Meeting and now I'd like to call to order the mayor of City Council meeting for Wednesday, April the 15th.

That's a glorious day in our tax history.

So it's over with.

But I'd like to call this order and ask the councilman from Ward 4 T.

Anderson to lead us in the invitation.

Thank you, Mayor.

Let us pray.

Heavenly Father, we come before you today with gratitude for the opportunity to serve and to lead.

We thank you for this community, for its families, its businesses, and all those who call it home.

We ask for your guidance over this council and all who gather here tonight.

Grant wisdom and decision making, clarity, and discussion, and a spirit of cooperation in the work ahead.

Help us to listen well, to lead with integrity, and act in the best interest of the people we represent.

We also ask your blessing over our city, its safety, its growth, and its future.

Watch over our first responders, our staff, and all those who serve behind the scenes.

May everything done here tonight be guided by a desire for what is right and what is good for the city of Marietta.

In your name we pray.

Amen.

Please join us for the Pledge of Allegiance.

Liberty and Justice for all.

And add an item, please.

Absolutely.

I'd like to suspend the rules and add an item to the agenda.

Second.

Motion carries 7 0.

I'd like to uh add a presentation to the agenda.

Um I'd like to add a presentation to the agenda.

All those in favor, please go your right hand.

Motion carries.

Stephanie, can you run the presentation, please?

I would like to offer my sincere congratulations to Bill Britain for being recognized as one of America's 250 public service champion.

I've watched this man, I've been mayor for 16 years.

I watched how he has served our city with dedication, passion, fairness.

He's also a great listener, but he is a man of action.

He's the leader of our employees and made Maryetta one to I think we're proud to be part of this great country.

I'm glad he was selected as one of the 250.

It is a honor well earned, and one I'm ashamed to say that we take for granted because his excellent work is just part of his demeanor.

And I just think it takes somebody outside of our city to recognize what a great leader and what a great American he is.

Thank you.

Congratulations, Bill.

Bill, I want to thank you for doing such an incredible job at the City of Marietta.

It was such a pleasure serving on the council for the 12 years.

You amazed me with your knowledge and the way you've handled people and just everything that you do.

You have made Marietta such a much better place to live in and be.

And uh, we're just all thankful for you.

Congratulations on being selected as America's 250 public service champion.

Thank you, Bill.

Councilwoman Betty Hunter was on point when she picked your resume out of the stack of applicants and saw something special in you.

You have exceeded expectations and led the city in the right direction from the All American Cities Award.

Picking the excellent people and setting a great tone and tenor for the organization.

Thank you for a great job and congratulations as being honored as one of the 250 public administrative champions nationwide.

Bill, on behalf of the Georgia Municipal Association, it is an honor to congratulate you on your recognition by the National Academy of Public Administration as one of the 250 public administration champions in the United States, having known and worked with you for many years as a fellow city manager, and over the past eight years in my role at GMA, I've seen firsthand your ability, knowledge, integrity, and leadership.

You have been a dedicated public servant for many years, and I've always been impressed by your professional demeanor and the calm, dignified way you serve and represent the city of Marietta.

Marietta is fortunate to have you.

Your leadership has contributed greatly to the city's success as one of the premier communities in Georgia.

And all of us at GMA are grateful for your service on our legislative policy council and in the many other ways you shared your knowledge and expertise for the benefit of all 536 cities across the state.

Public service is more challenging than ever for both elected and appointed officials.

Your long tenure as city manager is a testament to your effectiveness as a leader, communicator, and team player.

The talented team you built around you speaks volumes about your professional reputation and the respect you've earned.

People want to work with and learn from you.

I know you're a selfless and humble leader, but this recognition reflects what so many others see in you, and it simply reinforces what we here in Georgia have long known.

As you are honored in Philadelphia next month, please know how proud we are of you.

This recognition is well deserved.

Congratulations to my friend and colleague.

Hi, Bill.

Congratulations on being one of the elite 250, chosen as a national public administrator champion.

No one deserves it more.

I wish you the very best.

I enjoy working with you as a city manager and with me, the county manager of Cobb.

Congratulations again and all the best.

Hello, Bill Bruton, Commissioner Sheffield here, Cobb County Board of Commissioners, just sending you a note of congratulations for being recognized by the National Academy of Public Administration as one of the 250 public administration champions.

Thank you so much for your partnership with Cobb County, and thank you so much for exemplifying the highest standards of service to the public.

Congratulations again.

Bill, congratulations on your award from the National Academy of Public Administration and for being recognized as one of their 250 champions.

It's certainly a well-deserved recognition for all of your many years of hard work for the city of Marietta in Cobb County.

Again, congratulations.

Congratulations on the award that you've received.

I've always had great admiration for your professionalism and your leadership in the world of city management.

Bill, congratulations on being named a public service champion.

Your career has impacted the lives of countless community members here in Marietta and beyond.

And your leadership always points back to the important cause of public service.

Thank you.

Bill, I want to congratulate you on being selected as an America's 250 public service champion.

You do a great job leading our city, and it's our well-deserved congratulations.

From those employees that helped Bill Marietta.

Thank you, Bill Bruton Jr.

For being our champion and making Marietta a better place to live, work, and play.

Congratulations on being selected as an American 250 Public Service Champion.

Bill, your work with the City of Marietta to improve the life of our citizens on a daily basis is so appreciated.

Congratulations on being selected as America's 250 public service champion.

Congratulations, Bill, on being selected as America's 250 public service champion.

Well done.

On behalf of all of us here at Mared and Fire Department, we want to say congratulations to you for a job well done.

Your thoughtful leadership has made this city and this community what it is.

We're very appreciative of everything you have done for all of us here.

Congratulations on being selected as America's 250 public service champion.

Congratulations, Bill.

Congratulations, Bill on this prestigious award.

Very well deserving, the best city manager in the entire United States.

Congratulations on being selected as America's 250 Public Service Champion.

Congratulations on being selected as an American 250 Public Service Champion.

Hey Bill, great job of being recognized by the National Academy of Public Administration.

On behalf of all of us at the BLW, we'd like to say congratulations on being selected as an America's 250 public service champion.

Bill, on behalf of the officers and staff of the Marietta Police Department, we'd like to congratulate you on being named a 250 champion for the year 2026.

Your leadership and dedication to the Marietta community and to the employees of this city deserve such recognition.

Thank you.

Congratulations, Bill, on being selected as an America's 250 public service champion.

Congratulations, Bill.

Congratulations, Bill, on this well-deserved recognition.

Not only is Marietta fortunate to have you at the helm of City Hall, staff also appreciates all you do, your leadership and guidance day in and day out.

Congratulations on being selected as an American 250 public service champion.

Bill, we just want to say thank you for the leadership you provided to the city in the IT department.

Congratulations on being selected as part of America's 250 public service champions.

Congratulations, Bill.

Hey Paul, congratulations on winning this award.

I'm super happy for you.

I love everything you've done with the city for the last 25 years.

So we're very well deserved.

Congratulations.

Hi Dad.

I heard you're getting a pretty big award tonight and being honored for the award you're getting later.

I want to let you know how much I love you.

I wish I could be there.

I'm sorry I can't, but I hope you know how loved you are by not only mom, dad, me and Bill, but also by you know your city and also apparently the country.

And there's no one more deserving than you.

You're very kind and patient, and you always do as much as you can within the community, even more than people know.

So we love you, and I hope you have a wonderful night tonight and know how deserving you are.

So at any time when you think I can't outdo myself, I can.

I know the so I'm here tonight to um congratulate Bill Bruden Bruton and read a proclamation on behalf of the Cobb County Board of Commissioners.

And they picked me because I'm your rival in basketball.

Whereas the National Academy of Public Administration has recognized Marietta City Manager Bill Bruton as one of the 250 public administration champions, a group representing public servants across the nation who demonstrate excellence in government and service.

And whereas the 250 public administration champions were nominated by peers and fellows in public administration and selected for going above and beyond in their roles and inspiring those around them.

This recognition highlights public servants working across a wide range of government functions, including mayor's offices, public works, parks and rec, public health, libraries, and other essential services that support communities nationwide.

And whereas Bruton has served as City Manager of Marietta since January 2000, providing leadership that has contributed to financial stability, designation as an all-American city in 2006, and recognition as the 2025 Marietta Citizen of the Year.

And whereas his storied career is marked by a long record of service, including prior roles in South Carolina and Virginia.

Academic achievement from I can't say it.

And the University of North Carolina School of Law.

Go heels.

Sorry, go dog.

And active involvement in community and youth programs.

Now, therefore, we the Cobb County Board of Commissioners hereby congratulate Bill Bruton on being named a public administration champion by the National Academy of Public Administration and commend his continued dedication to public service and leadership in the city of Marietta.

This is the 15th day of April, 2020.

We go back further than my career back in the county.

When I was in the private sector, so that's kids are grown now.

So we have one more.

Couldn't get him here, but he gladly sent this.

To Bill Bruton Jr.

Greetings.

On behalf of the state of Georgia, I would like to extend my congratulations on your recognition by the National Academy of Public Administration as one of the 250 public administration champions.

This is an incredible honor, and I'm grateful for what you have done for both our state and the city of Marietta.

For over 25 years, you have faithfully served the City of Marietta.

Under your leadership, Marietta has been nationally recognized numerous times, most notably winning the All-American City Award.

Without leaders like you, our communities would not be what they are today.

Marty and I know that you will continue to positively affect your community as you have done for the past 25 years.

Again, congratulations on special achievement.

Sincerely, Brian P.

Kemp, Governor.

Well, didn't expect to be talking about this tonight.

Well, I I mean, I don't know what to say.

We've got the best staff of any place there could be.

I love the county.

Love the county.

But yeah.

But uh, but but yeah, we just have such really good people, and you see it by the the folks that stay here, the folks that retire here.

We've got people who've worked here 40 some years that just love this community and uh and the folks that I have here.

I mean, the councils we have had, the council we have now, uh you can't ask for anything better.

I mean, they care for everybody in this community.

They work hard to make sure this is a better place every day.

Um they work great with staff, um, and they work well with each other.

I mean, they they can have you know a difference of opinion, but everybody works through it and comes to a great decision and then moves on to the next one because they're all working for the same thing, which is all of the people in this community.

And so I know our staff feels that way, and that's why our people stay, because they love the leadership that we have here with all of you.

And so um I I don't know what to say other than wow, y'all uh you fooled me on this one big time.

But uh anyway, um, it's just I want to thank my wife, Lori, for everything that uh she has done to put up with my career.

Um as uh we found out this past week when we were working all weekend.

Um but uh just it's it's a pleasure to be with everybody in this community and couldn't be a better place on the face of the earth to be.

And just want to thank everybody that I've been able to cross the path of and to work with and uh God bless Marietta.

Thank you.

I gotta do it.

What is he want?

I said, come there and council.

Just a step up here.

Come on now.

Don't hide the short people in the back.

That's a scary place to lie.

Okay.

Come on.

He should be too long school.

Awesome.

Thank you.

Thank you all so much.

Thank you, everybody for your hard work.

I don't think so.

You can have them anymore.

Bill, if I may, I don't think you can have a proclamation without the mayor declaring today, April the 15th, 2026, and the year of the Lord is Bill Brutenday for the remaining four hours.

But thank you, sir.

Nelson's from 90s.

Some town halls coming up.

We have uh town hall and ward five on uh April the third.

I gotta let mine up to make sure you're there.

April the third is Thursday at 6 30 p.m.

over at the fire training center having a uh town hall meeting.

So everybody's invited, even though it's for Ward 5.

We usually have some interesting uh information to share.

Thank you.

And which way are you on?

Go ahead.

I've got a town hall on.

I had to look it up too, so it's not just you.

Um Wednesday, May 6th in the Leeds Crossing Clubhouse.

Anyone is welcome.

Um in the city.

Then another announcement is uh thanks to the council uh and their generous contribution to the school system.

The flag delivery started today, so you all got invites to sign up and go to them if you want to.

And um I went to one high school today.

It was amazing.

Uh tomorrow is Dunley, the MCAA, and and and a flag ceremony at the baseball game.

So at the Marita High School Baseball Game against Walton.

So be a fun night, but check your calendars.

Love for you to go there.

Got a town hall next Thursday, April 23rd at 6.30 p.m.

at the Marietta Fire Station next door.

Please come.

And I have a town hall meeting on April 29th, which is Wednesday, um at Soy Road Elementary School, 6:30.

I like food, so taste of Mary What is Sunday the 26th.

I mean so we have concert this coming up next week, and also have uh Taste of Marietta both.

And uh at each one of our concerts that we have, we're gonna be celebrating the 250th, and so we will have tables set up with uh different information about all the activities that are gonna be going on in Marietta in honor of the birthday of our country.

And yes, sir.

There's also going to be Trail Fest, I believe, on May 9th, correct?

Okay.

Good point.

Anything else?

I'd like to call the public appearance, schedule appearance.

We have one person signed up, Mr.

Barr.

Please come forward.

And let us know what's in your sacks.

Good evening, Miss Mayor.

First thing I want to pull out of the bag, besides all this paperwork.

A roll of toilet paper.

Seems we were disturbed by a word last week.

So I'm gonna hold this up.

Another thing I have in the bag, we'll cover later on.

I want to start off by saying, in my father's house, there are many mansions.

In my neighborhood, there's not one.

There are homes in my neighborhood, homes.

I had to sit here and listen to this tonight.

Mr.

Mayor, you know I was coming.

And I have all the respect in the world for you.

But there's a problem in Marietta.

As long as we keep going with OM, old Marietta, old money, we're going to stay divided.

And when you come up and you're worried about that word, at the same time the students are using the N word, your priorities are wrong, sir.

I told you at the beginning of the year, take a hold and start leading Marietta.

You may think you're doing it.

You may have forgotten.

I know I'm speaking loud enough.

It's not about hearing, it's about listening.

Now, how could this override the N-word?

That's disgusting.

It's disgusting that you people would tolerate such things.

We should have been thinking about how to fix that.

As long as we're using the term OM, we will always be divided.

Race, class, whatever you want to call it.

Now, when you divide us, Mr.

Mayor, I can call send anything into the city.

Here's three cases that go back two years.

Mr.

Mayor, I reported that I had a house operating as a business two years ago.

Not one thing had been done until last Thursday because you're trying to get ahead of me at this speech.

Two years, Mr.

Mayor, I've got children in my neighborhood.

They're not mine.

I have a dog.

God help the man that ran over my dog if it's an accident.

We can get there.

Mr.

Barth, address your comments to the entire city council.

Not Sir, it says I'll dress the mayor.

Now you watch it.

You're getting a little feeble for me.

Now, Mr.

Mayor, let's get back to it.

I am trying to get this council, it is seven member council.

They are the ones that make the rules.

When it comes down to it, 138 Powers Ferry Road built a deck.

They built it.

Looks like it's very close to Powers Ferry.

Joseph turns around and says, we're not going to worry about the setbacks.

Who is he?

He's one counsel.

When you bring it before the council, Joseph, and you vote on it, then I know you're not getting paid off.

Do you understand how quick that things get out of control?

If Mr.

Bruton can issue variances?

No, he can't.

Only you and the BZA.

Only you and the BZA.

There are no administrative variances.

1515 St.

John Avenue.

For four years there has been gravel sitting there, a gravel driveway.

Do you know what they said?

Put a board across it and we'll say, good.

But Mr.

Bruton came out, it's on record that he said he could not issue a home license to that building as long as there was a problem on that site.

You don't have the authority to erase that problem.

Only these seven or the BZA.

We've got to get back to those facts.

Mr.

Bruton wants to focus.

Guess where that's going.

Now, you didn't like this.

This right here says, I found a ball.

And I'm thinking there's some balls missing up there on that damn diet.

I have got to get y'all to start focusing on the truth.

What is the truth?

We're going to jump over to another one.

We've been to one.

Sir.

So I have to acknowledge that you are cursing in front of children in our presence.

So can you please tone that down a little bit?

Did you hear one curse word tonight, sir?

What did you hear?

I'm not going to say it.

I'm not going to be challenged by you when the Supreme Court says I have the right to address you as I see fit.

Mr.

Barth, tone it down.

Sir, are you speaking or am I?

You don't even know when you're supposed to speak.

Please tone it down yourself.

Now, Mr.

Mayor, you see how they're trying to interfere with my point by interfering with my first amendment.

This is not the way Marietta should be done.

You know it, you're a lawyer, you're a lawyer.

I don't know.

You used to be.

I'm tired, sir.

I'm tired.

I'm gonna take these papers I ride around with me.

With me.

They're always with me.

If I die tomorrow, I'm gonna have them with me.

Mr.

Barth, you're gonna be.

God sends me to hell.

I'm gonna say I've already been there.

Your time's up, Mr.

Barr.

Thank you, sir.

Grow song.

You're out of order.

Next item, I'd like to call upon our mayor pro Tim to lead us in the consent agenda, please, sir.

All right.

Thank you, Mr.

Mayor.

Um so in the consent agenda, we have gone through many sessions to um approve what you see on the agenda.

Um, and there's not a lot on there today, but uh, but we have gone through uh and and and kind of gone through all of the things that are going on here in the city.

So um, do we have a motion to approve the F?

I've got some changes, please.

Okay.

Sorry about that.

You ready?

Yes, sir.

Thank you, Mr.

Mayor Pro Tim.

There are several changes.

I'm gonna go through them one at a time on page nine.

Item 20260310.

Street closure request for the World Cup.

Mr.

Goldstein will be abstaining on that item.

The next change is on page 11.

Item 20260394, the light post banners will be moved to consent.

The following item on page 11, 2026 0422.

The budget amendment, the year in settlement, uh goes on consent.

And Mr.

Pro Tim, those are all the changes.

Thank you, uh Mr.

Haney.

Any other questions?

Do we have a motion?

Um I think I had a question.

Yes, ma'am.

Did we put the purchase and sales agreement on consent?

No, we have not.

Okay.

All right.

Thank you.

Okay, we have a motion.

Uh is there a second?

Okay.

To approve.

All in favor.

All right.

The motion passes uh 7-0.

Thank you, Mr.

Mayor Pro Teal.

The next item is Mr.

Haney, is item?

02026-05, a rezoning issue, Mr.

Haney.

Will you conduct the public hearing, please, sir?

Yes, sir, please.

The public hearing is now open on item 202605.

It is a rezoning request by PDC Land Acquisitions LLC.

Uh, Mr.

Cumming will open that up.

Is there anyone here that would like to speak in opposition to that item?

The address is 890 Canton Road.

Is there anyone that would like to speak in opposition?

Mr.

Cumming, the floor is yours.

Thank you very much, Mr.

Haney.

So for case Z 2026-05, PDC land acquisitions in conjunction with the Marietta Housing Authority, are requesting the rezoning of 2.18 acre track located at 890 Canton Road from HI Heavy Industrial to RHR residential high rise to construct a four to five-story multifamily complex with 68 age-restricted units.

Mr.

Edric Harris with PDC Land Acquisitions is here to present on behalf of the request.

We're each hearing, come forward and state your name and address and make your request to the mayor and council.

Good evening, Mayor and Council.

I'm Edric Harris with Presswick Development Company.

Of course, it's a pleasure and honor to be back before you again this evening.

We are here presenting and asking for the request of the zoning and various items here for 890 Marietta.

I mean, sorry, 890 Canton Road.

What we're planning to do is if you I know most of you are all familiar with Bamberry and Alexis Park in conjunction with Marietta Housing.

Presswick has completed two senior communities in in the city of Marietta, and we're looking to do the our hopefully our third uh pending successful approval tonight here with uh 890 Canton Road.

And as you can see here, we are proposing 68 senior units, all 55 and older, uh again in line with Ban Berry and Alexis Park.

And so with those previous developments, our typical request is of course, you know, based on the current zone, and it actually requires a higher height floor than what we actually produce.

So we're asked asking for that reduction.

Uh we do have the front setbacks reduced from 50 feet to 35.

And again, that's you know, creating a better street presence in line with our typical developments that we've already completed.

And then, of course, with the parking variance, we are targeting seniors.

We have transit in the area.

Uh so historically, most of our senior communities are typically all of our senior communities park at a at a lighter ratio.

So we typically ask for that reduction uh based on historical usage of those parking areas.

Um really with that, you know, again, we're looking to just kind of continue our partnership.

We really appreciate what the city of Marietta has done for us.

It's been a great opportunity to work with you all, and of course, with Presswick and uh Marietta Housing Authority.

We're just looking to continue the same.

I'd like to reserve anything, you know, any other time for questions that you may have.

Any question, Mr.

Harris by the mayor and council?

Any questions?

Mr.

Gillstein.

Um the intent the intent of the intent of the building is for fit a senior 55 plus only, correct?

Yes, sir.

Senior 55 and older.

And if that was a condition of zoning, that would be you'd be okay with that.

Yes, that is, of course, we're you know sticking to that's kind of the HUD criteria for the 55 and older.

Any other questions?

Mr.

Harris, have a seat.

Let's see if there's any opposition.

Once again, is there anyone in opposition to this request at 890 Canton Road?

Mr.

Mayor, the City Council, the public hearing is closed.

I'd like to call on the councilman of ward five to make a motion, please.

Yes, sir.

I think it's a great opportunity, and I want to make a motion to approve.

Second.

Question?

Yes, sir.

Question.

Um this is first to Doug on this.

The with this being a uh 55 uh intended to be 55 plus, isn't appropriate to add that as a condition of zoning since that's it would be covered anyway, but you could do that.

Just in case as part of the zoning, it might be a good idea to add that since we're adding variances based on the fact it's going to be a senior housing.

Um so I'd make a motion to amend to add the facility the facility be per the hug guidelines 55 plus senior second to the amendment.

Just for a note, the for the 5, you have smaller apartments usually.

So I think that's probably what we're ordering your plans anyway, isn't it?

I mean, that's that really comes first, even before.

Yeah, is the plan the plans applying it just to see make sure this is the one time we can have that condition as a zoning condition.

So it's just is enforceable past this owner in case something else case someone else takes over.

I got another question player.

Any further discussion on the amendment please indicate your book 55 amendment passes.

Any further discussion?

No, it's just gonna be um you'll have market rate, you'll have some that are.

Yes, sir, it will be true mixed income with market rate as well as lower levels of income for affordability.

Is there a certain number of units that will be voucher will be given?

Yes, uh, we typically do right at 20 percent, so there will be roughly I think it's um 14 for you have to round up per the typical government guidelines, yes, sir.

Is this y'all's third part project with how we'll be the third within the city of Marietta?

We'll be our sixth overall.

Right.

We have some there's in the county proper.

Excellent.

Thank you.

Thanks again for your support.

Thank you.

Any further discussion?

I'd like to call the question, please indicate your vote.

That was on the amendment.

This is on your motion.

That's amended.

Motion carries seven motion.

Thank you very much.

Next, Mr.

Next thing is a public hearing on 1033.

Franklin Road.

Thank you, Mayor Chairman.

The public hearing is now open on property known as 1033 Franklin Gateway.

It is rezoning Z2026-06.

Is there anyone here that would plan to speak in opposition to this matter?

Anyone in opposition?

Mr.

Kelly, floor is yours.

Thank you once again, Mr.

Haney.

So for Z2026-06, the City of Marietta is requesting the rezoning of 34.15 acres located at a property located at 1033 Franklin Gateway from PCD planned commercial development to PCD planned commercial development.

This request would allow a site plan site plan change to allow for a proposed headquarters and training facility for the NWSL team developed by AMBSE.

Mr.

Caleb Thornley with Impact Development is here on behalf of the company.

Mr.

Rich McKay is here on behalf of the company.

He's going to answer all the questions, but I will go first.

And I want to say first congratulations, Bill.

Well well deserved.

That has caused my hair to thin somewhat.

So I am here today to talk about our project.

This is 34 acres.

We're going to build a 38,000 square foot facility.

We're going to spend, I think we've agreed in the purchase sale agreement.

We'll spend over 60 million dollars on the project.

That means on that road, we will have spent well in excess of 150 million, if not 175 million between the two facilities.

Two fields for the women's team on the upper side.

We'd like to say we're going to build first class.

I think it will be best in class, but um that's the intent of the project.

We're here to answer any questions.

Certainly appreciate your consideration.

We appreciate the partnership we've had uh with Atlanta United, and we look forward to this one.

So thank you.

Question from Mr.

McCray.

Thank you.

Good evening, Mayor and Council.

Um, on behalf of the team, I'd I'd like to introduce myself, Andrew Pankop.

I work for Atlas Technical Consultants.

We are the civil engineer on the project.

Uh we assisted with establishing the site plan, coordinating everything from layouts to environmental concerns and survey and geotech and everything of the such for the project.

Um as you've seen in your packet uh with the plan sheets as well as the variance requests we are submitting for a few variances that are in support of the programming that you can see on your page and on the screen.

And ultimately the driving factor for these variance requests are both the programming for the site for the team, uh parking requirements, pitch and field location requirements, as well as site constraints.

Uh as you can see, the site is kind of oddly shaped to fit a bunch of rectangles on in an efficient manner, and we've done so in in the best that we see fit, while also being sure that we are mindful on environmental constraints on site with a stream plan north, which is actually the interstate side, so that's to the west, and on plan east, which is to the south, uh, two buffered streams as well as FEMA flood plans on site.

So I'm happy to answer any questions you have uh regarding any variances, uh the requests or particulars about the site.

Any questions of the applicant, Mr.

Gilstein?

Um variants number four.

Variants to reduce the required sidewalk width from five feet to the existing four feet along Franklin Gateway.

Why wouldn't you just take a look at getting that up to the full five feet?

In that area, especially those knowing that we're going to have a trail on the one one side or two of that side of that road.

So currently our plan for development, um, I believe there's still discussions going between the team and the city of Marietta on the streetscape improvements along the front edges of our project.

Currently, we're requesting a reduction from five feet to four feet, and it's only the very short connections in which where our driveway aprons are and the ADA ramps are connecting back to existing.

We're not showing full pavement replacement.

It's our understanding that will follow as a separate project.

So the reduction request is just for us to uh to uh place in like kind to the existing conditions on site.

And it's only limited to those two spots there.

Yeah, if uh whoever's driving the computer can zoom in onto uh Franklin Gateway.

There's the three driveway entrances, and with each of those you'll see a crosswalk crossing those driveways, and then there's very short connections of sidewalks to connect to that existing streetscape that runs directly adjacent back of curb along Franklin Gateway.

There is a small section of sidewalk that extends to the public right-away from the ADA parking, accessible parking units in the center.

That is part of the city of Marietta parking facility that will be um parceled out.

I guess in that in that case.

If it's only for small bits because we're going to be coming in for a project, I can understand, but for the part that might not become for a project, why not go up to the full five feet?

Because that could help in in and out of both your facility as well as others.

Uh we we could be in support of providing the five feet.

Again, it's our understanding that a full streetscape improvement project will come back after our project is constructed to re-establish and set the streetscape standard, very similar to what's shown on the uh opposite side of Franklin Gateway in front of the uh community soccer fields to the south.

Um, but again, if uh if desired, we would be amenable to to agreeing to a five-foot sidewalk for our connections if if necessary.

Um Mr.

Haying and Mayor, is it okay if I ask Bill one question on this?

Or you want to move to discussion on that one?

More to discussion.

Um Bill is with the streetscape project.

Is it is there a plan to increase the sidewalk lengths along Franklin Gateway in this area right here with that project?

Eventually, we would go to five feet minimum on all the sidewalk that's on Franklin Gateway.

Um we do not have an ongoing project at the time this time that uh takes in that area.

Uh we know that it is on our list of projects that we do want to have going forward, and it actually has been on some of the SPLOS discussions uh going forward.

So if we did the four foot, would you be okay if you had something that you'd work you'd be working with the city to provide the appropriate right-of-way to do to work with us on those street scaping projects in the future uh for a future project?

Yeah, I believe the current right-of-way width is more than sufficient to provide that project.

Um we've maintained the right-of-way on that portion.

In that case, you see this thing that you'd be working with us as we go through those streetscaping projects in the future.

Would you be willing to accept that accept that?

Yes, we would we would be available and willing to uh work with the city as part of that uh separate streetscape improvement project in front of this development.

Okay.

Thank you.

Other questions of the applicant?

Other questions?

When you say work with you would build four foot now and then come back later and change it.

Clear, yeah, did you uh it's one of those things it's there's a reason why there's a reason why I'm asking about the five foot, because it'd be better to try and get the five foot.

We can say work with you're gonna make a motion that you have to do it build the five.

Uh usually when that comes in, we have to do construction easements and something like that, correct?

We do in this particular case we do not.

We would be good, we would be good.

So all the pro overall we'd be okay with the SPLOSS, no other easements or anything that would need to be needed from the property.

Right of way is sufficient.

Right, if I'm correct, I mean the work that they're talking about doing is mainly gonna be on the city right-of-way.

Except for that um that was piece of sidewalk that goes over to the uh that goes, you know, it's vertical and goes up to those uh handicapped parking spaces.

That would go on the new city property.

Okay.

But if I heard you correctly, you said that you would be all right with doing five feet.

Yeah, we if if requested, we can provide a five-foot section to connect into the existing four.

Instead of doing it and have the I mind just doing the five foot, just let's not do that variance, just do the five feet.

Yeah, I would be in agreement with that.

So later, would we come in and put in the five foot?

I'm kind of I'm also getting it with yeah.

If we were going to do it anyway, could we go ahead and put the five foot in?

It could be done as a joint project if that's where you're going with that.

Um yeah, I mean there's some cases where you would have situation where somebody's redeveloping all of it and you just say put in a file foot away project.

Uh and then other cases you give the right-of-as was said earlier, so that it can be done later.

Council's done both.

So in this case, since we're already having to do new sidewalks, it might just be it might make sense just to get this get them off to the five feet.

And what I'm really suggesting, if we were going to put it in the five foot working with them, we would put in the five foot now.

Yeah, I mean, for then they must put in the four foot, tear it out, and we come in and be ridiculous.

I just put the five foot in, but that would be on the city's public works project, wouldn't it?

Yeah, that well um yes, sir.

Um part of what we've got in the conceptual plans that we had looked at previously, and it's been a little while, but the concept was that we would actually have a trail that would go on that side.

And so it would be more of eight to ten feet uh that we would have over there.

And so uh, and then that would connect with uh at the bridge connect so that it goes to the trail that would trailhead we have across the street next to our complex.

Uh and so if we were going in there and trying to just fix it for the future, we'd be putting an eight to ten uh in there.

But we've got it worse, but open money from five to three.

But we could sure uh I mean that's one thing that we could look at jointly and try to figure out while it's under construction how we go ahead and get that done uh so that we're not coming in and tearing it up later.

Yes, right.

Uh yeah.

Mind working with us on that so to try it so we only have to do the touch once on that and not have a more uh project, a major project going right through your stuff two times instead of just once.

It it makes sense to me.

Yeah, I would agree with that.

That uh perhaps a joint joint endeavor between city and uh designers on the on the public or on the private parcel.

We can coordinate on how that street front edge needs to interact with each other.

Okay, so that would that remove that variance and just ask for the work with staff on the joint frontage on the front on the sidewalk frontage there.

Okay.

Other questions of the applicant?

Other questions?

This is a public hearing, say right there.

Is there anyone that would like to speak in support or in opposition of this project?

Please come forward, state your name and address and make your comment, please.

State whether you're in favor or in opposition.

Mr.

Mayor, members of the council, Russell Brid, I reside at 91 Morrison Street.

I am in favor of the project.

Many of y'all may recall that I've been before you many times before, but not as a constituent, but instead as your outside counsel representing you in litigation in a variety of matters.

As many of y'all know, I represent local governments, counties, and cities across the state in litigation, including land use uh issues.

I also am appointed county attorney for three counties, so I can honestly say I know the work that y'all do on a daily basis, and I appreciate what y'all do for me as a constituent.

Um but tonight I'm here in a different role.

I'm here as your constituent to thank you for your support of this project.

I could go on and on about the policy and legal reasons why this project and this rezoning is a no-brainer.

But y'all already know that, and you don't want to hear from me.

So instead, I have the honor and privilege of introducing my daughter, Hannah Britt, to talk to you about why she supports this project.

Hi, I'm Hannah Britt, and I'm one of the captains on the Marion Mill School Soccer team.

I'm very excited about the NWSL coming to Atlanta, and I'm even more excited that they'll be practicing in Marietta.

It's really cool that they'll be training right down the street from where I play.

Thank y'all so much for your support of women's sports.

Also, I really think y'all should bring Mallory Swanson to Atlanta.

I'm with you on that one.

Any questions of either master or more?

Danby Swanson's wife.

Thank you.

Thank you, Mr.

Mayor.

Thank y'all for your time.

Um good evening.

My name is Robbie Huck.

I live at 191 Summit Avenue.

I'm a resident of the city.

I want to off-subject for a second.

Uh Mr.

Burton, I've been here for your whole career.

I I'm guessing you don't work for accolades, but you got a big one.

Congratulations.

Good job, Cheryl, if you put that together.

I'm here, and I'm not sure if I'm a for or against this rezoning because I don't have the basic details of the whole project.

And I am an economic freedom advocate.

And that means economic freedom means tiny government.

So I I saw it in the paper that the city was going to partner with the women's soccer.

And it didn't have the money.

So if in this process tonight, before you take any of the votes, and I didn't catch tonight if the last thing about this project is on the consent agenda.

It doesn't have a public hearing.

But if I can uh ask you guys to put the money on the public record, how much do I and the 60,000 other residents of the city have invested in this piece of property?

And how much are me and the 60 other thousand residents of the city of Marietta selling the property to an essence, Arthur Blank, who is a billionaire.

That's the that's what I'm curious about.

So I don't I don't know if I'm for it or against it.

Thanks.

Thank you, Ms.

Huck.

Is there anyone else that would like to speak on either side of this issue?

Anyone else?

Mayor Tumer and the City Council Public Anthony.

Sorry, go ahead.

Amy Lunar, 730 Franklin Gateway.

Um you guys know my opinion about this, but I actually come here tonight on a neutral stance.

Um not because I'm happy with it, I should say, um, but because it's going to happen anyways, it's in the works.

Um and thank you guys for advocating about that sidewalk.

Um it's nice having you know ample space to walk in, especially if there will be big events where people will be using those sidewalks.

Um it's very dangerous to see everyone huddled up in that very teeny tiny sidewalk when there are sports games right across the street.

Um but I came here to say that um despite uh these decisions, um coming off of a construction standpoint, working in buildings I know are being placed where homes used to be.

Um, but seeing the potential that those buildings also pose in those occasions.

I can understand, especially after seeing this father and his daughter speak tonight.

Um they will be benefiting from this.

Um despite us residents not benefiting from this.

But I hope in the future you understand that we would like to be able to benefit us residents more.

Um there is no reason that we should feel so ignored and unheard.

Um you may be hearing us, but you are probably not trying to understand us half the time, and we would like for you to.

So this is not an opposition.

You know, I can see the positive vete in this-ish.

Um, you know, five foot sidewalk.

But that is to say, please listen to us more.

There are people who live there.

We aren't people who are invading the city.

We live there.

Um, and that is not to say that there should be more people who should be coming in or out.

Just please think about us in the future, especially when you are building these big projects where we live and reside in.

Thank you.

Thank you, Madame Ms.

Anyone else that would like to speak.

Anyone else, please raise your hand.

Mayor Town of the City Council Public Hearings closed.

You're recognizing Mr.

Goshing.

I'll make a motion to approve um as presented with foot with the change that the uh variance number four that is requested be removed.

That's the only I was one dealing with the sidewalk.

And uh just with a condition that they work with the city regarding the road frontage on our pro on street frontage there with regarding the sidewalk.

Second.

Thank you very much.

Yes, sir.

Thank you, Mayor Tumblr.

The next public hearing will be related to the 10.9 acres in landlord 260, 261, and 332 of the 19th district and second section of Powder Springs Road.

Is there anyone here that plans to speak in opposition to this?

Or in favor.

Mr.

Cummings, the floor is yours.

Thank you once again, Mr.

Haney.

So for case Z 2025-23, PRE Powder Springs Road LLC is requesting the rezoning of 10.9 acre track located along Powder Springs Road.

That uh address has no specific number to address.

From R20, a Cobb County resident residential designation to PRDSF, Planned Residential Development for the construction of 43 detached single family homes.

And Mr.

Parks Huff is here to present on behalf of the applicant.

Good evening.

For the record, my name is Parks Huff with Sam's Larkin Huff, and I represent the applicant in regards to this annexation rezoning application.

Before I begin, I feel like I need to congratulate Mr.

Bruton.

He and I have been doing this about the same amount of time.

So well deserved and very glad to be here to watch you get on or tonight as is well deserved.

Also want to thank the staff.

This has been going on for quite a while.

You probably remember a couple months ago us having a long conversation about this.

This got up into a discussion and a debate with the county about annexation and potential new neighborhood.

And this is not the right presentation.

This is not Powder Springs.

That one's a little Rosalind.

We should have a presentation on Roswell.

Yeah.

That's the site plan.

That's not the presentation.

Let's see.

I may have to have to wing it if we don't have the site.

If to friends, if you can there.

No.

There we go.

So again, as I was saying, I would like to thank the staff for working with us through a county objection.

It's very rare to have an annexation objection.

Obviously, that uh objection was withdrawn, uh, partly in working with the city and coming up with a compromised site plan.

Uh begin with, I'd like to just kind of point out the location of the subject property.

It's on Powder Springs Road, it's on the uh west side of the city.

Uh this map is to show you that it is there was some question is you know, how far out should the city go?

This is uh adjacent to the battlefield park on the inside of the battlefield park.

The city actually goes on the outside of the battlefield park and other areas, so this is well within the city uh proper and and other annexations have occurred in this area.

Go down to the next slide.

And wanted to just kind of talk about some of the things that I think are really important about this case when Will, who's sitting behind me behind me, uh called me about this case about the potential annexes into the city.

One of the things that's jumped out at me is this is a uh single family residential property uh sandwiched between a library, a public library, and the battlefield park uh with access to the jobs and uh that you have on County Services Parkway on Powder Springs Road, close to the square, uh, plus the shopping and other activities with the public parks, not only the battlefield park, there's significant city and county parks in the area.

So when you think of a place to have a single family residential neighborhood, this is just like Mecca of what you should would want to see.

Uh and so go down to that to the next slide.

Uh this is um if we can get it full.

Full screen.

There we go.

There we go.

So the property is down in the bottom.

It's the purple triangle.

Is that the subject property?

One of the reasons why I wanted to show this slide is how it relates to the existing trails uh that are in the battlefield park, but also the proposed uh ward creek ward creek greenway trail that would connect back up.

So this is uh, and then as you see also on Powder Springs Road, there's the multi-use trail that is largely completed from here all the way up to the square.

Uh so you've got the multi-use trail uh that's already in place for a good section of that.

You got potential trails coming on again.

This aligns with your goals and visions in your comp plan, and it puts a residential neighborhood next to 3,000 acres of green space and 18 miles of trails.

Again, just wanted to emphasize the location and how critically important it is to plan correctly and put housing in the right locations.

This is along the uh backbone of the transit network.

That just indicates the fact that you've got strong employment at County Services Parkway and at the square, and this transit network also gets you all the way down uh to Cumberland Galleria and throughout the county.

So it is putting houses where you want them.

That's what good planning is.

And this is the just showing again the proximity of other projects in the city.

So that's the subject site there.

You have the town homes that are just beyond us at 8.87 units per acre, then 6.5 units per acre development that's under development right now, another 8.75 units per acre.

So that's the density of the area.

This is a little bit further beyond that, so it was appropriate to lower the density.

We are actually below four units per acre, which under your comp plan uh I think qualifies as low density residential.

Uh, but it is a proper step down going from the attached product that's uh just a little further close to downtown to a detached four-sale product that we have here.

And I know the challenges that you see in the challenge of creating opportunities for detached four-shale housing.

Go to the next slide.

Again, just showing this in conjunction with the zonings in the area that that are uh CRC PRDSF.

This zoning uh falls in line with that in the RA8 indicating eight units per acre up to there.

Going to the next slide.

We're uh medium density residential is five to eight units per acre.

That's the closest city designation.

As I said before, this actually would be qualifies under the low density residential.

We had originally filed under medium density residential, but reduced the density.

Again, just when the county had an objection, it was really puzzling to me.

They have good employment with the county government building right there on Patter Springs Road, and then uh wrapping it is county zone property that's zoned RM12, 12 units per acre.

So I don't know why the county would have been objecting to to something of this density, single family detach when they have right in the area existing zonings.

That's quite a bit more.

Go to the next slide.

So this is the original site plan.

We had 60 lots, 5.5 units per acre.

Go to the next slide.

This is the revised site plan where we reduce the density at to 3.9 units per acre.

Uh, that's 43 lots.

Again, that's 43 homeowners that will be able to have the opportunity to live next, raise a family next to a library and a public park.

I hope you remember some of the comments that came from the uh people who spoke in support of this at the hearing we had.

Uh they were very uh empathetic about the need for more housing for young families, uh, and this fits that need, and that opportunity is here.

Again, this is uh my client has uh already submitted a detailed plan.

Uh he's already gone down to that path to and is are working towards that because he wants to get this on the ground as fast as possible because the need is such.

Uh so this is uh kind of a more detailed plan, just showing he's working on the detailed plans already submitted it, uh, is my understanding.

Go to the next slide.

This is the house uh types that we're talking about.

Uh, one of the things I do want to note is that when we went from 55 or 60 lots to 43 lots, uh the homes became much wider.

Uh it's very uh you you often see as density increases, narrower homes where you mainly mainly the front is a garage.

Now this given us opportunity for wider home, more architecture, uh less garage dominance, so good uh solid suburban style single family detached home.

Again, we uh my client's very familiar with your three-sided architectural requirements and and uh has submitted these in compliance with that.

So we ask that you approve the annexation.

There's a rezoning as we've submitted it.

Uh there is a tremendous need for home ownership.

Uh we've all seen the news about the average first-time home buyers now 40.

Uh that used to be in the upper 20s and 30s for a long time.

So uh, and there is a huge gap between housing growth and population growth.

This is from the county's housing study, shows Marietta there.

That top graph is a separation between your population and your housing uh production.

You definitely need more housing production.

That gap is the frustration you get with people not being out of five homes.

Again, we find that this project fits your goals in your housing study and fits your goals for more four-shale housing in the city.

We ask that you uh approve the request as we submitted my clients here to answering questions you have.

Very, very much appreciate your time.

I appreciate you all working with us and sticking with us through the uh ARC arbitration process and Mr.

Haney's office for for being there for us, working with us on this, and we're glad to stand here finally before you asking for you to approve an opportunity for 43 new families to have a great place to live in the wonderful city of Marietta.

Thank you.

Any questions, Mr.

Humph?

What's the price point of the homes?

I'll turn over to well.

Uh sure, to be determined uh depending on where we go from here.

A lot of things in flux.

Uh, but I think the price point as we see it now.

Uh uh mid to upper five is where we're hoping to be.

Um this is probably one back for parks if I had to guess.

Um listen in the agenda.

There's one there's one variance regarding uh reduced propor uh portion of homes than 300 feet in the active recreation facility from 75 to 50 percent.

Is that still needed or is that that's not needed, no?

So that was that was a legacy from the prior plan.

So as currently designed, we meet that regulation.

And actually, we we sort of exceed that if you read it a little differently, but but per the code we uh exceed that currently.

Okay, so that one won't be needed then.

Can I clarify that weren't all variances removed?

Yes, yes.

There are no now variances being requested.

Yeah, I just want to make sure.

Yeah, there's one left on the agenda.

It was like it confused me for a second.

I was like, is it supposed to be needed or not?

Okay, Mr.

Anderson, you had a question?

No, sir.

Thank you.

I had a question.

So all of the driveways are going to be uh 20 feet.

Correct.

Thank you.

Yes, sir.

Did that matter?

Do we have rebad stipulation?

Mr.

Mr.

Cummings.

We'd have to take a mail, one.

We'd have to take a mail.

Yes.

We don't have a new one.

We could I don't think there's a stipulation letter.

We do have this.

Thank you, Mr.

Mayor.

I just want to clarify why that uh variance remained on the agenda.

It was because we the latest step letter that we had from before said that it was maybe going to be needed.

Staff's evaluation of the plan does not determine that the plan submitted that you're considering tonight needs that variance, but we wanted to include it out of an effort to be thorough for the applicant.

Okay.

So are we removing it?

Yeah, we're fine removing it because we're confident our plan meets that and we don't have to follow these guidelines by uh time.

Those are suggestions.

Have you um Mr.

Mayor?

May I?

Yes, sir.

Have you read through the suggestions?

Yeah.

Are there ones that you're okay with the ones you're not on no five is a possible five is a possible legal one because you can't have versionary zoning.

But yeah, I mean, we we in general agree.

I mean, the site plan was designed to have uh generous landscaping along the frontage.

Uh we have a buffer uh that is shown on the plan between us and the adjacent neighbors to the north.

Uh there was a concern about making sure that our yards did not kind of spill into the battlefield park.

You don't want people to you know expand their backyard and kind of take up, and we totally agree with that.

And and the way the site plan is actually laid out.

That's not very likely to happen, but we we totally uh don't want that to happen also.

Thank you.

Let's see, is anyone here that is the supporter opposition of this rezoning request?

Come forward, state your name and your position.

I'm Hope Brackett.

I live at 1303 Longwood Drive, and I'm in support of this project.

Um, homes are selling very quickly in our neighborhood, and since I last spoke here in support of this, we've had two more that have quickly sold.

Most of them sell as soon as the sign goes in the yard within a week.

And then now we've got people who are looking for homes, and they're saying if you know of anybody wanting to sell in here, please let us know.

Dunleith is not very far from this development that proposal, and it's I'm in support for it.

I think that young families need more options in Marietta, not townhomes, not apartments.

They want to raise their families with a yard.

So Dunleith is a few miles from this proposed thing, and houses sell as fast as they go on the market sometimes before the sign is even in the yard.

So I hope you will support this so that more families can get those homes for the first time.

Thank you.

Thank you, ma'am.

Anyone else that would like to speak on this on either side?

Mayor tell them this public hearing is closed.

One second.

LLC.

Wilson Hart.

Let's see.

Without the without the variance.

Without the variance.

Second.

Any further discussion?

Please indicate your vote.

Jack Wilson developed Dunblief too, so that's a good thing.

Good correlation.

And his tree is back.

Thank you very much.

Is it legal to have one with no variances?

Have you ever done that before?

No, no.

Is it legal?

I'll get used to it.

I'll give him the credit.

Mr.

Eddie, this next two is a public hearing on the annexation on the.

Yes, sir.

They require a separate vote.

If you're ready, Mr.

Mayor, I'll open the public hearing on those one of those.

Yes, sir.

Thank you, sir.

The public hearing is now open on the uh annexation request of the same property that was just discussed.

The public hearing is now open.

Mr.

Huff, do you incorporate your comments into the annexation request?

Mr.

Cummings, any further comments?

No, sir.

Mayor Tellman, the public hearing is closed on the annexation.

We want to make sure there's no one just in case.

Is there anyone that would like to speak in favor of or opposition of the annexation?

Seeing none of the public hearing is closed on that.

I would like to make a motion to approve the annexation pre-Powder Springs Road.

Second.

Please indicate your vote.

Motion carries 7-0.

Thank you, Mayor Tumman.

The public hearing is now open on the code amendment related to the property that was just discussed.

Is there anyone that would like to speak on the code amendment related to this same property?

Anyone that would like to speak on this.

Mayor Tillman, the public hearing closed code amendment for that property.

You want to speak?

No, no.

I do have a question for the applicant on this one.

As proposed, it was shown as medium density residential due to the fact that it is now under four units an acre.

Should that you okay with the change for that being low density residential?

Yeah, I is it I I have no problem with it being low density residential.

We need to change it on here or just saying that.

Well, there is a motion.

This is a public hearing, guys.

Why did this see if he was okay with it?

If we change something, that would be an amendment.

Would you please present your amendment?

We already have a vote.

We don't have a motion on this one.

The public hearing is still open.

No motion.

We're still in the public hearing.

Well, that's right.

Yeah.

Just approve it with change.

You want a motion?

Well, we need to close public hearing.

Wait, I think we need to close the public hearing first.

Make sure there's someone else.

Is there anyone that would like to speak on this?

Seeing none.

Mayor Tuman and City Council, the public hearing is closed.

I'd like to make a motion to um approve the code amendment with the change of MDR to low density residential.

Correct.

Second.

Further discussion.

Please indicate your vote.

Next time there's another public hearing, Mr.

Haney on 2026-04 Z202.

Thank you, Mayor Tumman.

The public hearing is now open on the rezoning request by Walco Investments LP regarding 1912 and 1920 Lower Roswell Road.

Is the applicant here?

I believe so.

Mr.

Cummings, the floor is yours.

Thank you, Mr.

Haney.

So for KZ 2026-04, Walco Investments in Malone's Automotive, requesting the rezoning annexation of 1920 Lower Roswell Road from GC General Commercial and unincorporated Cobb County to CRC community retail commercial in the City of Marietta.

And associated variances to combine with the adjacent 1912 Lower Roswell Road for the purpose of building a new auto repair shop to support Malone's automotive.

The proposed plan has four associated variances.

Mr.

Huff, the floor is yours.

Good evening.

Oh shoot.

Get my tie correct.

For the record, my name is Parksuff with Sam Zlarkin Huff, and I represent Mr.

Malone and his proposal to do an annexation and rezoning on uh Lowell Roswell Road.

Uh want to walk you through a couple things that I think are relevant about this property.

Uh this is uh as I said on Lower Roswell Road.

Uh the aerial shows you its proximity to the QT gas station, which is directly adjacent to us, and then the south uh loop.

Uh the top corner there on the caddy corner from the QT is Malone's automotive.

Uh he has a high-end uh used automotive business, uh, been there for many years, uh does a real good job of keeping his building uh in landscaping quality in quality fashion and sells quality cars.

Uh he's uh actually acquired the property a while ago with some different ideas of how to utilize it in relation to his business.

What he has noted is is that he's sells in, sells high-end cars, and they often, as any car does, need mechanical work.

And he would like to be able to offer uh the boutique type of uh mechanic shop that would cater to his buyers that are buying at his shop.

And so he's identified this property uh and would like to do that.

We were here probably about nine, ten months ago, and he was just on this property.

He came to me about when we were getting close to the end of this process, and he says, I would like to buy the property adjacent to it and annex it and make it part of the project.

It won't increase the size of my building, but it will make the project better.

Uh and one of the things so I'm gonna walk you through a couple things.

See the next slide.

So love aerials.

Um this gives you the subject property there, the quick trip adjacent to us, and then 1920 is the adjacent parcel that we're also adding into this.

If I go to the next slide, this really uh wanted to highlight this.

This test this shows you the existing use of the main parcel.

It is a convenience store that was developed, I think 40 years ago.

Uh and it is a convenience store uh that has been closed for many years.

It has a car wash sitting back on the the back corner of it.

But when it was developed and it was 90 five, 93, I think this parcel is like 93 percent impervious.

It was all paved.

There's no buffer, there's no nothing there between this and the residential that's the county neighborhood to our south.

Uh so this is the way it was developed, and then you can see the parcel to the other side.

So go to the next slide.

So this is looking down Lower Roswell Road.

Uh South Loop is behind you.

You're looking down.

One of the things that uh if you go to this QT that is kind of odd, is they have two exits onto Lowell Roswell Road.

Uh if you've ever gotten caught where you're trying to use those, it can get kind of funk kind of funky.

Uh, and then you see the QT sign at the very bottom of that.

So our properties beyond that.

I go to the next slide and I can walk you down.

So this is the uh convenience store, legally existing uh non-conforming building uh that can re remain.

Uh, and that is going to be redeveloped.

Uh and then you'll see a driveway there, and then you'll see the next driveway there.

And then beyond that, you see uh one of the things that Mr.

Tumlin loves the most, which is a billboard.

Uh and that billboard is sitting on the adjacent parcel that is now part of this project and will be removed as part of this project.

Uh and then go on to the next slide.

This is another angle just showing uh the that site is pretty much 100% pavement.

Uh and that's the existing building.

This is the uh adjacent building that is going to be incorporated into the project.

That is in the county now, and it is currently automotive repair.

It is an outdoor tire used tire business.

So again, that's going to be torn down.

That billboard that y'all really love billboards is also going to be torn down.

And then that uh other uh building that's there that's uh was an emissions, I think it was a car wash at some point, would also also be torn down and developed into it.

So go to the next slide.

Go back one.

So this is the site plan.

One of the things I wanted to mention to you, or reasons why I think it's important for your consideration is this is an opportunity to redevelop really old tired stuff that's 30 and 40 years old.

And Mr.

Malone has got a successful business in uh the city of Marietta.

He'd like to invest more in the city of Marietta and make this look better.

Uh and one of the things that doesn't immediately jump out at you is there are currently three driveways on Lower Roswell Road.

When this is done, there'll be one driveway.

That driveway will be as far from the quick trip in the South Loop as possible.

Now that's real important now, but it's going to become even more important when to the north side of Lower Rosswell Road gets some redevelopment happening and you get more conflict.

So it's real good to take advantage of the opportunity to reduce from three driveways down to one.

And that driveway is better positioned than anything else.

Uh you see, you can see that driveway comes in to where it is now a currently a tire uh uh uh used tire business in the in the uh billboard.

So uh then you have a building with uh this is very important to understand.

This is a modern automotive repair.

You have most of what you have is auto repair businesses that are operating out of structures from the 60s and 70s that have all the roll-up doors, they're not climate control.

This has the work being done inside the building.

You come into uh through a entrance door.

I don't want to say garage door because it's not like entering into a garage bay.

You enter into the building, and then inside that building there are what six or eight uh bays work areas for mechanics to work.

So inside the building, they're not being pulled in and out to pulled up on a lift.

The work is being done inside the building.

Uh so and we have specifically angled the doors away from the residences uh that are behind us.

Now, let me also if if I can go back to the aerial, just showing that.

One of the things I want to point out here, to their to our south is a residential neighborhood.

Uh my client has gone to every adjacent residential neighbor who has signed the proposed uh buffer, which is a five-foot buffer and a fence.

Uh they understand that this is currently there is no buffer, so uh being for this site to get redeveloped into uh a new use requires uh some sort of likelihood of a of a variance, and without that variance, the existing condition remains.

So it's zone CRC, it's got a convenience store on it, it could be opened up, cannot be opened up with a convenience store with fuel sales, but it could be opened up as a convenience store without fuel sales tomorrow.

So what they're looking at is the opportunity for someone to invest in a new uh redevelopment of their property.

The advantage that you're gonna get is right now this site is 92, the entire site is 92 percent impervious.

Afterwards, it will be 80 percent impervious in compliance with your code.

Not only that, right now there is zero water quality.

So any pollution that comes off of this site is washed straight downstream.

This is developed prior to any water quality or stormwater control.

When this is redeveloped, when my client spends millions of dollars investing in this site, it will now have full stormwater water quality and storm water water control in terms of volume and rate and all that.

That is huge.

Uh and not only that, he's going to be providing jobs for good mechanics who want to work in a climate controlled mechanic shop versus something that's not climate controlled.

He's also going to be providing a service that is needed by everybody, every one of us who has cars knows that you have to eventually have work done on those cars.

He's going to be providing an opportunity for other for city residents to have other options for service automotive.

I know and I've gone through a long time.

Uh go into the next slide here.

This he's talked to builders about this is the fence that was shared with the neighbors of this is the type of fence we would build adjacent to you and the landscaping we've had.

That's what we've attached to it.

They're uh a letter which is attached uh to the letter that you have up there.

Uh they very knowledgeable about what the request was, they had know exactly what the use is.

Uh and I do want to you to understand that one of the reasons why they might consider this a compatible use is a mechanic shop actually is closed on the weekends, closed at night.

Uh if this was something like a a restaurant, a fast food restaurant, or something like that, a lot more noise, a lot more odor, a lot longer hours.

So I know that the initial thought is automotive repair conflict with residential use, but actually this is a commercial site, it's been developed commercially for many years.

It's zoned commercially, it's gonna be used commercially.

It's how to do it in a way.

My client has reached out to every residential neighbor touching our property, and they have supported the proposal as we present here.

Go to the next slide.

This is the uh he's talked to builders about the types of building.

This is the uh typical that this is the type of architecture and business that he's talking about again.

So that's like the office where you would go in behind it is the shop where you would getting your work done.

We're talking a quality uh investment in a nice business that will provide good employment, good services, and a good tax base and create the opportunity to redevelop a piece of property on lower Rosal Road, and that streetscape right now with three driveways, will have one driveway, landscaping sidewalks, and be attractive as you go on there.

I know I've taken a lot of your time because I know that the initial concern that you have is we don't we we've got concern about too much automotive.

What I will say is I think you actually have people reacting to old bad automotive uses, not people who are investing in new automotive uses.

Uh as you can see by his business up on the loop.

He runs a quality business, very concerned about how his business looks to the traveling public and to his own customers.

So he let him invest in this, redevelop a piece of property, increase its value on the tax rolls, increase uses for for the public, uh, and we think this is a great opportunity.

And again, I know that there are concern about automotive, and there's also always concerns about variances.

One of the reasons why, and and some of you challenge me, what's the hardship?

The hardship is the fact that this site is 90 5% impervious right now.

And if you deny the variance as we requested, the existing condition remains, which is no buffer.

So you haven't really achieved anything by just denying it, and he won't be able to do his project, he wouldn't be able to do his investment.

But the building is a conforming building.

The site is a conforming site, it meets the it would, I mean, it's existing, so any changes in code, the uses would have to comply with the CRC uses.

As I said, things like restaurant use operating out of that C-store or just uh uh operating that C store without fuel sales wouldn't have a distance requirement.

So again, that's the reason why I've taken a lot of your time to really walk you through the reason why I think this is an excellent proposal.

Your planning commission uh initially had some concerns, and they said, Well, what about the people behind?

And I said, I think you should be more worried about what people the 25,000 people a day that drive down this road, what they're looking at, and ask yourself what would they rather they would rather look at one driveway, a nice new sidewalk, trees planted there, a new building that shows people invest in Marietta, invest in this corridor.

Automotive use makes sense next to a QT.

Uh, you're not going to get you know a little bank there, you're not gonna get a Hallmark store.

Uh so uh automotive use kind of makes sense in this location.

Uh and I think it also makes sense because traffic is kind of difficult as you're coming down that hill on lower Rosal Road.

Uh this use doesn't have a lot of traffic in the ins and out.

It can handle handle that as opposed to like a fast food restaurant, something that the ends and out will cause problems.

So appreciate your time.

I'm here to answer your question I have.

My client is also here to answer the questions you may have.

Mr.

Hunt, any questions?

I have a question.

So it's probably a two-fold question.

One is how many parking spaces are we looking at for that site?

And secondly, what's the plan for overflow?

Yeah.

Uh in a couple things.

One is uh this is a separate business than his auto uh sales business, just to be real clear.

Uh and it will not have any cars for sale parked on here.

I think this the number of spaces is around 40 spaces, and he believes that that will be uh, I mean, keep in mind when he's got the mechanics, how many mechanics?

Four mechanics plus out.

So you're gonna have you know close to 10 employees potentially coming and going at times will be taking up spaces.

You'll have people coming in dropping off cars, but we've agreed, and we have a stipulation letter dated today uh that agreed that no uh junk cars, only cars that would be parked there would be cars waiting to be worked, and so it needs to have the parking that he needs to be able to operate the business, and he is confident this is plenty of spaces, and if there is ever a need for overflow, he can use his business that's caddy corner up on the loop for some potential overflow parking.

Thank you.

And that might be also like employees, like if he gets really stressed parking, he'd got an employees park there and shuttle up here.

Mr.

Gallstein.

Um based on your stipulation letter and your note here, variance number three does not seem to need need to exist anymore, correct?

Yes, yeah.

And uh would you be okay if the other uh some of the other variances, namely the uh the butt the landscape buffer part of that and the uh be tied to the site plan specifically, so it you can't it might be five feet and some feet might be six feet, might be closer to twenty and others, but the site plan controls where that variance goes.

So someone can't in the future just come in and take everything down to five?

Correct.

And uh on variance number five, to disturb the existing vegetation within the required buffer area.

The per what was the purpose of that?

Is that to replant or to replant?

Yeah.

So it would be okay if you add the thing, add the thing in their fact that disturb to replant the buffer.

Yes.

Um as shown on the plan.

That's correct.

Those are my questions.

Thank you very much.

Yes, sir, Mr.

Sims.

One other question uh regarding the fence across the back.

How tall will that fence be?

I think the code, I think your code is going to limit it to eight feet.

It's ten feet.

We we've said ten, but if your code is only eight, we we can go to ten.

Thank you.

Other questions?

Park stay closed.

This is public hearing.

Is there anyone else that would like to speak on this matter?

Anyone else?

Any other questions, Mr.

Huff?

Mayor Thomas, City Council, the public hearing is closed on the rezoners.

Mr.

Ghosting for a motion I'll make a motion to approve the uh request um the requested rezoning with it being subject to the stipulation letter dated April 15th, 2026, with the with variances one, two, four, and five also being approved as part of this, with uh all variances being tied to the site the site plan within the stipulation letter, and with variance five being allowed to disturb the requirement disturb the existing vegetation within the required buffer area to replant said buffer per the detail for the plan and the stipulation letter.

Second motion or second further discussion on the fence, are you happy with the fence?

The f the fence is good, yeah.

Um if we're doing 10 feet, I would have to that would require a variance, I believe, correct?

Yeah, uh just to clarify the submittal as presented as a six-foot fence.

What is our what's the maximum for our code?

Eight.

Yeah, eight.

Eight.

Are you okay with an eight-foot fence?

Um you've seconded my motion, so this is be done as a form of amendment.

I make a motion to amend my motion to uh to add a stip uh stipulation that the requirement the fence referenced in the stipulation letter be minimum be eight feet.

Second.

That'll eight feet wood fence as per the stipulation letter, because it says existing privacy fence shall be replaced with a solid wooden privacy fence.

So that's within the SIP letter already.

The size was not in there, and that's what the uh amendment would do at a required size of that fence.

Yes, yes, sir.

Yes, yes, sir.

Thank you.

Anything else?

All those for the amendment, please indicate your vote.

Motion carries 6.1.

Now we're to the main motion.

Any further discussion?

Please indicate your vote on the motion as amended.

Motion carries 6.1.

Thank you.

Thank you very much.

Don't go.

Hey, don't go anywhere.

First of the two issues for the annexation.

Mayor Timmer, the public hearing is now open on the annexation of the property that was just rezoned.

Is it anyone that would like to speak for or against the annexation?

Mr.

Huff, do you incorporate your previous comments into the annexation?

Mayor Tummer, the public hearing is now closed.

If you're recognizing Mr.

Ghostly, make a motion to approve as stated on the agenda.

Second.

Hearing none, please indicate your vote.

Motion carries 6.1.

One on the code amendment, Mr.

Handy, we conduct the public hearing.

Sir Mayor Tumman, thank you.

The public hearing is now open on the code amendment to the property related to 1920 Lower Roswell Road.

Is there anyone that would like to speak on that particular matter?

Mayor Timmer, the public hearing is now closed.

Make a motion to approve a said on the agenda.

Second.

Any further discussion?

Hearing none, please indicate your vote.

Motion carries 6.1.

Thank you all very much.

The next item is Stewart Circle Stop sign requests.

Yes, sir, Mayor Tumblr.

Mark Rice will come forward.

The public hearing is now open on a request for a stop sign at Stewart Circle.

Mr.

Rice, the floor is yours.

Thank you, Mr.

Haney.

To determine three-way if a three-way stop sign with pedestrian improvements was adequate.

Total estimated cost for these items are $1,500.

This is located between wards 3A and 4A.

Public hearing is now open.

Is there anyone that would like to speak on that subject on either side?

Anyone would like to speak.

Mayor Tellman, the city council, the public hearing is now closed.

Mr.

Haney, I think someone would indicate.

I couldn't see.

Come forward.

I couldn't see her, sorry.

Please state your name and address and make any comment you would like to make, please.

Okay.

My name is Brenda Parker.

I live at 694 Stewart Circle.

And it's right across from where one of the stop signs is proposed.

And my comment is really a question.

And it's why.

Somebody wants a stop sign there.

Um it will impact me and one of my neighbors that I see here the most because my driveway backs out into where the stop sign is going to be.

And he's right there too.

And I don't know what we're trying to accomplish by putting that stop sign there.

Go around Polk Street and Whitlock to get closer home.

You know, instead of going down Stewart Avenue, I see a lot of people come up from Know Wood and kind of stop and look around to where they don't know where they are.

You know, so it's obvious they're you know, looking at some sort of navigation system.

If the purpose of this is to slow the traffic to protect our children, I think it's wonderful.

But I don't know that it's going to be a real solution to that, because people fly down our street.

They go real fast because they're trying to avoid the traffic.

So I I don't know who requested it, or what we're trying to accomplish.

And I see T over here.

We talked on the phone, and um I appreciate you responding to me when I had a question, but I just um and I don't know what they're talking about as far as the sidewalks.

We don't have a sidewalk, we've got a ditch on our side of the road, and somebody said that we weren't eligible to for the sidewalk on our side of the road, it's just on the other side.

But um that's it, you know.

I just didn't know what kind of a study had been done to see the reason the request was made and what if we expected it to actually accomplish what was being done.

Does that make sense?

Thank you for your comment, ma'am.

Is there anyone else that would like to speak?

Yes, sir.

My name's uh Cody Foster, 691 Stewart Circle.

Um Miss Brenda lives Caddy Corner to us.

Um these are my two neighbors right here that live uh across the street and one next to me.

Um our children, we've got six kids between the three of us, and probably one more down the street, and they ride their bikes and everything down the street, and people are using that as a cut-through road from basically no wood to get to uh back to Polk because of the stop sign on Polk.

Um it's gotten bad.

I mean, my daughter almost got hit by a car the other day uh riding her bicycle.

She came in.

I was standing in the front yard and she came in crying uh saying that she almost got hit.

So I don't know.

I mean, I understand the the stop sign um speed tables.

Um we need something.

We need some sort of solution because it's gotten dangerous, and uh we've all I mean we've even catty cornered our vehicles to keep people uh another word, sorry, allowed, but uh to basically uh keep our children safe.

Um is uh kind of what it's gotten to.

So I don't know if it's a stop sign, speed tables, but I feel like we need something to keep the children safe.

Thank y'all.

Thanks, sir.

Next speaker.

Mr.

Mayor, City Council, good evening.

I also live uh right there.

I'm a corner, I'm on Nollwood, but at the corner of Stewart Circle.

So uh who are you?

I'm sorry.

What?

Um yeah, Stewart Circle.

I'm I'm at Nollwood Drive, which is uh, but I'm at the corner, so I have Store Circle, so the uh stop sign will be at the end of my address.

Okay, I'm just your name, I'm sorry.

Oh, sorry, Mayor Tuml uh son Ty Tumblr.

So yeah, so everyone knows, so yeah.

Yeah, I think it I think it's it's it's not I think it's a waste of time.

We got a we're a hundred feet, 90 feet from the other stop sign.

It really wouldn't do a whole lot, and since we have to be 30 feet, you know, from the stop signs, you have to move your cars.

You know, we have a lot of people that park on that street already, they'd have to move, and then it would make more people spin down.

And like I said, I've lived there 13 years.

I don't think it would be really worthwhile for that to add in another 90 feet of a stop sign.

But I I get I totally get with you know extra kids because we've our kids grew up there and know a lot of people, you know, cut through with ways, but I don't think this would really help much.

Other than like I think speed tables, something like that would be better off.

Thank you.

Thank you, Mr.

Tumblr.

Anyone else?

Anyone else like to speak?

Mayor Tummons, City Council, wait one more.

We have one more.

Come on.

I'm Chad McRosky.

I'm at 701 Stewart Circle, uh, right next to Cody, and I just want to say that I've um filled out the form online for the case study for speed tables and was denied.

So I think that would be a better use of to protect everyone, but um we'll defer to y'all on what's best.

But like Cody said, we definitely need something.

Anyone else?

Anyone else?

Mayor Tim of the City Council, the public hearings closed you or Daniel.

Uh yeah, could I ask Mr.

Rice to come up real quick?

Um because we looked into a speech study, and we do not qualify until 2027 because one had been done, correct?

For speed tables.

That's correct.

We we did a speech study a little over a year ago.

It did not qualify, did not meet warrants for our policy.

So we would be eligible again in 2027.

I believe that's correct, yes.

So can I ask a follow-up question to that?

Which makes people kind of try to run around.

Oh, that's that was well after the stops on it, Linley.

I mean, that's that's just been about a year ago, 14 months ago, something like that.

Mr.

Rice, I'm putting you on the spot.

So if you don't know, that's okay.

I know the answer is it did not qualify.

Do you know the data uh roughly I do not know other than it did not qualify for I know it I know it did not qualify for speed?

Volume may have met, but I know it did not qualify for speed.

Can you remind the public about what the metrics are?

Sure.

To qualify for speed tables?

Sure.

Um we have several criteria, but the two main criteria that we use when we're looking at speed data uh to determine if traffic calming devices are warranted or not, or volume and speed.

Volume, the minimum, it has to be 300 vehicles per day up to a maximum of 3,000 vehicles per day.

Has to be a residential street, and then the speed has to be more than five miles an hour over the 85th percentile speed.

Now the 85th percentile speed is the speed that is most drivers feel comfortable driving on that road, whatever that road is.

Um if it does not exceed more than five miles an hour over the postage speed limit, then it does not meet our policy.

Is that the average speed?

No, that's the 85th percentile speed.

That is different than the average speed.

Okay.

But that does not factor into the final decision.

So are there other options?

So speed tables are off the board.

Are there any other options that can be done?

Not from a public works perspective, no ma'am.

No chicken or that's not from a public works perspective.

One in sign that's a slow down.

We we have speed limit signs up.

I mean, is we just use those to check how fast they can go.

Mr.

Mr.

Ryan, is it true that this is the first the lowest barrier item to try?

This is the an incremental step.

Stop stop signs are not used for traffic calming.

We cannot use stop signs for traffic calming.

We only install traffic or stop signs for pedestrian safety improvements.

So when we get a request to make uh or make an intersection, I'll stop.

We only can do that if we are improving it for pedestrian crosswalks or pedestrian safety for the area.

But we cannot just go put a stop sign in on a street and say we're doing it to slow traffic down.

We've got to have a pedestrian safety component to it.

Yeah, I'd like to make a motion that we approve this request as written.

Second hearing none, please indicate your preference.

Motion carries 7-0.

Thank you.

Next item is not a public hearing.

Yes, sir, and uh Mr.

Haney and I will both uh present this particular item.

Uh, we do have our partner also here, potential partner for this deal uh that can answer any questions from their point of view.

Uh, this is based upon the previously approved MOU that this council approved uh dealing with the sale of this particular piece of property uh on Franklin Gateway and the development of an Atlanta women's professional football club at the site.

The site itself is approximately 34 acres.

Uh, there will be about approximately 33 acres that would be sold with this agreement.

Uh there's about 1.25 acres that would remain under ownership of the city, and that would be a city parking lot for the complex across the street.

Uh the rest would be owned by the football club and uh would be developed as the training site and headquarters for the women's team.

Uh the uh purchase property, as I said, uh has 20 well, 34 acres total.

It has 27 acres that are developable and approximately seven acres that are undevelopable.

Uh this agreement would uh go ahead and sell as I said the 33 acres.

Um you've seen the site plan earlier tonight uh that detailed uh what would be developed on that particular acreage.

Part of the parking lot, which was shown is the 1.25 acres of developable city owned land that would be the city parking lot and would be used for the site across the street.

The purchase price itself is purchase price of 10 million dollars.

Payment of cash purchase price is made the following way: $1 million to be paid at closing, $1 million to be paid each year for the first five years following closing, and $4 million total to be paid in equal installments over the following 10 years.

Also, the football club shall pay the city an additional $1 million within the first year following the closing to be contributed towards the cost of community uses of the contributed property, which I will explain in just a second, contemplated by section three of this agreement.

As also a condition of the sale that was said earlier, AWPFC will guarantee that they will invest at least $60 million in the development of the property within the three years of closing.

There's also a contribution, which the blank foundation shall contribute or another group shall contribute to the city, the property of 10 acres that is owned currently by the organization, which is right across from Atlanta United.

And so that undeveloped basically piece of property would be used for community uses, which would be determined by this council through a process that would go forward to figure out what type of park could be built on that site with different uses that would be community-based.

Shall be set forth and agreements that would be at closing.

Then the team would agree that they would commence this operation at the site as soon as practical.

Design and construction are expected to commence really the design has already commenced, but the construction would commence in April and May, and the team activities would be commenced with the starting of their season, which would be in 2008 or late 2027.

The expenses of the property would all be the expenses of AWPFC as far as their 33 acres.

However, the city would be responsible for all costs and expenses in connection with the operation and management of the Franklin Gateway Complex public parking, which is defined as that 1.25 approximate acres that would be used for the property across the street.

And the city would be responsible for all of the actual expenses associated with that parking lot, the maintenance of it, the upkeep of it, but also the construction of the site.

That would be worked out between us and the football club.

They would have the general contractor that would come in and build the entire site.

We would be responsible for the portion that deals with those parking spaces that would be still owned by the city.

We're working up a maximum amount that the city would contribute toward that based upon the estimates of our individuals in public works and the contractor and the football club.

But that will be decided before we actually have the closing, which would be on Friday.

There will be a billboard if it gets approved that would go on the site.

It's important to note that there is a billboard currently on the Atlanta United site.

That particular billboard would be removed, and so it's a one-for-one swap where that billboard would be located on the new site if it got the appropriate approvals.

The taxes themselves would be applied for as a rebate.

That would be up to the Cobb County Board of Tax Assessors.

The city would support and assist with such application to abate all potential taxes which may accrue on the purchase property for a certain period of time.

So year two would be a 90% abatement, year three would be 80%, and it would go on until there is no abatement at the end of that term, the 10 years.

That would be at the decision of the football club itself.

Um the football club would also agree that utility services would be provided by myriad aborts of lights and water uh for any of the utilities which they would have on the site, and that the city would of course provide those at competitive market rates.

Uh that is everything as far as the agreement itself.

I do want to stress because it was stated earlier.

Um, what is the what is the city getting out of this?

Would the city have in it?

Uh the city purchases property for 18.5 million uh with the total value of the land that we're gonna receive and the other compensation, we'll receive 21 million uh for this particular deal that would be done between the two parties.

And a part of it that uh is definitely of interest to the city is the fact that we would have 10 acres that we could construct uh a facility which would benefit the community greatly and uh would allow us to have another um very nice uh park uh that would help the citizens in the area and provide a better quality of life.

Uh and we have the money to do it, the money to actually build it.

So uh that that's a real good plus for the city.

Uh, do want to thank um our partners on this as far as the folks that are here tonight and the other folks that worked on this uh for the great uh cooperative relationship that we've had on this, trying to work through it.

Uh, there have been a lot of different things to work through, and I think we've gotten to a deal which benefits both parties, but definitely benefits the community uh that are on that road and the community in general, because it will be an area for everyone uh that we'll be able to take advantage of it.

And as I said, it will be a process.

We're proposing that it would be a process uh for this city council to involve the community and come up with uh things that would uh be of real benefit to families and individuals.

So having said that, Mr.

Haney's been dealing with all the um the real work on getting this done and making sure that all the documents are taken care of, and the motion that is actually in here says that um it would approve this document, but it would also approve the defend allow for the approval of the definitive documents consistent with this purchase and sale agreement and grant authority for the mayor, city manager, and city attorney to execute the documents consistent with the above, and that is what Mr.

Haney has been working diligently on uh for weeks.

So the only thing I would add uh to Mr.

Bruton's excellent summary is that both Rich McKay and Josh Blank are here.

I don't know if you want to hear from them.

Uh it's been great working with them.

We've had a lot of issues to work through.

We we've successfully done 99 percent.

I was on the phone with their lawyer today at five.

We're gonna have another meeting tomorrow at 9 30 to go through the definitive documents.

So I don't know if you want to hear from Mr.

McRae or Mr.

Blank.

They've had an excellent chair wouldn't.

If y'all would like to say something, please please do.

Okay, Mayor, uh, thank you, uh Rich McKay.

Um so I would say to first of all, to to Bill and to Doug, um, we gave up our master Sunday and uh worked on we've been working on screen a lot.

This is not a simplistic agreement.

Um I think it's a really good deal for um the city because I think you're gonna get a development that you know we guarantee you 60 million dollars.

I think it'll be well in excess of that when we get completed with it.

I think it makes Franklin Gateway a really cool place when that park gets built, where Atlanta United is and where this property is, and I think what we're trying to do in bringing women's soccer to uh Atlanta is truly make the epicenter of soccer in all of North America, Atlanta, and the mayor likes to say it will be Marietta, it very well may be Marietta.

Um, because you're gonna have two facilities that are within a quarter mile of each other, which will be first in class and appreciate all the work, appreciate all the work, Bill, that you guys have done.

Um these documents were not easy.

This is not an easy deal to make, but I think it's a it's a good deal.

We've worked at this deal for months.

We didn't start in this position, but I think we ended in a really good position.

So I appreciate all the work that you put into it.

Don't go anywhere yet.

Any questions of Mr.

McCray?

I have a question.

Yes.

What scares me is the abatement, I guess.

Requirement.

Is that something if you don't get exactly these numbers?

You were what numbers?

Uh 90% abatement, the second oh i that that's how I would say this.

Yes, we wrote it in that way because that that's very similar to the deal we did originally at Atlanta United.

So it's really used that framework.

That's the framework that we started with that that uh Bill and I started with.

So that is our intent.

Uh I will tell you that we intend to be, you know, if we get this deal done and closed on Friday, we will be working on the site at our own risk as we pursue that abatement very quickly, because we have to get underway to get this project complete.

Because we have to get underway to get this project complete.

We don't want to open our first season of a new franchise and not have the facility finished.

So to do that, we're gonna start right away.

We do count on getting the abatement, but and we gave ourselves a right as we provided in there, but we were gonna expend a lot of money awfully quickly because we're hoping we can make that a reality.

Next question is the bill.

What's the process for the abatement?

And is this I'm sorry?

It would uh it would basically the first step would be to get with the development authority, which I know that process is already getting started.

Um so that they would have uh an attorney who works on uh abatements and bonds, and then that attorney would get with actually uh the mayor to development authority, uh, meet with them.

There's certain processes they'd have to go through to show different uh benefits to the community and what's gonna happen with the development itself as far as job creation and the money that we're talking about that's gonna be invested on the site.

Right now we've got a site that is producing very little uh as far as any revenue uh because uh well it's producing nothing right now because we own it.

And uh before that, for the seven years before that, there was nothing on it, it was totally clear.

So uh very little revenue coming from that, so it would be easy to show the increase in revenue uh that's gonna come from that site.

But the development authority itself would have to hear that, uh, then vote on it and approve whatever they're gonna approve, and then that would go to the county and the tax assessor's office, and they've got a process uh that they would look at and then they would make the final decision.

So the county commissioners will have a vote on just the no, it would be the tax assessor's office and the board that they have.

Yeah, I just concerned about we're gonna still be billed for Mr.

Haney's uh expenses if you guys back out.

And I know the site is being improved and that, but I uh I I'm in favor of it.

I just don't want the city to lose you know the money that will be expended, the time and effort that the whole staff has put into the the uh the project.

Understood.

Mayor telling uh you can write them with kick.

No, I'm thinking he should write a check for the expenses that the city is county's maybe between Tedge, all this done well very similar to the deal we did at Atlanta United.

Very same structure that we did at Atlanta United.

You numbered the building.

Yeah, as far as city benefit, like you say, if that situation happens, which we sure doesn't, I hope it does not happen.

Um we would get benefit because they would actually be out there grading that property for somebody else if they didn't take on the site.

So uh there would be improvements to the site that we would then uh have uh if uh they decided they didn't want to proceed.

Mr.

Mayor.

Yes, sir.

Would you like a motion?

Yes, with one particular issue.

Y'all spent the three that I recognize Mr.

Gosteen to make the motion and Richardson to make the second.

I got it.

And right before that happens, Mayor, I would like to say something.

I would like to thank you for your leadership during this process because you've been involved in this for a long time, and I want to thank you for all of that you put into it.

It's really been a great relationship from the get-go.

I mean, just several years back.

You've been great.

And you brought the idea up when we had when we were discussing it before we got the franchise, we had this discussion.

It's turned out really well.

Can't know the name yet.

I thought I could.

Oh, jeez.

Almost the thunder.

Planet Thunder.

Yes, sir, please.

Uh one also say thank you very thank you very much for working through this process with us, and thank you for working us with the zoning and that request for one crest of mine on the sidewalk as well.

Um I would like to make a motion to approve the uh approval that is stated on the agenda.

Second.

Uh I'm sorry.

Did you steal my second?

No, I didn't.

I'm just gonna I'm gonna say second, but I'm also gonna add that I am very excited to one have this project, but two to see what we're gonna do on that 10 acres.

Work with the community to make that the best thing, the best thing on Franklin Gate.

Well, you guys can be second, but that project with that 10 acres, make that the best thing on Franklin Gate.

Thank you.

And I'll echo Cheryl on that one.

Motion to second, any further discussion.

Hearing none, please indicate your vote.

Joyfully, the motion passes.

Congratulations and excellent work.

Thank you for everything.

Let's go thunderinas.

They didn't look that excited.

Alana thunders.

Thunderena, that's what we're doing.

Thunderena.

I'd like to open the floor for unscheduled appearance if any citizen would like to come forward.

Should we put the light light post banners on?

Yeah, that was on seeing no one come forward.

I'd like to close the public session and any reason to go to executive session or anything.

Yes, sir.

We're good.

No sir.

We have a picture with y'all?

Sure.