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

Feb. 2, 2026

Atlanta City Council Approves $1M for E-Bike Initiatives 

ATLANTA — The Atlanta City Council on Monday approved a resolution authorizing a $1 million donation to the Atlanta Regional Commission and Propel ATL to support electric bike initiatives within the City (26-R-3108).

Other items approved by Council include:

• The following items were among several sent to the Mayor’s Office post-haste:
  
  
  
  • An ordinance authorizing the retroactive exercise of a one-year, approximately $27.3 million renewal option for continued provision of managing general contract services for various Department of Parks and Recreation projects (26-O-1020).
     
  • A resolution authorizing an approximately $486,000 special procurement agreement for improvements to the City’s Joint Operations Center at the Atlanta Public Safety Headquarters (26-R-3103).
    
    
  • An ordinance approving the application for and acceptance of an approximately $635,000 reimbursement grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Child and Adult Care Food program for the Afterschool Meals Services program and authorizing a sponsorship agreement with Georgia Nutritional Services (26-O-1021).
    
    
• A resolution urging adoption of the Edgewood Corridor Public Safety Task Force’s full priority recommendation list and to consider implementation of the task force’s supplemental recommendations. The task force was created following a July 28, 2025, mass shooting in which one person was killed and 10 others seriously injured (26-R-3111).
  
  
• A resolution expanding the boundaries of the Airport West Community Improvement District (26-R-3107).
  
  
• An ordinance amending the City’s Tree Protection Ordinance (TPO) to correct errors, provide clarification, and add a provision regarding tree removal on earthen dams (26-O-1015).

Items introduced for consideration include:

• An ordinance ratifying the execution of a $2 million intergovernmental agreement (IGA) for the Bowen Choice Neighborhood Transformation Plan.

• An ordinance authorizing an eight-year, approximately $405,000 special procurement agreement for an attorney digital evidence management system for the City of Atlanta Office of the Defender.

• A resolution allowing the execution of a one-year, approximately $786,000 cooperative agreement for a solid waste route management system.
  
  
• A resolution approving the execution of an approximately $138,000 special procurement agreement  for the Safe Passage Program & Rapid Response Initiative.
  
  
• An ordinance authorizing a $100,000 donation to Safehouse Outreach, Inc. to support street outreach, supportive services and rehousing for individuals experiencing homelessness and extreme poverty.
  
  
• An ordinance renaming Fulton Street, SW from Whitehall Terrace, SW, to Capitol Avenue, SW, as “J. Lowell Ware Boulevard” in honor of the pioneering Black journalist, publisher, and community activist whose life's work helped shape both Atlanta's media landscape and its neighborhoods, and as a relentless advocate for civil rights, economic empowerment, and community revitalization.
  
  
• An ordinance prohibiting warehousing, self-storage facilities and distribution centers within the Beltline Overlay District.
  
  
• An ordinance entering into an amended intergovernmental agreement with the Atlanta Urban Development Corporation governing the development of an interim Fire Station 15 on city-owned property at 1531 Piedmont Road, NE, to house operations during the development of the Midtown Fire Station.

The City Council presented a proclamation in recognition of “Love Your Park Month.”

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

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