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For Jim Martin, improvements can’t come soon enough to Atlanta’s NPU system, City Hall’s forum for residents to participate in civic decisions that’s largely unchanged since it was established in 1974. Martin knows whereof he speaks– he chairs NPU-D, in northwest Atlanta.
The long, hard look is underway and partially complete, according to a report presented Tuesday to the Atlanta City Council’s Community Development and Human Services Committee.
The non-profit Center for Civic Innovation is wrapping up the first phase of its comprehensive review of Atlanta’s Neighborhood Planning Unit system. CCI intends to have its final report completed in time for consideration by the current mayor and city council well before the 2021 municipal elections, according to the presentation.
CCI is covering all costs associated with the review and has neither sought, nor received, city funding for the project, Rohit Malhotra, CCI’s executive director, told the committee.
Malhotra and Kyle Kessler, CCI’s policy and research director, outlined the timeframe and status of the project when they provided an update of their study Tuesday to the council committee.
Phase 1 consisted of research the history and implementation of the NPU system. It was established in 1974, during the first administration of Mayor Maynard Jackson.
Jackson remains renowned for creating a network that enables residents to give their non-binding recommendation to City Hall on matters including rezoning requests and alcohol licenses. NPUs also receive formal presentations from city police, fire, public works and so forth in a manner similar to a county grand jury hearing reports about county operations.
Kessler said Phase 2 will begin soon and consist of gathering survey information and analyzing the resulting data. The third and final phase involves crowd-sourcing information from city residents and developing the information into recommendations that can be implemented.
Committee chairperson Natalyn Archibong suggested CCI come up with some short-term upgrades that can be made while taking the long view of needed changes.
Evidently, each of the 25 NPUs have adopted their own bylaws, the rules and procedures that govern how each NPU is administered. Kessler said the first requirement that NPUs adopt bylaws was made in 1979. The requirement stated that before bylaws were enacted, they were subject to review by the city’s Planning Department, Atlanta City Council and Mayor. Now, there’s no clear process for amending bylaws, Kessler said.
Bylaws may not seem consequential in the routine affairs handled by NPUs. Bylaws matter greatly when big issues arise, such as a proposed development.
Residents may not be eligible to vote on a proposed development, depending on how long it’s been since they last attended an NPU meeting. The disenfranchised residents complain, and the NPU chair has final say on who can vote, and who can’t. There’s no process to mediate or an appeal such decisions.
This situation unfolded when Pratt-Pullman Yard, in Kirkwood, was up for discussion at NPU-O. Some residents who had a clear preference for the redevelopment of the 27-acre site were unable to cast a vote.
The state of GeorgiA sold the site to Atomic Entertainment, which has plans to develop a sound stage for the film industry, and spaces for homes, shops and offices.
Robert B. Landry

Robert Broussard Landry (1 December 190914 July 2000) was a major general in the United States Air Force (USAF). A graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point class of 1932, he flew 32 combat missions in Europe during World War II as a fighter and bomber pilot. He was the USAF aide to the President of the United States, Harry S. Truman, from 1948 to 1953. In this role he represented the Air Force at the White House and advised the president on Air Force matters. He retired from the Air Force in 1962 and died at the age of 90.
Early life.
Robert Broussard Landry was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, on 1 December 1909, the son of Luke Valcour Landry and his wife Josephine Scharpe. He was a direct descendant of Pierre Joseph Landry, who served as a captain in the Louisiana Militia during the War of 1812. He had a brother, Ernest Scharpe Landry, and a sister, Val Louise, who later married Milton Summerfelt.
In 1927, Landry graduated from Jesuit High School and entered Tulane University, intending to become a mechanical and electrical engineer. He was a Kappa Sigma. In 1928, his father secured him a second alternative appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, through Senator Edwin S. Broussard. (He was named after the Senator's brother Robert F. Broussard.) The Senator's principal candidate and the first alternative failed to qualify, and Landry was given the appointment.
Landry entered West Point on 2 July 1928. His roommate was Robert Lee Scott Jr. Landry played football, baseball, basketball and tennis. He graduated on 10 June 1932, ranked 217th in his class, and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Infantry. He married Mildred Marie Rosa Plauche on 15 August 1932; they had seven children. His first posting was to Camp Stephen D. Little, Arizona, with the African-American 25th Infantry, from 31 August to 28 December 1932, when he moved to Fort Huachuca, Arizona.
In 1934, Landry volunteered for the United States Army Air Corps. He received his pilot rating at Kelly Field, Texas, from which he graduated in February 1935. He transferred to the Air Corps on 20 March 1935 and was assigned to the 16th Pursuit Group at Albrook Field in the Panama Canal Zone. He returned to the United States in 1937 and was assigned to the 20th Pursuit Group at Barksdale Field, Louisiana. On 28 July 1938, he became aide-de-camp to Brigadier General Frederick L. Martin, the commanding general of the 3rd Wing at Barksdale Field, and he continued in this role when Martin was promoted and assumed command of the Hawaiian Air Force at Fort Shafter in the Territory of Hawaii, with the rank of major as of 22 July 1941.
World War II.
After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941, Landry became the executive officer of the Hawaiian Interceptor Command at Honolulu, which soon became the VII Interceptor Command, and then the VII Fighter Command. In April 1942, he transferred to the newly formed Eighth Air Force as the Assistant Chief of Staff, A-3 (Operations), of the VIII Fighter Command, and then chief of its Combat Operations Division from 1 January to 29 October 1943. He commanded the 56th Fighter Group from 30 October 1943 to 12 January 1944. He was then Assistant Chief of Staff, A-3 (Operations) for fighters of the Eighth Air Force until 26 November 1944. He was promoted to lieutenant colonel on 23 January 1942, and colonel on 29 December 1942. For his services, he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross with an oak leaf cluster and the Air Medal with four oak leaf clusters.
Switching to bombers, Landry was executive officer of the 93rd Combat Bombardment Wing from 27 November 1944 to 14 February 1945 and commanded the 493rd Bombardment Group from 15 February to 6 June 1945. He was also the acting commander of the 93rd Combat Bombardment Wing from 14 to 29 March 1945. On 7 June he became the Assistant Chief of Staff, A-3 (Operations), on the air staff of the Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF) at Frankfurt, Germany. He subsequently served as an air advisor to the Theater General Board. While in the European theater during World War II he flew 32 combat missions in P-47 fighters and Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bombers.
Post-war.
Landry returned to the United States, where he was a member of the Joint Operations Review Board at the Army and Navy Staff College from 1 January to 30 June 1946. He then became an instructor at the National War College in Washington, D.C., from 1 July 1946 to 30 June 1947. He was executive officer to the chief of staff, Headquarters United States Air Force (USAF) from 1 August 1947 to 4 February 1948. On 5 February, he became the USAF aide to the president of the United States, Harry S. Truman, with the rank of brigadier general from 23 December 1948, and major general from 8 March 1952. In this role he represented the Air Force at the White House and advised the president on Air Force matters.
After Truman left office in 1953, Landry returned to