Atlanta holds proposal to call public-comment speakers in sign-up order
The proposed rule would address when speakers who receive yielded time are called; the Sept. 21 committee hold did not enact it.
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Atlanta committee holds public-comment speaking-order plan, backs substitute motion
The listed proposal would let speakers go in sign-up order; the minutes do not say what the substitute would change.
Atlanta committee conditionally backs $307,000 yard-debris contract extension
The proposed month-to-month bridge with TAG Grinding Services would run through Feb. 14 while the city seeks a replacement contract.
Atlanta committee backs up to $4.2 million for equipment rentals across city departments
The proposed one-year agreements with Herc Rentals and United Rentals cover equipment including refuse trucks and landscaping machinery.
Atlanta proposes $20 million for watershed engineering and construction management
The reserve transfer would support design and management across water and wastewater capital projects; the ordinance has only received first reading.
Atlanta’s held $3.34 million electric-fleet plan proposes 14 charging ports
The proposed ports are spread across three named sites; EPA grant money and local matching funds would support the vehicle-and-charging purchase.
Atlanta committee backs $8.52 million for pavement-restoration backlog
Increased water and sewer repairs have exhausted the resurfacing contract’s funds, the proposed amendment says.
Atlanta’s proposed sewer-connection test counts lines within 200 or 500 feet
The held ordinance would also count sewer as available where pumping can make a gravity-flow connection possible.
Atlanta data-center task-force proposal held in utilities committee
The proposal calls for at least 10 public meetings, two hearings and written policy recommendations, with report deadlines measured from the task force’s first meeting.
North Fork tank and pump station proposed for $17.47 million reserve transfer
The project near Sidney Marcus Boulevard and Buford Highway includes a 15-million-gallon tank, a pump station and Cheshire Farm Trail improvements.
Atlanta data-center cooling-water restriction remains held in committee
The proposal would require closed-loop cooling and restrict routine use of potable city water at Atlanta facilities and facilities served through certain wholesale agreements.
Atlanta committee backs up-to-$40 million police camera contract amendment
The proposal would increase fleet and body-worn cameras as the police department's sworn personnel grows.
Up-to-$68 million Atlanta detention center sale held in committee
The proposal would transfer the center at 254 Peachtree St. SW to Fulton County while keeping city detainees housed there under a separate lease.
Atlanta committee backs annual $31,913 solar-contract correction
The proposed fix would clarify that a previously authorized funding addition is annual, not one-time; it has committee support, not final adoption.
Atlanta committee backs phased changes to fire inspection and permit fees
The amended proposal would adjust fire plan-review fees too, aiming to bring charges closer to the city's regulatory costs.
Atlanta zoning rewrite substituted and held for further review
The committee approved a substitute but held the proposed citywide ordinance rather than adopting new zoning rules.
12.5-acre White Street mixed-use rezoning set for Oct. 8 review
The proposal would replace industrial mixed-use zoning with mixed residential-commercial zoning while retaining the Beltline Overlay.
Cleveland Avenue park-for-hire permit set for Oct. 8 after delay recommendation
The 21.284-acre special-use request drew a denial recommendation from Neighborhood Planning Unit Z and a 60-day deferral recommendation from the zoning board.
Decatur Street's 2.54-acre rezoning set for Oct. 8 after delay recommendation
The request at 460 and 478 Decatur Street SE would replace light-industrial zoning with mixed residential-commercial zoning while retaining the Beltline Overlay.
Arlington Avenue two-family rezoning wins City Council approval
The 0.17-acre change retains the Oakland City Historic District and Beltline Overlay designations.
21.28-acre Cleveland Avenue park-for-hire permit gets 60-day delay recommendation
Neighborhood Planning Unit Z recommended denial of the request along Cleveland Avenue and Old Hapeville Road; city staff recommended deferral.
Autumn Lane multifamily rezoning gets conditional zoning-board support
The proposal would replace single-family residential zoning with a multifamily designation in Council District 10.
Glenn Street's 4.56-acre mixed-use rezoning gets zoning-board support
The proposal would replace heavy-industrial zoning at 570 and 574 Glenn Street SW and 593 Ralph David Abernathy Boulevard SW.
Kelso Drive pool exception approved for street-adjacent yard
Staff cited sloping ground and limited buildable area behind the home in supporting the pool's placement.
Courtenay Drive addition setback approved despite staff's denial recommendation
The variance allows a front-yard setback of 15 feet 2 inches rather than 35 feet for an addition to an existing home.
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