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FEMA to reconsider Berkeley Lake's dam
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has agreed to re-examine Berkeley Lake's flood-battered dam, giving city leaders hope the agency might cough up more to repair it.
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Berkeley Lake outlaws feeding wildlife
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Gwinnett Daily Post
In an ordinance approved by the city council Thursday night, it’s now illegal to wilfully feed wild animals in Berkeley Lake, except for fish and songbirds.
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Berkeley Lake to vote on wildlife law
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The Berkeley Lake City Council is expected to vote Thursday night on a controversial ordinance that would clamp down on wildlife feeding citywide.
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Berkeley Lake OKs tax hike
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Gwinnett Daily Post
Following a fourth public hearing on the issue, city leaders voted Monday to raise the millage rate in Berkeley Lake from 3.69 to 4.9 mills in 2010. The meeting room was standing-room-only again, with residents turning out in force to speak both in favor of and against the tax increase.
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Berkeley Lake's ‘Iron Lady' tackles prospect of tax increase
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Berkeley Lake has wrestled with some high-stakes, big bucks issues for months now that have put the Gwinnett County town in the cross hairs of controversy.
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Berkeley Lake mud battle intensifies
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Chris Holben doesn't have a problem with the Hoover Dam; he just doesn't want it in his back yard.
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Berkeley Lake delays vote on tax hike
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Berkeley Lake has postponed tonight's vote on a proposed 33 percent tax rate increase until the end of the month.
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Berkeley Lake splinters over dam, tax hike
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Who should cough up the funds to fix Berkeley Lake's flood-battered dam?
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Berkeley Lake to hold hearings on proposed millage rate hike
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Gwinnett Daily Post
City residents will get three opportunities to voice their opinions regarding a proposed millage rate increase next month.
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Gwinnett feud frays county-city relations
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Gwinnett County and its cities are locked in a two-year battle that has cost them more than good will.
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Berkeley Lake Dam still in need of repairs
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Gwinnett Daily Post
Rich Edinger, an engineer with Clark Patterson Lee and Berkeley Lake’s city engineer, reported to Mayor Lois Salter and council Thursday that FEMA has not been returning his phone calls for several weeks.
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FEMA ends talks with Berkeley Lake, city says
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Talks between FEMA and Berkeley Lake over the city's deteriorating dam have come to a grinding halt, city officials said.
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Berkeley Lake may impose fines on animal feeders
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Berkeley Lake is looking to crack down on folks who feed and trap wild animals.
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Berkeley Lake considers wildlife feeding law
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Gwinnett Daily Post
In an attempt to address a problem that occurs sometimes in a city that places huge importance on greenspace and wildlife, Berkeley Lake officials are considering enacting a law that provides for penalties for willfully feeding and/or trapping wildlife.
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Berkeley Lake fights for dam repair funding
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Gwinnett Daily Post
A question as to whether damage to Berkeley Lake’s earthen dam was caused by last year’s floods has city officials fighting for federal emergency repair funds.
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Berkeley Lake: New FEMA funds for dam still not enough
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution
FEMA has informed Berkeley Lake that the agency will pony up more money to repair the city's deteriorating dam.
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Berkeley Lake residents sound off on dam
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution
More than 100 Berkeley Lake residents packed a town hall meeting Saturday morning for an update on the city's deteriorating dam and the ongoing feud with FEMA over a city-estimated $4 million repair bill.
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Berkeley Lake residents to weigh in on failing dam
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Jeff Sprinkle's subdivision in Berkeley Lake sits just 50 feet from one of the state's largest earthen dams. That fact didn't faze him six months ago. Now it does.
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Another crack on Berkeley Lake dam
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Engineers have discovered another crack on the Berkeley Lake dam, one that is four times the size of the original slope failure.
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