to be right here in front of the dis. Uh, I'd like to invite Council Member Michael Julian Bond uh to come forward and all of those who are here for the recognition of All-American actor Jaylen Hall to please join us right up here in the front. We're going to take down this. [Music] I don't know. Just lift it. [Music] Where are we going? Are we going here? [Music] Found the [Music] Yeah. [Music] Oh, I don't want to be [Music] Thank you very [Music] much. Oh, got to move the table again. [Music] Hurry. Where is J? I'm right here. Okay. Well, I'd like to [Music] say hello. Okay. Well, I'd like to say good afternoon to everyone. afternoon. No, good afternoon to everyone. It's more than you. It is a pleasure to be here with you today and I've uh it is an honor to honor a young person who has made a substantial impact on the entertainment industry here in a in the country and around the world who has really made a great impact on what it means to dare I dare I say it be a star right but we want to honor those particularly those who are homegrown who have who contribute to our city and our culture and Jaylen has done exactly that. So I have a proclamation here today uh that will honor Jaylen for his work and I will read the proclamation in pertinent part recognizing all American actor Jaylen Hall. Whereas Jaylen uh Emil Hall was born on December 23rd, 2006 in Atlanta, Georgia and has emerged as a distinguished actor captivating audiences with his compelling performances and unwavering dedication to his craft. Whereas Mr. Paul gained prominence through his portrayal of Dylan James in the acclaimed television series All-American and further showcased his exceptional talent by embodying the role of Emit Thiel in the 2022 biographical uh film Thiel, a performance that earned him a nomination for best young actor or actress at the Critics's Choice Awards. Whereas Mr. Hall continues to garner recognition for his work, having received a proclamation on behalf of Emit Tilliel at the winning the NAACP Image Award in 2023, as well as the 2024 BET Awards nominee for best teen actor. And see, I'm not an actor. I've got to read notes. Get used to it. Yeah. And whereas his commitment to authentically representing pivotal historical figures continues with his role as young Martin Luther King Jr. in the forthcoming National Geographic Disney series genius MLK X thereby contributing to the preserv preservation and dissemination of vital narratives in American history. Whereas in recognition of his artistic talents and influence, Mr. Hall was named the Forb's prestigious 30 under 30 in Hollywood and entertainment. And in 2022, highlighting highlighting his impact on the entertainment industry at a remarkably young age. And whereas beyond his professional accomplice accomplishments, Mr. Hall remains connected to his roots with his family uh divining their time between Los Angeles and Atlanta reflecting the endur the enduring road and representing Atlanta well across the country. Now therefore we the members of Atlanta City Council on behalf of the citizens of city of Atlanta hereby proclaim this day as Jaylen Hall Day in our fair city and witness thereof. We have set our hand and have caused the seal of the city of Atlanta to be here into a fixed. Congratulations, Jaylen [Music] Hall. Quick quick picture. [Music] Okay. We would be remiss if we did not hear from uh our mayor emmeritus, our former congressman, and for many of us our clergyman, and our ambassador to the United Nations, the Honorable Andrew J. Young. Thank you very much, Councilman Bon. It's a pleasure to be here on this kind of occasion. I knew Jaylen as a little bitty boy and even then he had a dream that he wanted to be a Hollywood actor. Now that wasn't hard here because you had a number of people who went before him. Uh but it was his mother who was also a friend of my wife and I uh that um decided to sell her business and moved to California uh when he was about 6 years old. And um this is a dream come true. But now I'm here largely because I wouldn't be here probably if it hadn't been for the accusation that Emit Till whistled at somebody. Now, I just don't believe that and I don't think the story ever showed that that he did anything but he was a little too slick uh from up north and u came down and in a way that's what started the civil rights movement. It was the fact that he was taken off the streets of Mississippi and beaten and bruised and burned to death almost. that um his mother in Chicago uh insisted on leaving the casket open and that was one of the things that moved uh Mrs. Rosa Parks uh to sit down on the bus uh in Montgomery, Alabama of just a couple of years later. So, I want to thank you, Jaylen, for telling that story and um well, keeping us alert because we've come a long way. And I'm very proud also of the city council of Atlanta and a series of of of mayors. Uh I I got here when u uh Ivan Allen was still mayor. And from Ivan Allen and Sam Michelle uh right on up to Mina Jackson and me and the whole nine others. Uh we have kept a dream alive here and we've kept a city growing. And I'm I'm probably most proud of the fact that we got together with Zel Miller and put in a Hope scholarship. Uh and um 60% of our population has had a college education and there's no other city in the world that uh has been able to build itself up and uh as you have here in the city of Atlanta. And this city council has been in many ways responsible for every legislation that has helped make us keep pace uh with history. And so thank you very much, Councilman Barn, and thank you the citizens who come here uh to show your respect and your appreciation. And I'm sure they're going to do what's right. [Applause] My husband has spoken about the men, but I want to speak about his mother and Anise Jones. His mother was an example. So she came to my house when he was 2 years old because Tyrese Gibson was sitting at my table eating food and I had two Rhdesian Rich Beck dogs from South Africa and they they are very dangerous dogs and his mother and Jennifer uh came in hollering and stuff and he said mother they won't bite you if you don't show fear. Fear will cause anything to hurt you. And I said, "No, this little boy, two years old, talking like this." And he went over and he shook Tyrese's hand. He said, "I've always wanted to meet you and thank you." And Anise Jones who pulls everything together, who pulls us together. She's Dr. Anise Jones, and she worked very hard on this, and we have been several places. And if you would just indulge just one moment to let Jaylen speak and tell you about what why he is and who he is and why he is what he is. No, no, no. Well, we're going to let Jaylen speak, but we have to acknowledge from whence Jaylen came the the the spring that brought him forth. So, we'd like to ask his father and mother if they'd like to say a word. You go ahead n first. Go ahead. I'm a crybaby. I'm just proud and so thankful. Yes, you're a blessing, Jaylen. Something I thought I never had, but I love you so much and continue to grow. Continue to be a blessing to others as well as yourself. I love you so much. I'm not working no more. You going to take care of me the rest of your life. But but I'm so proud of you. I'm so so proud of you. I love you, son. I don't know how I'mma top that one, but I just want to tell you thank you, Queen. But first of all, I just want to thank God. Without God, you can't do nothing. With God, you can do everything. Son, I just want to tell you if to the world, I'm your biggest fan. I'm your number one fan. And to all the kids out there, Jaylen Color, no disrespect, the sky's the limit. You know, when you got keep God first and you got a great a great surrounding, it's nothing impossible. I just want to tell you, son, I love you. And this what greatness look like. Keep it on. Thank you. Um uh yeah, how am I going to follow that up? Uh first off, I want to thank everybody that's here with me today. Um I'm always a family oriented person. You know, when people ask me like what are my favorite things to do when I go outside or have fun, I always say I don't care what I'm doing it. I care who I'm doing it with. Um, and I can't think of anyone better to receive such an amazing award, such an amazing, um, honor today, uh, than the people who are beside me today. Um, I love you, mom. I love you, Dad. I love you, grandma. I love all my cousins, aunties, uncles, everybody who's up here with me today. Um, and I love the great city of Atlanta. um for honoring me and and helping me, aiding me in my journey uh to bring greatness not only to my last name and to the name of everyone surrounded by me, but to the city itself. Um and I vow to keep that train going. I vow to uh continue to chase my goals and dreams to their reality, then make some more and get those too. Um so, thank you. I love everybody standing up here today. I love everybody out there. And y'all continue to have a great day. Let's give this young man a big round of applause. Atlanta zone. Atlanta's [Applause] own. So, just not to be remiss, any of my colleagues want to add a word, anything. No, he said it all. Okay. All right. So, let's lean in and and take you want to say something, man. Man, man, young man, you sound like Atlanta when when the the world is looking at Ant-Man cuz he playing sports, right? And they looking at you when you're in the movies, but y'all are what we build. Y'all are literally literally our biggest export is our what we invest in. When I hear your daddy and pouring to you, I hear your mama pouring to you. What they did when you was six. Come on, man. That's some Atlanta. That's Atlanta right there, too, by the way. Now, I'm letting you know that's Atlanta, too, by the way. Because as a city, we've always said mine and yours. You know what that means? My kids get what your kids get. That means that the city council person kids going to get with Antonio Lewis, the man with no mama, no daddy going to get and that's how you become a city council person. That's how you become young Emit Tal. You get what I'm saying? That's how you are able to keep going. And what I heard you say is you can't wait to help somebody else. That's the real Atlanta way. Right. Right. Be the real example. Give it back. Give it away. Yes. It ain't going to hurt you. I'm telling you, keep building and and so of course I want to say something. So, ain't no way in the world we going to have this young king in our building and keep putting on for our city. Keep putting on for our city. Dominate, baby. Dominate. Let's go. Let's get it. Dominate. Dominate. Yes, sir. Yes, sir. Yes sir. Okay. All right. So, we we'll to keep our program moving. Let's hold still for a moment. We will take our official photo and we'll all all lean in. Now, Jaylen, when you get to the Academy of Awards, you don't have to give us tickets, but we want the gift bag. That's right. No, you squeeze. Make sure you can see the camera cuz if you can't, you're not in the picture. Thank you. All right. Congratulations again gentlemen. All right. And we'll exit out to the left. Oh, she's still [Music] [Music] Okay. Who we got? Next, I'd like to ask Council Member Jason Winston to come forward. and all of those who are here for water safety months uh proclamation to please join us. [Music] Get the mic. [Music] [Music] [Music] All right. Good afternoon, everyone. Uh I'm Jason Winston, uh council member for Atlanta's District 1. Um I am also our community development human services committee chair. Uh and I am honored today to recognize water safety month 2025. Uh it's important that we recognize how important it is to teach our youth how to swim. And so today we recognize uh this being a very important month that we are going to recognize uh 2025 as uh this or as this month as water safety month. So, I'm going to read the proclamation. Uh, in recognition of Water Safety Month 2025, whereas drowning is the second leading cause of accidental death in children's ages 5 to 14 in the United States. And whereas all reviewed drowning deaths for children in the state of Georgia were reported as preventable in the most recent Georgia Child Fatality Review panel annual report. And whereas collaboration among government agencies, nonprofit organizations, schools, and community stakeholders is essential to effectively address water safety challenges and promote a culture of safe swimming and recreation. And whereas the water water safety coalition made up of partners including the city of Atlanta's Department of Parks and Recreation, the YMCA of Metro Atlanta, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, the American Red Cross, the Greater Atlanta Way Safety Alliance, WAB, 11 Alive, and Swim Kids have come together to build a culture of water safety and combat drowning, especially childhood drowning that disproportionately kills black and brown children. And whereas learning to swim and understanding water safety practices are crucial life skills that can save lives and prevent tragedies. And whereas promoting proper supervision, barriers, and emergency preparedness can reduce the risk of drowning incidents, especially in children and inexperienced swimmers. And whereas National Water Safety Month, designated at the month of May, aims to raise awareness about the importance of water safety education and drowning prevention measures. And whereas the Atlanta Water Safety Coalition seeks to use the platform of National Water Safety Month to elevate opportunities for swim lessons, water safety education, lifeguard training and recruitment, and CPR certification provided by coalition partners. Now therefore, it be proclaimed that we, the members of the Atlanta City Council, on behalf of the citizens of Atlanta, do hereby declare May as water safety month in the city and urge all residents to become proficient in water safety and drowning safety measures. Uh, at this time, I'm going to welcome up uh, Commissioner Justin Cutler from the from the Department of Parks and Recreation. Thank you, Council Member Winston. Well, yes. On behalf of Mayor Andre Dickens, the 61st mayor of Atlanta, the whole Department of Parks and Recreation, we are excited to be able to celebrate this month, National Water Safety Month, Atlanta Water Safety Coalition, who is represented here and members that aren't here as well, includes members of the Atlanta Department of Parks and Recreation, YMCA Metro Atlanta, um the YMCA of Metro Atlanta, who you'll hear from later, Children's Hospital of Atlanta, the American Red Cross, and the Greater Atlanta Water Safety Alliance and Swim School, as well as Sears Pool Management. So together we are working really hard to combat childhood drowning and the consequences of drowning. Um la the last couple years we've participated in the world's largest swim lessons to bring awareness to how people can learn how to swim. We also provide swim lessons at all of our outdoor indoor pools and this summer our outdoor pools open Memorial Day weekend. We will have four pools Grant Maddox Mosley and John A. White Park pool for you to swim at Memorial Day weekend. And then the other eight pools will open every weekend after that. And they are open 5 days a week, all 12 pools. So, we are super excited to be able to participate in this um this event. We're committed to combating drowning both among adults as well as youth because adults still need to learn how to swim. So, if you or somebody you know doesn't know how to swim, please encourage them to come out and learn how to swim with us. And as we also know through activate ATL swimming was and swim lessons were one of the biggest challenges that we had and needing to provide more. So we're working to increase lifeguard training in partnership with Lina Public Schools as well as the YMCA and Children's Hospital and many more here in order to create a job opportunity for a young person. So thank you for being here today to celebrate with us and I'll turn over to Lawrence Coots, CEO of Metro Atlanta YMCA. You thank you Justin. Um it was just a couple of years ago that uh Commissioner Cutler and I were sitting at thumbs up on Marietta and trying to determine how we could work more closely together to be able to ensure that children uh were not drowning. And this was a great idea that he came up with and it was to launch the Atlanta Water Safety Coalition and bring partners together to ensure that all children have the opportunity to learn to swim. Uh drowning is the number one cause of death for children four and under and it's the number two cause of death for children five to 14. Uh last year we had unfortunately more drownings in the state of Georgia than we had in the two decades prior. So this is something that we all need to commit to and be committed to. In 1909, the YMCA movement in this country uh launched their first group uh swim classes. And a century later, we remain committed to making sure that every child in the city of Atlanta has the opportunity to learn to swim from one of the providers that's standing up here in partnership together. Thank you so much for your support. Thank you. And I just want to thank you all for being here today as we uh you know just celebrate uh this month uh being the water safety month here in here in Atlanta. So, thank you all for being here. Um, also want to let Commissioner Cutler plug that we are hiring lifeguards uh in the city of Atlanta. Uh, you do not have to be uh certified. We will do the training for you. Correct. Um, paying how much an hour? Uh, $1,550. 1550 an hour. So, if you know any kids ages starting at the age of 15, 15 and up. Yeah. 15 and up. All right. So, let them know that uh the department the department of parks and reccks is hiring. Uh, they do not know how to swim. They have to they don't have have to know how to swim or have their certification and they can still get those jobs and we'll we'll teach them how to do all of that. So, thank you all. Uh we'll take a picture. [Applause] 3 2 1 and three, two, one. Got it. Thank you all. [Music] Thank you. Um, actually, I can picture you. Yeah that's perfect. And three, two, one. Hold still. Three, two, one more. [Music] Next, I'd like to ask uh council members Collins and Hillis to come forward and all of those who are here to honor the best academy boys basketball team class A1 champions to come forward and join us. Come on down. You're the next contestant. I always wanted to do [Laughter] that. Yes. So, we are honored today to present to the best academyy's boys basketball team recognizing that they are this year's 2024 2025 Georgia High School Association Class A D1 state champions. Let's give them a round of applause. I am Councilman Isa Collins representing post three at large and I'm joined by my amazing colleague Dustin Hillis from district 9 and we we will make this quick and um read the proclamation but I also want to acknowledge our amazing superintendent for Atlanta public schools Dr. J that is joining us. President of 100 Black Men of Atlanta, President Sid Baron, Coach Moore, the amazing athletic director, Principal Williams. He's always behind the scenes, but wave your hands to the crowd. Um, coach, uh, I see Mar Coach Latimore and Coach Yep. Coach Weeden that is with us, the actual head coach. So, we'll make this quick. Whereas the best academy varsity boys basketball team made history on March 8th, 2025 by securing the school's first ever Georgia High School Association state championship with a triumphant victory over Southwest Mon High School at the Centerlex in Mon, Georgia. And this remarkable achievement marks a historic milestone for Best Academy since its founding in 2007, showcasing the dedication discipline and determination of the students athletes, coaches, and support staff who works tirelessly to reach this pinnacle of success. The team finished the season with an outstanding 25-7 record, demonstrating mental toughness, resilience, and perseverance through every challenge, embodying the true spirit of champions. And whereas the players Zion Evans, Jacob Mikl, Nicholas Doer, Alexander Barrett, Mario Lemons, Joshua Mikl, Wendell Brown Jr., and Curtis Martin along with managers Zamaya Wallace and Taylor Rocher, athletic trainer Lance Hibbert Parish, and coaches Brian Weeden, Mario Lemons, Damen Goodwin, Jessica Johnson, and Jordan Lemons, displaying unwavering teamwork, leadership, and excellence both on and off the court. Whereas, this championship serves as an inspiration to the Atlanta community, proving that with hard work, focus, and unity, greatness is achievable, setting a new standard for future generations of best academy athletes. Now, therefore, we council members Dustin Hillis and Isa Collins on behalf of the city of Atlanta do hereby proclaim and honor the best academy boys basketball team for their extraordinary accomplishment in winning the 2025 GHSA Class A D1 state championship. Further, I commend the players, coaches, and staff for their commitment to excellence and for bringing pride to Atlanta's youth and the entire community. Their legacy will forever be remembered as the first to raise the championship banner, a testament to their grit, passion, and brotherhood. And it is signed by all members of council and the council president. Yes. Thank you, young men. Would you like to say a few words? Principal Williams, would you like to say good few words? Dr. Dr. Johnson, I call him Dr. J. Dr. J, you guys, because he's supposed to take Atlanta public schools to champions themselves. Dr. I mean President Baron would like to say a few few words just good afternoon. Um I'm the proud principal of best academy and throughout this journey of this season it was complete change for us. We were able to under the direction the leadership of our coach Weeden and coach Lemons we were able to really stay focused to be able to see that tunnel and really work hard beyond the court. We also saw that through our leadership, we were able to really see our students work off the court and it was extremely rewarding season for us and we brought it home back for the city of Atlanta public schools. And so we're super excited. We're proud of you. We know that you have endless possibilities ahead of you. And of course, I want to thank our superintendent, the 100 black men of Atlanta, and all of our supporters and our families because we couldn't have done it without them. Thank you so much. Yeah, I'll be really brief. I'll come to the middle here. Yeah, absolutely. So, we're we're we're proud of you guys. Uh had a chance to spend time with them a couple of times now uh during this welldeserved uh celebration. Take it all in and enjoy it. And uh and as you get older, you'll be able to look back and every year it'll get better. Every year you'll be able to say um I was so much uh I was so much better than I was the year before. So, we're proud of you as a as a school district. Um, you are setting an example for our other students across the district. There are 50,000 students and uh there's one basketball state champion and you're it. And uh and and some of your tremend Yeah. Absolutely. Give him a hand. Yeah. Yeah. And uh and and we talk about the the student athlete side of the work. So, coach, we thank you all uh entire staff and athletic directors for what you all have done to make sure that these young men aren't just achieving here, but are getting ready to go, many of them, to the next level. And that's really what it's about. So, we're so excited, so proud of you. Keep up the good work. So, very quickly, just young men, remember that you're champions, not just today, but forever. And we recognize what you've done. take this with you no matter what happens with anything. You know, we're here to support you. So, we're proud of you. We know you'll do more and we'll see you here again. Thank you. Coach, you want to say your moment? I I just want to say thank y'all for letting us be here and honoring us today for the hard work that we, you know, put in, the coaches, you know, the staff and everything. They helped us do what we did. Yeah. I'm just grateful for it. So, thank y'all. And I promised to give her regard. She was going to try to make it about uh APS board terra Erica Mitchell and our uh who represents district 9 and district 10 on the Atlanta school board. District 5 on the school board. Erikica Mitchell wants to send her regards to she's in a meeting across the street and wanted to try to make it but regards from her and congratulations. So we'll get ready for official photo. [Music] Little bit closer. [Music] [Music] [Music] Thank you. Finally today, I'd like to ask Council Winston to come back and those who are here in recognition of Angelie Henman and Margaret Strikehouser to come forward and join us up on the podium. [Music] Welcome welcome welcome. All right, everyone. Uh it's our last proclamation of the day, but this one is very special for me. Um as I get to honor uh a good friend and my neighbor who lives across the street from me. Um but for a long time I had actually no idea what Margaret did for a living. Um I had a family member who actually flew into Atlanta and said that she was going to a birthing center conference to come see this worldrenowned midwife in Atlanta. And I asked her, I was like, "So, who are you going to see?" And she said, "Margaret Strickhauser." I said, "Margaret across the street." I had no idea it was Margaret. But I'm excited today to be here to present a proclamation to Margaret uh my good friend and also Anelie Henman, uh co-founders of the Atlanta Birth Center, uh today. Uh just thankful for everything that they've done in terms of uh just um because of mental health and maternity health here in the city of Atlanta. uh is something that is some is something that is very needed and something that has been so special. Um you given birth or helped give birth to over 5,000 kids uh in the city and so um that is something that just say that again 5,000 y'all. 5,000 um and so just honored to be here today. So I'm going to read proclamations first. um in recognition of Anelie Henman. Uh whereas the city of the city Atlanta city council proudly recognizes Anelie co-founder of Atlanta Birth Center for her steadfast commitment to maternal and child health and her leadership in expanding equitable compassionate care for families across Atlanta. And whereas Anelie earned dual degrees in biology and women's studies from the University of Michigan and a master of public health from Boston University focusing on maternal and child health and community-based healthcare. And whereas she went on to earn her nurse midwiffery, did I say that right? Okay. And family nurse practitioner degree from Emery University where she was a Woodruff fellow. She has remained active in advocacy, education, and public health ever since. And whereas Anelie has served communities locally and globally from midwiffery and water birth care in metro Atlanta hospitals to medical missions abroad and has been an active advocate for healthc care equity at this Georgia capital and beyond. And whereas Anelie's leadership extends beyond clinical care. She has served on the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's initiative on the future of nursing at the Institute of Medicine, co-authored its landmark report, and continues to inspire others as a proud mother of three children. Now, therefore, be proclaimed that we, the members of the Atlanta City Council on behalf of the citizens of Atlanta, do hereby recognize Angelie Henman on the 5th day of May, 2025, for her visionary leadership and lifelong service to maternal and family health in Atlanta and beyond. So, I'm going to present you with yours [Applause] first. And now one more. In recognition of Margaret Strickhauser, whereas the Atlanta City Council proudly recognizes Margaret Strickhauser, co-founder of the Atlanta Birth Center, who has dedicated more than 40 years to advocating for the health and well-being of patients and as a nurse midwife. And whereas born in Charlotte, North Carolina, Margaret's passion for helping others began in high school as a candy striper. She later pursued a career in nursing, earning her bachelor's degree in 1967 from St. Andrews Presbyterian College and Presbyterian Hospital School of Nursing. And whereas Margaret earned a master's degree in maternal and child health from Emery University and worked at Grady Memorial Hospital and Holy Family Hospital where she sensed her calling to deliver babies leading her to become a certified midwife. And whereas she joined Atlanta's first midwiffery practice in 1978 and became one of the first to offer water birth in metro Atlanta in 1999, helping countless families in the community. And whereas Margaret has delivered more than 5,000 healthy babies, changing lives and making a lasting impact on families in Atlanta. And whereas outside of her professional work, Margaret enjoys wellness practices, gardening, and volunteering with organizations that train service dogs for individuals with disabilities. And now therefore, be it proclaimed that we, the members of the Atlanta City Council, on behalf of the citizens of Atlanta, do hereby recognize Margaret Strickhauser on the 5th day of May, 2025, for her unwavering service, dedication, and impact on maternal and child health in Atlanta. [Applause] So, congratulations to you both. Uh, we thank you so much. Um, we know that, you know, you all had to deal with so much given the closing of the Atlanta uh medical center. Uh, now you have a new location, correct? Um, and so, uh, just excited that you were able to continue doing that work. Uh, maternal health is so important as a father of two young girls. Uh, I understand what it means. Um, when you have, you know, a plan or or someone to actually take care of and that listens and I think that's part of what it's all about. you know, so many people go into, you know, uh, actually going into having a baby and they they have a plan and a lot of people don't listen to them. Uh, and it takes people that that care and are compassionate about that process. And so, I just want to say thank you to you both so much for caring. Thank you to all those who help make this happen on a regular basis. And so, I'm going to turn over to my my colleague, uh, Council Member, uh, Cyer Overreet. Thank you, Council Member Winston. I just wanted to make sure that I said congratulations to you two and the entire Atlanta Birth Center. Um, as you all know, my husband was your first medical director starting in 2016. Um, and so you all have really changed the land landscape in the city of Atlanta on the way we actually cradle and take care of our our women. And that is no easy feat. I'm very proud of the work that you all have done. He was a proud member uh to be on your team and uh Atlanta uh medical center closing really did change a lot of things. But what it cannot change is the way you all are still delivering here in the city of Atlanta for all kinds of options for women as they go through childirth and after because I know for sure that Melanie actually does therapy, you know, in postpartum. Correct. And that's huge. So the fact that you all take care of the women the way that you do whatever I can do to help you, the over street family will always be connected to you. And you Anelie, you in particular, I know your voice. I've heard it through the years on speaker phone. And um so it's it's really a pleasure to have you here in city hall. I wish you were in our beautiful setting of our council chamber, but this will have to do for this time. Um, and I I'm just happy to be here to celebrate with you all. And I want my own photo because this is for this is for Dr. Alfonso over street Jr. Hold on. Yes. [Music] You too. We all go behind the outside. turn over to council member Bond. Well, I just want to say quickly that you all are doing God's work. Uh we all know that infant mortality is the highest in the south, the highest in Georgia. What you all continue to do is a labor is more than just a labor of love. It is a ministry to the people, to the women, to the families that you help and you aid. And so this is not enough, but this is what we can do to honor you to to kind of highlight that. And of course, we love and respect you and we appreciate everything you do. And there are probably dozens of little scrunchies that probably never can say thank you or, you know, have the mind to say thank you, but in theirstead, we want to say thank you. It's amazing because and I'm going to turn it over to Margaret Strickhauser. So, so on my journey to become a midwife, I worked as a nurse at Holy Family Hospital and I was uh helped uh Andrew Young and his wife Jean welcome Bo, their son. Yeah. So, I that was where I got my calling to go and be a midwife was by working at Holy Family and it was a special place. Yeah. So anyway, I'm you well and my three kids were one of the thousands of babies that Margaret helped bring into the world and you know when Margaret she's been working for as a midwife for decades you know and I can only hope to aspire to be like she is at my retirement one day. Um mom thank you so much by the way happy birthday. Um, but I think it's really amazing that there's even the opportunity to acknowledge midwives, you know, here in Atlanta, here across our state of Georgia, around the country, around the world. Today is International Day of the Midwife. Um, and ever since there were people being born, right? There were midwives helping them be born. And so we do consider it our ministry to really, you know, show up every day no matter how hard the the work is because we know that people deserve to be born into love, you know, to have equity, to have access, and to have the potential that all the other people that stood up before us have that everybody deserves that. So, thank you to everybody who's standing up here with us. And let's keep going. Let's keep pushing, as Margaret always said. Tam, did you have anything? Oh, hi. Um yes, today's International Day of the Midwife and so it's an appropriate day to express gratitude um to the founders of the birth center. Um Atlanta Birth Center um cares for over 500 families in Atlanta every year. Um we are one of only three birth centers in the whole state of Georgia um and the only one in the city of Atlanta. And so um just gratitude um to the city council for honoring us today um and hopeful that um we will continue to be supported in our important work. Um thank you so much um um council council person Winston and all the other members of the city council for honoring us today. Thank you. So again just want to thank you all. Um Stephanie this wouldn't have happened without us having a conversation about uh honoring Anelie and Margaret. And so u Melanie good friend her and her husband Brian uh and Brian's grandfather was John Calhoun um who was the first council person in district 1. So, um, also just want to just thank them for her family for all they do for the city of Atlanta. So, uh, just thank you all again. Margaret is just so special to be able to honor you. Uh, just a quick story. My my wife and I first our first pregnancy ended early. And so, Margaret was literally the first person we saw when we got home. Devastated. Um, and she has nothing but encouraging words to say to me and wife. And she in a number of words she said, "Get back in the game." And, and uh, we now have two beautiful daughters that she gets to see on a regular basis. And so just so thank you uh Margaret, thank you Angelie, thank you all of you for what you do. And so uh again uh we just appreciate you being here. [Music] [Music] Aaron. Eric. Thank you all. Next, we'll move to uh remarks from the public. Uh just as a reminder, uh you'll be given two minutes to speak unless you've been yielded time. You can't yield time at the microphone. Has to be on the list. Um first up, we'll have Henry Jordan today. You'll have two minutes. Be good and not evil. G to the spirit of God everyone that's here. He that workketh deceit shall not dwell within my house. He that tellth lies shall not tarry in my sight. Psalms 101 7 verse. The idea king sing to the Lord. Keep his personal life pure and ministries ministers social justice. The Lord warned me not be proud about what he says. Jesus says give him glory for what he has done through me. You told Jesus that he didn't do the work through me. And Christ assignment is to work with the homeless calling on Jesus. Receive us. We have wronged no man. We have corrupted no man. We're defaulted. No man. 2 Corinthians 7th chapter 2 verse. I cannot work your job because of your practices on your job. Work that goes against his word. The gifts given to help people to live holy and the protection of his people. Trust not in oppression and become not vain in robbery. If riches increase, set not your heart upon them. Psalm 62 chapter 10th verse. At least five nouns describe God's protection. Rock, salvation, glory, and refuge. When you practice oppression, you are asking for the enemy to oppress you. James Griff, oppression produce oppression. The thief cometh not, but for to steal, to kill, and destroy. I am come that they might have life, and they and that they might have it more abundantly. St. John 10:10. Good shepherd. When Jesus uses this terminology, thought for Jews, remember Psalms 23. The Lord is my shepherd. And even understand Jesus claim to be God. I seek to warn you to take heed to God's warning of deeds that will lead to death, hell, and destruction. When you seek to kill, you ask to be killed. We need Christ's help. Our flesh can't do it by [Applause] itself. Next will be Jennifer Brooks. You'll have up to two minutes. Good afternoon and thank you. Thank you all for your ongoing commitment to this city and its people. I can only imagine the demands that are made of you every single day, including from me. Thank you for hearing me and for your patience with me. I want to just mention a little about a troublesome culture of community engagement. It's a culture of absent or selective stakeholder engagement that relies largely on special interest groups and consultants that often neglect the specific stakeholders who are most directly impacted. I'll just point out in February the legislation that passed that even had written into it uh the requirement not to engage NPUs um that surrounding what was then Westside Park. It's not really surprising because the president has been set for absent or flawed engagement. Um look at Baker Street, Atlanta Streets Alive, Shared Peach Tree and now the Stitch. So if you look at the 927 page master plan, there are renderings of what those what those improvements are going to be that include 8 miles of streetscape, including Peach Tree Street. And who along that corridor actually knows about this? It's deep in that report. Common to many projects, we see tactical urbanism consultants and special interest groups taking the lead. uh they collect the data, they analyze it and report it and it tends often to mislead the public, the city staffers and yourselves. I, as you know, I I trust you all with custodianship of the public right of way in my own neighborhood, which is the central business and hospitality district. And for me, it's really important that all of these public rightways be shared appropriately and carefully in respect of all the users. Thank [Music] you. Next will be Steven Muhammad. You'll have up to two minutes. Thank you, uh, Council President. Thank you, council, for allowing me to be here. Um, right now we have an issue that we are dealing with, the Vine City Civic Association. I'm here today representing Archbishop John H. Lewis, who is the president and CEO of the Vine City Civic Association. What we're here today to speak of is that the power substation that Georgia Power is proposing to put into the Vine City area. We know that they did something similar in the How Mill Station and Georgia Power does not seem to respect the stakeholders. They have a history of disrespecting the stakeholders and we don't want to make it a racial issue, but it seems like environmental racism to us. But I want to say that we're here in this room today, the old council chambers. There are 32 windows in this building. It takes 33 degrees to be above freezing and not be frozen out. in this council chambers. A lot of decisions were made to freeze out the black community in the 50s and 60s, putting up big roadblocks on Payton and other things. So, we're hoping today that our councilman for district 3, Byron, who's been quietly fighting to mitigate this situation, that he can get some support to stop Georgia Power from doing what they're doing. We know seems like everything with the name Georgia seems to go against the city of Atlanta. I think the Georgia State Patrol runs through the city and have wrecks and kill people. I think the Georgia Power is polluting the neighborhood and trying to kill people. So, we need help. We need your support. Tomorrow night, we have a town hall meeting at 7:00 at the old historic West Hunter Street Baptist Church for the people to discuss what it is that they would like to do. Thank you very much. Thank you. Next will be George Weedman. You'll have up to two minutes. Hello. Hello. My name is George Weedman, lifetime resident of Atlanta, longtime resident of the Landmark Condominiums for about 15 years now. I um specifically wanted to say hi to uh Michael Julian Bond and um ask if he might actually recognize me from a few trips I made to the HelloFresh food giveaways last year. Um cuz uh I'm going to be back. I'm going to see you again Wednesday at the church for the HelloFresh. Uh because I cannot pay these monthly HOA bills and go grocery shopping at the same time. And I want you to remember that when handing out those HelloFresh boxes for all the various reasons that a actively working white collar office job sobered educated professional might end up experiencing food insecurity and rely on food charity is having to pay the bills associated with home ownership for this home particularly for this month particularly. US homeowners are being expected to pay this month for something we never voted on and may have actually voted against a month earlier a very very large bill in addition to some recently spiked up very large monthly bills. The massive four-digit total number these bills are adding up to is the kind of number you'd never see associated with the normal personary personal expenses of someone's normal ordinary home. It's the kind of number you'd usually see associated with operating a business. Now, the STR short-term rental issue is all about commercial businesses exploiting residential zones for profit. And they are. Consider that on all the paperwork on the deed I signed up for to buy my home, it did not say that I was actually signing up to buy a hotel business and effectively share in a hotel's costs, liabilities, and losses. And honestly, big absorbbitant bills are still not the worst problem we're dealing with. Thank you. Thank you. Next will be Andrew Gervey. Due to yield a time, you'll have up to four minutes. Good afternoon. Thank you for having me. My name is Andrew Gerby. I've been in Atlanta for over 50 years. My children have been born here, gone to school here. I'm a business owner, a property owner, and also a taxpayer. But primarily I'm here today to speak before you um on behalf of my role as uh legal counsel and director of real estate for Habitat for Humanity in Atlanta. We are the region's largest affordable home builder. We're also the entity that the city of Atlanta has acquired over the last few years over 60 acres of forested land. And the reason I'm speaking to you is because of the upcoming tree ordinance that was released last week. I'd like to share a few words from our CEO and president, Rosalyn Merik, who sent a letter to the mayor and the members of the city council. Atlanta Habitat supports many of the proposed provisions in the draft ordinance and appreciates your willingness to engage with stakeholders throughout the process. We write today to clarify and reinforce our position on specific elements and to elevate a significant concern related to the conservation area requirements for new developments. We are challenged by conservation areas as defined in the revise ordinance. Mandating them uniformly across all development types, including affordable homeownership projects, would be devastating to Atlanta Habitat's mission. In many cases, such a requirement could make future habitat developments unviable and infeasible. We regretfully urge the city of to evaluate this provision throughout the lens of housing equity, equity, feasibility, and workforce affordability. If applied today, the proposed tree ordinance would dramatically reduce the scale and viability of our flagship development, Browns Mill Village. This thoughtfully planned community, originally designed for 138 homes, would be reduced to just 81 homes under the propo proposed requirements. The financial impact would be equally severe, driving the cost per lot to $79,000, well beyond our capability to serve families earning between 30 and 80% AMI. That's average median income. We again address some of the lowest homeowners in that band. Just down the road, Springside Place, another development would be reduced to 40%. And we deeply value Atlanta's identity as the city and the trees. But we all must also ask who will be able to live beneath them. As it stands, proposed ordinance threatens to preserve trees at the expense of people. Without greater flexibility, affordable home ownership in Atlanta could be incredibly out of reach, jeopardizing Atlanta Habitat's ability to continue building in the city. We are grateful for the opportunity to participate in important dialogue in this area, but remain hopeful that a balanced ordinance can be achieved. one that protects Atlanta's neighbor Atlanta's natural heritage while supporting its residents right to obtain affordable housing. Thank you. Next will be Valerie Anderson. Due to yielded time, you'll have up to eight minutes. Good afternoon. Um, my first question is to Mr. Bond. Hi, how are you? I just wanted to know how it was going as far as us meeting the DA and the letter stuff like that. Just checking in on that. How is that going? Have to reach out to the uh district attorney's office to get on her calendar. Okay. And so we're waiting to hear a response from her office. Okay. Thank you. Yes, ma'am. Sunday, which would be Mother's Day, May 11th, would be my son's birthday. My son would have turned 39 this Sunday, which is Mother's Day. And that's not going to happen. What is not going to happen is my son giving me a hug. Me hugging my son. My son wishing me a happy Mother's Day and telling me he loves me. I'm kissing my son and telling him I love him. None of that is going to happen because my son is gone. 51186 I gave birth to my son Devon Anderson Jr. and now 511 2025. I'm keeping a celebration of life for my son that murdering Melvin Potter took from me. Shot and killed my son August 5th, 2024. I miss my son and I love my son. And this is not justice that my son is not here because he was killed by murdering Melvin Potter, a lawless drunk. Where is the justice and a police officer who was on probation when he murdered my son? I am going to stress this. every time that Melvin Potter was on probation when he murdered my son. And I want to address something else also that I've met a lot of people who seems to be more interested in the job title that has power title. I don't care about your all title, position or power. I'm not interested in that at all. You know why? Because you all could retire. You all could resign. You all could get forced out. But my power, my title, and my position is mother. mother, which I am very proud of and especially because I have the love and respect from my kids. I have that. So, I can't resign or retire from being my kid's mother. And I don't took my son from me. He's always going to be my son. Even when I'm dead and gone, he's always going to be my son. And I'm always going to be his mother. No matter what, I'm always going to be his mother. And I'm not going to stop fighting for my son. Like I've always said, I am going to show up and be present and I'm going to get justice for my son no matter how long it takes. APD is doing a lousy job at policing their own. They're doing a lousy job. And to me Dickens, the last time we spoke was January 6. You was gracious enough to talk to me when I walked up on you. You said to me you was going to call me and you did. You did. But you also said since you have my phone number, you would stay in touch with me. So, it's a it's about time for a call from you because my son should be here. I shouldn't be having a celebration of life for my son. My son would make 39. My son didn't have a chance to have kids. My son didn't have a chance to get married. And these is the thing that he wanted to do. So, I was robbed of all that. I sit here and I saw all those young men, you know, doing good. What happen if one of those young men, the basketball team, the young actor, encounter a drunk police officer, not knowing what he's doing, and kill one of those kids get arrested, and post a $1,000 bond, and go home because he refused to take a drug, a blood test. What would happen to one of those young to to one of those young men? They would the mother would feel the same way I would feel. The mayor said the new recruits going to be going into a state of the art facility in Cop City. What What's going to happen? They going to take the old drunks and put them over there to learn new tricks. That's what they going to do because what the it's a crisis right now with these drunken officers and they still have a job. Me should not have a job. Why? Because he was on probation when he murdered my son. And I'm going to say that and tell every with every being in me. Melvin P supposed to be in jail. He murdered my son August 5th, 2024. and his probation wasn't up until November 17 of 2024. So again, you APD have to do better. They have to do better. And like I've always say and I'm going to say until I'm tired on the ground rolling over, I am not going anywhere. anywhere until I get justice for Devon S. Anderson Jr., this is my baby. This is my Mother's Day, [Music] baby. Next will be James Sheeks. [Music] You have up to two minutes. We have a problem. [Music] [Music] Um, my name is James Cheeks. I have um am a home builder in the city of Atlanta. I've been building for quite some time and I'm here to speak just very briefly on the uh current draft of the tree protection uh ordinance. I know it's not coming up today, but uh it just remains to be an issue that uh needs to be discussed. So the staff has done a a a very difficult job, worked on a very difficult uh project, but the affordable housing waiverss the terms keep changing um don't work for the type of projects that we build. We build a lot of single family affordable nonsubsidized housing and the way the court ordinance is currently drafted, we wouldn't get any of the waiverss for it. uh number one. Um number two, I have been involved in this particular issue personally for about seven years and I know others have been in it longer. Um we got this second draft last week and to have this ordinance be um voted on in the short term would be dangerous and very bad public policy. Uh this is an incredibly difficult issue and we need more time uh to go over this particular ordinance. And finally, while I I build uh housing less than 100% AMI, um more often than not, um the current ordinance says that 120% AMI 3-bedroom house um would is a 20% I'm sorry, a 120% AMI 3-bedroom house is $42,000. Again, not the kind of projects that I build. This ordinance would would require you to pay 800% increase even for a $400,000 house. Next up is Kevin Norton. You'll have up to two minutes before I begin. Council President, if is it somebody behind me that could yield their time? Okay. All right. Good afternoon, council members. Uh my name is Kevin Dorton. I'm here today to also discuss the tree protection ordinance. I'm senior vice president of land development at Empire Communities, one of the largest forale town home builders in the city of Atlanta. I'm also a licensed civil engineer and serve on the board of the Council for Quality Growth, representing over 300 companies and 2,000 industry professionals um active in the city of Atlanta. I've spent 30 years of my career working through codes, permits, and site design, 18 years as a consulting engineer, and the last 13 as a residential developer. I participated in the CPO's or the city's TPO working group o over the last year and just last week the the ordinance grew from 64 pages to 89 pages. It it is overly complex, difficult to interpret and nearly impossible to implement it at this scale. This is the current city's ordinance 39 pages. This is what's being proposed right now. 89 pages, 50 pages more of code in that ordinance. This is not balanced policy. It is a sweeping rewrite with major unintended consequences affecting residential, apartments, restaurants, retail stores, offices, industrial, everything. It covers all asset classes. Now, the tree NP has declined 1.8% since 2008, according to the studies that have been completed. The current tree protection ordinance was recently referred to in an article as the Atlanta clear cutting ordinance, but I would argue that the current tree protection ordinance works under the enforcement of the city arborous keeping gust at 1.8% canopy. Thank you for your time. That's just a 30 second. Just as a reminder, the first bill is 30 seconds. The final bell is I'll let you know when you're out of time. All right. All good. 30 seconds. Thank you, sir. So, a complete overhaul is unnecessary. The data does not support the claim that the current ordinance is broken. As an engineering developer, I recognize that development requires more than just clearing for a building footprint. The building footprint requires driveways, requires sidewalks, underground utilities, storm water systems, equipment space for cranes, other utilities or other equipment to operate. And yes, lastly, we need an area to replant trees. There are above ground improvements that you see and many below ground that you don't see that cause that affect development. The draft ordinance ignores those practical needs. Preservation zones on all sites would f would would restrict us beyond what zoning already allows. Time is expired. Thank Thank you. Next will be Saba Longman. You'll have up to four minutes to yield a time. Hello, my name is Saba Logman. I was born in Atlanta, went to school on Roswell Road, went to Georgia Tech, live in Cabbage Town, and now have my own business here in Atlanta. For the past decade, I focused on building more homes for people like myself, young professionals, couples, and people trying to put their roots in Atlanta. From East Atlanta to Buckhead, I've delivered forale housing and home ownership that's walkable, thoughtful, and attainable. particularly for those who are priced out of single family homes. The proposed tree ordinance is fundamentally flawed. It's restrictive, pun punishing, and economically unworkable. For the first time in 50 years, Atlanta's population is growing. And yet, this ordinance would actively discourage new housing and growth during a housing shortage. We are not against trees. Again, we are not against trees, but the current ordinance does not offer any meaningful incentive to replant or grow the canopy. It only penalizes growth. Let me be specific. I've run case studies on multiple projects across the city. It would make two to fourtory projects economically impossible. An example in council member Lewis's district that we have would lose 45 homes of 118 homes. This ordinance pits housing against trees. It penalizes the development without offering any meaningful incentive to replant or grow the canopy. It drives up land costs. It kills density and halts the type of projects that Atlanta wants to make a livable and walkable place. This includes grocery stores, retails, banks, and offices. I'm sounding the alarm today. If this is written and passed, this ordinance will shut down housing creation across the city of Atlanta. We need a smarter approach, one that aligns the canopy goals with housing and growth goals. Thank you. Next will be Michael Paris. You'll have up to two minutes. Mr. President, council members, I'm Michael Paris. I'm president and CEO of the Council for Quality Growth. We represent over 300 companies in the building development industry here in the region and of course in the city of Atlanta. Uh we have been working as Jim said his involvement we've been working on this a lot of years. We've all put a lot of time into it. We've had a great opportunity to work with partners and stakeholders and we every time we think we're closer I know you must feel the same way. It feels like we're going the opposite direction. There is a way, there is a path forward, but we still have major concerns and adding the commercial requirements that appeared in this last draft really changes the scope of everything we've been working on. I understand the necessity for some of that, but it's really changed uh the game and we really need again more time to figure this out because this has a longlasting impact. We're going to make a decision. You may make a decision here that will affect how this city develops, how the city builds for 50 years, for 75 years. And it's really important we stop and consider what we're doing here. Just a quick couple of things from some of our members. Based on case studies, uh we have run the draft ordinance has a potential to include in increase per lot cost by 20 to $50,000. Reduce density by up to 40% especially on two to fourtory infill sites which we need desperately in this city. Eliminate the feasibility of missing middle housing and push development out of the city. All they have to do is go across the line and they're out of the city. push development out of the city, contradicting Atlanta's housing and climate goals. Could say a lot more about it. I I I implore you to continue to study this. And one thing to focus on is the tree trust fund, which holds about $10 million. Where are we putting that money and how are we spending that money? Thank you for your time. Thank you. Next will be Greg Lavine. We'll have up to two minutes. Good afternoon, council. Uh, Dre Lavine, executive director of Trees Atlanta. So, in the last two years, we've been the data that was shown before it stopped with the city of Atlanta showed that we were losing tree canopy twice as fast as the previous two years before that. So, we're definitely losing canopy quickly. And at the 89 page ordinance included, what have we heard before? Included all the deletions and add-ons. So, it's not an 89 page or whatever page ordinance that was said before. Um the uh I guess what happens every time, and I've worked on the tree ordinances now for 25, 30 years. This happens every single time we ask development community for um suggestions on preserving canopy in develop and having development and they wait till the gets close to being passed and I know Howard's seen this many times they say oh we can't do this we can't do this for a million different reasons but where were they when all the we were asking for the the advice on how to preserve our canopy because we are losing it and Atlanta is going to suffer from it and the people that live here will suffer uffer from it. Heat um heat uh deaths are the number one weather related death in America and the poor are the ones that die from extended heat. Um without canopy we have a hot city again. Stop. We need to stop kicking the can. Fix any minor revisions that are been need to be made in this ordinance and pass this pass this ordinance this month and get on with building the city and preserving our trees and making sure that we still have canopy for everyone that lives here and not just have canopy for the wealthier parts of the city. Uh poor people need trees too. Everyone needs trees for all their environmental reasons. We can't just have re um we can't just have canopy being preserved in neighborhoods that can afford it. So the 30 the the last thing we heard from Habitat um that 30% matters for them as well for people that live in h in houses where where only houses they can afford. Thank you. Thank you. Next will be Nathaniel Dyer. You have up to two minutes. Hello. Hello. I'm here to speak on the partnership with Invest Atlanta that you all are with. Feel like it's an assault on the community, the seniors. Uh I'll just read some of this. Uh the initiative led by Invest Atlanta in partnership with the city targets rising property tax burdens that are displacing legacy residents in historically stable neighborhoods. Now, if the neighborhood is stable, the partnership seems like it's going to impact that stability. A new development uh throughout Atlanta has driven up property values and in turn property value property taxes. According to Investor Atlanta, homeowners with a homestead exemption have seen an average property tax increase of 31% over the past 5 years. So, the question is, where have they been? Where have you all been to allow it to get to that point on legs residents and seniors and see there they are talking again the most disrespectful Boone and over street you know can you uh swap chitlin recipes later and pay attention uh back to what I was saying and you see that's why you are jump into partnerships and the result is poor here the qualified the applicant must be 60 years old Now, of course, they're saying that they'll kick it back to when the t maybe last year, but it's been five years since these people have been hit. Well, I say us, the residents have been hit with rising property taxes. In 20 years, that's when that's how long it's supposed to last. Here's my suggestion. You have it open from Mar May the 1st to the 31st. We need to expand that. Need better outreach. Roll it back five years. And then the question is, okay, if they're paying 50,000, I say because there's 10 million, will the government own the home or will it go back to the family? And finally, do a better job. You put all this money into a stitch, but the person says that these people are the fabric of the community. Let's do a better job for our seniors. Thank you. Thank you. Next will be Monica Ivory. I have been here earlier. This is for the have nots that have not seen it. This is the water. This is a bottle of have not been open. This is the water that's coming out of my unit now. So, I guess you know I use bottle of water for everything. Uh, I've heard of them flipping houses for money and everything, but I've never heard of them flipping units until today's day, as the young people would say. I was a today's day old and literally I just heard this this morning cuz I was here at the 11:00 meeting. I wanted to start my own time. I was here at the 11:00 meeting and I just found out that they flipping units now and they'll continue to let them be filtered. They come in here and they find y'all find them. But when you find them, when it's time to do some work, they've already flipped it and sold it to somebody else. And here we go in the same situation. And I just moved there. I'm a senior from a high-rise. Thought I was being sucked in. I've never had any sickness or any illness. This is what I'm on now. Okay? I am breathing. I am breathing this stuff. And literally, you might as well have a doctor's excuse saying I should be out of this. Mind you, this is my second one. And like I say, this is for the have not. I don't know where this going to go from where I've just talked with my councilman Amos. I'm not putting him under the bus because from my understanding this a small world. I just found out that he's just tooken over somebody's position from some reason or another. That's none of my concern, but it's a small world. So when I made a call later, that's what I find out. So they y'all are getting put under the bus for things that's already been messed up and did and now you at ground zero back again and nothing's going to be did about it. So, I just wanted to come in and say something about it, but Mr. Amos, he assured me that he'll be on the property and things, but I have to assure myself like I just did and came in here and trying to rectify some of my issues. I can't speak for nobody else and what how they living, but I'm living under a commode. I'm living under on top of a commode, on top of a a toilet that I don't know what's in that. That's what's in the tub and feces and everything. And nobody's doing anything about it. And that's my water. Thank you, Council Amos. Hold on just a second. Let's get your mic on. We did not know they was flipping um the units. 10 about 10 to 15 years ago, this apartment complex was allowed to sell individual units as condos. So just late last year, we had about 16 owners of those individual condos and um housing court together in which they was courtmandated to do some things. Some of them sold, some of them did not, but um yes, we will be back out there. This is ongoing issue and we are looking to resolve it. So thank you for coming down. Next will be Nikki Bugs. You'll have up to two minutes. All right, let's talk about fiduciary responsibility. Uh, fiduciary responsibility is a legal and oblig um obligation for one party, the fiduciary to act in the best interest of another party, the principal beneficiary prioritizing the principal's interest over their own even when it might benefit them personally. So, welcome to the landmark condominiums. We are upside down with homeowners versus the investors. And as this lady shared as well, they are actually flipping units faster than you can flip pancakes on the griddle. In reference to the remaining homeowners, the landmark condominiums were being terrorized with the permission in plain sight um for fiduciary irresponsibility. This is something we've been fighting for a while. Something I've been talking about for a while. It has been years. We had a homeowner, Judy Clemens, that died fighting this cause. This is unacceptable at this point. The key elements of fiduciary responsibility, trust in good faith, acting in principal's best interest, duty and loyalty, duty of care and obedience in accordance to the law. Now, you know, it really I'm going to just say something here. You know, it's a little funky to me. Forgive the bad language. Um, but it tells me that if I tell you I'm going to get in office or I'm going to get in a position, I'm looking out for your best interest. That's ultimately what I'm saying and you bring me in. In this case, this is not the case. These people are continuously um moving on with the business. They had a a Councilwoman Liliana Bakari went ahead and spoke with them um on March 25th regarding some actions that they gave a stellar performance that they were trying to do better in the building security and what have you. They did not. So, she was generous enough to go ahead and check them then, which was fantastic because it needed to happen and the building is still unsecure. The new security system that they have, the doors are all busted. We have people that are walking up and down our hallway. We have doorbell cameras, so I have a plethora of people walking by my unit that I don't know who they are. Most of them are just coming up the stairwells and getting into the building. I'm sorry. I hear your bell. Um, I'll be done in a second. So, we're grateful to her for speaking up for us. Please do something. And not even enough to just get them out of the They need to get out of the building. They have got to go. That is it. Airbnb in the entire state needs to be on log. Thank you. Thank you, Council Beriari. On. It's on. Okay, great. Um Nikki, thank you. I wanted to take a moment to say uh that it has come to my attention that thanks to you all in our positioning in that council meeting um that it seems unilaterally collective action is now happening uh on the STR platforms and the landmark with Airbnb. So with some of the with some of the short-term rentals so I'm keeping on top of that. Good. And I would love it because HOAs were preempted by the state on HOAs and what is happening there is how someone that doesn't live in a building but runs a business on the first floor is able to profit by staying the head of the HOA when they don't actually live there is crazy to me. So I would like to work with you all now for raising this up to our state representatives who I have reached out to but we need to reach out to them repeatedly apparently. So, I think if we band together to do that, we can start working at the state on the HLA issues that are here because I don't know what is happening. And also, for the record, for them to continue trying to sue or raise the prices on you all for the fire that we know originated out of their office um is ridiculous to me and I will continue calling attention to that. And in addition, the fact that these these owners that are now the head of the HOA that have been doing these constructions and taking over entire floors and pushing you all out um is now suing I believe for the residents for defamation or for liable which I find it surprising that now they are doing that given that there is momentum against the actions they have taken against the residents. So to me that is an an admittance of guilt. So I'm going to leave it there. I am not done with the landmark. We are not done with the landmark. Housing is a human right and the treatment of the residents currently at the landmark is unacceptable. So we will keep on it and I thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Next will be Margie Mloud. We'll have up to two minutes. I'm going miss you. Thank you very much. I know I'm back. I don't have my t-shirt on and because people thinking that they need assistance for rent and I'm still saying rent control but I'm saying now rent control matter because your cost of living that's why y'all got an increase in your salary because you would not be able to afford housing in the city of Atlanta. So how about the employee get a increase in their salary? How about the police? Because cost of living, how people going to afford housing in city Atlanta, they're pricing us out. But over street in your community also and you don't answer your phone over street. A lot of people call me and tell me do you not returning your phone call cuz they ask you about having bill 581. Your community want you to have a town hall meet, but I'm not going to go through that. But you running for the president of city council. So communication mean a lot. Y'all here, y'all sit. People is hurting out there. And I did. I thought I would retire, but I didn't because people calling me. It's a need. you the solution is you have to put a cap on the rent because we are not going to be able to stay in the community also the seniors also so you sit here and you talk people looking at you over street and you and boom I never call you out but I am give the people respect that's all they asking you and just like today y'all got in count the solution because you don't have enough afford I'm not low income house so you want to send them out of the county that's not going to solve anything more people going to be coming here the problem you got time is expired put a cap on the rent because you could do it you do everything else you did that Senate bill 58 home bill 581 time is expired have a blessed day but we rent control in Atlanta. Thank you, Council Over Street. Thank you, President Shipman. Mr. Mloud, that's simply not true. We don't miss phone calls or emails in my office. That's not true. Over street, I'm not going to argue with you cuz I Your time is up. Your time is up, Miss McCloud. And they will say that. They call me Over Street. Miss Mloud, your time. That's not That's not true. You say, "Mloud, my name I give you the name." Miss Mloud, your time is expired. Yeah, we we answer the phone. 4043306054. Yes, I do. So, it's a team. It's a team. It is a team. I definitely am responsive to Yes, I am. I'm even responsive to you. Next is Jody W. Up to two minutes. Good afternoon. Thank you for allowing me to speak and I'm back um with concerns for the homeless. You all have women and children, working women and children in the shelters with nowhere to live. And then our mayor is giving this money to investors. What happened to caring about the people? You have over 500 women and children at the mission off of How Mill Road. You're constantly saying that you're taking care of these people when you're not even calling them back or acknowledging that they need a place to live. So, I'm still asking um for a budget on what happened to the monies for the homeless people. I hear that you all are putting them out, the people that's on the streets living under the bridges, sending them to jail. You didn't even get a bus or a van to help them move their tents. I was told that you were bulldozing their properties and you should be ashamed of yourself. Anytime a mayor goes against the people, what is he thinking? The people put you in there and when you put them all out of the city, there's no one that's going to vote for you, city council members. And I ask you guys to consider these homeless people and take some of that money and build something for them. Thank you for listening. Thank you. Next will be Minister Breezel Love. [Music] You have up to two minutes. Praise the Lord. Hallelujah. I had so much to tell you all today, but then it touched my heart about Valerie. People, we got to get better. You are looking at her knowing that she's hurting, but you yet will not obey. The Lord is not pleased with this. We got to come together as a people. I'm a great grandmother. You know how I feel. You all should feel the same thing. You got children and grandchildren. One day you're going to get old as me or older. You got to feel the needs of people. And as I was driving into the city, I don't live in the city anymore because I got fed up. I moved with my family and they take care of me well. But the thing is this, as I was driving into the city and I saw how the city trucks was throwing the trash, the people beddings and all on the and which is good to clean up the city, no problem. But where are you going to put the people? I had a young lady ran up to my car. She begin to cry all over me. She don't know where she's going. And this city has received a lot of money for the homeless. Do you understand that Donald Trump going to research your records? He going to find out. I heard this morning where he open up prison for to bring people to put them in jail. You don't want to go to jail, people. You want to do what's right. God has given us the ability to get wealth and we can do it the right way. I love you all and God bless and be with you and your families. Wake up people. Love one another. God bless you. Thank you. Next will be Kate Shanki. Shanki. Thank you. Uh you'll have up to two minutes. Thank you. Um I am here. I'm going to pull up my notes because I'm not much of a public speaker. Um, I'm here to support resolution 3328 in regards to Georgia State Patrol's chase policies. Um, Georgia State Patrol was involved in 6,700 pursuits over 5 years. Sorry. Thank you. Half ending in accidents, about a tenth in death. um without much oversight as to how they pursue, when they pursue. Um there was a high-speed chase on the 14th of this month, sorry, last month. Um that killed my son. It happened 2 miles from I20 on Morland Avenue in the heart of Little Five Points at 700 p.m. 8:00 p.m. at night. heavily populated area. Again, two miles from where this officer first attempted to pull her over. Um, in that two miles, there are about 12 traffic lights. They keep saying she ran one red light and hit um I don't know if any of you are familiar with Morland Avenue and maybe maybe going 80 miles an hour you hit all the green lights but there's no way that this was one time in a heavily populated area with the Edgewood shopping center there Memorial and Morland and I understand the weight of their job but there needs to be some oversight when they're not laser who's on someone who's not just laser focused on ending this crash. There is no other option for this sort of chase except a crash. And the crash is in little five points. It could have been at Freedom Parkway. It could have been on Pods and Brier Cliff. It could have been a family going to Target. But 80 m hour down that road, heavily populated, it's just it's not the first time this has happened. I'd love it to be the last. I guess that's all. Thank you. Thank you, Councelor Biari. Oh, yeah. No, please. If Cooper Katie, um I'm proud to have called your family constituents and I know how many people in our community help helped raise Cooper. And um I also know that your family is no stranger to loss. And I just have to really like watching you and your daughter go through this and actually lift all of us up for this loss instead of the other way around has been really extraordinary to witness. Um, and I wanted to take this moment to draw attention to uh what you created. Um, I'm going to leave it up there for anyone who's interested, but Katie and her family are going to are already working to try to change policies at the state and Cooper's loss uh should never happen again and never should have happened in the first place. Um, I just wanted to continue to call attention to what y'all have, what y'all are working on. Sure. I do hold the woman that was driving 100% accountable. Those were her actions, but there are also actions that could have been that could have prevented this. Thank you. That's all. Thank you, Council Lewis. the the system of our system of policing has been very aggressive in our area. And just to see that never should happen. Never should happen. And sometimes I actually see APD chasing young folks down the street. And so if it's not a murder, if it's not a robbery or a rape that just happened, why are we doing that for some of the stuff that is going on? So, every every condolences in the world to your family, every prayer I can to your family, but we have to stop this. We know what we doing. We We got to stop chasing these. We We have to stop. It's been going on forever. And they say that APD doesn't do it. They do it down Cleveland Avenue. We see it. We see it. We see them drive down the street chasing people. And so, let's stop it completely. Thank you, Casary. real quick. Thank you, Council Member Lewis. I want to make sure people know that this was Georgia State Patrol and that we are going to do everything we can to change their policies and advocate for that. So, I do want to appreciate I do appreciate their remarks, although APD does have a no pursuit policy in the city, but I just wanted to name that this is Georgia State Patrol and these high-speed chases are incredibly dangerous. So, thank you, Katie. Uh, finally today, Scott Fleming, you'll have up to two minutes. Hello. Uh, thank you, council, for your support uh, of Kate today. Uh, my name is Scott Fleming. I'm a resident of Canler Park. I live a block away from Morland Avenue in the heart of Little Five Points. Um, you know, we've heard from many strong women today, many loving mothers this close to Mother's Day. And I find it poetic that the city council has celebrated motherhood that commended strong women earlier today that have helped brought life into this world. I'm here today to support strong women and here to speak for love mothers and it's fortunate the city council has another opportunity today to support our mothers with resolution 3328 to reform the Georgia state patrol pursuit policy. This past weekend, as I walked across Morland to lay fresh flowers at Cooper's Memorial, I reflected how a revision to this policy that has proven successful in other states can help our law enforcement better serve our communities and better protect our loved ones. Thank you. You I want to thank all members of the public who came to speak today. We will now move to the report of the journal. Madam clerk. Good afternoon, council president, members of council. I, Kurin Lindo, municipal clerk of the city of Atlanta, do hereby certify that the minutes of the regular meeting held on Monday, April 21st, 2025, were true and correct. If there are no uh changes or edits to the minutes, I would uh entertain a motion to adopt the journal. Moved by Council Winston, seconded by Council Member Shook. Is there any discussion on the motion to adopt the journal? We can do this consent without objection. Any objection? Madam clerk, please sign the county unsent on the motion to adopt the journal. 12BA 09. 12 VA 0 N. The motion to adopt the journal carries. Next, we'll move to communications. Madam clerk, first item, Mr. President, it's 25 C0057. This communication for Mayor Andre Dickens appointing Mr. Ricky Smith to serve as a member of the aviation general to serve as the aviation general manager for the city of Atlanta. Staff recommendation to refer to transportation committee and committee on council. Let the item follow that course. Mr. President, if I may take items two and three as a block, please proceed. Item number two is 25 C 0058. This a communication from council members Bakiari, district 5, Alex Juan, district 6, and Matt West Morland post at large reappointing Miss Rosanne Maltis to serve as a member of the water and sewer appeals board. This appointment is for a term of two years to begin retroactively on March 4th, 2025 and expire March 3rd, 2027. Item number three is 25 C 0059. This is communication for Mayor Andre Dickens appointing Mr. James Greg Early to serve as commissioner of the department of watershed management for the city of Atlanta. Staff recommendation for both items is to refer to city utilities committee and committee on council. Let both items follow that course. If I may take item four, five and six as a blog. Please proceed. Item number four is 25 C 0060. This is a communication from Tony Roberts, executive director and CEO of the Atlanta Bar Association, submitting the appointment of Mr. Miguel Dominz to serve as a member of the Atlanta Citizen Review Board. This appointment is for a term of three years. Item number five is 25 C0061. This is a communication from Lynden Waller, deputy director, Georgia Coalition for the People's Agenda, submitting the appointment of Miss Angetta Jordan Estes to serve as a member of the Atlanta Citizen Review Board. This appointment is for a term of three years. Item number six is 25 C000. This is a communication for Mayor Andre Dickens appointing Mr. Byron Gibs to serve as a member of the license review board. This appointment is for a term of two years. for all these three items staff recommendation to revert to public safety and legal administration committee and committee on council. Let all three items follow that course. Mr. President, if I have may take items 7, eight, and nine as a block. Please proceed. Item number seven is 25 C 0063. This a communication from Daniel Hampton chair audit committee submitting the performance audit report paid administrative leave. Item number eight is 25 C0064. A communication from Daniel Hampton chair audit committee submitting their performance audit report service delivery and remote work. Item number nine is 25 C 0065. This is a communication from Daniel Hampton chair audit committee submitting the performance audit report timelessness of payments for all three items. The staff recommendation to refer to finance executive committee that I all three items follow that course. Item number 10 is 25 C0066. This is communication from council members Dustin Hillis district 9, Andrea Elon, District 10, Marcia Coller Overre, District 11, Antonio Lewis, District 12, and Esha Collins, Post 3 at large, appointing Miss Erica Smith to serve as a member of the artificial intelligence committee commission staff recommendation to accept and file. Let the item follow that course. That concludes the communication on it, Mr. President. Thank you. Is there any vetoed legislation for consideration? There are none. Thank you. There are two items of unfinished business. We'll begin with 251 1163. Uh this was tabled by council member West Morland's motion. So I will ask council member West Morland um to uh see where we are with this. Are we with [Music] um I am unaware of any ability of this paper to move forward. I'm happy to make a motion that it continue to be held in the breast of council. Um there's there's 1163, right? We are on 251 1163. I'll make a motion to continue to table. There's a motion to hold in the breast of council 25-1163 by council west. Is there a second? Seconded by council Juan. Uh this is not debatable. It takes a twothirds because we're on the second round. So we'll move directly to a vote. Madam clerk, please open the vote on the motion to hold in the breast of council 25163. The vot is open. Will everyone please vote? Yeah that one. Will everyone please vote? Is the vote closed? That's 12 yay, zero nays. 12 yay, zero ns. The motion carries. Council over street. Do you have a question? Yes, I have a question. Um, we requested for this to be amended to add districts 10 and 11. Yeah, we have that that's in here. Can dog. Okay. So, we just um voted to hold. Should we amend it first? No, we voted to hold the 1163. Then 3294 is coming up next. Got it. That's not what my screen says. Yeah. Okay. Good. Okay. So, with 1163 is held in the breast council. Next up on the unfinished business is 25R 3294. This was a uh item that was tabled by Council Member Winston. So, Council Winston, I'm going to ask you where we are with this item. Thank you. I'm I am going to uh turn it over to Council Member Doer who has an amendment he'd like to offer. Council member Doer. Thank you, Chairman Winston. Thank you, Mr. President. Uh colleague, this was alluded to earlier. Uh there is a substitute in your inbox uh for this particular item. The item currently as written uh uh is a uh donation in the amount of 40 $453,000 to uh in town cares. Uh the language of the substitute essentially splits that amount up uh over two uh fiscal cycles with the first uh fiscal year uh contribution being $145,000 and then the second one for uh fiscal year 2026 being $38,000. Uh the other change that was alluded to by my colleague council member Over Street is that as an additional be it further resolve clause uh with the following language that any additional funds donated to in town cares will be used to fund the case management program in council districts 10 and council district 11 as authorized in 2023. So that's the substance of the substitute and I would like to make a motion uh to adopt that substitute. Second. There's a motion by council member Doer, seconded by council member Ferroi to bring forth a substitute for 25R 3294. Believe everyone has this in their mailboxes. So I would ask, is there any discussion on the motion to bring forth the substitute? Hearing none, we'll move to a vote. Madam clerk, please open the vote on the motion to bring forth the substitute. I don't believe so. The boat is open. One moment. A moment. One moment. That's 12 yay, zero nays. Mr. President, we're 12 zs. The motion to bring forth the substitute carries. We now have the substitute before us. I believe the caption does not change. Correct. Council do. Okay. So there's now uh 25R 3294 as substituted before us. Councelor Froaki. A motion to approve. I'll second. I'll take a motion to approve. Seconded by council Amos. Any discussion on the mo on the res. Oh, sorry. Council Doer second. Sorry. Customer Ferroi to move counor doer second. Is there any discussion on the motion to adopt 24R 3294 as substituted? Hearing now move to vote. Madam clerk, please open the vote. The vote is open. Sure. Fine. Whatever. Will everyone please vote? Trying to vote. The votes closed. 12 ya z. 12 ya z. Motion to adopt a substitute carries. We will now move to the consent agenda section one. These are items that begin on page six of the printed materials. They are all items for second reading. Therefore, the appropriate motion will be to adopt. But first, let me ask, are there any items to be removed from the consent agenda section one today? Council Amos. Sir, Mr. President. Um, item number item number 25-1188. Um, item 32 on page 15 25-1188. Any other items to be removed from the consent agenda section one? Hearing none, I would entertain a motion to adopt the consent agenda with one item removed. Moved by councelor Baktiari, seconded by councelor Juan. Any discussion on the motion to adopt the consent agenda with one item removed? Hearing now move to vote. Madam clerk, please open the vote on the motion to adopt the consent agenda with one item removed. One moment. One moment. Will everyone please vote? 12 ya zero nay 12 ya z. The motion to adopt as with one item removed carries. Uh council member shook. Uh, thank you. Uh, thank you. Pursuant to a request by the Department of Finance, uh, I would like to move Hold on, your mic's not on. We got Council Shook's mic on. It's on, I believe it is. Uh, Department of Finance has asked that I send the following five items from the consent report to the mayor's office post haste. They are 251210, 251211, 251212 25R 3286, and 25R 3291. That is my motion. Council Shook is moving five items to be moved post haste to uh the mayor's office. Is there a second? Second. Seconded by councelor Juan. Any discussion on the motion to move these five items post haste? We do this van's consent without objection. Any objection? Madam clerk, please sign the count on unanimous consent. On the motion to move these items post haste. 12 ya z. 12 ya z. The motion move post haste carries. Next we will move to the consent agenda section two. These are items that begin on page 40 of the printed materials. They are items for first reading. Therefore, the appropriate motion will be to refer. But first, let me ask are there any items to be removed from the consent agenda section two? Hearing none. I would entertain a motion to refer. So move moved by councelor one seconded by councelor Bakiari any discussion on the motion to prefer the consent agenda section two hearing now move to a vote madam clerk please open the vote on the motion to refer the vote is open everyone please vote The vote closed. 12 ya z 12 z. Motion to refer carries. We will now move to report of standing committees. First up today will be finance exec. Chair shook. Thank you. We have two items. First of which is a communication 25c0041. This would be a communication from Daniel Hampton, chair of the audit committee, submitting uh the performance audit report on Oracle time and labor. My motion is to accept and file. Motion coming out of committee to accept and file 250041. It does not need a second. Any discussion on the motion to accept and file this item? Hearing none. Move to vote. Madam clerk, please open the vote on the motion to accept and file. The boat is open. [Music] [Music] It's 13 yay zero nays. 13 yay z. The motion to accept a file carries. All right. And then we have 25213. This comes forward favorable on condition of receiving a substitute. It's a council carried forward uh refresh paper that needed the appropriate account data plugged in. Uh you have received the substitutes and I will uh move to bring it forward. Second. There's a motion by council member Shook to bring forth the substitute for 251213. Seconded by council Juan. Is there any discussion on the motion to bring forth the substitute? Hearing now move to vote. Madam clerk, please open the vote on the motion to bring forth the substitute. One moment. The vote is open. Will everyone please vote? The vote's close. 13 yay, zero naysay. 13 yay, zero naysay. The motion bring forth the substitute carries. All right. Thank you. The caption's unchanged. Let me sound it. This would be an ordinance by Shook authorizing the transfer of funds from various council carry forward accounts to the respective council distribution expense accounts to continue serving the Atlantic community by funding projects for the public good within their district or or donating funds for charitable purposes uh and for other purposes. Move approval on substitute. Second. It's a motion by Shook, seconded by Juan to adopt 251213 as substituted. Any discussion on the motion to adopt this item? Hearing none move to vote. M clerk, please open the vote on the motion to adopt a substituted. The vote is [Music] open. Will everyone please vote? The votes closed. 13 yay zero nays. 13 yay zero nays. The motion to adopt substitute carries. That is all. Thank you. Next up will be the committee on council. Chair Collins. Yeah. Yes. So we um if if there for from for committee on council if there are no objections from the body we would like to take items 1 through 7 as a block. Any objection? Please proceed. All righty. So um communications 25- C-0000341 communication from Mayor Andre Dickens appointing Miss Candace Franklin to serve as a member of the Fulton County Library System on behalf of the city the city of Atlanta. The term limit is to be concurrent with that of the mayor. Um item 25- C-0000452 and communication from council members Dustin Hillis district 9 Andrea Boone district 10 and Isa Collins myself post three at large appointing Miss Arishia Mcichael to serve as a member of the water and sewer appeals board appeals board. This appointment is for a term of three years. Item number 25- C-0000493, uh, communication from Tony Roberts, executive director and CEO of the Atlanta Bar Association, submitting the appointment of Miss Gabriella Cole to serve as a member of the ethics board. This appointment is for a term of three years as well. Item 25- C-0000514, a communication from council member Marcy Caria Over Street, District 11, reappointing Miss Jackin Sims to serve as a member of the Commission on Aging. This appointment is for a term of four years to begin retroactively on October 1st, 2022 and expire September 30th 2026. Item number 25- C-0000525, a communication from Sajira Jones, president um uh President Atlanta Planning Advisory Board, also known as Apmitting the reappoint of Miss Karine Dent, to serve as a member of the Atlanta Beltline Tax Allocation District Advisory Committee. This appointment is for a term of two years. Item number 25- C-0000536, a communication from Sajiraa uh Jones, President Atlanta Planning Advisory Board, submitting the appointment of Miss Barbara Leaf to serve as a member of the Keep Atlanta Beautiful Commission. This appointment is for a term of two years. And item 25- C00557, a communication from Mayor Andre from Mayor Andre Dickens appointing Miss Angela Bowers to serve as a member of the city the city of Atlanta Americans with Disability Act advisory committee. All of these items have come before the committee uh for uh committee of council with favorable recommendations and the recommendation is to adopt. There's a motion coming out of committee to adopt these seven items. It does not need a second. Is there any discussion on the motion to adopt these items? Hearing none, we'll move to vote. Madam clerk, please open the vote on the motion to adopt these seven items. The vote is open. The closed 13 yay, zero naysay. 13 yay, zero naysay. Motion to adopt these items. carries. Great. Um, this brings us to our regular agenda item starting with item number eight, which is um, ordinance number 25-1204 and ordinance by council member Michael Julian Bond to amend the city of Atlanta's Recreation Studies Commission established by resolution 23-R351 and to modify its membership and remove the sunset date and for other purposes. This um our recommendation is to adopt. There's a motion coming out of committee to adopt 25-1204. Doesn't need a second. Any discussion on the motion to adopt this item? Hearing none. Move to vote. Madam clerk, please open the vote on the motion to adopt. The vote is open. The next item that we have, will everyone please vote? Vote is closed. 13 yay, zero naysay. 13 yay, zero naysay. The motion to adopt carries. Our next item is resolution item number 25-R3324. A resolution by the committee on council appointing two positions, two members of city council to positions on the budget commission to be filled uh by two members of this governing body nominated and confirmed by the governing body at large for a one-year term for the purposes of performing the duties and responsibilities of the commission in connection with the fiscal year 2026 budget for the city of Atlanta and for other purposes. We have forwarded this without um with no recommendation and this item come this item comes before the body with no recommendation. My colleagues, we will need to substitute this item on the floor to add the names of the members of the body who will serve as members on the budget commission. If no members have been nominated, then we'll need to conduct a ballot vote at this time. Believe that we will conduct a ballot vote unless there is a unless there are nominations. Council member Shook. All right. Um I am aware that Mr. Juan and Mr. Doer have graciously offered to serve in that capacity and so I will nominate those two. Okay. There's a nomination by council member Shook for council members Juan and Doure. Are there any other nominations heard from the floor? [Music] All right. Yes. Then chair uh Collins. Yes. President Shipman, would you like to substitute? Yes. Uh absolutely. would like to make a motion to substitute um item number 25-R3324 to reflect a resolution by committee on council appointing council members Alex Juan and council member Jason Doer to the two positions on the budget commission u to be filled by this governing this governing body and confirmed by the governing body for a at large for a one-year term for the purposes of performing the duty and responsibilities of the commission in connection with the FY2026 budget for the city of Atlanta and for other purposes. There's there's a motion by council Collins to bring forth a substitute reflecting Juan and Doer to serve in these positions. Is there a second? Seconded by Council Baktiari. I'm just going to take a point of personal privilege. Is council members Juan and Doer okay with this? Okay, good. Just so we don't get too far out of whack. Uh is there any discussion on the motion to bring forth the substitute? Hearing none, we'll move to vote. Madam clerk, please actually I'm going to Madam Clerk, please open the vote on the motion to bring forth substitute. The vote is open. Will everyone please vote? The closed 13 yay, zero nays. 13 yay, zero nays. Motion to bring forth the substitute carries. Great. Uh, since this came forward without a recommendation, I'll need you to move it. Okay. And so now I will move move to approve item number 25-R3324. There's a motion by Council Member Collins to adopt 25R3324 as substituted. Is there a second? Seconded by Council Member Over Street. Any discussion on the motion to adopt a substituted? Madam Clerk, please open the vote on the motion to adopt a substitute. The vote is open. Okay. I'm just making sure I know you. Will everyone please vote? The vote's closed. 13 yay, zero nays. 13 yay, zero nays. The motion to adopt as substitute carries. Chair Collins, anything else today? No, Mr. President, that ends my report. Thank you. Thank you. Next up will be the zoning committee. I believe that vice chair uh Hillis presided. So Vice Chair Hillis um first item is 240 1022 U23-26 1492 Pedmont Avenue Northeast B. The ordinance is for a special use permit for outdoor dining at eating and drinking establishments. And also without uh objection, we'll take the items together if they're both to be filed. Next item is 240 1198 Z-24-15 1101 Morland Drive Southeast and 1721 Woodland Avenue Southeast. The ordinance is to reszone from R4 single family residential to MR2 multif family residential. Recommendation of the committee is to file those two items. So there's a motion coming out of committee to file both 2401022 and 240 11198. It does not need a second. Is there any discussion on the motion to file these two items? Hearing none. Move to vote. Madam clerk, please open the vote on the motion to file. The vote is open. Will everyone please vote? The votes closed. 13 yay, zero nay. 13 yay, zero naysay. A motion to file these items carries. Have been asked to deal with one held item. So I'll make a motion to enter committee of the whole. There's a motion by council member Hillis to enter committee of the whole. There's second by council Lewis. Any discussion on the motion bring to move in committee of the whole? We do this uns consent without objection. Any objection? Madam clerk, please sign on the count of names consent on the motion to move to committee of the whole. 13 yay, zero nays. 13 yay, zero nays. The motion carries. We're now in committee of the whole. Chair, vice chair Hillis. Thank you. The item uh held item to deal with is 240709 Z-24-90 3260 Kame Drive Southeast, 913 Hutchkins Road, and 895 Hutchkins Road Southeast. The ordinance is to reszone from PDH plan development housing to PDH plan development housing for a major site plan amendment. Uh I will make a motion to amend. There's a motion to amend by council member Hillis 24-709. Is there a second? Second by council member Shook. Any could you talk about the amendment? Council members have received um an email with the amendment. It's just a change in the conditions uh that was previously discussed at the ZRB hearing. Any discussion on the motion to amend? I'll give everybody a moment to make sure that they have it in their boxes. Right. Madam clerk, please open the vote on the motion to amend 24-709. The f is open. Will everyone please vote? The closed 13 yay, zero nays. 13 yay, zero nays. The motion to amend carries. I'll make a motion to approve as amended. One final. So, can I make a motion to add one final amendment to this? one sentence to this. After speaking with the zoning department, the law department and my colleagues, there's one sentence that I wanted to add to this at the top and so council council Lewis, hold on just a second. Councelor Hillis, would you withdraw your motion to adopt? So, we'll go ahead and do draw my motion, but I would like to hear from the law department. And after speaking to the zoning department and colleagues about a sentence that we wanted to do after discussing with the law department as well. Go. Good afternoon. Amber Robinson, City of Atlanta Department of Law. any um amend the amendments as proposed that were um the council has just moved to um adopt excuse me to accept as an amendment um were confirmed to have already been before the zoning review board and so therefore have had their public hearing and the paper would be ready for adoption following um those amendments. any additional um amendment would have to have the same confirmation that the ZRB has in fact um had its public hearing considering that. So I unfortunately I do not have that information about the additional sentence. Um, but that would be necessary to confirm um to ensure that the ZRB has in fact had the public hearing on anything additional. Okay. And I can respond to that. You've seen I just I just want to make certain that the record reflects what is the sentence. Gotcha. Thank you. So that way because the ZRB have seen it and the the zoning review board has seen it. That sentence makes this a stronger piece of stronger legislation sent to us from the zoning board from the zoning department. This site shall be developed in accordance with the site plan entitled Hutchkins Road prepared by Gaskins and Lacru dated February 4, 2025 and stamped received and amended by the office of zoning and development on February 4th, 2025. Minor changes to the approved site plan may be authorized by the director of the office of zoning and the development in accordance with section 16-02.003 in parenthesis 7 and reason being to make it to where this can't be this legislation this site can't be changed without coming back to the department coming back to the city of Atlanta and this makes it a stronger piece of legislation for us in the community the community that I actually live in. Okay. So, just procedurally, you're moving to amend with that sentence. Yes. So, let's go ahead and make that motion to amend with that sentence. I'll come back to law in just a second. Is there a second? Is there a second? Seconded by Council West Morland. Okay. So, um is there a way to email that to your colleagues? Council Lewis, send it. Yes, there he is. Thank you. So, let's move to discussion on the motion to amend Council Member West Morland. Thank you, Mr. President. It is my not only understanding but I'm looking at 240709 which has been held in the zoning committee for I don't know how long. Um the sentence that Mr. Lewis just read was on the list of conditions that we just amended. So I'm proactively attempting to say that it's my understanding that it would have gone before the ZRB because it was on the conditions list that has been held in committee. if that makes sense. Um, and thus the sentence he just read, hopefully there would be no issue with adding it back in because it was listed as a condition until 45 seconds ago. It it was the one thing that we removed when we put it back in and I sent it out to colleagues right now. Thank you. Law, have any comment on the viability to adopt? Yes. I mean, if if that sentence was reviewed by the ZRB during its public hearing, there's no problem with moving forward with adopting the legislation thereafter. Great. Any other discussion on the motion to amend as proposed by Council Lewis? Okay. Uh, Madam Cler, please open the vote on the motion to amend 24-709. The vote is open. [Music] Will everyone please vote? 13 yay, zero nays. 13 yay, zero nays. The motion to amend carries. My chair Hillis. Yes. Thank a motion to uh approve as I guess doubly amended. There's a motion by council member Hillis. Is there a second? Second. Seconded by council Lewis to adopt 24-709 as amended. Any discussion on the motion to adopt as amended this item? Hearing none. We'll move to vote. Madam clerk, please open the vote. The vote is open. Will everyone please vote? Vote is closed. 13 yay, zero nays. 13 yay, zero nays. The motion to adopt as amended carries. I'll make a mo I'll make a motion to exit committee of the hall. There's a motion by council Hillis, seconded by council Lewis to exit committee of the whole. Any discussion? We can do this via names consent. Any objection? Motion to move out of committee of the whole. Madam clerk, please sign the count's consent. 13 yay, zero naysay. 13 yay, zero nays. The motion carries. We are now back into regular session. Vice Chair Hillis, I'll now make a motion to adopt all actions taken in committee of the whole. There's a motion by council member Hillis to adopt all items taken during uh to adopt all actions taken during committee of the whole. Is there a second? Seconded by council Lewis. Any discussion on the motion to uh approve all the actions? Hearing none, we'll move to vote. Madam clerk, please open the vote on the motion to approve all the actions in committee of the whole. The vote is open. The vote's closed. 13 yay, zero naysay. 13 yay, zero nays. The motion carries. Vice Chair Hillis. Thank you, Mr. President. That completes the report of the zoning committee. Thank you. Next up will be the public safety legal administration committee. Chair Boon. Thank you, Mr. President. We do not have a report today. Thank you. Next will be the city utilities committee. Chair Lewis. Thank you, Mr. President. We do not have a report today. Thank you. Next will be community development human services committee. Chair Winston. Thank you, Council President. Keeping that train going. We do not have a report today. Thank you. Finally, today will be the transportation committee. Chair Amos, and my colleague had to use the analogy keeping the train going. Um because I do have a report uh today. We actually have four items coming to you. First is 25-1189. This is coming to us favorable um on substitute on condition. Um the condition was the legislation to be amended to add the verbiage waving the source selection provision in the code and that's um has been satisfied. So, um I will read this um because the caption would not change a substitute ordinance by transportation committee as amended by the Atlanta City Council waving part two code of ordinance general ordinance chapter 2 administration article 10 procurement and real estate code division 4 of the Atlanta city code of um author authorizing the mayor or his designate on behalf of the Atlanta Department of Transportation to execute the third amendment to IFBC. B [Music] C202208-1230054-2120 2021 El Mid Street Resurfing Resurfacing Project Group 2 South with the Magnum Paving Company to add funding amount not to exceed 8,725,2546. All contracted work shall be charged and paid from the account listed herein and for other purposes. And I guess I do have to make a motion to amend. There's a motion to amend by council A, second by council member Doer. Is there any discussion on the motion to amend 25-1189? Hearing none, we'll move to a vote. Madam clerk, please open the vote on the motion to amend this item. The vote is open. Will everyone please [Music] vote? Close. 14 yay zero naysay. 14 yay z nays. The motion to amend carries. Mr. President, that um that I read is the substant I mean the amended caption. So at this motion I mean at this time I make an adoption to um I make a motion to adopt as amended. There's a motion to adopt 24-1189 as amended by councelor Amos, seconded by councelor Juan. Any discussion on the motion to adopt this item? Madam clerk, please uh open the vote on the motion to adopt as amended. The vote is open. Will everyone please vote? The votes closed. 14 yay, zero naysay. 14 yay, zero nays. The motion to adopt is amended carries. Thank you. Next item is 25-1192. An ordinance by transport I'm sorry 25-1191. An ordinance by transportation committee authorizing the mayor or his designate to enter into an intergovernmental agreement with the metropolitan Atlanta rapid transit authority on behalf of the Atlanta Department of Transportation for the purpose of reimbursing MAR for resurfacing the general purpose lanes of Hank Aaron Drive in part of the Mr Rapid Summer Hill BRT project in Fulton County, Georgia in an amount not to exceed 6,34,312 authorizing the chief procurement officer to issue purchase orders under the martyr agreement and for other purposes this come to us favorable five yays one nay motion to adopt there's a motion to adopt command of committee 25-1 1191 it does not need a second is there any discussion on the motion to adopt this item hearing none move to vote madam clerk please open the vote on the motion to adopt the vote is Will everyone please vote? Mr. Council Member Hillis. The vote is closed. 14 yay, zero naysay. 14 yay, zero naysay. Negot carries. Yes, sir. And next item is 25-1218. An ordinance by council member Byron D. aimless authorizing the mayor or his designate to execute a third amendment to agreement FC-9034 on street parking management program with SP plus all in one joint venture on behalf of the Atlanta Department of Transportation to extend the term of the agreement on a month-to-month basis to begin on April 1st 2025 through October 1st 2026 to wave chapter 2 article 10 division 4 the procurement and real estate code of the city of Atlanta code of ordinance In so far as it shall be necessary to authorize the actions authorized hereby and for other purposes this come to us favorable on condition and I have a colleague like to speak to the condition. So there is so the condition has been met. Is that correct? Yes. Condition has been met. So there's a motion coming out of committee to adopt 25-1218. Does not need a second. Is there discussion? Council member Doer. Thank you Mr. President. Thank you Mr. Chair. Uh so the condition has been met. Uh we did ask that uh we have a work session scheduled to talk about this larger issue around curbside management about parking management. Um and so even though uh we are moving forward to have that work session, we still need to lock in a date for the actual event to take place. And so colleagues, I know uh David's been doing a phenomenal job uh reminding all of us to serve on the transportation committee to uh share your availability so we can get that date locked in. And so uh my ask and my request in support of our chair is to uh make sure to get that information back to uh Mr. Johnson as soon as we can so we can get that work session scheduled. But the condition has been met. Looking forward to have that conversation with the department and to be able to move forward on this issue. Is there other discussion on the motion to adopt 25-1218? Now we move to vote. Madam clerk, please open the vote on the motion to adopt this item. The vote is open. Oh, we will everyone please vote. bags again. The bus close. 14 yay, zero nays. 14 yay, zero nays. The motion uh carries. Mr. President, last item is the one that was pulled from consent. That's 25-118. This item was um pulled from consent to amend the legislation to correct the project number. Um motion to amend and I will read the well motion to amend this item and it will change the caption. um ordinance by the transportation committee as amended by the Atlanta City Council authorizing the mayor his design on behalf of the Atlanta Department of Transportation to accept federal funds through the Atlanta Regional Commission and the Georgia Department of Transportation for the development of South Downtown Pedestrian Enhancements. Georgia Department of Transportation project number. It is listed in the amount not to exceed 2,800,000 to amend the fiscal year 2025 intergovernmental grant fund budget by adding to anticipations and appropriations accept funds in the amount of 2,800,000 to enter agreement with the Atlanta Regional Commission, the Georgia Department of Transportation, Federal um Transportation Administration and other partner organizations for acceptance anticipation appropriations and implement mentations of fund and for other purposes I motion to adopt. Blazers, you're a motion to amend. Correct. Motion to amend. Yes. Yes. It's a motion to amend by council Amos, seconded by council Doer. And and I'm assuming that that caption is the new caption. C. Yes, sir. Any discussion on the motion to amend this item? Hearing none. Madam clerk, please open the vote on the motion to amend 24-1188. The vote is open. The vote's closed. 14 yay z. 140 naz. The motion to amend carries. Mr. President, ends my report. Thank you. I think council Amos. I think you want to adopt. Correct. Oh. Oh, yes. Definitely want to adopt. Motion to adopt. Just want to make sure. Yes. So, there's a motion to adopt by councelor Amos, second by councelor Doer 24-188 as amended. Any discussion on the motion to adopt as amended? Hearing no move to vote. Madam clerk, please open the vote on the motion to adopt this item as amended. The vote is open. Will everyone please vote? [Music] The votes closed. 14 yay z. 14 yay zay is the motion to adopt as amended carries. Mr. President, my second close and that ends my report. The train has stopped. Uh I believe that concludes all of the reports of standing committees and our items. We will now move to personal papers. I don't see any today for immediate consideration. So, we will move to those for referral. Let me reiterate that I try to follow the clerk's list and for some reason, council member Hillis is first today. Yes. Got to do what you got to do. Elms ID 37921, an ordinance by council member Dustin Hillis authorizing a merit's day with me. execute a quick claim deed conveying the city's interest in property located at 0 English Street Northwest Atlanta 30318 Fulton County Tax Parcel ID number listed and an amount not to exceed $100 to B&M Associates LLC for the purpose of returning the property to its owner in order to correct an error in conveyance of the property and for other purposes. Elms ID 37921 will be referred to the CDHS committee. Please my items. Thank you. Thank you. Council Amos. Yes, sir. AMS number 37930, ordinance by council member Byron D. Amos and council member Dustin Hillis to amend part 16, chapter 18h of the 1982 zoning ordinance of the city of Atlanta as to amend so to create a new section 16-18h.004 to create regulations for short-term rentals in the home park neighborhood and for other purposes. Home ID 37930 will be referred to the zoning committee. AMS ID 37891, a resolution by council member Byron D. was authorizing the city of Atlanta to do to donate a total amount not to exceed $150,000 to the Westside Future Fund pursuant to section 6-306 of the city of Alija charter to support the creation of affordable housing on affordable formally blighted and distressed properties authorizing the mayor is there's a need to enter into a donation agreement which shall detail the actions of Westside Future Fund in the redevelopment of blighted properties to authorize the chief financial officer or his designate to make the donation authorized hereby from the accounts listed here and and for other purposes. ID 37891 will be referred to the CDHS committee. AMS number 37927, ordinance by council member Byron D. Amos to authorize the conveyance of approximately 5.44 44 acres of city- owned property located at 2327 Donald Lee Hollowale Parkway 0 and 2445 Donn Lee Hollowale Parkway to lead center for youth in exchange for approximately 7.36 acres of a privately owned land on Bolton Road for the purpose of expanding the city park system and for other purposes. Homes ID 37927 will be referred to the CDHS committee. AMS ID 37934 ordinance by council member Byron D. Amos to create a tenant landlord mediation board to facilitate fair and immediate efficient conflict resolution within the city of Atlanta and for other purposes. ID 37934 will be referred to the CDHS committee. AMS number 37933 ordinance by city council member Byron D. aim was to establish a multif family rent escrow account program in the city of Atlanta to address um hability violations for landlords and provide for the administ administration of escrow accounts and for other purposes. House 37933 will refer to the CDHS committee. That's the last one, sir. Thank you. Thank you, Council Boon. Yes, sir. Okay. Thank you, Mr. President. Elms ID number 37875, a resolution by council member Andrea Elbon affirming the city of Atlanta support for second chance employment initiatives recognizing the importance of fair chance hiring practices in reducing recidivism and advancing economic equity and encouraging city departments, employers and community partners to implement policies that support the successful re-entry of justice involved individuals. And for other purposes, Elms ID 37875 will be referred to the public safety and legal administration committee. Easy. Elms ID number 37868, an ordinance by council member Andrea Elon, authorizing the mayor, his designate to amend work order number two under agreement 1210241, installation of traffic calming measures with Georgia Paving, Inc. to add funding in an amount not to exceed $300,000 for the purpose of installing additional traffic calming measures to wave chapter 2, article division 4 of the procurement and real estate code of the city of Atlanta code of ordinances in so far as it shall be necessary to authorize the actions authorized hereby and for other purposes. 37868 will be referred to the transportation committee. Next item, Elm's ID number 37894. An ordinance by council member Andrea Elboom waving part two code of ordinances general ordinances chapter 2 administration procurement and real estate code division 4 of Atlanta city code to execute the first amendment to emergency procurement agreement epo243120246 small meter installation with Titan Unlimited LLC on behalf of the department of watershed management to extend end the term of the agreement retroactively effective from January 15th to 2025 through January 14th, 2026 to ratify services rendered with the agreement beginning January 15, 2025 through the execution of the first amendment to add funding to the agreement in an amount not to exceed $300,000. All contracted work will be charged to and paid from the fund department organization and account listed here and and for other purposes. House 837894 will be referred to the city utilities committee. An ordinance by council member Andrea El Boon waving part two code of ordinances general ordinances chapter 2 administration article procurement and real estate division Atlanta city code to execute the first amendment to emergency procurement agreement epwm243124246b4 small meter installation with KM Davis Contracting Inc. on behalf of the Department of Watershed Management to extend the term of their agreement retroactively effective from January 15th, 2025 through January 14th, 2026 to ratify services rendered with the agreement beginning January 15th, 2025 through the execution of the First Amendment to add funding to the agreement in an amount not to exceed 2 million $700,000 and 0 cents contracted work will be charged to and paid from the fund department organization and account number listed here and and for other purposes. Homes ID 37895 will be referred to the city utilities committee. Next item owns ID number 37931 resolution by council member Andrea Boon requesting the mayor his designate to install no parking signs to restrict parking at 3825 Bakers Fairy Road and for other purposes. Elms ID 37931 will be referred to the transportation committee. Elms ID number 37892 an ordinance by council members Andrea Elbo Boon, Michael Julia Bond, Myra D Amos, Dustin Hillis, Eay Collins, Jason Winston, Jason Doure, and Matt West Morland authorizing a payment in amount not to exceed $24,000 and zero cents from various accounts to the city of Atlanta office of cultural affairs to pay for expenses related to the 2025 jazz festival events and for other purposes. episode 37892 will be referred to the finance exec committee. Thank you, Mr. President. Thank you, Council Doer. Thank you, Mr. uh President. Uh, one item today, Elms number 37932, a resolution by council member Jason Doer and the mayor Feroki authorizing the mayor or his design on behalf of the Atlanta Department of Transportation to execute a project management agreement with the Atlanta Downtown Improvement District for downtown pedestrian way found finding in an amount not to exceed $3 million. All contracted work to be charged to and paid from the fund department organization account numbers listed herein and for other purposes. ID 37932 will be referred to the transportation committee. That's all I have. Thank you. Thank you, Council Member Ferro. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Two papers. Elms ID 37936, an ordinance by Council Member Ramir Feroki to rename Peace Avenue Northeast as Edna Mafet Street Northeast to wave certain provisions of section 138-8 of the city of Atlantic code of ordinances and for other purposes. Elms ID 37936 will be referred to the transportation committee and Elms ID 37940 a resolution by council member Amir Feroki authorizing a donation in an amount not to exceed $5,000 and the district 2 discretionary fund account to the Georgia municipal association pursuant to section 6-306 of the city of Atlanta charter and for other purposes ID 37940 be referred to the finance exec committee council member Lewis Thank you, President. Elms ID 37893, a resolution by council member Antonio Lewis authorizing the mayor or his design need to execute the second amendment to agreement. If C122027, sewer group 4, small diameter rehabilitation contract A with Ruby Collins Incorporated. on behalf of the Department of Watershed Management to add funding to the agreement in an amount not to exceed $33,228,35. All contract work, all contractor work will be charged to and paid from the fund department, organization, and account numbers listed there herein and for other purposes. Elms ID 37893 will be referred to the city utilities committee. Elms ID 37896, a resolution by council member Antonio Lewis authorizing the mayor or his designate to execute cooperative agreement with on behalf of the department of watershed management pursuant to section 2-1602 ET square of the Atlanta city code utilizing for a term of years with renewal options in the amount not to exceed all contract work to be charged and paid from the fund department organization and account number listed herein and for other purposes. Elms ID 37896 will be referred to the city utilities committee. Elms ID 37834, a resolution by council member Antonio Lewis requesting the commissioner of the Atlanta Department of Transportation to conduct a traffic study on Rockwell Street to convert Rockail Street to from a two-way street to a one-way street and for other purposes. Customer Lewis, is that 843 or 834? 834. 834. Elms ID 37834 will be referred to the transportation committee. Thank you, Council Member Over Street. Thank you. Elms ID number 37939. A resolution by council members Over Street, Lewis, West Morland, Hillis Boone Bon Doure Barroi Bakiari Shook Juan Collins Amos, and I'm missing one. Winston and Winston. A resolution by those council members authorizing the city of Atlanta to donate a total amount of not to exceed $1 million to the Atlanta Regional Commission and Propel ATL pursuant to section 6-306 of the city of Atlanta's charter to continue supporting electronic bike initiatives through out within the city of Atlanta authorizing the mayor or his designate to enter into any necessary agreements to effectuate the donation and authorize the chief financial officer to design or his designate to make all payments from the accounts listed herein and for other purposes. Elms ID 87939 will be referred to the transportation committee. Thank you. M's ID number 37864, a resolution by council members Marcy Collier Overreet and Andrea Elbo Boon authorizing the mayor or his designate to issue task order number B-1 under contract number RFP RFDAM 26 2406-124312 vertical and horizontal job order contracting large with EDT code SD CCJ fee for the design and construction of zone 4 police precinct on behalf of the department of enterprise asset management in an amount not to exceed $8 million7 8,775,375788 all work to be charged to and paid from the accounts listed and for other purposes ID 37864 we refer to the finance exact committee a resolution by Elms ID number 37784, a resolution by council member Marcy Collier Over Street authorizing the mayor or his designate to exercise the second renewal option for SPPS DHR2304-1230294 third party consultant with PRM South Incorporated on behalf of the Department of Human Resources and for a term of one year effective from June 12th. 2025 through June 11, 2026 in the amount not to exceed 134,7760. All contracted work will be charged to and paid from the fund department, organization, and account number listed herein and for other purposes. Alms 37884 will be referred to the finance exact committee. Okay, last one. Uh, Elm's ID number 37928, an ordinance by council member Marcy Collier over street to reszone a portion of 2099 Faburn Road Southwest from R4 single family residential to C1 Community Business District for the erection of a freestanding sign and for other purposes. House ID 37928 will be referred to the zoning committee. Thank you. Thank you, Council Member Shook. Uh, thank you. Elms 37874, resolution by Shook authorizing the mayor to execute an agreement with Microsoft Unified Services uh, support services utilizing a state of Georgia master service agreement between the state of Georgia's Department of Administrative Services and Microsoft Corp. on behalf of AIM in accordance with a section listed here. use of state contracts in an amount not to exceed $3,558,37 all contracted work to be charged to and paid from etc. El 37874 we refer to the finance exec committee. Elms 37883 is a resolution by shook authorizing the mayor to enter into a special procurement agreement with Kerosoft Technology Corp. for LinkedIn services on behalf of HR for two years with two one-year renewal options and amount not to exceed $228,319.75 uh with all contracted work being charged to been paid from etc. Elms ID 37883 will be referred to the finance exec committee and Elms 37885 resolution by Shook authorizing the mayor to execute the third amendment to a sole source agreement pre-employment background screening services with higher right on behalf of HR to add funding for background screenings bringing the total amount not to exceed $384,000 um 444 and to update the funding accounts from which the contracted work will be charged charged to and paid from and for other purposes. ID 37885 will be referred to the finance exec committee. That is all. Thanks, Council Member Juan. Thank you, Mr. President. Um Elms 37929, a resolution by council member Alex Juan requesting that the mayor or his design install traffic calming devices at the western ends of both Orm Circle Northeast and Elms Elmwood Drive Northeast in order to reduce speeding and for other purposes. Elms ID 37929 will be referred to the transportation committee. Elms 37935, an ordinance by council members Juan, Bactiari, and West Morland, authorizing a donation in an amount not to exceed $5,000 and 0 cents from various carry forward accounts to lambda legal pursuant to section 6306 of the city of Atlanta's charter and for other purposes. Elms ID 37935 will be referred to Finance Exact Committee. Elms 37937 ordinance by council member Alex Juan to amend chapter 10 alcoholic beverages of the city of Atlanta code of ordinances at section 10-52 revise the signage requirements for alcohol licenses and for other purposes 37937 we refer to the public safety committee and finally ELMS 37938 an ordinance by council member Alex Juan to amend chapter 74 article 4 noise control section 74132E exclusions to ensure quality of life for residential neighborhoods adjacent to city parks and for other purposes. site 37938 will be referred to the public safety committee. You Thank you, Council Winston. Thank you, Council President. Uh first is Elms 37942. A resolution by Council Member Winston requesting the mayor is designated to make the intersections of Sydney Street Southeast at Bro Street Southeast and Sydney Street Southeast at Oakland Avenue Southeast always stop control intersections to request the Atlanta Department of Transportation to install stop signs at the intersection and for other purposes. Elms ID 37942 will be referred to the transportation committee. Elms ID 37941, a resolution by council member Mason requesting the mayor's designated make the intersection of Crumbley Street Southeast and Fraser Street Southeast and all stop always stop control intersection to request the Atlanta Department of Transportation to install stop signs at the intersection and for other purposes. ID 37941 will be referred to the transportation committee. Elms ID 37865, a resolution by council member Winston request or authorizing the mayor or his designate to exercise the third renewal option of the agreement number listed for summer food services program with Mills Pro, Inc. on behalf of the Department of Parks and Recreation for a term of one year effective July 15, 2025 through July 14th, 2026 and an amount not to exceed $790,000 um $90,680 to be charged to and paid from the funding accounts listed in and for other purposes. Elms ID 37865 will be referred to the CDHS committee. Elms ID 37866, an ordinance by council member Jason Winston authorizing the mayor or his designate uh on behalf of the departments of recreation to accept a reimbursement grant pursuant to the United States Department of Agricultural Child and Adult Care Food Programs and then not not to exceed $790,680 to establish a dedicated grant account to manage the reimburseable grant funds for the numbers listed summer food services programs with MealsPro Inc. to be charged to and paid from the funding account listed here and for other purposes. Home ID 37866 will be referred to the CDHS committee. Thank you. I believe that concludes the items for referral today. With that, we will move to general remarks. Let me just start by reminding everyone to submit their campaign reports by May 7th. That is on Wednesday. So, don't forget other general remarks. Council Shook. Thank you. Um, every spring is the swallows return to Capistrano and the buzzards to Hinckley, Ohio. So, the Atlanta City Council will begin its review of the mayor's proposed FY26 budget tomorrow at 10:00 right here in this historic chamber. Uh, we will go until 4 uh with a break for lunch. Thank you. Thank you, Councelor Baktiari. It's hard hard to follow up that level of poetry, but I'll try. Um, really quick, I I I misspoke on the mic earlier around APD and GSP. I wanted to correct what I said. Think someone thankfully uh flagged me on this. I wanted to clarify one thing. APD does not have a no pursuit policy. They have a pursuit policy that places some limits on chases. Um, but I believe that there are are people that are meeting with chief tomorrow to discuss about policy changes, but I did want to clarify that I was incorrect earlier and name that. So that is all. Thank you. Thank you, Council Member Doer. Thank you, Mr. President. I just wanted to thank the members of the public who came out to a couple of our events this past weekend. On Saturday, we hosted a youth job fair in partnership with Atlanta Public Schools. We had uh over 200 families come out to support and to uh find job opportunities, get head shot, get their resumes done, and get some great connections that came out of that event. So, thank you for that. And then on Sunday, we had a phenomenal event uh with bringing kicking off Jazzfest season in Mosley Park in District 4. Uh thank you to all the families and neighbors and community members who came out to see some wonderful live music out in the park on a wonderful Sunday with no rain. So, thank you all. Councelor Ramos. Yes, sir. Um work anniversaries. We have our our wonderful clerk, Miss Lindo, has been with the city for eight years. And then we have our very own um desktop technician um Miss Joseph who's been with the city for seven years. So congratulations to both of them. And then um acknowledgements definitely want to acknowledge the number one world group Outcast for being nominated and ultimately inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Um want to bring recognition to the District Three Jazz Festival that'll take place this weekend in Washington Park at 4:00. Yeah, it's jazz festival time. Then I want to say um happy birthday to my granddaughter Callie turning four years old and then of course to my niece who is reach a recent um graduate of TSU um Tennessee State University. Congratulations to her as well. Other remarks Bond. Thank you Mr. President. Just want to announce that the ATL fresh and free drive-thru food distribution will be this Wednesday, May the 7th, at 2:00 p.m. at the Israel Baptist Church on Hosea Williams uh Boulevard. Uh, of course, there's no prerequisite to receive this uh benefit. And if you don't need it, please pass the word uh to someone else, you know, given the inflation and the tariffs, etc., etc. But no shame in the game if you need to come by and get some help. Also, on May the 18th, I want to say congratulations to my nephew, James Bond, who will be graduating from Morehouse College. Hey, so congratulations, James. Any other remarks before we adjourn? Seeing none, Madam Clerk, please sound the final call. Council President Doug Shipman, present. Council member Michael Julian Bond, post. Council member Matt West Morland, post two at large. Here. Council member Eay Collins, post three at large. Council member Jason H. Winston, District 1. Here. Council member Amir Ferro, District 2, here. Council member Byron D. Amos, District 3. Here. Council member Jason Dozer, District 4. Here. Council member Liliana Bakiier, District 5. Here. Council member Alex Juan, District 6. Council member Al Howard Shook, District 7. Oh, sorry. Council member Dustin Hills, District 9. Council member Andrea Elon, District 10. Council member Marcy Coler, Over Street, District 11. Council member Tony Lewis, District 12. Without objection, we stand a journ. Thank you, everybody.