2025-08-14 August 14, 2025 Committee of the Whole Meeting Minutes - DRAFT
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August 14, 2025 6:00 PM City of Smyrna Mayor and Council Meeting 2800 King Street SE Human Resources Training Room Page 3 of 4 B. COW2025-022 Kash Trivedi presentation and review of lobbying efforts. Citywide Kash Trivedi, Capital City Public Affairs, provided updates on his lobbying efforts on behalf of the City of Smyrna. He spoke about the several local representatives running for higher office and how that will impact votes, or lack thereof, in the future. Mr. Trivedi introduced Teri Anulewicz who will be representing Smyrna going forward. 4. Review of Current M&C Agenda A. COW2025-089 Review of the August 18, 2025 Mayor and Council Meeting Notice and Agenda Z25-008: Joey Staubes, Planner II, provided the following background: The applicant proposes to demolish the existing 130-room extended stay hotel to construct a mixed-use development that includes an eight-story hotel with 212 rooms along with retail and amenities, and a twelve-story multi-family building with 328 units surrounding a structured parking deck. The proposed parking deck will accommodate 675 parking spaces for the hotel users and the multi-family tenants. Community Development recommends approval of the rezoning from TS to MU- Conditional on 4.66 acres for a mixed-use development with 328 multi-family units at a density of 70 units per acre, and 212 room hotel building with amenities including those variances supported by staff as shown above. Planning & Zoning Board Recommendation: Voted to approve by a vote of 5-0 at the July 14, 2025, meeting. ATH2025-134: Kristin Robinson, Deputy City Administrator / CFO, provided the following background: A cybersecurity grant was received by the IT department in the amount of $69,650 with a 10% match. We are amending the budget for the expenses and the grant revenue related to this award. The grant was approved on a previous agenda. The City is planning to install an art sculpture in the Market Village. The $140,000 estimated cost for engineering, site work, and the sculpture. This will come from General Fund Reserves. In the FY 2026 Adopted budget for the Vehicle Replacement Fund, $600,000 was included for the replacement of two (2) sanitation trucks. The actual is $625,836 so an amendment to that project budget is needed. The purchase of the trucks is an item for approval on this agenda. We will use VRF reserves to fund this addition. The initial project length budgeted revenue for the 2022 SPLOST has been collected. We are amending for twelve (12) months of additional revenue based on the average monthly collection over the life of the SPLOST. We are using the additional revenue for various projects that need additional funding. CNV2025-002: Paul Osburn, Deputy Public Works Director, explained that in order to install storm infrastructure within the ROW, the Cumberland Community Church dedicated 1,856 square feet (0.04 acres) of ROW to the City after installation. 5. Other Business / Staff Comment