09-05-2014 Sandy Springs Reporter

SEPT. 5 — SEPT. 18, 2014 • VOL. 8 — NO. 18

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Painting their pride

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From left, Alec Nathan, Owen McDaniel, Travis Block and Davis Vainer, Riverwood International Charter School students, show their spirit with body paint during a

football game against Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School on Aug. 29. The Riverwood Raiders beat the Holy Innocents’ Golden Bears 34-3. More photos on page 19.

BY ANN MARIE [email protected]

Sylvia McAdam never expected to spend her summer putting down woodchips on the lawn of the Sandy Springs Library.

“I was going to lay out,” she said. “I was going to get a tan.”

As part of her relaxation plan and once her son graduated high school, McAdam went to the library on Mount Vernon Road to fi nd a romance novel. Instead of fi nding a book, she says she found knee-high grass, weeds, trash and tree limbs on the grounds.

“It looked awful,” she said. “I didn’t even go inside.”Instead, she went home and told her husband, Don, “We

needed to go cut the grass at the library. Th is was on a Satur-day. On Monday, I started calling Fulton County.”

McAdam got in touch with the libraries’ maintenance di-vision and discovered that due to cutbacks in library servic-es, the library lawn was not being maintained. In January the Fulton Board of Commissioners voted to cut the At-lanta-Fulton Public Library System’s budget by $6 million, which resulted in a cut in hours and a reduction in staff .

Th ey “told me, ‘No, the grass hadn’t been cut at the li-brary,’ and ‘No, the grass wasn’t going to be cut at the li-brary.’”

McAdam and her husband now spend about 45 minutes every day working to give the library a facelift. He weeds; she lays down woodchips.

But they haven’t been alone. Walking over the library’s


Sandy Springs Mayor Rusty Paul has re-peatedly called it the “most important” proj-ect the city has ever undertaken. On Sept. 2, that project inched a little closer to reality when Sandy Springs City Council gave the go-ahead to developers to proceed with City Cen-ter planning that includes a performing arts center up to 1,000 seats.

Options presented by City Center master developers Carter/Selig for the performing arts center have included three sizes, ranging from 600 to 1,000 seats with varying amenities and stage sizes.

While a resolution adopted by the coun-cil gives planners approval to pursue the larg-er performing arts center option, it does pro-vide fl exibility.

Adopted unanimously, the resolution, an alternative version submitted by Councilman John Paulson, gives the city leeway to deter-mine during a design phase the specifi c com-ponents of the arts center. Th e original reso-lution specifi cally favored a black-box design for the performing arts center with 1,000 seats.

Paulson said he supported a performing arts center because it will enhance citizens’ quality of life.

“Th e eight years that we’ve been a city we have what I called the ‘taking care of the busi-ness of Sandy Springs,’” he said. “We devel-oped a police force, developed a fi re depart-ment, paved and poured sidewalks, paved streets. We have storm water system that works in probably the fi rst time in 30 years. “We’re doing a lot of things that are fundamental to

SEE RESIDENT, PAGE 4

SEE CITY COUNCIL, PAGE 20

Resident devotes time to beautifying library

City Council gives the OK

for 1,000-seat performing arts center

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Timeline for City Center2012: City adopts master plan2013: Council approves land acquisition, infrastructure2014: June: Carter/Selig hired as master developer• July: City explores feasibility of

performing arts center• Aug. 27: Planners present City

Center site plans• Sept. 2: Council gives OK to

1,000-seat performing arts center

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Sandy Springs City Council on Sept. 2 approved changes to its zoning ordi-nance that eliminates a clause allowing apartment developers to obtain permits in commercially zoned districts.

� e vote was deferred from Aug. 19 when city sta� asked the council for more direction. On Aug. 19, coun-cil members repeated concerns they have about develop-ers’ ability to obtain apartment permits for areas zoned C1 and C2 commercial, without having to ap-ply for a rezoning.

� e vote now forces apartment de-velopers interested in building apartments in commercial dis-tricts to appear before the city council for a rezoning.

“If you want to build an apartment [in a commercial area] then you have to come to us for a full rezoning,” Coun-cilman Gabriel Ster-ling said on Aug. 19.

He said that al-lows the council to decide whether or not the project is “the right project in the right place.”

“I like the idea that part of the rea-son we passed the moratorium on C1s [a type of commercial development] was because we wanted to make sure the council had some say in the devel-opment standards of these units, and if someone has a good market reason to go bigger, say empty nesters, they can come and give that market sell to us, but oth-erwise these standards set a good prece-dent for the city,” Sterling said.

At a special called meeting on July 23, the council approved a 60-day mor-atorium on apartment permits for land zoned as C-1 or C-2 commercial.

At that time, City Attorney Wen-dell Willard said the moratorium came about as city o� cials are concerned about an over-abundance of multifamily uses on the Roswell Road corridor, par-ticularly the city center area.

“Up and down Roswell Road,” Wil-

lard said, is what he called “a string of pearls on both sides” where apartments could be built in commercial districts. � e previous ordinance allowed for apartments to be built on top of and be-hind retail and o� ce uses in commer-cial zoning districts as long as the build-er obtained a permit.

Mayor Rusty Paul has also said that some apartment de-velopers will include just a few retail store-fronts as a “� g leaf” to cover up the fact that the building is mostly apartments in order to fall into the mixed-use category. “An apartment with just a couple of small stores doesn’t consti-tute mixed use,” he said.

� e amended or-dinance protects apartments that have already been built in commercial ar-eas, even if they are destroyed and must be rebuilt. � e or-dinance allows for apartments above or behind commer-cial and o� ce uses if their permits or cer-

ti� cates of occupancy were issued prior to Sept. 2.

� e ordinance change had the sup-port of the Sandy Springs Economic Development Advisory Committee.

“Our recommendation would be to please exert the greatest extent of local control that you can over zoning issues,” Jim Comerford, a member of the com-mittee, said on Aug. 19, though he said the council should proceed carefully, along with legal counsel.

Trish � ompson, vice president of the Sandy Springs Council of Neighor-hoods, voiced her support. She said the original ordinance allowing apartments in commercial areas dated back to when owners of gas stations and mom-and-pop stores wanted to live above their businesses.

“� is isn’t applicable anymore,” she said. “It needs to be taken out of com-mercial.”

“An apartment with just a couple of small

stores doesn’t constitute mixed use.”

– MAYOR RUSTY PAUL

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New road network planned along Ga. 400 separates local

from through traffi cBY JOE EARLE

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Several Sandy Springs residents who recently looked over plans for a new net-work of roads connecting portions of Ga. 400 to I-285 welcomed the change, but dreaded living through the work needed to build the new collector and distributor lanes.

“Th e things they are proposing make good sense,” said John Maynard, who lives nearby in Sandy Springs. “Th e only concern is the actual implementation. ... I’ll have to fi nd some way to deal with that. Perhaps work from home more.”

Georgia Department of Transporta-tion offi cials say they now are wrapping a project to build collector/distributor lanes along Ga. 400 into the much larg-er project that will reconfi gure the inter-change of Ga. 400 and I-285.

Th at project, now estimated to cost about $900 million altogether, proposes adding bridges to the interchange so it will tower fi ve levels. Construction crews will reconfi gure exits and entrances on the highways from west of Roswell Road to east of Ashford Dunwoody Road and from the Glenridge Connector to Ham-mond Drive. About 400,000 cars a day now travel through the interchange, GDOT offi cials have said.

A public hearing on the project is likely to be held early next year, GDOT offi cials said. Construction is tentative-ly scheduled to begin in 2016 and end in 2019.

At Hammond Drive, the larger proj-ect ties into older plans that would add connector/distributor roads along Ga. 400 from north of Spalding Drive to I-285.

Th e idea behind the project is to sep-arate local traffi c from through traffi c

along the stretch of Ga. 400 from I-285 to Spalding, GDOT says. “Th is sepa-ration would reduce the issues current-ly experienced between high-speed free-way traffi c and lower-speed local traffi c, including the potential for accidents and congestion,” GDOT said in a proj-ect factsheet.

Project manager Marlo Clowers said the collector/distributor lanes “should alleviate weaving” by reducing the area shared by drivers trying to exit Ga. 400 and those heading south or north. “Th is is taking that out,” she said.

Both projects were discussed dur-ing three public meetings held at Dun-woody Baptist Church in August.

“It’s interesting,” Dunwoody City Councilman Jim Ritcher said as he looked over the wall-sized maps showing how the proposed new network of lanes along Ga. 400 would interconnect with the highways and local streets. “Hope-fully, what it means for Dunwoody is more people use I-285 and Ga. 400, and fewer of them cut through Dunwoody. Anything that helps traffi c on I-285 and Ga. 400 will help us.”

David Centofanti, president of the Northridge Community Association, thought the collector/distributor lanes could help traffi c through the inter-change, but also said he thought they “seem to catch you off guard.”

Missing an exit could mean driving for miles before a driver would have a chance to turn around and correct the mistake, he said.

Still, he said he thought he’d get used to the new road confi guration. “Any de-sign using modern technology has got to be better,” he said.

David Centofanti, front, president of the Northridge Community Association, looks over plans for a new network of roads connecting Ga. 400 to I-285. Construction is tentatively scheduled to begin in 2016 and conclude in 2019.

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Resident devotes time to beautifying library grounds

2 acres of grounds, McAdam says they received some much needed help from some 30 members of the varsity foot-ball team at Mount Vernon Presbyteri-an School.

“They put out tons of woodchips, picked up all the branches, wheelbarrowed loads of trash, including 27 baby diapers and Hardee’s wrappers,” she said, adding that the library has no exterior water due to a broken line, and that debris is routine-ly clogging the storm drains.

“It’s not supposed to be this way,” she said.

Naomi Harper, publicity chairwom-

an of the volunteer group Friends of the Sandy Springs Library, said McAdam is helping to provide a much needed ser-vice. “It is very much needed for a pub-lic facility as important as we are,” she said. “The grounds looked pitiful. I can already tell her group has made a lot of difference, but there is still much more that needs to be done.”

Other groups like the Rotary Club of Sandy Springs and Art Sandy Springs have also pledged to help, McAdam said, adding that students from Mount Vernon will have a work day at the li-brary on Sept. 11.

“No one has turned me down,” said

McAdam. “I really think that [the li-brary] just needs a little love, that it can be really be beautiful. It doesn’t have any flowers now, but it needs flowers, and could have flowers. It seems like [a lot of services have] been cut. I feel like this is something Sandy Springs needs to pick up and work out, even if it means Ful-ton County gives some of the property to Sandy Springs, because they have a vested interest.”

To that end, McAdam started a Face-book page called “Sandy Springs Library Grounds Restoration.” She is planning workdays the second and fourth Satur-day of each month, starting in Septem-

ber, from 9 a.m. to noon.“I’m not saying it needs to be a John

Wieland entrance, but it ought to look nice,” McAdam said, pointing to the awning over the library’s entrance where paint is peeling off, and sidewalks that need to be pressure washed.

“We’ve done a lot with very limited time. I think if we could build a pub-lic/private coalition and get people to donate time, services and maybe some money. I’d love for the library to be open more hours and have Wifi access in the whole building, but at this point we just need to start small and take care of the maintenance out here.”

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Sylvia McAdam points to debris clogging a storm drain outside the Sandy Springs Library.

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Reconsider city center plansTo the editor:

I have been a Sandy Springs resi-dent for 41 years and I am active within the community. In my personal opin-ion, Sandy Springs can benefi t from the construction of a place where local gov-ernment offi ces are headquartered and where people are provided a place to connect, recreate and celebrate Sandy Springs. However, when planning such a project, we must carefully balance community needs with the negative im-pacts unbridled development has on the community.

Above all, city leaders must exer-cise extreme fi nancial responsibility when planning such a project, especial-ly during uncertain economic times. We should not consider a plan we cannot af-ford. Period.

Many Sandy Springs citizens are con-fused over plans for the future city cen-ter, especially when signifi cant project details are changed without public in-put or notifi cation. In my opinion, city leaders should be clear, honest and open about city center's plans. When signifi -cant changes to the plan are necessary, the public should at least be notifi ed, if not asked for approval.

A precarious situation of the city playing roles of property owner, devel-oper, plan approver, code enforcer and landlord is made more questionable when details are changed behind closed doors.

I support the planning and construc-tion of a smaller city center that accom-modates the needs of the city govern-ment, some local county government offi ces, and a limited amount of space for public meetings, presentations, stor-age and perhaps library space. Perhaps the inclusion of a limited amount of supportive retail or living space is pos-sible, but not without consideration of traffi c and infrastructure impacts. If such a facility's success leads to the need for future expansion, that is possible, as-suming it is approved by the public and it is fi nancially aff ordable.

I do not support the planning of an over-sized, unnecessary, outrageously expensive city center project spanning from Johnson Ferry Road to the Perime-ter. In my opinion, we do not need, nor do we want, a huge city center that in-cludes a 1,000-plus seat performance auditorium, four or fi ve fi ve-story apart-ment buildings and a plethora of retail and business establishments within a rel-atively small footprint area.

Please do not over build a project that results in more than the city needs, wants or can eff ectively aff ord, especially during a shaky economy.

I encourage you to act responsibly and refrain from spending the city's fi -nancial reserves on this project -- or worse, go into debt over it. Th ere are many worthwhile projects in need of funding, not just the city center. And much of the area's retail, living and busi-ness space is currently vacant, so why do we need such a large-scale project?

A “build it and they will come” men-tality is dangerous in today's economic environment. Furthermore, current traf-fi c congestion, infrastructure, quality of life and storm water issues place pressure on surrounding neighborhoods. Adding signifi cant construction issues and thou-sands of cars and people to this high-density area is irresponsible. Neighbor-ing property values will certainly be impacted by such a large scale project, as will quality of life.

I challenge each city leader to thor-oughly research and re-evaluate the San-dy Springs city center plans. Please con-sider scaling down the project to one that better fi ts the neighborhood atmo-sphere that is so attractive to the resi-dents of this area.

Most residents are open to the idea of building a city center -- within reason. However, in doing so, we must preserve the local neighborhood integrity while responsibly protecting our fi nances, in-frastructure, watersheds, natural envi-ronment and way of life.

Th e Abernathy Greenway & City-Walk are two examples of developments supported by Sandy Springs leaders that were oversold and under-delivered to our neighborhoods. Each took signifi -cantly longer and cost signifi cantly more than was planned, and both projects negatively impacted our neighborhoods.

Let's work together to prevent fu-ture negative impacts by incorporating the community voice into a develop-ment plan that is environmentally, so-cially and economically feasible.

Cindy S. Mayer

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To the editor:

It appears to me that there are a lot more citizens concerned about the cost, the need, and the traffi c ramifi cations of a large performing arts center. Who is behind this project, and why?

Th e governing body of Sandy Springs needs to start listening to its citizens and addressing their concerns rather than create their own agenda!! Stop spending money for the sake of spending it!

Leah Barr

Who’s behind the arts center project?

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By Reps. Jan Jones, Wendell Willard, Joe Wilkinson, Chuck Martin, Harry Geisinger, Lynne Riley and former Rep. Ed Lindsey

Th e primary responsibility of every elected offi cial is to serve the interests of the citizens they represent. In turn, the citizens have the privilege to select their elected offi cials by casting their vote on Election Day.

But when some elected offi cials in Fulton County con-sistently fail to act in the best interests of their constituents, provisions in Georgia law provide methods of relief.

For too many years, Fulton County Commissioners have approved defi cit budgets, spending more than $100 million in reserve funds. Hard-earned tax dollars have been spent on frivolous projects while core service delivery fund-ing and critical infrastructure needs have been neglected.

Th e Fulton County jail has been under a Federal Con-sent Decree for years due to poor management decisions, and instead of resolving this, precious fi nancial resources have been squandered on non-essential projects such as a performing arts center, amphitheater and aviation muse-um. Other government buildings have become toxic work environments due to a lack of responsible maintenance.

Chronic challenges in leadership have led to frequent management turnover and extended vacancies in key po-sitions. Taxpayers should be able to expect quality service delivery, but in Fulton County, this has not been the case.

Sadly, Fulton County taxpayers have been subjected to this repetitive pattern of willful disregard of fi scal con-straints, and the Fulton County Commission has failed to recognize the eventual outcome of their actions – the mon-ey runs out!

In 2013, we sponsored House Bill 604 as a measure to perform our responsibility to our constituents. HB 604 limits the commission’s authority to increase the proper-ty tax rate prior to January 2015, and will require the affi r-mative vote of a super majority of Commissioners in subse-quent years to increase the millage rate.

Th e provisions of HB 604 are based on a 1951 local con-stitutional amendment that applies only to Fulton Coun-ty, and gives the Georgia General Assembly authority over the time and place that the Fulton County Commission may levy of ad valorem taxes.

We recognized the peril of a tax increase in Fulton Coun-ty, and the negative consequences that will result. A jump in property taxes – especially when property values and, therefore assessments are already increasing – will force rents to increase, prices of goods and services to be hiked, and businesses to move out of Fulton County. We cannot aff ord to place ourselves at a competitive disadvantage with our peer counties in economic development.

Th e Fulton County Commission deliberately chose to violate the provisions of House Bill 604, and proceeded with steps to increase property taxes in 2014. We imme-diately fi led a petition in Superior Court on Aug. 6 to seek preliminary and permanent injunction of this attempt.

Th e citizens of Fulton County may rely on us to remain steadfast in our pledge to defend their interests and uphold the laws of our great state of Georgia.

Reps. Jan Jones (R-Milton), Wendell Willard (R-Sandy Springs), Joe Wilkinson (R-Sandy Springs), Chuck Martin (R-Alpharetta), Harry Geisinger (R-Roswell), Lynne Riley (R-Johns Creek) and former Rep. Ed Lindsey of Buckhead brought suit against the county over its tax increase.

By John Eaves

Business had to keep going. Cases had to proceed in Ful-ton County Courts. Th e restaurants that we frequent had to be inspected to make sure they were safe for us to visit. Our li-braries had to continue educating and informing. Emergency patients in the trauma ward at Grady had to be treated. Th e 911 systems sending those patients to the hospital had to keep serving us. Th e elections process had to continue so that ev-eryone could exercise their right to vote.

Th ese are some of the reasons the Fulton County Com-missioners passed a budget in January including a request for an increase in the property millage rate. Th e Board of the Commissioners took none of these moves lightly, and we understand why some are not pleased with them. Tough calls are often not popular ones.

As a historic recession forced states, counties and mu-nicipalities to charge taxpayers more for services they de-liver, Fulton County attempted to weather the storm with-out taking that measure. We were quite proud of the fact that the last countywide tax increase had been more than 20 years ago. As we asked for more of our residents we did some belt tightening of our own.

We made cuts. Libraries lost hours. Seniors had to pay more for meals. Grady Memorial Hospital lost much of its county funding. Since 2008, our county workforce has been reduced by more than 500 people overall, with our temporary and part-time staff cut by more than half over that period. Th is year alone, we trimmed $25 mil-lion from programs. Our employees didn’t see a pay raise in seven years.

Th e median home value in Fulton County is around $200,000. If you are the owner of that average home, we are requesting about $7 more a month in property taxes. We all would prefer to keep that money in our pockets, but we also would prefer to keep those services that $7 funds.

As Fulton County asks more of our taxpayers, you have asked more from us as well. Th e County Manager has be-gun an extensive restructuring of the county government. We are looking for new revenue streams and additional cost savings to make sure we are effi cient. We are centraliz-ing and outsourcing services where feasible.

As for the pieces of litigation fi led against the county by a group of lawmakers and a separate one fi led by anoth-er citizen, the county’s position is that they have no merit whatsoever. Th e county exercised its authority and obliga-tions under the constitution and laws of the state of Geor-gia. We chose to repeal House Bill 604 not out of spite for those who passed it, but because government functions needed to be funded, and many have become more cost-ly to provide.

We want the same freedom that is given to govern-ments from Palmetto to Alpharetta, which is the right to made our own fi nancial decisions. A majority of sev-en duly elected representatives make that call on behalf of the county taxpayers that elected them. State lawmakers would balk (and have) at the federal government taking the same liberties with state law, and would never allow us to forward budgetary mandates onto any of the cities in our county. Th at is not good public policy and sets a dangerous precedent. It is wrongheaded, and amounts to “Big Government” overstepping its bounds, no matter what government is doing so.

John Eaves is chairman of the Fulton County Commission.

Legislators: Fulton shows willful disregard

County: We are defending Home Rule

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I knew what to do with a 2-year-old, but what do I do with a 22-year-old?

By the miracle of life, the 2-year-old boy who was toddling around our house — it couldn’t have been 20 years ago — has suddenly become a full grown man. He’s in that nebulous area of space and time, waffling between higher education and independent living.

He’s old enough to drive, vote and serve our country, but he still doesn’t know how to load a dishwasher. It’s that age between learning how to cite your sources and learning how to scramble an egg.

Some say it’s just a phase. He went through phases when he was

in his terrible twos. I remember that. There were books on that. There was the colicky phase, the phase of explora-tion, the “my little potty” phase. And al-though I ran myself ragged during that time, I knew that (fall-down-and-die ex-haustion aside, I can’t say it enough) this would not be the most difficult part of mothering.

He still took naps. I was still bigger than he was — and continued to be, un-til he turned 12. Above all, I knew that the crap I dealt with then I could flush down the toilet.

But the age of unflushable crap has arrived.

Still, the similarities between a 2-year-old and a 22-year-old are remarkable.

When he was 2, he waddled around the house half-naked, wearing nothing but his diapers. It was very cute. At 22, he lumbers around the house, with his 6-foot-tall, extremely hairy body, wear-ing nothing but boxers or a wet towel—never both at the same time. It’s not so cute.

When he was 2, he pattered gleeful-ly from room to room, marking his ter-ritory with squeaky toys and sippy cups. At 22, he plods from den to kitchen to bedroom, leaving a trail of stained cof-fee cups, half-eaten cookies and stacks of books in his wake.

When he was 2, he would wake up at 3 in the morning, crying from night-

mares. At 22, he comes in at 3 in the morning. And I’m the one having nightmares.

I remem-ber when he was born, how I labored for 26 hours until he final-ly came into the world, how my doc-tor presented me with him, saying, “It’s a boy! And he’s perfect!” I remember how I spent the night in the hospital, my first night as a mother, ly-ing there with my brand new baby boy asleep on my stomach. It was the most magical night of my life.

I spoke to him as he slept in his in-fant oblivion. I told him about the room we had waiting for him at home, lined with stuffed animals and decorated with cheery colors. I told him about the grandparents and aunts and uncles and cousins and friends who couldn’t wait to meet him or see him again. I told him that his father and I were so happy to have him, about all the things we would do together, the fun we would have.

Then my husband entered the room, ever the eager one, actually trying to give me lessons on breast feeding.

The summer is almost over and my son will be leaving in a few days. I could say that I’ll miss his stacks of debris and barely-clothed hairy body. But I won’t. What I will miss is his company — his humor, his conversation, his incredible intelligence.

So as I close the door to his train wreck of a room, I remind myself: This is all just a phase.

Robin Conte is a writer and mother of four who lives in Dunwoody. She can be contacted at [email protected].

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Sometimes, comparing houses can even take on the look of an algebraic calculation: Does 5 BR + 4 ½ BA in Sandy Springs = 4 BR + 3 ½ BA in Dunwoody?

To try to cut through some of the numbers, we de-cided to pose a simple question: What can you get for

about $500,000 – half a million dollars – in Reporter Newspapers communities? What’s a half-million-dollar house these days?

“Well, it’s not what it used to be,” joked Sandy Springs Realtor Katie Brinkman, who’s been in the business a quarter century. “But people get good buys for their money, particularly in the suburbs.”

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$504,0009010 River RunNeighborhood: Huntcliff5 bedrooms, 4 ½ baths5,500 square feetYear built: 1976Extras: master suite with two bath-rooms, two-story great room w/fireplace and built-in bookshelves, billiard room, cedar shake roof, two HVAC systems, stream and waterfall

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$494,8005549 Martina WayNeighborhood: Withmere4 bedrooms, 3 ½ baths2,850 square feetYear built: 1977Extras: swimming pool, built-in bar in recreation room, screened porch

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$515,0001277 Village Run NENeighborhood: Village at Lenox Park3 bedrooms, 3 ½ baths2,030 square feetYear built: 1990Extras: fenced backyard, updated kitch-en, bedroom and bath on third floor

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The local market: What house can you buy for $500,000?

With the help of Realtors and real es-tate agents in our commu-nities, we sifted through listings for dozens of houses and came up with four answers, one each in Brookhaven, Buckhead, Dunwoody and Sandy Springs.

These homes are very different.

One is a classic “Dun-woody house,” a brick home built with windows creating the classic “5- over-4-with-a-door” look used for houses that fill portions of the north At-lanta suburbs. Another is a “California-style” home, with a two-story entrance hall and a wa-terfall in the backyard.

A third is a two-story, brick town-house with fenced backyard and space for a home office. The fourth is a 79-year-old house in the heart of Buckhead that been re-modeled and expanded to include four bedrooms and three fireplaces.

In Dunwoody, Real-tor Bob Fiscella recently found a dozen houses and two townhomes listed for sale at prices ranging from $475,000 to $525,000. Brinkman said 27 were listed in Sandy Springs.

The average sales price for a single family home in Dunwoody during the first eight months of 2014 was about $438,000, up from $415,000 for the same period last year, Fiscel-la said. “The higher-priced homes that weren’t selling last year are selling this year,” he said.

The one thing shoppers can expect when they’re browsing in the half-mil-lion-dollar range is to look at older homes, real estate agents say.

Real-tor Debbie Leonard of Brookhaven says that be-cause of the current price of land, new single-family houses gener-ally are going cost more than $500,000. At that price, she said, “you’re going to get an older ranch [house] or you’re going to get one that is, like, a cluster home.”

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means you’ll probably be looking at homes your grandparents could have

owned. “You’ll be looking at a house that’s 60-plus years old,” said Buckhead Realtor Lori Fiata. “Three bedrooms, two baths, probably has had at least one renovation.”

And it’ll be more, um, cozy than a simi-larly priced house in the suburbs. Expect to shop among homes of 1,500 to 1,800 square feet, said Fiata, who said she’s been selling Buckhead homes for seven years. “There’s a backlog of buyers on the market. [Houses newly on the market] go under con-

tract in 24 hours. You get multiple of-fers. You’re getting more than the ask-ing price. When they’re on the market 30 days, that seems like forever.”

Not every Buckhead home sells instantly. Ask Art Picken. He moved into his Buckhead home in 1993. He extensively remodeled it, doing much of the work himself. He says never expected to leave. “I never wanted to sell it,” he said. “I think it’s perfect. When I’m 80 and can’t drive, I can walk to everything.” But he re-married and moved to the suburbs with his wife, so he put it on the market in early June.

Fiata, who’s represent-ing Picken, said potential

buyers seem to have been put off by con-struction across the street and the prox-imity of nearby apartments. “People [say they] want to live in a city, but have trouble living next door to an apartment house,” she said.

So Picken has dropped his price to $475,000. Fiata is hop-ing to attract interest from investors who could rent it to families looking for a house zoned so their kids could attend Sarah Smith Elementary School.

She says she’s sure the

house eventually will find a buyer. “It’s hard to get anything for less

than $500,000 these days, especially right here in the heart of the Buckhead market,” she said.

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Prostate Cancer Wednesday, Sept. 17, 12:30-1:30 p.m. – Join experts from Emory University’s Winship Cancer Institute as they discuss key health issues and cancer prevention. Omer Kucuk, MD, speaks on prostate cancer prevention and treatment. Free and open to the community. Pre-registration not re-quired. Marcus Jewish Community Center of At-lanta, 5342 Tilly Mill Rd., Dunwoody, 30338. Call 678-812-4000 to learn more or go to: http://gacan-cersurvivors.org.

Fall Gardening Wednesday, Sept. 17, 3-3:45 p.m. – Sum-mer may be over, but there is still plenty of time for gardening! Sarah Brodd from the UGA Cooperative Extension provides tips and tricks for a fall vegetable garden. Open to the first 30 participants. Free. For adults. Call 404-848-7140 to register. Brookhav-en Branch Library, 1242 N. Druid Hills Rd., NE, Brookhaven, 30319.

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town, can Aunt Bella make it? “Aunt who?” you ask. That would be former University of Georgia professor and now restaurateur, Dr. Kim Grady’s aunt, the woman who helped raise her and gave her the inspiration for Bella’s Best Or-ganic Gourmet, a newly opened bakery restaurant tucked among the boutiques, art galleries and antique shops on Ben-nett Street in south Buckhead.

As Kim tells the story, while working on her doctoral dissertation, she would bake nightly to relax. The next day she would bring her baked goods to class. Kim’s students were the first to urge her to consider going into the baking busi-ness.

Kim reconnected with her childhood friend, now husband, Ray Grady, sever-al years ago. Ray, a big, soft-spoken man, and Kim’s number one fan, likes to tell of the first time he sampled Kim’s baked goods. He says, “The first time I tasted (it), I cussed… It was that good.” You can tell that Ray doesn’t cuss very often.

Kim and Ray began selling their all-organic vegetarian baked goods and oth-er goodies at local farmer’s markets in Sandy Springs, Emory and Tucker. Even now, with the demands of their new res-taurant, they still have a stall at each market.

It was a reader who suggested that I visit Bella’s Best. They had been open just a month and a day when I stopped in with two friends for lunch. It’s a space with lots of potential and is clearly a work in progress. Ray was behind the baked goods counter. Save for him and Kim in the kitchen, we were the only

others in the place. In addition to the sweet baked goods,

the savory offerings consisted of a spin-ach quiche, a stuffed red pepper, a vege-table pie and a pastry Kim calls “strucla” which on this day was filled with por-tabella mushrooms. All are individually sized so we chose to share one of each.

Strucla is Kim’s pièce de résistance. Originally made by her Aunt Bella as a treat at Christmas time, this pastry has its roots in Polish baking. The dough has cream cheese in it but remains light with a firm, chewy texture. Kim fills each pas-try with a variety of homemade organic fruit preserves and vegetables. The por-tabella strucla was excellent and with a side salad, would make the perfect lunch for those well-heeled shoppers who fre-quent Bennett Street. On other days a tomato basil strucla and a spinach arti-choke strucla are in the offerings.

The stuffed red pepper was filled with cooked grains, red onion, corn and peas. It was the perfect doneness with all of the veggies still having a brightness and toothsome crunch.

The spinach quiche and the vegeta-ble pie were also quite good. Kim uses the same dough for these as she does her strucla. The lack of a side or garnish makes it feel like you’re dining in a bak-ery more than a restaurant. Kim later ex-plained that when their traffic picks up she will have the ability to include more garnishes and sides, but for now, she tries to limit her perishables. All of her baked products are made fresh each day.

For dessert, we tried Kim’s signature strucla, a “classic” apricot. As Ray ex-plains, “It has apricots, walnuts, golden

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raisins, coconut and some hmmm, hmmm, hmmm.” It was gooey and not too sweet. We also tried a fig strucla, a ginger cookie and the pecan shortbread. All were very good with the ginger cookie packing a spicy punch.

Kim emerged from the kitchen to inquire how we liked our lunch. It’s clear that she and Ray have big plans for this restaurant even talking of eventually opening a kid’s baking school and a meals-to-go sec-tion. It’s also clear that those plans are firmly rooted in values that honor family and community.

Making it in the restaurant business is tough. Kim and Ray have already fielded offers to sell their products through grocery chains and other restaurants, but have resisted, fearful that they would not be able to maintain the quality and high standards that are the bedrocks of

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Savor, the new farm-to-table restaurant at the Westin Atlan-ta Perimeter North, is now open, serving breakfast, lunch and dinner. 7 Concourse Parkway.

Chef Gerry Klaskala has announced he will open Atlas, a new dinner-only restaurant, inside The St. Regis Atlanta in Buckhead. Featuring American cuisine with the freshest local ingredients, Atlas will open in late fall 2014. 88 West Paces Ferry Road, atlasrestaurant.com.

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It’s the most important meal of the day, and if you throw a little champagne in your O.J., it’s the most fun, too. So, why skimp? Put down the microwavable oatmeal and instant coffee, and check out the best places to go for breakfast or brunch, recom-mended by Yelpers, almost any time of the day.

DunwoodyAlon’s - www.yelp.com/biz/alons-bakery-and-market-atlantaBrunch is served Saturdays and Sundays un-til 3 p.m. Try the uncomplicated All-American eggs and grits plate or Alon’s “hometown clas-sic,” Shakshuka; poached eggs with Moroccan lamb sausage.4505 Ashford Dunwoody Rd., Atlanta, 30346

Goldbergs Bagel Company - www.yelp.com/biz/goldbergs-bagel-company-and-deli-atlan-ta-3 Twenty-five bagel choices and 10 cream cheese spreads. Goldbergs serves breakfast all day. They also have eggs, breakfast meats and a large selec-tion of both savory and sweet items. 4520 Chamblee Dunwoody Rd., Dunwoody, 30338

Buckhead Buttermilk Kitchen - www.yelp.com/biz/buttermilk-kitchen-atlantaUsing local, organic and seasonal items makes Yelpers happy, as well as the all-day breakfast Tuesday-Friday and weekend brunch. The kitchen is also 100 percent pea-

nut-free.4225 Roswell Rd., NE, Atlanta, 30342

Cafe Jonah - www.yelp.com/biz/cafe-jonah-and-the-magical-attic-atlantaA sister restaurant of Souper Jenny – Cafe Jo-nah offers “Fresh food, coffee and inspiration,” and gives back to local charities. Yelpers love their quiches, but do note that the menu chang-es weekly.3188 Paces Ferry Place, Atlanta, 30305

Joy Cafe - www.yelp.com/biz/joy-cafe-atlantaFor brunch on the weekends, go for the steak and egg tacos for a bit of “heaven on earth.” Also, try mojo-marinated steak with “the best, fluffiest eggs.” Plus, all of their pastries are made from scratch.316 Pharr Rd., NE, Atlanta, 30305

BrookhavenBrookhaven Bistro - www.yelp.com/biz/brookhaven-bistro-brookhavenYelpers love their great-priced healthy options like vegetarian sausage, turkey bacon, and the free-range eggs from Cartersville. Plus, they offer organic tea and coffee, wheatgrass juice shots and smoothies.4274 Peachtree Rd., NE, Brookhaven, 30319

Haven - www.yelp.com/biz/haven-atlantaSunday Brunch options include roast-ed Scottish salmon with feta and Kalama-ta olives, French toast with stewed apples, and their homemade granola bar. Check out the outdoor seating and beignets.1441 Dresden Dr., NE, Brookhaven, 30319

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Sunday’s $25 brunch buffet includes meat-carving stations, made-to-order omelettes, build-your-own belgian waffles, and other assorted goodies. After 12:30 p.m., order $1 mimosas and $2 champagne. Yelpers recommend reservations.3829 Clairmont Rd., Atlanta, 30341

Sandy SpringsNancy G’s Cafe - www.yelp.com/biz/nancy-gs-cafe-atlanta-2Yelpers dig the fried green tomatoes during the bistro-style brunch. Nancy G’s also makes their own homemade bleu chips with bleu cheese, bacon, scallions and toma-toes.4920 Roswell Rd., NE, Atlanta, 30342

Meehan’s Full Irish Breakfast - www.yelp.com/biz/meehans-public-house-atlanta The Traditional Irish Breakfast is available all day and includes real Irish rashers, bangers, eggs, tomato, mushrooms, onions, Irish soda bread and baked beans.227 Sandy Springs Place, NE, Sandy Springs, 30328

Sally’s Gluten Free Bakery - www.yelp.com/biz/sallys-gluten-free-bakery-sandy-springsTakeout only. Yelpers love Sally’s muffins and her “hearty” C.R.A.W. Bread, filled with nuts and raisins.5920 Roswell Rd., Suite 108A, Sandy Springs, 30328

Sandy Springs Diner - www.yelp.com/biz/sandy-springs-diner-atlanta-2Breakfast served all day. Many options, huge breakfast platters, great prices, the “best grits in Georgia,” are some reasons why Yelpers love Sandy Springs Diner.8612 Roswell Rd., Sandy Springs, 30350

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Recent Holy Innocents’ graduate Amber Abernathy is working to stop vi-olence in her community.

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nanza Del Norte, where she interacted with the Tico, or the local natives.

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Football teams in battleThe Riverwood International Charter School

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More than 100 residents showed up at a public meet-ing on Aug. 27 to hear updates and speak out about the city center plan.

Steve Levetan, chairman of the Sandy Springs Con-servancy, said his group was in support of an option for the project that includes a 1,000-seat performing arts center. He said he was pleased with the green space that is incorporated into the plan by city center landscape architects JB+a.

Options presented by city center master developers Carter/Selig for the performing arts center have includ-ed three sizes, ranging from 600 to 1,000 seats, with varying amenities and stage sizes.

Th e owner of Steve’s Live Music in Sandy Springs, Steve Grossman, agreed the city should build a perform-ing arts center with 750 to 1,000 seats that could draw fi rst-class acts. “You can’t do that at Steve’s,” he said.

Cheri Morris, who, along with Grossman, serves on the board of Art Sandy Springs, said that the nonprofi t group “is very much in favor” of a performing arts cen-ter. “We will use all of it,” she said.

She said a center is a key factor of bringing back money that is often spent outside of the city by Sandy Springs residents.

But Mark Griffi th, who recently conducted an in-formal neighborhood survey that indicated many resi-dents were against a center, urged caution. “We’re not dealing with a lot of space,” he said. “What does that take away from? Less housing? Is walkable retail space compromised?”

He said he doesn’t think the city needs a perform-ing arts center to draw folks in, pointing to downtown Roswell and the Decatur Square as examples Sandy Springs could emulate.

“Some people don’t think we need a performing arts center, and I understand that opinion,” said May-

or Rusty Paul at the beginning of the meeting. “Others think it’s essential to have a place to meet.”

Paul said he had to give his “State of the City” address earlier this year in Brookhaven due to lack of event space.

“We know whatever decision this council reaches, some people will disagree,” Paul said. “[Hopefully we’ll] reach a consensus that can make everyone reasonably happy.” He said city offi cials have been cautioned by performing arts center operators in other locations not to build too small. We should either “build it right or don’t do it,” he said.

City Manager John McDonough said build-ing a city center will not require a tax increase and that site plans with a performing arts center do not decrease green space.

He also said the city has a plan to pay for a performing arts center, which could cost from $24 million to $40 mil-lion. Th e total city center cost that includes the addition of meeting space, offi ces, parking and road improvements is estimated to be $169.3 million to $196.6 million.

McDonough said funding options include mon-ey set aside for three years; using the money the city currently pays to lease City Hall offi ces, which would move to the city center; land sales to developers; pri-vate placement bonds; and a capital campaign to raise funds, which the mayor has pledged to lead.

“I’m convinced Sandy Springs citizens in the private sector will be generous,” Paul said.

City center planners were on hand to go over the options of site plans, performing arts center sizes, land-scaping and green space, and retail and restaurant goals.

George Bushey with Rosser International, the city center architect, went over sizing options for the per-

forming arts center, as well as four possibilities for the overall city center site plan.

All options include a city green, parking deck, homes and shops. Th ree of the plans propose two buildings housing city offi ces, meeting space and a performing arts center. A fourth houses the offi ces, meeting space and arts center in one building.

Steve Provost, with city center landscape architect JB+a said “open space and green space are a critical component” of the plan. He said one of the goals is to create a green space network. He described the city cen-ter as the middle piece of a “big green arc” through San-dy Springs.

Jo Ann Chitty, with city center master developers Carter/Selig, said the plan for a tenant mix uses the performing arts center as the anchor. “Tenant mix is the most important part of any retail project,” she said, adding that resident feedback has indicated that peo-ple want to see unique shops and chef-driven restau-rants, not chains.

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City Council OKs 1,000-seat performing arts center

running a city and running a city effi cient-ly. Th is development in my opinion is tru-ly a project that will enhance the quality of life for the Sandy Springers.”

Th e council has mulled four designs for an arts center, each with 600, 800 and 1,000 seats. Th e smaller prototype A in-cludes no orchestra pit or “fl y loft,” a large above-stage area for storing and manip-ulating scenery. A larger prototype B in-cludes a fl y loft, orchestra pit and cinema/concert seating, while a full performing arts facility (prototype C) includes a large fl y loft, orchestra pit and theater seating.

Th e plan that the council favored in the original resolution was titled “B+” and in-cluded theater-style seating with side box-es.

Th e adopted resolution also contained a tentative City Center site plan that in-cludes one building with government of-fi ces, meeting space and the perform-ing arts center, as well as a parking deck, city green and a separate mixed-use devel-opment including residential, restaurants and shops. Th e total project budget is ex-pected to be up to about $196 million.

Councilman Andy Bauman said he was voting to support a performing arts

center in part because it creates a commu-nity gathering place.

“If this project was proposed to go for-ward without some signifi cant communi-ty amenity such as a performing arts center . . . to me it became more of a city hall that happened to have a couple of nice public pieces - the park and some retail,” Bauman said.

“But when you include the performing arts center and you include this great pub-lic space that will be built that has been made bigger and more user-friendly as a result of a plan right now to combine the features into one building, it’s really the other way around. It becomes a commu-nity connector, a community gathering place that happens to have a city hall.”

Bauman also spoke to mixed commu-nity reaction to building a performing arts center.

“Th ere’s no doubt that the communi-ty is not unanimous on this, there would be almost no way to expect that to be the case,” he said.

But he said he thinks the communi-ty will embrace the plan, and that he’s no-ticed the conversation moving from cost to value.

“Th e status quo was not acceptable,”

he said. “Roswell Road, the central part of our city, was not acceptable and we need to fi nd a way to move forward.”

Paulson asked City Manager John Mc-Donough if online feedback from the community would be made public, but McDonough said those comments have

not been published because the citizens providing feedback assumed it would be a private conversation.

He said the city received 181 com-ments in support of a performing arts cen-ter, 38 opposed and 64 neither in favor nor opposed but voicing concerns.

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The adopted resolution supports a tentative City Center site plan that includes one building for government offi ces and a performing arts center, as well as green space and a mixed-use development.


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Steve Provost with City Center landscape architect JB+a talks about the development’s green space on Aug. 27.

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Police BlotterThe following incidents and arrests are some but not all of the reports fi led with SSPD over the listed pe-

riod, dated through Aug. 22.

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

ROBBERY Mount Vernon and Dupree Road 30328

– On Aug. 16 a 35-year old man said he was car jacked around 3 a.m. at the intersection. He was driving on Powers Ferry Road south of Mt. Vernon when a car passed him and then stopped in front of him. A man got out, pulled a gun and then took his iPhone, wallet and $400 cash. The victim was ordered out of the car and the suspect drove off. The car was later found on North Devereux Court. The cops were able to pull several fi ngerprints from the car.

4500 block of Ro-swell Road 30342 – On Aug. 20, a 34-year-old wom-an reported that around 9:30 p.m. she was in the park-ing lot of Popeye’s Chicken, after driving across the street from Walgreen’s where she made a purchase. A man approached asking for change and then reached inside her car in an attempt to steal her Walgreen’s bag, which contained candy and a Red Bull drink. She pushed him and drove off. The man ran. He was recognized as a local homeless man who frequently panhandles for money in front of Popeye’s. He is known by other homeless people in the area. He’ll be picked up and charged. The woman received a cut on her arm.

BURGLARY 1000 block of Brentwood Way 30350 –

On Aug. 16, sometime between 4 p.m. and 7 p.m., someone door-kicked the resident’s apartment. At the time of the report, noth-ing was missing, but the apartment had been rummaged through. Pill bottles were found on the fl oor and the victim’s things were tossed around, showing evidence that someone was looking for something. Unfortunately for the resident, the offi cer found that she was want-ed in Henderson County for Trans-porting Tools for Forgery/Counter-feiting. The warrant was issued in February of last year.

300 block of Winding River Drive 30350 – On Aug. 17, the resident took the trash out and someone came in and took his Asus Intel i5 custom comput-er tower, Acer monitor and a Nexis tablet. The victim’s roommate was at home in her room, but said she did not hear anything. An offi ce was burglarized and $132 cash was taken from a desk.

500 block of Heards Ferry Drive 30328 – On Aug. 18, sometime between 7:30 p.m. and 7:30 a.m., someone entered the home that was involved in construction, and stole a number of tools.

8340 Roswell Road 30350 – On Aug. 19 at 5:58 a.m., the gas station manager called po-lice and said someone shattered a front door and entered the business, and took $1,000

from the cash register.

200 block of River Springs Drive 30328 – On Aug. 19, a resident who was gone from Aug. 14 to Aug. 19 reported that someone entered by forcing a rear door. Police said the burglar tried to enter the front door by breaking a side window and reaching in, but was not successful. Evidence of another un-successful attempt was found in the carport. It appears the burglar fi nally tried and forced

the back door. A lap-top and digital cam-era are missing. The man said he returned home and found sev-eral items in the home were gone. He discovered the bed-

room window was open and the screen gone.

5900 block of Roswell Road 30328 – On Aug. 20, someone shattered the glass front of a cellphone store and took a $200 phone. He tried to take a television from the wall, but managed to only damage it and the wall. Video showed a man with facial hair, wearing gloves, baseball hat, a long-sleeve hooded shirt, jeans and white shoes, throw a rock to shatter the glass. He had a mark on the back of his neck, possibly a tattoo. He left in a black sedan with silver or aluminum wheels.

1700 block of Marlborough Drive 30350 – On Aug. 20, the resident said as he returned home, and as he was pulling up to the house, he saw a man walking out of his front door. The man walked past the resident and said something to the effect “Am working here” and then ran. The resident discovered sever-al pieces of jewelry missing.

6500 block of Whispering Trail 30328 – On Aug. 20, someone

opened a side door to a home and gained entry, subsequently taking items from the home. A witness said a burglary was committed in July, when a white box truck was seen. The witness said he followed

the truck through several streets be-fore it left the neighborhood on that

day. He said earlier on this date, he saw a white pickup truck. The truck had a camper shell on it. The case was sent

to detectives for follow up.

1st block of Long Is-land Drive 30342 – On Aug. 21, a homeowner said someone entered

the vacant home by forcing a rear door. A Wolf oven was taken.

THEFT 1000 block of Johnson Ferry Road 30342

– On Aug. 16, a woman reported her Betty Boop purse was stolen from a hospital room. A worker later found the purse in a trash can, but her bank card and $100 cash were miss-ing. She immediately called to cancel the cards. No activity was found on the card.

6300 block of Powers Ferry Road 30328 – On Aug. 17, a man reported that he was at a bar and briefl y left his iPhone on the table unattended. The phone was taken. Later, the phone showed, via GPS, that it was in Ken-nesaw. No further tracking was found on it.

9400 block of Roberts Drive 30350 – On Aug. 18, a cellphone was taken from the apartment pool area, after it was left unat-tended momentarily.

1100 block of Mount Vernon Highway 30328 – On Aug. 19, a 26-year old man said his iPhone was stolen from the basketball court area of a gym. The GPS later located the phone on Memorial Drive.

6000 block of Peachtree Dunwoody Road 30328 – On Aug. 20, an employee of a coun-seling center said someone snatched a cash box, normally kept unlocked in a drawer. The box was found under a table in the waiting room with $85 missing.

6200 block of Peachtree Dunwoody Road 30328 – On Aug. 20, a U-Haul truck was taken from a hotel sometime between 11:30 p.m. and 10 a.m. the following morning.

1000 block of Gettysburg Place 30350 – On Aug. 21, a resident said she thinks her neighbor took several OxyContin pills from her bathroom medicine cabinet.

FRAUD A 60-year old man said someone used

his MasterCard information to pur-chase two round-trip plane tick-ets from Chicago to Florida in the amount of $736. He was able to pull the names of the two people, which were turned over to detec-tives.

7700 block of Spalding Drive – A grocery store reported that on Aug. 17, employees were presented with and cashed checks for $423, $453, $437 and $445 respectively, before being informed by the bank the checks were fraudulent.

7500 block of Roswell Road –- On Aug. 17, a grocery store reported that someone came in and purchased a money order for $1,000 using real and counterfeit money. The man-ager of the store found $460 in counterfeit $20 bills.

A man reported that he brie� y lost his wal-let in Boston around Aug. 6, but it was locat-ed and returned. He found out that someone made some online purchases, which totaled $375 on his card.

A man reported that he received a bill for $2,600 for � ve Verizon cellphones. � e bill was addressed to his father’s home in Staten Island, New York, and this lead him to think one of his relatives may be the culprit.

A 27-year-old woman said someone used her Social Security number to � le taxes in 2010.

A woman reported that someone opened an account with a diamond retailer, but nev-er made a purchase.

A 66-year-old woman said she noticed that on at least two checks, the payee name was changed from the store to which she mailed it to an individual, and cashed. � e amount was only $40, and was for a monthly pay-ment.

A 62-year-old caretaker said she received a call from India from a woman who con-vinced her to send $50 via Western Union. For some reason, she did it.

A manager for AT&T said an employee be-gan using her company credit card for per-sonal purchases, amounting to more than $15,000. � e now ex-employee said she was allowed to make the purchases, which were initially investigated by the company’s asset-protection employees.

ARRESTS 2300 block of Spring Creek Lane 30350

– On Aug. 16, a man was arrested following a domestic call. A woman’s boyfriend struck her and cut her lip. The argument started when the couple was out and apparently he decided to play another game of pool after telling her they would leave.

8000 block of Adair Lane 30350 – On Aug. 16, an offi cer saw a car driving on Roswell Road just before 3 a.m. The car was halfway into the center turn lane driving north at a fast pace. The offi cer turned around, fi nal-ly catching the car on Morgan Falls Road, but the driver did not stop. They continued on, at about 30 mph, until they reached the apart-ments. The man threw something out of the car and then disregarded the offi cer’s com-mands to stop reaching into a glove compart-ment, where he had cocaine and a rolled up

$1 bill with cocaine residue on it. He was charged with possession of co-

caine and DUI. He told the offi -cer that the offi cer was ruining his life, job and future rela-tionship with his fi ancé.

8200 block of Colquitt Road 30350 – On Aug. 16, a man reported that between 8 p.m. and 6 a.m. the follow-

ing morning, someone stole his car. An offi cer later spotted a

man driving the car and stopped it. The man was arrested for Theft

by Receiving and jailed. There was no connection between the victim and suspect.

6300 block of Powers Ferry Road 30327 – On Aug. 17, an offi cer was checking a ho-tel parking lot around 5:30 a.m. when he saw a black SUV parked behind a bus in the rear parking lot of the hotel. He noticed the win-dows were fogged, so he checked it out since there had been some recent thefts from cars. He found two women in the car, and they said they were not doing anything. In the process of checking ID’s, one woman lied about her identity, but she admitted it when the offi cer fi gured it out. She was charged.

2100 block of Monterrey Parkway 30350 – On Aug. 19, a 26-year-old woman said she was helping her friend move from an apart-ment when another woman (roommate) be-came angry. She pushed and hit the victim, and was charged with Disorderly Conduct.

On August 19, around 6 p.m., an o� cer ran a tag showing the car to be stolen. He stopped the car and found that Enterprise Leasing listed the car stolen as of late July. � e woman who was in possession of the car said she had the car legally. Records showed that the car was rented in early July, but the company extended the return per request, for three days. � e woman disregarded the agreement and continued to use the car. She was arrested for � eft by Conversion.

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A 60-year old man said someone used his MasterCard information to pur-chase two round-trip plane tick-ets from Chicago to Florida in the

– A grocery store reported that on Aug. 17, employees were presented with and cashed checks for $423, $453, $437 and

$1 bill with cocaine residue on it. He was charged with possession of co-

caine and DUI. He told the offi -cer that the offi cer was ruining

ing morning, someone stole his car. An offi cer later spotted a

man driving the car and stopped it. The man was arrested for Theft

– On Aug. 17, the resident took the trash out and someone came in and

day. He said earlier on this date, he saw

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5600 block of Glenridge Drive 30342 – Around 7:30 p.m., offi cers were called to a parking deck on a report of a “per-son down.” Emergency Medical Services were called for a 16-year old juvenile, who was heavily intoxicated. He could barely stand, but told offi cers he was drinking with friends. Although he had longer hair, it was noticed that a shaved strip was cut into his hair. Due to his heavily intoxicated state, he was taken to the hospital. He told the offi cers that he was at a party in the apartments and believes he was punched—evident by a cut lip. His father was contacted and came to the hospital and later took the boy home. The

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