DUNWOODY CITY COUNCIL MEETING
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2020 6:00 PM
4800 ASHFORD DUNWOODY ROAD
DUNWOODY, GA 30338
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PUBLIC COMMENT
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comment list.
Proclamation in Recognition of National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Month
Presentation of Intersection Improvement Recommendations on Perimeter Center West
Presentation from Stage Door Players (Debbie Fuse) - Current Use Agreement - Letter Sep 20
Presentation of the Comprehensive Plan Update Draft
Resolution Amending the CARES Budget
Resolution Appointing Member to Serve on Discover Dunwoody Board - Cher Breslin
Contract with Outside Legal Counsel (Eric Linton, City Manager) - document not yet available.
Discussion of the Athletic Association Manual
The proposed Athletic Association Manual is being presented to the full City Council (and the public) for the first time on Tuesday for discussion purposes only. I was not on the developing committee, therefore I will need to thoroughly review the pros and cons of the proposed changes and see what benefits it will bring. As a City we need to review the costs related to using our park facilities, set up a sinking fund to slowly save for the replacement of the turf fields, the financial charges to the organizations using the facilities, the availability of the facilities to organizations or groups that are not part of a use agreement (like Dunwoody High School teams), the allowance of rentals to outside organizations by the various Athletic Associations, the historical agreements that may have been in place for years and how these proposed changes will affect the established users. One of the possible changes being proposed is allowing the Baseball Fields and Soccer Fields to a wider more diverse group of users who are not currently using the fields. At the moment those uses are not organized, as the open time on some of the fields does not envision a wider use than what is already there.
Council has received a number of inquiries from Dunwoody Senior Baseball (and the residents who participate in this activity) asking for clarification of the modifications and opposing any change in the current financial agreement between that organization and the city, therefore I am guessing at the Tuesday meeting we will be hearing from that organization and possibly others.
In Feb of 2020, the internal auditor for the City provided a review of the Dunwoody Senior Baseball program which I believe is driving some of these proposed changes especially as it relates to the current use agreement.
Update on CARES Not-for-Profit Efforts
I am writing this to express my concern for the plan that the City of Dunwoody has for the Brook Run Park (BRP) baseball fields. The fee structure that is being proposed for the rental of BRP fields to Dunwoody Senior Baseball (DSB) and Peachtree Charter Middle (PCMS) will have a negative impact on my son who plays for DSB and hopes to play for the PCMS 8th grade team in 2021. The proposed fees that the city will charge for the use of BRP will make it difficult for us to continue to play baseball in the community that we live in. If Dunwoody increases rental fees for the BRP fields, the cost of that increase will fall directly on the families who attend PCMS and the families that participate in DSB. DSB has stated that an increase of 48% in participation fees is possible if rental fees go up for use of the BRP fields. If PCMS follows a similar track, you would literally be pricing out my son from participating in baseball programs at DSB and PCMS because of cost alone. My family has been in Dunwoody for two years and we enjoy being here. My son enjoys playing baseball at DSB and he loves being at PCMS. I would hope that you would not support raising fees for use of BRP fields that might force us to quit baseball altogether. That would be our only option since there are no other options for baseball in our community.
ReplyDeleteThank You,
District 3 Resident