Council Agenda - Work Session

~~POST SUMMARY MINUTES~~ Columbus Convention & Trade Center March 30, 2021 801 Front Avenue, South Hall 9:00 AM Columbus, Georgia 31901 Consent Agenda / Work Session CONSENT AGENDA/WORK SESSION PRESENT: Mayor B. H. “Skip” Henderson, III and Mayor Pro Tem R. Gary Allen and Councilors Charmaine Crabb, Glenn Davis (arrived at 9:40 a.m.), R. Walker Garrett, John M. House, Judy W. Thomas, Toyia Tucker and Evelyn “Mimi” Woodson. City Manager Isaiah Hugley, City Attorney Clifton Fay, Clerk of Council Sandra T. Davis, and Deputy Clerk of Council Lindsey G. McLemore were present. ABSENT: Councilors Jerry “Pops” Barnes and Bruce Huff were absent. CALL TO ORDER: Mayor B.H. "Skip" Henderson, III, Presiding INVOCATION: Offered by Pastor Rob Strickland at Highland Community Church of Columbus, Georgia PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Led by Mayor Henderson MINUTES Mayor’s Agenda #1: Vote Result: APPROVED 1. Approval of minutes for the March 23, 2021 Council Meeting. UPDATE: Mayor’s Agenda #2: No Action Taken 2. An update on COVID-19 CONSENT AGENDA ORDINANCES Consent Agenda #1: Vote Result: ADOPTED 1. 2nd Reading- REZN-07-20-2104- An ordinance amending the Zoning Atlas of the Consolidated Government of Columbus, Georgia; to rezone certain properties located at the following addresses from SFR1 (Single Family Residential 1) and NC (Neighborhood Commercial) Zoning District to GC (General Commercial) Zoning District with conditions: 4947,4951, 4955, 4959,4963, 4967, 4950, 4946, and 4942 Dekalb Drive; 4333,4339,4343,4347,4353,4357, and 4361 Hancock Road; and 8740, 8732, 8724, 8716, and 8708 Veterans Parkway. (Mayor Pro Tem) (As amended) Consent Agenda #2: Vote Result: ADOPTED 2. 2nd Reading: REZN-01-21-0125- An ordinance amending the Zoning Atlas of the Consolidated Government of Columbus, Georgia to change certain boundaries of a district located at 2925 Manchester Expressway (parcel # 069-008-004 / 022 / 023) from GC (General Commercial) Zoning District to LMI (Light Manufacturing / Industrial) Zoning District. (Councilor Crabb) Consent Agenda #3: Vote Result: ADOPTED 3. 2nd Reading: REZN-01-21-3244- An ordinance amending the Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) for Columbus, Georgia so as to revise Table 3.1.1 and amend Chapter 13 – Definitions. RESOLUTION Consent Agenda #4: Vote Result: APPROVED 4. Uptown Tax Allocation District Fund Grant – RAM Broad Street, LLC Development Agreement Page 2 of 3  Approval is requested to authorize the City Manager to enter into an agreement with RAM Broad Street, LLC to provide Uptown Tax Allocation District (TAD) Funds to support the conversion of an existing alleyway adjacent to the new AC Marriott hotel into an interactive space for pedestrian traffic between Broadway and Front Avenue. WORK SESSION AGENDA I. RAM Broad Street LLC TAD Agreement Update – Rick Jones, Planning Director - No Action Taken II. Columbus Visitor's Bureau Update - Peter Bowden, CEO - No Action Taken III. Uptown Columbus Update - Ed Wolverton, President & CEO - No Action Taken IV. George Washington Carver Victory Garden & Farm: Growing Hope and Reclaiming Our Community - Ronzell Buckner and Irene Shaver - No Action Taken V. Consolidated Plan Update - Rob Scott, Community Reinvestment Director - No Action Taken VI. TSPLOST Update - Rick Jones, Planning Director - No Action Taken VII. SPLOST Update - Pam Hodge, Deputy City Manager - No Action Taken With there being no further business to discuss, Mayor Henderson entertained a motion for adjournment. Motion by Councilor Woodson to adjourn the March 30, 2021 Consent Agenda/Work Session, seconded by Councilor House and carried unanimously by the six members present, with Mayor Pro Tem Allen and Councilor Garrett being absent for the vote, and Councilors Barnes and Huff being absent for the meeting, and the time being 1:03 p.m. Page 3 of 3