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SNELLVILLE – City and project officials were joined by residents from the neighborhoods surrounding the new Oak Road Park for a ribbon-cutting ceremony Saturday.

The property spreads over 4.67 acres. It has a heavily wooded area on back side of the property with an active stream along the rear property line.

Due to grant limitations, the space was only to be developed as a passive park which by definition means no organized activities, limited lighting, no paved parking and the property must stay as natural as possible.

The land for Oak Road Park was purchased in May of 2003 with Governor's Greenspace Funds, a program created by former Gov. Roy Barnes through the Georgia Department of Natural Resources.

Cities and counties were allowed to apply for funding to preserve green space. Snellville Parks and Recreation applied for funds and was approved. Monies were received to purchase property with the intent of developing a passive neighborhood park.

The park was built in two phases:

Phase I - December 2013 - removed trees in preparing for open space at front of property and began process of spraying to remove non-native plant species. It took more than a year-and-a-half to get vegetation under control.

Phase II - August 2016 - revised design plans were accepted from Goodwin/Mills/Cawood. November 2016 - construction bid awarded to Zaveri Enterprises, Inc and work began in February of 2017.

City officials would like to thank the following for their help in opening the park:

Oak Road Park Neighbors

City of Snellville Mayor/Council

Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners

Snellville Parks & Recreation Advisory Board

Snellville Planning Department

Zaveri Enterprises, Inc.

Goodwyn/Mills/Cawood

PUBLIC NOTICE
NOTICE OF CHANGE OF POLLING PLACE
CITY OF SNELLVILLE, GEORGIA
The Mayor and the Council of the City of Snellville, Georgia, the Governing Authority of the
City of Snellville, Georgia, hereby give notice of the following change to the November 7, 2017,
Election Day polling place:
Current Polling Location New Polling Location
Snellville City Hall Snellville Senior Center
2342 Oak Road 2350 Oak Road
Snellville, Georgia 30078 Snellville, Georgia 30078

Melisa Arnold
City Clerk
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NOTA INFORMATIVA
NOTIFICACION DE CAMBIO DE LUGAR DE VOTACION
CIUDAD DE SNELLVILLE, GEORGIA

El Alcalde y el Concejo de la Ciudad de Snellville, Georgia, la Autoridad Gobernante de la Ciudad de
Snellville, Georgia ponen en conocimiento el siguiente cambio al lugar de votacion para el dia de
eleccion el 7 de Noviembre, 2017.

Lugar de Votacion Actual
Snellville City Hall
2342 Oak Road
Snellville, Georgia 30078

Nuevo Lugar de Votacion
Snellville Senior Center
2350 Oak Road
Snellville, Georgia 30078

Melisa Arnold
Secretario Municipal de la
Ciudad

PUBLIC NOTICE
QUALIFYING PERIOD FOR MUNICIPAL ELECTION
CITY OF SNELLVILLE, GEORGIA

Notice is hereby given that the City of Snellville will hold a General Election on Tuesday, November 7,
2017 for the purpose of electing three (3) members of Council. The Council posts to be voted on are
Post 3, Post 4, and Post 5.

The qualifying period for candidates opens Monday, August 21, 2017 at 8:30 a.m. and closes on
Wednesday, August 23, 2017 at 4:30 p.m. The hours of qualifying each day shall be from 8:30 a.m. until
4:30 p.m. with one hour allowed for the lunch break. Any person desiring to run for office shall qualify
in the office of the City Clerk by filing a Notice of Candidacy. The qualifying fee for fee for a council post
is $120.00 (one hundred twenty dollars.)

The voter registration deadline is October 10, 2017 for persons to be eligible to vote in the Municipal
General Election and, if necessary, Runoff.

This election will be held in the Snellville Senior Center, located at 2350 Oak Road, Snellville, Georgia.
The polls will open for the November 7, 2017 General Election at 7:00 a.m. and will close at 7:00 p.m. If
no candidate receives a majority vote, then a runoff election will be held on Tuesday, December 5, 2017
at the same location.

Filed this 19th day of July, 2017
Melisa Arnold
City Clerk

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NOTA INFORMATIVA
PERIODO DE CALIFICACION PARA ELECCION MUNICIPAL
CIUDAD DE SNELLVILLE, GEORGIA

Se pone en conocimiento del publico que la Ciudad de Snellville llevara a cabo una Eleccion General el
Martes, 7 de Noviembre 2017 para el proposito de elegir tres (3) miembros de Concejo municipal. Los
puestos del Concejo municipal que seran votados son Puesto 3, Puesto 4, y Puesto 5.

El periodo de calificacion abre el Lunes, 21 de Agosto 2017 a las 8:30 a.m. y sierra el Miercoles, 23 de
Agosto 2017 a las 4:30 p. m. Las horas de calificacion seran cada dia de las 8:30 a.m. hasta las 4:30 p.m.
con una hora permitida para el almuerzo. Cualquier persona que desea presentarse como candidato
debe calificar en la oficina del Secretario Municipal de la Ciudad con un Anuncio de la Candidatura. La
tarifa para calificar para el puesto de Concejo municipal es $120.00 (ciento veinte dolares).

La fecha tope para inscripcion de votantes es el 10 de Octubre 2017 para toda las personas elegibles
para votar en la Eleccion Municipal General y, si es necesario, la segunda vuelta.

Esta eleccion se celebrara en el Centro de Ancianos de Snellville, localizado en el 2350 Oak Road,
Snellville, Georgia. Las urnas abren el 7 de Noviembre 2017 Eleccion General a las 7:00 a.m. y sierran a
las 7:00 p.m. Si ningun candidato recibe el voto mayoritario una segunda vuelta se tomara acabo el
Martes, 5 de Diciembre 2017 en el mismo lugar.

Presentado el 19 día de Julio, 2017
Melisa Arnold
Secretario Municipal de la Ciudad

SNELLVILLE – A 24.73-acre senior housing development on Highway 78 has been approved by Mayor and Council.

The project by Ridgecliff LLC, calls for a mixed-use senior citizen development including retail and restaurant space, medical buildings, 225 Independent Living units, 55 Assisted Living units, 24 memory Care units and 85 single-family townhomes for those 55 and older.

The project, located at 1672 Athens Highway at Crestview Drive, will be one of the few in the region which combines senior housing options with retail and restaurant space and fills a void for senior housing options in the city, officials said.

"This is a win for the City of Snellville," Planning and Development Director Jason Thompson said. "There are few, if any, senior housing options in the area that offer doctor's offices, retail and restaurant space on a campus for seniors which offers varied levels of care and living choices. We have identified a need for senior housing and this will do just that."

Dubbed The Villas @Crestview, the campus will include two parks, a community center and recreation space.

Construction is expected to take place soon and is expected to be completed within two years, city officials said.

SNELLVILLE – City officials are proud to announce City Clerk Melisa Arnold has completed the Georgia Clerks Education Institute Certificate Program.

The program for city and county clerks, is designed to establish minimum standards and professional goals for municipal clerks. The Georgia Clerks Education Institute Certificate Program is jointly sponsored by the Georgia County Clerks Association and the Georgia Municipal Clerks and Finance Officers Association.

"I am very proud to have achieved this certification and look forward to continuing to dedicate what I have learned to the betterment of the City," Arnold said.

Arnold, was originally hired in July of 1991 at the Snellville Police Department, later transferred into the city's Administration Department. She became City Clerk in 2009.

"Melisa is very deserving of this recognition," City Manager Butch Sanders said. "She does a great job in her clerk duties, but she also has many more administrative responsibilities so you know she is very organized to accomplish everything so well. We are lucky to have her in Snellville."

The Georgia Clerks Education Institute Certificate Program:

•Introduces new methods and approaches to enable clerks and finance officers to become more efficient and effective in their jobs.

•Increases managerial competence of municipal and county clerks to meet new challenges and demands placed on local government.

•Creates the opportunity for clerks to further their professional development to gain the recognition they deserve.

State law requires anyone hired as of April 1, 1992, holding the title of "clerk" or performing the duties of a municipal/county clerk pursuant to the local charter, ordinance, or code shall attend a 15-hour mandated orientation training. The training consists of a basic overview of job duties and functions required of clerks. The 15-hour mandated training counts toward the 100 hours required for full certification.

SNELLVILLE – The City has approved its part an intergovernmental agreement (IGA) that will create a City Market and new public library on Wisteria Drive.

The IGA was announced Monday and marks the first development step in the city's Towne Center project which will create a vibrant, livable and walkable downtown.

"This is a major step in bringing the Towne Center vision to reality," said Mayor Tom Witts. "With the help of Gwinnett County, the new City Market and Library will be a centerpiece of our ambitious plan to create a new downtown Snellville, one that will spur commercial and residential growth and be a catalyst for development in the city for decades to come."

The City Market will house local merchants as well as restaurants. A state-of-the-art library is planned to be located on the first floor in the three-story building which opens onto Wisteria Drive with the City Market above.

"The parties agree it is in best interests of the staffs of both the City and County to jointly design this public asset and it is efficient and economical to combine these design projects to create an amenity that is in the best economic and cultural interests of their respective citizens," the agreement reads.

The facility will be jointly owned and operated by both the City and County, with approximately one-third of the space to be occupied by the County as the Snellville Branch of the Gwinnett County Public Library System and the remaining two-thirds to be used by the City as a public market, restaurants, retail shops and other public, civic or educational facilities.

Both parties will jointly contract for the design of the Library/Market with the City being responsible for providing funding for two-thirds of the design cost and the County providing funding for one-third of the design cost.

The costs associated with the facility and a construction timeline will be byproducts of the design process.

The facility will include an attached parking structure to be jointly owned and operated by the parties with the County bearing the costs of operation of the Library and the City being responsible for the costs of operating the Market.

The property on which the Library/Market is proposed to be constructed is currently owned by the City. City officials are currently in talks with potential private and public partners expected to lead to the building out of the planned Towne Center area.

The City will provide stormwater detention for the Library/Market in a regional stormwater effort and will be responsible for the designing, construction, operation and maintenance of the basin.

The City will design and build a parking structure to serve the Library (128 spaces) as well as other needs of the Towne Center.

The City and County will have 90 days to finalize their respective space requirements amongst themselves when the county adopts the agreement at its July 18 meeting. The County currently requires 22,000-square feet for the operation of a library. Within 60 days from the determination of the space requirements of both parties, the County and the City, will hire a qualified designer to design the Library/Market. The parties will cooperate with the designer to produce a design that will meet minimum LEED standards and is satisfactory to both parties before a separate agreement is developed for actual construction.

Notice of Property Tax Increase

The City of Snellville has tentatively adopted a 2017 millage rate which will require an increase in property taxes 4.68 percent.

All concerned citizens are invited to the public hearing on this tax increase to be held at Snellville City Hall, 2342 Oak Road, Snellville, GA 30078 on Friday, June 30, 2017 at 11:30 a.m.

Times and places of additional public hearings on this tax increase are at Snellville City Hall on Friday, June 30, 2017 at 6:00 p.m. and Tuesday, July 10, 2017 at 7:30 p.m.

This tentative increase will result in a millage rate of 4.588 mills, an increase of 0.205 mills over the rollback rate, but no actual millage rate increase from last year. Without this tentative tax increase, the millage rate would be no more than the rollback rate of 4.383 mills. The proposed tax increase for a home with fair market value of $200,000 is approximately $16.40 and the proposed tax increase for non-homestead property (Commercial) with a fair market value of $550,000 is approximately $45.10.

SNELLVILLE – The city will have a lighting ceremony of the new Welcome to Snellville Monument on Highway 78, July 10.

The ceremony will take place under the monument at 6 p.m. July 10 at 2992 Main St. (Highway 78).

There will be remarks by city officials. A work session of the Mayor and Council will take place as scheduled at 6:30 p.m. at City Hall. The regular meeting will take place at 7:30 p.m.

The monument is the final piece of the Downtown Development Authority's first phase of its Wayfinding Project which was completed two years ago. Signs added to the Towne Green and City Hall were also a part of this effort. The monument is a 30-foot structure which encompasses architectural attributes of City Hall, including a replica of the cupula on top of City Hall. The monument is meant to represent the Eternal Flame on the Veterans Memorial in front of City Hall.

The DDA's efforts are now turning toward extending the Wayfinding Project to South Snellville on Lenora Church Road and Scenic Highway.

The public is welcome to attend.

Upcoming Senior Center Events