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Council clashes over unused cash
Formal decision delayed on $8 million carryover By AMBER PERRY amber@appenmedia.com JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Johns Creek is struggling to agree on what to do with $8.5 million sitting in leftover cash from the current budget year which ends Sept. 30. The surplus remains unallocated following what may have been the most heated argument among the current council Sept. 12. At stake is whether Creekside Park will be fully funded for a possible groundbreaking next year, or whether the city’s oldest fire station, Fire Station 63, will see additional money toward a replacement. The building is experiencing structural issues as well as mold. Before the council was a budget amendment – drafted from a split discussion at an earlier council work session – that would allocate $550,000 of the surplus to retention bonuses and City Hall improvements, with the remainder going to fund Creekside Park. Creekside Park is a proposed centerpiece anchoring the city’s 192acre Town Center project at Medlock Bridge and McGinnis Ferry roads. The site will be home to Medley, a mixeduse development headed by Avalon developer Mark Toro. It will also feature a new $62.5 million manufacturing
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Students poll dog owners about managing pet waste By AMBER PERRY amber@appenmedia.com
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At top: From left, Lakshana Ramanan, Neha Gurram, Maggie Dowd, Sana Fatima and David Cooper are Student Leadership Johns Creek members who handed out surveys to dog owners about the impact of pet waste on the city’s waterways at Pup-a-Palooza Sept. 16. Above: Rebecca Ferrante’s two dogs, Avery and Molly, are dressed as lions for Pup-a-Palooza Sept. 16. Avery, a chihuahua mix, was recently bitten in the eye by a copperhead while walking in Ferrante’s Roswell neighborhood and was rushed to an emergency animal hospital where she was treated with anti-venom.
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