City Council Regular Meeting

CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING MINUTES Monday, March 25, 2024 Council Chambers 7:00 PM 70 S. Clayton St, GA 30046 Call to Order PRESENT Mayor David Still Council Member Bruce Johnson Council Member Victoria Jones Council Member Austin Thompson Mayor Pro-Tem Marlene Taylor-Crawford Prayer Pastor Vonetell Brown, Lawrenceville Apostolic Church of Promise Pledge of Allegiance Mayor Still led the group in the Pledge of Allegiance. Agenda Additions / Deletions Chuck Warbington, City Manager, asked that item #9: Ordinance to amend Chapter 38 of the Code of the City of Lawrenceville, Georgia regarding utilities to update provisions related to applications for service and billing and for other purposes to be tabled to April 29, 2024, Regular Agenda. Motion to accept the agenda as amended made by Council Member Jones, Seconded by Council Member Thompson. Voting Yea: Mayor Still, Council Member Johnson, Council Member Jones, Council Member Thompson, Mayor Pro-Tem Taylor-Crawford Recognitions 1. Lawrenceville Legacy Leaders Jasmine Billings, Director, Community & Economic Development presented this item for Legacy Leaders and presented each member.  2023 Lawrenceville Legacy Leaders (Mentors) Ariel Hutchinson Adna Cufurovic Ermane Abdalla Michael Abraham Shyanne Davis Darrius Moses Maya Omar Nha Han Nguyen Krish Patel Taylor Reid Christina Nguyen Nethili Tissera Jabari Pasha Shiare Kelly Briana Codrescu Madison Harris Korede Oguns Cynthia Alvarado Nickyale Neblett Lily Chen Belen Alvarado Britani Jarquin Shivani Shreedhar Jordan Riddick Jeminye Galarza Chameli Tissera Ashley Burton Aminata Camara Sohum Trivedi Kevin Jacob Emerson Miranda Moran Valery Valdez-Ramos Suamya Palipudi Steven Huang Anna Ale Khenya Robinson Rianne Delos Santos Abhi Saji Mehek Saha Approval of Prior Meeting Minutes Motion to approve minutes made by Council Member Johnson, Seconded by Council Member Thompson. Voting Yea: Mayor Still, Council Member Johnson, Council Member Jones, Council Member Thompson, Mayor Pro-Tem Taylor-Crawford 2. February 26, 2024, Regular Meeting and Executive Session 3. March 14, 2024 Work Session and Executive Session 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. 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. Tuwanda Rush Williams Introduction of Candidacy for Gwinnett Superior Court Judge. 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 the consent agenda as presented made by Council Member Jones, Seconded by Council Member Thompson. Voting Yea: Mayor Still, Council Member Johnson, Council Member Jones, Council Member Thompson, Mayor Pro-Tem Taylor-Crawford 4. Purchase of Gas Pipe and Materials-Hurricane Shoals Road Project 5. Grayson Hwy. 6-inch Steel Replacement Project 6. Ozora Church Road 4-inch Steel Relocation Project Additional Council Business 7. Commissioner Watkins – Gwinnett County Partnerships with the City District 3 Commissioner Jasper Watkins III spoke to Council Members regarding County Updates: Hooper Renwick Library, Ride Gwinnett.com, Veteran & Family Services Onestop 4 Help, Various housing projects 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. 8. RZC2023-00052: Ming Zhou; 0 Curtis Road (PIN 5145 299) Todd Hargrave, Director, Planning and Development presented item and answered questions from Council. Mayor Still opened the public hearing, hearing, or seeing no one closed the public hearing. Motion to deny presented RZC2023-00052: Ming Zhou; 0 Curtis Road (PIN 5145 299) as recommended by staff made by Council Member Jones, Seconded by Council Member Johnson. Voting Yea: Mayor Still, Council Member Johnson, Council Member Jones, Council Member Thompson, Mayor Pro-Tem 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. 9. An Ordinance to amend Chapter 38 of the Code of the City of Lawrenceville, Georgia regarding utilities to update provisions related to applications for service and billing and for other purposes Tabled to April 29, 2024, Regular Agenda 10. An Ordinance to Amend Ordinance Chapter 10 of the code of the City of Lawrenceville, GA to adopt local amendments to the construction codes of the Code of the City of Lawrenceville, Georgia to adopt local amendments to the construction codes Todd Hargrave, Director of Planning and Development, presented this item and answered questions from Council.  Motion to approve ordinance to amend Chapter 10 of the code for City of Lawrenceville, GA to adopt local amendments to the construction codes for the City of Lawrenceville, Georgia made by Council Member Jones, Seconded by Council Member Thompson. Voting Yea: Mayor Still, Council Member Johnson, Council Member Jones, Council Member Thompson, Mayor Pro-Tem 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. 11. Sale of Parcel at 650 Hi-Hope Road (and associated relocation costs) to Georgia Department of Transportation for SR 316 Interchange Improvement Project Todd Hardigree, Gas Department Director, presented this item and answered questions from Council. Motion to approve Sale of Parcel at 650 Hi-Hope Road (and associated relocation costs) to Georgia Department of Transportation for SR 316 Interchange Improvement Project made by Mayor Pro-Tem Taylor-Crawford, Seconded by Council Member Thompson. Voting Yea: Mayor Still, Council Member Johnson, Council Member Jones, Council Member Thompson, Mayor Pro-Tem Taylor-Crawford 12. APPL2023-00006; Harold Buckley, Jr. Attorney at Law; 366 W Pike Street Todd Hargrave, Director of Planning and Development, presented this item where Harold Buckley, Jr presented his appeal and Jody Campbell, Attorney for Todd Hargrave presented his case and both answered questions from Council. Executive Session – Personnel, Litigation, Real Estate Motion to enter executive session made by Mayor Still, Seconded by Council Member Johnson. Voting Yea: Mayor Still, Council Member Johnson, Council Member Jones, Council Member Thompson, Mayor Pro-Tem Taylor-Crawford. Motion to adjourn out of executive session made by Council Member Thompson, Seconded by Mayor Pro-Tem Taylor-Crawford. Voting Yea: Mayor Still, Council Member Johnson, Council Member Jones, Council Member Thompson, Mayor Pro-Tem Taylor-Crawford Report of items discussed in Executive Session: 1 Litigation In Public Meeting Motion to take under advisement APPL2023-00006; Harold Buckley, Jr. Attorney at Law; 366 W Pike Street Appeal and be heard on April 29, 2024, made by Mayor Still, Seconded by Council Member Thompson. Executive Session – Personnel, Litigation, Real Estate Motion to enter executive session made by Council Member Jones, Seconded by Council Member Thompson. Voting Yea: Mayor Still, Council Member Johnson, Council Member Jones, Council Member Thompson, Mayor Pro-Tem Taylor-Crawford Motion to adjourn executive session made by Council Member Thompson, Seconded by Council Member Johnson. Voting Yea: Mayor Still, Council Member Martin, Council Member Jones, Council Member Thompson, Mayor Pro-Tem Taylor-Crawford Report of items discussed in Executive Session: 1 Real Estate 1 Litigation No Votes Taken Final Adjournment Motion to adjourn made by Council Member Thompson, Seconded by Mayor Pro-Tem Taylor- Crawford. Voting Yea: Mayor Still, Council Member Johnson, Council Member Jones, Council Member Thompson, Mayor Pro-Tem Taylor-Crawford Minutes Signatures ________________________ David R. Still, Mayor ________________________ Karen Pierce, City Clerk