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6A I DAWSON COUNTY NEWS I dawsonnews.com
Wednesday, June 6,2018
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Park
The current site plan for the
park shows that it will contain
public restrooms, a play
ground, a splash pad, walking
trails, picnic areas, open fields
and an amphitheater, as well
as potentially volleyball or
bocce ball courts.
Phase 2 will include con
struction of the playground,
which will be accessible for
various ages and abilities, as
well as construction of the
restrooms, picnic areas and
picnic pavilions along the
walking trails. The amphithe
ater will also be staged at that
point, according to Planning
Director Casey Majewski.
Phase 3 construction will
include the splash pad, exer
cise machines along the nature
trail as well as construction of
the amphitheater.
The Downtown
Development Authority closed
on a loan to buy the 18 acres
for the park on July 25, 2014.
The city has projected to
spend $2 million of SPLOST
VI revenue on the park. The
city also received a $100,000
grant from the state’s
Recreational Trail Grants pro
gram to build walking trails at
the park.
Other business:
Budget hearing held
No one spoke for or against
the proposed FY 2018-2019
budget during a public hearing
held Monday night. The bud
get was presented by City
Finance Administrator Hayden
Wiggins May 21 and balances
revenue and expenses amount
ing to $5,755,543, an increase
of $726,777.30 over last year’s
budget.
The council could vote to
approve the budget at its June
18 meeting. The budget would
take effect July 1.
Farmers Market
City manager Bob Bolz said
that plans to demolish the
homes at 124 Allen Street and
82 Allen Street for the city
farmers market are moving
forward. The city is obtaining
cost estimates on demo and
clearing the lots, and Davis
Engineering has begun engi
neering the project.
Bolz has said that the farm
ers market will help tie Main
Street Park into downtown
Dawsonville, and plans are for
a series of large covered pavil-
lions with concrete floors and
bathrooms attached, where
vendors can set up and sell
their wares, as well as give
shelter for events like the
Mountain Moonshine Festival.
Food Truck Night
A second food truck night
will be held from 5 p.m. to 9
p.m. June 22 on Bill Elliott
Street and Tucker Avenue in
downtown Dawsonville. Food
trucks, music, activities and
the Amicalola Regional
Farmers Market will provide
food and entertainment for the
evening.
Rezoning approved for
Howser Mill Road subdivi
sion
The council voted to
approve a rezoning request for
two parcels of land next to
Howser Mill subdivision for a
new 65-lot subdivision.
Adam Smith and Matthew
Richardson requested that the
total of 21 acres be annexed
into the city and rezoned to
R3, or single family residential
zoning.
The council voted unani
mously to approve the request
with several stipulations.
Council member Jason Power
recused himself from the vote.
The stipulations recom
mended by the city planning
board state that the developer
must install sidewalks and
include an amenities package,
as well as have a traffic study
conducted, plant a 10-foot buf
fer along the common property
line with Howser Mill subdivi
sion, and create a neighbor
hood homeowners association
with restrictive covenants. A
stipulation added by the coun
cil states that the homes can be
no smaller than 1,800 square
feet.
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Comcast
and Geagan said he
encourages residents and
business owners in
Dawson County that are
interested to email
Comcast at Comcast_In_
Dawsonville @ Comcast,
com for more informa
tion and to request ser
vice.
“Depending on the
response of that, we’ll
map everything out and
figure out where the
greatest opportunity is
and look at the business
cases to make it work,”
Geagan said. “If I know
that I’ve got 60 custom
ers that want our service
in an area, it makes busi
ness cases pass a lot eas
ier.”
While phase one of the
build out is completed,
Geagan said that
'If I know that I've
got 60 customers
that want our
service in an
area, it makes
business cases
pass a lot easier.'
Shawn Geagan
Comcast vice president of
business development
Comcast is working up
Hwy. 53 right now, hop
ing to branch out to other
high-volume areas.
The announcement
highlights the catch-22
that local government
officials and lawmakers
are facing: how to bal
ance preserving the rural
character of the county
with providing fast, reli
able internet services to
all citizens in the county.
As both Horwitz and
Geagan said, the compa
ny goes where growth is,
and seeks to put in infra
structure where there is
potential for a return on
investment. Right now,
there isn’t much growth
planned outside of the
400 corridor.
“This is the type of
technology that people
look at and businesses
look at before they make
a move,” Horwitz said.
State Representative
Kevin Tanner,
R-Dawsonville, stated in
the release that these
types of private sector
partnerships are the best
way to expand and
deploy high-speed
broadband in Georgia.
“I applaud Comcast’s
success in bringing giga
bit-powered technology
to both densely populat
ed and rural areas of
Georgia, helping to
bridge the digital
divide,” he said. “I look
forward to working with
Comcast and other com
panies to further expand
their investment in
House District 9.”
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