06-14-2013 Brookhaven Reporter

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From left, Madison Sanders, 4, Sam Wages, 1, twins Liberty Sanders, 1, and her brother Jackson, enjoy making bubbles at Skyland United Methodist Church’s neighborhood block party on June 1. More photos on page 30.

City preparing to start long-range planning

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Now that the new city of Brookhaven is up and running, officials are beginning to create a long-range vision for the city’s future. This summer, Brookhaven officials will begin searching for a consultant who will help the city create a comprehensive master plan. The planning process, which includes months of public meetings and discussions, is scheduled to kick off this fall, said Communications Director Megan Matteucci. Many in Brookhaven are eying the potential of a commercial stretch of Buford Highway at the southern end of the city, said

Brookhaven residents told City Council they are worried proposed tweaks to the Brookhaven-Peachtree Overlay zoning district could weaken their vision for the future of their community. During a public hearing at the City Council’s June 11 meeting, residents expressed concerns about proposed amendments to the overlay, a zoning code which calls for more urban, pedestrianfriendly development in the Peachtree Road corridor surrounding the Brookhaven MARTA station. But Community Development Director Susan Canon told

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Initial numbers from DeKalb County’s tax digest suggest that Brookhaven may be on better financial footing than officials originally predicted. The tax digest is the value of all the taxable property in DeKalb County. The tax digest must be set before the millage, or tax rate, can be approved. According to the DeKalb digest, the total net assessed value of property in Brookhaven is about $2 billion. “I think it was a little higher than they estimated, but we shouldn’t be surprised, that was just an estimate,” said Brookhaven Finance Director Bonnie Kline. However, Kline said that number is likely to go down over the next few weeks as people appeal their property appraisals. “Most people don’t appeal to make it higher. It’s generally lower,” Kline said. If Brookhaven City Council approved the tentative millage of 3.35, the city would stand to take in about $6.6 million in ad valorem taxes. The council will hold three public hearings and then vote to set the millage in time to send it to DeKalb County by July. The city has scheduled public hearings for 7 p.m., June 17; 10:30 a.m., June 20; and 6:30 p.m., June 20. The hearings will be held at the Brookhaven Municipal Court, 2 Corporate Blvd., Suite 125, in Brookhaven. “We value the public’s input and want to hear from both residential and commercial property owners,” Mayor J. Max Davis said. The council is scheduled to vote on the final millage rate at 1:30 p.m., July 8. Kline said the city’s tax rate could go down. “That 3.35 has not been voted on or approved as a millage rate. It’s just the maximum that was approved in the (city’s) charter,” Kline said. She said council members have expressed interest in lowering the millage, if possible. “That’s going to be the mayor and council’s call on the level of service for next year,” Kline said. “Every dollar the budget increases, we can do more. But the council’s not out to do that. They’re very conservative and they’re not going to do that just to build up a cushion or reserve. They live here and pay taxes, too.” Councilman Jim Eyre said he would

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like to lower the millage, if possible. “We’re maxed out and that is not somewhere in my mind that we need to be. Hopefully we can reduce that number for our homeowners,” Eyre said. “I’d like to get the homeowners’ tax burden down as low as we can while also providing a fiscally conservative operating budget for the city. It looks like it’s working in our favor.” On July 9, DeKalb County will approve the county tax rate and then disperse the Homestead Option Sales Tax, or HOST money to cities, including Brookhaven. Kline said the city doesn’t know what portion of the sales tax revenue it will receive. “We’ve got $1.5 million in the budget, but we don’t know,” Kline said. “We kind of based it on what similar-sized cities have been receiving, but even that can change year to year.” In March, the council approved a $16.465 million annual budget. The council will finalize the budget once exact revenue figures are available. Kline said the challenge with all the uncertainty surrounding Brookhaven’s budget is that as a new city, there is no past data to rely upon. “This is uncharted territory, when you start with last year’s digest at $0 and this year’s at almost $2 billion,” Kline said. “We’re starting with zero. It’s been a challenge.” But after reviewing the preliminary digest numbers, Kline said she is hopeful that Brookhaven will be on solid financial footing. “I think we’re cautiously optimistic,” Kline said.

Brookhaven Government Calendar Brookhaven City Council usually meets on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month at 7 p.m. at locations to be determined. For complete and up-to-date schedule of Brookhaven city meetings, go to http://brookhavenga.gov . BK

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Brookhaven Police Chief Gary Yandura has created a map for future police coverage when officers hit the streets this summer. At the City Council’s June 11 meeting, Yandura showed the council a map dividing the city into six police beats. Yandura said he used natural boundaries like roads and creeks as well as crime statistics to create the coverage map. “What we ended up with is six zones,” Yandura said. Yandura said the goal is to have a three-minute emergency response time per beat. “It’ll be pretty good coverage, and a lot more than people are used to seeing,” Yandura said. Mayor J. Max Davis was pleased with Yandura’s map. “The way you set up these beats makes a lot of sense and I’m very impressed. This is exactly what I would do,” Davis said. The officers within each beat will be flexible to respond to emergency calls throughout the city or may be reassigned for special MELISSA WEINMAN events, such as the Brookhaven Brookhaven Police Chief Gary Yandura Bolt 5K race, Yandura said. shows a map of the city’s newly“There will be one officer in created six police beats to members each of these areas that will be of City Council on June 11. permanently assigned, the rest will be kind of floating,” Yandura said. interviews a week with potential officers The Brookhaven Police Department to finish staffing the department. is still looking at an official startup date “Out of every 10 interviews we hanin late July or early August, Yandura dle, two to three make it through the cysaid. cle to give you an idea about the level of When fully staffed, there will be nine scrutiny,” Yandura told the council. officers and two sergeants assigned to “It’s what we have to do to find the each shift. There will be four, 12-hour best officers. We’re being very selective shifts, Yandura said. in the process,” said Deputy Police Chief All of the supervisors for the departRon Freeman. ment have been hired, Yandura said, and Officials plan to hire more than 50 18 officers have been identified. He said officers for Brookhaven’s police departpolice officials are conducting about 40 ment.

Buckhead streetcar plan could return BY COLLIN KELLEY The long-dormant plan to run a streetcar line on Peachtree from Buckhead to downtown Atlanta could be resurrected if the Atlanta Streetcar project proves to be a success. Tom Weyandt, senior transportation advisor with the city of Atlanta, said there is no timetable or funding for the expansion, but discussions about east/west and north/south expansion are ongoing. The downtown streetcar route, now under construction, will eventually run BK

2.7 miles from Centennial Park to the King Center and have 12 stops along the way. Weyandt said the city is talking about an east-west expansion that will connect the system to the Atlanta BeltLine. “The likely first extension will be to the east, since the BeltLine is only about 2 ½ blocks away,” Weyandt said, noting that nearly two years’ worth of environmental studies will have to be completed before any extension is made.

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Brookhaven and DeKalb still hammering out police costs BY MELISSA WEINMAN

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Brookhaven’s police force is scheduled to get off the ground this summer, but the city still has yet to ink an agreement with DeKalb County over how much the city will pay for the police services the county is providing. After Brookhaven incorporated, DeKalb County Police agreed to continue patrolling the city until a Brookhaven police force was assembled. However, city and county officials have not yet signed off on an intergovernmental agreement that covers the scope and cost of Brookhaven’s interim police services. Mekka Parish, public information officer for DeKalb County Police, said officials would not comment on the negotiations. “Negotiations are not complete and we will not be able share any of those details until that time comes,” Parish said. Brookhaven’s City Manager Marie Garrett and City Attorney Bill Riley, who have been conducting negotiations with the county, also would not discuss the pending intergovernmental agreement, also known as an IGA. “The DeKalb IGA is still in negotiations and we cannot discuss it until it is finalized,” said Communications Director Megan Matteucci. But at the City Council’s work session June 11, Garrett told council members that as far as the city and county agreeing on the cost of interim police

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services, “we are far apart.” “Our number is far different from what they have provided,” Garrett said. Mayor J. Max Davis, who also sat in recent negations with DeKalb officials, said, “Everything but the price is in agreement.” Some Brookhaven City Council members were surprised by the initial cost estimates from DeKalb County. In May, Riley reported that the county had asked for $525,000 a month to provide police services to Brookhaven. Councilman Bates Mattison said he is ready to see an agreement in place. “I would have liked for that agreement to be resolved and executed some time ago,” Mattison said. Councilman Jim Eyre said he’s confident the two governments will reach an agreement. “Negotiations have been amicable and productive. It’s an ongoing process and there’s no reason to rush something like that,” Eyre said. He said he’s comfortable with officials taking time to make sure the agreement works for both the city and the county. “We’re not going unserved,” Eyre said. “We’re just trying to get the details worked out that really sort of memorializes what we’re already doing. DeKalb has continued to honor their commitment to provide police services.”

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B RIEFS nent, you bring out folks from all demographics to meet each other.” Mayor J. Max Davis said the one-year anniversary of the vote to create the city of Brookhaven falls on a Wednesday this year. “We want to have festivals in Brookhaven and want to have something July 31 for Founder’s Day,” Davis said. “I think it can be very exciting and a great addition to the community,” Cagle said.

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Sgt. Chad Latonis, left, and Lt. Juan Grullon were sworn in as the newest Brookhaven Police Ofﬁcers by Mayor J. Max Davis on June 11.

City Council’s June 11 meeting. Sgt. Chad Latonis and Lt. Juan Grullon are both fluent in Spanish and English, and have more than 15 years of experience in law enforcement. Latonis joins Brookhaven from the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office, where he implemented Hispanic community outreach programs. He also served as a gang investigator with a special opera-

tions unit. Grullon comes from the East Point Police Department, where he managed anti-narcotics, serious crime, high-risk warrants and K-9 units. “I am adamant about building a force that is able to serve and protect all of our community members and reflects the diversity in our city’s population,” Police Chief Gary Yandura said.

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City Councilman Joe Gebbia, who represents the area. “We’re basically accumulating a list of available assets that we can utilize to best develop a long-range economic development program, not only for the Buford Highway corridor, our diamond in the rough … but for the rest of Brookhaven,” Gebbia said. Matteucci said the city is also preparing to unveil a Buford Highway improvement plan. The plan is to include increased apartment inspections and federal grant money to upgrade the exteriors and public areas of apartment buildings along Buford Highway. “It’s the southern gateway for Brookhaven, and it’s important that it

reflects the image of all of Brookhaven,” Matteucci said. Arthur Freeman, the executive director of the Brookhaven Chamber of Commerce, said he believes Buford Highway has the potential to grow into a thriving business district. “In terms of the future, it is the No.1 prime area for commercialization,” Freeman said. “I can see that North Druid Hills to the Briarwood stretch of Buford Highway looks a lot like what is today the proverbial ‘downtown’ section of Buckhead.” Freeman said with its prime location inside the perimeter and proximity to downtown Atlanta, Buford Highway has a lot of potential for growth. “As far as we know, other than what

Fire department tax plan draws ﬁre in Dunwoody BY JOE EARLE

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A plan to allow the city of Dunwoody to finance a fire department is producing heat as some residents consider the proposal a back-door city tax increase without the required public vote. Some Dunwoody city officials proposed that the city join other nearby cities scuh as Brookhaven, Doraville and Chamblee to create a new fire department in north DeKalb County. The multi-city department, they argue, would provide better service to residents of the north DeKalb cities than the present DeKalb County department. Dunwoody officials believe they could start a new multi-city department using funds raised by the current DeKalb fire tax millage imposed in the area. The debate has intensified in recent weeks as the Dunwoody Charter Commission, an appointed group reviewing the city charter, agreed during its June 5 meeting to ask state lawmakers to allow the city to take over the tax millage residents now pay for fire protection, if the city ever starts its own fire department. The commission voted 3-2 to allow Dunwoody City Council to increase the fire millage by up to 20 percent without a public vote in order to cover costs of a new fire department. Commission Chairman Max Lehmann and Commissioner Rick Otness voted against the proposal. “To give us, up here, the ability to raise [fire] taxes 20 percent, I don’t agree with that,” Dunwoody City Councilman Denny Shortal said during the council’s June 10 meeting. “We need to keep a close eye on that.” Charter Commissioner Robert Wittenstein, a former city councilman, said the 20 percent increase would apply BK

only to the fire tax, not other millages. City Manager Warren Hutmacher said the city would have to have voter approval to collect more than 120 percent of the 3.29 mills the county now collects for fire services. About a dozen residents -- including Dunwoody Mayor Mike Davis and City Councilman Terry Nall, a strong supporter of the proposed fire department -- attended the charter commission’s June 5 meeting. The commission’s decisions are not binding. The five commissioners, expected to continue meeting periodically into September, are reviewing the city’s charter to see whether any changes should be made to improve city operations. They will report any recommended to state legislators, who then will consider whether to present the proposals to the Legislature, which would have to approve any changes to the charter. During the June 5 meeting, several residents spoke against allow the council to raise the fire tax millage without a public vote. They argued the city charter now prohibits any tax increase above a tax cap of 3.04 mills without a public vote. The city’s now imposes 2.74 mills. “I am not opposed to the city looking into taking on services such as fire, library and schools, but I am opposed to their doing so without voter approval of 50 percent plus one,” resident Merry Carmichael told the commissioners. “This commission has eliminated that right. I want the right to choose with my vote which of these services I want to take on. I don’t want it dictated to me.” Resident Jeanette Smith argued that “taking things away from DeKalb County, that’s a slippery slope.”

city regulations may be in place, there are no height restrictions on what you can build in that corridor,” Freeman said. “It could very easily become a high density area. … It’s the only part of our city, other than the Lake Hearn area, that can accommodate multi-story high rises.” But Freeman noted that the Chamber of Commerce will help to implement whatever economic development plan residents and city officials choose. “It’s up to the city and the master plan to approve what will actually be put at those properties,” Freeman said. Gebbia said he’s looking forward to being able to plan for the city’s future, after working for the past several months to set up the new city’s imme-

diate needs. “As a council, we’re morphing into a phase where we’re beginning to spend more time and energy looking at longterm possibilities for the city,” Gebbia said. City and Chamber officials recently attended the ribbon cutting ceremony for a new boxing gym in Northeast Plaza on Buford Highway. Gebbia said he’s looking forward to working with the Brookhaven Chamber of Commerce to attract more new businesses to Buford Highway. “We’re working to continue to be pro-business, and the long-term plan is to make Brookhaven a very attractive environment for new business. There’s so many opportunities,” Gebbia said.

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“I’m opposed to the strip clubs. It just seems like a lot of unnecessary things happen around that environment. We’d like to keep it as far away from our family as possible.”

Mark Stovin

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“It’s a hard question to answer. Strip clubs will exist no matter where you are. If you move them out of the city of Atlanta, they will move somewhere else and the city will lose the revenue. They’re going to exist somewhere, but where are they going to go?”

Dana Major-Wilson

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“It sounds like a good thing to me. Generally speaking, you want to live in a neighborhood that is much more community oriented. I don’t think strip clubs really promote that.”

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Editor’s note: Several local city governments recently have debated or taken action against strip clubs and other adult entertainment businesses. We asked Brookhaven Mayor J. Max Davis, lawyer Aubrey Villines, who represents clubs in Brookhaven and Atlanta, and residents of Reporter Newspapers communities whether the cities were doing the right thing. See related article on pages 10 and 11.

We wouldn’t make a deal Brookhaven has spent the past six months filling potholes, repairing sidewalks, hiring police commanders and issuing permits. We’ve passed a budget, started live-streaming video of City Council meetings and made it much easier to do business in the city. This is just the beginning. Before the end of the summer, we will have Brookhaven police officers patrolling city streets, have identified a location inside Brookhaven for a city hall and have our comprehensive plan launched. Typically, these aren’t the things I’m asked about at the grocery store or on the Little League field. It’s easy to overlook all of the work involved with building a new city, particularly when many of the headlines are focused on just one of the many ordinances we have adopted J. MAX to make Brookhaven a better community for all residents. DAVIS Even though I am an attorney, the sexually-oriented business ordinance was not something with which I was familiar or which I exGUEST COLUMN pected would be an issue. Like many of the other ordinances we have passed, we modeled our ordinance after those that have been enacted in other communities. In fact, our ordinance mirrors ordinances adopted in Doraville, Sandy Springs, Johns Creek, DeKalb County, Fulton County and other governments around the metro region. This is the same ordinance that has been upheld by many courts. Just to be clear, Brookhaven adopted this ordinance using the same litmus test we use for every action we take – to protect the health, safety and welfare of Brookhaven’s residents and businesses. It is important to understand that the reason Brookhaven is being sued is not because it adopted adult business regulations – DeKalb County currently has similar regulations. Rather, Brookhaven is being sued because our City Council refused to take money from this industry in exchange for letting the industry ignore these laws. Although DeKalb County struck such a deal with the sexually-oriented business industry, it is a faulty precedent that Brookhaven should not follow. Future businesses would naturally expect and likely be entitled to a similar deal. Imagine the outcry that would erupt if one day this summer a sign popped up by Cambridge Square or on Dresden Drive advertising a new adult business opening. Residents of our neighboring cities, communities and courts across the country have found that these types of establishments bring a host of negative secondary effects, such as drug dealing, crime, prostitution and adverse impacts on surrounding properties. As erotic dancing is protected under “free speech” and cannot be banned, communities surrounding Brookhaven, including DeKalb County, have enacted and successfully defended ordinances to limit these negative secondary effects. These adult businesses are now looking for a place to go and it is our duty to make sure our neighborhoods are equally protected with similar ordinances. We are working hard to build a better Brookhaven. The city inherited many problems from DeKalb County, but maintaining the status quo, or cutting deals that allow the law to be ignored in exchange for money, is not the way to accomplish this goal. It is only common sense that the city may consider temporarily halting enforcement of its sexually-oriented business ordinance pending the outcome of litigation. But this is entirely different from entering a agreement that pays the city money in exchange for letting a business ignore the law. In this transition period, we have been sued because we did not cut such a deal. I am confident that our sexually-oriented business ordinance will be upheld, but for situations like this, we have and will continue to maintain insurance coverage. The next time you see me in the grocery store or at the Little League fields, please stop and let me tell you about all of the good work we are doing in Brookhaven. This ordinance – like every action we take – is intended to make a better Brookhaven for not just my family, but everyone who lives and works in our city. J. Max Davis is the mayor of Brookhaven.

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“I’d rather not have strip clubs in the neighborhood. I feel like they can exist. I just don’t want them in my neighborhood. ”

“I have feelings on both sides of the issue. I guess that on one hand, I respect the city’s right to try and improve the neighborhoods ... but on the other hand, I respect the business owners’ rights to operate as long as they comply with the law.”

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Pink Pony beneﬁts community The Pink Pony is an adult entertainment establishment that has existed legally and peacefully in DeKalb County since 1991. It is located at the southern tip of what is now the city of Brookhaven. During the process of establishing the city of Brookhaven, the Pink Pony was constantly assured by many of the Brookhaven “players” that they did not want to do anything to harm the Pink Pony. In fact, Brookhaven chose to include the Pink Pony in its new city because it would be a source of revenue. Without the anticipated revenue from the Pink Pony, the city of Brookhaven would be in the red. auBrey Unfortunately, Brookhaven now believes it does not villineS need the $455,000 the Pink Pony pays in licenses, taxes and fees to DeKalb County. The city of Brookhaven now Guest CoLuMn has the option of limiting services to its citizens or raising taxes to project a balanced budget. The purpose of this column is not to debate Pink Pony’s constitutional or legal right to exist. My intent is simply a discussion of the community benefits of the Pink Pony. The city of Brookhaven has passed ordinances that will put the Pink Pony out of business no later than 2014. The Pink Pony has filed a lawsuit in the Superior Court of DeKalb County setting forth its constitutional and legal arguments. Fighting this lawsuit is an unnecessary expense to a city that must get its budget under control. The Pink Pony has existed at its current location for 22 years without legal problems or criminal activity. It is surrounded by a creek and other local businesses, and is not on a major highway. The current location of the Pink Pony is optimal for all parties, including those who worry about the effects of adult entertainment. In 22 years, the club has not had any problems with DeKalb County, nor has it had any issues with the ATF, Department of Revenue, or other governmental entities. The Pink Pony brings approximately 300,000 people annually through its doors. Those 300,000 patrons frequent the restaurants, gas stations, drug stores, grocery stores, car washes, cleaners and other businesses in Brookhaven. The revenue that is spent in Brookhaven by Pink Pony employees and patrons is probably incalculable, but definitely exceeds that $455,000 the Pink Pony currently pays to DeKalb County – money that should be going to Brookhaven. If the Pink Pony is put out of business by Brookhaven, the impact to local businesses will be devastating. Why has Brookhaven City Council chosen to pass ordinances that by 2014 will put the Pink Pony out of business? There has not been an outcry of constituents demanding that the club must go. There has not been a sudden crime wave associated with the club. The city’s resources are better directed to the delivery of services to residents and to the decrease of taxes. The $455,000 in taxes and fees that the Pink Pony wants to pay to Brookhaven, and the money spent by its employees and patrons in the city, can be used to provide much-needed services and to lower taxes. Even the City Council should understand that decreasing revenues result in fewer services or higher taxes. The Pink Pony has operated under a court settlement agreement with DeKalb County for years. That agreement grandfathered in the Pink Pony and, since 1991, has successfully kept other adult entertainment establishments from opening in the area. The DeKalb settlement says it is binding and assigned to any future cities that may come into existence. Brookhaven City Council only needs to accept the fact that it is bound by the agreement, and continue grandfathering the Pink Pony in. Brookhaven will have more revenue for services and the Pink Pony will continue, unnoticed by most citizens, if the city simply honors this legally-binding agreement. Aubrey Villines is a lawyer who represents the Pink Pony and other adult entertainment businesses.

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Local governments do battle with adult businesses By MeLissa WeinMan anD CoLLin KeLLey Local politicians have spent a lot of Attorneys and politicians can’t pintime talking about strip clubs lately. point a single factor that has led to the Atlanta City Council is the latest recent interest in measures that would metro area government to go to battle alter or ultimately shutter adult-orientover adult businesses. ed businesses, such as strip clubs and An Atlanta councilman proposed head shops. an unsuccessEach case is ful measure that slightly different. would have disBut many govplaced the adult ernment officials businesses along claim adult-orientCheshire Bridge ed businesses bring Road. The new crime and noise, city of Brookhavand lower suren and the city of rounding property Doraville are headvalues. The busied to court after ness owners arbeing sued by strip gue that they have clubs for adoptproperty rights photos by MELIssA WEINMAN ing regulations the and First AmendBrookhaven City Council hired clubs say would ment protection Attorney Scott Bergthold to destroy their busifor their businesshelp rewrite the city’s adult nesses. es. business regulations. And Sandy Sandy Springs’ Springs has been City Attorney in litigation for the better part of a deWendell Willard said though the city cade with strip clubs located within its has been in litigation with strip clubs borders for six years, officials feel like it has been What’s going on? worth the cost and effort.

“I think what you look at is community standards of what citizens say they’re looking for in the safety and protection of their community. And the council listened to their citizens,” Willard said. “We recognize that [combining] nude dance clubs with serving alcohol does bring about sometimes criminal elements, and that’s what we’re trying to protect against. We think the outcome will be supportive of the effort that’s been put forth.” Atlanta City Councilman Alex Wan’s highprofile campaign to shut down adult-oriented busiThe Onyx Club sign on Cheshire Bridge Road. nesses along Cheshire Bridge Road ultimately failed after a 9-6 council serection to relocate just about anywhere vote on June 3. in the city. The majority of council members Atlanta’s Senior Assistant City Attorobjected to the measure because had ney Jeff Haymore said that only two of it passed, Atlanta’s zoning code would the city’s 12 council districts offered no have allowed businesses such as the compatible zoning available for adultOnyx club, Kong’s Body Shop and Inoriented businesses.

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and Doraville. regulations for strip clubs so soon after “The residents and businesses of the city’s incorporation. The Pink Pony, Brookhaven should have the same prohe said, is in a commercial area at the tections as those prosouthern tip of the vided in surroundcity and away from ing communities,” sensitive uses like the statement said. schools or churches. “Brookhaven will Begner said in defend its ordinancBrookhaven’s case, es, which are dethere doesn’t appear signed to protect to be any outcry public safety, health from citizens about and welfare, and the Pink Pony. further the city’s “The ‘why’ is Pink Pony attorney Aubrey goal of ensuring most peculiar in Villines offers Brookhaven City that Brookhaven is Brookhaven and an excellent comCouncil a check for $25,000, Doraville,” Begner munity in which to said. “It’s one thing the quarterly licensing fee the live.” to open a club near club now pays DeKalb County. Begner, who a church and anger also represents the owners of the Pink residents. It’s another to put a club out Pony, said he doesn’t understand why of business and not pay them for it when Brookhaven decided to prioritize new almost no one cares.”

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Each of Woodward Elementawhen he learned that many of the chilry School’s students was able to leave dren at the school didn’t have books to school for the year with a book to take read at home. home and read over the summer, largely “We wanted to feel useful and that’s due to the efforts of two men from the the way we could do this since there was nearby Hillsdale neighborhood. a need,” Saunders said. Kristin Gokce said when she asked Gokce, a Woodward parent who volher neighbors for unteers at the school, help collecting used said many of the stuDo you know an organization or books for the school, dents at the school individual making a difference Jim Saunders and come from Spanishin our community? Email Ray Redmond took speaking families. editor@reporternewspapers.net the call seriously. For them, learning to Over the course read can be especially of several months, challenging because the two would bring boxes of books for English is not their first language. Gokce to deliver to the school, eventualAnother obstacle for some of the stuly donating more than 400 books. dents is they don’t have access to books “They were like the little guardian anto read at home, Gokce said. gels. It was incredible,” Gokce said. “A lot of them don’t have the opporSaunders used credits he had built up tunity to have someone read to them. from an online paperback book-trading A lot of them miss out on that,” Gokce club to get about 300 children’s books. said. “They’re facing many barriers just He would keep an eye out for children’s to get out of the gate.” books on a book-trading website, espeSaunders and Redmond said they’ve cially books about Disney characters, enjoyed collecting books for the school, animals or history, he said. which is only a few blocks from the “It takes a while to get these books in neighborhood they’ve called home for because they’re mailed from all over the more than 20 years. country. When they do have them, they “It was a lot of fun for us and kept us will send them out. I’ll be getting, 30, busy,” Saunders said. “It was a fun, lit40 books a week,” Saunders said. tle project.” Then, Saunders and Redmond went And they said they plan to keep colshopping to find even more used books. lecting books next school year. “Ray and I went out to Goodwill “We may inquire over there at Cross and St. Vincent de Paul and other thrift Keys High School,” Saunders said. shops and got another 100 books,” “They are in need of books, too. We Saunders said. could probably get a number of books Saunders said he wanted to help for teenagers.”

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Officials at Georgia Shakespeare are working to remake their venerable theater company. Less than two years ago, Georgia Shakespeare had to put out a call for emergency help. The company said it needed to raise $500,000 in just a few months or it would close. Donors rallied and Georgia Shakespeare was able to keep going. But the crisis forced the Brookhavenbased theater group to take a hard look at itself. “We needed a change,” artistic director and Georgia Shakespeare co-founder Richard Garner said recently. This year, as Georgia Shakespeare opens its summer/fall season on the campus of Oglethorpe University June 21 with a revival of the play “Metamorphoses,” company officials are rethinking their business, and hope to bolster the company’s finances by broadening its operations. “Going into this year, not just theater groups, but any nonprofit arts group I know has been saying, ‘We’ve got to reinvent the model,’” Garner said. Georgia Shakespeare has entered into partnerships with theater groups at col-

leges in Gainesville and Kennesaw, and plans to add performances with those to expand its season. “We definitely have taken a look at our business model and looked at it from all different angles,” said Jennifer Bauer-Lyons, director of company initiatives. “We have this great relationship with Oglethorpe, but we … have to think, ‘How can we get outside the walls of [Oglethorpe’s] Conant Performing Arts Center?’” She describes the 2013 season as part of a major transition for the theater company that was founded more than a quarter century ago. “I think from the campaign in 2011, through 2012, those years have been transitional, transformational, for us all,” Bauer-Lyons said. “We’re right in the middle of it.” One immediate change is obvious. Georgia Shakespeare is presenting fewer plays this year. In the past, the company staged as many as six or seven shows in a season,

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Park Krausen, kneeling, and Travis Smith, on ﬂoor, rehearse a scene from ‘Metamorphoses’ at Georgia Shakespeare.

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Above, Chris Kayser, standing, and Joe Knezevich, front, practice handto-hand combat during a rehearsal of ‘Metamorphoses.’ Below, front to back, Barrett Doyle, Joe Knezevich and Travis Smith, with Park Krausen, right, go over a scene.

“Mighty Myths & Legends,” a children’s play, in July; and Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” in October. “The 2013 season is a smaller season. That was by design,” Bauer-Lyons said. “It wasn’t really about saving money. We needed the time to reinvent our business model.” “This is kind of rock bottom as far as the quantity of work,” Garner said. The idea was to create time to plan, he said. “We needed to pull back, to slow the train down,” Garner said. Over the next couple of years, Georgia Shakespeare officials say, the theater company will change. Through new partnerships with Kennesaw State University and with the Gainesville Theatre Alliance, which includes Brenau University and the University of North Georgia, Georgia Shakespeare plans to develop new shows in those cities. Eventually, Bauer-Lyons said, Georgia Shakespeare will have bases in four north metro Atlanta counties – at Oglethorpe in DeKalb, at Piedmont Park’s “Shake In the Park” in Fulton, Gainesville in Hall and Kennesaw in Cobb. “We’re expanding our geographic footprint, but we’re also focusing on one product at a time,” BauerLyons said. “It’s expanding who we work with and how we work with them.” Georgia Shakespeare says the new alliances will allow it “to co-develop new artistic works and to integrate the company’s artistic productions into the academic programming of its partners.” “We are working together on something rather than trying to go it alone,” Bauer-

Actress records show’s metamorphoses Music, movement and the importance of a good cup of coffee to a theater production are just some of the subjects that actress Carolyn Cook has explored as she blogs about her experiences in the Georgia shakespeare production of “Metamorphoses.” Cook, who says she plays “all the old women” in the show, in which actors take multiple parts, plans to keep her blog – Lifelong Metamorphoses, found at lifelongmetamorphoses.wordpress.com – going throughout the run of the play and perhaps longer. she said she hopes the blog will give members of the audience a sense of what goes into preparing a play for a performance. “I just feel like theater is a communal experience,” she said. “the audience comes to the theater and they have a group experience, but I don’t think they realize how much they inﬂuence what we do. I just want to open a door and say, ‘you’re welcome. Let me show you around.’”

Lyons said. Georgia Shakespeare also is expanding its college internship program, Bauer-Lyon said. This summer, the company has 22 interns working in all phases of programming, from acting to building sets, and from box-office sales to marketing, she said. This summer, even the choice of the main play Georgia Shakespeare is producing was figured in to the company’s transition. “Metamorphoses,” originally staged in 2006 and 2007, had been one of the theater group’s most popular plays. “When we did it, it was the most powerful and important piece of theater we had done,” Garner said. He said he had to tell his house-cleaning crews to wait longer after the end of the show to start cleaning the theater. Some patrons just sat in their seat, thinking about what they had seen, for 10 to 15 minutes, he said. “It’s a really

Georgia Shakespeare’s 2013 season at the Conant Performing Arts Center at Oglethorpe University “Metamorphoses” by Mary Zimmerman, June 21-July 21. “Mighty Myths & Legends” adapted by richard Garner and Allen o’reilly, July 2-20. “hamlet” by William shakespeare, oct. 3-27. season tickets cost from $40 to $100. For more information: 404-504-1473.

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Organ Festival Wednesday, June 26, 7:30 p.m. – Join others for the 19th season of the Atlanta Summer organ Festival, at four area churches. Concerts are one hour in length, and conclude with a dessert reception. Suggested donation of $15 at the door. Casual dress. The Cathedral of St. Philip, 2744 Peachtree Rd., Atlanta, 30305, welcomes Jack Mitchener, associate professor of organ, Mercer University, Macon. For more information, contact Timothy Gunter at 404-365-1050 or via email: tgunter@stphilipscathedral.org. www.stphilipscathedral.org.

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Patriotic Concert Sunday, June 30, 4 p.m. – Kick off the Fourth of

July holiday week by joining Dunwoody United Methodist Church for a “Salute to America” concert and picnic in the sanctuary. The Chancel Choir and a brass ensemble perform Randall Thompson’s “Testament of Freedom,” “Battle Hymn of the Republic” and “Salute to the Armed Forces.” The Wandering Shepherds will also perform. Meals by The Varsity available for $10. Desserts provided by the church. Rain or shine. Visit: www.dunwoodyumc.org or call 770-394-0675, x 106 for more details or to register and pay for the picnic. 1548 Mt. Vernon Rd., Dunwoody, 30338.

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Wednesday, June 19, 10-11:45 a.m. – Learn about forensic science and criminology with help from the Georgia State University’s Science Department. For middle and high school youth. Free and open to the public. Additional class, 12-1:45 p.m. Registration required. Sandy Springs Branch Library, in the Meeting Room, 395 Mount Vernon Highway, Sandy Springs, 30328. Email: marlan. brinkley@fultoncountyga.gov or call 404-303-6130 to sign up or with questions.

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Japanese Art Wednesday, June 19, 7-8 p.m. – Daniel Tilford, collections manager at Oglethorpe University’s Museum of Art, discusses a chronological study of western collectors of Japanese art, beginning in the mid-19th century. Presented in conjunction with the exhibition “Jiki to Hanga: Japanese Porcelain and Prints.” $5 general admission; free for OUMA members and children under 12. 4484 Peachtree Rd., Third Floor, Weltner Library, Brookhaven, 30319. To learn more, visit: museum.oglethorpe. edu or call 404-364-8555.

Dig Into Rocks Thursday, June 20, 10:30-11:15 a.m. –

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10:30-11:30 a.m. – Librarian Shannon Duffy helps kids identify minerals, fossils and rocks from the Tellus Museum’s Rockin’ Rollers Outreach Program. Free. For preschool and elementary youth. Additional class, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. 395 Mount Vernon Highway, Sandy Springs, 30328. For questions or to register, email: leah.germon@fultoncountyga.gov or call 404-303-6130.

Make Comics Friday, June 21, 1-3 p.m. – Kyle Puttkammer,

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ZooMobile Tuesday, June 18, 10:30-11:30 a.m. – The

Sandy Springs Branch Library and Zoo Atlanta’s ZooMobile present “Wild Features!” Youngsters compare animal and human body parts, and discover how people use senses just like animals. Free and open to the community. Suggested audiences: toddler, preschool, elementary, middle school. Additional class, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Space is limited; registration required and started June 1. Children may sign up for only one session. In the Meeting Room, 395 Mount Vernon Highway, Sandy Springs, 30328. Contact leah.germon@fultoncountyga.gov with questions or to reserve a spot, or call 404-303-6130.

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From left, Davis Academy student Neta Gal, art teacher Rebecca Ganz, Rabbi Micah Lapidus, student Mitchell Bohrer, student Halle Busby, middle school Principal Jamie Kudlats, and students Emily Binderow and Adam Spector, all played key roles in developing the music CD.

“Our own community has such amaztar with doves pouring out, inspired by ing resources within it, and we brought the song “Halleluyah.” “I think I did the everyone in,” said Fran Putney, the birds flying out of the guitar because the school’s director of communications. “We sound of the guitar makes you calm and just brought their talents in and everyone relaxed,” Gal said. was really excited about the project.” “So many of the things that [students] Only one nongained are intangiDavis talent was ble. Especially when brought in to the you compare them project, local music to test scores and producer Will Robgrades,” Kudlats ertson, who set up a said. “Those things recording studio in tend to define what the middle school schools should be, and who Lapidus but contribute ofsaid has become ten very little to part of the school’s who we want stufamily. Lapidus, dents to be.” Robertson and Lapidus agrees. Kudlats arranged all “We are a school the music, and stucommunity that is dents were invitall about helping ed to audition for kids find their voic“We are a school spots as vocalists. es,” he said. community that is all Art teacher ReOver the course becca Ganz had her of the two-year about helping kids students listen to project, the faculﬁnd their voices.” Blessing songs and ty at Davis guidcreate artwork ined a lot of students spired by the mutoward finding a – Micah laPiDuS sic to serve as the alunique voice both School raBBi bum’s art. individually and in “This was a difthe context of the ferent kind of projJewish community. ect for students this Their debut age where they are music video for responding symbolically to music and “Kol Yisrael” is an example of that dualmetaphorically to music,” Ganz said. ity. The words of the sing-a-long trans“For them it was a totally different way to late to “All Israel is responsible for one think about art.” another.” The song starts with the single Seventh grader Emily Binderow creatvoice of Lapidus and by the end features ed a brilliant colorful swirl for “Be a Blessover a thousand members of the Davis ing.” Seventh grader Adam Spector sheepcommunity. ishly admits that he was bummed to get “When we find the thing that is the the song “With All My Heart” for his unique expression of our identity as a project, but after a couple of listens he got community and then bring all of the talcomfortable with the song and created a ented people to the process, all of a sudmosaic heart. den the community is the most powerful Eighth grader Neta Gal painted a guiforce in the world,” Lapidus said.

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The path leading to the front door of Dante’s Down the Hatch left no room for doubt. It’s closing. The sign on Peachtree Road said so. So did the two placards along the way to the hostess’ table. Dante Stephensen soon will soon shutter his beloved fondue restaurant. Stephensen dragged things out as long as he could. He almost couldn’t part ways, announcing a March closing date and pushing it back further to the end of July. The website says Down the Hatch may reopen at a new, undetermined location. On June 6, the Atlanta Ski Club said its goodbye. The old Buckhead club for mingling singles was one float in a parade of tributes to the 43-year-old institution. Marianne Broadbear, a Ski Club member, ordered a drink at the bar, and said even though the restaurant will be gone, Stephensen will remain a part of her life. “He’s as great as they get,” she said. “He’s fun as he can be. He’s a very giving, very caring sort of guy and he loves what he does so much.” The inside of Down the Hatch resembles a Huckleberry Finn cave adventure come to life. A sly grinning wax figure of Mark Twain looking on from the corner provides a silent endorsement. Stephensen left nothing in his restaurant to chance. He planned every inch of every detail of the décor. Even the bathrooms feature a replica of a barber shop, the shelves lined with colored glass bottles that glow in the soft light. Stephensen’s restaurant mixes his shared interests of jazz, fondue and seafaring. The jagged seams of his eclectic juxtaposition of motifs blend in the shadows cast by the flickering candles. His showpiece, a stately pirate ship hovering in the twilight of the room, points toward its dock, the fully-stocked bar. BK

Stephensen said the ship helps his guests relax. “When you see a ship facing out, that implies a feeling of escape,” he said. “That may have been in the back of my mind.” As his self-imposed deadline approaches, Stephensen remains business as usual. For Stephensen this means being endearingly unusual. Stephensen is an Illinois native who moved to Atlanta in 1967. He opened Dante’s at Underground Atlanta in 1970 and moved to Buckhead in 1981. He’s a short man and yet somehow towers, particularly in the imaginations of the children who revere him. He favors suspenders. Uneven bolo strings hang from his neck. He talks with swooping gestures of his hands and sprinkles his speeches with enough profanity to justify his reputation as a sailor. A former Navy SEAL, actually. Stephensen’s enduring gift lies in his mastery of conversation. His handshake meets people as they walk through the door. He gives just enough eye contact, listens suﬃciently and smiles broadly. He makes every person who walks over his threshold feel like the most important person in the room. Stephensen said it’s a talent that’s “in my blood,” and a benefit of receiving a Montessori Education as a youngster. “I have grown up with pretty independently self-confident for no particular reason,” he said. “I’m not a great athlete. I’m not good looking. I’m not tall. I didn’t get a lot of dates. It didn’t seem to bother me.” Stephensen will close the Buckhead location because the property taxes are high and the restaurant’s owners received an irresistible offer from developers who want to turn it into apartment complexes. It’s pretty much a guarantee that the apartments won’t be as interesting as Dante’s Down the Hatch.

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council members the changes were made in an attempt to clean up the language of the zoning document. “The intent is not to destroy the fabric of the district,” Canon said. “We’re trying to strengthen the fabric of the overlay.” The overlay text amendment attempted to clarify a few portions of the document that had been in conflict in the past. The amendment includes a definition of building height, regulations for sidewalk signs, and increased parking for restaurants. Under the amendment, restaurants must have one parking space per 125 square feet of dining space. All buildings in the overlay district must be at least two stories tall. The amendment defined the second story requirement by stating, “The second story shall be heated and available for human occupancy consisting of no less than 75 percent of the square footage of the floor area beneath, less and except outdoor assembly area.” But many residents felt the changes would open up the zoning document to more challenges from developers. Kathy Forbes of the Brookhaven Peachtree Community Alliance said the language in the text amendment about second story requirements is confusing and could be interpreted different ways. “Given the fact that second story requirement is central to the intent of overlay, I strongly recommend that the requirement of a two-story minimum not even be subject to a variance request,” Forbes said. She recommended having workshops with city staff and members of the BPCA to discuss the overlay district before any amendments are approved. “This is too important to not get exactly right,” Forbes said. Keven Fitzpatrick also felt the language about the second story weakened the zoning document. “It guts the overlay. It guts the sec-

“The intent is not to destroy the fabric of the district. We’re trying to strengthen the fabric of the overlay.” – susan canon community development director

ond floor requirement,” Fitzpatrick said. “This overlay is a baby. It came in 2007. In city planning terms, it’s still an infant. I urge you not to smother the infant in the crib.” Bill Roberts said though he doesn’t agree with all the language in the amendment, he appreciated the city looking at ways to improve the document. “All the work she’s done is a step in the right direction,” Roberts said of Canon’s amendment. Mayor J. Max Davis said he would like for attorneys specializing in land use to review the changes before City Council votes on the text amendment June 17. “Our goal is to have a clear, concise overlay that everybody can understand,” Davis said. Councilwoman Rebecca Chase Williams, who previously served on DeKalb County’s Zoning Board of Appeals, said she had to deliberate on many variance requests within the overlay district for the county. “I personally hope we can have an overlay that reduces the number of variances,” she said. City Manager Marie Garrett said the goal of tightening the language of the overlay is to reduce the number of variance requests. “When variances are sought repeatedly it should tell the elected body that something must be wrong,” she said.

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