Council Agenda - Work Session / Budget Review 09/29/2020 09:00 AM Columbus Civic Center

CALL TO ORDER: Mayor B.H. "Skip" Henderson, III, Presiding

INVOCATION: Offered by Rev. Christopher Poirier at River Valley Church

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Led by Mayor Henderson

MINUTES

• 1.Approval of minutes for the September 22, 2020 Council Meeting.

UPDATES:

• 2.An update on COVID-19

• 3.Census 2020

CONSENT AGENDA

ORDINANCES

• 1.2nd Reading - REZN-07-20-2197:  An ordinance rezoning 0.66 acres located at 7290D Blackmon Road (parcel id # 101-030-007).  The current zoning is GC (General Commercial).  The proposed zoning is RE1 (Residential Estate 1).  The proposed use is Detention Pond.  The Planning Advisory Commission and the Planning Department recommend approval.  The applicant is Ben Billings.  (Councilor Allen)

RESOLUTIONS

• 2.A resolution cancelling the October 6, 2020 Proclamation Session.

• 3.A resolution excusing Councilor Jerry "Pops" Barnes from the September 22, 2020 Council Meeting and September 29, 2020 Council Work Session / Budget Review.

• 4.A resolution excusing Councilor Glenn Davis from the September 22, 2020 Council Meeting.

• 5.A resolution receiving the report of the Director of Finance concerning certain alcoholic beverage licenses processed during the month of August 2020 and approving the same.

WORK SESSION AGENDA

• I.Presentation of Check to Support a Non-Profit Organization– Glen Wilkins, Director of Public Affairs & Government Relations

            Attendees:    Porsha Moore – Store Manager 1338

  Corleny Jackson – Store Manager 1311

  Hubert Frierson – Store Manager 4283

  John Nickerson – Store Manager 4426 (Neighborhood Market)

  Quacheryl Pugh – Store Manager 4200

  Elise Hackstall – Market Manager Neighborhood Market

  Shawn McCullum – Market Manager Supercenter’s

• II.Mott’s Green Update - Rick Jones, Planning Director

• III.2nd Avenue Streetscapes Study - Rick Jones, Planning Director and Mickey O’Brien, Urban Design/Landscape Architecture Manager, AECOM

• IV.J. R. Allen Parkway Study - Rick Jones, Planning Director and Keith Strickland, P.E., Senior Transportation Engineer, Stantec

• V.Steam Mill Road Corridor Study - Donna Newman, Engineering Director and Mitchell Greenway, Stantec

• VI.Budget Review Session - Angelica Alexander, Finance Director