Thursday, May 12, 2011
Voters to decide in November on incorporation.
Wednesday Gov. Nathan Deal signed legislation authorizing the residents of Peachtree Corners to decide by vote in November on whether their community should incorporate and become Gwinnett County's 16th city. Fifteen people from the community who made their way to the Capitol to watch as the governor signed the bill. It was over in a matter of minutes but it had been a long journey for those involved. For Mike Mason, President of the United Peachtree Corners Civic Association (UPCCA), an organization that represents 33 homeowners associations in the community, it was the culmination of countless hours. But it's only the beginning for this community of some 35,000 residents. Now the real work begins to educate and inform the residents just…
Thursday, March 31, 2011
H.B. 396 made it through Senate approval today and now heads to the governor's desk.
H.B. 396, introduced to the Georgia Legislation in January by State Rep. Tom Rice (R-Norcross) has passed the Senate and is on its way to Gov. Nathan Deal's desk. Mike Mason, president of the United Peachtree Corners Civic Association (UPCCA) who headed up the efforts cityhood for this community of some 35,000, said he was thrilled when he received the news. "We are excited by the news and humbled by this vote of confidence in the citizens of Peachtree Corners," said Mason. If the bill is signed by the governor, the citizens of Peachtree Corners will have the final decision on whether their community is to become a city by heading to the polls in November. The referendum must pass by 50 percent plus one. If it receives voter approval, …
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Peachtree Corners proposed city limits, the latest school, county and state news were among the discussions last night.
Mike Mason, the United Peachtree Corners Civic Association (UPCCA) president, led off the two-hour meeting that took place last evening at the Christ the King Lutheran Church. More than 125 local residents came to hear Mason, along with civic leaders, Mary Kay Murphy, Dist.3 Gwinnett County School Board Member, Lynette Howard, Dist. 2 County Commissioner and State Rep. Tom Rice (R-Norcross) who provided updates on current local, county and state issues. Mason addressed the controversail issue of the proposed borders for the new city of Peachtree Corners. He reiterated that it was the Peachtree Corners Overlay District established in 2007 that was the determining factor in drawing the city limits. Legislation was introduced at the beginning…
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
H.B. 396 sets city limits that expand eastward to Buford Highway, which some call “aggressive.”
The legislation presented earlier this year for the unincorporated Gwinnett County area known as Peachtree Corners has moved through the House and reached the Senate for review. When the legislation was presented before the General Assembly as H.B. 396, it contained provisions for customary items such as the election process for a mayor and city council and qualifications for office, among many items. But one item, the proposed city boundaries, has created some concern. The proposed charter for the new City of Peachtree Corners calls for boundaries that extend southward to where Fulton, DeKalb and Gwinnett counties intersect. The proposed city limits extend northward to the Fulton-Gwinnett boundary at the Chattahoochee River and up to the …
Friday, March 18, 2011
Legislation to create a city-lite charter for this unincorporated Gwinnett community moving forward.
For Peachtree Corners residents, a referendum vote to decide if their community should become a city is moving steadily through the Georgia Assembly on its way to the governor's desk. Wednesday, was crossover day for the Georgia Assembly, which is an important point for any legislation to have any hope of making it through the 2011 session. H. B. 396, legislation to incorporate the City of Peachtree Corners as the 16th city in Gwinnett County, passed on the floor that day and is now before the Senate for review. "This is an exciting time for Peachtree Corners," said Mike Mason, president of the United Peachtree Corners Civic Association. "We are all very pleased that it has passed the House and is now going to the Senate. Many thanks to …
Friday, February 25, 2011
Some elected officials said they were surprised by the boundaries drawn in the recent map.
This week, Norcross officials took a look at the proposed boundaries for the City Lite status sought by neighboring community Peachtree Corners—and not all of them liked what they saw. At issue are the two area boarding Norcross to the east and west. “The map is consistent with what we’ve described over the years,” said Mike Mason, President of the United Peachtree Corners Civic Association. “If you put the overlay district on top of Paul Duke's Peachtree Corners, you get the new map,” he said. Mason said in a recent phone conversation that the Peachtree Corners Overlay District, approved in 2007, goes all the way to Buford Hwy. But the official map (the second map pictured), approved on March 27, 2007 shows the Overlay District boundaries…
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