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Officials approve design contract, defer another By HAYDEN SUMLIN hayden@appenmedia.com
View and Registry Glenn neighborhoods. Homeowners say they don’t want light and noise pollution in their neighborhoods five days a week. Head of School and CEO Kristy Lundstrom said the push to have field lighting is about enhancing the student-athletes experience and expanding programming.
SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. — The Sandy Springs City Council has made it a priority to get the full picture before approving contracts for various capital projects around the city. In early December, elected officials asked for more information about a design contract for the replacement of the Riverside Drive bridge over a Chattahoochee River tributary. The roadway is within the Sandy Springs Panhandle. There is a weight restriction on the current bridge between 6540 and 6545 Riverside Drive, and there are no facilities for bicycles or pedestrians. At the Dec. 17 City Council meeting, elected officials awarded the contract unanimously after voting to defer it Dec. 3 because of the staff memo’s lack of detail. The city received three responses from contractors with staff selecting a $565,000 proposal from Heath & Lineback Engineers. Of the project’s $2.4 million budget, around $1.7 million remains for required right-of-way acquisition and construction. At the Dec. 3 meeting, Public Works Director Marty Martin said Heath & Lineback, acquired by BCC Engineering in 2021, scored the highest on the criteria used by the city’s Evaluation Committee.
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An image from Neighbors United Against Lights at Mount Vernon School shows the proximity of Ron Hill Field to homes in the Mount Vernon Woods neighborhood.
Planning Commission says no more Mount Vernon field lights By HAYDEN SUMLIN hayden@appenmedia.com SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. — The Sandy Springs Planning Commission voted unanimously Dec. 18 to recommend denial of a permitting change to allow field lighting at The Mount Vernon School. After Chair Reed Haggard tallied the 6-0 vote, cheers erupted from the audience at Sandy Springs City Hall. Hundreds of residents living around
the school’s 40-acre Upper Campus in central Sandy Springs came to the Planning Commission meeting to oppose the effort. At three city-mandated community meeting this fall, neighbors donned red T-shirts to symbolize their opposition to lighting at the school’s main athletic facility — Ron Hill Field. It lies next to the Mount Vernon Woods and Aria West neighborhoods and across the road from the Glenn