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Hello, everyone.

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It's right at 1:00.

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I'm going
to give the council members.

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Hello, everyone.

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I'm going to give
the council members

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a about another minute
to trickle in

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so that we can be up to at least
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Let's see. Four.

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That's it. Oh, we have eight.

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In that case,
we can get started.

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Yes we can.

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Okay.
Again. Good afternoon.

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Today is September 21st, 2026.

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I am your council president
for the Atlanta City Council.

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And you are at our full council
in our mark.

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I was going to say Martin Luther
King in our Marvin Arrington

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Council chamber and welcome.

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Madam clerk, please
call the roll.

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Good afternoon.

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Madam president,
we have council president
Marcy Color Overstreet present.

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Council member Michael Julian
Bond, post one at large council

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member Matt Westmoreland, post
two at large here.

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Council member
Collins. Post three at large.

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Councilmember Jason H.

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Winston. District one here.

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Council member Kelsey Bond.

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District two

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Council member Byron de Amos.

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District three here.

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Council member Jason
Dozier, district four present.

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Council member
Liliana Bakhtiari,

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district five present.

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Council member
Alex Wan, district six

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council member Thomas Worthy,
district seven present.

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Council member Mary Norwood,
district eight present.

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Council member Dustin Hills,
district nine present.

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Council member Andrea
Boone, district ten present.

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Council member
Wayne Martin, district 11 here

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Councilmember
Antonio Lewis, district 12.

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Let's go. Let's get it.

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Madam president, we do have
a quorum of members present.

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Thank you.

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I'll entertain
a motion to adopt the agenda.

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So moved by Lewis. Second
by Bakhtiari.

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We can do this
by unanimous consent.

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Madam clerk, please call
the count for unanimous consent.

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We have 12 year, 12 year
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This agenda is adopted.

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That brings us
to our invocation.

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And today, our invocation
will be delivered by Pastor

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Patrick Lattimore of Greater
Fair Hill Baptist Church.

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He and his congregation
were gracious enough to

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host us
in our second presidential Town

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hall this past week,
and I want to thank Dustin

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Hillis for being our guest
speaker there.

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Thank you so much for partnering
with me.

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And I want
to thank you, pastor,
for opening up your home to us.

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And thank you for being here
today to deliver our invocation.

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Let me turn that on.

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Good morning.

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Good afternoon.

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Amen.

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We honor
President Collier Overstreet

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and the council members.

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Let us pray.

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O God of wisdom and grace.

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Lord, we come before you today
with hearts full of gratitude.

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Thanking you, first of all
for the gift of this city.

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Call it lanta.

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Lord, we thank you
for the rich tapestry

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of our neighborhoods
and for the vibrant history

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and bright
promise of this dear city.

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Lord, we thank you
for the leaders
who are gathered in this room.

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And Lord, we thank you, Lord,

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for calling them
and choosing them

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and them yielding to unselfish
service for your people.

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Lord, we ask that you grant them

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wisdom
beyond their own understanding.

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Give them clear minds,
compassionate hearts, and

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the courage to make decisions
that lift up every resident.

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Help them, the Lord,
to protect the vulnerable.

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Support all families
and be good stewards

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of our resources
with fairness and honesty.

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Remind us all, Lord,

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that true leadership is measured
by the lives

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that are improved
and impacted in our communities,

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the lives that are strengthened.

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Unite us, Lord,
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bridge our divisions
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as we work together
to build our beloved community.

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Lord, we ask that you root us in
justice,

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root us in peace,
but also root us in equity.

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Bless the blessed
of the deliberation today.

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Guide our steps
and watch over this great city

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called of lanta and all of those
who call it home.

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In your holy name we pray.

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Amen. Amen.

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Thank
you so much, Pastor Latimore.

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And with that,

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everyone, please
rise and join me

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in the Pledge of Allegiance.

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I pledge allegiance

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to the flag
of the United States of America.

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And to the Republic
for which it stands.

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One nation
under God, indivisible,

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with liberty
and justice for all.

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Thank you.

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Thank you so much.

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Thank you very much.

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And bring the pastor right here.

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That brings us to proclamations,

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commendations
and special awards.

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Will all those here.

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In recognition of Louise

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Thornton Hornsby,
please come forward to the desk.

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Right.

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Yes. As I echo

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the comments of our council
president,

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everyone here for the Honorable
Judge Louise T Hornsby, please

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make your way to the stage now.

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We'll make room for you
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warrior of the law.

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Southwest Atlanta resident.

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Okay.

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As everyone's coming up,
getting settled.

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Just want to do
a little housekeeping reminders.

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As per our code,
each proclamation can only last

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a maximum of 15 minutes.

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So we'll keep that in mind.

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And today
we're we have a new process

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of making sure that our time
clock is not covered by the,

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any videos that may be running
in the background.

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This council
did a new resolution to

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impose a stop clock
that is shown at all times

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during proclamations.

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That's why
we have great receptions in our

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areas throughout the atrium,
upstairs and downstairs.

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But for this 15 minutes,
we celebrate.

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All right.

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Can we take one more opportunity
to give a round of applause

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for this honorable, woman
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Judge Louise T Hornsby?

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It is such an
extraordinary privilege of mine.

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As a native of Atlanta

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and a graduate of Atlanta
Public schools and of Morehouse

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College to recognize
another native of Atlanta,

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a graduate of Atlanta
public schools, David

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T Howard High School,

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where my mentor and hero,
Maynard Jackson, also attended

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and an alumna of Spelman
College.

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And this amazing person.
That's right.

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This amazing person
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is the honorable
Louise T Hornsby.

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We have a proclamation for her
on today.

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Council member Boone
and I, we know that it is,

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we have to take the opportunity
to celebrate all of our legends

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and heroes in this city.

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And we like to do it
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and can still smell the flowers.
Is that all right?

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Yeah, absolutely.

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Absolutely. In good shape.

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Looking good. Healthy.

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So what we're going to do
is start with a quick video.

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And then we'll move on
with our program.

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Please play the video.

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She may be retired,

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but when Louise Thornton Hornsby

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walks through the doors
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she shared with her daughters,
Christy and Avis,

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she's happy to offer the benefit
of her expertise

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and her treasured
words of wisdom.

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It has been a great experience

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to be able
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hey, I've got this case, can I,
you know, talk to you about it.

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This Atlanta native
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grandmother of ten, and great
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She's also considered
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but her path to law
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After graduating
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her initial training came
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Then came a setback.

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She didn't pass the bar on her
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but her fierce tenacity
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Hornsby
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Law School, graduating in 1965.

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One year later,
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the sixth black woman to do
so in the state of Georgia.

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And initially she screamed.

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And how I passed
the bar. I passed the bar.

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Passed a bar
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I was like, what's she doing?

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And when she sat down
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Pretty much around that time,

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I decided that
I was going to be a lawyer, too.

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She did more than just teach me
how to try cases.

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She taught me how to be a good
person toward other people.

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Judge Myra Dixon met Hornsby
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at the Fulton County
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It's been 46
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I knew right away
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kind of love for people.

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At a time
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offered few seats,
if any, to black women.

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She earned hers
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open for others,
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I changed my major,
the criminal justice,

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because I worked in the traffic
court with her and I loved it.

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Hornsby's
career didn't stop there.

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Former
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appointed her solicitor general
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But Hornsby's vision continued

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to expand, leading her
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Hornsby and Associates, in 1996.

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When her youngest, Christie,
passed the bar in 2013.

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She formed the Hornsby

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Law Firm, LLC with her
mother and sister, Avis.

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And I walked over here
and I got my little card,

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and I was part of the group
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I knew God, it blessed me.

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I allowed two of my dreams
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to be a public, to family,
and to work with my mama.

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Over five decades of service
to the community.

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Her life's work is
the blueprint.

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It's a legacy that inspires
all of us to keep going.

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We saw her working.

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We saw her moving and shaking.

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And so we always knew
anything was possible

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for a woman,
a black woman in Atlanta.

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It's no one like her.

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And there
will never be anyone like her.

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Living history.

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Proclamation
from the Atlanta City Council

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in recognition of the Honorable
Louise T Hornsby.

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And it reads.
Whereas Louise Thornton
Hornsby is a native of Atlanta.

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Distinguished attorney,
civil rights leader, advocate,

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entrepreneur and devoted mother
whose life reflects

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a legacy of perseverance,
service and achievement.

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And whereas Miss Hornsby
graduated from the David T

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Howard High School in 1954
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Spelman College before
pursuing a legal education.

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During the Jim Crow era,

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she graduated from John
Martial Law School in 1965,

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and in 2022
became the inaugural recipient

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of the law school's
Lifetime Achievement Award.

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And Whereas, Miss Hornsby
became the sixth black woman

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to pass the Georgia Bar
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and has been a member of the sta

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Beginning a legal career
spanning more than five decades.

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And Whereas,

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Miss Hornsby became the first

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African-American assistant
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defender in Fulton County, later
serving as a part time judge

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in the City of Atlanta
Traffic Court

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before being appointed by Mayor
Andrew Young

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to serve as solicitor

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for the City of Atlanta
Traffic Court, and Whereas,

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Miss Hornsby founded the Victim
Witness Assistance Program

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in the City of Atlanta
Traffic Court and established
Hornsby and Associates in 1996,

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later becoming the Hornsby
Law Firm, LLC,

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where she practiced
alongside her daughters

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until her retirement,
which is much deserved in 2022.

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And Whereas
throughout her career,

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Miss Hornsby has been recognized
for civil rights work

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and contributions
in the legal profession,

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including recognition

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from the
National Bar Association and the
Our Prudence Herndon Award.

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And Whereas her commitment
to serve to service

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extends
beyond the legal profession

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through her leadership
with the Georgia Women's

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Political Caucus, Pyramid
Recovery Center, Leadership

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Atlanta, the DHM RF Foundation,

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and numerous civic, legal,
and governmental organizations.

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And Whereas

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Miss Hornsby considers
her greatest achievement

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to be her five children,
including John Marshall School

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Law School graduate
Christie Hornsby Battle
and her ten grandchildren.

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And Whereas, Louise Thornton
Hornsby's life and legacy

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demonstrates
the power of education,

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perseverance, public service

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and breaking barriers
for generations to come.

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Now, therefore. Yes.

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Now, therefore

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be it proclaimed that we,

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the members
of the Atlanta City Council,

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on behalf of the residents
of Atlanta, proudly recognize

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the Honorable Louise T Hornsby
for her life's work

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and extraordinary contributions
to the legal profession,

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civil rights, public service,
the Atlanta community.

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And we celebrate her
enduring legacy of leadership,

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perseverance, and service
to generations of Atlanta, be

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it further resolved and proclaim
that this occasion serves

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as a tribute to the Honorable
Louise

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T Hornsby's enduring legacy,
steadfast faith, distinguished

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public service,
and lifelong commitment

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to empowering young people,
especially women,

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especially women
especially especially women,

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through education, mentorship,
and community service.

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Ladies and gentlemen,
today is Judge Louise

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T Hornsby Day
in the city of Atlanta.

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Council member Andrea.

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Two. This living

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legend,
this civil rights leader.

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Thank you for all you have done
for the city of Atlanta.

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Your work has not gone unnoticed

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and the history books
will reflect that.

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You were an unsung hero
in the city of Atlanta, but

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you will be sung today in your
native of Atlanta, Georgia.

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At this time.

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At this
time, we would like to hear
from the Honorable Wanda Dallas,

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Brandon Wilson, the Honorable
Keith Gammage, and nephew,

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Frank Rucker, in that order.

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I got one minute.

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Okay.

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Good afternoon. Okay.

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Distinguished city
officials, honored guest family,

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friends and colleagues.

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It's truly an honor
to stand here before you today

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to pay tribute to a woman

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who has had an extraordinary
impact on my life,

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my legal career.

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Judge Louise Hornsby.

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My first job out of law school
was at the at traffic court.

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I'd been a stay at home mom

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while attending law school,
and I want to volunteer

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at the City of Atlanta
traffic court, so I came.

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I wasn't being paid.

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And then your mom offered me
a job.

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Paying job.
I said, oh, no, I'm good.
I'll just keep volunteering.

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She said, go home
and talk to your husband

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and find out what he said.

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Well, needless to say,
he said, take the job.

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So that decision
changed the course of my life.

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You taught me to believe in
myself, have compassion

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for others, and to pursue
excellence in everything I do.

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You created a workplace
that felt like family.

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Your daughters were there.

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Everybody I can remember almost
everyone who worked there.

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We worked hard
because we respected you

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and because we wanted
to give you our very best.

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And while we were prosecutors,
you never allowed us to forget

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that our ultimate responsibility
was not simply to win.

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It was a seek justice.

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Now, I learned that when you
walked in the courtroom,

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everybody rose.

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Okay. She would say this.

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If it works like a duck and
like a duck, then what is it?

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It's a duck.

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And she would tell the jurors,
don't

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check your commonsense
at the door.

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In other words,
no matter what the evidence was.

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Don't forget
that you can figure this out

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based on your common sense.

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So I want to say one last thing.

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I'm going to make
this really, really short.

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Your greatest
lesson was respect.

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You show to every person
who came through

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the criminal justice system.

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You taught me that.

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And as I moved through my career

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for 33 years,
you've been my mentor,

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my role model, my teacher,
my family.

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The greatest
evidence of a mentors impact
is not what they teach you,

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but what you cared for
because of them.

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I carry you with me
every single day.

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The last thing when my mom
passed away, I came to you.

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And I was very heartbroken.

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And you said to me,
and I'll never forget this.

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You said your mother would be
so, so proud of the woman

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that you have become.

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And you became the mom
that I lost from that moment.

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I will never, ever let you out
of my heart, out of my life.

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And every time
I sit on that bench,

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I sit there because of you.

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Thank you so much. Thank you.

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Brandon Wilson, Brandon Wilson.

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That's a good afternoon.
My name is Brandon Hornsby
Wilson, and I'm a proud third

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generation Hornsby attorney,
having followed in the footsteps

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of my grandmother,
my mother and my aunt.

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Grandma Louise was a.

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All right, I got one minute.

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My Louise was the first
African-American female public

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defender
in the state of Georgia.

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So it is no surprise
that I pursued a similar path

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as her and my mother.

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And becoming a third generation
Hornsby public defender.

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Today, I have been tasked with
speaking on behalf of Grandma

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Louise's grandchildren,
who are here today.

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And I hate to tell you
all that makes me the favorite.

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Just for today.

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I was asked to talk
about the legacy

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of my grandmother,
and in doing so,

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I think back to a conversation
I had with my mother.

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And prior
to starting the Jeep DC,

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she said, always
introduce yourself as Brandon

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Hornsby Wilson
unless they don't like us,

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in which
case you're Brandon Wilson.

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She explained that people knew

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that the Hornsby name
in the legal community,

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and that stood for hard work

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and legal excellence,
which began

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with the trailblazing
work of my grandmother.

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I wear the name Hornsby

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very proudly,
along with my mother in art,

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but all three of us
are only afforded the ability
to carry that name with pride

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because of the pathway path
by Grandma Louise.

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Growing up always knew
I wanted to be a lawyer,

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and in the early stages of me
being a lawyer,

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I had an interaction
with a judge and the judge

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basically said

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that, well,

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I've been I'm
being a little rushed here,

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so we're
going to skip to the end.

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The the legacy of
my grandmother, Louise is one of

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being a great lawyer.
That's further expounded
by the people who are up here

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today, who carry with her
a piece of the legacy.

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I just hope that we can continue
her legacy going forward.

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Thank you.

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The Honorable Keith, followed by
Frank Rucker.

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Please come on up, Frank.

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Good afternoon.
My name is Keith Gammage.

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I serve as solicitor general

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just up the street in Fulton
County.

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I first met the amazing, amazing
Solicitor Emeritus Hornsby

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through her daughter, Avis
Hornsby, more than 20 years ago.

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Avis taught me
how to practice law.

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She taught me
as a young public defender

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based on the enriching
love of justice and balance

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that Louise T Hornsby
taught her.

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And when I was ready
to run for Solicitor General,

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I followed in the footsteps
of solicitor Meredith Hornsby.

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And she is the embodiment
of justice that has been smart,

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that is fair,

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and that is about public safety
and second chances.

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We love you. And I wouldn't be
here without you. You're here.

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Our own Frank Rucker nephew.

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And then the lady of the hour,

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the honorable judge
Louise T Hornsby.

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Well, Madam Counsel,
I want to tell him

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I had to do this,
but this is easy.

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I just want to.

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First of all, this is my honor.

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And basically, she and my mother
carried the family, you know,

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and I would say it through
our many years of just hardship.

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You know, they are,
you know, behind what we all

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became,
myself, deputy general manager

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of Hartsfield-Jackson
Atlanta National Airport.

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And they drove within us
that will to succeed.

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So we wouldn't be here
without you.

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And I'm
so glad that you're mine.

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All right.

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Thank you.

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And now the honorable Judge
Louise T Hornsby.

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If you can stand to your feet,
please stand to your feet.

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Thank you.

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00:28:47,900 --> 00:28:51,867
Andre. Oh.

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I'm almost oma whelmed.

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But I thank you.

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I think you all for coming.

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00:29:03,001 --> 00:29:06,001
I thank you for coming

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and honoring me today.

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I don't know what and I,
I hadn't

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00:29:13,534 --> 00:29:17,668
prepared anything to say, but,
you know, I'm a lawyer.

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00:29:17,835 --> 00:29:21,266
I and I must say so, you know,
that's all I.

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But anyway, I'm just glad.

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00:29:24,867 --> 00:29:25,934
I'm glad to be here.

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00:29:25,934 --> 00:29:28,267
In fact, I'm glad to be here,
you know?

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Really, you know,

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00:29:30,835 --> 00:29:34,367
I thank God
first I say I thank God first.

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Amen.
You know, I thank God that and
and all my friends out here,

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00:29:38,968 --> 00:29:42,667
I see them just out in the in
the crowd, you know,

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and, and and I'm just thankful.

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And it is not much to say,

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00:29:49,001 --> 00:29:52,634
but thank God
for letting us all live

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and be able to do what we do
when we do it.

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All right.

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00:29:59,068 --> 00:30:02,501
You know,
and we used to not be able to
do it when we wanted to do it,

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00:30:03,002 --> 00:30:06,567
but now we can and thank God
for changing things.

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00:30:06,800 --> 00:30:09,134
And he has changed them.

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And I thank him.

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00:30:11,234 --> 00:30:12,700
And I know you thinking

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I didn't

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00:30:15,301 --> 00:30:18,266
plan on
anything and saying anything,

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you know, and, and,

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00:30:21,434 --> 00:30:24,934
and and that's all I can say is
I am overwhelmed

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00:30:25,501 --> 00:30:29,167
and I'm overwhelmed with,
with with what you're doing.

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And I never thought
in all my life,

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that this would happen to me.

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And I thank you.

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00:30:44,401 --> 00:30:47,400
And I thank my friends
for coming,

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00:30:48,267 --> 00:30:51,301
and and I hope that that
that that

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that all is well with us
and that we can remember

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to do unto others as they would
have you do unto them.

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That's right.
And and that's all I say,
you know.

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00:31:03,101 --> 00:31:05,700
And that's all I can say.

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God bless you.

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00:31:11,768 --> 00:31:14,334
Let's give it up for Wayne Marx
and a young man

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00:31:14,334 --> 00:31:18,567
who saw fit to honor
the honorable Judge Lewis.

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00:31:18,734 --> 00:31:20,501
Thank you, Wayne Martin.

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00:31:20,501 --> 00:31:22,735
Thank you, Wayne Martin.

500
00:31:22,735 --> 00:31:26,234
Also, part
two of this celebration

501
00:31:26,234 --> 00:31:28,734
will take place next door.

502
00:31:28,734 --> 00:31:29,868
Right next door.

503
00:31:29,868 --> 00:31:32,834
We will get a chance
to take pictures and fellowship.

504
00:31:33,167 --> 00:31:34,835
So please do not leave.

505
00:31:34,835 --> 00:31:37,234
We have a wonderful reception
planned.

506
00:31:37,234 --> 00:31:41,266
Today is Louise T Hornsby
Day in the city of Atlanta.

507
00:31:42,700 --> 00:31:44,134
And now

508
00:31:44,134 --> 00:31:46,935
and now
we will have our official photo,

509
00:31:46,935 --> 00:31:52,568
our official photo step right,
right in front of the screen.

510
00:31:52,701 --> 00:31:55,600
Thank you.
Stanley Hornsby as well.

511
00:33:43,700 --> 00:33:44,567
That's right.

512
00:33:44,567 --> 00:33:47,567
I agree 100%.

513
00:33:50,201 --> 00:33:53,200
Oh. How you doing?

514
00:34:18,267 --> 00:34:23,567
Oh. Our next proclamation

515
00:34:25,468 --> 00:34:28,301
is in recognition of coach
Charles Phillips

516
00:34:28,301 --> 00:34:31,300
Miles, College Hall of Famer.

517
00:34:34,468 --> 00:34:37,600
Presided by the Honorable
Andrea Boone.

518
00:34:37,900 --> 00:34:40,900
So she's going to switch out
hatch.

519
00:34:51,468 --> 00:34:53,167
You can go that way, too.

520
00:34:53,167 --> 00:34:55,001
Oh. You're good.

521
00:34:55,001 --> 00:34:56,834
Look, I'm looking
not even at her hand.

522
00:34:56,834 --> 00:34:57,800
How about that?

523
00:34:57,800 --> 00:35:00,734
Thank you. Welcome.

524
00:35:00,734 --> 00:35:03,734
Thank you.

525
00:35:38,334 --> 00:35:41,301
Will all those here to honor

526
00:35:41,301 --> 00:35:44,101
Coach Charles Phillips.

527
00:35:44,101 --> 00:35:45,633
Give ourselves a hand?

528
00:35:45,633 --> 00:35:48,600
Oh! Whoa!

529
00:35:48,800 --> 00:35:50,134
Come on up, everyone.

530
00:35:50,134 --> 00:35:53,467
That's here to honor Coach
Charles Phillips,

531
00:35:54,534 --> 00:35:56,667
a legend in the city of Atlanta,

532
00:35:56,667 --> 00:35:59,633
Georgia.

533
00:36:00,468 --> 00:36:03,600
From Booker
T Washington to Miles College.

534
00:36:04,900 --> 00:36:06,800
Come on up, everybody.

535
00:36:06,800 --> 00:36:08,301
We got em all here today.

536
00:36:08,301 --> 00:36:09,734
Look at this.

537
00:36:09,734 --> 00:36:10,734
He brought them out.

538
00:36:10,734 --> 00:36:13,134
He brought them out.

539
00:36:13,134 --> 00:36:16,034
He brought them out.

540
00:36:16,034 --> 00:36:18,334
That's why I came over here
early

541
00:36:18,334 --> 00:36:21,333
to say the wheel.

542
00:36:22,834 --> 00:36:25,834
You got to describe people, man.

543
00:36:27,500 --> 00:36:29,368
Come on, everybody.

544
00:36:29,668 --> 00:36:32,034
Come on up.
We got our commissioner,
Doug boss in the house.

545
00:36:32,034 --> 00:36:35,033
Come on up, Commissioner.

546
00:36:36,101 --> 00:36:38,667
Coach Tracy Alexander.

547
00:36:38,667 --> 00:36:41,967
Coach Doug Smith in the house.

548
00:36:42,600 --> 00:36:44,468
Cocoa in the house.

549
00:36:44,468 --> 00:36:46,568
Raimondo Davidson in the house.

550
00:36:46,568 --> 00:36:48,201
We got them all here today.
Look at that.

551
00:36:48,201 --> 00:36:51,166
We got pace in the house,

552
00:36:51,934 --> 00:36:54,734
y'all.
This is a big deal.

553
00:36:55,101 --> 00:36:57,267
Come on, y'all,
y'all fill in right here.

554
00:36:57,267 --> 00:37:00,333
Y'all fill in right here.

555
00:37:10,101 --> 00:37:13,100
Oh. Hey, you.

556
00:37:16,201 --> 00:37:19,200
Some people need to stay.

557
00:38:46,867 --> 00:38:49,067
Okay, everyone, please turn.

558
00:38:49,067 --> 00:38:55,701
Turn and face the camera.

559
00:38:55,801 --> 00:38:58,734
Look at this.
He brought the broader
Atlanta, Georgia out.

560
00:39:00,001 --> 00:39:02,234
Yeah, a native of Atlanta.

561
00:39:02,234 --> 00:39:03,434
Look at this, y'all.

562
00:39:03,434 --> 00:39:06,034
We we we get ready to fill
this city hall atrium up.

563
00:39:06,034 --> 00:39:08,600
Well, thank you. Cocoa.

564
00:39:08,600 --> 00:39:10,533
Come on.

565
00:39:10,533 --> 00:39:12,234
Keep the. Thank you.

566
00:39:12,234 --> 00:39:14,867
We have our commissioner,
Doug Voss here with us

567
00:39:14,867 --> 00:39:17,867
as well.

568
00:39:21,700 --> 00:39:24,700
Is the video ready?

569
00:39:27,101 --> 00:39:28,701
At this time?

570
00:39:29,235 --> 00:39:32,567
Atlanta.
We honor one of our own coach
Charles Phillips.

571
00:39:39,201 --> 00:39:42,200
And now a short video.

572
00:39:46,001 --> 00:39:49,200
My name is Jason,
and he's my dad.

573
00:40:51,401 --> 00:40:53,434
Dear.
I'm a recreation program
supervisor

574
00:40:53,434 --> 00:40:55,368
here at the city of Atlanta.

575
00:40:55,368 --> 00:40:59,201
Charles is so deserving
of this proclamation

576
00:40:59,568 --> 00:41:03,134
because he is the true
definition of what recreation

577
00:41:03,134 --> 00:41:23,800
is. My name is Paul Morgan,

578
00:41:24,167 --> 00:41:27,801
and I want to, first of all,
congratulate Charles

579
00:41:27,868 --> 00:41:30,834
on being voted into the Mouth
Hall of Fame.

580
00:41:31,434 --> 00:41:34,401
I met Charles
when he was about six years old.

581
00:41:34,501 --> 00:41:36,667
He was a little general then.

582
00:41:36,667 --> 00:41:38,201
He was always obedient.

583
00:41:38,201 --> 00:41:41,167
He wanted to participate
in everything.

584
00:41:41,401 --> 00:41:46,534
And Charles was one of
the people who came to me a lot.

585
00:41:46,835 --> 00:41:50,134
He wanted to learn everything
about everything he recreation.

586
00:41:50,267 --> 00:41:52,067
So I'm Simon. You came.

587
00:41:52,067 --> 00:41:54,900
I'm here to celebrate my dear
friend, Mr.

588
00:41:54,900 --> 00:41:58,967
Charles Phillip
on an outstanding career

589
00:41:58,967 --> 00:42:02,001
in football, Parks and rec, etc.

590
00:42:02,101 --> 00:42:06,101
so was a great mentor,
a great friend, a great boss.

591
00:42:06,901 --> 00:42:10,900
I really love how he embraced us
in the rec world.

592
00:42:11,167 --> 00:42:13,434
Well, first and foremost,
I would like to say

593
00:42:13,434 --> 00:42:16,067
congratulations
to Charles Phillips on this

594
00:42:16,067 --> 00:42:19,234
amazing accomplishment to.

595
00:42:19,901 --> 00:42:22,334
I think it's
the highest honor of the city
to receive a proclamation.

596
00:42:22,334 --> 00:42:24,301
So congratulations.

597
00:42:24,301 --> 00:42:25,601
Hey everybody, name is Nicholas
Clark.

598
00:42:25,601 --> 00:42:26,634
I'm the operational director

599
00:42:26,634 --> 00:42:28,334
of teen services
for the city of Atlanta.

600
00:42:28,334 --> 00:42:31,401
So today, I'd like to say
congratulations, Charles.

601
00:42:31,401 --> 00:42:33,034
Congratulations
on your proclamation.

602
00:42:33,034 --> 00:42:35,600
I'll tell you all the time
you're the true

603
00:42:35,600 --> 00:42:37,066
example of recreation.

604
00:42:46,267 --> 00:42:49,735
Special recognition proclamation
recognizing Coach

605
00:42:49,735 --> 00:42:53,301
Charles Phillips, the mall's
college Hall of Famer.

606
00:42:53,701 --> 00:42:56,901
Whereas Charles Phillips
is a proud native of Atlanta

607
00:42:56,968 --> 00:42:59,501
whose life respects
a long standing commitment

608
00:42:59,501 --> 00:43:02,201
to his community,
athletics and public service.

609
00:43:02,201 --> 00:43:05,534
And Whereas, raised in the John
Egan Homes community,

610
00:43:05,601 --> 00:43:09,568
Charles attended Mary Cloud
Bethune Elementary School, John

611
00:43:09,568 --> 00:43:11,634
F Kennedy
Middle School, and Booker T

612
00:43:11,634 --> 00:43:14,234
Washington High School,
where he distinguished himself

613
00:43:14,234 --> 00:43:18,267
as a three sport athlete in
baseball, football and soccer.

614
00:43:18,267 --> 00:43:20,700
And Whereas following
his graduation from Booker T

615
00:43:20,700 --> 00:43:22,801
Washington High School,

616
00:43:22,968 --> 00:43:25,768
Charles earned
a football scholarship
to Savannah State University

617
00:43:25,868 --> 00:43:29,368
before transferring to Miles
College in Birmingham, Alabama,

618
00:43:29,534 --> 00:43:32,568
where he built an outstanding
collegiate football career.

619
00:43:32,634 --> 00:43:35,001
And Whereas a three year
starter in team

620
00:43:35,001 --> 00:43:37,334
captain for the Miles College
Golden Bears,

621
00:43:37,334 --> 00:43:41,201
Charles established himself
as an exceptional strong safety,

622
00:43:41,267 --> 00:43:43,034
earning recognition
as the team's

623
00:43:43,034 --> 00:43:44,801
most valuable defensive player.

624
00:43:44,801 --> 00:43:46,900
After leading the bears
and interceptions

625
00:43:46,900 --> 00:43:48,900
and ranking second in tackles.

626
00:43:48,900 --> 00:43:51,267
And Whereas during his college
career,

627
00:43:51,267 --> 00:43:55,167
Charles recorded more than 100
tackles, five intersections,

628
00:43:55,234 --> 00:43:59,001
ten tackles for loss, 18
pass breakups and eight sacks.

629
00:43:59,067 --> 00:44:00,768
Leaving a lasting legacy

630
00:44:00,768 --> 00:44:03,533
with the Golden Bears
football program.

631
00:44:03,533 --> 00:44:04,735
Whereas in recognition

632
00:44:04,735 --> 00:44:07,234
of his exceptional athletic
achievements,

633
00:44:07,234 --> 00:44:10,267
Phillips was inducted
into the Mouse College Sports

634
00:44:10,368 --> 00:44:15,468
Hall of Fame in October 2025,
and Whereas now serving

635
00:44:15,468 --> 00:44:16,835
as Recreation Program

636
00:44:16,835 --> 00:44:20,501
Supervisor, Charles continues
to positively impact

637
00:44:20,601 --> 00:44:24,201
allow youth, young people,
families and neighborhoods.

638
00:44:24,267 --> 00:44:26,568
Now, therefore, be
it resolved that the members

639
00:44:26,568 --> 00:44:30,634
of the Atlanta City Council
now hereby proclaim today

640
00:44:30,801 --> 00:44:34,734
as Charles Phillips Day
in the city of Atlanta, Georgia.

641
00:44:47,167 --> 00:44:49,901
Our speakers
will come in this order.

642
00:44:49,901 --> 00:44:53,434
First Speaker Commissioner
Doug Vos, followed by Raymundo

643
00:44:53,434 --> 00:44:56,467
Davidson, Commissioner Doug Vos.

644
00:45:03,201 --> 00:45:05,334
Thank you.

645
00:45:05,334 --> 00:45:07,501
Thank you, Council Member
Boone and Councilmember Martin

646
00:45:07,501 --> 00:45:09,134
and all the council members

647
00:45:09,134 --> 00:45:11,267
for bringing this
proclamation forward.

648
00:45:11,267 --> 00:45:13,167
I've known Charles for 15 years.

649
00:45:13,167 --> 00:45:14,668
He never would have told me

650
00:45:14,668 --> 00:45:16,501
that he had been inducted
into the Hall of Fame.

651
00:45:16,501 --> 00:45:18,900
That's just Charles Humble.

652
00:45:18,900 --> 00:45:19,700
Charles is humble.

653
00:45:19,700 --> 00:45:21,101
But let me tell you also this

654
00:45:21,101 --> 00:45:24,101
Charles is one of the most
passionate, dedicated

655
00:45:24,101 --> 00:45:26,134
and driven individuals
I have come to known

656
00:45:26,134 --> 00:45:28,800
professionally
in the last 15 years.

657
00:45:28,800 --> 00:45:30,134
I'm going to tell you,

658
00:45:30,134 --> 00:45:31,533
I think
what's special about that,

659
00:45:31,533 --> 00:45:32,767
it has nothing to do

660
00:45:32,767 --> 00:45:34,167
with his athletic

661
00:45:34,167 --> 00:45:36,568
that has to do with
his personal characteristics

662
00:45:36,568 --> 00:45:38,934
that he brings to the table
every single day.

663
00:45:38,934 --> 00:45:40,534
I will tell you this
also is that

664
00:45:40,534 --> 00:45:42,368
many of us are looking around
the room.

665
00:45:42,368 --> 00:45:45,468
Many of us came to Parks and
Recreation through athletics.

666
00:45:46,002 --> 00:45:47,967
We did.
We had an athletic background,
Charles.

667
00:45:47,967 --> 00:45:50,134
That is only one part
of what he brings

668
00:45:50,134 --> 00:45:51,834
to the Department of Parks
and Recreation.

669
00:45:51,834 --> 00:45:53,067
Whether it's working with

670
00:45:53,067 --> 00:45:55,568
early childhood
development and Grove Park,

671
00:45:55,568 --> 00:45:57,301
whether it's working with

672
00:45:57,301 --> 00:46:00,001
Coach Michael at Dunbar,
with the teen program,

673
00:46:00,001 --> 00:46:03,167
with silk screening,
with sewing, with cooking.

674
00:46:03,334 --> 00:46:04,934
He is into all of that.

675
00:46:04,934 --> 00:46:06,401
And then I'm going
to just mention

676
00:46:06,401 --> 00:46:07,868
where is Charles senior group?

677
00:46:07,868 --> 00:46:10,300
Where are the seniors?
Charles Phillips senior group

678
00:46:12,134 --> 00:46:15,368
supporting
Aquia and the seniors.

679
00:46:15,368 --> 00:46:17,601
Charles, it's
more than about athletics.

680
00:46:17,601 --> 00:46:19,401
That's how we come to this.

681
00:46:19,801 --> 00:46:23,935
That's how we
we develop our our skills
as Department of Recreation

682
00:46:24,335 --> 00:46:26,301
staff members.
But it's a lot more than that.
Charles, congratulations.

683
00:46:26,301 --> 00:46:28,034
I am very proud
to be your teammate.

684
00:46:28,034 --> 00:46:31,033
Thank you.

685
00:46:32,700 --> 00:46:33,334
Davidson.

686
00:46:33,334 --> 00:46:36,333
Office of the mayor.

687
00:46:39,667 --> 00:46:41,967
Good afternoon.

688
00:46:41,967 --> 00:46:42,767
Charles.

689
00:46:42,767 --> 00:46:45,701
I hadn't
written the speech, but,

690
00:46:45,701 --> 00:46:47,768
I think I just hold up on it
because I.

691
00:46:47,768 --> 00:46:50,301
I don't know how valid it was,
but anyway.

692
00:46:50,301 --> 00:46:51,568
Congratulations, brother.

693
00:46:51,568 --> 00:46:54,534
Thank you for everything
you do in the city.

694
00:46:54,701 --> 00:46:57,634
Thank you for what you do
for our young people.

695
00:46:57,935 --> 00:47:00,901
You know, you're you're a part
of a brotherhood that you can't

696
00:47:01,002 --> 00:47:05,500
pledge in or be invited to or
or pay your way into.

697
00:47:05,934 --> 00:47:07,668
You have to be chosen.

698
00:47:07,668 --> 00:47:10,667
And you were chosen to be
in that brotherhood, brother.

699
00:47:10,767 --> 00:47:12,334
And not many of us have been.

700
00:47:12,334 --> 00:47:15,134
So congratulations.
We thank you for what you do.

701
00:47:15,134 --> 00:47:16,900
I'm very
proud of you. And I love you.

702
00:47:21,800 --> 00:47:22,367
Greg.

703
00:47:22,367 --> 00:47:25,367
Favors.

704
00:47:31,633 --> 00:47:32,500
Got him.

705
00:47:32,500 --> 00:47:34,267
You got me.

706
00:47:34,267 --> 00:47:36,534
You right? All right.

707
00:47:36,534 --> 00:47:38,267
Okay. That's all I need.

708
00:47:38,267 --> 00:47:39,001
I'm gonna be real.

709
00:47:39,001 --> 00:47:39,834
I'm gonna be real.

710
00:47:39,834 --> 00:47:42,067
I'll be real quick.

711
00:47:42,067 --> 00:47:45,066
I'm Charles big cousin.

712
00:47:45,967 --> 00:47:48,934
Because I'm proud of you.

713
00:47:49,301 --> 00:47:50,801
And reason why I say that

714
00:47:50,801 --> 00:47:54,066
a lot of a lot of people up here
know we from the real Atlanta.

715
00:47:55,001 --> 00:47:58,401
So being from the real Atlanta,
he experienced,

716
00:47:58,401 --> 00:47:59,735
like a lot of us did,

717
00:47:59,735 --> 00:48:03,100
saying what we can't do,
what we won't do and saying no,

718
00:48:04,234 --> 00:48:08,368
but through perseverance,
through right mentorship,

719
00:48:08,868 --> 00:48:11,834
having the right people around
you, keeping you accountable.

720
00:48:12,101 --> 00:48:14,368
He's become the man that he's

721
00:48:14,368 --> 00:48:17,167
I'm sure he dreamed
and embodied to be all his life.

722
00:48:17,167 --> 00:48:19,900
And he's still going because
he's still pointed his kids.

723
00:48:19,900 --> 00:48:22,568
He still got a lot to give back.

724
00:48:22,701 --> 00:48:24,201
And I just want to start
just by saying that,
because I only have a minute.

725
00:48:24,201 --> 00:48:27,167
I can be up here all day
because we're very proud of you

726
00:48:27,735 --> 00:48:29,134
and everything you do
and everything

727
00:48:29,134 --> 00:48:31,033
you continue
to do and you will do.

728
00:48:37,567 --> 00:48:40,567
Rosalind Flanagan.

729
00:48:44,134 --> 00:48:45,266
You got to.

730
00:48:45,266 --> 00:48:46,500
Okay.

731
00:48:46,500 --> 00:48:47,501
Oh, okay.

732
00:48:47,501 --> 00:48:49,968
Good afternoon,
everyone, and welcome.

733
00:48:49,968 --> 00:48:54,401
We're here to celebrate Charles
today, a great human being,

734
00:48:54,768 --> 00:48:56,900
an athlete.
And I been knowing Charles
since he was probably about 8

735
00:48:56,900 --> 00:48:58,768
or 9 years old from Kennedy.

736
00:48:58,768 --> 00:49:01,834
And my husband coached him,
the late Anthony Flanagan.

737
00:49:01,934 --> 00:49:04,867
And we had many shared
many times together.

738
00:49:04,867 --> 00:49:06,434
And as far as him
going to college,

739
00:49:06,434 --> 00:49:07,835
we followed him to college.

740
00:49:07,835 --> 00:49:11,002
And also, congratulations,
Charles, to your Hall of Fame

741
00:49:11,002 --> 00:49:14,101
induction and also for the city
of Atlanta recognizing you.

742
00:49:14,201 --> 00:49:15,067
It's a lot of stories

743
00:49:15,067 --> 00:49:16,401
that I can tell you
about Charles,

744
00:49:16,401 --> 00:49:19,301
but I want you to know that
Charles is a great human being

745
00:49:19,301 --> 00:49:20,967
and he loves everyone.

746
00:49:20,967 --> 00:49:23,801
And, you know,
he gets along with everyone.

747
00:49:23,801 --> 00:49:27,101
And so I thank you for
being here today to support him.

748
00:49:27,167 --> 00:49:28,534
And I thank you, Charles.

749
00:49:28,534 --> 00:49:32,134
And I pray that one day
that your jersey, your helmet

750
00:49:32,234 --> 00:49:34,735
or your shirt
will be beside your coach,

751
00:49:34,735 --> 00:49:37,234
Anthony Flanagan,
in the Mercedes-Benz Stadium.

752
00:49:37,234 --> 00:49:38,567
Thank you and God bless.

753
00:49:45,101 --> 00:49:48,234
Mr. Ali
Wilson, Mao's college graduate.

754
00:49:48,501 --> 00:49:50,868
Thank you. Raimondo and Ali.

755
00:49:50,868 --> 00:49:53,900
Charles Phillips
kept pushing back on this.

756
00:49:54,101 --> 00:49:56,134
These guys said
it's got to happen.

757
00:49:56,134 --> 00:49:57,368
It's got to happen.

758
00:49:57,368 --> 00:49:58,101
So thank you.

759
00:49:58,101 --> 00:49:59,034
Raimundo and Mr.

760
00:49:59,034 --> 00:50:02,033
Ali Wilson, native of Atlantans.

761
00:50:03,700 --> 00:50:05,601
Good afternoon.

762
00:50:05,601 --> 00:50:07,534
We're going
to keep this real shout.

763
00:50:07,534 --> 00:50:08,801
You know I tell folks ain't

764
00:50:08,801 --> 00:50:10,334
but two types of people
in that letter.

765
00:50:10,334 --> 00:50:13,333
Them that went to Washington
High and them they wanted to go.

766
00:50:15,201 --> 00:50:16,601
But we're

767
00:50:16,601 --> 00:50:19,201
we're really proud of Charles
when I was down there Miles.

768
00:50:19,201 --> 00:50:21,468
You know I was telling
we got somebody for you.

769
00:50:21,468 --> 00:50:24,968
So it was Charles
and DJ and death.

770
00:50:25,068 --> 00:50:27,967
They put us back on the map.
They did that, and they.

771
00:50:27,967 --> 00:50:29,501
And they did it the right way.

772
00:50:29,501 --> 00:50:31,101
You didn't
have to make them go to class.

773
00:50:31,101 --> 00:50:33,801
They went to class willingly.
So we just so proud.

774
00:50:33,801 --> 00:50:35,935
And look how he brought
that Lantern together.

775
00:50:35,935 --> 00:50:43,668
One Atlanta Hawks and
restoration versus all y'all.

776
00:50:44,268 --> 00:50:46,868
Before we
hear from the Honorable Byron
D Amos and Jason Dozier,

777
00:50:46,968 --> 00:50:50,167
I would like to recognize coach
Doug Smith, coach Tracy

778
00:50:50,167 --> 00:50:53,301
Alexander,
and the entire team in Southwest

779
00:50:53,301 --> 00:50:56,400
Atlanta for doing all
you do for the city of Atlanta.

780
00:50:56,400 --> 00:50:57,667
Thank you.

781
00:50:57,667 --> 00:51:02,801
The Honorable Byron D Amos.

782
00:51:02,901 --> 00:51:05,368
Very quickly.
You know, it's it's amazing.

783
00:51:05,368 --> 00:51:07,234
They still asking anything good

784
00:51:07,234 --> 00:51:10,167
still come out of the West Side.

785
00:51:10,301 --> 00:51:11,801
You know

786
00:51:11,801 --> 00:51:13,601
the West side
has produced some giants

787
00:51:13,601 --> 00:51:16,634
and some legends that our kids
read and hear about every day,

788
00:51:16,968 --> 00:51:20,368
but they have no idea
that they are taught and touch

789
00:51:20,368 --> 00:51:23,834
and around legends
that they have no idea about.

790
00:51:24,067 --> 00:51:26,234
Now they know about a coach,
Charles,

791
00:51:26,234 --> 00:51:28,668
because we are telling
the story.

792
00:51:28,668 --> 00:51:31,868
A young man that followed the
footsteps of Bethune Elementary

793
00:51:31,868 --> 00:51:35,001
that is now closed, Kennedy,
which is now Hollis Innovation

794
00:51:35,001 --> 00:51:38,200
Academy, and the Booker
T Washington High School

795
00:51:39,067 --> 00:51:40,234
to be able to stay here

796
00:51:40,234 --> 00:51:42,101
months, family and friends
and look out of months.

797
00:51:42,101 --> 00:51:43,700
And I see people that help
raise me.

798
00:51:43,700 --> 00:51:45,501
I see people that help guide me.

799
00:51:45,501 --> 00:51:47,035
And we're all still
standing here

800
00:51:47,035 --> 00:51:49,633
ready to do the same thing
for the next generation.

801
00:51:49,633 --> 00:51:50,968
So thank you.

802
00:51:50,968 --> 00:51:54,568
To my colleague, Councilwoman
Boone, for actually allowing me

803
00:51:54,568 --> 00:51:57,534
to present
this special recognition award,

804
00:51:57,634 --> 00:52:01,402
to coach Charles Phillips
for my old college Hall of Fame.

805
00:52:01,535 --> 00:52:04,468
I'm not going to read it all,
but he has an additional award
coming to you, brother,

806
00:52:04,801 --> 00:52:08,102
for all the places we've been
in, we can't talk about.

807
00:52:08,202 --> 00:52:10,867
Right? Right.
For all the places
we are going to go to.

808
00:52:10,867 --> 00:52:12,567
Thank you.
And I love you. Thank you.

809
00:52:17,201 --> 00:52:20,134
The honorable Jason Dozier.

810
00:52:20,134 --> 00:52:22,368
Good afternoon y'all.

811
00:52:22,534 --> 00:52:24,900
I'm going to be brief.
I just wanted to acknowledge
my brother, Coach

812
00:52:24,900 --> 00:52:25,734
Charles Phillips,

813
00:52:25,734 --> 00:52:27,167
who serves

814
00:52:27,167 --> 00:52:29,201
two of my recreation centers
in my district, both

815
00:52:29,201 --> 00:52:31,834
at K Scott Recreation
Center, over in mostly Park

816
00:52:31,834 --> 00:52:33,067
and then near to my heart

817
00:52:33,067 --> 00:52:34,835
because I live
in the Mechanicsville community,

818
00:52:34,835 --> 00:52:37,067
Dunbar Neighborhood Center
in Mechanicsville.

819
00:52:37,067 --> 00:52:41,067
And to see how this brother
serves our community

820
00:52:41,067 --> 00:52:42,167
in so many different ways,

821
00:52:42,167 --> 00:52:43,167
whether it's
for the young people

822
00:52:43,167 --> 00:52:44,401
at Dunbar, my

823
00:52:44,401 --> 00:52:46,301
my oldest daughter
has been in the parks

824
00:52:46,301 --> 00:52:49,001
recreation system out there,
and I know that she has someone

825
00:52:49,001 --> 00:52:50,935
that she could look up
to every single day

826
00:52:50,935 --> 00:52:53,634
putting the work,
giving back in this community.

827
00:52:53,835 --> 00:52:56,334
And then I know
I see a lot of my seniors
at CA Scott here today.

828
00:52:56,334 --> 00:52:59,201
And so I know that,
you know, as I get older

829
00:52:59,201 --> 00:53:00,901
and if you're still working
for the department,

830
00:53:00,901 --> 00:53:03,167
Parks and Recreation,
when I'm still out there,

831
00:53:03,167 --> 00:53:04,267
I know
I'm going to be in good hands.

832
00:53:04,267 --> 00:53:06,468
But I just want to say
thank you. Congratulations.

833
00:53:06,468 --> 00:53:07,568
And I look forward to

834
00:53:07,568 --> 00:53:09,101
to continuing to serve alongside

835
00:53:09,101 --> 00:53:10,800
you in this work
and serving our communities.

836
00:53:10,800 --> 00:53:12,334
Also,
this brother puts him work.

837
00:53:12,334 --> 00:53:16,101
I see him every every now
and then over at the city hall.

838
00:53:16,234 --> 00:53:18,534
Jill.
And so I got a workout partner
over here too.

839
00:53:18,534 --> 00:53:19,534
So that's what to say.
Thank you.

840
00:53:19,534 --> 00:53:21,266
And ladies
once again, brother. Thank you.

841
00:53:23,067 --> 00:53:26,335
Thank you to

842
00:53:26,435 --> 00:53:30,134
and the entire team.
Part two of this celebration
will happen in the City Hall.

843
00:53:30,201 --> 00:53:32,801
Atrium is going down.
Don't miss it.

844
00:53:32,801 --> 00:53:35,301
We are going to honor
Charles Phillips.

845
00:53:35,301 --> 00:53:39,701
And now for the man of the hour,
the man of this season,

846
00:53:39,935 --> 00:53:43,002
a Booker T Washington
High School graduate, miles

847
00:53:43,002 --> 00:53:47,067
College Hall of Famer, a native
son of the city of Atlanta

848
00:53:47,167 --> 00:53:50,166
Charles Phillips.

849
00:53:55,533 --> 00:53:58,367
Oh, man on TV.

850
00:53:58,367 --> 00:54:01,433
Okay.

851
00:54:05,934 --> 00:54:08,034
To the member of council.

852
00:54:08,034 --> 00:54:10,034
To the to president Overstreet.

853
00:54:10,034 --> 00:54:11,267
Thank you.

854
00:54:11,267 --> 00:54:13,434
To be a golden bear is forever.

855
00:54:13,434 --> 00:54:15,234
Miles College taught me.

856
00:54:15,234 --> 00:54:16,835
He taught me
discipline, brotherhood,

857
00:54:16,835 --> 00:54:19,101
and to represent something
bigger than myself.

858
00:54:19,101 --> 00:54:22,100
But long before Miles
direction of made me,

859
00:54:22,834 --> 00:54:24,234
they still shake me. As a kid.

860
00:54:24,234 --> 00:54:26,167
They checked my car
before they did me.

861
00:54:26,167 --> 00:54:29,101
They taught me respect how
to be on time, how to be a man.

862
00:54:29,301 --> 00:54:31,700
They kept me up the street
and showed me a different way.

863
00:54:31,700 --> 00:54:33,534
Parts of it saved my life.

864
00:54:33,534 --> 00:54:35,468
I want to say this clearly.

865
00:54:35,468 --> 00:54:38,167
The staff and I, Wrexham
are the true Hall of Famers.

866
00:54:38,167 --> 00:54:40,634
If it wasn't for a wreck sooner,
it wouldn't be a chance

867
00:54:40,634 --> 00:54:42,967
to a Hall of Famer
standing here today.

868
00:54:42,967 --> 00:54:44,801
I never forgot
where I came from.

869
00:54:44,801 --> 00:54:48,601
That is why I brought the Golden
Bear spirit back home for 20

870
00:54:48,835 --> 00:54:51,633
plus years.
For 20 plus years,
I stayed dedicated to this city,

871
00:54:52,234 --> 00:54:54,967
to our kids and summer camps,
after school

872
00:54:54,967 --> 00:54:57,900
and sports,
to my prioritized seniors.

873
00:54:58,067 --> 00:55:01,101
A safe, joyful place
to guarantee and be honored

874
00:55:02,402 --> 00:55:05,701
to our community.
Keeping doors open for
every family for 20 plus years.

875
00:55:05,768 --> 00:55:08,735
I came back to keep the doors
open for that next kid,

876
00:55:08,901 --> 00:55:10,934
just like someone
kept the doors open for me.

877
00:55:11,935 --> 00:55:14,368
I want to thank my
Park and Rec family, thankfully

878
00:55:14,368 --> 00:55:17,601
shaping me and then served
with me for more than 20 years.

879
00:55:17,668 --> 00:55:22,168
I also want to thank Ace
Book, Keep Your Brown Knit Club,

880
00:55:22,302 --> 00:55:25,234
Ramona, Daisy
Pace Union, Paula Morgan,
Sandra Morgan, and Clyde Wilson

881
00:55:25,334 --> 00:55:27,935
for your unwavering support
and belief in me.

882
00:55:27,935 --> 00:55:30,868
My sincere appreciation
to Council Member, Boone

883
00:55:30,868 --> 00:55:34,001
District ten for your leadership
and honoring me today.

884
00:55:34,067 --> 00:55:38,134
Thank you for that.

885
00:55:38,534 --> 00:55:40,867
Finally.
Finally this
this this my last. In the last.

886
00:55:40,867 --> 00:55:43,500
This is my last one.

887
00:55:43,500 --> 00:55:45,134
Thanks to my mother.

888
00:55:45,134 --> 00:55:48,133
She she she here today?

889
00:55:48,533 --> 00:55:49,767
Yeah.

890
00:55:49,767 --> 00:55:50,834
Mom, you put me in that.

891
00:55:50,834 --> 00:55:52,967
Rick's in a for a reason.

892
00:55:52,967 --> 00:55:55,234
Miles gave me the opportunity.

893
00:55:55,234 --> 00:55:57,267
Elena gave me the purpose.

894
00:55:57,267 --> 00:56:00,001
But you gave me the foundation.

895
00:56:00,001 --> 00:56:02,735
This is for every Golden Bear
pass in future.

896
00:56:02,735 --> 00:56:05,334
And this for every Leonard kid
in the rec center right now.

897
00:56:05,334 --> 00:56:07,368
Wondering
if someone believes in them.

898
00:56:07,368 --> 00:56:09,167
We believe in you.

899
00:56:09,167 --> 00:56:10,868
This is also, for every prior

900
00:56:10,868 --> 00:56:13,834
time, seeing our sisters
who taught us to keep going.

901
00:56:13,934 --> 00:56:15,834
Allowed to. You made me.

902
00:56:15,834 --> 00:56:16,900
You saved me.

903
00:56:16,900 --> 00:56:18,567
And I would never stop
serving you.

904
00:56:18,567 --> 00:56:20,533
Thank you, Golden bears.

905
00:56:26,633 --> 00:56:29,301
And now, and now and now we

906
00:56:29,301 --> 00:56:32,568
will have a our special picture
presentation.

907
00:56:32,634 --> 00:56:36,701
But we would like to recognize
Gina, president of Pace

908
00:56:36,701 --> 00:56:40,301
and doctor Thomas Gaucher,
retired educator.

909
00:56:40,468 --> 00:56:43,467
APS is here as well.

910
00:56:47,467 --> 00:56:49,501
And now

911
00:56:49,501 --> 00:56:52,533
coach Charles picture
right here.

912
00:57:01,533 --> 00:57:05,334
Okay.

913
00:57:05,434 --> 00:57:08,367
Really?
Really.

914
00:57:10,867 --> 00:57:13,867
Squeezing one one.

915
01:01:11,934 --> 01:01:14,934
I love you.

916
01:01:17,567 --> 01:01:20,533
All right.

917
01:01:20,834 --> 01:01:21,600
Thank you.

918
01:01:21,600 --> 01:01:24,600
So to you that.

919
01:01:26,867 --> 01:01:29,834
And now we're going to celebrate

920
01:01:30,067 --> 01:01:33,066
small Business Opportunity Week.

921
01:01:38,034 --> 01:01:40,134
Raimundo.

922
01:01:40,134 --> 01:01:43,133
That's that's
that's the last one.

923
01:01:45,467 --> 01:01:46,301
Thank you.

924
01:01:46,301 --> 01:01:49,267
Let us go on, you guys.

925
01:01:49,267 --> 01:01:51,167
Everything

926
01:01:51,167 --> 01:01:54,166
all right?

927
01:01:55,567 --> 01:01:58,533
Come on down.

928
01:01:58,834 --> 01:02:01,900
That's how you.

929
01:02:13,468 --> 01:02:16,434
I think it's been taking us up
there.

930
01:02:16,501 --> 01:02:19,735
Well, everyone here
for the Small Business Week

931
01:02:19,901 --> 01:02:22,900
proclamation,
please make your way forward.

932
01:02:25,134 --> 01:02:26,201
Small business

933
01:02:26,201 --> 01:02:29,167
opportunity week proclamation.

934
01:02:29,301 --> 01:02:32,266
Supporters, please come forward.

935
01:02:33,333 --> 01:02:35,567
Right.

936
01:02:35,567 --> 01:02:37,067
Congratulations.

937
01:02:37,067 --> 01:02:38,700
Yes. I guess. How are you?

938
01:02:39,800 --> 01:02:40,201
Stacy.

939
01:02:40,201 --> 01:02:43,200
Pleasure.

940
01:02:45,667 --> 01:02:47,800
Yes, yes.

941
01:02:47,800 --> 01:02:48,900
How are you?

942
01:02:48,900 --> 01:02:51,001
Good to see you all.

943
01:02:51,001 --> 01:02:53,633
Good, good.

944
01:02:53,633 --> 01:02:56,600
All right.

945
01:02:56,834 --> 01:02:57,333
Is it right?

946
01:02:57,333 --> 01:03:00,400
Right.

947
01:03:03,601 --> 01:03:07,101
We know that
our state of Georgia

948
01:03:07,101 --> 01:03:10,100
and the city of Atlanta.

949
01:03:11,700 --> 01:03:14,700
Both have a rich history.

950
01:03:23,467 --> 01:03:25,001
All right,

951
01:03:25,001 --> 01:03:26,367
you ready?

952
01:03:26,367 --> 01:03:27,134
That's it.

953
01:03:27,134 --> 01:03:30,133
All right.

954
01:03:32,234 --> 01:03:33,900
This proclamation
will be presided

955
01:03:33,900 --> 01:03:36,034
by the Honorable Wayne Martin.

956
01:03:36,034 --> 01:03:37,601
Thank you so much,
Madam President.

957
01:03:37,601 --> 01:03:39,267
We know that
the state of Georgia

958
01:03:39,267 --> 01:03:43,034
and the city of Atlanta both
have, rich and storied histories

959
01:03:43,201 --> 01:03:47,868
in the promotion and celebration
of small businesses.

960
01:03:48,068 --> 01:03:50,568
Our number one
employer in our state
and within our city.

961
01:03:50,568 --> 01:03:54,001
And we found it
not robbery to spend time today

962
01:03:54,301 --> 01:03:57,234
recognizing small business
opportunity week

963
01:03:57,234 --> 01:04:00,234
in the city of Atlanta
with a proclamation,

964
01:04:00,668 --> 01:04:02,600
from this city
council of Atlanta.

965
01:04:02,600 --> 01:04:03,801
And it reads, whereas

966
01:04:03,801 --> 01:04:05,735
the state of Georgia
is proud to be recognized

967
01:04:05,735 --> 01:04:07,835
as the number one
state for business,

968
01:04:07,835 --> 01:04:11,668
supported by a competitive,
business climate and thriving

969
01:04:11,668 --> 01:04:15,267
community of small businesses,
entrepreneurs across the state.

970
01:04:15,368 --> 01:04:18,234
And whereas, small business
on the backbone of Georgia's

971
01:04:18,234 --> 01:04:22,701
economy, representing
more than 1.2 million businesses

972
01:04:22,868 --> 01:04:26,968
and employing more than 1.7
million Georgians across diverse

973
01:04:26,968 --> 01:04:29,967
industries and communities,
and whereas Atlanta's

974
01:04:29,967 --> 01:04:31,935
small businesses, entrepreneurs

975
01:04:31,935 --> 01:04:34,568
and locally owned enterprises
are essential to the city's

976
01:04:34,568 --> 01:04:37,867
economic vitality, creating
jobs, driving innovation,

977
01:04:38,001 --> 01:04:38,934
strengthening neighborhoods

978
01:04:38,934 --> 01:04:40,735
and contributing
to the unique character

979
01:04:40,735 --> 01:04:44,002
and prosperous
prosperity of communities.

980
01:04:44,202 --> 01:04:47,601
And Whereas
Georgia's small businesses
drive innovation, create jobs,

981
01:04:47,735 --> 01:04:49,034
and strengthen
our local community

982
01:04:49,034 --> 01:04:51,267
to the state's long term
economic growth,

983
01:04:51,267 --> 01:04:53,201
resilience and prosperity.

984
01:04:53,201 --> 01:04:56,267
And whereas organizations like
the Georgia Business Council

985
01:04:56,434 --> 01:05:00,067
work to develop, convene and
advocate for small businesses

986
01:05:00,201 --> 01:05:03,334
by helping companies build
capacity, strengthen supply

987
01:05:03,334 --> 01:05:06,334
chain readiness, expanding
connections and access.

988
01:05:06,701 --> 01:05:09,368
And Whereas, Georgia's
small businesses,

989
01:05:09,368 --> 01:05:12,768
entrepreneurs and locally owned
enterprises are essential

990
01:05:12,768 --> 01:05:16,201
to the city's economic
vitality, creating jobs, driving

991
01:05:16,801 --> 01:05:18,568
innovation,
strengthening neighborhoods

992
01:05:18,568 --> 01:05:20,034
and contributing
to the unique character

993
01:05:20,034 --> 01:05:23,001
and prosperity
of all communities. And whereas.

994
01:05:25,034 --> 01:05:28,000
Give me one moment here.

995
01:05:28,934 --> 01:05:31,634
The collaboration
between small business,

996
01:05:31,634 --> 01:05:34,468
corporate partners, government
agencies and community

997
01:05:34,468 --> 01:05:38,135
organizations help strengthen
Georgia's business ecosystem,

998
01:05:38,135 --> 01:05:41,633
support workforce development,
and create pathways for success.

999
01:05:41,900 --> 01:05:43,935
And Whereas,
Small Business Opportunity

1000
01:05:43,935 --> 01:05:46,900
Week serves as a time
to recognize and celebrate the

1001
01:05:47,601 --> 01:05:49,734
resilience
and economic contributions

1002
01:05:49,734 --> 01:05:51,968
of Georgia's small businesses

1003
01:05:52,135 --> 01:05:55,167
while encouraging
continued investment
in entrepreneurship, innovation

1004
01:05:55,234 --> 01:05:57,234
and business
growth across the state.

1005
01:05:57,234 --> 01:05:58,334
Now, therefore,

1006
01:05:59,202 --> 01:06:01,334
be it
proclaimed that we,
the members of the Atlanta City

1007
01:06:01,701 --> 01:06:02,901
Council, on
behalf of the residents
of Atlanta,

1008
01:06:02,901 --> 01:06:05,167
do hear about recognizing
the important contributions

1009
01:06:05,167 --> 01:06:06,301
of small businesses

1010
01:06:06,301 --> 01:06:09,001
and entrepreneurs
to the economic vitality

1011
01:06:09,001 --> 01:06:11,234
and prosperity of our city
and state.

1012
01:06:11,234 --> 01:06:13,234
Commend
the Georgia Business Council

1013
01:06:13,234 --> 01:06:15,301
and its partners
for their commitment

1014
01:06:15,301 --> 01:06:17,835
to supporting small business
growth and opportunity,

1015
01:06:17,835 --> 01:06:22,101
and designate September
20th 1 to 25, 2026,

1016
01:06:22,167 --> 01:06:25,534
as Small Business Opportunity
Week in our great city

1017
01:06:25,601 --> 01:06:28,800
and we encourage all residents,
business, community leaders

1018
01:06:29,267 --> 01:06:32,434
and organizations to recognize
and support the small businesses

1019
01:06:32,534 --> 01:06:34,468
that strengthen
our communities, create

1020
01:06:34,468 --> 01:06:37,001
opportunities, and help drive
Atlanta's continued

1021
01:06:37,001 --> 01:06:38,167
economic success.

1022
01:06:38,167 --> 01:06:41,567
We celebrate Georgia's
Small Business Opportunity Week.

1023
01:06:45,201 --> 01:06:48,200
Now we will have remarks.

1024
01:06:48,667 --> 01:06:50,267
What's the name?

1025
01:06:50,267 --> 01:06:51,401
Berry love for Mr.

1026
01:06:51,401 --> 01:06:54,367
Berry? Love, right.

1027
01:06:54,533 --> 01:06:57,500
All right.

1028
01:06:58,868 --> 01:07:01,834
Good afternoon.
My name is Barry Love,
and I am the managing director

1029
01:07:02,234 --> 01:07:06,101
of a AI powered technology firm
called Get Real Time Feedback.

1030
01:07:06,835 --> 01:07:09,801
And I'm extremely proud to stand
before you today

1031
01:07:09,935 --> 01:07:13,634
as the chair of the Information
technology group

1032
01:07:13,868 --> 01:07:18,401
within the Georgia Business
Council's Small Business Input

1033
01:07:18,401 --> 01:07:22,935
Committee, it's truly an honor
to join the City Council

1034
01:07:23,002 --> 01:07:26,400
today as we recognize
Small Business Opportunity Week.

1035
01:07:27,067 --> 01:07:30,300
As a small business owner,
I know firsthand

1036
01:07:31,067 --> 01:07:34,034
growing a business
takes more than a great idea.

1037
01:07:34,601 --> 01:07:38,167
It takes perseverance, access
to opportunity,

1038
01:07:38,501 --> 01:07:41,267
strong relationships,
and a community

1039
01:07:41,267 --> 01:07:44,334
that believes in the value
that small businesses bring.

1040
01:07:44,968 --> 01:07:47,768
This is why the recognition
is so important.

1041
01:07:47,768 --> 01:07:50,768
Small businesses are creating
jobs, bringing

1042
01:07:50,768 --> 01:07:53,768
new ideas, innovation
to the marketplace.

1043
01:07:54,068 --> 01:07:58,067
Investing in our neighborhoods
and contributing every day to

1044
01:07:58,134 --> 01:07:59,767
Atlanta's economic strength.

1045
01:08:01,834 --> 01:08:03,067
I also want to recognize the

1046
01:08:03,067 --> 01:08:06,034
small business owners
that are here with us today.

1047
01:08:06,501 --> 01:08:08,534
Thank you for taking the risk.

1048
01:08:08,534 --> 01:08:13,234
Doing the work and continuing to
build your success strengthens

1049
01:08:13,234 --> 01:08:18,335
not only your business,
but our entire community.

1050
01:08:18,435 --> 01:08:21,334
On behalf of the Georgia
Business Council's
Small Business Input Committee,

1051
01:08:21,668 --> 01:08:23,601
thank you
to the Atlanta City Council

1052
01:08:23,601 --> 01:08:25,234
for recognizing Small Business

1053
01:08:25,234 --> 01:08:27,634
Opportunity Week
and for supporting

1054
01:08:27,634 --> 01:08:30,201
an environment
where small businesses

1055
01:08:30,201 --> 01:08:33,301
can connect, grow and compete.

1056
01:08:34,002 --> 01:08:37,368
We appreciate this proclamation
and look forward to continuing

1057
01:08:37,368 --> 01:08:38,601
to work together

1058
01:08:38,601 --> 01:08:41,600
to strengthen Atlanta's
small business community.

1059
01:08:42,835 --> 01:08:44,734
Very proud to stand here
under the leadership

1060
01:08:44,734 --> 01:08:47,700
of several of

1061
01:08:48,601 --> 01:08:51,134
my colleagues
within the organization,

1062
01:08:51,134 --> 01:08:56,067
specifically Vanessa, Sanji,

1063
01:08:56,167 --> 01:08:58,868
Emily.
But our illustrious leader,
Stacey Key,

1064
01:08:58,868 --> 01:09:02,401
who really has done
a phenomenal job in guiding us.

1065
01:09:02,601 --> 01:09:06,001
So for more information on the
organization, please feel free.

1066
01:09:06,700 --> 01:09:09,701
W w w Georgia Council

1067
01:09:09,701 --> 01:09:11,934
and thank you
so very much for this honor.

1068
01:09:11,934 --> 01:09:13,633
Thank you very much. All right.

1069
01:09:15,467 --> 01:09:17,167
Any of my

1070
01:09:17,601 --> 01:09:19,267
colleagues
would like to come forward
and offer brief remarks

1071
01:09:19,267 --> 01:09:20,767
before we move on
to our picture.

1072
01:09:20,767 --> 01:09:22,633
Taking time.

1073
01:09:22,633 --> 01:09:25,600
Councilmember Alex one.

1074
01:09:27,968 --> 01:09:29,468
Thank you, Councilmember
Martin, for doing this.

1075
01:09:29,468 --> 01:09:33,334
I think this is a well deserved
proclamation and time

1076
01:09:33,534 --> 01:09:36,401
to illuminate and highlight
the importance of small business

1077
01:09:36,401 --> 01:09:37,834
businesses here in Georgia.

1078
01:09:37,834 --> 01:09:38,767
Here in Atlanta,

1079
01:09:38,767 --> 01:09:40,167
my father was a small business
owner,

1080
01:09:40,167 --> 01:09:42,868
and I think
the unsung piece of it is,

1081
01:09:42,868 --> 01:09:46,534
and why it's so important,
is I reflecting back now

1082
01:09:46,601 --> 01:09:49,201
on my childhood,
I realized how much he invested

1083
01:09:49,201 --> 01:09:52,101
and dedicated and sacrificed
to make that happen.

1084
01:09:52,101 --> 01:09:54,267
And it is because of that

1085
01:09:54,267 --> 01:09:56,201
commitment
that our small businesses have

1086
01:09:56,201 --> 01:09:58,067
that they become such
an integral part

1087
01:09:58,067 --> 01:09:59,901
of our communities.

1088
01:09:59,901 --> 01:10:03,301
They're there and determined
to weather everything, and may

1089
01:10:03,301 --> 01:10:04,533
not have the same kind of,

1090
01:10:05,700 --> 01:10:08,201
gumption to stick it out that

1091
01:10:08,201 --> 01:10:11,468
an outsider or a large company
may make a different

1092
01:10:11,601 --> 01:10:13,401
have different calculus
on those decisions.

1093
01:10:13,401 --> 01:10:14,967
But I just do think
it's important

1094
01:10:14,967 --> 01:10:17,167
that we continue
to lift and support

1095
01:10:17,167 --> 01:10:21,134
and find ways to help develop
and nurture and foster

1096
01:10:21,568 --> 01:10:24,434
this important part of our,
our economic ecosystem

1097
01:10:24,434 --> 01:10:26,401
and also just respect
all the work

1098
01:10:26,401 --> 01:10:28,967
that all of y'all do,
because it is

1099
01:10:28,967 --> 01:10:30,034
one of the things
that you just have

1100
01:10:30,034 --> 01:10:32,401
to stay through the good times
and the bad times,

1101
01:10:32,401 --> 01:10:34,068
the tough times
and the easy times.

1102
01:10:34,068 --> 01:10:37,034
But just for the small business
community to know that that

1103
01:10:37,401 --> 01:10:39,334
support network
is there from that for them,

1104
01:10:39,334 --> 01:10:42,301
I think is critical to, again,
helping them

1105
01:10:42,368 --> 01:10:43,935
stay committed to their success.

1106
01:10:43,935 --> 01:10:45,900
So, Councilmember Martin,
thank you for doing this.

1107
01:10:45,900 --> 01:10:47,934
Thank you.
Councilmember. All right.

1108
01:10:49,167 --> 01:10:52,166
Let's go down and take a photo.

1109
01:12:01,101 --> 01:12:06,700
You. Okay.

1110
01:12:06,834 --> 01:12:09,534
So that completes our

1111
01:12:09,534 --> 01:12:12,234
proclamations
and special awards section.

1112
01:12:12,234 --> 01:12:16,967
We are moving on to any remarks
by our council members.

1113
01:12:16,967 --> 01:12:19,934
This is the time when

1114
01:12:20,468 --> 01:12:23,867
you can express condolences and
we can take moments of silence.

1115
01:12:23,867 --> 01:12:26,633
Does anyone want to do that?

1116
01:12:26,633 --> 01:12:28,967
Council Member Amos,

1117
01:12:28,967 --> 01:12:30,801
thank you, Madam President.

1118
01:12:30,801 --> 01:12:34,967
I want to make sure we stop
and as a city

1119
01:12:34,967 --> 01:12:38,800
to send our condolences
to the family of,

1120
01:12:39,434 --> 01:12:42,001
Reverend Ella Graham,

1121
01:12:42,001 --> 01:12:45,001
or the Harvey Holmes community.

1122
01:12:45,001 --> 01:12:47,967
We lost Miss Graham, last week,

1123
01:12:48,234 --> 01:12:51,201
a couple of days
after our senior day out.

1124
01:12:51,501 --> 01:12:54,434
Reverend Graham was the warrior

1125
01:12:54,434 --> 01:12:57,601
for the Vale Holmes, community,

1126
01:12:57,668 --> 01:13:02,567
never letting up an opportunity
to advocate for her community.

1127
01:13:03,434 --> 01:13:05,701
We celebrated the community
organization.

1128
01:13:05,701 --> 01:13:08,668
I think it was 65 years
last year,

1129
01:13:08,968 --> 01:13:11,901
and she had been there
for all of the celebrations.

1130
01:13:12,102 --> 01:13:14,801
But more importantly, as we do
this work day to day here

1131
01:13:14,801 --> 01:13:18,900
in the city, Miss Carla
Smith, who actually works in,

1132
01:13:19,967 --> 01:13:20,633
Atlanta.

1133
01:13:20,633 --> 01:13:22,534
Dot you know, the only thing

1134
01:13:22,534 --> 01:13:25,967
Reverend Graham wanted was her
streets paved and her community.

1135
01:13:26,368 --> 01:13:29,267
And I am proud to say that,
Miss Smith,

1136
01:13:29,267 --> 01:13:33,267
you got this done for
Miss Graham so she could ride

1137
01:13:33,334 --> 01:13:35,701
through her streets,
turn into her neighborhood,

1138
01:13:35,701 --> 01:13:38,035
as she say,
without in the pothole.

1139
01:13:38,035 --> 01:13:41,533
So, the work that we do
every day touches the lives

1140
01:13:41,533 --> 01:13:42,267
of individuals

1141
01:13:42,267 --> 01:13:43,801
that we really don't know

1142
01:13:43,801 --> 01:13:46,434
how important it is, but
I just want to bring that up.

1143
01:13:46,434 --> 01:13:49,434
And also, just like I said,
send our words of condolences

1144
01:13:49,601 --> 01:13:51,867
to the family.
Thank you, thank you.

1145
01:13:51,867 --> 01:13:53,234
Any other council members?

1146
01:13:53,234 --> 01:13:56,568
Council member bond.

1147
01:13:57,002 --> 01:13:58,701
Thank you.
Madam President,
I want to add my

1148
01:13:58,701 --> 01:14:00,901
voice of condolences
to the Graham family.

1149
01:14:00,901 --> 01:14:04,667
When I was first
elected to district three.

1150
01:14:05,468 --> 01:14:07,401
One of the biggest issues
in Harwell

1151
01:14:07,401 --> 01:14:10,133
Holmes was putting
a traffic light there,

1152
01:14:11,134 --> 01:14:14,301
what was then
Hightower Road and Harwell Road,

1153
01:14:14,301 --> 01:14:17,267
with several people
coming out of that subdivision.

1154
01:14:17,501 --> 01:14:20,800
We either hit a few were killed,
and of course the

1155
01:14:21,534 --> 01:14:24,900
children leaving Douglas
high schools

1156
01:14:24,900 --> 01:14:26,835
very dangerous
because they couldn't

1157
01:14:26,835 --> 01:14:28,468
didn't have a light
to cross the street.

1158
01:14:28,468 --> 01:14:31,768
Mr. Graham,
when I first was elected,

1159
01:14:31,935 --> 01:14:35,368
sat me down in her home,
and that was issue

1160
01:14:35,368 --> 01:14:39,101
number one, you know,
that she was having him for.

1161
01:14:39,101 --> 01:14:42,067
She just was an amazing woman.

1162
01:14:42,368 --> 01:14:45,367
She cared and loved her
community.

1163
01:14:46,267 --> 01:14:49,534
Was really the
the red blood cells

1164
01:14:49,534 --> 01:14:52,368
and the blood of that community
very intricately.

1165
01:14:52,368 --> 01:14:56,134
And want to extend
my condolences as well.

1166
01:14:56,835 --> 01:14:59,533
Councilmember Amundsen,
thank you for bringing that up.

1167
01:14:59,533 --> 01:15:02,101
But I also want to

1168
01:15:02,101 --> 01:15:04,935
acknowledge
the passing of Gerald, two of my

1169
01:15:04,935 --> 01:15:09,867
my uncle Ronnie Robinson,
who lost his life.

1170
01:15:10,334 --> 01:15:14,401
Saturday before last and will be
funeral ized tomorrow.

1171
01:15:14,868 --> 01:15:18,567
Native Atlanta loved
the city, loved his family.

1172
01:15:18,867 --> 01:15:21,800
And he'll be sorely missed.

1173
01:15:23,567 --> 01:15:24,067
Okay.

1174
01:15:24,067 --> 01:15:25,067
Thank you.

1175
01:15:25,067 --> 01:15:31,835
Any other council members?

1176
01:15:32,068 --> 01:15:37,468
Okay.
For these mentioned today
and others not mentioned.

1177
01:15:37,534 --> 01:15:40,533
Let's take a moment of silence.

1178
01:15:50,134 --> 01:15:52,633
Thank you.

1179
01:15:53,401 --> 01:15:55,800
Okay.
So that brings us to the remarks
by the public.

1180
01:15:56,001 --> 01:15:57,868
We'll now hear
remarks from the public.

1181
01:15:57,868 --> 01:16:01,501
Each speaker will have
two minutes or up to ten minutes

1182
01:16:01,501 --> 01:16:04,500
with donated time
pursuant to our city code

1183
01:16:05,368 --> 01:16:07,334
who have received donated time.

1184
01:16:07,334 --> 01:16:10,300
You'll be placed
at the end of the speakers list,

1185
01:16:11,134 --> 01:16:14,101
but let's get
started on our list.

1186
01:16:14,101 --> 01:16:15,768
We're going to start
with our first three.

1187
01:16:15,768 --> 01:16:19,967
That will be Michael Collins,
Henry Jordan, and Noble Atom.

1188
01:16:20,834 --> 01:16:24,234
L, and you each have
two minutes.

1189
01:16:24,234 --> 01:16:25,701
Please come forward.

1190
01:16:25,701 --> 01:16:28,167
Michael Collins,
you have two minutes.

1191
01:16:28,167 --> 01:16:31,166
Okay.

1192
01:16:33,334 --> 01:16:34,134
We'll start over.

1193
01:16:34,134 --> 01:16:36,201
Okay. Thank you.

1194
01:16:36,201 --> 01:16:39,134
My name is Michael Collins,
and I'm with Etel.

1195
01:16:39,368 --> 01:16:42,401
Etel opposes the proposed
sale of the Atlantic City

1196
01:16:42,468 --> 01:16:45,434
Detention Center
to Fulton County.

1197
01:16:45,534 --> 01:16:47,134
Playfair.
Etel cares about this because

1198
01:16:47,134 --> 01:16:50,167
our coalition came together
around a simple principle.

1199
01:16:50,334 --> 01:16:52,568
Major decisions about Atlanta's
future

1200
01:16:52,568 --> 01:16:56,201
should put communities first
and should be made transparently

1201
01:16:56,334 --> 01:16:58,735
with meaningful public
participation.

1202
01:16:58,735 --> 01:17:02,267
That applies to the World Cup,
the Super Bowl, but also applies

1203
01:17:02,267 --> 01:17:05,468
to decisions about public
safety, public resources,

1204
01:17:05,768 --> 01:17:08,800
workers, and the kind of city
we are building

1205
01:17:09,368 --> 01:17:11,468
with the community over
Cage's coalition.

1206
01:17:11,468 --> 01:17:13,735
We just held a press conference
this morning

1207
01:17:13,735 --> 01:17:16,334
where many people spoke out
against the sale,

1208
01:17:16,334 --> 01:17:18,634
including people
who were directly involved

1209
01:17:18,634 --> 01:17:21,600
in the original process
to reimagine AC, DC,

1210
01:17:21,967 --> 01:17:23,634
that history matters.

1211
01:17:23,634 --> 01:17:26,768
Atlanta asked people to invest
their time and expertise

1212
01:17:26,968 --> 01:17:29,768
in imagining a different future
for this facility,

1213
01:17:29,768 --> 01:17:32,735
and for how our city responds
to people in crisis.

1214
01:17:32,901 --> 01:17:35,800
We cannot simply discard
that work without explaining

1215
01:17:35,800 --> 01:17:38,568
what changed and why.

1216
01:17:38,968 --> 01:17:41,568
It'll
also raised concerns about AC,
DC workers.

1217
01:17:41,801 --> 01:17:44,533
We absolutely care
about what happens to them.

1218
01:17:44,533 --> 01:17:45,935
The reimagining process

1219
01:17:45,935 --> 01:17:48,901
contemplated a transition
for those workers.

1220
01:17:49,068 --> 01:17:52,067
The answer should be a
just transition that protects

1221
01:17:52,067 --> 01:17:55,100
workers, not abandoning
the broader vision.

1222
01:17:55,967 --> 01:17:58,934
I want to applaud Council Member
Amos.

1223
01:17:59,001 --> 01:18:00,301
Great suit, by the way.

1224
01:18:00,301 --> 01:18:04,633
Louis Worthy Collins,
great name, Kelsey Bond

1225
01:18:04,700 --> 01:18:06,068
and Michael Julian Bond.

1226
01:18:06,068 --> 01:18:09,934
Good first and last name
for raising serious concerns

1227
01:18:09,934 --> 01:18:11,634
and asking important questions

1228
01:18:11,634 --> 01:18:13,935
at last week's public
safety meeting.

1229
01:18:13,935 --> 01:18:17,034
I appreciate the council
holding this work session

1230
01:18:17,101 --> 01:18:19,701
so these questions
can be addressed publicly,

1231
01:18:19,701 --> 01:18:22,101
but there is
a major contradiction here.

1232
01:18:22,101 --> 01:18:24,568
At the same time,
the mayor is pursuing this sale.

1233
01:18:24,568 --> 01:18:27,735
The administration is taking
actions that threaten Pad,

1234
01:18:27,935 --> 01:18:31,568
one of the one of Atlanta's
most important alternatives

1235
01:18:31,568 --> 01:18:33,334
to arrest and incarceration.

1236
01:18:33,334 --> 01:18:36,434
It's incredibly frustrating
to watch the city move forward

1237
01:18:36,568 --> 01:18:39,734
towards expanding a jail
approach, while undermining Mr.

1238
01:18:40,101 --> 01:18:42,267
kind of diversion
the city needs.

1239
01:18:42,267 --> 01:18:44,267
Thank you. Thank you.

1240
01:18:44,267 --> 01:18:46,033
Henry
Jordan, you have two minutes.

1241
01:18:48,533 --> 01:18:49,533
United three. Two.

1242
01:18:49,533 --> 01:18:51,468
God, everyone is here.

1243
01:18:51,468 --> 01:18:52,968
Deliver me from my enemies.

1244
01:18:52,968 --> 01:18:56,667
Oh my God, defend me from them
that rise up against me.

1245
01:18:57,167 --> 01:18:59,735
Psalms 59, chapter verse.

1246
01:19:00,168 --> 01:19:03,600
First, though
David was Saul, son in law,
Saul sent me in to kill him.

1247
01:19:04,034 --> 01:19:06,301
I had a vision
when the Lord revealed

1248
01:19:06,301 --> 01:19:08,201
that I was telling you
the truth.

1249
01:19:08,201 --> 01:19:11,167
Then you start returning the
income Jesus created through me.

1250
01:19:11,634 --> 01:19:14,201
Submit yourselves,
therefore the God

1251
01:19:14,201 --> 01:19:17,234
resist the devil,
and he will flee from you.

1252
01:19:17,301 --> 01:19:20,134
James Forbes, chapter
seven verse is this the devil?

1253
01:19:20,134 --> 01:19:23,034
Do not submit
to fear of flee from Satan,

1254
01:19:23,034 --> 01:19:24,468
but saying against him.

1255
01:19:24,468 --> 01:19:27,434
Jesus, give us the power
to stand against Satan.

1256
01:19:27,801 --> 01:19:30,835
I shall not die, but live and
declare the works of the Lord.

1257
01:19:31,002 --> 01:19:36,767
Psalms 118, chapter 17,
verse next, and verses 5 to 18.

1258
01:19:36,834 --> 01:19:38,167
The King

1259
01:19:38,167 --> 01:19:41,201
then leads the problem
in worship

1260
01:19:41,201 --> 01:19:44,901
with himself as the speaker,
though interrupted

1261
01:19:45,002 --> 01:19:50,066
at times by anthropoid reframes
offered by the people

1262
01:19:51,500 --> 01:19:53,301
receive us.

1263
01:19:53,301 --> 01:19:55,800
We have wronged no man's.

1264
01:19:55,800 --> 01:19:57,267
We have corrupted no man.

1265
01:19:57,267 --> 01:19:59,101
We have defrauded
no man's sacraments.

1266
01:19:59,101 --> 01:20:01,002
In seven, chapter 11 verse.

1267
01:20:01,002 --> 01:20:04,533
Jesus desires for me to receive
pay for the work he's

1268
01:20:04,533 --> 01:20:05,768
doing through me.

1269
01:20:05,768 --> 01:20:08,768
It's for the protection
of his people.

1270
01:20:08,768 --> 01:20:11,601
The reason he created
the gift in me.

1271
01:20:11,601 --> 01:20:15,867
Thank Jesus for your cooperation
in this matter.

1272
01:20:15,934 --> 01:20:18,934
Obey Jesus if you're not asked.

1273
01:20:20,034 --> 01:20:23,033
If you do not ask
for destruction,

1274
01:20:24,201 --> 01:20:27,167
a lot of people will die
because you

1275
01:20:27,468 --> 01:20:30,433
because of your grief
for the money.

1276
01:20:30,500 --> 01:20:32,134
When you get money

1277
01:20:32,134 --> 01:20:35,101
that's not really yours
and you take credit for it.

1278
01:20:35,701 --> 01:20:38,301
Then you work in deceit,
defrauded shipping.

1279
01:20:38,301 --> 01:20:41,267
Treachery is the way of
the flesh that leads to death.

1280
01:20:41,668 --> 01:20:44,634
And we want life and not death.

1281
01:20:44,634 --> 01:20:46,501
That's when I try to speak
the Word of God.

1282
01:20:46,501 --> 01:20:50,267
The Word of God has life for us
that we need, and I know I

1283
01:20:50,267 --> 01:20:50,767
need it.

1284
01:20:52,201 --> 01:20:53,900
Thank you.

1285
01:20:53,900 --> 01:20:56,867
Noble and l.

1286
01:20:57,167 --> 01:20:58,534
Greetings.

1287
01:20:58,534 --> 01:21:02,434
I'm noble
at El Moorish American,

1288
01:21:02,501 --> 01:21:04,668
better known as a more.

1289
01:21:04,668 --> 01:21:07,900
And today I'm going to present
my nationality card.

1290
01:21:07,967 --> 01:21:09,668
Because a lot of people act

1291
01:21:09,668 --> 01:21:12,468
or don't know what a national
he is.

1292
01:21:12,468 --> 01:21:15,467
So from nationality card, it
reads,

1293
01:21:16,935 --> 01:21:21,467
American national identification
card societies,

1294
01:21:22,034 --> 01:21:26,233
birth rights and Appalachian
anthem poker el

1295
01:21:27,368 --> 01:21:28,867
and says the national.

1296
01:21:28,867 --> 01:21:31,467
My national domicile
is North America.

1297
01:21:31,467 --> 01:21:33,600
My race is human.

1298
01:21:33,600 --> 01:21:36,434
To be a national.

1299
01:21:36,668 --> 01:21:40,201
You have to be part
of the human race and being part
of the human race.

1300
01:21:40,301 --> 01:21:42,868
That means you have a land,
a nation,

1301
01:21:42,868 --> 01:21:46,066
and as a member of the land,
you are a national.

1302
01:21:47,034 --> 01:21:50,034
My ancestors estate is North
America,

1303
01:21:50,634 --> 01:21:53,301
Central America, and Mexico.

1304
01:21:53,301 --> 01:21:55,167
Another name for Africa.

1305
01:21:55,167 --> 01:21:57,900
Ancient
name for the continent. Africa.

1306
01:21:57,900 --> 01:22:00,200
America. Okay. And,

1307
01:22:01,667 --> 01:22:02,768
I started

1308
01:22:02,768 --> 01:22:06,101
by me and says, all rights
reserved and retained.

1309
01:22:06,601 --> 01:22:10,368
Freehold by birthright
from a gentle and inheritance.

1310
01:22:10,601 --> 01:22:13,533
Aboriginal native American

1311
01:22:14,101 --> 01:22:16,034
heirs of North America.

1312
01:22:16,034 --> 01:22:18,467
National people of the land.

1313
01:22:18,467 --> 01:22:20,401
Divine law.

1314
01:22:20,401 --> 01:22:24,834
United States Code of Law, title
22, chapter two,

1315
01:22:25,401 --> 01:22:30,001
section 141 for one of a general

1316
01:22:30,101 --> 01:22:34,801
and permanent character a 222141

1317
01:22:34,968 --> 01:22:39,267
not taxed by the Constitution
and it says Constitution.

1318
01:22:39,401 --> 01:22:43,266
Article one, section two,
clause three.

1319
01:22:44,367 --> 01:22:45,468
Treaties.

1320
01:22:45,468 --> 01:22:48,467
All officers, department agents,

1321
01:22:50,101 --> 01:22:53,800
employees,
personnel and assigns, etc.

1322
01:22:54,301 --> 01:22:56,468
are bound by oath

1323
01:22:56,468 --> 01:22:58,934
to uphold
and support the Constitution

1324
01:22:58,934 --> 01:23:01,001
for the United States
of America.

1325
01:23:01,001 --> 01:23:03,533
Republic. Thank you.

1326
01:23:03,533 --> 01:23:04,568
That's two minutes.

1327
01:23:04,568 --> 01:23:07,234
Okay.
Thank you so much for coming.

1328
01:23:07,234 --> 01:23:10,201
Our next three speakers, Thomas
Leary,

1329
01:23:10,568 --> 01:23:13,501
Cody Turner, and Jan Rivers.

1330
01:23:13,735 --> 01:23:21,434
You each have two minutes.
You can come forward.

1331
01:23:21,568 --> 01:23:24,433
Everyone,
I'm here to speak
in support of Beltline Rail.

1332
01:23:25,701 --> 01:23:28,834
Council members.
There's no technology
more proven in all human history

1333
01:23:30,202 --> 01:23:34,201
than the train.
Not the car, not autonomous
pods, not pneumatic tubes

1334
01:23:34,368 --> 01:23:36,234
flying in the air,
not whatever it is.

1335
01:23:36,234 --> 01:23:37,735
Elon Musk is trying to do

1336
01:23:37,735 --> 01:23:40,234
in the tunnels
under Las Vegas trains.

1337
01:23:40,234 --> 01:23:42,167
They've tried a million times
to beat trains

1338
01:23:42,167 --> 01:23:44,735
and it just hasn't been done.
You just can't beat them.

1339
01:23:44,735 --> 01:23:48,368
So you can imagine my confusion
and frustration sometimes when,

1340
01:23:49,102 --> 01:23:51,800
elected officials at every level
of government expressed doubt

1341
01:23:51,800 --> 01:23:53,434
towards most efficient
and licensed

1342
01:23:53,434 --> 01:23:57,501
form of transportation
ever yet devised.

1343
01:23:58,135 --> 01:23:59,134
You know,
imagine a senator
rolling their eyes

1344
01:23:59,134 --> 01:24:01,533
at the very concept of indoor
plumbing.

1345
01:24:01,533 --> 01:24:02,935
And how would you react

1346
01:24:02,935 --> 01:24:05,368
if the governor insisted
that we conduct a dozen studies

1347
01:24:05,368 --> 01:24:08,434
before we introduced
this new fangled electricity?

1348
01:24:08,868 --> 01:24:12,467
You know, today we have a chance
to finally do the right thing.

1349
01:24:12,700 --> 01:24:14,701
Let's support rail.

1350
01:24:14,701 --> 01:24:17,434
You know,
instead of entertaining a dozen

1351
01:24:17,434 --> 01:24:20,433
bad ideas, let's instead enact
a good idea.

1352
01:24:20,900 --> 01:24:22,301
The best idea.

1353
01:24:22,868 --> 01:24:25,301
In fact,
let's show the world that Lanta
isn't a city of dithering

1354
01:24:25,301 --> 01:24:26,067
do nothings,

1355
01:24:26,067 --> 01:24:26,934
but rather a city

1356
01:24:26,934 --> 01:24:27,734
that recognizes

1357
01:24:27,734 --> 01:24:30,067
the brilliance
of of common sense

1358
01:24:30,067 --> 01:24:31,534
and when to embrace
in a good idea

1359
01:24:31,534 --> 01:24:33,267
whose time has long since come.

1360
01:24:33,267 --> 01:24:34,401
City council members.

1361
01:24:34,401 --> 01:24:37,266
Mayor Andre
Dickens build this train.

1362
01:24:41,301 --> 01:24:42,534
Thank you.

1363
01:24:42,534 --> 01:24:45,533
Cody Turner,
you have two minutes.

1364
01:24:46,201 --> 01:24:48,135
Thank you.

1365
01:24:48,302 --> 01:24:50,334
My name is Cody Turner.
I'm here to voice my support
for Beltline rail.

1366
01:24:50,334 --> 01:24:52,834
I'll admit, I'm
a newcomer to Atlanta.

1367
01:24:52,834 --> 01:24:54,067
I was born in Georgia,

1368
01:24:54,067 --> 01:24:57,034
but I've only lived in Atlanta
for the last 16 years,

1369
01:24:57,267 --> 01:25:00,301
which is far less time than many
other people in this room.

1370
01:25:00,501 --> 01:25:01,935
But I love Atlanta,

1371
01:25:01,935 --> 01:25:03,967
and I want to live here
for the rest of my life.

1372
01:25:03,967 --> 01:25:05,601
I want to raise a family here,

1373
01:25:05,601 --> 01:25:08,434
but to do that,
I need Beltline rail.

1374
01:25:08,434 --> 01:25:10,401
I live in Atlanta without a car,

1375
01:25:10,401 --> 01:25:12,835
and I can tell you
that it's never been better to

1376
01:25:12,835 --> 01:25:15,234
live without a car in Atlanta
than it is right now.

1377
01:25:15,234 --> 01:25:17,167
But we could make it
even better,

1378
01:25:17,167 --> 01:25:19,835
and we could make that possible
for hundreds of thousands

1379
01:25:19,835 --> 01:25:22,800
of other people
if we build Beltline rail.

1380
01:25:22,900 --> 01:25:24,501
I've been a supporter
of Beltline Rail

1381
01:25:24,501 --> 01:25:27,501
since I attended
my first public meeting in 2014.

1382
01:25:28,102 --> 01:25:31,668
I was inspired by the scope
and the goals of the Beltline.

1383
01:25:31,735 --> 01:25:35,767
It wasn't just a single project
affecting one neighborhood.

1384
01:25:35,834 --> 01:25:38,767
It was a vision
to reconnect a city.

1385
01:25:39,201 --> 01:25:41,201
And so once
I understood that the Beltline

1386
01:25:41,201 --> 01:25:43,934
was going to transform Atlanta,
I was all in.

1387
01:25:43,934 --> 01:25:45,801
I attended every meeting
I could.

1388
01:25:45,801 --> 01:25:50,267
And in 2019, I was asked to join
Beltline University, where Abi

1389
01:25:50,334 --> 01:25:54,201
spent six weeks educating us
into all of the project details.

1390
01:25:54,634 --> 01:25:57,633
And that started
and it ended with Beltline Rail.

1391
01:25:58,001 --> 01:25:59,401
So that's how I know Beltline

1392
01:25:59,401 --> 01:26:02,434
rail is not just a bike
path or a walking trail.

1393
01:26:02,501 --> 01:26:04,067
It is those things,

1394
01:26:04,067 --> 01:26:05,534
but it's a transit corridor

1395
01:26:05,534 --> 01:26:08,167
and the Beltline
is a transit project.

1396
01:26:08,167 --> 01:26:09,334
The mayor said a year ago

1397
01:26:09,334 --> 01:26:11,267
that he wanted to start
with the West Side.

1398
01:26:11,267 --> 01:26:12,768
That sounds great.

1399
01:26:12,768 --> 01:26:15,334
Last year,
I asked Abi when we could expect

1400
01:26:15,334 --> 01:26:18,301
Beltline rail on the west side,
and they said seven years.

1401
01:26:18,368 --> 01:26:19,633
It's a year later.

1402
01:26:19,633 --> 01:26:21,368
Are we a year closer?

1403
01:26:21,368 --> 01:26:22,735
I don't know.

1404
01:26:22,735 --> 01:26:26,368
Abi won't make comments
and the mayor changes his answer

1405
01:26:26,368 --> 01:26:28,468
every time
that I've heard him asked.

1406
01:26:28,468 --> 01:26:31,434
So I don't think this resolution
is asking anything new.

1407
01:26:31,501 --> 01:26:34,834
It's only asking that
the mayor, Abi and Marta

1408
01:26:36,035 --> 01:26:38,868
show the progress
that they've made to deliver
this promise to Atlanta.

1409
01:26:39,168 --> 01:26:42,067
So I thank the City Council
for supporting this resolution,

1410
01:26:42,067 --> 01:26:43,634
and I thank Council Member Bond

1411
01:26:43,634 --> 01:26:46,700
for having the courage
to lead on keeping this promise.

1412
01:26:46,900 --> 01:26:48,333
Thank you. Thank you.

1413
01:26:50,967 --> 01:26:52,967
Jan Rivers.

1414
01:26:52,967 --> 01:26:56,601
You have two minutes.

1415
01:26:56,868 --> 01:26:59,601
Hello, Council.
My name is Jan Rivers. I'm
a City of Atlanta native.

1416
01:26:59,601 --> 01:27:03,401
I live in Kirkwood and Liliana
Bakhtiari district.

1417
01:27:03,501 --> 01:27:07,101
And I also want to thank you
for supporting most of you

1418
01:27:07,167 --> 01:27:10,134
for supporting this resolution.

1419
01:27:10,134 --> 01:27:12,368
Atlanta voters have already paid
multiple

1420
01:27:12,368 --> 01:27:14,735
hundreds of millions of dollars
in taxes via

1421
01:27:14,735 --> 01:27:17,700
the more Marta referendum
past ten years ago

1422
01:27:18,134 --> 01:27:20,568
that went towards this,
and many more projects

1423
01:27:20,568 --> 01:27:22,234
that have not yet
been delivered.

1424
01:27:22,234 --> 01:27:25,701
But good news,
we can still deliver this.

1425
01:27:26,002 --> 01:27:30,001
And so Beltline Beltline
trail is a good idea.

1426
01:27:30,433 --> 01:27:31,434
We want this.

1427
01:27:31,434 --> 01:27:32,434
The people want this.

1428
01:27:32,434 --> 01:27:34,835
Your constituents want this.

1429
01:27:34,835 --> 01:27:37,701
I want to emphasize that passing
this resolution is doing

1430
01:27:37,701 --> 01:27:40,701
what City Council can do
to fulfill the commitment

1431
01:27:40,801 --> 01:27:43,434
made to Beltline
Rail ten years ago.

1432
01:27:43,434 --> 01:27:45,768
The people we have done our part

1433
01:27:45,768 --> 01:27:48,368
ten years ago
by passing the more Marta tax.

1434
01:27:48,368 --> 01:27:51,468
And then more recently
we have connected

1435
01:27:51,468 --> 01:27:54,534
grassroots
wise with everyone in the city.

1436
01:27:54,601 --> 01:27:58,501
And again,
I am that your constituents do

1437
01:27:58,501 --> 01:28:00,967
want Beltline rail.
We know this.

1438
01:28:00,967 --> 01:28:03,234
So now the people have done
our part.

1439
01:28:03,234 --> 01:28:05,568
City council is doing your part.

1440
01:28:05,568 --> 01:28:11,133
I call on Council member
one Worthy and Norwood to also,

1441
01:28:12,267 --> 01:28:13,868
pass this resolution.

1442
01:28:13,868 --> 01:28:17,835
And so now we need for the mayor
and Abi and Marta

1443
01:28:17,835 --> 01:28:20,301
to prepare the plans
and report to council

1444
01:28:20,301 --> 01:28:24,167
to implement the People's
Project Beltline Rail,

1445
01:28:24,167 --> 01:28:26,001
and to present plans
for its funding

1446
01:28:26,001 --> 01:28:28,101
and a timeline to completion.

1447
01:28:28,101 --> 01:28:29,367
Thank you.

1448
01:28:29,367 --> 01:28:32,333
Thank you.

1449
01:28:32,734 --> 01:28:35,067
Our next three speakers

1450
01:28:35,067 --> 01:28:38,867
Clary Mahaffey, Shakti Dias,

1451
01:28:39,835 --> 01:28:42,967
Matt Bass those are the next
three speakers

1452
01:28:42,967 --> 01:28:44,034
who each have two minutes.

1453
01:28:44,034 --> 01:28:47,001
You can come forward.

1454
01:28:47,267 --> 01:28:50,266
You have two minutes.

1455
01:28:53,500 --> 01:28:55,034
I cannot afford a car.

1456
01:28:55,034 --> 01:28:56,534
I'm a DoorDash bike courier

1457
01:28:56,534 --> 01:28:59,634
forced into the gig economy
by Donald Trump's policies.

1458
01:28:59,735 --> 01:29:03,800
I'm an ordinary working at
Lannon, barely making ends meet

1459
01:29:04,668 --> 01:29:07,967
since I first moved out and
got my own place a decade ago.

1460
01:29:08,468 --> 01:29:11,634
My rent has doubled,
my grocery bills have tripled,

1461
01:29:11,868 --> 01:29:15,367
my earnings have only increased
by about 20%.

1462
01:29:16,234 --> 01:29:18,868
Unlike the wealthy business
owners who oppose Beltline rail,

1463
01:29:18,868 --> 01:29:22,934
Marta bike and foot are my
only forms of transportation.

1464
01:29:23,901 --> 01:29:25,801
I spent eight
hours a day on the Beltline

1465
01:29:25,801 --> 01:29:27,735
doing this
exhausting work in all weather.

1466
01:29:27,735 --> 01:29:30,701
Rain or shine. Snow
or heat wave?

1467
01:29:30,701 --> 01:29:33,501
I've worked through heat
indices of over 100 nearly

1468
01:29:33,501 --> 01:29:36,468
every day this summer,
blistering even for Atlanta.

1469
01:29:36,534 --> 01:29:37,934
Time and again I've worked.

1470
01:29:37,934 --> 01:29:39,868
And as I've worked,
I've seen our seniors

1471
01:29:39,868 --> 01:29:43,467
struggling down the beltline,
hunched over walkers as scooters

1472
01:29:43,467 --> 01:29:44,401
zoom around them,

1473
01:29:44,401 --> 01:29:46,668
walking
miles in the dangerous heat

1474
01:29:46,668 --> 01:29:49,101
just to get to
the grocery store.

1475
01:29:49,101 --> 01:29:51,234
I've watched people in
wheelchairs struggle up hills.

1476
01:29:51,234 --> 01:29:52,368
I've watched parents

1477
01:29:52,368 --> 01:29:55,301
with young kids
try and wrangle them in traffic.

1478
01:29:55,434 --> 01:29:57,667
I am lucky enough
I can get around on my bike.

1479
01:29:57,667 --> 01:29:59,167
But not everyone is.

1480
01:29:59,167 --> 01:30:02,267
The Beltline, as it stands,
is not for everyone.

1481
01:30:02,735 --> 01:30:05,701
As a city, we too often fall
short on accessibility.

1482
01:30:05,768 --> 01:30:08,002
I see missing or flooded curb
cuts.

1483
01:30:08,002 --> 01:30:10,868
Buildings with no ramps or
ramps is only an afterthought.

1484
01:30:10,868 --> 01:30:13,901
Streets with missing or broken
sidewalks or walking paths

1485
01:30:13,968 --> 01:30:17,001
unnecessary, unnecessarily
interrupted by a single stare.

1486
01:30:18,167 --> 01:30:20,234
To live is to age.

1487
01:30:20,234 --> 01:30:22,634
One day you too

1488
01:30:22,634 --> 01:30:26,834
will will be unable to drive,
bike or walk long distances.

1489
01:30:27,301 --> 01:30:30,700
Beltline rail will give our
elderly and disabled neighbors

1490
01:30:32,001 --> 01:30:33,835
unprecedented
access to our city.

1491
01:30:33,835 --> 01:30:36,668
The Beltline is a good start,
but by adding light rail,

1492
01:30:36,668 --> 01:30:39,634
we can put other cities to shame
and be a leader

1493
01:30:39,634 --> 01:30:41,533
among American cities
in accessibility.

1494
01:30:41,533 --> 01:30:43,067
Thank you.

1495
01:30:43,067 --> 01:30:46,066
Thank you.

1496
01:30:51,267 --> 01:30:52,500
Good afternoon, Council members.

1497
01:30:52,500 --> 01:30:53,434
My name is Shakti Das.

1498
01:30:53,434 --> 01:30:55,434
I'm a constituent from DeKalb
County.

1499
01:30:55,434 --> 01:30:57,768
Speaking on behalf of the.

1500
01:30:57,768 --> 01:31:00,834
Speaking in support of the
resolution made by Kelsey Bond
for the Beltline Rail.

1501
01:31:01,801 --> 01:31:04,700
My first date with my romantic
partner was possible

1502
01:31:04,700 --> 01:31:05,668
because of Marta.

1503
01:31:05,668 --> 01:31:07,434
We went to Raghuram
and Java Lords

1504
01:31:07,434 --> 01:31:10,668
over in Little Five Points,
and what I did was I took Marta

1505
01:31:10,735 --> 01:31:13,700
over to the park Reynolds Town
station.

1506
01:31:14,067 --> 01:31:15,267
The date ended with me

1507
01:31:15,267 --> 01:31:16,735
sharing a kiss with them

1508
01:31:16,735 --> 01:31:19,401
before they dropped me off
at said station.

1509
01:31:19,401 --> 01:31:22,368
And we have been basically
inseparable ever since.

1510
01:31:22,634 --> 01:31:26,801
There was a point
where I lived up in Roswell,

1511
01:31:26,868 --> 01:31:28,735
and I was part of Atlanta's
burgeoning

1512
01:31:28,735 --> 01:31:32,834
storytelling community,
where I would take bus route 185

1513
01:31:33,801 --> 01:31:35,067
from Roswell
all the way down
to North Spring Station,

1514
01:31:35,067 --> 01:31:37,001
then take that
all the way downtown

1515
01:31:37,001 --> 01:31:39,701
to attend these meetings
and just share stories

1516
01:31:39,701 --> 01:31:41,868
with people
and make a lot of friends.

1517
01:31:41,868 --> 01:31:44,768
And I went there
so often, month by month,

1518
01:31:45,068 --> 01:31:47,735
that I eventually became
someone who would be involved
in creating these events.

1519
01:31:47,935 --> 01:31:49,967
They're no longer held
at the venue anymore,

1520
01:31:49,967 --> 01:31:52,166
but I hold
that community dear to me.

1521
01:31:54,101 --> 01:31:55,735
Not to mention
an endless amount of concerts

1522
01:31:55,735 --> 01:31:57,768
and endless
amount of social experiences.

1523
01:31:57,768 --> 01:32:00,434
And this very city
Council meeting, which I came to

1524
01:32:00,434 --> 01:32:03,067
by walking from five point
stations.

1525
01:32:03,067 --> 01:32:06,167
Here is the gist.

1526
01:32:06,534 --> 01:32:08,401
When you give
people sustainable,
affordable public transit

1527
01:32:08,401 --> 01:32:10,501
that doesn't require
the high cost of gas,

1528
01:32:10,501 --> 01:32:13,901
that doesn't require
a high monthly payment on a car,

1529
01:32:14,102 --> 01:32:16,768
and that doesn't require
putting their life
on the line on Georgia highways.

1530
01:32:16,768 --> 01:32:18,167
Something I'm
sure that all of us,

1531
01:32:18,167 --> 01:32:19,501
everyone in this room
can relate to.

1532
01:32:19,501 --> 01:32:20,667
And don't get me started on how

1533
01:32:20,667 --> 01:32:22,568
I 285 is consistently ranked

1534
01:32:22,568 --> 01:32:25,801
as one of the deadliest highways
in the nation.

1535
01:32:25,901 --> 01:32:27,601
When you give people
sustainable,
affordable public transit,

1536
01:32:27,601 --> 01:32:30,601
they find opportunity
and community.

1537
01:32:30,601 --> 01:32:32,334
I have spent years
defending Marta,

1538
01:32:32,334 --> 01:32:35,901
talking about the experiences
it has allowed me to have,

1539
01:32:36,068 --> 01:32:37,634
while acknowledging that
a desperately needs expansion
in state

1540
01:32:37,634 --> 01:32:41,434
funding and the Beltline rail
is an incredible start to that.

1541
01:32:41,501 --> 01:32:43,001
It will give so many people

1542
01:32:43,001 --> 01:32:45,835
the access and community
they need ASAP.

1543
01:32:45,835 --> 01:32:48,868
I have waited years
to see an expansion to transit

1544
01:32:49,102 --> 01:32:51,900
in Atlanta like this,
so more people can see Atlanta
in a visceral, nuanced way.

1545
01:32:52,101 --> 01:32:53,767
The way
that I see it. Thank you.

1546
01:32:57,267 --> 01:32:58,633
Thank you.

1547
01:32:58,633 --> 01:33:00,201
Our next speaker, Matt Bass.

1548
01:33:00,201 --> 01:33:02,001
You have two minutes.

1549
01:33:02,001 --> 01:33:03,967
Thank you.
Good afternoon Council.

1550
01:33:03,967 --> 01:33:05,001
My name is Matt Bass.

1551
01:33:05,001 --> 01:33:06,868
I'm an attorney here in town.

1552
01:33:06,868 --> 01:33:10,234
Many of you I have known for
going on two decades.

1553
01:33:10,234 --> 01:33:12,634
A couple of you at this point.

1554
01:33:12,634 --> 01:33:15,301
I'm here today
in support of Beltline Rail.

1555
01:33:15,301 --> 01:33:16,534
I'm asking you to build it.

1556
01:33:16,534 --> 01:33:20,501
We, ten years ago
started funding this project.

1557
01:33:20,634 --> 01:33:23,034
And I think it's high
past time that we at least
get started on it.

1558
01:33:23,034 --> 01:33:25,334
I would like to see it
before I die.

1559
01:33:25,334 --> 01:33:27,600
And I don't know about you guys,
but I'm more than halfway

1560
01:33:27,600 --> 01:33:28,534
done at 45.

1561
01:33:28,534 --> 01:33:30,267
I don't know where you are,

1562
01:33:30,267 --> 01:33:32,401
but I would like to see this
before we die.

1563
01:33:32,401 --> 01:33:34,134
So I'm asking you, please

1564
01:33:34,134 --> 01:33:36,433
get started on the Beltline
rail. Now.

1565
01:33:36,433 --> 01:33:37,967
Deliver on the

1566
01:33:37,967 --> 01:33:39,934
the thing we've been funding
for ten years,

1567
01:33:39,934 --> 01:33:41,568
and let's move Atlanta forward.

1568
01:33:41,568 --> 01:33:43,600
Thank you so much. Thank you.

1569
01:33:45,901 --> 01:33:48,867
Our next
three speakers Bentley Hudgins,

1570
01:33:49,034 --> 01:33:52,200
Lucas Carter, Ivan Stack.

1571
01:33:53,434 --> 01:33:54,700
You each have two minutes.

1572
01:33:54,700 --> 01:33:57,667
Bentley. Hudgins two minutes.

1573
01:33:58,034 --> 01:34:00,368
Good afternoon, Council members.

1574
01:34:00,368 --> 01:34:01,434
Thank you all for having us.

1575
01:34:01,434 --> 01:34:03,034
My name is Bentley Hudgins.

1576
01:34:03,034 --> 01:34:04,334
I'm the Democratic nominee

1577
01:34:04,334 --> 01:34:07,134
for Georgia's
90th state house district,

1578
01:34:07,735 --> 01:34:10,334
which covers
the majority of the city
of Atlanta and DeKalb County.

1579
01:34:10,935 --> 01:34:13,167
I come today to support
Councilmember bonds.

1580
01:34:13,167 --> 01:34:14,501
Resolution.

1581
01:34:14,501 --> 01:34:16,368
Joined by many of you here.

1582
01:34:16,368 --> 01:34:18,834
I just want to emphasize
a couple of points.

1583
01:34:18,834 --> 01:34:21,800
We should fund the full 22 mile
loop.

1584
01:34:22,201 --> 01:34:25,101
And in our city,
like has been said before,

1585
01:34:25,101 --> 01:34:27,900
increasing access
through expanding public transit

1586
01:34:27,900 --> 01:34:29,668
is not just an accessibility
issue.

1587
01:34:29,668 --> 01:34:31,701
It's also a way for working
class people

1588
01:34:31,701 --> 01:34:34,934
to be able to get around
and reduce the amount of people

1589
01:34:34,934 --> 01:34:38,867
on our roads and take action.

1590
01:34:38,867 --> 01:34:40,934
Now for the worsening
climate crisis.

1591
01:34:40,934 --> 01:34:41,901
That will just make things

1592
01:34:41,901 --> 01:34:44,501
even more stressful
for our infrastructure.

1593
01:34:44,501 --> 01:34:48,735
Atlanta is a climate refuge,
and being able to anticipate

1594
01:34:49,168 --> 01:34:52,601
an influx of more residents
as our city grows is important,

1595
01:34:52,768 --> 01:34:55,734
and making sure that everybody
in our city can get around.

1596
01:34:56,167 --> 01:34:58,868
Atlanta is behind on transit,
which is wild

1597
01:34:58,868 --> 01:35:01,935
because our city was founded
on public transit.

1598
01:35:01,935 --> 01:35:04,468
If you walk around
the city of Atlanta like I do,

1599
01:35:04,468 --> 01:35:07,334
you can see the echoes
of our history and houses

1600
01:35:07,334 --> 01:35:08,334
that don't have driveways

1601
01:35:08,334 --> 01:35:10,134
on the front of their yards

1602
01:35:10,134 --> 01:35:13,101
because they were originally
built with the streetcars.

1603
01:35:13,167 --> 01:35:15,267
There are so many wonderful
parts of our city

1604
01:35:15,267 --> 01:35:17,935
that I would love
to have celebrated again.

1605
01:35:17,935 --> 01:35:21,167
And when I join the state
legislature, I'll join Mayor

1606
01:35:21,234 --> 01:35:24,434
Keisha Lance bottoms
in her efforts, hopefully

1607
01:35:24,434 --> 01:35:27,568
when she wins, to get state
funding for Marta

1608
01:35:27,668 --> 01:35:30,201
so that we can fund
more projects and expand public

1609
01:35:30,201 --> 01:35:33,334
transit overall.

1610
01:35:33,801 --> 01:35:37,001
The last thing that
I wanted to say is
I wanted to oppose a proposal

1611
01:35:37,067 --> 01:35:40,067
to limit
donated time for public comment.

1612
01:35:40,134 --> 01:35:42,134
We started with a limited then,

1613
01:35:42,134 --> 01:35:44,668
and now it's going to ten
and it could go to eight.

1614
01:35:44,668 --> 01:35:47,601
And I think it's important
that we hear from the people,

1615
01:35:47,901 --> 01:35:50,101
at the state
legislature, as an advocate,

1616
01:35:50,101 --> 01:35:51,401
I've been there for a while,

1617
01:35:51,401 --> 01:35:54,067
and many times
you don't get to donate time,

1618
01:35:54,067 --> 01:35:55,167
and it's just up to the whims

1619
01:35:55,167 --> 01:35:56,867
of whoever decides
to chair the committee.

1620
01:35:56,867 --> 01:35:58,401
And most people,
even if they drive

1621
01:35:58,401 --> 01:36:00,668
from across the state,
get one minute to speak.

1622
01:36:00,668 --> 01:36:03,734
And I would not like to see
that happen here in City Hall.

1623
01:36:07,367 --> 01:36:09,134
Thank you.

1624
01:36:09,134 --> 01:36:12,101
Our next speaker,

1625
01:36:12,167 --> 01:36:13,134
Lucas Carter.

1626
01:36:13,134 --> 01:36:15,234
Two minutes.

1627
01:36:15,234 --> 01:36:16,401
Greetings, Council.

1628
01:36:16,401 --> 01:36:17,601
My name is Lucas Carter.

1629
01:36:17,601 --> 01:36:20,234
I work as a planner over
in DeKalb County.

1630
01:36:20,234 --> 01:36:21,568
First off, I want to say

1631
01:36:21,568 --> 01:36:24,267
thank you to the council members
that have already voted yes

1632
01:36:24,267 --> 01:36:26,500
to get the
belt line resolution up here.

1633
01:36:28,800 --> 01:36:31,401
And to those clapping to,

1634
01:36:31,401 --> 01:36:33,134
it seems like the common theme
with the previous

1635
01:36:33,134 --> 01:36:35,601
comments has been accessibility.

1636
01:36:35,601 --> 01:36:38,002
And that is something,
you know, I'm pretty provision
that I'm able bodied.

1637
01:36:38,002 --> 01:36:40,868
And I can also take time off
work to be here today.

1638
01:36:40,868 --> 01:36:42,935
But it is something I do
think about a lot,

1639
01:36:42,935 --> 01:36:46,500
because I spend almost every day
on the Beltline for one reason

1640
01:36:46,500 --> 01:36:47,334
or another,

1641
01:36:47,334 --> 01:36:48,501
and I see the types

1642
01:36:48,501 --> 01:36:51,468
of people out there
and also who's not out there.

1643
01:36:51,801 --> 01:36:55,167
So I for today's vote,
I think it goes beyond Beltline

1644
01:36:55,167 --> 01:36:57,301
rail, and it's really
a discretion of momentum

1645
01:36:57,301 --> 01:37:00,234
and how seriously the city
wants to take this issue,

1646
01:37:00,468 --> 01:37:03,301
not just beltline
rail isolated, but also

1647
01:37:03,301 --> 01:37:06,800
transits and connectivity
regarding all of the city.

1648
01:37:06,867 --> 01:37:09,900
And also accountability itself

1649
01:37:10,101 --> 01:37:12,067
with how
we administrate the city.

1650
01:37:12,067 --> 01:37:14,267
And that's all I have to say.

1651
01:37:14,267 --> 01:37:14,867
Thank you.

1652
01:37:15,900 --> 01:37:18,867
Thank you.

1653
01:37:19,134 --> 01:37:19,767
Ivan.

1654
01:37:19,767 --> 01:37:22,334
Shutterstock.

1655
01:37:22,334 --> 01:37:23,734
Good afternoon Council.

1656
01:37:23,734 --> 01:37:25,034
My name is Ivan.

1657
01:37:25,034 --> 01:37:27,768
I'm a voter in district two,
district six.

1658
01:37:27,768 --> 01:37:29,601
Alex wants district,
and I want to

1659
01:37:29,601 --> 01:37:31,801
thank you all
for your leadership

1660
01:37:31,801 --> 01:37:34,767
when it comes to Beltline Rail,
for considering this resolution

1661
01:37:34,834 --> 01:37:36,534
and for all of the City

1662
01:37:36,835 --> 01:37:38,067
Council members
who have stepped up
as co-sponsors,

1663
01:37:38,067 --> 01:37:39,834
who have helped to advance
this through committee,

1664
01:37:39,834 --> 01:37:42,800
and who might advance
this today.

1665
01:37:42,934 --> 01:37:45,067
As a disabled person,

1666
01:37:45,067 --> 01:37:46,368
someone
who is visually impaired,

1667
01:37:46,368 --> 01:37:50,134
I know very much how owning
a car, being able to drive

1668
01:37:50,134 --> 01:37:52,567
a car is a privilege
and not a right.

1669
01:37:52,567 --> 01:37:54,334
And I want to make sure

1670
01:37:54,334 --> 01:37:55,935
that our tax dollars
go to support

1671
01:37:55,935 --> 01:37:58,900
everybody who needs access
to our infrastructure.

1672
01:37:59,201 --> 01:38:01,568
I also want to commend
City Council

1673
01:38:01,568 --> 01:38:04,434
for amending the resolution
to tie together

1674
01:38:04,434 --> 01:38:07,668
affordable housing with transit,
and the importance

1675
01:38:07,668 --> 01:38:11,300
for having these two aspects
interlinked.

1676
01:38:12,201 --> 01:38:15,134
Affordable housing and transit
do go together.

1677
01:38:15,301 --> 01:38:16,768
Just last week,

1678
01:38:16,768 --> 01:38:22,968
one of the organizations
that co-founded the anti-trans

1679
01:38:23,068 --> 01:38:27,201
group here in Atlanta
went to Invest Atlanta
and got a $15 million tax break

1680
01:38:27,301 --> 01:38:29,002
while reducing their affordable

1681
01:38:29,002 --> 01:38:30,834
housing that they were going
to have in Amsterdam

1682
01:38:30,834 --> 01:38:32,701
lock at Beltline
adjacent property.

1683
01:38:32,701 --> 01:38:35,134
And it is vital
that we make sure

1684
01:38:35,134 --> 01:38:37,201
that our affordable
housing dollars

1685
01:38:37,201 --> 01:38:40,067
and our public transit dollars
go together.

1686
01:38:40,067 --> 01:38:42,167
Support for one is support
for the other,

1687
01:38:42,167 --> 01:38:43,434
and it's really important

1688
01:38:43,434 --> 01:38:45,101
that you all linked
this together

1689
01:38:45,101 --> 01:38:47,701
and that you maintain
that leadership.

1690
01:38:47,701 --> 01:38:50,867
Supporting transit, supporting
housing is vital.

1691
01:38:51,034 --> 01:38:53,133
Thank you so much
for your leadership on this.

1692
01:38:55,034 --> 01:38:57,434
Thank you.

1693
01:38:57,434 --> 01:38:58,834
Next three speakers, Michael

1694
01:38:58,834 --> 01:39:01,867
Keith, Christie Linz,

1695
01:39:02,334 --> 01:39:04,067
Taryn Hicks.

1696
01:39:04,067 --> 01:39:05,167
You each have two minutes.

1697
01:39:05,167 --> 01:39:08,034
You can come forward.

1698
01:39:08,034 --> 01:39:14,002
Michael Keith two minutes.

1699
01:39:14,268 --> 01:39:16,868
Thank you.
I live in district three,
which is where I vote

1700
01:39:16,868 --> 01:39:20,534
and I am a huge supporter
of Beltline rail.

1701
01:39:20,634 --> 01:39:23,601
I think that this is imperative
that we have this,

1702
01:39:23,668 --> 01:39:26,601
and it's not just district three
that will benefit from this.

1703
01:39:26,601 --> 01:39:29,401
It is every single
part of Atlanta.

1704
01:39:29,401 --> 01:39:30,867
This is connecting us
all together.

1705
01:39:30,867 --> 01:39:32,301
All 22 miles of this.

1706
01:39:32,301 --> 01:39:33,934
This is not
just for one district.

1707
01:39:33,934 --> 01:39:36,034
This is not just for one
piece of Atlanta.

1708
01:39:36,034 --> 01:39:37,701
This is for all of us.

1709
01:39:37,701 --> 01:39:40,534
I'm so excited
to have this built.

1710
01:39:41,035 --> 01:39:42,434
Thank you so much.
I've been paying for this
for the last ten years.

1711
01:39:42,434 --> 01:39:43,433
Let's get it done.

1712
01:39:45,767 --> 01:39:47,468
Thank you.

1713
01:39:47,468 --> 01:39:50,434
Christie lands two minutes.

1714
01:39:50,568 --> 01:39:52,034
I just want to thank everybody

1715
01:39:52,034 --> 01:39:55,001
who has signed on
as a co-sponsor

1716
01:39:55,001 --> 01:39:57,967
or who has supported it
as a committee.

1717
01:39:58,334 --> 01:40:02,101
Especially want to thank Kelsey
Bond for bringing this.

1718
01:40:02,101 --> 01:40:03,501
And Liliana,

1719
01:40:03,501 --> 01:40:06,868
who has been a constant
supporter about unreal and so

1720
01:40:06,935 --> 01:40:10,267
and all the rest of you for
finally getting accountability

1721
01:40:10,267 --> 01:40:13,368
and getting this done
and coming up with a plan

1722
01:40:13,368 --> 01:40:16,934
to really build 22 miles of rail
around our Beltline

1723
01:40:17,368 --> 01:40:20,334
that would not be impeded by
car traffic, that could help

1724
01:40:20,601 --> 01:40:24,701
all of our city transform
into a more equitable

1725
01:40:24,835 --> 01:40:26,600
and accessible place
to be for everyone.

1726
01:40:26,600 --> 01:40:29,600
Thank you.

1727
01:40:30,301 --> 01:40:31,633
Toron hits.

1728
01:40:31,633 --> 01:40:33,900
You have two minutes.

1729
01:40:33,900 --> 01:40:35,334
Hi, my name is Taran Hicks.

1730
01:40:35,334 --> 01:40:37,835
I live in district three.

1731
01:40:37,835 --> 01:40:40,633
Everyone here
has given some really good,

1732
01:40:41,834 --> 01:40:43,934
reasons for why we need Beltline
rail.

1733
01:40:43,934 --> 01:40:45,468
But I want to go over
some things

1734
01:40:45,468 --> 01:40:47,934
that don't make any sense.

1735
01:40:47,934 --> 01:40:49,534
So we're leaving logic behind

1736
01:40:49,534 --> 01:40:52,533
for the next minute
and 47 seconds.

1737
01:40:53,567 --> 01:40:55,234
A lot of people say

1738
01:40:55,234 --> 01:40:59,167
the Beltline will put money
in the pockets of big business.

1739
01:40:59,167 --> 01:41:01,601
And by a lot of people,
I mean a very specific

1740
01:41:01,601 --> 01:41:03,701
group of people
who have kind of cobbled

1741
01:41:03,701 --> 01:41:06,201
together that very interesting
talking point.

1742
01:41:06,201 --> 01:41:09,134
I would like to point out that

1743
01:41:09,701 --> 01:41:12,934
any project takes money
and the money

1744
01:41:12,934 --> 01:41:14,734
gets paid to businesses.

1745
01:41:14,734 --> 01:41:16,101
That's how this works.

1746
01:41:16,101 --> 01:41:19,100
So I don't know what
that's supposed to mean.

1747
01:41:19,667 --> 01:41:22,334
Claim number two,

1748
01:41:22,334 --> 01:41:26,368
the beltline is going to hurt
businesses on the boat line.

1749
01:41:26,368 --> 01:41:28,068
I don't see how that

1750
01:41:28,068 --> 01:41:31,034
would make any sense, given
the fact that millions of people

1751
01:41:31,134 --> 01:41:34,967
being quickly dropped off
in front of your business

1752
01:41:34,967 --> 01:41:38,234
or within very,
very close walking distance

1753
01:41:38,501 --> 01:41:41,568
would do anything
but increase business.

1754
01:41:41,634 --> 01:41:45,066
I don't understand
the argument there.

1755
01:41:47,134 --> 01:41:49,968
And also,
this is the most cynical

1756
01:41:49,968 --> 01:41:52,934
claim that I've heard so far,
and it's one that really,

1757
01:41:53,034 --> 01:41:56,067
as a black person,
is really kind of insane.

1758
01:41:56,501 --> 01:41:59,500
You hear a lot of,
I'll call it fake woke

1759
01:42:00,368 --> 01:42:03,768
from the more moderate
or right wing

1760
01:42:03,768 --> 01:42:06,735
figures in local politics,
but nationally as well.

1761
01:42:06,735 --> 01:42:09,900
When anything good is
about to happen, they say, well,

1762
01:42:10,001 --> 01:42:12,668
it might hurt minorities
in some way.

1763
01:42:12,668 --> 01:42:15,867
The Beltline might worsen
gentrification.

1764
01:42:16,501 --> 01:42:17,867
It's bad for black people.

1765
01:42:17,867 --> 01:42:20,501
Oh, I didn't know that.

1766
01:42:20,501 --> 01:42:23,368
Impoverished minorities,
underprivileged

1767
01:42:23,368 --> 01:42:26,467
folks
enjoy paying more to get around.

1768
01:42:26,734 --> 01:42:28,901
I feel like that's news to me.

1769
01:42:28,901 --> 01:42:33,301
So let's leave behind the bad
arguments and the fake woke

1770
01:42:33,534 --> 01:42:35,735
the posturing
and come back to reality

1771
01:42:35,735 --> 01:42:38,734
where things make sense
and build the rail.

1772
01:42:39,533 --> 01:42:43,067
Thank you.

1773
01:42:43,167 --> 01:42:46,100
Our next
three speakers, Jonathan Hull,

1774
01:42:47,101 --> 01:42:50,100
Gwendolyn Smith, Andy Faber,

1775
01:42:51,700 --> 01:42:53,001
you each have two minutes.

1776
01:42:53,001 --> 01:42:55,967
You can come forward.

1777
01:43:00,934 --> 01:43:01,967
Hello.

1778
01:43:01,967 --> 01:43:03,867
My last name is pronounced
Holly.

1779
01:43:03,867 --> 01:43:05,968
I'm sorry, Miss Jonathan.
That's okay.

1780
01:43:06,235 --> 01:43:07,967
My name is Jonathan.
I'm a resident of Kirkwood
District five.

1781
01:43:07,967 --> 01:43:09,868
I'm here to urge
you all to vote.

1782
01:43:09,868 --> 01:43:13,134
I on Council member bonds
resolution to build

1783
01:43:13,201 --> 01:43:16,167
22 miles of light
rail in our city.

1784
01:43:16,534 --> 01:43:19,501
Talking points have already
kind of hit you guys.

1785
01:43:19,634 --> 01:43:23,101
Ten years ago,
the city voted 71% to build this

1786
01:43:23,101 --> 01:43:24,834
rail, and construction
has not begun yet.

1787
01:43:24,834 --> 01:43:27,767
That is kind of embarrassing.

1788
01:43:29,335 --> 01:43:31,901
I also just kind of
want to zoom out a little bit
and remind you all that

1789
01:43:31,901 --> 01:43:34,900
this is how cities are supposed
to function.

1790
01:43:34,900 --> 01:43:37,900
If people vote on
something like that,

1791
01:43:38,034 --> 01:43:39,134
you kind of have to do it.

1792
01:43:39,134 --> 01:43:42,101
You can't do it
like zero for ten years.

1793
01:43:42,568 --> 01:43:44,234
So let's please get this done.

1794
01:43:44,234 --> 01:43:48,002
I also just feel sentimentally

1795
01:43:48,435 --> 01:43:51,368
that I should remind
everybody that Atlanta is unique
among American cities, in that

1796
01:43:51,368 --> 01:43:54,334
it has no connection
to a navigable river

1797
01:43:54,334 --> 01:43:55,668
or deep water port.

1798
01:43:55,668 --> 01:43:57,534
There's very,
very few cities in the country

1799
01:43:57,534 --> 01:43:59,634
that are this size
that are like that.

1800
01:43:59,634 --> 01:44:02,701
And the reason that this city
exists in the way that it does

1801
01:44:02,768 --> 01:44:05,735
is because it was founded
as the terminus of a rail.

1802
01:44:05,835 --> 01:44:09,167
Our city owes its very existence
to the concept of trains.

1803
01:44:09,267 --> 01:44:12,534
We should have the best
rail system in the country.

1804
01:44:12,668 --> 01:44:15,568
We shouldn't
have next to nothing.

1805
01:44:15,568 --> 01:44:17,868
So please make this happen.

1806
01:44:17,868 --> 01:44:20,400
That is all.
Thank you very much. Thank you.

1807
01:44:22,468 --> 01:44:25,434
Gwendolyn
Smith, you have two minutes.

1808
01:44:25,501 --> 01:44:29,367
My name is Smith and I'm
going to switch lanes right now.

1809
01:44:30,501 --> 01:44:33,267
I live at 10th and Jennifer
high rise.

1810
01:44:33,267 --> 01:44:38,935
And on Friday
I was beat in front of 10th.

1811
01:44:39,302 --> 01:44:42,433
And Jennifer
about another young lady
that lived in a high rise.

1812
01:44:43,967 --> 01:44:46,501
I'm going to switch lanes
from that,

1813
01:44:46,501 --> 01:44:49,002
letting you know the high rise
attempting.

1814
01:44:49,002 --> 01:44:53,533
Jennifer have a major red flag,
but I'm gonna switch lanes

1815
01:44:54,468 --> 01:44:57,368
a little more.
I asked the mayor
on his second term

1816
01:44:57,368 --> 01:45:02,567
to get me out of harm's way,
and he said I was pussy rag.

1817
01:45:03,267 --> 01:45:07,068
This is the outcome
of the whole idea.

1818
01:45:07,135 --> 01:45:10,267
I've been running and running
and running from this town.

1819
01:45:10,601 --> 01:45:12,434
I've been here all my life.

1820
01:45:12,434 --> 01:45:15,334
I have 15 grandchildren.

1821
01:45:15,334 --> 01:45:16,734
I have five girls.

1822
01:45:16,734 --> 01:45:18,066
I have two boys.

1823
01:45:19,401 --> 01:45:20,900
I worked it for a living.

1824
01:45:20,900 --> 01:45:23,634
I never used drugs, alcohol.

1825
01:45:23,634 --> 01:45:27,100
And this is the outcome
of the bad system.

1826
01:45:27,633 --> 01:45:29,534
And I have been trying

1827
01:45:29,534 --> 01:45:33,267
to get out of 10th and Jennifer
high rise.

1828
01:45:33,501 --> 01:45:36,434
I ask the mayor to step out
on the balcony

1829
01:45:36,434 --> 01:45:38,735
of 10th and Jennifer. High rise.

1830
01:45:38,735 --> 01:45:42,134
I shook his hand
and I asked them from a sister

1831
01:45:42,134 --> 01:45:45,134
to a cousin
to get me out of harm's way,

1832
01:45:45,134 --> 01:45:48,133
and he said I was a pussy rag.

1833
01:45:49,234 --> 01:45:52,201
And this has been
a long journey,

1834
01:45:52,568 --> 01:45:54,867
and this has been
a difficult journey

1835
01:45:54,867 --> 01:45:57,867
to see me at 56 years old,

1836
01:45:58,634 --> 01:46:00,568
with a devastation like this.

1837
01:46:00,568 --> 01:46:01,835
I haven't looked like this

1838
01:46:01,835 --> 01:46:05,467
since I was 19 when I was in
abusive relationship.

1839
01:46:05,667 --> 01:46:07,067
God bless you all

1840
01:46:07,067 --> 01:46:10,166
and I want y'all to
understand this is not over.

1841
01:46:15,767 --> 01:46:16,234
Okay.

1842
01:46:16,234 --> 01:46:18,533
Thank you.

1843
01:46:18,533 --> 01:46:21,433
Andy Farber.

1844
01:46:21,433 --> 01:46:22,201
Good afternoon.

1845
01:46:22,201 --> 01:46:23,801
My name is Andy Faber.

1846
01:46:23,801 --> 01:46:26,368
I use public transportation
every day.

1847
01:46:26,368 --> 01:46:28,301
A few years ago,
while in grad school, working

1848
01:46:28,301 --> 01:46:30,500
unpaid internships
and racking up student debt,

1849
01:46:30,500 --> 01:46:32,234
my car gave out on me.

1850
01:46:32,234 --> 01:46:35,467
Because of this, I am entirely
public transportation dependent.

1851
01:46:35,834 --> 01:46:37,301
I currently live in Decatur

1852
01:46:37,301 --> 01:46:39,334
and I work as a therapist
in Kennesaw.

1853
01:46:39,334 --> 01:46:41,768
This is a six hour
commute round trip.

1854
01:46:41,768 --> 01:46:45,334
I am quite familiar with public
transportation in the greater

1855
01:46:45,334 --> 01:46:48,301
metro Atlanta area,
and I have some stories.

1856
01:46:48,868 --> 01:46:52,668
My favorite one was taking
the 15 to the Decatur station

1857
01:46:52,801 --> 01:46:56,601
and getting stuck behind a train
on the bus packed with people.

1858
01:46:56,968 --> 01:47:00,500
We had moms with strollers,
grocery clerks in uniform,

1859
01:47:00,800 --> 01:47:02,201
students reading textbooks

1860
01:47:02,201 --> 01:47:06,001
all running late
and all stuck in a cramped bus.

1861
01:47:06,634 --> 01:47:09,034
Instead of tempers rising,
someone started singing

1862
01:47:09,034 --> 01:47:10,900
Donna Summer's Bad Girls.

1863
01:47:10,900 --> 01:47:12,266
You know, to to.

1864
01:47:13,667 --> 01:47:14,701
Beep beep.

1865
01:47:14,701 --> 01:47:18,667
Yeah,
we all joined in singing in this

1866
01:47:18,667 --> 01:47:20,234
very silly little human moment.

1867
01:47:20,234 --> 01:47:23,800
And eventually the train passed
and the bus started moving.

1868
01:47:24,501 --> 01:47:25,768
It was a really great reminder

1869
01:47:25,768 --> 01:47:27,801
that if the bus teachers
anything,

1870
01:47:27,801 --> 01:47:30,767
it is that we will get there
when we get there.

1871
01:47:31,134 --> 01:47:34,067
So let's get Beltline
rail there.

1872
01:47:34,768 --> 01:47:37,401
Public transportation
connects us to each other.

1873
01:47:37,401 --> 01:47:40,700
It connects us to our city,
to our jobs, to our joy.

1874
01:47:41,301 --> 01:47:44,134
The sooner Beltline rail is up
and running, the sooner

1875
01:47:44,134 --> 01:47:47,134
we can reap the benefits
of a more united city.

1876
01:47:47,134 --> 01:47:49,134
I am so grateful
for this resolution

1877
01:47:49,134 --> 01:47:51,834
and I am ready
to see some follow through.

1878
01:47:51,834 --> 01:47:54,333
I am ready for Beltline
rail now.

1879
01:47:54,333 --> 01:47:56,134
Thank you.

1880
01:47:56,134 --> 01:47:59,133
Thank you.

1881
01:47:59,567 --> 01:48:02,234
Stephen IMO

1882
01:48:02,234 --> 01:48:05,067
Kelly Draper Deegan.

1883
01:48:05,067 --> 01:48:06,201
Advice.

1884
01:48:06,201 --> 01:48:10,368
You add value and I hope
I didn't butcher that too bad.

1885
01:48:10,434 --> 01:48:12,101
You have two minutes.

1886
01:48:12,101 --> 01:48:14,102
Thank you.

1887
01:48:14,202 --> 01:48:15,735
My name is Steve. An email.
I'm currently
a resident of Old Fourth Ward,

1888
01:48:15,735 --> 01:48:18,033
but I've lived
in both Lenox and Midtown.

1889
01:48:19,568 --> 01:48:21,867
Where you live in Atlanta
affects every part of your life.

1890
01:48:21,867 --> 01:48:23,534
Not just what
you have access to,

1891
01:48:23,534 --> 01:48:26,534
but how stable your ability
to get around is.

1892
01:48:26,534 --> 01:48:29,533
My wife and I have only had one
car since we moved to Atlanta,

1893
01:48:29,533 --> 01:48:31,268
and that means

1894
01:48:31,635 --> 01:48:34,234
that I've had to rely on
public transit at times
where that is very difficult.

1895
01:48:34,334 --> 01:48:36,634
However, that inconvenience
is shouldered mostly

1896
01:48:36,634 --> 01:48:40,001
by the working poor in the city,
and not nearly enough as often

1897
01:48:40,500 --> 01:48:43,368
as people like me.

1898
01:48:43,368 --> 01:48:46,334
But it doesn't have to be
a hassle to use public transit.

1899
01:48:46,601 --> 01:48:49,435
Major cities across this country

1900
01:48:49,435 --> 01:48:53,067
and around the world
have made it
so convenient to ride transit
that the wealthy opt to use it,

1901
01:48:53,201 --> 01:48:56,167
making it a public good
that everyone relies on,

1902
01:48:56,167 --> 01:48:59,134
which is a goal that I believe
at Lanta needs to take on.

1903
01:48:59,935 --> 01:49:02,267
Part of how they accomplish that
is that they continue

1904
01:49:02,267 --> 01:49:04,868
to build more of it
and maintain it.

1905
01:49:04,868 --> 01:49:07,868
But when it comes to expanding
public transit,

1906
01:49:07,868 --> 01:49:11,767
the question is always, how
could we possibly pay for that?

1907
01:49:13,801 --> 01:49:16,501
When every paper published
in every case study points

1908
01:49:16,501 --> 01:49:18,867
to public transit investment
being one of the largest drivers

1909
01:49:18,867 --> 01:49:21,835
of economic equity
and prosperity.

1910
01:49:21,901 --> 01:49:24,900
How can we possibly afford
not to pay for it?

1911
01:49:26,967 --> 01:49:29,800
We have a generational
transit project

1912
01:49:29,800 --> 01:49:31,334
that could be started tomorrow

1913
01:49:31,334 --> 01:49:33,201
and see its first riders
within three years,

1914
01:49:33,201 --> 01:49:36,201
if the mayor wanted
to put his weight behind it.

1915
01:49:36,201 --> 01:49:38,167
Delaying this further
will choke the city in cars,

1916
01:49:38,167 --> 01:49:40,267
and we have seen what building
for the car looks like.

1917
01:49:40,267 --> 01:49:44,134
It looks like our downtown right
now, where some 25% of it

1918
01:49:44,134 --> 01:49:47,067
is dedicated to parking.

1919
01:49:47,368 --> 01:49:49,900
We are tired of being told
that our city of 500,000 people

1920
01:49:49,900 --> 01:49:51,968
cannot have what it needs
and deserves,

1921
01:49:51,968 --> 01:49:53,934
because a few rich donors
and business owners

1922
01:49:53,934 --> 01:49:55,267
believe
that the city should cater

1923
01:49:55,267 --> 01:49:57,001
first to their property values

1924
01:49:57,001 --> 01:49:59,800
and last
to the needs of the city.

1925
01:49:59,800 --> 01:50:01,134
Get Atlanta back on track.

1926
01:50:01,134 --> 01:50:02,468
Push this project forward.

1927
01:50:02,468 --> 01:50:05,101
Build more Marta and build
Beltline rail.

1928
01:50:05,101 --> 01:50:10,167
Thank you. Thank you.

1929
01:50:10,301 --> 01:50:13,900
Kelly
Draper, you have two minutes.

1930
01:50:14,634 --> 01:50:17,534
Hello.
Thank you so much for bringing
this resolution forward.

1931
01:50:17,601 --> 01:50:20,735
Council member Bond
and my council member

1932
01:50:20,801 --> 01:50:23,767
Bakhtiari and everyone else
who has done so.

1933
01:50:24,167 --> 01:50:25,968
This resolution
being voted on today

1934
01:50:25,968 --> 01:50:28,800
in support of Beltline
Rail gives me hope for Atlanta.

1935
01:50:28,800 --> 01:50:30,368
And I urge you to vote yes.

1936
01:50:30,368 --> 01:50:32,201
This long range
vision is exactly

1937
01:50:32,201 --> 01:50:33,834
what every generation needs.

1938
01:50:33,834 --> 01:50:35,267
I learned about Ryan Gravel

1939
01:50:35,267 --> 01:50:38,368
Beltline Vision soon
after moving here 21 years ago.

1940
01:50:38,835 --> 01:50:42,568
I saw it as key to Atlanta
becoming an equitable,

1941
01:50:42,568 --> 01:50:46,134
sustainable and great city
where all could prosper.

1942
01:50:46,434 --> 01:50:48,101
In fact,
hope of Beltline rail
coming to fruition

1943
01:50:48,101 --> 01:50:49,701
actually kept my husband
and I here

1944
01:50:49,701 --> 01:50:52,067
when we considered
moving out of state.

1945
01:50:52,067 --> 01:50:54,634
We voted to increase our own
tax burden to chip in

1946
01:50:54,634 --> 01:50:56,400
toward
the crucial long term goal.

1947
01:50:57,401 --> 01:50:59,633
The mismanagement
of funds we longtime

1948
01:50:59,633 --> 01:51:02,168
Atlantans have been helping

1949
01:51:02,435 --> 01:51:06,002
Marta save up
for has been a big blow
to our confidence in the city.

1950
01:51:06,068 --> 01:51:08,501
But seeing this resolution
to support rail in the Beltline

1951
01:51:08,501 --> 01:51:11,467
has given us hope
that Atlanta can make it right.

1952
01:51:11,934 --> 01:51:13,334
We didn't vote for more, Marta,

1953
01:51:13,334 --> 01:51:14,934
just so that more Atlantans
could enjoy

1954
01:51:14,934 --> 01:51:17,267
a blissful morning jog
with a beautiful view.

1955
01:51:17,267 --> 01:51:20,301
We didn't vote for more Marta,
so that only those

1956
01:51:20,301 --> 01:51:22,734
who are able to enjoy
walking and biking everywhere

1957
01:51:22,734 --> 01:51:24,334
could get more places safely.

1958
01:51:24,334 --> 01:51:27,734
These things are important,
but do not even come close to

1959
01:51:28,534 --> 01:51:31,501
serving the needs of the most
vulnerable people in the city.

1960
01:51:31,634 --> 01:51:34,234
Not everyone can walk
in the worsening heat, much less

1961
01:51:34,234 --> 01:51:35,801
walk for and be on time,

1962
01:51:35,801 --> 01:51:39,266
or walk far and be on
time for work or an appointment.

1963
01:51:40,101 --> 01:51:42,533
So everyone should
write a bike, then write.

1964
01:51:43,601 --> 01:51:45,835
What about people with
disabilities, chronic health

1965
01:51:45,835 --> 01:51:50,001
conditions, old age, or too many
small children to pile onto?

1966
01:51:50,067 --> 01:51:51,934
A bike

1967
01:51:51,934 --> 01:51:53,434
rail is not antiquated.

1968
01:51:53,434 --> 01:51:54,534
We didn't get rid of rail

1969
01:51:54,534 --> 01:51:57,534
because it was no longer
a good idea.

1970
01:51:57,534 --> 01:51:58,934
We decided to build society

1971
01:51:58,934 --> 01:52:00,967
around cars
and the consequences of that.

1972
01:52:00,967 --> 01:52:03,934
You hopefully
already understand.

1973
01:52:04,067 --> 01:52:06,568
Vote yes to get Atlanta back

1974
01:52:06,568 --> 01:52:09,500
on track toward an equitable,
sustainable future.

1975
01:52:09,700 --> 01:52:10,667
Thank you.

1976
01:52:10,667 --> 01:52:13,667
Thank you.

1977
01:52:14,301 --> 01:52:21,234
Decant at.

1978
01:52:21,968 --> 01:52:24,067
Hello.
My name is Deegan and I'm
a resident of Ponce Highland.

1979
01:52:24,067 --> 01:52:27,800
I just wanted to share
some thoughts on on support

1980
01:52:28,034 --> 01:52:30,401
and of belt Iron Rail.

1981
01:52:30,401 --> 01:52:34,001
Atlanta poisons itself to be
a world class, global city.

1982
01:52:34,067 --> 01:52:37,401
And one of the major crux
of any such city

1983
01:52:37,468 --> 01:52:40,433
would be to have robust
public transit infrastructure.

1984
01:52:40,567 --> 01:52:41,701
And it's disappointing

1985
01:52:41,701 --> 01:52:44,834
that Atlanta has struggled
with this for so long.

1986
01:52:45,801 --> 01:52:48,767
It's very important
that we get Beltline rail going.

1987
01:52:49,234 --> 01:52:51,201
For the mere fact that it is

1988
01:52:51,201 --> 01:52:54,234
a graded form of public transit
that's high capacity

1989
01:52:55,035 --> 01:53:00,901
in a city that's so plagued
with the ills of car centrism.

1990
01:53:01,335 --> 01:53:04,401
The goal
of the city should be to reduce
the amount of cars

1991
01:53:04,401 --> 01:53:07,367
that are circulating
around the city at all times.

1992
01:53:08,267 --> 01:53:10,001
I mean, we've seen it
in other parts of the world

1993
01:53:10,001 --> 01:53:14,100
where this path just leads
to a dense fog of,

1994
01:53:15,633 --> 01:53:17,001
smog all over the city.

1995
01:53:17,001 --> 01:53:19,967
I'm originally from Los Angeles
myself, and I

1996
01:53:20,401 --> 01:53:24,434
was a young child when the air
in that city was terrible.

1997
01:53:24,501 --> 01:53:25,935
It was just a perpetual haze,

1998
01:53:25,935 --> 01:53:28,167
and I don't want to see
that happen to Atlanta.

1999
01:53:28,167 --> 01:53:31,367
So, I'm just resting my support
for Beltline rail.

2000
01:53:32,534 --> 01:53:34,801
I understand
building the entire 22

2001
01:53:34,801 --> 01:53:37,767
miles of rail
will take a while, and,

2002
01:53:38,201 --> 01:53:40,801
maybe
I don't even get to write it,

2003
01:53:40,935 --> 01:53:45,066
but that doesn't matter,
because I think, a society
grows great when old men.

2004
01:53:46,234 --> 01:53:47,633
Plant trees under the shade.

2005
01:53:47,633 --> 01:53:49,967
They may not sit. Thank you.

2006
01:53:49,967 --> 01:53:52,900
Thank you.

2007
01:53:52,900 --> 01:53:55,601
Our next three speakers,

2008
01:53:55,601 --> 01:53:58,900
Kenneth Colvin, Hans Klein.

2009
01:53:59,734 --> 01:54:00,767
Barn.

2010
01:54:00,767 --> 01:54:03,734
Ivan.

2011
01:54:04,134 --> 01:54:05,834
Irvan, Kenneth

2012
01:54:05,834 --> 01:54:08,834
Colvin, you have two minutes.

2013
01:54:12,167 --> 01:54:14,967
Madam president, council members
and members of the public,

2014
01:54:14,967 --> 01:54:16,468
thank you for allowing me
to speak.

2015
01:54:16,468 --> 01:54:20,167
I currently work at Martinsville
Control Center before Atlanta.

2016
01:54:20,234 --> 01:54:23,201
I worked in rail control
center in DC.

2017
01:54:23,501 --> 01:54:26,134
I had a full career
in air traffic control.

2018
01:54:26,134 --> 01:54:28,667
On speaking tonight
in my personal capacity,

2019
01:54:28,667 --> 01:54:29,901
not on behalf of Marta,

2020
01:54:29,901 --> 01:54:32,867
because I believe Atlanta
has reached an important moment.

2021
01:54:33,334 --> 01:54:35,534
I want to start
with the number 48,

2022
01:54:35,534 --> 01:54:37,801
approximately
48 miles of heavy rail

2023
01:54:37,801 --> 01:54:40,701
that is the backbone
of the system we have today,

2024
01:54:40,701 --> 01:54:43,668
an extraordinary investment
by generations before us.

2025
01:54:43,835 --> 01:54:47,001
But, Elena, today
is not the Atlanta of 1979.

2026
01:54:47,267 --> 01:54:48,634
Our population is larger.

2027
01:54:48,634 --> 01:54:51,634
Our employment centers have
changed, our suburbs have grown.

2028
01:54:51,634 --> 01:54:53,234
Our economy has become regional.

2029
01:54:53,234 --> 01:54:56,002
So ask you, can we build Atlanta

2030
01:54:56,302 --> 01:54:59,133
the next 50 years
on a transportation footprint
designed for the last 50?

2031
01:54:59,567 --> 01:55:00,800
I don't believe we can.

2032
01:55:01,900 --> 01:55:03,201
That brings me to the Beltline.

2033
01:55:03,201 --> 01:55:05,667
I strongly support
moving forward the high capacity

2034
01:55:05,667 --> 01:55:06,935
transit rail on the Beltline,

2035
01:55:06,935 --> 01:55:09,967
but I believe the Beltline
has to be about more

2036
01:55:10,101 --> 01:55:11,501
than building another rail line.

2037
01:55:11,501 --> 01:55:14,167
It has to be about building
a regional network.

2038
01:55:14,167 --> 01:55:17,234
For too long,
we have looked at transportation

2039
01:55:17,234 --> 01:55:18,835
through individual
jurisdictions,

2040
01:55:18,835 --> 01:55:21,301
individual projects
and individual interests.

2041
01:55:21,301 --> 01:55:24,468
But our residents do not live
their lives that way.

2042
01:55:24,468 --> 01:55:27,035
They cross city limits,
they cross county lines.

2043
01:55:27,035 --> 01:55:29,667
They travel to jobs,
schools, hospitals, airports.

2044
01:55:29,667 --> 01:55:31,534
They experience one region.

2045
01:55:31,534 --> 01:55:33,267
So our transportation system

2046
01:55:33,267 --> 01:55:35,334
should reflect the region
we have become.

2047
01:55:35,334 --> 01:55:36,835
Lana cannot do this alone.

2048
01:55:36,835 --> 01:55:39,167
Our surrounding counties
cannot do this alone.

2049
01:55:39,167 --> 01:55:41,501
The economy doesn't
stop at the city limits.

2050
01:55:41,501 --> 01:55:43,267
Traffic doesn't
stop the county line,

2051
01:55:43,267 --> 01:55:45,668
and neither should
our transportation.

2052
01:55:46,135 --> 01:55:47,568
So we ask.
The council will use
the Beltline as a catalyst.

2053
01:55:47,568 --> 01:55:50,801
Bring and build a transportation
network,

2054
01:55:50,801 --> 01:55:52,835
not a collection of projects
that generations

2055
01:55:52,835 --> 01:55:54,601
before us
built the footprint of Atlanta.

2056
01:55:54,601 --> 01:55:56,767
Now it's our turn
to build the footprint of ours.

2057
01:55:56,767 --> 01:55:58,067
Atlanta has the pieces. Now.

2058
01:55:58,067 --> 01:56:00,534
We need the vision,
the courage to connect them.

2059
01:56:00,534 --> 01:56:01,900
Marta can be the backbone,

2060
01:56:01,900 --> 01:56:03,568
the beltline can be
the connector,

2061
01:56:03,568 --> 01:56:05,734
and the region
must become the network.

2062
01:56:05,734 --> 01:56:07,900
Thank you. Thank you.

2063
01:56:10,967 --> 01:56:13,633
Hans Klein,
you have two minutes.

2064
01:56:15,068 --> 01:56:17,601
Hello.
My name is Hans Klein.
I'm a professor at Georgia
Tech School of Public Policy,

2065
01:56:17,601 --> 01:56:20,500
and I serve as the president
of Better Atlanta Transit.

2066
01:56:20,500 --> 01:56:22,134
All Atlanta agrees

2067
01:56:22,835 --> 01:56:25,401
that we should
invest in transit, but
we need to invest intelligently.

2068
01:56:25,534 --> 01:56:28,468
We need to get the most mobility
for the least cost.

2069
01:56:28,468 --> 01:56:30,168
We need to promote equity,

2070
01:56:30,168 --> 01:56:33,633
and we need to deploy transit
on routes that serve demand.

2071
01:56:33,967 --> 01:56:37,601
Rail on the Beltline does not do
this.

2072
01:56:38,002 --> 01:56:42,134
Beltline rail is not a good
transit solution.

2073
01:56:42,501 --> 01:56:45,868
The Beltline circumferential
route does not serve demand.

2074
01:56:45,935 --> 01:56:48,934
We need transit routes
that criss cross the city.

2075
01:56:48,934 --> 01:56:51,900
Rail technology
is overly expensive.

2076
01:56:51,900 --> 01:56:53,967
A better option is street
based transit.

2077
01:56:53,967 --> 01:56:55,901
Like bus rapid transit,

2078
01:56:55,901 --> 01:56:59,334
the Beltline circumferential
route is also not equitable.

2079
01:56:59,501 --> 01:57:02,501
It does not reach outlying
neighborhoods.

2080
01:57:02,901 --> 01:57:06,601
Beltline rail would damage
our wonderful linear park.

2081
01:57:06,601 --> 01:57:10,134
It would compromise Atlanta's
emerald necklace.

2082
01:57:10,334 --> 01:57:11,735
In summary, yes,

2083
01:57:11,735 --> 01:57:15,568
let's invest in transit,
but let's do it intelligently.

2084
01:57:15,701 --> 01:57:18,800
We need cost effective
technology on appropriate

2085
01:57:18,800 --> 01:57:21,768
routes.
That's not beltline rail.

2086
01:57:21,935 --> 01:57:23,767
And that went a lot
faster than I expected.

2087
01:57:23,767 --> 01:57:25,234
So I'll add one more thing.

2088
01:57:25,234 --> 01:57:26,134
I'm concerned.

2089
01:57:26,134 --> 01:57:28,201
I'm concerned
that the current debate

2090
01:57:28,201 --> 01:57:30,368
is distracting us
from the real issue

2091
01:57:30,368 --> 01:57:32,668
on the Beltline,
and that is safety.

2092
01:57:32,668 --> 01:57:36,167
People are getting seriously
damaged and injured on the

2093
01:57:36,568 --> 01:57:40,101
on on the Beltline right now
because we're mixing high speed

2094
01:57:40,101 --> 01:57:44,300
bicycles and and micromobility
with pedestrian

2095
01:57:45,001 --> 01:57:46,201
people walking around.

2096
01:57:46,201 --> 01:57:49,067
We've got to separate
these two modes of transport.

2097
01:57:49,067 --> 01:57:51,634
We've got to separate heels
and wheels.

2098
01:57:51,634 --> 01:57:53,968
It's a matter of time
before somebody gets killed.

2099
01:57:53,968 --> 01:57:56,934
And when that happens,
everybody sees it coming.

2100
01:57:57,001 --> 01:57:58,301
The responsibility

2101
01:57:58,301 --> 01:58:01,201
for that horrible
event will be on the shoulders

2102
01:58:01,201 --> 01:58:03,900
of this government
and this city council

2103
01:58:03,900 --> 01:58:05,468
and on Atlanta Beltline Inc..

2104
01:58:05,468 --> 01:58:07,102
So safety is really what

2105
01:58:07,102 --> 01:58:09,667
we should be talking about
when it comes to the Beltline.

2106
01:58:09,667 --> 01:58:11,035
Thank you very much,

2107
01:58:11,035 --> 01:58:13,333
and I appreciate the opportunity
to speak with you. Thank you.

2108
01:58:16,867 --> 01:58:18,934
Barn.

2109
01:58:18,934 --> 01:58:21,934
Ervin.

2110
01:58:23,734 --> 01:58:24,300
Two minutes.

2111
01:58:24,300 --> 01:58:25,500
Hello.

2112
01:58:25,500 --> 01:58:28,234
My first time here.

2113
01:58:28,234 --> 01:58:29,734
I've been here 40 years.

2114
01:58:29,734 --> 01:58:32,633
I am an economist by

2115
01:58:32,633 --> 01:58:34,634
training chartered accountant.

2116
01:58:34,634 --> 01:58:38,800
But most importantly, I spent
21 years in the transit industry

2117
01:58:39,434 --> 01:58:42,368
helping
special needs transportation

2118
01:58:42,368 --> 01:58:46,134
for 500 agencies
across the nation.

2119
01:58:46,301 --> 01:58:50,768
So I hate to be spoiled
the party,

2120
01:58:50,901 --> 01:58:55,434
but there's this thing
called, costing and money.

2121
01:58:55,835 --> 01:58:59,034
And if we are going
to give transportation

2122
01:58:59,034 --> 01:59:02,634
and transit
to as many people as needed.

2123
01:59:02,935 --> 01:59:07,468
We have to make sure that
transportation on a per trip

2124
01:59:07,468 --> 01:59:10,600
basis is within reasonable
norms,

2125
01:59:11,501 --> 01:59:14,900
a reasonable norm,
rule of thumb, like,

2126
01:59:15,001 --> 01:59:18,701
you know, going to a restaurant
costs you $25

2127
01:59:18,701 --> 01:59:23,101
or takeaway
food is ten, or a t shirt is 12.

2128
01:59:23,468 --> 01:59:27,234
When it comes to transit,
a transit right generally

2129
01:59:27,301 --> 01:59:30,267
rule of thumb is $10,

2130
01:59:30,368 --> 01:59:33,500
of which a city should pay 30%,

2131
01:59:33,900 --> 01:59:36,534
$3, $7,

2132
01:59:36,534 --> 01:59:41,301
and the rider pays 30%,
so the fare is 30%.

2133
01:59:41,468 --> 01:59:43,868
City pays subsidize
transportation.

2134
01:59:43,868 --> 01:59:46,368
That is what transit is, is
subsidized.

2135
01:59:46,368 --> 01:59:48,167
Transportation is phenomenal.

2136
01:59:48,167 --> 01:59:53,068
It changes people's lives
and the lives of the person

2137
01:59:53,302 --> 01:59:56,468
that it changes.
When you say, what do you think
of transportation?

2138
01:59:56,468 --> 02:00:00,202
I would say, yeah, a

2139
02:00:00,302 --> 02:00:03,934
single woman
who comes home after work
has three children,

2140
02:00:04,167 --> 02:00:07,166
three miles to the next,

2141
02:00:08,867 --> 02:00:09,734
supermarket.

2142
02:00:09,734 --> 02:00:12,134
And, she needs it, right?

2143
02:00:12,134 --> 02:00:14,201
She can't go and get fresh food.

2144
02:00:14,201 --> 02:00:17,867
I have a lot of sense
that I've written out here.

2145
02:00:17,967 --> 02:00:19,935
Actually, not a lot. One page.

2146
02:00:19,935 --> 02:00:23,834
And I very much like to leave it
behind with you in order to,

2147
02:00:25,167 --> 02:00:26,401
have further discussions.

2148
02:00:26,401 --> 02:00:28,301
But please look at cost.

2149
02:00:28,301 --> 02:00:29,601
What is the cost of the right

2150
02:00:29,601 --> 02:00:32,567
and what is the cost
that the fair pays?

2151
02:00:33,835 --> 02:00:37,368
Thank you.
Councilmember Bakhtiari is
coming to grab those from you.

2152
02:00:37,634 --> 02:00:40,400
Okay.
Our next three speakers.

2153
02:00:42,433 --> 02:00:43,667
Jay Miller,

2154
02:00:43,667 --> 02:00:47,633
Chris, Donda, Dada, and y'all.

2155
02:00:47,867 --> 02:00:49,767
Agathon,

2156
02:00:49,767 --> 02:00:52,001
you each have two minutes.

2157
02:00:52,001 --> 02:00:54,333
Jay Miller two minutes.

2158
02:00:54,333 --> 02:00:54,900
Thank you.

2159
02:00:54,900 --> 02:00:56,334
Good afternoon.

2160
02:00:56,334 --> 02:00:58,935
Yes, I support
public transit, but

2161
02:00:58,935 --> 02:01:02,301
has has already been said
smart public transit.

2162
02:01:02,401 --> 02:01:04,835
Not just any public transit.

2163
02:01:04,835 --> 02:01:09,633
This 3 to 4 to perhaps
$5 billion proposal

2164
02:01:10,134 --> 02:01:14,267
of having rail around
the Beltline goes in a circle.

2165
02:01:14,501 --> 02:01:17,401
There's no indication
that that's going to reduce

2166
02:01:17,401 --> 02:01:18,701
the transit issues.

2167
02:01:18,701 --> 02:01:21,368
We have people
who are out in the suburbs.

2168
02:01:21,368 --> 02:01:22,567
They're not going to

2169
02:01:23,568 --> 02:01:27,134
get into town somehow
and then take a circular track.

2170
02:01:27,334 --> 02:01:30,434
People who are going through
town are not going to take this.

2171
02:01:30,434 --> 02:01:32,735
People who are going
to get their groceries,

2172
02:01:32,735 --> 02:01:35,934
for the most part, aren't
going to go around in a circle

2173
02:01:36,001 --> 02:01:38,967
to procure
what they need to have.

2174
02:01:39,368 --> 02:01:44,202
There are issues with people
who are physically disadvantaged

2175
02:01:44,369 --> 02:01:48,002
or otherwise,
and we need to address
those concerns, but we can do so

2176
02:01:48,068 --> 02:01:51,501
with customized vehicles,
shuttle vehicles and so forth

2177
02:01:51,568 --> 02:01:54,534
that get people from point A
to point B

2178
02:01:54,801 --> 02:01:58,901
without going around in a circle
and endangering the Beltline

2179
02:01:58,901 --> 02:02:01,967
as it is now, as it's already
been pointed out.

2180
02:02:02,668 --> 02:02:06,267
All you have to do is go to
the Beltline on any weekend day.

2181
02:02:06,368 --> 02:02:09,868
Nice day and you will see
numerous mishaps

2182
02:02:09,868 --> 02:02:12,868
or near mishaps that occur
all the time.

2183
02:02:12,868 --> 02:02:15,267
You had rail right
next to it with a fence.

2184
02:02:15,267 --> 02:02:17,900
Since you're
hemming these people in

2185
02:02:18,334 --> 02:02:20,135
and there's
going to be a tragedy
at some point, there's

2186
02:02:20,135 --> 02:02:23,901
already been serious injuries,
so that needs to be addressed.

2187
02:02:23,968 --> 02:02:28,868
We should look to the future,
not to pass for solutions.

2188
02:02:29,035 --> 02:02:31,401
What are those?
What's being done
at Hartsfield-Jackson?

2189
02:02:31,401 --> 02:02:33,701
What's being done
in the Cumberland district?

2190
02:02:33,701 --> 02:02:36,067
There are already experimented
with shuttles.

2191
02:02:36,067 --> 02:02:38,668
They're heavily
trafficked areas.

2192
02:02:38,668 --> 02:02:42,367
We as I said, we need to address
these separate paths to

2193
02:02:43,634 --> 02:02:46,634
enhance safety.
Finally, let's look at who's
going to be paying for this.

2194
02:02:46,701 --> 02:02:51,267
We're looking at Siemens or HDR,
or what DSA would call fat

2195
02:02:51,267 --> 02:02:54,234
cat corporations
who are going to build this rail

2196
02:02:54,334 --> 02:02:56,901
and they're going to make
a profit.

2197
02:02:57,035 --> 02:02:59,567
Who's going to pay?
It's going to be the
Atlanta citizens. Thank you.

2198
02:03:02,633 --> 02:03:03,834
Thank you

2199
02:03:03,834 --> 02:03:06,800
Chris Dada.

2200
02:03:07,368 --> 02:03:10,367
You have two minutes.

2201
02:03:12,001 --> 02:03:12,867
Good afternoon,

2202
02:03:12,867 --> 02:03:15,835
honorable council members.

2203
02:03:15,935 --> 02:03:19,501
I am here to tell you
that proposals to study

2204
02:03:19,501 --> 02:03:23,034
and implement streetcars
on the Beltline are absurd.

2205
02:03:23,501 --> 02:03:27,201
Suppliers of mass transit
should have done their homework

2206
02:03:27,267 --> 02:03:29,768
to get Atlanta business

2207
02:03:29,768 --> 02:03:33,134
expecting the city
to pay for studies as ludicrous

2208
02:03:33,601 --> 02:03:36,600
in private industries
like automotive,

2209
02:03:38,034 --> 02:03:41,433
suppliers
do their own R&D and their own

2210
02:03:42,034 --> 02:03:45,033
proposals and expenses.

2211
02:03:47,534 --> 02:03:49,368
As good stewards of taxpayer

2212
02:03:49,368 --> 02:03:51,067
dollars,
I would expect that you would

2213
02:03:51,067 --> 02:03:52,101
make the right choices

2214
02:03:52,101 --> 02:03:55,067
for mass transit
for our great city of Atlanta.

2215
02:03:55,334 --> 02:03:59,534
My research and humble opinion
streetcars are the

2216
02:03:59,534 --> 02:04:03,534
most ineffective, inefficient
means of mass transit.

2217
02:04:03,801 --> 02:04:07,667
I have seen data
that the cost per passenger mile

2218
02:04:07,934 --> 02:04:10,967
runs between $24 a mile

2219
02:04:11,034 --> 02:04:14,034
to $98 a passenger mile.

2220
02:04:14,034 --> 02:04:16,568
That's an order of magnitude
greater

2221
02:04:16,568 --> 02:04:19,368
than other means of mass
transit.

2222
02:04:19,368 --> 02:04:23,101
Moreover, there's
no feasible way to build rail

2223
02:04:23,201 --> 02:04:24,934
all around the Beltline.

2224
02:04:24,934 --> 02:04:28,667
It's impossible
to go past Ponce Krog

2225
02:04:29,267 --> 02:04:32,734
north of Piedmont Park
or South Memorial Drive,

2226
02:04:32,900 --> 02:04:35,768
just to name
a few of the literal,

2227
02:04:35,768 --> 02:04:40,300
physical roadblocks that exist
to putting streetcars up.

2228
02:04:41,101 --> 02:04:44,735
I belong
as stewards of taxpayer dollars.

2229
02:04:44,735 --> 02:04:48,500
I would expect you to make the
right choices for mass transit.

2230
02:04:49,167 --> 02:04:52,167
I belong to an organization
called Bat Better

2231
02:04:52,167 --> 02:04:55,301
Atlanta Transit,
which looks for ways to improve

2232
02:04:55,301 --> 02:04:58,401
our city's
public transit system.

2233
02:04:58,634 --> 02:05:01,134
Thank you for your attention.

2234
02:05:01,134 --> 02:05:01,800
Thank you.

2235
02:05:02,900 --> 02:05:05,900
Next speaker y'all I

2236
02:05:06,533 --> 02:05:08,167
g pong.

2237
02:05:08,167 --> 02:05:11,133
Please pronounce your name.

2238
02:05:12,334 --> 02:05:14,334
I got it.
All right,
so hello and good afternoon.

2239
02:05:14,334 --> 02:05:16,768
My name is Yao,
and I live about, like,

2240
02:05:16,768 --> 02:05:19,734
a six minute bike ride from here
near Grand Park.

2241
02:05:19,934 --> 02:05:21,768
And today,
I want to attempt to make

2242
02:05:21,768 --> 02:05:24,834
a simple economic argument
in support of Beltline rail.

2243
02:05:25,835 --> 02:05:28,201
I believe if you want to see
Atlanta grow,

2244
02:05:28,201 --> 02:05:31,667
if you want to expand
the tax base of of the city,

2245
02:05:31,934 --> 02:05:34,935
then we must build public
transit.

2246
02:05:35,102 --> 02:05:38,201
Cars.
Autonomous or not,
are not a mass transit solution.

2247
02:05:38,301 --> 02:05:40,735
Cars do not scale.

2248
02:05:40,735 --> 02:05:43,401
I would go as far as to say
that car dependency is

2249
02:05:43,401 --> 02:05:46,400
what's choking Alina's growth.

2250
02:05:47,301 --> 02:05:48,568
Let's use

2251
02:05:48,568 --> 02:05:51,167
New York City
as an example, right?

2252
02:05:51,167 --> 02:05:53,501
If New York City was as car
as Atlanta,

2253
02:05:53,501 --> 02:05:55,600
they would have had to demolish
half the city

2254
02:05:55,600 --> 02:05:56,835
just to build all the

2255
02:05:56,835 --> 02:05:59,800
the streets, the highways
and the parking for it all.

2256
02:05:59,967 --> 02:06:01,768
Imagine ten lanes of traffic

2257
02:06:01,768 --> 02:06:03,568
coming right
through the middle of your city.

2258
02:06:03,568 --> 02:06:05,433
That would
be kind of crazy, right?

2259
02:06:06,567 --> 02:06:07,968
The space we dedicate to

2260
02:06:07,968 --> 02:06:10,934
cars could instead be dedicated
to housing and businesses.

2261
02:06:11,167 --> 02:06:12,934
Roads don't pay property taxes.

2262
02:06:12,934 --> 02:06:14,267
People do.

2263
02:06:14,267 --> 02:06:15,735
Small businesses thrive more,

2264
02:06:15,735 --> 02:06:18,401
more when there is consistent
foot traffic.

2265
02:06:18,401 --> 02:06:20,401
We need alternatives
to cars in traffic.

2266
02:06:20,401 --> 02:06:22,368
We need expanded public transit.

2267
02:06:22,368 --> 02:06:23,568
We can start with public.

2268
02:06:23,568 --> 02:06:25,267
We start with Beltline rail.

2269
02:06:25,267 --> 02:06:28,266
Before we paid into a V,
a more martyr, right?

2270
02:06:29,368 --> 02:06:31,401
With that said,
thank you to the council members

2271
02:06:31,401 --> 02:06:33,633
who've already signed on
for this resolution.

2272
02:06:33,633 --> 02:06:36,633
And thank you for your time.

2273
02:06:39,700 --> 02:06:42,468
Thank you.

2274
02:06:42,468 --> 02:06:45,434
Our next three speakers,
Megan Gordon,

2275
02:06:45,735 --> 02:06:49,166
Jonathan O'Brien,
and Paul Susanna.

2276
02:06:54,633 --> 02:06:56,034
Megan Gordon.

2277
02:06:56,034 --> 02:06:59,033
You have two minutes.

2278
02:07:02,734 --> 02:07:05,234
My apologies.

2279
02:07:05,234 --> 02:07:06,101
Good afternoon.

2280
02:07:06,101 --> 02:07:07,301
My name is Megan Gordon,

2281
02:07:07,301 --> 02:07:09,634
and I'm the policy director
at Care Georgia,

2282
02:07:09,634 --> 02:07:11,934
the state chapter
of the nation's largest

2283
02:07:11,934 --> 02:07:13,701
Muslim
civil rights organization.

2284
02:07:13,701 --> 02:07:15,667
We provide free legal support
to Muslims

2285
02:07:15,667 --> 02:07:16,968
facing religious discrimination

2286
02:07:16,968 --> 02:07:19,934
and advocate for policies
that support Georgia muslims.

2287
02:07:20,267 --> 02:07:22,134
I'm here today
to share my appreciation

2288
02:07:22,134 --> 02:07:23,901
for the City
Council's recent introduction

2289
02:07:23,901 --> 02:07:26,301
of community control
over police surveillance,

2290
02:07:26,301 --> 02:07:29,234
and to share how important
this is to Atlanta muslims.

2291
02:07:29,735 --> 02:07:31,867
To understand
exactly how important, though,

2292
02:07:31,867 --> 02:07:33,401
you must understand

2293
02:07:33,401 --> 02:07:36,367
the unique Muslim experience
of state surveillance.

2294
02:07:36,767 --> 02:07:37,900
Ever since nine over 11,

2295
02:07:37,900 --> 02:07:40,035
all Muslims have been viewed
a suspect.

2296
02:07:40,035 --> 02:07:43,001
The federal government began
spying on mosques, tracking

2297
02:07:43,001 --> 02:07:44,301
who was part of the faith
community

2298
02:07:44,301 --> 02:07:46,801
and questioning them
about their theology.

2299
02:07:46,801 --> 02:07:49,334
Since President Trump
returned to office,

2300
02:07:49,334 --> 02:07:52,102
the federal government
has used everything in its power

2301
02:07:52,102 --> 02:07:56,434
to punish people who protest
the genocide in Palestine.

2302
02:07:56,835 --> 02:07:58,067
At a time
when the government
is abusing its power

2303
02:07:58,067 --> 02:08:00,601
by targeting individuals
with opposing views,

2304
02:08:00,601 --> 02:08:03,801
a black box of technology
allowing authorities to identify

2305
02:08:03,801 --> 02:08:06,767
and track us across
city streets is terrifying.

2306
02:08:07,301 --> 02:08:09,467
The federal government began
by saying it would only

2307
02:08:09,467 --> 02:08:10,668
spy on terrorists,

2308
02:08:10,668 --> 02:08:13,134
and the city says that
it will only spy on criminals.

2309
02:08:13,134 --> 02:08:15,735
But what we have learned
is that these definitions

2310
02:08:15,735 --> 02:08:18,900
can stretch over time to include
disfavored groups.

2311
02:08:19,167 --> 02:08:22,134
Experience warns us
to be extremely skeptical,

2312
02:08:22,334 --> 02:08:24,334
which is why we are so excited
about

2313
02:08:24,334 --> 02:08:26,768
see cops and the opportunity
to have information

2314
02:08:26,768 --> 02:08:29,734
about these technologies
and input into how they're used.

2315
02:08:30,201 --> 02:08:32,934
If the city wants to use
surveillance technology,

2316
02:08:32,934 --> 02:08:34,368
all we ask is that you give us

2317
02:08:34,368 --> 02:08:37,433
the information necessary
to understand how it works,

2318
02:08:37,667 --> 02:08:39,201
that you trust us.

2319
02:08:39,201 --> 02:08:41,167
Lanterns
to assess the pros and cons,

2320
02:08:41,167 --> 02:08:42,634
and to make an informed decision

2321
02:08:42,634 --> 02:08:45,734
about what we can support
and to allow us to have input.

2322
02:08:46,167 --> 02:08:49,634
Thank you so much for C cops
for addressing this urgent

2323
02:08:49,634 --> 02:08:53,001
and relatively new issue
and technology and in city life.

2324
02:08:53,334 --> 02:08:54,468
Let's get it done.

2325
02:08:54,468 --> 02:08:56,433
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

2326
02:08:57,434 --> 02:08:58,667
Jonathan O'Brien.

2327
02:08:58,667 --> 02:09:01,734
You have two minutes.

2328
02:09:06,467 --> 02:09:07,834
Good afternoon.

2329
02:09:07,834 --> 02:09:10,701
In September 2024, my now wife,

2330
02:09:10,701 --> 02:09:13,468
and I bought a house
in the Washington Park area,

2331
02:09:13,468 --> 02:09:16,835
and we was hoping to hoping it
would be our forever home for,

2332
02:09:17,002 --> 02:09:19,201
you know, ourselves
and our now growing family.

2333
02:09:19,201 --> 02:09:21,234
We just had a baby,
but currently,

2334
02:09:21,234 --> 02:09:25,434
there's an abandoned house
next door to us that has weeds

2335
02:09:25,634 --> 02:09:29,002
so high that you can barely see
the front of the house.

2336
02:09:29,002 --> 02:09:33,567
And there's like, literally
piles of trash in the backyard.

2337
02:09:33,567 --> 02:09:35,234
And with the baby.

2338
02:09:35,234 --> 02:09:38,001
I don't want my kid
growing up next door to trash.

2339
02:09:38,001 --> 02:09:40,601
And you all wouldn't either.

2340
02:09:40,601 --> 02:09:43,035
We've contacted
code enforcement.

2341
02:09:43,035 --> 02:09:46,700
We've been emailing back and
forth for the last two years.

2342
02:09:47,001 --> 02:09:49,901
They've taken the homeowner
to court.

2343
02:09:49,901 --> 02:09:54,234
He ever fails to appear
or just pays out a simple fine.

2344
02:09:54,234 --> 02:09:58,267
And at this point, like, we're
just asking for enforcement.

2345
02:09:58,601 --> 02:10:02,133
Like we don't care that
they're squatters in the house.

2346
02:10:03,034 --> 02:10:03,967
They don't bother us.

2347
02:10:03,967 --> 02:10:05,434
We don't bother them.

2348
02:10:05,434 --> 02:10:06,834
Everyone should be housed.

2349
02:10:06,834 --> 02:10:08,534
Who cares about that?

2350
02:10:08,534 --> 02:10:09,867
We care about the trash.

2351
02:10:09,867 --> 02:10:11,534
We care about the upkeep.

2352
02:10:11,534 --> 02:10:16,935
Like on our street, we have
brand new sidewalks installed.

2353
02:10:17,435 --> 02:10:21,568
Great.
Y'all just installed sidewalks
in front of an abandoned house.

2354
02:10:21,568 --> 02:10:25,001
With that
you can barely see and like,

2355
02:10:25,201 --> 02:10:26,835
can I show you all the pictures

2356
02:10:26,835 --> 02:10:30,335
of the house like that
I just took this morning

2357
02:10:30,469 --> 02:10:34,300
so y'all can see
the piles of trash and the
weeds as tall as those flags.

2358
02:10:36,101 --> 02:10:36,734
Yes. No.

2359
02:10:36,734 --> 02:10:39,102
Maybe so. Okay. Who cares.

2360
02:10:39,102 --> 02:10:42,934
But also like since I'm here
we should definitely expand

2361
02:10:43,034 --> 02:10:45,967
like Beltline rail
and we should expand Marta.

2362
02:10:45,967 --> 02:10:48,934
Like why is that a question.

2363
02:10:48,934 --> 02:10:50,601
Like,

2364
02:10:50,601 --> 02:10:52,700
I don't know if you all
have ever been to Barcelona,

2365
02:10:52,700 --> 02:10:53,935
but in Barcelona

2366
02:10:53,935 --> 02:10:57,801
you can literally get anywhere
in the city on train.

2367
02:10:58,068 --> 02:11:01,267
They have rail
built out everywhere
except like by mentioning ruins.

2368
02:11:01,401 --> 02:11:02,634
And Mexico City

2369
02:11:02,634 --> 02:11:05,467
has the second largest
rail network in North America.

2370
02:11:05,467 --> 02:11:08,467
Why don't we?

2371
02:11:09,101 --> 02:11:11,067
Thank you.

2372
02:11:11,067 --> 02:11:14,101
So, so so can I
show some of these pictures?

2373
02:11:14,334 --> 02:11:15,668
Oh, sorry.

2374
02:11:15,668 --> 02:11:17,934
I'm sorry. Your time is up.
All right. Cool.

2375
02:11:17,934 --> 02:11:19,167
Can I show some of these
pictures?

2376
02:11:19,167 --> 02:11:22,001
Sir, someone from my office
is on the way to see you.

2377
02:11:22,001 --> 02:11:23,133
Thank you. They'll meet you.

2378
02:11:24,600 --> 02:11:25,301
Paul.

2379
02:11:25,301 --> 02:11:27,434
Chill. Sano,

2380
02:11:27,434 --> 02:11:28,934
please pronounce your last name.

2381
02:11:28,934 --> 02:11:31,835
My name is Paul. Okay.

2382
02:11:31,835 --> 02:11:34,600
I'm here to speak in support
of resolution

2383
02:11:34,600 --> 02:11:37,568
26 R 3999,

2384
02:11:38,002 --> 02:11:42,067
calling on support for light
rail transit along

2385
02:11:42,067 --> 02:11:45,867
the full 22 miles of the Atlanta
Beltline corridor.

2386
02:11:46,735 --> 02:11:49,167
Just a couple of points
I want to make.

2387
02:11:49,167 --> 02:11:53,067
I think we can all agree
everyone in the city can agree

2388
02:11:53,334 --> 02:11:57,100
that Atlanta would be a better
city if we had fewer cars.

2389
02:11:58,267 --> 02:12:01,333
Atlanta would be a better city
if we had fewer cars.

2390
02:12:02,601 --> 02:12:05,568
When I moved to Atlanta in 2014,

2391
02:12:05,768 --> 02:12:09,400
there was a lot of discussion
about the Atlanta Beltline.

2392
02:12:09,600 --> 02:12:12,468
Some people were for it

2393
02:12:12,468 --> 02:12:15,434
and some people were opposed
to it.

2394
02:12:15,735 --> 02:12:19,468
However, once 1 or 2
segments of the walking

2395
02:12:19,534 --> 02:12:22,501
trail were built,
a lot of opinions changed.

2396
02:12:22,501 --> 02:12:25,301
A lot of people saw it and says,
hey, I like that.

2397
02:12:25,301 --> 02:12:27,735
I want that in my neighborhood.

2398
02:12:27,735 --> 02:12:31,400
I believe light rail on the
Beltline will be the same way.

2399
02:12:32,234 --> 02:12:34,201
Right now,
some people are for it.

2400
02:12:34,201 --> 02:12:35,801
Some people are against it.

2401
02:12:35,801 --> 02:12:39,334
But I honestly believe
once we build a little bit of it

2402
02:12:39,334 --> 02:12:41,568
and people see it,
they're going to say,

2403
02:12:41,568 --> 02:12:43,433
I want that in my neighborhood.

2404
02:12:43,433 --> 02:12:44,801
I want it now.

2405
02:12:44,801 --> 02:12:48,400
So I urge you to vote for
this resolution.

2406
02:12:48,467 --> 02:12:49,133
Thank you.

2407
02:12:51,234 --> 02:12:52,601
Thank you.

2408
02:12:52,601 --> 02:12:55,800
Our next three speakers, K
and Paris.

2409
02:12:56,368 --> 02:12:59,301
Marcus. Lamar. Emmett. Lump.

2410
02:12:59,301 --> 02:13:01,101
You each have two minutes.

2411
02:13:01,101 --> 02:13:04,066
Please come forward.

2412
02:13:05,667 --> 02:13:06,267
Hello?

2413
02:13:06,267 --> 02:13:08,201
K and Paris.

2414
02:13:08,201 --> 02:13:12,468
I'm a resident of district 12,
Antonio Lewis's district.

2415
02:13:12,468 --> 02:13:14,568
I've been there for the past
eight years.

2416
02:13:14,568 --> 02:13:17,101
I was in district five before.

2417
02:13:17,101 --> 02:13:17,800
For five years.

2418
02:13:17,800 --> 02:13:20,401
I went to college at Emory.

2419
02:13:20,401 --> 02:13:23,234
And graduate school at Emory
as well.

2420
02:13:23,234 --> 02:13:26,168
I'm here because I believe
there are matters

2421
02:13:26,168 --> 02:13:29,067
involving the city of Atlanta
that deserve greater oversight.

2422
02:13:29,067 --> 02:13:30,468
I also had a joke.

2423
02:13:30,468 --> 02:13:33,668
I'm also a proud city of Atlanta
water bill payer,

2424
02:13:33,735 --> 02:13:36,700
unlike many of the corporations
that are anti beltline rail.

2425
02:13:36,934 --> 02:13:41,167
So, one concern
around the contracts

2426
02:13:41,167 --> 02:13:43,201
that are given out
around the Beltline,

2427
02:13:43,201 --> 02:13:45,735
specifically
the spoke bus trolley.

2428
02:13:45,735 --> 02:13:49,401
The city has given $3 million
of our dollars to the pilot,

2429
02:13:49,668 --> 02:13:52,501
which ended up
costing about $180 per rider

2430
02:13:52,501 --> 02:13:53,835
because no one takes it.

2431
02:13:53,835 --> 02:13:56,301
It averages about one
and a half riders per day,

2432
02:13:56,301 --> 02:13:57,501
and the low ridership is

2433
02:13:57,501 --> 02:14:00,533
because it doesn't go along
the Beltline.

2434
02:14:00,700 --> 02:14:03,202
I'm also concerned that

2435
02:14:03,202 --> 02:14:07,334
there is a push for expanding
tags when the money has not been

2436
02:14:07,568 --> 02:14:10,501
spent appropriately.
From the 2016 infrastructure
and rail initiatives

2437
02:14:10,768 --> 02:14:13,267
that the city approved
overwhelmingly.

2438
02:14:13,267 --> 02:14:15,700
Rail is one of the safest modes
of transportation.

2439
02:14:15,700 --> 02:14:19,002
Two years ago.

2440
02:14:19,302 --> 02:14:22,201
Fatal car
crashes surpassed homicides
in the city of Atlanta, and

2441
02:14:22,201 --> 02:14:26,367
I wanted to have Beltline rail
to keep Atlanta safe.

2442
02:14:27,234 --> 02:14:29,501
A recent report estimates
that the Beltline generated

2443
02:14:29,501 --> 02:14:32,468
23 billion in economic output
for Atlanta,

2444
02:14:32,568 --> 02:14:34,967
with 31 million in tax revenue
for the city

2445
02:14:34,967 --> 02:14:37,101
and over 100 million
to the state of Georgia.

2446
02:14:37,101 --> 02:14:40,100
Last year, rail
would bring even more money.

2447
02:14:40,934 --> 02:14:43,901
Ryan Bell's 1996
thesis for the Beltline

2448
02:14:43,901 --> 02:14:47,767
was for rail
in an updated evolution in 2005.

2449
02:14:48,201 --> 02:14:49,934
He specifically said
the Beltline

2450
02:14:49,934 --> 02:14:51,534
thesis was focused on transit

2451
02:14:51,534 --> 02:14:53,801
as an infrastructure tool
designed to encourage

2452
02:14:53,801 --> 02:14:56,834
economic development in town
neighborhoods.

2453
02:14:57,034 --> 02:14:58,868
While transit remains the key

2454
02:14:58,868 --> 02:15:01,935
ingredient to the project
has continued to evolve

2455
02:15:01,935 --> 02:15:05,633
and now includes a significant
and exciting new component.

2456
02:15:05,867 --> 02:15:08,001
Parks and trail.

2457
02:15:08,001 --> 02:15:09,300
Thanks. Thank you.

2458
02:15:11,368 --> 02:15:14,334
Our next
speaker is Lamar Marcus.

2459
02:15:14,334 --> 02:15:17,333
Lamar, you have two minutes.

2460
02:15:25,067 --> 02:15:27,369
Good to see you.

2461
02:15:27,369 --> 02:15:30,333
Council president,
members of the council
and the people of Atlanta.

2462
02:15:31,401 --> 02:15:34,468
I said before
and I said again, Elena, water

2463
02:15:34,468 --> 02:15:37,433
crisis is not the only it's
not about old pipes.

2464
02:15:37,700 --> 02:15:39,568
It's about old systems.

2465
02:15:39,568 --> 02:15:42,267
Systems
that allow billing errors,

2466
02:15:42,267 --> 02:15:45,834
mis coding of accounts,
weak enforcements,

2467
02:15:46,134 --> 02:15:49,034
and slow response
to problems in the fields.

2468
02:15:49,034 --> 02:15:51,035
And when employee
raised concerns

2469
02:15:51,035 --> 02:15:54,568
about safeties and operations
and accountabilities,

2470
02:15:54,901 --> 02:15:58,101
those complaints cannot get
stuck between departments

2471
02:15:58,468 --> 02:16:00,134
and the mayor's office.

2472
02:16:00,134 --> 02:16:04,001
This is how small problems
become citywide failures.

2473
02:16:04,234 --> 02:16:07,467
So here's where I'm calling for
you as a council to do.

2474
02:16:08,234 --> 02:16:11,468
Number one is to have one

2475
02:16:11,468 --> 02:16:14,568
reconcile number
and a public dashboard.

2476
02:16:14,901 --> 02:16:18,667
The council and the public
deserve a single audit

2477
02:16:19,301 --> 02:16:22,568
deficiency figure
and an agency schedule

2478
02:16:22,868 --> 02:16:26,134
and a quarterly performance
metric collection disputes,

2479
02:16:26,201 --> 02:16:28,267
resolution
and time and write offs.

2480
02:16:28,267 --> 02:16:31,467
Number
two fairness with enforcement.

2481
02:16:31,767 --> 02:16:33,001
Protect hardship.

2482
02:16:33,001 --> 02:16:35,668
Households
with structured payment plans.

2483
02:16:35,668 --> 02:16:38,868
Target assistance
but enforce collection

2484
02:16:38,868 --> 02:16:41,835
on large commercial
and institutional accounts

2485
02:16:41,935 --> 02:16:46,301
and stop classification errors
that distort accountabilities.

2486
02:16:46,434 --> 02:16:49,801
And number three
a repair and response standards

2487
02:16:49,801 --> 02:16:52,967
that the public can see
published the

2488
02:16:53,334 --> 02:16:57,900
the backlog as published
response times and report on

2489
02:16:58,167 --> 02:17:02,001
and weekly reports and work open
versus work completed.

2490
02:17:02,301 --> 02:17:04,734
This is not about blaming
workers.

2491
02:17:04,734 --> 02:17:06,434
This is not about leadership.

2492
02:17:06,434 --> 02:17:08,735
It is about building a city
that can account

2493
02:17:08,735 --> 02:17:11,634
for every dollar
and every mile of pipe.

2494
02:17:11,634 --> 02:17:14,934
Because every dollar we fail
to collect, and every week

2495
02:17:15,034 --> 02:17:17,768
and every week
we fail to fix becomes

2496
02:17:17,768 --> 02:17:20,267
becomes a cost to the resident
that pays.

2497
02:17:20,267 --> 02:17:23,700
Later, I'm back to partner
with the people of Lanta

2498
02:17:24,167 --> 02:17:27,134
and and be a watchdog
for results.

2499
02:17:27,334 --> 02:17:30,134
If we can measure it,
we can manage it.

2500
02:17:30,134 --> 02:17:32,368
If we can manage it. Thank you.

2501
02:17:32,668 --> 02:17:35,433
We can fix it.
And I'm back for a higher seat,
George, and we will fix it.

2502
02:17:35,500 --> 02:17:36,033
Thank you.

2503
02:17:37,401 --> 02:17:38,633
And can you guys claim this?

2504
02:17:38,633 --> 02:17:41,633
Next speaker is emit lamp

2505
02:17:42,867 --> 02:17:45,867
or loop.

2506
02:17:48,867 --> 02:17:50,501
Hi, my name is Emmett Lumpy.

2507
02:17:50,501 --> 02:17:52,101
I live in Capital View.

2508
02:17:52,101 --> 02:17:53,967
I work in the power industry
and I'm here to talk

2509
02:17:53,967 --> 02:17:55,935
about data centers again.

2510
02:17:55,935 --> 02:17:58,067
As you might be aware,
the Georgia Public Service

2511
02:17:58,067 --> 02:18:00,134
Commission unanimously approved
Georgia Power's

2512
02:18:00,134 --> 02:18:03,533
plan to add 9.9GW
of new generation capacity,

2513
02:18:03,967 --> 02:18:07,302
this primarily
to meet the projected demands

2514
02:18:07,302 --> 02:18:10,134
of the data centers.
And I want to emphasize that
that is projected,

2515
02:18:10,134 --> 02:18:11,234
not actually approved.

2516
02:18:11,234 --> 02:18:12,668
There's no,

2517
02:18:12,668 --> 02:18:15,667
much of it is not being backed
by fully executed contracts.

2518
02:18:16,267 --> 02:18:17,735
The construction
of this generation

2519
02:18:17,735 --> 02:18:21,200
expansion is estimated at $16.5
billion.

2520
02:18:22,167 --> 02:18:24,800
We know who's going to be
paying for that.

2521
02:18:24,800 --> 02:18:25,935
But as part of the agreement,

2522
02:18:25,935 --> 02:18:28,900
the PSC included some
stipulations for Georgia Power,

2523
02:18:29,134 --> 02:18:31,935
such as allocating significant
costs for the portfolio

2524
02:18:31,935 --> 02:18:35,100
portfolio to the large load
customers in its next

2525
02:18:35,967 --> 02:18:38,135
base rate change,

2526
02:18:38,135 --> 02:18:41,568
sufficient to ensure incremental
revenue from the large load

2527
02:18:41,568 --> 02:18:43,901
customers has downward
pressure of at least eight

2528
02:18:43,901 --> 02:18:47,067
and a half dollars per month
to the typical resident.

2529
02:18:47,167 --> 02:18:49,066
Starting in 2029.

2530
02:18:50,468 --> 02:18:53,801
So basically we'll
be paying for the upfront cost

2531
02:18:53,801 --> 02:18:57,401
and then maybe see
some benefit from it in 2029.

2532
02:18:57,501 --> 02:19:01,333
If all of the data center
demand materializes.

2533
02:19:02,434 --> 02:19:04,868
I understand that many aspects
of this,

2534
02:19:04,868 --> 02:19:08,167
of the financial aspects
of the data center conversation

2535
02:19:08,234 --> 02:19:11,234
are out of the control
of the Atlantic City Council,

2536
02:19:11,234 --> 02:19:14,067
such as the sales tax exemption
that the state provided.

2537
02:19:14,067 --> 02:19:17,035
That is going to cost us
about $2.5 billion

2538
02:19:17,035 --> 02:19:21,167
worth of revenue in 2026
and 3,000,000,000 in 2027.

2539
02:19:21,735 --> 02:19:24,034
But there are some things
that you guys can do.

2540
02:19:24,634 --> 02:19:26,134
For example,
Fulton County recently
changed their appraisal methods

2541
02:19:26,134 --> 02:19:28,368
for data centers,
and that will generate about $87

2542
02:19:28,368 --> 02:19:29,900
million worth of revenue.

2543
02:19:29,900 --> 02:19:31,167
Virginia was able to claw back

2544
02:19:31,167 --> 02:19:35,067
$600 million in 2026 with
an electricity consumption tax.

2545
02:19:35,167 --> 02:19:37,167
Similar taxes
could be implemented here

2546
02:19:37,167 --> 02:19:39,101
at a local level for high volume

2547
02:19:39,101 --> 02:19:41,301
electricity and water
consumption.

2548
02:19:41,301 --> 02:19:43,167
Regardless of what
the mayor comes back with

2549
02:19:43,167 --> 02:19:44,668
and his data center strategy.

2550
02:19:44,668 --> 02:19:46,800
I think that the city council
needs to be proactive

2551
02:19:46,800 --> 02:19:49,433
about this stuff and start putti

2552
02:19:52,600 --> 02:19:54,434
Thank you.

2553
02:19:54,434 --> 02:19:57,101
Next we speakers Dan Phillips,
Sheila.

2554
02:19:57,101 --> 02:19:58,700
Louder.

2555
02:19:58,700 --> 02:20:00,034
Mikayla.

2556
02:20:00,034 --> 02:20:01,934
Harvey,
you each have two minutes.

2557
02:20:01,934 --> 02:20:04,034
Please come forward.

2558
02:20:04,034 --> 02:20:07,033
Dan Phillips two minutes.

2559
02:20:12,601 --> 02:20:14,167
Good afternoon, city council.

2560
02:20:14,167 --> 02:20:17,134
My name is
and I am a Georgia Tech student.

2561
02:20:17,735 --> 02:20:20,734
Excuse me, is Dan Phillips
not here?

2562
02:20:21,900 --> 02:20:23,167
My apologies.

2563
02:20:23,167 --> 02:20:24,267
Okay, just one second.

2564
02:20:24,267 --> 02:20:25,867
So he's not here.

2565
02:20:25,867 --> 02:20:28,834
What about Sheila? Louder.

2566
02:20:29,001 --> 02:20:30,001
Okay. She.

2567
02:20:30,001 --> 02:20:32,167
Louder is number 48.

2568
02:20:32,167 --> 02:20:35,166
She would need to go next.

2569
02:20:37,234 --> 02:20:39,201
And we will see you directly
after.

2570
02:20:39,201 --> 02:20:42,133
Mashallah.

2571
02:20:42,467 --> 02:20:43,767
To council.

2572
02:20:43,767 --> 02:20:47,534
I'm here again. Sheila. Louder.

2573
02:20:47,868 --> 02:20:50,534
Yes, again.
After appearing at your council
meeting a few weeks ago

2574
02:20:51,002 --> 02:20:54,700
about the incompetence of Sharon
Johnson, an investigator

2575
02:20:54,867 --> 02:20:57,301
in the city's law department.

2576
02:20:57,301 --> 02:20:58,568
Thank you, Councilwoman

2577
02:20:58,568 --> 02:21:03,002
President Overstreet,
for trying to get me assistance

2578
02:21:03,268 --> 02:21:06,334
with resolving
the issue of my son's car
being damaged by a city forestry

2579
02:21:06,334 --> 02:21:09,868
truck while he was at work
on City of Atlanta property.

2580
02:21:10,135 --> 02:21:15,035
And thank you, Councilman Bond,
for attentively and I say

2581
02:21:15,102 --> 02:21:20,300
attentively, listening to each
speaker, unlike some on this

2582
02:21:21,667 --> 02:21:22,967
council.

2583
02:21:22,967 --> 02:21:25,634
While the
Beltline transit is important.

2584
02:21:25,634 --> 02:21:30,034
Why can't my son, as a black man
get his car claim resolved

2585
02:21:30,034 --> 02:21:31,867
after seven months?

2586
02:21:31,867 --> 02:21:34,601
Sharon Johnson
can't be a paid employee.

2587
02:21:34,601 --> 02:21:37,301
And I repeat,
she can't be a paid employee.

2588
02:21:37,301 --> 02:21:39,368
She must be a volunteer.

2589
02:21:39,368 --> 02:21:41,568
She is slow to return calls

2590
02:21:41,568 --> 02:21:45,434
and follow up on her claims
in writing or telephone.

2591
02:21:45,634 --> 02:21:49,668
She does, however, make my son
aware when they do speak, that

2592
02:21:49,668 --> 02:21:54,133
the claim will be depreciated
because of the age of his car.

2593
02:21:54,633 --> 02:21:56,301
My son has been unable

2594
02:21:56,301 --> 02:21:59,501
to get the process
and procedures for processing

2595
02:21:59,501 --> 02:22:03,001
claims, only to be told
to go to the city's website.

2596
02:22:03,267 --> 02:22:07,867
Really Sharon, why can't this be
mailed or email

2597
02:22:08,434 --> 02:22:11,433
when it is asked for?

2598
02:22:12,001 --> 02:22:14,468
Instead?

2599
02:22:14,468 --> 02:22:17,134
Valuable
time has been wasted by my son

2600
02:22:17,134 --> 02:22:19,234
and I paying parking fees

2601
02:22:19,234 --> 02:22:23,034
and using gas to come down here
and speak before you.

2602
02:22:23,134 --> 02:22:24,368
Fortunately, today

2603
02:22:24,368 --> 02:22:27,501
I spoke in person
with Miss Raphael Johnson,

2604
02:22:27,601 --> 02:22:31,068
who tried to give me assistance
and I thank her for that.

2605
02:22:31,202 --> 02:22:35,234
Will my son claim be resolved
before the Beltline is built?

2606
02:22:35,234 --> 02:22:35,934
Thank you.

2607
02:22:42,434 --> 02:22:44,667
Michelle.
Harvey, you have two minutes.

2608
02:22:44,667 --> 02:22:46,201
I apologize for the rush.

2609
02:22:46,201 --> 02:22:48,468
Start to reintroduce myself.

2610
02:22:48,468 --> 02:22:50,134
My name is Michelle Hart,
and I am.

2611
02:22:50,134 --> 02:22:51,800
And I am a Georgia Tech student.

2612
02:22:51,800 --> 02:22:53,334
I am come in
support of the Police

2613
02:22:53,334 --> 02:22:56,301
Transparency Ordinance
by Council member Dozier.

2614
02:22:56,301 --> 02:22:57,301
Being a Georgia Tech

2615
02:22:57,301 --> 02:22:58,901
Yellow
Jacket has made me prideful

2616
02:22:58,901 --> 02:23:01,401
to be a proud resident
of the city of Atlanta.

2617
02:23:01,401 --> 02:23:03,134
But today
I won't be using my speaking

2618
02:23:03,134 --> 02:23:04,568
time to talk about myself,

2619
02:23:04,568 --> 02:23:06,768
but about a fellow student,
Kayden Chow.

2620
02:23:06,768 --> 02:23:09,001
Kayden Chow is a freshman
at Georgia Tech

2621
02:23:09,001 --> 02:23:10,801
that is studying
computer science.

2622
02:23:10,801 --> 02:23:13,234
Caden is part of the test
and math club on campus,

2623
02:23:13,234 --> 02:23:18,234
and Caden, just like the rest
of the students on campus, are

2624
02:23:18,434 --> 02:23:20,701
and kind.
And exactly one week ago,
Caden had gone missing

2625
02:23:20,701 --> 02:23:23,800
and it took nearly 72 hours
to locate him safely.

2626
02:23:24,034 --> 02:23:25,835
It took him three days, 20

2627
02:23:25,835 --> 02:23:29,267
4:00 cameras on campus,
and a police department

2628
02:23:29,434 --> 02:23:31,134
managing a city
with the greatest number
of security cameras

2629
02:23:31,134 --> 02:23:33,935
in the entire country
to find Caden.

2630
02:23:33,935 --> 02:23:36,167
And while I admire the hard work
and coordination

2631
02:23:36,167 --> 02:23:38,368
of the Georgia Tech
in Atlanta Police Department,

2632
02:23:38,368 --> 02:23:40,134
I see, agree and echo

2633
02:23:40,134 --> 02:23:41,634
the concerns of the still rising

2634
02:23:41,634 --> 02:23:43,968
numbers of technology
across the city,

2635
02:23:43,968 --> 02:23:46,835
each flawed camera able
to record people's faces,

2636
02:23:46,835 --> 02:23:50,201
cars, and able to coordinate
data in certain organizations

2637
02:23:50,201 --> 02:23:53,601
with loose privacy regulations
and able to congregate and

2638
02:23:54,168 --> 02:23:57,401
redeem private, all without
our permission and spite it all.

2639
02:23:57,501 --> 02:23:59,668
It did not speed up
the search for Caden.

2640
02:23:59,668 --> 02:24:01,468
And while we wait
for an explanation

2641
02:24:01,468 --> 02:24:05,167
for why this search
of a system of high tech cameras

2642
02:24:05,234 --> 02:24:07,601
were not able to increase
the speed of the search,

2643
02:24:07,601 --> 02:24:09,967
I see headlines of how
these cameras are being used.

2644
02:24:09,967 --> 02:24:12,034
Otherwise,
Georgia police officers

2645
02:24:12,034 --> 02:24:13,434
would rather spend
their precious time

2646
02:24:13,434 --> 02:24:15,801
stalking their ex-girlfriends
and chasing

2647
02:24:15,801 --> 02:24:18,501
in personal fights
on tax dollars we are funding.

2648
02:24:18,501 --> 02:24:19,901
So that's why I'm in support

2649
02:24:19,901 --> 02:24:22,035
of the community control
over police surveillance.

2650
02:24:22,035 --> 02:24:25,001
Sea cops initiative,
introduced today in the city,

2651
02:24:25,101 --> 02:24:26,634
is serving to its people

2652
02:24:26,634 --> 02:24:28,701
to listen to the concerns
of the public and build

2653
02:24:28,701 --> 02:24:30,434
trust
that the APD is not abusing

2654
02:24:30,434 --> 02:24:33,368
Master Valence technology
that we, the Residents fund.

2655
02:24:33,368 --> 02:24:37,035
If AP truly echoes their model
in creating a faster

2656
02:24:37,235 --> 02:24:39,801
and safer city.
The app must involve
communities, needs and opinions

2657
02:24:39,801 --> 02:24:42,266
when it comes to making
the city safe. Thank you.

2658
02:24:45,767 --> 02:24:48,301
Thank you.

2659
02:24:48,301 --> 02:24:51,266
Our next three speakers Rachel,
Janet,

2660
02:24:52,266 --> 02:24:52,834
Carol.

2661
02:24:52,834 --> 02:24:55,267
Kane, Kelly.

2662
02:24:55,267 --> 02:24:58,266
You each have two minutes.

2663
02:24:58,834 --> 02:25:01,167
Rachel. Janet

2664
02:25:01,167 --> 02:25:02,868
two minutes.

2665
02:25:02,868 --> 02:25:04,734
Good afternoon.
Members of the City Council.

2666
02:25:04,734 --> 02:25:05,901
My name is Rachel Young

2667
02:25:05,901 --> 02:25:08,768
and I am a fourth year student
at Emory University.

2668
02:25:08,768 --> 02:25:11,534
I'm here today to emphasize
the importance of a community

2669
02:25:11,534 --> 02:25:15,001
input provision
in ordinance 2601401.

2670
02:25:15,368 --> 02:25:17,234
While the legislation is a much
needed step

2671
02:25:17,234 --> 02:25:18,668
forward in cementing

2672
02:25:18,668 --> 02:25:21,668
surveillance technology
safeguards into city law.

2673
02:25:21,668 --> 02:25:24,002
Citizen engagement
a core component of a well

2674
02:25:24,002 --> 02:25:27,368
functioning democracy,
must be properly incorporated

2675
02:25:27,801 --> 02:25:30,534
despite Atlanta's
expansive flock network.

2676
02:25:30,534 --> 02:25:32,935
We, the ordinary residents,
the various subjects

2677
02:25:32,935 --> 02:25:35,267
of mass surveillance,
currently have no say

2678
02:25:35,267 --> 02:25:37,668
in how these cameras
are being used.

2679
02:25:38,168 --> 02:25:39,468
In order
to prevent
these powerful technologies

2680
02:25:39,468 --> 02:25:42,501
from being misused, infringe
upon our rights and privacy.

2681
02:25:42,768 --> 02:25:45,401
Public oversight
in the form of the opportunity

2682
02:25:45,401 --> 02:25:47,901
to meaningfully participate
at public hearings

2683
02:25:47,901 --> 02:25:50,134
before surveillance
technologies are employed

2684
02:25:50,134 --> 02:25:53,034
and proper authorization
from our elected officials

2685
02:25:53,034 --> 02:25:55,368
should be codified
into city law.

2686
02:25:55,368 --> 02:25:58,001
This ensures community
input remains lasting

2687
02:25:58,001 --> 02:25:59,601
and is not subject to removal

2688
02:25:59,601 --> 02:26:02,301
from by future administration
changes.

2689
02:26:02,301 --> 02:26:05,868
I'd like to draw on my personal
background for a second.

2690
02:26:06,469 --> 02:26:08,568
My parents
grew up in mainland China,
where surveillance technology

2691
02:26:08,568 --> 02:26:10,334
spanned every corner
of the country,

2692
02:26:10,334 --> 02:26:13,468
and citizens aren't provided
a say in their implementation.

2693
02:26:13,701 --> 02:26:15,701
And growing up with
this awareness

2694
02:26:15,701 --> 02:26:17,968
has taught me
the importance of laying down

2695
02:26:17,968 --> 02:26:20,934
fundamental democratic
safeguards around technology.

2696
02:26:21,201 --> 02:26:23,368
I'm urging that
the important decisions

2697
02:26:23,368 --> 02:26:26,334
impacting all of us
not be made unilaterally behind

2698
02:26:27,669 --> 02:26:30,434
closed doors.
As you consider this ordinance,
I ask that you give Atlanta's

2699
02:26:30,434 --> 02:26:32,434
residents
a permanent seat at the table

2700
02:26:32,434 --> 02:26:34,002
in making decisions about

2701
02:26:34,002 --> 02:26:36,700
the surveillance technology
being deployed in our city.

2702
02:26:36,700 --> 02:26:37,400
Thank you.

2703
02:26:39,867 --> 02:26:41,301
Thank you.

2704
02:26:41,301 --> 02:26:44,300
Carol
Kane, you have two minutes.

2705
02:26:47,634 --> 02:26:50,067
Beltline rail may fit in
well in areas

2706
02:26:50,067 --> 02:26:51,468
that have not
fully been developed

2707
02:26:51,468 --> 02:26:55,368
or are not easily accessible by
Marta, but it's not a one size

2708
02:26:55,368 --> 02:26:58,368
fits all project for an area
like the East Side Trail.

2709
02:26:58,368 --> 02:26:59,800
Could be a death sentence.

2710
02:26:59,800 --> 02:27:00,534
The area has

2711
02:27:00,534 --> 02:27:02,034
already been heavily developed,

2712
02:27:02,034 --> 02:27:04,434
and there's very little room
for a rail system,

2713
02:27:04,434 --> 02:27:06,667
especially under the Highland
Bridge.

2714
02:27:06,667 --> 02:27:08,201
I've lived there for 38 years

2715
02:27:08,201 --> 02:27:11,201
and have seen the proposed area
flood every time it rains.

2716
02:27:11,267 --> 02:27:14,234
There's actually a creek
where the rails would be built.

2717
02:27:14,234 --> 02:27:16,800
This means that area
would have to be dug out,

2718
02:27:16,800 --> 02:27:18,301
drainage pipes installed,

2719
02:27:18,301 --> 02:27:20,701
and green space
in front of homes destroyed.

2720
02:27:20,701 --> 02:27:23,434
In typical Atlanta fashion,
this will probably take years.

2721
02:27:23,434 --> 02:27:25,601
While businesses
and residential homes

2722
02:27:25,601 --> 02:27:27,534
are negatively impacted
as they were

2723
02:27:27,534 --> 02:27:29,735
during the streetcars
construction.

2724
02:27:29,735 --> 02:27:33,634
Years of heavy construction
to force rail in what is serves

2725
02:27:33,634 --> 02:27:36,801
as a green space for pedestrians
and cyclists could destroy

2726
02:27:36,801 --> 02:27:39,234
what has already taken years
to build.

2727
02:27:39,234 --> 02:27:41,501
What really needs to happen
is an expansion

2728
02:27:41,501 --> 02:27:43,468
of the existing trails
that pedestrians

2729
02:27:43,468 --> 02:27:46,301
are not being run over
by e-bikes and scooters,

2730
02:27:46,301 --> 02:27:48,067
especially in the segment
between

2731
02:27:48,067 --> 02:27:50,134
Krog Street and Pond City
Market.

2732
02:27:50,134 --> 02:27:51,634
The terrain of this area

2733
02:27:51,634 --> 02:27:55,735
presents challenges
that autonomous vehicles

2734
02:27:55,835 --> 02:27:58,601
may better support.
I'm not sure how you would take
rail through the Krog Tunnel.

2735
02:27:58,601 --> 02:28:01,034
Join it several blocks
through Cabbagetown.

2736
02:28:01,034 --> 02:28:03,368
Perhaps a Marta station
in the old CSX

2737
02:28:03,368 --> 02:28:06,234
yard would be a possibility
to connect that area.

2738
02:28:06,234 --> 02:28:09,001
Then there's the question
is who's going to maintain it?

2739
02:28:09,001 --> 02:28:11,034
Is it going to be better
maintained than Marta,

2740
02:28:11,034 --> 02:28:12,434
or is it going
to become a filthy,

2741
02:28:12,434 --> 02:28:15,134
urine smelling
train that nobody wants to ride?

2742
02:28:15,134 --> 02:28:16,634
Are people going to ride it?

2743
02:28:16,634 --> 02:28:17,735
More people are going to ride it

2744
02:28:17,735 --> 02:28:20,267
than the seemingly
always empty streetcar.

2745
02:28:20,267 --> 02:28:21,900
Knowing the area well,
I would say

2746
02:28:21,900 --> 02:28:23,601
keep the vibrant park setting

2747
02:28:23,601 --> 02:28:25,701
that is working on the East Side
Trail.

2748
02:28:25,701 --> 02:28:28,767
Allow pedestrians and cyclists
to have one area to enjoy

2749
02:28:28,900 --> 02:28:30,901
without a train
right on top of them.

2750
02:28:30,901 --> 02:28:33,735
Build beltline rail in the areas
that still have room for it,

2751
02:28:33,735 --> 02:28:35,901
that truly benefit for it,
and connect it

2752
02:28:35,901 --> 02:28:38,433
with autonomous vehicles
where that makes sense.

2753
02:28:38,433 --> 02:28:39,166
Thank you.

2754
02:28:41,934 --> 02:28:44,900
Thank you.

2755
02:28:46,067 --> 02:28:49,066
Kelly.

2756
02:28:54,001 --> 02:28:56,334
Okay, not seeing Kelly,

2757
02:28:56,334 --> 02:28:58,134
we're going to move on
to our next three.

2758
02:28:58,134 --> 02:28:59,935
Andrew

2759
02:28:59,935 --> 02:29:04,734
Damian Harper and Kevin Cryan,
you each have two minutes.

2760
02:29:04,734 --> 02:29:07,734
You can come forward.

2761
02:29:11,600 --> 02:29:12,301
Good afternoon.

2762
02:29:12,301 --> 02:29:14,368
My name is Andrew.

2763
02:29:14,368 --> 02:29:17,467
I'm an Atlanta resident
and a student at Georgia Tech.

2764
02:29:18,301 --> 02:29:20,734
I'm here to support
community control over

2765
02:29:20,734 --> 02:29:23,134
police surveillance.

2766
02:29:23,134 --> 02:29:25,034
We all know that AI surveillance

2767
02:29:25,034 --> 02:29:28,001
is being used by abusers
to harass women.

2768
02:29:28,067 --> 02:29:30,568
We know it is
being used to attack immigrants.

2769
02:29:30,568 --> 02:29:33,534
Monitor women seeking
reproductive care.

2770
02:29:33,768 --> 02:29:36,334
Punish people
for speaking out in protests,

2771
02:29:36,334 --> 02:29:37,735
and that community members

2772
02:29:37,735 --> 02:29:40,900
have no say in how
this technology is being used,

2773
02:29:40,900 --> 02:29:44,968
or who can access the data
they collect.

2774
02:29:45,068 --> 02:29:48,034
Atlanta residents
need to have a guaranteed right
to weigh in before the city

2775
02:29:48,134 --> 02:29:50,967
signed surveillance contracts
that affect us all.

2776
02:29:50,967 --> 02:29:52,501
These decisions have no right

2777
02:29:52,501 --> 02:29:55,534
to be made behind closed doors
without a public vote.

2778
02:29:55,668 --> 02:29:58,634
Not when it is actively harming
our communities.

2779
02:29:58,835 --> 02:30:01,668
I'm with Georgia Tech Students
for Democratic Society,

2780
02:30:01,668 --> 02:30:03,701
and we're giving a tour
of all the flock

2781
02:30:03,701 --> 02:30:06,867
cameras on campus on Wednesday,
October 7th.

2782
02:30:07,067 --> 02:30:09,267
Come out if you want to learn
more about mass

2783
02:30:09,267 --> 02:30:12,234
surveillance technology
and how it harms all of us.

2784
02:30:12,468 --> 02:30:14,735
And also as a city
planning student,

2785
02:30:14,735 --> 02:30:17,934
I can't go without saying
build Beltline rail already.

2786
02:30:22,034 --> 02:30:24,400
Thank you.

2787
02:30:24,400 --> 02:30:27,400
Damian Harper.

2788
02:30:29,767 --> 02:30:32,734
Have two minutes.

2789
02:30:33,001 --> 02:30:34,800
Thank you, council members.

2790
02:30:34,800 --> 02:30:37,768
And I'd also like to especially
thank,

2791
02:30:38,002 --> 02:30:41,468
Kelsey Bond, Jason Dozier
and Liliana Bakhtiari

2792
02:30:41,534 --> 02:30:45,067
for their commitment
to making this city

2793
02:30:45,134 --> 02:30:48,267
more safer for pedestrians
and also for the focus

2794
02:30:48,434 --> 02:30:51,367
on our poverty issues
within the city.

2795
02:30:52,568 --> 02:30:55,901
What I'm speaking about today
is going to be the proposed sale

2796
02:30:55,901 --> 02:30:59,333
of the Atlanta City Detention
Center to Fulton County.

2797
02:30:59,834 --> 02:31:01,634
I want to begin
with the principal.

2798
02:31:01,634 --> 02:31:03,468
The people with the least power
should have

2799
02:31:03,468 --> 02:31:05,901
the strongest
institutional protections.

2800
02:31:05,901 --> 02:31:09,134
That principle matters
most inside a detention system,

2801
02:31:09,134 --> 02:31:12,934
because the people affected
by its decisions often

2802
02:31:12,934 --> 02:31:15,900
have the least ability
to influence them.

2803
02:31:16,468 --> 02:31:20,067
Atlanta has spent years
reimagining AC, DC.

2804
02:31:20,401 --> 02:31:23,601
The center for Diversion
and Services now operates

2805
02:31:23,601 --> 02:31:26,568
within the facility,
providing an alternative to jail

2806
02:31:26,701 --> 02:31:29,701
for people experiencing mental
health issues, substance abuse,

2807
02:31:29,768 --> 02:31:33,101
abuse, homelessness
and extreme poverty.

2808
02:31:33,234 --> 02:31:37,402
The proposed sale already
preserves space for that center

2809
02:31:37,402 --> 02:31:41,434
and allows Atlanta's
municipal detainees to continue
being housed at AC, DC.

2810
02:31:41,601 --> 02:31:43,101
So I'm not asking
for the council

2811
02:31:43,101 --> 02:31:45,534
to pretend those protections
don't exist.

2812
02:31:45,534 --> 02:31:48,534
I'm asking
what more can we preserve

2813
02:31:48,534 --> 02:31:51,501
before we transfer
this institution?

2814
02:31:51,568 --> 02:31:55,001
Fulton County has identified
a need for this facility

2815
02:31:55,101 --> 02:31:56,301
that gives Atlanta

2816
02:31:56,301 --> 02:31:59,533
an opportunity to negotiate
the terms of the transfer.

2817
02:31:59,900 --> 02:32:01,468
Use that opportunity.

2818
02:32:01,468 --> 02:32:04,301
Establish measurable standards
for length of stay,

2819
02:32:04,301 --> 02:32:07,667
use of force deaths
and serious medical incidents,

2820
02:32:07,800 --> 02:32:09,234
mental health and substance

2821
02:32:09,234 --> 02:32:13,067
abuse, substance use, treatment,
diversion, rehabilitation,

2822
02:32:13,601 --> 02:32:16,600
and connections
to housing and employment
that make those results public.

2823
02:32:16,700 --> 02:32:18,134
I'm not asking for Atlanta

2824
02:32:18,134 --> 02:32:20,101
to dictate the sheriff's lawful
authority.

2825
02:32:20,101 --> 02:32:22,167
I'm asking the city attorney
and the administration

2826
02:32:22,167 --> 02:32:24,067
to determine
what additional protections

2827
02:32:24,067 --> 02:32:26,501
can legally be incorporated
into the sale

2828
02:32:26,501 --> 02:32:28,700
and intergovernmental agreements
before

2829
02:32:28,700 --> 02:32:30,501
this transaction is finalized.

2830
02:32:30,501 --> 02:32:33,901
Because $68 million
is the price of the property.

2831
02:32:34,435 --> 02:32:37,033
It should not
automatically be the price of
Atlanta's future influence.

2832
02:32:38,433 --> 02:32:41,001
Thank you.

2833
02:32:41,001 --> 02:32:44,001
Kevin
Kline, you have two minutes.

2834
02:32:48,234 --> 02:32:49,534
Good afternoon, fellow citizens

2835
02:32:49,534 --> 02:32:51,401
and members of the City Council.

2836
02:32:51,401 --> 02:32:52,800
My name is Kevin Judith Criner.

2837
02:32:52,800 --> 02:32:54,434
I live in Midtown
district three,

2838
02:32:54,434 --> 02:32:56,167
and as a African-American
student

2839
02:32:56,167 --> 02:32:57,501
studying at Georgia Tech,

2840
02:32:57,501 --> 02:32:59,900
I walk, scooter and drive
through our city

2841
02:32:59,900 --> 02:33:02,167
almost every single day
under the shadow

2842
02:33:02,167 --> 02:33:04,835
of persistent
digital monitoring.

2843
02:33:05,068 --> 02:33:08,767
We are often told
that automatic license plate
readers are a PR like.

2844
02:33:09,234 --> 02:33:11,068
Cameras exist to keep us safe.

2845
02:33:11,068 --> 02:33:13,668
But this safety, built on
some automated, unfettered

2846
02:33:13,668 --> 02:33:16,167
dragnet surveillance
is neither safe nor just.

2847
02:33:16,167 --> 02:33:18,234
To keep this brief,
I only have two points.

2848
02:33:18,234 --> 02:33:20,035
First,
the technology is fundamentally

2849
02:33:20,035 --> 02:33:22,267
ineffective at addressing
the root causes of harm.

2850
02:33:22,267 --> 02:33:25,034
Independent civil liberties
research from the ACLU

2851
02:33:25,034 --> 02:33:27,534
and Electronic Frontier
Foundation

2852
02:33:28,102 --> 02:33:30,634
shows that well
under 1% of scans are linked
to criminal activity, hot lists,

2853
02:33:30,735 --> 02:33:32,900
or any criminal investigation
at all.

2854
02:33:32,900 --> 02:33:34,601
Instead of solving
violent crimes,

2855
02:33:34,601 --> 02:33:36,434
these systems track
millions of innocent people

2856
02:33:36,434 --> 02:33:37,968
going about their private
routines,

2857
02:33:37,968 --> 02:33:41,067
visiting family, attending faith
services, or glowing the class

2858
02:33:42,302 --> 02:33:44,801
a la me
and several other Atlanta
students as we've just sown

2859
02:33:44,801 --> 02:33:48,434
and including children and their
parents, my own included.

2860
02:33:48,668 --> 02:33:52,001
My father was falsely
flagged in a hit and run case.

2861
02:33:52,368 --> 02:33:54,034
They flagged his own license
plate

2862
02:33:54,034 --> 02:33:55,634
instead of the man who hit him.

2863
02:33:55,634 --> 02:33:57,868
Second flock
infrastructure creates profound

2864
02:33:57,868 --> 02:33:59,900
discriminatory risks
for black residents

2865
02:33:59,900 --> 02:34:02,201
in Atlanta,
as shown for racial bias

2866
02:34:02,201 --> 02:34:04,167
training
with every other form of AI.

2867
02:34:04,167 --> 02:34:07,367
When surveillance networks
are layered in historically over

2868
02:34:08,134 --> 02:34:10,835
corridors, they will reinforce
existing racial

2869
02:34:10,835 --> 02:34:13,900
disparities under the guise
of neutral algorithms.

2870
02:34:14,001 --> 02:34:15,534
Across Georgia,
we have already seen

2871
02:34:15,534 --> 02:34:17,267
how unchecked access leads
to abuse.

2872
02:34:17,267 --> 02:34:19,234
But officers facing
criminal charges

2873
02:34:19,234 --> 02:34:21,101
and internal audits
for treating these systems

2874
02:34:21,101 --> 02:34:23,001
like personal tracking databases

2875
02:34:23,001 --> 02:34:25,634
and dragnet deploy
without community consent

2876
02:34:25,634 --> 02:34:28,534
means that black motorists
bear the brunt of these pretext.

2877
02:34:28,534 --> 02:34:30,267
Stops and digital monitoring.

2878
02:34:30,267 --> 02:34:31,468
True public safety

2879
02:34:31,468 --> 02:34:33,501
requires genuine
community investment,

2880
02:34:33,501 --> 02:34:35,701
accountability,
and traditional oversight.

2881
02:34:35,701 --> 02:34:40,301
I urge this cancel to pass
the Cops ordinance and establish

2882
02:34:40,301 --> 02:34:43,301
enforceable community control
over police surveillance.

2883
02:34:43,301 --> 02:34:45,001
Thank you. Thank you.

2884
02:34:46,700 --> 02:34:48,934
Our next two speakers,

2885
02:34:48,934 --> 02:34:52,133
Marjorie McLeod
Katz Leatherwood.

2886
02:34:52,767 --> 02:34:55,767
You each have two minutes.

2887
02:34:57,633 --> 02:34:59,700
I don't see Margie.

2888
02:34:59,700 --> 02:35:00,667
Excuse me.

2889
02:35:00,667 --> 02:35:07,101
Oh, yes, I do.

2890
02:35:07,468 --> 02:35:09,301
Which?
McLeod. You have two minutes.

2891
02:35:09,301 --> 02:35:12,300
Were you asking me
a question? Yes.

2892
02:35:16,368 --> 02:35:19,368
I was going to donate my time
to Nicki.

2893
02:35:19,368 --> 02:35:21,201
To two minutes.

2894
02:35:21,201 --> 02:35:22,767
Okay, that's.

2895
02:35:22,767 --> 02:35:25,734
Is she already here? Yes.

2896
02:35:25,867 --> 02:35:28,633
Okay, I'll add it over there.

2897
02:35:28,633 --> 02:35:30,734
So our next is Caps Lock.

2898
02:35:30,734 --> 02:35:40,267
Leatherwood.

2899
02:35:40,368 --> 02:35:42,568
Hello.
I like being plural.
That's cool.

2900
02:35:42,568 --> 02:35:45,667
My name is Kat Leatherwood and I
am a resident of East Atlanta.

2901
02:35:46,167 --> 02:35:47,968
I wanted to thank you
for signing on to

2902
02:35:47,968 --> 02:35:50,101
and voting for the resolution
to follow through on

2903
02:35:50,101 --> 02:35:52,900
building the Beltline rail
that is funded,

2904
02:35:52,900 --> 02:35:55,734
land set aside
and has been promised.

2905
02:35:55,734 --> 02:35:56,935
When I first moved to Atlanta,

2906
02:35:56,935 --> 02:35:59,167
I was actually able to afford
to live on the Beltline

2907
02:35:59,167 --> 02:36:01,700
and it was an incredible
opportunity for me

2908
02:36:01,700 --> 02:36:02,801
being new to Atlanta.

2909
02:36:02,801 --> 02:36:04,434
I was very excited
to learn about the history

2910
02:36:04,434 --> 02:36:06,234
of my new home,
and I learned that the Beltline

2911
02:36:06,234 --> 02:36:08,701
was a reconstruction era effort
to connect factories

2912
02:36:08,701 --> 02:36:10,001
around Atlanta,
and was the engine

2913
02:36:10,001 --> 02:36:12,266
for the industrialization
and growth of Atlanta.

2914
02:36:13,734 --> 02:36:15,935
And I really enjoyed getting

2915
02:36:16,268 --> 02:36:18,401
to see the effort
to revitalize the Beltline
as a transit corridor

2916
02:36:18,401 --> 02:36:20,734
with a walking path and light
rail path.

2917
02:36:20,734 --> 02:36:22,301
When I was physically able,

2918
02:36:22,301 --> 02:36:24,167
I was I loved
being able to hop on my bike

2919
02:36:24,167 --> 02:36:25,967
and use the Beltline
and other paths

2920
02:36:25,967 --> 02:36:27,867
that connected our city
and explore

2921
02:36:27,867 --> 02:36:29,767
different areas of the city.

2922
02:36:29,767 --> 02:36:31,301
As more of the Beltline
expanded,

2923
02:36:31,301 --> 02:36:32,900
the more of the city
I could see,

2924
02:36:32,900 --> 02:36:34,768
the more people I could meet.

2925
02:36:34,768 --> 02:36:37,668
I found a similar experience
on Marta hopping on the train

2926
02:36:37,668 --> 02:36:40,101
and busses to help me access
parts of the city

2927
02:36:40,101 --> 02:36:42,101
where it's
prohibitively expensive

2928
02:36:42,101 --> 02:36:43,768
when enough parking isn't
available.

2929
02:36:43,768 --> 02:36:46,468
Traffic will throw me behind
or I don't have access to

2930
02:36:47,035 --> 02:36:49,468
my vehicle
has all been a linchpin
in being access all of the city.

2931
02:36:49,901 --> 02:36:51,734
As someone who grew up
in rural Mississippi,

2932
02:36:51,734 --> 02:36:53,068
you don't appreciate public

2933
02:36:53,068 --> 02:36:56,034
transit until you have to ride
15 miles to work on your bike,

2934
02:36:56,301 --> 02:36:58,234
especially when you have
the knees, I do.

2935
02:36:58,234 --> 02:37:01,668
I think any and all efforts
to connect the city and provide

2936
02:37:01,668 --> 02:37:04,634
a sensible transit for everyone
is always a worthy cause.

2937
02:37:04,801 --> 02:37:07,668
It's also a worthy cause to
protect Atlanta for the future.

2938
02:37:07,668 --> 02:37:09,735
As the planet heats up,
I think it's appropriate

2939
02:37:09,735 --> 02:37:12,302
we provide
safe transit for our residents

2940
02:37:12,502 --> 02:37:15,334
and start putting a dent
in climate change
to prevent further damage.

2941
02:37:15,334 --> 02:37:16,601
Instead of leaving residents

2942
02:37:16,601 --> 02:37:18,167
vulnerable
to pipeline explosions

2943
02:37:18,167 --> 02:37:20,368
hitting our wallets
and depending on dangerous cars.

2944
02:37:20,368 --> 02:37:21,801
It's an investment
far more important

2945
02:37:21,801 --> 02:37:23,334
to our children
and our children's children.

2946
02:37:23,334 --> 02:37:27,101
The building a bigger jail
or cop city structures spared

2947
02:37:27,101 --> 02:37:29,434
no expense building
or destroying forests,

2948
02:37:29,434 --> 02:37:32,668
as 1.16 people die in Atlanta
from being struck by vehicles,

2949
02:37:32,735 --> 02:37:35,734
there is no price tag to pulling
and polluting dangerous cars

2950
02:37:35,734 --> 02:37:36,633
off the road.

2951
02:37:36,633 --> 02:37:37,667
There is no price tag

2952
02:37:37,667 --> 02:37:38,835
on reducing the need for parking

2953
02:37:38,835 --> 02:37:40,668
garages and lane expansions
that damage

2954
02:37:40,668 --> 02:37:44,001
more green space
than light rail, I think.

2955
02:37:44,468 --> 02:37:47,633
Thank you.
And it definitely isn't s
on here, so it's just cat.

2956
02:37:48,034 --> 02:37:48,700
All righty.

2957
02:37:49,700 --> 02:37:51,301
Our next two speakers.

2958
02:37:51,301 --> 02:37:54,334
Last two of the two minute
speakers.

2959
02:37:54,334 --> 02:37:58,401
Doctor Dewayne Robinson,
you have two minutes and Curtis

2960
02:37:58,401 --> 02:38:01,533
Harrison,
you'll have two minutes.

2961
02:38:03,001 --> 02:38:06,001
Anyone see doctor DeWine?

2962
02:38:07,234 --> 02:38:10,201
I did earlier.

2963
02:38:10,301 --> 02:38:12,601
He's on the way.

2964
02:38:12,601 --> 02:38:15,468
Well, why don't you come on
forward, then?

2965
02:38:15,468 --> 02:38:18,101
Mr. Harrison, you do not.

2966
02:38:18,101 --> 02:38:21,067
You get two minutes,

2967
02:38:21,501 --> 02:38:22,967
and that'll give doctor Dawn

2968
02:38:22,967 --> 02:38:28,101
time to get in here.

2969
02:38:28,267 --> 02:38:30,434
Amen.
Praise the Lord, everybody.

2970
02:38:30,434 --> 02:38:32,768
Me being a prophet of God,
I come in Jesus name.

2971
02:38:32,768 --> 02:38:36,033
So everybody mentioning God,
but nobody mentioned in Jesus.

2972
02:38:37,867 --> 02:38:39,800
Well, I'm I'm here to talk about

2973
02:38:39,800 --> 02:38:41,801
the transit,
but in a different way.

2974
02:38:41,801 --> 02:38:45,634
Gwinnett transit that there's
there's no busted running

2975
02:38:45,768 --> 02:38:48,734
with that county
on Sundays at all.

2976
02:38:49,034 --> 02:38:52,001
And I think I spoke
with the mayor about

2977
02:38:52,134 --> 02:38:54,301
possibly putting mortar there,

2978
02:38:54,301 --> 02:38:55,735
but they say, because, you know,

2979
02:38:55,735 --> 02:38:59,668
I'm a very educated type person,
that they don't want to.

2980
02:38:59,768 --> 02:39:03,401
Many folk
on the train to support crime
come off the bus and train.

2981
02:39:03,935 --> 02:39:06,867
But I see more cars than people
with more crime

2982
02:39:06,867 --> 02:39:08,434
through the cars.

2983
02:39:08,434 --> 02:39:10,634
So they're saying,
which is a bias statement,

2984
02:39:10,634 --> 02:39:13,233
you know, that
they don't want no martyr

2985
02:39:14,967 --> 02:39:17,900
busses
in Gwinnett County, because

2986
02:39:18,067 --> 02:39:20,867
be more people
walking up and down the streets.

2987
02:39:20,867 --> 02:39:23,867
But I'm like, we're 2026. And

2988
02:39:24,934 --> 02:39:27,900
that's kind of like pastime,
you know,

2989
02:39:27,900 --> 02:39:30,768
that you don't want
people in your city.

2990
02:39:30,768 --> 02:39:32,401
And we got all this technology
and stuff.

2991
02:39:32,401 --> 02:39:34,768
So that's
what I came to talk about

2992
02:39:34,768 --> 02:39:38,600
was that, that,
that that trains the bus.

2993
02:39:38,600 --> 02:39:39,934
There's no bus at all.

2994
02:39:39,934 --> 02:39:42,934
No transportation
at all on Sundays

2995
02:39:43,201 --> 02:39:46,834
from Gwinnett County to Atlanta.

2996
02:39:47,334 --> 02:39:48,668
So I did speak with the mayor

2997
02:39:48,668 --> 02:39:50,634
about this,
and I spoke with Annette County

2998
02:39:50,634 --> 02:39:54,667
about this as well, that how,
how and why

2999
02:39:55,667 --> 02:39:58,068
I have to get stranded

3000
02:39:58,068 --> 02:40:02,767
in when that county and can't
leave their until Monday morning

3001
02:40:03,434 --> 02:40:05,900
from Saturday night
because the last, the last

3002
02:40:05,900 --> 02:40:07,700
the last bus comes from,

3003
02:40:09,234 --> 02:40:10,801
I think Snellville

3004
02:40:10,801 --> 02:40:15,135
to Indian Creek Saturday
at the time of 9:00.

3005
02:40:15,302 --> 02:40:17,834
And that's it.
And I think that's real bias
if I must use that word.

3006
02:40:17,834 --> 02:40:19,500
I don't think it's racial bias.

3007
02:40:19,500 --> 02:40:21,234
I think it's biased

3008
02:40:21,234 --> 02:40:22,534
or prejudiced,

3009
02:40:22,534 --> 02:40:24,801
but I don't think it's prejudice
like against black.

3010
02:40:24,801 --> 02:40:27,767
I think it's present
is against people, period.

3011
02:40:27,867 --> 02:40:30,700
So I will leave it like that.

3012
02:40:30,700 --> 02:40:36,334
Thank you, doctor Dawn.

3013
02:40:36,501 --> 02:40:38,867
Okay.
That'll take us to our

3014
02:40:38,867 --> 02:40:40,334
yielded time paper.

3015
02:40:40,334 --> 02:40:42,002
I mean little time speakers.

3016
02:40:42,002 --> 02:40:46,734
And our first yield at time
speaker is Matthew Nursey.

3017
02:40:46,834 --> 02:40:48,934
You have four minutes.

3018
02:40:48,934 --> 02:40:51,934
Is Benjamin Perrine here?

3019
02:40:52,800 --> 02:40:53,201
Okay.

3020
02:40:53,201 --> 02:40:56,200
Thank you.

3021
02:40:58,434 --> 02:41:01,500
Matthew, you have four minutes.

3022
02:41:02,667 --> 02:41:05,633
Special.

3023
02:41:06,001 --> 02:41:07,001
All right.

3024
02:41:07,001 --> 02:41:07,900
Thank you. Council.

3025
02:41:07,900 --> 02:41:09,668
My name is Matthew Nursey.

3026
02:41:09,668 --> 02:41:11,334
I'm with the Housing Justice
League.

3027
02:41:11,334 --> 02:41:14,533
I live in district
five in Kirkwood.

3028
02:41:15,468 --> 02:41:17,534
Relatively easy
walk to the Beltline.

3029
02:41:17,534 --> 02:41:19,900
I walk to the Beltline
quite often.

3030
02:41:19,900 --> 02:41:22,668
It would be really nice
to be able to

3031
02:41:22,668 --> 02:41:25,867
have some real, meaningful
transit on the Beltline as well.

3032
02:41:26,167 --> 02:41:29,568
And so that's what we are here
to speak in support of.

3033
02:41:29,835 --> 02:41:33,001
I want to say thank you
to all the council members

3034
02:41:33,001 --> 02:41:34,634
who have already signed on.

3035
02:41:34,634 --> 02:41:37,967
Got to say, I'm actually
like really pleasantly surprised

3036
02:41:37,967 --> 02:41:41,433
with, with the support
that this has gotten us,

3037
02:41:42,835 --> 02:41:46,368
I, you know,
I wanted to keep it
positive today, but I will say

3038
02:41:46,501 --> 02:41:48,601
some previous comments
got me a little round up.

3039
02:41:48,601 --> 02:41:50,167
So I want to be very clear.

3040
02:41:50,167 --> 02:41:53,900
There is no organized opposition
to this project.

3041
02:41:54,434 --> 02:41:55,735
That's not me saying that.

3042
02:41:55,735 --> 02:41:59,600
That's the Secretary of state,
actually, you know, and so

3043
02:42:01,468 --> 02:42:04,433
how I'd
like to know also how many

3044
02:42:04,967 --> 02:42:07,701
tragedies are occur in Charlotte

3045
02:42:07,701 --> 02:42:09,668
where they also have
a streetcar.

3046
02:42:09,668 --> 02:42:13,167
And I want to say I traveled
around a lot this summer so far.

3047
02:42:13,234 --> 02:42:17,266
And this year I've been to,
you know, D.C.

3048
02:42:18,401 --> 02:42:21,667
twice.
I've been to New York City,
Chicago twice, Boston.

3049
02:42:23,067 --> 02:42:24,900
One thing that
all those places have in

3050
02:42:24,900 --> 02:42:27,101
common is it's really easy
to get around.

3051
02:42:27,101 --> 02:42:29,468
And no matter what
class you are,

3052
02:42:29,468 --> 02:42:32,734
people are taking the train,
people are taking the busses.

3053
02:42:33,034 --> 02:42:35,501
And I, you know,
every time I leave Atlanta

3054
02:42:35,501 --> 02:42:38,201
and come back, I'm, you know,
I'm happy to live here.

3055
02:42:38,201 --> 02:42:40,735
This is a great city.

3056
02:42:40,735 --> 02:42:43,401
But we really we could
we we consider ourselves to be

3057
02:42:43,401 --> 02:42:46,234
in that class of those cities,
those other cities, you know,

3058
02:42:46,234 --> 02:42:48,267
hosting
World Cups and Super Bowls,

3059
02:42:48,267 --> 02:42:50,667
wanting
to have Democratic conventions.

3060
02:42:50,667 --> 02:42:52,834
We need to expand our transit.

3061
02:42:53,835 --> 02:42:56,267
And so it's
only getting hotter and hotter.

3062
02:42:56,267 --> 02:42:59,134
I was out at the press
conference today,

3063
02:42:59,134 --> 02:43:00,267
you know, it's almost October.

3064
02:43:00,267 --> 02:43:02,967
It's still like 90 degrees
outside.

3065
02:43:03,201 --> 02:43:05,434
Elena.
Notoriously bad with traffic.

3066
02:43:05,434 --> 02:43:08,434
But, even apart from the

3067
02:43:08,434 --> 02:43:11,667
the sense
this project makes with climate,

3068
02:43:12,568 --> 02:43:15,534
I really in particularly,

3069
02:43:15,768 --> 02:43:18,667
I, I was in food service
and hospitality

3070
02:43:18,667 --> 02:43:20,135
for a long, long time.

3071
02:43:20,135 --> 02:43:24,234
And so to me, in the modern
economy, food service workers

3072
02:43:24,234 --> 02:43:27,433
are, are really like
the backbone of the economy.

3073
02:43:27,433 --> 02:43:28,767
Right.

3074
02:43:28,767 --> 02:43:30,601
And they don't
really get the respect

3075
02:43:30,601 --> 02:43:32,134
they deserve.
You know, a lot of times

3076
02:43:32,134 --> 02:43:34,368
their needs
aren't really catered to.

3077
02:43:34,368 --> 02:43:36,534
And I can say that
a lot of people

3078
02:43:36,534 --> 02:43:38,201
who work on these restaurants

3079
02:43:38,201 --> 02:43:41,166
and in these stores and shops
along the Beltline,

3080
02:43:42,034 --> 02:43:44,067
I'm sure they would love
to have transit

3081
02:43:44,067 --> 02:43:47,034
to be able to take affordable.

3082
02:43:47,167 --> 02:43:49,400
Public transit options.

3083
02:43:49,400 --> 02:43:51,334
And so,

3084
02:43:52,268 --> 02:43:53,900
you know,
it was mentioned earlier,
the scooters that are dangerous.

3085
02:43:53,900 --> 02:43:54,967
I agree,

3086
02:43:54,967 --> 02:43:56,935
I think a lot of people
on their scooters are,

3087
02:43:56,935 --> 02:43:58,900
you know, they're trying
to get to work in time.

3088
02:43:58,900 --> 02:44:01,701
So that kind of makes my point,
right?

3089
02:44:01,701 --> 02:44:04,368
The Waymo's that's definitely
something that's not, like,

3090
02:44:04,368 --> 02:44:07,701
as prevalent in every other city
as it is here in Atlanta.

3091
02:44:07,701 --> 02:44:09,334
And, you know,
I also think that those

3092
02:44:09,334 --> 02:44:11,168
are dangerous
for a number of reasons.

3093
02:44:11,168 --> 02:44:14,068
It's not something that we've
really voted on or asked for.

3094
02:44:14,068 --> 02:44:17,867
Whereas this beltline rail is
a project that we all voted for,

3095
02:44:18,067 --> 02:44:20,501
we've been paying into
for quite a long time.

3096
02:44:20,501 --> 02:44:21,968
And I want to say that
Housing Justice

3097
02:44:21,968 --> 02:44:24,434
League was part of the Beltline
for all campaign.

3098
02:44:24,434 --> 02:44:28,001
I just want to emphasize
that this was not just about,

3099
02:44:28,667 --> 02:44:30,301
you know, beltline rail.

3100
02:44:30,301 --> 02:44:33,735
The beltline was also supposed
to be an affordable

3101
02:44:33,868 --> 02:44:37,334
housing, you know,
infrastructure project as well.

3102
02:44:37,568 --> 02:44:39,667
And so we really need
to get back to

3103
02:44:39,667 --> 02:44:41,468
when we and I'm hoping Beltline

3104
02:44:41,468 --> 02:44:43,567
rail can help spur
some of this development.

3105
02:44:43,567 --> 02:44:45,202
We've heard the mayor

3106
02:44:45,469 --> 02:44:48,201
say a lot recently
that development doesn't
necessarily mean gentrification,

3107
02:44:48,368 --> 02:44:49,801
and I believe that.

3108
02:44:49,801 --> 02:44:51,768
But we got to work
to make it happen.

3109
02:44:51,768 --> 02:44:54,734
So along the Beltline,
when we have this transit,

3110
02:44:55,001 --> 02:44:56,668
it can connect
people who are living there,

3111
02:44:56,668 --> 02:45:00,633
hopefully in units
that are deeply affordable. 30%.

3112
02:45:00,734 --> 02:45:02,634
Am I below?

3113
02:45:02,634 --> 02:45:04,368
And another thing
that I noticed in New York

3114
02:45:04,368 --> 02:45:07,534
that we don't have here,
that's public housing.

3115
02:45:07,701 --> 02:45:10,201
We got to start talking
about it. Public housing.

3116
02:45:10,201 --> 02:45:15,301
Thank you, thank you.

3117
02:45:15,434 --> 02:45:18,301
Our next
speaker is Matthew Sampson.

3118
02:45:18,468 --> 02:45:20,167
You have eight minutes.

3119
02:45:20,167 --> 02:45:21,034
Let's see.

3120
02:45:21,034 --> 02:45:26,334
Is Isabel Philip here?

3121
02:45:26,668 --> 02:45:29,367
Okay.
Just want to be sure
you're here.

3122
02:45:30,533 --> 02:45:32,900
Benjamin Bynum,

3123
02:45:32,900 --> 02:45:34,834
it's Benjamin Bynum here.

3124
02:45:34,834 --> 02:45:37,800
Do you see him, Mr.. Matthew?

3125
02:45:38,067 --> 02:45:39,167
Benjamin bynum.

3126
02:45:39,167 --> 02:45:42,134
Okay, what about Nathan?

3127
02:45:42,568 --> 02:45:44,501
Okay, that will give you

3128
02:45:44,501 --> 02:45:47,500
six minutes instead of eight.

3129
02:45:48,001 --> 02:45:49,701
All right.

3130
02:45:49,701 --> 02:45:53,367
Unless I'm missing
Benjamin Bynum.

3131
02:45:54,568 --> 02:45:57,334
Oh, yeah,
it seems like he might have

3132
02:45:57,334 --> 02:45:58,568
had to head out, which is.

3133
02:45:58,568 --> 02:46:00,735
And I'll go ahead
and start my comment.

3134
02:46:00,735 --> 02:46:02,134
But, yeah,
seems like he had to head out,

3135
02:46:02,134 --> 02:46:03,768
which is why it's so important
that we,

3136
02:46:03,768 --> 02:46:06,835
you know, make it, more flexible
for people's ability to,

3137
02:46:06,901 --> 02:46:09,633
you know, support
doing public comment.

3138
02:46:09,633 --> 02:46:11,134
Right, so we can exercise,

3139
02:46:11,134 --> 02:46:14,101
and make our voice heard
as constituents.

3140
02:46:14,468 --> 02:46:15,967
So, like a lot of other folks.

3141
02:46:15,967 --> 02:46:17,967
Oh, introduce myself real quick.

3142
02:46:17,967 --> 02:46:19,601
I'm not you, Samson.

3143
02:46:19,601 --> 02:46:22,568
I live in old Fourth Ward,
was born and raised in Atlanta.

3144
02:46:22,568 --> 02:46:24,067
So I'm really familiar with the
Beltline.

3145
02:46:24,067 --> 02:46:25,033
I remember when,

3146
02:46:26,001 --> 02:46:27,601
I live over by Boulevard and

3147
02:46:27,601 --> 02:46:29,234
when they used to be
just kind of nothing over there.

3148
02:46:29,234 --> 02:46:32,001
You know, we had the abandoned,

3149
02:46:32,001 --> 02:46:33,201
like, City Hall East,

3150
02:46:33,201 --> 02:46:35,167
you know, the the big Sears
store and everything.

3151
02:46:35,167 --> 02:46:36,834
And I remember when it all like,
it feels like

3152
02:46:36,834 --> 02:46:39,801
it got came to life so fast.

3153
02:46:39,935 --> 02:46:42,835
But it was a thing that was
really kind of alienating for me

3154
02:46:42,835 --> 02:46:45,267
as someone from a, you know,
family is not that wealthy.

3155
02:46:45,267 --> 02:46:47,134
And, if you go to City Market.

3156
02:46:47,134 --> 02:46:49,735
Now, you know, it's
not you kind of

3157
02:46:49,735 --> 02:46:51,334
got to make a lot of money
to be able to shop there.

3158
02:46:51,334 --> 02:46:52,934
I would say,

3159
02:46:52,934 --> 02:46:54,468
and that's why,

3160
02:46:56,069 --> 02:46:58,368
you know,
getting back
to the original vision
of the Beltline and building
belt is so important.

3161
02:46:58,368 --> 02:47:00,867
I'm really, really happy
with all the support

3162
02:47:00,867 --> 02:47:03,102
this resolution
has gotten so far.

3163
02:47:03,102 --> 02:47:05,800
And I feel really confident that
it's going to pass today. So,

3164
02:47:06,834 --> 02:47:08,102
you know, I just want to

3165
02:47:08,102 --> 02:47:11,100
talk a little bit more about why
I believe it's so important.

3166
02:47:12,067 --> 02:47:13,334
You know, I think this is

3167
02:47:13,334 --> 02:47:15,168
probably the most transformative
public transit

3168
02:47:15,168 --> 02:47:19,101
project that we can do right now
in recent history in Atlanta.

3169
02:47:20,869 --> 02:47:23,334
Right.
We're talking about reconnecting
all these neighborhoods
that have been divided

3170
02:47:23,334 --> 02:47:26,034
with redlining and, like,
literally physically bulldozed

3171
02:47:26,034 --> 02:47:28,034
and had highways
put in between them.

3172
02:47:28,034 --> 02:47:29,601
And this is something
that can bridge,

3173
02:47:29,601 --> 02:47:32,067
you know,
rebuild those connections.

3174
02:47:32,067 --> 02:47:33,334
We have the opportunity
to do something

3175
02:47:33,334 --> 02:47:35,234
that I think
is almost unprecedented.

3176
02:47:35,234 --> 02:47:38,201
And even the history of not just
that land in the state, but,

3177
02:47:38,468 --> 02:47:40,401
probably in this country,
we talk about

3178
02:47:40,401 --> 02:47:43,400
actually committing ourselves
to investing in,

3179
02:47:44,434 --> 02:47:46,468
something for the public good

3180
02:47:46,468 --> 02:47:49,468
and to go against, I would say,
what has otherwise

3181
02:47:49,468 --> 02:47:51,501
been like a gentrifying force
for so long.

3182
02:47:51,501 --> 02:47:53,701
You know,
there are some speakers earlier,

3183
02:47:53,701 --> 02:47:55,634
I was kind of surprised
by the rhetoric they were using.

3184
02:47:55,634 --> 02:47:56,935
You don't say it out
loud, usually,

3185
02:47:56,935 --> 02:47:59,967
but talking about the Beltline
as an emerald necklace, like,

3186
02:48:00,201 --> 02:48:02,967
yeah, the Beltline
has been a park of sorts, right?

3187
02:48:02,967 --> 02:48:05,034
It has been a destination
for people

3188
02:48:05,034 --> 02:48:06,967
that some folks get to go to.

3189
02:48:06,967 --> 02:48:08,534
And a lot don't.

3190
02:48:08,868 --> 02:48:11,067
And a lot.
It's just straight up
can't. Right.

3191
02:48:11,067 --> 02:48:12,134
But the Beltline is something

3192
02:48:12,134 --> 02:48:13,401
that's
supposed to be for everyone.

3193
02:48:13,401 --> 02:48:17,534
So with transit and with us
investing in affordable

3194
02:48:17,701 --> 02:48:20,534
housing on it too,
you know, I'm happy to see that
get added to the resolution.

3195
02:48:20,701 --> 02:48:23,267
I, I feel really optimistic
that we can have something

3196
02:48:23,267 --> 02:48:26,200
wonderful in, you know,
ten, 20 years down the line.

3197
02:48:27,768 --> 02:48:30,534
Something else I wanted
to talk about is just, you know,

3198
02:48:30,534 --> 02:48:33,034
there is so much support
from the public

3199
02:48:33,034 --> 02:48:34,434
for Beltline Rail and again,

3200
02:48:34,434 --> 02:48:36,734
for the original vision
of the Beltline.

3201
02:48:36,734 --> 02:48:38,267
In my own experience,

3202
02:48:38,267 --> 02:48:40,068
you know, reaching out
to folks in district 58,

3203
02:48:40,068 --> 02:48:42,668
which goes from old fourth Ward
to southwest Atlanta.

3204
02:48:42,668 --> 02:48:44,167
In a lot of these
Beltline neighborhoods,

3205
02:48:44,167 --> 02:48:46,834
when people get pitched on
the concept of Beltline rental

3206
02:48:47,501 --> 02:48:48,301
because a lot
haven't even heard of it
because it's been so long

3207
02:48:48,301 --> 02:48:50,534
since we voted
on the referendum.

3208
02:48:50,534 --> 02:48:52,868
You know, we're seeing like 70%
of people

3209
02:48:52,868 --> 02:48:57,501
are supportive of the idea
of the full loop, right?

3210
02:48:57,901 --> 02:49:00,034
Something else is,
you know, there's this petition
that has 1600 signatures,

3211
02:49:00,034 --> 02:49:03,334
but also something really cool,
that it got back

3212
02:49:03,334 --> 02:49:07,167
today is a poll that I did
with this, progressive

3213
02:49:07,234 --> 02:49:09,735
think tank called the center
for Strategic Politics.

3214
02:49:09,735 --> 02:49:11,300
It just got
those results back. And so,

3215
02:49:13,301 --> 02:49:17,201
we found
with 520,
25 likely municipal voters

3216
02:49:17,334 --> 02:49:20,301
that 83% are supportive
of Beltline rail.

3217
02:49:20,801 --> 02:49:22,634
And then there are only 3%
that were against.

3218
02:49:22,634 --> 02:49:24,868
And that the last
the remaining percentage

3219
02:49:24,868 --> 02:49:26,668
of just people
who were neutral on the issue.

3220
02:49:26,668 --> 02:49:29,867
So, there is overwhelming
support from the public

3221
02:49:29,967 --> 02:49:32,533
for Beltline rail.

3222
02:49:32,533 --> 02:49:34,401
Let's see,

3223
02:49:34,401 --> 02:49:36,967
that's
I think that's all I got again.

3224
02:49:36,967 --> 02:49:38,334
I'm really happy to see,
you know,

3225
02:49:38,334 --> 02:49:40,934
I feel really confident
that y'all are gonna

3226
02:49:40,934 --> 02:49:42,101
we're going to pass this today.

3227
02:49:42,101 --> 02:49:43,867
We're going
to get back on track.

3228
02:49:43,867 --> 02:49:45,267
And commit
to the original vision

3229
02:49:45,267 --> 02:49:47,234
of the Beltline, as, you know,

3230
02:49:47,234 --> 02:49:50,368
something for everyone
that's equitable, in part of a,

3231
02:49:50,901 --> 02:49:54,334
you know, just better future
for Atlanta going forward.

3232
02:49:54,401 --> 02:49:56,234
So thank you all.

3233
02:49:56,234 --> 02:49:59,233
Thank you.

3234
02:50:01,334 --> 02:50:03,867
Our next speaker is Tiffany
Roberts.

3235
02:50:03,867 --> 02:50:06,134
You're going to have ten
minutes.

3236
02:50:06,134 --> 02:50:09,133
Let's see is
Ashley Conyers here.

3237
02:50:09,734 --> 02:50:12,333
Okay. Marty Cowart.

3238
02:50:14,600 --> 02:50:17,567
Devin Franklin.

3239
02:50:18,034 --> 02:50:20,101
And connect King.

3240
02:50:20,101 --> 02:50:23,066
Thank you. You have ten minutes.

3241
02:50:24,067 --> 02:50:26,800
Thank you.
Council president Overstreet.

3242
02:50:26,867 --> 02:50:28,067
For the benefit of the public.

3243
02:50:28,067 --> 02:50:29,401
My name is Tiffany Roberts.

3244
02:50:29,401 --> 02:50:31,501
I'm the director
of public policy

3245
02:50:31,501 --> 02:50:34,500
for the Southern Center
for Human Rights. And,

3246
02:50:35,468 --> 02:50:37,800
we are a nonprofit
law firm here in Atlanta

3247
02:50:37,800 --> 02:50:39,468
committed
to decriminalizing race

3248
02:50:39,468 --> 02:50:41,834
and poverty in America's
deep South.

3249
02:50:41,834 --> 02:50:44,800
We've been doing this
for 50 years.

3250
02:50:45,835 --> 02:50:50,035
We lament the necessity
of offering these remarks today

3251
02:50:50,402 --> 02:50:53,034
in preparation
for the work session
that is scheduled for this week

3252
02:50:53,334 --> 02:50:56,134
to discuss the particulars
of the proposed sale

3253
02:50:56,134 --> 02:50:59,101
of the Atlantic City Detention
Center to Fulton County.

3254
02:50:59,201 --> 02:51:01,835
We lament it. Yet here we are.

3255
02:51:01,835 --> 02:51:04,501
As a former public defender,
it really did my heart.

3256
02:51:04,501 --> 02:51:08,800
Good to see the Hornsby legacy
honored today.

3257
02:51:09,067 --> 02:51:12,034
Mr. Franklin
and I had the benefit of working

3258
02:51:12,234 --> 02:51:14,534
under the tutelage of people
like Avis Hornsby

3259
02:51:14,534 --> 02:51:17,102
when we were public
defenders in Fulton County.

3260
02:51:17,102 --> 02:51:20,868
And it's important for us
to give folks their flowers.

3261
02:51:20,868 --> 02:51:23,934
We must honor our legends
while they are still here.

3262
02:51:24,301 --> 02:51:29,967
And honoring our legends
also means honoring their legacy

3263
02:51:30,234 --> 02:51:33,201
and what they taught us
this morning.

3264
02:51:33,267 --> 02:51:35,568
We presented flowers
to Miss Marilyn

3265
02:51:35,568 --> 02:51:38,600
when the founding executive
director of women on the rise.

3266
02:51:38,900 --> 02:51:41,267
We gave her her flowers
and appreciation

3267
02:51:41,267 --> 02:51:45,534
for being the trailblazer
who who started the campaign

3268
02:51:45,534 --> 02:51:49,634
to repurpose and closed the
Atlanta City Detention Center.

3269
02:51:49,801 --> 02:51:53,134
Miss win is somebody I met
when I was a baby organizer,

3270
02:51:53,134 --> 02:51:54,234
right after she was released

3271
02:51:54,234 --> 02:51:57,102
from prison
for the seventh time,

3272
02:51:57,202 --> 02:52:00,068
and she
imagined a better way for her
because she knew the services

3273
02:52:00,068 --> 02:52:03,234
that were unavailable to her
when she was being processed

3274
02:52:03,401 --> 02:52:06,368
in the criminal legal system,
until she said that she had

3275
02:52:06,568 --> 02:52:08,634
an addiction problem,
which she actually didn't have.

3276
02:52:08,634 --> 02:52:11,468
She just knew that
that was the only way to get

3277
02:52:11,701 --> 02:52:13,668
help,
was to say
that she had an addiction

3278
02:52:13,668 --> 02:52:15,534
so that she could receive
services

3279
02:52:15,534 --> 02:52:17,668
from the criminal legal system.

3280
02:52:17,668 --> 02:52:19,900
I met Miss Win
as a member of an organization

3281
02:52:19,900 --> 02:52:21,667
called Building
Locally to organize

3282
02:52:21,667 --> 02:52:22,768
for community safety,

3283
02:52:22,768 --> 02:52:25,401
building locally to organize
for community safety,

3284
02:52:25,401 --> 02:52:26,800
also known as blocks.

3285
02:52:26,800 --> 02:52:28,901
Blocks is where Pad came from.

3286
02:52:28,901 --> 02:52:31,935
Blocks is where bill reform
champions came from.

3287
02:52:32,202 --> 02:52:35,167
Blocks is where the the fight
against the ban of sex workers

3288
02:52:35,167 --> 02:52:37,301
from the city came from.

3289
02:52:37,301 --> 02:52:40,634
Blocks is where the marijuana
reclassification came from.

3290
02:52:40,868 --> 02:52:44,001
And so many other initiatives
blotches who lobbied to

3291
02:52:44,067 --> 02:52:46,568
to disband
the Red dog unit, for example,

3292
02:52:46,568 --> 02:52:49,534
we are a scrappy little group
founded in a living room.

3293
02:52:50,068 --> 02:52:52,501
But we came together
because we believed in the city.

3294
02:52:52,501 --> 02:52:53,900
We believed in young people.

3295
02:52:53,900 --> 02:52:55,500
We believed in ourselves.

3296
02:52:56,534 --> 02:52:58,434
I share this not because

3297
02:52:58,434 --> 02:53:02,034
I want any fanfare,
but because I need for you

3298
02:53:02,034 --> 02:53:05,001
all to understand that
for every promise

3299
02:53:05,134 --> 02:53:08,900
that this city breaks,
there is a human face.

3300
02:53:09,368 --> 02:53:12,367
There is a human story.

3301
02:53:13,167 --> 02:53:15,601
Every time
the mayor convinces you

3302
02:53:15,601 --> 02:53:18,568
to break a promise,
whether it be Beltline rail

3303
02:53:18,701 --> 02:53:21,700
or the repurposing of the
Atlanta City Detention Center.

3304
02:53:22,134 --> 02:53:25,133
There are human beings
who suffer.

3305
02:53:26,434 --> 02:53:29,533
For example,
we urge you to look at the RFP

3306
02:53:29,700 --> 02:53:31,102
that was just published

3307
02:53:31,102 --> 02:53:34,934
for mobile diversion services
and police assisted diversion.

3308
02:53:35,368 --> 02:53:39,166
The RFP that obviously seeks
to replace Pad.

3309
02:53:40,633 --> 02:53:42,634
I think it is a disaster.

3310
02:53:42,634 --> 02:53:45,534
Not only would it open the city
to a lot of litigation,

3311
02:53:45,534 --> 02:53:47,834
because the vendors
that the city seeks

3312
02:53:47,834 --> 02:53:49,167
may or may not be paid

3313
02:53:49,167 --> 02:53:51,668
based on a formula
established by the city,

3314
02:53:51,668 --> 02:53:54,634
but it also rolls back
some of the progress we've made.

3315
02:53:54,768 --> 02:53:56,701
You all had a problem
with office hours

3316
02:53:56,701 --> 02:53:59,501
for Pad being at one point 7
a.m. to 7 p.m..

3317
02:53:59,501 --> 02:54:03,934
Well, this RFP requires
that the Dickens administration

3318
02:54:03,934 --> 02:54:07,101
is the face of the dismantling
of so much hard

3319
02:54:07,101 --> 02:54:10,135
work of civil society
to make the city

3320
02:54:10,202 --> 02:54:14,266
a kinder place to people who are
marginalized and need help.

3321
02:54:17,267 --> 02:54:19,801
We are
calling upon you to order to

3322
02:54:19,801 --> 02:54:23,667
to honor the moral obligation
to keep your word.

3323
02:54:24,934 --> 02:54:29,001
The moral obligation, MLK, Carol
said,

3324
02:54:29,334 --> 02:54:32,333
hide nothing from the masses
of your people.

3325
02:54:33,468 --> 02:54:36,434
Tell no lies to our people.

3326
02:54:36,501 --> 02:54:39,467
Claim no easy victories.

3327
02:54:39,767 --> 02:54:41,668
We have some handouts for you.

3328
02:54:41,668 --> 02:54:45,534
Miss Conyers will provide to you
that we hope can help shape

3329
02:54:45,601 --> 02:54:47,701
what the work session
looks like this week

3330
02:54:47,701 --> 02:54:50,500
for the Atlantic City
Detention Center.

3331
02:54:50,500 --> 02:54:51,634
Talk.

3332
02:54:51,634 --> 02:54:54,601
We've also emailed
those attachments to you in PDF.

3333
02:54:54,601 --> 02:54:58,067
The first handout is called
beyond 901 Rice Street,

3334
02:54:58,468 --> 02:55:01,167
and it's about how
this conversation

3335
02:55:01,167 --> 02:55:04,234
about the humanitarian crisis
that we told you

3336
02:55:04,701 --> 02:55:08,001
was a misplaced conversation
four years ago

3337
02:55:09,167 --> 02:55:12,568
is still right for conversation.

3338
02:55:12,968 --> 02:55:15,735
On the back,
you'll see the human rights
abuses that have occurred during

3339
02:55:15,735 --> 02:55:19,267
the term of this lease
outside of 901 Rice Street.

3340
02:55:19,267 --> 02:55:23,034
And the one I want to lift up
the most is that 17

3341
02:55:23,134 --> 02:55:27,768
year olds children in sheriff
custody are being held

3342
02:55:27,768 --> 02:55:31,400
in a separate building,
where the windows are boarded up

3343
02:55:31,600 --> 02:55:32,668
and they are being held

3344
02:55:32,668 --> 02:55:36,834
in solitary confinement
for up to 23 hours a day.

3345
02:55:36,900 --> 02:55:38,835
These are children

3346
02:55:38,835 --> 02:55:43,267
in pretrial detention, enjoying
the presumption of innocence.

3347
02:55:43,534 --> 02:55:45,600
What is the year of the youth

3348
02:55:46,601 --> 02:55:48,368
when we are willing to hold

3349
02:55:48,368 --> 02:55:52,700
17 year olds and torture
chambers for months on end,

3350
02:55:52,767 --> 02:55:54,634
while our criminal legal system

3351
02:55:54,634 --> 02:55:56,768
moves at a shell
at a snail's pace?

3352
02:55:56,768 --> 02:56:00,633
The second handout that you have
is about the staffing crisis.

3353
02:56:00,934 --> 02:56:02,501
Staffing at the Fulton County

3354
02:56:02,501 --> 02:56:05,334
Sheriff's
Department is at about 50%.

3355
02:56:05,334 --> 02:56:06,434
And what the monitor

3356
02:56:06,434 --> 02:56:10,401
has repeatedly said is
if the sheriff does not address

3357
02:56:10,468 --> 02:56:13,767
the staffing crisis,
there is little that you can do

3358
02:56:13,867 --> 02:56:15,667
in the way of space to remediate

3359
02:56:15,667 --> 02:56:17,301
because all of the human rights

3360
02:56:17,301 --> 02:56:20,167
abuses we talk about,
whether it's use of force,

3361
02:56:20,167 --> 02:56:23,201
unsanitary conditions,
inedible food,

3362
02:56:23,401 --> 02:56:27,500
all of those issues come back
not only to culture,

3363
02:56:28,801 --> 02:56:31,568
but to staffing.
And there must be questions
posed in this work session

3364
02:56:31,568 --> 02:56:33,501
about what the sheriffs plan,
what the

3365
02:56:33,501 --> 02:56:36,401
what the county's plan is
when it comes to staffing.

3366
02:56:36,401 --> 02:56:38,134
They added fewer than 20 people

3367
02:56:38,134 --> 02:56:41,101
to the staff
since the monitors last report.

3368
02:56:41,901 --> 02:56:44,867
We recommend that you do
a population review,

3369
02:56:45,234 --> 02:56:47,101
the legislation that you passed.

3370
02:56:47,101 --> 02:56:49,166
We raised concerns
that you did not have

3371
02:56:50,301 --> 02:56:52,534
power to request certain data.

3372
02:56:52,534 --> 02:56:54,601
And so we help to establish the

3373
02:56:54,601 --> 02:56:56,900
the Jail Population
Review Committee.

3374
02:56:56,900 --> 02:56:58,368
We are not aware of anyone

3375
02:56:58,368 --> 02:57:01,667
other than Southern Center
and our partners doing robust

3376
02:57:01,900 --> 02:57:03,867
open records
requests to review data

3377
02:57:03,867 --> 02:57:05,468
during the term of this lease.

3378
02:57:05,468 --> 02:57:09,167
And so we ask that you formalize
the collection of data.

3379
02:57:09,434 --> 02:57:12,234
We ask that you collect data
regarding specifically

3380
02:57:12,234 --> 02:57:16,801
the treatment of 17 year olds
in the county's custody.

3381
02:57:16,935 --> 02:57:20,001
We ask that you collect data
regarding if you are

3382
02:57:20,001 --> 02:57:22,967
willing to do a lease back
with Fulton County,

3383
02:57:23,134 --> 02:57:26,001
and Sheriff Libert
will have absolutely any power

3384
02:57:26,001 --> 02:57:29,002
over people in Atlanta
who are mostly held

3385
02:57:29,002 --> 02:57:32,001
on disorderly conduct and
driving on suspended licenses.

3386
02:57:32,001 --> 02:57:34,800
Charges
on a based on the last report

3387
02:57:34,800 --> 02:57:36,968
from the Department
of Corrections.

3388
02:57:36,968 --> 02:57:39,768
That you have some assurances
that there will actually

3389
02:57:39,768 --> 02:57:41,701
be services
provided to those people

3390
02:57:41,701 --> 02:57:44,501
who are being held
on crimes of poverty,

3391
02:57:44,501 --> 02:57:46,434
that there are services
and protections

3392
02:57:46,434 --> 02:57:47,801
actually available

3393
02:57:47,801 --> 02:57:50,401
to those people who are there
because they can't afford

3394
02:57:50,401 --> 02:57:52,367
to renew
their driver's licenses.

3395
02:57:53,568 --> 02:57:55,468
It is your responsibility.

3396
02:57:55,468 --> 02:57:59,267
For years ago, you said that
you needed more information.

3397
02:57:59,267 --> 02:58:01,668
Four years ago,
you said you were going

3398
02:58:01,668 --> 02:58:04,634
to get people off of floors,
but they are still there.

3399
02:58:05,102 --> 02:58:08,234
And there are some of you
who are willing to hold up

3400
02:58:08,234 --> 02:58:10,001
the fact
that there are still people

3401
02:58:10,001 --> 02:58:11,134
sleeping in boats

3402
02:58:11,134 --> 02:58:14,634
on the floors of the jail
to say, we must respond.

3403
02:58:15,002 --> 02:58:18,067
Four years ago we told you
that was not the response.

3404
02:58:18,434 --> 02:58:21,167
We also provided
you with the Policy

3405
02:58:21,167 --> 02:58:23,935
Working Group report
from the Task Force

3406
02:58:23,935 --> 02:58:26,001
to Reimagine the Atlantic City
Detention Center.

3407
02:58:26,001 --> 02:58:28,500
I was one of those
working group members,

3408
02:58:28,500 --> 02:58:29,568
and there are

3409
02:58:29,568 --> 02:58:31,735
legislative proposals
that you can pass,

3410
02:58:31,735 --> 02:58:34,368
regardless of what you do
with the building.

3411
02:58:34,368 --> 02:58:37,534
And we believe that you owe it
to your constituents to minimize

3412
02:58:37,534 --> 02:58:39,368
the number of people
who find themselves

3413
02:58:39,368 --> 02:58:43,401
incarcerated in a jail,
especially under the under

3414
02:58:43,601 --> 02:58:48,433
the control of a sheriff
who conservative judges

3415
02:58:49,700 --> 02:58:52,501
have critiqued, has critiqued,

3416
02:58:52,501 --> 02:58:56,433
asking how he sleeps at night.

3417
02:58:58,835 --> 02:59:02,167
Council Member Martin,
you aptly said last week

3418
02:59:02,368 --> 02:59:05,801
that the people in the Atlantic
City Detention Center and 901

3419
02:59:05,801 --> 02:59:08,767
Right Street are our neighbors,
and that is true.

3420
02:59:09,568 --> 02:59:11,835
But I think Southern Center can
do you one better.

3421
02:59:11,835 --> 02:59:13,801
As the only law firm
who has successfully

3422
02:59:13,801 --> 02:59:16,668
sued Fulton County four times,
one four times,

3423
02:59:16,668 --> 02:59:18,601
and we're in current
active litigation

3424
02:59:18,601 --> 02:59:21,534
over his treatment of women
in your detention center.

3425
02:59:21,534 --> 02:59:24,467
They are not only our neighbors,
they are our clients

3426
02:59:24,467 --> 02:59:26,134
and our friends.

3427
02:59:26,134 --> 02:59:29,333
It is our investigators
who are in our jails talking to

3428
02:59:30,067 --> 02:59:31,568
these folks.
Before we came today, Mr.

3429
02:59:31,568 --> 02:59:34,835
Franklin went to his mailbox
and he pulled out a letter

3430
02:59:34,968 --> 02:59:37,334
from someone incarcerated
in Fulton County.

3431
02:59:37,334 --> 02:59:41,167
Single space,
handwritten three page letter

3432
02:59:41,368 --> 02:59:44,900
documenting all of the existing
human rights abuses

3433
02:59:45,167 --> 02:59:48,135
under Patrick Libert leadership.

3434
02:59:48,135 --> 02:59:51,868
We are hopeful that this work
session provides an opportunity

3435
02:59:51,968 --> 02:59:56,034
for you to collect data points
for you to get that data for you

3436
02:59:56,034 --> 02:59:59,767
to honestly interrogate,
for you to honestly

3437
02:59:59,934 --> 03:00:01,800
interrogate that data.

3438
03:00:02,934 --> 03:00:05,900
This is not hypothetical for us,

3439
03:00:06,468 --> 03:00:09,868
and I know that you all find
that we come here too much.

3440
03:00:09,868 --> 03:00:13,068
And I promise you,
if you saw my docket,

3441
03:00:13,068 --> 03:00:15,267
you would know that there are
a million places we could be.

3442
03:00:15,267 --> 03:00:18,600
But we promised the community
that we would not abandon them

3443
03:00:18,800 --> 03:00:21,301
in this fight. And we won't.

3444
03:00:21,301 --> 03:00:24,401
And we thank Councilmember Bond
for honoring the legacy

3445
03:00:24,401 --> 03:00:26,267
of Maryland women
and women on the rise.

3446
03:00:26,267 --> 03:00:27,934
Thank you so much.

3447
03:00:27,934 --> 03:00:30,934
Thank you.

3448
03:00:32,700 --> 03:00:35,201
Our next speaker is

3449
03:00:35,201 --> 03:00:36,267
Nicki Bugs.

3450
03:00:36,267 --> 03:00:37,501
Nicki bugs.

3451
03:00:37,501 --> 03:00:40,700
You have minutes because Margie

3452
03:00:41,701 --> 03:00:45,266
McLeod actually
gave you two more minutes, and.

3453
03:00:47,867 --> 03:00:50,867
I need to see if
Kip car is here.

3454
03:00:51,901 --> 03:00:54,900
Kip, I thought I saw him
earlier, I don't see.

3455
03:00:55,567 --> 03:00:57,900
Oh. Hey.

3456
03:00:57,900 --> 03:01:00,567
And Ron Z

3457
03:01:00,567 --> 03:01:01,700
is Ron Z here?

3458
03:01:04,600 --> 03:01:05,834
Miss bugs? Yes.

3459
03:01:05,834 --> 03:01:06,900
Is Ron Z here?

3460
03:01:06,900 --> 03:01:08,601
He was here, I don't know.

3461
03:01:08,601 --> 03:01:11,533
Okay,
so I can give you six minutes.

3462
03:01:11,767 --> 03:01:14,734
Okay. That's fine. Thank you.

3463
03:01:14,734 --> 03:01:15,767
All right.

3464
03:01:15,767 --> 03:01:17,334
I am here

3465
03:01:17,801 --> 03:01:20,734
speaking on the
behalf of homeowners
at the landmark condominium.

3466
03:01:21,401 --> 03:01:23,768
We've been completely abandoned

3467
03:01:23,768 --> 03:01:26,568
to a severe public safety
catastrophe.

3468
03:01:26,568 --> 03:01:29,234
An epidemic,
if you will, a critical,

3469
03:01:29,234 --> 03:01:32,200
unmitigated crisis.

3470
03:01:32,767 --> 03:01:35,234
August 1st was a six year.

3471
03:01:35,234 --> 03:01:39,834
And we fighting this cause
six years. Six.

3472
03:01:40,167 --> 03:01:44,134
And like the young lady
just said that just spoke.

3473
03:01:44,468 --> 03:01:45,900
Been here so many times.

3474
03:01:45,900 --> 03:01:47,901
So you know exactly who I am.

3475
03:01:47,901 --> 03:01:50,900
And you know exactly
what this fight is for.

3476
03:01:53,267 --> 03:01:55,700
This is past the juncture

3477
03:01:55,700 --> 03:01:58,667
of an unlicensed manager

3478
03:01:58,734 --> 03:02:00,935
and an HOA dispute.

3479
03:02:00,935 --> 03:02:05,100
It's past that this is well
beyond a civil matter.

3480
03:02:05,667 --> 03:02:08,201
But here we are.

3481
03:02:08,701 --> 03:02:11,201
The city
constantly talks about home
affordability.

3482
03:02:11,267 --> 03:02:13,900
Well, the landmark was once
the cornerstone

3483
03:02:13,900 --> 03:02:15,900
of affordable homeownership.

3484
03:02:15,900 --> 03:02:18,167
It was.

3485
03:02:18,167 --> 03:02:20,067
But here we are

3486
03:02:20,067 --> 03:02:23,300
paying over $1,300 a month for a

3487
03:02:24,434 --> 03:02:27,601
for gas, electricity,
spotty internet

3488
03:02:27,601 --> 03:02:30,600
and a double building of water.

3489
03:02:31,401 --> 03:02:34,367
That's what we have.

3490
03:02:34,633 --> 03:02:36,134
Now because of unchecked

3491
03:02:36,134 --> 03:02:39,101
chaos and government neglect,

3492
03:02:39,201 --> 03:02:42,167
our property values
have plummeted.

3493
03:02:42,167 --> 03:02:44,634
We have lawsuits.

3494
03:02:45,035 --> 03:02:48,234
We're forced to live
in a state of constant danger,
facing endless abuses, threats

3495
03:02:48,768 --> 03:02:52,266
and absolute terror
in our very own homes.

3496
03:02:55,734 --> 03:02:58,700
On July 4th,

3497
03:02:58,767 --> 03:03:01,601
two women were shot.

3498
03:03:01,601 --> 03:03:05,434
Two this is part of what we deal

3499
03:03:05,434 --> 03:03:08,433
with on a daily basis.

3500
03:03:10,334 --> 03:03:12,633
August 10th

3501
03:03:12,633 --> 03:03:13,568
an assault rifle.

3502
03:03:13,568 --> 03:03:14,867
The guy walked straight
into the building.

3503
03:03:14,867 --> 03:03:16,701
We don't have security anymore.

3504
03:03:16,701 --> 03:03:19,200
We have somebody that kind
of maybe sits at the desk.

3505
03:03:20,667 --> 03:03:23,267
And 1847, this is what we have.

3506
03:03:23,267 --> 03:03:26,266
That's what we deal with.

3507
03:03:30,267 --> 03:03:32,067
Syringes, people

3508
03:03:32,067 --> 03:03:35,066
sleeping in the hallway,
homelessness,

3509
03:03:36,334 --> 03:03:38,201
all of that.

3510
03:03:38,201 --> 03:03:41,167
That's what we deal
with on a daily basis.

3511
03:03:41,568 --> 03:03:44,568
But we're held
by the stringency of the law

3512
03:03:44,568 --> 03:03:47,567
to make sure
that we follow the law.

3513
03:03:49,001 --> 03:03:50,601
This is our home.

3514
03:03:50,601 --> 03:03:52,800
And I know, I know, you're
sick of hearing it.

3515
03:03:52,800 --> 03:03:55,201
I'm sick of talking about it.

3516
03:03:55,201 --> 03:03:58,934
Where your constituents,
we are your constituents,

3517
03:03:59,834 --> 03:04:02,868
we pay the taxes here,

3518
03:04:02,935 --> 03:04:05,501
but no one seems to care
what is happening with us.

3519
03:04:05,501 --> 03:04:07,967
And on every corner,
every block,

3520
03:04:07,967 --> 03:04:10,967
there's a new building
being erected.

3521
03:04:13,667 --> 03:04:16,167
The landmark was affordable.

3522
03:04:16,167 --> 03:04:20,066
That he was now more higher
than than the monthly,

3523
03:04:20,567 --> 03:04:23,533
than your mortgage.

3524
03:04:23,600 --> 03:04:26,600
That's absurd.

3525
03:04:27,667 --> 03:04:29,601
This is Judy Clement.

3526
03:04:29,601 --> 03:04:31,734
Judy Clement started this fight.

3527
03:04:32,900 --> 03:04:34,533
She died

3528
03:04:34,533 --> 03:04:37,500
without resolution.

3529
03:04:37,500 --> 03:04:39,201
Judy Clement.

3530
03:04:39,201 --> 03:04:40,301
Yeah.

3531
03:04:40,301 --> 03:04:41,001
Hi, Lily.

3532
03:04:41,001 --> 03:04:43,735
So, yeah.

3533
03:04:43,735 --> 03:04:46,800
If there's any way
that we can help you, help us.

3534
03:04:47,001 --> 03:04:48,601
This will not only just help us

3535
03:04:48,601 --> 03:04:51,600
at the landmark,
it'll help other homeowners.

3536
03:04:52,568 --> 03:04:53,935
It'll help other homeowners.

3537
03:04:53,935 --> 03:04:56,568
Something has to go in place.
You have an ordinance.

3538
03:04:56,568 --> 03:04:59,668
If that were enforced,
we will be in a different spot.

3539
03:04:59,801 --> 03:05:01,167
We'll be talking to you
about something

3540
03:05:01,167 --> 03:05:02,234
completely different right now.

3541
03:05:02,234 --> 03:05:03,534
I would actually be up there
saying,

3542
03:05:03,534 --> 03:05:07,333
I want to work with you and hire
me and let's figure this out,

3543
03:05:08,368 --> 03:05:11,067
okay?
Instead,
we're fighting for our homes.

3544
03:05:11,067 --> 03:05:13,735
We have foreclosures, lawsuits.

3545
03:05:13,735 --> 03:05:16,700
That's all we've been dealing
with since I last saw you.

3546
03:05:17,001 --> 03:05:20,001
That's
all we've been dealing with.

3547
03:05:21,034 --> 03:05:22,367
And that's where we are.

3548
03:05:22,367 --> 03:05:24,967
Yeah.

3549
03:05:24,967 --> 03:05:26,067
Something's gotta give.

3550
03:05:26,067 --> 03:05:27,834
And it's not us.

3551
03:05:27,834 --> 03:05:29,700
I'll be here every day,

3552
03:05:30,667 --> 03:05:33,634
every hour, every meeting.

3553
03:05:33,935 --> 03:05:35,801
This has been my home
for the last six years.

3554
03:05:35,801 --> 03:05:39,368
I just might as well added in
as as, This.

3555
03:05:39,368 --> 03:05:42,367
The prior street address is my
my second home.

3556
03:05:43,934 --> 03:05:45,734
This has got to change.

3557
03:05:45,734 --> 03:05:47,267
You now have another ordinance.

3558
03:05:47,267 --> 03:05:49,668
Something has got to change.

3559
03:05:49,668 --> 03:05:52,600
And as you drive down
the street, instead of driving,

3560
03:05:52,700 --> 03:05:54,234
get out and walk the streets.

3561
03:05:54,234 --> 03:05:56,700
Find out what's
really happening out there.

3562
03:05:56,700 --> 03:05:58,534
This is where we are.

3563
03:05:58,534 --> 03:06:01,334
This is your constituent.

3564
03:06:01,334 --> 03:06:02,201
Just one person.

3565
03:06:02,201 --> 03:06:04,068
But I'm speaking for many.

3566
03:06:04,068 --> 03:06:07,034
If you can fix this in your
backyard, which is the landmark,

3567
03:06:07,368 --> 03:06:09,867
it'll help
the rest of the homeowners.

3568
03:06:09,867 --> 03:06:12,001
But we have to be our priority.

3569
03:06:12,001 --> 03:06:14,468
We can't be about a dollar sign.

3570
03:06:14,468 --> 03:06:17,533
We can't be something,
a negotiating factor.

3571
03:06:19,834 --> 03:06:21,167
We supported you.

3572
03:06:21,167 --> 03:06:23,700
Please support us.

3573
03:06:23,700 --> 03:06:25,400
Thank you.

3574
03:06:25,400 --> 03:06:28,400
Thank you.

3575
03:06:31,568 --> 03:06:34,633
Our next yield at time
speaker is Christopher Bruce.

3576
03:06:34,700 --> 03:06:37,700
You have six minutes.

3577
03:06:39,034 --> 03:06:42,033
Let's see here.

3578
03:06:42,533 --> 03:06:45,533
Gail in Zamana,

3579
03:06:46,433 --> 03:06:49,400
are you here?

3580
03:06:49,867 --> 03:06:52,367
Christopher, do you see Gail?

3581
03:06:52,367 --> 03:06:55,001
Gail Gallo,

3582
03:06:55,001 --> 03:06:58,001
did you just walk out?

3583
03:06:58,800 --> 03:07:00,834
Let's bring Gallo back in.

3584
03:07:00,834 --> 03:07:02,800
Okay. That is not a. About.

3585
03:07:02,800 --> 03:07:05,600
We did just walk out to Ali.

3586
03:07:05,600 --> 03:07:07,267
Ali. It's right there.

3587
03:07:07,267 --> 03:07:09,600
Alrighty. Good.

3588
03:07:09,600 --> 03:07:11,301
We'll add in,

3589
03:07:11,301 --> 03:07:14,301
Council president I'll use for.

3590
03:07:14,368 --> 03:07:15,967
In fact,
I'm not going to use all six.

3591
03:07:15,967 --> 03:07:18,301
I'm going
to give you all your time back,

3592
03:07:18,301 --> 03:07:21,266
but I will produce Gail.

3593
03:07:21,400 --> 03:07:22,234
Okay.

3594
03:07:22,234 --> 03:07:25,002
Okay.

3595
03:07:25,369 --> 03:07:27,734
Good afternoon.
May I begin? Yes, please.
Thank you, Council president.

3596
03:07:27,734 --> 03:07:29,735
Good afternoon, Council members.

3597
03:07:30,068 --> 03:07:32,735
My name is Christopher
Bruce, deputy executive
director of the ACLU of Georgia.

3598
03:07:32,835 --> 03:07:35,800
I want to point out that
Atlanta is at a turning point.

3599
03:07:36,634 --> 03:07:39,967
This is when we are deciding
on surveillance technology.

3600
03:07:40,801 --> 03:07:43,767
This conversation is not simply
about flock cameras,

3601
03:07:43,767 --> 03:07:45,434
software or data.

3602
03:07:45,434 --> 03:07:48,301
It is about every resident
who calls Atlanta home,

3603
03:07:48,301 --> 03:07:53,234
in every person who comes here
to work, worship, study,

3604
03:07:53,568 --> 03:07:57,267
receive medical care, attend
a convention,

3605
03:07:57,468 --> 03:08:01,400
visit family
protest, or enjoy this city.

3606
03:08:02,467 --> 03:08:03,634
A person should

3607
03:08:03,634 --> 03:08:06,634
not surrender
their right to privacy

3608
03:08:06,634 --> 03:08:10,734
simply because they cross over
to the city lines and limits.

3609
03:08:11,368 --> 03:08:14,300
So for months,
the ACLU of Georgia,

3610
03:08:14,734 --> 03:08:16,701
our coalition partners,

3611
03:08:16,701 --> 03:08:19,634
the mayor's office, and members
of the City Council have worked

3612
03:08:19,634 --> 03:08:23,067
in good faith
toward a workable ordinance.

3613
03:08:23,735 --> 03:08:26,701
We appreciate your time
and openness.

3614
03:08:26,935 --> 03:08:30,101
And city leaders who brought
about this conversation.

3615
03:08:30,501 --> 03:08:32,301
Our goal has been
to help develop

3616
03:08:32,301 --> 03:08:34,234
an ordinance
that the city can implement.

3617
03:08:34,234 --> 03:08:35,801
The council can oversee,

3618
03:08:35,801 --> 03:08:38,768
and the community can understand
and trust.

3619
03:08:38,768 --> 03:08:42,034
We know different versions
of this ordinance exist,

3620
03:08:42,468 --> 03:08:45,433
and we support
the one that we all know

3621
03:08:45,967 --> 03:08:48,201
is what we've always asked for.

3622
03:08:48,201 --> 03:08:51,334
And that's community
input standards and audits.

3623
03:08:51,634 --> 03:08:54,201
So this is when I do count out.

3624
03:08:54,201 --> 03:08:55,701
Council Member Jason Dozier,

3625
03:08:55,701 --> 03:08:57,868
thank you
for putting this forth.

3626
03:08:57,868 --> 03:09:00,534
Thank you for the changes
that have been made.

3627
03:09:00,534 --> 03:09:02,601
We're happy to work with you
on that.

3628
03:09:02,601 --> 03:09:04,568
Council Member Bond,
thank you for

3629
03:09:04,568 --> 03:09:06,534
being a steady hand
and all the others.

3630
03:09:06,534 --> 03:09:10,800
Council member
Winston Amos, all of you again,

3631
03:09:11,368 --> 03:09:13,567
Council President Overstreet,
I know you laughed at me

3632
03:09:13,567 --> 03:09:14,301
last time

3633
03:09:14,301 --> 03:09:15,768
for pointing out things

3634
03:09:15,768 --> 03:09:18,035
and for the ones
that we haven't talked to.

3635
03:09:18,035 --> 03:09:22,400
We will be in your district, so
you'll be hearing from us soon.

3636
03:09:24,334 --> 03:09:25,667
Principles.

3637
03:09:25,667 --> 03:09:27,501
That's what we're here for.

3638
03:09:27,501 --> 03:09:30,135
Before surveillance technology
is purchased, deployed

3639
03:09:30,135 --> 03:09:34,201
or significantly expanded, the
the city should explain its

3640
03:09:34,201 --> 03:09:37,634
purpose, cost, capabilities
and supporting evidence.

3641
03:09:37,968 --> 03:09:40,701
The public should know
what information it collects,

3642
03:09:40,701 --> 03:09:43,935
how long the information will be
retained, who will access it,

3643
03:09:43,935 --> 03:09:46,934
and whether it will be shared
with other agencies,

3644
03:09:46,934 --> 03:09:49,401
the company or government.

3645
03:09:49,401 --> 03:09:51,201
The ordinance should include
protections

3646
03:09:51,201 --> 03:09:53,634
against discriminatory
and unauthorized use.

3647
03:09:53,634 --> 03:09:56,301
It should require meaningful
audits, public reporting,

3648
03:09:56,301 --> 03:09:58,900
independent review
and consequences

3649
03:09:58,900 --> 03:10:01,301
when established rules
are violated.

3650
03:10:01,301 --> 03:10:06,001
Basically, this ordinance
should reflect our democracy.

3651
03:10:06,534 --> 03:10:08,334
It should be transparent.

3652
03:10:08,334 --> 03:10:10,934
It should be something
that we all can upheld

3653
03:10:10,934 --> 03:10:12,267
because transparency

3654
03:10:12,267 --> 03:10:15,667
after deployment tells people
what has already happened.

3655
03:10:16,201 --> 03:10:19,701
Community participation
before deployment

3656
03:10:19,901 --> 03:10:24,600
gives the people a voice on
what will happen in their city.

3657
03:10:25,201 --> 03:10:28,167
This distinction
is particularly important

3658
03:10:28,234 --> 03:10:29,801
in the city of Atlanta.

3659
03:10:29,801 --> 03:10:32,967
We all know Doctor Martin
Luther King was surveilled

3660
03:10:33,568 --> 03:10:35,868
with unchecked government.

3661
03:10:35,868 --> 03:10:38,534
Law enforcement
wiretapped is telephones.

3662
03:10:38,534 --> 03:10:40,935
Place
listening devices in its rooms

3663
03:10:40,935 --> 03:10:43,735
monitored his relationships,
collecting information

3664
03:10:43,735 --> 03:10:46,634
as part of a campaign
to discredit him.

3665
03:10:46,634 --> 03:10:48,935
Doctor King's history reminds us

3666
03:10:49,369 --> 03:10:53,134
that surveillance does
not always remain limited to
the people subjected of crimes.

3667
03:10:53,701 --> 03:10:57,367
It can be turned against
people who challenge power.

3668
03:10:58,801 --> 03:11:01,301
An ordinance developed
for the people of Atlanta

3669
03:11:01,301 --> 03:11:05,434
should also be developed
with the people of Atlanta.

3670
03:11:06,002 --> 03:11:08,967
Now, to be clear, this is not
directed at our mayor.

3671
03:11:09,201 --> 03:11:11,967
Past mayors, future mayors.

3672
03:11:11,967 --> 03:11:15,500
This is directed to all of you
at city council

3673
03:11:15,700 --> 03:11:16,568
and saying that

3674
03:11:16,568 --> 03:11:18,101
the power belongs to the people

3675
03:11:18,101 --> 03:11:20,568
and that you should hear
from them.

3676
03:11:20,568 --> 03:11:22,767
Atlanta can support
public safety and innovation

3677
03:11:22,767 --> 03:11:24,534
while maintaining transparency,

3678
03:11:24,534 --> 03:11:27,500
accountability,
and meaningful public input.

3679
03:11:28,034 --> 03:11:29,334
The most surveillance

3680
03:11:29,334 --> 03:11:32,068
city in the United States
can now lead this country

3681
03:11:32,068 --> 03:11:35,034
with passing the most sweeping
legislation, which includes

3682
03:11:35,034 --> 03:11:37,967
community input and transparency
for its residents.

3683
03:11:37,967 --> 03:11:39,868
And I pledge to you, the ACLU,

3684
03:11:39,868 --> 03:11:41,867
coalition partners
and community members

3685
03:11:41,867 --> 03:11:43,468
will help you within there.

3686
03:11:43,468 --> 03:11:46,134
There are three things
that we have, and I'm done.

3687
03:11:46,134 --> 03:11:49,501
One, we we are at a turning
point on surveillance.

3688
03:11:49,701 --> 03:11:52,800
We are at a turning point on A,
C, D, C, the Atlantic City

3689
03:11:54,035 --> 03:11:56,734
Detention Center.
And we are at a turning point
for the Atlanta Falcons.

3690
03:11:56,900 --> 03:12:07,401
You can
change two of those three.

3691
03:12:07,668 --> 03:12:10,434
Our last
speaker
for today is Damian Harper.

3692
03:12:10,434 --> 03:12:11,700
You have four minutes.

3693
03:12:11,700 --> 03:12:14,700
Is Jason Woods here also.

3694
03:12:15,467 --> 03:12:18,134
Jason Woods.

3695
03:12:18,134 --> 03:12:21,133
Is Damian Harper still here.

3696
03:12:23,900 --> 03:12:25,568
Play. Did

3697
03:12:25,568 --> 03:12:27,734
he just used his two minutes
just without.

3698
03:12:27,734 --> 03:12:28,201
Okay.

3699
03:12:28,201 --> 03:12:31,600
So that is it.

3700
03:12:32,501 --> 03:12:35,500
That is it for our public
speaking.

3701
03:12:41,001 --> 03:12:44,001
Madam clerk.

3702
03:12:46,068 --> 03:12:48,434
Now I'm looking for him
on this other list and wondering

3703
03:12:48,434 --> 03:12:55,701
why is he on both of them? Yep.

3704
03:12:56,402 --> 03:12:59,667
All right.
So in that case, that concludes
our public speaking time.

3705
03:12:59,900 --> 03:13:02,934
We will now.

3706
03:13:03,034 --> 03:13:04,935
Have to go into committee of
the whole.

3707
03:13:04,935 --> 03:13:08,934
Is the administration here
to give us the FIFA update?

3708
03:13:09,201 --> 03:13:10,601
But first
I want to thank everyone

3709
03:13:10,601 --> 03:13:12,201
for coming for public speaking.

3710
03:13:12,201 --> 03:13:14,501
Let's let me clear that up.

3711
03:13:14,501 --> 03:13:17,467
I do appreciate your voice.

3712
03:13:17,667 --> 03:13:19,601
I do appreciate your voice.

3713
03:13:19,601 --> 03:13:22,601
And it is always good to hear
from the community

3714
03:13:22,601 --> 03:13:25,568
about what we could be doing
different or better,

3715
03:13:25,568 --> 03:13:27,167
or what we're doing real good.

3716
03:13:27,167 --> 03:13:29,234
So glad you can let us know.

3717
03:13:29,234 --> 03:13:32,968
I would like to ask that
you give all of the entities

3718
03:13:32,968 --> 03:13:36,067
that are associated with public
speaking in our general

3719
03:13:36,067 --> 03:13:39,501
jurisdiction, the same energy
that you give us.

3720
03:13:39,735 --> 03:13:42,967
Go and speak with APS
Fulton County.

3721
03:13:43,401 --> 03:13:45,167
Marta.
Ask them
why don't they do donate a time

3722
03:13:45,167 --> 03:13:48,134
like we do here
at the city of Atlanta?

3723
03:13:48,134 --> 03:13:49,768
Because I believe
our voices need

3724
03:13:49,768 --> 03:13:52,768
to be heard on all platforms
everywhere.

3725
03:13:52,901 --> 03:13:56,301
So thank you very,
very much for always engaging.

3726
03:13:56,301 --> 03:13:58,501
I really do appreciate

3727
03:13:58,501 --> 03:14:01,700
the engagement from from each
and every one of you.

3728
03:14:02,368 --> 03:14:04,001
And I see that, that,

3729
03:14:05,835 --> 03:14:08,801
the administration is
here to give us our FIFA update.

3730
03:14:08,935 --> 03:14:10,835
I would like to go
into committee of the whole.

3731
03:14:10,835 --> 03:14:13,900
But I would need one of
so moved by one.

3732
03:14:13,967 --> 03:14:16,034
Is there a second? Second
by Norwood?

3733
03:14:16,034 --> 03:14:18,401
This can be done
by unanimous consent.

3734
03:14:18,401 --> 03:14:22,034
Madam clerk, please
call the account for unanimous

3735
03:14:22,034 --> 03:14:23,401
consent.

3736
03:14:23,401 --> 03:14:25,934
13 years, 13 years.

3737
03:14:25,934 --> 03:14:28,433
And we are in committee
of the whole.

3738
03:14:28,433 --> 03:14:30,134
And our.

3739
03:14:30,134 --> 03:14:32,267
Could you please come forward?

3740
03:14:32,267 --> 03:14:35,901
This is our COO LaShawn Burks
with that ministration.

3741
03:14:35,901 --> 03:14:39,200
And anyone that's here to speak
with FIFA, just come on down.

3742
03:14:42,700 --> 03:14:45,668
To speak about our FIFA update.

3743
03:14:45,901 --> 03:14:50,101
FIFA World Cup update,
because it was a tremendous

3744
03:14:50,101 --> 03:14:53,066
success and I'm happy
to hear about this report.

3745
03:14:58,533 --> 03:15:05,701
All right.

3746
03:15:05,935 --> 03:15:09,167
Good afternoon,
Madam President and members
of the Atlanta City Council.

3747
03:15:09,768 --> 03:15:12,735
Thank you for giving us
this opportunity to come.

3748
03:15:12,935 --> 03:15:16,401
Just to give a quick update
on FIFA World Cup.

3749
03:15:16,401 --> 03:15:19,368
We had committed to coming back
and doing a debrief.

3750
03:15:19,735 --> 03:15:23,234
We have been given a charge
to make it as quick as possible

3751
03:15:23,234 --> 03:15:26,201
today, and we are going to do
just that.

3752
03:15:26,401 --> 03:15:28,167
But again,
my name is LaShawn Burton.

3753
03:15:28,167 --> 03:15:29,401
I have the privilege of serving

3754
03:15:29,401 --> 03:15:32,401
as a chief operating officer
for the city of Atlanta

3755
03:15:32,401 --> 03:15:33,834
in just a few months ago.

3756
03:15:33,834 --> 03:15:36,800
We welcome the world to Atlanta.

3757
03:15:36,934 --> 03:15:38,601
And I want to just stop

3758
03:15:38,601 --> 03:15:41,168
while everybody will not be able
to present today,

3759
03:15:41,168 --> 03:15:44,834
but to thank each and every
one of you and all of our staff

3760
03:15:45,134 --> 03:15:46,368
who help to make this

3761
03:15:46,368 --> 03:15:50,568
an unforgettable
chapter in Atlanta's history.

3762
03:15:50,968 --> 03:15:54,267
The world
experienced our hospitality,
the experienced, our people,

3763
03:15:54,568 --> 03:15:58,368
and the people we have
who call Atlanta home.

3764
03:15:58,735 --> 03:16:01,668
So I ask you to join me
in thanking yourselves.

3765
03:16:01,668 --> 03:16:04,633
And everybody who's represented
may still be here

3766
03:16:04,700 --> 03:16:06,134
and every city department.

3767
03:16:06,134 --> 03:16:08,267
Just a huge
thank you for the work

3768
03:16:08,267 --> 03:16:10,468
that you did during
FIFA World Cup.

3769
03:16:10,468 --> 03:16:14,034
It was the longest 40 days
and 40 nights we have ever seen,

3770
03:16:14,368 --> 03:16:17,334
but we enjoyed
every minute of it.

3771
03:16:17,468 --> 03:16:19,167
So you have to give yourselves
a hand.

3772
03:16:19,167 --> 03:16:20,166
I have to give you all here.

3773
03:16:22,534 --> 03:16:24,301
So as we mentioned before,

3774
03:16:24,301 --> 03:16:28,533
we had right at 21 departments
who had dedicated people

3775
03:16:28,533 --> 03:16:30,334
working on FIFA,

3776
03:16:30,334 --> 03:16:34,468
but on today we were only going
to hear from four very quickly.

3777
03:16:34,468 --> 03:16:36,267
We're going to do four of them,

3778
03:16:36,267 --> 03:16:39,834
and then we're going
to leave you with a keepsake

3779
03:16:40,001 --> 03:16:41,900
that you can take,
that you can review

3780
03:16:41,900 --> 03:16:43,835
if you have
additional questions.

3781
03:16:43,835 --> 03:16:46,134
So we'll hear
from Atlanta Police Department,

3782
03:16:46,134 --> 03:16:48,067
the Atlanta Fire
Rescue Department,

3783
03:16:48,067 --> 03:16:49,501
Parks and Recreation.

3784
03:16:49,501 --> 03:16:52,467
And then our communications team
will come and share with you,

3785
03:16:53,001 --> 03:16:55,767
the living legacy of documents
that we have

3786
03:16:55,767 --> 03:16:57,968
for you all to review.

3787
03:16:58,168 --> 03:17:01,034
So this time, I'm
going to turn it
over to Assistant Chief Hampton

3788
03:17:01,167 --> 03:17:04,300
of the Atlanta Police Department
to go through APD.

3789
03:17:06,101 --> 03:17:09,200
Final numbers, chief Hampton.

3790
03:17:12,667 --> 03:17:13,934
Good afternoon.

3791
03:17:13,934 --> 03:17:16,734
Thank you, Chief Burks.

3792
03:17:16,734 --> 03:17:18,368
I have the task.

3793
03:17:18,368 --> 03:17:22,267
I was then deputy chief
of leading our special events

3794
03:17:22,267 --> 03:17:26,568
division, and I was tasked
with overseeing the planning

3795
03:17:26,568 --> 03:17:30,767
and execution of the FIFA
World Cup.

3796
03:17:31,234 --> 03:17:34,201
Chief Sherburne
gave me four task,

3797
03:17:34,568 --> 03:17:35,868
and that's the actually gave

3798
03:17:35,868 --> 03:17:39,066
the entire department
for task fight crime.

3799
03:17:40,001 --> 03:17:43,134
Execute the FIFA
plan, respond to all

3800
03:17:43,201 --> 03:17:46,900
911 calls and keep the peace.

3801
03:17:47,234 --> 03:18:01,001
And I can say that
we accomplished the mission.

3802
03:18:01,601 --> 03:18:05,167
So we
had eight matches
to include the semifinal match.

3803
03:18:05,534 --> 03:18:08,467
That was England
versus Argentina,

3804
03:18:09,368 --> 03:18:14,301
and each with the attendance
of over 68,000 people

3805
03:18:14,301 --> 03:18:17,533
that were inside Mercedes
Mercedes-Benz Stadium.

3806
03:18:18,433 --> 03:18:20,534
We managed 19

3807
03:18:20,534 --> 03:18:25,400
fan festival days that were held
at Centennial Olympic Park,

3808
03:18:25,934 --> 03:18:29,734
where we were able to
welcome visitors.

3809
03:18:30,534 --> 03:18:33,167
Host citizens and residents

3810
03:18:33,167 --> 03:18:36,134
and really to showcase a lantern

3811
03:18:36,234 --> 03:18:39,968
inside Olympic Park, our south
downtown area,

3812
03:18:40,035 --> 03:18:44,534
as well as our downtown area,
underground areas.

3813
03:18:44,835 --> 03:18:48,301
I can report that there were
zero critical incidents

3814
03:18:48,301 --> 03:18:52,500
that occurred during the FIFA
and within that footprint.

3815
03:18:53,234 --> 03:18:55,134
Many of you did not know that.

3816
03:18:55,134 --> 03:18:58,468
We did have to mitigate
two elevated

3817
03:18:58,701 --> 03:19:01,734
threat assessments
that came down from the FBI,

3818
03:19:02,368 --> 03:19:06,234
and we were able to do that
with our all of our partners,

3819
03:19:06,234 --> 03:19:09,668
our federal, our state,
as well as our local partners

3820
03:19:09,668 --> 03:19:12,768
and many city departments
that assisted us

3821
03:19:12,768 --> 03:19:15,367
to make sure
that the games remain safe.

3822
03:19:16,401 --> 03:19:19,368
We operate at two e 911 centers,

3823
03:19:19,835 --> 03:19:23,900
where we handled over
19,911 calls.

3824
03:19:24,634 --> 03:19:29,067
We had the primary location
at 180 Peachtree Street,

3825
03:19:30,502 --> 03:19:33,700
and then
we also had the backup center
at the Atlanta Police Safety

3826
03:19:33,767 --> 03:19:35,401
Training Center.

3827
03:19:35,401 --> 03:19:39,101
Our during all this time,
we were able to reduce crime

3828
03:19:39,534 --> 03:19:50,433
21%. I think it's important
to celebrate our wins. So,

3829
03:19:51,534 --> 03:19:54,368
but again
we had a lot of partners.

3830
03:19:54,368 --> 03:19:57,401
So we utilize over at our at

3831
03:19:57,468 --> 03:20:00,434
a height over 681

3832
03:20:00,434 --> 03:20:03,267
officers in this FIFA footprint.

3833
03:20:03,267 --> 03:20:06,468
But what was unique in this
that we used a scalable

3834
03:20:06,468 --> 03:20:10,468
deployment model, and we use
that based on the intelligence

3835
03:20:10,468 --> 03:20:11,368
that we were given.

3836
03:20:11,368 --> 03:20:12,601
So there were some days

3837
03:20:12,601 --> 03:20:16,368
that we were able to drop
very low and put those resources

3838
03:20:16,368 --> 03:20:19,767
back into the neighborhoods
and then with others.

3839
03:20:20,134 --> 03:20:24,167
We again
deployed over 600 officers.

3840
03:20:25,035 --> 03:20:27,634
We couldn't have done this
without our partnership.

3841
03:20:27,634 --> 03:20:32,201
So we did utilize over
361 officers

3842
03:20:32,201 --> 03:20:36,167
from outside jurisdictions
who came to assist us in this.

3843
03:20:36,501 --> 03:20:40,201
And then as well, we were able
to use our technology.

3844
03:20:40,267 --> 03:20:43,234
I know there's a lot of
conversation about technology,

3845
03:20:43,401 --> 03:20:46,033
but we
were able to use technology.

3846
03:20:48,234 --> 03:20:50,867
To mitigate 83 drone mitigation.

3847
03:20:50,867 --> 03:20:52,568
So there was a temporary flight

3848
03:20:52,568 --> 03:20:57,002
restriction during this time
period with the technology

3849
03:20:57,002 --> 03:20:59,967
equipment that we were able
to secure through the grant.

3850
03:21:00,501 --> 03:21:03,633
Our officers did a attend
training through the FBI.

3851
03:21:03,867 --> 03:21:06,834
So normally with drone
mitigation,

3852
03:21:07,334 --> 03:21:09,434
that is left
to the federal government.

3853
03:21:09,434 --> 03:21:14,101
But during FIFA, municipalities
were able to use the technology

3854
03:21:14,101 --> 03:21:17,300
and we were successfully able
to mitigate 83

3855
03:21:17,734 --> 03:21:20,700
drone mitigations.

3856
03:21:21,301 --> 03:21:23,668
Also, just some other highlight
numbers.

3857
03:21:23,668 --> 03:21:26,601
We partner with Georgia State
University.

3858
03:21:26,601 --> 03:21:29,734
To assist us, we use their
cafeteria, their dormitories,

3859
03:21:30,001 --> 03:21:31,401
as well as their shuttle.

3860
03:21:31,401 --> 03:21:36,135
There's shuttles
provided us with 640 shuttle

3861
03:21:36,135 --> 03:21:40,201
riders a day from the footprint
to the cafeteria and back.

3862
03:21:40,701 --> 03:21:45,166
We serve over
36,000 meals at their cafeteria.

3863
03:21:46,101 --> 03:21:49,634
We issued over 30,000 water
bottles.

3864
03:21:49,801 --> 03:21:53,667
Bottles of water,
sorry, 35,000 sport drinks

3865
03:21:53,834 --> 03:21:58,001
and 25,000
pounds of ice of many.

3866
03:21:58,868 --> 03:22:00,301
You know,
the heat
was definitely a factor,

3867
03:22:00,301 --> 03:22:02,835
but we had a hydration plan
to make sure

3868
03:22:02,835 --> 03:22:06,468
that not only our members
of Atlanta Police Department,

3869
03:22:06,768 --> 03:22:11,067
but our support agencies
also were taken care of.

3870
03:22:11,668 --> 03:22:15,034
As stated
before, we handle over 19,000
mercy calls as well as

3871
03:22:15,101 --> 03:22:18,700
20,000 chat
by inquiries were also resolved.

3872
03:22:19,534 --> 03:22:23,134
We responded
to 340 unattended bats.

3873
03:22:23,901 --> 03:22:27,501
And then we utilize
many of our drone pilots

3874
03:22:27,501 --> 03:22:31,001
who are assigned to the drone
unit as well as our pilots.

3875
03:22:31,734 --> 03:22:34,701
Where we conducted over 1900

3876
03:22:34,701 --> 03:22:37,701
drone flights
to provide this aerial support.

3877
03:22:37,701 --> 03:22:40,834
And that averaged over
almost 640

3878
03:22:40,934 --> 03:22:43,934
drone flight hours.

3879
03:22:45,134 --> 03:22:47,768
And so lastly, again,
the impact that we had.

3880
03:22:47,768 --> 03:22:52,767
Uninterrupted police service
delivery throughout citywide,

3881
03:22:53,601 --> 03:22:58,001
901 answer cause during that
time period was 5.74 seconds.

3882
03:22:58,267 --> 03:23:02,400
Again, as I said before,
we were able to reduce crime 21%

3883
03:23:03,167 --> 03:23:06,834
and we had the full mobilization
of the department.

3884
03:23:07,267 --> 03:23:11,333
We did suspend nonessential
administrative functions.

3885
03:23:11,934 --> 03:23:14,768
And, again,
we were happy to report

3886
03:23:14,768 --> 03:23:18,334
that we had a very safe
and enjoyable FIFA World Cup.

3887
03:23:19,002 --> 03:23:22,301
I have now turned over the mic
over to the fire department

3888
03:23:22,301 --> 03:23:28,668
Chief Smith.

3889
03:23:28,768 --> 03:23:30,668
Good afternoon.
Council members,
Council president

3890
03:23:30,668 --> 03:23:34,801
Ross Smith, fire chief,
for the duration

3891
03:23:34,801 --> 03:23:37,767
of the FIFA events
for Atlanta Fire Rescue.

3892
03:23:37,900 --> 03:23:39,935
We worked alongside our partners
with APD

3893
03:23:39,935 --> 03:23:42,934
and our local departments
within the city of Atlanta

3894
03:23:43,234 --> 03:23:46,201
to ensure that the services to
our citizens

3895
03:23:46,668 --> 03:23:50,168
were on uninterrupted
or during this time, as well

3896
03:23:50,168 --> 03:23:55,433
as ensuring that we are working
to welcome the world to ATL.

3897
03:23:56,368 --> 03:23:59,301
During
this time, AFB was tasked with

3898
03:23:59,634 --> 03:24:03,768
providing coverage
for the match locations as well

3899
03:24:03,768 --> 03:24:08,767
as EMS coverage during FanFest
and community activities.

3900
03:24:09,101 --> 03:24:12,067
We also had our drone
unit up and operational

3901
03:24:12,568 --> 03:24:15,334
to ensure that we could meet
all the logistical challenges,

3902
03:24:15,334 --> 03:24:19,501
as well as making sure
that we were capable of managing

3903
03:24:19,501 --> 03:24:22,468
and detecting any chemical

3904
03:24:22,601 --> 03:24:24,768
outbreaks that we may have
had during this period.

3905
03:24:24,768 --> 03:24:28,234
As well as working
with the Office of Constituent

3906
03:24:28,234 --> 03:24:31,301
Services to ensure
we had hydration stations

3907
03:24:31,468 --> 03:24:34,800
that were set up around the city
for the citizens of Atlanta.

3908
03:24:35,334 --> 03:24:38,834
And to that effect, we

3909
03:24:39,501 --> 03:24:42,667
had a
dedicated effort where
we stood up to on site medical

3910
03:24:43,134 --> 03:24:47,301
treatment facilities
over at the FanFest event.

3911
03:24:47,534 --> 03:24:51,301
And here you can see the numbers
where we were very busy

3912
03:24:51,768 --> 03:24:56,201
in that space, to the tune of
just under 1200 patient contacts

3913
03:24:56,801 --> 03:24:59,568
in that space
and the perimeter area,

3914
03:24:59,568 --> 03:25:02,633
with calls
ranging from heat exhaustion

3915
03:25:03,101 --> 03:25:05,900
all the way through heat
challenges, where we did

3916
03:25:05,900 --> 03:25:08,768
IV therapy directly on site

3917
03:25:08,768 --> 03:25:11,735
to chest pains
and difficulty breathing.

3918
03:25:11,735 --> 03:25:15,167
Ultimately,
the end result is that we

3919
03:25:15,167 --> 03:25:18,501
limited the number of transports
that we had to have to

3920
03:25:18,501 --> 03:25:22,500
the hospitals, therefore
limiting the context that we had

3921
03:25:23,001 --> 03:25:26,001
in our emergency room.

3922
03:25:27,234 --> 03:25:30,002
During this effort,
when we were working

3923
03:25:30,002 --> 03:25:33,667
to protect through our unified
stance and posture.

3924
03:25:35,202 --> 03:25:37,767
We are very proud
of the partnerships,
the external partnerships with,

3925
03:25:38,234 --> 03:25:41,201
like the likeness of Grady, GW

3926
03:25:41,768 --> 03:25:44,868
Police Department, our state
and our regional partners,

3927
03:25:44,868 --> 03:25:48,868
as well as continuing to work
with APD and a c, D to ensure

3928
03:25:48,868 --> 03:25:52,600
that the events that we
had were memorable and safe.

3929
03:25:53,600 --> 03:25:54,601
In addition to

3930
03:25:54,601 --> 03:25:58,001
that, we ensured that we were

3931
03:25:58,767 --> 03:25:59,868
in a posture

3932
03:25:59,868 --> 03:26:02,934
where our drone coverage
would provide the special

3933
03:26:02,934 --> 03:26:05,102
operations capabilities
that we needed,

3934
03:26:05,102 --> 03:26:08,600
as well as our fire suppression
activities were in place.

3935
03:26:08,900 --> 03:26:11,134
A drone unit.

3936
03:26:11,134 --> 03:26:15,201
Had a roughly 400,
excuse me, 341 events

3937
03:26:15,201 --> 03:26:20,401
where they took flight, ensuring
that we were covering the city

3938
03:26:20,901 --> 03:26:23,801
as a whole,
especially special events area.

3939
03:26:23,801 --> 03:26:26,801
And during the activity periods,
we had a minimum

3940
03:26:26,801 --> 03:26:31,534
of 35 to 40 medics
that were trained to the EMS

3941
03:26:31,534 --> 03:26:34,934
and paramedic level that were
dedicated to this footprint.

3942
03:26:35,601 --> 03:26:38,568
In addition to continuing
to make sure that we were

3943
03:26:38,668 --> 03:26:41,634
keeping
the rest of the city safe

3944
03:26:41,801 --> 03:26:46,167
and the innovative care
that we provided at our on site

3945
03:26:46,167 --> 03:26:49,568
clinics, where we had volunteer
doctors, volunteer nurses

3946
03:26:49,568 --> 03:26:52,734
that were working side by side
with, afraid

3947
03:26:53,334 --> 03:26:55,735
we could not have made this
possible.

3948
03:26:55,735 --> 03:26:58,768
And lastly,
you will see, some pictures

3949
03:26:58,768 --> 03:27:02,734
of some of our hard working
members of Atlanta Fire Rescue.

3950
03:27:03,234 --> 03:27:05,200
They were out day in, day out.

3951
03:27:06,134 --> 03:27:07,634
For the entire period.

3952
03:27:07,634 --> 03:27:10,601
On bicycles, on foot, on carts,

3953
03:27:11,102 --> 03:27:15,034
interacting in the clinic,
making sure that they made

3954
03:27:15,935 --> 03:27:18,700
the city
of Atlanta proud of the services
that they were providing.

3955
03:27:19,868 --> 03:27:22,567
And with that,
I will turn it over to Doug with

3956
03:27:22,567 --> 03:27:25,567
Parks and Rec.

3957
03:27:30,633 --> 03:27:31,701
All right.

3958
03:27:32,135 --> 03:27:33,667
Good afternoon.
Doug Vos, Department of Parks
and Recreation.

3959
03:27:33,667 --> 03:27:35,201
I'll keep my comments short.

3960
03:27:35,201 --> 03:27:38,067
We actually had a number
of items that we offered

3961
03:27:38,067 --> 03:27:40,501
during FIFA.
We left it to about six.

3962
03:27:40,501 --> 03:27:42,434
First off, we offered community
watch parties.

3963
03:27:42,434 --> 03:27:43,867
We did that at five locations,

3964
03:27:43,867 --> 03:27:46,134
including CT Martin
Atlanta memorial.

3965
03:27:46,134 --> 03:27:49,101
We partnered
with the YMCA, Carver, YMCA

3966
03:27:49,534 --> 03:27:52,434
Candler,
as well as Sarah Gonzalez Park.

3967
03:27:52,434 --> 03:27:53,434
We offered a new sport.

3968
03:27:53,434 --> 03:27:54,434
We offered foot golf.

3969
03:27:54,434 --> 03:27:56,501
It's basically a golf, a sport
that's played

3970
03:27:56,501 --> 03:27:58,468
much like golf with your foot,

3971
03:27:58,468 --> 03:28:00,934
with your feet, and that's
provided on the bottom.

3972
03:28:00,934 --> 03:28:03,401
And what's interesting
about that

3973
03:28:03,401 --> 03:28:06,468
is that we've actually
had more people

3974
03:28:06,568 --> 03:28:08,101
sign up for T
times and Candler
during the hours

3975
03:28:08,101 --> 03:28:10,434
that we offer it
than we had come for golf.

3976
03:28:10,434 --> 03:28:12,935
So that's been actually
a really nice takeaway,

3977
03:28:12,935 --> 03:28:14,868
allowing the course
to be both the golf course

3978
03:28:14,868 --> 03:28:17,334
and it doesn't have any impact
with with golfers,

3979
03:28:17,334 --> 03:28:20,101
but it does provide for this
new sport.

3980
03:28:20,401 --> 03:28:22,368
Thrown labs.
We've talked much
about those recently.

3981
03:28:22,368 --> 03:28:24,568
That was always a program
that the department

3982
03:28:24,568 --> 03:28:26,735
wanted to offer more restrooms
in our city,

3983
03:28:26,735 --> 03:28:29,301
but FIFA trying to make sure
they had them in place before

3984
03:28:29,301 --> 03:28:31,067
FIFA was absolutely the goal.

3985
03:28:31,067 --> 03:28:32,501
We added ten new sites,

3986
03:28:32,501 --> 03:28:35,234
and in the first month
we had 15,000 visits.

3987
03:28:35,234 --> 03:28:36,334
At those ten.

3988
03:28:36,334 --> 03:28:37,934
We've actually added two more

3989
03:28:37,934 --> 03:28:40,034
since that time, one here
at City Hall

3990
03:28:40,034 --> 03:28:42,234
and one at John Calhoun Park.

3991
03:28:42,234 --> 03:28:44,801
And I'll have more to say
about that in one minute.

3992
03:28:44,801 --> 03:28:46,900
We've also offered staff
watch parties.

3993
03:28:46,900 --> 03:28:48,034
We haven't traditionally done

3994
03:28:48,034 --> 03:28:50,267
that when large events
come to the city.

3995
03:28:50,267 --> 03:28:52,600
We wanted to make sure that they
felt a part of those events.

3996
03:28:52,600 --> 03:28:54,001
So we did a staff picnic.

3997
03:28:54,001 --> 03:28:56,934
We offered an opportunity
to do a potluck

3998
03:28:56,934 --> 03:28:58,668
watch party
at our office up the street,

3999
03:28:58,668 --> 03:29:01,434
and those were really well
received. Camp best friends.

4000
03:29:01,434 --> 03:29:04,968
Our theme of the entire summer
was one world, one Goal.

4001
03:29:05,102 --> 03:29:08,967
We distributed over 3000 soccer
balls to all of our children

4002
03:29:08,967 --> 03:29:11,935
that were participating in that,
for the summer.

4003
03:29:12,002 --> 03:29:13,767
And then we also offered
enhanced maintenance.

4004
03:29:13,767 --> 03:29:15,401
So we did come up with a plan

4005
03:29:15,401 --> 03:29:17,600
to make sure that mainly
our downtown parks,

4006
03:29:17,600 --> 03:29:18,700
but not just our downtown,

4007
03:29:18,700 --> 03:29:20,267
our parks, we're serviced on

4008
03:29:20,267 --> 03:29:23,035
a more frequent basis
than we normally do.

4009
03:29:23,035 --> 03:29:26,701
And we think we've got
pretty good results out of that,

4010
03:29:26,801 --> 03:29:28,735
out of all of these.
I think the thing that was most
surprising for parks

4011
03:29:28,735 --> 03:29:31,700
is how many of these things
actually are sustainable.

4012
03:29:31,767 --> 03:29:33,067
I'll give you three examples.

4013
03:29:33,067 --> 03:29:34,801
Number one is the programing

4014
03:29:34,801 --> 03:29:37,801
we mentioned about the foot golf
that continues to this day.

4015
03:29:37,868 --> 03:29:39,901
You can still register for a
tee time to play foot

4016
03:29:39,901 --> 03:29:42,234
golf at Candler.
Are going to continue to do so.

4017
03:29:42,234 --> 03:29:43,768
And then integrating the

4018
03:29:43,768 --> 03:29:46,900
the event FIFA into our campus
friends actually was a

4019
03:29:46,967 --> 03:29:48,034
was a tremendous success.

4020
03:29:48,034 --> 03:29:50,401
The kids loved it, staff
bought into it

4021
03:29:50,401 --> 03:29:51,801
and we really enjoyed that.

4022
03:29:51,801 --> 03:29:54,434
A second has to do with
the restrooms. As I mentioned.

4023
03:29:54,434 --> 03:29:57,634
As I mentioned, we had
15,000 visits the first month.

4024
03:29:57,801 --> 03:30:00,101
Last month
we had over 10,000 visits.

4025
03:30:00,101 --> 03:30:03,134
That's still a very high number
and shows a high demand

4026
03:30:03,134 --> 03:30:04,101
for restrooms.

4027
03:30:04,101 --> 03:30:05,267
And what really surprised me

4028
03:30:05,267 --> 03:30:07,934
is two of those restrooms,
one at Walton Springs Park,

4029
03:30:07,934 --> 03:30:09,167
which is on international,

4030
03:30:09,167 --> 03:30:11,768
and one at Hardy ID Park,
which is on Peachtree.

4031
03:30:11,768 --> 03:30:14,368
We were thinking maybe
after FIFA, those will move.

4032
03:30:14,368 --> 03:30:17,401
They are still amongst
our highest restrooms

4033
03:30:17,401 --> 03:30:18,667
to get the most visits.

4034
03:30:18,667 --> 03:30:19,968
And so that learning

4035
03:30:19,968 --> 03:30:22,901
curve has been really great
and we continue to do that.

4036
03:30:22,901 --> 03:30:24,701
And then the third
as I mentioned, was enhanced

4037
03:30:24,701 --> 03:30:27,201
maintenance.
That is absolutely replicable.

4038
03:30:27,201 --> 03:30:28,534
When we have another large
event,

4039
03:30:28,534 --> 03:30:31,134
we're going to initiate
that same program

4040
03:30:31,134 --> 03:30:32,967
to make sure
that all of our services

4041
03:30:32,967 --> 03:30:35,934
can be at the highest extent
when needed.

4042
03:30:36,067 --> 03:30:37,701
The last item
I'll say that's absolutely

4043
03:30:37,701 --> 03:30:39,701
replicable
has to do with our staff.

4044
03:30:39,701 --> 03:30:42,967
Our staff absolutely
bought in to having FIFA here.

4045
03:30:43,034 --> 03:30:45,234
They enjoyed
being a part of the process,

4046
03:30:45,234 --> 03:30:46,967
the planning of it,
trying to find out

4047
03:30:46,967 --> 03:30:49,067
what works best
with their their sites.

4048
03:30:49,067 --> 03:30:50,468
And these are just
some of the pictures.

4049
03:30:50,468 --> 03:30:52,101
It didn't matter
if you were in aquatics,

4050
03:30:52,101 --> 03:30:54,368
if you're a park rangers

4051
03:30:54,801 --> 03:30:56,800
working with the camp
program across the board,
we'd say it was very successful

4052
03:30:56,800 --> 03:30:58,568
and something
we look to integrate

4053
03:30:58,568 --> 03:31:00,701
with other future events
in Atlanta.

4054
03:31:00,701 --> 03:31:02,667
With that,
I will hand it over to chief.

4055
03:31:08,734 --> 03:31:10,534
Good afternoon, Council

4056
03:31:10,534 --> 03:31:13,934
Alison, future chief officer
for the City of Atlanta.

4057
03:31:14,534 --> 03:31:19,433
So what good is all of this work
and what good is all of this?

4058
03:31:20,001 --> 03:31:21,801
A large scale event

4059
03:31:21,801 --> 03:31:24,601
welcoming the world
if we don't communicate properly

4060
03:31:24,601 --> 03:31:28,301
or we don't recap the good work
that's done here.

4061
03:31:28,301 --> 03:31:31,368
So with the wrong way.

4062
03:31:31,801 --> 03:31:34,900
So from this,
some of our departmental

4063
03:31:35,167 --> 03:31:40,034
highlights include we had a
we stood up a virtual GIC.

4064
03:31:40,468 --> 03:31:42,101
So we met every day

4065
03:31:42,101 --> 03:31:45,700
with all of the comms
leads across the organization

4066
03:31:45,700 --> 03:31:47,401
so that we can make sure we were

4067
03:31:47,401 --> 03:31:50,401
synchronized in our media
and our public safety,

4068
03:31:50,401 --> 03:31:53,301
transportation
and our executive communications

4069
03:31:53,301 --> 03:31:54,668
so that we can ensure that

4070
03:31:54,668 --> 03:31:58,501
everyone one band, one sound,
everyone saying the same thing.

4071
03:31:58,501 --> 03:32:02,067
So from that call,
we produce daily readiness

4072
03:32:02,067 --> 03:32:05,668
content, messaging,
media coordination.

4073
03:32:05,668 --> 03:32:09,334
We were able to speak in
one voice through all of the

4074
03:32:09,401 --> 03:32:11,368
various departments we created.

4075
03:32:11,368 --> 03:32:14,401
Graphics at all, could share
so that we were

4076
03:32:14,401 --> 03:32:18,034
communicating the same message
across cohesively.

4077
03:32:18,334 --> 03:32:21,267
We also deployed on the days
that got hot.

4078
03:32:21,267 --> 03:32:24,600
It was a several several days
that people were standing in

4079
03:32:25,468 --> 03:32:28,167
line and couldn't
get into FanFest.

4080
03:32:28,167 --> 03:32:30,867
We deployed mobile digital
messaging trucks.

4081
03:32:30,867 --> 03:32:32,102
I don't know if y'all saw

4082
03:32:32,102 --> 03:32:35,668
they were broadcasting the Game
and Broadcasting FanFest.

4083
03:32:35,768 --> 03:32:38,734
So as people
were waiting in lines for

4084
03:32:39,501 --> 03:32:43,401
FanFest, they could also view
the games at the same time.

4085
03:32:43,768 --> 03:32:47,234
From this,
we also published 55 FIFA

4086
03:32:47,234 --> 03:32:51,167
related stories on ATL direct,
we had close to 2

4087
03:32:51,167 --> 03:32:55,534
billion impressions in media,
and we also had over

4088
03:32:55,534 --> 03:32:59,367
200 million
social media impressions online.

4089
03:32:59,734 --> 03:33:02,300
So one another thing that we,

4090
03:33:03,301 --> 03:33:05,934
drew from
this is we are one message.

4091
03:33:05,934 --> 03:33:07,601
The communications function

4092
03:33:07,601 --> 03:33:09,934
became the connective tissue
between

4093
03:33:09,934 --> 03:33:11,601
what was going on in the field,

4094
03:33:11,601 --> 03:33:13,834
what was going on
with executive leadership

4095
03:33:13,834 --> 03:33:15,201
in the media, in the public.

4096
03:33:15,201 --> 03:33:19,334
So since we are one message,
we became clearer, faster,

4097
03:33:19,434 --> 03:33:22,400
broader and stronger.

4098
03:33:23,034 --> 03:33:25,935
So key takeaway
we stood up a website.

4099
03:33:25,935 --> 03:33:28,867
So if you take your phone out,
you can scan the QR code

4100
03:33:28,867 --> 03:33:31,834
and there's a website ATL
and beyond

4101
03:33:32,568 --> 03:33:35,868
that lists
everything that every department

4102
03:33:35,935 --> 03:33:39,368
contributed to during
this activation of FIFA.

4103
03:33:39,501 --> 03:33:41,634
So and we also had a booklet,

4104
03:33:41,634 --> 03:33:43,434
I don't know
if everyone has a booklet

4105
03:33:43,434 --> 03:33:47,034
that is a Leave Behind booklet
that was given to you.

4106
03:33:47,167 --> 03:33:49,834
We also created that as well.

4107
03:33:49,834 --> 03:33:53,501
Lastly,
I want to say we also received

4108
03:33:53,501 --> 03:33:56,967
some very exciting recognition
coming out of FIFA.

4109
03:33:57,668 --> 03:34:01,835
Our efforts, FIFA efforts
and Lana along with Boston,

4110
03:34:02,002 --> 03:34:07,568
will have been selected
to receive the 2026 US Sports

4111
03:34:07,801 --> 03:34:12,333
Diplomacy Award from the Public
Diplomacy Council of America.

4112
03:34:13,167 --> 03:34:13,533
That.

4113
03:34:17,634 --> 03:34:20,634
This award recognizes
how it welcomed the world

4114
03:34:20,634 --> 03:34:24,934
and the tremendous citywide
effort that made FIFA a success.

4115
03:34:25,701 --> 03:34:28,834
With that, I will hand it back
over to Chief Burks.

4116
03:34:32,334 --> 03:34:34,502
Thank you, thank you, thank you.

4117
03:34:34,702 --> 03:34:38,333
I hope we met our time
limit, Madam President, but
each of you will receive a book.

4118
03:34:38,667 --> 03:34:40,267
We did it.

4119
03:34:40,267 --> 03:34:42,934
And while we were not able
to highlight

4120
03:34:42,934 --> 03:34:47,334
every department today,
this book does that.

4121
03:34:47,334 --> 03:34:49,034
And we still have some other

4122
03:34:49,034 --> 03:34:50,634
commissioners
and all who are here.

4123
03:34:50,634 --> 03:34:53,267
So we are open for questions
if there are any.

4124
03:34:53,267 --> 03:34:55,633
But it's at your discretion.

4125
03:34:55,633 --> 03:34:57,334
Madam president, I don't mind.

4126
03:34:57,334 --> 03:34:59,267
I don't mind at all
because they know

4127
03:34:59,267 --> 03:35:01,834
that they are deciding
how long this goes.

4128
03:35:01,834 --> 03:35:03,301
Okay.

4129
03:35:03,301 --> 03:35:05,634
Don't mind one bit.

4130
03:35:05,634 --> 03:35:08,066
Any council
members with the question?

4131
03:35:09,801 --> 03:35:12,767
Look at
their council member, Alex Wine.

4132
03:35:13,067 --> 03:35:13,967
Thank you, Madam President.

4133
03:35:13,967 --> 03:35:15,700
Thank you, madam, CCOO.

4134
03:35:15,700 --> 03:35:17,168
I did want to echo

4135
03:35:17,168 --> 03:35:20,434
my appreciation and accolades
for a job really well done.

4136
03:35:20,534 --> 03:35:23,668
I, I think as you walked around
the community, the city,

4137
03:35:23,668 --> 03:35:26,633
the residents, the business
owners, everybody,

4138
03:35:27,368 --> 03:35:29,768
just comment
about how well executed it was.

4139
03:35:29,768 --> 03:35:33,002
And it was because of everybody
on your team

4140
03:35:33,002 --> 03:35:36,034
and the partners we had that
that made it successful.

4141
03:35:36,267 --> 03:35:40,234
I also wanted to just extend my
thank you, because it went past

4142
03:35:40,234 --> 03:35:43,500
that last match all the way
up to the final viewing party

4143
03:35:43,500 --> 03:35:44,434
in Piedmont Park.

4144
03:35:44,434 --> 03:35:45,534
And I think folks

4145
03:35:45,534 --> 03:35:47,668
forgot about that,
that your officers

4146
03:35:47,668 --> 03:35:49,900
and all that had to stay on
for those extra days.

4147
03:35:49,900 --> 03:35:51,735
And, just wanted to

4148
03:35:51,735 --> 03:35:55,201
thank you all for that as well
as the how successful that was,

4149
03:35:55,434 --> 03:35:57,035
I think
gave us a lot of best practices

4150
03:35:57,035 --> 03:36:00,468
in terms of how the city does
big events really well

4151
03:36:00,468 --> 03:36:03,500
and what we can learn for future
special events there.

4152
03:36:03,867 --> 03:36:04,935
As transportation chair,

4153
03:36:04,935 --> 03:36:08,035
I just wanted to put out there
and not for today.

4154
03:36:08,168 --> 03:36:11,067
And I've already mentioned
this to the commissioner
as well as the CFO.

4155
03:36:11,067 --> 03:36:12,568
There's a lot of great work

4156
03:36:12,568 --> 03:36:15,068
done downtown on infrastructure
through the Auburn,

4157
03:36:15,068 --> 03:36:18,801
but I understand that there was
still resources left in that.

4158
03:36:18,801 --> 03:36:21,967
And I'd like to at some point
do a reconciliation of that.

4159
03:36:22,034 --> 03:36:23,334
If there are extra funds.

4160
03:36:23,334 --> 03:36:27,001
Let's talk about how we can
continue deploying those

4161
03:36:27,534 --> 03:36:30,568
in a really efficient way
that ATL Dot was doing.

4162
03:36:30,568 --> 03:36:33,801
So like look forward
to having that conversation.

4163
03:36:33,935 --> 03:36:36,767
Sure. Thank you.
We are still reconciling
the books on that one.

4164
03:36:36,767 --> 03:36:37,767
I think that was mentioned

4165
03:36:37,767 --> 03:36:39,368
in transportation

4166
03:36:39,368 --> 03:36:41,334
during the quarterly
presentation last week,

4167
03:36:41,334 --> 03:36:43,800
but we'll make sure we bring
that to council when it's done.

4168
03:36:47,134 --> 03:36:51,501
Council member Lewis.

4169
03:36:52,068 --> 03:36:54,901
And I
echo Council Member one
and extending my congratulations

4170
03:36:54,901 --> 03:36:58,633
to the mayor's entire team
on the efforts done during FIFA.

4171
03:36:59,201 --> 03:37:02,201
Even unlike the Olympics,
we felt FIFA

4172
03:37:02,201 --> 03:37:05,601
in as far down
as Jonesboro and Southside.

4173
03:37:05,601 --> 03:37:08,068
So when you come down to Parks
and Rick

4174
03:37:08,068 --> 03:37:12,201
and the Department of Fire
and the Fire and Fire Department

4175
03:37:12,201 --> 03:37:15,300
and the police,
the a PD all working together,

4176
03:37:15,867 --> 03:37:18,134
it was an amazing time
period for us.

4177
03:37:18,134 --> 03:37:22,700
We truly felt FIFA
in my community multiple times.

4178
03:37:23,267 --> 03:37:26,901
I want to also say that
I heard Commissioner Voss

4179
03:37:26,968 --> 03:37:29,900
say that they're not
going to move the restrooms,

4180
03:37:29,900 --> 03:37:31,734
but part of the plan.

4181
03:37:31,734 --> 03:37:33,102
I think what we talked about

4182
03:37:33,102 --> 03:37:35,768
was that you were going to
look at parks, some of the parks

4183
03:37:35,768 --> 03:37:38,134
that in the South Side
don't have restrooms

4184
03:37:38,134 --> 03:37:40,267
to look at moving
some of those restrooms.

4185
03:37:40,267 --> 03:37:41,401
I know that they've

4186
03:37:41,401 --> 03:37:44,201
they may get a lot of use
right now, but

4187
03:37:44,201 --> 03:37:47,167
put them in a park like South
Bend in the summertime

4188
03:37:47,601 --> 03:37:50,002
and see the type of usage
that it would get as well.

4189
03:37:50,002 --> 03:37:53,133
So I want to still look at
moving the restrooms down south

4190
03:37:53,900 --> 03:37:57,001
at other areas.

4191
03:37:57,501 --> 03:38:00,102
Boom.
If I may, just on that point,
I'm sorry if I wasn't clear.

4192
03:38:00,202 --> 03:38:02,434
We are we're excited to leave
the restrooms that they are

4193
03:38:02,434 --> 03:38:04,468
and buy more restrooms
for all those sites.

4194
03:38:04,468 --> 03:38:05,534
What I was surprised did.

4195
03:38:05,534 --> 03:38:06,768
I didn't know if all those sites

4196
03:38:06,768 --> 03:38:08,067
would be as popular
as they were.

4197
03:38:08,067 --> 03:38:09,234
They have proven they are,

4198
03:38:09,234 --> 03:38:10,768
which just means we need to add

4199
03:38:10,768 --> 03:38:13,301
additional restrooms,
not take any way

4200
03:38:13,301 --> 03:38:15,468
that are functioning well, and
I know you'll make it happen.

4201
03:38:15,468 --> 03:38:16,800
I just know that when you have

4202
03:38:16,800 --> 03:38:18,634
fee for money,
it happens for real.

4203
03:38:18,634 --> 03:38:21,668
And the plan
was to move them to other areas.

4204
03:38:22,002 --> 03:38:24,667
So I want to make sure
that the areas that don't have
the restrooms currently, right,

4205
03:38:24,734 --> 03:38:26,035
they get moved down there.

4206
03:38:26,035 --> 03:38:29,668
Because if you look at today,
I'll be introducing legislation

4207
03:38:29,668 --> 03:38:31,401
looking at
some of the disparities around.

4208
03:38:31,401 --> 03:38:34,368
But if you can look at moving
the restrooms to the places

4209
03:38:34,368 --> 03:38:35,201
that they were.

4210
03:38:35,201 --> 03:38:37,434
Lastly, I love the trash cans.

4211
03:38:37,434 --> 03:38:40,401
I love walking around the FIFA
sites, seeing the trash cans.

4212
03:38:40,401 --> 03:38:43,801
I felt like I was in D.C.,
I was in D.C.

4213
03:38:43,968 --> 03:38:45,134
this weekend.
I counted more trash cans

4214
03:38:45,134 --> 03:38:47,468
and I see on Cleveland
Avenue on one corner.

4215
03:38:47,468 --> 03:38:49,234
And so if you could look
at some of the trash

4216
03:38:49,234 --> 03:38:50,668
cans that we have down in the

4217
03:38:50,668 --> 03:38:54,100
the area that does
not have as many people after

4218
03:38:54,633 --> 03:38:56,201
after the World Cup

4219
03:38:56,201 --> 03:38:57,668
leaves, can we look at

4220
03:38:57,668 --> 03:38:59,900
other parts of the city
to put more trash cans?

4221
03:38:59,900 --> 03:39:01,401
I've seen my good council member

4222
03:39:01,401 --> 03:39:03,768
Byron Amos actually spend
funding,

4223
03:39:03,768 --> 03:39:06,135
spend some of his resources
on putting trash cans.

4224
03:39:06,135 --> 03:39:09,034
I did as well, but if you can
look at moving the trash cans.

4225
03:39:09,034 --> 03:39:11,701
Last thing the a p d didn't.

4226
03:39:12,335 --> 03:39:15,801
Amazing job.
Want to give him a huge, huge
huge shout out to my major Major

4227
03:39:15,868 --> 03:39:19,768
Woolfolk out of zone three
who was borrowed over

4228
03:39:19,768 --> 03:39:22,868
to help manage
and run this faction,

4229
03:39:23,002 --> 03:39:27,167
and glad to have him back
on the ground his own.

4230
03:39:27,167 --> 03:39:32,235
Three we do know that it was a
well run, so efficient,

4231
03:39:32,435 --> 03:39:35,267
so effective
because you all had one
of the best majors in the world

4232
03:39:35,267 --> 03:39:36,767
down there
getting that stuff done.

4233
03:39:36,767 --> 03:39:38,734
Major Woolford from zone three.

4234
03:39:38,734 --> 03:39:40,334
Morehouse brother Lana bread.

4235
03:39:40,334 --> 03:39:41,800
Thank you again.

4236
03:39:41,800 --> 03:39:42,967
So Council

4237
03:39:43,568 --> 03:39:46,601
member Lewis
we definitely want to give kudos
to Major Woolfolk.

4238
03:39:46,601 --> 03:39:49,568
But every major
I said all the AP first

4239
03:39:49,634 --> 03:39:51,800
every then I know what major
for a little while.

4240
03:39:51,800 --> 03:39:53,634
Yes they took my major

4241
03:39:53,634 --> 03:39:57,533
for the entire time period and
and we suffered in that area.

4242
03:39:57,633 --> 03:39:58,968
We are already

4243
03:39:58,968 --> 03:40:01,934
being innovative again
now that we got them back.

4244
03:40:01,934 --> 03:40:03,334
And so I know he was gone

4245
03:40:03,334 --> 03:40:05,434
that in time
period, entire time period,

4246
03:40:05,434 --> 03:40:06,700
because the community
knew it too.

4247
03:40:06,700 --> 03:40:07,901
It was like he was gone.

4248
03:40:07,901 --> 03:40:09,900
But now we got him back
and we've been able to

4249
03:40:09,900 --> 03:40:10,867
fix some stuff again.

4250
03:40:10,867 --> 03:40:13,835
So huge, huge shout out to APD

4251
03:40:13,968 --> 03:40:16,934
and thank you for sending Major
Woodford back to zone three.

4252
03:40:17,334 --> 03:40:18,967
Thank you, Councilmember Lewis.

4253
03:40:21,201 --> 03:40:23,701
Council Member Collins,

4254
03:40:23,701 --> 03:40:25,900
no, thank you so much for this
presentation

4255
03:40:25,900 --> 03:40:27,434
and the book as well.

4256
03:40:27,434 --> 03:40:31,201
Also,
just wanting to, extend a deep

4257
03:40:31,267 --> 03:40:35,200
thanks for every, you know,
for everyone that may be for,

4258
03:40:36,067 --> 03:40:39,701
successful
having my having an opportunity

4259
03:40:39,701 --> 03:40:42,500
to take advantage of something
that was on my bucket list

4260
03:40:42,500 --> 03:40:43,868
and seeing how

4261
03:40:43,868 --> 03:40:46,834
everyone just enjoyed
the city was really something

4262
03:40:47,835 --> 03:40:50,301
truly admirable.
So thank you
to all the departments, to all

4263
03:40:50,301 --> 03:40:54,134
volunteers, everyone in the city
that really made this happen.

4264
03:40:54,768 --> 03:40:57,734
And so I do I do have just
a couple of questions,

4265
03:40:58,401 --> 03:41:00,001
in terms
of just kind of next steps.

4266
03:41:00,001 --> 03:41:02,667
So I know Commissioner one,
I not commissioner

4267
03:41:02,667 --> 03:41:03,868
council member one

4268
03:41:03,868 --> 03:41:06,568
talked about like the funding,
the grant funding piece.

4269
03:41:06,568 --> 03:41:09,500
No, no, no immediate response
now, but in terms of,

4270
03:41:10,334 --> 03:41:14,101
any the status and updates
on those that will go with that

4271
03:41:14,101 --> 03:41:16,633
go through FEC
or will they go through CVS?

4272
03:41:18,567 --> 03:41:20,368
Probably FEC.

4273
03:41:20,868 --> 03:41:22,368
Okay.
And if we
need to do something with CDs,

4274
03:41:22,368 --> 03:41:23,935
we will work with council
president

4275
03:41:23,935 --> 03:41:27,201
on which the which committee
is the appropriate committee.

4276
03:41:27,301 --> 03:41:28,834
And now that the event is over.

4277
03:41:28,834 --> 03:41:30,633
Do we have any do we

4278
03:41:30,633 --> 03:41:32,735
are there any funding

4279
03:41:32,868 --> 03:41:36,035
restrictions like do
we need to spend the money down
by a certain period.

4280
03:41:36,035 --> 03:41:39,434
Is there could you know
only things that we could use it

4281
03:41:39,434 --> 03:41:42,433
for that was tied to FIFA
infrastructure.

4282
03:41:42,433 --> 03:41:44,101
Any limitations.

4283
03:41:44,101 --> 03:41:47,534
So the infrastructure bond
not as much as the grant

4284
03:41:47,534 --> 03:41:49,334
funding for public safety. Okay.

4285
03:41:49,334 --> 03:41:51,800
We have a deadline for the grant
funding for public safety.

4286
03:41:51,800 --> 03:41:55,434
It only paid for the 40 days.

4287
03:41:56,435 --> 03:41:59,134
Well,
it did go back to July 1st
the previous year for equipment,

4288
03:41:59,434 --> 03:42:03,568
but from staffing perspective,
it only pays for the time

4289
03:42:04,035 --> 03:42:08,601
that our public safety personnel
worked within those 39 to

4290
03:42:08,768 --> 03:42:12,001
40 days.
But they are a bond
has a little more flexibility.

4291
03:42:12,201 --> 03:42:13,468
Okay.
And so part of the grant report

4292
03:42:13,468 --> 03:42:16,434
will have those pieces in there.
Yes, ma'am. Okay, great.

4293
03:42:16,434 --> 03:42:19,634
And then my last question,
which is probably a bigger

4294
03:42:19,634 --> 03:42:23,067
question, I definitely want to
I definitely just want to uplift

4295
03:42:23,368 --> 03:42:27,668
and thank you all and thank the
thank the administration

4296
03:42:27,768 --> 03:42:32,668
and the and and the city
leadership and departments for

4297
03:42:33,068 --> 03:42:35,401
and I don't think we realize
that this is what I learned

4298
03:42:35,401 --> 03:42:38,735
through fulfilling
in truly the gaps

4299
03:42:39,002 --> 03:42:43,768
of whether it was showcase ATL
the things that Parks and Works

4300
03:42:43,768 --> 03:42:47,601
did, the things that fire
and public Safety did, what I

4301
03:42:47,668 --> 03:42:50,102
learned through this process
and asking, you know,

4302
03:42:50,102 --> 03:42:57,168
being those, I'll say asking
questions was realizing the,

4303
03:42:57,335 --> 03:43:00,067
how a lot
of the major things
were streamlined through FIFA

4304
03:43:00,067 --> 03:43:02,800
as an organization
and through the chamber

4305
03:43:02,800 --> 03:43:04,967
and through the Atlanta
Sports Council

4306
03:43:04,967 --> 03:43:07,801
and those things
that were not met that we know

4307
03:43:07,801 --> 03:43:11,767
as a city, we needed to have
the city administration

4308
03:43:11,934 --> 03:43:13,768
stepped,
you know, stepped up to feel

4309
03:43:13,768 --> 03:43:16,501
that the impotence of showcase
ATL knows things.

4310
03:43:16,501 --> 03:43:18,167
So I just want to applaud

4311
03:43:18,167 --> 03:43:21,767
you guys and give you guys
your shine and glow for that.

4312
03:43:21,900 --> 03:43:24,834
And so my question
is moving forward

4313
03:43:24,834 --> 03:43:28,267
as Atlanta has become a
the city of,

4314
03:43:28,334 --> 03:43:31,301
you know, like we're on a radar
now for a lot of great events.

4315
03:43:32,068 --> 03:43:37,301
Any glow grows or anything
that you all are thinking about.

4316
03:43:37,368 --> 03:43:39,568
What what's next

4317
03:43:39,568 --> 03:43:43,101
coming from what we,
you know, learn from from FIFA.

4318
03:43:43,334 --> 03:43:46,834
And the second part today is how
we as a council in our time

4319
03:43:46,834 --> 03:43:50,302
could be able to support
just that.

4320
03:43:50,602 --> 03:43:54,967
Because you all did a lot.
I don't think people realize
like showcase ATL, the spaces

4321
03:43:54,967 --> 03:43:56,900
and events that, you know,

4322
03:43:56,900 --> 03:43:59,101
we probably got criticized
as a city.

4323
03:43:59,101 --> 03:44:00,501
Like those are things

4324
03:44:00,501 --> 03:44:04,167
that the administration,
LinkedIn and provided that

4325
03:44:04,334 --> 03:44:05,533
when we compare

4326
03:44:06,801 --> 03:44:09,801
other cities, whether
it's the Austin or the New York,

4327
03:44:09,901 --> 03:44:12,102
I pushed back
and I said, let's be clear,

4328
03:44:12,102 --> 03:44:16,368
like we the city stepped in and
and close the gap will provide

4329
03:44:16,368 --> 03:44:20,102
an opportunity when it wasn't
even at the table.

4330
03:44:20,402 --> 03:44:21,967
So I do want to
just give you all that shine,
but want to just

4331
03:44:21,967 --> 03:44:24,567
kind of your responses on
what's next. Sure.

4332
03:44:24,567 --> 03:44:25,800
Thank you for that.

4333
03:44:25,800 --> 03:44:27,334
Councilmember Collins,

4334
03:44:27,334 --> 03:44:28,334
I can tell you

4335
03:44:28,334 --> 03:44:31,101
and each of the department
can tell you that

4336
03:44:31,101 --> 03:44:33,401
we put together our successes.

4337
03:44:33,401 --> 03:44:36,735
We also put together
we have an operational manual

4338
03:44:36,735 --> 03:44:40,234
where we have what things
are lasting impact for the city.

4339
03:44:40,735 --> 03:44:44,301
So we have those listed out
by department as well as

4340
03:44:44,501 --> 03:44:47,468
what were some takeaways
that we could do better on.

4341
03:44:47,634 --> 03:44:50,501
And as we prepare for now, Super

4342
03:44:50,501 --> 03:44:53,767
Bowl in 2028
and any other large scale event.

4343
03:44:54,368 --> 03:44:56,334
So it is definitely
by department.

4344
03:44:56,334 --> 03:44:59,301
The teams have worked
really, really hard on that.

4345
03:44:59,768 --> 03:45:02,301
We celebrated,
but then we also went back

4346
03:45:02,301 --> 03:45:04,101
in a very short period of time

4347
03:45:04,101 --> 03:45:07,134
and put together,
I call them Glows and Grows.

4348
03:45:07,501 --> 03:45:10,701
So what are the grows
and what are the lasting impacts

4349
03:45:10,701 --> 03:45:13,668
for each department
that we're leaving in this city?

4350
03:45:13,668 --> 03:45:16,234
That will never change
as a result of World Cup.

4351
03:45:16,234 --> 03:45:17,433
What last question.

4352
03:45:17,433 --> 03:45:18,001
And Madam Chair,

4353
03:45:18,001 --> 03:45:19,201
I defer in terms of

4354
03:45:19,201 --> 03:45:22,167
just piggyback and often at
what would be the

4355
03:45:22,234 --> 03:45:25,201
what what would be
the roadmap for us to,

4356
03:45:25,634 --> 03:45:27,433
you know, as council members to,

4357
03:45:28,500 --> 03:45:29,968
you know, to to

4358
03:45:29,968 --> 03:45:32,934
keep consistent knowledge
of that information or,

4359
03:45:33,034 --> 03:45:36,001
or track or see
so that it's not the ramp up

4360
03:45:36,067 --> 03:45:37,601
like when we get to Super Bowl.

4361
03:45:37,601 --> 03:45:39,735
It's not the ramp
up of all the things,

4362
03:45:39,735 --> 03:45:41,501
but it's a continuing
conversation.

4363
03:45:41,501 --> 03:45:44,835
Would that be through Office
of Entertainment will that will

4364
03:45:44,835 --> 03:45:47,901
showcase ATL continue
as a continuing effort?

4365
03:45:48,068 --> 03:45:50,701
Like what does that look like
for us to stay informed

4366
03:45:50,701 --> 03:45:54,334
so we can continue to inform
the city, our constituency?

4367
03:45:54,501 --> 03:45:57,667
Yes. So Showcase Atlanta
is intended to stay around.

4368
03:45:58,368 --> 03:46:01,001
It is in the process of forming

4369
03:46:01,001 --> 03:46:03,967
the final stages of a 501 C3.

4370
03:46:04,201 --> 03:46:06,234
So it will be around for us.

4371
03:46:06,234 --> 03:46:07,267
We hope forever

4372
03:46:07,267 --> 03:46:10,601
is another lasting legacy,
and it is the venue

4373
03:46:10,768 --> 03:46:15,201
that we can take in order
to showcase Atlanta in ways

4374
03:46:15,201 --> 03:46:19,301
that whoever is hosting an event
may not do it, and we know how

4375
03:46:19,301 --> 03:46:20,735
we want it done in Atlanta.

4376
03:46:20,735 --> 03:46:23,567
It does give us that
avenue and venue to do it.

4377
03:46:24,567 --> 03:46:25,234
You're welcome.

4378
03:46:25,234 --> 03:46:28,233
Thank you.

4379
03:46:29,634 --> 03:46:32,600
Now we will hear
from Kelsey Bond.

4380
03:46:32,934 --> 03:46:34,101
Thank you.

4381
03:46:34,101 --> 03:46:36,634
I just a similar short question.

4382
03:46:36,634 --> 03:46:39,834
Kind of a relaxing with council
member Collins, I think,

4383
03:46:40,701 --> 03:46:43,201
during FIFA,
there were questions

4384
03:46:43,201 --> 03:46:46,334
about, you know, how much
city dollars we were spending.

4385
03:46:46,401 --> 03:46:48,968
I don't know if that's something
y'all have put together.

4386
03:46:48,968 --> 03:46:51,668
That's something we're going
to hear about in fiqh,

4387
03:46:51,668 --> 03:46:56,068
but have you all put together
anything like that?

4388
03:46:56,335 --> 03:46:59,500
Absolutely.
That will also be presented
in FSE as we do our close out.

4389
03:46:59,667 --> 03:47:00,901
So every department.

4390
03:47:00,901 --> 03:47:04,967
Well, we had a fee for tracking
numbers set up by finance

4391
03:47:05,101 --> 03:47:06,601
for every department.

4392
03:47:06,601 --> 03:47:09,334
So you'll probably see
public works,

4393
03:47:09,334 --> 03:47:10,668
a couple of other departments.

4394
03:47:10,668 --> 03:47:15,267
But most of the funding actually
was on the public safety side.

4395
03:47:15,267 --> 03:47:16,568
And everything we could put with

4396
03:47:16,568 --> 03:47:18,368
the grant is where
we're putting that.

4397
03:47:18,368 --> 03:47:21,533
So yes, there will be
an overview of that as well.

4398
03:47:22,634 --> 03:47:25,134
Okay.
So city dollars
plus the grants we received.

4399
03:47:25,368 --> 03:47:28,668
Absolutely. Okay. Thank you.

4400
03:47:28,768 --> 03:47:30,834
That's it.
Thank you, Councilmember bond.

4401
03:47:30,834 --> 03:47:32,834
Council member Andrea Boone.

4402
03:47:32,834 --> 03:47:34,167
Thank you, Madam President.

4403
03:47:34,167 --> 03:47:37,934
Just wanting to commend,
public Works

4404
03:47:38,067 --> 03:47:41,900
for making sure
that we had a clean, sanitary

4405
03:47:41,900 --> 03:47:46,633
and very, very clean community
during FIFA.

4406
03:47:46,700 --> 03:47:48,601
Our communities did not suffer.

4407
03:47:48,601 --> 03:47:52,600
Thank you to Commissioner
Turner Solomon cavernous

4408
03:47:52,667 --> 03:47:54,267
our a dot commissioner.

4409
03:47:54,267 --> 03:47:56,734
Commissioner
de Vos, chief of fire.

4410
03:47:56,734 --> 03:47:57,900
Smith.

4411
03:47:57,900 --> 03:47:59,900
None of our activities suffered.

4412
03:47:59,900 --> 03:48:01,935
Chief bomb

4413
03:48:01,935 --> 03:48:05,334
also to the thousands
of employees that helped

4414
03:48:05,401 --> 03:48:07,234
with our FIFA activities.

4415
03:48:07,234 --> 03:48:10,867
With your leadership, madam
COO and Mayor Andre Dickens.

4416
03:48:11,001 --> 03:48:12,468
FIFA was a well

4417
03:48:12,468 --> 03:48:16,967
planned, well executed project
for the city of Atlanta

4418
03:48:17,067 --> 03:48:20,633
and we so appreciate
you all's attention to detail.

4419
03:48:20,767 --> 03:48:21,467
Thank you.

4420
03:48:24,234 --> 03:48:25,801
Thank you.

4421
03:48:25,901 --> 03:48:29,967
And this book will show
how many tons of trash
we collected during World Cup.

4422
03:48:30,167 --> 03:48:32,301
Special
thanks to all those departments.

4423
03:48:32,301 --> 03:48:34,501
And Councilmember Boone,
you actually gave us

4424
03:48:34,501 --> 03:48:36,967
a recommendation
that helped us with that.

4425
03:48:36,967 --> 03:48:38,301
And one of the recommendations

4426
03:48:38,301 --> 03:48:42,234
you gave us very early
on was to look at supplementing

4427
03:48:42,568 --> 03:48:46,534
our public works team with,
some companies

4428
03:48:46,534 --> 03:48:50,434
who were supporting
people who were unsheltered.

4429
03:48:50,701 --> 03:48:54,201
And we had an opportunity
to do that during World Cup,

4430
03:48:54,301 --> 03:48:57,102
which made a world of difference
and a good support to

4431
03:48:57,102 --> 03:49:00,368
our public works team, so that
they could continue to make sure

4432
03:49:00,534 --> 03:49:04,334
that trash was picked up
every day, in our neighborhood.

4433
03:49:04,401 --> 03:49:05,934
So thank you for that suggestion

4434
03:49:05,934 --> 03:49:08,934
and recommendation
very early on.

4435
03:49:14,101 --> 03:49:16,567
Council member Wayne Martin,
thank you, Madam

4436
03:49:16,567 --> 03:49:18,634
President, to Madam CEO

4437
03:49:18,634 --> 03:49:20,834
and the mayor's
entire administration,

4438
03:49:20,834 --> 03:49:22,500
you all put on a first class,

4439
03:49:23,701 --> 03:49:26,534
execution
of this kind of world event.

4440
03:49:26,534 --> 03:49:27,701
I had some friends that attended

4441
03:49:27,701 --> 03:49:29,501
events
in New York and Philadelphia,

4442
03:49:29,501 --> 03:49:31,967
and they also attended
events here.

4443
03:49:31,967 --> 03:49:34,601
They said second to none.

4444
03:49:34,601 --> 03:49:36,568
They just saying
you all's praises.

4445
03:49:36,568 --> 03:49:39,534
And I took some of the credit
because they gave it to me.

4446
03:49:39,534 --> 03:49:41,334
But I also put it right,
right back

4447
03:49:41,334 --> 03:49:43,701
on, on you all
where it belonged.

4448
03:49:43,701 --> 03:49:45,368
Because you all did
a yeoman's task

4449
03:49:45,368 --> 03:49:47,567
and a phenomenal job
from our police department.

4450
03:49:47,567 --> 03:49:49,134
Our fire.

4451
03:49:49,134 --> 03:49:52,201
You know, Commissioner Turner,
Commissioner cabinets,

4452
03:49:52,267 --> 03:49:53,468
the folks that I called.

4453
03:49:53,468 --> 03:49:55,468
But I want to give a special
shout out to the Parks and Rec

4454
03:49:55,468 --> 03:49:57,368
for what took place at Cty.

4455
03:49:57,368 --> 03:49:59,800
Martin, with our young people
and our kids,

4456
03:49:59,800 --> 03:50:01,901
we kind of brought soccer
to them

4457
03:50:01,901 --> 03:50:04,067
and brought FIFA to them,
which is a new world

4458
03:50:04,067 --> 03:50:05,468
for a lot of kids
in Southwest Atlanta.

4459
03:50:05,468 --> 03:50:06,934
But it's really taken off now.

4460
03:50:06,934 --> 03:50:08,067
So y'all able to get ready
for us

4461
03:50:08,067 --> 03:50:10,301
to really roll out
some real soccer programing.

4462
03:50:10,301 --> 03:50:12,468
Because I think I got a feeling
you're going to see a lot of,

4463
03:50:12,468 --> 03:50:14,468
you know, Johnson's
and Jackson's

4464
03:50:14,468 --> 03:50:17,434
in soccer jerseys real soon
from southwest Atlanta.

4465
03:50:17,568 --> 03:50:19,401
And, and I also wanted
to finally shout out

4466
03:50:19,401 --> 03:50:22,334
Showcase Atlanta.
We had an amazing Juneteenth

4467
03:50:22,334 --> 03:50:24,900
viewing party
in Cascade Heights.

4468
03:50:24,900 --> 03:50:26,934
That was just amazing.

4469
03:50:26,934 --> 03:50:29,534
The mayor came out
and gave a ticket

4470
03:50:29,534 --> 03:50:33,701
to a little boy, and that child
lit up like it was Christmas.

4471
03:50:34,102 --> 03:50:36,401
Yo, Burks.
And so that just shows
what's possible in Atlanta

4472
03:50:36,401 --> 03:50:37,701
when we all come together.

4473
03:50:37,701 --> 03:50:39,034
And I'm looking forward
to continuing

4474
03:50:39,034 --> 03:50:40,167
to these kind of events
into the future.

4475
03:50:40,167 --> 03:50:41,334
So I just want to say thank you

4476
03:50:41,334 --> 03:50:44,301
again on behalf of district
11 and our residents.

4477
03:50:44,301 --> 03:50:47,168
Thank you. Thank y'all.

4478
03:50:47,469 --> 03:50:50,233
Thank you.
Council member Martin, council
member Michael Julian Bond.

4479
03:50:50,900 --> 03:50:52,500
Thank you, Madam President.

4480
03:50:52,500 --> 03:50:53,368
Madam chair.

4481
03:50:53,368 --> 03:50:55,534
And to all the mayor's staff.

4482
03:50:55,534 --> 03:50:58,201
I want to add my athletes
to you for,

4483
03:50:58,201 --> 03:51:01,533
of course,
an exceptional Atlanta.

4484
03:51:01,600 --> 03:51:03,267
Job well done.

4485
03:51:03,267 --> 03:51:06,468
But I really want to emphasize

4486
03:51:06,968 --> 03:51:10,434
that away from the stage,
away from the lights,

4487
03:51:11,002 --> 03:51:13,967
the services that were still
provided to residents

4488
03:51:14,434 --> 03:51:17,067
went off without a hitch.

4489
03:51:17,067 --> 03:51:19,867
And so it is extremely important
to always

4490
03:51:19,867 --> 03:51:23,266
take care of our guests and do

4491
03:51:24,600 --> 03:51:27,201
the phenomenal hosting job

4492
03:51:27,201 --> 03:51:30,368
that we can only do here
in Atlanta, right?

4493
03:51:30,434 --> 03:51:33,433
Nobody does it like Atlanta, but

4494
03:51:34,633 --> 03:51:37,700
unlike during the Olympics

4495
03:51:37,967 --> 03:51:40,934
or some or some Super Bowls

4496
03:51:41,167 --> 03:51:43,633
where people say, oh,
they only care about the people

4497
03:51:43,633 --> 03:51:44,968
who come to town.

4498
03:51:44,968 --> 03:51:48,600
And I didn't get my garbage
picked up or something

4499
03:51:48,600 --> 03:51:49,700
didn't happen.

4500
03:51:49,700 --> 03:51:51,801
You know, in the hinterland,

4501
03:51:51,801 --> 03:51:56,634
the everyone in the city
was happy and were satisfied

4502
03:51:56,935 --> 03:52:00,634
and pleased with the services
that Sydney allowed

4503
03:52:00,634 --> 03:52:03,634
city government provided
not only to our

4504
03:52:04,035 --> 03:52:07,468
our honored guests,
but for the everyday residents.

4505
03:52:07,468 --> 03:52:11,167
And I think that that really
is the highest compliment,

4506
03:52:11,434 --> 03:52:14,500
because with everyone's
many departments

4507
03:52:15,267 --> 03:52:16,735
going above and beyond

4508
03:52:16,735 --> 03:52:19,701
to accommodate
all of our international

4509
03:52:19,868 --> 03:52:23,234
visitors or, you know, visitors
from across the country

4510
03:52:23,234 --> 03:52:24,468
or region,

4511
03:52:24,468 --> 03:52:26,735
the citizens who live here
every day

4512
03:52:26,735 --> 03:52:29,401
operate their businesses
every day.

4513
03:52:29,401 --> 03:52:32,002
Right, Marta, come to town.

4514
03:52:32,002 --> 03:52:34,967
They receive the same level
of superior service.

4515
03:52:35,034 --> 03:52:37,002
And for that, I want to give you

4516
03:52:37,002 --> 03:52:39,967
my highest compliment
at this government worked.

4517
03:52:40,401 --> 03:52:43,634
And it not only worked
when in front of the lights

4518
03:52:43,634 --> 03:52:46,600
and on the stage,
but worked backstage.

4519
03:52:46,667 --> 03:52:49,667
So highest compliments to.

4520
03:52:49,667 --> 03:52:51,267
Thank you, Councilmember.

4521
03:52:51,267 --> 03:52:51,834
Thank you.

4522
03:52:54,467 --> 03:52:55,301
Thank you.

4523
03:52:55,301 --> 03:52:56,700
And just to

4524
03:52:56,700 --> 03:52:57,735
first of all, is that all

4525
03:52:57,735 --> 03:53:00,701
of the council members
that like to speak

4526
03:53:00,835 --> 03:53:03,801
and to close it out,
I just want to also say

4527
03:53:03,801 --> 03:53:08,067
thank you and congratulations,
because it really was an award

4528
03:53:08,067 --> 03:53:11,533
winning 40 days
and 40 nights here in our city.

4529
03:53:12,234 --> 03:53:14,668
And I just want to make sure
everyone knows

4530
03:53:14,668 --> 03:53:17,368
that Showcase
Atlanta is still alive, right?

4531
03:53:17,368 --> 03:53:19,401
Because they are here for

4532
03:53:19,401 --> 03:53:22,367
our other events
that we will be hosting.

4533
03:53:22,900 --> 03:53:25,934
And I just, you know, at work

4534
03:53:26,868 --> 03:53:30,901
throughout DPW,
not only did the wellness,

4535
03:53:31,068 --> 03:53:34,001
but again,
the trash and I even saw them
in a security capacity,

4536
03:53:34,267 --> 03:53:37,234
you know, making sure
that there will be no,

4537
03:53:37,601 --> 03:53:40,568
bombarding of our streets
and our guests.

4538
03:53:40,668 --> 03:53:44,201
So we were just innovative and
and very fluid throughout.

4539
03:53:44,201 --> 03:53:47,102
And I just want to thank you all
for all of that good work.

4540
03:53:47,102 --> 03:53:49,867
And I know it took a long time
and a lot of coordination.

4541
03:53:50,934 --> 03:54:04,668
Let's give them a hand.

4542
03:54:05,202 --> 03:54:07,533
Thank you.
Did you want to say
anything else before we leave?

4543
03:54:07,533 --> 03:54:09,101
Committee of the whole.

4544
03:54:09,434 --> 03:54:12,101
No, ma'am.
Thank you, everyone, for coming.

4545
03:54:12,101 --> 03:54:13,534
Thank you all so much.

4546
03:54:13,534 --> 03:54:17,501
I move to move by one second by

4547
03:54:18,035 --> 03:54:21,533
Michael Julian Bond
to exit committee of the whole.

4548
03:54:21,967 --> 03:54:24,001
And we can do that
by unanimous consent.

4549
03:54:24,001 --> 03:54:27,701
Madam clerk 1208120 nays.

4550
03:54:27,701 --> 03:54:29,634
We have exited
the committee of the whole.

4551
03:54:29,634 --> 03:54:35,068
And that takes us to the report
of the Journal.

4552
03:54:35,268 --> 03:54:37,134
Madam Clerk,
good afternoon, Madam President,
and members of Council.

4553
03:54:37,134 --> 03:54:40,468
I, Linda, municipal
clerk of the City of Atlanta,

4554
03:54:40,534 --> 03:54:42,835
do hereby certify
that the minutes

4555
03:54:43,268 --> 03:54:46,667
of the regular meeting
held on Tuesday, September
8th, 2026, or to and correct.

4556
03:54:48,102 --> 03:54:50,667
Oh thank you.
Is there a motion to adopt
the report of the Journal?

4557
03:54:50,934 --> 03:54:54,267
So moved by one second
by Collins.

4558
03:54:54,534 --> 03:54:56,767
Madam clerk,
please prepare the vote.

4559
03:54:59,034 --> 03:55:00,267
We can do this by unanimous.

4560
03:55:00,267 --> 03:55:02,433
Unanimous consent

4561
03:55:02,433 --> 03:55:05,234
is 08120 nays.

4562
03:55:05,234 --> 03:55:08,200
The report of the journal
is adopted.

4563
03:55:10,167 --> 03:55:11,867
That takes us to communications.

4564
03:55:11,867 --> 03:55:13,468
Thank you, Madam President.

4565
03:55:13,468 --> 03:55:15,001
I'm number one is 26.

4566
03:55:15,001 --> 03:55:18,034
C 5085 is a communication
from council members

4567
03:55:18,034 --> 03:55:19,835
Thomas Worthy, district seven,

4568
03:55:19,835 --> 03:55:22,001
Mary Norwood, district eight,
and Matt Westmoreland,

4569
03:55:22,001 --> 03:55:24,002
post two at large,
reappointing Mr.

4570
03:55:24,002 --> 03:55:26,400
Earl young to serve as a member
of the Water and Sewer

4571
03:55:26,400 --> 03:55:28,167
Appeals Board.

4572
03:55:28,167 --> 03:55:29,968
Disappointments
for a term of three years.

4573
03:55:29,968 --> 03:55:32,368
Staff recommendation
to refer to City Utilities

4574
03:55:32,368 --> 03:55:33,967
Committee
and Committee on Council.

4575
03:55:33,967 --> 03:55:35,034
Let it follow that course.

4576
03:55:35,034 --> 03:55:38,334
Andrea two was 26 C 5886. Mr..

4577
03:55:38,334 --> 03:55:39,668
Communication for Mayor Andre

4578
03:55:39,668 --> 03:55:41,634
Dickens appointing
Miss Alicia Smith to serve

4579
03:55:41,634 --> 03:55:43,468
as a member of the Civil Service
board.

4580
03:55:43,468 --> 03:55:45,101
This appointment
for a term of three years.

4581
03:55:45,101 --> 03:55:47,735
Staff recommendation
to refer to finance executive

4582
03:55:47,735 --> 03:55:49,468
Committee
and Committee on Council,

4583
03:55:49,468 --> 03:55:50,501
let it follow that course.

4584
03:55:50,501 --> 03:55:53,500
Item number three is 26585.

4585
03:55:53,500 --> 03:55:54,501
This one.

4586
03:55:54,501 --> 03:55:55,968
Mayor Andre
Dickens appointed Mr.

4587
03:55:55,968 --> 03:55:59,735
Chuck to serve as a member of
the Human Relations Commission.

4588
03:55:59,801 --> 03:56:01,634
This is pointless
for term of three years.

4589
03:56:01,634 --> 03:56:04,234
Staff recommendation to refer
to Committee on Council.

4590
03:56:04,234 --> 03:56:05,434
Let it follow that course.

4591
03:56:05,434 --> 03:56:08,533
I'm. Number four is 26 C 588.

4592
03:56:08,667 --> 03:56:09,668
This is a communication

4593
03:56:09,668 --> 03:56:11,468
for Mayor André Dickens
reappointing

4594
03:56:11,468 --> 03:56:14,134
Doctor Annie Adams and serve
as a member of the Midtown

4595
03:56:14,134 --> 03:56:16,868
Community Improvement
District board of directors.

4596
03:56:16,868 --> 03:56:19,768
Disappointment is for a term
for four years, to begin

4597
03:56:19,768 --> 03:56:24,201
retroactively on June 6th, 2026,
and expire on June 5th, 2030.

4598
03:56:25,402 --> 03:56:27,167
Staff recommendation
to refer to Community
Development, Human Services

4599
03:56:27,167 --> 03:56:28,633
Committee and Committee
and Council

4600
03:56:28,633 --> 03:56:29,834
let it follow that course.

4601
03:56:29,834 --> 03:56:32,900
Item number five is 26 C 5089.

4602
03:56:33,968 --> 03:56:37,134
This is a communication
from Chief Procurement Officer
Chandra Houston,

4603
03:56:37,368 --> 03:56:39,368
submitting the Department
of Procurement

4604
03:56:39,368 --> 03:56:43,034
Monthly report
August 1st to August 31st, 2026.

4605
03:56:43,101 --> 03:56:45,667
Staff recommendation
to accept and file.

4606
03:56:46,267 --> 03:56:48,100
Okay.
I'll entertain
a motion to accept and file

4607
03:56:49,301 --> 03:56:52,034
move by one second by Hillis.

4608
03:56:52,034 --> 03:56:55,001
Madam clerk, please
prepare the vote

4609
03:56:55,700 --> 03:56:56,500
a moment.

4610
03:56:56,500 --> 03:56:59,500
The vote is open.

4611
03:57:02,368 --> 03:57:05,367
Will everyone please vote?

4612
03:57:10,934 --> 03:57:13,934
The was closed.

4613
03:57:15,533 --> 03:57:18,035
1312 years.

4614
03:57:18,202 --> 03:57:21,066
Nays.
Councilman Westmoreland,
what is your vote?

4615
03:57:22,467 --> 03:57:23,468
13 years.

4616
03:57:23,468 --> 03:57:26,301
There are 13 years, zero nays.

4617
03:57:26,301 --> 03:57:29,167
That item is accepted and filed.

4618
03:57:29,167 --> 03:57:32,201
Consideration
of vetoed legislation.

4619
03:57:32,368 --> 03:57:35,201
What about unfinished business?
No thank you.

4620
03:57:35,201 --> 03:57:37,801
I just remind everyone
that October 5th, 2026

4621
03:57:37,801 --> 03:57:41,400
is the last day to register to
vote for the November election.

4622
03:57:42,234 --> 03:57:43,868
Thank you for that.

4623
03:57:43,868 --> 03:57:47,501
Now that takes us to consent
agenda section one.

4624
03:57:47,501 --> 03:57:48,867
These are the items that receive

4625
03:57:48,867 --> 03:57:51,867
unanimous votes
in our committees.

4626
03:57:53,601 --> 03:57:55,034
Are there any items that need

4627
03:57:55,034 --> 03:57:58,001
to be removed from consent
agenda section one

4628
03:57:58,368 --> 03:57:59,867
okay. Yes, madam.

4629
03:57:59,867 --> 03:58:01,234
Council Member Martin.

4630
03:58:01,234 --> 03:58:04,800
Yes. I would like to remove on
page seven,

4631
03:58:04,800 --> 03:58:09,001
item 13260-1451.

4632
03:58:12,633 --> 03:58:15,633
Okay.

4633
03:58:17,867 --> 03:58:19,601
Give me the item number again
please.

4634
03:58:19,601 --> 03:58:22,534
Item number 13 on page seven.

4635
03:58:22,634 --> 03:58:25,167
And the legislation
number is 26.

4636
03:58:25,167 --> 03:58:28,166
Dash 01451

4637
03:58:29,367 --> 03:58:32,334
okay okay.

4638
03:58:32,334 --> 03:58:34,767
Council member Kelsey Bond

4639
03:58:34,767 --> 03:58:37,334
I'd like to remove resolution

4640
03:58:37,334 --> 03:58:40,301
number 260 1490.

4641
03:58:40,434 --> 03:58:43,433
That's a number 16.

4642
03:58:48,667 --> 03:58:50,633
I am going to that right now.

4643
03:58:50,633 --> 03:58:53,633
Just a second.

4644
03:58:55,600 --> 03:58:58,567
You say 26 old Dash 1490.

4645
03:58:58,667 --> 03:59:01,700
And for public

4646
03:59:01,700 --> 03:59:04,700
safety.

4647
03:59:08,267 --> 03:59:11,234
Okay okay.

4648
03:59:11,434 --> 03:59:15,034
Council member one
thank you, Madam President.

4649
03:59:15,234 --> 03:59:16,968
Might as well finish out
that whole section.

4650
03:59:16,968 --> 03:59:23,267
So I'm going to take off on page
7142601488, which is item 14.

4651
03:59:23,534 --> 03:59:27,867
And then I am 15,
which is 2601489 on page eight.

4652
03:59:28,034 --> 03:59:31,267
So page 72601488

4653
03:59:31,434 --> 03:59:34,434
on page eight 2600 1489.

4654
03:59:34,434 --> 03:59:35,967
Sorry, Councilmember Boone.

4655
03:59:35,967 --> 03:59:39,201
Okay, so that's three items
to be removed

4656
03:59:39,201 --> 03:59:42,167
from public safety for.

4657
03:59:42,334 --> 03:59:45,133
Yes, for items
to be removed from PS la.

4658
03:59:50,401 --> 03:59:53,467
Item 13, 14, 15 and 16.

4659
03:59:55,468 --> 03:59:58,234
Moved by one
to adopt the consent agenda.

4660
03:59:58,234 --> 04:00:01,201
Section one. Is there a second?

4661
04:00:01,668 --> 04:00:03,867
Second by Council Member Hillis.

4662
04:00:03,867 --> 04:00:06,867
Madam clerk, please
prepare the vote.

4663
04:00:11,101 --> 04:00:18,034
The voters open.

4664
04:00:18,334 --> 04:00:21,066
Well.
Everyone please vote.

4665
04:00:33,468 --> 04:00:34,967
The most closed 13 years.

4666
04:00:34,967 --> 04:00:37,234
There are 13 gays, zero nays.

4667
04:00:37,234 --> 04:00:40,834
Consent agenda section one with
those items removed is adopted.

4668
04:00:42,534 --> 04:00:45,234
Any items for posthaste? Yes.

4669
04:00:45,234 --> 04:00:47,034
Council member Westmoreland.

4670
04:00:47,034 --> 04:00:49,368
Oh, great. Yes,
I remember Collins.

4671
04:00:49,368 --> 04:00:52,934
Yes. Page five, item number 26.

4672
04:00:52,934 --> 04:00:54,368
Dash. Oh, and I have a few.

4673
04:00:54,368 --> 04:00:58,133
26-01496 number three.

4674
04:01:00,834 --> 04:01:03,301
1496.

4675
04:01:03,301 --> 04:01:06,300
Is that okay?

4676
04:01:06,967 --> 04:01:07,900
Only the parent.

4677
04:01:07,900 --> 04:01:10,867
I'm gonna leave the one to you.

4678
04:01:11,067 --> 04:01:12,600
Let me go ahead.

4679
04:01:12,600 --> 04:01:14,468
Page nine,

4680
04:01:14,468 --> 04:01:17,433
item number 18 at a CD h s

4681
04:01:18,067 --> 04:01:21,400
as electric car drive
as electric vehicle user

4682
04:01:21,734 --> 04:01:27,500
26014931493 okay,

4683
04:01:29,034 --> 04:01:30,567
look at that. Page ten

4684
04:01:31,767 --> 04:01:36,834
resolution 26-R-4015

4685
04:01:37,468 --> 04:01:40,467
Construction of concourse D,

4686
04:01:42,167 --> 04:01:43,967
page 11.

4687
04:01:43,967 --> 04:01:48,500
Item number 26-R, dash 4021.

4688
04:01:50,434 --> 04:01:52,835
Drawing down federal grant funds
as we enter

4689
04:01:52,835 --> 04:01:55,800
a new fiscal year
start of October 1st.

4690
04:01:56,334 --> 04:02:01,467
Page 12, item number 26R-3994.

4691
04:02:01,633 --> 04:02:04,633
Number 14.

4692
04:02:06,534 --> 04:02:08,001
Victim witness assistance.

4693
04:02:08,001 --> 04:02:12,333
And then last is page 15.

4694
04:02:12,867 --> 04:02:19,001
Resolution 26R-399326.

4695
04:02:19,234 --> 04:02:22,267
Moving forward
with acknowledging the Just Us

4696
04:02:22,267 --> 04:02:24,534
neighborhood and colleagues,
I just went ahead

4697
04:02:24,534 --> 04:02:27,501
and just did the details
so you guys just would know.

4698
04:02:27,634 --> 04:02:30,135
I appreciate that big time.

4699
04:02:30,235 --> 04:02:32,467
Thank you.
So thank you.
I have those all written down.

4700
04:02:32,467 --> 04:02:33,401
How about you all?

4701
04:02:33,401 --> 04:02:34,533
Is everybody okay?

4702
04:02:34,533 --> 04:02:37,167
Yeah. Yes

4703
04:02:37,167 --> 04:02:40,134
I see I, I have six.

4704
04:02:40,501 --> 04:02:41,633
Is that all of them.

4705
04:02:41,633 --> 04:02:42,835
Does anyone else have any

4706
04:02:42,835 --> 04:02:45,067
that they'd like
to move posthaste to the mayor.

4707
04:02:45,067 --> 04:02:46,334
Council member Winston.

4708
04:02:46,334 --> 04:02:48,867
Thank you. Council president
I have three items.

4709
04:02:48,867 --> 04:02:50,700
First is on page six.

4710
04:02:50,700 --> 04:02:54,533
Number 112601506.

4711
04:02:55,301 --> 04:02:58,101
And I have two on page
12 versus item

4712
04:02:58,101 --> 04:03:01,867
number 1326R-3989

4713
04:03:02,368 --> 04:03:12,368
and then
number 1626R-4 thousand.

4714
04:03:12,868 --> 04:03:15,400
Okay.
I already had your three,
so thank you for that.

4715
04:03:16,101 --> 04:03:19,167
Anyone else any items to be sent

4716
04:03:19,167 --> 04:03:22,100
posthaste?

4717
04:03:23,301 --> 04:03:28,468
Okay.
Moved by one
to moved these items posthaste.

4718
04:03:28,568 --> 04:03:32,368
It's 12345678, nine items.

4719
04:03:32,368 --> 04:03:34,134
Is that what you have?

4720
04:03:34,134 --> 04:03:36,668
And second by Bakhtiari.

4721
04:03:36,801 --> 04:03:39,700
Posthaste.
To the mayor's office.

4722
04:03:40,567 --> 04:03:43,534
Any discussion?

4723
04:03:43,634 --> 04:03:46,201
This can be done by unanimous
consent, madam clerk.

4724
04:03:46,201 --> 04:03:49,002
14 years
there, an age 14 years or nays.

4725
04:03:49,002 --> 04:03:51,967
All of these items are sent
to the mayor's office posthaste.

4726
04:03:52,134 --> 04:03:54,434
Council member Westmoreland.

4727
04:03:54,434 --> 04:03:55,468
Thank you, Madam President.

4728
04:03:55,468 --> 04:03:58,668
Just a quick comment,
because it's on consent.

4729
04:03:59,102 --> 04:04:02,301
I wanted to
acknowledge that we just
unanimously updated the city's

4730
04:04:02,534 --> 04:04:05,667
paid parental leave policy
for the first time in a decade

4731
04:04:06,001 --> 04:04:09,001
so that starting on
July or January 1st.

4732
04:04:13,167 --> 04:04:15,201
January 1st, 20th January first.

4733
04:04:15,735 --> 04:04:17,534
Yeah.
All all city of Atlanta
employees

4734
04:04:17,534 --> 04:04:20,501
will have the opportunity
to take 12 weeks of paid leave,

4735
04:04:20,601 --> 04:04:22,634
at the time that they would like
to take that leave

4736
04:04:22,634 --> 04:04:25,600
during their child's
first year of life.

4737
04:04:25,767 --> 04:04:26,701
And the city

4738
04:04:26,701 --> 04:04:28,901
took that
first step in the region

4739
04:04:29,035 --> 04:04:30,601
a decade ago,
and now
we're making advancements

4740
04:04:30,601 --> 04:04:32,334
on that benefit
to our employees.

4741
04:04:32,334 --> 04:04:33,468
And just wanted to
thank everybody

4742
04:04:33,468 --> 04:04:36,701
for their work on that.
Thank you.

4743
04:04:37,202 --> 04:04:45,901
Thank you.
And with that, that will take us
to consent agenda section two.

4744
04:04:46,202 --> 04:04:50,033
I want you to
move by Allen to tame a motion
to move to approve

4745
04:04:51,434 --> 04:04:52,967
consideration of section two.

4746
04:04:52,967 --> 04:04:54,434
Second by.

4747
04:04:54,434 --> 04:04:57,534
Was that Martin? Yes. Okay.

4748
04:04:57,634 --> 04:05:00,568
Madam.
Clerk. Yes. Okay.

4749
04:05:00,568 --> 04:05:03,633
These items are to be referred
back to committee.

4750
04:05:05,835 --> 04:05:08,767
Council member Itchy Collins,
would you like to speak?

4751
04:05:08,934 --> 04:05:11,334
No, ma'am.

4752
04:05:11,334 --> 04:05:14,901
Okay, so we have a move

4753
04:05:14,968 --> 04:05:19,434
to refer these items back
to committee by one second.

4754
04:05:19,434 --> 04:05:21,934
By Hill, by Martin.

4755
04:05:21,934 --> 04:05:24,900
Madam clerk,
this can be done by.

4756
04:05:25,001 --> 04:05:26,533
No. Please open the vote.

4757
04:05:26,533 --> 04:05:27,567
The vote is open.

4758
04:05:27,567 --> 04:05:30,567
Yeah.

4759
04:05:32,734 --> 04:05:35,734
Well, everyone please vote.

4760
04:05:42,434 --> 04:05:45,534
14 years.
There are 14 days
there on these items are adopted

4761
04:05:45,534 --> 04:05:49,300
to be sent back to committee,
to referred to committee.

4762
04:05:49,934 --> 04:05:52,801
And now we move on
to our transportation,

4763
04:05:52,801 --> 04:05:55,534
our standing committees. We'll
start with our transportation.

4764
04:05:55,534 --> 04:05:57,634
Chair one all right.
Thank you, Madam President.

4765
04:05:57,634 --> 04:06:00,201
Colleagues, we are on page
40 of your agenda.

4766
04:06:00,201 --> 04:06:04,267
We have one item
and that is 26 R 3999.

4767
04:06:04,501 --> 04:06:07,301
This is a resolution by council
members Kelsey Bond, Liliana

4768
04:06:07,301 --> 04:06:10,267
Bakhtiari, Michael Julian Bond,
Antonio Lewis, Jason Dozier,

4769
04:06:10,334 --> 04:06:13,401
Wayne Martin, Jason H Winston,
Byron D Amos, Matt Westmoreland

4770
04:06:13,701 --> 04:06:15,668
Collins, Thomas Worthy,
and Dustin

4771
04:06:15,668 --> 04:06:17,568
Hillis is substituted
and amended by Community

4772
04:06:17,568 --> 04:06:19,167
Development
Human Services Committee

4773
04:06:19,167 --> 04:06:21,401
and amended by Transportation
Committee,

4774
04:06:21,401 --> 04:06:23,601
affirming the City of Atlanta
support for light

4775
04:06:23,601 --> 04:06:26,934
rail transit along the full 22
mile Atlanta Beltline corridor.

4776
04:06:27,167 --> 04:06:29,568
Recognizing light rail
transit as a central component

4777
04:06:29,568 --> 04:06:31,935
of the adopted
Lana Beltline vision,

4778
04:06:31,935 --> 04:06:34,534
affirming the use of existing
Beltline transit right of way

4779
04:06:34,534 --> 04:06:37,101
supporting rails on grass design
where feasible.

4780
04:06:37,101 --> 04:06:38,835
Requesting
coordinated inflammation

4781
04:06:38,835 --> 04:06:41,834
and funding updates from Mayor
Dickens's administration.

4782
04:06:41,834 --> 04:06:42,734
Marta Atlanta

4783
04:06:42,734 --> 04:06:43,835
Beltline, Inc., and other

4784
04:06:43,835 --> 04:06:46,468
relevant city departments,
and for other purposes.

4785
04:06:46,468 --> 04:06:47,468
This came out of committee

4786
04:06:47,468 --> 04:06:49,700
favorable,
as amended by understand

4787
04:06:49,700 --> 04:06:51,735
that there is additional action

4788
04:06:51,735 --> 04:06:53,301
being desired
by a council member.

4789
04:06:53,301 --> 04:07:00,167
Okay, so you you want to
move to adopt, but there is

4790
04:07:01,202 --> 04:07:02,633
correct.
The motion from the committee
is to adopt as amended. Okay.

4791
04:07:02,633 --> 04:07:05,601
So motion to adopt by one

4792
04:07:05,601 --> 04:07:08,634
is no second is needed
because it's favorable.

4793
04:07:08,634 --> 04:07:11,768
But I would like to hear
from Councilmember Amos.

4794
04:07:11,901 --> 04:07:15,533
Yes, I like to make a substitute
motion to amend this paper.

4795
04:07:16,434 --> 04:07:19,467
Second substitute motion
to a man by Amos.

4796
04:07:19,467 --> 04:07:21,134
Second by one.

4797
04:07:21,134 --> 04:07:24,067
Did you pass the substitute
out to everyone? Yes.

4798
04:07:24,067 --> 04:07:25,967
It should have been emailed out
to everyone.

4799
04:07:25,967 --> 04:07:28,934
Please read it.

4800
04:07:29,134 --> 04:07:31,735
We need to know
what that substitute is.

4801
04:07:31,735 --> 04:07:34,201
Actually, substitute
removes, language

4802
04:07:34,201 --> 04:07:37,734
that actually spoke about
in the transportation meeting.

4803
04:07:38,768 --> 04:07:42,267
One of the clauses,
that I seek to remove is,

4804
04:07:42,768 --> 04:07:45,368
be it further resolved that
the Atlantic City Council

4805
04:07:45,368 --> 04:07:47,401
wishes
to express his disapproval

4806
04:07:47,401 --> 04:07:50,501
for any potential use of Atlanta
Beltline transit right away,

4807
04:07:50,735 --> 04:07:53,801
which would preclude in in pair
or materials

4808
04:07:53,868 --> 04:07:57,267
materially increase the cost
or difficulty

4809
04:07:57,267 --> 04:08:00,467
of future light
rail implementation.

4810
04:08:01,334 --> 04:08:05,767
The other piece of language
I like to strike out is in the

4811
04:08:06,034 --> 04:08:08,801
be it further resolve
clause, including

4812
04:08:08,801 --> 04:08:11,301
but not limited
to the remaining Beltline

4813
04:08:11,301 --> 04:08:14,201
tax allocation
district through 2030.

4814
04:08:14,201 --> 04:08:17,167
And then the other piece
that will

4815
04:08:17,835 --> 04:08:20,701
the words
and we all have a red line

4816
04:08:20,701 --> 04:08:24,534
and does not compete
with other transit, parties.

4817
04:08:24,768 --> 04:08:27,101
Those three things would
definitely pulled me in line.

4818
04:08:27,101 --> 04:08:28,301
I'm in full support

4819
04:08:28,301 --> 04:08:30,867
of the paper,
but with those three changes,

4820
04:08:30,867 --> 04:08:32,468
I think I will be
in full support

4821
04:08:32,468 --> 04:08:34,400
and my district
will be in support as well.

4822
04:08:38,234 --> 04:08:40,801
So we have a substitute motion
on the floor.

4823
04:08:40,801 --> 04:08:43,800
And a second,
any other discussion?

4824
04:08:46,600 --> 04:08:48,800
Kelsey Bond?

4825
04:08:48,800 --> 04:08:49,768
Yeah. Thank you.

4826
04:08:49,768 --> 04:08:52,767
Council member Amos,
I appreciate the,

4827
04:08:54,034 --> 04:08:56,201
intention to

4828
04:08:56,201 --> 04:08:58,001
improve the paper.

4829
04:08:58,001 --> 04:09:02,134
I will be voting
no on the amendment,

4830
04:09:02,601 --> 04:09:05,301
solely because, well,
I definitely see where

4831
04:09:05,301 --> 04:09:07,501
the council member
is coming from.

4832
04:09:07,501 --> 04:09:12,034
The clause about the right of
way directly speaks to how.

4833
04:09:12,234 --> 04:09:15,201
I mean, for example,
in my district, there are

4834
04:09:15,835 --> 04:09:18,368
restaurants
who have built out their patio

4835
04:09:18,368 --> 04:09:19,867
in the Beltline right of way.

4836
04:09:19,867 --> 04:09:22,067
And, you know, it's
these restaurants

4837
04:09:22,067 --> 04:09:23,634
and property
owners in particular

4838
04:09:23,634 --> 04:09:26,601
that have organized
against transit expansion

4839
04:09:26,601 --> 04:09:29,601
because it impacts their own
personal interests,

4840
04:09:30,135 --> 04:09:33,534
and having to remove structures
that are built in the right

4841
04:09:33,634 --> 04:09:37,034
of way overall increases
the cost for everybody involved.

4842
04:09:37,868 --> 04:09:40,934
In terms of moving forward
on transit on the Beltline.

4843
04:09:40,934 --> 04:09:43,034
So I'll be voting against it.

4844
04:09:43,034 --> 04:09:45,434
But your amendments are taken
in good faith,

4845
04:09:45,434 --> 04:09:48,001
and I look forward
to voting on the full paper.

4846
04:09:48,001 --> 04:09:49,368
Thank you, Councilmember bond.

4847
04:09:49,368 --> 04:09:51,935
Councilmember Collins.

4848
04:09:52,102 --> 04:09:54,334
Yes, thank you.
Thank you so much for both.
Both of you.

4849
04:09:54,334 --> 04:09:57,767
I know we've been really
talking about this, so just

4850
04:09:58,834 --> 04:10:01,167
not thinking about this.

4851
04:10:01,167 --> 04:10:05,901
So right above the strike out
language, it says be

4852
04:10:06,168 --> 04:10:08,901
it further resolved,
that the Atlanta City Council
affirms is strong belief

4853
04:10:09,035 --> 04:10:12,101
that the existing Atlanta
Beltline transit right away

4854
04:10:12,167 --> 04:10:14,067
should be preserved
for the construction

4855
04:10:14,067 --> 04:10:17,834
of light rail
along the full 22 mile loop.

4856
04:10:17,900 --> 04:10:22,301
So Celt member bond does that.

4857
04:10:22,368 --> 04:10:25,334
Does keeping that in actually

4858
04:10:25,835 --> 04:10:29,900
kind of aligns
with the strike out language.

4859
04:10:30,234 --> 04:10:31,768
So what you know,

4860
04:10:31,768 --> 04:10:33,601
so that's why
I didn't have any issue

4861
04:10:33,601 --> 04:10:36,633
with the strike out language,
because we are still affirming

4862
04:10:36,900 --> 04:10:38,434
our belief

4863
04:10:38,835 --> 04:10:42,235
that the right of way
should still be preserved
for the full construction

4864
04:10:42,569 --> 04:10:45,701
of the Beltline.
I think the second one that's
that the the strike out language

4865
04:10:46,068 --> 04:10:49,835
is wishes to express is
disapproval is very subjective.

4866
04:10:49,835 --> 04:10:52,835
And I can see where
Council Member Amos may

4867
04:10:52,835 --> 04:10:56,034
where you may feel that way,
but Council member Amos

4868
04:10:56,134 --> 04:10:57,468
may feel differently.

4869
04:10:57,468 --> 04:11:00,568
So that's I,
I'm thinking about like the

4870
04:11:00,801 --> 04:11:03,768
is still a chief
keeping that the that

4871
04:11:03,768 --> 04:11:10,601
fur that resolution clause
and still affirms what we are

4872
04:11:11,002 --> 04:11:15,067
in terms of
our belief without taking away
with removing

4873
04:11:15,067 --> 04:11:18,267
that resolution
cause does not take away

4874
04:11:18,334 --> 04:11:21,301
our full intent
for ensuring the belt.

4875
04:11:21,301 --> 04:11:23,101
The transit right away
is still preserved.

4876
04:11:23,101 --> 04:11:26,301
So I just wanted to put out
put that out there.

4877
04:11:27,002 --> 04:11:29,534
What I do have Council Member
Amos in question

4878
04:11:29,534 --> 04:11:33,567
for you is the second strike out
that says, pursue

4879
04:11:33,567 --> 04:11:34,768
all legally available

4880
04:11:34,768 --> 04:11:37,735
funding resources
necessary to compete, complete

4881
04:11:37,935 --> 04:11:42,035
the full 2122 mile corridor,
including but not limited

4882
04:11:42,102 --> 04:11:45,867
limited to the remaining
Beltline tax allocation district

4883
04:11:45,967 --> 04:11:47,167
through 2030.

4884
04:11:47,167 --> 04:11:50,734
I see that that phrase
has been striked out and was,

4885
04:11:51,334 --> 04:11:54,301
just curious as to why.

4886
04:11:54,601 --> 04:11:58,735
Because the Beltline tax
allocation district was created,

4887
04:11:58,935 --> 04:12:03,267
was intentionally created
to fund the Beltline.

4888
04:12:03,267 --> 04:12:07,600
So why would we not consider
that as a funding resource

4889
04:12:07,600 --> 04:12:08,901
in the planning

4890
04:12:08,901 --> 04:12:12,667
when that is the impetus is what
why that tab was created?

4891
04:12:14,501 --> 04:12:17,134
That's
more than happy to answer that.

4892
04:12:17,134 --> 04:12:20,134
Since we started conversations,
I have been very clear

4893
04:12:20,134 --> 04:12:22,634
that even when we talk
about extending tasks

4894
04:12:22,634 --> 04:12:26,234
and not extending tasks
for the last 20 to 25 years,

4895
04:12:26,501 --> 04:12:29,533
other areas of the city
has enjoyed the financial

4896
04:12:30,301 --> 04:12:32,801
or the business

4897
04:12:32,801 --> 04:12:35,267
improvement
that the Beltline tat brings.

4898
04:12:35,267 --> 04:12:38,002
Since we decided
not to extend the beltline tag,

4899
04:12:38,002 --> 04:12:40,234
you're telling the west side
of the city of Atlanta

4900
04:12:40,234 --> 04:12:43,801
that we only have four years
to 2030 to enjoy the things

4901
04:12:43,801 --> 04:12:48,034
that other people have endured
over the last 20 to 25 years.

4902
04:12:48,167 --> 04:12:49,267
So when you're talking

4903
04:12:49,267 --> 04:12:52,367
about a major development
like the Beltline rail,

4904
04:12:53,167 --> 04:12:56,234
I don't think that you
that it equitably speaking,

4905
04:12:56,868 --> 04:12:59,735
that we should allow
the few funds that are left

4906
04:12:59,735 --> 04:13:05,001
to be looked at as possibly
funding, that project.

4907
04:13:05,167 --> 04:13:06,600
And you're right,
it was designed

4908
04:13:06,600 --> 04:13:08,201
to help the Beltline rail.

4909
04:13:08,201 --> 04:13:09,867
I mean, the Beltline trail.

4910
04:13:09,867 --> 04:13:11,401
So this is Beltline rail.

4911
04:13:11,401 --> 04:13:15,701
So being equitable,
even when my colleagues spoke

4912
04:13:15,701 --> 04:13:19,368
about the different patios
that have been built out

4913
04:13:19,468 --> 04:13:22,368
adjacent to the
the wonderful projects
around the rest of the city,

4914
04:13:22,601 --> 04:13:27,234
after we have stood together
as a neighborhood, as a district

4915
04:13:27,234 --> 04:13:28,968
to fight off
the homeless shelter,

4916
04:13:28,968 --> 04:13:32,167
we need the the economics
that everyone else have enjoyed

4917
04:13:32,167 --> 04:13:34,034
to actually be able
to finance the things

4918
04:13:34,034 --> 04:13:35,968
we want
to see down on the West side.

4919
04:13:35,968 --> 04:13:39,333
So that is why I would not like
to see the Beltline, that,

4920
04:13:40,401 --> 04:13:43,568
allocation district actually
be considered as of a part

4921
04:13:43,634 --> 04:13:46,601
of actually being able
to develop the Beltline trail.

4922
04:13:46,601 --> 04:13:50,034
I mean, the Beltline rail, even
funding to support planning,

4923
04:13:50,234 --> 04:13:53,468
even funding to support
planning, surveying efforts

4924
04:13:53,468 --> 04:13:57,201
and all of like the
the the engineering pieces,

4925
04:13:57,634 --> 04:13:59,501
even though we
you know, because 2030.

4926
04:13:59,501 --> 04:14:02,101
I mean, you're talking about
we really only have three years

4927
04:14:02,101 --> 04:14:05,167
like even any funds
to support those efforts.

4928
04:14:05,167 --> 04:14:07,068
As we think about Beltline

4929
04:14:07,068 --> 04:14:10,534
as a comprehensive strategy
and real being part of that,

4930
04:14:10,634 --> 04:14:13,967
you want that you want
that excluded that totally.

4931
04:14:13,967 --> 04:14:15,034
That tab bucket

4932
04:14:15,034 --> 04:14:17,568
is automatically excluded
from it,

4933
04:14:17,568 --> 04:14:19,901
automatically excluded from it.

4934
04:14:20,302 --> 04:14:23,034
Because once again,
not only we're looking at the
last four years, in actuality,

4935
04:14:23,167 --> 04:14:26,101
we need to be looking
at the last 20 to 25,

4936
04:14:26,101 --> 04:14:27,401
in which these things

4937
04:14:27,401 --> 04:14:29,434
would not have to be spoken
about for the rest

4938
04:14:29,434 --> 04:14:31,501
when the rest of the city
was developing.

4939
04:14:31,501 --> 04:14:33,735
Now we have four years
to bring about

4940
04:14:33,735 --> 04:14:36,267
the equity of the Beltline
to the west side,

4941
04:14:36,267 --> 04:14:39,267
and we should be able to enjoy
all of the economic advantages

4942
04:14:39,267 --> 04:14:43,568
that everyone else have enjoyed
over the last 20 or 25 years.

4943
04:14:43,668 --> 04:14:45,967
Oh, okay.
And my last question
and I defer Mr..

4944
04:14:45,967 --> 04:14:47,934
I do for Mrs. chair.

4945
04:14:47,934 --> 04:14:50,700
Just excuse me, Madam Chair.

4946
04:14:50,700 --> 04:14:52,900
Just okay.

4947
04:14:52,900 --> 04:14:54,401
I get I get what you're saying.

4948
04:14:54,401 --> 04:14:58,001
I once it closed in 2030
any of the

4949
04:14:58,167 --> 04:15:01,900
any of the revenue
and any other revenue

4950
04:15:02,001 --> 04:15:03,368
benefits that come from
the Beltline

4951
04:15:03,368 --> 04:15:04,868
is going
to go to the general funds

4952
04:15:04,868 --> 04:15:07,368
unless we dedicated
someplace else anyway.

4953
04:15:07,368 --> 04:15:09,201
So we need
we're going to have that.

4954
04:15:09,201 --> 04:15:12,167
We're going to continue to have
the equitable conversation

4955
04:15:12,167 --> 04:15:14,768
of what that looks like
to ensure equitable development,

4956
04:15:14,768 --> 04:15:17,134
but also equitable transit
throughout the city.

4957
04:15:17,134 --> 04:15:18,801
That is the only one
that I don't

4958
04:15:18,801 --> 04:15:21,934
necessarily agree
with because of the the Beltline

4959
04:15:22,167 --> 04:15:26,200
tagged in, its
and what the law allows it to do

4960
04:15:27,434 --> 04:15:30,401
could really help in
terms of the funding strategy.

4961
04:15:30,468 --> 04:15:33,834
But the other strikeouts
I'm I'm open to it.

4962
04:15:33,834 --> 04:15:35,034
So I don't know how
we handle that.

4963
04:15:35,034 --> 04:15:36,034
But thank you, Madam Chair.

4964
04:15:36,034 --> 04:15:38,533
I defer okay.

4965
04:15:38,533 --> 04:15:39,834
Anyone else? Any.

4966
04:15:39,834 --> 04:15:42,201
Oh. Council member Lewis.

4967
04:15:42,201 --> 04:15:44,568
Super supportive
of Councilmember Amos's

4968
04:15:44,568 --> 04:15:47,067
legislation. Councilmember
bond when?

4969
04:15:47,067 --> 04:15:48,001
Councilmember.

4970
04:15:48,534 --> 04:15:49,968
Councilman,
when I first introduced you
to the Beltline,

4971
04:15:49,968 --> 04:15:52,101
I would have brought
these recommendations to you

4972
04:15:52,101 --> 04:15:55,334
had you kept me
in a part of that conversation.

4973
04:15:55,534 --> 04:15:57,835
This would have been in
the first piece of legislation.

4974
04:15:57,835 --> 04:16:01,968
My district has not saw
the same fruits of the Beltline.

4975
04:16:01,968 --> 04:16:05,601
Pittsburgh Yards Pittsburgh
has a business community

4976
04:16:05,701 --> 04:16:08,800
that will flourish
once they receive the funds.

4977
04:16:08,867 --> 04:16:10,434
After we built up Pittsburgh

4978
04:16:10,434 --> 04:16:12,167
yards,
after we built up the trail.

4979
04:16:12,167 --> 04:16:13,500
When you look at the

4980
04:16:13,500 --> 04:16:14,568
The Perch restaurant

4981
04:16:14,568 --> 04:16:18,167
that we just did
on, on on Metropolitan

4982
04:16:18,167 --> 04:16:21,501
Parkway, it will flourish
after the after this happens.

4983
04:16:21,568 --> 04:16:23,401
When you look at the hospital
we're trying to bring,

4984
04:16:23,401 --> 04:16:25,101
we look at other things
in our area.

4985
04:16:25,101 --> 04:16:26,534
We will need these resources.

4986
04:16:26,534 --> 04:16:28,701
As the Beltline is on
two of my streets.

4987
04:16:28,701 --> 04:16:30,134
One more thing
I would like to add

4988
04:16:30,134 --> 04:16:33,633
is that the map that we put out,
it includes the spur

4989
04:16:33,734 --> 04:16:34,568
to Buckhead.

4990
04:16:34,568 --> 04:16:36,101
What I would have made sure,

4991
04:16:36,101 --> 04:16:38,034
like I've been loud
with Beltline Rail.

4992
04:16:38,034 --> 04:16:39,234
Now about making sure

4993
04:16:39,234 --> 04:16:41,668
to include the spurs
to the south side as well.

4994
04:16:41,668 --> 04:16:44,701
We already have the funding
for that already done.

4995
04:16:44,868 --> 04:16:48,868
And so the if you look at ATL
dot map on the on their website

4996
04:16:48,868 --> 04:16:51,568
right now, you'll see spurs
that are already there

4997
04:16:51,568 --> 04:16:53,434
that we could have included
in the map

4998
04:16:53,434 --> 04:16:56,501
that came out, but super
supportive of of both pieces.

4999
04:16:56,501 --> 04:17:00,967
But I always would have included
everybody a part of this.

5000
04:17:01,601 --> 04:17:04,868
That's why
I made sure I came to you
because I wanted to work with

5001
04:17:04,868 --> 04:17:07,301
you in particular on this,
because when the Beltline

5002
04:17:07,301 --> 04:17:10,433
rail folks came to me,
they it was not moving.

5003
04:17:11,668 --> 04:17:13,534
I knew
that you would be innovative
to help us grow even more.

5004
04:17:13,534 --> 04:17:16,934
But I want to make sure
that Councilmember Amos,

5005
04:17:17,067 --> 04:17:19,267
his voice is heard,
and I want to make sure

5006
04:17:19,267 --> 04:17:20,968
that the original person
that brought everybody

5007
04:17:20,968 --> 04:17:27,301
together, voices,
heard it, too. Thank you again.

5008
04:17:27,434 --> 04:17:29,301
Okay.
Anyone? Council member Martin.

5009
04:17:29,301 --> 04:17:30,401
Yes. Thank you, Madam President.

5010
04:17:30,401 --> 04:17:34,068
I will be supporting this
amendment.

5011
04:17:34,268 --> 04:17:37,568
Councilmember Amos,
because this entire conversation
has been about equity.

5012
04:17:37,801 --> 04:17:40,800
And I signed the legislation
originally Councilmember Bond

5013
04:17:41,334 --> 04:17:44,035
in support of it
because I think the spirit of it

5014
04:17:44,035 --> 04:17:46,434
is absolutely correct.
We need to be moving forward
in thinking about what

5015
04:17:46,434 --> 04:17:48,835
our next phase of belt
non development looks like,

5016
04:17:48,835 --> 04:17:52,334
whether it's rail trails,
housing or economic development.

5017
04:17:52,334 --> 04:17:54,633
But it is time for the south
and west side of the city

5018
04:17:54,633 --> 04:17:56,468
to get the investment

5019
04:17:56,468 --> 04:17:58,967
that largely the belt line
was really built upon.

5020
04:17:58,967 --> 04:18:00,001
As we think about the

5021
04:18:00,001 --> 04:18:02,134
the taxpayers
of the city of Atlanta

5022
04:18:02,134 --> 04:18:03,534
and those that have allowed
the development

5023
04:18:03,534 --> 04:18:04,967
to go forth
in their communities.

5024
04:18:04,967 --> 04:18:07,768
As we think about 30 years ago,
25 years ago,

5025
04:18:07,768 --> 04:18:10,835
when I first got to the city as
an intern, this was a concept.

5026
04:18:10,835 --> 04:18:13,800
And to Councilmember Point,
Councilmember Amos's point,

5027
04:18:14,001 --> 04:18:15,401
we are past time

5028
04:18:15,401 --> 04:18:18,867
having conversations
about doing work on the Beltline

5029
04:18:18,867 --> 04:18:20,301
without beginning

5030
04:18:20,301 --> 04:18:23,301
and ending on the south
and west sides of the city.

5031
04:18:23,301 --> 04:18:24,935
And so I will be supporting

5032
04:18:24,935 --> 04:18:26,667
the legislation doesn't
touch my district at all,

5033
04:18:26,667 --> 04:18:27,935
but it comes very close.

5034
04:18:27,935 --> 04:18:30,434
And so I appreciate you
taking some leadership on that.

5035
04:18:30,434 --> 04:18:32,267
Councilmember
Amos and I will be voting. Yes.

5036
04:18:32,267 --> 04:18:33,333
Thank you, Madam President.

5037
04:18:36,401 --> 04:18:38,334
Councilmember Lewis

5038
04:18:38,334 --> 04:18:41,334
and I want to be loud on saying
I am the loudest belt,

5039
04:18:41,401 --> 04:18:43,801
loudest, loudest voice
since the mayor said

5040
04:18:43,801 --> 04:18:47,134
the Beltline will be on Murphy
Spur since he said that the spur

5041
04:18:47,134 --> 04:18:49,067
will happen on the south side
and southwest side.

5042
04:18:49,067 --> 04:18:51,434
First, I made sure to reach out
to Beltline Rail.

5043
04:18:51,434 --> 04:18:52,868
Now, I'm super appreciative

5044
04:18:52,868 --> 04:18:55,900
of all the meetings
that we've had and attaining and

5045
04:18:56,401 --> 04:19:00,401
and making sure to assign
a staffer to be a part of.

5046
04:19:00,401 --> 04:19:02,001
I've been able
to talk to my colleagues.

5047
04:19:02,001 --> 04:19:05,067
We knew that,
that some stuff was coming.

5048
04:19:05,668 --> 04:19:08,067
We just wish
we were always included
and not kicked out the room

5049
04:19:08,234 --> 04:19:10,667
after the introduction
that happened.

5050
04:19:10,667 --> 04:19:12,001
Black folks have always dealt

5051
04:19:12,001 --> 04:19:12,834
with this type of thing

5052
04:19:12,834 --> 04:19:14,167
where
they bring people to the table

5053
04:19:14,167 --> 04:19:16,501
and they kicked them out
the room at another point.

5054
04:19:16,501 --> 04:19:19,501
So I want to say I appreciate
this legislation moving

5055
04:19:19,501 --> 04:19:22,767
how it is, but the mayor
has said it's going to happen.

5056
04:19:23,034 --> 04:19:25,134
We want to make sure it happens.

5057
04:19:25,134 --> 04:19:26,701
We want to make sure
that the South side

5058
04:19:26,701 --> 04:19:28,134
and south West side
not left out.

5059
04:19:28,134 --> 04:19:30,835
Councilmember Amos
had dealt with the Beltline,

5060
04:19:31,002 --> 04:19:32,034
the councilmember,
those have dealt
with the Beltline

5061
04:19:32,034 --> 04:19:34,134
in different ways
than any other council member,

5062
04:19:34,134 --> 04:19:35,468
because they've had it all

5063
04:19:35,468 --> 04:19:37,401
throughout their district
this entire time.

5064
04:19:37,401 --> 04:19:41,067
And so I would like to make sure
that we are still loud

5065
04:19:42,202 --> 04:19:48,568
on this. And thank you,
Councilmember Amos,
again for these amendments.

5066
04:19:48,768 --> 04:19:51,567
Councilmember
Collins,
did you mean to do that?

5067
04:19:51,934 --> 04:19:54,134
Yes. Okay.

5068
04:19:54,134 --> 04:19:56,700
Colleagues,
I think for I think I'm unclear

5069
04:19:56,700 --> 04:19:58,002
on what we are

5070
04:19:58,002 --> 04:20:03,433
this let this resolution,
this resolution is making a

5071
04:20:03,734 --> 04:20:06,668
is this resolution focuses

5072
04:20:06,668 --> 04:20:10,767
on the importance of us
getting the

5073
04:20:11,968 --> 04:20:15,700
getting the conversation,
but also the strategic planning

5074
04:20:16,067 --> 04:20:19,034
and direction of Beltline rail

5075
04:20:19,501 --> 04:20:22,267
throughout the entire city
going.

5076
04:20:22,267 --> 04:20:24,034
Am I not right?

5077
04:20:24,034 --> 04:20:25,167
Okay.

5078
04:20:25,167 --> 04:20:28,935
The Beltline in its entirety
has been shared

5079
04:20:28,935 --> 04:20:33,334
with us is five years ahead
of schedule and development.

5080
04:20:33,668 --> 04:20:37,334
So the Beltline will be fully
completed

5081
04:20:37,601 --> 04:20:41,501
by the end
of the closure of the Tad.

5082
04:20:41,501 --> 04:20:44,467
Am I correct on that?

5083
04:20:45,134 --> 04:20:48,101
That has been shared
multiple times

5084
04:20:48,501 --> 04:20:51,500
through the Beltline
as an organization.

5085
04:20:52,067 --> 04:20:54,735
So while I understand

5086
04:20:54,735 --> 04:20:57,701
and so we have multiple plans
in place,

5087
04:20:57,768 --> 04:21:02,934
we have trails ATL that overlaps
with the Beltline rail

5088
04:21:03,201 --> 04:21:06,801
in terms of the spokes
that comes out to the comes out

5089
04:21:06,801 --> 04:21:10,568
from Beltline that we still need
to have a conversation on.

5090
04:21:10,634 --> 04:21:12,400
On the funding on that piece.

5091
04:21:13,667 --> 04:21:16,501
We have the transition at Marta

5092
04:21:16,501 --> 04:21:20,267
where that conversation
is going to pick up in terms of

5093
04:21:20,634 --> 04:21:23,834
more Marta and what
that looks like in planning.

5094
04:21:24,334 --> 04:21:27,501
So I just want to
I just don't want us to lose

5095
04:21:27,501 --> 04:21:31,533
what is before us today,
which is what is not what

5096
04:21:32,601 --> 04:21:36,568
has happened over
the last 25 years with beltline

5097
04:21:36,568 --> 04:21:39,867
rail, not with Beltline real,
with beltline as an entity,

5098
04:21:40,667 --> 04:21:43,267
and is not focused on

5099
04:21:43,267 --> 04:21:46,234
grand izing
and not grand eyes on

5100
04:21:46,234 --> 04:21:49,301
what has or what not
has happened in the community.

5101
04:21:49,301 --> 04:21:52,935
When we know the Beltline
as a structure is subject

5102
04:21:52,935 --> 04:21:57,634
to be completed by 2030, what is
before us is a resolution.

5103
04:21:57,634 --> 04:22:00,234
In terms of do we firmly believe

5104
04:22:00,234 --> 04:22:03,534
in the vision of building
Beltline rail

5105
04:22:03,868 --> 04:22:07,633
as a central transit corridor
for the entire city,

5106
04:22:07,967 --> 04:22:09,167
but more importantly,

5107
04:22:09,167 --> 04:22:13,001
moving towards
what is the strategic direction?

5108
04:22:13,101 --> 04:22:14,401
Where's the funding?

5109
04:22:14,401 --> 04:22:16,301
We finally have an opportunity

5110
04:22:16,301 --> 04:22:18,434
to at least
have the conversation.

5111
04:22:18,434 --> 04:22:23,768
And the planning started
to understand in one document,

5112
04:22:23,768 --> 04:22:29,634
in one space, what it
looks like to achieve that.

5113
04:22:30,035 --> 04:22:32,900
And so
I want us to get centered on
what's in front of us

5114
04:22:33,468 --> 04:22:36,334
and not the Beltline

5115
04:22:36,334 --> 04:22:39,501
as in the city,
which is why I am continuing

5116
04:22:39,568 --> 04:22:42,568
to advocate for the inclusion
of that clause back,

5117
04:22:43,035 --> 04:22:45,634
because that's the additional
funding that we would need

5118
04:22:45,634 --> 04:22:49,234
to ensure that we can get
the proper surveyors, engineer

5119
04:22:49,334 --> 04:22:51,201
whatever we choose to do.

5120
04:22:51,201 --> 04:22:53,267
So I'm going to call to question

5121
04:22:53,267 --> 04:22:56,700
your motion and Byron
Amos for us.

5122
04:22:56,800 --> 04:22:59,801
Go ahead and move to vote on Mr.

5123
04:22:59,801 --> 04:23:02,568
Amos substitute,
and I'm going to leave it there.

5124
04:23:02,568 --> 04:23:04,700
Okay. We have a call to question
by Collins.

5125
04:23:04,700 --> 04:23:07,667
There's a second by Hillis.

5126
04:23:08,301 --> 04:23:10,834
Madam clerk, please
repair the vote.

5127
04:23:10,834 --> 04:23:12,533
If none. Debatable.

5128
04:23:12,533 --> 04:23:15,500
Two thirds required.

5129
04:23:15,633 --> 04:23:18,600
Of all ten votes.

5130
04:23:18,700 --> 04:23:20,468
Oh. I'm live.

5131
04:23:20,468 --> 04:23:21,800
Well, everyone please vote.

5132
04:23:39,167 --> 04:23:39,967
The votes close.

5133
04:23:39,967 --> 04:23:41,934
12 years, two nays.

5134
04:23:41,934 --> 04:23:44,900
12 years. Two nays.

5135
04:23:45,001 --> 04:23:46,600
The call.

5136
04:23:46,600 --> 04:23:49,034
The question is adopted.

5137
04:23:49,034 --> 04:23:50,800
So you said no to your call.
The question.

5138
04:23:50,800 --> 04:23:53,401
No. I'm sorry, Madam Clerk.

5139
04:23:53,801 --> 04:23:57,034
Let me.
I meant yes
on the call to question yes.

5140
04:23:57,034 --> 04:23:57,867
My apologies.

5141
04:23:57,867 --> 04:24:00,500
13 years, one nay, 13 years.

5142
04:24:00,500 --> 04:24:01,334
One nay call.

5143
04:24:01,334 --> 04:24:04,167
The question is

5144
04:24:04,167 --> 04:24:06,167
just one second.

5145
04:24:06,167 --> 04:24:08,534
So Council Member Lewis

5146
04:24:08,534 --> 04:24:11,534
would like to change his vote
to no.

5147
04:24:11,534 --> 04:24:12,700
Yeah. Let's move forward.

5148
04:24:12,700 --> 04:24:15,700
12 years, two nays. 12 years.

5149
04:24:15,700 --> 04:24:16,601
Two nays.

5150
04:24:16,601 --> 04:24:19,568
Called to question is carried.

5151
04:24:19,568 --> 04:24:24,200
That brings us back
to our legislation of voting to,

5152
04:24:25,401 --> 04:24:27,700
bringing forth the substitute.

5153
04:24:27,700 --> 04:24:29,700
Yes, that's what

5154
04:24:29,700 --> 04:24:30,835
I thought.

5155
04:24:30,835 --> 04:24:33,601
Is there a motion
to bring forth substitute?

5156
04:24:33,601 --> 04:24:36,334
So, so moved by Bakhtiari,
second by Lewis.

5157
04:24:36,334 --> 04:24:37,768
Madam president,
we have a motion.

5158
04:24:37,768 --> 04:24:39,234
So we're
just going to open the vote.

5159
04:24:39,234 --> 04:24:42,200
He started the that the correct.

5160
04:24:42,633 --> 04:24:44,735
Yeah. So it's Amos in one.

5161
04:24:44,735 --> 04:24:46,567
Madam clerk,
please open the vote for

5162
04:24:47,600 --> 04:24:50,600
the substitute forward.

5163
04:24:51,167 --> 04:24:54,166
The vote is open.

5164
04:25:00,834 --> 04:25:01,533
Will I boom!

5165
04:25:01,533 --> 04:25:04,533
Please vote.

5166
04:25:09,600 --> 04:25:11,167
The votes close. 12.

5167
04:25:11,167 --> 04:25:13,267
Two nays.

5168
04:25:13,267 --> 04:25:14,934
12 years, two nays.

5169
04:25:14,934 --> 04:25:16,501
The substitute is before us.

5170
04:25:17,535 --> 04:25:19,568
All right.
So with that,
the motion
is to adopt on substitute

5171
04:25:19,568 --> 04:25:22,134
the motion
to adopt on substitute by one.

5172
04:25:22,134 --> 04:25:24,401
Is there a second? Second by.

5173
04:25:24,401 --> 04:25:27,400
Martin, please prepare the vote.

5174
04:25:28,401 --> 04:25:31,400
Is there any more discussion?

5175
04:25:33,900 --> 04:25:36,467
One moment.

5176
04:25:36,467 --> 04:25:37,800
The vote is open.

5177
04:25:37,800 --> 04:25:39,634
Yeah.
We can't just. We're having.

5178
04:25:39,634 --> 04:25:42,400
The system is tired now,
so we all.

5179
04:25:42,400 --> 04:25:45,301
How is that?

5180
04:25:45,301 --> 04:25:48,266
Aren't we all? Oh.

5181
04:25:48,900 --> 04:25:51,867
Will everyone please
vote, madam?

5182
04:25:51,967 --> 04:25:54,967
Madam chair, I have a question.

5183
04:25:56,767 --> 04:25:59,767
The voters open.

5184
04:26:00,334 --> 04:26:01,468
So the vote is open.

5185
04:26:01,468 --> 04:26:04,067
But I didn't ask for discussion.

5186
04:26:04,067 --> 04:26:06,701
So would you like to have
I should have.

5187
04:26:06,701 --> 04:26:09,100
Yes. Okay.
Council member Collins.

5188
04:26:12,134 --> 04:26:13,935
I mean, that's, you know, I just

5189
04:26:13,935 --> 04:26:18,501
I mean, it's I terms of I,
you know, borrowing.

5190
04:26:18,901 --> 04:26:22,234
I didn't support your
I didn't support your motion
to bring forth a substitute.

5191
04:26:22,501 --> 04:26:25,134
I mean, I don't think that
what you're, you know,

5192
04:26:25,134 --> 04:26:28,867
the admissions is causing me
heartburn.

5193
04:26:29,101 --> 04:26:32,034
Heartburn to not still support
this resolution.

5194
04:26:32,668 --> 04:26:35,768
Just going for the record that
these will still be questions

5195
04:26:36,202 --> 04:26:39,401
that I continue
to advocate for, particularly
on the funding updates.

5196
04:26:39,401 --> 04:26:43,901
And we'll continue to push
for the for tax allocation

5197
04:26:43,901 --> 04:26:47,468
dollars, knowing that Beltline
is our largest generating

5198
04:26:47,668 --> 04:26:51,534
to be dedicated
to the to this effort

5199
04:26:51,534 --> 04:26:53,568
in whatever time
frame that we have.

5200
04:26:53,568 --> 04:26:57,034
So I'm going to support
the motion in its entirety.

5201
04:26:57,601 --> 04:27:00,601
Even though the even though
the changes

5202
04:27:00,601 --> 04:27:03,867
I still have issues with doesn't
give me heartburn, though.

5203
04:27:04,234 --> 04:27:05,967
Council
member Michael Julian Bond.

5204
04:27:08,434 --> 04:27:11,634
Thank you, Madam President.

5205
04:27:11,901 --> 04:27:14,633
I would just be quick.
I just want to remind everyone
this is just a resolution.

5206
04:27:14,700 --> 04:27:17,501
It's it's not an ordinance.

5207
04:27:17,501 --> 04:27:21,900
Thank you for saying and and
yeah, the quiet part out loud.

5208
04:27:22,967 --> 04:27:25,735
But the
the concerns of the gentleman.

5209
04:27:25,735 --> 04:27:29,067
But we have to understand
how how we got here as a city.

5210
04:27:29,134 --> 04:27:32,433
This beltline was never intended
to be a park.

5211
04:27:32,967 --> 04:27:35,167
Never. Right.

5212
04:27:35,167 --> 04:27:36,935
Never say it again.

5213
04:27:36,935 --> 04:27:41,734
Never was it intended to be used
the way that it is being used.

5214
04:27:42,434 --> 04:27:45,901
And the reason why
the real part has been delayed

5215
04:27:45,901 --> 04:27:50,468
is because of the politics of
how it has been used as a park,

5216
04:27:50,701 --> 04:27:53,668
because people got used to it
being used as a park,

5217
04:27:53,868 --> 04:27:56,668
and they don't want it to stop
being used as a part.

5218
04:27:56,668 --> 04:28:01,767
But it was always
intended to be a transit lane.

5219
04:28:02,568 --> 04:28:06,601
And it is
also has the dubious distinction

5220
04:28:06,968 --> 04:28:11,067
of being the only train route
on planet Earth

5221
04:28:11,668 --> 04:28:16,368
in the history of planet Earth
to be built in reverse,

5222
04:28:16,835 --> 04:28:21,267
meaning that the the
the adjacent land

5223
04:28:21,267 --> 04:28:24,900
is built out
before any rails are laid.

5224
04:28:25,434 --> 04:28:28,433
That has never been done
on planet Earth before.

5225
04:28:29,234 --> 04:28:31,468
And so we're here basically

5226
04:28:31,468 --> 04:28:34,434
with a mop bucket and a mop,

5227
04:28:34,568 --> 04:28:37,334
trying to realign the process

5228
04:28:37,334 --> 04:28:40,333
to build this light rail train.

5229
04:28:41,001 --> 04:28:42,334
And when we get to

5230
04:28:42,334 --> 04:28:44,167
and as some of the speakers
pointed out,

5231
04:28:44,167 --> 04:28:46,534
particularly
the lady with the shades

5232
04:28:46,534 --> 04:28:51,901
and the fly hat, there portions
of this route that are not

5233
04:28:51,901 --> 04:28:56,800
large enough or expansive enough
to put a train on.

5234
04:28:57,267 --> 04:29:02,433
So all of this will have to be
worked out at some future point.

5235
04:29:02,800 --> 04:29:04,600
So no one should have.

5236
04:29:05,900 --> 04:29:07,935
Just my opinion,

5237
04:29:07,935 --> 04:29:12,400
too much heartburn or
consternation about the wording

5238
04:29:13,234 --> 04:29:15,835
or what is in this resolution,

5239
04:29:15,835 --> 04:29:18,935
because it's a it's
a general policy statement

5240
04:29:19,002 --> 04:29:22,700
that we're all supportive
and we want to see it happen. So

5241
04:29:23,835 --> 04:29:26,800
going forward in the future,
they're going to be real

5242
04:29:27,267 --> 04:29:29,934
architectural and engineering

5243
04:29:29,934 --> 04:29:32,901
concerns
that have come before us.

5244
04:29:32,968 --> 04:29:36,067
The high probability is
there might be sections

5245
04:29:36,501 --> 04:29:39,834
that may have to be either
rerouted or maybe

5246
04:29:40,134 --> 04:29:43,734
service interruption,
or maybe the train only goes in

5247
04:29:43,734 --> 04:29:46,834
one one way on certain sections.

5248
04:29:46,834 --> 04:29:49,967
Just depends
on the actual geography

5249
04:29:49,967 --> 04:29:52,735
of what is actually there.

5250
04:29:52,735 --> 04:29:55,334
But because we've taken
so long to do this

5251
04:29:55,334 --> 04:29:58,500
correctly,
we find ourselves here today.

5252
04:29:59,101 --> 04:30:01,468
But we do support it.

5253
04:30:01,468 --> 04:30:05,066
I hope everybody will vote
unanimously for it.

5254
04:30:06,267 --> 04:30:09,234
As we step into the bright

5255
04:30:09,534 --> 04:30:13,868
future together
for the Beltline rail.

5256
04:30:13,968 --> 04:30:18,133
And we should do so holding
hands because we're fixing,

5257
04:30:19,101 --> 04:30:22,067
what others

5258
04:30:22,368 --> 04:30:24,701
didn't do as well.

5259
04:30:24,701 --> 04:30:27,500
So let's step into the future
together,

5260
04:30:27,500 --> 04:30:30,433
little children.

5261
04:30:30,667 --> 04:30:33,633
Council member Kelsey Bond.

5262
04:30:33,734 --> 04:30:35,167
Thank you everyone.

5263
04:30:35,167 --> 04:30:36,834
I want to second a lot of what

5264
04:30:36,834 --> 04:30:39,167
other council member bond
just said.

5265
04:30:39,167 --> 04:30:41,868
You know, there are other cities
looking to build right

5266
04:30:41,868 --> 04:30:45,767
light rail right now
looking to Atlanta and trying

5267
04:30:45,834 --> 04:30:48,801
to not repeat our our mistakes.

5268
04:30:49,202 --> 04:30:52,735
The Beltline has not turned out
as it was originally intended.

5269
04:30:52,735 --> 04:30:55,768
It was meant to be
a public asset that we all paid

5270
04:30:55,768 --> 04:30:59,334
into with public housing,
public assets.

5271
04:30:59,334 --> 04:31:01,567
And instead we've seen
a lot of gentrification.

5272
04:31:01,567 --> 04:31:03,002
We've seen a lot of

5273
04:31:03,002 --> 04:31:05,967
development on the Beltline
that is not geared towards

5274
04:31:06,368 --> 04:31:08,900
people who need affordable
housing most. Right.

5275
04:31:08,900 --> 04:31:12,401
And these are mistakes
and policy decisions

5276
04:31:12,401 --> 04:31:13,668
that were made by previous

5277
04:31:13,668 --> 04:31:17,334
administrations over the course
of multiple years, in decades.

5278
04:31:18,068 --> 04:31:21,835
But I truly do believe that,
you know, Beltline rail has the

5279
04:31:21,835 --> 04:31:25,967
potential to be a transformative
project for the entire city.

5280
04:31:26,967 --> 04:31:30,634
And I am really
excited about what comes next

5281
04:31:30,634 --> 04:31:33,867
after this and collaborating
with all of you

5282
04:31:34,634 --> 04:31:37,601
to determine
what is the path forward.

5283
04:31:37,801 --> 04:31:41,001
But ultimately,
you know, Atlanta is far behind

5284
04:31:41,067 --> 04:31:44,035
where we need
to be on public transit.

5285
04:31:44,035 --> 04:31:47,401
This is a major investment
that has the the potential

5286
04:31:47,634 --> 04:31:50,534
to transform
the future of our city,

5287
04:31:50,534 --> 04:31:54,001
our commitment to climate
resiliency and sustainability

5288
04:31:54,001 --> 04:31:55,301
and affordability

5289
04:31:55,301 --> 04:31:58,634
in a city that is becoming
increasingly expensive.

5290
04:31:59,168 --> 04:32:03,533
So really excited about this
kind of renewed commitment to

5291
04:32:04,067 --> 04:32:06,034
build towards a beltline
that actually works

5292
04:32:06,034 --> 04:32:08,601
for everyone,
that is truly affordable,

5293
04:32:08,601 --> 04:32:11,434
that is truly inviting
for everybody,

5294
04:32:11,434 --> 04:32:14,401
and to move forward
in that direction,

5295
04:32:14,468 --> 04:32:18,035
regardless of previous policy
decisions that have led

5296
04:32:18,035 --> 04:32:20,834
the Beltline to where it
is today. So thank you all.

5297
04:32:22,934 --> 04:32:24,301
Council Member Amos.

5298
04:32:24,301 --> 04:32:25,034
And very clear.

5299
04:32:25,034 --> 04:32:26,735
Just just want to stay.

5300
04:32:26,735 --> 04:32:31,368
I'm in support of creating
the plan for the Beltline, rail.

5301
04:32:31,468 --> 04:32:35,101
But here's the reality
of a district council member.

5302
04:32:35,401 --> 04:32:38,368
We move forward, use beltline

5303
04:32:38,368 --> 04:32:41,334
tag to develop this plan.

5304
04:32:41,434 --> 04:32:44,735
What stops on the south
side, west side,

5305
04:32:44,735 --> 04:32:47,701
and part of the northwest side
with this rail stop?

5306
04:32:47,868 --> 04:32:51,433
And what part of money would be
left to develop the Beltline

5307
04:32:51,567 --> 04:32:52,968
along the west side

5308
04:32:52,968 --> 04:32:56,800
that all the other sides of
the city has enjoyed?

5309
04:32:56,800 --> 04:32:58,434
That is where I stand.

5310
04:32:58,434 --> 04:33:01,768
That is where my community looks
for me, for leadership,

5311
04:33:02,469 --> 04:33:05,201
to ensure
that we're able to enjoy some of
the same economic advantages.

5312
04:33:05,301 --> 04:33:07,234
Because there was
this thing called the Beltline,

5313
04:33:07,234 --> 04:33:10,234
this dream called the Beltline,
that has been proven

5314
04:33:10,401 --> 04:33:13,735
to bring economic vitality
to the things that it touch,

5315
04:33:13,801 --> 04:33:16,800
and we simply have not been able
to enjoy that.

5316
04:33:17,201 --> 04:33:21,534
So I must begin to protect
all the economic advantages

5317
04:33:22,002 --> 04:33:25,301
that it
that everyone else have utilized
to bring to realize

5318
04:33:25,735 --> 04:33:28,333
that dream.
So, thank you for everyone
that is supporting this, this

5319
04:33:28,333 --> 04:33:29,033
amendment.

5320
04:33:32,334 --> 04:33:35,301
Council member Martin,
I'd like to call the question

5321
04:33:35,468 --> 04:33:38,467
on councilor excuse me.

5322
04:33:39,267 --> 04:33:39,800
By Martin.

5323
04:33:39,800 --> 04:33:41,701
Second by.

5324
04:33:41,701 --> 04:33:43,734
You scared me out
before, Councilmember Martin.

5325
04:33:43,734 --> 04:33:45,101
My. I was the next speaker.

5326
04:33:45,101 --> 04:33:46,735
How'd that happen?

5327
04:33:46,735 --> 04:33:48,567
You just clicked.
That's why he's come up.

5328
04:33:48,567 --> 04:33:50,800
Okay, then go ahead.

5329
04:33:50,800 --> 04:33:52,067
Council member Martin, you.

5330
04:33:52,067 --> 04:33:54,067
Just two more seconds.
All right.

5331
04:33:54,067 --> 04:33:58,068
Council member Lewis
and I am super,

5332
04:33:58,068 --> 04:34:01,601
super happy about the Beltline
coming to the city of Atlanta.

5333
04:34:01,668 --> 04:34:05,267
The south side did not know
anything about this stuff.

5334
04:34:05,401 --> 04:34:09,067
The moment that the mayor got
loud about Murphy spear spur,

5335
04:34:09,267 --> 04:34:11,468
my community got loud.

5336
04:34:11,701 --> 04:34:13,201
Last week,
I was in church to hear
some folks

5337
04:34:13,201 --> 04:34:15,334
walk up on me and talk about
getting on the train.

5338
04:34:15,334 --> 04:34:18,501
And doing a circle around
the Beltline is an amazing

5339
04:34:18,668 --> 04:34:21,034
thing to me.
So the Beltline real
is going to happen.

5340
04:34:21,034 --> 04:34:23,201
We've here.
It was built for real.

5341
04:34:23,201 --> 04:34:24,433
I am loud on it.

5342
04:34:24,433 --> 04:34:26,002
We need to.

5343
04:34:26,369 --> 04:34:29,001
What we've heard
today is we want to make sure
that we get it to.

5344
04:34:29,301 --> 04:34:32,334
The mayor said that the goal
is to get people to work,

5345
04:34:32,334 --> 04:34:34,035
get people to things right.

5346
04:34:34,035 --> 04:34:37,267
The that's what we that's
what I think we voted on today.

5347
04:34:37,501 --> 04:34:38,900
Just getting this across.

5348
04:34:38,900 --> 04:34:40,735
So super happy about this
and super happy

5349
04:34:40,735 --> 04:34:42,066
about
we're going to do in the future.

5350
04:34:43,167 --> 04:34:44,368
Thank you.

5351
04:34:44,368 --> 04:34:47,367
And looks like.

5352
04:34:49,167 --> 04:34:50,634
Looks like I'm sorry,
Councilmember

5353
04:34:50,634 --> 04:34:51,900
Martin, please
repeat what you just said.

5354
04:34:51,900 --> 04:34:54,201
Oh sorry.

5355
04:34:54,201 --> 04:34:57,234
You you you still on
call the question, but.

5356
04:34:57,835 --> 04:34:59,801
Yes, ma'am.
No one else is waiting.
So here we go. It's cleared out.

5357
04:34:59,801 --> 04:35:01,134
Then we don't have to do it.
Okay, great.

5358
04:35:01,134 --> 04:35:04,100
Okay, so we have a motion
and a second on.

5359
04:35:04,734 --> 04:35:07,700
Oh, there's no second yet

5360
04:35:07,934 --> 04:35:10,067
getting employees or something.

5361
04:35:10,301 --> 04:35:11,801
Check out.
You know, we don't have

5362
04:35:11,801 --> 04:35:14,767
to call the question
because there's no.

5363
04:35:16,035 --> 04:35:22,600
Yeah.
So we have a motion on the table
to adopt on substitute.

5364
04:35:23,501 --> 04:35:28,634
Yeah.
But we we we pause the, the vote
because we deliberated.

5365
04:35:28,735 --> 04:35:31,667
So now we need to actually do
the vote.

5366
04:35:32,034 --> 04:35:34,234
So, Madam Clerk, please
open the vote.

5367
04:35:34,234 --> 04:35:35,033
Got it. Thank you.

5368
04:35:37,735 --> 04:35:40,401
Currently in the charter
we can't even though it's

5369
04:35:40,401 --> 04:35:42,501
either an act of God
or a glitch on our side.

5370
04:35:42,501 --> 04:35:45,467
Okay. The vote is open.

5371
04:35:45,767 --> 04:35:48,067
Strong regulations on.

5372
04:35:48,067 --> 04:35:51,066
All right.

5373
04:35:52,134 --> 04:35:52,867
Well, me.

5374
04:35:52,867 --> 04:36:04,834
And please vote.

5375
04:36:05,167 --> 04:36:07,834
The most
close 14 days
there on eight, 140.

5376
04:36:08,101 --> 04:36:11,067
This item is adopted
as substitute.

5377
04:36:11,134 --> 04:36:12,934
Madam President,
if I may, I did want to.

5378
04:36:12,934 --> 04:36:14,301
I have a message.

5379
04:36:14,301 --> 04:36:17,267
Oh, sorry.

5380
04:36:17,334 --> 04:36:19,867
Makers who signed up to speak.

5381
04:36:19,867 --> 04:36:22,134
I believe
I don't see any speakers.

5382
04:36:22,134 --> 04:36:24,800
Oh, I don't see it there.
But I do see it here.

5383
04:36:24,800 --> 04:36:27,767
Council member
Michael Julian bond.

5384
04:36:28,034 --> 04:36:31,434
Thank you, Madam President.

5385
04:36:31,601 --> 04:36:34,700
Well,
I want to explain my vote and
make a motion to mayor's office.

5386
04:36:35,734 --> 04:36:38,234
As I explained my vote,

5387
04:36:38,234 --> 04:36:41,233
one of the things I wanted
to point out and respond to that

5388
04:36:41,567 --> 04:36:42,467
is this,

5389
04:36:43,700 --> 04:36:45,600
and I,

5390
04:36:45,600 --> 04:36:47,002
I want to just comment.

5391
04:36:47,002 --> 04:36:49,401
Council member Abramson,
the rest of the council,

5392
04:36:49,401 --> 04:36:52,501
I mean, this will often sales
tax obligation

5393
04:36:52,501 --> 04:36:55,667
or authorization
with the state runs out in 32.

5394
04:36:56,868 --> 04:37:00,234
That generates on average,
about $100 million a year.

5395
04:37:00,701 --> 04:37:04,167
And it's not just paid by
residents, it's paid by everyone

5396
04:37:04,167 --> 04:37:08,234
who purchases an item, buys
a Coca cola, groceries

5397
04:37:08,468 --> 04:37:12,200
shops, buys the sporting ticket
that comes to Atlanta.

5398
04:37:12,734 --> 04:37:14,234
There's no reason

5399
04:37:14,234 --> 04:37:17,067
we have legislation
pending, and finance Committee

5400
04:37:17,067 --> 04:37:21,234
set up a committee to decide
how to use a petition.

5401
04:37:21,234 --> 04:37:25,634
The state for the future use
of municipal option sales taxes.

5402
04:37:25,801 --> 04:37:28,867
That's one part of money
that everyone pays into.

5403
04:37:30,268 --> 04:37:33,768
Doesn't create
a burden on a particular part
of town or a particular district

5404
04:37:33,901 --> 04:37:36,967
that could be used to build out
this and other projects.

5405
04:37:37,401 --> 04:37:40,701
So that's my plug
knowing for my legislation,

5406
04:37:40,768 --> 04:37:44,534
but for the future of funding
of this and similar projects,

5407
04:37:44,701 --> 04:37:47,667
whether it is
building facilities

5408
04:37:47,900 --> 04:37:50,634
and the south side of town or

5409
04:37:50,634 --> 04:37:53,301
whether it's used for parks
or what have you.

5410
04:37:53,301 --> 04:37:56,267
The state gave us
the authorization to use it

5411
04:37:56,468 --> 04:37:59,100
to satisfy
our obligation with the,

5412
04:38:01,167 --> 04:38:03,434
consent decree.

5413
04:38:03,434 --> 04:38:05,800
I'm sure they'll give us
the authorization to use it

5414
04:38:05,800 --> 04:38:07,334
for the projects of our choice.

5415
04:38:07,334 --> 04:38:11,101
Susan, if we go back to them,
petition them early on

5416
04:38:11,101 --> 04:38:13,101
similar projects like this.

5417
04:38:13,101 --> 04:38:16,100
And that's why
I support the legislation.

5418
04:38:20,034 --> 04:38:22,468
Thank you, Councilmember
Michael Julian Bond.

5419
04:38:22,468 --> 04:38:24,735
And with that, we want to

5420
04:38:24,735 --> 04:38:28,201
your motion to send this item
to the mayor's office post.

5421
04:38:28,267 --> 04:38:30,568
Hayes. Second by Amos.

5422
04:38:30,568 --> 04:38:33,401
Madam clerk,
sound of unanimous consent

5423
04:38:33,401 --> 04:38:35,734
on sending this item
to the mayor's office.

5424
04:38:35,734 --> 04:38:38,734
Poses.

5425
04:38:40,734 --> 04:38:43,734
With no objections.

5426
04:38:44,267 --> 04:38:45,267
13 years.

5427
04:38:45,267 --> 04:38:47,134
There are 130 nays.

5428
04:38:47,134 --> 04:38:51,068
This item is sent to the mayor's
office posthaste.

5429
04:38:51,235 --> 04:38:53,601
Chair one.
Madam President and colleagues,
I did want to pass along

5430
04:38:53,601 --> 04:38:55,201
a message from Vice
Chair Worthy,

5431
04:38:55,201 --> 04:38:57,267
who wanted to be here
and would have made this

5432
04:38:57,267 --> 04:39:00,668
unanimous passage, but
he did change his flight time.

5433
04:39:00,668 --> 04:39:02,601
He was going to try and be here
and changed it

5434
04:39:02,601 --> 04:39:04,634
late,
but did not expect all of the

5435
04:39:04,634 --> 04:39:06,368
public comment
speakers on a topic

5436
04:39:06,368 --> 04:39:09,368
that on a resolution
that was destined to pass.

5437
04:39:09,368 --> 04:39:11,800
So he tried,
but he's here in spirit.

5438
04:39:11,800 --> 04:39:14,134
Thank you. Thank you for that.

5439
04:39:14,134 --> 04:39:16,735
Our next standing committee
finance

5440
04:39:16,735 --> 04:39:20,233
exit,
the honorable Jason Winston.

5441
04:39:23,034 --> 04:39:23,500
Thank you.

5442
04:39:23,500 --> 04:39:24,401
Madam president.

5443
04:39:24,401 --> 04:39:26,633
Will be way faster
than you should.

5444
04:39:26,633 --> 04:39:29,468
Transportation.

5445
04:39:29,468 --> 04:39:31,567
My first is a communication

5446
04:39:31,567 --> 04:39:35,501
26C-5079 communication

5447
04:39:35,501 --> 04:39:38,334
from Donald T Panov,
CPA chair, Audit Committee,

5448
04:39:38,334 --> 04:39:40,101
submitting the Performance
Audit.

5449
04:39:40,101 --> 04:39:41,534
2606.

5450
04:39:41,534 --> 04:39:44,434
Moving
Atlanta for 2026 Annual Review.

5451
04:39:44,434 --> 04:39:47,935
The FEC recommendation
is to accept and file okay.

5452
04:39:48,002 --> 04:39:51,434
There's a motion by Winston
to accept and file

5453
04:39:51,534 --> 04:39:54,501
26 that see that's 5079.

5454
04:39:54,568 --> 04:39:56,568
It's coming out
of committee to file.

5455
04:39:56,568 --> 04:39:57,900
So no second is necessary.

5456
04:39:57,900 --> 04:40:00,267
Madam clerk, please
prepare the vote.

5457
04:40:00,267 --> 04:40:03,266
The vote is open.

5458
04:40:06,900 --> 04:40:09,900
Will everyone please vote?

5459
04:40:10,368 --> 04:40:13,367
You're welcome.

5460
04:40:18,500 --> 04:40:20,734
Okay,

5461
04:40:20,734 --> 04:40:21,301
vote is closed.

5462
04:40:21,301 --> 04:40:22,600
120. Nays.

5463
04:40:22,600 --> 04:40:23,934
120 nays.

5464
04:40:23,934 --> 04:40:26,067
This item is accepted and filed.

5465
04:40:26,301 --> 04:40:28,368
Thank you.
Moving on to resolutions 26.

5466
04:40:28,368 --> 04:40:31,800
Dash R4116A resolution
by Finance

5467
04:40:32,234 --> 04:40:34,934
Committee authorizing the mayor
or his designee to enter

5468
04:40:34,934 --> 04:40:36,868
into Special Procurement
Agreement

5469
04:40:36,868 --> 04:40:39,634
number listed with Frontline
Mobile Health for the purchase

5470
04:40:39,634 --> 04:40:43,501
of a qualified medical services
provider for the department's

5471
04:40:43,501 --> 04:40:45,834
comprehensive
annual medical evaluations

5472
04:40:45,834 --> 04:40:47,234
on behalf of the Atlanta

5473
04:40:47,234 --> 04:40:50,201
Fire Rescue Department
for three years,

5474
04:40:50,468 --> 04:40:52,735
with two one year
renewal options in the in

5475
04:40:52,735 --> 04:40:57,768
an amount
not to exceed $918,871.00.

5476
04:40:57,868 --> 04:40:59,935
All contracted work
will be charged to

5477
04:40:59,935 --> 04:41:01,735
and paid from the fund,
department, organization

5478
04:41:01,735 --> 04:41:04,800
and account number listed here
in and for other purposes.

5479
04:41:05,034 --> 04:41:06,167
This came out of committee

5480
04:41:06,167 --> 04:41:08,501
favorable with four years
and one extension.

5481
04:41:08,501 --> 04:41:10,500
The FEC
recommendation is to adopt a

5482
04:41:11,867 --> 04:41:14,434
motion to adopt by Winston.

5483
04:41:14,434 --> 04:41:18,033
Doesn't require a second
Madam clerk, in any discussion.

5484
04:41:18,900 --> 04:41:21,101
Madam clerk,
please repair the vote.

5485
04:41:21,101 --> 04:41:24,100
The vote is open.

5486
04:41:28,967 --> 04:41:31,533
Will everyone please vote?

5487
04:41:31,533 --> 04:41:34,234
They took my folder.

5488
04:41:34,234 --> 04:41:35,001
The votes close.

5489
04:41:35,001 --> 04:41:37,767
1208120 nays.

5490
04:41:37,767 --> 04:41:38,967
This item is adopted.

5491
04:41:38,967 --> 04:41:40,533
Thank you. That concludes
my report.

5492
04:41:40,533 --> 04:41:41,967
Excellent, excellent.

5493
04:41:41,967 --> 04:41:45,502
Our next,

5494
04:41:45,502 --> 04:41:50,800
next standing committee.
Committee on council,
the honorable Byron Amos.

5495
04:41:51,434 --> 04:41:53,800
Chair.
We have four items coming for us
today.

5496
04:41:54,201 --> 04:41:58,967
Communications
26-C-5076A communication

5497
04:41:58,967 --> 04:42:00,834
from Council member
Dustin Hillis, district

5498
04:42:00,834 --> 04:42:02,134
nine reappointing

5499
04:42:02,134 --> 04:42:04,267
Miss Joanne Powell
to serve as a member of

5500
04:42:04,267 --> 04:42:05,568
the Atlanta Commission on Women.

5501
04:42:05,568 --> 04:42:08,601
This appointment is for a term
of two years, to begin

5502
04:42:08,668 --> 04:42:11,634
retroactively on February
5th, 2026,

5503
04:42:11,634 --> 04:42:14,667
and to aspire February
4th, 2028.

5504
04:42:15,900 --> 04:42:17,201
Madam Chair,
I should have a second,

5505
04:42:17,201 --> 04:42:18,834
which we can take
as a block. Yes.

5506
04:42:18,834 --> 04:42:22,468
It's 26-C-5077.

5507
04:42:22,634 --> 04:42:24,900
A communication from Council
member Antonio Lewis.

5508
04:42:24,900 --> 04:42:27,568
District 12 reappointing Mr.

5509
04:42:27,568 --> 04:42:29,567
Shields to serve
as a member of the Atlanta

5510
04:42:29,567 --> 04:42:30,734
Commission on Women.

5511
04:42:30,734 --> 04:42:32,134
This appointment is for a term

5512
04:42:32,134 --> 04:42:35,867
of two years, to begin
retroactively on May 6th, 2026,

5513
04:42:35,934 --> 04:42:38,934
and to aspire May 5th, 2028.

5514
04:42:39,101 --> 04:42:40,601
Both items come favorable

5515
04:42:40,601 --> 04:42:42,735
out of Committee
on Council motion to approve.

5516
04:42:42,735 --> 04:42:45,800
Motion to approve by Amos
does not require a second.

5517
04:42:45,967 --> 04:42:48,234
Madam clerk, please
open the vote.

5518
04:42:48,234 --> 04:42:49,367
The vote is open.

5519
04:42:53,267 --> 04:42:56,266
Will everyone please vote?

5520
04:43:17,600 --> 04:43:18,434
Councilmember bond,

5521
04:43:18,434 --> 04:43:21,401
what is your vote?

5522
04:43:21,601 --> 04:43:23,234
The votes close 12 years ago.

5523
04:43:23,234 --> 04:43:24,934
Nays. 12 nays.

5524
04:43:24,934 --> 04:43:26,468
These items are adopted.

5525
04:43:26,468 --> 04:43:28,500
Next to a resolution is 26.

5526
04:43:28,500 --> 04:43:30,867
Dash r, dash 4026.

5527
04:43:30,867 --> 04:43:32,634
A resolution by Community
Development

5528
04:43:32,634 --> 04:43:34,534
Human Resources
Committee appointed Mr.

5529
04:43:34,534 --> 04:43:36,068
William
Clark to the City of Atlanta

5530
04:43:36,068 --> 04:43:40,634
Special Event Technical Advisory
Group as the City Council

5531
04:43:40,701 --> 04:43:42,735
appointee
representing Piedmont Park event

5532
04:43:42,735 --> 04:43:46,034
security coordination experience
and for other purposes.

5533
04:43:46,034 --> 04:43:48,001
This comes out of the Community

5534
04:43:48,001 --> 04:43:49,568
Development Human Resources
Committee.

5535
04:43:49,568 --> 04:43:53,367
Favorable
and out of COC favorable.

5536
04:43:54,533 --> 04:43:55,534
Motion to approve.

5537
04:43:55,534 --> 04:43:56,834
Motion to approve by Amos.

5538
04:43:56,834 --> 04:43:59,234
It's not required. Second,

5539
04:43:59,234 --> 04:44:01,167
madam clerk,
please prepare the vote.

5540
04:44:01,167 --> 04:44:04,166
The vote is open.

5541
04:44:18,067 --> 04:44:20,934
The first class, 13 year

5542
04:44:20,934 --> 04:44:22,767
council member. Collins,
what is your vote?

5543
04:44:22,767 --> 04:44:23,834
Yes, I said yay!

5544
04:44:23,834 --> 04:44:26,834
A 14 year old name
14 years. Zero.

5545
04:44:27,368 --> 04:44:29,468
This item is adopted.

5546
04:44:30,002 --> 04:44:33,834
Thank you.
Resolution 26 R 3985
or resolution by Finance

5547
04:44:33,834 --> 04:44:35,001
Executive Committee

5548
04:44:35,001 --> 04:44:38,101
appointed Miss Felicia
More to the Ethics Board

5549
04:44:38,101 --> 04:44:40,101
as the representative
of the Atlanta Plan

5550
04:44:40,101 --> 04:44:42,468
and Advisory Board
for a term of three years,

5551
04:44:42,468 --> 04:44:44,067
say a term to commence upon

5552
04:44:44,067 --> 04:44:47,067
approval of this resolution
and for other purposes.

5553
04:44:47,067 --> 04:44:48,768
This item is came out favorable,

5554
04:44:48,768 --> 04:44:51,734
out of Committee on Council
and this committee of purview.

5555
04:44:52,034 --> 04:44:53,401
I'd like to make a motion
to approve.

5556
04:44:53,401 --> 04:44:55,767
Motion to approve by Amos

5557
04:44:56,967 --> 04:44:59,201
does not require second.

5558
04:44:59,201 --> 04:45:01,334
Madam clerk,
please repair the vote.

5559
04:45:01,334 --> 04:45:04,333
The vote is open.

5560
04:45:08,301 --> 04:45:09,900
Please vote.

5561
04:45:09,900 --> 04:45:12,934
The votes close 14 years on 814
years.

5562
04:45:12,934 --> 04:45:15,134
Ronnie's is item is adopted.

5563
04:45:15,134 --> 04:45:16,101
Thank you, Madam President.

5564
04:45:16,101 --> 04:45:17,401
It's my report.

5565
04:45:17,401 --> 04:45:20,368
Thank you. Chair. Amos.

5566
04:45:20,368 --> 04:45:23,301
Chair Mary Norwood for zoning.

5567
04:45:23,301 --> 04:45:25,234
It's our next committee.

5568
04:45:25,234 --> 04:45:27,034
Thank you, Madam President.

5569
04:45:27,034 --> 04:45:28,034
I have one item.

5570
04:45:28,034 --> 04:45:31,133
It's 260-1509.

5571
04:45:32,101 --> 04:45:35,967
This ordinance is to establish
a 180 day moratorium

5572
04:45:35,967 --> 04:45:38,668
on the acceptance
of any new applications

5573
04:45:38,668 --> 04:45:42,301
to subdivide properties
into three or more lots

5574
04:45:42,601 --> 04:45:45,534
in district eight,
my own district.

5575
04:45:45,634 --> 04:45:49,301
And my motion
is to approve motion to approve

5576
04:45:49,368 --> 04:45:51,068
by Mary Norwood.

5577
04:45:51,068 --> 04:45:55,067
A second is not is not necessary
because it's favorable.

5578
04:45:55,334 --> 04:45:56,267
Any discussion?

5579
04:45:56,267 --> 04:45:58,334
Council member one
thank you, Madam Chair.

5580
04:45:58,334 --> 04:45:59,768
Thank you. Chair.

5581
04:45:59,768 --> 04:46:03,035
Norwood. My question is actually
for law on this one.

5582
04:46:03,168 --> 04:46:07,234
I just want to make sure
I understand on the
on the moratorium situation

5583
04:46:07,634 --> 04:46:10,301
when this goes into effect
after the mayor signs it,

5584
04:46:10,301 --> 04:46:12,134
if you had an application

5585
04:46:12,134 --> 04:46:14,568
for a subdivision
already in the process,

5586
04:46:14,568 --> 04:46:17,500
you were grandfathered right
there. That's not in jeopardy.

5587
04:46:18,501 --> 04:46:19,901
Good afternoon, Amber

5588
04:46:19,901 --> 04:46:21,900
Robinson, City of Atlanta
Department of Law.

5589
04:46:21,900 --> 04:46:23,167
That's correct.

5590
04:46:23,167 --> 04:46:25,167
If there was a application

5591
04:46:25,167 --> 04:46:27,301
already
submitted, would not be subject

5592
04:46:27,301 --> 04:46:31,734
to the moratorium, pursuant
to this ordinance.

5593
04:46:32,768 --> 04:46:34,002
All right.
So it's contingent
on the application date,

5594
04:46:34,002 --> 04:46:38,767
not on a permit approval or
even a permit rescission date.

5595
04:46:38,767 --> 04:46:39,868
Correct.

5596
04:46:39,868 --> 04:46:42,834
It's contingent
on the date of the submission

5597
04:46:42,900 --> 04:46:44,868
of a completed
application. Okay.

5598
04:46:44,868 --> 04:46:48,601
And if a permit was rescinded,
but then being challenged

5599
04:46:48,601 --> 04:46:51,167
and that falls back
in favor of the applicant,

5600
04:46:51,167 --> 04:46:53,835
that would still be
grandfathered. Correct.

5601
04:46:53,835 --> 04:46:58,068
If a permit is being
if a decision concerning

5602
04:46:58,135 --> 04:47:02,900
a permit is being appealed
at the time of the moratorium

5603
04:47:03,067 --> 04:47:07,901
that permit, if
if it were resolved in favor of

5604
04:47:07,901 --> 04:47:11,867
the applicant, would also not
be subject to the moratorium.

5605
04:47:11,934 --> 04:47:13,400
All right.
Thank you for the clarification.

5606
04:47:15,001 --> 04:47:17,934
Thank you.
Any other discussion?

5607
04:47:18,434 --> 04:47:19,468
So we have a motion.

5608
04:47:19,468 --> 04:47:21,934
Madam clerk, please
prepare the vote.

5609
04:47:21,934 --> 04:47:24,900
The vote is open.

5610
04:47:24,900 --> 04:47:27,900
I'll try and do.

5611
04:47:29,800 --> 04:47:30,934
She. She never.

5612
04:47:30,934 --> 04:47:32,500
She didn't.

5613
04:47:32,500 --> 04:47:33,368
She got.

5614
04:47:33,368 --> 04:47:36,367
Well, everyone, please stop.

5615
04:47:37,101 --> 04:47:38,633
That was closed 13 years.

5616
04:47:38,633 --> 04:47:41,334
One day, 13 years. One nay.

5617
04:47:41,334 --> 04:47:43,201
This item is adopted.

5618
04:47:43,201 --> 04:47:45,667
Thank you.
Thank you. Chair. Norwood.

5619
04:47:45,667 --> 04:47:47,301
Moving on to public safety.

5620
04:47:47,301 --> 04:47:49,767
Legal administration.

5621
04:47:49,767 --> 04:47:50,834
We have several items.

5622
04:47:50,834 --> 04:47:53,434
Pull up of consent.

5623
04:47:53,434 --> 04:47:56,333
The honorable chair.

5624
04:47:56,333 --> 04:47:57,867
Boom!

5625
04:47:57,867 --> 04:48:00,934
Presiding.

5626
04:48:08,534 --> 04:48:10,735
Thank you, Madam President.

5627
04:48:10,735 --> 04:48:13,568
We will have five items
on our report, beginning

5628
04:48:13,568 --> 04:48:16,500
with our ordinance for second
reading.

5629
04:48:16,500 --> 04:48:20,834
Item 12601478.

5630
04:48:20,934 --> 04:48:22,867
An ordinance by Council Member
Byron

5631
04:48:22,867 --> 04:48:24,468
D Amos to amend the charter

5632
04:48:24,468 --> 04:48:27,368
of the City of Atlanta,
Georgia, 1996.

5633
04:48:27,368 --> 04:48:30,234
Georgia lost four four, six
nine.

5634
04:48:30,234 --> 04:48:32,101
Adopted under and by virtue

5635
04:48:32,101 --> 04:48:33,967
of the authority
of the Municipal Home

5636
04:48:33,967 --> 04:48:39,067
Rule Act of 1965, OCD,
a section 3635,

5637
04:48:39,368 --> 04:48:43,267
as amended by amending part
one chapter and related law.

5638
04:48:43,368 --> 04:48:47,234
Sub subpart
A charter amended appendix.

5639
04:48:47,668 --> 04:48:51,634
Citizen Review Board, section
three appointment of members

5640
04:48:51,634 --> 04:48:53,401
to revise
the appointing authority

5641
04:48:53,401 --> 04:48:56,368
for one young adult
member of the Atlanta Citizens

5642
04:48:56,368 --> 04:49:00,468
Review Board by replacing Street
Smart Youth Project, Inc.

5643
04:49:00,735 --> 04:49:03,668
with the Georgia Association
of Latino

5644
04:49:03,668 --> 04:49:06,634
Elected Officials,
and for other purposes.

5645
04:49:06,634 --> 04:49:08,501
This charter amendment is before

5646
04:49:08,501 --> 04:49:12,101
the body for its third
reading and final adoption.

5647
04:49:13,535 --> 04:49:17,401
Motion to approve.
Motion to approve by Boone
this coming out of committee.

5648
04:49:17,468 --> 04:49:19,501
Favorable for approval.

5649
04:49:19,501 --> 04:49:22,467
Madam clerk, please
prepare the vote.

5650
04:49:22,800 --> 04:49:23,900
The vote is open.

5651
04:49:35,334 --> 04:49:38,333
Please vote.

5652
04:49:46,734 --> 04:49:48,334
12 years, one day,

5653
04:49:48,334 --> 04:49:51,333
12 years, 1st May.

5654
04:49:52,600 --> 04:49:55,034
Norwood's.

5655
04:49:55,034 --> 04:49:58,033
This item is adopted.

5656
04:50:01,568 --> 04:50:04,900
Oh, Council member Lewis,
would you like to speak?

5657
04:50:05,267 --> 04:50:09,001
And just because of the work
I've done with the organization,

5658
04:50:09,101 --> 04:50:12,067
with the Atlanta Citizen
Review Board,

5659
04:50:12,468 --> 04:50:16,768
I just didn't understand
the reason to choose that one

5660
04:50:16,768 --> 04:50:20,568
particular organization
of Latino elected officials

5661
04:50:20,768 --> 04:50:23,900
to be the leaders of that one
appointing person.

5662
04:50:23,900 --> 04:50:25,568
So I just didn't understand
that.

5663
04:50:25,568 --> 04:50:29,301
I even asked the Atlanta
Citizen review board about it.

5664
04:50:29,301 --> 04:50:32,201
So just finish my vote.
Thank you.

5665
04:50:32,201 --> 04:50:34,167
Thank you.

5666
04:50:34,167 --> 04:50:35,167
This item is adopted.

5667
04:50:35,167 --> 04:50:36,134
We can go to the next.

5668
04:50:36,134 --> 04:50:37,201
Thank you, Madam President.

5669
04:50:37,201 --> 04:50:40,201
We will now take action
on the items we moved off

5670
04:50:40,201 --> 04:50:45,867
of the consent agenda
starting with 2601451.

5671
04:50:45,867 --> 04:50:47,735
Item 13, page seven.

5672
04:50:47,735 --> 04:50:50,735
An ordinance by council members
Wayne Martin and Andrea

5673
04:50:50,735 --> 04:50:53,101
El Boone,
as amended by Public Safety

5674
04:50:53,101 --> 04:50:56,101
and Legal Administration
Committee to amend chapter 78,

5675
04:50:56,267 --> 04:51:01,634
article three, section
7857, entitled Fire Prevention

5676
04:51:01,634 --> 04:51:04,901
Code adopted incorporated
by Reference Amendments

5677
04:51:04,901 --> 04:51:08,634
for the purpose of increasing
and otherwise adjusting existing

5678
04:51:08,701 --> 04:51:12,800
fire inspection fees, fire plan
review fees, and fire

5679
04:51:14,102 --> 04:51:18,301
permit fees
such that they more closely
approximate the cost to the city

5680
04:51:18,501 --> 04:51:22,134
for performing the regulatory
services related thereto,

5681
04:51:22,234 --> 04:51:26,034
pursuant to a phased approach
and for other purposes.

5682
04:51:26,167 --> 04:51:29,134
This item was pulled off
consent agenda by Council

5683
04:51:29,267 --> 04:51:32,934
Member Martin, district 11,
and we will make a motion

5684
04:51:32,934 --> 04:51:35,900
to refer this item
back to committee.

5685
04:51:36,001 --> 04:51:37,834
Motion to refer by Boone.

5686
04:51:37,834 --> 04:51:38,967
Second by Martin.

5687
04:51:38,967 --> 04:51:41,501
Is there any discussion?

5688
04:51:41,701 --> 04:51:43,167
See you now.
Madam clerk, please
prepare the vote

5689
04:51:43,167 --> 04:51:44,967
to refer back to committee.

5690
04:51:44,967 --> 04:51:46,066
The vote is open.

5691
04:51:52,867 --> 04:51:55,867
Well, everyone please vote.

5692
04:52:12,167 --> 04:52:15,067
14 days and 814 nays.

5693
04:52:15,067 --> 04:52:17,900
This item is referred
back to committee.

5694
04:52:17,900 --> 04:52:19,734
Thank you, Madam President.

5695
04:52:19,734 --> 04:52:24,034
Next item 2601488.

5696
04:52:24,267 --> 04:52:28,334
Item 14, page seven
and Ordinance by Public Safety

5697
04:52:28,334 --> 04:52:29,868
and Legal Administration
Committee

5698
04:52:29,868 --> 04:52:33,001
to waive the procurement source
selection provisions

5699
04:52:33,001 --> 04:52:35,967
contained in Division
four of chapter two

5700
04:52:36,167 --> 04:52:37,067
article of the City

5701
04:52:37,067 --> 04:52:38,368
of Atlanta code and audiences,

5702
04:52:38,368 --> 04:52:41,101
as well as any other
conflicting code provisions

5703
04:52:41,101 --> 04:52:43,368
to authorize the mayor
or his designee

5704
04:52:43,368 --> 04:52:45,868
to enter into amendment
seven for agreement.

5705
04:52:45,868 --> 04:52:51,134
FC Dash 9423 citywide clean
enclosed services with Askew

5706
04:52:51,601 --> 04:52:54,034
Construction
and Home Inspection, LLC

5707
04:52:54,034 --> 04:52:56,034
on behalf of the Atlanta
Police Department,

5708
04:52:56,034 --> 04:52:58,668
to extend the term
of their agreement

5709
04:52:58,901 --> 04:53:01,968
on a month to month
basis for a term of one year
effective from December

5710
04:53:01,968 --> 04:53:05,501
16th through December
15th, 2027, in an amount

5711
04:53:05,568 --> 04:53:09,768
not to exceed
1,400,000 and $0.00.

5712
04:53:10,035 --> 04:53:13,501
All contract at work to be
charged to and paid from account

5713
04:53:13,601 --> 04:53:16,368
numbers listed here
and for other purposes.

5714
04:53:16,368 --> 04:53:21,201
This was
moved from consent agenda.

5715
04:53:21,735 --> 04:53:24,201
We will make
a motion to refer this item
back to committee.

5716
04:53:24,301 --> 04:53:26,034
Motion to refer back.

5717
04:53:26,034 --> 04:53:28,068
Are you making the motion?
Was that the motion?

5718
04:53:28,068 --> 04:53:31,867
Oh, I'll second that motion
to refer back by Councilmember

5719
04:53:31,967 --> 04:53:34,934
Boone. Second by, one.

5720
04:53:36,135 --> 04:53:37,701
Would you like,
just for clarification,
the reason why it's going back

5721
04:53:37,701 --> 04:53:40,134
is to the account
string needs to be corrected

5722
04:53:40,134 --> 04:53:43,067
and then to shorten
the extension period of time.

5723
04:53:43,067 --> 04:53:44,934
So thank you. Okay.

5724
04:53:45,067 --> 04:53:48,034
Thank you.
Next item will make a motion.

5725
04:53:48,034 --> 04:53:49,301
And second he's seconded.

5726
04:53:49,301 --> 04:53:50,601
Yeah.
We have a motion and a second.

5727
04:53:50,601 --> 04:53:52,267
Madam clerk,
please prepare the vote

5728
04:53:52,267 --> 04:53:54,134
for refer back to committee.

5729
04:53:54,134 --> 04:53:57,133
The vote is open.

5730
04:54:03,834 --> 04:54:05,368
The was closed 14 years.

5731
04:54:05,368 --> 04:54:07,101
There are 14 years.

5732
04:54:07,101 --> 04:54:10,100
Zero nays is items being
referred back to committee.

5733
04:54:10,700 --> 04:54:11,800
Next item.

5734
04:54:11,800 --> 04:54:15,434
Item 2601489.

5735
04:54:15,501 --> 04:54:16,968
Item 15. Page eight.

5736
04:54:16,968 --> 04:54:19,234
An ordinance by Public Safety
and Legal Administration

5737
04:54:19,234 --> 04:54:22,434
Committee waving
the competitive source selection

5738
04:54:22,434 --> 04:54:26,201
provisions
containing section 21187

5739
04:54:26,668 --> 04:54:30,001
of article of the Procurement
and Real Estate Code of the City

5740
04:54:30,801 --> 04:54:33,401
of Atlanta.
Code and audiences to ratify
services rendered in connection

5741
04:54:33,401 --> 04:54:38,501
with S, SPS123005 6 million.

5742
04:54:38,501 --> 04:54:40,534
Technology,
Maintenance and services

5743
04:54:40,534 --> 04:54:42,501
with Millner Technologies, Inc.

5744
04:54:42,501 --> 04:54:44,534
and to authorize the mayor
or his designee

5745
04:54:44,534 --> 04:54:46,201
to execute the Third Amendment

5746
04:54:46,201 --> 04:54:48,201
to the agreement
on behalf of the Atlanta

5747
04:54:48,201 --> 04:54:50,267
Police Department
to extend the term

5748
04:54:50,267 --> 04:54:51,701
on a month to month basis

5749
04:54:51,701 --> 04:54:54,101
for a period
not to exceed 18 months

5750
04:54:54,101 --> 04:54:57,801
retroactively effective
from April 1st, 2026

5751
04:54:57,901 --> 04:55:01,467
through October 1st, 2027,
and amount not to exceed

5752
04:55:01,600 --> 04:55:05,867
$345,364.00.

5753
04:55:05,934 --> 04:55:07,267
To remove the Department

5754
04:55:07,267 --> 04:55:10,267
of Finance and Atlanta
Information Management aim,

5755
04:55:10,267 --> 04:55:12,868
as usual, agencies
leaving the Atlanta

5756
04:55:12,868 --> 04:55:15,568
Police Department
as the sole user agency.

5757
04:55:15,568 --> 04:55:18,201
All contracted work
will be charged to

5758
04:55:18,201 --> 04:55:20,801
and paid from the fund,
department, organization

5759
04:55:20,801 --> 04:55:24,500
and account numbers listed here
and and for other purposes.

5760
04:55:26,533 --> 04:55:28,800
What is the motion?

5761
04:55:28,800 --> 04:55:30,801
Council member one

5762
04:55:30,801 --> 04:55:32,835
move to refer this back
to the committee again,

5763
04:55:32,835 --> 04:55:36,167
to shorten the extension
period of time from 18 months

5764
04:55:36,368 --> 04:55:37,834
down to something
more reasonable.

5765
04:55:37,834 --> 04:55:40,400
Moved by one second by Martin.

5766
04:55:40,400 --> 04:55:42,034
Any discussion?

5767
04:55:42,034 --> 04:55:43,401
CNN madam clerk, please

5768
04:55:43,401 --> 04:55:46,333
prepare the vote
to refer back to committee.

5769
04:55:46,567 --> 04:55:49,101
The vote is open.

5770
04:55:49,101 --> 04:55:51,900
You're going to have to
give her your

5771
04:55:51,900 --> 04:55:53,633
before you vote.

5772
04:55:53,633 --> 04:55:56,067
Okay, 11.

5773
04:55:56,067 --> 04:55:59,033
Please vote.

5774
04:56:04,667 --> 04:56:07,634
14. Is there on 8140.

5775
04:56:07,768 --> 04:56:09,900
This item has been referred
back to committee.

5776
04:56:09,900 --> 04:56:10,867
Next item.

5777
04:56:10,867 --> 04:56:14,133
Item 26 says 01490.

5778
04:56:14,633 --> 04:56:17,068
Item 16. Page eight.

5779
04:56:17,068 --> 04:56:20,134
An ordinance by Public Safety
and Legal Administration

5780
04:56:20,134 --> 04:56:22,501
Committee authorizing
the mayor on his designee,

5781
04:56:22,501 --> 04:56:25,134
to enter into amendment number
six for agreement.

5782
04:56:25,134 --> 04:56:30,333
SPAPD22121230170.

5783
04:56:31,634 --> 04:56:35,434
Body camera
police equipment and services
with Axon Enterprise, Inc.

5784
04:56:35,568 --> 04:56:37,035
on behalf of the Atlanta Police

5785
04:56:37,035 --> 04:56:40,102
Department, for the purpose
of adding funds to increase

5786
04:56:40,102 --> 04:56:43,267
the total number of fleet
cameras and body worn cameras.

5787
04:56:43,401 --> 04:56:47,034
Due to the increased number
of sworn personnel in an amount

5788
04:56:47,101 --> 04:56:52,867
not to exceed $40,041,840.90

5789
04:56:53,101 --> 04:56:55,234
over the remainder of the base
term,

5790
04:56:55,234 --> 04:56:58,334
all contract at work
will be charged to and paid

5791
04:56:58,334 --> 04:57:02,101
from the accounts listed below
and for other purposes.

5792
04:57:02,234 --> 04:57:03,468
Motion to approve.

5793
04:57:03,468 --> 04:57:07,534
Motion
to approve by Boone and well,

5794
04:57:07,601 --> 04:57:10,633
doesn't require second,
because it came out of committee

5795
04:57:11,034 --> 04:57:15,233
from consent agenda favorable
any discussion.

5796
04:57:15,800 --> 04:57:18,701
Council member Kelsey bond.

5797
04:57:18,968 --> 04:57:21,668
Thank you.
I just wanted to explain
my vote on this.

5798
04:57:21,668 --> 04:57:24,735
You know, during budget session,
y'all heard me talk a lot

5799
04:57:24,835 --> 04:57:28,667
about the size of the APD budget
in comparison

5800
04:57:28,667 --> 04:57:30,001
to other city departments.

5801
04:57:30,001 --> 04:57:33,201
And just looking
at this contract extension

5802
04:57:33,368 --> 04:57:35,900
for $40 million,
that's that's more money

5803
04:57:35,900 --> 04:57:38,834
than some city departments
get all year.

5804
04:57:39,334 --> 04:57:42,667
That's about 16 times
the amount that we pay

5805
04:57:42,667 --> 04:57:45,633
for pad services annually.

5806
04:57:45,700 --> 04:57:47,800
So just because of the

5807
04:57:48,001 --> 04:57:49,800
the size
and scope of this contract, and,

5808
04:57:50,768 --> 04:57:53,166
you know,
the current blow of APD is
budget, I'll be voting on this.

5809
04:57:53,600 --> 04:57:54,468
Okay. Thank you.

5810
04:57:54,468 --> 04:57:58,001
So motions on the floor,

5811
04:57:58,735 --> 04:58:02,333
madam
clerk, it came out of committee
favorable for approval.

5812
04:58:03,034 --> 04:58:05,368
Please prepare the vote.

5813
04:58:05,368 --> 04:58:08,367
The voters open.

5814
04:58:13,001 --> 04:58:16,001
Well, everyone please vote.

5815
04:58:23,101 --> 04:58:23,834
The first class.

5816
04:58:23,834 --> 04:58:26,467
12 years, one day, 12 years.

5817
04:58:26,467 --> 04:58:28,734
One nay.

5818
04:58:28,734 --> 04:58:31,734
Who didn't vote?

5819
04:58:32,400 --> 04:58:33,600
Bakhtiari left.

5820
04:58:33,600 --> 04:58:34,967
Okay, 12 year.

5821
04:58:34,967 --> 04:58:37,934
One a, this item is adopted.

5822
04:58:38,501 --> 04:58:40,534
Colleagues,
we will have to enter into

5823
04:58:40,534 --> 04:58:44,568
committee of the whole
to take action on our next item.

5824
04:58:44,668 --> 04:58:48,266
Motion to enter.
Committee of the whole motion
by Boone, second by Martin.

5825
04:58:49,167 --> 04:58:50,601
Colleagues.

5826
04:58:50,601 --> 04:58:55,234
We are that this can be done
by unanimous consent.

5827
04:58:55,434 --> 04:58:56,901
Madam clerk,
what's the count of unanimous
consent

5828
04:58:56,901 --> 04:58:59,468
to enter into committee
of the whole 13 years?

5829
04:58:59,468 --> 04:59:01,501
There are 13 gays their own age.

5830
04:59:01,501 --> 04:59:04,568
We are now in the committee
of the whole colleagues.

5831
04:59:04,568 --> 04:59:08,301
We are bringing forward
item number three on page 57.

5832
04:59:08,501 --> 04:59:13,234
The caption reads 2601401.

5833
04:59:13,234 --> 04:59:16,801
Item three, page 57
and on is by council members

5834
04:59:16,801 --> 04:59:19,968
Jason Dozier, Wayne Martin,
Byron De Amos, Michael,

5835
04:59:19,968 --> 04:59:23,801
Julian Bond, Liliana bateria,
Kelsey Bond, Jason H.

5836
04:59:23,801 --> 04:59:27,201
Winston, Andre L Boone,
Dustin Hillis, and Antonio Lewis

5837
04:59:27,267 --> 04:59:31,234
to provide for a process
that ensures transparency

5838
04:59:31,234 --> 04:59:33,701
with respect to surveillance
technologies

5839
04:59:33,701 --> 04:59:37,266
used to monitor public right of
way and for other purposes.

5840
04:59:38,735 --> 04:59:41,701
Madam president,
we do have our Chief of staff,
Courtney English,

5841
04:59:41,701 --> 04:59:45,700
who isn't in attendance,
to speak to the substitute.

5842
04:59:46,034 --> 04:59:46,900
Absolutely.

5843
04:59:46,900 --> 04:59:48,734
Please
come forward, chief. English.

5844
04:59:52,867 --> 04:59:54,800
Good evening, Madam President.

5845
04:59:54,800 --> 04:59:58,102
Madam chair, members of council.

5846
04:59:58,202 --> 05:00:01,501
Council member Dozier,
first want to start off by
thanking you for your leadership

5847
05:00:01,501 --> 05:00:04,668
and collaboration
on working on this paper.

5848
05:00:04,768 --> 05:00:08,201
Obviously,
there is a serious need

5849
05:00:08,501 --> 05:00:12,534
in the city to address our use
of surveillance technology.

5850
05:00:13,102 --> 05:00:15,668
Over the past few months,
we've worked with your office,

5851
05:00:15,668 --> 05:00:20,334
as well as an entire team
of folks within City Hall to

5852
05:00:20,901 --> 05:00:22,801
within City Hall and external
to City Hall.

5853
05:00:22,801 --> 05:00:26,067
A number of partners, like ACLU
and others who have informed

5854
05:00:26,434 --> 05:00:30,300
what we believe is a strong
first draft of of this paper.

5855
05:00:30,367 --> 05:00:32,234
Obviously,

5856
05:00:32,634 --> 05:00:34,468
this is
an incredibly important topic,
and I just

5857
05:00:34,468 --> 05:00:36,134
really wanted to highlight

5858
05:00:36,134 --> 05:00:39,633
a few key areas
that are within this paper.

5859
05:00:41,302 --> 05:00:45,201
Number one,
we believe in Atlanta
that we can create a system

5860
05:00:45,201 --> 05:00:47,434
that allows us
to protect our civil rights,

5861
05:00:47,434 --> 05:00:50,035
to protect our civil liberties,
to protect our privacy,

5862
05:00:50,035 --> 05:00:53,700
and allow us to ability
to use this powerful technology

5863
05:00:55,268 --> 05:00:58,534
to protect our citizens.
At the same time, we can walk
and chew gum at the same time.

5864
05:00:58,534 --> 05:01:01,900
We believe that this draft does
just that.

5865
05:01:02,334 --> 05:01:05,301
The premise of this legislation
is pretty straightforward.

5866
05:01:05,301 --> 05:01:08,167
Powerful technology
requires powerful oversight,

5867
05:01:08,167 --> 05:01:11,101
transparency, and ultimately,
remedy.

5868
05:01:11,101 --> 05:01:13,433
Earlier tonight,
you heard from earlier today,

5869
05:01:13,433 --> 05:01:14,334
I should say,

5870
05:01:14,334 --> 05:01:16,234
you heard from Chris Bruce,

5871
05:01:16,501 --> 05:01:17,835
who talked
about a number of things

5872
05:01:17,835 --> 05:01:20,034
that have to be present
in a good paper.

5873
05:01:20,034 --> 05:01:22,735
And we believe that
in working with Council Member

5874
05:01:22,735 --> 05:01:24,101
DOJ's office
and a number of you,

5875
05:01:24,101 --> 05:01:25,800
we've arrived at that thing.

5876
05:01:25,800 --> 05:01:27,468
So this paper mandates the

5877
05:01:27,468 --> 05:01:29,735
creation of surveillance impact
reports.

5878
05:01:29,735 --> 05:01:32,401
Surveillance
use policies and disclosures for

5879
05:01:32,401 --> 05:01:36,167
how long technology is used for
for what purpose and by whom.

5880
05:01:36,501 --> 05:01:38,035
The paper establishes
a mechanism

5881
05:01:38,035 --> 05:01:41,801
for public input and public
and in public transparency

5882
05:01:41,801 --> 05:01:46,633
before technology is deployed
or expanded in mandates, regular

5883
05:01:46,967 --> 05:01:49,002
independent
audits, and mandatory

5884
05:01:49,002 --> 05:01:52,034
independent investigation
into potential wrongdoing.

5885
05:01:52,401 --> 05:01:54,501
It also establishes
strong protections

5886
05:01:54,501 --> 05:01:56,801
around the data
we collect, including specific

5887
05:01:56,801 --> 05:01:59,735
prohibitions on vendors
who use our data.

5888
05:01:59,868 --> 05:02:02,967
Of course, the mayor has called
for call for an audit.

5889
05:02:03,201 --> 05:02:06,968
You all have received the
initial findings of that audit

5890
05:02:07,268 --> 05:02:11,034
that is going to lead
to ongoing further exploration
by APD over the next 60 days.

5891
05:02:11,034 --> 05:02:13,167
We're asking for the ability
to work with you

5892
05:02:13,167 --> 05:02:16,134
all, as well as the public
in both a public,

5893
05:02:16,468 --> 05:02:19,067
both a public hearing
as well as a work session

5894
05:02:19,067 --> 05:02:20,501
to perfect this paper.

5895
05:02:20,501 --> 05:02:24,001
So we give folks the opportunity
to chime in.

5896
05:02:24,534 --> 05:02:26,134
And so
thank you for the opportunity
to speak this evening.

5897
05:02:26,134 --> 05:02:28,134
And again, I want to thank you,
Councilman Dozier,

5898
05:02:28,134 --> 05:02:29,333
for your collaboration.

5899
05:02:31,633 --> 05:02:33,301
Councilman, I saw your name.

5900
05:02:33,301 --> 05:02:35,201
Thank you, Madam President,
to speak.

5901
05:02:35,201 --> 05:02:39,334
Firstly, I just want to echo
what you shared, Chief English.

5902
05:02:39,835 --> 05:02:42,900
I want to give kudos to you
and to the administration

5903
05:02:42,900 --> 05:02:43,834
and to the ACLU

5904
05:02:43,834 --> 05:02:45,334
for coming at this
through a spirit

5905
05:02:45,334 --> 05:02:48,035
of collaboration
and partnership.

5906
05:02:48,202 --> 05:02:50,868
I know when we
initially did the legislation
a couple of months ago,

5907
05:02:50,868 --> 05:02:53,234
we introduced the legislation
largely in response

5908
05:02:53,234 --> 05:02:57,166
to just broader discourse
around the prevailing

5909
05:02:57,834 --> 05:03:00,068
use of surveillance
technologies,

5910
05:03:00,435 --> 05:03:03,368
not just in Atlanta,
but in cities across the metro
area, cities across the country.

5911
05:03:03,501 --> 05:03:07,334
And I've been very appreciative
that the mayor and his team,

5912
05:03:07,401 --> 05:03:10,768
including you,
have been very proactive

5913
05:03:10,768 --> 05:03:14,701
in reviewing our existing
surveillance standards

5914
05:03:14,835 --> 05:03:18,034
and working to make sure
that we can be forward

5915
05:03:18,501 --> 05:03:21,434
leaning on this, on this topic.

5916
05:03:21,434 --> 05:03:22,868
One thing I will add,

5917
05:03:22,868 --> 05:03:26,002
just for what you shared about
what the substitute does, this

5918
05:03:26,002 --> 05:03:29,267
does bring existing systems
under this new framework.

5919
05:03:29,334 --> 05:03:31,068
I know we just adopted
legislation

5920
05:03:31,068 --> 05:03:34,734
related to body worn cameras,
and I know we as a body

5921
05:03:34,834 --> 05:03:37,301
have had conversations

5922
05:03:37,434 --> 05:03:38,468
about flock
and other
surveillance technology

5923
05:03:38,468 --> 05:03:40,501
that we have in use
at the airport.

5924
05:03:40,501 --> 05:03:45,067
And so I think this framework
will put Atlanta

5925
05:03:45,601 --> 05:03:48,301
on the map in terms of trying
to think about how we protect

5926
05:03:48,301 --> 05:03:51,368
citizens rights and privacy
and Fourth Amendment protections

5927
05:03:51,368 --> 05:03:52,634
in ways
that other municipalities

5928
05:03:52,634 --> 05:03:53,634
are still trying to grapple
with.

5929
05:03:53,634 --> 05:03:56,034
So, once again,
thank you for the collaboration,

5930
05:03:56,034 --> 05:03:57,167
and I look forward to

5931
05:03:57,167 --> 05:03:59,534
working together
with you, with the ACLU

5932
05:04:00,168 --> 05:04:02,601
and other partners
to make sure that this could be
the best legislation it can be.

5933
05:04:02,735 --> 05:04:05,368
And thank you to my colleagues
who have been willing to

5934
05:04:05,368 --> 05:04:08,334
co-sponsor at least the earlier
version of this legislation.

5935
05:04:08,701 --> 05:04:11,102
This is something that we get
a lot of concerns

5936
05:04:11,102 --> 05:04:13,634
about from our constituents,
especially, you know, it's

5937
05:04:13,634 --> 05:04:17,934
not our police officers who've
been in the news for illegal,

5938
05:04:19,633 --> 05:04:20,835
use of this technology.

5939
05:04:20,835 --> 05:04:24,134
But we got to make sure
we're able to respond to

5940
05:04:24,768 --> 05:04:26,768
the topic of the day
in a way that we need to.

5941
05:04:26,768 --> 05:04:28,234
And I think this legislation
does that.

5942
05:04:28,234 --> 05:04:31,233
So thank you all. And,

5943
05:04:32,201 --> 05:04:35,200
with that,
I will yield the floor.

5944
05:04:36,001 --> 05:04:38,534
Thank you,
Councilmember Collins.

5945
05:04:38,534 --> 05:04:40,301
Thank you. So thank you so much.

5946
05:04:40,301 --> 05:04:42,767
I think for me,
just kind of getting clarity

5947
05:04:42,767 --> 05:04:44,534
on the process moving forward.

5948
05:04:44,534 --> 05:04:47,767
If we
if we move it out of piece.

5949
05:04:48,701 --> 05:04:50,334
But it goes to finance
committee.

5950
05:04:50,334 --> 05:04:51,901
What is the window.

5951
05:04:51,901 --> 05:04:55,200
It looks like we would need
to have a work session,

5952
05:04:56,633 --> 05:04:57,801
to review.

5953
05:04:57,801 --> 05:05:01,200
You know, like you all stated
in the notice, the, the,

5954
05:05:01,834 --> 05:05:03,668
the operational, legal
and technical

5955
05:05:03,668 --> 05:05:07,067
and technological provisions,
but then also a public hearing

5956
05:05:07,301 --> 05:05:08,434
to receive input.

5957
05:05:08,434 --> 05:05:11,133
So I am so I am thinking,

5958
05:05:14,167 --> 05:05:15,468
is it a is it,

5959
05:05:15,468 --> 05:05:18,667
is it proper for us to move
this forward?

5960
05:05:19,301 --> 05:05:23,035
Is it proper for us to move it
forward to FEC, knowing that

5961
05:05:23,035 --> 05:05:26,001
the work session and the public
hearing in those pieces,

5962
05:05:26,167 --> 05:05:28,534
it should it
stay with public safety

5963
05:05:28,534 --> 05:05:30,633
right now
until those things have happened

5964
05:05:30,633 --> 05:05:32,634
and then come back before us

5965
05:05:32,634 --> 05:05:36,835
to have it fully move,
to fully move to FEC.

5966
05:05:36,901 --> 05:05:40,368
Since from my under
just question, tell me the time.

5967
05:05:40,434 --> 05:05:42,934
What is the timeline in between?

5968
05:05:42,934 --> 05:05:44,868
Oh, I can answer that.

5969
05:05:44,868 --> 05:05:47,135
Councilmember Collins,
my apologies for not clarifying

5970
05:05:47,135 --> 05:05:50,101
that in my initial remarks,
but that's exactly the intent.

5971
05:05:50,501 --> 05:05:53,501
The for this particular portion,
we're going to substitute,

5972
05:05:53,901 --> 05:05:55,867
my or my request of you
and other colleagues

5973
05:05:55,867 --> 05:05:58,067
is to substitute
this legislation.

5974
05:05:58,067 --> 05:06:01,067
And then we will refer back to a
for further,

5975
05:06:01,434 --> 05:06:05,134
revisions discussion,
especially since many of the

5976
05:06:05,735 --> 05:06:07,433
stakeholders
that will be impacted by this,

5977
05:06:07,433 --> 05:06:08,434
especially a PD,

5978
05:06:08,434 --> 05:06:10,101
that's the form
that's best available

5979
05:06:10,101 --> 05:06:12,167
for them to provide feedback.

5980
05:06:12,167 --> 05:06:14,735
And then the intent
is to have a work session

5981
05:06:14,735 --> 05:06:15,900
and additional discussion
from there.

5982
05:06:15,900 --> 05:06:18,735
But this my request of
the committee is or

5983
05:06:18,735 --> 05:06:22,166
this body is to both adopt
the substitute

5984
05:06:22,667 --> 05:06:24,301
or not adopt a substitute to

5985
05:06:24,301 --> 05:06:25,634
to support the substitute,

5986
05:06:25,634 --> 05:06:27,034
but then refer
to this legislation

5987
05:06:27,034 --> 05:06:28,801
back to slay for further
discussion.

5988
05:06:28,801 --> 05:06:31,501
Okay. Sorry about that I did
I miss I'm sorry.

5989
05:06:31,935 --> 05:06:33,167
No, I was just say
I didn't mention
in my initial report, Mark.

5990
05:06:33,167 --> 05:06:35,735
So thank you for asking that
question cuz I think it helps.

5991
05:06:35,968 --> 05:06:38,767
Okay. Great.
Sounds so we would
okay. Got you.

5992
05:06:38,834 --> 05:06:40,434
All right I'm following.
Thank you.

5993
05:06:41,969 --> 05:06:44,401
Thank you.
And that's
why we had to go into community.
The whole because it's
currently held at a.

5994
05:06:44,401 --> 05:06:46,934
But I don't know
if you've seen the

5995
05:06:46,934 --> 05:06:49,401
a lot of conversations in the,

5996
05:06:49,401 --> 05:06:51,801
the press release
that the mayor's office put out

5997
05:06:51,801 --> 05:06:55,400
last week, but the intent
is to move this forward and,

5998
05:06:56,267 --> 05:06:59,266
and to share what, what we kind
of came up with together.

5999
05:06:59,367 --> 05:07:01,968
And so,

6000
05:07:02,402 --> 05:07:05,468
from a
sort of time last stand point,
that's what's going to happen

6001
05:07:05,835 --> 05:07:07,668
in the short term.
We'll substitute in this
anybody else

6002
05:07:07,668 --> 05:07:10,667
for further conversation
as if it were a new ordinance.

6003
05:07:12,034 --> 05:07:14,234
Okay.

6004
05:07:14,234 --> 05:07:15,867
Thank you.

6005
05:07:15,867 --> 05:07:17,867
Okay.

6006
05:07:17,867 --> 05:07:19,134
Council member.

6007
05:07:19,134 --> 05:07:21,867
Council member. Martin.

6008
05:07:21,867 --> 05:07:23,867
Yes. Thank you to Council
member.

6009
05:07:23,867 --> 05:07:25,534
Dozier was sticking with this.

6010
05:07:25,534 --> 05:07:26,801
I remember
the legislation we had

6011
05:07:26,801 --> 05:07:28,934
that was before us
with the airport.

6012
05:07:28,934 --> 05:07:30,768
I kind of prompted all of this.

6013
05:07:30,768 --> 05:07:32,934
We needed to get
that contract renewed.

6014
05:07:32,934 --> 05:07:35,334
And you agreed?

6015
05:07:35,334 --> 05:07:37,368
They congenial
to hold the legislation

6016
05:07:37,368 --> 05:07:39,368
so that we can have
this meaningful conversation.

6017
05:07:40,402 --> 05:07:42,634
So I'm
thankful to the mayor's office
as well, and the administration.

6018
05:07:43,168 --> 05:07:46,035
And thank you, Chief English,
for making the comments about,

6019
05:07:46,035 --> 05:07:48,002
you know, having that
intersectionality and balance

6020
05:07:48,002 --> 05:07:51,500
in between privacy guardrails
and protecting people

6021
05:07:51,967 --> 05:07:53,134
from abuse

6022
05:07:53,134 --> 05:07:55,134
of these kinds of technologies,
but also acknowledging

6023
05:07:55,134 --> 05:07:58,101
the fact that these technologies
make our city safer.

6024
05:07:58,534 --> 05:08:02,101
I live in and represent
a district, an area where these

6025
05:08:02,167 --> 05:08:03,768
these cameras have saved lives.

6026
05:08:03,768 --> 05:08:06,967
They have helped to solve
crimes, violent crimes.

6027
05:08:07,534 --> 05:08:10,501
And I'm grateful that we're
having this conversation now

6028
05:08:10,601 --> 05:08:12,668
to put up the guardrails
to make sure that the

6029
05:08:12,668 --> 05:08:15,633
the technologies are not abused
and to make sure that they are,

6030
05:08:16,234 --> 05:08:18,935
just doing their job, which is
making, let's say, safer city.

6031
05:08:18,935 --> 05:08:21,801
And so I'm excited about it
coming to committee.

6032
05:08:21,968 --> 05:08:24,900
And it's working out
all of the other areas
that need to be discussed there.

6033
05:08:25,267 --> 05:08:27,034
But hopefully coming out
with a piece of legislation

6034
05:08:27,034 --> 05:08:28,735
that really, really makes us
one safe.

6035
05:08:28,735 --> 05:08:31,134
Atlanta
while protecting civil liberties

6036
05:08:31,134 --> 05:08:33,601
and also having guardrails
for overreach and abuse.

6037
05:08:33,601 --> 05:08:37,568
So thank you. Thank
you, madam. Madam president.

6038
05:08:38,268 --> 05:08:42,167
Thank you.
Said everyone that would like
to speak about the legislation.

6039
05:08:42,768 --> 05:08:45,500
Okay.
Madam president, I would like to
bring forth the substitute

6040
05:08:46,267 --> 05:08:49,167
move to bring forth substitute
by Councilmember Boone.

6041
05:08:49,167 --> 05:08:51,267
Second by Martin.

6042
05:08:51,267 --> 05:08:52,800
Any discussion?

6043
05:08:52,800 --> 05:08:54,700
Madam clerk,
please open the vote

6044
05:08:54,700 --> 05:08:56,267
to bring forth the substitute.

6045
05:08:56,267 --> 05:08:59,266
The vote is open.

6046
05:09:06,034 --> 05:09:09,033
Will everyone please vote?

6047
05:09:12,334 --> 05:09:15,067
13 years, zero eight, 13 years.

6048
05:09:15,067 --> 05:09:15,767
Their own age.

6049
05:09:15,767 --> 05:09:18,433
The substitute is before us.

6050
05:09:18,433 --> 05:09:19,401
14 years.

6051
05:09:19,401 --> 05:09:22,534
There are 14 years.

6052
05:09:22,868 --> 05:09:25,534
Nays.
The substitute is before us.

6053
05:09:25,801 --> 05:09:28,700
Move to refer back
to committee by Dozier.

6054
05:09:28,700 --> 05:09:31,667
Second by Bakhtiari.

6055
05:09:31,867 --> 05:09:33,468
Any discussion?

6056
05:09:33,468 --> 05:09:36,467
Madam clerk,
please open the vote to refer

6057
05:09:37,734 --> 05:09:39,768
O. First week in order to write.

6058
05:09:39,768 --> 05:09:42,735
Council members Jason Dozier,
Wayne Martin, Byron

6059
05:09:42,735 --> 05:09:45,734
D Amos, Michael Julian Bond,
Liliana

6060
05:09:46,367 --> 05:09:47,701
Bond, Jason H.

6061
05:09:47,701 --> 05:09:51,601
Winston, Andrea L Boone,
Dustin Hillis, and Antonio Lewis

6062
05:09:51,601 --> 05:09:53,968
as substituted
by Atlanta City Council

6063
05:09:53,968 --> 05:09:57,234
to promote informed decision
making, transparency,

6064
05:09:57,434 --> 05:09:58,668
accountability, public

6065
05:09:58,668 --> 05:10:01,633
safety, and civil
rights, and civil liberties

6066
05:10:01,867 --> 05:10:04,167
protections with respect to city

6067
05:10:04,167 --> 05:10:07,433
surveillance technologies
and for other purposes.

6068
05:10:09,633 --> 05:10:12,633
The vote is open to refer.

6069
05:10:13,734 --> 05:10:15,468
To refer to public safety

6070
05:10:15,468 --> 05:10:20,533
since the store referred.

6071
05:10:20,867 --> 05:10:23,567
Well.
Everyone please vote.

6072
05:10:41,434 --> 05:10:43,434
The was closed 14 gays.

6073
05:10:43,434 --> 05:10:45,634
There are 140 nays.

6074
05:10:45,634 --> 05:10:48,601
This item is referred
back to public safety.

6075
05:10:48,601 --> 05:10:51,601
Madam president, motion
to executive exit

6076
05:10:51,601 --> 05:10:55,034
Committee of the whole motion
to exit.

6077
05:10:55,368 --> 05:10:56,700
Committee of the whole by Boone.

6078
05:10:56,700 --> 05:10:59,668
Second by Martin.

6079
05:10:59,801 --> 05:11:02,401
This can be done
by unanimous consent. No.

6080
05:11:02,401 --> 05:11:05,400
Yes, it can be done by unanimous
consent, madam clerk.

6081
05:11:05,533 --> 05:11:07,034
13 years. Zero nays.

6082
05:11:07,034 --> 05:11:08,468
13 years. Euro.

6083
05:11:08,935 --> 05:11:11,501
Nays.
We have exited
committee of the whole.

6084
05:11:11,501 --> 05:11:13,734
Thank you to the chief. He's
gone.

6085
05:11:13,734 --> 05:11:14,634
Madam president,

6086
05:11:14,634 --> 05:11:16,468
we would like to approve
all actions

6087
05:11:16,468 --> 05:11:19,434
taken in the committee
of the whole motion to approve

6088
05:11:19,434 --> 05:11:23,166
all actions taken in committee
of the whole by Boone.

6089
05:11:24,101 --> 05:11:25,967
Is there a second?

6090
05:11:25,967 --> 05:11:27,734
Second by Hillis.

6091
05:11:27,734 --> 05:11:29,301
Any discussion?

6092
05:11:29,301 --> 05:11:31,533
Council member Martin
or you still want to discuss?

6093
05:11:34,567 --> 05:11:37,567
Okay.

6094
05:11:38,034 --> 05:11:40,034
Got it.

6095
05:11:40,034 --> 05:11:41,468
We have a first and a second.

6096
05:11:41,468 --> 05:11:45,534
Madam clerk, please repair
the vote to adopt all items

6097
05:11:45,901 --> 05:11:49,500
on gross in
from the committee of the whole.

6098
05:11:50,667 --> 05:11:53,667
One moment.

6099
05:11:54,934 --> 05:11:57,334
All actions.

6100
05:11:57,334 --> 05:12:08,134
The voters open.

6101
05:12:08,568 --> 05:12:11,668
Please.
Thought. The votes closed.

6102
05:12:11,668 --> 05:12:14,967
14 years on a 14 years,
zero nays.

6103
05:12:14,967 --> 05:12:17,634
The item is adopted.

6104
05:12:17,634 --> 05:12:22,002
Announce for the Safety and
Legal Administration Committee

6105
05:12:22,002 --> 05:12:26,067
will hold a work session
and public comment on Wednesday,

6106
05:12:26,067 --> 05:12:30,001
September 23rd at 1:00
pm in the Marvin

6107
05:12:30,234 --> 05:12:34,267
Arrington for Council Chambers
to discuss the resolution.

6108
05:12:34,267 --> 05:12:38,901
26-R4001 and the proposed sale

6109
05:12:38,968 --> 05:12:42,534
of the Atlanta City Detention
Center to Fulton County.

6110
05:12:42,768 --> 05:12:46,167
The work session will provide
an opportunity to discuss

6111
05:12:46,167 --> 05:12:49,267
the proposed purchase and sale
and lease agreements,

6112
05:12:49,267 --> 05:12:51,934
including the continued
housing of city Detains

6113
05:12:51,934 --> 05:12:54,634
at the facility
and the continued operation

6114
05:12:54,634 --> 05:12:57,600
of the center
for Diversion and Services.

6115
05:12:57,900 --> 05:13:00,734
Please send all questions.

6116
05:13:00,734 --> 05:13:03,601
Concerns to Mark Overton.

6117
05:13:03,601 --> 05:13:06,734
Madam president,
this concludes my report.

6118
05:13:06,834 --> 05:13:09,134
Thank you, Chair Boone.

6119
05:13:09,134 --> 05:13:10,368
Thank you.

6120
05:13:10,368 --> 05:13:13,334
Our next committee is utilities.

6121
05:13:13,334 --> 05:13:16,400
The Honorable
Dustin Hillis presiding.

6122
05:13:19,700 --> 05:13:21,568
Thank you, Madam President.

6123
05:13:21,568 --> 05:13:24,533
Would you drop your ID? Okay.

6124
05:13:24,900 --> 05:13:27,900
Hopefully you know who I am.

6125
05:13:29,034 --> 05:13:31,601
First item is a communication

6126
05:13:31,601 --> 05:13:35,001
26 C 5080 communication
from Donald

6127
05:13:35,267 --> 05:13:36,634
Novi CPA chair,

6128
05:13:36,634 --> 05:13:37,967
Audit Committee
submitting the performance

6129
05:13:37,967 --> 05:13:41,333
audit of DWM water
billing and collections.

6130
05:13:41,333 --> 05:13:42,501
Follow up

6131
05:13:42,501 --> 05:13:46,034
motion of the committee
is to accept and file motion

6132
05:13:46,034 --> 05:13:47,968
by Hillis to accept
and finally comes out

6133
05:13:47,968 --> 05:13:50,934
of committee favorable to file
so no second is needed.

6134
05:13:51,501 --> 05:13:54,134
Madam clerk, please
prepare the vote.

6135
05:13:54,134 --> 05:13:57,133
The vote is open.

6136
05:14:01,067 --> 05:14:04,066
11. Please vote.

6137
05:14:05,934 --> 05:14:08,134
Justify just to file.

6138
05:14:08,134 --> 05:14:10,401
Yeah.

6139
05:14:10,401 --> 05:14:13,600
The first close 14 years there
on 814 a zero.

6140
05:14:14,001 --> 05:14:16,533
This item is filed.

6141
05:14:16,533 --> 05:14:18,301
Next item

6142
05:14:18,301 --> 05:14:22,001
2601464
an ordinance by City Utilities

6143
05:14:22,001 --> 05:14:23,368
Committee
to waive the procurement source

6144
05:14:23,368 --> 05:14:25,434
selection provisions
contained in the Division

6145
05:14:25,434 --> 05:14:27,901
four of chapter two, article
ten of the City of Ordnance,

6146
05:14:27,901 --> 05:14:30,267
as well as any other
conflicting code revisions.

6147
05:14:30,267 --> 05:14:31,668
Otherwise,
the mayor has designee

6148
05:14:31,668 --> 05:14:36,601
to execute the Fourth Amendment
to agreement number listed,

6149
05:14:36,868 --> 05:14:39,134
he had to be
hauling and a version program
with Tag Grinding Services, Inc.

6150
05:14:39,134 --> 05:14:40,067
on behalf of the Department

6151
05:14:40,067 --> 05:14:42,234
of Public Works and Parks
and Recreation

6152
05:14:42,234 --> 05:14:43,434
to extend the term
of the agreement

6153
05:14:43,434 --> 05:14:46,501
on a month to month basis
retroactively active effective

6154
05:14:46,501 --> 05:14:50,368
August 18th, 2026
through February 14th, 2027,

6155
05:14:50,368 --> 05:14:54,934
to add funding in an amount
not to exceed $370,000.00.

6156
05:14:55,001 --> 05:14:56,434
All contracted work
to be charged to

6157
05:14:56,434 --> 05:14:58,968
and from account
numbers listed here in.

6158
05:14:59,369 --> 05:15:02,368
To ratify
payment of outstanding invoices
for the services provided

6159
05:15:02,668 --> 05:15:04,468
through the expiration
of the agreement

6160
05:15:04,468 --> 05:15:07,633
on August 17th, 2026,
and for other purposes.

6161
05:15:08,101 --> 05:15:11,100
The wind condition with
five years and one abstention.

6162
05:15:12,533 --> 05:15:15,468
The motion is to adopt.

6163
05:15:15,468 --> 05:15:18,501
The motion to adopt by Hillis
doesn't require.

6164
05:15:19,102 --> 05:15:21,533
Second.
Madam Clerk, please
prepare the vote.

6165
05:15:22,034 --> 05:15:23,100
The vote is open.

6166
05:15:29,234 --> 05:15:32,233
Will everyone please vote?

6167
05:15:33,967 --> 05:15:36,967
So the conditions were met.

6168
05:15:41,301 --> 05:15:44,300
Well, everyone please vote.

6169
05:15:47,834 --> 05:15:50,800
The votes closed 140140.

6170
05:15:50,867 --> 05:15:52,867
Nays is item is adopted.

6171
05:15:52,867 --> 05:15:54,067
Thank you, Madam President.

6172
05:15:54,067 --> 05:15:56,534
And that completes my items.
Excellent.

6173
05:15:56,534 --> 05:15:59,533
We are moving on to community
development.

6174
05:16:00,368 --> 05:16:03,101
The honorable Matt Westmoreland.

6175
05:16:03,101 --> 05:16:04,668
Thank you, Madam President.

6176
05:16:04,668 --> 05:16:07,534
We have three items
on our agenda.

6177
05:16:07,534 --> 05:16:11,567
The first is an ordinance
for second reading, 2600 1510

6178
05:16:11,700 --> 05:16:12,834
Ordinance by Councilmember West

6179
05:16:12,834 --> 05:16:15,334
Matt Westmoreland is adopted
by CCDs

6180
05:16:15,334 --> 05:16:16,967
to amend the City of Atlanta
code.

6181
05:16:16,967 --> 05:16:19,034
Part two, section two, part 20,

6182
05:16:19,034 --> 05:16:21,968
section 21004
to update the City of Atlanta

6183
05:16:21,968 --> 05:16:24,001
short term rental policy
and for the purposes is coming

6184
05:16:24,001 --> 05:16:26,101
favorable,
as amended, with three days,

6185
05:16:26,101 --> 05:16:28,201
zero nays and three abstentions.

6186
05:16:28,201 --> 05:16:30,701
So I will make a motion
to approve on substitute motion

6187
05:16:30,701 --> 05:16:33,234
to approve on substitute
by Matt Westmoreland.

6188
05:16:33,234 --> 05:16:35,134
Is there a second
second by Martin?

6189
05:16:35,134 --> 05:16:38,001
Is there any discussion?
Council member Amos.

6190
05:16:39,368 --> 05:16:41,667
Yes. Just like some

6191
05:16:41,667 --> 05:16:44,634
clarification on the language.

6192
05:16:44,701 --> 05:16:48,267
So removing this language
means that anyone,

6193
05:16:48,267 --> 05:16:50,201
no matter how many residents
they got,

6194
05:16:50,201 --> 05:16:55,234
they can all be converted
into short term rentals.

6195
05:16:55,334 --> 05:16:58,266
Okay.
What if,
if I may, this language,

6196
05:16:59,701 --> 05:17:03,534
you know, because we were here
in March of 2021

6197
05:17:03,534 --> 05:17:06,002
when we passed the initial short
term rental legislation

6198
05:17:06,002 --> 05:17:08,434
that was slated to take effect
in September of that year

6199
05:17:08,434 --> 05:17:11,768
and then March of 2022,
it has never been enforced.

6200
05:17:11,768 --> 05:17:15,201
Which led to to your paper
for Home Park last year.

6201
05:17:15,201 --> 05:17:18,467
And so based on the planning
department's

6202
05:17:19,735 --> 05:17:21,901
different
than is an amendment view

6203
05:17:21,901 --> 05:17:24,768
in terms of what they are
and are not willing to enforce,

6204
05:17:24,768 --> 05:17:28,301
this change will make it
so that we can enforce

6205
05:17:28,301 --> 05:17:29,401
the entire rest

6206
05:17:29,401 --> 05:17:31,201
of the existing short
term rental ordinance,

6207
05:17:31,201 --> 05:17:33,701
because right now
we're not enforcing any of it,

6208
05:17:33,701 --> 05:17:36,700
and so none of the protections
are eligible.

6209
05:17:36,767 --> 05:17:38,634
And that was my biggest concern.

6210
05:17:38,634 --> 05:17:41,868
Absent of any enforcement
at all, we're about to unleash

6211
05:17:41,868 --> 05:17:45,567
the possibility
of anyone having a residence or,

6212
05:17:46,101 --> 05:17:48,101
place
can do a short term rental.

6213
05:17:48,101 --> 05:17:50,400
And then
the other piece is also,

6214
05:17:51,967 --> 05:17:53,401
where is it?

6215
05:17:53,801 --> 05:17:57,667
You also talk about
not only the property owner,
but any long term rental can now

6216
05:17:58,334 --> 05:18:01,001
create that space
to be a short term rental.

6217
05:18:01,001 --> 05:18:02,768
So now we are allowing renters

6218
05:18:02,768 --> 05:18:05,834
to rent out other people
property and short term rentals.

6219
05:18:05,834 --> 05:18:08,368
Am I reading that right?

6220
05:18:08,368 --> 05:18:10,935
You are reading that
in such a way that it's

6221
05:18:10,935 --> 05:18:15,501
what's always been in the code
that's never been enforced,

6222
05:18:15,501 --> 05:18:18,467
so that has been on the books
since 2021.

6223
05:18:18,667 --> 05:18:19,601
Okay.

6224
05:18:19,601 --> 05:18:22,333
I just wanted clarity.
Thank you.

6225
05:18:22,333 --> 05:18:23,201
Thank you.

6226
05:18:23,201 --> 05:18:26,134
Council member Kelsey Bond.

6227
05:18:26,334 --> 05:18:28,701
I have a an amendment for this.

6228
05:18:28,701 --> 05:18:31,534
I'm not sure
if it got emailed out.

6229
05:18:31,534 --> 05:18:35,634
But my proposed amendment
was to add

6230
05:18:35,735 --> 05:18:38,734
after the portion
that is struck,

6231
05:18:40,234 --> 05:18:43,334
to add for up to two
total dwelling units.

6232
05:18:44,168 --> 05:18:47,800
And where that's coming from is
there there was a discussion in

6233
05:18:49,001 --> 05:18:50,735
committee about the potential

6234
05:18:50,735 --> 05:18:55,001
for completely striking
that line, to open it up

6235
05:18:55,401 --> 05:18:58,867
for unlimited amounts of short

6236
05:18:58,867 --> 05:19:01,900
term rentals per person.

6237
05:19:02,668 --> 05:19:05,967
And opening
that up gives me pause.

6238
05:19:06,067 --> 05:19:09,134
I know that there is other
potential legislation

6239
05:19:09,134 --> 05:19:12,101
in the works before
this would go into effect.

6240
05:19:12,768 --> 05:19:16,134
That would be additional
controls to short term rentals.

6241
05:19:16,134 --> 05:19:18,334
But I personally don't
feel comfortable

6242
05:19:18,334 --> 05:19:20,668
voting on the full legislation

6243
05:19:20,668 --> 05:19:23,633
without some type
of protections.

6244
05:19:23,767 --> 05:19:26,700
So I'm not sure the, the process

6245
05:19:26,800 --> 05:19:27,835
if the amendment got set out,

6246
05:19:27,835 --> 05:19:29,801
but I would like to put forward
that amendment,

6247
05:19:29,801 --> 05:19:33,101
and I would like to make sure
that they everyone

6248
05:19:33,101 --> 05:19:36,100
has a copy of that amendment.

6249
05:19:36,533 --> 05:19:37,767
Was it emailed?

6250
05:19:37,767 --> 05:19:39,967
It's from Jasmine. Okay.

6251
05:19:39,967 --> 05:19:41,468
I'm seeing a lot of knots.

6252
05:19:41,468 --> 05:19:44,001
And yes. So the amendment is

6253
05:19:45,001 --> 05:19:48,167
circulated and
can repeat what it says again.

6254
05:19:48,234 --> 05:19:49,301
Yes, please.

6255
05:19:49,301 --> 05:19:51,601
So after the part
that is struck,

6256
05:19:51,601 --> 05:19:54,834
the part that is struck reads
for their primary residence

6257
05:19:54,834 --> 05:19:57,800
and up to one additional
dwelling unit.

6258
05:19:58,134 --> 05:20:00,967
And my amendment proposes
adding for up to two

6259
05:20:00,967 --> 05:20:02,267
total dwelling units.

6260
05:20:02,267 --> 05:20:05,868
And my understanding
is that the legal reason

6261
05:20:05,868 --> 05:20:08,900
for striking
the primary residence portion is

6262
05:20:08,900 --> 05:20:11,935
that that has potential
to be contested.

6263
05:20:11,935 --> 05:20:17,100
And in other states, we have
seen a lawsuit lost over that.

6264
05:20:17,834 --> 05:20:19,301
However,

6265
05:20:19,301 --> 05:20:21,667
my proposed amendment
does not have to do

6266
05:20:21,667 --> 05:20:23,601
with primary residence.

6267
05:20:23,601 --> 05:20:26,700
So my understanding is
that would be less of a concern

6268
05:20:26,767 --> 05:20:28,134
legally.

6269
05:20:28,134 --> 05:20:29,600
Okay. Got it.

6270
05:20:29,600 --> 05:20:31,900
So there is an amendment

6271
05:20:31,900 --> 05:20:34,834
before you,
a motion to amend before us.

6272
05:20:34,834 --> 05:20:38,001
Is there a second?

6273
05:20:38,201 --> 05:20:39,867
Okay.
You have a question about what

6274
05:20:39,867 --> 05:20:46,834
the legislation
or the amendment.

6275
05:20:46,967 --> 05:20:49,067
Okay.
Council member Lewis.

6276
05:20:49,067 --> 05:20:52,601
And just around the
that one striking out

6277
05:20:52,601 --> 05:20:54,301
line was the part of the reason

6278
05:20:54,301 --> 05:20:56,668
why I supported
this legislation from the start.

6279
05:20:56,668 --> 05:21:00,668
I've seen my community
have affordable housing,

6280
05:21:00,735 --> 05:21:04,368
three bedroom housing right now
for $1,200 in district 12.

6281
05:21:04,368 --> 05:21:06,267
I lived in it
when I was a part of.

6282
05:21:06,267 --> 05:21:07,368
I've lived in it throughout.

6283
05:21:07,368 --> 05:21:08,868
I got family members who paid

6284
05:21:08,868 --> 05:21:13,035
12 to $1600 for three bedroom,
two bedroom homes, three

6285
05:21:13,102 --> 05:21:17,201
three bedroom, two restroom
bath homes in our district.

6286
05:21:17,868 --> 05:21:20,834
I think that
if this legislation passes

6287
05:21:20,834 --> 05:21:23,800
with removing that,
I can foresee

6288
05:21:23,934 --> 05:21:26,801
more folks
switching their homes to that

6289
05:21:26,801 --> 05:21:28,735
they used to rent out
to regular people.

6290
05:21:28,735 --> 05:21:31,735
To Aron be the moment
that the lease is up.

6291
05:21:31,735 --> 05:21:34,568
And so I think that we need
a little bit more conversation

6292
05:21:34,568 --> 05:21:36,600
around this because of this.

6293
05:21:36,600 --> 05:21:38,533
But thank you again.

6294
05:21:39,967 --> 05:21:41,934
Any other discussion?

6295
05:21:41,934 --> 05:21:44,534
Council member
Michael Julian Bond.

6296
05:21:44,534 --> 05:21:47,834
Oh, I'm sorry,
I forgot about you a minute.

6297
05:21:49,067 --> 05:21:52,567
Sad Council member I'll go after
Councilmember Bond.

6298
05:21:52,667 --> 05:21:54,934
After Councilmember bond. Yes.

6299
05:21:54,934 --> 05:21:56,401
Thank you, Madam President.

6300
05:21:56,401 --> 05:21:59,201
I guess my question.

6301
05:21:59,201 --> 05:22:02,201
Even though I sat through
the discussion in committee,

6302
05:22:02,634 --> 05:22:05,401
you know,
I've stayed in committee.

6303
05:22:05,401 --> 05:22:08,668
But even with the amendment

6304
05:22:08,668 --> 05:22:11,667
that's proposed
that I will support.

6305
05:22:12,534 --> 05:22:13,967
I'm really kind of unsure

6306
05:22:13,967 --> 05:22:16,934
that I would support the paper
as a whole.

6307
05:22:17,234 --> 05:22:22,234
You know, we had the young lady
who came down here

6308
05:22:23,035 --> 05:22:26,867
from the landmark who's
come down on a regular basis and

6309
05:22:28,034 --> 05:22:30,267
their condominium building,

6310
05:22:30,267 --> 05:22:33,234
it really is
just become pimped out

6311
05:22:33,534 --> 05:22:34,868
the short term rentals.

6312
05:22:34,868 --> 05:22:39,500
And it's no longer operating
as a condominium, but a,

6313
05:22:40,800 --> 05:22:43,501
you know, almost a crack hotel.

6314
05:22:43,501 --> 05:22:47,501
And what would have been, you
know, one of the first and most,

6315
05:22:47,968 --> 05:22:52,234
but used to be one of the most
prestigious property locations

6316
05:22:52,234 --> 05:22:55,867
in the city of Atlanta,
has now been severely perverted,

6317
05:22:57,201 --> 05:23:00,568
by short term rentals

6318
05:23:01,102 --> 05:23:05,500
that they their rules allow
internally to that building.

6319
05:23:06,267 --> 05:23:09,034
And my fear is

6320
05:23:09,034 --> 05:23:12,201
even with
the amendment was two things.

6321
05:23:12,434 --> 05:23:15,433
Even if you restricted to,

6322
05:23:16,568 --> 05:23:19,434
just two additional properties,
you know,

6323
05:23:19,434 --> 05:23:21,800
that might be one property
too many.

6324
05:23:21,800 --> 05:23:23,901
You're
talking about the entire city.

6325
05:23:23,901 --> 05:23:27,167
And we're trying to create
an environment where people

6326
05:23:27,668 --> 05:23:31,400
live, work, play
emphasis on live

6327
05:23:32,468 --> 05:23:35,467
in our cities
and our neighborhoods.

6328
05:23:37,967 --> 05:23:40,468
I guess I'm wondering,

6329
05:23:40,468 --> 05:23:41,701
Council member, Mr.

6330
05:23:41,701 --> 05:23:45,534
Chair Westmoreland,
because I don't really recall

6331
05:23:45,601 --> 05:23:48,800
and I apologize that I did
request and the commissioner

6332
05:23:49,334 --> 05:23:51,934
more thoroughly in committee.

6333
05:23:51,934 --> 05:23:54,468
But why this piecemeal approach?

6334
05:23:54,468 --> 05:23:57,434
Why the need to enforce this

6335
05:23:57,868 --> 05:24:00,768
or attempt
to put these rules in place?

6336
05:24:00,768 --> 05:24:04,166
And yet we still have
to wait on the rest of it.

6337
05:24:06,234 --> 05:24:07,868
What is the rest of it?

6338
05:24:07,868 --> 05:24:10,735
Well, I thought you said that
this was a part

6339
05:24:10,735 --> 05:24:14,167
that we're putting this forward
and that other legislation

6340
05:24:14,167 --> 05:24:17,768
is still coming,
and this is what the department

6341
05:24:17,768 --> 05:24:20,734
is, quote unquote,
willing to enforce.

6342
05:24:21,968 --> 05:24:25,534
Yeah.
So I have a question for law
that might tie

6343
05:24:25,534 --> 05:24:27,967
in to the question
that you are asking it.

6344
05:24:27,967 --> 05:24:29,668
It's not that
something else is to come

6345
05:24:29,668 --> 05:24:31,668
is that we've had an ordinance
on the books

6346
05:24:31,668 --> 05:24:34,835
for the last four years
that has never been enforced.

6347
05:24:35,035 --> 05:24:38,835
That's what he's asking.
And I personally would like
for this city

6348
05:24:38,901 --> 05:24:41,900
to have a short term rental
ordinance that we are enforcing

6349
05:24:42,101 --> 05:24:43,768
so that it better protects

6350
05:24:43,768 --> 05:24:46,368
residents than what we have now,
which is something

6351
05:24:46,368 --> 05:24:49,235
that is not being enforced
at all.

6352
05:24:49,435 --> 05:24:52,267
And Council member
Kelsey Bond asked a question
to committee that led

6353
05:24:52,267 --> 05:24:55,167
to the conclusion
of the conversation that once

6354
05:24:55,167 --> 05:24:58,201
this nine word
phrase were removed.

6355
05:24:58,401 --> 05:25:02,667
So, to wood, the legal concerns
that the planning department

6356
05:25:02,667 --> 05:25:04,501
has around litigation.

6357
05:25:04,501 --> 05:25:07,468
And so I have a question for law
that's related to your

6358
05:25:07,768 --> 05:25:09,934
I haven't really thought
about it. At some point.

6359
05:25:09,934 --> 05:25:12,901
I would like to hear from law,
if you believe

6360
05:25:13,035 --> 05:25:16,301
this proposed amendment
could also invite litigation,

6361
05:25:16,368 --> 05:25:19,268
because if your answer is yes,

6362
05:25:19,268 --> 05:25:21,434
then we're going to be
right back to
where we were at the beginning,
which is an ordinance

6363
05:25:21,434 --> 05:25:24,567
that isn't going to be enforced
well in the city.

6364
05:25:24,633 --> 05:25:26,234
Well, I'll do it

6365
05:25:26,234 --> 05:25:29,001
before I yield for you
to ask your question of law.

6366
05:25:29,001 --> 05:25:30,801
So I still have the floor.

6367
05:25:30,801 --> 05:25:34,267
So I, I'd still like to have
my concern addressed

6368
05:25:34,601 --> 05:25:41,102
because I, like you, want to see
the city enforcing something.

6369
05:25:41,469 --> 05:25:43,734
But, you know,
is this the something
the city should be enforcing?

6370
05:25:45,401 --> 05:25:46,401
You know what I mean?

6371
05:25:46,401 --> 05:25:50,134
I mean, we've gone all this time
waiting,

6372
05:25:50,234 --> 05:25:53,167
I guess, presumably
on the department, waiting for

6373
05:25:53,501 --> 05:25:57,668
on the law department
to give us something to enforce.

6374
05:25:58,002 --> 05:26:01,201
So I guess I'll anticipate
part of your question

6375
05:26:01,201 --> 05:26:03,701
and I'll ask
a lot of departments something.

6376
05:26:03,701 --> 05:26:07,033
Why is this legislation
long department and why now?

6377
05:26:08,800 --> 05:26:11,401
And what actually does this

6378
05:26:11,401 --> 05:26:14,367
entail
in the way of enforcement?

6379
05:26:17,667 --> 05:26:19,334
Good afternoon, Amber

6380
05:26:19,334 --> 05:26:21,334
Robinson, City
of Atlanta, Department of Law.

6381
05:26:21,334 --> 05:26:24,768
I can not advise
concerning the timing

6382
05:26:24,868 --> 05:26:27,801
of the legislation
that is before you.

6383
05:26:27,801 --> 05:26:31,034
In so far as the legislation,
not the amendment

6384
05:26:31,034 --> 05:26:32,601
that is before you,

6385
05:26:32,601 --> 05:26:35,234
how does that address
enforceability?

6386
05:26:35,234 --> 05:26:38,234
It removes
the residency requirement

6387
05:26:38,601 --> 05:26:42,600
that is currently in the code,
which, as discussed,

6388
05:26:43,368 --> 05:26:47,401
has been the subject
of successful challenge

6389
05:26:47,401 --> 05:26:52,500
in other jurisdictions
and has been of concern,

6390
05:26:53,633 --> 05:26:56,301
in land, and

6391
05:26:56,301 --> 05:26:58,634
it has been of concern

6392
05:26:58,634 --> 05:27:01,667
by the Department of City
Planning

6393
05:27:02,567 --> 05:27:05,567
as inviting, challenge.

6394
05:27:07,067 --> 05:27:09,034
So once that is removed,

6395
05:27:09,034 --> 05:27:12,001
that concern is removed.

6396
05:27:12,368 --> 05:27:13,934
And so follow up on that.

6397
05:27:13,934 --> 05:27:17,368
So other than the
removal of that,

6398
05:27:17,935 --> 05:27:21,734
what is currently on the books
is would still be on the books

6399
05:27:22,468 --> 05:27:26,135
that's not being enforced.

6400
05:27:26,235 --> 05:27:31,300
That's correct.
But the other language is
not was not of concern.

6401
05:27:31,767 --> 05:27:34,434
And do you recall

6402
05:27:34,434 --> 05:27:37,400
why they are not enforcing

6403
05:27:38,001 --> 05:27:40,468
what is on the books currently?

6404
05:27:40,468 --> 05:27:43,667
Is it all tied to the residency
requirement or.

6405
05:27:43,667 --> 05:27:45,434
There are other issues

6406
05:27:45,434 --> 05:27:48,801
though I'm you're asking me
to speak for the Department

6407
05:27:49,135 --> 05:27:50,668
of City Planning.
There were concerns
about the enforcement

6408
05:27:50,668 --> 05:27:54,034
of the entire ordinance due
to the residency requirement.

6409
05:27:54,801 --> 05:27:58,500
And the removal of the residency
requirement would

6410
05:27:59,334 --> 05:28:00,900
remove those concerns.

6411
05:28:02,567 --> 05:28:04,234
Okay.

6412
05:28:04,234 --> 05:28:06,134
Well,

6413
05:28:06,134 --> 05:28:09,101
I know you can't speak entirely,

6414
05:28:10,068 --> 05:28:14,034
for them, but does anyone know
who can respond to us

6415
05:28:14,434 --> 05:28:17,400
when enforcement
is likely to begin?

6416
05:28:17,467 --> 05:28:19,867
Do you know, Mr.

6417
05:28:19,867 --> 05:28:23,266
Chair,
have they counseled you on that?

6418
05:28:24,267 --> 05:28:27,634
Based on the comments
we heard in C, D, s upon

6419
05:28:27,968 --> 05:28:31,300
this ordinance becoming
effective on January 1st, 2027.

6420
05:28:32,167 --> 05:28:35,134
So all legal

6421
05:28:35,134 --> 05:28:39,500
notice and advice or what
have you been done by January?

6422
05:28:39,567 --> 05:28:41,101
Okay.

6423
05:28:41,101 --> 05:28:43,001
Well I'm not going to
I'm not going to belabor it.

6424
05:28:43,001 --> 05:28:45,234
I support the,

6425
05:28:45,234 --> 05:28:47,834
amendment as proposed
and look forward

6426
05:28:47,834 --> 05:28:50,834
to voted
to support the amendment.

6427
05:28:52,034 --> 05:28:54,301
And I was drawn.

6428
05:28:54,301 --> 05:28:56,567
So, Council Member Westmoreland,
you are next.

6429
05:28:56,567 --> 05:28:58,468
Thank you.

6430
05:28:58,468 --> 05:29:01,201
My question is for the law
department.

6431
05:29:01,201 --> 05:29:03,568
The goal,

6432
05:29:03,701 --> 05:29:06,401
at least from the beginning of
this conversation,
is to have an ordinance

6433
05:29:06,401 --> 05:29:07,935
that would be enforced.

6434
05:29:07,935 --> 05:29:12,301
There have been concerns about
the or the code as currently

6435
05:29:12,301 --> 05:29:18,334
written, leading to potential
legal challenges in the future.

6436
05:29:18,568 --> 05:29:23,001
Can you please
opine on whether this amendment
could lead

6437
05:29:23,001 --> 05:29:26,001
to potential legal challenges
in the future?

6438
05:29:29,067 --> 05:29:31,234
The the proposed amendment,

6439
05:29:31,234 --> 05:29:34,900
by nature would exclude persons

6440
05:29:34,900 --> 05:29:37,867
who may own property in may

6441
05:29:38,434 --> 05:29:42,167
wish to utilize their property
for a short term

6442
05:29:42,167 --> 05:29:45,767
rental from the ability to do
so, as it limits

6443
05:29:46,334 --> 05:29:50,967
a license to two dwelling units,
and therefore persons

6444
05:29:51,334 --> 05:29:56,667
who find themselves excluded
may seek to challenge that.

6445
05:29:57,967 --> 05:29:59,201
Appreciate it.

6446
05:29:59,201 --> 05:30:02,166
That's my question.

6447
05:30:02,633 --> 05:30:04,900
Okay, moving on to Council

6448
05:30:04,900 --> 05:30:07,900
member Wayne Martin.

6449
05:30:09,533 --> 05:30:10,701
Okay.

6450
05:30:10,701 --> 05:30:14,134
That leaves council member
Lewis and I feel really good

6451
05:30:14,134 --> 05:30:16,534
about the legislation
that we have at first,

6452
05:30:16,534 --> 05:30:18,734
and changing it
with what Councilmember Bond

6453
05:30:18,734 --> 05:30:19,868
has suggested.

6454
05:30:19,868 --> 05:30:22,368
Looking across the country,
New York City has a two

6455
05:30:22,368 --> 05:30:26,067
limit, has the same residency
requirement, right?

6456
05:30:26,134 --> 05:30:27,800
Los Angeles has it. San.

6457
05:30:27,800 --> 05:30:29,568
San Francisco has it.

6458
05:30:29,568 --> 05:30:32,301
San Diego has created
a different route, similar

6459
05:30:32,301 --> 05:30:36,167
to what Councilmember Bond has
presented in Seattle as well.

6460
05:30:36,167 --> 05:30:38,768
They have the two unit limit,
which means

6461
05:30:38,768 --> 05:30:41,101
the primary residence
plus one other.

6462
05:30:41,101 --> 05:30:44,334
So I would like to
look at this legislation

6463
05:30:44,401 --> 05:30:45,801
a little bit more,
only because I know

6464
05:30:45,801 --> 05:30:47,900
who Councilmember was
more than it is.

6465
05:30:47,900 --> 05:30:49,001
I know he's super.

6466
05:30:49,001 --> 05:30:50,735
If he's open to it,
I know who he is.

6467
05:30:50,735 --> 05:30:53,867
But if he's open
to looking at these very,

6468
05:30:54,735 --> 05:30:57,668
the cities
that are very progressive
on this, and Councilmember Bond

6469
05:30:57,735 --> 05:31:01,967
did present a very good piece
of a resolution amendment

6470
05:31:01,967 --> 05:31:03,768
that I think
would put us in line

6471
05:31:03,768 --> 05:31:06,434
with the cities
that have done it right.

6472
05:31:06,434 --> 05:31:10,034
I'm a I'm nervous that if we do
allow this to happen.

6473
05:31:10,601 --> 05:31:12,935
I'm concerned
that the short term

6474
05:31:13,268 --> 05:31:15,900
rental owners
will rush to remove
even more housing from the long

6475
05:31:16,001 --> 05:31:17,034
term market

6476
05:31:17,034 --> 05:31:19,034
the moment
this legislation happens,

6477
05:31:19,034 --> 05:31:21,800
and I have specific examples
in district 12,

6478
05:31:21,800 --> 05:31:23,167
I can give you the addresses

6479
05:31:23,167 --> 05:31:25,701
where people used
to live one year ago

6480
05:31:25,701 --> 05:31:28,900
and after the lease was up,
it became a short term rental.

6481
05:31:29,767 --> 05:31:30,400
Thank you.

6482
05:31:34,334 --> 05:31:37,300
Council member Amos.

6483
05:31:37,734 --> 05:31:39,301
Yes, Madam President,

6484
05:31:39,301 --> 05:31:41,868
I think a motion
has been made already. Yes,

6485
05:31:41,868 --> 05:31:44,867
I can make a substitute motion
to refer back to committee.

6486
05:31:45,333 --> 05:31:46,434
Okay.

6487
05:31:46,434 --> 05:31:49,400
Motion to refer back
to committee by Amos.

6488
05:31:49,700 --> 05:31:52,067
In second by Lewis.

6489
05:31:52,067 --> 05:31:55,066
So any discussion on that?

6490
05:31:57,867 --> 05:31:58,700
Madam clerk, please

6491
05:31:58,700 --> 05:32:01,734
prepare the vote.

6492
05:32:02,201 --> 05:32:05,701
So, Madam Chair,
I do have one question.

6493
05:32:05,701 --> 05:32:08,634
What's the substitute motion
that we are voting on?

6494
05:32:08,735 --> 05:32:11,868
It's amendment.
It's an amendment.

6495
05:32:11,868 --> 05:32:15,266
Oh, to affirm now.
We're now we're voting on
to refer the paperback.

6496
05:32:15,433 --> 05:32:16,267
Period. Yes.

6497
05:32:16,267 --> 05:32:19,167
Not amended yet. Okay.
Thank you.

6498
05:32:19,167 --> 05:32:22,600
But the refer takes precedence
over the amendment.

6499
05:32:25,934 --> 05:32:27,701
The vote is open.

6500
05:32:27,701 --> 05:32:30,234
I would love for you all
to do that work in committee.

6501
05:32:30,234 --> 05:32:33,233
Thank you.

6502
05:32:34,333 --> 05:32:34,967
Love you.

6503
05:32:34,967 --> 05:32:37,967
And please vote.

6504
05:32:50,201 --> 05:32:51,967
No. We want to do it right now.

6505
05:32:54,567 --> 05:32:56,267
Madam clerk,

6506
05:32:56,267 --> 05:32:59,233
please call that four years.

6507
05:32:59,867 --> 05:33:02,900
Nine names for nine nays.

6508
05:33:02,967 --> 05:33:06,100
This item is fail
to be referred.

6509
05:33:07,201 --> 05:33:11,001
So we still have before us
an amendment that we're voting

6510
05:33:11,001 --> 05:33:14,834
on. Councilmember Collins,
thank you.

6511
05:33:15,801 --> 05:33:18,768
So you during the committee,
this was a bit part of

6512
05:33:18,768 --> 05:33:22,067
the conversation and questions
that I had as well.

6513
05:33:22,201 --> 05:33:25,800
And so just breaking down
how it was,

6514
05:33:25,867 --> 05:33:28,834
how with my questions,
interpreting,

6515
05:33:28,834 --> 05:33:31,800
removing this strike here

6516
05:33:31,934 --> 05:33:35,935
a lot gives the enforcement
for the city

6517
05:33:36,168 --> 05:33:40,100
to push anyone that has a short
term rental in this city.

6518
05:33:41,468 --> 05:33:44,400
Right.
And, and in terms of make sure
they have a license right now,

6519
05:33:45,534 --> 05:33:48,101
the answer to Madam President.

6520
05:33:48,101 --> 05:33:50,434
Mayor, respond to the question.
Yes, please.

6521
05:33:50,434 --> 05:33:53,468
The I believe the answer to
your question is yes,

6522
05:33:53,668 --> 05:33:57,368
because it would remove
the legally the legal

6523
05:33:57,634 --> 05:34:00,001
the primary residence
requirements. That's right.

6524
05:34:00,001 --> 05:34:02,334
And thus allow us to enforce.

6525
05:34:02,334 --> 05:34:06,067
So right now what you have is
if the if I live in new

6526
05:34:06,334 --> 05:34:09,967
if I live in North Carolina,
I have property here,

6527
05:34:10,267 --> 05:34:13,734
I decide to use my property
as a short term rental.

6528
05:34:14,001 --> 05:34:16,434
My neighbor may say, hey,

6529
05:34:16,434 --> 05:34:19,201
I have this person
does not have a permit

6530
05:34:19,201 --> 05:34:21,401
to operate their short term
rental.

6531
05:34:21,401 --> 05:34:24,701
As a property owner
where I live in North Carolina,

6532
05:34:24,801 --> 05:34:28,401
I am going to push back and say,
well, right now say

6533
05:34:28,801 --> 05:34:31,067
I'm not subjected
to this ordinance

6534
05:34:31,067 --> 05:34:33,401
because that's not
my primary residence.

6535
05:34:33,401 --> 05:34:35,901
So that's what
this does is remove

6536
05:34:35,901 --> 05:34:40,034
the primary residence
requirement and allow.

6537
05:34:40,101 --> 05:34:44,001
Now, if I live in North
Carolina, I have to get my

6538
05:34:44,167 --> 05:34:46,368
I have to register
and get my short

6539
05:34:46,368 --> 05:34:49,401
term rental permitted
without any challenge.

6540
05:34:49,401 --> 05:34:51,201
Right now I can challenge it.

6541
05:34:51,201 --> 05:34:55,867
And so, yes, the policy
position of this will force

6542
05:34:56,001 --> 05:34:59,667
any short term rental owner
and or long term

6543
05:34:59,734 --> 05:35:01,601
tenant of a short term rental.

6544
05:35:01,601 --> 05:35:06,501
They have to
get the permits or whatnot.

6545
05:35:06,868 --> 05:35:09,735
And removing
this, the enforcement piece
is a whole nother conversation.

6546
05:35:09,735 --> 05:35:12,368
And Council member Amos,
as I thought about this,

6547
05:35:12,368 --> 05:35:15,433
I always think about your paper
in terms of the,

6548
05:35:16,835 --> 05:35:19,067
you know,
creating the enforcement piece
because it still has

6549
05:35:19,067 --> 05:35:20,267
to be enforced.

6550
05:35:20,267 --> 05:35:22,968
But right now,
what I think is what's before us

6551
05:35:22,968 --> 05:35:28,234
is truly removing the barriers
that makes this challenge,

6552
05:35:28,468 --> 05:35:31,768
which makes this enforceable
to everyone in the city

6553
05:35:31,935 --> 05:35:35,367
that has a short term rental,
whether you live in the city or

6554
05:35:35,767 --> 05:35:36,767
city or not.

6555
05:35:36,767 --> 05:35:38,501
So I'm using that example

6556
05:35:38,501 --> 05:35:40,801
because that's the example
that was

6557
05:35:40,801 --> 05:35:44,067
that was shared to help me
also understand

6558
05:35:44,067 --> 05:35:46,801
the fourth piece is a
is another piece

6559
05:35:46,801 --> 05:35:49,035
to the second piece
that I want to bring to

6560
05:35:49,035 --> 05:35:52,101
my colleagues at help
me work through understanding

6561
05:35:52,167 --> 05:35:55,968
standing this is also
regular is also ordinance.

6562
05:35:55,968 --> 05:36:00,167
At the top of this ordinance
is the reference of ordinance

6563
05:36:00,167 --> 05:36:03,735
1656, which was before
I was on this Council,

6564
05:36:03,835 --> 05:36:06,401
and that provides
the actual guidelines

6565
05:36:06,401 --> 05:36:09,801
and of course, rules
for the short term rental piece.

6566
05:36:09,801 --> 05:36:12,834
So this is if you look at this,
this is part one.

6567
05:36:12,934 --> 05:36:14,167
There's another part

6568
05:36:14,167 --> 05:36:17,534
and then there's the other
pending the other pending part.

6569
05:36:17,735 --> 05:36:21,401
I just want to put that there
in terms of understanding

6570
05:36:21,401 --> 05:36:24,368
the implications
of removing this

6571
05:36:24,501 --> 05:36:27,568
of removing this language
for consideration.

6572
05:36:27,735 --> 05:36:29,801
The third part to this,
and I understand

6573
05:36:29,801 --> 05:36:33,601
we've had examples
of individuals or homeowners

6574
05:36:33,601 --> 05:36:35,801
that choose
to lease out their property

6575
05:36:35,801 --> 05:36:39,368
and then convert it
to a short term rental.

6576
05:36:39,468 --> 05:36:42,101
We have to understand that
a person's

6577
05:36:42,101 --> 05:36:43,334
one of the highest rates

6578
05:36:43,334 --> 05:36:46,101
a person have is their person
and their property.

6579
05:36:46,101 --> 05:36:48,835
So if I choose
to lease out my property

6580
05:36:48,835 --> 05:36:50,534
and I'll say, well,
I don't want any long

6581
05:36:50,534 --> 05:36:53,701
term tenants, I want to now
create a short term

6582
05:36:53,701 --> 05:36:57,101
rental piece
as in a neighborhood.

6583
05:36:57,101 --> 05:36:59,967
Now I will be subjected
to get a permit.

6584
05:36:59,967 --> 05:37:02,867
I have to and I am.

6585
05:37:02,867 --> 05:37:04,334
I interpreted

6586
05:37:04,334 --> 05:37:06,368
that example correct

6587
05:37:06,368 --> 05:37:08,101
if I choose not to do a

6588
05:37:08,101 --> 05:37:10,034
long term lease,
but now I want to convert it

6589
05:37:10,034 --> 05:37:11,468
to a short term rental.

6590
05:37:11,468 --> 05:37:15,634
Removing this, I have to get a
I have to get a permit

6591
05:37:15,735 --> 05:37:17,800
to operate it as a short term
rental.

6592
05:37:17,800 --> 05:37:19,334
Correct.

6593
05:37:19,334 --> 05:37:22,301
Under the City
of Atlanta Code of Ordinances, a

6594
05:37:22,701 --> 05:37:26,134
license is necessary
in order to operate a short term

6595
05:37:26,134 --> 05:37:27,033
rental within

6596
05:37:28,767 --> 05:37:30,701
a license is necessary

6597
05:37:30,701 --> 05:37:33,701
to operate a short term rental
within the city of Atlanta.

6598
05:37:33,701 --> 05:37:36,501
So, Councilman Lewis, using
your example of the long term

6599
05:37:36,501 --> 05:37:40,267
tenant now becoming a short term
rental, you now have that.

6600
05:37:40,501 --> 05:37:44,234
If this goes through, you
now have that cover to enforce

6601
05:37:44,234 --> 05:37:46,534
to say,
hey, your shirt term rental,

6602
05:37:46,534 --> 05:37:48,267
you have to have a license
to operate.

6603
05:37:48,267 --> 05:37:50,234
You have to have a license
to operate it.

6604
05:37:50,234 --> 05:37:52,201
Right now,
the reason why that practice

6605
05:37:52,201 --> 05:37:54,234
is allowed to happen
in your neighborhood

6606
05:37:54,234 --> 05:37:57,634
is because there is no parameter
to actually enforce it.

6607
05:37:57,634 --> 05:38:00,835
So I'm just sharing with you
all the information that I

6608
05:38:00,901 --> 05:38:04,768
that helped me work through
to get to why I will be

6609
05:38:04,768 --> 05:38:09,601
supporting this, this removal,
knowing that this is only a part

6610
05:38:09,601 --> 05:38:12,968
of the continuing conversation,
but the true piece of

6611
05:38:12,968 --> 05:38:16,601
what this will push in terms
of an enforcement piece.

6612
05:38:16,701 --> 05:38:19,167
So with that,
Madam Chair, I defer.

6613
05:38:19,167 --> 05:38:19,867
All right.

6614
05:38:20,900 --> 05:38:21,533
And we will move

6615
05:38:21,533 --> 05:38:24,501
on to Kelsey Bond.

6616
05:38:24,668 --> 05:38:26,633
Do you want to say something?

6617
05:38:26,633 --> 05:38:28,734
Okay.

6618
05:38:28,734 --> 05:38:30,234
Yeah,

6619
05:38:30,234 --> 05:38:34,168
I was I was actually hoping
this would get sent back

6620
05:38:34,168 --> 05:38:39,101
to committee.
Because it I my personal
preference would be for us to,

6621
05:38:39,601 --> 05:38:42,700
you know, the primary issue here
is the city

6622
05:38:43,301 --> 05:38:45,001
is not enforcing it right now.

6623
05:38:45,001 --> 05:38:47,034
And removing this original line

6624
05:38:47,034 --> 05:38:50,001
would help to make enforcement
easier.

6625
05:38:50,201 --> 05:38:52,434
I would have loved to package

6626
05:38:52,434 --> 05:38:55,934
this original legislation
with additional protections,

6627
05:38:56,167 --> 05:38:59,134
in particular
to set an upper limit for

6628
05:38:59,801 --> 05:39:04,633
how many Airbnbs short term
rentals one person can operate.

6629
05:39:05,101 --> 05:39:07,334
Personally, I would love to ban
short term rentals,

6630
05:39:07,334 --> 05:39:10,468
but I figured at least
keeping this net neutral

6631
05:39:11,002 --> 05:39:15,167
going from 2 to 2
properties was at least fair,

6632
05:39:15,234 --> 05:39:18,700
at least for last minute
consideration of this.

6633
05:39:18,867 --> 05:39:20,333
And I do want to clarify.

6634
05:39:21,968 --> 05:39:24,701
When I sent this to legal, I'm
just going to read the,

6635
05:39:24,701 --> 05:39:27,734
the opinion
that I got back over email.

6636
05:39:29,800 --> 05:39:31,800
Just to clarify.

6637
05:39:31,800 --> 05:39:32,734
Oh, can I not do that?

6638
05:39:32,734 --> 05:39:35,301
No. Oh. I'm sorry.

6639
05:39:35,301 --> 05:39:36,500
Oh, okay.

6640
05:39:36,500 --> 05:39:37,468
I'm sorry.

6641
05:39:37,468 --> 05:39:40,167
I, I hate to jump in.

6642
05:39:40,167 --> 05:39:44,967
However, we would advise
that, privileged communication

6643
05:39:44,967 --> 05:39:45,867
not be read.

6644
05:39:45,867 --> 05:39:49,267
Got it. On on on on. Yes.

6645
05:39:49,434 --> 05:39:51,434
Apologies, apologies.

6646
05:39:51,434 --> 05:39:54,633
I was making sure
that the answer was no, but no.

6647
05:39:54,800 --> 05:39:56,868
Okay. Got it. Thank you.

6648
05:39:56,868 --> 05:39:59,834
Did not realize that, can I can
I summarize?

6649
05:40:00,167 --> 05:40:03,468
I just, Amber, if you could,
we would prefer that

6650
05:40:03,668 --> 05:40:05,434
it's a privileged legal opinion.

6651
05:40:05,434 --> 05:40:06,701
We cannot share it.

6652
05:40:06,701 --> 05:40:08,801
Cannot summarize
it. Okay. I'm sorry.

6653
05:40:08,801 --> 05:40:10,835
I did not know that that
thoughts are important, though.

6654
05:40:10,835 --> 05:40:13,967
Whatever you think, my thoughts
as not a liar.

6655
05:40:14,968 --> 05:40:18,533
Yeah.
Are, the understanding
is that, like. Yes.

6656
05:40:19,533 --> 05:40:20,700
Maintaining the

6657
05:40:20,700 --> 05:40:23,668
the the maximum of two

6658
05:40:23,735 --> 05:40:26,701
units per person, two short
term rentals per person,

6659
05:40:26,935 --> 05:40:31,400
could, you know, prompt somebody
to sue the city?

6660
05:40:31,834 --> 05:40:34,534
That's true
with a lot of things.

6661
05:40:34,534 --> 05:40:38,468
But my understanding
is that in court cases

6662
05:40:38,468 --> 05:40:40,434
where this was challenged
in other cities,

6663
05:40:40,434 --> 05:40:44,568
the city was likely
to win the lawsuit.

6664
05:40:44,801 --> 05:40:47,768
So I just wanted to
to put that out there.

6665
05:40:47,901 --> 05:40:50,867
And yeah, so that was
the intention of the paper.

6666
05:40:51,267 --> 05:40:53,701
I, I'm
not sure that it's responsible

6667
05:40:53,701 --> 05:40:56,867
to just leave this open ended
by striking this language today.

6668
05:40:57,634 --> 05:41:01,167
So if my amendment does not
pass,

6669
05:41:01,234 --> 05:41:04,233
I will be voting
no on the full legislation.

6670
05:41:05,467 --> 05:41:08,101
Okay.

6671
05:41:08,101 --> 05:41:08,967
Alex. Juan.

6672
05:41:08,967 --> 05:41:10,434
Thank you, Madam President.

6673
05:41:10,434 --> 05:41:13,400
My goal is to get
a piece of legislation

6674
05:41:14,067 --> 05:41:18,002
to amend it and create
another set of liabilities

6675
05:41:18,168 --> 05:41:20,401
I don't think. Makes sense.
I'm going to call the question
on on the amendment.

6676
05:41:20,401 --> 05:41:23,134
Call the question by one second
by Hillis.

6677
05:41:23,134 --> 05:41:24,967
Madam clerk,
please prepare the vote.

6678
05:41:34,301 --> 05:41:39,267
The. Was smaller.

6679
05:41:39,267 --> 05:41:42,266
And what is?

6680
05:41:48,967 --> 05:41:49,867
12 years?

6681
05:41:49,867 --> 05:41:52,434
One nay 12 years, one nay.

6682
05:41:52,434 --> 05:41:54,734
Call to question is adopted.

6683
05:41:54,734 --> 05:41:56,934
The item is before us.

6684
05:41:56,934 --> 05:42:00,100
The amendment to the item
is before us.

6685
05:42:02,334 --> 05:42:05,300
Madam clerk, please
prepare the vote.

6686
05:42:05,633 --> 05:42:08,633
The vote is open.

6687
05:42:16,201 --> 05:42:19,200
Will everyone please vote?

6688
05:42:27,134 --> 05:42:30,633
The seven years?

6689
05:42:30,633 --> 05:42:32,934
Six nays.

6690
05:42:32,934 --> 05:42:35,001
Yeah.
This motion is not carried.

6691
05:42:35,001 --> 05:42:36,333
Seven years.

6692
05:42:36,333 --> 05:42:37,667
Six nays.

6693
05:42:37,667 --> 05:42:40,633
This item fails.

6694
05:42:40,767 --> 05:42:42,800
You have any more

6695
05:42:42,800 --> 05:42:45,800
items on your agenda, chair?

6696
05:42:46,434 --> 05:42:47,567
Oh, that's the amendment.

6697
05:42:47,567 --> 05:42:48,768
The amendment fail.

6698
05:42:48,768 --> 05:42:54,234
Okay, well,
let's vote on the motion.

6699
05:42:54,634 --> 05:42:57,834
Do you have a motion
coming out of committee?

6700
05:42:58,368 --> 05:43:00,900
Favorable.
Three A's, zero
nays, three abstentions.

6701
05:43:00,900 --> 05:43:03,468
So that's the motion, okay.

6702
05:43:03,468 --> 05:43:06,467
Council member Westmoreland
moved to

6703
05:43:07,368 --> 05:43:09,767
pass to adopt the motion.

6704
05:43:09,767 --> 05:43:11,700
It actually out of committee.

6705
05:43:11,700 --> 05:43:12,768
It doesn't require second.

6706
05:43:12,768 --> 05:43:14,367
Madam clerk,
please prepare the vote.

6707
05:43:16,734 --> 05:43:18,534
And actually, this is a time

6708
05:43:18,534 --> 05:43:22,166
when you could deliberate again
if you want, but.

6709
05:43:24,901 --> 05:43:27,067
Oh, now everybody's saying
they don't want to deliberate.

6710
05:43:27,067 --> 05:43:28,468
Really?

6711
05:43:28,468 --> 05:43:31,400
You've been deliberating
for an hour and a half.

6712
05:43:31,400 --> 05:43:34,367
Okay.

6713
05:43:44,767 --> 05:43:47,767
Madam clerk.

6714
05:43:54,001 --> 05:43:57,001
Yep. The vote is open. Yes.

6715
05:44:12,134 --> 05:44:23,434
I. Nine

6716
05:44:23,434 --> 05:44:27,234
years, 599, five nays.

6717
05:44:27,234 --> 05:44:31,267
This item is adopted,
and I recognize

6718
05:44:31,267 --> 05:44:32,667
Councilmember Bakhtiari.

6719
05:44:32,667 --> 05:44:35,035
Thank you.

6720
05:44:35,168 --> 05:44:37,234
I am very sorry.
Meeting has run longer
than I expected it

6721
05:44:37,234 --> 05:44:40,233
to, and I had to run back
from a meeting.

6722
05:44:42,568 --> 05:44:44,234
I want to explain my vote.

6723
05:44:44,234 --> 05:44:47,234
I appreciate Councilmember Amos
trying to appreciate

6724
05:44:47,234 --> 05:44:48,601
Councilmember Bonds
attempted amendment.

6725
05:44:48,601 --> 05:44:50,167
I appreciate Councilmember
for this.

6726
05:44:50,167 --> 05:44:51,601
Back to committee.

6727
05:44:51,601 --> 05:44:54,201
Simply the reason I am a no,
as I do believe I do.

6728
05:44:54,201 --> 05:44:56,801
Thank Councilmember Westmoreland
for bringing this forward.

6729
05:44:56,801 --> 05:44:59,101
I am a no,
because this does not cap,

6730
05:44:59,101 --> 05:45:01,334
and I do believe that that's
why the legislation was

6731
05:45:01,334 --> 05:45:02,934
created, was to prevent people
from owning

6732
05:45:02,934 --> 05:45:05,234
and having a monopoly
on these things.

6733
05:45:05,234 --> 05:45:07,967
So I understand that
this will be finally enforced.

6734
05:45:07,967 --> 05:45:10,968
But that is
that is why I will not be.

6735
05:45:10,968 --> 05:45:13,434
That's why I'm unsupportive.
And I just wanted to clarify.

6736
05:45:13,434 --> 05:45:17,701
Thank you, Councilmember Lewis.

6737
05:45:18,202 --> 05:45:20,267
Once again,
I agree with everything
Councilmember Bakhtiari said.

6738
05:45:20,267 --> 05:45:23,568
And my hope was that
we can have more discussion

6739
05:45:23,568 --> 05:45:25,834
around this
because I know that it did move

6740
05:45:25,834 --> 05:45:27,101
pretty fast

6741
05:45:27,101 --> 05:45:29,267
from our first conversation 2
or 3 weeks ago

6742
05:45:29,267 --> 05:45:30,967
with Councilmember Westmoreland.

6743
05:45:30,967 --> 05:45:32,934
And so my vote on this was.

6744
05:45:32,934 --> 05:45:36,601
I'm nervous
that more houses, more homes

6745
05:45:36,601 --> 05:45:39,601
that are currently used
for affordable housing,

6746
05:45:39,701 --> 05:45:41,801
particularly in the portion
I was driving around.

6747
05:45:41,801 --> 05:45:44,901
The most of my colleagues
will no longer be

6748
05:45:44,901 --> 05:45:48,300
affordable housing, but
will become what they would call

6749
05:45:48,867 --> 05:45:50,667
Airbnbs or short term rentals.

6750
05:45:50,667 --> 05:45:52,101
So that's why I voted no

6751
05:45:52,101 --> 05:45:54,600
to keep more affordable
housing in the city of Atlanta.

6752
05:45:54,600 --> 05:45:55,501
Thank you again.

6753
05:45:55,501 --> 05:46:02,368
Thank you,
Councilmember Collins.

6754
05:46:02,935 --> 05:46:05,101
Thank you.
Just to add to just to add
to the conversation,

6755
05:46:05,101 --> 05:46:08,101
we did discuss and I did
you know, we did discuss

6756
05:46:08,501 --> 05:46:12,935
in terms of caps
and also potential boundaries.

6757
05:46:12,935 --> 05:46:16,601
And what we're finding is
that they're still legally

6758
05:46:16,968 --> 05:46:20,834
those challenges
our cities are not prevailing in

6759
05:46:20,834 --> 05:46:23,201
because it gets
into a conversation

6760
05:46:23,201 --> 05:46:26,101
in terms of exclusivity
and what's the best way

6761
05:46:26,101 --> 05:46:27,568
to do those things.

6762
05:46:27,568 --> 05:46:30,735
So what I anticipate
by removing this first step

6763
05:46:30,901 --> 05:46:33,968
with the enforcement,
we are at least able to gather

6764
05:46:33,968 --> 05:46:38,600
data in terms of the,
the, the, the, the, the, the,

6765
05:46:39,935 --> 05:46:42,967
the actual short
term rentals that are permitted
and with the legal bounds,

6766
05:46:43,201 --> 05:46:46,467
those that are operating
illegally that we could

6767
05:46:46,767 --> 05:46:48,868
truly enforce and shut down.

6768
05:46:48,868 --> 05:46:51,701
And then exploring what
that looks like to, to

6769
05:46:51,701 --> 05:46:57,367
to create spaces or those limits
caps create a conversation

6770
05:46:57,934 --> 05:47:02,367
opens up a conversation of who
when in a rush

6771
05:47:02,834 --> 05:47:05,468
to get those
that are registered.

6772
05:47:05,468 --> 05:47:07,601
Then you do have
geographical boundaries

6773
05:47:07,601 --> 05:47:10,767
where you have a short term
overlays.

6774
05:47:10,767 --> 05:47:13,601
You have geographical areas.

6775
05:47:13,735 --> 05:47:18,501
We already have a
parameter in place now
where if your area, your street

6776
05:47:18,868 --> 05:47:22,500
or your community,
you all advocate for that ban,
like what we see at Home Park.

6777
05:47:22,700 --> 05:47:24,034
So there are there

6778
05:47:24,034 --> 05:47:27,167
I, I feel that
all is not lost in this space,

6779
05:47:27,167 --> 05:47:29,267
but this is the start
of a conversation.

6780
05:47:29,267 --> 05:47:33,501
This is the start of other
ordinances and actions to at

6781
05:47:33,501 --> 05:47:37,768
least give us the opportunity
to capture this right now.

6782
05:47:37,835 --> 05:47:41,634
We right now, based on what
Planning Department of Planning

6783
05:47:41,634 --> 05:47:45,834
is telling us, is the fact
they're not even able to enforce

6784
05:47:45,834 --> 05:47:48,301
those
that are illegally operating

6785
05:47:48,301 --> 05:47:49,968
if they just didn't do
it, are they good?

6786
05:47:49,968 --> 05:47:54,434
Will illegally operating short
term rentals because they

6787
05:47:54,568 --> 05:47:57,868
they are Italian and say, well,
it's not my primary residence.

6788
05:47:57,868 --> 05:48:02,001
And so I just want to keep
you guys optimistic and hopeful

6789
05:48:02,201 --> 05:48:03,568
that all is not lost.

6790
05:48:03,568 --> 05:48:06,401
But we do have some work to do
to continue to layer this.

6791
05:48:06,401 --> 05:48:07,701
And I really hope

6792
05:48:07,701 --> 05:48:10,001
that we all work together to do
just that.

6793
05:48:10,001 --> 05:48:11,201
Thank you.

6794
05:48:11,201 --> 05:48:12,634
Council Collins.

6795
05:48:12,634 --> 05:48:15,034
Councilmember Dozier,
thank you, Madam President.

6796
05:48:15,034 --> 05:48:16,701
I just want to

6797
05:48:16,701 --> 05:48:20,633
encourage colleagues
to who are seeking additional,

6798
05:48:22,234 --> 05:48:25,434
constraints or restrictions
on the Atlanta short

6799
05:48:25,501 --> 05:48:28,067
term rental economy to consider
standalone legislation.

6800
05:48:28,067 --> 05:48:31,034
I'll be happy to join you
in that fight.

6801
05:48:31,534 --> 05:48:33,868
I know
with this particular paper,

6802
05:48:33,868 --> 05:48:38,835
I've been very clear
since my days of being a chair

6803
05:48:39,135 --> 05:48:42,901
that I've been very frustrated
by inability to enforce anything

6804
05:48:42,901 --> 05:48:45,867
related to our 2021 short term
rental legislation.

6805
05:48:45,967 --> 05:48:47,134
This has been the closest

6806
05:48:47,134 --> 05:48:48,001
we have been to

6807
05:48:48,001 --> 05:48:49,167
actually enforcing anything,

6808
05:48:49,167 --> 05:48:51,967
which is why I've been
supportive of this effort.

6809
05:48:51,967 --> 05:48:53,735
However, I do recognize
their needs

6810
05:48:53,735 --> 05:48:56,334
to be more guardrails and places
to support our community,

6811
05:48:56,334 --> 05:48:58,267
to protect affordable housing,
to protect our residents,

6812
05:48:58,267 --> 05:49:00,601
to prevent situations
like we've been seeing

6813
05:49:00,601 --> 05:49:02,401
in buildings like the landmark.

6814
05:49:02,401 --> 05:49:04,767
I know the Department of City
Planning has legislation

6815
05:49:04,767 --> 05:49:05,968
that they presented to this body

6816
05:49:05,968 --> 05:49:08,800
that considered districts
requirements, that considered

6817
05:49:08,800 --> 05:49:10,900
caps on the percentage of short

6818
05:49:10,900 --> 05:49:13,234
term rentals
in multi-family buildings.

6819
05:49:13,234 --> 05:49:15,967
And I'll be happy
to revisit those conversations.

6820
05:49:15,967 --> 05:49:18,501
But for this legislation,

6821
05:49:18,668 --> 05:49:20,835
I was a yes vote,
because I want to make sure
that we got to a point

6822
05:49:20,835 --> 05:49:23,800
in which we can enforce
something so that we know

6823
05:49:24,501 --> 05:49:26,867
or have even better protections
than we have

6824
05:49:26,867 --> 05:49:28,201
have had over the last
five years.

6825
05:49:28,201 --> 05:49:29,934
All the things,
all the worst case scenarios

6826
05:49:29,934 --> 05:49:30,734
that have been described

6827
05:49:30,734 --> 05:49:31,835
in this meeting

6828
05:49:31,835 --> 05:49:33,267
have already been happening
because we

6829
05:49:33,267 --> 05:49:34,668
haven't been enforcing anything.

6830
05:49:34,668 --> 05:49:38,334
So I just wanted to put that out
there or support any further

6831
05:49:38,935 --> 05:49:42,767
efforts to add restraints
into this industry.

6832
05:49:43,201 --> 05:49:45,835
But I want to make sure
that we got something

6833
05:49:46,002 --> 05:49:48,501
over the finish line today
so that we can actually get
to supporting our communities

6834
05:49:48,501 --> 05:49:50,301
in the way we know
they need to be supported.

6835
05:49:50,301 --> 05:49:53,033
That's what I wanted
to say, and I'll be yield.

6836
05:49:55,001 --> 05:49:56,368
Thank you.
Councilmember Dozier

6837
05:49:56,368 --> 05:49:58,834
Bakhtiari, I do think you have
at least a minute left.

6838
05:49:59,434 --> 05:50:01,834
Thank you.
So I'll be very quick
because I ran in

6839
05:50:02,067 --> 05:50:03,101
a little out of breath.

6840
05:50:03,101 --> 05:50:04,067
But I just wanted to say

6841
05:50:04,067 --> 05:50:05,501
because there's
been so much conversation

6842
05:50:05,501 --> 05:50:07,835
and I think people are probably
lost in the details.

6843
05:50:07,835 --> 05:50:10,900
What I wanted to clarify is
I am absolutely for enforcement.

6844
05:50:11,001 --> 05:50:12,534
We have very bad actors.

6845
05:50:12,534 --> 05:50:14,701
We have people that are
monopolizing these properties.

6846
05:50:14,701 --> 05:50:16,301
I simply would be like,
as I said before,

6847
05:50:16,301 --> 05:50:17,501
I'm simply voting against this

6848
05:50:17,501 --> 05:50:18,701
because I believe
that most important

6849
05:50:18,701 --> 05:50:20,768
part of the legislation
should be capping.

6850
05:50:20,768 --> 05:50:22,968
That is why I believe
this does go somewhere

6851
05:50:22,968 --> 05:50:25,934
not far enough, but to the point
of Councilmember Dozier.

6852
05:50:26,301 --> 05:50:28,434
I will be trying
to look at other ways,

6853
05:50:28,434 --> 05:50:31,401
and I hope my colleagues
will join me, because the

6854
05:50:31,601 --> 05:50:34,102
proliferation of short term
rentals is a problem,

6855
05:50:34,102 --> 05:50:37,501
and I do hope that some of our
partners, like Airbnb and Vrbo,

6856
05:50:37,735 --> 05:50:39,601
will begin
bringing more staff down here

6857
05:50:39,601 --> 05:50:41,234
to actually support
these initiatives.

6858
05:50:41,234 --> 05:50:43,767
So that is all. Thank you.

6859
05:50:43,767 --> 05:50:46,734
Thank you,
Council Member Winston.

6860
05:50:46,900 --> 05:50:48,601
Thank you. Council President.

6861
05:50:48,601 --> 05:50:50,735
Colleagues, I just want to
thank you for supporting this.

6862
05:50:50,735 --> 05:50:53,501
The ones that have helped
push this over,

6863
05:50:53,501 --> 05:50:56,634
Councilmember Westmoreland,
I now represent the landmark.

6864
05:50:56,634 --> 05:50:59,168
And, you know, we had
someone that came in today.

6865
05:50:59,168 --> 05:51:02,368
This is the first step at being
to help people at the landmark.

6866
05:51:02,368 --> 05:51:06,134
Right now, there are bad actors
who are operating illegal.

6867
05:51:06,201 --> 05:51:09,900
Airbnb units are short term
rental units in that building.

6868
05:51:09,900 --> 05:51:11,434
And so this allows us to

6869
05:51:11,434 --> 05:51:13,834
really start being able
to enforce this

6870
05:51:13,834 --> 05:51:15,102
and start
being able to help people,

6871
05:51:15,102 --> 05:51:17,468
not just there, but around
the entire city of Atlanta.

6872
05:51:17,468 --> 05:51:20,433
And so I think this
is an important first step.

6873
05:51:21,534 --> 05:51:24,202
I also
want my colleagues to know

6874
05:51:24,335 --> 05:51:26,901
in Cedar Chess
last week, we talked about
making the next step,

6875
05:51:26,901 --> 05:51:29,867
working to put more guardrails
in multifamily units.

6876
05:51:30,167 --> 05:51:31,401
I've been working with our chief

6877
05:51:31,401 --> 05:51:34,601
housing officer on legislation,
and we hope to be able

6878
05:51:34,601 --> 05:51:37,568
to get something before you
in the next couple of weeks

6879
05:51:37,735 --> 05:51:40,900
so that we can continue on this
path of increasing enforcement

6880
05:51:41,001 --> 05:51:44,001
of our STR. So thank you.

6881
05:51:44,001 --> 05:51:45,934
Thank you. Council Member
Winston.

6882
05:51:45,934 --> 05:51:47,734
That's everyone.

6883
05:51:47,734 --> 05:51:48,801
Madam president,

6884
05:51:48,801 --> 05:51:50,868
I to all the people
who are standing up,

6885
05:51:50,868 --> 05:51:52,834
you'll be excited to know you
have two more things to vote on.

6886
05:51:52,834 --> 05:51:55,800
On the on the.

6887
05:51:56,067 --> 05:51:57,735
Report.

6888
05:51:57,735 --> 05:52:00,701
He did not save the best
for last,

6889
05:52:01,202 --> 05:52:04,300
ordinance to move all the carry
forward to post two at large.

6890
05:52:05,501 --> 05:52:09,835
First one is 26
r 3997 resolution by Norwood

6891
05:52:09,835 --> 05:52:12,769
requesting the Chief
operating Officer to coordinate

6892
05:52:12,769 --> 05:52:14,234
with the Department of City
Planning
and Invest Atlanta,
the Atlanta Beltline, Inc.,

6893
05:52:14,234 --> 05:52:16,668
Atlanta Housing, and the Metro
Atlanta Land Bank to create

6894
05:52:16,668 --> 05:52:18,768
a comprehensive inventory
of vacant, under utilized

6895
05:52:18,768 --> 05:52:20,701
privately owned properties
within the City of Atlanta,

6896
05:52:20,701 --> 05:52:23,034
which may be developed
for housing and other uses,

6897
05:52:23,034 --> 05:52:25,201
which and which
shall identify properties

6898
05:52:25,201 --> 05:52:26,468
which are nonresidential.

6899
05:52:26,468 --> 05:52:30,135
Non publicly owned or vacant,
abandoned or neglected

6900
05:52:30,235 --> 05:52:33,334
may qualify as nuisance
properties and are 30% forested
and for other purposes

6901
05:52:33,334 --> 05:52:36,433
it comes favorable for yeas
one day one abstention.

6902
05:52:36,934 --> 05:52:38,735
That's a motion to approve.

6903
05:52:38,735 --> 05:52:41,434
Motion
to approve by Westmoreland.

6904
05:52:41,434 --> 05:52:42,934
It comes out favorably

6905
05:52:42,934 --> 05:52:44,835
from committee,
so it does not require second.

6906
05:52:44,835 --> 05:52:47,368
Madam clerk,
please refer to the vote.

6907
05:52:47,368 --> 05:52:48,600
The vote is open.

6908
05:52:48,600 --> 05:52:50,266
Lewis. Yes. Amos. Yes.

6909
05:52:54,167 --> 05:52:54,767
Lebanon.

6910
05:52:54,767 --> 05:52:57,767
Please vote.

6911
05:53:13,800 --> 05:53:15,401
12. Closed 13 years.

6912
05:53:15,401 --> 05:53:17,201
There are 13 year old.

6913
05:53:17,201 --> 05:53:18,533
Nays is item is adopted.

6914
05:53:18,533 --> 05:53:21,001
Final item 26 R 3998.

6915
05:53:21,001 --> 05:53:23,201
Resolution requesting
the mayor is designee.

6916
05:53:23,201 --> 05:53:25,301
To establish a process
whereby persons and entities

6917
05:53:25,301 --> 05:53:27,201
who apply for permits
related to the installation

6918
05:53:27,201 --> 05:53:28,401
repair
of any impervious surfaces

6919
05:53:28,401 --> 05:53:29,934
necessary to traverse
lots of size one

6920
05:53:29,934 --> 05:53:30,834
third of an acre or larger

6921
05:53:30,834 --> 05:53:32,401
in the district Council member

6922
05:53:32,735 --> 05:53:33,434
in the location
where
in the proposed installation

6923
05:53:33,434 --> 05:53:34,668
of repairs to occur,

6924
05:53:34,668 --> 05:53:36,368
may have an opportunity
to attend a joint conference

6925
05:53:36,368 --> 05:53:37,735
with the residents
from the city departments

6926
05:53:37,735 --> 05:53:38,867
and officers
charged with reviewing

6927
05:53:38,867 --> 05:53:40,101
such applications
and enforcement

6928
05:53:40,101 --> 05:53:41,735
of Atlanta stormwater
ordinances,

6929
05:53:41,735 --> 05:53:43,668
state law,
and the state regulatory

6930
05:53:44,168 --> 05:53:45,801
standards applicable
to the installation of repair
of the impervious surfaces

6931
05:53:45,801 --> 05:53:47,900
necessary to traverse larger
lots prior to the

6932
05:53:47,900 --> 05:53:48,700
any final decision

6933
05:53:48,700 --> 05:53:49,534
related to this application,

6934
05:53:49,534 --> 05:53:50,601
and for the purposes
of the motion

6935
05:53:50,601 --> 05:53:52,900
coming out of committee,
is to file.

6936
05:53:52,900 --> 05:53:55,167
Motion is to file
by Westmoreland.

6937
05:53:55,167 --> 05:53:58,001
It's coming out of committee
to file favorably.

6938
05:53:58,001 --> 05:53:59,568
So no second is needed.

6939
05:53:59,568 --> 05:54:01,568
Madam clerk, please
prepare the vote.

6940
05:54:01,568 --> 05:54:03,867
Lewis. Yes. The vote is open.

6941
05:54:08,967 --> 05:54:11,967
Please vote.

6942
05:54:18,167 --> 05:54:21,166
For $5.

6943
05:54:22,267 --> 05:54:23,334
Councilmember Amos,

6944
05:54:23,334 --> 05:54:26,333
what is your vote? Yes.

6945
05:54:26,767 --> 05:54:29,767
Lewis. Yes.

6946
05:54:33,967 --> 05:54:35,601
The first class, 13 years.

6947
05:54:35,601 --> 05:54:39,300
There are 13 years
there on this item is filed.

6948
05:54:40,301 --> 05:54:42,934
That concludes my report.

6949
05:54:42,934 --> 05:54:45,900
Thank you, Chair Westmoreland.

6950
05:54:46,835 --> 05:54:49,167
All right.
That brings us to personal
papers.

6951
05:54:49,167 --> 05:54:52,133
Personal papers.

6952
05:54:52,900 --> 05:54:56,768
41250,
an ordinance by Councilmember

6953
05:54:57,168 --> 05:55:00,601
Mary Norwood
authorizing the chief financial
officer to amend the 2027

6954
05:55:00,601 --> 05:55:02,900
Water and Wastewater
Renewal and Extension

6955
05:55:02,900 --> 05:55:04,468
Fund budget in the amount

6956
05:55:04,468 --> 05:55:09,135
not to exceed $1,000,000.00
to encumber committed funds.

6957
05:55:09,135 --> 05:55:12,468
In the event that the Atlanta
memorial Park Conservancy

6958
05:55:12,468 --> 05:55:17,234
receives the grant of $3 million
from the Georgia Outdoor

6959
05:55:17,468 --> 05:55:20,167
Stewardship Program,
and for the purposes

6960
05:55:20,167 --> 05:55:23,734
for 1250 to be referred
to city utilities.

6961
05:55:23,900 --> 05:55:27,102
Thank you, Elms for 1253.

6962
05:55:27,168 --> 05:55:30,001
An ordinance by Council Member
Mary Norwood to amend the City

6963
05:55:30,001 --> 05:55:34,134
of Atlanta Code of Ordinances
at chapter 158.

6964
05:55:34,134 --> 05:55:38,401
Vegetation article
two tree protection to increase

6965
05:55:38,401 --> 05:55:41,468
the tree preservation
standards in a manner

6966
05:55:41,468 --> 05:55:46,501
which will support the city's
goal of 50% tree canopy cover

6967
05:55:46,501 --> 05:55:50,600
and for other purposes
for 12533 referred to seeds.

6968
05:55:50,934 --> 05:55:53,033
Thank you, thank you, thank you,

6969
05:55:54,234 --> 05:55:55,467
Councilmember Lewis.

6970
05:55:55,467 --> 05:55:57,333
Thank you.

6971
05:55:57,333 --> 05:55:59,167
Elms ID

6972
05:55:59,167 --> 05:56:03,201
41246 and ordinance
by Councilmember Antonio Lewis

6973
05:56:03,301 --> 05:56:05,568
authorizing the mayor
or his designee,

6974
05:56:05,568 --> 05:56:07,102
on behalf of the City
of Atlanta,

6975
05:56:07,102 --> 05:56:10,401
to abandon a public street
known as True Street Southwest,

6976
05:56:10,534 --> 05:56:14,867
being more specifically
depicted in the attached is a

6977
05:56:14,934 --> 05:56:18,067
and lying
and being in landlocked 119

6978
05:56:18,167 --> 05:56:20,035
of the 14th District of Fulton
County,

6979
05:56:20,035 --> 05:56:22,967
Georgia, and for other purposes
for one two, four, six

6980
05:56:22,967 --> 05:56:24,800
to be referred to.
Transportation.

6981
05:56:24,800 --> 05:56:28,401
Elms 41261 resolution

6982
05:56:28,401 --> 05:56:31,400
by council member
Antonio Lewis, council member

6983
05:56:32,501 --> 05:56:35,433
Wayne Martin, council
member Andrea Boone, council

6984
05:56:35,433 --> 05:56:36,568
member Liliana

6985
05:56:36,568 --> 05:56:39,534
Bakhtiari, council member Byron
Amos, council member.

6986
05:56:39,634 --> 05:56:41,867
Westmoreland Council
member Collins council member.

6987
05:56:41,867 --> 05:56:43,768
Hillers Council member.

6988
05:56:43,768 --> 05:56:46,668
Bunn Councilmember one
Council member.

6989
05:56:46,668 --> 05:56:50,334
Dozier council member Winston
Council member, one council

6990
05:56:50,334 --> 05:56:53,333
member Amos and both bond

6991
05:56:54,267 --> 05:56:57,634
a resolution
to create a commission

6992
05:56:57,634 --> 05:56:59,700
to determine
an appropriate manner

6993
05:56:59,700 --> 05:57:01,134
in which to honor the late

6994
05:57:01,134 --> 05:57:03,567
Horace Julian
Bond and for other purposes

6995
05:57:04,534 --> 05:57:07,534
for one,
two, six, one to refer to KDS.

6996
05:57:07,534 --> 05:57:12,067
Elms 4125 for a resolution
by Councilmember Antonio Lewis,

6997
05:57:12,167 --> 05:57:14,002
Council member
Matt Westmoreland, Council

6998
05:57:14,002 --> 05:57:17,101
member Collins, and Council
member Michael Julian Bond.

6999
05:57:17,401 --> 05:57:20,301
A resolution requesting
that the commissioners

7000
05:57:20,301 --> 05:57:22,134
of the Department
of Transportation,

7001
05:57:22,134 --> 05:57:23,634
Department of Public Works,

7002
05:57:23,634 --> 05:57:25,634
Department of Parks
and Recreation conduct

7003
05:57:25,634 --> 05:57:27,735
a comprehensive order
and inventory

7004
05:57:27,735 --> 05:57:30,935
of all public trash
cans under the respect

7005
05:57:31,002 --> 05:57:34,368
under their respective
jurisdictions in district 12,

7006
05:57:34,501 --> 05:57:38,301
requesting that the departments
identify the number, location,

7007
05:57:38,301 --> 05:57:41,301
condition, ownership,
and service frequency

7008
05:57:41,301 --> 05:57:43,634
of such trash cans.

7009
05:57:43,634 --> 05:57:46,334
Requesting that the departments
identify areas

7010
05:57:46,334 --> 05:57:48,068
that are underserved
by the public,

7011
05:57:48,068 --> 05:57:51,735
trash cans and district 12,
and for other purposes for one,

7012
05:57:51,801 --> 05:57:54,800
two, five, four to be referred
to city utilities.

7013
05:57:55,900 --> 05:57:58,468
Oh, Council member Amos.

7014
05:57:58,468 --> 05:58:02,434
Yes, madam
president, ams ID 412458

7015
05:58:02,501 --> 05:58:04,568
Ordinance by Councilmember
Brian Amos authorizing

7016
05:58:04,568 --> 05:58:06,434
Mary's designee on behalf
of the City of Atlanta,

7017
05:58:06,434 --> 05:58:07,968
to abandon the portion
of the public street

7018
05:58:07,968 --> 05:58:10,668
known as Shirley Place
Northwest specifically depicted

7019
05:58:10,668 --> 05:58:14,501
in the attached as a and line
and being in landlocked 179

7020
05:58:14,568 --> 05:58:16,234
of the 14th
District of Food and County

7021
05:58:16,234 --> 05:58:19,201
Georgia tax parcel listed
and for other purposes

7022
05:58:19,634 --> 05:58:23,066
for 124, five
to be referred to transportation

7023
05:58:24,301 --> 05:58:25,867
Council member Hillis,

7024
05:58:25,867 --> 05:58:28,834
one item Elms ID 41212

7025
05:58:29,368 --> 05:58:30,768
run us by Councilmember
Dustin Hill

7026
05:58:30,768 --> 05:58:32,301
to waive the procurement source
selection

7027
05:58:32,301 --> 05:58:35,368
provisions contained in Division
four of chapter two, article

7028
05:58:35,368 --> 05:58:39,868
ten of the City of Atlanta Code
of Ordinances, section 21292.

7029
05:58:39,935 --> 05:58:42,901
The City of Atlanta code
warrants to extend applicable,

7030
05:58:42,968 --> 05:58:44,634
as well as any other
conflicting code provisions

7031
05:58:44,634 --> 05:58:45,434
throughout the rest
of the mayor,

7032
05:58:45,434 --> 05:58:46,768
his destiny to execute amendment

7033
05:58:46,768 --> 05:58:50,800
number for each of the six
agreements under RFP listed

7034
05:58:50,800 --> 05:58:51,867
Architectural Engineering,
Design

7035
05:58:51,867 --> 05:58:53,134
and Construction Management
Services

7036
05:58:53,134 --> 05:58:55,234
on behalf of Department
Watershed Management

7037
05:58:55,234 --> 05:58:57,468
to extend the agreement
for an additional 12 months,

7038
05:58:57,468 --> 05:59:01,433
effective October 15th, 2026
through October 14th, 2027,

7039
05:59:02,368 --> 05:59:04,501
and to provide additional
funding in an aggregate amount

7040
05:59:04,501 --> 05:59:07,467
not to exceed
$20 million in $0.00

7041
05:59:07,800 --> 05:59:09,501
for use
under the six agreements.

7042
05:59:09,501 --> 05:59:12,067
All contract would work
to be charged to and paid from.

7043
05:59:12,935 --> 05:59:15,101
The account
number is listed here and
and for other purposes for 121,

7044
05:59:15,167 --> 05:59:17,368
two to be referred to city
utilities.

7045
05:59:17,368 --> 05:59:19,601
Please
my and make a motion to suspend

7046
05:59:19,601 --> 05:59:21,033
general remarks
to the next scheduled.

7047
05:59:25,634 --> 05:59:27,368
Council member
one thank you, Madam President.

7048
05:59:27,368 --> 05:59:29,134
Melton's ID 41233

7049
05:59:29,134 --> 05:59:31,267
A resolution by Council Member
Alex one authorizing

7050
05:59:31,267 --> 05:59:33,601
the mayor's designee to enter
into a cooperative agreement

7051
05:59:33,601 --> 05:59:37,434
pursuant to section 21221602
at the City of Atlanta

7052
05:59:37,434 --> 05:59:40,401
Code of ordinances,
with Boucher, I Hope.

7053
05:59:40,468 --> 05:59:42,668
Municipal North America, Inc.,

7054
05:59:42,901 --> 05:59:44,468
utilizing source
well contract number listed
for the purchase

7055
05:59:44,468 --> 05:59:47,434
of a battery electric, medium
and heavy duty vehicles

7056
05:59:47,501 --> 05:59:51,901
in an amount
not to exceed $506,099.00.

7057
05:59:51,901 --> 05:59:54,368
All funds to be charged
to and paid from the account

7058
05:59:54,668 --> 05:59:56,735
numbers listed here
and for other purposes
for one, two, three,

7059
05:59:56,735 --> 05:59:58,868
three to be referred to city
utilities.

7060
05:59:58,868 --> 06:00:02,002
Elms ID 41234 resolution
by Councilmember Alex

7061
06:00:02,002 --> 06:00:03,835
one authorizing the mayor
or his designee to enter

7062
06:00:03,835 --> 06:00:07,234
into cooperative agreement
pursuant to section 261602 at

7063
06:00:07,234 --> 06:00:09,001
seek of the City of Atlanta Code
of Ordinances

7064
06:00:09,001 --> 06:00:11,134
with Daimler
through their authorized Dealer

7065
06:00:11,134 --> 06:00:12,701
State Truck Centers, LLC,

7066
06:00:12,701 --> 06:00:14,601
utilizing source
while contract number listed

7067
06:00:14,601 --> 06:00:17,501
for the purchase of battery
electric, medium and heavy duty

7068
06:00:17,501 --> 06:00:21,568
vehicles, and an amount
not to exceed $902,042.00.

7069
06:00:21,568 --> 06:00:23,301
All funds to be charged
to and paid from the account

7070
06:00:23,301 --> 06:00:25,267
number is listed here
and and for other purposes

7071
06:00:25,267 --> 06:00:29,001
for one, two three, four to be
referred to city utilities.

7072
06:00:29,433 --> 06:00:30,800
41251.

7073
06:00:30,800 --> 06:00:32,102
In Orange

7074
06:00:32,302 --> 06:00:33,801
County, member Alex
one authorizing a donation
in amount

7075
06:00:33,801 --> 06:00:35,934
not to exceed
blank dollars and cents

7076
06:00:35,934 --> 06:00:37,167
pursuant to section six

7077
06:00:37,167 --> 06:00:39,568
306 of the City of Honor charter
from the district six

7078
06:00:39,568 --> 06:00:41,800
carry forward to the Morningside
Community Foundation,

7079
06:00:41,800 --> 06:00:43,368
specifically allocated
to support

7080
06:00:43,368 --> 06:00:44,501
Friends of Sidney Marcus Park

7081
06:00:44,501 --> 06:00:46,234
and its planned
improvements to Sydney. Marcus.

7082
06:00:46,234 --> 06:00:51,002
Parking for other purposes 41251

7083
06:00:51,002 --> 06:00:55,534
to refer to FEC Elms 41252
by Councilmember Alex one,

7084
06:00:55,634 --> 06:00:57,035
authorizing the nation
in an amount

7085
06:00:57,035 --> 06:01:00,167
not to exceed blank pursuant
to section six 306 of the city

7086
06:01:00,167 --> 06:01:01,935
of a charter from the district
six Carry

7087
06:01:01,935 --> 06:01:03,834
Ford account to the Virginia
Highland Security

7088
06:01:03,834 --> 06:01:04,633
Troll, Inc.,

7089
06:01:04,633 --> 06:01:05,868
specifically allocated to

7090
06:01:05,868 --> 06:01:08,068
support the erection of a statue
in John Howell Park

7091
06:01:08,068 --> 06:01:11,734
honoring John Wolfinger
and for other purposes for 125,

7092
06:01:11,800 --> 06:01:13,500
two to be referred to FEC.

7093
06:01:13,500 --> 06:01:15,001
Elms 41260.

7094
06:01:15,001 --> 06:01:16,034
An audience by council members

7095
06:01:16,034 --> 06:01:18,034
Alex Wan, Jason Dozier,
Dustin Hills

7096
06:01:18,034 --> 06:01:20,034
Collins, Byron Amos, Thomas
Worthy, and Jason H.

7097
06:01:20,034 --> 06:01:22,267
Winston, authorizing
donation in an amount

7098
06:01:22,267 --> 06:01:26,101
not to exceed $4,000 in $0.00
to the Alma Domestic Violence

7099
06:01:26,101 --> 06:01:27,634
Foundation
from various Atlanta City

7100
06:01:27,634 --> 06:01:30,301
Council carry forward accounts
to support the 2026

7101
06:01:30,301 --> 06:01:33,701
Land of Purple five K one mile
walk pursuant to section six

7102
06:01:33,768 --> 06:01:35,267
306 of the City
of Atlanta Charter

7103
06:01:35,267 --> 06:01:39,600
and for other purposes
for 1260 to FEC.

7104
06:01:40,568 --> 06:01:42,734
Thank you.
Thank you,
Council Member Winston.

7105
06:01:42,900 --> 06:01:43,967
Thank you.
Council president.

7106
06:01:43,967 --> 06:01:46,934
First is elms ID 41248.

7107
06:01:47,167 --> 06:01:48,768
The resolution by Councilmember
Jason H.

7108
06:01:48,768 --> 06:01:51,468
Winston authorizing the city
of Atlanta to donate an amount

7109
06:01:51,468 --> 06:01:57,167
not to exceed $325,000.00
to the Gateway Center 247, Inc.

7110
06:01:57,267 --> 06:01:58,568
pursuant
to the section number list

7111
06:01:58,568 --> 06:01:59,900
of the City of Atlanta Charter

7112
06:01:59,900 --> 06:02:01,534
to authorize the mayor
or his designee

7113
06:02:01,534 --> 06:02:04,500
to amend the donation agreement
signed pursuant to resolution

7114
06:02:04,600 --> 06:02:07,501
26, R 3303, to

7115
06:02:07,501 --> 06:02:08,835
authorize the Chief
Financial Officer

7116
06:02:08,835 --> 06:02:10,534
to make the donation payment
from the account

7117
06:02:10,534 --> 06:02:13,401
number listed here
in, and for other purposes.

7118
06:02:13,401 --> 06:02:16,368
41248 to be referred to FEC

7119
06:02:16,468 --> 06:02:20,001
Elms ID 41156,
in order by Councilmember Jason

7120
06:02:20,201 --> 06:02:21,368
Winston waving the charter.

7121
06:02:21,368 --> 06:02:22,468
Chapter two, article

7122
06:02:22,468 --> 06:02:25,534
ten, vision
eight, section number listed XX.

7123
06:02:25,534 --> 06:02:29,368
Supplies and Disposition
of surplus of Supplies

7124
06:02:29,368 --> 06:02:32,167
of Procurement and Real Estate
Code of the City of Atlanta.

7125
06:02:32,167 --> 06:02:35,101
Code of ordinances to authorize
the mayor or his designee,

7126
06:02:35,101 --> 06:02:36,501
pursuant
to the section of Melissa

7127
06:02:36,501 --> 06:02:38,968
of the charter
of the City of Atlanta

7128
06:02:38,968 --> 06:02:42,735
to donate used surplus
City of Atlanta on computers to

7129
06:02:42,835 --> 06:02:46,768
to inspire you to you, Inc.,
a nonprofit for distribution

7130
06:02:46,768 --> 06:02:50,001
to the underserved community
to help develop digital skills

7131
06:02:50,267 --> 06:02:52,034
and execute
any necessary agreements

7132
06:02:52,034 --> 06:02:54,668
for the donation
and for other related purposes.

7133
06:02:54,668 --> 06:02:58,234
For 1156
to refer to FEC, EMS, ID

7134
06:02:58,301 --> 06:03:01,468
41195, a resolution
by Councilmember Jason H.

7135
06:03:01,534 --> 06:03:02,900
Winston
authorize the Commissioner

7136
06:03:02,900 --> 06:03:05,568
of the Department
of Watershed Management

7137
06:03:06,202 --> 06:03:08,735
to adjust
water and sewer service charges
on certain customer accounts

7138
06:03:08,935 --> 06:03:11,101
in accordance with Atlantic City
Code section number

7139
06:03:11,101 --> 06:03:14,634
listed in the amount of dollars
and cents given later

7140
06:03:14,634 --> 06:03:19,033
and for other purposes
for 1195 to be referred to FEC.

7141
06:03:19,533 --> 06:03:20,066
Thank you.

7142
06:03:21,167 --> 06:03:23,001
What about 401262?

7143
06:03:23,001 --> 06:03:24,867
Where is that?

7144
06:03:24,867 --> 06:03:25,700
Okay.

7145
06:03:25,700 --> 06:03:29,668
All right. Okay.

7146
06:03:30,168 --> 06:03:33,334
Okay.
Madam president,
first legislation elms ID 41231

7147
06:03:33,401 --> 06:03:35,201
an ordinance by Councilmember
Liliana Bakhtiari

7148
06:03:35,201 --> 06:03:37,234
to zone various parcels
having frontage

7149
06:03:37,234 --> 06:03:40,101
on Glenn Drive southeast
of the R-4 zoning district.

7150
06:03:40,101 --> 06:03:41,701
Upon annexation
into the corporate limits

7151
06:03:41,701 --> 06:03:43,134
of the city of Atlanta
from unincorporated

7152
06:03:43,134 --> 06:03:46,133
to Cap County
and for other purposes.

7153
06:03:46,500 --> 06:03:48,001
Meeting

7154
06:03:48,001 --> 06:03:50,934
41231 to be referred to zoning.

7155
06:03:50,934 --> 06:03:52,634
Elms ID 41235.

7156
06:03:52,634 --> 06:03:54,634
An ordinance by Councilmember
Liliana Bakhtiari to provide

7157
06:03:54,634 --> 06:03:56,468
for the annexation of properties
having frontage

7158
06:03:56,468 --> 06:03:58,534
on southeast
and unincorporated to Cap County

7159
06:03:58,534 --> 06:04:00,001
to the corporate boundaries
of the city of Atlanta,

7160
06:04:00,001 --> 06:04:02,002
Georgia, pursuant to the 60%
method

7161
06:04:02,002 --> 06:04:04,101
to extend the boundaries of the
independent school system.

7162
06:04:04,101 --> 06:04:05,668
To notify the Georgia Department
of Community

7163
06:04:05,668 --> 06:04:09,534
Affairs of such annexation
and for other purposes.

7164
06:04:09,835 --> 06:04:13,166
Which one was that?
This was for one, two, three,
five should also be zoning

7165
06:04:13,500 --> 06:04:15,066
for one, 2315.

7166
06:04:17,301 --> 06:04:21,001
Oh okay for 12352 FEC.

7167
06:04:23,101 --> 06:04:23,934
I have FSE.

7168
06:04:23,934 --> 06:04:25,434
Oh yeah that's fine okay.

7169
06:04:25,434 --> 06:04:28,334
Yeah that's right. Yes.

7170
06:04:28,334 --> 06:04:31,334
Elms ID number 41236 naught

7171
06:04:31,568 --> 06:04:32,835
by Councilmember
Liliana Bakhtiari

7172
06:04:32,835 --> 06:04:35,867
to amend the Land Use Planning
Section of the 2025 Plan City

7173
06:04:36,167 --> 06:04:38,134
Comprehensive Development Plan
so as to designate

7174
06:04:38,134 --> 06:04:39,900
various parcels
having frontage on Glenn Drive

7175
06:04:39,900 --> 06:04:41,935
southeast to medium
lot single family land

7176
06:04:41,935 --> 06:04:44,234
use development pattern
designation upon annexation,

7177
06:04:44,234 --> 06:04:45,901
and to the corporate limits
of the City of Atlanta from

7178
06:04:45,901 --> 06:04:47,901
unincorporated to Cap County
and for other purposes

7179
06:04:47,901 --> 06:04:50,868
for one, two, three, six
to refer to CDA test

7180
06:04:51,002 --> 06:04:54,967
Elms ID 41257, an ordinance
by Councilmember Liliana

7181
06:04:55,067 --> 06:04:57,201
Bakhtiari to rename Walker Park
to Rose Hill

7182
06:04:57,201 --> 06:04:58,534
Park to waive certain provisions

7183
06:04:58,534 --> 06:05:00,534
of section
one, 38, eight and two

7184
06:05:00,534 --> 06:05:02,401
two of the City of Atlanta Code
and Ordinances,

7185
06:05:02,401 --> 06:05:06,400
and for other purposes for one
two, five, seven two seeds.

7186
06:05:07,467 --> 06:05:08,801
Elms id four.

7187
06:05:08,801 --> 06:05:10,134
Oh, actually, let's do this
one first.

7188
06:05:10,134 --> 06:05:15,301
Elms ID 41258 A resolution
by Councilmember Liliana

7189
06:05:15,301 --> 06:05:19,167
Bakhtiari, Councilmember Winston
Kelsey Bond, Amos Dozier,

7190
06:05:19,267 --> 06:05:23,001
Norwood, Hillis, Boone, Martin,
Lewis Westmoreland, and Collins

7191
06:05:23,934 --> 06:05:26,167
supporting worker
centered retail

7192
06:05:26,167 --> 06:05:28,301
and service practices
to encourage the responsible

7193
06:05:28,301 --> 06:05:30,601
use of automation to promote
quality jobs and small business

7194
06:05:30,601 --> 06:05:32,368
vitality and land,
and for other purposes

7195
06:05:32,368 --> 06:05:35,334
for one, two five,
eight to be referred to F, E, C,

7196
06:05:35,835 --> 06:05:39,368
Elms, ID 41259
and ordinance by Councilmember

7197
06:05:39,434 --> 06:05:42,401
Liliana Bakhtiari,
Winston Kelsey bond,

7198
06:05:42,468 --> 06:05:45,668
Amos Dozier, one Norwood,
Hillis, Boone, Martin, Lewis,

7199
06:05:45,735 --> 06:05:49,434
Westmoreland, and Collins to
amend chapter 154, article two

7200
06:05:49,534 --> 06:05:51,134
so as to add a new definition

7201
06:05:51,134 --> 06:05:54,100
for recorded usage, spikes
and recorded usage

7202
06:05:55,234 --> 06:05:59,301
and recorded usage spike errors
to revise the Commissioner's

7203
06:05:59,301 --> 06:06:00,901
Authority
related to billing adjustments.

7204
06:06:00,901 --> 06:06:02,967
To update the procedures
of the Water and Sewer

7205
06:06:02,967 --> 06:06:05,668
Appeals Board
and for other purposes for 125,

7206
06:06:05,668 --> 06:06:08,034
nine to be referred to city
utilities.

7207
06:06:08,034 --> 06:06:09,934
Is it? Thank you, thank you

7208
06:06:11,234 --> 06:06:11,700
Kelsey.

7209
06:06:11,700 --> 06:06:13,434
But all right.

7210
06:06:13,434 --> 06:06:18,601
Elms ID 41256 A resolution
by council member Kelsey Bond.

7211
06:06:18,768 --> 06:06:20,301
We are firming support
for closing

7212
06:06:20,301 --> 06:06:22,968
and repurposing the Atlanta City
Detention Center,

7213
06:06:22,968 --> 06:06:25,267
affirming support
for the community over cages.

7214
06:06:25,267 --> 06:06:27,935
Path to 1000 report
recommendations.

7215
06:06:27,935 --> 06:06:30,768
Apologizing to the task force
to reimagine AC, DC

7216
06:06:30,768 --> 06:06:32,601
for failing
to communicate a departure

7217
06:06:32,601 --> 06:06:34,768
from the task force
recommendations.

7218
06:06:34,768 --> 06:06:36,935
Reaffirming Atlanta City
Council's belief

7219
06:06:36,935 --> 06:06:39,634
that any proceeds from the lease
or sale of AC, DC

7220
06:06:39,634 --> 06:06:41,601
should be used exclusively
for the purpose of

7221
06:06:41,601 --> 06:06:43,067
constructing a center for equity

7222
06:06:43,067 --> 06:06:45,267
and transitional housing
and for other purposes.

7223
06:06:45,267 --> 06:06:50,266
For 12567 referred
to sell a Councilmember.

7224
06:06:50,266 --> 06:06:51,601
Boone.

7225
06:06:51,601 --> 06:06:52,735
Thank you, Madam President.

7226
06:06:52,735 --> 06:06:56,500
First item owner's
ID number 41265.

7227
06:06:56,667 --> 06:06:58,234
A resolution by Council Member

7228
06:06:58,234 --> 06:06:59,835
Andrea Boone requesting that

7229
06:06:59,835 --> 06:07:02,134
the City of Atlanta Department
of Public Works

7230
06:07:02,134 --> 06:07:05,034
assist with the trash
and litter collection

7231
06:07:05,034 --> 06:07:08,434
at Marta rail,
bus stops and bus shelters.

7232
06:07:08,434 --> 06:07:10,301
Due to ongoing safety

7233
06:07:10,301 --> 06:07:13,867
and public health hazards,
and for other purposes.

7234
06:07:14,434 --> 06:07:16,600
I'm sorry, I don't have that one
on my list. What?

7235
06:07:16,600 --> 06:07:18,434
What was that again?

7236
06:07:18,434 --> 06:07:19,800
A resolution by Councilmember.

7237
06:07:19,800 --> 06:07:20,800
Oh. What number?

7238
06:07:20,800 --> 06:07:23,634
(412)654-1265.

7239
06:07:23,634 --> 06:07:26,334
I don't have that,
but it sounds like it goes to.

7240
06:07:26,334 --> 06:07:28,067
Is that transportation?

7241
06:07:28,067 --> 06:07:29,334
Utility city.

7242
06:07:29,334 --> 06:07:30,501
Utility utilities.

7243
06:07:30,501 --> 06:07:32,900
City utilities, city utilities.

7244
06:07:34,368 --> 06:07:35,500
We just did it.

7245
06:07:35,500 --> 06:07:36,500
Public works. City.

7246
06:07:36,500 --> 06:07:37,201
Utility. City.

7247
06:07:37,201 --> 06:07:40,200
Utility.

7248
06:07:42,600 --> 06:07:46,266
41265 to city utilities.

7249
06:07:48,167 --> 06:07:52,001
ID number 41238 a resolution
by Councilmember Andrea

7250
06:07:53,002 --> 06:07:54,768
El Boone
authorizing the mayor,
his designee, to enter

7251
06:07:54,768 --> 06:07:59,067
into a cooperative agreement
pursuant to section 21602

7252
06:07:59,134 --> 06:08:01,334
of the City of Atlanta Code
and Ordinances

7253
06:08:01,334 --> 06:08:06,801
with Georgia Kenworth, LLC, dba
MHC Kenworth Atlanta,

7254
06:08:06,901 --> 06:08:12,601
utilizing Source World
contract number 0328424K2C

7255
06:08:12,968 --> 06:08:16,801
for the purchase of battery
electric, medium and heavy duty

7256
06:08:16,801 --> 06:08:19,967
vehicles and electric vehicle
supply equipment, and amount

7257
06:08:20,034 --> 06:08:26,401
not to exceed $1,190,699.84.

7258
06:08:26,601 --> 06:08:30,234
All funds to charge to
and paid from the count numbers

7259
06:08:30,234 --> 06:08:32,167
listed here
and and for other purposes

7260
06:08:32,167 --> 06:08:35,133
for one, two,
three, eight to city utilities.

7261
06:08:36,101 --> 06:08:39,567
Next item a resolution
by Councilmember Andre Boone

7262
06:08:39,567 --> 06:08:40,468
authorizing the mirror,

7263
06:08:40,468 --> 06:08:41,935
his designee, to ensure

7264
06:08:41,935 --> 06:08:44,634
to a cooperative agreement
pursuant to section

7265
06:08:44,634 --> 06:08:48,567
21602 of the City
of Atlanta Code ordinances

7266
06:08:49,001 --> 06:08:53,101
with Highland Electric Fleets,
Inc., dba H.F.

7267
06:08:53,167 --> 06:08:56,800
operations, LLC,
utilizing Source Well contract

7268
06:08:56,800 --> 06:09:00,134
number 021825 for the purpose

7269
06:09:00,668 --> 06:09:04,534
of purchasing electric vehicle
supply equipment,

7270
06:09:04,634 --> 06:09:10,935
an amount not succeed
$734,867.00.

7271
06:09:10,935 --> 06:09:13,501
All funds to be charged
to and paid from the account

7272
06:09:13,501 --> 06:09:16,434
numbers listed here
and for other purposes

7273
06:09:16,534 --> 06:09:19,633
for 1239 to City utilities.

7274
06:09:20,468 --> 06:09:24,067
Elmes ID number 41240.

7275
06:09:24,401 --> 06:09:27,201
An ordinance by Councilmember
Andrea Boone authorizing

7276
06:09:27,201 --> 06:09:31,034
the mayor, his designee,
or the Chief Procurement Officer

7277
06:09:31,634 --> 06:09:33,301
designee on behalf of the City

7278
06:09:33,301 --> 06:09:37,134
of Atlanta, to purchase
approximately 12.60 acres

7279
06:09:37,134 --> 06:09:38,234
of real property

7280
06:09:38,234 --> 06:09:41,201
located on the west
side of Hamilton Holmes Drive,

7281
06:09:41,267 --> 06:09:44,534
Atlanta,
Georgia Fulton County, Texas.

7282
06:09:44,534 --> 06:09:56,401
Parcel ID numbers
0207707057140270013, 0353, 14,

7283
06:09:56,468 --> 06:10:01,233
zero two, 070007, 0294,

7284
06:10:02,034 --> 06:10:07,867
14, zero two, 077007, 0286,

7285
06:10:08,234 --> 06:10:14,034
14, zero two, 070007, 026, zero,

7286
06:10:14,267 --> 06:10:20,400
14, zero two, 070007, 0278,

7287
06:10:20,633 --> 06:10:26,034
14, zero two, 0700081002

7288
06:10:26,968 --> 06:10:30,134
for development as a park
in City Council District,

7289
06:10:30,334 --> 06:10:32,368
authorizing
the mayor, his designee,

7290
06:10:32,368 --> 06:10:34,601
or the Chief Procurement Officer
or designee

7291
06:10:34,601 --> 06:10:37,601
on behalf of the city
to execute all documents

7292
06:10:37,601 --> 06:10:39,768
necessary
to acquire the properties

7293
06:10:39,768 --> 06:10:43,601
authorizing acquisition, due
diligence, closing costs,

7294
06:10:43,601 --> 06:10:47,368
signage, demolition, site
stabilization, and other site

7295
06:10:47,368 --> 06:10:49,634
development
costs to be paid from the park.

7296
06:10:49,634 --> 06:10:53,633
Impact the West Account and Park
Improvement Fund in the amount

7297
06:10:53,700 --> 06:11:00,634
not to exceed $2,340,658.39,

7298
06:11:00,768 --> 06:11:05,934
as indicated in the account
listed below, amending the 2027

7299
06:11:05,934 --> 06:11:08,167
General Government
Capital Outlay

7300
06:11:08,167 --> 06:11:11,368
Fund budgets in the Department
of Parks and Recreation

7301
06:11:11,468 --> 06:11:15,267
and Finance Parks West Service
District by transferring to

7302
06:11:15,368 --> 06:11:16,834
and from various accounts.

7303
06:11:16,834 --> 06:11:19,900
Waiving section 21541

7304
06:11:20,735 --> 06:11:23,768
of the Procurement
and Real Estate Code of the City

7305
06:11:23,768 --> 06:11:26,834
Code and Ordinances article,
and for other purposes

7306
06:11:27,900 --> 06:11:30,900
for 12402 CDs.

7307
06:11:31,735 --> 06:11:35,968
Elmo's ID number 41263
on ordinance by Councilmember

7308
06:11:35,968 --> 06:11:39,767
Andre El Boone to amend
chapter 162 vehicles for hire.

7309
06:11:39,834 --> 06:11:41,102
Article five

7310
06:11:41,102 --> 06:11:44,835
Vehicle and Mobilization
Services of the City of Atlanta.

7311
06:11:44,835 --> 06:11:47,768
Current ordinances
to update vehicle booting fees

7312
06:11:47,768 --> 06:11:51,333
and for other purposes
for one two, six, three.

7313
06:11:51,400 --> 06:11:53,901
To refer to PS

7314
06:11:53,901 --> 06:11:56,900
papers read on behalf
of the Honorable Wayne Martin.

7315
06:11:57,401 --> 06:12:00,235
A resolution
by Council Member Andre

7316
06:12:00,369 --> 06:12:02,501
El Boone and Wayne
Martin requesting
the Atlanta Police Department

7317
06:12:02,501 --> 06:12:04,202
and the Department of City
Planning

7318
06:12:04,202 --> 06:12:07,901
to prepare the necessary drug
related crime report and maps

7319
06:12:07,901 --> 06:12:11,401
for the potential designation
of a drug free commercial zone

7320
06:12:11,401 --> 06:12:15,034
generally encompassing
the Myrtle Drive, Southwest

7321
06:12:15,234 --> 06:12:17,768
Allison Court and the Low Drive,
and the area along

7322
06:12:17,768 --> 06:12:20,068
Campbellton Road from Pinehurst
Drive

7323
06:12:20,068 --> 06:12:23,468
to Willis Mill Road southwest,
and for the area generally

7324
06:12:23,468 --> 06:12:26,701
bounded by Bakers Ferry Road,
Martin Luther King Junior Drive,

7325
06:12:26,801 --> 06:12:30,568
Lyndhurst Drive, Cascade Road,
and Rogers Avenue Southwest,

7326
06:12:30,568 --> 06:12:34,333
and for other purposes for one,
two, five, five to sell a.

7327
06:12:36,767 --> 06:12:39,934
Elmes ID number 41247,

7328
06:12:40,101 --> 06:12:41,534
and on its by Councilmember

7329
06:12:41,534 --> 06:12:43,434
Andrea Boone and Wayne Martin,

7330
06:12:43,434 --> 06:12:45,334
authorizing a donation
and amount.

7331
06:12:45,334 --> 06:12:49,801
Not to exceed $2,500.00
from the district.

7332
06:12:49,801 --> 06:12:52,634
11 care
for two count to City employees.

7333
06:12:52,634 --> 06:12:57,167
Friendship Club, Inc., pursuant
to section 6-306 of the City

7334
06:12:57,167 --> 06:13:00,168
of Atlanta's charter to assist
City of Atlanta employees

7335
06:13:00,168 --> 06:13:04,701
who may face financial hardship
and for other purposes for 124,

7336
06:13:04,768 --> 06:13:10,301
seven to FSG Elmes, ID
number 41201

7337
06:13:10,301 --> 06:13:13,568
and audience by council member
Wayne Martin and Andrea Boone.

7338
06:13:13,568 --> 06:13:17,067
A resolution by Councilmember
Martin to amend resolution

7339
06:13:17,067 --> 06:13:22,167
2603664,
which designated the portions

7340
06:13:22,167 --> 06:13:23,801
of the Utah Creek watershed

7341
06:13:23,801 --> 06:13:27,601
within the city of Atlanta
as the Utah Creek Urban Forest.

7342
06:13:27,701 --> 06:13:32,267
To clarify language in a B,
it further resolved clause

7343
06:13:32,334 --> 06:13:36,701
all other parts of the
legislation to remain unchanged

7344
06:13:36,701 --> 06:13:40,934
and for other purposes for 1201
to be referred to see DHS.

7345
06:13:41,267 --> 06:13:42,967
Thank you,
Madam President. Thank you.

7346
06:13:44,533 --> 06:13:45,868
Chair.

7347
06:13:46,202 --> 06:13:48,267
Boone.
Council member Dozier
thank you, Madam President.

7348
06:13:48,267 --> 06:13:51,967
I only have one item
number 41202,

7349
06:13:52,368 --> 06:13:54,534
in order by Councilmember
Jason Dozier to waive

7350
06:13:54,534 --> 06:13:58,767
certain provisions in section
1618 and section 1628.

7351
06:13:59,801 --> 06:14:01,267
Other.
See if Atlanta
Code of Ordinances to permit

7352
06:14:01,267 --> 06:14:03,234
and animated
flashing and changing sign

7353
06:14:03,234 --> 06:14:07,368
not to exceed 60ft to record
at 540 Atlanta Student Boulevard

7354
06:14:07,368 --> 06:14:11,700
southwest and for the purposes
for 12022 zoning.

7355
06:14:12,601 --> 06:14:13,734
That's all I have.
Thank you, thank you.

7356
06:14:13,734 --> 06:14:14,934
Last but certainly not

7357
06:14:14,934 --> 06:14:17,934
least, Council member
Michael Julian Bond.

7358
06:14:22,167 --> 06:14:24,167
Thank you, Madam President.

7359
06:14:24,167 --> 06:14:30,201
I have ID number (412)934-1249

7360
06:14:30,668 --> 06:14:33,301
and ordinance by Councilmember
Michaels Julian Bond,

7361
06:14:33,301 --> 06:14:37,800
authorizing a donation in amount
not to exceed

7362
06:14:37,800 --> 06:14:43,467
$600.00 pursuant to section

7363
06:14:44,034 --> 06:14:48,034
6306 of the City
of Atlanta charter

7364
06:14:48,468 --> 06:14:52,534
from post one at large carry
forward account to the Metro

7365
06:14:52,534 --> 06:14:56,734
Atlanta Youth Football
League, LLC in support

7366
06:14:57,034 --> 06:15:00,368
of the Atlanta Vikings
2020 sixth season,

7367
06:15:00,634 --> 06:15:05,167
and for the purposes
for 1249 to be referred to FEC.

7368
06:15:05,601 --> 06:15:08,434
That concludes my paper. Okay.

7369
06:15:08,434 --> 06:15:11,601
That brings us to the end
of our personal papers

7370
06:15:11,735 --> 06:15:14,467
and brings us to the beginning
of general remarks.

7371
06:15:14,467 --> 06:15:15,533
I'm going first.

7372
06:15:17,467 --> 06:15:19,735
I would like to

7373
06:15:19,735 --> 06:15:22,901
give a warm happy birthday
to Council

7374
06:15:22,968 --> 06:15:26,600
Member Andrea Boone,
whether she wants it or not.

7375
06:15:26,700 --> 06:15:29,667
We love you.

7376
06:15:31,201 --> 06:15:32,533
Thank you so much.

7377
06:15:32,533 --> 06:15:33,568
President and members

7378
06:15:33,568 --> 06:15:35,835
of the Atlanta City Council,
thank you so much.

7379
06:15:35,835 --> 06:15:40,668
Thank you for allowing us
to just eat cupcakes today.

7380
06:15:40,801 --> 06:15:43,334
I think they're almost gone.
There's four left.

7381
06:15:43,334 --> 06:15:44,468
There's four left.

7382
06:15:44,468 --> 06:15:47,401
So if anyone would like
a cupcake, love.

7383
06:15:47,401 --> 06:15:49,834
But happy, happy,
happy birthday.

7384
06:15:49,834 --> 06:15:52,800
May you have plenty more days

7385
06:15:53,067 --> 06:15:55,501
to love on our city
the way that you do.

7386
06:15:55,501 --> 06:15:56,935
Thank you for everything

7387
06:15:56,935 --> 06:15:59,967
and a happy birthday
to Frank Haywood as well.

7388
06:16:00,301 --> 06:16:01,934
That's tomorrow. Yes.

7389
06:16:01,934 --> 06:16:03,967
Happy birthday to Frank Haywood.

7390
06:16:03,967 --> 06:16:05,401
That's my chief of staff.

7391
06:16:05,401 --> 06:16:07,501
His birthday is tomorrow,

7392
06:16:07,501 --> 06:16:10,467
so that's all I wanted
was birthday wishes.

7393
06:16:10,734 --> 06:16:12,066
Council member. Bartley.

7394
06:16:13,101 --> 06:16:13,667
Council member.

7395
06:16:13,667 --> 06:16:14,634
Boone.

7396
06:16:14,634 --> 06:16:16,301
Council
president stole my thunder.

7397
06:16:16,301 --> 06:16:18,168
But I also wanted to wish you
a happy birthday

7398
06:16:18,168 --> 06:16:20,234
and take a page out of your book
and say they were cupcakes.

7399
06:16:20,234 --> 06:16:22,835
But happy birthday, and I hope
that you had a wonderful day.

7400
06:16:22,835 --> 06:16:24,501
Thank you for always
celebrating all of us.

7401
06:16:24,501 --> 06:16:27,467
Yes. Happy to celebrate you.

7402
06:16:27,800 --> 06:16:30,035
Council member Antonio Lewis

7403
06:16:30,035 --> 06:16:34,134
and I would like to wish a happy
birthday to all the Virgos,

7404
06:16:34,134 --> 06:16:36,034
but particularly
my Virgo at home.

7405
06:16:36,034 --> 06:16:39,401
My wife, Ashley Fogle Lewis,
who celebrated her

7406
06:16:39,401 --> 06:16:42,668
birthday last week at our home
and we showed off our garden.

7407
06:16:42,668 --> 06:16:49,035
So happy birthday to my wife
and a large super happy birthday

7408
06:16:49,035 --> 06:16:53,835
to super running back key
one Brown junior of key one.

7409
06:16:53,835 --> 06:16:57,034
Brown of Louisville plays
for the Louisville Cardinals,

7410
06:16:57,034 --> 06:16:59,701
who went to Southland
High School today.

7411
06:16:59,701 --> 06:17:03,135
He was announced as the ACC
running back of the year.

7412
06:17:03,202 --> 06:17:06,434
Okay, I'm running back of the
week, running back of the week.

7413
06:17:06,434 --> 06:17:09,935
We hope he gets the year
in which he had over 160

7414
06:17:10,002 --> 06:17:14,067
yards and two touchdowns,
two carries over 50 yards.

7415
06:17:14,067 --> 06:17:16,167
Some people don't get one of 50

7416
06:17:16,167 --> 06:17:17,835
yard carry
over the entire season.

7417
06:17:17,835 --> 06:17:21,334
So super proud of you key
one Bama Brown.

7418
06:17:21,334 --> 06:17:25,101
And to see you do it with long
live tick man shows

7419
06:17:25,101 --> 06:17:26,834
how much you love our community.

7420
06:17:26,834 --> 06:17:28,267
So congratulations.

7421
06:17:28,267 --> 06:17:29,801
Happy birthday to the young man.

7422
06:17:29,801 --> 06:17:33,867
Key one Brown from from South
Atlantic High School

7423
06:17:33,934 --> 06:17:35,800
who attends Louisville
right now.

7424
06:17:35,800 --> 06:17:37,935
Thank you, thank you.

7425
06:17:37,935 --> 06:17:40,835
And with that, that brings us
to our adjourning roll call.

7426
06:17:40,835 --> 06:17:42,701
Madam clerk,
thank you, Madam President.

7427
06:17:42,701 --> 06:17:45,368
We have council president
Marci Color Overstreet present.

7428
06:17:45,368 --> 06:17:49,800
Council member Michael Julian
Bond, post one at large

7429
06:17:50,368 --> 06:17:52,800
council
member Matt Westmoreland, post
two at large

7430
06:17:53,601 --> 06:17:56,600
council member Collins
post three at large

7431
06:17:57,201 --> 06:17:58,468
council member Jason H.

7432
06:17:58,468 --> 06:18:01,601
Winston, district
one council member Kelsey

7433
06:18:01,601 --> 06:18:05,034
Bond, district
two Council member Byron D Amos.

7434
06:18:05,034 --> 06:18:08,033
District three.

7435
06:18:09,768 --> 06:18:12,601
Council member
Jason Dosa, district four,

7436
06:18:12,601 --> 06:18:15,567
council member Liliana
Bakhtiari, district five,

7437
06:18:15,967 --> 06:18:18,934
council member
Alex Wan, district six,

7438
06:18:19,267 --> 06:18:22,501
council member Thomas Worthy,
district seven, council member

7439
06:18:22,501 --> 06:18:24,634
Mary Norwood, district eight,

7440
06:18:24,634 --> 06:18:27,668
council member Dustin Hills,
district nine, council

7441
06:18:27,735 --> 06:18:30,234
member Andrea Boone,
district ten,

7442
06:18:30,234 --> 06:18:32,634
council member Wayne Martin,
district 11,

7443
06:18:32,634 --> 06:18:35,134
council member
Antonio Lewis, district 12.

7444
06:18:35,267 --> 06:18:36,934
Let's go.
Let's get it.

7445
06:18:36,934 --> 06:18:39,533
With that, we are adjourned.

7446
06:18:39,533 --> 06:18:42,533
Thanks, everyone.

7447
06:18:44,800 --> 06:18:45,900
Thank you, Madam President.

7448
06:18:45,900 --> 06:18:46,800
No thank you.