Housekeeping & Meeting Conduct

• Welcome to the November 2016 meeting of the Grant Park Neighborhood Association (GPNA). The GPNA meets the third Tuesday of every month at 7:30 pm in the Coca-Cola World Studio of the Activity Resource Center (ARC) building at Zoo Atlanta. Enter through the C5 gate located at the SE corner of the Cherokee Ave parking lots for Zoo Atlanta.

• To be eligible to vote, you must attend one (1) GPNA meeting, register, be 18 years or older, and reside in Grant Park. You are then eligible to vote from your second meeting forward as long as you remain a resident. All neighbors eligible to vote can make motions and second them.

• Reserve comments not directly related to the agenda items for Open Floor.

• Take conversations into the lobby.

• Use the acronym sheet/map provided to follow along

• Wait to be recognized to speak.

Call to Order – 7:30pm    

Officer Reports

President        

• Thanks to Zoo Atlanta for the use of their space!

• Welcome new members: profession; hobby; burning question?

• Schools Update (if any reps present)

• Elected Officials Update (if any present)

• Grant Park Parent Network Update (on table)

• Jeff McCord – Candle Light Tour of Homes (www.candlelighttourofhomes.com)

• Michelle Blackmon & Alisa Chambers: Grant Park Conservancy

• GPNA 2017 Elections

Vice-President

• Please check in. Please sign in if you’re a new member.

• Committee Sign-up Sheet; Committee Chair contact info on left

Secretary – October Minutes

Treasurer – GPNA is a 501(c)(3). All donations are tax deductible!

Committee Reports

Public Safety

• Public officials/neighborhood update

• Zone 6 APD update

• Zone 6 Community Prosecutor: Keith Lamar, [email protected], 404 612-7012

• Neighborhood Watch Update

Homes & History

• Tip of the Month

• New Certificates of Appropriateness (COAs)

Fundraising

• Mothball: FANTASEA

Technology

• Sign up at gpna.org and follow us on Facebook (info below)

• Kroger Rewards & Amazon Smile

Land Use and Zoning – No Update

• Turner Field Update

• Request for support for letter of support for an update to Memorial Dr LCI

Economic Development

• December Grant Park Gathering

Philanthropic – No Update

  New Business/Open Floor

    Adjourn – 8:30pm

Upcoming GPNA Meetings:

• Technology Committee: Tuesday, 11/22/16, 8pm, Dakota Blue

• Joint NPU-W & GPNA Public Safety Committees: Wed, 11/23/16, 6:30pm, Beulah Heights Univ

• Land Use & Zoning Committee: Thursday, 12/01/16, 7:00pm, Zoo Atlanta, ARC Bldg, T Lab

• GPNA General Meeting: 12/20/16, 7:30pm, Zoo Atlanta ARC Bldg, Coca-Cola World Studio

• Homes & History Committee: Monday, 11/21/16, 7pm, Atlanta Preservation Center

Upcoming NPU-W Meetings:

• Joint NPU-W & GPNA Public Safety Committees: Wed, 11/23/16, 6:30pm, Beulah Heights Univ

• NPU-W Transportation Committee: Wed, 11/23/16, 6:30pm, Beulah Heights Univ

• NPU-W General Meeting: Wednesday, 11/23/16, 7:30pm, Beulah Heights Univ

• NPU-W LUZ Committee: Tuesday, 12/06/16, 7pm, Beulah Heights Univ

General Info:

• When contacting police: Dial 911 FIRST; call the Zone 6 precinct second at 404.371.5002.

• To report City service related issues dial 311.

• Help fund Grant Park Security Patrol (GPSP) patrol hours: www.grantparksecuritypatrol.org

• Submit articles for publication in The Porch Press | Email Word format documents to [email protected]

• Sunburst for your home: $75.00 | Purchase: www.gpna.org/sunburst

• Like us on Facebook (QR Code); Twitter @GrantParkGPNA

• Create account at www.gpna.org to receive neighborhood news and security alerts

• Local Business Directory: www.gpna.org/directory/partners