FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Council Communications
Atlanta City Hall
55 Trinity Ave. SW
Atlanta, GA 30303

Aug 29, 2025

ATLANTA—The Atlanta City Council on Tuesday will consider a resolution requesting that the Metropolitan Atlanta Transit Authority appear before the Council’s Transportation Committee to provide a comprehensive update on safety protocols and infrastructure accountability following a July 14 escalator malfunction that injured several people (25-R-3812).

Other items on the agenda include:

• An ordinance directing Invest Atlanta to use funds remaining in the Atlanta Recovery Fund to support small businesses along Cascade Road which have been adversely impacted by ongoing water and sewer projects. The fund was initially created to support small businesses when multiple water main breaks in spring 2024 caused significant disruptions and closures with Council providing $7.5 million (25-O-1480).

• A resolution issuing a $14.5 million contract for construction of Fire Station 29-EMS (25-R-3815).

• An ordinance retroactively authorizing and ratifying an application for a $625,000 Passenger Rail Alternatives Analysis Study Grant from the Atlanta Regional Commission, and committing $125,000 in matching funds, to identify one or more recommended passenger rail locations that can be served by existing and future intercity passenger rail service in metro Atlanta (25-O-1486).

• An ordinance providing a $600,000 donation to the Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation in support of its “Access to Legal Counsel” program that provides eviction defense services to eligible city residents (25-R-3817).

• A resolution donating $500,000 to the Grove Park Foundation to support Neighborhood Partnership Organization (NPO) capacity building services on behalf of the West Hollowell Foundation (25-R-3799).

• A resolution to remove all parking meters in the Atkins Park Commercial Zone of Virginia Highlands, at the request of the Virginia-Highland District Association       and the Virginia Highlands Civic Association in union with the business owners (25-R-3816).

• An ordinance transferring $3 million from watershed reserves for appropriations and add funds to the rejuvenation of Historic Fourth Ward Park green infrastructure project (25-O-1448).

The City Council will present a proclamation to business leader Aiyana Mathews.

The Council meeting will be held in person at 1 p.m. in the Council Chamber at City Hall. All meetings will be conducted under the City of Atlanta’s Charter, City Code of Ordinances, and the rules of the Council as adopted for in-person meetings. In-person public comment procedures will be held as previously conducted and adopted by the Council following City Charter Sections 2-104 and 2-105.

The Council’s Committee Chairs briefing will be held in person on Mondays at 9:30 a.m. in the Council Chamber during the week of full Council.

The Committee on Council will convene in the Larry M. Dingle Committee Room at 11 a.m. before Monday’s full Council meeting.

The meeting will be available through simulcast on the Council’s website, YouTube channel, Facebook, X, Instagram accounts and Channel 26. Closed captioning will be available on the Council’s Facebook page.

About Atlanta City Council

The Atlanta City Council is the chief policy-making body for the City of Atlanta. It acts by considering and enacting all laws that govern the City. The Council also approves the operating and capital budgets for the City as recommended by the mayor, and it continually monitors revenues and expenditures for local government operations. The Atlanta City Council reviews and has final say on many land-use and zoning matters. Major economic development projects for the City also fall under the council’s jurisdiction.

The City Council is composed of 12 districts and three at-large posts. Council representatives include: Council President: Doug Shipman; District 1: Jason Winston; District 2: Amir Farokhi; District 3: Byron Amos; District 4: Jason S. Dozier; District 5: Liliana Bakhtiari; District 6: Alex Wan; District 7: Howard Shook; District 8: Mary Norwood; District 9: Dustin Hillis; District 10: Andrea L. Boone; District 11: Marci Collier Overstreet; District 12: Antonio Lewis; Post 1 At-Large: Michael Julian Bond; Post 2 At-Large: Matt Westmoreland; and Post 3 At-Large: Eshé Collins.

To learn more about the Atlanta City Council, please visit http://citycouncil.atlantaga.gov/. For the latest updates, follow the Atlanta City Council on Facebook, , X (formerly Twitter) and Instagram.

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Office of Council Communications Contact:

 Zena Lewis
zolewis@atlantaga.gov
404-330-6309

Bill Doughty
wdoughty@atlantaga.gov
404-330-6056

Tiffanie Kelly
trkelly@atlantaga.gov
404-330-6014