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Dunwoody responds to DeKalb’s transit master plan By CONNER EVANS newsroom@appenmediagroup.com DUNWOODY, Ga. — The Dunwoody City Council submitted a resolution June 18 asking for some say in the recent DeKalb County transit plans for expanded public transit. The $25 billion, 30-year transit plan would attempt to expand paratransit services, improve bus services with bus rapid transit stations and improve first and last mile infrastructure. The plan is structured to accommodate two funding scenarios — one with a countywide half-penny sales tax increase, the other with a full penny increase. At the special called meeting, Mayor
Denis Shortal said the council needed to send DeKalb County a resolution asking to participate in the plan. One of his main concerns, he said, is the plan’s lack of a clear priority list. “Right now the question is, ‘will we have the ridership?’” Shortal said. Laura Everitt, DeKalb’s transit and rail planning manager, presented the plans to the Dunwoody City Council at its June 10 meeting as part of the county’s effort to touch base will all local municipalities. She explained the differences between the half-penny and full-penny plans. The half-penny plan would feature one light rail transit line, five bus rapid transit and nine arterial rapid transit
projects, altogether 139 project miles. It would add 14 bus rapid transit stations, five arterial bus rapid transit stations and five light rail stations in DeKalb. The full penny plan would add four light rail transit lines, four bus rapid transit and eight arterial transit projects for a total of 180 project miles. It would add 17 light rail stations, 10 bus rapid transit stations and five arterial bus rapid transit stations. Bus rapid transit station locations looks largely the same on both funding solution maps, but the biggest differences in the full-penny plan are extended light rail projects south and more arterial rapid transit in south and eastern parts of the county.
If DeKalb voters reject an additional sales tax, MARTA would concentrate on rehabilitating existing stations. Some of what DeKalb proposes to use the half penny or full penny on is regional, rather than more widespread projects, Councilwoman Lynn Deutsch said. Councilwoman Pam Tallmadge agreed, saying she wanted to see more “octopus arms” out to different parts of the county. “I’m not sure why DeKalb is being asked to absorb the brunt of these projects,” Deutsch said. Dunwoody as a city was not involved in the plans, Councilman Terry Nall said, though the public at large was in-
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Dunwoody recertified as a Georgia City of Ethics DUNWOODY, Ga. — The City of Dunwoody was recognized as a Georgia Certified City of Ethics during an awards luncheon last Sunday at the 2019 Georgia Municipal Association convention in Savannah. The association’s Ethics Certification Committee has determined that Dunwoody meets the qualifications for its second recertification. Dunwoody has maintained this status since first applying in 2010. To earn a Certified City of Ethics designation, cities must adopt a resolution establishing the five ethics principles for the conduct of city officials, which includes treating all people fairly, using resources with efficiency and creating an
environment of honesty, openness and integrity. Cities that earn this special recognition must adopt an ethics ordinance that meets standards approved by the association. The ordinance must contain definitions, an enumeration of permissible and impermissible activities by elected officials, due process procedures for elected officials charged with a violation of the ordinance and punishment provisions for those elected officials found in violation of the ordinance. The committee is composed of the Executive Committee of the Georgia Municipal Association City Attorneys Section. Certification must be renewed every four years.
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Members of the Dunwoody City Council received recognition Sunday that the city has received recertification as a state certified City of Ethics. The honor came at the 2019 Georgia Municipal Association convention in Savannah.
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