East Cobb/Roswell
Garrison Oaks
$509,000

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Tuesday’s Tip

Turf battle brews over unincorporated north Fulton

 

For more than 70 years, most of the land in north Fulton County has been unincorporated. In a year or two, none of it will be, Roswell Mayor Jere Wood predicts.

For that reason, Wood has begun exploring annexation options in the two major unincorporated corridors on Roswell's eastern and western flanks. That has infuriated some leaders who are trying to create new cities in those two areas.

In December, the new city of Sandy Springs will eat up the southern crescent of north Fulton. Then, when the General Assembly convenes in January, two similar incorporation efforts are anticipated for the remaining swaths of county land that straddle Roswell and Alpharetta.

Wood and many other leaders think the Republican-controlled Legislature will clear the way for residents of unincorporated northwest and northeast Fulton, both Republican strongholds, to vote on creating the two cities — Milton to the west and Johns Creek to the east.

"I think they'll both be able to stand on their own and be very successful," Wood said.

That's why Roswell has to look into potential annexations now, he said. "It's going to disappear shortly, so now is the time to think about it, not after it's gone."

But any annexation efforts at this delicate juncture could hurt or even derail the incorporation movements, supporters of the new cities say.

Mike Bodker, who heads the Johns Creek Homeowners Association, called Wood's actions "unconscionable" and urged him to "stay out until we figure this out. Clearly, I'm getting hot under the collar about this."

So is state Rep. Mark Burkhalter, a Northside Republican who lives in Johns Creek and plans to introduce its incorporation legislation in January.

"I think they probably ought to slow down in their anxiousness to enlarge their city," Burkhalter said. "I think it's important, before Roswell tries to go through an annexation process, to let the citizens weigh their options."

By PAUL KAPLAN
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published on: 07/18/05

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