Life-saving Neighbor Earns Praise

An eagle-eyed man who helped save his neighbor's life was honored by the (APD) and the  during Thursday's city council meeting.

On the rainy evening of Mar. 15, Lorenzo Daniel of 623 Windcroft Cir. NW ran out to his driveway to roll up the windows on his car when he heard the familiar “bing-bing” of an open car door. He noticed that his neighbor across the street's car was in the garage with the door ajar and a person in the driver's seat.

When Daniel crossed the street, he realized that his neighbor, a Ms. Stein, was unresponsive inside the car. After several attempts to wake her, Lorenzo called 911. Paramedics and APD personnel rushed to the scene and stabilized Stein before transporting her to Kennestone Hospital.

“If [Daniel] had not called 911 when he did, the paramedics said that Ms. Stein would have gone into a diabetic coma and died that night,” said APD Sgt. Andy Hudson.

APD Chief Michael Wilkie presented Daniel with a plaque commemorating his heroics and the assembled aldermen and citizens gave Daniel a rousing ovation.

Members of the Georgia Division of the Sons of Confederate Veterans were in attendance to receive a proclamation recognizing April as Confederate History Month. As the month in which the Civil War began (in 1860) and ended (in 1865), April was deemed fit to commemorate the sacrifices made by the men in gray for their independence.

Additionally, this month marks the 150^th anniversary of “The Great Locomotive Chase.” The houses the locomotive involved in the chase and has many exhibits pertaining to the chase and the Civil War as a whole.

After presenting the proclamations, the Mayor and Board unanimously passed the evening's consent agenda. There were 25 items present on the agenda. Some of the highlights of the agenda items are as follows:

• An ordinance was approved that amends the alcoholic beverage ordinance for the city.
• Two agenda items deal with the approval and setting of the city's new Environmental Compliance Cost Recovery Rate clause in the power rate schedule. The recovery clause will be added to all bills sent out after April 8.
• The application for the 2013 Community Development Block Grant funds for the development of Logan Farm Park will be submitted.
• 243 95-gallon residential sanitation containers will be purchased from Rehrig Pacfic, Co., of Lawrenceville for $11,821. These containers are for deliveries to new customers and to replace worn out or missing containers on an as-needed basis.
• Property owned by Equity Trust Company will be acquired by the city by means of eminent domain.
• A request by Prime Interest, Inc. to rezone 18.63 acres at Baker Road and Regions Drive from community retail commercial to mixed use apartments and commercial uses has been tabled.
• A stipulation letter for a final plat for an 8.35 acre parcel to be divided into 39 residential lots for the Parke Place Subdivision has been approved. The parcel is located at the end of Northridge Drive.

During closing comments, Mayor Tommy Allegood invited everyone present to attend the upcoming . The event, which will be held April 14-15, will close down Main Street for an unprecedented two days and is expected to bring throngs of people to the historic downtown area.

The remainder of Thursday's agenda may be found here.