City Council - Regular Meeting

Recording a progress.

below with City Church who will lead us in tonight's invocation. Well, thank you. Let's pray. Heavenly Father, thank you again for another day, for another council meeting. Lord, like always, we pray that you would give this council wisdom and discernment that they would make decisions that honor you. Lord, we always pray for our first responders as well, and we're grateful for the work that they do, especially the fire department that's back there. God, keep them safe. Um, use us, allow us to enjoy your beautiful creation that you've given us. So, we pray all this in Jesus name. Amen. Amen. Amen. Thank you.

I would like to call the regular meeting of the Milton City Council for Monday, May 4th, 2026 to order. The city encourages you to re to review tonight's agenda carefully. Each citizen who who chooses to participate in public comment must complete a comment card and submit it to the city clerk prior to the agenda item being called. While the Milton rules allow a speaker to turn in their comment card up until the clerk calls the agenda item. Once the agenda item is called, no more comment cards can be accepted. Will a city clerk please call the role and make general announcements?

Good evening, Mayor and Council be happy to call roll for the May 4th, 2026 regular meeting. I would like to remind those in attendance to please silence all cell phones at this time. As the mayor mentioned, if you would like to make a public comment, a a public comment card is required to be submitted prior to the agenda item being called. All speakers will identify themselves with name, address, and organization before beginning their comment. If you are representing an organization, a notorized affidavit is required stating you have the authority to speak on behalf of that organization. Please review the agenda. If you'd like to make a public comment, then bring your cards to me now. Demonstration of any sort within the chamber is prohibited. Please refrain from any applause, cheering, booing, outburst, or dialogue with any person who is speaking. Anyone in violation may be asked to leave. Mayor and council, as I call roll this evening, please confirm your attendance. Mayor Payton Jameson,

here. Council member Brian Dolan, here. Council member Doug Haney, here. Council member Juliet Johnson, here. Council member Carol Kirkley, here. Council member Jan Jacobus, pres. For the record, council member Phil Kramer is absent. Merritt, you do have a quorum. Would everyone please rise for the pledge of allegiance? I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for it stands, one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

And next is approval of the meeting agenda. Uh, council, I would like to add two items. First, I'd like to add an executive session to discuss personnel, land acquisition, and litigation. And I would also like to add a new business agenda item number 26-141A, a resolution appointing or reappointing a member to the Milton Equestrian Committee to immediately follow the consent agenda. Do I have a a motion on that agenda? Mr. Mr. May, I'll make a motion that we approve agenda item number 26-127 as amended. Second.

Okay. I have a motion from Council Member Kirkley and a second from Johnson to approve the meeting agenda as amended. All right. Please place your votes. Okay, that motion passes unanimously. Okay. Okay. Do we mean general public comment? Mayor, we do have one.

Okay. General public comment is a time for citizens to share information with the mayor and the city council and to provide input and opinions on any matter that is not scheduled for its own public hearing during today's meeting. Please remember this is not a time to engage the mayor or members of the city council in conversation. When your name is called, please come forward and speak into the microphone stating your name, address, and organization. For the record, if you will please call the first public comment speaker. Mayor, I invite Julie's honor Bailey to the podium. I will remind you public comment for general is five minutes. I will will uh announce when one minute remains and when time has expired.

Good evening. My name is Julie Zoner Bailey. I reside at 255 Hickory Flat Road, Milton, Georgia. I'm here this evening to ensure that you're aware of the Georgia Department of Transportation proposed bridge replacements at two of Milton's rural gateways, Hickory Flat Road and Clarity Road, and to urge you to please contact GOT directly, both individually and collectively before the May 15th deadline to request that these proposals not proceed as currently designed, but instead be significantly modified to better align with Milton's rural character. I did send each of you a letter today including staff as well as um those on council and mayor uh regarding this important issue and I realize you've had a busy day so you may or may not have had a chance to see that yet. While G do funding may appear beneficial, these proposals reflect a broader trend of overbuilt infrastructure that is not aligned with Milton's need or vision. As an example, the Hickory Flat Bridge GOT is proposing 125 foot long bridge versus the current 90 ft. That's almost a 40% longer bridge. As for the bridge width, they're proposing an almost 60% increase to 38 ft wide, including shoulders of 6 1/2 ft on each side. As for height, they're proposing to increase it by 8 ft. And the Clarity Bridge, as an example, they're proposing a 46% longer bridge than currently in place. As currently proposed, these bridge designs are not consistent with the values, planning priorities, or character of rural Milton. Many residents strongly oppose the projects for the following reasons. First, excessive scale and incompatibility. The proposed bridges are significantly larger than necessary and resemble infrastructure that is suited for more highdensity or commercial corridors, not rural roadways. Encouragement of higher speeds and increased traffic. The designs would facilitate faster travel speeds and increased traffic volumes, directly conflicting with Milton's long-term goals of preserving rural roadways and

those rural roadway conditions and reducing cutthrough traffic from other counties. Inconsistency with current speed regulations, Hickory Flat Road is currently posted at 40 miles per hour, yet the G dot material references 45 miles per hour. Designing based on an inaccurate speed risk encouraging unsafe and unattended driving behavior. Excessive shoulder width. Approximately 13 foot concrete shoulders on Hickory Flat Road are inconsistent with rural use. These widths may encourage higher speeds and increased use by larger vehicles despite a no through truck designation on both roads. Overly long bridge designs. As noted, the proposed lengths are approximately 125 and 70 feet, respectively, and they appear unnecessary and contribute to an overly commercialized appearance. Negative precedent for future infrastructure in Milton. Approval of these designs could set a standard for similarly scaled projects, gradually eroding Milton's rural character. Impact on community identity. Infrastructure decisions shape the character of a city. These designs detract from the scenic, lowdensity, and agricultural qualities that define Milton. A disproportionate impact on property owners. Additional right-of-way requirements would not necessarily impact existing property owners and longtime residents. Every infrastructure decision either preserves or diminishes what makes Milton special. These proposals risk moving Milton in the wrong direction. If no opposition is submitted, G DOT will interpret this as community and city support and proceed with final design and right-of-way acquisition. GOT has stated that public feedback will be considered and may lead to revisions, but only if input is received before May 15th. Without meaningful feedback, the current designs would likely advance unchanged. I respectfully ask that the city of Milton

leadership, each of you, all of you, one, review the plans and submit formal comments to GDOT opposing the current designs and requesting appropriately scaled alternatives. Two, submit a formal letter from the mayor, council, and staff to reinforce the city's position. And secondly, or thirdly, contact the state environmental administrator as well as the point person for GDOT. These proposals as currently designed do not reflect the needs or priorities of the Milton community. I urge you to take a proactive leadership role in ensuring that any infrastructure improvements are appropriately scaled and aligned with the rural character that we value and all strive to preserve. Thank you so much for your time, your consideration, and all of your leadership on this important issue. I really appreciate you. Thank you.

Thank you. Thank you, mayor. That concludes general public comment. Okay, I'll close public comment. We will now move on to the consent agenda. Will city clerk please sound the items?

Mayor, that first item is approval of the April 27th, 2026 regular city council meeting minutes. It's agenda item number 26128. Our next item is approval of amendment to the land and water conservation fund grant agreement for the Milton City Park and Preserve parking lot, tennis court, and played ground project. It's agenda item number 26129. Next is approval of a construction services agreement with Laneir HVAC Services LLC for replacement of the mini split HVAC system at the Bell Memorial Park coaches and meeting room. It's agenda item number 26130. Our next item is approval of a professional services agreement between the city of Milton and Interdev LLC for manager IT security services. It's agenda item number 26131. Our next item is consideration of subdivision plat and revisions. It's a minor plat. The development is 15495 Freemanville Road. It's landlock 455456 and 457. It's district 2 section 2. A minor platonfigure four existing parcels totaling 41.851 acres into three parcels approximately 9.584 acres, 10.004 acres, and 22.263 263 acres. Again, a total of 41.851 acres and a density of 0.07 units per acre. It's agenda item number 26132. Our final consent agenda is approval of a memorandum of understanding between the city of Milton and American Medical Response AMR regarding traffic preeemption. Agenda item number 26133. Mayor Jameson.

Thank you. Do I have a motion on the consent agenda? Make a motion to approve the consent agenda as read. Second. Okay. I have a motion from council member Jacobus and a second from council member Haney to approve the consent agenda as read. Please place your votes. Okay, that motion passes unanimously. Okay, we will now move on to the added new business item. Will the city clerk please sound the item?

Mayor, the added new business item is approval I'm sorry. Consideration of a resolution appointing or reappointing members to the city of Milton Equestrian Committee by appointing a board member for District 2, Post One. It's agenda item number 26141A. Mayor Jameson. Thank you. I will turn over to Council Member Johnson. Um it's my pleasure to reappoint Carson Seville to the Milton Equestrian Committee. He and his family live on open land here in Milton and he has been a great asset to this committee. Thank you. Uh, do I have a motion to reappoint Carson Seville to adult equestrian committee? Mayor, I make a motion to approve Carsonville back onto the equestrian committee. Second.

Okay. I have a motion from Council Member Haney and second from Council Member Dolan. And we will do this uh with a voice vote. All in favor, please say I. I. Any oppose? That is unanimous. Uh, Carson, come on up and I'll swear you in. I was looking for you sitting out there. I couldn't see you.

Repeat after me. I doly swear and affirm I doly swear I will faithfully perform the duties of and I will faithfully Western Committee support to defend the charter thereof as the Constitution as the Constitution laws of the state of Georgia and the United States of America. We are

okay. Just I am so off my game today. A couple more.

Thank you. Come down. Okay, we will now move to reports and presentations. Will the city clerk please sound that first item?

Mayor Jameson, that first item is going to be a recognition of the Milton Arts Council Scholarship recipients. It's agenda item number 26134. Mayor Jameson,

thank you. This is always my honor every year to assist Shelley Hogan in recognizing the recipients of this year's Hogan Family Arts Scholarship. Shelley, please come forward to share a few remarks and invite the recipients to receive their certificates and join us for a group photo. Good evening. My name is Shelley Hogan. I am president of the Milton Arts Council. The Milton Arts Council is a nonprofit organization in the city of Milton with the mission of supporting arts in our community. One of our favorite incentives every year is to present our fine arts scholarship to area high school seniors who have demonstrated excellence in the area of the fine arts in high school and plan to continue with a major in fine arts in college. This year we are honored to present four seniors with this award. Please join me in congratulating them. Tucker Bowers Max Holly, Addison and mine it and Caroline Parker.

Congratulations.

Okay, just one more control. Thank you. Congratulations.

Okay. Will the city clerk please sound the next item? Thank you, mayor. I'm actually very excited about this item. mayor because it's a first for Milton. It's a proclamation honoring the recipients of the inaugural Milton Student Service Award. It's agenda item number 26135. Mayor, thank you. The city of Milton is fortunate to have students who have dedicated their high school years to serving others, demonstrating outstanding character. Seeing their impact, our staff has created a way to recognize them. Emily Serno has led this effort and I invite her up to share a few words. And you have tassels too, right? Those tassels, right? Okay.

Not messing around. I know.

All right. Thank you, Mayor. And good evening, Mayor and Council. It's always fun that I feel like I get to present in front of you all the fun things and recognize fantastic people within our community. Um, this award has been incredibly meaningful to create. Our team sees firsthand the impact that these students are making at city events, in our parks, and our green spaces, as well as across our entire community. This award recognizes graduating high school seniors who are Milton residents and have demonstrated a strong commitment to volunteerism throughout their high school years. This was an open application process, and the students being recognized tonight are those who chose to apply and share their service with us. We are proud to recognize nine students this evening. We have one silver award recipient who has volunteered over 227 hours of volunteer service in their high school careers and eight gold award recipients, each of whom completed over 250 hours within their high school years. Our gold recipients will also receive a cord to wear at their graduation ceremony representing their dedication to serving others in the community. And mayor, I'll pass it back to you for that proclamation.

Thank you. It is my honor to read this proclamation recognizing and celebrating the service of Milton's inaugural student service award recipients. Whereas volunteerism strengthens a community, enhances understanding of the world, forges valuable connections, broadens perspectives, and builds character of those who participate. And whereas Milton is fortunate to have many individuals who generously devote countless hours to making a positive impact. And whereas a significant number of these difference makers are young people who choose to spend their free time working for the sake of others and for the benefit of the community at large. And whereas the city of Milton is proud of these remarkable teenagers, especially its nine inaugural student service award winners. And whereas these soon-to-be graduates of Cambridge, Milton, and Kings Ridge volunteered at least 225 hours over the course of their high school careers through city approved organizations. And whereas 75% or more of the hours for each recipient took place within Milton, supporting those who also reside in our city, meaning their efforts have had tangible positive effects here at home. And whereas their service took a myriad forms such as making sandwiches and blankets for the homeless, engaging with seniors and rescue dogs, supporting health rellated causes, and much much more. And whereas we greatly appreciate their spirit, dedication, selflessness, and commitment to making our society better in ways big and small. Now therefore, we the mayor and the city council of the city of Milton recognize the first class of the city of Milton student service award honores and thank them for their extensive impactful service. And this is given under my hand and seal of the city of Milton, Georgia on this fourth day May of 2026. Congratulations.

All right, we first will recognize our silver award recipient, Nate Blondik. Next, we'll move on to our gold award recipients. Our first is Reagan Baraby. Next we have Ella Brown. Great. Honor.

Don't worry, I'll email all the photos.

Next, Miller Estes. Caroline Maples. Next we have Lauren Matthews. Our next is Sydney O' Conor. and we did have one who could not join us tonight but her name is Nora Michaelis as well. So congratulations everyone. So mayor I'm gonna ask you all to stay real still so all of our moms and dads can also get pictures too. Okay.

Yeah. We'll start with this one. And one, two. Okay. I'm good. Come on up. You're You're the next contestant.

Awesome. Thanks, I see mayor now you know I was so excited for that agenda item. Good stuff. That's pretty awesome. Good stuff. Feels good to volunteer. Okay. If the city clerk would please the next item.

Thank you, mayor. Yes, I would like to announce that the next item is the Tesplas 3 project list discussion. It's agenda item number 26136. Our deputy director of public works, Mr. Rob Del Ross.

Good evening, Mayor and Council. Uh this next item is a discussion of our proposed project list for Tesla 3. Uh the purpose of tonight's presentation is for us to share with you some background information about Tesla and our proposed project list. Our elected leaders across the county have decided that they want to put this on the referendum on the upcoming November ballot. So that means that tonight's discussion is time-sensitive. of Fulton County is asking for that all cities provide their projects uh by the end of May. For several of you uh this is the first time we've done this process. So I wanted to discuss Tesla in a little bit broader terms uh before we dive into staff's recommendation for you tonight. Uh I'm going to be on this slide a little bit uh because there's a lot of information. T-slos stands for transportation special purpose local option sales tax. Splasts are a very common taxing mechanism for cities and counties in our state. Uh counties like Cobb and Gwynet have had splasts for 40 plus years uh trying to build their infrastructure to keep up with their growth. Uh due to our sales tax uh limitations here in Fulton, paying into things like Grady Hospital and MARTA, Fulton County was never able to propose a splast for transportation purposes. Up until 2015 2016, uh with action by the state legislature to raise our cap by one penny. Since then, we've had two successful Tesla referendums uh in 2016 and in 2021 at 75 cents each time. The elected officials across Fulton County have decided to write the legislation to allow all of the decision-making for what projects TLOSS will build up to the individual cities themselves. Uh this allows cities like Milton to prioritize improvements that their residents want to see. Uh likewise in Alpharetta or any of the South Bolton cities. Since TPLast one, all of the

cities have decided to group their projects into project lists into tiers. Uh you'll hear me refer to tier one, tier 2, and tier three later on. Tier one is defined as 85% of our projected revenue. Uh that's the list of projects that cities are telling residents we are very confident that we're going to be able to deliver. Uh tier 2 is defined as the remaining 15%. Those are the projects that we likely will be able to start uh during the C++ window, but may not be able to build every single one of those projects. Then tier three is defined as an additional 15% on top of our proposed revenue. If for some reason during that five-year collection, we have an upturn in the economy and revenues far exceed projections. Uh the last bullet on my screen is also very important. Uh Tesla's funding must be used on specific types of projects per the state law. uh roundabouts, bridges, sidewalks, streetscape and landscaping improvements, culvert replacements, widenings, any of those traditional transportation style projects are all allowed. Um if it's above the ground and it's within the public ride ofway, it's likely eligible. Uh the exceptions would be items like uh new city buildings and infrastructure facilities, uh land acquisition for uses outside transportation or trails with a primarily recreational use that are not typically paralleling uh rightway. Here's the timeline and process for how this is going to look until November. Uh tonight we're receiving your input on our project lists. We have the ability to schedule another discussion on this topic at a work session in May if you so choose. If not, staff would place the approval of our list on the May 18th agenda likely on consent. Uh all cities are being asked by Fulton County to approve their project lists by the end of May. Uh Fulton County will then

create the intergovernmental agreement with every city's project list for each city uh to again route back through each city's individual approval process. that will be happening likely in June or July of this year. Uh after each city has signed that IGA, Fulton County prepares the required resolution and calls for the referendum, which then places it on the November 2026 ballot. If passed, collections would begin in April 2027, uh which would leave no gap from when Teslas 2 collections end. Here are the funding levels uh provided by Fulton County based on the tiered funding approach. This yields 37.5 million for Milton in our tier 1, 6.6 million in tiers two and three. Uh we are expecting to collect approximately $44 million over that fiveyear period. This is a very important slide that affects everything public works does on the capital side, but we don't talk about it very much. Uh the power of local funding like Tesla is we're able to accelerate delivery and lower cost on every single project we do. Uh while in certain situations we appreciate using grant funding, the problems with grant funding is that the decision-making can be taken out of our hands, uh design costs are typically much higher and schedules can be sometimes two to three times as long. Uh which drives up construction costs. Uh in an upcoming slide, I'm going to show you just how much TLOSS one and TOSS 2 have delivered for Milton. Uh and the same story can be told for each and every city in the county. specific to Milton. Uh projects don't arrive out of thin air. Uh we are very deliberate here. Uh creating strong plans that we reference multiple times whenever we are making important decisions to fund a project. Here's a screenshot from our strategic

plan. You'll notice that even though it's several years old at this point, it still aligns with a lot of the priorities and goals that we have been speaking about recently. Slide 10 shows you the buckets of funding that each city is going to group their projects into. Uh congestion relief, uh typically new roads or widenings, uh operations and safety or your intersections, uh pedestrian and bicycle focused projects, uh bridge work, and then quick response and uh maintenance and safety. Here is a snapshot for what Tesposs has built from us uh for us from the financial report. You'll notice a lot of these projects, it's a little tough to see those colors on the screen, but you'll notice a lot of these projects have been completed for many years. Uh but others like the uh signal at 140 and green and Morris Road are still ongoing. Uh this is a common question we hear a lot as staff. Uh there is nothing in the enabling legislation requiring every project to be completed in a five-year period. Uh generally that's the goal that each city strives for, but that is not a requirement. Bridges have been a topic of discussion lately. Uh while we while we greatly appreciate the federal funding that the state DOT has been able to program uh to replace some of our existing bridges, uh the problem with federal funding is that there are decisions about bridge type and aesthetics that are sometimes out of our control. There are also schedule impacts at the state level that are also out of our control. Uh for example, uh two bridges that we've spoken to you recently uh that we were told would be starting in 2025 last year on Birmingham Road and Opal Road were recently delayed to 2033. Uh we had uh $4 million programmed for bridges uh in TLOSS 2 and

we're going to be asking for an increase in that in TPLOS 3 that would be able to replace uh two weight restricted bridges as well as complete routine maintenance to extend the life of others and help fund some of the aesthetic improvements that we're going to be proposing on these state funded projects. Lastly, here is our recommended project list uh in the form that we would be submitting it to Fulton County. We're showing $11 million in the operations and safety category for the four initiatives you see on the screen. Uh corridor improvements are a relatively broad category we have used in the past to include our standard toolbox of transportation related infrastructure. Uh this would provide additional funding for corridors that were identified in Teslas 2 as priorities that are currently being worked on. Uh roundabout improvements would be taking some of the operational and safety improvements we will be installing soon at Hopewell Thompson and Hopewell Bethany uh to more of a city-wide approach. Southeast Crab Apple is the public for portion of the Mayfield District. We are actively working on and we'll be providing you more information on this summer. And the Deerfield connector is the public street between Deerfield Parkway and State Route 9 in conjunction with our active park. We're requesting $10 million for bridges. Uh this would allow for replacement of two bridges in more of a Milton context than what we are limited to with the state DOT. Uh we also anticipate funding some bridge maintenance activities and aesthetic improvements to the state funded project with this $10 million. The third bucket is maintenance and safety. So, we're asking for an increase from 1 million to 2 million per year uh in the rightway and street maintenance sections. Uh resurfacing of our roads and especially inside subdivisions is one of the most popular requests we get from residents throughout the year. Our residents

really enjoy freshly repaved roads. Uh we want to be very confident that even with rising construction costs that we'll be able to maintain or maybe even exceed expectations from our residents when it comes to resurfacing. Uh other advantages to an increase on the maintenance side would be to allow us to have further discussions with you and residents about improvements to some of the gravel roads uh that we're currently not budgeting for. Our fourth category is pedestrian and bicycle. We're calling out streetscaping and landscaping here to allow us to increase our investment when it comes to landscaping at our roundabouts and along some of the corridors. This would allow this would also set aside funding specifically for uh sidewalks and trails that the city would decide how to allocate at a future date. The fifth bucket is program management and staffing. Uh this has not changed from Tesla 2. Uh we have one full-time inspector position that is funded through Tesla and we would be continuing this strategy. Last bucket is quick response. Uh this is the leftover cost to get to the kind of that magic number 37.5. Uh that's the reason why that number looks a little bit more detailed than the others. Uh this quick response bucket is commonly used amongst the cities for smaller cost projects that have some urgency. They just tend to pop up over time. Uh we have also used this money in the past for technology upgrades to our signals uh like the signal preeemption for emergency vehicles. Uh we could also use this funding for equipment and fleet needs to augment our street and rideaway maintenance. You'll also note that we're not required in this project list to include project level funding amounts uh in the IGA. Uh this is intentional. This allows cities additional flexibility to shift priorities over time. Uh there is no also there is also no requirement for

Milton uh to expend for example exactly $10 million on bridges as shown on the table on the screen. Uh this 10 million is simply an estimate at this point for how much we intend to spend uh if actual spending came in at 12 million or 6 million. Uh there would be no negative consequences other than needing to then either raise or lower other programs to get to our revenue. The problem would be if we didn't include any funding at all for bridges and then year one, year two into Tespos decided we wanted to replace a bridge with T-Loss funding. Uh there is a formal process to make changes like that to your list adding and deleting. Uh it has happened to cities uh throughout Teslas one and TPLOS 2, but it's it's relatively rare. That concludes my presentation. Open to any questions you may have. Any questions for Rob? I appreciate it. I know this is just the very very very beginning and we'll get into the actual projects and weeds years down the road.

That's correct. Yeah. Yeah. We appreciate it. I know it's provided a lot. Oh yeah. It's tremendous. Yeah. Thanks for the detail. Yep. Thank you. Appreciate it. Great. Thank you. Thank you Rob. Okay. You will please the next item. Mayor, that next item is the presentation of the Milton Fire Rescue 2025 annual report. It's agenda item number 26137. Our fire chief, Chief Gabe Ben Musa.

Good evening, mayor and council. Today is International Firefighters Day as well as National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Day. So, it's be fitting that we're presenting stuff about firefighters. So, I want to thank our firefighters for the great job they do for our community on this occasion. So I'll be going over our annual plan. Every year we do an annual report. Um it is required by our accreditation, but it's also an opportunity for us to share with our community and our members uh some of the accomplishments, some of the data that we gather throughout the year. So um we want to make sure that the annual report also gives us sort of like an insight view into whether we're aligning our operations with community pri priorities and whether we're um adhering to national standards. Uh it also allows us to engage actively and look at our response capabilities, look at our deployment plans, um and expand whether we need to expand any programs that we have and highlight our accomplishments for the previous year. some of the key accomplishments. Uh we were proudly to say we were the first in the nation thanks to uh deputy chief Alexner to adopt an EV safety ordinance. Uh that EV safety ordinance establishes proactive standards to address lithium battery charging stations at in public places, private places and public places. And um it has served as as a model for many municipalities around the country that that ordinance. So we're we're proud of that accomplishment that we're at the forefront of being innovative. We successfully transitioned from INF to NARS. INF was the old national uh fire incident reporting system. It is uh put out by the United States fire administration and it this is where all our data our reports go to. It goes to the state but also goes uh to the federal government. Uh that data collects all our calls that we go on all types of calls. So they've built a new platform uh that is more sort of

proactive and and real time. The previous one you just sent the data and that's it. With Nerys we transitioned. Nerys provides you with real time data. So it captures our data from our reporting that we do and you could see real time response times, how many calls were running to date. Uh it's a great and you can compare with other uh national fire departments as well. So it's it's a a new system that uh we we migrated to. We were required to by the state as well. uh we successfully purchased and upgraded a technical res uh technical large animal rescue uh team for the equipment. We uh instead of purchasing a costly vehicle that can incur a lot of maintenance, we went with a a model of a trailer that were able to fit all our equipment as well as a side by side on the back of that trailer. So, it works great. Um so, we got to use that trailer on an incident with Misty. Yes. I told you to use it.

It was a It was a great call. Um you can practice at my place. Yes, put them down. You can get them up.

Uh we also restructed our or restructured our organizational model for efficiency and optimized service delivery. Uh creating some some sections and merging uh some divisions. We also created the first AED library loaner program, meaning that we we make AEDs available to our community. They can come check out free of charge for events they might have at their home. uh large gatherings, church events, they can they can check them out and have have it on on hand. So um we deployed right sight tele medicine to the field um for those non-emergency calls if it if we could save our community money from having to a transport or an emergency room visit. If we can if we can do that, we offer that service if the community member chooses to use the the tele medicine. they're connected directly to an ER doctor and they can go over and they can issue prescriptions, things like that. So, it's a great tool that we're we're using. Um, we also uh working with other North Fulton partners. We completed the North Fulton Radio Authority continuity of operations plan um working together. Our emergency manager um spearheaded that and worked with other partners that are part of the authority. Our deployment model obviously we have four stations. Um in those four stations we have three paramedic engines, one paramedic ladder company and a paramedic rescue which is the ambulance and as well as one community paramedic. So that is our our deployment model. Some deployment data. Um we ran about 3,637 calls. That is a a little bit over 2% increase from the previous year from 2024. Um, our busiest station is station 44 and engine 44. They run roughly half of the calls. The response standards that we use to measure our response. Um, it's broken down according to the NFBA standard as well as the accreditation. We measure

the alarm handling time is from the time dispatch received the 911 call until we get dispatched. Then from the time we receive the call is called turnout time. That's the time it takes our firefighters to get out to the truck or the ambulance to to go respond and then the total response time. Um the 90th percentile is the most accurate because what it does it it indicates the maximum time within that 90th percentile 90th percent of emergency calls that are answered. It's a benchmark that excludes the sort of the the worst 10% of outliers. 90th percentile let's say within nine minutes it's uh better than the average the average is not very accurate because the data could be skewed few calls can be skewed. So um so this is our table for response times in comparison starting 2022 to 2025. Obviously there is uh in the one that we control is the turnout time um the total response time and from the time we get the call to we arrive on the scene there are many factors time of the day road conditions traffic all of those things affect sort of our response time. I'm pleased to announce that the few lights that we have in Milton now we have a preeemption system which all units are equipped with it turns a light green so that helps with our response but it also for the safety it literally um creates a safe environment for not having an intersection accident with that that's like the most sort of popular accident for emergency response. So it effectively provides a green light for our emergency vehicle and it recognizes that ahead of time, turns the light red and it allows for our uh units to proceed uh to the emergency. Hey Chief, is as regards to we I know we're talking earlier before we kicked off today, but there was a 55 second increase in the alarm handling. What what's sort of precipitated that? Is there something happening there? Because that's seen an increase there and that affects when you actually get in the call and release the firefighter. So curious to get your perspective there.

So that uh that could be several things. um the dispatch, the processing time. Uh it could be uh maybe staffing might affect that. Sometimes systems. So it just depends on on on what what the issue might be as it relates to that because few calls because we're on so few calls, few calls could really skew the data. Okay. But that would be the the issue that I would say it's probably staffing and just time processing what it takes to process that call. There are standards for from dispatch as well as standards from NFBA 1710 that addresses that um what the time should be to to process a call. But we're still in in line with that. We don't have any concerns with that at this point

right now because they're actually they're upgrading their system to the new dispatch system which should help with those efficiencies because some of those calls also could be um somebody's like on the um the city limits of Milton and Roswell and it goes to Roswell first because of their position then they probably have to call they have to raise Milton. So hopefully with this new dispatch system, the goal is to connect all the Fulton cities through Unifi so that if the call goes to Roswell, Roswell could look at automatically and see where our units are and they can dispatch us without having to go. So that's what we're working right now. Okay, great. Thank you.

As far as community risk reductions, uh we've uh conducted over 1100 inspections, 296 uh plan reviews, about 11 fire investigations, uh pre-planned incidents. We do those every year, pre-plans. We go out and pre-plan uh the community, pre-plan the businesses so that we're prepared. We provided over 190 hours of fire life safety education events. Uh we do car seat installations. Uh we did about 16 um and then we installed 18 residential smoke detectors and we tested every hydrant in Milton. There's about 3,78 hydrants in the city. So we do that. Um, great news because um, I like to see this number. The property value saved is over over five million while the loss was uh, 1.7 million. So that's what we want to see. We want to see what we save is greater than what we we lost. So quick action um, putting that water on that fire early helps kind of minimize the the property loss. Uh some of the performance data uh we've successfully um sent two firefighters for paramedic uh school. They completed the certification that passed. They were some of the top in their class at uh Gwynette Community College. We also delivered over 176 hours of paramedic continuous training and right now we're at 49% of our firefighters are are paramedic certified. Our goal is to be at 60 or 70%. So we try to hire more paramedics or build capacity within the department um through we budget every year for to send paramedic to send firefighters to paramedic school so that we want to grow what we have and give them the opportunity to to go to paramedic school. Um cares cares to be continue to be a successful program. They um our cares medic who's also a registered nurse um he responds to low acuity calls as well as high acuity calls because he's in a he's in a pickup truck. He arrives his average response is literally about two

minutes to three minutes. That's his average response. So he responded on 248 911 responses. And what he does if it's a low acuity, he will handle it and then he will cancel the the engine so it keeps the unit in service for other emergencies. Um, CARES continue to engage with citizens. We have 296 contacts and 446 received health education. So, um, firefighter paramedic Hoffman will will visit regularly with people that prescribe to the program and he will visit with them, talk to their doctor, make sure they're following up on their on their treatment, on their care, uh, they're getting they're taking their medication and, uh, he helps kind of set them up for success. Um he was able to we were capturing the the data and he was able to reduce some of the people that call 911 all the time for some of these things that are non-emergency. He reduced it by 66% and out of those only 3% reuse 911 repeatedly. So that that's great. Um fire response we had about 33 structure fires, 12 rubbish fires, four grass fires, eight vehicle fires, and then other uh type of fires. U as far as our compliance and national certification we met the state of Georgia standard uh standards. So we had zero um failure in zero issues. We we we had 100% compliance when they did the audit. Uh that mean meaning that we meet all the hours that were required to have for each firefighter to be to keep certification and to keep the department certified as well with the state. Uh we had uh 15 cardiac arrests. Um, out of those 15, 33% we had spontaneous return of circulation, meaning we were able to bring them back, take them to the hospital. However, they did not survive the event. We were able to bring them back, but they didn't survive. Out of those six the 15 cardiac arrest, 20% actually survived, walked out of the hospital. Um, so that that's a great number compared to the national average

of 9%. In the United States, there are approximately 350,000 sudden cardiac arrests in the United States. and only 9% of those make it. That's the national uh average. So with that, I'd like to announce that we Milton has uh been awarded the Hearts Safe Community Awards. Um that is provided by the International Association of Fire Chiefs. It's an association that spans United States, Canada, and the world. Um we were notified that we are one of two communities that will be receiving the award. um here in uh midmay I'll be traveling to receive the award on behalf of city uh this is all thanks to the efforts of our firefighters in our department and some of the programs that we have the cares the the AEDs in in all the vehicles in the city and public areas uh the CARES program as well as the training and the protocols that we have um when we treat people and as well as our survivability rate which is way above the average uh average in the in the country and I would say we're probably the highest in the state of Georgia. So, uh, we will be receiving the less than 100,000 people award. Uh, the other recipient was Montgomery County, Maryland for a large community. So, with that, if you have any questions, I'm happy to answer. And thank you.

Did you say we're one of two in the nation? Yes. Wow. Congrats. That's awesome. Councilman Jacobus. Uh, Chief, when you were talking about the incident level, I noticed you you mentioned how high the incident level was for station 44. Is that just a density issue or is there other underlying issues that are causing that to be so high?

It's probably the density, I would say. Um, but it's also a hightraic area as well and it's on the border with Alpha, so it's it's much more populated and there's much more activity there than any other parts of the city of North. And I think that's what I would attribute that that that increase that the call volume. Any other questions for Chief? Thank you. Thank you to your entire team back there. Good stuff. Thanks. Thank you all. You guys are awesome. Hey, we'll now move on to first presentation. Will city clerk please say on the next item?

Mayor, that item is consideration of RZ 2604 for a text amendment to section 8.2 2 use tables section 8.5.5 section 6.3 table 6.3.1B rule Milton overlay use table and section 9.1.2B festival parking of the unified development code to prohibit the use festivals or events outdoor indoor. It's agenda item number 26138. Mayor, thank you. Do I have a motion on the first presentation item? Make a motion to approve first presentation item. Second.

Okay. I have a motion from councelor Jacobus and a second from council member Johnson to approve the first presentation items. All in favor, please place your votes. Okay,

that's why it come. Come on now. Nice and light. That motion passes unanimously. Okay, we'll now move on to public hearing. Will city clerk please sound the item. Mayor, that next item is consideration of the issuance of an alcohol beverage license to ATL Simolf LLC doing business as Back 9 Alpharetta at 691 North Main Street, Sweet 200, Alpharetta, Georgia. It is located within the Milton City limits. It's agenda item number 26139. Deputy City Manager Bernardet Harville.

Good evening, Mayor and Council. This evening we have one alcohol beverage license application before you for consideration. It is for ATL Sim Golf LLC doing business as Back 9 Alpharetta. They are located at 691 North Main Street in sweet 200. They are applying for a bring your own beverage license. The application was um received and the advertisements were put in the Milton Herald on 423 and 430 in compliance with code. And you can see the signage outside of the establishment here. Here is a map of the location showing you where on Highway 9 near Cogburn Road that the establishment is located. A BYOB or bring your own beverage is a license issued for any place of business open to the public or any private club that allows guests, patrons or members to bring their own beer or wine onto the premises for the guest consumption. Again, no dissult beers authorized. It may be issued to an establishment that holds a standard consumption on premise license as well as to those approved establishments that are not licensed to sell or serve alcoholic beverages otherwise. This does require internal review and approval by the community development director which this one has received. The applicant must have a written policy pertaining to their BYOB practices which they have turned in. And hours are limited to Monday through Saturday from 9:00 a.m. until 1 hour prior to close of business, but no later than 1:00 a.m. and Sunday from 11:00 a.m. until 1 hour uh prior to close of business, but no later than 10 p.m. I'll be happy to answer any questions that you may have.

Bernard, sorry. Go for it. Sorry, mayor. Uh question. One of the issues we had initially was supervision on site, people being bringing their own beverages. Is that going to be now accommodated by Absolutely. um part of the policy does require someone to be on premises from the managerial staff or staffing that is has um in their written policy outlined who would be there. So every time there's going to be alcohol on the premise, someone must also be there from the establishment. Okay. Thank you, sir. How do you monitor a place that's open 24/7 with these tight guidelines? So it is all in their written policy and so they have to abide by that. And then also our police department does have um the authorization to check on these types of establishments and ensure that they are complying.

Thank you. Police department can access it. Okay. Yeah. Is there any public comment on this? There aren't sir. Okay. Excuse me. Sorry. Did you fill in a public comment card? I didn't know I had to. I Okay, I'll ask Ken. I know we said the rules earlier in the meeting here. That's right. I think the council has discretion uh in this situation. I would allow it. I'm fine with Okay. I usually don't.

If you'll uh if you'll do me a favor, come up, state your name, address for the record. You're gonna have five minutes to speak and then if you'll fill out a public comment card when you I'll be happy to. Thank you.

My name is Ken Shura. I'm the president of the homeowners association for Henderson Landing. And then if you pull that map back up, you'll see we share the entrance on and off of Main Street with the building that houses back nine. Um there are concerns. We're we're a community small community about 30 houses. Um, the residents are very concerned about the fact that you have a facility with a BYOB license application. Great questions, by the way. Thank you. Because those are the same questions I would have been bringing up. Uh, bottom line, uh, 247's impossible to monitor, and we all know that. uh introducing Bob into any facility that has a neighborhood attached to it uh with children or any other situation. Um nobody nobody can monitor it that cleanly. Second of all, we have residences that are literally within about 10 to 20 yards of the parking lot of this facility. So, you know, the they facility and we certainly understand a business wanting to moni, you know, market themselves and uh create a successful business, but they're also advertising the ability to hold parties, hold events, hold whatever type of events with literally none no or little input from the neighborhood that literally adjoins this building. So, what our concerns are, uh, it and and believe me, when this building went in, we understood that it was also probably going to be a restaurant property or could possibly have a liquor license. And we're not being unreasonable about our expectations. What we're saying is, you know, the liability issues and and all of the other concerns of of controlling this situation, the type of alcohol, the amount of alcohol, the hours involved, who is truly going to be responsible for all of that. These are concerns that all of our residents have

brought up already. And we're going to be very, very interested in in hopefully be having a lot more input into how this is decided. And uh I would just leave you with one situation. If any of you live in a in a residential subdivision in your area, would you want a BYOV facility on the corner outside your gate and right at the entrance to your community? And how would you feel about how to monitor that and how to control it? And that's our concern. And it's about I'm I I have a lot more to say, but um you said five minutes, so I'll keep it to that. Thank you. Appreciate it. Thank you.

You there's a yellow card to fill out for the record. Uh Steve, can you This is our second BYOB. Is that correct? Or how many? Correct.

Okay. Can you maybe give us a little bit of background on why we have it? What are the what are the places that we used to have it with? And what what could we do to alleviate some of the neighbors concerns? Well, Bob exists. If you recall, I was brought this before you at the last meeting. Um, this is one of the sections that we had added actually the very protections you had just brought up, council member Dolan, and it's uh it exists to offer certain businesses, not specified businesses, uh to offer something that uh a little something more for their customer experience. Be able to get to the point before you. It goes through our zoning, police, and finance to ensure that it meets that from a zoning standpoint, even community development standpoint, that it meets generally with the with the neighborhood surroundings. So, this is a commercial district and um and I agree with the assessment that community development made on it. As far as the some of the enforcement, it's not 247. It's limited to the hours that are prescribed in the in the Bob, though I understand um why the neighbors could be concerned. The hours are limited to an hour before closing now with a with a business like that. I believe the it would force it to close at 1000 p.m. if I remember correctly.

Um but that's about the extent of what Bob is. It has not historically we've had it at some arts and crafts types places. There was a place right over here um which of course abuts a residential area uh that had it or their um patrons. We haven't had a problem with it but I understand where the speaker's coming from. Mayor and mayors the council just a point and that is is that you know alcohol lure is not forever lure. Alcohol license has a short fuse and to the extent that individuals receive the lensure and a business paradigm does not work council always has the right to change the rules to meet those sort of those complaints. So just something to keep in mind is this is not like zoning where it's sort of a fire and forget. They've got it forever. This is a year-to-year sort of thing. And one thing I have observed in Milton is you all watch carefully to see if individuals are actress with the license.

Bernardet, is the owner here? Could he possibly just talk a little bit about how he's going to monitor this in a 247 establishment?

So I think um sir, you're gonna I think we're going to be limited to five to five minutes. Fill out a public comment card and state your name and address for the record. So thank you. Good evening. My name is Brian Muny. My address is 715 Kilgaren Court in Milton. Uh been a resident here for 24 years. Um at Back 9, we're uh dependent on growing membership. Uh we understand the concerns of the community and the council. Um, as far as monitoring, uh, as stated here by the city manager, we are only allowing it, uh, when staffed, and that has been clearly communicated. It's posted on our door. It's posted in our policy, which is, uh, on the wall within, uh, the facility. Um, we've had a temporary license now for 6 weeks, have had no issues whatsoever. Uh we believe if we were denied uh this we would be at a unfair uh competitive uh disadvantage relative to um competitors who offer similar services and other back nines in neighboring communities that do have BYOB available to them. Um we certainly understand the concerns of of the community but our clientele has shown no no issues what whatsoever. um our we have video cameras monitoring. We have uh restricted um access on the doors and so in order to book a tea time at our facility, you have to uh go online and book your tea time and agree to our terms and we send you a key code 15 minutes ahead of time. So the door is not open for anyone to come in. We know exactly who is coming in and they've agreed to our terms before they entered the facility. Um

we also like like I said we have have video cameras. The typical uh time that uh customers there is two hours. Uh we allow one to three hours but the average our most popular membership is a two-hour membership. So people are not staying there all day uh drinking alcohol. Um they're in they might bring in a six-pack and have one beer and two beers and then they exit. There's no no disorderly conduct has has been witnessed so far. There's over 160 back nines in the nation. Most of which all have Bob available and none have had any issues uh in two two and a half years of existence that I'm aware of. Thank you.

Thank you. Y is there any public comment? I was just given one, Mr. Attorney. Um it's Ben Copekka. Um, can is it okay that this was already announced? Yeah, we just need to make sure we emphasize next meeting that you really got to do this before, but they're here. These individuals are here. We got one more coming up. So, Mr. Capeka,

good evening, council. Ben Copeka, 14115 Burl Road. Uh, thank you for allowing me to speak. I didn't expect to, but since we were allowing it, went ahead and put a comment card in. Uh, I just want to bring up there's some, uh, community feedback on the Ebenezer, I believe, Baptist Church, um, community event center with their special use permit and potential by I think we're going to have to talk about this one in in particular. Is that correct? You'll need to bring it into this topic.

Okay. Um, so my concern with Bob um at in this location is uh looking at the history of the city's ability to enforce uh items like this on businesses um lack thereof or uh enforcement of is question in the community right now and I would hazard another open display of that for this B O case. All right, thank you. Appreciate it. Next speaker, um, Andrea Phillips.

Good evening. I'm Andrea Phillips. I live at 12743 Archmont Trace. I'm here as a resident of Henderson Landing who lives directly adjacent to the property where Back N is located. And we strongly oppose, my daughter and I, to this license being granted. Our opposition is based on both immediate and long-term public safety concerns. First, this establishment is on a property with an elevated parking lot that is about 12 ft from my house. um within the business's parking lot. With the business's parking lot being so close to my house and the neighborhood, there is concern that the introduction of alcohol unmonitored at this location can increase the potential for accidents or property damage. Second, I agreed with him. There is no real way to monitor or prevent people from drinking too much in a BYOB establishment. Um, without trained staff serving alcohol or monitoring intake, alcohol consumption is essentially left unregulated. This could increase the possibility of u disruptive behavior or prolonged lording spilling into our neighborhood at any hour of the day or night. as this is a 24-hour establishment and this is something that has already been noticeable without the alcohol. Finally, and most critically, the turning lane on Highway 9 right out in front of the business is currently unsafe. When the traffic is high, there is a blind spot for anyone turning left out of Archmont onto Highway 9 to travel southbound. The road was recently widened to four lane, which means there are now two northbound lanes to contend with. In addition, there is no dedicated turn lane for southbound traffic turning into

Archmont Trace. Drivers on Highway 9 turning left onto Cogburn often jump the center lane starting at Water Place and meet the cars all meet together right in front of back nine. This threat is a serious head-on. This threat poses a serious head-on collision situation. I'm concerned that a business with alcohol, whether Bob or with the trained bartender, could pose more serious dangers. in combination of the dram the alcohol with drivers who are unfamiliar with the area and the risk right there it um with the alcohol it could be impaired judgment delayed reactions and potentially serious accidents. So this is not matter simply a matter of preference about a neighboring business. It is also a matter of public safety, traffic danger and direct impact on a residential community that sits directly beside it. And for these reasons, I respectfully urge for you to deny the BYOB license application.

Thank you. Any other public comment? That's all, sir. Okay. Close public comment. Uh Steve, I have one one question because I know it's important for the city, be respectful for business owners, and have a good business environment. The question I have though is on Bob, do we have a limit on how much someone can bring in alcohol? Someone can bring in. Is there a limit? Didn't Didn't we determine last meeting how much like it's two drinks or three drinks, whatever, right? No, that was the limited place. There's nothing in our code that currently limits.

It can it li the the what it can be to the city attorney's point. What it can be can only be malt beverages, beer, or wine, but the quantity is is not there. Um it's not something we've encountered. Okay, that's that's my one thing that I think we could put some guardrails in place, but but we don't have that today. Correct.

No, I would I would want some time to think about what that could look like. I mean, there are other establishments that at Bob where families go and how would I how would you start parsing that out per individual? Um, I think it would get beyond our ability to properly regulate, but if it if if I was given that direction, I would be glad to come back to council with with some possible directions, possible solutions.

To add to the city manager's point, I mean, if you read the BOB section, it is light touch by the city from a regulatory perspective from the perspective of I mean, people have the right to go buy alcohol now and consume it at their homes as well, and we don't regulate how much you can buy. So, the idea that you can bring it to an off-site location and that wants to participate in is no different than the NFL football game at home where you're obviously taking care of yourself to regulate yourself. My point simply is once you start putting in place, well, it can only be this much and we have well that that's going to be sort of an illusory promise unless we have the regulatory machinery to regulate that. How are we doing that with the Bob? We're charging a h 100red bucks a year. we're going to start regulating how much you can take, then that's a much heavier enforcement. That make sense?

Yes, it does. Any other questions for um staff on this? I have several. All right, go. Um there was a suggestion or comment that the applicant, the business establishment has been advertising for parties. Um I think something to that effect. Is that accurate? Are you looking right at me, council member? I am just really I have not personally seen any of those advertisements. Can I ask the applicant this these questions? Um, we've we've closed public comment. Never mind. I thought you

mayor, and forgive me, I needed to speak up the first time. The council always has the right to ask anybody a question irrespective of whether they filled out a comment card or anything. Didn't you have a specific question? Mayor, this is me. I should have mentioned. also thought maybe in the research they might have uncovered something like that, but you haven't seen anything. But that's the first time I personally have heard of that this evening. Well, then I'll ask the applicant. Okay. I just want to make sure we're we're very careful because when we're asking the applicant questions, there's residents that also should I mean they're so I want to be once once we go down that road, that's where we're going to go.

And that's and that's very fair. I think the only distinction I'm making is typically in a situation like this, there's going to be a handful of questions for the applicant and maybe maybe less. Council okay with that? Yep. Okay. Well, come on up, sir. Carol,

share a little bit more, please, about your business plan and whether you've been advertising for parties or whatever. I heard earlier about the expanded use of your facility. We have not advertised uh at all um for parties. I mean we we do allow uh private events uh corporate uh outings, corporate memberships uh to come in, but it is a small percentage. We are a a member um like a 247 gym member driven uh golf facility. Uh we have not advertised anything at all about Bob um or events. Um, we we've just been advertising on social media so far and we're publicizing uh 247 indoor golf.

And what's the size of your facility? It's 3,000 square feet. Okay. So, the event space is what? How big? Uh, we could have up to 50 people in there. Yeah. Any other questions, buddy? All right. Thank you. Uh Steve, let's talk about the um you're talking about teeth and the alcohol licenses. As far as once an alcohol license is approved, when can the city take it back? Well, there's several ways. Okay.

If you have a non-compliant business that is that is not operating within the confines of the regulations, we bring that back before the council for a hearing. um that's how you would address it based on problems and and midyear. Conversely, all alcohol licenses in the city expire yearly on December 31st and if you determine it was a use that you felt no longer fit or didn't fit, you could end that license and we've done that before. Ste, is there any adherence to noise ordinance? Right. people getting rowdy even I know it's a multi-use building but as it pertains to an issue like this is there a noise ordinance that's affected to the uh to the applicant as well

we have different the answer quick answer is yes okay um but there's different types of noise that can that can emanate sure either either from the business or from the parking lot there and I would I believe we can uh address each of those okay any other uh questions for uh Bernardet Okay, that I will open it for a vote. Uh, open it for a motion. Sorry.

Mayor, I'll make a motion to approve agenda item number 26-139. Second. Okay. I have a motion from Council Member Haney and a second from Council Member Dolan to approve agenda item number 26-139. Please place your votes. Yeah. And we don't see it on our screen. We don't see it on our screen. It's It's I can refresh it, but it's uh You see it now? Yep. Yep. Okay. That motion passes unanimously. Thank you. Appreciate it. Thank you. Thank you. Okay. If you'll please call the next item.

It's a new business item, right, Mayor? That next item is consideration of a final plat. It's Crossroads at Birmingham. It's the development name. It's Lot 380381,413 and 414. It's district 2 section 2. It's a final plat revision to remove lot 13 and revise the lot lines between lots 9, 10, 11, and 12 in the mix zoning. It's a total of 6.63 acres and a density of 3.61 units per acre. It's agenda item number 26140. Sandra Dit. She forgot my name. Had to think for a minute.

Good evening, Mayor and Council. I am here to present the final plat revision for Crossroads at Birmingham. Um, so first we'll look at the location. I'm sure many of you are familiar with this location. This is at the intersection of Birmingham Highway and Birmingham Road just below the Publix and above Scottsdale Farms. Um, this is a MIX zoning and an AG1 zoning. The MIX is in the top portion. AG1 is in the bottom. You see that this is in the northwest corner of Milton. So again, this is a final plat revision. So, a little bit of background, the original final plat was approved back in November of 2020. The zoning again is MIX in the northern portion and AG1 in the southern portion. And this is an active construction site. There are current building permits on the site as well as buildings that have already been completed. Um, the two commercial buildings along Birmingham Highway have been completed and there are homes already in the development. The clouded area in red is the area where the revision is occurring and as you'll see they're proposing to remove one lot there. Um, so here's a closeup of the revised area and this is affecting the MIX zoning area. Again, we are removing lot 13 and we are reconfiguring the property lines for lots 9 through 12. Um, so staff has reviewed all these submittals and deemed them compliant with all the city codes.

And at this time, I can take any questions that you may have. The applicant is here as well if you have any questions for the applicant. Any questions? No. Okay. Any public comment on this? We do, mayor. Okay. I invite Julie's honor Bailey to the podium. What's the time on new business? I get what's was it five minutes or two minutes for new business? It's five. Five. Okay. Let me just uh if you don't mind. There we go.

Good evening. My name is Julie Zer Bailey and I reside at 255 Hickory Flat Road. Uh my comments are really more neutral as it relates on the final plat. Um I've spoken to staff and staff assures me that the final plat is in concert with the zoning modifications and adjustments from 2020. Um separately, however, and I think this is an appropriate time to make a statement for the record as it relates to some additional activity that still needs to be corrected at this particular quadrant within the Birmingham overlay. Staff is aware of these. I know that they are proactively working on them. Uh but because we've had a transition with community development directors previously here who have since retired, I know that there were some legal letters that were drawn up that were delivered to the applicant. Um again, I know that community um development staff is working on these, but I think for the record, it's important uh before and during the final plat um presentation and approval potentially this evening that these be noted for the record. I know that these two items um are certainly in play and still need to be corrected. There could be others that community development staff has identified. Uh one is that the lighting of this particular quadrant is not in compliance with the Birmingham overlay. The applicant is fully aware as is staff and they have been presented a legal letter that goes back quite a while. So at some point that does still need to be legally corrected and it's important that we make that um a matter of record this evening. Uh secondly, there are trees that were part of the tree ordinance and recompense for trees that were cleared from this quadrant originally as part of the original resoning and subsequent modifications. Uh many of those trees have subsequently died. They've not been replaced and certainly that is a legal requirement under the Birmingham overlay as well as the tree ordinance. As I state, these two things are not necessarily the only things that still need to be rectified, but it's certainly important that we don't lose that history and that legal requirement of this applicant. Uh, so

for the record, I believe that staff has confirmed that the final plat is consistent. However, these other items remain outstanding and I just ask for mayor and council and staff to ensure that legally we do get those cured um at some point before this is finally finalized. Thank you for your time and your energy. Appreciate it. Thank you. Any other public comment on that? That's all, sir. Okay. Thank you. So Sandra's plat, we're just removing one lot, correct? That's the overall. Yes, we're just removing one lot. So it's going from 25 lots in the MIX zoning to 24. Okay. Thank you. Appreciate it. Okay. Um with that, I will open up for a motion. I'd like to make a motion to approve agenda item number 26-140.

Second. Okay. Okay, I have a motion from Council Dolan, a second from Council Member Jacobus to approve agenda item number 26-140. Please place your votes. Okay, that motion passes unanimously. Thank you. Thank you. Appreciate it. Okay, we will now adjourn into or any council have anything to report on? Okay, hearing none, I'll now get a motion to adjurnn in executive session to discuss personnel, land acquisition, and litigation. Do I have a motion? Motion to adjurnn into executive session. Second. Okay. A motion from Johnson, second from Dolan. Please place your votes. Been grumpy tonight. That's unanimous.

Motion to reconvene. Second. Bear with me. Bear with me. That was uh councilor Jacobus and Haney. All in favor say I. I. Any oppose. Okay. So Jacovus and Haney and then can I get a motion to adjurnn? Motion to adjurnn. Second. All right. That's Jacobus and Dolan. All in favor say I. I. All right. That's it. See second. Tammy, you good? Thank you.