City Council Meeting

CITY OF STONECREST, GEORGIA Honorable Mayor Jason Lary, Sr. Council Member Jimmy Clanton, Jr. – District 1 Council Member Rob Turner- District 2 Council Member Jazzmin Cobble – District 3 Council Member George Turner- District 4 Council Member Diane Adoma – District 5 CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES June 10, 2019 7:00 p.m. 3120 Stonecrest Blvd. Suite 190 Stonecrest, Georgia I. CALL TO ORDER: Mayor Jason Lary II. ROLL CALL: Council Member Rob Turner was absent. III. INVOCATION: Invocation was led by Mayor Lary. A moment of silence was held in memory of Elyse Purefoy of Arabia Mountain High School. IV. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: V. Awards and Honors VI. APPROVAL OF THE COUNCIL AGENDA: Motion 1- was made by Council Member George Turner to approve the agenda with the changes as follows:  Add 2. East Metro CID Appointment XII. New Business A second was provided by Council member Diane Adoma. Motion passed unanimously. VII. MINUTES: Motion 2- was made by Council Member George Turner to approve the Council meeting Minutes from May 28, 2019 and Council Member Jimmy Clanton provided the second. Motion passed unanimously 1  VIII. PRESENTATIONS: 1. DeKalb Mass Transit – Grady Smith, VHB and Michael Hightower, The Collaborative Grady Smith explained what the DeKalb County Transit Master Plans and where they are in the process. This plan will be finalized by late June or early July. There was much discussion amongst Council. 2. Plez Joyner, Deputy City Manager DeKalb County Board of Commissioners Committee of the Whole will be meeting at Stonecrest City Hall on June 18 at 5:30pm IX. PUBLIC COMMENTS:  Renee Cail – Complaint about 3610 Evans Mill Rd- Cell Tower  Geraldine Champion- Wants to know if the City of Stonecrest or Jacobs does background checks on employees.  Amanda Mann- Complaint about 7301 S. Goddard Rd. operating as an event center  Gregory Pierce- Would like to know what the City’s plan is about the closed businesses and would like the crime statistics to be published and available to public  Chianti Brown- Spoke in opposition to the approval of SLUP-19-002- 5714 Southcrest Lane Stonecrest Ga 30038  Gentle Culpepper- Doesn’t want anymore gas stations or cellphone towers. Would like to know what the overlay plans are  Dawn Pettygar- Spoke in opposition to the approval of SLUP-19-002- 5714 Southcrest Lane Stonecrest Ga 30038  Ralph Cooper- Absent  Neil Allen- Spoke in opposition to the approval of SLUP-19-002- 5714 Southcrest Lane Stonecrest Ga 30038  Lisa Evans- Spoke in opposition to the approval of SLUP-19-002- 5714 Southcrest Lane Stonecrest Ga 30038  Denies Powell- Spoke in opposition to the approval of SLUP-19-002- 5714 Southcrest Lane Stonecrest Ga 30038  Angela Catley- Spoke in opposition to the approval of SLUP-19-002- 5714 Southcrest Lane Stonecrest Ga 30038  Eugent Powell- Absent  Lyndal Benjamin- Spoke in opposition to the approval of SLUP-19-002- 5714 Southcrest Lane Stonecrest Ga 30038  Grover Benjamin- Spoke in opposition to the approval of SLUP-19-002- 5714 Southcrest Lane Stonecrest Ga 30038 2   Minister Stone- Spoke in opposition to the approval of SLUP-19-002- 5714 Southcrest Lane Stonecrest Ga 30038  Marcia Stone- Spoke in opposition to the approval of SLUP-19-002- 5714 Southcrest Lane Stonecrest Ga 30038  John Carter- Spoke in opposition to the approval of SLUP-19-002- 5714 Southcrest Lane Stonecrest Ga 30038  Gina Mangham- Commented about the DeKalb transit Master Plan  Mary Edmond- Would like to know the policy and procedures X. APPOINTMENTS: ** Moved From Agenda Item X11. New Business 2. ** 1. East Metro CID Steering Committee Appointment of Council Member Jazzmin Cobble to the East Metro CID Steering Committee. Motion 3 – was made by Mayor Jason Lary to appoint Council Member Jazzmin Cobble to the East Metro CID Steering Committee and a second was provided by Council Member Diane Adoma XI. OLD BUSINESS: 1. City Hall Buildout After much discussion, the Mayor asked the Council for a vote. Motion 4- was made by Mayor Jason Lary to authorize staff to negotiate a lease with Robert Scott, Real Estate Agent and a second was provided by Council Member Jimmy Clanton. Motion passed unanimously. 2. Second Reading- Updating Telecommunications Regulations TMOD – 19- 0004 Motion 5- was made by Mayor Lary to approve the 2nd Reading of TMOD- 19-0004 and a second was provided by Council Member Jimmy Clanton. Council member George Turner confirmed with the City Attorney that this could be amended in the future if needed. Council Member Adoma had many concerns in getting the ordinance right the first time and asked to have her opinion put on record and she handed her opinion to the City Clerk. The City Attorney said that the written opinion could be incorporated in the minutes if the Chair/Mayor agreed. The Mayor asked that they not be read but put in the minutes as written by Council Member Adoma. The opinion is below and is a true and exact copy of the original. 3  Motion passed. 4-1 with Council member Adoma opposing. 3. Second Reading- Use Table Updates to Modify Personal and Childcare Homes TMOD – 19-0002(B) Motion 6- was made by Council Member George Turner to approve the 2nd Reading of TMOD – 19-0002(B) and was seconded by Council member Jazzmin Cobble. Motion passed unanimously. XII. NEW BUSINESS: 1. Establishment of Stonecrest District 4 Advisory Committee and Authorization Council Member George Turner announced his creation of a new committee for District 4. 4  XIII. PUBLIC HEARINGS: XIV. EXECUTIVE SESSION: Motion 7- was made by Council Member Jimmy Clanton to go into Executive Session for Personnel and a second was provided by Council Member George Turner. Motion passed unanimously. WHEN AND EXECUTIVE SESSION IS REQUIRED, ONE WILL BE CALLED FOR THE FOLLOWING ISSUES: 1) PERSONNEL, 2) LITIGATION, 3) REAL ESTATE Motion 8- was made by Council Member George Turner to go back into the Council Meeting Regular Session and a second was provided by Council Member Rob Turner. Motion passed unanimously. Motion 9- was made by Council Member George Turner to Amend the agenda and add Contract Notification under New Business. Motion passed unanimously. “XII. New Business- 2. Contract Notification” Motion 10– was made by Mayor Lary to notify per the Contract for Economic Development and was seconded by Council Member Jimmy Clanton. Motion passed unanimously. XV. CITY MANAGER COMMENTS: No comments XVI. CITY ATTORNEY COMMENTS: No comments XVII. MAYOR AND COUNCIL COMMENTS: 5  Council Member Diane Adoma- Commended her granddaughters for coming to the meeting tonight. Also noted that she voted no on the Personal Care Home SLUP-19-002 Council Member George Turner- Hosting a Water Trail Canoe trip on June 29 and please see him to sign up. Council Member Jimmy Clanton- Thanked everyone for coming. XVIII. ADJOURNMENT: Motion 11- was made by Council Member Jazzmin Cobble to adjourn the Council meeting at 10:23pm and a second was provided by Council Member Jimmy Clanton. Motion passed unanimously. Read and adopted in the regular meeting of the City Council held on this _____ day of _______________, 2019. __________________________ Mayor Jason Lary ATTEST: _______________________________ Megan P. Reid, City Clerk 6