Mayor & Commission Meetings

If making a public comment, please fill out the form available on the table in the hallway to help ensure that your information is correctly entered into the minutes. Once you have spoken, please hand your form to the staff in front of the podium for the Clerk. REVISED - July 20, 2021 TENTATIVE AGENDA UNIFIED GOVERNMENT OF ATHENS-CLARKE COUNTY, GEORGIA AGENDA SETTING SESSION TUESDAY, JULY 20, 2021, 6:00 P.M. CITY HALL If business has not concluded by 8:15 p.m., there will be a 15-minute break. A. Citizen input. If you wish to address the Mayor and Commission on any item listed below on the consent agenda, please go to the podium and state your name and address. RULES OF THE COMMISSION STATE THAT A CITIZEN MAY SPEAK ONCE DURING THE FOLLOWING PORTION OF THE AGENDA FOR UP TO THREE MINUTES WITH A 30 SECOND REMINDER AT TWO AND A HALF MINUTES. B. Consent agenda. Recommended by Mayor, Mayor Pro tem, Manager, Assistant Managers, Attorney, Auditor, and Clerk for placement on the consent agenda for Tuesday, August 3. 1. Approve: Morton Avenue– parking prohibition 2. Approve: Atlanta Avenue at Savannah Avenue - proposed all-way stop 3. Approve: Boulevard at Hiawassee Avenue – proposed all-way stop 4. Approve: Barrow Street at Childs Street – proposed all-way stop 5. Approve: Ordinance amendment establishing a fee for emergency review of special events permit applications 6. Approve: Revised transit substance abuse policy 7. Approve: Transfer of twelve mobile data terminals (MDTs) and vehicle computer mounts to the Watkinsville Police Department for continued law enforcement purposes 8. Approve: ADDA Community Events Program funding request for FY22 9. Approve: Water and wastewater connection fees – Athens Land Trust: 853 Reese Street 10. Approve: 197 and 199 North Rocksprings Street – Request for exception to Policy/Procedure Statement WS-011: Water and/or Sanitary Sewer Service  11. Approve: 0 Barnett Shoals Road - Request for exception to Policy/Procedure Statement WS-011: Water and/or Sanitary Sewer Services 12. Approve: 255 Spring Valley Road – Approval of pump station and force main 13. Approve: Purchase new mini-packer for Solid Waste Collections Division 14. Approve: Upper North Oconee Interceptor Project Phase 2B – Change order #2 15. Approve: SPLOST 2020 Project 27 - Sub-Project #1 - Proposed Project Concept (FY22 Annual Work Program of Facility Equipment / Systems Replacement Projects) C. Citizen input. If you wish to address the Mayor and Commission on any item listed below under old and new business, please go to the podium and state your name and address. RULES OF THE COMMISSION STATE THAT A CITIZEN MAY SPEAK ONCE DURING THE FOLLOWING PORTION OF THE AGENDA FOR UP TO THREE MINUTES WITH A 30 SECOND REMINDER AT TWO AND A HALF MINUTES. D. Old business 16. Falling Shoals parking prohibition E. New business 17. Pope Street closure 18. Sidewalk café ordinance amendments 19. Upper North Oconee Interceptor project Phase 2C – award of contract 20. VMware Infrastructure 21. SPLOST 2011 Project 31 – Sub-Project #6 - Boulevard Speed Tables - Neighborhood Traffic Management Program (NTMP) 22. SPLOST 2011 Project 26 - Road & Bridge Improvement/General Intersections- Hawthorne Avenue at Oglethorpe Avenue, Sub-Project #3 Preliminary Plans Approval 23. TSPLOST 2018 Project 01 - Airport Capital Improvements SP #3 Taxiway "A" Change Order 24. TSPLOST 2018 Project 05 - North Oconee River Greenway Network, Sub-Project #2, Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP) Revision 25. SPLOST 2020 - Project 03 Classic Center Arena – Hickory Street Property Land Use 26. SPLOST 2020 Project 02 – Affordable Housing – Proposed Intergovernmental Agreement 27. SPLOST 2020 Project 02 – Affordable Housing – Phase I Infrastructure Proposed Preliminary Plans 28. LRC Report: Examine opportunities for local civil rights legislation, modelled on the recent Brookhaven ordinance, and utilizing the Municipal Court and ACC Attorney's Office as support for the prospective ordinance  29. LRC Report: Review and make recommendations regarding current alcohol serving opportunities for Special Events on public properties and public rights-of-way – Title Only 30. Homeless Encampment Site Selection – Title Only 31. Intergovernmental Agreement with the Athens Housing Authority for Housing Study – Title Only 32. Training Lieutenant – Workforce Development – Title Only F. Receive staff report and public input on a recommendation from the Athens-Clarke County Planning Commission. Following the staff report, public input will be received; however, this is not the required public hearing which is tentatively scheduled for Tuesday, August 3, 2021. If you wish to address a zoning related item, at the appropriate time, please go to the podium and state your name and address. RULES OF THE COMMISSION STATE THAT A CITIZEN MAY SPEAK ONCE DURING THE FOLLOWING PORTION OF THE AGENDA FOR UP TO THREE MINUTES WITH A 30 SECOND REMINDER AT TWO AND A HALF MINUTES. 33. Renaming Carriage Court to Auriel Callaway Avenue Planning Commission recommendation: Approval (unanimous) 34. Request of Carlton North for Owner: Carriage House Realty, Inc. for amendment to RM-1 (PD) (Mixed Density Residential, Planned Devlopment) on .018 acre known as 115 Gran Ellen Drive. Proposed use is single-family residential. Type II District 4 Planning Commission recommendation: Approval w/conditions (unanimous) 35. Request of W & A Engineering for, new Oak Grove Area, LLV for amendment to C-G (PD) (Commercial-General, Planned Development) on 52.89 acres known as 102 Lavender Road and 6045 Jefferson Road. Proposed use is Commercial and multifamily. Type II District 5 Planning Commission recommendation: Approval (unanimous) 36. Request of Cabot Creek Consulting for Clyde William Taff Estate & Bennie Mae Taff Estate for rezoning from RS-8 (Single-Family Residential) to RS-5* (Single-Family Residential zoning w/Condition) on 47.7 acres known as 5090 & 5098 Old Jefferson Road. Proposed use is Single-family residential. Type II District 5 (note: applicant has asked that he be allowed to withdraw this request) Planning Commission recommendation: Denial (unanimous) 37. Request of Josh Koons, Koons Environmental Design, Inc. for Owner: Nancy W. Stangle and Kathleen Blane, for rezoning from RS-25 (Single-Family Residential) and AR (Agricultural Residential) to AR on 82.63 acres (RS-25 area) known as 281 Rivercliff Drive & 2465 Tallassee Road. This will require an amendment to the Future Land Use Plan from Single Family Residential to Rural. Proposed use is Conservation and Agriculture. Type I Districts 5 & 6 Planning Commission recommendation: Future Land Use: Approval (unanimous) Rezoning: Approval (unanimous)  38. Request of Jeff Carter / Carter Engineering Consultants for Owner: Calvary Bible Church for rezoning from Conditional Use to Special Use in RS-8 on 15.05 acres known as 295 Tallassee Road. Proposed use church addition. Type II Disrict 6 Planning Commission recommendation: Approval w/conditions (unanimous) 39. Request of Michael B Thurmond / Armentrout Matheny Thurmond for Owner: Centurion Westpark, LLC amendment to C-N (PD) (Commercial-Neighborhood Planned Development) on 1.97 acres known as 155 and 305 Westpark Drive. Proposed use multifamily. Type II District 10 Planning Commission recommendation; Approval (unanimous) WORK SESSION AGENDA A. Affordable Housing Preliminary Plans and Intergovernmental Agreement #4 Work session will begin upon adjournment of agenda setting session A qualified interpreter for the hearing impaired is available upon request at least 10 days in advance of this meeting. Please call (706) 613-3031 (TDD {706} 613-3115) to request an interpreter or for more information. Wireless access will be available for general use shortly before, during, and shortly after each Mayor and Commission meeting. 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