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6/2 |
6:00 p.m. |
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City Council
Meeting/Work Session
1st Public
Hearing
& Budget Workshop
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City Hall |
6/9 |
9:00 a.m. |
Design Review Board
Regular Meeting |
City Hall |
6/9 |
5:00 p.m. |
2nd Public
Hearing
& Budget Workshop
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City Hall |
6/11 |
7:00 p.m. |
Board of Appeals
Regular Meeting |
City Hall |
6/16 |
6:00 p.m. |
City Council
Regular Meeting
Final Public
Hearing
& Budget Workshop |
City Hall |
6/18 |
7:00 p.m. |
Planning Commission
Regular Meeting |
City Hall |
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6/23 |
9:00 a.m. |
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Design Review Board
Regular Meeting |
City Hall |
6/23 |
5:00 p.m |
(Final Late Date
for Budget Workshop/
Adoption)
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City Hall |
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6/23 |
7:00 p.m. |
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Community Zoning
Information Meeting |
City Hall |
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| Greetings from the City of Sandy Springs!
Welcome to the June 2009 edition of the Sandy Springs E-Blast. The purpose of this newsletter is to provide the residents and visitors of Sandy Springs information regarding the City's accomplishments, current projects and goals for the future. For more information about these and other projects, please visit the City's Web site at www.sandyspringsga.org. You may also address any questions or concerns to our Citizen Response Center at 770-730-5600, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
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SANDY SPRINGS NAMED AMONG TOP CITIES
 Forbes.com has named the City of Sandy Springs among America's Top 25 Towns to Live Well.
Sandy Springs Slide
Read the Full Story
Sandy Springs was also noted in Forbe's 2008 article, In Depth: 10 Cities Where Americans Are Relocating, citing it among America's top suburbs.
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REGISTRATION CONTINUES FOR SUMMER CAMPS
The Recreation and Parks
Department's summer camp program includes a variety of weekly
camps offered for preschoolers, youth and teens throughout the
summer. Participants have the opportunity to improve sports skills,
create an art masterpiece, learn something new and best of all make new
friends! Weekly camps are scheduled throughout the summer, and online
registration is available at www.activenet.active.com/sandyspringsga.
To
download a PDF version of the current program guide, please click here or visit
the Recreation and Parks page of our Web site for a complete listing and further information about all of the
Recreation Department's available programs. There is something for
everyone!
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WEB SITE REDESIGN
The City is in the planning stages of a complete redesign of its award-winning Web site. We are in the process of laying out the initial design that will be incorporated
into the new site. Please take a moment to let us know which one of
the following two designs you prefer for the City's home page.
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TRAFFIC NOTICE FROM PCID
NIGHT WORK TO BEGIN ON PEACHTREE
DUNWOODY ROAD
To complete the improvements along Peachtree Dunwoody Road, nighttime lane closures will be in effect beginning Thursday, May 28, 2009. These lane closures are necessary for intersection upgrade work on Johnson Ferry Road @ Peachtree Dunwoody Road.
One lane closure of each road in each direction will be allowed from 8:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. Sunday - Saturday.
To learn more about the Perimeter Community
Improvement Districts visit www.perimetercid.org
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BULKY TRASH AND RECYCLING DAY
IN SANDY SPRINGS
The City of Sandy Springs and the Keep North Fulton
Beautiful Recycling Center invite residents of Sandy Springs to a Bulky Trash
& Recycling Day on Saturday, June 6, from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Large
items not normally picked up by trash collection services can be brought
to: Morgan Falls Athletic Park, 450 Morgan Falls Rd., Sandy Springs, GA
30350.
There will be no charge to dispose of these large items,
with the exception of a $10 fee for televisions or computer monitors and $25
for projection TV's.
EVENT FLYER (jpeg)
Keep North Fulton Beautiful
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SIDEWALK PROGRAM UPDATE
River Valley Road
Sidewalks Construction
Construction
is underway on this project to construct sidewalks on both sides of River
Valley Road from Riverside Drive to Amberidge Trail. This project, originally developed by Sandy
Springs Revitalization, Incorporated, involves construction of new curbs and
sidewalk as well as associated driveway tie-ins and utility relocations. Repaving is scheduled upon project
completion. To date, more than 4,500 feet of
new curbing and 2,500 feet of sidewalk have been installed.
Lake Forest
Elementary School Sidewalk Design
A consultant
is designing a sidewalk on Lake Forrest Drive from the I-285 underpass to
Hammond Drive to provide improved pedestrian access within the
neighborhood. The project includes
improvements to the intersection of Lake Forrest Drive and Hammond Drive. Requests for variances to support the proposed
construction were approved in March and related right of way acquisition is
underway.
Ridgeview Middle
School Sidewalk Design
A design is
underway to develop a complete sidewalk system along Peachtree-Dunwoody Road in
the vicinity of the school. Construction
plans are nearing completion with bidding anticipated this summer. Adjacent property owners will receive more
detailed information and driveway easement requests this month.
Spalding Charter
Elementary School
The design
consultant begins surveying this month on this project to construct sidewalk on
Brandon Mill and Dalrymple near the school.
Dunwoody Club Drive at Spalding Drive Intersection Improvement Construction
Construction
begins this month to add a dedicated right turn lane from west bound Spalding
Drive onto northbound Roberts Drive and associated traffic signal
upgrades.
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BRIDGE REPAIRS
The first phase of the Sandy Springs bridge repair project is finished. Work is complete on the following bridges in the City:
- Riverside Drive over
Marsh Creek
- Spalding Drive over
Ball Mill Creek
- Lake Forest Drive
over Long Island Creek
- Jett Road over Long
Island Creek
- Brandon Mill Road
over Marsh Creek
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Fats, Oils
and Grease are a serious problem that affect the health of our streams. FOG causes clogs in the sanitary system, which then causes raw sewage to spill
into our streams.
You can find more information on FOG at Fulton county's FOG Web page.
View the City of Atlanta's FOG video
City of Sandy Springs Stormwater page
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RECREATION DEPARTMENT EXPANDS PROGRAM OFFERINGS THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS WITH SCHOOLS
The City of Sandy
Springs Recreation and Parks Department recently began building
partnerships with the local schools to allow for additional space to
expand its recreation and sports program offerings. Without use of
these school facilities the recreation department would be limited in
the programs offered to the residents of Sandy Springs. The City has built these partnerships with several schools in the
area.
Read the Full Article >>
For more information on
all of the programs available, please contact the Recreation Department at
404-252-6310 or visit the City's Web site at www.sandyspringsga.org.
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NEWLY SURFACED SOCCER COURT AT ALLEN PARK
The City of Sandy Springs hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony on Friday,
May 8, 2009, for the newly surfaced soccer court at Allen Park. Soccer in the Streets was
awarded a grant from the US Soccer Foundation for $50,000 and additional
partnerships were formed with the City of Sandy
Springs and the Atlanta Silverbacks Foundation, who
each supplied further funds of $12,400 for the resurfacing of the court
surface, the newly installed fence and the new soccer goals.
Pictured left to right: Marina Davidovich, City Manger John McDonough, Mayor Eva Galombos, Deb Strycula, Recreation and Parks Director Ronnie Young and Councilmember Dianne Fries |
A Grand Opening will be
held at Allen Park
on Saturday, June 13. The festivities will be conducted by Soccer in the
Streets and begin at 3:00 p.m. There will be games, prizes and t-shirt
give-a-ways. All youth in attendance will receive a free ticket to watch
a National Premier Soccer League game later in the day between Atlanta and Chattanooga. The game will kick-off at 7:00 p.m. at Riverwood
High School.
The ribbon cutting
ceremony was attended by Boris Jerkunica from the Atlanta Silverbacks
Foundation, Jill Robbins from Soccer in the Streets, Mayor Eva Galambos, City
Manager John McDonough and City Councilmember Dianne Fries.
Allen
Park is located at 5900
Lake Forest Drive, Sandy Springs,
Ga. 30328. For more information, please call the Citizen Response
Center at 770-730-5600 or visit the City's Web site at www.sandyspringsga.org.
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NEWS FROM THE SANDY SPRINGS
POLICE DEPARTMENT
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SANDY SPRINGS FIRE DEPARTMENT HOSTS
SAFE KIDS CAR SAFETY SEAT CLASS
The City of Sandy
Springs Fire Department hosted the final day of a Safe Kids Car
Safety Seat class in the Target parking lot at the Prado location off
of Roswell Road on Friday, May 15, 2009.
The class consisted of residents driving through the parking lot and
having their child safety seats inspected for correct installation by
Sandy Springs firefighters.
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The Sandy Springs Police
Department is committed to educating the public on how to protect themselves from
crimes, including scams. With the state of the economy and warmer months
approaching, we are noticing an increase in scams
against consumers and senior citizens. Below are two of the newer scams
out there to be aware of. 