City Contact Numbers City of Dunwoody

Finance and Administration

(678) 382-6750 2009
• Finance and Accounting
• Contract Administration and
Physical Plant
• Administrative and Facility Services
• Information Technology
• Marketing and Public Relations

Community Development
(678) 382-6800
• Building and Permitting
• Code Enforcement
• Planning and Zoning

Public Works
(678) 382-6850
• Transportation, Streets and Traffic
• Parks and Recreation Maintenance
• General Services
• Capital Planning

Dunwoody Police Department

(678) 382-6900
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A Word from the Mayor p.2

City News p.3

Upcoming Events p.4

Ken Wright – Mayor

City of Dunwoody
41 Perimeter Center East, Suite 250
Dunwoody, GA 30346
678-382-6700 Main Office
www.dunwoodyga.gov
Denis Shortal – City Council Post 1
Adrian Bonser – City Council Post 2
Tom Taylor – City Council Post 3
Robert Wittenstein – City Council Post 4
Danny Ross – City Council Post 5
John Heneghan – City Council Post 6
Warren Hutmacher – City Manager
Brian Anderson – City Attorney
 From the Desk of Mayor Wright
Greetings Everyone,

Happy Holidays & New Year from the City of Dunwoody. It is amazing to
think these 3 simple words, “City of Dunwoody” are a result of hundreds of
thousands of collective volunteer hours offered up by dedicated residents and
local business owners. These Dunwoody stakeholders knew the community of
Dunwoody should incorporate to afford residents local control and local
decisions. As 2009 has reached an end, it was quite a whirlwind of a year. The
City of Dunwoody was officially ‘birthed” and began the delivery of services on
January 1, 2009 through an innovative set of partnerships with three private sec-
tor firms who provide the City of Dunwoody with Community Development,
Public Works and Finance and Administration services. All of our critical staff
was in place by December 1, 2008.

The highlight of FY 2009 was the deployment of the Dunwoody Police Department (DPD). Led by Chief Billy
Grogan, the DPD officially went into service answering calls on April 1, 2009. In 90 days time, Chief Grogan hired,
equipped and prepared 40 sworn officers and 8 civilians to protect and serve the citizens, businesses, and visitors of
Dunwoody. The DPD is a “best in class” police department with strong leadership and the finest law enforcement
officers in the State of Georgia. The DPD, in 8 months of service, has produced a dramatic and much appreciated
impact on public safety in Dunwoody.

As we look back on 2009, prepair for the new year and new decade, I would like to invite our citizens to the inagu-
ral State of the City Address on January 28th, 5:00 p.m., at the local 1420 Room. From the build out and opening
of Dunwoody’s city hall to deliberating hand in hand with our area businesses and citizens on various impact items
, the City of Dunwoody staff and council are actively and proudly serving the residents, businesses, and visitors of
Metro Atlanta’s greatest city, The City of Dunwoody.

Cheers,

Mayor Ken Wright

Police Department Inauguration Ceremony March 31, 2009

 City News
Dunwoody Comprehensive Plan Process is Nearing Completion
The month of January will mark the conclusion of
the three remaining Character Area Meetings in the
development of the City of Dunwoody’s Community
Agenda for the Comprehensive Plan. The scheduled
meetings include the Georgetown/ Shallowford area on
January 5th at the Atrium at Georgetown Park, Janu-
ary 12th for the Jett Ferry/ Tilly Mill area at the Marcus
Jewish Community Center, and January 21st for the
Winters Chapel area at Congregation Beth Shalom. All
three meetings are planned for a 7:00 PM start time,
where the agenda for each session will be specific to the
area in question. The Dunwoody Comprehensive Plan
Citizen Steering Committee and Community Develop-
ment Department welcome any interested citizens/busi-
ness owners to attend one or more of these Comprehen-
sive Plan Meetings.
A valuable component of the Comprehensive Plan
process is the development of the Short-Term Work
Program (STWP) for the City of Dunwoody. During
the months of January and February, the consultants
from Pond & Company and Ross & Associates will be
crafting the STWP for Dunwoody. The STWP serves
as a five-year action plan for the city, recommending
program and project initiatives for the years 2010-2014.
The STWP outlines recommended years for certain
projects to be initiated and connects budgetary alloca-
tions to these programmed fiscal years. The STWP is
an evolving planning document, where project and pro-
gram recommendations may be shifted to subsequent
years, based on City Council-endorsed revisions to this
five-year action plan.
In October 2009, the Mayor and City Council ex-
tended the Community Agenda phase, in an effort to
better-involve the Dunwoody citizenry in creating the
city’s first Comprehensive Plan. The extension of the
Comprehensive Plan process initiated five location-
specific Character Area Meetings and an additional
Steering Committee session, as part of the Mayor and
City Council action. This extension gives Dunwoody
residents an additional opportunity to recommend city-
enacted initiatives for the next 5-10 years. The Dun-
woody Comprehensive Plan serves as the mechanism to
craft the vision for our local community, which the resi-
dents in our city have desired for many years…now WE
have the opportunity to shape the City of Dunwoody
and the Comprehensive Plan will be the foundation for
our municipality’s future.

2010 Business Licenses

Are you a business owner in the City of Dunwoody? You need to know renewal notices for the occupation taxes
(business licenses) will be sent out the early part of this month. These notices must be returned by February 1st. The
Request for Information Form enables us to compare estimates with actual figures, and results in the generation of
the Occupational Tax Billing Statement. If you do not receive a renewal notice by the third week of January, please
contact the Business Licensing Department. Failure to receive a renewal notice does not relieve the business ownership
of responsibility to renew the business registration. The Business License Department can be contacted at at 678-382-
6700 or by email at businesstax@dunwoodyga.gov.

Dunwoody Audit Committee

Recently, the City Council appointed the first members to participate in the City’s Audit Committee. The Audit
Committee is responsible for reviewing and providing comment on the annual audit plans, budgets and schedules.
The mission of the Committee is to ensure sufficient audit coverage through reviewing, and discussing audit reports,
requesting investigation of specific areas as needed, recommending the City Auditor to Council, and performing other
appropriate responsibilities as requested by the Mayor. If you would like more information about this committee or
other committees please visit the City website at www.dunwoodyga.gov.
 Spotlight Events
Taste of Dunwoody
Date: Friday, February 5, 2010
Time: 7:00 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.
Location: W Atlanta Perimeter, 111 Perimeter Center West, Atlanta
Tickets: $45 per person, call 404.785.7337 to purchase tickets or visit www.choa.org
for more information.

About this Atlanta Charity Event

The Taste of Dunwoody has been a Children’s Friends event for seven years, and each
year the donation that is given to Children’s grows. Featuring foods from more than 25
restaurants around Atlanta, a cash bar, a silent auction and live music, the Taste of Dun-
woody is always a sell-out event. Attire is business casual or snappy casual. For more
information contact Julianna Rue at julianna.rue@choa.org.
Featured Restaurants
The 2010 Taste of Dunwoody will feature tastings from the following restaurants:
* Alons * Mudcatz
* Aqua Blue * Peter’s Restaurant
* Boneheads * Rita’s Italian Ice
* Brio * Savu
* Cabot Creamery * Uncle Julio’s
* Dunwoody Restaurant Group * Whole Foods
* Eclipse di Luna * Wildfire
* Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse and Wine Bar ...and more!
* Flying Biscuit
* Fresh Market

Marist School
Marist School Electronics
Recycling Drop
January 16, 2010
Begins: 10:00 a.m.
Location: Marist School Parking Lot
3790 Ashford Dunwoody Road, NE
Cost: $5 per carload and an addi-
tional $10 per television or computer and cry in the same room in which
monitor
Drop off old electronic equipment
for safe, environmentally-responsible memories.
disposal.
For more information visit:
www.marist.com/terraproject
Upcoming Events
Stage Door Players
The Fourposter
January 22 - February 14, 2010
Special Preview January 21
Winner of the Tony Award as Best
Play, this theatrical Valentine is a 35
year chronicle of a husband and wife
beginning on their wedding night in
1890. They fret and quarrel, laugh
they began their married life. And
through the years is the old four
poster, a silent witness to all their
For tickets, call the box office (770)
396-1726 or visit
www.stagedoorplayers.net
Spruill Center
About Face: Artist’s and the
Portrait
March 12 – April 24, 2010
Opening reception: March 11, 2010
6:00 – 9:00 p.m.
4681 Ashford Dunwoody Road at
the intersection with Meadow Lane.
Phone: 770 394-4019.
Gallery Hours:
Tuesday-Sunday 10am - 6pm
For more information on Spruill
Center for the Arts and our Educa-
tion Center and classes visit
www.spruillarts.org/.