#Atlanta City Council #Zoning Committee Meeting: October 23, 2023 #atlpol
No description available.
good morning let me get signed in okay good morning I am council member Marcy CER over Street and you are witnessing the zoning committee I am your chair and today I'm joined by my colleagues we have I believe all of us we have a full compliment no oh almost almost almost all let's just talk about who's here right now that would be council member Liliana bakari to my far right sitting next to her is council member uh Amir foki and to my far left is council member Matt W smling and to his right is council member Mary Norwood and to my left is council member J Jason doer and we are your zoning committee for today and thank you all for being here so let's get started we'll start by um adopting the agenda moved by Lil bakari second by West Morland please prepare the vote the vote is open the vote is closed 6 y z n 6 Z 6 y z nay moving on to adoption approval of the minutes moved by council member bak tiari and second by doer please repair the vote the vote is open the vote is closed we have 6 y Zer nay the minutes are approved now we're moving on to public comment do we have any public comment if we do you're allow three minutes per public comment now public comments cannot be about anything that's on our agenda for today so let's keep that in mind as we speak um first we have Prophet Curtis Harrison Harrison thank you for coming there you go you have three minutes yes praise the Lord in Jesus name right it's like we scared to say that name that name of Jesus right right I come in the name of Jesus Christ prophet of Jesus Christ again homelessness in Atlanta Georgia foron County to Cab County um again let me remind you of your recent history in Atlanta Georgia you know uh people talking about dirt and what people have on people to make them make their decisions and make you vote how they want you to vote You Know Rich Elite run the city uh a black cop just killed a black man in Atlanta Georgia I think we all know who that was it's it's a it's a large majority of crime going on in this city when I say in the city I mean Atlanta Georgia F County the cap County and again homelessness 19 folk died on your streets some of y'all went city council but y'all been here in 2019 then the pandemic happened so I wonder how many folk froze the death out here in our streets I'm still begging folk to to open up warm shelters now if folk Got dirt on y'all and making y'all do certain things now sex trafficking is number one in Atlanta Georgia foron county aids is number two in theant Georgia Fon County the Cab County now whatever going on y'all need to fix C if we don't get these people off these streets and we going have to start stiring the dirt and telling the dirt from governor on down because we're too tired of of what's happening in Atlanta Georgia for County the cap County and your Police Department is still not understanding that they cannot judicate and be law judge and prosecutor over people's lives now people is not going to keep allowing C to take their family members lives yall need to understand that it could be you one day I could be saving your life right now now I'm telling you something as a man of God as a prophet as a Christian the Bible says when the money is your god the city will soon come to ruin understand I don't I don't sleep well at night because God be showing me stuff now if you wake up one morning in your city under water don't say the prophet Ain tell you don't say that a man of God a never told you what's going to happen don't say that nobody car and there's no spiritual understanding cuz it is I'm telling you if they got dirt on y'all and making y cuz y'all not y'all going against what the people say we don't want no cop City we want this vide tape released and we want Justice for Johnny Hardman now no justice no peace now I think it was a few years ago where the people would side these buildings when when it was closed I was out there I I seen it I seen people go inside of the buildings what the buildings I seen police I was ride P these people that didn't do nothing cuz they couldn't do nothing cuz it was out of their hands you got to understand something this nation was built on lies rape and murder you understand something you know at one time at one time it was against the law for a white man and a black man to drink out the same water fountain in America so understand something that I'm I'm not just talking just to be talking now this Governor mayor legislature President we tired of we tired of the same conversations with the same city council and Commissioners every week and nothing being done Prophet Curtis thanks so much for your words today okay now we have uh Pastor lucenda Jolly you have three minutes good morning much good morning good morning and it won't take me three minutes okay I'm I'm here again just to kind of listen in on the updates on where we are with the uh property 1970 Velma streets sou East Atlanta Georgia uh again a church that we're trying to to get um completed you know going through all the processes so I'm really here to get the updates on that cuz it was on the calendar for us to be here today okay so I think we have one more setting after this setting which is November the 6 with Council so I'm hoping that there are some updates on the status of 1970 BMA Street Southeast Atlanta Georgia [Music] 30315 that's a church Atlanta Christian worship center and that's it thank you thank you that that concludes our public comment we are moving on our first item today is a public hearing um the agenda item requires a public hearing so we're going to open our public hearing so move by bakari second by over Street please repair the vote the vote is open the vote is closed that's a six sh your old n thank you uh so the public hearing is open because we have a vote of six Z six y zero Nays it's only one item so I'll read this in is 23560 mrpa 23-13 and ordinance by zoning committee to Grant a certificate under the provisions of the Metropolitan River protection act to allow the construction of a residential addition for property located at 2323 Paul Avenue Northwest 0.499 4 acres in land lot 253 of the 17th District fton County Georgia owner Donald J Thomas III and Lauren Thomas applicant Lauren Thomas mpud Council District 9 this brings us to public comment for this public hearing do we have any there are no uh members of the public signed up to speak okay so because there is no public comment I move to close the public hearing second by Bach tiari please prepare the vote the vote is open the vote is closed 6 your okay um I'd like to move to approve item 23- -156 is there a second second by doour please prepare the vote the vote is open and the vote is closed six sh and zero n thank you now we are on to two ordinances for first read there is one ordinance for first read that will be sounded in at full Council on November 6th that's next not next Monday but the following Monday after that uh so no action is needed today moving on to items for second read directors of zoning and development Keta homes will read in our ordinances for second read good morning council members U Madam chair if I could take item number three and four together yes please item number three 23054 Z 2348 an ordinance by zoning committee to rezone from heavy industrial Beltline overlay and mix residential commercial conditional Belt Line overlay to mix residential Comm residential commercial Belt Line overlay for property located at 740 Ral Mill Boulevard Northeast staff mpu and zrb recommendation is approval and item number 42356 z23 53 in ordinance by zoning committee designating The Fulton County World War one Memorial located at zero pach Tree Street Northeast landlock 17 of the 105th District to the landmark building or site designation resigned from Midtown special public interest District sub Area 1 to Midtown special public interest District sub Area 1 Landmark Builder site staff mpu and ZB ZB recommendation is approval move approval for both items second by bakari please prepare the vote the vote is open the vote is closed thank you item number 5 23211 Z 2335 an ordinance by council member Liliana bakari as amended by zoning committee to amend the 1982 zoning ordinance of the city of Atlanta by resoning existing single family residential and community business district and community business conditional zoning designations within the Boulder Crest triangle to create chapter 32p nc16 bodic Crest triangle neighborhood commercial District the request is to hold this item move by B to hold second by over Street please repair the vote the vote is open and the vote is closed 6 sh z n thank you madam chair if I can take items number 6 and 10 together yes please item number 6 23218 z231 17 an amended ordinance by zoning committee to rezone from single family residential upper Westside overlay and light industrial upper Westside overlay to community business district Upper West Side overlay for property located at 1692 Springer Street and item number 10 23424 Z 2340 an ordinance by zoning committee to rezone from two family residential conditional to two family residential conditional for a change of conditions for property located in 1,000 fingon place and the request is to file these items motion of file by West Morland second by over Street please repare the vote the vote is open and the vote is closed 6 and zero n item number 7 23057 u236 an amended ordinance by zoning committee for a special use permit for a place of worship pursuant to section 166 0051 C for property located at 1970 Velma Street Southeast staff recommendation NCB recommendation is approval conditional MP recommendation is approval item number 82358 U 2317 an amended ordinance by zoning committee for a special use permit for a place of worship pursuant to section 16651 c for property located at 1901 1911 1923 and zero Turner Road Southeast staff and ZB recommendation is approval conditional MP recommendation is approval and item number 9 23512 U 2322 and amended ordinance by zoning committee for special use permit for a private school pursuant to section 1606 a051 L for property located at 704 Charlotte Place Northwest staff and ZB recommendation is appr conditional MP recommendation is approval move approval for all three items is there second by Bach tiari please repair the vote council member do you want to move these as amended as amended approved as amended second by bakari thank you vote is open and the vote is closed 6 sh and zero n all right that brings us to items being held in committee which we will not be pulling any off today and now we are at General remarks so there's no meeting of the council or a standing committee's next week that's our fifth week of the month so we are uh adjourned until November the 6 okay anybody have any remarks though first general remarks have a lovely week thank you