Ordinances / Resolutions of Note
- Temporary Halt to Downtown Development
- Consultant Selection for Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan
- TSPLOST Project List and Referendum
- Mitchell Street Development
Temporary Halt to Downtown Development
Some commissioners felt that a moratorium on downtown development was necessary to provide time to tackle some public health concerns. You can read a good description of the issue here.
Voting yes on the moratorium: Hamby, Bell, Herod, Dickerson, Sims, Wright, Link, Girtz
Voting no: NeSmith, Bailey
Proposal made by: Link
Passed on February 7, 2017
Consultant Selection for Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan
The commission selected a consultant for the Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan with this vote.
Voting yes on the moratorium: Hamby, Bell, Dickerson, Sims, Link, Girtz, NeSmith, Bailey
Voting no: none
Absent: Herod, Wright
Proposal made by: Sims
Passed on March 7, 2017
TSPLOST Project List and Referendum
This vote approved the 2018 TSPLOST project list and a referendum, put to the people which passed in November of 2017.
Voting yes on the project list: Hamby, Bell, Dickerson, Sims, Link, Girtz, NeSmith, Bailey, Herod, Wright
Voting no: none
Absent: none
Passed on August 1, 2017
Mitchell Street Development
The Mitchell Street development was a contentious one because some felt it was massively over-scale to the surrounding buildings and contained no provisions for affordable housing. The commission allowed the development to go forward in a 7-3 vote.
Voting yes on re-zoning Mitchell Street: Hamby, Bell, Dickerson, Sims, NeSmith, Herod, Wright
Voting no: Link, Girtz, Bailey
Absent: none
Passed on September 5, 2017