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COMMUNITY
MELISSA WEINMAN
From left, Rep. Mike Jacobs, R-Brookhaven, Sen. Fran Millar,
R-Dunwoody, Rep. Howard Mosby, D-Atlanta and Rep. Tom
Taylor, R-Dunwoody, spoke to residents at a meeting of the
DeKalb County legislative delegation in Brookhaven.
cess. He thinks if the bills aren’t ready,
they won’t be approved.
“It may be self-correcting,” Jacobs
said.
Rep. Karen Bennett, D-Stone Moun
tain, said she’s concerned about the ef
fect the cityhood efforts could have on
her constituents, even though they aren’t
included in any of the boundaries.
“I represent a significant number of
people in unincorporated DeKalb and
we have no voice,” she said. “At the end
of the day we don’t want more damage.”
There’s also another proposed city
effort in south DeKalb County, which
proponents would like to be called the
city of Stonecrest.
Deborah Jackson, the mayor of Li-
thonia, told the legislators that propos
al concerns her.
“While we support the establishment
of cities, we are concerned about this
movement that seems to be a land grab,
and have an impact on existing cities,”
Jackson said.
She said the proposed city of Stone-
crest, “surrounds Lithonia and chokes
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Brookhaven City Councilwoman
Rebecca Chase Williams said her city
stands behind groups hoping to create
their own cities this year just south of
Brookhaven’s borders.
“As the newest city in DeKalb, we
support the other cityhood efforts. It’s
a little more complicated with more
than one city coming forward,” Wil
liams said. “We’re finding local control
and providing services closer to the peo
ple has been working very well for us.”
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Recently released studies show pro
posed new cities in central DeKalb Coun
ty would be financially viable. Three new
cities — Tucker, Briarcliff and Lakeside —
have been proposed in the central DeKalb
area. Their proposed boundaries overlap
in the area around Northlake Mall.
Proponents of the city of Lakeside in
November released a study showing their
city was financially feasible. Backers of
the other two cities released their own,
separate studies in December.
According to a study by the Andrew
Young School of Policy Studies at Geor
gia State University released Dec. 21, the
Tucker community, if incorporated into a
city, would have estimated annual revenue
of approximately $16.6 million and annu
al expenses of approximately $13.3 million.
The City of Briarcliff Initiative report
ed Dec. 17 that its feasibility study, con
ducted by the Carl Vinson Institute of
Government at the University of Geor
gia, predicts a city of Briarcliff would
have annual operating expenditures of
$37,013,278, while revenue would be
$54,432,544.
The Lakeside City Alliance said
Lakeside would have annual expens
es of $29,909,347 and revenues of
$35,245,527.
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