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Inside Runoff winner Bauman defeats Stoj in municipal runoff COMMUNITY 3 City Walk street Buyer of troubled site concerned with grid plan COMMUNITY 5 More feng shui All our columnist wants for Christmas this year is less COAAMENTARY 8 Standout student Galloway senior is talented in many sports EDUCATION 25 Schools lobby Parents group pushes bill to allow new school systems EDUCATION 26 Scan here to get Reporter Newspapers in your inbox or sign up @ ReporterNewspapers.net Hark, the angels PHOTO BY PHIL MOSIER Playing the angel Gabriel in St. John United Methodist Church’s live Nativity, Mark Flom tells the Christmas story with angels, from left, Mae Margaret Price, Carolyn Sweeti and Olivia Sullivan. Council buys property for city center, new park By DAN WHOM? danwhisenhunt@reporternewspapers.net City Council approved $2 million worth of property acquisi tions during its last regular meeting. City Council on Dec. 3 voted to buy the Psycho Tattoo proper ty at 6214 Roswell Road, owned by local businessman Bob Brown, as part of its downtown revitalization project. The council also ap proved the purchase of 21.74 acres along Old Riverside Drive from Fulton County for $1.5 million for future use as a park. City Council voted to approve purchasing the Psycho Tattoo property for $450,000 and to buy out the lease of the current ten ant for $32,000. While Psycho Tattoo is the business most com monly associated with the building, and it’s referred to by that name in city documents, for the past 10 months the tenant has been another tattoo shop doing business under a different name, according to City Councilman Gabriel Sterling. Brown ran for mayor this year but was defeated by Mayor-elect Rusty Paul in his bid to replace outgoing Mayor Eva Galambos. The property is among several parcels the city is purchasing as part of its downtown revitalization project. City officials in 2008 pur chased the old Target property for $8 million and will build its city center on the surrounding acreage. SEE STORY, PAGE XX Zoning case delay angers school’s neighbors BY DAN WHISENHUNT danwhisenhunt@reporternewspapers.net The Art Institute of Atlanta received a zoning violation cita tion for its student housing complex on Barfield Road in 2012 but has yet to make a court appearance, residents of the Autumn Chace neighborhood complain. Autumn Chace Homeowners Association President Liz Gray said the student housing violates the city’s zoning code and the complex has been a perpetual nuisance. Residents were livid when they learned the case had been delayed yet again, this time to February 2014. “How could it possibly take over a year to conduct this hear ing?” Gray asked in an Oct. 29 letter to the city. “This seems outrageous, illogical, inefficient and unnecessary.” The Art Institute says it takes concerns about student behav ior seriously and is working to be a good neighbor to Autumn Chace and the city. City spokeswoman Sharon Kraun said city officials can’t dis cuss the case. “The Hub was issued a notice of violation by code enforcement and a court date set,” Kraun said. “The court date was changed to Feb. 7 at the request of the attorney representing The Hub. As this is a legal case, there isn’t much we can discuss.” SEE STORY, PAGE XX
