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

Feb. 27, 2026

ATLANTA—The Atlanta City Council on Monday will consider transferring $8 million from Department of Watershed Management (DWM) reserves to pay for the Project Management Services Team that will oversee execution of the One Water Strategies and Capital Improvement Plans created by the DWM, focusing on critical water and wastewater infrastructure programs (26-O-1102).

Other items on the agenda include:

• An ordinance authorizing execution of the seventh amendment for water distribution system rehabilitation and improvement upgrades at the Hemphill Pump Station, at a cost of approximately $1.5 million (26-O-1155).

• A resolution donating approximately $445,000 to Living Walls The Cities Speaks, a non-profit organization that provides planning, design, production, and implementation of a series of public murals and related public art programming (26-R-3246).

• An ordinance authorizing the execution of a second amendment of the Municipal Court of Atlanta’s contract for its case management system, at a cost of approximately $300,250 (26-O-1146).

• A resolution to execute a lighting services agreement with Georgia Power Company for installation of smart streetlight infrastructure for the “Integrated Atlanta: Wi-Fi World Cup Initiative” for a one-year term with three one-year renewal options at a cost of approximately $400,000 (26-R-3244).

• A resolution authorizing a special procurement agreement with Comcast Cable Communications Management for the “Integrated Atlanta: Wi-Fi World Cup Initiative” for a one-year term with three one- year renewal options at a cost of approximately $263,000 (26-R-3243).

• A resolution asking the Atlanta Police Department to examine its procedures, to express the policy priority of Atlanta, to emphasize community-based diversion for low-level offenses, encouraging the use of citations where appropriate, and requesting transparency reporting on enforcement trends (26-R-3234).

• A resolution requesting that the Atlanta Department of Transportation honor its commitment to fulfill the requests outlined in Resolution 25-R-3213, which prioritized the Moving Atlanta Forward Peachtree Safe Streets Project, including a pedestrian crosswalk, before the City-sponsored Atlanta Streets Alive on Peachtree Street on April 19, 2026 (26-R-3242).

• An ordinance amending the Cool Roofs ordinance adopted in June 2025, amending the effective date and providing additional options for reflectivity compliance and incorporating the Cool Roofs Rating Council reflectance standard (26-O-1154).

• An ordinance renaming the Kirkwood Urban Forest Preserve as Williamson Urban Forest in honor of Earl Williamson, longtime chair of the Kirkwood Neighbors Organization’s Environmental Committee, who was a driving force behind these stewardship efforts (26-O-1150).

The City Council will present proclamations and recognitions to S.L. King & Associates and Raquel Hill.

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: 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.

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:

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

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