE 12, SECTION 2274 OF THE CITY'S PURCHASING ORDINANCE, CITY MANAGEMENT APPROVED THE FACILITIES MAINTENANCE DIRECTOR SELECTION OF BAILEY ROOFING AND RESTORATION TO RESPOND TO THE EMERGENCY. THE PURPOSE OF THIS ITEM IS TO FORMALLY REQUEST RATIFICATION OF THE EMERGENCY PROCUREMENT AND THE ASSOCIATED EXPENDITURES THAT WERE THAT WERE NECESSARY TO RESPOND TO THE FLOODING EVENT. BAILEY ROOFING AND RESTORATION WAS SELECTED BECAUSE THEY WERE ABLE TO RESPOND TO THE EMERGENCY IMMEDIATELY, HAD AVAILABILITY TO PERFORM THE WORK, AND HAD EXPERIENCE WITH EMERGENCY RESTORATION SERVICES. THE SELECTION WAS MADE BASED ON THE CITY'S IMMEDIATE NEED TO HAVE A CONTRACTOR ON SITE AND BEGIN MITIGATION AND RESTORATION
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IMMEDIATELY. PURCHASING WILL MAINTAIN ALL THE DOCUMENTATION SUPPORTING THE EMERGENCY PROCUREMENT, INCLUDING THE APPROVAL CONTRACTOR SELECTION, THE PROPOSAL AND ESTIMATE INSURANCE DOCUMENTATION, WHICH RISK MANAGEMENT HAS BEEN ON TOP OF THAT EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND WORK AUTHORIZATION RECORDS, AND ANY ADDITIONAL RESTORATION WORK INVOLVED. THE REQUESTED AUTHORIZATION IS AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $300,000 OF ATTACHED THE THREE INVOICES THAT HAVE EITHER BEEN PAID OR ARE PENDING PAYMENT RIGHT NOW TO BAILEY. I BELIEVE THEY TOTAL. NOT HAVING.I BELIEVE THERE ARE ABOUT $260,000. THEY'RE JUST SHY OF THE 300,000. BUT I BELIEVE WE'RE CLOSING THAT OUT NOW AT THIS POINT. THESE WERE ALL BUDGETED FOR AND FACILITIES MAINTENANCE GENERAL OPERATING IN 2023 SPLOST. I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT THERE ARE $300,000 IS THE IS A NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT IDENTIFIED IN THE REQUEST. THE FINAL EXPENDITURE WILL BE BASED ON THE DOCUMENTED EMERGENCY SCOPE OF WORK. PART OF WHICH WAS ATTACHED WITH THE AGENDA ITEM. AND PROPERLY AUTHORIZED WORK NECESSARY TO COMPLETE THE RESTORATION. THE CITY'S PROJECT ENGINEERING FIRM, CROFT AND ASSOCIATES, HAS MAINTAINED OVERSEEING WHAT WORK IS DESIGNATED AS PART OF THE EMERGENCY VERSUS WHAT IS NOT PART OF THE OVERALL RESTORATION WORK, WHICH WE ARE LOOKING AT BIDDING OUT SOON. THEREFORE, STAFF IS REQUESTING THAT COUNCIL RATIFY THE CITY'S EMERGENCY SELECTION OF BAILEY ROOFING AND RESTORATION TO PERFORM OR FINISH OUT THE EMERGENCY RESTORATION SERVICES AT LAC AND THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 300 000. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. YES, SIR. AND I KNOW WE MIGHT HAVE 1 OR 2 QUESTIONS. SO WHO WOULD LIKE TO BE RECOGNIZED TO ASK QUESTIONS, I WILL, YES, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. MORRIS, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. HAS THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE BY BAILEY ROOFING BEEN SATISFACTORILY DONE UP TO THIS POINT? YES, MA'AM. I, I SO AND I SHOULD HAVE CLARIFIED THIS, THAT MOST OF THIS WORK IS BEING REIMBURSED TO THE CITY FROM INSURANCE. THE THE POINT OF THE ITEM IS JUST TO COVER THE FACT FROM THE PURCHASING ORDINANCE. SINCE WE DID NOT COMPETITIVELY GO OUT AND SEEK OTHER BIDS AND JUST GAVE IT TO BAILEY. THAT IT'S JUST COVERING THE FACT THAT WE HAD ONE CONTRACTOR COME AND DO THE WORK WITHOUT GETTING OTHER BIDS. AND THE PURCHASING ORDINANCE IS PART OF A TWO, TWO, SEVEN FOUR DOES INSTRUCT US TO GO BEFORE OR AT SOME POINT HAVE APPROVAL OF COUNCIL, BUT WE SINCE IT IS REIMBURSED BEING REIMBURSED BY INSURANCE, IT WILL GO THROUGH THE ADJUSTMENT PHASE AND HAVE ALL THE WORK DONE TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S STILL BEING ABLE TO BE COVERED BY INSURANCE. OKAY. BUT TO MY QUESTION IS, IS WHAT'S BEEN DONE SATISFACTORY AT THIS POINT? BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S STILL WORK TO BE DONE. IT'S IT'S IN THE LAST STAGES. SO CROFT HAS BEEN FOLLOWING THIS AND HAS APPROVED ALL THE WORK SO FAR. YES. RIGHT. SO THAT YOU HAVE SOMEBODY LOOKING FOR QUALITY AND THEY'RE APPROVING IT. YES, SIR. OKAY. THAT'S WHAT I NEED. THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM. JUST TRYING TO HELP YOU OUT THERE. APPRECIATE IT. DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? I'M GOOD, THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. SO WHAT IS IS CONSENT POSSIBLY. YEAH. CONSENT.
OKAY. THIS WOULD BE ITEM FOUR ON THE REGULAR AGENDA FOR CONSENT. AND WE'LL GO TO PROFESSIONAL DESIGN ITEM TEN PROFESSIONAL DESIGN SERVICES FOR NORTH CLAYTON STREET EXTENSION PROJECT. AND THIS ITEM IS BEING PRESENTED BY OUR CITY ENGINEER MR. ALVES. JUNIOR.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. TODAY STAFF IS REQUESTING AWARD PROFESSIONAL DESIGN SERVICE FOR NORTH CLAYTON STREET. EXTENSION TO PRECISION PLANNING INC. AND TO
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NOT EXCEED $196,150. THE CITY OF LAWRENCEVILLE PLANS TO EXTEND NORTH CLAYTON STREET FROM THE EXISTING DECK CUL DE SAC EAST OF THE PARKWAY, EXTENDING SOUTH TO PROVIDE A NEW CONNECTION INTERSECTION WITH MADDOX STREET. THE ROADWAY IMPROVEMENT SHALL INCLUDE A TWO LANE ROADWAY, LOCAL ROADWAY WITH AN URBAN CROSS SECTION, 11 FOOT TRAVEL LANES WITH MATCHING EXISTING CONDITIONS AND SUFFICIENT SHOULDER WIDTH FOR SIDEWALKS ON EACH SIDE. THE CITY OF FLORENCE HAS REQUESTED PRECISION PLANNING TO PROVIDE THE PROFESSIONAL DESIGN SERVICE FOR NORTH CLAYTON STREET EXTENSION PROJECT. THE SCOPE INCLUDES TOPOGRAPHIC DATABASE SURVEY, SUBSURFACE UTILITY ENGINEERING CONCEPT MAPS, GRADIENT ANALYSIS, ROADWAY CONCEPT AND ALIGNMENT ALTERNATIVES. ROADWAY PRELIMINARY DESIGN, ROADWAY FINAL DESIGN, RIGHT OF WAY PREPARATION, LIGHTING DESIGN, BEAT PAY, SUPPORT SERVICE AND CONSTRUCTION PHASE SUPPORT SERVICE. THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS ARE APPROVED. ORAL AIDS BETWEEN PRECISION PLANNING AND THE CITY OF FLORENCE ARE DOCUMENTED. ANY COST CONSULTING CONTRACT FOR ARCHITECTURE AND ENGINEERING CONSULTING SERVICE. ON AN ANNUAL CONTRACT DATED ON APRIL 2826. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. WHO WOULD LIKE TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS, MR. ALVES? CHIEF? GOOD. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OH, SORRY.YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO, MR. ALVES, IS THIS A WAS THIS A COMPETITIVE BID? THIS IS PART OF THE CONCERNS ARE LESS ON THE SURFACE. YEAH. THE THAT WE HAVE 11 CONCERNS ALREADY SELECTED ON APRIL 26TH. APRIL 28TH, 2026. SO BY THEM ALL THE RATES ARE ALREADY COMPETITIVE. AND WE SELECT 11 FROM THEM. ANYTHING OVER $125,000. AS A SCOPE OF SERVICE, WE HAVE TO PRESENT TO THE COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL AS PRESENTED BACK IN APRIL. SO IT'S PROFESSIONAL AS OPPOSED TO CONTRACTOR, CONTRACTOR, PROFESSIONAL SERVICE. THANK YOU. YES. I HAVE ONE QUESTION. I'M NOT SURE YOU CAN ANSWER IT, BUT I KNOW WE VOTED TO BUY THE VARIOUS PIECES OF PROPERTY.
WE'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY BE DESIGNING THIS ROAD TO GO THROUGH OF ALL THOSE PROPERTIES CLOSED. DO YOU KNOW, I GOING TO HOLD THAT QUESTION TO YOU? YEAH, I THINK ALL BUT ONE HAVE CLOSED.
OKAY. AND THERE'S A LEGAL TITLE ISSUE THAT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH ON THE ON THE LAST ONE.
DOES THE ROAD DOES IT WE NEED THAT PROPERTY FOR THE ROAD TO BE BUILT THROUGH EVENTUALLY.
YES, YES. THAT'S GOING TO HOLD IT UP, BUT IT WON'T HOLD. YEAH. WE'LL GO. THIS IS JUST ENGINEERING AT THIS POINT. YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU. WELCOME. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. WELL THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. THIS POSSIBLY CONSENT I AGREE. OKAY. SO THIS WILL BE THE FIFTH CONSENT ITEM ON THE REGULAR AGENDA FOR SEPTEMBER THE 28TH. WE DO NOT HAVE EXECUTIVE SESSION. SO I'LL MOVE TO FINAL ADJOURNMENT. DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. SO MOVED. MAYOR PRO TEM TRAVIS DO I HAVE A SECOND. SECOND. SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. A
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