Proposal to shift an Invest Atlanta appointment from mayor to planning board on Oct. 13 agenda

Who gets the final say over one Invest Atlanta board seat—the mayor or Atlanta’s neighborhood planning advisory board—is the question behind a held proposal on the Community Development/Human Services Committee’s Oct. 13 agenda.⁠[1]

Resolution 26-R-3748 would let the Atlanta Planning Advisory Board, or APAB, appoint its representative directly. The resolution describes the existing arrangement as mayoral selection from three nominees submitted by APAB, which represents the city’s neighborhood planning units. The change would give APAB control over the final choice, not just the shortlist, for one seat on the nine-member board.⁠[1]

Councilmembers Jason Dozier, Matt Westmoreland and Byron D. Amos sponsor the measure. Its stated goals are more direct representation and protection of the representative’s independence. The proposed appointment would follow the same terms and conditions as those of other entities that choose their own representatives.⁠[1]

The proposal remains unfinished. The packet records a committee hold Sept. 29 and City Council’s return of the measure as held Oct. 5. It gives no explanation for those continuing holds; the agenda retains the notation that the original June 23 hold was requested by the sponsor. The Oct. 13 listing does not guarantee a vote or establish a new selection rule.⁠[1]

The committee meeting is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. in the Larry M. Dingle Committee Room at City Hall, 55 Trinity Avenue.⁠[1]