Dunwoody Crier — November 5, 2020

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Council delays action on housing project By CATHY COBBS newsroom@appenmediagroup.com

non-profit businesses that have been impacted by COVID-19. The recipients, who were given $50,000 each, included: Community Assistance Center for rent DUNWOODY, Ga. — After prolonged discussion and input from disgruntled neigh- reimbursement for Dunwoody residents; • Corners Outreach for educational efbors, the Dunwoody City Council deferred action Oct. 26 on a rezoning request that forts, rent relief and food; would have allowed for construction of 14 • Family Promise of North Fulton/ empty-nester homes on Roberts Drive. DeKalb for expenses for families needDuring public comment before and ing hotel rooms, childcare services and after the council session, several Dunenhanced cleaning; • I Care Atlanta for food purchases, vewoody Knoll residents, whose properties border the proposed development, “The hicle expenses for food donation pickups Cottages,” said they were concerned about and deliveries; the density the rezoning would allow. • Jewish Family & Career Services for They also complained that the buffer mental health services and food pantry between Dunwoody Knoll and the new expansion; subdivision was inadequate. Council mem• Malachi’s Storehouse for food, inbers echoed those fears when the rezoning creased freezer capacity and utility costs; proposal was introduced on first reading. • The Summit Counseling Center for cli“I am concerned about the lot coverent assistance funds; • Society of St. Vincent de Paul for rent/utilage, which is about 85 percent (impervious space),” Mayor Lynn Deutsch said. “Would ity reimbursement for Dunwoody residents. taking a few houses out solve this issue?” “This may be one of the best things Ty White, CEO of Peachland Homes, we’ve done all year,” Deutsch said. said he was willing to look at reducing In other matters, the City Council: the of homes to achieve a 75 per- • Passed on second reading the 2021 6 66 66 6 66 number 6 budget, which totals about $24.5 milcent density level, but warned additional reductions might be a deal breaker. lion. Dunwoody Finance Director Linda Councilmen Tom Lambert and John Nabors noted that the budget includes Heneghan also voiced opposition to the a 2 percent cost-of-living pay hike for proposed rezoning and asked White to employees and diverts about $50,000 come back with a plan that had fewer from the traffic signal budget to fund the homes and addressed concerns raised former Austin School master plan. by the Dunwoody Knoll neighbors. • Heard from Police Chief Billy Grogan After a discussion that lasted more than that online voting to name the force’s two newest canine officers was complete. The @ @ an @ hour, @ the council deferred the measure, winning names are “Ranger” and “Hank.” @ @ and asked that it be reconsidered Nov. 9. 1 13/4/19 Page11 03-06-19_HAbannerBlue.qxp_Layout 3/4/1911:16 11:16 AM AM Page @ @ @ 03-06-19_HAbannerBlue.qxp_Layout In other action, the council approved More than 1,500 were cast. The 03-06-19_HAbannerBlue.qxp_Layout 1 3/4/19 11:16 AM Pagevotes 1 03-06-19_HAbannerBlue.qxp_Layout 1 3/4/19 11:16 AM Page 1 @ $400,000 of CARES Act funds to local dogs are in the middle of training. @ @ @ @

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Under new proposals from the city, Dunwoody Senior Baseball Association will lose much of the control it has exercised over scheduling and operation of fields.

Senior Baseball Association objects to proposal to change park use terms City seeks to take control of scheduling, payments

Baseball operated almost autonomously — scheduling games, raising its own funds to make capital improvements and maintaining the fields. By CATHY COBBS However, the city has proposed new newsroom@appenmediagroup.com policies and procedures that would drastically change the manner in which DUNWOODY, Ga. — A new set of Dunwoody Senior Baseball would policies and procedures for operating operate, essentially taking the decisionDunwoody’s athletic fields has at least making process out of the association’s one youth association crying “foul.” hands and changing the fee structure City officials, however, are saying for using the fields. that while the game is the same, the The proposed changes call for rules are changing. athletic associations to request use of Dunwoody Senior Baseball, which the fields for camps, clinics and other operated out of Dunwoody Park for special events at least 45 days in adthree decades, moved its games in 2017 to newly constructed fields the vance. The proposal also lays out a fee city built on North Peachtree Road schedule for athletic associations, civic near Peachtree Charter Middle School. groups and businesses. > > According to Dunwoody city> officials, Athletic associations would pay $15 > > > the new fields cost about $6.6 million> >an hour to use the fields for a mini> mum of two hours up to six hours, or to build. > > >> > > > > Prior to its incorporation in 2008, > > >   > $200 a day for a full day’s use. Non>   > under   while park fields >were control > > >  > > > of DeKalb County, Dunwoody See BASEBALL, Page 2 > Senior >

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