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Chateau De Nails Is Located at:

12635 Crabapple Road Suite 220,

Milton, GA 30004.

Phone: 770 752 5636

Hours Of Operation:

Monday through Saturday: 10am to 8pm

Sunday: 12pm to 6pm

Milton County To See Rebirth?

North Fulton leaders advocating for a secession. By DOUG NURSE
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution www.ajc.com
Published on: 03/05/08

Poor and struggling, tiny Milton County embraced a novel solution to overcome the great Depression of the 1930s: Merge with Fulton County.

The marriage, tying together a string of diverse communities stretching 70 miles, worked. Fulton — north and south — thrived.

But leaders from the old Milton region have a new message for Fulton: We want a divorce.

“Fulton County is too big to be responsive,” said Sandy Springs City Councilman Rusty Paul. “You need a county big enough to get significant projects done, but still small enough to deliver personal services.”

Roswell Mayor Jere Wood said a reconstituted Milton County is a popular idea with residents in the area.

“I believe if you had a referendum on it, 80 to 90 percent would support it,” Wood said.

As envisioned, a newly re-formed Milton County would include Alpharetta, Roswell, Mountain Park and the recently formed cities of Sandy Springs, Milton and Johns Creek. Roswell, which was originally part of Cobb County, joined Fulton in 1932.

But the dream is a long way from reality. Re-creating Milton County would likely require an amendment to the state constitution because of an amendment that caps the number of counties at 159. There are practical obstacles as well as political ones, say officials on both sides of the issue.

Resurrecting Milton County may be on hold for this coming legislative session, said Rep. Jan Jones (R-Milton), one of the movement’s primary backers. Jones said the General Assembly has plenty to do already, and state-funded studies on the topic probably won’t be completed before the session ends in March.

The studies, under way by the Carl Vinson Institute of Government at the University of Georgia and the Fiscal Research Center at Georgia State University, are exploring the laws, the finances, and the mechanics of how Milton County would separate from Fulton County.

“It’s complicated,” Jones said. “Every time you peel back a layer there’s another. They’ve found something like 35 to 40 laws that would be affected.”

She said she believes it will be challenging but is feasible.

Speaker Pro Tem Mark Burkhalter (R-Johns Creek) has said he will push Milton County if the time seems right.

Other local officials, while acknowledging that residents of north Fulton might have legitimate concerns, don’t believe divorce is the best solution.

“Creating a new county will be expensive and more complicated than most people think,” said Fulton County Commission Chairman John Eaves. “I think the perception of Fulton County is different from the reality of Fulton County. We have good things going, and we have a strong economy. I say let’s try to fix what we have and make it stronger rather than creating another government entity.”

Frustration with Fulton County helped spur the creation of the new cities of Sandy Springs (2005), Milton (2006), and Johns Creek (2006) in the north and Chattahoochee Hill Country (2007) in the south.

But forming separate cities in north Fulton was only the first step envisioned by some residents.

“The saying was Johns Creek in ‘07 and Milton County in ‘09,” said resident Mark Kopel. “The Fulton County Commission doesn’t represent me. Milton County will offer a government that will take care of things and make sure taxes are spent where they need to be spent.”

Many northsiders say Fulton County government is sluggish, bloated and doesn’t share their priorities.

Paul, the Sandy Springs councilman, believes that sprawling Fulton County, with many factions requiring different kinds of services, is too big to be responsive and efficient. He says that while residents in the northern part of the county seek better roads, more parks, and lower taxes, residents in the southern part want more social services.

“Fulton County is unbelievably diverse,” Paul said. “You can’t reach a common vision about what needs to be done.”

With the birth of the four new cities in the past few years, the population of unincorporated Fulton County has withered to about 40,000 people. But Milton County backers point out that while services they receive from Fulton have shrunk, their tax bills have not.

“They should be cutting our taxes quite a bit,” said John Payne, a 51-year-old hotel developer from Alpharetta. “I think if you use services, you should pay for them; if you don’t then you shouldn’t pay for them.”

Because the cities have taken over many of the services provided by Fulton County, Milton County would have to offer only a bare minimum of services.

“It’s going to be a shell of a county,” said Johns Creek Mayor Mike Bodker. “I believe Milton County will be able to operate with less tax money than Fulton County does.”

But Fulton County Commissioner Emma Darnell said everyone would suffer in a divorce.

“The best way to approach it is to work together to solve these problems,” Darnell said. “When I hear statements from some north Fulton politicians about Fulton County’s poor performance — and there’s no real evidence to support it — either they have no proof or there’s some other reason. North Fulton is one of the most desirable places to live in the country. Fulton County built north Fulton. We’ve come too far to go back to the time of race and class divisions.”

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North Fulton Friends Of Libraries Remarks On Facilty Master Plan.

To the AFPL Board of Trustees, November 26, 2007.

Thank you for providing this opportunity. I am here representing presidents and officers of the Friends of the Libraries groups in North Fulton. This includes the libraries of Sandy Springs, Roswell, Alpharetta, Northeast/Spruill Oaks, and Ocee Robert E. Fulton. They have asked me to speak on their behalf.

Our mission as Friends of the Library is to serve as a liaison between our libraries and our communities. For that reason, we want to share with you our initial concerns about the impact of the AFPL Facility Master Plan on our North Fulton communities. We are speaking as one group because what impacts any library in North Fulton impacts the entire North Fulton community. If one or more libraries are inadequate to serve their designated communities, then underserved residents within those communities will turn to neighboring libraries for services.

We are not happy with the process of developing the plan. It was drawn up without input from either branch managers, Friends of Library groups or public commentary. The only libraries where local management seems to have been consulted are Central and Auburn Avenue Research Center, for the Plan does include detailed descriptions of improvements to be funded at those facilities. While public forums were recently held to collect and record the many public suggestions for branch improvements, this opportunity for input seems to have come too late in the process to enable genuine dialog with the community. As a result, morale has dropped among members of North Fulton Friends of Libraries groups, who form the backbone of the volunteer efforts at our libraries.

We need to have the funding aspects of this plan explained. We have no information about what effect this plan will have on taxes. Will there be a tax increase needed to service the bond issue, cover additional operation expenses of new libraries or the additional maintenance cost these libraries present over the long term?

Why are we asking for $20 million in bond money to fund normal wear and tear repairs/and or/replacements for existing facilities (Central and Auburn Avenue excluded)? We would expect that this type of expense would already be budgeted for in the county’s General Fund.

Why is $40 million of the plan dedicated to improvements at two just facilities out of thirty-four? It is not clear to us that usage of these facilities justifies that expenditure level.

We do not understand the approach or recommendations reached by this study.

There was extensive work done to determine “level of service”. Clearly the level of service inside the perimeter is greater than the level of service outside the perimeter. (Pages 4.6, 4.7, 4.8). While the unserved areas were addressed with new library recommendations, there were no recommendations made to even out the level of service throughout the county in underserved areas.

An analysis of the study’s square footage per Capita (page 5.4) shows that the North area is not operating at the same square footage per capita levels as their peers in Atlanta and the South but no recommendations were made that would correct the situation. See the attached worksheet that shows the North area would need an additional square footage of 7,390 to 41,554 sq ft to be comparable.

We encourage you to also consider whether out library square footage would meet standards of excellence, not just state minimums.

Circulation is one way that the AFPL system measures library usage. Yet, circulation statistics were not factored into the plan. The North Fulton libraries accounted for 49% of AFPL circulation as of December 2006. We include five of the sixth highest ranked libraries in circulation. Yet the square footage in our libraries per 1,000 in circulation averages 70.2 square feet against an AFPL system average of 182. (See attached worksheet.)

The AFPL Facility Master Plan Criteria states that planning should include these two additional considerations:

The needs of lower income communities with constrained public transportation options.

The factor of time when considering library patron travel requirements.

We do not see evidence of these considerations in the North Fulton recommendations. We have areas of lower income populations, particularly in the areas served by the Sandy Springs, Roswell, and Northeast/Spruill Oaks libraries. Yet it is very difficult to reach our libraries using public transportation. It is especially important that our libraries be positioned to adequately serve these populations. In addition, North Fulton roads are extremely congested. We do not see where travel times to our libraries have been adequately factored into this study.

The Plan shows that two of our North Fulton libraries are not in prime condition. Section 3.7 shows a RI index for Alpharetta of .09 and for Roswell of .08. Their RI ranking within the system is 7^th and 9^th respectively. Yet, the Roswell library ranked first in circulation in the AFPL system as of December 2006 and Alpharetta ranked fifth. Two of our busiest libraries are in need. Yet their renovation plan dollars are less than $5,000 per 1,000 in circulation, compared to an average of $13,805 for all branches, excluding the $75,017 per 1,000 in circulation slated for Central.

What then, are our recommendations to you, the AFPL trustees?

First, we request that the Board of Trustees delay recommendation of this plan until further facility analysis can be done for those existing libraries which are not scheduled to be demolished. We ask that discussions be held with branch managers and community groups and the public about what facility improvements are needed. Based on these additional inputs, engineering studies can then be undertaken to price recommended improvements.

Second, we encourage you to keep those renovations that include building expansion or improvement, but eliminate those which fund replacement of worn fixtures, furniture, and equipment. In our opinion maintenance expenses should not be funded by a bond issue. We encourage you to recommend inclusion of maintenance funding in the annual Fulton County library budgets.

Thank you for your consideration.

Vicki V. Johnson

770 Buttercup Trace

Alpharetta, GA 30022

(770) 409-0549

vvjohnson03@bellsouth.net

President, Friends of the NE/Spruill Oaks Library

Alpharetta Library News.

Proposed Facility Master Plan for Libraries in Atlanta/Fulton Co.

Your opportunity to speak up – Monday, Nov. 5^th., 7 pm

at Alpharetta Library

Did you know that the Alpharetta Library is the 4^th. busiest in circulation in the entire Atlanta-Fulton Library System of which there are 34 libraries? Do you think our library could be improved? Do we need more books, particularly children’s books? Do we need longer hours to be open? Do we need more personnel? How about more parking?

A VERY important meeting will be held at the Alpharetta Library on Monday, Nov. 5^th. at 7 pm. The proposed Facility Master Plan will be presented and discussed. Of particular concern to individuals who use the Alpharetta Library is the fact that only $691,331.00 is to be spent to improve the Alpharetta Library while $20,700,000.00 is proposed to be spent on the Auburn Ave. Research Library on African American Culture and History and $21,333,840.00 is proposed to be spent on the Central Library in downtown Atlanta.

Our library, despite being so small, is a very busy place. Our limited staff members work extremely hard to meet the needs of the community but our library is under-staffed. With the tremendous growth in NW Fulton, the library does NOT meet the criteria for serving this increased population. Unless the community speaks up, no changes will happen and we will be left with an inadequate structure and inadequate service.

Please plan to attend this meeting on Monday, Nov. 5^th. and speak about your concerns for your library. Otherwise, we’re stuck with what we presently have.

To read the facility master plan, go to www.afplweb.com. There is a survey you can take and answer such questions as: Would you like Auburn Ave. to have a café? A gift shop? A state of the art auditorium? Or, if you would like to see more books in the Alpharetta Library, your chance to express that is Nov. 5^th.

The Friends of the Alpharetta Library have compiled a survey, also. Feel free to answer the questions below and take it to the library or mail it to: Friends of the Alpharetta Library 238 Canton St., Alpharetta, GA 30004. For more information, you may contact Linda Statham at statham@mindspring.com.

The Friends of the Alpharetta Library would like your thoughts for the Facility Master Plan meeting on Monday, November 5^th., 7 pm at the Alpharetta Library.

Name ________________________________Date:_________

Are you a frequent library patron at this library? Yes__ No__

How often does your family use this library? ____________________

How many of your family members use this library? ___

Is this facility an adequate size for the community? Yes__No__

Would you like more parking? Yes__No__

Are more books needed? Yes__No__

If so, in what section(s)? ________________________________

Are there enough computers? Yes__No__

Should the library be open more evenings during the school year? Yes__No__

Do the library book sales help serve the needs of the community? Yes__No__

Additional comments:

It’s A Mystery In Milton…

By Patti Silva & Abbe Laboda / Miltonville.com www.miltonville.com
Last month, during the making of an extended oral history project at Hopewell Baptist Church, Patti Silva and Abbe Laboda of MILTONville.com met Mr. Hugh Winton Bell, born in 1922, and his beautiful wife Louise. Original Miltonians, they both attended The Hopewell School, which has long been vacant since the seventies, and is now under private ownership. During our history lesson with Mr. Bell, he revealed to us that his class created a time capsule filled with personal trinkets and various items holding no monetary value, but sentimental value, especially to Mr. Bell. He said he knew exactly where it was located. We offered to take him to the property and try to figure out a way to obtain permission to excavate the capsule and open this wonderful piece of history. Mr. Bell’s thought was to return the items to the respective families. Keep in mind that there is only one other person left alive who placed items in the time capsule. It is one wish from an elderly southern gentleman, how could we not help fulfill it.

Through the community’s help, we were able to find the the new owner’s phone number and the contact information of the demolition company that would raze the historical building. Within 24 hours we took the Bells to the property and photographed Mr. Bell with the beautiful history filled time capsule secretly hidden behind the cornerstone of the old school. We made plans to meet the demolition crew 2 days later, after they obtained the proper permits, for an informal unveiling of the anticipated time capsule. We were on on way to uncovering a piece of Milton’s history, or so we thought.
In the middle of the night, the owners of the property secretly removed the time capsule. When we discovered this the next morning, we contacted the owner to ask him if he would meet with Mr. Bell so that Mr. Bell could simply look through it and take home the item in which he buried so long ago. The new owner said it was his property, having been on the property, when he purchased the land. We tried connecting the two gentlemen together by exchanging their phone numbers and urging the new owner to contact Mr. Bell for pure humanitarian sake. As of this writing, no advancements have been made and MILTONville wants to help Mr. Bell.
We are hoping one of the local papers picks this up and and initiates some simple investigative reporting in uncovering the rest of the story. To whom does the Time Capsule belong – the new owners or the original people who placed items in the capsule? We know the answer but doesn’t a 85 year old man deserve the right, if not just a simple act of kindness and courtesy, to see what he and his classmates buried so long ago? It has been rumored that there was a Bible in the capsule. Doesn’t that family deserve to have it back? What are the new owners going to do with the items? What would you do? We remain optimistic that the contents will one day get back to the families that put them there in the first place. We have hopes that the new Hopewell Community and the residents of Milton will one day see what’s inside. And, the rest will be history.

Milton Sewer Debate Before Council

Dear Friends and Neighbors,

I am emailing you today to ask you to consider emailing and speaking out to the Milton City Council and Mayor, we have a very important issue before them and your voice needs to be heard. There is a Work Session tomorrow, Thursday, 4/26 at 5:00pm where you can make your comments in person.

If you were not aware, Fulton County has asked Milton to write a letter in support of the extension of sewer and interbasin transfer for Mr. Dennis Potts, this will be discussed tomorrow evening at the Council Work session. Other developers have now come forward to request the same type of exception.

Milton City Council and Mayor need to hear loud and clear that we DO NOT support a letter to Fulton County for the exception of the no sewer policy and no inter basin transfer ordinance for Mr. Potts nor anyone else.

The reasons are simple as to why NOT to support the expansion of sewer and the exception of the No Inter Basin Transfer Ordinance for Mr. Potts or any other petitioners:

· The letter would violate the “no-sewer” policy of Milton and the No Inter Basin Transfer Resolution of March 1995.
· No Sewer policy of Milton is critical to this area to preserve the low-density and rural character of Milton.
· Expansion of sewer would negatively impact our quality of life by allowing more density.
Increased traffic, strains on the current infrastructure, noise, light pollution and lower property values.

· Exception to the No Inter Basin Transfer policy could lead to unnecessary and expensive upgrades or expansion to the Big Creek Treatment plant.
· To reserve our river basins, Etowah River Basin (Chicken Creek Sub-Basin and Cooper/Sandy Creek Sub-Basin), uncontrolled growth has a costly effect on the quality of our environment.

Your local government needs to hear from your today. Please preserve our beautiful community.

Thanks,
A Concerned Milton Citizen

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Opinion Forums Regarding Birmingham High

By Anderson Lee; Accessmilton.com

We have received numerous opinions regarding the recently proposed Birmingham High School off of Freemanville Road. Due to this high activity, we have created two temporary blogs; one set up for those in support of Birmingham High’s placement, the other against. To insure that the numbers are accurate, we have required registration for these two temporary forums. They are as follows:

For those in support of Birmingham High, please share comments at:

http://forbhamhigh.wordpress.com/

For those opposed to Birmingham High, please share comments at:

http://againstbhamhigh.wordpress.com/

Thank you.

Deja VU for New High School Site

BOE buys former Kings Ridge land; Middle school land nears closing

By Candy Waylock / www.northfulton.com / Appen NewsPapers
April 04, 2007

Freemanville Road residents were able to chase off a private school from the 100-acre site near their homes, but now the Fulton Board of Education has chosen the same land for the Birmingham high school.Most school officials were off for Spring Break, so details are still sketchy. But developer Richard Wernick, one of the partners who owned the land, confirmed that the Board of Education closed on the property March 30.

When King’s Ridge Christian School first bought the property in 2000, neighboring residents opposed the selection saying it would add traffic congestion to a road that was not built to handle it. They also opposed the quality of life disturbances a 1,200-student, K-12 private school would bring to such a rural area.The matter wound up in court, and Kings Ridge finally gave up in 2003 began another search that wound up with that school building at the corner of Bethany Road and Cogburn Road.

Meanwhile, Milton has continued to grow, and now the Fulton Board of Education has come calling with a plan for an 1,800-student high school which might include a new middle school as well.White Columns resident George Ragsdale, one of the leaders in the fight to stop Kings Ridge School, said he knew the school board was looking for a site and could see this news coming.”I was expecting [news of the closing] any day,” Ragsdale said.District school board member for the area Katie Reeves said she had not received official confirmation from school authorities on the close of the sale, but said any site selection involving 100 acres or more is likely to cause some controversy.”Regardless of where [the high school] is, there is going to be a hue and cry against it,” Reeves said. “We just have to make the best choices we can.”The new schools would offload students from Milton High School and Northwestern Middle School, with shifting attendance zones also affecting other area schools.While school officials were mum on the exact location of the proposed property site, Assistant Superintendent Michael Russell did comment on the criteria the board put in place to purchase land.”The [Fulton County School Board's] guidelines are you buy from willing sellers, with preferably the entire parcel owned by one person,” said Russell.

While no timeline exists for when the new high school and middle school are slated to open, the funding is available in the Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST), which was just recently extended through 2012. Therefore, construction of the new schools will likely start construction by 2012.The system has long proposed a new high school for the city of Milton, with a new middle school more recently on the radar.”What we’ve said for a long time, and the numbers support us, is that we need one high school east and one high school west of Georgia 400,” said Russell. “We’ve started the process on a new high school in Johns Creek [opening in 2009] and are now on the west side.”The SPLOST funds a middle school in North Fulton, but does not specify the location.

Therefore the school system could opt to build a middle school on the east side of 400 in Johns Creek if the need is greater on that side of the highway.As far as numbers for Milton High School, without a new school to offload students, the area’s newest high school will have an enrollment of nearly 3,000 students by 2011, according to school system projections. Milton currently has 2,100 students.The purchase price of the land was not announced, but the school system budget is $25 million for land for a new high school and middle school.During a meeting with the Milton City Council in January, Fulton School Superintendent James Wilson pledged to work closely with the new city leaders to ensure the school is a fit for the community.

At the time, Wilson did not confirm co-locating a new elementary, middle and high school in one general area. However, he said the strategy has been successful at Crabapple Crossing Elementary, Northwestern Middle and Milton High.The arrangement allows schools to share resources and be more efficient with transportation.It is a strong possibility the school system will use such a tactic with the new high school and middle school slated for the county in the next few years. The Birmingham Road elementary school is opening in 2009.

Milton Councilwoman Tina D’Aversa-Williams said school officials have been clear from the beginning that local government has limited involvement in school site selection.”We really have not been in the information loop, although [Fulton School officials] have been very cordial,” said Williams. “I think most of the council members are in the same position as most of the citizens as far as what they know about the new high school.”The secrecy involved in the purchase of a school site was necessary to provide confidentiality and privacy to the seller and to ensure the school system gets the best price for the land, according to school officials.

Fulton Buys Land For New High School In Milton

By DOUG NURSE
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published on: 04/04/07 A north Fulton property once proposed as the site of a private Christian school has been bought by the Fulton County public school system for a new high school.

Al Nash, one of the current owners, confirmed Wednesday that the school board has purchased 116 acres along Freemanville Road, close to the historic Crabapple crossroads.

School board member Katie Reeves, who represents north Fulton, said the county plans to build a high school and stadium on the property. She estimated the school could be open for the 2011 school year. It will be built with funds from the recently renewed special purpose local option sale tax.

Reeves said school district officials are contemplating putting a middle school at the site as well, but said a decision has not been made.

Other details on the deal, including the purchase price, were not immediately available.

The property formerly was proposed as the site for King’s Ridge Christian School, but neighbors fought a multi-year legal battle to keep the school and accompanying traffic from their quiet, rural neighborhood of estate-sized lots.

The land is located in what is now the city of Milton, west of Ga. 400.

King’s Ridge is building a school just south of Milton, adjacent to Alpharetta’s North Park on Bethany Bend Road.

Reeves said the anticipated growth in the area justified a new high school.

“We’re moving forward and staying on top of the growth instead of letting the growth get away from us,” she said. “We did tell voters [in the recent referendum on a new sales tax] that a high school would be built west of Ga. 400 and one would be built east of Ga. 400, and that we would be purchasing land sooner than later.”

She said the former King’s Ridge site is one of the few options the school district has in northwest Fulton.

“I don’t think there will be a lot of people surprised at the location because there’s not a lot of big buildable tracts left in north Fulton,” she said.

But Barbara Pappas, who breeds horses on an adjoining piece of property, was dismayed to hear a high school would be settling next to her 12.3 acres of peace and quiet. Pappas was a plaintiff in the court battles against King’s Ridge. She said she was concerned about the stadium noise, septic runoff, traffic and safety.

“This is the middle of horse country,” she said. “It will ruin our quality of life. We’re ruining the environment. If they put in a stadium, I’ll be out by the time it’s built.”

Catherine Jones, whose two children attend King’s Ridge Christian at its current Alpharetta location, said she would support the school if the school district is sensitive to the things that make Milton different. She said people will be concerned about traffic control, school design and placement of the stadium.

“I hope when they plan the school, they take into consideration the community, what we are trying to accomplish and maintain the rural flavor of the area,” she said. “There will be many people who will have a hard time with that.”

Reeves said she understands the decision isn’t going to be popular with everyone.

“Rarely have we announced a new school where there hasn’t been one or two pockets of folks who weren’t happy with it,” she said. “We will engage the community once we have a site plan.”

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