February Update from Council Member Jennifer Ide
Our Atlanta City Councilmember for District 6, Jennifer Ide, just released her latest newsletter for February 2020. It’s chock full of interesting updates affecting our part of the city.
Here’s a rundown, below, of just a few items that have the potential to affect Lindridge-Martin Manor during the next few weeks and months. Read the newsletter for lots more. (You can subscribe to it, too.)
If you have questions, contact Jennifer Ide at (404) 330-6049 or jnide@atlantaga.gov. You also might contact her Chief of Staff Lance Orchid at (404) 330-6049 or lorchid@atlanta.gov.
Lindridge-Martin Manor Updates
Our LMMNA community partners at Park Pride will hold their 19th Annual Park Pride Conference Monday, March 23, from 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Tickets and more information are available online.
This past year, Renew Atlanta Infrastructure Bond funds were approved across the city. “Putting it in action,” Jennifer says that Lenox Road resurfacing is set to begin mid-2020. Also: Pedestrian safety improvements will be made on Lenox. Piedmont Avenue resurfacing is also set to begin in late-2020, but it’s unclear where these will be.
Don’t forget: The Municipal Option Sales Tax will be a city item for all of us to vote on in the March 24 presidential preference ballot. It’s related to our 1-cent sales tax to help pay for federally mandated improvements to our city sewer and watershed management system. We’ve already shared some information on it and you can find primary voting information on our website.
Jennifer has sponsored legislation to approve Speed Cameras in School Zones (19-R-4335). She says: “I sponsored this resolution to bring the City and Atlanta Public Schools together to allow for and implement ticketing by camera for speeding over 10 miles per hour in marked school zones. The COA and APS are in the planning stages of this program.”
Jennifer also sponsored legislation last year Establishing Permitting and Administration of Scooters and e-Bikes (18-O-1322) and Putting a Hold on Scooters (19-O-1429). We can expect new regulations on scooters in the next few months, she says.
Update on Re-baselining of TSPLOST/Renew Projects (19-R-3445). Several LMMNA members asked her about this at last year’s meetings. The Monroe Complete Street project was fully funded in the rebaselining. (Here’s a Curbed Atlanta story explaining the whole thing.)
Creation of the Atlanta Department of Transportation (19-O-1159). All transportation functions will now be coordinated under a single department, the Atlanta DOT, which will lead to greater efficiencies and coordinate planning and implementation of projects. (Here’s an AJC article explaining the new office.) The new commissioner, Josh Rowan, will speak to us at the March 12 Buckhead Council of Neighborhoods meeting.