Box 8, Folder 25, Document 3

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CITY OF ATLANTA

DEPARTMENT of PLANNING
700 CITY HALL



Atlanta, Georgia 30303

|) WYONT B. BEAN
if '~ANNING ENGINEER

Ht! MEMORANDUM
||) COLLIER B, GLADIN
CHIEF PLANNER
To: Ivan Allen, Jr. Date: December 9, 1965
From: Collier B. Gladin Subject: Sandy Springs Annexat:ion

1. Attached is a brief discussion of facilities and services, ex:sting
and needed if the Sandy Springs area is,annexed as well as sone other
pertinent information. 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 becomes a part of the City water rates
will have to be reduced, resulting in a substantial loss of revenue.
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 sliape,
roughly similar to that of Fulton County, stretching nineteen miles
from the City Hall to Roswell on the north and ten miles to beyond
Ben Hill in the Southwest. If Fulton County industrial area and
the great southwest corporation properties are ever taken in the
City, the Southwest distance becomes fourteen miles. These dis-
tances and the shape will present problems in administration, access,
and communication. Ideally a circular shape of eight to ten iiles
would be much more economical for the taxpayer and easier to admin-
ister. 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 would
complement and support a desirable level of Urban services and
facilities.

5. We will continue our efforts to secure available data on this area.

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