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lion from the [school board] and we can get some nice fields.” Through the proposed swap, the DeKalb As part of the proposed land swap deal, County school board will use the ballfields the school district will pay the city $3.6 milas the site of a new school building and will lion and give eventual control of the curpay the city $3.6 million, which it can use to rent Austin Elementary School property develop new ballfields at Peachtree Middle on Roberts Drive to the city. In exchange, School, according to the deal set to be voted the city will give the Dunwoody Senior on by the council next month. Baseball fields in Dunwoody Park, just The council met in executive session down the road from Austin Elementary, Oct. 5 for about 20 minutes. When counalso on Roberts Drive, to the school district cil members emerged from the closed-door to be used for a new 900-seat Austin Elemeeting, Mayor Denis Shortal announced mentary School. the city had signed a letter of intent with Plans for what the city will do with the the school district to do the deal. The school old Austin Elementary School site have not board signed the same letter of intent on been made and council members said the Oct. 3. community will have say into what goes Thompson said negotiations between into the area, including the possibility of a the school board and the city have been park. “The current site of Austin will become a city park someday. What does the city want? What are the needs of that corner? There is a great amount of need for this,” Councilmember John Heneghan said. The city will use the $3.6 million to build CITY OF DUNWOODY two new baseball fields An aerial view of one of the new baseball fields to be built at Peachtree Charter Middle School. A new concession at Peachtree Midstand, in foreground, will aslo be constructed. dle School to include lighting, a concession stand and 34 additionyears in the making and he believes the al parking spaces, according to the agreeone being considered now is good for all inment. The city will also use the money to volved. make capital improvements to the PCMS “We know Dunwoody Senior Baseball football field and track area, including irrihas been tough on us,” he said. “I’m a youth gation improvements, in exchange for a 25sports guy. I would not have done anything year agreement for use of the fields for cityto hurt the program. We’re getting $3.6 milsponsored athletics, when not in use by the
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