WHEREAS, the street currently named Spring Street is within the corporate limits of the City of Atlanta; and

WHEREAS, the street was named after a spring that ran through property owned by Anderson W. Walton, one of the first city council members of Atlanta and the owner of the property where the spring was situated and was referred to as "Walton's Spring"; and

WHEREAS, the authority of the City and its governing authority to rename streets has been tested in Goodman v. City of Atlanta, 246 Ga. 79 (1980) with respect to the renaming of Forrest Avenue to Ralph McGill Boulevard and found to be within the authority granted to the City under its Charter; and

WHEREAS, an application has been filed with the Commissioner of the Department of Public Works requesting that Spring Street, from Whitehall Street, SW to West Peachtree Street, NW, be renamed to Ted Turner Drive in honor of the internationally famous Atlanta philanthropist and business mogul Robert Edward Turner, III (Ted Turner); and

WHEREAS, Section 138-8 of the City of Atlanta Code of Ordinances ("Code") requires that an Application be presented to the Commissioner of the Department of Public Works or his designee for his review and approval; and

WHEREAS, the Commissioner of the Department of Public Works or his designee did review the application and determined that the Application sought to rename Spring Street, from Whitehall Street, SW to West Peachtree Street, NW, after a living person who is older than 75 years of age, included original signatures of property owners and/or businesses approving the renaming, and contained the check in the amount of $2,500.00 for administrative fees; and

WHEREAS, the Commissioner or his designee did determine that the original signatures of property owners and/or businesses approving the renaming exceeded the 75% minimum approvals required by Section 138-8 and did, in fact, include an analysis of each of the twenty-three (23) block faces on Spring Street which matched the consent documents to addresses and parcel identification records from the Fulton County Tax Assessor; and

WHEREAS, the Application did confirm that diligent efforts had been made to determine the identity of any business which was located on Spring Street; and

WHEREAS, the Application will meet the requirements of Section 138-8(h) in that it proposes and records consents of property owners and affected businesses for the entire length of the street; and

WHEREAS, as required by Section 138-8(d)(1)(a)(1), the Commissioner or his designee will provide notification of the receipt of the Application to the following City agencies by electronic transmission of the Application to the following agencies: Atlanta Police Department; Atlanta Fire Rescue; Office of Planning; Office of Transportation; Office of Buildings; Department of Watershed Management; and

WHEREAS, as required by Section 138-8(d)(l)(a)(l), the Commissioner or his designee will provide notification of the receipt of the Application to the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) and the State of Georgia Department of Transportation; and

WHEREAS, as required by Section 138-8(d)(1)(a)(2), the Commissioner or his designee will provide written notice of the receipt of the Application to the affected Neighborhood Planning Unit(s) ("NPU M and V") through letters to their Chair and Zoning Chair and to the affected Atlanta Public School(s); and

WHEREAS, the Commissioner or his designee will cause signs to be posted on Spring Street which will give notice of the Application; and

WHEREAS, the Urban Design Commission will publish an Agenda which shows that the Application will be the subject of a Review and Comment action; and

WHEREAS, the written findings of the Review and Comment of the Urban Design Commission will be provided the Commissioner regarding the street renaming proposed in the Application; and

WHEREAS, the Commissioner or his designee has estimated the cost for producing the signage which will replace the seventeen (17) existing Spring Street overhead signs and twenty-three (23) Spring Street pole signs to be $7,700.00; and

WHEREAS, the Commissioner has determined that the future costs of maintaining signage is the same for any street name such that it is unnecessary to produce more than the existing number of street signs, that there are no known additional signage costs and the Application makes sufficient arrangements for the responsibility of the payment of unforeseen costs associated with the production of the signs necessary for the street renaming based on the agreement of the applicant to pay the costs within three days of being notified; and

WHEREAS, the narrative biography (attached) of the individual associated with the street renaming was included with the Application and shows that Mr. Ted Turner is of local, national and international reputation; and

WHEREAS, the Commissioner did make a finding that the street renaming proposed in the Application was feasible and did so notify the Applicant.

NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ATLANTA, GEORGIA, as follows:

SECTION 1: That the Mayor or his designee is authorized to rename Spring Street, from Whitehall Street, SW to West Peachtree Street, NW, to Ted Turner Drive and the Department of

Public Works will install the necessary signage at each corner of the intersections affected by this name change.

SECTION 2: That Section 138-8(b)(5)(c) which requires the application be accompanied by a list of the names and addresses and signatures of 75 percent of the residents residing or businesses located on the street to which the street renaming applies in favor of the street renaming and whose address will change as a result of the street renaming be waived for purposes of this ordinance only.

SECTION 3: That Section 138-8(e) which requires all street renaming and dedications be the

subject of a regularly scheduled commission meeting be waived for purposes of this ordinance

only.

SECTION 4: That Section 138-8(h) which requires an application proposing to change the name of only a portion of the street must be rejected by the commissioner of the Department of Public Works be waived for purposes of this ordinance only.

SECTION 5: That the Department of Public Works will place identification street toppers titled 'Ted Turner Drive at Historic Spring Street'.

SECTION 6: That the appropriate agencies, including but not limited to the Departments of Public Works, Atlanta Police, Fire and Rescue, Planning and Community Development, and the Municipal Clerk are hereby directed to take such steps as required by Sec. 138-8 to have the name changed on street signs, maps and other official documents and markers.

SECTION 7: That this ordinance becomes effective upon the Mayor's signature or as specified by City Charter Sec. 2-403.

SECTION 8: That the Department of Public Works is authorized to affix Quick Response Code signs and to accept the donation for the same.

SECTION 9: That any ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby waived to the extent of the conflict.