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Cars line up to exit the Kroger shopping center parking lot off Haynes Bridge Road where city officials have approved a drive-thru restaurant. The 5-2 vote comes after some nearby residents opposed the measure arguing that the business will increase traffic and noise in the area. Developers said they have taken added steps to address the issues raised by neighbors. Read more, Page 4 KATIE ANDERSON/HERALD

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Johns Creek man injured in assault at gas station JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Officers were dispatched to a Shell gas station along State Bridge Road Jan. 22 where two men reportedly engaged in a fight at the gas pumps. A 30-year-old Johns Creek man told police he was pumping fuel into gas cans when another man approached and began pushing him. He said he didn’t know the assailant, who began screaming at him and asking “how much the government was paying him to work for them,” the incident report stated. The suspect then began beating the man, bloodying his face and leaving his eyes bruised and battered. Police recovered video of the incident. One, recorded by a witness, showed the suspect flee the scene westbound in a late model Toyota Corolla. Security footage from the gas station also showed the suspect’s escape route. The police report identified the suspect as a 29-year-old Lawrenceville man.

Police cite Suwanee driver for going twice speed limit JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Police nabbed a Suwanee woman driving through Johns Creek at over 80 mph on Jan. 20. Jennifer Fortnam, 46, of Dunsford Circle, was cited for speeding and reckless driving. When an officer pulled her over, she told him “she was just trying to have some fun in her car,” according to police.

DUI & Drug arrests Steven Joseph Maddox, 35, of Baywood Drive, Gainesville, was arrested Jan. 21 on Old Alabama Road for manufacture/sell/possession/distribution of controlled substance. Punam Manish Patel, 49, of Balleycastle Lane, Duluth, was arrested Jan. 23 on Medlock Bridge Road for DUI, failure to maintain lane and improper turning.

The patrol officer clocked Fortnam going 73 mph on Jones Bridge Road in a thru-way zoned for 45 mph. The officer followed her to Sargent Road, where he clocked her going nearly 77 mph. The speed limit was 40 mph. Fortnam accelerated to 83 mph on McGinnis Ferry, the incident report stated.

Police arrest suspect in alleged package theft JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Police on Jan. 20 arrested a Suwanee woman tied to a November porch theft. Jennifer W. Fitzsimmons, 52, of Friars Head Drive, was charged with theft by taking in connection with the incident. A Johns Creek man reported that a someone stole brake rotors from his front porch and police responded to the man’s Bailey Ridge Drive home on Nov. 3. The victim told officers the theft occurred about 10 p.m. the previous night. The man said he ordered the rotors, valued at $162, for his SUV. According to police, security footage showed a man wearing a surgical mask, sunglasses, sweat pants and a hoodie tip toward the porch and swipe the rotors. He pulled up in a Honda Accord allegedly driven by Fitzsimmons, according to the charging affidavit.

Kemp’s mid-year budget adjustment restores austerity cuts Fulton Schools expect additional $23 million By CANDY WAYLOCK candy@appenmediagroup.com FULTON COUNTY, Ga. — Georgia lawmakers are moving quickly to finalize the amended Fiscal Year 2021 budget which restores millions of dollars in state funding to school districts. Last week Gov. Brian Kemp submitted to the Legislature his mid-year FY21 budget recommendations. The state budget was approved in July but comes back after six months for adjustments. Kemp’s amended budget for education includes restoring $586 million, or 60 percent, of the $950 million cut in state funding through “austerity reductions” this fiscal year. Austerity reductions have been used by the state for nearly two decades to balance the budget for public school funding. It considers what the state funding level should be for the district, but what the state can afford to provide. The gap is the austerity reduction. Officials with the Fulton County School System are cautiously optimistic the amended state budget could add $23 million to the district’s coffers. This would help close the gap between what the district was entitled to receive and what it actually received. “The 60 percent austerity reduction restored in Gov. Kemp’s amended FY21 budget would bring back $23 million of the almost $40 million earned, but which was not allocated as determined by the [state funding] formula,” said Marvin Dereef, chief financial officer for Fulton Schools.

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City Council narrowly passes budget policy amendment New rules set limits on fund carryovers By KATIE ANDERSON newsroom@appenmediagroup.com JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — By a narrow 4-3 vote, the Johns Creek City Council narrowly passed a budget policy amendment that sets a new floor and ceiling for reserve funds at the end of each fiscal year. The new budget policy, passed at the council’s Jan. 25 meeting, sets the reserve floor at 25 percent of operating expenditures for cash flow with a reserve ceiling, or maximum amount, of $30 million. The floor amount will be designated at the adoption of the budget and will represent three months of operating expenditures that can be drawn in case of an emergency. The cash reserve is maintained to avoid any need for shortterm borrowing and allow for unforeseen expenses in case of catastrophic events, such as a natural disaster or the current global pandemic. Another consideration identified for any end-of-year surplus funds is to rebuild the amount of available funding for major capital projects — usually

one-time expenses like street resurfacing — and for unforeseen emergencies. The new policy amendment earmarks 60 percent of any year-end budget surplus to the unassigned fund balance until the ceiling level of $30 million is met for reserves. After that, any remaining surplus carryover will be divided into three other accounts. The first account, infrastructure maintenance accrual, will receive 15 percent of the surplus to fund the care and maintenance of existing assets. A second 15 percent will go to help pay for capital projects identified in the Five-Year Capital Plan. There are currently more than $110.9 million in projects identified in the document. The final 10 percent will be applied to property tax stabilization, defraying the costs of operating the city, of providing governmental services, for the repayment of principal and interest on general obligation bonds, and for any other public purpose as determined by elected officials. At a Jan. 11 meeting Councilmembers Stephanie Endres, Chris Coughlin and Larry Zaprowski voiced their concerns with the distribution of the surplus funds.

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Their positions did not change as the three voted against the amended policy and urged the others to do so. Councilmember Coughlin said he thought the ceiling was too high, giving the city too much of the funds before they assist with property tax relief. Endres had a similar objection, also advocating for more of the surplus to go to property tax relief as a means of giving back to the residents as much as possible. “I think the policy is great, I think it is totally critical to have policies in place that define from a financial perspective how different situations are going to be utilized,” she said. “I just strongly disagree that the city should continue to be the holder of the cash and that the

residents continue to be the feeder of the cash and not being able to have an opportunity to have their taxes reduced by the overages because in essence, when the property tax was charged, they were overcharged.” Zaprowski however, did not think that more of the money should go toward property tax stabilization, saying it would put future councils in the position of having to lower and raise taxes. He also cautioned the council that allocating 15 percent toward capital projects was a mistake when it could be used for things like offsetting the storm water utility. “I just think you’re tying your hands, and so I just think that you’re making a mistake if you approve this,” he said.

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City approves drive-thru restaurant over neighbors’ protests Paired fast-food operations planned on Old Alabama Road By KATIE ANDERSON newsroom@appenmediagroup.com JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — The Johns Creek City Council cleared the way Jan. 25 for construction of two drive-thru restaurants at Old Alabama and Haynes Bridge roads. The commercial rezoning amendment allows for a proposed Dunkin’ Donuts and Baskin Robins with a drive-thru to be placed in a stand-alone building at the northeast corner of the Kroger shopping center at Old Alabama Road and Haynes Bridge Road. The building has one vacant suite. The other is occupied by a Tide Dry Cleaners. Previous zoning did now allow fastfood restaurants with drive-thrus in the area. The rezoning approved by the council waived the ban with a use condition preventing bigger fast-food chains, like Chick-Fil-A, from opening at the site. This decision comes after months of back and forth between the applicant and residents of the surrounding area, especially those in the adjacent condominium community Magnolia Park. Dur-

ing the first public participation meeting in September, residents raised a number of concerns — traffic congestion in the shopping center entrance, for one — with the applicants. Jordan Edwards, an attorney representing the applicant and property owner, said they performed a traffic impact study and created a revised site plan in response to residents’ concerns. The study showed that adding a coffee shop in this shopping center would not create extreme traffic and most peak-hour customers would be commuters. The study showed that the coffee shop addition would only add 15 new trips to the street. “Eighty-nine percent of coffee shop trips are people who are passing by it,” Edwards said. “Because of when the peak hour falls, we know these are commuters. That means that these cars are already on the street today, this morning going to work, they’d stop at a coffee shop because it’s convenient on their way.” The revised site plan addresses the concern of the congestion in the shopping center’s driveways by moving access to and from the coffee shop farther

west, separating the entrance and exit points, supplying an abundance of queuing space for existing traffic, pedestrian crosswalks and adding three exit lanes at the traffic signal. Larry DiBiase, representing the Johns Creek Community Association and Magnolia Park, was not convinced. “After five months of review, we have concluded that while adding a drivethru window at this location may overall increase the usability and marketability of the property, it does not represent the best use or the highest adoption rate of the community,” he said. “Noise, car lights, property lights and voices over a loudspeaker asking ‘Would you like cream and sugar with that?’ will only serve to frustrate residents and have a potentially negative impact on property values.” Council members Lenny Zaprowski and John Bradberry moved to deny the application, saying they felt it was not in the best interest of adjacent residents. Their motion failed, and the application was approved, 5-2. Councilman Zaprowski also failed in an attempt to restrict the drive-thru from opening before 7 a.m. rather than

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Developers won approval for a Dunkin’ Donuts and Baskin Robins with drivethru at the current site of a Tide Dry Cleaners at Old Alabama Road and Haynes Bridge Road.

the proposed 5 a.m., but that proposal was also turned down by the council. Za JC Rezoning 3 prowski said that in approving this rezoning the council was doing a disservice to the residents. “I’ll just say that I apologize to the residents of Magnolia Park,” he said. The council did add an amendment to the agreement requiring an 8-foot shadowbox and sound barrier wall along the curb to keep the headlights and noise from disrupting Magnolia Park residents.

Convention and Visitors Bureau files complaint against council members By KATIE ANDERSON newsroom@appenmediagroup.com JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — The Johns Creek Convention and Visitors Bureau has filed a complaint accusing two members of the City Council of abusing their power. Council members Erin Elwood and Stephanie Endres face accusations they privately requested that the Bureau adjust its by-laws and adhere to the state’s Open Record Laws. The requests however were made without the knowledge of the mayor and fellow council members. The complaint submitted by the JCCVB listed seven infringements, including threats and bullying.

Monica Gilroy, the general outside counsel to the Visitors Bureau, said during a Jan. 25 City Council meeting that Elwood, who serves as council liaison to the CVB, told the organization that Endres would promote severing city funding unless it changed its bylaws to say it is an agent of the city and to conform with the state Open Records Laws. “I know a threat when I hear one, and that’s what was being made to us,” Gilroy said. “If we did not agree, It would be brought to council that we would be found to be in breach of our contract.” The JCCVB says it has no issue conforming to the Open Record Laws. In fact, when Endres first made these re-

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quests of them, they began posting their meeting minutes online. The objection with changing the by-laws is that it costs high legal fees. Linda Lee Smith, who chairs the JCCVB, told the City Council that the organization has always conformed to Georgia Sunshine Laws, and the costly rewrite is not where their limited funds needed to go. “We have operated always with full transparency with open public meetings, open requests for documents, we have the city clerk who has served as secretary over every board meeting since 2009... there is no violation here,” Smith said. Also, the JCCVB holds that it is not an agency of the city and functions as a 501(c) (6) standalone nonprofit organization made up of a volunteer board of directors. There doesn’t appear to be much debate over the issue in neighboring Alpharetta, whose Convention and Visitors Bureau enjoys healthy revenue — until recently — from the city’s robust hospitality industry. Alpharetta’s CVB is considered subject to the state’s Open Records laws, said Assistant City Administrator James Drinkard. The CVB, while not an official government agency, is a partner with the city, Drinkard said. It also receives

almost half — 43 percent — of the revenues collected by the city’s hotel/motel tax. Over the past three years, that usually amounts to well over $3 million annually in tax dollars. Also, two representatives from city government sit on the CVB Board of Directors, and one member of the City Council is appointed liaison to the organization. “They are a tax-funded agency,” Drinkard said. “In general, my understanding is, if you’re funded by tax dollars, there you go — that’s public money.” The next steps in Johns Creek could include either an investigation or an ethics complaint filed against the council members. Gilroy asked that the council launch an investigation and called for the censure of Councilwoman Endres. Other council members did not push for an investigation, but they did criticize their colleagues’ actions. Councilman John Bradberry urged the two to apologize and commit to handling things differently in the future. “I was trying to avoid a big public disaster, and so I apologize that we ended up here and that if my judgment was wrong on some of these things, I’m sorry,” Elwood said. “As far as it being unethical, I know that wasn’t the case.”

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Economist says North Atlanta poised for business recovery By PATRICK FOX pat@appenmediagroup.com

ALPHARETTA, Ga. — North Metro Atlanta may be one of the best sites in the region for business recovery as the world unshackles itself from the COVID-19 pandemic. That’s the view of Rajeev Dhawan, director of the Economic Forecasting Center at Georgia State University’s Robinson College of Business. Speaking at the Jan. 26 online Wellstar Chamber Luncheon SeDHAWAN ries, Dhawan predicted economic recovery will be gradual, but there are certain characteristics of the north metro area that give it a leg up on rebuilding commerce. “You are in the driver’s seat now,” Dhawan said. “You are away from the core high-rise buildings. You‘re socially

distanced, houses spread out. In the old days, the problem used to be we don’t have the nice restaurants or the artwork or this thing – that’s immaterial now.” Rebuilding from COVID, he said, businesses will pursue safety and convenience. “What matters now – what workers are saying – [is] ‘I don’t want to go into a 36-story office building and take the elevators with 5,000 people,’” Dhawan said. “Whereas, you have those lowslung office buildings where a company can come and say ‘Give me all the five front floors… and I can control who goes in and out.’” That trend is supported in the flurry of business announcements, he said. Certainly, there is still talk of building high rises in Midtown Atlanta, but the main push now is for smaller, more strategic sites offering workforce safety. “You happened to be in the right place when this biological even happened, and I think that you are going to benefit,” Dhawan said.

None of this is going to happen overnight, he said, but as the vaccination process proceeds across the country, people will slowly begin to start spending again, probably sometime in the fall and through early 2022. “My 2022 is the most optimistic forecast compared to any forecast,” Dhawan said. Right now, no one is making longterm plans to major purchases and travel, he said, and hospitality is a major part of most metro areas, so relief won’t come immediately. “I don’t see people coming out and hugging their neighbor by March or April,” he said. “That’s what other forecasters have. The stimulus comes in, the money goes out, and people spend the money.” He pointed to an item in the GDP account called Spending on Watches and Jewelry. Spending in that category dropped by 50 percent when the pandemic hit in March and April, he said. But today, spending in that sector has

recovered and is currently running 20 percent higher. This kind of spending, Dhawan said, does not signal a full-scale recovery. For one thing, the number of mortgages in forbearance remains high, he said. When more people begin paying their mortgages on time will signal a return to a healthy economy, Dhawan said. Among his many achievements in economics, Dhawan has received the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago award for forecasting excellence for the best forecast in five different categories over the past five years. He is a five-time winner of the Pulsenomics Crystal Ball Award for accurate and outstanding performance for U.S. Home Price prediction from Zillow. His remarks Jan. 25 were part of the Greater North Fulton Chamber of Commerce Wellstar Chamber Luncheon Series and provided a preview of the GSU Economic Forecasting Center’s next national and regional forecast conference to be held Feb. 25.

Second Draw loans continue popularity among businesses By PATRICK FOX pat@appenmediagroup.com METRO ATLANTA, Ga. — The Small Business Administration reported last week that Georgia lenders have made more than 7,000 loans valued at nearly $530 million through the most recent round of federal Economic Aid Act. The Paycheck Protection Program is designed to help small businesses keep paying workers as they navigate the pandemic economy. This latest round of loans is open to all small businesses, including

those who received PPP loans in 2020. Nationally, more than 400,000 loans valued at more than $35 billion have been approved this round. Overall, the average loan size is $87,000. Accumulatively, all PPP loans approved in 2020 combined with this round total more than 5.5 million PPP loans totaling $557.8 billion. “This current round of PPP was designed to ensure increased access to funds for minority, underserved, veteran, and women-owned small businesses,” said Terri Denison, SBA Georgia District Director. “To address potential access to

capital barriers, PPP access was initially granted exclusively to community financial institutions that typically serve these concerns.” Loyal Trust Bank in Johns Creek reported that after less than two weeks of the PPP Second Draw program, has in process 67 percent of the total dollars it did in earlier rounds. The program ends on March 31, 2021 or when the SBA runs out of allocated funds as it did in round one. Loyal Trust Bank is a local community bank that processed and closed 10 times as many PPP loans as many banks

10 times its size and 10 times its age in previous PPP lending, according to CEO Charlie Brown. This time to make it much easier on applicants, and to encourage more new customers, the bank has deployed a Fin-Tech solution to help its customers with the forgiveness process. As a result, application data is flowing in fast. “We want to help as many businesses as we can, and while we hope you will bank with us in other ways, we are not requiring it to handle your application,” Brown said.

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New Johns Creek girls lacrosse coach sets agenda By JOE PARKER joe@appenmediagroup.com JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Johns Creek girls lacrosse will be under new direction in 2021 with head coach Ken Moore taking over the program. The new man at the helm is ready to build on the program’s rise in recent years. Moore said the Gladiators have already set a foundation for success, but he will aim to lead the program to new heights. “For us, it’s about MOORE getting over some of the humps,” Moore said. “We’ve made the playoffs the last several years but have been getting knocked out in that first or second round. We want to keep the program going in the right direction and into those next levels. The main thing it to beat the Miltons and West Forsyths…just have the consistency of beating those highcaliber teams.” A main focus in furthering the program’s success is building from the youth ranks. Moore said he wants to be involved in the Johns Creek middle school girls lacrosse program and begin

a summer camp to get younger kids playing the game. Moore said a significant aspect to Milton’s 13-state titles is its deep youth programs fostered by Eagles’ head coach Tim Godby. Godby is one of several coaches Moore has worked with over the past 17 years in North Fulton and Forsyth County programs. He was the head coach at South Forsyth for three years in the mid2000s before moving to Alpharetta and serving as an assistant with Raiders’ girls lacrosse. He has since held assistant coaching positions at Milton and Chattahoochee and has been officiating the game. Moore said he is happy to again be a head coach and to lead the program, and his hiring to the position is unique in its history. “For the first time in the 12 years of the program, the head coach is actually teaching in the building,” Moore said. “That’s a big plus.” Taking over a program during the COVID-19 pandemic has presented significant tests, though. “There’s so many challenges and unknowns, especially with our numbers,” Moore said. “A lot of players didn’t come out that I was expecting to. That’s been

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a problem. We had 30 girls try out for two teams.” A smaller roster will likely come into play in the Gladiators’ game strategies. “We will always look at transition and beating the other team down the field,” Moore said. “But against those high-caliber teams, we need to have patience. We can’t just ‘run and gun,’ especially with our numbers. If it’s not there, we’ll run a settled offense to give us time to rest. We’ll have to be in shape to compete with those good programs.” The Gladiators’ schedule is full of strong competition, including Milton, Lassiter, West Forsyth, Alpharetta and Blessed Trinity. Johns Creek will also look to take the Class 6A-7A Area 1 crown against an updated slate that includes Centennial, Chattahoochee, Buford, Norcross and others.

Taking that region crown is a main objective for 2021 and could benefit the Gladiators’ charge to make deeper runs in the postseason. “One of the main goals I always set for a team I’m coaching is to win the area,” Moore said. “Getting No. 1 in the area will help you, seed-wise, in the tournament for at least the first two rounds. Then we’ll take our chance to keep moving on, and by that time our bench will be deeper because the JV season will be over.” While the pandemic could present speed bumps for the Gladiators this season, Moore is pinning his hopes on a positive outcome. “We’re just hoping to compete and have a good year,” he said. “The main thing is I’m hoping to start out where the last coach [left off] and build consistency.”

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Roswell Funeral Home Green Lawn Cemetary Faithfully Serving Families Since 1839

Lawn Cemetery.

David Sonenberg, 75, of Roswell, passed away January 24, 2021. Arrangements by Roswell Funeral Home and Green

Roswell Funeral Home

Thomas Stotts, 65, of Cumming, passed Green LawnElden Cemetary away January 18, 2021. Arrangements by McDonald & Son Funeral Home. Faithfully Serving Families Since 1839

Roswell Funeral HomeRandy Joe Woodall, Green Lawn Cemetary62, of Cumming, passed

away January 21, 2021. Arrangements by Ingram Funeral Home & Crematory. Faithfully Serving Roswell Since 1839

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offer

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Haulers

those who have a rental

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Call Ralph Rucker

Driveway

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