102816 Sandy Springs Reporter

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OCT. 28 - NOV. 10, 2016 • VOL. 10 — NO. 22

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Perimeter Business ► Filmmaking frenzy hits northern arc PAGE 4 ► Buyers line up for farms, sport estates PAGE 6

Singing and swinging at Heards Ferry

Northside Hospital expansion approved with traffic fixes BY JOHN RUCH johnruch@reporternewspapers.net

The Heards Ferry Elementary School Chorus delivers a “Best of Broadway” performance, with music instructor Anna Trude conducting, as part of the school’s Oct. 22 Harvest Festival. On inset photo, from left, friends Katherine Billian and Charlotte Skinner take in a ride at the festival. Both girls are in the fifth grade at Heards Ferry.

STANDOUT STUDENT Andi Rozelle

Holy Spirit Preparatory School, senior

Our system is so decentralized in the United States... it is the most improbable country in the world to attempt rigging an election. Rigging talk is irresponsible and ignorant in those terms. Richard Barron

Fulton County Elections Director

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See COMMENTARY page 10

PHIL MOSIER

Northside Hospital’s major expansion plan and a long-sought package of trafficmitigation agreements were approved by Sandy Springs City Council on Oct. 18. The city considers the traffic agreements — including collaborative planning among three local hospitals — a pilot program for other major Perimeter Center employers. Northside plans to begin work almost immediately on its 8-story bed tower and 10-story employee parking garage, with opening planned for October 2017. “I think it’s time for the community to declare victory and go home,” said City Councilmember Andy Bauman, adding to hospital officials, “We’ll take it out on you if you come back for more and don’t follow through on this.” “Both sides get to declare victory here,” responded hospital attorney Edward Lindsey. “Everybody wins with this plan. And you See NORTHSIDE on page 14

OUT & ABOUT Impact fee hike MJCCA Book Festival could mean Nov. 5-20 Page 17 $300 million

for city projects

BY JOHN RUCH johnruch@reporternewspapers.net

New impact fees on real estate developments approved Oct. 18 by the City Council are among the highest in northern metro Atlanta. The city says the fees could raise more than $300 million by 2040 for parks, transportation and public safety, but an organization of developers warns they could inhibit the city’s economic growth. The new residential fees were boosted more than 300 to 500 percent, to up to $6,854 See IMPACT on page 15


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