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April 11, 2005 MLPA Board of Directors Monthly Meeting
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Board and committee members present:
President Norman McKay, Vice President Alan Perry, Treasurer Christine Hung, Secretary Sarah Nunn, Parliamentarian Mae Reich, At Large (South) Shira Kash,
Beautification Chair Kerry Brown, Education Chair Barbara Feinberg, Traffic Chair Bill Ellis, Zoning Co-Chair: Tad Christian, Finance Chair Barry Berlin
Announcements
Meeting on Beltline June 21, 6pm-8pm Fellowship Hall representative from Anne Fauver’s office 20 year celebration of Trees Atlanta Saturday, May 7, 7pm-10pm. More info at TreesAtlanta.org
MLPA annual meeting April 25 at 7:30
Nominating Committee – Bill Ellis
Slate for 2005-06
- President - Alan Perry
- President - Elect-Lee Nunn
- Treasurer - Christine Hung
- Parliamentarian - Mae Reich
- Membership - Dayna Holbel & Alex Bach
- Special Events - Daniel Cherrix & Chip Bowden
- Zoning - Tad Christian & Trav Carter
- Education - Barbara Feinberg
- Traffic - Bill Ellis
- NPU Rep - James Strack
- At Large - South-Shira Kash
- Finance - Barry Berlin
A motion to present proposed slate at annual meeting passed by unanimous voice vote.
Approval of Minutes: A motion to approve the March minutes passed unanimously.
Committee Reports
Security Patrol/Public Safety - Norman McKay
We continue to experience property crime rather than violent crime. Brookwood Hills experienced two shootings today after attempted car break-ins. Zone 6 commander will be at annual meeting.
Schools - Barbara Feinberg
CINS Mark the date for CINS’ April Meeting! CINS will hold its annual Grants Showcase on April 20th, 7 p.m., at the Grady theatre. At the Showcase, teachers who are recipients of CINS grants for the 2004 – 2005 school years will present reports and student performances to demonstrate how the grants benefited our schools. This year CINS distributed just over $15,000 in teacher grants, $1000 of which came from MLPA. Plan to attend the Grants Showcase on April 20th and learn how MLPA dollars were put to excellent use.
Morningside On Wednesday, April 13, MES will be hosting a Prospective Parents Meeting on Wednesday, at 9 a.m. It will be and opportunity for parents to tour the school, meet staff and learn about Morningside's philosophy and teaching approaches. Tours meet in the Media Center. For more information contact Jane Seun (404-477-2520). You do not need to sign up ahead of time to attend. The school will be accepting pre-registration documents for kindergartners and new students from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
On March 30 there was a community meeting at MES on overcrowding at Morningside Elementary School. The presenters emphasized that this was a very preliminary meeting and that no decision has been made to rezone MES. Presenters included Catalina Pescatore (MES’s principal), Sharron Pitts (APS Chief of Staff), and Janice Monk Reardon (Special Assistant to the Chief of Staff). Gloria Patterson (Executive Director for School Reform Team 3) and Mike Holiman (Chair of the Board of Education) also attended. The presenters will make written materials available soon. Lora Rust, PTA president, and Catalina Pescatore will be following up with APS this week to make a packet of information available on the MES website as a reference for those that could not attend. There is no imminent plan with lines drawn. APS will have to go through a lot of data collection and review before that is done. If the data deem it necessary to re-district, the earliest we would see a recommendation (with subsequent public hearings with the community) would be 2/06. There is a possibility that a plan could make it through that process for implementation in 2006-2007 school year. We do know that nothing will be done for the 2005-2006 school year.
Inman the Inman PTA has submitted a donation request to MLPA. The PTA requested funds for one of several projects: $3500 for Saturday Scholars Program for under-performing students, $2000 to add additional supplies to media center, or $1000 to support student participation in academic competitions, $1000 to fund participation in after-school clubs, $1000 to support extracurricular athletic programs or $950 to support health and safety programs. On Saturday, April 30, the Inman PTA will be presenting “Screen on the Green” at Inman athletic field to raise money for audio/visual equipment. The PTA would appreciate MLPA’s advertising this event with an email blast to its membership. Tickets will be $5 for middle school age and older, $3 for elementary school students, and pre-schoolers are free. Title TBD this week by student vote.
Grady Donations from Bob Wildau (Thank you from D. Griffiths) Thank you for your generous donation of the following computer and camera equipment to Grady High School PTSA:
- 17" Viewsonic 1024 x 768 color monitor - 17" deep
- Canon AE-1 35mm SLR camera with center-weighted monitoring & flash attachment plus big front pack to carry it in
- Pentium-MMx 233 Mhz desktop computer with 96 Mb of memory and a 6 Gb hard drive and running updated Windows 98 SE
- Compaq Presario 1275 laptop with 128 Mb memory and a Pentium II/400Mhz chip and at least a 10 gig hard drive, USB ports, network card, CD-ROM and floppy drives
Georgia Champion Journalist
The Georgia Scholastic Press Association has named Grady senior Katherine Hagan as the 2005 Georgia Champion Journalist. As Georgia's top scholastic journalist, Hagan will be Georgia's entry in the national Journalist of the Year competition sponsored by the Journalism Education Association.
Thursday, April 14: "Making College Financial Planning Count," theater, 6:30-7:30 p.m.
It’s never too soon to begin planning for college—especially how you’re going to pay for it. A free parent seminar is sponsored by the Grady High School Counseling Department and presented by “Making it Count” and “Bank of America.”
Keep those kids reading, listening and watching...
Grady’s media center needs book donations to augment its popular reading collection! Specifically:
The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown
The Devil Wears Prada - Lauren Weisberger
Their Eyes are Watching God - Zora Neale Hurston
AND
Any books by: Patricia Cornwell, James Patterson, Anne Rice, Alice Walker (esp. Color Purple) and James Patterson.
ALSO
DVDs & Videos suitable for high schoolers and classical CDs.
Thurs – Sat., April 21-23: FIRST Robotics National Competition, Georgia Dome
Grady Drama department presents it spring musical, Ragtime, in the Grady Theater.
Thurs., April 21, and Fri., April 22, at 7:00 p.m.
Sat., April 23, and Sun., April 24, Ragtime, Theater, 2:00 p.m.
Friday, April 29, 2005, 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Please come to a showing of artwork made by Grady High School AP Art students, and a celebration of the publication of the 2004-2005 Grady literary magazine, the Unmasking. There will also be a reception with music and readings of poems and other literary works. The event will be held at Eyedrum, 290 MLK Jr. Drive, Atlanta, 30312, (404) 522-0655. Refreshments will be provided.
GOLF CLASSIC, Sunday, April 17, 2005 at Candler Park Golf Course
Come and join the Grady golf team and your friends for the First Annual Grady Golf Classic! Students and adults can all play---amount of experience and skill don't matter! Tee times begin at noon. This fundraiser for the golf team and PTSA will feature closest to pin and other competitions for prizes, glass trophies for the winning foursome made by the Grady Art students, food and drinks for sale, raffles for prizes, and fun for golfers and non-golfers. You may sign up as an individual player or develop your own foursome! Cost is $10 for students and $30 for adults. For more information or to reserve your spot, contact Steven Johnson at 404-323-1054 (sbjohnson617@hotmail.com) or Drew Baughman at 404-872-3495 (dbaughman@cdc.gov).
Motion to approve $1000 for Inman PTA request for funds passed by unanimous voice vote.
Special Events – Norman McKay
Daniel Cherrix has all information submitted and approved by city for upcoming special events:
- “Star Wars” in Sunken Garden Park – Saturday, May 7th
- Celebration of Summer – Friday, May 20th, 5:30pm
- Fall 2005 Tour of Homes – Saturday & Sunday, October 15th & 16th
Traffic – Bill Ellis
Dogwood Festival Traffic Management – MSP provided excellent and effective coverage. APD provided some signs for neighborhoods, emergency decision to have 100 more printed and split cost among the 3 neighborhoods that used them. The additional signs are plastic and will be re-used in future. Of $1,000 that was approved last month, need $720 for officers, $95 for signs, total $815.
Proposed changes in MARTA's 45 bus line – all changes are on hold until the responses to the MARTA Board’s directive to balance the budget can be made. Best guess for progress is June.
Speed Cameras - House Bill 294 passed in the House, 97-51, but stuck in the Judiciary Committee of the Senate until next year. Advocates are organizing communication with the Judiciary Committee members in the interim.
Police Enforcement - Move to Zone 6 will probably be effective in mid-May; meanwhile MLPA has good relationship with Major Propes and the rest of the zone. Continuing efforts to supportively request enforcement of traffic safety. Fate of MLPA radar unit still undetermined.
Monroe Drive - Legislation to lower speed limit to 30 passed Council. Meeting 4/1 with Anne, Traffic & Transportation to request further action items.
City Business - No further news on speed table signatures on University Drive.
North Rock Springs Speed Tables –Signatures for speed tables and parking spaces are still being gathered.
Beautification - Kerry Brown
Parks and Beautification will be merged. Approval for funds to mow four islands. 1-3 mowings over next 2-6 weeks. Maximum of $600. Approved unanimously.
South MLPA – Shira Kash
Morningside – Va Highland parent association continues to grow. Current membership is 550-600 parents representing 700-800 children.
Zoning - Tad Christian
Application Number V-05-36
1371 North Morningside Drive
Applicant: Dixon E. Nash
Property Owner: Robert Hardaway Ferris
Applicant seeks a special exception to allow for the construction of three 7 1/2 feet high ornamental gates in the side and rear yards where such structures are restricted to 6 foot in height. Note: This application was deferred at the NPU last month and the applicant has amended his application.
Zoning Committee motion to approve three ornamental gates of 7 1/2 feet.
Motion Passed: 3- In Favor, 1- Against, 2 – Abstaining.
Board approved motion with voice vote and 1 abstention.
Application Number V-05-45
690 Amsterdam Ave.
Applicant: Eric M. Smith
Property Owner: Eric M. Smith
Applicant seeks a special exception to allow for a room addition to an existing non-conforming detached duplex, where otherwise it is prohibited.
Zoning Committee motion to defer due to applicant not present at the meeting.
Motion Passed: 8- In Favor, 0- Against, 0 – Abstaining.
Board approved motion to defer by unanimous voice vote .
BZA date April 15th
Application Number V-05-48
1951 Lenox Road
Applicant: William Austin
Property Owner: William Austin
Applicant seeks a special exception to allow for a 10 foot (privacy fence) wall on the rear and side yards where otherwise it is prohibited.
Zoning Committee motion to defer due to applicant not present at the meeting.
Motion Passed: 8- In Favor, 0- Against, 0 – Abstaining.
Board #1 Motion to defer 1 month passed by unanimous voice vote.
Board #2 Motion for MLPA to notify BZA in writing of request defer one month until applicant comes before neighborhood.
Application Number V-05-59
839 Courtenay
Applicant: Scott Newton
Property Owner: Michael Mahoney
Applicant seeks a variance to reduce the required front yard setback from 35 feet (required) to 29.7 feet to allow for a second story addition to an existing single family house.
Zoning Committee motion to approve conditioned on the construction staying within the current footprint and with letters of support from next door neighbors and neighbors across the street.
Motion Passed: 7- In Favor, 0- Against, 1 – Abstaining.
Board passed motion by unanimous voice vote.
Application Number V-05-67
1796 Noble Drive
Applicant: Russell Sain
Property Owner: Howard Manne
Applicant seeks a variance to exceed the allowable 35 foot in height for the construction of a single family residence where otherwise prohibited.
Zoning Committee motion to approve with a limit of Maximum height of 35 feet from the ground to the ridgeline in the front of the single family house .
Motion Passed: 6- In Favor, 0- Against, 2 - Abstaining.
Board passed motion as stated with additional restriction of rear height to 50’ 9” to top of ridge 7-In Favor, 0-Against, 2- Abstaining.
Application Number V-05-68
962 Cumberland Road
Applicant: Steve Abbott
Property Owner: Steve Abbott
Applicant seeks a variance to reduce the west side yard setback from 7 feet (required) to 3 feet to allow for the construction of a new single family house.
Zoning Committee motion to approve with letters of support from next door neighbors and neighbors across the street.
Motion Passed: 7- In Favor, 0- Against, 0 – Abstaining.
Board passed motion with unanimous voice vote.
Application Number V-05-77
545 Dutch Valley Road
Applicant: Mark Campis
Property Owner: Five Forty Five, LLC
Applicant seeks a special exception to reduce the off street parking requirement from 28 spaces (required) to 26 spaces to allow for the conversion of an existing warehouse/office building into an all office building.
Zoning Committee motion to approve a parking reduction from 28 spaces to 26 spaces to place a green space area in the 2 required spaces per the drawings date 4-5-2005.
Motion Passed: 7- In Favor, 0- Against, 0 – Abstaining.
Board passed motion with unanimous voice vote.
Application Number V-05-78
901 Plymouth Road
Applicant: Beth Holloway
Property Owner: Beth Holloway
Applicant seeks a variance to reduce the east side yard setback from 7 feet (required) to 2 feet to allow for the construction of a detached storage shed.
Zoning Committee motion to approve variance with the shed not to exceed 9 foot in height.
Motion failed: 3- In Favor, 4- Against, 1 - Abstaining.
#2 Motion to deny
Motion passed: 4- In Favor, 2- Against, 2 – Abstaining.
Board #1 Motion to deny fails 3-In Favor, 3-Against, 2-Abstaining.
#2 Motion to approve was contingent upon the receipt of letters of support from neighbors with adjoining property passed 6-In Favor, 2-Against, 0-Abstaining.
Application Number V-05-98
639 Cumberland Road
Applicant: Charles Turner
Property Owner: Tim Neilsen
Applicant seeks a variance to reduce the west side yard setback from 7 feet (required) to 2 feet and the rear yard setback from 15 feet (required) to 10 feet to allow for the construction of a detached garage.
Zoning Committee motion to approve the west side yard setback to 2 ft. and the rear setback to 10 ft. with the following conditions; 16 ft. maximum height to the top of the ridge, 60 amp electrical service, hose bib plumbing and per the drawings dated 12-6-04. Along with letters of support from the adjacent neighbors.
Note: Zoning committee did not receive any paperwork from the city.
Motion passed: 8- In Favor, 0- Against, 0 – Abstaining.
Board passed motion with unanimous voice vote.
Application Number V-05-105
500 Amsterdam Avenue
Applicant: Sharon Gay
Property Owner: Halpern Enterprises
Applicant seeks a special exception to reduce the total required parking spaces from 727 spaces (required existing nonconforming characteristics) to 288 spaces (existing on site) for the purpose of converting 10,050 square feet of retail to restaurant. NOTE: Existing development has nonconforming parking characteristics; however, the proposed conversion in proportion to the total development represents a reduction from 100 spaces to 50 spaces.
Zoning Committee motion to approve a parking reduction from 727 spaces to 288 spaces with a letter of support from the condo association.
Note: Zoning committee did not receive any paperwork from the city.
Motion passed: 8- In Favor, 0- Against, 0 - Abstaining.
Board passed motion 7-In Favor, 0-Against, 1-Abstaining
Meeting Adjourned.
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