Park Land Purchases

At a glance

• What: Two City land purchases for parks. Ordinance 26-O-1546 (Boone) buys about 12.60 acres on the west side of Hamilton E. Holmes Drive (Council District 10) for a park, not to exceed $2,340,658.39 from the Park Impact Fee West account and Park Improvement Fund. Ordinance 26-O-1551 buys about 0.32 acres on Memorial Drive SE (District 5) for the Memorial Drive Greenway, not to exceed $1,594,374.75 ($834,374.75 from Park Impact Fee South and $760,000 from the Eastside Tax Allocation District).

• Where it stands: The Hamilton E. Holmes purchase was adopted on consent October 5, 2026 (11-0); the Memorial Drive purchase was adopted on consent October 19 (15-0).

• Next: Closings and park development, with no dates in the record.

• Both ordinances authorize acquisition, due diligence, closing costs, signage, demolition, site stabilization and other site development costs, and amend FY2027 capital outlay budgets.

• 26-O-1546 was introduced September 21 (City Utilities, September 29); 26-O-1551 was introduced October 5 on the consent first-reading list.

Sources

• Action minutes, City Council regular meeting, September 21, 2026: https://atlantacityga.iqm2.com/Citizens/FileOpen.aspx?Type=15&ID=4133&Inline=True
• Action minutes, City Council regular meeting, October 5, 2026: https://atlantacityga.iqm2.com/Citizens/FileOpen.aspx?Type=15&ID=4140&Inline=True
• Action minutes (draft), City Council regular meeting, October 19, 2026: https://atlantacityga.iqm2.com/Citizens/FileOpen.aspx?Type=15&ID=4149&Inline=True

Log

2026-10-19 - City Council

Memorial Drive Greenway purchase (26-O-1551) adopted by consent 15-0.

2026-10-05 - City Council

Hamilton E. Holmes Drive park purchase (26-O-1546) adopted by consent 11-0; Memorial Drive purchase introduced.

2026-09-21 - City Council

26-O-1546 introduced and referred to City Utilities.