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COMMUNITY Concerns arise at DHA meeting over ‘hot button 1 issues BY JOE EARLE joeearle@reporternewspapers. net JOE EARLE Oakhurst Walk Homeowners Association president Janet Glass asks a question of Dunwoody Homeowners Association president Bill Grossman during the DHA’s annual meeting at Dunwoody United Methodist Church on Jan. 6. Displeasure with three planned pub lic projects in Dunwoody spilled into the discussion during a question-and- answer session at the Dunwoody Home- owners Associations annual meeting Jan. 6. “When we formed this city, I don’t know anybody who wasn’t excited about it,” resident Pat Eubank told DHA pres ident Bill Grossman after he invited public comment from about 75 DHA members and guests attending the meet ing at Dunwoody United Methodist Church. “About a year ago, I lost some of that excitement. ... I still am not nec essarily happy with these three hot-but- ton issues.” The three proposals call for a 12-foot- wide, concrete multi-use trail through a wooded section of Brook Run Park, a roundabout at the intersection of Ver- mack and Womack roads, and a rede sign of Dunwoody Village Parkway that would add bicycle lanes. The “hot-button” plans have drawn complaints from residents attending various public gatherings, such as Dun woody City Council meetings. Some opponents have posted yard signs at tacking the plans. A court hearing on Jan. 4 on whether to extend a court or der temporarily stopping the Brook Run trail drew a packed house of onlookers, residents said. Grossman said the DHA had not tak en a position on the proposals. He said the board is studying an alternative pro posed for the Dunwoody Village Park way redesign. Janet Glass, president of the Oakhurst Walk Homeowners Association, sug gested the city develop a plan for slow ing traffic along the entire lengths of Vermack and Womack, rather than sim ply building a roundabout at the inter section. “I don’t see a plan for traffic calming up and down Vermack and Womack,” she said. “We need a plan, not just do ing it piecemeal.” During his address to the associa tion members, Mayor Mike Davis said the work the city is proposing came from public planning sessions held during the first couple of years of the city’s existence. He said city officials want to make the community appeal ing to a new generation of families in the future. “Most of us here are empty nesters,” he said. “We’re looking at who is going to make that move next, who is interest ed in living here in Dunwoody.” He said city officials were planning infrastructure improvement projects that will attract development appealing to a generation that grew up watching “Seinfeld” and “Friends” on television, rather than “Leave It To Beaver.” “We’re building the infrastructure to get my kids and your kids to come back to Dunwoody,” he said. “I want my grandchildren here. I don’t want them all over the country.” Eubank said she has seen change in her neighborhood. When she moved in 35 years ago, she said, her family was one of two with young children. Now, “everyone has children,” she said. She said she felt the changes being proposed in the city were moving too rapidly. “I would just like to see us listen,” she said, “because I believe we have a major ity of citizens against these three proj- >5 ects. 404-459-0477 404-497-9997 227 SANDY SPRINGS PLACE, IN THE CITYWALK SHOPPING CENTER and No Registration Fee ($125value) WHY LIMIT YOURSELF? a dav ^ I at the * m MJCCA Contact MJCCA Membership: , 678.812.4060 or membership@atlantajcc.org. ^ Reference code: MJCCA$1 DAY | *Minimum commitment 3 consecutive months. Restrictions apply. Visit atlantajcc.org/specials for complete details. Offer ends March 31,2013. Fresh, authentic ingredients and a menu with strong, bold fare sets us apart m HAVE A VARIETY OF STARTERS-ANff ENTREES TO SUIT EVERYONE S PALLET FROM: OYSTERS'Or STYLES), CALAMAR1, MUSSELS (3 STYLES), CONCH FRITTER, SOF T SHELL CRAB SUITERS, CLAM STRIPS; ASSORTMENTS FRESH FISH, PO BOY, BURGERS ANIT MUCH, MUCH MORE.. ot ed Wo op W : n ’Mr Tun FISH HOUSE & OYSTER BAR EAFMORE FISH, LIVE LONGER... New memberships include the MJCCA FITplan - four 45-minute personalized training sessions ($168 value) MJCCA Amenities Include: • 4,000 square foot fitness center • 80+ group exercise classes including Les Mills™ programs and Zumba® dance fitness • Spinning® classes in a specialty cycling studio • Multiple pools • Tennis and recreation sports • Sauna, whirlpool, steam room, and massage MJCCA 5342 Tilly Mill Road Dunwoody atlantajcc.org Amarcus JCC ® Watlanta Jewish Federation DUN www.ReporterNewspapers.netl JAN. 11—JAN.24,2013 | 3
