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Alpharetta plans study on downtown parking By JON WILCOX jon@appenmedia.com ALPHARETTA, Ga. — The Alpharetta City Council approved a contract Sept. 9 to study downtown parking moments after hearing a resident’s concerns about paid parking. “I strongly do not support making anyone pay to park in downtown Alpharetta,” resident Jay Looft said. “Paying to park puts a very bad image on our city, and it just ticks people off.” Acknowledging Looft’s remarks, city officials proceeded to hire Alpharettabased parking management firm Pivot Parking to collect data and provide options
for improving parking in the downtown. The contract comes with a price tag of $53,197. Mayor Jim Gilvin said it was important to recognize the city is beginning one of the first steps in tackling the longstanding issue. Alpharetta is still far from making any concrete decisions, he said. “It’s taken us years to get to this point where we are just trying to find out what the potential solutions are and where the problems are … we don’t have data yet,” Gilvin said. But the mayor also said the City Council may consider paid parking as
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Alpharetta resident Jay Looft urges council members to consider options other than paid parking in downtown at a Sept. 9 meeting. The City Council unanimously approved a contract for Pivot Parking to gather data and make recommendations.
Roswell joins other cities, counties in fight to ban transient pet sales By AMBER PERRY amber@appenmedia.com
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Peggy McCarthey, board member of the Georgia Pet Coalition, speaks to the Roswell City Council Sept. 9 about an ordinance that would ban the transient sale of dogs, cats and domestic rabbits.
ROSWELL, Ga. — Peggy McCarthey, board member of the Georgia Pet Coalition, spoke to the Roswell City Council Sept. 9 during a review of an ordinance that would ban the transient sale of dogs, cats and domestic rabbits. The coalition is a state-based organization that focuses on legislative advocacy for animal protection. McCarthey said the policy specifically addresses sales that occur in parking lots, flea markets and street sides. “These are transient sellers,” McCarthey said. “They’re here today,
gone tomorrow. You can’t find them.” The first reading of the ordinance, unanimously approved by the City Council that night, would add a new section to the city code, Section 8.1.25. Similar measures have already been passed elsewhere in Metro Atlanta. In 2022, Forsyth County passed the ban, followed by Fulton County last year. In June, Johns Creek did the same, with a push from Northview High School senior Trisha Gundugollu for her Girl Scout Gold Award project. McCarthey was her adviser. As McCarthey spoke at the Roswell meeting Monday night, Gundugollu was being recognized for her work at Johns
Creek City Hall. The policy is also being considered in DeKalb County. McCarthey illustrated the issue at the Aug. 27 Roswell Community Development and Transportation Committee meeting with recent pictures of transient sales that occurred in Decatur and Cobb County. She said these sorts of breeders often misrepresent the animal they’re selling, that the animals are often underage or are frequently sick, and that the breeders are strictly out for profit. “They are not responsible breeders,”
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