Atlanta City Council - Regular Meeting

Thank you, congratulations. okay and we're moving on to our next proclamation that will be in recognition of the 30th anniversary of rick's barber and beauty salon all those here in support of that proclamation please come forward to the dais

Please join us, all those that are here to celebrate this amazing Southwest Atlanta staple.

All those that are here to celebrate with Rick Walker and the team at Rick's Beauty and Barber, please come up now so we can celebrate.

I'm going to tell you, even though we love you more than 15 minutes, The proclamation is going to be 15 minutes because we have other areas in city hall where we can do more celebration, but it's 15 minutes. I also would like to recognize that we are joined by our past mayor, Kasim Reed. Welcome. Welcome.

All right. As we all know, August is Black Business Month all over the country. And in Atlanta, we are no stranger to black businesses. In fact, we hold the record for having the most black-owned businesses in the entire country located right here in the city of Atlanta. And so we thought it would be great for us to highlight one of Atlanta's staple businesses, Southwest Atlanta's staple businesses, a District 11 business in the form of Rick's Barber and Beauty Salon. Can we give a round of applause for this amazing business? Rick Walker is our five proprietor. He is here surrounded by all the

Right. So not only is Atlanta home to the world's greatest aggregation of Black-owned businesses, Atlanta has a rich history, especially in the hair care space, as we think about the history of the Crystal Palace, which is at the corner of Auburn and Peachtree in the early 1900s, all the way to the Browner brothers, you know, and their great impact on the world of black hair care. Rick's Barber and Beauty Salon has a place in Atlanta's history, and we're here to celebrate 30 years of that today. So one more round of applause for this amazing leader. and his amazing business. I'm gonna start wi

Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Now we're going to hear from council member Boone.

Thank you, council member. The legendary Rick's Barber and Beauty Salon, Atlanta, Georgia, is going strong, Rick. Thank you for all you do. I met Rick in 2011. And I saw you in the city of Atlanta loading dock. And I said, this must be somebody real special. This must be an extraordinary barber who would drive in the city of Atlanta loading dock and go through the mayor's elevator. So I met you through Mayor Reed. And I knew that you were extraordinary, Rick. But thank you for what all of you all have done. You are not only an extraordinary barber, but you are an amazing neighbor, an amazing f

And what better than one businessman than two? We did not want the day to go by or this moment, this momentous occasion of 30 years in business, which is, by the way, a very long time for businesses to stay in operation. But we also wanted to honor my fellow native brother, Vincent Clemons, man. You have also been... You've also been... This is right in the front of the barbershop. I don't get a chance to go very much. I bought a ball pretty early in life. Me and Byron Amos. But when I get by the barbershop, you know, I always see you first. And that same smile that you just flashed is what al

Now for the man of the hour, Mr. Rick Walker himself. Let's receive him with a great round of applause.

We're going to take 30 more seconds and take a picture, but we do not want the ladies in your life. I heard Mayor Reed refer to Yolanda as the first lady. So these two arrangements, they're very heavy. That's why I didn't give them to you yet. There's one for you, and there's one for you, Ms. Beverly. We're going to present them to both of you all. They're very, very heavy, though.

That is for you. Yes. Thank you. Yes. And this one's for Miss Beverly. We salute you all as well for supporting this amazing businessman and this amazing business. So thank you to Miss Yolanda and to Miss Beverly. All right, let's go get a picture.

Thank you so much. As you all exit to the right, we'll have our next proclamation come up. We're a little behind time, so we're going to have to Our next proclamation is Frederick Douglass High School class of 1976, celebrating their 50th year anniversary. Frederick Douglass, you guys can come up on my left side of the dais. The Honorable Michael Julian Bond presiding.

Is this everyone? Well, I want to say good afternoon to everybody. Oh, good afternoon. Oh, it's great to be here with you on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the class of 1976 from the Frederick Douglas High School in Atlanta. This is a great occasion on, not just for their reunion from their scholastic experience at Atlanta Public Schools, but also their graduation, their matriculation through this high school came at a time of great optimism, great spirit of patriotism in America, Unlike the 250th, the 200th anniversary of this country was a very unifying experience. Plus, they began

Y'all squeeze in a little bit, real quick. OK. Let me take a quick picture right here for you. No, but look natural. Look like we're in motion. Smile.

Now, before we allow Ms. Holder to speak, we want to acknowledge our representative of District 3. And I echo a little sentiment. District 3 is the greatest council district in the city, because I used to represent District 3. Come on up, Council Member Amon.

thank you thank you thank you madam city attorney would you like to say a word

We had that prepared for a reason, Madam President. Please keep it on display. Please keep it on display. Thank you, I appreciate it. We're still within our time, so there's no reason to interrupt us. Thank you. You actually interrupted us right now. Please continue the slideshow. That's a part of our presentation in the honor of this class. Thank you. I would deeply appreciate it. Thank you. Please keep it going, staff. I apologize to the class for that. But we want to make sure that when we're honoring people, we're honoring them, not hurrying the honor, not pushing the honor, but displaying

They can't do it. Even when you all were there, they didn't want to give you all the credit for the achievements that you had. But you're getting it today. We love you. We support you. And we want you to know how special you really are.

No, we good, we know that. Because on Douglass High, thy name we acclaim.

Now we'll do what the city council does best. We'll take a picture. You come around to the front. Let's bring the proclamation. Come on.

I'm not going to fuss with you right now.

Oh my God. We have one more proclamation. For all those here to recognize new Pope AME, please come forward, join us on the dais.

And you come in either way, coming right through there. Come right up here. Here we are. We are, we are. You're 30th as well. Anniversary. Of course it is. I'm thinking of what just happened. It's been a long day. This is a very special proclamation and a very special day because we are celebrating 157 years of the New Hope AME Church. Hallelujah! and we are honored to have pastor david f richards iii with us today our great pastor new hope ame and here is the proclamation to pastor and the congregation whereas new hope ame church is grounded in united states antebellum history as enslaved afr

And my wife, my wife's father, so my father in love, Pastor Charlie Fogle out of St. Thomas A&E, I greet you and I congratulate you. My family is now three generations of pastors out of Savannah, Georgia. And so I understand, AME pastors out of Savannah, Georgia. So I truly understand the impact that you do in the community. I tied. To the AME Church, because we still have to make sure we're taken care of back home. So truly thankful for what you're doing in the Buckhead community, because I know about some of the history of it. And for you to still be standing strong is something that's neede

to this amazing pastor and amazing congregation. I too am a son of the AME Church. I'm Pentecostal now, but my mother grew up in St. Paul AME in Lithonia. And so we send our, the McGuire and Baker family sends our love to you all in this momentous occasion. Keep doing what you're doing. Thank you, Council Member Norwood.

And now we will have a photo, so we all come up this way. And Pastor, if y'all will come. And everybody come gather around, and they will take it. If you can't see the camera, the camera can't see you. So, let's all come.

Okay, well that concludes our proclamations portion. I'll do a quick note while council members are getting back to their seats. I've received quite a few complaints on our proclamations going over the allotted coded time of 15 minutes per proclamation. No, there are no penalties that can be assessed to council members when they go over time, but I do understand your frustrations when we do ask for you as public commenters to stick to two minutes and seated time, and we are going over our proclamation time, and there has to be a solution for that. We don't have that in this moment.

but I hear you and I appreciate you bringing all of that to my attention. Council members, please note that our code states that proclamations should be 15 minutes. If you do not like that code, you all need to change it with legislation. That'll be the only way you will be within your guidelines as council members in proceeding with proclamations. They should be 15 minutes in length in totality. We also as a council decided that we wanted to display a stop clock. don't mind looking at videos, one or two, maybe even three loops, but the stop clock, you all, by unanimous consent, decided that t

I'm trying to hold a moment of silence for a shot officer. Absolutely.

Today, we did have an incident in our city, and our Chief Siobhan is gonna come by and speak with us. We have an officer that was shot today. I understand that he's fine, and we're going to get updated on the incident, but we do wanna have a moment of silence for him. Is there anyone else that anyone would like to have a moment of silence for?

I'd also like to add we had two victims of a house fire that lost their lives in Heritage Valley over the weekend as well on Valley Ridge Drive. I won't release their names, but I want to definitely hold their families in prayer as well.

Thank you. And what about you, Council Member Amos?

Absolutely. Councilmember Lewis. Oh, Matt Westmoreland. Sorry. Councilmember Lewis.

And I want to send prayers to the family of Brother Ken Hillman. He lost his life last night. The family of Brother Ken Hillman.

He's a high-ranking member of a messianic lodge in my district.

Got it. Thank you. Council Member Westmoreland. Thank you, Madam President.

Joanna Adams passed away last week. She was born at Emory Hospital, graduated from Emory University. She was one of the first women ordained in the Presbyterian Church and served at Central Presbyterian, Trinity Presbyterian, Morningside Presbyterian, and First Presbyterian and helped found both In-Town Cares and the Agape Center.

Thank you. Let's all take a moment of silence for everyone mentioned. Thank you. That brings us to our remarks of the public. This is our public comment portion. Each speaker will have two minutes or up to 10 minutes with donated time pursuant to our code. Anyone receiving donated time should be at the end of the speaker's list. And let's get started with our list. Our first three speakers, Henri Jordan, Brother Anthony Muhammad, Muhammad and Michael Collins, you each have two minutes. Please come forward.

Thank you. Joycelyn Lewis, Proffitt, Curtis, Martin. We don't speak, this is their time for public comment. No, the answer is no. Proffitt, Curtis, Martin, Harrison, Giovanni Serrano. You each have two minutes. Michael Collins, you're next. Yes, thank you. You have two minutes.

We're in public comment, and that's what we're doing right now. Council Member Bond? We're not debating. We're not debating. Seriously.

Thank you, Mr. Collins. You have two minutes.

Thank you, Mr. Collins. Joycelyn Lewis. Two minutes, well, Joycelyn Lewis, Prophet, Curtis.

So it's Joycelyn Lewis, and then Prophet, and then Giovanni.

Prophet Harrison, you have two minutes. I apologize.

Thank you. Giovanni Serrano, you have two minutes.

Thank you. Our next three, Tanisha Dorr, Tyrone Clemons, Ara Bhatti. You each have two minutes. Please come forward.

Thank you. Our next three, Kaylin Gilstrap, Stephen Williams, Emmett Lump. You each have two minutes. Please come forward. Ms. Gilstrap, two minutes.

Thank you. Stephen Williams, you have two minutes.

Thank you. Our next three speakers, Matthew Nercy. You can come forward. You have two minutes, Matthew Nercy. Tim Reistetter. Kevin Kuzava, you each have two minutes. You can come forward.

Thank you. Tim Reistetter. You have two minutes.

Thank you. Kevin Kusava, you have two minutes.

Thank you. Thank you. Myrna Clayton, Samuel Andrade, Owusu Hadari, you are our three speakers, our next three. You have two minutes each. Ms. Myrna Clayton.

Thank you. Awusu Hadari. You have two minutes.

Thank you. Chloe Harper, Viviana Osorio, K. Ann Harris, you are our next three speakers. You each have two minutes. Please come forward.

Thank you. Viviana Osorio. You have two minutes.

Thank you. Daniel Lebrun, Roberta Myers, and Bianca Campbell, you are our next three speakers. You each have two minutes, you can come forward.

Thank you. Roberta Myers, you have two minutes. Please come forward.

That was the woman that you spoke to at the party.

Yeah, okay, I would like to meet with her soon. Bianca Campbell, you have two minutes.

Sarah Hunt Blackwell. Sarah Hunt Blackwell, you have two minutes. You're our last two-minute speaker for the day.

Thank you. We're moving to our yielded time portion. Our first speaker will be William King. You have four minutes. It's Tamecia. King here? Okay. You have four minutes, Mr. King.

Thank you. Our next speaker is Kendall Long. Mr. Long, you're supposed to have six minutes. Your time is yielded by Devin Franklin. I actually see him here, but I think that one of your speakers, Anne Marie, had to leave.

Our next speaker is Andrew Seiler. Mr. Seiler, you have four minutes. Is Caitlin Whitenack here? All right, you have four minutes.

Thank you. Our last speaker of the day is Renee Carter-Woods. Is Dave Martis? Okay. You have four minutes.

That concludes our public comment portion of our full council. very, very thoughtful comments today. Thank you so much for sharing, especially the stats and the good information. So thank you. Um, with that, that brings us, uh, to our report of the journal, madam clerk.

The chief is here. I'm thinking that we should speak with the chief first. Can we vote on this? Can we go ahead and vote now? Is that what you're saying? Okay, in that case, we'll just finish this and then we'll get to the chief. Motion to approve from Juan, second by Worthy. Madam Clerk, please prepare the vote. This can be done by unanimous consent. Madam Clerk, what's that sound? 12 yays, 0 nays. 12 yays, 0 nays. This item is approved. Okay, so we have a motion to suspend the rules by Hillers, second by Bakhtiari. This can also be done by unanimous consent. Madam Clerk, please sound that co

Absolutely. And thank you for the update. Council Member Martin, if you have a question.

Yes, I just want to say thank you, Chief, and to the team, the officer that was struck that happened in District 11. And, you know, I was made aware this morning that there had been a lot of repeated calls. But just thank you for the officer's bravery. Please extend that to him if you can speak to him. And we're going to continue to do what we can to support the not only our officers, but to your point, ensuring that we have the mental health resources that we need to help deescalate these kinds of situations and stop our officers from having to come out in the first place. But thank you. Than

Thank you, any other council members? You wanna close out COO Burks?

The report of the journal that we adopted, you sure that could be done on unanimous consent? We did unanimous consent. But that's fine. We usually vote. Yes. OK. All right. In that case, let's move on to communications.

I'll entertain a motion to accept and file those items. So moved by one second by Bakhtiari. Please prepare the vote.

The vote's closed, 13 yeas, zero nays. 13 yeas, zero nays. Those items are accepted and filed. That concludes our communication items, Madam President. Okay, what about consideration for veto legislation? We have none. Unfinished business? There is none. Okay, that takes us to our consent agenda section one. These are the items that receive unanimous votes out of committee. Are there any items to be removed from consent agenda section one? I see Council Member Winston.

Thank you, Council President, I have two items. The first is on page nine, item number 17, that's 26-0-1445, and then number 18 on page nine as well, which is 26-0-1450. Okay, 26-0-1450, 26-0-1445.

Thank you, Madam President. I've learned after our nationally televised chairs meeting this morning that I need to pull two items off consent. The first is item seven on page five, it's 2601431. And the second item is item number nine on page six, it's 2601433. Okay, please repeat that. 260-1431 is item seven on page five. And then 260-1433 is item nine on page six.

All right. Okay, Council Member Boone. Yes, thank you, Madam President. We also like to pull off 26-R-3907, item 35, page 18. 26-R-3908, item 36, page 18. Thank you.

All right, okay, I'll entertain a motion to adopt the consent agenda section one with those items being pulled. So moved by Juan, second by Bakhtiari. Madam Clerk, please prepare the vote.

The vote's closed, 13 yays, zero nays. 13 yays, zero nays, consent agenda section one is adopted with those items removed. Council Member Winston, is that new or?

Yes, I'd like to send an item post haste. Item number 26-01449. It's number 16 on page 8.

Anyone else have any items they want to send post haste? Okay, seeing none, We can accomplish this by, well, is there a second? Second. Second by Amos. Madam Clerk, this can be done by unanimous consent 26-0-1449 to be sent to the mayor's office post-haze. 13 yays, zero nays. 13 yays, zero nays. This item is sent to the mayor's office post-haze. Is that it? Okay, we're moving on to consent agenda section two. These items were introduced for first reading committees and are being referred back to their respective committees. Are there any items to be removed from consent agenda section two? Non

These items are being referred back to their committees and that takes us to our standing committees. That would be Vice Chair Bakhtiari for City Utilities.

Thank you so much, Madam President. We only have two items. Okay. Item number one, 26-0-1356, item one, page 36, a substitute ordinance by City Utilities Committee to amend chapter 130, article three, and four of the City of Atlanta Code of Ordinances to adjust the taxes, assessment, service fees, and other charges for solid waste services specified therein and clarify the qualifications required for exemption from payment for backyard collection services to amend Appendix B fees to remove all references to solid waste fees and for other purposes. The recommendation coming out of committee is

Recommendation is to, you move to adopt. Yes, ma'am. It does not require a second because it's coming out of committee favorably. Madam Clerk, please repair the vote. The vote is open.

The vote's closed, that's 12 yays, one nay. 12 yays, one nays, item 26-0-13-56 is adopted.

Thank you. Item number two, 26R-3853. And I would like to motion to bring forth the substitute to read the substitute caption.

Is there a second? Second by Worthy. Madam Clerk, please prepare the vote to bring forth the substitute.

The vote's closed, 14 yays, 0 nays. 14 yays, 0 nays, this item is before us, the substitute is before us. Thank you so much.

A resolution by Council Members Kelsey Bond, Jason Dozier, Jason H. Winston, Liliana Bakhtiari, Andrea Boone, Antonio Lewis, Michael Julian Bond, Matt Westmoreland, and Ishe Collins as substituted and amended by City Utilities Committee and as substituted by the Atlanta City Council to establish a City of Atlanta Data Center Task Force in accordance with Section 3-401 of the City of Best Practices for the regulation of data centers and related facilities and making written recommendations to the Mayor and the Atlanta City Council to require the task force to hold no fewer than 10 public meetin

Recommendation coming out of committee is to adopt. We have speakers. Council Member Wan.

Thank you, Madam President. Colleagues, this morning we all received a memo from the chief strategy officer, Zafir Senge, informing us that there is a kind of a complementary or concurrent effort going on by the administration already with a Atlanta data center strategy group. As you all know, I'm sort of low to reinvent the wheel or do multiple efforts at the same time when we really should be operating as one effort one city plus i i don't like the idea of us kind of um asking different people where there's a lot of overlap um asking the same people to serve on two unique bodies um i fully s

Second by Norwood. Motion made by Wan to refer back to committee. Second by Norwood. Any discussion with that? Yep, let's get to the next person. Council Member Kelsey Bond.

Yeah, thank you colleagues. Fully understand the perspective of not wanting to duplicate work or strain the city departments that would be tasked with reporting to this task force. I do really want to stress that I truly hope that this paper is not held more than one cycle and I do want to explain why I think specifically a public facing task force is really essential. My understanding of The administration's perspective is right now that they are aligning city departments to create a common policy framework to guide this task force, because this is very rapidly changing technology. It's a lot

Okay, thank you. Next speaker is Councilmember Martin.

Thank you so much, Madam Chair. I support the motion to hold. I think, also want to commend my colleague, I'm sorry, to refer, my apologies. I also want to thank my colleague, Councilmember Bond, because, Kelsey Bond, because this kind of conversation needs to be had. There are a lot of bad acting data centers all over the state of Georgia and all over the country. but there are also a number of innovations that are underway to address the environmental concerns, the water usage concerns, concerns around power usage, and most importantly, the public health concerns. I think we need to have a v

Yes. Thank you so much, Madam chair. Um, excuse me, Madam president, but also just want to, um, in regards to the support legislation, having been intricately involved in the recent conversations about what we are with, um, you know, not only data centers, data exchanges finding, um, in the legislations that was passed in 2024. some provisions and pieces of it. It conflicts and needs some work, but that's what we're here for. What I will say for the record, and I want my colleagues to sit on the committee as you all take this back as it referred, looking at the composition of the task force, t

I truly appreciate both pieces of legislation, both from Council Member Bond and from the mayor's office, both looking at it. I've been all over this issue for the past three years. So much so that today I'll be introducing two pieces of legislation that we immediately need, one that will eliminate some of the water issues that we saw, and I'll be introducing another piece of legislation that can eliminate some of the tax loopholes that people have seen. So I've been all over this and listening to the community, also understanding that a lot of our community, if you look at the amount of peopl

Okay, so we are at referral. We have the motion and the second.

Yeah, so Madam Clerk, please prepare the vote. The vote is open. To refer back to city utilities.

You did, but you're chair, so you can't do it now.

Oh, Council Member Bakhtiari, what is your vote? Thank you.

My vote will be to refer today, but I will say I do want to make. Yes, yes, sorry. If I may explain my vote. Oh, let her close it out first. Okay, go right ahead. Madam President's walking me through the ABCs. Please, go right ahead.

Yep. What's up? 13 yays, one nay. This item is being referred back to committee. Council Member Bakhtiari.

Thank you. I first wanna take a moment to thank Council Member Bond for putting this forward because the data center piece has been such a contentious topic of conversation, not just in our city, but nationwide. And as we've seen, there's been really heated debates about this and people that feel very strongly. I will say that earlier, one of the things I want to highlight was earlier in the year, I think actually towards last year, we did a comprehensive base reform. And one of the biggest things we saw was we were not meeting quorum for meetings and especially for task forces. And so I appre

Our next committee is CDHS, the Honorable Matt Westmoreland.

Thank you, Madam President. We have now three items. The... First two were removed from consent for a substitute and they, actually, you know what? I'm gonna come back to that one. Let me take item 2601435. It's a substitute ordinance by community development human services committee to waive the procurement source selection provisions contained in division four of chapter two, article 10 of the city of Atlanta code ordinances, as well as any conflicting code provisions to authorize the mayor who's designated to enter into a month-to-month agreement for a term of six months commencing on Novem

Motion to adopt by Westmoreland does not require a second. Madam Clerk, please prepare the vote. The vote is open.

Council member Lewis is a yes. The post close 12 years there on a 12 days. Zero nays. Well, Bakhtiari, where'd she go that fast? All right, 12 yays, zero nays. This item is adopted.

I'll make a motion to send that to the mayor's office post haste.

Motion by... Matt Westmoreland. Motion by Westmoreland to send to the mayor's office post haste, second by Juan. Does not require a vote. It can be done by unanimous consent. Madam Clerk, please sound that count.

12 yeas, zero nays. This item is sent to the mayor's office post-haste.

Thank you. Next two came off consent. I will need to make a motion to substitute both because the caption changes to change the dollar amount we will be receiving. So I'll make a motion to bring forth the substitute on 2601431.

Motion to bring forth substitute by Westmoreland, second by Wan. Madam Clerk, please prepare the vote to bring forth the substitute.

The vote is closed, 12 yeas, 0 nays. 12 yeas, 0 nays. Substitute is before us.

An ordinance by Community Development and Human Services Committee as substituted by the Atlanta City Council authorizing the mayor as designee on behalf of the State of Atlanta Department of Labor and Employment Services Workforce, WorkSource Atlanta Office to accept a WorkSource Innovation Opportunity Grant in an amount not to exceed $802,734.00 from the Technical College System of Georgia Office of Work Support Development to authorize the Chief Financial Officer to amend the FY27 budget by adding to anticipations and appropriations in an amount not to exceed $802,000.00. $734.00 or work sh

Motion to approve on substitute. Is there a second? Second. Second by one. Madam Clerk, please prepare the vote.

12 yays, 0 nays. 12 yays, 0 nays. This item is adopted and substituted.

Thank you. Next up is 2601433. I'll make a motion to bring forth a substitute which changes the dollar amount by $1.

A motion by Westmoreland to bring forth the substitute second by one. Please prepare the vote.

13 yeas, 14 yeas, zero nays. 14 yeas, zero nays. Substitutes before us.

An ordinance by Community Development and Human Services is substituted by the Atlanta City Council authorizing the mayor as designee on behalf of the City of Atlanta Department of Labor and Employment Services, Workforce Atlanta Office to accept a workforce innovation opportunity grant. a dislocated worker program grant in an amount not to exceed $1,329,568.00 from the Technical College System of Georgia Office of Workforce Development to authorize the Chief Financial Officer to amend the FY27 budget by adding to anticipations and appropriations in an amount not to exceed $1,329,568.00. All w

Motion to adopt on substitute by Westmoreland, second by Martin. Please prepare the vote.

The vote's closed, 14 yays, 0 nays. 14 yays, 0 nays. This item is adopted as substituted. Thank you, Chair Westmoreland. Moving on to transportation, the Honorable Alex Wan.

Thank you, Madam President. Colleagues, we are on page 42 of the agenda. We have two papers to address today. First item is Ordinance 260-1417, an ordinance by Transportation Committee authorizing the mayor or his designee on behalf of the city of Atlanta to abandon and convey a portion of right-of-way along the public street known as Law Street Northwest, consisting of 0.05 acres, lying and being in Landlot 113 of the 14th District of Fulton County, Georgia, and being more specifically depicted in the attached Exhibit A to Law and Order LLC, authorizing the mayor or his designee to execute a

Motion to adopt by one, doesn't require second because it's favorable out of committee. Madam Clerk, please open the vote.

The vote is closed, 13 yeas, zero nays. 13 yeas, zero nays, this item is adopted.

Next item is 26R3853, a substitute resolution by Transportation Committee supplementing a joint task order fund in an amount not to exceed $99 million and zero cents for use under agreements IFB number listed 2024 unit price contract IDIQ small with A, Astra Group LLC, B, Construction 57, Inc., C, Precision 2000, Inc., D, Southeastern Site Development, Inc., and ESDNC Inc. on behalf of the Atlanta Department of Transportation on a task order basis. All contracted work shall be charged to and paid from the fund department organization and account numbers listed herein and for other purposes. Th

Motion to adopt by Juan, second by Martin. Madam Clerk, please prepare the vote. The vote is open.

The vote calls 12 yays, zero nays. 12 yays, zero nays. This item is adopted on substitute on condition.

Madam President, that concludes my report.

So it's 13 yays. 13 yays, zero nays. 13 yays, zero nays. This item is adopted. All right. That takes us to finance. The Honorable Jason Winston, finance exec.

Thank you, Council President. Colleagues, as you will recall, I had two items that were pulled off the consent agenda. The first is 26-0-1445. This is on page nine. Number 17, so the FEC recommendation was unanimous and as favorable. First, I would like to make a motion to bring forth the substitute.

Motion to bring forth the substitute by Winston, second by Bakhtiari. Please prepare the vote.

13 yeas, zero nays. 13 yeas, zero nays. This item is adopted. Substituted. Substituted. Yes. See, stop it. Seriously.

So we have the substitute before us, colleagues, that updates the account string. So I'll read that new caption. An ordinance by Councilmember Alex One as amended by the Finance Executive Committee as substituted by Atlanta City Council waiving sections listed through 2-1574 the city of atlanta code of ordinances authorizing the mayor or his designee on behalf of the city of atlanta to enter into an intergovernmental land swap agreement with the atlanta independent school system an entity created by an act of the georgia general assembly managed and controlled by the atlanta board of education

Motion to adopt and substitute by Winston, second by Martin. Please prepare the vote. The vote is open.

The vote's closed, 13 yays, zero nays. 13 yays, zero nays. This item is adopted and substituted.

Thank you. My next item is item 26-0-1450. I will also make a motion to bring forth the substitute on this item.

Motion to bring forth substitute by Winston, second by Martin. Please prepare the vote.

Opposed, close. 13 yays, 0 nays. 13 yeas, zero nays. This item is the substitutes before us.

Okay. I'll read the new caption. An ordinance by Councilmember Jason A. Swinston as substituted by Finance Executive Committee and as substituted by the Atlanta City Council to amend the City of Atlanta fiscal year 2027 budget by adding to anticipations and appropriations bond proceeds in the aggregate principal amount not to exceed $200 million for the refinancing by the City of Atlanta and Fulton County Recreation Authority of the publicly financed portion of the new downtown stadium and for other purposes. Colleagues, the substitute is to match the dollar amount that was in a companion piec

Motion to adopt as substituted by Winston. Is there a second? Second by Amos. Is there any discussion? Councilmember Alex, one.

Thank you, Madam President. And this question is for finance. I know we had a pretty in-depth conversation about this financing mechanism. And I just want to affirm that while we are increasing the dollar amount from this from $169 million to $200 million, there remains no intent of drawing down new money for new projects and then Once I get that confirmation, what is the safeguard process either here at the city or potentially with the authority to make sure that that does not happen once we release this paper?

So... This one only allows you to refund the bond period. Exactly.

Thank you. We have a motion and a second. Please prepare the vote. The vote is open.

The vote is closed, 14 yays, 0 nays. 14 yays, 0 nays. This item is adopted as substituted.

Thank you. That takes us to resolutions 26-R-3850. This item was recommended FEC recommended this item and it was favorable on condition. So I'll read the caption. A resolution by Council Member Andrea L. Boone authorizing the City of Atlanta to donate a total amount not to exceed $250,000.00 to the Grove Park Foundation, Inc. as a fiscal agent to the West Hollowell Foundation, Inc. pursuant to section number listed of the City of Atlanta's charter. to support neighborhood partnership organization capacity building services in certain neighborhood reinvestment initiative communities authorizin

Motion to amend by Winston, second by Juan. Please prepare the vote.

Council Member Boone, what is your vote? Aye. Ms. Moreland? 14 yays. 0 nays. 14 yays, 0 nays. This item is amended.

Moved to adopt as amended by Winston. Is there a second? Second. Second by Lewis. Please prepare to vote.

14 yays, 0 nays. 14 yays, 0 nays. This item is adopted as amended.

All right. Now that takes us to 26-R-3911. This item was favorable. by the committee and amended resolution by Community Development Human Services Committee authorizing the mayor or his designee to enter into a memorandum of understanding between the City of Atlanta and the City Parks Alliance for the 2028 Greater and Greener 2028 International Urban Parks Conference authorizing the chief financial officer to make a donation in an amount not to exceed $125,000.00 for the purpose of providing host city funding for the conference. All amounts shall be paid from park improvement accounts listed

Second. Motion to Uh, a man by Winston substitute, bring forth substitute by Winston second by Martin. Madam clerk, please prepare the vote. So the vote is open.

The vote is closed, 14 yays, zero nays. 14 yays, zero nays, the substitute is before us.

Move to adopt as substituted by Winston, second by Worthy. Please prepare the vote, Madam Clerk.

I mean, you gotta give me a nod or something.

Fourteen yays, zero nays. Fourteen yays, zero nays. This item is adopted and substituted.

Thank you, that takes us to our last item, 26-R-3912, a resolution by Finance Executive Committee authorizing the mayor or his designee to exercise the first renewal option with account number listed, fitness center management of the on-site employee wellness center with Aquila Fitness Consulting Systems Limited on behalf of the Department of Human Resources for a term of one year effective from August 9th, 2026 through August 8th. 2027 in the amount not to exceed $419,847.96. All contracted work will be charged to and paid from the fund department organization and account number listed herein

Motion to file. It's coming out of committee favorable to file, so it doesn't require a second. Madam Clerk, please prepare the vote.

Thank you, Chair Winston. Committee on Council. Council Member, Vice Chair Collins. Yes.

Thank you so much, Madam President. We have two items on the report. If there are no objections, we can take these items together as a block. Please do. All right communications number 26 dash C dash 5, 0, 6, 8, a communication from their Andre Dickens appointing miss Halima white Esquire to serve as a member of the civil service board. This appointment is for a term of three years. Item number 26 dash C dash 5, 0, 6, 9, a communication from mayor Andre Dickens appointing Ms. Carly Swift Esquire to serve as a member of the Stakeholder Oversight Committee. This appointment is for a term of two

Motion to approve by Vice Chair Collins. Does not require a second. Madam Clerk, please prepare the vote.

13 yays, zero nays. This item is adopted. Both items are. Great, thank you. That concludes our report. Okay, thank you, Vice Chair Collins. Our next report, public safety legal, no, it's zoning. The Honorable Mayor Norwood. No report. No report, wow. Next is Public Safety Legal Administration, the Honorable Chair Andrea Boone.

Thank you, Madam President. We have three items on today's report. Item number one, 26-0-1440, an ordinance by Councilmember Byron D. Amos to amend the Atlanta City Code, Part 2, Code of Ordinances, General Ordinances, Page 2, Administration, Article, Boards, Councils, Commissions, and Authorities, Division 2, Citizens Review Board Section 2-2020-03, appointment of members to revise the appointing authority for one young adult member of the Atlanta Citizens Review Board by replacing Street Smart Youth Project Inc. with the Georgia Association of Latino Elected Officials and for other purposes,

Motion to file by Chair Boone. It's coming out of committee favorable to file, so no second is needed. Madam Clerk, please prepare the vote.

Madam President, if there are no objections, may we take the next two items together? No objections. 26-R-3907, item 35, page 18, a substitute resolution by Public Safety and Legal Administration Committee to amend resolution number 26-R-3028, which authorized payment in the amount of $1,392.51, and settlement of the property damage claim of James Carger against the city of Atlanta in order to correct the payee information and for other purposes. Item 26-R-3908, item 36, page 18, a resolution by public safety and a legal administration committee to rescind resolution number 26-R-3456 and autho

Motion to refer back by Council Member Boone, second by Martin Lewis, second by Martin. Any discussion? Madam Clerk, please prepare the vote.

14 yays, zero nays. These items are referred back to committee. Thank you, Madam President. This concludes our report. Thank you, Chair Boone. That takes us to our personal papers. Wow. We made it. It's 4.51, okay. Who is first with personal papers? We do not have any immediate consideration, so we'll move right into items to be referred. Chair Lewis. Councilman Lewis. Oh, you're a chair now?

God willing, one day again. 40944. A resolution by Councilmember Antonio Lewis, Councilmember Andrea Boone, Councilmember Ishe Collins, Councilmember Byron Amos, Councilmember Michael Julian Bunn, Councilmember Wayne Martin, Councilmember Liliana Bakhtiari, Councilmember Matt Westmoreland, A resolution requesting that the mayor or the Department of Finance, the Department of City Planning, Invest Atlanta and all of the applicable city departments and agencies ensure that entities, developments and operators, including but not limited to those related to data centers seeking, receiving or renew

Elms 40947. A ordinance by Councilmember Antonio Lewis, Councilmember Liliana Bakhtiari, Councilmember Byron Amos, Councilmember Matt Westmoreland, Councilmember Michael Julian Bond, Councilmember Wayne Martin. An ordinance requiring data centers located within the City of Atlanta and data centers served by the City of Atlanta municipal water systems through wholesale or intergovernmental water service agreements to transition to closed-loop water cooling systems and prohibit the use of portable municipal water for routine data center cooling operations, establishing requirements for new and e

40947 to be referred to City Utilities. Chair Boone.

Thank you, Madam President. Elms ID number 40945, and it's by Councilmembers Andrea L. Boone and Michael Julian Bond to install two permanent historical markers at Washington Park, recognizing the park's more than 100 years of history and the historic Washington Park pool to authorize the installation of an interior commemorative plaque within the Washington Park Natatorium and for other purposes.

Hey, Boone, I think I signed on to that one as well. Councilmember Ishe Collins and Byron Amos. Thank you.

ELMS ID number 40911, an ordinance by Councilmember Andrea L. Boone authorizing the mayor or the chief financial officer to execute, deliver, and perform a master lease agreement between the city and its assigned leaser, one or more related financing schedules. Any escrow or other agreements are related to the acquisition of communications equipment, but used by the Atlanta Police Department provided that such lease Financing shall be authorized in a combined principal amount not to exceed plus an applicable interest component. All rental payments will be charged to and paid from the fund depa

ELM's ID number 40954, a resolution by Councilmembers Andrea O. Boone and Michael Julian Bond to create the Municipal Option Sales Tax. Alternative uses tax force to evaluate opportunities for the future utilization of most to examine the fiscal, legal, operational, and policy implications of modifying the use of most proceeds to develop recommendations concerning the next potential and most of any state or local legislative changes necessary to authorize the additional uses and for other purposes.

An ordinance by Council Member Andrea O. Boone. An ordinance to retroactively authorize the mayor or his designee to exercise the first renewal option for RFPS 1220354 Fitness Center Management of the On-site Employee Wellness Center with Aquila Fitness Consulting Systems, LTD, on behalf of the Department of Human Services for a term of one year effective August 9th. through August 8th, 2027 in an amount not to exceed $490,847.96 to ratify the acceptance of services rendered and the payment of any invoices. Therefore, in connection there with beginning August 2026 through the execution of the

40952 to be referred to transportation. Thank you, Madam President. Okay. Thank you, Chair Boone. We got... Wayne Martin, Councilmember Martin.

Thank you so much, Madam President. Ready to read in my one piece of legislation. Okay. ILMS ID 40959, a resolution by council members Wayne Martin, Andrea Boone, Jason Dozier, Thomas Worthy, Alex Wan, Dustin Hillis, Michael Julian Bond, Ishe Collins, Mary Norwood, Antonio Lewis, and Byron Amos. A resolution requesting that the Atlanta Police Department, in coordination with the mayor's office, conduct a comprehensive study on the feasibility of establishing a seventh Atlanta Police Department patrol zone and for other purposes.

40959 to be referred to Public Safety Legal Administration. Thank you so much, Madam President.

You know, I have a paper like that, too. Yes, ma'am.

And Georgia Tech. Oh, I'm ready. Georgia Tech is supposed to be doing the work. So let's talk about that.

40943 to be referred to Public Safety Legal Administration.

Thank you. We have Councilmember Worthy.

Thank you, Councilmember Worthy. Councilmember Hillis. Chair Hillis.

Thank you. First is Elms ID 40958, an ordinance by Councilmember Dustin Hillis waiving the fees related to encroachment agreements set forth in the City Code of Ordinances section listed and Appendix B, authorizing the mayor or his designee on behalf of the City of Atlanta to execute an encroachment agreement with the Shannon Simpson for the purpose of allowing an installed retaining wall in the right-of-way located at 1896 Mallard Street, Northwest Atlanta, Georgia 30318 and for other purposes.

ELMS ID 40916, a resolution by Councilmember Dustin Hillis authorizing the Mayor and his designee to enter into cooperative agreements for the purchase of battery, electric, medium, and heavy duty vehicles and electric vehicle supply equipment for the Ecofleet ATL program to provide for payment from U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Clean Heavy Duty Vehicles Grant Fund and local match funds allocated to the Department of Aviation and the Department of Public Works Office of Fleet Services with a total amount not to exceed $3,338,707.84 and for other purposes. Oops, I'm sorry. 40916 to refer

Thank you, Madam President. I've got ELMS ID 40901, a resolution by Councilmember Alex Wan, authorizing the mayor who is designated on behalf of the city of Atlanta to execute all documents necessary to consent and approve the assignment to OTG Concessions Management LLC from OHM Concession Group LLC for FC... 5467 concourses B and F food and beverage concessions at Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport package number seven and for other purposes for zero nine zero two to be for transportation I know one that was one yes ma'am so is it Oh HG or Oh HM Oh HM oh no

They're both the same companies. Both papers have the same companies, just different concourses.

Okay, so it's fine. See right here? One says OHG, the other one says OHM.

Just so you know, you'll all need to look at those acronyms. Okay, thanks. 40901 to be referred to transportation.

Sorry about that. 40902, a resolution by council member Alex Wan authorizing the mayor or his designee on behalf of the city of Atlanta to execute all documents necessary to consent and approve the assignment to OTG concessions management LLC from OHM concession group LLC for FC 8484 concessions lease agreement food and beverage concessions on concourse C midpoint at Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport and for other purposes.

All right, and then Elms ID 40927. This is an ordinance by Councilmember Alex Juan and all the other members of Council, except for Michael Bond, since he's not here, but to authorize a donation to the Atlanta Pride Committee in an amount not to exceed blank on behalf of the Atlanta City Council to support the 2026 Atlanta Pride Festival pursuant to Section 6306 of the City of Atlanta Charter and for other purposes.

Do you wanna stop? Okay. But I would love to, as always. Okay.

Council Member Bond. Kelsey Bond. All right. Elms ID 40941, an ordinance by Council Members Kelsey Bond and Liliana Bakhtiari to amend the City of Atlanta Code of Ordinances Part 2, Ordinances Chapter 2, Administration, Article 2, Council, Division 2, Meeting, Subdivision 2, Rules of Procedure, Section 2-104, Remarks from Public to Expand Opportunity to Provide Public Comment. by allowing members of the public to speak in order of sign up during public comment at city council meetings and for other purposes.

40941 to be referred to COC, Committee on Council. Oh, Chair, well.

First item is ELMS number 40953, a resolution by Councilmember Jason S. Dozier urging the Atlanta Department of Transportation to preserve, maintain, and enhance a protected multi-use path along Centennial Olympic Park Drive. to maintain the facilities as a permanent component of the city's multimodal transportation network to continue implementation of a safe and continuous connection between downtown, midtown, the Atlanta University Center, MARTA, major sports and entertainment venues and other destinations and for other purposes.

Okay, I'm already talking, which one was that? All right, it's 40953 to refer to transportation.

My final item is ELMS number 40926, an ordinance by Councilmember Jason Dozier to amend Part 3 Land Development Code Part 16 Zoning Chapter 18R Mechanicsville Neighborhood Special Public Interest District Regulations Section 16-18R.012 of the City of Atlanta Code of Ordinances to amend permitted awnings and canopies and for other purposes.

Thank you, Council President. I have two items. The first is ELMS ID 40914, a resolution by Council Member Jason H. Winston authorizing the Commissioner of the Department of Watershed Management to adjust water and sewer service charges on certain customer accounts in accordance with the City of Atlanta Code Section 154-28 in an amount of $90,402.39 and for other purposes. 40914 to be referred to FEC. Elms ID 40915, resolution by Council Member Jason H. Winston authorizes the Chief Financial Officer to refund customers for overpayments to water and sewer accounts in the amount of $242,247.38,

That's it? Okay. Council Member Collins.

Thank you, Madam President. Elms number 40957, an ordinance by Council Members Ishe Collins, Antonio Lewis, and Matt Westmoreland to amend Chapter 10, Article 2, Section 1094 of the City of Atlanta Code of Ordinances in order to provide an exemption from the distant requirements to a private residence and public library set forth in sections 10-88A and B of the City of Atlanta Code of Ordinances for on-premises consumption for 633 Deal Avenue Southwest and for other purposes.

Okay. Collins. 40957 to refer to PSLA. Yes ma'am, thank you.

Elms ID number 40913, a resolution by council members Mary Norwood and Ishe Collis authorizing the mayor or his designee to enter into a memorandum of understanding with the state of Georgia Department of Transportation on behalf of the Department of Watershed Management for design, build, construction services relating to Georgia Department of Transportation project PI number 0017135. slash 0019965 I-285 top end express lanes phases one and two, including the removal, relocation, protection, or adjustment of certain city water and sanitary, excuse me, sanitary sewer utility facilities within

So that is 40950. That goes to transportation. The one before that was 40913 should be going to refer to city utilities. Yes. Thank you. Yes, Madam President. Thank you. Thank you.

Thanks. There you go. Okay. Good evening. Elms 40955, ordinance by Westmoreland and Collins authorizing a donation in an amount not to exceed blank to the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta pursuant to section 6306 of the Steve Linus Charter to support LGBTQ outreach and for the Mayor's Youth Scholarship Program and for other purposes.

40956, Westmoreland, Bakhtiari, Wan, and Collins, to donate an amount and a total amount not to exceed blanked in-town collaborative ministries pursuant to Section 6303 of the City of Atlanta's Charter to support place-based street outreach and rehousing through the In-Town Carers Homeless Services Program, authorizing the mayor as designated to enter into initial agreements to effectuate the donation, authorize the chief financial officer as designated to make the donation authorized hereby from the council to herein and for other purposes.

Colleagues we do have an item for immediate consideration that's been brought to my attention. And that will be done by Council Member Boone.

Thank you, Madam President. ELMS ID number 40960, a resolution by Council Members Andrea L. Boone, Ishe Collins, recognizing the newly chartered South Fulton and City of Atlanta area section of the National Council of Negro Women Incorporated and for other purposes.

Whereas the National Council of Negro Women Inc., N-C-N-W, founded in 1935 by Dr. Mary McLeod, is comprised of more than 350 campus and community-based sections and 37 national women's organizations, collectively enlightening, inspiring, and connecting over 2 million women and men. Whereas the NCNW's mission is to lead, advocate for, and empower women of African descent, their families, and communities through civic engagement, education, economic empowerment, health, equity, and social justice. And whereas on June 18th, 2026, the South Fulton area section of the NCNW was officially chartered

Move approval by Martin second by worthy. Please prepare the vote. Madam clerk.

Oh, good. Okay, what's more left? Council Member Boone, how do you vote? Aye.

Kelsey Bond, how do you vote? Bond is aye, Boone is aye.

All right. 12 yays, zero nays. 12 yays, zero nays. This resolution is adopted. Thank you, Madam President. And that takes us to our general remarks. Does anyone have general remarks? I actually do. I want to, you have general remarks? I'll get started. I want to congratulate my sister, Dr. Cherry Collier. Now she's Cherry Davis. She married now, y'all. And I just want to congratulate her and Tump. I'm so excited about their reunion. And we had a really good time celebrating them and their marriage on 8th. 8 p.m. We had a good time and that takes us to councilmember bond Michael Julian bond wil

Marcus Aurelius teaches us that though he was emperor of all Rome, he followed the philosophy of stoicism. And in that philosophy, you are taught that you cannot control the actions or words or deeds of others, but you are in wholly, 100% control over yourself. And so with that, I failed to follow stoicism for which I practiced. So I wanted to come to the mic today. Well, I wanted to do it earlier, but I had a doctor's appointment at 3, so I had to leave. But I'm here now. And I believe that offenses that are committed in public though I was encouraged to do otherwise, to pull people to the si

Next is Council Member Boone. Thank you, Madam President. It's cupcake time and it's birthday time. We would like to wish council members Alex One and Kelsey Bond a happy birthday. Please join us for cupcakes, ice cream, and all types of goodies. Thank you all for what you do for the city of Atlanta. Council member Alex One and Kelsey Bond have a wonderful, wonderful birthday celebration throughout the month. Also, we have a congratulations to our president, Marcy Correa-Overstreet, who received an Alzheimer's Advocate Award yesterday at the Atlanta Aquarium, her fight with her neighbors to he

Thank you, Chair Bone. Next is Councilmember Wayne Martin.

Yes, thank you so much, Madam President. We always celebrate our students that are in grade school that return back to school, but I want to celebrate our college students in Atlanta. Our Atlanta universities and colleges really make us the vibrant city that we are. So to every student that's going to CAU, Morris Brown, Morehouse, Spelman, Georgia State, there we go, Georgia State, Georgia Tech, Emory University and all the other schools that make Atlanta such a rich academic environment. We wish you a happy return to your school year and to my son who entered into the Morehouse class of 2030.

All right. Anyone else with any general remarks? Okay. See you, Nunn.

I love it. All right. That's our adjourn and roll call. With that, we are adjourned. Thank you, public. That was a good meeting. You're supposed to be up here. Come on. Wait a minute.