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City of South Fulton District 1: News and Updates | Vol. 1, Issue 5 August 2, 2017

Stay in the Know: District 1 News & Updates

ATTENTION

City of South Fulton Residents: Action Needed Today!

Today August 2, 2017, the Fulton County Board of Commissioners will be meeting at 10 AM at the Fulton County Government Center Assembly Hall, 141 Pryor Street SW, Atlanta, Georgia. They will take action on the agreement between the City of South Fulton and the Tax Commissioner Arthur Ferdinaid to collect property tax on behalf of our city.

We need you to signup to provide public comment, you can also do so at the South Annex by calling the Clerk's office (404-612-8200). If you can not attend the meeting, we need every South Fulton resident to call all the commissioners and ask them to approve the tax collection agreement for South Fulton as presented. The agreement the City of South Fulton has negotiated with Tax Commissioner Arthur Ferdinand is no different than the one he has with Atlanta, Sandy Springs and Johns Creek. Georgia State Law allows the tax commissioner to receive payments in this manner, and this source of funding allows the city to pay for the services under our Intergovernmental Agreement with the county.

District Commissioner's Email and Phone #

1 - Liz Hausmann liz.hausmann@fultoncountyga.gov

404-612-8213

2 - Bob Ellis bob.ellis@fultoncountyga.gov

404-612-8216

3 - Lee Morris lee.morris@fultoncountyga.gov

404-612-8200

5 - Marvin Arrington Jr. marvin.arrington@fultoncountyga.gov

404-613-0200

6 - Emma Darnell emma.darnell@fultoncountyga.gov

404-612-8222

7 - John Eaves john.eaves@fultoncountyga.gov

404-612-8206

To review the recent news coverage on this issue, checkout the following two articles:

http://www.myajc.com/news/local-govt--politics/fulton-tax-commissioner-fees-dispute-will-delay-tax-collection/T00dI2QB6leESq0VBH9UcJ/

http://www.ajc.com/news/local-govt--politics/south-fulton-tax-collection-limbo-due-tax-commissioner-dispute/07lNKnfKHucLdv737aHfxJ/

City of South Fulton Will Offer

Solid Waste & Recycling Services in the Future

The City of South Fulton City Council is exploring the best approach to provide sanitation services to residents as one of the city's base services. Our goal is to keep the prices in line with what most residents currently pay for private trash collection, and enhanced services would include a curbside recycling and bulk pickup.

There should NOT be concern that our sanitation costs will escalate to what our neighboring jurisdiction charges for sanitation pickup, because we will NOT be hiring staff and purchasing dump trucks to haul your trash. We will either contract with a single or multiple private vendors depending on the competitiveness of the Request for Proposal (RFP) respondents. It is anticipated that this RFP will be issued in late August/early September. If you did not have the opportunity to attend one of the town hall meetings, please review the presentation and view the video from the town hall meeting (filmed by the City of South Fulton Observer).

Click Here to View the Presentation

Townhall Meeting Video

Responses to Public Works Questions

Raised During District 1 Town Hall Meeting

On July 26, 2017 during the City of South Fulton District 1 Town Hall meeting, a number of questions were raised by the citizens in attendance that are provided below with responses:

1. What are the limits for the Enon Road sidewalk project?

The sidewalks will span from just north of Lynarbor Lane to Sanford J. Jones Blvd (Wolf Creek Amphitheater entrance), which covers a total distance of approximately 1.5 miles.

2. Are there any current plans to construct sidewalks along Wallace Road?

The only current sidewalk projects that are in the works are those within the TSPLOST program along Danforth and Enon Roads.

3. Could roundabouts not be constructed in the T-SPLOST program and the cost savings could be used towards more sidewalks?

As mentioned during the Town Hall, no intersection has been predetermined to be constructed as a roundabout. Each intersection within the TSPLOST program will have a traffic study performed prior to bringing the recommended proposed layout to the community for comments. The traffic study will determine the most economical and efficient means to handle the congestion and safety of the intersection.

4. It seems that the potholes continue showing up shortly after they are patched, will the Enon Road bridge be replaced anytime soon?

This bridge is a part of the current TSPLOST Program and is scheduled for replacement by 2020.

5. A general comment was made about the need for increased stormwater pipe maintenance. It was suggested that a crew should be coming behind the grass cuttings crew to clean out stormwater pipes and catch basins that often get clogged with grass clippings and debris.

Prospectively, the supervisor of a grass cutting crew will do an assessment of catch basins after the cutting of each road. The supervisor will report any clogged catch basins and have them scheduled for cleaning.

If you have any questions or follow-up comments on these responses, please contact me at catherine.rowell@cityofsouthfultonga.gov. You can also view a video of the first District 1 town hall. meeting by clicking the button below.

COSF First District 1 Town Hall Meeting Video