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Clarkston city employees guaranteed $15 per hour The Official Legal Organ of DeKalb County, GA. Serving East Atlanta, Avondale Estates, Brookhaven, Chamblee, Clarkston, Decatur, Doravllle, Dunwoody, Lithonla, Pine Lake, Tucker and Stone Mountain. DC thechampionnewspaper.com oTheCHAMPION ist Place General excellence Award winner Georgia Press Association Better Newspaper Contest’ 2007. 2009-2016 SECTION A: VOL 26 NO. 3 JULY 14-20,2016 500 DeKalb residents request better code enforcement by Horace Holloman horace@dekalbchamp.com Longtime DeKalb County resident Robert Blackman grew up in a time when teachers, parents and community leaders had a no-nonsense attitude to wrongdoing or infractions. It’s that type of attitude Blackman says DeKalb County should adopt in regards to code enforcement. Blackman, along with others attending the annual DeKalb Neighborhood Summit July 9, expressed concerns over code enforcement throughout DeKalb County. Violators of code enforcement need more than just a slap on the wrist, Blackman said. “I’ve been working volunteer with code enforcement since 2011 and I know I’ve picked up at least See DeKalb on Page 5A Marcus Kellum, center, director of beautification in DeKalb County, speaks to a crowd of participants as part of a panel discussion during the county’s annual DeKalb Neighborhood Summit. Photo by Horace Holloman Documents detail Doraville TAD disagreements by R. Scott Belzer sbelzer@dekalbchamp.com A series of communications between DeKalb County School District’s legal counsel and representatives from Integral Group LLC were recently made public, outlining disagreements on the proposed Doraville tax allocation district (TAD). In an email dated May 17, Nina Gupta, an attorney from Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP representing DCSD, requested written information from Integral, the company developing the former General Motors plant in Doraville, now known as Assembly. The requested information included analyses on development of the site without the TAD, cost calculations, alternative financing options, potential progress tracking, public and private investments, construction timelines, enrollment projections and environmental studies involving the former General Motors site. “The district realizes that the [request] represents a significant amount of information; however, we believe it is a reasonable amount to request, in light of the significant contribution that [Integral] is asking the district to make,” Gupta wrote. “This information is necessary so the district may continue to fully vet this proposal and move forward.” The email also states representatives from Integral “have met privately with various members of the DeKalb County Board of Education and the DeKalb County School District” regarding TAD participation, but provides no specific names. See TAD on Page 5A The DeKalb County School District has been at odds with the proposed Doraville TAD for more than six months. No formal presentation has been made to the DeKalb County School District though it has been suggested by the city of Doraville and Integral Group LLC, the development firm behind the project. 64116 1 Q'CHAMPIONNEWSPAPER championnews ^championnewspaper