City of Savannah


City Council Regular Meeting


AGENDA


Thursday, September 22, 2022 - 6:30 p.m.


City Hall
2 East Bay Street
Savannah, GA 31401
www.savannahga.gov
SAVANNAH CITY COUNCIL

Van R. Johnson, II, Mayor
Kesha Gibson-Carter, Post 1, At-large
Alicia Miller Blakely, Post 2, At-large
Bernetta B. Lanier, District 1
Detric Leggett, District 2
Linda Wilder-Bryan, District 3
Nick Palumbo, District 4, Vice-Chairman
Dr. Estella Edwards Shabazz, District 5, Mayor Pro Tem
Kurtis Purtee, District 6
Joseph A. Melder, City Manager
Mark Massey, City Clerk
R. Bates Lovett, City Attorney

NOTE TO AUDIENCE

Meeting will begin at 6:30p.m.

PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW ACCEPTED

Please limit comments to 2 minutes.

 
September 22, 2022 City Council Regular Meeting
CALL TO ORDER
INVOCATION
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
APPROVAL OF AGENDA
1. Adoption of the Regular Meeting Agenda for September 22, 2022.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
2. Approval of the Minutes for the Work Session and City Manager's Briefing Held on September 8, 2022, at 10:00 a.m.
Agenda Plus_WS DRAFT MINUTES_September 8, 2022 City Council Workshop.pdf
3. Approval of the Minutes for the Regular Meeting Held on September 8, 2022, at 2:00 p.m.
Exhibit 1: Draft Minutes - September 8, 2022 City Council Regular Meeting.pdf
ORGANIZATIONAL ITEMS
PRESENTATIONS
4. Appearance and Special Musical Presentation by Singer Huxsie Scott.
5. A Proclamation Declaring September 22, 2022 as the International Day of Peace in Savannah.
6. Appearance by Representatives of Savannah State University to Formally Request the 2022 Homecoming Parade Permit.
7. Recognition of 311 Action Center Staff and Customer Service Representatives Across the Organization During National Customer Service Week October 3-7, 2022.
ALCOHOL LICENSE HEARINGS - (CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF ALL ITEMS IN THIS SECTION UNLESS NOTED OTHERWISE)
8. Approval of a Class E (by the Package) Alcohol License to Dayna Lee for Savannah Wine Institute, a Wine School at 602 East Henry Street between East Broad Street and Atlantic Avenue in Aldermanic District 2 (Continued from September 8, 2022).
Exhibit 1: Checklist - Savannah Wine Institute.pdf
Exhibit 2: Density Map - Savannah Wine Institute.pdf
Exhibit 3: Alcohol Reports - Savannah Wine Institute.pdf
Exhibit 4: Measurement Report - Savannah Wine Institute.pdf
Exhibit 5: Security Plan - Savannah Wine Institute.pdf
PUBLIC HEARINGS
9. Public Hearing to Receive Comments on Proposed Redistricting of Savannah Aldermanic Districts Pursuant to the 2020 Census Data.
ZONING HEARINGS
PETITIONS
ORDINANCES - FIRST AND SECOND READING - (CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF ALL ITEMS IN THIS SECTION UNLESS NOTED OTHERWISE)
ORDINANCES - FIRST READING
ORDINANCES - SECOND READING - (CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF ALL ITEMS IN THIS SECTION UNLESS NOTED OTHERWISE)
10. Approval to Annex 85.573 Acres Located off Veterans Parkway near the Little Ogeechee River. The property will be developed as industrial warehouses as part of the Rockingham Farms development.
Exhibit 1: Annexation Petition - Rockingham Farms.pdf
Exhibit 2: Ordinance - Rockingham Farms.pdf
11. Petition of Travis Burke on behalf of Rockingham Farms, LLC to Support Annexed Parcels Located at 343 Buckhalter Road and Garrard Avenue (PINs 10943 01001, 10946 01001 and 10946 01002) from M (Manufacturing) to M-CO (Manufacturing – County). Annexation for Aldermanic District 5 (File No. 22-003291-ZA).
Exhibit 1: Staff Report for Annexation File No. 22-003291-ZA.pdf
Exhibit 2: Annexation Maps File No. 22-003291-ZA.pdf
Exhibit 3: Rockingham Farms Ordinance .pdf
CONSENT AGENDA - (This section shall include all routine items for which it is anticipated there will be no debate or requests for public input. Any Alderman can remove consent items for discussion or separate consideration.)
PURCHASING ITEMS - (CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF ALL ITEMS IN THIS SECTION UNLESS NOTED OTHERWISE)
12. Authorize the City Manager to Execute a Contract to Procure Vehicle Warning Devices from JC Lewis Ford (LOCAL) in the Amount of $170,218. This will allow the Fleet Department to outfit nineteen Police utility vehicles with warning equipment. (Fleet)
Exhibit 1: Funding Verification - Warning Devices.pdf
Exhibit 2: Purchasing Notes - Warning Devices.pdf
13. Notification of an Emergency Purchase to Procure 19 Police Vehicles with Brannen Motor Company in the Amount of $691,600. Due to current supply chain issues impacting the availability of vehicles, if the police vehicles were not purchased the lead time would increase substantially. (Fleet)
Exhibit 1: Funding Verification - Pursuit Vehicles.pdf
Exhibit 2: Purchasing Notes - Pursuit Vehicles.pdf
14. Authorize the City Manager to Rescind an Award for 19 Police Vehicles with Wade Ford in the Amount of $702,980. Fleet Services received notification from Wade Ford informing us that our order for the 19 police vehicles has been cancelled due to a shortage of the 2022 model year vehicles. (Fleet)
Exhibit 1: Purchasing Notes - Rescind SPD Pursuit Vehicles.pdf
15. Authorize the City Manager to Execute a Contract for 10 Medium-Duty Trucks with National Auto Fleet Group in Care of Alan Jay Fleet Sales in the Amount of $734,308. Two trucks will be fleet additions for the Historic Squares & Parks Department and Lift Station maintenance. The other eight will replace older units at the Water Distribution (5), and Signals, Street Lights, Signs & Markings Unit (3). (Fleet)
Exhibit 1: Funding Verification - Medium Duty Trucks.pdf
Exhibit 2: Purchasing Notes - Medium Duty Trucks.pdf
16. Authorize the City Manager to Execute a Contract to Install New Ballfield Lights in Daffin and Scarborough Parks with MUSCO Sports Lighting, LLC in the Amount of $474,118. This will provide more youth and adult sports teams with the opportunity to conduct practices and games during evening hours. (Recreation & Leisure)
Exhibit 1: Funding Verification - Ballfield Lights.pdf
Exhibit 2: Purchasing Notes - Ballfield Lights.pdf
17. Authorize the City Manager to Execute an Agreement for Maintenance Services with GEA Mechanical Equipment US, Inc. in the Amount of $30,396. Services are needed for equipment used to ensure that sludge does not overrun storage capacity and the water treatment process is not disrupted or compromised. (Industrial and Water Department)
Exhibit 1: Funding Verification - Centrifuge Maintenance.pdf
Exhibit 2: Purchasing Notes - Centrifuge Maintenance.pdf
18. Authorize the City Manager to Execute a Contract for the Fell Street Drainage Basin Study with EMC Engineering (LOCAL) in an Amount Not to Exceed $125,000. The study will be used to determine how to optimize the two stormwater pump stations in the basin and to size a replacement for the 106-year-old concrete outfall that conveys discharge to the Savannah River. Fell Street is located in the West Savannah neighborhood. (Stormwater)
Exhibit 1: Funding Verification - Fell Street Drainage Basin Study.pdf
Exhibit 2: Purchasing Notes - Fell Street Drainage Study.pdf
19. Authorize the City Manager to Execute a Contract with Brief Cam for Video Analytics Software (100 cameras) for the Savannah Police Department Operations in the Amount of $149,072. The platform will assist SPD with case management, which will enhance SPD’s ability to identify, track, and seize people or vehicles associated with criminal activity. (Police)
Exhibit 1: Funding Verification - Brief Cam.pdf
Exhibit 2: Purchasing Notes - Brief Cam.pdf
SAVANNAH AIRPORT COMMISSION
20. Approval to Procure Taxiway Light Fixtures and Connection Kits from Allen Enterprises, Inc. to Rebuild Taxiway Lightning Circuits in the Amount of $92,488.
Exhibit 1: Crystal Reports - Sales Order Printing.pdf
21. Approval to Procure Two 2022 Dump Trucks from Sheehy Ford of Warrenton, VA in the Amount of $212,136.
Exhibit 1: Dump Trucks-Sheehy Ford.pdf
22. Approval to Renew an Advertising Contract with Adams Outdoor Advertising to Promote New Airlines, Routes, Parking Perks, and SAV to the Bluffton/HHI Markets on Multiple Billboards Located on Highway 278, in the Amount of $235,192.
23. Approval to Procure One 2022 GMC Sierra Skirted Chassis Flatbed Truck from Nalley Buick GMC Brunswick, GA in the Amount of $68,344.
Exhibit 1: Skirted Chassis Flatbed Truck-Nalley Buick GMC.pdf
24. Approval of Amendment No. 2 to Task Order No. 12 with AECOM for Additional Design Services on the Security Checkpoint Expansion Project in the Amount of $91,860.
Exhibit 1: AECOM - Amendment No. 2 to Task Order No. 12.pdf
25. Approval of Task Order No. 17 with AECOM, for Design Services on the Taxiway G & Bridge Project in the Amount of $512,915.
Exhibit 1: AECOM TW G & Bridge- Task Order No. 17.pdf
26. Approval to Ratify the Acceptance of Airport Improvement Program Grant Offer No. 3-13-0100-072-2022 from the Federal Aviation Administration in the Amount of $5,308,672.
27. Approval of Intergovernmental Agreement for Improvements to Interstate 95 at Airways Avenue/Pooler Parkway (P.I. 0018402), in an Amount Not to Exceed $120,000.
BOARD APPOINTMENTS
RESOLUTIONS - (CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF ALL ITEMS IN THIS SECTION UNLESS NOTED OTHERWISE)
AGREEMENTS
28. Authorize the City Manager to Accept a Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Youth Grant Award in the Amount of $1,051,232. The award will be used to provide youth programs from April 1, 2022 to June 30, 2024 to low-income youth between the ages of 16 and 24. The City serves as the fiduciary agent for the 10-county region.
Exhibit 1-PY22 Youth Statement of Award.pdf
29. Approval of Modification No. 1 to the PY2022 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Eckerd Connects-Paxen Adult/Dislocated Worker Case Management Services Sub-award (Camden, Glynn, McIntosh) in the Amount of $16,750.
30. Authorize the City Manager to Accept the Initial PY22 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Grant Awards for Adult ($179,112) and Dislocated Worker ($276,740) Programs. The awards will be used to provide programs from July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2024 to adults who are unemployed or underemployed, and adults who have lost their jobs. The City serves as the fiduciary agent for the 10-county region.
Exhibit 1 - PY22 Dislocated Worker Statement of Award.pdf
Exhibit 2 - PY22 Adult Statement of Award.pdf
31. Approval of a Water & Sewer Agreement with 4410 Properties, LLC for 4410 Ogeechee Road. This is for a development consisting of a 7,260 sq.ft. commercial strip plaza in the Chatham Parkway service area.
Exhibit 1 : Water & Sewer Agreement - 4410 Ogeechee Road.pdf
REAL ESTATE ITEMS - (CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF ALL ITEMS IN THIS SECTION UNLESS NOTED OTHERWISE)
32. Authorize the City Manager to Acquire Required Property Interests to Facilitate the Truman Linear Park Trail Phase IIB Project.
Exhibit 1: Map - Truman Trail Phase II-B.pdf
33. Authorize the City Manager to Declare King Street Surplus and Available for Sale Along with Portions of Munster Street – Petition #22-064.
Exhibit 1: Map - Munster & King Streets.pdf
CITY ATTORNEY ITEMS
34. Settlement #1
35. Settlement #2
MISCELLANEOUS
36. Approval to Amend the Historic Sites and Monuments Standards and Guidelines to Present More Clarity About the Review Process for Historic Markers, Monuments, Murals, and Public Art and to Add Language Further Clarifying the Application Guidelines for Rotating Murals.
Exhibit 1: Staff Report on Revisions to the Historic Sites and Monuments Commission Master Plan & Guidelines.pdf
37. Authorize Supplemental Budget Appropriations to the FY 2022 Capital Improvement Program.
Exhibit 1: FY22 Q3 Capital Improvements Projects Budget Appropriations Details
38. Adoption of the Proposed Redistricting of Savannah Aldermanic Districts Pursuant to 2020 Census Data.
Agenda Plus