Agenda - City Council

1. Pledge of Allegiance and Invocation

2. Call to Order

3. Consideration to Approve Agenda

4. Guests and Visitors

Presentation of Proclamation for America 250

5. Public Hearings

Public Hearing for Case RZON2604-010 - Request to Rezone +/- 177.43

Acres Located at 2030 & 2050 Sam Nelson Road and 650 Talcmine Drive

from PD-MU (Planned Development-Mixed Use) to R-4 (Single-Family

Residential) - Planning and Zoning Manager Thomas Trawick

Attachments:

RZON2604-010 Documentation

Public Hearing for the Fiscal Year 2027 Millage Rate - Finance Director

Ryan Luckett

Attachments:

FY 2027 Millage Rate

6. Consideration to Approve Minutes

Council Meeting Draft Minutes - June 18, 2026

Attachments:

Minutes - Council - June 18, 2026

7. Informational Items

Information Only - Cases RZON2605-009 and CUP2605-008 - Request to

Rezone +/- 0.741 Acres Located at 109 Railroad Street from L-I (Light

Industrial) to CBD (Central Business District) and Request for a

Conditional Use Permit to Operate a Religious Facility - City Planner

Jakob Allen

Attachments:

RZON2605-009 and CUP2605-008 Documentation

Information Only - Case CUP2605-007 - Request for Conditional Use

Permit Approval to Allow Multi-Family Units in Lieu of Approved Townhome

Units at 151 Violet Way (Riverstone Retreat) - City Planner Tyler Peoples

CUP2605-007 Documentation

Information Only - Cases ANNX2605-011, RZON2605-010, MP2605-013,

CUP2605-012, and VAR2605-003 - Request to Annex and Rezone +/-

48.192 Acres Located Along Ball Ground Highway and Fate Conn Road

for the Purpose of Constructing a 167-Unit Subdivision and

Commercial/Light Industrial Areas - City Planner Tyler Peoples

Attachments:

Ball Ground Highway and Fate Conn Road Documentation

Information Only - Case ZCA2605-014 - River Green Pods J1 and J2 -

Zoning Condition Amendment Request to Amend Originally Approved

Townhomes to Allow for Single-Family Detached Homes - Planning and

Zoning Manager Thomas Trawick

Attachments:

ZCA2605-014 Documentation

Information Only - Cases ANNX2605-015 and RZON2605-016 - Request

to Annex +/- 176 Acres Along Old Shoal Creek Road and Rezone from

R-40, AG, and GC (County) to R-10 and R-40 (City) for a Proposed

Single-Family Subdivision of 199 Lots - Planning and Zoning Manager

Thomas Trawick

Attachments:

ANNX2605-015 and RZON2605-016 Documentation

8. Other Announcements

9. Ten Minute Public Input

10. Consent Agenda

Approval of Text Amendment to Unified Development Code Regarding

Artisan and Small-Scale Manufacturing - City Planner Tyler Peoples

Attachments:

Artisan and Small-Scale Manufacturing Text Amendment

Approval of the Award of Task Order 9 to Practical Design Partners, LLC

for West Main Street Pedestrian Corridor Construction Management

Services in the Amount of $258,370 - City Engineer Bethany Watson

Practical Design Partners - Task Order 9

Approval of the Award of the West Main Street Pedestrian Corridor Project

to Wilson Construction Management, LLC in the Amount of $1,342,439 -

City Engineer Bethany Watson

Attachments:

West Main Street Pedestrian Corridor Project

Approval of Change Order 1 for Time Extension on the Ridge Pine

Elevated Tank - City Engineer Bethany Watson

Ridge Pine Elevated Tank Change Order 1

Approval to Renew the Task Order Agreement Contract for Professional

Engineering Services with Keck & Wood, Inc - City Engineer Bethany

Watson

Attachments:

Keck & Wood Task Order Agreement Renewal

Approval of Task Order 9 to Keck & Wood, Inc for Intersection Upgrade for

Railroad Street at Waleska Street in the Amount of $51,000 - City

Engineer Bethany Watson

Keck & Wood - Task Order 9

11. Old Business

Discussion and Possible Action on Case CUP2604-002 - Request for

Conditional Use Permit Approval for Multi-Family Residential Component

of Proposed Mixed-Use Development at 261 East Main Street - City

Planner Jakob Allen

Attachments:

CUP2604-002 Documentation

Discussion and Possible Action on Cases ANNX2604-001,

RZON2604-004, VAR2604-001 - Request to Annex +/- 0.684 Acres

Located at 1763 Ball Ground Highway and Rezone from R-40 (County) to

General Commercial (City) with Concurrent Variance to Reduce

Landscape Buffer Abutting Cherokee County from 50 Feet to 25 Feet -

City Planner Tyler Peoples

Attachments:

ANNX2604-001, RZON2604-004, VAR2604-001 Documentation

Discussion and Possible Action to Approve the Public Safety Roof

Replacement Project - Assistant City Manager Nathan Ingram

Public Safety Building Roof Replacement

Discussion and Possible Action to Approve Resolution to Abandon Lee

Street and Authorize the Mayor to Sign the Quitclaim Deed to Cherokee

County - Assistant City Manager Nathan Ingram

Attachments:

Lee Street Abandonment

12. New Business

Presentation and Discussion of the Fiscal Year 2027 Proposed Budget

and Fee Schedule - Finance Director Ryan Luckett

Attachments:

FY 2027 Budget and Fee Schedule

Discussion of Proposed Georgia Power Company Underground

Easement for South Canton Park - Operations Manager Kelly Pendley

Attachments:

Georgia Power Easement Agreement - South Canton Park

Discussion and Possible Action on Authorization for City Manager to

Negotiate and Settle Highway 140 Project Parcels - City Engineer Bethany

Watson

Attachments:

Highway 140 Project Parcels

Discussion and Possible Action for Inspection and Building Envelope

Services for the Public Safety Building Roof Project - Assistant City

Manager Nathan Ingram

Attachments:

Roof Inspection and Envelope Services

Discussion of Proposed Right of Entry Agreement with Georgia Power -

Assistant City Manager Nathan Ingram

Attachments:

Georgia Power Right of Entry Agreement