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May 22, 2014 | northfulton.com | 73,500 circulation Revue & News, Johns Creek Herald, Milton Herald & Forsyth Herald combined | 50¢ | Volume 18, No. 21
Medlock-Old Ala. case gets denial By HATCHER HURD hatcher@northfulton.com
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Members of the 2014 Johns Creek Leadership Team No Limits and Councilman Brad Raffensperger cut the ribbon on the team’s civic project. They raised money for a mural in the pedestrian tunnel at Newtown Park.
Volunteers beautify pedestrian tunnel at Newtown park Leadership Johns Creek community project caps months of learning, serving community By HATCHER HURD hatcher@northfulton.com JOHNS CREEK, Ga. – Team No Limits is one of four Leadership Johns Creek 2014 teams that planned and executed a public service project for the city as part of an eight-month long commitment to be a better informed and proactive member of the community.
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Team No Limits chose as its project to brighten and decorate the pedestrian tunnel at Newtown Park near the Brumbelow Road entrance, and raised $10,000 to do it. By all accounts, the team succeeded beyond all measure. The dingy, drab and somewhat foreboding
See TUNNEL, Page 31
JOHNS CREEK, Ga. – Developer Brand Morgan tried two plans for the proposed development at the southwest corner of Medlock Bridge and Old Alabama roads and asked for a deferral to negotiate a third. But the Johns Creek City Council unanimously denied a request for a deferral May 19, and unanimously denied his “all-residential” plan as well. The 20-acre parcel comes into the Comprehensive Land Use Plan (CLUP) as part of the River Estates Corridor but is described as transitional in the land use plan. That means it should have a mix of commercial, retail and residential uses. The plan originally called for MIX zoning with 42,000 square feet of office/commercial space and 263 multifamily homes and 24 townhouses. Public reaction caused Morgan to try an all-residential plan that eliminated all of the commercial uses. His alternate plan called for a Townhouse Residential (TR) zoning that contemplated 120 dwellings – 41 single-family detached homes and 79
The plan didn’t go with anything in our city. Every plan they showed had too much density.” CORI DAVENPORT Johns Creek Councilwoman
townhouses – for a density of 6.05 units per acre. This was Morgan’s plan to trade away the commercial element for additional residential uses. To allay questions about cut-through traffic on the property, Morgan would make it a gated community. Meeting with representatives from a group of neighbors dubbed the core group, there appeared to be a misunderstanding about whether the core group was to negotiate a plan or, as members said, to relay information back to the larger group of homeowners.
See ZONING, Page 4
Northview boys lacrosse champs JOHNS CREEK, Ga. – Northview boys lacrosse scored its first title in Class AAAAA, defeating Lovett 9-8 Saturday on the Titans’ home field.
See the story, page 12.