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Council Communications
Atlanta City Hall
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Atlanta, GA 30303

June 2, 2023 

On the Agenda: Significant Legislative Items for Monday, June 5 

ATLANTA — The Atlanta City Council will consider legislation Monday to authorize the City’s chief financial officer to amend the Fiscal Year 2023 general fund to transfer and allocate $30 million in funds from the uncommitted general fund budget to support continued construction and improvements to the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center (23-O-1257). In 2021, the Council approved legislation authorizing a ground lease agreement with the Atlanta Police Foundation to build the training campus on City-owned property located along Key Road.

Other items on the agenda include:

• An ordinance to amend the City’s Charter related to taxation to increase the millage rate associated with the Park Improvement Fund from half a mill to one mill to generate additional revenue to support park improvements and to revise restrictions on how such funds may be used (23-O-1258). The legislation seeks to bolster the fund by approximately $16 million annually. As a Charter amendment, this will be the second of three required readings.

• An ordinance to authorize the City to issue revenue bonds to be designated by the Urban Residential Finance Authority as Taxable Revenue Bonds Series 2023 Bonds in the aggregate principal amount not to exceed $100 million to provide funding to implement the Housing Opportunity Program (23-O-1227).

• A resolution to adopt the recommendations of the “Explore South River Forest” report commissioned by the Atlanta Regional Commission and request that the mayor’s executive offices deliver an implementation plan to fulfill the $100 million transformation of the South River Forest by December 1 (23-R-3665).

•  A resolution to dedicate $600,000 from the Affordable Housing Trust Fund to create a Housing Help Center to aid Atlanta residents in searching for safe and affordable housing (23-R-3612).

• An ordinance to allocate $800,000 from the Affordable Housing Trust Fund to the Solicitor’s Office’s Safe Housing Program to increase capacity for the solicitor to enforce the Housing Code and improve housing conditions for residents living in nuisance and substandard multifamily properties (23-O-1268).

• An ordinance to allocate $1 million toward Economic Opportunity Fund grants related to food access to incentive job creation, encourage investment, and promote development in areas of Atlanta that lack access to quality groceries and food fresh food (23-O-1260).

•  An ordinance to amend Chapter 162 of the City’s Code to increase taxicab fares (23-O-1235).

• An ordinance to amend the Fiscal Year 2023 Department of City Planning general fund budget and the capital finance fund budget in order to transfer funds not to exceed $150,000 to preserve the City of Atlanta's matching funds for the Peachtree Street Streetscape grant award (23-O-1266). The City was awarded a grant of $1.2 million for the project from the Atlanta Regional Commission with the City and the Atlanta Downtown Improvement District committing matching funds of $150,000 each.

• A resolution to authorize an agreement with Stewart Brothers Inc. in an amount not to exceed $5.2 million for a term of one year with one, one-year renewal option (23-R-3616) and a resolution to authorize an agreement with Magnum Paving Company Inc. in an amount not to exceed $4.8 million for a term of one year with one, one-year renewal option for roadway resurfacing in Atlanta (23-R-3617).

• A resolution authorizing the execution of the second amendment to an agreement with Mauldin and Jenkins LLC to add the Department of Finance as an authorized user and to add services and funding for an audit and evaluation of the More MARTA program in an amount not to exceed $908,000 (23-R-3624).

• A resolution requiring all City of Atlanta In Rem Review Board hearings to be added to the Channel 26 live broadcast schedule (23-R-3536).

•  An ordinance to ratify the City of Atlanta’s application for grant funding in an amount not to exceed approximately $6.8 million as part of the Emergency Food and Shelter Program administered by FEMA to help provide humanitarian relief in the form of shelter and other services to noncitizen families and individuals migrating to the U.S. (23-O-1262).

• A resolution authorizing the City to enter into the fourth amendment to a contract with ECL/RAC Joint Venture for right of way maintenance and landscape services in an amount not to exceed $150,000 for Fiscal Year 2023 and $2.4 million for Fiscal Year 2024 (23-R-3664).

• A resolution requesting that landlords of rental units provide written disclosure to residents and potential renters regarding those units that are absent of an active sprinkler system (23-R-3615).

•  An ordinance to grant a special use permit for a homeless shelter and social services center at the Salvation Army located at 400 Luckie Street in downtown Atlanta (22-O-1498). The property is currently operated as a homeless shelter and social service center. This application proposes expanding existing services.

All proclamations for Monday’s meeting will be rescheduled to another date.

The Committee on Council will convene in Committee Room No. 1 at 11 a.m. The full Council meeting will be held at 1 p.m. in the Council Chamber.

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.

About Atlanta City Council
The Atlanta City Council is the chief policy-making body for the City of Atlanta. It acts by considering and enacting all laws that govern the City. The Council also approves the operating and capital budgets for the City as recommended by the mayor, and it continually monitors revenues and expenditures for local government operations. The Council reviews and has final say on many land-use and zoning matters. Major economic development projects for the City also fall under the Council’s consideration.

Comprised of 12 districts and three at-large posts, Council representatives include: Council President: Doug Shipman; District 1: Jason Winston; District 2: Amir Farokhi; District 3: Byron Amos; District 4: Jason S. Dozier; District 5: Liliana Bakhtiari; District 6: Alex Wan; District 7: Howard Shook; District 8: Mary Norwood; District 9: Dustin Hillis; District 10: Andrea L. Boone; District 11: Marci Collier Overstreet; District 12: Antonio Lewis; Post 1 At-Large: Michael Julian Bond; Post 2 At-Large: Matt Westmoreland; and Post 3 At-Large: Keisha Sean Waites.

To learn more about the Atlanta City Council, please visit http://citycouncil.atlantaga.gov/. For the latest updates, follow the Atlanta City Council on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

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