SAND Meeting Minutes – March 10, 2016

SAND Meeting Minutes – March 10, 2016
Call to Order at 7:32pm
Zone 6 report: Sargent Smith of the 607
Reminded us once again to please not leave anything visible in our cars.
City/State/School/Other Elected Officials
Marvin S. Arrington, JR – Commissioner, District 5 – Cell (404) 441-8475
Came to discuss 4 areas of concern:  Arts Library Courts/Jails Health Services – Please look for 3 upcoming town hall meetings
Dick Anderson – New Hire
Josh Noblitt came to introduce himself Running for open seat – Georgia House District 59 – www.facebook.com/votejoshnoblitt
Janine Brown came to introduce herself and announce that she is running for the open seat – Georgia House District 59.  For more information visit www.janinebrown.org
1106 Sanders Avenue – Robert Fournier change from an R4 to an R4A; vote was 25 yea, 1 nay, 9 abstention
Land Use and Zoning – No Updates
Public Safety: Greg Giuffrida

• Traffic Study with GDOT on Memorial – remove reversible lanes

Education Melissa Hugh-Girdhari

• Go Team (local school governance) – call for volunteers from local community to participate in school governance such as budgeting, decisions on how school s are run, etc.; sign up at atlantapublicschool.us

Dunbar needs a Go Team
Transportation Bob Titus

• Spoke about the Moreland/Glenwood bike lane
• NPW Meetings 4th Wednesday in the same room that we meet

Treasures Report

• Elected new Treasurer Bob Freeman

Beautification Update: Dan Murphy

• Maynard Jackson High School Students to Paint Murals
• Moreland Properties LLC/Cartel Properties

New Business:

• Kirkwood Splash Pad – Coan SPLASH
  • Connected Communites/Family Fun Boundless Opportunities
  • Located between the tennis courts and the boundless playground
  • Implementation late 2017 up and running by pool season 2018
  • More info contact at CoanSPLASH.org
• Ormewood Presbyterian Update
  • Nina Gentry
• ABI – Atlanta BeltLine Link
• 842 Berne Street
  • Steve Rothman – Land Use Attorney

Concerns

• cars/traffic on Berne
• trash going out on Berne and adjacent to residential
• traffic
• parking
• rental vs ownership
• density
• number of units
• speed of traffic
• traffic entering and exiting onto Berne
• car-centric
• affordability (ability to save money by living car free)
• open parking deck heat island
• too much parking
• rendering not matching site plan
• saving trees
• road proximity to school field
• school pedestrian safety
• limited transit access
• school capacity to handle additional students

Desires

• public access to and from BeltLine through property
• roof top garden or solar
• neighborhood membership to pool
• public amenities
• privacy for pool
• connection of Berne to BL
• transit access
• affordability 20%
• special streetscaping, public
• traffic calming
• minimum level of parking
• indoor bicycle parking
• mixed use (mixed support)
• traffic study and impact prior to development
• Uber parking/pickup
• electrical charging
• zip-car
• Leed certification
• protect school field from impact
• no view of parking deck
• park and ride

 
Assets

• more housing options
• more density that supports BL
• street grid connectivity
• access to the BL
• making use of unused land
• increased property value

Motion to approve February minutes: passed unanimously