The Walmart shopping center was removed from Avondale Estates’ annexation resolution — approved earlier this week — after a phone call from State Representative Karla Drenner (D-Avondale Estates) to Acting Mayor Terry Giager.
Drenner said the center was also on a map drawn by the proposed city of South DeKalb.
“I’m glad it’s removed,” said Commissioner Randy Beebe. ”It would’ve been a lot of trouble.”
It was estimated the center could generate $100,000 annually in property taxes. But Giager said that during a 12-month stretch in 2013-14 Walmart had 850 crime calls, which would require the city to hire two full-time police officers, essentially wiping out the tax revenue.
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