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The Champion, Thursday, Feb. 19 - 25, 2015
LOCAL
Page 9A
Dunwoody mayor
addresses city concents
by Ashley Oglesby
ashley@dekalbchamp.com
The city of Dunwoody
presented its sixth annual
2015 State of the City ad
dress on Feb. 12 at the
Crowne Plaza Ravinia.
The event was sponsored
by Dunwoody city officials,
the Rotary Club of Dun
woody and the Dunwoody
Chamber of Commerce to
showcase the accomplish
ments and the vision for the
city of Dunwoody.
Dunwoody Major Mike
Davis said while the city had
great success last year, he is
looking forward to 2015.
One main accomplish
ment, Davis said, was meet
ing goals while delivering
one of the lowest property
tax rates in the state at 2.74
mills.
Davis said Dunwoody
will continue to address
those infrastructure needs
that were the basis of its in
corporation, while creating
that “sense of place.”
That “place” is in refer
ence to the Dunwoody Vil
lage Parkway, which Davis
said he would like to mimic
the effect of Canton Street
in Roswell and downtown
Decatur.
Within the next couple
of months city officials will
host sessions to improve
their five-year compre
hensive plan-Shape Dun-
woody-which Davis said
needs community involve
ment to be effective.
“I urge you to get in
volved with the workshops
and meetings. If you think
we’re going in the wrong
direction.. .now is your
chance,” said Davis to a
crowd of residents and busi
ness owners.
Another part of Dun
woody s growth has been
and will be, said Davis, the
attraction of millennials to
the area and the companies
that bring them.
Davis said there are five
factors that drive young
workers and families to
Dunwoody-location and
access to major highways,
shopping and restaurants,
executive housing, hospitals
and class A office space.
“These make Dunwoody
desirable and we have to
find ways to continue to at
tract companies,” said Davis.
The upcoming commu
nity goals workshops will be:
Feb. 26, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at
Kingswood United Method
ist Church, 5015 Tilly Mill
Road and on March 2, 6:30
to 8:30 p.m. at the Dun
woody Public Library, 5339
Chamblee Dunwoody Road.
NOTICE OF BOND ELECTION TO THE QUALIFIED VOTERS OF THE CITY OF ATLANTA
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that on Tuesday, the 17th day of March, 2015, an election will be held in the City of Atlanta (the "City"), at which election there
will be submitted to the qualified voters of the City for their determination the question of whether General Obligation Public Improvement Bonds in an
aggregate principal amount not to exceed $187,945,000 should be issued by the City for the purpose of providing funds to pay, or to be applied or
contributed toward, the costs of the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, renovation, repair, improvement, critical capital maintenance and
equipping of public streets, traffic control infrastructure and equipment, curbing, storm water drainage, street name and directional signage, bridges,
viaducts and related public improvements including, but not limited to, streetlights, sidewalks, bicycle lanes, and transit stops so as to improve the
pedestrian and transit environment, the cost of compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 for such improvements and other costs incident
thereto.
Each of the bonds of such bond issue, if approved by the voters, shall be dated as of the first day of the month in which the bonds are issued, shall be
in such denomination or denominations, shall bear interest from the date thereof at such rate or rates, but in no event exceeding the maximum rate
of interest of five and one-half percent (5.50%) per annum, shall provide for interest to be payable semi-annually on the first day of June and December
of each year, until the bonds are paid in full, all as shall be determined by the City Council of the City of Atlanta (the "Council") in a supplemental ordinance
with respect to the issuance of said bonds, and shall provide for principal to be paid on the first day of December in the years and the amounts set
forth below:
GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS FOR PUBLIC STREETS. TRAFFIC CONTROL INFRASTRUCTURE AND EQUIPMENT. BRIDGES. VIADUCTS AND RELATED
PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS
Year
Amount
Year
Amount
2017
$ 6,600,000
2026
$10,355,000
2018
6,940,000
2027
10,885,000
2019
7,295,000
2028
11,445,000
2020
7,670,000
2029
12,030,000
2021
8,065,000
2030
12,645,000
2022
8,475,000
2031
13,295,000
2023
8,910,000
2032
13,975,000
2024
9,370,000
2033
14,695,000
2025
9,850,000
2034
15,445,000
The bonds may be made subject to redemption prior to maturity, to the extent permitted by law, upon terms and conditions to be determined bythe
Council in a supplementalordinance.
Voters desiring to vote for the issuance of such Public Improvement Bonds shall do so by voting "YES" and voters desiring to vote against the issuance
of such Public Improvement Bonds shall do so by voting "NO" as to the question written or printed on the ballot labels with respect to the bonds. Such
question shall be substantially as follows:
"SHALL GENERAL OBLIGATION PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT BONDS IN AN AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $187,945,000 BE
ISSUED BY THE CITY OF ATLANTA FOR THE ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, RECONSTRUCTION, RENOVATION, REPAIR, IMPROVEMENT,
CRITICAL CAPITAL MAINTENANCE AND EQUIPPING OF PUBLIC STREETS, TRAFFIC CONTROL INFRASTRUCTURE AND EQUIPMENT, CURBING,
STORM WATER DRAINAGE, STREET NAME AND DIRECTIONAL SIGNAGE, BRIDGES, VIADUCTS AND RELATED PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS
INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO STREETLIGHTS, SIDEWALKS, BICYCLE LANES, AND TRANSIT STOPS SO AS TO IMPROVE THE
PEDESTRIAN AND TRANSIT ENVIRONMENT, THE COST OF COMPLIANCE WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT OF 1990 FOR SUCH
IMPROVEMENTS, IN THE CITY OF ATLANTA, GEORGIA?"
The ballot labels for the question propounded above shall have printed thereon the word "YES" and the word "NO" in order that each voter may
cast his or her vote in either the affirmative or the negative as to the question propounded.
The several places for holding the election shall be the regular and established polling places for holding elections in each precinct in the City.
Each polling place shall be opened at 7:00 o'clock a.m. and closed at 7:00p.m. on March 17, 2015.
Those qualified to vote at this election shall be determined in all respects in accordance and in conformity with the Constitution and laws of the
United States of America and of the State of Georgia.
FOR INFORMATION ON HOW TO REGISTER AND WHERE TO VOTE, YOU MAY CALL THE FULTON COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF REGISTRATIONS
AND ELECTIONS AT 404-612-7020 OR INQUIRE AT THE OFFICES OF THE FULTON COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF REGISTRATIONS AND ELECTIONS AT 130
PEACHTREE STREET, SUITE 2186, ATLANTA, GEORGIA. THE FINAL DAY FOR REGISTRATION TO VOTE IN SUCH ELECTION SHALLBE FEBRUARY 17, 2015.
EARLY VOTING OPPORTUNITY SHALL BE FEBRUARY 23, 2015 THROUGH MARCH 13, 2015.
This notice is given pursuant to the authority of a resolution adopted bythe Council of the City of Atlanta.
CITY OF ATLANTA
Rhonda Dauphin Johnson
Municipal Clerk