May 5, 2024 – The city is seeking to quiet down tour buses, while a downtown brick block of a building may be getting a makeover. Read who else is meeting and what else is on the agenda in the latest Week Ahead, while also getting an update on some of the actions from last week.
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The Pooler City Council is meeting at 4 p.m. on Monday.
The agenda is now available to view. The meetings are available to watch online on the city’s website.
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The Savannah Airport Commission is meeting at 9 a.m. on Wednesday in the commission conference room, third floor, main terminal.
The agenda is now available to view.
The Savannah-Chatham school board is meeting at 2 p.m. on Wednesday at the Whitney Administrative Complex, 2 Laura Avenue.
The agenda is now available to view.
Meetings can also be viewed live on the school board’s YouTube page.
The school board will consider an almost $9 million contract with Samet Corporation for renovations to the Henderson E. Formey Jr. Early Learning Center. The renovations will be paid for with ESPLOT IV funds.
The Savannah Historic District Board of Review is meeting at 1 p.m. on Wednesday at 112 E. State St.
The agenda is now available to view.
Go to the Metropolitan Planning Commission’s home page to register to view the meeting online.
The Historic District Board of Review will consider a request for the rehabilitation and alterations to the property located at 33 Bull Street. The proposed scope of work would include alterations to both the commercial office building on the north parcel fronting on Johnson Square and the connected parking garage structure fronting on Broughton Street, including the fenestration and design details on all elevations.
“Learning from timeless architectural principles that animate Savannah’s built environment, the existing buildings can be enhanced to more fully engage with both the street level and the skyline, as well as provide greater refinement in their detailing,” Architect Christian Sottile’s project description states. “These enhancements will be rendered in authentic materials of the highest quality that will improve over time with patina, allowing these buildings to more generously contribute to one of the most significant locations in the heart of Savannah.”
Hotel conversion
A recently constructed 6-story apartment building that encompasses the entire block at 110 Ann St. will be converted into a hotel, according to planned alterations going before the board. Proposed work includes the construction of a new in-ground pool. MPC staff is recommended approval of the alterations.
The Chatham County Board of Assessors is meeting at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday at 222 W. Oglethorpe Avenue.
The agenda is now available to view.
Requests to attend the meeting virtually can be made to the Assistant to the Board of Assessors at 912-652-7271 or by email at boa@chathamcounty.org.
The Tybee City Council is meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday at the public safety building, 78 Van Horne Avenue.
The agenda is now available to view. Meetings can be watched live and later on Tybee’s video page.
Tybee Island City Council is scheduled to hold a first reading of a proposed update to the city’s short-term rental ordinance. The ordinance would reduce the number of short-term rentals in residential districts by terminating their permits upon sale of the home, as reported by Savannah Morning News.
The Savannah City Council is meeting at 2 p.m. on Thursday at City Hall, 2 East Bay St.
The agenda is now available to view. A workshop will be held at 11 a.m. before the meeting.
The meeting will be held at City Hall on the second floor in city council chambers. Remote viewing options include SGTV Comcast Channel 8, the city of Savannah YouTube page and the city of Savannah Facebook page.
The Savannah City Council will consider an ordinance to require sound control devices on tour service vehicles as a way to regulate unreasonably intrusive levels of sound emanating from tour service vehicles.
East Broad Street development
In addition, the Savannah City Council is scheduled again to consider Foram Group’s petition to rezone 1.38 acres at East Broad and East Gwinnett streets to accommodate a proposed 4-story, 185-unit mixed-use apartment complex. Last month, the city council had remanded the plan back to the Metropolitan Planning Commission after initially bypassing the advisory body. The MPC recommended approval of the petition, but with multiple conditions.
The Chatham County Commission is meeting at 9:30 a.m. at 124 Bull St. on Friday.
The agenda for the May 10 meeting is now available to view.
The meeting can be viewed online here.
Week in review
The MPC approved a petition to amend the Future Land Use map from Parks and Recreation to Planned Development for the former fairgrounds site owned by the city. The city sought the recommendation as part of a plan to have a contracted buyer to develop the parcel as a mixed-used development with affordable housing, film studios, a creative workforce innovation center, neighborhood commercial uses, an indoor sports facility, outdoor sports fields and courts, playgrounds and a nature preserve.
The MPC also approved amending the Future Land Use map and zoning from Traditional Neighborhood to Traditional Commercial for 1201 Abercorn St., along with a special-use permit to sell alcohol, in an effort to adaptively reuse the existing historic church on the parcel as a restaurant.
After calling the church home since 1927, the congregation’s decision to sell the building was an extremely difficult and emotionally taxing one according to Pastor Precious Hawkins, as reported last week.