Call to order: 7:00pm.
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Approval of January 13, 2026, meeting minutes.
Approval of January 2026 treasurer’s report.
Elected Officials’ Reports
Council Member Bakhtiari’s Office: Liliana here in person today. Issues with yard waste and trash pickup have been escalated; if still having issues, please contact Liliana, If putting 311 incidents in for water leaks and not getting a response, escalate to Liliana, Some new exciting park updates coming soon. Q: Are you working on filling Patrick’s position? A: Yes, there have been some changes, but the plan is to fill that role ASAP. Q: Any update on crosswalks? A: GDOT was supposed to expedite four crosswalks. Two are being prioritized right now. The first one is in front of Branan Towers; the second one will be at Haas and Glenwood Avenues. The Transportation Committee is working on gathering information on where other crosswalks are missing and working to address that with GDOT. Q: Battleground Trail? A: Adopted Trails ATL plan, Sweetwater trail, battleground trail and one other one is coming online soon, timeline is unclear waiting on funding.
Dekalb Commissioner Nicole Massiah’s Office: Q: Do you have access to cameras at Glenwood and Clifton due to hit and run? A: Contact her and she will find out how to get access. Crime: aware of what is going on, working on graffiti issues.
Public Safety Updates
Zone 6 Update: Join the Zone 6 Rep. to address community concerns about recent crimes in East Atlanta. Crime stats are down this year so far. Car thefts – People are leaving keys in cars when warming them up; this was contested by a participant on Zoom who shared car was stolen with no keys left inside. Shooting at Gresham; two vehicles shootings still being investigated. Shooting on Glenwood – Still unsolved. Q: On Sargent Avenue, keys were not being left in the cars, but they were still stolen? A: Burglary – Stole keys from people’s homes and then stole their cars. Q: Are residents still able to get the club from APD for their vehicles for free? A: They are unsure if this is still available but will look into it; if so, they would only be available for Kias and Hyundais. Open air drug dealing – Businesses can call 911 if they are seeing it happen/ If there is an absent owner or landlord and another citizen calls. it can be a little more difficult to enforce. Q: What can we do to increase profile of APD in our area to deter people from committing crimes? A: APD follows the crime trail but are often responding after the fact, if you need assistance from APD please call and they will come. Q: If calling the non-emergency line and waiting for 15 minutess to be connected (car theft), how can we trust that APD will take these seriously? A: Call 911 for car thefts. Neighborhood watch training on March 21 from 9:00am to 2:00pm; March 13 is the last day to sign up. To pick up police reports/incident reports, you must go to the APD location at 3493 Donald Lee Hollowell Drive.
City of Atlanta Ombudsman Introduction: Neighborhood Relations Manager Office of the Ombudsman to Introduce themselves. Amber Ware, Neighbor relations manager from Ombudsman, reports directly to the Chief of Staff and Mayor. This office exists to field concerns or complaints about any public office citizens are having trouble with; they are an impartial office. Contact her at 470-834-6453 or amberware@atlantaga.gov.
Public Safety (Event Application Vote) – Myron Polster: Wig Out Event at the Farmers Market – This is the second year doing this event. It will take place in June this year as the unofficial East Atlanta Pride from 1:00pm to 7:00pm in the EAV Farmers Market space; security will be there. Officer Chris Clark – APPROVED.
Committee Reports
Treasurer’s Report – Stephen Morris: 2026 proposed budget . VOTE – APPROVED.
Grants/Fundraising Report – Ryan Downey: 2026 grant/fundraising strategy.
East Atlanta Parents Network Report – Lexi Martin and Kessa Frantz: Third Annual PROM Reminder – March 14 (register in advance). Lexi Martin from EAPN reminds us about Prom on March 14 and Spring Fling on May 17.
NEW EACA Beautification Initiative – Erin Vaiskauckas: The beautification initiative is a coordinated effort to align transportation, parks, and arts & culture projects into a single, neighborhood-wide beautification pipeline. EACA will help scope projects, coordinate volunteers, and support light project management to turn ideas into visible improvements across East Atlanta, with Erin leading the effort.
Arts and Culture Report – Maria Edwards (2 min): Pushing Up Daisies Garden Tour and Concert – May 9. Apply to have your garden considered. Join the Zoom meeting (click the link to register and you will receive an email with the link to join the meeting): https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/hhC8SCRGQBC5dB7ojJFedw.
Parks and Greenspace Report and Memberships – Tim Cook: Garden Clean Up DAY!! Restoration Volunteer Day at Ormewood Forest – February 28 from 9:00am to 12:00pm. Love Your Park Brownwood Park Cleanup – February 28 from 9:00am to 12:00pm. We had a great event on January 28 cleaning up Ormewood forest. We received a grant of $1,500 to help contribute to a shed and tools for a community garden. Yard signs will be delivered soon to those who ordered them; apologies for the delay.
Announcements
2026 EACA Strategy Recap: Following the workshop, neighbors shared priorities and ideas through a poster visioning exercise focused on what East Atlanta should protect, improve, and build next. Using that input, we developed a REVISED 2026 VISION building on the draft shared at the previous meeting, with a stronger focus on EACA serving as a platform to help neighbors turn ideas into real civic initiatives while strengthening communication, participation, and collaboration across the neighborhood. Call to action: If there is a civic idea or project you want to see happen, email president@eaca.net and we will help you explore how to move it forward.
Community Engagement: One for the Road hosted by Mookah! Stick around after the meeting for One for the Road, hosted by Mookah! – a casual after-party with good drinks, good people, good music, and a chance to actually get to know your neighbors.
