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City Council considers stormwater fee structure

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Johns Creek to resume limited event schedule

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Year of the Ox

Johns Creek Arts Center staff members, from left, Althea Foster, Lillie Cipolla, Kristen Lekowitz and Stephanie Donaldson were on hand early to help prepare for last Saturday’s family fun drive-up to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year and the Year of the Ox. It was the third event the center has hosted to celebrate other cultures.

The more than 250 families that registered received activity bags with crafts and treats for the children. The event was sponsored by The Ping Mortgage Company and Prosper Homes Inc. An art exhibit featuring youth art and celebrating the Lunar New Year is online now at johnscreekarts. org. The center plans to host its next drive-up event for Earth Day in April.

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Real estate agent reports threatening text messages JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Police responded to Winding Bridge Way on Feb. 4 where a woman reported receiving death threats from an alleged assassin.

The victim, 64-year -old Johns Creek woman. She showed officers a Feb. 3 text message someone sent her claiming they were paid to “kill/assassinate” her. The sender said they knew the woman’s name, had her photo and had several men monitor ing her. The message demanded the woman send fees if she wanted to live, police said.

The suspect sent the woman a photo of herself. But she told officers she’s a Realtor with several of her portraits online. The victim said when she posted the threat on her Facebook page, another real estate agent told her they received similar texts.

Roswell police records show a resident on Allenbrook Court reported that someone texted her Feb. 3 claiming to be an assassin hired to kill her if she didn’t pay a ransom. Milton Police are investigating a similar case.

Jewelry taken in burglary at Pemberton Cove home JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Police are investigating a Feb. 1 burglary at a home on Pemberton Cove, where an estimated $10,000 worth of jewelry was stolen.

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Brandon Lee Price, 38, of Ellsborough Court, Alpharetta, was arrested Feb. 6 on Sargent Road for DUI and speeding.

Lindsay Erin La Villa, 23, of County Line Road NW, Acworth, was arrested Feb. 7 on Medlock Bridge Road for DUI, stopping/ standing/parking prohibited in specified places, following too closely and turning movement and required signals.

Police responded to the home in the Country Club of the South gated community. The victim told officers she found her back window smashed and the home ransacked. A safe in the master bedroom closet had been forced open, and a large amount of jewelry was missing, according to police.

Toddler rushed to hospital after ingesting marijuana ROSWELL, Ga. — Police and paramedics were dispatched to a home on Lake Forest Pass on Feb. 6 after a 2-year-old ingested marijuana edibles.

Police said an out of town visitor, identified as Leah Hixson, brought the edibles into the home and the toddler found them in a bag. The child was rushed to Scottish Rite Children’s Hospital to be treated.

Police cited Hixson, 35 of Denver, Colorado, with disorderly conduct and forced her to flush the edibles down the toilet.

Governor urges flexibility in staffing state’s schools

By CANDY WAYLOCK candy@appenmediagroup.com FULTON COUNTY, Ga. — Gov. Brian Kemp’s continued support for K-12 public education is now focused on helping schools fill teaching positions in an increasingly dwindling field of candidates.

Last week the governor rolled out a package of “teacher pipeline” initiatives aimed at solutions to the persistent problem of recruiting and retaining qualified teachers.

“Since day one I’ve had a strong commitment to teachers,” Kemp said. “And now more than ever I know we have to build on that commitment.”

The Legislature is currently considering House Bill 385 which allows retired teachers in high-needs areas to return to teaching full time while drawing retirement benefits.

A companion bill is Senate Bill 88 which gives priority preference and a “non-traditional pathway” for military veterans to earn credentials needed to become teachers.

The proposed legislation has support of the Professional Association of Georgia Educators which has pushed for flexibility in staffing schools.

“Many districts struggle to recruit enough teachers for classroom vacancies, especially in hard-to-staff subjects,” said PAGE executive director Craig Harper. “The ability to hire experienced teachers is beneficial to students, schools and retired educators.”

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City Council reviews elements of stormwater fee structure

By KATIE ANDERSON newsroom@appenmediagroup.com JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — The Johns Creek City Council is edging closer to establishing a stormwater utility after reviewing a proposed fee structure presented at a Feb. 8 work session.

Since its incorporation nearly 15 years ago, stormwater has been an ongoing issue in Johns Creek. Roughly 80 percent of the city’s stormwater management systems were installed before current best practice methods. As a result, the city has witnessed erosion, flooding and contamination of rivers and lakes.

Community Development Director Ben Song presented the city’s impervious surface analysis and proposed structure rate and credit for a stormwater utility.

Impervious surfaces, mainly artificial structures — such as pavements, roads, sidewalks, driveways and parking lots — have a direct correlation to stormwater runoff generated from a property.

In the proposed rate structure, the amount of impervious surface represents 95 percent of the calculation

to determine stormwater utility fees.

The remaining 5 percent represents the property’s pervious area because, depending on the volume and rate of flow, not all runoff infiltrates into the ground.

Song said at this point the city estimates the monthly stormwater utility fee to be around $4 per equivalent residential unit of impervious surface — the median impervious coverage of a singlefamily home, about 4,000 square feet.

The recommended fee structure is made up of six residential tiers and a calculation for non-residential property.

The first five residential tiers cover property with from 2,000 to 11,000 square feet of runoff. About 95 percent of the city’s residential properties would fall into these tiers.

Approximately half of all homeowners would be billed for one equivalent residential unit.

The sixth residential tier is for property with a runoff area greater than 11,000 square feet.

For non-residential property, the total runoff area would be divided by the equivalent residential unit to determine

the fee. All property, regardless of its use, with a runoff area less than 400 square feet are proposed to be exempt from the fee.

Mayor Mike Bodker, while not opposed to the tier system, said he feared the monthly fee might not be enough to address the stormwater issue in a timely manner. He estimated it would take at least an additional 15 years to fix the problem.

“I want you all to think about the fact that you know, we’re 15 years into the city, this has clearly been a problem,” he said. “I think one of the things that you need to strongly consider is how fast do you think we need to fix the problem.”

Bodker also said the council has the option of using TSPLOST funds to aid the stormwater issues.

He said money allocated for paving through TSPLOST could come out of the general fund budget and be redirected toward stormwater without any legislative changes.

TSPLOST dollars could also fix stormwater issues when working on roads and roadways, within a reasonable

parameter, because it’s tied to a roadway project and improvement.

The council will also consider certain credits property owners could apply to lessen the stormwater utility fee. There are 11 credits proposed, including constructing and maintaining stormwater facilities that infiltrate the runoff or extended detention. Residents could also receive credits for participating in city-approved watershed stewardship events within the city, such as Adopt-AStream, Rivers Alive and Great American Cleanup Day. Many council members said they did not think this would not be enough incentive for homeowners to take action, but Song stressed it would also apply to homeowner associations, which represent a large portion of Johns Creek neighborhoods. Any credits the HOA receives for structures at places like the clubhouses or pools will also be credited to the members.

City staff will take the council’s feedback and return in April with a billing process. The city anticipates the stormwater utility ordinance to be implemented in May 2021.

Local churches plan in-person services during Lent

By ZOE SEILER newsroom@appenmediagroup.com FULTON COUNTY, Ga. — As the coronavirus pandemic worsened throughout 2020, churches were left to figure out how to serve their congregations while staying safe. Many churches have cancelled in-person worship, moved online or are holding services outdoors.

As the Easter season approaches, local churches are making plans to accommodate their congregations.

A survey of area churches shows that all require masks and social distancing for in-person events, and most will offer online options for Ash Wednesday, Feb. 17, and Easter, April 4. All but St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church in Alpharetta will require advance registration for in-person events.

St. Thomas Aquinas will offer inperson opportunities on Ash Wednesday and Easter.

The church will offer several liturgies throughout the day on Ash Wednesday, including small prayer services with the distribution of ashes, which will be sprinkled on top of heads this year instead of applied to the forehead, said Kathy Kuczka, director of liturgy.

They will also hold Stations of the Cross outdoors in English and Spanish, throughout Lent.

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St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church in Alpharetta will host in-person services for Ash Wednesday and on Easter. The Rev. Msgr. Daniel Stack has been preaching outside underneath a tent during the pandemic. can just look up that QR code and find a PDF of the stations according to the Gospel of Mark, whose gospel we’re hearing from in our liturgical year this year,” Kuczka said.

The Rev. Charley Reeb of Johns Creek United Methodist Church plans to offer multiple Easter services that will be held in the sanctuary and outdoors. He said the hope is to be back inside with safety protocols by or before Easter.

The church is not planning an inperson Ash Wednesday service, opting instead for a virtual service.

“Imposing ashes right now is not

something we want to risk. So we’ll have a devotional, some sort of Ash Wednesday experience that will be offered to the church that we’re planning,” Reeb said.

Birmingham United Methodist Church in Milton will offer three worship options on Ash Wednesday.

One will be a traditional Ash Wednesday service at 7 p.m. in the sanctuary.

Distribution of ashes will be slightly different this year.

“We are pre-making ashes and putting them on burlap ribbon to pass out to those attending in-person,” said Meghan Walter, director of church media

and communication. “We won’t be doing it directly on anyone’s forehead.”

Other options include online worship and time to pray and receive ashes throughout the day from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Feb. 17.

North Point Community Church, a nondenominational church in Alpharetta, is not planning an Ash Wednesday service but will offer outdoor in-person services on April 3 and 4.

The church will spray paint large circles on the lawn to ensure a 6-foot separation for worshippers. The Easter service will include music and a message from the Rev. Andy Stanley.

“Instead of having a separate service for students and a separate service for children, it’ll be something where the whole family can come together to attend,” said Amanda Roper, community relationship director.

Other Holy Week activities include: • An in-person, outdoor bilingual service on Holy Thursday, April 1; a Taize prayer service on Good Friday at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church • Stations of the Cross on Good Friday in-person, indoors at Johns Creek UMC • Several outdoor, in-person Easter worship services at Birmingham UMC in Milton • Six Easter worship services, in-person and online, at First Baptist Church of Cumming.

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JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — In the wake of massive cancelations last year, the City of Johns Creek plans to roll out a series of events this spring with COVID safety protocols in place.

In 2020, the city canceled all its sponsored events from March through September as a means of slowing the spread of COVID-19. The city hosted its first adapted activity in October with a Halloween movie in the park and had great success with holiday events, including a visit from Santa atop a firetruck that cruised through local neighborhoods.

Johns Creek Director of Recreation Kirk Franz said the success of adapted holiday programs showed that there was a balance that could satisfy safety and provide recreation.

“Our ability to successfully adapt these events has helped us understand how we can safely provide some events for the first six months of 2021,” he said.

Typically, before Easter, Johns Creek hosts an annual Easter egg hunt with games, activities and pictures with the Easter Bunny. This year, rather than limit the number of attendees, the event has become a scavenger hunt. The Easter Bunny will be hiding in one of the city’s parks with his secret stash of Easter eggs. The city plans to give out clues to help families guess in which park the Easter Bunny will be hiding.

Franz said they are excited to bring back the popular Summer Concert Series at the Mark Bulkhalter Amphi-

theater and outdoor movies at Newtown Park. Due to social distancing requirements, the city anticipates having limited seating.

“First and foremost, we want our residents to feel safe when they attend a city event,” Franz said.

The city will promote social distancing, install hand-sanitizer stations, minimize touch-points, clean touch areas and encourage attendees to wear face coverings.

Some larger gatherings, like the Public Works Touch a Truck event and the Johns Creek International Festival, will be rescheduled for later in the year.

“Our Recreation staff is looking forward to bringing some safe and fun events back for families to enjoy,” Franz said. “We have confidence that our residents will help us by following any COVID safety measures we recommend while participating in our events.

Our hope is that for the second half of 2021, we will be able to get closer to our regular schedule of special events and activities.”

The Johns Creek City Council supported the proposals and stressed the importance of hosting events and getting people together as soon and safely as possible.

Councilwoman Stephanie Endres said she supports efforts to get people back together as soon as possible as a way of reducing the anxiety level in society.

Councilman John Bradberry said he was encouraged by the scheduled events and hopes the city can put something together for the Fourth of July.

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The PPP program, with updated “forgiveness” terms and allowances, is enormously beneficial to business owners— but learning about it and navigating the application process requires time, support and patience. While banks are the entry point for PPP loans, the SBA itself is the gateway for approval and oversight of each “forgivable” loan.

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Synovus names 3 executives to N. Georgia Advisory Board

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ATLANTA, Ga. — Synovus announced the appointment of David Boehmig, Catherine Mitchell, and Lindsey Petrini to its North Georgia Advisory Board.

“David, Catherine and Lindsey are highly respected business and community leaders who share a deep commitment to the development of Metro Atlanta,” said Allen Barker, North Georgia Division CEO of Synovus Bank. “We are proud to welcome PETRINI them to our board, and we look forward to benefiting from their counsel as we continue to serve this community.”

Boehmig is founder, president and CEO of Atlanta Fine Homes Sotheby’s International Realty. He was named Atlanta Business Chronicle’s Most Admired CEO in Residential Real Estate in 2019.

Mitchell is vice president of Cox Business Product Development and Management for Cox Communications, leading product innovation, development and management. From 2010 to 2019, she focused on residential products, spearheading the transformation of the Cox Video Product portfolio. She joined Cox in 2000 as vice president and general manager of the Roanoke, Va., market.

Petrini is vice president, chief operating officer of Wellstar North Fulton Hospital in Roswell. She joined North Fulton Hospital in 2006 and has held leadership positions, including marketing director and chief business development officer. Petrini is a longtime member of the Alpharetta Rotary Club and is chairman of the Greater North Fulton Chamber of Commerce.

By JOE PARKER joe@appenmediagroup.com FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — Southern Company Chief Economist Kenneth Shriver says Forsyth County’s business community is “living in a very different experience than other parts of the country.”

Speaking during a Feb. 9 online forum sponsored by the Forsyth County Chamber and the Lanier-Forsyth Rotary Club, Shriver said the current downturn has placed “extraordinary” and “unprecedented” strain on the economy. However, the local outlook for the next year is optimistic, he said.

Shriver outlined his views on the economic SHRIVER recovery ahead for the country, the state and the county as the pandemic continues to stifle growth.

“Basically, we expect economic recovery later this year,” Shriver said.

“We’ve got to get past the first quarter, and then we’ll start thinking about what we are watching and what might change next.”

Shriver said Forsyth County is an outlier in that it is likely to see employment grow from 2019 levels through 2021. And though the county’s unemployment rate shot up in the beginning stages of the pandemic, the county has recovered faster than other portions of the country.

Office space a consideration Nearly a year after state and local governments began responding to the virus, many people are still working remotely. Shriver said many businesses now see how working from home operates, and it will likely have an impact on office demand.

“I think office demand will be muted somewhat, but I still think there is going to be a demand for space,” he said.

While interest has dwindled for some traditional office types, class-A, or top-tier offices are still in high demand, Shriver said. That holds significant weight for Forsyth County, which is actively courting companies and the developers who construct top-grade office buildings.

Recently, Forsyth County Commissioner Todd Levent broached the topic of allowing taller buildings in the county, specifically to attract class-A office space as some companies move away from downtown areas.

With more jobs in the area, the county’s population will continue to increase, and Shriver said any worries about a housing crisis at the outset of the pandemic has not come to fruition. He said Forsyth County has managed home development well, and the market has been “fairly robust” with tight inventory.

What will ‘normal’ bring?

COVID-19 vaccines will be a major component to economic recovery, Shriver said, but when things return to “normal,” questions remain on what the job force will look like. Many jobs can be “turned back on” quickly, but some will need to be recreated.

Shriver said a quick-service restaurant that has shut down its dining room for months might question

whether it would be feasible to reopen for indoor dining. If they choose not to, he said, they likely will not need additional workers to man the counters.

Those low-skill workers have been hit hardest by the recession, Shriver said, and a major component to overall economic recovery comes from jobs in the leisure and hospitality industries.

Meanwhile, the debate over increasing the minimum wage for these jobs continues. Shriver said it is important to “look under the hood” in the $15/ hour minimum wage proposal. Right now, he said, the percentage of workers receiving minimum wage is near a historic low, and a jump to $12 or $13 an hour would be more in line with previous wage increases.

“The bottom line is, raising the minimum wage actually does lift a whole lot of people out of poverty,” he said. “The question mark is how quick, how fast, how big.”

Another round of stimulus dollars is also on the table. Shriver said additional relief will likely help boost economic recovery in the short term and would help many who are still vulnerable. For those concerned about borrowing from the future, he said stimulus initiatives like this will likely result in tax increases down the road. With that, businesses will be vital in growing the economy effectively to ensure larger amounts of debt can be managed.

Overall, there is optimism about economic recovery, especially at the local level, Shriver said.

“The optimistic thing we’re looking at is, we’ve got a vaccine,” he said. “And we really hope that reinvigorates us as we continue to climb out of this big hole we’re in. It will be a very slow climb out, but we feel good about the rest of the year.”

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Response to crisis requires continued vigilance in education Paraphrasing legendary leaders Vince Lombardi and Winston Churchill, Fulton County students, teachers and staff are today becoming leaders like none before, made by hard effort and because greatMIKE LOONEY ness has been thrust Fulton Co. Schools Superintendent upon them.

I am proud of our employees and truly feel they are heroes. Each day they go about their jobs with amazing enthusiasm, demonstrating both resilience and ingenuity — and that was before COVID-19. Since the pandemic forced our country and community to limit in-person activities, we have seen more broken “norms” than can be counted.

For schools, that has gone beyond just the social interaction our students depend upon, it has impacted all three

I am proud of our employees and truly feel they are heroes. facets of school — academics, athletics and the arts. In particular, the switch to remote learning has impacted the core of instruction, and the effects for some will be felt for years.

Remote learning and modified inperson classrooms have provided for innovation in the midst of a global pandemic, but I have maintained that “crisis teaching” cannot not match face-to-face instruction from a caring and talented teacher. As valiant as efforts have been, some of our children are simply falling behind.

I have already called together a

team to begin the process of looking at this problem and devising a strategy to attack the so-called “learning loss.”

As much as I wish there was a quick fix that could magically change this situation, the fact is, we are looking at a long-term recovery. With the lack of comparable quantitative or qualitative data, statistical analysis will take time, too.

Our community is to be commended for your partnership. Parents and employers have gone to extraordinary lengths to support students. Combining our efforts toward a common goal, Fulton County Schools will be stronger and better.

This is as true now as it was before the pandemic, the talent and dedication within our district will create the solutions needed to meet the needs of our children. Utilizing working groups of teachers, school-based leaders and district personnel, we will develop a plan to

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Roswell Fire Department awarded car seat mini grant ROSWELL, Ga — The Roswell Fire Department is providing car seats and education to financially eligible families in North Fulton County to help ensure children are safe while riding in motor vehicles. The Fire Department was awarded the 2021 Car Seat Mini-Grant by the Georgia Department of Public Health, Injury Prevention Program.

“It’s our responsibility to keep our children safe,” said Lt. Ed Botts of the Roswell Fire Department. “The Car Seat Mini-Grant is a great opportunity to help our community and help protect our children from serious injuries or death in motor vehicle crashes.”

In Fulton County, the Roswell Fire Department and Safe Kids North Fulton educate parents and caregivers on how to properly install and use car seats, offer car seat inspections and provide car seats and booster seats to

needy families. Through the car seat mini-grant, agencies supporting more than 120 counties are working to keep Georgia’s children safe. These programs help families get their children buckled up right, every trip, every time. The program is funded by the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety.

According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, car seats reduce fatal injuries by 71 percent among infants and by 54 percent among children 1–4 years old in passenger cars. Car seats offer the best protection for children in the event of a crash, and they are most effective when installed and used correctly. Nearly three out of every four car seats are not used properly.

For more information about the Fulton County car seat program, contact Lt. Ed Botts at 770-594-6225 or visit www.safekidsnorthfulton.org.

Need for substitute teachers challenges Fulton Schools FULTON COUNTY, Ga. —Ron Wade said finding qualified teachers to fill classrooms is the daily struggle.

The director of talent management for Fulton County Schools welcomes Gov. Brian Kemp’s “teacher pipeline” legislation to recruit teachers. But Wade says that’s a long-term solution to issues currently facing school districts.

The COVID-19 pandemic sparked high demands for substitute teachers to step into classrooms when full-time teachers were sidelined.

“It’s a by-product of the pandemic,” Wade said. “If we have to put one teacher in quarantine, it could mean [several] others also have to be out for days.”

Fulton Schools has about 7,500 teachers among its 14,000 employees.

Pre-COVID, Wade said about 25 percent of positions were filled by a substitute on a daily basis. Today, under pandemic conditions, the number averages 40 percent.

Wade stresses the number of permanent teachers is solid. In fact, the district’s retention rate remains at 88 percent – meaning only 12 percent of teachers have retired or resigned in the last year.

“We’re not seeing a change in the overall human capital approach to get-

ting teachers [during COVID],” Wade said. “Teachers are still employed.”

The struggle is keeping a full bench of substitutes to step in on a temporary basis, often because of quarantine issues.

“What’s compounding the issue is subs are often hesitant to come into classrooms because of COVID [fears],” Wade said.

This semester Fulton substantially increased the pay rate for subs. Wade said it is too early to determine the impact, but he is optimistic At the same time, he says retaining fulltime teachers must be the district’s focus.

Keeping 88 percent of full-time teachers on board is good, but there is room to improve, Wade said. “Retention is the secret sauce,” he said.

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Teachers: Continued from Page 2 Kemp acknowledged colleges are not graduating enough teachers to meet the demand, but military bases could play a key role. Georgia has 13.

“Military bases have no shortage of dedicated, hardworking veterans who are eager to continue serving their communities,” Kemp said. “The legislation will support and sustain a pathway for veterans [into classrooms].”

Harper said PAGE supports pathways for teachers into the classroom which do not always take the traditional route of first gaining a teaching certificate in college.

“Georgia’s students and schools benefit from these non-traditional entry points for people who realize they have a passion for teaching young people after they had experience in another career,” Harper said.

A data dashboard maintained by the Georgia Department of Education keeps track of the supply and demand

of teachers across the state’s 180 school districts. The greatest needs for teachers is concentrated in larger districts, primarily in special education, career and technology, math and science.

Incentivizing retired teachers to return to the pool of qualified candidates could also help systems meet staffing needs. According to the Teacher RetireSolution ment System, there are over 120,000 P A R I L E P A D T O R A R A P C H E E F T N O I D E C M I N A R E P A T

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retired teachers in Georgia with nearly 7,000 of those in Fulton County.

“These hardworking men and women bring a wealth of knowledge and decades spent raising the next generation of leaders,” Kemp said.

Kemp’s legislation also urges using the resources of the historically Black colleges and universities in Georgia to find more ways of bringing minority

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