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Dunwoody resident Phyllis Weisser speaks to the Dunwoody
Charter Commission during its July 3 meeting.
Save Dunwoody group packs
charter commission meeting
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City Hall.
Attendees were suspicious of the ven
ue, the timing of the meeting (a day be
fore Independence Day festivities) and
other things that weren’t on the com
mission’s agenda.
The attendees were loosely affiliat
ed with a group called Save Dunwoody,
a group that has organized campaigns
around contentious local issues, such
as the proposals to rebuild Dunwoody
Village Parkway and the city’s plan for a
multi-use trail in Brook Run Park.
Not everyone at the meeting iden
tified themselves as part of the group.
Many of the attendees were women and
an email about the meeting was circulat
ed among women’s groups.
Residents who attended wanted to
discuss a proposed Dunwoody or multi
city Fire Department. It would be fund
ed using fire tax money already collected
by DeKalb County. Residents said the
city shouldn’t take on additional liabili
ties without a vote.
“There are serious questions about
this provision,” resident Jim Dickson
said. “You say it’s only about fire. ... If
that’s the case, then you ought to tight
ly write it and specifically state that. I
think, having read the document, that
it opens the book up to a lot of differ
ent things. I believe that’s the opinion
of some pretty capable people, includ
ing one of the state legislators.”
The fire tax wasn’t on the Charter
Commission’s agenda July 3. The com
mission is a volunteer advisory board,
appointed by lawmakers who represent
Dunwoody and city officials, that is re
viewing the 5-year-old city’s charter to
determine whether it needs any changes,
and to recommend those changes to the
state Legislature.
Residents also wanted to discuss add
ing bike lanes to Mount Vernon Road,
which commission members said didn’t
have anything to do with the Char
ter Commission. “This commission has
no purview over that matter,” Chair
man Max Lehmann said. “I just want
to make that clear, and I appreciate your
point of view.”
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