Mayor and City Council/Downtown Development Authority (DDA) Joint Meeting

Mayor and City Council/Downtown Development Authority (DDA) Joint Meeting Monday, August 03, 2026, at 6:30 PM City Hall, 875 Main Street, Stone Mountain, Georgia 30083 Minutes 1 Mayor and Council: Jelani Linder – Mayor | Post 3: Mayor Pro Tem Ryan Smith | Post 1: Council 2 Member Anita Bass | Post 2: Council Member Mark Marianos | Post 4: Council Member Kay 3 Nunez | Post 5: Council Member Hub Jordan | Post 6: Council Member Elaine Vaughn 4 5 DDA: Chair Carl Wright, Vice Chair Robert Witherspoon, Treasurer Sarah Hage, Board Member 6 Bobby Singleton, Board Member Michelle Dunbar, Board Member Thom DeLoach, Board Member 7 & Council Member Anita Bass, DDA Attorney Kyle Williams 8 9 Staff: Maggie Dimov – City Manager | Angela Couch – City Attorney | Deputy City Clerk – Nakeya 10 Burton 11 12 I. Call to Order 13 Mayor Linder called the meeting to order at 6:30pm. 14 15 II. Determination of Quorum 16 PRESENT: Mayor Pro Tem: Post 3 Ryan Smith, Council Member: Post 2 Mark Marianos, Council 17 Member: Post 4 Kay Nunez, Council Member: Post 5 Hub Jordan, Council Member: Post 6 Elaine 18 Vaughn, Mayor Jelani Linder 19 20 ABSENT: Mayor Pro Tem: Post 3 Ryan Smith 21 22 PRESENT: Treasurer Sarah Hage, Board Member Bobby Singleton, Board Member Michelle Dunbar, 23 Board Member Thom DeLoach, Board Member & Council Member Anita Bass, DDA Attorney Kyle 24 Williams 25 26 ABSENT: Chair Carl Wright, Vice Chair Robert Witherspoon 27 28 III. Adoption of The Agenda of The Day 29 30 ACTION: MOTION TO ADOPT THE AGENDA OF THE DAY 31 Motion made by Board Member: Thom DeLoach, Seconded by Council Member: Post 1 Anita Bass 32 33 Voting Yea: Council Member: Post 1 Anita Bass, Council Member: Post 2 Mark Marianos, Council 34 Member: Post 4 Kay Nunez, Council Member: Post 5 Hub Jordan, Council Member: Post 6 Elaine 35 Vaughn, Treasurer Sarah Hage, Board Member Bobby Singleton, Board Member Michelle Dunbar, Board 36 Member Thom DeLoach, Board Member & Council Member Anita Bass, DDA Attorney Kyle Williams 37 38 MOTION PASSED (UNANIMOUSLY) 39 40 41 August 3, 2026, Special Called DDA/City Council Meeting Page 1 of 3 42 1. Overview of the Strategic Economic Alignment for Stone Mountain Village 43 44 DDA Board Member, Bobby Singleton, presented a PowerPoint Presentation overview of the Strategic 45 Economic Alignment for Stone Mountain Village. 46 47 Discussion: DDA Members provided their perspective on what items need to be prioritized for the 48 governing body and DDA Members to align such as departing from the 5-million-dollar gap and expressed 49 the urgency of acting now. Council Members expressed that they feel everyone is aligned but need more 50 specificity, how it’s been years of kicking the can down the road, and that more information on TAD (Tax 51 Allocation District) is needed. DDA Board Member, Bobby Singleton and DDA Attorney, Kyle Williams, 52 provided context regarding TAD. 53 54 Council Members had questions regarding if the City has a TAD and who makes the decision regarding 55 it. Mayor Linder provided feedback and clarification. The governing body also inquired whether the TAD 56 would be reactivated or if a new one would be established, if the City would take on the burden if the 57 calculations don’t work for a developer, and if TAD allows revitalization and purchase of property. Further 58 questions were posed regarding the timeframe for when items need to be completed, if a study can be 59 done, and if there are other cities to research that are doing the same thing. DDA Board Members, Bobby 60 Singleton and Thom DeLoach and City Manager, Maggie Dimov, provided clarity. 61 62 Suggestions included having a representative from TAD appearing to speak with everyone, forming a 63 work plan, deciding where to allocate the TAD funds, and knowing the ideas one another are floating. 64 65 City Manager, Maggie Dimov, expressed the importance of outlining some projects and initiatives as the 66 City’s 2027 Budget is in the works. DDA Board Member, Bobby Singleton, mentioned the Lawn on Main 67 and Main St as top priorities. 68 69 Thatcher Hart, Community Development Director, provided suggestions and feedback from his prior 70 experience. 71 72 2. Executive Session to Discuss Personnel, Legal, and Real Estate (if needed) 73 74 ACTION: MOTION TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 7:20 P.M. TO DISCUSS REAL 75 ESTATE 76 Motion made by Board Member: Thom DeLoach, Seconded by Council Member: Post 5 Hub 77 Jordan 78 79 Voting Yea: Council Member: Post 1 Anita Bass, Council Member: Post 2 Mark Marianos, Council 80 Member: Post 4 Kay Nunez, Council Member: Post 5 Hub Jordan, Council Member: Post 6 Elaine 81 Vaughn, Treasurer Sarah Hage, Board Member Bobby Singleton, Board Member Michelle 82 Dunbar, Board Member Thom DeLoach, Board Member & Council Member Anita Bass, DDA 83 Attorney Kyle Williams 84 85 MOTION PASSED (UNANIMOUSLY) 86 87 ACTION: MOTION TO ADJOURN EXECUTIVE SESSION AND RECONVENE THE CITY 88 COUNCIL MEETING AT 8:12 P.M. - (1) ITEM DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION 89 Motion made by Treasure Sarah Hage, Seconded by Council Member: Post 6 Elaine Vaughn 90 91 Voting Yea: Council Member: Post 1 Anita Bass, Council Member: Post 2 Mark Marianos, Council 92 Member: Post 4 Kay Nunez, Council Member: Post 5 Hub Jordan, and Council Member: Post 6 93 Elaine Vaughn, Treasurer Sarah Hage, Board Member Bobby Singleton, Board Member Michelle 94 Dunbar, Board Member Thom DeLoach, Board Member & Council Member Anita Bass, DDA 95 Attorney Kyle Williams August 3, 2026, Special Called DDA/City Council Meeting Page 2 of 3  96 MOTION PASSED (UNANIMOUSLY) 97 98 99 100 3. Adjournment 101 102 ACTION: MOTION TO RESUME THE MEETING AT 8:12 P.M. 103 Motion made by Council Member: Post 1 Anita Bass, Seconded by Council Member: Post 2 104 Mark Marianos 105 106 Voting Yea: Council Member: Post 1 Anita Bass, Council Member: Post 2 Mark Marianos, 107 Council Member: Post 4 Kay Nunez, Council Member: Post 5 Hub Jordan, Council Member: 108 Post 6 Elaine Vaughn, Treasurer Sarah Hage, Board Member Bobby Singleton, Board Member 109 Michelle Dunbar, Board Member Thom DeLoach, Board Member & Council Member Anita Bass, 110 DDA Attorney Kyle Williams 111 112 MOTION PASSED (UNANIMOUSLY) 113 114 115 ACTION: MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING AT 8:13 P.M. 116 Motion made by Board Member: Thom DeLoach, Seconded by Council Member: Post 2 Mark 117 Marianos 118 119 Voting Yea: Council Member: Post 1 Anita Bass, Council Member: Post 2 Mark Marianos, 120 Council Member: Post 4 Kay Nunez, Council Member: Post 5 Hub Jordan, Council Member: 121 Post 6 Elaine Vaughn, Treasurer Sarah Hage, Board Member Bobby Singleton, Board Member 122 Michelle Dunbar, Board Member Thom DeLoach, Board Member & Council Member Anita Bass, 123 DDA Attorney Kyle Williams 124 125 MOTION PASSED (UNANIMOUSLY) 126 127 128 _______________________________ ________________________________ 129 Jelani Linder, Mayor City Clerk, Shavala Ames 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 August 3, 2026, Special Called DDA/City Council Meeting Page 3 of 3