October 2025 General Body Mtg. Minutes

GENERAL BODY MEETING MINUTES
West End Neighborhood Development Inc.
Tuesday, October 7th, 2025, 7:00 PM
Virtual Meeting

2025 Officers

Marquise “Tony” McNeal, President – president@atlantawestend.com
John Mitchell, 1st Vice President – firstvp@atlantawestend.com
Kimberly Carlisle, 2nd Vice President – secondvp@atlantawestend.com
Troy Farina, Treasurer – treasurer@atlantawestend.com
Dave Mardis, Secretary – secretary@atlantawestend.com
Melba T. Furlow, Recording Secretary recordingsecretary@atlantawestend.com
Kim Scott, Past President – kimscottmanagement@gmail.com
Terry Ross, Parliamentarian – t-ross01@hotmail.com

 

INTRODUCTION (Tony McNeal, President)  

CALL TO ORDER  –  7:01 PM

• Welcome
• Motion to adopt October Agenda properly seconded and approved. (Nicole J, Kim C)
  Favor: 20  Oppose: 0    Abstain: 1
• Motion to approve September 2025 Minutes properly seconded and approved. (Kim C, Melba F.)
  Favor: 18  Oppose: 0    Abstain: 3

CITY REPRESENTATIVES & ELECTED OFFICIALS 7:06 PM  

• Carolyn Kovar – Mayor’s Office
  10/22 – 7:00-8:30pm. Virtual Info Session regarding proposed rezoning for Peeples Street site.

Elections  –  7:12 PM

• Candidate Introductions:
  • Kimberly Carlisle introduced herself as candidate for 2nd VP. Formerly sat on LRB. Former WEND Parliamentarian. WEND Public Safety committee several years ago. 
  • Melba Furlow introduced herself as the candidate for Recording Secretary. Enjoys serving the community. Happy to serve.
  • Tony McNeal introduced himself as the candidate for President. Has been on most of the committees and has been involved in writing the bylaws.
• Vote: President. Yes: 29. Abstain: 2
• 2nd VP. Yes: 27. No: 1. Abstain: 3
• Recording Secretary. Yes: 27. No: 1. Abstain: 3

PRESIDENT’S REPORT  –  7:20 PM

• Upcoming events
  • 10/23 at 5:30 at Rose Circle Park- Public Safety Night
  • Trick or Treat Signup is live
  • Music in the ParkAtlanta Streets Alive – 10/26
• Concert
  • 553 Attendees

STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION  –  7:24 PM

• $18,581.57 –  September Ending Balance

   COMMITTEE REPORTS  –  7:28PM

• Education Committee -Barbara Mislan, Co-Chair
  (Education does not have a standing meeting, but communicates by text chain. If you’d like to join, email WENDeducation@gmail.com)

• Fall Break is next week for Fulton County and APS.
• Environmental Health & Beautification – Kristen Koehnemann
  (Does not have a standing meeting, but if you’d like to join, email WENDbeautification@gmail.com) and visit the committee page

• Friends of the Parks Groups
  • RCP – Placemaking Project in place. Murals on sidewalks. Work day coming up.
  • Howell Park – New playground equipment is up.
  • West End – Master plan grant – we’re competitive.

• Events – Doug Cain
  (Does not have a standing meeting, but if you’d like to join, email wendevents@gmail.com)
  • X

• PR – Brittney Cain
  (Does not have a standing meeting, but if you’d like to join, email AtlantaWestEndPR@gmail.com)
  • There’s filming coming.
  • Be prepared for a busy Halloween

• Membership – Open Chair Position
  (Meets virtually on second Tuesdays via zoom. More information on committee page
  • Relaunching WEND Wednesdays.
  • Brooks’ last meeting at Membership Chair.
  • Membership is up!

• Preservation & Urban Design – Caleb Racicot
  (Meets the first and/or third Wednesdays at 6:30 PM, as needed. If you’d like to join, email WENDPreservation@gmail.com)
  • Need volunteers to help set up meetings about tax credits for historic preservation.
  • 651 and 652 Queens St. 
• Transportation – Matt Hawkins
  (Meets the third Tuesday of the month at 7:30 PM. For more info, visit the transportation committee page
  • The Committee Chair attended a transportation-themed event held by the One West End project. The next round of site plans and renderings will be released in the next few weeks.
  • Question – Lee St. is being paved for the first time in 10 years. What will the Murphy St crossing look like?
• Zoning – Larry Frazer 7:40
  • Re: One West End – On October 18th, the parking lot will reopen at the mall to provide support for Morehouse Homecoming. After that, it will close. We are getting some relief on the corner of Abernathy and Lee. Private security will soon be in place there to guard the equipment.
  • There is a zoning application for the Peeples St. from SPI-21 SA7 to SPI-21 SA8.
  • Motion from committee to support signing of the MOU with 785 Lee LLC.
        Yes: 22. No: 4. Abstain: 4
  • Motion from committee to support application for change of ownership for alcohol license for 785 Lee LLC.
        Yes: 20. No: 3  Abstain: 5

WRAP-UP & ANNOUNCEMENTS

• NPU-T General Body is tomorrow at 7pm.
• Terry Ross unanimously reappointed to LRB for 2-year term
• DCP hosting informal mtg at Monday Night Garage to discuss new city zoning ordinance 10/30 from 3-7
• Early voting starts Tuesday Oct 14th.
• The next WEND meeting will be hybrid, at 929 Lee St. Ste A220. We’ll be discussing Peeples St. zoning, amongst other important issues.

ADJOURN 8:07 PM

Draft Minutes Completed on 10/16  by DM