City Council Regular 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 Vacant – District 5 CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES December 9, 2019 7:00 p.m. 3120 Stonecrest Blvd. Suite 190 Stonecrest, Georgia I. CALL TO ORDER: Mayor Jason Lary II. ROLL CALL: All members present. III. INVOCATION: Invocation was led by Council Member Rob Turner. IV. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE V. AWARDS AND HONORS Mayor Lary acknowledged Revonda Cosby as the new Director of Arabia Mountain Park. VI. APPROVAL OF THE COUNCIL AGENDA: Motion 1- was made by Council Member Rob Turner to approve the agenda and was seconded by Council Member George Turner. Motion passed unanimously. VII. MINUTES: Motion 2- was made by Council Member George Turner to approve the Council Meeting Minutes from November 25, 2019 and Council Member Rob Turner gave the second. Motion passed unanimously. 1  VIII. PRESENTATIONS: Mayor Lary congratulated Council elect Tammy Grimes. I-20 East Transit Oriented Development Community Plan by Sylvia Smith and Audra Rojek IX. PUBLIC COMMENTS: Faye Coffield- Congratulated Council Elect Tammy Grimes of District 5. Glad the Mayor and Council changed the SPLOST spending. Would like to see the MARTA transportation plan happen faster. Bernie Knight- He has concerns with the I-20 East Transit Plan. X. APPOINTMENTS: None. XI. PUBLIC HEARINGS: None. XII. NEW BUSINESS: a. Creation of Urban Redevelopment Agency Motion 3- was made by Mayor Lary to approve the Resolution of Necessity Prerequisite to Exercise Powers under Urban Redevelopment Law as written and was seconded by Council member Jimmy Clanton. Motion passed unanimously. Motion 4- was made by Mayor Lary to approve an Activating Resolution to Authorize the Urban redevelopment Agency and the City of Stonecrest to transact Business and Exercise Powers under the provisions of the Urban Redevelopment Laws as written and was seconded by Council Member Jimmy Clanton. Motion passed unanimously. b. 2020 Council Meeting Calendar Motion 5- was made by Council Member George Turner to approve the 2020 Meeting Calendar with 2 Changes, Change February 5 to February 10 and December 28 to December 21 and a second was provided by Council Member Jimmy Clanton. Motion passed unanimously. 2  c. Housing Authority Resolution Motion 6- was made by Council Member Rob Turner to approve the Resolution Designating Initial Terms of Commissioners of the Stonecrest housing Authority Pursuant to O.C.G.A. Section 8-3-5(c) and was seconded by Mayor Jason Lary. Motion passed unanimously. d. LMIG Resolution Motion 7- was made by Council Member Jimmy Clanton to approve the LMIG Application and was seconded by Council Member George Turner. Motion passed unanimously. e. FY2020 Budget Motion 8- was made by Council Member Jimmy Clanton to approve the Resolution for the 2020 Budget and approve the attachment for the 2020 Budget and was seconded by Council Member Rob Turner. Motion passed unanimously. f. 2020 CH2M Contract Motion 9- was made by Mayor Jason Lary to approve the 2020 CH2M Contract and was seconded by Council Member Jimmy Clanton. Motion passed 4-1 with Council member Jazzmin Cobble voting Nay. g. 2020 Board of Zoning Appeals Calendar Motion 10- was made by Council Member Rob Turner to approve the 2020 Board of Zoning Appeals Calendar and was seconded by Council member George Turner. Motion passed unanimously. XIII. OLD BUSINESS: a. 2019 Budget Amendment Resolution Motion 11- was made by Council member Jimmy Clanton to approve the 2019 Budget Amendment Resolution and was seconded by Council Member George Turner. Motion passed unanimously. XIV. EXECUTIVE SESSION: 3 WHEN AND EXECUTIVE SESSION IS REQUIRED, ONE WILL BE CALLED FOR THE FOLLOWING ISSUES: 1) PERSONNEL, 2) LITIGATION, 3) REAL ESTATE Motion 12- was made by Mayor Jason Lary to go into Executive Session for Real Estate Matters and Personnel Issues and was seconded by Council Member Jimmy Clanton. Motion passed unanimously. Motion 13- was made by Council Member Jimmy Clanton to go back into regular session and was seconded by Council Member George Turner. Motion passed unanimously. XV. CITY MANAGER COMMENTS: Deputy City Manager Plez Joyner- There will be a pop-up meeting for the Transportation Master Plan in December 10, 2019 at 4pm at the Panola Library. No comments. XVI. CITY ATTORNEY COMMENTS: No comments XVII. MAYOR AND COUNCIL COMMENTS: Motion 14- Was made by Council Member George Turner to add Agenda Item- Cancellation of December 13, 2019 Meeting. Motion passed unanimously. Motion 15- was made by Council member Jimmy Clanton to cancel the December 23, 2019 Council Meeting and was seconded by Council Member Rob Turner. Motion passed unanimously. Council Member George Turner 2020 Census Complete Count Meeting on Thursday, December 12, 2019 at 6:30pm. There will also be a District 4 Awards Meeting on December 19, 2019. 4  Mayor Jason Lary- Will conduct swearing in of Council Elect Tammy Grimes as soon as the Election Results are certified. Wished everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. XVIII. ADJOURNMENT: Motion 16- was made by Council Member Rob Turner to adjourn the Council Meeting and a second was provided by Council Member Jazzmin Cobble. Motion passed unanimously. Read and adopted in the regular meeting of the City Council held on this _____ day of _______________, 2020. __________________________ Mayor Jason Lary ATTEST: _______________________________ Megan P. Reid, City Clerk 5