07-25-2014 Sandy Springs Reporter

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Towering overCity Council delays vote

on mixed-use project

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If Sandy Springs city offi cials decide not to go forward with a roundabout on the Riverside Drive/I-285 inter-change, the city will be on the hook to spend $1.5 million to construct turning lanes on the intersection ramps.

Th e Georgia Department of Transportation fi rst pro-posed the roundabout in 2011 after the city requested a new traffi c signal at the interchange.

If a roundabout is constructed, the project will be funded with federal help at no cost to the city, except for landscap-ing and decorative street lights, state offi cials say. But if it’s not built, the city will have to pay to construct turning lanes

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Sandy Springs could one day be home to a 1,000-seat performing arts center, if it follows the advice of a study con-ducted as part of city center plans.

It would be the “biggest project we’ve ever undertaken,” Mayor Rusty Paul said at a recent Rotary Club of Sandy Springs meeting.

Th e mayor said he was gratifi ed by a public outpouring of support he has received following the release of the study commissioned by the Sandy Springs City Council. Th at study, by Johnson Consultants, urged the city to look at a 750-seat to 1,000-seat performing arts facility.

Charlie Johnson, with Johnson Consulting, urged San-SEE CITY MAY SEEK, PAGE 20

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Children took a front seat to hear Mayor Rusty Paul as a large crowd of residents and officials gathered for the opening of the Abernathy Greenway and Playable Art Park.

“This is an amazing jewel for our community, for these neighborhoods, for these younger constituents down here,” said the mayor, pointing to the children.

The project has been a long time in the making, with its opening delayed

several times over the years by construc-tion, weather and attempts to appease neighbors. The 6.6-acre portion that opened on July 17 lies along the north side of Abernathy Road, from Wright Road to Brandon Mill Road.

In 2001, before Sandy Springs be-came a city, federal funding became available for the Georgia Department of Transportation and Fulton County to address congestion along Abernathy Road. To alleviate community concerns

about widening the road, the plan included a 20-acre greenway to buf-fer surrounding neighborhoods.

“Look around, tell me, was it worth it,” the may-or said to applause.

“Only by prom-ising a parkway or linear park were we able to sell the neighborhoods on the widening of Abernathy,” said the city’s founding mayor, Eva Galam-bos. “The park concept was integral in our ability to enhance traffic flow along that artery.”

In 2007, the city of Sandy Springs adopted a master plan to develop the green space, including walking trails, a pavilion, patios and gardens. Construc-tion began in 2009.

The sculptures, which children can climb, swing and play on, were created by artists from across the country who entered a design contest. The art was funded byNorthside Hospital, in collab-oration with Art Sandy Springs and the

Sandy Springs Conservancy.“I think it’s amazing,” said San-

dy Springs resident Amy Abney, who brought along her children, Sam, 4, Sydney, 7, and Marilyn, 9.

“It’s for all ages, and it’s something we don’t have. We need more park space, and the children will never get tired of it.”

Michele Chronopoulos said she’s ex-cited that her family, including children Andrew, 7, and Kailee, 6, can walk and bike to the park and playground.

“It’s fantastic,” she said. “We’ve wait-ed so long for it.”

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Mural coming to Morgan Falls ParkSandy Springs City Council on July 15 approved a mural depicting local landmarks, as well as children playing sports, for Morgan Falls Athletic Park. A joint venture of Art Sandy Springs and the Atlanta Hawks, the mural will be on ramps on the football field. The Hawks Foundation will maintain the mural for seven years. If another agreement is not reached, the foundation must restore the wall to its pre-mural state.

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City Council defers vote on Northpark offi ce tower

Sandy Springs Government CalendarThe Sandy Springs City Council usually meets the fi rst and the third Tuesday of each month at 6 p.m. at City Hall, which is located at 7840 Roswell Road, Building 500For the most up to date meeting schedule, visit http://www.sandyspringsga.org/Calendars/City-Calendar

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Th e Sandy Springs City Council vot-ed on July 15 to defer until September a vote on a mixed-use development con-taining 500 apartment units, a 50-fl oor offi ce tower, hotel and retail space.

Real estate developer Hines had re-quested a zoning change for land at Peachtree Dunwoody, Abernathy and Mount Vernon roads from offi ce to mixed use, which would allow for the apartments, as well as a use permit to exceed maximum height variances.

City staff and the planning commission had recommended the council approve the project with some conditions, saying it fi t into the Com-prehensive Plan and Live Work Regional district.

“Th ese modifi ca-tions will ensure that the Northpark proj-ect becomes one of the most exciting new urban-style villag-es in the central Perimeter, consistent with the Comprehensive Land Use Plan and, we are proud to point out, within the city limits of Sandy Springs,” said Mark Ferris, a managing director at Hines.

However, critics have said a 50-story offi ce tower would be the tallest in the area, changing the city’s landscape, and the project would bring too much traf-fi c to an already-congested area.

Tochie Blad, with the Sandy Springs Council of Neigh-borhoods, told the council that neighbors are concerned that such a large project is coming into an area that already has a lot of traffi c.

“We really would like to see a well-planned project that’s transit-oriented,” she said, adding that there is no direct pedestrian access to the MARTA station.

Trish Th ompson, also with the Sandy Springs Council of Neighborhoods, said she was not happy with the traffi c the project would potentially bring. “You could not ask for a better developer in Sandy Springs. . . . I just want them to do a really good job.”

Ferris said the developers are pre-pared to make a number of roadway improvements, including adding more turn lanes, sidewalks and bike lanes in the area.

“We’ve worked with the PCID (Pe-rimeter Community Improvement District) standards as a guide to create enhanced pedestrian crossings at Ab-

ernathy and Mount Vernon roads across Peachtree Dunwoody to ensure strong con-nectivity and walk-ability to and from the Northpark vil-lage,” Ferris said.

Colin Greene, with HOK archi-tects, the master planner and designer for the project, said the project is “abso-lutely transit orient-ed” and is designed to capitalize on the MARTA station.

Councilman Gabriel Sterling made the motion to defer, saying that the staff and council needed to have a better un-derstanding of how the development would aff ect traffi c in the area.

“Th is is obviously an extremely large, important zoning, and a lot of this need for deferral is not so much for the Hines guys who have been very open with

staff ,” he said, “but for the council and staff to have a bet-ter understanding of how this project aff ects the Perime-ter area and Sandy Springs as a whole,

especially when it comes to traffi c.”Sterling said planning for the district

includes unlimited heights, and it’s near the MARTA station, but a lot of devel-opments are in the works for the area, so attention needs to be paid to poten-tial traffi c.

“If we’re going to do mixed use, and we’re going to have transit orient-ed [projects], I want to see a legitimate transit plan where you are providing in-centives and other basis for people in that area to take MARTA,” Mayor Rusty Paul said.

“We really would like to see a well-planned project that’s transit-

oriented.”

– TOCHIE BLAD

SANDY SPRINGS COUNCIL OF NEIGHBORHOODS

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East or west up Ga. 400? MARTA’s expansion still unclear


Sandy Springs res-ident Nancy Lesser doesn’t want to see Dun-woody Springs Elemen-tary School torn down if MARTA extends its rail line north.

But she fears that could happen if the tracks run on the east side of Ga. 400. She be-lieves the train should run on the west side of the highway.

“More multifami-ly homes and business-es are on the west side, and they use public tran-sit already,” said Lesser, who lives in the Roberts Drive area.

Lesser was among about 100 Sandy Springs and Dunwoody residents who attended the latest in a series of meet-ings MARTA is holding to gather pub-lic comments on the potential project.

Th e transit authority is consider-ing extending service from the North Springs station to the Forsyth Coun-ty line. MARTA is examining three op-tions for the project: bus rapid tran-sit, light rail and extending the current heavy rail line.

Joan Rush, Lesser’s neighbor, agreed the train should run on the west side of the highway. “I’m not opposed to expan-sion,” Rush said.

MARTA offi cials say they are consid-ering public opinion before determining whether the line would run on the east or west side, or a combination of both.

“Th e general opinion in this area be-low the Chattahoochee [River] is that alignment should be on the west side,” MARTA planner Janide Sidifall said.

But, she said that the decision on the location will not be made soon. “At this point in the study we want to know, do they agree we should extend the line, what technology do they prefer, and what do they think about station loca-tions?” she said.

She said a study of the project’s eff ects on the community and natural resourc-es must be conducted before the agency can determine where the line expansion might be located.

Sandy Springs and Dunwoody city offi cials have publicly expressed support for building on the west side of Ga. 400, saying building on the east side would interfere with neighborhoods. But, in earlier meetings, MARTA representa-tives have stated that expanding on the west side could cost hundreds of thou-sand of dollars more because it would involve crossing Ga. 400.

Lesser referred to a 2003 agreement between MARTA and the Dunwoody Homeowners Association which prom-

ised the agency would only expand on the west side. But Sidifall stated in an earlier outreach meeting that because of demographic changes the agency had to “start back at zero in 2011.”

Lesser said she would prefer the agen-cy add a bus line rather than extend the train lines. “Heavy rail is way too expen-sive, and they’re going for a government grant that’s diffi cult to get,” she said.

Th e project is expected to take a de-cade or more, “assuming everything goes as expected,” project manager Mark Eat-man said at the July 17 meeting at the Hampton Inn in Sandy Springs.

Eatman said that a Kennesaw State University poll of north Fulton residents and employees showed both approved of extending the line to Forsyth, and re-sponses were mostly split between heavy and light rail.

Th e agency is considering adding sta-tions in Sandy Springs, Roswell and Al-pharetta at Northridge Road, Holcomb Bridge Road, Mansell Road, North Point Mall, Old Milton Parkway and Windward Parkway.

Preliminary estimates show the bus option is expected to cost about $460 million, compared to $1.8 billion for light rail and $1.6 billion for heavy rail. Th e heavy rail option is cheaper than light rail because it extends the current line. Th e 11.9 mile line would extend from the North Springs station.

“One of the keys to a project like this is having the money to do it,” said MARTA consultant Claudia Bilotto.

She said the agency is eyeing funds from the Federal Transit Administra-tion, which grants money for projects based on factors such as mobility im-provements, cost eff ectiveness, conges-tion relief, environmental benefi ts, land use and economic development.

For more information or to com-ment online, visit www.itsmarta.com/north-line–400-corr.aspx or email [email protected].

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About 100 Sandy Springs and Dunwoody residents attended MARTA’s public comments

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Get creative with traffi c planningTo the editor:

Sandy Springs is rapidly becoming just like the city of At-lanta, with dense commercial development. And with that development comes a signifi cant infl ux in the daily popula-tion, resulting in an increased demand for city services.

Th is is a frequent topic discussed by the 15-member At-lanta Council: How to fi nd funding for the cost of city ser-vices due to the increase in daytime population. Over the years, they have explored a myriad of ideas on how to gener-ate enough revenue to pay for the ever-increasing cost of pub-lic safety (police, high-rise fi refi ghting, emergency response) traffi c signals and public works (street, bridge, sidewalk main-tenance).

Unfortunately, years of brainstorming by Atlanta produced nothing more than imposing impact fees, and those have proven to be totally inadequate to provide the required police, fi re and public works maintenance. All this occurred while the residential population continued to decline.

[Re: ‘Development could overwhelm Mount Vernon, Peachtree Dunwoody, Abernathy intersection,’ Sandy Springs Reporter, July 11-24], although there are estimates of a net in-crease of 5,000 parking spaces in the planning documents for this legislation, all of the traffi c planning is specifi c to just this development. Was traffi c planning done in a vacuum?

Th ere is no mention of how this increase will be aff ect-ed and compounded by the huge increase in traffi c resulting from State Farm offi ces on Hammond Drive, and the pro-posed redevelopment directly west of it on Peachtree Dun-woody across from Concourse.

Nor was there any mention of the impact of traffi c from the pending sale and development of the 76-acres of the May-son and Glen properties on Abernathy, Glenlake Parkway and

Glenridge Drive.I urge you to direct the staff to look beyond just the pres-

ent circumstances. Th e planning solutions provided in the at-tachments are like planting a nice vegetable garden and treat-ing it for insects fl ying around it while failing to account for the fact that your neighbor is raising rabbits.

With the size, scope and impact of present and future de-velopment, it would be appropriate to engage planning ser-vices with specifi c experience in large-scale situations such as these. No one can fault you for knowing when to seek profes-sional help. Due diligence wins every time.

Traffi c planning has got to be creative; signifi cant fund-ing will be required. It has to evolve well beyond painting an-other lane on a bridge and adding some turn lanes. Th at will not alleviate gridlock nor will it protect neighborhoods from daytime rush hour traffi c seeking to cut through residential streets.

To protect neighborhoods, streets may have to be closed. For instance, just as the precedent set by closing Vernon Woods Drive to Roswell Road, Glenridge Drive should be closed at Glenlake Parkway. If not carefully executed, Sandy Springs will end up just like Atlanta.

Th e best advice I can off er to the mayor and council: Keep in mind that practical considerations frequently outweigh theoretical assumptions.

Robert Barger

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City’s tree canopy going fast

To the editor:

For a city which prides itself as be-ing in the top tier of leafy American communities, shouldn’t it be concerned with trees throughout the city and not just those in areas that have experienced limited development? Sandy Springs of-fi cials boast an increase in our tree can-opy. Th is is a good example of “devil is in the details.”

Th e numbers they boast have to do

with a city average, with most of the growth appearing in districts with very little development, and over years of limited development due to the eco-nomic downturn.

In no way does it refl ect the eff ec-tiveness of city ordinances. Districts 3, 5 and 6 (from Wieuca Road north to Dalrymple Road, where the majority of the city’s development has occurred) are a very diff erent story. Th at canopy has deteriorated dramatically. Averag-es may be true, but defi nitely deceptive.

Now major development projects on wooded properties we’ve all loved and add to the “relaxed” ambiance of our

city, in District 4, are under consider-ation. Without stronger protections in our tree canopy ordinances those trees will go, too.

Shouldn’t the goal of a city proud of its tree canopy be to protect them in all the districts, with strong constructive ordinances that are workable for resi-dents and developers?

Other cities have accomplished this balance of ordinance, construction and enforcement.

Sandy Springs needs to do so too for the entire city.

Susan Joseph

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PDK airline offers alternative flights, free parking, no security linesBY BOB PEPALIS

Call it a modern air traveler’s fantasy: A short drive to the airport followed by free parking, no bag fees and no long security lines.

Southern Airways Express promises to deliver on that fantasy. And it sees that promise as the reason frequent fliers should skip bookings on big-name airlines and head to DeKalb-Peachtree Airport when they’re taking short flights to Florida beaches or to Memphis.

Alyson and Scott Reynolds took their first flight on Southern Airways Ex-press to Atlanta from their home in Destin, Fla., on July 8 for her interior de-sign business.

She was happy to skip the Transportation Security Administration’s secu-rity lines. He said he liked the flight’s convenience, as the couple lives about 15 minutes from the Destin airport and only needed to arrive 15 minutes be-fore the flight.

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during a stop at PDK. “So, without having to go through TSA and all the has-sles of [Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport] and all that, it’s really conve-nient. And, secondly, as an investor, I hope the airline takes off. I think it’s a great business model and they should do well.”

For its flights in and out of metro Atlanta, Southern Airways Express has found a way to do something other airlines haven’t: avoid Hartsfield.

Long-standing debates about whether Atlanta needs a second airport still go on, but Southern Airways Express is able to operate from PDK under a Fed-eral Aviation Administration definition of public charters. Essentially, airport officials have said, the company markets, schedules and books passengers, and then contracts with a subsidiary that provides the flights.

Southern Airways Express took its first flights in 2013. The company spent the first year experimenting to find which flights met consumer demand and has scaled back on flights. When the company announced its opening last year, it offered flights from PDK to six southern cities.

This summer, the airline operates 54 flights a week, including two takeoffs and two landings most days from PDK. Chief Operating Officer Keith Sisson said a new schedule should be approved by the U.S. Department of Transpor-tation in the next few weeks. That schedule will begin just after Labor Day.

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he said.Flights on Southern Airways Express start at $198 one way, but passengers who follow the charter airline

on Facebook (Facebook.com/southernairwaysexpress) can occasionally find deals cutting prices to as little as $129. Sisson said the first seats are always cheaper on each flight. Last-minute flights are $248 one way.

Atlanta passengers can fly directly only to Memphis or Destin under the current schedule, but Sisson ex-pects the company will add more destinations once the airline is better established in the Atlanta market.

Company officials plan to look at adding flights from Atlanta to St. Augustine, Fla., Hilton Head, S.C., or St. Simons Island in Georgia. Southern Airways Express will continue to schedule SEC game-day flights,

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Southern Airways COO Keith Sisson, left, and Capt. Scott Honnoll, assistant chief pilot, at DeKalb-Peachtree Airport. The airline says unlike at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, there are no security lines and PDK offers free parking.

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A. There is definitely demand for office space in the Central Pe-rimeter submarket. Based on

the current demand, there is currently an undersupply of good, quality office space options in the submarket. Rates have significantly risen in the submarket over the past 12 months, and the demand is expect-ed to continue for the fore-seeable future.

Q. What does Hines’ propos-al for a 50-sto-

ry office tower outside the Perimeter mean for the metro Atlanta and Perimeter markets? Does Perimeter really need a 50-story building?

A. Perimeter does not need a 50-story building, and while

the Hines NorthPark site is currently zoned for such a building, it is highly unlikely that they will build a 50- story building. It would likely be closer to a 30-story building with the first 8 to 10 levels being parking under the building, so the first floor occupied by office users would likely be above the ninth floor. I would suspect the maximum office space built in one building would be 500,000 to 600,000 square feet.

Q. What’s happening with office rents in the Perimeter mar-ket?

A. Rents in the Perimeter sub-market have risen by a mini-mum of 10 percent to as much

as 20 percent for certain buildings.

Q. What type of business tenant is looking at the Perimeter area now?

A. The Perimeter submarket con-tinues to get looks from all tenant types, and most impor-

tantly, seems to get a solid look at three of every four tenants moving into metro Atlanta. Many of those are Fortune 1000 tenants.

Q. Within the Perimeter area, what are the most attractive spots for businesses to locate?

What draws them to those spots?

A. Tenants will continue to be drawn to the Pe-

rimeter due to access to the suburban workforce, public transportation (MARTA rail) and ameni-ties. Some buildings with-in the submarket will con-tinue to outperform others due to their prox-imity to MARTA, ameni-ties and Interstate access. Various users will rank those attributes in varying order, yet all are consid-ered.

Q. Will the new Braves stadium, work on re-building the Ga. 400/I-285 intersection and other construction projects expected to come to the Perim-eter area soon attract more businesses or drive them away?

A. In the long term, this will be a huge positive for the general area. However, it might cause

some pain and suffering in the short term. Hopefully, many employers will have staggered hours to help alleviate In-terstate and surface street back up dur-ing typically high-volume traffic hours.

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4 Proposed Northpark 100 office tower ?? feet up to 50 stories5 191 Peachtree Tower 770 feet 50 stories6 Westin Peachtree Plaza 723 feet 73 stories7 Georgia Pacific Tower 697 feet 52 stories8 The Sovereign at 3344 Peachtree 665 feet 50 stories9 Mandarin Oriental 580 feet 42 stories10 Concourse Corporate Center V 570 feet 34 stories

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The company wants approval for a 50-story office tower at the site, located at the intersection of Ga. 400,

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Songwriting 101 Thursday, July 31, 1:30-2:30 p.m. Teens will enjoy an introductory-level songwrit-ing workshop, utilizing a variety of instru-ments (guitars, keyboard, amp and mics) to create a song, and also learn how tech-nology and math fit into the songwriting process. For ages 12-18. Limited to the first 20 participants. Registration required by emailing: [email protected] or calling 404-814-3500. Buckhead Branch Library, 269 Buckhead Ave., NE, Atlanta, 30305.

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Science FilmsMonday, Aug. 4, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Children ages 5-12 can learn about science by viewing two educational films, one about flight, and the other about space. Free and open to the public. Groups of five or more must register by calling 404-814-3500 or emailing: [email protected]. Buck-head Branch Library, 269 Buckhead Ave., NE, Atlanta, 30305.

A Taste of GhanaThursday, Aug. 7, 10:30-11:15 a.m. Come join a family from Ghana, Africa, as they share Anansi stories, dance, songs and cos-tumes from their homeland. Free. The com-munity is welcome to attend. For ages 3-8. Buckhead Branch Library, 269 Buckhead Ave., NE, Atlanta, 30305. Call 404-814-3500 or email: [email protected] with questions.

Turtle ToursSaturday, Aug. 9, 11 a.m.-12 p.m. Heri-tage Sandy Springs’ “Turtle Tours,” an edu-cational series appropriate for children ages 2-5, continues. In this program, join muse-um mascots Spring and Sandy, and follow Sandy’s”treasure map.” Free; donations en-couraged. No reservations required. 6075 Sandy Springs Circle, Sandy Springs, 30328. For more information, email: [email protected], call 404-851-9111 or visit: www.heritagesandysprings.org.

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Rhythm & Brews Thursday, July 31, 6 p.m. Atlanta/De-catur-based The Bitteroots, fronted by vo-calist Laura Dees, has a sound that’s been called a “unique brand of soulful rock,” and has drawn comparisons to Janis Jop-lin. Concert runs 6:30-8 p.m. Tickets: $5, ages 21 and up; $2, ages 13-20; free for 12 and under. Blankets, picnics and coolers welcomed. Pets and smoking not allowed. Parking available on Sandy Springs Place in designated parking lots. Sandy Springs Society Entertainment Lawn, 6110 Blue-stone Rd., Sandy Springs, 30328. Call 404-851-9111 or go to: www.heritagesan-dysprings.org to find out more.

Jordan GrassiSaturday, Aug. 2, 6:30 p.m. Brookhav-en United Methodist Church welcomes Jordan Grassi to their outdoor stage, for a “Chastain-style concert.” Grassi, orig-inally from Key West, shows influenc-es from Brad Paisley to Shania Twain. Lawn chairs, blankets and picnics en-couraged. Free. The community is wel-come to attend. 1366 N. Druid Hills Rd., Brookhaven, 30319. Call 404-237-7506 or visit: www.brookhavenumc.org for details.

Swing & Roll Saturday, Aug. 2, 8 p.m. “Swing and roll” artists visit Hungry Ear Coffee House, serv-ing up classics from the Great American Songbook of the ‘30s, ‘40s and ‘50s, per-formed by Tom Godfrey and jazz singer, Lori Guy, along with acoustic songwriter, Wil Hodge and down-home country and gospel vocalist, Keren Leppo. $5. All are welcome. Northwest Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 1025 Mount Vernon High-way, NW, Sandy Springs, 30327. Call 770-955-1408 or go to: http://nwuuc.org with questions.

Les MisérablesThursday, Aug. 7, 8 p.m. The Marcus Jew-ish Community Center presents Les Mi-sérables. The musical is an epic tale of bro-ken dreams, passion and redemption, against the backdrop of a nation seething with rev-olution. Show recommended for ages 14 and up. Continues Aug. 10, 2 and 7 p.m.; Aug. 13, 8 p.m.; Aug. 14, 8 p.m.; Aug. 17, 2 and 7 p.m. Tickets: $15-29. Morris & Rae Frank Theatre, 5342 Tilly Mill Rd., Dun-woody, 30338. Contact the box office at: 678-812-4002 or visit: www.atlantajcc.org/boxoffice for tickets or information.

The HighballsSunday, August 10, 7-8:30 p.m. Concerts by the Springs continues, by welcoming The Highballs, based in Athens, Ga., who bring 80s music to life. Free and open to the com-munity. Picnic baskets, coolers and blan-kets are welcome. No outside tables. Pets and smoking are not permitted. Gates open at 5 p.m. Heritage Green, on the Sandy Springs Society Entertainment Lawn, 6110 Bluestone Rd., NE, Sandy Springs, 30328. Call 404-851-9111, visit: www.heritagesan-dysprings.org or email: [email protected] for more information. Go to: www.thehighballs.com to check out the band.

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Thursday, Aug. 7, 1-4 p.m. The Friends of the Chamblee Library hold a book sale. Af-ternoon preview for Friends members. Pub-lic welcome Aug. 8- 9, and Monday, Aug. 10 (Bag Day), from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day. On Aug. 10, a bag of books sells for $3. Hundreds of titles available, both hardback and paperback, in many different categories. Proceeds go toward enhancing adult and children’s book collections, and supporting programs for adults and children. Cham-blee Branch Library, 4115 Clairmont Rd., Chamblee, 30341. To learn more, call 770-936-1380.

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Jonathan Rosen wants kids to use mon-ey wisely. He’s so passionate about it, he created a nonprofit offering children free classes to become financially literate.

“I look around at what adults and kids know about money and they don’t’ get it,” said the Dunwoody resident who works as a financial planner. “We see it all the time in people who make a lot of money and spend it all. We see it in lottery winners who are bankrupt five years later, and the reason for all that is they don’t think about it the right way.”

And just like the money that Rosen would like to see grow in folks’ investment accounts, his Wealthy Habits classes, which take place at his of-fice on Ashwood Parkway in Dunwoody, have grown since 2012 when 28 kids signed up. This year, some 800 children are participating, and Rosen wants that number to double next year.

“I’ve looked at all these different educa-tion programs, and I realize there’s some-thing missing,” Rosen said. “If you want to effectuate behavioral change, you have to change the way someone thinks.”

So, rather than have the students mem-orize financial terms, regurgitate them and forget them shortly after, one of the exercises the students partic-ipate in is a jumping jacks game.

Their job is to do a number of jumping jacks, and then they get “paid” with tokens, which they then deposit into bags signify-ing whether they want to spend their leftover money on junk or assets. If they spend it on junk, the teacher then gives them some kind of emergency they have to pay for. With no mon-ey saved, they then get buried in credit card debt.

“They see the other students, they see their choices,” said

Wealthy Habits Executive Director Tra-cy Tanner. “They see the students that buy the junk at the beginning, and the ones that didn’t, who say ‘I’m so glad I didn’t do that.’ It changes the way they start think-ing about saving money.”

Taylor McClintock, 16, is a Wealthy Habits student. She admits that she’s in the two-day class because her moth-

er made her take it, but says she’s learned concepts she had nev-er been taught. “I’ve learned about assets, liabilities and budget-ing,” she said.

And that’s just what Rosen wants her to think about.

He said one of his favorite moments happened when his foundation received a $500 check from the aunt of a student.

When he asked her why she donated the money, Rosen says she told him, “I want you to know this class changed this kid’s life. She had to write a poem about what made her different from other kids, and the poem was about how she buys as-sets instead of liabilities,and she saves.”

“And she’s 12,” Rosen added.To learn more about the financial

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It’s not everyone who gets a day named after them, but Coach Stan Mo-ses did.

Moses, who led Sandy Springs High School basketball to a state champion-ship in 1968, was honored on July 12 with his very own day and birthday cel-ebration attended by some 80 former teammates from across the country.

“Stan was a tough bas-ketball coach,” said Meade Sutterfi eld, who played on the state championship team.

“On the other hand, he cared about us. He had an ability to make young folks accountable,” said Sutter-fi eld, who hosted the cele-bration in his Sandy Springs home.

Sandy Springs resident Bill Gannon, who helped organize the event, was in-strumental in getting Mayor Rusty Paul to issue a proclamation in honor of Mo-ses, naming July 12 Stan Moses Day.

Th e proclamation notes that Moses taught and coached at Sandy Springs High from 1961 to 1971, served as the original principal of Sandy Springs’ Crestwood High School from 1972 to 1987, and was athletic director for the Fulton County School System from 1987 to 1990.

“Coach, when I played for you and you called a time out, you would throw a towel to us, and that towel smelled like Old Spice,” said Bob Griff eth, who grad-uated from Sandy Springs High School in 1966. “And I loved Old Spice after that. I still use Old Spice deodorant.”

But more importantly, Griff eth said, Moses taught him to always be pre-pared, which was a lesson that carried over to Griff eth’s later career with the United States Forest Service.

“When we would have a practice, Coach knew what the other team’s of-

fense was going to be and we would play defense against that off ense,” he said. “I just wondered, ‘how in the world did he know that much?’ I asked him, ‘Coach how were you so well prepared?’”

Griff eth said Moses explained that he would drive to the other teams’ towns to watch them play.

“Th at taught me a thing about preparation that’s lasted my whole career with the Forest Service,” Griff eth said. “I would go into contract negotiations and I would always try and be as prepared as I could, and that came directly from Stan Moses.”

When asked why he thought so many of his

former players and students showed up to honor him, Moses replied, “Because I reached 80, I guess.” He added, “Th ey were a great group of kids.”

Moses said when he fi rst arrived in Sandy Springs, he had no intention of staying. “But I fell in love with the kids and Sandy Springs,” he said. “It was a good fi t.”

He said he likely learned his coaching style from his father, a strict disciplinar-ian, and from a high school coach who taught him to “follow through.”

Th e party guests honored Moses with a special gift, a rocking chair designed by former student Jerry Wooden, which contained wood from the fl oors of the old Sandy Springs High gym.

Th e chair was signed by the players on the bottom, and the headrest con-tained part of a basketball as a pillow.

“Th e rockers and the braces, they’re the places that take the most stress. Th ey were designed with multiple laminates that, like your teams, were placed into shape by great coaching,” Wooden said. “You taught us that a good team is al-ways stronger than one individual.”

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Riverside roundabout could be a $1.5 million decision

dy Springs offi cials at a recent work-shop to explore an option close to 1,000 seats in order to give the center room to grow along with the community. John-son, speaking on a speaker phone, de-scribed Sandy Springs as having a grow-ing, highly-educated population with a high median income, and said the com-munity would support an intimate per-forming arts center.

“Sandy Springs fi ts in that model very nicely,” Johnson said.

Johnson told the council that by its fi fth year a performing arts center could bring in 219,900 to 353,200 attendees a year, depending on the type of facili-ty the city built. It would also have the potential to bring in revenues as high as $5.4 million, with a net income of $400,000.

At the Rotary event, Paul said the size that Johnson Consulting is recom-mending is the “sweet spot” where reve-nue and expenses could meet and break even, while also putting “us in a very competitive position.”

Paul said the council is toying with the idea of going to the business com-munity to see if private capital can be raised for the project. “If this is some-thing that the community really wants, then we believe the community will step up . . . and maybe help us pay for it.”

In the study, Johnson said a center could cost from about $22 million to about $32 million, depending on the kind of theater it included. Johnson sug-

gested the center should also include a large lobby and 7,500 square feet of meeting space.

Civic center master developer Cart-er/Selig was scheduled to make a presen-tation on July 23 outlining what it pro-posed to include in the project. Check reporternewspapers.net for updates.

As part of the study, Johnson Con-sulting also interviewed representa-tives from performing arts facilities in the metro area, including the Buckhead Th eatre and the Gwinnett Performing Arts Center.

Representatives from the Buckhead Th eatre, a 790-seat venue, support-ed Sandy Springs building a perform-ing arts center even though it would be a competitor, according to the study, which said that theater can’t accommo-date all facility requests.

Meanwhile, representatives from the Gwinnett Performing Arts Center said they regret not having a facility larger than its current 700 seats, and that San-dy Springs should build a facility it can grow into.

Th e study also cited organizations in the city such as Sandy Springs Tour-ism & Hospitality and Heritage Sandy Springs that told the consultants they can’t accommodate all the event requests they receive, and the Chamber of Com-merce, which holds a number of events outside the city due to lack of space.

Johnson Consulting’s study can be found on the city’s website at www.san-dyspringsga.org.

on the ramps at a cost of $1.5 million. Scott Zehngraff , assistant state traf-

fi c engineer for GDOT, told members of Sandy Springs City Council on July 15 that without the roundabout “the city is then . . . responsible for adding the turn-ing lanes at the intersection.”

“It’s a commitment that you guys al-ready made when you requested the sig-nal,” he said. “So, when we approved the traffi c signal, it was contingent upon the turning lanes being added.”

Zehngraff said the GDOT review was triggered by the city’s request for a traffi c light at the intersection.

“Our policy requires whenever traf-fi c signals are requested, we need to con-sider the roundabouts for safety reasons,” he said. “A roundabout drastically reduc-es the severity of crashes. It also reduc-es the number of crashes. Th e reason is that as two roads intersect each other you have 32 potential confl ict points, which a roundabout reduces to eight.”

Following a public workshop on the proposal in March, some residents in the Riverside area protested the poten-tial roundabouts. Th e Riverside Home-

owners Association sent a letter to GDOT and city council members expressing con-cerns.

Reed Haggard, president of the Riv-erside HOA, which represents some 700 homes, told Reporter Newspapers in May that even if the roundabouts alleviated traffi c fl ow, the traffi c would fl ow onto an already-congested Riverside Drive.

GDOT cited a higher-than-statewide-average of crashes at the Riverside inter-section as part of its decision to explore roundabouts. Zehngraff said the round-abouts are considered a safety improve-ment, not an operational improvement.

“What is unusual about the ramps on Riverside?” asked Councilman Graham McDonald, who represents the Riverside area.

“You don’t have turn lanes, which the intersection needs if signalized,” Zehn-graff replied.

“Has any study been done on Georgia drivers’ ability to navigate roundabouts?” Councilman Ken Dishman asked.

“Design has a lot to do with it,” Zehn-graff said. “Th is works because it’s a sin-gle-lane roundabout.”

Councilmembers have also raised con-

cerns that the roundabout study came about before the Braves announced the baseball team was moving to nearby Cobb County.

But Marlo Clowers, a project manag-er with GDOT, told the council that the Braves traffi c wouldn’t overwhelm the roundabouts.

“Th ere will possibly be some addition-al traffi c south on Riverside to west I-285, but that’s not the most direct route to the stadium,” she said. “We don’t expect that delay would be signifi cantly diff erent with a roundabout than with any other proj-ect.”

McDonald points out that GDOT says the roundabout is not a permanent fi x. He added that most of his District 3 constituents that he’s heard from are against the project.

“I think a permanent solution that solves safety issues needs to be the fo-cus, not a limited one that’s on the free-way and not on neighborhood streets,” he said. “I do continue to have concerns as the plans currently stand. [A roundabout] may cause safety problems by increasing the volume of traffi c on Riverside and contributing to cut-through traffi c.”

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Alliance Theatre770 seats

Conant Performing Arts Center500 seats

Roswell Cultural Art Center600 seats

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Petition Number: TA14-003

Petitioner: City of Sandy Springs

Request: An Ordinance to Amend Article 4, General Provisions, of the Sandy Springs Zoning Ordinance to add Multifamily Dwelling Unit Development Standards

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Mayor and City Council August 19, 2014 at 6:00 p.m.

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Request: An Ordinance to Amend Section 7.2.3, Townhouse Residential District Development Standards, of the Sandy Springs Zoning Ordinance related to density







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riod, dated through July 17.

The following information was provided by the Sandy Springs Police Department from its records and is presumed to be accurate.

ROBBERY Hope Road 30350 – On July 4, a man re-

ported that around 2:30 p.m. he was walking along Hope Road when he was approached by a man walking in the opposite direction. The suspect punched the victim and then took his wallet and glasses. The suspect then fl ed.

5700 block of Roswell Road 30342 – On July 16, a 60-year-old man reported that just after 9 p.m., he was standing at the front door of the Chevron gas station when he was approached by a young man who produced a box cutter and pinned him up against a car. A nearby witness yelled at the suspect who re-plied, “He has my money,” and then reached into the victim’s pocket and took a bottle of prescription pills and then fl ed. The box cut-ter was recovered at the scene. The victim said he was homeless and frequents the Ro-swell Road and Northwood Drive area. He was not injured.

BURGLARY 7800 block of Colquitt Road 30350 – On

July 7, a vacant apartment was burglarized

by the suspect coming in through a window lifted off the track. A pressure washer and hand tools were taken.

6400 block of Wright Road 30328 – On July 7, just before noon, offi cers answered an alarm at a home. No forced entry was found, but there was evidence someone tried to take a fl at screen TV. Other bedrooms were ransacked, and it appeared the burglar per-haps took at least one smaller TV. A broken window next to the deadbolt location on the door was found. Other items were also re-ported taken.

200 block of Winding River Drive 30350 – On July 7, the victim’s front door was forced open sometime between July 3 and July 7. At the time of the report, the victim was not sure of any loss.

300 block of Glencastle Drive 30342 – On July 9, the resident said someone went into his carport and took items including a back-

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5000 block of Spalding Drive 30350 – On July 14, the victim said someone forced entry to the home and took JVC speakers, a desk-top, monitor and laptop. The victim said he had camer-as but they were not working. He had se-rial numbers for the missing items, but they were contained on the stolen laptop.

ASSAULT 2000 block of Dunwoody Club Drive

30350 – On July 5, just before 10 a.m., one guy punched another guy. According to the victim, a guy in a red pickup truck exchanged words with him. Both ended up in the a gro-cery store parking lot. The guy in the truck got out, approached the victim’s car, opened the door, and punched him. The victim exit-ed the car to defend himself. The car, left in gear, rolled and hit a Honda Civic that hit a Hyundai Accent. The guy in the truck said he was driving to the store to drop off fl ags when he saw the victim in his Saab, honking his horn at another vehicle. He honked his at the (victim) to indicate that he should cool off. Didn’t work. The now victim fl ipped him off and this began the chain of events. The guy in the red pickup truck was arrested.

5500 block of Roswell Road 30342 – On July 12 a 29-year-old man said he arrived at his home around 9 p.m. after being out and having some drinks. His girlfriend, waiting at home, was upset. He said she got “amped up” and head-butted him, knocking out his front teeth.

Other domestic violence calls handled that night were in the 700 block of Ham-mond Drive, 100 block of Highland Park

Trail, Spalding Trail, 1800 block of Harbor Pointe Park-way, 8300 block of Roswell Road, 6300 block of Peachtree Dunwoody Road,

and the 600 block of Spring Creek Lane.

FRAUD A 54-year-old man reported that someone

opened an account in his name with a bank. Credit cards were mailed to his home. When he received them, he contacted the bank and was told that charges had already been placed on the account. Someone tried to use the cards at a discount department store on Caroline Street in Atlanta.

ARRESTS 300 block of Winding River Drive 30350

– On July 4, cops responded to an apartment and spoke with a woman who said she did not know who called. Her boyfriend, she said, was in the bathroom. They knocked on the door, requesting his presence. He said he was

undressed. The woman handed him a pair of pants. Seconds later, they heard glass break-ing in the bathroom and found that the man had escaped through a window. Minutes lat-er, the man reappeared at the front door, bloody and cut up. Seems he failed to suc-cessfully negotiate the window glass during his escape. He was taken to Northside Hospi-tal to be treated and then taken to jail. He was wanted on a Fulton County warrant for probation violation.

1100 block of Mount Vernon High-way 30328 – On July 6, the manager of a business fl agged down an offi cer, telling him that they caught a shop-lifter. The manager watched a vid-eo recording as the offender walked into the store and headed to the air-pistol section. The manager then ap-proached the man, asking what he was doing. The man said: “I need a gun to commit a robbery with my bitch.” The man then placed the gun in a Good-will bag and walked toward the door at a quick pace. He was detained by the staff. He was later arrested for the $42 theft.

Hampton Drive 30350 – On July 7 offi cers were called to an apartment address regard-ing two men fi ghting. As they approached, one of the men asked to be handcuffed, telling offi cers that it was his fault. He was clearly intoxicated. He was also clearly angry at the other man because he used the offend-er’s Xbox for movies and games without ask-ing permission. He also complained that the victim kept him awake by chewing ice. The offender was eventually arrested on charges of disorderly conduct.

1100 block of Mount Vernon Highway 30328 – On July 7, store security offi cers de-tained one man for trying to conceal a pair of Adidas Samba shoes by placing them inside his shirt and walking out. He was arrested for shoplifting.

SSPD detectives arrested a woman who was charged with reckless conduct after of-� cers were called to a home improvement

store in the early afternoon of July 13. Witnesses said a 2-year-old was in

the car in 86 degree temperatures, and appeared to be in distress. � e child was crying and press-ing against the windows, which were up. � e woman arrived soon

after, and following a brief con-frontation with witnesses, left the lo-cation prior to the arrival of police. She turned herself a few days later.

OTHER THINGS 1600 block of Powers

Ridge – A resident spotted two men in her driveway just after 3

a.m. The pair fl ed to a small compact car, driven by an unknown person, and de-parted. A car, parked in the driveway, was en-tered and a pink change purse with $10 dol-lars in quarters was stolen. The purse was located shortly after by one of the offi cers.

700 block of Hammond Drive 30328 – On July 6, several people reported that beer cans and eggs were thrown from an upper fl oor balcony, landing in the swimming pool they were in. The offi cers were unable to lo-cate the offender(s).

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