Vision
Statement of the Three Forks Heritage Alliance
The document linked above was hand delivered to
Vernon Jones and John Gurbal on April 8, 2008.
It contains specific
ideas
that the THREE Forks Heritage Alliance would like to see incorporated
in the future development of
Mason Mill Park. If your vision is similar to ours this one, then please
support our effort to modify the actions of Dekalb
County to be in agreement with this document.
While Ciliax, who is on the steering committee,
acknowledged construction would be the ugliest part of the operation, she
said much of the area would be replanted with trees and shrubs (see
replanting plans
4.01
and 4.02
for the true story) afterward.
“And we’re going to be flexible [in regard to where the path will be
built],” she said. “If there’s an old, big tree, they’ll go around it.
We’re not going to cut it down.”
Quoted
from The Champion 2/1/08
[ed. note: On Friday, May 16, the steering committee (mostly PATH
supporters) was told by PATH's Ed McBrayer that the trees above were to be
spared. On Monday, May 19 the trees were cut down, along with a large
stand of Mountain Laurel.]
PATH's EPD Fine Makes the AJC 6-26-08
Summary of Everything
(many of the most important documents in one PDF)
Pictures
From PATH's Northside Drive Trail
(note the color coordinated garbage cans on the bridge)
Brian Daughdrill at TFHA Community Meeting 4-27-08
Al Bartell at TFHA Community Meeting 4-27-08
Letter From Brian Daughdrill to EPD 5-2-08
Recording of Three Forks Zoning
Board of Appeals
Hearing 4-09-08
"DeKalb's Greenway Trails"
(document produced by PATH in 1999)
Part 1
Part 2
Dekalb County
is spending close to 2
million dollars of your money on this un-needed and destructive
project while refusing to provide pay
increases to the police and fire departments.
Dekalb county is willing to disregard many of their own laws to allow this
project to continue.
Dekalb County ordered PATH to build this project based on an illegal
contract,
written without the required bidding or the
required approval of the BOC.
Dekalb County is using their own legal department and courts to prevent
citizen's efforts to enforce Dekalb's codes.
Dekalb County's Development Department has told PATH and their contractors
to ignore decisions
of the Dekalb County Zoning Board of Appeals.
Please help us to
correct these problems.
Donations are urgently needed.
Please consider helping with your dollars.
Donations so far have ranged from $5.00 to $500.00.
ALL donations go directly to pay legal and community engagement fees.
Any amount will be appreciated!
Donations for the Three Forks Heritage Alliance legal
fund
may be sent to the following
address:
Three Forks Heritage Alliance
P.O. Box 15445
Atlanta, GA 30333-9998
Or donations can be sent using the PayPal button
(a PayPal account is not necessary)
The Money Trail (emails from ORA's):
02-20-2008 Ted Rhinehart to
Ed McBrayer telling John Gurbal to add $90,000 to PATH contract w/o BOC
approval
02-19-2008 Ed McBrayer to Ted Rhinehart quoting
$90,000 to change concrete to boardwalk in Medlock Park
02-14-2008 Ed McBrayer to Ted
Rhinehart quoting $1.55M for SPCT, funding discussion
12-19 to 20-2007 Marvin
Billups, Ted Rhinehart, David Pelton discuss funding SPCT
12-13 to 19-2007 Ed McBrayer,
Ted Rhinehart, David Pelton, John Gurbal discuss funding of SPCT
Latest News:
June 25 - Judge Adams hears mandamus and contracts arguments - puts off
ruling until July 31
June 9 - Judge Adams refuses to rule on county's motion to dismiss
mandamus lawsuit - delays hearing until June 25
May 15 - PATH subcontractors continue to work on SPCT in defiance of ZBA ruling.
May 14 - Dekalb County Zoning Board of Appeals issues order halting all
construction on the South Peachtree Creek Trail until all required permits
have been applied for and received.
April 14 - EPD finds violations on trail site - PATH consents to voluntary shutdown
April 14 - Judge Adams denies TRO to halt trail construction
April 9 - PATH subcontractors continue to work on SPCT in defiance of ZBA ruling.
April 9 - Judge Adams refuses to hear TRO request - schedules hearing for Monday April14
April 9 - Dekalb County Zoning Board of Appeals issues order halting all construction on the South Peachtree Creek Trail
until an appeal is heard on May 14, 2008.
April 7 - PATH contractors move back into Mason Mill Park
and begin building construction access road.
April 2 - Judge Adams denies a new Temporary Restraining Order. Tree
cutting is expected to resume April 3 or 4.
March 20 - Dekalb county rescinds the permits for the trail claiming that
they don't NEED a permit to do this project.
March 20 -
Dekalb County produces Project Agreement #118 - supposedly signed on Feb.
25, 2008
March 13 - Judge Adams upholds Temporary Restraining Order
March 6 - Dekalb County files appeal of Temporary Restraining Order
March 5 - 3FHA receives Temporary Restraining Order stopping work until
April 7
March 5 - Dekalb Police are ordered not to enforce stoppage of work
March 5 - Dekalb Transportation official comes to site and tells everyone that no permits are needed
March 5 - PATH violates Dekalb County law and clears trees at park entrance
March 3 - 3FHA files appeal of permit which prevents further earth disturbance until April 9
March 3 - PATH breaks ground on SPC trail
Emails Received From Open Records
Requests:
03-18-2008 Ted Rhinehart
to Patrick Ejike Explaining Voiding of Permits
03-05-2008 Ed McBrayer to
steering committee discussing removal of paving in Medlock Park
03-03-2008 Ted Rhinehart to Fern Garber (PublicWorks
Dept. Response to ORA Request)
02-20-2008 Ted Rhinehart to
Ed McBrayer telling John Gurbal to add $90,000 to PATH contract w/o BOC
approval
02-19-2008 Ed McBrayer to Ted Rhinehart quoting
$90,000 to change concrete to boardwalk in Medlock Park
02-14-2008 Ed McBrayer to Ted
Rhinehart quoting $1.55M for SPCT, funding discussion
02-04-2008 David Pelton to Caroline Enloe - Pointing out concrete in creek buffer zone in Medlock Park
02-04-2008 Caroline Enloe to various - Listing changes to alignment including stating no concrete is in buffer zone
01-25-2008 Ed McBrayer to Jeff Rader - Change in Medlock alignment
01-25-2008 Ed McBrayer to Jeff Rader - Concerns about NIMBYS
01-25-2008 Tim Acklin to Jeff Rader - Question about PATH impact on ball fields
01-09-2008 Debbie Schneider and John Gurbal - Question and answer about ISTEA funds
01-04-2008 Jeff Rader to Nancy Ciliax and Ed McBrayer - Answer to above question - discussing problems with funding a hiking trail
01-04-2008? Nancy Ciliax to Jeff Rader - Discussing possibility of changing SPCT to a hiking trail instead of PATH project
12-19 to 20-2007 Marvin
Billups, Ted Rhinehart, David Pelton discuss funding SPCT
12-13 to 19-2007 Ed McBrayer,
Ted Rhinehart, David Pelton, John Gurbal discuss funding of SPCT
10-31-2007 Ted Rhinehart to Ed McBrayer - Permission to use county access to park
10-31-2007 Ed McBrayer to Jeff Rader - Willivee Place access, CSX tunnel
10-15-2007 Pete
Pelegrini to Nancy Ciliax - Answers to 10-08 email
10-08-2007 Nancy
Ciliax to Pete Pelegrini - Asking for clarifications of replanting plans
and erosion control
02-07-2007 Matt Wilder to Bert
Holler saying no excavation for boardwalk along creek
08-22-2003 John
Wegner to Gale Walldorff - Emory's opposition to trail thru Emory
10-14-1999 Scott
Grosse to Jim Bohn - Doubts about trail layout and design
Final Report on Dekalb County's Forensic Audit
Millions of dollars paid out with no contracts
More millions paid out in unauthorized contract overruns.
