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The Champion Legal Section, Thursday, Apri
14, 2016
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Facility
82. Lakeside High Facility
83. Laurel Ridge Elementary Facility
84. Lithonia High Facility
85. Lithonia Middle School Facility
86. Livsey Elementary Facility
87. Marbut Elementary Facility
88. Margaret Harris Comprehensive
Facility
89. Martin Luther King, Jr. High Facil
ity
90. McLendon Elementary Facility
91. McNair (Ronald E) Elementary
Facility
92. McNair High Facility
93. McNair Middle Facility
94. Meadowview Elementary Facility
95. Midvale Elementary Facility
96. Miller Grove High Facility
97. Miller Grove Middle Facility
98. Montclair Elementary Facility
99. Montgomery Elementary Facility
100. Murphy Candler Elementary Fa
cility
101. Narvie Harris Elementary Facil
ity
102. North DeKalb Stadium Facility
103. Oak Grove Elementary Facility
104. Oakcliff Elementary Facility
105. Oakview Elementary
106. Panola Way Elementary Facility
107. Panthersville Administrative Fa
cility
108. Peachcrest Elementary Facility
109. Peachtree Middle Facility
110. Pine Ridge Elementary Facility
111. Pleasantdale Elementary Facil
ity
112. Princeton Elementary Facility
113. Rainbow Elementary Facility
114. Redan Elementary Facility
115. Redan High Facility
116. Redan Middle Facility
117. Robert Shaw Theme Facility
118. Rock Chapel Elementary Facility
119. Rockbridge Elementary Facility
120. Rowland Elementary Facility
121. Sagamore Hills Elementary Fa
cility
122. Salem Middle Facility
123. Sam Moss Service Center Facil
ity
124. Sequoyah Middle Facility
125. Shadow Rock Elementary
School Facility (incl. Shadow Rock
Center)
126. Smoke Rise Elementary Facility
127. Snapfinger Elementary Facility
128. Southwest DeKalb High Facility
129. Stephenson High Facility
130. Stephenson Middle Facility
131. Stone Mill Elementary Facility
132. Stone Mountain Elementary Fa
cility
133. Stone Mountain High Facility
134. Stone Mountain Middle Facility
135. Stoneview Elementary Facility
136. Toney Elementary Facility
137. Towers High Facility
138. Tucker High Facility
139. Tucker Middle Facility
140. Vanderlyn Elementary Facility
141. Wadsworth Magnet (Knollwood)
Facility
142. Warren Technical Chamblee Fa
cility
143. William Bradley Bryant Techno
logy Center Facility
144. William Buck Godfrey Stadium
Facility
145. Woodridge Elementary Facility
146. Woodward Elementary Facility
147. Wynbrooke Elementary Facility
(iv) Making technology improve
ments, by acquiring, replacing, pur
chasing, installing, upgrading or sup
plementing technology including, but
not limited to: technology that sup
ports and/or enhances instruction, di
gital communication technology, en
hanced school security solutions,
wireless technology, enterprise con
tent management solutions, replace
ment and/or enhancement of techno
logy/systems in support of an Enter
prise Resource Planning (ERP) up
grade, data storage systems, tele
communication systems, digital re
cords retention, technology hard
ware, software, and related infra
structure at some or all of DSCD
Schools and Facilities, as needed;
(v) Replacing, purchasing, upgrading,
refurbishing or supplementing school
buses and support vehicles and oth
er capital equipment as needed in
cluding, but not limited to items such
as, desks, chairs, tables, instruction
al equipment, band equipment, kit
chen equipment, waste compactors,
portable classrooms/modular build
ings, custodial equipment, grounds
equipment, etc. at some or all of DC-
SD Schools and Facilities;
If imposition of the tax is approved by
a majority of the voters within the
Dekalb County School District, such
vote shall also constitute approval of
general obligation debt of the Dekalb
County School District in the princip-
al amount not to exceed
$200,000,000 for the purpose of
funding a portion of the Dekalb
County School District Projects, in
cluding capitalized interest and the
costs of issuing such general obliga
tion debt. Such general obligation
debt shall bear interest at an interest
rate or rates not to exceed 4 percent
per annum, determined by the
DeKalb County Board of Education
prior to the issuance of such general
obligation debt, may be issued from
time to time in whole or in party in
one or more series and shall mature
(serially or, at the option of the
DeKalb County Board of Education,
by mandatory sinking fund redemp
tion) in the years and amounts as fol
lows:
Date
Maximum Principal
Payable in Such Year:
2019
$36,655,000
2020
37,145,000
2021
37,755,000
2022
88,445,000
II. For the Atlanta Independent
School System:
(A) The following capital outlay
projects within DeKalb County (“APS
Projects”) and the expenses incident
al to accomplishing the APS Projects
including, but not limited to, imple
mentation expenses, management
expenses and legal expenses, at a
total maximum cost of
$20,057,000.00 (the actual amount of
the proceeds to be determined by the
ratio of DeKalb County School Dis
trict students to Atlanta Independent
School System students and City of
Decatur School System students as
determined by the latest FTE count
prior to the referendum):
(i) Adding to, modifying, reconfigur
ing schools, demolition of all or por
tions of existing schools, buildings
and/or facilities, some APS Schools
and Facilities or creating new schools
to accommodate current and in
creased student enrollment, class-
size reductions, and programmatic
needs, and acquiring land and pre
paring sites for constructing and
equipping new or replacement
schools and facilities, or equivalent
classroom capacity, including site
preparation and the demolition of all
or portions of existing structures;
(ii) Adding to, renovating, modifying
and equipping some or all of the fol
lowing existing schools or District-
owned property:
Fred Armon Toomer Elementary
School
(iii) Adding to, renovating, modifying,
reconfiguring, equipping, upgrading,
supplementing, acquiring, replacing,
and installing capital improvements
for various existing and new schools,
buildings and facilities (including
schools, buildings and facilities to be
constructed pursuant to this resolu
tion, once completed and including
any site preparation and demolition of
existing structures if necessary)--e.g.,
roofing, plumbing, wiring, painting,
water piping, HVAC, ADA renova
tions, infrastructure improvements,
repaving, restroom facilities, systems
for environmental and air quality con
trol, sports equity, physical education
facilities, classroom additions, kit
chens, fire protection, improvements
to comply with health, safety and ap
plicable building codes, traffic control
and optimization, parking and park
ing capacity, stormwater manage
ment facilities, and program-driven
modifications, including but not lim
ited to some or all of the following
schools and facilities ("APS Schools
and Facilities"):
Burgess-Peterson Academy Element
ary School
East Lake Elementary School
Mary Jane Lin Elementary School
Morningside Elementary School
Parkside Elementary School
Springdale Park Elementary School
Fred Armon Toomer Elementary
School
Whitefoord Elementary School
Coan Middle School
Samuel Martin Inman Middle School
Thurgood Marshall Middle School
Alonzo A. Crim Open Campus High
School
Henry W. Grady High School
Maynard Holbrook Jackson High
School
Crim Evening School
Facilities Service Center
Grady Stadium
Lakewood Stadium
South Metro Psychoeducational Pro
gram
(iv) Making technology improve
ments, by acquiring, replacing, pur
chasing, installing, upgrading or sup
plementing technology including, but
not limited to: instructional techno
logy, digital communication techno
logy, wireless technology, wireless in
frastructure, enterprise content man
agement solutions, data storage sys
tems, telecommunication systems,
mass communications systems, tech
nology hardware, software, and re
lated infrastructure at schools and fa
cilities, at some or all of APS Schools
and Facilities;
(v) Making athletic field and physical
education facility upgrades and im
provements at various middle and
high schools;
(vi) Acquiring, replacing, purchasing,
refurbishing, equipping and supple
menting school buses and support
vehicles;
(vii) Replacing, purchasing, upgrad
ing, refurbishing or supplementing
capital equipment including, but not
limited to, desks, chairs, tables, in
structional materials, instructional
equipment, physical education equip
ment, equipment that supports learn
ing, band equipment, kitchen equip
ment, waste compactors, portable
classrooms/modular buildings, cus
todial equipment, grounds equip
ment, and similar equipment at some
or all of APS Schools and Facilities;
(viii) Making of site, facility and tech
nology improvements deemed neces
sary to improve safety and security,
and enhance surveillance systems at
some or all of APS Schools and Fa
cilities;
(ix) Making technology improve
ments, and replacing, purchasing, in
stalling, upgrading or supplementing
technology including, but not limited
to: instructional technology and in
formation systems hardware, soft
ware, and infrastructure at some or
all Atlanta Independent School Sys
tem schools and selected other facil
ities (including without limitation se
lected charter schools), upgrades to
wireless communication infrastruc
ture and technology, emergency re
sponse technology, access control
technology and equipment, security
cameras and surveillance upgrades
at some or all of APS Schools and
Facilities;
(x) Replacing, purchasing, upgrading
or supplementing capital equipment
including, but not limited to, school
bus equipment, school bus lifts,
school police vehicles, school police
equipment, support vehicles, fuel
management systems, medical,
emergency and evacuation equip
ment, etc.; and
(xi) Making existing or new lease/pur
chase payments or payment with re
spect to the acquisition of schools, fa
cilities, school buses, school police
vehicles, transportation vehicles, or
other capital acquisitions.
III. For the City of Decatur School
System:
For the educational purposes of the
City of Decatur the following capital
outlay projects (the “City of Decatur
School Projects”) and the repayment
of previously incurred general obliga
tion debt at a total maximum cost of
$30,000,000.00:
(i) Acquisition of facilities leased by
the City Schools of Decatur, includ
ing the College Heights Early Learn
ing Center, the 4-5 Academy at Fifth
Avenue, Clairemont Elementary
School, Glennwood Elementary
School, and Oakhurst Elementary
School as now existing and as here
after improved;
(ii) To acquire, design, construct, ren
ovate, modify, add to, repair, replace,
demolish all or a portion of, improve
and equip existing and new school
buildings and sites and other existing
and new buildings and facilities, in
cluding greenspace, useful or desir
able in connection therewith, includ
ing, but not limited to, Clairemont Ele
mentary School, College Heights
Early Childhood Learning Center,
Decatur High School, the 4-5
Academy at Fifth Avenue, Glenn
wood Elementary School, Oakhurst
Elementary School, Renfroe Middle
School, Westchester Elementary
School, Winnona Park Elementary
School, and a Central Office;
(iii) To acquire, including, but not lim
ited to, through lease-purchase, con
struct and equip new school build
ings, early learning center buildings
and other buildings or facilities useful
or desirable in connection therewith,
including acquiring real estate for
new school buildings;
(iv) To acquire and install system-
wide technology and information sys
tems, hardware, and infrastructure at
all schools and other school system
facilities;
(v) To acquire computers or similar
technology for the use of students
and staff in and outside of the
classroom;
(vi) To acquire school buses, school-
related vehicles and other transporta
tion equipment;
(vii) School improvement and main
tenance projects throughout the City
Schools of Decatur, including but not
limited to, HVAC renovations, repairs
and replacements; roofing repairs
and replacements; electrical repairs,
renovations and upgrades, including
but not limited to cost-saving energy
efficiency capital projects; boiler
renovations, repairs and upgrades;
and other similar capital improve
ments;
(viii) To acquire, including, but not
limited to, through lease-purchase,
design, construct and equip a Cent
ral Office for the City Schools of Dec
atur, including parking;
(ix) To acquire any property useful or
desirable for the purposes listed in (i)
through (viii), both real and personal;
and,
(x) To pay a portion of the principal of
and interest on the previously issued
City of Decatur, Georgia Various Pur
pose General Obligation Sales Tax
Bonds (Decatur School System
Project), Series 2012 the proceeds of
which were used to finance improve
ments as set forth in the Concurrent
Resolution adopted by the Board of
Education of the City of Decatur on
June 6, 2011 (i.e., SPLOSTIV Resol
ution), and the maximum debt ser
vice to be paid on the Series 2012
Bonds will not exceed $5,834,859.17
The ballots to be used at such elec
tion shall have written or printed
thereon substantially the following:
() YES Shall the special one percent
sales and use tax for educational pur
poses currently imposed in DeKalb
County be reimposed on July 1,
2017, upon the expiration of the
() NO current such tax, for not longer
than 20 consecutive calendar quar
ters, to raise not more than
$650,057,000.00 to be used for the
following educational purposes:
For the DeKalb County School Dis
trict:
(1) (A) for making site, facility, and
technology improvements to improve
safety and security;
(B) for acquiring and developing land
for, constructing and equipping, new
and replacement schools and sup
port facilities, as well as additions to
existing facilities;
(C) adding to, upgrading, reconfigur
ing, renovating, replacing, modifying
and equipping existing and replace
ment schools, support facilities, ath
letic fields and physical education fa
cilities;
(D) making technology improve
ments;
(E) replacing, purchasing, upgrading
school buses, support vehicles, and
other capital equipment.
in an amount not to exceed
$600,000,000.00 for the DeKalb
County School District, all as more
fully described in the Notice of Elec
tion. If imposition of the tax is ap
proved by a majority of the voters
within the DeKalb County School Dis
trict, such vote shall also constitute
approval of the issuance of general
obligation debt of the DeKalb County
School District in the principal amount
of not to exceed $200,000,000 for the
purpose of funding a portion of the
above projects of the DeKalb County
School District.
For the Atlanta Independent
School System:
For capital outlay projects, including
new schools, land, additions, renova
tions, equipment, debt service and
technology systems, and making ex
isting or new lease/purchase pay
ments with respect to the acquisition
of schools, facilities, school buses,
school police vehicles, transportation
vehicles, or other capital acquisitions
at a total maximum cost of
$20,057,000.00, for the Atlanta Inde
pendent School System as more fully
described in the Notice of Election.
For the City of Decatur School
System:
(1) (A) Acquisition, including through
lease-purchase, construction, renova
tion, modification, addition, repair, re
placement, demolition of, improve
ment and equipping of existing and
new school buildings and facilities,
early childhood learning buildings
and other buildings useful and desir
able in connection therewith, and in
cluding greenspace useful or desir
able in connection therewith;
(B) To acquire and install computers,
technology and information systems,
hardware and infrastructure;
(C) To acquire school buses, school-
related vehicles and transportation
equipment;
(D) School improvement and main
tenance projects;
(E) To acquire any property, real and
personal, useful and desirable in con
nection with the projects listed in the
Notice of Election; and
(F) To pay a portion of principal and
interest on previously issued Gener
al Obligation bonds
in an amount not to exceed
$30,000,000.00 for the City Schools
of Decatur, all as more fully de
scribed in the Notice of Election.
The several places for holding said
election shall be at the regular and
established voting precincts of all of
the election districts of DeKalb
County, and the polls will be open
from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m. on the date
fixed for the election.
Pursuant to O.C.G.A. § 21-2-224(1),
the registration deadline for taking
applications from persons desiring to
register to vote in this election will be
the close of business on April 26,
2016.
All residents of DeKalb County quali
fied to vote at such election shall be
determined in all respects in accord
ance with the election laws of the
State of Georgia.
This notice is given by the DeKalb
County Board of Registration and
Elections, as election superintendent
under O.C.G.A. 21-2-540(d) and 21-
2-2(35), pursuant to concurrent resol
utions of the Board of Education of
DeKalb County, the Board of Educa
tion of the Atlanta Independent
School System and the Board of
Education for the City of Decatur.
DEKALB COUNTY BOARD OF RE
GISTRATION AND ELECTIONS
BOARD OF EDUCATION OF
DEKALB COUNTY BOARD OF EDU
CATION OF THE ATLANTA INDE
PENDENT SCHOOL SYSTEM
BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE
CITY OF DECATUR
This 18th day of February, 2016.
330-384419 4/7,4/14,4/21,4/28WG
NOTICE OF STONE MOUNTAIN
COMMUNITY
IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT
ELECTION
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN as
provided in the DEKALB COUNTY
COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT DIS
TRICTS ACT OF 2008 that a
++Caucus of Electors of the Stone
Mountain Community Improvement
District (CID) shall be held on the
10th day of May, 2016++ at the
Pierre Construction Group, 1677
Lewis Way, Stone Mountain, DeKalb
County, Georgia 30083. The pur
pose of the caucus is to elect Board
Members to Posts 2, 3 & 5 to serve
on the Stone Mountain Community
Improvement District Board. Registra
tion for the election shall be held from
7:20 o'clock A.M. to 8:00 o'clock A.M.
Voting will occur immediately there
after. A map of said District is on file
with the DeKalb County Commission
Clerk and the DeKalb County Tax
Commissioner. All Electors as desig
nated under the Act are invited to at
tend and cast their votes.
330-384957 3/31,4/7,4/14,4/21wg
PUBLIC NOTICE
The following items are in the pos
session of the DeKalb County Mar
shal’s Office and are currently un
claimed:
$357.34 was abandoned and re
covered during an eviction regarding
case number 14D29417 at 248 W.
Ponce De Leon Avenue, Decatur, GA
30030, on 2/3/2015.
$195.00 was abandoned and re
covered during an eviction regarding
case number 14D29033 at 1307
Stone Mill Court, Apartment M.,
Stone Mountain, GA 30083, on
1/5/2015
$660 was abandoned and recovered
during an eviction regarding case
number 14D07275 at 5146-F East
Ponce De Leon Avenue, Stone
Mountain, GA 30083, on 9/2/2014.
$20 was abandoned and recovered
during an eviction regarding case
number 11D04541 at 4719 Central
Drive, 10Q, Stone Mountain, GA
30083, on 1/9/2012
If you can prove that this is your
money, contact the DeKalb County
State Court Marshal’s Office at 404-
371-2930 with proof of ownership no
later than ++Monday,April 25, 2016
case number 14D29417case num
ber 14D29033case number
14D07275 case number
11D04541++
330-385045 4/7,4/14,4/21 WG
PUBLIC NOTICE
NOTICE OF PROPOSED
AMENDMENT TO THE CHARTER
OF THE CITY OF ATLANTA
Notice is hereby given that an Ordin
ance (16-0-1141) has been intro
duced to amend the Charter of the
City of Atlanta (Ga. Laws, 1996, p.
4469, et seq.) approved April 15,
1996, as amended, said Ordinance
being captioned as follows:
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE
CHARTER OF THE CITY OF AT
LANTA BY COUNCILMEMBER C.
T. MARTIN TO AMEND THE
CHARTER OF THE CITY OF AT
LANTA, GEORGIA ADOPTED UN
DER AND BY VIRTUE OF THE AU
THORITY OF THE MUNICIPAL
HOME RULE ACT OF 1965,
O.C.G.A. SECTION 36-35-1. ET
SEQ., AS AMENDED, SO AS TO
AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE
CITY OF ATLANTA, GEORGIA,
1996 GA LAWS P. 4469, ET SEQ.,
BY AMENDING SUBPART A, ART
ICLE 1, NAME, POWERS AND
BOUNDARIES, SECTION 1-102
(C)(62) FOR THE PURPOSE OF
++ESTABLISHING A FIFTY-DOL-
LAR ($50.00) CAP ON THE PUB
LIC SAFETY ACCESS ASSESS
MENT PER RESIDENTIAL PAR-
CEL;++ AND FOR OTHER PUR
POSES.
A copy of the proposed Ordinance
and Charter Amendment is on file in
the Office of the Municipal Clerk of
the City of Atlanta and in the Offices
of the clerks of the Superior Courts of
Fulton and DeKalb Counties, Geor
gia for the purpose of examination
and inspection by the public.
330-385254 4/7,4/14wg
NOTICE OF ABANDONED
MOTOR VEHICLE
2005 Chrysler Town & Country
VIN No.
++1C4GP45R45B415648++
License No.
Color:
Body Style: Van
Abandoned on February 26, 2016
To Whom It May Concern:
The above vehicle is presently loc
ated at 2435 S. Stone Mountain
Lithonia Rd., Lithonia, GA 30058;
phone (770)544-8031 in possession
of C & L Auto Collision & Glass, LLC.
Attempts to locate the owner have
been unsuccessful. The vehicle is
deemed abandoned under O.C.G.A.
40-11-2 and will be disposed of if not
redeemed. This notice is given pursu
ant to Georgia law.
330-385333 4/7,4/14wg
STATE BAR OF GEORGIA
STATE DISCIPLINARY BOARD
NOTICE OF INVESTIGATION
Service by Publication
TO: Melvin T. Johnson
Georgia State Bar No. 395044
Re: Office of General Counsel
++File No.150237++
A Notice of Investigation has been is
sued in accordance with Bar Rule 4-
204.1 based upon a grievance filed
against you. Service of a Notice of In
vestigation by publication is author
ized by Bar Rule 4-204.2.
Pursuant to Bar Rule 4-204.3(a), you
are required to file with the Investigat
ive Panel member assigned to invest
igate the grievance filed against you
a written response to the Notice of In
vestigation within 30 days of April 14,
2016.
Pursuant to Bar Rule 4-204.3(d), your
failure to answer the Notice of Invest
igation may result in your suspen
sion from the practice of law in Geor
gia until an answer is filed.
330-385335 4/7,4/14wg
NOTICE OF ABANDONED
MOTOR VEHICLE
2003 Dodge Durango
VIN: ++1D4HR38N03F546635++
License No.
Color: Blue
Body Style: Truck
Abandoned on February 19,2016
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
The above vehicle is presently loc
ated at 2435 S Stone Mountain
Lithonia Rd,, Lithonia GA 30058;
phone (770) 544-8031 in possession
of C & L Auto Collision & Glass LLC.
Attempts to locate the owner have
been unsuccessful. The vehicle is
deemed abandoned under O.C.G.A.
40-11-2 and will be disposed of if not
redeemed. This notice is given pursu
ant to Georgia law.
330-385336 4/7,4/14wg
NOTICE OF ABANDONED
MOTOR VEHICLE
2001 Honda Odyssey
VIN: 2HKRL185X1H544899
License No. PQW5807
Color: Silver
Body Style: Van
Abandoned on March 4,2016
1992 Honda Accord
VIN: 1HGCB7656NA154606
License No. BWU7391
Color: Gray
Body Style: 4 Door
Abandoned on March 4,2016
2005 Chrysler 300
VIN: 2C3JA43R05H590114
License No. BMH1640
Color: Green
Body Style: 4 Door
Abandoned on March 4,2016
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
The above vehicle is presently loc
ated at 7199 Maddox Rd Suite A,
Lithonia GA 30058; phone (678) 526-
5016 in possession of Furm Quality
Auto & Body Repair. Attempts to loc
ate the owner have been unsuccess
ful. The vehicle is deemed aban
doned under O.C.G.A. 40-11-2 and
will be disposed of if not redeemed.
This notice is given pursuant to Geor
gia law.++2001 Honda Odyssey
VIN:2HKRL185X1H544899; 1992
Honda Accord
VIN: 1HGCB7656NA1546062005
Chrysler 300
VIN:2C3JA43R05H590114++
330-385433 4/14wg
Public Notice of Request
for EPD Buffer Variance
The proposed project involves addi
tional impacts of 301 linear feet
(7,217 ft2) to originally approved pro
posed impacts of 1,160 linear feet
(55,757 ft2) of stream buffer to be im
pacted for a total of 1,470 linear feet
(48,540 ft2). Original buffer impacts
previously approved have not been
conducted and the original design
has been reconfigured which re
duced the square footage. The
project would include the establish
ment of riffle and pool in-stream
structures as well as modification of
the streambed and bankfull bench
areas to establish slight stream me
anders as well as streambank stabil
ization. The project is located at
++Druid Hills Golf Club, 740 Clifton
Road, NE Atlanta, GA 30307++. Site
plans for this activity are open for
public review at the following loca
tion: Georgia Department of Natural
Resources, Environmental Protec-