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Title A name given to the resource Box 13, Folder 8, Document 72 Box 13 Box 13 Folder 8 Folder topic: Planning and re-zoning | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/2414e391ac868ee9bf4ad167390ee652.pdf d07ac18a1236611ef29c71faea2a8461 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. ); l/ . CITY OF ATLANTA March 21, 1967 CITY HALL ATLANTA, GA. 30303 Tel. 522-4463 Area Code 404 DEPARTM E NT OF PL ANNING MEMORANDUM TO: Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr . FROM: Collier Gladin COL LI ER B. GLAD I N, Dir e c to r SUBJECT: Rezoning Petition #z-66-239-E Simpson Road, R-4 to A- 1 The above rezoning petition was originally heard on December 22, 1966, but had been filed in error by the applicant for C-1 Commercial instead of A-1 Apartments. Our staff had recommended denial fo r commercial but approval fo r a partments . Apartments had been recommended the previous year by the staff . On December 22, the Zoning Committee sent forwa rd to the Boa rd of Alde rmen a recommendation fo r approval as amended from C- 1 to A- 1. The Board, howeve r , on a dv ice from the City Attorney, felt that the petition should be reheard by the Zoning Committee fo r A- 1 Apa rtments . The pe t it ion was reheard by the Zoning Committee on March 9, 1967, bu t the pe t it ion was deferre d fo r further study a nd no a c t ion has been ta ken by the Commi ttee . Th e staff fe e ls that the z oni ng change is just ifi a b le fo r the follow in g reasons: 1 . Access to the tract is from Simpson Ro ad - a major stree t. 2 . The tract is adjo ined to the west by the new high sch oo l site fronting on Hightower Roa d; by Li ncoln Me moria l Ce me tery on the west; and is across the stree t from the cemete ry and a club to the north . A c ul de sac of singl e -fami ly homes backs o n the tract from the south and a 25 1 wooded buffer has been recommended fo r thei r protection . It is the feeling of the staff that these su rroundi ng institutional uses offer a great se nse of open space to the proposed developme nt while prote cting the qrea from future high density development . �Memorandum to Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. - 2 - March 21, 1967 3. This site had been recommended by the staff as a feasible location for housing to the Housing Resources Committee , 4. Adequate utilities are availabl e to the site . 5. The site is not included within the Collier Heights Planning Report . CG/Im Enclosure � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document wT NTIS CNT ArT . ATHA COL i ¥ (OH Ar lL LAIN 1 Lx March 21, 1967 CITY HALL ATLANTA, GA. 30303 Tel. 522-4463 Area Code 404 DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING MEMORAND UM COLLIER B. GLADIN, Director TO: Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. FROM: Collier Gladin eh SUBJECT: Rezoning Petition #Z-66-239-E Simpson Road, R-4 to A=] The above rezoning petition was originally heard on December 22, 1966, but had been filed in error by the applicant for C-1 Commercial instead of A-1 Apartments. Our staff had recommended denial for commercial but approval for apartments. Apartments had been recommended the previous year by the staff. On December 22, the Zoning Committee sent forward to the Board of Aldermen a recommendation for approval as amended from C-1 to A-1. The Board, however, on advice from the City Attorney, felt that the petition should be reheard by the Zoning Committee for A-1 Apartments. The petition was reheard by the Zoning Committee on March 9, 1967, but the petition was deferred for further study and no action has been taken by the Committee. The staff feels that the zoning change is justifiable for the following reasons: 1. Access to the tract is from Simpson Road ~ a major street. 2. The tract is adjoined to the west by the new high school site fronting on Hightower Road; by Lincoln Memorial Cemetery on the west; and is across the street from the cemetery and a club to the north. A cul de sac of single-family homes backs on the tract from the south and a 25' wooded buffer has been recommended for their protection. It is the feeling of the staff that these surrounding institutional uses offer a great sense of open space to the proposed develop~ ment while protecting the area from future high density develop- ment. Memorandum to Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. -2- March 21, 1967 3. This site had been recommended by the staff as a feasible location for housing to the Housing Resources Committee. 4, Adequate utilities are available to the site. 5. The site is not included within the Collier Heights Planning Report. CG/|m Enclosure  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 13, Folder 8, Document 71 Box 13 Box 13 Folder 8 Folder topic: Planning and re-zoning | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/7f8026323b86bcdabe487a41e323e496.pdf 0bfc02ff0d2b80cf1117d7a097a118a3 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. CITY OF .ATLANTA. CITY HALL ATLANTA, GA. 30303 Tel. 522-4463 Area Code 404 DE PARTMENT OF PLANNING COLLIER B. GLADIN, Dir ec tor May 11, 1967 Mr . Earl Landers Admini s trative Assistant Mayor's Offi ce City Hall Atlanta, Georgia Dear Earl: I have re ceived a letter from Robert Weaver concerning the Department of Housing and Urb an Deve lopment 's sponsorship of a conference on the theme "Design in Urban Transportation". This is to be held in Wa shington at the Statler Hilton Hotel on May 22 , 1967. The conference is designed to inform government offi cials , architects, engineers and planners concerned with the development of urban transportation in order to explore the important role that transportation design plays, not only in shaping our cities, but in making them more attractive places in which to live and work. As you know, I have been very concerned about the lack of inv9lvement of Atlanta government officials in transit planning so far . In that Atlanta will be detailing its transit facilities between now and the spring of 1968 and voting a bond issue to develop this system possibly in the spring of 1969 , I feel that a tremendous amount of work is on top of us no t - now five or ten years away. For this reason, I feel that this conference could be very beneficial to the Chairman of the Planning and Development Conunittee, Alderman Cook, and myself. I have discussed this with Rodney and he feels as I do; he can also make this time available. I would like to request approval for the two of us to attend this conference, @ nc er ely, Co~ . Gladin Planning Director CBG/jp Attachment s � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document CITY OF ATLANTA CITY HALL ATLANTA, GA. 30303 Tel. 522-4463 Area Code 404 DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING COLLIER B. GLADIN, Director May 11, 1967 Mr. Earl Landers Administrative Assistant Mayor's Office City Hall Atlanta, Georgia Dear Earl: I have received a letter from Robert Weaver concerning the Department of Housing and Urban Development's sponsorship of a conference on the theme "Design in Urban Transportation", This is to be held in Washington at the Statler Hilton Hotel on May 22, 1967. The conference is designed to inform government officials, architects, engineers and planners concerned with the development of urban transportation in order to explore the important role that transportation design plays, not only in shaping our cities, but in making them more attractive places in which to live and work. As you know, I have been very concerned about the lack of involvement of Atlanta government officials in transit planning so far. In that Atlanta will be detailing its transit facilities between now and the spring of 1968 and voting a bond issue to develop this system possibly in the spring of 1969, I feel that a tremendous amount of work is on top of us not - now five or ten years away. For this reason, I feel that this conference could be very beneficial to the Chairman of the Planning and Development Committee, Alderman Cook, and myself. I have discussed this with Rodney and he feels as I do; he can also make this time available. I would like to request approval for the two of us to attend this conference, incerely, U ‘ Ns Gladin Planning Director CBG/ jp Attachments  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 13, Folder 8, Document 70 Box 13 Box 13 Folder 8 Folder topic: Planning and re-zoning | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/02a6283b2f0770ffaf64fc14c15eb744.pdf 7359bd39793312315757ad9fc5b74781 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. May 12, 1967 Mr . Collier B . Gladin Planning Dir cto1: City Hall Atlanta, Georgia Dear Collier : This i to approve your reque t of May 11, 1967 for you and Alderman Cook to ttend th confer nee on "Design in Urban Transportation" to b held t the Statler Hilton Hotel in Washington on May 22, 1967 . If you will submit your expense accounts upon your return from W ehington. we h 11 b happy to reimburse you. Since:rely your , R. Earl Landers Admini trativ A sistant REL:lp � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document May 12, 1967 Mr. Collier B. Gladin Planning Director City Hall Atlanta, Georgia Dear Collier: This is to approve your request of May il, 1967 for you and Alderman Cook to attend the conference on "Design in Urban Transportation" to be held at the Statler Hilton Hotel in Washington on May 22, 1967. If you will submit your expense accounts upon your return from Washington, we shall be happy to reimburse you. . Sincerely yours, R. Earl Landers Administrative Assistant REL:lp  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 13, Folder 8, Document 69 Box 13 Box 13 Folder 8 Folder topic: Planning and re-zoning | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/63c826ddf31ac45c91af5d0fd87b4fa3.pdf 2728538eea58715f130744ee4885bed3 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. CITY OF AT~A1'JTA. CITY HALL ATLANTA, GA. 30303 Tel. 522-4463 Area Code 404 -1 DEPARTMENT OF PLAN1'1NG ! COLLIER B. GLADIN, Director !I May 11, 1967 MEMORANDU_ FROM: Planning Staff TO: Mayor Ivan Allen, - Jr. and Alderman Rodney M. Cook SUBJECT: Background material on Equal Opportunity in Housing Study .In securing the Federal Grant Funds for the undertaking of the Community Improvement Program one of the conditions was the preparation of an Equal Opportunity in Housing Study. The following fedE;ral guidelines established the scope and content of such~ study. 1. "Survey and analysis of the existing patterns of residence of Negroes and other minority groups in the community, including an appraisal of the extent to which the pattern is the result of discrimination. The survey and analysis shall include considerations of the quality of housing and of related community facilities and services available to minority groups, in relation to the quality of housing and related community facilities and services available in the conmrunity at large." · 2. "Development of an affirmative program to expand the housing opportunities available to minority groups in t h e community, including increases in the quantity and improvement in the quality of available housing, and to eliminate discriminatory barriers obstructing open access to housing. The affirmative program shall include consideration of how both federally assisted and other programs of housing improvement can be used to attain these objectives." Essentially the Equal Opportunity in Housing Report meets the federal guidelines and requirements for such a study as a part of the COIIDnunity Improvement Program. Our disagreement revolves around the following : �-2~ . 1. Conformity for such a Fleissig & the report to and interpretation of the requirements · of the contract study executed between the City of Atlanta and Candeub, Associates, dated May 6, 1965. The City questi9ns whether meets sections lb, Ild{l) and 11(2) of the contract. 2. Crediting the City for what has been done during the Allen Administration in the way of improving public services and facilities serving Negro areas, and 3. Reliance on the interview technique as a means of drawing conclusions on public services and facilities without checking and testing the validity of the information thus obtained prior to its incorporation in the report. Each of the above points are discussed below: 1. Conformity to and interpretation of contract. The Consultant appears to have met most of the requirements of the contract with the following notable exceptions: Section lb of the contract reads as follows: "The Consultant shall determine the adequacy of connnunity facilities and services in areas in which Negroes lives, (such as schools, parks, playgrounds, public housing, libraries, streets, utilities, sewers, and services from data supplied to the Consultant by the Local Staff). Adequacy shall be determined by applying nationally recognized standards of adequacy and service as modified by established local standards and shall include appraisals of intensity of use, variety and scope of services provided, and public attitude toward such facilities and services. For the latter purpose, interviews with informed sources in the Negro COlillllunity and in various appropriate professional associations will be used to secure their reactions to the adequacy of these facilities.n The phrase, "adequacy shall be determined by applying nationally recognized standards of adequacy and service as modified by established local standar ds ••• " was a problem for the reviewers. ., in the report that this was done? What proof exists This is not apparent in reading the text of the report, its appendices or methodology. Were comparable statistics of cities of Atlanta's size available in so far as the provision of public services and f acilities? compare with these cities? If so, how did Atlanta �-3Section IId(l) of the contract reads as follows: "The consultant shall: 1) Appraise factors which are conducive to the establisli.ment of an atmosphere of equal opportunity and those factors which create a negative atmosphere to the establishment of equal opportunity through selective interviews of representative neighborhood leadership, businessmen, realtors, and residents in selected neighborhoods of contrasting ethnic and economic composition." · Where in the text or the appendices of the report does a treatment of this exist? Such a treatment would entail, we would think, an . identification, appraisal, and findings of both positive and negative factors related to an atmosphere for establishing equal opportunity in housing. According to Section IId(2) of the contract, the consultant was to have made such findings. This is extremely important and should be the crux or basis of the program recommendations. The tenor of the program recommendations contained in Part II of the report, essentially requires and demands the existance of a "favorable environment". If this interpretation is correct, the consultant has apparently found some positive factors that exist which are conducive to the establishment of an atmosphere of equal opportunity. But , the reviewers could not find any discussion of such a "favorable . environment.. or positive factors in the report. Apparently, the sole bas i s for t he program r econnnendations appear s in t he Introduction to the r epor t. It r eads as follows : "Increas ing res i dent ial segr egation, dilapidation of non-white rental units and accompanyi ng soci al pr oblems are h i ghly i mportant t o , but not pecul i ar t o At lant a . St a ti s tical fi ndings coupled with intervi ew res ults i ndic ate that the City needs a strong program in equal opportunity in h,;:ms ing ••• " Section IIe(l) and (2) of the contra ct r e ad as follows: "The Consultant shall develop specific recommendations based both on experience in other cities and on the findings regarding _ community attitudes. These .recommendations will pertain to: �-4., . 1) general community attitudes and programs to deal with equal opportunity in housing and to reduce or eliminate friction and tension; 2) small area development and programs particularly applicable for areas for renewal to deal with softening of attitudes with respect to equal opportunity. The key words in these three clauses of the contract are the development of specific recommendations. In reading the reconnnendations contained in Section II there are few specific recommendations. A considerable number of the recommendations are extremely general, vague and to some extent useless. Examples of specif ic recommendations are: "The City support legislation at the federal and state levels to prohibit discrimination in the sale or rental of housing on the basis of race, creed or national origin. If action in this area is not forthcoming at the federal or state l evel, it is r ecommended that the city adopt local fair housing legislation." "The City adopt an anti-"block-busting" ordinance which would make it illegal to employ panic-inducing tactics to promote a rapid turnover in housing occupancy." "It is recommended tha t the Community Relations Commission be given the responsibility and adequate staff and budget to carry out the city's program for the achievement of equal opportunity in housing." Examples of general, vague and to some extent useless recommendations are: "It is recommended that the city utilize federal assistance availabl e to ci t i es through the Department of Housing and Urban Development t o cover part of the cost of a c oncentrated code enf or cement program in des ignated areas of the city . n "It is recommended that t he city re-evaluate its housing code and other codes t o make sur e t hat they pr ovi de adequa t e t ools for improving existing hous ing. " "It is recommended that the city move, under the Federal Demonstration Cities ;program to improve selected areas on a massive scale." "It is recommended that all city departments examine their activities and levels of service to determine if they serve adequately each residential area regardless of racial occupancy. Programs to correct deficiencies and inequalities should be prepared and implemented." �-s"It is recommended that housing for mixed occupancy be encouraged in outlying areas so that population shifts to the suburbs, if any, will be racially balanced. 11 nit is recommended that the city prepare and implement a formal program to more actively accomodate in-migrants." 2. Crediting the City for what has been done. The Report uses the statistical technique of comparing public services and facilities serving Negro areas to those serving the entire City. Although this technique provides an absolute comparison, it does create a false impression and a negative connotation that nothing is or has been done to improve the situation found to exist. This technique combines what has been done in the ancient past to what has been or is being done in the immediate present with no differentiation between the two. Such a statistical technique makes the current administration look exceedingly blameful, when in fact the current administration has made great strides in these areas. Public services and facilities have been improved and subsequent administrations &iould be encouraged to follow its example. Although, the contract does not specifically require the consultant to provide this credit to the City, it is deemed advisable and desirable in order t o dispell t he f a lse image created. To il lus t rat e stat isti cal technique mentioned above t he following discuss i on appear s i n t he appendices, (Section III , page 11), under Parks and Recreati on. , ., "Community parks in t he city contai ned a t ot al of 287 . 9 acr es . Of this total 34.1 per cent ( 98 .2 acres) are l ocated in ar eas in which Negroes live. Thi s indicates that 43.6 perc ent of the population of the City of Atlanta has only 34.1 percent of the parks space available in their neighborhoods. Another me thod of stating thi s deficiency i s that there i s one acr e of community park space available for every 1,753 peopl e in the city as a whole but only one acre for every 2,240 persons in neighborhoods in which Negroes live • . �-6.. - The parks classified as neighborhood parks contain 216.2 acres in the whole city of which 41.7 percent of 90.1 acres are located in areas in which Negroes live. This category of park space comes closest to providing space equivalent to population ratios. Green spaces in the Negro residential areas are the mose inadequate of all three park categories analyzed. Of the total 88.3 acres in this category, only 10.3 percent (9.1 acres) are located in Negro residential areas. To indicate this vast difference another way, the city-wide average is one acre per 5,717 people whereas in the Negro residential areas there is only one acre per 24,296 people." In the Summary of Interviews the following statements appear, (Section III, pages 14 and 15): "One interviewee _covered the entire range of responses relative to parks recieved in all interviews in this brief statement: 'Park services are woefully inadequate. Fifteen years ago there was only one (Negro) park for the whole city. The parks we have now are poorly maintained. The programs that are given are pretty good, but there's a need for more programmed recreation . The city promised to build about seven parks in the last bond issue; none were built' These remarks were all repeated in one or more other interviews. All indicated that Negroes thought conditions were better in all- white neighborhoods." This illustrates a damaging statement which was not verified or substantiated , particularly when the facts of the last five years or more are that : 1. Presently there are a total of 13 playlots in the City . Twe l ve of th ese are in Negro areas . 2. Twenty- one playlot s ar e planned; 20 of these are for Negr o area s . 3. Since Sep tember, 1964, twenty~two ma jor park pr oj ec t s have been initi ated. Ten of t he t went y-two are clear l y i n Negro neighb orhood s with t he remai ning twelve categoriz ed as general s ervice type f aci l ities , such as t he Grant Park Chi l dren's Zoo . 4. The City has purchas ed 14 new park sites in the las t 2 years; 7 of these ar e clearly in Negro neighborhoods. In relation to schools, the Report recommends, (page 12) that : �-7"The City take immediate steps to improve the educational programs and facilities serving Negro residential areas and to bring them up to the level of white areas." Yet the facts indicate that within the last 5 years or more that: 1. Eighteen schools have either been built, or have undergone modernization and/or enlargement of facilities. The latter would consist of new classrooms, gymnasiums, etc. These schools primarily serve Negro areas. 2. Seven schools are currently under construction which would primarily serve Negro areas. If the new school at Grant Park which will have a ratio of about 50% white and 50% Negro were included this would br ing the total to eight. The abov e are intended as examples only, but should serve to give the consultant some idea of the type of credit that the City is due. 3. Reliance on Interview Technique The use of interviews was made a part of the contract as a means of securing local comments and criticisms of facilities and services provided to Negro areas in the City. As a part of this effort, the consultant did invite CACUR to suggest the names of knowledgeable individuals whom they might consider for inclusion in such interviews. But, to our knowledge, the City has never seen and been provided the whole and official list of those interviewed, what was asked, what was s a id , or how the r esults may have been used by t he consul t ant in t hi s report. As the interview technique has been us ed in this r eport the f ollowing observations are made: 1. The names of the persons interviewed are not listed in the Appendix. 2. The Consultant apparently has taken verbatim the responses which were derived in the course of the interviews as repre- �-8senting absolute .factual information. Obviously, the results of the interviews contained in the report represent slanted and damaging statements which could have been heard in any section of the City - White or Negro. Yet, nowhere did the report attempt to verify the validity of the comments obtained through the interview technique. 3. The information generated by the interview technique has been used in some instances as a basis for program recommendations (as set forth in Part II of the text of the report). Since no attempt was made to verify these comments, responses from the interviews can be taken for no more than heresay information. Yet, it is this information which provides the basis for some of the program recommendations. It would have been more appropriate had the Consultant attempted to extend the scope of his interviews to include responses, replies, and/or reactions from the officials and agencies being criticized. Such an expanded technique would have given a much broader and fairer presentation of the two or more viewpoints, while at the same time such a technique would not have precluded the Consultant from making a judgement between which of the two or more viewpoints was more factual. ,/ � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document CITY OF ATLANTA CITY HALL ATLANTA, GA. 30308 Tel. 522-4463 Area Code 404 Ip i, Mi 6 foe, thd DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING FROM: TO: SUBJECT: May 11, 1967 oo _ . ? MEMORANDU —— eee ee ee Planning Staff Mayor Ivan Allen,-Jr. and Alderman Rodney M. Cook Background material on Equal Opportunity in Housing Study In securing the Federal Grant Funds for the undertaking of the Community Improvement Program one of the conditions was the preparation of an Equal Opportunity in Housing Study. The following federal guidelines established the scope and content of such a study. 1. 26 "Survey and analysis of the existing patterns of residence of Negroes and other minority groups in the community, including an appraisal of the extent to which the pattern is the result of discrimination. The survey and analysis shall include considerations of the quality of housing and of related community facilities and services avail- able to minority groups, in relation to the quality of housing and related community facilities and services available in the community at large." "Development of an affirmative program to expand the housing oppor- tunities available to minority groups in the community, including increases in the quantity and improvement in the quality of avail- able housing, and to eliminate discriminatory barriers obstructing open access to housing. The affirmative program shall include consideration of how both federally assisted and other programs of housing improvement can be used to attain these objectives." Essentially the Equal Opportunity in Housing Report meets the federal guidelines and requirements for such a study as a part of the Community Improvement Program. Our disagreement revolves around the following: . . 4 3. bide Conformity to and interpretation of the requirements of the contract for such a study executed between the City of Atlanta and Candeub, Fleissig & Associates, dated May 6, 1965. The City questions whether the report meets sections Ib, IId(1) and II(2) of the contract. Crediting the City for what has been done during the Allen Adminis-=- tration in the way of improving public services and facilities serving Negro areas, and Reliance on the interview technique as a means of drawing conclusions on public services and facilities without checking and testing the validity of the information thus obtained prior to its incorporation in the report. Each of the above points are discussed below: 1. Conformity to and interpretation of contract. The Consultant appears to have met most of the requirements of the contract with the following notable exceptions: Section 1b of the contract reads as follows: "The Consultant shall determine the adequacy of community facilities and services in areas in which Negroes lives, (such as schools, parks, playgrounds, public housing, libraries, streets, utilities, sewers, and services from data supplied to the Consultant by the Local Staff). Adequacy shall be determined by applying nationally recognized standards of adequacy and service as modified by established local standards and shall include appraisals of inten- sity of use, variety and scope of services provided, and public attitude toward such facilities and services. For the latter purpose, interviews with informed sources in the Negro community and in various appropriate professional associations will be used to secure their reactions to the adequacy of these facili- ties." The phrase, "adequacy shall be determined by applying nationally recognized standards of adequacy and service as modified by established local standards..."" was a problem for the reviewers. What proof exists in the report that this was done? This is not apparent in reading the text of the report, its appendices or methodology. Were comparable statistics of cities of Atlanta's size available in so far as the provision of public services and facilities? If so, how did Atlanta compare with these cities? a 3= Section IId(1) of the contract reads as follows: "The consultant shall: 1) Appraise factors which are conducive to the establishment of an atmosphere of equal opportunity and those factors which create a negative atmosphere to the establishment of equal opportunity through selective interviews of representative neighborhood leadership, businessmen, realtors, and residents in selected neighborhoods of contrasting ethnic and economic compo- sition." Where in the text or the appendices of the report does a treatment of this exist? Such a treatment would entail, we would think, an identification, appraisal, and findings of both positive and negative factors related to an atmosphere for establishing equal opportunity in housing. According to Section IId(2) of the contract, the consultant was to have made such findings. This is extremely important and should be the crux or basis of the program recommendations. The tenor of the program recommendations contained in Part II of the report, essentially requires and demands the existance of a "favorable environment". If this interpretation is correct, the consultant has apparently found some positive factors that exist which are conducive to the establishment of an atmosphere of equal opportunity, But, the reviewers could not find any di veuaaton of such a "favorable environment" or positive factors in the report. Apparently, the sole basis for the program recommendations appears in the Introduction to the report. It reads as follows: "Increasing residential segregation, dilapidation of non-white rental units and accompanying social problems are highly impor- tant to, but not peculiar to Atlanta. Statistical findings coupled with interview results indicate that the City needs a strong program in equal opportunity in housing..." Section IIe(1) and (2) of the contract read as follows: "The Consultant shall develop specific recommendations based both on experience in other cities and on the findings regarding community attitudes, These recommendations will pertain to: ade 1) general community attitudes and programs to deal with equal opportunity in housing and to reduce or eliminate friction and tension; 2) small area development and programs particularly applicable for areas for renewal to deal with softening of attitudes with respect to equal opportunity. The key words in these three clauses of the contract are the development of specific recommendations. In reading the recommendations contained in Section II there are few specific recommendations. A considerable number of the recommendations are extremely general, vague and to some extent useless. Examples of specific recommendations are: "The City support legislation at the federal and state levels to prohibit discrimination in the sale or rental of housing on the basis of race, creed or national origin. If action in this area is not forthcoming at the federal or state level, it is recommended that the city adopt local fair housing legislation." "The City adopt an anti="block=-busting" ordinance which would make it illegal to employ panic-inducing tactics to promote a rapid turnover in housing occupancy.” "It is recommended that the Community Relations Commission be given the responsibility and adequate staff and budget to carry out the city's program for the achievement of equal opportunity in housing." Examples of general, vague and to some extent useless recommendations are: "Tt is recommended that the city utilize federal assistance avail- able to cities through the Department of Housing and Urban Develop- ment to cover part of the cost of a concentrated code enforcement program in designated areas of the city." "It is recommended that the city re-evaluate its housing code and other codes to make sure that they provide adequate tools for im- proving existing housing." "It is recommended that the city move, under the Federal Demonstration Cities Program to improve selected areas on a massive scale." "It is recommended that all city departments examine their activi- ties and levels of service to determine if they serve adequately each residential area regardless of racial occupancy. Programs to correct deficiencies and inequalities should be prepared and implemented." 2. =o "It is recommended that housing for mixed occupancy be encouraged in outlying areas so that population shifts to the suburbs, if any, will be racially balanced." "It is recommended that the city prepare and implement a formal program to more actively accomodate in-migrants." Crediting the City for what has been done. The Report uses the statistical technique of comparing public services and facilities serving Negro areas to those serving the entire City. Although this technique provides an absolute comparison, it does create a false impression and a negative connotation that nothing is or has been done to improve the situation found to exist. This technique combines what has been done in the ancient past to what has been or is being done in the immediate present with no differentiation between the two. Such a statistical technique makes the current administration look exceedingly blameful, when in fact the current administration has made great strides in these areas. Public services and facilities have been improved and subsequent administrations siould be encouraged to follow its example, Although, the contract does not specifically require the consultant to provide this credit to the City, it is deemed advisable and desirable in order to dispell the false image created. To illustrate statistical technique mentioned above the following discussion appears in the appendices, (Section III, page 11), under Parks and Recreation. : “Community parks in the city container a total of 287.9 acres, Of this total 34.1 percent (98.2 acres) are located in areas in which Negroes live. This indicates that 43.6 percent of the population of the City of Atlanta has only 34.1 percent of the parks space available in their neighborhoods. Another method of stating this deficiency is that there is one acre of community park space available for every 1,753 people in the city as a whole but only one acre for every 2,240 persons in neighborhoods in which Negroes live. -& The parks classified as neighborhood parks contain 216.2 acres in the whole city of which 41.7 percent of 90.1 acres are located - in areas in which Negroes live. This category of park space comes closest to providing space equivalent to population ratios. Green spaces in the Negro residential areas are the mose inade- quate of all three park categories analyzed. Of the total 88.3 acres in this category, only 10.3 percent (9.1 acres) are located in Negro residential areas. To indicate this vast difference another way, the city-wide average is one acre per 5,717 people whereas in the Negro residential areas there is only one acre per 24,296 people." In the Summary of Interviews the following statements appear, (Section III, pages 14 and 15): "One interviewee covered the entire range of responses relative to parks recieved in all interviews in this brief statement: "Park services are woefully inadequate. Fifteen years ago there was only one (Negro) park for the whole city. The parks we have now are poorly maintained. The programs that are given are pretty good, but there's a need for more programmed recreation. The city promised to build about seven parks in the last bond issue; none were built’ These remarks were all repeated in one or more other interviews. All indicated that Negroes thought conditions were better in all-white neighborhoods," This illustrates a damaging statement which was not verified or substantiated, particularly when the facts of the last five years or more are that: l. Presently there are a total of 13 playlots in the City. Twelve of these are in Negro areas. 2. Twenty-one playlots are planned; 20 of these are for Negro areas. 3. Since September, 1964, twenty-two major park projects have been initiated. Ten of the twenty-two are clearly in Negro neighborhoods with the remaining twelve categorized as gen- eral service type facilities, such as the Grant Park Child- ren's Zoo. 4. The City has purchased 14 new park sites in the last 2 years; 7 of these are clearly in Negro neighborhcods. In relation to schools, the Report recommends, (page 12) that: By "The City take immediate steps to improve the educational programs and facilities serving Negro residential areas and to bring them up to the level of white areas." Yet the facts indicate that within the last 5 years or more that: 1. Eighteen schools have either been built, or have undergone modernization and/or enlargement of facilities. The latter would consist of new classrooms, gymnasiums, etc. These schools primarily serve Negro areas. 2. Seven schools are currently under construction which would primarily serve Negro areas. If the new school at Grant Park which will have a ratio of about 50% white and 50% Negro were included this would bring the total to eight. The above are intended as examples only, but should serve to give the consultant some idea of the type of credit that the City is due. 3. Reliance on Interview Technique The use of interviews was made a part of the contract as a means of securing local comments and criticisms of facilities and services provided to Negro areas in the City. As a part of this effort, the consultant did invite CACUR to suggest the names of knowledgeable individuals whom they might consider for inclusion in such interviews. But, to our knowledge, the City has never seen and been provided the whole and official list of those interviewed, what was asked, what was said, or how the results may have been used by the consultant in this report. As the interview technique has been used in this report the following observations are made: 1. The names of the persons interviewed are not listed in the Appendix. 2. The Consultant apparently has taken verbatim the responses which were derived in the course of the interviews as repre- -8- senting absolute factual information. Obviously, the results of the interviews contained in the report represent slanted and damaging statements which could have been heard in any section of the City - White or Negro. Yet, nowhere did the report attempt to verify the validity of the comments obtained through the interview technique. 3. The information generated by the interview technique has been used in some instances as a basis for program recommendations (as set forth in Part II of the text of the report). Since no attempt was made to verify these comments, responses from the interviews can be taken for no more than heresay infor- mation. Yet, it is this information which provides the basis for some of the program recommendations. It would have been more appropriate had the Consultant attempted to extend the scope of his interviews to include responses, replies, and/or reactions from the officials and agencies being criticized. Such an expanded technique would have given a much broader and fairer presentation of the two or more viewpoints, while at the same time such a technique would not have precluded the Consultant from making a judgement between which of the two or more viewpoints was more factual.  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 13, Folder 8, Document 68 Box 13 Box 13 Folder 8 Folder topic: Planning and re-zoning | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/69f5ffa2cfae64569015163985834de9.pdf aec43dbae50e9440329d768a0ee9169b Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. I I I1_ She!teri11g Arms ASSOCIATION OF DAY NURSERIES 214 Baker Street, Atlanta, Georgia N.W. DOROTHY ARKWRIGHT DAY CARE CENTER 89 MEMORIAL DRIVE, S.E.-ZONE OSGOOD SANDERS DAY CARE CENTER 12 214 BAKER STREET, N.W.-ZONE 13 524-5747 525-5765 April 3, 1967 BOARD OF DIRECTORS 1966-1967 M RS. HU GH NUNNALLY , JR. PRESIOENT MRS . H ARO LD MCK ENZIE, JR . PR ES ID ENT•E L E CT M RS. L . NEIL CON RAD , JR. 1ST VI CE-PR ES IDENT MRS . JA MES S. DUDLEY, JR . 2ND VICE - PRES IDENT MR. GEORG E E . SMITH TREASU RE R M RS. 0 . S . MANNING A SST . TREASU RER Mayor Ivan Allen City Hall Atlanta, Georgia M RS. G R I GGS SHAE FER DU ES TREASURER M RS. WM . C . WARREN , Ill Dear Mayor Allen: RECORD ING S E CRETARY Kay McKenzie and I wish to thank you for M RS . A. E. TH OMAS , JR. COR RES, SECRETARY M RS. JAM ES H . CRAWFORD HI STOR IAN M RS. F RANK E. SCOTT 0 . S. your interest in Sheltering Arms. N U R SERY CHMN . The lot across the street has been cleaned M RS . JO HN P. K ER N D . A . NU RSERY CHM N. off and th e trash haul ed away. This cert ai nly is MRS. JOHN B . ARMISTEAD MR. E. C . BARR MRS . FRAN CIS B E NNETT an improvement and a service to our organization. M R. H ARVEY B OOTH We look forward to hear ing from you regarding MRS. PAUL BURT MR. J OHN M . D EBORD E Ill MR. THos . T . FLAGLER, J R . our future plans. MR . E . 5. FORIO Sincerely yours, D R . C . DI XON F OWLER MR S . GLENVI LL E GIOOINCS )Lu.,,_,,.,,___ OR. ELL E N K I SER O R . WM . H . KIS E R }&_,__,,e,<Aj' MRS. CHA S, M . M c CULLOUGH (Mrs. ) Hugh Nunnally, Jr. President - 1966-67 M RS. JOHN O ' N E ILL , JR . M R. GEORCE M . POOL E , J R. M RS . R OBERT S H E LL E Y M R . WILL I A M SIMS M RS . H A RRY L . SPR I NG , J R. MN:eg MR . WM . C . WARR E N Iii M R. R OBERT W I G G INS M R. H . DIL LON WI NSH I P, JR. EXECUT I V E D I RECTOR MI SS M ARGAR E T L . C OLBERT . V~i ./ A Community Chest Agency 1888 of your United Appeal '7 � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document DOROTHY ARKWRIGHT DAY CARE CENTER 89 MemortaL Drive, S.E.—Zone 12 525-5765 BOARD OF DIRECTORS 1966-1967 Mrs. HUGH NUNNALLY, JR. PRESIDENT MRS. HAROLD MCKENZIE, Jr. PRESIDENT-ELECT Mrs. L. NEIL Compan, Jr. 1ST VICE-PRESIDENT MRS. JAMES S, DUDLEY, JR. 2ND VICE-PRESIDENT MA. GEORGE E. SMITH TREASURER Mrs. D. S. MANNING ASST. TREASURER MRS. GRicGcS SHAEFER DUES TREASURER Mars. WM. C. WARREN, II! RECORDING SECRETARY Mas. A. E. THOMAS, JR. CORRES, SECRETARY MAS. JAMES H. CRAWFORD HISTORIAN Mrs. FRANK E, ScoTT 0. S&S. NURSERY CHMN. MRS, JOHN P. KEAN D. A. NURSERY CHMN. MAS. JOHN B. ARMISTEAD Mr. E. Cc. BARR MAS. FRANCIS BENNETT MA. HARVEY BooTH MaRS. PAUL BURT MR. JOHN M. DEBORDE II) MR. THos. T. FLAGLER, JR. Ma. E. S. Forio DR, C. Dixon FowLen MRS. GLENVILLE GIDDINGS DR. ELLEN Kiser Dr. WM. H. KISER Mrs. CHAS, M. McCULLOUGH MAS. JOHN O'NEILL, JR. MR. GEorRGE M. PooLe, Jr. MAS. ROBERT SHELLEY Mr. WILLIAM Sims Mrs. HARRY L. SPRING, Jn. Mr. WM. C, WARREN III MR. ROBERT WicciIns MA. H. DILLON WINSHIP, JR, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MISS MARGARET L. CoLBertT Sheltering Arms ASSOCIATION OF DAY NURSERIES 214 Baker Street, N.W. Atlanta, Georgia 524-5747 April 3, 1967 Mayor Ivan Allen City Hall Atlanta, Georgia Dear Mayor Allen: Kay McKenzie and I wish to thank you for your interest in Sheltering Arms. The lot across the street has been cleaned off and the trash hauled away. This certainly is an improvement and a service to our organization, We look forward to hearing from you regarding our future plans, Sincerely yours, Ahiats ait Ansett, (Mrs. ) Hugh Nunnally, Jr. President - 1966-67 MN: eg Ae, 1888 A Community Chest Agency of your United Appeal OSGOOD SANDERS DAY CARE CENTER 214 Baker Street, N.W.—ZoneE 13  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 13, Folder 8, Document 67 Box 13 Box 13 Folder 8 Folder topic: Planning and re-zoning | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/4eb6f19201740daf54587dcd8e53e703.pdf f4617f772036105194749d893402913e Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. CITY OF ATLANTA DEPARTMENT OF SANITARY ENGINEERING Atlanta , Georgia 30303 March 24., 1967 S . W. G RA YOON Sanitary Eng inee r R . D . SPEER Assistant WILLELA OSBORNE Office Manager Hayor Ivan Allen City Hall Atlanta., Georgia Dear Hayor Allen: As it would be almost impossible to J.oce.te the offenders who are c reating a he alth hazard in the vacant lot a cro ss the street fro::n t he Shelterir:g ..'\r ns Day Nurse::.7 at 21h Baker Street., N. W., 1,ro are, tod~y, c:;ending our 01-m crews on t ::i this lo t and cleanin g i t up along with tte sidewalk are a that runs the e:1tir e l e:nc;th of the bl ock . The District In spector will then trace d o:-:11 the 01-mers of this property and advis e tl:.em tha.t it ~-, ill be their responsibility from now on to keep this vacant lot in sanitary condition. Very truly yours, StIG:~ld � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document CITY OF ATLANTA DEPARTMENT OF SANITARY ENGINEERING Atlanta , Georgia 30303 March 2h, 1967 Ss. W. GRAYDON Sanitary Engineer R. 0. SPEER Assistant WILLELA OSBORNE Office Manager Mayor Ivan Allen City Hall Atlanta, Georgia Dear Mayor Allen: As it would be almost impossible to Jocate the offenders who are creating a health hazard in the vacant lot across the street from the Sheltering ‘rns Day Nursery at 21h Baker Strect, N. We, we ere, today, sending our owm crews on to this lot and cleaning it up along with the sidewalk area that runs the entire length of the block. The District Inspector will then trace down the owners of this property and advise them that it ill be their responsibility from now on to keep this vacant lot in sanitary condition. Very truly yours, £2 an 9h ! SHE [oof S. W. Graydon Sanitary Engineer SNGsh1d  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 13, Folder 8, Document 66 Box 13 Box 13 Folder 8 Folder topic: Planning and re-zoning | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/725e5c2c48887b6dae641707c1a670e7.pdf 845176912e1a8ae69730e35112a06cd6 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Sheltering Arms ASSOCIATION OF DAY NURSERIES 214 Baker Street, N.W. Atlanta, Georgia OSGOOD SANDERS DAY CARE CENTER 214 BAKER STREET, N.W.-ZONE 13 DOROTHY ARKWRIGHT DAY CARE CENTER 89 MEMORIAL DRIVE, S.E.-ZONE 12 525-5765 524-5747 March 8, 1967 BOARD OF DIRECTORS 1966-1967 MRS. HUGH NUNNALLY, JR. PRESID ENT MRS . HAROLD MCKENZIE, JR. PRES I DENT-ELECT M RS. L . NEIL CONRAD, JR . 1ST VICE - P RES IDENT MRS . JAM ES 5 . DUDLEY, JR. 2ND VICE- PRES ID E NT Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. City of Atlanta City Hall Atlanta, Georgia M R. G EORGE E . S MITH T REASURE R M R S. D . S , M A NNING AS ST. TREASURER M RS. GRI GGS SHAEFER DUES TRE AS URE R M RS. WM . C . W ARREN, Ill RECORD ING S E C RETA RY MRS. A . E . THOMAS , JR. CORRES. SEC R ETARY M RS. JAM ES H . CRAWFORD HISTORIAN Dear Mayor Allen: Mrs. Harold McKenzie, Jr. and I are looking f0rward to meeting with you at 2:30 P.M. March 22nd. We wish to discuss the program of Sheltering Arms Association of Day Nurseries and long range plans for relocation of one of our facilities. MRS . FRANK E •. SCOTT 0 . S. NU RSERY CHMN. M RS . J OHN P . K E RN 0 . A . NU RSERY CHMN . We are grateful for the opportunity to discuss our agency with you. Sincerely yours, M RS, J O HN B . ARMI STEAD /~--~ 7r~<-<,7 MR. E. C . BA R R MRS. FRANC IS B ENN ETT MR . HARVEY B OOT H MRS. PAUL BURT (Mrs.) Hugh Nunnally, Jr. Pres ident - 1966-67 MR . JOHN M . D E BO RDE Ill M R . T HOS. T. FLAGLER, JR. MR. E. S, F OR I O D R . C. D I XON FOWLER MN:eg M RS . GLENV ILL E G I DD INGS D R. ELLEN KI SE R DR . WM . H . KI SER M RS. CHAS . M . M C CUL LO U G H MRS . JO HN O ' N E I L L, JR. MR . GEORGE M . POO L E, JR . MRS. R OB E RT SHELLEY MR . WILLIAM S I MS M RS. HA RR Y L . SPR I N G , JR . M R , WM . C. W ARRE N I l l MR . ROBERT W I GG IN S MR . H . DI L LON WINSH I P, J R . E XE CUTI V E D I RECTOR MI SS MARG ARE T L. COLB E RT 1/ ,1/;.• ') · / A Community Chest Agency · I / ... I I I of your United Appeal � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Sheltering Arms ASSOCIATION OF DAY NURSERIES 214 Baker Street, N.W. DOROTHY ARKWRIGHT DAY CARE CENTER 89 Memoria. Drive, S.E—Zone 12 525-5765 Atlanta, Georgia OSGOOD SANDERS DAY CARE CENTER 214 Baker Street, N.W.—ZoneE 13 524-5747 BOARD OF DIRECTORS 1966-1967 Mrs. HUGH NUNNALLY, JR. PRESIDENT Mas. HAROLD MCKENZIE, JA. PRESIDENT-ELECT Mrs. L. NEIL CONRAD, JR. 1ST VICE-PRESIDENT Mrs. JAMES S. DUDLEY, JA. 2ND VICE-PRESIDENT Mr. GEORGE E, SMITH TREASURER Mrs. D. S. MANNING ASST. TREASURER Mas. GAIGGS SHAEFER DUES TREASURER Mrs. WM. C. WARREN, III RECORDING SECRETARY Mrs. A. E, THOMAS, JR, CORRES. SECRETARY Mas, JAMES H. CRAWFORD HISTORIAN MRS. FRANK E.. ScoTT oO. S. NURSERY CHMN. Mrs. JOHN P. KERN D. A. NURSERY CHMN. Mas. JOHN B. ARMISTEAD MA. E. Cc. BARR MRS. FRANCIS BENNETT MR. HARVEY BOOTH Mas. PAUL BURT MR. JOHN M, DEBORDE II! MR. THOS. T, FLAGLER, Jr. MA. E, 5S. Forio DR. C. DIXON FOWLER Mrs. GLENVILLE GIDDINGS Dr. ELLEN KISER Dr. WM. H. KisER Mrs. CHAS, M. McCuLLOUGH Mrs, JOHN O'NEILL, JR. MR. GEORGE M. PooLe, Jr. Mrs. ROBERT SHELLEY MR. WILLIAM SIMS: Mrs. HARRY L. SPRING, JR. MR. WM. C. WARREN III Ma. ROBERT WiccINS Mr. H. DILLON WINSHIP, JR. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Miss MARGARET L. CoLBERT March 8, 1967 4 ¢ ( P Mayor Ivan Allen, Jre < City of Atlanta City Hall Atlanta, Georgia Dear Mayor Allens Mrs. Harold McKenzie, Jre and I are looking forward to meeting with you at 2:30 PeMe March 22nde We wish to discuss the program of Sheltering Arms Association of Day Nurseries and long range plans for relocation of one of our facilities. We are grateful for the opportunity to discuss our agency with yous Sincerely YOUrSy — - SS 7-4 yp Se a ff « =¥ pte LoL ey ra Af t<_<< = = a - ZA 5 (Mrs «) Hugh Nunnally, Jre President = 1966-67 MNseg E ed 1888 A Community Chest Agency of vour United Appeal  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 13, Folder 8, Document 65 Box 13 Box 13 Folder 8 Folder topic: Planning and re-zoning | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/96686fdcdebaa5bc4395e97793242eeb.pdf 10d538a0f1d444900a39843505787725 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. CITY OF .ATLAN :A CITY HALL ATLANTA. G A. 30303 Tel. 522 -4463 Area Code 404 IVAN ALLEN, JR., MAYOR R. EARL LANDERS, Adm ini strative Assist ant MRS. ANN M. MOSES , Exec utive Sec retary DAN E. SWEAT, JR. , Director of Governmental Li aison March 23, 1967 MEMORANDUM TO Collier Gladen FROM Ivan Allen, Jr. As I intrepret it, the Sheltering Arms is a civic agency and is interested in establishing a new day - care center. Is it within your planning function to make an unofficial recommendation as to a good location for the m to c onsider? It may be that the Community Planning Counc il would be a b etter source of information for me t o go to . Pl ease advise. It appear s that the officers of Sheltering Arms lean towards staying close to the downtown area, but realize that this is not n ecessarily the right thing to do. Pl ea s e furnish m e your suggestions and return this file. IAJr:am Att achments � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document CITY HALL ATLANTA, GA. 303083 Tel. 522-4463 Area Gode 404 IVAN ALLEN, JR., MAYOR R. EARL LANDERS, Administrative Assistant MRS. ANN M. MOSES, Executive Secretary March 23, 19 67 DAN E. SWEAT, JR., Director of Governmental Liaison MEMORANDUM TO Collier Gladen oo FROM : Ivan Allen, Jr. As lintrepret it, the Sheltering Arms is a civic agency and is interested in establishing a new day-care center, Is it within your planning function to make an unofficial recommendation as to a good location for them to consider? It may be that the Community Planning Council would be a better source of information for me to goto, Please advise, It appears that the officers of Sheltering Arms lean towards staying close to the downtown area, but realize that this is not necessarily the right thing to do, Please furnish me your suggestions and return this file. IAJr:am en Attachments  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 13, Folder 8, Document 64 Box 13 Box 13 Folder 8 Folder topic: Planning and re-zoning | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/1062cbb149cf0d1be970135a277149da.pdf f7c868cf7d3bd2b58210c0d3620437ad Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. CITY OF .ATLANT.A CITY HALL ATLANTA , GA. 30303 Tel . 522-4463 Area Code 404 DE PARTMEN T OF PL ANNI N G COLLIER B. GLADIN, Di r ecto r Ap r il 5 , 19 67 MEMORANDUM TO: Mayo r Ivan All en, J r. FROM: Collier Gladin SUBJECT: Relo cation - Sheltering Arms Day Care Cent e r R t\ \_ \.._W) I have turned to the Atlanta Area Community Council for support on proposed site locations, as we would normally do with a request from a civic agency. The Planning Department is very interested in supporting Sheltering Arms and other social oriented agencies in the selection of sites to best serve this growing community. As you know, the Community Council is responsible for the coordination of social planning activities, thereby providing the City with one agency who knows the goals and activities of all the community organizations. This enables us to select sites which will allow the least chance of service overlap. I will furnish you with site proposals just as soon as possible. CG/jp � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document CITY OF ATLANTA CITY HALL ATLANTA, GA. 30303 Tel, 522-4463 Area Code 404 DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING WN COLLIER B. GLADIN, Director MEMORANDUM TO: Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. FROM: Collier Gladin ERK SUBJECT: Relocation - Sheltering Arms Day Care Center I have turned to the Atlanta Area Community Council for support on proposed site locations, as we would normally do with a request from a civic agency. The Planning Department is very interested in supporting Sheltering Arms and other social oriented agencies in the selection of sites to best serve this growing community. As you know, the Community Council is responsible for the coordination of social planning activities, thereby providing the City with one agency who knows the goals and activities of all the community organizations. This enables us to select sites which will allow the least chance of service overlap. I will furnish you with site proposals just as soon as possible. CG/ jp  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 13, Folder 8, Document 63 Box 13 Box 13 Folder 8 Folder topic: Planning and re-zoning | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/fc3cac1a4754f853a04d4c90c8f0c75d.pdf 5383667a808d13d567225f9f15568464 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. M y IS, 1967 Mr. Paul Scovill 3678 Ros · B. d , N . E . Atlauta~ G ·or ia D 'I! Ml' . Scoville: Thi will ac owledge l"eceipt f your letteJ:" t"eg ~ding the zo • , appllc tion in y r ighborhood~ l forw r: Committee Opel" CUUl,iu.: • Sincerely y U CC: Mr• Collier Gladin , Jr .. • � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document May 15, 1967 Mr. Paul Scoville 3678 Roswell Road, N. E. Atlanta, Georgia Dear Mr. Scoville: This will acknowledge receipt of your letter regarding the zoning application in your neighborhood, Iam forwarding your views to the Zoning Committee in order that they may receive proper consideration. Sincerely yours, Ivan Allen, Jr. IASr/br CC: Mr. Collier Gladin  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 13, Folder 8, Document 62 Box 13 Box 13 Folder 8 Folder topic: Planning and re-zoning | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/feaf92760b212779d4cacc2595a6dd89.pdf 63d1e57fcad7270460576db8c22dfc9c Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. May 2J, 1967 MEMORANDUM TO: Mr , Collier Gladin FROM: Mayor lva.n All n , Jr. Ple se adviee me if the property referred to in the attached letter i in an ui-ban renewal area and the atatu of the acquj,sitlon. Pl e ~turn th corr the nece ·ry l'eply. pondence in order that l may make Sincerely yO\U" , lv · n Allen, Jr. Mayor JAJ~/br cl ure � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document May 23, 1967 MEMORANDUM TO: Mr. Collier Gladin FROM: Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. Please advise me if the property referred to in the attached letter is in an urban renewal area and the status of the acquisition. Please return the correspondence in order that I may make the necessary reply. Sincerely yours, Ivan Allen, Jr. Mayor lAJr/br Enclosure  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 13, Folder 8, Document 61 Box 13 Box 13 Folder 8 Folder topic: Planning and re-zoning | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/c8440b549c7f1762aeb5bff6cab9c3a5.pdf c8b7705ea5696a91ce5f7246c5e3e03c Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. --.- ,,i .C ITY OF A.TLANT A. CITY HALL ATLANTA, GA. 30303 Tel. 522·4463 Area Code 404 DEPARTMENT OF PL A NNING COLLIER B. GLADIN, Director May 19, 1967 TO: Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. FROM: Collier B. Gladin SUBJECT: Outline for Discussion Meeting of Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. with Charles M. Harr, Assistant Secretary for Metropolitan Development, HUD, May 24, 1967, 9:30 a.m. - 12:00 noon Suggested items for discussion, Mayor's Office 9:30 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. I Physical and Economic A. B. c. D. E. Population statistics - city and metro area. Quality of Atlanta as a place in which to live and work. Urban Renewal Program• number, size and scope of projects. CoJIDDUnity Facilities (Regional in scope). 1. Airport facilities and expansion 2 . Atlanta Stadium 3. Atiditorium and Cultural Center Trans portation Facil ities. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. II Ai r Railroad Bus Trucking Expressways Rapid Transit Social A. B. C. D. Atlanta-Fulton County Economic Opportunity Atlanta (EOA) Program. Social Outlook and Trends Need for Regional Approach to Social Problems. Rapid Transit-concern for its impact on social and physical character of the City as well as economic impact. �Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. -2- May 19, 1967 III Governmental A. B. C. D. Atlanta's government; setting within 5 counties. Number of governments in metro area. Metro Cooperation. 1. Atlanta Regional Metropolitan Planning Connnission 2. Metropolitan Atlanta Council of Local Governments 3. Metropol 4. Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority Future Outlook - need for consolidation of governments along function~l lines. IV Adjourn for airplane tour of City and metro area, 10:30 a.m. to ll:30 a.m. � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document CITY OF ATLANTA TO: FROM: SUBJECT: 4 . orm, fer Fi a CITY HALL ATLANTA, GA. 30303 Tel. 522-4463 Area Code 404 DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING COLLIER B. GLADIN, Director May 19, 1967 Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. Collier B. Gladin Outline for Discussion Meeting of Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. with Charles M. Harr, Assistant Secretary for Metropolitan Development, HUD, May 24, 1967, 9:30 a.m. = 12:00 noon Suggested items for discussion, Mayor's Office 9:30 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. iI _Physical and Economic A. Population statistics =- city and metro area. B. Quality of Atlanta as a place in which to live and work. C. Urban Renewal Program = number, size and scope of projects. D. Community Facilities (Regional in scope). 1. Airport facilities and expansion 2. Atlanta Stadium 3. Auditorium and Cultural Center E. Transportation Facilities. 1. Air 2. Railroad 3. Bus 4. Trucking 5. Expressways 6. Rapid Transit II Social A. Atlanta-Fulton County Economic Opportunity Atlanta (EQOA) Program. B. Social Outlook and Trends C. Need for Regional Approach to Social Problems. D. Rapid Transit-concern for its impact on social and physical character of the City as well as economic impact.  Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. =-2- May 19, 1967 III Governmental A. B. Cc. D. IV Adjourn for airplane tour of City and metro area, 10:30 a.m. Atlanta's government; setting within 5 counties. Number of governments in metro area. Metro Cooperation. 1. Atlanta Regional Metropolitan Planning Commission 2. Metropolitan Atlanta Council of Local Governments 3. Metropol 4, Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority Future Outlook - need for consolidation of governments along functional lines. to Ti: 30 a.m.  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 13, Folder 8, Document 60 Box 13 Box 13 Folder 8 Folder topic: Planning and re-zoning | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/af896b1c7b8bc71ea1d0ce64df284381.pdf 486956a36089e1c8718ef5240eabbd48 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. CITY OF A.TLANTA CITY HALL ATLANTA, GA. 30303 Tel. 522-4463 Area Code 404 DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING COLLIER B . GLADIN, Dir e ctor May 19 , 1967 MEMORANDUM TO: Mayor Allen Dan Sweat FROM: Collier SUBJ ECT: Charles Harr visit with Mayor the mornin 1. Attached is a general outline. I also plan to have this a more detailed f o rm by Monday morning. 2. Following is a list of those to attend the meeting in the Mayor ' s office and the ones schedul ed to take the flight: a. b. c. d. e. f. g. h. 1 Mayor Allen Glen Bennett Dick Rich Charles Harr Ed Baxter Charles Sonoborn Dan Collier 3. I have talked to Mr. Sonoborn concerning the details of the meeting and he suggested that Mr. Baxter be invited. 4. As I understand a press conference has been requested. I would suggest that this be ~cheduled around 10:00, prior to the flight. 5. I have been in contact with the pilot and we are to make detailed flight plans on the 23rd. � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document CITY OF ATLANTA Tel. 522-4463 Area Code 404 Ne de Sock lao CITY HALL ArLanta,ca.s0s00 DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING COLLIER B. GLADIN, Director May 19, 1967 “i? one MEMORANDUM TO: Mayor Allen Dan Sweat FROM: Collier SUBJECT: Charles Harr visit with Mayor the mornin 1, Attached is a general outline. I also plan to have this a more detailed form by Monday morning. Following is a list of those to attend the meeting in the Mayor's office and the ones scheduled to take the flight: Mayor Allen Glen Bennett Dick Rich Charles Harr Ed Baxter Charles Sonoborn Dan Collier . . TO hoon oe I have talked to Mr. Sonoborn concerning the details of the meeting and he suggested that Mr. Baxter be invited, As I understand a press conference has been requested, I would suggest that this be scheduled around 10:00, prior to the flight. I have been in contact with the pilot and we are to make detailed flight plans on the 23rd,  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 13, Folder 8, Document 59 Box 13 Box 13 Folder 8 Folder topic: Planning and re-zoning | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/95b3eef235d372eaba68532b72e89477.pdf fb69ad9cbcc9d370236df81931a1e3e9 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. CITY HALL ATLANTA, GA. 30303 Tel. 522-4463 Area Code 404 DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING COLLIER B. GLADIN, Director June 2, 1967 MEMORANDUM TO: Planning and Development Committee FROM: Planning Staff SUBJECT: Notes and comments on workshop session No. 2 with Candeub, Fleissig & Associates The Planning Staff has not been satisfied with the work of Candeub, Fleissig & Associates who have been responsible for the following studies: Planning, Fiscal, Economic Base/Marketability, Equal Opportunity in Housing and Design. Although this firm enjoys a national . reputation for its work in the field of planning and connnunity development, we have found their work to suffer in Atlanta for the following reasons: (1) Most of the interim and/or preliminary reports and memoranda submitted to date consists of a parroting back or rehash of locally available facts, statistics and data. Often the facts and information submitted to the consultant or generated and gathered by them have been either erroneously used or applied with little, if any, attempt made at verification prior to the incorporation in a report or memoranda. All of this appears to point to one or more of the following: inadequate research, local consultation, follow-up, and/or general negligence on the part of the consultant. (2) Based on the reports and memoranda submitted thus far, little if any attempt has been placed on analysis of the facts, their impli~ cations or consequences, or to relate one report to another. Few conclusions and recormnendations have been drawn . Where conclusions and reconnnendations have been drawn and set forth, it is difficult for the planning staff to see how, from whence, and on the basis of �Page 2 Notes and corrnnents on workshop session No. 2 what evidence, they were drawn. In short, the reader finds conclusions and recommendations drawn not predicated on facts or analysis of the facts. In reading the reports and memoranda, the planning staff has been constantly confronted by questions in his own mind of why, how and for what reasons - the answers to .which are not forthcoming by reading further. (3) In general, Items 1 and 2 apparently have led to the conclusion that many of the technical reports and memoranda could be applicable to any City USA. Most often the reader is left unconvinced that Atlanta is the City in question in each of the technical memoranda and reports. There is a general failure on the part of the consultant to relate what is being reported, discussed, concluded, or recommended with the physical, social, economic and political environment of Atlanta. The staff has employed every known tactic to encourage and to literally force improvement in the quality of their work. But, we have not seen any appreciable improvement which we would call satisfactory. Flat statements, sweeping generalizations, techniques, approaches, reconnnendations and assumptions made in today's meeting - all must be challenged by the staff and the Planning and Development Committee. The Program for Improvement Action being recommended by the consultant is heavily weighted toward physical improvement. This is probably the strongest part of the Program and basically represents materials provided the consultant by the Planning Department. The Program is weak, shallow, sketchy and in some respects not feasible on the social and fiscal facets. We have not seen much of th? economic materials to date and thus cannot comment. Consequently, the Planning Staff along with the Planning and De velopment Connni t tee should prod the consultant with the "Whys" , "Hows", and "Wher es" until we ge t satisfactory a nswer s and an accep t able Pr ogram for Improvement Action . �Page 3 Notes and comments on workshop session No.2 Set forth below are some examples of questions. These will give the committee some idea as the types of questions that should be asked the consultant: PHYSICAL --Shouldn't your recorrnnendations for renewal treatment cover the entire City, particularly those areas to the extreme North and Southwest which apparently have been omitted1 --What are the side effects 9n adjacent areas of renewal treatment in any given area? How is this overcome? --Define types of treatment; which renewal actions should be public, which private and in which areas? --How did you determine priorities and how can we best make use of this priority classification system on a continuing basis? --What is the value of your priority classification system to the Planning and Development Committee and how will it help us in making decisions for projects in various areas of the City? --What are the alternatives of your priority classification system? --What projections have been made on land needs ana resources for the future development of the City? What policy implications are involved? --How have you treated Rapid Transit and Interstate Highway Locations in this broad scale program? Should these facilities be planned to serve exi s t ing neighborhoods·, commercial and industrial areas or should neighborhoods, commercial and industrial areas conform to the physical locations of the se facilities? --What additional physical planning should the City become involved in as a follow up to your broad .scale program? --What is the reasoning of the consultant in determining the s cores assigned for each staging area? �Page 4 Notes and comments on workshop session No. 2 SOCIAL --What and how have social factors entered into your broad scale program? --What are Atlanta's socio/economic problems and how have you approached them in this program? --How do you go about getting citizen involvement in such a broad scale program? gram? How will th e citizens of Atlanta benefit from such a pro- How can we best convince them of the need fo r such a program assuming we are in agreeme~t with it? --How do social problems relate to physical problems and how can the approach to both best be coordinated? --What social costs, if any, are involved in such a large scale program? Are these social costs reflected in the overall program costs and how are they to be financed? ECONOMIC --Are your land use recommendations . based on market factors, purely suggestions for development, or a combination of these two? --What ar e the most potential markets for Atlanta, (Scientific research and other us e s for e xample) and how can Atlanta best accomodate them wi t hin t he existing City boundar ies? --Jobs , i ncr eas ing indivi dual i ncome , hous i ng and edu cation are the . - .ii<. City's mos t pr ess ing probl ems . Wha t approa ches ar e you r ecorrnnendi ng t owards re s olving thes e problems ? --How can the City implement s uch a br oad s cale program with the apparent housing shortage and fin ancial limitations which the City currently has? �Page 5 Notes and conunents on work shop session No. 2 --What is the relationship of the broad scale program to the City's overall capital needs? --What sources of revenu e (existing and potential) do you foresee the City using in financing its program? --What alternative methods of funding this program are available? What, if any, financial limitations must the City overcome in financing this program? What changes in and what additional state enabling legislation will be required? GOVERNMENTAL --How do you foresee the City managing and coordinating this broad scale program? Who should be responsible for administering it and coordinating it? --What staffing arrang ements will be required at the sector and/or the staging area level? What will the administrative costs be? - - What, if any, other cities have tried this broad scale program approach? What administrative arrangements did they make ? GENERAL --What i s t he logic behind or why the need for a broad scale ur ban renewal program i n At lanta? -~ --How should the City go- about implement i ng such a br oad sca l e program? --What policy determinations (phys i c a l , so ci a l & economic) should t he Mayor and Board of Ald e rmen cons i der in light of the future development and redevelopment of the City? �Page 6 Notes and comments on workshop session No.2 --In your opinion is the broad scale program practical and feasible? --How does the City go about up-dating your broad scale program? --What recommendations have you made for the City to carry forward what you have done in each of the studies on a continuing basis? --What are the consequences of undertaking such a large scale program and what are the alternatives? --Are the time periods being recommended, i.e., 1967-1970, 1971-1975, 1976-1983 realistic? Do you expect the City to accomplish the recommended actions of the first time period (1967-1970) on time? Would it not be more realistic to revise these time periods to say begin in 1970 instead of 1967? � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document CITY OF ATLANTA CITY HALL ATLANTA, GA. 30303 Tel. 522-4463 Area Code 404 DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING COLLIER B. GLADIN, Director June 2, 1967 TO: Planning and Development Committee FROM: Planning Staff SUBJECT: Notes and comments on workshop session No. 2 with Candeub, Fleissig & Associates The Planning Staff has not been satisfied with the work of Candeub, Fleissig & Associates who have been responsible for the following studies: Planning, Fiscal, Economic Base/Marketability, Equal Opportunity in Housing and Design. Although this firm enjoys a national reputation for its work in the field of planning and community development, we have found their work to suffer in Atlanta for the following reasons: (1) Most of the interim and/or preliminary reports and memoranda . submitted to date consists of a parroting back or rehash of locally available facts, statistics and data. Often the facts and infor- mation submitted to the consultant or generated and gathered by them have been either erroneously used or applied with little, if any, attempt made at verification prior to the incorporation in a report or memoranda. All of this appears to point to one or more of the following: inadequate research, local consultation, follow-up, and/or general negligence on the part of the consultant. (2) Based on the reports and memoranda submitted thus far, little if any attempt has been placed on analysis of the facts, their impli- cations or consequences, or to relate one report to another. Few conclusions and recommendations have been drawn. Where conclusions and recommendations have been drawn and set forth, it is difficult for the planning staff to see how, from whence, and on the basis of Page 2 Notes and comments on workshop session No. 2 what evidence, they were drawn. In short, the reader finds con- clusions and recommendations drawn not predicated on facts or analysis of the facts. In reading the reports and memoranda, the planning staff has been constantly confronted by questions in his own mind of why, how and for what reasons = the answers to.which are not forthcoming by reading further. (3) In general, Items 1 and 2 apparently have led to the conclusion that many of the technical reports and memoranda could be applicable to any City USA. Most often the reader is left unconvinced that Atlanta is the City in question in each of the technical memoranda and reports. There is a general failure on the part of the consultant to relate what is being reported, discussed, concluded, or recommended with the physical, social, economic and political environment of Atlanta. The staff has employed every known tactic to encourage and to literally force improvement in the quality of their work. But, we have not seen any appreciable improvement which we would call satisfactory. Flat statements, sweeping generalizations, techniques, approaches, recommendations and assumptions made in today's meeting - all must be challenged by the staff and the Planning and Development Committee. The Program for Improvement Action being recommended by the consultant is heavily weighted toward physical improvement. This is probably the strongest part of the Program and basically represents materials provided the consultant by the Planning Department. The Program is weak, shallow, sketchy and in some respects not feasible on the social and fiscal facets. We have not seen much of the economic materials to date and thus cannot comment. Consequently, the Planning Staff along with the Planning and Development Committee should prod the consultant with the "Whys", "Hows", and "Wheres" until we get satisfactory answers and an acceptable Program for Improvement Action. Page 3 Notes and comments on workshop session No.2 Set forth below are some examples of questions. These will give the committee some idea as the types of questions that should be asked the consultant: PHYSICAL --Shouldn't your recommendations for renewal treatment cover the entire City, particularly those areas to the extreme North and Southwest which apparently have been omitted? --What are the side effects on adjacent areas of renewal treatment in se given area? How is this overcome? --Define types of treatment; which renewal actions should be public, which private and in which areas? --How did you determine priorities and how can we best make use of this priority classification system on a continuing basis? --What is the value of your priority classification system to the Planning and Development Committee and how will it help us in making decisions for projects in various areas of the City? e-What are the alternatives of your priority classification system? --What projections have been made on land needs and resources for the future development of the City? What policy implications are involved? --How have you treated Rapid Transit and Interstate Highway Locations in this broad scale program? Should these facilities be planned to serve existing net aubornaedd commercial and industrial areas or should neighborhoods, commercial and industrial areas conform to the physical locations of these facilities? e-What additional physical planning should the City become involved in as a follow up to your broad scale program? e-What is the reasoning of the consultant in determining the scores assigned for each staging area? Page 4 Notes and comments on workshop session No. 2 SOCIAL --What and how have social factors entered into your broad scale program? --What are Atlanta's socio/economic problems and how have you approached them in this program? --How do you go about getting citizen involvement in such a broad scale program? How will the citizens of Atlanta benefit from such a pro- gram? How can we best convince them of the need for such a program assuming we are in agreement with it? --How do social problems relate to physical problems and how can the approach to both best be coordinated? --What social costs, if any, are involved in such a large scale program? Are these social costs reflected in the overall program costs and how are they to be financed? ECONOMIC --Are your land use recommendations. based on market factors, purely suggestions for development, or a combination of these two? e-What are the most potential markets for Atlanta, (Scientific research and other uses for example) and how can Atlanta best accomodate them within the existing City boundaries? --Jobs, increasing individual income, housing and education are the City's most pressing secbleas. What approaches are you reconmending towards resolving these problems? --How can the City implement such a broad scale program with the apparent housing shortage and financial limitations which the City currently has? Page 5 Notes and comments on workshop session No. 2 --What is the relationship of the broad scale program to the City's overall capital needs? --What sources of revenue (existing and potential) do you foresee the City using in financing its program? =--What alternative methods of funding this program are available? What, if any, financial limitations must the City overcome in financing this program? What changes in and what additional state enabling legislation will be required? GOVERNMENTAL --How do you foresee the City managing and coordinating this broad scale program? Who should be responsible for administering it and coordinating it? _eeWhat staffing arrangements will be required at the sector and/or the staging area level? What will the administrative costs be? e-What, if any, other cities have tried this broad scale program approach? What administrative arrangements did they make? GENERAL e-What is the logic behind or why the need for a broad scale urban renewal program in Atlanta? --How should the City a6 abque implementing such a broad scale program? --What policy determinations (physical, social & economic) should the Mayor and Board of Aldermen consider in light of the future develop- ment and redevelopment of the City? Page 6 Notes and comments on workshop session No.2 --In your opinion is the broad scale program practical and feasible? --How does the City go about up=dating your broad scale program? --What recommendations have you made for the City to carry forward what you have done in each of the studies on a continuing basis? --What are the consequences of undertaking such a large scale program and what are the alternatives? --Are the time periods being recommended, 4: ae 1967-1970, 1971-1975, 1976-1983 realistic? Do you expect the City to accomplish the recommended actions of the first time period (1967-1970) on time? Would it not be more realistic to revise these time periods to say begin in 1970 instead of 1967?  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 13, Folder 8, Document 58 Box 13 Box 13 Folder 8 Folder topic: Planning and re-zoning | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/e860c568b479f23b82a8c897d7d414d2.pdf 335a5337775306da68af0cfe0d533116 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. June 1, 1967 Mr. Collier Gladin Head, Department of City Planning City Hall Atlanta , Georgia 30303 Dear Mr . Gladin: This is in respons to your request for Atlanta Civic Design Coimniesion Review of the report on D,esie prepared as part of the City of Atlanta ' s Community Improve nt Programcy Candeub , Fleisaig and Associat s, Planning Consultants . In gen r 1 found the report to be informative and useful in th general discus ion of design pr1ncipl a and objectivi s. We also thought good job w doo 1n identifying ao specific proble requiring attention 1n the J.tl nta are • We r particularly impres d with the choice nd range~ photographs and graphics used to point up th se problem. area • In hort, the comm.1tte ould have littl quarrel with th g neral m teri 1 cont ined in the body ot th port. On th other h nd, it is the consensu of the C 1ssion that the report as extremely k in the ares or jor concern to both public official an int r s d citizens nd of s ci 1 aonc rn t o mbere o! th Atlant Civic Design Co is ion--n ly in the r ·a of peeific propo als nd r oomm ndation. would b less than frank 1l we f il, d to tat th t had hoped for more cif'ic dvic a to wh t tep this community should be takin no to acM.i e b tter urban de 1gn in th futur . • Ot nin 1te included int S ry of Major Re ndations (P•i 3 ot th r port) find only two th tare re sonably speoif1c•-on c lling for CBD plsn and th other calling for an ordin nc tor late t oval ot tur tree • Unfrotunat ly • even thes r comrut~ations r ak n d omewhat by their position st th tail nd of the 11st, The other v nta of en ral n t d. r r he it d rsther th.an fir ost rt h y �Mr . Collier Gladin June 1, 1967 -2- in the United States t oday. They do not, unfortunately, reflect some of the thoughtful analysis contained in the body of the Design Report itself . Taking the points covered in the reconnnendations in the order of their appearance, we would make the following comments: (1) The statement of need "from the public and private leadership of Atlanta to a goal of a 11 designed city and to the progrom needed to achieve it" would certainly have the support of every Design Commission member. We do wish that more emphasis had been placed in the study on the development of such a progi-am. (2) The Con:anission ould agree that "Physical Design plans related to the Community Improvement Program must be carried out by the best professional designers available . 11 We would have appreciated some specific recommendations as to how this might be accomplished. For example.., believe that more us might be mad of design oo titions and we had hoped to see some discussion of whether and under what oiroumstanoes the consultant would support or oppose such procedures~ Also, some coneideration of an "awrds program" might have b en i:;rovided in the r port. (3) The Co isaion would probably support th id that stTh city must pr pal" and adopt o d sign ...growth strategy." Th r port, how r, is not too cl ar on what suoh a tr t ~ would con iet of or ho to achi ve it. (!.) (5) (6) Th Oommi s1on would most lik ly support th consul nts' reOonJm ndstiona th t de 1 n control n ed to be pro d "through stren th ning of the Subdivision and Zoni.Jlg Or-di• nc s" and prob bly that th Ci ic D sign C i sion n d to b trength n d lo, but r not too clear as to how thi 1 to b socompllshed. It would hlv. be n helpful if the Consultant could h v . prov1d d p cifie a ndm ts (in rough dr ft) for consider tion ot public offici 1 and Co is ion m bra. �Mr . Collier Gladin (7) Jme 1,. 1967 -3- The statement that "a formal design review procedure " is needed is confusing insofar as the Atlanta Civic Design Commission is serving such a function t the pr sent time. If the intent was to requir that all major private oonst ruet1on in the oity be made sub ct to suoh review, we wish it hed been stated more clearly. Under this circumstance,. we also would like t o see some consid ration of recommended limits and cut-off points fer review of private construction . (8 & 9) .Again, we wupport th r col!lmendations that a CED pl an and tree ordinance bed~ loped . e would have pref rr d to see th se itBms headipg this particular list b cause the bottom position does ap r tow ak n them. · In summary, 111e feel the report f lla short in the most important area--the are of recommendations . We are concerned both with the recommendations ctuslly pres nted and with those that were not. We beli th t the hand of public agenoiea cone rn d with d s i gn m t ters in the city would have been str ngthen d by l) a much stronger statem-nt of the case for a CBD plan; 2) a strong r commendation that a visu l survey nd design prQgram be dev loped and implement d with sp cific reco nd tions s to how this might be done, 3) a draft of pecific emendlll.ent to the subdivision ordin no, oning ordinance, build!ng cod , etc . ; 4) firm recommend tions for a tudy of the impact of ad valorem t xation on design; 5) r co nd tions for dev lopment of n incenti s program (swards or oth r) for encouraging good d sign; 6) reco endatio r arding wheth rand how deign c.om.pet1t1on might b mploy din th .turtheranc of good de ignJ 7) reoomm.endat1ona r g rding doption of ign ordinenc s 8) recomm nd tion r arding th d lopment of desi n plans tor speoU'io jor str et, e:xpr _s ys, r pid tran it st m nd public o n p c , and o forth. thinking 1 _ incorporated in thank yo for the opportunity- of renewt thi ri l. .. nr ti e, pl.ea e teel fr to 11 o u · for further ry truly yours, JO ph . • Perrin Cha1r J ' � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document TT a ee ee es Oe ay ya ee ee ee ee so Taner So We ee ee 2 ee FG Fae June 1, 1967 Mr. Collier Gladin Head, Department of City Planning City Hall Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Dear Mr. Gladin: This is in response to your request for Atlanta Civic Design Commission Review of the report on Des prepared as part of the City of Atlanta's Community Improvement Program Candeub, Fleissig and Associates, Planning Consultants. In general we found the report to be informative and useful in the general discussion of design principles and objectives, We also thought a good job was done in identifying some specific problems requiring attention in the Atlenta area. We were particularly impressed with the choice and range of photographs and graphics used to point up these problem areas. In short, the committee would have little quarrel with the general material contained in the body of the report. On the other hand, it is the consensus of the Commission that the report wes extremely weak in the area of major concern to both public officials and interested citizens and of special concern to members of the Atlanta Civic Design Commission--namely in the area of specific proposals and recommendations. We would be less then frank if we failed to state that we had hoped for more specific advice as to what steps this community should be taking now to achieve better urban design in the future. Of nine items ineluded in the Summary of Major Recommendations (page 3 of the report) we find only two thet are reasonably specific--one calling for a CBD plen and the other calling for an ordinance to regulate the removal of mature trees. Unfrotunately, even these recommendations are weakened somewhat by their position at the tail end of the list. The other seven items might more properly be classified as statements of general need rather than firm recommendations to be im- plemented. For the most part they could be advanced for any urban area aa a aah. Seaweed ee le / =e Se A eee. ie PE eee eS Mr. Collier Gladin ~2- June 1, 1967 in the United States today. They do not, unfortunately, reflect some of the thoughtful analysis contained in the body of the Design Report itself. Taking the points covered in the recommendations in the order of their appearance, we would make the following comments: (1) The statement of need "from the public and private leadership of Atlanta to a goal of a well designed city and to the program needed to achieve it" would certainly have the support of every Design Commission member. We do wish that more emphasis had been placed in the study on the development of such a program. (2) The Commission would agree that "Physical Design plans related to the Community Improvement Program must be carried out by the best professional designers available." We would have appreciated some specific recommendations as to how this might be accomplished. For example, we believe that more use might be made of design competitions and we had hoped to see some discussion of whether and under what circwnstances the consultant would support or oppose such procedures. Also, some consideration of an "awards program" might have been provided in the report. (3) The Commission would probably support the idea that "The city must prepare and adopt a design-growth strategy." The report, however, is not too clear on whet such a strategy would consist of or how to achieve it. (4) The Commission would most likely support the consultants' recommendations that design controls need to be improved "through strengthening of the Subdivision and Zoning Ordi- nances" and probably that the Civic Design Commission needs to be strengthened also, but we are not too clear as to how this is to be accomplished. It would have been helpful if the Consultant could have provided some specific ammendments (in rough draft) for consideration of public officials and Commission members. (5) The statement that "a commitment is essential by all city departments to design policies adopted by the city" is again something all Design Commission members would support but we would have liked to have received some guidance as to specific ateps that might be taken to achieve it. (6) The suggestion that » “design officer is needed" is interesting. We wish it had been accompanied by a firm recommendation as to his duties and recommended location within the structure of local government. The suggestion thet he serve a city agency (existing or new) leeves the basic questions hanging without much hope for support. = 7 - a 2 7 ? " * = = oF. : Sot, 4 ' Sees eee Mr, Collier Gladin -3- June 1, 1967 (7) The statement that "a formal design review procedure" is needed is confusing insofar as the Atlanta Civic Design Commission is serving such a function at the present time. If the intent was to require that all major private construc~ tion in the city be made subject to such review, we wish it had been stated more clearly. Under this circumstance, we also would like to see some consideration of recommended limits and cut-off points for review of private construction. (8 & 9) Again, we wupport the recommendations that a CBD plan and tree ordinance be developed. We would have preferred to see these items neaeane this particular list because the bottom position does appear to weaken them. In summary, we feel the report falls short in the most important area--the area of recommendations. We are concerned both with the recommendations actually presented and with those that were not. We believe that the hand of public agencies concerned with design matters in the city would have been strengthened by 1) a much stronger statement of the case for a CBD plan; 2) a strong recommendation that a visual survey and design program be developed and implemented with specific recommendations as to how this might be dones 3) a draft of specific amendments to the subdivision ordinance, soning ordinance, bu codes, ete. ,) firm recommendations for a study of the impact of ad valorem taxation on design; 5) recommendations for development of an incentives program (awards or other) for encouraging good design; 6) recommendations regarding whether and how design competitions might be employed in the furtherance of good design; 7) recommendations regarding adoption of a sign ordinance; 8) recommendations regarding the development of design plans for specific major streets, expressways, repid transit system and public open spaces, and so forth. It may be argued that some of this thinking is incorporated in the body of the report and we would agree that some of it is. But we would alse state our belief that it will not be read or, if read, not taken seriously unless it is stated explicitly and with conviction in the Summary of Major Recommendations at the beginning of the report. It is the hope of the Design Commission that the city or its consultants will be in position to follow through with the good start that has been made to develop a specific, comprehensive program for achievement of the design goals and objectives stated so well in the design report. We thank you for the opportunity of reviewing this material. If there are any questions, please feel free to call on us for further Very truly yours, Joseph 8. Perrin JSP/mja ll Chairman ce: Mayor I. Allen’ ; Aldermanic Boerd gp ett eet  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 13, Folder 8, Document 57 Box 13 Box 13 Folder 8 Folder topic: Planning and re-zoning | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/862918aca0ecec185686048e89299275.pdf 2b2a5a0bd20a9e70b107fb02044a1e90 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. June S, 1967 Dr. A . H . Letton Atlanta Me diralll Center 340 Boulevard, N. E . Atlanta, Georgia 30312 Dear Dr. Letton: Thank you for your letter of June 1st concerning the Atlanta Medical Center properties. We are di cussin thi further with Mr. Collier Gladin, the City Planner, and Alderman Rodney Cook, Chariman of the Planning Commib • Sincerely, Ivan Allen, Jr. IAJr:am � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document June 5, 1967 Dr. A. H. Letton Atlanta Mediedl Center 340 Boulevard, N. E. Atlanta, Georgia 30312 Dear Dr. Letton: Thank you for your letter of June lst concerning the Atlanta Medical Center properties. We are discussing this further with Mr. Collier Gladin, the City Planner, and Alderman Rodney Cook, Chariman of the Planning Committee. Sincerely, Ivan Allen, Ir. IAJr:am  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 13, Folder 8, Document 56 Box 13 Box 13 Folder 8 Folder topic: Planning and re-zoning | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/67ca5d9dd5b69001d53b942c654f0c2b.pdf c5e1d5f4b517454dfd6a266916e03fa9 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. r , /e./,, 5, e,J_ (c ,,. ,.-; r (' / ..,,-.,, / - 6 .3 - / CITY OF ATLANTA DEPARTMENT of PLANNING -~ -~. ........ .. ..- 700 CITY HALL . -. --: .· . ... , ~-- ~ .. ~- ' ..- ... Atlanta, Georgia HHI ... . • j . • • .,. .;• WYONT B . BEAN • :• I • '" LANN I NC. l: NC.INl: C fl COLL IER B. C.LAOI N CMICP' "-4NNll:III .' J ,, ••• To: Mayor Allen rrom: Wyont Bean Ray Nixon ~rl Bevirua Subject: The Alignment of th • Data1 October 5, 1964 Southwaat Connector-.- During the month of September, 1964, Alderman Jack Summer• and a representative of Fulton County Public Work• Department, Kr. McGeorge. met with the reaidents of the neighborhood which ia generally located in the Weatview Drive, Lawton· Street, and the L & N l&ilroed area to diacusa the relocation of a new atreet connector. The project in question ia the $1,700,000 Southwest Connector, a 1963 Fulton County Bond Project, which was for the conatruction of a n.ev four lane connector between Cascade Road - Gordon load and the four lane Marietta Boulevard. This included an interchange with the Waat Expresava7 which will relieve 1erioua traffic problema on Northaide Drive and the entire vest aide of Atlanta. · ,, The general subject of Alderman Summers' meeting was that the home• owners felt that this project, if developed as planned, would destroy the neighborhood they had worked so hard to develop. They felt that the other alternatives should be conaidered. Some of the suggestions were to align this roadway with Ashby Street, another was to dev lop the roadway either over the L & M lailroad or within the railroad right-of-way thereby eliminating that eection of track. Still an.other suggestion vas to generally follow along the vat aide of the L & N llailroa.d. At the request of Alderman Jack Summers, on Tuesday, Soptember 22, 1964. a delegation of approximately twenty fin reaidenta of the Westviev Drive, Fountain Driv., and Bu.nter Place led by Senator LeRoy Johnaon, Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Ch&ndler, and Mr. K. L. Mt witll Hr. Karl Bovina. Mr. Wyont Be&A, &Del Mr. Collier 01.adia aDCI preeeutd tbe1r,Y1na. Tba ia purpoee of the Go•• ., •. ..' �.. . ' -- . -. C.:to~-:r S, 1964 _.Paga 2 citizen• preaent v~ a raquaat to ~locate t facllltJ ao u not to affect tho•• preaut and.the cGnr •111ty of tbeir 1-erea~ aDd lf the officiala preae11t coulcl DOC acooapllah tlaia CUii&•• Co vboll coulcl tU, ap~al. · l'ba officlala pnMllt ~ t e d Ci.all to oouU.r tlli• Yi..,. After further illftatigatio11 1 tlaia paper vu prepared to repre•eDC the finding• of the Coutruccioa1 1'enniaa ad 1'rafflcilqiueriq I . l>epartmanta. . ·.' . The .Joint Atlanta•Pulto11 County lo1ld Proaraa~ vhich vaa approved_ by the people May 15 1 1963 1 provUed tbe fwada to be1i11 tbia connector road which vaa firat pl~cl 4uriag or prioi- to tba aecoad vorld var. During tbia time, tbe devalopaeDt of a lara• auaber of apartment• 111 tba I vicinity of Simpao11 load, tba 1Dterchang• vttla the V.at &xpraaavay, and the underpaaa with Weatviev Drive, which 1a DOW unclar coutructicna, have limited the poaaibilitiea to tvo alternative•. rirat, the alignment vbicla 1a generally along and adjace11t to tba eut aide of the L & H Railroad right-of-vay from C&acad~ • Cordon north to Marietta Boulevard . The eecoa4, would be paralleling th eut aide.of the railroad north from Gordon load to a point juat north of Waatviev Drive tbe11 bridgiq over the railroad and generally beiq ali&ned and adjaceat to -tba veat right-of-way lina of the railroad, th.ea recroaaing the railroad aorth of Bankhead Avenue. Eitlwr of theae alternative• would tbarafore follow a facility which preaently fonu the boundary line of- ••v•ral naiahborbooda. To vary away fro the railroad would further aplit &Dd daatroy the alty of adjacent neighborbooda.· . • I f In taking a clo•• look at tbia connector, you find. that it will be the exteuion •outh of Marietta loulevarcl &Dd 011 further aoutb you fia,d the . underpaaa at Waatview Drive. which 1a under coutruction, and the underpua and ramp• of the Weat Expreanay vhicb 1• alao under con•truction. Th• moat direct rout• between tbeae reatrictive point• 1• tba general align• ment along the L & 1' Railroad. In decidiaa vbicla •ide of the railroad ri&ht-of-way will be leaa daaagiq on the adjacent uighborhooda and individu l famili•• effected and vbich aide will be the moat economical uae of the tax payer• dollar, ve smat couider that the general alignment along · the we•t aide of the railroad vill effect approximately twice•• many familiea ancl vill require three major cro•einga of rail facilitiea while the a•naral location along the ea1t •ide vill effect fever familiea and require the cro1eing of only on• rail facility. Al•o conaiderina that in addition to thia four lane aoutbweat connactor in tbe future will requi~• the widening of Aahby Street where proviaion b&v• already bean made in the developmen~ of the Weat lxpreaavay as:ut tbe A.Ibby Street interchange for thia future wideni11g. Couiclaring the large IWlll»er of lDcluatri•• as:ul coaaercial activitiea that require railroad for aupplJ that lt wo•l4 not be poaalbl• to eliminate thi• rail facility aDII tlaa areat expeue aDll •naiDeeriq probl. . ~ -..~be 1Dcurn4 '"81opiq a elnat.. roadwq Oftr tba L a. I ript• . of-way. . , ' \ \ {... :: ,.,:.1,(L-V\/ . ~.. b, ,, ~ .. '"',.~ - .. ) .,. ·. ~ - - · - ' I ' • •, . • �Mellorandua October S, 1964 Page 3 After further wef.ahing the•• fact•, the City of Atlanta feel• th&t the phyaical, acoooaic. and •octal ••pecta of tbia clanlopaant have been thoroughly recouiclered and that it would 1110t k to the cit'j..81 beet intanaC in raquoati.J:ls a ch.age 1.11 the aonaral al~ut of the aoutme•t connector along the eaat aids of tM L • N l&ill'INMI ri3ht-of-,,q. hrtbor. that d.ace thia 1a a hltoa Comity project. it will k tM OCJ1mC7 nopoui'bility for epociflo lec:&tiea ef dlu roeduaJ u kM4 oa 4'.etail . ~llllNrllll n• ... 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GLAODIN CHIEF PLANNER To; Mayor Allen ; Date: From: Wyont Bean Ray Nixon Karl Bevins 7 Subject: The Alignment of the Southwest Connector. During the month of September, 1964, Alderman ny, aL: Ger nee fr f= 6S =f Ae CITY OF ATLANTA DEPARTMENT of PLANNING .~7 0200 ES Od coor ae Fos October 5, 1964 Jack Summers and a _ representative of Fulton County Public Works Department, Mr. McGeorge, met with the residents of the neighborhood which is generally located in the Westview Drive, Lawton Street, and the L & N Railroad area to ee discuss the relocation of a new street connector. The project in question is the $1,700,000 Southwest Connector, a 1963 Fulton County Bond Project, which was for the construction of a new four lane connector between Cascade Road - Gordon Road and the four lane Marietta Boulevard. This included an interchange with the West Expressway which will relieve serious traffic problems on Northside Drive and the entire west side of Atlanta. The general subject of Alderman Summers’ meeting was that the home- owners felt that this project, if developed as planned, would destroy the neighborhood they had worked so hard to develop. They felt that the other alternatives should be considered. Some of the suggestions were to align this roadway with Ashby Street, another was to develop the roadway either over the L & N Railroad or within the railroad right-of-way thereby eliminating that section of track. Still another suggestion was to generally . follow along the west side of the L & N Railroad. At the request of Alderman Jack Summers, on Tuesday, September 22, 1964, a delegation of approximately twenty five residents of the Westview Drive, Fountain Drive, and Hunter Place led by Senator LeRoy Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Chandler, and Mr. M. L. Goss met with Mr. Karl Bevins, Mr. Wyont Bean, and Mr. Collier Gladin and presented their views. The main purpose of the Bee) cea Cectoser 5, 1964 Page 2 citizens present was a request to relocate the facility « 60 as not to affect those present and the comsunity of their interest, and if the officials present could not accomplish this change, to whom could they appeal. The officials present requested time to consider this viev. After further investigation, this paper vas prepared to represent the findings of the Construction, Planning and Traffic Engineering Departments. The Joint Atlanta-Fulton County Bond Program, which was approved by the people May 15, 1963, provided the funds to begin this connector road which was first planned during or prior to the second world war. a During this time, the development of a large number of apartments in the f vicinity of Simpson Road, the interchange with the West Expressway, and the underpass with Westview Drive, which is now under construction, have limited the possibilities to two alternatives. First, the alignment which is generally along and adjacent to the east side of the L & N Railroad right-of-way from Cascade - Gordon north to Marietta Boulevard. The second would be paralleling the east side of the railroad north from Gordon Road to a point just north of Westview Drive then bridging over the railroad and generally being aligned and adjacent to the west right-of-way line of the railroad, then recrossing the railroad north of Bankhead Avenue. Either of these alternatives would therefore follow a facility which presently forms the boundary line of. several neighborhoods. To vary away from the ; railroad would further split and destroy the unity of adjacent neighborhoods.’ In taking a close look at this connector, you find that it will be the extension south of Marietta Boulevard and on further south you find the . underpass at Westview Drive, which is under construction, and the underpass and ramps of the West Expressway which is also under construction. The most direct route between these restrictive points is the general align- ment along the L & N Railroad. In deciding which side of the railroad right-of-way will be less damaging on the adjacent neighborhoods and individual families effected and which side will be the most economical use of the tax payers dollar, we must consider that the general alignment along the west side of the railroad will effect approximately twice as many families and will require three wajor crossings of rail facilities while the general location along the east side will effect fewer families and require the crossing of only one rail facility. Also considering that in addition to this four lane. southwest connector in the future will require the widening of Ashby Street where provision have already been made in the development of the West Expressway and the Ashby Street interchange for this future widening. Considering the large number of industries and commercial activities that require railroad for supply that it would not be possible to eliminate this rail facility and the great expense and engineering problen Bhat. weuld\be incurred developing an elevated roadway over the L & NW right-| of-way. : yd Sens c , ‘ . ! monet ty al va As rr 4 - Memorandum October 5, 1964 Page 3 After further weighing these facts, the City of Atlanta feels that t z the physical, economic, and social aspects of this dovelopment have been thoroughly reconsidered and that it would not be to the cities best interest in requesting ea change im the general alignesnt of the southwest connector along the east side of the L & N Railroad right-of-way. Further, that since this fe a FPultom County project, i¢ will be the county responsibility for specific lecatica ef this rie as based on detail ape ssenr ine ree \ quirements. | ; bat: hes os a re rt ee eee  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 13, Folder 8, Document 55 Box 13 Box 13 Folder 8 Folder topic: Planning and re-zoning | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/efa22cec09ebdbdae0756db025813079.pdf 62ffe5075c2eb7c79bb5082fe5b2af8b Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. AN ORDINANCE BY PLANNI NG AND DEVELOPME NT COMMI TTEE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF ALDE RMEN o f th e Cit y of Atl anta as f ollow s: SECTION 1. Purp ose a nd I nte nt. The purpos e of this ordinance is to est a blish protective r e eulat ions f or trees in the City of At lanta in order to better control prob lems of flooding , soil conservation, air pollution, and noise in the Ci ty of Atlanta and to make the City of Atlanta a more at t ractive, healthier a nd safer place in which to live. The intent of the ordinance is to encourage the protection of t ree s for which Atlanta is nationally recognized and which the City stands to loose unless p~ot e ctive measure s are taken. The intent is not punitive; or to cause hardship to any individual, government a l ag ency, private or public company who use every care and diligence to protect trees within the City of Atlanta; nor is it meant to inflate the cost of development over a reasonable value of the trees involved. SECTION 2. Tree: Definit i ons. Any woody plant except Dogwood that has a single trunk with a caliper of five inches or more a t six inches above the ground. A Dogwood with a caliper of two inches or more six inches above the ground is define d as a tree. St reet: Any officially recognized public right-of-way in the City o f At lanta. Build ab le Arc a : That part of any lo t exclusive of t he fro nt, s ide and re a r yards as establishe d by the Zoning brdinance. Park: Any.publicly owned land set aside for park and re cre a tio n purpos es. Pub lic Plac e s: All lands located in th e City of A ia nta which a r e owned by the City of Atlanta or any public corpor ation or authorit y created by Georgi a l aw benef iting re s idents of the City of A lanta . Tree Protective Zone: That portion of any l ot covered by the fr ont , s i de a nd rea r yard re qui rement~ as est ablish ed by t he Ci y of Atlanta Zoning Ordinanc e . �. General Manager : The Genernl Ma nager of the De partmen t of Parks and Re creation or his a uthor ized re pre s e ntative. Annua l Tree Permit: That written consen t given by the City Arborist to a pers on, public or priva te firm or age ncy to prune , treat or remove any tree in the City of At l anta . SECTION 3 . Ci ty Arborist . Th~ position o f City Arb orist shall be cre ated within the Department of Parks and Re creat ion. The City Arb o rist, as the a gent of the De partment o f Parks and Re creat ion, shal l dire c t , regul ate, a nd control the ca re o f and necessary removal of all trees growing now o r hereafter in the City of At l a nta . SECTION 4. Of fi c ial Tre e of At l a nt a . The Dogwood (C ornus florida) s ha ll be the off icial tree of Atlant a. SECTION 5. Tree Planting and Ma inte nance Reg ul ations . The Gene ral Manager sha ll prepare Tree Planting and Ma intenance Reg ul at ions subject to the approval o f the Mayor and Board of Al dermen af ter a publi c hearing with reasonable no ti c e of t he hea ring to those affected, t o impl ement this ordin.a nc e . SECTION 6 . Tre e Prot ect ion Prior to Developmen t. To prevent the unn ecessary dest ruction of tree s on land where a building permit or subdivision app roval has not been issu ed, the destruction, withi n a ny f ive - year period, of more t han 25 per cent of t he trees on any one pa rcel of re~l property within the City, without prior approval of the City Arborist, shall be prohibited . SECTION 7. Tr ee Prote c tive Zone . The Tree Protective Zone sha ll corres po nd with that port i on of t h e lot covere d by t he front, side a nd rea r ya rd requi re ment s as establish ed by t he Zoning Ordinanc e . To prevent the unne c es s ary destruc t ion of tree s duri n~ develop ment o r r ed eve lopment of any trac t or lot with in t he City of At l a nt , t r ee s sha ll not be cu t , otherwise damaged or dest ro ye d within the Tr ee Prote ctive Zo ne excep t in a c co rdanc e with the Tree Pl a nting a nd Ma in tenance R gulations a nd th e provisions of this ordinanc e . -2- �SECTION 8 . Submissi on of Si t e Pl ans for Dev e lop me nt to City Arborist . A site plan for th e develo pme nt ·or improvement of any tract of land located in the City o f At l anta shal l be submitted to the City a long with the appli cati on f or a bu ild ing permit . No building permi t shal l be issued until the site plan has been r evi ewed an d approved, i n writing , by the City Arborist and a p ermit as provided in Sectio n 10 has been issued. Such plans shall be rev iewed and either app roved or denied and a permit as provid ed in Se ctio n 10 is s ued or denied within fourteen (14) day s of submitt al. Otherw ise s uch plans shall be considered a pprove d and such permit consi de red issued by the City Arborist. In the event such plans are denied the reasons therefore shall be reported, in writing, to the applicant. The site pla n shall show, in addition to t he usual requirements the following information. A. All existing trees within the Tree Protective Zone which are at least 5 inch caliper at 6 inch es above the ground and all Dogwood trees wh ich are at l east 2 inch caliper at 6 inches above the ground. 'B. Trees to be removed and trees to be maintained. C. Specifications for the removal of existing trees and protection of existing t r ees during construction. D. Grad e change s or other wo rk adjacent to a tree wh ich would af fect i t adv ersely with specifica t ions on how the grade, drainage a nd aerati on will be ma intai ned around the tree •. The fun c tion of the City Arborist in the review of s it e pl ans will be t o ass ur e that trees are retai ned in l awn or paved are a s within the Tree Protect ive ~o ne without making demands on the owner whi c would deny him the reasonable use of his l a nd. SECTION 9. Tree Prote ctio n During Deve lop ment . During any building, reno vating or razing .operat io ns, t he builder shall ere c t ' sui tab l e protecti ve barriers around al l trees spe ci f i ed to be ma in tained a nd sha ll not allow st o rage of e quip ment, m3terials, debris ... or fill to be pla c ed in thi s area exc ept a s may be necess ary f or a re~s onab l e time if no o ther storage spa c e is availab l e . SE CTION 10. A. Permits . No ne of t he following ac ts to any tree within the Tree Protective Zone or on publi c property shal l b e committ ed wi thout t1 e proper pe rmit of the City Arborist , exc ept as provi ded in Sectio n 11 . -3- �B. 1. CuttinB, prunin g , damag i ng, removing o r kil ling a tree by any means . 2. Pnving with c oncrete, nsph alt or other impe rvi ou s mat e rial withi n 5 fee t of th e ou ts i de diamete r of tree . A wr i tten appli c ati on f or a permit i s req uired for a ny wo rk on or affe c ting trees as l i sted in Se ction A above. 1. Such app licati on for a permit must be made to t he City Arboris t in advance o f the time the work is to be done. 2. The City Arb ori s t shall specify the work t o be done, accordi ng to the Tree Planting and Ma i nt enanc e :!:{eg ulations, and may ins pe c t t he work in pro gres s and mak~ a final inspection upon the complet ion of th e work if ne ce ssary . SECTION 11. A. Permits - Excrnpi:i o o.s. Publi c u t ili t y companies , governme nt a l agen ci es and p rivate compan i es emp loyi ng tree experts sh a l l be exempte d from th e provis io ns o f thi s ordinance, provided , however, that such compani e s or agencies sh al l obtain fr om the City Arborist an An nual Permit. Such permit shall certi fy t he familiarity of such companies or a ge nties and their agreeme nt to comply with the Tree Pl anting and I'~ intenanc e Regulations follo wi ng t heir issuanc e a nd approval. B. The owners of pro perty of t he i r authorized representatives in areas zoned R-1 thr ou gh R-7 will not be s ubject to obt a ini ne permi ts for worl to be pe rfon~d on trees locat ed on such property under the provi s ions of Se ctio n 8 and 10, exce pt wh ere more than two a djacent lots are b eing deve lo ped at one time. SECTION 12. Bui lding I'-::oving Permit s . The Ci ty Arb ori st, along with any other affe cted ci ty de pa rtment, s ha ll re vi ew and approv e all a pp lications for building movi ng permit s be fo re the City wil l g r a nt said permit . SECTION 13. Tran sr,1::_i: t::ibl e Diseases . The City sh a ll h nv e ti1c a ut hori t y to re c1uire that riro pe rt y owner s tr e at , or rc~ui r e pro? ert y owners to have trea t ed any trees or s tor ed port ions of trees cont a ining tre e killing ins e c ts or ve c tors o f tr ee disea ses . If the City i\:rbori st dete r mine s t he d isease wa 1.-ra nts i m,ned i ate <l c-i:io . t o curb it s spread to he a lthy trees , the City ma y cut or destroy s a id Lrces or stored portions thereo f us i ng the mi nioum a c tion requir e d to pre ve , t the -L+- �sp read of di s c ~s e . SECTION 14 . Tree s Inte rfc r :;.n3 ,.J:i.th Use of St r ee t s . The Ci t y Arboris t s hall have the a uthor i ty a t any time t o remove any t r ee or parts the r eof, gr owi ng on publ i c or pr iva t e property wh i ch i nte rfere s wi t h or endange r s t he use of a s t r eet or other publ ic p l a ce i n t he Ci t y of At l a nt a . Th e owne r , where practic ab l e , s h a ll b e no ti f i ed in writing by c ertified mail of t h e existe nce of the condi t i o n i nter f eri ng with or endangeri ng the us e o f a s tree t o r othe r public pla c e i n t h e City and given a reas onab le time for its corre cti on or removal. If not c orre c ted or remove d wi th i n the time a llo t t ed , t he Ci t y Arborist s ha ll c ause the c ondition t o b e corre c t ed or removed . SECTION 15. Eme r ge ncie s. In c a se of emergenci es such a s wi ndstorms, i c e storms or ot her disas te rs , the re qu ireme nt of Se c t i on 10 may b e wa ived by t he Ge nera l Hanage r during the eme.rgency pe riod s o tha t the requireme nts of th i s ord ina nce would in no way hampe r pri va t e or publi c wo:dc to res t ore orde r i n t he Ci t y. SECTION 16. Enf orci ng Author i t y. The Dep~r tme nt of Parks and Recreatio n s ha ll be c ha r ged with the enforc ement of t h i s ordinance . SECTION 17. Viol a t i o n and Pe na lty . Any pe rson v iolat i ng or fa i ling to comply tJi t h a ny o f t he provi s i ons o f th i s ordinanc e, upon convict ion the reof, sha ll be fi ned a sum not exceedi ng $500. 00, or may be i mprisoned f or a te r m no t exc eedi ng 60 days, or both f or each offe nce . SECTION 18 . Appea ls . I n t he ev e nt any pers on i s dis s ~t i s fi ed wi th a de ci sion of t he City Ar borist adve r s e ly affe c t i ng s uch pers on inv olving the app l ic at io n of th i s ordina nce , s uch pe r son may make a wri t te n reques t to the Ch air~an o f t he Pa rks Com.rnitte e of t he Board of . l de;:-me n, whi ch Commi t tee , t oge t he r ,vi t h the Bui ldi ng Of fi ci al , s ha ll he ar a ny compla int s of s uch p er s on . Af t e r a f u ll a nd compl e t e he ari ng of t he c ompla i nts of s uch pe r s on , t h e app eal boa rd consist i ng of the ab ov e -named pa rt i es sha l l r e nder i t s wri t t en opi ni on a ffi rming , overruling or modifyi ng t he dec is ion of the City Aroor i s t as may be fi t a nd p roper under t he exi st i ng c ircums t anc es . - 5- �SECT!ON 19. Fines . Mo ney coll e c ted fr om fines shall be deposit ed in the City's General Fund . SECTION .20 . Q.ther .Ordinanc es Repea l ed . Any a nd a l l ordina nces and parts .o f ordinance s i n co nf lict herewith are hereby rep ea l ed . SECTION. 21. Lega lity of Ordinances or Par ts The r eof . Shou ld any sec t ion, claus e or pr ovi s ion of thi s ord inance be dec lared by the cou rt s to b ~ i nvalid , the same sha ll not affe c t the va lidity of any ot her provision of this ordinance . SECTION 22. This ordina nce shall become effective upon adoption by the Board of Aldermen _and approva l of · t he Mayor. -6- � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document AN ORDINANCE BY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF ALDERMEN of the City of Atlanta as follows: SECTION 1. Purpose and Intent. The purpose of this ordinance is to establish protective resumactans for trees in the City of Atlanta in order to better control problems of flooding, soil conservation, air pollution, and noise ia the City of Atlanta and to make the City of Atlanta a more attractive, healthier and safer place in which to live. The intent of the ordinance is to encourage the protection of trees for which Atlanta is nationally recognized and which the City stands to loose unless protective measures are taken. The intent is not punitive; or to cause hardship to any individual, governmental agency, private or public company who use every care and diligence to protect trees _ within the City of Atlanta; nor is it meant to inflate the cost of develop- ment over a reasonable value of the trees involved. SECTION 2. Definitions. Tree: Any woody plant except Dogwood that has a single trunk with a caliper of five inches or more at six inches above the ground. A Dogwood with a caliper of two inches or more six inches above the ground is defined as a tree. Street: Any officially recognized public right-of-way in the City of Atlanta. Buildable Area: That part of any lot exclusive of the front, side and rear yards as established by the Zoning Ordinance. ‘Park; Any publicly owned land set aside for park and recreation purposes. Public Places: All lands located in the City of Atlanta which are owned by the City of Atlanta or any public corporation or authority created by Georgia law benefiting residents of the City of Atlanta. Tree Protective Zone: That portion of any lot covered by the front, side and rear yard requirements as established by the City of Atlanta Zoning Ordinance.  General Manager: The General Manager of the Department of Parks and Recreation or his authorized representative. Annual Tree Permit: That dviteen consent given by the City Arborist to a person, public or private firm or agency to prune, treat or remove any tree in the City of Atlanta. SECTION 3. City Arborist. The position of City Arborist shall be created within the Department of Parks and Recreation. The City Arborist, as the agent of the Department of Parks and Recreation, shall direct, regulate, and control the care of and necessary removal of all trees growing now or hereafter in the City of Atlanta. SECTION 4. Official Tree of Atlanta. The Dogwood (Cornus florida) shall be the official tree of tlanta. SECTION 5. Tree Planting and Maintenance Regulations. The General Manager shall prepare Tree Planting and Maintenance Regulations subject to the approval of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen after a public hearing with reasonable notice of the hearing to those affected, to implement this ordinance. SECTION G. Tree Protection Prior to Development. To prevent the unnecessary destruction of trees on land where a building permit or subdivision approval has not been issued, the destruction, within any five-year period, of more than 25 per cent of the trees on any one parcel of real property within the City, without prior approval of the City Arborist, shall be prohibited. SECTION 7. Tree Protective Zone. The Tree Protective Zone shall correspond with that portion of the lot covered by the front, side and rear yard requirements as established by the Zoning Ordinance. To prevent the unnecessary destruction of trees during develop- ment or redevelopment of any tract or lot within the City of Atlanta, trees shall not be cut, otherwise damaged or destroyed within the Tree Protective Zone except in accordance with the Tree Planting and Maintenance Regulations and the provisions of this ordinance.  SECTION &. Submission of Site Plans for Development to City Arborist. A site plan for the development ‘or improvement of any tract of land located in the City of Atlanta shall be submitted to the City along with the application for a building permit. No building permit shall be issued until the site plan has been reviewed and approved, in writing, by the City Arborist and a permit as provided in Section 10 has been issued. Such plans shall be reviewed and either approved or denied and a permit as provided in Section 10 issued or denied within fourteen (14) days of sub- mittal. Otherwise such plans shall be considered approved and such permit considered issued by the City Arborist. In the event such plans are denied the reasons therefore shall be reported, in writing, to the applicant. The site plan shall show, in addition to the usual requirements the following information. A. All existing trees within the Tree peokeKtive Zone which are at least 5 inch caliper at 6 inches above the ground and all Dogwood trees which are at least 2 inch caliper at 6 inches above the ground. ‘B. Trees to be removed and trees to be maintained. C. Specifications for the removal of existing trees and protection of existing trees during construction. D. Grade changes or other work adjacent to a tree which would affect it adversely with specifications on how the grade, drainage and aeration will be maintained around the tree.. The function of the City Arborist in the review of site plans will be to assure that trees are retained in lawn or paved areas within the Tree Protective Zone without making demands on the owner which would deny him the reasonable use of his land. SECTION 9. Tree Protection During Development. During any building, renovating or razing operations, the builder shall erect suitable protective barriers around all trees specified to be maintained and shall not allow storage of equipment, materiais, debris or fill to be placed in this area except as may be necessary for a reasonable time if no other storage space is available. SECTION 10. Pexmits. A. Wone of the following acts to any tree within the Tree Protective Zone or on public property shall be committed without the proper permit of the City Arborist, except as provided in Section ll. Pa  1, Cutting, pruning, damaging, removing or killing a tree by any means. 2. Paving with conerete, asphalt or other impervious material within 5 feet of the outside diameter of tree. B. A written application for a permit is required for any work on or affecting trees as listed in Section A above. 1. Such application for a permit must be made to the City Arborist in advance of the time the work is to be done. i 2. The City Arborist shall specify the work to be done, according to the Tree Planting and Maintenance Regula- tions, and may inspect the work in progress and make a final inspection upon the completion of the work if necessary. SECTION 11. Permits - Exemptions. A. Public utility companies, governmental agencies and private companies ens loying tree experts shall be exempted from the provisions of this ordinance, provided, however, that such companies or agencies shall obtair from the City Arborist an Annual Permit. Such permit shall certify the familiarity of such companies -or agencies and their agreement to comply with the Tree Planting and Main- tenance Regulations following their issuance and approval. B. The owners of property of their authorized representatives in areas zoned R-1l through R-7 will not be subject to obtaining permits for work to be performed on trees located on such property under the provisions of Section & and 10, except where more than two adjacent lots are being developed at one. time. SECTION 12. Building Moving Permits. ‘The City Arborist, along with any other affected city depart- ment, shall review and approve all applications for building moving permits before the City will grant said permit. SECTION 13. ‘Transmictable Diseases. The City shall have the authority to reauire that property orea tr owners treat, or require property owners to have treated any trees or s portions of trees containing tree killing insects or vectors of tree diseases. If the City Arborist determines the diseasé warrants immediate action to curb its spread to healthy trees, the City may cut or destroy said trees or seoned portions thereof using the mininum action required to prevent the adi  spread of aiseane: SECTION 14. Trees Interfering with Use of Streets. The City Arborist shall have the authority at any time to remove any tree or parts thereof, growing on public or private property which interferes with or endangers the use of a street or other public place in the City of Atlanta. The owner, where practicable, shall be notified in writing by certified mail of the existence of the condition interfering with or endangering the use of a street or other public place in the City and given a reasonable time for its correction or removal. If not corrected or removed within the time allotted, the City Arborist shall cause the condition to be corrected or removed. ECTION 15. Emergencies. In case sf kpuneeabten such as windstorms, ice storms or other disasters, the requirement of Section 10 may be waived by the General Nanager during the emergency period so that the requirements of this ordinance would in no way hamper private or public work to restore order in the City. SECTION 16. Enforcing Authority. The Department of Parks and Recreation shall be charged with the enforcement of this ordinance. SECTION 17. Violation and Penalty. Any person violating or failing to comply with any of the provisions of this ordinance, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined a sum not exceeding $500.00, or may be imprisoned for a term not exceeding 60 days, or both for each offence. SECTION 18. Appeals. In the event any person is dissatisfied with a decision of the City Arborist adversely affecting such person involving the application of this ordinance, sugb person may make a written request to the Chairman of the Parks Committee of the Board of Aldermen, which Committee, together with the Building Official, shall hear any complaints of such person. After a full and complete hearing of the complaints of such person, the appeal board consisting of the above-named parties shall render its written opinion affirming, overruling or modifying the decision of the City Arborist as may be fit and proper under the existing circumstances. witia  SECTION 19. Fines. Money collected from fines shall be deposited in the City's General Fund. | SECTION 20. Qther Ordinances Repealed. Any and all ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. SECTION.21. Legality of Ordinances or Parts Thereof. Should any section, clause or provision of this ordinance be declared by the courts to be invalid, the same shall not affect the validity of any other provision of this ordinance. SECTION 22. This ordinance shall become effective upon adoption by the Board of Aldermen and approval of the Mayor,  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 13, Folder 8, Document 54 Box 13 Box 13 Folder 8 Folder topic: Planning and re-zoning | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/91d16f4f40fb5d45843377d92480c39a.pdf 175ee268001af5180a8642d6ebaa2817 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. AN ORDINANCE BY PLANNI NG AND DEVELOPME NT COMMITTEE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF ALDE RMEN of the City of Atl anta as f ollows: SECTION 1. Purp os e and I nt e nt . The purpos e of t hi s ordinanc.e is to est ablish prote ctive r e gul atio ns for trees in the City o f Atlanta in order to b e tt er contro l problems of fl ocding , so il conservation, a ir pollution, and noise in the City of Atlanta and t o make the City of Atlanta a more attractiv e , he al t h ier and sa f er pl ace in which to live . SECTION 2 . Tree : D~finit ions . Any woody plant ex cept Do3wood that has a sin3 le trunk wi th a caliper of f i ve inches or more at six inches abov e the ground. A Dogwood with a cal iper of t wo inche s or more six inches above the eround i s de fi ned as a tree. Street: Any officially rec.o gnized public right-o f -way in the City o f Atlanta. Bu ildable Area: That part of any lot exclusive of the front, side and rear yards as established by the Zo ning Ordinance. Par !< Any publicly owned land set aside for park and r ecreat i on purposes . Public Places: ·All lands located in the c ity of Atlanta which a r e ow ned by t he c i ty of Atlanta or any publi c corporation or authority c re a ted by Ge org ia law benefitins residents of the city of At lanta. Tree Prot e ct i ve Zone: That portion of a ny lot covered by the f ront, side and rear yard requirements as establishe d by the City of At l a nta Zoning Ord i nanc e. General Manager: The Ge neral Mana ger o f the De pa r tme nt of Parks and Re cre a tio n or his author i ze d represe nt ativ~. Annual Tree Permit: That written cons ent g iven by the City Arborist to pers on , pub l ic or pr i vate firm or agency to prune , tre at or remove any tre es in the Ci ty of Atl ant a . �SECTION 3 . Ci t y Arbo ri s t . The po s it ion o f City Arb or i s t shall be cre at e d wit hin the Ci t y Parks Depart ment . The Ci t y Arbo ri st, a s the agen t of t he City Park s De pa r tment, shall dire ct , re gulate, a nd c on t rol the care of a nd neces sary removal of all tre es growing now or he re a fter in t he City of Atl ant a. SECTION 4. Off icial Tr ee of Atlant a. The Dogwo od (Co rnu s f lorid a ) sha ll be the offici al tre e of Atlanta . SECTION 5. Tree Planting and Ma intena nce Re gu l atio ns . The Gene r a l Manager s ha ll pre pare _Tree Planting and Ma int e nance Re gul ations s ubje ct to t he app roval of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen to implement t his or dinance. SECT ION 6. Tr ee Proc t e ct i on Pri or to Development To pr event the unne ce ss a ry destruction of tre e s on land wher e a bu i lding pe r mi t or s ubd i v i sion app roval ha s not been issued,the destruction of mo re t han 25 per cent of t he t re e s on any one parcel of rea l pr ope rty wi th i n t~e City-' without prior a pproval of the City Aborist shall be prohibit ed. SECTION 7. Tr e e Prot e ctive Zo ne . The Tr ee Protective Zone shall correspond with that portion of the l ot cove red by the fro nt, side and rear yard requirements a s establish ed v by the Zoning Or dinance . Tb prevent the unne ce s sary destruction o f trees d uri ng develop me nt or redeve lo pme nt of any t ract or lot wit hin t he City of Atl ant a , t r ees sh al l not be cut , othe rw i se damae e d or de s troyed within the Tr e e Pr ot e ct ive Zone except in a cc or d ance with the Tre e Planting and Ma i ntenance Re gulat io ns and ~ he pr ovisio ns of t his -ord i nance . SECTION 8 . Submission of Site Pl ans f or Develo pment t o Ci ty Arborist . A s ite plan for the deve l opment or imp roveme nt of any tra ct of land l ocat e d in t he City o f Atl a nt a shal l be s~bmit te d t o t he City a l ong with the applicat ion f or a building pe rmit . No buildi ng permit shal l be issued until the s it e plan has be en r ev iewe.d and a pprov ed, in writ in:3 , by t he C:i,ty Arborist and a permit as pr ovide d in Se ct ion 10 has been iss ued . -2- �-. Such plans shall be rev i ewed and either a pproved or denied a nd a le r mit as pr vided in Section 10 issued or denied within fourteen (14) days of suh mittal otherwise such plans shall be cons i dered a;lproved and such pe rmit considered issued by the City Arborist. In the event such plans are denied t he reasons therefore shall he reported, in writing, t o th~ a ppl icant . s i te plan shall show, in addition to the usual requirements t he The ollowin~ information. A. All exis ting trees wit hin t he Tree Pr ote ctive Zone whi ch a re at least 5 inch cal i per at 6 inche s above t he ground and all Dozwood trees wh ich are at least 2 inch caliper at 6 inches above the ~round. B. Trees to he removed and trees to be ma i ntai ned . C. Sne cifications for the remova l of existing trees and protection of existing trees during construction . D. Grade changes or other work adjacent to a tree which would affect it adversely wi t h specifications on how the g rade, d.,.a ...,, inage and aeration will be maintained around the tree . The function o f the City Arborist in the review of sit e llans wili be to see that trees are retained in lawn or paved a re as wit hir, the Tree Protective Zo~e without making demands on the owner which would de~y him the reasonable use o f his land. SECTION 9 . Tree ·protection Durin5 Development . During any building , renovating or razing o erations , the b11ilde r shall e~ect suit ab le pro t ective barriers fifteen feet f rom the trun~ of t he tree around al l trees specified to be ma int a ined and shall not allow storaze of equi pment , mate r ials , debris or fill to be placed in th is a rea except as may be necessary fo r a r easonab le time if no other storage space is available . SECTION 10. A. Permit s . None of the f ollowing acts to any tree shall be c0mmi tted without the proper permit of the Cit y Arb or ist, exce,t as pr vidcd in Secti n 1 1. Cutting , pruning, damag in~, r emovin~ or killin~ a t~ee by any means . 2. Cutting, disturhin~ or j ntc~ferin3 in any way with any root of a tree by e~cavatinz soil, e "ther f0 r irading , irenchin~, ditching , or tun 1elin~ within fif teen fee t of the trunk of a tree . - 3- �3. l3 . Pavin;; with concrete , asph al t or other im:,~rv·i_ous mat~rial within 5 fe et oft e outside diame ter of tree . A ,vritter a)plic< tion for a permit is req1:.'.red fc-. r any wo rk on or affectin~ trees as listed in s~ ction A above . 1. Such ap~l ic a t i on for a permit must be made to t he City Ar orist a reasonable length of time in advanc ~ of.the t i me the work is to be done . 2. The City Arbo rist shall spe ci fy the work t o be d o~e, acco r <linr; to t he T!"ee Plantin~ and Ma int e nance Re;:;u~a tions, and may ins pect t~e wor k in prog r ess 2nd rnakr a fi nal in s pection u2on the comJletion of t . e wok i~ ne ce ssar y . SECTION 11. A. Pe r mits - Exemptions . Public uti lity comp anies, governme ntal ag enc ie s a :,d ;) r iva t e companies empl oying tree exper ts shall b 2. e:<e~pted from the provisions o~ t 1is ord inance, provided, howeve r , that such comp anies or agencies shall obtain f r om the City Arbo rist an Annual Permit. Such ?ermit s ha ll certi~y the cam i liarit y c f s uc h co~7anie s or agencies and the ir a~ r eement t o comp ly with the Tree Pl ant i ng and }1a i ;i -:~·_ t.%;,Ji tenance Regu l ations following their i s suance and approval . B. ThE: ow"1ers of propert y or their aut;10rized re )resentatives in areas zoned R- 1 throui h R- 7 wi ll not be subject to obtaining permits £or wo rk t u be performed on trees located on such prop~rty und e r the p rov isi on s of Section 10, except where more t han two adjacent lots are being developed at one time . SECTION 12 . Bni ld:i.n3 Hovin,c; Permits . The City Arborist, along with any ot e r affe c ted cit y departrn nt, sha ll r e v iew and approve all ap lications fo r building moving pern its befo r e the City will Br ant said permit . SE CT ION 13 . Tran sm ittable Diseases . The City shall have the authority t o i ns ist tha t property owners treat , or require prope rty owners t o have treated any tree s or s tored portions of trees containing tree killing insects or v ectors 0£ tr e e di eases. If the City Artoris t determines the disease war r ants immediate actio-.1. to c~rb its spread to healthy trees , the C\ty may cut or destroy said trees rrstored portions t1:creof usin3 the minimur. action reqt 1 ir .d to spread of disease . r eve t t:1 �SECTION 14 . TrAes Interferin~ with Use of Streets. The City Arborist shall have the authority at any time to remove any tree or part s thereof , growin3 on public or p rivate p r operty whi ch inte r fer es wit h or end ange rs the use o:£ .'.l street or ot he r public placein the City of Atlanta . The owner , where practicable, shall be notified i n wr iting by certified ma i l of the exi stence of the condition i nterferin~ with o r endange r i ng the us e of a stre et or othe r public place in the Ci t y and give a reasonable time f or its correc tion or r emoval. If not corre cted or remnved , ithin t he time allotted, the City Arborist shall cause the c ondition to be co rrected or r e moved. SECTION 15 . Emer 0 encies . In case of eme r genci es such a s windstorms, ice st orms or other disasters, the req u irement of Section 10 may be waived by the G~nera l Manager d uring the emergency period so that the requirements of thi s ord inance wou ld in no way hamper private or public wo rk to restore order in t he Cit y. SECTION 16. Enf or cing Authority. ~The . Atlanta Parks and Recreation Department shall be charged with the enforcement of t h is ordinanc e . SECTION 17. Vi o l a tion and Pe nalty. Any person violating or failin:; to comply Hith any of the provisions of this ordinan ce , upon conviction thereof, shall be fined a sum not exceedine $500.00, or may be imprisoned for a t erm not exceedin~ 60 days , or both. SECTION 18 . Appe als. In the event any person is dissatisfied with a dec ision of the City Ar bo ri st adve rsely affecting such person involving the a pp li cation of this ordinanc e, such per son may make a written request to the Ch.'.lirwan of the Parks Committee of the Board of Aldermen, which Committee, together with the Build ing Off icial, shall hear any complaint s of such person . After a full and complete hear ing of the complaints. of such perso n, the appeal board consisti ng of the above -named parties shall render its ·w ritten opin ion affirming, overruling or modifying the decision of the City Arborist as mny be fit and pro per under the existing circumstances. -5- �SECTION 19. in0.s . Money collected fr om fine s shall be deposited in th., City ' s General Fund. SECTION 20. Other Ord in ances Re1ealed . . Any and all ordinances and parts of ordinances in confl ict herewith are hereby repealed. SECTION 21 . I£3alit of Ordinances or Parts Thereof . Should a ny section, c lause or provision of this or d i nance by declared by the court s . to be invalid, t he same shall not affect the validity o ~ any other provision of this ordinance. -6- � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document AN ORDINANCE BY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF ALDERMEN of the City of Atlanta as follows: SECTION 1. Purpose and Intent. The purpose of this ordinance is to establish protective regulations for trees in the City of Atlanta in order to better control problems of flocding, soil conservation, air pollution, and noise in the City of Atlanta and to make the City of Atlanta a more attractive, healthier and safer place in which to live. SECTION 2. Definitions. Tree: Any woody plant except Dogwood that has a single trunk with a caliper of five inches or more at six inches above the ground. A Dogwood with a caliper of two inches or more six inches above the ground is defined as a tree. Street: Any officially recognized public right-of-way in the City of Atlanta. Buildable Area: That part of any lot exclusive of the feonts side and rear yards as established by the Zoning Ordinance. Park : Any publicly owned land set aside for park and recreation purposes. Public Places: All lands located in the city of Atlanta which are owned by the city of Atlanta or any public corporation or authority created by Georgia law benefiting residents of the city of Atlanta. ire Prosegtive Zone: That portion of any lot coverec by the front, side and rear yard requirements as established by the City of Atlanta Zoning Ordinance. General Manager: The General Manazer of the Department of Parks and Recreation or his authorized representative. Annual Tree Permit: That written consent given by the City Arborist to person, public or private firm or agency to prune, treat or remove any trees in the City of Atlanta.  SECTION 3. City Arborist. The position of City Arborist shall be created within the City Parks Department. The City Arborist, as the agent of the City Parks Department, shall direct, regulate, and control the care of and necessary removal of all trees growing now or hereafter in the City of Atlanta. SECTION 4. Official Tree of Atlanta. The Dogwood (Cornus florida) shall be the official tree of Atlanta. | SECTION 5. Tree Planting and Maintenance Resulations. The General Manager shall prepare Tree Planting and Maintenance Regulations subject to the approval of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen to implemént this ordinance.. SECTION 6.Tree Proctection Prior to Development To prevent the unnecessary destruction of trees on land where a building permit or subdivision approval has not been issued,the destruction of more than 25 per cunt of the trees on any one parcel of real property within the City,without prior approval of the City Aborist shall be prohibited. SECTION 7. Tree Protective Zone. The Tree Protective Zone shall correspond with that portion of the lot covered by the front, side and rear yard requirements as established w by the Zoning Ordinance. To prevent the unnecessary destruction of trees during develop- ment or redevelopment of any tract or lot within the City of Atlanta, trees shall not be cut, otherwise damaged or destroyed within the Tree Protective zone except in accordance with the Tree Planting and Maintenance Regulations and the provisions of this ordinance. . SECTION 8. Submission of Site Plans for Development to City Arborist. A site plan for the development or improvement of any tract of land located in the City of Atlanta shall be submitted to the City along with the application for a building permit. No building permit shall be issued until the site plan has been reviewed and approved, in writing, by the City Arborist and a permit as provided in Section 10. has been issued. =2-  Such plans shall be reviewed and either approved or denied and a permit as provided in Section 10 issued or denied within fourteen (14) days of sub- mittal otherwise such plans shall be considered approved and such permit considered issued by the City Arborist. In the event such plans are denied the reasons therefore shall be reported, in writing, to the applicant. The site plan shail show, in addition to the usual requirements the following information. A. All existing trees within the Tree Protective Zone which are at least 5 inch caliper at 6 inches above the ground and all Dogwood trees which are at least 2 inch caliper at 6 inches above the ground. B. Trees to he removed and trees to be maintained. C. Specifications for the removal of existing trees and protection of existing trees during construction. D. Grade changes or Scher work adjacent to a tree which would affect it adversely with specifications on how the grade, drainage and w aeration will be maintained around the tree. The function of the City Arborist in the review of site plans will be to see that trees are retained in lawn or paved areas within the Tree Protective Zone without making demands on the owner which would deny him the reasonable use of his land. , SECTION 9. Tree Protection During Development. During any building, renovating or razing operations, the builder shall erect suitable protective barriers fifteen feet from the trunk of the tree around ais fees specified to be maintained and shall not allow storage of equipment, materials, debris or fill to be placed in this area except as may be necessary for a reasonable time if no other storage space is available. SECTION 10. Permits. A. None of the following acts. to any tree shall be committed without the proper permit of the City Arborist, except as provided in Section 11, 1. Cutting, pruning, damaging, removing or killing a tree by any means. 2. Cutting, disturbing or interfering in any way with any root of a tree by excavating soil, either for grading, trenching, ditching, or tunneling within fifteen feet of the trunk of a tree. =3= de  ‘ ” je 3. Paving with concrete, asphalt or other impervious 4 material within 5 feet of the outside diameter of tree. B. A written application for a permit is required for any work on or affecting trees as listed in Saction A above. 1, Such application for a permit must be made to the City Arborist a reasonable length of time in advance of the time the work is to be done. 2. The City Arborist shall specify the work to be done, according to the Tree Planting and Maintenance Resula- tions, and may inspect the work in progress and make a final inspection upon the completion of the work if necessary. SECTION ll. Parmits - Exemptions. A. Public utility companies, governmental agencies and private companies employing tree experts shall be exempted from the provisions of this ordinance, provided, however, that such companies or agencies shall obtain from the City Arborist an Annual Permit. Such permit shall certify the familiarity cof such companies or agencies and their agreement to comply with the Tree Planting and Main-~- tenance Regulations following their issuance and approval. B. The owners of property or their authorized representatives in areas zoned R-1 through R-7 will not be subject to obtaining permits for work tu be performed on trees located on such property under the provisions ‘of Section 10, Scene where more than two adjacent lots are being developed at one time. SECTION 12. Building Moving Permits. The City Arborist, along with any other affected city department , shall review and Sousa all applications for building moving permits before the City will grant said permit. SECTION 13. Transmittable Diseases, The City shall have the authority to insist that property owners treat, or require property owners to have treated any trees or stored portions of trees containing tree killing insects or vectors of tree diseases. If the City Arborist determines the disease warrants immediate action to curb its spread to healthy trees, the City may cut or destroy said trees or- stored portions thereof using the minimum action required to prevent the spread of disease.  SECTION 14. Trees Interferinz with Use of Streets. The City Arborist shall have the authority at any time to remove any tree or parts thereof, growing on public or private property which interferes with or endangers the use of a street or other public place in-the City of Atlanta. The owner, where practicable, shall be notified in writing by eentafied mail of the existence of the condition interfering with or endangering the use of a street or other public place in the City and given a reasonable time for its correction or removal. . If not corrected or removed within the time allotted, the City Arborist shall cause the condition to be corrected or removed. SECTION 15. Emergencies. In case of emergencies such as windstorms, ice storms or other disasters, the requirement of Section 10 may be waived by the General Manager during the emergency period so that the requirements of this ordinance would in no way hamper private or public work to restore order in the City. SECTION 16. Enforcing Authority. ‘The. Atlanta Parks and Recreation Department shall be charged with the enforcement of this ordinance. SECTION 17. Violation and Penalty. Any person violating or failing to comply with any of the provisions of this ordinance, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined a sum not exceeding $500.00, or may be imprisoned for a term not exceeding 60 days, or both. SECTION 18. Appeals. In the event any person is dissatisfied with a decision of the City Arborist adversely affecting such person involving the application of this ordinance, dich peveon may make a written request to the Chairman of the Parks Committee of the Board of Aldermen, which Committee, together with the Building Official, shall hear any complaints of such person. After a full and complete hearing of the complaints. of such person, the appeal board consisting of the above-named parties shall render its written opinion affirming, overruling or modifying the decision of the City Arborist as may be fit and proper under the existing circumstances. «5-  SECTION 19. Fines. Money collected from fines shall be deposited in the City's General Fund. SECTION 20. Other Ordinances Repealed, Any and all ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. SECTION 21. Lecality of Ordinances or Parts Theréok. Should any section, clause or provision of this ordinance by declared by the courts to be invalid, the same shall not affect the eetidiry of any other provision of this ordinance.  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 13, Folder 8, Document 53 Box 13 Box 13 Folder 8 Folder topic: Planning and re-zoning | 1967