Mayor and Council Meeting Notice and Agenda - Council Chambers — Minutes
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April 06, 2026 7:00 PM City of Smyrna Mayor and Council Meeting 2800 King Street SE Council Chambers Page 9 of 10 represent progressive citizens in central and southern Cobb County. On Saturday March 28, nearly 1500 demonstrators gathered peacefully on our beautiful Village Green to hear from local leaders before heading to Atlanta Road's west sidewalk to protest the Trump administration. We were just a small part of the over 8 million No Kings protesters worldwide, the largest mass demonstration in US history. We're incredibly proud of our team of volunteers who maintained safety, security, and organization at this event. We want to thank Smyrna's city leadership and police department for their support of free speech and free assembly in our beautiful and diverse city. While these sacred rights are guaranteed in the United States Constitution, we've seen time and again in cities like Minneapolis, Memphis, Chicago, and other locations across America the Department of Homeland Security targets, that they are not to be taken for granted. We are grateful to live in a city where we can safely and securely exercise these rights without fear. While we protesters were united by our rejection of an authoritarian federal government, its weaponization of Immigration Customs Enforcement (or ICE) against our friends, neighbors, and family members, its rudderless foreign policy and destructive foreign wars, and its lack of basic decency and morality at the highest levels, we are proud of our positive, joyful, and welcoming No Kings event. Folks who are interested in keeping the momentum going can look up our new group, Silver Comet Indivisible. We also want to speak directly to the Mayor and City Council of Smyrna on behalf of our community organization: we ask you under no circumstances to cooperate with ICE to terrorize our community members. They come to sow discord and terror, not security. We love our neighbors and we want all Smyrna residents to live without fear, to enjoy life in our city, to have free access to our schools and public spaces. As a historian I can say with confidence: all of us have to make choices, so please make the right choice. - Linda Langston – 1710 Napa Valley Ct. – She has lived in her home for 22 years. She has asked multiple times for No Parking signs on Shenandoah Valley. She requested a No Parking and a No Dumping sign on Shenandoah Valley. Councilmember Hines stated that the city will do what can be done within the confines of the law to make sure her road is safe. 11. Ward and Staff Reports Councilmember Glenn Pickens – thanked Paul Osburn, Interim Public Works Director, for his attention to Atlanta Road repairs. Councilmember Latonia P. Hines – thanked all who attended the first ever Women’s History Luncheon. They were able to recognize this year’s honoree as well as recognize the efforts of the Smyrna Rosies and members of that group living and passed who are and were Smyrna residents. Councilmember Travis Lindley – echoed Councilmember Pickens’ comments and thanked Public Works and Parks and Recreation departments for their hard work. As a reminder, Cobb Linear Park will be dedicated to the late Dr. David Martin on April 26 around 12:30 PM. He thanked Councilmember Hines’ huge efforts for organizing the Black History Month celebration and the Women’s History Luncheon. He also