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• Approval of minutes: The council approved the March 18, 2025 regular meeting minutes and the March 25, 2025 work-session minutes by roll-call vote.

• Consent agenda: Council approved the consent agenda covering items 7 through 24 by motion and roll-call vote. Item 15 (Assembly Street Phase 2 design services) and item 9 (Mayes Park contract amendment for storm repairs) were included and advanced as part of that consent approval.

• Ordinance No. 2025-018 (Item 26): Approved on first reading to authorize execution of a third amendment to the lease for the Amtrak station on Pulaski Street. Vote: unanimous “aye” in roll call (Bailey; Brown; Herbert; Bussell; Brennan; McDowell; Mayor Daniel J. Rickman).

• Ordinance No. 2025-025 (Item 27): Approved on first reading authorizing the city manager to execute a lessor’s estoppel certificate and a fourth amendment to lease between the City of Columbia and Core SBA Columbia Main LLC. Vote: unanimous “aye.”

• Resolution R-2025-012 (Item 28): Council certified a building site as an abandoned building pursuant to the South Carolina Abandoned Buildings Revitalization Act, Title 12, Chapter 67, Section 12-67-100, for property located at 1001 Senate Street in Columbia and Richland County. Vote: unanimous “aye.”

All recorded roll-call votes in the audio transcript show unanimous approval on the listed items; the transcript does not name the member who moved or seconded each motion in every instance but the clerk conducted roll calls that returned aye votes from all council members present.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","City Council Meeting April 1, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","At its April 1 meeting the Columbia City Council approved minutes, the consent agenda (items 7–24), advanced two ordinances on first reading including the Amtrak lease amendment, and certified an abandoned building at 1001 Senate Street under state law.","taxTitle","Columbia City, Richland County, South Carolina","taxId",3706,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6078270,"Mayes Park tennis courts to be repaired after hurricane damage; project will include pickleball",50,3656000,3706000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2960214-9a871108e4c700474db65639e8761d98&start=3656&end=3706","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2960214-9a871108e4c700474db65639e8761d98/thumbnail_3656000.jpg","/articles/6078270/Columbia-City/Richland-County/South-Carolina/Mayes-Park-tennis-courts-to-be-repaired-after-hurricane-damage-project-will-include-pickleball","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6078270-a446c8e3580b48017d106b9564bf446e/orig.mp4?Expires=1771207401&Signature=Izj1CUauFDXZb2h7SM5rBy2F0W2symWSbloKCxFJs3EkvXnjw6XZWyUB4Ls-p2J7p12TFIzKPvmxDrwaKQugLqdCJwqy38Sqxe2lco8G-TW1whub7jazQxzRjjao~yj2oDLtqwDGmwStxJa64byr-aqKcoajACl8cm0Jmr-KZgdxQLf-QcgWSx2aCSDhikJRhpFz0LiBLE8WAltBcg4w2MCdwzkE~CWzRbWilanCeYuVIBFJHtzLoa57VNuRe0n8e7y2h03w1B~oTe1OQ3x3lOICB4Xc2uE-Cu8Wx01Sda7WPC-cTaF0nMMdCshqZNS70LqGh2YgZCVBskWA7gg6mA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","City staff told the Columbia City Council that the Mayes Park renovation project will require a contract amendment to repair storm damage to tennis courts caused by Hurricane Helene.

A city representative (Madam Clark, speaking for parks project staff) said multiple trees fell onto a tennis court, prompting expanded work that will add new fencing, court repairs, net posts and lines, and accessibility improvements. The courts will continue to serve both tennis and pickleball, the staff member said, and the project’s expected completion date is around mid-May.

Councilmembers and staff noted the park has been active since portions opened and that the courts drew users during a recent event. The amendment related to storm damage was on the agenda as part of the consent items and moved forward with the rest of the consent package.

No fiscal totals for the amendment were read into the public record at the meeting; the staff member said the project remains “very active” and anticipates a ribbon-cutting later in the spring.","City staff briefed council on a contract amendment to repair tennis courts at Mayes Park damaged by Hurricane Helene; repairs include new fencing, court repairs and accessible connectivity and will preserve both tennis and pickleball uses with expected completion around mid-May.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6078274,"Council moves forward with Assembly Street Phase 2 design; staff says $3 million funding gap remains",150,3446000,3596000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2960214-9a871108e4c700474db65639e8761d98&start=3446&end=3596","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2960214-9a871108e4c700474db65639e8761d98/thumbnail_3446000.jpg","/articles/6078274/Columbia-City/Richland-County/South-Carolina/Council-moves-forward-with-Assembly-Street-Phase-2-design-staff-says-3-million-funding-gap-remains","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6078274-b7336d23d0aabcfea0e1021a7107daae/orig.mp4?Expires=1771207401&Signature=dWjSl49ORSgTTmLuqx1-SowqgI9pWBZBAbUiM8w81K4mPTU~qyeZljclDCS1tGSap9osG6PlqaShnb6zEeRzZ76jdWCEdyC5cASJCQrOuhi0iQPSno9iE4CXgJMPGWg0UuAjAZqHugUgl8fjxG8WPu17MTCOqtm50TpW2rLbavg35eEHv-wSslNrw9-h7fhafMa0gDAyiQ1me-3JJaPrj-8rvfQojlS2TTMP0JcL9OzXlZD8PKliE2Gl5vv9Y2G4aSNILZEOkK0XvdhED5Yhs9bsR~9Xk71Ha2hy11ic-RmAmSQYzptpYPpR2qcE-XyFFaonLRtZvTFqgkFF2DIAbw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Columbia City Council approved, as part of the consent agenda, a contract to begin detailed design for Assembly Street Phase 2, a streetscaping and pedestrian-safety project that will extend previous work from Pendleton Street to Lady Street.

Assistant City Manager Clint Shealy told council the Phase 2 design will include pedestrian safety improvements, ADA upgrades, undergrounding utilities, median removals, curb bump-outs and other measures intended to reduce crossing distances and improve the corridor that serves as an entryway to the statehouse. Shealy said the detailed design phase will take “a little over a year.”

Shealy and councilmembers discussed project funding. Shealy stated a $13,000,000 project estimate that combines DOT grant-share funding and Richland County transportation gas-tax money; he said the city remains roughly $3,000,000 short of the full funding package and that the city has requested $5 million from the county’s extended penny program. Shealy also said a public outreach and input process is included with the design contract and that public meetings or charrettes are expected “within the first two months” after the design contract is issued.

Councilmember Brent (identified in the meeting audio by first name) praised the timing of the work and said the corridor can be dangerous for pedestrians. No amendments to the contract were recorded on the transcript; the contract moved forward as a consent-agenda item and was approved by roll call.

The project proponent said securing final construction funding will determine when the work moves from the design phase to construction. Council did not set a final construction schedule at the meeting.","Council approved a contract to begin detailed design for Assembly Street Phase 2, extending streetscaping and pedestrian-safety improvements from Pendleton to Lady Street; staff said the project budget is about $13 million and currently about $3 million short of known funding sources.",{"_33":100,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":101,"_41":102,"_43":103,"_45":104,"_47":105,"_49":106,"_51":107,"_53":108,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":109,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":110,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6078279,"Columbia council approves first-reading of Amtrak station lease amendment after resident urges future daytime service",2493,1270000,3763000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2960214-9a871108e4c700474db65639e8761d98&start=1270&end=3763","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2960214-9a871108e4c700474db65639e8761d98/thumbnail_1270000.jpg","/articles/6078279/Columbia-City/Richland-County/South-Carolina/Columbia-council-approves-first-reading-of-Amtrak-station-lease-amendment-after-resident-urges-future-daytime-service","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6078279-4fe231167b9e11ab3c6f94f8c37c7ac9/orig.mp4?Expires=1771207401&Signature=fSsXN19o-8pvs8as9~4npv5oVpj5AfEP1FcCNk4t~1-hz22PXB1IETxPu4pPZt3ODQ74liYx0dOqfkxmx8MeV8iEaSHA9IQICI0B8ezTUFDhO8I3X5Bm99LiefaEmOrXm09rtNtprbzEVEB0Uut5GukKM35LeDNfx8220Zb1fwiqt~NH76~-PhIWoBTZQP1PLfXQC6GU~22cYGKjSeJRTY2Z70Vk2hDuljC5oI9zEWHk93AP2BtS7Ne0j~7BLxKPpY5dQxe657iocaNNRzG148g065Jz9xbN2gnegbS3FY6EvQeEx-J2V2CSHpjn2wy8WP9KBeyFq53YeNZWfULOGA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Columbia City Council on April 1, 2025, approved on first reading Ordinance No. 2025-018 authorizing execution of a third amendment to the lease for the Amtrak station on Pulaski Street.

The measure, carried as an ordinance on first reading, passed unanimously in a roll-call vote after one member of the public, resident Reagan Freeman, spoke during the public-input period to thank the council for renewing the lease and to urge attention to broader passenger-rail opportunities.

Freeman told council members she met with “Assistant Manager Simons” and said the station served “27,000 people used that station last year,” noting that trains currently depart Columbia as early as 4 a.m. and as late as midnight. “I think there's something there,” Freeman said, arguing the city is well positioned to pursue future daytime passenger connections to nearby cities.

Council did not discuss specifics of the lease amendment during the meeting; the ordinance was introduced as an item authorizing a third amendment to the existing lease and moved directly to a vote. The first-reading vote was recorded as unanimous: Councilmembers Bailey, Brown, Herbert, Bussell, Brennan, McDowell and Mayor Daniel J. Rickman all voted “aye.”

The ordinance text and the exact commercial or term changes contained in the third amendment were not described on the public record at the meeting. The city clerk read the ordinance number and title before the roll call; no mover or seconder names were recorded in the audio transcript.

The item had surfaced on the agenda after public comment praising the station’s connectivity; Freeman noted ongoing South Carolina Department of Transportation and regional planning discussions about passenger-rail feasibility between Columbia and Charlotte and Raleigh, but said those studies are separate from the lease action before council.

Council approved the ordinance on first reading; additional readings or administrative steps required to finalize the amended lease were not specified during the meeting.","City council voted unanimously on first reading to authorize a third amendment to the lease for the Amtrak station on Pulaski Street; a resident urged the council and staff to pursue daytime passenger-rail service and noted the station handled about 27,000 riders last year.","actionData","errors"]

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