Issues

• Allow police to focus more on serious crimes by creating new Auxiliary force to handle “Quality of Life” issues.
• Increase the number of police officers and firefighters along with making their salaries more competitive.
• Create Police Advisory Commission to examine police misconduct.
• Create Fire and Rescue Advisory Commission to assist in strategic planning and emergency management issues.
• Promote use of more volunteers in the fire department to expand services with minimal costs.
• Implement Campus Watch program on area campuses.
• Create Taxicab Commission to oversee all area taxi services.
• Create more community watch and metrowatch programs to increase community involvement and awareness
• Create Public Safety Director to oversee all areas of public safety.

• Create citywide recycling, anti-littering and tree planting programs to improve all areas of the city.
• Achieve separation of storm drain and water pile systems to prevent overflow and spillage onto city streets.
• Focus more efforts in increasing use of solar power, greenspaces, and green technology throughout the city.
• Create new landfill site in two years with better environmental practices to save space and improve efficiency.

• Create new revenue streams thru the use of new .atl domain names, parking tax on non-residents and new tax credits for small businesses.
• Revitalize Underground Atlanta to become a premiere tourist attraction and encourage growth in the area through new stores and movie theatres.
• Increase use of TAD districts to improve neglected areas and their infrastructures with minimum financial burden
• Create a new street vendor program to encourage local entrepreneurs and improve street traffic and safety in current low traffic areas.
• Creation of new entertainment district to take the place of Buckhead Village to increase sales tax revenue and property values.

• Creation of Home Again program to turn vacant residential properties into affordable single-family housing.
• Emphasis on well-defined business district to improve job creation, reduce traffic and create more pedestrian areas so to add to quality of life.
• Five-year moratorium on condo development to decrease vacancy rates and improve property values.

• Create a streetlight commission to oversee improvements, planning and public comments on all city streetlights.
• Complete redesign of Atlanta street patterns to improve traffic flow and handle current population growth since the 1996 Summer Olympics.
• Create Traffic Department Liaison to work with all citizens on traffic management and street designs.
• Establish ten-year plan for each NPU to maximize efficiency and improve level of service for all citizens.
• Create infill development specialists to help promote restoration and maintenance of historic areas and buildings in line with current growth patterns.
• Consolidation of city and county services to improve efficiency and reduce costs.
• Achieve separation of storm drain and water pile systems to prevent overflow and spillage onto city streets.
• Implement Public Improvement Program to encourage business and citizens to take pride in their neighborhoods and assist in all areas of improvements.

• Creation of a Transit Unification Plan to unify all transit systems and explore ways that city, county and state partners share costs to improve transportation services.

• Increase public/private partnerships to help spread costs, improve services and free up money for other areas in need.
• Advocate for Performance Based Pay for all City of Atlanta employees to encourage efficiency and better performance.
• Make Councilpersons a full-time position to encourage higher attendance, participation and better understanding of all issues facing them.
• Mainstream complaint process to give citizens more voice in how the city can improve itself.
• Streamline government in all areas.
• Create internship program to encourage students to pursue public service careers.