CITY COUNCIL
Next City Council Meeting
Tuesday, February 9 • 4PM
South Fulton City Council (l to r): Catherine Rowell (District 1, Cascade) ● Carmalitha Gumbs (District 2, Cliftondale) ● Helen Z. Willis (District 3, Welcome All) ● Mayor William "Bill" Edwards ● Naeema Gilyard (District 4, Cedar Grove) ● Corey Reeves (District 5, Flat Shoals) ● Councilman khalid (District 6, Old National) ● Mark Baker (District 7, Hwy 138)
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Tuesday, February 9 at 4PM
Tuesday, February 9 at 4PM
Last month, South Fulton's City Council voted to move all of its meetings back to 4PM. Now Work Sessions will normally occur on second Tuesdays, followed by Zoning Hearings.
Work Sessions will not run longer than two hours, from 4PM to 6PM. City Council does not vote in Work Sessions, but uses them to discuss complex issues and new proposals in deep detail.
Topics discussed in this month's Work Session include a plan to install benches, public trash & recycling receptacles throughout the city which would be supported by advertising (pg. 8); a Financial Update by Interim Chief Financial Officer Nina Robinson (pg. 46); and City Manager Tammi Saddler-Jones (pg. 56)
View the entire, 211-page Work Session agenda & documents and watch the entire meeting at the video links above.
Zoning Hearings now follow City Council's 2nd Tuesday Work Sessions. This is where City Council hears requests from developers to rezone land for building, or apply for liquor licenses or other Special Use permits. The general public is allowed to weigh in on each and every individual Zoning.
Topics discussed in this month's Zoning hearing include:
Work Sessions will not run longer than two hours, from 4PM to 6PM. City Council does not vote in Work Sessions, but uses them to discuss complex issues and new proposals in deep detail.
Topics discussed in this month's Work Session include a plan to install benches, public trash & recycling receptacles throughout the city which would be supported by advertising (pg. 8); a Financial Update by Interim Chief Financial Officer Nina Robinson (pg. 46); and City Manager Tammi Saddler-Jones (pg. 56)
View the entire, 211-page Work Session agenda & documents and watch the entire meeting at the video links above.
Zoning Hearings now follow City Council's 2nd Tuesday Work Sessions. This is where City Council hears requests from developers to rezone land for building, or apply for liquor licenses or other Special Use permits. The general public is allowed to weigh in on each and every individual Zoning.
Topics discussed in this month's Zoning hearing include:
- AN21-001 & Z21-001 Requests to annex parcels at the corner of Waycross and Riverside Drive, 30336 into the City of South Fulton from unincorporated Fulton County, on which developers would build 210 housing units (150 of them dedicated to Seniors, pgs. 3-87). The parcels are currently split between Fulton County and the City of South Fulton. These items were deferred to the next Zoning Hearing, March 9.
- Z20-008 Request by a developer to build a new subdivision at 7195 Butner & 3315 W Stubbs, 30349 Roads (pg. 88), Z20-009 to rezone the area for Senior Housing, and a concurrent (simultaneous) variance CV20-001 to lower the age for senior living from 62 to 55 (pg. 168). These items were deferred for 60 days until the next Zoning Hearing, April 13.
- U20-003 A request to for a nail salon to move from its current location to the next Publix Shopping Center across the street at 5829 Campbellton Road, 30331. Because of a change in the Zoning Code championed by Councilman khalid — first as part of a Zoning Moratorium — permits and zoning requests for businesses over-represented in our communities will now come before City Council for a vote.
View the entire, 193-page Zoning Hearing agenda & documents watch the entire Zoning meeting at the links below.
CITY COUNCIL
Next City Council Meeting
Tuesday, January 12 • 10AM
South Fulton City Council (l to r): Catherine Rowell (District 1, Cascade) ● Carmalitha Gumbs (District 2, Cliftondale) ● Helen Z. Willis (District 3, Welcome All) ● Mayor William "Bill" Edwards ● Naeema Gilyard (District 4, Cedar Grove) ● Corey Reeves (District 5, Flat Shoals) ● Councilman khalid (District 6, Old National) ● Mark Baker (District 7, Hwy 138)
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Tuesday, January 12 at 10AM
Tuesday, January 12 at 10AM
South Fulton's first City Council Meeting of 2021 begins this Tuesday at 10 AM. This month's relatively short agenda (286 pages) begins with hearings for liquor licenses and zoning requests. Topics for this meeting include a Request for a Zoning Modifications for the Bedford Estates off Camp Creek Parkway (pg. 131).
Other topics to be discussed in this meeting include a discussion about South Fulton's TSPLOST — the Transportation Local Option Sales Tax. In 2016 the Georgia State Legislature passed a bill authorizing counties to levy the tax. Fulton County residents voted to approve a 0.75-cent TSPLOST which raised South Fulton's sales tax to 7.75 cents on every dollar spent locally.
BREAKDOWN of SOUTH FULTON'S 7.75 CENT SALES TAX
4 cents - State of Georgia
3 cents - Fulton County (divided by Fulton cities based on population*)
0.75 cents - Transportation Improvement Projects
*South Fulton has the 3rd highest population of Fulton County's 15 cities, behind Atlanta and Sandy Springs.
4 cents - State of Georgia
3 cents - Fulton County (divided by Fulton cities based on population*)
0.75 cents - Transportation Improvement Projects
*South Fulton has the 3rd highest population of Fulton County's 15 cities, behind Atlanta and Sandy Springs.
Over $500 million has been generated from the TSPLOST. This money has been spent on transportation improvements, such as street repaving, bridges, sidewalks and other transportation-related purposes.
The sales tax ends March 30, 2022. Now, South Fulton's Mayors must vote on whether or not to renew the tax for more years and what projects the money generated from the tax will be spent on — including a possible Bus Rapid Transit by MARTA down South Fulton Parkway.
The sales tax ends March 30, 2022. Now, South Fulton's Mayors must vote on whether or not to renew the tax for more years and what projects the money generated from the tax will be spent on — including a possible Bus Rapid Transit by MARTA down South Fulton Parkway.