Council to consider detention center lease agreement
The Atlanta City Council will consider legislation during Monday’s meeting to authorize the mayor to enter into an intergovernmental agreement with the Fulton County Sheriff and Fulton County for the temporary housing of adult Fulton County detainees at the Atlanta City Detention Center (Legislative Reference №22-O-1632). The detainees include those in the custody of Fulton County who have been charged or convicted of violating federal, state, or local law, or held as a material witness. The number of detainees will not exceed 700 and the agreement will be for a term of four years with no renewal options. Fulton County will pay the City of Atlanta $50 per detainee daily and receive 65 percent of the phone commissary fees generated at the detention center from housing Fulton County detainees.
Other items on Monday’s agenda include:
• An ordinance to levy the City of Atlanta’s final 2022 millage rates on real and personal property (Legislative Reference №22-O-1389).
• A resolution authorizing an agreement in an amount not to exceed $750,000 annually for on-call Peace Officer Standards Training (POST) Certified Officers to provide security, traffic control, and other necessary functions for various Department of Parks and Recreation programs (Legislative Reference №22-R-4148).
• A resolution requesting the mayor or his designee, through Invest Atlanta, study legacy business programs created in other cities and provide recommendations for implementing similar programs in Atlanta in order to protect and preserve legacy businesses and institutions (Legislative Reference №22-R-4028).
• A resolution authorizing the mayor to enter into Amendment №1 of a contract related to widening Concourse D at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to increase the funding amount by $160 million (Legislative Reference №22-R-4159). In February, the City executed a contract for early enabling work and pre-construction services with an initial authorized budget of $500 million.
• An ordinance authorizing the transfer of $12.3 million from the uncommitted fund balance to the capital finance fund to support the acquisition of 75 acres of land located at the former site of the Chattahoochee Brick Company from the Conservation Fund to further the City’s goal to increase its parks, greenspace, recreation, and watershed land (Legislative Reference №22-O-1621).
• An ordinance to extend by 180 days a moratorium on the acceptance of any new rezoning applications, building permits for new construction, land disturbance permits, special use permits, special administrative permits, subdivisions, re-plattings, and lot consolidations relating to certain specified uses within the Upper Westside Improvement District Master Plan (Legislative Reference №22-O-1616). In March, the Council approved legislation imposing the moratorium.
• A resolution authorizing the mayor to apply for the Fiscal Year 2022 U.S. Department of Transportation’s Safe Streets and Roads for All grant opportunity in an amount not to exceed $30 million for the implementation of the Pryor and Central Safe Street project (Legislative Reference №22-R-4029).
• An ordinance to amend Chapter 150 of the City of Atlanta’s Code of Ordinances to prohibit parking in school carpool lanes during certain hours (Legislative Reference №22-O-1544).
• An ordinance to authorize the execution of a master lease agreement with JPMorgan Chase for the acquisition of three Spartan 1,500 GPM Pumpers on behalf of Atlanta Fire Rescue in an amount not to exceed approximately $2.1 million (Legislative Reference №22-O-1620).
• An ordinance to amend the City’s Code of Ordinances to create the Office of International and Immigrant Affairs as a standalone office within the department of the mayor (Legislative Reference №22-O-1635). The office will have purview and scope over international and immigrant affairs for the City of Atlanta.
• An ordinance authorizing the chief financial officer to amend the Fiscal Year 2023 budget by transferring funds from the Department of City Planning’s private property demolition fund to the Atlanta Police Department’s private property demolition fund in the amount of $3 million to provide for in-rem demolition of dilapidated structures (Legislative Reference №22-O-1619).
• A resolution requesting that during the 2023 session of the Georgia General Assembly, the legislature grant local governments with the ability to utilize their police powers to enact regulations for gas stations, service stations, and convenience stores through requiring the installation of surveillance cameras and to permit integration of cameras into the local police department’s public safety program networks (Legislative Reference №22-R-4039).
• An ordinance to amend the Fiscal Year 2022 intergovernmental grant fund budget in the amount of $508,176 for the purpose of funding Section 8 Moderate Rehabilitation Program rentals at Santa Fe Villas to benefit low-income families and individuals (Legislative Reference №22-O-1571).
• An ordinance to amend the Fiscal Year 2022 intergovernmental grant fund budget in the amount of $199,503 for the purpose of funding Section 8 Moderate Rehabilitation Program rentals at Washington Street Apartments to benefit low-income families and individuals (Legislative Reference №22-O-1572).
• An ordinance to amend the Fiscal Year 2022 intergovernmental grant fund budget in the amount of $345,447 for the purpose of funding Section 8 Moderate Rehabilitation Program rentals at Vanira Village Apartments to benefit low-income families and individuals (Legislative Reference №22-O-1573).
• An ordinance authorizing entry into a Housing Assistance Payments Contract, on behalf of the Department of Grants and Community Development, with G&S Santa Fe LLC for 100 units at Santa Fe Villas in an amount not to exceed $401,280 for a term retroactively effective January 1, 2022 and ending on December 31, 2022 (Legislative Reference №22-O-1576).
• An ordinance authorizing entry into a Housing Assistance Payments Contract, on behalf of the Department of Grants and Community Development, with 949–953 Washington Street LLC for 16 units for low-income families at Washington Street Apartments in an amount not to exceed $182,400 for a term retroactively effective January 1, 2022 and ending on December 31, 2022 (Legislative Reference №22-O-1577).
• An ordinance authorizing entry into a Housing Assistance Payments Contract, on behalf of the Department of Grants and Community Development, with 8 Vanira LLC for 28 units for low-income families at Vanira Village Apartments in an amount not to exceed $315,516 for a term retroactively effective on January 1, 2022 and ending on December 31, 2022 (Legislative Reference №22-O-1578).
The Council will present proclamations in recognition of Frederick Douglass High School’s Class of 1970, Nayana Ferguson, Checkered Cab, and the Georgia Minority Supplier Development Council.
The Council’s Committee Chairs briefing will be held in person during the week of full Council at 9:30 a.m. in the Council Chamber.
The Committee on Council will convene in Committee Room №1 at 11 a.m. ahead of Monday’s full Council meeting.
The full Council meeting will be held in person at 1 p.m. in the Council Chamber at City Hall. All meetings will be conducted in accordance with the City of Atlanta’s Charter, City Code of Ordinances, and the rules of Council as adopted for in-person meetings. The meeting will be simulcast on the Council’s website, YouTube channel, Facebook and Twitter pages, and Channel 26. Closed captioning will be available on the Council’s Facebook page.
In-person public comment procedures will be held as previously conducted and adopted by the Council in accordance with City Charter Section 2–104 and 2–105.
Following the mayor’s executive order and in observance of guidance from health and facilities professionals, several safety protocols are in place, including mask wearing in the chamber, the observing of room capacity limits, and increased cleaning protocols.
