NEWS

The July 6th Virtual WCO meeting has been cancelled. Enjoy your long weekend neighbors. We will gather again virtually on August 3rd.

Good morning everyone. This is a follow-up to my post yesterday about the final vote on the council budget. PLEASE READ THE ARTICLE. Below I will place two screenshots showing the vote in the non-binding resolution and the a screenshot showing that Michael Julian Bond and Andrea Boone switched their votes killing potential reform in the binding ordinance (I guess they hoped we would only pay attention to the 1st vote). Cleta Winslow was a straight no vote.

The Ordinance amendment killed would not have committed the Council to any specific plan. It was a compromise that withheld funds that cannot be spent until January of 2021 anyway and placed it in a restricted account. It would have given the council till December 1 to enact any reforms to reimagine public safety. The ordinance would have created space for recommendations from the policing task force as well as the police to see what reforms should be enacted.

In essence Council Members Boone, Winslow and Bond, with others, voted to keep the city from even considering a conversation around reform. This in my opinion is the bigger issue. Everyone gave lip service to the need for reform but denied space to potentially look at what should be done

I have spoken with Antonio Brown and Jennifer Ide and would encourage you to head to their pages and read their full statements

https://www.ajc.com/news/local-govt--politics/atlanta-city-council-votes-down-withholding-police-funding/dkVvkxqu62JTekBIYqzPON/

The vote on non binding resolution 

The FINAL vote on the legally binding resolution 

~Jason

The WCO will meet virtually on Monday June 1 at 7pm via ZOOM. The agenda, minutes and meeting link are below. The agenda contain all pertinent info the the Stokes Proposal that we will discuss.

Agenda: https://westviewatlanta.org/resources/Documents/WCO%20Meeting%20Agenda%20-%20June%202020.pdf

Minutes: https://westviewatlanta.org/resources/Documents/WCO%20Meeting%20Minutes%20-%20May%202020%20.pdf

Meeting Link and Dial in info:

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Meeting ID: 813 7459 6139

Password: 473558

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If you were not able to attend the live stream of the candidate forum we have good news for you. The playback can be watched by clicking the link below! Remember June 9th is election day!

https://www.facebook.com/westviewcommunityorganization/videos/244405026650591/

As part of the Stokes Park Proposal presented to the community earlier this month, the WCO President promised to present real estate comps to back the potential for selling the Stokes Avenue Property. 

The report was compiled by Westview resident, Realtor with Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage Atlanta and former WCO Executive Board Member Orlando Hartwell. 

The document can be downloaded here.

From Orlando: "Here is the preliminary comparative market analysis (cma) The numbers are kind of all over the place. I narrowed it to within a mile radius of the subject property and roughly around the same or similar square footage. When it comes to raw land there are a few variables to be considered; the location of the lot and its desirability. With that said. There are 3 active properties and one under contract. The average asking price is 134,000. However there have been 2 closed properties with an average sales price (in the last 6 months) of 96,000. Taking into consideration the specifics of the property I would  put the value around about $120,000 dollars."

The SXSW Candidate Forum is a joint initiative of NPU-I, NPU-S, NPU-T and NPU-V. The forum is an opportunity to hear the positions of GA House Candidates from District 56 and 57. The forum is a non partisan enterprise. All qualified candidates were invited to participate. Each candidate will be asked the same questions and given the same amount of time to give answers. Questions were submitted by members of the participating NPUs.

Register by clicking this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUrd-CorDkqHdCuQf-uV7gbffkutkDt1cRx

We will also stream the forum on WCO Facebook Page and in our Facebook Groups

At the May 4, 2020 WCO Virtual Meeting a proposal was presented to regarding the state of the community finances. WCO President Jason Hudgins proposed that the community take the following steps:

1. Sell the property known as Stokes Park at 1556 Stokes Avenue.

2. Use the proceeds to endow the WCO to eliminate the short term need for fundraising in the Post COVID-19 environment.

3. Use the proceeds to fully realize the potential of the community garden located on South Gordon.

4. Complete the longstanding community goal of creating a community 501c3.

The text of the proposal is attached. The board asks that all comments and questions be submitted in writing  by May 28th to President@westviewatlanta.org so that they can be compiled into one document, answered and disseminated to the community. The community will take 30 days to comment and discuss, the June 1 WCO meeting will be reserved to discuss this proposal.

You can read the proposal here: Stokes Park Proposal

Wishing you and your family health and safety! The Westview Community Organization will meet virtually on Monday May 4th at 7pm.

CLICK HERE: ZOOM Meeting Link

Meeting ID: 882 5274 1629

Password: 576189

The meeting agenda can be downloaded here: Agenda

The April meeting minutes can be downloaded here: Minutes

You can also call into the meeting via phone:

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        +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)

        +1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose)

Meeting ID: 882 5274 1629

Password: 576189

During the meeting we will here from GA House District 57 Candidate Jenne' Shephard and Fulton County Commissioner Natalie Hall.