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subdivision, and they haven’t been disturbed since. Speaking at the Jan. 7 City Council meeting, Barbara Schaffer said she called Sandy Springs Police four times about loud parties since the beginning of December, but there were no results. She said Code Enforcement personnel put a notice on the front door, but it was ripped off. “There’s garbage everywhere … it’s just terrible,” Schaffer said. “And it’s in Sandy Springs right down the street from Davis Academy off Spalding and Roberts [drives].”
SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. — Eight months after joining with four other North Fulton cities to subsidize regional ambulance services, Sandy Springs now has a seat at the table to evaluate performance. At its Jan. 21 meeting, the Sandy Spring City Council agreed to adopt the bylaws of the North Fulton Emergency Medical Response Oversight Committee. A city memo says member cities wanted to re-form the committee after last summer’s contract adoption and the addition of Sandy Springs. Operating under its own arrangement with American Medical Response in the past, Sandy Springs was notified of an 850 percent price hike a year ago. Its contract for $260,000 a year for 8-minute response times was set to increase to $3.6 million. The new contract, including all six North Fulton cities, will require a $2 million subsidy in the first year, split among the cities based on a three-year average of population and number of service calls. Mountain Park, a 346-acre city in North Fulton County, has an agreement with the Roswell Fire Department that provides fire and rescue services.
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Sandy Springs weighs complaints By HAYDEN SUMLIN hayden@appenmedia.com SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. — A group of Sandy Springs homeowners are lobbying the city to address short-term rental homes used for all-night parties. Kevin and Barbara Schaffer, whose Kenstone Court home abuts a short-term rental, said one family with young children in their subdivision is planning to move because of the nuisance. They said another couple is considering pulling stakes. Neighbors may soon get relief. Sandy Springs staff told Appen Media that the owner of the short-term rental is scheduled to appear in municipal court Feb. 24. The alleged party house lies in the four-home Kenstone Court subdivision off Spalding Drive in the Sandy Springs Panhandle. The city identifies the property as 8069 Kenstone Court. Records from the Fulton County Board of Assessors show the former property owners sold the home last August to Failsafe Data, LLC for $1.7 million. The property is currently listed for sale. Zillow.com has the property for sale at just under $2.5 million, with the latest update Jan. 18. The property was also listed on Berkshire Hathway’s Buckhead Office webpage around the same time. None of the surrounding neighbors said they have spoken with the property owner, which led them to bring the issue to the city’s attention. Since then, the Schaffers said City Councilman John Paulson met with them for an hour, personnel from Code Enforcement and the Police Department have visited the
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Sandy Springs resident Barbara Schaffer discusses the alleged party house next door to her home in the Kenstone Court subdivision during the Jan. 21 City Council meeting. District 1 City Councilman John Paulson met with the Schaffer family about the neighborhood nuisance privately after the meeting.
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