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Decaturish, Candidate Q&A - Clarkston City Council

Dean is originally from Virginia. He has an associate's degree from Northern Virginia Community College in commercial photography and an associate's degree in general studies from Georgia State University Perimeter College. He currently lives with his wife, Susan.

Dean is a superintendent. He works at Couch Construction services where he has been for eight years. He is also a campus engineer at The Museum School of Avondale Estates where he has been for eight years. Previously, he worked for the City of Clarkston, Tubing Operations for Humanitarian Logistics, CD Partners, and Kendall and Murff.

Dean Summer Moore previously served as city council member of Clarkston from 2010 to 2018. He previously ran in 2018 and 2020 and did not win.

As of August 28, 2023, Dean Sumner Moore’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Natural Resources & the Environment

Decaturish, Dean Moore running for City Council to protect Clarkston’s neighborhoods

Supports "protecting Clarkston’s neighborhoods, both single family housing and multi-family dwellings, with historic preservation, zoning and code enforcement."

Wants to regulate the inventory of multi-family and rental properties in the city.

Wants to make homeownership in Clarkston more affordable.

Plans to "improve the housing conditions for the tenants in those apartments through incentives and enforcement, and potentially a landlord-tenant commission."

Supports helping "apartment owners develop better management teams to maintain better living standards for the tenants."

- Supports "protecting Clarkston’s neighborhoods, both single family housing and multi-family dwellings, with historic preservation, zoning and code enforcement."
- Wants to regulate the inventory of multi-family and rental properties in the city.
- Wants to make homeownership in Clarkston more affordable.
- Plans to "improve the housing conditions for the tenants in those apartments through incentives and enforcement, and potentially a landlord-tenant commission."
- Supports helping "apartment owners develop better management teams to maintain better living standards for the tenants."

Housing & Urban Development

Wants to raise pay and increase benefits for police officers.

Said, "I would ask the city manager and chief of police to make it one of their goals to instill a sense of pride and a feeling of community in each of the members of the department."

- Wants to raise pay and increase benefits for police officers.
- Said, "I would ask the city manager and chief of police to make it one of their goals to instill a sense of pride and a feeling of community in each of the members of the department."

Public Safety

Supports raising the minimum wage of the area.

Wants to increase the tax base of the city which would "support public projects and financial survival of the city."

Plans to prioritize professional management skills, experience in public administration, an ability to set goals, make plans, and get results when hiring a city manager.

Said, "The schools are in dire need of improvement."

- Supports raising the minimum wage of the area.
- Wants to increase the tax base of the city which would "support public projects and financial survival of the city."
- Plans to prioritize professional management skills, experience in public administration, an ability to set goals, make plans, and get results when hiring a city manager.
- Said, "The schools are in dire need of improvement."

Public Services

Wants to minimize vehicular traffic in the city and enhance alternative forms of transit such as biking, walking, and public transit.

Plans to improve parks and pedestrian infrastructure in the city.

Wants to make Clarkston a "bucolic oasis of walkable neighborhoods with a central business district serving the community" with a "ring of interconnected parks and alternative walking paths to access various parts of the city."

- Wants to minimize vehicular traffic in the city and enhance alternative forms of transit such as biking, walking, and public transit.
- Plans to improve parks and pedestrian infrastructure in the city.
- Wants to make Clarkston a "bucolic oasis of walkable neighborhoods with a central business district serving the community" with a "ring of interconnected parks and alternative walking paths to access various parts of the city."

Transportation & Infrastructure

Dean Sumner Moore

As of August 28, 2023, Dean Sumner Moore’s website did not contain information on this issue and Dean Sumner Moore did not complete our questionnaire.

Dean Summer Moore is from Virginia. He has an Associate Degree from Northern Virginia Community College in commercial photography. He also has an Associate of Science Degree in general studies from Georgia State University Perimeter College. He currently lives with his wife in Clarkston.

Dean Summer Moore is a superintendent. He works at Couch Construction services where he has been for eight years. He is also a campus engineer at The Museum School of Avondale Estates where he has been for eight years. Previously, he worked for the City of Clarkston, Tubing Operations for Humanitarian Logistics, CD Partners, and Kendall and Murff.

- Supports "protecting Clarkston’s neighborhoods, both single family housing and multi-family dwellings, with historic preservation, zoning and code enforcement."
- Wants to regulate the inventory of multi-family and rental properties in the city.
- Wants to make homeownership in Clarkston more affordable.
- Plans to "improve the housing conditions for the tenants in those apartments through incentives and enforcement, and potentially a landlord-tenant commission."

- Supports raising the minimum wage of the area.
- Wants to increase the tax base of the city which would "support public projects and financial survival of the city."

- Plans to improve green spaces and pedestrian infrastructure in the city.
- Wants to minimize vehicular traffic in the city and enhance alternative forms of transit such as biking, walking, and public transit.

decaturish, Dean Moore running for City Council to protect Clarkston’s neighborhoods

- 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. 

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As of October 13, 2023, Dean Sumner Moore’s website did not contain information on this issue.