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was a premature bang. OK. Yeah.

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I got your package. Mary

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I got your paper.

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Good afternoon everyone. Today
is September 8

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2026, and you are at our Atlanta
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Council for The first

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Except first, the first Monday

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of September, um, but it's not
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it's Tuesday because yesterday
was Labor Day and I am

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your council president, Marcy
Collier, Overstreet

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So welcome to our full council
chamber. Uh, Madam

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Clark, can you please call the
roll?

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Thank you, Madam President, good
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Council President and members of
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Marcy Culler Overstreet, present

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We have a council member Michael
Julian Bond

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post one at large. Council
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Matt Westmoreland, post 2 at

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Council member Isha Collins,
post 3 at large, present

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Council member Jason H. Winston

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District 1. Council member
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Councilor Byron D. Amos,
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Council member Jason Dozer,
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4. Council member Liliana
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Council member Alex Swan,
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Council member Thomas Worthy,
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Council member Dustin Hillis,
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11, Council member Antonio Lewis
District 12. Let's go. Let's get
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Madam President, we do have a
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you, Madam Clerk. I'll entertain
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to adopt

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the agenda moved by Louis, 2 by
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um, we can do this by unanimous
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consent 12 ye 0 nay, 12 yay, 0
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the agenda is adopted and now
it's time for our

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invocation and I want to

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uh, thank Pastor. Reverend

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Doctor Chris

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Holmes from the North Atlanta
Presbyterian Church, uh, he said
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and I appreciate that. So thank
you. Please provide our
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Uh, thank you, Council President
Uh, would you please join me

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in prayer?

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Gracious and eternal God, source
of every good gift.

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We pause at the beginning of
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To seek your presence. We give

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thanks for this great city. For
its long memory

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And it's restless hope. For

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every neighborhood within it.
From the busiest corridors.

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So they ignored streets. And

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for all the people who call
Atlanta home.

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We ask for your blessing on
those who will lead

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today and every day. Ground

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grant this council wisdom that
runs deeper than the day's
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Patients with one another, and
the courage

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and the commitment to serve the
common good

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above every lesser thing. Where
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are hard decisions, give clear
insight, where there

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is disagreement, lead

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us toward charity and mutual
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Turn our attention to those most
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The vulnerable, the struggling,
the marginalized, and

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the unheard that justice and
mercy would meet in

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the Or ordinary business of
governing and that this

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city would be for all its people
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of dignity and belonging of

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thriving and service. We ask it
humbly in the name

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of the God we seek and serve.

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Amen. Amen. Thank you so much

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Reverend Holmes, um, That

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Thank you

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so much. This brings us to our
pledge of allegiance. Would
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rise and let's say our pledge of
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I pledge allegiance to

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the flag of the United States of
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and to the republic for which it
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one nation under God

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indivisible with liberty and
justice for all.

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Thank you, this takes us right
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proclamations, commendations,
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will all hear for the legacy

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of Charles E. Johnson on the

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40th anniversary of Sweet Auburn
Spring Fest

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please come forward. This will

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be presided over by council
member Antonio

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Lewis. Please come forward.

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It. This.

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This is the time when I remind
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that proclamations per code

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can only be 15 minutes or as
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15 minutes. So, let's follow our
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God is so good you don't even
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Happy to have you. Welcome.

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And to honor Mr

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Charles Johnson and his family.
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his family is a huge thing to me

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My life has been impacted by the
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his legacy, knowing what Sweet

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Auburn Fest has always meant.
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now resides on the South Side.
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they've been coaching our kids,
teaching them how to

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swim. They're part of every
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super proud and honored to super
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and honored to present this
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overdue proclamation to Mr.
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East. Johnson and the entire
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Whereas, Celebrating

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the legacy of Charles E. Johnson
on the

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40th anniversary of Sweet Auburn
Spring Fest

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whereas Charles E. Johnson
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festival in the mid-1980s and
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on to found and

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produce Sweet Auburn Spring Fest
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expanding the event into one of
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longest-running culture
celebrations dedicated to

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preserving the history of Auburn
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Businesses, artists, and the
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and Raz, Mr. Johnson also

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produced and led the Sweet
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The historic fall celebration
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by civil rights leader Josell

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Williams, further strengthening

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cultural traditions and
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Avenue and Rez in later years

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the Heritage Festival concluded
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Johnson family chose to focus
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on continuing and strengthening
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Auburn Spring Fest, ensuring the

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long-term sustainability

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and impact of the historic
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And rez affect, affectionately
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Sweet Auburn and the spirit of
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Charles E. Johnson was widely
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for his tireless commitment to
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Auburn Avenue community and was
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as a true champion of Sweet
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remaining active, engaging in
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advocacy, even during illness
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following Mr. Johnson's passing
in 200. 10, former

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Atlanta City councilman Kwanzaa
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stated that Sweet Auburn has
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Recognizing the tremendous
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preservation and celebration of
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and culture and res following
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the leadership and stewardship
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Spring Fest continued through
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his daughter and grandchildren
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carrying forward his vision of
honoring the history

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of an Auburn Avenue through

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cultural celebration, education,
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And whereas, the 40th
anniversary. ary of Sweet Auburn

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Spring Fest stands as a
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the enduring legacy of Charles E
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the continued importance of
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the cele preserving and
celebrating the history, culture

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and community of historic Auburn
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therefore be proclaimed that we,
the members of the Atlanta City

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Council, on behalf of the
residents of Atlanta do

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hereby unearth the legacy of
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Known as the mayor of Sweet
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and recognizes lasting
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to the preservation, celebration

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and advancement of the historic

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Auburn Avenue and Sweet Auburn
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I will Ask if any of my
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to speak first.

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Congratulations to the Johnson
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your father. I knew him and you
all have truly

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truly done a wonderful job

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celebrating his life and legacy.
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was such a hard worker. He
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his life into Auburn Avenue. So
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you all so much and thank you to
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an Antonio Lewis for making
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Thank you, council member, for
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this hero to our great city is
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and to his wonderful family, uh,
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I understand are uh dedicated
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of the city. Thank you for your
service, uh, your

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uh, loved one, Mr. Johnson was
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I'd never, I've never seen
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uh, to making sure that the
lasting legacy of Sweet Auburn
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first learned about Sue Auburn
from Mayor Maynard Jackson.
That's kind of the area he grew

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up in, in the old

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4th Ward and people Like Mr.
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they kept that legacy alive and
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are keeping his legacy alive. So
thank you very much

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Congratulations.

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And now we'll hear from the The
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I do.

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Uh, good afternoon, City council
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um citizens of Atlanta on behalf
of the Johnson family, we would
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to thank, uh, the city of
Atlanta for recognizing our
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Charles Johnson. He was really,
um, the Sweet Auburn

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district really meant much to
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the businesses, and his passion
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and the citizens of not only the
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but also um 044 and beyond. And
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would like to show our
appreciation for the city of
Atlanta for recognizing his.

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dedication and contributions.
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Before we take our photo, I
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had the opportunity of meeting
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I've had the opportunity of
feeling his love

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through the, his loved ones

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Your love and your commitment to
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Atlanta transferred to the south
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in that area. We've always
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family like yours to continue to
add to the puzzle that we're

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building on the south side from
making sure Brownsmill Road got
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the gym actually opens up on
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the pools are opening. What
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even sometimes bringing some of
the sweet Auburn flavors, Sweet
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to Jonesboro Road at, at right
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at right in District 1, at Black

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Coffee and at Omar event space,
making sure that we felt that
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type of love when we had some
shutdowns on the other side of
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So truly honored to have your
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our community and honor to know
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those who loved him. And as a
man, when you meet a daughter

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who loves her father the way.
Mrs. Jordan loves her father

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That's how you know the
commitment they make. So thank
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I think.

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This is my first. stand up there

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close. OK.

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All right everyone, look here.

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Uh to 3.

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Or For To

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Wayne, you do a better job
keeping. Yeah

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you. And council

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member Lewis, you are actually
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one. Also, so you can just stay
right there

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in recognition of Timothy
Barnett for

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42 years of

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Exemplary service for the city
of Atlanta

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all those here to stand with
Timothy Barnett

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please come forward.

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It's team. Coach Tim Coach Tim

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come on up. So

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well deserved. And I've never
brought these

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in here and done the, and done a
proclamation myself

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that I brought to city council.
So to do these two today lets

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you know how important these,
this was to

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not only me but my community.

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Yes.

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It

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Mm.

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Congratulations. Congratulations

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Well, lucky us.

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What. with.

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I just congratulations.
Congratulations.

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Congratulations

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It's OK, OK to work with

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I know, I

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Come on on up, we can spread out

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OK. Right. In

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Yes.

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So right.

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I.

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It's

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OK.

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And, and now we get

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to honor another legend for the
city of Atlanta

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not just two of them, not just
the south side, but another
legend for

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the city of Atlanta. And with
this proclamation, we'll

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be honoring Timothy Barnett for

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42 years. 42 years.

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Of service to the city of
Atlanta.

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Whereas, I'll read the
proclamation first, then I'll
talk about Brother

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Tim because I learned how to
swim in one of these pools that
he'd been teaching in for a long

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time

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right? So, whereas the

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members of the Atlanta City
Council proudly

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recognized Timothy Barnett for
42

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years of service to the city of
Atlanta during

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which he devoted his career to
advancing

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water safety, recreation

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youth development, and public
service

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and res, Timothy Barnett, Pa.

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Barnett's passion for aquatics
began at the age

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of 10 after learning to swim at
Pittman Park pool.

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Where the professionalism and
dedication of the

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city's lifeguards inspired him
to pursue a career serving

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Atlanta's residents and res, and
just

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15 years old, Timothy began
working as a city

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of Atlanta lifeguard, and after
9 years

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of seasonal employees of a

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seasonal employee joined the
city full-time

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in 1985 as a work, as a water
safety instructor under

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the leadership of Mr. Brashir

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guided by distinguished mentors.
Including the late

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Charles Kennedy and Tommy
Jackson. He he cultivated

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a lifelong commitment to
excellence

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leadership, and public service
and res throughout

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his remarkable career, Timothy
advanced through nearly

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every level of city of the
city's aquatics

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program, serving as the pool
attendant, lifeguard

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pool manager, assistant manager,
and the supervisor.

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His professional cert
certifications as a water

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safety instru instructor, CPR
instructor

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first aid instructor, trainee
instructor, certified

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pool operator and certified USA
swim coach

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reflect his unwavering
dedication to protecting

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and educating the public and

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for two more decades, Timothy
served as

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the coach and assistant coach of
the city

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of Atlanta's Dolphin swim team.

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Mentoring generations of young
athletes and

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inspiring confidence, discipline
and achievement.

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His distinguished service earned
numerous customer

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service awards, recognition for
his excellence in swim

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instruction and coaching, and
the opportunity to

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visit the United States Olympic
Training Center

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in Colorado Springs. Further
strengthening

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his commitment to developing

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future champions. Now therefore
be proclaimed that

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we, the members of the Atlanta
City Council

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on behalf of the residents of
Atlanta do

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hereby honor Timothy Barnett for
his service.

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For his 42 years of faithful

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service and extended our

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sincere appreciation for its
enduring contributions

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to the city of Atlanta. We
congratulate him on his

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well-earned retirement and wish
him a continued health

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happiness, and success in all of

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his future things. Yeah. Yes

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I, I don't know.

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OK. We got Tim

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to smile. So before I, I pass it
to Brother

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Tim and the commissioner. I
first want to ask if any

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of my colleagues would like to
come up on

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either side to speak.

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We have the honorable, honorable
councilperson from

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the Southwest Atlanta
councilperson Andrea Bone.

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Thank you, coach, for all you
have done for

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the city of Atlanta, making sure
that our young and

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the elderly know how to swim. I
met

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you over 32 years ago

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and you were a wonderful

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vibrant spirit, but you were
about business

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making sure that our young
people and making sure

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that they knew the importance of
swimming. So again

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thank you for your achievements
and

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we hope that you won't be gone.
Too long, we're gonna

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um, maybe loan him over to CT
Martin Recreation

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Center, so the kids in
Adamsville and the

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kids in Alan Temple and Trussell
Tree

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and Shamrock Gardens make making
sure

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that everybody knows how to swim
and I see

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Miss Katie here. Thank you, Miss
Katie for being here. She still

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works at the pool, but again,
thank you, swimming

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is so very vital. Thank you.

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Again, thank you, council member
Lewis for making

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sure these kinds of heroes, uh,
get their praises sung from

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the lofty, uh, tower known as
City Hall

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Um, we wanna make sure that

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everyone understands that
there's nothing more important
than celebrating our

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young people, uh, and their
accomplishments

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but the only thing that's almost
as important is celebrating
those

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that helped them get there. And
it's people like you

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Coach Tim, I know Coach Tim Wynn
You probably

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know him too, uh, with all these
legendary Tims in Atlanta that

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are helping our young people. So
I'm Call you TimB

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today. Uh, we just want to tell
you thank you. Uh

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your acts of service, your acts
of generosity and

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most important, the compassion

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you have, uh, making sure that
our young people are ready to
excel in life

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and they fall into a body of
water, they can at least get
themselves out of

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it. That is important, and it's
a critical skill set and council

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uh, President Overstreet has
done a great job of making sure
our kids at

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the Y, uh, learn how to swim in
Southwest Atlanta, but you're
taking care of the kids on

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the southeastern side of the
city, and we appreciate you. We

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we thank you so much. Don't be
gone too long.

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Because we need you, all right.
Congratulations, Coach

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Tim. Thank you.

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And I, I just want to say a few.
All of my colleagues

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any other of my colleagues want
to speak?

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OK, so I wanna say that I too

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my first job was City of Atlanta
across

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the street from where you are
now at the golf course. And so

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I too understand how again

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they employment within the city
of Atlanta will open up

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some different I want to tell
you when I was about 6

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years old at that same pool that
you're at right now, I

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learned how to swim. Council
member Boone tells me

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all the time about how
recreation centers were built in
the city of Atlanta.

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She tells me that they were
built to teach our kids how to

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swim next door to the recreation
centers. Before

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they put the the record before
they put the

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basketball gym into Rozelle Fan

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Mrs. Roselle Fan at At the time
it was

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called Southeast before they put
the basketball gym in there

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It was already committed to put
a pool in there. So for me

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to go into that center and to
learn how to swim and my brother
learned how

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to swim, my sisters learned how
to swim, and now we

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meet people from beach towns,
especially when it comes to
black

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and brown folk, right? I meet
people from Beach

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towns who don't know how to swim
and part of

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the reason we learned how to
swim was because the city
council and

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the mayor at the time period
chose to invest.

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Chose to invest in teaching
young

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black and brown folks how to
swim when you come to the mayor

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Andy Young and Mayor Maynard
Jackson, investing initially in
that

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So super thankful for your
service. I, I, I

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it's, let's go to the video.

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I apologize. Let's go to the
video. We have an honorable
video for you.

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First of all, I want to thank
God.

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handed me. A wonderful job.

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I wanted to be a good lifeguard.
I didn't

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know it. What impact I had

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on the community. I had no idea.

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When we started. There was no
Roselle

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fan. It was only MLK. And

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I think it was named Southeast
when he first came

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over here, so he was new to this
facility.

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So it's almost like he opened it
up

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or helped open it up. When you
work in aquatics, you come

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together, we're like a family.
You train.

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You enjoy being together.

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I met Tim when I was 9 years old
at Perry

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Hall, and one of the things that
Tim asked me like how long you

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been swimming? And I said, what
does the old

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man want? This is my first swim
meet and he

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meet and he like swimming is
gonna teach you things about
life. It's no matter how you

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start

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it's how you finish. Just
something about a

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man who willing to get up every
day no matter how they feel.

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No matter what's going on with
them, don't make no excuses.

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They get up and they get the job
done. And

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that's one thing even like from
a child, I admired that about.

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My uncle Tim. Oh, the muscles,
they are

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there. I, I have to respect the
muscles because his muscles

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are humble just like he's humble
The impact

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that he has made on countless
lives

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and the lives of youth and

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even adults. I know it's a job
that was

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well done and the service was
well done and it's

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showing today it's like they
appreciate the service that

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was given through him and like I
say, being

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selfless because he did give of
himself

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to everybody.

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I spent my years.

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Happy. I didn't

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never ever dream of 42 years.

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In one department it's a
privilege.

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It's a privilege.

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And now Commissioner Doug Voss.

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I'll be brief. I know we're
running out of time, and I want
Tim

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to speak, but, um, I

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met Tim about over a decade and
a half ago, which is only

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Let's still half the time that
you've been here, Tim. But the

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first time I met Tim, um, he

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saw me and he said, I've been
waiting for you. I'm looking

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for you. I wanted to meet you.
And he took me on about an

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hour tour of the pool, which
only has 5

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rooms. And we made a list

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things that had to be fixed in
that pool. And I said

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Tim, no problem. I'm aquatics
guy too. We all

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we're all family here. Send it
in through a work order

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but you can always call me. Tim
called me

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on Tuesday, on Wednesday, on
Thursday

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on Sunday, until we got all of
those projects

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done. That is the guy that Tim
is. He

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needs to have that pool
operating

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the way it should from the
get-go and every day. And I
appreciate you, Tim, for all

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that. We have done so much, even
in the short

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couple of decades I have been
here, we have replaced all

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the HVAC resurfaced the entire
pool. We've

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got new locker rooms. That's all
because of you

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And I appreciate you and your
spirit, the

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The DP, I've always said the
city of Atlanta is a family. DPR
is

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a family, aquatics is really a
family

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and we appreciate you for being
the patriarch of that family. I
noticed

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he even brought Mr. Terry out of
retirement here

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They have.

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Mr. Terry, Mr. Tim, uh, if you
don't know this

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they run one of the best water
aerobics program in the

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city. It's still growing strong.
You saw it on the video. Thank
you

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for everything you've done.
Appreciate you, Tim.

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Yeah.

491
00:32:35,687 --> 00:32:40,224
And now the honorable Brother
Tim Barnett.

492
00:32:40,224 --> 00:32:46,397
You here. Thank you very much.

493
00:32:46,397 --> 00:32:49,033
OK, uh.

494
00:32:49,033 --> 00:32:51,569
I don't know what to say.

495
00:32:51,569 --> 00:32:54,505
I had to um

496
00:32:54,505 --> 00:32:58,643
I had so much to say. It went
out

497
00:32:58,643 --> 00:33:02,647
the window. OK, um,

498
00:33:02,647 --> 00:33:05,416
Thank y'all very much for coming
out.

499
00:33:05,416 --> 00:33:09,887
And uh celebrating with me.

500
00:33:09,887 --> 00:33:13,925
42 years. OK.

501
00:33:13,925 --> 00:33:16,461
Since we have about 2 minutes
and 30

502
00:33:16,461 --> 00:33:21,232
seconds left if anyone on the
stage, a family member

503
00:33:21,232 --> 00:33:27,105
or co-worker wants to come up
and say something. Come on.

504
00:33:27,105 --> 00:33:29,674
220. Good evening. My name is
Latasha Barnett. I'm

505
00:33:29,674 --> 00:33:33,711
the oldest sister of Timothy
Burnett, um.

506
00:33:33,711 --> 00:33:36,381
My brother has been around for a
long time and he

507
00:33:36,381 --> 00:33:39,117
has always been good with
children and

508
00:33:39,117 --> 00:33:42,787
helping everybody. Unfortunately
I'm one of the ones that didn't
get in

509
00:33:42,787 --> 00:33:45,523
the pool to learn how to swim.

510
00:33:45,523 --> 00:33:48,393
To learn how to swim, yeah,
you're right, wow

511
00:33:48,393 --> 00:33:51,829
And um, I'm sure he still do it
on the side

512
00:33:51,829 --> 00:33:54,465
so anytime I want to learn, I
know my brother got my back. I
wanna congratulate

513
00:33:54,465 --> 00:33:57,101
you, brother, on your 42

514
00:33:57,101 --> 00:34:00,938
years and let you know I love
you. Congratulations.

515
00:34:00,938 --> 00:34:05,376
I want to speak on behalf of the

516
00:34:05,376 --> 00:34:07,945
primetime seniors. It was
Timothy Barnett.

517
00:34:07,945 --> 00:34:10,515
Who took Maggie McCollum and
myself

518
00:34:10,515 --> 00:34:14,252
along with Jimmy Lawson to

519
00:34:14,252 --> 00:34:17,321
the National Senior Olympics

520
00:34:17,321 --> 00:34:21,192
in 2016 and we've been going to
the

521
00:34:21,192 --> 00:34:23,761
Senior Olympic swimming since
then. And

522
00:34:23,761 --> 00:34:28,666
it's all because if it's
dedication

523
00:34:28,666 --> 00:34:32,336
compassion and leadership that
he has for the seniors

524
00:34:32,336 --> 00:34:34,972
but if you can understand the
impact

525
00:34:34,972 --> 00:34:37,508
that this man has made when

526
00:34:37,508 --> 00:34:40,044
you have seniors who were

527
00:34:40,044 --> 00:34:43,748
afraid to swim because of

528
00:34:43,748 --> 00:34:46,651
their hair or for the fears that

529
00:34:46,651 --> 00:34:50,288
was installed in us as as
children

530
00:34:50,288 --> 00:34:52,857
but he broke that barrier

531
00:34:52,857 --> 00:34:55,493
and now if you come in to
Rosellle

532
00:34:55,493 --> 00:34:59,464
Fan, you will see seniors from
wall

533
00:34:59,464 --> 00:35:02,066
to wall, learning how to swim

534
00:35:02,066 --> 00:35:04,769
so Tim, we honor you. We will
never forget you.

535
00:35:04,769 --> 00:35:08,539
What

536
00:35:08,539 --> 00:35:11,075
I'm gonna be brief. My

537
00:35:11,075 --> 00:35:13,744
name is Qua. I'm Tim's niece, um
retired

538
00:35:13,744 --> 00:35:17,248
25 years of military myself

539
00:35:17,248 --> 00:35:19,784
I'm sorry. It's so emotional

540
00:35:19,784 --> 00:35:22,320
um, but I just wanted to say
thank you, uncle, for setting
the pace

541
00:35:22,320 --> 00:35:24,889
setting the example for our
family because

542
00:35:24,889 --> 00:35:28,659
of you, um, we all have forged

543
00:35:28,659 --> 00:35:31,195
our fortune to our careers and
being able to hold strong

544
00:35:31,195 --> 00:35:33,898
in its examples like you, they
keep the faith

545
00:35:33,898 --> 00:35:38,069
they keep the, keep, keep up,
keep the strength in the family
going

546
00:35:38,069 --> 00:35:40,738
So congratulations on your 42
years, and I'm so glad. That I
was able to

547
00:35:40,738 --> 00:35:44,442
make it.

548
00:35:44,442 --> 00:35:47,378
And now we'll come up and we'll
take our

549
00:35:47,378 --> 00:35:51,215
mayor And we have

550
00:35:51,215 --> 00:35:53,784
we have the honorable, Ho

551
00:35:53,784 --> 00:35:58,189
honorable sixty-first. We got 61
in the house.

552
00:35:58,189 --> 00:36:00,958
Miror Andre Dickens.

553
00:36:00,958 --> 00:36:05,630
And he's gonna join our photo.

554
00:36:05,630 --> 00:36:09,233
Yeah. Con Congratulations.

555
00:36:09,233 --> 00:36:18,643
I.

556
00:36:18,643 --> 00:36:21,412
Right through here.

557
00:36:21,412 --> 00:36:25,716
Mhm Or

558
00:36:25,716 --> 00:36:29,287
here

559
00:36:29,287 --> 00:36:39,387
not.

560
00:37:28,079 --> 00:37:32,583
Let us know when you get your
watch

561
00:37:32,583 --> 00:37:35,219
Tim.

562
00:37:35,219 --> 00:37:37,922
Call about it. Hey

563
00:37:37,922 --> 00:37:42,326
hey?

564
00:37:42,326 --> 00:37:46,030
As the as as coach Tim

565
00:37:46,030 --> 00:37:48,566
and his celebrants, uh, leave
the dais, all

566
00:37:48,566 --> 00:37:51,202
of those that are here to
celebrate

567
00:37:51,202 --> 00:37:54,872
uh, Veritas. Please come up to
the dais

568
00:37:54,872 --> 00:37:57,775
at this time.

569
00:37:57,775 --> 00:38:00,311
Yeah.

570
00:38:00,311 --> 00:38:04,115
I'm sorry, what did you say?
Thank you

571
00:38:04,115 --> 00:38:06,784
council member.

572
00:38:06,784 --> 00:38:10,588
Martin for calling all to

573
00:38:10,588 --> 00:38:13,124
the da trying to maintain that
time, Madam President. You

574
00:38:13,124 --> 00:38:15,760
got the best dress group heading
forward

575
00:38:15,760 --> 00:38:18,296
now? Check out their socks

576
00:38:18,296 --> 00:38:24,602
Down to the socks.

577
00:38:24,602 --> 00:38:28,806
Brains and brawn. No

578
00:38:28,806 --> 00:38:31,442
September 1st. You change it I
said

579
00:38:31,442 --> 00:38:35,746
you know, so you're usually

580
00:38:35,746 --> 00:38:38,282
on They change. We

581
00:38:38,282 --> 00:38:42,620
have a training on Thursday
because a lot of changes coming
next

582
00:38:42,620 --> 00:38:46,891
OK

583
00:38:46,891 --> 00:38:49,493
yeah, OK. All right, everyone
that is here to celebrate with
the

584
00:38:49,493 --> 00:38:55,599
Deveritas Debate Institute,
please make your way to the dais

585
00:38:55,599 --> 00:38:58,269
We appreciate Coach Tim and
family, if you all could

586
00:38:58,269 --> 00:39:00,938
exit right. Our

587
00:39:00,938 --> 00:39:05,209
Veritas Debate Institute group
is gonna come up on the left.

588
00:39:05,209 --> 00:39:09,413
Thank you so much

589
00:39:09,413 --> 00:39:14,518
Thank you. Right.

590
00:39:14,518 --> 00:39:18,322
why don't you come down a little
so everybody can

591
00:39:18,322 --> 00:39:21,025
get a chance. Everybody please
come for if you're celebrating

592
00:39:21,025 --> 00:39:23,694
the veritas Debate Institute. If
you'll join us on

593
00:39:23,694 --> 00:39:28,366
the dais. It's Thomas.

594
00:39:28,366 --> 00:39:32,536
You only has one vowel in every
word.

595
00:39:32,536 --> 00:39:36,841
All right. Uh

596
00:39:36,841 --> 00:39:39,477
Uh, it is with great pleasure
and honor

597
00:39:39,477 --> 00:39:43,080
that I, uh, celebrate this
amazing group of

598
00:39:43,080 --> 00:39:45,816
young people that are from all
over metro Atlanta

599
00:39:45,816 --> 00:39:48,352
uh, they are champions by right,
but here we're

600
00:39:48,352 --> 00:39:52,556
we're here today to celebrate
their latest win

601
00:39:52,556 --> 00:39:55,192
uh, the Veritas debate uh
Institute of Atlanta. Uh

602
00:39:55,192 --> 00:40:01,265
can we please give them a round
of applause.

603
00:40:01,265 --> 00:40:04,168
This, uh, distinctive group was
founded

604
00:40:04,168 --> 00:40:07,772
in 2017 by their founder and
visionary

605
00:40:07,772 --> 00:40:10,541
Brandon Fleming, and today we
are celebrating their

606
00:40:10,541 --> 00:40:14,712
8th consecutive championship,
and there's only been 9 of them.

607
00:40:14,712 --> 00:40:17,348
And they're, they've won 8 of
them, and we're here to

608
00:40:17,348 --> 00:40:19,950
celebrate that on a day. We've
got students from all over

609
00:40:19,950 --> 00:40:22,486
Metro Atlanta, but, uh, right
here from home

610
00:40:22,486 --> 00:40:25,856
we've got students from KIPP ATL
Washington

611
00:40:25,856 --> 00:40:28,426
Coretta Scott King, Sutton,
Midtown

612
00:40:28,426 --> 00:40:30,995
Mays, Maynard Jackson, and
Ferrell High

613
00:40:30,995 --> 00:40:34,899
School's own Devin Mitchell. I
went to Darrell, so I had to
sleep that

614
00:40:34,899 --> 00:40:37,835
one in. Uh, and we're extremely
proud of them and we have some
alum with us today

615
00:40:37,835 --> 00:40:42,139
my mentee, Isaiah Stevens from
Morehouse College. He's in so

616
00:40:42,139 --> 00:40:42,173
many majors, I can't call them
all out, but he is also here, uh
And we just want to celebrate

617
00:40:42,173 --> 00:40:46,110
them in

618
00:40:46,110 --> 00:40:48,946
an amazing way today. Is that
all right? All right, thank you
all

619
00:40:48,946 --> 00:40:51,549
so much. Uh, we are here to
celebrate the

620
00:40:51,549 --> 00:40:54,885
Veritas Debate Institute with a
proclamation from the

621
00:40:54,885 --> 00:40:57,421
Atlanta City Council in
recognition of

622
00:40:57,421 --> 00:41:00,090
the Veritas Debate Institute.
And it reads

623
00:41:00,090 --> 00:41:02,626
whereas the Atlanta City Council
is pleased

624
00:41:02,626 --> 00:41:06,564
to recognize the Veritas Debate
Institute an

625
00:41:06,564 --> 00:41:09,133
Atlanta rooted educational
institution whose commitment

626
00:41:09,133 --> 00:41:11,735
to academic excellence,
leadership development

627
00:41:11,735 --> 00:41:15,439
and expanding opportunity has
transformed the

628
00:41:15,439 --> 00:41:18,108
lives and futures of young
scholars throughout the city.

629
00:41:18,108 --> 00:41:20,678
And beyond, and whereas the
Veritas story

630
00:41:20,678 --> 00:41:24,748
began in Atlanta in 2017 when

631
00:41:24,748 --> 00:41:28,886
acclaimed educator and former
Harvard debate coach Brandon P.
Fleming.

632
00:41:28,886 --> 00:41:31,455
Founded the Harvard Debate
Council Diversity Project

633
00:41:31,455 --> 00:41:34,058
to create greater access to
prestigious

634
00:41:34,058 --> 00:41:36,660
academic opportunities for
talented black and brown
students from

635
00:41:36,660 --> 00:41:40,030
Atlanta. And whereas what began
as

636
00:41:40,030 --> 00:41:42,600
a weekly Saturday school
designed to

637
00:41:42,600 --> 00:41:45,135
provide Atlanta youth with
rigorous, high-level

638
00:41:45,135 --> 00:41:49,273
academic training has evolved
into the nationally

639
00:41:49,273 --> 00:41:52,276
recognized Veritas Debate
Institute providing students in
grades 8

640
00:41:52,276 --> 00:41:55,880
through 12 with accelerated
instruction and

641
00:41:55,880 --> 00:41:58,749
critical thinking, research,
public speaking, arguments.

642
00:41:58,749 --> 00:42:01,452
ation, leadership, and the
social sciences

643
00:42:01,452 --> 00:42:04,788
and whereas Atlanta remains the
original

644
00:42:04,788 --> 00:42:07,358
home and foundation of Veritas,
a community

645
00:42:07,358 --> 00:42:09,960
of scholars, families, educators
alumni

646
00:42:09,960 --> 00:42:12,563
and partners united by the
belief that talent

647
00:42:12,563 --> 00:42:16,367
is universal, but access to
opportunity

648
00:42:16,367 --> 00:42:19,003
too often is not, and whereas
through

649
00:42:19,003 --> 00:42:21,572
its innovative educational model
the Veritas

650
00:42:21,572 --> 00:42:25,175
Debate Institute has prepared
students to complete and excel
on

651
00:42:25,175 --> 00:42:28,512
the international stage with
Veritas scholars achieving
extraordinary.

652
00:42:28,512 --> 00:42:31,815
success at the Harvard Debate
Council Summer

653
00:42:31,815 --> 00:42:34,351
workshops and earning admission
to prestigious colleges and

654
00:42:34,351 --> 00:42:36,921
universities, and whereas the
institute

655
00:42:36,921 --> 00:42:39,456
has demonstrated, uh, that when
young people are provided with

656
00:42:39,456 --> 00:42:43,460
rigorous preparation, high
expectations

657
00:42:43,460 --> 00:42:46,030
meaningful mentorship and access
to opportunity, they

658
00:42:46,030 --> 00:42:48,632
can transcend barriers and
compete with the very best
students

659
00:42:48,632 --> 00:42:52,069
from around the world and
whereas

660
00:42:52,069 --> 00:42:54,638
as Veritas expands its reach to
additional cities

661
00:42:54,638 --> 00:42:57,174
across the nation, its roots
remain

662
00:42:57,174 --> 00:42:59,710
firmly planted in Atlanta. Where
it's

663
00:42:59,710 --> 00:43:02,413
pioneering work continues to
develop, the next generation

664
00:43:02,413 --> 00:43:06,150
of scholars, professionals,
civic leaders, and change makers

665
00:43:06,150 --> 00:43:10,054
and whereas the Atlanta City
Council commends Brandon Brandon

666
00:43:10,054 --> 00:43:12,590
P. Fleming, the faculty, staff

667
00:43:12,590 --> 00:43:15,359
supporters, families, alumni,
and most importantly

668
00:43:15,359 --> 00:43:19,163
the scholars of the Veritasbate
Institute for

669
00:43:19,163 --> 00:43:21,699
their dedication to educational
excellence and

670
00:43:21,699 --> 00:43:24,268
their profound contributions to
the future of Atlanta's young
people

671
00:43:24,268 --> 00:43:26,804
Now therefore be it proclaimed
that we, the members of the

672
00:43:26,804 --> 00:43:30,641
Atlanta City Council on the On
behalf of the residents

673
00:43:30,641 --> 00:43:33,377
of Atlanta do hereby recognize
and honor the Veritas

674
00:43:33,377 --> 00:43:37,081
Debate Institute for its
outstanding service to the youth

675
00:43:37,081 --> 00:43:39,683
of Atlanta and its enduring
commitment to ensuring that the

676
00:43:39,683 --> 00:43:42,353
cities, talented young people
have

677
00:43:42,353 --> 00:43:46,223
the preparation, confidence, and
opportunity to lead

678
00:43:46,223 --> 00:43:48,859
and succeed on any stage in the
world. Can we give a

679
00:43:48,859 --> 00:43:51,528
round of applause for the
Veritas

680
00:43:51,528 --> 00:43:57,601
debate Institute.

681
00:43:57,601 --> 00:44:00,237
Young people, it is not often.

682
00:44:00,237 --> 00:44:02,773
That the mayor comes into this
chamber, he's a

683
00:44:02,773 --> 00:44:05,409
former member of this body, uh,
but when he does, it's

684
00:44:05,409 --> 00:44:08,545
a very special occasion, and so
I want you

685
00:44:08,545 --> 00:44:11,081
all to receive at this time,
Atlanta's sixty-first mayor, the
Honorable

686
00:44:11,081 --> 00:44:15,619
Andre Dickens.

687
00:44:15,619 --> 00:44:18,188
Thank you, Wayne. Thank you,
Councilman Martin

688
00:44:18,188 --> 00:44:20,791
Council President Overstreet,
and to all the members of the

689
00:44:20,791 --> 00:44:24,395
Atlanta City Council. I am
elated and excited

690
00:44:24,395 --> 00:44:26,997
to be here to honor

691
00:44:26,997 --> 00:44:29,533
this outstanding group of young
people, the Veritas

692
00:44:29,533 --> 00:44:32,169
Debate Institute is second to
none. And the reason why we

693
00:44:32,169 --> 00:44:35,773
know they're 2nd to none because
they've come in 1st place

694
00:44:35,773 --> 00:44:38,342
8 times in a row. And so these
guys

695
00:44:38,342 --> 00:44:40,978
are so capable of

696
00:44:40,978 --> 00:44:45,049
leading in a way that is
consistently shining a light on
Atlanta.

697
00:44:45,049 --> 00:44:47,785
Hanna shining a light on this
program and just

698
00:44:47,785 --> 00:44:51,422
really highlighting how talented
you really are. From the young

699
00:44:51,422 --> 00:44:54,058
people that's currently in the
program, to the alums

700
00:44:54,058 --> 00:44:56,593
to also the great staff members
and supporters

701
00:44:56,593 --> 00:45:00,531
that, uh, the, the sponsors and
the mentors that help them

702
00:45:00,531 --> 00:45:03,067
I'm extremely proud of you as
the mayor of Atlanta, it does

703
00:45:03,067 --> 00:45:05,936
my heart. Great, good to see you
go on

704
00:45:05,936 --> 00:45:09,339
the international stage and win

705
00:45:09,339 --> 00:45:12,242
over and over again. You've won
8 times

706
00:45:12,242 --> 00:45:14,778
Imagine that some teams can't
even formulate a team for 8.

707
00:45:14,778 --> 00:45:18,248
Different times, let alone when

708
00:45:18,248 --> 00:45:20,784
8 times, and that takes

709
00:45:20,784 --> 00:45:23,854
dedication each year the bar
gets higher and higher because
you got, you know

710
00:45:23,854 --> 00:45:27,357
uh, predecessors that are saying
you got to win because we
haven't lost in a

711
00:45:27,357 --> 00:45:29,893
and, and so now that pressure
rises and

712
00:45:29,893 --> 00:45:32,563
you meet that moment each and
every time

713
00:45:32,563 --> 00:45:35,099
And so I'm proud of you. You go
out there and

714
00:45:35,099 --> 00:45:38,969
you represent Atlanta when
you're doing that, you represent

715
00:45:38,969 --> 00:45:41,705
your families, uh, you represent
the metro Atlanta area

716
00:45:41,705 --> 00:45:45,576
and it really means something
that we are doing great.

717
00:45:45,576 --> 00:45:48,145
work out there throughout the
world. So

718
00:45:48,145 --> 00:45:50,781
continue striving. I love uh my
friend Brandon Fleming and

719
00:45:50,781 --> 00:45:54,485
uh and his vision that he
started this

720
00:45:54,485 --> 00:45:57,020
organization to this great
destination to where it is

721
00:45:57,020 --> 00:45:59,857
today. Um, I love to see when
you guys come back

722
00:45:59,857 --> 00:46:02,392
uh, through Hartsville, Jackson,
Atlanta International Airport

723
00:46:02,392 --> 00:46:05,829
Everybody's doing a big
celebration that pumps me up

724
00:46:05,829 --> 00:46:08,398
and tells me that I, I'm just
like, all right, this is the

725
00:46:08,398 --> 00:46:10,968
Atlanta moment each and every
year, um, as you

726
00:46:10,968 --> 00:46:13,504
guys come back from this, uh,
from

727
00:46:13,504 --> 00:46:17,107
this great event. And so, you
know, You spend 2 weeks

728
00:46:17,107 --> 00:46:19,643
at Harvard and um and then you
go on and and and

729
00:46:19,643 --> 00:46:22,346
do this amazing work. Proud of
you all, and I just wanted

730
00:46:22,346 --> 00:46:25,949
to come by here and just say
congratulations to, to each and

731
00:46:25,949 --> 00:46:30,387
every last one of you. Thank you

732
00:46:30,387 --> 00:46:33,023
Thank you so much, Mr. Mayor.

733
00:46:33,023 --> 00:46:35,793
Um, I, I was a member of the
championship, Ferrell High
School

734
00:46:35,793 --> 00:46:38,395
debate team. Uh, I told the
young people with

735
00:46:38,395 --> 00:46:41,665
25+ years ago, but we're
extremely proud of you all

736
00:46:41,665 --> 00:46:44,301
Until the Falcons win, you all
we got. So y'all gotta

737
00:46:44,301 --> 00:46:46,904
keep winning. Y'all gotta keep
winning. I'm a fan. I said,
until

738
00:46:46,904 --> 00:46:49,439
we win. Uh, I also wanted to
give an opportunity to any of
our colleagues

739
00:46:49,439 --> 00:46:53,076
to come forward if they want to
say anything to congratulate
these young people

740
00:46:53,076 --> 00:46:55,779
Please receive, uh, Councilman
Isha Collins.

741
00:46:55,779 --> 00:46:59,850
Just want to take a quick moment
to congratulate you all, and
it's just been

742
00:46:59,850 --> 00:47:02,653
exciting time every year to get
the

743
00:47:02,653 --> 00:47:05,322
notice that you all are Atlanta
team made

744
00:47:05,322 --> 00:47:08,926
number one, and so just really
um wanted

745
00:47:08,926 --> 00:47:11,461
to congratulate you all on that,
but also know that

746
00:47:11,461 --> 00:47:14,131
there's a village that's
supporting you all every step of
the way

747
00:47:14,131 --> 00:47:17,734
so please do not hesitate to let
us know what you

748
00:47:17,734 --> 00:47:20,304
need and I am going to put out a
call to the community

749
00:47:20,304 --> 00:47:22,906
because it's a great
organization where our

750
00:47:22,906 --> 00:47:26,643
students are able to travel and
take advantage of a.

751
00:47:26,643 --> 00:47:29,179
Program, but it is, it, it comes
at a

752
00:47:29,179 --> 00:47:31,782
cost and so we also want to, I
want to put out a

753
00:47:31,782 --> 00:47:34,351
personal appeal for everyone to
please, please

754
00:47:34,351 --> 00:47:38,288
support the Veritas Institute
that support our students

755
00:47:38,288 --> 00:47:40,891
every year to continue this
great track of success

756
00:47:40,891 --> 00:47:43,427
They are making their rounds and
let's

757
00:47:43,427 --> 00:47:47,097
be very clear, nationally and
internationally

758
00:47:47,097 --> 00:47:49,700
they are known. Um, when I was
on the school board, we were
able

759
00:47:49,700 --> 00:47:52,336
to recognize the first team and
year 2 and

760
00:47:52,336 --> 00:47:56,540
3 and 4, we would get emails
from districts across.

761
00:47:56,540 --> 00:48:00,444
across the country and even some
institutes

762
00:48:00,444 --> 00:48:03,013
um overseas in terms of what are
you all doing, you know

763
00:48:03,013 --> 00:48:05,616
how are you able to get students
to

764
00:48:05,616 --> 00:48:08,185
this level and we just sent them
to Brandon. We said

765
00:48:08,185 --> 00:48:11,889
hey, this is the organization,
this is the amazing leaders, and

766
00:48:11,889 --> 00:48:14,725
board. So just wanted to put an
appeal to you all to please

767
00:48:14,725 --> 00:48:18,528
support the organization.
Veritas Institute and continue
to

768
00:48:18,528 --> 00:48:21,064
do great work. We're extremely
proud of you guys and

769
00:48:21,064 --> 00:48:28,238
thank you for representing
Atlanta so well. Congratulations

770
00:48:28,238 --> 00:48:31,875
I just want to echo everybody
who's been

771
00:48:31,875 --> 00:48:34,411
here. I think that Atlanta's
black and brown kids

772
00:48:34,411 --> 00:48:37,047
are the most impressive in the
world because you know you

773
00:48:37,047 --> 00:48:39,716
can be anything no matter what,
because if you look at

774
00:48:39,716 --> 00:48:43,353
this stage right now, you see
Darrell, you see South

775
00:48:43,353 --> 00:48:45,889
Atlanta, and you see May, right?
And you

776
00:48:45,889 --> 00:48:48,792
see maize and you see North, and
you see North Atlanta and you

777
00:48:48,792 --> 00:48:52,296
see Doug, and, and, and you see
Midtown.

778
00:48:52,296 --> 00:48:54,865
And so that lets you know that

779
00:48:54,865 --> 00:48:57,534
uh, lets you know you can have
this space

780
00:48:57,534 --> 00:49:00,137
and we trust that you are going
to go and

781
00:49:00,137 --> 00:49:03,507
get all of the knowledge that
you

782
00:49:03,507 --> 00:49:06,043
need to truly compete. So I say
thank

783
00:49:06,043 --> 00:49:10,213
you for getting some W's for us.
Continue to get some

784
00:49:10,213 --> 00:49:12,783
W's because we're, we're
trusting that we're gonna

785
00:49:12,783 --> 00:49:15,352
need you. You see what we're up
against nationally and
internationally, right

786
00:49:15,352 --> 00:49:17,955
? So get as much knowledge, as
much knowledge, read as

787
00:49:17,955 --> 00:49:22,459
much as you can, learn what you
can, become the best you that.

788
00:49:22,459 --> 00:49:26,430
You can be. And help us get some
W's

789
00:49:26,430 --> 00:49:29,366
Thank you. Congratulations,
winners.

790
00:49:29,366 --> 00:49:32,669
All right. Get them W's. I made

791
00:49:32,669 --> 00:49:35,472
that very clear. Uh, I also
wanted to

792
00:49:35,472 --> 00:49:38,075
I've acknowledged, uh, our, our
colleague here at the city of
Atlanta

793
00:49:38,075 --> 00:49:41,812
our treasurer Courtney Knight,
who was a board member for this
organization. There he

794
00:49:41,812 --> 00:49:44,681
is. Can we give a round of
applause to Courtney?

795
00:49:44,681 --> 00:49:48,685
Um, I'm gonna be making a
contribution today

796
00:49:48,685 --> 00:49:51,388
uh, of $1000 to support the
team's future endeavors. So,
thank you

797
00:49:51,388 --> 00:49:54,091
I know you would like that.
You're a money man. Uh, I wanna
make

798
00:49:54,091 --> 00:49:57,427
sure that you all understand
you're supported and backed, and
we wanna make sure you succeed

799
00:49:57,427 --> 00:50:00,230
at every level. Uh, and we're
gonna close out

800
00:50:00,230 --> 00:50:02,899
today's celebration with
two-minute remarks from our
board

801
00:50:02,899 --> 00:50:06,603
chair, uh, Adrian Croner, and
then following

802
00:50:06,603 --> 00:50:11,041
Adrian will be Avery Rodriguez,
one of the student team members.
Please come.

803
00:50:11,041 --> 00:50:13,777
Thank you, thank you

804
00:50:13,777 --> 00:50:16,346
Good afternoon everybody. Mr.
Mayor

805
00:50:16,346 --> 00:50:18,882
councilwomen, councilmen, thank
you all for your service and
your time.

806
00:50:18,882 --> 00:50:22,285
It is my deep honor. On

807
00:50:22,285 --> 00:50:25,355
behalf of the students, their
families.

808
00:50:25,355 --> 00:50:29,192
Our incredibly inspirational
leader, Brandon Fleming.

809
00:50:29,192 --> 00:50:31,962
Tamika and the hardworking staff
and my fellow

810
00:50:31,962 --> 00:50:34,531
board members to accept this
proclamation.

811
00:50:34,531 --> 00:50:37,934
We do so with humility and

812
00:50:37,934 --> 00:50:40,871
with gratitude, and Mr. Barnett
didn't quite

813
00:50:40,871 --> 00:50:43,407
take 42 years, we've been at 10
years to get to where

814
00:50:43,407 --> 00:50:47,110
we're at. And the world is
noticing, not just

815
00:50:47,110 --> 00:50:49,646
the world, but the rest of the
country, and we are

816
00:50:49,646 --> 00:50:52,249
being called to take this
example to other cities, but

817
00:50:52,249 --> 00:50:56,119
if Brandon were here today, he
would want to remind you all
it's all about staying

818
00:50:56,119 --> 00:50:58,655
in the A. It's always

819
00:50:58,655 --> 00:51:01,258
this will be home. This will be
home as the mayor

820
00:51:01,258 --> 00:51:05,162
has challenged us to make it the
greatest city for anyone to grow
up in

821
00:51:05,162 --> 00:51:07,697
It's gonna take a long time to
get there, but

822
00:51:07,697 --> 00:51:10,333
we're committed to doing that
and Veritass being a

823
00:51:10,333 --> 00:51:12,869
small part of that really
important work

824
00:51:12,869 --> 00:51:16,273
And so yes, I'm a lifelong
Falcons fan too, and if

825
00:51:16,273 --> 00:51:18,842
we can establish a winning
culture

826
00:51:18,842 --> 00:51:21,411
at Veritas. Maybe we can have a
winning season. So with that

827
00:51:21,411 --> 00:51:30,654
I want to hand it over to Avery.

828
00:51:30,654 --> 00:51:34,224
This is not for me. Those were

829
00:51:34,224 --> 00:51:36,893
the words that rang in my mind
as I stepped

830
00:51:36,893 --> 00:51:41,031
each foot nervous than the last
in my first interview round

831
00:51:41,031 --> 00:51:43,567
surrounded by confident faces,
confident smiles

832
00:51:43,567 --> 00:51:46,203
and I thought that that could

833
00:51:46,203 --> 00:51:50,107
never be me and now I stand in
front of

834
00:51:50,107 --> 00:51:52,642
you all confident, strong

835
00:51:52,642 --> 00:51:55,245
speaking, and that is the
veritas way. That is

836
00:51:55,245 --> 00:51:57,848
the Veritas transformation
because they see potential

837
00:51:57,848 --> 00:52:01,384
in you, potential in me that I
never even.

838
00:52:01,384 --> 00:52:04,054
saw and they take students and
they

839
00:52:04,054 --> 00:52:06,923
transform them into scholars and
they

840
00:52:06,923 --> 00:52:10,393
and this program is important
because not only

841
00:52:10,393 --> 00:52:12,996
is it building the youth, it is
taking students and

842
00:52:12,996 --> 00:52:17,167
turning us into global leaders,
but it

843
00:52:17,167 --> 00:52:19,936
takes transformation. It takes
people believing in you, takes

844
00:52:19,936 --> 00:52:23,874
people seeing you, seeing what
you

845
00:52:23,874 --> 00:52:26,476
to to fulfill to fulfill

846
00:52:26,476 --> 00:52:29,446
what you were meant to.

847
00:52:29,446 --> 00:52:32,816
And with this, I want to leave
you all that the youth

848
00:52:32,816 --> 00:52:35,452
is the most important because
the youth are our

849
00:52:35,452 --> 00:52:37,988
future scholars like me,
students like us, all of

850
00:52:37,988 --> 00:52:41,958
the alumni, they are reaching
amazing things because

851
00:52:41,958 --> 00:52:44,494
of Veritas and because of this
transformation, and I

852
00:52:44,494 --> 00:52:47,063
ask you all to continue your
support, if not for me

853
00:52:47,063 --> 00:52:50,800
if not for Ms. Thomas, if not
for Miss Fleming, but for

854
00:52:50,800 --> 00:52:53,336
the student who is sitting in
their seat right

855
00:52:53,336 --> 00:52:55,939
now dreaming of what they think
is impossible, dreaming

856
00:52:55,939 --> 00:53:00,644
of more because Veritas teaches
you that the impossible.

857
00:53:00,644 --> 00:53:04,414
is possible, and this program is
for those students

858
00:53:04,414 --> 00:53:09,186
Thank you. Mic drop.

859
00:53:09,186 --> 00:53:11,721
Thank you all so much. As you

860
00:53:11,721 --> 00:53:14,291
can see, it is working in our
communities. We appreciate you

861
00:53:14,291 --> 00:53:18,028
At this time, we're gonna come
with a minute and 20 seconds

862
00:53:18,028 --> 00:53:20,564
to spare and take a photo.
Congratulations

863
00:53:20,564 --> 00:53:23,166
again. Avery, Avery, come get
the award. Everybody come

864
00:53:23,166 --> 00:53:27,003
forward, come on.

865
00:53:27,003 --> 00:53:29,539
OK. in the mirror on this

866
00:53:29,539 --> 00:53:39,639
side. already.

867
00:54:10,013 --> 00:54:14,251
all all the way. I'm so proud.

868
00:54:14,251 --> 00:54:16,920
What's cool. Thank you.

869
00:54:16,920 --> 00:54:20,890
for coming.

870
00:54:20,890 --> 00:54:30,990
Oh

871
00:54:51,021 --> 00:54:57,227
Thank you.

872
00:54:57,227 --> 00:55:01,598
Thank you, Council Member Wayne.

873
00:55:01,598 --> 00:55:04,434
Martin, as I'm proud of

874
00:55:04,434 --> 00:55:08,204
you. And for our last
proclamation of the day.

875
00:55:08,204 --> 00:55:11,007
It's in recognition

876
00:55:11,007 --> 00:55:13,576
of 9988 reasons a day dedicated
to awareness

877
00:55:13,576 --> 00:55:17,314
of suicide and

878
00:55:17,314 --> 00:55:19,849
and hotline and and hotline and.
So all that

879
00:55:19,849 --> 00:55:22,652
are here to stand with

880
00:55:22,652 --> 00:55:26,122
recognizing 988 reasons, please
come forward

881
00:55:26,122 --> 00:55:28,725
to join us here on the dais.
This will

882
00:55:28,725 --> 00:55:38,825
be presided by the Honorable
Isha Collins.

883
00:55:49,112 --> 00:55:51,748
N.

884
00:55:51,748 --> 00:55:54,351
988 reasons recognizing a day
dedicated to awareness

885
00:55:54,351 --> 00:56:00,190
of suicide and crisis lifeline.

886
00:56:00,190 --> 00:56:04,461
I won't say. Oh.

887
00:56:04,461 --> 00:56:07,097
Ian please come on. Because
we're gonna do the proclamation

888
00:56:07,097 --> 00:56:12,035
Oh yeah, this is from the

889
00:56:12,035 --> 00:56:16,106
It's absolutely worthy.

890
00:56:16,106 --> 00:56:18,641
No, I'm I

891
00:56:18,641 --> 00:56:22,779
I will say today is Tuesday.
This is not a normal

892
00:56:22,779 --> 00:56:25,715
day for full council, so there
may be a date.

893
00:56:25,715 --> 00:56:29,386
Mix up.

894
00:56:29,386 --> 00:56:31,988
Yeah, it's Tuesday so I was
wondering

895
00:56:31,988 --> 00:56:34,591
where all my public comment
speakers were too. It's Tuesday

896
00:56:34,591 --> 00:56:38,161
It was Tuesday. It's not Monday.
Yeah

897
00:56:38,161 --> 00:56:40,797
so take it away. Yeah, so, so as
we

898
00:56:40,797 --> 00:56:43,333
know as we enter the month of
September

899
00:56:43,333 --> 00:56:47,504
that recognizes a lot of uh
things. Also

900
00:56:47,504 --> 00:56:50,039
September is suicide Awareness
Month and September 8th

901
00:56:50,039 --> 00:56:52,609
of every year, also known as 988

902
00:56:52,609 --> 00:56:56,279
reasons is recognizing a day
dedicated to

903
00:56:56,279 --> 00:56:58,815
awareness of suicide and crisis
lifeline.

904
00:56:58,815 --> 00:57:01,584
Um, for, um, many of us

905
00:57:01,584 --> 00:57:05,321
have either come in in contact
with

906
00:57:05,321 --> 00:57:07,991
someone that has increation of
self-harm or

907
00:57:07,991 --> 00:57:11,995
have contemplated suicide and
and for me on a personal

908
00:57:11,995 --> 00:57:14,898
piece being a lifesaver to two
friends over

909
00:57:14,898 --> 00:57:18,802
a lifetime this day and also
this month is a, a

910
00:57:18,802 --> 00:57:21,337
heart touching one. and since,
so I just wanted to put some

911
00:57:21,337 --> 00:57:23,907
numbers out here to talk about
the magnitude

912
00:57:23,907 --> 00:57:26,443
of what we are recognizing for

913
00:57:26,443 --> 00:57:29,979
today, September 8th, and also
So the, for

914
00:57:29,979 --> 00:57:32,582
this month, nationally there are
about

915
00:57:32,582 --> 00:57:35,185
48,000 suicides committed

916
00:57:35,185 --> 00:57:41,157
each year in Georgia and within
the metro area alone, there's
about

917
00:57:41,157 --> 00:57:43,693
1700 suicide deaths and for
every one

918
00:57:43,693 --> 00:57:46,429
death that that has been 10

919
00:57:46,429 --> 00:57:50,233
emergency visits for self harm

920
00:57:50,233 --> 00:57:53,236
for 48 self-reported attempts

921
00:57:53,236 --> 00:57:56,940
at 325 people who have who have

922
00:57:56,940 --> 00:57:59,876
seriously considered suicide in
their Time and so

923
00:57:59,876 --> 00:58:04,047
it is for us, um, and the city
of Atlanta

924
00:58:04,047 --> 00:58:06,616
wanting to not only recognize um
suicide

925
00:58:06,616 --> 00:58:09,152
Awareness Month, but also push
the

926
00:58:09,152 --> 00:58:12,856
lifeline and, and lifesaver line
that has saved

927
00:58:12,856 --> 00:58:15,692
many lives. And so I'm going to
read

928
00:58:15,692 --> 00:58:19,429
this proclamation, um, and then
open it up

929
00:58:19,429 --> 00:58:21,965
for feedbacks and remarks as

930
00:58:21,965 --> 00:58:24,501
I have a few people that have
joined us. So

931
00:58:24,501 --> 00:58:29,005
we're at September 8th, 2026 is
recognized nationally

932
00:58:29,005 --> 00:58:31,674
as 98988 day, an annual day of
action dedicated

933
00:58:31,674 --> 00:58:35,245
to increasing awareness of the

934
00:58:35,245 --> 00:58:37,881
9988 suicide and crisis lifeline
and the

935
00:58:37,881 --> 00:58:40,483
behavioral health resources
available to individuals and

936
00:58:40,483 --> 00:58:44,954
families, and the 988 and crisis
life

937
00:58:44,954 --> 00:58:48,992
Lifeline provides free and
confidential support 24 hours a
day

938
00:58:48,992 --> 00:58:51,528
7 days a week, connecting people
experiencing

939
00:58:51,528 --> 00:58:54,063
emotional distress, mental
health challenges, substance

940
00:58:54,063 --> 00:58:58,268
use concerns, or other
behavioral crisis with trained

941
00:58:58,268 --> 00:59:00,870
crisis professionals and by
calling or

942
00:59:00,870 --> 00:59:04,707
texting 988, or assessing the
lifeline

943
00:59:04,707 --> 00:59:07,710
through online chat, Individuals
can receive compassionate

944
00:59:07,710 --> 00:59:10,280
judgment-free support,
assistance in assessing their

945
00:59:10,280 --> 00:59:14,183
immediate needs and connections
to appropriate local and
national resources.

946
00:59:14,183 --> 00:59:17,954
And the 988 Lifeline operates
through

947
00:59:17,954 --> 00:59:20,690
a national network of more than
200 local

948
00:59:20,690 --> 00:59:23,359
crisis centers combined in local
care and resources

949
00:59:23,359 --> 00:59:27,230
with national standards and best
practices and

950
00:59:27,230 --> 00:59:29,832
and has answered more than 13
million calls

951
00:59:29,832 --> 00:59:32,468
texts, and chats since its
launch of in

952
00:59:32,468 --> 00:59:36,105
July of 2022, and the Georgia
Department

953
00:59:36,105 --> 00:59:38,741
of Behavior, Health and
Developmental

954
00:59:38,741 --> 00:59:41,477
Disabilities supports George's
behavior health crisis system

955
00:59:41,477 --> 00:59:45,348
and works to ensure residents
have. access

956
00:59:45,348 --> 00:59:48,051
to appropriate behavioral health
services, resources and supports
when they

957
00:59:48,051 --> 00:59:51,754
are needed and whereas

958
00:59:51,754 --> 00:59:54,390
recognizing 988 day in the city
of Atlanta

959
00:59:54,390 --> 00:59:56,926
provides an opportunity to
increase public awareness of

960
00:59:56,926 --> 01:00:00,863
this critical resource reduce
barriers and

961
01:00:00,863 --> 01:00:03,866
stigma associated with seeking
help

962
01:00:03,866 --> 01:00:07,971
encouraging compassionate
conversations about mental and
behavioral health and

963
01:00:07,971 --> 01:00:10,607
ensure Atlantans know where to
turn when they are someone they

964
01:00:10,607 --> 01:00:15,178
know is experiencing a crisis
and whereas the

965
01:00:15,178 --> 01:00:19,048
2026-988 day theme is

966
01:00:19,048 --> 01:00:21,784
988 reasons. Your reason is
reason enough

967
01:00:21,784 --> 01:00:25,555
reminds everyone that a person
does not have to be

968
01:00:25,555 --> 01:00:28,157
in crisis to reach for support
and that

969
01:00:28,157 --> 01:00:30,693
whatever challenge they may be
facing, their

970
01:00:30,693 --> 01:00:33,262
reason for seeking help is
enough. And so now therefore it

971
01:00:33,262 --> 01:00:36,833
be proclaimed that we the
members of Atlanta City

972
01:00:36,833 --> 01:00:39,335
Council on behalf of the
residents of Atlanta do

973
01:00:39,335 --> 01:00:42,138
hereby declare September 8, 2026

974
01:00:42,138 --> 01:00:44,674
at 988 day and the City of
Atlanta

975
01:00:44,674 --> 01:00:47,977
and encourage all Atlantans to
learn

976
01:00:47,977 --> 01:00:51,180
about, share, and support

977
01:00:51,180 --> 01:00:54,951
the 988 suicide in Crisis so
that every

978
01:00:54,951 --> 01:00:57,553
person knows that help is
available.

979
01:00:57,553 --> 01:01:00,089
Connection is possible and their
reason is

980
01:01:00,089 --> 01:01:03,860
reason enough. And so I want to

981
01:01:03,860 --> 01:01:06,396
um allow Mr. Mitchell and uh
well first, are there

982
01:01:06,396 --> 01:01:09,165
any council members, colleagues
that would like to say.

983
01:01:09,165 --> 01:01:13,069
A few words. Thank you, thank
you. Uh, absolutely. Thank you
so much

984
01:01:13,069 --> 01:01:15,605
uh, Council Member Collins, uh,
as a, I have a

985
01:01:15,605 --> 01:01:19,609
family member that made an
attempt on their life and thank
God they

986
01:01:19,609 --> 01:01:22,145
were unsuccessful because they
were alone and when we all got
to

987
01:01:22,145 --> 01:01:24,714
the place to speak to them about
uh, what

988
01:01:24,714 --> 01:01:27,283
had happened. I, we asked the
question of why didn't you tell

989
01:01:27,283 --> 01:01:29,919
somebody? And they talked about
the

990
01:01:29,919 --> 01:01:33,089
stigma around it, and so days
like today

991
01:01:33,089 --> 01:01:35,658
help us, uh, tear down stigma,
help us to

992
01:01:35,658 --> 01:01:38,327
uh, share with our neighbors,
our sisters, our brothers from
across.

993
01:01:38,327 --> 01:01:42,065
The, the, the world that it is
OK to

994
01:01:42,065 --> 01:01:44,867
reach out when you're in crisis.
So I celebrate

995
01:01:44,867 --> 01:01:47,470
all those that have survived, uh
taking their own lives

996
01:01:47,470 --> 01:01:51,140
I celebrate those, uh, that are

997
01:01:51,140 --> 01:01:53,843
family members of survivors and
even those that have had to deal
with

998
01:01:53,843 --> 01:01:56,512
uh, that, that tragic end. We as
a

999
01:01:56,512 --> 01:02:00,183
city stand behind those that
need mental health support

1000
01:02:00,183 --> 01:02:02,785
Uh, I thank you to Councilman uh
Collins, uh, and

1001
01:02:02,785 --> 01:02:05,388
her and presenting this
proclamation. We're here to

1002
01:02:05,388 --> 01:02:12,028
tear down the stigma so we can
save our brothers and sisters,
our neighbors. Thank you so much

1003
01:02:12,028 --> 01:02:14,697
Uh, thank you. Um, first, thank
you

1004
01:02:14,697 --> 01:02:18,367
Councilor McCollins for, for
reading this and and for doing

1005
01:02:18,367 --> 01:02:20,903
this proclamation, uh, to David
for sharing his

1006
01:02:20,903 --> 01:02:23,439
own stories about what his
family has been through. I love

1007
01:02:23,439 --> 01:02:25,975
you. Um, and I wanted to speak
because I think it's

1008
01:02:25,975 --> 01:02:29,545
really important to

1009
01:02:29,545 --> 01:02:32,181
destigmatize suicidal ideation
and attempts. So I say that
because

1010
01:02:32,181 --> 01:02:36,552
I open up with my own history
with it, um.

1011
01:02:36,552 --> 01:02:39,188
I start, I've struggled with
suicidal ideation since I was in

1012
01:02:39,188 --> 01:02:41,891
elementary school, being a
closeted kid in the South

1013
01:02:41,891 --> 01:02:45,261
tends to Cause those types

1014
01:02:45,261 --> 01:02:47,830
of issues, um, this job has had
me

1015
01:02:47,830 --> 01:02:52,301
struggle with suicidal ideation,
to be very honest with you

1016
01:02:52,301 --> 01:02:54,837
um, public service and being in
the eye and the work that we do
and just existing in

1017
01:02:54,837 --> 01:02:57,473
today's world is very difficult.
We tend to dehumanize each

1018
01:02:57,473 --> 01:03:00,910
other very often, and it can

1019
01:03:00,910 --> 01:03:03,446
lead to Long lasting effects on

1020
01:03:03,446 --> 01:03:06,282
the people that we do not wish
to harm

1021
01:03:06,282 --> 01:03:10,319
but inadvertently end up to by
projecting our own issues onto
them, but I just

1022
01:03:10,319 --> 01:03:12,922
Ask is that you never know what
somebody is going through. You

1023
01:03:12,922 --> 01:03:16,592
never know what can push them.
You never know what they have
been

1024
01:03:16,592 --> 01:03:19,195
through that day, through their
life, through that year, or
anything of that sort

1025
01:03:19,195 --> 01:03:21,864
what their history is, and as
somebody who has struggled with

1026
01:03:21,864 --> 01:03:24,400
depression and suicidal ideation

1027
01:03:24,400 --> 01:03:28,037
um, I try to own that and be
public about it so that we, more

1028
01:03:28,037 --> 01:03:30,573
people don't feel afraid about
coming forth because I

1029
01:03:30,573 --> 01:03:33,142
have lost quite a few friends to
suicide

1030
01:03:33,142 --> 01:03:35,678
and I've almost lost quite a few
family members to it as well. So

1031
01:03:35,678 --> 01:03:39,282
um, Please talk about it. Please
don't be afraid

1032
01:03:39,282 --> 01:03:42,118
Please don't shame someone for
opening up to you. Please don't
take it as

1033
01:03:42,118 --> 01:03:44,720
a burden and just take the time
to

1034
01:03:44,720 --> 01:03:48,090
listen to another, and if you
want another, and if you see
someone who needs

1035
01:03:48,090 --> 01:03:50,660
help, please direct them to
resources and I just want to

1036
01:03:50,660 --> 01:03:55,064
say thank you again.

1037
01:03:55,064 --> 01:03:57,967
Yeah. baby.

1038
01:03:57,967 --> 01:04:01,637
My name is David Yota Mitchell.
My father was Martin

1039
01:04:01,637 --> 01:04:04,307
Harden Mitchell. He took his
life February 11th, 1997. It

1040
01:04:04,307 --> 01:04:06,843
might as well have happened
yesterday. It might as well have
an hour ago

1041
01:04:06,843 --> 01:04:09,412
You never get over it. You live
with it every day. It's

1042
01:04:09,412 --> 01:04:13,082
a stigmatism that people put
upon you, people take advantage
of it

1043
01:04:13,082 --> 01:04:15,651
people think it's somehow
arbitrary or whatever it is.
Courage is

1044
01:04:15,651 --> 01:04:18,254
a complicated thing. Living in
this world is very

1045
01:04:18,254 --> 01:04:21,924
complicated. Being the child of
someone that you love and adore
that you will never see

1046
01:04:21,924 --> 01:04:24,460
again, it's a complicated thing

1047
01:04:24,460 --> 01:04:27,296
It's vexing to me. It's vexing
to me that

1048
01:04:27,296 --> 01:04:31,033
today you sit and look at it and
they said, who will stand with
this? Who will stand.

1049
01:04:31,033 --> 01:04:33,603
I need everybody to think really
long and hard

1050
01:04:33,603 --> 01:04:38,007
about that. Everyone talks about
courage. Everyone talks about
doing the right thing.

1051
01:04:38,007 --> 01:04:40,543
My father's been dead since I
was 23. almost 30

1052
01:04:40,543 --> 01:04:43,112
years ago. Is this the best we
can do? Everyone

1053
01:04:43,112 --> 01:04:45,648
needs to understand that we have
to do the right thing. We

1054
01:04:45,648 --> 01:04:48,885
have the opportunity today to do
the right thing about many
things. We need to

1055
01:04:48,885 --> 01:04:51,487
do the right thing. I'm very
proud. My father's

1056
01:04:51,487 --> 01:04:54,023
wonderful, loving, amazing human
I wish he was here

1057
01:04:54,023 --> 01:05:00,429
now. We'd be in a better world.

1058
01:05:00,429 --> 01:05:03,699
That

1059
01:05:03,699 --> 01:05:07,436
With that, is it OK if we take a
photo, because I do want

1060
01:05:07,436 --> 01:05:11,574
to see today that we are
acknowledging as a city

1061
01:05:11,574 --> 01:05:14,210
of 988 text line, but

1062
01:05:14,210 --> 01:05:16,946
9088 reasons to know that a
reason is reason enough

1063
01:05:16,946 --> 01:05:27,046
989. Let's do it. Thank you.

1064
01:06:22,111 --> 01:06:25,681
I want to thank everyone for
sharing. And for

1065
01:06:25,681 --> 01:06:28,217
the great proclamations today.

1066
01:06:28,217 --> 01:06:31,253
And for staying, Within code.

1067
01:06:31,253 --> 01:06:34,824
I want to acknowledge that, so
thank you.

1068
01:06:34,824 --> 01:06:37,426
Um, so this brings us to

1069
01:06:37,426 --> 01:06:39,996
statements by elected officials

1070
01:06:39,996 --> 01:06:46,302
um, any elected officials with
statements.

1071
01:06:46,302 --> 01:06:48,904
I would just want to acknowledge

1072
01:06:48,904 --> 01:06:51,474
my Crawfolong Middle School
football team. This

1073
01:06:51,474 --> 01:06:54,910
weekend, I had the opportunity
of, is this the time

1074
01:06:54,910 --> 01:06:57,580
for that? Uh, so not general
remarks. This is

1075
01:06:57,580 --> 01:07:00,116
where we do moments of silence
or

1076
01:07:00,116 --> 01:07:04,253
you know, just reflections.

1077
01:07:04,253 --> 01:07:08,457
But don't forget.

1078
01:07:08,457 --> 01:07:11,660
Anyone have anyone they'd like
to

1079
01:07:11,660 --> 01:07:15,364
Speak about for moments of
silence or anything

1080
01:07:15,364 --> 01:07:17,967
like that, um.

1081
01:07:17,967 --> 01:07:20,636
Madam President, may I? Sure,
council member Batiari, I forgot
to

1082
01:07:20,636 --> 01:07:24,206
log in first. I feel very

1083
01:07:24,206 --> 01:07:26,776
weird always, um, doing, uh, you
want to hold my hand while I

1084
01:07:26,776 --> 01:07:29,311
do this? Um, I always feel very
odd talking

1085
01:07:29,311 --> 01:07:31,914
about celebrity deaths. It just

1086
01:07:31,914 --> 01:07:35,584
feels impersonal and like a
moment, something at the moment,
but I

1087
01:07:35,584 --> 01:07:38,220
wanted to say this one because
my staff is probably going to
laugh at me in

1088
01:07:38,220 --> 01:07:40,823
my office, but for me, I
actually did

1089
01:07:40,823 --> 01:07:44,760
want to raise Dolly Parton's
passing. The reason

1090
01:07:44,760 --> 01:07:47,296
I say that is kind of why I
talked on the mic, being a queer
kid

1091
01:07:47,296 --> 01:07:51,400
in the South from an immigrant
household.

1092
01:07:51,400 --> 01:07:54,003
In a, in a, in a city and in a
town where I was constantly

1093
01:07:54,003 --> 01:07:56,639
told or heard often from my
elders

1094
01:07:56,639 --> 01:08:00,242
that my family was what was
wrong with this country and
needed to go back to where we

1095
01:08:00,242 --> 01:08:02,778
came from, and I would say in
that Dolly Parton's been a

1096
01:08:02,778 --> 01:08:05,714
part of my life for as long as I
can remember growing up in the
South and

1097
01:08:05,714 --> 01:08:10,252
um, I will say that having a
role model like that.

1098
01:08:10,252 --> 01:08:13,889
Made me feel less alone in those
moments of struggle made me feel
less alone, and I

1099
01:08:13,889 --> 01:08:16,425
will say that somebody that
absolutely chose

1100
01:08:16,425 --> 01:08:20,529
not to be a billionaire by
ensuring that kids.

1101
01:08:20,529 --> 01:08:23,165
That literacy was readily
available, no matter what your

1102
01:08:23,165 --> 01:08:25,734
background was in a country
where we predetermine where a
child is going to

1103
01:08:25,734 --> 01:08:29,638
jail by the time they're in 3rd
grade based on their literacy

1104
01:08:29,638 --> 01:08:32,741
I think is extraordinarily
important and

1105
01:08:32,741 --> 01:08:36,345
I just can't say enough good
things about somebody who was
the

1106
01:08:36,345 --> 01:08:38,948
embodiment of good in our world,
and, um, really I think

1107
01:08:38,948 --> 01:08:41,617
made people in general feel less
alone. That's all I to say. I
know it's

1108
01:08:41,617 --> 01:08:45,588
a celebrity, but that felt like
a, the world got a

1109
01:08:45,588 --> 01:08:48,157
little dimmer that day, so I
hope that we all think

1110
01:08:48,157 --> 01:08:50,726
about donating to Imagine
Library and um, yeah

1111
01:08:50,726 --> 01:08:54,296
I just, I really wanted to, to
note that one. It

1112
01:08:54,296 --> 01:08:57,566
hit home.

1113
01:08:57,566 --> 01:09:01,103
Thank you. Any other council
members?

1114
01:09:01,103 --> 01:09:03,706
Madam President, I would like to
offer a moment of

1115
01:09:03,706 --> 01:09:06,342
silence to the family of Miss
Iona Walker, um, whom

1116
01:09:06,342 --> 01:09:09,145
I'm sure you know very well, a
longtime

1117
01:09:09,145 --> 01:09:12,481
neighborhood leader in Kings
Forest and MPUP

1118
01:09:12,481 --> 01:09:15,084
uh, she passed away peacefully
about a week and a half ago. We

1119
01:09:15,084 --> 01:09:17,686
buried her on Thursday, but I
just want to make sure we
acknowledged and give a

1120
01:09:17,686 --> 01:09:21,423
moment of silence for her. Thank
you. Thank you.

1121
01:09:21,423 --> 01:09:25,895
Anyone else? Council member
Winston.

1122
01:09:25,895 --> 01:09:28,430
I'd also like to add the name of
recruit

1123
01:09:28,430 --> 01:09:31,000
Moses Ross, um, who tragically
died in

1124
01:09:31,000 --> 01:09:34,703
a motorcycle accident in
District 1 a

1125
01:09:34,703 --> 01:09:37,273
week ago, uh, Moses also worked

1126
01:09:37,273 --> 01:09:39,975
at Kids Gym USA where he was a

1127
01:09:39,975 --> 01:09:42,511
tumbling instructor and uh
actually instructed my two
daughters, so

1128
01:09:42,511 --> 01:09:46,582
please keep him and his family
and your thoughts and prayers.

1129
01:09:46,582 --> 01:09:50,619
OK, thank you. No.

1130
01:09:50,619 --> 01:09:53,322
recognizing any other Council
member Lewis, I, I would like to

1131
01:09:53,322 --> 01:09:55,958
send my deepest condolences out
to the family of

1132
01:09:55,958 --> 01:09:59,628
Miss MagB over at Arthur
Langford

1133
01:09:59,628 --> 01:10:02,464
Recreation Center on the loss of
her grandson last week

1134
01:10:02,464 --> 01:10:06,802
It's MacB on the loss of her
grandson last week.

1135
01:10:06,802 --> 01:10:11,340
OK.

1136
01:10:11,340 --> 01:10:14,043
Maggie Womack. Yes, ma'am.

1137
01:10:14,043 --> 01:10:20,149
Maggie Womack.

1138
01:10:20,149 --> 01:10:22,851
OK. That's it. So.

1139
01:10:22,851 --> 01:10:26,522
Let's do a moment of silence for
all of those mentioned

1140
01:10:26,522 --> 01:10:36,622
and those that were not
mentioned.

1141
01:10:38,601 --> 01:10:42,471
Thank you, Madam Clark, we've
been joined by council member

1142
01:10:42,471 --> 01:10:49,078
Michael Julian Bond. So

1143
01:10:49,078 --> 01:10:51,647
So that brings us to

1144
01:10:51,647 --> 01:10:54,316
The remarks from the public,
we'll

1145
01:10:54,316 --> 01:10:58,254
now hear from our remark, our,
our public, each

1146
01:10:58,254 --> 01:11:00,923
speaker will have 2 minutes or
up to 10 minutes with

1147
01:11:00,923 --> 01:11:03,592
dominated time pursuant to our
city code, the speakers who

1148
01:11:03,592 --> 01:11:07,129
have received donated time will
be placed at the end

1149
01:11:07,129 --> 01:11:09,665
of the speaker's list, and I do

1150
01:11:09,665 --> 01:11:12,301
have the list before me, and
we'll get started with

1151
01:11:12,301 --> 01:11:14,837
Maggie McCollum, Henri Jordan,
and

1152
01:11:14,837 --> 01:11:23,846
Anthony Vaughn. You each have 2
minutes, you can come forward.

1153
01:11:23,846 --> 01:11:31,820
Ms. McCollum, you have 2 minutes

1154
01:11:31,820 --> 01:11:36,625
said.

1155
01:11:36,625 --> 01:11:39,328
Sorry. Thanks.

1156
01:11:39,328 --> 01:11:43,432
OK. Good afternoon.

1157
01:11:43,432 --> 01:11:46,502
It's the small things that you

1158
01:11:46,502 --> 01:11:50,005
Colossians 3:23, and whatever
you do, do it

1159
01:11:50,005 --> 01:11:52,541
heartily as the Lord and not
unto

1160
01:11:52,541 --> 01:11:55,110
men. It's a small things that's
important

1161
01:11:55,110 --> 01:11:57,646
to them, how you do it

1162
01:11:57,646 --> 01:12:01,183
show you care and give it all
that

1163
01:12:01,183 --> 01:12:03,786
you got. Sometimes it's involves
things

1164
01:12:03,786 --> 01:12:06,455
that you can feel like doing,
even something that

1165
01:12:06,455 --> 01:12:10,526
you doesn't feel like that is
fair. Go the

1166
01:12:10,526 --> 01:12:13,595
extra mile. Do it unto God. Keep
a good.

1167
01:12:13,595 --> 01:12:17,232
attitude, be kind.

1168
01:12:17,232 --> 01:12:21,737
We need to see examples in you.

1169
01:12:21,737 --> 01:12:24,306
At Columbia Senior Residential
Center, 125 Logan

1170
01:12:24,306 --> 01:12:26,842
Street, an 8088 year

1171
01:12:26,842 --> 01:12:30,546
old senior is complaining about
the Atlanta

1172
01:12:30,546 --> 01:12:33,449
Police Department closing
traffic to

1173
01:12:33,449 --> 01:12:35,984
this facility for Wesley

1174
01:12:35,984 --> 01:12:39,555
International Academy. That
needs to stop just

1175
01:12:39,555 --> 01:12:42,424
in case they have an emergency

1176
01:12:42,424 --> 01:12:46,428
Adamsville Green residents of 88
year

1177
01:12:46,428 --> 01:12:51,100
old senior complaining about the
elevator who has been down for 6
months.

1178
01:12:51,100 --> 01:12:53,669
some more. I tried to reach out
to commission council

1179
01:12:53,669 --> 01:12:57,373
member Boone, I got no response

1180
01:12:57,373 --> 01:13:00,175
At at 97

1181
01:13:00,175 --> 01:13:02,711
Therakill Avenue. I'm gonna keep

1182
01:13:02,711 --> 01:13:06,648
talking until it actually
happened. We want

1183
01:13:06,648 --> 01:13:11,220
a recreation center built for
the youth.

1184
01:13:11,220 --> 01:13:15,524
The adolescent, the toddlers,
and the seniors.

1185
01:13:15,524 --> 01:13:18,260
Well, you know what? I

1186
01:13:18,260 --> 01:13:20,796
want to do something in my
community. I go to

1187
01:13:20,796 --> 01:13:24,533
the National senior game, the
state games. I

1188
01:13:24,533 --> 01:13:28,937
bring back medals. I need to

1189
01:13:28,937 --> 01:13:31,473
a place in my community

1190
01:13:31,473 --> 01:13:34,243
I won 7 medals, 4 goals

1191
01:13:34,243 --> 01:13:38,046
3 silver. In the state games

1192
01:13:38,046 --> 01:13:40,582
of Kentucky. So

1193
01:13:40,582 --> 01:13:43,185
I'm not done yet. Please support

1194
01:13:43,185 --> 01:13:46,922
me. Thank you.

1195
01:13:46,922 --> 01:13:49,525
Thank you, Ms. McCollum. Henry
Jordan

1196
01:13:49,525 --> 01:13:54,296
you have 2 minutes.

1197
01:13:54,296 --> 01:13:56,832
Given on to the spirit of God,
everyone that's here

1198
01:13:56,832 --> 01:14:00,402
Jesus said unto him, Thou

1199
01:14:00,402 --> 01:14:02,971
shalt love the Lord thy God with
all thy heart, with all

1200
01:14:02,971 --> 01:14:05,507
thy soul, with all thy mind.
Matthew 22 chapter

1201
01:14:05,507 --> 01:14:08,277
37 verse.

1202
01:14:08,277 --> 01:14:12,381
Cu tables of the law is the
responsibility to God.

1203
01:14:12,381 --> 01:14:16,919
If we do not love God, we ask
for death.

1204
01:14:16,919 --> 01:14:20,622
And the second is likened to it.
Thou

1205
01:14:20,622 --> 01:14:23,492
shalt love thy neighbor as
thyself.

1206
01:14:23,492 --> 01:14:26,195
May the 22nd chapter 39 verse,
when you seek to

1207
01:14:26,195 --> 01:14:30,098
put your behinds in my face, you
ask for death.

1208
01:14:30,098 --> 01:14:32,901
Christ teach me to love myself.

1209
01:14:32,901 --> 01:14:35,471
And ye shall know the truth

1210
01:14:35,471 --> 01:14:38,974
and the truth shall make you
free. Saint John 8

1211
01:14:38,974 --> 01:14:41,543
chapter 32 verse. They will not
be sentenced

1212
01:14:41,543 --> 01:14:44,112
but blameless, free from the
power of sin.

1213
01:14:44,112 --> 01:14:47,783
If you lie about what Christ has
done through me

1214
01:14:47,783 --> 01:14:50,319
then I cannot give it to you.

1215
01:14:50,319 --> 01:14:52,955
But whosoever shall deny me
before

1216
01:14:52,955 --> 01:14:55,591
men hand will I also the night
before my father, which is

1217
01:14:55,591 --> 01:14:58,927
in heaven, Saint Matthew's 10
chapter 3

1218
01:14:58,927 --> 01:15:01,497
3rd verse, Jesus constantly
called for

1219
01:15:01,497 --> 01:15:04,066
an open confession of himself.
By

1220
01:15:04,066 --> 01:15:06,635
its followers. When you deny
what Christ has done

1221
01:15:06,635 --> 01:15:10,572
through me, how can I give it to
you?

1222
01:15:10,572 --> 01:15:15,077
Christ. Did it for his glory.

1223
01:15:15,077 --> 01:15:17,613
Not your glory. For the saving
of

1224
01:15:17,613 --> 01:15:21,850
an enormous number of souls and
lives.

1225
01:15:21,850 --> 01:15:24,453
Christ has more for us than we
have

1226
01:15:24,453 --> 01:15:26,989
for ourselves. He can give

1227
01:15:26,989 --> 01:15:30,392
us life where man said death.
That's when we

1228
01:15:30,392 --> 01:15:33,061
serve Christ. That's when we
need him. You're living

1229
01:15:33,061 --> 01:15:35,631
on his time, not your time. You
didn't give

1230
01:15:35,631 --> 01:15:38,300
it to yourself. Christ gave it
to you, and

1231
01:15:38,300 --> 01:15:44,239
you owe it to him to obey him.

1232
01:15:44,239 --> 01:15:46,875
Thank you, Anthony Vaughn. You
have 2 minutes.

1233
01:15:46,875 --> 01:15:49,511
Thank you.

1234
01:15:49,511 --> 01:15:53,515
Good afternoon, humanitarian of
the Year.

1235
01:15:53,515 --> 01:15:56,051
And President Overstreet.

1236
01:15:56,051 --> 01:15:58,754
Esteemed people love this.
Atlanta City Council.

1237
01:15:58,754 --> 01:16:02,324
My name is Anthony Vaughn.

1238
01:16:02,324 --> 01:16:04,860
I believe what we need right now
more

1239
01:16:04,860 --> 01:16:07,429
in our world and in our politics

1240
01:16:07,429 --> 01:16:11,300
is raw authenticity.

1241
01:16:11,300 --> 01:16:14,002
An example I now have.

1242
01:16:14,002 --> 01:16:17,940
People Looking into an
organization.

1243
01:16:17,940 --> 01:16:20,475
That took advantage of me and
has

1244
01:16:20,475 --> 01:16:24,947
taken advantage of other people
worldwide.

1245
01:16:24,947 --> 01:16:27,549
Ever since we were born. We have
been given

1246
01:16:27,549 --> 01:16:31,253
pieces of our essence away. We
weren't handed

1247
01:16:31,253 --> 01:16:34,156
a textbook on how to live on
God's green earth.

1248
01:16:34,156 --> 01:16:38,760
But we were given the
opportunity to learn.

1249
01:16:38,760 --> 01:16:42,497
Healing our essence, healing
ourselves is

1250
01:16:42,497 --> 01:16:46,168
how we heal our everyday lives.

1251
01:16:46,168 --> 01:16:49,371
And consequently, how we heal
our families, our

1252
01:16:49,371 --> 01:16:53,942
cities, our states, and our
country.

1253
01:16:53,942 --> 01:16:56,778
Healing can be weird. It can be
awkward

1254
01:16:56,778 --> 01:16:59,314
and painful, but it is
ultimately.

1255
01:16:59,314 --> 01:17:03,185
And power.

1256
01:17:03,185 --> 01:17:07,255
This is an ecosystem. I have
studied nonstop

1257
01:17:07,255 --> 01:17:09,825
since 2009. I've written a book

1258
01:17:09,825 --> 01:17:12,394
and created daily media content
documenting this exact

1259
01:17:12,394 --> 01:17:14,997
path to authenticity.

1260
01:17:14,997 --> 01:17:18,533
Now, I'm bringing this blueprint
home.

1261
01:17:18,533 --> 01:17:21,103
Using a local to global
framework, rooted

1262
01:17:21,103 --> 01:17:23,939
in my challenged hometown of
Gary, Indiana

1263
01:17:23,939 --> 01:17:29,911
anchored right here in Atlanta,
and built to scale worldwide.

1264
01:17:29,911 --> 01:17:32,481
The balance and dark with light
initiative is a

1265
01:17:32,481 --> 01:17:35,250
dual market model that grounds
deep psychological healing

1266
01:17:35,250 --> 01:17:38,887
directly into municipal policy.

1267
01:17:38,887 --> 01:17:41,623
We are seeking a strategic
partnership

1268
01:17:41,623 --> 01:17:44,259
with Atlanta's neighborhood
planning units and youth
programs to bring structured

1269
01:17:44,259 --> 01:17:46,895
healing centered workshops

1270
01:17:46,895 --> 01:17:50,098
and mindset resources straight
to our local community

1271
01:17:50,098 --> 01:17:52,634
gatherings first. By testing and
improving

1272
01:17:52,634 --> 01:17:55,170
this framework here in Atlanta,
we will turn our city into a

1273
01:17:55,170 --> 01:17:57,739
definitive blueprint for global
expansion. We have

1274
01:17:57,739 --> 01:18:01,209
established B2B. I have

1275
01:18:01,209 --> 01:18:03,845
left information right there for
you, and I would like to

1276
01:18:03,845 --> 01:18:06,415
leave for Ms. Bakhtari as well.
Thank you. Yes

1277
01:18:06,415 --> 01:18:08,917
ma'am. Thank you. Our next 3
speakers

1278
01:18:08,917 --> 01:18:12,821
Dorothy Lanier, Todd Corley

1279
01:18:12,821 --> 01:18:15,357
Laura Rudnick Key. You each have

1280
01:18:15,357 --> 01:18:19,194
2 minutes, please come forward.

1281
01:18:19,194 --> 01:18:22,397
Miss Lanier, 2 minutes. Thank
you.

1282
01:18:22,397 --> 01:18:24,933
Um, I come to speak to

1283
01:18:24,933 --> 01:18:28,270
you all. Because

1284
01:18:28,270 --> 01:18:30,839
I am 82 years old now. Can you
speak into your mic

1285
01:18:30,839 --> 01:18:33,742
a little better. We'll start
over. I'm 82 years

1286
01:18:33,742 --> 01:18:37,245
old now and I'm having to pay

1287
01:18:37,245 --> 01:18:40,015
school taxes. My

1288
01:18:40,015 --> 01:18:42,684
school taxes this year is 2900.

1289
01:18:42,684 --> 01:18:46,421
And

1290
01:18:46,421 --> 01:18:48,957
$9.84.

1291
01:18:48,957 --> 01:18:51,593
And my total taxes because I I
applied to get it

1292
01:18:51,593 --> 01:18:54,362
uh, help, and they helped, and

1293
01:18:54,362 --> 01:18:57,966
they total tax is 3000, little
$3000.

1294
01:18:57,966 --> 01:19:00,535
And I'm just wondering, why do I
have to pay school

1295
01:19:00,535 --> 01:19:04,439
tax at this age. I've been here
in

1296
01:19:04,439 --> 01:19:07,075
Atlanta area for 65 years. I've
raised 4

1297
01:19:07,075 --> 01:19:11,012
kids, 3 of them graduated
college, and they

1298
01:19:11,012 --> 01:19:13,582
got children that's in college

1299
01:19:13,582 --> 01:19:16,118
so I'm asking you, why do I have
to pay this kind

1300
01:19:16,118 --> 01:19:18,754
of school taxes. They raised my

1301
01:19:18,754 --> 01:19:22,457
house note, I mean the value of
the house up

1302
01:19:22,457 --> 01:19:25,327
over $100,000. And I wonder

1303
01:19:25,327 --> 01:19:29,297
why they do that. I don't know,
but I would like to know and I
also like to bring. to

1304
01:19:29,297 --> 01:19:32,334
your attention that um the wall
on

1305
01:19:32,334 --> 01:19:36,004
North Avenue and Glen Iris Drive

1306
01:19:36,004 --> 01:19:38,573
was painted to celebrate.

1307
01:19:38,573 --> 01:19:41,143
1996, the Olympics coming to
Atlanta, and

1308
01:19:41,143 --> 01:19:44,980
they have not, and I have been
trying to get

1309
01:19:44,980 --> 01:19:47,516
them to You know

1310
01:19:47,516 --> 01:19:50,152
to, to make it look better. It
has won

1311
01:19:50,152 --> 01:19:53,755
looked, it don't look good at
all, and we, we

1312
01:19:53,755 --> 01:19:56,324
would like to try to get
something done there too

1313
01:19:56,324 --> 01:19:59,194
And so if you know any way that
we can get these tickets that

1314
01:19:59,194 --> 01:20:02,898
this $2000 900 taxes

1315
01:20:02,898 --> 01:20:05,567
paid this year. Please let me
know. I'm

1316
01:20:05,567 --> 01:20:08,103
at 596 Glen Iris Drive Northeast
Atlanta

1317
01:20:08,103 --> 01:20:10,639
Been there 55 years, OK, that

1318
01:20:10,639 --> 01:20:14,342
right across the street from
Punt City Market

1319
01:20:14,342 --> 01:20:16,878
and now. They want me to
continue

1320
01:20:16,878 --> 01:20:19,681
to pay all these taxes, and I
can't cause I'm on

1321
01:20:19,681 --> 01:20:23,018
a limited income. Lanier

1322
01:20:23,018 --> 01:20:25,554
I hear you. You have the pass
forward chair

1323
01:20:25,554 --> 01:20:28,190
for APS on our council. Her name
is council

1324
01:20:28,190 --> 01:20:30,725
member Aisha, she will be able
to help you. What I call

1325
01:20:30,725 --> 01:20:34,496
the office and I couldn't get
through, you know, the voicemail

1326
01:20:34,496 --> 01:20:37,132
is full, so that's how you're
gonna have to get

1327
01:20:37,132 --> 01:20:41,269
that addressed. I, I really

1328
01:20:41,269 --> 01:20:44,105
OK. She's she's gonna come over
to the side and speak with you.
All right

1329
01:20:44,105 --> 01:20:46,641
thank you.

1330
01:20:46,641 --> 01:20:50,178
Todd Corley, you have 2 minutes.

1331
01:20:50,178 --> 01:20:56,918
Oh, I Just

1332
01:20:56,918 --> 01:20:59,754
Hey, good afternoon, council
president

1333
01:20:59,754 --> 01:21:02,324
uh, council members, uh, my name
is Todd Corley and

1334
01:21:02,324 --> 01:21:05,827
I live in District 6 off of

1335
01:21:05,827 --> 01:21:08,363
the Cheshirebridge Road corridor

1336
01:21:08,363 --> 01:21:10,899
For years, we've been advocating
for improvements along

1337
01:21:10,899 --> 01:21:13,468
the Cheshire Bridge Road
corridor. I myself rode with

1338
01:21:13,468 --> 01:21:17,405
the Atlanta Department of
Transportation over 2

1339
01:21:17,405 --> 01:21:19,975
years ago seeking improvements
to Cheshire Bridge Road

1340
01:21:19,975 --> 01:21:23,778
to the corridor and the side
streets.

1341
01:21:23,778 --> 01:21:26,915
We continue to not have any
improvement

1342
01:21:26,915 --> 01:21:29,584
The crosswalks along Cheshire
Bridge Road are not

1343
01:21:29,584 --> 01:21:33,088
complete. Students cannot safely
cross

1344
01:21:33,088 --> 01:21:35,757
the street to, uh, board

1345
01:21:35,757 --> 01:21:39,861
their bus and accidents continue
to happen along the

1346
01:21:39,861 --> 01:21:42,497
Lindbergh Drive corridor. I'm
asking this council

1347
01:21:42,497 --> 01:21:45,267
to focus its efforts on
improving

1348
01:21:45,267 --> 01:21:48,803
the transportation along our
streets to

1349
01:21:48,803 --> 01:21:51,439
stop wasting our tax dollars,
millions of

1350
01:21:51,439 --> 01:21:54,142
our tax dollars on

1351
01:21:54,142 --> 01:21:57,712
surveillance technology such as
Flock. We're spending

1352
01:21:57,712 --> 01:22:00,548
millions and millions upon
dollars on

1353
01:22:00,548 --> 01:22:03,151
technology that is best 1 in

1354
01:22:03,151 --> 01:22:06,821
3 times wrong.

1355
01:22:06,821 --> 01:22:09,357
This council has an opportunity
to really lead in

1356
01:22:09,357 --> 01:22:11,893
the decisions that we make and
the improvements that

1357
01:22:11,893 --> 01:22:15,563
we make along our corridors and
along our

1358
01:22:15,563 --> 01:22:18,199
busy streets, and I'm seeking
action. I've attempted

1359
01:22:18,199 --> 01:22:21,136
to get that through my
councilman Juan, and it's

1360
01:22:21,136 --> 01:22:24,906
not happening quickly enough. So

1361
01:22:24,906 --> 01:22:27,542
again, uh, seeking action and
improvement

1362
01:22:27,542 --> 01:22:30,145
Cheshire Bridge Road corridor.

1363
01:22:30,145 --> 01:22:32,681
Thank you. Our next speaker

1364
01:22:32,681 --> 01:22:36,584
is Laura Rutnie. You have 2
minutes.

1365
01:22:36,584 --> 01:22:39,187
Hello, members of council. I'm
here because I

1366
01:22:39,187 --> 01:22:43,024
am extremely concerned about
what has happened in Midtown
over the

1367
01:22:43,024 --> 01:22:45,593
past year. I want to know what
the council is actually going to
do

1368
01:22:45,593 --> 01:22:48,129
about the homeless problem. I
understand

1369
01:22:48,129 --> 01:22:51,666
that homelessness is a problem
in every major city, and

1370
01:22:51,666 --> 01:22:54,602
I believe experiencing
homelessness deserves

1371
01:22:54,602 --> 01:22:58,373
compassion, housing, and mental
health care, but what is
happening in Midtown has

1372
01:22:58,373 --> 01:23:01,009
become a seriously serious
public

1373
01:23:01,009 --> 01:23:03,611
safety issue. I live about 8
minutes' walk from

1374
01:23:03,611 --> 01:23:06,448
Piedmont Park, and almost every
morning I wake up to homeless
people.

1375
01:23:06,448 --> 01:23:09,851
passed out in the streets or
going through the trash. I've

1376
01:23:09,851 --> 01:23:12,454
had men looking in my windows. I
was attacked by a man who

1377
01:23:12,454 --> 01:23:15,090
threatened to take my life, and
most recently a

1378
01:23:15,090 --> 01:23:18,693
person experiencing homelessness
was outside my door and followed
me while I was

1379
01:23:18,693 --> 01:23:21,296
walking my dogs. These are not
statistics, these

1380
01:23:21,296 --> 01:23:23,965
are things happening to people
who live here

1381
01:23:23,965 --> 01:23:26,534
I'm deeply I'm also deeply
concerned about the way

1382
01:23:26,534 --> 01:23:30,338
Atlanta handles people who are
clearly suffering from

1383
01:23:30,338 --> 01:23:32,907
serious psychiatric problems,
too often it seems that these
people

1384
01:23:32,907 --> 01:23:37,112
are arrested, placed into an
already overcrowded jail, and
eventually.

1385
01:23:37,112 --> 01:23:39,681
released back onto the streets
without receiving the

1386
01:23:39,681 --> 01:23:43,418
treatment they need. That is not
helping them and that is not

1387
01:23:43,418 --> 01:23:45,954
protecting the community. I, uh,
the

1388
01:23:45,954 --> 01:23:48,590
recent stabbing at Cro Kroger on
the belt line should force the
city

1389
01:23:48,590 --> 01:23:52,761
to ask whether there were
opportunities to

1390
01:23:52,761 --> 01:23:55,463
intervene before before someone
lost their life. When someone
has a history

1391
01:23:55,463 --> 01:23:59,334
of repeated arrests and apparent
mental health

1392
01:23:59,334 --> 01:24:01,870
needs simply continuing to cycle
that person through the

1393
01:24:01,870 --> 01:24:04,672
criminal justice system is not a
solution. Also

1394
01:24:04,672 --> 01:24:08,410
you haven't read the statement
from Dan. Nathan Hamley's family

1395
01:24:08,410 --> 01:24:10,945
I highly recommend you do. It is
devastating

1396
01:24:10,945 --> 01:24:13,481
I've looked at what the council
has done regarding the
homelessness here, and I am

1397
01:24:13,481 --> 01:24:17,419
concerned that one of the most
visible action has been putting

1398
01:24:17,419 --> 01:24:20,388
a pause on plans for additional
homeless housing and shelters.

1399
01:24:20,388 --> 01:24:22,924
Um, I am not asking you to
simply

1400
01:24:22,924 --> 01:24:26,161
move homeless people somewhere
else. I'm asking for a real

1401
01:24:26,161 --> 01:24:28,997
solution. Psychiatric treatment
for people who need it

1402
01:24:28,997 --> 01:24:31,533
appropriate shelters and
supportive housing, better
coordination between

1403
01:24:31,533 --> 01:24:35,303
the police and mental health
professionals in a

1404
01:24:35,303 --> 01:24:37,906
system that actually breaks the
cycle. I should not have to be
afraid

1405
01:24:37,906 --> 01:24:40,575
to walk my dogs or worry about
someone outside my door. Um

1406
01:24:40,575 --> 01:24:44,913
thank you. Your time is up

1407
01:24:44,913 --> 01:24:47,649
That's about growing. Thank you
so much for speak with

1408
01:24:47,649 --> 01:24:51,553
us today. Thank you.

1409
01:24:51,553 --> 01:24:55,990
Our next 3 speakers, Eula Samuel

1410
01:24:55,990 --> 01:24:58,593
Michael Collins, Tiffany Roberts
you each have 2 minutes, you can

1411
01:24:58,593 --> 01:25:08,693
come forward.

1412
01:25:11,406 --> 01:25:13,942
Good afternoon. I am

1413
01:25:13,942 --> 01:25:16,478
live on Morgan Place, Southeast
in

1414
01:25:16,478 --> 01:25:20,215
Atlanta at a house across the
street

1415
01:25:20,215 --> 01:25:22,884
is 372. There's a very large

1416
01:25:22,884 --> 01:25:25,420
Oak, very tall, that is

1417
01:25:25,420 --> 01:25:29,591
in front of 372 Morgan Place

1418
01:25:29,591 --> 01:25:32,427
I understand and I learned in
2013

1419
01:25:32,427 --> 01:25:36,498
that the tree belongs to the
city of Atlanta.

1420
01:25:36,498 --> 01:25:39,400
It is over 30

1421
01:25:39,400 --> 01:25:42,937
ft tall, and if it falls, it's
gonna fall on

1422
01:25:42,937 --> 01:25:45,540
my house. The tree looks
diseased

1423
01:25:45,540 --> 01:25:48,209
to me and the Rossa on top of
the

1424
01:25:48,209 --> 01:25:51,846
ground, and I was just wondering
if the city could

1425
01:25:51,846 --> 01:25:54,382
come out and check that tray.
Because

1426
01:25:54,382 --> 01:25:58,520
I reported a tree

1427
01:25:58,520 --> 01:26:01,289
and 1978 and told the city that
it was going

1428
01:26:01,289 --> 01:26:03,892
to fall. They said they came out
and

1429
01:26:03,892 --> 01:26:06,494
the very next and they said it

1430
01:26:06,494 --> 01:26:10,165
was healthy. The very next week
it fell across the

1431
01:26:10,165 --> 01:26:12,867
street. So I was just hoping
that, um, the city

1432
01:26:12,867 --> 01:26:16,538
can come out and check the tree.
And thank you

1433
01:26:16,538 --> 01:26:19,741
for allowing me to speak.

1434
01:26:19,741 --> 01:26:23,244
Thank you. I think your council
members on the way to speak

1435
01:26:23,244 --> 01:26:26,681
with you.

1436
01:26:26,681 --> 01:26:30,885
Next speaker, Michael Collins.
You have 2 minutes.

1437
01:26:30,885 --> 01:26:34,489
Hey everybody, I moved to

1438
01:26:34,489 --> 01:26:37,058
Atlanta from Baltimore in August

1439
01:26:37,058 --> 01:26:39,594
of 2022 and got involved with a
number of local

1440
01:26:39,594 --> 01:26:42,197
groups on criminal justice
reform

1441
01:26:42,197 --> 01:26:45,900
Remember, the same month that I
moved, the

1442
01:26:45,900 --> 01:26:48,503
mayor used, you know, what's
become a famous phrase, we

1443
01:26:48,503 --> 01:26:51,039
are not in the jailing business.
Um

1444
01:26:51,039 --> 01:26:54,742
this came against the backdrop
of a

1445
01:26:54,742 --> 01:26:57,278
broken promise where he

1446
01:26:57,278 --> 01:27:00,148
had supported repurposing the
Atlanta City Detention Center

1447
01:27:00,148 --> 01:27:02,684
AC DC. turning it

1448
01:27:02,684 --> 01:27:06,254
into a diversion

1449
01:27:06,254 --> 01:27:08,823
center and organizations, groups
were very disappointed

1450
01:27:08,823 --> 01:27:11,426
Nevertheless, we worked very
hard to do

1451
01:27:11,426 --> 01:27:15,230
what we always do, which is try
and reduce the geo population

1452
01:27:15,230 --> 01:27:17,832
in Fulton County. It's the site,
as you know, of a lot

1453
01:27:17,832 --> 01:27:20,535
of deaths, um, 15 deaths in 2022

1454
01:27:20,535 --> 01:27:24,973
10 deaths in 2023. We

1455
01:27:24,973 --> 01:27:28,810
always knew that increasing the
jail population, building a new
deal

1456
01:27:28,810 --> 01:27:31,546
increasing space was never going
to be the solution, and we
actually did a lot. lot

1457
01:27:31,546 --> 01:27:35,783
of work to reduce the ge
population in the interim

1458
01:27:35,783 --> 01:27:38,419
So it's especially disappointing
to read in the newspapers that

1459
01:27:38,419 --> 01:27:42,123
we are striking a deal as the
city

1460
01:27:42,123 --> 01:27:44,759
of Atlanta to now sail

1461
01:27:44,759 --> 01:27:47,462
AC DC to Fulton County. Let's
just think about what

1462
01:27:47,462 --> 01:27:51,399
that means. That means we are
getting in the jail business

1463
01:27:51,399 --> 01:27:54,068
We're getting in the jail
business, not just with Fulton
County but with

1464
01:27:54,068 --> 01:27:56,704
Sheriff Patrick Labat, who

1465
01:27:56,704 --> 01:28:00,241
has overseen a lot of death and
destruction

1466
01:28:00,241 --> 01:28:03,111
um, who has been an individual
res. Responsible for a lot

1467
01:28:03,111 --> 01:28:05,813
of corruption, um, this, the,
the jail

1468
01:28:05,813 --> 01:28:09,250
itself is under a consent decree
and this

1469
01:28:09,250 --> 01:28:11,786
is also coming at a time where
the

1470
01:28:11,786 --> 01:28:14,589
mayor and his office are playing
games with Pat

1471
01:28:14,589 --> 01:28:17,992
the diversion center, and so all
of

1472
01:28:17,992 --> 01:28:20,561
this is tremendously
disappointing

1473
01:28:20,561 --> 01:28:23,097
It's happening behind closed
doors. In a few

1474
01:28:23,097 --> 01:28:25,733
hours, the mayor is going to
walk

1475
01:28:25,733 --> 01:28:29,570
in legislation affirming the
seal, and I encourage a level

1476
01:28:29,570 --> 01:28:34,309
of scrutiny and opposition from
this body. Thank you.

1477
01:28:34,309 --> 01:28:42,850
Thank you. Tiffany Roberts, you
have 2 minutes.

1478
01:28:42,850 --> 01:28:47,855
OK.

1479
01:28:47,855 --> 01:28:50,458
Uh, good, good afternoon. This
is my daughter, Marielle. She's
out

1480
01:28:50,458 --> 01:28:53,995
of school today and so I thought
it would be good for

1481
01:28:53,995 --> 01:28:56,531
her to join me. As you all know,
I'm the director

1482
01:28:56,531 --> 01:28:59,233
of public policy at the Southern
Center for Human Rights, um, and
there

1483
01:28:59,233 --> 01:29:01,769
are hard copies of the two
orders I emailed to you

1484
01:29:01,769 --> 01:29:04,405
all last week about Sheriff

1485
01:29:04,405 --> 01:29:07,775
Labott's material breach of a
lawsuit

1486
01:29:07,775 --> 01:29:10,311
a settlement regarding the
treatment of women with

1487
01:29:10,311 --> 01:29:12,947
serious mental illnesses
initially at the South Fulton

1488
01:29:12,947 --> 01:29:16,651
annex, currently at the Atlanta
City Detention Center

1489
01:29:16,651 --> 01:29:19,320
I think it's important for us to
talk about this because the

1490
01:29:19,320 --> 01:29:22,090
Atlanta City Detention Center
continues to be raised up as

1491
01:29:22,090 --> 01:29:24,692
a remedy for uh Sheriff Labott
in Fulton

1492
01:29:24,692 --> 01:29:27,895
County, honestly, their failures
to keep

1493
01:29:27,895 --> 01:29:30,431
incarcerated people safe. I want
to just make

1494
01:29:30,431 --> 01:29:32,967
the record for what this
material breach entails

1495
01:29:32,967 --> 01:29:36,904
First, simple tracking
requirements. The sheriff is
required by

1496
01:29:36,904 --> 01:29:39,507
the settlement to track um the
refusal of

1497
01:29:39,507 --> 01:29:42,043
the rec or the receipt of
services for women

1498
01:29:42,043 --> 01:29:44,612
with serious mental illnesses
now at the Atlanta City
Detention

1499
01:29:44,612 --> 01:29:48,883
Center. He continues to be
unable to document.

1500
01:29:48,883 --> 01:29:52,553
whether people are receiving
services or refusing services

1501
01:29:52,553 --> 01:29:55,123
Second, out of sale requirements
People, women who

1502
01:29:55,123 --> 01:29:57,692
are incarcerated with mental
illness are supposed to

1503
01:29:57,692 --> 01:30:00,261
be receiving 4 hours of out out
of cell

1504
01:30:00,261 --> 01:30:03,898
time at the Atlanta City
Detention Center on a daily
basis. The

1505
01:30:03,898 --> 01:30:06,501
sheriff refuses to do that even
though when he does not do it at
Rice Street

1506
01:30:06,501 --> 01:30:09,070
he says it's because of the
building. What is the

1507
01:30:09,070 --> 01:30:11,739
justification for it not
happening in AC

1508
01:30:11,739 --> 01:30:15,209
DC also safeguard requirements
for people when they're out

1509
01:30:15,209 --> 01:30:18,346
of cell and it should be jarring
that the sheriff

1510
01:30:18,346 --> 01:30:22,016
even refuses to provide reading
materials

1511
01:30:22,016 --> 01:30:24,786
that are required by the
settlement. People are being

1512
01:30:24,786 --> 01:30:27,355
required to pay for them or to
get them from the chaplain. I

1513
01:30:27,355 --> 01:30:30,291
raise this because it needs to
be

1514
01:30:30,291 --> 01:30:33,161
really clear that you are not
saving one

1515
01:30:33,161 --> 01:30:35,763
life by by selling this jail,
not

1516
01:30:35,763 --> 01:30:38,299
one. And if we don't check the
sheriff, if

1517
01:30:38,299 --> 01:30:40,935
someone doesn't name him and
name his conduct as

1518
01:30:40,935 --> 01:30:44,539
we're discussing the sale, the
debts for which you have

1519
01:30:44,539 --> 01:30:47,074
not apologized that have
happened during the term of this

1520
01:30:47,074 --> 01:30:51,245
lease will continue. Thank you.

1521
01:30:51,245 --> 01:30:53,781
Thank you, Ms. Roberts. Our next

1522
01:30:53,781 --> 01:30:56,751
three speakers, Mariel Roberts.

1523
01:30:56,751 --> 01:31:00,988
King. And

1524
01:31:00,988 --> 01:31:05,326
Christopher Bruce. You each have
2 minutes.

1525
01:31:05,326 --> 01:31:07,929
Mario Roberts. Hi, my name is
Marielle and I'm

1526
01:31:07,929 --> 01:31:11,332
in the 7th grade. I worship and
work

1527
01:31:11,332 --> 01:31:14,202
in Atlanta, Georgia. I'm a
graduate of Ebenezer

1528
01:31:14,202 --> 01:31:16,771
Baptist Church's first Freedom
youth organizing school.

1529
01:31:16,771 --> 01:31:20,808
For my whole life I've seen
elders like my mom

1530
01:31:20,808 --> 01:31:23,478
Miss Marilyn Wynn, and my
ancestor Marissa McCall Dodson
fight

1531
01:31:23,478 --> 01:31:26,013
to close the jail. In June of

1532
01:31:26,013 --> 01:31:30,251
2026, I went to Ebenezer Baptist
Church's Freedom Day bailout.

1533
01:31:30,251 --> 01:31:33,888
While there, I saw numerous
young people without many things
that they

1534
01:31:33,888 --> 01:31:36,557
need, like shoes and homes. As a

1535
01:31:36,557 --> 01:31:39,227
young person, it is hurtful to
watch people who

1536
01:31:39,227 --> 01:31:43,064
care so much about others being
ignored by people who say

1537
01:31:43,064 --> 01:31:45,600
they care about my generation.
We need resources

1538
01:31:45,600 --> 01:31:48,135
like wellness centers, not more
jails that hold

1539
01:31:48,135 --> 01:31:50,671
people back and are
intentionally designed to ruin
them

1540
01:31:50,671 --> 01:31:54,876
Thank you. And remember, there
is still time to keep your
promise.

1541
01:31:54,876 --> 01:32:01,015
Thank you.

1542
01:32:01,015 --> 01:32:05,853
Roberta Meyers. Um, I know, I, I

1543
01:32:05,853 --> 01:32:10,291
Roberta Meyers is number 13, 4,
15 is Conne King.

1544
01:32:10,291 --> 01:32:19,400
You both can come forward though
or close to the front.

1545
01:32:19,400 --> 01:32:22,036
Thank you. You have 2 minutes. I
thought y'all trying to skip me

1546
01:32:22,036 --> 01:32:26,107
Not really. Good afternoon

1547
01:32:26,107 --> 01:32:28,743
council members in City of
Atlanta residents. I'm Roberta

1548
01:32:28,743 --> 01:32:31,345
Meyers, vice president of state
strategy and

1549
01:32:31,345 --> 01:32:35,049
reentry at the Legal Action
Center. We're a

1550
01:32:35,049 --> 01:32:37,585
national nonprofit law and
policy organization committed

1551
01:32:37,585 --> 01:32:40,154
to fighting discrimination,
defending dignity

1552
01:32:40,154 --> 01:32:43,858
and supporting justice. We are
members of the community

1553
01:32:43,858 --> 01:32:46,861
of Cages Coalition, a group of
local

1554
01:32:46,861 --> 01:32:50,598
and national organizations
fighting to end mass
criminalization and to see the

1555
01:32:50,598 --> 01:32:53,568
city of Atlanta, Fulton County
reduced its carceral footprint
by

1556
01:32:53,568 --> 01:32:57,171
eliminating their reliance

1557
01:32:57,171 --> 01:32:59,707
on incarceration and other forms
of punishment as

1558
01:32:59,707 --> 01:33:02,276
their public strategy. In 2022

1559
01:33:02,276 --> 01:33:04,812
the council went against the
community when hundreds of

1560
01:33:04,812 --> 01:33:08,549
us stood before this body on

1561
01:33:08,549 --> 01:33:11,152
multiple occasions to say it was
a horrible

1562
01:33:11,152 --> 01:33:13,688
idea to lease the Atlanta City
Detention Center to Fulton

1563
01:33:13,688 --> 01:33:17,625
County. We're telling you it's
an even worse idea to

1564
01:33:17,625 --> 01:33:20,161
sell the building to Fulton
County. What does

1565
01:33:20,161 --> 01:33:22,697
the community stand to gain?
Nothing

1566
01:33:22,697 --> 01:33:25,299
nothing but more death. Yes,
more mismanagement

1567
01:33:25,299 --> 01:33:28,869
and more wasteful spending, we
told Julie

1568
01:33:28,869 --> 01:33:31,439
and the beds was not going to
help end overcrowding

1569
01:33:31,439 --> 01:33:34,041
in Fulton in the Fulton County
jail system. We told you it

1570
01:33:34,041 --> 01:33:36,577
would not end the inhumane
treatment and lack

1571
01:33:36,577 --> 01:33:40,247
of care of individuals that
would lead to more deaths

1572
01:33:40,247 --> 01:33:42,850
We told you it would not be a
financial benefit

1573
01:33:42,850 --> 01:33:45,453
to the city, but instead of
financial

1574
01:33:45,453 --> 01:33:49,123
liability. You didn't listen to
us. You listened to Mayor

1575
01:33:49,123 --> 01:33:51,659
Dickens and one of the culprits
that sustains

1576
01:33:51,659 --> 01:33:54,395
the practices and policies that
keep that jail. And the

1577
01:33:54,395 --> 01:33:58,099
people in in crisis and in
danger

1578
01:33:58,099 --> 01:34:00,635
Do not allow your minds to be
wiped clean of all the

1579
01:34:00,635 --> 01:34:03,304
work and resources that went
into reimagining a

1580
01:34:03,304 --> 01:34:07,308
better use of that building and
its land. The mayor

1581
01:34:07,308 --> 01:34:09,844
moved right past what the people
wanted. To his

1582
01:34:09,844 --> 01:34:12,413
own agenda, agenda. Atlanta's
wanted

1583
01:34:12,413 --> 01:34:16,117
a comprehensive health and
wellness center that includes
space

1584
01:34:16,117 --> 01:34:18,653
for career training, a health
clinic, short-term

1585
01:34:18,653 --> 01:34:21,555
and transitional housing, mental
health services, drug

1586
01:34:21,555 --> 01:34:24,959
and alcohol treatment, and more.
Who really stands

1587
01:34:24,959 --> 01:34:27,528
to benefit from the sale of ACDC

1588
01:34:27,528 --> 01:34:30,097
It definitely isn't Atlantans.

1589
01:34:30,097 --> 01:34:39,507
Thank you. Connect King, you
have 2 minutes.

1590
01:34:39,507 --> 01:34:43,010
Good afternoon. My name is
Connette King, and I'm the

1591
01:34:43,010 --> 01:34:45,513
movement policy associate at the
Southern Center for Human

1592
01:34:45,513 --> 01:34:48,115
Rights, and today I urge you to
transparency

1593
01:34:48,115 --> 01:34:50,685
accountability, and informed
decision making regarding

1594
01:34:50,685 --> 01:34:54,355
the future of the Atlanta City
Detention Center. Southern
Center has

1595
01:34:54,355 --> 01:34:56,991
invited all city council members
to attend our Justice

1596
01:34:56,991 --> 01:34:59,694
Watch program, which is a
community-based court watching

1597
01:34:59,694 --> 01:35:03,464
monitoring program that allows
residents to observe

1598
01:35:03,464 --> 01:35:06,400
firsthand how our criminal legal
system operates

1599
01:35:06,400 --> 01:35:10,538
Those invitations remain open
because it is critical for you
to see.

1600
01:35:10,538 --> 01:35:13,140
where resources are being spent
and how decisions

1601
01:35:13,140 --> 01:35:16,744
are made in this chamber affect
the people in real

1602
01:35:16,744 --> 01:35:19,313
time. Now that the city has
agreed to sell the jail, you

1603
01:35:19,313 --> 01:35:21,882
need, you need a clear window
into the realities

1604
01:35:21,882 --> 01:35:25,886
of pre-trial detention, court
delays

1605
01:35:25,886 --> 01:35:28,422
bond practices, and the ways
people become trapped in

1606
01:35:28,422 --> 01:35:30,958
the system simply because they
cannot afford

1607
01:35:30,958 --> 01:35:33,627
to navigate it. The mayor has
now agreed to not

1608
01:35:33,627 --> 01:35:37,231
only put Fulton's incarcerated
population

1609
01:35:37,231 --> 01:35:41,535
at risk, but also those detained
by the city of Atlanta.

1610
01:35:41,535 --> 01:35:44,105
Selling the jail risk moving
public resources

1611
01:35:44,105 --> 01:35:46,674
away from investments that
actually

1612
01:35:46,674 --> 01:35:50,811
improve safety and stability in
our communities

1613
01:35:50,811 --> 01:35:53,380
including our organization's
names are proposals without

1614
01:35:53,380 --> 01:35:56,016
so much as a word

1615
01:35:56,016 --> 01:35:59,920
to us is shocking. We encourage
every city council member

1616
01:35:59,920 --> 01:36:02,523
to demonstrate authentic
compassion for those in the

1617
01:36:02,523 --> 01:36:06,460
criminal legal system by
witnessing the

1618
01:36:06,460 --> 01:36:08,996
process firsthand and use that
knowledge to

1619
01:36:08,996 --> 01:36:11,599
guide decisions about the future
of the jail. The The Public

1620
01:36:11,599 --> 01:36:15,569
deserves policies grounded in
observation, data

1621
01:36:15,569 --> 01:36:18,339
and community experience, not
assumptions

1622
01:36:18,339 --> 01:36:22,076
Before doing Mayor Dickens'
bidding, consider the

1623
01:36:22,076 --> 01:36:25,379
failures of your most recent
decisions concerning the jail.

1624
01:36:25,379 --> 01:36:29,216
Choose to do right by the
community, not just in word

1625
01:36:29,216 --> 01:36:32,186
but by deed. Thank you.

1626
01:36:32,186 --> 01:36:35,556
Thank you. Chris

1627
01:36:35,556 --> 01:36:39,627
Bruce, you have 2 minutes.

1628
01:36:39,627 --> 01:36:42,329
Thank you, CA president, members
of

1629
01:36:42,329 --> 01:36:44,865
Atlanta City Council. My name is
Christopher Bruce, deputy

1630
01:36:44,865 --> 01:36:47,434
executive director of the ACLU
of

1631
01:36:47,434 --> 01:36:50,037
Georgia throughout, uh, this
moment in time, we

1632
01:36:50,037 --> 01:36:53,974
have seen in this nation, flawed
cameras

1633
01:36:53,974 --> 01:36:56,510
being misused by the police,
literally

1634
01:36:56,510 --> 01:36:59,079
the people who are sworn to
protect and serve the

1635
01:36:59,079 --> 01:37:02,750
community is now spying on them.

1636
01:37:02,750 --> 01:37:05,452
Tomorrow, we expect an audit
from the Atlanta Police
Department

1637
01:37:05,452 --> 01:37:09,356
dealing with surveillance
technology in the city. Let me
tell you.

1638
01:37:09,356 --> 01:37:11,892
We are in support of this

1639
01:37:11,892 --> 01:37:14,528
audit to let us know what's been
happening. But we want to

1640
01:37:14,528 --> 01:37:17,064
go further than that. It
shouldn't be something that is
just

1641
01:37:17,064 --> 01:37:20,534
called upon at will. That's why

1642
01:37:20,534 --> 01:37:23,070
there needs to be an ordinance

1643
01:37:23,070 --> 01:37:25,606
to call on the Atlanta Police
Department, as well as the city

1644
01:37:25,606 --> 01:37:28,242
of Atlanta, dealing with
surveillance technology, and

1645
01:37:28,242 --> 01:37:32,112
that's the purpose of C COPS,
Community

1646
01:37:32,112 --> 01:37:34,748
control over police surveillance
It is

1647
01:37:34,748 --> 01:37:38,686
a surveillance technology
transparency ordinance.

1648
01:37:38,686 --> 01:37:41,255
I wanna thank now the members of
the council who

1649
01:37:41,255 --> 01:37:43,891
have met with the city, with the
ACLU of

1650
01:37:43,891 --> 01:37:46,427
Georgia. Thank you to all of you
for listening

1651
01:37:46,427 --> 01:37:49,830
to your constituents and members
of the community

1652
01:37:49,830 --> 01:37:52,399
who care about this subject. But
I also want to leave

1653
01:37:52,399 --> 01:37:55,002
the door open to the members of
the council who we have

1654
01:37:55,002 --> 01:37:59,406
not talked to. You know who you
are

1655
01:37:59,406 --> 01:38:01,976
We will she's laughing because
we did meet with the city
council president

1656
01:38:01,976 --> 01:38:05,913
Thank you, councilor. That
wasn't even

1657
01:38:05,913 --> 01:38:08,449
a callout. It really wasn't.

1658
01:38:08,449 --> 01:38:10,985
Let me be clear about this.
Because there is

1659
01:38:10,985 --> 01:38:13,520
a lot of things that are going
on

1660
01:38:13,520 --> 01:38:17,625
This is not being about.

1661
01:38:17,625 --> 01:38:20,160
Anti-technology or anything
about anti-public safety

1662
01:38:20,160 --> 01:38:23,864
This is about accountability. It
is

1663
01:38:23,864 --> 01:38:28,235
about automatically putting in
place

1664
01:38:28,235 --> 01:38:30,804
um, surveillance technology
guard rails. So an audit can
tell

1665
01:38:30,804 --> 01:38:33,407
us what happened. Sea cops can
help us

1666
01:38:33,407 --> 01:38:37,111
make sure that there's oversight

1667
01:38:37,111 --> 01:38:39,647
before something happens. Let's
do the right thing

1668
01:38:39,647 --> 01:38:42,249
right now. So as the city
council looks over and works
with

1669
01:38:42,249 --> 01:38:46,287
the mayor's office, we also want
you to work with the community.
Thank you.

1670
01:38:46,287 --> 01:38:49,356
Well, I'm glad I

1671
01:38:49,356 --> 01:38:53,027
actually sat did catch me and I
got tickled

1672
01:38:53,027 --> 01:38:55,629
I'm sorry. OK, moving to our

1673
01:38:55,629 --> 01:38:58,232
next three speakers, Emmett

1674
01:38:58,232 --> 01:39:00,768
Lump, Sheila Louder, and

1675
01:39:00,768 --> 01:39:05,306
Pollard Coppersmith. Cooper
Smith. Coppersmith.

1676
01:39:05,306 --> 01:39:09,209
We'll start with Emmett.

1677
01:39:09,209 --> 01:39:11,712
Lump. 2

1678
01:39:11,712 --> 01:39:15,349
minutes. Cool. All right. Uh, my
name is Emmett Lumpy. I live in

1679
01:39:15,349 --> 01:39:17,985
Capitol View. Can you mic

1680
01:39:17,985 --> 01:39:20,521
Yes, Is that better? Yes, OK,
cool. My name is

1681
01:39:20,521 --> 01:39:23,123
Emmett Lumpy. I live in Capitol
View. Um, I'd like to start by
giving a huge

1682
01:39:23,123 --> 01:39:26,994
thank you, uh, to council member
Kelsey Bond for leading the

1683
01:39:26,994 --> 01:39:29,563
charge on establishing a data
center task force. Um

1684
01:39:29,563 --> 01:39:32,199
my understanding is that the
mayor's office is ultimately
going to be carrying

1685
01:39:32,199 --> 01:39:35,869
out this investigation, but
raising awareness and
understanding is such

1686
01:39:35,869 --> 01:39:38,472
a vital step. Um, from what I
can tell, the mayor's process

1687
01:39:38,472 --> 01:39:41,108
is not going to include any
public meetings or hearings. So
I'm here today.

1688
01:39:41,108 --> 01:39:43,610
to share some things I've
learned in my 13+ years in

1689
01:39:43,610 --> 01:39:47,047
the power industry. Um, so I
want to start with the basics,
which

1690
01:39:47,047 --> 01:39:49,616
is what does 100 megawatts even
look like? Um

1691
01:39:49,616 --> 01:39:52,252
I say 100 megawatts because
that's a relatively moderate

1692
01:39:52,252 --> 01:39:55,956
sized data center from what I've
been seeing

1693
01:39:55,956 --> 01:39:58,492
something that we might feel
comfortable putting in a, in

1694
01:39:58,492 --> 01:40:01,061
the neighborhood across the
street from a major transit hub.
Um

1695
01:40:01,061 --> 01:40:03,597
100 megawatts exceeds the peak
load of

1696
01:40:03,597 --> 01:40:07,568
numerous communities in Georgia.
Um, for instance, our neighbors

1697
01:40:07,568 --> 01:40:10,404
in East Point have a peak load
of 92 megawatts, um, like the
whole city, the.

1698
01:40:10,404 --> 01:40:13,874
homes, the businesses, the
industry

1699
01:40:13,874 --> 01:40:16,510
everything there. Um, East Point
is about

1700
01:40:16,510 --> 01:40:19,146
40,000 people. Uh,
coincidentally, that's
approximately

1701
01:40:19,146 --> 01:40:21,849
the same population as each of
Elena's 12

1702
01:40:21,849 --> 01:40:25,185
districts. So, uh, moderate 100
megawatt data

1703
01:40:25,185 --> 01:40:27,888
center consumes approximately
the same amount of power as each
one

1704
01:40:27,888 --> 01:40:32,192
of your districts. Um, in my
opinion

1705
01:40:32,192 --> 01:40:34,962
that should give us some pause.
That's a lot of resource
consumption. How

1706
01:40:34,962 --> 01:40:38,832
are your constituents going to
be impacted as the strain on the
power

1707
01:40:38,832 --> 01:40:41,435
grid continues to increase. Uh,
will they have the power that
they need?

1708
01:40:41,435 --> 01:40:44,071
or will they be literally left
in the dark. Um

1709
01:40:44,071 --> 01:40:47,908
since I think the mayor's data
center strategy will

1710
01:40:47,908 --> 01:40:50,844
not include public opinion. I'm
calling on the members of city
council to ensure that

1711
01:40:50,844 --> 01:40:54,648
the magnitude of the impact on
Atlanta's communities is

1712
01:40:54,648 --> 01:40:57,384
fully understood. Thank you for
your time.

1713
01:40:57,384 --> 01:41:07,484
Thank you, Sheila Louder, you
have 2 minutes.

1714
01:41:08,929 --> 01:41:12,466
Good afternoon, counsel. I'm
here

1715
01:41:12,466 --> 01:41:15,102
representing my son Steven, uh,
who could not get off

1716
01:41:15,102 --> 01:41:17,638
from work today, but I am

1717
01:41:17,638 --> 01:41:20,207
here because of the runaround he
is

1718
01:41:20,207 --> 01:41:23,911
getting when his car was damaged
by the city

1719
01:41:23,911 --> 01:41:26,447
of Atlanta Forestry truck

1720
01:41:26,447 --> 01:41:29,049
and it has been almost 7 months

1721
01:41:29,049 --> 01:41:31,585
and he has constantly been
calling

1722
01:41:31,585 --> 01:41:34,955
not getting any

1723
01:41:34,955 --> 01:41:37,758
responses and he has submitted
all the

1724
01:41:37,758 --> 01:41:41,795
necessary paperwork and
Surprisingly this morning

1725
01:41:41,795 --> 01:41:44,398
Miss Johnson, who is an
investigator, called him and

1726
01:41:44,398 --> 01:41:46,967
said, Guess what? We're going to
be

1727
01:41:46,967 --> 01:41:50,671
resolving your claim and you
should be getting reimbursement
in

1728
01:41:50,671 --> 01:41:53,640
2 to 3 weeks after 7 months of

1729
01:41:53,640 --> 01:41:56,276
him chasing somebody to get this
resolved. He works as a

1730
01:41:56,276 --> 01:42:00,047
security guard at Maddox Park,
and

1731
01:42:00,047 --> 01:42:02,783
he submitted everything that day
it happened

1732
01:42:02,783 --> 01:42:06,920
however, my concern is, is that
she

1733
01:42:06,920 --> 01:42:09,556
told him that you're gonna get
your reimbursement. but because
of the

1734
01:42:09,556 --> 01:42:13,327
age of the car, you're not going
to get the

1735
01:42:13,327 --> 01:42:15,929
full reimbursement of what your
estimates were

1736
01:42:15,929 --> 01:42:18,665
Well, surprised, the car is paid
for. It's

1737
01:42:18,665 --> 01:42:22,336
been in our family 20 years.
Tell me why

1738
01:42:22,336 --> 01:42:24,938
when. Tell me why he is not

1739
01:42:24,938 --> 01:42:27,508
going to get full reimbursement
of an estimate for

1740
01:42:27,508 --> 01:42:31,211
something that the city has, has
done to

1741
01:42:31,211 --> 01:42:34,114
his car. When you file an
insurance claim

1742
01:42:34,114 --> 01:42:36,750
you don't have to when you are
not at fault

1743
01:42:36,750 --> 01:42:40,220
you don't have to pay a
deductible, you get whatever

1744
01:42:40,220 --> 01:42:42,856
the estimate is

1745
01:42:42,856 --> 01:42:45,459
President Overstreet, you were

1746
01:42:45,459 --> 01:42:48,095
sent some information about one
of your relatives because we
know

1747
01:42:48,095 --> 01:42:51,632
your relative and we haven't
heard from you either, so we'd
like to

1748
01:42:51,632 --> 01:42:56,937
get this resolved as soon as
possible. Thank you.

1749
01:42:56,937 --> 01:43:01,642
Thank you. Thank you.

1750
01:43:01,642 --> 01:43:11,742
Color Cooper Smith. You have 2
minutes.

1751
01:43:11,885 --> 01:43:14,588
Good afternoon, Councilwoman
Overstreet and members

1752
01:43:14,588 --> 01:43:18,792
of council. I'm Paula Cooper
Smith.

1753
01:43:18,792 --> 01:43:21,361
And I'm, I live in Lakewood
Heights

1754
01:43:21,361 --> 01:43:25,299
I'm speaking in support of the
Peachtree Circle

1755
01:43:25,299 --> 01:43:27,834
historic designation today.
Peachtree

1756
01:43:27,834 --> 01:43:30,404
Circle in Lakewood Heights could
hardly look more different, but
when

1757
01:43:30,404 --> 01:43:33,073
it comes to protecting the
history and character of

1758
01:43:33,073 --> 01:43:35,709
our neighborhoods, excuse me, I
think

1759
01:43:35,709 --> 01:43:39,012
that that's a zoning issue and
it has to go through the

1760
01:43:39,012 --> 01:43:41,949
zoning process. I'm not sure if
we can speak on that. Is, isn't
that on our agenda?

1761
01:43:41,949 --> 01:43:45,752
For zoning. Or

1762
01:43:45,752 --> 01:43:48,322
no? The law department said yes,
we cannot

1763
01:43:48,322 --> 01:43:50,857
speak on legislation that is on
our

1764
01:43:50,857 --> 01:43:54,595
agenda concerning zoning.

1765
01:43:54,595 --> 01:43:57,297
OK. You

1766
01:43:57,297 --> 01:44:01,235
have to use the process for that
and that would

1767
01:44:01,235 --> 01:44:04,404
be through

1768
01:44:04,404 --> 01:44:08,508
uh ZRB and that process. All
right, I'll check on the

1769
01:44:08,508 --> 01:44:18,608
MU all right, thank you, thank
you so much.

1770
01:44:19,753 --> 01:44:22,356
Lisa Hoffman, Joan Lehman, and

1771
01:44:22,356 --> 01:44:24,891
Roger Smith, you're our next
three speakers. You have 2

1772
01:44:24,891 --> 01:44:31,331
minutes each.

1773
01:44:31,331 --> 01:44:35,002
Good afternoon, Madam Chair and
members of council. My

1774
01:44:35,002 --> 01:44:37,638
name is Lisa Hoffman. I live at
41

1775
01:44:37,638 --> 01:44:40,407
Peachtree Circle. Let's begin
with a basic question. Why

1776
01:44:40,407 --> 01:44:44,278
does the city preserve anything?
Why do

1777
01:44:44,278 --> 01:44:46,880
we protect a park? Why do we
protect a

1778
01:44:46,880 --> 01:44:49,416
tree canopy? Why do we establish
setbacks, regulate building
heights

1779
01:44:49,416 --> 01:44:52,152
or protect the character of

1780
01:44:52,152 --> 01:44:55,522
a neighborhood. We do these
things because the city is more
than a

1781
01:44:55,522 --> 01:44:58,058
collection of individually owned
parcels. A

1782
01:44:58,058 --> 01:45:02,029
city is also a collection of
shared places.

1783
01:45:02,029 --> 01:45:04,631
Streets, buildings, landscapes,
neighborhoods, and

1784
01:45:04,631 --> 01:45:07,301
public spaces together create
the physical

1785
01:45:07,301 --> 01:45:09,903
identity of Atlanta. And while

1786
01:45:09,903 --> 01:45:13,440
individual properties may be
privately owned, the experience
of

1787
01:45:13,440 --> 01:45:16,043
those places is shared by all of
us

1788
01:45:16,043 --> 01:45:20,314
That is the fundamental public
interest behind

1789
01:45:20,314 --> 01:45:22,849
historic preservation. Historic
preservation

1790
01:45:22,849 --> 01:45:25,485
recognizes that some places
acquire significance

1791
01:45:25,485 --> 01:45:28,021
beyond their property lines.
They tell

1792
01:45:28,021 --> 01:45:31,692
us something about how Atlanta
developed, how Atlantans lived.

1793
01:45:31,692 --> 01:45:34,227
How our architecture evolved and

1794
01:45:34,227 --> 01:45:36,797
how generations of citizens
shaped this city once they are
lost

1795
01:45:36,797 --> 01:45:40,300
They they cannot truly be

1796
01:45:40,300 --> 01:45:42,869
recreated. Atlanta's historic

1797
01:45:42,869 --> 01:45:45,439
preservation provisions
recognize precisely

1798
01:45:45,439 --> 01:45:48,008
that principle. Places of
specific

1799
01:45:48,008 --> 01:45:50,577
special historic and
architectural

1800
01:45:50,577 --> 01:45:54,014
value possess aesthetic
educational, economic

1801
01:45:54,014 --> 01:45:56,683
and historic value that can be

1802
01:45:56,683 --> 01:45:59,219
irreplacecibly lost through
destruction and neglect. That

1803
01:45:59,219 --> 01:46:03,190
is why preservation is not.

1804
01:46:03,190 --> 01:46:05,992
Simply nostalgia. It is
stewardship. Our respons

1805
01:46:05,992 --> 01:46:09,896
our responsibility is not to
prevent change. Cities

1806
01:46:09,896 --> 01:46:12,499
must change. Our responsibility
is to determine

1807
01:46:12,499 --> 01:46:15,035
what should change, what should
endure, and

1808
01:46:15,035 --> 01:46:19,306
how the two can coexist.
Historic preservation

1809
01:46:19,306 --> 01:46:23,377
gives Atlanta one means of
making those decisions
deliberately rather

1810
01:46:23,377 --> 01:46:26,313
than accidentally because a city
that

1811
01:46:26,313 --> 01:46:29,950
preserves nothing eventually it
loses the ability to tell its
own

1812
01:46:29,950 --> 01:46:32,519
story and preserving that story
is a legit legitimate public

1813
01:46:32,519 --> 01:46:35,455
interest. Thank you. Thank you.
And for the record, thank you

1814
01:46:35,455 --> 01:46:38,892
for speaking about the purpose
of

1815
01:46:38,892 --> 01:46:41,595
preservation instead of a
legislative item.

1816
01:46:41,595 --> 01:46:44,431
Our next speaker is

1817
01:46:44,431 --> 01:46:48,001
Joan Lemon. Good

1818
01:46:48,001 --> 01:46:50,704
afternoon, everyone. Thank you.
My name is Joan Lyman. I

1819
01:46:50,704 --> 01:46:53,340
live at 116 Peachtree Circle

1820
01:46:53,340 --> 01:46:57,043
and while Lisa talked about why
preservation serves

1821
01:46:57,043 --> 01:46:59,613
a public purpose, I would like
to tell you how

1822
01:46:59,613 --> 01:47:02,149
cities protect that public
interest.

1823
01:47:02,149 --> 01:47:04,684
They use zoning Every property
in

1824
01:47:04,684 --> 01:47:08,388
Atlanta already exists within a
framework of framework

1825
01:47:08,388 --> 01:47:11,358
of public regulations, zoning
determines the

1826
01:47:11,358 --> 01:47:14,828
uses of what occurs on a
property, it establishes the
height

1827
01:47:14,828 --> 01:47:17,397
the density, the actual setbacks
and how

1828
01:47:17,397 --> 01:47:20,066
much coverage on the lot. Other
regulations

1829
01:47:20,066 --> 01:47:24,504
can govern trees, stormwater,
buildings.

1830
01:47:24,504 --> 01:47:27,174
And streets we accept these
regulations

1831
01:47:27,174 --> 01:47:30,777
because decisions made on one
parcel will affect the

1832
01:47:30,777 --> 01:47:33,413
other neighbors, their streets,
their infrastructure, property
values

1833
01:47:33,413 --> 01:47:36,016
and the larger city.

1834
01:47:36,016 --> 01:47:39,686
Historic preservation
regulations rest exactly on the

1835
01:47:39,686 --> 01:47:42,589
same principle. Historic
districts are

1836
01:47:42,589 --> 01:47:46,560
not exceptions to zoning. They
are the expressions

1837
01:47:46,560 --> 01:47:49,262
to zoning traditional zoning
questions asked such as

1838
01:47:49,262 --> 01:47:51,798
how tall can the building be?
Who may, how much can it stand

1839
01:47:51,798 --> 01:47:55,368
to the street, and how may the
lot, how much of the

1840
01:47:55,368 --> 01:47:57,904
lot can it be occupied

1841
01:47:57,904 --> 01:48:00,841
? Historic preservation zoning
adds another legitimate question

1842
01:48:00,841 --> 01:48:04,544
When a place possesses a

1843
01:48:04,544 --> 01:48:07,214
recognized historic
architectural or cultural

1844
01:48:07,214 --> 01:48:09,950
how should they change so the
public does

1845
01:48:09,950 --> 01:48:14,020
not unnecessarily lose that
value. This is

1846
01:48:14,020 --> 01:48:16,690
not an extraordinary exercise to
government authority. It is

1847
01:48:16,690 --> 01:48:20,126
an ordinary exercise to zoning
authority that

1848
01:48:20,126 --> 01:48:22,662
is applied to extraordinary

1849
01:48:22,662 --> 01:48:25,365
resources and importantly,
historic preservation zoning
does

1850
01:48:25,365 --> 01:48:27,901
not require for a building to
remain unchanged

1851
01:48:27,901 --> 01:48:32,072
It establishes a process of
review and these, these.

1852
01:48:32,072 --> 01:48:34,741
distinctions matter. The purpose
is not to turn neighborhoods

1853
01:48:34,741 --> 01:48:38,144
into museums. The purpose is to

1854
01:48:38,144 --> 01:48:40,680
manage significant change
thoughtfully

1855
01:48:40,680 --> 01:48:43,216
and particularly changes that
affect the public facing

1856
01:48:43,216 --> 01:48:45,785
characteristics that give a
place its identity

1857
01:48:45,785 --> 01:48:49,990
cities constantly balanced
between property rights and
public interest.

1858
01:48:49,990 --> 01:48:52,726
And balancing at the heart of
zoning itself. Thank you.

1859
01:48:52,726 --> 01:48:56,129
for coming to speak with us

1860
01:48:56,129 --> 01:48:58,698
today. Our next Our next is
Roger. Excuse me, your 2 minutes

1861
01:48:58,698 --> 01:49:01,701
is up. Thank you so much for
coming today

1862
01:49:01,701 --> 01:49:04,237
Thank you

1863
01:49:04,237 --> 01:49:07,507
Roger Smith, David Mitchell. You
each have

1864
01:49:07,507 --> 01:49:12,679
2 minutes. You both can come
forward.

1865
01:49:12,679 --> 01:49:16,383
Well, I'm obviously not Roger
Smith

1866
01:49:16,383 --> 01:49:18,985
I'm Penelope Sheroff. I live at
238

1867
01:49:18,985 --> 01:49:21,721
Peachtree Circle. Just a second,
did you sign up to speak today?
I didn't

1868
01:49:21,721 --> 01:49:25,458
Roger just left and they said it
was OK. I could speak to what he

1869
01:49:25,458 --> 01:49:28,295
said is definitely not OK to
just take Roger's place because

1870
01:49:28,295 --> 01:49:31,064
you have several that have
signed up, but

1871
01:49:31,064 --> 01:49:34,834
thank you, um, so that takes us
to

1872
01:49:34,834 --> 01:49:37,437
David Mitchell, Kaylin Gilstrap

1873
01:49:37,437 --> 01:49:39,973
and Jennifer Brooks, you each
have

1874
01:49:39,973 --> 01:49:43,710
2 minutes. David Mitchell, 2
minutes. David Yoe Mitchell 3:20

1875
01:49:43,710 --> 01:49:46,313
7 Saint Paul Avenue, Southeast
Atlanta

1876
01:49:46,313 --> 01:49:48,882
Georgia 30312. I found it kind
of fascinating at the beginning
of

1877
01:49:48,882 --> 01:49:52,886
the invocation that we discussed
the complexity of the long
memory

1878
01:49:52,886 --> 01:49:55,422
historic preservation is that
and then some, um, as a
Southerner, I can tell

1879
01:49:55,422 --> 01:49:58,024
you this, memory is something
that never ends. It always
exists

1880
01:49:58,024 --> 01:50:01,628
and people never forget what it
was done for

1881
01:50:01,628 --> 01:50:04,264
them and the things that make
life worth living. With that
being said

1882
01:50:04,264 --> 01:50:06,800
I want to read into the, I want
to emphasize historic
preservation

1883
01:50:06,800 --> 01:50:10,737
is vital because it protects
community identity, supports

1884
01:50:10,737 --> 01:50:13,306
economic revitalization,
strength and sustainability, and
safeguards the storage.

1885
01:50:13,306 --> 01:50:17,911
embedded in historic buildings
and places.

1886
01:50:17,911 --> 01:50:18,478
Stoic preservation has
consistently resulted in greater
appreciation of home values over

1887
01:50:18,478 --> 01:50:21,748
time and

1888
01:50:21,748 --> 01:50:24,317
more resilience during economic
downturns

1889
01:50:24,317 --> 01:50:26,920
Realtors can can and should tout
historic materials and design

1890
01:50:26,920 --> 01:50:29,489
as a value-added asset. This is
important

1891
01:50:29,489 --> 01:50:32,926
to counter charges that
excessive

1892
01:50:32,926 --> 01:50:35,795
regulation adds undue burdens on
historic property owners. These
arguments

1893
01:50:35,795 --> 01:50:38,531
noteworthy for older
neighborhoods that do not

1894
01:50:38,531 --> 01:50:42,135
have the benefit of protections
as they may not be vulnerable to

1895
01:50:42,135 --> 01:50:44,838
cyclical economic downturns. The
foreclosure

1896
01:50:44,838 --> 01:50:47,440
market offers further supporting
data about the. Lower period,
I'm sorry

1897
01:50:47,440 --> 01:50:50,944
the lower financial risk of
owning protected

1898
01:50:50,944 --> 01:50:53,480
historic properties. During the
2008, 2013 time period in

1899
01:50:53,480 --> 01:50:56,016
Raleigh, North Carolina, where
my son goes to school, who's

1900
01:50:56,016 --> 01:50:58,718
using this meeting as part of
his class, so all of you will be
in

1901
01:50:58,718 --> 01:51:01,354
a class in Raleigh, North
Carolina, NC State

1902
01:51:01,354 --> 01:51:05,091
go pack. Local districts had

1903
01:51:05,091 --> 01:51:07,627
28.8% foreclosures per 1000
households compared to the
citywide

1904
01:51:07,627 --> 01:51:11,331
average of 100 per 1000
households. This

1905
01:51:11,331 --> 01:51:13,867
premise also held up in the San
Antonio where foreclosures in
all 9 of

1906
01:51:13,867 --> 01:51:16,503
its historic districts were less
than or in

1907
01:51:16,503 --> 01:51:19,039
one case equal to the citywide
average. So the idea that a
historic district

1908
01:51:19,039 --> 01:51:22,742
somehow or another devalues your
home is bunk. It's

1909
01:51:22,742 --> 01:51:23,043
not true. It's a constant
misleading thing, and I'm tired
of hearing it. Historic

1910
01:51:23,043 --> 01:51:25,712
preservation is of

1911
01:51:25,712 --> 01:51:29,215
value. It adds culture, it adds
identity, it

1912
01:51:29,215 --> 01:51:31,751
does something that gives you a
sense of purpose, and I, I, it
is

1913
01:51:31,751 --> 01:51:33,953
an exhausting conversation to
Continue to defend who and what
you are

1914
01:51:33,953 --> 01:51:34,454
and particularly as the
executive director of the
Atlanta Preservation Center.

1915
01:51:34,454 --> 01:51:38,191
It's my craft. It's

1916
01:51:38,191 --> 01:51:40,727
what I do and I do it all over
the city with great vigor

1917
01:51:40,727 --> 01:51:43,697
and pride, and it's something we
should all feel the same way
about. Thank you.

1918
01:51:43,697 --> 01:51:47,400
Thank you.

1919
01:51:47,400 --> 01:51:57,500
Cylin Gilstrap, you have 2
minutes.

1920
01:52:00,814 --> 01:52:03,483
Good afternoon, Council
President Overstreet and members

1921
01:52:03,483 --> 01:52:06,219
of the city council. My name is

1922
01:52:06,219 --> 01:52:09,989
Kaitlin Gilstrap. I'm a member
of the Sylvan

1923
01:52:09,989 --> 01:52:12,525
Hills community. In 2024,
Atlanta

1924
01:52:12,525 --> 01:52:15,095
City Council passed legislation
to

1925
01:52:15,095 --> 01:52:18,798
prohibit data centers with
within half a mile of
high-capacity

1926
01:52:18,798 --> 01:52:21,401
transit stops. An exception was
proposed near West End

1927
01:52:21,401 --> 01:52:24,104
MARTA and withdrawn after

1928
01:52:24,104 --> 01:52:26,806
community opposition. That same
year

1929
01:52:26,806 --> 01:52:30,176
the city helped acquire the
former mall

1930
01:52:30,176 --> 01:52:32,812
West End across the street. Now
that property is well on

1931
01:52:32,812 --> 01:52:35,348
its way to becoming one West End

1932
01:52:35,348 --> 01:52:39,018
a roughly 4450

1933
01:52:39,018 --> 01:52:41,621
million mixed income, mixed use
development

1934
01:52:41,621 --> 01:52:44,357
with 900 homes, retail

1935
01:52:44,357 --> 01:52:46,993
a grocery store, and a hotel to
be built around its access

1936
01:52:46,993 --> 01:52:50,463
to Marta. This is exactly the
kind

1937
01:52:50,463 --> 01:52:53,366
of investment in South Atlanta
we want and need.

1938
01:52:53,366 --> 01:52:56,970
So what changed? Now that one
West

1939
01:52:56,970 --> 01:52:59,639
End is shovel ready and the
Atlanta Urban

1940
01:52:59,639 --> 01:53:02,375
Development Corporation and
Invest Atlanta have spent more
than a million dollars

1941
01:53:02,375 --> 01:53:06,112
in public dollars to get it
rolling. Were they told

1942
01:53:06,112 --> 01:53:08,882
that the city council would
provide the

1943
01:53:08,882 --> 01:53:12,986
same site-specific zoning
exception directly across the
street.

1944
01:53:12,986 --> 01:53:15,522
Did they see this company?
Because the

1945
01:53:15,522 --> 01:53:18,057
community didn't.

1946
01:53:18,057 --> 01:53:20,627
Atlanta City Council cannot tell
residents

1947
01:53:20,627 --> 01:53:24,297
public agencies, and private
development partners

1948
01:53:24,297 --> 01:53:27,500
that this is the future.

1949
01:53:27,500 --> 01:53:30,804
We're investing and then quietly
reconsider

1950
01:53:30,804 --> 01:53:33,506
a conflicting land use across
the street.

1951
01:53:33,506 --> 01:53:38,978
Explain the repeated
contradiction

1952
01:53:38,978 --> 01:53:42,081
and please stop this exception
altogether. Atlanta has already
invested

1953
01:53:42,081 --> 01:53:44,984
invested in an exciting future
for Westernnd neighbors.

1954
01:53:44,984 --> 01:53:48,755
And our nearby students.

1955
01:53:48,755 --> 01:53:51,758
This is twice now. Protect

1956
01:53:51,758 --> 01:53:55,562
that investment and that legacy
once and for all. I'm asking

1957
01:53:55,562 --> 01:53:58,998
for counsel to stop advancing
any exception to this
legislation.

1958
01:53:58,998 --> 01:54:02,902
Thank you.

1959
01:54:02,902 --> 01:54:05,605
Thank you.

1960
01:54:05,605 --> 01:54:09,409
Jennifer Brooks. 2 minutes.

1961
01:54:09,409 --> 01:54:13,513
Thank you very much. Uh, good
afternoon and thank you all.

1962
01:54:13,513 --> 01:54:16,349
Uh, for letting me speak. I'm
Jennifer Brooks. I live

1963
01:54:16,349 --> 01:54:19,252
on Centennial Olympic Park Drive

1964
01:54:19,252 --> 01:54:22,522
I want to address um an

1965
01:54:22,522 --> 01:54:25,091
item that's on the consent
agenda that I really wish

1966
01:54:25,091 --> 01:54:27,794
would pause. It's

1967
01:54:27,794 --> 01:54:31,731
um 26-R. 3953, that

1968
01:54:31,731 --> 01:54:34,334
would be a road diet on
Centennial Olympic

1969
01:54:34,334 --> 01:54:36,870
Park Drive. And I just would

1970
01:54:36,870 --> 01:54:40,807
respectfully ask for
consideration of

1971
01:54:40,807 --> 01:54:43,476
the changes over the last 8 to

1972
01:54:43,476 --> 01:54:47,513
10 years since. Uh, Atlanta

1973
01:54:47,513 --> 01:54:50,250
Cycle 1.0 and 2.0 and 1

1974
01:54:50,250 --> 01:54:52,785
Atlanta master plan came out
because so much has changed
since then, and the needs

1975
01:54:52,785 --> 01:54:56,522
of that corridor have

1976
01:54:56,522 --> 01:54:59,058
changed significantly, and I
fiercely, as

1977
01:54:59,058 --> 01:55:01,728
you know, fiercely support the
entities in

1978
01:55:01,728 --> 01:55:05,365
my neighborhood that really need
to have

1979
01:55:05,365 --> 01:55:07,967
proper consideration if they're
going to be viable

1980
01:55:07,967 --> 01:55:10,503
as entities. Uh, the GWCC

1981
01:55:10,503 --> 01:55:13,239
campus, um, State Farm Arena

1982
01:55:13,239 --> 01:55:16,843
Centennial Yards, they see. the
millions

1983
01:55:16,843 --> 01:55:19,379
of visitors and um workers

1984
01:55:19,379 --> 01:55:23,283
and I really want those needs to
be addressed.

1985
01:55:23,283 --> 01:55:25,919
I know you've got bigger things
on your agenda

1986
01:55:25,919 --> 01:55:28,454
the ACDC is a big one. thank you

1987
01:55:28,454 --> 01:55:31,257
for handling that and

1988
01:55:31,257 --> 01:55:34,694
um so responsibly. And just one
quick note on the data centers

1989
01:55:34,694 --> 01:55:37,297
if anybody would like

1990
01:55:37,297 --> 01:55:40,300
firsthand experience. I'd be
happy to speak with you.

1991
01:55:40,300 --> 01:55:43,569
The building across the street
from where I

1992
01:55:43,569 --> 01:55:46,139
live on Baker Street, has been
converting to a

1993
01:55:46,139 --> 01:55:50,343
data center over the last 10
years. It's really

1994
01:55:50,343 --> 01:55:52,912
really noisy, and there's no
sign of any

1995
01:55:52,912 --> 01:55:55,481
mitigation of the roof noise
that then just comes right up to

1996
01:55:55,481 --> 01:55:58,318
our windows. So if you need

1997
01:55:58,318 --> 01:56:01,754
support for taking a stand on
data centers, please

1998
01:56:01,754 --> 01:56:04,557
reach out to me. Thank you.

1999
01:56:04,557 --> 01:56:09,495
Thank you. This takes us to our
yielded time list.

2000
01:56:09,495 --> 01:56:13,800
Each speaker will

2001
01:56:13,800 --> 01:56:17,470
Have whichever allotted amount
of time according to how

2002
01:56:17,470 --> 01:56:20,206
many have are standing with them
in solidarity. Our

2003
01:56:20,206 --> 01:56:24,377
first yielded speaker is Jocelyn
Lewis. You have

2004
01:56:24,377 --> 01:56:26,946
4 minutes. Is Anna May Banks
here

2005
01:56:26,946 --> 01:56:33,820
Jocelyn Lewis.

2006
01:56:33,820 --> 01:56:37,924
So you're, you are Anna Mae
Banks?

2007
01:56:37,924 --> 01:56:40,460
Oh, OK. Anna May had to leave

2008
01:56:40,460 --> 01:56:46,699
so you, unfortunately, you're
only gonna get 2 minutes. OK.

2009
01:56:46,699 --> 01:56:55,808
Yes.

2010
01:56:55,808 --> 01:56:58,411
Good afternoon city council

2011
01:56:58,411 --> 01:57:01,080
member Antonio Luis and members
of city council. My name is
Jocelyn Lewis

2012
01:57:01,080 --> 01:57:04,684
I'm the founder of Rising

2013
01:57:04,684 --> 01:57:07,487
Above Homelessness, I wanna
begin with a young man

2014
01:57:07,487 --> 01:57:10,056
I met during my community
outreach. He's not

2015
01:57:10,056 --> 01:57:13,993
even 21 years old, and from what
our I

2016
01:57:13,993 --> 01:57:16,796
personally witnessed, I believe
he

2017
01:57:16,796 --> 01:57:20,500
needs compassionate professional
behavior, health support in

2018
01:57:20,500 --> 01:57:23,136
a facility that will receive him
with dignity and

2019
01:57:23,136 --> 01:57:25,838
loving care. My question is,
what Resources

2020
01:57:25,838 --> 01:57:30,176
are available for people like
him.

2021
01:57:30,176 --> 01:57:32,712
During my outreach, I met a 17
year

2022
01:57:32,712 --> 01:57:36,082
old foster youth who came to

2023
01:57:36,082 --> 01:57:38,951
Atlanta after experiencing abuse

2024
01:57:38,951 --> 01:57:41,487
Gateway promised him a ticket
home, but he

2025
01:57:41,487 --> 01:57:45,191
is still sleeping outside on the
ground along with dozens

2026
01:57:45,191 --> 01:57:47,727
of others. How many are many

2027
01:57:47,727 --> 01:57:50,396
many are told they have case,
many

2028
01:57:50,396 --> 01:57:56,469
told me they have caseworkers,
but we're not.

2029
01:57:56,469 --> 01:57:59,072
Getting a response from them,
even though

2030
01:57:59,072 --> 01:58:01,641
they are outside of the building
they are being

2031
01:58:01,641 --> 01:58:05,411
ignored by their caseworkers.
During my

2032
01:58:05,411 --> 01:58:08,047
outreach, many unhoused
neighbors told me that

2033
01:58:08,047 --> 01:58:10,917
they have social workers

2034
01:58:10,917 --> 01:58:14,921
but many don't have phones. How
are they expected.

2035
01:58:14,921 --> 01:58:17,523
To be connected to services,
especially when

2036
01:58:17,523 --> 01:58:20,093
they can't see their caseworkers
outside

2037
01:58:20,093 --> 01:58:25,898
of appointments.

2038
01:58:25,898 --> 01:58:28,501
Are there any government phone
programs or

2039
01:58:28,501 --> 01:58:31,037
agencies available to stay
connected

2040
01:58:31,037 --> 01:58:34,941
Some people. Go months

2041
01:58:34,941 --> 01:58:37,510
without hearing back, even after
being promised that they will

2042
01:58:37,510 --> 01:58:40,113
receive housing. They need IDs
and socials, and

2043
01:58:40,113 --> 01:58:42,815
by their appearance they are

2044
01:58:42,815 --> 01:58:45,918
not getting hired. I'm asking
city council

2045
01:58:45,918 --> 01:58:48,521
and housing agencies serving our
uh-housed

2046
01:58:48,521 --> 01:58:51,057
neighbors to come out into the
community and see these

2047
01:58:51,057 --> 01:58:53,826
issues firsthand. I'm planning a
rising

2048
01:58:53,826 --> 01:58:57,296
above homelessness community
dignity and research event, and

2049
01:58:57,296 --> 01:58:59,932
I'm asking you to come out

2050
01:58:59,932 --> 01:59:02,468
work alongside with us and in a
community and

2051
01:59:02,468 --> 01:59:06,205
help us identify. and secure a
city-owned property

2052
01:59:06,205 --> 01:59:09,175
or community space near Thank

2053
01:59:09,175 --> 01:59:11,744
you. I, I also wanna suggest
that you reach out

2054
01:59:11,744 --> 01:59:15,148
to Fulton County too, but our

2055
01:59:15,148 --> 01:59:17,717
community development, uh,

2056
01:59:17,717 --> 01:59:20,686
A CDHS chair is Matt
Westmoreland and maybe you

2057
01:59:20,686 --> 01:59:24,557
all can, he can help direct your

2058
01:59:24,557 --> 01:59:28,794
your questions to the right
people. And y'all are willing to
come out to support.

2059
01:59:28,794 --> 01:59:31,330
I can't answer that for you in
this moment, but I do want

2060
01:59:31,330 --> 01:59:33,933
you to know that we have ways of
connecting

2061
01:59:33,933 --> 01:59:36,836
you to people that will be able
to give you, provide

2062
01:59:36,836 --> 01:59:42,141
you some information or guidance
OK, thank you.

2063
01:59:42,141 --> 01:59:45,211
Our next yielded speaker is

2064
01:59:45,211 --> 01:59:49,248
Devin Franklin, and you have 4
minutes.

2065
01:59:49,248 --> 01:59:58,858
Long, are you here today? OK.

2066
01:59:58,858 --> 02:00:03,296
4 minutes, Mr. Franklin. Thank
you, President Overstreet.

2067
02:00:03,296 --> 02:00:05,998
My name is Devin Franklin. I am
singing with with Posse Council
at the

2068
02:00:05,998 --> 02:00:09,502
Southernn Center for Human
Rights. Um,

2069
02:00:09,502 --> 02:00:12,038
To start off today, I would like
to say

2070
02:00:12,038 --> 02:00:14,574
that there's a such thing as
doing or performing a

2071
02:00:14,574 --> 02:00:18,611
bad act, a bad deed or a wrong
acting. We all do

2072
02:00:18,611 --> 02:00:21,147
our best to not find ourselves
in that seat.

2073
02:00:21,147 --> 02:00:23,849
But there's also a such thing as
being complicit, standing

2074
02:00:23,849 --> 02:00:27,853
idly occurs and doing nothing

2075
02:00:27,853 --> 02:00:30,423
to stop it. I want to be clear

2076
02:00:30,423 --> 02:00:34,126
that accountability falls on
both the active and the

2077
02:00:34,126 --> 02:00:36,729
passive wrongdoer, particularly
where there's a track record

2078
02:00:36,729 --> 02:00:39,966
of harm that extends into the
present.

2079
02:00:39,966 --> 02:00:43,102
At the Fulton County Jail, there
are 10

2080
02:00:43,102 --> 02:00:45,671
restrictive housing units for 17
year olds intended to keep

2081
02:00:45,671 --> 02:00:48,207
these children separate from
adults, also being

2082
02:00:48,207 --> 02:00:52,278
held in custody. Of those 10
units.

2083
02:00:52,278 --> 02:00:55,181
Only 3 had working lights.

2084
02:00:55,181 --> 02:00:59,352
The units are shuttered with
metal plates at the direction of
Sheriff Labott

2085
02:00:59,352 --> 02:01:01,921
preventing daylight from
entering the cages. These

2086
02:01:01,921 --> 02:01:05,891
young men are held in their
cells 23 hours a day

2087
02:01:05,891 --> 02:01:08,494
Monday through Friday. They do
not leave the cells at all

2088
02:01:08,494 --> 02:01:11,030
on weekends. This is not

2089
02:01:11,030 --> 02:01:14,667
an issue related to the physical
plant that is the

2090
02:01:14,667 --> 02:01:17,303
Fulton County jail. This is an
issue of

2091
02:01:17,303 --> 02:01:19,939
treatment. This is disregard for
the dignity of the human

2092
02:01:19,939 --> 02:01:23,576
spirit. Most importantly though,
these are facts that were

2093
02:01:23,576 --> 02:01:26,145
published in the most recent
report issued by Federal Jail
monitor

2094
02:01:26,145 --> 02:01:28,848
Kathleen Kenney, and only serves
as an

2095
02:01:28,848 --> 02:01:28,881
example of the harms that
continue to exist under the
leadership of Fulton County

2096
02:01:28,881 --> 02:01:32,718
Sheriff

2097
02:01:32,718 --> 02:01:35,288
Patrick Lela. And the hands and
conditions that you will

2098
02:01:35,288 --> 02:01:37,990
be committing incarcerated
people in F Fulton County too

2099
02:01:37,990 --> 02:01:41,527
if you choose to enact
legislation to finalize

2100
02:01:41,527 --> 02:01:44,130
the acceptance of the agreement
for the purchase of the, uh,
Atlanta

2101
02:01:44,130 --> 02:01:46,699
City Detention Center by Fulton
County

2102
02:01:46,699 --> 02:01:49,268
as the mayor

2103
02:01:49,268 --> 02:01:53,039
has published today. I want to
be clear.

2104
02:01:53,039 --> 02:01:55,641
Merely being complicit, allowing
harm to occur, is no

2105
02:01:55,641 --> 02:01:59,612
different than perpetuating the
harm itself

2106
02:01:59,612 --> 02:02:02,181
Keeping children in the dark.
It's not nearly

2107
02:02:02,181 --> 02:02:05,117
the only area where sheriff, the
sheriff's office has remained
out

2108
02:02:05,117 --> 02:02:07,687
of compliance in critical areas
as it pertains to

2109
02:02:07,687 --> 02:02:10,756
the federal consent decree. They
are also

2110
02:02:10,756 --> 02:02:13,392
not complying in areas that
directly affect the safety,
health, and dignity

2111
02:02:13,392 --> 02:02:15,928
of incarcerated people. First

2112
02:02:15,928 --> 02:02:19,999
staffing remains fundamental a
fundamental problem. During the
review period

2113
02:02:19,999 --> 02:02:23,002
approximately 54% of required
mandatory post hours at the main
jail

2114
02:02:23,002 --> 02:02:26,939
Marietta Annex, and the South
annex, Union City

2115
02:02:26,939 --> 02:02:31,143
were unfilled. Supervisory
coverage was also inadequate

2116
02:02:31,143 --> 02:02:33,946
Approximately 49% of the
supervised required supervisory

2117
02:02:33,946 --> 02:02:36,482
hours went unfilled with the
deficiencies, particularly
pronounced at

2118
02:02:36,482 --> 02:02:40,286
the Marietta annex. The monitor
specifically found

2119
02:02:40,286 --> 02:02:42,822
that the required supervisory
staffing at Marietta

2120
02:02:42,822 --> 02:02:45,524
was routinely not achieved. The
consequences

2121
02:02:45,524 --> 02:02:49,228
are serious. The martyr found
that the required

2122
02:02:49,228 --> 02:02:51,997
security checks were not
consistently occurring at

2123
02:02:51,997 --> 02:02:54,533
the frequency required by the
consent decree and rated that

2124
02:02:54,533 --> 02:02:58,304
provision non-compliant. The
report also found the sheriff's

2125
02:02:58,304 --> 02:03:01,107
office noncompliant with
requirements for adequate
supervisory staffing.

2126
02:03:01,107 --> 02:03:04,777
The report further indicates
continuing failures involving
medical

2127
02:03:04,777 --> 02:03:07,380
and mental health care,
including an adequate oversight
of the

2128
02:03:07,380 --> 02:03:09,915
healthcare provider, failures in
medication

2129
02:03:09,915 --> 02:03:12,551
auditing, deficiencies in
suicide prevention and mental
health systems. These

2130
02:03:12,551 --> 02:03:16,188
are not simply administrative
problems completely unrelated to
the physical condition of

2131
02:03:16,188 --> 02:03:18,858
the jail itself. They can
determine whether

2132
02:03:18,858 --> 02:03:21,560
a person receives medication, is
seen by medical staff

2133
02:03:21,560 --> 02:03:25,664
or receives appropriate
intervention when they're in
crisis. I ask you

2134
02:03:25,664 --> 02:03:28,401
does the sale of ACDC to Fulton
County solve those problems

2135
02:03:28,401 --> 02:03:31,971
I'll answer that question for
you. It does not.

2136
02:03:31,971 --> 02:03:34,640
And so what I promise you here,
as I have promised you when

2137
02:03:34,640 --> 02:03:37,343
I first began my work at the
Southern Center 4 years ago, and
nearly every

2138
02:03:37,343 --> 02:03:40,880
week I was at this podium
speaking to you all about

2139
02:03:40,880 --> 02:03:43,682
the failures of the lease of
ACDC to Fulton County.

2140
02:03:43,682 --> 02:03:46,352
We may not be able to prevent
you all from going forward with
the sale

2141
02:03:46,352 --> 02:03:49,889
but I promise you this, I will
be here at

2142
02:03:49,889 --> 02:03:52,491
this podium every week,
reminding you all, as I

2143
02:03:52,491 --> 02:03:55,294
have before, of the failures,
the shortcomings, and

2144
02:03:55,294 --> 02:03:58,964
the that will lay in your hands
if you allow for this lease

2145
02:03:58,964 --> 02:04:01,967
to go forward.

2146
02:04:01,967 --> 02:04:04,770
Thank you.

2147
02:04:04,770 --> 02:04:08,441
Our next yielded time speaker is
James Arpet.

2148
02:04:08,441 --> 02:04:10,976
Yeah. And

2149
02:04:10,976 --> 02:04:14,613
you have.

2150
02:04:14,613 --> 02:04:17,183
6 minutes.

2151
02:04:17,183 --> 02:04:20,052
Is the Quisha Johnson here?

2152
02:04:20,052 --> 02:04:24,123
And she You.

2153
02:04:24,123 --> 02:04:28,527
Tarquisha.

2154
02:04:28,527 --> 02:04:31,197
Johnson. She was giving me her
time. Yeah. Is she here?

2155
02:04:31,197 --> 02:04:34,867
Yes, she's outside, um, so she's
gonna have to come in and give

2156
02:04:34,867 --> 02:04:38,003
you her time. And your other uh

2157
02:04:38,003 --> 02:04:41,841
Is Robin Carmichael. Is Robin
here?

2158
02:04:41,841 --> 02:04:44,410
OK, so if Tarquisha doesn't

2159
02:04:44,410 --> 02:04:46,946
come in and give you

2160
02:04:46,946 --> 02:04:50,683
a time, uh, you will have 4

2161
02:04:50,683 --> 02:04:53,219
minutes. Thank you so much. I
have documents for all

2162
02:04:53,219 --> 02:04:55,921
of the accounts. OK, well, we
will come grab those documents.
Do

2163
02:04:55,921 --> 02:04:58,457
you want us to go to the next
yielded time speaker and come
back to you

2164
02:04:58,457 --> 02:05:01,827
and Taquisha come so you can
have your full

2165
02:05:01,827 --> 02:05:04,497
6 minutes. Yes, thank you. OK.
May I give

2166
02:05:04,497 --> 02:05:07,066
these out in the meantime or is
just put them right there and
we'll

2167
02:05:07,066 --> 02:05:09,635
come grab those right there on
the side. See, yeah, that's

2168
02:05:09,635 --> 02:05:13,339
good. Yeah, right there. Thank
you

2169
02:05:13,339 --> 02:05:15,875
Um, and so we're gonna go on to
our next yielded

2170
02:05:15,875 --> 02:05:18,477
time speaker who would be Devin

2171
02:05:18,477 --> 02:05:22,214
Barrington Ward, um, Mr. Ward

2172
02:05:22,214 --> 02:05:25,484
Barrington Ward, you have 6
minutes.

2173
02:05:25,484 --> 02:05:28,821
Matthew Nursey.

2174
02:05:28,821 --> 02:05:32,091
And I think it's on the back.

2175
02:05:32,091 --> 02:05:38,931
Ronzy. It's Ronzy here?

2176
02:05:38,931 --> 02:05:42,535
Mr. Ward, I'm sorry. So you can
just

2177
02:05:42,535 --> 02:05:45,504
give me 4 minutes. That's fine.
Good afternoon

2178
02:05:45,504 --> 02:05:49,174
uh, Devin Barrington Ward, and
I'm speaking, um, as a

2179
02:05:49,174 --> 02:05:51,911
member of Communities Over Cages

2180
02:05:51,911 --> 02:05:54,580
ATL. I want to begin by
addressing

2181
02:05:54,580 --> 02:05:58,083
the mayor directly. Um

2182
02:05:58,083 --> 02:06:01,020
it was completely out of pocket
and out

2183
02:06:01,020 --> 02:06:03,589
of line for your administration
to name

2184
02:06:03,589 --> 02:06:07,459
our organizations that are
members of this coalition as

2185
02:06:07,459 --> 02:06:10,095
potential partners in this
proposed ACDC

2186
02:06:10,095 --> 02:06:13,999
deal without speaking with us
first and getting our consent.

2187
02:06:13,999 --> 02:06:16,635
These aren't just random
organizations that you can use

2188
02:06:16,635 --> 02:06:19,171
as political pawns or

2189
02:06:19,171 --> 02:06:21,807
to justify the sale of this
facilities

2190
02:06:21,807 --> 02:06:25,778
These are groups who spent years

2191
02:06:25,778 --> 02:06:29,815
fighting jail expansion and
preventable deaths and unnece

2192
02:06:29,815 --> 02:06:32,451
Necessary incarceration. And to
add insult to injury

2193
02:06:32,451 --> 02:06:35,054
these are some of the that sat
with

2194
02:06:35,054 --> 02:06:37,656
the mayor when he was a member

2195
02:06:37,656 --> 02:06:41,060
of council and introduced the
measure to close the city

2196
02:06:41,060 --> 02:06:43,596
detention center. These are some
of the same

2197
02:06:43,596 --> 02:06:46,265
organizations that toured AC DC
with

2198
02:06:46,265 --> 02:06:48,934
Mayor Dickens during the first
months of

2199
02:06:48,934 --> 02:06:52,204
his administration, um, and
toured

2200
02:06:52,204 --> 02:06:55,040
that facility while asking us
what we wanted to see

2201
02:06:55,040 --> 02:06:57,643
the facility become. And I
remember that day because many
of

2202
02:06:57,643 --> 02:07:01,480
us were very confused because Mr

2203
02:07:01,480 --> 02:07:04,216
Mayor, you already knew what we
wanted.

2204
02:07:04,216 --> 02:07:07,920
In 2019, while you were serving
on this council

2205
02:07:07,920 --> 02:07:10,956
he introduced the resolution
establishing the process to

2206
02:07:10,956 --> 02:07:13,492
repurpose ACDC into the John
Lewis Center for Equity,
Wellness

2207
02:07:13,492 --> 02:07:17,796
and Freedom. And when his
administration

2208
02:07:17,796 --> 02:07:21,433
proposed the lease to the jail
of the jail to Fulton County in
2022

2209
02:07:21,433 --> 02:07:24,269
the city called the agreement
temporary, and

2210
02:07:24,269 --> 02:07:27,006
the Dickens administration said
that they remain committed

2211
02:07:27,006 --> 02:07:30,843
to fully repurposing AC DC

2212
02:07:30,843 --> 02:07:33,445
for non-incarceration purposes.
And he came

2213
02:07:33,445 --> 02:07:37,282
and spoke at this same podium
and told this

2214
02:07:37,282 --> 02:07:39,818
council, we are not in the
jailing business

2215
02:07:39,818 --> 02:07:42,354
I do not want to be in the
jailing

2216
02:07:42,354 --> 02:07:44,990
business. And then he turned
around and leased the jail

2217
02:07:44,990 --> 02:07:49,061
to Fulton County over our
objections.

2218
02:07:49,061 --> 02:07:51,597
We were told it was necessary
because people

2219
02:07:51,597 --> 02:07:55,334
were suffering and dying at Rice
Street. We were told

2220
02:07:55,334 --> 02:07:57,970
that people would be moved to AC
DC and that this

2221
02:07:57,970 --> 02:08:00,673
would prevent further human
rights atrocities, but

2222
02:08:00,673 --> 02:08:04,576
more people died once the lease
started

2223
02:08:04,576 --> 02:08:07,279
That included Noni Baptiste, a
nineteen-year-old young

2224
02:08:07,279 --> 02:08:09,882
woman with serious mental health
challenges who died while being

2225
02:08:09,882 --> 02:08:13,218
held at AC DC. So

2226
02:08:13,218 --> 02:08:15,788
simply moving people into
another building was

2227
02:08:15,788 --> 02:08:18,691
never the solution. And now this

2228
02:08:18,691 --> 02:08:21,226
administration wants to
permanently sell the building
for incarceration. I

2229
02:08:21,226 --> 02:08:23,896
want to be very clear with the
mayor

2230
02:08:23,896 --> 02:08:26,899
You may want your legacy. To be

2231
02:08:26,899 --> 02:08:29,635
affordable housing.
Transportation

2232
02:08:29,635 --> 02:08:33,439
the environment, but your legacy
is Cop City.

2233
02:08:33,439 --> 02:08:36,008
It is mass incarceration, and it
is

2234
02:08:36,008 --> 02:08:38,944
police surveillance. And we will
never

2235
02:08:38,944 --> 02:08:44,783
ever let you run away from that.

2236
02:08:44,783 --> 02:08:47,653
I'm concerned. That we are
building

2237
02:08:47,653 --> 02:08:50,189
an incarceration infrastructure
at the

2238
02:08:50,189 --> 02:08:54,493
same time when we are not living
in normal times.

2239
02:08:54,493 --> 02:08:58,697
We are having national fights
over voting rights.

2240
02:08:58,697 --> 02:09:01,400
Election administration and
federal authority. We've

2241
02:09:01,400 --> 02:09:05,504
seen our election offices raided
by this Trump administration.

2242
02:09:05,504 --> 02:09:09,708
We already see he's trying to
play games with mail-in
balloting.

2243
02:09:09,708 --> 02:09:12,745
Let me be very clear, if there
is civil unrest.

2244
02:09:12,745 --> 02:09:16,415
Related to this election or

2245
02:09:16,415 --> 02:09:20,753
the 2028 election, let me tell
you who will be in those jail
cells.

2246
02:09:20,753 --> 02:09:23,555
It won't just be people accused
of rape and murder.

2247
02:09:23,555 --> 02:09:26,091
Or selling drugs It will be

2248
02:09:26,091 --> 02:09:29,795
young people who will be
protesting democracy.

2249
02:09:29,795 --> 02:09:33,031
Who will be fighting to make
sure that their vote actually
means something.

2250
02:09:33,031 --> 02:09:37,269
And they incarceration will be
on your hands.

2251
02:09:37,269 --> 02:09:40,939
Because they don't build jails
for them to be empty. We

2252
02:09:40,939 --> 02:09:43,575
are on the precipice of having
one of

2253
02:09:43,575 --> 02:09:46,345
the largest jail systems in the
country.

2254
02:09:46,345 --> 02:09:50,149
If you sell this building to
Fulton County.

2255
02:09:50,149 --> 02:09:52,885
Let my words be a warning.
History will

2256
02:09:52,885 --> 02:09:56,789
be the judge.

2257
02:09:56,789 --> 02:09:59,391
Thank you, Mr. Barrington Ward.

2258
02:09:59,391 --> 02:10:01,960
Back to you, Mr. James our

2259
02:10:01,960 --> 02:10:06,498
pet, did you? See Taquisha.

2260
02:10:06,498 --> 02:10:09,034
Uh, we don't. OK, do you want to
wait a little longer

2261
02:10:09,034 --> 02:10:12,638
? You wanna It's up to

2262
02:10:12,638 --> 02:10:15,374
you. I'll give you 2 seconds to

2263
02:10:15,374 --> 02:10:18,010
I'm sorry

2264
02:10:18,010 --> 02:10:20,546
? Yup, yep, we'll move on to

2265
02:10:20,546 --> 02:10:23,882
our next yielded Town speaker,
Doctor

2266
02:10:23,882 --> 02:10:26,985
Dewan Robinson. You have a
minute.

2267
02:10:26,985 --> 02:10:31,056
I don't see. I cash.

2268
02:10:31,056 --> 02:10:35,994
Mr. Dewan. Oh, there you go.

2269
02:10:35,994 --> 02:10:40,332
Um, let's see, it's Donald
Brooks here?

2270
02:10:40,332 --> 02:10:44,269
OK. Gwendolyn Webb.

2271
02:10:44,269 --> 02:10:48,907
Carolyn Dabney. All right, you
have 8 minutes

2272
02:10:48,907 --> 02:10:58,083
Mr. President. I.

2273
02:10:58,083 --> 02:11:00,619
Thank you. Um

2274
02:11:00,619 --> 02:11:04,556
afternoon council and Uh, Madam
President

2275
02:11:04,556 --> 02:11:09,061
uh, what I'm heading out now
before I start my speech is a

2276
02:11:09,061 --> 02:11:12,064
Court order by Our former

2277
02:11:12,064 --> 02:11:16,034
Um, Park Rec commissioner, Mr

2278
02:11:16,034 --> 02:11:18,604
Justin Cutler. You guys

2279
02:11:18,604 --> 02:11:21,173
was lied to and told Ms. Boone
that he resigned, but

2280
02:11:21,173 --> 02:11:24,610
that shows you that he hit a
young lady, a Mr. Wayne Martin,
during

2281
02:11:24,610 --> 02:11:27,179
the daytime, speed, it almost
killed the girl.

2282
02:11:27,179 --> 02:11:29,882
Court order, right? The city had
to

2283
02:11:29,882 --> 02:11:33,785
pay a settlement that was hush
hush. I don't know if y'all know
it, maybe you

2284
02:11:33,785 --> 02:11:36,321
do know. You guys settled. In

2285
02:11:36,321 --> 02:11:39,291
April of this year. So therefore
Mr. Cutler

2286
02:11:39,291 --> 02:11:42,527
had to leave

2287
02:11:42,527 --> 02:11:45,063
but upon Mr. Cutler leaving,
right? You know what I'm saying,
because of

2288
02:11:45,063 --> 02:11:47,666
his near death accident that you
guys was led

2289
02:11:47,666 --> 02:11:51,637
to believe that, oh, he just
left, right. Um,

2290
02:11:51,637 --> 02:11:54,273
And here's why I'm so upset
about it, because y'all lied and

2291
02:11:54,273 --> 02:11:56,942
played games me about my
settlement, uh, with

2292
02:11:56,942 --> 02:12:00,512
the OIG and my, you know what
I'm saying, my, you know what
I'm saying

2293
02:12:00,512 --> 02:12:03,148
my lawsuit. So Mr

2294
02:12:03,148 --> 02:12:05,951
Cutler, now, mister.

2295
02:12:05,951 --> 02:12:10,622
Antonio Lewis, he's now the
senior VP of consultant for

2296
02:12:10,622 --> 02:12:14,192
Leaders Gov, who owned the Mr.
Cutler leadership, Mr. Wayne
Martin, Mr

2297
02:12:14,192 --> 02:12:16,795
Gov done made that company done
made about $2 million.

2298
02:12:16,795 --> 02:12:19,698
You know what I'm saying, for
training, park and recs

2299
02:12:19,698 --> 02:12:22,234
So you forced

2300
02:12:22,234 --> 02:12:25,404
to resign one city entity. Now
what I'm, oh yeah, Miss

2301
02:12:25,404 --> 02:12:28,307
Bone, uh, he was on a city
vehicle. You know what I'm, but
no, he was on

2302
02:12:28,307 --> 02:12:30,909
the clock 1 p.m. and they drug
it out for about

2303
02:12:30,909 --> 02:12:34,579
3 years lying. He was in court
for about

2304
02:12:34,579 --> 02:12:37,582
3 years lying. About that
incident, right?

2305
02:12:37,582 --> 02:12:41,086
But you guys were told that he
was

2306
02:12:41,086 --> 02:12:43,722
Leaving the city of Atlanta.
Crowd news, but

2307
02:12:43,722 --> 02:12:46,291
leader golf, Miss Boone

2308
02:12:46,291 --> 02:12:50,028
is where he at now, councilman
Bond. That the same company that
he gave money

2309
02:12:50,028 --> 02:12:52,898
to, he ain't have to wait a year
cooling

2310
02:12:52,898 --> 02:12:56,835
Dustin Hill us to go to a
company that had a contract with
the city of

2311
02:12:56,835 --> 02:13:01,273
Atlanta to service park and rec.
Man, we got this stuff twisted.

2312
02:13:01,273 --> 02:13:03,875
Now, let me talk about something
cause I told y'all last time if
nobody

2313
02:13:03,875 --> 02:13:06,778
reached out to me about this.

2314
02:13:06,778 --> 02:13:10,349
Uh, OIG situation with this
lawsuit that the city said that
need

2315
02:13:10,349 --> 02:13:12,884
to be dismissed, Ms. Boomer. I
said I'm gonna

2316
02:13:12,884 --> 02:13:15,787
unleash hell, right? So I'm here
today to say,

2317
02:13:15,787 --> 02:13:19,424
That everybody point blank
saying this person said this,
this

2318
02:13:19,424 --> 02:13:21,994
person said that, but before
anybody came in and gave

2319
02:13:21,994 --> 02:13:24,563
a recommendation of dismissal.
They should have asked, hey

2320
02:13:24,563 --> 02:13:27,132
if the Warren Robinson name on
there, have anybody

2321
02:13:27,132 --> 02:13:30,769
made any promises? Has anybody
said that this is, hey

2322
02:13:30,769 --> 02:13:35,640
this ain't the 3rd before you
dismiss anything because hey,

2323
02:13:35,640 --> 02:13:38,377
I always say the crime. No, the
co op

2324
02:13:38,377 --> 02:13:43,015
is worse than the crime. Um, Ms.
Overstreet.

2325
02:13:43,015 --> 02:13:46,451
What you guys are reading now is
the cover up. Now, the crime

2326
02:13:46,451 --> 02:13:49,054
was bad, but the cover-up is bad
Now they wanna say he don't

2327
02:13:49,054 --> 02:13:51,890
drink, it wasn't a

2328
02:13:51,890 --> 02:13:52,491
DUI. Might not have been a damn
DUI, but I almost, almost been a
vehicle of homicide, I'll tell

2329
02:13:52,491 --> 02:13:55,727
you that much.

2330
02:13:55,727 --> 02:14:02,601
But what I wanna talk about
today is that

2331
02:14:02,601 --> 02:14:05,137
The city, the leaders of the
city are trying to get

2332
02:14:05,137 --> 02:14:09,174
you guys to sign off on it. A

2333
02:14:09,174 --> 02:14:12,144
slot machine gambling at the
airport under the guise, Mr.
Words, as a lawyer

2334
02:14:12,144 --> 02:14:16,314
you understand this, it's a
disguise, Ms

2335
02:14:16,314 --> 02:14:18,950
Baltiara as a pilot program.
It's

2336
02:14:18,950 --> 02:14:22,354
a pilot program they're trying
to push, but

2337
02:14:22,354 --> 02:14:25,791
it's slot machines. And guess
who it's for?

2338
02:14:25,791 --> 02:14:29,094
Your first female mayor of the
city of Atlanta, Ms. Boone,
you're

2339
02:14:29,094 --> 02:14:31,696
damn right, it's for Shirley
Franklin. And I ain't

2340
02:14:31,696 --> 02:14:34,232
afraid to say it. That's what
they're trying to do, but

2341
02:14:34,232 --> 02:14:36,802
it ain't gonna happen and y'all
vote for it, y'all gonna have
them

2342
02:14:36,802 --> 02:14:39,371
damn orange jumpsuits too,
because that's what they are,
they're trying

2343
02:14:39,371 --> 02:14:42,607
to slide gambling in the airport
Miss Mary Noll Wood

2344
02:14:42,607 --> 02:14:45,143
and you stand for, you know what
I'm saying, you stand for
corruption.

2345
02:14:45,143 --> 02:14:48,046
And this is what they're trying
to do. They're trying to get the
law firm to

2346
02:14:48,046 --> 02:14:51,783
Word it in a way was a pilot
program, you know what I'm
saying, Mr

2347
02:14:51,783 --> 02:14:54,319
Bar, they trying to do a pilot
program, but

2348
02:14:54,319 --> 02:14:56,988
god damn it, it's gambling. And
the contrast going to Shirley.
You know what

2349
02:14:56,988 --> 02:15:00,792
I'm saying, the grandmother of
it all. So

2350
02:15:00,792 --> 02:15:03,328
the city wanna play games, right

2351
02:15:03,328 --> 02:15:07,799
? Miss Kelsey Bun. We ain't
gonna let it happen, are we?

2352
02:15:07,799 --> 02:15:12,537
We ain't gonna let it happen, Ms
Kelsey Barn, because guess what?

2353
02:15:12,537 --> 02:15:15,073
I tried to protect so many

2354
02:15:15,073 --> 02:15:18,643
people because every time we get
in this seat it's always

2355
02:15:18,643 --> 02:15:21,379
a corruption with us, right? But
we, you know what I'm saying

2356
02:15:21,379 --> 02:15:23,915
a wise council member told me,
Mr. uh Mr

2357
02:15:23,915 --> 02:15:28,120
Hilly, if y'all don't want. You
know what I'm saying? The um

2358
02:15:28,120 --> 02:15:30,689
The, uh, what do they call those
the, um, I want

2359
02:15:30,689 --> 02:15:34,759
to call us, um, Mr. Bundy, um,
advocates.

2360
02:15:34,759 --> 02:15:37,362
Yeah, yeah, if you want the
averages coming down here, don't

2361
02:15:37,362 --> 02:15:41,399
do nothing wrong, they won't
show up.

2362
02:15:41,399 --> 02:15:44,102
Now I see the needle so many
people, counselor Lord, you know
I met with one of

2363
02:15:44,102 --> 02:15:48,240
the ladies who started Atlanta
Life, you know what I'm say Mr.
Herman.

2364
02:15:48,240 --> 02:15:51,276
She gave me some great history
on Atlanta and how

2365
02:15:51,276 --> 02:15:55,013
Not a problem has always been us
greedy.

2366
02:15:55,013 --> 02:15:57,582
Always been us wanna turn on
each other. Always been us wanna
go

2367
02:15:57,582 --> 02:16:00,252
back on their word when you give
us your word, you don't go

2368
02:16:00,252 --> 02:16:04,422
back on your word.

2369
02:16:04,422 --> 02:16:08,627
But there's a few head of the
snakes here in Atlanta.

2370
02:16:08,627 --> 02:16:12,731
And we constantly want to

2371
02:16:12,731 --> 02:16:15,867
Low their pockets up while
screwing everybody else.

2372
02:16:15,867 --> 02:16:19,538
See, if I come to you for help,
Councilman Bond, you ain't

2373
02:16:19,538 --> 02:16:22,073
going to jail. I'm not going to
jail. We're gonna do everything
above

2374
02:16:22,073 --> 02:16:24,709
board. But there are some people
that don't know how to do things
above board. You know

2375
02:16:24,709 --> 02:16:28,480
what I'm saying, cause they
first time in leadership, a
first

2376
02:16:28,480 --> 02:16:31,416
time in government. I always
tell you, man, be leery of
people.

2377
02:16:31,416 --> 02:16:34,152
who come from a poverished
background cause they'll do
anything to line their

2378
02:16:34,152 --> 02:16:37,422
pockets up. Be leery of men who
are not used to dealing

2379
02:16:37,422 --> 02:16:40,025
with women because their woman
will entrap him and

2380
02:16:40,025 --> 02:16:42,727
ensnare him. Be used and be
leery of those people

2381
02:16:42,727 --> 02:16:46,498
who are not this used and don't
come from

2382
02:16:46,498 --> 02:16:49,100
a background of true servanthood
We are letting too

2383
02:16:49,100 --> 02:16:52,137
many people that don't have a
background in servanthood.

2384
02:16:52,137 --> 02:16:56,208
And we think it's OK.

2385
02:16:56,208 --> 02:16:59,644
We fall prey to whoever raised
the most money is

2386
02:16:59,644 --> 02:17:02,981
the best candidate. That's far
from the truth. And we know it.

2387
02:17:02,981 --> 02:17:07,152
I'm ashamed because I sit here
as a black man born

2388
02:17:07,152 --> 02:17:09,721
in 1977, Grady baby. Straight to
going home to

2389
02:17:09,721 --> 02:17:13,625
Mount Middle School, to Douglas
High School, and a white man
never had to tell

2390
02:17:13,625 --> 02:17:16,194
me no in the city of Atlanta. It
always

2391
02:17:16,194 --> 02:17:18,964
been us who have stood in the

2392
02:17:18,964 --> 02:17:22,534
gap and played these games and
told us no, we can't blame
nobody in Atlanta

2393
02:17:22,534 --> 02:17:25,637
except for the leaders that we
have elected and

2394
02:17:25,637 --> 02:17:29,307
Atlanta. But we got to do better
We got to

2395
02:17:29,307 --> 02:17:32,143
do better. And there is no way.

2396
02:17:32,143 --> 02:17:36,615
That You want me to be loyal to
you and protect you

2397
02:17:36,615 --> 02:17:40,685
while you stick the knife in my
back. We ain't gonna do that,
but y'all hear me

2398
02:17:40,685 --> 02:17:43,321
loud and clear, Mr. Juan. Uh, Mr
Word, who's a lawyer

2399
02:17:43,321 --> 02:17:46,124
Miss Isha, I know y'all read
lawyers read.

2400
02:17:46,124 --> 02:17:49,794
Every, every I, every T.

2401
02:17:49,794 --> 02:17:52,330
You're gonna get some
legislation soon mister uh Mr

2402
02:17:52,330 --> 02:17:56,501
Amos, and it may save pilot
program for

2403
02:17:56,501 --> 02:17:59,104
the airport slot machine, but Ms
Norwood there is nothing far
from

2404
02:17:59,104 --> 02:18:03,575
the truth, but gambling.

2405
02:18:03,575 --> 02:18:07,512
And we can't stand for it.

2406
02:18:07,512 --> 02:18:10,248
And until you guys do right,

2407
02:18:10,248 --> 02:18:12,817
I'm gonna be down here every
full council blasting every

2408
02:18:12,817 --> 02:18:16,488
dirty dog secret y'all got.
Everything

2409
02:18:16,488 --> 02:18:19,024
that y'all trying to do, because
we

2410
02:18:19,024 --> 02:18:21,693
know there's no landing pad for
some people when they

2411
02:18:21,693 --> 02:18:24,362
leave that 2nd floor in 3 years.
There are

2412
02:18:24,362 --> 02:18:28,199
some workers over there, ain't
qualified to go nowhere.

2413
02:18:28,199 --> 02:18:30,769
We know there is some leadership
in this building

2414
02:18:30,769 --> 02:18:33,338
Can't go nowhere, Mr. Juan. So

2415
02:18:33,338 --> 02:18:36,775
the next best thing to do, Mr.
Bot is

2416
02:18:36,775 --> 02:18:39,344
to try to be that brink truck

2417
02:18:39,344 --> 02:18:41,780
up illegally. You know what I'm
saying, on a one-way street and
try to hope the

2418
02:18:41,780 --> 02:18:41,913
money dumped somewhere, but we
ain't gonna let it happen, y'all
You know what I'm saying? Cause

2419
02:18:41,913 --> 02:18:44,516
one

2420
02:18:44,516 --> 02:18:48,153
thing about y'all, y'all might
not read everything come across
your email

2421
02:18:48,153 --> 02:18:50,789
but y'all are some ethical
people for the most part

2422
02:18:50,789 --> 02:18:53,325
and we ain't gonna let this
happen in Atlanta

2423
02:18:53,325 --> 02:18:59,664
Thank you.

2424
02:18:59,664 --> 02:19:04,302
OK, thank you.

2425
02:19:04,302 --> 02:19:08,840
So our last speaker.

2426
02:19:08,840 --> 02:19:11,376
It's gonna be you, Mr. James R.
Pat, and I think

2427
02:19:11,376 --> 02:19:15,613
we're gonna have to just go with
the 4 minutes, OK?

2428
02:19:15,613 --> 02:19:18,316
Yes. Uh. And

2429
02:19:18,316 --> 02:19:21,720
we all receive your handout.
Thank

2430
02:19:21,720 --> 02:19:24,255
you very much. Yes, Ms. Q had to
leave, so, OK

2431
02:19:24,255 --> 02:19:26,825
understood. I will suffice with
the

2432
02:19:26,825 --> 02:19:29,527
4 minutes. How do you do? My
name is James

2433
02:19:29,527 --> 02:19:33,098
Arpad, um, a resident of Atlanta

2434
02:19:33,098 --> 02:19:35,867
Georgia, and I'm here on

2435
02:19:35,867 --> 02:19:38,503
uh two resolutions that have
been promoted by

2436
02:19:38,503 --> 02:19:41,039
a councilman, Byron Amos

2437
02:19:41,039 --> 02:19:44,309
uh, that affect my properties at

2438
02:19:44,309 --> 02:19:46,911
699 Joseph E. Boone Boulevard.
Is that a zoning

2439
02:19:46,911 --> 02:19:49,514
paper specifically? No, it's not
OK

2440
02:19:49,514 --> 02:19:52,250
It's a community development.
It's a resolution

2441
02:19:52,250 --> 02:19:56,187
Got it. A A. Sorry.

2442
02:19:56,187 --> 02:20:00,392
Go ahead. Thank you. Um, yeah,
authorizing a

2443
02:20:00,392 --> 02:20:02,927
determination blight uh outside
of the city courts

2444
02:20:02,927 --> 02:20:05,530
and um code enforcement

2445
02:20:05,530 --> 02:20:09,134
um, so, um. I'd like to begin

2446
02:20:09,134 --> 02:20:11,970
by stating that neither of my
properties are blighted

2447
02:20:11,970 --> 02:20:14,639
uh, and as you can see from the
documents that

2448
02:20:14,639 --> 02:20:18,476
I provided, uh, the one at 699
Joseph E

2449
02:20:18,476 --> 02:20:21,112
Boone Boulevard is a very nice

2450
02:20:21,112 --> 02:20:23,782
looking commercial house. I've
been trying to lease it for

2451
02:20:23,782 --> 02:20:26,317
over 3 years. Um, it

2452
02:20:26,317 --> 02:20:29,354
has no code issues against it
whatsoever

2453
02:20:29,354 --> 02:20:31,990
Grass is cut, it's boarded up

2454
02:20:31,990 --> 02:20:36,661
properly accordingly to code
because of the.

2455
02:20:36,661 --> 02:20:40,498
Copper thieves and vandals that
have, you know, wrecked hundreds

2456
02:20:40,498 --> 02:20:43,034
of thousands of dollars in
damages on

2457
02:20:43,034 --> 02:20:45,670
my buildings and houses over the
years in that area, so we

2458
02:20:45,670 --> 02:20:48,206
keep it protected. Uh, it's
listed by a

2459
02:20:48,206 --> 02:20:52,444
broker. You could see the
co-star listing in front of you

2460
02:20:52,444 --> 02:20:54,979
Lune co-star

2461
02:20:54,979 --> 02:20:58,650
um, excellent location, no
blight whatsoever should not
have been

2462
02:20:58,650 --> 02:21:01,219
on this list, um, my

2463
02:21:01,219 --> 02:21:03,755
other building at 293 Sunset

2464
02:21:03,755 --> 02:21:07,525
Avenue is a historic site. Uh,
the

2465
02:21:07,525 --> 02:21:11,296
brick building that um needs

2466
02:21:11,296 --> 02:21:14,265
to be uh torn down, um, dates
back to the 1850s. It

2467
02:21:14,265 --> 02:21:16,868
predates the Civil War. Uh, it
took a direct

2468
02:21:16,868 --> 02:21:19,437
hit from the tornado a year
after I bought it

2469
02:21:19,437 --> 02:21:22,140
and I've been trying to save it
ever since

2470
02:21:22,140 --> 02:21:25,677
uh, 2 years ago I applied for a
demolition permit

2471
02:21:25,677 --> 02:21:28,279
with the city of Atlanta to take
the

2472
02:21:28,279 --> 02:21:31,015
building down. Um, it had been
approved and it was

2473
02:21:31,015 --> 02:21:35,053
only lacking the historical

2474
02:21:35,053 --> 02:21:39,557
um, oversight uh department. To
finalize the um.

2475
02:21:39,557 --> 02:21:44,596
The demolition permit, and of
course, um.

2476
02:21:44,596 --> 02:21:48,366
The property is not blighted. We
cut the grass every few weeks.
It's secured

2477
02:21:48,366 --> 02:21:51,202
It's fenced, uh, you can see the
pictures in the

2478
02:21:51,202 --> 02:21:55,173
um, again, the co-star

2479
02:21:55,173 --> 02:21:57,709
uh, listing that I have for it.
It's part of a 3

2480
02:21:57,709 --> 02:22:00,278
acre assembllage on Cook Park,
450

2481
02:22:00,278 --> 02:22:03,948
ft facing Cook Park

2482
02:22:03,948 --> 02:22:06,718
um, that's listed for like

2483
02:22:06,718 --> 02:22:09,320
$13 million. So there's no need
for this to be a part

2484
02:22:09,320 --> 02:22:12,924
of this, and I have been
negotiating with the

2485
02:22:12,924 --> 02:22:15,593
mayor's office for the last. 3
weeks, I

2486
02:22:15,593 --> 02:22:19,597
I've forwarded the email chain
to everybody this morning

2487
02:22:19,597 --> 02:22:22,200
uh, to ask that you review it
and see that I have been doing

2488
02:22:22,200 --> 02:22:26,337
the right thing, and neither of
these

2489
02:22:26,337 --> 02:22:28,940
approved, uh, worst that could
happen is you

2490
02:22:28,940 --> 02:22:31,476
should table these to do a full

2491
02:22:31,476 --> 02:22:35,547
investigation to understand
what's going on. The the

2492
02:22:35,547 --> 02:22:38,449
Mayor's office is looking to
take this out of

2493
02:22:38,449 --> 02:22:42,954
the code case. In REM.

2494
02:22:42,954 --> 02:22:46,558
Authorized Um

2495
02:22:46,558 --> 02:22:49,127
oversight and take it into the
hands of

2496
02:22:49,127 --> 02:22:51,663
private consultants. Uh, I was

2497
02:22:51,663 --> 02:22:54,299
approached by a law firm that
said they were going to condemn
my

2498
02:22:54,299 --> 02:22:57,969
property. They offered me
pennies on the dollar for

2499
02:22:57,969 --> 02:23:00,572
it and said that it would come
to state

2500
02:23:00,572 --> 02:23:03,174
court condemnation if I did not
agree to sell it to them

2501
02:23:03,174 --> 02:23:05,710
Uh, I've been there before. I
had a

2502
02:23:05,710 --> 02:23:09,147
house that I owned in

2503
02:23:09,147 --> 02:23:11,683
um Cook Park itself that was
taken, and a jury had

2504
02:23:11,683 --> 02:23:15,987
to award me 5 times what the.

2505
02:23:15,987 --> 02:23:20,458
City deposited with the court
for its true value.

2506
02:23:20,458 --> 02:23:23,528
Thank you very much for
listening to me

2507
02:23:23,528 --> 02:23:27,131
Please hold these two

2508
02:23:27,131 --> 02:23:30,134
papers for investigation and
review. I'm happy to come back.

2509
02:23:30,134 --> 02:23:32,670
Thank you. I do know that
they're working on a date for

2510
02:23:32,670 --> 02:23:36,541
a public hearing. For those to
follow

2511
02:23:36,541 --> 02:23:39,110
the blight process, so you still
have

2512
02:23:39,110 --> 02:23:43,348
uh plenty of time to speak with
everyone. Thanks for coming.
Thank you very much.

2513
02:23:43,348 --> 02:23:45,917
OK. I

2514
02:23:45,917 --> 02:23:50,188
want to thank everyone for
coming to our

2515
02:23:50,188 --> 02:23:54,125
public comment section of our

2516
02:23:54,125 --> 02:23:56,661
full council and sharing

2517
02:23:56,661 --> 02:23:59,263
your information and your likes
and dislikes of

2518
02:23:59,263 --> 02:24:03,801
what's happening around our city
and metro area.

2519
02:24:03,801 --> 02:24:06,371
Let's continue to do that for
sure

2520
02:24:06,371 --> 02:24:09,941
This takes us to Our report of

2521
02:24:09,941 --> 02:24:12,477
the journal. Good afternoon,
Madam

2522
02:24:12,477 --> 02:24:15,079
President and members of council
Hi Karene Lindo

2523
02:24:15,079 --> 02:24:17,715
municipal clerk of the City of
Atlanta do hereby certify that
the minutes

2524
02:24:17,715 --> 02:24:21,285
of the regular meeting held on
Monday

2525
02:24:21,285 --> 02:24:23,855
August 17, 2026 are true and
correct. Is there

2526
02:24:23,855 --> 02:24:26,391
a motion to adopt the report of
the journal, so

2527
02:24:26,391 --> 02:24:30,328
moved by one second by.

2528
02:24:30,328 --> 02:24:33,197
Worthy. Madam Clerk, please
prepare the vote.

2529
02:24:33,197 --> 02:24:40,571
I

2530
02:24:40,571 --> 02:24:44,475
We can do this by unanimous
consent, Madam President.

2531
02:24:44,475 --> 02:24:48,513
We can do this by, you know, if
that's OK. What is

2532
02:24:48,513 --> 02:24:51,249
the sound for you? That's 13 ya,
nay, 13

2533
02:24:51,249 --> 02:24:59,957
yay, 0 nays, the report of the
journal is adapted.

2534
02:24:59,957 --> 02:25:04,095
Let's move on to communications.
I

2535
02:25:04,095 --> 02:25:06,631
Thank you, Madam President. If I
may take items 1

2536
02:25:06,631 --> 02:25:09,167
and 2 as a block. Yes, you might
Item number 1

2537
02:25:09,167 --> 02:25:11,736
is 26C 5076. This is
communication

2538
02:25:11,736 --> 02:25:15,473
from council member Dustin
Helles, District 9

2539
02:25:15,473 --> 02:25:18,242
reappointing Ms. Joanne Powell
to serve as a member of the
Atlanta

2540
02:25:18,242 --> 02:25:22,046
Commission on Women Women, this
appointments for

2541
02:25:22,046 --> 02:25:24,749
a term of 2 years to begin
retroactively

2542
02:25:24,749 --> 02:25:28,686
on February 5, 2026, and expire
February 4th

2543
02:25:28,686 --> 02:25:31,456
2028. Item number 2 is

2544
02:25:31,456 --> 02:25:34,058
26C 5077. This is a
communication from council
members. Antonio Lewis

2545
02:25:34,058 --> 02:25:36,594
District 12 reappointed Ms

2546
02:25:36,594 --> 02:25:40,064
Takesha Shields to serve as a
member of the Atlantic
Commission

2547
02:25:40,064 --> 02:25:42,633
on Women. This appointment for a
term of 2 years to begin
retroactively

2548
02:25:42,633 --> 02:25:45,269
on May 6, 2026 and expire on May

2549
02:25:45,269 --> 02:25:48,973
5th, 2028. For both those items,
staff recommendations

2550
02:25:48,973 --> 02:25:53,578
should refer to Committee on
counsel. Let him follow that
course.

2551
02:25:53,578 --> 02:25:56,180
Item number 3 is 26C 5078. This

2552
02:25:56,180 --> 02:25:58,916
is a communication from

2553
02:25:58,916 --> 02:26:02,453
Mayor Andre Dickens, appointing
Ms. Kalief Davis to serve as a
member of

2554
02:26:02,453 --> 02:26:05,056
the Atlanta Development
Authority Board of

2555
02:26:05,056 --> 02:26:07,759
Directors of the Atlanta
Planning Advisory

2556
02:26:07,759 --> 02:26:11,496
Board representative, this
appointment is for a term of 4
years

2557
02:26:11,496 --> 02:26:14,165
Staff recommendations to refer
to community development, Human
Services Committee

2558
02:26:14,165 --> 02:26:16,701
and Committee on counsel. Let it
follow that

2559
02:26:16,701 --> 02:26:20,438
course. Item number 4 is

2560
02:26:20,438 --> 02:26:22,974
26C 5079. This a communication

2561
02:26:22,974 --> 02:26:25,777
from Donald T. Panovi, CPA,
chair of the audit committee

2562
02:26:25,777 --> 02:26:29,680
submitting the performance audit

2563
02:26:29,680 --> 02:26:32,316
26.06 moving Atlanta forward
annual review

2564
02:26:32,316 --> 02:26:34,852
staff recommendations to refer
this item to transportation

2565
02:26:34,852 --> 02:26:37,421
Committee and the finance
committee. Let

2566
02:26:37,421 --> 02:26:40,725
it follow that course.

2567
02:26:40,725 --> 02:26:43,294
Item number 5 is 26C. 5080

2568
02:26:43,294 --> 02:26:45,863
This is a communication from
Donald T. Panovi

2569
02:26:45,863 --> 02:26:48,432
CPA chair of the Audit Committee
submitting the

2570
02:26:48,432 --> 02:26:52,336
performance audit

2571
02:26:52,336 --> 02:26:54,906
report 26-0.07, uh, Department
of Watershed Management

2572
02:26:54,906 --> 02:26:57,508
water billing and collections
follow-up. Staff recommendation

2573
02:26:57,508 --> 02:27:00,978
to refer to city utilities

2574
02:27:00,978 --> 02:27:03,514
Let it follow that course. Madam
President, if I

2575
02:27:03,514 --> 02:27:06,184
may take items 6 to 9 as a block

2576
02:27:06,184 --> 02:27:10,388
Item number 6 is 26C 5081.

2577
02:27:10,388 --> 02:27:12,924
a communication from municipal
clerk and Renee Lindo advising
the

2578
02:27:12,924 --> 02:27:16,961
various boards, authorities,
commissions, and bases

2579
02:27:16,961 --> 02:27:19,497
have sunset pursuant to Section
3-401

2580
02:27:19,497 --> 02:27:22,300
1 of the city charter. I'm room
seven is 26C

2581
02:27:22,300 --> 02:27:26,003
5082. This is communication from
Chief

2582
02:27:26,003 --> 02:27:28,706
Procurement Officer Chandra.

2583
02:27:28,706 --> 02:27:32,677
Houston submitting the
Department of Procurement
monthly report for

2584
02:27:32,677 --> 02:27:35,479
July 1st through July 31st

2585
02:27:35,479 --> 02:27:38,015
2026. Item number 8 is

2586
02:27:38,015 --> 02:27:41,519
26C 5083. He's a communication
for municipal

2587
02:27:41,519 --> 02:27:44,055
clerk Karene Lindell submitting
a report of a

2588
02:27:44,055 --> 02:27:46,657
Administrative correction made
to previously

2589
02:27:46,657 --> 02:27:49,293
adopted legislation between the
regular council meeting dates of
August

2590
02:27:49,293 --> 02:27:51,829
17, 2026 in September 8, 2026 to

2591
02:27:51,829 --> 02:27:55,466
the Atlantic City Council in
accordance with

2592
02:27:55,466 --> 02:27:59,470
Section 2275 of the Atlantic
Code of Ordinances. directing

2593
02:27:59,470 --> 02:28:02,106
Resolution 26R 3753 and

2594
02:28:02,106 --> 02:28:04,742
item number 9 is 26C. 5084

2595
02:28:04,742 --> 02:28:09,080
this is communication from
interim Inspector General

2596
02:28:09,080 --> 02:28:11,616
LaDawn Plackett submitting the
Office of the Inspector General
Governing Board

2597
02:28:11,616 --> 02:28:15,353
August 18, 2026, final decision
report for

2598
02:28:15,353 --> 02:28:17,889
all those

2599
02:28:17,889 --> 02:28:20,625
uh uh communication staff
recommendations to accept and
file. Let it follow that

2600
02:28:20,625 --> 02:28:24,729
course. Also, Madam Clerk, I
want

2601
02:28:24,729 --> 02:28:27,265
to commend you all for the work
that you've done

2602
02:28:27,265 --> 02:28:31,035
to sunset the commissions and
boards that

2603
02:28:31,035 --> 02:28:33,671
are um Either

2604
02:28:33,671 --> 02:28:36,240
dormant or complete. Thank you
for that work. Thank you

2605
02:28:36,240 --> 02:28:38,976
You're welcome, Madam President.

2606
02:28:38,976 --> 02:28:42,413
Let it follow that course.

2607
02:28:42,413 --> 02:28:45,416
Are we ready for consideration
of

2608
02:28:45,416 --> 02:28:49,153
veto legislation a motion to
accept and and file. OK, motion
to

2609
02:28:49,153 --> 02:28:51,689
accept and, is there a motion to
accept

2610
02:28:51,689 --> 02:28:58,162
motion made by Juan, second by

2611
02:28:58,162 --> 02:29:02,667
Worthy. Please prepare the vote

2612
02:29:02,667 --> 02:29:12,043
One moment. The vote is open.

2613
02:29:12,043 --> 02:29:21,519
Will everyone please vote?

2614
02:29:21,519 --> 02:29:25,189
The post closed 13 yay, 0 nay,
13 yay, 0

2615
02:29:25,189 --> 02:29:28,025
nays. These items are accepted
and filed. Madam President, if I
may just make a couple

2616
02:29:28,025 --> 02:29:32,029
of announcement before I just
want to remind everyone that
October 5th

2617
02:29:32,029 --> 02:29:34,865
2026 is the last to vote

2618
02:29:34,865 --> 02:29:37,635
um, and also that you can,
citizens can request an

2619
02:29:37,635 --> 02:29:41,005
absentee ballot through October
23

2620
02:29:41,005 --> 02:29:43,808
2026, beginning August 20 August
17th

2621
02:29:43,808 --> 02:29:46,444
2026, that was the beginning of
uh requesting

2622
02:29:46,444 --> 02:29:49,914
an absentee ballot, and you can
do that through October 23rd

2623
02:29:49,914 --> 02:29:52,550
So we just want to remind
everyone that we have an
important election coming up

2624
02:29:52,550 --> 02:29:55,186
and please, um, uh, you know,
check your voter registration

2625
02:29:55,186 --> 02:29:58,789
and go to myvoter page.com to,
you know

2626
02:29:58,789 --> 02:30:01,325
identify your polling location,
make sure you're still

2627
02:30:01,325 --> 02:30:04,061
registered, and you still have
time to make any updates.
Important message

2628
02:30:04,061 --> 02:30:06,597
Thank you. Uh, consideration of
veto legislation. We

2629
02:30:06,597 --> 02:30:10,234
have none. OK, what about
unfinished business

2630
02:30:10,234 --> 02:30:13,137
? None. Thank you, Ma. That
takes us to our

2631
02:30:13,137 --> 02:30:16,907
Consent agenda section one,
these are the items that receive
unanimous votes out

2632
02:30:16,907 --> 02:30:19,543
of committee. Are there any
items to be removed

2633
02:30:19,543 --> 02:30:22,079
from consent agenda section one.

2634
02:30:22,079 --> 02:30:26,150
OK, I recognize council member
Alex Wang. Thank you

2635
02:30:26,150 --> 02:30:28,953
Madam President. Uh, I'd like to
remove

2636
02:30:28,953 --> 02:30:32,723
260 1485. This is on page 12,
item

2637
02:30:32,723 --> 02:30:35,359
number 22. In 260 1485, page

2638
02:30:35,359 --> 02:30:40,064
12 item 22. 20 and 1418, 20

2639
02:30:40,064 --> 02:30:44,535
Got it. Is that it?

2640
02:30:44,535 --> 02:30:47,071
Council member Dozerier, thank
you

2641
02:30:47,071 --> 02:30:50,741
Madam President. One item

2642
02:30:50,741 --> 02:30:57,381
ordinance 26-0-1370 uh on page 3

2643
02:30:57,381 --> 02:31:00,418
260-1370.

2644
02:31:00,418 --> 02:31:04,321
Got it. Is that it? no

2645
02:31:04,321 --> 02:31:07,058
um, oh, just press your speaker
button.

2646
02:31:07,058 --> 02:31:10,895
Sorry. Council

2647
02:31:10,895 --> 02:31:15,733
member Winston, thank you, Madam
President. I have two items. The
first

2648
02:31:15,733 --> 02:31:18,335
is 260 1476, that's

2649
02:31:18,335 --> 02:31:22,306
uh item number 13 on page 8. And
then the

2650
02:31:22,306 --> 02:31:24,942
second item is 26

2651
02:31:24,942 --> 02:31:27,545
R 3984. That's item number 20 on

2652
02:31:27,545 --> 02:31:31,248
page 18. Thank you. Can you
repeat

2653
02:31:31,248 --> 02:31:35,820
both of those again? I don't
have those on here. Yes

2654
02:31:35,820 --> 02:31:38,422
26-01476. Item number 13 on page
8 and

2655
02:31:38,422 --> 02:31:40,991
then 26 are 3984

2656
02:31:40,991 --> 02:31:44,728
Item number 20 on page 18. Thank
you

2657
02:31:44,728 --> 02:31:47,465
Council Member Winston. Council
member Isha

2658
02:31:47,465 --> 02:31:50,134
Collins, yes, just wanna, um,
question in terms of

2659
02:31:50,134 --> 02:31:54,138
removing item

2660
02:31:54,138 --> 02:31:56,674
number 260-148522 on page

2661
02:31:56,674 --> 02:31:59,343
12 from consent when the council
member isn't

2662
02:31:59,343 --> 02:32:02,079
a sponsor and it has already
gone through all the steps.

2663
02:32:02,079 --> 02:32:05,583
That happens all the time. I'm
sorry? It happens all the

2664
02:32:05,583 --> 02:32:08,519
time. I'm just asking why.

2665
02:32:08,519 --> 02:32:14,525
You should walk over and ask him
why. OK, will do. Thanks.

2666
02:32:14,525 --> 02:32:17,228
All right, see you no more. Is
that it?

2667
02:32:17,228 --> 02:32:20,731
OK, so I'll entertain.

2668
02:32:20,731 --> 02:32:23,300
A motion to adopt consent to
gender section

2669
02:32:23,300 --> 02:32:26,137
one with those items removed, so
moved

2670
02:32:26,137 --> 02:32:29,840
by Bakhtiari, is there a second

2671
02:32:29,840 --> 02:32:34,445
? 2nd by Norwood. Madam Clerk,
please open the vote.

2672
02:32:34,445 --> 02:32:40,818
The vote is helping.

2673
02:32:40,818 --> 02:32:50,918
Will everyone please vote?

2674
02:32:54,632 --> 02:33:01,172
I. Will everyone please vote?

2675
02:33:01,172 --> 02:33:08,279
Which is perfect.

2676
02:33:08,279 --> 02:33:11,315
Councilor Martin, what is your
vote? Yes.

2677
02:33:11,315 --> 02:33:14,685
14 nay, 0 nays 14, 0 nays

2678
02:33:14,685 --> 02:33:17,288
consent agenda section one has
been adopted with those

2679
02:33:17,288 --> 02:33:19,990
items removed. Council member
Westmoreland, did you have your
speaker

2680
02:33:19,990 --> 02:33:23,827
button pushed at On purpose it

2681
02:33:23,827 --> 02:33:28,532
on purpose. I did

2682
02:33:28,532 --> 02:33:31,101
A motion to send

2683
02:33:31,101 --> 02:33:33,704
item 2601458, that is item
number 4 on page 6

2684
02:33:33,704 --> 02:33:39,843
to the mayor's office posthaste.
Anyone else?

2685
02:33:39,843 --> 02:33:44,315
Ones that more No other items
for posthaste.

2686
02:33:44,315 --> 02:33:46,984
Motion by Westmoreland, second
by Martin. Please

2687
02:33:46,984 --> 02:33:50,955
this can be done by by unanimous
consent

2688
02:33:50,955 --> 02:33:53,657
Madam Clark, 14 yay, 0 nays 14
yay

2689
02:33:53,657 --> 02:33:58,362
0 nays. These items are sent to
the mayor's office posthaste.

2690
02:33:58,362 --> 02:34:02,533
All right. This takes us to

2691
02:34:02,533 --> 02:34:05,269
Consent agenda section 2. These

2692
02:34:05,269 --> 02:34:09,506
are items that were introduced
for a first reading committees

2693
02:34:09,506 --> 02:34:12,843
and are now being referred back
to their

2694
02:34:12,843 --> 02:34:15,412
respective committees. Are there
any items to be removed from
consent

2695
02:34:15,412 --> 02:34:20,718
agenda se Section 2.

2696
02:34:20,718 --> 02:34:24,688
Move motion 2. To

2697
02:34:24,688 --> 02:34:27,291
refer that one second Bakhtiari,
Madam Clerk

2698
02:34:27,291 --> 02:34:31,795
please repair the vote.

2699
02:34:31,795 --> 02:34:40,271
The vote is open.

2700
02:34:40,271 --> 02:34:47,911
Will that room please vote?

2701
02:34:47,911 --> 02:34:51,415
The votes closed. 15 yay, 0 nays
15

2702
02:34:51,415 --> 02:34:53,951
yay, 0 nays. These items are to

2703
02:34:53,951 --> 02:34:56,487
be referred back to their

2704
02:34:56,487 --> 02:34:59,256
respective committees.

2705
02:34:59,256 --> 02:35:03,294
Seeing that, now we are too.

2706
02:35:03,294 --> 02:35:07,431
Our standing committees.

2707
02:35:07,431 --> 02:35:10,200
Cheer Westmoreland. Community
Development

2708
02:35:10,200 --> 02:35:12,836
Human Services Committee. Thank
you, Madam President. Good
afternoon

2709
02:35:12,836 --> 02:35:16,540
everyone. We have one item

2710
02:35:16,540 --> 02:35:19,343
260 1366 and an ordinance by
council member Lia Bakhtiari to
amend the land use

2711
02:35:19,343 --> 02:35:22,980
element 2025, City of Atlanta
Comprehensive development

2712
02:35:22,980 --> 02:35:25,616
plan so as to designate property
located at 2341

2713
02:35:25,616 --> 02:35:28,285
Glenn Drive Southeast to the
medium lot family and land use

2714
02:35:28,285 --> 02:35:30,854
designation for other options,
the recommendation coming out of
committee is

2715
02:35:30,854 --> 02:35:34,258
to file. There's a motion by

2716
02:35:34,258 --> 02:35:37,094
Council member Westmorelanda
fowl

2717
02:35:37,094 --> 02:35:39,730
260-1366. This item is coming
out of committee, does not

2718
02:35:39,730 --> 02:35:43,600
require a second Madam Clerk,
please open

2719
02:35:43,600 --> 02:35:52,743
the vote. The vote is open.

2720
02:35:52,743 --> 02:35:55,346
Will everyone please vote. The
vote is closed, 15 ye

2721
02:35:55,346 --> 02:35:59,149
0 nay, 15 yay, 0 nays. This item
is filed

2722
02:35:59,149 --> 02:36:01,719
That concludes our lengthy
report. Thank you

2723
02:36:01,719 --> 02:36:04,254
Fantastic. Moving to
transportation, the

2724
02:36:04,254 --> 02:36:06,790
Honorable Alex Juan. Um, thank
you, Madam President. Colleagues
I'm

2725
02:36:06,790 --> 02:36:10,461
gonna take the regular standing
report

2726
02:36:10,461 --> 02:36:13,097
items first and then come back
to the one pulled off of consent
Uh

2727
02:36:13,097 --> 02:36:15,699
first item is 260 1473

2728
02:36:15,699 --> 02:36:19,336
and ordinance by Transportation
Committee to authorize the

2729
02:36:19,336 --> 02:36:21,872
commissioner of the Atlanta
Department of Transportation to

2730
02:36:21,872 --> 02:36:24,742
extend existing shareable
dockless mobility. device annual
permits on a month to

2731
02:36:24,742 --> 02:36:28,245
month basis with shareable
dockless mobility

2732
02:36:28,245 --> 02:36:31,515
device operators beginning
September 2, 2026, and ending
July.

2733
02:36:31,515 --> 02:36:35,586
1, 2027 to waive any conflicting
provisions of

2734
02:36:35,586 --> 02:36:38,255
Section 15401 of the city of
Atlanta Code of Ordinances and
for other

2735
02:36:38,255 --> 02:36:41,892
purposes, colleagues, this came
out favorable on condition that

2736
02:36:41,892 --> 02:36:44,428
the condition was a substitute,
um, and

2737
02:36:44,428 --> 02:36:48,799
the substitute we have received
that and you've got a copy of it
Um

2738
02:36:48,799 --> 02:36:51,435
the substitute, uh, extends the
contract

2739
02:36:51,435 --> 02:36:55,305
retroactively, um. For

2740
02:36:55,305 --> 02:36:57,908
2 years or no later than 60 days
after award

2741
02:36:57,908 --> 02:37:00,577
and execution of operator
contracts with the city. Uh, I'm
going

2742
02:37:00,577 --> 02:37:04,848
to read the new caption in. It's
a, oh.

2743
02:37:04,848 --> 02:37:09,119
Got motion first, yeah. Well,
the motion from the committee
was favorable.

2744
02:37:09,119 --> 02:37:09,153
So it's an ordinance by
Transportation Committee, is
substituted by Atlanta City

2745
02:37:09,153 --> 02:37:11,822
Council

2746
02:37:11,822 --> 02:37:15,559
to authorize the commissioner of
the Atlanta Department of
Transportation

2747
02:37:15,559 --> 02:37:18,362
to extend existing charitable
dockless mobility device

2748
02:37:18,362 --> 02:37:20,998
annual permits with shareable
dockless mobility device
operators

2749
02:37:20,998 --> 02:37:24,568
retroactively from September 20,
September 2

2750
02:37:24,568 --> 02:37:27,171
2026, and through July 1, 2028

2751
02:37:27,171 --> 02:37:29,907
or no later than 60 days after
award and execution of

2752
02:37:29,907 --> 02:37:33,644
the operator contracts with the
city of Atlanta to allow for a
seamless

2753
02:37:33,644 --> 02:37:36,313
transition of the contract-based
regulatory framework to waive

2754
02:37:36,313 --> 02:37:38,916
any conflicting provisions of
Section 15401. Of the city of

2755
02:37:38,916 --> 02:37:41,518
Atlanta Code of Ordinances and
for other purposes, moved

2756
02:37:41,518 --> 02:37:44,922
to bring forward the substitute.
Motion by one to bring forth

2757
02:37:44,922 --> 02:37:54,598
a substitute, second by
Bakhtiari, please prepare the
vote.

2758
02:37:54,598 --> 02:38:00,971
The vote is open.

2759
02:38:00,971 --> 02:38:03,574
Well, everyone please vote.

2760
02:38:03,574 --> 02:38:07,945
The bus closed 15 yay, 0 nays.

2761
02:38:07,945 --> 02:38:10,547
15 yay, 0 nays, the substitute
is before us. If there are

2762
02:38:10,547 --> 02:38:14,084
no questions, I'll make the
motion to adopt on substitute

2763
02:38:14,084 --> 02:38:19,089
Any questions? No questions.
Motion to adopt by.

2764
02:38:19,089 --> 02:38:24,161
One second by Amos. Madam Clark,
please prepare the vote.

2765
02:38:24,161 --> 02:38:32,302
The vote is open.

2766
02:38:32,302 --> 02:38:41,178
We have a pen, please vote.

2767
02:38:41,178 --> 02:38:43,780
The posts closed 15 years, 0
nays

2768
02:38:43,780 --> 02:38:46,650
15 yays, 0 nays, 26

2769
02:38:46,650 --> 02:38:50,053
0 that's 1473 is adopted as
substituted. Madam President,
I'd like to

2770
02:38:50,053 --> 02:38:52,589
take the next two items together
as the action is the same

2771
02:38:52,589 --> 02:38:55,392
Sure. All right, 26 R 3951

2772
02:38:55,392 --> 02:38:59,129
Resolution by council member
Alex Wang authorizing the mayor
or his designee on behalf of

2773
02:38:59,129 --> 02:39:01,665
the city of Atlanta to execute
all documents necessary

2774
02:39:01,665 --> 02:39:04,368
to consent and approve the
assignment to

2775
02:39:04,368 --> 02:39:08,405
OTG concessions Management LLC
from OHM Concession

2776
02:39:08,405 --> 02:39:11,041
Group LLC for FC 5467. Courses B

2777
02:39:11,041 --> 02:39:13,677
and F, food and beverage
concessions at Hartsfield

2778
02:39:13,677 --> 02:39:17,114
Jackson, Atlanta International
Airport, package number

2779
02:39:17,114 --> 02:39:19,650
7, and for other purposes

2780
02:39:19,650 --> 02:39:22,185
and 26R 3952, a resolution by
council member Alex

2781
02:39:22,185 --> 02:39:24,721
Wang authorizing the mayor or
his designee on behalf of the
city of

2782
02:39:24,721 --> 02:39:28,425
Atlanta to execute all documents
necessary to consent and approve

2783
02:39:28,425 --> 02:39:31,028
the assignment to OTG
concessions

2784
02:39:31,028 --> 02:39:35,232
Management LLC from OHM
Concession Group LLC for

2785
02:39:35,232 --> 02:39:37,768
FC 8484 concessions lease
agreement, food and beverage
concessions

2786
02:39:37,768 --> 02:39:41,838
on Concourse C, midpoint at
Hartsfield, Jackson, Atlanta.

2787
02:39:41,838 --> 02:39:44,374
International Airport and for
other purposes, motion from the
committee

2788
02:39:44,374 --> 02:39:47,177
on both items is to file. The
motion

2789
02:39:47,177 --> 02:39:51,114
is for uh to file by council
member one

2790
02:39:51,114 --> 02:39:53,817
This item came out.

2791
02:39:53,817 --> 02:39:57,721
Of committee favorable to foul,
so there is

2792
02:39:57,721 --> 02:40:01,091
no second necessary medam Clerk,
please prepare the vote.

2793
02:40:01,091 --> 02:40:09,166
The vote is open.

2794
02:40:09,166 --> 02:40:13,770
Will everyone please vote?

2795
02:40:13,770 --> 02:40:23,870
The boss, 15 yeah, 0 nays.

2796
02:40:24,848 --> 02:40:27,451
1950. She can be 15 years

2797
02:40:27,451 --> 02:40:30,220
Oh, sorry, 15 years, 0 nays

2798
02:40:30,220 --> 02:40:33,724
this, these items are filed. All
right, that takes us back to the

2799
02:40:33,724 --> 02:40:36,259
item that was pulled off of
consent

2800
02:40:36,259 --> 02:40:38,929
that's 2,601,370, an ordinance
by council members Dozier,
Kelsey

2801
02:40:38,929 --> 02:40:42,833
Bond, Hillis, Juan, Bakhtiari,
Winston, Worthy

2802
02:40:42,833 --> 02:40:45,369
Westmoreland, Collins, as
substituted by

2803
02:40:45,369 --> 02:40:47,971
the Transportation Committee,
amending Chapter 30, Article 17
of the City

2804
02:40:47,971 --> 02:40:50,574
of Atlanta Code of Ordinances
entitled

2805
02:40:50,574 --> 02:40:53,944
parking lots and parking garages
to establish

2806
02:40:53,944 --> 02:40:56,713
consumer protection, rate
disclosure, payment
accessibility, privacy.

2807
02:40:56,713 --> 02:40:59,282
Not, validation, and dispute
resolution

2808
02:40:59,282 --> 02:41:02,886
requirements for park for hire
facilities operating within the
city

2809
02:41:02,886 --> 02:41:05,522
of Atlanta to provide
enforcement and penalties and
for

2810
02:41:05,522 --> 02:41:12,562
other purposes. This came out
favorable from committee.

2811
02:41:12,562 --> 02:41:16,433
I recognize Council member
Dozier. Thank you so much, Madam
President. I didn't

2812
02:41:16,433 --> 02:41:19,469
want to cross you today, so I
want to make sure I was

2813
02:41:19,469 --> 02:41:23,640
like acknowledged, uh,
colleagues, uh, firstly I just
want to thank the

2814
02:41:23,640 --> 02:41:26,176
Transportation Committee, uh,
for, uh, adopting this favorably

2815
02:41:26,176 --> 02:41:29,913
out of, uh, committee last week.
This is something we've been
working

2816
02:41:29,913 --> 02:41:32,683
on. I think it's gone through
committee 2 or 3 cycles now

2817
02:41:32,683 --> 02:41:35,285
and um at the, the legislation
that's before

2818
02:41:35,285 --> 02:41:39,022
you today, uh, is almost
complete. Uh, there

2819
02:41:39,022 --> 02:41:41,658
is a small amendment that I
would like to make that.

2820
02:41:41,658 --> 02:41:44,428
Strikes, a few words from one of
the definitions

2821
02:41:44,428 --> 02:41:48,065
that's uh in one of the earlier
clauses of the legislation

2822
02:41:48,065 --> 02:41:50,734
This was already done in a an
earlier draft of the

2823
02:41:50,734 --> 02:41:53,336
legislation, but unfortunately,
uh, I missed

2824
02:41:53,336 --> 02:41:56,973
uh, at the last substitute that
I did not include that

2825
02:41:56,973 --> 02:41:59,943
specific language or that that
changed and so

2826
02:41:59,943 --> 02:42:02,512
um, I would actually request
that we

2827
02:42:02,512 --> 02:42:06,416
amend uh to uh strike the words
on

2828
02:42:06,416 --> 02:42:09,286
behalf of um under the
definition for customer

2829
02:42:09,286 --> 02:42:12,656
parking data, uh, colleagues.
was emailed

2830
02:42:12,656 --> 02:42:15,225
out, uh, if you need to see the
full

2831
02:42:15,225 --> 02:42:17,828
uh, language as, uh, being

2832
02:42:17,828 --> 02:42:20,363
uh, that's currently contained
in Section

2833
02:42:20,363 --> 02:42:24,034
30-1066. Happy to read it out if
you need me to read it further,
but, but

2834
02:42:24,034 --> 02:42:26,603
OK, so, uh, currently the
definition

2835
02:42:26,603 --> 02:42:29,139
of customer parking data, uh,
states customer

2836
02:42:29,139 --> 02:42:31,742
parking data means any
information collected by or on

2837
02:42:31,742 --> 02:42:35,212
behalf of a park for hire
facility that identifies

2838
02:42:35,212 --> 02:42:37,814
a customer, vehicle license
plate, payment method, date,
time, location

2839
02:42:37,814 --> 02:42:42,052
duration of stay, validation
status, parking transaction.

2840
02:42:42,052 --> 02:42:44,621
Alleged violation or dispute,
and so we're just removing the

2841
02:42:44,621 --> 02:42:47,157
four words or on behalf of from
that statement. And so

2842
02:42:47,157 --> 02:42:49,860
you're making a motion to amend.
I would like to make a motion to
amend. Motion

2843
02:42:49,860 --> 02:42:53,363
to amend by Dozier. Second by

2844
02:42:53,363 --> 02:42:57,734
Juan, Madam Clerk, please
prepare the vote for.

2845
02:42:57,734 --> 02:43:00,470
To amend Isha was gonna speak.
Oh, Council

2846
02:43:00,470 --> 02:43:03,106
Member Collins, I'm sorry.
Before

2847
02:43:03,106 --> 02:43:06,843
you prepare the vote, Council
member Collins. Sorry

2848
02:43:06,843 --> 02:43:09,546
I just took it down. He answered
the question. Thank you, council
member. Dozier

2849
02:43:09,546 --> 02:43:18,622
OK, please open the vote. The
vote is open.

2850
02:43:18,622 --> 02:43:25,662
Will everyone please vote?

2851
02:43:25,662 --> 02:43:29,332
I don't know if I. Mhm. That's
to look

2852
02:43:29,332 --> 02:43:33,870
at her text for me. Will
everyone please vote?

2853
02:43:33,870 --> 02:43:36,606
Thebos closed 15 yay, 0 nays. 15
yay

2854
02:43:36,606 --> 02:43:39,242
0 nays. This item has been
amended. I would like

2855
02:43:39,242 --> 02:43:43,013
to adopt as amended. Let's adopt
as amended.

2856
02:43:43,013 --> 02:43:45,649
A motion to adopt as amended
Dozier, seconded

2857
02:43:45,649 --> 02:43:48,351
by 1. Madam Clark, please.
Prepare

2858
02:43:48,351 --> 02:43:51,655
the vote to adopt as amended.

2859
02:43:51,655 --> 02:44:01,464
The vote is open.

2860
02:44:01,464 --> 02:44:05,235
The post 15 yay, 0 nays, 15 yay,
0

2861
02:44:05,235 --> 02:44:09,906
nays, this item is adopted as
amended.

2862
02:44:09,906 --> 02:44:12,442
Councilman. Thank you, Madam
President, colleagues, just

2863
02:44:12,442 --> 02:44:14,978
want to, once again, thank you
once again for

2864
02:44:14,978 --> 02:44:18,715
your support in this legislation
um, this has

2865
02:44:18,715 --> 02:44:21,318
been, I think, framed in the
media as a parking bill

2866
02:44:21,318 --> 02:44:23,854
of rights. I want to give kudos
to my colleague Alex Wang who
came

2867
02:44:23,854 --> 02:44:26,423
up with that phrasing, uh,
however

2868
02:44:26,423 --> 02:44:30,126
uh, I do want to just for the
edification of

2869
02:44:30,126 --> 02:44:32,729
the public, uh, remind y'all
that I continue to be

2870
02:44:32,729 --> 02:44:35,332
an advocate, uh, for making sure
we reduce, reduce our

2871
02:44:35,332 --> 02:44:39,569
dependence on cars, on parking
to make Atlanta more walkable,
more transit friendly.

2872
02:44:39,569 --> 02:44:42,172
Um, but at the same time, the
parking facilities that

2873
02:44:42,172 --> 02:44:45,842
already exist in our city, must
work better

2874
02:44:45,842 --> 02:44:48,545
for residents, commuters, and
visitors, and so at the end of
the

2875
02:44:48,545 --> 02:44:52,549
day, this legislation is about
transparency, accountability

2876
02:44:52,549 --> 02:44:55,151
and making a frustrating system
a little easier to navigate

2877
02:44:55,151 --> 02:44:57,687
So thank you all so much uh for

2878
02:44:57,687 --> 02:45:00,223
the support, um, and I look
forward to

2879
02:45:00,223 --> 02:45:03,894
continuing this conversation, uh
in the months and years

2880
02:45:03,894 --> 02:45:06,463
to come. I yield. OK, Madam
President

2881
02:45:06,463 --> 02:45:09,032
that concludes my report.
Fantastic

2882
02:45:09,032 --> 02:45:12,936
Thank you. We are moving to
finance exec

2883
02:45:12,936 --> 02:45:21,778
the Honorable Jason Winston.

2884
02:45:21,778 --> 02:45:24,547
Thank you, Madam President. Uh,
my

2885
02:45:24,547 --> 02:45:29,152
first item

2886
02:45:29,152 --> 02:45:31,688
is 26-01459. Um, colleagues, I
will read

2887
02:45:31,688 --> 02:45:35,592
the caption and ordinance by the
Finance executive Committee
waiving Article 10

2888
02:45:35,592 --> 02:45:38,128
Section 2, 1546 of the
procurement code of the

2889
02:45:38,128 --> 02:45:40,697
city of Atlanta Code of
Ordinances authorizing the mayor

2890
02:45:40,697 --> 02:45:43,266
or his designee on behalf of the
city of Atlanta to enter into

2891
02:45:43,266 --> 02:45:46,503
a lease agreement between the
city of Atlanta and

2892
02:45:46,503 --> 02:45:49,339
the progressive firefighters of
Atlanta labor organization Inc

2893
02:45:49,339 --> 02:45:51,875
for lease of that certain city
owned

2894
02:45:51,875 --> 02:45:55,845
property located at 817
Hollywood Road Northwest,
Atlanta

2895
02:45:55,845 --> 02:45:58,448
Georgia 30318, known as the old
Fire

2896
02:45:58,448 --> 02:46:01,084
Station 22 for a term of 5 years
Commencing September

2897
02:46:01,084 --> 02:46:04,554
1st, 2026 and ending

2898
02:46:04,554 --> 02:46:07,424
August 31, 2031, and for other
purposes.

2899
02:46:07,424 --> 02:46:09,960
Colleagues, this was forwarded
with no

2900
02:46:09,960 --> 02:46:13,663
recommendation on condition, uh,
that condition has now been

2901
02:46:13,663 --> 02:46:16,333
met, um, so I will move to amend
this to

2902
02:46:16,333 --> 02:46:18,868
attach exhibit A. You have to
adapt it. I'm

2903
02:46:18,868 --> 02:46:22,772
sorry, I'll make a motion to
adopt a motion to adopt by
Winston

2904
02:46:22,772 --> 02:46:26,977
seconded by Martin. Any
discussion.

2905
02:46:26,977 --> 02:46:29,546
Bak. Thank you, uh, Madam

2906
02:46:29,546 --> 02:46:32,148
President, I was just curious
what, because I'm not in PSO, I
mean not in finance

2907
02:46:32,148 --> 02:46:34,684
so please forgive me. What will
they be using the

2908
02:46:34,684 --> 02:46:38,254
building for the progressive
firefighters. For their new home

2909
02:46:38,254 --> 02:46:41,491
Oh, OK, good to know. Thank you.

2910
02:46:41,491 --> 02:46:45,061
OK, we have a a, a motion and

2911
02:46:45,061 --> 02:46:48,331
a second, Madam Clark, please
prepare the vote.

2912
02:46:48,331 --> 02:46:52,502
Well, we have to adapt

2913
02:46:52,502 --> 02:46:55,138
it first It's a procedure

2914
02:46:55,138 --> 02:46:58,908
OK. So we are moving on to the
amendment. I will make

2915
02:46:58,908 --> 02:47:01,845
a substitute motion to amend.
Motion to amend by Winston

2916
02:47:01,845 --> 02:47:05,615
seconded by Juan. Madam Clark,
please open

2917
02:47:05,615 --> 02:47:09,819
a vote for amend.

2918
02:47:09,819 --> 02:47:16,760
The photos itself.

2919
02:47:16,760 --> 02:47:21,431
Hello everyone, please vote.

2920
02:47:21,431 --> 02:47:23,967
Thank you. Now I will, oh, sorry

2921
02:47:23,967 --> 02:47:32,842
Well, everyone please vote.

2922
02:47:32,842 --> 02:47:35,445
The bells closed 15 yay, 0 nays
15 yay

2923
02:47:35,445 --> 02:47:38,081
0 nays. The item has been
amended. Thank you

2924
02:47:38,081 --> 02:47:41,718
I will move to adopt as amended.
Move to

2925
02:47:41,718 --> 02:47:44,254
adopt by Winston, second by
Martin

2926
02:47:44,254 --> 02:47:54,354
Madam Clerk, please prepare the
vote. The vote is open.

2927
02:47:55,398 --> 02:48:04,574
Well, everyone please vote.

2928
02:48:04,574 --> 02:48:07,310
There's no voting.

2929
02:48:07,310 --> 02:48:10,580
Was

2930
02:48:10,580 --> 02:48:13,116
Council member Lewis, what is
your vote?

2931
02:48:13,116 --> 02:48:20,023
Yeah

2932
02:48:20,023 --> 02:48:22,592
The class 14 yay, 0 nays 14 yay,
nays. This

2933
02:48:22,592 --> 02:48:25,195
item is adopted as amended.
Thank you

2934
02:48:25,195 --> 02:48:29,766
That takes me to my second

2935
02:48:29,766 --> 02:48:33,303
item 2601482. Um, I will make a
motion to

2936
02:48:33,303 --> 02:48:35,839
bring forth the substitute.
Motion to bring forth

2937
02:48:35,839 --> 02:48:40,210
a substitute by Winston Sack by
Martin.

2938
02:48:40,210 --> 02:48:44,481
Madam Clark, please prepare the
vote.

2939
02:48:44,481 --> 02:48:51,988
The vote is open.

2940
02:48:51,988 --> 02:48:55,859
15 yeah, nays 15 yay, 0 nays.
Can you

2941
02:48:55,859 --> 02:49:00,697
read the caption, please? Yes.

2942
02:49:00,697 --> 02:49:03,500
26-0-1482, in ordinance by
council member Alex Wan, Wayne
Martin

2943
02:49:03,500 --> 02:49:07,403
Jason H. Winston, Kelsey Bond,
Matt Westmoreland

2944
02:49:07,403 --> 02:49:11,374
Byron Amos, Jason Dozier,
Liliana Bakhtiari, Mary Norwood

2945
02:49:11,374 --> 02:49:13,910
Dustin Hillis, Isha Collins,
Thomas Worthy, Andrea L

2946
02:49:13,910 --> 02:49:16,779
Boone, Antonio Lewis, and
Michael Julian Bond

2947
02:49:16,779 --> 02:49:20,450
and substituted by the finance
executive Committee as

2948
02:49:20,450 --> 02:49:23,019
substituted by the Atlanta City
Council to authorize

2949
02:49:23,019 --> 02:49:25,588
a donation to the Atlanta Pride
committee in an amount not

2950
02:49:25,588 --> 02:49:29,392
to exceed $80,500 in.

2951
02:49:29,392 --> 02:49:32,128
since. On behalf of this,
Atlanta City Council to support

2952
02:49:32,128 --> 02:49:34,764
the 20026 Atlanta Pride Festival
pursuant to the

2953
02:49:34,764 --> 02:49:38,768
section number listed of the
city of Atlanta charter and for
other purposes.

2954
02:49:38,768 --> 02:49:41,471
I will make a motion to approve.
Motion to approve

2955
02:49:41,471 --> 02:49:45,375
by Winston, 2 by Martin. Madam
Clark, please prepare

2956
02:49:45,375 --> 02:49:55,475
the vote. The vote is open.

2957
02:49:56,953 --> 02:50:05,695
everyone please vote.

2958
02:50:05,695 --> 02:50:08,231
The most clothes? 15 yay

2959
02:50:08,231 --> 02:50:12,735
0 nays 15 yay, 0 nays

2960
02:50:12,735 --> 02:50:17,607
26-0-1482 is adopted as
substituted. Thank you. On to
the next item

2961
02:50:17,607 --> 02:50:21,411
26-0-1486. Um, I will make a
motion to bring forth

2962
02:50:21,411 --> 02:50:24,080
the substitute. Motion to bring
forth substitute by Winston

2963
02:50:24,080 --> 02:50:32,388
second by Juan. Madam Clerk,
please prepare the vote.

2964
02:50:32,388 --> 02:50:39,929
The vote is open.

2965
02:50:39,929 --> 02:50:46,436
Will everyone please vote.

2966
02:50:46,436 --> 02:50:49,138
The closed 15 yay, nays, 15 ye

2967
02:50:49,138 --> 02:50:52,909
0 nays, the substitute is before
us

2968
02:50:52,909 --> 02:50:55,478
Please read the caption. Thank
you. An ordinance by

2969
02:50:55,478 --> 02:50:58,047
council members Matt
Westmoreland, Isha Collins,
Thomas Worthy

2970
02:50:58,047 --> 02:51:01,784
as substituted by Finance
executive Committee, authorized

2971
02:51:01,784 --> 02:51:06,222
a donation in an amount not to
exceed

2972
02:51:06,222 --> 02:51:08,758
$9500.00 to the Community
Foundation for Greater

2973
02:51:08,758 --> 02:51:11,361
Atlanta pursuant to section
number 6306 of the City of

2974
02:51:11,361 --> 02:51:13,997
Atlanta Charter to support LGBTQ

2975
02:51:13,997 --> 02:51:17,667
outreach and the Mears youth
scholarship program. And for

2976
02:51:17,667 --> 02:51:20,203
other purposes, I'll make a
motion to approve as substitute

2977
02:51:20,203 --> 02:51:24,741
motion to approve by Winston,
seconded by Juan. One moment.

2978
02:51:24,741 --> 02:51:28,645
I would like to make a friendly
amendment. I'm sorry. I'd like
to make a

2979
02:51:28,645 --> 02:51:31,681
friendly amendment to add my
name as a co-sponsor.

2980
02:51:31,681 --> 02:51:35,685
It's, yeah, this is specific
from

2981
02:51:35,685 --> 02:51:38,521
Council member Westmoreland's
account, correct?

2982
02:51:38,521 --> 02:51:42,158
No, I'm, I'm looking at my, my

2983
02:51:42,158 --> 02:51:44,694
account screen right here from
my. Is

2984
02:51:44,694 --> 02:51:47,230
this the one that I'm that I'm
on too.

2985
02:51:47,230 --> 02:51:49,932
2. Got it. OK.

2986
02:51:49,932 --> 02:51:54,370
So you want a co-sponsor of the
legislation.

2987
02:51:54,370 --> 02:52:01,010
Recognizing Council member
Martin, he would like to make an
amendment.

2988
02:52:01,010 --> 02:52:05,048
he motions to amend, seconded by
Westmoreland.

2989
02:52:05,048 --> 02:52:07,850
Winston is an I.

2990
02:52:07,850 --> 02:52:14,223
Madam Clark, please declare a
vote. To amend.

2991
02:52:14,223 --> 02:52:24,323
The vote is open.

2992
02:52:25,168 --> 02:52:27,770
Yeah. Will

2993
02:52:27,770 --> 02:52:36,212
everyone please vote?

2994
02:52:36,212 --> 02:52:38,748
Let's see, I thought I was on
the wall. That was

2995
02:52:38,748 --> 02:52:41,284
80,000. Yeah.

2996
02:52:41,284 --> 02:52:43,953
Want The post

2997
02:52:43,953 --> 02:52:49,992
closed 13 yay, er nays.

2998
02:52:49,992 --> 02:52:52,662
12 yay, 13 yay. irons

2999
02:52:52,662 --> 02:52:56,499
is that what you said? Yes,
Madam President

3000
02:52:56,499 --> 02:52:59,235
item is amended.

3001
02:52:59,235 --> 02:53:01,771
You want to adopt as amended. I
won't. Make

3002
02:53:01,771 --> 02:53:04,340
a motion to adopt that
substitute

3003
02:53:04,340 --> 02:53:08,611
and Aended. it

3004
02:53:08,611 --> 02:53:11,280
Motion to adopt and amend by
Winston second

3005
02:53:11,280 --> 02:53:14,851
by Bakhtiari. Please prepare the
vote.

3006
02:53:14,851 --> 02:53:19,088
Oh Russo.

3007
02:53:19,088 --> 02:53:26,129
The vote is open.

3008
02:53:26,129 --> 02:53:29,031
Everyone please vote.

3009
02:53:29,031 --> 02:53:32,535
Those clothes, 13 yer nay, 13

3010
02:53:32,535 --> 02:53:35,138
ya, nays, this item is adopted

3011
02:53:35,138 --> 02:53:37,774
substituted as amended. All
right

3012
02:53:37,774 --> 02:53:40,410
thank you, um, colleagues

3013
02:53:40,410 --> 02:53:44,380
I did pull two items off the
consent agenda, uh, the first

3014
02:53:44,380 --> 02:53:48,518
is 260 1476. Um,

3015
02:53:48,518 --> 02:53:51,254
I will make a motion to bring
forth the substitute

3016
02:53:51,254 --> 02:53:53,923
Motion by Winston to bring forth
the

3017
02:53:53,923 --> 02:53:59,896
substitutes second by Juan,
please prepare the vote.

3018
02:53:59,896 --> 02:54:09,996
The vote is open.

3019
02:54:10,773 --> 02:54:18,147
Will everyone please vote?

3020
02:54:18,147 --> 02:54:20,750
13 yeah 0 are nays 13 yay, nays
is substitutes before

3021
02:54:20,750 --> 02:54:24,720
us. Please read the caption

3022
02:54:24,720 --> 02:54:27,256
260 1476 and ordinance by
councilman Andrea L

3023
02:54:27,256 --> 02:54:29,959
Boone as substituted by the
Finance Executive Committee

3024
02:54:29,959 --> 02:54:33,496
and substituted by the Atlanta
City Council authorizing

3025
02:54:33,496 --> 02:54:36,432
the mayor or the chief financial
officer to execute, deliver

3026
02:54:36,432 --> 02:54:40,203
and perform a master lease
agreement between the

3027
02:54:40,203 --> 02:54:42,839
city and Grant Capital
Management Inc. and or it's

3028
02:54:42,839 --> 02:54:45,475
assigns as lesser one or more
related

3029
02:54:45,475 --> 02:54:49,111
financing schedules and any.
escrow or other

3030
02:54:49,111 --> 02:54:51,747
agreements all related to the
acquisition and equipping of
police

3031
02:54:51,747 --> 02:54:54,350
vehicles, including any
necessary equipment or

3032
02:54:54,350 --> 02:54:58,187
technology for use by the
Atlanta Police Department,
provided

3033
02:54:58,187 --> 02:55:00,790
that such lease financing shall
be authorized in a combined
principle

3034
02:55:00,790 --> 02:55:05,294
Now, not to exceed

3035
02:55:05,294 --> 02:55:09,398
$17,800,000.00 plus an
applicable interest.

3036
02:55:09,398 --> 02:55:11,934
Component all rental payments
will be charged to and paid from

3037
02:55:11,934 --> 02:55:14,537
the fund department, an
organization numbers as
determined

3038
02:55:14,537 --> 02:55:18,441
by the Chief Financial Officer
and for

3039
02:55:18,441 --> 02:55:21,043
other purposes. Uh, colleagues,
the substitute that we

3040
02:55:21,043 --> 02:55:23,713
brought forward, it amends
exhibit A, uh, the

3041
02:55:23,713 --> 02:55:27,350
vehicle list, um, that was
provided in that exhibit

3042
02:55:27,350 --> 02:55:29,919
um, and it added e-bikes that
were

3043
02:55:29,919 --> 02:55:32,555
requested by council member
Byard. Um, so I will make a

3044
02:55:32,555 --> 02:55:36,392
motion to adopt as substitute.
Motion to adopt a substituted

3045
02:55:36,392 --> 02:55:39,328
by Winston, second by Martin.
Please prepare the vote.

3046
02:55:39,328 --> 02:55:46,235
The vote is open.

3047
02:55:46,235 --> 02:55:54,710
Will everyone please vote?

3048
02:55:54,710 --> 02:55:57,446
The votes close, 12 yay, 0 nays

3049
02:55:57,446 --> 02:56:01,384
12 yay.

3050
02:56:01,384 --> 02:56:03,953
iron, this item is has adopted
to

3051
02:56:03,953 --> 02:56:06,455
substituted. Just trying to see
who's missing. All right. Thank
you

3052
02:56:06,455 --> 02:56:10,626
So for my last item is

3053
02:56:10,626 --> 02:56:15,164
26-R R3984. Um, I will make a
motion to bring forth the
substitute.

3054
02:56:15,164 --> 02:56:17,867
Motion to for assess to by
Winston, second by Juan

3055
02:56:17,867 --> 02:56:21,771
Please prepare the vote.

3056
02:56:21,771 --> 02:56:29,178
The phone is open.

3057
02:56:29,178 --> 02:56:39,278
Will everyone please vote?

3058
02:56:42,124 --> 02:56:48,731
That's what is your vote?

3059
02:56:48,731 --> 02:56:51,367
It's 12 years, nays, 12 yay

3060
02:56:51,367 --> 02:56:55,972
nays. This item is adopted as
substituted.

3061
02:56:55,972 --> 02:57:00,343
It is substituted. Thank you

3062
02:57:00,343 --> 02:57:04,146
26-3984, uh, a resolution by the
Finance executive Committee and
substituted by the

3063
02:57:04,146 --> 02:57:06,682
Atlanta City Council authorizing
the, uh, the city

3064
02:57:06,682 --> 02:57:09,385
of Atlanta to donate an amount
not to

3065
02:57:09,385 --> 02:57:13,255
exceed $250,000.00 to house

3066
02:57:13,255 --> 02:57:15,992
proud Atlanta Inc. pursuant to

3067
02:57:15,992 --> 02:57:18,728
section 36-30306 of the city of
Atlanta Charter to authorize the
mayor or

3068
02:57:18,728 --> 02:57:22,298
his designee to execute a
donation agreement

3069
02:57:22,298 --> 02:57:24,934
to authorize the chief financial
officer to make the donation
payment from the account listed.

3070
02:57:24,934 --> 02:57:27,603
Hein and for other purposes. I
moved to adopt

3071
02:57:27,603 --> 02:57:31,273
as substituted. Move to adopt is
substituted by Winston

3072
02:57:31,273 --> 02:57:34,110
2 by Juan, no, by Martin.

3073
02:57:34,110 --> 02:57:44,210
Madam Clark, please prepare the
vote. The vote is open.

3074
02:57:44,754 --> 02:57:49,925
Will everyone please vote?

3075
02:57:49,925 --> 02:57:53,663
Votes closed. 13 yay, 0 nays 13
yay

3076
02:57:53,663 --> 02:57:56,232
0 nays This item is adapted to
substituted. Madam President,
I'd like

3077
02:57:56,232 --> 02:57:58,968
to make a motion to send this
item to the mayor's

3078
02:57:58,968 --> 02:58:02,705
office posthaste. Motion to send
posthaste

3079
02:58:02,705 --> 02:58:05,274
by Winston, second by. Was

3080
02:58:05,274 --> 02:58:08,077
that Martin Westmoreland

3081
02:58:08,077 --> 02:58:11,747
Westmoreland Westmoreland. Uh,
this can be done by unanimous
consent, Madam

3082
02:58:11,747 --> 02:58:14,550
Clerk, please sound the count
for unanimous consent

3083
02:58:14,550 --> 02:58:17,086
13 yay, 0 nay, 13 yay, 0 nays.
This item is sent to the

3084
02:58:17,086 --> 02:58:20,589
mayor's office posthaste. Thank
you

3085
02:58:20,589 --> 02:58:23,426
Madam President. That concludes
my report. Thank you, Chair
Winston

3086
02:58:23,426 --> 02:58:29,732
Moving on to committee on
counsel that would be chair
Byron Amos.

3087
02:58:29,732 --> 02:58:32,468
Thank you, Madam President. May
I have 3 items come before

3088
02:58:32,468 --> 02:58:35,237
us today, um, without any
objection, I'd like to take

3089
02:58:35,237 --> 02:58:39,208
items 1 and 2 together as a
block. Yes

3090
02:58:39,208 --> 02:58:43,446
please. Um, these items will be

3091
02:58:43,446 --> 02:58:46,215
communications 26-C-5066, a
communication from Mayor Andre
Dickens appointing Ms

3092
02:58:46,215 --> 02:58:48,751
Margot Walker to serve on the as
a member of the

3093
02:58:48,751 --> 02:58:52,388
civil service board. This
appointment is for a term of

3094
02:58:52,388 --> 02:58:56,726
3 years. Um, the next one

3095
02:58:56,726 --> 02:58:59,261
is 26-C-5073, a communication
from council president

3096
02:58:59,261 --> 02:59:02,231
Marcy Kara Overstreet appointing
Mr

3097
02:59:02,231 --> 02:59:05,835
Scott Barr to serve as a member
of the downtown Atlanta
Community Improvement

3098
02:59:05,835 --> 02:59:08,370
District. This appointment is
for a term of 4 years. Both

3099
02:59:08,370 --> 02:59:10,906
of these come out of the
committees and through

3100
02:59:10,906 --> 02:59:14,577
committee on counsel favorable.
Is that a

3101
02:59:14,577 --> 02:59:17,179
motion? Yes, there is a motion
to approved by

3102
02:59:17,179 --> 02:59:19,715
council member Amos, who does
not require a second. Madam
Clark

3103
02:59:19,715 --> 02:59:29,058
please prepare the vote. The
vote is open.

3104
02:59:29,058 --> 02:59:39,158
Will everyone please vote.

3105
02:59:44,640 --> 02:59:47,343
The post closed 14 yay, 0 nays
14

3106
02:59:47,343 --> 02:59:50,646
yay, 0 nays. These items

3107
02:59:50,646 --> 02:59:55,351
are adapted. Thank you, my last
item is a

3108
02:59:55,351 --> 02:59:57,920
resolution 26-R-3843. A
resolution by Committee on
counsel

3109
02:59:57,920 --> 03:00:00,456
establishes a civility pledge
for the members of the Atlanta

3110
03:00:00,456 --> 03:00:04,426
City Council to advance civility
and promote professionalism

3111
03:00:04,426 --> 03:00:06,962
ethical leadership, respectful
deliberation

3112
03:00:06,962 --> 03:00:09,532
and public trust in municipal
government and for other
purposes come

3113
03:00:09,532 --> 03:00:13,235
from the committee of favor
recommendation most to approve

3114
03:00:13,235 --> 03:00:15,905
Motion to approve by Chair Amos.

3115
03:00:15,905 --> 03:00:18,607
does not require a second, Madam
Clark, please prepare the vote.
The

3116
03:00:18,607 --> 03:00:25,648
vote is open.

3117
03:00:25,648 --> 03:00:35,748
Would like boom, please vote.

3118
03:00:41,263 --> 03:00:44,800
Council memberer Lewis, what is
your vote?

3119
03:00:44,800 --> 03:00:47,436
But those clothes. 12 yay

3120
03:00:47,436 --> 03:00:50,172
0 nays, 12 yay, nays, this item
is adopted. Thank you

3121
03:00:50,172 --> 03:00:53,709
Madam President, in my report.
Thank you, that was

3122
03:00:53,709 --> 03:00:56,679
13 Council member Bond and say,
what is your vote?

3123
03:00:56,679 --> 03:01:00,983
13 yay, 0 nays 13 yay, 0 nays

3124
03:01:00,983 --> 03:01:07,256
26R that's 3843 is adopted.

3125
03:01:07,256 --> 03:01:09,859
Cher Norwood, zoning. Thank you

3126
03:01:09,859 --> 03:01:12,528
Madam President. We have, uh, 6
items. I'd like

3127
03:01:12,528 --> 03:01:18,701
to take 5 of them as a block.
The first

3128
03:01:18,701 --> 03:01:21,303
is 260-1223, Z 2630

3129
03:01:21,303 --> 03:01:25,174
24 Cleveland Avenue, Southeast,
the ordinances to waive

3130
03:01:25,174 --> 03:01:27,776
the zoning conditions
prohibiting an automobile

3131
03:01:27,776 --> 03:01:32,214
service station. The second

3132
03:01:32,214 --> 03:01:35,017
is 260-1332, U

3133
03:01:35,017 --> 03:01:39,021
2608 4475 Rosswell Road,
Northeast. The the ordinances
for a special.

3134
03:01:39,021 --> 03:01:41,557
Use permit for an outdoor dining

3135
03:01:41,557 --> 03:01:45,761
and eating and drinking
establishment

3136
03:01:45,761 --> 03:01:50,232
3 is 260-1341

3137
03:01:50,232 --> 03:01:52,902
C2641 text amendment to add a

3138
03:01:52,902 --> 03:01:55,437
special use permit requirement
to allow a holder of

3139
03:01:55,437 --> 03:01:59,041
a state medical cabinet,
cabinets

3140
03:01:59,041 --> 03:02:01,577
and product dispensing license

3141
03:02:01,577 --> 03:02:04,413
Number 4

3142
03:02:04,413 --> 03:02:08,017
is 260-1365 Z

3143
03:02:08,017 --> 03:02:10,552
2645 2341. Blenn Drive

3144
03:02:10,552 --> 03:02:13,088
southeast, the ordinance is to
zone

3145
03:02:13,088 --> 03:02:15,691
property to R4, uh, residentials
and

3146
03:02:15,691 --> 03:02:19,528
a single-family residential
zoning district. And

3147
03:02:19,528 --> 03:02:22,464
number 6

3148
03:02:22,464 --> 03:02:26,068
is 260-1427 Z 26

3149
03:02:26,068 --> 03:02:28,637
37 686 Highland Avenue. The
ordinances

3150
03:02:28,637 --> 03:02:31,206
to rezone from our

3151
03:02:31,206 --> 03:02:33,876
R5BL beltline overlay

3152
03:02:33,876 --> 03:02:37,246
to C2BL commercial Service
district

3153
03:02:37,246 --> 03:02:39,915
Beltline over that overlay. The
Recommendation from the

3154
03:02:39,915 --> 03:02:42,451
committee on these 5 is to file
and

3155
03:02:42,451 --> 03:02:46,989
so I recommend.

3156
03:02:46,989 --> 03:02:51,627
Motion to adopt. Motioned to a
foul.

3157
03:02:51,627 --> 03:02:55,264
By Norwood. No second

3158
03:02:55,264 --> 03:02:57,800
is needed. Uh, Madam Clark,
please prepare the vote

3159
03:02:57,800 --> 03:03:07,176
The vote is open.

3160
03:03:07,176 --> 03:03:17,276
Can everyone please vote?

3161
03:03:17,886 --> 03:03:20,389
I have some questions to

3162
03:03:20,389 --> 03:03:23,192
the It's, it's right here

3163
03:03:23,192 --> 03:03:25,728
I'm just. bond, what is your
vote

3164
03:03:25,728 --> 03:03:30,232
? Um

3165
03:03:30,232 --> 03:03:35,738
Councilor Martin Council member
Boone?

3166
03:03:35,738 --> 03:03:43,545
That's Barbara Collins.

3167
03:03:43,545 --> 03:03:47,016
15 yay, 0 nays, 15 yay

3168
03:03:47,016 --> 03:03:49,818
0 nays, all 5 items are adopted.
In

3169
03:03:49,818 --> 03:03:52,354
the last fouled, yes, fouled.
The

3170
03:03:52,354 --> 03:03:56,325
last item

3171
03:03:56,325 --> 03:03:58,927
is 260-1406 Z

3172
03:03:58,927 --> 03:04:01,497
2643 Peachtree Circle, this
ordinance is to rezone

3173
03:04:01,497 --> 03:04:05,401
from R4 and

3174
03:04:05,401 --> 03:04:09,938
R4 BLBS Landmark Building site

3175
03:04:09,938 --> 03:04:12,508
to R4HD Historic District

3176
03:04:12,508 --> 03:04:15,110
and R for LBS. Landmark

3177
03:04:15,110 --> 03:04:18,514
building site, historic

3178
03:04:18,514 --> 03:04:21,083
district that um recommendation
out of the committee was

3179
03:04:21,083 --> 03:04:23,719
to file and the councilman, in
the district would

3180
03:04:23,719 --> 03:04:27,589
like to speak to the issue. OK.
Recommendation

3181
03:04:27,589 --> 03:04:30,125
is to file, is that a motion?
I'm

3182
03:04:30,125 --> 03:04:32,694
I'm waiting for the councilman
of the district to address the

3183
03:04:32,694 --> 03:04:35,230
issue. I recognize council thank

3184
03:04:35,230 --> 03:04:39,001
you, Madam President, colleagues
I've got so much I want to say
about

3185
03:04:39,001 --> 03:04:42,204
this, but I'm going to Kind of
edit

3186
03:04:42,204 --> 03:04:45,507
my comments, um, because as I've
shared with all of y'all, we've

3187
03:04:45,507 --> 03:04:48,043
we've been threatened by
litigation on both sides of it.
So I

3188
03:04:48,043 --> 03:04:50,579
I just got to be mindful of what
um I say, uh, I

3189
03:04:50,579 --> 03:04:53,115
I pretty much laid out, um, at

3190
03:04:53,115 --> 03:04:55,651
zoning committee, my process and
my approach

3191
03:04:55,651 --> 03:04:59,054
to this that I've

3192
03:04:59,054 --> 03:05:01,590
taken painstakingly over the
last year, um, and

3193
03:05:01,590 --> 03:05:04,159
I, I, I, Since

3194
03:05:04,159 --> 03:05:08,097
that time, uh, planning
department and I spent about an
hour

3195
03:05:08,097 --> 03:05:10,666
on Monday going parcel by parcel

3196
03:05:10,666 --> 03:05:13,202
to verify everybody's positions.
We actually

3197
03:05:13,202 --> 03:05:15,737
found an error or a difference
that planning

3198
03:05:15,737 --> 03:05:19,441
had uh versus what we had, and
that moved the

3199
03:05:19,441 --> 03:05:22,077
count and actually the opposite
direction, and I've sent that to

3200
03:05:22,077 --> 03:05:26,381
everybody, so you have. Um, a
copy

3201
03:05:26,381 --> 03:05:29,118
of that. Um, this is not a new
topic for this neighborhood

3202
03:05:29,118 --> 03:05:32,788
3 years ago, it was very
contentious, and that is

3203
03:05:32,788 --> 03:05:35,491
why I've been very, very clear

3204
03:05:35,491 --> 03:05:38,227
about my threshold since the
beginning of the process, and I,
I

3205
03:05:38,227 --> 03:05:41,897
I have to remind everybody,
especially

3206
03:05:41,897 --> 03:05:44,500
the community that is out there
saying that I've been

3207
03:05:44,500 --> 03:05:47,336
hostile or non-supportive of
this, I want to remind

3208
03:05:47,336 --> 03:05:51,240
the applicants that it was me
that met twice

3209
03:05:51,240 --> 03:05:53,775
with the planning commissioner
last summer to

3210
03:05:53,775 --> 03:05:57,746
unstick this. I was also the one
who introduced

3211
03:05:57,746 --> 03:06:00,582
the legislation to on the
moratorium

3212
03:06:00,582 --> 03:06:03,118
on demolitions before this made
it through to give

3213
03:06:03,118 --> 03:06:06,722
y'all time. And so I, I

3214
03:06:06,722 --> 03:06:09,424
I disappointed. Um, I can't say
I'm surprised

3215
03:06:09,424 --> 03:06:13,395
but I'm, I'm definitely
disappointed in the rhetoric
that

3216
03:06:13,395 --> 03:06:15,931
is flying around there about me

3217
03:06:15,931 --> 03:06:18,534
on this, and I've had to be

3218
03:06:18,534 --> 03:06:22,604
very frostily dispassionate on
this because of

3219
03:06:22,604 --> 03:06:25,240
the intensity of the positions
on

3220
03:06:25,240 --> 03:06:27,776
both sides of this, and it's not
because of my personal position

3221
03:06:27,776 --> 03:06:31,680
but because of I just, I've been
through

3222
03:06:31,680 --> 03:06:34,750
this before with y'all, and I
knew this is where we would end
up, and here we are.

3223
03:06:34,750 --> 03:06:38,287
Um, all that said, Here

3224
03:06:38,287 --> 03:06:40,956
we are It is, it is time

3225
03:06:40,956 --> 03:06:43,492
for this particular application
to conclude

3226
03:06:43,492 --> 03:06:47,296
I stand by my request.

3227
03:06:47,296 --> 03:06:49,898
Um, that this motion, uh, this

3228
03:06:49,898 --> 03:06:52,634
application be filed. Um, Like I

3229
03:06:52,634 --> 03:06:56,572
said, I've got so much more I
want to say about this, but I,
I'm going

3230
03:06:56,572 --> 03:07:00,909
to leave it at this because this
has been a Really

3231
03:07:00,909 --> 03:07:03,679
Painful

3232
03:07:03,679 --> 03:07:06,481
And unfortunate dynamic that is
happening in the

3233
03:07:06,481 --> 03:07:09,818
neighborhood and um. You know,
but, but

3234
03:07:09,818 --> 03:07:12,454
again, uh, colleagues, I do ask
you to support the motion

3235
03:07:12,454 --> 03:07:14,990
to file. Thank you. Thank you.
OK, well

3236
03:07:14,990 --> 03:07:17,626
we have to hear from

3237
03:07:17,626 --> 03:07:20,996
uh council member Collins, just
have a couple of questions
sitting

3238
03:07:20,996 --> 03:07:24,233
on the zoning committee. I know
we had, I know we were

3239
03:07:24,233 --> 03:07:27,703
um, council member while we were
talking about just some of

3240
03:07:27,703 --> 03:07:30,305
the processes and so that there
was, we

3241
03:07:30,305 --> 03:07:32,874
we got communication that

3242
03:07:32,874 --> 03:07:35,444
the voting had changed. It was
like maybe

3243
03:07:35,444 --> 03:07:39,214
one that was actually counted as
a yes was a no, so.

3244
03:07:39,214 --> 03:07:41,750
for the 72, it puts the, it's

3245
03:07:41,750 --> 03:07:45,687
it's still a majority but not a
supermajority. That's what

3246
03:07:45,687 --> 03:07:48,290
you're saying. The planning
department reported 40 yeses at
zoning

3247
03:07:48,290 --> 03:07:50,892
That number is actually moved to
39. It's

3248
03:07:50,892 --> 03:07:53,428
moved down 1. OK, so, so you
said, so it's, it's

3249
03:07:53,428 --> 03:07:56,898
a majority but still not a
supermajority, which

3250
03:07:56,898 --> 03:07:59,801
is the baseline for these
decisions

3251
03:07:59,801 --> 03:08:02,471
to be earn my support on that. I
I

3252
03:08:02,471 --> 03:08:06,008
expected a supermajority, 2/3. A

3253
03:08:06,008 --> 03:08:08,644
lot of people have been
questioning what supermajority
means, but by

3254
03:08:08,644 --> 03:08:11,179
My standard, it's 2/3, much like
our supermajority

3255
03:08:11,179 --> 03:08:14,850
process up here. Um, and yes, it
falls short of

3256
03:08:14,850 --> 03:08:17,452
that threshold. And if it, and
say for

3257
03:08:17,452 --> 03:08:19,988
if it was, if this designation
was to be in place

3258
03:08:19,988 --> 03:08:24,159
those homes that are currently
in opposition would

3259
03:08:24,159 --> 03:08:26,762
be grandfathered in. Well, no,
they would be

3260
03:08:26,762 --> 03:08:29,298
there's not a grandfather,
grandfathering means you retain
your

3261
03:08:29,298 --> 03:08:33,468
original rights before the
zoning change. If the zoning
changed,

3262
03:08:33,468 --> 03:08:36,138
All the properties would be
brought into

3263
03:08:36,138 --> 03:08:39,708
this new um new designation. So

3264
03:08:39,708 --> 03:08:42,244
all the requirements, um,
whether you support it or

3265
03:08:42,244 --> 03:08:44,880
not, you would still be subject
to it going forward. So

3266
03:08:44,880 --> 03:08:47,449
grandfathered isn't really the
right term, because there isn't

3267
03:08:47,449 --> 03:08:50,886
a grandfather and you don't
retain your previous

3268
03:08:50,886 --> 03:08:53,422
rights pre right, but you're
saying, OK, so, so you're saying

3269
03:08:53,422 --> 03:08:55,991
going forward, so if their
property is where

3270
03:08:55,991 --> 03:08:58,627
it is now, going forward if they
wanted to do

3271
03:08:58,627 --> 03:09:02,331
any changes or whatnot, they
would need to align with the

3272
03:09:02,331 --> 03:09:05,033
new designation. If the
designation was approved by us

3273
03:09:05,033 --> 03:09:07,602
today. Yes. Got you. OK. All
right, thank

3274
03:09:07,602 --> 03:09:10,172
you. Uh, Chairman one, if you
would be so kind as

3275
03:09:10,172 --> 03:09:13,508
to read the count to us because
the zoning committee had

3276
03:09:13,508 --> 03:09:16,078
asked for that, so that we can,
as we vote

3277
03:09:16,078 --> 03:09:18,680
we can have an official count um
of the

3278
03:09:18,680 --> 03:09:21,316
of the um properties happy to

3279
03:09:21,316 --> 03:09:24,986
do that, um. Of

3280
03:09:24,986 --> 03:09:27,723
the 72 parcels.

3281
03:09:27,723 --> 03:09:30,325
Sorry, I should have had that
with me

3282
03:09:30,325 --> 03:09:33,962
Of the 72 parcels, there were 39
yeses

3283
03:09:33,962 --> 03:09:36,498
26 nos, and 7 no responses

3284
03:09:36,498 --> 03:09:39,034
OK, now, I'm not trying to be
argumentative, but

3285
03:09:39,034 --> 03:09:42,771
I've been given 40

3286
03:09:42,771 --> 03:09:45,340
in 22, not 39

3287
03:09:45,340 --> 03:09:48,443
and 26, so I just don't, I would
ask who you were given that by.

3288
03:09:48,443 --> 03:09:51,680
Uh, it's, I can't tell you.
Sorry

3289
03:09:51,680 --> 03:09:54,216
I can tell you it's been from
the community and again

3290
03:09:54,216 --> 03:09:56,818
that is why planning and I
painstakingly, and I see

3291
03:09:56,818 --> 03:09:59,388
uh Mr. Reed was out, he's out
there. We went on

3292
03:09:59,388 --> 03:10:01,957
Monday, parcel by parcel and
said, what

3293
03:10:01,957 --> 03:10:05,227
do we have an indication of a
yes

3294
03:10:05,227 --> 03:10:07,829
or no, and he agreed with the
count that, that, well

3295
03:10:07,829 --> 03:10:10,399
we both agreed, and so whatever
else is floating out

3296
03:10:10,399 --> 03:10:13,101
in the community was not
generated

3297
03:10:13,101 --> 03:10:16,638
through the city application and
the

3298
03:10:16,638 --> 03:10:19,307
department. So, uh, again,
there's been a lot of.

3299
03:10:19,307 --> 03:10:21,843
Disinformation spread out there,
and I, I, that's why I shared
this with the

3300
03:10:21,843 --> 03:10:25,614
committee and my colleagues. OK.
All

3301
03:10:25,614 --> 03:10:28,283
right, and so the motion is to
file. I will be voting

3302
03:10:28,283 --> 03:10:30,952
against that motion if you will
record that. Thank you. So
motion is

3303
03:10:30,952 --> 03:10:34,723
to file by Norwood

3304
03:10:34,723 --> 03:10:37,659
It does not require a sack
because it came out favorable to
Fout.

3305
03:10:37,659 --> 03:10:41,430
Uh, we have one more speaker

3306
03:10:41,430 --> 03:10:46,802
Councilor Ruban. Before the vote

3307
03:10:46,802 --> 03:10:50,539
Michael Julian Bond. Thank you

3308
03:10:50,539 --> 03:10:53,074
madam President. Well, I have a
question

3309
03:10:53,074 --> 03:10:55,777
Uh, it would seem to me that

3310
03:10:55,777 --> 03:11:01,483
Historic preservation is always
worthy.

3311
03:11:01,483 --> 03:11:04,152
Of preservation, right? And as

3312
03:11:04,152 --> 03:11:06,788
the city government, We have the

3313
03:11:06,788 --> 03:11:09,324
ability underneath our code.

3314
03:11:09,324 --> 03:11:12,961
To draw the lines of

3315
03:11:12,961 --> 03:11:15,497
perspective zoning areas and
zoning districts

3316
03:11:15,497 --> 03:11:18,066
the way that we see fit. Now

3317
03:11:18,066 --> 03:11:21,770
I can understand that there may
be people on the

3318
03:11:21,770 --> 03:11:24,439
street who may not all agree,
right

3319
03:11:24,439 --> 03:11:27,042
with the designation. But since
we

3320
03:11:27,042 --> 03:11:31,513
do have, I guess

3321
03:11:31,513 --> 03:11:35,283
39 homes on that particular
street. Couldn't, I'm sure the
district

3322
03:11:35,283 --> 03:11:39,988
can be drawn, really just to
contain those 39 holes.

3323
03:11:39,988 --> 03:11:42,591
Is that something in the way of
a compromise that

3324
03:11:42,591 --> 03:11:46,461
we might approach and so that

3325
03:11:46,461 --> 03:11:49,097
don't want to be a part, don't
have to

3326
03:11:49,097 --> 03:11:51,833
be a part, and that those that
choose to have the

3327
03:11:51,833 --> 03:11:54,402
protection can have the
protection. Because there's
nothing

3328
03:11:54,402 --> 03:11:57,706
in our code

3329
03:11:57,706 --> 03:12:00,242
that would eliminate or restrict
us

3330
03:12:00,242 --> 03:12:03,578
from creating a district that's

3331
03:12:03,578 --> 03:12:06,915
Contains one house or 1000
houses. Yeah

3332
03:12:06,915 --> 03:12:09,451
so, um, council member Bond,
that is correct

3333
03:12:09,451 --> 03:12:11,987
and in fact, uh, I got a call
late

3334
03:12:11,987 --> 03:12:16,424
last Wednesday night, uh, from a
property owner, kind of a

3335
03:12:16,424 --> 03:12:19,094
a last minute 11th hour proposal
to

3336
03:12:19,094 --> 03:12:22,731
redo the map. Um, I'm not sure
if the rest

3337
03:12:22,731 --> 03:12:25,267
of the community is aware of
this

3338
03:12:25,267 --> 03:12:27,936
um, that was laid on the table.
However, after

3339
03:12:27,936 --> 03:12:31,606
that meeting, um, I did have
planning

3340
03:12:31,606 --> 03:12:34,142
department verify whether or not
that. would need

3341
03:12:34,142 --> 03:12:37,045
to then go back through ZRB and
MPU and

3342
03:12:37,045 --> 03:12:40,715
the community, and the answer is
yes. And to

3343
03:12:40,715 --> 03:12:43,351
me that effectively constitutes
a

3344
03:12:43,351 --> 03:12:45,954
new application. And quite
frankly, that's

3345
03:12:45,954 --> 03:12:49,491
how the process should evolve.
It should be a conversation in

3346
03:12:49,491 --> 03:12:52,093
the community first, you kind of
assess where it's almost

3347
03:12:52,093 --> 03:12:54,696
like annexation. You, you get,
you gauge

3348
03:12:54,696 --> 03:12:57,365
where your support is, and then

3349
03:12:57,365 --> 03:13:01,036
you tailor the map to that
effect. And so, what

3350
03:13:01,036 --> 03:13:03,838
you've described, in my opinion,
is Definitely a

3351
03:13:03,838 --> 03:13:07,809
path forward, um, but I think

3352
03:13:07,809 --> 03:13:10,345
uh, that path will always remain
in terms of a

3353
03:13:10,345 --> 03:13:14,950
subsequent application. I think
at this point, um, The

3354
03:13:14,950 --> 03:13:18,987
Yeah, I, I, I just view that as
a, a whole new

3355
03:13:18,987 --> 03:13:21,523
a new application process, but
yes, um, a redrawing

3356
03:13:21,523 --> 03:13:24,059
the map would absolutely

3357
03:13:24,059 --> 03:13:26,695
meet the thresholds, um, and
quite frankly

3358
03:13:26,695 --> 03:13:30,031
shows a clear understanding by

3359
03:13:30,031 --> 03:13:32,634
the community members of how

3360
03:13:32,634 --> 03:13:35,403
the math works, so I don't
understand why folks have

3361
03:13:35,403 --> 03:13:39,240
been questioning why there's
been lack of clarity from me on

3362
03:13:39,240 --> 03:13:41,943
how the math works, because they
they clearly knew in order to be
able

3363
03:13:41,943 --> 03:13:44,512
to draw a new map. Um, all that
said, yes. Uh, I

3364
03:13:44,512 --> 03:13:48,817
I, I, that would be.

3365
03:13:48,817 --> 03:13:52,621
A very viable Path forward. And
one

3366
03:13:52,621 --> 03:13:55,223
that I could find myself
supporting. Well

3367
03:13:55,223 --> 03:13:57,759
just my, my follow-up question
would be that

3368
03:13:57,759 --> 03:14:01,630
if this paper is filed today. I
mean, since that those

3369
03:14:01,630 --> 03:14:04,366
who have been involved in the
effort

3370
03:14:04,366 --> 03:14:07,068
presumably have been involved
for some time. I mean, would

3371
03:14:07,068 --> 03:14:10,772
you be willing to, I guess, you
know, do

3372
03:14:10,772 --> 03:14:13,308
the legislation for the
application for those particular
homes. So you have

3373
03:14:13,308 --> 03:14:15,844
to remember we do not introduce
the legislation. It is

3374
03:14:15,844 --> 03:14:18,413
an application process with the
planning department and then
they

3375
03:14:18,413 --> 03:14:21,983
put it forward to us as the
legislation

3376
03:14:21,983 --> 03:14:24,719
This wasn't my legislation. It's

3377
03:14:24,719 --> 03:14:28,523
so. But you would support
something like that

3378
03:14:28,523 --> 03:14:31,159
Yeah, I mean, again, my, my
metrics and my, my

3379
03:14:31,159 --> 03:14:33,728
approach to this has been
consistent over the last 16

3380
03:14:33,728 --> 03:14:37,766
years. And so, um,

3381
03:14:37,766 --> 03:14:42,103
That's, that's the map. That's
the map forward. Absolutely.

3382
03:14:42,103 --> 03:14:44,839
Well Well glad to, to see, to
hear

3383
03:14:44,839 --> 03:14:47,409
that they would be some
concession and

3384
03:14:47,409 --> 03:14:51,346
compromise perhaps. For those
who are seeking the

3385
03:14:51,346 --> 03:14:53,915
Uh, historic designation. I
guess

3386
03:14:53,915 --> 03:14:58,019
it'd be great to have everyone,
but if you don't,

3387
03:14:58,019 --> 03:15:00,588
If you can save and preserve
what you can save

3388
03:15:00,588 --> 03:15:03,191
and preserve. I think it would
probably

3389
03:15:03,191 --> 03:15:06,294
be worthy of that, um.

3390
03:15:06,294 --> 03:15:09,130
I, I don't, I don't know about
the starting over part

3391
03:15:09,130 --> 03:15:11,666
but I mean, to

3392
03:15:11,666 --> 03:15:18,306
win the support, some, I mean,
that's why this place is uh

3393
03:15:18,306 --> 03:15:20,842
Councilman Bond. I'm sorry.
Councilman Bond, um, I just
wanted

3394
03:15:20,842 --> 03:15:23,411
to offer a

3395
03:15:23,411 --> 03:15:27,148
different alternative to my
colleagues to the

3396
03:15:27,148 --> 03:15:29,784
chair to the councilman of the
district and the community

3397
03:15:29,784 --> 03:15:32,320
What happened in my own
neighborhood was a defeat of

3398
03:15:32,320 --> 03:15:35,023
a historic district, and what we

3399
03:15:35,023 --> 03:15:38,593
did later was to have a

3400
03:15:38,593 --> 03:15:41,196
text amendment that literally
goes to the

3401
03:15:41,196 --> 03:15:44,065
zoning committee that is giving
us a modicum

3402
03:15:44,065 --> 03:15:47,769
of protection in tuxedo Park.
It's called

3403
03:15:47,769 --> 03:15:50,305
an overlay district and there
are

3404
03:15:50,305 --> 03:15:52,841
6 of those in our zoning code.
So that

3405
03:15:52,841 --> 03:15:56,544
is something that is

3406
03:15:56,544 --> 03:15:59,314
not as restrictive as a historic
district. It

3407
03:15:59,314 --> 03:16:01,916
does not have as many
protections, but

3408
03:16:01,916 --> 03:16:06,087
it does give you

3409
03:16:06,087 --> 03:16:10,258
protection on the redevelopment
or

3410
03:16:10,258 --> 03:16:12,794
the characteristics of the area
and that's what we

3411
03:16:12,794 --> 03:16:17,298
decided to do, and that may be
something that the councilmen of
the district.

3412
03:16:17,298 --> 03:16:21,402
the community and the rest of
the council would like to
consider.

3413
03:16:21,402 --> 03:16:23,938
Well, I think that's a great
idea because

3414
03:16:23,938 --> 03:16:26,641
again, um, You know, we control

3415
03:16:26,641 --> 03:16:30,178
our zoning code, so the
procedures

3416
03:16:30,178 --> 03:16:32,747
the Rules You know

3417
03:16:32,747 --> 03:16:35,483
where the body is that says
those things. And

3418
03:16:35,483 --> 03:16:39,187
so even like the starting

3419
03:16:39,187 --> 03:16:41,723
over part and I understand the
analogy

3420
03:16:41,723 --> 03:16:44,325
that coman Juan was making. But
we still

3421
03:16:44,325 --> 03:16:46,861
control that, right? And so I, I
would

3422
03:16:46,861 --> 03:16:50,565
if, if we're gonna end up in the
same

3423
03:16:50,565 --> 03:16:53,101
place where there are 39 or 40
homes that

3424
03:16:53,101 --> 03:16:55,670
will still end up, whether it's
a

3425
03:16:55,670 --> 03:16:59,674
the overlay that you talked
about or specific

3426
03:16:59,674 --> 03:17:02,577
historic designation for those
particular homes. I

3427
03:17:02,577 --> 03:17:06,314
was just seeking a quicker
resolution to

3428
03:17:06,314 --> 03:17:08,917
the problem rather than, I guess
this took what, over

3429
03:17:08,917 --> 03:17:13,488
a year or, or so, you know, not
to put the people back.

3430
03:17:13,488 --> 03:17:16,057
Through all that exercise to see
if there's a quicker

3431
03:17:16,057 --> 03:17:19,928
way to come to a, so there is a
spirit

3432
03:17:19,928 --> 03:17:22,664
of compromise in the room and
maybe there's a shorter way.

3433
03:17:22,664 --> 03:17:26,367
To, uh, to get there, but you
don't

3434
03:17:26,367 --> 03:17:28,937
I mean, could we lay this on the
table and maybe have

3435
03:17:28,937 --> 03:17:31,472
a meeting or a conversation and
come back in

3436
03:17:31,472 --> 03:17:34,042
two weeks and If, if it hadn't
been resolved in 2

3437
03:17:34,042 --> 03:17:37,812
weeks and everybody starts over
fresh or whatever

3438
03:17:37,812 --> 03:17:40,515
May I respond, Council President
? Of course, yeah, I mean

3439
03:17:40,515 --> 03:17:43,084
I'm asking counsel. Yeah, I, I
just want to make sure I, I, so

3440
03:17:43,084 --> 03:17:46,888
um, I appreciate that. Um um,
the reality of it is

3441
03:17:46,888 --> 03:17:51,559
is that most of that year was
spent by

3442
03:17:51,559 --> 03:17:54,095
planning department doing their
analysis, their research on the

3443
03:17:54,095 --> 03:17:56,898
historic significance of the
street

3444
03:17:56,898 --> 03:18:00,368
That's done, right? The other
half was uh assessing

3445
03:18:00,368 --> 03:18:02,904
and developing the controls,
because there are

3446
03:18:02,904 --> 03:18:05,440
They're heavy controls, there
are light controls. That's done

3447
03:18:05,440 --> 03:18:07,976
as well. So I would suggest that

3448
03:18:07,976 --> 03:18:11,646
the process shouldn't take as
long, um,

3449
03:18:11,646 --> 03:18:14,315
As It did the first

3450
03:18:14,315 --> 03:18:16,851
time because all of the heavy
lifting has been done. Now,
there is

3451
03:18:16,851 --> 03:18:20,421
it is time, um, there is, uh,
you know, a kind

3452
03:18:20,421 --> 03:18:25,293
of a cooling off period as well.
But all that said,

3453
03:18:25,293 --> 03:18:27,996
I also am not sure that simply
redrawing the

3454
03:18:27,996 --> 03:18:30,531
map doesn't necessarily change

3455
03:18:30,531 --> 03:18:34,402
um, any of the

3456
03:18:34,402 --> 03:18:36,938
uh, recommending bodies'
opinions on this

3457
03:18:36,938 --> 03:18:40,775
because the civic association,
the NPU may have a different
feeling when it's

3458
03:18:40,775 --> 03:18:43,311
a snaggletooth map versus the
way it was, that was a

3459
03:18:43,311 --> 03:18:45,880
whole street. I don't know that.
Um

3460
03:18:45,880 --> 03:18:48,616
uh, neither, I don't know if the
ERB will, I don't know if
planning will

3461
03:18:48,616 --> 03:18:52,153
and so to me. I'd like, this has
been

3462
03:18:52,153 --> 03:18:54,822
a very difficult. 15 month

3463
03:18:54,822 --> 03:18:59,360
process. I'd like to bring this
to a close and, and

3464
03:18:59,360 --> 03:19:01,896
Complete it. But I think what we
have outlined

3465
03:19:01,896 --> 03:19:05,633
before us today are two

3466
03:19:05,633 --> 03:19:08,603
paths forward to accomplish
partially the, the

3467
03:19:08,603 --> 03:19:12,340
the effect. And then long term,
the effect as well

3468
03:19:12,340 --> 03:19:15,043
And so, um, I would not

3469
03:19:15,043 --> 03:19:17,812
support tabling this or holding
this, um, for

3470
03:19:17,812 --> 03:19:21,549
those reasons. I, I think we
just need to

3471
03:19:21,549 --> 03:19:24,185
Finished. I'm a process person,
you know that. Let's finish this

3472
03:19:24,185 --> 03:19:26,721
process and, and let's do it, um
as a

3473
03:19:26,721 --> 03:19:30,959
new one, based on what they've
put forward.

3474
03:19:30,959 --> 03:19:35,096
OK. Well, I appreciate your,
your response and

3475
03:19:35,096 --> 03:19:38,032
Just for myself on the record,
if there is

3476
03:19:38,032 --> 03:19:41,502
Uh, legislation that

3477
03:19:41,502 --> 03:19:44,072
mentioned or talked about, I'd
like to co-sign

3478
03:19:44,072 --> 03:19:46,641
on that. I hate to see the folks
start over

3479
03:19:46,641 --> 03:19:50,611
but I haven't been in the
district before

3480
03:19:50,611 --> 03:19:53,281
I understand your position as
well. So, but

3481
03:19:53,281 --> 03:19:55,883
I, I hope that we

3482
03:19:55,883 --> 03:19:58,419
OK, you know, get was with
everyone and

3483
03:19:58,419 --> 03:20:01,789
Work out what's best for these,
uh, the best

3484
03:20:01,789 --> 03:20:04,425
situation for these neighbors.
So it's that

3485
03:20:04,425 --> 03:20:08,563
I withdraw. OK

3486
03:20:08,563 --> 03:20:11,432
Casey and no others.

3487
03:20:11,432 --> 03:20:15,470
Where are we? You made a motion
to

3488
03:20:15,470 --> 03:20:18,006
file. Madam Clerk, we have a
motion on

3489
03:20:18,006 --> 03:20:22,310
the floor. Uh, please prepare
the vote.

3490
03:20:22,310 --> 03:20:25,079
votes open.

3491
03:20:25,079 --> 03:20:33,187
Nor would have said no. Correct.

3492
03:20:33,187 --> 03:20:35,757
Yeah The post closed

3493
03:20:35,757 --> 03:20:38,292
11 years, 4 nays. 11 ye, 4 nays

3494
03:20:38,292 --> 03:20:40,862
this item is filed. And that
completes the

3495
03:20:40,862 --> 03:20:43,398
report. Thank you

3496
03:20:43,398 --> 03:20:47,035
Chair Norwood.

3497
03:20:47,035 --> 03:20:51,873
Moving to public safety, legal
administration. Oh.

3498
03:20:51,873 --> 03:20:54,475
Council member Bond, you have
the floor. You wanna, I

3499
03:20:54,475 --> 03:20:58,713
just wanted to explain my vote,
you know.

3500
03:20:58,713 --> 03:21:01,382
I appreciate everything that uh
the colleague

3501
03:21:01,382 --> 03:21:04,886
Councilman once said and I'm not

3502
03:21:04,886 --> 03:21:07,422
necessarily opposed to what he
said, but I do

3503
03:21:07,422 --> 03:21:10,124
want just to have my vote
reflect

3504
03:21:10,124 --> 03:21:12,693
the possible frustration that
some members of the

3505
03:21:12,693 --> 03:21:16,264
community obviously have worked
hard on

3506
03:21:16,264 --> 03:21:18,833
trying to get us to this point.
So I want to make sure

3507
03:21:18,833 --> 03:21:21,369
that that was reflected in the
position that

3508
03:21:21,369 --> 03:21:25,606
I have, but I do still

3509
03:21:25,606 --> 03:21:29,911
firmly believe that Since this
has been filed.

3510
03:21:29,911 --> 03:21:32,513
That the I don't know what we

3511
03:21:32,513 --> 03:21:35,116
can do on the council per se
cause it's

3512
03:21:35,116 --> 03:21:39,153
not our application, but I would
support

3513
03:21:39,153 --> 03:21:41,923
that, but I would also recommend
that

3514
03:21:41,923 --> 03:21:45,293
those incident community members

3515
03:21:45,293 --> 03:21:47,829
get with council member one and

3516
03:21:47,829 --> 03:21:50,431
Norwood and I wanted to jump on
that myself

3517
03:21:50,431 --> 03:21:52,967
to do what Miss uh Norwood

3518
03:21:52,967 --> 03:21:56,804
had suggested about creating
that

3519
03:21:56,804 --> 03:21:59,340
um district. Within those homes

3520
03:21:59,340 --> 03:22:01,943
who are supportive of being
counted

3521
03:22:01,943 --> 03:22:06,080
in that, in that number of
historic preservation.

3522
03:22:06,080 --> 03:22:08,616
I just wanted to put that on the
record

3523
03:22:08,616 --> 03:22:14,589
OK, thank you. Anyone else? You
have 2 minutes to talk about
your vote.

3524
03:22:14,589 --> 03:22:17,225
Anyone? No? OK. In that case, we

3525
03:22:17,225 --> 03:22:19,827
are all done with zoning and we
are

3526
03:22:19,827 --> 03:22:29,927
moving on to public safety Legal
Administration, the Honorable
Andrea Boone.

3527
03:22:35,710 --> 03:22:39,313
Thank you, Ma. Thank you

3528
03:22:39,313 --> 03:22:41,849
Madam President, we have 2 items
on the

3529
03:22:41,849 --> 03:22:46,020
report today. Item

3530
03:22:46,020 --> 03:22:48,623
number 126-0-1478, page 49 and
ordinance by council

3531
03:22:48,623 --> 03:22:51,159
member Byron D. Amos to amend
the charter of the city of
Atlanta

3532
03:22:51,159 --> 03:22:53,761
Georgia in 1996, Georgia

3533
03:22:53,761 --> 03:22:57,598
laws P. 4469.

3534
03:22:57,598 --> 03:23:00,134
Adopted under and by virtue of
the authority of

3535
03:23:00,134 --> 03:23:04,372
the municipal Home Rule Act of
1965

3536
03:23:04,372 --> 03:23:07,208
OCGA section

3537
03:23:07,208 --> 03:23:11,045
36-351 ETSEQ as amended by
amending

3538
03:23:11,045 --> 03:23:13,581
Part 1, Charter and the related
laws subpart

3539
03:23:13,581 --> 03:23:16,117
a charter Appendix

3540
03:23:16,117 --> 03:23:19,921
4 Citizen Review Board Section 3
appointment

3541
03:23:19,921 --> 03:23:22,456
of members to revise the

3542
03:23:22,456 --> 03:23:25,026
appointeeing authority for one
young adult member of the
Atlanta

3543
03:23:25,026 --> 03:23:28,829
Citizens Review Board by
replacing seen street smart

3544
03:23:28,829 --> 03:23:31,532
Youth Project Inc. with the
Georgia Association of

3545
03:23:31,532 --> 03:23:34,068
Latino Elected Officials and for

3546
03:23:34,068 --> 03:23:36,571
other purpose. Madam President,
this is a

3547
03:23:36,571 --> 03:23:39,106
charter amendment before the
body today for

3548
03:23:39,106 --> 03:23:42,577
its 2nd read and 1st adoption. I
would

3549
03:23:42,577 --> 03:23:45,346
like to make a motion to approve
Motion

3550
03:23:45,346 --> 03:23:49,417
to adopt by council member Boone

3551
03:23:49,417 --> 03:23:56,424
Martin. Madam Clark, please
prepare the vote.

3552
03:23:56,424 --> 03:24:02,997
The vote is open.

3553
03:24:02,997 --> 03:24:07,235
You don't. Well, everyone please
vote.

3554
03:24:07,235 --> 03:24:12,273
Thank you The bus close.

3555
03:24:12,273 --> 03:24:16,277
14 years. Uh, X

3556
03:24:16,277 --> 03:24:18,946
14 yay, 0 nays.

3557
03:24:18,946 --> 03:24:21,549
26 that oh they 4-1478 is now

3558
03:24:21,549 --> 03:24:25,253
adopted. This is the first of
two adoptions that's required
for

3559
03:24:25,253 --> 03:24:27,855
a charter amendment, so we will
now

3560
03:24:27,855 --> 03:24:30,758
need a motion to refer back to
Public Safety

3561
03:24:30,758 --> 03:24:34,295
Legal Administration. So moved
by Martin, seconded by

3562
03:24:34,295 --> 03:24:38,666
Lewis, Madam Clerk, please
prepare the vote.

3563
03:24:38,666 --> 03:24:43,638
To refer back to committee.

3564
03:24:43,638 --> 03:24:46,173
That is open? Well

3565
03:24:46,173 --> 03:24:52,513
how do you vote? Aye.

3566
03:24:52,513 --> 03:24:59,320
Yeah.

3567
03:24:59,320 --> 03:25:03,758
Will everyone please vote?

3568
03:25:03,758 --> 03:25:06,494
He's got a perplexed look, you
OK

3569
03:25:06,494 --> 03:25:10,231
? If I was close, 13 years, 14
yay, 0 nays

3570
03:25:10,231 --> 03:25:12,800
14, 0 nays is referred

3571
03:25:12,800 --> 03:25:17,705
back to committee. Next item

3572
03:25:17,705 --> 03:25:20,308
26-0-1485. The ordinance by
council member Isha

3573
03:25:20,308 --> 03:25:24,045
Collins, Antonio Lewis, and Matt
Westmoreland

3574
03:25:24,045 --> 03:25:26,614
that substituted by Public
Safety and Legal Administration
Committee

3575
03:25:26,614 --> 03:25:29,183
to amend Chapter 10, Article 2

3576
03:25:29,183 --> 03:25:32,887
Section 10-94 of the city of
Atlanta Code and

3577
03:25:32,887 --> 03:25:35,723
Ordinances in order to provide
an example. exemption from the

3578
03:25:35,723 --> 03:25:39,427
distance requirements to a
private residence and public

3579
03:25:39,427 --> 03:25:41,962
libraries set forth in

3580
03:25:41,962 --> 03:25:44,498
sections 10-88A and B of the
city of Atlanta

3581
03:25:44,498 --> 03:25:48,936
Coling ordinances for an
on-premises consumption

3582
03:25:48,936 --> 03:25:51,572
for 633 Dial Avenue and for
other purposes

3583
03:25:51,572 --> 03:25:54,508
This item was pulled from

3584
03:25:54,508 --> 03:25:57,545
consent agenda following a
favorable

3585
03:25:57,545 --> 03:26:00,114
recommendation from public
safety. I would like to

3586
03:26:00,114 --> 03:26:02,783
make a motion to approve.

3587
03:26:02,783 --> 03:26:06,420
No We have

3588
03:26:06,420 --> 03:26:15,496
a couple of speakers first, uh,
council member Lewis.

3589
03:26:15,496 --> 03:26:18,065
Yeah, I, I truly appreciate this

3590
03:26:18,065 --> 03:26:20,668
legislation. I truly appreciate
what this will do in

3591
03:26:20,668 --> 03:26:23,371
District 12. We don't have food
halls like this in District

3592
03:26:23,371 --> 03:26:26,674
12. So, to, on, I

3593
03:26:26,674 --> 03:26:29,276
was even thinking about when it
got pulled today and think about

3594
03:26:29,276 --> 03:26:32,012
the district, they pulled the
legislation on one street

3595
03:26:32,012 --> 03:26:35,149
you have more restaurants.

3596
03:26:35,149 --> 03:26:37,918
Like this, than we do in our

3597
03:26:37,918 --> 03:26:40,454
entire district. And so we truly
need this

3598
03:26:40,454 --> 03:26:42,990
similar to jam Rock when we made
sure jam Rock could.

3599
03:26:42,990 --> 03:26:45,726
For the first time in 30 years
to be able to

3600
03:26:45,726 --> 03:26:48,362
offer a different option. I know
a lot

3601
03:26:48,362 --> 03:26:51,365
of other districts across the
city, you all have access to a
lot

3602
03:26:51,365 --> 03:26:53,968
of things that we want. And so
this has been done

3603
03:26:53,968 --> 03:26:56,704
right by our community. We have
a letter from the

3604
03:26:56,704 --> 03:27:00,474
NPU president, a letter from the
Neighborhood Association, so my

3605
03:27:00,474 --> 03:27:03,110
hope is that my colleagues will
stand with us

3606
03:27:03,110 --> 03:27:05,846
on this and opening up this. And
giving

3607
03:27:05,846 --> 03:27:09,450
this distance requirement. Thank
you.

3608
03:27:09,450 --> 03:27:12,052
Oh, thank you, Council member
Collins.

3609
03:27:12,052 --> 03:27:14,622
Just want to echo, um, just echo
the

3610
03:27:14,622 --> 03:27:17,158
sentiments of my colleague Mr.
Lewis and wanting

3611
03:27:17,158 --> 03:27:20,861
to just um also reaffirm that

3612
03:27:20,861 --> 03:27:23,464
the community has been um has
heavily supported

3613
03:27:23,464 --> 03:27:26,100
this effort and the
establishment as well. It is

3614
03:27:26,100 --> 03:27:29,703
in a part of District 12

3615
03:27:29,703 --> 03:27:32,306
um, in concept House, and so, um
or like

3616
03:27:32,306 --> 03:27:36,710
you know, the, that's what has
happened is the, the

3617
03:27:36,710 --> 03:27:39,313
the landowner, the establisher
of this business and the

3618
03:27:39,313 --> 03:27:41,982
community truly came together
before coming to us to Clean

3619
03:27:41,982 --> 03:27:45,619
it out and clean it up and had

3620
03:27:45,619 --> 03:27:48,189
really coalesced and wanted this
investment in the community

3621
03:27:48,189 --> 03:27:52,359
and so it is an honor for us
honestly to

3622
03:27:52,359 --> 03:27:54,995
support a uh this legislation
and

3623
03:27:54,995 --> 03:27:57,765
efforts just as this where you
have the community and everyone
coming

3624
03:27:57,765 --> 03:28:01,469
together to tell their public
leaders what they want and not

3625
03:28:01,469 --> 03:28:04,271
the other way around. And so we
would

3626
03:28:04,271 --> 03:28:06,874
we would truly appreciate the
council supporting this endeavor

3627
03:28:06,874 --> 03:28:10,478
Thank you.

3628
03:28:10,478 --> 03:28:13,147
Thank you. uh, Council number
one, colleagues

3629
03:28:13,147 --> 03:28:17,251
y'all know I've been doing this
for all 4 terms I've been on
council. I, I

3630
03:28:17,251 --> 03:28:19,787
I, it is not a statement of

3631
03:28:19,787 --> 03:28:22,389
the community support. I
realized that. I just, because I

3632
03:28:22,389 --> 03:28:26,293
I'm not satisfied with the level
of enforcement of

3633
03:28:26,293 --> 03:28:28,996
our alcohol code. I don't feel,
uh, I'm

3634
03:28:28,996 --> 03:28:32,867
not supportive of poking holes
in it by creating waivers, but I

3635
03:28:32,867 --> 03:28:35,536
fully support this going forward
I hope everyone else will

3636
03:28:35,536 --> 03:28:38,305
vote for it. I just am going to
vote no. I've just been doing it
all the time.

3637
03:28:38,305 --> 03:28:41,742
It's a running joke. Everybody
laughs at me for

3638
03:28:41,742 --> 03:28:46,914
it. Thanks.

3639
03:28:46,914 --> 03:28:49,450
I appreciate you saying that and

3640
03:28:49,450 --> 03:28:53,454
I appreciate you saying that.
Thank you again.

3641
03:28:53,454 --> 03:28:56,056
OK, so. That is that we have

3642
03:28:56,056 --> 03:28:59,894
a motion, is that correct?
Chairbone?

3643
03:28:59,894 --> 03:29:02,596
Yes, Madam President, OK

3644
03:29:02,596 --> 03:29:05,132
no second is required. Because
it

3645
03:29:05,132 --> 03:29:09,003
was on consent agenda, Madam
Clark, please prepare the vote.

3646
03:29:09,003 --> 03:29:16,210
The vote is open.

3647
03:29:16,210 --> 03:29:20,014
Will everyone please vote.

3648
03:29:20,014 --> 03:29:29,156
Is in the trash.

3649
03:29:29,156 --> 03:29:31,959
Those close 13 yay, 1 nay

3650
03:29:31,959 --> 03:29:34,495
13 yay, 1 nay.

3651
03:29:34,495 --> 03:29:38,065
This item is adopted.

3652
03:29:38,065 --> 03:29:41,235
Thank you Madam President. This
concludes my report. Thank you

3653
03:29:41,235 --> 03:29:45,072
Chair Bone.

3654
03:29:45,072 --> 03:29:47,875
I would like

3655
03:29:47,875 --> 03:29:51,912
to recognize I don't see the
stickers. Council member Lewis.

3656
03:29:51,912 --> 03:29:56,517
I that we move.

3657
03:29:56,517 --> 03:29:59,186
260-1485 to the mayor posthaste.
Motion

3658
03:29:59,186 --> 03:30:02,790
to move to this item posthaste
to the mayor

3659
03:30:02,790 --> 03:30:05,392
does not require, um oh

3660
03:30:05,392 --> 03:30:08,062
by, by um council member Lewis,
seconded

3661
03:30:08,062 --> 03:30:10,598
by Bakhtiari does not require

3662
03:30:10,598 --> 03:30:14,234
um a vote. It can be done with
unanimous consent. Madam

3663
03:30:14,234 --> 03:30:16,804
Clerk, please sound the count
for unanimous consent

3664
03:30:16,804 --> 03:30:19,373
14 yay, 0 nay, 14 yay, 0 nays
this

3665
03:30:19,373 --> 03:30:23,310
item is sent to the mayor's
office posthaste.

3666
03:30:23,310 --> 03:30:28,148
Is that it? Congratulations.

3667
03:30:28,148 --> 03:30:30,751
City utilities chair Dustin
Hillis. Thank you

3668
03:30:30,751 --> 03:30:34,888
Madam President. We have one
item on our report

3669
03:30:34,888 --> 03:30:38,826
26 R 3978, shout him number 1 on
page

3670
03:30:38,826 --> 03:30:41,362
52 resolution by City utilities
Committee authorizing the mayor
his designee

3671
03:30:41,362 --> 03:30:43,998
to execute an agreement for a
number listed saw

3672
03:30:43,998 --> 03:30:46,634
the waste billing and management
system with True

3673
03:30:46,634 --> 03:30:50,170
Wave Software LLC on behalf of
the Department of Public Works
for a term

3674
03:30:50,170 --> 03:30:52,773
of 3 years with 21-year renewal
options and an amount not

3675
03:30:52,773 --> 03:30:56,944
to exceed 1

3676
03:30:56,944 --> 03:30:59,513
million824,700 dollars 0 cents,
all contracted work

3677
03:30:59,513 --> 03:31:02,216
will be charged to be paid from
the. Fund department
organization and account number

3678
03:31:02,216 --> 03:31:05,819
listed herein and for other
purposes uh recommendation from

3679
03:31:05,819 --> 03:31:08,689
the committee is to adopt.
Motion

3680
03:31:08,689 --> 03:31:11,225
to adopt by Hillis does not
require

3681
03:31:11,225 --> 03:31:15,729
a second. Is there any
discussion?

3682
03:31:15,729 --> 03:31:18,499
Council member Bakhtiari, thank
you, Madam

3683
03:31:18,499 --> 03:31:21,669
President, um. I know that we
had issues with

3684
03:31:21,669 --> 03:31:24,338
the IPR report chair. Uh, do we

3685
03:31:24,338 --> 03:31:26,974
actually feel that we have met
the conditions of this have been
sorted out, or

3686
03:31:26,974 --> 03:31:30,778
are we feeling that we are once
again rushing

3687
03:31:30,778 --> 03:31:33,347
this despite issues that we had.
I mean, that's my understanding.
I

3688
03:31:33,347 --> 03:31:37,618
didn't receive any other. Issues
or

3689
03:31:37,618 --> 03:31:40,421
Questions, complaints, etc. I
guess my, thank you, I guess.

3690
03:31:40,421 --> 03:31:44,124
One of my hesitancies is once
again, we're rushing something
without it

3691
03:31:44,124 --> 03:31:46,694
being properly vetted. So, um, I
understand that we do

3692
03:31:46,694 --> 03:31:49,229
this condition and then we say
wait until the committee meeting
and there was

3693
03:31:49,229 --> 03:31:51,765
an extra week, but I want to
flag again that this has been

3694
03:31:51,765 --> 03:31:55,736
a pattern that is a problem when
it comes to good governance

3695
03:31:55,736 --> 03:31:58,305
So I will quote what we've said
a million times, that I will

3696
03:31:58,305 --> 03:32:00,874
vote it through today, but

3697
03:32:00,874 --> 03:32:04,445
I have, and I think I'm speaking
for a lot of us here. I've
really

3698
03:32:04,445 --> 03:32:07,181
reached the end of my rope when
it comes to a lack of
preparation, when it

3699
03:32:07,181 --> 03:32:09,817
comes to contracts, procurement,
etc. So happy to vote

3700
03:32:09,817 --> 03:32:13,554
for it today, but I can say that
if the IPR report

3701
03:32:13,554 --> 03:32:16,090
and there's not, there's not
better

3702
03:32:16,090 --> 03:32:18,659
communication around things like
this moving forward. I think
we're going to see a lot

3703
03:32:18,659 --> 03:32:22,362
more things pulled and a lot
more things put on health, so
just needed

3704
03:32:22,362 --> 03:32:25,232
to flag that. Thank you. Um. And

3705
03:32:25,232 --> 03:32:30,104
they yield. OK. Anyone else?

3706
03:32:30,104 --> 03:32:33,640
Motion by Hillis does not
require a sack

3707
03:32:33,640 --> 03:32:36,210
Madam Clerk, please prepare the
vote and the

3708
03:32:36,210 --> 03:32:43,450
vote is open.

3709
03:32:43,450 --> 03:32:53,550
Will everyone please vote?

3710
03:32:54,495 --> 03:32:56,997
The vote was close 13 y or 1

3711
03:32:56,997 --> 03:33:00,734
nay? 13 yay, 1 nay. This item

3712
03:33:00,734 --> 03:33:03,337
is adopted. Uh, completes my
items on

3713
03:33:03,337 --> 03:33:05,873
the president. Thank you. Thank
you, Chair Hillis. This

3714
03:33:05,873 --> 03:33:09,643
brings us to Drum

3715
03:33:09,643 --> 03:33:12,246
roll please.

3716
03:33:12,246 --> 03:33:14,982
Personal papers, we do have an
immediate

3717
03:33:14,982 --> 03:33:19,219
consideration paper. Council
member Michael Julian Bond.

3718
03:33:19,219 --> 03:33:26,393
Everyone should have a copy in
your red folder.

3719
03:33:26,393 --> 03:33:36,493
Thanks sir. Mhm

3720
03:33:41,575 --> 03:33:44,411
Thank you, Madam President. I
have

3721
03:33:44,411 --> 03:33:48,415
a resolution signed by all
members present

3722
03:33:48,415 --> 03:33:50,951
A resolution at all.

3723
03:33:50,951 --> 03:33:53,487
To establish the people Bryson

3724
03:33:53,487 --> 03:33:56,857
legacy Commission in honor of
his

3725
03:33:56,857 --> 03:33:59,459
contributions as a Grammy Award
winning vocalist

3726
03:33:59,459 --> 03:34:01,995
songwriter, Atlanta music icon,
and for

3727
03:34:01,995 --> 03:34:04,631
other purposes. Whereas the

3728
03:34:04,631 --> 03:34:08,435
people Bryson was and

3729
03:34:08,435 --> 03:34:11,205
iconic balladeer and R&B artist
whose

3730
03:34:11,205 --> 03:34:15,075
remarkable career spanned
decades

3731
03:34:15,075 --> 03:34:17,845
earning national and
international acclaim, whereas

3732
03:34:17,845 --> 03:34:20,581
people Bryson dominated the soul

3733
03:34:20,581 --> 03:34:24,251
and R&B charts for nearly 2

3734
03:34:24,251 --> 03:34:26,920
It should be 30 years, 20 years

3735
03:34:26,920 --> 03:34:31,258
celebrated for his romantic
ballads and

3736
03:34:31,258 --> 03:34:35,229
globally recognized Disney duet
performances.

3737
03:34:35,229 --> 03:34:38,298
And whereas people Bryson is a
Grammy Award winning singer.

3738
03:34:38,298 --> 03:34:42,870
Uh,

3739
03:34:42,870 --> 03:34:46,740
We remain a beloved cultural
figure whose music

3740
03:34:46,740 --> 03:34:49,409
and artistry influenced
generations and

3741
03:34:49,409 --> 03:34:52,079
who passed away of

3742
03:34:52,079 --> 03:34:55,415
75, and whereas the people

3743
03:34:55,415 --> 03:34:57,951
of Bryce professional
breakthrough occurred

3744
03:34:57,951 --> 03:35:00,554
in Atlanta at Atlanta's own Bang

3745
03:35:00,554 --> 03:35:03,156
Records, where he was signed as
a writer

3746
03:35:03,156 --> 03:35:07,494
producer, and arranger a pivotal

3747
03:35:07,494 --> 03:35:10,030
moment that launched his career

3748
03:35:10,030 --> 03:35:13,400
and whereas Mr

3749
03:35:13,400 --> 03:35:16,003
Bryson made his home in, in

3750
03:35:16,003 --> 03:35:18,538
Atlanta for many years

3751
03:35:18,538 --> 03:35:21,074
residing in uh Maryella later in

3752
03:35:21,074 --> 03:35:24,645
Atlanta, deepening his personal

3753
03:35:24,645 --> 03:35:27,180
and artistic ties to the city

3754
03:35:27,180 --> 03:35:30,117
whereas his engagement with the
Atlanta Civic and

3755
03:35:30,117 --> 03:35:33,787
Business Community, including
participating in the

3756
03:35:33,787 --> 03:35:36,456
Atlanta Business League, telling
our

3757
03:35:36,456 --> 03:35:40,427
story program where he where he
reflections on

3758
03:35:40,427 --> 03:35:43,363
his extraordinary career and
connection

3759
03:35:43,363 --> 03:35:47,701
to the city, and whereas the
city of Atlanta seeks to honor

3760
03:35:47,701 --> 03:35:50,337
T Bryson for his extraordinary
music contributions.

3761
03:35:50,337 --> 03:35:52,940
and its culturecultural impact
on

3762
03:35:52,940 --> 03:35:56,576
both local communities and

3763
03:35:56,576 --> 03:35:59,212
audiences worldwide, whereas the
city

3764
03:35:59,212 --> 03:36:01,748
improper that the city of
Atlanta

3765
03:36:01,748 --> 03:36:05,252
formally recognized and
preserved the legacy of Mr

3766
03:36:05,252 --> 03:36:07,854
P. Bryson through the
establishment

3767
03:36:07,854 --> 03:36:11,959
of a legacy commission to
recognize

3768
03:36:11,959 --> 03:36:14,828
the appropriate and lasting
honors

3769
03:36:14,828 --> 03:36:17,364
Now therefore be it resolved by
the city of Atlanta. Uh

3770
03:36:17,364 --> 03:36:21,201
the city council of the city of
Atlanta, Georgia

3771
03:36:21,201 --> 03:36:23,937
that people of Bryson. Legacy
commission

3772
03:36:23,937 --> 03:36:26,473
is hereby established for the
purpose

3773
03:36:26,473 --> 03:36:29,109
of exploring and recommending
ways

3774
03:36:29,109 --> 03:36:32,212
to honor Mr. Bryceson's life

3775
03:36:32,212 --> 03:36:35,148
his legacy, and special
attention to

3776
03:36:35,148 --> 03:36:39,152
his profound influences. And

3777
03:36:39,152 --> 03:36:42,022
Atlanta's musical heritage. We
further resolved that

3778
03:36:42,022 --> 03:36:45,892
the commission shall consist of
the

3779
03:36:45,892 --> 03:36:48,528
following family, community, and
local

3780
03:36:48,528 --> 03:36:51,164
government officials, Tanya
Bryson

3781
03:36:51,164 --> 03:36:54,801
Linda Bryson, Marissa Bryson,
Willie

3782
03:36:54,801 --> 03:36:57,771
Burks, former Mayor Bill
Campbell, former Mayor

3783
03:36:57,771 --> 03:37:01,541
Shirley Franklin, Jeffrey Alston

3784
03:37:01,541 --> 03:37:04,478
Chris Tucker, Alvin Waters

3785
03:37:04,478 --> 03:37:08,415
Calvin Waters, and Matt Wilber.

3786
03:37:08,415 --> 03:37:11,018
Further resolved that the
following city department

3787
03:37:11,018 --> 03:37:13,887
and or offices will

3788
03:37:13,887 --> 03:37:17,424
designate a representative to
support

3789
03:37:17,424 --> 03:37:19,960
advise, and participate in the
commission

3790
03:37:19,960 --> 03:37:24,197
the Atlanta Department of
Transportation, the Department

3791
03:37:24,197 --> 03:37:26,900
of Public Parks and Recreation,
the mayor's Office

3792
03:37:26,900 --> 03:37:29,569
of Cultural Affairs and the Post
one at

3793
03:37:29,569 --> 03:37:33,407
large office. It further
resolved with

3794
03:37:33,407 --> 03:37:35,976
such appointments do not require
confirmations by

3795
03:37:35,976 --> 03:37:38,712
the Atlanta City Council. Be

3796
03:37:38,712 --> 03:37:42,182
it further resolved that the
commission shall hold its

3797
03:37:42,182 --> 03:37:44,718
inaugural meeting within 60 days
of

3798
03:37:44,718 --> 03:37:48,722
the adoption of this resolution
and

3799
03:37:48,722 --> 03:37:51,358
meet regularly, uh,
incorporating public

3800
03:37:51,358 --> 03:37:53,894
hearings and community forums

3801
03:37:53,894 --> 03:37:56,463
to gather diverse perspectives,
be it

3802
03:37:56,463 --> 03:38:00,100
further resolved that the
commission shall

3803
03:38:00,100 --> 03:38:03,370
be staffed by the staff of

3804
03:38:03,370 --> 03:38:07,841
the sponsoring council member's
office, both one at large, the
mayor's office, of course.

3805
03:38:07,841 --> 03:38:11,344
Affairs, a chair will be elected
by the body

3806
03:38:11,344 --> 03:38:14,014
of the commission. Be it further
resolved

3807
03:38:14,014 --> 03:38:17,984
that the commission shall
endeavor

3808
03:38:17,984 --> 03:38:20,587
to meet its anticipated goals
and sunset

3809
03:38:20,587 --> 03:38:23,356
by August. Oh, it should be

3810
03:38:23,356 --> 03:38:27,661
August 2027.

3811
03:38:27,661 --> 03:38:30,263
Not 26, so that's already
happened. Following

3812
03:38:30,263 --> 03:38:33,900
the adoption of this resolution,
be it

3813
03:38:33,900 --> 03:38:36,503
further resolved that the final

3814
03:38:36,503 --> 03:38:39,039
report detailing the
recommendations shall be
submitted

3815
03:38:39,039 --> 03:38:42,709
to the Atlanta City Council, no
later than one

3816
03:38:42,709 --> 03:38:45,512
year after the commission's
first meeting

3817
03:38:45,512 --> 03:38:48,048
The commission shall dissolve

3818
03:38:48,048 --> 03:38:51,852
upon the submission of the final
report unless further

3819
03:38:51,852 --> 03:38:54,454
action is authorized by the
Atlanta City Council

3820
03:38:54,454 --> 03:38:57,324
We have finally resolved that
all resolutions and parts

3821
03:38:57,324 --> 03:39:01,161
resolutions and conflict with
this resolution

3822
03:39:01,161 --> 03:39:03,897
there and are hereby waived to
the

3823
03:39:03,897 --> 03:39:07,734
extent of the conflict, like to
move approval.

3824
03:39:07,734 --> 03:39:10,370
Second.

3825
03:39:10,370 --> 03:39:13,006
With approval by bond, 2nd

3826
03:39:13,006 --> 03:39:17,644
by Martin. OK.

3827
03:39:17,644 --> 03:39:24,151
Hillas, Madam Clark, please
prepare

3828
03:39:24,151 --> 03:39:30,457
the vote it, feel it. No.

3829
03:39:30,457 --> 03:39:33,326
Hillis, how do you vote?

3830
03:39:33,326 --> 03:39:36,897
The resident How do you

3831
03:39:36,897 --> 03:39:39,466
vote? The vote is open. How do
you vote

3832
03:39:39,466 --> 03:39:44,137
Martin Martin. Martin gets a no
vote.

3833
03:39:44,137 --> 03:39:50,911
Collins is a guest.

3834
03:39:50,911 --> 03:39:53,647
Council member Amos, what is
your? Yes.

3835
03:39:53,647 --> 03:39:57,184
Amos, how do you vote

3836
03:39:57,184 --> 03:39:59,719
? Yay.

3837
03:39:59,719 --> 03:40:07,127
She

3838
03:40:07,127 --> 03:40:10,730
No.

3839
03:40:10,730 --> 03:40:13,833
The most close 15 yay, 0 nays

3840
03:40:13,833 --> 03:40:17,604
15 yay, 0 nays, this, this
resolution is adopted

3841
03:40:17,604 --> 03:40:22,542
Thank you, colleagues. I'd like
to move to move this to the
mayor's office, post days.

3842
03:40:22,542 --> 03:40:25,178
Moved by council member Michael
Julian Bond to move to the

3843
03:40:25,178 --> 03:40:28,648
mayor's office post. Hayes, this
can

3844
03:40:28,648 --> 03:40:31,218
be done by unanimous, well

3845
03:40:31,218 --> 03:40:33,954
seconded by Hillis. This can be
done by

3846
03:40:33,954 --> 03:40:37,924
uh unanimous consent, Madam
Clark, what is the count for

3847
03:40:37,924 --> 03:40:40,694
unanimous consent? 15, 0 nays,
15 yay

3848
03:40:40,694 --> 03:40:43,330
0 nays

3849
03:40:43,330 --> 03:40:46,733
This item is moved to the
mayor's office. 14

3850
03:40:46,733 --> 03:40:49,269
yeah 0 nays 14 yay

3851
03:40:49,269 --> 03:40:51,838
0 nays without objection this.
has moved to the

3852
03:40:51,838 --> 03:40:54,507
mayor's office posthaste.

3853
03:40:54,507 --> 03:40:58,078
OK, now we're at personal papers
for to

3854
03:40:58,078 --> 03:41:00,814
be referred. Are we ready

3855
03:41:00,814 --> 03:41:04,784
? Do you have one? OK, I'm ready

3856
03:41:04,784 --> 03:41:07,420
Elm's ID

3857
03:41:07,420 --> 03:41:10,257
number 41117 and on by council
member Michael Julian

3858
03:41:10,257 --> 03:41:13,793
Bonds authorized the donation in
an amount not

3859
03:41:13,793 --> 03:41:16,529
to exceed

3860
03:41:16,529 --> 03:41:19,065
$250 from the postman at large

3861
03:41:19,065 --> 03:41:22,602
carried forward the account to
the Bethlehem

3862
03:41:22,602 --> 03:41:25,205
United Methodist Church and
recognition of

3863
03:41:25,205 --> 03:41:30,477
its 150th anniversary and for
other purposes.

3864
03:41:30,477 --> 03:41:34,247
41117 to be referred to FEC.
Thank you.

3865
03:41:34,247 --> 03:41:38,618
Thank you. Council member Amos.

3866
03:41:38,618 --> 03:41:41,521
Yes, Madam President, I'm

3867
03:41:41,521 --> 03:41:45,225
AM's 41132, a resolution by
council member Byron DA with
requesting

3868
03:41:45,225 --> 03:41:48,161
the commissioner of Atlanta
Department of Transportation to
establish

3869
03:41:48,161 --> 03:41:52,232
a southbound left turn lane on
Joseph E. Lowry Boulevard

3870
03:41:52,232 --> 03:41:54,834
Northwest at the intersection of
Joseph E. Boone

3871
03:41:54,834 --> 03:41:59,306
Boulevard Northwest to
facilitate eastbound

3872
03:41:59,306 --> 03:42:03,576
turn onto Joseph B. Boone
Boulevard, Northwest, and for
other purposes

3873
03:42:03,576 --> 03:42:08,281
41132 to be referred to
transportation.

3874
03:42:08,281 --> 03:42:10,850
Am's 41136, a resolution by
council member Byron

3875
03:42:10,850 --> 03:42:14,688
DAs, Michael Julian Bond, Wayne
Martin, Isha Collins

3876
03:42:14,688 --> 03:42:17,324
Jason Dozier, Dustin Hillis,
Antonio Lewis

3877
03:42:17,324 --> 03:42:21,461
Jason Winston, Liliana
Barkhtiari, and Matt

3878
03:42:21,461 --> 03:42:23,997
Westmoreland authorizing the
installation of historic marker
to honor

3879
03:42:23,997 --> 03:42:26,533
the late Reverend Joseph B.
Boone for his lifelong service

3880
03:42:26,533 --> 03:42:29,436
to the city of Atlanta and it

3881
03:42:29,436 --> 03:42:33,039
his contributions to the civil
rights movement and for other
purposes

3882
03:42:33,039 --> 03:42:39,479
41136 to be referred to CDHS.
Final one.

3883
03:42:39,479 --> 03:42:42,148
41112 ordinance by council
member Byron D. Amos to
authorize the city of

3884
03:42:42,148 --> 03:42:46,386
Atlanta to donate an amount not
to exceed

3885
03:42:46,386 --> 03:42:48,922
$10,000.00 to Park Pride
Incorporated as a fiscal

3886
03:42:48,922 --> 03:42:52,892
agent for the friends of Rambo
Park for the purpose

3887
03:42:52,892 --> 03:42:55,628
of supporting improvements to
Rainbow Park to authorize the
chief financial

3888
03:42:55,628 --> 03:42:59,366
officer or his designee to make
payments from the

3889
03:42:59,366 --> 03:43:02,202
account identified here in and
for other purposes

3890
03:43:02,202 --> 03:43:04,804
41112 to be referred to FEC.
Thank you

3891
03:43:04,804 --> 03:43:08,742
Madam President. Thanks, Chair
Amos.

3892
03:43:08,742 --> 03:43:11,678
Council member Martin, thank you
so much, Madam President

3893
03:43:11,678 --> 03:43:15,281
uh, Elm's ID number 41095

3894
03:43:15,281 --> 03:43:18,151
a resolution by council members
Wayne Martin

3895
03:43:18,151 --> 03:43:22,822
and Andrea Boone to correct
resolution

3896
03:43:22,822 --> 03:43:26,393
number 26-R-3913 adopted by the
Atlanta City Council on August

3897
03:43:26,393 --> 03:43:29,763
17th, 2026, an approved per city

3898
03:43:29,763 --> 03:43:33,166
charter 2-403

3899
03:43:33,166 --> 03:43:35,735
2-403 on August 26

3900
03:43:35,735 --> 03:43:43,109
2026, authorizing the second
renewal option for an. Agreement

3901
03:43:43,109 --> 03:43:47,313
number SPS-1230018 time clock
replacement and licensing with
the

3902
03:43:47,313 --> 03:43:49,916
time clock Plus LLC on behalf of
the Department of Atlanta
Information

3903
03:43:49,916 --> 03:43:53,453
Management to include the fund
department organization

3904
03:43:53,453 --> 03:43:55,989
and account numbers associated
with the funding string

3905
03:43:55,989 --> 03:43:58,725
and for other purposes. 41095

3906
03:43:58,725 --> 03:44:01,261
to be referred to FEC. Thank you
Madam

3907
03:44:01,261 --> 03:44:04,931
President. Elm's

3908
03:44:04,931 --> 03:44:07,467
ID 41125. A resolution by
council members

3909
03:44:07,467 --> 03:44:11,671
Wayne Martin, uh, Matt
Westmoreland

3910
03:44:11,671 --> 03:44:16,075
uh, Kelsey Bond, Byron Amos

3911
03:44:16,075 --> 03:44:18,645
um, Isha Collins, Dustin Hillis,
Thomas

3912
03:44:18,645 --> 03:44:22,749
Worthy, uh.

3913
03:44:22,749 --> 03:44:25,285
Liliana Bakhtiari and a lot of
other

3914
03:44:25,285 --> 03:44:27,821
council members whose names I
cannot make out, Jason Dozier

3915
03:44:27,821 --> 03:44:30,423
by Renee is for one

3916
03:44:30,423 --> 03:44:34,160
a resolution by these council
members requesting the chief
financial

3917
03:44:34,160 --> 03:44:36,663
officer to eliminate the
requirement that personnel
requests

3918
03:44:36,663 --> 03:44:39,199
for the municipal court be
submitted to

3919
03:44:39,199 --> 03:44:43,436
the vacancy review board and for
other purposes.

3920
03:44:43,436 --> 03:44:46,105
41125 to be referred to FEC.
Thank you

3921
03:44:46,105 --> 03:44:49,876
Madam President. All right,
thank you.

3922
03:44:49,876 --> 03:44:52,512
Joe Hillis. Thank you, Madam
President. My first

3923
03:44:52,512 --> 03:44:55,215
item is Elms 41122.

3924
03:44:55,215 --> 03:44:59,085
Joined us by council member
Dustin Hillis authorizing a
donation and

3925
03:44:59,085 --> 03:45:03,523
to exceed $13,750.00 from the
council district.

3926
03:45:03,523 --> 03:45:06,159
9 carry forward account to the
Atlanta Police Foundation to
assist

3927
03:45:06,159 --> 03:45:10,063
in the improvement of West Side
Waterworks green space through
the purchase of a

3928
03:45:10,063 --> 03:45:14,601
quad PTZ camera and for other
purposes.

3929
03:45:14,601 --> 03:45:17,270
OK.

3930
03:45:17,270 --> 03:45:20,006
411-22 to refer to FEC.

3931
03:45:20,006 --> 03:45:23,610
Next item is Elms 40965 and
ordinance

3932
03:45:23,610 --> 03:45:26,312
by council member Dustin Hillis
authorizing a donation and allow

3933
03:45:26,312 --> 03:45:29,082
to exceed $12,500 from the
District

3934
03:45:29,082 --> 03:45:31,551
9 Carry Ford

3935
03:45:31,551 --> 03:45:33,987
account to the West Side of
Howell Mill Community
Improvement District to support

3936
03:45:33,987 --> 03:45:38,191
the West Side Stride, a one day
advocacy event for

3937
03:45:38,191 --> 03:45:42,061
safer multimodal streets to be
held on November 8, 2026.

3938
03:45:42,061 --> 03:45:46,833
I'm sorry. What, which one was
that?

3939
03:45:46,833 --> 03:45:50,436
4096540965 to be referred to FEC

3940
03:45:50,436 --> 03:45:52,972
Next item is Elms

3941
03:45:52,972 --> 03:45:55,542
ID 41094 under a resolution by
council member Dustin Hillis
authorizing the

3942
03:45:55,542 --> 03:45:59,646
mayor his designee to execute
cooperative agreements.

3943
03:45:59,646 --> 03:46:02,282
Listed with HERC Rentals Inc

3944
03:46:02,282 --> 03:46:06,219
and with United Rentals North
America Inc

3945
03:46:06,219 --> 03:46:08,821
utilizing Source well contract
number listed on behalf of the
Department of

3946
03:46:08,821 --> 03:46:11,357
Public Works Enterprise Assets
Management, Parks

3947
03:46:11,357 --> 03:46:13,927
and Recreation, transportation,
aviation, and watershed
management as

3948
03:46:13,927 --> 03:46:16,462
authorized user agencies each
for a term of

3949
03:46:16,462 --> 03:46:19,999
1 year with a zero renewal
options on a

3950
03:46:19,999 --> 03:46:23,102
task order basis and an initial
amount for all agreements not

3951
03:46:23,102 --> 03:46:26,906
to exceed

3952
03:46:26,906 --> 03:46:29,576
$4,202,000.00 all contracted
work will be charged to and paid
for. From the fund

3953
03:46:29,576 --> 03:46:33,279
department, organization and
account numbers listed herein
and for

3954
03:46:33,279 --> 03:46:35,949
other purposes. 41094 to be

3955
03:46:35,949 --> 03:46:38,651
referred to City utilities.
Fourth and final item

3956
03:46:38,651 --> 03:46:42,322
is elms

3957
03:46:42,322 --> 03:46:44,991
ID 41135. And ordinance by
council members

3958
03:46:44,991 --> 03:46:47,527
Dustin Hillis, Andrea Boone,
Wayne Martin, Ishay Collins

3959
03:46:47,527 --> 03:46:51,431
Byron Amos, and Antonio Lewis.
To amend

3960
03:46:51,431 --> 03:46:56,102
chapter 158, Article 2, Division
20.

3961
03:46:56,102 --> 03:46:58,871
Section 158-89 reduction of

3962
03:46:58,871 --> 03:47:02,709
Require tree recompense for
affordable for sale

3963
03:47:02,709 --> 03:47:05,345
units of the city of Atlanta
Code of Ordinances to remove

3964
03:47:05,345 --> 03:47:09,215
certain conditions required to
secure a

3965
03:47:09,215 --> 03:47:11,884
Production or waiver of
requested tree recompense

3966
03:47:11,884 --> 03:47:14,554
for affordable for sale units
and furtherance of

3967
03:47:14,554 --> 03:47:18,291
the need to balance its goal of
tree canopy preservation with

3968
03:47:18,291 --> 03:47:20,860
its goal to incentivize the
development of

3969
03:47:20,860 --> 03:47:23,730
affordable housing and for other
purposes

3970
03:47:23,730 --> 03:47:27,834
41135 to be referred to CDHS.
Thank you. That

3971
03:47:27,834 --> 03:47:32,005
completes my items. Thank you.
Council

3972
03:47:32,005 --> 03:47:34,574
member Bakhtiari, thank you, um,
just

3973
03:47:34,574 --> 03:47:37,110
two papers today, Elm's

3974
03:47:37,110 --> 03:47:39,712
ID 41133 in ordinance by Council
member Liliana Bakhtiari

3975
03:47:39,712 --> 03:47:43,082
and Isha Collins authorizing the
contribution of a total amount

3976
03:47:43,082 --> 03:47:45,718
not to exceed, well, I'll say,
because we're going to

3977
03:47:45,718 --> 03:47:48,354
substitute new numbers, so I'll
say not to exceed blank

3978
03:47:48,354 --> 03:47:52,258
um, to the East Atlanta
Community Association to support
resident services

3979
03:47:52,258 --> 03:47:54,794
and community development
pursuant to

3980
03:47:54,794 --> 03:47:59,165
Section 6-306 of the city of
Atlanta's charter and for other
purposes

3981
03:47:59,165 --> 03:48:01,768
41133 to refer to FEC. Thank you
Uh

3982
03:48:01,768 --> 03:48:05,705
Elm's ID 41134, an ordinance by

3983
03:48:05,705 --> 03:48:08,307
council member Liliana Bakhtiari
and Isha Collins authorizing

3984
03:48:08,307 --> 03:48:10,843
the contribution of a total
amount not to exceed blank to
the

3985
03:48:10,843 --> 03:48:13,379
Atlanta Preservation Center Inc.
to support the Phoenix Flies

3986
03:48:13,379 --> 03:48:16,949
Preservation Initiative pursuant
to Section 6-306 of the City

3987
03:48:16,949 --> 03:48:19,819
of Atlanta's Charter and for
other purposes.

3988
03:48:19,819 --> 03:48:23,756
41134 to be referred to FEC.
Thank you so much. That was,
those

3989
03:48:23,756 --> 03:48:26,359
are all my papers. Chairwan.
Thank you

3990
03:48:26,359 --> 03:48:28,961
Madam President. Elms ID 41116

3991
03:48:28,961 --> 03:48:33,266
a resolution by council member
Alex Waan authorizing the mayor
or

3992
03:48:33,266 --> 03:48:35,835
his designee to execute special
procurement agreement, insert
agreement number, agreement

3993
03:48:35,835 --> 03:48:38,738
name with

3994
03:48:38,738 --> 03:48:42,041
mythics LLC on behalf of the
Department of Finance, pursuant
to Section

3995
03:48:42,041 --> 03:48:44,577
2 1191.1 of the Atlanta City
Code for a term of 4 years with

3996
03:48:44,577 --> 03:48:47,180
12-year renewal options in an
amount not to exceed

3997
03:48:47,180 --> 03:48:50,550
$14 million.00 for the initial.
Term, I contracted work to

3998
03:48:50,550 --> 03:48:53,086
be charged to and paid from the
fund department organization

3999
03:48:53,086 --> 03:48:55,788
and account number listed here
in and for other purposes

4000
03:48:55,788 --> 03:49:00,193
41116 to refer to FEC. Thank you

4001
03:49:00,193 --> 03:49:02,762
OK.

4002
03:49:02,762 --> 03:49:06,766
Council memberer Dosier, thank
you, Madam President. I only
have one admiral today is Elms

4003
03:49:06,766 --> 03:49:09,402
number 41129. A resolution by
Council member Jason Dozier
requesting that

4004
03:49:09,402 --> 03:49:09,435
the executive director of the
Atlanta Urban Design Commission
to nominate the Justice

4005
03:49:09,435 --> 03:49:13,673
neighborhood

4006
03:49:13,673 --> 03:49:16,309
which consists of most of
Fountain Drive North Southwest
and Morris Brown Drive Southwest

4007
03:49:16,309 --> 03:49:19,979
south of Martin Luther King
Junior Drive Southwest as

4008
03:49:19,979 --> 03:49:22,815
a landmark building or site and
for other purposes.

4009
03:49:22,815 --> 03:49:26,819
41129 to be referred to
transportation. Thank you.

4010
03:49:26,819 --> 03:49:29,422
That's me. Cheryl

4011
03:49:29,422 --> 03:49:32,091
Winston. Thank you, Madam
President

4012
03:49:32,091 --> 03:49:36,362
Uh, my first is Elm's

4013
03:49:36,362 --> 03:49:40,099
ID 40984. The resolution by
council member Jason H

4014
03:49:40,099 --> 03:49:43,002
Winston and council members
Westmoreland, Dozier

4015
03:49:43,002 --> 03:49:45,638
Bakdari, and Ka Bon. Uh,
authorizing the city

4016
03:49:45,638 --> 03:49:49,575
of Atlanta to donate an amount
not to

4017
03:49:49,575 --> 03:49:52,111
exceed $350,000.00 to the
Atlanta

4018
03:49:52,111 --> 03:49:54,881
Victim Assistance Inc. pursuant
to section

4019
03:49:54,881 --> 03:49:58,684
number 6-306 of the city of
Atlanta Charter to authorize

4020
03:49:58,684 --> 03:50:01,254
the mayor or his designee to
execute a donation agreement to
authorize

4021
03:50:01,254 --> 03:50:05,091
the chief financial officer to
make the donation payment from
the

4022
03:50:05,091 --> 03:50:07,894
account listed herein and for
other purposes

4023
03:50:07,894 --> 03:50:14,700
40984 to be referred to FEC.
Elms

4024
03:50:14,700 --> 03:50:18,571
41113, a resolution by council
member Jason H. Winston
authorizing the Chief

4025
03:50:18,571 --> 03:50:21,307
Financial Officer to refund
customers for overpayments to

4026
03:50:21,307 --> 03:50:23,943
water and sewer accounts in the
amount of funds

4027
03:50:23,943 --> 03:50:27,346
to be charged to and paid from
the fund

4028
03:50:27,346 --> 03:50:29,916
department organization and
account number listed herein and
for

4029
03:50:29,916 --> 03:50:32,518
other purposes. 41113

4030
03:50:32,518 --> 03:50:36,322
to be referred to FEC.

4031
03:50:36,322 --> 03:50:38,925
Elms number 41114 resolution

4032
03:50:38,925 --> 03:50:41,527
by Councilman Jason H. Winston
authorizing the commissioner of
the Department

4033
03:50:41,527 --> 03:50:44,063
of Watershed Management to
adjust water and sewer

4034
03:50:44,063 --> 03:50:47,967
service charges on certain
customer accounts in accordance

4035
03:50:47,967 --> 03:50:50,536
with Atlanta City code

4036
03:50:50,536 --> 03:50:53,306
section 154-28, amount of the
dollars and cents to be given
later

4037
03:50:53,306 --> 03:50:57,343
and for other purposes

4038
03:50:57,343 --> 03:50:59,879
For111 or to be referred to FEC.

4039
03:50:59,879 --> 03:51:03,382
Elm's

4040
03:51:03,382 --> 03:51:06,118
ID 41118 in ordinance by council
member Jason H. Winston
authorizing

4041
03:51:06,118 --> 03:51:08,821
the issuance and sale by the
city of Atlanta of

4042
03:51:08,821 --> 03:51:12,425
its tax allocation refunding
bonds, Beltline

4043
03:51:12,425 --> 03:51:14,994
project series 2026A in the
original

4044
03:51:14,994 --> 03:51:17,763
aggregate principal amount of
not to exceed

4045
03:51:17,763 --> 03:51:20,299
and its tax allocation refunding
bonds

4046
03:51:20,299 --> 03:51:23,903
Beltline project, taxable.

4047
03:51:23,903 --> 03:51:26,639
Series 2026 BC in the original
aggregate

4048
03:51:26,639 --> 03:51:30,676
principal amount of not to
exceed

4049
03:51:30,676 --> 03:51:33,512
blank together the series 2026
bonds in order

4050
03:51:33,512 --> 03:51:37,350
to refinance all or a portion of
the city's currently

4051
03:51:37,350 --> 03:51:40,253
outstanding Beltline tax
allocation bonds issued under
the

4052
03:51:40,253 --> 03:51:44,257
master indenture fund certain
accounts with respect to the

4053
03:51:44,257 --> 03:51:47,026
series 2026 Buns and pay certain
costs of issuance related

4054
03:51:47,026 --> 03:51:50,796
to the Series 2026 Bonds. The
execution, delivery

4055
03:51:50,796 --> 03:51:53,699
and performance of a second
supplemental indenture of trust.
Providing

4056
03:51:53,699 --> 03:51:56,402
for the sale and issuance of the

4057
03:51:56,402 --> 03:52:00,206
series 2026 bo Bonds, the
execution and delivery of the

4058
03:52:00,206 --> 03:52:02,842
continuing covenant agreement in
connection with the sale of the
series

4059
03:52:02,842 --> 03:52:06,512
2026 bonds. The execution and
delivery of one or

4060
03:52:06,512 --> 03:52:09,048
more escrow deposit agreements
and certain related actions

4061
03:52:09,048 --> 03:52:11,651
all in connection with the
issuance of the

4062
03:52:11,651 --> 03:52:15,955
series 2026 bonds and for other
purposes.

4063
03:52:15,955 --> 03:52:20,526
41118 to be referred to FEC.
Elm's

4064
03:52:20,526 --> 03:52:23,129
ID 41119 an ordinance by
Councilman Jason East Winston to
amend the seat

4065
03:52:23,129 --> 03:52:26,999
of Atlanta fiscal year 2027
budget by adding

4066
03:52:26,999 --> 03:52:29,769
to anticipations and
appropriation bond

4067
03:52:29,769 --> 03:52:33,472
proceeds in the aggregate
principal amount not to exceed
blank for the

4068
03:52:33,472 --> 03:52:36,075
series 2026 tax allocation
refunding bods, Beltline

4069
03:52:36,075 --> 03:52:38,611
project, associated cost of
issuance, and for

4070
03:52:38,611 --> 03:52:41,447
other purposes.

4071
03:52:41,447 --> 03:52:47,153
41119 to be referred to FEC.
Thank you. Thank you.

4072
03:52:47,153 --> 03:52:49,689
Cheering. Elms

4073
03:52:49,689 --> 03:52:52,258
41138 and ordinance by Mary
Norwood to adopt a

4074
03:52:52,258 --> 03:52:56,195
new zoning ordinance consisting
of text and

4075
03:52:56,195 --> 03:52:58,764
official zoning map for the
zoning or districting

4076
03:52:58,764 --> 03:53:01,467
of property for various uses and

4077
03:53:01,467 --> 03:53:05,805
the prohibition of other or
different uses

4078
03:53:05,805 --> 03:53:09,709
or districts, and for the
regulation of development

4079
03:53:09,709 --> 03:53:12,378
and the improvement of real
estate within such zones

4080
03:53:12,378 --> 03:53:16,582
or districts in accordance with
the uses of property for which
such.

4081
03:53:16,582 --> 03:53:19,151
Zones or districts were
established within

4082
03:53:19,151 --> 03:53:21,854
the territorial boundaries of
the city of Atlanta

4083
03:53:21,854 --> 03:53:25,391
to adopt policies and

4084
03:53:25,391 --> 03:53:27,960
procedures included in said
ordinance which

4085
03:53:27,960 --> 03:53:30,496
governed calling and conducting

4086
03:53:30,496 --> 03:53:34,433
hearings required by state law
on zoning decisions to

4087
03:53:34,433 --> 03:53:37,003
adopt standards included in said
ordinance, which

4088
03:53:37,003 --> 03:53:39,605
govern the exercise of the
zoning power

4089
03:53:39,605 --> 03:53:43,342
to provide that certain existing
conditions

4090
03:53:43,342 --> 03:53:46,545
of zoning remain effective to
provide that certain

4091
03:53:46,545 --> 03:53:50,116
Special use permits

4092
03:53:50,116 --> 03:53:53,119
remain effective and for other
purposes.

4093
03:53:53,119 --> 03:53:57,623
And that 5th week is always
weird, yeah.

4094
03:53:57,623 --> 03:54:01,360
Madam 41138 to be referred to
zoning. And Madam President

4095
03:54:01,360 --> 03:54:04,063
here President, here are the 900

4096
03:54:04,063 --> 03:54:06,632
pages of the new zoning
ordinance, so I have a

4097
03:54:06,632 --> 03:54:10,569
physical copy for my colleagues
who wish to peruse it.

4098
03:54:10,569 --> 03:54:13,572
Presidents.

4099
03:54:13,572 --> 03:54:17,009
Next

4100
03:54:17,009 --> 03:54:19,812
Elms 41139 and the ordinance by
council member Mary Norwood

4101
03:54:19,812 --> 03:54:22,448
to establish a 180 day

4102
03:54:22,448 --> 03:54:26,285
moratorium on the acceptance of
any new

4103
03:54:26,285 --> 03:54:29,121
applications to subdivide
properties into 3 or

4104
03:54:29,121 --> 03:54:32,792
more lots within the boundaries
of Atlanta

4105
03:54:32,792 --> 03:54:37,730
City Council District 8 and for
other purposes.

4106
03:54:37,730 --> 03:54:40,299
41139 to be referred to zoning.
For some reason, I don't have
any

4107
03:54:40,299 --> 03:54:44,036
of your papers on here. That is
correct. We

4108
03:54:44,036 --> 03:54:46,872
have just gotten them in the
system. Thank you

4109
03:54:46,872 --> 03:54:49,508
Madam President

4110
03:54:49,508 --> 03:54:53,112
Elms 41,140 and a resolution
requesting

4111
03:54:53,112 --> 03:54:55,681
the chief operating officer to
coordinate with the Department

4112
03:54:55,681 --> 03:54:58,317
of City Planning Invest Atlanta

4113
03:54:58,317 --> 03:55:01,987
the Atlanta Beltline Inc. at
Atlanta Housing

4114
03:55:01,987 --> 03:55:04,523
and the Metro Atlanta Land Bank
to

4115
03:55:04,523 --> 03:55:07,126
create a comprehensive inventory
of.

4116
03:55:07,126 --> 03:55:09,762
vacant and underutilized
privately

4117
03:55:09,762 --> 03:55:13,232
owned properties within the city
of Atlanta, which

4118
03:55:13,232 --> 03:55:15,801
may be developed for housing and

4119
03:55:15,801 --> 03:55:18,404
other uses and which shall

4120
03:55:18,404 --> 03:55:22,508
identify properties which are
non-residential, not

4121
03:55:22,508 --> 03:55:25,111
publicly owned, and are vacant,
abandoned

4122
03:55:25,111 --> 03:55:29,448
or neglected, and those that may
qualify as

4123
03:55:29,448 --> 03:55:32,184
nuisance properties and are
under

4124
03:55:32,184 --> 03:55:36,455
30% forested and for other
purposes. Oh, I think that's
CDHS 411.

4125
03:55:36,455 --> 03:55:40,526
140 to be referred to CDHS.
Thank you

4126
03:55:40,526 --> 03:55:43,262
And last is Elms 41141. A

4127
03:55:43,262 --> 03:55:46,999
resolution by council member
Mary Norwood requesting

4128
03:55:46,999 --> 03:55:49,535
the mayor or his designee

4129
03:55:49,535 --> 03:55:52,037
establish a process whereby
persons or

4130
03:55:52,037 --> 03:55:54,573
entities who apply for

4131
03:55:54,573 --> 03:55:58,377
permits related to the
installation or repair of

4132
03:55:58,377 --> 03:56:00,946
any impervious surface necessary

4133
03:56:00,946 --> 03:56:03,549
to traverse lots that are 1/3 of

4134
03:56:03,549 --> 03:56:07,353
an acre or larger, and the
district.

4135
03:56:07,353 --> 03:56:09,889
council member representing the
location

4136
03:56:09,889 --> 03:56:12,758
we're in the proposed
installation or repairs

4137
03:56:12,758 --> 03:56:16,428
to occur may have an opportunity
to attend

4138
03:56:16,428 --> 03:56:18,998
a joint conference with the
representatives from

4139
03:56:18,998 --> 03:56:21,567
the city departments and offices

4140
03:56:21,567 --> 03:56:25,437
charged with reviewing such
applications

4141
03:56:25,437 --> 03:56:28,073
and enforcing the city of
Atlanta's stormwater

4142
03:56:28,073 --> 03:56:30,609
and other ordinances, state

4143
03:56:30,609 --> 03:56:34,313
law and state regulatory
standards applicable

4144
03:56:34,313 --> 03:56:37,049
to the installation and repair.
Of

4145
03:56:37,049 --> 03:56:39,618
the impervious surface necessary
to

4146
03:56:39,618 --> 03:56:43,455
traverse these larger lots power

4147
03:56:43,455 --> 03:56:46,058
from power prior to the

4148
03:56:46,058 --> 03:56:48,727
city's issuance of any final
decisions related

4149
03:56:48,727 --> 03:56:52,565
to such

4150
03:56:52,565 --> 03:56:55,167
applications 41141 to be dual
referred to transportation and
city utilities

4151
03:56:55,167 --> 03:56:59,071
Thank you.

4152
03:56:59,071 --> 03:57:01,707
All right. Council member

4153
03:57:01,707 --> 03:57:08,180
Kelsey Bond. All right. Oh, I
can't read this.

4154
03:57:08,180 --> 03:57:10,983
Oh Where?

4155
03:57:10,983 --> 03:57:15,621
Oh, number 41121.

4156
03:57:15,621 --> 03:57:19,358
It was scribbled all over. Um

4157
03:57:19,358 --> 03:57:21,994
Elm's ID 41121

4158
03:57:21,994 --> 03:57:24,530
a resolution by council members
Kelsey

4159
03:57:24,530 --> 03:57:27,066
Bond, Antonio Lewis, Liliana
Bakhtiari

4160
03:57:27,066 --> 03:57:29,602
Jason Dozier, Jason Winston

4161
03:57:29,602 --> 03:57:32,771
Wayne Martin, Byron Amos, Matt

4162
03:57:32,771 --> 03:57:35,441
Westmoreland, and Michael Bond

4163
03:57:35,441 --> 03:57:37,977
affirming the city of Atlanta's
support for light rail transit

4164
03:57:37,977 --> 03:57:40,613
along the full 22 mile Atlanta

4165
03:57:40,613 --> 03:57:44,149
Beltline corridor recognizing
light rail transit as a

4166
03:57:44,149 --> 03:57:46,685
central component of the adopted
Atlanta Beltline.

4167
03:57:46,685 --> 03:57:49,488
Envision affirming the use of
the existing Beltline transit
right of

4168
03:57:49,488 --> 03:57:53,792
way, supporting rail on grass
design where feasible

4169
03:57:53,792 --> 03:57:57,563
requesting coordinated
implementation and funding
updates from the

4170
03:57:57,563 --> 03:58:00,132
Mayor Dickens administration,
Marta, the Atlanta Beltline Inc

4171
03:58:00,132 --> 03:58:04,803
and other relevant city
departments and for other
purposes.

4172
03:58:04,803 --> 03:58:11,944
411-21 to be referred to CDHS
and transportation.

4173
03:58:11,944 --> 03:58:15,881
Chair Westmoreland. Thank you,
Madam President. Elms

4174
03:58:15,881 --> 03:58:18,484
ID 41,130 ordinance by
Westmoreland to amend part

4175
03:58:18,484 --> 03:58:21,320
2, code 20

4176
03:58:21,320 --> 03:58:24,790
section 20-1004 to update the
city of Atlanta's short-term
rental policy and

4177
03:58:24,790 --> 03:58:27,493
for other purposes. So

4178
03:58:27,493 --> 03:58:31,764
Oh.

4179
03:58:31,764 --> 03:58:34,466
41,130 to CDHS

4180
03:58:34,466 --> 03:58:38,103
Elms 411141115 resolution by
Westmoreland authorizing
marriage as a need to execute a

4181
03:58:38,103 --> 03:58:40,673
special procurement agreement
blank with blank on behalf of
the Department of

4182
03:58:40,673 --> 03:58:43,275
Finance pursuant to Section
listed herein of the State of
Atlanta's code for

4183
03:58:43,275 --> 03:58:45,944
a period of 5 years with

4184
03:58:45,944 --> 03:58:49,948
12-year renewal options
commencing September 30th, 2026
and ending September 29

4185
03:58:49,948 --> 03:58:53,886
2031 in an amount not to exceed
blank, all contracted work to be
charged to and

4186
03:58:53,886 --> 03:58:56,455
paid from the fund department
organization and account numbers
listed here

4187
03:58:56,455 --> 03:58:59,124
in in for other purposes. 4111.
5

4188
03:58:59,124 --> 03:59:03,095
to refer to FEC. Thank you.
Ordinance

4189
03:59:03,095 --> 03:59:05,898
by Westmoreland, Winston, Kelsey
Bond, Byron Amos, Jason Dozier

4190
03:59:05,898 --> 03:59:09,735
Lilian Bakhtiari. Alex Juan,
Thomas Worthy

4191
03:59:09,735 --> 03:59:12,504
Mary Norwood, Dustin Hillis,
Andrea Boone

4192
03:59:12,504 --> 03:59:16,442
Wayne Martin, Antonio Lewis,
Michael Bond, and Isha Collins
to amend the city

4193
03:59:16,442 --> 03:59:19,078
of Atlanta Code Part 2, Court of
Ordinance says General

4194
03:59:19,078 --> 03:59:21,747
ordinances chapter 114 personnel
Article 9

4195
03:59:21,747 --> 03:59:26,318
Civil Service Division 14,
attendance and leave

4196
03:59:26,318 --> 03:59:30,022
Section 114-418 child caregiver
leave to update the Save
Atlanta's paid child

4197
03:59:30,022 --> 03:59:32,758
caregiver leave policies and for
other purposes.

4198
03:59:32,758 --> 03:59:35,461
OK, for.

4199
03:59:35,461 --> 03:59:38,997
1127 they referred to FEC. Thank
you.

4200
03:59:38,997 --> 03:59:41,867
U.

4201
03:59:41,867 --> 03:59:46,472
Chair Boone, thank you, Madam
President, Elm's ID

4202
03:59:46,472 --> 03:59:50,476
number 41,120, a resolution by
council members Andrea Boone

4203
03:59:50,476 --> 03:59:53,078
Wayne Martin, Dustin Hillis, and
Mary

4204
03:59:53,078 --> 03:59:55,748
Norwood to authorize the mayor
on behalf of the city

4205
03:59:55,748 --> 03:59:59,184
of Atlanta to execute a purchase
and

4206
03:59:59,184 --> 04:00:01,720
sell intogovernmental agreement
purchase and sell IGA pursuant

4207
04:00:01,720 --> 04:00:04,323
to which the city shall convey
the

4208
04:00:04,323 --> 04:00:08,193
Atlanta City Detention Center
located at

4209
04:00:08,193 --> 04:00:10,763
254 Peachtree Street, Southwest
to Fulton

4210
04:00:10,763 --> 04:00:13,365
County, Georgia, the county for
a Sales price and an amount not

4211
04:00:13,365 --> 04:00:17,169
to exceed $68 million in

4212
04:00:17,169 --> 04:00:19,705
0 cents and pursuant to which
the city

4213
04:00:19,705 --> 04:00:22,241
shall retain an exclusive and
irrevocable

4214
04:00:22,241 --> 04:00:24,910
right of first refusal and first
option

4215
04:00:24,910 --> 04:00:28,580
to purchase the property before
the county may sell it

4216
04:00:28,580 --> 04:00:31,183
to any third party during the
term thereof

4217
04:00:31,183 --> 04:00:33,852
which shall be for a period not
to exceed

4218
04:00:33,852 --> 04:00:37,423
50 years to authorize the mayor
on behalf of the

4219
04:00:37,423 --> 04:00:40,058
city of Atlanta to execute an

4220
04:00:40,058 --> 04:00:42,594
intergovernmental lease
agreement lease IGA. with

4221
04:00:42,594 --> 04:00:45,130
the county and the sheriff in a
term not to exceed 50 years

4222
04:00:45,130 --> 04:00:48,634
by which inmates and

4223
04:00:48,634 --> 04:00:51,170
detainees in the custody of the
city of Atlanta

4224
04:00:51,170 --> 04:00:53,772
and or under the jurisdiction of
the municipal court

4225
04:00:53,772 --> 04:00:56,508
of Atlanta would continue to be
housed

4226
04:00:56,508 --> 04:01:00,379
in ACDC for which the city would
agree

4227
04:01:00,379 --> 04:01:03,148
to pay the county's per detainee

4228
04:01:03,148 --> 04:01:06,785
costs associated with housing,
food, custody

4229
04:01:06,785 --> 04:01:09,388
staffing, and medical care is
provided at

4230
04:01:09,388 --> 04:01:12,057
least IGA and pursuant to which
the County

4231
04:01:12,057 --> 04:01:14,560
shall continue to reserve space

4232
04:01:14,560 --> 04:01:18,030
and abide by the terms of

4233
04:01:18,030 --> 04:01:20,566
the previously executed

4234
04:01:20,566 --> 04:01:23,202
intergovernmental agreements
regarding the joint operation of
the Center

4235
04:01:23,202 --> 04:01:27,306
for Diversion and Services
authorizing the mayor or

4236
04:01:27,306 --> 04:01:29,908
his designee to certify any
documents and

4237
04:01:29,908 --> 04:01:32,478
execute any receipts,
certificates

4238
04:01:32,478 --> 04:01:35,914
instruments, documents,
agreements, settlements

4239
04:01:35,914 --> 04:01:38,517
statements, or other closing
papers

4240
04:01:38,517 --> 04:01:42,788
necessary to affect the purposes
of this resolution.

4241
04:01:42,788 --> 04:01:45,424
Authorizing the chief financial
officer

4242
04:01:45,424 --> 04:01:47,960
to deposit the sales proceeds
and to

4243
04:01:47,960 --> 04:01:50,496
make the lease payments from the
accounts listed

4244
04:01:50,496 --> 04:01:54,533
here in and for other purposes.

4245
04:01:54,533 --> 04:01:57,069
41,120 to be referred to public
safety

4246
04:01:57,069 --> 04:02:00,973
and finance. Thank you, Madam
President. This concludes

4247
04:02:00,973 --> 04:02:03,509
the papers for today. It sure
does. That

4248
04:02:03,509 --> 04:02:07,913
that's everyone and all of them
that takes us to

4249
04:02:07,913 --> 04:02:11,984
General remarks, I have one.

4250
04:02:11,984 --> 04:02:14,753
Person, does anyone else have
any after me? I want

4251
04:02:14,753 --> 04:02:18,690
to announce and invite everyone

4252
04:02:18,690 --> 04:02:21,426
to the town, my next town hall,
presidential

4253
04:02:21,426 --> 04:02:24,062
town hall, our special guest
will be the

4254
04:02:24,062 --> 04:02:28,033
Honorable Dustin Hillis, and
that will

4255
04:02:28,033 --> 04:02:30,636
take place on next Monday, the
14th at

4256
04:02:30,636 --> 04:02:34,540
6 to 7:30 p.m. we will be at

4257
04:02:34,540 --> 04:02:37,609
the greater Fairhill Baptist
Church.

4258
04:02:37,609 --> 04:02:41,280
Please join us. We will be
talking about

4259
04:02:41,280 --> 04:02:43,982
constituent services, MARTA,
zoning, ATL DLT

4260
04:02:43,982 --> 04:02:46,552
Parks and Recs, and Clara

4261
04:02:46,552 --> 04:02:50,289
Clerk's office. And this

4262
04:02:50,289 --> 04:02:53,125
is about us all being stronger
together

4263
04:02:53,125 --> 04:02:55,727
for a brighter Atlanta, please
join

4264
04:02:55,727 --> 04:02:59,364
us. Anyone else have a Anything

4265
04:02:59,364 --> 04:03:01,900
they'd like to speak about
general

4266
04:03:01,900 --> 04:03:04,736
remarks. Council member Lewis,
remember you had something

4267
04:03:04,736 --> 04:03:07,272
OK. I, I wanna send the loudest

4268
04:03:07,272 --> 04:03:10,509
loudest shout out to the young
folks

4269
04:03:10,509 --> 04:03:13,045
at Crawford Long Middle School,
my football

4270
04:03:13,045 --> 04:03:17,282
players and my cheerleaders
who've won this

4271
04:03:17,282 --> 04:03:19,818
weekend 32 to 3, and they were

4272
04:03:19,818 --> 04:03:22,521
still upset because they thought
they were supposed to score

4273
04:03:22,521 --> 04:03:25,257
50. The coach Evans and Coach

4274
04:03:25,257 --> 04:03:28,927
Hill, 5 championships out of the
last 6 years at Craw

4275
04:03:28,927 --> 04:03:31,530
along Middle School, to know
that the young folks are from
zone 3

4276
04:03:31,530 --> 04:03:35,200
These young men from zone 3 are
really representing

4277
04:03:35,200 --> 04:03:37,736
us and we appreciate you.
Continue to get it

4278
04:03:37,736 --> 04:03:40,272
Thank you again.

4279
04:03:40,272 --> 04:03:42,908
All right, any other general
remarks

4280
04:03:42,908 --> 04:03:46,612
? This is an alum of sorry, I
didn't hear the

4281
04:03:46,612 --> 04:03:49,114
first part. I apologizing and
Coach Evans

4282
04:03:49,114 --> 04:03:51,650
who's the new coach at South
Crawlawn Middle

4283
04:03:51,650 --> 04:03:55,721
School is an alumni of Crawford
Lang Middle School, just like
myself, and

4284
04:03:55,721 --> 04:03:58,357
he was on the first championship
team, so

4285
04:03:58,357 --> 04:04:02,995
the congrats and kudos to
Crawfallon Middle School.
Fantastic.

4286
04:04:02,995 --> 04:04:05,631
OK, see you, Madam Clerk. We

4287
04:04:05,631 --> 04:04:09,134
are ready for our adjourning
roll call. And thank you, Madam
President

4288
04:04:09,134 --> 04:04:11,970
We have Council President Marcy
Culler Overstreet

4289
04:04:11,970 --> 04:04:14,506
Council member Michael Julian
Bond, I just

4290
04:04:14,506 --> 04:04:18,210
wanna council member Matt
Westmoreland post two

4291
04:04:18,210 --> 04:04:20,779
at large. Council member Isha
Collins, for 3

4292
04:04:20,779 --> 04:04:23,348
at Council member Jason

4293
04:04:23,348 --> 04:04:25,951
H Winston, District 1. Council
member Kelsey Bond

4294
04:04:25,951 --> 04:04:29,388
District 2. Council

4295
04:04:29,388 --> 04:04:31,990
member Byron D. Amos, District 3

4296
04:04:31,990 --> 04:04:34,726
Council member Jason Dozer,
District 4.

4297
04:04:34,726 --> 04:04:38,530
Councilor member Liliana Baker,
District 5.

4298
04:04:38,530 --> 04:04:41,366
Custom member Alex Law District
6.

4299
04:04:41,366 --> 04:04:45,303
remember Thomas Worthy District
7

4300
04:04:45,303 --> 04:04:47,939
Councilor Mary Norwood, District
8.

4301
04:04:47,939 --> 04:04:50,575
Cuss from a Dustin Hillis

4302
04:04:50,575 --> 04:04:54,446
District 9. Somethin Andrea
Boone

4303
04:04:54,446 --> 04:04:57,049
District 10 Council member Wayne
Martin, District 11. Let's go
home

4304
04:04:57,049 --> 04:04:59,685
Let's get it, Council member
Antonia Lewis, District 12

4305
04:04:59,685 --> 04:05:03,989
Let's go. Let's get it. Thank
you.

4306
04:05:03,989 --> 04:05:08,160
I get

4307
04:05:08,160 --> 04:05:10,729
with that we are germs