Dunwoody Police Chief explains the use of Twitter for a day of calls.

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April 11th Agenda for Dunwoody City Council Work Session

Monday, April 11th
Dunwoody City Hall
41 Perimeter Center East

Dunwoody, GA 30346

Work Session at 7:00 p.m.
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Agenda - City Version of Meeting Packet

Proclamation - "Georgia Cities Week".

Discussion of Purchase of Property Located at 4000 Dunwoody Park Drive.

FIRST READ: An Ordinance to Authorize and Direct the Execution by the City of Dunwoody, Georgia of a Certain Installment Sale Agreement with Georgia Municipal Association, Inc., and a Certain Agreement Regarding Environmental Activity in Connection Therewith; to Provide a Statement of Legislative Findings and Intent; to Make an Appropriation in Connection Therewith; to Designate Such Installment Sale Agreement as a Qualified Tax-Exempt Obligation; to Provide an Effective Date; and for Other Purposes.

Discussion of 5-year Paving Plan.

Discussion of 2011 Capital Paving Project.

Discussion of Contract for Workflow Management Software.

E 9-1-1 Event Disclosure. (Danny Ross)

Discussion of Amending the Dunwoody Village Overlay District Regulations (Streetscape) to Align with the Dunwoody Village Master Plan.

Discussion of Special Event Sponsorship.

Discussion of DeKalb County Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan.

Discussion of Volunteer Coordinating Committee.

Discussion of U.S. Department of Justice Preclearance "Bailout."

Norcross offering Shreding services, Paint and Electronic Recycling on Saturday April 9th

The City of Norcross is holding their annual Recycling Day this Saturday, April 9th near City Hall from 9 am until 1 pm. They have added paint recycling to the usual paper shredding and electronics recycling, all open to the public. Participants are encouraged to donate non perishable food items for their area food pantry. Proceeds from the small per can paint fee will also benefit the food pantry. Interesting tidbit, I also heard that the reprocessed paint will be returned to them for use in community art projects.

Please click on the photos below for more details or contact Philomena Robertson (770) 448-7327 probertson@norcrossga.net

Dunwoody Police Department plans to tell all on Twitter but few know that everything is already posted for all to see.

#DPDcalls

On Friday, Dunwoody officers will be experimenting with Twitter by tweeting all calls starting at 6 a.m. with the hashtag #DPDcalls

Police Chief, Billy Grogan uses social media to engage the community and create an online presence for the Dunwoody Police Department, thereby making our city one of the most transparent agencies around.  The Department website has numerous links to social media outlets including Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Nixle, WebTips, and Interactive Defense as well as many other tidbits of interesting information.

But did you know that Dunwoody is one of the few agencies who posts all traffic citations on line along with full police reports?

Every morning after checking the AJC obituaries to see if I am still alive, I read my email from Community Watch to see if I am still locked up in either the DeKalb or Gwinnett jail; then in order to assure that all is right with the world, I check the Dunwoody daily bulletin to see who was ticketed for speeding (don't even think of calling me, you were doing more then 10 over, I can't and won't intervene as you deserve the tkt; yes this includes my wife).

Seriously, Good luck to Sgt's Dove & Witcher as the world will be watching in real time.

Citizen's Police Academy

In related Dunwoody PD transparency news, the next Dunwoody Police Department Citizens Police Academy will be starting April 26th.  The Academy is a free, ten-week long program available to residents of the City of Dunwoody. Programs are held 2-3 times per year and take place at Dunwoody Police Department headquarters. The academy covers a variety of topics to include, but not limited to: Traffic Enforcement, Gangs, SWAT, Detective Division, Patrol, Special Weapons and Tactics, Community Outreach Unit, Crime Scene Unit and, Evidence. There are a limited number of spaces available for the academy; therefore, registration is on a first-come first-serve basis. Download your application at www.dunwoodypolice.com. If you have any questions, please contact Sgt. Mike Carlson at mike.carlson@dunwoodyga.gov.

Can you help make the next Dunwoody Community Garden a reality?

There are at least four community gardens in the City of Dunwoody and the dynamic duo of  Ms. Pattie Baker (Sustainable Pattie) and Mr. Bob Lundsten (Farmer Bob) would like to install the fifth in one of the most densely populated parts of the city, just yards off Ashford Dunwoody Road.  They put out a call for volunteers and now Ms. Shawn Bard just fell out of the sky to take the leadership role in launching and running the planned vegetable garden at the Spruill Gallery in Dunwoody, GA.

Can you help Shawn?

Shawn is a Dunwoody resident and mom of school-age children. She has a large vegetable garden at home, is a master gardener, is a beekeeper, for goodness sake, and has been separately working on developing a program to provide 50 families in Dunwoody this summer (especially those in multi-family housing) with free Grow Bags, tomato plants, Farmer D Organics planting mix, and trellises (ALL of which she had donated by various companies) (more details to come about that another time). AND she writes a relatively new, beautiful blog named Grow. Great. Full.

Help Shawn and this garden be a success!  $3,000 is needed during the month of April, or this garden will not happen.  Donate now by sending a check to: Spruill Gallery, 4681 Ashford Dunwoody Road, Dunwoody, GA 30338. Be sure to write in the subject line that it is for the garden. (A Paypal option should be live in about a week.)  The garden is scheduled to be installed May 2.  An art opening for an installation titled Architecture in the Garden is scheduled for June 2.

H/T to the incredible Ms. Pattie Baker, a Fearless Thinker, an Honest Advisor, as well as a Passionate Storyteller who will soon to be a best selling author.

Paint & Electronics Recycling in Dunwoody on Saturday April 16th at GPC

Sat, April 16th - 9 am to 1 pm

The Sustainability Commission of Dunwoody is excited to announce an electronic and paint recycling event at Georgia Perimeter College! Drop off your old TV or those extra cans of paint hanging around the house at a nominal cost. Swing by the event before or after your visit to Lemonade Days. For more information, please review the attached flyer, and feel free to distribute it as you see fit. They will also need volunteers, so contact Rebecca Keefer at (678) 382-6811 if you or anyone you know is interested. Thanks, and we look forward to seeing you there.