Council to consider legislation for E-911 upgrades
The Atlanta City Council will consider legislation during Monday’s meeting to authorize the mayor or his designee to transfer approximately $1.48 million within the E-911 renewal and extension fund budget to the E-911 critical equipment upgrade project to improve critical equipment and systems (22-O-1797). The commissioner of the City’s Department of Enterprise Asset Management and the chief of the Atlanta Police Department have identified a need for critical upgrades for the E-911 Center.
The Council will also vote on legislation to amend the due date by which the Council must adopt the preliminary plan for the “Moving Atlanta Forward” infrastructure initiative to March 31, 2023 (22-O-1798). In May, an ordinance was approved outlining increased oversight, accountability, and participation for the infrastructure initiative, including requiring the adoption of a preliminary plan of projects for all 12 discretionary accounts of the Council by the end of 2022. This legislation amends the due date for adoption of the plan.
Other items on the agenda include:
• An ordinance to rezone certain property on Howell Mill Road NW, Edgehill Avenue NW, and Eleventh Street NW to mixed-residential commercial use (22-O-1687). The rezoning will facilitate the redevelopment of property with a mixed-use development to include approximately 775 multi-family residential units and 372,000 square feet of space for office, commercial, and hotel uses.
• A resolution authorizing a $500,000 donation to Wholesome Wave Georgia to support efforts to combat food insecurity (22-R-4190). The nonprofit facilitates access to affordable, healthy, and locally grown fruits and vegetables through partnerships with local farmers and community-based organizations.
• A resolution authorizing the mayor or his designee to apply for a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Brownfields Cleanup Grant on behalf of the City of Atlanta in an amount not to exceed $2 million for brownfield remediation at the Chattahoochee Brick Company Site (22-R-4581). The grant will provide funding to remediate contamination and conduct community involvement related to the site.
• An ordinance authorizing the mayor to execute an agreement granting Invest Atlanta an option to purchase City-owned property located at 184 Forsyth Avenue SW and authorizing the execution of all documents necessary to complete the transaction (22-O-1676). The City wishes to grant the option to Invest Atlanta in the amount of $1 to acquire the property for redevelopment. The site is a publicly owned property that’s used as a parking facility for Atlanta’s Department of Corrections.
• An ordinance to authorize an application for funding from the U.S. National Park Service in an amount not to exceed $75,000 for the Fiscal Year 2022 African American Civil Rights Application Resources Grant Program (22-O-1800). The program is designed to document and preserve sites and stories to tell the full story of the long struggle for African American civil rights. The grant will support creating an African American Civil Rights Movement Context Study for the City of Atlanta.
• A resolution to request that the Departments of Finance and City Planning conduct or commission a study to analyze the cost of regulatory activities related to the construction, use, and maintenance of real or personal property for the protection of the public to ensure that the development fees imposed by the City are equitable, reasonable, and adequate (22-R-4531).
• An ordinance authorizing the mayor to execute all documents necessary to acquire land in the Proctor Creek Watershed from The Conservation Fund for stormwater, wetlands, and stream and floodplain restoration projects (22-O-1793). The projects are funded by the Department of Watershed Management’s Environmental Impact Bond.
• An ordinance authorizing the mayor to execute all necessary documents to acquire certain property interests for the West Lake Avenue Bridge replacement project (22-O-1794). The bridge replacement was part of the prioritized Renew Atlanta Bond Program project list and will replace the bridge over the CSX and MARTA tracks near the intersection of Interstate 20 and Martin Luther King Jr. Drive.
• An ordinance to grant the chief financial officer with Transportation Special Purpose Local Option Sales and Use Tax (TSPLOST) 2 encumbrance authority in an amount not to exceed $60 million to fund the TSPLOST 2 projects throughout the five-year collection period and authority to create a capital project fund account to record the proceeds that will be received (22-O-1799).
Proclamations will be presented in recognition of Tommy Dortch, Barbara Pike, Goodwill, Bobbie Wilson, and Keep America Beautiful.
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. 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.
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.
