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Residents urge council to secure parks and oppose school-bus fueling station at Veterans Memorial Highway site
Summary
During public comment at the March 26 Mableton council meeting, residents and neighborhood leaders urged the council to prioritize acquisition of parkland identified in the 2020 feasibility study and objected to a proposed school-bus fueling station adjacent to single-family homes near 440 Veterans Memorial Highway.
Several residents used the March 26 public-comment period to press the Mableton City Council on parks, redevelopment and neighborhood impacts.
Cassandra Brown, a District 4 resident, cited the 2020 Mableton feasibility study conducted by the University of Georgia to urge the council to pursue parkland acquisition from Cobb County at the rates described in the study. Brown said the study identified 13 parks totaling about 534 acres and reported an estimated transfer cost of approximately $100 per acre; she called on the council to “take decisive action” to secure parks that were paid for by county tax dollars.
Rebecca Ford, who chairs the Mableton Improvement Coalition zoning committee, urged the council to oppose a planned school-bus fueling station near 440 Veterans Memorial Highway. Ford told the council the fueling…
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