Welcome to this afternoon's uh work session first order business if any commissioner would like to take any of the items uh for next week's meeting uh yes I'm sorry yes number um twenty-two and just a comment for number seven I didn't bring my full book uh what's what is it what's number seven number seven uh recommendation for purchase um playground equipment Ms.

Rogers not so much out of that I can ask the chairman thank you yes sir you had a question about I just do have a question kind of a comment on that um I know this contract is awarded out of Missouri and I just want to make it public that if we can begin to do a better job at contracting companies here locally and or if not in the state of Georgia thank you for for things of this nature yes and this was off of a co-op that we've used so understood is that for the playground yes that is for the various playgrounds we have some uh parks and recreation has some grant money and that's splash funding as well what's the next one commissioner the next one was resolute resolution 2024-266 uh stream buffer stream buffer I guess you knew already uh yes I heard um uh afternoon that that matter actually is going to be continued to the December third fifth first meeting in December okay um just wanted to understand why um there this is part of the um part of the ongoing um development of the data center so the way that they have um and I don't know if Jeff is very not so um the way I believe that the way that the building is laid out that it's going to impact a portion of the stream buffer in order I mean a portion of where the stream is and so because the um because that requires the board this board to approve that's why this is is coming here it's mainly because of the layout of the building of how they're pushing it there they've had to orient it because the way that our code reads that um they've had to move the power stop uh power behind the building as opposed to being in the front and it's mainly to not have special impact on the neighbors and so they've got uh based on the topography of the land that's why they need to make the uh stream buffer well we would not be deeding that over we would still be in control we're just allowing a buffer for them to build outside of the normal um compliance that's right but and now be coming back uh with a public hearing uh component component uh on the first meeting in December thank you any others all right here and now we're going to our first uh agenda item development authority plate county update by Dr.

Bradley CH Braddy he is here how you doing sir excuse me good evening chairman vice chair commissioner hammered uh certainly uh I'm honored to be here today I bring you greetings on behalf of the development authority of Clayton County um we submitted a PowerPoint presentation submitted to Cheryl dot LS at Clayton County I can uh as we are preparing uh the presentation submitted to the county however uh while they're pulling it up I can if if it's okay I can go ahead and start please um won't be long this is uh uh quarterly uh ongoing moving forward uh quarterly pursuant to the IGA uh that we were able to develop with Clayton County um board of commissioners that we would actually have a a quarterly um meeting uh with the board of commissioners uh to discuss updates relative to the economic development projects uh questions concerns uh address issues as we uh move forward with uh bringing a greater Clayton uh relative to economic development uh part also um within that IGA we are planning a required annually um

This is a quarterly ongoing, moving forward quarterly, pursuant to the IGA that we were able to develop with Clayton County Board of Commissioners that we would actually have a quarterly meeting with the Board of Commissioners to discuss updates relative to the economic development projects questions, concerns, address issues as we move forward with bringing a greater Clayton relative to economic development part.

Also within that IGA, we are planning a required annually board meeting that the Board of Commissioners will have with the development authority.

And that is something that been speaking with our COO with regard to and also will be reaching out to our chairman for this inaugural meeting that we will be having annually.

So that being said, Project Tabernacle, 28 uh acre mixed use.

These are just some projects that we've been looking at, working on.

I believe Commissioner Hambrick, this is in your district, uh, the Project Tabernacle, which is a 28-acre uh mixed use development that will create uh a vibrant hub uh for commerce and culture.

We're still working with that particular uh that particular project.

Victory Landings, gratefully, um Logistics Center uh is finally done, and that was one of the things that we wanted to do in this uh before this year end was to close out a lot of pending uh uh pending projects.

And so Victory Landing that was uh upwards of an 85 uh 75 to 80 million dollar uh blind finance uh project which in uh consists of 700,000 square feet uh state-of-the-art industrial space, and uh this project uh is positioned right there in Clayton County near the airport, the mountain view area.

Uh the Gilbert Road Widening Project that was completed.

It's one of the uh best roads in Clayton County.

And so uh I would ask that you if you would get have some time to actually uh drive through there, you'll see that uh that project is uh slated to be uh a great great great host of um uh industrial space that looks up to par.

Uh we've met with um Georgia Power regarding substations uh so that we could attract data centers and certain uh particular logistics such as that.

Uh so with looking at uh that type of bandwidth, uh Commissioner Davis, as you know, you need that power source.

And so we've been meeting with uh Georgia Power to see exactly what that will look like.

It will take probably two years to build a substation.

Uh but if we start now, then once we're actually ready for those uh that data center or data centers to come in right there at the uh uh the cusp of the uh the airport, we will be ready uh to receive.

Finally, uh as you may know, we did we actually closed the TOTOS bunding deal.

That was a 239 million dollar uh bundance for uh Toto's uh renovation, total renovation.

I would uh ask if you have not gone by there, uh you should definitely go by there and see exactly what they're doing uh here in Clayton County.

It's the first of its kind.

They're building a tremendous uh artificial intelligence uh uh factory that will give rise to uh in essence 300 jobs, and it also will give rise to the 270 plus citizens who work there right now who's making upwards of uh $90,000 a year uh for workforce training because they would have to be trained on these this artificial technology to give them an increase in their uh their salaries.

Uh so there uh those are solid things that we actually have uh uh accomplished.

We are engaged on more to uh to actually hit our our end of year goals.

Uh we have a few things that are in the pipeline that we're we're pushing forward.

Uh one of the things that we're actually trying to hone in on is to culminate the workforce training and development model that we uh were so graced uh to receive by the Board of Commissioners uh through our ARPA uh COVID CARES Act funding in which the development authority received funds to work with Goodwill of North Georgia, also the Perry Learning Center, um, and a sessions in which we train uh they trained for us several uh citizens who would uh receive various certifications.

So right now we're in the process of going through that whole um uh that that entire um it was a humongous task uh because what we did was when we came into this authority, there was a lot of things out there that was just kind of floating around.

And so we had to kind of put our arms around everything and see, okay, where are we?

Um what needs to be taken care of, what needs to be cleaned up, um, where are the standard operating procedures?

If there is so we we've been looking at pulling all that together.

So a lot of what we had to do was to address the retreads, to address that which is continuously just been going on, going on, going on, and actually put a stop to it, um put together uh a model that that is strong with integrity and clean up a lot that was there that needed to be addressed.

So, with that being said, also we uh uh as you may be aware, we uh undergone new administration, uh, and so now we are looking uh to retain um the chasing uh group, the chasing the chasing group is uh going to be spearheading our search for our economic um uh executive director for the development authority.

Uh this group came uh by virtue of a great great recommendation.

They specialize in uh development authorities, both downtown development authorities as well as county development authorities.

It will definitely give us a it will give me a breath of fresh air to get this done.

And of course uh our officers.

Um vice chair, uh Randy Burton, and our treasurer, uh Dr.

Baskin, the entire authority have been very much so hands-on.

This has been a hands-on authority, and it's pretty much shown that it you know, if you cannot just put your trust in staff.

You have to be able to put your hands to the plow uh when you when you actually uh don't have the staff.

So uh I say that to say that you know we have done uh a tremendous tremendous amount of tear down, and now it's time to build and uh build solidly so that we can see qualitative, quantitative outcomes and really present uh something that we can actually be proud of and what we hear moving the county forward.

Um that being said, uh definitely open to questions.

One one more thing I want to uh submit to the board of commissioners is that uh we have kept our eyes on 5711 uh Jonesboro Road.

That's that uh angles uh with the parking lot and that whole ordeal there.

We've been working diligently with various uh developers because it is our goal to get that underway and get that taken care of.

Uh we've had a major sinkhole that had happened, and so with that we it was kind of a wake-up call, all right.

After spending 80 plus thousand dollars to to fix that sinkhole because it was detrimental that we fixed it.

It was a huge sinkhole that it's time now to address that which needs to be addressed, and that is to get that uh property underway for development.

Okay, and so with that, uh I am definitely open to questions.

I may be missing some things again.

We submitted the uh the PowerPoint, but I don't know if it listen, but it's on the phone.

So and I and I'll make sure that my assistant gets I would ask that you still say it too.

Yes, sir.

I'll make sure that my assistant gets uh the uh PowerPoint to each of uh each of the commissioners uh as well as yourself, Chairman.

So we are uh open now for questions.

Any questions for Dr.

Brad?