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CIT'r OF ATLANlA DEPARTMENT of PLANNING 700 CITY HALL Atlanta., Georgia 30303 1,tl/, ,Jr- wvONT B. BEAN r// / -ANNING ENGINEER MEMORANDUM )lf/ 1 coLLIER 8, GLADIN CHIEF PLANNER To: Ivan Allen, Jr •. From: Date: Collier B. Gladin Subject: December 9, 1965 Sandy Springs Annexation 1. Attached is a brief discussion of facilities and services, ex~sting and needed if the Sandy Springs area is-\;8:nnexed as well: as sane other pertinent infoqnation. Land Use is ·indicated on the map of North Fulton County. Area · "A" is 1965 data; "B" and "C" are 1961 data. 2. Sandy Springs is primarily residential area of low density development where many Urban services are now provided by the City of Atlanta under contract with Fulton County. The City performs these services on a non-profit basis with the exception of water revenues. 3. On a dollar and cents basis; it will cost Atlanta considerable money to annex Sandy Springs. The existing level of services will have to be improved, and if this area beco·mes a part of the City wate ,: rates will have to be reduced, resulting in a substantial loss of r~venue. As a general rule, taxes on residential properties are not adequate to offset the cost of Urban services performed for them. 4. Annexation of Sandy Springs would give Atlanta an elongated shape, roughly similar to that of Fulton County, stretching nineteen miles from the City Hall to Roswell on the north and ten miles to bt!yond Ben Hill in the Southwest. If Fulton County industrial area and the great sout~1est corporation properties are ever taken in t he City, the Southwest distance becomes fourteen miles. These d i stances and the shape will present problems in administration , access, and communication. Ideally a circular shape of eight to ten u iles would be much more economical for the traxpayer and easier to ~dminister • . An Atlanta shaped like this would have at least 200, 000 more people and eighty square miles more territory, most . of which would be already densely developed with a variety of land uses which wo uld complement .and support a desirable level of Urban ser vices ancl fa ci lities . 5. We wil l continue our .ef f or ts t o s e cure available dat a on this ar ea . '. �