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. TENTATIVE AGENDA REVISED 9-20-2022 UNIFIED GOVERNMENT OF ATHENS-CLARKE COUNTY, GEORGIA AGENDA SETTING SESSION TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2022, 6:00 P.M. CITY HALL If business has not concluded by 8:15 p.m., there will be a 15-minute break. A. Public 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 MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC 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, and Clerk for placement on the consent agenda for Tuesday October 4, 2022. 1. Approve: FY2024 Federal Transit Administration (FTA) authorizing resolution to submit an application to the Georgia /Department of Transportation (GDOT) to request FTA grant funds to reimburse eligible transit operating and capital expenses in FY2024 2. Approve: JG. Beacham Water Treatment Plant high service pump upgrade 3. Approve: North Oconee Water Reclamation Facility clarifier improvements - Change Order #1 4. Approve: North Oconee Water Reclamation Facility aeration basin improvements - Change Order #2 5. Approve: FY23 Fleet Replacement Program - Vactor sewer cleaner (T&PW) C. Public 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 MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC 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 6. Request of Jeff Carter/Carter Engineering Owner: Marguerite Newton Estate; for rezoning from RS-15 (Single-Family Residential) to RS-8 on 26.72 acres known as 4555 Lexington Road. Proposed use is single-family residential. Type II District 1 (Tuesday, August 16. 2022) 7. An ordinance under home rule with respect to reducing the quorum requirement for the commission of Athens-Clarke County. First reading (Tuesday, August 16. 2022) . E. New business 8. Animal Control Ordinance review 9. Fowler Mill Road Bridge over Little Bear Creek design contract 10. Live stream pipe replacement priorities 2022 – Proposed project concept 11. Request for consideration of acceptance of Opticos Missing Middle Scan 12. Rock and Shoals Outcrop Natural Area expansion - Legacy Forest Conservation project 13. Clarke County Sheriff’s office fleet increase – title only 14. SPLOST 2020 Project 03, Classic Center Arena – Solar energy procurement agreement (SEPA) construction services 15. Acceptance of Planning Department work plan/comprehensive plan process – title only 16. Judiciary request for CY2023 American Rescue Plan Act funds through the State of Georgia Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC) - title only 17. Approval of the TSPLOST 2023 budget and adoption of a project tier funding schedule for the TSPLOST 2023 Program 19. Reconnecting Communities grant application – title only F. Receive staff reports 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, October 4, 2022. If you wish to address this item, at the appropriate time, please go to the podium and state your name and address. RULES OF THE COMMISSION STATE THAT A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC 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. 18. Request of Jerry Wood/DuSouth, Inc. for rezoning from C-G (Commercial-General) and RS-8 (Single-family Residential) to RM-2 (PD) Mixed Density Residential Planned Development) on 11.36 acres known as 165 Mill Center Boulevard and 160 and 180 Mellwood Drive. This will require an amendment to the Future Land Use Plan from General/Business and Traditional Neighborhood to Mixed-Density Residential Type 1 District 6 Planning Commission recommendation: Future Land Use: Approve 5-1 Rezoning: Approve 4-2 A qualified interpreter for the hearing impaired is available upon request at least 10 days in advance of this meeting. 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