Remarks by Alex Wan
28 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 2
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“Thank you, Madam President. I'd like to remove 260-1485. This is on page 12, item number 22. Again, 260-1485, page 12, item 22. Got it.”
Atlanta City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Thank you, Madam President. Colleagues, I'm going to take the regular standing report items first and then come back to the one pulled off of consent. First item is 260-1473, an ordinance by Transportation Committee to authorize the Commissioner of the Atlanta Department of Transportation to extend existing shareable dockless mobility device annual permits on a month-to-month basis with shareable dockless mobility device operators beginning September 2, 2026, and ending July 1, 2027, to waive any conflicting provisions of Section 150.401 of the City of Atlanta Code of Ordinances and for other…”
Atlanta City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“If there are no questions, I'll make the motion to adopt on substitute.”
Atlanta City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Madam President, I'd like to take the next two items together as the action is the same. Sure. All right. 26R3951, resolution by Councilmember 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-5467, concourses B and F, food and beverage concessions at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, package number 7, and for other purposes, and 26R-3952, a resolution by Councilmember Alex Wan authorizing the mayor or his…”
Atlanta City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“All right, that takes us back to the item that was pulled off of consent. That's 260-1370, an ordinance by council members Dozier, Kelsey Bond, Hillis, Wan, Bakhtiari, Winston, Worthy, Westmoreland, Collins, as substituted by the Transportation Committee, amending Chapter 30, Article 17 of the City of Atlanta Code of Ordinances entitled Parking Lots and Parking Garages to establish consumer protection, rate disclosure, payment accessibility, privacy notice, validation, and dispute resolution requirements for Park for Hire facilities operating within the city of Atlanta to provide enforcement…”
Atlanta City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Thank you, Madam President and colleagues. I've got so much I want to say about this, but I'm going to kind of edit my comments. Because as I've shared with all of y'all, we've been threatened by litigation on both sides of it. So I just got to be mindful of what I say. I pretty much laid out at zoning committee my process and my approach to this that I've taken painstakingly over the last year. And I... Since that time, planning department and I spent about an hour on Monday going parcel by parcel to verify everybody's positions. We actually found an error or a difference that planning had…”
Atlanta City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Correct. The planning department reported 40 yeses at zoning. That number has actually moved to 39. It's moved down one.”
Atlanta City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“This is that. To earn my support on that, I expected a supermajority two-thirds. Got it. A lot of people have been questioning what supermajority means, but by my standard, it's two-thirds, much like our supermajority process up here. And yes, it falls short of that threshold.”
Atlanta City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Well, no, they would be, there's not a grandfather, grandfathering means you retain your original rights before the zoning change. If the zoning changed, all the properties would be brought into this new designation. So all the requirements, whether you support it or not, you would still be subject to it going forward. So grandfathered isn't really the right term because there isn't a grandfather and you don't retain your previous rights pre...”
Atlanta City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“If the designation was approved by us today, yes.”
Atlanta City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“I'm happy to do that. Of the 72 parcels, sorry, I should have had that with me. Of the 72 parcels, there were 39 yeses, 26 nos, and 7 no responses.”
Atlanta City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
Atlanta City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“So, Councilmember Bond, that is correct, and in fact, I got a call late last Wednesday night from a property owner, kind of a last-minute, 11th-hour proposal to redo the map. I'm not sure if the rest of the community is aware of this that was laid on the table. However, after that meeting, I did have the Planning Department verify whether or not that would need to then go back through ZRB and MPU and the community, and the answer is yes. And to me, that effectively constitutes a new application. And quite frankly, that's how the process should evolve. It should be a conversation in the…”
Atlanta City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“So you have to remember, we do not introduce the legislation. It is an application process with the planning department. And then they put it forward to us as the legislation. This wasn't my legislation. Oh, OK. I see. Yeah.”
Atlanta City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Yeah. I mean, again, my metrics and my approach to this has been consistent over the last 16 years. That's the map. That's the map forward. Absolutely.”
Atlanta City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“May I respond, Council President? Of course. Yeah, I'm asking, Council President. Yeah, I just want to make sure. So I appreciate that. The reality of it is that most of that year was spent by the planning department doing their analysis, their research on the historic significance of the street. That's done. The other half was assessing and developing the controls because there are heavy controls, there are light controls. That's done as well. So I would suggest that the process shouldn't take as long as it did the first time because all of the heavy lifting has been done. Now, it is time.…”
Atlanta City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Colleagues, y'all know I've been doing this for all four terms I've been on council. It is not a statement of the community support. I realize that. I just, because I'm not satisfied with the level of enforcement of our alcohol code, I don't feel, I'm not supportive of poking holes in it by creating waivers. But I fully support this going forward. I hope everyone else will vote for it. I just am going to vote no. I've just been doing it All the time. It's a running joke. Everybody laughs at me for it. Thanks.”
Atlanta City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Thank you, Madam President. Elms ID 41116, a resolution by Councilmember Alex Wan authorizing the mayor or his designee to execute special procurement agreement, insert agreement number or agreement name with Mythix LLC on behalf of the Department of Finance pursuant to Section 2-1191.1 of the Atlantic City Code for a term of four years with one two-year renewal options in an amount not to exceed $14 million and zero cents for the initial term on contract to work to be charged to and paid from the fund department organization and account number listed herein and for other purposes.”
Atlanta City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“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…”
Atlanta City Council · Aug 17, 2026
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“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…”
Atlanta City Council · Aug 17, 2026
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“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.…”
Atlanta City Council · Aug 17, 2026
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“Madam President, that concludes my report.”
Atlanta City Council · Aug 17, 2026
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“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?”
Atlanta City Council · Aug 17, 2026
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“So... This one only allows you to refund the bond period. Exactly.”
Atlanta City Council · Aug 17, 2026
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“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”
Atlanta City Council · Aug 17, 2026