Embry Hills Civic Association

Embry Hills News     Traffic Calming:   Embry Hills Entry Sign:  Traffic Calming: Apparently responding to a complaint about speeding cars the county Public Works Department approved the installation of speed humps in the Embry Hills area. The Embry Hills Civic Association was not involved in these plans but is providing this information so you can make your own decision. The County Traffic Engineering Department can be reached at 404-508-3598.   A phone call to the county netted the following information. The county will do a study as to where the humps would be placed, then notices will be placed thruout the community concerning a vote for approval.   If 65 % of property owners in an Area sign a petition in favor of traffic calming, then the county will implement the plan. Once speed humps are installed for one year they can be removed only if 65% of the property owners sign a petition within 90 days asking for removal of the speed humps.   The process works like this, the County decides how many speed humps will be placed on what streets. It also decides on what the "Affected Area " is, which is the area that can sign the petitions. These decisions are not changeable or negotiable by the neighborhood. If 65% of all property owners (not renters) in the entire affected area sign the petition, then the county will install them. The speed humps will cost every homeowner in the affected area $25/year forever. This charge never goes away and even if your street does not get speed humps, you will be taxed for them. submitted by Gail Douglas, Neighborhood Improvement Comm.   Entry Signs:  Bev Brannon, an Embry Hills resident, was asked by the Communications Committee to design an entry sign for the neighborhood. She along with her husband Frank own a landscaping company and have been nice enough to offer to help with this project. The following rendering is Bev's design for the sign to be located in the triangle on Chamblee-Tucker.  The design was accepted by a majority vote at the last Association meeting.                  The next rendering shows how the sign will be incorporated into the triangle along with suggested architectual features and plantings.