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Transportation Committee votes: airport leases, budget amendments, contracts and project authorizations advance (March 12, 2025)
Summary
Committee favored a series of ordinances and resolutions including airport agreements, budget amendments, acquisition authority for Cortland–Piedmont safe-streets work, multiple project management agreements and procurement waivers; most items passed unanimously.
The City Council Transportation Committee on March 12 approved a series of ordinances and resolutions covering airport leases and advertising agreements, budget transfers, project authorizations and contract renewals. Most items were approved unanimously in committee and will proceed to the next legislative step.
Key outcomes (committee vote tallies shown where recorded):
- Item 22501146 (ordinance authorizing an airport use and lease agreement with Key Lime Air Corporation d/b/a Denver Air Connection at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport; initial term retroactive to 12/01/2024 with renewal options through 2036): favorable (6-0).
- Item 32501119 (ordinance waiving competitive selection to amend Clear Channel Airports' commercial advertising agreement at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport and reimburse up to $687,500 for lead upgrades by reducing rent): favorable (6-0).
- Item 42501120 (ordinance authorizing acquisition steps for Cortland–Piedmont Safe Streets project, including negotiations, appraisals and potential condemnation under OCGA 32-3-1): favorable (6-0).
- Item 52501121 and Item 62501122 (ordinances amending FY2025 airport renewal and extension and related funds to transfer appropriations totaling $46,900,050 and $18,329,002 respectively for airport projects): both favorable (6-0).
- Item 925R3214 (resolution authorizing a project management agreement with Atlanta Downtown Improvement District for Cortland–Piedmont Safe Streets project, amount not to exceed $5,995,617.50): favorable as amended (6-0).
- Item 1025R3219 (resolution authorizing first renewal option with BRTU Construction Inc. for intersection improvements on Morris Mill Road, amount not to exceed $4,294,491.74): favorable (6-0).
- Item 1125R3272 (resolution authorizing project management agreement with Midtown Alliance for West Peachtree and Spring Street quick-build complete streets project, amount not to exceed $1,648,700.69): favorable (6-0).
- Item 1225R3273 (resolution authorizing renewal option with Georgia Tech Research Corporation for airport and economic development training, $100,000): favorable (6-0).
- Item 1325R3274 (resolution authorizing reemployment of retiree Michael Winfrey as airport manager, emergency management program administrator, annual compensation not to exceed $112,907.12): favorable (6-0).
- Item 1425R3275 (memorandum of understanding with United Airlines for gate use at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport): favorable (6-0).
Several items were read into the record, seconded and approved with votes recorded as 6 yays, 0 nays unless otherwise noted. For many consent and second-reading ordinances the clerk read account and funding-language that will appear in the committee record and in ordinance text. Items that required substitutes or attachments (for example, the Cortland–Piedmont project management agreement) were amended on the floor and approved.
