Thursday, March 21, 2019

Dunwoody City Council agenda for Monday March 25, 2019 - Brook Run Stream Buffer Variance for new playfields, Sidewalks. Trees, Playground Resurfacing, Safety of Wood Buildings

Monday, March 25, 2019
Dunwoody City Hall
4800 Ashford Dunwoody Rd
Dunwoody, GA 30338

Agenda

Presentation on Safety of Wood Buildings (Chief Joseph Cox).

MC 19-01: Aaron St. Pierre of Lose Design, on Behalf of the City of Dunwoody, Owners of 4770 N Peachtree Road (“Brook Run Park”) Request a Variance From Chapter 16, Sec. 16-78 to Encroach the City’s 75-Foot Stream Buffer for Construction and Grading. The Tax Parcel ID is 18 354 001 005.

ACTION ITEM: MC 19-01: City of Dunwoody, Owners of 4770 N. Peachtree Road ("Brook Run Park") Request a Variance From Chapter 16, Sec. 17-78 to Encroach the City's 75-Foot Stream Buffer

Contract Award ITB 19-02 Brook Run Park Playground Resurfacing

SECOND READ: Permanent Easement Agreement for Palisades, LLC

SECOND READ: Permanent Easement Agreement for Georgia Power Company along Roberts Drive for New Austin Elementary School

FIRST READ: Text Amendment to Chapter 16 re: Trees.

Resolution Authorizing the Use Of Eminent Domain to Obtain Certain Property Interests Located at 4996 Tilly Mill Road for the Public Use and Public Benefit of Constructing a Public Sidewalk

1 comment:

Common Sense said...

I vote "no" for variance based on future continual problems with soil erosion, lack of oversight/management for avoiding environmental hazards, and increase in tax dollars to provide constant 'improvements to the improvements' (resurfacing of fields, clearing detention ponds, etc.)
(1) Removal of trees will cause continual sinking of ground - lack of root structure for supporting gridwork of soil - resulting in continual erosion of underlayers of ground (constant repaving - as seen in many roads with sinking areas due to lack of supporting structures near sewer pipelines)
(2) Increasing number of detention ponds - without continual monitoring - will result in uncontrollable algae growth - noxious fumes - continual escalation of mosquito population (increasing potential diseases to humans/animals). Taxpayers will continually be paying for increasing maintenance and health costs related to expanding "detention ponds"
(3) Healthy trees are already being cut down or destroyed due to no water, reduced canopy, and no oversight throughout park due to apparent lack of oversight and management by City Parks Department (Walker).
(4) Noise and safety hazards of park use. No security. Taxpayer will have to incur higher tax to ensure that bordering neighbors are protected in their homes from noise and vandalism.