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City changes grant application
to reflect wider park trail
By JOE EARLE
joeearle@reporternewspapers. net
City officials plan to modify an ap
plication for $100,000 in state grant
funds intended to help pay for the sec
ond phase of a 12-foot-wide, concrete
multi-use trail through Brook Run Park.
The application originally called for
an 8-foot-wide, asphalt trail. But city of
ficials have decided that trails through
city parks should be wider, multi-use
trails, Brent Walker, city parks and rec
reation manager, told members of Dun-
woody City Council on May 28.
The widening of the trail has pro
duced controversy as residents have
complained that the new plan requires
the removal of too many trees and may
increase the risk of flooding in nearby
neighborhoods. Construction workers
now are building the first phase of the
trail.
Walker said the amendment to the
grant application would bring it in line
with what the city actually plans to build
when it starts the second phase of the
Brook Run trail. The city has budget
ed $341,000 for the second phase of
the Brook Run trail, he said, and the
$100,000 grant would raise the total
available to $441,000.
Dunwoody City Council approved
the change in the grant application by
a vote of 4-2. Councilmen Denis Short-
The widening of the trail
has produced controversy
as residents have com
plained that the new plan
requires the removal of
too many trees and may
increase the risk of flooding
in nearby neighborhoods.
al and John Heneghan voted against the
change. Councilwoman Lynn Deutsch
was not present for the vote.
Shortal argued the vote should be de
layed until after a public meeting on the
trail, which is planned for mid-June. “I
think the ethical thing to do is to de
fer this until after the public meeting,”
Shortal said.
But City Manager Warren Hutmach-
er said the council would have another
opportunity to vote on the trail when
construction contracts are issued later
this summer, after the public meeting.
“This isn’t the last stop in the process,”
Hutmacher said.
Pink Pony asks to be dropped
from Brookhaven city limits
BY MELISSA WEINMAN
melissaweinman@reporternewspapers.net
The Pink Pony strip club’s attorney
has asked Brookhaven City Council to
consider de-annexing the club from the
city limits.
The club is suing the city over an or
dinance that would prohibit the club
from serving alcohol and offering nude
dancing.
“The ordinance you have passed will
put Pink Pony out of business,” lawyer
Aubrey Villines said.
He told the council that in addition
to the revenue the club would bring di
rectly to the city, the Pink Pony also sup
ports other local businesses.
“We bring over 300,000 people a year
to Brookhaven,” Villines said. “All those
patrons come to Brookhaven to buy gas,
buy food. ... Our employees put their
children in daycare in Brookhaven, go to
church in Brookhaven.”
He said the city should welcome the
additional revenue.
“If you don’t want us, let us go,” Vil
lines said.
Villines said if the club left the city of
Brookhaven, it would be able to contin
ue its current form of operation in unin
corporated DeKalb.
“There’s a process called de-annexa-
tion,” Villines said. “Let us go back to
DeKalb County, which is pro-business.”
Dunwoody Government Calendar
The Dunwoody City Council usually meets the second and fourth
Monday of each month at 7 p.m. at Dunwoody City Hall located at 41
Perimeter Center East Suite No. 103.
For a complete and up to date schedule of Dunwoody City meetings,
visit http://www.dunwoodyga.gov/Residents/Calendar.aspx
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