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Join MIC Volunteers and Clean Up Floyd Road on August 11

Join MIC Volunteers and Clean Up Floyd Road on August 11

Mark your calendars for our Adopt-a-Mile cleanup Saturday, August 11th , starting promptly at 9:00am. We will meet in the Kroger Shopping Center parking lot area adjacent to the Autobell Car Wash on Floyd Road. Cobb County Department of Transportation is dealing with the weeds that have sprung up in the cracks between concrete sections, so this clean up will really make our town look great!

With your help, it takes only about an hour for MIC volunteers to pick up the accumulated trash and your help will be greatly appreciated.  Floyd Road will look a whole lot better when we are done. Wear sturdy shoes or boots and bring gloves if you like. We provide safety vests, latex gloves, trash bags, bottled water — and a cheerful welcome.

All volunteers are welcome and appreciated! Participants must be at least 13 years of age and those under 18 must have a signed parental consent and release of liability.  We have the form if needed.

Please contact Jeff Padgett if you plan to participate or if you have any questions/concerns.  If we know you’re coming, we’ll keep you posted concerning rescheduling in case of inclement weather.

Buckner Crossing Hearing – Get the Facts

The Dahlhauser Group is asking for a change to the stipulations for this new shopping center currently under construction at the corner of Buckner Road and Veterans Memorial Highway. Their application asks for a new site plan and a change to the existing stipulations to allow an auto parts retail store and climate controlled self-storage.

The hearing on this application will be before the Board of Commissioners on July 17 @ 9am at 100 Cherokee Street in Marietta. Because it is not a complete rezoning, it is called an Other Business Agenda item and it is not heard by the Planning Commission. There is no need to attend the July 3 Planning Commission hearing; there will be no opportunity to speak on this issue. The Board of Commissioners will not be there and they are the decisionmakers on this application.

There has been a lot of interest in this application-which is just great!!! It’s good for our community! But there has also been a lot of confusion. If you want to have input on this application, here is what you should do:

  1. Read the application. Attached to the application are the current zoning restrictions for the property, so you will see what is allowed now and what the applicant wants to change.
  2. Email the Board of Commissioners with your opinion. Copy and paste these email addresses (they include county staff and the applicant): mike.boyce@cobbcounty.org, lisa.cupid@cobbcounty.org, bob.ott@cobbcounty.org, joann.birrell@cobbcounty.org, bob.weatherford@cobbcounty.org, john.pederson@cobbcounty.org, robin.presley@cobbcounty.org, mattd@dahlhausergroup.com, zoning@mableton.org.
  3. Contact the developer, Matt Dahlhauser (phone and email on the application) if you want to know more about his plans.
  4. Attend the hearing on July 17 at 9am at 100 Cherokee St, Marietta.
  5. Questions: Email zoning@mableton.org. Please do not rely on our ability to follow social media! We are all volunteers and are not always on zoning duty!
MIC Adopts Old Powder Springs Road

MIC Adopts Old Powder Springs Road

MIC has signed the paperwork to formally adopt Old Powder Springs Road under Cobb County’s Adopt-A-Mile Program. The first clean-up will be Saturday, July 14th at 9am and we will meet at the Mableton Pentacostal Church at 1000 Old Powder Springs Road. This first clean-up will be a big job, so come out and help us make Mableton look its best! Wear sturdy shoes or boots and bring gloves if you like. We provide safety vests, latex gloves, trash bags, bottled water — and a cheerful welcome. Participants must be at least 13 years of age and those under 18 must have a signed parental consent and release of liability.  We have the form if needed.

Why pick up litter? Don’t you sometimes feel like it shouldn’t be up to us to pick up after other people? The answer might be surprising to you – MIC and others pick up litter because a clean roadway is less likely to attract more litter. That’s right – litter attracts litter. According to a study by Keep America Beautiful, “Individuals are much more likely to litter into littered environments …, and they are less likely to report having littered into beautified environments… These findings strongly support the need for ongoing clean-up and beautification efforts. Indeed, posting litter prevention messages or signs in already-littered environments is likely to exacerbate the littering problem.”

Please contact Jeff Padgett if you plan to participate or if you have any questions/concerns.  If we know you’re coming, we’ll keep you posted concerning rescheduling in case of inclement weather.

Zoning Meeting in Mableton – Everyone Invited!

Zoning Meeting in Mableton – Everyone Invited!

Commissioner Lisa Cupid invites all area residents to attend her monthly Community Zoning Meeting on Wednesday, June 27th at 6pm at the South Cobb Community Center, 620 Lions Club Drive in Mableton. The meeting will focus on zoning applications that will be considered in July: Here are the zoning applications on the July agenda for Mableton:

 

  • 14 townhouses on Mableton Parkway between Glore Circle and Wood Valley Way (updated site plan)
  • Key Auto Collision on Powell Drive,
  • The Mableton Center (formerly used appliances) on Mableton Parkway between Hilltop Circle and Community Drive,
  • Shree Mandir on Lions Club Drive,
  • Gursharam Parnu (granite warehouse) on Veterans Memorial Highway near Hickory Trail, and
  • Buckner Crossroads, LLC at Veterans Memorial Highway and Buckner Road.

 

Use the links to learn more about these applications and how you can participate in the zoning process. Come to the meeting! Face to face communication is effective and enlightening!

Questions? MIC’s Zoning Committee will be there and always welcomes your questions and comments. Get in touch!

Cobb County Budget Decision Time

Cobb County Budget Decision Time

Numbers and budgets are not everyone’s “cup of tea,” but if you live or do business in Cobb County, it’s time to take a minute and study this issue. First, click here to understand the current situation – how we got here and what the facts are. At issue right now is the County Government portion of your tax bill, which is less than half of your total tax bill, excluding the school portion.
Now it’s time to think about the essential services that your taxes pay for, such as police, fire, EMS, emergency road repair, the court system, and required government services like zoning, inspections, and mapping. Then there are the remainder of the services that we have come to expect, like parks and recreation, libraries, senior center centers, arts centers, roadside mowing, road repairs, Cobb LINC bus system, and Keep Cobb Beautiful, among others.
So what’s next?
Cobb Commission Chairman Mike Boyce is seeking your input on the next Cobb budget through a series of Town Halls around the county. The Mableton Town Hall will be on June 28th at 7pm at the South Cobb Community Center, 620 Lions Club Drive. 
The Chairman’s budget calls for a 1.7 mil increase in property taxes, which would generate enough money to keep all of Cobb’s parks, libraries, senior centers and animal services open and allow for an increase in public safety resources.  Also in the budget proposal would be hiring additional police officers and purchasing body cameras, restoring eliminated DOT maintenance positions, increasing right-of-way mowing contracts, and a phasing in of restored library hours, including Sunday hours at regional libraries.
It is important for Mableton and South Cobb residents to show up and be counted at this meeting! We have different needs and maybe different opinions than other parts of the County. Help your elected officials – the County Commission – understand how to deal with this budget problem. Their decision will shape our future.
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