GwinnettForum | Number 20.55 | July 31, 2020
MAKE AN ONLINE PURCHASE at the Norcross Community Market, and when picking up your order, you’ll probably see one hot tomato in costume. The tomato is a/k/a Madeleine Yount, who helps distribute online orders at the market. To read more about this market, see Another View by Arlene Beckles below.
TODAY’S FOCUS: New Tax Regulation May Allow Some To Reimburse IRA Account
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Unexpected Events Can Gladden You, and Can Cause You to Pause
ANOTHER VIEW: Norcross Community Market Blooms via Online Pick-Up Procedure
SPOTLIGHT: United Community Bank
FEEDBACK: Two Readers See Looming Financial Crisis on the Horizon
UPCOMING: Gwinnett Names Four Staffers to Senior Management Positions
NOTABLE: Peachtree Corners Adding Another 230 Jobs at CarMax Site
RECOMMENDED: Sustainable Gardening for the Southeast by Susan M. Varlamoff
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Naval Submarine Base near St. Marys Commissioned in 1978
MYSTERY PHOTO: Today’s Mystery Photo Is Distinctive Building with Its Own Charm
CALENDAR: Groundbreaking for new Braselton Fire Station is August 4
New regulation may allow some to reimburse IRA account
By Randy Brunson,
President, Centurion Advisory Group
DULUTH, Ga. | Both the SECURE Act of December 2019 and the CARES Act of March 2020 have made changes to IRA distribution rules.
The Back Story: IRAs were created in 1974, with the original ERISA legislation. The thought was to give taxpayers an opportunity to set aside funds, to help them prepare for retirement. The Tax Reform Act of 1986 installed a requirement that, beginning when the IRA owner reached age 70.5 years, the owner had to begin taking distributions. Those distributions became known as Required Minimum Distributions, or RMDs, and unless they are given directly to charity, they are taxable as income.
Many taxpayers have IRA accounts they or a spouse have funded, such that they are the original account owners. And some taxpayers also have inherited or beneficiary IRAs, which came to them from a parent or other non-spouse. Both are subject to RMDs, as long as the original account owner has or had reached RMD age.
The SECURE Act of December 2019 made a number of changes, including to IRA rules. One change was to the start date of RMDs. For the first time since TRA ‘86, the start date for RMDs has changed from age 70.5 to age 72. This means that those of you born after June 30, 1949 have no RMD until at least 2021.
The CARES Act was designed to provide assistance to those negatively impacted both by the COVID-19 virus, and the government’s response to it. The overarching theme of the legislation was to send direct payments from the government to those deemed to be in need, and to reduce the 2020 tax burden for taxpayers. One of the provisions was to suspend or waive any RMDs from IRAs for 2020.
Since the CARES Act was signed into law on March 27, 2020, some taxpayers had already taken RMDs for 2020. Some could return their distributions under the 60-day rule. and the IRS attempted to help with this, with Notice 2020-23. Many could not though, for various reasons.
If you are one of the taxpayers who took an RMD this year, either before or after passage of the CARES Act, and you would like to return the funds to avoid taxation of the distribution, you still have that option. IRS Notice 2020-51, released on June 23, 2020, allows you to return those funds without penalty, whether taken from an account where you or a spouse were the original owner, or whether that account is a beneficiary/inherited IRA. You have until August 31, 2020, to return those funds to your IRA.
Decide if you want to return some or all of the distribution. If you do, contact the financial institution which holds your IRA, and return those funds. Document your actions, and especially dates of transfer, in case there is a question, so you will be able to confirm deposit before the August 31, 2020 deadline.
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Unexpected events can gladden you, and cause you to pause
By Elliott Brack
Editor and Publisher, GwinnettForum
JULY 31, 2020 | While big events continue to dominate the news cycle in our daily lives, all too often we overlook insignificant happenings that can cheer us, or make us stop and think. The phrase that comes to mind is that we all do not stop “to smell the roses.” We came across two entirely different examples this week that caused us pause.
First, an unexpected note came from Ed Orr of Peachtree Corners, who retired from the banking and software business a couple of years ago. We most recently saw Ed on a riding lawnmower this week cutting the grass at Christ Episcopal Church in Norcross. He’s part of a squad called “The Lawn Rangers” that keeps the church grounds beautified, even though during the COVID-19 crisis there are no church services. It’s gratifying to see such a neat appearance.
Ed wrote of an incident that is most insightful. Here are his thoughts.
“In light of all the news of racial disharmony, I had a most reassuring experience on Monday. To set the stage, it was a warm summer day in Georgia with our typical July humidity.
Orr
“I was in the process of selling my mom’s old automobile that had not been driven appreciably in two years. So I drove it to the gas station around the corner to top off tires. But when there, the battery failed, it wouldn’t take a jump, and it left me blocking access to their air pump.
“Since I was obviously inconveniencing folks, I got out and began to push it to another spot. This was obviously a lot for a 69 year-old to push. Within 90 seconds, three guys of different ethnic backgrounds (Asian, Indian, and African) appeared and helped me. We pushed it to a shaded spot and I waited for AAA to come to assist me.
“While I’m waiting and sitting in the car and on my phone on this warm day in Georgia, an attractive young woman of Hispanic ancestry arrives at the passenger door holding her phone. Displayed was a translation app, showing the phrase: “May we take you some place” and pointed to her husband and their minivan.
“I was and am quite touched by this.
“Maybe we’re all fairly sensitive to the folderol in the news these days. We’re all trying to do our individual parts to improve matters. For sure I know that we live in a good place. It’s not perfect. It never has been. It’s a great melting pot, filled with good people. There are some bad apples around, for sure. But I’m glad I’m where I am, as these diverse people who offered help to me show.”
Thanks, Ed, for your insight.
Over the last few days, we’ve seen a deer family, a doe and her fawn, both in our home neighborhood, and in the woods at Technology Park. The fawn looks like it was born this spring, and is about half as tall as its mother.
Then on Wednesday afternoon, we saw the body of the mother on the sidewalk at Holcomb Bridge Road and Atlantic Boulevard, apparently killed by a car. Looking out our bathroom window on Thursday morning, there was the fawn, resting on the pine straw near our backyard shed, no longer with its mother by her side. That sighting of the fawn by itself caused us to pause, realizing how precious life is, showing how quickly matters can change, and how lonely that young deer must be.
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Norcross Community Market blooms via online pick-up
In pandemic masks, Norcross Community Market workers are Connie Weathers, Ralph MacDonald, Madeleine Yount.
By Arlene Beckles
NORCROSS, Ga. | Since 2016, the Norcross Community Market has been creating community around food. Those allowed to sell at this market must grow, make, or add value to what they offer for purchase. In addition, these farmers have recognized designations such as “Certified Naturally Grown.” For this farmer market, “local” means made in Georgia. Historically, vendors have come within about 40 miles of Norcross.
Volunteer Alana Hardison, helps celebrate National Pollinator Week in June at the Norcross Community Market.
What makes Norcross Community Market different and how they put “community” into the mix is with the market amenities. Among these include hosting like-minded healthy living and environmentally sustainability focused civic groups for outreach and information, children’s activities, collections for recycling and repurposing, live music, free blood pressure and wellness checks, voter registration, chef demos, and weekly themes. Admission and shopper participation are free and booth rental fees affordable.
Then entered COVID-19. In March the market team realized they needed a plan that could still connect farmers and marketers to customers ensuring it was in a safe contactless way. Their solution was to pivot to an online market, with drive-through pick up.
The marketing team had to create matters anew, such as finding specific online ordering software, a new pick-up location, new processes, new vendors that fit the online model, update the website plus a marketing update. They reimagined virtually every aspect of the operation within four weeks earlier than the regular season.
New procedures include the market team members wearing masks, and having a handwashing station and hand sanitizer available during vendor drop off and shopper pick up. Volunteers place prepaid orders in the trunks of customers as they drive up. Shoppers and vendors seem to like the new format.
Now that the new market is underway with good, safe community involvement. Market themes change weekly, recycling collections have resumed, and previous market partners offer info electronically through market social media. The market is again supporting the initiatives of the City of Norcross such as Bee City and Green Communities, and music often plays through portable speakers.
New this year, the market has invited community influencers to virtually host a market each week. The Market Ambassador with the largest sales total for their week wins a gift pack. A recent theme was “Many cultures, one community,” with a focus on the vendors and products that represent the rich diversity of Norcross.
Traditionally the season ends the last Saturday in August. The expectation is the online market will remain in effect longer. One consideration is a possible monthly pop up market for the fall. Follow Norcross Community Market on social media or subscribe to their newsletter to find out what is next. Visit the website https://www.norcrosscommunitymarket.com/ to place your orders. It’s easy, and convenient, and rain or shine!
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Two readers see looming financial crisis on the horizon
Editor, the Forum:
I commend George Wilson’s insights into the looming financial sector crisis. Collateralized Loan Obligations (CLOs) seem much like the Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (CMOs) that triggered the 2008 financial crisis. Besides the shaky loans held in CLOs, I believe the ratings agencies, which the banks pay for their supposedly fair ratings, once again are inflating CLO ratings, as they did over a decade ago for CMOs. Banks then profit from creating and selling overvalued CLOs. They push the CLOs to uninformed investors and give their sales employees and brokers outsized commissions and bonuses.
The chain of CLO bad actors is longer than the three mentioned, but they all have two things in common. They benefit from misrepresentations and inappropriate incentives, which do not take into account the true underlying risks inherent in overrated CLOs.
Taken together these factors effectively constitute a financial fraud. It’s certain to blow up like the CMO fraud, and will likely cripple the financial sector right when the country is relying on it and the government to finance the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
— Michael Wood, Peachtree Corners
Editor, the Forum:
You provided good insights on the dangers of the Federal Reserve’s zero interest rates and money printing policy. That is anti-capitalism, keeping leveraged companies like AMC in business, when it should fail.
Zero interest rate also sustains the government, which does not pay a historical interest rate of 5-6 percent, which would blow out the budget and bankrupt the government. I agree this is not sustainable, indicating a financial crisis is looming.
— Tom Christian, Loganville
Recent Mystery Photos brought memories of south Florida
Editor, the Forum:
These last few Mystery Photos have brought back memories from when I used to live in South Florida, especially Viscaya, the home in Miami Fla. of the Deering family. I remember many times I went there on field trips during my time as a student at Avocado Elementary School in Homestead. My Dad delivered The Miami Herald as a boy to the Deering estate. What made this interesting: he didn’t live far from that area in Miami. His father and uncles worked in the management departments for the newspaper, so I guess he got the choice newspaper route back then.
— Sara Rawlins, Lawrenceville
Dear Sara: Newspaper routes were great employment centers for youth in the day. I had a route for nine years, the same one for the last eight. It helped get me through college, and I bought my first automobile, a ’53 Chevy coupe, with savings from the route. But more importantly, the paper route put change in a young boy’s pocket. That was a good feeling. But suburbia, and its longer routes needing automobiles, eliminated most inner-city newspaper routes. –eeb
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Gwinnett names 4 staffers to senior management positions
Four senior management positions, including a new deputy county administrator, have been named by Gwinnett County Administrator Glenn Stephens.
Woods
Chief Finance Officer Maria Woods has added deputy county administrator to her title. Woods became CFO in 2014 after spending the previous three years leading Gwinnett’s Department of Financial Services. Since joining Gwinnett County in 1997, she has also served as deputy finance director and accounting director.
Woods earned a master’s degree in business administration from Brenau University and a bachelor’s degree in education from the University of Georgia. She is a Certified Public Accountant in the state of Georgia, and she has earned the designation of Certified Financial Officer Level II from the University of Georgia and Certified Public Finance Officer from the Government Finance Officers Association.
Other new positions include:
Buffy Alexzulian, assistant director of Financial Services, was promoted to replace Woods as CFO. Alexzulian began her career with Gwinnett County in 2008. She previously worked in the Strategic Business Development Division and served as director of the Accounting Division. Alexzulian earned a master’s degree in business administration from Shorter University and a bachelor’s degree in business administration with a focus in finance from the University of North Georgia. She is a Certified Public Accountant and is a member of the Government Finance Officers Association.
Vicki Casella has stepped into the role of director of Human Resources after being named acting director earlier this year. She started her career with Gwinnett County in April, 2007 as a senior human resources generalist and was promoted to HR manager in August 2013. Casella has more than 20 years of public and private human resources experience and holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from University of Illinois, Springfield.
Parks
Gwinnett’s new Information Technology Services director and chief information officer is Dorothy Parks, who previously served as assistant director. Parks joined the County’s ITS Department about three years ago as deputy director over Enterprise Applications. With more than 30 years in the technology industry, Parks has held leadership positions with Wyndham Worldwide, Atlantic Partners Corporation, Hospitality Franchise Systems and Cendant Corporation, among others. She holds degrees in management, economics and finance from Clark Atlanta University in Atlanta.
The Board of Commissioners ratified the July 18 appointment of Brett West as chief of police of the Gwinnett County Police Department. Previously, he served as deputy chief, commanding the department’s Administrative Bureau. Since joining GCPD in 1991, he has led the Support Operations Division, Uniform Patrol Division, West Precinct and the Police Academy. West has worked in most areas of the agency including uniform patrol, special operations traffic, K-9, criminal investigations and Office of the Chief. He is a 2011 graduate of the 247th Session of the FBI National Academy and a 2005 graduate of Class XV of the Georgia Law Enforcement Command College. He also has a Master of Public Administration degree from Columbus State University.
A series of retirements created the vacancies and opportunities for promotion, including that of Phil Hoskins, a long-time county employee who led the Department of Community Services for 18 years and served as deputy county administrator for the last six years before retiring on July 24.
Property owners get another month before taxes are due
Because of delays caused by the pandemic, the Gwinnett County Property Tax deadline dates will be different from last year. Property tax bills are expected to be mailed mid-September with an expected mid-November due date.
In recent years, the property tax bills have been mailed mid-August with a mid-October due date. An announcement of the exact due date will be made when the bills are released.
Snellville suspends events due to spike in COVID-19 cases
Snellville Tourism and Trade (STAT) has suspended all events through October with the exception of the Farmers’ Market and Food Truck Friday events because of the spike in COVID-19.
STAT Executive Director Kelly McAloon says: “We feel that we cannot properly social distance at our concerts and larger events, so we are taking the advice of Gwinnett Newton Rockdale Health Department officials. They recommend having large gatherings of people, which can spread the virus, even if outdoors.”
The following events will be canceled during 2020:
- Snellville Concert Series (three dates);
- Star Spangled Labor Day (September 5);
- Taste of Snellville (September 12); and
- Fall Festival (October 24).
Peachtree Corners adding another 230 jobs at CarMax site
Just a year ago city leaders celebrated the grand opening of CarMax’s first free-standing Customer Experience Center at its new Peachtree Corners offices, bringing 300 new jobs. This week the Fortune 500 company announced it is adding 230 new jobs to the Peachtree Corners facility.
The additional jobs in Peachtree Corners is part of the company’s expansion plans for its five Customer Experience Centers (CECs) located throughout the nation. The 230 new positions in Peachtree Corners is part of 750 new positions nationwide created by CarMax. They will provide support to CarMax’s customer experience where customers can buy a car on their terms, from home, in-store or in a seamless combination of both.
Mayor Mike Mason says: “We are pleased to have CarMax’s Customer Experience Center bring over 200 new jobs to our city. As an innovation hub with an expansive, and ever-growing workforce, our city continues to be a draw for top-tiered businesses.”
Open roles include Customer Experience Consultants and Customer Experience Assistants. Consultants working in the contact center support customers over the phone or online with shopping and financing until customers are ready to pick up their vehicle at an area store or receive the vehicle through home delivery. Consultants can earn up to $22 an hour or more, and assistants earn $15 an hour. Manager positions are also available. Visit CarMax’s website for employment information.
The CarMax center occupies 35,000 square feet of a three-story building located at 5707 Peachtree Parkway. The company, founded in 1993, has had an established presence in the Atlanta metro area for more than 20 years. CarMax has 220 stores nationwide, its headquarters is located in Richmond, Va.
County awards $13.3 million to agencies through CARES Act
Gwinnett County has awarded more than $13.3 million to 104 nonprofit and faith-based agencies in the first round of its COVID-19 Nonprofit Funding Opportunity program.
In May, Gwinnett County announced grant funding was available for qualifying nonprofit agencies through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act. In the initial round, 124 organizations filed 145 applications seeking more than $67 million in CARES Act funding.
Grants were awarded in two categories: assistance for community needs and assistance for nonprofits. Assistance for community needs focused on emergency food assistance, housing and utility assistance, healthcare services, childcare, transportation, education and other needs. Grants for nonprofit assistance addressed increased staffing needs, medical and personal protection equipment and supplies, and facility and technology enhancements.
The full list of awards for the first round of funding is available on the Gwinnett County website at http://gcga.us/gwinnettgrants.
A second round of CARES Act applications for nonprofits will be released on the County’s website on August 10 and must be completed by August 28.
- People currently in need of additional help or other services should call the Gwinnett Coalition Helpline at 770-995-3339 for more information.
Sustainable Gardening for the Southeast by Susan M. Varlamoff
From Rick Krause, Lilburn: This is an extremely well-thought-out treatment of the subject, with much needed emphasis on the “sustainable’ aspect. Classic gardening is dutifully included. Much of the thought in this book discusses sustainability, natural environments, and native ecosystems (chiefly in the Piedmont). Details on conserving water, reducing pollutants, encouraging biodiversity, attracting pollinators and other wildlife, best management practices, even mitigating climate change, is discussed and urged for the expressed objective of helping the gardener produce an earth-friendly landscape. A perusal of the Contents/Chapter titles yields such topical words as: Nature, Biodiversity, Native, Resilient, Sustainable, Naturally, and Organically. Susan Varlamoff’s final chapter is ‘Bring Wildlife Home,’ perhaps a tribute to Doug Tallamy, entomologist extraordinaire, and best-selling author of ‘Bringing Nature Home.’ This final chapter is loaded with wise suggestions and a plethora of references for achieving earth-friendly gardening. It does bring it all together in this timely, practical, and useful resource. Highly recommended.
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Naval submarine base near St. Mary’s commissioned in 1978
Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base, located at St. Marys, in Camden County on the south Georgia coast, is the home port for the Atlantic Fleet’s most modern nuclear ballistic submarines, the Trident or Ohio-class subs.
It is the only navy base with the capability to support the Trident II missile, the most sophisticated nuclear missile desig
ned to be launched from a submarine. The highly secure facility encompasses approximately 16,000 acres, 4,000 of which are protected wetlands. In 2015 more than 9,000 military and civilian personnel, including contract personnel, made up the installation’s workforce.
The Kings Bay base was commissioned in July 1978. Its original mission was to serve as the forward refurbishment site for Submarine Squadron 16, which was stationed at Rota, Spain. The navy funded a four-year, $125 million construction program, which provided shore facilities that included waterfront operational facilities, industrial and support facilities, and family housing. The construction was the largest peacetime project ever undertaken by the navy.
In May 1980 the base’s mission changed. It was named the Atlantic Fleet home port for the Trident submarines. A massive nine-year construction effort was initiated in 1981. This $1.3 billion project included construction of facilities to support a squadron of Trident submarines; facilities were built for submarine maintenance and repair, crew training, weapons handling and storage, and personnel support.
The base became a naval submarine support base in April 1982. The first Trident submarine, the USS Tennessee, arrived at the base in January 1989. The Tennessee was followed by the
USS Pennsylvania, USS West Virginia, USS Kentucky, USS Maryland, USS Nebraska, USS Rhode Island, USS Maine, and USS Wyoming. The USS Louisiana was the last Trident II submarine commissioned in Kings Bay, in September 1997.
Between 2002 and 2005, five of these submarines, the USS Kentucky, USS Louisiana, USS Maine, USS Nebraska, and USS Pennsylvania, were reassigned to the Naval Submarine Base Bangor in Bremerton, Washington, in an effort to balance the navy’s fleet between the two coasts.
In 2006 Kings Bay became the new home port for the USS Florida, a renovated guided-missile submarine. A second renovated guided-missile submarine, the USS Georgia, arrived at the base in December 2007. A return-to-service ceremony for the vessel, the only submarine to reside in the same state for which it is named, was held in March 2008. The following year the Trident submarine USS Alaska arrived at Kings Bay.
- To view the Georgia Encyclopedia article online, go to http://georgiaencyclopedia.org
Today’s Mystery Photo is distinctive building with charm
You don’t see many houses like this one in such good condition. Tell us about this farmhouse, which is today’s Mystery Photo. Tell us where it’s located by sending to elliott@brack.net, including your hometown.
The last Mystery Photo came from Dick Goodman of Suwanee. It was of the Vizcaya Museum and Gardens, Miami, Fla. He once handled public relations for the museum Only our two regulars, plus Sara Rawlins, recognized the photo.
Allan Peel of San Antonio, Tex. told us: “Villa Vizcaya is located on 180-acres of mangrove and swamp lands in Biscayne Bay, it was primarily built as the estate of businessman James Deering (1859–1925), a socialite, an antiquities collector, and an industrial executive of the family-run Deering Harvester Company and subsequently the International Harvester Company. As an active conservationist, Deering’s primary motivation for selecting the site in Biscayne Bay as his villa and estate was to conserve the mangrove swamps and dense inland native tropical forests of the area.
“Designs for the estate were started in 1910 by Paul Chalfin, with the landscape and architecture being influenced by Veneto and Tuscan Italian Renaissance models and designed in the Mediterranean Revival architecture style, with Baroque elements.It was officially occupied it for the first time on Christmas Day, 1916. Construction of the villa continued through 1922 while the construction of the Italian Renaissance gardens and village continued into 1923. Deering used Vizcaya as a winter residence from 1916 until his death in 1925. Today, the Vizcaya Museum and Gardens is owned and operated by Miami-Dade County and was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places on September 29, 1970.”
George Graf of Palmyra, Va. added: “James Deering undertook the construction of Vizcaya Villa in 1912, and hosted an opening party on December 25, 1916. Guests dressed as Italian peasants. The construction of Vizcaya involved nearly a tenth of the population of Miami. Many of the builders of Vizcaya were Bahamian.
“The property of the main house was surrounded by a moat. It was first filled with water, and then with cacti. The curator described the defensive nature of the moat in a 2016 article in the South Florida Sun Sentinel: “The 100-year-old empty moat framing the museum is one of Vizcaya’s more enduring mysteries, and was ‘never discussed’ on guided tours around the lush property. The moat, which is 10 feet deep, was dug into the local coral stone, and was too porous to contain any water. Deering later ordered the moat be filled with cacti to deter trespassers. Some of our visitors thought it was a natural crevice, but it was something that’s fabricated. It’s manmade.”
Groundbreaking for new Braselton Fire Station is Aug. 4
Groundbreaking for a new West Jackson County Fire Station will take place on August 4 at 5:30 p.m. at 1875 Ednaville Road in Braselton, says Jennifer Scott, secretary of the Braselton Public Facilities Authority. The building was designed by Precision Planning Inc. of Lawrenceville. Social distancing protocols will be followed.
Virtual Lecture: Odie Lindsey, a Writer-in-Residence at Vanderbilt University’s Center for Medicine, Health, and Society, will discuss his debut novel, Some Go Home, virtually on August 6 at 7 p.m. His is a story that follows three generations fractured by murder in fictional Pitchlynn, Miss. that complicates notions of race, class, history, and identity. Presented by Gwinnett County Public Library and Eagle Eye Books, this talk may be seen by visiting www.gwinnettpl.org and finding the link in our calendar listing.
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