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, July 15, 2025 Meeting Called to Order: 6:33 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: The TSPLOST 2026 Advisory Committee gave a brief presentation prior to the agenda setting session on Potential Projects. 1. Approve: 2025 Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) Local Maintenance Improvement Grant (LMIG) Safety Action Plan (SAP) Application Submittal 2. Approve: SPLOST 2020 Project 15, Sandy Creek Nature Center Exhibit, Sub-Project #2 – Exhibit Design & Installation Services Contract Award 3. Approve: Georgia Environmental Financial Authority (GEFA): Georgia Energy Grant Program 4. Approve: Budget amendment to cover FY25 General Fund Budget Deficits in Departments and Constitutional Offices and Correct FY26 Budget Ordinance Constitutional Offices and Correct FY26 Budget Ordinance 5. Approve: O’Farrell Street - Proposed Designation as an On-Street Parking Permit Controlled Street Under the Residential Parking Permit Program 6. Approve: Traffic Engineering Overtime Budget Amendment for Annual UGA Traffic Control 7. Approve: Establishment of Neighborhood Notification Initiative Boundaries for the Waverly Woods Subdivision 8. Approve: Rebuild/Upgrade Sludge Collection Basin Drive Units at JGB WTP 9. Approve: JG Beacham Water Treatment Plant Generator Switchgear Upgrade 10. Approve: Biosolids Hauling & Disposal 11. Approve: Appointments to Athens Cultural Affairs Commission 12. Request of Jeff Carter / Carter Engineering, Owner: Sapphire Properties LP, for rezoning from C– N* to RM – 1 on 2.59 acres known as 200 & 205 Rockwood Boulevard. Proposed use is Residential Multi-Family. Type II District 6 Planning Commission recommendation: Approval w/conditions 13. Request of Ed Lane / SPG Planners & Engineers, Owner: SynForge LLC, for rezoning from RM- 1 to RM-2 on 0.877 acres known as 180 & 190 Pinecrest Drive. Proposed use is Residential Multi-Family. Type I District 4 Planning Commission recommendation: Approval 14. Request of Brian Kimsey / Carter Engineering, Owner: BRRG Development Company LLC, for rezoning from E-I to I on 15.1 acres known as 231 Collins Industrial Boulevard. Proposed use is Heavy Manufacturing. Type II District 9 Planning Commission recommendation: Approval w/conditions 15. Request of Scott Haines / W & A Engineering, Owner: Rattman SM LLC, for planned development amendment of a C-N & I (PD) on 18.174 acres known as 355 Oneta Street. Proposed use is Residential-Commercial-Industrial Mixed-Use. Type II District 5 Planning Commission recommendation: Approval (unanimous) 16. Request on Bryce Hix / W & A Engineering, Owner: Sean Tran, for rezoning from C-O to RM-2 on 0.9 acres known as 360 Hawthorne Extension. Proposed use is Unspecified. Type II District 2 Planning Commission recommendation: Approval (unanimous) 17. Request of Adam Killgo, Owner: Adam Killgo, for special use in RM-1 on 0.16 acres known as 159 Marlin Street. Proposed use is Commercial Short-Term Rental. Type II District 9 Planning Commission recommendation: Approval 18. Request of Kendra Katie Gambrell, Owner: William B & Kendra K. Gambrell, for special use in RM-1 on 1.9 acres known as 101 Woodlake Drive (Unit 506). Proposed use is Commercial Short-Term Rental. Type II District 7 Planning Commission recommendation: Denial 19. Request on Athens-Clarke County Unified Government for amendments to sections of the Code of Ordinances regarding demolition review procedures. Planning Commission recommendation: Approval (unanimous) 20. Capital Projects Department, Authorization to Enter into Lease Agreement 21. Request to rename the Lyndon House Arts Center’s South Gallery after Nancy Lukasiewicz 22. Sanford Stadium Sanitary Sewer Interceptor Improvement Projects - Phase II - Memorandum of Understanding  23. Juvenile Court Request for Full-Time Staff Attorney and Funding Contract Attorney 24. Probate Court Request for Approval of Judicial Salary for Associate Probate Judge 25. Rock Hill Quarry Preliminary Concept 26. Periodic Audit of the Transit Department No votes were taken. Adjourn Motioned by: Commissioner Taylor Seconded by: Commissioner Thornton Result: Approved Meeting Adjourned at: 10:00 p.m.