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Barkley Square Homeowners’ Association Special Meeting 9 Dec 2001

Barkley Square Homeowners’ Association Special Meeting 9 Dec 2001. Purpose - discuss the options for dealing with the Special Use Permit Do Nothing, try to get Gwinnett County to reject SUP Annex into Duluth Purchase Property alone with Norman Downs. Do Nothing Option.

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Barkley Square Homeowners’ Association Special Meeting 9 Dec 2001

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  1. Barkley Square Homeowners’ AssociationSpecial Meeting 9 Dec 2001 Purpose - discuss the options for dealing with the Special Use Permit • Do Nothing, try to get Gwinnett County to reject SUP • Annex into Duluth • Purchase Property • alone • with Norman Downs

  2. Do Nothing Option • Impact on our neighborhood? • Property values • Traffic • Future Development • County not likely to reject SUP • political reasons • Atlanta Journal front page article

  3. St. Mary of Egypt - Russian Orthodox Church Special Use Permit Joe Lee

  4. Barkley Square Property in Question Norman Downs Bunten Road Park

  5. Growth Patterns Barkley Square Barkley Square • The Russian Orthodox Church draws from a very select group. •  Growth is not expected as seen in other churches. •  They don’t expand their facilities for growth • they branch off and open another Church. Barkley Square Bunten Road Park Barkley Square

  6. Special Use Permit • R100 includes churches - no zoning change • SUP only needed due to frontage requirements • County possibly to condemn portion of BS homeowners’ property to connect to sewer.

  7. Traffic and Attendance • Approximately 120 people “on a good Sunday” •  This requires about 40 vehicles •  Wednesday and Friday Services – small gatherings •  These only require about 5-6 Vehicles •  The only gatherings larger than Sunday Service are “special occasions”

  8. Plans for the Property • The garage will serve their needs for some time. •  They are planning to build a Church in the Russian Orthodox style, with 4-5 “onion domes”, as seen in Russian architecture. •   They do not build basketball courts, ball fields, or recreational facilities. •  There will be 50ft buffers required around the whole property, except on Bunten Road, these will be reduced buffers for tree planting. •  The SUP is required because the property only has 165 ft of frontage instead of the 250ft normally required for a church in Gwinnett County.

  9. Existing Russian Orthodox Churches

  10. Duluth Annexation Option • Conservative development policies • City Services • accessible staff and officials • pay-as-you-go garbage collection • free recycling • maintenance and electricity for street lights • road maintenance and improvement • effective police services Bob Peterson

  11. Purchase Option • Cost $550,000 - $600,000 • pay down payment as special assessment • increase in yearly dues • Maybe purchase with Norman Downs • our portion approx 1/3 • No guarantee purchase would/could happen • County would have to reject SUP first - not likely Sam Creery

  12. What Now? • Do Nothing • Attend County Meetings and Speak Out • Planning Commission (makes recommendations) - Dec 11 • County Commission (makes decisions) - Dec 18 • Annexation Petition • sign it • need people to collect signatures • Purchase Option • do we pursue it? • How?

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