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We know the traffic lights are horrible there. Yeah. Listen, we can't have people drive yelling from the audience. We're going to keep an order in here. We're going to get some answers and appreciate everybody's passion. I I think this is this is exactly I mean when when Cobb County and GD GDOT look at this and if they see something because it has to operate at a certain level of service the traffic. So whatever that is ABCDE EF I think is how they grade it. And if it does not operate at the same or better than what it does today, they will require traffic improvements somehow. whatever that entails, whether it's additional lanes, whether it's another left turn lane with an arrow at the light, whether it's longer timing. I mean, they will do that analysis. I I understand. Yeah. I just feel like we're I feel like that analysis should be done. And hear me. I love Chick-fil-A and I love what you all do and you're a great community partner and I represent the people that are here that have spoken that live there and they they deserve to be able to look at a plan and say this is how many this is how this is going to work and this is where the um if there are improvements this is where they'll be made to make their lives easier that live right next to it or or not change their quality of life. I I don't know. I I don't usually get this um uh I don't usually speak this much from this seat on a zoning, but I do feel like it's a little bit backwards. I feel like y'all have come up and said, "You know what? It'll it'll be okay because we'll figure it all out." But but there's been there's no nothing has been presented to me yet tonight to tell me.

You said twothirds volume and and you know, I want you to be successful, too. But what does that mean for the number of cars coming through there? uh and and how that's going to work, you know, whether it's on I'm not so concerned about it backing up onto South Cob Drive, but how it's going to interact with Oakdale where those where those neighborhoods are concerns me a lot. Um and it might work out fine, but I'd like to see that. Um, I'd like to see some some study that tells me what is twothirds of volume where you know what times a day and what I I just I I don't I don't feel comfortable uh at the moment because I haven't been given the right answer or or an answer okay to my question. Um yeah, our traffic studies typically they'll show us you know car volumes but we don't get a lot into the you know into the nuts and bolts of what go GDOT wants until we get the permit. But you're talking about on South but on but on Oakdale I mean that's gonna it's just it's an odd intersection. It's a significant impact. I just I wish that there was something that I could look at and say okay I understand now how many cars are coming and what how it's going to be dealt with and how it's going to interact with this space but I don't see that. So but but I don't get a vote. So uh okay. Anybody else have any questions of uh the applicant or any concerns? Okay, Mr. Uglesby, I I really think this is something we should table. All right, I think Hey, Mr. Cochran, what what can we do here? You can make a motion to table. You could make a motion to table till our next meeting or for a month.

I don't know how long a traffic study takes if that's what it is. Yeah, and that's what I was I was um um starting to talk to. I'm not saying this will work at all, but I want more information. And we, Mr. Mr. Mayor, uh, Councilman Oglesby, we would be open to that to deferring so that we can do the traffic study and provide the information which usually is provided later, but we're happy to provide it now if it's going to help you all make a make an and I'm not trying to add expense to what you're doing and I'm not trying but I but I do feel a responsibility to to be thorough in in making sure this is going to work for the people that live next to it. So, is that what you'd like to do? make absolutely and I don't know. So the motion needs to say table until what? Scott, we need to table it to a specific date and probably just for safety probably just run an ad again before that hearing. But how long would it take you to get traffic study? You think it could take as short as 30 days, as long as as long as two months. Um, how could we could we defer for 30 and if if we're not done, defer for another 30? Would that be acceptable? Mr. How was the ad be? Because I we probably want to run the uh Well, no, since we've convened this, we don't have to run another ad necessarily until what? April 6 is 45 days. And you can meet all the if you had to you'd meet all the advertising deadlines and all. Okay. Does that that sound okay? Okay. Can we do before? Can we do one before April 6th? We do the 30 days.

And Rusty and Joey, I trust I trust y'all and this and this staff to give us great recommendations, but I just don't feel like we have the information on this traffic side of things. What What date would you like? March 16th. March 16th. Yes, sir. And if if we find that we can't get it done in time for another two, we'll certainly let folks know, but we'll push as hard as we can. Then I'll entertain a motion to um table this until the March 16th. So move meeting of the mayor and council. And we have a second uh by Miss Hines. Everyone, please vote. Miss Hines and Miss Wilkinson, we're waiting on How do y'all vote? Oh, you did. Okay. Okay. There we got it. We got it now. Uh, that's been tabled unanimously. Uh, and we look forward to seeing more from y'all. Thank

you for your presentation and thank you everybody who showed up tonight. We want to make sure we get this right. I appreciate y'all.

All right, we don't have any more community development items. Thankfully, we're now at uh formal business. We have uh six items. Uh item A, authorization to award RFP 26-013 consultant services for comprehensive plan update to MKSK for $198,000 to be paid from general fund and authorize the mayor to sign and execute all related documents. Mr. Jones, that MKSK sounds familiar. Yes, sir. They are. They are certainly the ones that that worked on our our downtown plan and they've done a good job for us. Um the city requests proposals from consultants to update the um the uh the city's comp plan. Eight proposals were received on Friday, December 19th and evaluated by staff from economic development and community development. The team selected three of those firms for presentations and interviews um on January 16th and the firm that came out on top was MKSK. So, uh, the recommendation is, uh, for approval for $198,000 be paid from the general fund and authorize the mayor to sign, execute related documents. Thank you, Mr. Jones. Is there any questions or comments from council on this? Okay. Entertain a motion.

Move approval by Mr. Lindley, second by Mr. Pickkins. All those in favor, please vote.

And that's approved 70. Item B, approval to purchase a 2025 Ford Transit 150 cargo van in the amount of $47,350 to be purchased from Hardy Family Ford in Dallas, Georgia, using the Georgia statewide contract 99999- SPD. Do I need to read that, Scott? SPD 000000218- 0000003 funded by the vehicle replacement fund and authorized the mayor to sign and execute all related documents. And the one question I asked before you do the background, Mr. Jones, is did we go to our local Ford dealer here? And the answer was yes. And uh they did not have a competitive um offer or competitive uh they were not competitive with this. Mr. Jones, Mr. Mayor, this uh this vehicle is used daily to to um for our support services staff to sustain essential fire department operations. Uh the normal replacement cycle for this type of vehicle is 15 years and this particular one is a 2006 Ford F50 that we'll be replacing. So it's uh it's it's well past its service life. Um the vehicle replacement, it'll be built to order with an anticipated delivery time frame of 8 to 10 weeks. Uh the recommendation is to approve the purchase $47,350 uh to come from the vehicles replacement fund. Thank you, Mr. Jones. Any discussion from council? Can I have a motion? So moved. Motion to approve by Mr. Welch.

Second by Mr. Lindley. Everyone, please vote.

And that's approved unanimously. Item C, authorization for the approval of RFP26-00008 to SH Creole Contracting in Powder Springs in the amount of 1,16,13 for the Rose Garden improvements CDBG project for Rose Garden Park located at 1839 Turpin Road, Smyrna, Georgia to be funded by a combination of CDBG grants funds, general fund CIP, and 2022 Splast and authorize the mayor to sign and execute all related documents. I'm excited about this one, Mr. Jones. tell us about it. I I know the the entire council is is happy about this project. So, we looked at this uh um a couple of weeks ago and and we have a layout for this. So, we we um sent out to collect some bids for this for some contractors. We had seven bids that were received and reviewed. Um, after reviewing these, we concluded that SH Creole Contracting was the lowest response of responsible bidder and should be awarded the project RFP26-00008 for the Rose Garden Park Improvements. The amount of the contract be 1,16,130,000. The project will be managed by foresight group and will be funded by a combination of uh CDBG which if you don't know what that means community development block grant um and and also a supplement of general funds uh from our community from our uh capital improvement fund and the 2022 SPLOS funds. So it's a but we're we're excited about that project. It's uh it's going to add an awful lot to that neighborhood. Miss Hines, anything you want to add? I'm very very happy that we're doing this. It's a long time coming and I know the residents are very very new playground pavilion. It's going to really be it's going to be really be awesome. So very very happy about it. And uh with that I would make a motion since I may motion to approve by Miss Hines.

Who who got it? I think Mr. Oglesby might have got it maybe. I don't know. I don't know. Was it over here?

It was that way. Okay. All right. Uh, everybody please vote. And that's approved. 70. I know Mr. Lindley, you've been very involved uh in that uh neighborhood in Rose Garden and trying to do right for them for a long time, too. So, thank you for your efforts, even though you didn't beat Mr. Oglesby to second that thing. Item D, authorization to approve Georgia P request to acquire two easements along Belmont Circle along Windy Hill Road for new power services installed at 945 and 969 Windy Hill Road for the new bridge lighting and authorize the mayor to sign and execute all documents. My understanding is this is just a small area, Mr. Jones. Is that correct? Item D, the two easements. Okay. Item D. Welcome to the meeting, M. Welcome to the meeting, Mr. Jones. I did. I did. My my C is mixed up. I've got my my items. Um, yeah. So, this is a request that's based on need for Georgia Power. They have to acquire the two easements to locate the lines to actually um be able to service those uh bridge lighting underneath underneath the Windy Hill bridges. Um public works recommends approval and the authorization for Georgia P request for those two easements along Belmont Circle and Windy Hill Road for the new powered uh services installed for four the address 945 and 969 Windy Hill Road. I recommend approve. Miss Wilkinson, this is in your ward. You okay with this? Yes. Would you like to make a motion? Yes. All right. Move to make a motion for item 9 D. You moved to make a motion, but what you meant was move to approve item 9D. Okay. Is there a second? Second by Mr.