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Mayor and Council Meeting
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So, I'm going to pause for a little bit and talk about what folks told us about this concept and then we'll talk a little bit more about connectivity and mobility. But in our third community meeting, we talked with 150 Smyrna residents and they gave us uh feedback on what they liked about the concept, how we can continue to change or improve it. And then we asked them uh to rank it from 1 to 10 on how closely it matched their vision for the site. What people liked about the concept, there was actually uh quite a bit. So people told us they liked the walkability of it, that they really enjoyed the Jono mile and the connectivity, the green spaces in particular. There's a lot of support for the plazas and open spaces. The concept that had a mix of uses, especially since it had retail and dining as a key element, people really enjoyed that. Um, people really liked the idea of a food hall or an event center. Um, the fact that there were a lot of different uses and there was not a singleuse development. Uh, and a ton of support for the chapel being the highlight of the redevelopment and the chapel edition. However, uh you know, with any type of redevelopment, you are going to have um some apprehension for change and there's going to be some challenges that you all will work with a development partner to overcome. People are somewhat uneasy with the density of residential, especially since this is a new addition to downtown. There's some concerns of how this addition can impact traffic. Um, you know, people are, you know, concerned that this will impact their ability to access downtown. People told us that they like to see more mixed use elements. Even if you have things like a hotel, they'd like to continue to have ground level retail.
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I don't necessarily agree with that that position. Um, this has been reviewed by your your city engineer. We've actually met with your city engineer and talked through things such as the the need uh to have a pedestrian crossing. Currently, there's no sidewalk on the west side of Oakdale. And if if a school bus is dropping off there, then kids are just getting dropped off on the side of the road without a sidewalk and no crossing. uh that's going to be provided. Exactly where that's going to be is going to be determined in in cooperation with your your city engineer. Uh in addition, uh one of your staff recommendations, uh number 20 is that a right turn lane on Oakdale Road at South Cobb Drive will be required. Again, to quote Rusty, it couldn't be any planer. And a dedicated right turn lane will be provided. uh at that intersection where uh there may not be one. Now, um as far as the design of the site, uh I'm going to defer uh to Kendra, who is uh the engineer that works with Chick-fil-A, not just not just on this project, but on dozens, if not hundreds of projects. Uh, and part of her job is to help design the site so that the the traffic will in fact or the the the cars will be on site as opposed to uh leaking out onto neighboring streets. And that's one of the reasons I've heard people talk about the double drive-thru as a horrible thing, but one of the reasons you want to have a double drive-thru is to prevent that backup. uh it accommodates more people uh more customers. It allows for uh bypass operations uh in in if one order is taking a lot longer for whatever reason than than the orders behind it. So it it's much more efficient at moving people uh through the through the process.
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Either defer approval to address these operational issues or approve the project with enforceable conditions that keep cues fully on site, prevent spill back, require noise require a post occupancy operational review. These are basic safeguards for a highintensity use at a constrained location. So, economic development does not require blind approval. Public safety does not require opposition. Good governance requires both. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Kennedy. Next, we have Kate Shaw, 2209 Misty Lane. Good evening, mayor, council, staff. Thank you for your time. Your code is clear that drive-th through restaurants are prohibited in mixeduse districts. Your code is clear that drive-through lanes cannot be on the outside of the buildings along a residential edge. You are thoughtful and experienced decision makers. And out of respect for your time, I'm not going to debate whether this is a land use or a design feature tonight. For the record, I have to state that myself and many residents consider this an unpermitted land use and preserve all rights. Also, for the record, the 2040 land use plan designates this as CAC, which is low to moderate intensity. This is a highintensity use by any planning design standard. Setting that aside, the site raises serious safety concerns. Please see exhibit B for the school bus stop routes. This is a school bus route and child pedestrian environment. Oakdale is a bicycle and pedestrian corridor. It is a neighborhood street that does not contain businesses. Of note, 83% of the parcels on this site plan abut single family residential. On February 3rd, just 13 days ago, there was a crash involving a school bus at this very intersection of South Cobb and Oakdale Road. A bus trying to turn left onto Oakdale was struck by oncoming traffic. for a 40turn bus. Please take a look at that turning radius. That is a less than 60 degree angle skew.
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Mayor and Council Meeting Notice and Agenda
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When you go up Shannondoa Valley and you and then you turn left on Napa Valley where I live, you go up the hill and on the left they put an old sign that says no dumping. Well, some people obviously can't read. They dump furniture, household furniture, washing machines, anything. And when you have company, you drive up the street and that's all you see. And my children say, "Mom, you live in the city dump, you know, in the ghetto." And I've begged the city of Smyrna. I've been to everybody I know. I even tried to get an appointment with you three times and never could. But what we're asking, me and my neighbors are asking, is is there any way you could help us and please get a no parking sign there? I've got pictures of cars parked on the on the grass there, right by the no dumping sign, but we want them to put a no parking sign and a no dumping sign there. They put one at the end of Napa Napa Valley several years ago and it says you will be fined $1,000. You're under surveillance. That sign worked at the end of where I live. But I begged them to put another one up there coming up Shannondoa Valley. Anyway, there were eight cars parked up there last night. When you come up my hill to turn right there, I almost had a head-on collision twice because the cars block at night. And I mean, we've called the police. the police has is tell the man, the Hispanic man that lives there on the corner. Oh, and yesterday, day before yesterday, had a big party. He had a swimming pool in his front yard as big as the yard. There were people laying all out on the grass. And so he drained the pool today because my neighbor called uh code enforcement.
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Meeting minutes · summary
Pre-Council Meeting
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4. Other Business / Staff Comment Joe Bennett, City Administrator, updated Mayor and Council on the following: • There will be another suspension appeal hearing • Met with Croy Engineering concerning Windy Hill Rd. and remnants • Still working with Couch on a date they will be ready to move forward • Ward 7 Splash Pad – when moving dirt, they hit a patch of trees Councilmember Oglesby – Smyrna Elite Track Team has a large group of kids competing in state championships. Mayor Norton – Girls 9-year-old basketball team won state, and three girls from Smyrna, including his own daughter, won championships for gymnastics. Councilmember Lindley – Downtown redevelopment online survey closed with very good participation. Monday, April 28 there will be a drop-in open house at the Community Center. Councilmember Wilkinson – asked when the next Traffic Calming meeting would take place. Councilmember Lindley said Mark Wolff, City Engineer, is working on a date that will be fairly soon. He has lots of updates. Mayor Pro Tem Gould – The Campbell High School Golf Tournament took place today with a good turnout. Russell Martin, Community Development Director – As mentioned previously, the open house is on Monday, and they will also have a booth at the Jonquil Festival. 5. Executive Session (As Needed)
But my question is to you all seriously will we be informed of what spawned this issue? Will we know? Will we be advised of that? Go ahead and finish and we'll circle back. Okay. So the thing is is this. I've lived there for many years and I have a deep uttermost respect for our PD. In fact, they help me greatly when I had a harassing neighbor that was several years of unwarranted harassment. And the thing is is that they are stellar. They truly are. And our our fire department. Um, but jumping to another issue in our neighborhood that I've been advocating for and something that has not been addressed still is that you may all know that we are close-knit community and meaning that we have no sidewalks. There are pedestrians, um, children, seniors, and animals. They must walk in the roadway. So, unfortunately, we have been increasingly affected by a serious and growing problem, habitual speeding. Mayor Norton, having previously lived in our neighborhood, is likely familiar with both it layout and challenges it faces. Two years ago, I submitted a request to Mark Wolf for a speed study. Though it was delayed, the study was finally conducted last year. Since then, I've made multiple attempts to follow up with Mr. Wolf, including an in-person visit to city hall here, and I was told, "I will give him a message and your phone number." I never heard back from him. So, I to this day, I've not heard a response. Tonight, I respectfully asked Mayor Prom and C city council members to assist me in reestablishing communication with Mr. Wolf. so we can work together on a clear and effective solution to reduce speeding and often downs. This is a matter of public safety that affects all who live and travel through our community. And I would thank you for your time and consideration.
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Meeting minutes · summary
Pre-Council Meeting
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The zoning proposal meets most of the zoning requirements of the MU zoning district. Based upon the review of the development by the Transportation Engineer, the city supports the proposed traffic signal at Davis Road and Windy Hill Road. Davis Road will be widened to meet city standards and improved with curb, gutter and sidewalk. The developer will be responsible for all traffic improvements associated with the development. Mayor Norton added that the section designated as a civic building would be a great spot for a future civic project in conjunction with this development. He also stated that this does not commit the city to purchase the land without a vote. The civic building portion is merely conceptual at this point. The apartments would rent at market rates. Councilmember Wilkinson expressed concern about pedestrian traffic from the development to the shopping center across the way. Eric Randall, Public Works Director, explained that there is a safe and easily accessible crosswalk for pedestrian traffic. Discussion took place regarding which schools this development would be districted to and the parking ratio. Community Development was assured that the schools this development could possibly feed are underpopulated and can handle more students. The ratio for parking per unit is 1.5/unit. LIC2025-003: This item is to be tabled to the January 21, 2025, council meeting because the applicant is unable to attend the meeting tonight. Discussion took place regarding “gaming” as it is part of the name of their business. Mr. Martin stated Community Development would reach out to them to get a definition and find out if there is an age- restriction. ATH2025-001: Andrea Worthy, Economic Development Director, explained that the City requested proposals for an update and expansion to the Smyrna B.O.L.D. Downtown Master Plan. Fifteen (15) proposals were received on Friday, July 12, 2024, and evaluated by staff from Economic Development, Parks and Recreation, Community Development, Public Works, Community Relations and selected Smyrna residents.
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Mayor and Council Meeting (Millage Rate Public Hearing #3)
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Hi Bri. That's how you guys We're going to get this meeting started. You want to hit it again? Hit it again. All right. Welcome everyone. We got a a pretty packed house tonight. Uh a lot of good things going on. Um, I want to I'll formally introduce her a little more detail coming up, but we have our honorary mayor of the day. This is Elelliana Fonts and she's uh five years old and is at St. Benedict's and she is going to help me run the meeting tonight. So, you can all give her a round of applause. That'd be just [applause] uh we have tonight uh Mr. Welch. Councilman Welch is going to lead us in the invocation and pledge. Uh if you all will please rise. Let us pray. Our kind and gracious heavenly father, we thank you Lord for just bringing us here tonight to do the business of the city of we just ask that you bless each and every one of us, Lord. Help us to be civil. Help us to to bring forth the best decisions that we can for all of the citizens. We ask that you watch over each of our police and fire, Lord, as they go through their duties on a weekly basis and be with us this evening as we travel home. In your name we pray. Amen. To the flag of the United States of America to the standy for all. Thank you, Mr. Welch. Um, we have one agenda change. Uh, we spoke in pre-consel about the Ballards that are um blocking traffic on King Street uh between Bank and Powder Springs. We've had those up for the FIFA watch parties and um I think it's the will of the council to leave those up at least through when everybody's back in school and we meet again uh August 17th.
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Uh the first one deals with the is a standard condition and it deals with composition of the homes and uh the facade materials. Uh number two requires a an HOA as part of the development to maintain the detention facility. Uh number four deals with the retention pond. Uh number three is not applicable to this development uh due to the the size of the property um and amount of square footage uh needed for open space. Number four deals with the retention pond and screening that from the public. Number five deals with the utilities being placed underground. Number six, um requires the developer to be responsible for any traffic improvements uh during the development of the site. Seven uh prohibits debris from being buried in the common area. Number eight, um requires the developer to install decorative street lights. Number nine um requires the developer to comply with the city's tree ordinance and that number 10 requires the tree plan to be done by a registered landscape architect. And then 11 and 12 deal with um soding the the open space area and then uh a tree planting schedule for each lot. There are special conditions. Uh 13 is calls out the the setbacks for the site. 14 requires the minimum lot size to be 5,353 feet and the minimum lot width to be 50 feet. Um 16 increases the impervious surface area to the 45% per lot and 17 requires a minimum driveway length 22 feet. Uh 18 is a rightaway dedication on Woodland Terrace because that uh rightway is substandard. Uh so help bring it up to the 50-foot um standard for the city. Number 19 requires the installation of the 5-ft sidewalk on both Bell Drive and Woodland Terrace. And then 20 and 21 tie the development to the site plan and building elevations uh shown uh earlier. With that, I'll be happy to answer any questions for you.
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Um, hey, as a dad of a daughter who played three years of Metro and four years at Campbell High School, I just can't tell you how proud I am of you girls and really coaches what you're doing to raise the program and Nicole and all that for really raising the bar here. It's wonderful. It's really It's wonderful to see and I I really appreciate it. So, and Coach Rico 2030, that's it, sir. All right. If we can't do it sooner, 2030 is good enough. here a little bit. Make a couple rows, maybe. Don't be afraid. Come on over. Make sure you can see the camera. Yeah, you can get behind us. How about one, two, three? Champs. Awesome. Congratulations. Thank you so much. Thanks y'all. That keep up the good work. Our city our city administrator, Mike, just said, "That's one of your favorite things about being mayor." And I said, "Absolutely." Yeah, absolutely is. I'm going to give them a minute to make their way out before we do our next thing, which is the Smyrna Youth Council introduction and oath of office.
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Mayor and Council Meeting (Millage Rate Public Hearing #3)
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Are we going to be required to clean up the mud or whatever? And this sounds like an emotional appeal, but I've just never seen enough technical details to prove that they've truly managed the water management parking. They say it's adequate, but please understand that Argo Road is 30 feet wide. That is two lanes of traffic. There is not one inch for a parking spot along Argo Road. If by chance there is a need for overflow parking, again, five parking spots per unit. Those are they have multiple bedrooms. I believe three or four bedroom. I'm not sure which. Doesn't matter. That means they're families living there. It might be teenagers. How many cars are they going to have? Are the garages actually going to be used for cars? Are they going to be used for stories like many people do with their homes? So, if there is a a parking problem, how's it what are they what are the visitors going to do? They cannot park along Argo. They cannot park along Camp Highland. They should not come into Woodland Brook where we live. There is no solution for overflow parking. They're trying to squeeze too much into a oneacre plot of land. It from a water perspective, a parking perspective, it just doesn't make sense. And if I could have a few more minutes, I'd like to just make kind of an emotional aesthetic appeal. Close your eyes and imagine you're driving from East West Connector now on to Camp Highland. First thing on the left is West Westchester Commons. A beautiful little development tucked down in. You barely even know it's there. Wonderful. You go across the bridge. It goes over Silver Comet Trail. There's this patch of woodland. Very nice. Yes, it's okay to be developed. But what do you see to the left on Argo Road, you see single family dwellings.
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Meeting minutes · summary
Committee of the Whole Meeting - A. MAX BACON CITY HALL, HR TRAINING ROOM
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2. Staff M&C Agenda Items to Review ATH2025-065: Jodi Mills, Recreation Services Manager, presented the street closures for the Smyrna Handmade Market that will take place each Sunday from May 4, 2025 through October 19, 2025. Road closure issues were discussed: • Traffic needs to continue to move around City Hall due to the closure on West Spring Street • Suggestion that the area in front of the wine market remain open to facilitate access to the pack parking lot • Proposed using King Street as an alternative route for traffic if West Spring Street is closed • Emphasis on importance of maintaining access to the community center and other key areas • Adjustments need to be made to the market location to avoid congestion in neighborhoods behind City Hall
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