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Alpharetta City Council Meeting November 18, 2013

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After a week off we will have a busy meeting next with a full public hearing agenda as well as our regular council meeting.

As you glance through the items you will see that Alpharetta’s recent housing boom is in full swing with three new applications for high density residential townhomes near downtown and a change requested from Office/Industrial to Medium density residential on Webb Bridge Road near GA 400.

If you have any questions or comments on the items listed below please let me know.

City of Alpharetta

Public Hearing and Council Meeting for November 18, 2013

City Hall Council Chambers

7:30 PM

I.              CALL TO ORDER

II.            ROLL CALL

III.           PLEDGE TO THE FLAG

IV.          PRESENTATIONS AND PROCLAMATIONS

  1. Will Gurley: Retirement From Planning Commission – 13 Years Of Service
  2.     Alpharetta Firefighters: FLAMES Program
    1. Captain Jeff Garreau
    2. Firefighter Nicholas Marlin
    3. Captain Greg Pickren
  3.     Recreation And Parks Department: GRPA Agency Of The Year
  4.     Community Development Department
  5.     Manchester At Mansell Apartments: Crime-Free Housing Program

V.            CONSENT AGENDA

  1.     Meeting Minutes
    1. Meeting of 11/04/2013

VI.          WORKSHOP

  1.     City Center Update

VII.         PUBLIC HEARING

  1.     Old Business
    1. Z-13-10 / CLUP-13-10: Wills Road at Rucker Road

NOTE: This item was Tabled on November 4, 2013

Consideration of a request to rezone approximately 8.65 acres from R-15 to R-8D (for-sale detached) in order to develop 28 single family homes.  A request to change the Comprehensive Land Use Plan from “Low Density Residential” to “Medium Density Residential” was also requested.  The property is located at the southwest corner of Wills Road and Rucker Road and legally described as being located in Land Lots 599, 646 1st District, 2nd Section, Fulton County, Georgia.

              B.       New Business

  1. Z-13-14: Olmsted Park Townhomes

Consideration of a request to rezone 2.39 acres from R-15 to R-10M HD (for-sale detached, Historic District) in order to develop 21 for-sale single family attached homes. The property is located at the northeast corner of Canton Street and Church Street and legally described as being located in Land Lot 1252, 2nd District, 2nd Section, Fulton County, Georgia.

2.  PH-13-11: The Georgian (KM Homes)

Consideration of a request to change a previous condition of zoning in order to develop 54 attached for-sale homes attached with a common wall.  Approval of a previously approved site plan is also requested. The property is located at the northwest corner of School Drive and Canton Street and legally described as being located in Land Lot 1252 2nd District, 2nd Section, Fulton County, Georgia.

3.   MP-13-01 / CLUP-13-05 / Z-13-03: Preston Ridge / Greenstone Properties

Consideration of a request to change the Preston Ridge Master Plan by adding “for-sale” residential use (attached and detached)to Pod G. A request to rezone from O-I to CUP is requested as well as a change to the Future Land Use Plan from “Corporate Campus Office” to “High Density Residential”. The property is located at the northwest corner of Webb Bridge and Morris Road adjacent to Georgia 400. The property is legally described as being located in Land Lots 1259, 1262, 1263, 2nd District, 2nd Section, Fulton County, Georgia.

4.   Z-13-08 / CLUP-13-07 / V-13-05: Vaughan Drive Townhomes

Consideration of a request to rezone approximately 4.45 acres from C-2 to R-8A in order to allow “for-sale” single family attached homes. A change to the Comprehensive Land Use Plan from “Professional Business Office” to “High Density Residential” is also requested. The property is located on Vaughan Drive and legally described as being located in Land Lots 1109, 1124, 2nd District, 2nd Section, Fulton County, Georgia

VIII.        BUSINESS MEETING

  1. Administration
  2. Brand And Identity Development Services: RFP 14-102
  3. Employee Handbook Update
  4. Consideration Of Offer For Sale Of City-Owned Property
  5. City Center
    1. Recommendation: City Hall Furniture Vendor
    2. Consideration Of Street Names
  6.  Grants Administration
    1. 2013 Assistance To Firefighter Grant
    2. 2013 Land And Water Conservation Fund Grant
  7.  Recreation And Parks

A.  Purchase Of Truck

  1.   City Clerk
    1. Off-Site Records Storage Contract
  2.   Public Safety

Ordinance To Amend Sprinkler Code

NOTE: Second Reading

An Ordinance Amending City of Alpharetta  Ordinance 220  and, By Reference, Chapter 9, Section 9-12 of the Code of the City of Alpharetta, Georgia to Amend and Restate Sprinkler Requirements for Certain Modular Classrooms; to Provide for an Effective Date; to Repeal Conflicting Ordinances; and for Other Purposes

  1. Finance

A.   Adoption Of Amended And Restated 457 Plan

IX.          REPORTS

X.            ADJOURNMENT

Alpharetta City Council Meeting October 28,2013

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Monday night the mayor and council will be touring the City Hall site to view the current progress and will hold a special workshop to discuss some architectural details before our regularly scheduled meeting. If you have any comments or questions please let me know.

City of Alpharetta

Special Called Council Workshop for October 28, 2013

City Center Construction Office

50 South Main Street

Alpharetta, GA 30009

6:00 PM – 7:15 PM

NOTE: While this is not an official meeting of the Alpharetta City Council,

all Council Members have been invited to attend.  This notice is provided

due to the possibility for a quorum of members being in attendance.

  1. Observations From Construction Site Tour
  2. Discussion Of Architectural Elements

A. Brick and Mortar

B. Council Chambers

  1. Adjournment

City of Alpharetta

Public Hearing and Council Meeting for October 28, 2013

City Hall Council Chambers

7:30 PM

  1. I.              CALL TO ORDER
  2. II.            ROLL CALL
  3. III.           PLEDGE TO THE FLAG
  4. IV.          CONSENT AGENDA
    1. A.    Meeting Minutes
      1. Special Called Meeting of 10/16/2013
    2. B.    Alcoholic Beverage License Applications
      1. PH-13-AB-25                 P.J.’s Food, Inc.

d/b/a Mama’s Kitchen

5950 North Point Parkway, Suite 100

Consumption on Premises

Beer and Wine – No Sunday Sales

  1. PH-13-AB-26                 Haiku in Alpharetta, Inc.

d/b/a Haiku Sushi and Steakhouse

5966 North Point Parkway

Consumption on Premises

Liquor, Beer and Wine – Sunday Sales

  1. V.            WORKSHOP
    1. A.    City Center Update
  2. VI.          PUBLIC HEARING
    1. A.    Community Development
      1. MP-13-05 / V-13-14: Parkway 400

Consideration of a request to amend the Parkway 400 Masterplan in order to increase Pod C density to 630,000 square feet of office space (currently permitted 265,737 square feet) with structured parking and one 10,000 square foot restaurant. Applicant also requests to add additional uses to the Master Plan. A variance to the required buffer adjacent to residential property is requested as well as a parking variance. The property includes 17.95 acres and is located at the south end of Amberpark Drive, and legally described as being located in Land Lot 804 1st District, 2nd  Section, Fulton County, Georgia.

  1. Z-13-10 / CLUP-13-10: Wills Road at Rucker Road

Consideration of a request to rezone approximately 8.65 acres from R-15 to R-8D (for-sale detached) in order to develop 28 single family homes.  A request to change the Comprehensive Land Use Plan from “Low Density Residential” to “Medium Density Residential” was also requested.  The property is located at the southwest corner of Wills Road and Rucker Road and legally described as being located in Land Lots 599, 646 1st District, 2nd Section, Fulton County, Georgia.

  1. PH-13-15: City of Alpharetta Capital Improvement Element

Consideration of adopting the Capital Improvement Element update.

  1. VII.         BUSINESS MEETING
    1. A.    Public Safety
      1. Consideration of Intergovernmental Agreement with Fulton County: Use of Emergency Radio System
  2. VIII.        REPORTS
  3. IX.          ADJOURNMENT TO EXECUTIVE SESSION

 

City of Alpharetta

Executive Session Agenda for October 28, 2013

City Hall Council Chambers

Immediately Following Council Meeting

  1. I.              REAL ESTATE
  2. II.            PENDING LITIGATION
  3. III.           ADJOURNMENT

Agenda for Special Called Alpharetta City Council Meeting October 16, 2013

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Yesterday afternoon I received notice that Alpharetta City Council will be holding a special meeting Wednesday night. The only item on the agenda is one referring to the Local Option Sales Tax commonly referred to as LOST.

Our recent LOST discussions have centered around the way Fulton County municipalities will split the proceeds from the one cent LOST tax and I was previously under the impression that we had reached an agreement on that point. But last week the Georgia Supreme Court apparently struck down portions of the state law which affect LOST distributions so I assume tomorrow night’s meeting was called in response to that ruling. Below is the published meeting agenda:

 

City of Alpharetta

Special Called Council Meeting for October 16, 2013

City Hall Council Chambers

7:30 PM

 

 

  1. I.              CALL TO ORDER
  2. II.            ROLL CALL
  3. III.           PLEDGE TO THE FLAG
  4. IV.          NEW BUSINESS
    1. A.    Administration
      1. Local Option Sales Tax (LOST) Resolution
  5. V.            ADJOURNMENT

Alpharetta City Council Agenda October 7, 2013

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City of Alpharetta

Public Hearing and Council Meeting for October 07, 2013

City Hall Council Chambers

7:30 PM

 

  1. I.              CALL TO ORDER
  2. II.            ROLL CALL
  3. III.           PLEDGE TO THE FLAG
  4. IV.          CONSENT AGENDA
    1. A.   Meeting Minutes
      1. Council Meeting of 09/16/2013
      2. Public Hearing of 09/23/2013
    2. B.   Alcohol License Applications:
      1. PH-13-AB-22              Firefly Restaurant Holdings, Inc.

                                                                  d/b/a Firefly Restaurant

                                                                  3070 Windward Plaza – Suite P

                                                                   Consumption on Premises

                                                                    Liquor, Beer & Wine – Sunday Sales

  1. V.            WORKSHOP
    1. A.   City Center Update
  2. VI.          PUBLIC HEARING
    1. A.   New Business
      1. Alcohol Beverage Application
        1. PH-13-AB-23        Eleven11 Concepts, LLC

d/b/a Famous Originals Pizza

3665 Old Milton Parkway – Suite 60

Consumption on Premises

Beer & Wine – Sunday Sales

  1. Community Development
    1. V-13-11 JSB Homes

Consideration of a variance to permit a flag lot and the minimum property frontage on a street in order to create two separate lots on property located at 12550 New Hopewell Road. The property is legally described as being located in Land Lot 1125, 2nd District, 2nd Section, Fulton County, Georgia.

  1. VII.         COUNCIL MEETING
    1. A.   New Business
      1. Grants Administration
        1. Georgia Transportation Infrastructure Bank
      2. Recreation and Parks
        1. Lightning Prediction System for City Parks: Bid 14-001
        2. Webb Bridge Tennis Courts: Repair, Resurfacing & Recoating
      3. Engineering / Public Works
        1. Rucker Road Corridor Design: RFP 14-101
        2. FY 2014 Bridge Maintenance: Bid 14-004
        3. FY 2014 Pavement Marking Services: Bid 14-011
      4. Administration
        1. An Ordinance of the Mayor and Council of the City of Alpharetta, Georgia to Amend Chapter 2, Article II of the Code of the City of Alpharetta, Georgia Regarding the Municipal Court

(Second Reading)

  1. An Ordinance to Amend the Unified Development Code in Order to Amend Article IV Section 4.4.3 Land Disturbance Permit; Section 4.4.6 Inspections and Development Activity Completion; Section 4.4.7 Assignment of Names and Addresses; and to Repeal All Ordinances or Parts of Ordinances in Conflict Herewith.

(Second Reading)

  1. Door to Door Solicitation Ordinance

(Second Reading)

  1. VIII.        PUBLIC COMMENTS
  2. IX.          REPORTS
  3. X.            ADJOURNMENT TO EXECUTIVE SESSION

 

 

City of Alpharetta

Executive Session Agenda for October 07, 2013

City Hall Council Chambers

Immediately Following Council Meeting

 

  1. I.              PERSONNEL
  2. II.            REAL ESTATE
  3. III.           ADJOURNMENT

 

Alpharetta City Council Agenda September 23, 2013

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I apologize if this doesn’t view well. I know there is a great deal of interest in Monday night’s council agenda so I am trying to publish this post from my IPhone. If there are any changes necessary I will make them here as quickly as possible.

Alpharetta City Council Meeting
September 23, 2013 7:30 PM
Location: Alpharetta City Hall – Council Chambers

I. CALL TO ORDER

II. ROLL CALL

III. PLEDGE TO THE FLAG

IV. WORKSHOP
A. City Center Update – Bob Regus and Mike Hall
V. PUBLIC HEARING
A. Community Development – Richard McLeod & Kathi Cook
1. V-13-13 Jeff Aughey/Parkerwood Way
Consideration of a variance to the rear setback line for an outdoor fireplace and other structures. The property is located at 100 Parkerwood Way and legally described as being located in Land Lot 272, 1st District, 1st Section, Fulton County, Georgia.
2. MP-13-03/CU-13-08 North Point Commons Bowling Alley
Consideration of a request to amend the North Point Commons master plan in order to permit a bowling alley as a permitted use. The property is located on the south side of North Point Parkway between Haynes Bridge and Georgia Lane and legally described as being located in Land Lots 755, 796, 1st District, 2nd Section, Fulton County, Georgia.
3. PH-13-10 Islamic Center of North Fulton
Consideration of a request to amend previous conditions of zoning in order to permit the construction of a 7,900 square foot community hall and mosque. The property is located on the south side of Rucker Road and legally described as being located in Land Lot 1275, 2nd District, 2nd Section, Fulton County, Georgia.
4. PH-13-09 Unified Development Code
Consideration of amendments to the Unified Development Code in order to amend addressing and bond requirements.
VI. BUSINESS MEETING
A. Grants Administration – Amanda Day
1. Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Letter of Interest (Tabled 9-16-13)
B. Economic Development – Peter Tokar
1. Opportunity Zone Contract – Joe Young
VII. PUBLIC COMMENTS

VIII. REPORTS

IX. ADJOURNMENT

Alpharetta City Council Agenda September 16, 2013

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City Council did not meet this week but the agenda for next week has been published and it is posted below for your review. I have not had an opportunity to read all the supporting materials yet but if you have questions please let me know in the comment section and I will do my best to get you an answer.

Two items that stand out as being particularly important for the future of Alpharetta are the presentation by MARTA during the workshop and the discussion of private development opportunities within the City Center project. I hope you can join us for those discussions.

Update 9/16/2013 9:30 a.m. Please note that the agenda for tonight’s meeting was updated late Friday to include an additional New Business item. Unforeseen changes to the LOST agreement require Alpharetta City Council to revisit changes to the original agreement previously approved. The change was publicly announced Friday but I am just now getting it updated here.

City of Alpharetta

Council Meeting for September 16, 2013

City Hall Council Chambers

7:30 PM

  1. I.              CALL TO ORDER
  2. II.            ROLL CALL
  3. III.           PLEDGE TO THE FLAG
  4. IV.           PROCLAMATION
    1.     Constitution Week
  5. V.            CONSENT AGENDA
    1.     Public Hearing and Council Meeting Minutes
      1. Meeting of 08/26/2013
      2. Meeting of 09/03/2013
    2.     Monthly Financial Management Report
      1. Month Ending 08/31/2013
  6. VI.           WORKSHOP
    1.     City Center Update
    2.     MARTA Briefing on Connect 400 Transit Initiative
  7. VII.         NEW BUSINESS
    1.     Administration
      1. Resolution: Local Option Sales Tax Distribution
    2.     Grants Administration
      1. Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Letter of Interest
    3.     Community Development
      1. Discussion of RFQ: City Center Private Development Opportunity
    4.     Public Safety
      1. Public Safety Ammunition Purchase
      2. Crime-Free Multi-Family Housing Initiative
    5.     Recreation and Parks
      1. Purchase of Two (2) Pickup Trucks for Recreation and Parks
      2. Purchase of Various Pieces of Equipment for Parks
    6.     Information Technology
      1. CISCO SmartNet Data Equipment Maintenance 2014
      2. CISCO SmartNet Voice Equipment Maintenance 2014
  8. VIII.        PUBLIC COMMENTS
  9. IX.           REPORTS
  10. X.            ADJOURN TO EXECUTIVE SESSION

City of Alpharetta

Executive Session Agenda for September 16, 2013

City Hall Council Chambers

Immediately Following Council Meeting

  1. I.              PERSONNEL
  2. II.            REAL ESTATE
  3. III.           ADJOURNMENT

MARTA recommends 4 heavy rail stations in Alpharetta

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A few weeks ago I saw a post on Twitter from a local news reporter who wrote that MARTA was planning to recommend four heavy rail stations in Alpharetta. That was the first I had heard of such a plan so I immediately contacted Mayor Belle Isle and the rest of Alpharetta’s City Council to see if any of them were aware of the recommendation. Not a single one of us had even heard of MARTA’s intentions much less been consulted on the matter.

So on August 12, 2013 I attended a meeting of MARTA’s Planning and External Relations Committee in Atlanta. At that meeting MARTA’s staff did indeed recommend extending a heavy rail line more than 11 miles along GA 400 through Sandy Springs, Roswell and Alpharetta. This plan called for putting four train stations in Alpharetta including one each at Mansell Road, Northpoint Mall, Old Milton Parkway and one on Windward Parkway which would serve as the end of line regional station.

This is not the first time a MARTA train station has been proposed for Alpharetta nor will it be the last. Traffic is consistently the number one complaint of Alpharetta residents and since we all pay a 1% sales tax to support MARTA it would be nice if we could find some way to get a better return on that money. So I welcome an open and honest discussion of how MARTA can better serve Alpharetta.

Unfortunately MARTA’s Connect 400 initiative has been woefully inadequate in seeking input from actual residents of Alpharetta. The recommendation was based solely on 30 interviews with unidentified “stakeholders” and an online survey consisting of 136 responses to an email that went out to unidentified business interests, local officials and interest groups last December.

Clearly MARTA’s staff made no effort to include Alpharetta’s mayor or city council and in fact I have yet to determine if even one Alpharetta resident was sampled in the research. And as you might expect from such a small, statistically insignificant sample the recommendation is the least practical and most unlikely to be implemented even under the best of circumstances. In an effort to raise awareness of this process I am submitting for your review the presentation which was given at  MARTA’s August 12th meeting. Please click this link to review the full 12 page Powerpoint presentation: GA 400 Briefing Presentation

Transportation is a crucial issue for us all and this process could affect the future of Alpharetta forever so I ask you to please take a moment to review the information and let me know your thoughts on this matter. MARTA is also planning to host an informational meeting about this recommendation on September 26th from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Alpharetta City Hall. It is imperative that the people most affected by this process speak up before a final determination is made. Please make the time to join us at that meeting.

Alpharetta City Council Agenda September 3, 2013

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It’s been so long since I last posted here that I’ve almost forgotten how. Making time to blog has been difficult given all the other demands on my time but we live in interesting times and I miss being able to discuss issues in this format.

So each week as I am notified of our City Council meeting agendas I’ll post them here for your review. You are welcome to ask questions and leave comments. I will do my best to respond. As time allows I will try to post other articles and items of interest as well. Hopefully this will make it easier for people who care about Alpharetta to stay informed and speak up.

I encourage the open and frank exchange of ideas here but also caution readers that I will keep commenters on a short leash of civility and the leash is especially short for those who choose not to comment under their own names.

Please note that because of the Labor Day holiday next week’s city council meeting will be held on Tuesday night.

Update: 8/31/2013 @ 7:50 a.m. For administrative reasons there has been a change to the Tuesday night meeting agenda. The executive session will now be held at 7:00 p.m. prior to the regularly scheduled city council meeting.

 

CITY OF ALPHARETTA

Council Meeting for September 03, 2013
City Hall Council Chambers
7:30 PM

I. CALL TO ORDER
II. ROLL CALL
III. PLEDGE TO THE FLAG
IV. PRESENTATIONS AND PROCLAMATIONS
A. Retirement of Fire Prevention Officer Charles Sims
B. Art Presentation to Council from campers at Camp Happy Hearts
C. National Payroll Week
V. CITY CENTER PROJECT
A. Workshop: City Center Update
B. City Center Master Plan Revision: Library Front Entry Parking
VI. NEW BUSINESS
A. Grants Administration
1. Wal-Mart Foundation
2. The NRA Foundation General Grant
B. Public Safety
1. Purchase of Public Safety Vehicles: Bid #14-005
C. Engineering/Public Works
1. Marietta Street Sidewalk Improvements: Bid #14-003
D. Administration
1. An Ordinance to Amend Certain Guidelines for Door to Door Solicitation
(First Reading)
2. An Ordinance of the Mayor and Council of the City of Alpharetta, Georgia to Amend Chapter 2, Article II of the Code of the City of Alpharetta, Georgia Regarding the Municipal Court (First Reading)
VII. PUBLIC COMMENTS
VIII. REPORTS

City of Alpharetta

Executive Session Agenda for September 03, 2013

City Hall Council Chambers

7:00 PM

  1. I.              PERSONNEL
  2. II.            REAL ESTATE
  3. III.           PENDING LITIGATION
  4. IV.          ADJOURNMENT

Are you kidding me?

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The past six months have been crazy. I’ve had to devote an extra 20-30 hours a week to my city council responsibilities and to do that I’ve had to overload what was already a pretty crowded calendar. It hasn’t been easy but I feel good about the job I’ve done and I’ve never lost sight of what is most important in my life… my family.

But something had to give and several things that I used to enjoy were lost in the shuffle. In the snippets of free time I had before taking office I used to read, blog and play guitar and lately those times have been nearly nonexistent.

I’m not complaining. I knew what I was getting into and I don’t regret it. But Alpharetta is an exciting place to be with a lot going on so there has been much to do. It has been great to work with our new mayor and city council setting bold new goals while looking for better ways to serve our community.

One of the biggest challenges I faced over the past few months was the decision to approve a mixed use project proposed for Alpharetta. I attended meetings with city staff, fellow council members, developers, attorneys, friends and constituents. I spent hours researching the proposal and trying to anticipate all of the possible positive and negative consequences of my vote. For weeks I agonized over numerous aspects of the issue and after all of that I cast a vote which cost me some very dear friends. That project was named Avalon.

So I was elated to discover a little free time the other night and decided to download a new book on my wife’s Kindle.

The book is titled At Any Cost by Cara Ellison and you can download it here if you are interested. Ms. Ellison is a brilliant writer who I have followed online for more than a decade. She lived in Washington, DC during the September 11th attacks and wrote incredibly powerful short stories about the days which followed and how they affected her life and her nation.

So I settled into bed with my new book. It felt great to relax.

I knew from Cara’s blogging that she was familiar with the world of the Secret Service so it seemed quite natural that the protagonist of the book was a Secret Service protectee. I quickly became engrossed in the story and after a few pages a Secret Service agent began calling the protagonist by her protectee code name…

Avalon.

God really does have a wicked sense of humor doesn’t he?

Alpharetta hires a new Economic Development Coordinator

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Hiring a person capable of leading our city’s economic development effort was a key goal for Alpharetta’s new Mayor and City Council this year. So I am proud to announce that Alpharetta has now hired a talented young man to direct that crucial effort to retain and recruit businesses in the city of Alpharetta.

Today’s press release:

Alpharetta Hires Economic Development Director

Following a year-long search the City of Alpharetta has selected the person who will lead its efforts to attract and grow business and private investment.  Peter Tokar will begin his new duties as Alpharetta’s Director of Economic Development on June 4.

In making the announcement during Monday night’s City Council meeting, Alpharetta Mayor David Belle Isle expressed enthusiasm.  “This is an exciting time for Alpharetta as we launch initiative like our Technology Advisory Commission, rebrand ourselves as The Technology City of the South, and begin to implement the recommendations in our new economic development plan. Mr. Tokar is bringing new ideas to the table and the experience to help us achieve our goals in an aggressive timetable.”

Tokar will be coming to Alpharetta from South Florida where he led similar efforts for the City of Davie, building that community’s economic development program from scratch.  Over a three-year period, Tokar completely restructured the program; rebranding the community, creating new business recruitment strategies, and developing the town’s first structured incentive program to spur job creation.  Tokar also dedicated considerable effort to working with existing businesses in Davie to ensure that the environment encouraged their growth and success.

Prior to his time in Davie, Tokar ran economic development programs for the Greater Fort Lauderdale Broward Alliance, the City of Miramar, Florida, and the Miramar – Pembroke Pines Chamber of Commerce.  Tokar also has private sector experience in sales and public relations.

He holds a Bachelor of Science in Communications and Advertising from Liberty University and a Masters of Business Administration from Nova Southeastern University.

These are exciting times for Alpharetta and the hiring of Mr. Tokar is just the latest step in positioning our community as the greatest place to live, shop and do business in the state of Georgia. Welcome to Alpharetta Mr. Tokar!