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12 | March 16, 2017 | Johns Creek Herald | NorthFulton.com
AARP provides free tax filing NORTH FULTON, Ga. — AARP Foundation Tax-Aide is offering free tax preparation help to North Fulton residents through April 18. There are multiple locations throughout Alpharetta, Johns Creek, Milton and Roswell stocked with more than 50 local AARP trained and IRS-certified volunteers. There is no fee, no sales pitch for other services and AARP membership is not required to make use of the service. Locations include: Appointment Sites: • Alpharetta Adult Activity Center 13450 Cogburn Road (in North Park) Alpharetta, Ga. 30004 678-297-6140 Monday, Wednesday, Saturday • Crabapple Senior Center 12624 Broadwell Road Alpharetta, Ga. 30004 770-751-9397 Thursday • East Roswell Library 2301 Holcomb Bridge Road Roswell, Ga. 30076 404-613-4050, Tuesday • Ocee Library 5090 Abbotts Bridge Road Johns Creek, Ga. 30005 770-360-8897, Friday • Park Place at Newtown Park 3125 Old Alabama Road
Johns Creek, Ga. 30022 678-512-3430, Thursday Walk-ins Welcome Sites • Northeast/Spruill Oaks Library 9560 Spruill Road Johns Creek, Ga. 30022 770-360-8820, Monday, Wednesday • Roswell Adult Rec Center 830 Grimes Bridge Road Roswell, Ga. 30075 770-641-3950, Friday • Roswell Public Library 115 Norcross Street Roswell, Ga. 30075 770-640-3075 Monday, Saturday Roswell Senior Center 1250 Warsaw Road Roswell, Ga. 30076 770-640-1583, Wednesday In order to complete a return, visitors will need to bring the following: Last year’s tax return, Social Security cards for every individual on the tax return, Photo I.D. for all taxpayers, and a checkbook to get a direct deposit refund. Additionally, bring all documents related to income, any possible deductions and health insurance.
Widening: Continued from Page 4 to his ideas on noise abatement on McGinnis. “Seven Oaks will be well represented [by the city] in the final decisions. It is impacted on two sides with only one entrance and exit,” Black said. “We want to minimize the impacts as much as possible. It is my job to advocate for Johns Creek to get the best possible outcomes for the city.” But the residents wanted answers to more probing questions such as: Why is Johns Creek taking on most of the burden for widening the road when it benefits Forsyth County? Can Johns Creek stop the project? What is the timeline for key decisions? Such questions were about policy, and Black and Assistant City Manager Justin Kirouac were reluctant to answer such questions because they don’t set policy; they implement it. Their hesitation only made residents angrier. Residents appeared to get frustrated when they couldn’t get answers to the questions they were asking. Councilman Lenny Zaprowski and Councilwoman Stephanie Endres tried
to come forward to speak for the City Council, but they only seemed to confuse matters and make the residents more frustrated. Several residents asked if they could stop the project if the city withheld its share of the funding. When Endres said the council could take another vote about funding the project, that was taken as a sign by the residents that the city could stop the project by opting out. And perhaps by opting out, the project could be stopped. However, Mayor Mike Bodker, who was out of town and could not attend the March 8 meeting said later there were several misconceptions that were not addressed at that meeting. “First, it is not true that this improvement only benefits Forsyth County. It does benefit Johns Creek and it provides a four-lane, east-west link from Ga. 400 to I-85,” Bodker said. This is a project that has been on GDOT’s books for a decade, probably longer, he said. What the city is trying to do is make sure the improvements have the least amount of impact on residents as possible. Asked if the city could block the expansion, Bodker said no, it would go through anyway. Besides, it is an approved plan that has been on the city’s transportation plan as well.
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