City Council Regular Meeting

CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING MINUTES Monday, February 27, 2023 Council Assembly Room 7:00 PM 70 S. Clayton St, GA 30046 Call to Order PRESENT Mayor David Still Council Member Glenn Martin Council Member Victoria Jones Mayor Pro Tem Austin Thompson - by video Council Member Marlene Taylor-Crawford Prayer Apostle Fritz Musser provided the invocation. Pledge of Allegiance Mayor David Still led the group in the Pledge of Allegiance. Agenda Additions / Deletions City Manager Chuck Warbington requested that item #17 RZC2022-00045 be tabled to the March 15 work session. Motion to approve as amended made by Council Member Martin, Seconded by Council Member Taylor-Crawford. Voting Yea: Mayor Still, Council Member Martin, Council Member Jones, Mayor Pro Tem Thompson, Council Member Taylor-Crawford Recognitions 1. Police Department - Captain Sal Ortega Chief John Mullin introduced a new member of the Police Department Captain Sal Ortega. Captain Ortega briefly addressed the Council and the public. Approval of Prior Meeting Minutes Motion to approve the minutes as amended by the Council made by Council Member Martin, Seconded by Council Member Taylor-Crawford. Voting Yea: Mayor Still, Council Member Martin, Council Member Jones, Mayor Pro Tem Thompson, Council Member Taylor-Crawford 2. December 14, 2022 Work Session and Executive Session 3. December 14, 2022 Regular Meeting and Executive Session 4. January 18, 2023 Work Session and Executive Session 5. January 30, 2023 Regular Meeting and Executive Session 6. February 15,2023 Work Session and Executive Session Announcements 7. Council Announcements Mayor Still recognized each Council Member who individually made announcements about events and recognitions throughout the community. He then read from the slides for upcoming City events. 8. City Manager Announcements City Manager Warbington introduced Gwinnett Commissioner Jasper Watkins. Commissioner Watkins introduced Mr. Lewis Cooksey who briefly address Council and introduced his team, Ms. China Thomas and Ms. Natasha Tyler who provided a presentation on the new Ride Gwinnett 2023 Expansion and answered questions from Council. Public Comment To participate in the Public Comment part of the Agenda, you must register with the City Clerk prior to the beginning of the meeting. Presentations will be limited to 2 minutes per person and Council will not respond to the comment. Representative Gregg Kennard spoke on housing. Ms. Robin Wilson spoke on downtown development moratorium. Ms. Barbara Brown spoke on downtown development moratorium. Ms. Linda Nash spoke on downtown development moratorium. Ms. Genice Chae spoke on downtown development moratorium. Consent Agenda These are items on which the Mayor and Council are in agreement to approve and are placed on the agenda to be approved in one vote. City Attorney Lee Thompson read the Consent Agenda into record. Motion to approve consent agenda as presented made by Council Member Jones, Seconded by Council Member Martin. Voting Yea: Mayor Still, Council Member Martin, Council Member Jones, Mayor Pro Tem Thompson, Council Member Taylor-Crawford 9. Ordinance Amendment to Chapter 4 – Alcoholic Beverages 10. On-Demand Annual Streets and Stormwater Maintenance Contract 11. Approve ReCAST Year 2 Contract Addendum 12. Approval of Intergovernmental Agreement with Gwinnett County for Reviewing, Inspecting and Permitting County Projects within the City 13. Purchase Tyler Hosting services for Munis ERP and EnerGov 14. 2023 Event Entertainment Consultant Contract 15. Resolution to seek grant from the Atlanta Regional Commission for a Tactical Livable Centers Initiative (LCI) study 16. Fiscal Year 2023 Mid-Year Budget Adjustment Public Hearing New Business Discussion will be limited to 7 minutes per side including rebuttal. Discussions on Zoning issues will be limited to 10 minutes per side including rebuttal. Questions and answers from Council Members will not infringe on the time limit. 17. RZC2022-00045; Alessandro Salvo; 530 Lyle Circle This item was tabled to the March 15th work session in the agenda additions and deletions section. 18. RZR2023-00015: Citywide Rezoning- Derrick Cheek, Mahlon Sweat, Kenny Tong, Sheila and Daniel Huff, Anne and Thomas Iwanowski, Cline Nichols, Mahlon and Carolyn Sweat; Multiple addresses Planning and Development Director Todd Hargrave presented this item and answered questions from Council. The City is the applicant on this item. The Mayor opened the public hearing and hearing and seeing no one the public hearing was closed. Motion to approve RZR2023-00015 made by Mayor Still, Seconded by Council Member Martin. Voting Yea: Mayor Still, Council Member Martin, Council Member Jones, Mayor Pro Tem Thompson, Council Member Taylor-Crawford 19. RZR2023-00016: Citywide Rezoning - Derrick Cheek, Pappy and Annamma Samuel, Rickie and Garnett Lance; Multiple addresses Planning and Development Director Todd Hargrave presented this item and answered questions from Council. The City is the applicant on this item. The Mayor opened the public hearing Mr. Derrick Cheek came forward to make a comment on the notification. The Mayor asked if he was good with the rezoning and he said he was. The Mayor closed the public hearing.  Motion to approve RZR2023-00016 with staff conditions made by Council Member Jones, Seconded by Council Member Martin. Voting Yea: Mayor Still, Council Member Martin, Council Member Jones, Mayor Pro Tem Thompson, Council Member Taylor-Crawford 20. RZR2023-00017; Karen Wright; 577 Scenic Highway Planning and Development Director Todd Hargrave presented this item and answered questions from Council. The applicant was not present. The Mayor opened the public hearing and hearing and seeing no one the public hearing was closed. Motion to approve RZR2022-00017 with staff conditions made by Council Member Martin, Seconded by Council Member Jones. Voting Yea: Mayor Still, Council Member Martin, Council Member Jones, Mayor Pro Tem Thompson, Council Member Taylor-Crawford 21. RZR2022-00011; Fairlane Capital LLC; 448 Grayson Highway Planning and Development Director Todd Hargrave was present to answer questions from Council. The applicant requested the item be withdrawn prior to the meeting. Motion to withdraw RZR2022-00011 without prejudice made by Council Member Martin, Seconded by Council Member Taylor-Crawford. Voting Yea: Mayor Still, Council Member Martin, Council Member Jones, Mayor Pro Tem Thompson, Council Member Taylor-Crawford Council Business Old Business There is no public comment during this section of the agenda unless formally requested by the Mayor and the Council. 22. An Ordinance Establishing the Regulation for the Renaming of Streets City Engineer Jim Wright presented this item and answered questions from Council. Motion to approve made by Council Member Jones, Seconded by Council Member Taylor- Crawford. Voting Yea: Mayor Still, Council Member Martin, Council Member Jones, Mayor Pro Tem Thompson, Council Member Taylor-Crawford 23. Proposed Name of Collins Hill Extension Project City Engineer Jim Wright presented this item and answered questions from Council. Motion to table to the March 29th work session made by Mayor Still, Seconded by Council Member Jones. Voting Yea: Mayor Still, Council Member Martin, Council Member Jones, Mayor Pro Tem  Thompson, Council Member Taylor-Crawford Council Business New Business There is no public comment during this section of the agenda unless formally requested by the Mayor and the Council. 24. Renewal and Expansion of Comcast Fiber Data Lines Senior Systems Analyst Nathan Tullis presented this item and answered questions from Council. Motion to approve made by Council Member Martin, Seconded by Council Member Jones. Voting Yea: Mayor Still, Council Member Martin, Council Member Jones, Mayor Pro Tem Thompson, Council Member Taylor-Crawford 25. Add service for Pond & Company to provide consultant services for the North DTL area Planning and Development Director Todd Hargrave presented this item and answered questions from Council. Motion to approve made by Mayor Still, Seconded by Council Member Jones. Voting Yea: Mayor Still, Council Member Martin, Council Member Jones, Mayor Pro Tem Thompson, Council Member Taylor-Crawford 26. Resolution for Temporary Moratorium of North DTL City Manager Chuck Warbington presented this item and answered questions from Council. Motion to approve the temporary moratorium changing the amount from $5000.00 to $25,000.00 made by Council Member Martin, Seconded by Council Member Jones. Voting Yea: Mayor Still, Council Member Martin, Council Member Jones, Mayor Pro Tem Thompson, Council Member Taylor-Crawford 27. Acquisition of 124 Benson Street City Manager Chuck Warbington presented this item and answered questions from Council. Motion to approve made by Council Member Jones, Seconded by Mayor Still. Voting Yea: Mayor Still, Council Member Martin, Council Member Jones, Mayor Pro Tem Thompson, Council Member Taylor-Crawford Executive Session – Personnel, Litigation, Real Estate Motion to move into executive session made by Council Member Taylor-Crawford, Seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Thompson. Voting Yea: Mayor Still, Council Member Martin, Council Member Jones, Mayor Pro Tem Thompson, Council Member Taylor-Crawford Motion to adjourn out of executive session made by Council Member Jones, Seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Thompson.Voting Yea: Mayor Still, Council Member Martin, Council Member Jones, Mayor Pro Tem Thompson, Council Member Taylor-Crawford Report of items discussed in Executive Session 1 Personnel 1 Litigation No Votes Taken In Public Meeting Victoria Jones Motioned for Hector Sanchez to be Appointed to LHA, Seconded by Glenn Martin. Voting Yea: Mayor Still, Council Member Martin, Council Member Jones, Mayor Pro Tem Thompson, Council Member Taylor-Crawford Final Adjournment Motion to adjourn made by Council Member Jones, Seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Thompson. Voting Yea: Mayor Still, Council Member Martin, Council Member Jones, Mayor Pro Tem Thompson, Council Member Taylor-Crawford Minutes Signatures ______________________________ David R. Still, Mayor ______________________________ Karen Pierce, City Clerk