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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED ISSUANCE OF
CITY OF SANDY SPRINGS DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
REFUNDING REVENUE BOND (THE ALFRED AND ADELE
DAVIS ACADEMY, INC. PROJECT), SERIES 2013
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that on the 17 th day of June, 2013, at 10:00 a.m., in the office of
Wendell K. Willard, Attorney for the City of Sandy Springs Development Authority, at 7840 Roswell
Road, Building 300, Suite 330, Sandy Springs, Georgia 30350, the City of Sandy Springs Development
Authority, through its appointed hearing officer, will conduct a public hearing on the proposed issuance
of a revenue bond to be designated “City of Sandy Springs Development Authority Refunding Revenue
Bond (The Alfred and Adele Davis Academy, Inc. Project), Series 2013,” and on the location and nature
of the proposed facilities to be refinanced.
The bond is to be issued in a maximum aggregate face amount of $10,590,000 to refinance the costs of
acquiring, constructing, renovating, and installing various educational facilities including, without limita
tion, (l) an approximately 72,000 square foot elementary school building, and related facilities located
on an approximately 11.3-acre tract of land at 8105 Roberts Drive in Sandy Springs, Georgia and (2) an
approximately 60,000 square foot middle school building and related facilities located on an approxi
mately 7.8-acre tract of land at 7901 Roberts Drive in Sandy Springs, Georgia. The facilities that are being
refinanced will be owned and operated by The Alfred and Adele Davis Academy, Inc. (the “Borrower”),
a Georgia nonprofit corporation. The City of Sandy Springs Development Authority will issue the bond
on behalf of the City of Sandy Springs, and the facilities that are being refinanced are located in the cor
porate limits of the City of Sandy Springs. The Public Hearing is being held for the purpose of providing
a reasonable opportunity for interested individuals to express their views, both orally and in writing, on
the proposed issuance of the bond and the location and nature of the proposed facilities to be refinanced.
THE BOND SHALL NOT CONSTITUTE AN INDEBTEDNESS OR GENERAL OBLIGATION OF
THE STATE OF GEORGIA OR THE CITY OF SANDY SPRINGS BUT SHALL CONSTITUTE
LIMITED OBLIGATIONS OF THE CITY OF SANDY SPRINGS DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY,
PAYABLE SOLELYFROM FUNDS PAID BYTHE BORROWERAND SECURED BY COLLATERAL
FURNISHED OR CAUSED TO BE FURNISHED BY THE BORROWER.
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COMMUNITY
Reporter group acquires
Atlanta Intown monthly
Springs Publishing LLC, parent compa
ny of Reporter Newspapers, has acquired
the monthly publication Atlanta Intown.
Steve Levene, the founder of Springs Pub
lishing and publisher of Reporter News
papers, announced the transaction, which
took place earlier this month.
“Intown adds a vibrant fifth communi
ty to our coverage area,” Levene said. “It
has a loyal base of readers and advertisers
and we are excited about the opportuni
ty to include this important market in our
family of local publications.”
Intowns previous owner and publish
er, Wendy Binns, explained the change in
a letter to readers in the June issue. “The
product will have more potential to devel
op and grow,” Binns said, “and the new
owner has increased efficiency with a big
ger, more diverse team of talent.”
Atlanta Intown, with a circulation of
35,000 copies, has been published as a
monthly paper since 1994. It is delivered
to homes and businesses in Atlanta’s Mid
town and Intown districts encompassing
the surrounding neighborhoods of Morn-
ingside, Ansley Park, Virginia-Highland,
Inman Park, Druid Hills, Toco Hills and
Emory University.
Intown employees, including Editor
Collin Kelley, will continue to work with
Springs Publishing LLC has
acquired Atlanta Intown.
the publication as a part of the Springs
Publishing staff.
Reporter Newspapers were launched in
January 2007 with the Sandy Springs Re
porter and BuckbeadReporter editions. The
Brookbaven Reporter was added in 2009,
followed by the Dunwoody Reporter in
2010.
The four, bi-weekly newspapers are
delivered to homes and businesses in
each community; combined circulation
is 65,000 copies. A companion website,
www.ReporterNewspapers.net, provides
daily local news postings and story up
dates.
City seeks ideas on new
Brook Run dog park
Anderson was one of several dog own
ers who attended the council meeting to
ask that the city leave the dog park alone.
On May 16, city officials presented
two possible designs for a new dog park
and asked people to pick their favorite
and share any other comments they might
have about the new dog park.
City officials plan to move the dog
park within Brook Run to make way for
a multi-use trail and to preserve the land,
which has suffered from years of use by the
dogs.
Mary Jo Thrasher, who volunteers on
the board of the Brook Run Dog Park As
sociation, said she is happy with Dun-
woody’s efforts.
“They’re really bending over backward
to try to incorporate what we’re asking
for,” Thrasher said. “I’ve been really im
pressed.”
Thrasher said the Brook Run Dog Park
Association sees water stations, shade and
restrooms as priorities for the new dog
park. And though she was initially unhap
py about the city moving the dog park,
she is pleased with the proposed designs
for the new location.
“We were really opposed to it for a long
time,” Thrasher said. “The city really seems
to be making a true effort. They’re trying
to be good stewards of the land while help
ing the dogs have a good off-leash experi-
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ence.
But others attending the public meet
ing at Brook Run were not pleased.
Brian Paul and Laura Davis, who said
they take their white German shepherd
Jack to the Brook Run dog park every day,
expressed concerns that the new park will
be smaller and offer fewer trees for shade.
“The reason everyone loves this park
is the shade,” Davis said. “In the highest
heat of the summer you can take your
here.”
Paul also worries that the new location
may be too crowded.
“We like this one,” he said. “They’re go
ing to move it, but what can we do?”
Dog owners at the council meeting also
worried about the loss of shade. “We love
our existing dog park because of the can
opy of trees, which keeps it cool, even in
summer,” Saul Sloman said.
Parks and Recreation Manager Brent
Walker said the city will incorporate all the
feedback into the final plan for the park.
The city’s plan is to use about 1/4 of
an acre to 1/3 of an acre as a small dog
play area and to create two areas for large
dogs. The large dog area being used will
change every three to four months to al
low the land in one area to rest while the
other is in use.
“It will give us an opportunity to come
in and do grass restoration ... while the
other side is active,” Walker said. “That
way the dog park is always open.”
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