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From YouTube: (2017) 09-19 - Called Council Meeting
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A
Call
council
meeting
to
order,
let's
pray,
please
You
Lord.
We
just
thank
you
for
this
time
once
again
to
come
together
and
do
the
work
for
the
city
to
make
us
a
great
city
and
keep
us
a
great
city.
Laura
just
asked
blessings
on
all
the
councilmembers
all
staff.
Everyone
here
tonight
well
bless
this
meeting
in
your
name
Amen.
A
The
record
reflect
all
council
members
are
present
needed
a
motion
for
an
approval
of
the
agenda
so
moved
by
mr.
Richardson
like
abundance,
Malcolm
any
discussion
hearing,
none
all
in
favor
any
opposed
the
agenda
passes.
Now
we
need
a
motion
for
the
approval
of
the
consent
agenda
motion
by
mr.
little
circuit,
second
by
mr.
Adcock,
any
discussion
hearing,
none
all
in
favor
aye.
B
A
C
A
D
Just
wanted
to
recognize
Lisa
Reynolds
Anderson
for
her
outstanding
job,
chairing
the
Downtown,
Development
Authority
and
just
say
thank
you
from
all
of
us
for
here
your
hard
work
and
dedication,
which
was
recently
awarded
at
the
Downtown
Georgia
downtown
Association
conference
held
in
Columbus,
and
you
were
awarded
board
member
of
the
year
for
the
state
of
Georgia,
which
is
pretty
impressive,
to
have
right
here
in
Monroe,
which
wanted
to
congratulate
you.
Thank
you
for
all
your
hard
work.
Thank
you
all.
C
B
A
D
To
thank
rents,
bath
and
body
for
really
helping
put
Monroe
on
the
map.
Downtown
Monroe
specifically,
and
thank
you
for
all
your
hard
work
for
what
you
do
for
our
town
and
to
note
the
recognition
that
you've
recently
recently
received
as
the
downtown
excellent
best
small
business
of
the
Year
award,
which
is
quite
impressive,
so
Brent's,
bath
and
body
deserves
a
big
round
of
applause.
And
thank
you.
D
Lee
Ann
Walker
is
our
Main
Street
coordinator,
she's
kind
of
our
unsung
hero
for
Main
Street
downtown.
She
does
a
lot
of
great
work
behind
the
scenes
that
really
helps
propel
a
lot
of
our
businesses
and
gets
the
word
out
about
how
great
downtown
Monroe
is.
So
we
just
want
to
thank
you
and
congratulate
you
for
getting
your
certification
as
a
professional,
downtown
development
coordinator.
G
Kathy
has
been
employed
with
the
city
with
Monroe
15
years.
She
holds
a
degree
in
biology
from
Berry
College
Kathy
works
as
a
laboratory
analyst
at
the
City
of
Monroe
water
treatment
plant
recently
Kathy
received
a
Lifetime
Achievement
Award
from
the
Georgia
Association
of
water
professionals,
having
been
active
with
the
GA
WP
for
a
total
of
35
years
kathy
was
awarded
the
Elizabeth
McEntire
award,
the
Elizabeth
the
McEntire
award
is
given
to
individuals
for
excellent
achievement
and
the
direct
operations
of
water
supply
of
water
treatment,
and/or
water
distribution
systems.
E
A
A
Just
once
again
appreciate
Kathy
for
bringing
us
clean
water
every
day,
don't
know
how
much
we
just
take
that
for
granted
and
Sadie
and
Leah
and
Lisa
y'all
just
keep
doing
the
good
work.
The
concert
was
great
great
crowd
this
past
Friday
night.
So
thank
y'all
very
much
how
y'all
do
finance
department.
D
Quickly,
I
want
to
give
a
big
thanks
to
my
finance
department,
specifically
David
John's
Beth
Thompson
and
Debbie
Crowe,
who
helped
us
get
the
GFO
a
distinguished
budget
presentation
award.
It
may
sound
boring,
but
really
that
is
what
puts
all
the
numbers
and
the
technical
details
together
so
that
you
know
we
can
have
a
cohesive
document
that
really
tells
the
tale
of
what
we
do
each
and
every
day
for
the
City
of
Monroe,
so
that
was
awarded
nationally
by
GFO,
a
which
is
government
finance,
Officers
Association.
A
A
A
H
B
A
A
B
H
H
H
There
we
go
the
property
and
this
map
was
included
in
the
application.
It's
at
10:50
and
1050
for
Good,
Hope
Road
part,
the
small
part.
That's
this
has
a
laser,
but
the
small
part
to
the
northwest
corner
is
already
in
the
city
of
Monroe
and
then
the
larger
portion
is
in
Walton
County.
The
portion
in
Monroe
is
zoned
r1
currently,
and
the
portion
of
the
county
is
owned.
Our
one
and
A
two.
H
There
we
go.
This
is
a
pulmonary
site
plan
that
you've
all
seen
is
proposing
a
hundred
and
thirty-eight
high
quality
homes,
preserving
the
natural
areas
and
the
lakes
which
are
in
the
center
of
the
property.
There
would
have
interior
sidewalks
and
street
lights,
two-car
parking
and
craftsman-style
homes.
H
H
We're
also
have
agreed
to
limit
any
vinyl
siding
just
to
the
vinyl
soffit
and
if
you've
ever
had
to
change
out
rotting
wood
soffit,
you
know
why,
but
the
siding
will
be
stucco,
wood,
siding
or
cement,
siding
with
stone
and
brick
accents
we're
going
to
delineate
the
wetlands
on
the
plan.
That
was
one
request,
and
my
client
tonight
is
also
willing
to
make
the
minimum
house
size
1600
square
feet,
which
is
the
r-1
designation
versus
the
1,300
square
feet,
which
is
the
r1a
designation.
H
The
reason
we're
asking
for
r1
a
zoning
could
you've
heard
me
talk
a
lot
about
that.
A
lot
of
these
criteria
fall
within
r1
is
because,
when
we
do
the
site
plan
around
the
lake
in
the
wetlands
area,
it
really
limits
the
ability
to
get
the
number
of
Lots
that
he
needs
to
get
out
of
this
property.
And
so
the
only
reason
we're
going
after
our
1a
instead
of
r1
is
flexibility.
H
And
so,
to
give
you
some
idea
about
what
the
smallest
Lots
look
like:
we've
taken
the
six
smallest
Lots
on
the
site
plan
and
pulled
those
out
to
look
at
them
in
more
detail
and
they're
all
in
the
range
of
about
seventy
six
hundred
square
feet.
So
those
are
the
smallest
ones
of
those
there's
still
about
32
feet,
minimum
between
the
two
houses.
H
These
are
three
of
the
house
plans
that
are
proposed
on
these
three
of
the
the
smallest
Lots
got
the
Richmond
plan,
which
is
a
little
over
1,900
square
feet
heated
that
does
not
include
the
garage
same
on
the
maple,
cliff
2,400
square
feet
and
then
the
summit
plan,
which
is
a
ranch
ranges
between
seventeen,
seventeen
hundred
and
two
thousand
square
feet.
Based
on
whether
or
not
you
do
the
bonus
room.
H
So
my
client
identified
a
need
in
the
community
for
this
type
of
housing.
He
actually
talked
to
some
of
the
industries
who
are
bringing
in
more
employees-
and
you
know
there
is
a
demand
for
housing
in
this
level
of
the
market
and
then
particularly
in
Monroe,
to
move
away
from
that
rental
property
situation
and
bring
in
more
homeowners
to
the
area.
The
staff
Monroe
city
staff
recommended
approval
of
the
project
and
the
plant
Planning
Commission
approved
it
unanimously,
and
so,
in
summary,
our
request
is
to
annex
the
property
into
the
city.
H
Reason
it
for
our
1a,
with
these
conditions
that
limit
at
three
houses
per
acre
density,
1,600
square
foot,
minimum
on
the
houses,
no
vinyl
siding,
except
for
the
soffit
and
then
to
delineate
the
wetlands
on
the
plan-
and
here
are
some
representative
photographs.
Joe
Dixon
is
the
developer
behind
this
project
and
he
does
an
exceptional
job
on
houses.
H
B
A
A
C
Brown
my
address
is
472.
Poplar
Street
represent
the
land
right
over
the
hill
west
of
this
piece
of
property
concern
density.
We
already
got
a
lot
of
density
out
our
way,
there's
another
not
against
the
anybody
having
a
place
to
live
I'm
fully
in
tune
with
everybody
having
a
place
to
live
in
ownership,
safety
issue,
the
school
right
across
the
street.
There's
another
development
going
to
be
developed
or
infrastructure
in
directly
across
the
street,
our
brother,
wife
and
I
own.
C
It'll
be
a
hundred
year
old,
centennial
farm
owned
by
the
Garrett
Brown
family
I
can't
stop
progress,
I'm,
just
not
sure,
I
call
this
progress
when
you
come
out
and
incorporate
and
bring
that
property
into
the
city
and
I
know
it
says
three
acres
I
mean
three
houses
per
acre
and
I,
guess
that
it
would
have
to
live
with
that.
But
what
scares
me?
What
happens
if
138
houses
don't
sell
down
that
way?
C
Also
taught
Mark
Meadows
right
over
the
hill
right
across
from
my
property,
and
he
is
out
of
the
country
he
would
have
been
here
tonight
as
well.
That's
another
50
acres
potential,
another
three
houses
per
acre
or
this
density
a
one,
a
potentially
five
houses
per
Tom
per
acre,
so
I
guess
on
our
hundred
acres
of
usable,
we
can
have
potentially
500
houses
out
there.
So
I
just
oppose
it
on
those
grounds
and
we'd
like
to
thank
the
city.
C
Take
a
hard
look
at
it:
the
powers
to
be
of
potentially
bringing
raw
land
in
to
the
city.
Just
for
the
sake.
There's
lots
of
other
places
understand
that
this
could
possibly
be
developed
so
I'm.
Just
a
hundred
percent
opposed
to
it
and
I
hope
you
all
take
that
under
advisement.
Thank
you
very
much.
Thank
you.
F
F
For
years
ago,
we
moved
from
Atlanta
to
get
away
from
traffic
overcrowding,
poor
schools
and
decreasing
property
values,
and
you,
as
you
can
imagine,
I
sit
here
today
wondering
what
this
is
going
to
do
to
my
38
and
a
half
acres
to
my
wetlands
to
my
hunting
to
my
business.
It
was
just
two
months
ago
that
I
was
here
seeking
an
r1,
a
permit
for
six
Labrador
dogs.
F
It
seems
preposterous
that
six
dogs
would
require
the
same
permit
as
138
houses,
but
so
it
is
and
I'm
a
capitalist
I'm,
a
small
business
owner
when
I
saw
my
permit
I
didn't
seek
to
move
the
city
limit
and
I
didn't
seek
to
effect
the
farming,
the
agriculture
and
the
community.
I
am
the
neighbor.
This
absolutely
does
of
some
horrible
things
to
my
property
values.
F
The
the
thing
in
Monroe
that
neighbors
and
community
members
are
frustrated
with
is
the
low-income
housing
and,
as
we
look
at
housing
in
Monroe,
we
would
like
to
see
Monroe
come
to
the
forefront.
We
would
like
to
see
the
charm
of
this
city
continue
to
make
movies.
The
traffic
outside
of
the
school
is
already
bad.
This
would
add
a
hundred
and
thirty-eight
houses.
This
would
add
more
children
to
the
school
numbers
of
a
school
that
is
already
in
not
great
standing.
F
The
wetlands
are
my
property,
the
slightest
little
bit
of
soil
erosion
or
anything
and
I
I
have
friends
on
this
side
over
here,
brother,
Lee
and
Miss,
Vivian
or
dear
friends
of
mine.
So
this
is
certainly
not
personal.
Soil
erosion
would
dramatically
impact
the
best
duck
swamp
in
Walton
County,
Conservation,
George
Baker
has
conservation
behind
him
and
both
of
these
properties
are
currently
in
conservation.
F
It
would
destroy
that
it
seems
across
the
street
there's
a
development
that
is
sitting
sitting,
not
not
not
developed.
It's
sitting
there
doing
nothing.
We
as
a
community
would
love
to
see
development
that
impacts
and
benefits.
Monroe.
A
hundred
and
thirty
eight
houses
seems
extreme
if
it
were
twenty
houses.
That
would
be
understandable,
thirty
houses,
that
would
be
understandable,
but
a
hundred
and
thirty-eight
houses
would
absolutely
decimate
my
property
value.
F
We
have
a
real
estate
agent
on
I,
have
small
children
from
the
plan
that
I
saw
tonight,
they're
giving
bigger
houses,
which
was
wonderful,
I
like
to
see
that
the
houses
are
being
improved.
I'd,
like
I
like
to
see
that
there
are
things
they
are
trying
to
improve
upon
the
wetlands
on
that
property.
We're
a
concern
to
me
as
well,
and
the
question
that
I
have
is
a
hundred
and
thirty
eight
houses
and
people.
What
separates
me,
which
is
an
agricultural
I'm,
a
working
farm.
F
Just
last
week,
I
had
a
few
pet
pigs
on
my
property
that
I
have
gotten
rid
of.
Because
of
this
thing
coming
in
we
have
dogs
will
neighbors
be
having
dogs.
What
about
fences?
These
are
things
that
are
very
concerning
to
me
hunters,
with
high-powered
rifles
on
my
property
and
I
would
like
to
just
ask:
is
there
a
better
way,
I
think
we
could
find
a
better
way,
I'm
not
trying
to.
F
Can
business
I
am
a
capitalist,
I,
love,
progress
and
I
want
to
see
Monroe
progress
and
I
want
to
be
part
of
that,
but
I
don't
think
this
is
the
way
and
I
would
humbly
politely
and
very
directly
asked
that
we
consider
at
least
something
that
isn't
a
hundred
and
thirty
eight
houses
crammed
together.
Could
we
find
a
better
way
and
that's
what
I'm
asking
tonight
I
want
to.
Thank
you
for
your
time.
Thank.
A
C
A
A
B
D
You
mayor,
what
we
have
here
tonight
is
a
property
exchange
agreement
with
a
for
development,
RAL,
family
partnership,
LLP
and
still
family
Realty.
This
is
for
some
parcels
of
land
up
at
the
end
of
Charlotte
Route
Boulevard,
where
we
had
a
realignment,
double
springs:
Church
Road,
we're
about
sections
of
Road
bed
and
right
away
were
retained
by
the
city.
D
Ultimately,
what
we're
trying
to
do
is
square
up
some
of
these
parcels
in
exchange
with
mr.
RAL
and
and
his
partners,
so
that
it
can
be
a
viable
commercial
section
of
land
up
there
off
Charleroi,
Boulevard
and
highway
11.
In
order
to
do
this,
we
wish
to
exchange
1.13
six
acres
for
the
city's
1.33
nine
acres.
D
You
can
see
in
your
packets
there's
a
couple
little
l-shaped
parcels
of
which
roadbed
will
be
moved.
Utility
lines
will
be
moved
by
mr.
RAL
and
as
partners,
a
performance
bond
will
be
included
and
there's
a
24
month.
Timeline
included
in
this
agreement
for
performance
I'll
be
happy
to
take
any
questions.
Oh
is.