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Committee actions: ordinances substituted, joint‑use agreement and park design approved; several CDP items held
Summary
The Community Development & Human Services Committee substituted and approved an amendment to the building code ordinance, favorably recommended a feasibility‑study resolution on a homeless housing authority, approved park design and a joint‑use agreement with Atlanta Public Schools, and held multiple CDP land‑use items for further review.
The Community Development & Human Services Committee recorded multiple formal actions on Feb. 5. Votes were taken on substitutes, resolutions and contracts; several land‑use (CDP) items were held in committee for further review. Key formal outcomes are listed below.
Votes at a glance
- Adopt agenda (motion to adopt agenda): The committee chair called for adoption; recorded vote was 5 yays, 0 nays — agenda adopted.
- Approve minutes (motion to approve minutes of last meeting): Recorded vote 5 yays, 0 nays — minutes approved.
- Ordinance 25 O 10 55 (substitute adopted): Committee approved a substituted ordinance amending the Atlanta Building Code to allow rejection of certain new permit applications for buildings subject to unresolved correction notices or stop work orders. Vote recorded: 7 yays, 0 nays — favorable on substitute.
- Ordinances (first‑read CDP items): A series of CDP land‑use redesignation ordinances were read for first reading; several were later held in committee for follow up. Examples held in committee included CDP items to redesignate parcels and other related first‑read matters — motions to hold were approved (typical vote recorded 7 yays, 0 nays where recorded). (Details on each first‑read item are recorded in the committee minutes.)
- Resolution 25 R 3121 (feasibility study on homeless authority): The committee favorably recommended, as amended, a resolution asking the mayor and staff to conduct a feasibility study and report back within 90 days regarding homeless/transitional housing and the creation of an authority to address homeless and housing needs. Vote recorded: 7 yays, 0 nays — favorable as amended.
- Resolution 25 R 3124 (task order for Mountain Way Common and Lawrence Park design): The committee approved a task order under an existing contract with Harris + Smith LLC authorizing detailed design and studies to advance park improvements, funded by the public improvement bond program. Vote recorded: 7 yays, 0 nays — favorable.
- Intergovernmental Joint Use Agreement with Atlanta Public Schools (substitute approved): The committee approved an amended joint‑use agreement that formalizes shared use of parks, fields and playgrounds and adds access to six elementary school gymnasiums to expand recreational coverage. Vote recorded: 7 yays, 0 nays — favorable on substitute.
- Riverlands Corridor / Chattahoochee brick company scoping contract (amended and approved): The committee amended the contract to add the IPAL report and approved a contract with Scape Landscape for the Riverlands Corridor and Chattahoochee Riverlands Trail scoping study. Vote recorded: 6 yays, 0 nays — favorable as amended.
How votes were recorded
Where recorded tallies were available the committee recorded numeric yea/nay counts; individual council members were named as movers or seconders for motions in committee discussion (for example, several motions were seconded by Council Member Westmoreland or Council Member Bakhtiar during the meeting). Where vote records did not assign individual yea/no votes, the committee’s recorded tallies are reported above.
Next steps
Items held in committee will return for further review, and the committee asked staff to provide additional materials and follow‑up data on specific programs, park scopes and CDP redesignation requests.
