ON THE AGENDA

Meetings

The Atlanta City Council meets Nov. 6 and Nov. 20 at 1 p.m. at City Hall, 55 Trinity Ave. Information: citycouncil. atlantaga.gov.

The Atlanta School Board meets Nov. 6 and Dec. 4 at 2:30 p.m. for presentations and for a community meeting at 6:30 p.m. at 130 Trinity Ave. Information: atlantapublicschools.us.

The Decatur City Commission meets in open session on the first and third Mondays of each month at City Hall, 509 North McDonough Street, at 7:30 p.m.

News

The Atlanta City Council voted unanimously to dramatically reduce the penalty ($75) for marijuana possession and make it a non-arrestable offense.

The removal of 250 trees from Grant Park has been put on hold while residents and the city look for a compromise to save some of the greenery. The trees would be cut down for the Grant Park Gateway - a parking structure topped with a restaurant and greenspace.

The DeKalb County Commission approved a resolution calling for the county’s legal team to render an opinion on the legality of removing The Lost Cause Confederate monument from the Decatur square.

The Atlanta City Council approved an extension on a moratorium to prohibit any structural alterations or demolition at the historic Pratt-Pullman Yard in Kirkwood. The site is up for landmark district designation.

The City of Atlanta has earned another perfect score on the Human Rights Campaign’s 2017 Municipal Equality Index for LGBTQ citizens. This is the fifth consecutive perfect score earned by Atlanta, the only city in Georgia to receive a perfect score.