from Eva Nason, UHNA Rep to NPU-D-

​All those who can attend the ZRB meeting on September 7 beginning 6:00 p.m. in City Council chambers on the second floor of City Hall at 55 Trinity Ave are encouraged to do so. 
Rezoning case Z-23-17 for 1692 Springer St. was deferred from July 13 until Thursday, September 7. 
Below is information again regarding how this rezoning case can be opposed.

​Regarding attendance at the Zoning Review Board meeting:
All those who can attend the ZRB meeting beginning 6:00 p.m in City Council chambers on the second floor of City Hall at 55 Trinity Ave are encouraged to do so.  All those people who come to support opposition to this rezoning will be able to show their opposition by raising their hand or standing when they are asked to do so. Their presence is important! There will be a speaker plan in place for speakers to make the case for opposition to Z-23-17, but if time remains of the allotted 10 minutes, then anyone can fill the time. 

Z-23-17 is the fifth rezoning case listed on the agenda to be heard.  Parking is available at the Government Center Parking Deck across Trinity Ave from the entrance to City Hall, and this garage can be accessed from Washington St. from the north or Central Ave. from the south.

Regarding written communication to the Zoning Review Board:
If anyone wishes to communicate in writing to the ZRB regarding Z-23-17, he or she can do so by sending an email to the following:           
                             [email protected]

Following is a list of some items that might be mentioned if one wishes to suggest reasons why this rezoning should not be approved.
1. The rezoning would not be consistent with the Comprehensive Development Plan.
2.  No rationale has been given for public support of this rezoning.
3.  The rezoning would be purely for the convenience and/or speculation of the property owner to the detriment of a purely residential street.
4.  The building on the property is consistent with the current zoning since it is similar to the adjacent single-family residences.
5.  The commercial rezoning of the property would permit the type of non-residential building not at all consistent with the adjacent single-family residences.
6.  A precedent would be set for the intrusion of non-residential development on the first property of an otherwise purely residential street at the core of a neighborhood.
7.  At the April 25 NPU-D meeting, the vote taken on Z-23-17 was 98 members in opposition to 6 in support!  At the preceding Underwood Hills Neighborhood Association meeting on April 17, the vote was 60-2 in opposition.

Eva Nason, UHNA Rep to NPU-D

UHNA was recently made aware of severe overcrowding on the morning school bus from Underwood Hills to NAHS.
If this is a concern for you please contact the following, or use APS Let's Talk  (include your child’s name, student ID, school, bus stop and bus number on correspondence):
APS Director of Transport  "Franklin, John" <[email protected]>,
NAHS Principal Curtis W Douglass <[email protected]>,
APS Office of Superintendant [email protected],
APS Board Member Jennifer McDonald (District 4)  [email protected] 
eg
Subject: Re: Safety Issues: Bus Route 1012: URGENT
On Aug 23, 2023
"Good morning: This is regarding bus 21-019.
[student name, ID]
School Bus route 1012 stops at [ie Defoor Ave NW & Davis Circle] and is full of children standing up all the way to NORTH ATLANTA HIGH SCHOOL.

My child is currently standing up while the bus drives up the interstate. This is unacceptable and unsafe. If that bus needs to break on the interstate, children would fly through the windshield.

Please respond outlining the steps being taken to address this.
[preferred contact]"

UHNA Teen Committee were hard at work Sunday conducting the monthly Adopt-a-stream Chemical and Bacterial water quality testing.
APS students earn Community Service Hours volunteering with UHNA.
The data collected for Adopt-a-stream is uploaded to the national database.
Details here

thanks to neighbor Bruce Kauffman for the photos