WHEREAS, Ordinance 21-O-0367 authorized a ground lease agreement with the Atlanta Police Foundation for approximately Eighty-Five (85) acres for improvements related to public training facilities and to preserve approximately Two Hundred Sixty-Five (265) acres for greenspace within property located within the City of Atlanta and Dekalb County, at for a lease term not to exceed Fifty (50) years; and
WHEREAS, in the preamble to Ordinance 21-O-0367, it was declared that the Atlanta Police Foundation (“APF”) will regularly convene a Community Stakeholder Advisory Committee comprised of community members appointed by the Atlanta City Council and DeKalb County Commission to make recommendations around community engagement, key siting, design, and operating details; and
WHEREAS, Resolution 21-R-3869 establishes the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center Community Stakeholder Advisory Committee to ensure that there is continued public engagement and input from the City of Atlanta, DeKalb County, the Atlanta Police Foundation, and other interested parties including but not limited to environmental and habitat conservation organizations, concerning the development of the Atlanta Public Training Facility property; and
WHEREAS, the Community Stakeholder Advisory Committee is comprised of appointees who represent governmental and public safety officials, and each of the adjacent neighborhood associations who will engage with the City, APF, and other interested parties including but not limited to environmental and habitat conservation organizations, over the next several months through the completion of the Atlanta Public Safety Taning Center in a thorough site plan review of all development impacts on the 85 acres, such as sound, smoke, night training activities, traffic, access, trash, loading, security, lighting, wildlife habitat, dark sky, tree canopy, native plants, as well as water quantity and quality; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution 21-R-3869, members of the Advisory Committee shall be appointed by the Atlanta City Council’s Public Safety and Legal Administration Committee and shall include stakeholders from Dekalb County and the City of Atlanta.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ATLANTA, GEORGIA, that the Public Safety and Legal Administration Commitee hereby appoints the following members to serve on the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center Community Stakeholder Advisory Committee:
DeKalb County Stakeholders
Alison Clerk - Boulder Walk Community
Nicole Morando -Starlight Heights Neighborhood
Pat Clark - Cedar Groove Neighborhood
Shaun Billingslea- East Side Walk Housing Development
Tory Tucker- Gates at Bouldercrest Condominium Complex
Commissioner Larry Johnson - Dekalb County Board of Commissioners
Jerrie Bason - Dekalb County Parks and Recreation
Amy Taylor- District 6 Representative
City of Atlanta Stakeholders:
Anne Phillips - Neighborhood Planning Unit Z
Shirley Nichols - the South River Gardens Community Association
Ophelia Lee- Thomasville Heights Civic League
Jacquelyn Rainey- Stonewall Heritage Community Association
Deputy Chief Darin Schierbaum - Atlanta Police Department
First Deputy Chief James McLemore - Atlanta Fire Rescue Department
Joyce M. Sheperd - Chair, Atlanta City Council Public Safety and Legal Administration Committee
Jestin Johnson - City of Atlanta Mayor’s designee
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Atlanta Police Foundation shall provide staffing and administrative support to the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center Community Stakeholder Advisory Committee.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center Community Stakeholder Advisory Committee may commence meetings upon the appointment of a quorum of members by the Public Safety and Legal Administration Committee.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center Community Stakeholder Advisory Committee shall meet no fewer than one time per each calendar month, though the Committee may decide to meet more frequently, as determined to be necessary thereby.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center Community Stakeholder Advisory Committee shall terminate (sunset) upon the completion of the construction of the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center.
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED, that all resolutions and parts of resolutions in conflict herewith are hereby waived to the extent of the conflict.