Decatur Annexation Master Plan Getting Started, Scheduled to Finalize Plan in November

Decatur Metro | August 18, 2014 | 11:37 am

It’s City Commission meeting day!  Here’s another item on the table that provides a bit of insight into the coming Annexation Master Plan timeline.  The city is set to vote on approving $25,000 to fund the creation of the Master Plan by the Sizemore Group.

The Draft Proposal gives a hint on the breadth of the project and gives some specific areas the city is interested in investigating.  Bolding is mine…

The overall purpose of this effort is to provide technical analytical services to the City of Decatur to assess the impact on the annexation of the study area into the City of Decatur. Specifically, Future Residential development, and the demographic impact it would have on the City of Decatur Schools. This effort will also identify the likely future Residential, Commercial and Institutional Development of the entire area defined in the study at one-year, five-year and ten-year milestones so that the economic impact of the Taxation cash flow on the schools and civic support services can be done by the CSD and the City of Decatur respectively. Special emphasis will be needed to estimate the school age population and make recommendations for incorporating students into the City Schools of Decatur, to include an assessment for educational facilities needs and any related land that would be needed for school uses. Specific outcomes of this study include:

Technical support materials for the annexation growth plan for the City of Decatur that capitalizes on the study area assets, including DeKalb Medical Center and Patel Plaza, and incorporates known and potential redevelopment opportunities, such as the Selig Walmart plan and the Fuqua mixed-use development plan and future development which is as yet unplanned but to be reasonably expected in the next ten years in and around Decatur; estimating their impact on the city schools and on the potential growth of the tax base.

The draft proposal also indicates that there will be public feedback sessions and three work sessions between the Commission and CSD School Board during the Master Plan process, which is scheduled to be completed by November.

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2 Responses to “Decatur Annexation Master Plan Getting Started, Scheduled to Finalize Plan in November”

  1. tom says:
    August 18, 2014 at 3:53 pm

    Decatur… we can talk the talk, but when it comes to walking the walk… we drive to walmart.

  2. Buck Winfield says:
    August 25, 2014 at 11:16 am

    Decatur doesn’t want to annex Druid Hills? What’s that all about?.

    It has the wealthiest residential property values that is adjacent to Decatur, and is still in unincorporated Dekalb County, Yet, Decatur doesn’t want the additional responsibilities and the huge amounts of property tax dollars that come with it. Something other than logic is in play. Both the expanded Druid Hills High School, Paideia, St Thomas More School and the new Fernbank Elementary School which is being built could handle the increased student load. Cities typically are all excited about more smart students, growing populations, cleaner environmental employers, such as Emory University, but not Decatur. So what are the real reasons to why Decatur wants to blow off this big stable prosperous area?