Agenda

Public Kick-Off Meeting
October 25, 2007
6:30 – 8:00 PM

Attendance: 110

Agenda

1.  Welcome and Introductions
2.  Opening Notes
3.  Overview of the Planning Process
a.  LCI Program Overview
b.  Study Area
c.  Introduction of Visioning Exercises
4.  Exercise 1:  What is Your Vision for the Study Area?
5.  Exercise 2:  Table Sessions:  Map Issues and Opportunities for the Study Area
6.  Reporting results from the Table Sessions
7.  Next Steps:
a.  Schedule, Meeting dates and Locations
b.  Design Charrette Schedule in December
8.  Adjourn

Report Out

Exercise 1A:  What is Your Vision for the Study Area? Community Values: What would you keep?

In excess of two hundred comments were received on this question.  The responses are categorized by common themes as follows:

Trees/Open Space (41)
Local Business and Neighborhood Retail (38)
Good access to I-20/Downtown (26)
Sense of Community (25)
Walkability (18)
Historic Character (16)
Diversity (14)
New Development and Mixed-Use (11)
Civil Institutions (6)

Break-outs

Table Sessions:  Map Issues and Specific Opportunities for the Study Area

Report #1--Dan
-Cyclist safety at interchange of Moreland and I-20; dedicated bike lands
-Pedestrian safety with sidewalks; repair sidewalks in disrepair, create buffer with landscape between sidewalk and street
-More cross-walks for safety to cross streets
-Benches at bus stops
-Rehab existing empty building in disrepair
-Rezone or redevelop industrial area on the south end for improved aesthetics
-Maximize shopping area on the south end

Report #2—Andrew
-McPherson and Moreland intersection heavily used pedestrian walk; make more than a cross-over - do something dramatic; make it no turn on red
-Restrict truck traffic on Moreland unless making deliveries; need to enforce
-Improve appearance of Jiffy Grocery; also need mix of businesses
-Re-inhabit vacant businesses
-Improve walk ability along Moreland Avenue
-Under-used green space behind car wash
-Bring buildings closer to the street and minimize the curb cuts

Report #3—Michael
-Address pollution from thru truck traffic; homes shake
-Enhance historical assets such as Trolley House in Ormewood, Brownwood Park  (Redevelopment underway)
-Reduce and enforce speed of cars and trucks
-Sink utilities
-Involve them in this process and vision Mims Shopping Center (CVS)
-Flood plain – make into small golf facility – green space
-Pedestrian cross walk enhancements like East Atlanta Village – traffic calming
-Add bike lanes
-Reduce crime; makes community unfriendly
-Dead space is a catalyst for crime
-Better signage to neighborhood – East Atlanta, Ormewood.  Also better way-finding signs like Chamblee, Norcross
-Encourage redevelopment of existing commercial (Jiffy Mart, Blimpie, etc)

Report #4—Chris
-More continuity from I 20 down Moreland in aesthetics
-Bad commercial businesses (Dump Store); need redevelopment and use Drive-In Theater as a catalyst for change – market Drive-In  - it’s the only one left in southeast
-Address floods along Phillips Drive; need better basins
-East Atlanta Library is positive – Library off McDonough in Thomasville Heights needs to be expanded since it is across the street from school
-Danger zones at I-20 to turn around – cross northbound to go west bound
-Need bike lanes
-Need turning lights

Report #5—Carol
-Re-time lights for traffic onto I-20
-Likes well kept properties/businesses at Ormewood and Moreland; wants more of this
-Address intersections at Glenwood/Moreland and at Sky Haven/Moreland
-Redo area at Glenwood and Flat Shoals; historical buildings
-Safer sidewalks along Moreland
-Bury power lines (safety and aesthetics)
-Add trees along sidewalks for shade, visual and to screen trucking businesses
-Reinforce bridge on Moreland near Custer
-Address abandoned homes and businesses
-Add benches, trash cans and covered bus stops
-Take advantage of green space

Report #6—Lois
-Redevelop empty buildings in East Atlanta
-Green space in parks
-Keep Brownwood Park
-Add parking facilities around parks
-Remove Foxy Lady, the Yellow Store and empty building next door
-Keep historical Mt. Nebo, Mt Carmel AME Church
-Redevelop Thomasville Heights Library and Thomasville Heights Recreational Center
-Improve The Hut, the sport club
-Add sidewalks

Report #7—Adam
-Less public housing on south end of Moreland; spread throughout the city; not just south Atlanta
-Keep Drive-In Theater
-Remodel rundown properties on south end of Moreland
-More redevelopment but less industrial
-Continue historical development patterns
-Utilities lines improved from Moreland to Boulevard
-Multi-use trail, bike, walking, jogging encouraged
-CVS/Aldi Grocery redevelop in short time; they have agreed to improve in 5 yr time frame
-Custer Avenue/Wieland at Churches Chicken address the rundown businesses
-Convert old bank into a restaurant (property owned by Inman Park Properties)
-Redevelop properties north on Moreland to Vickers
-Encourage mini-development on Ormewood Square
-Eliminate area of old Auto Shop sales
-Add streetscape; green space
-Clean trash on empty lots
-Add more small businesses
-Use more lights in the evening and night
-Redevelop property at Cajun Seafood
-Align road on Glenwood
-Address old school at Glenwood and Moreland

Report #8—Nancy
-Add left turn lane at Eastland and Skyland near Kroger; promised a 5 lane
-Soccer fields on Dekalb County side of Entrenchment Creek
-Better sidewalks on Moreland
-Tree separation between sidewalk and traffic
-Optimize signal timing
-Sensors on street signs
-Crosswalks for pedestrian friendly
-Intersection improvements:  Sky haven and Confederate, Glenwood and Moreland, I-20 interchange
-4-way stop at new library for traffic calming
-Mixed use development with Moreland Shopping Center, senior citizen high-rise, grocery stores, (residential on top of commercial
-Moreland Drive and Moreland Ave at Foxy Lady need traffic light (spot of a fatality)
-Slow down traffic
-Bridge over Entrenchment Creek needs to be widened and separation between pedestrian and street traffic
-Bridge over Woodland needs to be upgraded
-Would like to have trails

Report #9—Ed-Intersection improvements at Glenwood & Confederate, McPherson – need left turn lights and left turn lanes
-McPherson and Flat Shoals improved
-Improve sidewalks for pedestrians and for people with disabilities
-Redevelop run down commercial properties: Starlight Drive- in need left turn lane, granite wall commercial store fronts, Foxy Lady, Ms. Keys, building with oil covered pallets
-Slow down traffic in stretch near Drive-In
-Encourage development with daytime office space above commercial or mixed with residential – encourage lunch time customers
-Bike lanes routed through residential area where safer; will not need to widen road and more pleasant shaded route
-Light at Moreland and I-20 westbound; dangerous left turn
-Redevelop Noland Car Wash and Jiffy
-Intelligent traffic light timers so heavy traffic can move better
- Green space north of Sky haven at site of townhouse development (Dollar Store on the corner)

Minutes

[hUpon arrival participants were asked to sign-in and provided with meeting materials, which included and agenda, project schedule and comment sheet.

Flor Velarde, City of Atlanta Bureau of Planning, opened the meeting and reviewed the meeting agenda for the evening.  She introduced four public officials and supporters of the Project.  They included City of Atlanta District 5 Councilmember Natalyn Archibong, City of Atlanta District 1 Councilmember Carla Smith, Georgia House Representative Robbin Shipp House District 58, and Dekalb County Commissioner District 3 Larry Johnson.  Each of the elected officials spoke briefly and pledged continued support of the project  This study is geographically located in the City of Atlanta, including a portion of the City that lies in Dekalb County consequently Dekalb’s involvement and support are welcomed and necessary to ensure coordination and cooperation.  South Star was also recognized and thanked for its role pulling this project and grant together.

Ed McKinney made a PowerPoint presentation discussing the vision, the process and the schedule for this study.  The audience was then asked to participate in two activities.  First, participants were asked to identify aspects of the community that they value and do not want to change and aspects that they would like to change.  This feedback will be used by the project team to determine the desires of the community.  Next, participants were directed to work at tables with maps to see if they could produce specific solutions that they could agree on. They were asked to identify suggestions for improvement and to report specific proposals back in a wrap-up session.

Full results from both activities are recorded in Attachments 1 and 2.

Attachment 1 - Exercise 1:  What is Your Vision for the Study Area? Community Values.  What would you like to keep?  What would you like to change? (Report Out)

Attachment 2 - Exercise 2:  Table Sessions:  Map Issues and Opportunities for the Study Area: Specific Proposals (Break Out)

Next Steps
The next meetings will be a Public Design Charrette from December 11-13 and the community is invited and asked to encourage others to attend over the course of the three days.  During the Charrette, the public will work with the project team to provide feedback and to work on community designs.  There will be a charrette kick-off meeting on December 11th.  The Charrette will be held at various times including day and evening hours for the convenience of all citizens and stakeholders.  On the last day of the Charrette, the results of the three-day data collection process as well as data collected at this Public Kick-off meeting will be summarized and reported back to the community.

One-on-one interviews with stakeholders in the community will be begin immediately to ensure that all segments of the community have input into the study.  The public was and is encouraged to suggest names of stakeholders they feel should be interviewed by sending names to the Keri Stevens using the contact information provided in the handouts.

The community members were thanked for their participation and the meeting adjourned.

Detailed Report-Out

Detail comments by common themes:

Trees/Open Space (41)
•  Preserve trees; lots of trees
•  Parks along Moreland (without gang presence)
•  Greenspace; well maintained
•  Restore and preserve old houses
•  More trees on Pontiac and Wellswood Drive
•  Connection to Brownwood Park
•  Nature (trees, grass) along road, landscaping
•  Recreation areas
•  Nearby trees providing canopy
•  Greenspace and community garden between Berne Street and Ormewood (see Farmer Red) (Brian Harrison))
•  Brownwood Park – parks and public areas
•  Creeks (Brownwood?) and Entrenchment
•  Environmental awareness in the neighborhood, ex:  LEED certified library on Flat Shoals
•  Healthy environment  -- clean

Local Business and Neighborhood Retail (38)

•  Starlight Drive-in
•  Shopping
•  Easy access to commercial, shopping and restaurants
•  Locally owned businesses and restaurants; commercial businesses
•  Keep residential feel with shopping on the edges of the neighborhood
•  Residential near business – walking distance
•  Like proximity to nice shops and restaurants
•  East Atlanta Village and sense of community
•  Kroger Shopping Center
•  Little Azio, e2, Salsa shopping area
•  Ormewood Square business area
•  Ormewood Village
•  Neighborhood commercial services and businesses
•  Lots of food, fast food just south of I-20 and new Burger King at E. Confederate
•  Grocery stores at E. Confederate and Custer and restaurant row
•  Protect and attract small business
•  Growing retail base
•  Convenient retail (ERD)
•  Moreland Shopping Center
•  Small business along Moreland
•  Restaurants in new shopping center at Ormewood/Moreland
•  There is hope for redevelopment – ex. Moreland and Ormewood intersection with live-work and commercial on other side
•  Variety of shops that are not big chain stores → unique character of the neighborhoods
•  Family setting restaurants
•  Attract more professional and white collar businesses
•  Fun nightlife
•  The retail/restaurant area in the village
•  Fast food places:
•  Shopping
•  Quality shopping like Whole Foods, Target, Marshalls

Good access to I-20/Downtown (26)

•  Ease of Moreland into and out of City
•  Convenient transportation route (e.g. Emory, Virginia Highland, Freedom Parkway, ERD, 285)
•  Location and connections to major transit
•  Proximity to “center of town” (but needs better public rail access)
•  Proximity to Airport
•  Accessibility and closeness to downtown, expressway
•  Mobility
•  Convenience to highway
•  Investment value
•  Transportation artery
•  Addressing traffic jams
•  Easy access to I-20 and 285
•  Easy access to public transportation
•  Access to transportation (285 and MARTA)
•  Likes buses, access to I-20 and 285
•  Accessibility for vehicular and pedestrian traffic
•  Traffic moves well, with exception of rush hour
•  Good road to Midtown neighborhoods – close to Downtown – better shopping
•  Easy access from South Moreland area to North Moreland
•  It is a prime in-town Atlanta neighborhood
•  It’s a connector north and south
•  Convenience to I-20, where I work and to shops at Edgewood
•  The location relative to heart of city
•  Easy access to major highways
•  Ease of access to interstates, Downtown, airport, and parks (Grant Park, Brownwood Park, etc.)
•  Connectivity between I-20 and 285/675

Sense of Community (25)
•  Community closeness and involvement
•  Connections to neighborhoods are good!
•  Residents
•  Business
•  Economic diversity and affordability
•  Residential blocks
•  Character and feel of neighborhood
•  Diverse housing
•  Kroger (Grocery)
•  Retain mostly residential character
•  Residential on Moreland
•  East Atlanta Village sense of community and ability to walk to a variety of businesses
•  Communities on either side are great
•  Retail and social
•  Not having to go far to get things done
•  Continuous access to other neighborhoods
•  Relatively non-commercial
•  Possibility of restoring remaining older homes
•  Mt. Carmel AME Church 1865-2007
•  Mt. Nebo Baptist Church
•  Thomasville community on the Borders
•  Martha Brown United Methodist Church
•  Strong sense of community
•  I have been in this location for 36 years; don’t want to move
•  Well lighted
•  Less signage
•  Less noise
•  Fairly safe

Walkability (18)

•  Walkable community
•  Sidewalks
•  Being able to walk in the neighborhood
•  Sidewalks, good walking routes
•  I want a sidewalk on the dead end of Woodland Avenue and the streets paved – VERY IMPORTANT
•  Width of street and depth of lots on Moreland
•  East Atlanta Village – a walkable community
•  Sidewalks are there
•  Walkability of East Atlanta business area
•  Services within walking distance of East Atlanta
•  Small pedestrian friendly business (not huge parking lots)

Historic Character (16)
•  Preserve historic parts
•  Citizens who have lived in the area 40-50 years should be able to stay in their homes
•  Martha Brown Church
•  East Atlanta Village
•  The character of East Atlanta Village
•  History and character of neighborhood
•  Attractive older homes
•  Lots of trees
•  Sidewalks
•  East Atlanta Village
•  Historic look & feel
•  Protect home owners
•  Architectural make-up of the homes – no McMansions

Diversity (14)
•  Neighborhood feel
•  Single-family homes
•  Transition of zoning from Moreland to neighborhoods behind Moreland
•  Diversity of economic and racial assets
•  Allowance for diversity
•  Keep value:
o  Diversity
o  Mixed income
o  Affordable housing
o  Parks
•  People and diversity
•  Eclectic, diverse make-up of the residents
•  Diversity of population
•  Churches are beginning to grow again
•  Diverse Bohemian atmosphere
o  Farmer’s Market
o  Strut
o  Festival
•  Diverse population
•  Neighbors
•  Diverse
o  Residential
o  Commercial
o  Also by income

New Development and Mixed-Use (11)
•  The new condo and business development at the Moreland/Ormewood intersection
•  New housing
•  Mixed-use
o  Housing
o  Retail
o  Restaurants
•  Value most
o  Eclectic nature of shops and homes
o  New development, live-work-play – i.e. Glenwood Park
o  Homes in the neighborhood being refurbished
•  Homes
•  Shopping
•  Parks
•  Potential for growth and change
•  Residential and commercial mix maintained

Civil Institutions
•  Carla Smith
•  State Representative Shipp

Exercise 1B:  What are things that you would like to see changed?

Two hundred sixty-two responses were received on this question.  The responses are categorized by common themes as follows:

Redevelopment/Code Enforcement (63)
Bike/Ped/Transit (57)
Character of Businesses and Street (41)
Street/Infrastructure Layout (25)
Traffic Operations (24)
Truck Traffic (24)
Traffic Speed (16)
Community and Housing Issues (14)

Detail comments by common themes:

Redevelopment/Code Enforcement (63)
•  Less truck companies; too many big truck stops
•  Take Foxy Lady off Moreland; strip clubs gone
•  Businesses appealing to bad element (check cashing, lottery, etc.)
•  Chain business, fast food
•  Rid street of prostitutes, petty criminals, beggars and crack houses
•  More police protection
•  Get rid of bad/dead businesses; No more adult businesses; No more liquor stores
•  Fast food strip on Moreland; need more diverse businesses
•  Create a “boulevard” feel/median with trees, etc.
•  Physical cleanup of both businesses and residences
•  Renovations/rehab of old businesses and empty houses
•  Abandoned businesses, boarded up businesses
•  Demo the old bank at intersection of Eastland
•  Remove salvage and junk yards; remove trailer parks
•  Increase density of residential, commercial and institutional development
•  Hate all the “fast food”
•  Update store fronts on Moreland and Ormewood
•  Want the top end to look like the bottom end
•  Renovate/open empty buildings
o  School next to Martha Brown Theatre
•  Fix:
o  Enhance tire shop at corner of Moreland and Glenwood – it is a valuable service but it is an eyesore
o  Replace vacant building at corner of Glenwood and Moreland
•  Redevelop the vacant school owned by Inman Park Properties
•  Better code enforcement on abandoned properties
•  Dilapidated structures on corridor
o  Small houses
o  Commercial buildings
•  Don’t like the burned out house at Glenwood and Moreland by check cashing place
•  Cleaner!  Less vacant lots.
•  Need more police; crime is a problem
•  Improved safety, increased police presence
•  Reuse of landfill
•  More development/less vacancies (i.e. residential, commercial)
•  Enforce no illegal signs
•  Better APD presence near public transportation areas
•  Public transportation access and depth
o  More availability
o  Different options – trains, trolley, bus routes, taxi stands
•  No more strip malls
•  Redevelop Value Village Shopping Center
•  New retail district
•  No stores placing merchandise on the street or parking lots
•  No more auto supply stores
•  Quality convenient stores
•  Safety (lack of)
•  Check cashing crowd, no more check cashing
•  No loitering around gas stations
•  No more pawn shops

Bike/Ped/Transit (57)
•  Better mass transit options
•  Bike lanes and better sidewalks, wider lanes
•  Improve Moreland sidewalks, handicap and pedestrian friendly
•  Pedestrian crosswalks – more
•  Improve sidewalks on Glenwood
•  Replace crosswalks
•  Enhance pedestrian and non-auto transportation options
•  Unwalkable; feels unsafe
•  Feels uncrossable; needs better crosswalks, tunnel or over-walk ideal
•  Safe crosswalks installed
•  Sidewalk condition and lack of sidewalks
•  Additions of sidewalks in neighborhoods adjacent to Moreland, mainly in DeKalb County areas
•  Bike path
•  Cleaner and more sidewalks and bike trails
•  Walkable and pedestrian friendly
•  Lighting @ I-20 signage saying East Atlanta
•  Wider lanes with room for bikes
•  Bike lanes on Moreland
•  Add bicycle lane in each direction
•  People driving too fast on Moreland
•  1955-1959 Moreland Avenue all the way to Constitution Road
•  Make it all bike/pedestrian friendly
•  Put utilities underground
•  Streetscape aesthetically pleasing
•  Decent pedestrian crosswalks, going across Moreland Avenue
•  More pedestrian walkways
•  More pedestrian friendly crosswalks
•  Sidewalks added to side streets
•  More landscaping and street trees
•  Speeding is a huge issue on Moreland and makes the corridor extremely dangerous
•  Sidewalks should be distanced from the rush of traffic
•  Make it more pedestrian friendly, bike lanes, sidewalks
•  Ways to encourage alternate transportation (mass transit, cycling, etc.)
•  Public transportation access and depth
o  More availability
o  Different options – trains, trolley, bus routes, taxi stands
•  More bus service; mass transit
•  Move bus out of neighborhood; turn into cable car down big Moreland (a.k.a. – New Orleans streetcar)
•  Mini MARTA bus terminal for bus stopovers at end of line with rest room facilities for drivers
•  I-20 overpass needs to be safer for cyclists/pedestrians
•  Crosswalks
•  Improve pedestrian crossings both numbers and safety
•  Don’t like uneven sidewalks throughout
•  Safer pedestrian crossings on Moreland near East Atlanta Village
•  Safer for people walking
•  Crosswalks and sidewalks (make more visible)
•  Street lights
•  Level sidewalks on Moreland
•  Bicycle corridor
•  Bad pedestrian/bike crossings off Moreland
•  Lack of pedestrian safety

Character of Businesses and Street (41)
•  Increase density of residents and businesses
•  Mixed-use developments with affordable housing
•  Need cafeteria style restaurant
•  Appropriate land-use and access along Moreland
•  Mixed-use redevelopment of gateways into East Atlanta Village
•  Insufficient shopping/services, banking, etc.
•  Type of commercial development
•  More mixed-use pedestrian
•  Needs – businesses south end near Drive-in where there is a vacant strip mall
•  Remove packs of boys from hanging out in the street
•  Smart commercial mixed-use development continuously down Moreland
•  More retail
o  Village
o  Restaurants
•  Broader range of retail
•  Diversity of business on Moreland – too much fast food
•  Commercial space – vacancy and deterioration
•  Use Smart growth
•  Use LEED
•  More mixed-use
•  Better quality shops/stores
•  Better “Gateways”
o  East Atlanta Village
o  Brownwood Park
o  Sand
•  Needs beautification; remove eyesores
•  Change – Add landscape elements between sidewalk and ugly fast food restaurants
•  Beautification of Moreland
•  Removal of all fast food restaurants and drive-thru that create trash and traffic congestion
•  I want the kudzu gone on the south end along with the abandoned houses on the end of Woodland Avenue – VERY IMPORTANT
•  Healthier air, more trees
o  Fewer trucks
o  More kids able to walk to school
o  Study current air quality
•  Safety
o  Remove abandoned buildings/houses
o  More police protection
o  More reaction from police when crime happens – takes forever to get a response
•  Tear down or repair the house on Custer with the tree through the roof
•  Integrate all development into neighborhood character
•  Moreland Avenue widened, paved with sidewalks
•  Change level of energy consumption on the corridor, i.e. reduce
•  Safe (crime free) and clean corridor
•  Planned business, residential and play areas
•  Need a fabric store on this side of town
•  Storefronts and signs
•  Too many dirty chain restaurants, not enough clean independents
•  Need local quality grocery
•  Smaller unique developments
•  Community venues:
o  Gardens
o  Art Centers
•  CVS/Walgreen’s Drugstore, convenience stores in East Atlanta Village
•  More small shops and businesses
•  Need more sit down restaurants
•  Dine in restaurants; no more fast food

Street/Infrastructure Layout (25)
•  Redesign I-20/Moreland Interchange
•  Add on-street parking
•  Widen lanes on Moreland – too narrow for cars and trucks together
•  Glenwood and Moreland intersection not effective
•  Improve McDonough Blvd. and Moreland intersection
•  Moreland and I-20N traffic
•  Light on I-20 and Moreland, traffic jam at exit
•  Better streetscape design for long term street tree growth and health
•  Improve drainage
•  Water/sewer
•  Runoff
•  Streets
•  Sidewalks
•  Need to brand East Atlanta
•  Vacant lots need to be filled
•  Lights along sidewalks
•  Stop flooding on Phillips in the 2000 block
•  Moreland and Glenwood intersection
•  John B. Gordon School
•  Burned house on right side of Glenwood across from Old Charlie’s Place
•  More lighting to brighten up the night
•  Change crooked intersection, Skyhaven at Confederate (Zesto, etc.)
•  Fix intersection at Moreland and Glenwood and Moreland and E. Confederate
•  Telephone poles too close to Moreland Avenue

Traffic Operations (24)

•  Add left turn lane on Moreland between Ormewood and Constitution
•  Misaligned intersections
•  Add turn lane on Moreland
•  Custer interchange
o  SE “Corner” – redevelop mixed-use
o  NE “Corner” – make greenspace
•  I would like to see a traffic light at Moreland Drive and Moreland Avenue by the Foxy Lady
•  Synchronize the lights
•  Safer traffic lights at I-20 and Moreland
•  Too many lights and not enough turn lanes
•  Program traffic lights to keep traffic moving
•  Timed traffic signals
•  Better connections to North of I-20
•  Rework E. Confederate and Skyhaven intersection
•  Control and divert exits from fast foods to traffic signals
•  Easier pedestrian crossings
•  The intersection at Glenwood
•  Redevelop intersection at Glenwood and Moreland
•  Add on-street parking everywhere
•  Narrow portion of Moreland Avenue should be equally widened with the widest
•  The whole I-20 disaster of an interchange
•  New bridge over Entrenchment Creek with separation for pedestrians on both sides of the street
•  Straighten Glenwood and Moreland
•  Straighten Confederate, Eastland, Moreland intersection
•  Future MARTA I-20 bus, rapid transit and station on SE corner and Glenwood intersection
•  Widen Moreland Avenue
•  Street lights
•  Better intersection at Confederate/Moreland
•  Fix (align) intersection at Moreland and Glenwood
•  Doglegs at Confederate and Glenwood
•  Better controlled access and egress of I-20 Moreland
•  Glenwood/Moreland Street set up – easier transition
•  Straighten Glenwood Avenue
•  Dog-legs at Glenwood and Moreland

Truck Traffic (24)
•  Remove, or at least, reduce truck traffic on Moreland
•  Move trucking firms and close landfill
•  Redirect trucking traffic, especially from the dump, possibly using 285/20, but avoiding Moreland
•  No 48ft, 53 ft or piggy-back semi-trailers using Moreland as a shortcut from I-20 to 675
•  Trucks need to be rerouted
•  Speed limit needs to be consistently enforced
•  Noise ordinance needs to be enforced
•  Reduce large truck traffic
•  Illegal 18 wheel truck traffic stopped
•  Industrial “feel” of corridor – trucks
•  Changed – Exhaust from trucks (Moreland) and buses (in neighborhoods)
•  Less industrial traffic
•  Power poles make driving treacherous (especially with big trucks trying to avoid them).  Could power lines go underground?

Traffic Speed (17)

•  Enforce speed limit 24 hours a day
•  Slow speed of traffic – traffic calming measure
•  Reduce auto speed through East Atlanta Village
•  Cars too fast and radios too loud on Glenwood/Moreland
•  Traffic control measures to regulate flow of cars, trucks
•  Change traffic congestion
•  During morning rush hour, traffic congestion on Moreland is horrific and keeps in-town residents from being able to travel.  This needs to be improved.
•  Improve traffic flow of trucks and cars
•  Widen traffic lanes on Moreland; straighten intersections at Confederate and Glenwood
•  Traffic congestion at Moreland and I-20
•  Better speed control (but less speed bumps though)
•  Stop speeders on Moreland

Community and Housing Issues (14)
•  Several nursing homes
•  Connect up some existing streets, make a few new bridges to extend the former Lakewood Freeway to be a surface street
•  Senior Citizen Center
•  4 to 6 senior citizen high rises
•  Parking lot of Moreland Center Custer and above (south of) Moreland Center
•  East Atlanta at Moreland
•  Fair treatment
•  No affordable development on south side of Moreland
•  Some evidence of tax dollars for 36 years (development on south side)
•  Get rid of all Section 8 housing
•  More arts facilities
•  Future park between Berne and Ormewood as linkage between BeltLine and Brownwood Park
•  Another BeltLine linkage at Entrenchment Creek (just south of El Mexicano restaurant)
•  Brownwood Park