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Dunwoody considers delaying road projects as revenue takes hit By CARSON COOK carson@appenmediagroup.com DUNWOODY, Ga. — The city of Dunwoody is in a strong position to cover operational expenses but faces significant cuts to its capital budget as COVID-19 impacts its revenues. The Dunwoody Budget Committee held an online meeting April 21 to discuss how COVID-19 could impact this year’s budget. Dunwoody funds most capital projects with sales and hotel tax revenue. Even if the economy quickly recovers, the money the city would have earned through sales and hotel taxes this spring is gone. The special purpose local option sales tax, or SPLOST, dollars are the city’s largest source of capital funding and go to public safety and transportation. As of the April 21 meeting, the city is expecting revenue from the sales tax to fall $1.7 million short of what was originally anticipated, or about a 25 percent reduction.
“We’re looking at the ’08-’09 recession for estimates,” Assistant City Manager Jay Vinicki said. “It’s not the same. Until we get real numbers in, all numbers are an estimate.” The staff’s recommendation, which was received favorably by the three council members on the budget committee, was to leave intact the $2 million allocated for police equipment upgrades and replacements and to make up the lost money by pushing back road projects. The biggest recommended change is to cut $1.2 million from the $1.6 million budget for intersection improvements at Chamblee Dunwoody Road and Spalding Drive. For the hotel-motel tax, the city is anticipating an even more drastic 75 percent reduction in revenue. “This is essentially banking on no more dollars for the rest of the year,” Vinicki said.
With $1.1 million rolling over from last year’s budget, the city is expecting to keep working on Phase I of the AshfordDunwoody trail and designs for Perimeter Center East Park, but Phase II of the trail and lighting at Peachtree Charter Middle School would be put on hold. The staff also hopes to stay on track with plans to convert the Waterford Swim and Racquet Club into a park, allocating $125,000 from the general capital fund for basic renovations. “It allows us to go ahead and get the Waterford Park, not 100 percent complete, but in a condition where it can be used,” Dunwoody City Manager Eric Linton said. “We can always put more money in it later.” A look at operational expenses paints a brighter picture. The city began the fiscal year with a reserve fund nearly equivalent to 6 months of expenses. “This city has been incredibly prudent and set itself up in a very good
position to weather this storm,” Vinicki said. “The city’s written policy has the ending fund balance between four and six months, which is actually a very conservative policy. Lots of places have it between one and three.” City staff has cut $849,000, or 3 percent, of its regular expenses through initiatives like canceling park programs, eliminating travel and halting print editions of the Dunwoody Digest. However, Vinicki said, there are some areas where the costs are expected to go up. IT costs are expected to climb as the staff adapts to working from home and purchasing protective equipment for public safety officers. The 2021 budget will take shape this summer. “Hopefully at that point we’ll know more,” Linton said. “We’ll know more about the economy, but that budget will probably look a lot different from what we thought three months ago.”
DeKalb selects new superintendent STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. — The DeKalb County Board of Education has selected New York educator Rudy Crew as the sole finalist in its search for a new superintendent. Crew is expected to sign a contract in May and will assume the post July 1. He replaces Superintendent Ramona Tyson, who will continue to lead the district to coordinate the transition. Crew comes to DeKalb after seven years as president of Medgar Evers College in New York City. While at the college, Crew has implemented programs to help increase enrollment and graduation rates and lower the number of incoming
freshmen who require remedial courses. In 2014, he launched the Medgar Evers College Pipeline, a program designed to prepare students from dozens of lowperforming schools in central Brooklyn for college and professional careers. During the next few weeks, Crew will meet remotely with employees, students and community members, including two online town hall meetings during which the public is invited to ask questions. Georgia law mandates that school districts must give a minimum of 14 days for public input before finalizing an agreement with a new superintendent.
In accordance with guidance from the governor regarding COVID-19, all meetings will be conducted virtually. Crew’s career in education includes serving as chancellor of the New York City Board of Education, superintendent of Miami-Dade County Public Schools, and the state of Oregon’s first-ever chief education officer. “I’ve had the rare opportunity to explore a diverse career path that led me from classroom teacher to K12 administrator and, most recently, to higher education,” Crew said. “What this experience taught me about myself is the heart
Rudy Crew I really have for helping to shape the lives and educational outcomes of our younger students in a K-12 setting,” Crew said he thinks his experience
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DUNWOODY, Ga. — To mark Earth Day 2020, the City of Dunwoody has named the corporate and individual winners of the 2019 Sustainability Hero Awards. Nominated by members of the community, Griffith Engineering and Mary Keesee were selected for the honor by the City of Dunwoody Sustainability Committee. “Even in the midst of a pandemic, we want to recognize these leaders in sustainability,” said Michael Cowan, chair of Dunwoody’s Sustainability Committee and executive director of the Dunwoody Nature Center. “They serve as examples to all as we look more closely at the roles we play in supporting our community and protecting the environment.” Mary Keesee was selected as the individual Sustainability Hero Award winner for her work as a volunteer for the Sustainability Committee’s watershed quality initiative. Once a week, she collects water samples from the Nancy Creek tributary that runs under the Dunwoody MARTA station. She also gathers the samples from 10 other local collection sites and delivers them to the Chattahoochee Riverkeeper lab for testing. The data collected over the past year has prompted DeKalb County to fix at least two major sewage spills. “I feel like I am keeping myself accountable to sustainability every week when I deliver the samples for testing,” Keesee said. “I can educate people about the process when they see me taking the samples. Last week, one fellow asked if I was testing for the coronavirus.” Griffith Engineering was selected as the corporate Sustainability Hero Award winner for performing energy audits, at no charge, at several Dunwoody park buildings. The initiative helped Dunwoody upgrade its Green Communities status with the Atlanta Regional Commission to Gold. The company also promotes volunteerism. Last year, a team from Griffith spent a day helping remove non-native invasive plants at the Dunwoody Nature Center. “It is great to see Dunwoody taking
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Chad Griffith, founder of Griffith Engineering, was recognized for his company’s initiative to perform free energy audits at several Dunwoody park buildings.
They serve as examples to all as we look more closely at the roles we play in supporting our community and protecting the environment.” MICHAEL COWAN Chair of Dunwoody’s Sustainability Committee and Executive Director of the Dunwoody Nature Center proactive steps to help ensure plans are in place to optimize future building and energy investments with long term sustainability goals in mind,” said Chad Griffith, a Dunwoody resident and company founder. The award winners are traditionally recognized during Dunwoody’s State of the City event, which was canceled this year due to the COVID19 pandemic. As a result, the winners will be recognized during a future Dunwoody City Council meeting. — Patrick Fox
Mary Keesee was named recipient of the 2019 Sustainability Hero Award for her volunteer work collecting area stream samples for testing.
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Area leaders react to governor’s order to reopen businesses Officials mixed on plans to reopen some businesses By PATRICK FOX pat@appenmediagroup.com NORTH METRO ATLANTA, Ga. — City and county leaders are keeping a close eye on local fallout from Gov. Brian Kemp’s decision last week allowing certain businesses to reopen amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Kemp announced last week he is granting permission for gyms, hair and nail salons, bowling alleys and tattoo parlors to reopen under special guidelines that follow safety protocols against spread of the virus. The governor was also expected to extend the order to restaurants and other entertainment venues this week. President Trump has criticized the governor’s action, calling it too much too soon. At least one local official agrees. “I think this is too early,” Roswell Mayor Lori Henry said. She conceded that economic issues are pressing, but they don’t outweigh
her duty to preserve the health and safety of her residents. Along those lines, Henry announced formation of a Business Recovery Task Force last week whose sole purpose is to map out a strategy among all industries for recovery. The task force will include some 20 local business owners and city economic specialists. “Now more than ever, our relationship with Roswell’s business community is important,” Henry said. “It is crucial that we all work together to come up with thoughtful and measured ways to recover and get Roswell’s business community on its feet again.” Alpharetta feels impact One city certain to feel some effect from the governor’s action is Alpharetta, where local businesses account for almost two-thirds of property tax revenues. The city has close to 30 hotels and scores of restaurants and shops that felt the full brunt of the statewide shutdown order issued in early April. Mayor Jim Gilvin said the governor’s initiatives reflect what he’s been hearing from the business community, and he is generally in support of the plan. “Business owners realize that no matter what the governor does or says,
their livelihood depends on people actually feeling safe again,” he said. Every government leader has had to make tough choices relating to local safety, he said, but the governor has to weigh the interests of large metropolitan areas like Atlanta with those of rural areas of the state. “So far, Georgia has been successful in avoiding the disastrous projections that were given back in the beginning of this just a few weeks ago,” Gilvin said. “So, I still give Governor Kemp the benefit of the doubt, especially since I realize that no matter what he does, this crisis won’t be over any time soon.” Gilvin said Alpharetta residents and businesses have been exemplary in practicing safety protocols, and he sees no reason that won’t continue. At the same time, the shutdown has been devastating for local business, he said. “Alpharetta’s daytime population used to be nearly twice the size of our nighttime resident population, and nearly all of those 60,000 are no longer here on most weekdays,” he said. “The economic damage of COVID-19 to our city has been devastating to local businesses and many may never recover.”
Johns Creek mayor expects ‘new normal’ Johns Creek has been trying to grow its business tax base since it incorporated as a city more than 10 years ago. The shutdown all but cleared some of its shopping centers around Medlock Bridge and State Bridge roads. Mayor Mike Bodker was reluctant to pass judgment on the governor’s decision. “I have a general rule that says that I’m not going to Monday-morning quarterback another elected official, especially one with the significant responsibilities that Governor Kemp has,” he said. “I don’t have all the information he has.” Bodker said Johns Creek has been blessed that the number of confirmed coronavirus cases is relatively low, not only in his city but throughout North Fulton County. He said he’s confident businesses will take appropriate precautions regardless of what the state says. People and businesses have become inheritantly trained to exercise proper health protocols, he said. Over the past couple of weeks, the
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OBITUARY Dunwoody’s VRU Law: DESIGNED TO MAKE STREETS SAFER FOR EVERYONE
Effective May 1, 2020
Vulnerable Road Users Ordinance KNOW THE LAW Who are VRUs? Pedestrians and anyone in a wheelchair or riding a bicycle, scooter, skateboard or moped, and utility and construction workers. The ordinance goes further than state law by adding penalties for drivers who hit or act aggressively toward bicyclists, pedestrians or other VRUs.
Drivers shall:
• Allow at least 3 feet when passing any VRU. • Stay a safe distance behind any VRU if it’s not safe to pass. Drivers MAY go into an opposite-direction travel lane to pass – ONLY if it is clear, safe and legal to do so. • Move to the left lane if the roadway has two or more lanes of traffic moving in the same direction to give VRUs more room in the right lane. • Stop for VRUs in a crosswalk.
Drivers shall not:
Bicyclists, Pedestrians and other VRUs shall: • Wear bright or reflective clothing at night when on the roadway. • Ride as near to the right side of the right through-lane as is safe. • Yield right-of-way to pedestrians on sidewalks.
Penalties:
• Up to six months in jail or probation.
• Make unsafe turns in front of VRUs.
• Up to a $1,000 fine.
• Intimidate or harass.
Penalties may be reduced or waived if the driver completes a driver safety and pedestrian awareness class.
• Throw objects at bicyclists or other VRUs.
REMINDERS:
Under STATE LAW, pedestrians shall stay on sidewalks or in crosswalks when provided. Helmets are required for children under 16 riding bicycles. Bicyclists shall follow all traffic laws, which include traffic signals and posted signs.
Kathleen Spruill Miers, age 91, passed away on Palm Sunday, April 5, 2020 at her home in Alpharetta, Georgia. Kathleen was born on June 14, 1928, in a farmhouse in Dunwoody, Georgia. She was the daughter of Euil S. Spruill and MIERS Georgia Womack Spruill. Kathleen grew up in a Dunwoody which is unrecognizable today - gravel roads, farmland, a two-room schoolhouse, and a small country church. As most young people of the time, Kathleen learned the value of faith and family, the importance of hard work and doing one’s best. Those lessons served her well throughout her long life. Kathleen graduated from Chamblee High School in 1946. She met and married the love of her life, Lewis J. Miers, Jr. in 1951. They were married for over 59 years. Again, family was Kathleen’s priority as she took care of those who needed her while she managed to balance the demands of an active, young family and work at Citizens and Southern National Bank in Sandy Springs. Kathleen and Lewis were also very active members of Dunwoody United Methodist Church serving as Sunday School teachers, MYF counselors, and founding members of the Fellowship Sunday School Class. Because of their devotion and contributions to mission work, Kathleen and Lewis were named Mission Persons of the Year in 1996. Kathleen was on the church finance committee for many years and a charter member of the Spiritual Growth Circle. Even though Kathleen and Lewis moved to Alpharetta in 1982, they remained loyal supporters of the activities of DUMC and its mission. Kathleen is preceded in death by her husband, Lewis Miers, Jr., and her brother, Weyman Spruill. She is survived by her daughter; Molly Miers Patrick (Kevin), son; Roger Miers (Lanie), grandchildren; Erin Patrick Kirkland (Travis), Brady Patrick, Kaylan Miers Fila (Casey), Keri Miers Brunner (Shawn), Meg Miers Seiferheld (Rolf), Torrie Miers, and great-grandchildren; Walker, Molly, and Emily Kirkland, Liam Fila, Emma and Olivia Brunner, Hailey and Jax Seiferheld, and brothers-in-law; Gene Golden and George Smith. Polly Spruill is among the many surviving nieces and nephews. A small graveside service was held on April 11, 2020. While the COVID-19 directives have restricted a gathering of a celebration of life, the family has been blessed by the outpouring of support and comfort. Should one wish to memorialize Mrs. Miers’ life, please donate to Community Assistance Center (www. ourcac.org) or a charity of your choice.
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Dunwoody High senior awarded scholarship
DUNWOODY, Ga. — Dunwoody High School senior Henry O’Connor has been awarded a National Security Language Initiative scholarship by the U.S. Department of State. The National Security Language Initiative for Youth program provides O’CONNOR merit-based scholarships for eligible high school students. Participants spend a summer or academic year studying a language while immersed in the culture and day-to-day life of the host country.
After graduating summa cum laude this spring from Dunwoody, O’Conner will spend one year in Chengdu, China attending university classes during the week and living with a local family on weekends. He will begin studies at an American university after returning from China next year. He has not yet selected a school. O’Conner spent his sophomore year in Thailand as the recipient of a Rotary International Youth Exchange scholarship and was named Outstanding Student of the Year by the Bangkok Rotary district. Henry thoroughly enjoys language studies, culture, history and economics. He has studied or speaks Thai, Japanese, Mandarin, German, Russian, and Latin. He also earned the rank of Eagle Scout last fall.
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The negativity syndrome One consequence of the “stay home” mandate is more time to watch and read news stories. That could be dangerous to your mental health. Google, “How LEWIS J. WALKER, CFP many news stories are negative versus positive?” The answer: “Most of them.” In an April 6 blog post, John O’Leary cited a Harvard Business Review report that 94 percent of media stories were negative. “That stat,” said O’Leary, “is from 2017, when markets were at all-time highs, unemployment at historic lows, and the notion of a global pandemic unimaginable for most of us.” With the economy in the tank and people sidelined by COVID-19 precautions or dealing directly with the disease, negativity and worry is omnipresent. O’Leary is an acclaimed speaker, writer and motivator, who as an inquisitive 9-year-old was playing with fire and gasoline when his parents weren’t home. The resulting massive explosion and fire destroyed the house and severely burned young John over 100 percent of his body. His recovery story is nothing short of miraculous, testimony to the reality that attitude is more important than facts. What are we to make of scary news? Recognize that there will always be scary news. In a Feb. 17, 2018 Guardian opinion piece, Canadian psychiatrist Steven Pinker noted, “Every day the news is filled with stories about war, terrorism, crime, pollution, inequality, drug abuse and oppression. And it’s not just the headlines we’re talking about; it’s the op-eds and long-form stories as well. Magazine covers warn us of coming anarchies, plagues, epidemics, collapses, and so many ‘crises’ (farm, health,
retirement, welfare, energy, deficit) that copywriters have had to escalate to the redundant ‘serious crisis.’” Are alarming and worrisome breaking news alerts replete with ominous music tracks so common that we are mired in personal negativity in our outlook? About COVID-19, observes O’Leary, “Because what we choose to focus on expands within our consciousness, it’s highly likely that reading all those negative articles, watching your cable news and becoming a stay-at-home, selftaught epidemiology expert will trigger growing depression for today and hopelessness for tomorrow.” Sure, it’s hard to remain positive and motivated in challenging times, but as one responsible for yourself and most likely for others, what choice do you have? All musings about our post-coronavirus future are conjecture because we are in uncharted territory. Nevertheless, while time frames are uncertain, we will recover. Stock markets will recover. Struggling businesses will recover. True, some will not recover but opportunists will find ways to fill the void. Yin and yang are normal parts of our journey through the “valley of tears.” You have to deal with what you can control and have confidence in yourself and your ability to overcome, along with faith in God and his providence as a navigation aid. Take health, which is something you can control to a point, i.e., physical fitness. Parts of the South, Louisiana in particular, have seen the virus as more dangerous to the larger percentages of at-risk citizens, those younger than age 60 included, who suffer from chronic conditions including diabetes, obesity, lung disease (especially ex- or current male smokers), alcoholism, heart disease, high blood pressure, etc. What is your plan to improve physical fitness? More stir-crazy adults are out walking or running. Keep it up. If you’re a senior eligible for the Silver Sneakers program,
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will be of great benefit. “The district has made tremendous strides in recent years as it successfully restored its accreditation, improved its financial situation and, most importantly, continues to elevate its academic programs and improve student outcomes,” he said. The School Board decision comes following a five-month search that included 68 applicants and was augmented by community feedback collected in focus groups and an online survey. “We heard from the community that it was paramount the candidate have deep experience as an educator, an administrator and a partner to parents, teachers and students,” Board Chair Marshall Orson said. “We are excited to not only have found a finalist who meets these criteria, but also has more than a quarter-century of experience in leading school districts, including a strong track record in heading two of the nation’s largest urban districts.” The DeKalb County School District is the third largest in the state with an enrollment of about 110,000 students. To submit questions for Crew’s town hall meetings, call 678-676-0722 or email dcsdsupesearch@dekalbschoolsga.org. You can find details about the meetings at Solution the district’s website, dekalbschoolsga.org. — Patrick Fox D A S H O G E E C H A R A L O N A I S E R N R E N D S N E E E A R N
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Do you read cozy mysteries? Before I wrote my first cozy, I wasn’t familiar with the term. Perhaps I’d heard it but hadn’t given it much thought. Now, of course, I’m well acquainted with the genre. As I explained in a recent column, a KATHY cozy mystery conMANOS PENN tains “no cursing, no sex, and no blood and gore. Think Jessica Fletcher and Miss Marple. When a friend asked me to name some cozy mystery authors so she could better understand the genre, I could think of only one or two. Finding myself at a loss to name more than that, I came home and googled “cozy mystery authors.” I was surprised to learn I’d been reading cozies off and on for years without knowing it. I found several different lists of cozy mysteries, and one titled “25 of the Absolute Best Cozy Mystery Series.” I’ve by no means read all 25 on the list, but I have read quite a few. Here in
no particular order are a few I’ve enjoyed: Rita Mae Brown “Mrs. Murphy” mysteries: Mrs. Murphy is Mary Minor “Harry” Haristeen’s cat. Together with Harry’s Welsh Corgi Tucker, Mrs. Murphy unearths clues and solve mysteries in the fictional Virginia town of Crozet. There are 30 books in this series that started with “Wish You Were Here” in 1991. Lillian Jackson Braun and the “Cat Who” books: Braun has passed away, but her “Cat Who” books were hugely popular in her day. I recently picked up the first in this 29-book series, “The Cat Who Could Read Backwards.” I enjoyed it anew and was struck by the absence of cell phones and the internet. How quickly we forget. Louise Penny and “Inspector Gamache”: One of my favorite authors, she published her first Inspector Gamache book in 2005, “Still Life.” The 14th in the series came out last year, and another is on the way. I heard Penny speak in North Carolina last year and thoroughly enjoyed the experience. Somehow, I’d never thought of her as a cozy mystery
writer, perhaps because there’s cursing aplenty in her books, something that’s taboo in cozies. Agatha Christie’s” Miss Marple” series: Many consider Christie the Queen of the Cozies. I’ve read a few “Miss Marple” books, but I’ve mostly seen BBC television shows which eventually show up on PBS or PBA here in Atlanta. All are enjoyable. My husband and I even watched an old black and white movie starring Margaret Rutherford, but I prefer the BBC versions. “Murder at the Vicarage” is the first in the series and came out in 1930.
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Dorothy Sayers and “Lord Peter Wimsey”: Sayers didn’t appear on the list of 25 referenced above, but I found her mentioned on several others. As a died in the wool Anglophile, I fell in love with Sayers the moment I discovered her Peter Wimsey stories. The first book in her series of 12 is “Whose Body?” and is set in England between the first and second World Wars. The Wimsey books were published from 1923 to 1939, after which Sayers turned to other writing projects. Jill Paton Walsh continued the series in 1998 with four more books. I found them to be as enjoyable as the originals. This is just the tip of the iceberg, so expect another installment about cozy mystery authors and books to add to your TBR (To Be Read) list. And, of course, I sincerely hope you’ve already added my Dickens & Christie mystery series to that list. The first two books are “Bells, Tails & Murder” and “Pumpkins, Paws & Murder,” and you can expect the third book soon. Happy reading! Author Kathy Manos Penn is a Sandy Springs resident. Find her books on Amazon and at the Enchanted Forest. Contact her at inkpenn119@gmail.com.
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Governor: Continued from Page 3 Johns Creek mayor said he’s heard from both sides of the shutdown order. “I’ve gotten emails that say don’t allow the state to open. I’ve gotten emails that have said we’ve got to open up,” he said. “At some point, we all have to get to a new normal, because normal’s not there any more. Whether it happens now or a month from now or six months from now, it still requires that we be cautious and safe.” Other areas evaluating fallout In Forsyth County and cities like Dunwoody, officials are in the early stages of weighing the impact of the shutdown on their budgeting process. Forsyth County Manager Eric Johnson told county commissioners that talks are already underway to prepare a set of conditions by which the county can begin the process of opening some of its campgrounds. “We’re going to start to engage directors in how we can safely start to expand access to county services,” Johnson said. “In some cases, we’ve gotten good at having some people work from home… Program by program, we’ll start looking at where we have the opportu-
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nity to safely re-engage the public, but we realize we have to have a game plan for the long haul.” County Commissioner Molly Cooper said she hopes to see greater guidance from the governor regarding the reopening of restaurant dining rooms. The initial announcement, she said, was lacking in details. Forsyth County Attorney Ken Jarrard said the county’s own shelter-in-place order expires May 18, and public hearings are scheduled a few days later. He said commissioners need to consider safeguards to hold the hearings, whether in the commission chambers or with access online. Commissioners were scheduled to meet this week to discuss how they plan to expand the public’s access to services in the coming weeks. The City of Dunwoody is also scheduled to discuss the governor’s plan this week. Right now, the City Council is evaluating plans on how much impact the shutdown has had on revenues. One area most affected is revenue from the city’s hotel/motel tax. City officials say they anticipate drastic shortfalls in what had been budgeted. The general estimate being presented is that the city will collect $200,000 from the tax, about a quarter of what was originally expected.
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