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, November 18, 2025 Meeting Called to Order: 6:13 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. Adopt: Grant Acceptance: Byrne Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) 2025 Existing Local Project via Georgia Criminal Justice Coordinating Council (CJCC) – 193/2025 2. Adopt: Resolution to allow judicial in rem tax foreclosures – 188/2025 3. Approve: 2025 Nulla Bona Properties List – 200/2025 4. Approve: USDOT Reconnecting Communities and Neighborhoods Grant Program (RCP) Notice of Award Approval – 195/2025 5. Approve: SPLOST 2020 Project 31, Vincent Drive Sidewalk Project – Preliminary Design – 191/2025 6. Approve: 1125 Prince Ave - Private Pump Station – 201/2025 7. Approve: Raw Water Conveyance Preliminary Concept – 113/2025 C. Receive staff reports and public input, item by item, on recommendations from the Athens-Clarke County Planning Commission. Following each staff report, public input will be received; however, this is not the required public hearing, which is tentatively scheduled for Tuesday, December 2, 2025. If you wish to address a zoning related item, at the appropriate time, please go to the podium and state your name and address. RULES OF THE COMMISSION STATE THAT MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY SPEAK ONCE DURING THE FOLLOWING PORTION OF THE AGENDA FOR UP TO THREE MINUTES WITH A 30 SECOND REMINDER AT TWO AND A HALF MINUTES. 8. Request of Ed Lane / SPG Planners & Engineers, Owner: Homewood Village, LLC., for a Master Planned Development from C-G to C-G (PD), on 15.95 acres known as 2415 Jefferson Road. Type II District 5 Planning Commission recommendation: Approval w Conditions 9. Request of Eric Johansen / Universal Planning & Development, LLC., Owner: DRH Properties LLC, for a Rezone from C-G & C-R to E-O, on 2.138 acres known as 115 McClung Road. Type II District 9 Planning Commission recommendation: Approval 10. Request of Eric Johansen / Universal Planning & Development, LLC., Owner: DRH Properties, LLC, for a Special Use Permit, Special Use E-O, on 2.138 acres known as 115 McClung Road. Type II District 9 Planning Commission recommendation: Approval 11. Request of Eric & Windy Krasle, Owner: Gresham-Krasle Properties, LLC., for a Special Use Permit from Special Use in RM-2, on 6.2 acres (subject area: 0.01 acres) known as 250 Little Street A208. Type II District 8 Planning Commission recommendation: Approval 12. Request of Eric & Windy Krasle, Owner: Gresham-Krasle Properties, LLC., for a Special Use Permit from Special Use in RM-2, on 6.2 acres (subject area: 0.01 acres) known as 250 Little Street A303. Type II District 8 Planning Commission recommendation: Approval 13. Request of Frank Pittman / Pittman & Greer Engineering, Owner: Allgood Properties, LLC., for a Rezone from C-R to C-G, on 1.54 acres known as 1065. 1075, & 1085 Hull Road. Type II District 9 Planning Commission recommendation: Approval w Condition (unanimous) 14. Request of Chase T. Zech / Armentrout, Matheny, Thurmond P.C., Owner Marvin Williams, for a Rezone from A-R to C-R, on 30 acres of a 71.544-acre tract known as 255 Smithonia Road. Type II District 3  Planning Commission recommendation: Approval w Conditions 15. Request of Athens-Clarke County Unified Government to amend Title IX of the Code of Ordinances regarding special use permits for short-term rentals. Planning Commission recommendation: Approval D. Public input. If you wish to address the Mayor and Commission on any item listed below under old and new business, please go to the podium and state your name and address. RULES OF THE COMMISSION STATE THAT MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY SPEAK ONCE DURING THE FOLLOWING PORTION OF THE AGENDA FOR UP TO THREE MINUTES WITH A 30 SECOND REMINDER AT TWO AND A HALF MINUTES. E. Old business 16. GOC Report: Recommend Updates to BAC Procedures – 159/2025 (Tuesday, September 2, 2025) F. New business 17. Reallocation of Recaptured ARPA Funds for Affordable Housing Projects – 183/2025 18. Adopt a resolution to establish the Sunday in calendar year 2026 for alcoholic beverage sales for Class D, E & F license holders as authorized by O.C.G.A. § 3-3-7 (r). – 202/2025 19. TSPLOST 2018, Project 11 & Project 12 - Bicycle and Pedestrian Improvement Programs, Barber Street Bicycle and Pedestrian Improvements, Sub-Project #7 – 192/2025 20. Jefferson River Rd Multi-Use Path (MUP) Preliminary Plans & Right of Way (ROW) Authorization – 194/2025 21. Probate Court Judges FY26 Supplement Adjustment – 197/2025 22. Magistrate Court Judges FY26 Supplement Adjustment – 198/2025 23. State-Paid Staff Attorney FY26 Supplement Adjustment – 199/2025 24. SPLOST 2020 Project 28, Mental Health Recovery Facility Project – Waiver of Water & Wastewater Connection Fees for Mental Health Recovery Facility Located at 240 Mitchell Bridge Road – 206/2025  25. Relocation of Mill Houses at 110 Puritan Lane and 1060 Macon Highway for Future Affordable Housing Use – 203/2025 No votes were taken. Adjourn Motioned by: Commissioner Thornton Seconded by: Commissioner Wright Result: Approved Meeting Adjourned at: 9:50 p.m.