In 2008, when the
City of Dunwoody was incorporated, UN Agenda 21 implementation had arrived. The
founders filed for a Manager-Council form of government and outsourced
staff. ICLEI training was offered to all
city and county elected officials. Obama offered grants to get cities and
counties to hire ICLEI Consultants to install the same “cookie cutter”
ordinances and zoning codes. Dunwoody bought the scam. Municipal Consulting
firms were ready to supply temp staff to take city and county staff positions.
Dunwoody hired them.
The “cookie cutter”
ordinances included a few land mines that city staff insisted had to remain in
the Code. The City Council agreed.
“Care Homes” had been
added to Residential Zoning and city staff insisted that it remain. This allowed a medical treatment facility to
land in the middle of a subdivision in Manget Way. “Care Homes” need to be
removed from R-100 and added back to Commercial zoning or this abuse could
continue to occur.
Also, the minimum lot
size in R-100 was lowered to 15,000 square feet, allowing lot splits by
builders in established subdivisions like Dunwoody Club Forest. The minimum lot
size in R-100 needs to be raised to 22,000 square feet to protect homeowners
from this abuse.
In 2011, Dunwoody
voters made the mistake of voting to grant the city Redevelopment Powers to be
given to an appointed board. The city
hired a consulting firm to gather “public input” to their “Master Plans” by
having participants choose between A and B, using the Delphi technique that
predetermines the results.
Prior to 2008, cities
and counties didn’t hire engineering firms to design their roads and
intersections. The cost of milling and
resurfacing 1 mile of 2 lane asphalt road was $150,000. My T-SPLOST analysis
showed that roadwork costs were double what they had been in the previous
year.
Price gouging had
arrived. Federal subsidies will always
double the cost. Dunwoody didn’t adopt a
low-bidder with a performance bond method of approving bids. They concocted a
point system that allowed amateur cronies to get these bids and they did a poor
job.
Storm sewer pipe
replacement and asphalt road restoration costs in Dunwoody were the highest
priority investments, but were ignored until 2016. $Millions were wasted on
lower priority distractions and price gouging.
Road restoration
costs double if the roadbed is deteriorated. Dunwoody roads were already over
25 years old in 2008. This should have given the city the incentive to budget
$4 million a year for roads, but they only budgeted $2 million a year. We seem
to finally be on the right track on roads.
Tax abatements have
been high projects on the deck at PCID are sure max out our road capacity with
economic development. Lawsuit settlements have been high and we hope these
lawsuits will subside.
Norb Leahy, Dunwoody
GA Tea Party Leader
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