Votes at a glance: Transportation Committee items advanced or filed Jan. 29, 2025

The Atlanta City Council Transportation Committee considered multiple ordinances and resolutions at its Jan. 29 meeting. The committee approved or filed the following items; all recorded committee votes are shown as stated in the committee record.

- Item 12501016 — Ordinance (Department of Aviation): Waive competitive procurement provisions and authorize the mayor to execute amendment No. 2 to the agreement with Gary Lee Super Design Associates for airport-related services effective Feb. 1, 2025; rescind the agreement term and extend month-to-month up to Dec. 1, 2025. Motion to approve; committee recorded the item as favorable, vote 7 ayes, 0 nays.

- Item 250-1043 — Ordinance (right-of-way deed): Authorize the mayor to execute a right-of-way deed to the Georgia Department of Transportation dedicating approximately 0.034 acres at 2175 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive for sidewalk purposes; amendment attached (exhibit A: property description; exhibit B: location map). Motion to amend and approve; committee amended and approved the item, vote 7 ayes, 0 nays.

- Item 325 R-3080 — Resolution (traffic calming): Request the mayor to install traffic calming devices on sections of Tell Road SW (near Tell Place SW and River Pine Trail SW); committee approved an amendment to minor whereas clauses and voted the item favorable as amended, 7 ayes, 0 nays.

- Item 425 R-3117 — Resolution (grant application): Authorize the mayor to apply for grant funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation (program name listed on committee paperwork) in an amount not to exceed $2,000,000 on behalf of the Atlanta Department of Transportation for the Centennial Yards Complete Streets project. Committee recorded the item as filed in committee, vote 7 ayes, 0 nays.

- Item 525 R-3118 — Resolution (contract award): Authorize the mayor to execute an agreement with Villanova LLC for shared micro-mobility data management services for three years with up to two one-year renewals and a total amount not to exceed $60,000; committee approved, vote recorded as favorable, 7 ayes, 0 nays.

- Item 18 (2401617) — Ordinance (street renaming): Rename Central Avenue Southwest (Decatur St SE to Pryor St SW) to Shirley Clark Franklin Boulevard; motion made and seconded, committee voted 7 ayes, 0 nays (item advanced to full council). See separate article for full discussion and public comment.

- Item 21 (25 R-3004) — Resolution (project management agreement): Authorize the mayor to execute a project management agreement with Westside Howell Mill Community Improvement District (doing business as Upper Westside Improvement District) for the Chattahoochee Avenue project on behalf of ATLDOT in an amount not to exceed $3,920,599. Motion made and seconded; committee voted favorable, 7 ayes, 0 nays.

- Item 625 C0005 — Communication (audit report): City auditor presented the 2024 annual review of the Moving Atlanta Forward program; the committee voted to accept and file the audit report (committee recorded vote 6 ayes, 0 nays).

Procedural notes: motions and seconders were recorded in the committee audio for many items; where a specific mover/second was not verbally captured in the transcript, the committee roll call and clerk recorded the outcome. Several items required amendments on the floor (for example, the right-of-way deed exhibit attachments and minor whereas clause language in the Tell Road resolution); those amendments were noted and adopted before final votes.

This list is based on the committee transcript and clerk roll calls from the Jan. 29, 2025 Transportation Committee meeting.