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DEL.ICIO.USMilton City Council builds bridges with Cherokee Commission
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The Milton City Council is traipsing up to Canton today to call on the Cherokee County Commission at its regular meeting ideally to build bridges for future discussions.
“It’s just a friendly introduction,” said Council member Julie Zahner Bailey. “We’re interested in developing a positive, collaborative relationship.”
Some council members are concerned about possible spillover effect of projects in Cherokee County into the city of Milton, such as Ruby Forest, a large multi-use development in Cherokee County that could end up sending hundreds of vehicles into Milton each day.
The need for cross-border comraderie was made plain in November when Zahner Bailey approached the Forsyth County Commission about postponing a decision on a Development of Regional Impact on the border with Milton. The commissioners said they were sympathetic to the city’s concerns, but approved the project anyway.
There isn’t any particular agenda for today’s meeting between the two governing bodies, Bailey said. City leaders met with Fulton County Board of Education officials last week, and city staff is working on setting up meetings with elected officials with Forsyth County and Johns Creek.
“We’re all in this together,” said Council member Tina D’Aversa Williams. “We should all try to listen to each othter. We can learn a lot.”
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By jeff
February 20, 2007 06:11 PM | Link to this
screw Milton
By big bubba
February 20, 2007 06:13 PM | Link to this
we need to send rick steiner into Milton to kick some butt
By wildbillhiltner
February 26, 2007 10:21 AM | Link to this
This is pretty simple Julie Boner Zailey and Tina D’Aversa Williams are reactionary NIMBY knuckleheads - all they care about is night sky, no traffic lights, and dirt roads in Milton - and they want everyone to act in accordance with their unreasonable desires even when it is not in the other party’s best interests - they tried to screw the kids that want to play night soccer and know they want to screw tax collections in adjacent districts so that they don’t have to have traffic lights - maybe in the spirit of cooperation, Julie will not participate in youth baseball/football in alpharetta so that those folks can have their night sky back - what a hypocrit - maybe the ajc should investigate the way JBZ is purported to have used confidential fulton county school email lists in her campaign for council
By Milton Resident
February 27, 2007 04:38 PM | Link to this
Nothing would surprise me regarding these people. I don’t think our new “government” is to be trusted!