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Hi Peachtree City, Mayor Kim Leonard
here. In our last City Council work

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session, we had fun introducing four new
mascots to represent Peachtree City.

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What jumps to your mind as a good
representation of our city?

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Maybe it's Manny the Manatee. That is
one of our four. We have Flat Creek

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Floyd, and Floyd is one of our mascots
going forward. We also have two peach

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related mascots. So far they're called
Pete and Peaches, but I encourage you to

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look at today's
slice e-newsletter where you can vote on

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what you want those peaches to be named.
So I think these mascots will help us

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all bring home the messages that
Peachtree City has to share, especially

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when it comes to public safety. And
certainly we're going to have a lot of

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fun with this at community events.
Peachtree City engaged Zen City to

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conduct a citizen satisfaction survey.
And in our City Council work session, we

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reviewed the results of the Zen City
survey. This is the fourth time we've

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conducted this annual survey, and it
helps city leaders gauge where we're

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doing well and where we maybe have an
opportunity to improve.

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One of the standout ratings from you,
our citizens, was we have an 84% citizen

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satisfaction level
with our overall Peachtree City quality

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of life. That rings very favorably, 7%
higher than cohort cities across the

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country, and 17% higher than a national
rating. The two highest scores, as

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presented by you, our citizens, were a
very high 89%

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satisfaction expressed with access to
quality education in Peachtree City and

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an 89% satisfaction rating with our
overall sense of safety in our city.

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That's very important to all of us.
The things we need to work on, the

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biggest drops since 1 year ago were a
whopping 14%

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drop in citizens satisfaction with
affordable housing,

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an 11% drop in availability of jobs that
pay a living wage,

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acceptance of residents of all
backgrounds, and here's one that I think

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everybody on City Council sat up and
took notice is a 10% drop in our

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citizens' ability to give input to the
Peachtree City government.

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The Zen City statistician seemed to
think that these drops represent

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something going on on a national level,
and this is something they're seeing

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across the country.
However, I do want to mention that we

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strive in Peachtree City to take citizen
input into account, and we make our

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government decisions based on your
feedback. We strive to convey updated

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city information through the Slice
e-newsletter, through our website, and

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through social media channels. We also
make an effort to hear from you, our

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citizens. We welcome the citizens of
Peachtree City to our City Council

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meetings, and we invite you to the
microphone to share anything that's on

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your mind during our public comment.
We conduct open houses, like the one we

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recently had on our annexation study,
and we have an upcoming open house on

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the UDO effort currently underway. More
about that in a minute. City Council

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members genuinely read all of our
emails, and we welcome the opportunity

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to sit down with our citizens for a
one-on-one coffee meeting or to meet in

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small groups. So, City Council has taken
notice. We're grateful for the

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opportunity to hear from you, our
citizens, and we'll be taking your

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feedback into account going forward. On
Thursday, this Thursday, September 10th,

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from 3:00 to 7:00 p.m. in the Peachtree
City Library, we will be conducting a

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UDO open house open to the public. UDO
means Unified Development Ordinance, and

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this is a robust effort we currently
have underway to combine, update, and

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streamline our city documents related to
land use and zoning. So, we as a city

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invite residents, businesses, and
stakeholders to come in

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and make your opinions known. This will
make a big difference in the way we plan

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for the future of our city. So, come and
join us in the library this Thursday,

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September 10th from 3:00 to 7:00 p.m.
And finally, I invite all of our

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citizens to join us for the 911
Remembrance Walk in Peachtree City. This

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is a special year for our annual walk
because it is the 25th anniversary of

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the events of September 11th. We will be
meeting in Drake Field at 8:30 in the

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morning and gathering to walk around
Lake Peachtree. This is a 3.5 mile flat

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paved path surface, and we'll be walking
with our first responders and our

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citizens alike. It's a very moving
tribute because some of our first

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responders will be in full gear, which
reminds us of the effort and sacrifices

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of September 11th. So, please come and
join us this Friday, September 11th,

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gathering at 8:30 in the morning. We'll
start the walk by 9:00. We'll walk

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around Lake Peachtree. Join us. walk
alongside us in remembrance, reverence,

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and gratitude.