General Meeting 2020

DATE: 11/11/2020


The General Meeting of the Lindridge-Martin Manor Neighborhood Association was held via Zoom on Nov. 11, 2020. Here are some notes and minutes of the event, below. Contact board@lmmna.org for questions, comments, or future topics of interest.

BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: President, Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer. Committee Members: Licenses and Permits, Membership, Parks and Gardens, NPU-F, Communications, Social Media. Also in attendance and presenting were Major Anthony Senzer (APD Zone 2 Commander), Atlanta City Councilor Jennifer Ide, and Bryan Warnock.

1) CALL TO ORDER

  • President called the meeting to order, 7pm

  • Vice President presented agenda as well as instructions for how things work, Zoom, etc.

2) MAJOR SENZER SPOKE

  • This has been a challenging assignment, made more difficult by the chief stepping down and COVID. He thanked LMM for support

  • crime is down overall, but we're up in zone 2 for auto theft and aggravated assault.

  • courts are closed and have over 45K backlogged cases due to CV

  • street racing an issue. APD is outnumbered. They've had success taking intel and using social media to match info and make arrests

  • traffic stops have also helped bring arrests

  • GDOT cleared homeless encampment near Lenox/85. HOPE offered services but no one agreed to the help, too many restrictions. City is working on a hotel near the old stadium for future housing of the homeless

  • clubs are applying for restaurant licenses, then operating as a club, APD working with licensing and compliance department on this issue.

3) JENNIFER IDE SPOKE

  • Clubs and licensing. new legislation has been proposed for city to work more closely, checking what licenses are for, and what establishments are actually doing

  • homelessness issue, working with GDOT and APD, getting them to work together

  • Allure, license review board looking at the Sunday in question when they were open. LRB found them in violation, the matter is now in the mayor's hands, She has not signed off as yet. Courts being closed due to CV is creating a backlog. This would be a first offense for Club Alure, this must be finalized before additional violations can be brought against them. If additional charges brought, they could be closed down for one year

  • Goat Club, applied for nightclub permits, but are too close to residential. Then applied for restaurant liquor license, which was granted by LRB. Will need to keep monitoring to make sure they're not operating as a club.

  • ZOO, owner of property says the ZOO owners are squatting and trying to get them out

4) ALANTA NEIGHBORHOOD SECURITY COALITION UPDATE

  • Communications Lead spoke: We have several LMMNA members working with this group to represent Lindridge-Martin Manor among other neighborhood association around the Cheshire Bridge and Lindbergh Drive area. Coalition is working to get GDOT, APD, city and non-profits working together on the homeless issue, coordinate official camp interventions, and relocate individuals into appropriate housing. Getting GDOT to agree to have trespassing on private property as an arrestable offense will be a big help in this area. There are approximately 15 encampments around our area, working with diverse owners of these properties as well, to address issue. We are on the calendar to meet with GDOT leaders, the city’s Chief Operating Officer, Partners for Home, and APD Community Policing leadership to engage on our neighborhood concerns and offer our partnership on solutions.

5) REZONING PROPOSAL

  • Bryan Warnock presented map and background of the property he would like to have rezoned at 910/922/928 Lindbergh. He's asking for these lots to be rezoned to R4A, creating 6 lots in total

  • NPU-F Committee Chair spoke to the earlier NPU and Board votes on this issue. Stating that R4A is not compatible with our R4 zoning, lot frontage would not be in line with the rest of LMM. Questions were asked : would this make widening Lingbergh more difficult (no answer), was curb cut legel (yes), if properties remain R4 how many houses could be built (likely 3 new, plus the one exisitng).

  • Vote was taken, 15% in favor, 85% apposed. This goes to NPU, then the city

COMMUNITY UPDATES

  • Treasurer went over this year's budget, outlines budget for 2021 and asked this to be voted on. 94% approved 6% opposed

MEMBERSHIPS

  • Membership Chair went over memberships, we have 136 households and 2 businesses for 2020.

COMMUNICATIONS UPDATE

  • Communications Chair went over communications and marketing status for 2020, we have more traffic to our website, will work to cleanup email list, new membership signs will be green and campaign will begin in December.

NPU-F

  • NPU-F Committee Chair spoke to NPU issues, street racing is an issue, they're hoping the state can help with this. Zoning for short term rentals/Air BNB. Current zoning may not allow, this will be address

GARDENS AND PARKS

  • Garden and Parks Chair spoke, community gardens will be getting more beds, applications will be available in January. Original green space has been planted by Trees Atlanta to create a forested area.

NEW BUSINESS

  • LMMNA member and active volunteer with South Fork Conservancy spoke to the new bridge at the confluence. South Fork is waiting on money in order to continue with progress, waiting on bids, etc..

  • President offered closing comments and thanks for participation. Open slot on board: Events coordinator, anyone interested was encouraged to reach out to board@lmmna.org to volunteer.

ADJOURNMENT