City Council - Regular Meeting

Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Like to welcome you to the city of Fedville city council meeting March the 19th. Again, we always uh pleased when citizens uh show up uh to show your interest in what the council is doing. Uh we are a council that tries to be uh forwardinking and uh progressive in our uh movement of the city. Uh we are always glad to uh hear from the citizens tonight as well as anytime you want to uh call and talk to our staff. Uh here in the city of Fedville, we have uh meeting protocols and our protocol is essentially this. We conduct our meetings with civility and respect. Uh we will open up with a word of prayer. After the word of prayer, we're going to ask you to stand and recite our pledge of allegiance. You do not have to participate in the prayer if you so choose not to, but we do ask that you would stand and join us in the pledge of allegiance. And then when we open up for uh open comments, uh we invite the citizens come bring comments. Again, we ask that you would be respectful and civil. Uh, I'm sure that there are things that you're passionate about, uh, but you do not need to raise your voice or be disrespectful, uh, to voice your opinion. So, can we operate under those protocols tonight? I hope so. Officers are right back there and they will ask you to leave. Okay. So, at this time, I' we've asked uh, Councilman Jill Clark to give us our opening prayer. Then, please stand and join us in citing the pledge of allegiance. Okay. Yeah, y'all can sit for now. Uh, may we pray? Dear heavenly father, thank you for giving us the opportunity to come together again in service to the citizens of Fyville. We ask for your continued blessings upon our city and our residents. Thank you for all the dedicated city staff and our first

responders who ensure Fyville continues to be a place you bless daily. Bless the mayor and council so that we may continue to do what's right for our community. And in the blessed name of Jesus Christ we pray. Amen. Please stand. I pledge algiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all.

Again ladies and gentlemen we welcome you. We have an agenda that has been prepared and approved for tonight's meeting. If you want a hard copy of the agenda, you can see our city clerk, Miss Chelsea. She'll make sure you get a hard copy, but it's also displayed on the screen. Council members, at this time, what is your pleasure with the agenda that been presented? U move uh with um the removal of item number four and tableabling of items number five, six, seven, and eight. Is there a second to the motion? Second. Properly moved in second. Any unreadiness? Seeing in hearing none, all in favor signify by saying I.

I. Any opposers? Name. Item is the approval of the minutes of the February 19th, 2026 city council regular meeting. What is your pleasure, council members? Move to approve. Second. Drop moved and second. Any unreadiness call for the vote. All in favor signify by saying I. I. Any opposers name and the approval of the minutes of the March 5th, 2020 city council work session. What is your pleasure? Move to approve. Second. Proudly moved and second. Are those in favor? S by saying I. I.

Any opposers? Name. Ladies and gentlemen, at this point, uh we always uh are proud to do recognitions and presentations. Uh our staff is a tremendous staff throughout the city. At this time, we're going to ask uh the uh department heads or the department uh chief to come forward and recognize our new employees and any employee promotions. This time, police department, our police chief, Robert Mask. Good evening, Mayor and Council. Good evening, Chief.

Fellow directors. I'm passing the torch to the majors and letting her do their presentations for the people who work for them. So, good evening, Mayor and Council.

We appreciate you guys always being welcoming for ours to come over and recognize members of our agency as well as the other fine staff throughout the city. Um, George Bog, can you join me up here? Mr. Officer Bogs joined the Fateville Police Department in October of 2016 after beginning his law enforcement career in 2011. Officer Bogs has served as a field training officer with our agency since 2015 and holds his post intermediate and advanced certifications. He's a graduate of Columbus State University with a bachelor's degree in criminal justice. He's amassed over 1,500 hours of specialized training throughout his career. Today we're celebrating Officer Bogs on his promotion to the rank of corporal with the city of Fable Police.

Congratulations, SIR.

MYERS, what we like to do is as you get them all, just keep standing by. So, we'll come down one time and take pictures.

Yes, ma'am.

Good evening. Not only do we want to uh recognize our two-legged officers, but we also want to recognize our four-legged officers as well. Um, if you look at to at the at the monitors, we're going to recognize two of our uh K9 officers. First being K9 Max. Max joined the agency back in June of 2017 and or finished up his tour duty in December of 2024. Um, Max was handled by Sergeant Cox. He was here behind me. Um, he his end of watch was August 4th, 2025. He was also assigned with the Homeland Security Task Force as well as our patrol division here at the police department. These are his stats. He seized over uh 2,000 pounds of marijuana, over 200 kg of methamphetamine, 4 ounces of cocaine, 20 kgs of fentanyl, seized over $1.5 million in currency, and had over 230 arrests. Um Max has decided that he wanted to go see our Lord and Savior. He is no longer with us. Uh but we do want to recognize him for his tremendous service to the city of B Uh the next K9 is K9 Bako. Bako was here from March of uh 2019 to January of 26. His stats uh he was handled by uh detectives Jason Scarboro. Uh his stats he see uh 15 ounces of marijuana, 21 grams of methamphetamine, 1.8 grams of cocaine. a little over six

grams of fentanyl heroin. He had 163 arrests. He assisted different agencies, outside agencies, uh 21 of them. He had 15 or so tracks, eight apprehensions, and he was called to service over 400 times. Um we want to to recognize K9 Max and Sergeant Cox with this We also have a shadow box coming. We're still trying to get that final.

No problem. And then for K9 BCO, he's handled by Detective Jason Scarboro. You want to just recognize Jason and the same thing goes to you. We have shadow box ready. Thank you for your time.

Good evening, Mayor. Mayor, it's true. I appreciate it. Uh, I'll introduce introduce one of our newest members, another four-legged officer, uh, K9 Donna. We're we're buddies. I got to go with Officer Fox to, uh, pick her up from St. Augustine, but she's an explosive detection dog, and she will be, as you see with Officer Fox, assigned to our school resource program. So she will be very active in that role as a means of both connecting with the students but also proactive measures because she can detect explosives including firearms components right within the schools and then also have the ability to respond to calls um other threats and we're very excited to have her working with officer Fox and she will she and Officer Fox will be going to Savannah for her official certification the end of this month. So, we're looking forward to that. And she's one of the one of the newest but most loved members of the department. All right, Mr. She acts like she would like to introduce Miss Casha Thorp. Uh she is our newest two-legged officer or employee. U she comes from us or to us from South Georgia as our accreditation manager. She brings a wealth of knowledge and experience. She's very highly thought of and in her niche. Um she just came back from a conference in Arizona where she didn't realize how popular she was and she assisted other agencies because of how highly she's thought of. Uh, so she's she's already been very integral in helping us review our policy, making sure we're in compliance with our national and state accreditation standards. Um, she's been been a

blessing to us. So, we're very excited to have her.

Thank you. Thank you. They could stand by for a few minutes. will come down when we get the rest of the uh new uh employees introduced. Main Street uh our economic development director, Miss Lori Fundway. Good evening, Mayor and Council.

I'm excited to introduce you formally tonight to our new employee in the Main Street program in the economic development department, Whitney Whitney Edenfield. Whitney uh joins us from she's been with us for about a month now. She uh worked for several years on the Atlanta Food and Wine Festival. She had a couple of small businesses. She's born and raised in Georgia and she and her family have been at Fagatville for the last couple of years. We're really excited to have her join our team in Main Street and work alongside reporting to Caitlyn on that program and working on all the great community events that we plan here uh in Fateville. So, with that, I'll uh introduce you to Whitney. Thank you.

And last, but certainly not least, our public service director, Mr. Cinjun Road.

Good evening, mayor and council. It is uh my pleasure tonight to introduce you to our newest facilities maintenance supervisor, Chavevel Johnson. Uh he comes to us from the city of Douglasville. Uh he spent a long time with the city of Atlanta as well. And uh we're super excited to have him. He's going to be helping us with asset management of all of our uh heavy equipment throughout the city, HBAC units, things of that nature. Uh and he's already hit the ground running. He's making a huge impact and he's taken a huge load off of my shoulders in the short amount of time he's been here. And so we're very grateful to have him tonight. Council members, can we come from the Diaz and greet our new uh staff members? Sorry.

Ladies and gentlemen, we realize that this is taking a little bit of time, but we wanted to acknowledge the fact we've got some stellar uh employees here in the city of Fedville and especially with the new employees coming on board. We wanted them to have the opportunity to be recognized not only by the council but by some of the citizens. And so, thank you all so much for your indulgence. At this time, ladies and gentlemen, we're moving on to public hearings. And we'll move straight to public hearing number nine. Consider ordinance 26014 fiscal year 26 midyear budget amendment for 27 2017 and the 2023 SPLASS fund presented by our director of finance Mr. Michael Bush.

Good evening Mayor and council. Good evening sir.

We're here tonight to talk about um the two SPLOS programs we currently have. um under ongoing I guess the 2017 program uh we collected taxes until 2023 um and then in 2023 we started collecting the 2023 swap taxes. Um so tonight we're here to these are both called project length budgets. They both are the length of the time that they're active and both of these are still active. But every now and then we have some interest earnings on the money we have in the bank and we have to adjust the budget upwards for those um interest earnings and to fund 2023. That's exactly what we're doing. We're here to increase the budget from 40,839 by $135,499. That's all interest income to 40 million974898. And I will tell you we are still um on track to hit that that number. Um the other program, the 2017 SWAT program, um we have a budget a current budget of 31,967,000. We are asking to increase that budget by 157,551. Again, interest income to take it to a total of 32,125,434. um in the SPLOS 2023 program. This is a 72-month program. Um that 70 the 72nd month will be June of 2029. Um and like I said, this budget is um on track to uh make that that number. This is the 2017 SPL. I know these numbers are so small you can't hardly see them, but the grade out projects, there are 18 projects on this piece of paper. the grade out projects there. I'm sorry, there are 26 projects. 18 of them, I'm sorry, 16 of

them are completely finished. Those are the grade out ones. There are five white ones. Um those are still active projects and there's one that has been one project that has been delayed to the next program. Um so we're going to go through those real quick. Um the first project was the um uh retirement of debt. The city had a budget of 1.5 million. We were able to retire 1,630,000 worth of debt. We did a interest or we I'm sorry, we did a budget amendment of $130,000 um a few years ago and that program has uh been completed. Um the next three programs are all public safety um programs for the police department where we bought 18 um police cars. We bought one CIS van and equipment to go in that van. And when that van pulls up, there's lights, generators. I mean, they do they it has everything it needs in it to um be a mobile CIS um lab, so to speak. Um, also in public safety, we have the fire department where we bought um, uh, five trucks. We have another truck, a pumper, I'm sorry, a a QRV truck, a $600,000 truck that we've yet to spend any money on. We've yet to release the fire department to purchase that vehicle. Um and then the other one is a um that um part of the debt service that we have left to pay on those trucks that we've currently bought. Um then there's the fire station 93. Um one of the main reasons we're doing this budget amendment tonight is we currently have a budget of $1 million in uh in this floss program for that um fire station. Um, we

are taking all the money that's left on any of these projects that still has any money left and we are moving it all to this fire station project. So, we're moving roughly $3 million into this fire station to give us $3.7 million to um finish this project. We originally had a quote of like $9.6 six million and then we increase that to $11 million to build in for the extra um garage space I guess is what you would call it for that um for some new engines out at um fire station 93. So that's why we're asking to do some shifting around of these funds to basically make it so we can finish that. Mike, that's for future growth.

Future growth. Yeah. Um, also with public works, we originally in SPLOS 2017 came up with a list of roads that we wanted to resurface. Um, and uh, we limited it to a certain number of roads and we paved all those roads in the first two years of the program. So in 2023, we listed the whole every road that we got so that we can make sure that we can um, you know, continue to pave throughout the entire program. Um, And then you have the water and sewer program. Originally put in $8 million into this swath program for the uh increase in the sewer plant we've got down there. Um we are currently um we have about $2.4 million I'm sorry about $ 1.5 million left in this program. It is currently paying the debt service on that improvements we made to the um station down there or to the yeah to the treatment plant down there. And um this this money will pay out in the next two years. We'll be done with this project in the next two years. Then the next was recreation where we bought some green space. Um the park down here um was purchased by this program. Um and then an engineering and development. We put some money in for the bridge that's out there at the hospital. Originally it was uh 600,000. We wound up going to 812,000. There was 75,000 put in for trails for um uh plans for trails. We spent that money. There's also there was 75,000 put in for landscape improvements. Highway 85 corridor landscape improvements. We spent like $2,000 or $2,500 there. We got 7200 more 72,000 more to go. And then the last one is the downtown road network. We put in 500,000. We spent 222

or 227,000 with 272,000 left. Um, so currently we have those five projects we just mentioned. There's the $600,000 truck, there's the $3.7 million fire station, there's that $72,000 in landscaping, the $272,000 in downtown master plan, and then the wastewater treatment plant with 1.5 million for a total of 6,254,000 that is yet to be spent. this program. We want this program to end before 2029 because in 2029 we will be coming up for a new splash program and we want to basically put one close one and then open one so we can u maintain that. The other project the one that is moving from the 2017 program to the 2023 program is the there was a roundabout at Brahma Road. Um $1.2 million was the original estimate of that. $1.2 $2 million won't touch that right now. So, we decided to move that money around and then bring that back on the next block. Um, that's about all there is. If there's any questions, I'll be glad to answer.

Council members, do you have a question for Mr. Bush on this item? Hearing none of the any citizens who have any questions on this item. Like clarity too, these these floss projects on our website. Correct. They are. Yes. So the citizens can track and see, you know, how money is coming in the various spots programs and how they're being moved around in the justification form. We update this every month and on that website

and again as you heard tonight Mr. Bush and the financial u has been doing a very good job making sure that we have available funds to carry out the major projects and where there is a need to shift money we're able to do that. So, thank you. Any other questions from the citizens? Council members, when it is your pleasure, move to approve ordinance uh number 26-14. Probably moved in second. Any unreiness call for the vote. All those in favor signify by saying I.

Any opposers? Nay. Thank you, Michael. Moving on to item number 10, ordinance number 26 015, request to reszone 155 North Jo Davis Drive for the Pregnancy Resource Center from DMU BC Downtown Mixeduse Boulevard commercial to DMU MU downtown mixeduse mixuse core presented by our senior planner, Miss Marissa Jackson.

Good evening. The Pregnancy Resource Center is a business located on Highway 54 East East L East Lineer Avenue. They are planning an expansion to include the rear of this parcel 155 North Jeff Davis Drive. To facilitate the expansion, the applicant is subdividing out the house fronting North Jeff Davis here. So this front of it is being subdivided out and combining the rear of that parcel with the existing business here. Both parcels must have the same zoning for them to be combined. And therefore the applicant is proposing a reszoning of the north parcel from downtown mixeduse boulevard commercial to downtown mixed use mixeduse core. We should note that before the zoning code was updated and the zoning map was updated, the the parcel where pregnancy resource center is in the north parcel were zoned C2 and then this additional parcel even farther north of that here was zoned R30 and a 50-foot buffer was required. However, when the map and the ordinance were updated and everything became downtown mixed use, that requirement for the buffer was removed and is no longer part of the ordinance. This is a proposed site plan that was approved by the planning commission in December. It was approved with four conditions that still stand. One is that the parcel 155 North Jeff Davis would be reszoned to be combined with the existing parcel where Pregnancy Resources Center is. Um that staff would

receive an updated site plan with updated site setbacks that bicycle parking would be provided and included and also that any future plans for the house fronting North Jeff Davis would come back to the planning and zoning commission for review. So, as you can see there, this a long parcel here. This existing house here is being subdivided. So, it won't be part of this parcel anymore. And then this north parcel and this parcel will be combined for the pregnancy resource center expansion. This is um an aerial view of the site. This is the existing home. This wooded area is where the expansion would be. And then you can see that there is also a interparial access here that is not shown on the concept plan that was presented to the planning commission. After the planning commission meeting um where we talked about this resoning last month, staff received a update or a proposed site plan from an adjacent property owner. Um it shows that the existing interparial access here is maintained. um is suggesting that the detention pond is moved to the west side so that the detention can be shared with adjacent property owners and also to buffer between the proposed future expansion and some of the residential homes to the north. And these are the elevations that were approved by the planning commission

already. Um, it's cement sightings and and it has a stone water table. The proposal does align with some of our community goals in our strategic plan like providing services to the community and encouraging desirable investment. and the planning commission did request that the that the resoning is forwarded to the city council with a favorable recommendation. Since the planning commission meeting, staff has added three additional conditions to the staff recommendation. The first condition is just that the interparial access between the existing pregnancy resource center building and the adjacent parcel remain. um is that the we're asking that the applicant collaborate with pre with adjacent property owners to consider what a storm water detention shared detention might look like in the future and also to explore what continued shared parking might look like. And also we're requesting that there is a 25 foot buffer at the north of the expansion between the pre between where the expansion is and the residential home. In the previous zoning between the C2 and the R30, a 50- foot buffer would have been required. As I mentioned earlier, that's no longer part of the code that we have. So staff is maybe suggesting to split the difference and have a 25 foot buffer. And I'm open to any question.

Marissa, is that a planted buffer? Yes. Is being recommended. Okay. Other council members, Marissa, could you go back to the picture of the land, the site plan? Yes. Site plan. Yeah. I I'm just want to be sure where the buffer is actually going to be placed. The 25 foot buffer. So, it would be north here. Okay. That's where the buffer would be. All right. Then you also have the um retention time as well to help celebrate. Well, not

and this is the plan that we got from the applicant and the residential parcel we're concerned about is right here. And so the retention pond currently is here in the east part of the parcel. The adjacent one of the adjacent property owners was suggesting that we switch the future proposed expansion at that's coming at another at a later date and the retention pond so that the retention pond would add some more space. It wouldn't be a built area, but it would still be a disturbed area. So, the retention pond doesn't the retention pond isn't on that side on the original plan, but on the recommended plan we got from an adjacent property owner, it would be

the Jason adjacent property owner is satisfied with the 25 foot. We haven't confirmed that. council members. Yes. For the retention pond, I know the talk about moving it from one side to the other. The new location, would that also satisfy the needs of the the owner of the L-shaped piece that's on there as well, or would it have to be expanded further later on?

We haven't confirmed that either. We haven't received a proposal from the property owner of the L-shaped parcel to know exactly what they're building and what their retention needs would be. So it so it could change depending on what they plan to build there. But Marissa, wouldn't that come back to the council? Um because they're making significant changes if it if they do make significant changes other than what is presented.

Well, it'll come back to the council if it's a special use permit or if it's a resoning. But if they're not changing the zoning and it's something that's allowed outright, the concept plan would go to the planning commission for review and then staff would receive development plans after that. Basically, it's collaborating. We're just asking for collaboration because the engineering plans could change how that detention pond location will be at the end of the day. So, just we're asking for collaboration

and that's the case in all the zonings you approve. you're approving the land use, the actual layout, the design, where things like the retention ponds and stuff like that. That always happens at the engineering stage and staff level. My concern was just that, you know, we looking at a a plan now and then they come back and they say, "Hey, we're going to put the detention bond back where we originally thought it was."

Yeah, that's that's But that's not mayor that's not going to change any dynamics I think for what your your point of view. I think it still provides the buffer. We're still asking to uh the applicant to provide a buffer for the residential neighborhood or the resident next door. Any other questions from council? Any questions from any of the citizens on this? Yes, sir. Please come up. Please state your name and your address, please.

Hi, Jesse Brooks, 7:30 Becky Court. Um, I don't have any specific questions. I just wanted to comment. I know the um I've driven down Stevens Avenue and I think the historical house they're talking about is at the very end of the street. I think it's about a hundred years old or more. Last time I saw it, I think it's in kind of in a state of disrepair. I would just whoever's building as they go through clearing and developing and grading and things like that to take kind of caution because it seems like it wouldn't take much to knock it over if I'm remembering correctly. So, uh just wanted to add that for what's worth. Okay. Thank you. Yes, sir. You have something?

Trying to use my gift of discernment. You look like you want to move. That is the outcome. Okay. Sir, would you like to come?

Yes, we're the applicant. I'm Roger Fiser with Fiser Island Group representing FPRC. Um, I just wanted to start off and acknowledge that um, we've been going through this project for almost three months and we're we're ready to move forward. FPRC would love to get this going and and hopefully you all will approve this reszoning. We're not super happy about the conditions. Um these came about in the last week. I did not even it's not even on the the um the information that I was sent. Number three was not even I did not even receive it. So we're a little bit confused on the whole process. We got the recommendation for one and two. Um and we just we're a little bit confused in the process. Um number one, the recommendation um for the cross eastment and the curb cut FPRC and the own land owner to the west which is the neighbor um signed a very low-key letter. that said they would be willing to talk about that easement. Since that time, um they signed an agreement for about a year to use the cross, that little easement for additional parking. That parking was terminated in December 25. Okay. And it's acknowledged by the owner Next Door and FPRC. and FPRC had voted

to not to basically close that easement. And um I guess the owner next door went to the city and and spoke to you guys and and we were not aware of any of this was coming until this last week. So we would like the the resoning to be done without any of the conditions if possible. I know that the site plan or the uh detention pond um and it it states that it encourages us. I don't think there's any legal ramifications. It says encourages us to work with the owner. I did want to note that we have already engaged in an engineer in preliminary. He's already located this in in the location is best determined. That's the low spot. When you do a detention pond, you want it to you want it to gravity feed into that into that area. What the city is asking us is to move that to the center to a higher location causing more money for our cl my client. Um, doesn't make sense. Um, we had actually engaged we we talked to the owner to the north that had had a problem with the buffer and I understand that we engaged with that owner and said, "Hey, we have no intention uh FPRC has no intention of building on that possible future site for at least a decade." So, that's a heavily wooded area. So, what the city's asking us to do is to work with the owner next door, basically take all those trees down and put a a pond. You can't put a detention pond without it being cleared. So, one of the owners, either the owner to the north or to the south, somebody's not going to be happy. And I think we were trying to satisfy the city was trying to satisfy both homeowners. Um, and that we

like to try to work with the community as well. But especially this detention pond does not make sense in any regard. It costs more money. It's going to take many trees down. It's going to cause less of a buffer uh for the ant land owner to the north and and there's no nothing's been given to FPRC as far as their intentions. How do how do we work with them on a detention pond? This is their property and there's no there is no communication from the owner. What's he doing? How do we proceed? We've got an engineer engaged and he's ready to go if you guys approve this. So,

just a recommendation. It's not a it's not a permanent condition. We're just asking, right? Um when you do lots downtown, sometimes you want you have a number of lots that are getting designed or developed. You want to use like a regional pond sometimes. That's all we're asking. Make sure you have that. We're not saying it had to go in the middle. I don't think that was staff's intent to just provide that buffer. I think was the discussion, but you're saying they have to clear trees. So that doesn't sound like it would be a good idea,

right? Well, and and my point is is if this was someone that was concerned about maybe working together, would they should have come forward and instead of they showed up at the last council meeting, we've been working on this for three months and then bam, we want to try to work with somebody that this will so slow their process down and we don't want any incumbrance on our moving forward. um that's going to cost them potentially money to re even just re-examining the whole situation would would be a kind of a financial

I mean we always promote interpersonal connectivity that's that's something we always do. Let me ask this question for a city attorney. Would it be prudent at this time to uh uh table this item and let them work it out with the staff and the uh the other owner of the property adjacent that's causing I I would suggest that if if you are not ready to approve the zoning for whatever reason that that you table it um

right I mean I I think if if you're if you have questions that you need to resolve in order for you to make your decision table. If if the questions are simply those of the applicant, ultimately you're the zoning authority. And I'm going to say this is I'm going to say it very bluntly, and I don't mean it as harsh as it sounds. Um, from my perspective, whether the applicant wants it or not is not the issue. The issue is whether mayor and council want it. So if you think these conditions are appropriate and you've heard enough to make a decision, then I would suggest impose the conditions. If you have questions that you need answered, then I would suggest table. I hope that's make makes sense. So

absolutely. Is the um resident who's adjacent objected initially to the location of the buffer here tonight? Yes, sir. Would you like to make some comments about your perspective on this? Yes, sir.

My wife and I bought this house about 50 years ago and uh it was a lot of 30 and uh realizing that the existing buffer, which I believe was 35 at the time, we erected our own buffer and it's a probably about a 15 foot Ali Agnes if you're familiar with that. Nobody goes to Ali Agnes. The reason that we're objecting is because when the adjacent property 155 was reszone commercial, we could not ask for the buffer because the buffer would have put it near their living room. So, we allowed the buffer to be on our side and we directed morale red tips and everything and we've been happy with that all these years. When this property was reszone, I had no idea about it. I didn't have a chance to appeal and I didn't have a chance to even consult an attorney. It was just when this came up, you know, oh, you don't have a buffer. And uh I'm not interested in a 50 foot or 25 foot. All I would like was about 10 ft of vegetation. What the original site plan showed cars pulling into my backyard, which is our sanctity and headlights, no lights, and everything. And what we wanted was not have cars there and I don't expect a 25 foot buffer would really inconvenience him, but we don't need that much. I just want opacity. As far as the uh it would make common sense to put the lower the the potential pump at a lower

alley elevation and that that hasn't been a problem, but what we want is not to have it cleared and Like I say, we couldn't do anything by building our own buffer. It's too late now. And one of the things I want, I'd like to have my property go back to R30. And when I I'm 85 and I'm gone, they can make it commercial, heavy duty, industrial, you know. So all I ask is R30 and maybe a 10 foot buffalo with vegetation not three foot trees. So that's about it.

Are there are there trees there right now? So we Yes. You can see there total stand anyone else who wish to speak on this item. I'll bring it back to the Oh, okay. I do I do have a question. So, with the northern buffer, there's a way that you can keep that trees.

Yes. And I I was going to I was talking with with a client here. um FPRC they don't I don't think they have any problem with the 25 foot bustle I I that's uh there's there's trees that we can leave along there and um those are that's heavily wooded so I I don't have any problem with the 25 foot buffer like I said before that possible area of of future expansion we have no um they have no intentions of using that for years So, you're basically going to have about a 88 foot buffer unless we do the move the pond over. And and that's that's kind of where I'm going with it. It it really if we could uh just keep it where the pond is now and have a 25 foot buffer. And um you know the Eastman is is is something obviously the business that they they are in you know privacy is a very big factor and um they want to try to control who comes in and out of that just for the nature of the business. very different than most businesses. And you know, that I think is another good reason to not have cross um crossing between the two properties. It keeps you know who goes into that unit and then the owner to the to the west has a curb cut already. I'm not sure why why they're trying to get get that uh that that curb cut is right there next to the u the service stations. Um, it's it's almost a square peg through a round hole kind of thing. You just make things simple to come in and out of there keep the pond where it

is and then the gentleman with the has his uh his buffer to the north. Thank you so much. I do have a question. I don't know if this is for the applicant or for our city manager, but I know currently you don't have a retention pond and this may be my ignorance. Why is a retention pond needed now when it wasn't? They do have the detention pond. If you if you look at the building, um you can see it right here. That's the detention pond. Okay.

We would we would actually the new facility, we would have to move the pond, put the building where the old pond is and then um and then build the new pond in that location, which is the low spot, which is natural. Everything flows back there that you're working against the grain to to put it uh kind of in the middle of the side. Everything from from Jeff Davis runs um runs back that way. It runs back on on the current property. So, it just makes makes good sense to put it where anyone else is would excuse me like to speak on this matter. Not going to bring it back to the Das. Mel, come on.

Don't mean to cast dispersions on the developer, but uh I spent years on the council, 16 years on planning commission, and I've learned one thing, best intentions or etc, etc. I would like to see that in writing official and Thank you, Mr. Call. Thank you. Anyone else? Again, ladies and gentlemen, we want to hear all points of view before we make a decision. It's time. Council members, bring it back to Diaz. Your pleasure with this. I have someone there.

Okay. Sorry about that. Late late decision. No problem.

Hey, my name is Daryl Dyke. I'm actually the board chair for the fa pregnancy resource center and I just wanted to clarify something about coming into the property when we see that cut in right there that was cleared out simply for the staff to have the ability to go and park because we've expanded services such that we don't have enough room to park and we were paying $250 a month to the neighbor to park there. So that agreement is what was cancelled at the end of December for last year. We do not have an easement. There is no easement on this property. So that's what I wanted to be very clear about. Yes, sir. That's all I wanted to say.

Thank you. Last call. Anyone else want to speak on this item? Okay. Bringing it back to the Diaz. Council members, what is your pleasure? Request to deny the reszoning for ordinance number 26-15.

Properly moved and seconded to deny the request to reszone 15 North Jav North Jeff Davis Drive for the pregnancy resource center. At this time, is the Indian readiness before vote? Call for the vote. All those in favor signify by saying I I in the body object and those who abstain. Okay. Acknowledge. Okay. Oh, I was I

it was an I. Okay. I'm sorry. All right. Ladies and gentlemen, it is uh this ordinance uh request is denied. the 3 to2 vote. At this time, we're moving on to reports and comments. City manager.

Thank you, Mayor and Council. A few items tonight. Uh Wednesday, March 25th, we have the drive-thru coffee with a cop uh from 7 to 9:00 a.m. and that'll be at the police station. And Tuesday, March 31st, we're going to have our at 6 p.m. we're going to have our next mental health webinar. Topic's going to be teens, stress, and screens, what works. So, please join us for that. And Tuesday, March the 31st, at 6 PM, we're going to have a town hall meeting for the U project at the corner of Leester and 54, known as the Watkins development. So, please join us. We'll make a presentation and open it up for public comment during that process. That's it. there. Thank you very much, city manager. Council members, anyone have anything that you want to report? Seeing and hearing not this time, ladies and gentlemen, we're going to open it up for public comments. This is an opportunity for you rest of the city council members. We ask that you be considerate and come to the podium. Give us your name, your address, and please be considerate. Try to get what you have to say within three minutes. And if you hear someone who come ahead of you and spoke on the same subject saying the same thing, we ask you to please be considerate not at this time. The floor is open.

Hi, uh Jesse Brooks, 7:30 Becky Court again. Um just a general comment. I just wanted to thank the mayor, city council, and our planning and zoning commission for all the work y'all been doing this month. Um I know a lot of folks were very happy about the changes to the UDO and the new moratorum. Um it just it feels very like we're taking kind of a thoughtful approach to how we grow and uh I grew up here in Fateville and uh been really excited about all the growth and very excited to see uh that change. So just wanted to say you all are doing a great job. Um also wanted to uh say thank you to Miss Simon as well as Miss Gilbert and Miss Brown in our planning and zoning office. Um, I probably sent them about a thousand questions over the past few months and, uh, they've always been very helpful and communicative. So, uh, wanted to say thanks to y'all. And, um, I had one quick question, uh, for Mr. Jositter. Uh, if possible, and I apologize if I've mispronounced his last name. I'm not good with names. Um, I was wondering if there have been any developments that you're able to share with the, uh, HFG development lawsuit in the past couple months. I'll make a comment on that. Um, we're in the process of the property.

Thank you very much. The 30 acres. Thank you so much. Thank you for your confidence. We work real hard, ladies and gentlemen, making sure that we hear the citizens and try to make adjustments as much as possible to satisfy the majority's need. We cannot satisfy all the people all the time, but we try to do our best. and we heard the outcry for the ginger beef project and the staff and the uh city council worked diligently and made a decision that we will we can control it. Anyone else? Yes, sir. Mr. Bonner.

Hi, John 22 Pepperdine Way. Uh I just want to say uh same sentiments. Thank you guys for what you guys do. You guys are a very very active council group uh going from other cities and counties. A lot of them aren't like you guys. So keep it up. I know you guys can't make everyone happy, but again transparency, be front and just tell people and you guys have been doing that. So thank you. Thank you. Anyone else?

All right. I have dinner at In all honesty, gentlemen, we really appreciate you being here tonight. Um, you being here um says that you're concerned or you interested in what's going on. And I assure you, this council and this staff listens. So, thank you very much. As you can uh tell by the uh moratoriums we've just established that we hear what you say and we try to respond legally to the best of our ability. Okay. Since we have no executive session, you were coming to dinner with me. Okay, ladies and gentlemen, it's nothing else coming before the council at this time. I will entertain a motion that we adjourn. So move.

Probably moved and second. All those in favor signify by saying I. I. Thank you very much. Have a wonderful evening and a wonderful weekend.