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Votes at a glance: committee actions and outcomes from the March meeting
Summary
The committee recorded a series of formal actions on March 21 including routine agenda/minute approvals, appointment confirmations and multiple ordinance actions; several high-profile public hearings (short-term rentals and tree protection) were held and then held in committee for further work.
The Community Development and Human Services Committee recorded the following formal actions and outcomes during the meeting.
1) Routine procedural votes - Motion to adopt the meeting agenda: passed (5 yeas, 0 nays). Mover: Chair Jason Winston; second: Councilmember Dozier. - Motion to approve minutes: passed (5 yays, 0 nays). Mover: Chair Winston; second: Councilmember Bakhtiari.
2) Appointment - 25 C 0043 — Communication from Mayor Dickens appointing Marlon Campbell to the City of Atlanta, Fulton County Recreation Authority (term four years): Favorable — approved (7 yeas, 0 nays).
3) Public hearings with recorded outcomes - 25 C 0048 — Draft 2024 Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (Department of Grants and Community Development): public hearing opened and closed; motion to accept and file — accepted and filed (7 yays, 0 nays). - Short-term rental ordinance (sponsor: Councilmember Byron Amos): public hearing held; committee voted to hold item in committee for further work (vote recorded 5 yays, 0 nays). - Tree protection ordinance (sponsor: Councilmember Michael Julian Bond): public hearing held; committee voted to hold the item in committee for further NPU review and technical tweaks (final committee hold vote recorded 5 yays, 1 nay).
4) Ordinances and administrative items (committee votes) - CDP amendment 2224O1066 (land use redesignations near Park Drive / Amsterdam Walk): moved forward with no recommendation (5 yays, 0 nays). - 25 O 11 55 (waiver / subdivision acknowledgment for 2856 Pelo Street SE): Favorable (6 yays, 0 nays). - Block approvals (items grouped on consent/regular agenda): several departmental items, project task orders and grant authorizations passed by committee (multiple votes recorded across items 10–20 on the agenda; generally unanimous committee support where recorded, typically 6–0). - Task order for Cohen Park Recreation Center (citywide architectural/engineering contract, Harris and Smith LLC): favorable (6 yays, 0 nays); referred to FEC (6 yays, 0 nays).
Notes and limitations: Some vote summaries above repeat the committee’s recorded tallies as stated in the meeting transcript; individual roll-call names for every yes/no tally were not recorded in all cases. Where mover/second were stated on the record, they are noted above; otherwise tallies were recorded as committee totals in the transcript.
Where to find details: The committee clerk’s minutes and posted agenda/legislative packet contain the full captions, ordinance/resolution numbers and official vote records for each item listed above.
