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I. Welcome & Introductions
Tom Tidwell called the meeting to order at about 6:45 PM. A quorum was not present.
II. Approval of Minutes
Minutes for the March and April meetings were not approved because of a lack of a quorum.
III. Admit New Member Neighborhoods
No new neighborhoods asked to be admitted to BCN.
IV. Committee and Liaison Updates
Communications Committee
- No report.
Education
- No report.
Executive Committee
- Did not meet. No report.
Membership
- 21 neighborhoods have renewed.
Parks
- Gordon Certain reported that Parks and Recreation Commissioner George Dusenbury had resigned. No replacement has been named.
Public Safety
- No report.
Transportation, Development and Infrastructure
- John Schaffner briefly discussed the opening schedule for the Buckhead Atlanta project.
V. Candidate Forum for State House 54 – Primary May 20
Democrat:
- Robert W. “Bob” Gibeling
Independent:
- Bill Bozarth (Unlike the other candidates, Bill will not participate in the primary)
Republican:
- Beth Beskin
- John J. McCloskey
- Loretta A. Lepore
- S. Angelic Moore (Invited but did not participate)
Six candidates are running for the State House District 54 Seat. That district has been occupied by Ed Lindsey, who is running in the Republican primary for Georgia’s 11th Congressional District. All were given time to introduce themselves, answer questions asked by Tom Tidwell and by members of the audience and make closing statements. The forum lasted almost an hour and forty minutes. The discussions with candidates and their responses to the Q&A session were polite and informative. We really appreciated the opportunity to get to know them better.
VI. Community Concerns/New Business
No report.
VII. Announcements
No report.
VIII. Next Meeting June 12, 2014
IX. Adjourn – The meeting adjourned at about 8:30 PM.
Note: The opinions expressed by the speakers and individual neighborhood representatives in these minutes do not necessarily represent those of BCN or its member neighborhoods.
