Box 8, Folder 22, Document 1

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FACT:

Sanitation service would be improved and would
cost less if Sandy Springs joined Atlanta. In
addition to two garbage collections each week,
residents would receive other services now
available only within the city limits: rubbish
pickup, street cleaning, gutter cleaning, and
sanitary inspection.

Sandy Springs now has two rates for residential
garbage collection, $28 or $35 a year, depending
on location. Inside the city the maximum resi-
dential charge is $22 a year.

FACT:

Water bills inside the city are one-half those
outside the city. Most homes and businesses in
Sandy Springs already get their water from the
city under an arrangement between the city and
the county. However, users outside the city are
billed at a double rate. The minimum monthly
rate inside Atlanta is $1.57; outside it is $3.14.
Therefore, the annual savings on water bills
in the city is at least $18.84. And since most
homes use more than the minimum water supply,
savings for most people would be even greater.

FACT:

If your home is already on a sewer line, you
would continue receiving regular service with
no changes or special charges. There is strong
likelihood of a sewer service charge in the city
to help finance its part of the metropolitan
sewer system. Since Fulton County is part of
the system, it would have to raise its portion
of the financing by a sewer service charge or
other means.

If your home is now served by a working septic
tank, you would be affected only if a new sewer
line were extended to your street. This is al-
ways by petition of residents. If, after neighbor-
hood petition, you received sewer service for
the first time, your property would be assessed
at the regular $3.50 per front foot rate plus $80

to $120 for connecting your home to the sewer
line. You would be given up to six years to pay
the assessment.

This assessment system already exists in the
county as well as in the city. In other words,
whether Atlanta or the county improves the
sewer system, assessments will be charged.

FACT:

While most streets in Sandy Springs are in good
or average condition, there are some below
average streets. The city has pledged to assign
a high priority to re-surfacing these streets
within the next year. The cost of re-surfacing

and maintainence of already paved streets is



borne by the city. Initial paving of streets and
sidewalks in the city is done only after neigh-
borhood petition. Assessments for sidewalks
is about $2.60 per front foot, and property
owners may take up to 4 years to pay. Charges
for street paving and curbing range from $6.50
to $7.50 per front foot and owners are allowed
up to 10 years to pay for street paving and
5 years for curbing.

Sidewalks in front of schools are installed at
city expense with no petition required. At
present two schools in Sandy Springs are
without sidewalks

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SANITATION, SEWERAGE, WATER SERVICE,
STREETS AND SIDEWALKS . . . THESE ARE
BASIC BUSINESS AND RESIDENTIAL NEEDS.
GIVE SANDY SPRINGS THE ADVANTAGES OF
IMPROVED AND EXPANDED CITY SERVICES.



VOTE “YES” MAY 11








Howard Starks & Matt Connor, Co-Chairmen
6125 Roswell Road, N.E. / Phone: 252-2324



( Sandy Springs / Atlanta )

Team for Tomorrow

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