DUNWOODY PUBLIC FACILITIES AUTHORITY
SPECIAL CALLED MEETING
02/14/2022 - 5:15 PM
DUNWOODY CITY HALL
At 5:15 pm on Monday the Dunwoody Public Facilities Authority comprised of members of the City Council, will be meeting to discuss requests from the Dunwoody Nature Center and the Spruill Center for the Arts as detailed below. Regular Meeting starts at six pm.
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Request for minor Building Alterations to the Dunwoody Nature Center (Nancy Longacre)
Request for Spruill Center for the Arts Facility Expansion (Alan Mothner)
February 14, 2022
6:00 PM – DUNWOODY CITY HALL
4800 ASHFORD DUNWOODY ROAD
DUNWOODY, GA 30338
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PUBLIC COMMENT - in person or raise hand in Zoom.
FIRST READ: RZ 21-03: Rezoning for 600 Ashwood Parkway to Amend the Conditions of the Current C-1c District to Allow a Retail/Restaurant Building
Resolution Appointing a Member to Serve on the Planning Commission - Debbie Gordon
Approval of Additional Human Resources Position Funded by CARES II
Approval of Replacement of Taser X2's with Purchase of Taser 7's
Approval of Create Dunwoody Alliance - Create Dunwoody Arts and Culture Master Plan
Approval of Updated Al Fresco Grant
Approval of CARES 2 Amendment for Arts Seed Funding, Hazard Pay, and City Supplies/Services
Resolution for Budget Amendment for Fiscal Year 2021
Additional Funding for the Mount Vernon Place Sidewalk Project
Updated Park Master Plans for 5435 Roberts Dr. and 4809/4819 Vermack Rd
Contract with Blount Construction for 2022 Pavement Resurfacing - 2021/2023 Paving Plan
Vermack Road Shared-Use Path Adjacent to Dunwoody High School
I-285 Issues - PIB Express Lane Access and Exit 30. Council was recently notified of a fatal accident on Westbound I285 at North Peachtree Road and I expressed frustration with the PIB exit to 285 and the crossing of cars exiting 285 at exit 30, North Peachtree Road. I believe this exit entrance needs to be modified and better marked.
Back in 2020, I raised a concern to GDOT on the lack of the top end express lanes coming from or to PIB a major state road that handles thousands a vehicles a day and the update from GDOT stated that they were not thinking it was needed.
• Peachtree Industrial Boulevard Access
Existing general purpose (GP) interchanges are not generally considered
for arterial access ramps to and from express lanes (EL) in order to
avoid potential operational impacts of combining GP and EL traffic into a
single location. Under the build condition, drivers would use the
direct merge on I-285 at North Shallowford Road to move from the GP
lanes to the EL system in order to reach destinations west of Peachtree
Industrial Boulevard, such as the Perimeter area and Cobb County.
Essentially, drivers could still use northbound or southbound Peachtree
Industrial Boulevard as they do today, merge onto I-285 heading west,
and then almost immediately enter the EL system at the direct merge to
travel westward without using local streets. The reverse commute would
be similar for drivers traveling northbound or southbound on Peachtree
Industrial Boulevard wanting to go in the eastbound direction of I-285.
In February of 2021, Council was briefed by GDOT and this issue was raised once again by numerous Council members with a statement from GDOT that this issue would be revisited for possible addition. Not hearing back from GDOT, now a year later, on Monday the Dunwoody City Council will once again discuss this and other issues to make sure the State is aware of our long term concerns also request a review of short term tweaks if appropriate.
