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 Tammy Grimes – District 5 CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES January 13, 2020 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. OATHS Judge Michael Sheridan administered the oaths for Rob Turner, Post 2 and George Turner, Post 4. VI. APPROVAL OF THE COUNCIL AGENDA: Motion 1- was made by Council Member Rob Turner to approve the agenda with the addition of adding Mayor Pro Tem to the Appointment Section and was seconded by Council Member George Turner. Motion passed 5-1 with Mayor Jason Lary voting nay. VII. MINUTES: Motion 2- was made by Council Member George Turner to approve the Council Meeting Minutes from December 9, 2019 and Council Member Jimmy Clanton gave the second. Motion passed unanimously. 1  VIII. PRESENTATIONS: Plez Joyner, Deputy City Manager, gave a presentation on SPLOST and Ken Hilderbrandt presented the Pavement Management Analysis. Marcus Arnold of Vanhasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc and Katrina Highsmith from The Collaborative gave an update on the Transportation Master Plan. IX. APPOINTMENTS: Mayor Pro Tem Motion 3- was made by Council Member Jazzmin Cobble to appoint Council Member George Turner as Mayor Pro Tem and was seconded by Council member Rob Turner. Motion passed unanimously. X. PUBLIC COMMENTS: Kennard Turner- Questioned the process of choosing Non-Profits for the Recreation Department Bernie Knight- Spoke in reference to the Transportation Master Plan and the Housing Authority Plans. Would like Coffee Road to be removed from the map. XI. PUBLIC HEARINGS: None. XII. NEW BUSINESS: a. SPLOST Resurfacing Schedule for 2020 Proposal Handled in the Presentation section. b. Consideration of a Resolution consenting to the Housing Authority of the County of DeKalb, Georgia exercising its powers within the City of Stonecrest for the purpose of financing for the benefit of Stone Terrace GA LLC the development of a 240-unit multifamily housing project located on a 14-acre site at the intersection of Chupp Road and Evans Mill Drive, Stonecrest, Georgia. Motion 4- was made by Council Member George Turner to approve Resolution 2020-01-001 and was seconded by Council Member Rob Turner. Motion passed unanimously. 2  c. URA Implementation Motion 5- was made by Mayor Jason Lary to appoint the Mayor and City Council as the Urban Redevelopment Agency and was seconded by Council Member Jazzmin Cobble. Motion passed unanimously. Motion 6- was made by Mayor Jason Lary to approve the Urban Redevelopment Map and was seconded by Council member Rob Turner. Motion passed unanimously. Motion 7- was made by Mayor Jason Lary to approve Resolution 2020-01-002- Designating Urban Redevelopment Areas and was seconded by Council Member Jimmy Clanton. Motion passed unanimously. d. Holiday Schedule Resolution Motion 8- was made by Council Member Jimmy Clanton to approve the Resolution 2020-01-003 Holiday Schedule and was seconded by Council Member Tammy Grimes. Motion passed unanimously. e. 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. XIII. EXECUTIVE SESSION: WHEN AND EXECUTIVE SESSION IS REQUIRED, ONE WILL BE CALLED FOR THE FOLLOWING ISSUES: 1) PERSONNEL, 2) LITIGATION, 3) REAL ESTATE XIV. CITY MANAGER COMMENTS: Deputy City Manager Plez Joyner- Please take the Transportation Master Plan survey on the website. XV. CITY ATTORNEY COMMENTS: No comments XVI. MAYOR AND COUNCIL COMMENTS: 3  Council Member Rob Turner Happy Founders’ Day to the Delta Sigma Thetas and the Alpha Kappa Alphas! Council Member Jimmy Clanton – 1st Saturday of the Month is the Community Awareness Meetings held at the AEI Center at 10:00am. More information is located at stonecrestga.gov Council Member George Turner- Reviewed the Census Questionnaire to show how quick and easy it is to complete. Council Member Tammy Grimes- Save the date 1/28/2020 for District 5 Talk with Tammy from 6p-7p at the Stonecrest Library. Mayor Jason Lary- Thanked everyone for coming out to participate in the meeting. XVII. ADJOURNMENT: Motion 8- was made by Council Member Jazzmin Cobble to adjourn the Council Meeting and a second was provided by Council Member Rob Turner. 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 4