Congratulations to Dunwoody Police Award Winners

 Thank You for your service.

The Dunwoody Police Department gave out its 2011 achievement awards for officers and employees that made an impact throughout the year. It is important to recognize excellence among the staff. The police department recognized five individuals for their achievements during the 2011 calendar year. They were recognized for Officer of the Year, Employee of the Year, Marksman of the Year, Meritorious Service Medal and Rising Star Award.

Officer of the Year: Detective Blake Yeargin- Detective Yeargin has been an asset to the detective division since his transfer. He has made numerous arrests which have made a significant impact in his zone.

Employee of the Year: Eileen Sears- Police Service Representative Sears has assumed numerous responsibilities outside of her job description. She has assisted in the implementation of new projects to assist with the efficiency of our PSR’s.

Marksman of the Year: Detectvive Ronny Gomez DeLima- Detective DeLima had the highest qualifying score for the department in 2011. He is to be commended for staying proficient with his firearm.

Rising Star Award: Officer Timothy Fecht- Officer Fecht has demonstrated his ability to go outside his normal duties to assist with Community Outreach efforts. Along with his positive attitude on the job, Officer Fecht has been a great asset to the Dunwoody Police Department since he started.

Meritorious Service Medal: Officer Dale Laskowski- Officer Laskowski responded to a person down early last year. Upon his arrival, the victim was not breathing and did not have a pulse. Officer Laskowski performed CPR until EMS arrived, and the individual made a full recovery.

Ashford Dunwoody Lane Closures Scheduled for Construction

Video of how new intersection will work.

One westbound right lane of I-285 at the Ashford Dunwoody Road Bridge will be closed for an hour Saturday (Jan. 28) around 10 a.m. for work on the Diverging Diamond Interchange (DDI) at I-285 and Ashford Dunwoody Road. The brief lane closure is required to secure the bolt pattern of the existing structures holding up directional signs on the I-285 and Ashford Dunwoody Road Interchange Bridge.

Weather permitting, beginning at 9:00 p.m. on Monday (Jan. 30) and Tuesday (Jan. 31), the left southbound lane of Ashford Dunwoody Road will close for night construction to remove street lights from the raised median. On Wednesday (Feb. 1), the right lanes of the Ashford Dunwoody Road Bridge, both northbound and southbound, will close for night construction.

In August 2011, Georgia Department of Transportation awarded a $4.6 million contract to E.R. Snell Contractors, Inc. of Snellville for the DDI project, a concept which was initiated by the PCIDs. The first DDI in Georgia, the I-285 at Ashford Dunwoody Road project is an innovative, low-cost solution to improve traffic flow and safety. 

St. Luke's Dunwoody Tartan Trot his the street Saturday morning.

http://www.tartantrot.com

Last minute registration on Friday at the Church and possibly slots available on race day Saturday.  Please check the website above.

Wanted: Used Youth Soccer and Baseball Sports Equipment for Dunwoody Boy Scout Eagle Project

 Let's clean out the closets!

For his Boy Scout Eagle Project, Dunwoody High School student Gray LaRose is collecting, repairing, and cleaning, new and used sporting equipment and practice uniforms to be given to underprivileged kids in the soccer and baseball programs the Chamblee Parks and Recreation Department.

Gray will collecting items from January 27th to February 3rd 2012. You can drop off items in the collection bins

Bins have been placed in the front lobbies of:

St. Lukeʼs Presbyterian Church
Dunwoody High School
Dunwoody Baptist Church

Some of the items he is collecting are: soccer balls, cleats, shin guards, bats, baseballs, baseball gloves, practice
attire of all sizes.

For further information or questions please contact Gray LaRose at graylarose@gmail.com

Dunwoody Patch posts video of the zoning rewrite meeting.

18 min introductory zoning meeting presented by Dunwoody Patch

The Dunwoody Patch recorded the beginning of the meeting and wrote a nice recap of the comments made by the 25 citizens in the room. 

I highly recommend that you click the link above to watch the video and please feel free to comment there as to your thoughts on the project and changes needed.  Though this is by far the official place to comment on such items, it is a public discussion which will be read by other members of the community as well as the project consultants.  Soon there will be a public site created by the consultants which will serve the same and "official" place to comment outside the physical meetings and once available I will post that link too.

Dunwoody Zoning Code Rewrite Kick-Off Meeting Tonight

 What does the future bring?

The Dunwoody Zoning Code Rewrite Kick-Off Meeting is scheduled for Tonight, Tuesday, January 24 at Dunwoody Baptist Church (1445 Mount Vernon Road) from 7:00-9:00 PM. The public is invited to be a part in this exciting planning initiative beginning in 2012.

Dunwoody Baptist Church
1445 Mount Vernon Road
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

City Council Recap
Video quality was lacking at Monday nights City Council Meeting but the conversation of adding bike lanes to Chamblee Dunwoody is passable if you turn you the speakers way up. It is available in the link below.

http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/19965911

City of Dunwoody 2012 Retreat Recap

Recap & Documents

The City Council "retreat" is an all day planning / training session which is used to allow new council members the opportunity to get caught up to speed on city matters and it is also used to plan for items of importance which may be brought forward in the coming year.  The day started before 8 and ended after 5 and there were lots of good discussions.  The 2011 year in review (link below) is a nice recap down to the city departmental level and the financial forecasts of the city and the staffing of the police department each took a good part of of the day, then we discussed numerous other items on the agenda.

The meeting was open to the public and the press covered it as well as shown here, here & here.

Agenda

2011 Year in Review and 2011 Retreat Results

Roles, Responsibilities and Expectations of Elected Officials and Staff

• Mayor and Council Team Expectations
• Media Policy

Financial Planning Discussion (Chris Pike)

• General Economic Outlook Briefing
• 5 year Dunwoody Financial Forecast

Public Safety Discussion (Billy Grogan)

• Police Department Staffing

City of Dunwoody Financial Forecast 2012 - 2015

Click for complete pdf document

Dunwoody Police 5 year Staffing Request

Police Chief Billy Grogan presented the Dunwoody City Council with a five year staffing plan to add 18 positions over five years. Click here for the full document.

Click here for complete document.