Columbia

Top issues

The five most-discussed unresolved issues, ranked by recorded discussion time (a measure of importance and contention), then by how many meetings they came up in.

Issue5	Status	Board	Meetings	Last updated
Housing Homeownership Initiative	ongoing	City Council	5	Oct 25, 2026
Annexation, land use map amendment and zoning, Clemson Road (Ord. 2026-096)	open	City Council	3	Oct 22, 2026
Sidewalk vending franchise (Ord. 2026-097)	open	City Council	3	Oct 22, 2026
Unified Development Ordinance amendment (Ord. 2026-098)	open	City Council	3	Oct 22, 2026
Clemson Road De-annexation	open	City Council	2	Oct 25, 2026

Issues on upcoming agendas

Issues linked from the meetings scheduled in the next 10 days.

Nothing right now.

Recent updates

Issues with new information found in the last 7 days, newest first.

Nothing right now.

Upcoming meetings

Meeting8	Board	Date	Time	Summary
2026-11-12 - Planning Commission Meeting	Planning Commission	Nov 12, 2026	4:00 PM	Scheduled meeting; no agenda posted as of 2026-10-24.
2026-11-16 - Bull Street Commission	Bull Street Commission	Nov 16, 2026	not yet confirmed	Scheduled meeting; no agenda posted as of 2026-11-10.
2026-11-17 - Work Session	Work Session	Nov 17, 2026	1:00 PM	Scheduled meeting; no agenda posted as of 2026-11-10.
2026-11-17 - Community Development Committee Meeting	Community Development Committee	Nov 17, 2026	10:00 AM	Scheduled meeting; no agenda posted as of 2026-11-10.
2026-11-17 - Economic Development and Infrastructure Committee	Economic Development and Infrastructure Committee	Nov 17, 2026	12:00 PM	Scheduled meeting; no agenda posted as of 2026-11-10.
2026-11-17 - City Council Meeting	City Council	Nov 17, 2026	4:00 PM	Scheduled meeting; no agenda posted as of 2026-11-10.
2026-12-01 - City Council	City Council	Dec 1, 2026	4:00 PM	Scheduled meeting; no agenda posted as of 2026-11-10.
2026-12-08 - Economic Development and Infrastructure Committee	Economic Development and Infrastructure Committee	Dec 8, 2026	not yet confirmed	Scheduled meeting; no agenda posted as of 2026-11-10.

Recent meetings

One page per meeting, summarizing every record we have of it (agenda, minutes, video and transcript).

Meeting15	Board	Type	Minutes	Video
2026-11-10 - City Council Meeting	City Council	regular meeting	not applicable (meeting cancelled)	none found
2026-11-10 - Economic Development and Infrastructure Committee Meeting	Economic Development and Infrastructure Committee	committee meeting	not yet posted	none found
2026-11-10 - Work Session	Work Session	work session	not applicable (meeting cancelled)	none found
2026-11-09 - Bull Street Commission	Bull Street Commission	commission meeting	not yet posted	none found
2026-10-27 - Arts, Historic Preservation and Philanthropy Committee Meeting	Arts, Historic Preservation and Philanthropy Committee	committee meeting	not yet posted	https://cpmedia.azureedge.net/columbiasc/011a94bc17.mp4
2026-10-27 - Health, Social and Environmental Affairs Committee Meeting	Health, Social and Environmental Affairs Committee	committee meeting	not yet posted	https://cpmedia.azureedge.net/columbiasc/4dfa1c1859.mp4
2026-10-20 - City Council	City Council	meeting	-	https://cpmedia.azureedge.net/columbiasc/9266a74fa4.mp4
2026-10-20 - Economic Development and Infrastructure Committee Meeting	Economic Development and Infrastructure Committee	meeting	not yet posted	none found
2026-10-20 - Work Session Meeting	Work Session	work session	not yet posted	none found
2026-10-08 - Planning Commission Meeting	Planning Commission	meeting	not yet posted	none found
2026-10-06 - City Council	City Council	regular meeting	https://columbiasc.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=8053,plainText=false)	https://youtube.com/watch?v=AfptdZEpl7I
2026-10-06 - Work Session	Work Session	work session	-	https://youtube.com/watch?v=BWbOt1TGH8k
2026-09-15 - City Council	City Council	regular meeting	https://columbiasc.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=8028,plainText=false)	none found
2026-09-01 - City Council	City Council	regular meeting	https://columbiasc.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=7987,plainText=false)	none found
2026-08-18 - City Council	City Council	regular meeting	https://columbiasc.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=7968,plainText=false)	none found

Issues with near term decisions

Issue8	Board	Last updated	People	Meetings
Annexation, land use map amendment and zoning, Clemson Road (Ord. 2026-096)	City Council	Oct 22, 2026	0	3
Sidewalk vending franchise (Ord. 2026-097)	City Council	Oct 22, 2026	0	3
Unified Development Ordinance amendment (Ord. 2026-098)	City Council	Oct 22, 2026	0	3
Clemson Road De-annexation	City Council	Oct 25, 2026	1	2
Major League Soccer Stadium Development	City Council	Oct 25, 2026	1	1
Residential Intensification Moratorium	City Council	Oct 25, 2026	1	1
Overflow shelter transportation contract	City Council	Oct 22, 2026	0	1
Harden Street Utility Corridor Plan	Work Session	Oct 6, 2026	0	1

Long running topics

Issue1	Board	Last updated	People	Minutes	Meetings
Housing Homeownership Initiative	City Council	Oct 25, 2026	2	0	5

No actions pending

Nothing right now.

Completed

Nothing right now.

Sources

Where the data comes from

City website: https://columbiasc.gov/
Agendas and meeting calendar: https://columbiasc.portal.civicclerk.com/
Meeting video: Council video is hosted on the CivicClerk portal (columbiasc.portal.civicclerk.com), not on YouTube. Official YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/ColumbiaSCGovernment had no council meeting videos in its latest 25 uploads.
Officials, agendas and video lists were collected from these official sources on 2026-10-22; meeting content comes from the transcripts as they are processed.

Data quality notes

City Council regular meeting minutes for August 18, September 1, September 15, and October 6, 2026 processed and incorporated into Meeting pages and Issue pages on 2026-10-25. October 6 minutes posted but approval not yet confirmed.
October 20 Council minutes not yet posted; no council items beyond October 20 known.
Video platform has no YouTube ids; videos on CivicClerk portal embed in Meeting pages where available.
Multiple thin agenda-only Issue pages from earlier dates remain; focus on September/October minutes added substantive content to Housing Homeownership Initiative, Clemson Road De-annexation, Major League Soccer Stadium Development, Flag Display Policy, and Blue Ridge Terrace Annexation.
Earlier agendas and minutes (July 2026 and earlier) not processed.