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[Approval of Agenda]
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SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER JONES TO HAVE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS.
[Council Business]
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. I AND THE AGENDA HAS BEEN APPROVED. WE'LL MOVE ON TO COUNCIL BUSINESS. THERE IS NO PUBLIC COMMENT DURING THIS SECTION OF THE AGENDA UNLESS FORMALLY REQUESTED BY THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL. ITEM ONE IS LEASE AGREEMENT FOR 205 CULVER STREET, AND THIS ITEM IS BEING PRESENTED BY OUR CITY MANAGER, CHUCK WARMINGTON. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THIS IS A FIVE YEAR LEASE AGREEMENT WITH DOBBINS LAW, WHO WILL BE OCCUPYING A HOUSE THE CITY OWNS AT CULVER AND LUCKIE STREET. FORMER TENANT WAS A LOCAL MOVIE STUDIO THAT ACTUALLY HAS MOVED BACK INTO CALIFORNIA IN TERMS OF THE AGREEMENT BEGINS NOVEMBER 1ST OF THIS YEAR. IT'S A FIVE YEAR LEASE AGREEMENT. I WILL SAY THERE WITH APPROVAL, THEY DO GET CAN GO INTO THE SPACE AND PAINT AND DO A FEW THINGS BEFORE THE NOVEMBER 1ST WITH APPROVAL. THE. THIS IS A MARKET LEASE WITH A 5% ANNUAL ESCALATION, AND AFTER THREE YEARS THERE IS A SIX MONTHS NOTICE TO TERMINATE. THE TENANT WILL BE HANDLING ALL THE STANDARD MAINTENANCE AND LANDSCAPING, AND ALSO THE TENANT WILL BE PAYING FOR ALL THE UTILITIES. AND WITH THAT, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE LEASE AGREEMENT FOR 205 CULVER STREET. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. WARMINGTON? I HAVE ONE. OKAY. SO WHEN THE CITY BOUGHT THIS PROPERTY, HOW LONG AGO DID WE BUY IT? 3 OR 4 YEARS AGO. WHAT WAS THE ORIGINAL PURPOSE? SO WE'RE WE'VE ASSEMBLED SOME PROPERTY LOOKING TO ASSEMBLE SOME PROPERTY IN THAT AREA TO POTENTIALLY HAVE SOME HELP WITH IN THE FUTURE IN REGARDS TO PARKING. OKAY, SO WE'RE NOT READY YET. AND THAT'S WHY WE WANT TO TRY TO GENERATE SOME MONEY OFF THIS PROPERTY. THAT'S CORRECT. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. WARMINGTON. JUST A QUESTION. YOU MENTIONED THAT THEY WOULD BE THERE FOR THREE YEARS WITH. AND AFTER THAT THEY COULD DO A NOTICE TO TERMINATE.IS THERE A TERMINATION AGREEMENT PRIOR TO THAT? THREE YEARS. THE TERMINATION, I THINK WOULD BE THE RENEWAL. I THINK THEY CAN TERMINATE, BUT THE CITY CANNOT TERMINATE THAT BEYOND BEFORE THE 36 MONTH LEASE AGREEMENT. OKAY. WE DON'T HAVE A 30 DAY NOTIFICATION.
THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OKAY. SO WHAT IS THE PLEASURE OF THE COUNCIL? MR. MAYOR, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE LEASE AGREEMENT FOR 205 CULVER STREET, AS EXPLAINED BY THE CITY MANAGER. OKAY, SO I HAVE A FIRST BY COUNCIL MEMBER, MAYOR PRO TEM TRAVIS. DO I HAVE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER JONES? ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, I'LL CALL FOR THE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES 4 TO 0. NEXT. SWEARING IN OF A NEWLY ELECTED COUNCIL MEMBER. SO NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS THE SWEARING IN OF OUR NEWLY ELECTED COUNCIL MEMBER, DARREN WARD. HE WILL BEGIN HIS DUTIES TONIGHT AT 5:30 P.M. THAT'S A LIKE TIME TO JUST SLOWLY MOVE INTO IT. SO I WAS WEARING COUNCIL MEMBER WARD AND THEN HE WILL HAVE A MOMENT FOR COMMENTS AND PICTURES. SO IF YOU CAN COME ON DOWN. WITH YOUR RIGHT HAND AND LIFT IT UP. SO HOW ABOUT WE. I DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR. I DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY PERFORM. THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY PERFORM THE DUTIES, THE DUTIES OF COUNCIL. MEMBER OF COUNCIL. MEMBER OF THE CITY OF LONGMONT, OF THE CITY OF LAWRENCEVILLE, AND THAT I WILL SUPPORT. AND THAT I WILL SUPPORT AND DEFEND AND DEFEND THE CHARTER, THE CHARTER THEREOF AS WELL THEREOF, AS WELL AS THE CONSTITUTION, AS THE CONSTITUTION, AND THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA AND THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA AND OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. CONGRATULATIONS. SO HE'S CHOKED ME UP. HE'S GOTTEN CHOKED UP.
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AND HE SHOULD, BECAUSE THIS COULD BE A LOT OF HARD WORK. BUT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY SOME COMMENTS? I WAS TRYING NOT TO BE EMOTIONAL, I REALLY WAS. I THOUGHT ABOUT IT ALL DAY, BUT I REALLY JUST WANT TO SAY I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY THAT SHOWED UP TODAY. I APPRECIATE ALL MY FAMILY SUPPORT. I APPRECIATE THE COMMUNITY SUPPORT. YOU KNOW, THIS IS JUST SOMETHING THAT I'VE BEEN DREAMING OF FOR A LONG TIME, SOMETHING THAT I'VE BEEN WORKING ON, SOMETHING THAT I'M VERY PROUD TO DO IS SUPPORT MY COMMUNITY. JUST GROWING UP AS A KID IN LAWRENCEVILLE, YOU KNOW, I JUST, I JUST, YOU KNOW, I, I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. AND I, AGAIN, I APPRECIATE EVERYONE THAT SHOWED UP HERE TODAY. THANK YOU. SO IF I COULD GET THE COUNCIL TO COME DOWN FOR PICTURES AND THEN WE WILL HAVE EVERYBODY ELSE GET TO COME UP AS A BIG GROUP AND HAVE PICTURES. I WILL SAY I LIKE THAT HE'S A MAN OF SMALL OF SHORT WORDS. SO. BECAUSE THAT'S WHO I AM TO. SHORT WORDS. LONG STORY. COULD BE JUST A LITTLE COUNCIL. 123123. LAST 1123. PERFECT. SO IF IF WELL YOU CAN STAY HERE AND THEN LET'S LET OUR REPRESENTATIVE. OKAY. GO AHEAD. I WASN'T COMING TO SPEAK. I WAS JUST COMING TO GET A PICTURE OF THE NEW COUNCILMAN. BUT HELLO EVERYBODY. THAT'S WEEK. HELLO, EVERYBODY. CAN WE GET A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR OUR NEW CITY COUNCILMAN? WHEN THE MAYOR SAID THAT HE'S A MAN OF FEW WORDS. BELIEVE HIM, I DO MY TOWN HALLS, AND I'LL ASK HIM TO COME AND WELCOME THE PEOPLE AND TELL HIM WHAT HE'S BEEN DOING. HE COMES AND SAYS, WELCOME, AND HE WANTS TO GO AND SIT DOWN.AND I GO, MISTER MAYOR, NO. DON'T DO THAT. DO GREAT WORK, EVERYBODY HAS CONFIDENCE IN YOU.
DO NOT DISAPPOINT THEM. THE. THE TEARS WERE OF JOY. NOW MAKE LAWRENCEVILLE JOYFUL. YES, SIR.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. I. WILL DO THAT. DON'T YOU TAKE PICTURES. OKAY. BUT NOT THIS ONE TO YOU.
SO BEFORE WE DO PICTURES, WE'LL. I'LL GO BACK UP. I THINK CITY MANAGER WAS CORRECT. WE'LL DO THE FINAL ADJOURNMENT THEN WE HAVE PLENTY OF TIME FOR PICTURES UNTIL 530, BUT I DON'T I THINK I'M CORRECT IN THIS. THIS WILL BE THE YOUNGEST CITY COUNCIL MEMBER SINCE 2020 SEAT SINCE WHENEVER PK MARTIN TOOK OFFICE, WHICH WAS A LONG TIME AGO. HE WAS 28 YEARS OLD, 35 YEARS OLD, 340, HE'S HE'S GETTING YOUNGER, MAN. I'M NO LONGER 65. I'M 62. SO BUT ANYWAY, WE'RE GRATEFUL TO HAVE HIM ON THE COUNCIL GET SOME YOUNG BLOOD IN HERE AND, YOU KNOW, GET GET OLDER PEOPLE LIKE ME GET MY MIND CHURNING. SO SO ANYWAY, SO WE'LL GO TO FINAL ADJOURNMENT. SO WE'RE IN FINAL ADJOURNMENT. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? SO MOVED FIRST BY
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COUNCIL MEMBER JONES. DO I HAVE A SECOND SECOND SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER WARD. ALL THOSE* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.