Sandy Springs roundup: Free garage parking at events for three major events and other news
Visitors heading to City Springs for three major events will park for free in the city’s underground parking garage, as city staff plans to make it easier to get vehicles moving out of City Springs after these events.
Sandy Springs City Council approved a change that will make parking in the garage free for:
- Juneteenth on June 19
- Stars and Stripes July 4 Fireworks Celebration
- Sparkle Sandy Springs Parade and Holiday, Dec. 7
City Manager Eden Freeman said fees for street parking at City Springs remain in place. No change was suggested, as most of those spaces are blocked off for the celebration during these events.
Active shooter training site lease renewed
In other city news, the Sandy Springs Public Facilities Authority approved a five-year lease renewal for a warehouse space in Doraville used by the police department for active shooter training.
“The amount of the lease space has increased because of the demand for small warehouse space in the metro market,” Freeman said during the June 3 meeting.
Freeman said the training facility is also used by many of the city’s federal, state and other local partnering agencies. The city’s planned training facility will not be constructed before the end of the five-year lease, she said.
The city will pay $10,291 monthly for the first year of the lease, with that amount progressively increasing to $12,521 during the fifth year.
Boylston at Hammond project bid awarded
Sandy Springs City Council accepted a $1.9 million bid from Excellere Construction of Marietta for the Boylston Drive at Hammond Drive intersection improvement project during its June 3 meeting.
Public Works Director Marty Martin said the project will realign Boylston Drive with the existing entrance to the Hammond Glen Retirement Community. It will also provide streetscape improvements adjacent to the intersection, new traffic signal infrastructure, drainage improvements, paving, and restriping.
Martin said the engineer’s estimate for the project was $2.3 million.
Council member Melissa Mular said a dentist’s office were worried about patient access during construction, and the members of the Hammond Glen community were concerned about emergency vehicles having access to their streets. She asked that they be contacted about the project.
101-year-old resident sells home to city
A 101-year-old resident of a home on Lorell Terrace near Hammond Drive has sold her home to Sandy Springs, but will stay in her house until November.
The city negotiated a $625,000 price for Evelyn D. Cagle’s single-family home on less than half an acre of property at 643 Lorell Terrace NE. The property is needed for the Hammond Drive widening project, which is funded with transportation sales tax revenue.
Public Works Director Marty Martin said Nov. 1 is the date identified for demolition of other houses for the project.
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