Mayor & Commission Meetings

Unified Government of Athens-Clarke County Mayor and Commission Meeting Minutes Meeting Name: Agenda Setting Session Meeting Date: Tuesday, February 18, 2025 Meeting Called to Order: 6:18 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 ☒Stephanie Johnson ☐Mike Hamby Items discussed: 1. Approve: Biosolids hauling and disposal contract amendment 2. Approve: S.T.O.P. Violence Against Women Grant – Clerk of Superior Court Continuation Application for 2025 3. Approve: SPLOST 2020 Project 26, Recovered Material Processing & Reuse Facility Project, Request for Federal and State Grant Funding Approval 4. Approve: Replacement of Water & Sewer Mains for the GDOT SR10 @ CR993/W Hancock Ave Intersection Improvements Project (PI#0016920) - Authorization for the Standard Utility/Contract Item Agreement 5. Approve: Design Approval - Athena Industrial Park Recycle Water Line - Section 1 6. Approve: Transit hybrid electric bus engine purchase 7. Approve: March 2025 Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan Update 8. Request of Michael B. Thurmond/Armentrout Matheny Thurmond P.C., owner Excaliber Development LLC, for rezoning from C-R & RM-2 to C-G on 0.9 acres located at 1055 Hull Road. This will require an amendment to the Future Land Use map from General Business and Mixed Density Residential to General Business. Proposed use is undetermined. Type I District 9 Planning Commission recommendation: Future Land Use: Approval (unanimous) Rezoning: Approval (unanimous) 9. Request of Scott Haines/W&A Engineering, Owners: Dekle Realty Enterprises LLC, Michael Dekle, Crystaline Dekle, Beth Tolley, James Dekle, Shari Wycheslavzoff, Jodi Kerr,  Mohammed Khan & Carenage Partners LLC, for rezoning from C-N (PD), RM-1, RS-8 to C-N (PD) on 207 acres (subject area 90 acres) known as 445, 605, 705, 1015 Barnett Shoal Road, 190-210 Lakewood Drive and 162 Park Ridge Court. This will require an amendment to the Future Land Use map from Traditional Neighborhood and Mixed Density Residential to Traditional Neighborhood. Proposed use is residential and commercial mixed. Type I Districts 3 and 8 Planning Commission recommendation: Future Land Use: Approval (unanimous) Rezoning: Approval w/conditions (unanimous) 10. Request of Brad Sperr, owner 728 Cobb LLC, for special use in RS-8 on 0.84 acres known as 728 Cobb Street. Proposed use is legal, non-conforming use as office. Type II District 2 Planning Commission recommendation: Approval w/condition (8-1) 11. Request of Will Avant/Foresite Group LLC, owner: GAINESCEDAR LLC, for Planned Development Amendment from C-O (GSRC) (PD) to C-O (GSRC) on 0.64 acres known as 995 Gaines School Road. Proposed use is medical center. Type II District 1 Planning Commission recommendation: Approval w/condition (unanimous) 12. ARPA Funding Recapture: Athens Land Trust and East Athens Development Corporation 13. 610 Athena Drive - Approval of Private Pump Station and Force Main 14. TSPLOST 2023 Project 17, Stonehenge Neighborhood Area Pedestrian Improvements Project (Sub-Project #1), Professional Services Contract 15. CY 2025 Pavement Maintenance Project Contract Award 16. Extension of Non-Profit Leases for FY26 17. Request for Hourly Parking Rate Adjustment in Downtown Parking Decks 18. Periodic audit of the Housing and Community Development Department 19. Proposed increase to Clarke County Health Board of Environmental Health Section Fees 20. S.T.O.P. Violence Against Women Grant- Solicitor General’s Office Award for 2025 21. ACCGov Actions as a Coalition of Local Government Intervener in the Georgia Power IRP and Rate Cases No votes were taken. Adjourn Motioned by: Commissioner Taylor Seconded by: Commissioner Fisher Result: Approved Meeting Adjourned at: 9:07 p.m.