[1. Call to Order] [00:00:05] ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. IT IS 6 O'CLOCK. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED. I'LL CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. THE CLERK WILL CALL THE ROLL. MAYOR BRIAN MOCK? HERE. MAYOR PRO TEM PAUL STOVALL? HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER JIMMY FURST? HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER JOHN MESA? PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER LESLIE ROBSON? HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER ELMER VEITH? HERE. ALL RIGHT, WE'LL PROCEED TO OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, AND I BELIEVE MR. MESA HAS SOMEONE HE WANTS TO CALL UPON. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU, SIR. ALL RIGHT, WE NEED TO APPROVE THE AGENDA, PLEASE. MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AS SUBMITTED. SECOND. A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AS SUBMITTED. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? THAT IS UNANIMOUS. ALL RIGHT, UNDER [2. Announcements and Presentations] ANNOUNCEMENTS AND PRESENTATIONS, FIRST UP, WE HAVE THE LIFELINE ANIMAL SHOWCASE, AND I KNOW I SAW A PUPPY AROUND HERE. THERE YOU ARE. WHO DO WE HAVE WITH US THIS EVENING? HI. THIS IS GARDOON AND MY FRIEND ANDREA. ANDREA, THE PERSON; GARDOON, THE DOG. UM, SO I'M WITH LIFELINE ANIMAL SHEL- ANIMAL SERVICES, EXCUSE ME, WHICH RUNS THE LOCAL ANIMAL SHELTER FOR DEKALB COUNTY. UM, AGAIN, THIS IS GARDOON. HE HAS BEEN AT THE SHELTER SINCE MAY, AND THIS IS ACTUALLY HIS FIRST TIME LEAVING THE BUILDING. UM, BUT HE'S JUST AN ABSOLUTE GEM OF A DOG. HE- HE'S A LITTLE SCARED WITH NEW PEOPLE, BUT HE WARMS UP VERY QUICKLY. UM, HE'S AROUND 4 YEARS OLD AND 52. HE'S DOG-FRIENDLY WITH A GENTLE PLAY STYLE, AND HE ACTUALLY IS REALLY GOOD AT GETTING OTHER DOGS TO PLAY. SO SOMETIMES WE'LL HAVE DOGS THAT ARE A LITTLE WEIRDED OUT AND DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO, AND THEN HE JUST KIND OF DOES THE ZOOMIES, AND THEN PEOPLE ARE COMFORTABLE. UM, HE'S NEUTERED AND HEARTWORM NEGATIVE, AND AGAIN, AGAIN, THIS IS HIS FIRST TIME LEAVING THE BUILDING. UM, HE'S JUST SUCH A GOOD BOY, UM, AND WE REALLY LOVE HIM. UM, WHEN I LEFT JUST NOW, WE HAD 501 DOGS PHYSICALLY IN THE BUILDING. UM, AGAIN, OUR MAXIMUM HUMANE CAPACITY IS 475, BUT WE'RE AN OPEN INTAKE SHELTER, SO THAT MEANS THAT WE NEVER SAY NO TO AN ANIMAL IN NEED. SO WHETHER THAT'S SOMEONE SURRENDERING A LITTER OF PUPPIES, SOMEONE WHO JUST FOUND A DOG ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, WE'RE ALWAYS GOING TO TAKE THAT ANIMAL IN, BUT THAT MEANS THAT WE'RE PRETTY CONSISTENTLY OVER CAPACITY. UM, SO WE ALWAYS TRY TO GET AS CLOSE TO OUR HUMANE CAPACITY GOAL AS POSSIBLE. UM, WHICH IS PARTLY MADE POSSIBLE BY FOSTERS AND ADOPTERS. SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN A DOG, UM, WE URGE YOU TO COME TO THE SHELTER IN PERSON. ADOPTIONS ARE FREE ON TUESDAYS, UM, AND EVEN A SHORT WEEKEND WARRIOR FOSTER IS HELPFUL WHEN IT COMES TO GETTING OUR NUMBERS DOWN. SO YOU COULD TAKE A DOG LIKE GARDOON OUT FOR 2 NIGHTS, HAVE A LITTLE SLEEPOVER WITH HIM, AND THAT IS EXTREMELY BENEFICIAL TO OUR SHELTER, BUT IT ALSO IS REALLY HELPFUL FOR GARDOON AS WELL, UM, BECAUSE WE GET SOME GOOD PICTURES OF HIM; IT HELPS HIM DECOMPRESS A LITTLE BIT. UM, SO THAT'S A REALLY GOOD OPTION IF YOU'RE NOT READY FOR A LONG-TERM COMMITMENT. WE ALSO HAVE A TON OF PUPPIES RIGHT NOW. UM, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A POINT IN TIME WHEN PUPPIES WOULDN'T STAY IN THE SHELTER THAT LONG, BUT THAT IS NOT THE CASE ANYMORE. UM, SO IF YOU WANT SOME PUPPY SNUGGLES, PLEASE COME TO THE SHELTER. UM, WE HAVE QUITE A FEW. UM, THIS WEEKEND WE'RE GOING TO BE AT MOONDOG PUB AND GRUB, WHICH IS RIGHT DOWN THE STREET. UM, WE'RE GOING TO BE THERE FROM 2 TO 4 P.M. IT'S AN ADOPTION EVENT, SO IF YOU WANT TO COME AND SUPPORT LIFELINE AND MEET SOME MORE OF OUR ADOPTABLE PETS, THAT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY AS WELL. UM, SO AGAIN, THIS IS GARDOON. HE'S BEEN HERE SINCE MAY. UM, WE WOULD LOVE TO GET HIM FOSTERED OR ADOPTED. VERY GOOD. WELL, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING GARDOON OUT. I'M NOT SURE THAT, UH, A CITY COUNCIL MEETING WOULD HAVE BEEN HIS FIRST CHOICE, BUT YEAH. UH, HE'S HAPPY TO BE HERE. I'M GLAD HE GOT OUT OF THE SHELTER, AND, UH, HOPEFULLY SOMEONE HERE OR ON OUR LIVE STREAM WILL SEE GARDOON AND, AND GO AND, UH, MAKE HIM PART OF THEIR FAMILY. HE LOOKS LIKE A, A FINE, FINE YOUNG FELLA. ALSO SEEMS HOUSE-TRAINED, I FORGOT TO MENTION. SO THAT'S IT. VERY NICE. THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR HAVING US. AND IF NOT GARDOON, THERE'S 500 AND HOW MANY? 501. 501 MORE, UH, THAT NEED A HOME THIS EVENING, SO, UH, CHAMBLEE, THE, UH, ANIMAL FACILITY IS RIGHT UP THE BLOCK, JUST 2 BLOCKS AWAY. UH, PLEASE GO OVER AND, UH, TAKE, TAKE HOME SOMETHING, A CAT OR A DOG. OR YOU HAVE OTHER STUFF TOO, DON'T YOU? OH, WE HAVE, UM, GUINEA PIGS RIGHT NOW. GUINEA PIGS. UM, BUT SOMETIMES WE- OH, WE HA- WE ALSO HAVE RATS. OKAY. [00:05:01] UM. YEAH, BY CHOICE, BY CHOICE. YEAH. WE HAVE TO SAY YES TO ANY ANIMAL. SO WE HAVE GOATS SOMETIMES. WE'VE HAD PIGS, CHICKENS, DUCKS, UM, ANYTHING YOU CAN NAME, REALLY. ALL RIGHT, GO ON OVER, GO ON OVER AND TAKE SOMETHING HOME. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. THANK Y'ALL. THANK Y'ALL FOR COMING OUT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY, WE HAVE, UH, NEXT UP ON THE AGENDA, WE HAVE THE ELAINE CLARK CENTER HOUSE RESOLUTION 1491. IS REPRESENTATIVE LUPTON HERE WITH US? THERE SHE IS. COME ON UP HERE, REPRESENTATIVE KAREN LUPTON, A COUNCIL QUITTER. HELLO. COUNCIL QUITTER. COUNCIL QUITTER. WOW, MAY THAT BE ON MY TOMBSTONE. I'M GLAD SHE LEFT. KAREN LUPTON, FIRST THING: COUNCIL QUITTER. UH, HELLO, EVERYONE. IT IS WONDERFUL TO BE HERE THIS EVENING, AND I'M ONE OF THE BEST PARTS OF MY JOB, UM, EVEN THOUGH I, I EXIST IN A LOT OF, UM, SHALL WE SAY, PARTISAN FRISSON, UM, ONE OF THE BEST PARTS OF THE JOB IS BEING ABLE TO LIFT UP PEOPLE WHO ARE DOING EXCELLENT WORK IN OUR COMMUNITIES. UM, WE ARE IN MY DISTRICT, UH, RIGHT HERE. I'M DISTRICT 83, AND I WANT TO GIVE CREDIT TO, UM, MY COLLEAGUES WHO ALSO SIGNED THIS LOVELY RESOLUTION. OOH. VERY NICE. OOH. VERY NICE. WOO. UH, RESOLUTION FOR ELAINE CLARK, FOR THE ELAINE CLARK CENTER. UH, THIS IS SIGNED BY MYSELF, UH, BY REPRESENTATIVE LONG TRAN OF THE 80TH, SHEA ROBERTS OF THE 52ND, ROBIN- MARVIN LIM OF THE 98TH, AND SCOTT HOLCOMB OF THE 101ST, RECOGNIZING AND COMMENDING THE ELAINE CLARK CENTER. FOR MORE THAN FIVE DECADES, THE ELAINE CLARK CENTER HAS PROVIDED A SAFE, INCLUSIVE LEARNING AND SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES AND HAS STRENGTHENED FAMILIES WITHIN THE BROADER DEKALB COUNTY COMMUNITY. THE ELAINE CLARK CENTER WAS FOUNDED AND OFFICIALLY INCORPORATED IN 1969 BY SISTER ROBERT THERESE, WHO TUTORED CHILDREN WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AT A TIME WHEN FEW SERVICES EXISTED. FOR MORE THAN 55 YEARS, THIS CENTER HAS CONTINUOUSLY SERVED FAMILIES IN DEKALB COUNTY AND THE SURROUNDING ATLANTA METRO AREA. AND WE ALSO HAVE AN EXTRA SPECIAL TREAT BECAUSE THIS YEAR THE CURRENT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, BETH SCHMEHLING COOK, CELEBRATES 20 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE CENTER IN OUR COMMUNITY. LET'S GIVE HER A HAND. 25! OH, CRAP, WE HAVE A SCRIVENER'S ERROR. THANK YOU, BETH. THE ELAINE CLARK CENTER SERVES INDIVIDUALS WITH A WIDE RANGE OF DEVELOPMENTAL AND PHYSICAL DISABILITIES, INCLUDING AUTRUMS- AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER, DOWN SYNDROME, CEREBRAL PALSY, AND DEVELOPMENTAL DELAY. AND THE ELAINE CLARK CENTER PROVIDES INCLUSIVE EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION, THERAPY SUPPORT, AND SOCIAL PROGRAMMING. THE ELAINE CLARK CENTER IS ONE OF ONLY A SMALL NUMBER OF STRUCTURED SOCIAL AND DAY PROGRAM OPPORTUNITIES IN DEKALB COUNTY FOR YOUNG ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES AFTER THEY AGE OUT OF PUBLIC SCHOOL SERVICES. THAT IS ANOTHER REASON WHY WE ARE SO GLAD THAT THIS GEM OF, OF A, OF A SERVICE, OF A, OF A UNIT IS HERE IN CHAMBLEE. THEY, THEY DON'T HAVE A LARGE PHYSICAL PRESENCE, UM, JODI AND I WERE JUST REMARKING THAT YOU CAN DRIVE PAST WHERE IT IS AND NOT EVEN REALLY KNOW THAT IT'S THERE. BUT THEY ARE DOING HARD, GOOD WORK, UM, FOR FAMILIES WITH SPECIAL NEEDS, UH, AND IT, IT, IT REALLY IS AN INCREDIBLY SPECIAL PLACE. IT WAS MY HONOR TO BE GIVEN A TOUR THERE, AND SO, UM, ON BEHALF OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA, I WANT TO PRESENT THIS TO THE ELAINE CLARK CENTER AND THEIR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND THEIR FAMILIES. 25! OH, MY GOSH, FORGIVE ME. AND FAMILY. WE'RE GONNA TAKE PICTURES NOW. YEAH. COME ON UP. LET'S GO. BUT COME OVER INTO THE CENTER. COME TO THE CENTER. COME TO THE CENTER. ABOUT ELMER. COME TO THIS- COME TO THE CENTER. CONGRESS. I'M GONNA HAVE TO GO KIND OF HIGH. OVER SOME MORE, OVER SOME MORE. YEP, YEP, YEP. PERFECT. JUST A TAD BIT, JUST A TAD BIT MORE, TAD BIT. YEAH, PERFECT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. OKAY, EVERYONE'S GOOD. ALL RIGHT, AND YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO S- Y'ALL ARE GONNA HAVE TO SQUEEZE IN, SQUEEZE. [00:11:57] ALL RIGHT. UH, NEXT UP WE HAVE A, UH, PROCLAMATION OR A RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING CHAMBLEE FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH FOR THEIR HERITAGE DAY. UH, APPARENTLY Y'ALL GETTING OLD. BUT DON'T WE LOOK GOOD? WE DO. YOU, YOU WEAR IT WELL. I HAVE A, UH, PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING, UH, CHAMBLEE FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. UH, IT SAYS, WHEREAS IN 1826, A SMALL GATHERING OF SETTLERS ORGANIZED PROSPECT METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, AND HAVING NO BUILDING OF THEIR OWN, WORSHIPPED ALONGSIDE THEIR PRESBYTERIAN NEIGHBORS IN A SPIRIT OF COOPERATION THAT HAS MARKED THE CONGREGATION EVER SINCE. WHEREAS THE CONGREGATION RAISED ITS FIRST SANCTUARY ON PEACHTREE ROAD IN 1847, TOOK THE NAME FIRST METHODIST CHURCH OF CHAMBLEE IN 1961 AND MOVED TO ITS PRESENT HOME ON CHAMBLEE DUNWOODY ROAD IN 1967, WHERE IT HAS CONTINUED TO GROW AND RENEW ITS CAMPUS. AND WHEREAS ACROSS TWO CENTURIES, THE CONGREGATION HAS KEPT ITS DOORS OPEN. AFTER THE EXAMPLE OF JESUS CHRIST, THEY HAVE OFFERED A WARM WELCOME TO EVERY NEIGHBOR IN THE SERVICE TO AND CARE FOR THE LOCAL COMMUNITY AND FAR BEYOND IT. WHEREAS GUIDED BY THE CONVICTION THAT A COMMUNITY OF FAITH SHOULD BE ONCE DEEPLY ROOTED AND EVER GROWING, THE CONGREGATION NOW MARKS ITS BICENTENNIAL WITH GRATITUDE FOR THOSE WHO CAME BEFORE AND WITH HOPE FOR GENERATIONS STILL TO COME. AND WHEREAS ON SUNDAY, OCTOBER THE 4TH, 2026, THE CHURCH WILL GATHER FOR HERITAGE DAY, A BICENTENNIAL CELEBRATION OF WORSHIP, HISTORICAL EXHIBITS, FELLOWSHIP, AND IT WARMLY INVITES THE ENTIRE CHAMBLEE COMMUNITY TO JOIN IN THAT OCCASION. NOW, THEREFORE, I, BRIAN MOCK, MAYOR, CITY OF CHAMBLEE, TOGETHER WITH MEMBERS OF THE CHAMBLEE CITY COUNCIL, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THAT SUNDAY, OCTOBER THE 4TH, 2026, AS CHAMBLEE FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH HERITAGE DAY IN THE CITY OF CHAMBLEE, AND WE DO COMMEND THIS CONGREGATION FOR 200 YEARS OF FAITHFUL, GENEROUS SERVICE AND STEADFAST NEIGHBORLINESS, AND I CALL UPON THE CITIZENS OF CHAMBLEE TO JOIN US IN CELEBRATING THIS MILESTONE. THANK YOU. REVEREND DOCTOR, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COME UP AND, I ADDED THE DOCTOR, DIDN'T I? TAKE, TAKE [00:15:01] IT. IT'S HONORARY. UH, IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME UP AND SAY A FEW WORDS, AND WE'LL COME DOWN AND TAKE A PHOTO. THANK YOU, AND, UH, WE CALL THAT A PROPHETIC SPEAKING OVER OF SOMEONE. UH, THANK YOU FOR THAT. MAYOR MOCK, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, TO MY ESTEEMED AND BELOVED NEIGHBORS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS, WE, THE PEOPLE OF CHAMBLEE FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, ARE PROUD TO BE CHAMBLEE FIRST. WE WANT- WE BELIEVE IT IS PART OF OUR MISSION TO MAKE DEEPLY ROOTED, EVER-GROWING DISCIPLES OF JESUS CHRIST SO THAT WE AND OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY CAN EXPERIENCE TRANSFORMATION, CAN EXPERIENCE LIFE TO THE FULL, AND EXPERIENCE ALL THE FREEDOMS THAT ARE, UH, THAT WE HOPE FOR THEREIN. WE ARE PROUD TO BE PART OF THIS COMMUNITY, PROUD TO HAVE BEEN PART OF ITS FABRIC FOR TWO CENTURIES NOW. SO ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE CONGREGATION, WE LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT GOD HAS IN STORE. I WANT TO SAY A SPECIFIC WORD OF THANKS TO THOSE WHO'VE HELPED PLAN ALL OF OUR BICENTENNIAL CELEBRATIONS, WHICH INCLUDES CATHY FORREST AND LINDA KING, A MEMBER OF OUR STAFF AND A REPRESENTATIVE OF OUR CONGREGATION. WE TRULY BELIEVE THAT THE BEST DAYS ARE AHEAD OF US AS A CONGREGATION AND AS A CITY. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS RECOGNITION, AND WE HOPE YOU ALL WILL COME OUT ON OCTOBER 4TH AND JOIN US AS WE CELEBRATE. UH, WE'LL HAVE AN OPEN HOUSE BEGINNING AT 12:30, WHERE YOU CAN SEE OUR MINISTRIES AND CELEBRATE WHAT GOD HAS DONE. WE'LL HAVE A GATHERING OF WORSHIP, UH, WHICH WILL BE OVERSEEN BY BISHOP ROBIN DEASE, THE LEADER OF THE GEORGIA CONFERENCE OF THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, WHO WILL SERVE AS OUR PREACHER AND OFFICIANT THAT DAY. AND THEN WE INVITE EVERYBODY TO COME OUT AND JOIN DINNER ON THE GROUNDS, WHERE PIG-N-CHIK WILL BE SERVING SOME REALLY GOOD BARBECUE, AND MIKE VEAL WILL BE SINGING AND OFFERING LIVE MUSIC. SO COME AND JOIN US IN CELEBRATING THE BEST OF WHAT CHAMBLEE IS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO. EVERYBODY COME ON. ALL RIGHT, NEXT UP WE HAVE, UH, THE CHAMBLEE DORAVILLE COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT ANNUAL UPDATE. JOSH HARRISON, GOOD TO HAVE YOU WITH US. WHILE THEY'RE GETTING THE TECHNOLOGY READY, YOU COULD TELL THEY WERE METHODIST. I WAS A BAPTIST MINISTER'S SON. THE BAPTIST CHURCH WOULD HAVE ALL SAT IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM. THEY WERE ALL UP FRONT. THAT WAS AWESOME. FRONT ROW SEATS. AND TO ADVANCE THIS, IT'S JUST ANY BUTTON. PERFECT. ALL RIGHT, UM, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. I'M JOSH HARRISON, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF PATTILLO INDUSTRIAL REAL ESTATE, CHAIRMAN OF THE CHAMBLEE DORAVILLE CID, AND I'M HONORED TO SPEAK TO YOU THIS EVENING, BOTH AS CHAIRMAN OF THAT CID AND AS YOUR CITY-APPOINTED REPRESENTATIVE TO THAT BOARD. UH, THIS EVENING I'M JUST GOING TO GO THROUGH SOME BRIEF HIGHLIGHTS OF SOME OF THE THINGS WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON SINCE WE LAST SPOKE. UH, I ALSO WANT TO SPEAK TO YOU ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE BOARD, UH, FIRST TO EXPRESS GRATITUDE FOR THE SUPPORT WE'VE GOTTEN, UH, NOT ONLY FROM YOU AS ELECTED LEADERS, BUT FROM YOUR STAFF, UH, AND THIRD-PARTY VENDORS. UH, WE LEAN ON THE CITY STAFF A LOT. UH, WE'VE GOT OUR OWN STAFF, BUT WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING WITHOUT THE WORK WE GET FROM YOU, SO I WANT TO EXPRESS THAT GRATITUDE, AS WELL AS TO BE CANDID ABOUT SOME OF THE CHALLENGES WE'VE FACED. WE'LL GET INTO THAT HERE IN A SECOND. UM, AND I'M TRULY HOPING THAT THIS CAN BE A DIALOGUE, SO FEEL FREE TO STOP ME AT ANY POINT IN TIME AND ASK QUESTIONS. SO FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE CID, WHICH WAS IN 2019, OUR BOARD WAS VERY CLEAR ON THE CONCEPT THAT WHAT WE WOULD DO, WE WOULD HAVE TO DO WITH SUPPORT AND HELP, WORKING ALONGSIDE EACH [00:20:01] OF OUR CITIES, BOTH CHAMBLEE AND DORAVILLE, UH, WORKING WITH CITY STAFF, WITH EXTERNAL CONSULTANTS, AS I SAID, AND WITH EACH OF YOU, UH, IS THE ONLY WAY WE CAN GET THINGS DONE. THIS SLIDE TALKS ABOUT MOVING FASTER WHEN WE MOVE TOGETHER, UM, AND I THINK AS WE GO THROUGH MY SLIDE DECK, WHAT YOU'LL SEE WITH SOME OF OUR SUCCESSES IS SOME GOOD EXAMPLES OF WHERE WORKING WITH ONE ANOTHER, WE'RE ABLE TO GET SOME, GET SOME THINGS DONE. UH, I HOPE WE CAN USE THESE AS EXAMPLES, UH, OF WHAT I SAY THERE WHEN WE SAY, UH, WHEN WE MOVE TOGETHER, PROGRESS MOVES FASTER. A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR BOUNDARIES AND WHERE WE ARE. UH, THIS LITTLE COLORFUL MOSAIC OF OUR 165 PARCELS WITHIN OUR CID, UH, REPRESENTS, UM, 113 INDIVIDUAL PROPERTY OWNERS THAT HAVE THOSE 165 PARCELS, AND THIS REALLY ILLUSTRATES SOME OF OUR PROBLEMS AROUND, UH, BEING SUCH A PATCHWORK OF A CID BORDER. UH, WE ARE PERMITTED OR ALLOWED TO DO ANYTHING WITHIN THE BORDERS, SO WE REALLY DO VIEW THIS SORT OF, REFER TO IT OFTEN AS A THREE-LEGGED STOOL, BUT PEACHTREE BOULEVARD, BUFORD HIGHWAY, AND THEN THE, THE LINE IN THE MIDDLE, WHICH IS SORT OF THE RAILROAD-SEPARATED AREA OF THE COMMUNITIES, UH, AS OUR BORDER AND OUR BOUNDARIES. AS YOU CAN SEE, WITH OUR 5-MILL ASSESSMENT RATE, UH, OUR BUDGET PER THE 2026 PROJECTED REVENUES IS ABOUT 1.3 MILLION DOLLARS. I'LL REMIND YOU THAT OUR 5 MILLS ARE ON TOP OF OUR PROPERTY OWNERS' TAX BILLS, NOT IN LIEU OF OR TAKEN OUT OF ANYTHING THAT WOULD OTHERWISE GO TO THE COUNTY OR CITY. SO THAT IS AN ADDITIVE TAX THAT THE BUSINESS OWNERS IN THE BLUE HERE HAVE CHOSEN TO PAY. SO AS OF WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW, WE REMAIN, UH, LARGELY, NOT PRIMARILY, BUT LARGELY FOCUSED ON ENHANCING MOBILITY IN AND AROUND THE DISTRICT. WHEN I TALK ABOUT MOBILITY, WE ARE, UH, MULTIMODAL FOCUSED, UH, WITH SOME FOCUS ON INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS, PEDESTRIAN ENHANCEMENTS, AS WELL AS A RENEWED FOCUS ON PUBLIC SAFETY COLLABORATIONS, AND I'LL HAVE A SLIDE ON THAT HERE IN A SECOND. AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE A 50-PLUS-MILLION-DOLLAR WORK PROGRAM ACROSS, UH, 9 ACTIVE PROJECTS AND 4 OR 5 OTHER PENDING PROJECTS. UH, 52-MILLION-DOLLAR WORK PROGRAM FOR AN ENTITY THAT BRINGS IN 1.3 MILLION A YEAR. IF YOU DO A LITTLE MATH, THAT WOULD TAKE US ABOUT 45 YEARS TO PAY FOR THAT, WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY WHY SOME OF OUR PARTNERSHIPS ARE KEY, AS WELL AS WHAT WE SEE WITH THIS CIRCLE GRAPH THERE IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT, RELIANCE ON OTHER OUTSIDE GRANTS. UH, MALAIKA AND HER TEAM ARE WONDERFUL AT IDENTIFYING FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES. OF THAT 13.8 MILLION OF GOVERNMENTAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR WORK PROGRAM, THAT INCLUDES MONEY THAT YOU ALL HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO OUR EFFORTS, THE CITY OF DORAVILLE HAS CONTRIBUTED TO OUR EFFORTS, AND THEN ABOUT 9.5 MILLION DOLLARS OF FEDERAL FUNDS THAT WE'VE BEEN AWARDED TO DATE. PROGRESS. OVER THE WEEKEND, I WAS WATCHING SOME FOOTBALL GAMES- IMAGINE THAT- THINKING ABOUT WHAT I WANTED TO SAY TO EACH OF YOU TONIGHT. AND AS I WAS WATCHING QUARTERBACKS, RUNNING BACKS, WIDE RECEIVERS DO THEIR LITTLE DANCES IN THE END ZONE WHEN I SCORED, OR WHEN THEY SCORED, I KEPT COMING BACK TO PROGRESS. I THINK OUR CID IS A LITTLE BIT LIKE THE LINEMEN THAT ARE IN THE TRENCHES THAT DON'T GET NOTICED. UH, WE'RE NOT GONNA SPIKE THE BALL. WE'RE NOT GONNA GET THE CREDIT. FRANKLY, WE DON'T WANT THE CREDIT. AND WE'RE ON ONE OF THESE LONG, SUSTAINED DRIVES WHERE IT TAKES A LOT OF GRUNT WORK IN THE TRENCHES TO GET THINGS DONE. SO WHEN WE GO THROUGH SOME OF OUR PROJECTS, UH, AND YOU'VE HEARD US TALK ABOUT IN YEARS PAST SORT OF THE CONCEPT OF A QUICK WIN, OR WE WANT TO GET SOMETHING ON THE BOARD, GET SOMETHING DONE. UM, WE DO GET A LOT DONE. SECOND AND 7, THIRD AND 6, PICKING UP THE FIRST DOWN. UH, ON SOME OF THESE PROJECTS, WE'RE NOT GOING TO SCORE A TOUCHDOWN UNTIL 2028, 2029, 2030, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR ALL OF US TO SEE THE WORK THAT WE ARE GETTING DONE TO MOVE THE BALL DOWN THE FIELD. THAT'S THE LAST SPORTS ANALOGY. I PROMISE. PEACHTREE BOULEVARD, PEACHTREE ROAD, NORTH SHALLOWFORD INTERSECTION REALIGNMENT, THE GATEWAY INTERSECTION, WE CALL IT. IT'S THE FRONT DOOR TO BOTH OF OUR COMMUNITIES, FRONT DOOR TO THE BUSINESS DISTRICT THAT WE REPRESENT. UH, THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN PRIORITY PROJECT NUMBER ONE, AND WE ACTUALLY HAD A REALLY [00:25:01] IMPACTFUL 2026. UH, WE DID FINALIZE AND COMPLETE THE 30% DESIGN. WE DID HAVE OUR CONCEPT REPORT APPROVED BY GDOT EARLIER THIS YEAR. UH, BACK IN THE FIRST QUARTER, WE WERE AWARDED, UH, AN $834,000 ARC FUNDING GRANT. THAT WAS THE, I THINK, THIRD TIME WE'VE BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN GETTING SOME FEDERAL FUNDS TOWARDS THIS PROJECT. THAT WORK, WHICH YOU GUYS WILL ACTUALLY VOTE ON TASK WORK ORDER NUMBER 2 LATER THIS AFTERNOON, LATER THIS EVENING, EXCUSE ME, UH, WAS THE WORK TO GET IT FUNDED TO A 60% DESIGN SET, INCLUSIVE OF THE IMPROVEMENTS YOU SEE THERE, AS WELL AS THE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE THAT CROSSES, UH, THAT INTERSECTION. AND AS RECENTLY AS LAST WEDNESDAY, OUR CID BOARD ACTUALLY WENT AHEAD AND COMMITTED AN ADDITIONAL 258,000 DOLLARS IN LOCAL MATCHING, UH, TO APPLY FOR WHAT WE BELIEVE WOULD BE THE FINAL DOLLARS FOR RIGHT-OF-WAY ACQUISITION AND TAKING THAT TO 100% COMPLETE DESIGN. I SAID I WOULDN'T DO ANY MORE SPORTS ANALOGIES, BUT I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO THAT ONE. OUR CID IS NOT GOING TO SCORE THIS TOUCHDOWN. KRISTEN AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT THE CITY'S APPETITE TO DELIVER A 20-MILLION-DOLLAR ROAD ALIGNMENT PROJECT. PROBABLY NOT ONE WHERE THE CITY'S GOING TO ACTUALLY TAKE THIS BALL INTO THE END ZONE. IT'S QUITE POSSIBLE THAT BY THE TIME WE'RE READY TO DO THIS WORK IN 2028, 2029, THAT THERE ARE OTHER GDOT-RELATED PROJECTS ALONG THE TOP END WHERE THEY MIGHT BE THE ONE WHO SCORES THE TOUCHDOWN. I, FOR ONE, AM JUST GOING TO BE GLAD TO SEE THIS THING GET INTO THE END ZONE. IT'S TAKEN A LOT OF WORK TO GET HERE. UH, IT'S TAKEN A LOT OF DOLLARS AND TIME TO GET HERE, UH, BUT I REALLY DO, UM, START STARTING TO SEE THE PATH FORWARD FOR THIS THING IN SOME FORM OR FASHION TO GET DONE. A LITTLE BIT OF ACCOUNTING HERE, UH, TO DATE ON THIS PROJECT, RCID HAS COMMITTED 1.4 MILLION DOLLARS. EACH CITY HAS IN, IN, UH, 50,000 DOLLARS, BOTH YOU AND DORAVILLE EQUALLY, AND WE HAVE 4.2 MILLION DOLLARS OF FEDERAL AWARDS TO DATE. THERE IS A LOT OF WORK LEFT TO BE DONE, A LOT OF MONEY LEFT TO, UH, FUNDING STACK TO PUT TOGETHER. WE RECOGNIZE THAT, BUT THE IDEA OF HAVING THIS ON THE RAIL TO, UH, BEING 100% DESIGNED AND RIGHT AWAY ACQUISITION BEING FUNDED IS THE WIN FOR 2026. THIS SIDEWALK INFILL, UH, WAS A TWO-PHASE PROJECT. UNFORTUNATELY, WE'RE STARTING TO TOY WITH THE IDEA OF IT BEING A LITTLE BIT MORE MULTI-PHASE THAN THAT. UH, BUT AS A REMINDER, WE DID PHASE ONE THROUGH A JOINT EFFORT OF YOUR, UH, INPUT THROUGH, UM, AND GDOT'S INPUT THROUGH LMIG AND SOME MONEY, MONEY FUNDED FROM THE CID TO GET PHASE ONE, WHICH WAS A SERIES OF INFILL SIDEWALK. UM, YOU CAN SEE IT WAS PUT RIGHT TO USE. THIS POOR GUY DIDN'T KNOW HE WAS BEING TAKEN- THIS PICTURE BEING TAKEN- HE WAS GOING TO BE SHOWN TO THE ENTIRE WORLD, UH, BUT IT WAS REALLY SHOWN PROOF THAT THIS WAS NEEDED AND USED RIGHT AWAY. PHASE TWO, YOU WILL RECALL, UM, IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE BEEN INVESTING IN FINAL DESIGN. THAT WORK IS NOW FULLY DONE. SO THIS WOULD ALLOW US TO HAVE, UH, 8- TO 10-FOOT-WIDE MULTI-USE TRAILS, BASICALLY FROM THE SPLIT SOUTH WHERE PEACHTREE AND PEACHTREE BOULEVARD SPLIT, ALL THE WAY UP TO THE INTERSECTION WE JUST TALKED ABOUT. UM, THE CHALLENGE RIGHT NOW HAS BEEN, AS WE ALL KNOW, THE COUNTY'S PROJECT ONGOING, THE SEWER WORK. UH, WE THOUGHT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO LOOP THIS IN WITH THEM. THEY WERE RECEPTIVE TO A POINT. UM, IF I WERE TO SUMMARIZE WHERE WE STAND WITH THAT, I BELIEVE THEIR PROJECT IS TAKING LONGER THAN THEY EXPECTED, PROBABLY COSTING MORE THAN THEY EXPECTED, AND THE IDEA OF LAYERING IN OUR PROJECT TO THAT HAS BECOME LESS ATTRACTIVE TO THEM. SO IT IS QUITE POSSIBLE THAT OUR STRATEGY WILL BE TO FALL BACK, UH, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, WE ARE DESIGNED, UM, BUT THINK ABOUT GOING THROUGH A BID PROCESS AND SPLITTING THAT WORK UP TO A LITTLE BIT MORE MANAGEABLE PORTION EACH YEAR. AND I DON'T THINK WE WOULD DO THAT UNTIL THE COUNTY'S WORK AND THEIR CONTRACTORS ARE GONE. GONE. I LOVE THIS PROJECT BECAUSE IT'S A GREAT EXAMPLE OF WHERE YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT WE'VE GOT IN OUR WORK PROGRAM AND SOME OF THE THINGS WE'VE CONTEMPLATED WAS REALLY HELPFUL THIS YEAR. UM, SHOUT OUT TO COUNCILMAN MESA FOR, UH, BRINGING TO MY ATTENTION, UH, AN OPPORTUNITY. THIS IS THE, UM, SORT OF NORTH END OF CHAMBLEE. I THINK THIS PROJECT IS ADJACENT TO THE R. R. [00:30:01] DONNELLEY REDEVELOPMENT THAT YOU GUYS WILL PROBABLY HEAR ABOUT MORE LATER THIS FALL. UH, NOT OUR DEVELOPMENT. THAT PARTICULAR PARCEL IS NOT IN THE CID BOUNDARIES, BUT THE IDEA OF HAVING THAT NORTH AREA OF CHAMBLEE HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE THROUGH MOBILITY, ESPECIALLY AS THE DORAVILLE ASSEMBLY PLANT GETS BUILT OUT, IS SOMETHING THAT WAS VERY ATTRACTIVE TO OUR CID EARLY ON. UH, WE DID PAY FOR AND COMPLETE A CONCEPT STUDY, AND THROUGH SOME EFFORTS OF YOU ALL, WE WERE ABLE TO SIT WITH, UM, BOTH THE DEVELOPER OF- THE POTENTIAL DEVELOPER OF THE DONNELLEY FACILITY, AS WELL AS SOME OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS ON TERRELL DRIVE TO TALK ABOUT HOW THIS MIGHT GET INCORPORATED INTO THEIR PLANS. ACTUALLY TALKED TO DANIEL TODAY, UM, SO THAT, YOU KNOW, THOSE CONVERSATIONS ARE ONGOING, AND I THINK IT'S A REALLY GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR, UH, SOMEBODY TO PICK UP THE WORK THAT WE'VE INVESTED IN THUS FAR AND IMPROVE THAT MOBILITY AT THAT END OF TOWN. AS I MENTIONED, WHILE WE REMAIN LARGELY FOCUSED ON IN- INITIATIVES AROUND MOBILITY, WE ARE STARTING TO THINK ABOUT OTHER THINGS. ONE OF THE THINGS WE HEARD FROM OUR BUSINESS MEMBER COMMUNITY WAS CONCERNS AROUND PUBLIC SAFETY. UM, YOU ALL HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB WITH THE, UM, REAL-TIME CRIME CENTER AND INVESTING IN THAT. UH, WHAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IS SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT BROADER, TAKING THE EFFORTS THAT ALL OF THE CITIES ARE DOING AND FINDING A WAY TO COORDINATE AND COALESCE THOSE EFFORTS AROUND ONE ANOTHER. UM, VINCE RIGGIO, WHO'S ONE OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS, DID AN AMAZING JOB IDENTIFYING A CONSULTANT TO WORK WITH US. I THINK THEY DID CLOSE TO 40 INTERVIEWS, UH, INCLUDING MANY OF YOU, IF NOT ALL OF YOU, AS WELL AS MEMBERS OF MARTA, MEMBERS OF POLICE ACROSS BOTH CITIES, UM, MARTA BOARD MEMBER, AND CAME UP WITH SOME REALLY GOOD IDEAS. WHERE THAT SITS TODAY IS THERE ARE SOME PLANS FOR, UH, KICKING OFF A SMALLER GROUP TO TRY AND FIGURE OUT WHAT SORT OF ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE, FUNDING MECHANISMS, ET CETERA, THIS EFFORT MIGHT HAVE. UH, BUT I THINK WE DID IDENTIFY CLEARLY, UH, SOME COMMUNICATION OPPORTUNITIES TO ENHANCE THE WAY DIFFERENT PUBLIC SAFETY INITIATIVES WORK ACROSS OUR BORDERS. SO QUITE EXCITED ABOUT THIS AND REALLY APPRECIATE VINCE'S EFFORT HERE TO GET THIS OFF OF THE GROUND. AND MORE. THE O- YOU KNOW, THE ONE THING I WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE AS WE LOOKED AT THAT MAP, OBVIOUSLY PEACHTREE BOULEVARD, PEACHTREE ROAD ARE AREAS NEAR AND DEAR TO US AS CHAMBLEE. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PROJECTS IN THE DORAVILLE DISTRICT AS WELL THAT I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH WITH YOU GUYS IN THE INTEREST OF TIME. UH, KNOW THAT MY COUNTERPART, WHO IS A DORAVILLE REPRESENTATIVE, UH, IS DOING THIS SAME PRESENTATION TO THE DORAVILLE CITY COUNCIL, UH, LATER THIS WEEK OR NEXT. SO, UM, MUCH OF THE SAME ALONG THERE. MUCH OF THE SAME TOO, IN TERMS OF, UH, NOT A LOT OF END-ZONE DANCING, BUT A LOT OF SLOW, STEADY PROGRESS. LAST THING I WANT TO TALK ABOUT, THIS PAST SUMMER WE HAD A WORK SESSION, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT OUR BOARD IDENTIFIED WAS, UM, FRUSTRATION'S NOT THE RIGHT WORD, BUT A CONCERN OR DESIRE TO DO SOME MORE IMMEDIATELY, UH, HITTING PROJECTS THAT DON'T HAVE QUITE THE GESTATION PERIOD THAT SOME OF THESE LARGER PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT HAVE. IN OTHER WORDS, QUICK WINS, RIGHT? DISCLAIMER: THAT PICTURE IS NOT AN ACTUAL PICTURE OF ANYTHING IN CHAMBLEE, UM, JUST A STOCK PHOTO. BUT THE IDEA HERE WAS JUST SOME QUICK TARGETED INVESTMENTS WHERE WE COULD TAKE SOME OF OUR AVAILABLE FUNDING, USE IT TO FIX BROKEN STREET LIGHTS, PEDESTRIAN CROSSING LIGHTS, MEDIANS, LANDSCAPE PLANNINGS, BEAUTIFICATION EFFORTS. UH, THE, RATHER THAN QUICK WINS, THE PHRASE I'VE STARTED USING IS JUST BETTERMENTS. UM, WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF A FALSE START ON OUR SIDE, TO BE FAIR, UH, IN TRYING TO REACH OUT TO CITY STAFF AND DIRECT THIS. AND SO WHAT OUR BOARD HAS DONE IS PIVOTED TO WHAT I'M GOING TO CALL MORE OF A GRANT-STYLE APPROACH. I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE APPROACHING YOUR BUS- BUDGET SEASON THIS FALL, SO HOPEFULLY THIS WILL TIME NICELY WITH WHAT STAFF IS TRYING TO DO TO GET READY FOR THAT. UH, BUT THE CONCEPT THAT THE BOARD'S CONSIDERING, WE HAVEN'T APPROVED IT YET, BUT I SUSPECT THAT WE WILL TAKE IT UP IN OUR AUGUST, OCTOBER MEETING, EXCUSE ME, WOULD BE BASICALLY A GRANT-STYLE FUNDING. WE SAY, HEY, WE'D LIKE TO PUT X TOWARDS SOME OF THESE TYPE THINGS THAT WE KNOW YOUR STAFF ALREADY HAS ON A LIST SOMEWHERE THAT ARE ADJACENT TO OR WITHIN OUR BOUNDARIES, WHERE WE CAN SAY, YEP, THAT FITS EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO, AND JUST FUND THAT AND TAKE SOME OF THAT PRESSURE OFF OF YOUR BUDGET. SO OUR PROPOSAL THERE WOULD BE, UH, TO HAVE OUR STAFF WORK [00:35:02] WITH CITY STAFF TO KIND OF GO THROUGH THAT LIST AFTER, OR I GUESS TO LISTEN TO OF THE LIST THAT, HERE'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. HERE'S THE ONES THAT ARE IN OR AROUND YOUR CID BOUNDARIES. YEP, LET'S GET IT DONE. SO THAT'S KIND OF OUR PIVOT THERE, AND I THINK A- AN EXCITING OPPORTUNITY TO, AGAIN, HAVE SOME OF THOSE QUICK WINS. SO IN CLOSING, I GUESS THE ONE THING I WANT TO IMPRESS UPON ALL OF YOU, UH, IN ADDITION TO THE GRATITUDE, IS, UM, THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING, I THINK THE WORD THAT WE USE A LOT IS ALIGNMENT. UM, I HAVE REALLY GROWN TO BOTH LOVE AND HATE THAT WORD BECAUSE IT'S BECOME ONE OF THOSE BUZZWORDS THAT YOU USE SO MUCH YOU FORGET WHAT IT MEANS, RIGHT? AND AS I'VE THOUGHT ABOUT THIS AND HOW IT APPLIES TO OUR RELATIONSHIP AS CITY LEADERS AND THE CID, I COME TO THE PLACE WHERE ALIGNMENT DOESN'T MEAN WE AGREE ON EVERYTHING, BUT IT MEANS THAT WE LISTEN TO ONE ANOTHER AS WE EXPLAIN OUR THOUGHTS, AND IF WE DON'T 100% AGREE ON PRIORITY ORDER, THAT WE CAN ALL SAY, YEP, WHAT YOU WANT TO DO IS ALSO A PRIORITY TO US, OR, YES, CID, WHAT YOU WANT TO DO IS A PRIORITY TO US. IT'S NOT NUMBER ONE, BUT IT IS ON THE LIST, AND FIGURE OUT THAT PATH FORWARD. ALIGNMENT ALSO MEANS REGULAR CHECK-INS TO MAKE SURE CIRCUMSTANCES HAVEN'T CHANGED, AND THAT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT FALLS ON ALL LEVELS OF OUR ORGANIZATION, ME AS YOUR REPRESENTATIVE, STAFF TO STAFF, AND SO REALLY JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO, UM, BETTER UNDERSTANDING WHAT ALIGNMENT MEANS, COMING TO THAT AGREEMENT, AND FINDING THE RIGHT WAY TO MOVE FORWARD SO THAT WE'RE NOT, UH, TALKING AROUND OR PAST ONE ANOTHER. MY COMMENTS ARE DONE, UH, BUT, LIKE I SAID, I WANTED THIS TO BE CONVERSATIONAL, AND NO ONE INTERRUPTED ME. THANK YOU. THAT WAS VERY POLITE, BUT I WILL GLADLY TAKE QUESTIONS. WE'RE VERY TRAINED TO TALK AFTER THE FACT. WE LISTEN TO THE PRESENTATION. UNDERSTAND. SO, IT'S JUST INGRAINED IN THIS, BUT, YES, I, I LOVE EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU BROUGHT TO THE CITY OF CHAMBLEE. LOVE THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE'VE BUILT. UH, AS YOU SAID, THERE'S ALWAYS ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT, AND COMMUNICATION IS THE KILLER OF ANY ORGANIZATION. AND WHEN YOU GOT 3 ORGANIZATIONS WORKING TOGETHER, COMMUNICATION TENDS TO BREAK DOWN. SO I FULLY AGREE WITH YOU THAT WE NEED TO HAVE MORE CHECK-INS, AND WE NEED TO GET FURTHER AHEAD ON THOSE PRIORITIES. UH, GOVERNMENT WORKS IN 5-YEAR CHUNKS FOR THE MOST PART. UH, OUR PRIORITIES ARE SET FOR THE NEXT 5 YEARS, SO WE NEED TO START TALKING ABOUT WHAT COMES, AND WE'RE, WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT CYCLE, SO WE NEED TO START TALKING ABOUT 3, 4 YEARS OUT, WHAT WE WANT TO ACCOMPLISH TOGETHER AND HOW WE GET THERE TOGETHER. I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU, JIMMY. I CAN, UH, APPRECIATE THE ANALOGY. UH, I LOVE SPORTS ANALOGIES, BUT I CAN APPRECIATE THE ANALOGY. UH, AS YOU SAID, UH, WITH THIS, IT REALLY DOESN'T MATTER WHO GETS THE CREDIT, AS LONG AS WE GET DOWN THE FIELD TOGETHER. AS LONG AS WE, UH, WE'RE NOT ALWAYS GONNA WIN, YOU KNOW? UH, CORRECT. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, AS LONG AS WE'RE ALL READING FROM THE SAME PLAYBOOK, AND AS LONG AS WE'RE ALL MOVING DOWN THE FIELD TOGETHER, WE WILL GET SOME WINS. UH, AND MAYBE WE'LL GET LUCKY LIKE GEORGIA SOMETIMES. UH, YOU KNOW. I WAS DEFINITELY NOT GOING TO TAKE A SHOT AT GEORGIA FROM THE UH, PODIUM. BUT, UH, YEAH, I, UH, I, I APPRECIATE THE COLLABORATION, AND, UH, ESPECIALLY BETWEEN OUR STAFFS AND TEAMS WORKING TOGETHER, AND JUST KEEP THIS, KEEP THIS MOVING, NOT LOOKING FOR QUICK WINS, UH, YOU KNOW, LOOKING LONG TERM AND, UH, AND WHAT WE CAN DO TO LEAVE IT BETTER THAN WE FOUND IT. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR, THANK YOU FOR YOUR- ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU FOR GIVING SHOUT OUT TO MR. MESA. HE DON'T GET THAT MUCH. WELL, HE, HE REALLY DID PUT THAT TOGETHER, SO, UH, HE EARNED THAT ONE. AND BY THE WAY, THANKS FOR THE MIXED MESSAGES. LAST WEEK I CAUGHT SLACK FOR COMING UP HERE. THIS WEEK YOU BRING ME UP FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, SO I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT TO THINK. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME. APPRECIATE YOU, JOSH. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. UH... ALL RIGHT, NEXT UP ON THE AGENDA, [4. Old Business] WE HAVE THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES. WE HAVE TWO SETS OF MINUTES TONIGHT. MOTION TO APPROVE THE CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC HEARING WORK SESSION AUGUST 13TH MINUTES AND CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING AUGUST 18TH MINUTES AS SUBMITTED. SECOND. A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE BOTH SETS OF MINUTES AS PRESENTED. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AND THAT IS [5. New Business] UNANIMOUS. UNDER STAFF ACTION ITEMS THIS EVENING, FIRST UP WE HAVE 5560 PEACHTREE BOULEVARD. THAT IS THE FIFTH THIRD BANK. OKAY, LET'S SEE IF I CAN GET [00:40:03] THIS RIGHT THE FIRST TIME. UM, MOTION TO APPROVE, UH... MOTION TO APPROVE VARIANCE 1, ATMS ON A STOREFRONT STREET; 02, EXCEED THE MAXIMUM PARKING SPACES; 3, REDUCE NUMBER OF STACKING SPACES FROM 6 TO 5. I THINK 4 IS THE NUMBER THAT'S IN THERE, BUT I BELIEVE THAT THEY, ON THE DESIGN, IT'S BEEN REDUCED FROM 6 TO 5 STACKING SPACES. NUMBER, UH, VARIANCE NUMBER 4, MOTION TO DENY OR OMIT, UM... I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA GET A LITTLE BIT OF, UM, MOTION TO DENY OR OMIT, UM, VARI- VARIANCE NUMBER 4, WHICH DEALS WITH THE, UH, SIGNAGE. MOTION TO APPROVE WAIVERS: 1, FENESTRATION ON THE STOREFRONT; 2, FENESTRATION ON A FEEDER STREET; 3, REDUCE MINIMUM FACADE HEIGHT; 4, REDUCE MINIMUM FLOOR-TO-CEILING HEIGHT; 5, ALLOW 2 DRIVE-THROUGH LANES ON A STOREFRONT STREET; 6, EXCUSE ME, MAINTAIN 1 CURB CUT ON PEACHTREE BOULEVARD; 7, 8, AND 9 TO ALLOW AS WELL. I HAVE ONE, UM, CAVEAT THAT I WOULD LIKE TO ADD, WHICH IS TO THE SIDEWALK ON LONGVIEW DRIVE. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A FOOT ADDED TO THE 5-FOOT WIDTH OF THAT SIDEWALK SO THAT IT BECOMES A 6-FOOT-WIDE SIDEWALK, AND, UM, THAT'S IT. MR. MAYOR, POINT OF CLARITY: UH, THAT ONE OF THE WAIVERS OR VARIANCES YOU APPROVED THAT WE NEED TO BE VERY SPECIFIC OF THE AMOUNT OF SPACES. SO CAN WE JUST GET SOME CLARITY ON, ON THAT? THE AMOUNT OF SPACE? YES, I THINK IT WAS THE NUMBER 04, I BELIEVE, THAT YOU SAID, YOU S- YOU SAID 2 NUMBERS IN THERE. UH, NO, IT ISN'T NUMBER 4. UM, IT'S A NUM- IT'S VARIANCE NUMBER 2, EXCEED THE MAXIMUM PARKING SPACES. IS THAT THE ONE? YEAH. I DON'T, UH, PULLING IT UP ON. OKAY, SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE TABLE, AND WE ARE IN THE DISCUSSION STAGE. MM-HMM. I BELIEVE IT'S 4. JIMMY'S GONNA LOOK IT UP. O- TH- WAS IT 4? YEAH, OKAY. VARIANCE OR, OR WAIVER? NUMBER 4, AND THAT WAS THE, SORRY, I APOLOGIZE, IT, BUT WE HAD SO MANY IN THERE, I COULDN'T REMEMBER I KNOW. WHICH ONE EXACTLY IT WAS. UM... WAS IT THE 9? WERE WE TALKING ABOUT THE PARKING SPACES? IS THAT, THAT CORRECT? FROM 9 TO 11? THE NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES IS FROM 9 TO 11. WHICH THEY HAVE EXCEEDED THE NUMBER NEEDED, RIGHT? STACKING, STACKING SPACES. IS IT STACKING SPACES? IF IT'S, THAT'S DIFFERENT THAN PARKING SPACES. STACKING SPACES. OKAY, MY, UM, MOTION SAID IS NUMBER 3. MM-HMM. REDUCE THE NUMBER OF STACKING SPACES FROM 6 TO 4. THE, THE REQUEST WAS TO REDUCE IT TO 4. OKAY. I HAVE CHANGED THAT TO 5. TO 5. YES. OKAY, UH, THAT'S THE CLARITY I WAS LOOKING TO OH, OKAY. GET ON THAT. YES. THE NUMBER WASN'T APPARENT TO ME. OKAY. AND NUMBER 4 DEALS WITH THE NUMBER OF SIGNS, WHICH, UM, MM-HMM. THEY ARE FINE. YOU CAN COME. THAT'S WHAT'S IN MY YOU COME. PACKET. NO, NOPE, NOPE, NOPE, NOPE, NOPE. CAN'T. OH, NO, NO. I APOLOGIZE, IT'S FOR US. I FORGET WHAT DAY WE'RE ON. MY APOLOGIES. I THINK WE NEED TO STICK WITH THE 4. IS THERE A PARTICULAR REASON WHY YOU WANT TO REDUCE IT FROM 5, 6 TO 5? AS OPPOSED FROM 6 TO 4? YES. BECAUSE IT WAS TOLD TO ME THAT THAT WOULD BE POSSIBLE, AND I'D RATHER NOT, UM, REDUCE IT MORE. DO WE HAVE... OKAY. WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT, OR...? I DON'T WANT TO CREATE A HARDSHIP WITH THIS. HOWEVER, I DON'T- IT IS A PERCEIVED HARDSHIP. OKAY, THEN LET ME TAKE BACK PART OF MY MOTION AND REDUCE IT TO 4 STACKING SPACES, FROM 6 TO OKAY, SO THE COUNCILWOMAN IS, UH, AMENDING HER MOTION, AND DOES THE SECOND AGREE WITH THAT? MAYOR, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT YOU REDO THE ENTIRE MOTION ON THAT ONE. OKAY. YEAH. OKAY. AND BEFORE, BEFORE SHE STARTS. THE MOTION TO RESTATE. SO, READ IT AGAIN? ONE OF US. NOT, NOT JUST YET. REREAD. OH, WAIT, MR. MAYOR. MR. MAYOR. YES. UM, BEFORE SHE RESTARTS, I ALSO WANT CLARIFICATION ON THE SI- THE NUMBER OF SIGN [00:45:01] ON THE BUILDING. I WASN'T CLEAR OF, BECAUSE I THINK THEY HAD 3 LISTED, AND I THINK SHE WAS SAYING 2, BUT I'M NOT SURE. BUT THAT IS ALL. OKAY, THEN, THEN I WILL WORK. I THINK, I THINK IT WAS NO, IT'S NUMBER 4. OMIT WAS THE WORD SHE USED, AND THAT WAS CONFUSING. I THINK I, I, I LOOKED AT THIS WHEN I WROTE MY, UM, THING. NUMBER 1, I FORGOT TO SAY THAT THIS DEVELOPMENT WILL BE BUILT IN CONFORMITY WITH SUBSTANTIAL CONFORMITY WITH WHAT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED. HOWEVER, IN DEALING WITH THE VARIANCES AND WAIVERS, MOTION TO APPROVE VARIANCE, NUMBER ONE, DEALING WITH ATMS ON A STOREFRONT STREET. NUMBER TWO, EXCEED THE MAXIMUM PARKING SPACES, WHICH APPARENTLY REQUIRES A VARIANCE. NUMBER THREE, REDUCE THE NUMBER OF STACKING SPACES AT THE BOTH OF THEM, UH, FROM SIX TO FOUR INSTEAD OF SIX TO FIVE. AND VARIANCE NUMBER FOUR, WHICH IS DENY THREE SIGNS, THEY WILL BE, UM, AND STICK WITH THE TWO SIGNS. UM, AND THEN TO APPROVE THE WAIVERS: NUMBER ONE DEALS WITH FENESTRATION ON A STOREFRONT STREET; NUMBER TWO DEALS WITH FENESTRATION ON A FEEDER STREET; NUMBER 3 DEALS WITH REDUCING THE MINIMUM FACADE HEIGHT; NUMBER 4, REDUCING THE MINIMUM FLOOR-TO-CEILING HEIGHT; NUMBER 05, ALLOW 2 DRIVE-THROUGH LANES ON STOREFRONT STREETS; AND NUMBER 6 DEALS WITH MAINTAIN 1 CURB CUT ON PEACHTREE BOULEVARD. NUMBER 7, 8, AND 9 ARE, UH, TO BE ALLOWED. THE ONE REQUEST THAT I HAVE TO MAKE DEALS WITH THE SIDEWALK ON LONGVIEW DRIVE. MY REQUEST IS TO WIDEN THE 5-FOOT SIDEWALK FROM 5 FEET TO 6 FEET. IS THAT A CON- CONDITION OF APPROVAL? THAT'S MY CONDITION OF APPROVAL. I'LL SECOND THAT. ALL RIGHT. ANOTHER POINT OF CLARITY, THEN: HOW MANY- I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, AND WE ARE IN THE DISCUSSION STAGE. UH, HOW MANY PARKING SPOTS IS THE MAX- THE NEW MAXIMUM BASED ON THIS MOTION? 11. OKAY. THEY HAVE, THEY HAVE 11, AND THERE'S- THEY ARE REQUIRED 9. YOU JUST DIDN'T SAY THE NUMBER. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THEY DIDN'T TRY TO PUT A PARKING DECK OR SOMETHING. THEY WOULDN'T, BUT, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANTED TO BE CLEAR. THEY'RE EXCEEDING. IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? AND WE HAVE A MO- I BEL- I WOULD LIKE TO ADD ONE OTHER CONDITION, IF THE COUNCIL MEMBER IS WILLING, WHICH IS THAT A CONDITION THAT DEVELOPMENT SHOULD BE CONSTRUCTED IN GENERAL CONFORMITY WITH THE CONCEPTUAL SITE PLAN AND ELEVATION STAMPED AND RECEIVED ON JULY 20TH BY THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AS REVISED TO REFLECT DENIED VARIANCES AND WAIVERS AND SUBJECT TO ANY ADDITIONAL REVISIONS REQUIRED BY CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL OR THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE UDO. I ACCEPT. MY SECOND STAND. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, AS STATED BY COUNCILWOMAN ROBSON, AND, UH, AN ADDITION FROM COUNCILMEMBER VEITH. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? ALL IN FAVOR? THAT IS UNANIMOUS. ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE DOWN TO 2700 NORTHEAST EXPRESSWAY. MR. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO TAKE A MOTION TO DEFER THIS ITEM TO THE OCTOBER MEETING CYCLE. SECOND. A MOTION AND A SECOND TO, UH, MOVE THIS ITEM TO THE, DEFER THIS ITEM TO THE OCTOBER MEETING CYCLE. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? THAT IS UNANIMOUS. WE HAVE, UH, 3669 PEACHTREE ROAD. MR. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO DEFER THIS ITEM TO THE NOVEMBER MEETING CYCLE. SECOND. A MOTION AND A SECOND TO DEFER THIS ITEM TO THE NOVEMBER MEETING CYCLE. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? THAT IS UNANIMOUS. 5573 PEACHTREE ROAD. MR. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE VARIANCE REQUEST OF THE FOLLOWING 3 CONDITIONS: 01, THE 2 DUMPSTER LOCATIONS SHALL BE IN SUBSTANTIAL CONFORMITY WITH THE PROPOSED DUMPSTER RELOCATION SITE PLAN DATED JULY 21ST, 2026. 2, THE DUMPSTERS SHALL BE LOCATED BEHIND THE BUILDING AND SHALL NOT BE VISIBLE FROM THE PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY AT ALL TIMES. 3, THE LOCATIONS OF THE DUMPSTERS SHALL BE OUTLINED WITH PAVEMENT STRIPING TO POSITIVELY IDENTIFY THE PROPER LOCATION, WITH MARKINGS TO INDICATE NO-PARKING AREAS SO AS DUMPSTER SERVICING WILL NOT BE INHIBITED BY THE PARKING OF VEHICLES. SECOND. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE WITH CONDITIONS AS STATED. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? ALL IN FAVOR? THAT IS UNANIMOUS. 2502 ORTEGA WAY. MR. MAYOR, MOTION TO APPROVE THE VARIANCE REQUEST [00:50:01] WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITION: THE SUBJECT PROPERTY SHALL BE CONSTRUCTED IN GENERAL CONFORMITY WITH THE CONCEPTUAL SITE PLAN DATED RECEIVED BY THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT ON JULY 20TH, 2026. SECOND. A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE WITH CONDITIONS AS STATED. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? THAT IS UNANIMOUS. 5295 NEW PEACHTREE ROAD. MR. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE VARIANCE 1 SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING CONDITION AS RECOMMENDED BY STAFF: THE EXPOSED CONCRETE MASONRY UNIT ENCLOSURE SHALL BE FINISHED WITH STUCCO OR ANOTHER CODE-COMPLIANT EXTERIOR FINISHED MATERIAL TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 247B8C. SECOND. A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE WITH CONDITIONS AS STATED. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN- COULD YOU HAVE HIM PUT SOME STAINED GLASS ON IT? ALL IN FAVOR? THAT IS UNANIMOUS. THIS IS THE PEACHTREE BOULEVARD GATEWAY REALIGNMENT PROJECT TASK ORDER NUMBER 2. MR. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE PEACHTREE BOULEVARD GATEWAY AND REALIGNMENT PROJECT TASK ORDER 2 AS PRESENTED. SECOND. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT ITEM? ALL IN FAVOR? THAT IS UNANIMOUS. THE TREES ATLANTA SERVICE AGREEMENT RENEWAL. MOTION TO APPROVE THE TREES ATLANTA SERVICE AGREEMENT RENEWAL AS PRESENTED. SECOND. A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT ITEM? ALL IN FAVOR? THAT IS UNANIMOUS. NOTICE OF AWARD FOR NANCY CREEK AND SAVOY TRAIL CMAR PROJECT. MOTION TO APPROVE THE NOTICE OF AWARD TO CMAR CONTRACT, OF CMAR CONTRACT FOR THE NANCY CREEK AND SAVOY TRAIL PROJECT TO REEVES YOUNG FOR A COST NOT TO EXCEED 838,894 DOLLARS. SECOND. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? ALL IN FAVOR? THAT IS UNANIMOUS. THE MAYORS' MONARCH PLEDGE. MR. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE 2026 MAYORS' MONARCH PLEDGE PROGRAM AS SUBMITTED. SECOND. A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE AS SUBMITTED. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? ALL IN FAVOR? THAT IS UNANIMOUS. ALL RIGHT. THIS IS THE, UH, REQUEST TO PIGGYBACK ON THE CONTRACT FOR ENVIROWASTE. AND I BELIEVE WE ARE ACTUALLY NOT TAKING ANY ACTION ON THIS ITEM AS THEY HAVE EXITED THE ATLANTA MARKET AND ARE NO LONGER IN CONSIDERATION. THAT IS CORRECT. ALL RIGHT. UNDER MAYOR/COUNCIL ITEMS, [7. Public Comments] WE HAVE NOTHING THIS EVENING. THAT'LL TAKE US DOWN TO PUBLIC COMMENTS. THE MAYOR IS THE PRESIDING OFFICER. ALL REMARKS SHALL BE ADDRESSED TO THE CITY COUNCIL AS A BODY, NOT TO INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS. ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK SHALL COME TO THE MICROPHONE, GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS TO THE CITY CLERK; LIMIT REMARKS TO 3 MINUTES UNLESS FURTHER TIME IS GRANTED BY COUNCIL. NO ONE CAN SPEAK A SECOND TI- UH, NO, NO SPEAKING A SECOND TIME UNTIL EVERYONE WISHING TO SPEAK AND SPOKEN ONCE. UH, AND PLEASE DO NOT SPEAK UNLESS YOU HAVE THE MICROPHONE AND HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED. IS THERE ANYONE HERE TONIGHT WISHING TO ADDRESS COUNCIL? ANYONE? COME ON UP. GOOD EVENING, KEVIN. HOW ARE YOU? I MUST SAY, UH, I'VE SEEN A LOT OF IMPROVEMENT WITH THE, UH, WITH THE ROADS, THE, THE, UM, OH, WHATEVER YOU CALL IT, THE HOLES ON THE GROUND ON THE ROAD, THEY'RE BEING FILLED OR WHATEVER, AND IT'S, IT'S A LOT OF IMPROVEMENT IN DEKALB COUNTY IN, IN THAT MATTER. UM, AS FAR AS, LIKE, BUFORD HIGHWAY, I'VE SEEN NO PROGRESS WITH THE SIDEWALK. I- I'M GUESSING THAT IT'S GONNA BE DONE EVENTUALLY. UH, MY THING, I WANNA RIDE MY BIKE FROM DORAVILLE, UH, TO THE END OF CHAMBLEE AND BUFORD HIGHWAY. I WANNA RIDE MY BIKE THROUGH, THROUGH BUFORD HIGHWAY. BUT THE PROBLEM IS THERE ARE GAPS AND THERE ARE UNFINISHED PARTS OF THE, UM, OF THE, OF THE DRIVE, OF THE SIDEWALKS, UH, THROUGHOUT BUFORD HIGHWAY, AND, UM, AND THERE'S SOME, YOU KNOW, FROM PLAZA FIESTA, IT'S A VERY BUSY PART OF, UH, BUFORD HIGHWAY. THERE'S NO SIDEWALKS THERE, AND IT'S DANGEROUS FOR, YOU KNOW, IT'S DANGEROUS PEOPLE WALKING, AND, AND YOU GOT MANIACS, YOU KNOW, UH, DRIVING CRAZY, AND ALL THE TIME PEOPLE GETTING RAN OVER. WE COULD USE SOME SIDEWALKS, SOME, SOME MORE SIDEWALK [00:55:01] CONSTRUCTION. UH, GWINNETT COUNTY, THEY, THEY ARE DOING, THEY'RE DOING A LOT OF SIDEWALK CONSTRUCTION. DEKALB COUNTY, WE, WE'RE STUCK LIKE IT'S STILL THE 1980S WITH THE SAME SIDEWALKS. UH, A- A- AND ASIDE FROM THAT, UM, UM, OH, I WAS GONNA ALSO SPEAK IN F- ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY. UH, UH, FLOCK, UM, I KNOW, LIKE, IT'S, IT'S BEEN ON THE NEWS AND STUFF. I WANT TO SEE MORE FLOCK. I WANT, I WANT TO SEE A LOT MORE FLOCK. I DON'T WANT TO SEE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT WAKE UP EACH DAY TO DO EVIL IN THE WORLD. I DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM GETTING AWAY WITH, WITH DOING SOME OF THE MOST HEINOUS THINGS. I, I WANT TO SEE WHEN, WHEN SOMEBODY HITS SOMEBODY ON BUFORD HIGHWAY, FOR EXAMPLE, AND, AND, AND, AND HIT AND RUN, DON'T STOP. I, I WANT TO SEE THEM- I WANT TO SEE THEM CAUGHT. I WANT TO SEE THEM FACE THE CONSEQUENCES OF THEIR ACTIONS. UH, ASIDE FROM THAT, UM, I WANT TO SEE FUNDING FOR, MORE FUNDING FOR FLOCK, BECAUSE PEOPLE COME HERE FROM WHEREVER, AND THEY COME HERE, THEY THINK THEY COULD DO CRIME HERE. I DON'T- I WANT THEM TO DUB- THINK TWICE BEFORE THEY COME HERE. THIS IS MY HOME. THIS HAS BEEN MY HOME FOR 27 YEARS. I'M NOT SAYING THAT I'M NOT A SAINT BY ANY, ANY, ANY MEASURE, BUT I'M SAYING THAT PEOPLE WHO, WHO WANT TO DO EVIL IN THE WORLD, THEY HAVE TO- THEY NEED TO FACE THE CA- THEY DON'T- I DON'T WANT TO SEE ANYBODY GETTING AWAY WITH DOING HEINOUS CRIMES. I WA- I WANT TO SEE MORE FLOCK, MORE FUNDING FOR PUBLIC SAFETY. IF WE'RE GOING TO DEFUND THE POLICE, THEN WE NEED TO FUND FLOCK. THANK, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. ANYONE ELSE HERE WISHING TO ADDRESS COUNCIL THIS EVENING? ANYBODY? ALL [8. Executive Session] RIGHT, SEEING NONE, I BELIEVE WE HAVE EXECUTIVE SESSION THIS EVENING. MR. MAYOR, I'D LIKE A MOTION TO ENTER INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR LEGAL AND PERSONNEL MATTERS. SECOND. A MOTION AND A SECOND TO ENTER INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. ALL IN FAVOR? THAT IS UNANIMOUS. MR. MAYOR, I'D LIKE A MOTION TO EXIT EXECUTIVE SESSION. SECOND. A MOTION AND A SECOND TO EXIT EXECUTIVE SESSION. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT. MOTION TO ADJOURN. SECOND. SECOND. A MOTION AND A SECOND TO ADJOURN. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT. POINT OF CLARITY, PLEASE. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.