Committees of Council Meeting
Video Transcript
Duration: 18 minutes
Speakers: 4
Alright.
Are we ready?
Nancy? Good. We're good. Alright.
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 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 president, 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 Morland. 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
it 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
questions and concerns and also always visit roswell365.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.
Absolutely.
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 Atlantis 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 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? All right thank you.
Any questions from Ms. Payton regarding this item? Any questions or comments?
Yes Mayor Wilson.
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. Councilman 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
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.
Again. All right. 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. Right. Alright. I'm good. Thank you. It's 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, questions, discussion? Alright. Seeing none, all in favor?
Alright. That passes unanimously.
Is that the old mill?
All right.
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
Mr. Brian Watson.
Thank you, Mr. Knight. Good evening, Mayor and Council.
This first item
is really loud. Sorry. Can everybody still hear me? Is that good?
No. I hope that it's not the pipe. Customer more that's not very nice. It's not not water. 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 pre qualified 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 unforeseen conditions. With that, I'll take any
questions that you may have. Thank you, Mr. Watson. Any questions or comments regarding this item?
All right. Seeing none, I just want to make one comment. Certainly, we appreciate,
again, the funding has 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.
A 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 and budget discipline of the city and your leadership and Bill Godshall
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 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
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, 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 upfront and say, look, we're going to invest so we don't have those problems. 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 Elaine 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 it. 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 that.
I do too. Thank you.
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
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 Mr. Watson.
Thank you, Mr. Knight. The purpose of this item is to renew our intergovernmental agreement or IGA with Fulton County for water service and sewer building.
The city has previously had three IGAs with Fulton County, for the service since 1962.
A couple of key elements that are in this IGA
that I wanna point out, it allows Fulton County to supply Roswell with water through seven
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
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.
All right. 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 potential take over the entire water system for the City Of Roswell right now. I think you 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.
A couple of years ago, you guys began to matriculate a long term plan of POPS have taken 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 that sense if that came to that end to end. Okay, perfect. Thanks. All right. Thank you, Maher.
Any other questions or comments for Mr. Watson pertaining to
this item? Seeing none,
we'll entertain a motion.
Motion by council member Morflin, second by council member Sells.
Any further discussion?
Seeing none, all in favor? All right. 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.