Announcement - May 4, 2003 - Fulton County Property Tax Assessments and New Sidney Marcus Playground

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Fulton County Property Tax Assessments
CouncilMember Mary Norwood at the MLPA Annual Meeting on April 28 urged residents concerned about the latest Fulton County property tax assessments to participate to the extent possible in the millage rate setting process at the Atlanta Public School system and Fulton County levels.

Mary mentioned in her remarks at the meeting that only $0.17 of our tax dollar go to the City of Atlanta, with the balance being taken by these other two governmental entities.
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Just for your information - The Atlanta school system's proposed  2003-04 budget will be from 6 to 7p.m. Monday at the Instructional Services Center, 2930 Forrest Hills Drive.  The district's chief  financial officer, Margaret Coleman, will outline the $517 million proposal.  Afterwards, the public will have a chance to ask questions.  The proposed budget is about $15 million less than the 2002-03 school year budget, reflecting the district's declining enrollment and  declining state revenues.

New Sidney Marcus Playground

Our new playground is almost here! After months of planning and fundraising, the new playground is scheduled to be installed Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, May 15-17. Sawhorse Contracting has donated construction labor that will cover most of the heaviest work.  We will still need some neighborhood volunteers (men and women) to ensure the build will be completed on Saturday, May 17. Please consider helping with this VERY exciting event. Your time will be greatly appreciated by the entire neighborhood, especially by those who will use the playground regularly.

The following is a build schedule that will be supervised by our playground company representative:

• THURSDAY, May 15, 5:00-8:00pm, RAIN or SHINE.
  Unloading, organizing hardware into piles. Six to 8 neighbors needed.
• FRIDAY, May 16, 8:00am-5:00pm, RAIN or SHINE. Pre-assembly and holes dug in the a.m. By lunch, installation of equipment will begin. Six to 8 neighbors needed. Men and women appreciated, male muscle needed after lunch.
• SATURDAY, May 17, 8:00-completion, RAIN or SHINE. Bulk of equipment installed to completion, mulch spread. Fifteen to 20 neighbors needed on this day.  Men and women appreciated, a lot of male muscle
  needed! While men help with installation, women can be spreading mulch.

Please sign up if you will be able to help, we must plan in advance. Lunch will be provided on Saturday.  Please no children under 12 years old. To sign up, please e-mail Dawn Davis at dawnhdavis@yahoo.com or call her with questions, (404) 870-0932.

(Disclaimer: references to male and female help above, including references to "male muscle," are from Ms. Davis and are neither approved nor disapproved by MLPA.)

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