Emory pursuing annexation into Atlanta (Druid Hills: driver, federal, church)

[Iconographer]

Originally Posted by jeoff

At what point does unincorporated Dekalb start cutting services or increasing taxes to make up for losses—and, if so, will this cause more areas running to annexation?

With regard to DCSS, there is simply no will among the voters to demand better representation on the board, nor are there any qualified candidates that are willing to put up with their shenanigans anyway. We've been held hostage by them for years.
To the bolded, I think no doubt.

[bu2]

Originally Posted by Iconographer

With regard to DCSS, there is simply no will among the voters to demand better representation on the board, nor are there any qualified candidates that are willing to put up with their shenanigans anyway. We've been held hostage by them for years.
To the bolded, I think no doubt.

The worst are gone. A couple were virtually illiterate.

[Iconographer]

Originally Posted by bu2

The worst are gone. A couple were virtually illiterate.

True, thanks to the DHHS charter application debacle. The problems are still there, however.

[cqholt]

DeKalb County Schools said a Fulton County judge has issued an injunction that blocks the expansion of APS boundaries.

“APS was set to take over as the public school system for the children residing in the annexed area on July 1, 2018,” DeKalb County Schools said in a press release. “The injunction means that DCSD students in the annexation area will continue to attend DCSD schools, and not be forced to enroll in the neighboring school system.”

Judge blocks expansion of Atlanta Public Schools' boundaries in Emory annexation dispute - The Atlanta Loop

[jeoff]

Originally Posted by cqholt

Judge blocks expansion of Atlanta Public Schools' boundaries in Emory annexation dispute - The Atlanta Loop

It looks like they were able to stop it based on a technicality on the Atlanta side—not anything that Dekalb can control in the future.

Quote—“The Court prohibited APS from expanding its borders to include the Emory Annexation, finding that DCSD had proven it had a substantial likelihood of demonstrating the annexation ordinance was void due to the fact it was not properly passed by the Atlanta City Council.”

The way I read it, CoA can just pass an annexation ordinance in a way that makes this judge happy, and it’s over. But, it does delay things, and if they can keep this going into the school year, the DCS lawyers will probably justify their salaries.

[cqholt]

Get ready to hear the Druid Hills NIMBYs complain.

Office towers of an unlimited height could be permitted on a portion of land brought into Atlanta through the annexation of Emory University and the surrounding area, according to the rezoning proposal.

A skyline could be developed at and around Emory University under terms of a rezoning proposal pending before the Atlanta City Council. Credit: usnews.com

Atlanta is able to rezone the annexed property because part of its agreement with DeKalb County has expired. Atlanta had agreed not to seek to rezone any of the 744 acres, without DeKalb’s approval, for one year after the annexation took effect Jan. 1, 2018, according to terms of the deal.

The city’s Zoning Review Board is slated to consider the proposal at its March 24 meeting. The proposal was on the agenda of the relevant Neighborhood Planning Unit, F, at its Feb. 18 meeting. Atlanta City Councilmember Jennifer Ide presented the proposal at the council’s Feb. 4 meeting.

https://saportareport.com/emory-area...osed-rezoning/

[jero23]

Originally Posted by cqholt

Get ready to hear the Druid Hills NIMBYs complain.


https://saportareport.com/emory-area...osed-rezoning/

I'll be thoroughly amused by the outlandishness of those individuals... You live within an immediate urbanized area near a major employment center so things will always continue to evolve.

[jeoff]

Originally Posted by cqholt

Get ready to hear the Druid Hills NIMBYs complain.


https://saportareport.com/emory-area...osed-rezoning/

Add this to Atlanta’s “getting its cake and eating it, too” list. Not only did CoA pick up Emory University, the CDC, and all the others without picking up east side voters—since the folks that CoA is most likely to offend with changes to Emory’s zoning chose not to come along for the ride—they get no say in what COA does—had DH joined with the annexation push a few years back, they would have had much more leverage now.

[cqholt]

Originally Posted by jeoff

Add this to Atlanta’s “getting its cake and eating it, too” list. Not only did CoA pick up Emory University, the CDC, and all the others without picking up east side voters—since the folks that CoA is most likely to offend with changes to Emory’s zoning chose not to come along for the ride—they get no say in what COA does—had DH joined with the annexation push a few years back, they would have had much more leverage now.

Bingo, because Druid Hills is not part of COA and surrounded on 3 sides by it, they little say in the rezoning. To Druid Hills: "can't have your cake and eat it too."
This most likely came from Emory and CDC wanting to expand but landlocked. So because Atlanta is more friendly to density and height they are pushing thru legislation.
See it was more than just a transit line.

[bu2]

Originally Posted by cqholt

Bingo, because Druid Hills is not part of COA and surrounded on 3 sides by it, they little say in the rezoning. To Druid Hills: "can't have your cake and eat it too."
This most likely came from Emory and CDC wanting to expand but landlocked. So because Atlanta is more friendly to density and height they are pushing thru legislation.
See it was more than just a transit line.

The primary driver was that Emory was afraid they would be included in a new city that wasn't receptive to their zoning changes. They fought being included in Lakeside/Briarcliff very hard.

The transit line was not a big driver. It was a bonus.