CCI Policy Updates: Week of June 1 - June 5

The Center for Civic Innovation's mission is to inspire people to take action, invest in promising homegrown ideas, and advocate for policy change. These are challenging times. CCI believes that informed and civically engaged residents are the key to making Atlanta the city we all know it can be.

This is why we started this blog series, to provide our community with important and relevant policy updates. Each post recaps the past week and provides a look ahead at what's on the agenda next week, including opportunities for everyone to engage within the community.

1.png

Week of June 1 Policy Updates:

  • The Atlanta Public Schools Board of Education met and tentatively approved a $1.2 billion budget. (meeting brief / budget primer)

  • Atlanta Public Schools (APS) Superintendent Meria Carstarphen issued a memo to families about summer food distribution, summer food distribution, summer learning, graduation, fall sports, and a 47-year veteran of APS – Principal Marcene Thornton at the Carver Early College! (memo)

  • The Fulton County Board of Commissioners met remotely. (video / post agenda)

  • Early voting ended on Friday, June 5th. As of Thursday, over 1 million Georgians had already voted. Over 800,000 had done so by mail – a twenty-fold increase from 2016. In Fulton County, there has been a forty-fold increase in mail-in ballots.

Opportunities for Engagement Next Week:

  • Monday, June 8

    • 2:00pm – Atlanta City Council Public Safety/Legal Administration Committee (agenda)

      • update on Reimagining the Atlanta City Detention Center

      • an ordinance on street racing and reckless driving exhibitions – sent back to the committee by the full council (20-O-1361)

      • an ordinance to accept $1.4 million in federal funding for coronavirus emergency supplies for law enforcement (20-O-1373)

      • a resolution to study adding one or more police zones (20-R-4011) 

    • 7:00pm – NPU V meets remotely

  • Tuesday, June 9

    • Election Day – Polls are open from 7:00am until 7:00pm. Check out our Candidates Guide for City of Atlanta Residents to learn more about what’s on the ballot. Many polling locations have changed due to COVID-19. Mail-in ballots must be received by 7:00pm so it’s advisable to take them to a drop box. Check your county elections website for more information: 

    • 9:00am – DeKalb County Board of Commissioners (agenda)

      • amendments updating the county’s purchasing, financial disclosure, and transparency policies

      • a resolution asking the General Assembly to consider statewide online voting (2020-0548) 

    • 10:00am – Atlanta City Council City Utilities Committee (agenda)

      • Department of Watershed Management Quarterly Update

      • a resolution for People TV to continue operating Channel 24 (20-R-4051)

    • 1:30pm – Atlanta City Council Community Development/Human Services Committee (agenda)

      • Department of Parks and Recreation Quarterly Update

      • an ordinance to withdraw $12 million from the Eastside TAD (20-O-1413)

      • an ordinances to limit the building permit fee waiver program for affordable housing to growth areas (20-O-1427)

      • an ordinance to erect a historic marker recognizing the lynching of Porter Turner in Druid Hills in 1945 (20-O-1428)

      • an ordinance to establish landlord-tenant security deposit regulations (20-O-1423) 

    • 6:30pm – NPU L meets remotely

    • 7:00pm – NPU X meets remotely

  • Wednesday, June 10

    • 8:30am – Atlanta Beltline, Inc. Board of Directors Meeting (notice)

    • 9:30am – Atlanta City Council Transportation Committee (agenda)

      • Atlanta Department of Transportation Quarterly Update

    • 1:30pm – Atlanta City Council Finance/Executive Committee (agenda)

      • Centennial Yards (Gulch) Presentation

    • 7:00pm – NPU T meets remotely

  • Thursday, June 11

    • 1:00pm – Invest Atlanta Housing Committee & URFA Housing Committee (notice)

    • 2:00pm – Invest Atlanta Economic Development Committee Meeting (notice)

    • 3:30pm – Invest Atlanta Tax Allocation District Project and Policy Review Committee (notice)

What We’re Reading/Watching/Hearing:

To make these updates better, we need your input. What was most informative or helpful? What did we miss? Please email us at policy@civicatlanta.org.

policy updatesKyle Kesslercenter for civic innovation policy