Silence is commanded by this honorable commission. All those having business, draw
near. >> thank you. You may be seated at this time.
while you are being seated let me ask you to check
your electronic devices including the commissioners so that it
don' t go off. All right. Today I got -- I got
double power. I got the high sheriff and I got
the chief deputy who here along with the major and the
rest of ' em. So and you all know, if your
telephone go out to coleman' s bed and breakfast, it is going
to be trouble getting it out from there. All right.
you just can' t walk and pick it up.
they don' t play that. All right.
I don' t want you to lose your electronic devices so please,
ma' am, please, sir, check them. Make sure that they don' t go
off because silence is commanded during these
proceedings. Okay. Today we have a young man that
coming to us to bring us our inspiration, our invocation,
one that I have watched grow up. All right.
his uncle and I were the best ofof when we were high
school mates graduating together, and I stayed in woodsville more than
I stayed in west savannah, running around there where they grew up
at. Pastor anthony come to us, he is the pastor of -- the
senior pastor of the beulah baptist church located on
anderson street right at the railroad track after you pass
east broad. All right. He comes to us having
been married for quite a time. They are blessed with a
daughter and he is a man I know that
knows the gospel, preach the gospel, and believes in
the salvation that the lord jesus christ has given us.
with that, pastor edwards, I' m going to ask you to come to
the mic. The mic is yours. And when you get through
with your inspiration, you get ready for the invocation, if you
will ask us, then we will -- let us know
so that we could stand with you as you pray.
and then after then, then we will be lead in
the pledge by commissioner noha. All right. The mic
is yours. >> good morning, everyone.
>> good morning. >> greetings in the matchless name of our lord jesus
christ. Here to share words of
here to share words of inspiration, to encourage you as county commissioners as you
start this session today to govern the business of our county.
as you gather today to govern I
want to remind you of first of all, I want to
remind you to govern because it
is your great responsibility. There' s an authority higher
than you, and that authority is god.
so, please, as you come together today to govern, number
one, govern because it is your would like to
remind you to govern and govern righteously.
we are to do the right thing because it is simply the
right thing to do. Because at the end of the day we
all will have to give an account to god when this life is over.
I ask that you govern because it is your responsibility.
I ask that you govern righteously. Last but not least, I ask
that you govern reasonably. Govern fairly without partiality, knowing that
the constituents of the county is dependent upon your decisions.
with that being said, I ask that we stand as we pray this
morning. Let us pray. Father, as we have gathered
in this secluded place this morning, first of all, father,
we gather to say thank you. Thank you for
another opportunity to be able to acknowledge you, knowing
that life comes from you and you the freedom that you have given
us to be able to gather to
handle the business of the county. Lord, we acknowledge
your presence and your power. We are asking that you pour
out your wisdom upon this chairman and all of these
commissioners. We are asking for knowledge, wisdom, that the county of
chatham could be better as they gather to deal with the
business of the county. Lord, thank you once again for this opportunity to
acknowledge you, for we believe in proverbs chapter 3, verse 5
and 6. Acknowledge the lord, trust in him,age knowledge him in all
thy ways, and I believe without a doubt you will direct our path.
have your way today. These and all blessings we
ask in the matchless name of jesus christ we pray.
amen. >> amen. >>
commissioner noha. >> I pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of
america, and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under god,
indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
>> thank you. You may be seated. And to pastor edwards, we thank
you for taking time out of your busy schedule to come be with
us. We can' t pay you but we appreciate you coming
and sharing your words with us and instructing us in how the
lord has led you. Continued blessing and keep him,
all right, in all of your endeavors. Thank you so much for being
here. >> thank you, sir.
>> roll call. >>> chester a.
ellis, chairman. >> malinda scott hodge, district
2, vice-chairman.
>> present. >> dean kicklighter, district 7,
chairman pro tempore. >> he' s here.
>> -- district 3. >> present.
>> brian m. Hussey, district 4. >> here.
>> tanya milton, district 5. >>
present. >> aaron whitely, district 6.
>> here. >> marsha buford, district 8.
>> here. Call those
call those who are here to represent the neo natal intensive care unit as
we do the proclamation. We ask you to come to the mic.
anybody you want to bring with you, now, you can bring them
with you. Yeah, because -- all right.
yeah, because -- all right. I am going to read a portion of
this, all right. And then I will turn the
mic over to you. All right.
>> yes, sir. >> let everybody get up here.
let me congratulate you first. I' m going to start with that.
>> thank you, sir. >> I' m going to tell you why
I' m congratulating you.
you got meeting.
The county of chatham, georgia,
proclamation. Whereas, every year thousands of infants are born prematurely,
or required specialized medical care in the neo natal intensive care unit, and
these children demonstrate extraordinary strength and
resilience from the very beginning of life. And, whereas, the journey of a
neonatal care -- intensive care family is often filled with
uncertainty, hope, courage and unwavering love, for the dedicated physicians, nurses
or respiratory therapists, health care professionals who care
for these infants, provide lifesaving treatment and compassionate support.
now therefore I, chester ellis, chairman on behalf of
the chatham county board of commissioners, here
proclaim september ' 26 as neonatal care unit awareness month and
saturday, september 26th, as neonatal care warrior run day
in chatham county and encourage all citizens and residents
to recognize the strength and resilience of neonatal care warriors, honor the
families and health care professionals who
support them and participate in efforts that promote awareness, education, compassion
and hope throughout our community. In witness here of I here to
set my hand and caused the seal of chatham county, georgia to
be affixed this 14th day of august, 2026.
let me just share a personal story with you.
>> yes, sir. >> my older two grands are
twins, a girl and a boy, and they had to go from birth to
neonatal care, all right, in intensive care,
that unit. So I know what you all do in there.
they were small in size. Even though you don' t
recognize that now because the boy is
6' 4', wears a size 15 shoe, all right.
but to know where those humble beginnings that he came from
and the work you all do and thethe program that you all
put on, all right, especially -- I' m
going to put up front, too. Y' all got a warrior run
day. >> I don' t run.
Sheriff when he was
sheriff when he was in high school and I cancelled
that because tore up my knee. All right. But I do encourage the
citizens of chatham county to be a part and to know how important
your efforts are. All right. With that having been said,
the mic is yours. I want to say thank you so
much to you, our distinguished
guests, the board of commissioners. Like we really appreciate
you guys. Like we don' t take it lightly.
I think our biggest thing was five years ago sienna was a nicu
baby, and so she was in nicu. I was in icu at candler and
my husband was in icu at memorial. >>
wow. >> our family put up a big fight, and to go through
that, especially going through it yourself, every single thing
matters, the breaths, the moments. Like today sienna is
humbling, she is cheering, she plays basketball, she is running.
those are the things that we want the community to see,
the fight that these tiniest warriors put behind. We started out as a
nicu run with our family and today it is so much
bigger. We have partnered with endurance rate services, we partnered
with st. Joseph candler, we partnered with house of run.
we partnered with so many different organizations and we just want everybody to come
out. It is not about the run. It is not about the walk.
it is about us providing a family so that we can lean
on each other during these times, and this proclamation isn' t for
me, it is not for my family, it is not for our
sheriff because he' s in the building to support,
and that means so much to us. This is what it is all about,
us all coming together. But it is for every nicu
baby out here, this proclamation is for them.
we want to just say thank you for you all taking the time
to hear us or you all taking the time to even put
this proclamation together. It means the world to us.
we would love to have even
if it is just a prayer, a phone call.
you hop on our facebook page and encourage other nicu families.
they' re going through times where financially they need
somebody to say, hey, it will be okay. Look at the other side.
your story can bless someone else. We want to say thank you
and it is an honor to stand here before you all today.
>> thank you. >>
yes, sir. >> commissioners, let us do
this. Let' s start on the end and move our way down.
yes, sir. >> I just want to thank you
all for your efforts, for your my niece was a nicu baby
for three months, was born at
one pound and didn' t think that she would ever come out and she
is thriving, just got married. So thank
you. >> such a blessing. >> yeah, thank you for what
you are doing, bringing attention to something that is
lifesaving work. These are babies that years ago they would not even
have survived some of those conditions. So this is a worthy
organization to support. Thank you so much for what you do.
>> thank you. >> thank you for your passion.
I have had members of my family to experience that, those same
things, and it is quite a struggle but it was a good
struggle. The victory is yours. Thank you. >> thank you.
>> thank y' all for being
here this morning. Healthy son who spent his
healthy son who spent his first days. Sorry.
thank you. Y' all are
heroes. >> yes,
sir. Thank you. >> started it, so -- >> where my box at?
>> but I too thank you for what you do.
my god daughter, she was not even four pounds but she
stayed in the hospital for almost 40 days.
now, like the chairman said, you wouldn' t know it now because
she is 17 years old and probably pounds.
So what you do is really important for life for
many families. So I support you.
>> thank you. >> and I might
run. For you.
for you. Running.
running. But, no, on a serious tip,
to hear all of the stories and I share a story.
my son was a nicu baby and I remember having to take my
wife up there every day and stay in the car with the girls while
she went to breastfeed him. So just what you said
about words of encouragement, some words of affirmation to
families who are going through this are very powerful. And considering that it
is children being in neonatal intensive care units is a very
common thing and it is a scary common thing, and so I
just appreciate you guys bringing awareness to it. You know, sharing, you know,
the experiences as well, and I' m glad to see that your
family have -- all of you have made
it out of the icu and are now chipping into our society.
so thank you for what you do. >> thank you.
and I have not, thank god, personally had to experience anything close to
what you all are describing and what my fellow commissioners
are describing. So I can only just try to
imagine the hardships and everything, and I just want
to say thank you for being awesome.
it is people like y' all that makes life a better place
for y' all.
>> thank you. >> good morning
and thank you for being here thank you for the work and
the labor of love that you do,
such a labor. Words can never express all that you do.
have had a lot of experiences, you and I, with the nicu.
and like my colleagues, I get full thinking of how
wonderful it is to see individuals come
up out of the nic unit and then go on as if nothing ever
happened. But your love is just so awesome.
your passion is awesome. You do and continue the work.
you do and continue the work. No, I cannot run. But --
>> y' all need to have a sit-in. >> or
a roll-in. A roll-in for us.
>> let' s sit and talk about this and pray.
okay. Thank you. >> thank you.
>> again, let me say I can' t -- for the job you
do. >> yes, sir.
>> and I think that one of the things that -- one of the
things that is fresh in my mind all
right, is that young younggirl was less than a
pound and the nurse is feeding her, holding her in her hand.
so those nurses and unit,
too, are -- they have so much compassion and so much care,
you know. I personally know as lisa,
I said, 'lisa, I saw you feeding
davita and I was praying the whole while, please don' t drop
her, please don' t drop her. ' but the way they take care
of them and then having to know that your family went
through what you went there, we' re
glad that you' re here and we encourage all of chatham
county to come out and to be a part of
saturday, september the 26th. All right.
>> yes, sir. >> so that we can get to
know, because from those humble beginnings, all right, many
things are done and many things are accomplished.
>> yes. >> when we all work together and when we all see our
paths are not different from each other.
it is just that the journey is different, but then we
all intersect and be on the same page. Again, we say thank you.
is the photographer here? All right.
now, what we want you to do is pick up the proclamation
there before you and then make sure you -- make sure
your daughter is out front, but turn around
and face the clock, if all of you will.
hold the proclamation up so get the picture for our
archives. Got it?
all right. With that we thank you all. Mr. Sheriff.
>> yes, sir. >> you want to take the mic and say hello?
as our constitutional officer. Yeah, I got you in the
building now. >> good morning. >>
good morning. >> good morning, mr. Chairman, fellow
commissioners, mr. Kaigler, our county manager, greetings to each and
every one you. Let me stop and say I
can' t think of any other place I
would rather be right now than my commission board. It is always a
pleasure to come always you and greet you.
I am the sheriff of chatham serve you
and the needs of our citizens. Commissioner ted just said
it best. You know, we all have different paths but the journey
is the same, it' s the same. We work collectively to --
to have a better place for chatham county.
that' s what it is all about, the citizens of this county and
our ability to serve them and make life better for them.
so, as always, I' m your sheriff.
I' m happy to serve you. If you need me or my office,
we are here for you. I have a motto and I say it
everywhere I go, that no one person can do these things by
themselves, but it is together and together we can. Thank you, mr. Commissioner.
god bless you all. With us today.
with us today. The sheriff' s department is
in partnered with them as well? >>
yes, sir. >> okay. I just want to make sure
because I know in our blueprint and when we did the budget we
were included in it. So thank you for working, and
he is one of our constitutional officers.
I don' t see -- I don't see another. We thank you.
all right. >> thank you.
>> we thank our partner from -- from one of our municipalities
who is always here, we thank you for being here this morning.
all right. With that we thank you, sir. >>
thank you. >> appreciate it. All right. Getting ready to
move on. Let' s call the library.
All right. Thank
you all. >> thank you.
>> continued blessing for what you are doing and
how you are doing it. >> thank you.
>> good morning. >>
good morning. >> so today we are going
to share the concept design for the replacement of oglethorpe
library. >> okay. >> patrick shay, I' m
january shay. Before I do that, I have a library commercial.
august 31st we are going to expand library hours across the
system. This is based on the feedback that we received from
our strategic plan that was the number one thing that people
wanted, more library hours. That also is in line with one of
our values, is access. So we' re going to provide
that starting august 31st. Another thing I wanted to
let you know is this afternoon carnegie library heritage center
will be celebrating its 112th be some
programming and events surrounding that, so if you have time to stop
by, that' s from 2:00 to 6:00. Please stop by.
lastly, september is library card signup month. That is a national
initiative across libraries across the country.
we are celebrating that one way by having porch parties.
we did that last year. This year there will be two
in chatham county, one at the bull street library on september
5th featuring the fabulous september 12th
at the southwest chatham library featuring an r & b concert.
there will be food trucks and a great party.
we hope you will come out. If you do not have a
library card we encourage you to signsign for a library card and all
of your friends and family to so commercial is over.
I will turn it over to mr. Shea. >> good
morning, commissioners. >> good morning.
>> I think there may be but what I want to do is
tell you that we are underway.
my team is actually in the process of doing the construction documents
right now. We are going to get to
market before the end of this of price increases that are
going on right now due to a lot
of uncertainty in construction markets and so forth.
we are on target. We have been very frugal
we have been very frugal and very careful as we go along.
but we' ll skip to the pretty pictures because they' re more
fun to look at than it is to listen to me.
>> do we have those? >> yes.
>> all right. What do I have to do?
>> let them come out of come on.
There she go. They should be able to pull
them up. Here it comes.
>> there we go. Smart people have helped me.
>> y' all got it on a disc or
anything? >> I thought we sent it over.
we sent it over I thought but I drive.
>> he has a jump drive. >> yes, sir.
>> there you go. >> that works.
>> so the site for the library is actually library the corner of
eisenhower and waters avenue. You all had the foresight to
buy a bigbig tract of over there that was once a part of a
strip shopping center. Some of those buildings
have since been demolished. There we go. So one of the things that
lola and her team including michael summers, who has been a great
director, asked us to make sure that as people drove by on
eisenhower drive, because it is setback from the edge of the
road, it is kind of across the eisenhower drive from the
county' s complex where the tag office is and so forth
there, that we do something that was highly visible and very
approachable and attractive. So we' ve kind of designed something that as
people drive by, especially at night but in the daytime as well,
they' re going to look over there.
they' re going to say, ooh, what is that?
ooh, maybe that' s the new library we heard about.
so it is going to be very
inviting. Here' s another view
that' s a little more zoomed in. One of the things that' s
going to be very unique about this building is that it is not
going to be built with structural steel or structural concrete.
it is going to be done with mass timber.
now, mass timber is an old technology that' s become
much more mainstream right now where
lumber is taken and it is glued and laminated up together.
so the beams and the columns and the slabs are all going to
be out of georgia wood that' s been laminated, and it is
actually inherently fireproof. If you have a question
about that, I can tell you. But the idea is when
you approach this building, whether you' re from the outside or the
inside, it is going to be all about wood, and to the
maximum extent possible it is going to be about wood that' s
harvested in georgia. We know we have a lot of
people that are in the timber that are struggling because of
the changes with the closure of
the paper plants, and so this is going to provide some help for them.
but it is a relatively new technology.
now, not far from here over on oglethorpe square there' s
a hotel that' s just about finished, and it was
built entirely out of mass timber, this same system.
and from the time that it went from just a slap to
where it was completely under roof, only took six-and-a- half weeks for
that whole process and it was erected by four people.
so rather than having concrete trucks come in the middle of the
night and wake everybody up in the neighborhood, this
system was all precut in a factory and assembled like in parts.
it is not 3d printed but it is the closest thing to it.
it is very, very attractive. We all know you are
surrounded by beautiful wood look better.
There' s the a minute entrance. Oh, yeah.
fair enough. Michael reminds me, we were also able to win a
$25,000 grant from the georgia forestry foundation specifically for this project
by using this mass timber. They will be featuring it
all over the country really. As a matter of fact I will
be giving a tour to a congressional delegation here in another
couple of weeks, and I have shown it to a 'wall street journal' reporter
as well. It is going to be something that' s a
real statement. This is the main entrance. Another great feature of
this project is there' s a central courtyard.
if you all have been out to the chatham county health department headquarters, named
after dr. Fay, there' s a central
cord yard in that and people use that to circulate around and it
brings daylight into the center of the building. We decided to use
something similar on this particular project. There you can see from the roof,
and thanks to you and a program you are undertaking I will
be working with jackie jackson and with your solar provider, cherry
street, so there will be a relatively large amount of
solar on the roof. That' s going to be
something that is going to be similar
to the program that you' re instituted across the county.
it is going to help the library with their electric bills
and make this a wonderfully sustainable place deep into
the future. You can also see on this that
in addition to the central courtyard that' s in the
middle we also have some other courtyards that will be very
attractive. One of the other entrances that you will be able to see
this library from is coming in off of waters avenue.
it is pretty hard to make a left-hand turn on eisenhower
to get back up intointo site because of the traffic
that' s on there. Waters avenue, the traffic is a little
bit slower. A lot of people will turn in
off waters avenue and we wanted that to be a very attractive view,
and it will be the side that has the community facilities.
this isn' t a typical old- fashioned library like the
ones that I grew up with that' s just an archive for
books. It will be a great archive for books, it is going
to be a great play to be able to get a book
and check it out and bring it back later, but it is also
going to be a community center. It also will be a place that
invites people to come in for events that could be in
the evening when the library itself is closed. This is the side and
this is the view of the community gardensgardens face that part of
the community. To give you an idea of how
much wood there' s going to be on
the inside of the building, you can see here we have wood slaps
for the ceilings. We have wood beams and wood columns, and you can
see the courtyard is off to the right.
the entrance is off to the left and the place is just
going to be a real showcase for the wood that' s manufacturedmanufac
tured harvested in georgia. There' s your central courtyard.
it is going to be a great place. I don' t know.
some day I bet there will be a wedding there.
I bet somebody will get married in that courtyard, and then they
will be able to go into the community rooms and have
their wedding reception. They will be able to use this
as a place where the library really becomes the center of the community.
south side needs this. There are a lot of
great churches that are there but not everybody goes to church
unfortunately. They need to have someplace else they can go to have these
kind of events. You also will be able to do
town hall meetings, mr. Chairman, and it will be a great facility
for public gatherings. These are the reading rooms.
this is the adult reading room. A lot of daylight, but it
is north light so we will have a lot of natural light in
the space. It is going to have great acoustics, too.
so our theme for the overall project that we worked with lola
and her team to develop this is going to be that third
place, that calm place where
you can go and kind of get away from
all of the other things that are distractions, and be able to
enjoy a good book or have a good
conversation. This is a view of the children' s
reading area, and this is also a great place
for our young people to be able to
come. I know there' s a lot of emphasis now, as there well
should be, on youth literacy. We are trying to make
sure that our young people are able
to learn how to read and keep up with what is going on in
their education and in the rest of the world.
there' s also going to be a this is another great feature of
this particular library that' s
different than your typical library. So there' s going to be a
room where you can go and maybe there will be a 3d printer that
you can use there or maybe that will be the place where you
can do an art project or, you know, be able to set up
functions, teaching, cooking demonstrations. There could be any number of
things, but there will be a maker space in the center.
you can see it also overlooks the central courtyard. Everything has a chance on
the inside to also spill over into an outdoor space so you can
have both indoor and outdoor aspects of the
same events. This is the north- facing entrance. This will be the entrance
that' s on the community side. This entrance would, for
example, be facing planet fitness.
it also will be very attracting. As I said before, it is
going to be set up so that the library functions where the book
archive is could be closed down at night but the rest of the
community center could be open. And other things.
and other things. We didn' t put any art on
this, but this is what it looks like to come through that
entrance, be able to have displays or demonstrations. Also, if you are
using the community rooms for sort of convention kind of
atmosphere, this would be a great place for the pre- function and be
able to have where people gather before they go into the main
rooms. These are your community rooms. I want you to
imagine yourself being able to come here for
movie night or be able to come here for that wedding
reception or for that public hearing that you want to have, that
helps our community to understand how good their government is.
it also is bathed in that wonderful, natural north light.
we call it god' s light for a
reason. This is the floor plan, and
I can dwell on that, but what I would rather do is let myself
and lola and michael, if necessary, answer any questions you might have.
I can explain to you how the building is laid out if
that' s particularly important to you, or how it is going to
be furnished or any other aspect. We are well on track.
it is going to be a wonderful place, and I think it will
be the kind of place that you and your kids and grandkids will
be very proud of. >> all right. Commissioner milton,
go. >> thank you, mr. Chairman. What' s your
opening date? >> that' s a good one.
>> I try it all the time. Thank you for that.
>> so here is the schedule
overall. We will finish up construction documents and get it out to
bids by the end of this year. Assuming that the bid
opening goes well, it probably will
take about 15 months to build. So I would say about the
middle of the year in 2028, not 2027.
so about the middle of the year in 2028 is when you can
look forward to a grand opening. >> and will you be taking art donations?
>> absolutely. Absolutely. I think that, you know, art is
something that we want to make sure is thought of throughout
the facility, that there' s the opportunity to display it
and there' s an opportunity to showcase it, there' s
an opportunity for gallery showings. Then there' s also a place or
two for a permanent collection. You would need to speak with lola about
that. >> you probably remember the artist, right?
>> I sure do. >> so I have to get his
stuff out of storage. >> nice.
>> it will be ten years in march. >> brilliant.
>> and that will be a great home for some of it.
>> oh, man. I' m telling you, that would be wonderful.
>> we just need to find a place to store it until you are
ready to open. >> a
great concept. That' s wonderful. >> good deal.
>> any other questions? >> that is correct.
>> anybody? You go, mr. Noha.
>> thank you. It is a beautiful building. I' m
building a cabin right now and it is completely out of
wood. >> yeah.
>> so I think it is going to be a
great addition to district one. >> I' m proud that it is.
>> claiming ownership. Anyway, commissioner
hodge. >> thank you, chairman. I just want to acknowledge how
thoughtful this design is. Me, especially in a day and
me, especially in a day and time where literacy is so
important and we are seeing libraries that are closing nationwide, and
for us to take on a project like this, this is extremely
thoughtful, how it serves the entire community. It is meeting modern needs in
a space such as this, it is making a library so much more
relevant than what it has been in the past because, you know,
times have changed so much. So this is -- I' m so
impressed with this. I have been impressed with the library services in general,
but this is just really impressive. >> this is
your visionary. >> yes. >> I' m just holding the
pencil. >> yes, I' m aware. This is impressive.
>> outdoor space and how we' re doing that to
save money -- >> oh, yeah. Fair enough.
so the budget was actually established a little over
two years ago, maybe getting close to three years. So at the time that
we originally did our first design for the building it was a
bit larger than what it is right now because e inflation has
slowly shrunk the building a little bit. Interior spaces cost on
the order of about $500 a square foot to build
as well. But outdoor spaces even if they' re done very well are
maybe $100 a square foot. That' s one of the reasons
that you see these interrelationship of indoor and outdoor space.
our outdoor spaces in savannah are probably usable around
300 days a year, and this is a way we can stretch the dollars
and also leverage up the experience. People love it.
the image of a live oak tree and a child sitting underneath
of it book has been a great
inspiration to us. >> commissioner, yes, sir.
sounds like a great collaborative effort but, honestly, I have never known
mr. Shea to do anything halfway. Thank y' all for your efforts.
the other question, is this the location that the movie theater used to
be at? >> yes. >> that' s where it is going to
sit, right there? >> it is not sitting on
exactly the site where the movie theater was, but it is on the same
piece of property. >> okay.
>> actually, this is sort of sitting in the middle
of what right now is a giant asphalt parking lot.
>> right. >> so the building is going
to replace some of the parking spaces. >> good.
>> they' re way over parked. >> yeah.
>> you still will be over parked considerably once the
building is there and a leave over on the order of about 100
parking spaces if the county decides to develop the remainder of the
property. >> excellent. I promise y' all don't want
any of my artwork. >> it is right next to -- it is
right next to the national guard armory. That' s where the
property is. >> yes. >> anybody else?
all right. You know we will be having two
you know we will be having two town
halls. So one will be for the public so
that they will be able to discuss and give their
feedback on the design. We are displaying some of the
design at the oglethorpe mall location starting on monday.
if people cannot attend one of the town halls they will be able
to write down whatever feedback or input they want to share.
they will be having another meeting with the vendors of
that strip mall because we want to assure them that the coming
of this library is going to be a benefit to them and not a
detriment. So we will be holding that town hall as
well. >> okay. Anything else?
yes. Go ahead, commissioner. >> absolutely beautiful.
>> thank you.
>> I' m just curious. How many square
feet will be under roof, heated and cooled?
>> 17,000. >> wow. Nice.
>> 17,000 and about another 4,000 of outdoor space.
we will be a little over 20,000 square feet, just not all under
roof. >> do you know by chance when we built the one at savannah
mall, how many square feet was in that, do you remember?
>> I don' t recall when that I know the building quite well.
It is much smaller than this. It
is not? >> oglethorpe mall branch is
there now. >> about 7,000. >> okay.
wonderful. This will be massive then. >> yes, this will be a game
changer. >> very nice. >> yeah.
>> thank y' all. >> thank
you. Thank you.
thank you. >> commissioner milton I' m
like, I' m waiting on it to come out of the ground.
>> I' m waiting every day, I promise you.
>> I' m looking forward to it. Thank you so much.
>> thank you. >> appreciate it.
all right. We don' t have any chairman' s items on,
commissioner items. The item will remain on the table, until
the staff gets back to us with
the reports we need from them. Action.
action. Appointment of brittany sal li to the library
board. Motion.
motion. >> and second.
>> motion and second that ms. Ms. Salley be appointed to
the board. Please cast your vote. To request board approval
of following amendments and transfer. One in general fund,
a, transfer contingencies to park
position.
or development and prevention from blueprint grant contingency
to chatham, savannah authority
for the homeless, project hope water. C, appropriate funds, balance
of $62,500, to increase the homeless, project hope
water. D, transfer $46,240 from
voter registration professional service to temporary employment
salaries. Settlement fund.
settlement fund. Increase revenue and expenditures, $179,552. Three,
in the special service district fund, appropriate fund
balance of $165,000 to increase fire department uniform.
four, the capital improvement $248,000 from
fire department vehicle project.
B, increase revenue and expenditures, $276,565 to
establish the early childhood learning center project. Is there a
motion? >> motion. >> second.
>> properly motioned and seconded that the request be granted.
ready for the question? Please cast your votes.
>> reset. >> got
to clear. Yeah, I got it. Now cast your votes.
now cast your votes. Waiting on three.
all right. The action calendar. May I have a motion to accept
the action calendar in its entirety. Moved, chairman.
>> properly motioned and seconded we accept the action
calendar in its entirety. Any questions?
hearing none, please cast your votes. Need to reset.
okay. There are no first readers.
okay. We go to second readers. Let me read it into
the record and then we will have
public r.
Peterson, is proposing to rezone 8804 whitfield avenue
from residential, one family residential and
environment overlay to business
limited environment overlay. Z-0426-000. 623.
z-0426-000. 623. 02020.
The mpc recommends scenario with alternative approval.
district one, all right. Having read that, let me have
a motion to open up the public hearing. >>
motion. >> second. >> properly motioned
and seconded that we open up the
public hearing. Are you ready for the question? Please cast
your votes. Okay. Is there anyone in the
is there anyone in the audience who want to speak on this petition?
is there anyone in the would want to speak on this
petition? Is there anyone in the
audience petition?
Hearing none --
>> should be closed. >> seeing
none, motion? >> motion to close.
>> second. >> properly motion and second that
the public hearing be ready for the question? Please
cast your votes.
three. All right. Good. Now with that we will
have the presentation from the mpc. No.
do they need the -- >> no.
>> all right, all right. So we understand.
now, the motion -- let me have a motion and second.
first we need to recommend the denial, right?
>> no. >> and then --
yeah, right. >> -- >> okay.
>> what
you really want to do is you a motion to approve the new
zoning, which is pud and
eo, which is environmental -- >> okay. You got it?
all right. Do a motion. >> being it is in
my district. >> yes. >> I have had no input from
the public on this. This for some time and been good
this for some time and been good
neighbors, and I hope that
they continue that trajectory.
I will make a motion that we environmental overlay for this
piece of property at 8804 whitfield avenue.
>> second. >> all right.
properly motioned and second that we approve. Is that -- did he cover
it all? >> now you got a question about
it? Actually in the agenda items and
actually in the agenda items and it is listed as staff' s recommendation.
>> as staff recommend, yes. >> okay.
>> all right so that' s added too.
now any -- got the motion, got the second. Please cast your votes.
all right. Thank you, sir.
thank you, sir. Made it easy.
>> good job. >> with that we come to
you, mr. Manager. >> I don' t have any
additional information items other than what we' ve discussed in
pre- meeting, sir. >> all right. So having known that, there
is a need for us to have an executive
session. May I have a motion to do so. >> motion.
>> second? >> to discuss --
>> personnel. >> litigation, personnel and --
>> and land acquisition. >> yeah, acquisition. All right.
motion and second. Please cast your votes.