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HomeMy Public PortalAbout20210610Minutes.docx June 10, 2021 Shirley called the consent agenda to order at 6:30PM. Authorize the mayor to sign once the agreement has been received. #8 Regular session Alan Robertson approached to speak on the DNR grant for dune restoration. Introduced Dr. Leege and Shannon Matzke. Presentation in the packet. Goals discussed. Shannon approached. 8th Street and East Gate crossover. Pat Leiby and Julia Pearce asking for support to recognize Juneteenth. They outlined the activities on Saturday and Sunday. Jenna Wheeler approached Mayor and Council – Lemonade Day Matt Campbell HB 517. Speak to STVR. Worried regarding increasing fees. Any rise in fees be delayed. Would like to see the results of the survey from Granicus that was conducted last year. Ga Association of Realtors. Tony Valaz – STVR. Increase in fees. Homeowners will be paying the fees. STVR owners should not fund the Code Officers 100%. Be a fair and reasonable fee increase. Keith Gay – STVR. Savannah’s fee is only $300. Tybee’s should be lower as it is a small Island. $400 is too high. Roger Huff approached. Why an ordinance is not a public hearing as with the budget and millage. Carol Nathan supports the increase in STVR fees. Mack Kitchen – STVR – heard a lot about the fees but nothing about the resources. Doesn’t think the $500 fee is not unreasonable. Reduce the amount of people staying in the units. Cody Jones, Savannah Realtors Association. Sat on the Task Force. Quality of Life issue. Would like council to have another task force. Consent agenda – monty/nancy 6-0 Public Hearing Budget: Shawn stated Jen made adjustments and budget is balanced. Monty complimented Jen. Roger Huff approached. Increase in fees for STVR’s is not justified. The administrative fines should be directed to pay for Code Enforcement. Against hiring a Lobbyist. Mack Kitchens approached. Motion: Monty/john. 6-0 Millage: Jen approached. Monty recommended we adopt a millage to have “net zero”. Roger Huff approached. Supports not raising taxes. Spec/john. 5-1 – Monty. Site plan – TIMA. George explained. TIMA is expanding their space. Need larger building. PC approved. Staff does not approve. 801 first street. Spoke in favor of the item. Anything that can be done to help the school. Carolyn approached. She explained why they need to expand. Cant build a school on property they don’t own. Will not have to add another building. Peter (principal). “Schools are supposed to be…….”. Opportunity to have a vibrant school and have the students impact the community. Carolyn explained the lottery for school. Motion: barry/monty. 6-0. Storm Water Master Plan – Pete Gulbronson. Contract with Thomas Hutton. Will be before the Planning Commission in July. Grant - $. No vote needed – for information only. 2021-21 Animal – Tracy explained changes. Monty/jay. 6-0 Amended STVR – water/sewer. Would require STVR’s to pay commercial rates. Barry recommended not moving forward. Would like to see the withdrawal rates. STVR’s – site plan requirement. Bubba explained. John – is it legal. Bubba said it is. Would be hard to enforce. Barry – he would like a parking plan. Bubba – you can impose a parking plan. Spec – not enforceable. Barry – recommended parking plan to include off-street parking. Just like a residential home. Barry: Add parking plan to the application to the STVR. Nancy seconded. DISCUSSION: Monty would prefer to see something on paper prior to voting on it. John: would like to know the criteria of the parking plan prior to voting. Jay – questions regarding requirement to post number of parking places. Bubba – do you want to impose restrictions on parking for STVRs. Struggle – requirement of the parking plan to be include in the application. Shawn – if they have a parking plan – the property needs to be resinspected. Unenforceable. Barry – this would only be for new stvr’s. Nancy: agrees bubba to draft and bring back. Monty – moving forward with defining. Parking plan not a site plan. Barry – council asking staff to bring back for review parking plan. Nancy accepted change. 5-1 Spec. Increase fees – STVR’s. Shawn: met with STVR’s. from 100 to 500 in the budget. This will go toward the code enforcement and police. Would vary with the number of bedrooms. John: number of bedrooms is not adequate way to gauge fee. Specify the maximum number of people. Barry: stvr’s mgt companies can’t keep up with the amount of people staying in a house. Spec: doesn’t see in the police report where there is violations for STVR’s. Nancy – noise issues. In favor of a tier rate. Base rate would be for two people. Monty Chatham – 2 people per bedroom plus 2. Spec – have staff come up with scenarios. Shirley: Motion: Nancy run numbers, estimated reve by three plans. Monty seconded. 3 monty, john, nancy in favor. Shirley in favor. Barry: Shawn - has information. Greenline to come in and come up with a plan for a new building and get a rough drawing. Barry wants to move the people from the old school to the YMCA by using a second floor or addition. The old school would then be offered to TIMA. Monty: in agreement. Monty: Raising alcohol license. Jay, Spec and John recused. Monty: the businesses need to pick up the burden. Current fee is $1250. To $3250. Shawn to send numbers to mayor and council. Motion exec session: litigation, realestate, personnel. Monty/Spec 6-0.