Committees of Council Meeting
Video Transcript
Duration: 17 minutes
Speakers: 4
Alright.
Are we ready?
Nancy?
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Good evening, everyone. Glad to see everybody,
here today.
We had a great,
ribbon cutting grand opening of the East Roswell Park Dog Park today.
And,
just shows the continued activity here in the city of Roswell
under the mayor and council's leadership to invest
in its assets and resources and the quality of life of Roswell residents.
So thank you for all who were there. Thank you for the great job of the team and for the leadership of the elected body.
Good evening, and welcome
to the committee meetings for 09/09/2025.
The elected body present, mayor Kurt Wilson,
council member Christine Hall, council member Alan Sells,
council member David Johnson,
council member Sarah Beeson, council member Julie Hills, and council member William Mortland. I am Randy Knighton,
chief administrative officer along with chief legal counsel David Davidson, and
our, city clerk, Nancy Long.
The purpose of committee meetings are for us to convey information to the mayor and city council and discuss items listed on the published agenda,
as well as provide updates of vital information, germane to the operation of city government. And by ordinance, the committee does consist of the elected body as well as the,
chief administrative
officer
who chairs committee meetings. And this is a public meeting,
but,
not a public hearing. Therefore, while we certainly welcome members of the public here,
we do not,
generally take comments or questions during committee meetings unless specifically authorized by mayor and council. Public comments and questions are, of course,
received at regular city council meetings on the second and fourth Monday of each month as well as fifth Monday in open forum.
We do encourage residents to reach out to our city staff and also to engage our online platforms
for information as it is needed.
The city web service portal is another mechanism to report, any issues or or questions and concerns, and, also, always visit Roswell Three Sixty Five Dot Com
for a calendar of events.
The first item on the agenda
this evening is the
committee meeting minutes for 08/12/2025.
Motion approval by council member Beeson, second by council member Johnson. Any further discussion?
Seeing none, all in favor?
Thank you very much. That passes unanimously.
On the regular agenda as listed, item number two,
consideration
of a sidewalk cafe at 4345
Park Square Court 20251723,
presented by Jenny Payton,
planning and zoning director. Miss Payton.
Yes.
Yes. Mayor Wilson. Absolutely.
Yep.
Thank
you. Alright.
Thank you.
Hi. Good evening, mayor and council. The item for consideration is the sidewalk cafe
and the right of way,
for the address at 4345
Park Square.
Cafe Laban is requesting mayor and council approval. The sidewalk cafe, mayor and council must approve sidewalk cafes in the right of way.
It's located on the North Side of Park Square in the Northwest corner of the intersection of Park Square and Atlanta Street. And the cafe is now proposing to have two tables with seating for four patrons in the sidewalk area
located outside of and adjacent to the front entrance of the
building. Once approved, the applicant will be required to renew their sidewalk cafe license annually.
So here's an updated site plan. I include this larger one that showed the intersection. I'll breeze past it but can come back.
This shows the much reduced site plan,
that transportation has fully vetted and,
felt that this was a much safer alternative.
It's just two tables. So you can see the,
the property line is actually on the building at the front of the building. So it is just these two tables that are being considered.
And again, mayor and council have to approve
any kind of use as a sidewalk cafe in the right of way.
Staff is now recommending
approval with conditions,
to the site plan submitted on July 29
that the barriers,
a couple of double numbers, that the barriers and furniture must be approved by staff through HPC just to clarify that it is separate from the sidewalk cafe approval
and application fees must be paid.
Anyone have any questions? Alright. Thank you. Any questions from Peyton regarding this item? Any questions or comments?
Yes. Mayor Wilson. I'm assuming there's a door in between the two tables and that's why there's probably enough so a few tables allow in this venue.
Actually, it's under the awning. So you see the four posts across the front of where the tables are? Those are, the awning post and the door is just to the left of that.
Yes. They've taken that building, which was a two suite building, and combined it into one for the cafe.
And they'll also have
outdoor seating
along the side and in the rear, but it is on their property.
Any further questions, comments,
clarifications?
Yes. Council member Beeson. Okay.
Motion to approve by council member Beeson, second by council member Hills.
Any further
discussion?
Being none, all in favor?
Alright. That passes unanimously. Thank you very much.
Alright.
Item number three,
consideration of approval for the 2025
community work program,
community improvement plan, plan, or element, CIE update. That'll be presented by miss Payton as well. Yes. Just as a matter of a, preface here,
this is an item that you saw a couple of months ago.
And, per the state requirements, it was transmitted. You approved it for transmittal to the State Department of Community Affairs and also Atlanta Regional Commission.
And then they sent it back. They did not have any comments as I understand, and now there's a formal process of adoption, so that's why it's before you again.
Alright? Yes. Payson. Yes.
You said it so well. It's the final approval to adopt, what we what was sent and approved to be transmitted to ARC.
We received the approval with no comments back on August 26.
Alright.
Any questions regarding this item? This, again, is the,
adoption proposed adoption. It was transmitted. No comments from
Atlanta Regional Mission or Department of Community Affairs. It's back for you for final adoption.
So to clarify, absolutely nothing has changed since the July 14 version that we previously approved. Correct. Alright. I'm good. Thank you. Just being brought back to you per the state requirements.
Alright.
We have a motion.
Motion by council member Johnson,
second by council member Northland. Any further comments or questions? Discussion? Alright. Seeing none, all in favor?
Alright. That passes unanimously.
Is that the old
mill?
Alright.
Item number four, consideration for the mayor and or city administrator to award a contract with Inliner
Solutions
LLC for the stormwater lining package project in an amount not to exceed
$355,471.
Mister Brian Watson.
Thank you, mister Knight. Good evening, mayor and council.
This first item
it's really loud. Sorry. Can everybody still hear me? Is it, like I don't know. No. I hope that it's not the pipe. Customer more that's not very hot. It's not good. This is a good item to approve. We let's not confuse it with, Stewards of water. Yeah. Alright. So the purpose of this project,
is to rehabilitate
18 pipes and structures along nine different roads using approved methods to mitigate potential stormwater impacts to these areas.
The city advertised this project on the city's website to our prequalified contractors.
We got two bids back,
ranging from 355,471
to $362,995
with the low bid being submitted by Inliner Solutions. They've done work with us in the past. They've done good work and we recommend them to do this project.
We're also recommending
an amount
of $35,547
to be allocated for for unforeseen
conditions. With that, I'll take any, questions that you may have. Thank you, mister Watson. Any questions or comments regarding this
item? Alright. Seeing none, I I just wanna make, one comment. Certainly, we appreciate,
again, the funding that's been allocated for,
these types of projects, taking a proactive approach to be able to go out and ensure infrastructure
is in,
excellent working condition and will continue to do so. Obviously, these infrastructure projects are extremely important, so we thank,
director Watson,
miss Aizo, and for the team, and, of course, the mayor and council for allocating these resources to be able to go out and, address these matters before there is a problem.
So thank you very much. Yes. Mayor Wilson. Mister chairman. Yes, sir. May I echo your sentiments? Please. From your experience, as you know, working in other governing authorities, other municipalities and counties,
it's exceptional when you have a local government that's taking,
steps that are
above and beyond
in terms of usually, governments fall in a step fall in reactionary mode.
A lot of the spending is reactionary.
The great example
of Brian Watson, Sharon, your team
continuing to put the city and thinking about it five years and ten years and twenty years down the road. And through the budgetary measures of the budget discipline of the city and your leadership and Bill Godschill,
continuing to find ways
to orientate money, to invest in the city's future.
For you, this has to be a great kind of thing because I know historically,
you're dealing with reactionary
stormwater issues rather than somebody's a group of people, a group of leadership that's thinking about in the future. Yes. Yes. No. It's it's absolutely correct. And, certainly,
glad to be working in an environment where we do take these measures.
Obviously, the dog park that I mentioned at the outset is something that's highly visible,
and seen and enjoyed.
Stormwater
pipes,
infrastructure
underneath the ground are rarely seen unless there's a problem.
And, so it's, great to be able to get out in front of some of these issues and ensure that our infrastructure
Yeah. To your point, it's not sexy, and you don't get a lot of credit for spending money on infrastructure you don't see.
Paving, to some degree, yes. Although the city historically has been too low on its budgets for paving,
and, for repaving for its, for its streets. But storm's a perfect example. Occasionally, you'll see a story in the press, right? Nationally, regionally, even in Atlanta,
something breaks. Right?
Usually, it's water infrastructure. Occasionally, it's storm infrastructure.
But people don't and then everybody said, well, why didn't you take care of it?
Well, it's because usually elected leadership
responds to reactionary thinking,
reactionary spending. It's a whole different discipline to put be out front and say, look, we're gonna invest. So we don't have those problems. Let's say that you eliminate a 100% of our problems. But as long as you continue to invest, as part of part of the vision of this team, this Lisa and Your Owning team, becoming the number one family community in America is you continue to take care of things so people don't have to worry about them. Yeah. Absolutely correct. Thank you. Thank you.
Alright. Thank you. Yes. Council member Sells. Director Watson, I do find it sexy. I just want you to know. Sorry that the mayor doesn't, but I do.
I do too. Thank you. Alright.
He does.
Alright.
With that, do we have any further further comments or questions regarding this item?
If not, we'll entertain a motion. Please. Motion moved.
Motion by council member Johnson.
Second by council member Beeson.
Any further discussion?
Seeing none, all in favor? Alright. That passes unanimously as well. Item number five, consideration for the mayor and or city administrator to sign an intergovernmental agreement with Fulton County for water service and sewer billing, also presented by mister Watson.
Thank you, mister Knight. The purpose of this item is to renew our intergovernmental agreement or IGA with Fulton County for water service and sewer billing. The city has previously had three IGA's with Fulton County, for this service since 1962.
A couple of key elements that are in this IGA,
that I want to point out, it allows Fulton County, to supply Roswell with water through seven inter emergency interconnections that we have throughout,
the water utilities footprint.
It establishes a standard communication process between Roswell and Fulton County during emergencies.
And a good example of that is this past weekend on Riverside Park when Fulton County had a break.
They had reached out and they'd actually,
through our communication, was able to purchase water from our utility.
And it allows Roswell to act as a billing collection agent for sewer services on behalf of Fulton County for a 10% commission.
The agreement term for this new IGA will be in effect for fifteen years with a five year extension upon written notice. And with that, I'll take any questions.
Alright. Thank you very much. Yes. Mayor Wilson. Yes, sir. I'm enjoying punishing David.
This question is for you, David,
Sharon, and Brian.
So if in your grand scheme of things, you have a lot of long term plans,
some of those may matriculate, some of those may not. One of them is a potential take over the entire water system for the City Of Roswell right now. I think you've supplied 33 or 37% of the water. Certainly, 33% of the residents approximately
in the City Of Roswell get City Of Roswell water.
The remainder, like, my residents like myself get Fulton County water.
Couple years ago, you guys began to matriculate a long term plan of pops of taking over the entire water system.
Would this IGA
permit you
to continue down that path if in fact that was to occur three, four, five years down the road? Yeah. This IGA only pertains to the footprint of the current water utility. So anything that's outside of that,
would be completely separate. So this does not prohibit us from having those discussions with Fulton County. And you could, it wouldn't prohibit you from ultimately
matriculating a deal on those, on that sense if you, if that came to that
end to end. Okay. Perfect. Thanks. Alright. Thank you, mayor.
Any other questions or comments for mister Watson pertaining to this item?
Seeing none,
we'll entertain a motion.
Motion by council member, Morland, second by council member Sells.
Any further discussion?
Seeing none, all in favor? Alright. That passes unanimously.
Well, that does conclude
the agenda for the committee's meetings
of 09/09/2025.
Seeing no further business to conduct, we will entertain a motion of adjournment.
Motion by council member Johnson.
Second by council member of Northland. All in favor?
Passes unanimously. Thank you very much. Have a wonderful evening.