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30126 Reformation Brewery LLC doing business as Reformation Brewery with Brian Spencer Nicks as the a agent Mr Bennett any background please thank you Mr Mayor application was made for privilege license New request for reformation Brewery LLC doing business as Reformation Brewery adding wine Winery existing beer brewery manufacturer Sunday sales with Mr Brian Spencer Nicks as the agent applicant Mr Nicks will be the registered agent responsible for the sell of alcohol at 6255 Riverview Road Suite 200 Smyrna Georgia 30 126 the applicant has been given a copy of the alcoholic beverage ordinances and attended the mandatory alcohol awareness Workshop background investigation conducted by the Smyrna Police Department failed to reveal information that would preclude issuance of this license Mr Nick has agreed to abide by the guidelines set forth by the city of smam ordinance govern the sell of alcohol thank you Mr Bennett I'd like to invite the applicant up now welcome thanks for having us how's business been well this is uh hoping to increase it a little bit uh but it's been good we're very very fortunate to be part of the development down on Riverview and I look forward to this next chapter we're glad to have you you're in w s I'll turn it over to Mr Oglesby hey good evening good evening how you doing great great thanks for being here today absolutely for those who don't know about your establishment uh can you give us a little information to our audience and those watching from home yeah absolutely Reformation Brewery we're a small Georgia independent Craft brewery uh we've been in existence now for 12 years uh fortunately uh We've experienced a little bit of growth last year our industry uh Nationwide and in the state of Georgia is a little bit in Decline uh which is part of the request here is to help us diversify our portfolio all right awesome I actually love Reformation bre right that's good to hear so have you done the necessary requirements to to offer wine yes sir yes sir with the state of Georgia the reason we didn't get this initially is state law state law has changed to allow this use for craft breweries all right great that's it that's all I got any other questions from Council all right I'll entertain a motion I have a mo I like to make a motion to approve as requested okay have a second second by Mr Lindley all those in favor please vote you approve 70 thanks thanks for being

here for doing business in smrna and for sitting through the first part to get to this of them appreciate yall thank

you all right now we'll move on to formal business uh item a authorization to award RFP 24- 034 to update the downtown master plan to mksk uh which is is at 999 Petree Street Northeast Atlanta Georgia 30309 for $199,300 be paid from the general fund and authorize the mayor to sign and execute all related documents Mr benett background please yes sir the city requested proposals for an update and expansion to the Smyrna bold downtown master plan 15 proposals were received on Friday July 12th 2024 and were evaluated by staff from Economic Development parks and recreation community Community Development Public Works community relations and also selected spner residents the team selected five firms for presentation interviews and the final evaluation the recommended firm is mksk economic development in purchas and recommend authorization thank you Mr Bennett uh this is in w three and and Travis you chair the U downtown Redevelopment committee you want to speak a little bit about what we're doing here and sure thank you mayor uh we're excited with this step the uh the committee which was impanel um I guess the mid part of last year has met uh roughly four or five times and was building up to two things one the property actually closing which it closed the middle of December and um the next step is the working with a firm to come up with that downtown master plan uh and it's chief goal will be uh to do exhaustive public Outreach and engagement over the next year uh and as remov through that process refine uh a plan that will be Market uh suitable uh for us at the appropriate time when the Baptist Church moves to their new campus somewhere between two and three years uh that we'll have a plan ready to go so we're very excited the next meeting is at the end of the month uh where we officially sort of kick off so far Revisited some of the uh sort of success story cities around Atlanta that have uh done what Smyrna has an opportunity to do uh so it'll be an exciting time and at the appropriate time I will motion do pass any discussion all right we have a motion do pass do we have a second thank by Mr G all those in favor please vote that's approved 70 that's an exciting thing to get going and um any City midsize city in America would would uh want this opportunity welcome this opportunity to expand their down town and also provide a church with a new location in their Community close to their City Center so we're we're really

looking forward to this next process Item B RFQ 25-18 uh to

approve cured in place pipe unit pricing contract for sewer mainlining of sanitary sewer infrastructure to Federal e LLC 504 alauna Hills Drive Woodstock Georgia 30189 funded from the water sewer CP fund not to exceed $500,000 annually and to authorize the mayor to sign and execute all related documents Mr Bennett the background please thank you Mr Mayor as part of the 30-year rehab plan water sewer utilities requested unit price bids for yearly cure in place pipe for the city's 60 Mi of clay pipe to be lined based off of actual scenarios with unit pricing Federal eclc was the lowest bidder our in-house CCTV and Inspections Division will inspect for deficiencies and when found the contractor will be called to line said area based off of findings such as root intrusion and cracked broken clay piping what are sewer utilities and purchase and recommend authorization thank you Mr Bennett and any discussion council members or questions all right I'll entertain a motion motion to approve motion to approve Mr Welch do I have a second second by Mr Pickins all those in favor please vote that's approved 70 thank you now on to item C authorization to increase sewer rate per thousand gallons

from $899 to 9 30 effective April 1st 2025 to be build on the May 2025 utility

bills and to recognize that cob County Water approved a 3.5% increase to the wholesale sewer rate charged to the wholesale customers effective April 1st 2025 Mr Bennett this is just passing along the increase from cob County Water uh that we were hit with this year yes that is correct okay any other background no notifications to customers for the water rate increase and Sewer rate increase will be sent on the February 2025 utility bills okay any discussion all right I'll have a motion so move so move by Mr Welch you I have a second second second by Mr Lindley all those in favor please vote that'll be quicker Mr [Music] G that's approved 70 thank you oh oh you beat him but I didn't hear it how is that what you all right item d

authorization to honor Mr William Bill Deutsch by naming the field at Cobb Park in his honor based on a request from

constituents and councilman Cory Welch uh pretty straightforward any background on Mr deuts or Mr Welch did you want to say anything I'll give a little bit of background um this this all started I guess I got a um an email from U the son and daughter-in-law of one of our ex-council Brad Hawkins happened to be in the audience out here but then U received several other comments and U writeups from various different people in the city and um that just seemed like the appropriate thing to do I think Mr deuts he coached at middle school he coached high school he coached football he coached baseball uh both Campbell and Whitfield and um with that Mr Mayor I'd U be honored to make a motion to approve the motion I have a motion to approve do I have a second second by Mr Lenley all those in favor please vote and that's approved 70 and when it gets a little warmer we'll go out and appropriately dedicate the the field uh Craig Brooks came to me and asked about it and then put out a post on on social media about hey tell your stories about coach and the stories were fantastic uh he clearly had an impact on many in our community so this is I'm I'm pleased at this and thank you for being here tonight we'll move on to item e authorization to allow administrative approval for purchases for amounts that

are less than bid thresholds in place in the city's purchasing policy Mr Bennett the background please yes sir at a previous Committee of the whole meeting the finance department administration spoke with Council about allowing for administrative approval for purchases up to the bid thresholds that are in place in the city's purchasing policy there's been some confusion if approval was given up to both limits currently in place these limits are currently $50,000 for non-public Works contracts and $100,000 for Public Works contracts but may change with future revisions to the policy we're asking for formal approval to put this administrative approval in place thank you Mr Bennett any discussion or questions may I have a motion so moved by Mr Oglesby second by Mr G all those in favor please vote and that's approved 70 item F authorization to allow administrative approval of water sewer and storm water projects up to

$400,000 when a unit price contract is effective that has been bid and awarded through formal councel action Mr Ben at the background Please Mr much like the

the previous item the previous Committee of the whole meeting the finance department Water and Sewer Department and public works department spoke with Council about allowing for administrative approval for contracts up to $400,000 when the Departments had gone through a formal bid process and Council had taken formal action to award a unit price contract for water sewer and storm water projects we have looked through the meeting minutes and have not been able to find a formal documentation of council's agreement we're asking for formal approval to put this administrative approval in place thank you Mr Men Ian and this item f are really to improve efficiency with this body to not have to approve something that we've already approved that's correct okay any questions or discussion I have a question and this is a point of clarification I guess um and it we're a little bit ambiguous here we're we're approving administrative approval only if the unit price contract has been bid and awarded through the council that's correct so we're are we we're only approving changes to a contract is that correct we're approving the unit price contract the unit price up to $400,000 before it needs to come back to you guys so it's it's an addition of unit price contract then because it's it's what what I'm I guess my question is it's saying we're going to give administrative approval but only if we've already approved it correct if you approve the unit price on the contract okay then it would be to $400,000 per unit he's just saying it doesn't have to come to us again if we've already approved it once okay which makes sense okay in the past I think we've we've been voting on things it's based on policy before this has changed we've been voting on it twice I'm okay with it I just it's it's still a little bit confusing we're approving it and then we're going to give you the author to approve it right yes okay her purchase and policy basically what they're asking for so they doesn't have to come back to us second time yeah with that any questions or discussion I make a motion to approve okay second motion to approve Mr wel second by Miss Hines all those in favor please vote and that's approved 70 item G um approval of a change order to revise the