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Stone Mountain resident urges DeKalb to act on breached Lake Michelle dam; officials say county parcel ownership complicates responsibility
Summary
A Stone Mountain resident told commissioners that erosion and a breached earthwork dam at Lake Michelle have left a seven-acre mudflat and a hazard to children and pets; she said county and other agencies had not taken responsibility and urged the county to deem the parcel abandoned and take action.
At the July 22 DeKalb County Board of Commissioners meeting, Stone Mountain resident Eve Oberlin asked the board to act on long-standing, post-storm damage to Lake Michelle, which she said is now a seven-acre mudflat following hurricane Helene.
Oberlin said the lake’s earthwork dam was breached on Sept. 26, 2024, sending sediment, debris and water through downstream streets and into neighboring Lake Arrowhead. “Lake Michelle is now a massive unstable mudflat with quicksand-like properties, a hazard to children and pets,” she told…
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