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Um, at the end of the day, I think uh these projects provide a little bit of bonafid us to pay companies what we do and what we're trying to uh do here in Simna. Uh, thank you again for um considering our proposal and uh we're glad to stand for any questions you may have. Appreciate your your presentation. Any questions of the applicant? Yeah. So, if approved, what's your start date for construction? Yeah, this is a that's a great question. This is a fairly large project. Um the design for a project like this can take upwards of a year. Uh and then there's the permitting process. Um and and however long that takes. Um uh typically six to eight months is my experience and I've not done a project in Smyrna so that stands to be seen. Jordan that to about three or four months probably three or four months. Okay. All right. Um and then and then from there it's just a matter of permitting. Um but we're we're our intent is to get after it as quickly as uh the processes will allow. Okay. So I know why you asked that question because Emerson Center is sitting over there and we've approved different versions of that plan and you know there's kind of a thought is this going to happen and I I got have a lot of confidence in. So the approval here will then give us the okay to start our design process which again takes upwards of a year to get through the design of a project this this large. You say several years I'm sorry it's upwards of a year to get through the design. Okay. That we will submit then for permit review. Okay. Thank you. And then as soon as we can after that get permits and go to construction. Um, similar to the the kind of the questions about Emerson.

Um, so many great ideas and so many great things coming to the city, which is awesome. Um, what's going on with like the financing? Uh, that's a great question. Um, we do own the land, so a big piece of our equity uh is there already. We do have um interested partners in pursuing this with us. Um but as we get our approvals, that's the first major hurdle in getting other equity partners on board. Um and we have great uh lending partners throughout the US as well. Just as a followup to both of those, we're as the mayor has noted, we have many projects around the city that have been approved uh that we were told it was going to move quickly. uh and they're still exactly in the state that revoted on them over the last five years. Um so I'm very supportive of your project and echo the mayor's uh comments. You all are the model. Uh so thank you for being a good partner and coming uh and working uh with council member Pickkins and our uh staff that we rely on heavily. What? Uh, so we get past the year of design and permitting, which I trust will be quick and expedient. Then how long does it take before somebody's either staying in the hotel or living on the premises? Yeah, we'll pursue this project likely in two phases. The mo the hotel will come likely first as is most public facing. Um, and then the hotel is probably a 24 to 30month build. n story type one construction. Um and I I we might be able to stagger the phases where we start in the multif family before we complete the hotel. Um these are these are rough estimates. Obviously we're not going to hold you to it. We're just giving an idea.

But just just ballpark the multifamily component will likely take 36 months in its own to build out. Thank you. Other question Mr. Welch? Yeah. I think based on what you're telling us now. You don't know the answer to my question about where the trash is going to be. Um, but you have a limited area. I mean, you're the front of that property is the only place where you can put compactors. My only my only requirement or request for for that would be that of course they be enclosed and not be visible from the street. But you're you're pretty tight on the front. You've got a service area back there that is probably the the location to put them, but you're in concept design right now, I think. And absolutely, you really don't know where they Absolutely. Generally, that northwest corner uh makes the most sense. And we do typically tuck our compactors out of sight. Absolutely. And sometimes even underneath little awnings in our buildings. I'm going to ask a question of Rusty. Rusty, is it a requirement that those compactors be enclosed? Yes. Yes, sir. That's part of our requirements for zoning. They're not. I'm done. Well, we'll make sure it's got a wall. Put the site plan back up again. Uh, is this is the site plan that I have up? Well, is this site plan? Okay. There we go. Is it showing now on your screen? Yes. Okay, great. I just wanted to see where you were talking about the west part of it be the area to the on the top left corner up there where you see the large gray area. I mean you can't go back to the apartments because you've got a you got a 10% or at least in concept you got a slope right going down there and so keeping it on that higher you don't want a big truck going back there.

So you're kind of locked into generally where you go with it. I trust staff to work my question. I I trust staff to work with the applicant to find a good solution there. My only want it to be enclosed and it must be. So I'm good. Any other questions for the one quick question. It might might be a given given the uh pictures and slide you showed of your other projects, but do you have a committed hotel partner? Do you have a committed hotel partner? We own and operate. So in-house hotel partner. Yes. Oh, maybe ask it the correct way. Do you have a brand? Oh. Oh, I I apologize. Um, we are in early conversations with major hotel flags. We currently have a Marriott um hotel flag and it wouldn't be a stretch for us to continue on with that flag. Um, but there's we're extremely early on in the process. That doesn't happen until closer as as we uh after we get approval and then we start really um delving into that partnership. Thank you. But as we design it will be with a specific um flag in mind, hotel brand in mind. Um we also intend for this project to be dual branded. Um meaning that we will um have two brands within the same uh family of brands within that hotel. Um the intent of that is we can um we can attract both the business traveler as well as the recre recreational traveler and the types of rooms that we provide. Any other questions or y'all want to have a vote? I'll entertain. Uh, we got to do well, we got to do a public hearing first. If there's anybody Thank you. There's anybody who wishes to speak for or against this item would like to come up and be sworn in by our city attorney now. Welcome you up. All right. Seeing none, we'll close the public hearing. Now we'll entertain a motion. Motion do pass as presented. Have a motion due to pass uh by Mr. Lley, second by Mr. Welch. All those in favor, please vote. That's approved unanimously. Thanks for doing business in Smyrna. Thanks for doing it the right way. And uh tell your friends to do it the right way when they come. We don't always have that. We're appreciative of y'all. Thank you. All right. We don't have any privilege license or show cause hearings this evening. We have a few items under formal business. Uh the first item, item

A, is basically purchasing two garbage trucks out of our um vehicle replacement fund. Anything else that we need to talk

about with this item? It's $625,836. 600,000 of which is the fiscal year 26 vehicle replacement fund money. planned expenses. Any any questions, commentary from council? All right, I'll entertain a motion. Pass by Mr. Lley, second by Miss Hines. Everybody, please vote. That's approved.

Also, item B is a handful of budget amendments uh to the general fund and to the splash fund. the general fund uh

2026 adopted general fund budget to increase the information technology departmental budget and general fund grant revenue uh $62,685 for a grant award that we got uh when the after the initial budget was adopted. We're also increasing the parks administration departmental budget in the amount of $140,000 for public art that was not initially included in the adopted budget. We're excited about that. We have are amending the adopted project length budget in the vehicle replacement fund. This is what we just talked about with the sanitation vehicles. Amending the 2022 SPLAST fund project length budgets to increase SPLS revenue in the amount of 15,392,784 uh to include revenue not included in the initial projection and increase project length budgets for several different things. This is the overages, we'll call it. um they gave us an aotment of splass dollars and this is the every month we're going to get money uh that was over and above what uh that allocation was. So the the aquatics center project we're fully funding that 8,925,511 that was the balance that we're the gap that we're filling for that so we can go out to bid for the the pool and the aquatics facility resurfacing we're putting 2.2 2 million to resurfacing. We're we're shoring up the cop pedestrian bridge across 41 in the amount of 22 million and then uh facilities improvement line item budget just over $2 million in the downtown uh project in the amount of 70,000. Anything else that you want to add to that long explanation of all of our budget? I'm not sure I could do more justice to that. I think you covered it well. Any discussion or questions from council? All right, I'll entertain a motion on item B. Approval moved by Mr. Lindley, second by Mr. Hogglesby, everyone.

And that's approved unanimously. 6. Item C is updating our uh authorization to

award updating our city signage to commercial signs. on Atlanta Road for $173,961 to be paid from general fund. Mr. Jones, anything additional on that? We asked we sent out an RFP and we received back late June. We evaluated those proposals and what you see. I know the company that's being awarded to local companies on other things we've done over the Any discussion or questions from council. All right. Enter in a motion on item C. So moved. Approval by Mr. Gold. Have a second. Second by Mr. Lindley. Everyone, please vote.

That's approved. 6. Item D is to approve the renewal of professional services agreement, city of Smyrna and government

affairs consultant, Mr. Cash Trevetti, beginning September 1st, 2025 going through August 31st, 2026. And a side note, Mr. Trevetti has done a a great job for us and had an excellent move to hire former council woman Terry Olawitz to join his firm. So, she's going to be very present and helping us with issues at the capital. We're excited about that. Any questions or discussion? Council. All right. Entertain a motion on item D. So move. Hines beat you to it. Uh we'll have a second from Mr. Gould. And everyone please vote. That's approved. 6. And thank you Ash for being here this evening. And last item E, I think that's our last one.