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Monday, December 17, 2012

Decatur Commission OK's Annexation

With no referendum likely, the annexation issue moves to the General Assembly and faces an uncertain reception.

The Decatur City Commission voted Monday night to move ahead with annexing two heavily commercial areas, despite opposition from business owners and residents who might be brought into the city. The city will next ask the DeKalb County legislative delegation to pass a bill in the upcoming General Assembly authorizing the annexation. The city attorney has said no referendum is necessary because so few people reside in the targeted areas. Commissioner Patti Garrrett noted that assage on the state level is not a certainty, saying "If we vote today to annex, that doesn't mean it will happen." Mayor Bill Floyd said that the General Assembly might still require the city to hold a referendum. The meeting started at 7:30 p.m. but the commission …

In this Article:

Decatur Manager: City Can Annex Without Referendum, Update: Senate OKs Bills; Avondale-Decatur Annexation Appears Certain (in Decatur-Avondale Estates Patch), Decatur Mayor: We Should Annex Suburban Plaza (in Decatur-Avondale Estates Patch), and 11 more ›

Thursday, December 13, 2012

Decatur Manager: City Can Annex Without Referendum

Vote in the Patch Poll. Do you think the annexation will go through?

The Decatur city attorney does not think a referendum is necessary to proceed with the most recent annexation proposal, City Manager Peggy Merriss said Wednesday. Merriss sent Patch this email: [City Attorney] Bryan Downs responded this afternoon that after reviewing the relevant sections of OCGA, he did not believe that a referendum would be required if the properties annexed by local Act of the General Assembly were less than 50% residential. The Decatur City Commission meets Monday, Dec. 17, and will decide whether to move ahead with annexation. Merriss recommended Decatur annex the two heavily commercial areas on the northeast and northwest corners of the city limits. Even if the commission votes yes, there will be many more steps in …

In this Article:

Decatur Manager: Annex Commercial Areas, Leave Out Most Residences (in Decatur-Avondale Estates Patch)

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A Decatur Mom

3:57 pm on Friday, December 14, 2012

I disagree that it's CSD, not COD, that is driving Decatur's popularity. The two go together. There's plenty of wealthy areas with crummy schools--the parents just use private schools. Ditto there's non-affluent, but non-impoverished, i.e. middle income areas with decent schools, especially in the Northeast.   more ›

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