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LAWRENCEVILLE CITY COUNCIL REGULAR SESSION ON SEPTEMBER THE 28TH AT 7 P.M. SO IF YOU PLEASE TURN OFF OR SILENCE YOUR ELECTRONIC DEVICES SO AS NOT TO INTERRUPT OUR VARIOUS SPEAKERS, WE THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT IS THE PRAYER, AND I'LL TURN THE MEETING OVER TO OUR MAYOR PRO TEM RANDY TRAVIS. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. OR ORIGINALLY FROM BOGOTA, COLOMBIA. JORGE VIEJO GREW UP WITH A BALL AT HIS FEET FROM THE AGE OF FOUR. AT 16, HE LAUNCHED A PROFESSIONAL SOCCER CAREER THAT WOULD SPAN SEVEN YEARS AND TAKE HIM AROUND THE WORLD AND ULTIMATELY TO A MINISTRY THAT CONTINUES TO THIS DAY. AFTER EARNING HIS MASTER'S IN ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP FROM EASTERN UNIVERSITY, JORGE CREATED UPPER 90, AN ORGANIZATION THAT USES SPORTS TO PROVIDE MENTORS TO UNDERSERVED CHILDREN AND FAMILIES. UPPER 90S SURROUNDS YOUNG PEOPLE WITH CONSISTENT, CARING ADULTS, SHARES THE LOVE OF CHRIST, SUPPORTS CHURCH PLANTING, AND EMPOWERS A GENERATION TO DO LIFE WITH PURPOSE AND HOPE TO WIN ON THE FIELD AND IN LIFE. JORGE ALSO SERVES AS A VOLUNTEER ASSISTANT COACH FOR GEORGIA GWINNETT COLLEGE'S MEN'S SOCCER TEAM, AND AS A MENTOR FOR COACHES AND STUDENT ATHLETES ACROSS THE ENTIRE GGC ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT, AS WELL AS TEAM CHAPLAIN AND MENTOR COACH FOR ATLANTA UNITED.
HE IS A FOUNDING MEMBER OF NEW CITY CHURCH IN LAWRENCEVILLE. WE WELCOME JORGE TO PROVIDE OUR PRAYER FOR TONIGHT'S MEETING. THANK YOU. I HAVE THE PLEASURE TO LEAD US THROUGH OUR PRAYER.
IF YOU'RE ABLE, LET'S PLEASE CLOSE OUR EYES AND BOW OUR HEADS. HEAVENLY FATHER, THANK YOU FOR THE CITY OF LAWRENCEVILLE AND FOR EVERY NEIGHBOR WHO CALLS IT HOME.
THANK YOU FOR THOSE WHO SERVE THIS COMMUNITY, INCLUDING OUR MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY STAFF, FIRST RESPONDERS, NONPROFITS. AS THE COUNCIL MEETS TONIGHT. GRANT THEM WISDOM TO LISTEN CAREFULLY. COURAGE TO ACT JUSTLY, AND HUMILITY TO CONSIDER THOSE WHOSE VOICES VOICES ARE EASILY MISSED. GIVE THEM PATIENCE WITH THEIR DISAGREEMENT AND A SHARED DESIRE TO SEEK THE GOOD OF THE WHOLE CITY. FATHER, I PRAY THAT YOU BLESS OUR FAMILIES OR CHILDREN, OR BUSINESSES OR SCHOOLS AND NEIGHBORHOODS. HELP US CARE FOR ONE ANOTHER AND BE FAITHFUL STEWARDS OF THIS PLACE WE SHARE. I ALSO PRAY ALSO FOR THE FOLLOWERS OF JESUS AND FOR YOUR LOCAL CHURCH. I PRAY THAT WE MIGHT BE A PEOPLE WHO BLESS THIS CITY THROUGH OUR WORDS AND ACTIONS. I PRAY THAT WE MIGHT BE KNOWN FOR LOVE FOR YOU AND FOR NEIGHBORS. I PRAY THAT THIS MEETING TODAY BEFORE YOU GLORY AND OUR GOOD. AND I PRAY THIS IN JESUS NAME. AMEN. AMEN, AMEN.
THANK YOU. IF YOU PLEASE, STAND ME AND JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. 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 ON TO AGENDA ADDITIONS AND DELETIONS. SO DOES THE STAFF OR COUNCIL HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDED ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS TO THE AGENDA? NO. COUNCIL. SO DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE AGENDA? SO MOVED. COUNCIL MEMBER JONES, DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. COUNCIL MEMBER. HARRIS, I THINK BARELY GOT IT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AND THE AGENDA HAS[Approval of Prior Meeting Minutes ]
BEEN ACCEPTED. NEXT WE'LL MOVE ON TO APPROVAL OF PRIOR MEETING MINUTES. SO DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE PRIOR MEETING MINUTES OF AUGUST THE 24TH, 2026 REGULAR MEETING. SEPTEMBER 9TH, 2026 SPECIAL CALL AND WORK SESSION. SO MOVED. SO I HAVE A FIRST BY MAYOR PRO TEM TRAVIS, SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER HARRIS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. THE MINUTES HAVE BEEN[Announcements ]
APPROVED. NEXT WE'LL MOVE ON TO ANNOUNCEMENTS AND WE'LL. FIRST, I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE OUR CITY MANAGER FOR AN ANNOUNCEMENT. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO FILL IN ON AN ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY. SO I'M GOING TO ASK MR. MR. ADAM BIG KNIFE TO COME UP, PLEASE. IN 2025, AS YOU'RE AWARE, RESTRUCTURED THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AND MOVED THE GAS, ELECTRIC AND DAMAGE PREVENTION DEPARTMENTS UNDER A NEW POSITION CALLED THE UTILITY DIRECTOR. THIS POSITION IS A NEW MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE[00:05:04]
TEAM AS WELL. THE INTENT OF THE NEW UTILITY DIRECTOR POSITION IS TO HOLD THE UTILITY OPERATING STAFF ACCOUNTABLE TO EFFICIENTLY MANAGE THE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, DAILY FIELD ACTIVITIES AND SAFETY, WHILE FOCUSING MORE BROADLY ON THE SYSTEM STRATEGY, LONG TERM CAPITAL, EXTERNAL RELATIONSHIPS, AND COORDINATION WITH CUSTOMER SERVICE, EXECUTIVE TEAM AND MAYOR AND COUNCIL. OVER THE LAST YEAR, WE MADE AN INTENTIONAL ATTEMPT TO FILL THIS POSITION WITH THE NEEDED EXPERIENCE, AS WELL AS A FIT FOR THE LAWRENCEVILLE CULTURE.I'M EXCITED TO INTRODUCE YOU TODAY TO OUR NEW UTILITY DIRECTOR, ADAM BIGKNIFE. ADAM IS A UTILITY EXECUTIVE WITH MORE THAN 20 YEARS OF LEADERSHIP, LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE IN THE GAS AND ELECTRIC INDUSTRY. HE HAS EXPERIENCE WITH OKLAHOMA GAS AND ELECTRIC, AS WELL AS LIBERTY UTILITIES, WHICH COVERS NATURAL GAS SERVICE FOR THE CITY OF GAINESVILLE AND CITY OF COLUMBUS. ADAM'S FIRST DAY WITH THE CITY WAS WAS WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16TH, AND HE HAS HIT THE GROUND RUNNING, BECOMING FAMILIAR WITH OUR OPERATIONS.
HIS FIRST MAJOR TASK IS TO OBTAIN ADDITIONAL CAPACITY FOR OUR ELECTRIC SYSTEM WITH A PEER COMMUNITY, AS YOU ARE AWARE. AND PLEASE WELCOME ADAM BIGKNIFE. MAYOR COUNCIL. HE STOLE MOST OF MY HIGHLIGHTS. SO I'M GONNA HIT THAT MIC UP BECAUSE HE STOLE MOST OF MY HIGHLIGHTS. SO I'LL HAVE TO ABBREVIATE HERE. BUT I'M HONORED TO SERVE AS LAWRENCEVILLE'S DUES UTILITY DIRECTOR. AND I JUST WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT MY PRIORITIES ARE VERY SIMPLE. IT'S TO ENSURE THAT OUR ELECTRIC AND OUR NATURAL GAS SYSTEM ARE SAFE, RELIABLE, RESILIENT, FINANCIALLY PRUDENT, AND THAT WE CONTINUE TO SERVE OUR CUSTOMERS IN THE MANNER THAT YOU HAVE COME TO EXPECT. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH EACH OF YOU AS WE LOOK TO CONTINUE TO INVEST IN OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, ENHANCE OUR CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE, AND CONTINUE TO GROW THIS CITY. SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH. GOT A PICTURE COMING UP, I THINK. SO NOW I'LL MOVE ON TO MAYOR PRO TEM RANDY TRAVIS FOR ANNOUNCEMENTS. YES, MAYOR. I'VE GOT BIG NEWS FOR OUR LOCAL COLLEGE, THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA APPROVED GEORGIA GWINNETT COLLEGE TO APPLY FOR DIVISION TWO MEMBERSHIP WITHIN THE NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION, THE NCAA. THIS ALLOWS GGC TO EXPLORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR FUTURE NCAA DIVISION TWO AFFILIATION. CURRENTLY, GGC SPONSORS TEN SPORTS THAT COMPETE IN THE CONTINENTAL ATHLETIC CONFERENCE, WHICH IS IN THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS OR NAIA. THAT WON'T CHANGE FOR THIS UPCOMING SEASON. NCAA DIVISION TWO WOULD PUT GGC ON THE SAME LEVEL AS SCHOOLS SUCH AS GEORGIA COLLEGE AND STATE UNIVERSITY IN MILLEDGEVILLE, UNIVERSITY OF NORTH GEORGIA IN DAHLONEGA, MOREHOUSE COLLEGE IN ATLANTA, AND SHORTER COLLEGE IN ROME. BETTER COMPETITION. ANOTHER GREAT REASON TO ATTEND GGC. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU. VICTORIA JONES THANK YOU. NO COMMENTS TONIGHT. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. NO ANNOUNCEMENTS TONIGHT. I WILL QUICKLY SAY OUR HOTEL IS NOW OPEN AND IS WAS 100% BOOKED EXCEPT FOR TWO ROOMS THIS PAST WEEKEND. AND THE NEXT WEEKEND WILL ALSO BE 100% BOOKED. SO IT'S HITTING ITS PROJECTIONS. WE HAD A LOT OF EVENTS OCCUR, ENTERTAINMENT EVENTS, CULTURAL AND THEN INTERNATIONAL MARKET NIGHT. WE ALSO HAVE A NEW RESIDENT ART, NEW ART RESIDENT EXHIBIT THAT'S ON AT THE LAWRENCE ARTS CENTER. SO PLEASE GO AND SEE HIS WORK.
WE ALSO HAD THE KOREAN FESTIVAL AND JAPANESE FEST THAT JAPAN FEST THAT DID NOT OCCUR IN LAWRENCEVILLE, BUT THEY WANTED US TO BE INVOLVED IN THAT. WE HAD THE GWINNETT COUNTY FAIR THAT'S CLOSING UP, AND THEY'VE HAD A GREAT SEASON. OUR MAYOR'S READING CLUB, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND STAFF MEMBERS HAVE BEEN REACHING OUT. IT'S IT'S PRETTY LARGE. THE EVENT OF ALL THE STAFF AND COUNCIL THAT IS GOING TO READ TO OUR CHILDREN IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. AND THE MOST UNIQUE QUESTION I'VE GOTTEN SO FAR IS, WHY IS THE TOP OF MY HEAD SO SHINY? SO I THINK Y'ALL KNOW WHY. THEN WE'VE WE HAD OUR CHIEF OF POLICE, CHIEF MULLEN, DID A GREAT 25TH EVENT FOR OUR NINE OVER 1120 FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF NINE OVER 11 AT OUR LAWRENCEVILLE HEADQUARTERS FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND IT WAS VERY MOVING. AND ALSO WE WE HAVE A. MELISSA HARDEGREE,
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OUR CHIEF COMMUNICATION MARKETING DIRECTOR, WILL BE MOVING ON TO GREENER PASTURES.AND SO THIS WILL BE HER LAST MEETING WITH US. AND WE WISH HER A GREAT FUTURE. AND WE WILL BE HAVING AN EVENT FOR HER AT THE CITY LATER ON. AND BUT SHE'S BEEN A GREAT ASSET TO OUR CITY MANAGER AND HIS, HIS TEAM. SHE HAS COMMITTED TO COME FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR TO. I DON'T THINK SO. NEXT, I'LL READ THE SLIDES. THIS MAKES STAFF MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE WHEN I'M GOING LIVE. WE HAVE THE STRATEGIC PLAN LISTENING SESSIONS TUESDAY, OCTOBER THE 6TH FROM 6 TO 730 AT LAWRENCE ARTS CENTER. THEN WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER THE 7TH FROM 9 TO 1 P.M. AT THE LAWRENCE ARTS CENTER. THIS IS OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO COME IN AND GIVE FEEDBACK AND INPUT ON WHAT YOU WANT LAWRENCEVILLE FUTURE TO BE. AND WE HAVE OTHER ONE OTHER TIME AS WELL. THEN NEXT. DRUM ROLL. NEXT IS OKAY. THE. SO WE HAVE THE THE PREVIEW SHELDON WILL BE OCTOBER THE 15TH AT 8 P.M. LAWRENCE ARTS CENTER, AND IT'S A NEW INTIMATE LIVE MUSIC SERIES THAT'S COMING TO THE LAWRENCE ARTS CENTER. SO HE'LL BE PERFORMING ON THE 15TH. THEN WE HAVE IT'S NOT YOUR MOTHER'S ART FEST. THIS WILL BE FRIDAY, OCTOBER THE 16TH FROM 6 TO 10 P.M. AND IT WILL BE AT SLOPE FOR BREWING AS IT HAS IN MULTIPLE YEARS. AND WE DO THIS IN CONJUNCTION WITH EXPLORE GWINNETT AND IN SLOPE, AND IT'S A REALLY GREAT EVENT. YOU SHOULD ATTEND IT. AND THEN WE'LL HAVE HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE COLLECTION DAY, SATURDAY, OCTOBER THE 17TH FROM 9 TO 11:30 A.M. AT PUBLIC WORKS. SO PLEASE BRING YOUR HARD TO RECYCLE ITEMS TO LAWRENCEVILLE PUBLIC WORKS FOR FREE AND FOR FREE, AND TO HELP PROMOTE CLEAR STORMWATER. AND THEN WE HAVE BOO FEST, WHICH IS ALWAYS A HUGE EVENT. BE FRIDAY, OCTOBER THE 23RD FROM 6 TO 10 P.M. ON LAWRENCEVILLE LAWN. SO THERE'LL BE PLENTY OF CANDY FOR THE KIDS.
COME IN YOUR COSTUME AND EXPLORE THE TREE TRAIL AND ENJOY THE SPOOKY SURPRISES FOR ALL AGES. THEN WHAT'S THAT? THAT'S WRONG. OKAY, OKAY, YES IT'S TRUE. THEN SCARIER MEETINGS ARE OUR CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION OCTOBER THE 13TH, 2026. THE SCREENS WRONG. 5 P.M.
AND THEN CITY COUNCIL MEETING. OCTOBER THE 26TH, 2026 AT 7 P.M. SO PLEASE COME TO THOSE EVENTS. AND THEN ALSO, IF YOU EVER WANT TO HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, GO TO OUR WEBSITE OR GO TO DOWNTOWN LAWRENCEVILLE, GA. SO, MAYOR, JUST FURTHER CORRECTION, THE CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION IS OCTOBER 13TH AT 530. OKAY. 530 OKAY. THANK YOU. INSTEAD OF FIVE. ALL RIGHT. SO WITH ALL THAT BEING SAID, THAT'S ALL MY ANNOUNCEMENTS. SO THANK YOU.
NEXT, WE'LL GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PUBLIC COMMENT PART OF THE AGENDA, YOU MUST REGISTER WITH THE CITY CLERK PRIOR TO THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING.
PRESENTATIONS WILL BE LIMITED TO TWO MINUTES PER PERSON AND COUNCIL WILL NOT RESPOND TO THE
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COMMENTS. SO DID ANYONE SIGN UP? NO, SIR. OKAY. NEXT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. THIS IS WHERE OUR CITY ATTORNEY GETS TO BE IN THE EYE OF EVERYBODY. THEY GET TO READ THE MOST. SO THESE ARE ITEMS ON WHICH THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL ARE IN AGREEMENT TO APPROVE AND ARE PLACED ON THE AGENDA TO BE APPROVED IN ONE VOTE. SO WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY, PLEASE READ THE ITEMS INTO THE RECORD. MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, YOU HAVE ITEMS THREE THROUGH SEVEN ON YOUR CONSENT AGENDA THIS EVENING. ITEM NUMBER THREE IS APPROVAL OF THE AWARD OF ANNUAL SERVICE CONTRACTS TO BUREAU VERITAS NORTH AMERICA INTEGRATED SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING, INC. KEC AND WOOD LAND DESIGN SOLUTIONS, LLC, AND LOW ENGINEERS FOR PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT AND ENGINEERING. LAND DISTURBANCE PERMIT REVIEWS ON AN ANNUAL CONTRACT IN THE ESTIMATED ANNUAL AMOUNT OF $100,000 WITH FOR ONE YEAR RENEWAL OPTIONS. THE FINAL CONTRACTS TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE CITY CLERK FOR CITY ATTORNEY REVIEW AND APPROVAL PRIOR TO SIGNATURE BY THE MAYOR AND CITY OR CITY MANAGER. ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS APPROVAL OF THE CONTRACT FOR GROVE PARK ELECTRIC UNDERGROUND LOOP PROJECT TO THE LOWEST RESPONSIBLE BIDDER, E AND A AT VENTURES LLC, FOR AN AMOUNT NOT[00:15:03]
TO EXCEED $98,032, WITH FINAL CONTRACT DOCUMENTS TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE CITY CLERK FOR CITY ATTORNEY. REVIEW AND APPROVAL PRIOR TO SIGNATURE BY THE MAYOR OR CITY MANAGER. ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS APPROVAL OF CONTRACT FOR BAKER CARTER PRESSURE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT TO THE LOWEST RESPONSIBLE BIDDER, W L GRIFFIN COMPANY, LLC, AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $292,039.11, WITH FINAL CONTRACT DOCUMENTS TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE CITY CLERK FOR CITY ATTORNEY. REVIEW AND APPROVAL PRIOR TO SIGNATURE BY THE MAYOR OR CITY MANAGER. ITEM NUMBER SIX IS RATIFICATION OF THE CITY'S EMERGENCY SELECTION OF BAILEY ROOFING AND RESTORATION, LLC TO PERFORM EMERGENCY RESTORATION SERVICES AT THE LAWRENCEVILLE ARTS CENTER. FOLLOWING A BURST PIPE AND THE RESULTING FLOODING IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $300,000. AND ITEM NUMBER SEVEN IS AN AWARD OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICE DESIGN SERVICES FOR NORTH CLAYTON STREET EXTENSION PROJECT TO PRECISION PLANNING, INC IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $196,150. THE CONTRACT TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE CITY CLERK FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL BY THE CITY ATTORNEY PRIOR TO SIGNATURE BY THE MAYOR OR CITY MANAGER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO THE COUNCIL HAS HEARD THE CITY ATTORNEY READ THE ITEM ON THE CONSENT AGENDA INTO THE RECORD.DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED? MR. MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED BY THE CITY MANAGER. SO I HAVE A MOTION BY CITY ATTORNEY. SORRY, DO I HAVE A SECOND? I HAVE A FIRST BY COUNCIL MEMBER JONES. DO I HAVE A SECOND, SECOND? SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER HARRIS. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, I'LL CALL FOR THE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. AND THE CONSENT AGENDA IS
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APPROVED. NEXT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO PUBLIC HEARING. NEW BUSINESS DISCUSSION WILL BE LIMITED TO SEVEN MINUTES PER SIDE, INCLUDING REBUTTAL. DISCUSSIONS ON ZONING ISSUES WILL BE LIMITED TO TEN MINUTES PER SIDE, INCLUDING REBUTTAL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL NOT INFRINGE ON THE TIME LIMIT. SO THE FIRST ITEM IS ITEM EIGHT A IN NX2026-00002, RZM2026-00006 AND SUP2026-00006. OWEN HERBERT ZERO SUGARLOAF PARKWAY, AND THIS ITEM IS BEING PRESENTED BY TODD HARGRAVE, OUR DIRECTOR OF PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT. SORRY ABOUT THAT TECHNICAL DIFFICULTY. WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO WING IT. SO HERE WE GO. YEAH. AS YOU MENTIONED, THIS IS AN ANNEXATION REQUEST REZONING A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT SUGARLOAF PARKWAY. IT'S NEAR GRAYSON HIGHWAY. EXCUSE ME, BUT THE ANNEXATION REQUEST IS. THE APPLICANT IS OWEN HERBERT. THE PROPERTY OWNER IS A GROUP LLC AND LOCATED AT ZERO SUGARLOAF PARKWAY. ACREAGE IS 6.61 ACRES. AS MENTIONED EARLIER, DURING THE WORK SESSION, THE CURRENT ZONING IS IN THE COUNTY, WHICH IS RSTH, WHICH IS A SINGLE FAMILY TOWNHOUSE DISTRICT. AND THE PROPOSED REZONING IS TO RM8, WHICH IS THE CITY'S TOWNHOUSE RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT. THROUGH MANY DISCUSSIONS, THE NUMBER OF UNITS HAS INCREASED FROM, I BELIEVE, WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY 38 UNITS ORIGINALLY TO 40. AND WE'VE ALSO HAD A CHANGE IN THE OVERALL SITE PLAN, WHICH I HAVE PRESENTED TO YOU ALL IN A PACKET, AND I HAVE IMAGES AVAILABLE FOR ANYBODY TO SEE. BUT YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED THIS IN YOUR MAILBOX. IT STARTS OFF WITH SOME MAPS, BUT WHATEVER YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE. BUT THE DEPARTMENT IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THIS REQUEST. AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, THIS IS OUR VICINITY MAP OF THE PROPERTIES LOCATED ALONG SUGARLOAF PARKWAY NEAR ITS INTERSECTION WITH LAWRENCEVILLE.SUWANEE. IF I COULD FIND MY POINTER. THIS HELPS. HERE'S THE PROPERTY. SUGARLOAF, THIS IS LAWRENCEVILLE SUWANEE, AND THIS WOULD BE THE WALMART SHOPPING CENTER ACROSS THE STREET. THIS IS, OF COURSE, THE ZONING MAP. YOU CAN SEE THE AREA AROUND IT IS ZONED TO A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE DISTRICT. AGAIN, THIS IS A PROPERTY THAT IS IN QUESTION. IS THIS PROPERTY HERE WHICH IS BEING ANNEXED FROM. AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED FROM RSTH TO RM8 WITH 40 FRONT ENTRY TOWNHOME UNITS AT SIX UNITS PER ACRE, THERE WILL BE AN SUP FOR THE 31. WELL EXCUSE ME, THEY'RE
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ALL FRONT ENTRY UNITS IN THIS CASE. AGAIN, THE PLAN IS CONSISTENT WITH THE THE GWINNETT COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AS WELL AS THE CITY OF LAWRENCEVILLE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. IT'S ADJACENT TO WHAT COULD BE POTENTIALLY A PARK IN THE FUTURE. AND THE COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR CHARACTER AREA. THIS IS THE MOST RECENT SITE PLAN THAT YOU SHOULD HAVE IN YOUR PACKET. IT'S IN THIS MATERIAL I SUBMITTED TO YOU TONIGHT, AND I HAVE A BETTER COPY OF IT IN THE FILE HERE IF YOU WISH TO SEE IT. YOU CAN SEE THE UNITS IN THE LAYOUT. THE. THE DESIGN OF THE PROPERTY WILL BE BUILT FROM THE STREET BACK, WITH OR WITHOUT THE USE OF RETAINING WALLS, AND IT WILL BE BASED ON THE GRADE. AGAIN, THESE ARE COPIES OF THE CONDITIONS OF ZONING, WHICH YOU SHOULD HAVE A NEW SET IN FRONT OF YOU THAT I PRESENTED TO YOU WITH CONDITION TWO, IN WHICH SPECIFICALLY DISCUSSES THE WROUGHT IRON FENCE REQUIREMENTS AND THE KIND OF DURABLE MATERIALS THAT MAY BE SOMETHING WE DISCUSS WHEN WE GO VERTICAL WITH THE SITE. THEY WILL BE BLACK IN COLOR. I'VE DISCUSSED THIS WITH THE APPLICANT AND THEY DO NOT HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT AS PRESENTED. AGAIN, THIS IS A COPY OF THE CONDITIONS I SENT TO YOU EARLIER, BUT YOU HAVE A NEW SET IN YOUR HANDS. I DO HAVE SOME COLOR ELEVATIONS WHICH I CAN EXPAND ON THIS, BUT YOU CAN SEE THERE ARE 18 DIFFERENT IMAGES. THIS IS WHAT WAS SUBMITTED AS RECENTLY AS I FORGET THE DATE, I THINK IT WAS THE 22ND OF SEPTEMBER. AND YOU CAN SEE THE VARIOUS LAYOUTS THEY GIVE DAYTIME AND NIGHT TIME IMAGES FROM COUNCIL MEMBER TRAVIS RELATED TO THE MATERIALS AND HOW WE WERE GOING TO REVIEW THIS AT A LATER DATE. AS I MENTIONED, IT WILL BE THE THE FENCING WILL BE DURABLE. IT'LL BE UP TO THE INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODES, MINIMUM STANDARDS, AND IT WILL ALSO BE BLACK IN COLOR. THERE ARE 18 DIFFERENT IMAGES IN YOUR PACKET.IF YOU CAN LOOK THROUGH THOSE. I KNOW THIS IS RATHER SMALL, BUT THIS IS. THE BEST I COULD DO RIGHT NOW. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ZOOM IN ON WHATEVER YOU MAY WANT TO LOOK AT, BUT STAFF HAS BEEN SUPPORTIVE OF THIS REQUEST AND THE APPLICANT IS PRESENT THIS EVENING. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. AND JUST TO CLARIFY. WHAT STAFF WILL BE VOTING ON THE FINAL COPY OF THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL CONDITIONS ARE IN BLACK. YES. BLACK AND WHITE, BLACK AND WHITE. AND THEN THERE'S ALSO A PACKET THAT YOU PRESENTED US THAT I THINK IS SIMILAR TO WHAT'S ALREADY IN THE PACKET, BUT MAYBE WITH SOME UPDATED RENDERINGS. YES, SIR. WE'LL TAKE OUT THE I WOULD TAKE OUT THE THIS SET OF CONDITIONS HERE, WHICH IS 910. THOSE WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE PACKET, NOT NEED TO BE PART OF THIS APPLICATION. AND THESE THE CLEAN COPIES OF THE ANNEXATION REZONING, SPECIAL USE PERMIT, THOSE WILL HAVE FINAL EDITING REQUIRED TO THEM EITHER WAY AND THEN. YES, SIR. AND THEN SINCE WE'RE CHANGING THIS, YOUR SUGGESTED ORDINANCE. FOR ZONING WOULD ALSO BE TAKEN OUT. YES.
IT'LL BE MODIFIED. MODIFIED. THAT IS NOT A FINAL DOCUMENT. I KNOW THAT WAS MISLEADING. IT SAYS YES ON IT, BUT THERE IS IT REQUIRES A VOTE FROM THE COUNCIL. OKAY. YOU ALSO HAVE IN YOUR IN YOUR COPIES OF THE SITE PLAN, SITE PLAN DESCRIPTION, AND THEN YOU HAVE A COPY OF THE, THE NEWEST RENDERINGS, WHICH WE HAVE ANOTHER COPY OF RENDERINGS, WHICH AT THE BOTTOM THAT WE WOULD. 22 OKAY. THEY WILL ALL BE ATTACHED TO THE. THE CONDITIONS AS THEY'RE FINALIZED.
OKAY. SO WE SHOULD LOOK AT DATE 22, NOT THE ONE IN MINISTRY DATE. 113 SIR, THIS WAS THE LAST SET I RECEIVED WAS ON 922. OKAY, SO THROW AWAY. THEY WERE THIS ONE. THERE WAS VERY LITTLE CHANGE. I DIDN'T I COULDN'T FIND ANY CHANGE FROM THE ONES THAT WERE SENT EARLIER IN THE MONTH TO THIS SET. MODIFICATIONS TO SOME RAILING AND STUFF. BUT OUR MOTION SHOULD BE BASED UPON THIS AND NOT THE SUGGESTED ORDINANCES THAT YOU HAVE ATTACHED. OKAY.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. YES, SIR. I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE ANYBODY ON THE COUNCIL THAT WOULD LIKE TO ASK MR. HARGRAVE ANY QUESTIONS. I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION. MAYBE I MISUNDERSTOOD THE PROPERTIES ALONG SUGARLOAF. ARE THEY FRONT ENTRY OR REENTRY? THESE ARE ALL FRONT GOING TO BE FRONT? YES, YES, THEY'RE ALL FRONT. THEY'RE ALL FRONT TO DEAL WITH THE TOPOGRAPHY. AND WE CHASED THEY CHASED THE TOPOGRAPHY WITH THE BASEMENTS.
SOME WILL HAVE BASEMENTS, SOME WILL BE SLAB, BUT THEY ALL ARE FRONT ENTRY IN ORDER TO. BUT THERE WILL BE A HUGE BERM IN THE FRONT BASED ON OUR CONDITIONS WITH LANDSCAPING. SO AS THAT THEY WILL NOT BE STARING AT. IT WILL BE. ORIGINALLY WAS PROPOSED TO HAVE
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RETAINING WALLS, JUST LANDSCAPING. THERE'S NO BERM BECAUSE IT SITS LOW. THE SITE SITS. THERE'S A 50 FOOT DROP IN ELEVATION FROM FRONT TO BACK SO THE BUILDINGS WILL BE STAIR STEPPED DOWN. PROBABLY SOME MINOR GRADING, BUT THERE WON'T BE ANY WALLS. WELL, AT ONE POINT WE TALKED ABOUT BERMS. SO THERE'S EXTENSIVE LANDSCAPING. SO IT'LL LOOK VERY SIMILAR TO SOUTH LAWN AS YOU SEE NEAR JACKSON STREET, WHICH HAS A SLIGHT BERM. OKAY. BUT OKAY, WE'RE NOT HAVING FRONT ENTRY TOWNHOMES ALONG SUGARLOAF, RIGHT? NO DESIGN? NO, SIR. IT'S REAR ENTRY. THAT'S WHAT COUNCILMAN BRYANT WAS AT. IT'S NOT REAR ENTRY. I'LL LET MR. CITY MANAGER. YEAH, SO THEY'RE ALL FRONT ENTRY. SO AGAIN, KIND OF KIND OF LOOKING AT WHAT WE DID ON SOUTH LAWN ON JACKSON STREET AND THE TOPOGRAPHY. IF WE HAD A IF WE HAD THEM REAR ENTRY FACING SUGARLOAF, YOU WOULD BE LOOKING AT A SLOPE UP SO IT DOESN'T GET THE LOOK FOR THAT. SO THOSE ARE FRONT ENTRY ALONG. SO ALL THE ALL THE TOWNHOMES WILL BE FRONT ENTRY, FRONT FRONT ENTRY, MEANING THE, THE GARAGES ON THE FRONT CORRECT WITH THE DOOR WHICH IS FACING INSIDE. SO INSIDE THE REAR OF THE, THE, THE TOWNHOMES ALONG SUGARLOAF ARE GOING TO BE FACING SUGARLOAF, NOT THE FRONT, BUT IT ALSO HAS AN ENTRY. IT LOOKS LIKE A FRONT. IT DOES LOOK LIKE A FRONT, BUT THE GARAGE FRONT ENTRY IS A LITTLE CONFUSING. I MEAN, I THINK MOST PEOPLE WILL GO IN THE REAR BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THEIR CAR IS PARKED, RIGHT? SO THAT WOULD BE REAR ENTRY AND AND IN LAYMAN TERMS, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY FRONT ENTRY. OKAY, THAT MAKES NO SENSE. SO IN OTHER WORDS, IF YOU HAVE, IF, IF THE WAY IT'S DESIGNED FROM THE ROAD, YOU'RE GOING IN THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE IS ACTUALLY GOING TO, THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE CALLING IT. IT'S GOING TO BE AS YOU COME INTO THE ALLEYWAY, YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE A RIGHT IN. AND THEY CALL IT FUNNY. AND I LOVE THAT. I MEAN, AS LONG AS IT'S A GARAGE ENTRY. SO GARAGE ENTRY WILL NOT BE ALONG SUGARLOAF. THAT'S CORRECT. CORRECT? CORRECT. YES. THERE WILL NOT BE NO DRIVEWAYS EXTENDING TO SUGARLOAF PARKWAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SURE. MR. MAYOR, I DO HAVE A QUESTION.OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. HARGRAVE, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. SO THIS LATEST AND GREATEST DESIGN THAT YOU'VE SENT US IS WHAT WE SHOULD EXPECT. RENDERING. I SAY DESIGN, BUT RENDERING IS WHAT WE SHOULD EXPECT. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. YES, MA'AM. I JUST WANT TO VERIFY. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. AND IT'S DATED 22ND SEPTEMBER 26TH. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, MR. HARGRAVE? OKAY. SO THE APPLICANTS PRESENT, WOULD THEY LIKE TO COME UP AND MAKE A PRESENTATION? YOU CAN IF YOU WISH. I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE, BUT I DON'T HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL TO ADD.
OKAY. WE CAN COME UP. JUST STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND THEN WE'LL ASK YOU QUESTIONS.
MY NAME IS CHASE HOLDEN. I REPRESENT DAVIS ENGINEERING AND SURVEYING ON BEHALF OF OUR CLIENT, AND I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. OKAY. SO WHO'D LIKE TO BE RECOGNIZED ON THE COUNCIL BY THE MAYOR TO ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? ANYONE? OKAY. WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE YOUR PRESENTATION. OKAY. SO THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK FOR THIS ITEM? HEARING OR SEEING? NO ONE? IS THERE ANYONE IN THIS AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK AGAINST THIS ITEM? HEARING SEEING NO ONE, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS AGENDA ITEM. SO WHAT IS THE PLEASURE OF THE COUNCIL? I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS. I WANT TO MAKE SURE I READ THE RIGHT PIECE OF PAPER THAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US HERE. CAN YOU GIVE ME SOME ADVICE ON WHICH ONE TO READ HERE? ARE WE READING THIS? NO. ABSOLUTELY NOT. THAT'S THE ONE THAT THEY HE NEEDS TO UPDATE. SO YOU JUST READ THE SUMMARY AND BASICALLY YOU ACCEPT THE ANNEXATION AND THE REZONING. FOR THE FOR THE ZERO. YEAH. SO I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE ANNEXATION AND REZONING REQUEST WITH APPROXIMATELY 6.61 ACRES LOCATED AT ZERO SUGARLOAF PARKWAY, PARCEL ID NUMBER 5078003 FROM GWINNETT COUNTY. RT. H SINGLE FAMILY TOWNHOUSE DISTRICT TO RM EIGHT TOWNHOUSE RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT TO DEVELOP. I THINK IT'S 40 TOWNHOUSE DWELLING UNITS AT A DENSITY OF APPROXIMATELY SIX UNITS PER ACRE AS. AND I WOULD ADD AS PRESENTED BY STAFF, AS PRESENTED BY STAFF AND FOR REVIEW OF THE PLANNING
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DEPARTMENT. HEARING COUNCIL. YES. IT'D BE. YEAH. AND I THINK HE COVERED IT BY SAYING MAYOR AND COUNCIL, I THINK. ARE WE GOOD WITH THAT LEGAL AND. I THINK WE MIGHT WANT TO CLARIFY WHICH CONDITIONS SINCE THERE WERE MORE THAN ONE. SO I WOULD SAY I WOULD ADD MAYOR AND COUNCIL, BLACK AND WHITE, WHICH IS THIS AS PRESENTED BY STAFF THIS EVENING, COUNCIL.SEPTEMBER 11TH. SEPTEMBER 11TH. SEPTEMBER 11TH. YES, SIR. MY MOTION COVERS THE RECOMMENDATIONS GIVEN BY STAFF ON SEPTEMBER THE 11TH AS ALSO PRESENTED IN THE MEETING TONIGHT. BUT MISTER MANAGER, CITY MANAGER, WE HAVE AN ADDITION TO THAT. SO AS AMENDED, IF YOU'RE GOING TO USE SEPTEMBER 11TH. YES, AS AS AMENDED, WITH ADDING OR CHANGING ITEM TWO N CHAIN CHAIN LINK FENCING SHALL BE PROHIBITED. ALL FENCING AND EXTERIOR RAILINGS MATERIALS SHALL BE BLACK WROUGHT IRON TYPE AND SHALL BE APPROVED BY THE DIRECTOR OF PLANNING DEVELOPMENT. OKAY, WE'RE GOOD WITH THAT. LEGAL AND CITY CLERK.
Y'ALL UNDERSTAND THE MOTION BY MISTER TRAVIS? DON'T ASK ME TO REPEAT THE MOTION, PLEASE. OKAY, SO I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER. TRAVIS, DO I HAVE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. MOTION CARRIES 4 TO 0. NEXT IS ITEM NINE, RZC2026-00003. COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPORATION 2555 UNIVERSITY PARKWAY. THIS ITEM IS ALSO BEING PRESENTED BY OUR DIRECTOR OF PLANNING DEVELOPMENT, TODD HARGRAVE.
THAT ONE. YES. SORRY ABOUT THAT. THIS IS A PDF, SO FORGIVE ME. POWERPOINT. I COULDN'T GET IT THROUGH. AS YOU MENTIONED, THIS IS A REZONING REQUEST FOR A PROPERTY FROM BG GENERAL BUSINESS WHICH IS ZONED CURRENTLY BG GENERAL BUSINESS DISTRICT AND L M LIGHT MANUFACTURING DISTRICT DISTRICT TO BG GENERAL BUSINESS DISTRICT TO ALLOW FOR A COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPORATION DEVELOPMENT AT THIS SITE. THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 255 UNIVERSITY PARKWAY CONSISTS OF APPROXIMATELY 19.9 ACRES. AS I MENTIONED, IT'S CURRENTLY ZONED B, G AND L, M, AND REZONING WOULD BRING IT ALL INTO ONE ZONING CLASSIFICATION OF BG. AS I MENTIONED, THIS WAS A PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT AS A WHOLESALE MEMBERSHIP CLUB, AND STAFF HAS RECOMMENDED CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL OF THIS WITH CONDITIONS. I'LL GO THROUGH THE BRIEF ZONING HISTORY HERE, SHOW YOU SOME OTHER MAPS FOR YOU AS WELL. IT'S BEEN ZONED BG HISTORICALLY.
IN 1971 IT WAS ZONED BG. IT WAS USED HISTORICALLY FOR WAREHOUSING AND OUTDOOR STORAGE ACTIVITIES. AND AS WE DISCUSSED, IT'S TRANSITIONING NOW INTO SOMETHING NEW AND MORE VIBRANT THAN WHAT WAS THERE. THE PROJECT SUMMARY, AS I MENTIONED, IT'S 19.9 ACRES. IT WILL CONSIST OF 158,000FTā !S. THAT'SA RATHER WITH A FUEL FACILITY. IT INCLUDES 854 PARKING SPACES AND CIRCULATION, INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADES. IT REPLACES UNDERUTILIZED DISTRICT AS WELL ZONING STANDARDS. THE BG DISTRICT SUPPORTS THE PROPOSED COMMERCIAL USE. THE PROJECT MEETS BG DIMENSIONAL AND ACCESS STANDARDS AND VARIANCE NEED FOR MATERIALS, SIGNAGE AND BUFFER IMPACTS WILL BE REQUIRED. THE ONE THEY'RE DEALING WITH, I THINK CURRENTLY IS THE STREAM BUFFER VARIANCE, WHICH WILL BE IN THE. SORRY, MY BEARINGS ARE STRAIGHT IN THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE PROPERTY. STAFF FEELS THAT ALL THE VARIANCES REQUESTED ARE ACCEPTABLE. THE SURROUNDING USES AND ZONING. AS YOU CAN SEE HERE ON THE MAP, THE COLOR BLUE REPRESENTS OUR LIGHT MANUFACTURING DISTRICT AND THE REDS COLORS REPRESENT MORE OF THE COMMERCIAL ZONING CLASSIFICATIONS. IT IS ALSO CONSISTENT WITH OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. IT'S LOCATED IN WHAT'S CALLED THE COMMUNITY MIXED USE AREA, WHICH WOULD SUPPORT THIS TYPE OF USE.
AS I INDICATED, THE PLAN SUPPORTS CORRIDOR FOCUSED ECONOMIC GROWTH, REDEVELOPMENT, STRENGTHENS COMMERCIAL SERVICES AND JOBS, AND REUSES IMPROVES UNDERUTILIZED SITES. THERE'S A COMMON THEME THROUGHOUT. STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS ARE FOR APPROVAL WITH VARIANCES ACCEPTABLE. THERE'S ALSO A. I HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS, BUT THERE ARE ALSO RENDERINGS IN HERE. THE APPLICANT IS GOING TO ADDRESS TONIGHT THE CONCERN ABOUT THE. THE COMPACTOR. THE COMPACTOR WILL BE LOCATED ON THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE PROPERTY NEAR WHERE THE STREAM
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BUFFER IS, AND HOW THEY'RE GOING TO HIDE THIS, BECAUSE OF ITS VISIBILITY FROM THE ROAD WOULD BE MINIMAL. IT'S IT'S IT'S ON THE FAR LEFT NEAR THE LOADING DOCKS OF THE SITE. I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS FOR YOU FROM YOU. IT'LL BE LOCATED IN THIS AREA HERE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION, SIR. WHO WOULD LIKE TO BE RECOGNIZED TO ASK MR. HARGRAVE QUESTIONS BEFORE WE GO TO THE APPLICANT? I'VE GOT SOME QUESTIONS, SIR.DEAL WITH TRAFFIC. CAN YOU HELP ME ANSWER OR HELP ME UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE TRAFFIC CONCERNS THAT HAVE BEEN RAISED? TELL ME HOW IT'S DESIGNED THE PLAN TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS DOESN'T TURN OUT TO BE THE SAME KIND OF PROBLEM WE HAVE WITH THE COSTCO UP THERE BY THE MALL. GEORGIA.
YES, SIR. WITH CAREFUL PLANNING, WE'VE ACTUALLY BEEN DISCUSSING SOMETHING SIMILAR TO WHAT COSTCO HAS BEEN PROPOSING IN THIS AREA FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. THAT'S WHAT THE CONNECTION FROM COLLINS HILL OVER TO BUFORD DRIVE. AS FROM A DAILY COUNT, THE NUMBERS DO NOT REQUIRE WHAT'S CALLED A REVIEW A D, R, I, OR DEVELOPMENT REGIONAL IMPACT STUDY FROM THE ATLANTA REGIONAL COMMISSION. IT'S BELOW THOSE THRESHOLDS. EVEN WITH THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE BUILDING AND THE PARKING TOTALS, THEY ACTUALLY COULD INCREASE PARKING. WHEN IT COMES TO TRAFFIC, A LOT OF THIS HAS ALREADY BEEN FIXED THROUGH THE CONSTRUCTION CURRENTLY HAPPENING ON 3/16, SPECIFICALLY BETWEEN COLLINS HILL AND BUFORD DRIVE, THE RAMPS THAT ARE THERE NOW AND ALL THE INTERCHANGES HAVE BEEN DRASTICALLY IMPROVED. AND THAT CUTS DOWN WHAT THEY BELIEVE IS THROUGH THE TRAFFIC STUDIES, THIS WILL ALL BE REDUCED. THE NUMBERS, THE TOTALS. IT'S NOT EXPECTED TO HAVE THE SAME TRAFFIC PROBLEMS AS INDICATED IN BUFORD, PROBABLY EVEN THE ONE DOWN AT PLEASANT HILL AS WELL. BUT THE TRAFFIC STUDY SEEMS TO. I HAVE READ THOUSANDS OF THEM AND THOUSANDS OF PAGES OF THEM, AND IT SEEMS TO BE A PRETTY SOLID PLAN HOW THEY'RE GOING TO ADDRESS THIS. THERE'LL BE INSTALLATION OF TRAFFIC SIGNALS AT BUFORD DRIVE AND AS WELL AS, I BELIEVE, THE COLLINS HILL INTERSECTION AS WELL. AND I KNOW THE INTERSECTIONS WERE SORT OF RATED A, B, C, D, E, F, AND WE DON'T WANT F, RIGHT. NOT ONE F. NO, SIR. SO THERE ARE SOME INTERSECTIONS THAT ARE NOW CLASS WILL BE CLASSIFIED AS D BECAUSE OF THE INCREASED TRAFFIC. TELL ME HOW MUCH BETTER D IS THAN F. I'M GOING TO LET THE APPLICANT ACTUALLY ANSWER THAT QUESTION BECAUSE THAT'S MORE THAT'S OUTSIDE OF MY MY REALM. IF YOU DON'T MIND.
I DON'T WANT TO GIVE YOU A BAD ANSWER, BUT THEY ARE HERE THIS EVENING. THEY COULD ANSWER THAT QUESTION BETTER THAN I COULD. THAT'D BE GREAT. OKAY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. AND I ALSO NOTE TO ADD TO YOUR QUESTION THAT WE WENT THROUGH WORK SESSION, COUNCILMAN TRAVIS ASKED A LOT OF QUESTIONS. YES, SIR. AND THE CITY MANAGER ANSWERED THOSE QUESTIONS. AND I THINK THE AVERAGE WAS A C FOR THE OVERALL ALL INTERSECTIONS. THE TRAFFIC TRAFFIC STUDY ADDRESSED. SO WE MAKE SURE WE DON'T HAVE A CATASTROPHE WITH TRAFFIC. AND. BUT I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING THE APPLICANT ANSWER MORE QUESTIONS. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE COSTCO? NO. I'M GOOD.
OKAY. ACTUALLY, I HAVE ONE OTHER QUESTION. ARE WE GOING TO KEEP THE RIGHT TURN LANE COMING SOUTH ON BUFORD DRIVE? THAT KIND OF TAKES YOU ON TO HURRICANE SHOALS. WILL THAT BE A DEDICATED RIGHT TURN LANE? OR WHEN THIS NEW PROJECT IS IN THIS AREA HERE COMING DOWN BUFORD DRIVE, YOU CROSS OVER 316 AND YOU'RE IN THE RIGHT LANE. YOU KIND OF FORCED TO TAKE A RIGHT ONTO HURRICANE SHOALS. YES, SIR. I DON'T BELIEVE THE SCOPE OF WORK IS IS TO THAT EXTENT. BUT THERE COULD BE IN THE FUTURE SOME IMPROVEMENTS MADE TO THIS INTERSECTION. RIGHT NOW, I BELIEVE THERE IS A RIGHT TURN LANE THERE AT THE IT'S A THE GAS STATION. I'LL JUST SAY IT'S ON THE CORNER AND ON COLLINS HILL. SO WE'RE FLIPPING OVER TO THE OTHER SIDE. THERE ARE SOME CURB CUTS RIGHT THERE THAT HAVE NEVER BEEN ACTIVATED. YES, SIR.
ARE THOSE TIED INTO THIS PROJECT AS WELL? THEY PROBABLY WILL BE BECAUSE THEY'RE REALLY CLOSE TO THE INTERSECTION. THEY DON'T MEET MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR SEPARATION FROM AN INTERSECTION. SO THERE MAY BE SOME CHANGES TO THOSE THAT PARTICULAR CUT ON THE ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF COLLINS KIND OF ACROSS FROM THE WALMART, RIGHT? YES, SIR. THE ONES AT WALMART ARE SEPARATED PROPERLY, BUT THE ONES ON THE RIGHT JUST HAVE BEEN CUT. BUT NOTHING. WHAT'S CALLED PARK ACCESS, I BELIEVE, DRIVES YOU RIGHT UP IN THERE. THERE'S SOME THAT JUST DON'T GO ANYWHERE. THEY DON'T THEY'RE JUST CUTS. THEY'RE INSTALLED WITH TYPICALLY WITH TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS ON PEOPLE'S PROPERTY FOR THEIR RIGHT TO ACCESS A PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY. OKAY. SO MANY TIMES WHEN PEOPLE ABANDON PROPERTY OR SELL IT, IF THEY HAD A ENTRANCE, THEY LEAVE IT, THEY LEAVE IT BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO LOSE IT. SO IT GOES. IT'S AN ENTRANCE TO NOWHERE. SO BUT OUR TRAFFIC STUDY THAT THAT WAS DONE, I MEAN, IT CLEARLY DEFINES MULTIPLE EXITS AND STATES THAT WE SHOULD, BASED ON ESTIMATED FLOWS, BE IT WEEKDAY
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OR WEEKEND. WE'RE GOOD TO GO. YES, SIR. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WELL THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. IF THE APPLICANT IS PRESENT, IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO COME FORWARD AND MAKE ANY PRESENTATION. IF YOU'LL JUST STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, YOU CAN STATE YOUR BUSINESS ADDRESS IF YOU WOULD WISH. DOES IT HAVE TO BE YOUR HOME ADDRESS? THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, JOHN HARTER. HARTER, AND MY ADDRESS IS 30 INDEPENDENCE BOULEVARD IN WARREN, NEW JERSEY. THAT'S MY ONE OF THE OFFICES I RUN. I'M A SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT WITH TPD, AND I HAVE WORKED JUST A LITTLE BACKGROUND QUICKLY. I'M A LICENSED ENGINEER AND OVER A DOZEN STATES. I'VE WORKED ON COSTCO PROJECTS FOR MORE THAN 25 YEARS, CURRENTLY WORKING ON PROJECTS IN 14 DIFFERENT STATES.AND, YOU KNOW, WE OUR OFFICE PREPARED THIS TRAFFIC STUDY FOR THIS PROJECT. SO I CAN JUST MAYBE HIT SOME HIGHLIGHTS FROM WHAT I JUST HEARD AND SOME QUESTIONS. SO MY, MY WORK IS NOT JUST NEW WAREHOUSES WITH FUEL. WE WILL LOOK AT OLDER COSTCOS LIKE THE MALL OF GEORGIA. I DID LOOK AT THAT SITE ABOUT EIGHT YEARS AGO WITH COSTCO. IT'S A MUCH EARLIER 20 YEAR OLD SITE. COSTCO IS NOW DESIGNING THEIR THEIR PROJECTS MUCH IN A MUCH DIFFERENT FASHION WHERE THEY'RE ANTICIPATING, YOU KNOW, THE DEMANDS OF TODAY. THAT SITE, FOR EXAMPLE, MALL OF GEORGIA ONLY HAS 12 VEHICLE FUELING POSITIONS. THE NEW SITE WILL HAVE ALMOST THREE TIMES AS MANY AT 32. THAT'S BECOME THE COSTCO STANDARD PARKING SPACES OVER 850, WHEREAS THAT THAT SITE, MALL OF GEORGIA DOES SHARE PARKING WITH OTHER RETAIL, BUT IS, YOU KNOW, MUCH SMALLER PARKING DEMAND. AND THE MALL OF GEORGIA SITE IS REALLY CHALLENGED BECAUSE YOU HAVE A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT TO THE NORTH THAT COMES DOWN FINANCIAL CENTER WAY. AND THEN YOU'VE GOT THE MALL OF GEORGIA ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF ROUTE 20. AND WE LOOKED AT TRYING TO MAKE SOME IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PAST, BUT THERE'S JUST LIMITED RIGHT OF WAY THERE. SO THIS SITE NOW IN LAWRENCEVILLE WILL, YOU KNOW, BE IN THE SAME MARKET? OBVIOUSLY, IT WILL HAVE IT'S MUCH BETTER BECAUSE WE'VE GOT A SITE RIGHT ADJACENT TO, YOU KNOW, TWO INTERCHANGES ALONG US 29. SO COSTCO TRAFFIC CAN ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, COME OFF THE MAJOR HIGHWAY, WHICH WE WANT OR THIS TYPE OF LAND USE NEAR THE HIGHWAY. AND THEY CAN USE EITHER INTERCHANGE AT BUFORD DRIVE OR AT COLLINS HILL. WE THEN DO NOT UNLIKE THE MALL OF GEORGIA, WE DON'T HAVE ALL OF THIS THROUGH TRAFFIC GOING ALONG, LIGHTNING DRIVE AND PARK ACCESS DRIVE. SO THAT'S ANOTHER BENEFIT. SO IT'S MOSTLY COSTCO TRAFFIC. AND ESSENTIALLY WE'LL HAVE TWO MAJOR ACCESS POINTS THAT ARE SIGNALIZED, BOTH AT COLLINS HILL ROAD AND LIGHTNING DRIVE IN BUFORD. SO WE ARE ALSO PROVIDING THREE ACCESS POINTS TO THE SITE. SO GOOD DISTRIBUTION OF TRAFFIC. COSTCO HAS OUR FIRM REVIEW SITE PLANS AS THEY'RE DEVELOPED AND LIGHTNING DRIVE. WE WE WANTED A THREE LANE CROSS SECTION. SO WE HAVE A LEFT TURN LANE AT THOSE.
THE CENTER DRIVE IN THE EASTERN DRIVE. SO IT'S REALLY WELL THOUGHT THROUGH IN TERMS OF, OF TRAFFIC. SO IN TERMS OF LEVEL OF SERVICE, I CAN GET INTO SOME OF THE TECHNICAL DESCRIPTIONS IF THAT WOULD HELP. BUT TRAFFIC ENGINEERS USE MODELING SOFTWARE WHERE WE DO TRAFFIC COUNTS.
THIS STUDY WAS SCOPED WITH THE CITY ENGINEERING STAFF OF SEPTEMBER LAST YEAR AND APPROVED. AND THROUGH THAT WE AGREED TO STUDY. WE. WE COUNTED EIGHT DIFFERENT INTERSECTIONS, AND WE STUDIED FOUR DIFFERENT PEAK HOUR PERIODS. WE COLLECTED TEN HOURS OF DATA AT ALL THOSE INTERSECTIONS, AND WE ENDED UP STUDYING. YOU COMPILE ALL THIS DATA, YOU SUMMARIZE IT, AND YOU FIND DIFFERENT PEAK HOURS OF STUDY. SO WEEKDAY WE WE STUDIED THE MORNING COMMUTER HOUR. WE ALSO DID AN AFTERNOON HOUR, WHICH IS TYPICALLY WHEN COSTCO PEAKS, YOU KNOW, JUST BEFORE THE COMMUTER HOUR. THEN WE STUDY THE COMMUTER EVENING HOUR AND THEN SATURDAY. SO SATURDAY IS USUALLY WHEN COSTCO PEAKS, BUT THE ROAD VOLUMES HERE ARE A BIT LIGHTER. SO I REALLY THINK THE EVENING COMMUTER HOUR IS OUR TRUE WORST CASE PERIOD TO STUDY IN TERMS OF LEVEL OF SERVICE. WHEN WE WHEN TRAFFIC ENGINEERS RUN THE ANALYZES AND LOOK AT THE VOLUMES IN THE. IN THE MODEL, THERE ARE RANGES OF DELAY, AVERAGE DELAY PER VEHICLE THAT ARE CALCULATED.
AND TO SIMPLIFY THE RESULTS SO THAT IT'S EASIER TO PICTURE. THERE ARE A. THROUGH F RANGES OF DELAY AND THE D LEVEL OF SERVICE THAT WAS MENTIONED FOR A SIGNALIZED INTERSECTION, A
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VEHICLE APPROACHING AND STOPPING AT THE INTERSECTION. THEIR AVERAGE DELAY IS BETWEEN 35 AND 55 SECONDS. SO IN A PEAK HOUR DEMAND OR STUDY D IS QUITE A GOOD LEVEL OF SERVICE. WE START GETTING SOME CONCERNS WHEN WE GET INTO E AND F AND F, FOR EXAMPLE, AT A SIGNALIZED INTERSECTION, YOU'D BE WAITING MORE THAN 80S ON AVERAGE. SO OUR RESULTS. SO THE CRITERIA THAT'S USED HERE IS, IS AN AVERAGE INTERSECTION LEVEL OF SERVICE. AND THAT'S WHERE WE WE DID ATTAIN THE D OVERALL LEVEL OF SERVICE WITH THE MITIGATION WE'RE PROPOSING. ONE OF THE MAIN IMPROVEMENTS TO FOCUS ON IS THE LIGHTNING DRIVE EASTBOUND APPROACH TO BUFORD.WE ARE WE'VE WE'VE DESIGNED THAT. SO WE WOULD HAVE A DOUBLE LEFT TURN TO GO BACK TO THE US 29 INTERCHANGE, WHICH WE EXPECT WILL BE A REAL HEAVY MOVEMENT. SO THAT WAS A RECENTLY IMPROVED SIGNAL. BUT UNFORTUNATELY, YOU KNOW, WE FEEL THAT CAPACITY IS NECESSARY TO MAKE COSTCO FLOW.
WELL, TRYING TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER ITEMS. THE STACKING FOR THE FUEL IS QUITE DIFFERENT. I MENTIONED HOW SMALL THE MALL OF GEORGIA OLDER 20 YEAR OLD SITE FOR THE FUEL IS. THIS SITE IS DESIGNED. IT CAN ACCOMMODATE APPROXIMATELY 75 CARS QUEUED. I DON'T EXPECT THAT WOULD BE A TYPICAL CONDITION. THAT WOULD BE A VERY UNUSUAL LIKE A STORM CONDITION IF THERE WERE, YOU KNOW, BAD WEATHER CONDITION, BUT VERY UNUSUAL. WE HAVE PLENTY OF STACKING AND CAPACITY TO KEEP TRAFFIC MOVING, YOU KNOW, COMPARED TO THAT OLDER SITE AT THE MALL OF GEORGIA. CAN I ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I DO HAVE ONE BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO COUNSEL. SO ARE WE OVERRATED ALL INTERSECTION C OR D? IT WOULD BE D OR BETTER IN THE IN THE STUDY. SO THERE ARE SOME OVERALL THAT ARE ARE D AND MR. WARMINGTON BEING YOURSELF AN ENGINEER, I WOULD ESTIMATE THE TRAFFIC LIGHT HERE OFF OF NASH STREET. GOING ON TO CLAYTON STREET IS A D. YES. OKAY. JUST MAKING SURE WE PEOPLE HAVE SOME RELATIVE. OKAY.
BECAUSE I DRIVE THAT OFF. I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT INTERSECTION I DO. I CAN TELL YOU IT'S A IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S DEFINITELY LONGER THAN I WOULD THINK A D IS. SO YEAH. AND I DON'T WANT TO MAKE THE, THE, THE COUNCIL FEEL LIKE WE'RE GOING TO FIX THE VOLUME ON, ON BUFORD. I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU SEE COMING OUT OF ATLANTA EASTBOUND IN THE EVENING. I WAS THERE THIS EVENING WATCHING IT AND THAT EASTBOUND FLOW OFF OF, YOU KNOW, THE STATE HIGHWAY DOWN ONTO BUFORD IS VERY HEAVY. I MEAN THAT'S GOING TO THAT QUEUES BACK FROM HURRICANE SHOALS. WE'RE NOT GOING TO RESOLVE THAT. BUT YOU KNOW, WE ARE WE'RE PROVIDING THE PROPER EXITING MOVEMENTS FOR OUR SITE. AND A LOT OF THAT TRAFFIC THAT'S GOING TO COME HOME IN THE EVENING IS WHAT WE CALL PASS BY TRAFFIC. SO IT'S TRAFFIC. IT'S MAKING THAT COMMUTER ROUTE. THEY'RE PASSING LIGHTNING DRIVE TODAY. SO THEY WOULD COME IN SHOP AT COSTCO AND COME BACK ON THE ROAD AND CONTINUE. SO ABOUT A THIRD OF THE PEAK HOUR TRAFFIC IS TRAFFIC IS EXPECTED TO BE THAT TYPE OF PASS BY TRAFFIC. SO, YOU KNOW, DURING THAT BUSY TIME, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO WANT TO LEAVE YOUR HOME, GO TO THE SITE AND THEN GO BACK HOME, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE BECAUSE TRAFFIC IS VERY HEAVY AT THAT COMMUTER HOUR.
RIGHT. MR. THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING OUR QUESTIONS. SURE. YOU KNOW, MOST PEOPLE I'VE TALKED TO ARE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS PROJECT. THE ONLY CONCERN THEY HAVE IS THE TRAFFIC, BASICALLY. AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE ASKING YOU ALL THESE QUESTIONS ABOUT IT RIGHT NOW.
DID YOU DID YOUR STUDY EVER LOOK AT WHETHER THIS PROJECT WOULD MAKE THE TRAFFIC PROBLEMS IN DOWNTOWN LAWRENCEVILLE WORSE? BECAUSE THAT'S THAT'S A BIG COMPLAINT WE GET ALL THE TIME JUST THE TRAFFIC GOING THROUGH DOWNTOWN LAWRENCEVILLE, GOING FROM, YOU KNOW, SOMEWHERE TO SOMEWHERE ELSE. AND THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH OUR CITY TO GET THERE. DID YOUR STUDY EVER LOOK ANY FURTHER SOUTH OF HURRICANE SHOALS? YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. NO, I MEAN, THE SITE WAS LIMITED TO THE INTERSECTIONS BASED ON THE SCOPING AND THE DISTRIBUTIONS.
MORE OF THE, YOU KNOW, MOST OF THE DISTRIBUTION WE'RE EXPECTING IS GOING TO BE COMING OFF US 29 GIVEN THE HIGH VOLUME AND THAT EVENING COMMUTER, YOU KNOW, DRAW THAT I JUST MENTIONED. SO ONCE YOU GO SOUTH OF HURRICANE SHOALS, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY EXPECT THE VOLUMES TO DROP OFF. AND SO WE DIDN'T SPECIFICALLY STUDY THE DOWNTOWN, BUT TYPICALLY WHAT TRAFFIC SCOPING IS DONE IS ONCE YOU FALL BELOW 100 PEAK HOUR NEW TRIPS TO AN INTERSECTION, YOU GENERALLY DON'T NEED TO STUDY ANY FURTHER. SO THAT'S, THAT'S A COMMON SCOPING TECHNIQUE BECAUSE OTHERWISE, YOU KNOW, WHERE DO YOU END YOUR STUDY? RIGHT? SO COSTCO MANY I, YOU KNOW, I'VE WORKED, I MAINLY WORK ON COSTCO, BUT COSTCO STUDIES EXTENSIVE NUMBERS OF INTERSECTIONS MUCH MORE THAN MOST DEVELOPMENTS DO. AND I GENUINELY SAY THAT THEY, THEY
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CARE MUCH MORE THAN MOST OTHER DEVELOPERS BECAUSE THEY, THEY HAVE A LOT OF SITES THAT ARE VERY SUCCESSFUL. THEY'RE OLDER. THEY ARE. WE'RE GOING BACK AND WE'RE FIXING THEM MAINLY IN THE NORTHEAST BECAUSE THEIR, YOU KNOW, THEIR EARLIER SITES THERE. I'M. I SPENT TEN YEARS ON SOME PROJECTS TRYING TO JUST, YOU KNOW, FIND NEW LAND, ADD, ADD ROADS AND LANES AND ROUNDABOUTS AND WHATEVER WE CAN DO. SO THEY, THEY REALLY CARE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC, IT AFFECTS THEIR BUSINESS AND THEIR MEMBERS, YOU KNOW, WANT A GOOD EXPERIENCE. SO IT'S YOUR ESTIMATION THAT, LET'S SAY DOWNTOWN IS MAYBE A MILE AND A HALF, TWO MILES TOPS FROM THE PROJECT, THAT IT'LL HAVE MINIMAL EFFECT ON TRAFFIC. WE ALREADY HAVE. I DON'T SEE, YOU KNOW, ON A DAILY THAT YOU WOULD NOTICE BECAUSE OF COSTCO OPENING A DIFFERENCE IN THE DOWNTOWN. AND HOW MANY WAYS WILL A CUSTOMER HAVE TO GET OUT OF THIS COSTCO ONCE IT'S BUILT? WELL, TO GET TO THE MAJOR ROAD SYSTEM, YOU WOULD HAVE TO COLLINS HILL ROAD OPPOSITE THAT LARGE WALMART ON PARK ACCESS DRIVE SO THAT YOU WOULD HAVE THAT EGRESS AND THEN LIGHTNING DRIVE EASTBOUND. WE'RE GOING TO SO YOU'D HAVE TWO LANES EXITING THERE AND YOU'D HAVE THREE LANES EXITING AT BUFORD ON LIGHTNING DRIVE. SO ESSENTIALLY A FIVE LANES SIGNALIZED LETTING US EXIT. AND I SAY THAT IT'S NOT AS THOUGH OUR DRIVEWAYS ARE SIGNALIZED, BUT THERE REALLY ISN'T THROUGH TRAFFIC THERE. THERE ARE A FEW LIGHT INDUSTRIAL USES IN THE BACK IN OUR AREA, BUT VERY LIMITED, UNLIKE MALL OF GEORGIA THAT HAS ALL THIS THROUGH TRAFFIC.THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THE CHALLENGE OVER THERE. AND THAT'S WHAT I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE, THEY CAN WRAP THEIR HEAD AROUND THE TERRIBLE TRAFFIC UP THERE, AND THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THE SAME THING DOESN'T HAPPEN HERE. SO WE HAVE FIVE WAYS OR FIVE LANES OF GETTING OUT. CORRECT.
COMPARED TO HOW MANY LANES AT THE MALL. WELL, AT THE MALL IT'S QUITE DIFFERENT BECAUSE YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE, YOU'RE ENTERING OR YOU'RE EXITING ONTO EITHER FINANCIAL CENTER WAY. AND, AND THE, I JUST WANT TO GET THE NAMES RIGHT OR MALL OF GEORGIA BOULEVARD. AND THEN YOU'RE AT A SIGNALIZED INTERSECTION. THEN YOU GO A LITTLE BIT TO THE EAST A COUPLE HUNDRED FEET, AND THEN YOU'RE AT ROUTE 20, YOU KNOW, BUFORD DRIVE. SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S, YOU'RE REALLY BACKED UP BECAUSE OF THOSE, THE LIMITED CAPACITY AT THOSE INTERSECTIONS, WHICH THEN LEADS YOU TO THE INTERSTATE THAT HAS, YOU KNOW, CHALLENGES AS WELL. THE LAST TIME I WAS THERE, THERE WERE ACTUALLY IMPROVEMENTS BEING MADE AT THE INTERSTATE. I HAVEN'T TRACKED ALL THAT, BUT I IMAGINE WE'RE STILL HAVING CHALLENGES. I KNOW WE'VE LOOKED AT TRYING TO IMPROVE THE FUEL THERE, BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, NO PROPOSALS YET FOR THAT SITE.
OKAY. THANK YOU. AND FOR THE RECORD, I'VE ONLY HAD ONE PERSON CALL WITH CONCERNS ABOUT THE TRAFFIC. I'VE HAD NO COMPLAINTS. AND I'M I'M THE CHIEF COMPLAINT OFFICER. I GET ALL THE CALLS AS COUNCIL HAD ANY CALLS, COMPLAINTS. HAVE YOU JUST 1 OR 2? YEAH. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR OUR PRESENTER. YEAH. I'M GOOD. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. YOU TOO. SO THIS IS A PUBLIC ONE. WE HAVE ONE MORE WITH COSTCO THAT WANTS TO. OKAY. GIVE ME A MOMENT. THEY'RE GOING TO THEY'RE GOING TO PRESENT YOU THE PLAN SHOWING THE DUMPSTER THAT WE DISCUSSED. OKAY. THE PRINT THEY RECEIVED HERE TODAY DID NOT INCLUDE THE TREES. WE'RE GOING TO LOAD IT ONTO THE COMPUTER. JUST A MOMENT. OKAY. MISS YUKI WILL BE UP HERE. JUST A MOMENT. OKAY, I PRONOUNCED THAT CORRECT. YES. GREAT TREES. OKAY. SO SURPRISE. MY NAME IS RISA YUKI. I'M WITH MG2. MY ADDRESS IS 1101 SECOND AVENUE, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, 98101. OKAY, IN THE OKAY. IN THE WORK SESSION, THERE WAS A CONVERSATION AROUND THE AROUND THE COMPACTORS AND THE VISIBILITY OF THE COMPACTORS. SO TOOK THAT THOUGHT BACK TO THE OFFICE AND WANTED TO JUST SHARE SOME SITE SECTIONS WITH, WITH EVERYONE AND JUST KIND OF SHARE WHAT THE PERSPECTIVE WOULD BE. AND SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND SEE, OKAY, CAN YOU GUYS SEE THIS? IF YOU CAN MAYBE ENLARGE IT FOR THOSE OF US 65 AND OLDER IS A TOUCH SCREEN, TOUCH SCREEN. THERE YOU GO. YOU HAD IT GOING.
IS THAT A LITTLE BIT BIGGER SCALE OVER THERE. OKAY. OH, HERE. OKAY. GOT IT AS MUCH AS
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IT'LL GO. OH, OKAY. OKAY. IS THAT BETTER? IS THAT BETTER? OKAY. SO SEE, I'M GOING TO KIND OF MOVE THIS ALL AROUND BECAUSE IT'LL BE EASIER TO UNDERSTAND. SO SCOOT DOWN HERE. AND I'M JUST GOING TO MAKE THIS A LITTLE BIT BIGGER. OKAY. SO I HAVE THE SITE SECTIONS IDENTIFIED. OKAY. SITE SECTIONS. OH MY GOSH. GOODNESS. OKAY. TRY NOT TO TOUCH TOO MUCH. THE GREEN LONG LINES ARE THE SITE SECTIONS THAT I'M GOING TO SHARE TODAY. THE BLUE ARE A COUPLE PERSPECTIVES, A COUPLE PHOTOS FROM THE SITE, THE RIGHT IN THIS AREA RIGHT HERE IS WHERE THE EIGHT FOOT, EIGHT FOOT EIGHT TALL COMPACTORS SIT. AS I MENTIONED IN THE PREVIOUS MEETING, THE COMPACTORS ARE ACTUALLY CONNECTED TO THE BUILDING. SO THIS ISN'T A DUMPSTER SITUATION. SO EVERYTHING FROM ALL THE TRASH GOES INTO THE DUMPSTER FROM INSIDE THE WAREHOUSE, AND IT'S A CLOSED SYSTEM. OKAY, SO I'LL JUST SCOOT UP JUST A LITTLE BIT.OKAY, SO I MENTIONED THE TWO BLUE ARROWS. SO WHEN YOU'RE ON LIGHTNING ACCESS DRIVE, YOU COULD LIGHTNING DRIVE. THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE SEEING FROM THE ROAD. SO THERE'S A LOT OF TREES, FULL GROWN TREES, 30 SOME FEET TALL, AND THEN LOW UNDERBRUSH AS WELL. SO IT'S REALLY THICK THROUGH AND SO YOU CAN'T REALLY SEE THROUGH THEM. SO I WANTED TO PRESENT THOSE PHOTOS. OKAY.
SO THIS IS LOOKING FROM THE SECTION FROM THE NORTH SIDE OF THE SITE. LET ME JUST GO OVER JUST A LITTLE BIT. I'M WONDERING IF IT MIGHT BE BETTER TO SHOW THE BOARD AND THEN JUST HAVE THE TREES HERE. I THINK THAT MIGHT BE BETTER BECAUSE IT'S OKAY WHAT YOU'VE SHOWN AT LEAST IT'S GOOD TO HAVE BECAUSE THE PUBLIC CANNOT SEE THE BOARD. BUT THEY CAN SEE THIS. OKAY, PERFECT. PERFECT. OKAY. AND YOUR TREES ARE GOING TO STAY THE ONES THAT YOU HAVE ON THE STREET VIEW. THOSE TREES ARE GOING TO STAY THERE. YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO WHAT I WAS TRYING TO REPRESENT IS THAT SO THIS FROM LOOKING FROM THE NORTH, STRAIGHT DOWN TO THE COMPACTORS OVER HERE, YOU'RE STANDING HERE AND THIS IS WHERE THE COMPACTORS ARE. SO THIS IS 390FT. THE 390FT FROM THE ROAD, WHICH IS OVER A FOOTBALL FIELD AWAY. AND, AND AS I MENTIONED, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE UPPER SCREEN, THERE'S TREES, YOU KNOW, IMPEDING THAT VIEW FROM THE FUEL FACILITY, WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT FURTHER SOUTH LOOKING TOWARDS IT. THE GRADES ARE ACTUALLY HIGHER THAN WHERE YOU'RE VIEWING FROM. SO YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SEE THAT BECAUSE IT BLOCKS THE GRADES THEMSELVES, BLOCKING THE VIEW ON THE THIRD SITE SECTION DOWN. NOW YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT FROM LIGHTNING, BUT ALSO FURTHER AWAY. SO NOW YOU'RE AT 420 ISH FEET FROM THERE. AND THEN AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE SECTIONS, WHICH IS THIS BOTTOM ONE HERE, RIGHT? OH. OH, GREAT. THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO BE. PERFECT. OKAY. SO THESE ARE ALL THE TREES. AND, YOU KNOW, BASED ON THE PHOTO THAT'S BLOCKING THIS ENTIRE LENGTH HERE. AND THEN THE LAST ONE IS FROM FROM THE ROUTE 124. SAME VIEW. IT'S YOUR YOU'RE MUCH HIGHER THAN THE, THAN THE COMPACTORS. AND YOU'RE LOOKING DOWN ACROSS 500 AND A LITTLE OVER 500FT. AND THEN ALSO COMPLETELY THE SITE'S OBSCURED BY THE TREES. I ADDED THIS PHOTO HERE ON THE BOTTOM LEFT ALSO, SO THAT YOU COULD SEE JUST KIND OF HOW NEAT THE THE COMPACTORS ARE, AND THEY KIND OF BLEND IN WITH THE ACTUAL BUILDING THEMSELVES. SO WITH THIS, THE THERE WAS A COMMENT ABOUT SCREENING THE COMPACTORS WITH A, WITH A, WITH A WALL AND A GATE AND SUCH, WHICH ACTUALLY MAKES THE COMPACTOR AREA LOOK EVEN LARGER BECAUSE YOU'RE EMPHASIZING IT MORE WITH THE STRUCTURE. AND SO THE PROPOSAL WAS TO LET THE NATURAL STATE HELP SCREEN THE COMPACTORS HERE.
CAN I SEE THAT PICTURE? CAN YOU BRING THAT OVER? SURE. OKAY. YEAH. SO THIS IS ALSO CUT. SO THIS IS ACTUALLY FURTHER. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. NOW TELL ME
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YOU SAID THE COMPACTORS HERE. HOW IS IT SCREENED AGAIN? IT'S BEING SCREENED BY BY DISTANCE AND DISTANCE. LIKE, FOR INSTANCE, THIS IS 530FT. OKAY. SO TYPICAL FOOTBALL FIELDS. 360, I THINK. RIGHT. ISH OR SO. SO AND THEN ALSO THAT, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THAT BOTTOM SECTION WITH ALL THE TREES, WE'RE SHOWING THE, THE LARGE GROWTH TREES. BUT THEN THERE'S A, THERE'S UNDERBRUSH ALL THE WAY THROUGH AS WELL. AND THIS IS THE BACK SIDE ALSO. YES, EXACTLY. IT'S THE BACK SIDE. SO YOU'RE LOOKING THROUGH THIS WHOLE NATURAL AREA. OKAY. OKAY. OKAY.THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THAT'S GOOD. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK FOR THIS ITEM? HEARING OR SEEING? NO ONE? IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK AGAINST THIS ITEM? HEARING OR SEEING NO ONE? I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS AGENDA ITEM.
AND WHAT IS THE PLEASURE OF THE COUNCIL? MR. MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE REZONE RZC2026-00003 COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPORATION REZONE FROM BG GENERAL BUSINESS AND LIGHT MANUFACTURING TO BG GENERAL BUSINESS TO DEVELOP A WHOLESALE MEMBERSHIP CLUB AS PRESENTED. LEGAL AND CITY CLERK.
IS THAT CLEAR? THERE'S A MOTION. WITH THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. WE WANT TO IDENTIFY WHICH CONDITIONS. YEAH. THOSE THOSE CONDITIONS. ARE THERE ANY ARE THERE MORE THAN ONE CONDITION IN YOUR PACKET I CAN'T. NO, THAT'S THE ONLY ONE. PLANNING. PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. YEAH. FOR THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT TONIGHT. YES. OKAY.
OKAY. THERE ARE NO MARRYING. YEAH. WE HAVE NO MAYOR COUNCIL CONDITIONS. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND IT. SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER TRAVIS. CAN I SAY SOMETHING REAL QUICK, MR. MAYOR? SURE. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? YES. YES. FURTHER DISCUSSION? THANK YOU.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I THINK IF THIS PROJECT WAS ANYWHERE ELSE IN LAWRENCEVILLE, I MIGHT VOTE AGAINST IT. BECAUSE, LIKE IN SCENIC HIGHWAY, PERHAPS SOMETHING LIKE THAT. IT WOULD IMPACT OUR TRAFFIC IN A VERY OBSCENE WAY. BUT I THINK THIS IS THE PERFECT PLACE FOR IT, IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT. IF YOU LOOK AT EVERY PLACE ELSE IN OUR CITY, THIS IS THE PERFECT PLACE FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS BECAUSE AS THE APPLICANT SAID, THERE ARE MULTIPLE WAYS OF GETTING OFF THE PROPERTY ONTO THE PROPERTY WITHOUT TRULY IMPACTING THE TRAFFIC SITUATION. AND SO I THINK WE GET THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS. THEY GET A GREAT LOCATION FROM US AND WE GET THE HALO EFFECT IDEALLY, AND A GREAT EMPLOYER WITH A STEADY WORKFORCE THERE. SO I'M GLAD THAT THE STAFF HAS WORKED SO HARD FOR THIS PARTICULAR SPOT. I THINK IT'S PERFECT. THANK YOU.
CITY MANAGER WARBURTON, HOW MANY HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN WORKING ON THIS? 18 MONTHS. 18 MONTHS. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY, SO I HAVE A FIRST AND SECOND. I'LL CALL FOR THE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. MOTION CARRIES 4 TO 0. NEXT, WE'LL
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MOVE TO COUNCIL BUSINESS. NEW BUSINESS. THERE IS NO PUBLIC COMMENT DURING THIS SECTION OF THE AGENDA UNLESS FORMALLY REQUESTED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL. ITEM TEN IS CONTRACT AWARD. DOWNTOWN LAWRENCEVILLE STREET CASE. STREET SCAPE PROJECT. THIS ITEM IS BEING PRESENTED BY MR. RONALDO LUSTOSA ALVES JUNIOR, OUR CITY ENGINEER. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS TONIGHT STAFF IS REQUESTING AWARD. DOWNTOWN LAWRENCEVILLE STREETSCAPE PROJECT TO THE LOWEST RESPONSIBLE RESPONSIBLE BIDDER ON SHIFT CONSTRUCTION AND AMOUNT SIX AMOUNT TO EXCEED $632,725.50. DOWNTOWN LAWRENCEVILLE STREET STREETSCAPE PROJECT IS LOCATED ALONG SOUTH, SOUTH AND SOUTH CLAY STREET FROM KROGER STREET TO OAK STREET IN LAWRENCEVILLE, GEORGIA. THE PROJECT INCLUDES TARGET STREETSCAPE AND INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS, AND ALL CONSTRUCTIONS MUST BE OCCUR DURING THE NIGHT TIME HOURS BETWEEN 9 P.M. AND 5 A.M. INITIAL SITE WORK INCLUDES DEMOLISH AND REMOVE EXISTING SURFACE PAVEMENTS. THE PRIMARY PHYSICAL IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDE STRIPING, UTILITY ADJUSTMENTS, INSTALLING NEW UPDATED CONCRETE CURB GIRDER WITH MULTIPLE SECTIONS ALONG THE SIDEWALKS TO[01:05:05]
CREATE LANDSCAPED ISLAND. THE SCOPE ALSO INCLUDES ELECTRICAL INFRASTRUCTURE WORK FOR NEW DECORATIVE PEDESTRIAN LIGHTING. THE CITY ISSUED THE INVITATION TO BID SB 00727 IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CITY PROCUREMENT POLICIES, WITH THE INTENT TO AWARD THE CONTRACT TO THE LOWEST RESPONSIVE AND RESPONSIBLE BIDDER. AFTER REVIEWING ALL THE SUBMISSION, STAFF RECOMMENDS AWARDING THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT TO AMISH CONSTRUCTION LLC, WHICH PROVIDES THE LOWEST RESPONSIBLE, RESPONSIVE AND RESPONSIBLE BID. I'M OPEN FOR ANY QUESTIONS.THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. COULD YOU SHOW BEFORE WE GO FURTHER AND ASK QUESTIONS, CAN YOU GIVE US A PICTURE, MAYBE THAT YOU'VE PROVIDED IN THE IN THE PACKET SO THE COMMUNITY CAN SEE IT OF WHERE YOU'RE TALKING AND WHERE THE ISLANDS ARE? SO THAT MIGHT BE THE BEST PICTURE. AND THEN JUST POINT OUT WHERE THE ISLANDS ARE AND WHERE THE LIGHTS ARE GOING. CORRECT? CORRECT. SO ON THE TOP LEFT HERE YOU HAVE EAST CROGAN STREET. AND HERE'S THE SOUTH PERRY STREET. YOU HAVE LOCALIZED HERE AT MY MOUSE CURSOR IS NEW ISLAND, WHERE YOU HAVE THE EXISTING STRIPING LOCATED. MOVING TO THE SOUTH, WE'RE TARGET ISLANDS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ROAD, WHICH WILL BE CURBS. AND AGAIN IT GOES ALL ALONG SOUTH TO LUCKIE STREET ON THE ON THE EAST SIDE ON SOUTH CLAYTON STREET YOU HAVE TARGET ISLAND BEING BUILT ON THE EAST SIDE OF SOUTH CLAYTON. MOVE ALONG TO THE NORTH AGAIN, ALL UP TO YOU. INTERSECTION SOUTH CLAYTON STREET WITH EAST CROGAN AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS FROM TALKING TO THE CITY MANAGER THAT MANY OF THESE ISLANDS IS WHERE YOU'LL BE PUTTING THE LIGHTING, BECAUSE WE HAD COMPLAINTS THAT BOTH THESE STREETS BEING DARK AND NEEDING MORE PEDESTRIAN LIGHT, THAT'S THE AIM OF THE PROJECT. AND THEN ALSO ON PERRY STREET WILL REMOVE THE METAL PLATES THAT ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SIDEWALK THAT HAVE BEEN THERE FOR DECADES, CORRECT? YES, YES. GOOD. NOW I'LL TURN IT OVER TO COUNCIL FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. ANYBODY WANT TO BE RECOGNIZED? JUST A QUICK QUESTION. ARE WE GOING TO LOSE ANY PARKING SPACES PERMANENTLY? NO, WE'RE ACTUALLY RAMP SOME OF THEM. AS PART OF THIS YEAR.
WE'RE GOING TO RESTRIPE SOME OF THE PARKING SPACES. SO THERE'S NO NET LOSS ON THE PARKING SPACE BY ITSELF. USUALLY WE'RE THE ISLAND PORTION OF IT ACTUALLY ARE. WE CALL THAT SPACE, WHICH YOU HAVE THE HASH STRIPING ON IT, SO YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO PARK ANYWHERE. SO THOSE ARE THE AREAS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE CURBING IT. WHAT'S THE TIMETABLE. GOOD QUESTION.
WE'RE TARGETING THE 30 DAYS FROM PROCEED. AND THERE WILL BE A NIGHTTIME WORK AS WELL. SO THERE WILL BE NO IMPACTS TO TRAFFIC. SO IS THE AIM TO GET THIS DONE BEFORE THE CHRISTMAS MARKET? YES. THAT'S PRETTY ADMIRABLE. IMAGINE THAT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THIS WAY I DO.
OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. ALVES, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. MR. TRAVIS TOOK MY QUESTION.
HOWEVER, I HAVE A COMMENT. I WANT TO JUST COMMEND WHOEVER PUT THIS PACKET TOGETHER. IT WAS VERY TRANSPARENT, VERY DETAILED FROM THE EXPLANATION IN YOUR SUMMARY AND ALSO THE DETAILS FOR WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. SO I JUST WANT TO COMMEND WHOEVER HAD THEIR HAND IN THIS JOB. WELL DONE. I JUST WANT I WILL SEND THE COMPLIMENTS TO MY STAFF. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GREAT JOB. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? QUESTIONS. OKAY, GOOD. ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. SO WHAT IS THE PLEASURE OF THE COUNCIL, MR. MAYOR? I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE. I'VE JUST LOST IT. BUT I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE CONTRACT AWARD FOR THE DOWNTOWN LAWRENCEVILLE STREETSCAPE PROJECT TO. IF SOMEBODY CAN TELL ME THE NAME OF. CHEF SHIV AS PRESENTED. THANK YOU. OKAY. SCREEN JUMPED ON ME. ALL RIGHT.
AND THAT WOULD BE FOR $632,725.50 PER WHAT THE CITY MANAGER JUST SAID FOR THE. I SEE IT NOW. THANK YOU. 633 $632,725.50. OKAY. SO I HAVE A FIRST BY COUNCIL MEMBER JONES.
I HAVE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, I'LL CALL FOR THE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE AYE. MOTION CARRIES 4 TO 0.
NEXT WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM 11. AMENDED AND RESTATED. AUTOMATED SPEED ENFORCEMENT SYSTEM
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AGREEMENT. THIS ITEM IS BEING PRESENTED BY OUR CITY ATTORNEY, LEE THOMPSON. THANK YOU. MAYOR.MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT AN AMENDED AND RESTATED AUTOMATED SPEED ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE SYSTEM AGREEMENT WITH BLUE LINE SOLUTIONS, LLC. YOU ACTUALLY APPROVED THE MAYOR AND CITY MANAGER ENTERING INTO THIS AGREEMENT AT YOUR MEETING IN JUNE. AND THERE WAS A MEMO THAT WAS PRESENTED TO YOU THAT HAD THE FACTORS THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED IN THE AGREEMENT, AND THE MAYOR AND CITY MANAGER WERE AUTHORIZED TO SIGN THE AGREEMENT, SUBJECT TO THOSE PROVISIONS BEING IN THERE. WE'RE BRINGING THIS BACK TO YOU, REALLY FOR FOR ONE PARTICULAR REASON, AS AS YOU RECALL, THE REASON THE AGREEMENT IS BEING CHANGED IS BECAUSE STATE LAW WAS CHANGED THIS PAST YEAR AND CHANGED SOME OF THE PROVISIONS AS TO WHEN THESE SCHOOL CAMERAS COULD BE USED, HOW THEY COULD BE USED, SIGNAGE, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. ALL OF THAT'S BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THE AGREEMENT SO THAT WE'LL BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH STATE LAW. MOST OF THOSE THINGS WERE WHAT LAWRENCEVILLE WAS ALREADY DOING, BUT THEY'RE NOW THE REQUIREMENTS OF STATE LAW. SO AND AND THE AMOUNTS THAT COULD BE CHARGED. AND SO ALL OF THAT'S BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THE AGREEMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MEMO. ONE THING THAT CHANGED IS WE HAD INDICATED THIS WOULD BE A SIX YEAR TERM WITH 60 DAYS NOTICE OF TERMINATION. BLUE LINE WAS NOT AGREEABLE TO THAT. THEY WANTED THIS TO BE A ONE YEAR TERM WITH AUTOMATIC EXTENSIONS AT ONE YEAR FOR A PERIOD OF ONE YEAR, WITH A 30 DAY NOTICE OF TERMINATION. AND SO THAT'S THE PROVISION THAT'S IN THE AGREEMENT, THE AGREEMENTS IN YOUR PACKET, THE COMPLETE AGREEMENT AS IT WOULD BE SIGNED IS IN YOUR PACKET. SO YOU SEE THIS, AND I'D BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, BUT WE'RE JUST SIMPLY BRINGING IT BACK TO YOU BECAUSE THE TERM OF THE AGREEMENT WAS NOT AS SET FORTH IN THAT MEMO IN JUNE. SO THAT CHANGED. SO BEFORE I TURN OVER QUESTIONS, THAT WOULD BE OUR PACKET ON PAGE 242 FOR A WITH THE SUB HEADINGS AS WELL. ONE, TWO AND THREE. CORRECT. OKAY. AND IS IT THE LEGAL OPINION THAT THIS IS FOLLOWING GEORGIA CODE AND WILL BE ALL GOOD THERE. YES. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I THINK THE ISSUE MAY OBVIOUSLY BE THE THERE'S A REFERENDUM PROVISION IN THE NEW STATE LAW DOESN'T TAKE EFFECT UNTIL NEXT JULY. AND SO THERE MAY BE ISSUES THAT COME UP AT THAT TIME. AND WE'LL SIMPLY HAVE TO DEAL WITH THOSE AT THAT TIME IF THEY DO COME UP. OKAY. SO ANYBODY LIKE TO BE RECOGNIZED TO ASK QUESTIONS? JUST A QUICK QUESTION. DID THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT ALSO HAVE A 2045 EXPIRATION YEAR LIKE THIS ONE DOES? I CAN'T SAY THAT THAT IT DID. IT WAS ONLY FOR SIX YEARS. OH YEAH. NO, THE ORIGINAL ONE THAT WE SIGNED BACK A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO.
YEAH. NO, I'M, I'M NOT SURE IT ACTUALLY HAD A TERMINATION DATE IN IT. AND WE, I THINK ACTUALLY IN THIS ONE, MADE SURE THERE WAS A TERMINATION DATE THAT IT CAN'T GO BEYOND THAT WITHOUT COMING BACK BEFORE THE COUNCIL. THE ONE WE PASSED IN JUNE JUST HAD SIX YEARS AND THEN IT WAS OVER. CORRECT. OKAY. WELL, THE NO, THE SIX YEARS WAS OUR PROPOSAL. ACTUALLY, THAT BLUE LINE DID NOT GO WITH THE ORIGINAL AGREEMENT WAS FOR ONE YEAR WAS ACTUALLY THE SAME HERE, ONE YEAR WITH ONE YEAR EXTENSIONS. BUT I'M NOT SURE IT HAD A FINAL TERMINATION DATE AND WE FELT IT NEEDED A FINAL TERMINATION DATE TO MAKE SURE IT DIDN'T GO BEYOND A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME. SO OTHER THAN THAT, AND THEN THE SORT OF A 60 DAY NOTICE, IT'S A 30 DAY NOTICE. CORRECT. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY INSISTED ON. THAT'S WHAT THEY WANTED. YES, SIR. OKAY. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THIS WAY. JUST GO AHEAD. GO AHEAD. MR. THOMPSON, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. THE 60 DAY TERMINATION NOTICE IS FOR EITHER PARTY, CORRECT? CORRECT. IT'S 30 DAYS NOW. WE HAD PROPOSED 60 AND THEY THEY CHANGED IT TO 30. OKAY. OKAY. AND THEN THAT COULD BE FOR CALLS WITHOUT CALLS. CORRECT.
ANY ANY REASON ANY REASON. OKAY. THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO YEAH. COUNCILMEMBER HARRIS, I JUST
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WANT TO CLARIFY IS WHETHER THE NEW LAW LEGISLATION WOULD IMPACT THE ANNUAL RENEWAL OF THIS AGREEMENT AT ALL. I DON'T KNOW THAT I CAN ANSWER THAT. IT IT MAY. AND THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION WITH BLUE LINES. BLUE LINES, LEGAL COUNSEL OBVIOUSLY HAD INPUT INTO THIS AND DID THIS. I THINK IT IS BLUE LINES, LEGAL OPINION THAT AN EXTENSION OF THE CONTRACT DOES NOT TRIGGER THE SAME RENEWAL CLAUSE THAT'S IN THE STATE LAW. OKAY. I'M NOT IN A PUBLIC MEETING, AT LEAST GOING TO RENDER A PUBLIC OPINION AS TO WHETHER I AGREE WITH THAT OR NOT. UNDERSTOOD. THANK YOU. SO. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. HEARING NONE, I'LL ASK WHAT IS THE PLEASURE OF THE COUNCIL. I'LL BE HAPPY TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE AMENDED AND RESTATED AUTOMATED SPEED ENFORCEMENT SYSTEM AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND BLUE LINE SOLUTIONS TO MONITOR EXCESSIVE SPEEDING INFRACTIONS AND OTHER POTENTIAL TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS, ISSUE TRAFFIC NOTICES OF VIOLATIONS AND EVALUATE TRAFFIC MOVEMENT AND SAFETY, AND GRANT AUTHORIZED AUTHORIZATION FOR THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT, SUBJECT TO THE REVIEW AND APPROVAL BY THE CITY ATTORNEY, AS PRESENTED IN OUR PACKET. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER TRAVIS. FIRST BY MAYOR. STILL ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? I'LL CALL THE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. MOTION CARRIES 4 TO 0.NUMBER 12 INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND GWINNETT COUNTY TO ALLOW POLICE AND FIREFIGHTER EXERCISES. THIS ITEM IS BEING PRESENTED BY OUR CITY MANAGER, BARRY MOP. THANK YOU. MAYOR. AS YOU MENTIONED, THIS ITEM IS AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND GWINNETT COUNTY TO ALLOW FIRE AND POLICE EXERCISES WITHIN SOME ABANDONED BUILDINGS. THE CITY RECENTLY PURCHASED SEVERAL PROPERTIES FOR REDEVELOPMENT. THE INTENT IS TO DEMOLISH THOSE STRUCTURES, BUT WE WERE CONTACTED BY GWINNETT FIRE TRAINING SERVICES TO SEE IF THERE WERE ANY THAT MIGHT BE SUITABLE FOR TRAINING. WE SHARED WITH THEM A FEW LOCATIONS AND THEY HAVE IDENTIFIED A COUPLE THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO TO USE. THIS IS A RENEWAL OF AN IGA I NOTED HERE. WE ENTERED INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH GWINNETT COUNTY IN DECEMBER OF 2020. THAT WAS A FIVE YEAR IGA THAT EXPIRED IN 2025. THIS IS A RENEWAL OF THAT SAME IGA. IT HAS BEEN REVIEWED BY LEGAL. THERE WERE A FEW MINOR CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE AND THIS WOULD BE THE NEW AGREEMENT. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. I THINK THERE MAY BE SOME QUESTIONS. SURE. ANYONE HAVE ANY? DO WE HAVE A TIME PERIOD THAT WE CAN LIMIT THEM TO YOU? YEAH. SO THEY ARE ONLY USING THOSE WHEN WE ALLOW THEM TO DO SO. AND FOR THE PERIOD OF TIME THAT WE CHOOSE. SO RIGHT NOW THE TWO THAT THEY'VE IDENTIFIED ARE AT THE CORNER OF RIDGECREST AND WEST CROGAN, AND THEY'VE ASKED TO BE ABLE TO USE THOSE THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR. THOSE DO NOT INTERFERE WITH ANY DEVELOPMENT PLANS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE ON THOSE PROPERTIES. WHAT TIME OF DAY OR NIGHT? OH, I'M SORRY, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. CAN WE LIMIT THEM TO DAYTIME? YEAH, I CAN FIND OUT. I THINK IT'S ONLY DURING THE DAY, BUT I, I, I DON'T KNOW THAT ANSWER, BUT YOU MAY WANT TO TRAIN AT NIGHT. I DON'T KNOW. BUT ARE THERE PEOPLE LIVING NEXT TO THIS? THERE IS RESIDENTIAL IN THAT AREA, SO I'LL CONFIRM THE HOURS. YES. YEAH. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MR. MOCK? NOT NECESSARILY A QUESTION, JUST A COMMENT. I THINK THIS IS A GREAT IDEA. KNOWING AND UNDERSTANDING THE IMPORTANCE OF TRAINING AND HAVING A SPACE TO DO REALISTIC SCENARIO BASED TRAINING IS IS GREAT FOR FIREFIGHTERS. LAW ENFORCEMENT. OFTENTIMES YOU USE THE SAME LOCATION, YOU GET USED TO THE LOCATION AND KIND OF GAME IT. HAVING NEW FACILITIES, NEW SITES TO. IT'S A GREAT, GREAT OPPORTUNITY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. SO WHAT IS THE PLEASURE OF THE COUNCIL? MR. MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE INTERGOVERNMENT INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND GWINNETT COUNTY TO ALLOW FOR POLICE AND FIRE FIGHTING EXERCISES ON CITY OWNED PROPERTIES, AS PRESENTED, AND GRANT AUTHORIZATION FOR THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT, SUBJECT TO REVIEW AND APPROVAL BY THE CITY ATTORNEY. SO I HAVE A FIRST BY COUNCIL MEMBER JONES.
DO I HAVE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS? ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? NONE.
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I'LL CALL FOR THE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. MOTION CARRIES 4 TO 0. WE'LL COME TO OUR LAST ITEM RESOLUTION TO APPROVE THE UPDATED CRISIS MANAGEMENT PLAN.AND THIS ITEM IS BEING PRESENTED BY OUR CHIEF COMMUNICATION AND MARKETING OFFICER, MELISSA HARDEGREE. HI. OKAY. SO IT HAS BEEN ONE YEAR SINCE WE APPROVED OUR FIRST CRISIS MANAGEMENT PLAN. AND OUR CRISIS PLANNING COMMITTEE HAS BEEN WORKING MOSTLY MONTHLY TO UPDATE THE PLAN. AND SO WE ARE HERE WITH THE REQUEST TO CHANGE THE WAY THAT WE APPROVE IT. SO THERE IS A NEW RESOLUTION. KAREN, YOU MAY HAVE TO ADVISE ME HERE, BUT THERE'S WE ARE WE HAVE A NEW RESOLUTION THAT WILL ALLOW OUR CITY MANAGER TO APPROVE FUTURE UPDATES TO THE PLAN. SO THAT IS WHAT I'M HERE TONIGHT TO ASK YOU TO DO. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. I THINK IT ALSO ALLOWS THE MAYOR TO DO SOMETHING WITH THAT AS WELL. NO, NO. SO SO WE CAN'T OVERRIDE THE CITY MANAGER AT ALL. YEAH. YOU COULD VOTE ON YOU CAN TAKE IT AWAY. YEAH. THAT'S WHAT YOU CAN ALWAYS TAKE IT AWAY IF YOU WANT TO. BUT WE ARE ASKING THAT YOU THAT YOU APPROVE THIS SO THAT JUST LIKE WE WOULD DO WITH THE PERSONNEL POLICY OR ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU WOULD GIVE CITY MANAGER. YEAH. AND I'M FINE WITH THAT. JUST WANTED TO ASK THE QUESTION. OKAY. SO THAT SO WHO WOULD LIKE TO BE RECOGNIZED BY THE MAYOR TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. HEARING NONE, I'LL CALL FOR THE VOTE. WELL I'LL TAKE. SORRY, SORRY. I MADE A MOTION, MR. MAYOR. MR. MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE ADOPT THE RESOLUTION TO APPROVE THE UPDATED CRISIS MANAGEMENT PLAN AND AUTHORIZE FUTURE UPDATES TO BE APPROVED BY THE CITY MANAGER. HAVE A FIRST BY COUNCILMEMBER HARRIS. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER JONES? IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? I'LL CALL FOR THE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE AYE. MOTION CARRIES 4 TO 0. OKAY. BEFORE YOU DO ANYTHING ELSE, DO NOT. I NOW NEED TO INTRODUCE CHIEF JOHN MULLEN TO COME FORWARD AND MAKE AN INTRODUCTION. I DIDN'T WANT YOU TO ADJOURN THE MEETING, SO. THANK YOU. MELISSA. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR AND COUNCIL. WORKING HAND IN HAND WITH THE CRISIS MANAGEMENT PLAN, WILL BE A NEW POSITION THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE HERE AT THE CITY, WHICH IS THE DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND VICTIM SERVICES. AND THIS POSITION IS GOING TO SERVE AS THE CITY'S LEAD EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR, WHICH WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE OVERSIGHT OF THE CITY OF LAWRENCEVILLE'S EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, INCLUDING DISASTER PREPAREDNESS, EMERGENCY RESPONSE, INCIDENT COMMAND TRAINING, NATURAL DISASTER RESPONSE, RECOVERY OPERATIONS MITIGATION AND CONTINUITY PLANNING FOR THE CITY. THIS POSITION WILL ALSO OVERSEE VICTIM SERVICES AND RESOURCE COORDINATION FOR INDIVIDUALS AFFECTED BY CRIME, TRAUMATIC INCIDENTS, NATURAL DISASTERS OR OTHER PUBLIC SAFETY EMERGENCIES. SO THIS IS A NEW POSITION FOR THE CITY, ONE WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE TO DELIVER BETTER AND GREATER SERVICES TO OUR CITIZENS. AND WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO CALL UP ASHLEY STILL. SO ASHLEY STILL WILL BE OUR NEW DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND VICTIM SERVICES. SHE COMES TO US FROM GEORGIA GWINNETT COLLEGE, WHERE SHE SPENT THE LAST TWO AND A HALF YEARS AS AN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR. SHE HAS HER BACHELOR'S OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE, ALSO FROM GEORGIA GWINNETT COLLEGE, RIGHT HERE IN THE CITY. AND SHE HAS HER MASTER'S OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND DISASTER MANAGEMENT FROM LIBERTY UNIVERSITY. PRIOR TO WORKING FOR GEORGIA GWINNETT COLLEGE IN HER ROLE AS AN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR, SHE WORKED AT THE GEORGIA GWINNETT COLLEGE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR OVER EIGHT YEARS, SERVING AS A SERGEANT IN COMMUNITY AFFAIRS AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH, AS WELL AS CRIME PREVENTION. SHE WAS WELL KNOWN FOR HER TIME WITH HER K-9 PARTNER, GINGER, WELL KNOWN TEAM PARTNERING IN COMMUNITY AND VICTIM RELATIONS AT THE COLLEGE. SHE ALSO WORKED FOR THE GEORGIA EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY AS A HOMELAND SECURITY COORDINATOR, AS WELL AS AN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST FOR GWINNETT COUNTY OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. SO AT THIS TIME, I'M EXCITED AND HONORED TO INTRODUCE ASHLEY STILL. ASHLEY, IF YOU'D LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS. IT MAKES ME SOUND REALLY GOOD ON PAPER. NO, I'M REALLY HONORED TO BE HERE, REALLY EXCITED FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. I'VE REALLY GROWN UP WITH LAWRENCEVILLE. I WENT TO GWIN OAKS ELEMENTARY, SO I'VE BEEN HERE ALMOST MY ENTIRE LIFE, AND NOW COMING THROUGH GGC AND REALLY WATCHING GGC GROW. SO I STARTED GGC IN 2007
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WHEN THERE WAS NOTHING. YOU GUYS KNEW WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE BACK THEN. AND SO TO BE IN THIS ROLE AND TAKING ALL THE YEARS OF KNOWLEDGE, TRAINING, EXPERIENCE, YOU KNOW THAT THE CLICHE POLICE THING TO SAY, BUT THE RELATIONSHIPS, RIGHT? SO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANS ARE GREAT, BUT IT'S ABOUT PEOPLE AND BUILDING THOSE RELATIONSHIPS AND BUILDING THOSE RELATIONSHIPS BEFORE THE DISASTER HAPPENS, WHETHER IT'S POLICE TRAINING, THE VICTIM ADVOCATE, MY GIRL GINGER, WHICH I'M WEARING MY GINGER SOCKS TODAY, AND BUILDING THAT RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY IS REALLY THE MOST IMPORTANT THING. SO I'M A BIG FAN OF TRAINING. I'M A BIG FAN OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, BUT I'M THE BIGGEST FAN OF OUR COMMUNITY AND MAKING SURE OUR COMMUNITIES ARE CAPABLE OF TAKING CARE OF THEMSELVES IN A DISASTER FIRST. SO FOCUSING ON THAT, THANKFUL FOR THE LEADERSHIP AND THEN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH ALL OF OUR LEADERSHIP THAT'S HERE. AND THEN HE STOLE SOME OF MY BUZZWORDS EARLIER, LIKE MITIGATION AND RECOVERY RESILIENCY. SO WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO ALL THOSE THINGS.I'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO HELP WITH WHAT I CAN. THANK YOU GUYS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. PICTURE TIME. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. AND JUST FOR THE RECORD, THOUGH, WE MAY HAVE THE LAST NAME SOMEHOW OR SOME WAY I'M RELATED TO HER HUSBAND. I'M NOT SURE HOW WE COULD BE FOURTH, FIFTH, SIXTH, SEVENTH GENERATION. SO STILL HERE? YEAH. WE FAMILY'S BEEN AROUND FOR A WHILE. NEXT WE'LL MOVE ON TO. WELL, THERE IS THERE WILL BE NO EXECUTIVE SESSION, SO WE'LL MOVE TO FINAL ADJOURNMENT. SO DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? SO MOVED FIRST BY COUNCIL MEMBER JONES TO HAVE A SECOND SECOND, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. THE MOTION. THE
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