[0:07] Uh why don't we go ahead and get
[0:08] started. Um for those of you that don't
[0:12] know, the Braves just started playing at
[0:13] 7 o'clock playing the Dodgers. So we
[0:15] need to move this along. So I'm Let's
[0:17] get to the All right. All right. Uh
[0:20] everyone is here. Uh if you'll all rise,
[0:23] I lead you in the pledge of allegiance.
[0:26] I pledge allegiance to the flag of the
[0:29] United States of America and to the
[0:31] republic for which it stands, one nation
[0:34] under God, indivisible, with liberty and
[0:37] justice for all. You may be seated.
[0:41] >> Uh, one of the things that I really uh
[0:44] enjoy about this job, it's the easy
[0:47] stuff obviously uh not the voting and
[0:50] the dealing with a lot of tough issues.
[0:53] It's rip and cut. people are so proud
[0:56] that starting a business or
[0:58] proclamations like this one and
[1:01] especially
[1:03] when it's a very good cause and one that
[1:05] I feel very strongly about. So why don't
[1:09] you guys who's coming up? Is everybody
[1:11] coming up? Come on.
[1:13] >> Yeah.
[1:16] >> And I will come down.
[1:20] » Go ahead and line them up here. Here
[1:22] we'll do it this way. Nice looking dogs.
[1:28] » Don't hide your dogs.
[1:30] >> Yeah. Oh, absolutely. Yeah. Don't let me
[1:32] get in anybody's way.
[1:40] » All right, let's go ahead and get
[1:41] started. A proclamation of the city of
[1:44] Peach Tree Corners, Georgia, declaring
[1:46] September to be National Service Dog
[1:48] Month. Whereas we believe in the joyful
[1:50] transformative power of the human canine
[1:53] bond and inclusivity of all citizens.
[1:56] Whereas in the United States 70 million
[1:58] adults have a disability and only 16,000
[2:00] service dogs from accredited training
[2:03] programs exist nationwide and the need
[2:05] is growing. Whereas K9 Companions
[2:08] created the service dog for people with
[2:09] physical disabilities 50 years ago in
[2:12] 1975 creating a new kind of support for
[2:15] disability. Whereas K9 Companions is a
[2:18] nonprofit organization that enhances the
[2:21] lives of people with disabilities by
[2:23] providing expertly trained service dogs
[2:26] and ongoing support for to ensure
[2:28] quality partnerships. Whereas K9
[2:31] Companions and their service dogs
[2:33] empower people with disabilities to lead
[2:35] lives with greater independence by
[2:37] providing best-in-class training,
[2:39] ongoing follow-up services, and a deeply
[2:42] committed community of support. Whereas
[2:44] National Service Dog Month aims to
[2:46] educate our community about the benefits
[2:47] of service dogs and the laws protecting
[2:50] their handlers. Whereas in recognition
[2:52] of service dogs and the adults and
[2:54] children with disabilities in our
[2:56] community, inclusive community in which
[2:58] all citizens and their trained service
[3:00] dogs are embraced. Now therefore, be it
[3:04] recognized that service dogs and the
[3:07] adults and children with disabilities in
[3:08] our community
[3:11] do hereby proclaim September to be the
[3:13] national service dog month and encourage
[3:16] all the citizens to celebrate service
[3:18] dogs and be respectful of the right to
[3:20] safe access in our community afforded to
[3:23] adults, children, and veterans who lead
[3:25] more independent lives because of their
[3:26] assistance. so proclaimed and effective
[3:29] this 25th day of August 2026. Thank you
[3:33] all very much.
[3:38] » If if somebody would like to say a few
[3:40] words.
[3:41] >> I will talk first and then
[3:46] » Thank you. I feel like we all of us need
[3:49] to be looking both ways because I don't
[3:52] want the council.
[3:53] >> Why don't you introduce yourself and
[3:54] introduce the dogs?
[3:55] >> Okay. I am Margot Dietrich, my partner,
[3:59] service dog Manhattan, who has served me
[4:03] as not just my dog, but my son and my personal care attendant, my associate
[4:13] therapy dog, I mean PT dog, he and my
[4:17] business partner because you see how
[4:21] dogs put people at ease.
[4:25] That's what he does with my business
[4:26] partners. But we also have
[4:30] Edie with Puppy Nepal.
[4:36] We have puppy razors who get our dogs at
[4:39] 8 weeks old. They're shipped from
[4:41] California.
[4:43] And we have these wonderful volunteers
[4:46] who give their time, their home, their
[4:50] heart, and their money to raise these
[4:53] babies until they're about 15 to 18
[4:55] months. And then they go to our
[4:58] campuses. We have six across the country
[5:02] where our professional trainers teach
[5:05] them the skills that they will need to
[5:08] help people with individual I mean
[5:11] individuals with disabilities or we have
[5:14] hearing dogs now. We have PTSD dogs. So
[5:19] we have a veterans program.
[5:22] It's awesome. children and adults. And
[5:26] we have um our therapy dogs here,
[5:32] two therapy dogs. When we try very hard,
[5:36] we have our own breeding program, but
[5:39] still only about 50% of the dogs
[5:42] actually graduate as therapy dog, as
[5:46] service dogs.
[5:48] If they don't graduate, the puppy razors
[5:51] can get them back, and most do. And
[5:56] these ladies turned dogs they raised
[6:00] into therapy dogs. It's a another
[6:05] full education of what these dogs need
[6:08] to do. But we have Maryanne with Falty
[6:13] and Sharon.
[6:15] I can't even see him with Jazz. Jazzy,
[6:19] right?
[6:19] >> Jazz Jazz.
[6:21] >> We don't name them.
[6:22] >> And and we have another therapy dog that
[6:25] is a facility dog working at Shepherd
[6:28] Center. Some of our therapy dogs
[6:31] actually work in institutions,
[6:35] courts, schools, hospitals, nursing
[6:38] homes to help patients through all kinds
[6:41] of things. So that's I I brought a a
[6:46] whole group tonight because last time we
[6:49] only had a puppy. I want to tell those
[6:51] who saw and met Fabriio last year that
[6:56] he just went to college.
[6:59] Just started in August. And so his puppy
[7:03] razors are
[7:06] not here because it's hard to give your
[7:08] dog up. God bless them. But we have
[7:11] Sharon who is going to tell you some
[7:14] really exciting news for our whole
[7:17] community about Kenan Companions.
[7:22] >> So, uh, the big announcement for the
[7:24] greater Atlanta area is we have gotten a
[7:27] field office. It will be in the North
[7:30] Druid Hills area, Decar. It's off of
[7:32] Briercliffe. We are hoping that the
[7:35] office will be open early 2027.
[7:39] It will function as a mini regional
[7:42] center. Right now, our regional center
[7:44] is Orlando, Florida. So, when we turn
[7:47] our dogs in for uh professional
[7:50] training, we have to travel to Orlando.
[7:52] We are going to be able to utilize this
[7:54] office um off of Brier Cliff. It's about
[7:58] 5,000 square feet and the buildout won't
[8:01] be too much. Um, so we're hoping to get
[8:03] that started pretty quickly and that is
[8:07] huge news for us because it opens up a
[8:10] lot of opportunities for volunteers. If
[8:12] you don't want to raise a puppy, we will
[8:14] need help there. We will need help
[8:16] bathing dogs, walking dogs, um, just all
[8:19] kinds of opportunities for volunteers to
[8:22] become involved with K9 Companions. even
[8:25] if you do not have a graduate dog, a
[8:28] therapy dog, a new puppy, or a facility
[8:31] dog. And these dogs all cover all areas
[8:35] of K9 Companions, and we thank you so
[8:38] much for the proclamation. Thank you.
[8:47] » Put us where you want us, Louis.
[8:52] » Okay.
[8:55] Thank you so much.
[9:24] One, two, three.
[9:38] Australian
[9:42] Labradoodle.
[9:44] >> It's like a little white dog. He's about
[9:47] this big.
[9:48] >> About 30 pounds.
[9:52] » Real good.
[9:56] » Super friendly.
[10:06] » There you go.
[10:08] moving right along.
[10:16] » All right. Thank you all for coming out.
[10:18] Um, regarding the mayor's opening
[10:21] remarks, the only thing I'll say is, uh,
[10:24] we really had a very good event at the
[10:26] Light Up the Corners race. For those
[10:28] that participated in it, I encourage you
[10:30] to do it next year. Do I hear a motion
[10:33] to approve the minutes of July 28th?
[10:35] >> So move.
[10:36] >> Do I hear a second?
[10:37] >> Second. Any questions or corrections?
[10:38] Hearing none. All in favor, raise your
[10:40] right hand. All right. Do I hear a
[10:42] motion to approve the minutes of August
[10:44] the 11th?
[10:45] >> Motion.
[10:45] >> Do I hear a second?
[10:46] >> Second.
[10:47] >> Questions or concerns? Hearing none. All
[10:50] in favor, raise your right hand. All
[10:51] right. Is our meeting agenda good, Mr.
[10:54] City Manager?
[10:55] >> Yes, Mr. Mayor. It is. And I do not
[10:57] anticipate an executive session tonight.
[10:59] >> All right. Thank you. Uh, we always
[11:01] welcome public comments. Madam Clerk, do
[11:03] we have any comments? Um, William
[11:08] >> William,
[11:08] >> come forward. Citizen, tell us your name
[11:10] and address.
[11:11] >> My name is William Monae. I live at 4373
[11:13] Wickershire Way. Uh, I got a couple of
[11:17] comments. The first one has to deal with
[11:19] what's happening in our neighborhoods.
[11:21] Uh, my neighborhood is the area that
[11:23] includes Simpson School and Pikneyville
[11:25] Middle School. So, it's East Jones
[11:26] Bridge, West Jones Bridge, and Peachree
[11:29] Corner Circle. Um, basically,
[11:33] um, there's been some construction all
[11:36] summer on East Jones Bridge Road. The
[11:40] only thing I can see that's different,
[11:41] and supposedly it's going to be finished
[11:43] pretty soon, um, is that the sidewalk
[11:47] from Wateride down to Jones Bridge Park
[11:50] has been widened so golf carts can drive
[11:52] down. But it's basically it's cut us
[11:56] like I live off West Jones. My
[11:58] neighborhood has only one entrance and
[12:00] exit onto West Jones and we're cut off
[12:03] and it's very difficult to get to um
[12:06] Engles in that area.
[12:09] Uh so it's brought a lot of traffic down
[12:11] West Jones Bridge Road because all the
[12:13] people who live past me have to go down
[12:15] West Jones.
[12:18] Um so it's that's a problem. Then uh
[12:22] this last month we had the glow race at
[12:24] night.
[12:26] Um, basically Saturday night we were
[12:29] stuck in the house because we couldn't
[12:31] go out because goes from 8 to 10. The
[12:35] problem with the glow race is that god
[12:38] forbid if there's a fire or a heart
[12:39] attack, it's very and with East Jones
[12:42] being closed be very hard to get an
[12:45] emergency vehicle down to our
[12:47] neighborhoods on West Jones.
[12:50] Um, now in the future, from what I
[12:53] understand, Peachy Corner Circle in
[12:56] front of the day building, they'll have
[12:57] some sort of like a roundabout, if I'm
[13:00] not mistaken. And it seems that's going
[13:03] to take some construction, too. So,
[13:05] we'll have another blockage. And again,
[13:07] my area will have only one way to get
[13:10] out, East Jones, or to go make a
[13:12] right-hand turn and go towards the Cab
[13:14] County on Peach Corner Circle. So, it's
[13:18] just basically it's the traffic just
[13:20] seems to be getting bigger and bigger
[13:22] and more blockage and more construction
[13:24] and it's getting more difficult to get
[13:26] out of our area and more and more
[13:28] traffic
[13:30] and it just to me and also I don't know
[13:33] it seems like I'm seeing a lot of
[13:35] surveyors on Peach Corner Circle. So,
[13:38] are we going to make Peach Corner Circle
[13:40] Road and
[13:43] you know uh three lanes or four lanes?
[13:45] Is that the plan? I have no idea.
[13:48] I mean, you guys know because I see a
[13:51] lot of surveyors there.
[13:53] And that's basically, you know, it just
[13:55] seems to be more and more traffic and in
[13:58] our area, which is a very quiet single
[14:01] family homes area. But it seems that
[14:03] with as we have more and more
[14:04] apartments, we need more and more lanes,
[14:07] more and more traffic,
[14:09] which is not good.
[14:12] And then I I want to make one other
[14:14] comment that I spoke to uh uh the lady
[14:17] there, can't see her name, um Ora about
[14:22] the purchase
[14:24] of the uh property uh in town center for
[14:28] $3 and a4 million dollars. Uh I don't
[14:31] know how we're going to pay for it
[14:32] because it's a bankrupt business and
[14:33] it's empty and I don't know what the
[14:34] plan is on the deal. It was sort of
[14:37] surprise a few months ago. So, I have an
[14:40] excellent idea how to make money to pay
[14:42] off that $ three and a quart million
[14:44] dollar what, however we use the money,
[14:46] loan, whatever, reserves. That's simple.
[14:49] We just do like LA and New York.
[14:52] We tax people have second homes in the
[14:55] area and we tax empty apartments.
[14:59] I think that's a terrific idea. New
[15:00] York's doing it. LA's doing it. Hey, we
[15:02] can be a big city, too. That's all I
[15:05] have to say. Thank you.
[15:07] Do we have others tonight that would
[15:09] like to speak? You don't have to have
[15:11] filled out a form. If you would like to
[15:12] speak tonight, please come forward, tell
[15:14] us your name and address. All right,
[15:16] since there are no others, let's move on
[15:17] to the consent agenda. M. City Manager,
[15:21] I have just one item on the consent
[15:23] agenda, and it is authorization for the
[15:25] city manager to execute an agreement for
[15:27] the digitization of um city records. So,
[15:31] I submit that to you for your
[15:33] consideration. Do we have questions for
[15:34] the city manager?
[15:36] >> All right. Do I hear a motion to
[15:38] approve? Did you have something, sir?
[15:39] >> No questions.
[15:40] >> All right. Do I hear a motion to approve
[15:42] the consent agenda?
[15:43] >> So move.
[15:44] >> Do you hear a second?
[15:45] >> Second.
[15:45] >> Questions or concerns? Hearing? None.
[15:47] All in favor, raise your right hand. All
[15:48] right. We have one first read tonight
[15:51] and that's first read of request for a
[15:53] special use permit to allow for a
[15:55] recreational facility commercial outdoor
[15:58] at 7067 Jimmy Carter Boulevard district
[16:01] 6 l 274 in Peach Tree Corners.
[16:05] >> I do not have any updates tonight and so
[16:08] that concludes the agenda.
[16:12] >> Thank you Mr. Cure. All right. Do I hear
[16:15] a motion to adjurnn?
[16:16] >> So move.
[16:16] >> Do I hear a second? Any questions or
[16:19] concerns hearing? None. All in favor
[16:20] raise your right hand. Drive careful.