HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - CC - 05/16/2022Regular Meeting of the Milton City Council
Monday, May 16, 2022
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' CALL TO ORDER
Mayor Jamison: Thank you. I'd like to call the regular meeting of the Milton City
Council for Monday, May 16, 2022 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, then please bring your
comment cards to the clerk as soon as possible, for the Milton rules
allow a speaker to turn in their comment card up until the clerk
calls the agenda item. Once the agenda item is called, no more
comment cards can be accepted. Now, I would like to take this
moment to welcome two very special guests.
We have Salter and Burke Lewis, who is being Mayor of the Day.
They've been fantastic. They toured the police and fire
headquarters today. They rode around in a fire truck. They took a
peek at the door to the evidence room. They didn't go in the
evidence room. They went into the interrogation room and they
had a wonderful time visiting City Hall today. And later on, you all
will be leading us in our Pledge of Allegiance so, thank you both
for coming. So, will the City Clerk please call the roll and make
general announcements?
' ROLL CALL
City Clerk: Good evening, Mayor and Council I'll be happy to call roll for the
May 16, 2022 regular meeting. I would like to remind those in
attendance to please silence all cell phones at this time: Those
attending the meeting who would like to make a public comment,
you are required to complete a public 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 representing an organization, you are required to
complete an affidavit 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 bring your comment
card to me now. Demonstration of any sort within the chamber is
prohibited. Please refrain from any applause, cheering, booing,
outbursts, or dialogue with anyone speaking. Anyone in violation
will be asked to leave.
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As I call roll this evening, please confirm your attendance. '
Mayor Peyton Jamison.
Mayor Jamison: Here.
City Clerk: Councilmember Paul Moore.
CM Moore: Here.
City Clerk: Councilmember Juliette Johnson.
CM Johnson: Here.
City Clerk: And Councilmember Carol Cookerly.
CM Cookerly: Here.
Mayor: Mayor Peyton Jamison present.
Councilmembers Present: Councilmember Paul Moore, Councilmember Juliette
Johnson, and Councilmember Carol Cookerly, '
Councilmembers Absent: Councilmember Andrea Verhoff, Councilmember Jan
C. Jacobus, and Councilmember Rick Mohrig.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
City Clerk: And Mayor, for the record, Councilmembers Andrea Verhoff. Jan
Jacobus, and Rick Mohrig are absent. I'd like to now turn it over to
our Mayor of the Day, Mr. Mayor Salter Lewis.
Mayor of the Day
Salter Lewis: Would everyone please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance?
All: 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.
APPROVAL OF MEETING AGENDA
Mayor Jamison: Great job. We're going to come down and give you some '
certificates. Okay, will City Clerk please say the next item?
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' City Clerk: I'll be happy to, Mayor. That next item is approval of the meeting
agenda, agenda item number 22-154.
Mayor Jamison: Okay. I would like to add an executive session to discuss land
acquisition, personnel, or potential litigation.
CM Moore: Mayor, I'd like to make a motion that we approve tonight's
meeting agenda with the addition of an executive session for the
purposes read into the meeting.
CM Johnson: Second.
Mayor Jamison: Okay. I have a motion from Councilmember Moore, a second from
Councilmember Johnson to approve the meeting agenda as
amended. All in favor, please say aye.
CM Johnson: Aye.
CM Moore: Aye.
' CM Cookerly: Aye.
Motion and Vote: Councilmember Moore moved to approve the Meeting
Agenda with the following amendment:
• Add an Executive Session to discuss Land Acquisition, Potential Litigation,
and Personnel.
Councilmember Johnson seconded the motion. The motion passed (4-0).
Councilmember Verhoff, Councilmember Jacobus, and Councilmember Mohrig
were absent from the meeting.
PUBLIC COMMENT
Mayor Jamison: Any opposed? All right, that's unanimous. Next is general public
comment. Do I have any general public comment?
City Clerk: Mayor, I do not have any general public comment tonight.
CONSENT AGENDA
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Mayor Jamison: Okay. So I will waive the public comment information and I will
ask you to call the next item.
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City Clerk: And Mayor, that will be our consent agenda. I will start with '
Agenda AAVs approval of the May 2nd, 2022 regular City Council
meeting minutes, agenda item number 22-155.
Item B is approval of the May 9, 2022 work session Council
meeting minutes, agenda item number 22-156.
Item C is approval of change order number one to the public works
maintenance and operations services agreement with Tri Scapes for
removal of stonn water inspections and reallocation of that funding
allowances for supplemental task orders. It's agenda item number
22-157.
Item D is approval of change order number two for professional
services agreement between the city of Milton and Tunnell-
Spangler and Walsh known as TSW for the preparation of the
united development code UDC to extend the timeline for project
completion. It's agenda item number 22-158.
Item E is approval of financial statements and investment report
for period six of March 2022, agenda item number 22-159. Mayor
Jamison? '
Mayor Jamison: Thank you. I'd like to open up for a motion.
CM Moore: I would like to make a motion that we approve the consent agenda
as read.
CM Johnson: Second.
Mayor Jamison: Okay. I have a motion from Councilmember Moore and a second
from Councilmember Johnson to approve the consent agenda as
read. All in favor, please say aye.
CM Johnson: Aye.
CM Moore: Aye.
CM Cookerly: Aye.
Motion and Vote: Councilmember Moore moved to approve the Consent
Agenda as read. Councilmember Johnson seconded the motion. The motion
passed (4-0). Councilmember Verhoff, Councilmember Jacobus, and
Councilmember Mohrig were absent from the meeting. I
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REPORTS AND PRESENTATIONS
Mayor Jamison: Any oppose? That's unanimous. Okay, so we will move on to
reports and presentations. Will the City Clerk please say the first
item?
City Clerk: Mayor, that item is proclamation recognizing Memorial Day.
Mayor?
Mayor Jamison: Thank you. As we all know, we have Memorial Day coming up on
May 30th. We're going to have our ceremony at Freedom Park that
Monday from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. It's gonna hopefully, be
fantastic weather and I hope everyone will come out and honor the
Memorial Day. So, it is my honor to read this proclamation.
Whereas, Memorial Day was first proclaimed on May 5th, 1868 by
US Gen. John Logan and 100 years later, Congress determined that
the holiday would occur annually on the last Monday of May; and
Whereas, the first shots of the American Revolution through the
Civil War, two World Wars, and more recent conflicts in Iraq and
Afghanistan, members of the US military have fought valiantly and
served honorably; and
Whereas, we will never forget the more than one million
Americans who have died to preserve our freedom, as well as the
tens of thousands who are prisoners of war or declared missing in
action; and
Whereas, the state of Georgia and Milton, particularly was home to
many such men and women who selflessly answered the call to
serve our nation and fought for freedom; and
Whereas, on this Memorial Day, we honor those heroes who made
the ultimate sacrifice and in so doing continue to inspire us; and
Whereas, we invite the community to remember them during a
special ceremony on May 30 at Milton's Freedom Park.
Now therefore, we, the mayor and City Council of the city of
Milton, Georgia, hereby dedicate and proclaim Monday, May 30,
2022 as Memorial Day in the city of Milton and call this
observance to the attention of all our citizens.
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This is given under my hand and seal in the City of Milton,
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Georgia on the 16th day May of 2022. So, I hope everyone will '
come out Monday and have a good time. I guess there's no
proclamation or any presentation for anybody else.
City Clerk:
Well, there'll be some that you might present at that actual
ceremony and it will be from 10:00 to 11:00.
Mayor Jamison:
Great. And all the information is on the city website. So, we will
move on to the next item.
City Clerk:
Next item is the community development update; our Community
Development Director Mr. Bob Buscemi.
Mr. Buscemi:
Good evening, Mayor and Council. I promise to keep it as short as
we can, but as you can see, I have the group here; part of the
group. Not the whole group, but part of the group. The way we set
things up, I really feel like we have a good, high -performing team.
[00:12:08] We've set things up where everybody takes a lead on
certain items. And then, it's their responsibility to get that
accomplished and completed, and everybody is helping everybody
but there's always a lead. So, I see groups coming up presenting
their own individual accomplishments. We missed last month's
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report, so this month's a little longer. So, I'll just give you a couple
quick ones.
All right. So, with new employees, we have a new site inspector.
The new site inspector started today; Craig. I'll have him come in
at the next meeting. Every time we have a new employee start, we
usually I let them slip until the next one and then I'll bring them in
and introduce them to you. But he started today, so I think we got a
good find. He was working with Forsyth County. He worked with
Cherokee County. He had a lot of experience. So he'll be taking on
Josh, who was in that role. And Josh moved over to Public Works
to assist them so that left that open. So then, we filled it with Craig,
and I'll introduce you to him next week.
But I'm glad we found somebody good because it's one of those
positions where it backs up real fast and we have a lot of
inspections every day coming through. And the building official
position is still open, but I have the interim building official here
tonight just to give you some updates on what we've been doing
with him.
Fire station 42 site construction has started, so the project is '
underway officially and shop drawing submittals are in. So, in the
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' beginning, you have — while'they're doing some of the site work,
we're doing all the shop drawings and submittals. That's when
we're buying the project out, selecting all the products. Today,
that's critical because of scheduling and product availability, so we
have kind of changed my formula a little bit on how to run these
things. We're buying everything out a whole lot earlier that we
normally would. Normally, I would buy it out as we progress
through.
Now, I'm ordering windows and doors from day one. So, it's
almost like you have — these things are almost a year out on some
of them. That's kind of a crazy purchasing policy but I've really
changed everything to maintain schedule.
And then, cross training within the department has been another
huge initiative. With the help from Steve, we've really pushed on
cross training. It's an initiative that I really wanted to start. We've
created a department training program, so cross training is,
everybody's kind of helping out, teaming, and everybody's training
from one another within the department. So, that's been working
' out really well. We're also doing a lot of field training, so the staff
is going out in the field. So, a building official might take
somebody out with him and say okay, this is what I'm looking at.
This is what it looks like.
Somebody else takes you out and says, this is what the site looks
like. There's a foundation. This is what we're looking at. It's really
important because I think people who just stay in the office aren't
seeing what's physically out there and the people that are out in the
sites aren't seeing what's in the office. So, they're sort of training
each other, so we getting much even review process and everybody
kinds educates each other. We work together as a team.
It's been very successful and it's something that I think is really
better than been tracking everything with Bernadette; hours of
training, what we're training, courses we're taking, really just not
going for a convention or something but really taking a course
where you get a certificate and you sort of elevate your standing in
the profession of what it is that you're looking to do. And
Bernadette's been helping me track everything. We're doing all the
SLPs and getting everything in. And I told Steve this morning, all
of this is really helping.
' I can honestly report to you all that everything I'm doing is just
really nurturing and helping the team to work. So, I think it's really
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great. I told you about Project Teams, where we're grouping up so '
everybody's in a team. Nobody's working alone. Somebody's the
lead, but there's always somebody behind him. You go on
vacation, you want to ask a question, you sort of want to team up
so you're not doing anything individually. You're not just out there
alone. So, it's kinda nice to have somebody to work with as a
group.
And then, board training, we'll have Robyn get up and talk about
board training because we've been doing a lot of board training.
Ms. MacDonald: Good evening, Mayor and City Council. So, with the change in
January, we have a lot of new members of our various boards. So,
we've been working hard on having training for them to get them
ready for their new jobs. So, January 26 we had training by our
City Attorney Paul Fricke to the planning commission. And then in
February 24, staff presented the Deerfield Highway 9 corridor
what's going on with that. And then, on March 23, we had a
presentation of the comp plan update 20/40, the short-term work
program so that the Planning Commission can get up to date on
where we were with them at that point in time.
They've asked us to give monthly updates on the comp plan and '
our status of our short-term work program to keep them up-to-date
on how that's going. February 15, the Board of Zoning Appeals,
along with the design review board have a joint training again by
the city attorney. And then, the Atlanta Regional Commission
sponsors a great training for our board members. And so, we had
one of our members from Planning Commission attend that. It was
a four -session training, a hybrid. A couple of them were in person,
a couple of them were online and I think she got a lot out of that.
And hoping that some more people will be able to participate if
they have a fall offering. So, staff is trying to give the tools to our
new board members and commission members so that they feel
comfortable and feel confident in doing what they've been asked to
do. So, thank you.
Mr. Buscemi: Now, we'll have the Building Department, Joe, the interim
Building Inspector, Chief Building Official. He'll be giving a —
they've been doing a lot of updates on policies and procedures.
Keep that up, keep it running and even get our ISO rating because
there is an ISO rating on buildings and we're looking at that as
well. I
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1 Mr. Stapleton: Good evening, Mayor, City Council, how are you this evening? I
would like to mention that there's several different things that I've
identified as a result of evaluating the building department. One
was the certificates of occupancy form that's currently been
updated. The ISO rating is very important. Also, there is another
rating, the International Accreditation Service, which is something
that the city might want to consider in the long-term. I will say
this, that you do have a great team here in the Community
Development Department.
They have been instrumental in allowing me to assess the
department and change a lot of different things and make
improvements. So, I will say this. In the short-term, standard
operating procedures are being looked at currently right now, and
departmental policies so, that's pretty much it at this particular
moment in time. But if there's any questions for me, please let me
know.
Mayor Jamison: Thank you.
' Mr. Buscemi: And I'm just going to have different staffs come up. We're going to
talk about bonds, what we've done with the bonds and then City
View Workshop which we've been telling you we wanted to do,
which we did. So, they'll go through that. The Planner of the Day
update because that's been very successful. Our strategic plan, War
Room, our project management initiatives, our Highway 9
beautification initiative, our tree canopy study, which I think you'll
be proud of.
We're doing it in-house rather than a consultant, and our place
making and branding. So, we'll just go through some of those. And
then, at the end, the permit techs will get up and tell you how many
permits we've been getting and how it looks.
Ms. Wildes: Good evening, Mayor, Council. In line with the review of our
standard operating procedures, staff has conducted a thorough
review of our bond process as it relates to development bonds
collected during the LDP process. Typically, our department
collects three bonds: a development bond, an erosion control bond,
and a landscape bond for trees. These bonds are secured in the
event the developer is unable to complete all work within the
project scope outlined in the construction drawings. There are two
types of bonds that are accepted, a cash bond or a paper, bond
' provided through a surety company.
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And this review has allowed staff to do several things. Number '
one, work with legal and confirm the accuracy of our bond
agreements, create a standard operating procedure for collecting
and reimbursing bonds, documenting and clarifying bond
requirements for developers. And then, it's allowed us to increase
our coordination with the finance department for tracking all bonds
and for recording their status.
Ms. Schnarre: Good evening, Mayor and Council. As Bob mentioned, we
recently held a City View public training. This was something that
we really wanted to roll out so that we could talk to members of
the community, so different contractors and homeowners who may
be using this process and really give them an overview of the
permitting process and then also dive in on frequently asked
questions.
We had nine people attend and we did it back in April, and we
were able to have a really extensive and productive question
answer session. So, I think we were able to identify some major
problems and then also solve some solutions and get some good
feedback from them.
Mr. Cardamon: Good evening, Mayor and Council. The Planner of the Day started '
on March 4 and since that time, we have processed over 170
questions. When a question is resolved, it is checked off in the
POD tracker. Our goal is a 24-hour response. Another great feature
is we are able to log repeat questions, and you'd be surprised how
many repeat questions we get throughout the week. This allows us
to give a unified and accurate response when we reply to questions.
Overall, this is a fast track of POD the last two months. I
appreciate your time.
Ms. Lim: Mayor and Council, tonight I want to to show to you our strategic
plan and short-term work program [inaudible] 100:23:59]. So, as
Bob said, it's really an exciting time and busy time for our
department and we have several exciting projects coming up this
year. One of these projects is the execution of our short-term work
program year one projects, so, it's pretty exciting. As part of our
approach to managing multiple projects, we have set up a war
room. And as you can see, we have maps, pictures, and a
spreadsheet of all our projects.
So, this room is designated for us for collaboration meetings with
team leaders and various stakeholders. So, if you happen to be in '
the Com Dev area, please stop by and pick out a room. Thank you.
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Ms. Schnarre: Me and Jackie have recently been working on the Com Dev project
management initiative. This is really about creating visual boards
for us to focus our long-term projects on. So, what you're seeing at
the bottom of the screen is actually examples of some of the
project management boards that we've created. And these are
basically outlines to most of our long-term projects. So, this is how
Com Dev is kind of keeping a finger on these. So, as you all come
and walk through Com Dev, you'll see these at the end of our
desks, visually checking off all of our progress as the project
progresses.
Ms. Jangam: Good evening, Mayor and Council. This is Shubha Jangam and
Chris.
Mr. Williams: Good evening, Mayor and Council.
Ms. Jangam: So, based on the input we received from some of the
councilmembers, there is a strong desire to scale up the look on the
Highway 9 corridor. As a first step, we have actually looked ahead,
analyzing what's there and making businesses comply with the
' current code. So, planners, many of us, and Code Compliance
working together on this project, we have identified more than 300
businesses on the Highway 9 corridor. We have taken pictures of
their buildings, premises, and signs and code enforcement is
reviewing their property maintenance issues, and I'm particularly
looking into the signs to make sure they are in compliance with our
sign code.
What you're seeing on the screen here is a GIS map where it's all
going to be documented and it's going to be an interactive map
later on. You can click on the business and find out if they are in
compliance or in violation. So, that's in the works right now. So,
essentially, this is a database that we can actually update
periodically. That's the plan.
Ms. DeWitt: Good evening, Mayor and Council. So, I am here to talk to you
about the tree canopy study. As you may be aware, the tree
conservation canopy ordinance requires the city to conduct a tree
canopy study in the fall of 2022. So, we are beginning preparation
for that. Right now, we are in the research phase and we are
looking at the previous studies that were conducted in 2012 and
2017 which were done using the i-Tree Canopy software. So, we're
' looking at using that software or if we can do something a little
better than the i-Tree Canopy.
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So, we're doing the research for that. I'm going to be working with '
Emily on that in Com Dev. She is now our new GIS person so, our
target is to have it completed by November 2020, and we will be
back to report the results to you then. Thank you.
Ms. Jupin: Good evening, Mayor and Council. Tonight, I'd just like to share a
brief overview of our placemaking initiative that we've begun
working on and why this is so important. Placemaking is the
philosophy and a practical process for transforming public spaces.
At its heart, it is a people -centered approach to the planning,
design, and management of public spaces. So, today, I simply
wanted to share more about this creative process and how it's
beginning to take shape and really come to life. At Bob's
suggestion, I have included an image of a roadmap that we
sketched out in its purest form, which are my messy notes.
But Bob has turned his sketches on a piece of paper or on a
whiteboard into this beautiful building that we are sitting in
tonight. So, I have full trust in him that sharing that piece is critical
for you to see where these ideas are all beginning. This roadmap
here has a five -step process to really get the community involved
in observing, planning, and really help shaping a place. In step one, I
you can't see it so I'll highlight them for you. It's defined place and
identify stakeholders.
In step one, we're identifying our entry points, marking the
businesses in each character area, and identifying the stakeholders
that are key to involve in the process from the very beginning and
to keep them involved throughout. In step two, were evaluating
space and identifying issues. We're exploring the possibility of
placemaking workshops, pop-up engagement, creative [inaudible]
[00:30:031 engagement and we're looking to take some valuable
lessons from our neighboring municipalities to not only develop
our brand but reveal it.
And now, step three, this is the part we have been referring to as
the heartbeat of this process. This is the place vision. This step is
where we hope to identify our mission, our statement goal. This is
where we will develop a unique description for each character
area, complete with concept plans and action plans.
Step four refers to short-term experiments and and management.
That will include things like public art, local programming, and
lighter development projects. '
And step five is long-term improvements and ongoing
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' reevaluation. Creating great places is an ever -evolving process,
ensuring that the vision for a space always mirrors the goals of
community is arguably the most crucial part of this process.
So, I look forward to providing more updates as we continue to
make progress on this initiative. We are looking to find a firm that
we can partner with, that we can lean on to provide expertise while
still keeping this a grassroots effort. This is really exciting. It's very
energizing. Milton is a unique city and we look forward to showing
the community just how powerful their collective vision can be. If
you have any questions, I'm happy to answer them.
Mayor Jamison: Thank you.
Ms. Citta: Good evening, Mayor and Council, and other staff members. Rema
and I quickly just have some numbers to report. We have been
going through creating the Georgia storm water report for other
staff members and it's a bimonthly report. And with that, we have
discovered that we have processed over 300 permit applications in
the last two months, a third of that being building, a third of that
' being trade permits, and the other third is pool, plumbing, sign
permits, just various permits that people submit for throughout the
day.
So, that gives us about an average of eight, nine permits that we
have to view every single day and that Rema has to issue permits
for every day. So, we'll keep these updated a little bit better as we
learn the system a little bit more, since we've switched over to City
View.
Mayor Jamison: Thank you. Any questions?
CM Cookerly: No questions for you, but thank you all to the staff. That was a
really fun presentation to hear all of you and to see your
participation and your contribution.
Mayor Jamison: A lot of good work ahead, thanks, Bob.
Mr. Buscemi: Sure, [inaudible] [00:33:101.
CM Moore: Yeah, top of our list of things to do today?
Mr. Buscemi: [Inaudible - Crosstalk].
' CM Cookerly: Are you buying dinner for them afterwards?
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CM Moore: Thank you all very much.
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Mayor Jamison: Okay, will the City Clerk please sound on the next item.
City Clerk: Mayor, that next item is discussion of RZ 2204, a text amendment
to prohibit outdoor storage in the Crabapple Form -Based code,
Article 19, Crabapple Form -Based Code. Ms. Robyn MacDonald.
Ms. MacDonald: Okay. Again, good evening, Mayor and City Council. Tonight, we
are going to be discussing the text amendments to the Zoning
Board minutes regarding the prohibition of outdoor storage in
Crabapple Deerfield Form -Based Codes. The purpose and the
objective, I'm sorry, these text amendments is to ensure the
beautification of the Crabapple and Deerfield Form -Based Code
the commercial retail areas. The objective of these text
amendments is to codify the prohibition of the storage or sale of
goods in parking lots or other areas outside of the interior or
permanently sheltered portions of a building.
So, you can see over here one of our target items that we, in the
past, have had issues with in the primarily Deerfield Form -Based
Code area and we'll continue on talking about that. At the March '
22nd CZIM meeting, there were no comments on this subject for
this text amendment. The planning commission unanimously
recommended approval of these two text amendments at their
April 27th meeting, as presented by staff. Like I said before,
historically, there have been issues with placement of drop off
boxes for clothing or other items for charities in parking lots within
the Deerfield Form -Based Code retail shopping areas.
Currently, there are prohibitions within the traditional zoning
districts, such as CI, ONI, MIX. Really, what we have left of those
are up at Birmingham Crossroads. But there are no prohibitions
specific to the Form -Based Code and that's what, within that code,
we have to go by what is within that portion of the Form -Based
Codes in Deerfield and Crabapple. So, that's why we're bringing
this to you as a text amendment.
There are occasions when an administrative permit is issued for
seasonal sales, such as Christmas trees or fireworks stands, which
would be permitted by an administrative permit. So, there are
certain exceptions to be able to have those type uses in parking lots
and other areas. So, this is the proposed text amendment. They're
exactly the same for both Deerfield and Crabapple but basically, it '
states the storage of goods or sale of goods in parking lots and
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other areas outside of the interior or permanently sheltered portions
of the building is prohibited, except as expressly permitted in
Chapter 64 zoning.
And then, under A, the sale of goods displayed under sheltered
portions of a building shall be brought inside the building prior to
closing of the business. So, this picture to the right of the Twisted
Thread, they do a great job of exactly what we're talking about,
where you may have display. There is a portion of the building that
covers that area and they bring in the display every night and so,
that's really what we want to see as far as display and nearby
adjacent to the buildings, but also addressing the issue of various
items getting placed in parking lots.
So, I'm happy to answer any questions you guys might have on the
subject or you're okay with it. There'll be a first reading right after
this and then, you'll make a vote on it in the first meeting in June.
Mayor Jamison: Robyn, so I know there's more to the code than we're looking at
tonight, but is that like seasonal things, when you've got, I don't
' know, right now probably not a good example. What is a good
example? I'm not sure it's within our footprint, but like Home
Depot, if it's seasonal plantings and they want to bring in racks and
racks and racks and expand their display into the parking lot area.
Is that covered by this?
Ms. MacDonald: Not exactly. That was all —
Mayor Jamison: Not necessarily, Home Depot as as the example, but —
Ms. MacDonald: — done prior to the — no, that was built and permitted before we
became the City of Milton, so they're grandfathered, that example
of the Home Depot or sometimes Walmart. Walmart's pretty good
about keeping it within the building area. But like for instance,
every year of the, they come with their tent permit for their
Christmas trees and greenery and that gets permitted through us for
their additional storage.
Mayor Jamison: Okay, thank you. Any questions? Okay.
Ms. MacDonald: Sounds good.
Mayor Jamison: Will the City Clerk please tell the next item?
' City Clerk: Mayor, to read the next item into the record, it's the discussion of
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RZ2205, a text amendment to prohibit outdoor storage in the '
Deerfield Form -Based Code Article 20, Deerfield Form -Based
Code, which Robyn just spoke of.
FIRST PRESENTATION
Mayor Jamison: Okay, so we'll on the first presentations. Would you please say on
the first item?
City Clerk: That item is consideration of U22-02 to request a use permit for an
indoor auditorium, section 64-1846 at 12630 Crabapple Road,
Suite 340 by Itaska Walk, LLC. Agenda item number 22-161.
Our B item, it's consideration of RZ2204, a text amendment to
prohibit outdoor storage in the Crabapple Form -Based Code
Article 19, Crabapple Form -Based Code, agenda item number 22-
162.
And finally, item C is consideration of RZ2205, a text amendment
to prohibit outdoor of storage in the Deerfield Form -Based Code
Article 20, Deerfield Form -Based Code, agenda item 22-163. I
Mayor?
Mayor Jamison: Thank you. I will open it up for a motion.
CM Moore: Mr. Mayor, I make a motion that we approve the first presentation
items as read.
CM Cookerly: Second.
Mayor Jamison: Okay, I have a motion from Councilmember Moore and a second
from Councilmember Cookerly to approve the first presentation
items. All in favor, please say aye.
CM Johnson: Aye.
CM Moore: Aye.
CM Cookerly: Aye.
Motion and Vote: Councilmember Moore moved to approve the First
Presentation items as read. Councilmember Cookerly seconded the motion. The
motion passed (4-0). Councilmember Verhoff, Councilmember Jacobus, and I
Councilmember Mohrig were absent from the meeting.
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PUBLIC HEARING
Mayor Jamison: Any opposed? That's unanimous. We'll move on to our public
hearing.
City Clerk: Mayor, that item is consideration of the issuance of an alcohol
beverage license to H&KP Holdings LLC, doing business as Savi
Provisions at 12630 Crabapple Road, Suite 120 in Milton, agenda
item number 22-164. Our Assistant City Manager, Ms. Bernadette
Harvill.
Ms. Harvill: Good evening, Mayor and Council. You have before you an
application for an alcohol beverage license to be issued to H&KP
Holdings LLC, doing business as Savi Provisions. The business is
located at 12630 Crabapple Road, Suite 120 right here in
downtown Milton. The applicant originally applied last summer
and is not restricted by any of the moratoriums that have been
enacted over the past seven months.
The application is for an off -premises retail package store selling
beer and wine, including Sunday sales. Savi Provisions has also
applied for the add -on license of a craft beer and/or wine market
for both beer and wine. Here you can see the signage that they put
out.
As a reminder, the add -on license for a craft beer and wine market
has a few requirements with which the applicant must comply,
including an interior floor space of which 60% or more is devoted
to the retail sales of craft beer and/or wine for consumption off
premises, food preparation for grocery sales, including shelving
and displays. Sixty percent of the gross sales must be derived from
retail package beer or wine for off premises consumption, prepared
food in meals, groceries, or any combination thereof. And
consumption on premises may only occur Monday through
Saturday from 9:00 a.m. until 10:00 p.m.
You can see the floor plan for Savi Provisions on the screen in
front of you, and they are in compliance with the 60% requirement
and their affidavit for food and beverage sales ratios is also in
compliance with code. On the map before you shows the location
of the business in relation to other businesses in downtown Milton
that are licensed to sell alcohol, as well as those that are pending
approval. I'll be happy to answer any questions you may have. And
' I'll be back before you later this evening during new business to
obtain an official vote on whether to proceed with the issuance of
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this license. I
Mayor Jamison: Thank you. Any public comment, Tammy?
City Clerk: Yes, we do.
Mayor Jamison: Okay.
Attorney Sard: Good evening, Mr. Mayor, Councilmembers. My name is Michael
Sard. I'm an attorney at Sard & Leff Attorneys. I'm here
representing the applicant. Mr. Dishang Patel is here. Love your
support of this application. We'll reserve the rest of our time, and
be happy to answer any questions that we can for you.
Mayor Jamison: Will you say your address also?
Attorney Sard: My address is 3789 Roswell Road, Atlanta 30342.
Mayor Jamison: Thank you. Appreciate it.
Attorney Sard: Thank you.
Mayor Jamison: All right. I will close the — any more? Is that it? '
City Clerk: That's all, Mayor.
Mayor Jamison: Okay, so I'll close the public hearing. Any questions for
Bernadette? Okay. If we will call the next item, please.
City Clerk: Mayor, that next item is consideration of the issuance of an alcohol
beverage license to H&KP Holdings LLC, doing business as The
Liquor Market at 12630 Crabapple Road, Suite 150 in Milton. It's
agenda item number 22-165. Bernadette?
Ms. Harvill: Before you is an additional license for H&KP Holdings LLC, this
time doing business as The Liquor Market. The business is located
at 12630 Crabapple Road, Suite 150, right next door. The applicant
originally applied last summer, again, and is not restricted by any
of the moratoriums that have been enacted over the past seven
months. This application is for an off -premises retail package store
selling distilled spirits, including Sunday sales. No application for
an ancillary tasting license has been made at this time.
A warrant for the liquor selling establishment was issued for this '
location on August 19, 2021, as is currently required by Chapter
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' 64. The following products are prohibited from being sold in the
location, either by Chapter 4 or the language within the warrant
that was issued by Community Development. No CBD or vape
products, no games of chance or lottery products, no video games
or tobacco products and the hours of operation are right there
below that are specifically specified by the warrant.
These differ slightly from within Chapter 4, but that is what that is
what their warrant allows. Again, you can see the location right
next door to Savi Provisions. And I will be happy to answer any
questions that you may have and we will vote later this evening.
Mayor Jamison: Any public comment?
City Clerk: Yes, Mr. Michael Sard?
Attorney Sard: For the record, Michael Sard, Sard & Leff Attorneys, 3789
Roswell Road Atlanta 30342, here representing the applicant.
Happy to answer any questions.
' Mayor Jamison: Thank you.
Attorney Sard: Thank you.
Mayor Jamison: Any more? I'll close public hearing. Any questions? Paul.
CM Moore: Bernadette, these are literally next door to each other, aren't they?
Ms. Harvill: I'm sorry, sir?
CM Moore: Two locations, the one, the application just prior to this and this
one are literally next door to one another.
Ms. Harvill: Yes. By law, there has to be two separate suites in order to have a
distilled spirit sale, so the applicant is in compliance with those
rules by having these two separate suites next door to each other.
CM Moore: And so, are they intending to be complementary to one another? Is
that the whole point of the two applications and the side -by -side, or
are they independent operators?
Ms. Harvill: If you'd like to talk to the applicant, I will have him come up and
answer that question. I have not asked that question directly.
' CM Moore: Okay, yeah, if you don't mind.
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Ms. Harvill: Yeah, would you like that? '
Mayor Jamison: Real quick, hey, Kenge, can we do this now or should it be later
on?
Attorney Jarrard: The decision, obviously, would be made later but you have every
right to ask the questions now. It's perfectly in order.
Mayor Jamison: Okay.
Attorney Sard: Good evening. To answer your question, so, it's the same
ownership same operators. They're really just separate businesses
but the intent is that they will feed off of one another if that's the
right way to say it.
CM Moore: Are they complementary to one another or are they going to have
competing —
Attorney Sard: No. They're definitely going to have competing products. The
liquor store is literally selling distilled spirits only. And then, the
Savi Provisions, from an alcohol perspective, is selling beer and
wine. There is no common products between the two. I
CM Moore: Okay. Thank you.
Attorney Sard: Thank you.
Mayor Jamison: Thank you. Any other questions? All right, we'll move onto the
next item.
City Clerk: Mayor, that next item is consideration of the issuance of an alcohol
beverage license just serving Crabapple doing business as Milton's
Cuisine and Cocktails at 800 Mayfield Road, Milton, Georgia. And
it's agenda item number 22-166. Ms. Bernadette Harvill.
Ms. Harvill: Our final alcohol beverage license application for this evening is
for serving Crabapple doing business as Milton's Cuisine and
Cocktails. They too, are located in downtown Milton at 800
Mayfield Road. This business holds an active license for
consumption on premises for beer, wine, and distilled spirits,
including Sunday sales. The application before you is for the add -
on license to be an alcoholic beverage caterer.
This allows a licensed retailer to transport and serve alcohol at off- '
site events. Each event hosted within the city limits will also
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' require an approved catered event permit. These individual caterer
permits are free for the resident caterers for those whose businesses
are authorized and licensed by City Council. And just for location
of where the business is located right there at the traffic light. I'll
be happy to answer any questions that you may have, and again,
we'll be voting later this evening.
Mayor Jamison: Any public comment?
City Clerk: The applicant is here or the representative is here if you have
questions, but no public comment.
Mayor Jamison: Okay. Thank you. Any questions? All right, we'll close a public
hearing and move onto the next item.
Ms. Harvill: Thank you.
City Clerk: Mayor, that item is consideration of a moratorium regarding
permits for display and sale of adult video or printed material
and/or adult instruments, etc., agenda item number 22-167. Mr.
' Ken Jarrard.
Attorney Jarrard: Members of the Counsel, this is a public hearing. I will handle the
lead-in. On April 18th, the City Council imposed a time sensitive
moratorium that prohibited applications for building permits,
LDPs, or any other sort of regulatory permit for adult bookstores.
The Milton zoning code defines an adult bookstore as an
establishment or facility licensed to do business in the city, having
a minimum of 25% of its stock in trade comprised of the following
sorts of items: books, magazines, periodicals DVDs, CDs,
novelties, paraphernalia, etc. all depicting various specified sexual
activities.
And what the city of Milton is doing right now is taking a look at
your adult bookstore definition and thinking about whether or not
that 25% limitation makes sense and whether or not we need to
retool how we are, in fact, defining this sort of activity. And to do
that, you need time and so, on April 18th, we put in place.a 30-day
moratorium following a public hearing, which the mayor will call
in just a few moments. Then, when you get to this under the next
section of the agenda, if you adopt this resolution we will be
extending this moratorium quite a bit longer.
' In fact, we'll be extending it until December 19th. That will be
enough time for us to consider this issue, put together something to
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rework it, bring it back to you for the requisite number of public ,
hearings and then hopefully have in place a different sort of adult
bookstore definition that may be more consistent with what Milton
is looking for. Mr. Mayor, we do need to have a public hearing, no
action until we get to it later in the agenda.
Mayor Jamison: All right. Thank you. Any public comment?
City Clerk: We do not, Mayor.
Mayor Jamison: All right. Any questions for Ken? All right, so we will move on to
our next item.
City Clerk: Mayor, that next item is consideration of an emergency resolution
of the city of Milton extending existing combined moratorium on
the acceptance of new alcohol applications for craft beer and/or
wine markets, limited tap establishments, limited services
restaurants, breweries, microbreweries, distilleries, micro
distilleries, and consumption on premises other than incidental
service, BYOB, farm wineries, golf courses, hotels, special event
facilities, or eating establishments in the city of Milton and on the
acceptance of applications for development permits, building '
permits, rezonings, modification variances, use permits, warrants,
and any other permit provided in the zoning ordinance for use of
property for craft beer and/or wine markets, limited tap
establishments, limited services restaurants, breweries,
microbreweries, distilleries, micro distilleries, and consumption on
premises other than incidental service, BYOB, farm wineries, golf
courses, hotels, special event facilities, or eating establishments in
the city of Milton. It is agenda item number 22-168. Ms.
Bernadette Harvill.
Ms. Harvill: Good evening again. Before you is an emergency resolution to
extend the existing combined moratorium, related to the
acceptance of applications for the plethora of items that our City
Clerk just read off, and I'll spare you from rereading them. They
are related to the consumption on premises and establishments that
do not qualify as our traditional eating establishment or some of
the specified ones we have for incidental service BYOB farm
wineries, golf courses, etc.
And here before you can see a timeline of the moratorium process
that has been in place providing a ban on the acceptance of these
related applications while staff has worked with the planning '
commission and Council to draft edits to Chapter 64 zoning as it
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1 pertains to alcohol -related businesses. We initially started the
moratorium process back in October 2021. Here are the key dates
and occurrences that have led to the request for a moratorium on
these applications. In the summer of 2021, staff started receiving
applications for business concepts that were not contemplated
under Chapter 4 at that time.
Throughout the fall, staff brought forward a series of edits to
Chapter 4 and had some in-depth discussion with counsel related to
new business concepts that included consumption on premises but
did not qualify as a traditional restaurant or eating establishment.
Feedback from those conversations led to the drafting of RZ 2114,
which included the issuance of administrative variances for such
activity. When RZ 2114 made its way to the planning commission,
there was a request for a joint work session with the Council to
discuss concerns that the commissioners were having.
The joint work session was held on December 6, 2021 and the
result was a new direct from the staff to change the approach from
administrative variances to Council issued use permits. That joint
' work session yielded a new timeline and new edits to the Chapter
64 under RZ 2203. Staff said additional feedback and clarification
of the February 14 City Council work session to ensure that the
standards and conditions and the use permits were in line with the
Council's vision. Those edits were brought before CZIM on March
22, 2022, and to the Planning Commission on April 27, 2022.
At the Planning Commission meeting, the commissioners deferred
the item and requested additional time to review the material. On
the moratorium before you, should you approve it later this
evening, would extend the ban on those applications and provide
staff another opportunity to reconvene with the Planning
Commission, then bring the item back before Council. So, this will
be an emergency moratorium for 33 days and then, Robyn and her
team would advertise and extend it the entire time needed to do all
the rest of the processing due to the deferral.
Mayor Jamison: Thank you.
Ms. Harvill: Absolutely.
Mayor Jamison: Any public comment? Okay. So, I will close the public hearing.
Any questions? Okay. Thank you. So, there are no items under
' zoning agenda or unfinished business. Moving on to new business,
will City Clerk please read the zoning rules and say the first item?
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NEW BUSINESS I
City Clerk: Mayor, that new business item is consideration of a moratorium
regarding permits for display and sale of adult video or printed
material, and/or adult instruments, etc. It's agenda item number 22-
167 and we do have one public comment.
Mayor Jamison: Okay.
City Clerk: I would like to call Mr. Strong to the podium, please.
Mayor Jamison: Thank you.
Mr. Strong: Thank you. Good evening, Mayor, Council, and staff. My name is
Steve Strong, 1646 Manhasset Farm Road, Dunwoody 30338. I am
a licensed professional engineer and executive in the electronics
industry and a long-time businessperson looking to exit the large
corporate world and start a small business of my own. In this
particular case, the business in question is a small upscale
welcoming specialty boutique -type of establishment. I'm looking at
Watercress Village which is just a tiny little piece. It's barely inside
of Milton, surrounded by Alpharetta. '
The pertinent portion of this resolution, from what I've read, the
items and concern are what in the industry would be considered
pleasure products. And nothing else in the definition applies to my
particular business. Basically, the way I like to describe the
business in question is, it's Victoria's Secret meets CVS. It presents
as a very upscale lingerie boutique with approximately 80% of the
store being comprised of apparel, including lingerie, men and
women, and a substantially smaller portion, less than 20%, being
the products in question as part of this resolution.
It's also important to note that CVS in the city of Milton already
has a actually pretty impressive display open for everyone who
walks through this door of the products in question. So, this is not
something new to the city of Milton. It's already been sold and is
being sold. One difference is, of course, in CVS, anybody is
allowed to walk through the aisle with those products on display.
In our case, it's a company policy that it would be customers 18
and over only, not because of any legislative or ordinance
requirements but just simply a company policy to help prevent —
let's face it, it'll typically be teenage boys coming in looking at '
lingerie and kind of being disruptive in general to paying
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customers. So, I would say the two main takeaways for you all to
consider is one, like I said, the products in question are already
being sold in the city, so this is not something new.
What is new is the fact that I'm trying to meet a perceived market
need. It is something truly unique in the city of Atlanta and I would
dare say unique in the state of Georgia in that this is not what you
think of as the definition uses the term adult bookstore. As a matter
of fact, it's our number one priority to not be considered an adult
bookstore or any other form of sexually oriented business because
of the fact that we do present as that specialty upscale boutique
with highly trained staff.
They receive continuing education on a monthly basis and we are
there quite simply to help fulfill a market need to help couples of
all kinds enhance their romantic lives. I do have, if it helps, a real
estate brochure that I made up that gives some more details. If you
wish to see it, I can leave it with you, of course, if you have any
questions.
Mayor Jamison: Okay. Thank you. Feel free to leave it with our city attorney.
Thanks. Any other public comment, Tammy?
City Clerk: That is all, Mayor.
Mayor Jamison: Okay, so I'll close the public comment. Any questions, comments
before I open it for a motion? Okay. Motion.
CM Cookerly: I'm not sure how I would ask my question.
Mayor Jamison: That motion will work just fine.
CM Cookerly: Mr. Mayor, I make a motion that we approve agenda item number
22-167 as read.
CM Moore: Second.
Mayor Jamison: Okay. I have a motion from Councilmember Cookerly and a
second from Councilmember Moore to approve agenda item
number 22-167. All in favor, please say aye. Aye.
CM Johnson: Aye.
CM Moore: Aye.
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CM Cookerly: Aye.
Motion and Vote: Councilmember Cookerly moved to approve Agenda Item
No. 22-167. Councilmember Moore seconded the motion. The motion passed (4-
0). Councilmember Verhoff, Councilmember Jacobus, and Councilmember
Mohrig were absent from the meeting.
Mayor Jamison: Any opposed? That's unanimous. Will City Clerk please say the
next item?
City Clerk: It's the consideration of an emergency resolution of the city of
Milton extending existing combined moratorium of the acceptance
of new alcohol applications for craft beer and/or wine markets,
limited tap establishments, limited service restaurants, breweries,
microbreweries, distilleries, micro distilleries, and consumption on
premise other than incidental service, BYOB, farm wineries, golf
courses, hotels, special event facilities, or eating establishments in
the city of Milton and on the acceptance of applications for
development permits, building permits, rezoning, modifications
variances, use permits, warrants, or any other permit provided in
the zoning ordinance for use of property for craft beer and or wine
markets, limited tap establishments, limited service restaurants,
breweries, microbreweries, distilleries, micro distilleries, and
consumption on premises other than incidental services, BYOB,
farm wineries, golf course, hotels, special event facilities, or eating
establishments in the city of Milton, agenda item number 22-168.
Ms. Bernadette Harvill?
Ms. Harvill: Before you is that 33-day extension giving community
development enough time to advertise and do the more lengthy
moratorium, should you want more time to consider this item.
Mayor Jamison: Thank you. Any public comment?
City Clerk: There are none.
Mayor Jamison: Okay. Close the public hearing. Any questions for Bernadette?
Okay. Open it up for a motion.
CM Moore: Mr. Mayor, I make a motion that we approve agenda item number
22-168 as read.
CM Johnson: Second.
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' Mayor Jamison: Okay. I have a motion from Councilmember Moore and a second
from Councilmember Johnson to approve agenda item number 22-
168. All in favor, please say aye.
CM Johnson: Aye.
CM Moore: Aye.
CM Cookerly: Aye.
Motion and Vote: Councilmember Moore moved to approve Agenda Item No.
22-168. Councilmember Johnson seconded the motion. The motion passed (4-0).
Councilmember Verhoff, Councilmember Jacobus, and Councilmember Mohrig
were absent from the meeting.
Mayor Jamison: Any opposed? That's unanimous. Thank you. Will City Clerk
please say the next item?
City Clerk: Mayor, that next item is consideration of a resolution of the Mayor
' and Council of the city of Milton, Georgia, authorizing a one-time
premium payment for eligible city employees using funds received
under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, agenda item number
22-169.Our Deputy City Manager, Ms. Stacey Inglis.
Ms. Inglis: Good evening, Mayor and Council. If it's okay, I'll do my little
presentation from up here. I really don't have much of a
presentation. I spoke to you a few weeks back about different
eligible uses for the ARPA funds and you were interested in
providing premium pay to our employees. And so, the resolution
before you is codifying what you want to do for the employees.
Just to summarize, the premium pay would be $600.00 per month
during the eligible time period, which is March 17, 2020 and
March 22, 2021 for a period of one year.
It will be $600.00 per month for sworn officers and firefighters that
worked in person during that time for the amount of months that
they worked in -person at the time. So, if they started in the middle
of that, they'll get paid for half of it. And then, $200.00 per month
for non-swom people, civilian employees who also worked in -
person during that time. Part-time personnel would be prorated
based on the number of hours that they worked. And it would be
one time lump sum payments and all applicable eligible employer
' taxes will be paid and employee taxes will be paid.
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And then, all this would be funded by the ARPA funds. The total
amount to come out of the ARPA funds is $638,800.00. That's the
maximum amount that would come out for this particular eligible
use. I'd be happy to answer any questions you have.
Mayor Jamison: Thank you. Any public comment, Tammy?
City Clerk: There are none, sir.
Mayor Jamison: Okay. Questions for Stacey? Okay, we'll open up for a motion.
CM Cookerly: Mayor, I make a motion we approve agenda item number 22-169.
CM Moore Second.
Mayor Jamison: Okay. I have a motion from Councilmember Cookerly and a
second from Councilmember Moore to approve agenda item
number 22-169. All in favor, please say aye. Aye.
CM Johnson: Aye.
CM Moore: Aye. '
CM Cookerly: Aye.
Motion and Vote: Councilmember Cookerly moved to approve Agenda Item
No. 22-169. Councilmember Moore seconded the motion. The motion passed (4-
0). Councilmember Verhoff, Councilmember Jacobus, and Councilmember
Mohrig were absent from the meeting.
Mayor Jamison: Any opposed? That's unanimous.
Ms. Inglis: Thank you.
Mayor Jamison: Yep. Thank you. If the City Clerk will please say on the next item?
City Clerk: And that's consideration of the issuance of an alcohol beverage
license to H&KP Holdings, LLC doing business as Savi
Provisions. It's located at 12630 Crabapple Road, Suite 120,
Milton, Georgia, agenda item number 22-164. Ms. Harvill?
Ms. Harvill: Good evening again. This is our application for Savi Provisions, an
off -premises retail package beer and wine with Sunday sales and a '
add -on license for a craft beer and beer wine market beer and wine.
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Thank Any
Mayor Jamison:
you. public comment?
City Clerk:
There are none.
Mayor Jamison:
Okay. I'll close the public hearing. Questions for Bernadette? Open
for a motion.
CM Cookerly:
Mr. Mayor, I make a motion we approve agenda item number 22-
164.
CM Moore
Second.
Mayor Jamison: Okay. I have a motion from Councilmember Cookerly and a
second from Councilmember Johnson to approve agenda item
number 22-164. All in favor, please say aye. Aye.
CM Johnson: Aye.
CM Moore: Aye.
' CM Cookerly: Aye.
Motion and Vote: Councilmember Cookerly moved to approve Agenda Item
No. 22-164. Councilmember Johnson seconded the motion. The motion passed
(4-0). Councilmember Verhoff, Councilmember Jacobus, and Councilmember
Mohrig were absent from the meeting.
Mayor Jamison: Any opposed? That's unanimous. Please say on the next item?
City Clerk: Mayor, that next item is consideration of.the issuance of an alcohol
beverage license to H&KP Holdings, LLC doing business as the
Liquor Market. It's located at 12630 Crabapple Road, Suite 150 in
Milton, agenda item number 22-165. Ms. Harvill?
Ms. Harvill: Again, same owners right next door, just having an off -premise
retail package distilled spirits with some [inaudible] [01:04:56].
Mayor Jamison: Thank you. Any public comment?
City Clerk: We do not, Mayor.
Mayor Jamison: Okay. I'll close for public comment. Questions for Bernadette?
I
Okay. Open for a motion.
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CM Cookerly: Mr. Mayor, I make a motion we approve agenda item number 22- '
165.
CM Johnson Second.
Mayor Jamison: Okay. I have a motion from Councilmember Cookerly and a
second from Councilmember Johnson to approve agenda item
number 22-165. All in favor, please say aye. Aye.
CM Johnson: Aye.
CM Moore: Aye.
CM Cookerly: Aye.
Motion and Vote: Councilmember Cookerly moved to approve Agenda Item
No. 22-165. Councilmember Johnson seconded the motion. The motion passed
(4-0). Councilmember Verhoff, Councilmember Jacobus, and Councilmember
Mohrig were absent from the meeting.
Mayor Jamison: Any opposed? That's unanimous. Please say on the next item. ,
City Clerk: Mayor, that item is consideration of the issuance of an alcohol
beverage license to serving Crabapple DBA Milton's Cuisine and
Cocktails located at 800 Mayfield Road in Milton. It's agenda
number 22-166. Ms. Harvill?
Ms. Harvill: Mayor and Council, this is giving Milton's Cuisine and Cocktails
the ability to serve off -premise at approved catered events and
special events for the city. If you have any questions, I'd be happy
to answer them.
Mayor Jamison: Thank you. Any public comment, Tammy?
City Clerk: There are not, sir.
Mayor Jamison: Okay. I'll close public comment. Questions for Bernadette? Paul?
CM Moore: Bernadette, just one question and this is a new application for them
to include alcohol with their catering services. They haven't been
providing alcohol in their past catering experiences, or is catering
also new to them?
Ms. Harvill: The changes we made require, even at our own events here held by '
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' the city to have this catering license now, so Milton is just coming
into compliance to be able to do those types of events and with
that, the advertising and everything is required because it is a
license. So, just a little bit of the tweaks that happened and Milton
is just getting their official license to be able to do those events.
CM Moore: Great. Thank you.
Mayor Jamison: Any other questions? Okay. I'll open it up for a motion.
CM Moore: Mr. Mayor, I make a motion that we approve agenda item number
22-166.
CM Johnson: Second.
Mayor Jamison: Okay. I have a motion from Councilmember Moore and a second
from Councilmember Johnson to approve agenda item number 22-
166. All in favor, please say aye. Aye.
CM Johnson: Aye.
' CM Moore: Aye.
CM Cookerly: Aye.
Motion and Vote: Councilmember Moore moved to approve Agenda Item No.
22-166. Councilmember Johnson seconded the motion. The motion passed (4-0).
Councilmember Verhoff, Councilmember Jacobus, and Councilmember Mohdg
were absent from the meeting.
Mayor Jamison: Any opposed? That's unanimous.
Ms. Harvill: Thank you.
Mayor Jamison: Thank you. City Clerk, please say on the next item?
City Clerk: Mayor, the final new business item is the consideration of a final
plat. The name of the development is Kingsley Estate. It's phase 1,
all units in phase 2. It's an overall development. It's a final plat
revision. The total is 96 lots and the purpose of the revision to the
plats below that I will be reading is to convert the public streets
and public easements to private egress and utility easements in
' accordance with the resolution unanimously approved by the
Milton City Council at the regular meeting on December 6, 2021.
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All existing public streets to become common area owned and '
maintained -by the HOA. It's a total of 145.4 acres.
That's including all phases. And the density is 0.66 lots per acre
and that includes all phases. Phase 1, unit 1 is land lot 265 266 311
and 312. It's district two section two a final plat revision. It's 45
single-family lots includes 0.047 acres of R and W — I believe
that's right-of-way — dedication at Freemanville Road. It's a total
of 59.23 acres with a density of 0.75 lots per acre. Number two is
phase 1 unit 2a. It's land lot 265 district 2 section 2 final plat
revision. It is six single-family lots; a total of 7.281 acres with a
density of 0.82 lots per acre.
Number three is phase 1, unit 2b, land lot 239, 265, 266 district 2
section 2 a final plat revision six single-family lots, 7.531 acres,
0.79 lots per acre.
The number four is phase 1, unit 2c, land lot 239, 266, district 2,
section 2 and is a final plat revision. It's 11 single-family lots with
a total of 14.516 acres with a density of 0.75 lots per acre.
This fifth one is phase 1, unit 2d in phase 2. It's land lot 194 and '
239. It's district 2 section 2, a final revision. It's a 10 single-family
lot.
This is for unit 2d that's 17.884 total acres with a density of 0.55
lots per acre, and the phase 2 is a revision of nine single-family
lots, includes 0.721 acres of right-of-way dedication on
Birmingham Highway and 12.562 acres of common area, number
six recreational area, a total of 25.823 acres with a density of 0.34
lots per acre.
Phase 1 and number six is the unit 3a and that's land lot 266 and
311. It's district 2 section 2. The final plat revision is a nine single-
family lot with a total of 12.147 acres with a density of 0.74 acres
lots per acre. It's agenda item number 22-170. Our Land
Development Manager Ms. Tracie Wildes.
Ms. Wildes: Mayor and Council, the revision to the Kingsley Estate final plats
is before you tonight for consideration. This is a 96 lot subdivision
on 145.40 acres that was developed in six phases, and each phase
was platted separately. Kingsley Estate is located on the far north
end of the city just before the Fulton Cherokee County line with an
entrance off of Birmingham Highway and another entrance off of '
Freemanville Road. The graphic to the right identifies phases, the
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' plats by phase, and by units
In accordance with the HOAs request to privatize the subdivision,
the final plat revision is to convert the public streets and public
easements to private ingress, egress, and utility easements in
accord with the resolution approved by Milton City Council on
December 6, 2021. All of the existing public streets are to become
common area, owned and maintained by the HOA in this revision
applies to all plats recorded for Kingsley Estates. This graphic
represents the abandonment process and we are in the final stage of
this process.
The abandonment process started in 2018 with the initial
application submittal from the HOA. Since then, it has gone
through two public hearings, the latter of which occurred on
December 6, 2021 and a resolution to approve that abandonment
was at that hearing. After this resolution was approved, the next
step was for the HOA to submit a subdivision plat meeting all of
our requirements within Chapter 50 and tonight it's before you for
that approval. If it's approved tonight, then the next step is to
' record this revised plat and a quit claim deed to abandon the right-
of-way will be executed.
All of the plats executed by each phase, again, is on the left and
then a summary of the right-of-way area and the easement within
each phase and unit is identified to the right. All of the plat
information and documents submitted do meet our requirements
for city code and I'll welcome any questions.
Mayor Jamison: Thank you. Any public comment, Tammy?
City Clerk: There are none, sir.
Mayor Jamison: Okay. Close the public comment any questions for Tracie? Paul.
CM Moore: Tracie, in the process to secure the opportunity to go forward with
the city, the HOA had to conduct the survey of the residents. In
your chart, I believe it showed 100% compliance or 100% support
from the community. Is that an accurate statement?
Ms. Wildes: I'm not certain. I would have to defer to Ms. Sara Leaders, Public
Works but she's been in communication with with the HOA.
' CM Moore: You don't have any idea what the percentage was?
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Ms. Wildes: I do not. '
Mayor Jamison: Any other questions? Okay. Open it for a motion.
CM Cookerly: Mr. Mayor, I make a motion that we approve agenda item number
22-170.
CM Moore Second.
Mayor Jamison: Okay. I have a motion from Councilmember Cookerly and a
second from Councilmember Moore to approve the agenda item
number 22-170. Is there any discussion? Okay. All in favor, please
say aye. Aye.
CM Johnson: Aye.
CM Moore: Aye.
CM Cookerly: Aye.
Motion and Vote: Councilmember Cookerly moved to approve Agenda Item
No. 22-170. Councilmember Moore seconded the motion. The motion passed (4- I
0). Councilmember Verhoff, Councilmember Jacobus, and Councilmember
Mohrig were absent from the meeting.
MAYOR AND COUNCIL REPORTS
Mayor Jamison: Any opposed? That's unanimous. Thank you. We will move on to
Council reports. Does Council have anything to say? Okay. So,
we'll move on to police.
STAFF REPORTS
Police
Chief Austin: Greetings, Mayor and Council. All right, technology is working
now. Currently, crime is up a tad. We're up 12 cases from this time
last year. However, half of those were driven by burglaries to
storage units within one single complex. Of course, those have to
be listed as six separate crimes. However, the cases were quickly
solved by our detectives working with other local agencies. An
arrest has been made in that case. A crash overview, we're also up
slightly by eight accidents. One area where we're seeing crashes up
significantly is in the construction area at Bethany Bend & '
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Hopewell Road.
I'm sure you've all been there and seen obstacles that our drivers
are seeing there, but we are increasing patrols in that area of those
crashes. Even though we're up, we're only up one personal injury
crash at this time. As far as community engagement, in April, we
participated in the community egg hunt. I had a great time
engaging with our younger citizens there. As you can see from the
photos, it was very well attended and just a great time was had by
all. Also, in April we participated in the DEA drug take back day.
And to sort of springboard off of this, because we always get these
bags and bags of drugs that need to be disposed of, prescription
drugs, and we worked in conjunction with a grant through CVS
pharmacy and got this drug take back box. So, now we're able to
offer this to our citizens every day that our lobby is open. So, they
can bring them in and then, we have the means to dispose of those
in-house. We'll still participate in the drug take back day but this is
just another added service for our citizens.
' Also in May, we participated in the Special Olympics sports run.
You probably noticed that area there, might have seen even the
chief out there running around a little bit. A rainy day, but for a
great cause for Special Olympics. We actually passed the torch on
to the Roswell Police Department, who picked it up. A great time
there. And this was a great lead-in into into our National Police
Week activities. We had the MPD Back the Blue blood drive. It
was very well attended. We have all of the slots taken for
appointments. We had that in conjunction with Stone Creek
Church, who let us use their facilities, and very successful event.
We also hosted a citywide shredding event, also very successful.
Our goal was to get sensitive documents out of circulation to
reduce the chances of fraud occurring with our citizens. Then, in
this room, we had the fallen officer memorial ceremony. It was just
a very somber but well attended ceremony. We did this in
conjunction with the Roswell Police Department and the
Alpharetta Police Department. We hosted this year. As you can
sorta see in the background there we had Tracie Wildes and
Tammy Lowit to sing our national out for us during that ceremony,
so we very much appreciate that.
And then, we ended the week on a high note with our MPD awards
' ceremony therein without officer of the year Laura Hamby, who's
been with us a few years now. We also had rookie of the year and
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civilian of the year and just a lot of awards that went out '
recognizing offices our educational attainment and other great
work going on within the agency. So, it was a great week all in all.
We enjoyed it internally but we also really enjoyed engaging with
our citizens during these events. And that's all I have, unless there
are any questions.
Mayor Jamison: Questions for the Chief? Paul?
CM Moore: Chief, just a comment. I really appreciate what appears to be a
heightened level of of activity for monitoring speeding across the
city. See the guys out and about quite a bit lately. However, one
request that's for two different roads. If you could take a look how
often we are tracking speeds besides the new posted speed signs on
Freemanville, I would just request that we try to find a way to up
our presence on Freemanville throughout. It's a long road,
obviously, but I continue to get complaints from constituents about
Freemanville. Same thing for Henderson Road.
For whatever reason, Henderson has a pass -through coming from
Cherokee seems to get a high velocity of speed. I know that we are
attentive to that but I continue to get complaints about that. '
Outstanding job by the guys. I passed, I think, two or three of them
on the way here this evening and they were out doing their hard
work. Always appreciate what they do.
Chief Austin: Thank you. We'll look into those.
CM Moore: Thank you.
STAFF REPORTS
Parks and Recreation
Mayor Jamison: Thanks, Chief. All right, Tom? Baseball is over.
Mr. McKlveen: That will conclude my report. All right. Good evening, Mayor and
Council. Happy to provide a quick update on what's been
happening in parks and rec. First, let's start with our programming
metrics. Over the winter, we had a program satisfaction rate of
79%, which is above what we strive for with our program
providers. And as you can see from our spring program
registration, numbers are strong. Eagle six girls and North Georgia '
rec boys lacrosse, they seem to always hover right around that 500
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' to 525 number and we're there again. Hopewell baseball saw a
very large increase once again this season with over 1,000 kids
now.
So, we're getting a lot of kids on those baseball fields. Tennis,
same old, same old, they are very steady. Terry can only take so
many folks with four courts there. And then, youth dance, we had a
class that make. Seems be a continual class that just keeps making
so we're working on how can we get those other classes that she
offers making, and I think we're looking at some good
opportunities at the Milton City Park and Preserve at the
community center there. And last, we have a youth basketball
program that occurs in the spring. It's more of a training. It's not
really a league, so 82 as a pretty strong number, as a matter of fact,
for that spring basketball season.
So, what are we looking at for the end of spring and what's up
coming in the summer? We just had a tai chi class 70% filled,
which is really strong. It's the most we've had in a tai chi class so,
that's good to see and early reports are showing increases in most
' of our summer programming as well. We've got [inaudible]
101:22:331. It's already at 83% capacity filled. Some weeks are one
away from filling up weeks, so as the word spreads, week to week,
those latter weeks at the end start filling up when the new people
join and see how great the camp is. Those weeks at the end fill up.
We've also got photo camps. Our photography camp is we have
one week that's full. So, we're doing good things with photography
camp. We've got another one with some openings still. Hoping to
keep filling those camps up. Swim team for this summer, par for
the course, they are killing it get out there. They've got 200 and
something swimmers, low 200s right now. They kicked off end of
last week so, the pool was open, passed inspection so, we're
moving there. We've also got a short baseball season. We call it the
sandlot season; little less commitment, you're not going out on
weekends.
It's usually just the weekday thing for those parents that want to
keep their kid in like rec ball but it's not as much of a high
commitment. We've got basketball camps, girls lacrosse camps,
adult soccer at Bell Memorial Park. We moved it over to Bell for
this summer with Cox Road getting shut down for the construction.
And we've also got youth dance camps that are occurring this
' summer as well. There is some ongoing and completed projects
that we've got going on right now. On the left, we've got the parks
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and rec activity guide. We received very positive feedback from ,
that guide.
Gives our residents an opportunity and the department to increase
our visibility in our programs. And it gives us another marketing
opportunity for our programs and partners. Seems to be working
very well. We had the ribbon cutting for the Milton City Park and
Preserve Community Center and the trail on April 23rd. It was a
perfect introduction to the Earth Day celebration we had
immediately following. Great response from the community and a
lot of citizens really took place in the event for sure.
Lastly, I'd like to thank our partners at Tri Scapes and the team at
Public Works for creating that lovely trail. It spans 2.25 miles if
you do the up and back and also, thanks to Community
Development and Pencor for the work that they did out at the club
at the Community Center.
Speaking of Park and Preserve, we're just a couple of weeks from
that pool officially opening for this summer and very excited to see
how that goes with newly renovated building and restroom
facilities available. It's going to be nice. I think the residents are I
really going to respond well.
Cox Road Athletics Complex, the turf project is officially
underway. We broke ground. This picture that you see here was
about 10 days ago, so they've already started tearing up the grass
and they're moving and grooving out there. We're expecting that
project to probably be completed in August, as long as things keep
moving on as scheduled.
Next time you head out to Providence Park, you'll notice some nice
new amenities out there on the bottom right. We had a Boy Scout
complete a project who received his Eagle award. He installed
environmental signage in a couple of park maps along the White
Trail which is the ADA trail. And then, we also that same
weekend, I believe, had had Stone Creek Church come out and
they did their city serve event and they revitalized the picnic area
off of the Yellow Trail, which is that picture on the bottom right.
They also did the outdoor classroom. That's on the bottom right.
The picnWs on the other side. It turned out really nice. Coming
later this month, we will have the Memorial Day celebration on
Monday, May 30, 10:00 out at Freedom Park. Questions?
Mayor Jamison: Questions for Tom? Paul? I
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CM Moore:
Mr. McKlveen:
CM Moore:
Tom, at the new City Park and Preserve I know that
Councilmember Bentley used to
request for available bathrooms
restrooms now available to tennis?
They have been, for months.
Oh, fantastic.
be for very prolific about her
for the tennis players. Are the
Mr. McKlveen: Once the restrooms were completed we put a combination lock on
that door to get into that section of the building and we locked off
the rest of it. So, they've been accessible.
CM Moore: Same thing for users of the trail? They can use the same facilities?
Mr. McKlveen: Yes, sir.
CM Moore: Outstanding. Perfect. Thank you.
STAFF REPORTS
Fire
Mayor Jamison: Thanks, Tom. Appreciate it. Chief? The other Chief or vice versa.
Thanks for everything today. This is good stuff. I asked the kids
which one they liked better and unfortunately, after going in the
fire truck and looking at the hoses [inaudible] [01:27:221.
Chief Benmoussa: That's why I always pick the slot, the last slot [inaudible].
Mayor Jamison: Next year we might need to maybe created a fire and let them kind
of — yeah, just a little campfire, or something. You know? They
had a great time. You all did a fantastic job.
ChiefBenmoussa: Good evening to you. So, this week is actually EMS week so, I'd
like to take this opportunity to thank my firefighter EMTs and
paramedics for the outstanding job they do in practicing medicine
in the city. I think they provide second to none emergency and
nonemergency medical services to our community so, I'm really
proud of them. So, just want to bring that up. All right. And how
befitting for the update. So, our total incidents right now for the
last three months that's a total of 788, up three calls from the same
period last year.
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We've had some increases in fire inspections and some pre plan, '
plan reviews in [inaudible] [01:28:23] community service, as well
as our Milton Fire Cares; our community paramedics program has
grown significantly and we're having an impact in our community
with that program, especially with our vulnerable population and
elderly population. We provided over 568 vaccinations over the
last three months and we continue to provide vaccinations,
especially with the fourth booster. We're getting calls from
specific members of the community or they stop by so, we provide
that service as well.
Again, the trends continue the same up-and-down in different
areas. We're still averaging about 45% to 50% emergency medical
calls. Because of the demographics of our city, we're unlike any
other cities where they are running typically medical about 80 to
85%. Milton Fire Corps is up and running. Just want to provide
you. They do a phenomenal job; they're our volunteers. They
support us during large events, structure fires, any extended time
type incidents. They provide rehab services, that is water, some
food. They clean our gear from fires, equipment. They show up.
They're members of this community. They're phenomenal.
We have about 26 members. So, I just want to share some hours. '
They have averaged about about 150 some hours for the last three
months and they provided support with care. They showed up at
training, station upkeep support, beautifying some of the fire
stations. It's all volunteer time that they provide. They're very
active. We're working actually now with North Fulton maybe is
complying and having a North Fulton Fire course so that because
we get a lot of support from Alpharetta and then, in turn, I'm
working with the Roswell Fire Chief to actually share the inner
light truck, which is a rehab truck, so we don't have to go buy one.
We'll be using — Roswell will provide that. We'll provide the Fire
Corps. They don't have a Fire Corps yet, so they're hoping to build
it. But we collaborate and it saves us both a significant amount of
money. Some other updates. I have four firefighters attending
Cherokee County fire rescue paramedic school. That is due to the
relationship that we have built with Cherokee County. This is at no
cost to the city. We saved about $20,000.00 in tuition
reimbursement for four firefighters. We only paid for their books.
They're doing very well. Hopefully within 13 months, they'll be
certified paramedics, which is great. It just augments our advanced
life support services in the city. I
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' We're also submitting for reimbursement through the Stafford Act
for Covid-related expenses, about $62,188.72 for the Covid
vaccination clinics that we provided last year, over the last year
$44,000.00. And then, over time, backfill for Covid leave is about
$17,000.00 so, we're submitting the documentation right now to
FEMA. As far as accreditation, Commission on Fire Accreditation
International, we have completed our community risk assessment
study report.
We took all the different development areas of the city, Crabapple,
Birmingham Highway and we kind of analyzed the risk
specifically to those areas and we rated all the risks. It's a lot of
work. It's about 100 some pages document. That is the first step.
We have to understand what kind of risks that exist in our
community in order for us to effectively deploy resources and ask
for resources, so that's the first piece. The second piece of this is,
we're hoping by September we will submit as a candidate agency
to start the process for the assessment. And that's another lengthy
process.
' They'll come and visit and make sure all the stuff that we put in
here is actually true, right? So, they have to check. I'm hoping by
early fall we can essentially be accredited and become one of the
300 out of 31,000 fire departments in the nation to be accredited.
That is 0.89 agencies, so it would be great. A lot of work but we're
getting it done, and I'm hopeful that we will get it done. As far as
just an update for our fire department strategic plan, we have
completed 100% goal two, five and seven ahead of schedule and
we're also working towards completing priority goals one, three,
four, six, and eight. We're about 80% complete, so we're working
through our strategic plan.
Now, the exciting stuff; Milton Community Connect. So, we
launched as part of our reorganization for our programs and
softwares and bringing everything under one suite, Community
Connect is just another piece of our first do suite that logs all our
incidents, our [inaudible] 101:33:201 incidents, how we do our
reports. That saves the city about $14,000.00 in the next budget
year by going through one suite instead of having these multiple
programs. Now it's all in one. So, Community Connect is just a
bonus and what Community Connect is, essentially, it's a
community preparedness and resiliency tool.
' It's for residents, functional need organizations, senior care homes,
businesses, HOAs, pretty much anybody in the community and
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they can sign up. It takes about five minutes and they can share '
information with us. I'll show you a brief video here in a little bit
that talks about that. Some of the information is really important
for us when we respond to an incident. That information that
citizens share actually has the same level of encryption as banking.
So, it only shows up when we have a particular call at that address
I'll give you an example.
If you have a special needs, for example, a person or child in that
house and you share that information, when we come to that
emergency, we know. So, we adapt our response, how we
approach that special needs child or an individual. Or even if you
share I have three dogs, we know that in the event of an emergency
you have three dogs, you know what they look like. Or, we have
five bedrooms and we have the kids sleep in this bedroom so, all
that stuff helps, or even having a key with the neighbor.
So, if we have a fire alarm, for example, going off, instead of us
breaking your door or window, that information comes up and says
check with the neighbor or to call so and so or call me, so then, we
can work through that. Obviously, if it's on fire, we're going in,
right? But before, it's a check. So, it really saves our community '
money, saves us time. But then, we're working together to prepare
and be resilient in a resilient community. So that's the goal of
Community Connect. Right now in the whole state of Georgia, us
and Sandy Springs that are doing this, and then Alpharetta is kind
of watching us what we're doing, as well as Johns Creek and
Roswell.
We're hoping the five cities will go to the same program so that
when they respond here they'll get the same information, and when
we respond and help our neighbors will get that same information.
This is unheard of around metro Atlanta. We're like the five cities;
incredible the amount of cooperation that we have. So, I will share
with you what the website looked like and then a quick video. So,
this is when you login, there's one specific for business owners and
one for residents. Business owners can share alarm company
information. That's the biggest issue, by the way, because that
changes. And we panel trying to shut it off.
There is no fire, trying to call the alarm company. You don't have
the number, so that's an opportunity to keep that up to date. And
we have different campaigns. We're working with the equestrian
committee in the city to document the bams, the type of horses, all '
the special things that we might need to know in case we respond
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1 to one of those properties. So, it explains what is a Community
Connect. There's a quick message, and then I'll share the video.
This sort of sums up what I just shared with you.
Video Speaker: As your fire and EMS agency, we are here to ensure we do
whatever it takes to protect you and your family. However, there
are many valuable pieces of critical information that can help save
lives and property in a real emergency that we don't know until we
arrive at your door. Things like how many occupants to expect at
your home, if anyone has access or functional needs or speaks
another language, whether or not you have pets or livestock,
structural details, like where the bedrooms are, or even where
hazardous materials may be located.
But now, with Community Connect, you have the power to keep us
informed of nearly everything that matters, so we can better serve
you when emergency strikes. Community Connect is a safe and
secure online program available at no cost to all residents that
allows you to provide us with critical property and occupant
information that we can access at the time of response, leading to
' better outcomes in case of fire or medical emergency. So, what are
some examples of the kind of information you can contribute?
First, your family members, who lives at your residence and how
to get in touch during an emergency.
Next, your property. Things like where your families bedrooms are
located, your gate and door codes, if you have a pool or basement,
how to shut off water and electricity, and even where your family's
emergency meeting place is located, your needs, details regarding
functional needs, like mobility, Alzheimer's, autism, severe
allergies, visual or hearing impairments and more. And last, but
not least, your pets, their picture, their names, their habits and even
their veterinary information. So, no matter what happens, your
furry family members are always known about and taking care of.
Signing up is easy from any internet connected device. It just takes
a phone number, email, and an address. Rest assured, all of your
data is safe and only available to our first responders during the
time of response, using the same data security and encryption
standards found in online banking. If you have five minutes to sign
up, please select the link to create your profile and get started
helping your first responders help you.
I
ChiefBenmoussa: I have some cards. Tammy has some cards. We have these. We're
going to put them on our rigs and we'll share them and pass them
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down to our community. We already have 207 people signed up '
since we started about 2 1/2 weeks ago and we're already actually
going to calls and we're using it. The information comes also from
the assessor, the initial from the Fulton County assessor. So, we
already know what the square footage of the homes and sort of the
layout. That's already part of that. But any additional information
obviously helps us better serve you. So, if you have any questions,
happy to answer.
Mayor Jamison: Quick question. Does the police have the same access to this?
Chief Benmoussa: No, but the police can access it. If we have information and you're
in an incident, we can share that information because it's readily
available really quick.
Mayor Jamison: That's good stuff. You have a question? No.
CM Moore: Just a comment. Just wanted to say, Chief, again, thanks. And you
and Chief Austin make us proud every single day and the
leadership you both set in this city is extraordinary. It sets us apart
from all the surrounding communities in so many ways, and I just
want to let you know how much I personally appreciate and I'm '
sure all of Council does as well. And Chief, I said this to you
coming in tonight. I didn't have a chance to say it in public the
other night when you were not here, how proud I was to be from
Milton.
When I was on a business trip the other day up just to Jasper,
Georgia to conduct some business in my everyday life and had a
chance to meet Chief Tim Prather, who had just joined the Jasper
Fire Department as their new chief coming, having just retired out
of Cherokee, and one of his proudest moments was showing me
this award that he had received from you as a recognition of his
service. And I can't tell you what it made me proud as a citizen,
also member of City Council to be able to share in that, his pride in
the award that he had received from the City of Milton.
So, just another extraordinary effort and just can't thank you
enough for constantly all, both chiefs, for representing our city in
such a fine way.
Chief Benmoussa: Thank you, sir.
Mayor Jamison: Thanks, Chief. And me and Chief Austin spent 2 1/2 hours on '
Sunday at a cycling event in a workshop, so I appreciate you being
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there as well. We represented the city of Milton very, very good,
so appreciate it. Anything else? Okay. We are not having an
executive session, so there you go. So open up for a motion to
adjourn.
CM Moore: So moved.
CM Johnson: Second.
Mayor Johnson: All right. I have a motion from Councilmember Moore and a
second from Councilmember Johnson to adjourn. All in favor,
please say aye.
CM Johnson: Aye.
CM Moore: Aye.
CM Cookerly: Aye.
Mayor Jamison: Any opposed? It's unanimous. Thank you.
Motion and Vote: Councilmember Moore moved to adjourn the Regular
Meeting at 7:43pm. Councilmember Johnson seconded the motion. The motion
passed (4-0). Councilmember Verhoff, Councilmember Jacobus, and
Councilmember Mohrig were absent from the meeting.
Date Approved: June 6, 2022