Sandy Springs roundup: Free garage parking at events for three major events and other news

Parking in the underground garage will be free for three Sandy Springs events in an attempt to allow a smoother traffic flow Provided by Sandy Springs Visitors heading to City Springs for three major events will park for free in the city s underground parking garage as city staff plans to make it easier to get vehicles moving out of City Springs after these events Sandy Springs City Council approved a change that will make parking in the garage free for Juneteenth on June Stars and Stripes July Fireworks Celebration Sparkle Sandy Springs Parade and Holiday Dec City Manager Eden Freeman stated fees for street parking at City Springs remain in place No change was suggested as majority of of those spaces are blocked off for the celebration during these events Progressing shooter training site lease renewedIn other city news the Sandy Springs Inhabitants Facilities Authority approved a five-year lease renewal for a warehouse space in Doraville used by the police department for operational shooter training The amount of the lease space has increased because of the demand for small warehouse space in the metro field Freeman explained during the June meeting Freeman announced the training facility is also used by various of the city s federal state and other local partnering agencies The city s planned training facility will not be constructed before the end of the five-year lease she explained The city will pay monthly for the first year of the lease with that amount progressively increasing to during the fifth year Boylston at Hammond project bid awardedSandy Springs City Council accepted a million bid from Excellere Construction of Marietta for the Boylston Drive at Hammond Drive intersection improvement project during its June meeting Society Works Director Marty Martin reported the project will realign Boylston Drive with the existing entrance to the Hammond Glen Retirement Area It will also provide streetscape improvements adjacent to the intersection new traffic signal infrastructure drainage improvements paving and restriping Martin revealed the engineer s estimate for the project was million Council member Melissa Mular explained a dentist s office were worried about case access during construction and the members of the Hammond Glen area were concerned about crisis vehicles having access to their streets She requested that they be contacted about the project -year-old resident sells home to cityA -year-old resident of a home on Lorell Terrace near Hammond Drive has sold her home to Sandy Springs but will stay in her house until November The city negotiated a price for Evelyn D Cagle s single-family home on less than half an acre of property at Lorell Terrace NE The property is needed for the Hammond Drive widening project which is funded with transportation sales tax revenue Residents Works Director Marty Martin commented Nov is the date identified for demolition of other houses for the project The post Sandy Springs roundup Free garage parking at events for three major events and other news appeared first on Rough Draft Atlanta