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

May 1, 2026

ATLANTA—The Atlanta City Council on Monday will consider a resolution authorizing an emergency study of the annual “404 Day” celebrations by establishing a multi-stakeholder advisory committee charged with accessing the circumstances and consequences of the yearly event, examining such matters as public safety, traffic, permitting, and economic and community impact (26-R-3438).

Other items on the agenda include:

• A resolution establishing a 19-member City of Atlanta Special Event Technical Advisory Group (SETAG) to review and recommend improvements to the special event permitting process at Piedmont Park, which consistently hosts the largest number and variety of outdoor permitted events in the City, as recent and ongoing investments in the surrounding the area are expected to increase visitation and demand on the park (26-R-3433).

• An ordinance to establish and implement a revised compensation plan for the Fire Rescue Department to provide for equitable, competitive wages, rank differentials and retention incentives (26-O-1265).

• An ordinance declaring a certain area of Downtown Atlanta as a temporary “public entertainment district” during FIFA World Cup 26, June 11 to July 29, 2026. The measure would prohibit distribution of commercial products, prohibit cruising, and create a limited exemption from the prohibition on public consumption of alcohol beverages within the defined area (26-O-1267).

• A resolution requesting a temporary pause on the proposed sale and redevelopment of property on Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway currently under contract for sale to the Atlanta Mission, until a full community impact review is completed on plans to consolidate multiple homeless service facilities into a single campus adjacent to the Atlanta Beltline Westside Trail, Maddox Park and the Bankhead MARTA station (26-R-3430).

• An ordinance authorizing the creation of the City of Atlanta Downtown Enterprise Zone effective June 1, 2026, in an area roughly bordered by Marietta Street NW, Peachtree Street SW, Trinity Avenue SW, and Ted Turner Drive / Forsyth Street SW, currently comprising approximately 118 physical addresses with 231 parcels, spanning 28.6 acres with an estimated capital investment of approximately $500 million (26-O-1266).

• A resolution accepting the final report and recommendations of the Neighborhood Reinvestment Initiative Commission (NRIC) which contains advice and recommendations concerning the design and implementation of the neighborhood reinvestment initiative, including the expansion of the eight active tax allocation districts (26-R-3435).

• A resolution requesting that the Department of City Planning submit the Zoning 2.0 legislation to the Atlanta City Council Zoning Committee by June 30, 2026, the next step in a process begun in 2021 to conduct a comprehensive review leading to adoption of an entirely new zoning ordinance for the first time in 40 years (26-R-3427).

• An ordinance ratifying the City’s submission of an application for $3.6 million Surface Transportation Block Grant Funding from the Georgia Department of Transportation to be used for the Peachtree Safe Street – Midtown Project (26-O-1241)

• An ordinance to rename Adair Park II in Southwest Atlanta to “Beulah Colbert Park” in recognition of Ms. Colbert’s decades of advocacy and significant contributions to the community where she has lived since 1969 (26-O-1255).

• An ordinance to rename Lee Street SW, between West End Avenue SW, Westview Drive SW, and West Whitehall Street, SW as “Judge Thelma Cummings Moore Way” in honor of her distinguished, trailblazing legal career that included becoming the first African American woman appointed to serve full-time on the City Court of Atlanta (26-O-1145).

• An ordinance establishing a mandatory 72-hour, demolition-permit process for structurally distressed properties, eliminating certain administrative barriers, and authorizing voluntary owner demolition (26-O-1253).

• A resolution calling for a 30-day study to assess the feasibility and strategic implementation of expanding and supporting summer camp start-ups within the City of Atlanta, with findings and recommendations to be presented to the Atlanta City Council (26-R-3432).

The City Council will present proclamations and recognitions for Water Safety Month, Historic Preservation Month, National Transportation Week, and Sonya and Jayla Ceaser.

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

404-330-6014