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TENTATIVE AGENDA UNIFIED GOVERNMENT OF ATHENS-CLARKE COUNTY, GEORGIA SPECIAL CALLED SESSION TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2023, 4:30 P.M. CITY HALL A. Roll call B. Purpose of meeting: to consider appeal of a Historic Preservation Commission decision regarding Certificate of Appropriateness COA 2023-05-1015 120 West Cloverhurst Avenue C. Citizen input. Please refer to Attachment A – Procedure for Hearing D. Consider appeal of Historic Preservation Commission decision regarding Certificate of Appropriateness COA 2023-05-1015 120 West Cloverhurst Avenue E. Adjourn 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. Connect to “ACC Public” Click on “I Agree”. Free parking deck vouchers for citizens attending the monthly Regular Voting Meetings, Work Sessions, and Agenda Setting Meetings of the Mayor and Commission held at City Hall are available on the 2nd floor of City Hall. ATTACHMENT A PROCEDURE FOR HEARING BY THE MAYOR AND COMMISSION OF AN APPEAL OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION DECISION The procedures for the conduct of the hearing before the mayor and commission are as follows: a. The party who filed the appeal first presents a ten-minute argument in the support of the appeal, and opponents shall then present their ten-minute argument in opposition to the appeal. b. Neither side will be required to use all of its ten-minute argument period. c. Either side may allocate its ten-minute argument period among any number of speakers, provided that the presentation by all speakers for each side shall not exceed ten minutes per side. d. All persons wishing to speak during one side's ten-minute argument period must register their intent to do so and the amount of time to be allocated per speaker with the clerk of commission not later than the time that the meeting of the mayor and commission at which the hearing on the appeal is to be conducted is first called to order. e. In the event that all persons wishing to speak as a part of one side's ten-minute argument are not able to agree how that side's ten-minute argument period shall be allocated, they shall inform the mayor of their disagreement before either side begins its ten-minute argument, in which event the mayor shall decide and announce the manner in which that side's ten-minute argument period shall be allocated. Any commissioner dissatisfied with the mayor's allocation of that side's ten-minute argument shall have the right to appeal the mayor's allocation decision to the commission before either side begins its ten-minute argument. f. After the opponents of the appeal have concluded their ten-minute arguments, the party who filed the appeal shall have a three-minute rebuttal.