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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - CC - 07/06/2020Regular Meeting of the Milton City Council Monday, July 6, 2020 at 6:00 pm Page 1 of 33 1 CALL TO ORDER Mayor Lockwood: I’d like to call the regular meeting of the Milton City Council for Monday, July the 6th, 2020 to order. The city strongly recommends that you review tonight’s agenda carefully, and if you wish to speak on any item on the agenda, please bring your comment cards to the City Clerk as soon as possible. While Milton rules allow for a speaker to turn in their comment cards up until the clerk calls the agenda item, once the agenda item is called, no more comment cards will be accepted. So, will the City Clerk please call roll and make general announcements? Sudie: Good evening, Mayor, and, Council. I’ll be happy to call roll for the July 6th, 2020 regular meeting. I would like to remind those in attendance, to please silence all cellphones at this time. Those attending the meeting who would like to make a public comment, you are required to fill out a comment card prior to speaking on the item. Your comment card must be presented to the City Clerk prior to the agenda item being called. All speakers, please identify yourself by name, address, and organization before beginning your comment. If you are presenting an organization, an affidavit is required stating you have the authority to speak on behalf of that organization. Please review tonight’s Agenda, and if you would like to make a comment, please bringing your comment card to me now. Demonstration of any soft within the Chamber is prohibited. Please refrain from any applause, cheering, booing, outbursts, or dialogue with any person speaking. Anyone in violation will be asked to leave. As I call roll this evening, please confirm your attendance. Mayor Joe Lockwood? Mayor Lockwood: Here. Sudie: Council Member Peyton Jamison? Peyton: Here. Sudie: Council Member Paul Moore? Paul: Here. Regular Meeting of the Milton City Council Monday, July 6, 2020 at 6:00 pm Page 2 of 33 2 Sudie: Council Member Laura Bentley? Laura: Here. Sudie: Council Member Carol Cookerly? Carol: Here. Sudie: Council Member Joe Longoria? Joe: Here. Sudie: And for the record, Council Member Rick Mohrig is absent. Would everyone please rise for the Pledge of Allegiance? Councilmembers Present: Councilmember Peyton Jamison, Councilmember Laura Bentley, Mayor Joe Lockwood, Councilmember Carol Cookerly, Councilmember Paul Moore and Councilmember Joe Longoria. Councilmember Absent: Councilmember Rick Mohrig PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE (Led by Mayor Joe Lockwood) Everyone: 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. Mayor Lockwood: Okay, good evening, everybody, and welcome to our City Council Meeting here in the City of Milton. Sudie, if you would please sound the first item, the next item. Sudie: Our next item is the Approval of the Meeting Agenda, Agenda Item No. 20-175. Mayor Lockwood: Okay, I do wanna add an Executive Session that to discuss personnel. Is there anything else that anybody would wanna add to the agenda? If not, I’ll open for a motion on the Agenda Approval. Joe: Mayor, I move that we approve the meeting agenda as prepared Regular Meeting of the Milton City Council Monday, July 6, 2020 at 6:00 pm Page 3 of 33 3 with the addition of an Executive Session to discuss personnel. Carol: Second. Mayor Lockwood: Okay. I have a motion for approval as amended from Council Member Longoria with a second from Council Member Cookerly. All in favor please say aye. City Council: Aye. Mayor Lockwood: Any opposed? That’s unanimous. Sudie, do we have any General Public Comment? Motion and Vote: Councilmember Longoria moved to approve the meeting agenda with the following change: Add an Executive Session to discuss Personnel. Councilmember Cookerly seconded the motion. The motion passed (6-0). Councilmember Mohrig was absent from the meeting. PUBLIC COMMENT Sudie: I do have two, one to be read into the record and another one. Mayor Lockwood: Okay, let me just read the rules then in. The next item is General Public Comment. Public Comment is a time for citizens to share information with the Mayor and City Council and to provide input and opinions on any matter that is not scheduled for its own public hearing during today’s meeting. Each citizen who chooses to participate in Public Comment must complete a comment card and submit it to the City Clerk prior to the Agenda Item being called. Please remember this is not a time to engage the Mayor or Members of City Council in conversation. When your name is called please come forward and speak into the microphone stating your name and address for the record. You’ll have five minutes for remarks. The City encourages you right now to review the Agenda, and if you wish to speak, to bring your comment cards to the clerk. So, we’ll move on, or, Sudie, you say you got two. Regular Meeting of the Milton City Council Monday, July 6, 2020 at 6:00 pm Page 4 of 33 4 Sudie: Yes, sir. Miss Pamela Jackson. Pamela: Pamela Jackson, 2105 Bethany Way, Milton, Painted Horse Winery, The Farm at Pamelot. I don’t even really know if I need to say anything right now. I’m more just here because my presence – because I know that all of you are very aware, and you’ve been, I think, supportive of me. I did send an email out to y’all the day before yesterday, I guess, I think it was. And I hope you got that, and I think I’m not contesting or approving. I’m not sure what I’m doing because I’m so confused on what is being presented as far as the farm wineries go. I did see the foreign wine is there, but I thought they were going to present that but at least the beer. And that is one of the big issues that I’ve got but the whole kind of package in there. So, all I wanted to do is say I’m here, this is hugely important to me. I do appreciate all of the effort and time that you all have put into it. And it’s important, thank you. Mayor Lockwood: Thank you. Okay, Sudie, you have another comment? Sudie: Yes, I have one to read into the record. It does not have [inaudible] [00:05:43], and it was an email sent to me by Arthur Pashayan at 13895 Bethany Oakes Pointe, Milton, Georgia. “My comment relates to the following item from Page 24 of the Plan Tier 3, five to 10 years, sidewalk on North side of Bethany, West of Highway 9, 2.6 million. By the drawing, I see this continues a sidewalk on Bethany Bend all the way to Hopewell Road. This section of Bethany Bend is incredibly dangerous for bicycling being narrow with no safe shoulders. “Therefore, I strongly recommend that this be specifically marked as ‘multi-use trail’ in the Plan versus ‘sidewalk’ given North Park and the number of schools on Bethany Bend and the dangerous road conditions for walking or bicycling. Please, see if you can move the priority to Tier 1 or 2 to hopefully reduce the chance of someone getting hurt.” And that’s all, sir. Mayor Lockwood: Okay. So, do we have no more Public Comment then? Regular Meeting of the Milton City Council Monday, July 6, 2020 at 6:00 pm Page 5 of 33 5 Sudie: No, sir. Mayor Lockwood: All right, so if we can move on to the Consent Agenda. Sudie, if you’ll please read those items. CONSENT AGENDA Sudie: The first Item is approval of the May 18th, 2020 regular City Council Meeting Minutes, Agenda Item No. 20-176. Next is approval of the financial statements and investment report for the period ending May 2020, Agenda Item No. 20-177. Approval of a change order between the City of Milton and PURVIS Systems, Inc. for the Fire Station Alerting, Agenda Item No. 20-178. Next, approval of a contract between BIS Digital, Inc. and the City of Milton, Georgia, for the installation of an ADA-compliant listening assist for the Milton Courtroom, Agenda Item No. 20- 179. Approval of a professional services agreement between the City of Milton and CHA Consulting, Inc. for Cogburn Road sidewalk, Agenda Item No. 20-180. Our sixth and final Consent Agenda Item this evening is approval of subdivision plots and revisions, Eric Mundy, land lots 833, 2770, and 2780 Bethany Bend, Minor Plat, recombing three lots into two lots, 8.136 total acres, 0.24 lots perspective acre, Agenda Item No. 20-181. Mayor Lockwood: Okay, do I have a motion for approval on the Consent Agenda? Laura: Mayor, I’d like to make a motion to approve the Consent Agenda as read. Paul: Second. Mayor Lockwood: Okay, I have a motion for approval from Council Member Bentley with a second from Council Member Moore. All in favor please Regular Meeting of the Milton City Council Monday, July 6, 2020 at 6:00 pm Page 6 of 33 6 say aye. City Council: Aye. Mayor Lockwood: That’s unanimous. Okay, Sudie, if you’d please sound the items under Reports and Presentations. Motion and Vote: Councilmember Bentley moved to approve the Consent Agenda. Councilmember Moore seconded the motion. The motion passed (6-0). Councilmember Mohrig was absent from the meeting. REPORTS AND PRESENTATIONS Sudie: This item is discussion of the Trail Master Plan, Mr. Parag Agrawal. Parag: Mayor, and, the City Council Members, I am Parag Agrawal, City’s Community Development Director. And today we are here in front of the City Council to present the final draft of the Trail Master Plan called the Milton Community Trail Prioritization Plan. This has been a 15-month process that included numerous community meetings, field visits, City Council briefings, data analysis, online surveys, and cost estimating. Today, I have the entire project team here with me to answer any questions from the City Council including Michelle McIntosh- Ross, Principal Planner, and she has served as the Project Manager of this very important project, Shubhangi Jangam, Senior Planner from our Department, Teresa Stickels, Conservation Project Manager, Cristina Pastore, the Project Manager from [inaudible] [00:10:24], and Cindy [inaudible]. Today, we are also joined by the Citizens’ Trail Advisory Committee Members including the Chair of the Citizens’ Trail Advisory Committee, Dr. Brian Maloney. Thank you, Dr. Maloney, for being here today. I would also like to thank City Council Member Paul Moore. Before City Council Member Paul was elected to the City Council, he was a very active member of the Trail Advisory Committee, and he helped us immensely in drafting this Trail Master Plan. So, thank you, City Council Regular Meeting of the Milton City Council Monday, July 6, 2020 at 6:00 pm Page 7 of 33 7 Member Moore, for helping us out. As we all know, the Milton residents love their trail network, and according to the 2019 Comprehensive Parks Integration Master Plan, around 85% of the residents used walking, biking, and hiking trails in the past. In 2016 Comprehensive Transportation Plan, around 95% of the residents responded by saying they would like to walk and bike if improvements are made to the City’s trail network. The 2020 Trail Master Plan puts the focus on community participation and community involvement into the trail planning activities of Milton. Therefore, the project team is calling this Trail Master Plan as the Milton Community Trail Prioritization Report. The Trail Master Plan was guided by the community and is not only a division of exercise. This plan basically divides the division of exercise into various trail segments. It also prioritizes the various trail segments as per the funding levels, and we also have our implementation schedule of this Trail Master Plan. So, again, in transportation planning, this is not only a transportation plan, but what we call it as a transportation programming that basically looks at the various transportation projects, funding levels, and also prioritizes those transportation projects based on the funding levels. Female Speaker: I’m sorry to interrupt. If you have to the advance slides, can you [inaudible] [00:12:38]? Parag: Yeah, I will update them when I need. Female Speaker: I just wanna make sure [inaudible – crosstalk]. Sorry. Parag: So, what we heard from the Trail Advisory Committee Members that the City has been planning for the City’s Trail Master Plan for the last 10 years, and the focus should now be on the Trail Master Plan implementation, construction, and maintenance of the trail network in the City of Milton. So, David, can you move the slides now? So, starting with the summary of the Plan recommendations, the system of the – I cannot see these slides on this screen, right? Now coming to the summary of these Plan recommendations, some of the recommendations are this Master Plan recommends around 1.8 Regular Meeting of the Milton City Council Monday, July 6, 2020 at 6:00 pm Page 8 of 33 8 miles of street trails, 5.3 miles of new site paths, 6.86 miles of sidewalks, and around 11 new crossing treatments to encourage more pedestrian environment in the City of Milton. If you look specifically in the Birmingham Park and Greenspace Properties, this Master Plan recommends around 4.2 miles of decomposed granite trails, around 9.5 miles of native soil trails, and 97 parking spaces. David, can you move the slides? Again, these are some of the priorities of the Master Plan. I will say I was very proud when I saw that the Trail Advisory Committee was able to come up with their priorities in the very first Advisory Committee Meeting. And these are the top four priorities of this Master Plan. The first priority area is within and connecting to the Crabapple area. As we know, Crabapple is the City’s new downtown, and there’s so much construction happening. And very soon, by next year, the City will be having a very vibrant downtown. So, the Trail Advisory Committee Members thought our downtown Crabapple should be the first priority area for having new trail network in the City of Milton. Second is the Deerfield Area. As you know, Deerfield is also another of the very important commercial corridors of the City, so again, walking, and biking trails within the Deerfield Area. No. 3rd was the area of safety concerns for walking, biking, and for horse riding. No. 4th, was the trails in Birmingham Park and the trails in the newly acquired Greenspace bond-fund properties, again, hiking, walking, biking, and horse riding. Can you move the slide? So, this is a summary of the community engagement. As I mentioned, this Trail Master Plan was very heavy on the process, and there were a number of community meetings. We have been in front of the City Council for three times in the past. There were four Milton Trail Advisory Committee Meetings. The Milton Trail Advisory Committee Members was a large group. It included around 25 members. There were three open-house meetings and four target-group meetings. One target-group meeting was on Deerfield, Crabapple, citywide, and [inaudible] [00:15:48]. We also had an online survey in the month so September of 2019, and there were more than 1,000 people who responded to that survey. Again, this is some more Regular Meeting of the Milton City Council Monday, July 6, 2020 at 6:00 pm Page 9 of 33 9 details of the community engagement. As I mentioned, there was a community-input survey from September 11th to September 25th. More than 1,000 people responded. Again, the were these four target-group meetings, August 7th, August 14th, 22nd, and 18th, again, Crabapple Area, Deerfield, [inaudible] [00:16:24], and citywide. There were four public open-houses so that the Milton residents can give us their feedback on the Trail Master Planning in the City of Milton. So, this is the group of our – these are the names from our Milton Trail Advisory Committee. Again, this was a very balanced group, residents, business owners, people from all the City Council districts, very balanced group, very large group. I will not advise to form such a large group in the next projects, but again, before we move forward, I will invite Dr. Brian Maloney to come here and speak for the Milton Trail Advisory Committee. Mayor Lockwood: Yeah, I’ll bet Robert didn’t know this was part of his job description he came here a few months ago. Dr. Maloney: I was about to say, “Man, I’d love to get him to come to our office.” Mayor, and, Council, I think it’s really important to reflect back on what brought us to this moment. Seems it wasn’t too long ago where we had a total disconnect between some of the plans of the City and what the citizens really wanted. What Parag has laid out for you is really an amazing effort on behalf of the City, and I praise both Steve, Parag, and your staff, on assembling the whole team. And the level of community involvement is really unbelievable. So, I think before you have a good idea of the priorities of the community, but there’s so much growth and development going on in Milton to accept one document is just gonna be something on a shelf. And I think going forward, the way you really make that a living document and continue to keep that connected to the community is by really reestablishing that Milton Trail Committee. Years ago, it was rolled into the Parks and Rec Committee under a different advisor than Jim, and at that point, very little money, and very low priority. This is a high priority now, and so, I would encourage you to think about reestablishing a committee where everyone appoints one Regular Meeting of the Milton City Council Monday, July 6, 2020 at 6:00 pm Page 10 of 33 10 person, and I would also encourage you to put that under Parag because Community Development, that was part of the reason why we chose some of those areas. Because with the rapid development and everything, there’s are key. But thank you so much for allowing me the opportunity to serve, and thank you. Mayor Lockwood: Thank you, Brian. Parag: So, again, just want to give you a brief overview of the various meetings of the Milton Trail Advisory Committee, the first meeting was held in June of 2019 that basically established the goals and priorities as I mentioned. In the very first committee meeting, the committee members were able to establish the top four priorities of the Trail Master Plan. In the second meeting, we reviewed and discussed the draft concept plans. We also discussed the [inaudible] [00:19:35]. We also had field tours. Again, many of the committee members wanted to meet in the field rather than sitting in this conference room. So, Michelle was able to schedule a very important tour in September of 2019. The third Trail Advisory Committee Meeting was in November of last year, and we basically reviewed the community input, discussed the draft costing and phasing, and we also reviewed the amount of funding that’s available for the trail network in the City. The fourth meeting was early this year, and in the final meeting, we were able to come up with a consensus on the various trail planning projects in the City of Milton. So, after this, I will – so, let me start with this. So, as I mentioned, there was a lot of community input, but we also went in front of many existing city committees and city boards which a very, what I will say, very important aspect of trail planning in the City of Milton. So, we went in front of the Milton Greenspace Advisory Committee just to make sure what are their priorities for the Milton Greenspace Properties. We also went in front of the Milton Equestrian Committee to identify their priorities for horse riding and for other users. We also went in front of the Milton Public Arts Commission because as you know, public art is one of the key focus areas of the various trail networks. If you look in Atlanta, Atlanta BeltLine, and if you look at the best public art projects which are coming around this Regular Meeting of the Milton City Council Monday, July 6, 2020 at 6:00 pm Page 11 of 33 11 BeltLine Project, we thought that this could also be one of the focus areas in Milton. The art which is basically compactable and it will enhance the Milton’s character. So, we also went in front of the Milton Public Arts Commission. So, with this, I will ask Cristina who was a very important member of our team to talk about the scope and process, and we’ll take it from there. Christina: Good evening, Mayor, and, Council. Thank you for the opportunity to be here. This is the second time I have left my house for a meeting, so very excited to be here, very, very unique time with are in, so. What I wanna do, Parag gave you an overview of all of the things that we have been doing from an outreach perspective. So, I wanna give you a little bit of more detail on some of the technical components. Because as you know, with any planning process it’s important to have both of those. So, what you see on the screen is a little bit of an overview of the overarching process. We had three major tasks. The first task really was understanding where we are today. So, really doing that inventory, a lot of the mapping, and then being able to go out to actually visit a lot of the sites, we also spent a lot of time developing the goals and priorities as Parag mentioned with the Advisory Committee. Moving on to Task 2, we really dove in to work on developing the trail concepts, and along with that, we had a number of associated committee meetings that went with that and target-group meetings, and then finally, really understanding we had a cost, what those projects look like, and then understand the feasibility, constructability of those elements, and then prioritize them based on the funding availability that we saw. Next slide. I will wave bigger. So, some of the technical elements of the work that we did, as I mentioned, we conducted site visits, went out to each of the different – to Crabapple, to Deerfield, and to a number of the Greenspaces and Birmingham Park. And actually, for Cooper Sandy, we went out and took a GPS unit and actually mapped the trails and the logging roads that are out there. Because we didn’t have any sort of starting place for that, so that was a great way to be to digitize that information. Regular Meeting of the Milton City Council Monday, July 6, 2020 at 6:00 pm Page 12 of 33 12 On the alignment and concept development, we really got to work on developing the concepts for Deerfield and Crabapple specifically, and then a completely different type of process when we went out into the Greenspaces to really to be able to get out there and work on the concepts. You’ll see one of the images in the middle really is of our principal landscape architect working with various contours. So, we were working with limited information in the Greenspaces since they are so very new, and we don’t have survey data. But we had a lot of great information to start, and so, we were able to work with our landscape architect to develop some of those different concepts for the different trail facilities. And then as I mentioned, the constructability and feasibility, trying to figure out how many of these projects, what is the reality of them being able to be done for some sort of reasonable cost. And so, the next piece of that that then was the costing of those facilities. So, let’s go to the next slide. So, on the costing front, we broke out projects into three different categories, existing, projects that are underway, meaning they’re being constructed through another entity, and then ones that are proposed. The proposed projects are the ones that we focused on specifically for the costing effort. So, what we did was work on costing for engineering and construction. It does not include utility costs, and it also does not include right-of-way costs. So, those are other considerations that will need to be taken into account mostly in Crabapple and Deerfield where you actually have some right-of- way and utility considerations. For projects that we anticipated might compete well for regional funding we did discount of the overall cost of those by 50% recognizing that there could be some match opportunities, and so, we would encourage you to aggressively look for those opportunities to be able to leverage your local dollars to be able to get more regional and federal funding. And so, when we look at then the budgeting piece of this, so we costed the projects. Then we needed to understand how much money, how much funding are we realistically working with. Obviously, this is a planning-level study, and so, none of this is guaranteed. I clearly, couldn’t’ve told you we would be standing here social distancing in July, so there’s a lot of things that can Regular Meeting of the Milton City Council Monday, July 6, 2020 at 6:00 pm Page 13 of 33 13 change. But based on the information that we had available to at the time, we looked at some of the local funding opportunities as well as some of the non-local funds. So, when we look at local transportation dollars, there’s obviously a current [inaudible] [00:26:15]. We did anticipate that a second round of [inaudible] could be an opportunity for future funding for these trails. And there’s also your sidewalk fund. So, any of the projects in Crabapple and Deerfield, could be eligible for transportation dollars. So, that is how we allocated those funds. Now, there’s other local funds that are non-transportation that we looked at the Impact Fee Pprogram as well as just the City’s general funds. So, those were the funding that we looked at for the Park and the Greenspaces. And then, of course, there are other opportunities to be able to gain non-local funds. Some of those federal transportation funds that I mentioned as well as there are other bicycle and pedestrian grant programs and a lot of recreation programs. So, a lot of the NRP, the National Recreation and Parks Association, they’re doing a lot of those different type of grant programs especially right now because there is a lot of enthusiasm around getting outside and being able to take advantage of those outdoor spaces. So, these are great opportunities for the City to once again leverage local dollars. So, what you see on the screen here is how we broke out the funding. We have a total of four funding tiers perspective sub-area. Once again, this is still planning level, so these are guides depending on the funding opportunities you may move a little bit slower. But you also may move a little bit faster on the implementation. So, what you can see are the first four tiers. The first three of them are what we would consider to be financially constrained. So, Tier 1 is for up to two years. Tier 2 is from two to five. Tier 3 is five to 10, and then anything in Tier 4 would be anything aspirational where we don’t have a dollar amount associated with those tiers. And you can see they’re broken out by sub-area allocated across the three different tier time frames. The funding amounts were determined with the Trail Advisory Committee. So, we had a meeting and really decided how to break out the funding by sub-area and by tier. Regular Meeting of the Milton City Council Monday, July 6, 2020 at 6:00 pm Page 14 of 33 14 As I mentioned before, Crabapple and Deerfield were allocated the transportation dollars, and the remaining funds that were non- transportation went to Birmingham Park, Preserve at Lackey Road, and Preserve at Cooper Sandy. The other thing I do wanna continue to reiterate, these are high-level cost estimates for the projects themselves. They are high-level estimates of funding. So, it's really meant to be a guide as you move forward, but to give some sort of stratification and prioritization to projects within. Okay, so now what we wanna do is just seeing a little bit of a highlight of the specific concept plans. So, we can go. We’ll start with Crabapple. As you know, Crabapple is your downtown, and so, there’s a lot of conversation around connectivity and being able to fill in some of the different gaps and take advantage of some trail opportunities. So, what you see here, Crabapple and Deerfield maps both look like this. Any of the orange lines are existing side paths or sidewalks. Anything that’s in blue is underway from an outside entity. So, someone else is already funding it and implementing it. Anything in pink is what we focused on as part of the plan itself. And so, what you can see is the full build-out of the plan through Tier 4 through the aspirational phase. So, anything that’s shown in pink, and then you also can see those proposed crossing treatments are shown in green. In total for the Crabapple four phases, the draft concept will include connectivity and safety in the area with .77 miles of off- street trails, 1.3 miles of side paths, 2.7 miles of sidewalks, and three crossing treatments. Okay, so let’s move to Deerfield. So, as you know, Deerfield is Milton’s most populated area. So, once again, connectivity particularly to some of the schools and some of the safety considerations were very important for this plan. When you look at the full build-out, once again, you can see all of the coloring is the same. So, we’re focusing the plan on the things that are shown in pink. Included in the entirety of this is 1.0 of off-street trails, 1.7 miles of side paths, 4 miles of sidewalks, and eight crossing treatments. So, now we move into the Parks and Greenspaces. So, Birmingham Park is our first one. It’s a 200-acre park that is very popular particularly among the equestrian community today. So, that plan, now we’re showing a little bit of a different symbology here. So, what you can see is the lines that are dashed in green are natural Regular Meeting of the Milton City Council Monday, July 6, 2020 at 6:00 pm Page 15 of 33 15 surface trails that are decomposed granite or crushed stone. And those tend to be, we really targeted those to be the ones with more moderate terrain, so more people could access those a little bit more easily. Then we also have shown in the orange dashed line are the native surface trails. So, they might have a little bit more topography, and they would just be the native soil underneath. And you can also see they’re some crossing treatments. Now, underlying those, you can see under the existing facilities, there is that lighter orange color. So, some of these trails exist today, are in use. Some of them need some additional attention. They might have erosion-control issues, might need to do some clearing and grubbing. But it’s a combination in some places of fixing trails that exist, and in some cases, adding new trails. So, what we have in Birmingham Park includes 4.7 miles of native soil trails, 2.3 miles of decomposed granite trails, and 52 general and equestrian trailer parking spaces. Next, we have the Preserve at Cooper Sandy. So, this is a centrally-located Greenspace bond-fund property. This is one of the ones where I said we actually went in with a GPS unit and were able to digitize all of these by walking them with Dennis. So, that was a really exciting opportunity. The draft concept plan for Cooper Sandy includes 1.4 miles of native soil trails, 1.3 miles of decomposed granite trails, and 25 general parking spaces. And then our last is the Preserve at Lackey Road. So, this is another Greenspace bond-fund property. It’s a little bit more remote, but it’s got some really beautiful, naturally-occurring environmental areas including the large lake that you can see in the middle. So, for this, the draft concept plan includes 3.7 miles of native soil trails, 0.6 miles of decomposed granite trails, 0.1 miles of boardwalk, and roughly 19 to 20 general and equestrian trailer parking spaces. Now, the last area that is kind of more citywide is areas of safety concern. That was one of the other priorities, and so, we took a little bit of a different approach with the areas of safety. What you can see on the map here is a combination of, in the yellow dots, those are locations where we had bicycle and pedestrian crashes in a six-year time frame. Beyond that, then you can see the lines and Regular Meeting of the Milton City Council Monday, July 6, 2020 at 6:00 pm Page 16 of 33 16 the circles that were drawn in red are safety concerns that were identified by the community or by the Trail Advisory Committee. So, this gave us an idea of where some of, even if we don’t have observed crashes, we have concerns over safety. And you can see they’re in a number of different places throughout the City. So, we took a little bit of a policy-framework approach on that. And you can see there we have a number of – oops, my iPod is acting up. So, we have three different phases that we’re approaching from that. So, first is identifying the key corridors where we really need to focus. So, that’s understanding are their opportunities for lane reconfiguration. We know a lot of the roads are very narrow, winding, not a lot of shoulders, and this has been a conversation since the first transportation plan back in 2008. And so, we know over time, the City has been working to create additional shoulder space when the resurfacing has happened. And the shoulders can be built out, so really go in and identify where can we adjust some lane configurations, where can we have some traffic-calming implementation. And then also looking back to the 2016 comprehensive transportation plan, considering the bicycle priority network that was recommended as a part of that plan recognizing that some corridors might be better as bicycle priority facilities and others might be better prioritized for vehicles. So, that’s kinda the first step. Then going on to the Phase Two which really focuses on the systemic policy recommendations, looking at places where we can be putting in flashing signals or HAWK signals, any sort of pedestrian crossing, wayfinding, and signage-type pieces that can also help to educate on where we should be crossing safely and then developing policy guidance associated with the bicycle priority network including an education campaign, and then finally, once those projects are identified working to advance and implement those individual projects. So, that’s the framework that we’ve outlined for the areas of safety concern. So, beyond that then, that’s really the conclusion of the overall plan itself, and so, next steps would include any sort of document edits coming from the Council or from the public and then looking forward to plan adoption and then further Regular Meeting of the Milton City Council Monday, July 6, 2020 at 6:00 pm Page 17 of 33 17 implementation on the part of the City. So, that includes the presentation, and I’m happy to answer along with Parag if you have any questions. Mayor Lockwood: Before we do questions, Sudie, do we have any public comment? Sudie: No, sir, we do not. Mayor Lockwood: Okay. All right. Certainly, first up, I wanna just thank everybody that’s involved from our staff, Dr. Maloney, citizens, [inaudible] [00:36:30]. It’s interesting. This is something that, in fact, Brian’d probably remember 13 years ago, 14 years ago, us discussing. And when you talk to people, and you say, “Wouldn’t it be great to have a trail system that goes North/South, East, West, everybody can connect, walk, ride a bike, horses, whatever?” And everybody was all gung-ho for it. It’s overwhelming. And long story short, it’s going through different variations and whatnot, and then you get digging into it, and then all of a sudden, people’s ideas change. And my favorite is somebody doesn't want it, and you say, “Well, I thought you were for it.” And they say, “Well, I thought I liked it when it was in somebody else’s yard, but…” So, anyways, my point is it’s a very tough thing to do something that everybody’s happy with and all that, but you guys have done a good job looking at the overall goal and worked hard to achieve that. So, just wanna thank everybody that’s been involved to this point, so I know it’s been a lot of hard work. So, with that, I’ll open up to if Council has any questions… Carol: I have. Mayor Lockwood: Carol, comments? Carol: Thank you very much. I don’t quite understand the flow of the money. So, as we’re focused on Milton Country Club, and then we have all these aspirational opportunities, who’s the best person to answer that? Dr. Maloney: Probably me. Carol: Okay. Regular Meeting of the Milton City Council Monday, July 6, 2020 at 6:00 pm Page 18 of 33 18 Dr. Maloney: So, they did an excellent job of tiering out how they wanted to approach the projects. And credit to them, they actually created one that it’s achievable. With our current [inaudible] funding and some of the other dollars we believe we could leverage in addition to our current CIP plan, there’s no reason that we can’t at least stay somewhat in line with that plan so long as there’s no shift in priorities or significant revenue drops that we’re not currently forecasting. This doesn't have to be done separate and apart from the Milton Country Club though the Milton Country Club is not part of this plan. And there may be times that you’ll have some competing projects across parks to be able to make them happen. Then you as a Council will have to determine what your priority is, but they have set a plan here that is doable which is not the easiest thing to do. And I do believe over – they did obviously identify some aspirational goals which’ll – that may or may not happen. But all the other ones, those are very doable objectives under our current financial structure. Mayor Lockwood: Laura? Laura: I just have a few comments. I wanted to respond to Dr. Maloney’s suggestion on reconvening the Trail Plan Committee because thanks to the vision of our staff and Mayor and Council we tapped the brakes when we started to get very serious implementing these throughout Central Milton. And to everyone’s credit, we came up with this plan which is, I think, a great plan which prioritizes connectivity in Crabapple and Deerfield and then what was new we the Greenspace. We introduced $25 million worth of Greenspace, and perhaps maybe destination trails are the way to go. And that’s what I see that’s so great in this plan is prioritizing were those trails go along with Birmingham Park. I can’t say enough times to concentrate our equestrian efforts in Birmingham Park, we can’t do everything in everything park for everyone. For example, the same holds true with ADA compliance. I think we need to try to concentrate those measures in certain parks, learn from it, and then see if it can apply in other parks. So, I would love to see the Trail Plan Committee reconvened for Regular Meeting of the Milton City Council Monday, July 6, 2020 at 6:00 pm Page 19 of 33 19 staff have that group to check back with on the implementation of this plan, so that it’s a living document. My other thoughts are, as I mentioned, Birmingham Park. I’d the detail that I saw in there, the trailer parking. Always would be great to have a water source, and I know that I saw that in there. That’s what makes it a legitimate equestrian use, and then also some emergency accommodations for loose horses, someone gets in trouble out there. And then also for Birmingham, if we’re gonna have equestrian use out there, and it is absolutely the most perfect place, I think we can attract people to larger parcels here by having that draw in the cornerstone of our community. We just need to make sure that it’s safe for everyone that uses it by keeping dogs on leashes especially there. The other part of this is the Greenspace, the destination Greenspace parks, and I was very thankful for the hard work that y’all did on the funding, but I really would like to see more emphasis put on public/private partnerships and utilizing land trusts. I think that it wouldn’t be a surprise that we intend to put easements on this Greenspace forever so that future Councils don’t feel that this in play for anything but passive-use Greenspace. So, those easements can bring us revenue, and we can try to use that mitigation credits from companies that need places to do waterway improvements. That could be some of these Greenspace areas with water. I also liked the detail of the signage, getting that up as soon as possible. I know that in order to put a sign up we have to name it, and I think that’s coming up in our next Council Meeting, maybe. So, when folks get their tax bill, and they see what they’re paying for with their bond money, they can know, “Hey, that’s a Greenspace park.” And as soon as we get a sign-up, they’re gonna wanna park there and go check it out. So, I appreciate the funding of something practical, just to get a trail cut and a couple parking spaces. The safety concerns and my final comments on that are with regard to the speed limits on gravel roads, I know that wasn’t a big part of this plan, but I think that our gravel roads are such a draw for trails, and we decided, no, we don’t want side paths there. But they’re always gonna be utilized, and I think dropping the speed limit so that we can try to deter cut-through traffic and utilize it more as a trail. Also, the citywide speed limit was briefly Regular Meeting of the Milton City Council Monday, July 6, 2020 at 6:00 pm Page 20 of 33 20 mentioned in here, and walkability throughout the City is going to do nothing but increase if people feel safe getting onto some of these side paths and sidewalks. So, and I know that we had just an update last week on our progress on putting forward a citywide speed limit study so that we can start to address that in all areas of the City. It’s of tremendous importance especially to the equestrian community on open roads. Those are my comments, and I think that as a city, we have three things that will differentiate us forever, and that is our Greenspace, our parks, and our trails. And so, as this converges into a tremendous quality of life that we can have, I think that it does warrant having an active Trail Committee so that we can engage them as needed. So, thank you so much for your hard work. I know it was a huge stakeholder group, and I appreciate all that they did as well. Mayor Lockwood: Anybody else, questions, comments? Paul? Paul: Just back to a couple of comments that Council Member Bentley has said. I agree also with the idea of an ongoing Trails Committee is an important one to ensure that the vision and continuity of this has carryover, and we continue to engage the community on those things as we execute them but also what the next evolution will bring. I’ve had a chance through the nudging of Council Member Bentley as well to do a little bit of homework on the funding, public, private funding. I happen to have a family member who’s involved in stream mitigation funding, and this is out of state, not here. But it at least gave me a quick education on some of the value of that and some of the roles that they play. And there seems to be a constant source of funding and very few places to spend. So, I would encourage us to take a hard look at that as a resource for us in Georgia as well, and last to applaud the work of our very capable consultants finally listened to some of the key messages. I shouldn’t say finally, because we did have some excellent exchange throughout, and the end product is a very good product. Thank you. Christina: And I will say on the public/private partnerships, we took a more conservative approach on funding. So, if the City can find other Regular Meeting of the Milton City Council Monday, July 6, 2020 at 6:00 pm Page 21 of 33 21 avenues to increase the resources, I think that’s fabulous. And what it means is that you can implement things faster. So, I would definitely encourage you to explore some of those unique funding strategies. Mayor Lockwood: Okay, all right, well. There’s no other questions. Thank you very much, and again, everybody else that’s involved and also presented tonight, thank you. Christina: And thank you to the Committee and the staff. I am really am excited about where we have come to, so. Thank you all. Mayor Lockwood: Do we need anymore – do we need to take some direction? Does staff need any direction, or…? Dr. Maloney: I love what I’m hearing which means we only have to do some basic edits and then get it back before you for a vote. I just wanna make sure you’re all aware of that. You will not see this again, now, correct, until this comes back for a vote which is gonna be in short order. Parag: So, again, thank you for all the great feedback. So, the next steps are we will make some of the changes which the Council Members have told us to make. And we plan to bring this back in front of the City Council on July 20th for the final vote. Laura: And I just, I – one last, I wasn’t able to hear the detail of the public comment about the Cogburn Road. So, I just would ask that maybe if you could look at that, and – Parag: Yes. Laura: – because I didn’t turn to the page on time to see. Sorry, it was Hopewell Road that was the pointed-out concern. Male Speaker: About the – Mayor Lockwood: Let me suggest that, Sudie, if you wouldn’t mind, could and, Steve, if it’s okay with you, have that public comment emailed to Council. And then again, in the next short future, if Council has any more comments or whatever, certainly feel from to share. Parag: Yes, definitely, as the mayor said, we still 14, 15 more days to go, Regular Meeting of the Milton City Council Monday, July 6, 2020 at 6:00 pm Page 22 of 33 22 if you hear from any other Milton residents, if you want to give some more feedback, more than happy to make those edits, and again, want to bring this back in front of the City Council. Mayor Lockwood: And we can still discuss that at the actual meeting, too. Parag: Yes. Mayor Lockwood: But if, Sudie, if you don’t mind getting that public comment that way, just to be refreshed for Laura’s comment. All right, thank you very much. Sudie, if you would, please sound the items on the first person. Sudie: First item is consideration of an ordinance to amend Chapter 4 Section 85 Farm Wineries, of the Alcoholic Beverages of the Code of the City of Milton, Georgia. The is Agenda Item No. 20-182. Our second and final, first presentation item is consideration of an ordinance to amend the Milton Tree Conservation Ordinance to provide a time extension on the ability to use the density-based tree conservation ordinance or the canopy-based tree conservation ordinance in the City Code, Agenda Item No. 20-183. Mayor Lockwood: Okay, do I have a motion for approval of the first presentation reading? Laura: Mayor, I’d like to make a motion to approve the first person reading as read by the City Clerk. Joe: Second. Mayor Lockwood: 'Kay. I have a motion for approval of the first presentation items from Council Member Bentley with a second from Council Member Longoria. All in favor, please say aye. City Council: Aye. Mayor Lockwood: That’s unanimous. Okay, we have no items under Public Hearing, Zoning Agenda, or Unfinished Business. So, we’ll move on to our new business. Sudie, if you’d please sound that item. Sudie: This is consideration of an agreement and certification statement with Fulton County for the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act funding, Agenda Item No. 20-184, Mr. Matt Marietta. Regular Meeting of the Milton City Council Monday, July 6, 2020 at 6:00 pm Page 23 of 33 23 Mayor Lockwood: I don’t see Matt. Female Speaker: Matt is attending via Zoom. Mayor Lockwood: Oh, didn’t recognize him. Sorry. Female Speaker: Hold on just a moment. Hold on just a moment, Matt. We are able to hear him. Mayor Lockwood: So, will Matt be on our screen? Female Speaker: He’s just gonna be on the – he doesn't have a presentation. He’s just speaking. Mayor Lockwood: Right. Female Speaker: If we can get it to work, hold on just a moment. Hold on one moment, Matt, we’re trying to see if we can get the video or audio working in the Council Chambers. Male Speaker: Sounds like something. Matt: Hello. Female Speaker: There he is. You’re working, Matt. Matt: Okay, I’m sorry. I’m trying to turn down my audio on my feed, so we don’t have feedback. So, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, or the CARES Act, was passed by Congress and signed into law on March 27th, 2020. Among other things, it provided funds for local governments to support their responses and to recover from the COVID-19 disaster. The initial funds were distributed based on the population that the government was serving. So, several of the Metro Counties, the City of Atlanta, and Fulton County received funds, but the smaller municipalities in Fulton County did not. The County itself received, I believe, $104 million for relief out of this initial grant package from the Fed. And they voted on June 3rd to allocate $2.5 million to support the other cities in Fulton County, not what the City of Atlanta, but the other municipalities in Fulton County, to help them cover COVID-19- Regular Meeting of the Milton City Council Monday, July 6, 2020 at 6:00 pm Page 24 of 33 24 related expenses. This grant will only cover things that were not budgeted, items that were specifically COVID-19-related, and so, we have pursued this possibility along with several other grant opportunities. But given the ongoing impact of this, we thought it would be worthwhile to bring this before to see if we can see reimbursement for expenses specifically between March 1st and May 15th. So, it doesn't cover the entirety of the disaster. It only covers a discreet period in that disaster. And the two documents that would need to be agreed to tonight is the contract for the CARES Act funding and also a certification on the part of the City that stipulates that we’re not offsetting planned expenses, that we’re not asking for the same funds from multiple different sources and other things to make sure that we’re following the regulations of the CARES Act and also being financially clear in the funding and how we’re using it. And I would be happy to – oh, the total amount that the City would be asking for in this is approximately $23,000.00 in relief aid with no match. And that represents real expenses of the City between March 1st and May 15th for the COVID response. And I would be happy to answer any questions that y’all have. Mayor Lockwood: A there any questions for Matt on that? Okay, no questions, Matt, thank you for that. Matt: Definitely. Mayor Lockwood: All right, anything else on that, team, staff, Steven? Laura: Vote. Male Speaker: And the only thing we’ll need is the approval of this to get – and I’m gonna need to this electronically down to the County first thing in the morning. Mayor Lockwood: Okay. All right, I think I have the documents, so I’ll open up for a motion if there’s no comments. Joe: Mayor, I move that we approve Agenda Item No. 20-184. Paul: Second. Regular Meeting of the Milton City Council Monday, July 6, 2020 at 6:00 pm Page 25 of 33 25 Mayor Lockwood: 'Kay, I have a motion for approval from Council Member Longoria with a second from Council Member Jamison. All in favor, please say aye. City Council: Aye. Mayor Lockwood: That’s unanimous. Thank you, Matt. Matt: Thank you. Mayor Lockwood: All right, Sudie, will you please sound the second New Business Item? Sudie: Our final item this evening is Council consideration of proposed consent order in connection with quiet title action filed by NR DEED, LLC, Civil Action File No. 2019-CV-323925, Agenda Item No. 20-185, Mr. Chris Hamilton. Atty Hamilton: Thank you, thank you, Mr. Mayor, and, Council. And my name’s Chris Hamilton. I’m here on behalf of Ken Jarrard. I’m his law partner, and I wanted to, I know that you had had a discussion with Sarah Van Valkenburg from my office concerning this tax matter. This consent order provides us with the best ability to get ourselves out of litigation and get the two years of taxes that we’re entitled to get under the law. I’m happy to, I know that you had a discussion with Sarah. I’m happy to answer any questions concerning the consent order or concerning tax executions in general. But I don’t wanna plow new ground if this is something that you’ve already covered in Executive Session. Mayor Lockwood: I’ll open up, anybody have any questions for Chris on that? So, we’re probably good. I did wanna say, we had Ken on our agenda, and I was thinking, “Wow, Ken sure is looking a whole lot better and all that and not wearing those silly little ties anymore, so there goes that.” No, but thank you, Chris. Atty Hamilton: May I have permission to pass that along to him? Mayor Lockwood: Sure. So, obviously, from a legal standpoint, this is you guys’ recommendation? Regular Meeting of the Milton City Council Monday, July 6, 2020 at 6:00 pm Page 26 of 33 26 Atty Hamilton: This is the recommendation. If we’re in litigation then we have no – we can’t advance a better claim than the two years of taxes that we’re talking about here. And I have some ideas that I would like to talk with Stacy about going forward that might be helpful to prevent this situation in the future. But I think I should probably have that conversation with her before bringing it to the full Council. Mayor Lockwood: Okay. All right, so if there’s no questions, I’ll open up for a motion. Laura: Mayor, I’d like to make a motion to approve Agenda Item No. 20- 185. Paul: Second. Mayor Lockwood: Okay, I have a motion for approval from Council Member Bentley with a second from Council Member Moore. All in favor, please say aye. City Council Aye. Mayor Lockwood: That’s unanimous. All right, we’ll move on to reports. Is there anything that the Council wants a report on? 'Kay, just a comment, I hope everybody had a good 4th of July. I think I’ve talked to a few of ya. It seems like, and I know we’re – the ongoing discussion on fireworks, and we’ll be looking at it again, but unfortunately, it’s above our heads. But it seems like there was more this year even though we publicized more about the concerns and whatnot which I wanna thank the City and Greg for doing that. Thought we did a great job at that, but I think we all noticed. It seemed like because there was no public fireworks, it looks like a lot of individuals must’ve done fireworks. So, but is there anything Council wants a report on? Laura: No, I just wanted to also thank the efforts of the Communications Team on the fireworks and the video that the Milton Equestrian Committee put out. I think that goes a long way, the education and the engagement of the City. I didn’t get any emails this year. I think people clearly understood that the City’s trying their best to make people aware of converging uses, so. It was intense, but it was also pretty concentrated. Regular Meeting of the Milton City Council Monday, July 6, 2020 at 6:00 pm Page 27 of 33 27 Mayor Lockwood: Okay, All right. Well, then we’ll move on to Staff and Fire. And the Chief’s looking a whole lot better, too, isn’t he? Oh, yeah, that’s Mark. Mark: Good evening, Mayor, and, Council. Mark Stephens, Deputy Fire Chief standing in for Robert Edgar who’s enjoying some vacation right now. Just a quick update from the Fire Department, starting with COVID-19 our Fire Stations still remain closed to the public. We are doing community outreach remotely and safely following all of the social distance guidelines, etc. We were able to participate in two long-standing traditions this 4th of July. With two subdivisions, we lead a walking bicycle parade. The kids decorate bicycles, and the fire truck comes and leads ‘em out. We just weren’t able to do the Touch A Truck and the things we do normally at the end of those parades. But we’re still trying to get out there when we can and be seen and support the community. The COVID-19 call volume, there’s been the recent uptick we all know about with cases in the state and in the community. But our call volume is really not representative of that. We’re still basically where we’ve been since this started as far as our responses to COVID-related calls. And our PPE burn rate is still very minimal, so we feel very secure with our cache of equipment and PPE supply. So, everything is fine as far as that goes. Staffing is presenting a few challenges. I don't know if you know, but we had three recent resignations, couple folks moved out of state, and one decided to change departments. We have made two job offers, one gentleman joining us from Florida starts next Monday. And we have a candidate who is not certified, and they will start training at the Georgia Public Safety Training Center at the end of the month. So, we’ve got those two job offers already signed, and we have five other candidates that we’re interviewing right now. So, we expect to be back to full staffing here within the next month or so. Most of you know, but Fulton County Government, to promote the 2020 Census put out a Fire Station Challenge to submit a video with some parameters. Couldn’t be more than a minute long, had to explain how the census helps the public, and I’m proud to say that our department, Regular Meeting of the Milton City Council Monday, July 6, 2020 at 6:00 pm Page 28 of 33 28 the creative minds, pooled together. And we submitted a video, and we got First Place in the County, but first place does not mean we won because Roswell got the Champion Prize. So, it was creative how they worded, but first place is actually second place, so. But we’re still proud of that, and we had a lot of fun doing that. And then lastly, we did not have any major incidents with fireworks in the City of Milton over the 4th of July holiday. However, we did assist our partners in Alpharetta with two houses late Saturday night that were tied to fireworks. One was very minor, started in the bushes, and worked up the siding of the house. And unfortunately, the other one, when it got on the roof, got in the attic and ran the attic. So, we did have a little trouble with that. But any questions for the Fire Department? Mayor Lockwood: Any questions? Mark, as always, thank you for everything that you and all your guys do for us. Mark: Glad to do it. Thank you. I have to clean my own mess. Mayor Lockwood: Okay, Greg? Greg: So, I guess this is my first time doing this in-person even though I’ve been here plenty. I’ve been here seven months, seems about seven years or so, but it’s been all good. And I really enjoyed every moment, so thanks again for having me. I also know to speak in the mic. I should know that. So, a lot of things we’ve done before we were continually doing, social media updates. So, if you see any things from Community Scenes, the Council Recaps, a lot of more, we’re trying to keep that up. It’s a little challenging when we don’t have city events in the same way, but we try to be creative as much as we can. There’s a lot of answering questions. We’re getting more via social media than before, and email, and also, a priority is communication to our citizens. So, things like our – I don't know if you saw that about our outdoor facility rental policy has changed, things like that. Council Previews is a priority for us that continues. And communications with specific stakeholders, later this week you’ll see something for Milton Country Club neighbors whether they’re pool-pass holders, that sort of thing, to target people as much as we can. Another one of our focuses is informing you all, Regular Meeting of the Milton City Council Monday, July 6, 2020 at 6:00 pm Page 29 of 33 29 the elected officials because I think that it’s important that you know as much as you can, what’s happening. And also, in tandem with that, we wanna keep city staff informed, and that’s a priority for us. Communications is not just outreach. It’s also within, and I think you guys are part of the team, and it’s important that you know as ambassadors what’s going on. It’s also important that all our city staff know what’s going on as much as we can because it’s a lot of evolving. We don’t want siloes. We want people to be engaged and part of this team effort. So, that being said, there’s been, since I think I talked to you last, with my partner in crime, Courtney, except not he crime part, who’s with Communications Engagement, so, we’ve, as you know, special events and things like that are not happening in the same way. But we are trying to be creative about things. And we’re trying to do different things. So, we’ve, for example, are creating project web pages like the trails fund you just heard about. We completed the city-wide 2019 Annual Report. We’re working on the Police Department Annual Report. We did things like the pool permit workshop with our Community Development Department. So, there’s different ways we can outreach, and that’s a combination of in-person and Zoom and electronically, all that thing. So, we mentioned a little bit about the fireworks things. That was kind of big effort from the – we had four different videos. I wanna thank Police and Fire in addition to Susan Kimball for being such a gracious host. And we were able to spin that to not just one video but four different videos because frankly, people don’t necessarily wanna sit through 10 minutes, but they’ll sit through 10 one-minute videos. So, it’s just a way to be creative about it in addition to different things. One of the best parts about that is that this content should be timeless that we’ve kind of designed it that way, so next time Labor Day and Memorial Day and whatever rolls around, that we still have a good stockpile of information. So, you don’t have to reinvent the wheel every single time. And that web page was also designed for that. And also, just kind of coming soon later this month, we are finally on track to relaunch our redesigned website, hopefully by the end of the month. Regular Meeting of the Milton City Council Monday, July 6, 2020 at 6:00 pm Page 30 of 33 30 If all goes well, it’ll look different, but it’ll be hopefully more intuitive, more useful. So, that is a – and I wanna thank Jen Hartwig for that, for really kind of spearheading that. She’s part of our team because she’s been basically—it’s been about 75% of her job lately to do that. One thing I talk about being creative with events, so Independence Day, there was no walking parade this year because – it’s not just the walking parade part; it’s really the gathering before and after. And we didn’t know if we could do that safely. We’ve kinda been similar to our North Fulton communities have done, but we still had six or seven social media posts, trivia, engaging content, festive pictures. We had Trisha Wolf from our team went out on July 4th and took some pictures of some things including our firefighters. And that’s something that we really appreciate, and it’s part of our efforts to be – where you have to work harder to engage because you can’t do it in the traditional ways. You have to be more creative about it, and hopefully, try to reach people in different ways. One major change since we last spoke is that in addition to Council, the committees and boards and resuming, and one of the things we also still realized that a lot of people still can’t come out or don’t come out. So, we’re putting more of those on Zoom and Facebook Live as well. So, it’s not just Council. And also, we are previewing those and recapping those. So, it’s kind of could be a few extra things every week, but that’s important. But I think it’s really valuable because it shows not only what the Council does but what the entirety of the City Government does and all these volunteers that you have nominated for these committees, what they’re doing. We’ll have a DRB meeting tomorrow night, and that’s something will also – for example, Partnering Commission, other things like that. And people are noticing things that they didn’t notice before. So, it’s part of our commitment to transparency and then showing the breadth and the depth of our government action. So, and just kinda in closing, I wanted – that continues our general mission to engage, inform, and connect with Milton residents. Wanted to highlight one of the important things for me is remind them that COVID-19 is with us. I’m not if you saw today that Alpharetta testing site for Fulton County finished – cut off Regular Meeting of the Milton City Council Monday, July 6, 2020 at 6:00 pm Page 31 of 33 31 appointments in the late morning, and that’s the earliest they’ve ever done. So, it’s kind of a sign that – another indication that this is not going away needless to say. So, we’re trying to keep people reminded of that in different things like that. And generally, we want to stress honestly, transparency, humility. I think is important, and to be service to our citizens, and that’s really important for the communications aspect especially. We’re working with our citizens not against them, so. So, any questions? Mayor Lockwood: Any questions for Greg? No, but thank you very much. Greg: Sure. Thank you. EXECUTIVE SESSION Mayor Lockwood: Appreciate that. Okay, do I have a motion to adjourn in Executive Session to discuss personnel? Joe: So moved. Peyton: Second. Mayor Lockwood: Okay, I have a motion from Council Member Longoria with a second from Council Member Jamison. All in favor to move into Executive Session, all in favor, please say aye. City Council: Aye. Motion and Vote: Councilmember Longoria moved to adjourn into Executive Session. Councilmember Jamison seconded the motion. The motion passed (6-0). Councilmember Mohrig was absent from the meeting. RECONVENE Mayor Lockwood: That’s unanimous. All right, do I have a motion to reconvene? Male Speaker: So moved. Regular Meeting of the Milton City Council Monday, July 6, 2020 at 6:00 pm Page 32 of 33 32 Female Speaker: Second. Mayor Lockwood: I have a motion and second to reconvene. All in favor, please say aye. City Council: Aye. Motion and Vote: Councilmember Longoria moved to reconvene back into the regular meeting. Councilmember Bentley seconded the motion. The motion passed (6-0). Councilmember Mohrig was absent from the meeting. ADJOURNMENT Mayor Lockwood: Do I have a motion to adjourn? Peyton: So moved. Paul: Second. Mayor Lockwood: I have a motion from Council Member Jamison, second from Council Member Moore to adjourn. All in favor, please say aye. City Council: Aye. Mayor Lockwood: That’s unanimous. Male Speaker: Thank you. Female Speaker: Hey, Laura, I left my phone here. Laura: Yeah. Motion and Vote: Councilmember Jamison moved to adjourn the regular meeting at 7:11 pm. Councilmember Moore seconded the motion. The motion passed (6-0). Councilmember Mohrig was absent from the meeting. Regular Meeting of the Milton City Council Monday, July 6, 2020 at 6:00 pm Page 33 of 33 33 Date Approved: August 17, 2020 __________________________________ _____________________________ Sudie AM Gordon, City Clerk Joe Lockwood, Mayor