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North Buckhead Master Plan: KICKOFF MEETINGJuly 15, 2014

BACKGROUND

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How the North Buckhead Civic Association

concluded the neighborhood needed a

master plan.


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Fall 2013 Survey • Issue - Where to focus• 255 survey participants

• Not just NBCA Members• 68% NBCA members• 32% non-members

• Select NBCA committee studied these results for six months.


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CommunicationsNorth Buckhead Newsletter

• 16 pages, 4,300+ mailed quarterly• Sent to all single-family houses and

condos in North BuckheadEmails – North Buckhead Update

• 2,100 email addresses in 1,600 homes• 300,000+ email copies sent in 2013• 50%+ open rate• Subject line always lists contents

Surveys – by email, newsletter & web• About once a year• Open to everyone: Residents /

non-residents / businesses


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Crime Reporting• Weekly reports on-line for

NBCA members• North Buckhead Crime

• higher on major streets• Lower in residential areas

Crime maps at www.nbca.org/plan


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Traffic• External congestion sources

• 9,000 residents • 100,000+ daily vehicles

• Antiquated street grid• Need better use of streets • Implement approved solutions

• Piedmont at Habersham• 43% in survey provided

complaints & suggestions


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Land Use & Zoning• Goal: Establish a blueprint for

growth• consistent with protecting

existing single-family areas, and

• avoiding traffic strangling uses• Another bubble?

• 2,500 apartments are planned/ underway in North Buckhead

• 4,000 more in Buckhead• 2,500 more in Sandy Springs

• Traffic and growth intertwined • Are impact fees high enough?

From the Fall 2013 Survey...

• “We can't stop the growth…”

• “Traffic is totally horrible and only getting worse. Build the infrastructure BEFORE any more development of any kind.”


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Sidewalks• Much has been accomplished

in securing sidewalks for North Buckhead

• Critical needs remain

• From the survey:

• “Sidewalks should be available on both sides of [Wieuca Road] from Roswell Rd. to Phipps Blvd.”


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Speeding• Speeding a major concern

• Complaints about speeding are often made about Wieuca and Old Ivy Roads, particularly near the school campuses.

• Infrastructure updates might help• The pavement on some streets

appears to be too wide, encouraging speeding. Restriping, etc. should be considered.

• Need more police enforcement.

From the survey:• “I would like to see more speed bumps

in our area. North Stratford Road is very dangerous with speeders.”

• [Need] “more police presence”• “My complaint is speeding on Old Ivy.”• “Wieuca Road is a cut-through. Too

much speeding.”• “[I’d like] Speed traps by the police

officers; people frequently speed down Wieuca and P’tree Dunwoody. They could make a lot of money.”


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Parks• Our most-used park? Chastain• Favor park projects?

• PATH400 multi-use trail 6 to 1• Mountain Way Common 18 to 1• Little Nancy Creek Park 38 to 1• Blue Heron Nature Preserve 23 to 1• Lowrey-Stevens Cemetery 4 to 1

• 36 text comments: • Many said they were unaware

of our historic cemetery on Loridans Drive near GA 400.


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Parks Complaint• We have to drive to Little

Nancy Creek Park.• N.B. neighbors can’t walk

to it safely -- no sidewalks.• The City paid $2.7 million

for the land.• Need sidewalks on west

side of Peachtree Dunwoody Road!


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Crosswalks• Wieuca Road bisects the

neighborhood • there are two one mile

stretches without crosswalks

Roswell Road is 5-lanes wide• Big gaps without crosswalks:

• One 0.8 miles long• Two 0,3 miles long

• How are MARTA buses supposed to work?

• From the survey:

• “Crosswalks on heavily-travelled roads should be at signalized crossings only. I feel that [having] crosswalks without lights of some kind is asking for trouble.”

• “Crosswalks removed from Roswell Road: hard to cross Roswell Road to get over to Chastain Park.”


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Eyesores, Etc.• Some in the neighborhood

need to perform more upkeep to protect everyone’s property values.

• The ugly traffic islands on Peachtree Dunwoody at Peachtree are a sad gateway to North Buckhead and Historic Brookhaven.


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Social Events• While lowest in survey

priority, social events provide an important way to build a sense of neighborhood. At our Fall Flings, we have a strong turnout. But it’s not for everybody.


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North Buckhead needs a plan. • North Buckhead is bigger than many

think. It is as big as a city.• 8,332 residents in 2010.• Atlanta’s 4th most populous

• It has many strengths.• Growing, maturing• Healthy diversity• Transit, X-way and hiking• Wildlife and high-rises• Great shopping and dining

• But it is changing rapidly.• With some big city issues and risks

• NBCA concluded we seriously need a master plan.


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Draft Master Plan Goals

The goals of the North Buckhead Neighborhood Master Plan include:• Protecting existing single-family areas • Preserving the neighborhood’s character and historic resources• Creating a park-accessible neighborhood • Establishing a blueprint for growth • Addressing cut-through traffic and speeding • Promoting walking, bicycling, and transit use • Targeting key intersections for transportation upgrades• Making efficient use of existing transportation infrastructure • Enhancing neighborhood services

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