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As of August 26, 2021, Brian Sims did not have a website or any information online.

Public Services

Plans to "encourage our citizens to support safety measures that help prevent spread at homes businesses and schools" and supports restaurants using outdoor dining options.

- Plans to "encourage our citizens to support safety measures that help prevent spread at homes businesses and schools" and supports restaurants using outdoor dining options.

COVID

City Budget

Opposes adding more rental units because "Dunwoody already is facing an overcrowding crisis in our public schools, so adding an excess of housing units will only exacerbate this situation."

- Opposes adding more rental units because "Dunwoody already is facing an overcrowding crisis in our public schools, so adding an excess of housing units will only exacerbate this situation."

Housing & Urban Development

Wants to "continue to deploy both passive and active technology systems to keep an eye on the community, given our limited amount of officers and financial constraints."

Plans to decrease crime by having residents be aware of their surroundings, get to know their neighbors and form community patrols and let everyone know that crime will not be tolerated in the city.

- Wants to "continue to deploy both passive and active technology systems to keep an eye on the community, given our limited amount of officers and financial constraints." 
- Plans to decrease crime by having residents be aware of their surroundings, get to know their neighbors and form community patrols and let everyone know that crime will not be tolerated in the city.

Public Safety

Wants to better connect neighborhoods with a sidewalk system that would let residents walk, run and bike to parks throughout the district and increase the sense of community.

- Wants to better connect neighborhoods with a sidewalk system that would let residents walk, run and bike to parks throughout the district and increase the sense of community.

Transportation & Infrastructure

Wants to increase code enforcement, especially since apartments in the district are older and could be unsafe.

Opposes high density housing and rental units in the Village.

Said, "I would ensure that all landowners/future development are under the same consistent zoning regulations as to decrease the appearance of unequal deals agreed to by city council."

Wants to protect the rights of neighborhoods adjacent to the Village.

- Wants to increase code enforcement, especially since apartments in the district are older and could be unsafe. 
- Opposes high density housing and rental units in the Village. 
- Said, "I would ensure that all landowners/future development are under the same consistent zoning regulations as to decrease the appearance of unequal deals agreed to by city council." 
- Wants to protect the rights of neighborhoods adjacent to the Village.

Zoning

Brian Sims

Wants to complete planned improvements to Waterford Park and improvements in the Jett Ferry and Winters Chapel areas.

As a city council member, he worked for the construction of a multi-use trail network along Winters Chapel Road and another along Peeler to Windwood Hollow Park.

- Wants to complete planned improvements to Waterford Park and improvements in the Jett Ferry and Winters Chapel areas. 
- As a city council member, he worked for the construction of a multi-use trail network along Winters Chapel Road and another along Peeler to Windwood Hollow Park.

Said, "\[i\]nformation is a critical weapon in our battle against COVID" and wants to share updated information with the public.

As a city council member, he voted for a mandatory mask-wearing ordinance, saying "like with seat belt laws and hands-free laws, you're never going to have 100% compliance, but those laws being in effect have drastically improved the number of people that comply with those issues that make everyone safer."

- Said, "\[i\]nformation is a critical weapon in our battle against COVID" and wants to share updated information with the public. 
- As a city council member, he voted for a mandatory mask-wearing ordinance, saying "like with seat belt laws and hands-free laws, you're never going to have 100% compliance, but those laws being in effect have drastically improved the number of people that comply with those issues that make everyone safer."

As of August 26, 2021, Tom Lambert did not have a website or any information online.

CBS46

Said, "\[a\] fully staffed and well-trained police department is essential to the safety of all who live, work and play in Dunwoody."

Supports funding the police so that they can be paid well and have frequent trainings.

As a city council member, he wanted to require drivers on a roadway with two lanes or more to move into the next lane when passing a "vulnerable road user" (pedestrians, construction workers, public safety officers, those using wheelchairs, etc.).

- Said, "\[a\] fully staffed and well-trained police department is essential to the safety of all who live, work and play in Dunwoody." 
- Supports funding the police so that they can be paid well and have frequent trainings. 
- As a city council member, he wanted to require drivers on a roadway with two lanes or more to move into the next lane when passing a "vulnerable road user" (pedestrians, construction workers, public safety officers, those using wheelchairs, etc.).

As a city council member, he voted against zoning for a development that would include age-restricted apartments, concerned "over what options the city would have if the applicant or future owners did not stick to the age-restricted apartments" and the reduction of green spaces in the area.

- As a city council member, he voted against zoning for a development that would include age-restricted apartments, concerned "over what options the city would have if the applicant or future owners did not stick to the age-restricted apartments" and the reduction of green spaces in the area.

Tom Lambert

- City council members work together with the rest of city council to set and implement city policy. 
- City council is tasked with ensuring the health, comfort, and safety of residents of the city 
- City council members work with the mayor to govern city departments, such as the police department, fire department, transportation department, and parks and recreation department. 
- City council members represent either the whole city or residents of a specific district. 
- Most city council members in Georgia are elected in odd years to four year terms. Elections are nonpartisan. 
