[0:00] we uh we're over okay we're live
[0:10] painting is now called to order what
everybody please rise for the Pledge of
[0:14] Allegiance
[0:16] I pledge allegiance to your father the
United States of America
[0:24] one nation under God indivisible with
liberty and justice
[0:30] thank you welcome citizens
[0:37] near and far that lens cap looks like
it's so long but it's not
[0:42] um so we uh has everybody had a chance
to look at the minutes from October 11th
[0:47] yes
do I have a motion to approve
[0:50] motion Drew proof I have a motion of a
second
[0:53] uh motion a second any further
discussion
[0:56] all in favor
aye opposed
[1:00] okay
all right with no unfinished business
[1:04] we'll move on to new business and um the
big one that we've worked hard on over
[1:10] the last several months thank you
everybody for working on that Wendy
[1:13] uh supervisors finance committee City
Council
[1:19] we have a balanced 2023 budget which I
believe everybody has in front of them
[1:25] with the one amendment that we made at
The Retreat adding fourteen hundred and
[1:31] seventy dollars into
um
[1:40] I'll find it give me a second
[1:47] admin
roof
[1:50] I'm looking for the number
[1:57] [Applause]
what are we looking what are we looking
[2:00] for is this the this is yeah I'm just
looking for the specific line item
[2:06] [Applause]
2023 budget yeah
[2:11] the the slide Edition yeah yeah it's in
I'm looking for the line I'm just to
[2:16] clarify okay
yeah say it again page three fifteen
[2:22] hundred
[2:27] 51-1100 51 Point 1100 uh 25 470 from 24
000. great excellent yeah so that's in
[2:37] our
latest revision we're good yep so that's
[2:41] it this is the latest revision and um
that's the only
[2:45] um revision to the to the budget posted
so
[2:49] um if
council is willing I would entertain a
[2:53] motion to adopt the 2023 budget so moved
I have a motion to have a second second
[2:59] I have a motion a second any further
discussion all in favor
[3:03] aye all opposed
great good work everybody
[3:07] number one duty
[3:11] um
tonight 2021 audit
[3:15] um I'd like to go ahead and just vote to
approve this we've seen it we've had the
[3:18] report from the auditor from Keith um
so if I'll entertain a motion to approve
[3:25] the 2021 audit
so moved I have a motion of a second
[3:29] second promotion a second any further
discussion all in favor
[3:33] aye opposed
[3:36] great nice to put that to rest as well
um and Mark is on vacation and I have
[3:44] not heard back from him he was back
today so we will
[3:48] um just have to put this on next week's
agenda
[3:52] um there was no vote called for tonight
so we will there's no need to table
[3:57] anything I'll just put this on the
December agenda our December workshop
[4:01] and we'll try to get the Regional
Commission in for a full update
[4:04] um including the cdbg grant opportunity
is that okay with everybody do we need
[4:08] to motion the table since it says vote
on the agenda on number four number four
[4:12] oh yeah we'll need number four to be
table I move that we table item four
[4:18] okay I have a motion of a second second
I have a motion a second any further
[4:22] discussion
all in favor all opposed tabled until
[4:27] December or postponed right Wendy
Tim
[4:33] [Music]
[Applause]
[4:39] okay
[4:42] Marigold Collective proposal and
Community initiative funds and I put
[4:47] that in there because we had talked
about
[4:49] at our Retreat carving out a little bit
of Reserve from arpa if needed for any
[4:57] initiatives Citywide
but the discussion around the marigold
[5:04] Collective certainly initiated that so
we've talked about it we've discussed it
[5:09] has anybody ready to make a motion to
approve this important proposal using
[5:14] Harper funds
that motion to approve
[5:19] do we have a total amount or we just
saying we're approving what the what was
[5:22] in the arpa request
so
[5:25] the latest proposal okay I was looking
for that total number yeah I'd like to
[5:30] put the total number in there
um sorry there's been so many emails I'm
[5:34] not finding the number yet hold on
[5:38] I did the math it was like 120 something
I think but I I'd have to do it again to
[5:42] get the number if we need that
[5:46] [Applause]
[5:49] and I don't have my normal laptop that I
work from because I grabbed the long
[5:53] backpack I had my work laptop which is
not
[5:56] useful to me at the moment
[6:02] all right hold on
[6:12] all right this is the
version
[6:19] I'm looking too
all right
[6:22] um
[6:28] this is dated
[6:34] yes okay this is yesterday's version
[6:43] okay
129 144. so I'm sorry that sounds right
[6:54] okay
um
[6:57] based on the November
6th 7th version sorry whatever
[7:02] yesterday's date was
[7:05] 40 the 40 hours a week
[7:10] version okay
um
[7:15] so let me so you've made a motion to
approve that latest uh that latest
[7:23] proposal at 129 144 dollars is that
correct yes
[7:30] okay
would we like to add
[7:35] um earmark community and some funds from
arpa in that to make sure that we set
[7:41] aside anything I believe 50 uh what's
what we were talking about yeah I have a
[7:46] comment on that before and maybe a
substitute motion that um I I
[7:52] I know these are kind of ties tied to
Marigold and that's where we may use
[7:56] some of this but we're labeled as
Community initiative funds I would like
[8:00] if it requires a motion to vote on those
separately so that is this not directly
[8:05] tied to the marigold Collective if there
are other community initiatives that we
[8:08] can use that money for and we don't need
it for the marigold Collective I would
[8:12] like flexibility there and that's fine
yeah okay so we'll keep the motion to
[8:16] 129 144 for the latest proposal for the
marigold Collective
[8:21] all right I have a motion to have a
second second I have a motion a second
[8:24] any further discussion
um yes just to mention that we were
[8:30] gonna
[8:33] um add some parameters and add a
one-year check-in based on the sun had
[8:39] that built in already yeah it was March
and
[8:42] semi-annual is what dinner
that's a good point though okay yeah no
[8:48] it's worth mentioning yes
um
[8:54] let me ask David a question about that
if we've got a check in for a two-year
[9:01] proposal from using Harper funding do we
need to include in the motion that city
[9:06] council reserves the right to
um
[9:11] end the program if it's not meeting the
metrics or do we can we do that I mean
[9:18] at the end of the day yeah one city
council can't buy the future one so
[9:21] right
so it wouldn't hurt to do that sure okay
[9:26] okay so
could we a man amend yeah would you like
[9:32] to amend your motion I amend my motion
to include the language to
[9:36] um not bind for future
sessions to this order okay to include a
[9:42] one-year check-in
um review of the review and the
[9:46] commitment okay is that
we want to do it one year we want to do
[9:51] a semia I think that we're going to do
those anyway okay so as far as stepping
[9:57] on tasks okay but I think the one year
um
[10:02] checkpoint to revoke the project okay if
you will because uh reevaluate protects
[10:09] the city and the funding agreed
okay so I have a I have an amended
[10:15] motion do I have a second second I have
amended Motion in a second do I have any
[10:19] any further discussion
all in favor
[10:23] aye aye all opposed
okay that's a big deal
[10:28] that's a transformative project using
arpa funding and
[10:32] um very proud to be a part of that and
and thanks for all the hard work you all
[10:36] done
in getting the collective
[10:40] um to the point where we could approve
that funding for two years and just so
[10:44] citizens know this project includes the
marigold market and the marigold food
[10:49] Hub and food prep kitchen so that we can
repurpose food for the food insecure in
[10:54] our community so it's a big deal and if
this Collective can sustain itself after
[11:02] two years and continue on on its own
bringing Revenue enough Revenue in to
[11:08] stand on its own and provide that same
support for the food insecure in our
[11:12] city and even more than we've done a
good thing here I think we've done a
[11:16] good thing here anyway but we'll
certainly have done a good thing if it
[11:20] can if it can last for 10 20 30 years so
that's a transformative project so you
[11:25] should all be proud of your city council
members for voting through this uh this
[11:30] important Initiative for the city
and um
[11:34] and I'm appreciative of everybody that
works for the marigold Collective and on
[11:37] on behalf of the marigold Collective and
everybody
[11:40] that supports the marigold Collective
like you
[11:45] I see you there every Saturday in the
same spot
[11:49] so thank you Martha
[11:54] yep so um do we want to vote separately
on that yeah if I can also motion to
[11:59] approve a allocation of 50 000 in funds
for a community initiative fund all
[12:05] right have a motion I have a second
second I have a motion in a second any
[12:09] further discussion
all in favor
[12:12] aye all opposed great
[12:18] that's also arpa correct yes
correct yes awesome okay now um moving
[12:26] on to
um I have an official vote on the
[12:28] auditorium porch floor coding uh fifteen
hundred dollars I need a motion to
[12:33] approve that spending from the 2020
splost under the auditorium project
[12:36] bucket so moved I have a motion to have
a second second I have a motion a second
[12:41] any further discussion
all in favor
[12:44] aye all opposed motion carries thank you
City committees
[12:49] Timothy Pierce Tomlin did I get it right
Public Safety and Public Finance okay so
[12:55] um I think let's
we can rearrange all these committees by
[13:00] voting
Tim on to these two and acknowledging
[13:05] that those serving on the other
committees will be acquiescing to his
[13:09] service on those committees is that
appropriate is that fine
[13:14] um so I had can I have a motion uh to
approve Timothy Pierce tomlin's service
[13:20] on the public safety and finance
committees for the city of Winterville
[13:24] so moved I have a motion to have a
second second I have a motion this
[13:27] second any further discussion
all in favor
[13:31] aye aye all opposed
[13:36] too late now but too late now okay
um does that suffice David I think it
[13:43] should okay
[13:47] um Wendy you got it straight back there
we'll get it straight tomorrow I'll let
[13:50] you know who's on all the Committees now
um thank you for your service
[13:55] absolutely
[13:57] um and glad you're okay after last night
yeah so Moving On Wellness project do we
[14:02] have a dollar do we have a number or
request yeah so I'd like to ask Council
[14:07] to support uh via some arpa funds our
next Winterville Wellness project which
[14:13] is going to be
um beginner martial arts all ages
[14:17] location to be determined in the city
I'm not sure which building it'll take
[14:22] place in just yet but stay tuned for
details looking at six weeks of two
[14:28] classes a week so I'd like to ask for up
to 1 000. okay
[14:35] foreign
[14:39] motion to approve all right I have a
motion to approve do I have a second
[14:43] second I have a motion and a second any
further discussion
[14:46] all in favor
aye all opposed
[14:50] motion carries all ages right all ages
that's great so I can take the class
[14:55] with Lucas yes because I need to figure
out how to defeat him
[15:00] spread the word in our evening battles
[15:09] see so um all right thank you for that
and putting that together
[15:15] um
so uh moving on the last item on the new
[15:20] business under new business tree
commission member Andy Burke we've got a
[15:23] recommendation from the tree commission
so I'll entertain a motion to approve
[15:27] his service to the
commission
[15:33] I have a motion I'll second then a
second from Bruce any further discussion
[15:41] all in favor
aye all opposed
[15:44] motion carries great job Council that
was a lot a whole lot of good stuff
[15:49] and yeah in the 18 minutes it looks
really easy
[15:53] paper love you good job
um
[15:59] so we're moving on to committee reports
Public Finance Council persons Timothy
[16:04] Pierce Tomlin
[Applause]
[16:09] and that ink just appears yeah
[16:15] it's like she knew we're really fine
this comedian and as as we've talked
[16:20] about it's been more of a team effort as
the budget's grown but um that with our
[16:23] Focus lately has been getting this
budget ready and and so a big deal
[16:27] tonight was passing the 2023 budget and
overall looking at profit and loss
[16:32] statements we're looking good at this
time of year and of course as usual you
[16:36] can review any Financial uh documents
that we have here including the budget
[16:40] at City Hall yep that concludes my
report yeah and just to reiterate for
[16:45] the World Wide Web that those numbers
are yours citizens so Wendy has them
[16:50] right here at City Hall all you got to
do is come ask
[16:53] and your numbers
um thank you does that conclude your
[16:56] report it does all right Public Safety
Council persons Mooney and oh who's that
[17:00] MP Pierce come on Magic yeah I'll wear
it out so
[17:06] dad jokes right well they get funnier
the fifth time
[17:13] well we had a last minute snafu to some
Public Safety news
[17:20] um but we haven't really had time to
talk about it
[17:23] yeah oh it has to do with the sale of
the old fire truck so
[17:28] um we'll get together on that and figure
out I'd love to hear what kind of what
[17:33] direction you want to go in what do you
think is best
[17:37] um
[Music]
[17:39] and let's see
um we're also preparing some fires some
[17:44] like citizen fire safety for the winter
coming up here soon
[17:48] um I think Ray's gonna come present cool
and
[17:53] um that's all I have for Public Safety
did you wanna
[17:58] add anything all right
yeah
[18:03] but just everybody be mindful as winter
cranks up to you know space heaters and
[18:09] fire make sure those chimneys super safe
okay does that conclude your report it
[18:16] does thank you Public Works Council
Parsons Johnson and Metzger I don't know
[18:21] that we have a lot going on for the but
I'd like to talk about the solar
[18:26] um yeah we could have a couple things uh
with public well the solar we got some
[18:29] we finally got our interconnection
agreement which allows us to finally uh
[18:33] go forward with the uh witness test and
cut over but we do have some issues with
[18:39] the form we may have to make some slight
adjustments just to correct some contact
[18:42] information but we're working on that
um I also just want to mention that
[18:45] again we're doing a lot of stuff in the
city Tom's working on with uh the
[18:51] doctrine Museum there's a storage shed
going up there's the garden going up
[18:56] um and there's a lot of other things
going on with the city and Tom's driving
[18:59] that and Tom do you have anything to add
okay
[19:03] with that that concludes my report on
public works and I do want to say um
[19:07] regarding Public Safety I'm I'm not
having to resign from the Public Safety
[19:11] Committee to to make room from Tim it's
right in his real house and I had too
[19:15] many committees but I do want to say I
really enjoyed working with you guys and
[19:19] uh you and and chief painter of course
because I'm not on the committee uh we
[19:23] don't have to be strangers
great thank you and you're in good hands
[19:28] thank you for that report Communications
committee Council purses Mooney and
[19:32] Metzger yep so we met last week with our
other two people that are on our
[19:36] committee with us
um and we have a couple of initiatives
[19:41] in the works we are coming out with a
new version of the cassette we'll be
[19:46] probably looking for some volunteers to
help with that project and then
[19:50] um we're also working on potentially a
grant do you want to talk about that for
[19:54] a second yeah he's not in the committee
but he's honorary yeah so uh rural
[19:58] broadband internet uh is really coming
to Georgia in the near future and it's
[20:01] in a different way uh we're looking at a
lot of Federal grant money that's about
[20:06] to come down so really working with the
communication committee I'm really
[20:09] excited it's one of the things I'm
really focused on for my ten years
[20:11] improving internet access in Winterville
um so uh you know moving forward we
[20:16] really want to be set up and prepared to
get that Grant and fund money so if
[20:21] we're first in line then we're gonna get
the most so trying to get there
[20:25] sweet good job
put out a call that we could
[20:29] another I would say member or two I'm a
Communications committee so if you or
[20:34] anyone that you know is looking for a
way to get involved that's not super
[20:39] time consuming we do meet quarterly
right now but yeah things like The
[20:43] Gazette
um just you know kind of spread the news
[20:46] of City happenings and certain work on
the Broadband Grant are kind of our
[20:50] major uh projects right now and so
potentially
[20:54] um photos from the community articles
from the community that sort of thing
[20:58] yeah um would be great so we'll put an
official call out on social media
[21:04] great so does that conclude your report
yes okay
[21:08] um
[21:11] I forgot to talk about something up in
in new business but we'll move on to uh
[21:15] Community Center
and we do not have a report from the
[21:19] community center tonight
so we'll move into doctor's Museum
[21:23] report
okay thank you all
[21:27] um well as as Bruce alluded to in four
days of work Tom and his crew have moved
[21:32] the storage and collections building
from a slab to a building with Rafters
[21:37] and almost a full route so things are
just preceding at a blistering pace and
[21:42] I could not be happier or more proud of
what these guys are doing they are rock
[21:46] stars when the building is finished we
do hope to have an open house
[21:50] celebration and fundraising event just
to let people see you know what's going
[21:54] in there it will be more than a shed
Bruce
[21:59] storage facility
storage and conservation
[22:04] so very excited about that I know what
that'll let us do for the back half the
[22:09] museum as well
um I got the garden gate installed this
[22:13] the past couple days which finishes up
that side of that project the fence came
[22:18] in at about 60 under budget so I was
very happy for that oh speaking of Tom's
[22:23] identified other cost saving measures of
the new building too so again another
[22:27] Feathering his cap
let's see oh we've identified 17 plants
[22:33] it looks like early spring is probably
going to be best for planting rather
[22:36] than fall
um I think everybody knew that about me
[22:39] so we're gonna have those going in
shortly and then I'll update the
[22:43] grantees the Jordan Humanities
information about that throughout the
[22:48] course of the Year 2022 we brought in
sixteen hundred dollars in donations and
[22:52] sales that was through our weekly
fundraisers and donations from citizens
[22:56] so that money went entirely to paying
off the upgrades and Renovations we did
[23:02] in the spring and going forward now all
additional Revenue goes straight to the
[23:06] city for that
um because we will continue to do those
[23:09] you know just in perpetuity uh we've had
several soft opening tours over the past
[23:15] couple of weeks we're gonna have our
first paying Tour on November 16th uh we
[23:19] got some students from uh UGA archeology
lab coming out to tour the facility so
[23:24] that'll be another source of Revenue I'm
also currently writing third and fifth
[23:28] grade social study tours as well as high
school science tours based on the
[23:33] Georgia standards of excellence so we'll
start to have tours coming through here
[23:37] hopefully about 60 to 80 students at a
time volunteers will be helping with
[23:41] those as well we have a new exterior
sign that I picked up today because you
[23:45] probably all seen the janky open sign we
have out there
[23:48] so we're having a much nicer thing going
there this week
[23:53] and lastly
um I'm starting putting out some video
[23:56] updates on the proceedings at the Museum
so people can understand what all this
[24:00] flurry of activity is and what our plans
are and just trying to make people have
[24:04] some ownership in this little Museum in
their community and that's my report
[24:09] great
thank you for that that's exciting
[24:14] we went over and checked it out the
other day it's great so thank you Tom as
[24:18] well and Steve and David So Okay
um
[24:23] the Sherry is out of town but probably
very happy right now
[24:28] um Library report Deidra
[Music]
[24:36] development day and all the professional
libraries
[24:39] [Music]
um we had our first ever adult pain
[24:45] night my assistant Sam facilitated that
and it filled up like that and we had a
[24:52] waiting list we had 16 people attending
um they had to learn to mix their pain
[24:59] they were not happy but at first and we
didn't provide orange paint for the
[25:05] pumpkin bitings they had to mix
something around in you and
[25:10] um it made them turn out a lot nicer
everybody was
[25:15] very pleased at the end so we hope to be
doing more path
[25:21] um
when someone might have something going
[25:25] with coil metal now uh
School library and they aren't dropped
[25:31] by
car Library we have a nice chat and
[25:36] um she invited me to their Fall Festival
and we ought to be doing some Outreach
[25:45] um Sam is going to go over there Sam has
a lot of experience with working with
[25:51] teens from co-working Hawkinsville
so she'll be going over there either to
[25:58] uh
give a program or just work side by side
[26:08] and let's see what else
um we're starting an additional book
[26:13] club
um we've had several of our members
[26:18] request a daytime book club
because they don't want to drive at
[26:23] night so
um that'll probably take a while to get
[26:27] going but it is to go and we hope to
start in January and meet on the second
[26:32] Wednesday
of each month at 12 30.
[26:38] and uh
[26:43] that's a that's that was about highlight
um
[26:48] [Music]
[26:53] thank you for that report and all you do
appreciate it clerks report Wendy
[27:00] good good
amazing so you're trying to support this
[27:03] evening good okay
um my report so one thing we needed to
[27:08] uh or we need to discuss briefly is just
the public hearing the uh Planning and
[27:14] Zoning recommended to city council
um that we do rezone and the PD they
[27:20] they they recommended that two City
councils so we'll need to have our
[27:24] public hearing next
December
[27:28] Workshop when do you have that date
[27:32] six one two three four five
and that's the um
[27:39] the red brick garage the detail shop on
the corner and that property combining
[27:44] those lots
and creating the PD
[27:48] there they've forwarded that on to us so
we'll need to have that public hearing
[27:53] and
we can go ahead and set that
[27:56] for a workshop
do I need to be there for that nope I
[28:01] haven't to be in another County that
night so I just want you don't I just
[28:05] need to make sure and I know and I
always forget but I know it's okay that
[28:08] we just schedule that and there's never
needed for that we just schedule that
[28:11] public hearing and move on from there so
let's go to everybody okay with
[28:14] scheduling that for six o'clock on
Workshop
[28:17] December Workshop December 6th right yep
yep yep
[28:25] um Wendy go ahead and advertise please
thank you
[28:30] um okay so
um Holiday Lights contest is kicking off
[28:35] for the Winterville Arts Council so go
on their web all right check out the
[28:39] Winterville Arts Council Facebook and
sign up for that people are already
[28:43] sending in their applications to be on
the on the tour of Holiday Lights
[28:47] Christmas in the Park will be we'll move
that back we had some issues some
[28:53] concerns about the amount of people in
the lighting from last year until we get
[28:57] that addressed fully we're going to move
it back into pittard Park
[29:02] um for Christmas in the Park this year
and Santa Claus will be down
[29:07] Santa Claus will be down in right he's
coming
[29:14] um
to the lower Pavilion uh so
[29:18] um that will be exciting uh George
Arbors Association through tree climbing
[29:24] event is two weeks from now
um the 19th yeah 19th looking forward to
[29:31] that I did uh meet with the principal
um Winterville Elementary School and our
[29:38] um our partnership with them has
resulted in these little mini libraries
[29:43] 25 of these that will go in local
businesses they'll go in City Hall in
[29:47] the library hopefully with little books
that the kids can come and get a photo
[29:52] opportunity and they get a bookmark
to uh to promote reading throughout the
[29:58] holidays so when they're home from
school we want to drive them and we'll
[30:02] talk about that if you're okay with that
but City Hall for sure Community Center
[30:05] for sure local businesses a window cling
goes with that so that's a great
[30:10] promotion for
Winterville is a buzzing for reading
[30:15] whatever the program was called
um
[30:19] and also another opportunity for us that
she brought to me which is great that
[30:24] will kick off in the spring hopefully if
Council wants to um partner with the
[30:28] school again one book one family one
Community One Love
[30:32] and they're going to pick a book and
they're going to have yard signs for
[30:35] each family each citizen to do read this
specific book the entire city and then
[30:42] create a Project based around the book
put a sign in your yard that created the
[30:46] project and then you get a plant to
plant in your yard and having done that
[30:50] and they want to do this annually and we
might kick it off on Arbor Day so I
[30:55] talked to the principal about connecting
her with tree commission community
[31:00] garden folks to maybe make this our
community-wide initiative that we can do
[31:04] annually where
beautifies the city while promoting
[31:08] literacy and reading and young ones and
adults pretty cool program
[31:13] so a lot of uh a lot of good stuff
coming from Winterville Elementary
[31:18] School and the new Administration there
um
[31:22] movie night in the auditorium December
9th I mean first December is coming up
[31:27] quick so December 9th is movie night we
have a lot of uh
[31:32] um concerts and and events in the
auditorium before the end of the year so
[31:38] check those out on the Winterville
Auditorium website but movie night we
[31:42] haven't decided on a movie night or yet
but what it's I thought it was always
[31:47] going to be It's a Wonderful Life it can
be but I don't know
[31:51] I talked to Lisa Mindy today and she
said she would come do a question q a
[31:56] um
about
[31:58] um uh God the Bill Murray movie
um Scrooge Scrooged that she's in
[32:05] she's in that movie and she's gonna come
introduce it and then do a q a for that
[32:10] movie so we'll talk about it
yeah anyway I believe when is Christmas
[32:18] in the Park
first Friday in December
[32:24] are there any other
that concludes my my report any public
[32:30] comments
[32:33] uh any announcements anything I've left
off
[32:43] that you sent me to last week okay go go
for it quick quick because you guys I'm
[32:47] very impressed with the efficiency
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[32:53] because it was just an idea and now it's
happening it happened so fast it
[32:58] sprouted during covet
um
[33:02] sometimes
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[33:10] so um just a quick fact Georgia is
number five state in population growth
[33:16] right now so that means Winterville
um I went to a really great three round
[33:22] table and what I come out of that
knowing was as far as developers and
[33:30] plans we have to follow the process and
Trust the process we have a good tree
[33:35] ordinance in place if it fails us or if
it leaks in some way we address that we
[33:42] upgrade and the um the arborist from
Alpharetta was there he was currently
[33:47] the president of the Georgia tree
Council and he views his tree ordinance
[33:51] as a living document and he just keeps
amending it and changing it so that it's
[33:58] always current so that was really great
um I got some really great contact
[34:04] information I applied for a grant for us
for Community urban forestry technical
[34:09] support for 2012 three
green infrastructure is all the buzz
[34:16] right now
um so like green corridors and our
[34:21] Firefly Trail we had some really great
speakers the conference was in Rome and
[34:27] Rome's a really cool and awesome place I
had never been there they have an
[34:31] arboretum they call theirs an arboretum
like our row of commemorative trees is
[34:35] very similar to their Arboretum so if we
wanted to spice it up and add a little
[34:41] variety of maybe some under plantings we
too could have an arboretum along the
[34:46] Firefly Trail
[34:49] something to think about because one
thing we've talked about in the tree
[34:54] council is like well we're running out
of space to plant trees but you could
[34:57] have a commemorative shrub or a
commemorative Daisy or you know
[35:02] we a commemorative literacy award plan
[35:08] um so there that we also had to talk oh
and in Rome they've had a tree ordinance
[35:15] since
um 1996 and they've got some really
[35:20] great
um streetscaping so it all began with a
[35:25] concept plan and when I was at your
meeting on December on October 24th uh I
[35:31] forgot her name from The Downtown
Development Authority had
[35:36] um as stressed her need to have a
concept plan and I think one of the
[35:40] ladies at that meeting was gonna hook
her up with an architect so when we get
[35:45] the concept plan of what we want
downtown Winterville to look like I mean
[35:50] just like the marigold Collective that's
the way it's going to happen and the way
[35:55] they've made it thriving downtown in
both Rome and Greenville is to get the
[35:59] cars out of downtown and make it
walkable so we were talking about
[36:04] parking for the Firefly Trail that's
just something to keep in mind as we
[36:08] move forward that when people are
driving around they don't see all the
[36:13] little shops or all the little they
don't see
[36:17] so when people are walking they see and
another thing that was really
[36:21] interesting to me to me from the
Greenville speaker there was a town
[36:25] called Travelers Rest
adjacent to Greenville and you like look
[36:30] like you know the story so we're the
little town adjacent to Athens now when
[36:35] the Firefly gets completed I'm going to
draw a nodding I don't have to continue
[36:41] so that was great
um breweries big money that was your
[36:46] take home from the Greenville South
Carolina
[36:50] get the cars out of downtown
um things to attract people in like the
[36:56] doctor's Museum
festivals wide sidewalks which are
[37:01] things that we have and we could have
more of them I was gonna plug that if
[37:05] you didn't mention because it sets it
out to me it's in there it's all in
[37:09] there and that was all about just
pedestrians like the wide sidewalks
[37:12] right for pedestrian traffic absolutely
it's all about
[37:21] um through the Forestry Department and
other sources is this Justice 40.
[37:27] um and it is 40 to underserved
populations to help mitigate climate
[37:35] change the money will be available soon
and we can apply for it
[37:40] um if we have projects that will serve
the underserved and mitigate climate
[37:46] change as well as Ira money that's the
inflation reduction act so there is 1.5
[37:54] billion dollars in money that will go to
the underserved and I have a website
[38:01] here
um there it they don't have the money
[38:04] yet she's like don't quarter me up I
don't have the money but it's it's going
[38:10] to be available soon and I also learned
about this uh I had already known about
[38:15] lead Platinum building standards lead
gold lead silver so sites you guys might
[38:21] know this also is for sustainable land
design and development so that's the way
[38:26] of the future where you have carbon
neutrals structures and the cement
[38:31] you've got Fergus impervious
proportions to run off and also one more
[38:40] thing and I'm going to wrap it up so I
had a lot to think about as we move
[38:45] forward to weave into our plans
I met Jesse McMillan who is the Athens
[38:53] tree Council chairperson who is also won
The Rising Star Award at the conference
[38:59] and we talked about getting together on
this tree sale so that the way Susan had
[39:06] done it in Jefferson is we have the tree
sale and then the homeowners get a
[39:11] credit for their storm water well Athens
has to give them that credit but Jesse
[39:15] said that she was very interested in
getting that going on in Athens as well
[39:20] so then we could produce our storm water
runoff plant more trees and everybody
[39:27] saves a little money so that's something
that we're going to be working on
[39:30] together I also met Roger
Roger yeah that's it that's right
[39:36] so that was cool and also need to let
you know that there were six people
[39:42] closely tied to Winterville in this
Statewide conference so we were very
[39:48] well represented as well as Seth Hawkins
who you guys remember Susan Russell who
[39:54] I did not know was the president of the
Georgia tree commission Council last
[40:00] year during covid and of course Lee and
Roger and myself yeah so great team here
[40:07] we go thank you for coming thank you for
going thank you a lot of information and
[40:13] um I didn't I asked Wendy to email this
to you guys did you get to do that for
[40:18] them yeah
that's where I saw your watch
[40:23] so all the links are in there and if you
have any questions I do want to talk to
[40:30] you more about this EMC network of
electric cooperatives absolutely sure
[40:35] let's get together
great thank you 12 times meeting I think
[40:41] I can do one more time
no thank you both good stuff good stuff
[40:46] thank you yeah thanks for going and
thanks for that report that's great all
[40:50] good stuff so um any other announcements
okay with that I'll entertain a motion
[40:57] to drink great work tonight everybody
it's been a long year um the budget the
[41:01] marigold Collective this is a big night
um for the city and for the community
[41:04] for sure so thank you all for that hard
work
[41:07] um and with that I'll entertain a motion
to adjourn so move I have a motion do
[41:11] you have a second
I have a motion a second any further
[41:14] discussion
all in favor
[41:17] aye all opposed thank you all for being
here
[41:25] I know but no he said it's really crazy
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