#Atlanta City Council Regular Session January 23, 2025 #atlpol

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in an area in which alcoholic beverages are sold or consumed on the premises I move to refer these eight papers to his own committee a motion to refer second by bakari any discussion seeing none please open the vote to refer these items to the zoning committee the vote is open will everyone please vote the vot close 14 y z n 14 y Zer NS those items are referred to committee that concludes the report of the zoning committee thank you deputized chair for rookie um next up is Public Safety legal Administration chair Boon thank you Mr President protim item 24- r - 3074 item number one page 45 this item comes before us with no recommendation on condition that the settlement amount and the caption and operable Clauses be consistent with each other that condition has been met and a substitute was sent out to the body this morning motion to bring forth The Substitute is a motion to bring forth The Substitute is there a second second by council member one any discussion seeing none please open that vote the vote is open will everyone please vote believe council member one was the second the vot is closed 13 Y how would you like your vote reflected Mr ju 14 y z 14 y z days The Substitute is before us you read the caption a resolution by public safety and legal Administration committee has substituted by the Atlanta City Council a resolution authorizing the settlement of all claims against City defendants in the case of Abraham milap and yum Bradley versus city of Atlanta silver action file number 24 CV 000037 pinning in the superior quter fton County in a total of $6,000 and0 the settlement amount authorizing the settlement amount to be charged to and paid from general fund Center number 2101 non-departmental account 52125 litigation expenses and functional activity number 15120 0 accounting and for other purposes there a motion motion to adopt there's a motion to adopt as substituted is there a second second by shook any discussion seeing none please open the vote the vote is open will everyone please vote yes the vote is closed 14 y z 14 y Zer n the item is adopted on substitute anything else yes ma'am next up City Utilities committee chair Lewis Mr Lewis a Mr Lewis good afternoon and thank you chair Matt West Mor council member Matt West Morland the good afternoon please turn to page 49 of your full Council agenda for the standing committee report for the City Utilities committee for item number one 24700 item 1 page 49 and an amended an an amended ordinance by City Utilities committee waving part two chapter 2 article 10 division 4 of the Atlanta City code to ratify Services render in connection with agreement ifbc agement for Preamble pavers with Ed Castro landscape Incorporated retroactively effective effective from December 9th 20123 through the execution of the second renewal of the term to the first renewal option under the agreement was effective from December 9th 2023 through December 8th 2024 to exercise the second renewal option under the agreement retroactively effective from December 9th 2024 through December 8th 2025 to add funds to the agreement in an amount not to exceed 400,000 and0 $400,000 and0 all contracted work will be charged to and paid from the fund Department organization an account number listed herein and for other purposes this item was favorable is amended on condition the condition was for dwm to provide an explanation of this retroactive renewal the condition has been satisfied motion to adopt it's motion to adop opt coming out of committee um doesn't need a second any discussion seeing none please open the vote the vote is open will everyone please vote will everyone please vote counc member Collins what is your vote the vote is closed 12 vaa Z Nays 12 y zero Nays the item is adopted next item number 22516 item number two page 49 an ordinance by council member Marcy Cara over Street to amend chapter 74 article 14 section 74605 of the city of Atlanta's code of ordinances to provide a definition of the term yard trimmings and to provide that yard trimmings shall be included in the definition of the term litter so that it shall be a violation of the litter Control Ordinance to dump sweep push blow deposit or leave yard trimmings on private property or private property open to the public and for other purposes this item was favorable on condition the condition was for the Law Department to provide a clarification of how expanding the definition of litter to include yard trimmings will be enforced the condition has been satisfied motion to adopt a motion to adopt coming out of committee doesn't need a second but it's got one any discussion seeing none please open the vote the vote One Moment One Moment the vote is open will everyone please [Music] vote will everyone please vote Miss Boom what is your vote 13 y z nay 13 y z nay that item is adopted Mr council president that concludes my report thank you thank you next up Community Development Human Services committee chair Winston motion to hold counil thank you I have one paper uh which is a resolution 24-- 4601 a resolution by Community Development Human Services committee authorizing the city of Atlanta to donate a total amount not to exceed $1 million and0 to Hope Atlanta pursuant to section listed of the city of Atlanta's Charter to support efforts to prevent displacement homelessness and hunger authorizing the mayor or his desn't need to enter into any and necessary agreements to effectuate the donation and authorize the Chief Financial Officer or his design to make all payments from the accounts listed herein and for other purposes um colleagues I'd like make a motion to hold an a breast of council while we figure out the account string motion by council member Winston to hold in the rest of council second first by Council barari non-debatable let's move to a vote thank you the vote is open will everyone please vote the vote's closed 14 y Zer nay 14 y Zer nay that item is held in the breast of council thank you this concludes my report thank you next up Finance executive committee chair shook thank you Mr protemp um first item is 24594 this is the dreaded substitute uh Personnel paper and there is a new substitute that's been proposed so let me read that caption all the captions the same it's 24594 substitute ordinance by Atlanta City Council to amend chapter 114 uh personnel class plan of the code of ordinance to City of Atlanta Georgia so as to provide for certain position abolishment uh creations reassesment motion made for the substitute second by Council ju any discussion seeing none please open that vote the vote is open V will everyone please vote sorry I'm coming the vote is closed 14 Ys zero Nays 14 y zero Nays The Substitute is before us all right so um you've been copied on the short list of proposed changes I do have a question for our CFO um just to confirm that these changes were properly vetted by both HR and your department no we have not had time to review these in full detail yet you haven't no Happ all right so the list of proposed changes I've received which is I assume the same document you're looking at has evidently not been reviewed um by the finance department is that correct he's asking you to reconfirm you haven't reviewed these no we have not reviewed them yet would it be the proper course then to not consider these and take up uh The Substitute that originally came before this body then and that the subsequent changes correct subsequent changes should probably be referred to FEC committee so we can have time to dissect them in more detail um in that case I will move um approval of the original substitute that appeared on our agenda so the indeed we need to make a motion to reconsider bringing forth the current substitute I'll entertain that motion motion to reconsider the vote to bring forth The Substitute by bakari second by doer is there any discussion all right seeing none please open up the motion to the vote on the motion to reconsider the vote is open will everyone please vote [Music] council member shook I would you like your vote reflected it's a Y correct council member Lewis is not here counc Boon counc Boon 13 yay zero Nays 13 y Zer Nays the item the original item is now before us Mo approval got a motion to approve from Mr shook I don't think it needs a second um is there any discussion but we're going to get one just in case is a second from council member one any discussion on the motion to approve the original legislation in front of us seeing none please open that vote the vote is open will everyone please vote will everyone please vote council member Collins what is your vote Council Boon would like to be reflected in the affirmative so 13 y zero Nays the item is adopted all thank you our next item also 13 y z also requires to substitute is 25107 I'll read The Substitute Caption This is an ordinance by shook is substituted by the Atlanta City Council authorizing a donation in a total amount not to exceed $20,000 from the council president carry forward account to various nonprofit organizations to support Park improvements um authorizing the transfer of $30,000 from the council president carry forward account accounts to the Department of parks and rec to support Parks improvements in each Council District pursuant to the code SE the charter uh section indicated here and for other purposes a motion to bring the substitute forward got a motion to bring substitute forward second by Council Juan any discussion seeing none please open that vote the vote is open thank you will everyone please vote the vote is closed 12a z n 12a z n The Substitute is before us and this came forward favorable on condition of receiving um a substitute that completed the amounts and organization names and that is in fact the nature of the substitute so I'll move approval of substitute got a motion on the floor to approve on substitute second by Council Juan any discussion seeing none please open that vote the vote is open will everyone please vote the vote is closed 13 yay zero nay 13 y a the item is adopted on substitute and lastly 25r 30005 is a resolution by Miss over stre authorizing the re-employment of retire Camille love as a senior policy adviser in the office of cultural Affairs pursuant to the Charter section which is listed here for a period not to exceed 520 business days uh compensation will be charged to and paid from the fdos and account numbers as listed in amount not to exceed $627 120 and F the purpose this motion is to file it's motion coming out of committee to file is there any discussion seeing none please open that vote the vote is open will everyone please vote Miss Collins what is your vote 13 yay Zer n 13 yay z a that item is filed that concludes our report Mr presiding officer thank you chair shook um an oversight on my part uh the transportation committee did not have a report so Mr Amos if you'd like to say that a second time for the record yes I I was fly un offended but I like to say yes we do not have a report thank you no report thank you very much um next up we're moving to items for immediate consideration of which I believe at this point there are none um that takes us to items to be referred um per how we do things when I get to stand here we're going to go old school I'm not going to call on you if you want to come hop up in line um and present your papor we will uh start things off with Miss over street thank you elm's ID number 37232 a resolution by council member Marcy call your over Street requesting the Atlanta Police Department provide an update on the study performed by Georgia Institute of Technology concerning the feasibility of adding one or more zones to the city Public Safety coverage and for other purposes oh M callia over Street and uh chair Boon what's the elm's id elm's id 37232 that's going to go to elm's ID 37232 to Public Safety legal Administration thank you m ID 37224 a resolution by council member Marcy call your over Street requesting the mayor or his design need to install traffic calming devices on the Eastern side of Tail Road Southwest near the intersection of tail Place Drive Southwest and the western side of Tail Road Southwest near the intersection of River Pine Trail Southwest in order to reduce speeding and for other purposes we know exactly where those devices are going that's right elm's ID 37224 to Transportation elm's ID number 37157 an ordinance by council member Marcy caller over Street to retroactively extend the due date by which the procurement task force reformed task force shall provide written recommendations pursuant to the resolution 22- r371 2 through June 30th 2025 to amend the scope of the comprehensive review to be undertaken by the procurement task reform task force to an examination of the issues raised concerning minority contract participation raised in the performance audit report on the office of contract compliance accepted and filed by the Atlanta City Council on November 18th 2024 and for other purposes HS ID 37157 to FEC elm's ID number 37218 a resolution by council member Marcy CER over Street authorizing a donation in the amount not to exceed $75,000 and0 from the accounts listed herein to Cascade Springs Nature Preserve pursuant to section 6-36 of the city of Atlanta's Charter to authorize the mayor or his desne to execute a donation agreement and for other purposes M's ID 37218 to cdhs thank you um only have two papers today elm's ID number 37228 a resolution by Council lilan bakari and Antonio Lewis calling for moratorium on the clearing of encampments until such time that procedures can be reviewed and updated to ensure the safety of residents requesting a report from the Atlanta Continuum of Care on the procedures and practices around encampment clearing requiring publishing to the public of the findings of the report and for other purposes 37228 to cdhs elm's ID number 37229 a resolution by council member Lilian Bacari council members Collins Bond Boon over Street Norwood West Morland shook Juan doer Winston and Amos um a resol a resolution uh expanding the East Atlanta Village homelessness outreach program to more effectively address homelessness across Atlanta neighborhoods to direct the Chief Financial Officer or his designate to allocate funding to expand the program and for other purposes 37229 to cdhs thank you thank you ready all right Elms um 37227 and ordance by council members Juan Bacari and West Morland authorizing a donation in amount not to exceed $2,500 to outfront theater pursuant to section 6 306 of the city of Atlanta's Charter and for other purposes 37227 to FEC uh 37226 an ordinance by council members West Morland foki and Juan authorizing a donation in an amount not to exceed $3,000 to the Midtown High School robotics team pursuant to section 6306 of the city's of Atlanta's Charter for other purposes 37226 to FC thank you Elms 37180 resolution by shook authorizing the mayor or is designated to execute the First Amendment to The Cooperative technical assistance intergovernmental cost sharing agreement between the city of Atlanta uh Cobb County marot Marietta Water Authority the Cab County the Atlanta Fulton County Water Resources Commission and gwet County and the Atlanta Regional Commission on behalf of the Department of watershed management to extend the term of the agreement for a period of 6 months authorizing mayor is designed to enter into a new uh Cooperative technical assistance intergovernmental cost sharing agreement uh between those governments to fund Technical and legal research related to water supply in an amount not to exceed $675,000 all contracted work to be charged to and paid for ETC 37180 to City utility thank you thank you Mr Bond thank you Mr President Pro I have elm's ID 37184 an ordinance by council member Michael Julian bond in ordinance authorizing the mayor his design need to execute the First Amendment to the grant May 230 uh 9124 emergency food and shelter program Grant 10d with uh it uh inspir us Incorporated uh Kroger Grant told with I'm sorry emergency food and shelter program Grant t1e with the International Rescue committee and Grant May 230 uh 9124 food and shelter program Grant with the Hispanic Alliance uh of Georgia on behalf of the mayor's office of International and IM immigrant Affairs to revive the extended term of each agreement for five months and to add additional funding in an amount not to exceed $79,800 and now have elm's ID 37185 a resolution by council member Michael Jan Bond a resolution to authorize the mayor his designate on behalf of the mayor's office of international immigrant Affairs to execute the subrecipient agreement in connection with the shelter and Services Program Grant uh funded by the US Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management agency with the following subrecipients Frontline response International Incorporated in an amount not to exceed [Music] $929,000 40 and Latino Community funds in the amount not to exceed $170,200 for a total not to exceed amount $263 two I'm sorry 20 I'm sorry 1, 9,263 43 all amounts to be paid to from the FEMA Grant funds for the purpose of providing shelter and other services to non-citizen immigrants recently released by the Department of Homeland Security in custody in the city of Atlanta for all contractor work should be charged to and paid from the account amounts listed herein and for other purposes 37185 to FEC and finally we have elm's ID 371192 in ordinance by councilman Michael Julian vond authorizing the mayor his designity on behalf of the city of Atlanta to execute an agreement granting the Atlanta Development Authority doing business as invest Atlanta as an option to purchase the city's interest in the property located at 1029 McDaniel Street Southwest Atlanta Fulton County Georgia 30310 authorizing the mayor or his design on behalf of the city to execute all documents necessary to consummate such a transaction and for other purposes 371 92 to cdhs thank you Mr president pro thank you Mr Dean thank you Mr President Pro Temp temp um elm's ID 37199 an ordinance by council member Jason Winston authorizing the mayor or his design need to accept on behalf of the mayor's office of sustainability and resilience the additional Bloomberg American sustainabil sustainability cities Grant Award of $120,000 and0 to fund Express to fund expenses related to the BC Grant accepted pursuant to the ordinance listed for purposes of of developing an innovation strategy and a cdy vision for driving progress at the intersection of racial wealth equity and climate action to authorize that the mayor or his designated to enter into any necessary agreements in connection with the acceptance of the grant to authorize the amendment of the fiscal year 2025 intergovernmental Grant fund budget by increasing anticipations and Appropriations by $120,000 0 using account numbers as determined by the Chief Financial Officer and for other purposes 7199 to FEC Elms ID 37233 a resolution by council member Jason Winston establishing a city of Atlanta homelessness task force in accordance with the section 3-41 of the city of Atlanta's Charter which shall be charged with the examination of the city's current policies and procedures utilized to address issues surrounding persons experiencing homelessness to determine whether these policies and procedures adequately address the current needs of person experiencing homelessness and the public safety concerns of residents and visitors to the city of Atlanta and which shall be charged with making written recommendations to the mayor and the Atlanta City Council in regards theto to establish that this task force shall hold no fewer than four public meetings and shall make its report to the mayor and the City of Atlanta Council no no later than 90 days months from the approval of this resolution and for other purposes 3723 3 to cdhs thank you thank you Mr doer right good afternoon y'all I just apologies in advance for a lot of numbers in this one elm's ID number 37191 in ordinance by council member Jason doer authorizing the mayor or his designate on behalf of the city of Atlanta to enter into a lease agreement with Healey Partners LLC for the lease of 10,394 Ft of property located at 5 7 forsight Street Northwest SS 200 215 222 240 and 250 Atlanta fton County Georgia 30303 for a leaste term of 88 months commencing on July 1st 2025 and ending on November 30th 2032 authorizing a rental rate of $120 per square foot or 83,1 1520 for the first year and increasing by no more than 3% per square foot per year thereafter waving article 10 section 2- 1546 of the procurement code of the city of Atlanta code of ordinances authorizing expenditure to be charged to and paid from one1 general fund and for other purposes 37191 to FEC thank you that's all I have thank you mrus yes sir thank you AMS 37231 ordinance by ordinance by Council G ordance to find and declare the city of Atlanta tax allocation District number two Atlantic Steel Brownfield is substantially complete based on achievement of the significant objectives of the Atlantic steel Brownfield Redevelopment plan to find and declare that all Redevelopment costs have been paid to direct and cause the dis dissolution of the city of Atlanta tax allocation District number two Atlantic steel Brownfield to cause any funds remaining in the Atlantic steel Brownfield tag special fund to be paid to Forton County Atlanta Public Schools and the city in proportion to the respectful total contributions each jurisdiction made to the fund and for other purposes 2 37219 to FBC thank you Mr proi thank you uh Mr chair one paper Elms ID 37225 in ordinance by council member Amir froi waving article 10 division four of the procurement and real estate code of the city of Atlanta code of ordinances to authorize an amendment to the agreement with clayhouse public LLC to increase the annual not to exceed amount to $888,000 retroactively effective to January 1 2025 and for other purposes 37225 to FEC Miss Collins or Miss bur okay good all right um e MS ID number 371 93 an ordinance by council members okay by Isa Collin authorizing the city of Atlanta to execute a quick claim de conveying the city's interest in a uh 22 acre portion of the former ad Williams Elementary School located at zero James Jackson Parkway and landlock 259 of the 17th District of fullon County Georgia tax tax parcel ID 17259 l L 1647 to the housing authority of the city of Atlanta Georgia to support the Redevelopment of the born homes choice choice neighborhood excuse me of the Bowen Choice neighborhood project authorizing the mayor or or his design on behalf of the city to execute such quick claim deeds and all other necessary documents to effectuate the attent of this ordinance to wave certain provisions of the procurement and real estate code city of Atlanta code of ordinances tic article 10 and other and for other purposes from the former ad Williams teacher owns number 371 93 to cdhs yep that was yep all right e e there you go El Ms 371 96 and ordinance by council member EA Collins to reone from pd-mu to pd-mu for a change of conditions for property located at 2030 bolon Road Northwest commencing at the point at a point at the intersection of the easterly ralway line of James Jackson Parkway and the Northerly rideway line of Bolton Road and for other purposes 371 96 to zoning committee all right great and the last one that I have is Elms ID 37177 a resolution by council member isay Collins a resolution authorizing the city of Atlanta to donate in an amount not to exceed $85,000 and0 to the 24 Century leaders Incorporated pursuant to section 6-36 of the Atlanta City uh of the city of Atlanta chter to provide micro grants to young people ages 14 to 24 years to design produce and Implement climate Solutions in the city of Atlanta authorizing the mayor or his designate to enter into any necessary agreements to effectuate the donation to authorize the Chief Financial Officer or his designate to make all payments from the accounts listed here in and for other purposes 37177 to City Utilities great thank you thank you council member Boon take us home thank you a resolution by council member Andrea Boon a resolution requesting that the executive director of the Atlanta citizens review board acrb prepare a written report to be transmitted to the public safety and legal Administration committee by no later than the commencement of its meeting on February 24th which shall include information concerning the activities of the acrb including but not limited to a response regarding the public allegations that the acrb has failed to act in accordance with the duties assigned concerning the investigation of deadly uses of force in order to promote transparency accountability and Justice and to provide an ability for the Atlanta City Council to consider whether strategic legislative overhaul shall be necessary to expedite the conclusion of critical acrb investigations directing the mult municipal clerk to prepare a report on the status of the appointments to the acrb including whether any of the seats are currently vacant or any of the memberships are serving in expired terms to be transmitted to the public safety and legal Administration committee by no later than commencement of its meeting on February 24th to support the Atlanta City council's desire to ensure the acrb is fully functioning such that it shall be able to perform in accordance with the duties and responsibilities bestowed there on and for other purposes 37234 Public Safety and legal Administration committee elm's ID number 3723 Z and audits by council member Andrea Boon authorizing the mayor his design on behalf of the city of Atlanta to execute a right of way D to the Georgia Department of Transportation g dot to dedicate a sidewalk consisting of approximately 0.34 acres of land over a portion of city oned property located at 2175 ML King Jr Drive Atlanta fton County Georgia text parcel ID number 14182 0795 be made a part of G dots right away Along Mar Luther King Jr State Route 139 waving and conflicting provisions of article division 14 subdivision 111 of the Atlanta City code of ordinances and for other purposes Elms ID 37230 to FC elm's ID number 37171 resolution by council member Andrea Boon appointing Mr Christopher Brown to the Atlanta citizens review board for a term of three years said term to begin upon on approval of this resolution and for other purposes 37171 to Public Safety legal Administration elm's ID number 37183 an ordinance by council member Andrea Boon an ordinance authorizing the mayor or his design to enter to an amendment number three to add the Atlanta fire and rescue Department afrd as authorized users to list funding strings for authorized users and to add additional funding to the annual contract and to exercise the third renewal option for agreement sps1 12252 APD background and recruitment fou automation system with Guardian allowance Technologies Inc on behalf of the Atlanta Police Department for a term of one-year effective February 2nd 2025 through February 1st 2026 an amount not to exceed $18,500 and0 all contracted work will be charged to and paid from the fund Department organization and account number listed here and and for other purposes 37183 to Public Safety legal Administration an ordinance by Council Andrea Boon to amend chapter 114 Personnel classification plan of the code of ordinances city of Atlanta Georgia so as to provide for certain position abolishment Creations reclassifications class Creations above entry authorizations employee position transfers position funding allocation changes and other Personnel actions in line with the fy22 by budget for the citizens revieww board and for other purposes the city of Atlanta code of ordinances amended as follows what what's the alums ID 37235 37235 I'm going to send that to Public Safety legal Administration committee yeah this paper will add four additional investigators to the Atlant a Citizens review board we are in a crisis situation Public Safety legal Administration one quick clarification Elms ID 37230 um is going to go to Transportation as opposed to FC any other papers all right seeing none that takes us to the general remarks portion of our agenda are there any yes sir Mr Bond just wanted to wish my favorite auntie very happy birthday Miss Barbara uh kton and also wish her a speedy recovery I just want to also point out that uh even though we're post pandemic we're not post respiratory elements and so we still need to take precautions particularly those who are in affected populations like those with uh compromised immune systems and children and of course elderly citizens and so just yeah on that note wanted to wish her a speedy recovery and of course uh we love you Barbara hope you get well soon thank you Miss Bacher uh thank you I um just wanted to comment because a lot of members in my community a lot of my constituents have reached out about this issue um obvious VI L we've seen the executive orders coming down from this presidential Administration um fighting for Mass deportations I want to thank council member bond for the paper he read in for the Latino Community Fund for anyone who is looking for resources I urge you to look to the Latino Community Fund of Georgia they have great great great um advocacy programs they have incredible people on their staff they're putting out amazing resources but I've had a number of people reach out so if you are somebody that is threatened by the current executive orders coming down or know someone who is please please please refer them to lcf as a resource thank you an incredible staff indeed any other um remarks seeing none I'll ask the clerk to call the adjourning roll call we have council member Michael Julian bom post one at large here council member Matt West Morland post two at large here council member Isa Collins Post three at large councilman council member Jason H Winston district one council member Amir Peri District Two here council member Byron D Amos District three here council member Jason Dozer District Four here council member Liliana batiar District Five still here council member Alex ju District Six council member Howard shook District Seven council member Mary Norwood District 8 council member Andrew albon district 10 council member Marley Marcy colie over Street District 11 council member Tony Lewis District 12 thank you madam clerk we are adjourned [Music] I is