DUNWOODY CITY COUNCIL MEETING
Tuesday, May 26, 2026
6:00 PM
DUNWOODY CITY HALL - DUNWOODY HALL
4800 ASHFORD DUNWOODY ROAD
DUNWOODY, GA 30338
Agenda 6 pm - City Site Agenda
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Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance
Award Presentation: Officer & Employee of the 1st Quarter 2026 (Chief Carlson)
PUBLIC COMMENTS - Public Comment allows the City Council the opportunity to listen to the public (3 minutes per speaker / 30 minutes total).
Agreement with the Federal Highway Administration for a Safe Streets for All Grant
Spruill Center for the Arts Window Replacement
Dunwoody Trailway Retaining Wall Repair in Brook Run Park
Resolution Appointing Members to Serve on the Urban Redevelopment Agency - Carol Allen, Robert Buckley & Suzanne Melan.
Windwood Hollow Playground Resurfacing
Amendment to the City's Compensation Chart
Agreement with Georgia Department of Transportation for the North Peachtree Road Path
Allocation of Local Road Assistance Funds
Household Hazardous Waste Contract
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I will be missing this City Council meeting on Tuesday as my bride and I are taking a few days away to celebrate our 30th Wedding Anniversary but that being said I figured I would add my spin on a few topics that are up for possible approval.
Tax funds are limited but Council is still chasing the dream to shoehorn 10 to 12 foot trails on every major road even if there are already sidewalks installed and there doesn't seem to be any concern that these overpriced, new paths will eat in the single family front yards with trail lighting shining into their homes.
Tuesday there are three path / trail items on the agenda, I agree with the maintenance of the Brook Run Trail as that 12 foot path through the trees serves hundreds of walkers every day and needs regular maintenance.
The North Peachtree path that is up for GDOT agreement is only .75 of a mile going from Cotillion to Barclay on the West Side of the street where there are already wide sidewalks in front of Chesnut & Peachtree Middle; yet if City Council approves the GDOT agreement we are on the hook for $600K for preliminary engineering and possibly up to $14 million for construction with the dreams that we can get some Federal funds to help us with that?
The sad part is that many on Council know that 90% of the walkers to Chesnut & Peachtree, walk on the East side of the street with a very tiny sidewalk that really needs an improvement. This is the priority need on this section of North Peachtree but if we are going to chase Federal Funds, this application for the West side needs to be submitted ASAP and is therefore on the agenda now. Maybe if we hurry up and approve this we can then spend big money to put a huge trail where it is not needed? I would have voted no. Staff is looking at options on the East side but nothing has been released as of yet.
Related to the North Peachtree Path is the fact that GDOT wants us to sign an agreement on a path going under 285 at North Peachtree but remove the dedicated turn around lane. Staff and GDOT are discussing but as someone who drives this intersection daily, the dedicated turn around lane is needed, even if an additional lane of right of way is obtained to make it happen. I am hopeful GDOT will see it our way in the next draft back to the city. Click here for those details.
The final Path / Trail item is hidden in the Additional Local Maintenance & Improvement Grant Funds item that awards the City $600K for road maintenance. This is extra unplanned funds granted by the State to improve roads and requires that the money be spent rather quickly. Dunwoody already has funded paving for next year therefore it was decided at the last meeting to put the $600 of State money into paving and then to pull $600K out of that fund and transfer it to the the Mt. Vernon / Tilly Mill project that includes a 12 foot trail on the North side of the street. This is just moving money to a project that is already in the works & though I do not like some aspects of the plan, I understand the banking of money where we will have the need but by doing so we are not doing other things that could be done instead.
Another item I don't understand is us again chasing Federal Funds, approving the Safe Streets Grant from the Federal Highway Administration whereby we pay $50K to get $200K of effort from the Feds for road safety audits whereby those audits were already completed. In November of 2023 we finalized the Road Safety Action Plan and now we don't need more study, audits or planning - we need to do projects. Take this proposed $50K and spend it on safety projects in Dunwoody and not put it in the pockets of another consultant. Just my 2 cents.
Council needs to set appropriate priorities and as I said back in October, we need to have a nest egg of cash saved up in case we can buy & develop the Dunwoody Post Office into a Community Amenity & Gathering space.
Another priority of the City is to appropriately support & fund community events run by outside vendors like the Dunwoody Homeowners Association Fourth of July Parade but that conversation will need to wait for another day.
Final thing, Dunwoody’s Memorial Day Ceremony has been moved indoors to Dunwoody City Hall due to the forecast. 10 a.m. on Monday, May 25, as we honor the brave men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice in service to our country.
