Stormwater improvements: the documented decision history
Follow the documented 2021 stormwater property actions and the separate 2025–2026 ARP-funded stormwater project decisions. The sources establish negotiations, approvals, and contract actions; they do not establish project totals, payments, or completion, and they do not connect the 2021 property to the later ARP project.
Approvals, contract amounts, and reported expenditure describe different stages. They are not added together as a project total.
Stormwater property negotiations authorizedProperty-acquisition negotiations · PASSED
Council authorized the mayor and city manager to negotiate for property within Athens for stormwater projects and authorized earnest-money funds. The reviewed decision states no parcel, seller, price, or relationship to the later ARP-funded project.
- Curtis: yes
- Lockmiller: yes
- Perkinson: yes
- Witt-McMahan: yes
- Pelley: yes
Recorded vote: Authorize property-purchase negotiations for stormwater projects.
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Search the archive: Resolution 2021-14 · stormwater property negotiations · earnest money
Stormwater infrastructure property purchase authorizedProperty-acquisition approval · PASSED
Council approved Resolution 2021-22 authorizing purchase of property to enhance stormwater infrastructure. The reviewed decision states no parcel, seller, purchase price, closing date, or connection to the later ARP-funded project.
- Curtis: yes
- Lockmiller: yes
- Perkinson: yes
- Witt-McMahan: yes
- Pelley: yes
Recorded vote: Council approved Resolution 2021-22 authorizing a property purchase to improve stormwater infrastructure.
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Search the archive: Resolution 2021-22 · stormwater infrastructure · property purchase
ARP stormwater design services approvedApproved professional-services scope · PASSED — consent agenda
Council approved Gresham Smith stormwater design services as part of a divided consent-agenda vote. The reviewed decision does not state the design fee or detailed scope and does not establish completed design work.
- Curtis: yes
- Eaton: yes
- Duggan: yes
- Sherlin: no
- Pelley: no
Recorded vote: Council approved the consent agenda collectively, covering the NoogaLights Christmas show, cemetery mowing by Total Lawn Care, and Gresham Smith stormwater design services. These were not separately recorded approvals.
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Search the archive: Gresham Smith · ARP stormwater · design services
Property purchase for ARP stormwater project approvedARP project property acquisition · PASSED — consent agenda
Council approved purchasing property needed for the ARP-funded stormwater project and approved Resolution 2025-17 as part of the consent agenda. The reviewed decision states no parcel, seller, purchase price, or closing status.
- Sherlin: yes
- Duggan: yes
- Pelley: yes
- Eaton: yes
- Curtis: yes
Recorded vote: Council approved the consent agenda collectively, covering stormwater property, View Street design, IT upgrades, downtown planning, Veterans Park monuments, an SRO grant, and Police and Public Works vehicles.
- 2025 07 15 Minutes Regular Session signed · PDF page 1
- 2025 07 15 Minutes Regular Session signed · PDF page 2
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Search the archive: Resolution 2025-17 · ARP funded stormwater project · property purchase
ARP stormwater construction contract awardedApproved construction contract award · PASSED
Council awarded RFB 25-13 for the ARP Stormwater Grant construction project to Wilson Construction Group, LLC as the lowest bidder. The reviewed decision states no bid amount, notice-to-proceed date, payment, or completion.
- Pelley: yes
- Duggan: yes
- Curtis: yes
- Sherlin: yes
- Eaton: yes
Recorded vote: Council awarded RFB 25-13 to Wilson Construction Group, LLC, identified as the lowest bidder.
Reviewed decisions: View decision
Search the archive: RFB 25-13 · ARP Stormwater Grant · Wilson Construction Group
ARP stormwater professional-services amendment approvedApproved professional-services amendment · PASSED — consent agenda
Council approved an amendment to the Gresham Smith professional-services agreement for the ARP stormwater project. The minutes state that expenses will be paid by the grant and/or the Capital Improvement Fund, but state no amendment amount or actual expenditure.
- Eaton: yes
- Curtis: yes
- Duggan: yes
- Sherlin: yes
- McCowan: yes
Recorded vote: Council collectively approved rejecting the Christmas-light-show bid, surplus equipment, recreation-office relocation, a stormwater services amendment, Fair Housing Month, and board reappointments.
- 2026 4 21 Minutes Regular Session signed · PDF page 1
- 2026 4 21 Minutes Regular Session signed · PDF page 2
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Search the archive: Gresham Smith · ARP stormwater · professional services amendment
What remains unconnectedEvidence needed to complete the trail.
- The reviewed records do not identify the parcel, seller, negotiated price, earnest-money amount, or closing documents for the 2021 stormwater property actions.
- No reviewed source establishes that the property considered or purchased in 2021 is part of the 2025–2026 ARP-funded stormwater project.
- The reviewed decisions do not state Gresham Smith’s original design fee, the scope or amount of the 2026 amendment, or actual professional-services payments.
- The July 2025 ARP property-purchase approval does not identify the parcel, purchase price, closing date, or recorded deed.
- The September 2025 construction award does not state Wilson Construction Group’s bid amount, contract ceiling, notice to proceed, pay applications, change orders, or funding split.
- No reviewed decision establishes construction start, substantial completion, final completion, final cost, grant reimbursement, or the completed improvements’ location and performance.
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