HECITY  Doraville  Diversify, Vitality, Communify City Council Work Session  Wednesday, ,July 12, 2023 Meeting Minutes City Hall Council Chambers 3725 Park Avenue Doraville, Georgia 30340  Prepared by: Emmie Niethammer Interim City Clerk I.  6p.m.  CALLTOORDER  Mayor. Joseph Geierman called the meeting to order.  II. ROLL CALL  Mayor. Jospeh Geierman, Council Members Gerald Evans, Andy Yeoman, Stephe Koontz, Maria T.. Alexander, and Christopher Henshaw were present. Council Member Warren Simmons was present via Zoom. Council Member Alexander made a motion, a second was made by Council  III. APPROVAL OF MEETING. AGENDA  Member Henshaw, to approve the agenda as submitted. The motion passed unanimously (6-0).  AYES/ YES: Evans, Simmons, Yeoman, Alexander, Koontz, and Henshaw  NAYS/ NO: None ABSTAIN: None  IV. PROCLAMATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS  1. Proclamation Recognizing Parks and Recreation Month  Mayor Geierman presented a Proclamation to Crystal Dawson and the Parks and Recreation Department to recognize them and the services they provide to the community. Mayor Geierman, on behalf ofhimself and the City Council proclaimed the month ofJuly City Manager, Chris Eldrige, spoke briefly about the progress the department has made Mrs. Dawson thanked the Mayor and Council for their recognition, thanked staff, and read 2. Presentation of the Georgia Municipal Association City of Civility Plaque Council Member Koontz presented to the city the Georgia Municipal Association City of Civility Plaque. The Council has worked together, even with the differing of opinions, and The Mayor announced al brief recess to allow for pictures and for people to leave the meeting.  as Parks and Recreation month. over the last three years.  a poem she wrote to commemorate the occasion.  accomplish a lot together.  V. UNFINISHED BUSINESS-I None VI. NEW BUSINESS    1.1 Discussion of Unused Conditional Use Permits Recissions  Austin Shelton, presented the CUP Permits that appear to be unused and can be rescinded. The next step for this item is fori it to go before the Planning Commission and then back to  the City Council for approval. 2. SPLOST Discussion  Chris Eldrige, City Manager, presented projects for the upcoming SPLOST including paving, sidewalk gaps, parks, lights inj parks, and police fleet replacement. September 8, The City Council made comments on potential SPLOST use, allocation categories and  2023, is the deadline for any referendums. percentages, also allocation between cities. This item will come back in August. 3. Discussion of Allowed Billboard Height  Council Member Koontz has been made aware that some of the billboard heights 75 feet (GDOT). Cities heighti is 501 feet. Council Member Koontz was looking for permission from thei rest oft the Council to give him permission to work with staff only on thel billboard specifically on the I-285  andl I-85 corridors.  Consensus oft the Council was to look at data and come back to Council.  4. Discussion of Driveways  Mayor Geierman provided history oft this item. What is the mechanism to remove the moratorium. Expressed concern about homeowners on fixed income. Council put the moratorium in place The Council weighed in on thej potential of an extended moratorium, tying to a metric, removing  because oft the concrete shortage which escalated pricing. the moratorium and/or remove this from code all together. This item will come back closer to the end of the moratorium. 5.1 Discussion of Community Cat TNR: Program  Council Member Simmons discussed, trap, neuter, and release (TNR), to control the cat Hei is looking for approval oft the Council to budget aj portion of city funds in the next budget to reduce and help the community reduce the feral cati in the city. TNR. Advocates are spending Recommendation from Council is to work with an organization instead of maybe reimbursing residents. Thoughts about using ai non-profit or for the community to create ai non-profit. Concerns Overall, Council agreed with him looking at it further with staff and legal to see ift there isa a  population.  approximately $60 per cat. Roughly 100 cats in this area ay year.  over anti-gratuity laws. solution.  6.C Council Chambers A/V  Council Member Yeoman would like the staff to look at moving the microphone to the 2    large table and have someone (high school, retired) to run the AV equipment instead of Council wasi in favor to move the microphone and bring in someone to run the. AV: for  staff. meetings.  7. Non-Sworn Employee Take Home Vehicle Policy  Council Member Yeoman would like to determine how many non-sworn people taking home vehicles. Are other cities doing this?) Finally, having the City Attorney research tax Council agreed with recommendation and would like to direct staff to come back with a policy andi recommendations for those not sworn and bring it back in August.  liabilities.  VII. ADJOURNMENT  The Meeting adjourned by consensus at approximately 7:15 pm  Approved:    Attest:  Shanta Bingham, GityClerk DabB  3