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City of Monroe Council Meeting February, 9, 2016
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C
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C
The
current
use
is
a
church.
The
applicant
requests
a
de-annexation
at
1401
alcovey
street
code.
Department's
recommendation
is
for
approval.
The
recommendation
of
the
planning
zoning
commission
is
also
for
approval.
The
resolution
required
by
the
county
to
accept
the
de-annexation
is
in
order,
and
that's
it.
That's
our
recommendation
on
the
on
the
petition.
Okay,
before
I
open
this
up
general
public,
we
have
a
lot
of
people
from
the
church
and.
A
D
The
petition
represents
a
mutually
beneficial
resolution
to
the
sidewalk
issue
that
we
have
been
working
through
with
city
staff
and
city
officials.
For
some
time
now
and
really
does
represent
a
win-win
situation
for
everyone
involved
from
the
city
side.
The
annexation
will
not
create
an
unincorporated
island.
This
will
be
100
deannexation,
just
as
it
was
100
annexation.
When
the
church
came
into
the
city,
there's
no
sewer
connection
in
play.
D
The
church
is
on
a
septic
tank
system.
There's
no
property
tax
in
play.
The
the
church
does
not
pay
property
taxes
by
virtue
of
being
a
house
of
worship
and
the
service
revenue
that
the
church
pays
to
the
city
will
actually
increase
as
a
result
of
the
church
paying
out
of
city
service
rates
as
opposed
to
incident
service
rates,
so
all
upside
to
the
city.
E
F
I
think
of
this
as
more
of
a
divorce
tonight
than
a
de-annexation
1951.
Somebody
in
athens
decided
they
needed
a
church
over
this
way.
They
came
here
and
54.
Three
ladies
miss
miss
briscoe,
miss
wilburn
and
miss
milton
they
got
together
and
raised
money
and
they
got
some
land
and
they
built.
This
church
started
the
mission
here
in
54
72.
F
They
came
about
turned
into
an
actual
parish,
and
it's
been
here
ever
since
for
65
years,
they're
ready
to
divorce
ourselves
at
first
glance
at
this
you'd
say.
Well,
I
don't
really
don't
have
a
problem
with
what
he
said,
with
the
exception
of
the
fact
that
he
alludes
to
92
thousand
dollars.
When
had
he
attended
all
the
meetings,
he
would
have
found
that
the
city
was
willing
to
do
it
for,
like
less
than
thirty
five
thousand.
F
There
are
a
lot
of
people
in
this
city
that
have
to
walk
they're,
not
blessed
with
a
car.
They
can't
afford
a
car,
they
have
to
walk
now,
and
I
guess
it
was
around
2007.
The
city
council
decided.
We
need
a
master
plan
for
sidewalks.
They
had
a
vision.
They
said.
We've
got
to
build
some
sidewalks
to
help.
Our
city
gives
us
a
place
for
people
to
walk,
to
exercise
and
those
that
can't
afford
it.
F
They
have
a
way
of
getting
somewhere
safely
all
right
and
when
they
did
this,
they
had
the
foresight
of
saying
you
know:
we've
got
a
lot
of
rural
areas.
If
they
develop
it,
the
sidewalk
will
be
just
sitting
there
well
in
the
provisions.
If
you
look
under
provision
c,
it
says
you
can
go
ahead
and
provide
the
money
and
we'll
build
a
sidewalk,
contiguous.
F
F
You
had
the
vision,
the
city
council
had
the
vision
to
annex
113
acres
directly
across
from
this
church
is
sitting
there.
That's
going
to
have
240
houses
right
across
the
street
to
the
right
of
it.
There's
another
20
acres.
It's
it's
zoned
r1a.
It
was
ready
to
go
with
60
houses.
It's
going
to
happen.
It
might
not
happen
in.
F
I
guess
a
lot
of
our
might
not
happen,
but
some
of
you'll
see
it,
but
it's
going
to
grow
that
way
and
that
church
is
there
and
I
want
it
to
be
part
of
the
city.
I
want
it
to
remain
part
of
the
city,
we're
not
talking
about
money,
god
never
asks
for
money
if
he
wants
it.
He'll
take
it.
So
it's
not
that
situation,
it's
not
about
the
money.
F
F
I
will
support
the
constitution
of
the
united
states
in
the
state
of
georgia,
with
all
respects,
observe
the
provisions
and
the
ordinances
and
the
ordinances
of
the
city
of
monroe
and
will
faithfully
discharge
the
duties
of
city
council
person.
That's
the
oath
you
take.
This
is
an
ordinance
that
you,
the
city
council,
put
in
place.
F
The
only
reason
if
if,
if
this
church
or
this
property
owner,
I
refer
to
it
because
they
are
a
church,
I
don't
care
if
they
were
a
shoe
shine
place
if
they,
if
they
were
there,
I'd
be
speaking
the
same
way
if
they
had
to
come
to
you
the
two
years
ago
before
they
start
a
building
and
said
we
want
to
de-annex,
then
that's
fine.
This
church
made
an
obligation
if
they
wanted
to
be
in
that
building
by
july
the
4th
they
came
to
the
city,
the
city.
F
At
that
point
said,
we
can't
give
you
a
certificate
of
occupancy,
because
the
sidewalks
are
not
there,
you
knew
they
had
to
go
in
your
contractor,
knew
they
had
to
go
in
and
they
need
to
be
there.
We
can't
give
it
to
you
and
the
church
in
all
honesty,
said
we're
an
honest
group
of
people.
We
can
be
trusted
and
if
we
can
be
trusted,
then
we
will
do
what
is
right.
F
We
will
build
that
sidewalk
and
now
all
they're
saying
is
no,
you
do
they
knew
it
had
to
be
happening
because
they
came
and
asked
for
a
variance,
and
you
did
your
duty,
then
you
said
no
there's
no
variance.
We
need
that
sidewalk
in
our
city,
if
not
there
closer
in
to
give
our
people
a
place
to
walk.
You
here
tonight
are
representing
the
people,
we're
not
here
to
represent
one
organization,
we're
representing
the
whole
town,
and
I
ask
you
tonight
to
deny
this
annex.
Thank
you.
A
D
Very
passionate
about
the
subject-
all
I
would
say
is
that
the
church,
when
this
was
originally
started,
was
in
the
county,
we're
simply
asking
to
return
to
the
county
and
have
tried
to
act
in
an
honorable.
There
was
a
insinuation
that
we're
not
trying
to
act
in
an
honorable
way
relative
to
this,
and
we've
tried
to
act
in
an
honorable
way
throughout
this
entire
process,
and
can
you
continue
to
do
so
at
this
meeting
this
evening?
Thank
you.
G
G
Well,
I
guess
no
one's
going
to
speak
I'll
speak
up.
I
I
just
feel
like
in
this
situation
being
that
it
was
in
the
county,
and
now
I
do
see
it
as
a
win-win
for
a
number
of
reasons.
I
don't
see
any
sidewalks
connecting
to
it.
I
do
want
to
be
the
kind
of
city
and
council
that
enforces
our
code,
but
this
is
a
situation
where
we're
not
creating
an
island,
and
I
think
it
makes
a
whole
lot
of
sense
to
to
allow
them
to
dnx.
G
A
I
The
commitment
was
made
with
the
understanding
that
this
is
necessary
for
approval
and
construction
went
ahead
without
it,
and
I
I
just
have
a
problem
when
financial
considerations
take
precedence
over
people's
organizations,
commitments
to
to
do
the
right
thing.
So
that's
my
thoughts
on
the
guys.
I
struggle.
I
K
K
Not
to
do
it
all
at
one
time,
but
to
actually
do
it
over
time
frame
of
four
or
five
years
and
to
me
some
type
of
obligation
need
to
be
upheld,
enforced
of
what
they
agreed
to
do.
I
don't
think
that
they
should
walk
out
of
here
without
doing
some
type
of
obligation
when
they
actually
put
it
in
black
and
white
that
they
agreed
to
do
this
at
first.
We
need
to
hold
people
accountable
for
what
they're
saying
they're
going
to
do.
Like
mr
bradley
said,
we
got
something
else
on
the
agenda
today.
K
That's
my
concern
with
what
they're
actually
asking
for
tonight
and
if
things
need
to
be
looked
into
a
little
further
to
give
everybody
a
real
opportunity
to
go
back
and
see
what's
the
reason
behind
the
de-annexation,
because,
from
my
point
of
view
I
see
it
simply
as
they
just
don't
want
to
pay
to
do
the
sidewalk
and
to
me
that's
not
a
reason
for
you
to
deal
annexation.
A
church.
A
A
B
M
L
L
L
Did
not
consider
in
our
consideration
of
lights
on
the
project
was
the
roundabout,
something
we've
never
dealt
with
before,
and
there
is
a
dot
spec
on
it.
Also,
if
you
decide
to
do
lights
on
the
project,
then
we
would
have
to
add
three
lights
to
the
opposite
side
from
the
sidewalks
on
the
roundabout
to
meet
a
traffic
requirement,
if
you
like,
so
I
would
go.
L
L
L
H
Well,
I
did
a
ride
by
yesterday
and
there's
in
the
right
of
way
going
in
on
the
right
to
the
entrance
back
to
defects,
that
entire
right
of
way
is
grown
up
with
broome
sage,
and
it's
very
unsightly
at
the
roundabout
because
of
the
dormancy
of
of
the
grass
that
that
was
intact.
But
when
you
got
to
the
last
cul-de-sac,
there's
still
riprap
in
around
that
cul-de-sac
area
and
there's
a
lot
of
mud.
J
K
There's
a
lot
of
written
document
here,
but
at
the
same
time
it
seemed
like
documents,
don't
mean
a
thing.
You
know
people
can
agree
to
do
this
and
when
they
decide
they
don't
want
to
do
it,
take
the
notion
they
come
back
and
for
us
to
approve
them,
not
one
spending
money.
Basically,
it
boiled
down
to
the
same
thing
with
with
the
church.
K
K
A
B
Thank
you
mayor.
This
is
an
ordinance
to
amend
the
zoning
north
city,
monroe,
georgia,
the
mayor
and
council
of
city
monroe,
georgia
hereby
ordained
as
follows:
the
zoning
ordinance
of
the
city
monroe
officially
adopted
june
10,
2014
and
effective
july
1
2014,
as
thereafter
amended,
is
hereby
amended
by
implementing
the
text.
Amendments
and
changes
outlined
and
identified
in
particular
detail
on
exhibit
a
which
such
exhibit
is
incorporated
here
and
by
reference,
exhibit
a
list.
B
Seven
amendments
from
the
amendment
number
two
dated
february:
9,
2016.,
all
ordinances-
are
parts
of
ordinances
in
conflict
here
with
are
hereby
repealed.
These
text
amendments
of
the
city
of
monroe
zoning
ordinance
shall
take
effect
upon
their
adoption
by
the
mayor
and
council.
This
constitutes
the
second
reading
mayor.
A
I
N
The
one
the
one
item
noteworthy
on
page
149,
a
part
of
this
update-
will
require
sydney
and
monroe,
as
well
as
the
rest
of
the
municipalities,
to
do
a
continued
continuing
the
continuation
of
operations
planned
palestinian
monroe.
It
would
give
us
time
from
24
months
to
complete
that.
I
think
we
could
pretty
much
do
that
with
our
staff.
My
recommendation
would
be
that
we
accept
or
approve
the
payment
update.
B
All
right,
mr
rosenthal,
thank
you
mayor.
This
is
a
resolution
of
the
city
monroe
concerning
the
walton
county
hazard
mitigation
plan
update
for
2015-2020,
whereas
walton
county
and
its
municipalities
recognize
that
it
is
threatened
by
a
number
of
different
types
of
natural
and
man-made
hazards
that
can
result
in
loss
of
life,
property
loss,
economic
hardship
and
threats
to
public
health
and
safety.
B
And
whereas
the
federal
emergency
management
agency,
fema,
has
required
that
every
county
municipality
have
a
pre-disaster
mitigation
plan
in
place
and
requires
the
adoption
of
such
plans
in
order
to
receive
funding
from
the
hazard
mitigation
grant
program.
And
whereas
a
hazard
mitigation
plan
is
a
community's
plan
for
evaluating
hazards,
identifying
resources
and
capabilities,
selecting
appropriate
actions
and
developing
and
implementing
the
preferred
mitigation
actions
to
eliminate
or
reduce
future
damage.
In
order
to
protect
the
health,
safety
and
welfare
of
the
residents
in
the
community.
M
Thank
you,
mr
mayor.
All
right,
you
have
before
you
the
annual
health
insurance
renewal
and,
once
again,
we've
partnered
with
the
covenant
services
group
as
the
incumbent
for
this
renewal
tonight,
I've
invited
mr
jim
blue
with
the
covenant
services
group
and
just
a
little
background
before
he
does
a
little
presentation
for
you.
M
G
M
Secondly,
we
have
the
wellness
plan
in
place,
so
what
we're
going
to
do
is,
after
we
do
this
renewal,
we'll
take
the
data
back
and
then
we'll
set
our
health
insurance
premiums
within
the
next
month.
As
such,
we
have
what's
called
the
wellness,
spread
that
you're
all
aware
of
where
it's,
basically,
the
value
of
your
wellness
points
that
you
get
through
wellness,
coaching
and
other
initiatives
that
affect
your
premiums.
M
So
what
we're
going
to
do
for
this
next
next
plan
here
is
increase
that
slightly
increase
that
spread
or
that
value
just
slightly
from
a
20
30
spread
to
25
30
spread.
Basically,
that
just
means
that,
if
you
get
all
your
points
on
your
wellness
coaching
and
wellness
initiatives,
your
premiums
will
not
be
effective.
O
Thank
you
well
done,
mr
mayor
council
good
evening
for
those
of
you
who
don't
know
me,
I'm
jim
blue
and
I'm
the
president
of
covent
administrators,
which
is
your
third
party
administrator
for
your
plan,
which
is
a
self-insured
plan.
I
apologize.
Let
me
start
by
saying
I
apologize
for
not
being
here
last
week,
there's
some
confusion
on
my
part,
and
I
apologize
to
a
number
of
you
already,
but
I'm
here
tonight
with
with
good
news,
I
think.
Last
week
you
were
looking
at
about
a
four
points.
O
O
I
think
that
a
lot
of
that
comes
from
the
commitment
of
the
city
to
really
get
behind
and
push
the
value
of
that
on-site
primary
care
clinic.
That's
been
phenomenal
from
an
overall
service
standpoint.
So
well
done
from
that
perspective,
we
do
have
a
couple
of
outliers.
We
have
several
individuals.
Obviously
I
can
discuss
them
in
a
public
forum
that,
because
of
their
claim
potential,
that
the
city
does
take
some
additional
liability
for
those
two
individuals.
O
O
So
that's
that's
kind
of
short
and
sweet.
I
know
you
had
some
background
last
week,
but
these
are
the
the
numbers
that
the
incumbent
has
come
back
with
candidly.
We
have
some
other
folks
who
are
looking
at
the
proposal
as
well
and
we
may
be
able
to
drive
those
numbers
down
a
little
bit
further,
but
I
had
to
have
something
for
tonight's
meeting
and
the
incumbent
gave
us
the
5.76
percent
decrease,
so
questions
comments.