Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens and DeKalb County CEO Michael Thurmond are partnering to ensure the planned Atlanta Public Safety Training Center will protect and enhance the surrounding environment, spur local business and job development and serve as a community resource.
The City of Atlanta owns more than 380 acres of property in unincorporated DeKalb County, around Intrenchment Creek and the South River Forest Basin, and plans to develop the Public Safety Training Center campus on approximately 85 acres with 30 of those acres devoted to greenspace, parklands, and trails of city limits.
The memorandum of understanding and statement of principle provide several commitments that serve priority areas for the City of Atlanta and DeKalb County, including:
Neighborhood Protections and Enhancements
The Mayor and Chief Executive Officer commit to continue to receive input from the Community Advisory Committee.
Adopting multiple recommendations of the Community Advisory Committee regarding traffic concerns, lighting, sidewalks, security, and noise control.
Environmental Protections and Enhancements
The remaining nearly 300 acres of City of Atlanta-owned land will be preserved as greenspace, parkland and trails.
The site will include double erosion control to ensure viability of Intrenchment Creek, the main waterway in the South River Forest Basin.
Atlanta and its nonprofit partners commit to planting 100 hardwood trees for every hardwood tree impacted by construction, as well as planting additional hardwood trees for any invasive species trees removed.
Atlanta and its nonprofit partners will continue to collaborate with DeKalb’s planning and environmental officials working to ensure that the plans and development of the Public Safety Training Center strictly adhere to all federal, state, and local environmental standards.
Atlanta will encourage contractors and subcontractors to use sustainable materials.
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