No, we don't do that, please.

Yeah, just let T do it.

Yeah.

Me?

Yeah, it's all you.

Dunaway's son-in-law pass.

Barely.

Oh man.

We have four people signed up for the schedule appearance.

The regular meeting minutes from May 13th on consent.

Is that still all right?

544 burning.

Any update on that?

We need to hear now.

Thank you, Mayor.

We actually do have a number of updates since the work session discussion that took place.

Firstly, I wanted to mention Councilwoman Richardson raised the question about whether the property met other bulk and area regulations for R4.

Should that be uh council's determination?

Um we did confirm that it does, um, but we also in that process um recognize that the variance as listed was listed incorrectly.

Um the current width of the property is not 45 feet, it is actually 64 feet.

So that variance would be 75 feet down to 64 feet, which is uh may explain why all the other bulk and area regulations are um not applicable.

Um secondly, uh there was a question about a nearby property that was rezoned several years ago, 308 uh North Fairground Street, which is at the northeast quadrant of Fairground and North Marietta Parkway.

And I did want to confirm that that property was rezoned to uh CRC with an additionally allowable use of residential.

Um and would just like to point out that that type of approval essentially allows a f fluid use of the property, and so as you're considering that if if you do between um uh a motion along those lines or between establishing or maintaining the um existing non-conforming use, um just wanted to bring that for information purposes.

Uh and then lastly, Councilman.

Can I ask a question?

Uh Doug, and maybe I don't know if this is better for now or at seven.

Doug, what fundamentally is the difference between CRC with an additional use or just reaffirming the grandfathering?

Yeah, defer to Mr.

Cummings on that depth.

Okay.

Yep.

So fundamentally would be if it is back in the non-conforming status, then it could be revisited in the case of redevelopment um in order to meet all of the standards.

Whereas if you established a permanent residential use, that would follow the property forever.

And so you're essentially allowing the residential use uh forever in if you were to go that route.

Even if we called it CRC with special use?

That's right.

Okay.

All right, thank you.

So my my question is if I may if we do that and we um there's a 50% uh improvement that triggers uh having to uh I guess not be conforming.

So could we I guess approve it with an uh additional uh uh use uh after the renovations that they're uh currently doing are done uh and have it from that point on, if any uh so if I if if I might clarify is what you're saying you would like to revert to the allowable non-conforming status once the renovations are complete?

Yeah.

Yes, sir.

That's okay yeah, because if we did it ahead of time, and then he did the renovations, he would lose the status.

So it would be and I'm comfortable staff will know the intent of council and that we'll administer that properly.

Okay.

To where you don't see it again in six months.

Yeah.

And lastly, Councilman Goldstein asked about the impact, potential impact of rezoning this to residential on nearby commercial properties from near-term impact standpoint and thinking about I guess limiting potential near-term future uses of properties.

There are a number of uses that we have that are not allowable if they're within a certain distance of residentially zoned properties.

And so some of those uses, not an exhaustive list, but some of those uses would be hotels and motels, dry cleaners, funeral homes, homeless shelters, auto-oriented uses, landscaping, uh breweries, distilleries, and wineries.

And then the other piece of that is alcohol ordinance as well.

Um alcohol ordinance has certain distance requirements to properties that are both zoned residential and used as residential, whereas they don't for just property simply used as residential.

And I think there's also additional buffer requirements that come in when you have uh commercial up against the residential property, correct?

Uh there are, but the way the wording is is that if something reverts to residential while the others are existing, then those buffer requirements are not applicable.

Okay.

And mayor, that was those those were the updates that staff had for this evening.

Yes.

Mr.

Channy, to go back to Mr.

Carl, Mr.

Kent's question.

Do you help us with the wording to make what he has come true?

Yes, sir.

Yes, sir.

The 50 percent rule is in the code.

Right.

So it it if it kicks in, it kicks in.

Uh but yes.

Mr.

Cummings and I will come up with that.

Without losing it.

We would have to look at if it hits 50 percent, it may be automatic.

Well, I I believe he's he's speaking of making sure that we pass the existing renovation time that the clock starts then as opposed to starting tonight.

Okay.

So the issue is not that in two years, if we pass that 50 percent mark, then it wouldn't uh trigger the nonconf the non-conforming status.

Uh but I think the the question is can we make sure that the existing improvements that are happening don't set the clock back to where you're they're back here in six months.

And I can work with Mr.

Haney between the meetings on that specific language.

Okay.

I'm good.

Okay.

187 Mountain View Road.

Uh thank you, Mayor.

There's no updates related to this uh property, but I'm available to answer any questions that council may have.

Um they be here to answer about the driveway stuff.

They will.

Okay.

Thanks.

Yeah, that's my but one be on Polk Street, one be on Mountain View.

Or is that Mr.

Ghosting's question?

That is my question, sir.

That's the question.

That is that's what we don't know.

Okay.

I'd like to make no other questions for now.

353 Campbell Hill Street.

Thank you, Mayor.

We have a couple of follow-up pieces of information to share.

Um first of all, one of the questions that was asked by Councilman Sims concerned the garage and whether they intended to make this in to some type of ADU that would be a secondary um establishment for the property.

Uh, we have confirmed with the applicant that they intend to have a bedroom and a bathroom above the in the garage space, but they don't imply plan to have a kitchen, which is what would make it easy.

Which is what would make it have that status.

Um and then concerning the step setbacks, uh the question was asked if we could get some additional clarity related to the setbacks.

Um we were able to measure the existing buildings on the front setback and how that extends towards the side.

We believe it is approximately one feet.

Um however, when asked, Mr.

Floyd stated that he would like to reduce to zero feet in order to allow for a water table to be put on the property that would extend further into that uh setback.

And then related to the back set back, he just explained that his request for zero feet was in order to accommodate a deeper garage that would extend to the property line.

And so he'll be here tonight, but that was the explanation that staff was provided today via email.

If I might what's on the property line in the back, it looks to me like it is.

Um what is that?

The place where Session Street um we lost.

Oh, is that Brumby Lot?

Okay, I'm thinking it was further up.

Yeah, it's the apartment complex.

Okay.

And from the picture, it looks like it's up a hill.

I think there's a topographic difference, and then also the apartments are set back on that property.

That was part of his reasoning as well for wanting to extend back further.

Okay.

And there's an existing shed on there, I believe, correct.

I think on the site plan or the the pro the proposed thing we've seen here and there.

Yeah, they don't have to go away.

I don't think they've marked it to go away, though.

Yeah, uh on pay uh what was in their applicant letter.

It's on the survey.

Yeah.

Yes.

On the staff analysis page.

So Daniel, I mean, while while uh you're looking that up, um that unit that is going to be above the garage, we're certain that that will not be a rental.

It's not allowed to be one.

It's not allowed to be a distinct unit, which would require that kitchen space.

So it would be another bedroom and bathroom as a part of the overall house.

Um if if I might recommend council might ask for him to stipulate such as well, and that might help assuage some concerns.

Thank you.

Uh but yes, I do see the existing shed.

That would have to come down if these plans were approved and they wanted to follow through with the garage.

Okay.

Did we determine that whether the garage would be attached?

It will be attached.

Well be at the four variances.

Anything else?

Note amendment for home occupant occupancy.

Uh no changes from staff related to this item, Mayor.

I'm sorry, which code amendment is this?

It's the code amendment related to uh home occupation.

Okay, never mind.

I got it.

All right.

Mr.

Mayor, there are actually two changes to the city attorney's report that cannot be made until 7, but I'd like to go over them with you now, if possible.

The claim that is listed there was actually denied last month.

So it needs to be removed.

But there's a new claim that came in after the agenda deadline last week, and I'd like to ask that you add these, this claim to the agenda again at 7 o'clock.

But this is a claim uh that is unrelated to the city of Marietta, but still needs to be denied.

But uh I'm passing around under the red cover the claim itself, and I would ask that you suspend the rules at 7 o'clock, add this new claim to the agenda and add it to consent to be denied.

It relates to uh Kell High School, obviously in Cobb County, and has nothing to do with the City of Marietta, but it still needs to be denied in case if it's not denied, it might be deemed admitted.

So I will go over that at seven, but I just want you to know about that now, please.

Nothing to do now except uh I will correct that record at 7 o'clock.

Uh if there's a motion to suspend the rules and add this claim at 7, that would be appreciated.

You want to make the motion?

I can make the motion, uh Mr.

Haney.

I'll need um after the motion after the motion suspend, I will need the proper language for the motion.

Yes, sir, we'll do.

Thank you.

Objection.

The building owner.

Uh staff made an effort to reach out to the building owner and was not able to was not able to reach them.

So they will not be here tonight.

The tenant is planning on being here, but we don't believe them to be the responsible party for the trees.

Agenda item, folks, on uh could we make a motion to accept that but not as a full accordance satisfaction?

Reserve the right to pursue.

Yes, sir.

Or you could delay it a month.

You you you have all kinds of options with this.

I'd like to go ahead and get the money.

Okay.

I believe we already have just not to show us a full the answer is yes.

You could reserve the right to take further action later, if you would like, but mayor, that was gonna be my question too.

I mean, obviously we're planning the trees, but it seems like that's not the end of it.

So appreciate that.

Just in case that's what the council wanted to do.

But I unless it hurts our chances.

If we set the 9,000, could somebody argue that was full according satisfaction?

They could argue that if the the 9,000 was paid, they could argue that was full and uh my understanding is it's been paid.

It has been paid and to clarify it's been paid by the tenant.

Correct.

That's even better.

Interesting.

The tenant is not responsible, but I would say hear the item and then we'll have this discussion.

Because they might be more than that.

I don't think it ought to be on consent.

Yeah, yeah.

Oh, definitely not.

Absolutely.

Thank you.

The next five items are on consent.

Any objection to any of those?

No objection.

But uh, Mr.

Mayor?

No objection.

Mr.

Mayor, before we move on to the next page.

For item 20260566, the fire prevention and protection code.

Um I think Mr.

Gardner might want to have to ask if you're okay with waiving the second reading on that one at the appropriate time.

So we better leave that off.

Yes, take it off.

We can talk about the second reading.

Then you can amend it at that time, yes, sir.

Yeah.

So we'll remove that from consent for positive reasons.

Are we talking about fire code?

Yes.

I have a question.

If if I may.

So under the penalties.

Uh are the penalties to the homeowner or the penalties to the alarm company or both.

Come and down.

For example, my alarm company could cut off, cut it off.

And I didn't cut it off, or then I cut it off.

So what does that look like?

For which subsection, Mr.

Waters.

Sorry, couldn't hear you.

For which section are you referring?

Um I'm trying to go back through here.

I don't have the full binder where we talked about the penalties for turning it off before they arrived.

For silencing uh that only pertains to public or commercial property.

Okay.

So it's only in the case of fire alarm directly notifying occupants in public or commercial property.

Okay.

So wouldn't the same thing apply on commercial properties where the alarm company did it and not the tenant or tenant or owner of the property?

I just want to be clear on it.

So the only thing that applies to private property is the false alarm provision, which is A.

Which falls to the alarm user.

So be the uh the party responsible for the property.

Okay.

Thank you.

That's good.

Thank you.

Any other questions?

Thank you.

No objection.

No objection.

DOW pay and classification system documents.

Consent.

Consent.

May I have a pension board ex officio?

That's on consent.

I'll wait to leave on consent.

May it civil service board appointment.

Appointment is for three-year terms up.

We just do that by motion, then it's next historical board of you, Miss Chrissy's on uh consent.

Hard to leave her.

Right away, Delta Street Speed control.

I guess is that advertisement?

No, these are both.

Okay.

Both for those on consent are to leave on consent.

Oh definitely.

Public hearing for the SPOS.

Any update, Mr.

Rice.

Uh Mr.

Mayor, no new information, so we'll be ready for the public hearing at seven o'clock.

Mr.

Mayor.

This sort of relates to both items.

The and the proposed spLOS list is approved in item 20260563 would be added in, replacing the one in 2026 0606.

That is correct.

Okay.

Thank you.

Agreement for 78,000.

That's also public 78 million.

That does not require public hearing unless Mayor and Council wants to have a public hearing.

The only request was to have that item placed after the splost itself on the agenda.

So mayor and council discretion.

If you want to have a public hearing, we can, but the interim government agreement is not required to have a public hearing.

We met all the other public hearings as required by law, right?

Yes, sir.

We have.

Yes.

And then it's six months from five months from now, so any objection to removing this as a public hearing item.

No.

But but it won't be on consent, obviously.

Until the first one passes, right?

Correct.

But we'll still have to vote on it.

That's what I'm okay.

Yeah.

Thank you.

No objection to consent, but can you show me a posed?

BLW minutes.

But leave it on consent.

Yeah, I'm fine with it being on consent.

Just show me opposed.

Okay.

Scheduled appearances.

You'll have the signed up list.

Yes, sir.

We have it now, and there's a waiting list starting now.

The first group to sign up has signed up.

And there's a waiting list below the initial people signing up.

If you're okay, I'll go over the rules, you know, at that time.

So if you want to do it, that's fine too.

Yeah, there was a change.

I think we addressed it at the time because we'll see.

Other than that, Mr.

Boone, you have uh yes, sir.

We do have some updates that we'd like to give.

Uh and go ahead and uh start that now with uh Chief Beam and let him uh bring everybody up to speed on the police department.

Yes, sir.

Um things are going well at the police department.

We had a ribbon cutting for the training building last week.

Um obviously some of you were there and it went well.

Weather was a little warm, but uh we're looking forward to putting it to use.

In regard to hiring at the police department, we currently have two openings, one of which is filling Monday, and the other one will be filling probably within a week to two weeks after that.

We have the person selected just have to get them in the door.

So not a lot more to report at the police department.

We're ready for all the events for the weekend that are coming up, and um looking forward to it.

Very good, thank you.

And then uh Chippichico updates from the fire department.

Just to give a quick little update.

Um I mentioned the uh the lightning strike call.

Uh we gave a life saver award today for that crew that went out there.

Um I'm proud to announce that uh that individual uh went home.

Um and the only ill ill effect from that is a um is AFib, and that's manageable on medication right now.

Had the doctor that actually helped treat and do some of the work with her, and they actually found on her some of her uh injuries, she actually had exit wounds through the bottom of her feet.

So she got a full full force of that lightning bolt.

So with the help of uh PD getting their officer there fast, getting CPR, uh our crews getting in there, giving quick medical attention, um, quick uh AED and get her over the hospital.

She'd be able to after 13 days uh walk back out of the hospital.

So we recognize our crew, um they'll be cycled into our awards ceremony and stuff like that.

So that's like a really good thing for us because uh cardiac arrest getting those back, you know, that's like a 12% um uh survival rate, uh traumatic arrest, which she experienced, it's like a one percent survival rate.

So for us to deliver that high-level care and bring her back is uh is a is a true testament uh to our EMS coverage and our our our guys and gals that perform that call.

Uh like Chief said, uh we're ready for the for the soccer events.

We got crews up there.

Um, and we only have two openings right now.

We hired one lateral, and that's all we're targeting right now.

So fire farmers good to go.

Thank you all.

Thank you.

Thanks, sir.

And next, if we could have uh director Eric Black talk about parks and rec and all of our events that we have coming up this weekend and over the next two months.

All right.

Good evening, everyone.

Uh evening.

Thank you.

Uh first I'll just start with our Marietta Soccer Fest.

So we're very excited about that.

Uh that's coming up this weekend.

Um, so just to remind everybody of all the activities we're doing.

Um so on Friday we will uh close off two streets in the square.

Uh nine o'clock, we're gonna show the uh U.S.

vs Paraguay uh game.

So that'll start at nine o'clock.

So come out anyway at one of our great restaurants and then and then come and join the game.

Uh Saturday, uh we'll have activities from uh two to eight.

So we're gonna have uh representatives from Atlanta United, our women's team, uh several other organizations.

Uh we'll have inflatables, games, crafts, lots of family activities.

So it's a good family day.

We're also gonna uh have three games that day we'll have uh screens on the square as well.

So there's a three o'clock game, a six o'clock game, and a nine o'clock game.

And then uh Sunday we're gonna move out to Franklin Gateway.

Um and those activities will be from uh three o'clock to seven o'clock.

Uh again, we'll have Atlanta United, the women's team, other organizations, uh inflatables, games, crafts.

Uh we'll have concessions, food truck, and uh anyway, just uh family activities.

So we'll have a full weekend full of soccer uh and activities for the whole community and work factors.

Excited about that, and welcome everybody to uh to come out and join uh us for that.

Um course the end uh the last Friday of this month uh will be our uh Glover Park uh concert series.

So this month we have Guardians of the Jukebox uh who are always a uh put on a good show.

And then as we move into July, we'll have our uh celebrate the 250th anniversary of our birthday of our country, and so what we're calling Independence Eve, which is July the 3rd, uh we're gonna have a special concert uh with uh drive it and crying uh that evening, and then um on the 4th of July, we'll have our normal uh great activities, and then uh that evening we're gonna cap it off with a very large fireworks show.

So the fireworks will be 40% larger uh the normal, it won't be longer, but it'll be larger.

So it's the uh largest possible show that we can offer uh with the space that we have.

So we we think that'll uh uh uh that'd be really good.

So um last thing I'll point out is that our Elizabeth uh park spray ground is open for the season, so that opened on um on May the 1st.

And uh since we opened on uh May the 1st uh we've had a little over 7,100 people uh come to the spray ground this season.

So we've we've had a really good season there.

Wow.

All right, thank you.

Thank you.

Have you heard from the hotels?

Are they booked around here for this week in?

Uh we've got uh some good reports from different hotels uh through the whole metro area that I think out of um the whole country that has uh different soccer events going on with the FIFA games, uh Atlanta and maybe Miami are the two that are tied for having the most bookings right now, so as far as percentage of bookings that they have.

So and then a lot of the bookings will come once the teams are eliminated, and you're going to the round of 32 and the round of 16 and then the semifinals.

Uh a lot of folks at that point will be trying to get some very quick reservations with what they're doing.

So and Atlanta's definitely geared up, uh, Cobb County's geared up with it.

We're all ready.

Um we uh as I sent out to council, we've been sponsored by Georgia Soccer as far as our activities that are going on this weekend.

So they're partnering with us on that.

Atlanta United has the uh women's team also is partnering with us on it, but uh just came out recently and we sent that over to everyone.

But uh U.S.

soccer has also picked us as the viewing site in Atlanta for Friday night.

So for the US game, we are it in Atlanta.

So we're um they've they've listed Denver and San Francisco and all these other places across the country, and when it says Atlanta, it says Merriad Square.

So um real excited about that for Friday night.

Um next, we'd like to uh have uh our public works director Mark Rice come down with updates.

Uh a few updates.

So uh we've had a rash of stormwater pipe issues under the roads here for the last few weeks.

Um McDonald's Street.

I'm happy to say the project itself is complete.

We've got some punch list items we're working with a paving contractor on to get straightened out, but that project is complete.

Uh Fairground Street Stormwater Project.

Um we fixed what we found, but then we found some other issues, so it's continuing on.

It's sort of like what we found on McDonald's when we started working on it.

We began chasing ourselves farther upstream, so we'll continue to work on that one as well.

Um yesterday and today, church and sessions.

If you come through there, we had uh Marriott Water had that intersection partially closed down.

Um we did we discovered there was uh the road was beginning to dip, and we got in there and there was a pretty good size void under the road.

It was a sewerage leak or sewage causing the problem in there.

So Meredith Water got in today and fixed it.

So we had that issue there working as well.

And then um we got one coming up, the uh mid-block crossing on Polk, Mr.

Gaddis.

Uh we'll be having uh closing that road down June 25th and 26th.

Um that we have to do a hard closure when we put the lighting system in to allow everything to set up.

So you'll see signs and stuff start going up here in the next week or so for that.

So that'll be a full day, full full day, full two days uh closure.

Okay.

Um those has to be installed.

We have to close it, pour the concrete, and let everything sit and get the lighting system in.

So that's all I have.

Thank you.

Questions.

Thank you.

And then Mayor wanted to give uh an update on SDS.

You've seen uh in the paper a lot of news about it lately between uh Cobb and Mableton and their attempts to grab an agreement between the two of them.

We have been following that closely and uh have been talking with the county about that and also uh the state.

And uh we're being told that uh the agreement or lack of that Cobb has with uh Mapleton does not affect our agreement that we have in place uh between the other six cities and cobb that that moves forward as it is right now.

And so uh hopefully they'll reach an agreement, but at least uh it doesn't throw all of us back into the negotiating uh with Cobb at this point from what we're being told.

So that's that's very positive for us.

Uh wanted to also state uh you do have an item on the agenda tonight, which has been thoroughly discussed by the council and committees and uh also in the committee of the whole, and that is the uh budget uh for this year, and that is uh 433 million.

Um it is about a uh 2.9% increase over last year.

Uh the total millage rate stays the same.

Uh the actual millage for the general fund stays the same at 2.788.

I'm very happy to state that there's no tax increase, there are no fees increases that are part of the budget.

Uh but also what I'm very happy to say is that uh for over 20 years, uh the councils, this council and other councils have not raised uh taxes uh in this city.

So uh glad that we're able to continue to do that.

Uh we're almost basically about 25 years now at this point, and the council over the last five years actually has reduced the total millage four different times.

Uh, and that was by going into the bond fund and uh reducing it.

So then the total liability to citizens actually went down.

Um and then to mention, because we need to do this every time we talk about the budget and taxes, that we have had a freeze in place on homestead property, and we've had that since 2002.

Uh and so basically inside the city limits, if you own a piece of property, you could have owned it since 2002, and you pay no more in tax to the city than you did then.

And uh that is because we actually go in and f freeze the actual appraisal uh of your property until it is sold.

And when it is sold, then it goes to whatever that sale price is and it freezes again for that new property owner.

So it doesn't matter what your property is assessed at uh when it's done every three years or so, it's frozen as long as you own it as a property owner.

So uh very happy that not only do we have that in place, but we also have the fact that the council's been able to lower overall taxes uh for for many years here uh recently.

So uh very positive there.

We do have some other items we'd like to show you.

Uh we have some videos, and so if we could, I would go to the first one which you heard a little bit about a few minutes ago, and that is the uh police and fire training center and the opening of the police training building.

So we'll see if we can pull that one up.

Uh quick question.

So um, based on what you were just talking about, when was the last freeze put in place?

Well, the the freeze actually was put in place, I think it's 2002, could have been 2001, but it's one of those two years uh that was put in place, it's been in there ever since.

So, as I was saying, if if somebody, and we probably do have people that have owned their property since that time, and so even though their property may have doubled, they're still paying us tax based upon that 2001-2 valuation with what they have.

Yeah.

Thank you.

Sure.

Thank you.

Appreciate the clarification.

Hopefully, not too loud.

Come out louder than I exactly.

And that that was a project that was funded both through Splost and ARPA funding.

And so we really appreciate that opportunity.

As we've said before, both police and fire previously had to train at other sites, other locations outside the city.

And so we're very happy that we're going to be able to move that training inside the city so that we can have those individuals here.

It helps them to not have to travel so far.

It helps them on scheduling.

We're gonna get more training in.

No, we're very excited to use it.

Okay.

Thanks, sir.

Bill, I have a question.

Yes, sir.

What would you say the total cost between the fire training center and uh um catching me cold on that one?

Um a lot of work was done.

Some yeah, I mean I I'm just the number I will give you is very, very approximate, maybe around four million.

Um, but I will say that uh it would have if it's three, if it's four, if it's five, um it would have been a lot more than that uh if our fire department didn't come out and work with all the other departments to build that portion of the facility because we we actually did that with a few hundred thousand dollars for the uh the burn building and all the associated uh pieces of uh training that are all around it, cars and gas lines and everything else.

Uh the fire department went in and we were able to give them a little bit of money, and they were able to get donations, and they were also able to use the other departments to do things like clearing the area for the building to go in.

Uh they were able to use the BLW to help them with electrical uh and what need to be done there.

Uh but they also went in and learned how to pour concrete and how to float it.

They learned that themselves.

Uh and then they also went out and learned how to weld.

And so they actually welded a lot of the pieces together uh to make that happen, and then we're able to get connects boxes.

Uh and uh so it it really uh was a great effort by our folks to show that they can do something that would have cost a lot of money, uh but they can do it in-house and save money for the public and the city.

So just wanted to commend them for their uh absolutely and I'll say on the police side, something similar that the police uh really worked hard to make sure they got every dollar spent in a way that was the most beneficial and the most cost effective.

There were a lot of different plans they looked at, a lot of different ways the building could be built and the way that the uh the foundation could be done and the parking lot and all the rest, and they they really went through to cut it down as much as they could uh to fit within an extremely tight budget on that.

So I want to commend not only the police department, but actually the finance office and public works because they all work together to make sure they were able to do that and get a get a very quality product, but get it for what would have been a lot less than uh was a lot less than what would have been uh if we just been out on the market just uh asking somebody to build it for us.

So appreciate both the comments on that.

Uh the next item that we have is the uh Merried of Water uh sewer project.

This is a very large project, one of the largest we've done uh with Marietta Water.

Uh and this is up near the hospital and is coming out.

Uh it basically goes east from the hospital.

Uh you'll see this under various stages of development for a while.

Uh just want to brief you on that now.

Marietta Water is beginning a significant sewer replacement project.

Let's find out what's happening and why it matters.

The City of Marietta, we're replacing uh approximately 3800 uh linear feet of uh sanitary sewer in the upper ER basin uh basin.

Uh the the reason for this replacement is just the sewer has reached the uh end of its service light into uh the the surrounding Tennestone hospital area has vastly out outgrown uh the capacity of what the sewer the existing sewer can handle.

Uh we'll be upgrading from eight inch to twelve inch uh sewer.

Project begins at the intersection of all good road in Avery Street.

Then Welling Street, Pine Street, jumps to Etawood Drive, Chickope Drive, Cherokee Street, Cherry Street, and finally Church Street.

Cherry Street.

And finally, Church Street.

So in several areas across the project corridor, there will be necessary road closures.

In some places, we have to open cut an entire street.

The contractor will have adequate signage, detours, permits will be pulled from the city.

We'll make sure that everybody can get to where they're going as we're cutting into the streets and making the sewer infrastructure improvements.

Where possible, we are using trenchless techniques to minimize impacts to traffic.

The expected uh completion of this project will be early 2027.

We will keep you updated as this project progresses.

Thank you.

Now, as we said, that is the largest project we've had for a good many years uh with the water and sewer department.

Um so uh it will really improve our ability to handle sewer in that part of town.

So we're excited about that.

Uh then the uh last one I wanted to give is the CID, our uh improvement district, which is out on Franklin Gateway.

Um they've been working with the city on a lot of different things, and uh, one of those is trying to welcome individuals for uh our wonderful uh FIFA events that we're gonna be having in the area uh with the World Cup, and also just to really brand the whole area out of Franklin Gateway as a place that does support art.

So uh we've got a good video of an event that just took place last week at our sports complex.

Just as Lori Wilson was there to see the stripes and arches painted on Marietta's first public art installation.

The arches are the logo for the Gateway Marietta CID.

Caroline Whaley is the executive director of the Greater Marietta Community Improvement District, so she knows what's being painted Thursday on this soccer ball installation at the Franklin Gateway Sports Complex.

With the ribbon going through, thinking of your goals coming through the gateway, stripes are tipping their hat to the soccer pitch.

Paint board brushes staying inside the lines for this first public art installation in Marietta, an appropriately giant-size soccer ball painted by people representing sports, business, and community.

We're all about just bringing Franklin Gateway together.

So I guess they noticed that, and then they just invited us.

No need to know how to paint, the only requirement a passion for the purpose of this piece of art, building community through sports.

The brightly colored soccer ball will stay here between fields and just up the street from where the Atlanta United practice and a short distance from where what will soon be a world-class trading facility is being built for a national women's soccer league team.

It's bringing in a part of the community into the actual professional league.

Pretty uh inspiring and fun to do as a community.

Lori Wilson, Channel 2, Action News.

Thank you.

That's all we have on the videos, but I just want to mention also, I think most of you are very aware of it, but for everybody else, that uh public works recently uh took over the sanitation in the downtown as far as the commercial sanitation.

So if you see those blue uh dumpsters out there, um, that's Marietta instead of a private company doing it.

Uh it's going very well.

Uh we used to, if you'll remember, uh, we would get a lot of complaints about uh the unsanitary conditions around the dumpsters that uh they weren't being cleaned on the exterior of the dumpsters when folks would throw something in it and it would go out onto the street or into the dumpster enclosure.

Uh our employees are taking care of that.

So when they drive up and they're emptying the dumpster, they take care of everything around it.

So the sanitary conditions are very good uh around the dumpsters since we took over, and we we've gone a long period now without uh receiving any complaints uh about that, which uh we used to get frequently.

So I want to commend the public works department, and uh that was something Mark Rice put together.

So uh want to thank him and thank uh the men and women of Public Works.

And Mayor, that's all we have, unless there are any questions.

Good job.

Can we move the announcement section up?

Does anybody have an announcements?

Did we do it now rather than in Sam McClack?

I guess we could if if we were gonna do that.

And uh she said that she had intended to come tonight and be able to speak at the uh public appearance, um, but those got filled up pretty quick.

So um she said she wanted me to express to the council uh her thanks uh for Juneteenth, and that as she she was very complimentary in what she was saying about the city being the first one in the county to have a Juneteenth activity, and that this is now their 24th year that they partnered with the city on Juneteenth.

And she said you know it's grown bigger and bigger each year.

She believes that it's the best one in the state, and uh is um very happy about the relationship with the city and what's been able to be accomplished.

And of course, wanted me to remind everyone that that is next weekend, uh starting on the 19th, which is a Friday, which is the actual official day.

So wanted to let everybody know about that.

She was doing it before anybody else.

Yes, sir.

Twenty-four years ago.

Mr.

Mayor, come to the on the twentieth at the Marietta History Center.

I will be doing a reading for kids as in I guess in correlation with the uh mayor's reading club uh municipal association, mayor's reading club.

I'm a representative for the mayor, and we'll we will be reading at 2 p.m.

at the Marietta History Center and uh passing out some books.

Uh some of you may know my passion is early literacy.

We need to do everything we can to get our young people on grade level, uh especially third grade reading levels are a problem in the state of Georgia, not just in Marietta.

We're doing a lot better, but you know, any kid that falls behind is a is a kid that's that's lost and could have issues down the road.

Um it's it's been uh been known that those statistics determine whether have determined whether kids were successful or not.

So have an announcement from Diocese.

Um as has already been mentioned, I think by Bill, but uh just we have the soccer fest coming up this weekend.

First game, uh, think festivities begin at 8 p.m.

The game begins at night nine.

Um uh we have three more games at the square on the thirteenth, followed by an event day over at the Franklin Gateway Sports Complex on that Sunday, the fourteenth.

Um I know that Kwana is working towards her field of flags project in which will be set slated for September eleventh.

They have a flag work day this upcoming Saturday, believe at 9 a.m.

over uh um over there, I believe they have a Facebook event related to that.

Um Juneteenth Vents has already been mentioned, beginning on Juneteenth on the on the 19th.

You have the uh believe they're going to be coming um in the way school asking you to dress up in white that Friday evening come ready to dance.

And then they'll have the rest of the festivities that weekend on the square.

Um got the concert, and then for uh for the fourth of July celebrations with the 250th, of course.

You have the uh uh July 3rd concert and then on July 4th the parade, um, followed by a bunch of other festivities in and around the square.

Love to see people love to see some kids help out at two o'clock.

I'm ringing the bell thirteen times um uh in honor of our our nation's birthday.

And then uh good old uh good old fire fireworks festival in the uh and on that evening.

I don't think other than that, just wish everyone meaningful uh Juneteenth celebration and a happy fourth of July.

Nothing else we can adjourn this meeting, and we'll start right back at seven.