Mayor & Commission Meetings

Unified Government of Athens-Clarke County Mayor and Commission Meeting Minutes Meeting Name: Mayor and Commission Agenda Setting Session Meeting Date: Tuesday, March 18, 2025 Meeting Called to Order: 6:12 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: CHARM Contingency Funding Request for Processing and Recycling 2. Approve: Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting Vehicle & Equipment 3. Approve: TSPLOST 2018 Project 13, W. Broad Area Pedestrian Improvements - W. Broad St. and W. Hancock Ave. Roundabout Sub-Project #1, Right-of-Way (ROW) Acquisition and Eminent Domain Resolution 4. Approve: Georgia Accountability Court Funding Program Grants – Western Judicial Circuit 5. Approve: HRC Recommendation: Recognition and Display of Flags for Athens Pride Month and Juneteenth 6. Approve: FY26 Community Partnership Program Funding Recommendations 7. Approve: North Oconee River Sanitary Sewer Interceptor Improvements - Phase II - Preliminary Construction Plans 8. Approve: On-Call Annual Wet Well Cleaning - Contract Award 9. Approve: Replacement of Centrifuge Controls at WRFs 10. Approve: Return of CDBG Revolving Loan Fund Balance to the Department of Community Affairs 11. Approve: Authorization to Enter Into a Lease Agreement with Georgia Public Defender Council, Office of the Western Circuit 12. Request of Elizabeth DeMarco, owner 475 Church Street, LLC, for special use in RM-1 on 0.2  acres known as 475 North Church Street. Proposed use is commercial short-term rental. Type II District 4 Planning Commission recommendation: Approval (unanimous) 13. Request of Scott Haines/W&A Engineering, Owner: Hospital Authority of Clarke County Georgia, for special use and rezoning from C-O & RS-15 (GSRC) (A) to C-N & RM-2 (GSRC) (A) (PD) with special use permits on 7.90 acres known as 450 and 460 Gaines School Road. Proposed use is residential/commercial mixed-use. This will require a change on the Future Development Map from Main Street Business & Traditional Neighborhood to Main Street Business. Type I District 8 Planning Commission recommendation: Future Development Map: Approval (unanimous) Rezoning: Approval w/conditions (6-1) 14 Resolution to address Black minority inequities (Tuesday, January 21, 2025) 15. 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 (Tuesday, February 18, 2025) 16. Mall Area TAD Community-Identified Priority List 17. Adopt Ordinance Authorizing Series 2025 Water and Sewer Revenue Refunding Bonds 18. A Budget Ordinance to Fund Transportation Planning in the Newton Bridge Road TAD 19 Recommendation to Enter into a Lease with the Athens Regional Library System 20. Change in the Special Events Ordinance Provisions for Festival Zones 21. TSPLOST 2023 Project 16, Westchester Area Pedestrian Improvements - Proposed Project Concept 22. Amendment to SPLOST 2020 Project 27, Facilities Equipment Systems Replacement Project, Sub-Project #4 23. TSPLOST 2023 - Project 20 Electrify the Fleet - Subproject 1 - Light Vehicle and Supporting Equipment Transition 24. Western Downtown Athens Local Historic District Designation Modification 25. Rock and Shoals Outcrop Natural Area Expansion - Legacy Forest and Outcrop Conservation Project 26. SPLOST 2020 Project 34, SP#1 Macon Highway Launch – Grant agreement 27. LRC Report: Process for Creating or Amending TADs 28. SPLOST 2020 Project 09, Mobile Medical Facility - Proposed Project Concept and MOU Framework – Title Only No votes were taken. Adjourn Motioned by: Commissioner Wright Seconded by: Commissioner Davenport Result: Approved Meeting Adjourned at: 9:05 p.m.