City Council virtual meeting on March 24

Brookhaven, GA, Mar. 23, 2020 – The Brookhaven City Council will conduct its next regularly scheduled business meeting on March 24, at 7 p.m.  However, in consideration of social distancing recommendations by the World Health Organization, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and State Board of Health, the meeting will be held via video conference. 

In order to ensure transparency and accountability, the meeting will be broadcast on Facebook Live on the City’s Facebook page at www.Facebook.com/BrookhavenGAgov.  The Public will be able to weigh in during Public Hearings and Public Comment by either typing comments into the Facebook Live comment section, or sending an email to PublicComment@BrookhavenGA.gov.

The agenda for the March 24 business meeting contains the following:

·         An ordinance to amend Section 27-1029, modifying conditions of approval, of the Code of the City of Brookhaven.  This includes public notice requirements for administrative modifications, clarification that full zoning modifications are required to meet the same procedures as land use petitions, and the appeals process for both types of modifications.  There will be a public hearing for the item.

·         Consideration to appoint Mike Runstead to Board of Appeals.

·         Consideration to reappoint Brookhaven Convention and Visitors Bureau (BCVB) Board Members.

·         A public comment availability.

·         A consent agenda to approve minute of the March 10 Work Session and Regular Meeting, and the March 16 Emergency Called Meeting.

·         Consideration of extending state of emergency in the City of Brookhaven to April 15, to include the closure of all bars and restaurants and procedures for takeout or delivery of food and beverages, banning gatherings over 10 people, providing for dissemination of information, to provide for an effective date, and other purposes.  There will be public comment for this item.

·         Consideration of a resolution for a $15 million bond for currently authorized projects in the City’s Capital Improvement Project (CIP) Fund utilizing the proceeds from the Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST) referendum passed in November 2017.  Under the SPLOST referendum, the City can issue bonds in the approximate amount of $34 million with an annual interest rate cap of 2.8%.  The City initially borrowed $12 million in May 2018 for the Public Safety and Municipal Court Building.  At this time, the Administration proposing a $15 million bond to fund the transportation, capital maintenance, and paving projects authorized through the CIP. 

·         Consideration of a purchase and sale agreement for FEMA property located at 2652 S. Bamby Lane.

·         Consideration of a purchase and sale agreement for FEMA property located at 2668 S. Bamby Lane.

The entire agenda, meeting summary and video of the meeting for March 24 can be viewed on the Brookhaven website at www.BrookhavenGA.gov.  At the top of the page, click on City Hall, then Meetings and Agendas.   The next Brookhaven City Council meeting will be Tuesday, April 14, at 7 p.m.