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All right the time is 7:35. I'll call this regular business and public hearing
of the Mayor and Council to order. Today is Monday November 11 2013
we have all members of the Mayor and Council present. Tonight for the
invocation we're gonna have a
double invocation. First we're gonna have a moment of silence
today for all of our veterans who have served in our military
an honor Veterans Day.
Thank you and thank you to veterans everywhere. Now we also have Father
Hanault from St. Oliver Puckett Catholic Church to lead us
in a prayer.
Oh God our Father, King of the universe, you created the world
and us in your image and likeness and you charge us
to care for that world in all its splendor and all its wonder.
We pray this night for our mayor,
for our councilman and woman. Help them,
guide them, lead them. Help them to build
Snellville into the best city that we could ever live in.
Help each and every one of us who are citizens of Snellville
and friends of Snellville to do our best,
to be supportive and caring. Lord stay close to you
and in your love we pray. Amen.
Thank you Father. Now for tonight's announcements.
Tomorrow
at six o'clock we'll have a several days committee meeting if you're interested
in volunteering to help with the planning
a snowball day she can meet bed be mcmichael room at Briscoe Park
I will also have a border Appeals meeting tomorrow
at the work session will start at 6:45 said a7 o'clock
and the meeting will be at 7:30 p.m. here at City Hall
on November 24th you can watch rebroadcast at this council meeting
on Comcast channel 25 at 6:30 p.m.
our next regularly scheduled council meeting will be november twenty-fifth
with the 6:30 p.m. work session in a 7:30 p.m. meeting
the November 26 Planning Commission meeting has been canceled
and on November 28th and 29th at for the Thanksgiving holiday City Hall
also the offices with the exception emergency services
will be closed and now for the pledge to the flag we have members
our local VFW to lead us in the pledge
under ceremonial matters we have the swearing in ceremony first we have
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Judge Mark Lee
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and now we have the minutes to have a motion to approve the minutes in the
October 28 2013 Business and Public Hearing Aid
motion duper there's a motion is their second second all those in favor Singh
have a reason to write him up
the motion thing him that 6 others
page 0 posts minutes and tonight we have no invited guest
on our agenda however I see that we have representative break held here
and also mayor-elect else Wilkinson from the city in Grayson said thank you for
joining us tonight now for committee and Department reports we have this now a
public Arts Commission
chairmen at Kirk by cue
a the project that we're working on
right now well first off we are creating a scavenger hunts for our children are
used to be located here around
City Hall is going to be such a cool program kids and families are going to
enjoy a concert to go from
Ste little school church its culture following up
poem with clues and things like that we are looking for
some sponsors businesses or individuals who are willing to
sponsored different sculptures if you're interested in that
please see me or die and crows
I think she would be happy to see folks to for that also
the second thing so approach we have coming up is
our Christmas Carol fundraiser thank you for such a summit chase
for sponsoring this this is a dinner at a show
and a silent auction and all
love our mayor and city council have agreed to
take parts in that show so I
really wanna cycle you for doing those
get well no they're going to show their support
in more than just the just being there gonna buy a ticket also
a suffered a because he's actually a member of the castle who's in the show
picked up so please everybody come out a get your reservations by calling so much
X I i think is going to be a enjoyable evening for everybody the show's phone
silent auction was a that road
on bus well the silent auction is going to have
artwork theater tickets jewelry and things like that
at all this money is going towards placing some
public sculptures sheer in the city of snow
so it's is a good players as a note here talking be too long before the words
Melville and arts are synonyms
circle for the Star Wars Commission other projects that we are working on
developing the performance space here City Hall in the room right across
the the way here for things like a book signing
on January 30th were having of erbil
fits so love you may have heard his series of books
called needed Chile which I haven't
read myself but you can actually download the first one for free
he needed killing a he's coming with
with his wife and given says publisher to
talk about the books book talks or something that we
would like to to develop more and the last couple projects or working on
murals on buildings getting some paintings done on
on some buildings planters around the downtown area
our new artist in the gallery is Mickey billing
if you have a chance please go see her work this
excellent and long-term we've got
talking about doing it ghost tour in the historical cemetery next october
our meeting our next meeting is next Monday
starts at five o'clock goes from five to seven
we invite everybody who's interested in the arched
please as much as you go so love you here
if you are interested in the arts please come to a meeting five to seven o'clock
right over here room
get too many people will move to the community from
believe this much spiel
any questions or call
thank you I have some shock in my office I think belonged to see all
yes to comply talk on the side sex
Sanders singer
may I am going to yield my
time for business until the
LCR contract is discussed but I do have one personal point of privilege
it's been a tradition mine
to on Veterans Day
to public gathering where I am with other people
to to read it a.m. very
poignant short passage
regarding our are military in
and then sacrifices they make over time amid a gentleman
a number of years ago named Jerry Campbell eerie from Vancouver Washington
and and he presented this and I'd like to present to you
Donald A Davis Robert beat Richard
jury said we were in cambodia much before the official action investigating
an NBA stronghold
and may have 69 these two airborne Rangers died on either side of me
I survive because them and their sacrifice
he has a personal Memorial Day service
memorial service every Veterans Day he has everyone within earshot
repeat their names the concept the is that as long as you
we repeat their names those names leave our lips
their lives forever so if you would please repeat after me
Don Davis and Bob Pritchard
thank you very much thank you mister sanders
under invited guests also forgot to recognize
miss lewinsky government class hear from South Gwinnett high school I think this
is the third in
and final group that's coming to watch our meeting see a pic
a good one to come to tonight we have nothing under tonight's consent in
we have no all business and no public a hearing and a new business
can't sir nation
for the resolution
help
oh yes I'm sorry yes I do thank you mayor I like to
had to the agenda a discussion and
direction to staff on the Oak Grove Park and d
have a sec second item is the resolution for veterans
so they'll become dei yes emotion is our second
others in favor signify to raise your right hand
second i calld 6
favor all those opposed posted in the stands amid
I don't a is to ratify the certified results in the November 5th 2013 general
election to have a motion to ratify the election results
motion to ratify there's a motion by Councilman Emmanuel is our second sec
said by Councilman crass all those in favor signify vers
right hand at six in favor all those oppose
oppose results item the
nomination and confirmation Jackie again to post 6 the Planning Commission
is there a mission nominate skin motion to nominate check in to post 6
the Planning Commission as their second second by councilman Howard all those in
favor signify vers
right hand at five in favor although suppose that's one opposed
the nation stands approved IMC consideration action on a construction
agreement between Georgia Department of Transportation
in the city of snell mister sanders this is an agreement between je Dunn in the
city of snowballs really the first three steps that will allow us to commence
construction on LC I
improvements on ok lower in wisteria tonight
disagreement will if if approved
and we're the staff is hardly recommending approval
a.m. will enter into an agreement where DOT and the federal government will pay
two million twenty two thousand dollars towards that project
or eighty percent we believe that number is
well within budget a with a little bit to spare
the other important item in here is a time line for completion of the project
substantial completion would have to be done by october fifteenth
next year with final completion by December 15
we feel like we can meet that those deadlines easily also
so I would recommend approval up this agreement
with Georgia DOT is a motion to approve the agreement
motion to approve the agreement is our second sec
others in favor signify vers secession
man impaired not a public hearing
and discussed it's just a
making you have something
make you mine what hi I believe councilman
and just wanted to make a comment
on yes it's really unbelievable that this is my first meeting
hack and where finally taking action on a construction agreement on the LC I
when I first joined the Council in 2005 it was
right after the city had been granted this two million dollar grant to do
these improvements
and since 2005 the city's been working on trying to get this project done
and three years ago about this time I was promised
that we would be a construction by July 2011
so I guess this is the rate the government
works at but it's just really great that I'm here
summer now finally getting this project to this point
others in favor the motion este to signify to raise your right hand
six and favor all those opposed
nation stands approved then brings us to item d
a discussion on Oak Road passive park cuts meant
thank you on discussion
is this is basically this um as I understand it
mister sanders you up received bids for what the first law
we set aside a hundred and fifty thousand dollars to begin the park
and to go in there and do some clearing out and to basically get
trail cut-out so we could start past Park
project um it's my understanding that we've
you have a bid which is not completely that at this point but the low bidder
twenty-eight thousand dollars so
that bridge we're gonna be substantially below the amount
that we have set aside up this possum and I guess
my discussion about this is that like to discuss this week out on the council's
input
that we continue to move forward on that
if that 20,000 whatever figure is
finally vetted and approved by Council that we immediately continue to move
forward with that project
and whatever the next step staff seems field will be necessary to bring that to
us
as soon as possible so that we can continue
to move forward
would be glad to do that we're meeting with contractor on Wednesday afternoon
are Wednesday morning and afternoon to make sure that
to 'em their numbers and their ideas are the same as ours
a we hope to bring that contract approval that contract back to you at
the next meeting
we'll also discuss with the contractor
potential future steps the reason this is important is because
hom one of the main things that have been a complaint
the people apart times are no sidewalks up hop
Oak Road it's never been able to be
funded project in this class because
it didn't score high enough yet that a higher score not to get funded if not
you just
unfunded yeah maybe someday we can do that
for the county the not us but makes me sleepy County
in discussions with the chairman and also with our are Commissioner
became apparent to us that have if we can get that park started
by doing the work that we're doing now that would give it
some points bring the score up and them if
the city would make that sidewalk up I already
on their 2014 spaus that passed this past week
the county would also do that in to help us so that we can move forward to get
those sidewalks done
her father being helped by the fact racetrack now is gonna improve that
corner and they're gonna be in
do not do a pedestrian worked on that corner which gonna save us some money so
you baby
base unit has done for about 1/2 or less than 100 to cost if we do
Iran so it's important we keep moving on its other nothing stops us from the
County says
yes we're ready to go so that that's the reason poor
that brings us to item number eat