2026-11-02 - Atlanta City Council Meeting

11:21Yep. Good Afternoon everyone.

11:33Welcome to the November 2nd

11:34Atlanta City Council. I am

11:37Marcy Collier Overstreet,

11:37you're president of Atlanta

11:39City Council, Madam Clerk,

11:42please call the roll call. Good

11:44afternoon, Madam President and

11:44members of council. We have

11:46Council President Marcy Colli

11:48Overstreet present. Council

11:49member Michael Julian Bond, one

11:51at large. Council Council Matt

11:54Westmoreland post two at large

11:57here council member Isha

11:57Collins, post 3 at large

12:00present. Council member Jason H

12:00Winston. one here. Council

12:04member Kelsey Bond, District 2

12:06here council member Byron D.

12:08Amos, District 3 Council member

12:11Jason Dozer, District 4 Council

12:13member Liliana Bactri, District

12:155. Council member Alex Wang

12:19District 6 Council member

12:20Thomas Worthy, District 7

12:22present. Councilor Mary Norwood

12:24District 8, present. Council

12:26member Dustin Hills, District 9

12:29Council member Andrea Aboon,

12:31District 10 present. Council

12:33member Wayne Martin, District

12:3411. Council member Antonio

12:36Lewis, District 12. Madam

12:38President, we have a quorum of

12:40members present, 12. Thank you,

12:42Madam Clark. I'll entertain a

12:43motion to adopt the agenda, so

12:45moved by Juan, seconded by 2nd

12:49bite, Martin. Madam Clark, this

12:52can be uh done by unanimous

12:54consent. Please call the count

12:56for unanimous consent. 12 yay,

12:58nay, 12 yay, 0 nays. The agenda

13:01is adopted. It is now time for

13:05invocation. And today our uh

13:09invocation will be delivered by

13:10the wonderful Doctor Jonathan

13:14Augustine from Big Bethel AME

13:16Church. Thank you so much. To

13:22Madam President, to all members

13:23of the council, to all those

13:25who are here as concerned

13:26citizens, as well as those who

13:28support the work of this

13:29deliberative body. Let's take a

13:30moment and go before God. Heads

13:32are now bowed, eyes are now

13:35closed. Precious and wonderful

13:37God. We come before you pausing

13:41to say thank you. We say thank

13:43you, dear God, for the

13:44opportunity to say thank you. I

13:46thank you, dear God, for these

13:47members of the council, for

13:48Madam President, for her

13:50leadership and for the

13:52individual as well as the

13:52collective calling you have

13:54placed on them to serve. The

13:56guy, by serving others here in

13:59Atlanta, ultimately they serve

14:00you. We pray that you will

14:01bless them with a spirit of

14:03amiability. We pray you will

14:05bless them with a spirit of

14:06camaraderie and bless them,

14:08dear God, with the spirit of

14:10transparency so that they may

14:11lift Atlanta to higher heights

14:13and be of greater service to

14:15you, dear guy, we pause on the

14:17eve of a day where we exercise

14:20democracy, recognizing that we

14:22should never take it for

14:22granted. We pray for all of

14:24those who operate under the

14:26rule of law. We pray tomorrow

14:28for a successful issue-free

14:31election. And we pray, dear God

14:33that your rule will continue

14:35and that Atlanta will prosper

14:37along with these wonderful

14:38servants. Bless us, in spite of

14:41us, and your precious and holy

14:42name. This is our prayer, and

14:46let all God's children say,

14:49amen. Thank you so much, Pastor

14:52Augustine, thank you for being

14:53here. Can you stop here right

14:55quick for me? Yes. This brings

15:06us to our pledge of allegiance.

15:08We have our honor guard. B.

15:42Frere. Oh We just to the flag.

15:52Of the United States of America

15:55and to the republic, one nation

16:00under God, indivisible, with

16:03liberty and justice for all.

16:25Right. Thank you. We are now at

16:36proclamations, commendations,

16:37and other special awards, the

16:40council members have decided

16:41that we can. Change our

16:45proclamations around a bit to

16:46allow for the recognition of

16:49trailblazing civil rights

16:50leader Henrietta Anthine. To be

16:54recognized and celebrated for

16:56her 90th birthday and all that

16:57she has done for our great city

17:01Please come. Please come

17:04forward. Anyone that would like

17:05to join. Please come forward

17:10with your designated support

17:15team and we can get started. Uh

17:22Uh uh, uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh.

17:26No, sir, no sir. Let us, let us

17:29handle this. You may have your

17:30seats. All the designated

17:35people. I think that. I don't

17:37wanna say that. I. I I think

17:49that the um You don't say

17:53anything. OK. Yes. It's all

17:58right. She had, she had no

18:06don't worry about it. The

18:17entire council. I'm Ben. You

18:22look gorgeous. Very right. Miss

19:36Jan. Ms. Jan Bryson, Miss

19:41Margie Tuckson, Ms. Daphanne

19:43Bryson Jackson, Ms. Kajarra

19:45Anderson of A National

19:46Limousine, Miss Jan Bryson. Oh.

19:56can we get Uncle Andy up here?

19:57We got him. OK interrupted down

20:12if If everyone can keep moving

20:13down, please. I think that we

20:17are out of room up here, but

20:20what's going to happen No. It's

20:23maybe some can fill in right

20:24down there at the bottom

20:26portion of the well, but

20:26they're plenty of seats for

20:28everyone outside, so. We'll get

20:33started. Kelly, Kelly, Kelly,

20:39we need Jan Bryson. Jan Bryson

20:44Miss Jan Bryson Jackson and

20:47Daphne Jackson. over over here

20:52over here over here. Daphne

20:53Jackson and Bran Bran Jan

20:55Bryson. Miss Jan Bryson, that's

21:00what we're how you doing

21:05downstairs. I take them you

21:08can't take it that way. They've

21:09blocked, they've blocked that

21:15way. She's supposed to be up

21:16here. Yeah. Good afternoon,

22:16Atlanta. Good afternoon. Let me

22:28slide them back. We gotta, we

22:30gotta get everybody to go back

22:32a little bit. Y'all gotta go

22:33back too. She gotta be right

22:34here. This is Antoine want you

22:36right here. You come back here

22:39for that. Right. Good afternoon

22:46Atlanta. What a great day. What

22:48a great day. I am joined today

22:50by Karen Greer and Monica

22:53Pearson. I am Andrea Boone, a

22:55member of the Atlanta City

22:57Council. I am joined with my

22:59colleagues, the Honorable

23:01Michael Julian Bond, the

23:02honorable president of the

23:03Atlanta City Council, the

23:05Honorable Wayne Martin, the

23:06Honorable Isha Collins, the

23:08Honorable Liliana Battiere, the

23:11Matt Westmoreland, the

23:12Honorable, who else did Who I

23:13miss? Byron D. Amos, we are

23:17honoring. Our legend. Henrietta

23:22Annine on her 90th birthday

23:24celebration. Good afternoon.

23:34There are people who witness

23:35history and there are those

23:37whose courage helps move

23:39history forward. Today we honor

23:41one of those remarkable people,

23:44Miss Henrietta Phillips Anthony

23:46When registering black voters

23:49meant facing intimidation, she

23:50helped people claim their voice

23:53and exercise their power. She

23:55understood that every person

23:57registered represented a family

23:58a future, and another step

24:00forward. For the promise of

24:02equality. Miss Antonine, your

24:07life reminds us that progress

24:09takes people willing to do the

24:11work, even when it is difficult

24:13and the recognition is slow to

24:15come. Today we want you to know

24:18we see you, Miss Anthony. Yeah.

24:22Yeah. We honor you, Ms. Anthony

24:27We love you, Ms. Anthony. And

24:30today the city of Atlanta you.

24:38While we can never repay you

24:40for your incredible efforts. We

24:42are pleased to present you with

24:44the highest award that the city

24:47of Atlanta can present is the

24:50proclamation. But before we

24:53begin, please direct your

24:56attention to the screens for a

24:58short video. I Yeah. That I am

25:09today. Living in and born in

25:12the deep South and That's a

25:21person with a job, not AI. to

25:27framed me. To be the person

25:28that I am today. Living in and

25:33born in the deep South, and in

25:36a very racist community. My

25:39mother had 6 children and we'd

25:41have to go to the restroom at

25:43home before we went to town.

25:45We'd have to eat early because

25:47there was no decent place to go

25:48to the restroom. And while

25:52we're downtown shopping follow

25:53Easter clothes, or Christmas

25:54shopping. We couldn't try on

25:57clothes. I couldn't try on a

25:58coat. I try on a sweater. I

25:59couldn't even try on my shoes.

26:02I had to measure our feet. That

26:04disturbed me, and yet I went to

26:06Sunday school every Sunday,

26:08went to church every Sunday.

26:10And believing in God And my

26:12question was, God made us, we

26:15said, God loved us. So, why are

26:19we treated differently? I can't

26:21help it because I was born

26:22black. Didn't make my color. So

26:26why are we treated this way? I

26:28used to hear about the NAACP,

26:30so I went to meetings with my

26:32father, but I volunteered to

26:34put the flyers in, in our

26:37community, and my father would

26:37go with me, would let me go too

26:40far, but even at 8 and 10 years

26:42old. I knew we had to fight. I

26:45am a political junkie. I can't

26:47get it out of my out of my mind

26:49I know how important it is that

26:51we have the right people in

26:53office, so Henrietta Antonin

26:55went to work. Seeking out the

26:58most qualified political

27:00candidates and making sure

27:00black residents were getting

27:02registered to vote. There's a

27:04small group of Women who are

27:09very influential and very

27:11important. Henrietta Anthony is

27:13one of them. You shouldn't

27:15think of doing anything in

27:16Atlanta. Without running it by

27:18her and getting her opinion.

27:21And If you don't run it by her.

27:27She'll call you up and give you

27:29her opinion. If she thinks that

27:31you deserve help, she's gonna

27:34step in and suggest some things

27:36that you ought to be doing, and

27:40then she doesn't mind stepping

27:41in to help you do them. If you

27:44follow her her direction. She

27:47stood up to the KKK. She fought

27:47for voters' rights, and every

27:49time she was met with hate, she

27:52didn't return hate for hate.

27:53She returned it with love, and

27:54she just, she loves everybody

27:57she comes into contact with,

27:57and it's, it's her heart that

27:58has made her make such an

27:59impact in social justice. She's

28:03an organizer, a contributor, an

28:06implementer. She's, she's

28:10Stella. I tell her often she

28:11should have run for office. Ms.

28:14Antonin, thank you so much for

28:16spending your whole life.

28:18Giving to others in so many

28:20ways that so many times you

28:21have helped others. Find their

28:25voice, especially through the

28:26vote. And today we lift our

28:29voices to celebrate you. Happy

28:32birthday, Henrietta. You are a

28:34treasure. You have truly made a

28:38A contribution to this city and

28:41I'm one of those that

28:41appreciates it. So happy, happy

28:45birthday, and many, many more.

28:48Henrietta, happy birthday.

28:50Thank you for loving me. Thank

28:50you for being my friend. I love

28:52you so much. Happy birthday.

28:55Happy 90th birthday to the

28:57great Henrietta Anthony. Yeah

29:10And now the sixty-first mayor

29:11of the city of Atlanta, the The

29:13Honorable Andre Dickens. Come

29:20over here. I can make it over

29:22right here You can do it. All

29:28he, all right. How are you

29:33doing and, and right on theme

29:35for today, 3 women just told me

29:37what to do. They learned from

29:44the one we're talking about

29:44today. Henrietta Anthony, happy

29:48birthday. Happy 90th birthday

29:49to the one and only Henrietta

29:51Anthony. I'm so glad that my

29:58journey as a city council

30:00member and as mayor has come at

30:02a time where I can still glean

30:04and learn from you that I'm

30:07able to be able to learn from

30:11Ambassador Andrew Young,

30:13Shirley Franklin that is up

30:14here, Mayor Franklin, good to

30:15see you as well as Governor

30:18Barnes, and a number of other

30:20people that's up here as my

30:21eyes glance around, this is a a

30:23chorus of who's who and.

30:25Leadership in business and

30:27civic circles and of course in

30:29the political circle, but, um,

30:31I'm glad that you, I've been

30:33around to be able to learn from

30:34you and to sit at your feet and

30:36to ask you clear and conscious

30:38questions about what should I

30:40do and who should I support,

30:41and we've been together on just

30:43about every last election,

30:45except for give or take one or

30:45two, and boy, when you're on

30:48the other side. Being on the

30:52other side of Henrietta Anthony

30:54is an uphill battle. I'm like,

30:57I gotta deal with the candidate

30:59and her. It's like, man, uh,

31:03this, this, this gets tougher

31:05because you wanna be on her

31:08side. Um, and she's such a

31:08force, and the things that you

31:10have done in this city, around

31:11this state, and indeed in this

31:14nation should be credited to

31:16you, should be, we should be

31:17thankful for you and today I

31:19thank the city council. I thank

31:21you, council, uh, Member Boone

31:22and all of your colleagues,

31:23Councilmember Bond, thank you.

31:25And to everyone for honoring

31:27you today on your 90th birthday

31:28There's some other folks we

31:30just celebrated 90, uh, we were

31:31just With you, uh, Billy, Suba

31:33Aaron and some others. I want

31:35to continue to celebrate all of

31:37this legacy up here, so that we

31:39don't ever forget on whose

31:41shoulders we stand on. We stand

31:48on the shoulders of giants that

31:52went to bat for us sometimes

31:53before we were even born and

31:55continued even after that. So I

31:57am grateful, I am thankful on

31:59On behalf of all of the

32:00citizens of Atlanta. I am so

32:02grateful and I just want to

32:04tell you happy birthday

32:06personally. Um, and, and for

32:08such a day as this, a day

32:10before one getting up more and

32:12we're gonna vote tomorrow.

32:13Those that haven't already. I

32:19have that shero of voting in

32:22this city, be able to get her

32:25flowers today before we all got

32:26to make something happen

32:29tomorrow, the midterm election,

32:31the gubernatorial election, and

32:32the, and, and the whole host of

32:33women that are on the ballot, I

32:35think they are aware that we're

32:37doing this because you and

32:40others have set the tone, and

32:42so now we're gonna give you

32:42your flowers today and tomorrow

32:44all of us gonna be out there

32:44calling folks or picking up

32:46folks, driving them to the

32:47polls to vote. in honor of all

32:49that we've come through

32:51inclusive of the heroics of

32:53Henrietta Anthony. God bless

32:55you and happy 90th birthday.

33:00And I, and I have something

33:02here for you too, but I know

33:03y'all keep time around here now

33:04so I didn't talk enough and it

33:06just basically, and then she

33:07said, that's right, I'm being

33:09told what to do. Go ahead. So.

33:17Right. Mr. right. Thanks. it.

33:31Mhm. OK. All right. Thank you.

33:39Next, the Honorable

33:41fifty-eighth mayor of the city

33:43of Atlanta, the Honorable

33:43Shirley C. Franklin. Yeah. So

33:52you get the short and the tall.

33:56Oh man, Henrietta, it's great

33:57to be with you today. I, um,

34:01there's so many stories all of

34:03us could tell, um, no, I'm not

34:07gonna tell all, uh, but it's

34:10wonderful to be here to

34:12celebrate not just your

34:12birthday, but your life and

34:14your legacy. A legacy of

34:17service, uh, a legacy of

34:19honesty and integrity. And a

34:21legacy of fighting. I mean, to

34:23hear the story of you at 8

34:25years old. Taking up the fight

34:28for civil and human rights. I

34:30was just trying to figure out

34:30how to win a game of jacks or

34:34or to ride my bicycle. Uh I

34:37know that you gave it all your

34:40heart. You've never. Never were

34:48you afraid. Not just to speak

34:50your mind, but to do the work.

34:55So we all stand on your

34:56shoulders, the men and the

34:57women. The young and the old.

35:01People from all faiths.. Is

35:06everybody OK. So I, I just

35:13joined with everyone else.

35:13They're, there's so many people

35:15who would like to speak, and I

35:17am honored to be among those

35:19who are saying happy birthday.

35:22And we are expecting great

35:24things from you. You brought us

35:29this far, so you're gonna take

35:31us the rest of the way. Thank

35:35you. Beautiful. Next, The

35:43Honorable Governor Roy Barnes,

35:44state of Georgia. panel. Thank

35:49you. OK, sweetheart excuse me.

35:56Yes. Let me tell you, uh,

36:00Henrietta is a force of nature,

36:03uh, and we should all treasure

36:05her and For what she's done.

36:09Now, I've got some advice for

36:10you that don't know, Henrietta.

36:13If she ever calls you up and

36:14she's raising money for

36:16something. Check. Hey. It was

36:41my executive counsel when I was

36:43governor. She came in one day,

36:45she says, Henrietta wants to

36:45come in and see you. I said,

36:48well, uh, bring her on in, uh,

36:50said, well, we'll schedule it.

36:52Henrietta came in, she sat down

36:54she said, just a few words. The

36:56state of Georgia does not do

36:59any business with Atlanta Life

37:01Insurance Company and I'm here

37:03to change that. And she did

37:05change it, and we did bless

37:08your heart. That's the kind of

37:12determination. That Henrietta

37:14has. Now Henrietta, they say

37:17united years old. I don't

37:19believe that. Uh, and I don't

37:21know if I'll ever make it to 90

37:24But if I do, I hope I've just

37:27accomplished a small part of

37:28what you've done. Thank you,

37:30and I love you. Yes I would

37:42like to recognize the honorable

37:44ambassador Andrew J. Young,

37:4655th mayor of the city of

37:48Atlanta, Georgia. weird. I. And

38:13now Karen Greer, WSBTV. Yeah

38:17Mhm Miss Antonine, you know, we

38:20love you. We're 29 seconds is

38:22what it says for me. So I guess

38:24I better hurry up. I just

38:26wanted to say to all. The

38:29distinguished council members

38:31who are here to all of our

38:31special guests, this woman has

38:33changed the lives of so many

38:35people, done so much for all of

38:36us. You are the reason why I'm

38:38standing where I am today

38:40because of all of your

38:40accomplishments, what you have

38:42done for the NAACP. What you

38:44have done here in the city of

38:46Atlanta, what you have done for

38:47Atlanta Life Insurance. And

38:49just to know that you are still

38:51here making those moves. I get

38:53those calls from you. I'm doing

38:54this at my house. Can you come?

38:56I'm like, I can't support a

38:58candidate. it, but I love you

39:00for what you're doing, and she

39:03is always doing it each and

39:04every day. So 90th birthday,

39:07unbelievable. You are to be

39:09applauded for all that you've

39:10accomplished and continue to do

39:11each and every day. We love you

39:14Yes. The Honorable Michael

39:20Julian Bond. My son. How you

39:25doing? Hm. Now I need some

39:30insulin from all that sugar I

39:32just got. It is a pleasure and

39:34an honor to be here today to

39:36honor Ms. Henrietta Phillips

39:39Anthonine. Not only has she

39:41begun to change the world,

39:44walking hand in hand with her

39:45father on Atlanta streets for

39:47the NAACP because he helped to

39:48set the Atlanta way in the

39:51suits from companies like the

39:52Atlanta Life Insurance Company.

39:54How many rooms have you been in

39:56Miss Antonine? Well, you have

39:58had an impression, where you

40:01have made an impact on the

40:02future of the city and people.

40:03People who will never know your

40:05name. How many candidates, how

40:08many political figures, I mean

40:10elected figures, have you

40:13interacted with them, laid your

40:14hand upon. How many have you

40:16set your wrath upon. To make

40:19life us, so much better. How

40:23many families? How many people?

40:24How many relatives? How many

40:28young men who came to you with

40:28a dream of being elected

40:30themselves, that you not

40:31thought it robbery is allow at

40:34your feet. That's right. And be

40:37showered with your words and

40:37your wisdom. You, madam. of the

40:41great Demeter. The great Greek

40:43goddess of wisdom of our

40:45society. And part of you're the

40:48huntress. You, you're the

40:48keeper of wisdom. You're the

40:50keeper of the role of the law,

40:52and you are the lawgiver. To

40:55those who would create it in

40:55spaces and chambers just like

40:57this. It is up to you that we

41:00owe this great debt. Madam, if

41:02I were walking on the streets

41:04of Jerusalem, in a crowd like

41:06this, I would move shoulders

41:08and forth back and forth, and I

41:10would reach for the hem of your

41:13garment. Reverend,. Great,

41:18Madam Anthony. We appreciate

41:20you. We love you. It is, you

41:22know, your birthday. But this

41:24is like the old television show

41:27This is your life. We love you.

41:29God bless you, and it is our

41:31honor, Governor. To honor you.

41:38Love you. OK, we'll do that. Ms

41:47Anthony. Celebrating,

41:51trailblazing 90 years of life.

41:54Whereas the Atlanta City

41:56Council takes great pride in

41:58recognizing you today. On your

42:02monumental 90th birthday,

42:03whereas M Antonine served with

42:06great distinction as vice

42:07president of public relations

42:09at Atlanta Life Financial Group

42:12serving under 6 of its 7

42:14presidents across 46 years of

42:17dedicated service during which

42:18she guided public relations,

42:21evaluated socio-political

42:23trends and the curated the

42:25Atlanta Life National African

42:27American Art Competition and

42:28exhibition, establishing a

42:29premier. Art collection that

42:32laid the foundation of the

42:34national Black Arts Festival

42:36and whereas a trailblazing

42:37civic figure, she served as

42:39founding president of the

42:40Atlanta Political Congress of

42:41Black Women, alongside Doctor

42:43Shirley Chisholm, chair of the

42:45Butler Street YMCA. 2nd vice

42:48president of the Atlanta

42:50chapter NAACP receiving its

42:52highest honor, the John Dale

42:54Johnson Leadership Award and

42:56currently serves as chairman of

42:57the board of Americola Opera,

42:59the world's Only

43:01African-American Opera Company,

43:03and whereas her exceptional

43:05public service includes

43:07gubernatorial appointments by

43:08Governor Zell Miller and

43:08Governor Roy Barnes. Leadership

43:11rose with the Georgia Coalition

43:12of Black Women and Rainbow Push

43:15Coalition and accolades from

43:17Ebony Dollars and Cents. Who's

43:19who in Atlanta, and the Atlanta

43:21Business League and the Hall of

43:21Fame, and whereas a devoted

43:25fifth generation member and

43:28control alto Solis in the

43:29senior choir at Friendship

43:31Baptist Church. She shares her

43:33rich faith and legacy with her

43:35daughter and grandchildren,

43:37family, friends, and the civil

43:39rights community. Now therefore

43:40be it proclaimed that we, the

43:42members of the Atlanta City

43:44Council on behalf of the

43:46residents of the city of

43:46Atlanta do hereby proclaim

43:49today as Henrietta Antonine Day

43:51in the city of Atlanta, Georgia

43:57Hold your hand out. Hold your,

43:59hold it. I. OK. Thank you. Ms.

44:10Anthony, that is not all. We

44:11have a beautiful bowl here for

44:13you as well. From members of

44:15the Atlanta City Council. Oh my

44:20goodness. Miss Henrietta

44:22Anthony. Trailblazer, civil

44:24rights activists and

44:26humanitarian for a lifetime of

44:28fearless leadership, unshakable

44:31faith, and uncompromising

44:33advocacy for justice, your

44:36extraordinary legacy has broken

44:37barriers, empowered communities

44:38and paved the way for

44:40generations. We profound

44:43respect and appreciate you,

44:44members of the Atlanta City

44:47Council signed President Marcy

44:49Carrier Overstreet. Marshall.

44:55Stand right there, stand right

45:00there. This is so beautiful. We

45:02are also joined today by Sam

45:05Burston, Billy Aaron, former

45:07president Cesar Mitchell,

45:09Senator Jason Estevez, Helen

45:10Butler, Georgia Stand up, Billy

45:14Ivy, Karen Lowry, and the Lowry

45:16family. Miss Justine Boyd, Miss

45:19Jen Bryson, Daphne Jackson,

45:21Susan J. Ross, the Russell

45:23family, Eugene Duffy, and so

45:25many more. At this time, Ms.

45:27Antonine, we will hear from you

45:30the lady of the hour. 90 years

45:35young. The Honorable civil

45:38rights leader Tyrone Brooks as

45:40well. Ms. Antonine, thank you

45:43for all you have done, ladies

45:45and gentlemen, we have another

45:48ceremony if you would move

45:50swiftly to the Atlanta City

45:54Hall Atrium swiftly. We would

45:56like to move and let's give a

45:59shout out to the Booker T.

46:01Washington High School band,

46:01the Booker T. Washington High

46:03School band. Thank you members

46:08of the Atlanta City Council, we

46:08will now hear from our honoree.

46:12What's in the mood now I

46:15They're all moving out. Yeah,

46:16we're about to be on the record

46:17Yeah. I really don't know where

46:22to start. S Other than say I'm

46:26grateful to God for being here.

46:28Life for me ain't been no

46:31crystal stairs. I've had hills

46:33to climb and winding roads to

46:35make. But the important thing

46:38is we fall down. But we get

46:40back up. And I say to each of

46:42you. Thank you so much. Thank

46:46you to the mayor of Atlanta,

46:48Mayor Dickens. And our gracious

46:52President of city council, Mars

46:53Overstreet. And all of the of

46:57the city officials who are

47:00responsible for making this

47:00happen. I thank you from the

47:02depths of my heart. And I also

47:04would like to thank the.

47:07Planning Committee. I was told

47:09that every week they were

47:11meeting, planning, and I said,

47:11what in the world is going on?

47:15I wish I could call all of your

47:16names, but I'm so afraid I

47:18might miss one. So I just want

47:20to say to you, if you're here,

47:23raise your hand so I can see

47:24you. And I just want to say

47:26thank you from the depths of my

47:27heart. Goes without saying.

47:35Andrew boom. Little Andrew Ben,

47:38Councilman Andrew Boone. It's

47:41nothing but an angel sent from

47:43heaven. I cannot begin to tell

47:47you the kind things that she's

47:49done for me. Not to mention the

47:51things that I know that she

47:52continues to do for this

47:54community. And I just want to

47:56stop and say how much I love

47:58you. She is, she was one of

48:00them. That started this. Andrew

48:05Andrea Boone called me and I

48:07said, no, Andrew, I, I, I, I

48:08don't really want all of that.

48:09I'm, I, I'm kind of shy about

48:11birthdays. Finally she said,

48:13you know, I'm going to have

48:14this. You'd be embarrassed if

48:16you don't come because I'm

48:18having it anyway. So I just

48:21want to say publicly how much I

48:23love you. I don't know what I

48:23would have done without her.

48:25During COVID, she was there for

48:28me and I know I'm just speaking

48:29as one person. I'm sure this

48:31room was filled with the people

48:32that, that say that Andrew

48:34Boone came to their call. And

48:36one thing I remember doing a

48:38campaign, they said one call.

48:41That's all. I say I didn't have

48:43to make no call and she came

48:46just the same. But to my family

48:50that are here, all of my

48:52friends, I see church members,

48:55I see the pastor of friendship.

48:57I see so many of you that I

48:59love dearly, and I, I'm not

49:01gonna give a long speech. I had

49:02written the speech, but I'm not

49:03going to do that. You've heard

49:04enough, but I want to say thank

49:06you. One other question. Have

49:10you voted? yeah. Have you voted

49:13? My birthday gift. But to see

49:20a blue wave cross this country.

49:24My birthday gift. This is C

49:26Georgia stand up with the new

49:28governor and the new

49:30administration. If you have not

49:31voted, make sure you You do.

49:33And if you have, call your

49:37friends. Call and see if you

49:39can help somebody else. To make

49:42sure that they vote. God bless

49:44you and I thank you for the

49:44bottom of my heart. Thank you.

49:55I won't get me wrong. It's OK.

50:00I don't wanna be. Thank you,

50:01Doctor Walter and Sonia Young.

50:04Thank you, Dann Rivers. Thank

50:05you, Justine Boyd Tony Conway,

50:11legendary events. Thank you,

50:13Margie Tuckson. Thank you,

50:14Demetrius Mayed. Thank you,

50:18Reverend Motley, thank you,

50:20Aunt Carolyn Young. Thank you,

50:23Governor Barnes. Thank you,

50:24Matt Westmoreland, and we have

50:25Mr. Jamilla Jones. Wait, let's

50:27get a group photo. Group photo,

50:29please. Group photo, let's get

50:34back on. I'm sister. It's our

50:54town. Nah, This damn Yeah, get

50:58up front. Go, go up next to

51:01mayor I can't get back you say

51:12sheok OK. Wait, wait. OK, we're

54:07going to swiftly move to our

54:09next proclamation. So we just

54:18put this I. You. I, all right,

54:25thank you. I You probably could

54:46definitely get crazy. Yeah That

55:33OK, we're gonna move on to our

55:35next proclamation. We're all

55:37here. What did you. We're all

55:51here. Recognizing Mr. Brinley

55:56Peters and the Brinley Peters

55:58Associations, please come

56:00forward to join us on the dais

56:00so that we can Celebrate you.

56:13Presented by council member

56:14Byron Amos. Good afternoon,

57:37everyone. As we move on to our

57:41next presentation, please. Um,

57:44as we said before, I'm Atlanta

57:46City council member Byron Amos,

57:48and we're here to recognize a

57:50young man that has been doing

57:51work for the last 35 years here

57:53in our city of Atlanta. Um, as,

57:56um, my colleague said

57:57previously, let's get up.

58:02Proclamation is the highest

58:03honor that we as this body can

58:04give to our citizens, so I'm

58:06gonna be very quick and read

58:08proclamation Atlanta City

58:10Council recognizing Brentley

58:11Peters, PE BPA on 35 years of

58:15excellence. Whereas Britney

58:18Peter and Associates was

58:19founded in 1991 by Brinkley

58:22Peters and is celebrating 35

58:24years of excellence in

58:26providing multidisciplinary

58:28engineering, construction

58:29management, inspection, program

58:31management services across

58:33municipalities, countries,

58:35state, federal, and private

58:37sectors. And whereas for more

58:39than two decades, Brentley

58:40Peters and Associates have

58:42maintained a continuous.

58:46Business presence in downtown

58:47Atlanta establishing its

58:48Peachtree office in the heart

58:49of the city's central business

58:51district and serving as a vital

58:53anchor within Atlanta's

58:54professional and minority

58:56business communities. PBA was

59:00played has played a pivotal

59:00role in the planning, design,

59:03and execution of Atlanta's

59:04critical public infrastructure,

59:07contributing engineering and

59:07program management expertise to

59:09key transportation, aviation,

59:11water, wastewater, utility,

59:16Shropshire and capital

59:18Improvement initiatives. You've

59:18been all over the place, huh?

59:22Whereas a certified minority

59:25business enterprise and

59:27disadvantaged business

59:28enterprise, BPA, a champion

59:31champions diversity and

59:32inclusion within the

59:34professional engineering

59:34industry with Mr. Peter's

59:36building and sustaining a

59:38premier minority owned firm

59:40while expanding professional

59:42pathways over 3.5 decades. This

59:45is the most important part. Now

59:47therefore be proclaimed that we

59:48the members of the Atlanta City

59:50Council. On behalf of the.

59:52Residents of the city of

59:52Atlanta do hereby recognize and

59:56commend Brentley Peters, PE,

59:58and Britley Peters and

59:59Associates Inc. for 35 years of

1:00:03entrepreneurial leadership,

1:00:03engineering, excellence, and

1:00:05dedicated service to the city

1:00:07of Atlanta, and as always. It

1:00:10is signed by the Atlanta City

1:00:12Council president and all

1:00:12members of the Atlanta City

1:00:14Council. Congratulations, sir.

1:00:17Thank you. And before we hear

1:00:21from the man of the hour at the

1:00:23end of my colleagues want to

1:00:24say a couple of words. If not,

1:00:25I think a couple of family

1:00:28members want to say something

1:00:28or we'll give it over to Mr.

1:00:30Peters. Thank you very much and

1:00:34thanks to the mayor and city

1:00:37council and city staff for

1:00:39making this possible. You know,

1:00:39I would not have been here if

1:00:41it wasn't for family members.

1:00:44And friends. And also most

1:00:48importantly, the staff, because

1:00:50you know, it's, it's, it's very

1:00:52encouraging to see, you know,

1:00:53the staff telling their, their

1:00:55siblings and, you know,

1:00:57children, grandchildren, you

1:00:59know, well, we were

1:01:01instrumental in Centennial Park

1:01:03Or we do a lot of work at the

1:01:06airport. It is so gratifying to

1:01:08see that um and I'll tell you,

1:01:10it makes for Atlanta. You know,

1:01:13a better city and the best city

1:01:17if. You know, if, if I, if I

1:01:19can say so myself. But thanks

1:01:24again to the mayor and city

1:01:26council for making this

1:01:27possible. I really thank you

1:01:28very much. Thank you. We move

1:01:33up front and take a picture.

1:03:37power. Moving on to our 3rd and

1:03:44final proclamation for the day.

1:03:48Uh oh, let me find it. All here

1:03:53in recognition of the 100th

1:03:55anniversary of the colonnade,

1:03:57and Atlanta culinary

1:03:59Institution. Please come

1:04:00forward. Proclamation presented

1:04:07by council member Alex Wan.

1:04:13What Well, as they are making

1:04:24their way up here, it is a real

1:04:26honor for me and privilege for

1:04:27me to be presenting this

1:04:30proclamation today to uh what I

1:04:31would absolutely call much like

1:04:35our first proclamation, a

1:04:36legend, an institution, uh,

1:04:38maybe just in our little corner

1:04:40in District 6 or Cheshire

1:04:40Bridge, Atlanta, but I do

1:04:42believe that, uh, everyone in

1:04:44here that uh or has anyone

1:04:47who's eaten there would agree

1:04:48that, um, they are a city of

1:04:51Atlanta treasure, um, and, uh,

1:04:53I know that in District 6, we

1:04:55loyally call, uh, the regulars

1:04:57at the restaurant, the gays and

1:04:58in the grays, and since, uh, in

1:05:00that Venn diagram, I overlap on

1:05:03both. I figured, uh, I'm, I'm

1:05:04the perfect person on council

1:05:07to uh give them this

1:05:09proclamation today. Um, uh, but

1:05:10all joking aside, um, the

1:05:11colony has, has become such a

1:05:14gathering spot, um, in our

1:05:15neighborhood, and I know that

1:05:16while that may have been kind

1:05:18of accidental at first, but

1:05:19it's definitely been very, very

1:05:21intentional since then. Um, the

1:05:22uh, the restaurant and the

1:05:23Staff are always very gracious

1:05:25about hold, uh, welcoming

1:05:27community meetings there. I

1:05:28know that, um, I've, I've got

1:05:30two annual neighborhood annual

1:05:31meetings are gonna be hosted

1:05:32there later this month. Um, but

1:05:34even just, uh, uh, if people

1:05:36want to get together and

1:05:36assemble and have conversation.

1:05:39They're there for us. I've even

1:05:40had campaign there, uh, events

1:05:41there as well. And I think the

1:05:43secret is, um, that they have

1:05:47incredible comfort food. Um, I

1:05:48have, uh, I grew up in the

1:05:49South and I, I joke that I have

1:05:50two sets of comfort food. One's

1:05:52Asian, so I've I'm eating rice

1:05:54and noodles, you know, I I need

1:05:56comfort food. But the other is

1:05:57a traditional Southern food,

1:05:58and they definitely do that.

1:05:59But I will tell you, if you

1:06:01haven't done it yet, the secret

1:06:03for their, um, kind of the

1:06:05atmosphere there is, is the

1:06:07drinks. I mean, they've got a

1:06:10mean bartender that will serve

1:06:10you anything you want and uh um

1:06:12they definitely have a kick to

1:06:13it. Before I, I, I also, before

1:06:16I want to, uh, read, um, the

1:06:19proclamation or parts of the

1:06:19proclamation. I just want to

1:06:21acknowledge y'all. I mean, and

1:06:21for a small business to survive

1:06:24and keep going for 100 years is

1:06:28remarkable. um, a, a remarkable

1:06:30feat. But for a restaurant to

1:06:32survive for 100 years,

1:06:34particularly if you think about

1:06:35the things that have our city.

1:06:37Obviously you've got economic

1:06:39cycles, but on Chester Bridge,

1:06:41we've had a fire that's taken

1:06:42out two bridges. Um, they made

1:06:43it through the pandemic. Um,

1:06:46and then, uh, um, just for, uh,

1:06:48Paula Donahue and Louis

1:06:48Jeffries to step in in

1:06:50September 2024, and, and by the

1:06:53uh restaurant, uh, what they've

1:06:53managed to do is really

1:06:55reinvigorate it, um, and double

1:06:57down on the corridor, uh, with

1:07:00their commitment. So I, I, I

1:07:01think not only do I wanna, um,

1:07:04acknowledge the anniversary,

1:07:04but I just also want to express

1:07:06my appreciation for their

1:07:08commitment to the, the corridor

1:07:09and the district. I'm only

1:07:11gonna read parts of the

1:07:13proclamation, um, and then, uh.

1:07:15I'll invite the, uh, uh, owners

1:07:15who want to speak to, to give

1:07:17some comments as well, as well

1:07:18as my colleagues, um, but here,

1:07:20here we go. Whereas the members

1:07:22of the Atlanta City Council

1:07:23celebrate the colonnade, and

1:07:26enduring Atlanta institution

1:07:26established in 1927, whose

1:07:29nearly century-long history

1:07:29reflects Atlanta's traditions,

1:07:31character, and culinary

1:07:33heritage, and whereas founded

1:07:35by Frank Tarleton at the corner

1:07:36of Piedmont Road and Lindbergh

1:07:38Drive. The colonnade later

1:07:40relocated to its longtime home

1:07:42at 1879 Cheshire Bridge Road,

1:07:43Northeast, welcoming.

1:07:45Generations of Atlanta's and

1:07:47visitors with this distinctive

1:07:48Southern hospitality, nostalgic

1:07:51atmosphere, and timeless appeal

1:07:53and whereas recognized it as

1:07:55Atlanta's 2nd oldest restaurant

1:07:56the Colonnade has earned its

1:07:58place in the city's culinary

1:08:00history through its traditional

1:08:01Southern comfort food,

1:08:02including its celebrated fried

1:08:04chicken, classic meat and 3

1:08:05offerings. This isn't in the um

1:08:07uh proclamation, but I have to

1:08:09say I just recently discovered

1:08:11the chicken fried steak and the

1:08:12pot roast, um, and I have to

1:08:14say. there, there are very few

1:08:16restaurants in Atlanta that you

1:08:16can find pears and cottage

1:08:18cheese or cheddar cheese,

1:08:21tomato aspic or Waldorf salad

1:08:22anymore, so that tells you how

1:08:25traditional they are. Yep,

1:08:25classic meat and 3 offers and

1:08:28signature martinis, preserving

1:08:29a dining experience that

1:08:31connects generations through

1:08:32familiar flavors and cherished

1:08:34traditions, and whereas the

1:08:36colonnade's remarkable

1:08:38longevity exemplifies the

1:08:38enduring value of locally

1:08:41rooted businesses and

1:08:41preserving Atlanta's cultural

1:08:43identity, strengthening.

1:08:45Community connections and

1:08:45enriching the city's

1:08:47hospitality and industry. Now

1:08:49therefore, be it proclaimed

1:08:50that we, the members of the

1:08:52Atlanta City Council, on behalf

1:08:53of the residents of the city of

1:08:54Atlanta to proudly recognize

1:08:56and celebrate the colonnade on

1:08:58the occasion of its 100th

1:08:59anniversary in 2027, commending

1:09:01its extraordinary contribution

1:09:04to Atlanta's culinary heritage

1:09:05and community life and

1:09:06extending our best wishes for

1:09:08continued success and many more

1:09:10years of Southern hospitality.

1:09:12So congratulations, y'all. So

1:09:17before I let either one of the

1:09:19uh proprietors come and speak.

1:09:19Did any of the council members

1:09:21want to make some comments. OK.

1:09:23All right, I'm gonna invite you

1:09:24to come up and make some

1:09:26comments. We just want to thank

1:09:30you all for, for this honor. Um

1:09:32we took over just a couple of

1:09:34years ago, and it's been our

1:09:37privilege to help preserve and

1:09:37it revitalize this restaurant,

1:09:40and that's our goal is to get

1:09:41it ready for its next 100 years

1:09:42So thank you so much. And I

1:09:44think there's a right? Yes,

1:09:46we've got a book. Yes. 100

1:09:48years next, yeah, so we're,

1:09:49we're have a lot of fun events

1:09:51next year and we'll do a lot of

1:09:53giveback next year. So we're

1:09:55we're gonna be doing 1100, 100

1:09:57acts of kindness next year is

1:09:58our, is our goal. So that's,

1:09:59we're going to be having a

1:10:00wonderful year. So come see us

1:10:02at the colonnade. Thank you.

1:10:04All let's get a picture. Did

1:10:06you want? Oh, OK, he's afraid

1:10:08I'm gonna drop it, so I'm so

1:10:11cute. Well, you can come down

1:10:13and come. What a beautiful day

1:11:59of proclamations. This brings

1:12:02us. To our statements by

1:12:10elected officials, anyone that

1:12:12would like to speak about. Um,

1:12:20Anyone needing moments of

1:12:21silence, I do. I would like us

1:12:23to. Take a moment of silence

1:12:26for dear Tom Hawk, I'm sorry

1:12:30that Michael Bond isn't here to

1:12:32speak about, about that because

1:12:33he has treasured thoughts. Um,

1:12:36does anyone else have any

1:12:39stories or thoughts about that?

1:12:42Or anyone else that they'd like

1:12:44for us to, oh, thank you, Mayor

1:12:46Norwood, or anyone else that

1:12:46they would like to um Us to

1:12:50take a moment of silence for.

1:12:53Um, we honored Henrietta

1:12:56Antonin this afternoon, and

1:12:58Houck was a counterpart to her.

1:13:00He cared about every election.

1:13:02He cared about whether or not

1:13:04you were on his side, um, for

1:13:06the right candidate at the

1:13:08right time and we clearly let

1:13:09you know just as she would, if

1:13:11you were not, so Tom, you were

1:13:16legendary in your own right in

1:13:17Atlanta, and we will all miss

1:13:18you. Thank you, uh, councilor

1:13:22number one, thank you, Madam

1:13:22President. I'd also like to add

1:13:25um, Angela Foster to that list.

1:13:26Uh, I don't know if any of

1:13:27y'all have met him or worked

1:13:29with him, but he was equally

1:13:31engaged and involved in civic

1:13:33affairs in, in Atlanta, um, and

1:13:37uh, appreciated, uh, his

1:13:38guidance and direction through

1:13:39the early parts of my political

1:13:40career. Uh, he will be missed

1:13:41as well. OK. Anyone else? It's

1:13:45a trio. OK, for them, those

1:13:50names and anyone else not

1:13:52mentioned today, the second

1:13:53moment of silence. Thank you.

1:14:05This takes us to our remarks

1:14:06from the public. We now hear

1:14:09from our public. Each speaker

1:14:10has 2 minutes or up to 10

1:14:14minutes with donated time

1:14:14pursuant to our city code, the

1:14:18speakers who have received

1:14:18donated time will be placed at

1:14:20the end of our speaker's list.

1:14:23And let's get started. Our 1st

1:14:253 speakers, Terry Madden,

1:14:28Michael Collins, Henri Jordan,

1:14:30you each have 2 minutes, please

1:14:32come forward. Uh oh, sorry,

1:14:43just a second. There you go. OK

1:14:45Good afternoon, members of

1:14:46council. I'm Terry Madden, the

1:14:48director of homeownership,

1:14:50representing the Federation of

1:14:50Public Service Employees, and

1:14:52I'm here today to address two

1:14:54issues. First, the

1:14:56homeownership program. Over

1:14:57just a few months, we've helped

1:14:59employees of Fulton County, the

1:15:01city of Atlanta, and Atlanta

1:15:03Public Schools achieve home

1:15:04ownership. Awarding over

1:15:06$100,000 in down payment

1:15:08assistance. In fact, one of our

1:15:10police officer members will be

1:15:11closing on his home this week.

1:15:13Our next class will be held

1:15:15December 5th in partnership

1:15:15with the Rice Center from 1000

1:15:17a.m. to 12 p.m. and it's open

1:15:19to the public employees. Second

1:15:23employee benefits increase

1:15:24premium. We've submitted a

1:15:25letter which you guys all have,

1:15:28and we're asking that the mayor

1:15:28the finance committee, and the

1:15:30city council collaboratively

1:15:32review the mid-year budget and

1:15:35explore alternatives um to, to

1:15:38the recently implemented

1:15:40benefit premium increase with

1:15:42increases ranging from $30 to

1:15:45$200 this could cause a

1:15:46significant hardship on

1:15:48employees. This letter is

1:15:51respectively submitted by Mr.

1:15:52Tracy Thornhill, the executive

1:15:53director of ASPI. Captain Tyler

1:15:55Nelson, president of Atlanta

1:15:58Progressive Firefighters Ms.

1:16:00Jennifer Saunders, president of

1:16:02FPSC and Mr. Tyler. Sorry. And

1:16:06Mr. Alvin Rasheed, the

1:16:08president of the International

1:16:09Association of Firefighters. We

1:16:11thank you for your support.

1:16:15Thank you. Michael Collins, you

1:16:18have 2 minutes. Oh, I don't see

1:16:20Mr. Collins. OK, Henry Jordan,

1:16:25you have 2 minutes. Given out

1:16:34tore to guide everyone that's

1:16:36here. Needed their salvation in

1:16:39any other, for there is none

1:16:41other name under heaven given

1:16:42among men whereby we must be

1:16:45saved, Acts 4 chapter 12 verse

1:16:47salvation for Jews and Gentiles

1:16:50alike is exclusively through

1:16:52the name of Jesus Christ. 5

1:16:55verse 14 chapter 12, verse

1:16:56there is a way which seemeth

1:16:58right unto a man, but the end

1:17:00thereof all the ways of death.

1:17:03The way we seem is right may

1:17:05not be the best. A righteous

1:17:07way. Saint Matthew 16:18 verse,

1:17:12and I say also unto thee. That

1:17:14thou art Peter, and upon this

1:17:16rock I will build my church and

1:17:18the gates of hell shall not

1:17:21prevail against it. The word

1:17:23church is a translation of

1:17:27Ecclesias, meaning called out

1:17:29or assembly. James 4th chapter

1:17:334, verse, the adulterers and

1:17:36adulteresses. Know ye not that

1:17:37the friendship of the world is

1:17:39enmity with God. Whosoever that

1:17:43were for will be a friend of

1:17:45the world. He's an enemy of God

1:17:50As Israel was a spiritual

1:17:52adulteresses, unfaithful to God

1:17:54as the church is a spiritual

1:17:57adultery when she is the

1:18:00unfaithful bride of Christ.

1:18:02Christ is calling us to live

1:18:04wholly for Him because he said,

1:18:06be ye holy, for I am holy. We

1:18:09need Christ. Christ do not need

1:18:12us. The world may think they

1:18:15need you, but we need him. We

1:18:17need to obey him. Because it's

1:18:19wrath is coming upon all of us,

1:18:22not just me, but you also. And

1:18:24I thank God for giving us a

1:18:26chance. To choose him. A life

1:18:29for him that will bless us to

1:18:31keep our soul out of hell.

1:18:37Thank you. Michael Collins.

1:18:40Thank you, apologies for my

1:18:42tardiness, the uh, the band was

1:18:44very loud, um, yeah, I just

1:18:46wanted to talk very briefly,

1:18:48Michael Collins played for ATL

1:18:51about um, you know, coming out

1:18:52of the ACDC vote and one of the

1:18:55things that was talked about

1:18:57within that um discussion was

1:19:00the savings from the

1:19:03corrections budget and part of

1:19:04the amended version of the

1:19:07legislation was ensuring that

1:19:09um some of the savings. go

1:19:11towards things like housing,

1:19:14community violence,

1:19:16interruption, um. You know,

1:19:18some of these uh public safety

1:19:20efforts and you know, I just

1:19:24wanted to say that Playfair ATL

1:19:25we're very supportive of that

1:19:27approach, um, and as we go into

1:19:31the budget season, we certainly

1:19:33welcome meetings with the city

1:19:35council members to discuss

1:19:36those priorities and, you know,

1:19:38have a very robust conversation

1:19:40about where some of those

1:19:42savings are going to go and

1:19:44ensure that we, uh, you know,

1:19:45keep the promises that were

1:19:47made when The amendment to the

1:19:49legislation was passed. Thank

1:19:51you very much. Thank you, um,

1:19:54the next three speakers, Nobel,

1:19:56and Tempua L Stefan Duncan.

1:20:01Aussu Hodori, you each have 2

1:20:03minutes. You can come forward.

1:20:072 minutes Islam, I am Anth

1:20:14Poker, um, Morris American AA

1:20:18222141. Uh, today, I'm changing

1:20:19my subject. I wanna give thanks

1:20:21to the city of Atlanta, which

1:20:22has been a wonderful city and

1:20:25to the Atlanta City Hall, City

1:20:28Council, and this morning while

1:20:30walking to City Hall, I was

1:20:34Overwhelmed by thoughts of

1:20:36marching many times in the city

1:20:37of Atlanta. And I also wear the

1:20:41Dr. King peace medallion given

1:20:43to me by the late great Hosell

1:20:46Williams. I worked with Josell

1:20:48Williams for more than 30 years

1:20:50and I was working with him even

1:20:50before he started to feed the

1:20:52hunger program and working with

1:20:54him, my first visit to City

1:20:55Hall was to meet. The Honorable

1:20:59first so-called black mayor of

1:21:01the city of Atlanta, Maynard

1:21:02Jackson. And we were in the old

1:21:04City Hall building at that that

1:21:06time because uh that's what

1:21:08City Hall met and he was also

1:21:10assisted by then the young,

1:21:13very young Shirley Franklin. Uh

1:21:15and as time went on, um, this

1:21:19building was built and Holl

1:21:20Williams was one of the first

1:21:22city council members to sit in

1:21:24this, uh, In this atrium or

1:21:27auditorium and also I remember

1:21:29the time visiting his office

1:21:31and visiting this office, I

1:21:33also met the great who I call

1:21:35CT Martin. And uh during that

1:21:39time I also met. Uh, The father

1:21:42of Michael Lang, I mean, uh,

1:21:44Michael, Julian Bond. Julian

1:21:47Bond at that time had an office

1:21:49on Hanna Street, and I'm

1:21:52working with Jose. I met him

1:21:53many times, and also the

1:21:55Reverend Ho, I mean, Joe Boone.

1:21:57So today has brought back a lot

1:21:59of fond memories and um then to

1:22:02come in and uh see Ambassador

1:22:05Andy Young, who also worked

1:22:07with SCLC with the Reverend

1:22:09Hotel Wigg. So today has been a

1:22:11quite a momentous case. This is

1:22:12like coming to a reunion this

1:22:15morning. So I want to give

1:22:16thanks to everybody who made

1:22:18Atlanta the great city it is,

1:22:21and I thank you, thank you.

1:22:22That's your 2 minutes. Thank

1:22:24you, uh, Stefan Duncan. Uh,

1:22:29good afternoon, uh, city

1:22:32council members, uh, just want

1:22:33to briefly introduce myself. My

1:22:34name is Stefan Duncan. I have a

1:22:38communication background. Um,

1:22:38I'm also a business consultant.

1:22:40I've been working hospitality

1:22:41for about 20 years. I like to

1:22:43tell people, um, I was born in

1:22:45Detroit, uh, raised in Flint

1:22:47and forged by Atlanta. Um, I

1:22:50stand before you today with a

1:22:52question. What if the next

1:22:54revolutionary solution to

1:22:54homelessness in Atlanta is

1:22:56sitting in a college classroom

1:22:58right now. But before I get to

1:23:00that proposal, I want to talk

1:23:02about the city we're building

1:23:03in the city that we kind of

1:23:05deserve. Atlanta is a growing

1:23:07global city. We attract

1:23:09international businesses, host

1:23:10major events, welcome visitors

1:23:12from all around the world and

1:23:14the position ourselves as an

1:23:17international destination, and

1:23:18I believe in our investment in

1:23:20this city's identity and

1:23:23infrastructure should reflect

1:23:25that ambition and the

1:23:26investment must go beyond

1:23:28appearances, right? I want to

1:23:30know why as a taxpayer, um, I

1:23:34can walk down Atlanta's

1:23:35sidewalk and encounter downed

1:23:37power lines, dangerous

1:23:38sinkholes, and deteriorating

1:23:41pedestrian infrastructure. I

1:23:42should not be paying my taxes

1:23:44to maintain a city and still

1:23:46have to worry about whether the

1:23:48sidewalk beneath my feet is

1:23:50safe. Basic infrastructure

1:23:52matters. Safe sidewalks,

1:23:55accessible public spaces, and

1:23:57um properly maintained streets

1:23:57are not luxuries, they're.

1:24:01fundamental responsibilities of

1:24:01local governments. And I want

1:24:03to be clear, uh, I'm not a, I'm

1:24:04not against capitalism. I

1:24:06recognize important business

1:24:08investments, economic growth,

1:24:10attracting corporate

1:24:11development and public

1:24:12capitalism, but, um, but it

1:24:14also should meet utilitarianism

1:24:15In other words, economic growth

1:24:18should serve a greater public

1:24:19good, we should be asking not

1:24:20only how much money our city

1:24:23can generate, but also how to

1:24:24collect benefits that that grow

1:24:26and craze for the people who

1:24:28actually live here. And just

1:24:30really quickly, homelessness is

1:24:31a very important topic, and we

1:24:34should address that as well.

1:24:34Thank you so much. Thanks so

1:24:35much. Thanks for coming. Uh,

1:24:38Ausu Hadari. Good afternoon.

1:24:47I'm uh coming as a resident of

1:24:50Sloan Circle. Been coming here

1:24:53since January of the year

1:24:55periodically to. Make the city

1:24:58council aware of a condition

1:25:00that exists on a street. 13

1:25:04minutes from downtown. Atlanta.

1:25:10No pavement, no gutters, no

1:25:11sidewalks. We've had meetings

1:25:14extensive meetings with the

1:25:15Department of Transportation,

1:25:18and now we're dealing with the

1:25:20situation where The city sends

1:25:24us pictures that things have

1:25:25been done. And we send them

1:25:29pictures showing them things

1:25:29have not been done. That is the

1:25:32must, the most unheard of,

1:25:36unhinged department. That I've

1:25:38ever in all of my years had to

1:25:40deal with, and it makes really

1:25:43no sense that we have to pay

1:25:46taxes and live in a city where

1:25:48we are arguing about whether or

1:25:51not shape and gravel has taken

1:25:54place in front of our home. And

1:25:56now that. Time has changed.

1:25:59It'll be dark. When many other

1:26:03citizens of the street get home

1:26:05And the unsafe conditions we

1:26:07just sent more pictures to them

1:26:10showing that the road is so

1:26:12slippery. That a couple of cars

1:26:14have slid off to the side. And

1:26:17all of this is because not one

1:26:19time. Has the Department of

1:26:25Transportation actually brought

1:26:27any gravel to that street. I've

1:26:30met with the Department of

1:26:32Transportation, and we have got

1:26:35no solution, no closer to a

1:26:37solution for this matter. All

1:26:39we get is promises, last

1:26:41promise, September of this year

1:26:46and it is still just bring us

1:26:50one receipt showing even one

1:26:52bag of gravel that has been

1:26:54delivered to Sloan's circle,

1:26:55and we would be very much

1:26:59appreciative of that. I thank

1:27:02you so much. Thank you. Jahari

1:27:09Hadori. Did you mean the sign

1:27:11up as well? Yeah, are you, do

1:27:15you want to speak for 2 minutes

1:27:17as well? OK, thank you. Our

1:27:31next 3 speakers. As hay. Hilton

1:27:32Madison Gambo, Brandy Gambo.

1:27:32You each have 2 minutes, you

1:27:33can come forward. Good

1:27:40afternoon. My name is AJ Hilton

1:27:42a madam council president

1:27:51Overtree and distinguished

1:27:51members of the Atlanta City

1:27:52Council. I would like to yield

1:27:53my time to George Gamble. Got

1:27:53it, and I think that I do have

1:27:55that. I don't know why you're

1:27:56both places. George Campbell.

1:28:00Oh, so you want to add your 2

1:28:02minutes to his, so he'll have 8

1:28:03minutes. It's, uh, Mr. Gamble

1:28:06here? Yes, ma'am. OK, so you'll

1:28:07have 8 minutes. I'll, I'll take

1:28:09her from. Isaiah Hilton, um. OK

1:28:15so we're at Madison Gamble. No,

1:28:18um, Councilor President, I'm

1:28:19yielding my time to. OK, so

1:28:22that'll take you to 10 minutes,

1:28:24and so Brandy Gamble. So we are

1:28:30we were speaking together,

1:28:32Madam President, I'm not sure

1:28:33how the names um so the yielded

1:28:36portion. Mr. Gamble, you will

1:28:38be at the end after the rest of

1:28:39the two minute speakers, um,

1:28:41these are the two minute

1:28:43speakers and the gilded time

1:28:43speakers are at the end of, uh,

1:28:47the public comment, 2 minute

1:28:49speakers, so you will have 10

1:28:51minutes then. OK, OK, is uh

1:28:56Tanisha Tidwell here. OK, and

1:28:57what Dennis? Yes. Sanna Dennis,

1:29:03OK, this one, so you'll have 10

1:29:04minutes. Uh, when we get done

1:29:07with the next, probably about 7

1:29:10more speakers. Nope. 10 more

1:29:12speakers at 2 minutes each. OK.

1:29:16So our next speaker is Ashley

1:29:19Conyers. Followed by 13 Love

1:29:21Youth Incorporated. And Lisette

1:29:25Parker. You each have 2 minutes

1:29:28That's. Hi, good afternoon,

1:29:30Madam Chair and council members

1:29:32My name is Ashley Conyers. I'm

1:29:33a Marshall Motley Fellow at the

1:29:35Southern Center for Human

1:29:36Rights, and today I'm here to

1:29:37speak briefly about the pending

1:29:41IGA concerning ACDC. This

1:29:43agreement will shape the future

1:29:44of ACDC and have lasting

1:29:46implications for public

1:29:48resources, public

1:29:48accountability, and the people

1:29:49who may ultimately be housed

1:29:51there. First, your constituents

1:29:53should not be learning the

1:29:54details of this agreement after

1:29:55it has already been approved.

1:29:57The public deserves the

1:29:58opportunity to. View the

1:29:59agreement, ask questions, and

1:30:01provide feedback before this

1:30:02process moves forward. Second,

1:30:04we remain concerned about

1:30:06claims regarding anticipated

1:30:08annual cost savings. Documents

1:30:11recently reviewed by Southern

1:30:13Center raised questions about

1:30:13whether projected savings have

1:30:15fully been substantiated, and

1:30:18we urge caution before any

1:30:19council members make

1:30:20commitments based on

1:30:21assumptions that have not yet

1:30:22fully been supported by

1:30:24complete information. Finally,

1:30:26information provided thus far

1:30:28from the letter received by

1:30:29Chairman Rob Pitts suggests at

1:30:31Atlanta will retain

1:30:33responsibility for medical

1:30:34services for their incarcerated

1:30:36people. Documents that we're

1:30:37reviewing suggest that this is,

1:30:38there isn't an adequate amount

1:30:40of Atlanta medical staff to

1:30:42handle the medical needs of all

1:30:44the people in the jail.

1:30:46Additionally, it is suggested

1:30:47that the sheriff may resume

1:30:49responsibility for sanitation

1:30:51and nutrition before those

1:30:53responsibilities are are

1:30:54transferred. We urge counsel to

1:30:56remember the realities that

1:30:58have already been documented by

1:31:00Fullerton County facilities and

1:31:01the monitor's report pages 27

1:31:04and 28, the monitor reported

1:31:05the overall cleanliness has

1:31:07declined in poor conditions

1:31:09were creating an unhealthy

1:31:12environment on page 33,

1:31:14residents reported that they

1:31:15were not consistently receiving

1:31:18medically prescribed diet,

1:31:18sanitation, nutrition are not

1:31:22minor operational issues, and

1:31:23they are funneled to health,

1:31:24safety, and human dignity. The

1:31:27public deserves to know how

1:31:28these deficiencies will be

1:31:29addressed with respect to

1:31:31people incarcerated by the city

1:31:32Thank you for your time. Thank

1:31:32you. 13 Love Youth Incorporated

1:31:39Hey man, Her name is Coach

1:31:42Ramsey. I'm the CEO of the 13

1:31:43Love Youth Program. I made a

1:31:46speech that I will speaking to

1:31:48your microphone. I'm sorry, I'm

1:31:50the CEO of the 13 Love Youth

1:31:51Program. I made a speech that I

1:31:54share with everybody. We are

1:31:56Currently in the process of

1:31:59opening up our new youth center

1:32:00in the Western And this speech

1:32:05will help show what 13 Love is

1:32:07about. 13 Love, Youth Inc. 13

1:32:10Love is the answer for Atlanta.

1:32:1413 left is the answer. For

1:32:16those parents who want their

1:32:17their children to express

1:32:20themselves and not uh. Express

1:32:23themselves. 130 left is the

1:32:24answer to those children living

1:32:28in communities surrounded by

1:32:30money, sex, and violence. 13

1:32:32love is the answer for youth

1:32:35who is misguided because they

1:32:37are products of a misguided

1:32:39environment. 13 love is the

1:32:42answer. To those parents who

1:32:44want to save their Children

1:32:46from being a victim of violence

1:32:50in the Georgia. State Pri

1:32:53system. 13 Love is the answer

1:32:57to those youth in our community

1:33:00that we label as at risk and

1:33:02I'd like to thank the city of

1:33:06Atlanta for allowing me to

1:33:07speak and come in this upcoming

1:33:09year in January, we are

1:33:11definitely looking forward to

1:33:13opening up a new community

1:33:15center at 6:37 Lee Street.

1:33:18Thank you. Thanks for coming.

1:33:22Lisette Parker, you have 2

1:33:24minutes. Thank you. Good

1:33:28afternoon, council members,

1:33:31Madam President, again hello my

1:33:32name is Lisette Parker and I'm

1:33:34a resident of Cuya Heights

1:33:35where I've lived since 2009.

1:33:38Today I'm asking the board to

1:33:40make the definition of family

1:33:42and the distinction between

1:33:44single family residents

1:33:46boarding or a rooming house a

1:33:47priority in the zoning rewrite.

1:33:49A boarding house should not

1:33:51automatically qualify a single

1:33:53family resident should not

1:33:54qualify as a single family

1:33:55residence, simply because

1:33:56people are living under one

1:33:58roof. There must be a clear

1:34:00distinctions between a

1:34:01household functioning as a

1:34:02family and a property operating

1:34:03as a commercial rooming or

1:34:05boarding house. I am not here

1:34:07to tell you or anyone who they

1:34:09can live with. I'm here to ask

1:34:10that our zoning laws protect

1:34:12the purpose and character of

1:34:14single family neighborhoods as

1:34:16well as historical

1:34:18neighborhoods. Heights is

1:34:20losing its sense of community.

1:34:24are now hesitant to engage.teddd

1:34:25People are afraid to speak up.

1:34:28We're losing the comfort of

1:34:30enjoying our yards, sitting on

1:34:30our porches, and feeling safe

1:34:32in the very homes we worked

1:34:34hard to own and maintain.

1:34:37Unfortunately, Cuya Heights a aa

1:34:39other historical areas have

1:34:41been going through this since

1:34:421950. No residents should feel

1:34:44like a prisoner in their own

1:34:46home. This is not simply about

1:34:48property values, it's about

1:34:50quality of life, neighborhood

1:34:52stability, and the right to

1:34:54peacefully enjoy our homes, our

1:34:57respectfully ask this board to

1:34:59establish clear enforceable

1:35:01zoning definitions that

1:35:03distinguish single-family

1:35:05households from commercial

1:35:10while protecting the loss ofons

1:35:11family and shared and clarified

1:35:14shared living arrangements. A

1:35:15house is a structure. A

1:35:17neighborhood is a community.

1:35:19Our zoning laws should protect

1:35:21both. I thank you all for your

1:35:22time and consideration. Thank

1:35:24you. Our next three speakers,

1:35:28Bertrand Eason, Devin Franklin.

1:35:33Helen Williams. You each have 2

1:35:35minutes. You can come forward.

1:35:39Bertrand Eason, 2 minutes. I'm

1:35:47gonna start it up um a little

1:35:49small thing it's Arabic. In

1:35:51Arabic, our studies were, you

1:35:53know, being God conscious and

1:35:55Tawa as the young lady spoke

1:35:58earlier about having God in our

1:36:00our, you know, communications

1:36:00and our dealings. But it says

1:36:02it that a naslahiwalfaat Barra

1:36:08naayakulunnafinilehi awaja

1:36:11Fasabibihamdirabika Wastakhu in

1:36:13uh who can uh to web. And what

1:36:15that's saying and

1:36:16interpretation is, um, when

1:36:18comes the help of God? And thou

1:36:21seest the people in a God's

1:36:22religion in crowds. Turn from

1:36:25your wicked ways and run to him

1:36:28in repentance. See, if God is

1:36:31not in it, then I'm not in it.

1:36:34And neither shall any of us be

1:36:36in it. If it's grew up with the

1:36:38people, then that's one thing.

1:36:40But if it's killing people

1:36:40that's not of God's will. I

1:36:43live by his commandments. And

1:36:45his commandments is for us to

1:36:47love one another. And the

1:36:49second one, just is for us to

1:36:51love our brothers and our

1:36:52sisters as unto ourselves. But

1:36:55this is not taking place. I

1:36:58don't see this. I don't see

1:36:59this in the system. I've done

1:37:0330 years prison time in this

1:37:05system. So I've seen corruption

1:37:05at its best. It's time for

1:37:09change and the people are

1:37:10calling for change. So, if you

1:37:12want that change, that won't

1:37:14take place in a two-minute

1:37:16speech. Just like I approached

1:37:19the council members. And the

1:37:21mayors of Biloxi, Mississippi.

1:37:23Gulfport, Mississippi. And

1:37:25those towns, I would have

1:37:27approached this city council

1:37:28the same way respectfully. I am

1:37:30a spiritual person. It says, so

1:37:32in my incorporated business,

1:37:34and I would like for you to

1:37:35identify me as that, as well as

1:37:38my organization. I look forward

1:37:39to meeting some of you all.

1:37:41Maybe next time I come through,

1:37:42I get a chance to speak with

1:37:43you all. Thank you and you all

1:37:46have a blessed day. Thank you.

1:37:50Devin Franklin. You you have 2

1:37:52minutes. Thank you, President

1:37:59Overstreet. Uh, good afternoon,

1:38:01council members for the viewing

1:38:02public. My name is Devin

1:38:03Franklin. I am senior movement

1:38:05policy counsel at the Southern

1:38:06Center for Human Rights. And

1:38:08today I am here to pose a

1:38:09question to you all. What do

1:38:11you do when the four corners of

1:38:13your four corners of your

1:38:15contract are not enough. Two

1:38:15weeks ago, this body approved

1:38:17legislation that with

1:38:19contingencies, at least

1:38:20presumptively approved the sale

1:38:21of the Atlanta City Detention

1:38:22Center to Fulton County for $68

1:38:26million. The emerging logic

1:38:26from the resulting discussion

1:38:28presented several

1:38:28justifications that I would

1:38:29take issue with. However, there

1:38:31is one that I wish to engage

1:38:32with you all today. And that's

1:38:33the portion that provides the

1:38:35city of Atlanta with the

1:38:35ability to lease back a portion

1:38:37of ACDC to house those

1:38:38individuals that it detains

1:38:40within the municipal criminal

1:38:40legal system here in Atlanta.

1:38:44The proposition is that the

1:38:44pending IGA agreement for the

1:38:46length of the proposed lease

1:38:48would give Atlanta the ability

1:38:49to continue to hold people in

1:38:51custody. However, what is not

1:38:53contemplated by the agreement

1:38:53is the consequence of entering

1:38:55into such an agreement that

1:38:57puts control of the building

1:38:58under the control of a

1:39:00constitutional officer. That

1:39:00officer in this situation being

1:39:01the Fulton County Sheriff. At

1:39:02this point in time, Sheriff

1:39:05Labott, however, at any point

1:39:06in time, Whoever may succeed

1:39:08him in office. This concern has

1:39:11been conveyed previously by

1:39:11Southern Center of Public

1:39:12Policy Director Tiffany Roberts

1:39:13but I will reiterate it today.

1:39:15The day that Sheriff Labott or

1:39:16anyone else holding in the

1:39:18office of Fulton County Sheriff

1:39:18decides that housing, Atlanta's

1:39:20Italian people no longer serves

1:39:22his purpose or that he needs a

1:39:23space for his own purposes.

1:39:25Atlanta has no recourse against

1:39:26a constitutional officer who by

1:39:29law effectively operates with

1:39:30unfettered discretion as it

1:39:31relates to the the control of

1:39:33their daily operations, i.e. ja

1:39:35Link. That is not an arbitrary

1:39:36concern either. And actually

1:39:38has been one that I've

1:39:39experienced in my professional

1:39:41career as a public defender. Um

1:39:44This happened in 2020 when I

1:39:46was a public defender and we

1:39:47sued the Fulton County Sheriff

1:39:49for releases of individuals

1:39:50during COVID. And we were

1:39:52without an office and the

1:39:54ability to effectively

1:39:54represent our clients in that

1:39:55jail at that time. So I closed

1:39:56today offering you all a word

1:39:58of caution. Your best

1:40:00intentions and contracts are

1:40:01not legally sufficient to

1:40:01protect your interests going

1:40:03forward. When the sheriff

1:40:03decides it's time to kick you

1:40:05out, you may be able to pursue

1:40:05a cause for damages, but

1:40:08practically we have no option

1:40:08but to comply. I encourage you

1:40:10all to vote no on the IGJA when

1:40:12you receive it. Thank you.

1:40:13Thank you. You, Helen Williams,

1:40:16you have 2 minutes. Can I pass

1:40:23this to you please? This is

1:40:24what I'm gonna be talking about

1:40:25I would like for you to look at

1:40:26it. Um, did you place it right

1:40:28there on the end, over there on

1:40:29the side, and we'll come grab

1:40:30it from you. Yeah. We'll come

1:40:34grab it. And, and so that's

1:40:37your cell phone? Yeah, I just

1:40:39need, yeah, you what I'm

1:40:41speaking of, you have to see

1:40:43these pictures. Oh, I got it.

1:40:44OK, yeah, we'll we'll, so we'll

1:40:46come, we'll come grab them,

1:40:48grab it and. Share.

1:40:53Specifically to you now though.

1:40:55OK. OK. Um, good afternoon. My

1:40:57name is Helen Delilah Williams,

1:40:59AKA Helen Williams Bosston, AKA

1:41:02Helen Delilah Williams Boss,

1:41:02and I live at 642 Leicester

1:41:04Street, and I've been there

1:41:06since 1992. The pictures that

1:41:07you're about to receive right

1:41:09now is about August 9th, 1920.

1:41:142025, there was an incident

1:41:15here at the City Hall on the

1:41:183rd 3rd level floor in the

1:41:18zoning. apartment as I was

1:41:22going inside to take care of

1:41:24some personal business, uh, as

1:41:24I was sitting there and walked

1:41:26up to speak to the lady on the

1:41:28phone, the petition fell on top

1:41:31of me, slapped me across my

1:41:31head, pushed me in the this

1:41:33seat, and then I'm transported

1:41:34to the emergency and this, that

1:41:35and the other. The reason I'm

1:41:37standing before you to speak

1:41:38before it because the fact that

1:41:39I'm going through identity

1:41:40theft. There are people that's

1:41:42coming into this into your city

1:41:44system, claiming to be me, so

1:41:46therefore when I come to speak

1:41:47to the people, I'm going

1:41:49through opposition because

1:41:49Things are doing, being done

1:41:51online. I am not an online

1:41:54person simply because I've been

1:41:55going through identity theft

1:41:56for 6 years. When I came before

1:41:58you six years ago, I was

1:42:00complaining and telling you

1:42:02about identity theft and that

1:42:03my information was stolen and

1:42:05the fact that it was stolen, I

1:42:07was a member of the Greater

1:42:09Piney Grove, and my blood was

1:42:11taken and they created 3 people

1:42:13with different ID names. Helen

1:42:15Williams D. Boston, Helen

1:42:18Williams, no dash boasting and

1:42:20then Helen Williams, BOL T O N,

1:42:24no S. I stand firm on that

1:42:27today. And the reason and how

1:42:27they do that is because of the,

1:42:30the numbers that they have in

1:42:31the system. I'm not here to

1:42:33complain about that, but I'm

1:42:34here to address that if they're

1:42:36using my name and being in the

1:42:40midst business with

1:42:41Cosmopolitan AME Church. I'm

1:42:42sorry, I'm closing my eyes.

1:42:43Cosmopolitan AME Church,

1:42:45they're using my information to

1:42:47proceed with the building that

1:42:48they're about to purchase and

1:42:48have. Received money to move

1:42:51forward with this project. I am

1:42:54so celebrated with this. So I'm

1:42:56just saying that. I'm I have a

1:43:00lawsuit for $175,000 here with

1:43:03the city. And that's your time.

1:43:05We took a look at your picture.

1:43:09You took a look at one picture

1:43:10or several because it just one,

1:43:12but you know, I mean, maybe you

1:43:15can make that I really want you

1:43:16to see because if you only

1:43:17looked at one and if you, if

1:43:20you don't mind, you maybe you

1:43:21can uh print them, we can have

1:43:23somebody work with you to print

1:43:24those up for you. Uh, just

1:43:26maybe a couple, yeah. May I

1:43:28give them to Mr. Mr. Byron Amos

1:43:30since he's my counseling. Of

1:43:32course. I'll be happy to do

1:43:33that. Of course. Thank you, uh,

1:43:37Deborah Scott, you have 2

1:43:37minutes. I don't see Deborah

1:43:40Scott in here. This takes us to

1:43:46our yielded time portion and

1:43:48I've already Checked your

1:43:50yielded speakers, Mister Gamble

1:43:51You have 10 minutes. It's your

1:43:55turn. All right, thank you.

1:43:57Good afternoon. Madam counsel

1:44:00President and members of the

1:44:02council. My name is George

1:44:04Gamble. And standing beside me

1:44:06is my wife, Brandy Gamble.

1:44:08First, we would like to express

1:44:10our sincere appreciation to the

1:44:12council and the president for

1:44:13allowing us this opportunity.

1:44:15We stand before you not only as

1:44:18concerned citizens, but as

1:44:20grieving parents who have

1:44:21experienced a terrible loss of

1:44:22our beloved daughter, Morgan

1:44:24Lee Gamble. On October 13th,

1:44:282026, our beautiful daughter

1:44:29Morgan, tragically lost her

1:44:31life in a horrific crash in an

1:44:35intersection of Glenn Street

1:44:36and Hank Aaron Drive downtown.

1:44:40Morgan was a senior at Clark

1:44:40Atlanta University, an aspiring

1:44:42film producer. She had already

1:44:44begun her pursuing her career,

1:44:46her passion in the industry, in

1:44:48the entertainment industry. She

1:44:49worked on several films,

1:44:51several. Uh, productions and

1:44:55appear as a background actress

1:44:56in the Netflix, A Different

1:44:58World. When our family visited

1:45:01the crash site. That next day,

1:45:04several members of the

1:45:04community approached us with

1:45:07condolences. Many were students

1:45:07who shared disturbing accounts

1:45:10of their own experience at that

1:45:11particular intersection. They

1:45:14described vehicles traveling in

1:45:16excessive speeds and numerous

1:45:18occasions, nearly getting hit

1:45:20themselves. I'm a United States

1:45:23Army veteran, a former Airborne

1:45:25Ranger Cup and commander, and

1:45:27throughout my military career,

1:45:28I was responsible for leading

1:45:30soldiers through missions that

1:45:31often involve significant risk.

1:45:33In our unit we live by a simple

1:45:36but powerful principle. It was

1:45:38a mission first, people always.

1:45:41That means that we have a

1:45:43responsibility to plan and

1:45:45successfully execute our

1:45:47mission and do everything

1:45:47possible to ensure that our

1:45:50soldiers return home safely.

1:45:52Today I would like to encourage

1:45:54the city of Atlanta and the

1:45:56council to embrace that same

1:45:58philosophy when planning and

1:46:00designing our streets and

1:46:03transportation infrastructure.

1:46:03Mission first and in this case,

1:46:06designed a very efficient

1:46:08transportation plan. People

1:46:12always ensuring the safety of

1:46:14people always. Transportation

1:46:16projects should not be solely

1:46:19evaluated on construction costs

1:46:21budgets, and traffic

1:46:23efficiencies. They they must be

1:46:24evaluated on the ability to

1:46:26protect human lives. Always

1:46:30According to the Atlanta Police

1:46:30Department, the driver who

1:46:32struck my daughter was

1:46:35reportedly driving an

1:46:36accelerating from 70 to 80

1:46:37miles an hour before a

1:46:41collision that occurred at

1:46:43approximately 94 miles an hour.

1:46:44Let that, think about that for

1:46:46a moment. 94 miles an hour in

1:46:50downtown Atlanta in an area

1:46:52surrounded by residents,

1:46:54business owners. College

1:46:57students, how is it possible

1:46:57for a vehicle to reach that

1:46:59speed. On a city street. Where

1:47:04were the significant traffic

1:47:06calming measures that would

1:47:08prevent such a tragedy to

1:47:09happen. And perhaps the most

1:47:12troubling question is how fast

1:47:15would he eventually gone

1:47:16because he only stopped when he

1:47:17struck my daughter's car. I'm

1:47:20here to work together. With the

1:47:24city council. To make

1:47:25meaningful change and protect

1:47:27our children, our students, and

1:47:29every person that travels our

1:47:31streets. At this time I would

1:47:33like to introduce my wife

1:47:34Brandy. Who will share our

1:47:37policy on some of the changes

1:47:39we think should be made. Madam

1:47:42President, could I leave this

1:47:42here for you? You can, and it's

1:47:44fine for Brandy to speak

1:47:46because she's on the list.

1:47:47Thank you so much. She signed

1:47:48up. Good afternoon again, madam

1:47:53Council President and

1:47:54distinguished members. Of the

1:47:58city council. My name is Brandy

1:48:02Gamble and I am Morgan's mother

1:48:09No mother should ever have to

1:48:09stand before a city council and

1:48:12ask for changes that might have

1:48:14saved her daughter's life.

1:48:20Morgan was more than a college

1:48:21student. She was our daughter.

1:48:25A young woman filled with love.

1:48:29Ambition, creativity, and

1:48:30promise. She was a valued

1:48:34citizen of the Atlanta

1:48:35community. Morgan's life has

1:48:38been honored via formal

1:48:41recognitions in the form of

1:48:43official letters and

1:48:45proclamations. Even made by

1:48:47this very council. Mayor

1:48:52Dickens and the city of Atlanta

1:48:54Georgia state Senate. Fulton

1:48:58County, the city of Saint Louis

1:49:00And we've even gotten support

1:49:03from the Clark Atlanta

1:49:04Collegiate chapters of the

1:49:06NAACP. The National Coalition

1:49:10of Negro women. Parents Against

1:49:14Drunk Drivers, the local

1:49:16chapters of divine 9

1:49:18organizations. Morgan had so

1:49:21much more to accomplish. So

1:49:24many dreams to fulfill. And so

1:49:28much life left to live.

1:49:30Unfortunately, we will never

1:49:31have the opportunity to see

1:49:33those dreams become reality. We

1:49:37respectfully ask the city of

1:49:38Atlanta to take immediate steps

1:49:41to evaluate and improve roadway

1:49:44safety. Along Glen Street, Hank

1:49:48Aaron Drive and the surrounding

1:49:49community. We ask that you

1:49:52consider things Help with

1:49:55traffic calming measures like

1:49:57speed bumps. In support of the

1:50:02roadway safety request, the

1:50:04Clark Atlanta University

1:50:05chapter of the NAACP has issued

1:50:08a petition. Prior to standing

1:50:11up here today, I looked to see

1:50:12that there are over 2500

1:50:15signatures on that petition

1:50:17from residents, students, and

1:50:20visitors to our city. We cannot

1:50:24bring Morgan back. But perhaps

1:50:27through her memory, we We can

1:50:30help save another daughter.

1:50:33Another son, another college

1:50:35student, another innocent

1:50:38person traveling through our

1:50:38city. Morgan's life mattered.

1:50:42Her dreams mattered, and her

1:50:45legacy deserves to matter. We

1:50:47cannot change what happened to

1:50:49Morgan on October 13th, but

1:50:51together we can change what

1:50:53happens next. As my husband

1:50:56said, mission first and people

1:50:58always. On behalf of our family

1:51:00thank Thank you for listening.

1:51:02Thank you for your compassion

1:51:04and thank you for helping us to

1:51:05honor the life and legacy of

1:51:07our beloved daughter, Morgan

1:51:09Lee Gamble. That all. Mm mm mm

1:51:18mm mm mm mm mm mm mm. I'll

1:51:20never hear the end of that.

1:51:23Yeah. I. Sure. Mr. Campbell,

1:51:53ma'am, are you going to speak

1:51:54again? No, ma'am. OK, I want to

1:51:56thank you for coming, uh, to

1:51:59share and your whole family

1:52:01coming to share that with us.

1:52:03Um, everyone, we are now at the

1:52:05end of our public comment. We

1:52:08appreciate when you take your

1:52:10time, take the time to come and

1:52:12speak with us. And deliver

1:52:16information that in your from

1:52:17your communities and things

1:52:19that are important to you. So

1:52:19thank you again for coming and

1:52:23uh participating in our public

1:52:24comment. Madam Clark. We are

1:52:28now at the report of the

1:52:29journal. Captain. Good

1:52:33afternoon, Madam President and

1:52:34members of council, I, Corinne

1:52:37Lindale, municipal clerk of the

1:52:37City of Atlanta, do hereby

1:52:39certify that the minutes of the

1:52:40regular meeting held on Monday,

1:52:42October 19, 2026 are true and

1:52:44correct. Is there a motion to

1:52:49adopt the report of the journal

1:52:51so moved by a worthy second by

1:52:53Norwood. We can actually do

1:52:54this by unanimous consent.

1:52:55Madam Clark, please sound the

1:52:57count for unanimous consent. I

1:52:59don't think we have a quorum.

1:53:00Ma. Have a 1111 years, nays 11

1:53:11yay, 0 nays, the report of the

1:53:13Journal. I adopted.

1:53:18Communications. Um, we have 2,

1:53:20Madam President. I am number 1

1:53:24is 26C 15095. This a

1:53:26communication from Mayor Andre

1:53:27Dickens, appointed Mr. Doug

1:53:29Rossos, I'm sorry, to serve as

1:53:31a commissioner of the

1:53:31Department of Recreation for

1:53:33the city of Atlanta. Staff

1:53:35recommendation to refer to

1:53:37Community Development Human

1:53:38Services Committee and

1:53:38Committee on council. Let it

1:53:42follow that course. Next item

1:53:44is 2016C 1596. This is a

1:53:47communication from municipal

1:53:49clerkr windows, submitting a

1:53:51report of administrative

1:53:52corrections made to previously

1:53:54adopted legislation between the

1:53:55regular council meeting date of

1:53:56October 19, 2026, and November

1:53:592, 2026 to Atlanta City Council

1:54:02in accordance with Section 2275

1:54:04of the Atlantic City Code of

1:54:07Ordinances correcting 26R 3915

1:54:09and 26 R. 389. 3989 staff

1:54:15recommendation to accept and

1:54:15file. I'll entertain a motion

1:54:16to accept and file, so moved by

1:54:25one second by Worthy, Madam

1:54:26Clark, please open the vote.

1:54:26One moment. The boat is open.

1:54:36Will everyone please vote. So

1:54:45it's close 10 years, nays. 10

1:54:50years, iron nays. That item is

1:54:53accepted and filed. That

1:54:59concludes the communication and

1:54:59present. Do we have any veto

1:55:03legislation? We do not

1:55:04unfinished business. We do not.

1:55:05All right, that takes us to our

1:55:08consent agenda, Madam President

1:55:08I would just like to as a point

1:55:10of privilege, just remind

1:55:12everyone that tomorrow is

1:55:12election day, and we urge

1:55:13everyone who is not already

1:55:15voted, so please go out and

1:55:17exercise your right to vote.

1:55:17Thank you. Great message. Thank

1:55:19you, Madam Clark. Consent

1:55:23agenda section one, we're now

1:55:24there. These are items that

1:55:26have received unanimous votes

1:55:28out of committees. Are there

1:55:30any items to be removed from

1:55:31consent to gender section one.

1:55:34Mr. I'm sorry? Wow. Moved to

1:55:42adopt my 12 by Martin. Madam

1:55:46Clark, open the vote. One

1:55:50moment I mean The vote is open.

1:56:02Well, everyone please vote.

1:56:13Well, everyone please vote. The

1:56:23votes closed. 10 yay, 0 nays.

1:56:2510, 0 nays, consent agenda

1:56:28section one is adopted.

1:56:31Councilor number one, thank you

1:56:33Madam President. I'd like to

1:56:35move 260 1238. It's item 20 on

1:56:37page 9. Again, 260 12:38. I'd

1:56:40like to move that to the

1:56:41mayor's office posthaste.

1:56:43Absolutely. Anyone else? Any

1:56:45other council members? CNN get

1:56:51out 2 moved by 1, 2nd by uh

1:56:54worthy, but this can be done by

1:56:56unanimous consent with no

1:56:59objection, Council members,

1:57:00Madam Clark, please sound the

1:57:02count for unanimous consent.

1:57:051010 nays. That item is moved

1:57:07to the mayor's office posthaste

1:57:09OK, moving on to consent agenda

1:57:11section 2. These are items that

1:57:16were introduced for first reads

1:57:16in our committees and are to be

1:57:19referred back to their

1:57:20respective committees. Are

1:57:21there any items to be removed

1:57:23from consent to gender section

1:57:232. Bye Moved to refer by 1, 2nd

1:57:30by Nora Wood, I'll entertain.

1:57:32Oh, Excuse me, Madam Clark,

1:57:36please open the vote. The phone

1:57:38is open? everyone please vote.

1:57:55The call is 11 yay, 0 nays 11,

1:57:570 nays, all items on consented

1:58:01agenda section 2 will be

1:58:01referred back to their

1:58:03committees. That takes us to

1:58:04our standing committees. We'll

1:58:06start with Zoning, chair,

1:58:10Norwood. Good afternoon. Thank

1:58:19you, Madam President. We have 3

1:58:21items 2 to file, 1 to adverse,

1:58:23the 2 to file are 260, 1054 U

1:58:3025, 28 on Cleveland Avenue, uh,

1:58:33for a park for hire facility.

1:58:35The second one is 260-1386 Z

1:58:422629. It is one address in a

1:58:46beltline overlay district.

1:58:48ranging from one zoning to

1:58:50another that has been also

1:58:51asked to be and recommended to

1:58:53be filed. So I make the motion

1:58:55to file. OK. So motion to file

1:58:59by uh Norwood, second by

1:59:02Collins, uh, Madam Clark,

1:59:04please open the vote. found is

1:59:06open. Will everyone please vote

1:59:16? Its close lena or nay nays,

1:59:25those items are filed, and the

1:59:27last one, and before I read

1:59:29that in, I would like to thank

1:59:32Vice Chair Collins for um

1:59:34leading the zoning committee

1:59:36this past week and actually do

1:59:38you want to come up with me?

1:59:40You can read this one in. You

1:59:42should, you should have done

1:59:43all three, but I'll let you do

1:59:44the last one. Oh Protocol.

1:59:50Lewis, just walk in. What am

1:59:55Just that sounds good. Um, I'm

2:00:01just kidding. We have, um, one

2:00:03more item, item number 3,

2:00:09legislation 260-1512, uh,

2:00:10location is 1956 Austin Road,

2:00:14the ordinance is to rezone from

2:00:16PDH, um, excuse me, from

2:00:18planned development housing to

2:00:19planned development housing for

2:00:20a major site plan amendment and

2:00:23the recommendation from the

2:00:24committee is sweat verse.

2:00:26Recommendation from the

2:00:27committee is to adverse. This

2:00:28does not require a second.

2:00:32Madam Clerk, please prepare the

2:00:32vote. So the vote is open. Will

2:00:41everyone please vote. The Is

2:00:50closed 12 ye 0 nays, 12 yay, 0

2:00:52nays, this item is at first.

2:00:55Thank you so much, Madam

2:00:56President, that um, InON

2:00:59committee. Thank you, zoning

2:01:01chair and vice chair, Norwood

2:01:04and Collins, and that takes us

2:01:06to public safety Legal

2:01:08Administration. Do we have the

2:01:10honorable Andrea Boone back up.

2:01:14The report. Yes, there is a

2:01:17report, uh, parliamentarian. Uh

2:01:19can without changing our agenda

2:01:22can we just move on to the next

2:01:26committee. Oh, OK. What did you

2:01:29say? I said, without changing

2:01:31our agenda, can we just move on

2:01:32or should we have the vice

2:01:37chair. Well, that's we'll have

2:01:39vice chair Martin fill in and

2:01:41do public Um, whenever we get a

2:01:45break, I need to send. Thank

2:01:50you so much, Madam President.

2:01:51We have one item on the report,

2:01:57uh, item 26-C-5092, the

2:01:58communication from Donald T.

2:02:00Panovi, CPA chair, audit

2:02:02committee submitting the

2:02:02performance audit, uh, 26.05

2:02:06APD asset forfeiture. This item

2:02:09comes out of committee with a

2:02:09recommendation to accept and

2:02:10file. Accordingly, I will make

2:02:11the motion to accept and file.

2:02:13A motion to accept and file by

2:02:16Martin does not require a

2:02:17second because it's coming out

2:02:17of committee favorable to foul.

2:02:19Madam Clark, please prepare.

2:02:20vote. The vote is open. Mart

2:02:24yes. Yes. Well, everyone please

2:02:40vote. That's $1100. The posts

2:02:49close 11 years. 11 years, 0

2:02:52nays, this item is filed. This

2:02:54concludes our report, Madam

2:02:56President. Thank you, Vice

2:02:56Chair Martin. Moving on to city

2:02:59utilities, the Honorable Dustin

2:03:01Hillis, Cheir Hillis. Thank you

2:03:02Madam President. Before I get

2:03:03my report, um, would like to

2:03:05send one additional item to the

2:03:07mayor's office postta that was

2:03:08on the consent agenda that is

2:03:12260 1578 item 6, page 6. Motion

2:03:14by Hillers to send an item to

2:03:16the mayor's office posthaste,

2:03:19seconded by Westmoreland. This

2:03:19is. should be done by unanimous

2:03:23consent without objection.

2:03:25Madam Clerk, please stand the

2:03:25account for unanimous consent.

2:03:28Oh yeah, 0 nay. 12 yeah er nays

2:03:30this item is sent to the

2:03:32mayor's office posthaste. Which

2:03:33one is it? 26? Oh, that's I'm

2:03:36sorry. I just want to make sure

2:03:38you have it. Do you have it? OK

2:03:39she has it. 260 1578 item 6,

2:03:42page 6. Thank you. OK. And so

2:03:46we're at City Utilities now.

2:03:48Thank you again, Madam

2:03:50President. A, we initially did

2:03:52not have a report, but, uh, we

2:03:54got some. A substitute for an

2:03:56item that was held that needs

2:03:57to be. Um, passed by the

2:04:01council today due to some time

2:04:02constraints, uh, so I'll make a

2:04:03motion to enter a committee of

2:04:04the whole. Motion by Hillis to

2:04:06go into a committee of the

2:04:08whole 2nd by worthy. Madam

2:04:10Clark, this can be done by

2:04:12unanimous consent. Uh, please

2:04:13sign the count for unanimous

2:04:15consent. 13 yeah er nays 13 yay

2:04:180 nays. We are now in the

2:04:19committee of the whole. Thank

2:04:22you. The substitute does change

2:04:24the caption, so I'll make a

2:04:25motion to bring forth a

2:04:26substitute motion by Hilla to

2:04:26bring forth to substitute is as

2:04:28their second by 1. Madam Clerk,

2:04:30please prepare to vote. To

2:04:33bring forth the substitute.

2:04:37Yeah, I appreciate it. Give me

2:04:39a group. The vote is open.

2:04:46Jerry down there. Will everyone

2:04:49please vote. The close is that?

2:05:06Councilor Boone, what is your

2:05:07vote? Council member Norwood,

2:05:09what is your vote? Council

2:05:18member Norwood. C Norwood, what

2:05:25is your vote? 13 yay, 0 nay. 13

2:05:310 nays. This item is substitute

2:05:36it the substitute is before us.

2:05:38It's 2605094 out of 8 on page

2:05:4145, an ordinance by council

2:05:42member Dustin Hillis as

2:05:43substituted by the Atlanta City

2:05:45Council to waive the

2:05:45procurement source selection

2:05:46provisions contained in

2:05:47Division 4 of Chapter 2,

2:05:49Article 10 of the City of

2:05:49Atlanta Code of Ordinances as

2:05:50well as any other conflicting

2:05:52code provisions to authorize

2:05:53the mayor who's designed to

2:05:54execute the Ninth Amendment to

2:05:56contract number listed, annual

2:05:57contract for. Water

2:05:58distribution system

2:06:00rehabilitation and improvements

2:06:01with Rockdale Pipeline Inc.

2:06:02integral municipal Services

2:06:03Corporation, JV on behalf of

2:06:05the Department of Watershed

2:06:06Management to provide a

2:06:07time-only extension of 12

2:06:09months retroactively effective

2:06:10October 9, 2026 through October

2:06:128, 2027, and for other purposes

2:06:14and the substitute simply

2:06:16changed again, the term of the

2:06:19time-only extension from 6

2:06:20months to 12 months. So I'll

2:06:21make a motion to approve.

2:06:23Motion to approve or adopt on

2:06:25substitute or any discussion.

2:06:28Council number one. Thank you.

2:06:30Um, so this came up in

2:06:32committee. It was another

2:06:34example of uh administration

2:06:37coming to us asking for an

2:06:39extension for a contract that

2:06:41had already expired. The RFP

2:06:43for the new, it references that

2:06:44we were doing the extension

2:06:46because to give procurement

2:06:48time to do an RFP and yet it,

2:06:50the, there's the CPO needed to

2:06:53still meet with the department,

2:06:54meaning that the RFP hadn't

2:06:55even hit the street yet. So we

2:06:57held it in committee. And it's

2:07:01the substitute has come to us

2:07:02today, now extending the

2:07:04contract for 6 months, I mean,

2:07:05for another 6 months, which

2:07:06makes sense. But it doesn't

2:07:08answer the fundamental question

2:07:10of what's the status of the RFP

2:07:13Has the department talked

2:07:15procurement talked to Watershed

2:07:17and what confidences can we

2:07:18have in terms of a timeline of

2:07:19when the RFP is going to be let

2:07:21uh, and when we're going to see

2:07:22it. So I'm, I don't see anybody

2:07:24from procurement out here. I

2:07:26don't see anybody from

2:07:27Watershed. I can't support this

2:07:29I mean, it, it's one thing.

2:07:30Just to extend the contract,

2:07:31but without that background

2:07:33information, The, it's an

2:07:37incomplete answer to my

2:07:38questions that I had in

2:07:40committee. So I see someone

2:07:41standing up. I'm hoping it is,

2:07:42are we sure no one's here?

2:07:44We're in committee of the House

2:07:45so we would like to speak to

2:07:47you. Would you introduce

2:07:48yourself and Good afternoon,

2:07:51council members Dehandrick

2:07:53Poole, Department of

2:07:54Procurement, um, in regards to

2:07:58the solicitation, it is in

2:08:00procurement, we're in the

2:08:00pre-planning phase. You're in

2:08:02the what phase, the

2:08:03pre-planning phase. Of the

2:08:05procurement, um, and then what

2:08:07was the second? Well, so, so do

2:08:08we have a timeline of when that

2:08:09means it will be actually let

2:08:12out to the street and has that

2:08:15meeting that was said that the

2:08:17CPO needed to have with the

2:08:18department, uh, with the

2:08:20commissioner, has that taken

2:08:20place yet? Is that not? It has

2:08:23not taken place. So Simply

2:08:29extending the time frame to me

2:08:30does not meet what I want as a

2:08:32council member providing

2:08:34oversight for Contracts This is

2:08:38the only chance we get to

2:08:39really get involved with

2:08:41contracts. Um, And that I, I

2:08:43just, I'm frustrated. I, I keep

2:08:45I feel like I keep ringing this

2:08:47bell every committee I'm on,

2:08:49all, you know, and, and it

2:08:50seems to be falling on deaf

2:08:52ears. So colleagues, I'm gonna

2:08:54ask y'all to hold this again,

2:08:56because to me, You can't just

2:09:01slap a a substitute in front of

2:09:02us the afternoon of a meeting,

2:09:03simply adding the dates without

2:09:06additional background and

2:09:08information and assurances as

2:09:08to the procurement status,

2:09:09because I don't also don't want

2:09:10to find a six months down the

2:09:12road, and then y'all coming

2:09:14back and asking for another

2:09:16extension. So, I know you

2:09:17didn't get a second on that. I

2:09:19don't know if anybody, I

2:09:20certainly so it's that a motion

2:09:21to hold. Well, he didn't get a

2:09:232nd on. Yeah, but you didn't

2:09:26get a 2nd on it. So, so. You're

2:09:28going to 2 to approved 2nd on

2:09:30hold or approve, I'm sorry. So

2:09:32this is discussion, OK. OK, so

2:09:39just one second, yeah, we're

2:09:41we're discussing Dustin's um um

2:09:44Hillis' paper and one final

2:09:46thing too. So y'all knew this

2:09:48was going to come up and you

2:09:50knew I was going to ask the

2:09:51questions, and while I'm not

2:09:52discounting your role in

2:09:54procurement, um, to me, knowing

2:09:56that we're going to go in the

2:09:57community as a whole, I would

2:09:58have expected the commissioners

2:09:59to be here. Um, so that I am, I

2:10:02now I'm just kind of being

2:10:03petulant. I know that, but this

2:10:05is a frustration that I have

2:10:06been voicing over and over and

2:10:10over and over again, and my

2:10:12patients run thin. And, and if

2:10:15this keeps coming, I'm just

2:10:15going to keep doing this. So, I

2:10:18appreciate y'all and I

2:10:18appreciate you being up there

2:10:19taking this. It's not directed

2:10:20at you, but yeah, and we're

2:10:22just gonna, I've expressed my

2:10:24frustration. Thank you OK, and

2:10:26um. We're still on. The motion

2:10:29to approve we're just having a

2:10:31discussion. So Councilman

2:10:33Worthy. I, I want to echo my

2:10:37colleague council member Juan's

2:10:38comments, um, there's no doubt

2:10:41in my mind that a lot of you

2:10:42are over there trying to fix

2:10:44what's going on in procurement.

2:10:47There's no doubt in my mind

2:10:48that you're working tirelessly

2:10:49to do it, and part of it has to

2:10:51do with rolling out a new, uh,

2:10:55management software and I know

2:10:56that if that is not done with

2:10:59the finest of fine points,

2:11:02everything falls by the wayside

2:11:02but we're getting to the point

2:11:05where I'm not comfortable as a

2:11:07fiduciary voting on these

2:11:09contract extensions. I mean,

2:11:11I've been down here for 10

2:11:12months now. I've been told that

2:11:15an RFP for blue heron Na.

2:11:18preserve in my district was

2:11:20going to be out 2 weeks. I've

2:11:21been hearing 2 weeks, 2. Weeks,

2:11:232 weeks since January this year

2:11:27It is now to the point where we

2:11:32are. Up here trying to balance

2:11:36what is necessary to run the

2:11:38city. With what is. We're

2:11:41supposed to be doing as

2:11:43fiduciaries. I mean, we just

2:11:45got, we just got the news this

2:11:47weekend that duty-free is

2:11:49closing down at the world's

2:11:50busiest and most efficient

2:11:52airport just in time for

2:11:54holiday travel because of

2:11:54procurement. Um, I'm getting to

2:11:58the point. Of Saying What's

2:12:03necessary to run the city. Us,

2:12:05we have to be a fiduciary first

2:12:08because that's really our only

2:12:10charter given role up here is

2:12:12to be a fiduciary of the city,

2:12:15and these contract extensions

2:12:17are not. Acceptable because

2:12:19we're doing it from

2:12:22exterminating weed cleaning,

2:12:23weed clearing, this stuff for

2:12:25watershed, and then stuff that

2:12:27needs to hit the streets have

2:12:28still not hit the streets 10

2:12:31months in, um, and my, my

2:12:35patients has worn thin as well,

2:12:37so I will make or second a

2:12:39motion to refer back to

2:12:41committee. OK, motion to refer

2:12:42back to committee by one second

2:12:46by Worthy. In a discussion. On

2:12:50that. Yeah, but we got a new

2:12:53motion. Now we're discussing

2:12:59the refer. Council member

2:12:59Hillis. So I Just provide a

2:13:04little other side of the story,

2:13:04and I totally council members

2:13:06Juan and Councilm Worthy.

2:13:08Because this is a repeat

2:13:10repetitive issue. That we see

2:13:13again across all committees. So

2:13:13it's not just a watershed issue

2:13:15it's clearly An issue with

2:13:17procurement. However, you know,

2:13:20Rockdale Pipeline. Uh Um, is a

2:13:24major DWM contractor. And they

2:13:26have a number of. Water, this

2:13:28is for water distribution, not

2:13:29sewer or stormwater, I believe.

2:13:33And we've all seen in the news

2:13:34where there's been water

2:13:35outages, etc. so. Um, I mean,

2:13:38it's, it's already retroactive,

2:13:40so. You know, maybe they'll

2:13:42keep doing their work, maybe

2:13:43they won't, I don't know, but

2:13:45just wanted to call out that

2:13:46this is for critical water

2:13:49distribution system

2:13:49improvements and enhancements.

2:13:51So, uh, but I will rest my case

2:13:53there. OK, any other?

2:13:57Discussion, um, about The refer

2:14:01Motion. Council member Amos.

2:14:05I'm, I'm sitting down here

2:14:08smiling, um. Cause I've been

2:14:11blowing his horn for the last 5

2:14:11years. My only caution is. We

2:14:18as council people. We almost

2:14:20have to shut this city down if

2:14:23we start sending back

2:14:24procurement issues such as this

2:14:27Because we would never get any

2:14:27business done because our

2:14:29procurement department is

2:14:31incapable and has been proven

2:14:33over and over and over again.

2:14:36to move us forward from the

2:14:38last commissioner to the one

2:14:40that just popped up. It's not

2:14:41the people, it's the process

2:14:43and until we are ready to lean

2:14:45in. And do something very

2:14:47different with our process.

2:14:50History is gonna continue to

2:14:52repeat itself because it has

2:14:54done it over and over again. So

2:14:55if we go down this road now,

2:14:57I'm with it. Trust me, I'm with

2:14:59all the smoke. But let's be

2:15:01ready to do what it takes to

2:15:03finally fix our procurement

2:15:06process. I yield. OK, um, so

2:15:10worthy, are you asking to speak

2:15:11again? No, ma'am. OK. Ishay

2:15:14Collins, Councilman Collins.

2:15:16Yes, ma'am, I just have a

2:15:17question. I mean, I know we,

2:15:19the motion to refer his, but I

2:15:20can I can ask this stuff some

2:15:21question about the legislation

2:15:24for us. So just also

2:15:26understanding, I definitely

2:15:28understand the concerns from my

2:15:28colleagues. This is is a, just

2:15:31so I'm clear, this is a 9th

2:15:35renewal this would be only for

2:15:396 months from the substitute is

2:15:41for 12 months. That was the

2:15:44request of the committee that

2:15:45they go from 6 to 12 because we

2:15:46constantly see these small

2:15:48extensions and then they come

2:15:49back for another extension. Got

2:15:51you. So then what would, I mean

2:15:52my question is, once it's 12

2:15:54months, whatever this 12 month

2:15:55extension is, what is the

2:15:57process? What, what would

2:15:59happen in between that process

2:16:00to make sure that like this,

2:16:02the procurement process is made

2:16:04it out like all of the things,

2:16:06you know, cause it's only a 12

2:16:08month extension. OK, and we, we

2:16:09will like to hear from you.

2:16:11Just introduce yourself first.

2:16:12Uh, good afternoon, Shandra

2:16:13Houston, Chief Procurement

2:16:15Officer. Um, to answer your

2:16:18question and really to address

2:16:21everything that's been said.

2:16:24Please note that the agency put

2:16:26forward that paper. The CPO is

2:16:30nowhere on that paper. I am

2:16:34here. When the agencies come

2:16:38and they want an extension, we

2:16:40coordinate that extension. If

2:16:42they don't come before me

2:16:43though. To me, talk to me at

2:16:47all. I have no idea. What

2:16:51they're asking for. I have no

2:16:55control over them putting a

2:16:56paper before you. It's very

2:16:58easy to say it's because of

2:17:00procurement. But I believe this

2:17:03particular procurement had been

2:17:03in was In procurement, 2 weeks

2:17:09before they walked into. The

2:17:12committee. Well, if I may

2:17:14request, as the committee chair

2:17:16let's, let's be specific about

2:17:16the agency and they just name

2:17:18the department. Uh, this is

2:17:21Department of Watershed. And

2:17:23what is really Confounding for

2:17:26me is the commissioner A Lee

2:17:27and I had talked about a couple

2:17:29of other. Um, needs for

2:17:32extensions on contracts, and we

2:17:34had coordinated those, and I

2:17:36believe he had come and spoken,

2:17:38uh, to committee chair, perhaps

2:17:41uh ahead of time, not sure, but

2:17:43we can stand up and say we

2:17:47absolutely agree with that

2:17:50extension because here's what's

2:17:51going on with the paper. This

2:17:54or the procurement. This one.

2:17:56Did not come. To us there was

2:17:59no discussion and even since.

2:18:03The committee meeting where you

2:18:06asked if there'd be a meeting.

2:18:08The committee still has RDM

2:18:12agency still has not come

2:18:12forward. To talk about this one

2:18:15and in fact, Commissioner Ely

2:18:17and I are talking about another

2:18:21Paper coming up, um, he's

2:18:23getting on my calendar for that

2:18:25So this one. I'm not sure

2:18:28what's going on with this paper

2:18:31um, the process is much clearer

2:18:32now. When the commission when

2:18:35the uh agencies. Come and talk

2:18:38to procurement, we can settle

2:18:40on what's needed from a

2:18:43procurement standpoint to

2:18:44support an extension. When they

2:18:46don't come. There's nothing.

2:18:50And I, I, I can't give you any

2:18:53excuses, but this is not the

2:18:57same issue as has been put

2:18:59forward in the past, where

2:19:01procurement is just holding

2:19:02something. We now have a

2:19:04planning process. And 2 weeks

2:19:08ago when that was submitted, it

2:19:09went directly into that

2:19:11planning process. Thank you, uh

2:19:15Councilman McCollins, do you

2:19:16have any more questions of the

2:19:18chief? OK, um, and you don't uh

2:19:22Council member Lewis, I thought

2:19:23I saw your name, um, council

2:19:26member one, so I, I appreciate

2:19:28that clarification and do see

2:19:29other leadership team members

2:19:31here, and I, I, I am eager to

2:19:31hear from them, but that, again

2:19:35Does not give me confidence,

2:19:38especially what you just added

2:19:40in. Simply extending a contract

2:19:44and not understanding what um

2:19:47The safety net is under it, and

2:19:49and what Assurances we have

2:19:52that This extension is enough

2:19:56time that that. Again, all the

2:19:58questions that I asked in

2:20:00committee. And so I, I

2:20:02appreciate your being here. Um,

2:20:03and, uh, Uh, but my position

2:20:07hasn't changed. Um, that, that

2:20:08without that, then I don't feel

2:20:10we'd be doing our job simply

2:20:13extending this because a

2:20:14substitute popped in our inbox.

2:20:16Middle of the afternoon, just

2:20:18with the time extension. Now, I

2:20:21will concede that in my opinion

2:20:23if an RFP is already out on the

2:20:26street, and we're waiting for

2:20:27bids and stuff. I think a 6

2:20:29month extension is Appropriate

2:20:32if it hasn't gone out, let's

2:20:32give it a year. Um, and that's,

2:20:34that is, so the time frame is

2:20:36correct. But again, that was

2:20:38only part of what I had asked

2:20:39for in committee. So I, I, I

2:20:41see leadership. I don't know if

2:20:41they want to say anything. Um,

2:20:43But I appreciate your, your

2:20:45coming down here to speak.

2:20:48Certainly. Anyone else like to

2:20:48speak for a committee of the

2:20:50whole from the. Executive

2:20:53branch. OK, Council member

2:20:56Worthy. Awesome. Oh, COO

2:21:01Lashonda Burkes, are you coming

2:21:01to? Or if you want to go to

2:21:03customer worthy, I can wait. OK

2:21:07been worthy. Uh, you know, I, I

2:21:10hear you, Councilman Bramus. I

2:21:12agree with you 100% in the, the

2:21:14great thing about a council

2:21:17schedule is that we work in

2:21:192-week snippets and not one

2:21:21month snippets like, um.

2:21:24Smaller cities in the state, um

2:21:26so I stand by my motion, uh, to

2:21:30refer it back to committee, and

2:21:32I would strongly encourage.

2:21:35Commissioner Ely. Or watershed

2:21:37to come speak with our CPO and

2:21:40have that conversation that's

2:21:42needed to uh, happen so that

2:21:44maybe we don't run into this

2:21:45again because I understand that

2:21:46it is vital and important city

2:21:49services, but this makes me

2:21:51wholly uncomfortable to vote on

2:21:53this right now, uh, and I think

2:21:55it should make each and every

2:21:56one of you feel the same way.

2:21:59Anyone else? Would you like to

2:22:02speak COO? But good afternoon.

2:22:05Thank you, um, Madam President,

2:22:07Mr. Chair, members of the

2:22:09Atlanta City Council LaShondra

2:22:10Burke's, Chief Operating

2:22:11Officer for the city of Atlanta

2:22:13Um, I really just came over

2:22:13here to apologize, is what I

2:22:15came to do and to say that I

2:22:18clearly understand where you

2:22:20are in your decision making

2:22:22will not ask you to do anything

2:22:23other than what you're

2:22:24comfortable with. What I was

2:22:26initially coming to do was to

2:22:27say, you know, I would rather

2:22:29if there is an issue, just

2:22:31blame. The administration and

2:22:33not a particular department if

2:22:34you don't know where it is in

2:22:36the process. Um, in In this

2:22:38instance, it was one department

2:22:38not the other, and I think we

2:22:41put the blame in one department

2:22:43where it should not have been.

2:22:44And I just welcome the

2:22:47opportunity to blame the

2:22:49administration versus a

2:22:49particular department as we

2:22:51work through this. This is one

2:22:53area of focus that we are

2:22:54working on and I can promise

2:22:56you that it will be resolved by

2:22:58the time you get to committee

2:23:00next week and going forward and

2:23:02We may have a couple of others

2:23:03in this situation as we are

2:23:05working through it, and I ask

2:23:07that we just bring those to you

2:23:09in advance before it comes to

2:23:09committee so that we can talk

2:23:11through where we are, how it

2:23:12would impact city services

2:23:14while we go through the process

2:23:16of correcting this. There is a

2:23:18situation sometimes where if

2:23:20there is an extension, when we

2:23:22do the sign off, it doesn't go

2:23:23to procurement. That's one of

2:23:25the things we've been talking

2:23:26about with the DCOOs around

2:23:28correcting that so that

2:23:30procurement knows when those

2:23:30things come before you. But

2:23:32also challenging the

2:23:34departments to not wait until

2:23:34the last minute to get

2:23:37procurements and solicitations

2:23:38done when you know a contract

2:23:39is about to expire. And so

2:23:41several things that we're

2:23:43working on, again, I came to

2:23:45apologize that it happened this

2:23:46way, but know that it is

2:23:48something we are working on.

2:23:49Thank you. Thank you, uh, CEO

2:23:52Berks, uh CO Burks, I don't

2:23:54know if you Little bit of

2:23:57pushback earlier to the hold,

2:23:57you know, this is Rockdale

2:23:59Pipeline that does a lot of

2:24:01work for the city and this is

2:24:02specific to water distribution

2:24:04systems in the city and as you

2:24:06very well know, in DCEO Pace,

2:24:08we've had a number of issues

2:24:08across the city with our water

2:24:10distribution system is Holding

2:24:12us for, you know, another 2

2:24:13weeks for committee. To go to

2:24:15the committee and then back to

2:24:17counsel would that disrupt? Any

2:24:20specific projects that are

2:24:21vital to our water distribution

2:24:24or where are we with that? I, I

2:24:25will let DCLO pace come. He

2:24:26knows the specifics and he's

2:24:28saying yes in the background.

2:24:30It will have an impact, um, and

2:24:33so DCO pays them ask that you

2:24:35come forward to talk about the

2:24:35end. Thank you. So good

2:24:39afternoon, Madam President,

2:24:40members of the council. Theo

2:24:42Pace, Deputy COO. So, uh, this.

2:24:46Does affect some of the

2:24:47projects that the department

2:24:48does have in line. Currently,

2:24:51Rockdale is unable to do any

2:24:52support for the department

2:24:53until this legislation is

2:24:55passed, um, and we have the new

2:24:57contract in place. So yes, to

2:24:58answer your question. Thank you

2:25:04OK. We have, oh, council number

2:25:07one. But to clarify, I mean,

2:25:09the extension is $0. It's a,

2:25:11it's a no money extension. So

2:25:13is it the simple fact that

2:25:13there's not an underlying

2:25:15contract, this particular

2:25:16contract, but I think

2:25:18administratively it does affect

2:25:19them to be able to work with,

2:25:20uh, Rockdale. OK. And is it?

2:25:24This contract is for all of the

2:25:26work that they're doing across

2:25:27the city or just for this one

2:25:29particular project, the project

2:25:31So the other contracts that

2:25:32they have that are in good

2:25:34standing, they can still

2:25:35proceed on it. It's just this

2:25:36one will, this particular.

2:25:38Project is going to get held up

2:25:40for 2 weeks if we hold this.

2:25:42That I'm aware of, yes. OK, OK.

2:25:45And OK, just for legislation

2:25:50check, we have before us a

2:25:53substituted uh piece of

2:25:54legislation that has been

2:25:56motioned to be referred back to

2:25:58council, I mean back to

2:26:00committee in a second. And

2:26:03discussion has happened. Madam

2:26:05Clark, please prepare the vote.

2:26:07The vote is open. Oops We

2:26:14finalized after you come back

2:26:16out. It was It was off. The

2:26:231210 years, 110 years, 1 night,

2:26:33OK. Martin wants to correct to

2:26:39yes, affirmative. Hillis is no

2:26:41so. 1 nays and 1 nay. 11 years,

2:26:481 nay. Just a 2nd. 11 yays, 1

2:26:52nay, this item as um amend as

2:26:57substituted is referred back to

2:26:59committee council member Lewis,

2:27:01you wanna speak on your just

2:27:02like to say my vote changed as

2:27:04the communication went on. I

2:27:06stand with the council number

2:27:06one. I stand with council

2:27:08member Worthy. I've always

2:27:10heard councilmember Amos talk

2:27:10about the process. Thank you so

2:27:12much for the conversation that

2:27:13we had. Thank you so much for

2:27:15the questions that you asked

2:27:15because my vote changed during

2:27:17the conversation. Thank you

2:27:18again. All right. Is that it

2:27:21for City utilities? It is the

2:27:24end of the city utilities

2:27:26report. You want to make a

2:27:26motion to come out of committee

2:27:28of the We do have to exit

2:27:29committee of the whole. We're

2:27:30still in committee of the whole

2:27:32so make a motion to exit

2:27:33Committee of the Whole. Motion

2:27:35by Hilla, second by Martin to

2:27:37exit Committee of the Whole.

2:27:39Madam Clerk, please prepare the

2:27:40vote. Will everyone please vote

2:27:48The vote is open. The bus

2:28:00closed 1180 nays, 11 yay, 0

2:28:04nays we've exited committee of

2:28:05the whole. You want to make a

2:28:07motion to and I'll make a

2:28:09motion to. Adopt adopt or I

2:28:11guess adopt all actions,

2:28:13confirm all actions taken in

2:28:14committee of the whole. Motion

2:28:15by the Hill is seconded by

2:28:18Westmoreland. Madam Clerk,

2:28:18please prepare the vote. To

2:28:22adopt all items. From Committee

2:28:23of the hosts, yeah. The vote is

2:28:27open. So Accept, except yeah,

2:28:31except, yeah. Will everyone

2:28:34please vote? Except all items.

2:28:40Except all options. The votes

2:28:42close. 11 ye, 0 nays. 11, 0

2:28:45nays, all. Actions are adapted,

2:28:49accepted, accepted, accepted,

2:28:51and that is the end of the city

2:28:53utilities report. Thank you. OK

2:28:54thank you, Chair Hillis. Our

2:28:56next committee is CDHS Chair

2:29:03Westmoreland. Good afternoon,

2:29:03everyone. We have one item on

2:29:05our report. It is 26-0-1597

2:29:08ordinance by council member.

2:29:10Wayne Martin, Andrea Bonet,

2:29:12Usha Collins waiving provisions

2:29:12of Part 2 general maintenance,

2:29:14chapter 158, vegetation,

2:29:16Article 2, tree protection of

2:29:16the City of Atlanta Code of

2:29:17ordinances for the purpose of

2:29:18waiving the monetary recommends

2:29:19required for a grocery store to

2:29:21be developed at 3460 Cascade

2:29:23Road Southwest, and for other

2:29:24purposes. Item comes to the

2:29:25body favorable. Uh, 6 ye, 1

2:29:28abstention. Motion by

2:29:32Westmoreland does not require a

2:29:34second because it's coming out

2:29:36of committee favorable, Madam

2:29:38Clark, please prepare the vote.

2:29:41Mm. One moment. One moment. The

2:30:19vote is open. OK Well everyone

2:30:27please vote. The posts closed

2:30:3311 ye 0 nays. 10 nays is

2:30:37adopted. I would like to take a

2:30:38moment of personal. Uh. A, a, a

2:30:44personal privilege, um, this

2:30:46warms my heart every step we

2:30:48take towards actualizing this

2:30:50grocery store that we've been

2:30:51working on winding this long

2:30:53and narrow road for years and

2:30:55years, literally. I am thankful

2:30:58for it, so. I am happy. Oh,

2:31:02council member Martin, you're

2:31:02here. Yes, I had to say that,

2:31:06uh, piggybacking your comments,

2:31:07Madam President, you were going

2:31:08to be my first remark to thank

2:31:09you for your leadership, uh, on

2:31:11this, uh, item as we were, uh,

2:31:13you served in this role as a

2:31:15District 11 council member for

2:31:16many years, 8 years, and this

2:31:18is a testament to the fact that

2:31:20we now have at least we will

2:31:22have at least one grocery store

2:31:24on all 3 of our major

2:31:25thoroughfares in District 11.

2:31:27Uh, we, with, with this one, we

2:31:29we'll have the Aldeion Cascade.

2:31:30Azalea market on Campbellton,

2:31:31and we have a Publix in

2:31:33District 11 on Camp Creek, so

2:31:34the three C's, uh, have now

2:31:36seen a full circle moment. Many

2:31:38times we sort of take for

2:31:39granted, uh, how, you know,

2:31:42abundant, uh, grocery stores

2:31:43can be, except when you come to

2:31:45cities where they're, uh, I'm

2:31:45sorry, districts where there

2:31:47are food deserts, and so this

2:31:48kind of work is extremely

2:31:50important. I thank my

2:31:51colleagues. I thank the chair

2:31:52of CDHS and my colleagues that

2:31:54serve on CDHS for making sure

2:31:56this got through this really

2:31:57moves the needle for the most

2:31:59vulnerable and sometimes. Our

2:32:00most valuable population in the

2:32:01city. So thank you all so much,

2:32:03uh, for helping me move this

2:32:03forward today. Well said

2:32:05council member Martin. And

2:32:09chair Westmoreland. Is that it?

2:32:10Unless you would like me to do

2:32:12anything else, that concludes

2:32:14our report. Thank you. Our next

2:32:17committee, transportation, the

2:32:21Honorable Chair Wan. Thank you,

2:32:22Madam President. We have no

2:32:23report this cycle. Just wow,

2:32:25wow. Moving on to finance ex

2:32:28Exec chair Winston. It Thank

2:32:36you, Madam President, uh, we

2:32:37have one item, which is

2:32:4126-01598. Uh, the finance

2:32:43executive Committee forwarded

2:32:45this legislation to council

2:32:46with no recommendations so

2:32:46there could be a substituted

2:32:48with Bond details. Uh, so I

2:32:50will move to substitute. Move

2:32:54to substitute. Oh, it has to be

2:32:57adopted first. Make a motion to

2:32:59adopt. Motion to adopt by

2:33:00Winston. Is there a 2nd by

2:33:02Martin, Madam Clerk, please

2:33:04prepare the vote. If there are

2:33:05any discussion? Nope, now I

2:33:06just move the substitute. Any

2:33:08discussion though. No.

2:33:12substituted OK. Motion to

2:33:13substitute. Motion to

2:33:15substitute by Winston, seconded

2:33:17by Martin. Any discussion?

2:33:21Seeing none, Madam Clark,

2:33:22please repair the vote. The

2:33:26vote is open. I'm no better

2:33:33than you. One is a yes. It's

2:33:35real. My apologies when he says

2:33:40during discussion everyone My

2:33:43apologies. Did everybody vote?

2:33:53One. I mean that's. Really Cabo

2:34:06Levy. Laveni nays. This item is

2:34:11adopted as substituted the

2:34:16substitute is before us. So

2:34:16I'll go ahead and read that

2:34:18substituted caption of 26-01598

2:34:21Orest by Council member Alex W

2:34:23as substituted by the Atlanta

2:34:25City Council in order to

2:34:27provide for the approval of the

2:34:27final terms of the seat of

2:34:29Atlanta tax allocation

2:34:31refunding bonds for the

2:34:32Beltline project consisting of

2:34:34its tax allocation refunding

2:34:34bonds, Beltline project, Series

2:34:36202. 6A tax exempt and its tax

2:34:40allocation refunding bonds,

2:34:41Beltline project, Series 2026B

2:34:43taxable, including annual

2:34:45principal payments, aggregate

2:34:47principal amount, and interest

2:34:48rates per annum to confirm the

2:34:49authorization of the execution,

2:34:51delivery, and performance of a

2:34:53second supplemental indenture

2:34:54of trusts, one or more escrow

2:34:56deposit agreements, and one or

2:34:57more continuing coven

2:34:59agreements and for certain

2:35:00other purposes, all in

2:35:01connection with the issuance

2:35:03and sale of the foregoing

2:35:05described bonds. Now I will

2:35:07move to adopt as substituted.

2:35:09OK, is there a motion? Well,

2:35:10move to adopt a substituted by

2:35:13Winston, second by Martin. To

2:35:16adopt and substituted, Madam

2:35:17Clark, please prepare the vote.

2:35:19The vote is open. A. Yes. Yeah.

2:35:26OK. Councils. and listening.

2:35:41Cut in Westmoreland. Those

2:35:46close 10 yay, 0 nay. 10. 10,

2:35:48nays. This item is adopted as

2:35:50substituted. Thank you. And

2:35:51lastly, I'll move this sentence

2:35:53to the mayor's office post.

2:35:54Councilman Mc Collins, what was

2:35:55your vote on this? OK. 111 y

2:36:01nays. This item is adopted as

2:36:02substituted. Thank you. And

2:36:04I'll move to sentence this to

2:36:05the mayor's office postta.

2:36:06Motion to send to the mayor's

2:36:08office post haste by Winston 2

2:36:10by Martin. This can be done by

2:36:12unanimous consent. Madam Clark,

2:36:13please sign the count for

2:36:15unanimous consent. 11 yay, nay

2:36:1711 ya, nays This item is sent

2:36:19to the mayor's office posthaste

2:36:20Thank you. That concludes my

2:36:22report. All right. Thank you,

2:36:24Chair Winston. That brings us

2:36:26to Committee on counsel, Chair

2:36:28Amos. Yes, Madam President, I

2:36:33have only one item on the

2:36:33report, a communication,

2:36:3826-C-5090 communication from

2:36:39council president Marcyar

2:36:40Overstreet appointed doctor

2:36:42Annette Hall to serve as a

2:36:44member of the Human Relations

2:36:45Commission. This appointment is

2:36:46for a term of 3 years coming

2:36:47favorable out of committee. Is

2:36:50to adopt. Motion to adopt by

2:36:53Ama second by Martin. Madam

2:36:54Clark, please open the vote.

2:37:00The vote is open. Will everyone

2:37:08please vote? House member one,

2:37:11what is your vote? Solving the

2:37:14world's problems. The bus

2:37:16closed 11 y, nays yay, 0 nays

2:37:20this item is adapted. Madam

2:37:22President, it's my report.

2:37:24Thank you. This brings us to.

2:37:30Personal papers, any envelopes

2:37:31I missed? Yeah. No folders.

2:37:38Yeah, OK. Let me get Huh. Mr.

2:37:54Uh, you know, I guess this may

2:37:54be a good time for general

2:37:58remarks just a thought, um with

2:37:59no objections, you can leave

2:38:01the council members have a

2:38:03final. The final. Yeah, we're

2:38:05doing, we're general remarks.

2:38:06That's what I thought too.

2:38:10Council member Lewis. I would

2:38:12like to send a huge, huge shout

2:38:14out to the Craw Flong Football

2:38:16Tigers. Our our middle school

2:38:18team won the championship. This

2:38:19year was a revenge season. Our

2:38:22young boys did not lose one

2:38:23game this year. They only gave

2:38:26up 6 points the entire year and

2:38:28the championship game, the team

2:38:30the other team did not score.

2:38:32Our young folks went 1 and 0

2:38:33all playoffs. I tell people

2:38:35it's more fun watching Crawflow

2:38:36in Middle School than it is the

2:38:37Falcons right now. Super happy

2:38:40to also announce, so thank you.

2:38:43Congratulations, coach Evans.

2:38:45Congratulations to the entire

2:38:46team. Thank you to Miss Carla

2:38:48McCool for, for your leadership

2:38:50Ms. Pendergrass, for your

2:38:51leadership and also a huge

2:38:53shout out to those uh

2:38:54cheerleaders at Crawfallon

2:38:55Middle School, they were

2:38:57flipping in ways I've never

2:38:59seen young folks in our

2:39:00community flip. I can tell that

2:39:02those tumbling classes at

2:39:02Rozelle Fann have actually been

2:39:04working out. So Miss Miss Porte

2:39:06the cheerleader coach,

2:39:08congratulations and thank you.

2:39:09And once again, Shout out to

2:39:10those rawlo tigers from

2:39:13Cleveland Avenue, Metropolitan,

2:39:15Mount Zion Road, Empire

2:39:17Boulevard for turning up for us

2:39:18Thank you again. All right.

2:39:22Congratulations. Council member

2:39:24Amos. Yes, I'm gonna stick

2:39:24along that same line of, of, of

2:39:26my fellow council members just

2:39:28telling everyone, I know you

2:39:29feel better about hearing the

2:39:31musical sounds of the Booker T.

2:39:33Washington High School band, um

2:39:35today, um, just wanna send a

2:39:36shout out to, to my alma mater,

2:39:37my school, uh, performing today

2:39:40Um, just wanna say thank you to

2:39:42everyone who came out to the

2:39:423rd annual trunk or Treat on

2:39:44District 3 trunk or treat event

2:39:47this past Friday. Um, the

2:39:49brothers of Exodus Lodge.

2:39:51Beuler Baptist Church, my

2:39:53fellow man, Paul Kidd,

2:39:53McDonald's, Walmart, Atlanta

2:39:55Fire, list went on and on, um,

2:39:58so I just want everyone to, um,

2:39:58say thank you to everyone that

2:40:00came out. And then uh I just

2:40:03want to say publicly thank you

2:40:04to Ms. Aaliyah Fleming, um, you

2:40:07know as my office manager,

2:40:09unfortunately, she's leaving

2:40:11the city, going on to what I

2:40:13think is, is a huge task she's

2:40:16joining the military, um, but

2:40:18just want to publicly say thank

2:40:20you to her for all. All of the

2:40:21years of service she has

2:40:23performed to um Atlanta City

2:40:25Council District 3. can't tell

2:40:27you how we got it done.

2:40:27Hopefully, you can look around

2:40:29the district to see that we was

2:40:31able to get it done. So just

2:40:32publicly thank you to her. Aya,

2:40:34Madam President. Thank you,

2:40:37Councilor Amos. Council member

2:40:38Martin, yes, thank you so much,

2:40:40Madam President. I would like

2:40:41to thank all the uh residents

2:40:43of District 11, stakeholders

2:40:45that came out to our second, uh

2:40:48town hall meeting for the year,

2:40:50uh, this past Tuesday, October

2:40:52twenty-seventh, I believe was

2:40:52Bible Church. We had an amazing

2:40:54time getting updates about

2:40:56what's happening around

2:40:58District 11 in terms of our

2:40:59parks and recreation, uh, uh,

2:41:02coming, uh, revitalizations and

2:41:03renovations. I also want to uh

2:41:04invite. everyone out to the

2:41:06District 11 CD, uh,

2:41:08comprehensive transportation

2:41:10plan, meeting happening this

2:41:10Thursday, November 4th. Uh,

2:41:13that's gonna be an amazing

2:41:14opportunity to talk about all

2:41:16things, sidewalks, street

2:41:17improvements, and other things

2:41:19that, uh, are pertinent to our

2:41:21district and our area and

2:41:22community, uh, seeing

2:41:24improvements to our

2:41:24transportation, uh,

2:41:25opportunities. And so please

2:41:28don't, uh, forget about that

2:41:28meeting. Uh, you can find more

2:41:30information on our social media

2:41:32web webpage. Thank you so much,

2:41:33Madam President. I yield.

2:41:34Absolutely. All good, sir.

2:41:37Council member Dozier, thank

2:41:39you, Madam President. I want to

2:41:41invite members of our

2:41:42communities, especially those

2:41:43in District 4, we'll be hosting

2:41:46an open house for our small

2:41:48businesses and on behalf of our

2:41:48District 4 businesses on

2:41:50Wednesday, November 4th from 3

2:41:51to 6:30 p.m. at Wild Heaven, uh

2:41:55West End, uh, the idea is that,

2:41:57uh, our small businesses, uh,

2:41:59we need to be able to provide

2:42:00them with opportunities for not

2:42:02only engaging with our office,

2:42:03but with city departments, uh,

2:42:04talk about business

2:42:06registration, procurement

2:42:07opportunities. Permitting

2:42:09historic district regulations

2:42:09and neighborhood engagements.

2:42:11Uh, we know our neighborhood

2:42:11associations don't always um

2:42:13cater to businesses or vice

2:42:15versa and we wanna make sure

2:42:16our small businesses are better

2:42:18connected with the city and so

2:42:19we wanted to invite our

2:42:20district for small businesses

2:42:21out to that event, separately,

2:42:24uh, I was gonna say this for

2:42:25the end of the meeting, uh, but

2:42:27since we are, uh, doing your

2:42:29own marks at this point. I do

2:42:31want to, uh, say I am very

2:42:33proud that today I'll be

2:42:34introducing a resolution, uh,

2:42:36urging the office of the mayor

2:42:36to. established an Office of

2:42:38Veteran and Military Affairs or

2:42:40to essentially identify someone

2:42:42who can eat, live, breathe,

2:42:45sleep, veteran issues in the

2:42:46city of Atlanta. We have a

2:42:47number of uh small

2:42:49organizations doing work on

2:42:51behalf of our veteran community

2:42:53um, and oftentimes, uh, as the

2:42:55one veteran on the Atlanta City

2:42:56council, I get asked to support

2:42:58these events and support these

2:43:00organizations, uh, but I wanna

2:43:01make sure we have something

2:43:03that is operationalized so that

2:43:03our veterans across the city,

2:43:05uh, can get the full weight of

2:43:07the city behind them. and

2:43:07making sure they have the

2:43:09outcomes that we know we need

2:43:09them to have. So I, I encourage

2:43:12my colleagues to support me in

2:43:13that effort, uh, and this will

2:43:14be something we'll be embarking

2:43:16on for the first step as a city

2:43:16We already have a veterans

2:43:18commission that has not been

2:43:19staffed in at least 5 or 6

2:43:21years and so I look forward to

2:43:23joining the ranks of other

2:43:23cities like Washington DC, New

2:43:25Orleans, the city of New York,

2:43:27Houston, and others who have

2:43:27done this similar work at the

2:43:29municipal level, so I'm looking

2:43:30forward to introducing that and

2:43:32Veterans Day is coming up, so

2:43:33it's just in the nick of time

2:43:34that we'll be able to embark on

2:43:36this endeavor. So thank y'all.

2:43:38And Madam President. Thank you,

2:43:42Councilor Baoser. Council

2:43:43member Worthy, thank you, Madam

2:43:45President. I wanna take this

2:43:46opportunity to, uh,

2:43:48congratulate and thank the

2:43:49Atlanta Dream. Um, we, we

2:43:52certainly didn't get the result

2:43:52that we wanted Saturday night.

2:43:54The, the Halloween, uh, spooky

2:43:57goblins, uh, caught up with us

2:43:59out in San Fran, but as a

2:44:02father of two girls, I want to

2:44:04thank President Morganshaw

2:44:06Parker, Angel Reese, the entire

2:44:08team, uh, for inspiring a group

2:44:10of young women. that have been

2:44:12glued to their TVs over the

2:44:14past couple of months watching

2:44:16you and uh we are confident

2:44:17that you will come back and

2:44:19bring it home for the city next

2:44:19year, but thank you again for a

2:44:21great season. Absolutely.

2:44:25Council member Winston. Thank

2:44:26you. uh, Councilman Worthy

2:44:28stole a little bit of my

2:44:29thunder thunder because I was

2:44:30uh getting ready to

2:44:31congratulate the Atlanta Dream

2:44:33as well, uh, on a tremendous

2:44:34season. First time they've made

2:44:35it to the NBA Finals since 2013

2:44:38Uh, the energy they brought to

2:44:39this city, uh, has been

2:44:41unmatched. Um, I was fortunate

2:44:42enough to be in the building

2:44:44for game 6, and it was probably

2:44:46one of the greatest sporting

2:44:47events I've ever seen live. Uh,

2:44:48the Atlanta crowd showed up,

2:44:51showed out the entire time, and

2:44:52so they just brought a lot of

2:44:53energy and so we just want to

2:44:54congratulate them. On the

2:44:55tremendous season and and like

2:44:57Coman Worthy said, uh, we look

2:44:58forward to their continued

2:45:00success here. In State Farm

2:45:01Arena next year. Thank you. OK,

2:45:05so those are our speakers. I do

2:45:07have. An announcement as well.

2:45:10It's a public notice that our

2:45:12city offices will be closed on

2:45:13Wednesday, November 11, 2026 in

2:45:17observance of Veterans Day

2:45:18holiday, the Atlanta City

2:45:20Council Committee meetings will

2:45:22meet as follows zoning will

2:45:24still be on Monday, November

2:45:269th, 10 o'clock. Transportation

2:45:27Monday, November 9th, 1011

2:45:31o'clock. Public Safety Legal

2:45:33Administration, Monday,

2:45:34November 9th. 2 o'clock. And

2:45:38then on. Wednesday. So yeah, so

2:45:47it, this sheet is incorrect.

2:45:49We're gonna have to change this

2:45:49Uh, so on Tuesday, November

2:45:5310th, City Utilities meet

2:45:55November 10th. 10:00 a.m. CDHS.

2:46:01Tuesday, November 10th, 12

2:46:03o'clock, and finance exec will

2:46:05be Tuesday, November 10th at

2:46:092:30. So committee meetings

2:46:10will be truncated, uh, together

2:46:12from Monday, Tuesday, and we

2:46:16are closed November 11th in

2:46:18observance of Veterans Day

2:46:19holiday. And with that, it is

2:46:25time for our personal papers.

2:46:27We have one paper for immediate

2:46:31consideration, uh, council

2:46:32member Kelsey Bond. That All

2:46:40right, Elm's ID 41586. A

2:46:45resolution by Council council

2:46:46member Kelsey Bond, Alex Swan,

2:46:48and Matt Westmoreland to

2:46:49request that the executive

2:46:50director from the Atlanta Urban

2:46:52Design Commission initiate and

2:46:54complete the process of

2:46:55nominating the property located

2:46:57at 811 Ponce Leon Place

2:46:59northeast as a landmark

2:47:01building or site to request

2:47:03prompt preparation and mailing

2:47:03of the notice of intent to

2:47:05nominate, to request that

2:47:06written findings and

2:47:08recommendations be approved to

2:47:10all, uh, be provided to all

2:47:11members of the Atlanta City

2:47:12Council before the Atlanta

2:47:13Urban Design Commission. public

2:47:15hearing on the proposed

2:47:17nomination and for other

2:47:19purposes. Whereas in 2022

2:47:21historic Atlanta partnered with

2:47:22the city of Atlanta in

2:47:23Georgia's Department of

2:47:24Community Affairs, historic

2:47:27Preservation Division to

2:47:28identify and document sites

2:47:30including neighborhoods, public

2:47:31spaces and buildings associated

2:47:33with the LGBTQ plus community

2:47:35and whereas New South

2:47:37Associates working for historic

2:47:39Atlanta in the city of Atlanta

2:47:41Office of Design produced the

2:47:43Atlanta LGBTQ plus historic

2:47:44context. statement. And whereas

2:47:48according to that statement, as

2:47:49of 2023, there had not been a

2:47:50property in Georgia listed in

2:47:53the National Register of

2:47:54Historic Places with a focus on

2:47:55LGBTQ plus significance and

2:47:58whereas the historic context

2:48:00statement recommended that the

2:48:01city of Atlanta develop new

2:48:02nominations for listing in the

2:48:04National Historic Register,

2:48:06National Register of Historic

2:48:08Places of several locations in

2:48:09Atlanta, including the property

2:48:11located at 811 Ponce Leon Place

2:48:13Northeast. And whereas the

2:48:15property located at 8:11 Ponce

2:48:17Leon Place Northeast in

2:48:18Atlanta's Virginia Highland

2:48:20neighborhood is a single-family

2:48:22house built circa 1925 and was

2:48:25the residence of Michael

2:48:27Hardwick and the site of his

2:48:291982 arrest for private

2:48:31consensual sexual conduct with

2:48:31another adult and whereas

2:48:34despite the fact that the

2:48:34district attorney attorney

2:48:36chose not to prosecute Hardwick

2:48:38Hardwick on a charge of sodomy,

2:48:41Hardwick decided to not sue

2:48:43Georgia's attorney General,

2:48:44Michael, decided to sue.

2:48:46Georgia's Attorney General

2:48:47Michael Bowers in an attempt to

2:48:49invalidate the state of

2:48:49Georgia's sodomy law. And

2:48:53whereas Hardwick's

2:48:53constitutional challenge to the

2:48:54Georgia law under which he was

2:48:56arrested resulted in the United

2:48:58States Supreme Court's decision

2:49:00in Bowers versus Hardwick, uh,

2:49:02478 US 186, 1968, which

2:49:06rejected his claim of

2:49:07constitutional protection for

2:49:09that conduct. And whereas the

2:49:11United States Supreme Court

2:49:14subsequently overruled Bowers

2:49:14versus Hardwick. Lawrence

2:49:17versus Texas 539 US 5558 2003

2:49:23recognizing constitutional

2:49:23protection for for private

2:49:25consensual sexual conduct

2:49:27between adults and stating that

2:49:30Bowers' continuance of

2:49:32precedent demeaned the lives of

2:49:34homosexual persons and that

2:49:34Bowers was not correct when it

2:49:36was decided, and it is not

2:49:37correct today. And whereas the

2:49:41properties association with

2:49:41these events provides a

2:49:43significant connection to the

2:49:44history of LGBTQ plus civil

2:49:46rights in Atlanta and the

2:49:48United States and thus is of

2:49:50exceptional importance to the

2:49:51city, state, and nation, and

2:49:52its demolition would represent

2:49:55an irreparable loss and whereas

2:49:57uh community members have

2:49:59requested consideration of its

2:50:01historical significance and its

2:50:03potential for preservation and

2:50:04whereas over 100 law professors

2:50:06from around the country who

2:50:08teach. Right in the fields

2:50:10related to constitutional law,

2:50:12including Lawrence Tribe, who

2:50:13argued Bowers in the Supreme

2:50:15Court and Paul M. Smith, who

2:50:19argued Lawrence prepared a

2:50:19letter in their individual

2:50:21capacities to attest to the

2:50:22historic and constitutional

2:50:24significance of the residents

2:50:25at 811 Pont de Ponce Leon Place

2:50:28Northeast. Woo. And. Whereas

2:50:32the letters from the law

2:50:33professor stated that the loss

2:50:34of this house would be a

2:50:35significant loss to the city,

2:50:37the state, and the nation, and

2:50:37it would be permanent. And

2:50:40whereas chapter 2 of Part 16 of

2:50:42the city zoning ordinance

2:50:44establishes categories and

2:50:46procedures for the protection

2:50:47of historic properties,

2:50:49including designation as a

2:50:50landmark building or site. And

2:50:51whereas section 16-20. Point

2:50:5820.00582 of the city's zoning

2:51:00ordinance provides that an

2:51:02application by the city council

2:51:03shall be in the form of a

2:51:04resolution requesting that the

2:51:06director initiate a nomination

2:51:08and whereas pursuant to section

2:51:1316-20.005 B and C, the

2:51:15nomination process is initiated

2:51:16by the director's mailing of a

2:51:18written notice of intent to

2:51:20nominate. And whereas the

2:51:22Atlanta City Council desires

2:51:23that the existing resident.

2:51:25remain intact pending

2:51:27evaluation of its historical

2:51:29significance and consideration

2:51:30of its designation as a

2:51:31landmark building or site

2:51:33through the applicable

2:51:35proceedings and whereas the

2:51:36Atlanta City Council wishes to

2:51:38request initiation and complete

2:51:40completion of the nomination

2:51:41process so that the property's

2:51:43historic significance and

2:51:45eligibility for designation may

2:51:47be evaluated through the

2:51:48applicable review and public

2:51:50hearing procedures. Now

2:51:52therefore, be it resolved that

2:51:53the Atlanta City Council. The

2:51:56city of Atlanta, Georgia, that

2:51:58pursuant section 16-20.005A2 of

2:52:03the city's zoning ordinance,

2:52:04the executive director of the

2:52:05Atlanta Urban Design Commission

2:52:07is hereby requested to initiate

2:52:09the process of nominating the

2:52:11property located at 811 Ponceon

2:52:13Place Northeast as a landmark

2:52:14building or site, be it further

2:52:16resolved that in light of the

2:52:18proposed demolition of the

2:52:19existing residences, the

2:52:21executive director is hereby

2:52:23requested to proceed as

2:52:23promptly as practically. with

2:52:27preparation and mailing of the

2:52:28notice of intent to nominate

2:52:30required by section 16-20.005%,

2:52:36uh, consistent with the

2:52:36applicable requirements of that

2:52:37section. Be it further resolved

2:52:39that the executive director is

2:52:41hereby requested to complete

2:52:43the nomination process in

2:52:45accordance with 16-20.005

2:52:48including preparation of the uh

2:52:52required written report and

2:52:52presentation of the proposed

2:52:54nomination to the Atlanta Urban

2:52:55Design Commission for its

2:52:57consideration and action, be it

2:52:58for the resolve that before the

2:52:59Atlanta Urban Design

2:53:01Commission's public hearing to

2:53:02consider the proposed

2:53:04nomination, the executive

2:53:05director is hereby requested to

2:53:07provide all members of the

2:53:08Atlanta City. council with

2:53:10copies of the written notice of

2:53:10intent to nominate, and the

2:53:13written findings and

2:53:15recommendations prepared

2:53:15pursuant to section 16-20.005D,

2:53:20be it for the resolve that the

2:53:22clerk is directed to transmit a

2:53:24copy of the resolution to the

2:53:26executive director of the

2:53:27Atlanta Urban Design Commission

2:53:28the commissioner of the

2:53:30Department of City Planning and

2:53:31the Board of Zoning Adjustment.

2:53:33Be it finally resolved that all

2:53:35resolutions are parts of

2:53:36resolutions and conflict here

2:53:38with our here. by wave to the

2:53:40extent of the conflict. Is that

2:53:42a motion? Motion to approve

2:53:46motion to approve by Kay Bond,

2:53:48second by Juan Madam Clark,

2:53:51please prepare the vote. The

2:53:55vote is open. Will everyone

2:54:00please vote? Emma Martin, what

2:54:15is your vote? But we didn't

2:54:18register. much. Yes. 10 years,

2:54:26there arena. And uh motion is

2:54:29sent to the mayor's office

2:54:29posthaste. council member

2:54:32Westmoreland. Well, first I'll

2:54:33second Councilor Bond's motion

2:54:34to send to the mayor's office

2:54:34post heist. OK, who, who, who's

2:54:40who's who did it? Kavon. Did

2:54:42you say that? OK. Send to the

2:54:45mayor's office post, hey,

2:54:47second by Westmoreland, Madam

2:54:49Clark, can send me down by

2:54:49unanimous consent. 10, 100 nays

2:54:5410 yay, 0 nays. This item is

2:54:56sent to the mayor's office

2:54:58posthaste. I don't want anybody

2:54:59putting any words in your mouth

2:55:03OK, you still want to speak? I

2:55:05do. Um, I will explain my vote

2:55:07and by doing so, thank, uh,

2:55:09residents Fred Smith and

2:55:11Charlie Payne for bringing this

2:55:13issue to our attention, um, and

2:55:14for their love of historic

2:55:16preservation and LGBTQ history

2:55:17in the city. Right. All right.

2:55:21Anyone else? OK, see you then.

2:55:23You're ready for your paper? Oh

2:55:25no, I was just going to make

2:55:27another comment. Um, yeah, and

2:55:29just wanna second, um, thank

2:55:30you to the, um, community

2:55:32advocates who brought this, uh,

2:55:34urgent timeline to our

2:55:36attention and, um, you know,

2:55:37this, uh, house with a site of

2:55:41a, you know, really historic,

2:55:44um, event that really impacted

2:55:46the LGBT community in Georgia

2:55:48and so, um, hopefully this is

2:55:49the start of a conversation of

2:55:50the significance of that site.

2:55:52OK. You can read in your paper

2:55:54now too. Yes, um, 41612? All

2:56:01right, um, my mouth is dry now.

2:56:03Um, Elm's ID of 41612, a

2:56:10resolution by council member

2:56:10Kelsey Bond to request that the

2:56:12mayor or his designee. Provide

2:56:15the Atlanta City Council with a

2:56:16report on the implementation of

2:56:17the actions provided for in

2:56:22ordinance 18-0-1522, which

2:56:23provided certain actions to be

2:56:24taken related to the provision

2:56:26of notice of certain state law

2:56:28requirements applicable to

2:56:30persons engaged in lobbying

2:56:33before city of Atlanta

2:56:35officials to urge the 2027,

2:56:372028 session of the General

2:56:39Assembly to amend state law to

2:56:42permit municipalities to adopt

2:56:42more stringent regulations.

2:56:44Applicable to lobbying related

2:56:46to municipal affairs and for

2:56:47other purposes. Elm's ID 41612

2:56:51to be referred to Committee on

2:56:53counsel and FEC door referred.

2:56:57Council member Hillis, thank

2:56:58you. First item is Elms ID

2:57:0241594. A resolution by Council

2:57:04member Dustin Hillis

2:57:04authorizing the mayor, his

2:57:05designee on behalf of the

2:57:05Department of Management to

2:57:07enter into an intergovernmental

2:57:09agreement with Fulton County,

2:57:09Georgia to provide for a formal

2:57:12service agreement for wholesale

2:57:14wastewater services related to

2:57:15the Camp Creek water

2:57:16reclamation facility and for

2:57:18other purposes. 41594 to be

2:57:20referred to City Utilities. Uh,

2:57:25Elms ID 41595. A resolution by

2:57:29Council member Dustin Hillis

2:57:31authorizing the mayor who

2:57:31designee to enter into

2:57:32intergovernmental agreement

2:57:33with Fulton County, Georgia to

2:57:34provide for formal service

2:57:36agreements for wholesale

2:57:38wastewater services provided by

2:57:39the city of Atlanta and Fulton

2:57:39County for Long Island pump

2:57:40station on behalf of the

2:57:41Department of Watershed

2:57:42Management that all payments

2:57:43will be charged to and paid

2:57:44from your fund department,

2:57:45organization, and account

2:57:45numbers listed herein and for

2:57:47other purposes. 415-95 to be

2:57:49referred to City Utilities.

2:57:53Elms ID 4 and 596. A resolution

2:57:56by council member Dustin Hillis

2:57:57authorizing the mayor of his

2:57:57destiny to enter into an

2:57:58intergovernmental agreement

2:57:59with Fulton County, Georgia to

2:58:00provide for a formal billing

2:58:02and collection agreement with.

2:58:05Agreement for retail wastewater

2:58:06services provided by Fulton

2:58:08County and those areas of the

2:58:09county where the city of

2:58:10Atlanta provides retail water

2:58:12services on behalf of the

2:58:12Department of Watershed

2:58:14Management. All funds to be

2:58:16paid to the fund department

2:58:17organization and account

2:58:17numbers listed herein and for

2:58:19other purposes. 41596 to be

2:58:22referred to City Utilities.

2:58:24Helms ID 4 and 597. A

2:58:25resolution by council member

2:58:27Dustin Hill authorizing the

2:58:28mayor, his designee to enter

2:58:28into an intergovernmental

2:58:30agreement with Fulton County,

2:58:30Georgia to provide for a formal

2:58:32service agreement for wholesale

2:58:33wastewater service. services

2:58:34provided by the city of Atlanta

2:58:35to Fulton County for the use of

2:58:37the iron plate and water

2:58:39reclamation Center on behalf of

2:58:39the Department of Watershed

2:58:41Management, all funds should to

2:58:41be accepted to the fund,

2:58:43department, organization,

2:58:44account numbers listed herein

2:58:44and for other purposes. 41597

2:58:46to be referred to City

2:58:48Utilities. sorry 41599. A

2:58:51resolution by council member

2:58:52Dustin Hillis authorizing the

2:58:53mayor his designee to execute

2:58:55an inter-jurisdictional

2:58:57agreement with the city of

2:58:57Fairbairn on behalf of the

2:58:59Department of Watershed

2:59:00Management to continue the

2:59:01supply of water service to the

2:59:02city of Fairborn, Fairborn,

2:59:04Georgia, Georgia for a term of

2:59:0615 years with 2 5-year renewal

2:59:08option periods, all funds to be

2:59:10accepted to the fund department

2:59:12organization account numbers

2:59:13listed herein and for other

2:59:15purposes. 41599 to be referred

2:59:19to City Utilities. Yeah. I'm

2:59:24Zadi 41,600. A resolution by

2:59:26council member Dustin Hill is

2:59:26authorizing the mayor his

2:59:27designate to execute an

2:59:29inter-jurisdictional. Agreement

2:59:31with the City of Union City on

2:59:32behalf of the Department of

2:59:33Water Shadow Management to

2:59:34continue the supply of water

2:59:35service to the city of Union

2:59:37City, Georgia for a term of 15

2:59:39years with 2 5-year renewal

2:59:40option periods, all funds to be

2:59:42accepted to the fund department

2:59:44organization and account

2:59:44numbers listed here in and for

2:59:47other purposes Oh my God. Elms

2:59:55ID 4,162,041,600 to be referred

2:59:56to City utilities. Oh, sorry,

2:59:58yep, that was 41,600, right. OK

3:00:03City utilities. Next is 41,620

3:00:05OK OK, a resolution by council

3:00:07member Dustin Hillos to

3:00:09reappoint council members Jason

3:00:09Dozier, District 4, Liliana

3:00:12Bakhtiari District 5, and

3:00:13Dustin Hillis, District 9 to

3:00:14serve as the city council's

3:00:16appointments to the Atlanta

3:00:16Fatal Crash Review Commission

3:00:18for a term of 2 years and for

3:00:20other purposes. 41,620 to refer

3:00:24to transportation. Helms, ID

3:00:2941623. A resolution by council

3:00:32members Dustin Hillis and Mary

3:00:34Norwood, Matt Westmoreland, and

3:00:36Isha Collins requesting that

3:00:36the mayor direct the

3:00:38commissioner of the Atlanta

3:00:39Department of Transportation.

3:00:40To initiate a feasibility study

3:00:43preliminary engineering

3:00:43assessment, cost estimate, most

3:00:45immediate funding option and a

3:00:48proposed project schedule for

3:00:49the expedited replacement of

3:00:50the Moors Mill Road Bridge over

3:00:52Peachtree Creek with a modern

3:00:54elevated wider single span

3:00:55bridge designed to improve

3:00:56flood resilience, eliminate.

3:00:59Intermediate support peers and

3:01:01enhanced vehicle and pedestrian

3:01:01safety and for other, other

3:01:03purposes. I didn't know they

3:01:07kill that 416002023 to be

3:01:12referred to transportation.

3:01:14Last item is Elm's ID 41617. I

3:01:19resolution by council members

3:01:21Dustin Hillis. Marion Norwood,

3:01:23Isha Collins, Alex Juan, Jason

3:01:25Dozier, Thomas Worthy. Matt

3:01:28Westmoreland. Matt, Excuse me,

3:01:32Wayne Martin and Jason H.

3:01:32Winston. Requesting that the

3:01:35mayor direct the commissioner

3:01:35of the Atlanta Department of

3:01:37Transportation, ATLDOT to

3:01:39engage and independent

3:01:41qualified bridge engineering

3:01:41firm to conduct a comprehensive

3:01:43assessment of bridges under the

3:01:44jurisdiction of the city of

3:01:46Atlanta to identify bridges

3:01:46that failed to meet current

3:01:48engineering standards, roadway

3:01:49width standards, and pedestrian

3:01:51safety standards to identify

3:01:52and rank the 15 bridges most in

3:01:54need of replacement to require

3:01:55a report to the Atlanta City

3:01:57Council within 150 days and for

3:01:59other purposes. 416-17 to refer

3:02:02to transportation. I smile.

3:02:04What was that? Goodness

3:02:06gracious. council member.

3:02:10Martin, I wonder if that's a

3:02:11record from Councilman Bahillis

3:02:15Ilm's ID number 41627, a

3:02:17resolution by council members

3:02:19Wayne Martin, Matt Westmoreland

3:02:21Isha Collins, authorizing a

3:02:22donation of an amount not to

3:02:26exceed $5000.00 from the

3:02:27District 11 carry forward

3:02:29account and $5000.00 from the

3:02:31council president distribution

3:02:34account for a total amount of

3:02:37$10,000.00 to the Alfred Tupp

3:02:39Holmes Legacy Foundation

3:02:40pursuant to Section 6-306 of

3:02:42the city of Atlanta, Carter to

3:02:44authorize the chief financial

3:02:45officer to make the donation

3:02:47payment from the accounts

3:02:49listed herein and for other

3:02:49purposes. Woo woo, 41627 to be

3:02:53referred to FEC. Got homes.

3:02:56Elm's ID number 41,590 and

3:02:58ordinance by council member

3:03:00Wayne Martin to authorize the

3:03:00city of Atlanta on behalf of

3:03:02the mayor's Office of

3:03:04International and Immigrant

3:03:05Affairs to apply for and accept

3:03:06a grant award from the Criminal

3:03:07Justice Coordinating Council,

3:03:09uh, 2026 Victims of Crime Act

3:03:12grant program for the, for the

3:03:12purpose. are providing direct

3:03:15services to victims of crime in

3:03:16accordance with Section 2910 of

3:03:18the city of Atlanta Code of

3:03:20Ordinances and an amount not to

3:03:22exceed, uh, $82,000,840.00 to

3:03:28authorize the execution of any

3:03:30grant agreements and related

3:03:32documents necessary to

3:03:32effectuate the grant to amend

3:03:34the FY 2026 budget by adding to

3:03:37anticipations and

3:03:38appropriations an amount not to

3:03:40exceed 82,000, uh, I'm sorry,

3:03:43yeah, 82,800. $40.00. All funds

3:03:45to be charged to and paid from

3:03:48the fund accounts listed herein

3:03:48and for other purposes. 41,590

3:03:51to be referred to Public Safety

3:03:54Legal Administration. And

3:03:54lastly, Elm's ID number 41589

3:03:58and no ordinance by council

3:03:59member Wayne Martin, nor

3:04:01council member Mary Norwood,

3:04:01council member Isha Collins,

3:04:03council member Matt

3:04:05Westmoreland and council member

3:04:05Dustin Hillis, uh, to amend the

3:04:081982 zoning ordinance as

3:04:09amended to create a definition

3:04:10for event centers and to amend

3:04:12several zoning districts to

3:04:13allow. Special event facilities

3:04:15by a special use permit and for

3:04:17other purposes. 41589 to be

3:04:19referred to zoning. Thank you,

3:04:21Madam President. I'd like to

3:04:23know why. I think I I'll We

3:04:28busy,, Council member Worthy,

3:04:32thank you, Madam President.

3:04:34Elms ID 41624. A resolution by

3:04:37council member Thomas Worthy

3:04:37requesting the mayor as

3:04:39designee to install, install

3:04:42traffic calming devices on

3:04:43Wayuca Road northeast between

3:04:45Roswell Road Northeast and Old

3:04:48Mill Lane northeast in order to

3:04:50reduce speeding and for other

3:04:51purposes. 41624 to be referred

3:04:54to transportation. Thank you,

3:04:55Madam President. Thank you. You

3:04:57Council member one, Madam

3:04:59President, I have Elms ID

3:05:0141,580 and orange by council

3:05:02members Alex Vann and Matt

3:05:04Westmoreland authorizing for a

3:05:04donation in an amount not to

3:05:06exceed $5000.00 to Horizons

3:05:09Atlanta, pursuant to Section

3:05:116306 of the City of Atlanta's

3:05:11charter and for other purposes.

3:05:1541,580 to be referred to FEC.

3:05:20have that. Thank you, Madam

3:05:22President. Elms ID 41608 by

3:05:26Westmoreland and Bakhtiari. The

3:05:29resolution authorizing the city

3:05:30of Atlanta to donate $775,000

3:05:33to the historic development,

3:05:35District Development

3:05:35Corporation, a 501c3

3:05:36organization acting as a fiscal

3:05:37sponsor of the municipal Market

3:05:38Corporation pursuant to Section

3:05:406 306 of the City of Atlanta

3:05:42Charter to authorize the mayors

3:05:42doesn't need to enter any NSA

3:05:43agreements to effectuate the

3:05:44donation to authorize the chief

3:05:45financial officer. It doesn't

3:05:46need to make all payments from

3:05:47the account solicitor in and

3:05:48for other purposes. 41608.

3:05:51referred to FEC 41628 ordinance

3:05:55by Westmoreland Amending the

3:05:56city of Atlanta code of

3:05:56ordinances to establish a city

3:05:58of Atlanta Artificial

3:05:58Intelligence Advisory Board and

3:05:59for other purposes. 41628 to be

3:06:02referred to FEC. And 41625

3:06:05resolution by Westmoreland

3:06:07Winston Dozier, Juan Worthy,

3:06:09Norwood, Hillis, Martin, and

3:06:10Collins, authorizing a donation

3:06:12amount not to exceed $1 million

3:06:13from the Tree Trust fund of to

3:06:15the Georgia Arborists

3:06:16Association pursuant to Section

3:06:186306 of the Save of Atlanta

3:06:19Charter to support the

3:06:20implementation of a hazardous

3:06:21treat. Assistance program for

3:06:23low-income seniors, citizen

3:06:23homeowners to authorize the

3:06:24mayor or his designee to

3:06:25execute a donation agreement to

3:06:27authorize the chief financial

3:06:28officer to make the donation

3:06:29from the accounts solicit here

3:06:30in and for other purposes.

3:06:31Thank you. 416-25 to refer to

3:06:34FEC. No, Madam President, thank

3:06:38you. Uh, if you know, you know.

3:06:41OK, Dozier. Um, thank you,

3:06:45Madam President. My, my first

3:06:46item is Elms number 41611, uh,

3:06:50a resolution by council member

3:06:52Jason Dozier, Jason Winston,

3:06:54Kelsey Bond, Byron Amos.

3:07:00Liliana, Alex Juan, Thomas

3:07:01Worthy, Mary Norwood. It's

3:07:05everybody, so I was just uh I'm

3:07:07struggling today, uh,

3:07:09requesting that the Office of

3:07:10the Mayor established an Office

3:07:12of Veterans and Military

3:07:12Affairs or designate a

3:07:14comparable dedicated function

3:07:14within the executive branch to

3:07:16serve as the city of Atlanta's

3:07:17central point of contact for

3:07:19veterans, active duty service

3:07:19members, members of the

3:07:21National Guard and reserve

3:07:21military families, veterans

3:07:23service organizations and

3:07:24governmental and community

3:07:25partners to better identify,

3:07:26coordinate, and integrate

3:07:28services for veterans and

3:07:28military affiliated communities

3:07:30into existing city programs to

3:07:32strengthen partnerships with

3:07:33federal, state, regional, and

3:07:33local. agencies and

3:07:37organizations serving veterans

3:07:38and for other purposes. 416-11

3:07:39to be referred to FEC. And then

3:07:41my other item is Elms ID number

3:07:4441591, an ordinance by council

3:07:46member Jason Dozier to amend

3:07:48ordinance number 22-0-1675,

3:07:51which authorized the mayor or

3:07:53his designee on behalf of the

3:07:53city of Atlanta to execute an

3:07:55option agreement with the

3:07:57Atlanta Development Authority

3:07:57doing business as In Best

3:07:59Atlanta for certain city-owned

3:08:00real property located at 143

3:08:02Alabama Street Southwest and

3:08:04certain adjacent parcels to

3:08:06expressly authorize to sell,

3:08:07lease or ground lease of such

3:08:08property, including through a

3:08:10phased redevelopment.

3:08:11Transaction to authorize the

3:08:13mayor or his doesn't needs to

3:08:13extend the term of the existing

3:08:15option agreement, including any

3:08:17additional extensions necessary

3:08:18to facilitate a redevelopment

3:08:20of the property consistent with

3:08:21the terms and conditions of

3:08:22ordinance number 22-0-1675 as

3:08:26amended herein to authorize the

3:08:28mayor or his designee to

3:08:29execute all agreements,

3:08:30amendments, easements, and

3:08:31other documents necessary to

3:08:33effectuate the foregoing and

3:08:34for other purposes. 41591 to be

3:08:38referred to uh CDHS and FEC, so

3:08:40dual referred. That's all I

3:08:42have, Madam President. OK,

3:08:43thank you, Council member

3:08:45Winston. Thank you. Uh. Elms ID

3:08:4941568. A resolution by Council

3:08:51member Jason H. Winston

3:08:54authorizing approval and

3:08:54adoption of the Fulton County

3:08:55Service Delivery strategy,

3:08:58authorizing the mayor to

3:08:58execute the Fulton County

3:08:59Service delivery strategy on

3:09:00behalf of the city and for

3:09:01other purposes. 41568 to be

3:09:04referred to FEC. Elm's ID 41609

3:09:10and order by council member

3:09:11Jason H. Winston to request the

3:09:13issuance of by the urban

3:09:14residential Finance Authority

3:09:16of the City of Atlanta, Georgia

3:09:18the Finance Authority of its

3:09:21restated taxable drawdown

3:09:21revenue bonds, housing

3:09:23opportunity program, Series

3:09:252026 R. In the aggregate

3:09:27principle now not to exceed

3:09:30$204 million is zero cents, and

3:09:32the authorization and

3:09:33pre-validation by the finance

3:09:34authority of additional revenue

3:09:36bonds. The takeout bonds in the

3:09:39aggregate principle, I'm now

3:09:39not to exceed has long term

3:09:43bonds to refinance the series

3:09:452026 our drawdown bond at

3:09:47maturity or early redemption

3:09:48for the purpose of assisting

3:09:50Atlanta housing Opportunity Inc

3:09:52a Georgia nonprofit corporation

3:09:54and a public body corporate and

3:09:56politic in financing or

3:09:58refinancing on behalf of the

3:09:59city, elements of the housing

3:10:02Opportunity Program within the

3:10:03parameters established herein

3:10:04you authorize the execution,

3:10:06delivery, and performance of

3:10:061/5 Amendment. Mended

3:10:08intergovernmental housing

3:10:10corporation agreement. With the

3:10:13housing corporation to

3:10:14authorize acknowledgement of

3:10:16service and the filing of an

3:10:17answer on behalf of the city

3:10:19and validation proceedings to

3:10:21be brought in validating the

3:10:22series 2026 our drawdown bond

3:10:24and pre-validating the takeout

3:10:26bonds to authorize the

3:10:26execution, delivery, and

3:10:28performance of amended and

3:10:30restated continual covenant

3:10:30agreement in connection with

3:10:32the sale of the series. 2026 R&

3:10:34drawdown bond and to authorize

3:10:35certain related actions or in

3:10:37connection with the housing

3:10:39Opportunity Program, financed

3:10:39through the Finance Authority

3:10:41instruments of the series. 2026

3:10:42are draw out bun and

3:10:44authorization and

3:10:44pre-validation of the takeout

3:10:46bonds and for other related

3:10:48purposes. 41609 to refer to FEC

3:10:53M ZadiD 41,610. A resolution by

3:10:57council member Jason H. Winston

3:10:58authorizing the city of Atlanta

3:10:59to donate an amount not to

3:11:02exceed $150,000.00 to develop

3:11:04and, and empower USA Inc.

3:11:06pursuant to section number

3:11:07listed in the City of Atlanta

3:11:08charter to authorize the mayor

3:11:09or his designee to execute a

3:11:11donation agreement to authorize

3:11:13the chief financial officer to

3:11:13make the donation payment from

3:11:15the accountant listed herein

3:11:16and for other purposes. 41,610

3:11:19to be referred to FEC. Thank

3:11:22you. Thank you. I am, uh,

3:11:24trying to contact Boone now,

3:11:27but Michael Bond, you ready to

3:11:28read your paper in? He had 2

3:11:29papers. Thank you, Madam

3:11:40President. Elm's ID number 41.

3:11:45614. In ordinance by council

3:11:51member Worthy Westmoreland,

3:11:53Martin. Collins. Dozer and open

3:11:58to others. And audience, uh, To

3:12:02amend the Atlanta Code Part 2,

3:12:05general ordinances, chapter 158

3:12:09vegetation, Article 2, Tre

3:12:12protection, division, 17 re

3:12:16trust fund. Section 158-85,

3:12:22authorized expenditures to

3:12:23increase the maximum amount of

3:12:25the treaty trust fund, which

3:12:27may be used pursuant to a

3:12:31donation agreement with a 501C3

3:12:36entity to provide assistance to

3:12:39low income or senior citizen

3:12:41homeowners with the assessment

3:12:43and pruning of hazardous tree

3:12:45branches. Or the assessment

3:12:50removal and replacement of GGH

3:12:52trees on their property and for

3:12:56other purposes. So. 41614 CVAS

3:13:08and FEC has dealt with. Let's

3:13:10do a referred CDHS and FEC

3:13:1341614. Thank you. Thank you.

3:13:17Elm's ID number 41613 and on by

3:13:21council member Michael Dubond

3:13:23Isha Michael Dubond Isha

3:13:24Michael Dubond Isha, and open

3:13:24to others to amend chapter 158,

3:13:28vegetation, Article 23

3:13:30protection, division 17 Tre

3:13:33Trust Fund. SEC 158-84.

3:13:39Management of the Tree Trust

3:13:39Fund to establish an allocation

3:13:42of the recent 1% of eligible

3:13:46funds, budgeted for a certain

3:13:47city of Atlanta, eligible

3:13:50projects. For the Tre Trust

3:13:52fund in the same manner as the

3:13:55establishment of the allocation

3:13:57for the funding of public art

3:14:00so as to establish a funding

3:14:02mechanism to support the

3:14:04preservation, restoration, and

3:14:07expansion of Atlanta's urban

3:14:09tree canopy, subject to

3:14:13applicable law and for other

3:14:14purposes. OK. OK. 41614 to be

3:14:23referred to CDHS and FEC as

3:14:25dual referred. OK, 41613 to be

3:14:27referred to CDHS and FEC do

3:14:30referred. Thank you. That

3:14:33concludes the papers I have for

3:14:34introduction. Thank you. Thank

3:14:38you, Madam President. We just

3:14:43have one more paper. I So you.

3:14:58Oh, it's not in here. Is It's

3:15:08not even. Hey, did y'all hear

3:15:10all those that lady said. I

3:15:13look at him he was like,

3:15:20Hallelujah that's true. OK.

3:16:48Elm's ID number 41598. A

3:16:51resolution by council member

3:16:53Andrea L. Boone, a resolution

3:16:55authorizing the mayor or his

3:16:56designee to enter into an

3:17:00intergovernmental agreement

3:17:00with Fulton County, Georgia to

3:17:02provide for formal service

3:17:04agreement for wholesale

3:17:06wastewater services provided by

3:17:07the city of Atlanta to Fulton

3:17:09County for the use of the Utah

3:17:11Creek Water Reclamation Center

3:17:13on behalf of the Department of

3:17:15Watershed Management and Funds

3:17:18to be accepted to the fund

3:17:20department organization and

3:17:22account numbers listed herein

3:17:23and for other purposes. Elm's

3:17:26ID number 41598. Mhm. Yes.

3:17:42415941598 to be referred to

3:17:44City Utilities. Thank you,

3:17:45Madam President. And that's our

3:17:45last paper. With that, it

3:17:49brings us to our, uh, general

3:17:53remarks again, Council member

3:17:54Bond. Back in Asked the group

3:18:03to take a moment of silence,

3:18:05sir. Today we buried one of my

3:18:07favorite cousins this morning.

3:18:10It's Michael? Yes, we did.

3:18:14Viola Johnson Lee. Who, uh,

3:18:16Very near and dear to us and

3:18:19was funeralized this morning.

3:18:21If we could take a moment of

3:18:23silence for her. OK. Anyone

3:18:28else? Moment of silence. Thank

3:18:39you. I would also like to just

3:18:41add just that we all uh be in

3:18:43prayer for the family of Miss,

3:18:46uh, Betty Louise Redding. She

3:18:48passed away, uh, a couple of

3:18:49weeks ago, but she was

3:18:50funeralized on this past

3:18:51Saturday. She lived to be 92

3:18:53years old. She was a

3:18:55grandmother of over 100

3:18:57grandchildren, uh, yes, uh,

3:18:59there's an extraordinary figure

3:19:01in the community, a member of

3:19:01Providence Missionary Baptist

3:19:03Church, and I just wanted to

3:19:04make sure that that family

3:19:06understands how much city

3:19:08appreciates all that she

3:19:09contributed to the city of

3:19:09Atlanta. So thank you. very

3:19:11much, Madam President. 100

3:19:12grandkids 100 grandchildren. Mm

3:19:17That is fascinating. That makes

3:19:20her a superwoman. I just want

3:19:23one. OK, um, we did our general

3:19:28remarks. Anyone else OK, Madam

3:19:30Clark. We are ready for our

3:19:32journey roll call. Thank you,

3:19:35Madam President. We have

3:19:36council President Marcy Cler

3:19:38Where is it? Council member

3:19:41Michael Julian Bond post one at

3:19:42large. Mhm Well, Council member

3:19:46Matt Westmoreland post 2 at

3:19:48large. Council member Isha

3:19:52Collins host 3 at large Council

3:19:55member Jason H. Winston,

3:19:57District 1. Customer Kelsey

3:20:00Bond District 2. Council member

3:20:03Byron D. Amos, District 3.

3:20:06Council member Jason Doza

3:20:07District 4. Council member

3:20:11Liliana Bia District 5. Council

3:20:14member Alex Wang District 6.

3:20:16Council member Thomas Worthy,

3:20:18District 7. Council member Mary

3:20:20Norwood, dis District 8. House

3:20:23member Dustin Hillis, District

3:20:259. Council member Andrea Boone,

3:20:30District 10, present. Council

3:20:31member Wayne Martin District 11

3:20:34Council member Antonio Lewis,

3:20:36District 12. F. You look great.

3:20:44And with that, that adjourns

3:20:47our council meeting for

3:20:48November 2nd. Thank you

3:20:52everyone

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