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, May 20, 2025 Meeting Called to Order: 7:25 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. Budget Ordinance - Energy Efficiency Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) – Appliance Assistance Initiative 2. Allocation of Funding for College Avenue Parking Deck RepaiGrant 3. Fiscal Year 2025 Georgia Department of Transportation Local Maintenance Improvement Grant - Local Road Assistance Application Submittal & Proposed Project List 4. Disposal of Surplus Vehicles and Equipment 5. SPLOST 2020 Project 11 Sub-Project # 14 East Side Library Energy Efficiency Funding Assistance 6. Partial Waiver of Water & Wastewater Connection Fees for an Athens Area Habitat for Humanity Housing Project – AAHFH 7. North Oconee Water Reclamation Facility Improvements - Change Order for Services During Construction 8. Live Stream Pipe Replacement Program – King Avenue Culvert Replacement Project, TPW #6163– Preliminary Plans Approval & Land Acquisition Authorization followed by Bid Award 9. Recommendations for appointments to the Community Tree Council 10. Request of Patrick Perry / Perry Planning, Owner: 581 South Harris Street LLC, for special use in C-G on 0.29 acres known as 581 South Harris Street. Proposed use is commercial parking lot. Type II. District 10 11. Request of Jerry Wood / DuSouth LLC, owner Crystal Hills LLLP & Newton Bridge Properties LLC, for rezoning from I to RM-1 on 120.5 acres known as 610, 720, 730, and 760 Newton Bridge Road. Proposed use is residential single-family attached and detached. Type I  District 9. This will; require an amendment to the Future Development Map from Employment Center and Rural to Mixed Density Residential. 12. Request of Alex Akins, owner: Bailey Holdings LLC, for special use in RM-1 on 3.98 acres known as 284 Bailey Street. Proposed use is commercial short-term rental. Type II District 8 13. Request of Alex Akins, Owner: Parkside Cottages LLC, for special use in RM-2 on 0.01 acres known as 1580 Barnett Shoals Road. Proposed use is commercial short-term rental. Type II District 8 14. Request of Athens-Clarke County Unified Government to amend Section 9-15-28 of the Code of Ordinances regarding short-term rentals 15. Request of Athens-Clarke County Unified Government for amendments to sections of the Code of Ordinances regarding recreation vehicle occupancy 16. Request of Scott Haines / W&A Engineering, Owner: Walton Georgia LLC, for master plan development amendment to C-G, RM-2, and RS-5(PD) on 207 acres known as 4500 and 4530 Atlanta Highway and 125 Bedgood Road. Proposed use is single-family and multi-family residential. Type II District 6 17. Request of Alec Lesley / Southeastern Retail Development LLC, Owner: ACT Home Care Inc., for rezone and planned development amendment from C-O (PD) to C-N on 0.8 acres known as 1075 Gaines School Road. Proposed use is commercial retail. Type II District 8 18. Request of David Ellison / Fortson, Bentley, & Griffin P.A., owner: Muhammed Ghazipu for rezoning from C-N to RM-3 on 2.06 acres known as 155 Whit Davis Road. Proposed use is residential multi-family. Type II District 1 19. School Resource Officer (SRO) Agreement for 2025-2026 Academic Year This item will be held until the July/August agenda cycle. 20. Boulevard and Nacoochee Avenue – Proposed All-Way Yield 21. GOC Report – Land Bank Authority 22. Resolution reactivating Athens-Clarke County Public Facilities Authority 23. The West Broad/Hawthorne Area TAD Advisory Committee Community-Identified Priority List 24. The Lexington Road TAD Advisory Committee Community-Identified Priority List 25. TSPLOST 2023 Project 14, North Athens Transportation Improvements- Proposed Project Concepts 26. Center for Racial Justice and Black Futures Project Concept 27. TSPLOST 2023 Project 05, Prince Avenue/Jefferson Road Corridor Improvements 28. SPLOST 2020 Project 19, Bishop Park Improvements - Public Art Style 29. SPLOST 2011 Project 22, Youth and Community Enrichment Facility Partnership, Potential 30. SPLOST 2020 Project 25, East Side Public Library, Public Art Location 31. Capital Projects Department, Authorization of Letter of Intent to Enter into Lease Agreement 32. ACCGov Strategic Plan, FY26-FY28 33. Intergovernmental Agreement with Athens Downtown Development Authority for the Development Surface Parking Lots on Jackson Street 34. Memorandum of Understanding with CS Acquisitions Vehicle, LLC to Expedite Sewer Improvements of the North Oconee River Crossing Phase I 35. 2025 Update to the Collective Bargaining Agreement Between the Unified Government of Athens- Clarke County and the Professional Firefighters of Athens-Clarke County, IAFF Local 2795 36. Position Authorization Request: Transit Management Analyst 37. Office of Operational Analysis FY26 Workplan 38. Request to rename the Lyndon House Arts Center’s South Gallery after Nancy Lukasiewicz -Title Only 39. Adoption of the FY26 Operating and Capital Budgets; Establishment of 2025 Property Tax Rates; Approve Schedule of Fees and Charges for FY26 and Other Purposes – Title Only 40. Application to Senator Ossoff’s Congressionally Directed Spending for Howard Park Completion and Pop-Up Park Outreach Vehicle 41. North Avenue Corridor RAISE Grant Project – Consideration of Grant Options 42. Superior Court Judicial Salary Change Resulting from Passage of House Bill 85 – Title Only No votes were taken. Adjourn Motioned by: Commissioner Wright Seconded by: Commissioner Davenport Result: Approved Meeting Adjourned at: 10:16 p.m.