Mayor & Commission Meetings

Unified Government of Athens-Clarke County Mayor and Commission Meeting Minutes Meeting Name: Agenda setting session Meeting Date: Tuesday, September 17, 2024 Meeting Called to Order: 6:11 p.m. Location: City Hall Virtual? ☐ Yes / ☒ No Public Input Requested or Received? ☐ Yes / ☒ No Attendees: ☒Kelly Girtz ☒Tiffany Taylor ☒John Culpepper ☒Patrick Davenport ☒Allison Wright ☒Carol Myers ☒Melissa Link ☐Dexter Fisher ☐Ovita Thornton ☒Jesse Houle ☐Mike Hamby Items discussed 1. Woodlawn Avenue - Proposed designation as an on-street parking permit-controlled street Under the Residential Parking Permit Program 2. Annual FTA 5307 Operating and Capital Assistance Application. This will provide funds to subsize Transit Department operating and capital expenses July 1, 2025 - June 30, 2026 3. Annual Transit Planning Assistance Grant for FY26 4. Annual Metropolitan Transportation Planning (PL) Grant for FY26 5. 2024 Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) Local Maintenance Improvement Grant (LMIG) Safety Action Plan (SAP) Application submittal 6. 2024 and 2025 HUD Continuum of Care Homeless Assistance Grant application 7. HUD FY24 Pathways to Removing Obstacles to Housing (PRO Housing) Grant application 8. State of Georgia Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Use Site-Based Program Grant application 9. TSPLOST 2023 Project 11, East Athens MLK Parkway Oconee River Greenway Trail - Design services contract award 10. Hazard mitigation plan update 11. Sterling Woods NNI 12. Authorize the abandonment and disposal of portion of Bedgood Road and its associated excess right of way 13. Appointment to Community Tree Council 14. Request of Carter Engineering Consultants Inc., owner: Waseca Learning Environment Inc., for special use in RS-15 on 5.07 acres known as 615 Tallassee Road. Proposed use is day care/school. Type II District 5 15. Request of Frank Pittman / Pittman & Greer Engineering, Owner: RBCB Holdings LLC, for rezoning from C-G (commercial-general) to RM-2 (mixed density residential) on 2.45 acres known as 204 Old Hull Road. Proposed use is residential multi-family. This will require an amendment to the future land use from general business to mixed density residential. Type I District 2 16. Request of Jeff Carter, Carter Engineering, owner Charles Jordan and Frances Colley, for special use in C-G and RM-1 (commercial-general (airport overlay) and mixed density residential on 9.42 acres known as 1825, 1885, and 1889 Lexington Road. Proposed use is residential multi-family. Type II District 3 17. Request of Joshua Hall, owner Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia, for rezoning from G (government) to C-DF (commercial-downtown west end design area) on 1.72 acres known as 290 S. Lumpkin Street. Proposed use is residential and commercial mixed. This will require an amendment to the future land use from government to downtown. Type I District 4 18. Request of Athens-Clarke County Unified Government for text amendment to Code Section 9-27 Inclusionary zoning 19. Resolution to approve plan for periodic recapture of unspent ARPA funds following the ARPA obligation deadline 20. ARPA fund allocations 21. North Oconee River Sanitary Sewer Interceptor Crossing - Design & services during construction 22. Repair the Courthouse inmate elevator 23. Transfer Funds from the Airport's Unrestricted Net Position to the Airport's Operating Fund to finance the approved Airport Capital Improvement Proposed Project Concept, Airport Parking Lot Project 24. Transfer Funds from the Airport's Unrestricted Net Position to the Airport's Operating Fund to finance the approved Airport Capital Improvement Proposed Project Concept, Taxiway B Pavement Rehabilitation and Lighting Project 25. SPLOST 2011 Project 32, Costa Building Renovation – Public art type and location 26. Athens Housing Authority Lexington Flats PILOT request 27. Courthouse Audio-Visual Equipment Modernization Project vendor selection 28. Nuisance abatement and control demolition program scope of work amendment 29. Project FAST: Funding Athens’ Sustainable Transportation; A U. S Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration Charging and Fueling Infrastructure Discretionary Grant Program 30. Honey Tree Drive Repair - CY2024 Pavement Management Program Project Change Order No. 2 31. FY24 Comprehensive Performance Audit of Employee Recruitment, Hiring, and Orientation  32. Pittard and Star Road plumbing contract award 33. TSPLOST 2023 Project 28: College Square Pedestrian Plaza – Alternative project delivery concept No votes were taken. Adjourn Motioned by: Taylor Seconded by: Myers Result: approved Meeting Adjourned at: 7:38 p.m.