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Milton crowd sounds off Proposed hotel draws exchange from both sides
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ALPHARETTA, Ga. – North Fulton County residents faced off again with developers of a hotel proposed on the Milton/Alpharetta border this week, voicing support and opposition for the project. Representatives for the proposed Crabapple hotel met with members of the Alpharetta and Milton community on July 20, during an information open house at Alpharetta City Hall. Comments opposing the hotel again vastly outnumbered those in support, with many returning focus to safety concerns over the project’s proximity to The Goddard School Crabapple and the safety of residents that walk down Crabapple Road. “There have been numerous times where I’ve almost been run over and have been stopped by random people,” Milton resident and Milton High School Student Adelina De La Rosa said at the meeting. “It’s not good. This hotel can bring more of that.” Others said they just haven’t gotten enough information about the project from the developers and haven’t liked the parts they have heard. “I desperately want to feel better. Because I believe every community should be problem resolution oriented.” Debra
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For nearly two hours on July 20, residents of Alpharetta and Milton were able to voice questions and concerns about the proposed Crabapple hotel project. Braun, owner of The Goddard School Crabapple said. “My point is, I’m waiting to hear solutions that can actually make me feel better now that we’ve brought our concerns. And I think we all collectively are saying we’re not hearing those things.” But several residents at the meeting said that safety concerns over the hotel are being overhyped and the cities of Milton and Alpharetta are very capable of keeping the community safe. Milton Resident Jack Berube said he is worries about his daughter’s safety like every other parent.
“But at the same time, I think to assume a hotel translates into child trafficking, stealing kids, all that … I just think it’s short sighted when there are very capable police officers in the city of Milton,” Berube said. Berube said he thinks people are looking too closely at potential negative outcomes, however unlikely they may be, and are ignoring the huge benefits he sees in the development. “I’m in favor of opportunities to create
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Cities, county squabble over new formula for sales tax FULTON COUNTY, Ga. — Area mayors fired off statements last week decrying a bid by Fulton County to keep a larger share of the countywide local option sales tax. At stake is $252 million collected countywide each year that cities rely on to help fund hundreds of expenses, from park maintenance to light bills and almost everything in between. In 2020, the city of Alpharetta received $15.5 million, or 5.8 percent of the total LOST collected in the county. Milton received $8.8 million, 3.3 percent of proceeds. Every 10 years, the county and its cities – now 15 in number – renegotiate how money collected from the
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Alpharetta man cited for theft from Target MILTON, Ga. –– A 23-year-old Alpharetta man was charged with misdemeanor shoplifting at Target on Ga. 9 on July 9. Loss prevention told police he had seen the suspect going around the store to various departments and putting items in a shopping cart. The suspect was then seen purchasing one item, then bagging the remaining items that were in the grocery cart without paying for them. Loss prevention then confronted him, and he was detained until police arrived. Loss prevention requested the man be criminally trespassed from Target. All items that Darien attempted to take were 12 apparel items, five electronic items, one health and beauty item and one home item. Police issued the man a misdemeanor citation and a criminal trespass warning.
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MILTON, Ga. –– Milton police have subpoenaed bank camera footage related to a fraud claim reported by a Milton woman on July 17. The woman told police someone deposited a fraudulent cashier’s check for $8,400 into her Navy Federal savings account June 22. She said she didn’t notice the activity until nearly a month later and went to the bank file a fraud claim. She also told police that she had lost her bank card in Riverdale earlier last month but had never reported it. Officials with Navy Federal denied the fraud claim, saying its security team determined it was not legitimate based on various transfers from the savings account to the banking account over a recent five-day period and because of prior claims made to the bank by the woman. The bank provided police with a still shot of the individual who cashed the check, but due to privacy concerns, the officer was not provided access to the full video. Police plan to follow up once the video is obtained.
Thief takes bank cards from untended locker MILTON, Ga. –– Police responded to a
theft call July 14 at Planet Fitness on Ga. 9. The victim stated six of his credit/ debit cards had been stolen from his gym locker while he worked out. Although some belongings remained, the victim noticed some of his cards had been taken. Later the same day, the victim received transaction alerts from some of his bank card companies. His Apple Master Card had four $200 transactions as well as a $215 transaction at the Walmart off Ga. 9. His Wells Fargo credit card had five $200 transactions, and his Wells Fargo debit card had a failed transaction at the same Walmart, but the victim could not view past transaction in his Wells Fargo account. The victim told police none of his stolen company cards showed attempted transactions. Planet Fitness surveillance footage was not available during the incident.
Catalytic convertor sawed off of vehicle MILTON, Ga. –– A Cedartown man reported his catalytic convertor had been sawed off July 14 on Deerfield Point. The victim said the incident occurred between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. in his driveway. He said he had no security footage of the incident.
Roswell murder suspect killed by Colorado police By CHAMIAN CRUZ chamian@appenmedia.com ROSWELL, Ga. — Roswell police say murder suspect Fabien Perry was killed in the early morning hours of July 19 following an armed confrontation with law enforcement in Colorado. The 27-year-old man had been wanted for nearly two weeks. Roswell police said it is likely Perry fled the state soon after he shot and killed his girlfriend, Johana Cabrales-Hernandez, 23, inside their Ro-
swell home on July 6. Roswell police spokesman Tim Lupo said their search for Perry led to Aurora, Colorado, where information was gathered that he was at a home in the area of North Oswego Street. That’s when they requested help from the Aurora Police DepartPERRY ment, which immediately sent resources to apprehend Perry.
According to Aurora police, officers located Perry at the home around 12:45 p.m. on July 18, and SWAT responded to the scene. Other occupants of the home, thought to be acquaintances of Perry’s, exited the house, but Perry remained inside, refusing orders to come out. The Aurora Police Department Crisis Negotiations Team also responded to the scene and team members were able to initiate communications with Perry. Over the
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Members of Milton’s Municipal Election Feasibility Committee gather on the second floor of City Hall for their inaugural meeting June 15. From right are: Mark Amick, Tammy Lowit, Stacey Inglis, Lisa Cauley, Rick Mohrig and Paul Moore.
Milton election committee member subpoenaed By JAKE DRUKMAN jake@appenmedia.com MILTON, Ga. — A member of Milton’s Election Feasibility Committee is now a “target” in a Fulton County investigation into Republican attempts to overturn the 2020 election. Mark Amick, a former City Council candidate and one of six members on the Election Feasibility Committee, was subpoenaed by a grand jury June 1 in Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’ probe into the aftermath of the 2020 election. In December 2020, while Democratic electors cast Georgia’s 16 electoral votes for now President Joe Biden, Amick and 15 other Republicans filed documents claiming that they were official electors for the state and that Donald Trump had won Georgia’s election. Republicans filed the documents as a lawsuit from Trump challenging the state’s election results made its way through the courts. State GOP Chairman David Shafer, who has also been subpoenaed, said at the time that the Republicans cast their electoral votes just in case Trump’s lawsuit successfully overturned the results. Now, two years later, Amick and 10 of the other Republican electors, including Shafer, may face charges for their actions. Atlanta law firm Pierson Law filed a motion on the electors’ behalf with
the Fulton County Superior Court July 19 stating the District Attorney’s office had made the false electors targets of the probe after previously classifying them as witnesses. The motion requests the court quash the subpoenas against Amick and other Republican electors, calling the subpoenas “unreasonable and oppressive.” It also requests the District Attorney’s Office be barred from prosecuting them and that a grand jury report be sealed from public view until after the November 2022 election.
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Milton’s Election Feasibility Committee is tasked with determining whether it is practical for the city to operate its own municipal elections and how those elections should be conducted. Milton, along with most other cities in Fulton County, has historically outsourced operations of its local elections to the county. For the 2021 municipal election, Milton paid Fulton County $84,000 to run its general election and $70,000 for its runoff election, bringing the total to $154,000. A previous feasibility study found that it would cost Milton about $120,000 to run its own election. A group of residents petitioned the City Council in 2021 to reject the 2021 agreement with Fulton County, citing integrity concerns and costs to taxpayers. The council informally agreed in
At this point, it is my understanding that there are no pending charges of any kind against Mr. Amick.” RICK MOHRIG City Council member November 2021 to form a six-member committee, comprised of residents Amick and Lisa Cauley, City Council members Rick Mohrig and Paul Moore, and city staff members Stacey Inglis and Tammy Lowit. The City Council formalized the committee in April 2022, and members held their first meeting in June, where they doled out responsibilities to research the costs and systems associated with running elections.
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Milton Mayor Peyton Jamison said it’s too early to determine whether Amick’s ability to sit on the Election Feasibility Committee has changed. “I want to wait to see more facts that come out,” Jamison said. “All we know right now is there is a subpoena for Mark. Other than that, I really don’t
have any more information, but I will be looking at it closely for sure.” Jamison emphasized that Amick is just one of the committee’s six members and that its work is set to wrap in mid-October. “At this point, it is my understanding that there are no pending charges of any kind against Mr. Amick,” Mohrig said in a July 22 email to the Herald. “As such, the City of Milton, and me as a Councilmember, believe it would be best to withhold comment on the situation while the grand jury process continues.” Mohrig said the city will monitor the situation and take action “if and when appropriate.” When contacted on July 20, Moore said he was unaware of the situation and would provide a comment after he had time to look into the situation. On July 22, Moore said in an email to the Herald that he had been out of town and did not have any additional information. The Herald also reached out to Amick through phone calls, text messages and emails but could not reach him. In addition to being a Republican elector, Amick worked as a poll watcher during the 2020 election. In December 2020, he testified to the state Legislature that he observed an irregularity while observing a recount in DeKalb County.
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tax is distributed. Most often, the pot is generally apportioned based on each city’s population, with the county keeping a small portion for administrative fees. But now, Fulton County has announced is wants to increase its share of LOST proceeds from 4.9 percent to 35 percent – a move some mayors say will cost municipalities millions in funding for city services. The LOST one-penny sales tax is used by local governments to fund services like public safety, parks and recreation, libraries, courts, and other services, and by county governments to fund statemandated services like county courts, jails, health departments, elections and other services. Cities in Fulton County include Atlanta, Alpharetta, Chattahoochee Hills, College Park, East Point, Fairburn, Hapeville, Johns Creek, Milton, Mountain Park, Palmetto, Roswell, Sandy Springs, Union City, and South Fulton. County and city officials launched 2022 LOST negotiations July 15. During the meeting, Fulton County proposed returning to a pre-2000 LOST distribution rate split of 35 percent to the county and 65 percent the cities. County officials said the revised formula would return the split to a fair and equitable distribution. Fulton County claims it has lost more than $668 million in funding because of incorporations over the past 10 years, and added that those incorporations have not reduced the need for funding to provide state-mandated services. The county contends its service responsibilities have grown over the last 10 years, but the reduction in LOST revenues due to incorporation, “has made the current distribution irrational to meet those needs.” “The current distribution inequity is causing real and current pain to city residents on their county tax bill,” county documents said. “The county taxpayer is paying an additional $157 in property tax on a median value home in Fulton County due to the reduction in LOST from 35 percent to 4.9 percent.”
NEWS Funding received in 2020 City LOST Atlanta $107,554,863 Alpharetta $15,526,976 Johns Creek $20,700,605 Milton $8,814,352 Mountain Park $146,133 Roswell $23,833,539 Sandy Springs $25,318,830 Cities unite in opposition
In a joint statement after the July 15 meeting, city leaders declared their opposition to the county’s proposal and said that the increase is not in line with shifting trends within the county over the past 10 years. The cities’ statement argues that over the past 10 years, the county’s service area has shrunk from 90 square miles to less than 2 square miles, “in which less than 1,000 residents live.” The statement claims the cities provide essential services like police, fire and sanitation to nearly all Fulton County residents. “No one anticipated anything like the jump from a 5 percent share to a 35 percent share, a six-fold increase, especially since the county’s service delivery area has decreased significantly while their revenues have increased greatly,” John’s Creek Mayor John Bradberry said. If the LOST distribution proposed by Fulton County was enacted, the effect on local municipalities would be devastating, city officials say. “It would significantly – and negatively – impact the city’s budget and our ability to deliver the services expected and deserved by our citizens,” Milton Mayor Peyton Jamison said. North Fulton officials fear that a disruption to LOST revenues in their city would either necessitate a cut in services or an increase in property tax rates to make up the lost funds. “That’s millions of dollars that we’ll either have to cut services, which I don’t see us doing, or increase property taxes,” Alpharetta Mayor Jim Gilvin said. “I mean, that would be a third of the revenue that’s
generated by the sales tax. And the sales tax is critical, especially in a city like Alpharetta.” For smaller municipalities, like Mountain Park in Northwest Fulton County, the effects would be even more pronounced, due to the substantial portion of their budget LOST revenues contribute. “We’ve always had to operate since 1927, with limited resources,” Mountain Park Mayor Jim Still said. “We feel like we’ve done a pretty good job, but there are some things that would just be hard to recover from … and that would be a hard, hard pill to swallow.” Mountain Park, with a population of about 583, received $146,133 in LOST fund distribution in 2020. That constitutes 0.06 percent of the total.
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County and city officials will return to the table for negotiations on July 29 at 10 a.m. During this meeting, city representatives will present their proposed distribution LOST funds. Despite the rocky start, city officials are confident the parties will reach a resolution and distribution that benefits everyone. “We’re early in the process,” Gilvin said. “I think all of us understand that it’s in the best interest of everybody in Fulton County to successfully negotiate the deal we can all live with.” Fulton County District 2 Commissioner Liz Hausmann declined to comment on the negotiations for Appen Media. Bob Ellis, Fulton County District 1 Commissioner did not immediately respond to Appen Media’s request for comment on Friday. But on July 19, Ellis released a statement concerning the growing cost of judicial services in Fulton County. According to Ellis, county financial requirements for judicial services has grown more than 45 percent since 2016. “The county was also fortunate to earmark $75 million in additional funding through the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) that will be deployed through the end of 2024 to address the court backlog created by COVID,” Ellis said. “Unfortunately, even with these additional funds, the pace of increased funding needs to support the system is not showing signs of abating.”
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Continued from Page 1 greater commercial tax base for the city of Milton, because I think the city of Milton generally has done a poor job of that,” he said. “And while people are arguing the negative effects, I think there could be a lot of positive effects as it relates to creating volume for restaurants, volume for businesses.” He said that as owner of a business headquartered in Milton, Merged Software, he sees great potential in what the hotel development could do for the community, especially for businesses in downtown Crabapple, like the new Milton restaurant and event space, Billy Allen’s, the Crabapple Market, and others. “When I heard about the hotel I thought, ‘Man, that’s great,’ because I had developers in the Ukraine, Poland, Canada, and Arizona. What an awesome place to bring them in so we can have work meetings and stuff like that,” Berube said. “The point I’m making is the city of Milton realizes the opportunity to create a tax base beyond taxing the residents and citizens of Milton. You have to have commercial tax income.” Beyond questions and input from the community, residents also heard a few new pieces of information on the hotel from project representatives. According to Dwayne Marshall, chief development officer with Valor Hospitality Partners, which will develop the project, the group has approached Marriott as a partner and has signed a letter of intent to operate it as one of Marriott’s “Tribute Portfolio” hotels, which are generally more upscale and unique than normal chain hotels. Attorney Ethan Underwood, of Miles Hansford & Tallant, who is representing the stakeholders of this project, also shared with residents that due to local concerns over parking, they have dropped
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ALPHARETTA, Ga. –– Data and dedication to process may not seem like a big part of running a successful car wash, but for Jimmy Tester of Mammoth Detail Salon, they’re everything. From his offices at the luxury car wash on Old Milton Parkway in Alpharetta, Tester can track everything that happens at his business, from the number of cars his employees service per hour and current wait times, to the number of memberships they’ve sold this month. But no matter what the data shows, Tester says he’s built customer loyalty for 26 years by providing consistent, exceptional service to every customer. “I think what would separate us from everybody else is just doing a better job than everybody else,” he said. After years of running a successful valet service in Atlanta and small handwash car wash in Roswell in the ’90s, Tester
knew he was ready for something more permanent close to home that his family could rely on in the future. He always loved hand washing his cars, was good at it, he said, and regularly washed and waxed his car in the middle of the night when business was slow at the club he valeted for. “I did that all the time, so I thought, well I’ll just do my own thing,” he said. “I didn’t really have a background in anything, and I was making probably $80,000 a year in cash parking cars … so I was making a lot of money, and my wife got pregnant and I started worrying, ‘what am I going to do if the club closes, clubs don’t last forever.’” With a partner’s help, he was able to open the first Mammoth Detail Salon in 1996, on a small wedge-shaped lot at Main and Roswell Street in Alpharetta, where business took off like a rocket. Within nine years, Tester said his team had built a following of loyal customers and outgrew their Main Street Alpharetta location. So, they began looking for a new location in Cumming, which Tester thought would be the logical next step for Mammoth. But instead of Cumming, they quickly found a perfect location in Alpharetta that was already zoned for a car wash and ready for construction. The only catch – it was practically right next door to his original location. One might think that having two identical businesses just a few blocks away from each other wouldn’t work, but since
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Business is amazing at Mammoth Detail Salon on Old Milton Parkway, according to owner Jimmy Tester. The Alpharetta location opened in 2007. they opened the Old Milton Parkway location in 2007, it’s only boosted his brand recognition and customer service, Tester said. With the real-time data the business collects, the two locations can easily support each other, he said. And on the company’s app for smart phones, customers can see which of the two locations is busiest at any time. “I would do better profit wise if I just had one, like everybody thinks,” he said. “But I think for the convenience of the clients it helps because I have the app.” But they weren’t always able to make use of all the data Tester has at his fingertips, that’s a recent development. For the longest time, his team at Mam-
moth Detail Salon had to rely on handwritten tickets, less advanced computer tracking and a dedication to the process of providing a perfect hand wash every time. Tester said that his love of the process is something he’s always had from the very start of his valet business in Atlanta. His employees have an optimized way of doing everything from washing cars to detailing interiors they use with each car. The prices that Mammoth charges are high for the industry, Tester freely admits. But he said that’s only because customers in the North Fulton area have high expectations that they try to exceed. “My guys vacuum a certain way, they
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Deadline approaches for elderly to vacate building Roswell residents seek city’s help By CHAMIAN CRUZ chamian@appenmedia.com ROSWELL, Ga. — Sheila Richards is living among carboard boxes stacked across her living room. At 75, she says she’s ready to move out of her apartment at 199 Grove Way if only she could find a landlord willing to take her government-subsidized Section 8 voucher. Richards is one of 33 residents at the complex who has until Sept. 1 to relocate after the City of Roswell deemed their building structurally unsound four months ago. The property, owned by the Housing Authority of Roswell, is managed by the Gainesville Housing Authority through a mutual agreement. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, or HUD, hired the Leumas Group to provide administrative support. A staff member is supposed to be on-site every weekday to answer residents’ questions, help them find housing and explain to potential landlords how the government-subsidized Section 8 voucher program works. Richards moved into her apartment in 2002, a couple years after her husband died. Before that, she was a university professor with a PhD and costume designer, a calling she says she answered when she was in high school. Richards said she’s open to moving outside the area, but it isn’t feasible because she has friends nearby who help her get to her doctor’s appointments in Atlanta. She said she gets so “violently sick” afterward, her doctors won’t let her take an Uber or taxi home. “In 2000, I was given two years to live by Emory University Hospital,” Richards said. “They had a guinea pig program that they were asking those of us that were waiting for a transplant to take. I signed the contract that I would do all eight [procedures], and that’s how my liver started regenerating. I’m the lucky 1 in 10,000. All the rest of them are gone and dead.”
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Gracious Interdependence A Word of Advice from Clarissa Rice
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ing help graciously. We fight against this acceptance because it makes us feel too vulnerable or too weak. We are afraid of losing control. We are used to being the strong ones or very proud and don’t want to be burdens on others. No matter your age, let us all work on the ability to be interdependent or mutually dependent. There is strength in the ability to accept help or advice when needed and also to be able to stand alone as necessary. It is a given that most of us who are lucky enough to reach our 80s and 90s will eventually need to accept more help. We don’t emphasize often enough how learning to trust others and seek assistance when needed are valuable life skills. It is also a sign of good mental health to realistically accept our place in life and make the necessary adaptations. Moving to a senior center is one step in the continuous adjustment we make in life along the way. Congratulations to us for seeking out a lifestyle w ere we can both remain as independent as possible and receive the assistance we eventually may need. Our goal must be to remain as independent as we can for as long as we can in as many areas as we can before becoming burdens to our families. Then, our hope should be that we can lean on others graciously and gratefully receiving the assistance we may need and
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High school students named as winners for Merit Scholarships ATLANTA —Eleven Fulton County Schools students were among the 2,600 recent graduates from across the country named 2022 National Merit Scholarship winners. These top students will receive annual scholarships of up to $2,000 a year from their selected college or university as they complete their undergraduate studies. Scholarship winners from area high schools include: Alpharetta - Samuel A. Risner Cambridge - Zachary W. Rose Chattahoochee - Shruti Nemala, Nicole J. Jhun, Rahul Peddu, Erin Suh Milton - Luke C. Ortwein. Andrew A. Vlasenko Northview - Shana Lee, Raul S. Sankhe, Srikent Siruvella The students were first selected as semi-finalists after being among the top scoring students on the Preliminary SAT (PSAT) which they took as juniors. About 3.5 million high school students take the PSAT, and fewer than 1 percent are selected National Merit Scholarship semifinalists. Semi-finalists then advanced to finalist consideration, where information on their academic record, extracurricular activities, awards, leadership positions and SAT or ACT scores were reviewed before being selected as winners.
Area high schools land on state AP Honor Roll ATLANTA — All eight traditional high schools in the North Fulton region landed on the list of public high schools across the state selected as Advanced Placement (AP) Honor Schools for 2022 by State School Superintendent Richard Woods. Only 88 out of the nearly 500 public high schools in Georgia received the distinction. In total, 12 high schools in Fulton County Schools were named to the AP Honor Roll for 2022, including Alpharetta, Cambridge, Centennial, Chattahoochee, Johns Creek, Milton, Northview and Roswell high schools. “I am very proud of our students, teachers and staff at these schools and how they’re keeping Fulton’s standards high in difficult times,” Fulton County Schools Superintendent Mike Looney said. “They prevailed academically despite another incredibly complicated year with the COVID-19 pandemic.” AP exams are administered by the
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Cumming motorcyclist dies in Forsyth County wreck By ALEXANDER POPP alex@appenmedia.com FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — A 31-yearold Cumming man was killed Thursday night when his motorcycle was struck by another vehicle on Canton Highway in Forsyth County. According to a Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office, Andrew Perillo was eastbound on his Harley Davidson Softail on Canton Highway at about 10
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DEATH NOTICES Linda Gail Gilbert Clark, 71, of Dawsonville passed Friday, July 15, 2022. Arrangements by Ingram Funeral Home and Crematory. Nancy Thompson Brown, 92, of Roswell, passed away July 11, 2022. Arrangements by Northside Chapel Funeral Directors & Crematory.
Brian Cate, 53, of Roswell, passed away July 14, 2022. Arrangements by Northside Chapel Funeral Directors & Crematory. Richard Brundage, 59, of Roswell, passed away July 15, 2022. Arrangements by Northside Chapel Funeral Directors & Crematory.
business-related matters. Reports say that Adegbesote suffered multiple lacerations, a tear to his right ear, a compressed skull fracture to his right temple and cheek, and possible bleeding on his brain. Deputies arrested three Lithonia men on July 13 for charges related to the alleged attack. Kawane Gordon, 23, Zion Gordon, 21, and Javse Gordon, 20, were each charged with aggravated battery and booked into the Forsyth County Detention Center. They have since been released on bond.
Ann Pinyan, 59, of Roswell, passed away July 17, 2022. Arrangements by Northside Chapel Funeral Directors & Crematory.
p.m. when he was struck by a 2004 GMC Canyon, which was attempting to turn left into the Green’s Corners Shopping Plaza. Perillo was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the GMC Canyon, a 16-year-old from Cumming, was not injured. This incident is under investigation by the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office Traffic Specialist Unit.
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twitter.com/appenmedia NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Notice is hereby given that a public hearing shall be held at the City of Milton City Hall, 2006 Heritage Walk, Milton, Georgia, on Monday, August 15, 2022, at 6:00 p.m. before the Milton City Council to consider a Resolution transmitting a draft Capital Improvements Element 2022 Annual Update report to the Atlanta Regional Commission for regional and State review per the requirements of the State’s Development Impact Fee Compliance Requirements adopted pursuant to the Georgia Planning Act of 1989. Said public hearing will be held in accordance with Section (9)(a) of Chapter 110-12-2-.04 of the State’s Development Impact Fee Compliance Requirements. Any persons wishing to be heard on the draft Capital Improvements Element 2022 Annual Update report are invited to attend.
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Consideration of Primary Variances a. V22-13, 360 Gunston Hall Circle (deferred by Board of Zoning Appeals last month) Request(s): • To allow the lot coverage for an AG-1 zoned property that fronts a public street to increase from a maximum allowed of 20 percent to 24.2 percent. (Section 64-1141(d)(1)(b)). • To allow existing deck to encroach into the 50-foot rear setback by 16 feet, and to allow existing corner of home to encroach into the 50-foot rear setback by 1 foot. (Section 64-416 (d)). b. V22-15, 580 Owens Farm Road (deferred by Board of Zoning Appeals last month) Request(s): • To allow existing greenhouse to encroach 50-foot rear setback by 39 feet. (Section 64-416 (d)). • To allow existing green house to encroach 25-foot side yard setback by 21 feet. (Section 64-416 (c)(1). c. V22-17, 130 Von Lake Drive Request(s): • To encroach into the 75-foot impervious setback for a proposed pool and pool deck. (Sec. 20-426(2)). • To allow the lot coverage for an AG-1 zoned property that fronts a public street to increase from a maximum allowed of 20 percent to 23.79 percent. (Section 64-1141(d)(1)(b)).
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Suspect: Continued from Page 2 next several hours, negotiators continued to try and convince Perry to exit the home, unharmed, police said. Aurora police then requested help from the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office, and deputies responded to the scene. They also received assistance from the Littleton and Englewood police departments. At 9:45 p.m., officers reported hearing multiple gunshots from inside the home, but they did not return fire. Instead, they allegedly continued to try and communicate with Perry using the public address system on the Armored Response and Rescue Vehicles at the scene. Aurora police stated Perry remained uncooperative and fired several more rounds throughout the night. Then, at about 2:18 a.m., Perry allegedly exited the home, armed with a rifle. “Shots were fired by one Aurora police
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officer and one Arapahoe County Sheriff’s deputy,” the Aurora Police Department stated. “Medical care was provided by Aurora Fire Rescue, and the suspect was transported to the hospital. He did not survive his wounds.” The police officer and sheriff’s deputy who fired their weapons are said to have been equipped with department-issued body cameras, which will be now used in the investigation. They have been placed on paid administrative leave, per each department’s policy. The Critical Incident Response Team for the 18th Judicial District responded and will be investigating the officer-involved shooting incident. The CIRT Team conducts independent, multi-agency investigations into officer-involved shootings in Arapahoe, Douglas and Elbert counties. Carbrales-Hernandez’s family has started an online fundraising campaign to cover the costs of her funeral and help support her two children. To donate, visit gofundme.com/f/help-for-samys-funeralexpenses.
Mammoth: Continued from Page 8 dashes and consoles and seats and door panels a certain way,” he said. “We have a process for everything ... Some people are really big on how well they wash their own car, and I think we come as close to that standard as possible.” After 15 years at the second location on Old Milton Parkway, Tester said they are starting to think about opening other locations in John’s Creek, Cumming and Woodstock or East Roswell. But true to form, Tester said he wouldn’t mind another location down the street from his current two. “I’d do another one close to here if I could,” he said. “Life is beautiful and it’s been fun, really fun.”
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Continued from Page 10 rienced homelessness before, for almost four years. “I’m not going to be homeless again,” Dowda told council members. “I’ll soon get my home in heaven, but we’ve got to solve this problem.” Dowda said no one from the city has reached out to him since. He said he’d like to see the mayor and City Council tell him and the other residents, “This is how we’re going to get you from point A to point B.” “We’re running against a brick wall, and the brick wall just doesn’t want to collapse,” Dowda said.
Areas around the 199 Grove Way apartments are held up by metal supports after being deemed structurally unsound by the City of Roswell in March.
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Mayor Kurt Wilson said at the July 11 City Council meeting he’s been working with the Housing Authority of Roswell since he was sworn into office in January, because he quickly realized he had “inherited dozens of years of issues” with the agency. “The first thing that was very apparent to us – to myself and the city administrator – was that we had [approximately] 40 residents that we considered to be in immediate peril from a potential collapse of a building,” Wilson said. “To your point, why wasn’t that addressed in the years past is part of the story that should be written.” Wilson said because the Housing Authority of Roswell is a HUD program, the city does not have purview, except to deem the building unsafe. He said the pleas for help are not falling on deaf ears. “I’m responsible for the fact that your building got condemned,” Wilson said. “That was a matter of safety. It was a matter of I was concerned that building would collapse, and I would lose 40 Roswell residents.”
No money to move
Meanwhile, another resident, Wanda Wilbanks, 86, said she’s been given a unit at one of the duplexes across the street, where she previously lived for 37 years with her kids, but that she’s not eligible for the funds to hire movers. “They said I wasn’t eligible for it, but I still have to move,” Wilbanks said. “I don’t know what I’m going to do.” Wilbanks retired in 1999 after driving a school bus for 45 years. She moved to 199 Grove Way in 2011 but said her apartment was never painted, and when the carpet was replaced, it was installed on top of the old one, making it difficult to clean. In 2017, her ceiling fell, breaking her dining room table and ruining her furniture. Wilbanks said she never got reimbursed and the ceiling has started to crack again. The Housing Authority of Roswell
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and Leumas have told residents that once the property is redeveloped in a couple of years, they will have first dibs on the new apartments. Wilbanks said she doesn’t think she’ll still be alive when that happens. Karen Parrish, chairwoman of the
Housing Authority of Roswell, said the goal is to have everyone placed by Sept. 1. Anyone who has not secured housing by that date will be addressed on a case-by-case basis. “We have residents with specific special needs that we know will be difficult
to place and are hopeful to find suitable housing for each resident as soon as possible,” Parrish said. “This timeframe has been established through working jointly with HUD and the City of Roswell as well as the Marietta Housing Authority who is issuing the vouchers.”
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