Source: the meeting minutes Can the outdoor track keep being used while the indoor facility is built? — a coach (follow-up) Question [Asked aloud] Minimizing interruption is a priority. A construction-logistics plan will address safety, site access, and track impacts; maintaining access to the greatest extent practical will be evaluated. Source: the meeting minutes Community Engagement in the Process · 32 votes as a priority topic How will feedback from attendees who don't live in Summerhill be treated relative to directly- impacted residents? — a Summerhill / Peoplestown resident Question [Asked aloud] The process was intended to hear every attendee's voice; all platform input is to be captured in the facilitator's report. The meeting did not allow time to address every question. Raw polling data will not be publicly distributed (personal information was collected); a summary will be provided. Source: the meeting minutes When will Atlanta Public Schools meet directly with the community about the future of Cheney Field — not just the track project? (Several noted the Track Club running the engagement is a conflict of interest.) — residents Question [Submitted via app] This is best answered by Atlanta Public Schools. Under APS Board Policy KG, the prospective tenant conducts the community-input process; APS anticipates its own review and a public Board process if the project advances. When will Atlanta Public Schools send representatives with decision-making authority? — a resident Question [Submitted via app] Best answered by Atlanta Public Schools. (APS operations leadership did attend and spoke to access and the MOU.) How many people here actually live in Summerhill and the surrounding affected neighborhoods? — residents Question [Submitted via app] The engagement captured where each participant lives; the report-out breaks input down by proximity — directly-impacted neighbors, Summerhill, adjacent neighborhoods, and Atlanta stakeholders — so the community can see the composition of the room. Why is the Track Club rushing the public-engagement process? It makes the project seem like a certainty. — a resident Question [Submitted via app] Atlanta Track Club has a non-binding Letter of Intent and is in an early due-diligence phase; no decision has been made and no Board vote is scheduled. The engagement is required before any Board consideration, and Atlanta Track Club has committed to additional sessions — the intent is more conversations and meetings to collect feedback which will inform continued steps. Why did you make the rendering back in April, before approaching the community? — a resident Question [Submitted via app] The early rendering was a test-fit to check whether the facility could physically fit on the site, produced ahead of the drafting of an LOI. It has been acknowledged that releasing it may have created the impression the project was further along than it is; it was not intended to be a full or final plan. How many of the decision-makers live in Summerhill? — a resident Question [Submitted via app] The decision makers for the project to move forward are from Atlanta Public Schools. Atlanta Track Club has identified ~1300 recent participants and ~600+ members who reside in zip codes of 30312 and 30315. Have you considered speaking with communities that already have similar facilities? — a resident Question [Submitted via app] Yes — Atlanta Track Club studied roughly a dozen indoor facilities nationally (including New York, Boston, Louisville, and Birmingham) in developing the concept and stays in continued touch with designers and operators of many of these facilities to understand best practices.
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