January 15, 2008
ALPHARETTA -- By helping Roswell gain right of way from an Alpharetta developer on Mansell Road, both cities can gain an interconnected greenway system.
In separate actions, Roswell appears ready to agree to deannaxation of a small commercial parcel on Mansell Road. That property owner wants to be annexed into Alpharetta, said Alpharetta City Administrator Bob Regus at a council workshop Jan. 14.
At the same time, Roswell wants some help with an Alpharetta developer to provide land along Big Creek so it can extend its greenway north. The two cities' greenways would connect north of Mansell Road.
City Councilman Jim Paine said the greenway connection, including its path under Mansell Road, would be installed at Roswell's expense.
"There's already a foot path there that people use. It floods," Paine said.
Alpharetta Mayor Arthur Letchas said the bottom line is that it will not cost the city any money.
A Roswell property owner wants to deannex a parcel of land so it can become part of Alpharetta, Regus said.
"As you go east on Mansell Road, beyond North Point Parkway, there is a small section north of Mansell Road that's in the city of Roswell," Regus said. "Those folks want to deannex from Roswell and annex into Alpharetta. Roswell, I believe, is ready to do it."
Alpharetta's neighbor wants that process to happen concurrently between the two cities.
Alpharetta plans to discuss both proposals at its annual retreat scheduled Jan. 30 & 31.
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