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The move authorizes the Department of Transportation (DOT) to publish the analyses and hold public meetings and a public hearing before the board, and it clears the way for staff to gather feedback and return to the commissioners with final recommendations. \"We are proposing to do the, put the service equity analysis out so that we can get public comment on it,\" Morgan Simmons, deputy director for the county Department of Transportation, told the board, describing the steps DOT would take.

The hearings come after several public commenters urged the board either to preserve existing services or to make bigger operational changes. \"We must support these services to drive ridership if we're gonna continue to use ridership as a metric of whether or not we fund it,\" said Matt Stegall, a District 1 resident and member of the county Transit Advisory Board, reflecting repeated pleas from riders and transit advocates for more marketing, better ridership data and operational fixes.

Why it matters: The proposed changes would affect free circulator service in the Cumberland area and regional commuter routes used by workers commuting into Atlanta. Commissioners debated timing and representation because District 2 — a seat that represents parts of the Cumberland area — was vacant during the discussion. Several commissioners said they had no objection to starting the administrative steps now but asked DOT to extend outreach so the incoming District 2 commissioner could review the record and participate in final decisions.

What DOT is proposing and next steps: Simmons told the board the proposal for the green circulator would be coupled with an equity analysis and a public hearing. DOT said the blue circulator would continue to traverse much of the same area with some operational adjustments and that Route 50 (a route that serves Powers Ferry and parts of Cumberland) covers other high-demand segments the green circulator serves. For the commuter routes (100, 101, 102), Simmons said Cobb DOT has coordinated with Gwinnett County and ATL on a regional review and that removing some seats could allow new cost-sharing express service partnerships on the I-75 corridor.

DOT described an administrative timetable: if the board approved advertising for public hearings, DOT would post the service equity analyses, run a 30-day comment period with multiple public meetings, hold a public hearing before the board and return in May with a final recommendation. Staff said if the board elected to extend the public-comment window for the green circulator to give the incoming District 2 commissioner extra time, that service change likely would not be implemented until the fall rather than the summer.

Public comments: Transit has been a recurring theme in public comment. Resident Tracy Stevenson criticized past spending and questioned the system's current structure, saying Cobb should \"fix what we have first.\" Others — including residents who use the Cumberland circulators and the CCID (Cumberland Community Improvement District) — said poor marketing, outdated routing information and inconsistent ridership-tracking have hurt ridership and that transit deserves targeted support.

Operational and vendor details: Transdev is the county's operator for Cobblink; DOT said any service changes must be synchronized with the operator's scheduling windows so drivers, vehicles and dispatch can be adjusted.

Board action and votes: The board voted 4-0 to authorize public advertisement and initiation of the 30-day comment period and to direct DOT to schedule public meetings and a hearing. Commissioners said staff should coordinate outreach with the incoming District 2 commissioner and noted options to extend the comment window for the green circulator if needed.

What the board did not decide: Commissioners did not adopt final service changes at the meeting. The votes authorized analyses, public outreach and a hearing; any service reductions, route removals or implementation dates will be decisions returned to the board after the public-comment period.

Context and next steps: DOT said the earliest implementation for changes that remain on the current schedule could be before major summer events in Cumberland if the full administrative schedule is followed; extending the comment period for the green circulator would likely push implementation to the fall. DOT requested and will post the analysis and public meeting schedule this week; the department proposed bringing results back to the board after the formal hearing and the 30-day comment period.

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The denial traces to a July 23, 2024 compliance inspection in which Cobb County police and business-license staff reported finding two people who were not Georgia-licensed massage therapists on the premises and a customer receiving a full-body massage. Detective Bruce Witt of the Cobb County Police Department testified that one person who exited a treatment room \"started going towards the back of the business away from me\" and later ran from the premises; Witt said he pursued her through the parking lot. Witt said he found a customer in a treatment room who was getting a massage and that the licensee's phone and glasses were in that room. Following that site visit, Witt said he obtained a magistrate's warrant related to allowing unlicensed massage therapy; the criminal case is pending.

Business-license manager Alicia Webb told the board her office received the compliance findings and cited the business under multiple sections of Chapter 78 of the Cobb County Code of Ordinances. Webb said the administrative denial letter and the ordinance references were sent to the licensee in February 2025.

At the hearing, the owner addressed the board. The license application on file is listed as YALI Services Incorporated; the woman who spoke identified herself as Tianya Li and said she has operated the business since 2015. Li told the board she and her husband — both of whom hold Georgia massage-therapy licenses — typically operate the business themselves and that they hired temporary help on the July day because their child was sick and they had a tax appointment. \"I will correct all my mistake. And I should not hire any temporary, worker without the license,\" she said, and told the board she had dismissed the temporary workers after the inspection and had closed the business after she was notified of the denial in February.

The board heard that a follow-up compliance visit in December found Li present and licensed; investigators reported no recurring violations on that later visit. However, staff and police asked the board to treat the July inspection as a serious violation because allowing unlicensed massage therapy can cause physical harm and because the event led to an arrest warrant and pending criminal charges. At the License Review Board hearing on March 13, the LRB voted unanimously to uphold the administrative denial; the applicant appealed that decision to the Board of Commissioners.

Chairwoman Cupid and commissioners discussed the balance between welcoming small businesses and protecting the public. Several commissioners said the July inspection — multiple county-code violations on a single unannounced inspection date — was a serious breach that justified denial of the renewal. Commissioner Burrell moved to uphold the administrative denial and the License Review Board decision; the motion was seconded, and the board voted 4-0 to deny the renewal.

What this means: The county's denial removes the business's ability to operate under its 2025 Cobb County health-spa license. The owner said the business has been closed since February and that she is exploring options, including a potential sale. County staff noted a new owner or different license applicant could apply for a license in the future; if the board denies a renewal today, the applicant generally must wait 12 months to reapply, though a new owner would not be blocked from applying.

Authorities and legal context: The staff cited multiple sections of Chapter 78 of the Cobb County Code of Ordinances as grounds for denial. Police also sought a warrant under Georgia statute referenced in the hearing transcript (cited by Detective Witt as \"43 dash 24 a dash 15 subsection f\") for allowing unlicensed massage therapy; the criminal matter remains pending in magistrate court.

Board records show the License Review Board had unanimously upheld the denial on March 13; the Board of Commissioners' decision on April 8 is final for the county administrative process, subject to any judicial review the licensee may pursue.

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- Consent agenda (as revised): Approved, motion carries 4-0. The board approved the consent agenda after pulling agenda items 11 and 12 for separate discussion.

- Agenda item 11 (Cobblink green circulator): Motion to advertise a public hearing and present a service equity analysis for proposed modifications to the Cobblink green circulator and to initiate a 30-day public comment period — approved 4-0.

- Agenda item 12 (Cobblink commuter routes): Motion to initiate a service equity analysis and a 30-day public comment period regarding proposed modifications to commuter routes 100, 101 and 102 — approved 4-0.

- Transportation construction contract: Approved a construction contract with Tidwell Construction Company in an amount not to exceed $327,696.14 for Chastain Meadows Parkway over Noonday Creek (Project B2117); motion carries 4-0.

- Appointments and reappointments: The board approved several reappointments and appointments by voice vote or motion, each carried 4-0 where recorded. Names announced during the meeting included Deborah Dance (Planning Commission), Barclay Russell (Board of Zoning Appeals reappointment), Enrico Washington (Airport Advisory Board reappointment), James Coleman (Public Library Board of Trustees reappointment) and Matt Stegall (transit advisory board reappointment). The record shows the motions carried where votes were called.

- Appeal hearing outcome (Oriental Massage): The board upheld the administrative denial of the 2025 health-spa license for YALI Services Inc. doing business as Oriental Massage — approved 4-0 (see separate article detailing the hearing).

All votes noted above took place during the April 8, 2025 meeting; the transcript records each vote as unanimous among the four commissioners present.","Summary of key formal votes taken at the April 8, 2025 Cobb County Board of Commissioners meeting, including consent agenda approval, authorization of transit service equity analyses, a contract award for a bridge project and several board appointments.","actionData","errors"]

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Votes at a glance: Cobb County Board of Commissioners, April 8, 2025