DeKalb Board of Ed District 1 Candidate Forum March 29

Mr Andrew Ziffer and Ms Anna Hill have both agreed to participate in the traditional DHA Candidate Forum as they campaign for the District 1 DeKalb County Board of Education seat.

As always, questions for candidate forums come from the public. Please submit topics via the secure form below. Questions will be organized by DHA executive board members. All information will be kept private and will not be distributed to other parties for any reason.

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Three Gold Dome Bills Dunwoody Homeowners Should Be Concerned About

The Georgia legislative session begins today, January 13, 2020.

Within the wide range of bills being promoted are three that, if passed, will take large bites out of Dunwoody's budget and force taxes to be raised on Dunwoody homeowners.

HB 411 Sponsored by: Brett Harrell (House District 106 - Snellville)
This bill would require that all services paid with local taxes be billed individually. In Dunwoody, that would mean that water, sewer, sanitation - county services, etc would all require separate bills to be mailed to each homeowner.
It sounds innocuous but according to past Fianancial Director Chris Pike, the administration and printing and mailing costs would result in an additional $350,000 cost to the City of Dunwoody per year.
HB 244 Sponsored by: Mary Margaret Oliver (House District 82 - Decatur)

This bill has been through several sessions and was stopped year after year by past Dunwoody legislators.
This bill will tax incorporated cities in DeKalb county in order to pay…

DHA STATEMENT ON DUNWOODY VILLAGE OVERLAY ZONING UPDATES PRESENTED FEBRUARY 9, 2020

On February 9, the Dunwoody Homeowners Association held a public board meeting in part to discuss the proposed updates to Dunwoody Village zoning and usage. Numerous residents from the adjacent neighborhoods of The Branches and Vernon Oaks shared their perspectives on how these proposed updates will impact their lives and homes. The meeting was recorded and live streamed via Facebook and the details of these comments may be viewed at that location.

At the board’s session after the public meeting, the board considered the proposed changes and the citizen’s comments and voted unanimously (with one abstention) to endorse a 100-foot buffer between the Village commercial properties and the homeowners’ lots in the Branches; 50 feet of undisturbed forested land adjacent to the homeowners and 50 feet of transitional landscaping on the commercial side.

On the subject of residential units, either permitted by right or via SLUP, the board voted against allowing residential units in the plan. Wh…

The 4th of July Parade Is Postponed

Other major July 4th events are closing and our favorite marching bands have cancelled their tours.

There is no choice but to postpone the July 4th parade.

The committee is meeting to determine what date to hold the parade and how to restart in 2021.

Thanks for your support and stay tuned - we're not going anywhere!

Comment from the president via the Dunwoody Area Community Forum on Facebook:

Hi folks. I’m the horse’s mouth on this one.
Parade chairs made the call when PRR postponed and I backed them up.
The reality is many of the bands and specialty entries that people enjoy had already cancelled. And will the community revitalize their interest in building their own entries? Don’t know.
The parade will go on later this year. First organizing meeting was yesterday and work is underway.
When the specifics are complete press releases will go out and all the info will be on the DHA website.
I know there’s going to be a range of opinions on this but it comes down to whether we can deliver…

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