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Meetings
The Atlanta City Council will meet June 15 at
1 p.m. at City Hall, 55 Trinity Ave., to vote on the
2016 fiscal year budget. Find out more at www.
atlantaga.gov.
The Midtown (SPI-16) and Piedmont (SPI-17)
Development Review Committee will meet June 9,
5:30 p.m. in the fifth floor conference room at 999
Peachtree. The meetings are usually held the second
Tuesday of each month.
Community meetings,
news & events
Neighborhood Planning Unit-F, which includes Virginia-Highland, Piedmont Heights
and Morningside-Lenox Park, meets June 15, 7 p.m. at the Hillside Center, 1301 Monroe
Drive. NPU-F usually meets the third Monday of each month.
The Buckhead Council of Neighborhoods is taking the months of June and July off.
Meeting are scheduled to resume Aug. 13, 6:45 p.m., at Peachtree Presbyterian Church,
3434 Roswell Road. Be sure to check out and “like” the organizations new Facebook page at
facebook.com/buckheadcouncil.
News
The second and final phase of the 10th Street Cycle Track is under way, according
to an update from the Midtown Alliance. Construction is expected to be completed later
this summer. The city-funded project will see the two-way cycle track extended along the
northernmost lane of 10th Street between Charles Allen Drive and Myrtle Street; shared
lane markings to and across Piedmont Avenue to the existing 10th Street shared lanes; a new
pedestrian/bicyclist-activated crosswalk flashing beacon at Myrtle Street; and new bulbouts
with bike parking and a bike maintenance facility.
The Atlanta City Council voted 14-0 at its May 4 meeting to approve a list of
infrastructure repairs and improvements that will be paid for with $250 million in bonds.
Voters approved the infrastructure bonds in a special election in March. The list of projects
includes improvements to streets and bridges, resurfacing of roadways, new traffic signals,
new bike lanes, upgrades to facilities and money for public art. Each council member
will receive more than $5 million in their discretionary fund from the bonds to help with
projects in their districts. To see the updated list of projects, visit infrastructuremap.org.
The Carl Vinson Institute of the University of Georgia has released its study of the
proposed city of LaVista Hills. The report projects that LaVista Hills can provide public
safety, parks, planning, zoning, business development, and road maintenance with no tax
increase and a substantial annual surplus of over $1.7 million. Read the full study and find
out more at lavistahillsyes.com.
The City of Atlanta is hiring its first Chief Bicycle Officer (CBO), a full-time bicycle
planner, engineer and advocate for the city’s ambitious bike transportation goals. The Atlanta
Falcons Youth Foundation is supporting the position through a five-year $250,000 challenge
grant to the city through the Atlanta Bicycle Coalition. The CBO will be responsible for a
wide range of activities related to bicycle transportation in the City of Atlanta, including
engineering and planning bicycle projects to completion, public outreach, project
development, grant writing, oversight of the city’s bike share program and ensuring new
development is consistent with bike elements of the city’s existing plans.
Isadora Pennington
The David T. Howard High School
Atlanta Public Schools is considering re-opening David T. Howard High School
in the Old Fourth Ward to help alleviate overcrowding at Inman Park Middle School.
According to Creative Loafing, Howard would be used for sixth, seventh and eighth
graders while Inman would be turned into a “ninth grade academy” to help with
overcrowding at Grady High School. The derelict Howard building, which fronts along
John Wesley Dobbs Avenue, Randolph Street and Irwin Street, would require $40 million
in renovations. Nearby, APS is considering razing the old Walden Middle School building
to make way for sports fields. ESI
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