February might be a short month, but its calendar is filling up with meetings and events. Stay in the know with the monthly newsletter.
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Reminder: Business License Renewal
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Business Occupational Tax Certificates (business licenses) must be renewed annually, with all business licenses expiring December 31 of each calendar year.
As a courtesy, the City offers a 90-day grace period to submit your renewal materials.
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Sandy Springs Fire Rescue will host a recertification course for the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) on March 10, 2018.
CERT training prepares citizens to help their community and neighbors during a disaster or fire event. For more information visit the
CERT page on the City's website.
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Don't miss one of the year's biggest date nights! The 9th annual Daddy-Daughter Dance is scheduled for
Saturday, February 3, 2018, from 6-8 p.m. The event will be held at Spalding Drive Elementary School. The cost is $35/father-daughter and includes a keepsake photo; $10 each additional daughter.
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Open House - Intersection Improvements for Northside Drive and Riverview Road at Old Powers Ferry Road
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The City of Sandy Springs is hosting an open house to present design concepts under consideration to improve traffic efficiency at Northside Drive and Riverview Road. The Open House will be held
Thursday,
February 1, 2018 from 5:30 - 7 p.m. at Holy Innocents' Episcopal School STEM Building.
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Open House - Intersection Improvements at Dunwoody Club Drive and Jett Ferry Road
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The cities of Sandy Springs and Dunwoody are hosting an Open House to present design concepts being considered to improve traffic efficiency at Dunwoody Club Drive and Jett Ferry Road. The Open House is scheduled for
Thursday, February 8, 2018 5:30-7p.m. at Dunwoody Community Church at 2250 Dunwoody Club Drive.
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Development Code and Zoning Map Updates
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Informational meeting
s will be held
February 7
th
and 21
st
, 2018. Public hearings will be held before
Planning Commission on February 27
th and
Mayor and Council on March 20
th
, 2018. All meetings start at 6:00pm, at City Hall – 7840 Roswell Road, Building 500.
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Riverside Bluff Re-Forestation
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The City, in partnership with Trees Atlanta, recently planted more than 200 native elm, oak, gum, and maple trees and shrubs at the Riverside Bluff. Riverside Bluff is located at the Riverside Drive/Johnson Ferry Road Intersection.
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The City s celebrating Arbor Day on
Friday, February 23, 2018 by giving away tree saplings in addition to its traditional tree planting activities.
The activities take place beginning at
11 a.m. at the Abernathy Oak Trees, located at Abernathy Road and Wright Road (the entrance to the Whispering Pines neighborhood).
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Public Discourse - Connecting Through Effective Communications
is the topic of this year's Live Learn Lead event sponsored by Leadership SandySprings. The event takes place on Thursday, February 22, at Cox Enterprises. Networking and appetizers begin at 6 p.m. and the program starts at 7 p.m. The cost is $30 for LSS Alumni who are current donors and $35 for alumni and the general public. WSB TV News Anchor John Pruitt will moderate a panel discussion, featuring retired U.S. Senator Saxby Chambliss ; Lee Rhyant, of Lockheed Martin; and Teya Ryan, of Georgia Public Broadcasting. For more information and to register, visit the
Leadership Sandy Springs website
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Titles @ Twilight Returns to HSS
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Heritage Sandy Springs is announcing its 2018 season for Titles @ Twilight. The yearlong program meets the first Wednesday of each month from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. and features local authors, whose stories of the South represent a variety of topics from criminal law and family dysfunction to the Civil Rights Movement. The 2018 season kicks off
Wednesday, February 7 with local criminal defense attorney turned author, Jason Sheffield.
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Here's a list of the cases which will be presented at Community Meetings in
February 2018. Meetings will be held at City Hall, except where noted. For the most up-to-date information, please visit our
interactive map and
public meetings calendar.
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Board of Appeals – 2/13/18
CANCELLED for February 2018
*No cases at this time
Planning Commission Meeting – 2/27/18
RZ17-0004, The Cliftwood, 185 Cliftwood Drive
Rezoning to reflect existing conditions.
An Ordinance to amend the Development Code
(“six-month update”
), including the Zoning Map
Community Meetings I & II
Community Meeting I - Development Code Update
2/7/18, 6-8pm, Sandy Springs City Hall
Community Meeting II - Development Code Update
2/21/18, 6-8pm, Sandy Springs City Hall
*Development Code Update - Draft documents, as they become available, will be posted on the City’s website at:
spr.gs/developmentcode
Community Meeting II, RZ17-0004,
The Cliftwood, 185 Cliftwood Dr.
2/12/18, 6-7pm, Sandy Springs City Hall
Community Meeting I, U18-0001
,
1025 Mt. Vernon Hwy
2/22/18, 6-7pm, Northwest Unitarian Congregation, 1025 Mt. Vernon Hwy
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City Council Meeting – 2/6/18
*No Planning and Zoning cases at this time
City Council Meeting – 2/20/18
RZ17-0005, Parcel # 17 0078 LL0366,
(24 The Landing)
Rezoning from RD-27 to RD-27 to modify the front setback.
U17-0003, 2250 Dunwoody Club Drive
(Dunwoody Community Church)
Request to operate a private school in an existing
building (Dunwoody Community Church building).
Other Important information and related dates
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Sandy Springs receives funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Community Development Block Grant Program (CDBG)and is required to complete a Consolidated Plan every 5 years. Copies of the Consolidated Plan will be available for public review and comment between February 21, 2018 and March 21, 2018, at the following locations: The Sandy Springs Regional Library, 395 Mt. Vernon Hwy, NE, The Dorothy C. Benson Senior Multipurpose Complex, 6500 Vernon Woods Dr., The Sandy Springs City Hall, 7840 Roswell Rd., and on the City’s website at
spr.gs/cdbg
with translation materials available by calling 770-730-5600.
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Calendar Changes for 2018 - The Sandy Springs Board of Appeals and the Sandy Springs Planning Commission now meet on the 2
nd
TUESDAY and the 4
th
TUESDAY of each month, respectively. Please check the
Public Meetings Calendar
for monthly agendas.
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This newsletter is prepared by the City of Sandy Springs. You can learn more about the City on our website at
sandyspringsga.gov. You can also telephone our Call Center 24 hours a day, seven days a week at 770-730-5600.
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