City Council to consider approval of $33.2 million contract for Fairburn Road Complete Streets project

District 10 Council member Andrea L. Boone introduced the resolution during the Aug. 5 full council meeting.

ATLANTA — The Atlanta City Council will consider a resolution to execute a $33.2 million contract for the Fairburn Road Complete Streets project, which will include resurfacing, shared-use bicycle lanes, curbs, and sidewalks, signal and intersection upgrades, landscaping, and drainage improvements on Fairburn Road from the city limits to Martin Luther King Jr. Drive (24-R-3839).

Other items on the agenda include:

• An ordinance authorizing the transfer of $13.8 million to fund an emergency procurement for the Chattahoochee Water Treatment Plant improvement program to replace four water treatment pumps (24-O-1402).
• An ordinance authorizing the transfer of $1.8 million to Invest Atlanta to fund the Atlanta Legacy Business Program, which supports businesses operating for 30 years or more and contributing to the city’s history, culture, and identity. They have also contributed significantly to developing neighborhoods and communities by providing services, products, and entertainment that would have otherwise not been accessible to so many residents (24-O-1372).
• A resolution authorizing payment of $17 million from the Affordable Housing Trust Fund for the following purposes in fiscal year 2025: $8 million for affordable housing production, $5 million for programs to support security, and $4 million for contingency services, debt service, and related transfers to Invest Atlanta and nonprofit partners (24-R-3852).
• An ordinance authorizing the application for a $7 million grant from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement case management pilot program to provide trauma-informed, and culturally and linguistically responsive case management and related services to eligible non-detained noncitizens known to ICE (24-O-1405).
• A resolution calling for a $3.2 million grant agreement on behalf of the Department of Watershed Management to provide plumbing assistance to low- to moderate-income water and wastewater customers as part of the City of Atlanta’s Care and Conserve Program (CCP), which assists low- to moderate-income families and individuals experiencing hardships and having difficulty paying their water and sewer bills (24-R-3858).
• An ordinance approving acceptance of $2.25 million in continuation funding from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Securing the Cities program (24-O-1404).
• A resolution authorizing the addition of approximately $1.3 million of FEMA funding to the Emergency Food and Shelter Grant Program with the Hispanic Alliance of Georgia (24-R-3837).
• A resolution allowing the Atlanta-Fulton County Recreation Authority (AFCRA) on behalf of the Stadium Neighborhoods Community Trust Fund (SNCTF) Committee, to award grants totaling almost $300,000 to fund various community service projects benefiting the Atlanta neighborhoods of Mechanicsville, Peoplestown, Pittsburgh, Summerhill, and a portion of Grant Park (24-R-3853).
• An ordinance enabling the City to apply for a $250,000 grant award of membership in the National Housing Crisis Task Force led by the Nowak Metro Finance Lab at Drexel University and Accelerator for America, which includes $150,000 in city matching funds, and to co-chair a two-year national housing task force (24-O-1400).
• An ordinance authorizing acceptance of a $75,000 donation from the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta to support public art improvements to Folk Art Park, the Five Points Monument, and lighting at the Carnegie Pavilion (24-O-1403).
• A resolution approving an agreement with Norfolk Southern Corporation to access the Norfolk right-of-way for infrastructure improvements related to the Marietta Boulevard bridge deck repair and agreeing to pay Norfolk Southern Railway Company approximately $38,000 (24-R-3847).
• An ordinance to implement a process for terminating boards, authorities, commissions, and other similar bodies following two years of inactivity. BACEs may be created to perform duties such as making studies, conducting research and investigations, holding hearings, and preparing recommendations. There currently are more than 136 BACEs, and some have accomplished the purposes for which they were created, surpassed their authorized term, and/or are no longer needed (24-O-1399).