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Co OS ADM DIR FHA FNYA Mu RHA St RP R3 RY RS RA RP NAME AND/OR SYST GL FOOM _ BSILDING 4. spate esta ia ee niga t 5. — é&, [] action Lo] etuine [[] PER CONVERSATION a APPROVAL ([] Fute rerorr [[] RECOMMENDATIONS TAS REQUESTED (CJ HANDLE DIRECT (C]se& me {| | CONCURRENCE CJ witiacs CJ] sicnature | L cORRECTION (CJ Note AND RETURN (] your ComMEeNnT [l] Your tmrorma TION | ANSWER OR ACKNOWLEOQGE ON OR BEFCGRE {_] PREPARE REPLY FOR SIGNATURE OF REMARKS: The attached documsnt(s) have boon subritted to the Assistant Seeretaries Working Group today for comments. Any comments that you maj have should reach me within seven days (excluding weekends) following the date of this transmittal. ae res ee : 05 ADM DIR FHA FNYA MG RHA RI R22 RB R4 RS RE RF ROSH AUILOING “p ¢ 8100 HUD we.-4 in Telandone len i; _ 1755-5439 Oey eg  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 8, Folder 17, Document 20 Box 8 Box 8 Folder 17 Folder topic: Model Cities | 1969 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/77967e52b2ce4adec658d09720e836d1.pdf 86554f1955bd8b91d92c5e2c64e1a3d2 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. I,. CITY OF ATLANTA October 28, 1969 OFFICE OF MODEL CITIES PROGRAM 673 Capitol Avenue, S.W. Atlanta, Ga. 30315 (404) 577 - 5200 Ivan Allen Jr., Mayor J.C. Johnson, Director Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. City of Atlanta City Hall Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Dear Mayor Allen: Being a member of the National Steering Committee of Model Cities Directors, I often receive advance copies of New Policy Statements about to be issued from Washington ___ Attached is a copy of several memorandums expected to be issued soon, which includes major new policy statements for the Model Cities Program. After you have had an opportunity to read this material, I would be happy to discuss with you at your convenience any concerns you may have. J CJ : vlc � 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 October 28, 1969 OFFICE OF MODEL CITIES PROGRAM 673 Capitol Avenue, S.W. Atlanta, Ga. 30315 (404) 577-5200 Ivan Allen Jr., Mayor J.C. Johnson, Director Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. City of Atlanta City Hall Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Dear Mayor Allen: Being a member of the National Steering Committee of Model Cities Directors, I often receive advance copies of New Policy Statements about to be issued from Washington. Attached is a copy of several memorandums expected to be issued soon, which includes major new policy statements for the Model Cities Program. After you have had an opportunity to read this material, I would be happy to discuss with you at your convenience any concerns you may have. Sincerely, Executive Director JCJ :vlc rem (pfu Jak. iy ¥- Gol Wis  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 8, Folder 17, Document 19 Box 8 Box 8 Folder 17 Folder topic: Model Cities | 1969 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/365d616a315ec13f765c58267d3764c3.pdf db95dd1ec6dae5041029c95cd6b3b877 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. November 26, 1969 Mr . . Johnny C . Johnson Di rector Model Cities Program City of Atlanta Subject: Model Cities Citizens Committee Structure and Coordination Dear Johnny : Thank you for your memo of October 23, with information on the Model Citie citizens and staff tructure . In addition, I would lik to receive a description of the respon ibilities and duties of each citizen committee and how all the e com.mitt es relate functionally to each other. One other area which n ed clarification i that of coordination for implem. ntation. The information attached to your m mo doe not indicate the people on your ataU who are directly re pon ible for coordinating progr ms nd projects being carried out by the implem ntin ag nci or where and bow thi coordinating function fits into your organi ation. l would appreci ~te r ceiving thi material at your e rli st convenience. Sincerely, Dan E. Sw Chief t, Jr. dminietrativ DESJr:sm Offic: r � 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 aaEEOEOooeeEeEOeEeEeEeEeEeEeEeEeEeEeEeEeE——— EEO ————————————e_—_—_ November 26, 1969 Mr.. Johnny C. Johnson Director Model Cities Program City of Atlanta Subject: Model Cities Citizens Committee Structure and Coordination Dear Johnny: Thank you for your memo of October 23, with information on the Model Cities citizens and staff structure. In addition, I would like to receive a description of the responsibilities and duties of each citizen committee and how all these committees relate functionally to each other. One other area which needs clarification is that of coordination for im- plementation. The information attached to your memo does not indicate the people on your staff who are directly responsible for coordinating programs and projects being carried out by the implementing agencies or where and how this coordinating function fits into your organization. I would appreciate receiving this material at your earliest convenience. Sincerely, Dan E. Sweat, Jr. Chief Administrative Officer DESJr:sm | | " —S  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 8, Folder 17, Document 18 Box 8 Box 8 Folder 17 Folder topic: Model Cities | 1969 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/324cc0a3530b1693d2aa355d4523d8ae.pdf 4119bce681de7e77a833513a8f609be5 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Novembe r 21, 1969 OFFICE OF MODEL CITIES PROGRAM 673 Capitol Ave nue , S.W. Atlanta, Ga. 30315 (404) 577 -5200 Ivan Alle n Jr., Mayor J. c. Johnson, Director Mr . Leste r Persel l s Ex e cutive Dir e ctor Atlan ta Hou sing Authority 824 Hurt Buil ding Atlanta, Georgia 30303 De ar Mr . Persells: The Mo del Ci t ies Mass Conven tio n a nd Housing Commi tte e h as a u tho riz e d appro val for the At l a nta Hou sing Author ity to proc eed wi th t he f o l lowing action : 1. To purcha se 25 d oub l e wide mobil e home s ( 4 -bedrooms) and approximat e l y 125 mob i l e h omes (regular s ize uni ts) to be u s ed f or t e mpo rar y housing for r es ide nt s displ ac e d · within the Mode l Citie s Area. . 2. To p l ac e the t hr ee units a lr eady owned b y the Au thority on Site Tl2 (4 -7 ) . The Housing a nd Reloc a t i o n Committ ee al so passe d a r esolution asking the Atl anta Hou sing Authority to: 1. De ve l op a s yst e m of c ommu n ic a tion to inform r e siden ts on NDP a ctivity within t h e Mode l Cit i es Area , which wo u ld . include spe c ific i nformat i on o n loans a nd grants. 2. Make a vailable to t h e s ix (6 ) communities within t h e Mode l Citie s Ar e a s l ides , pri nted material , etc., that will k e ep r eside n ts i n f o rmed on Ho u s ing pro gr e ss within the Mo del Cit ie s Area a nd throughout the res t of the country . �Lester Per s el ls Page 'Two November 21, 1969 Mr. I a m enc l osing a co py of the resolution for your information. If you have any que stion s, please fee l free to call me. , Sincer, , - - , _ : ~...t--~,~ ~h~ vlc cc: -- -- . ~· ~~ C. , Bn on E~~cutive Directo Howard Opensha w, Atlanta Housing Authority Dan E. Sweat , Mayor' s Office Collier Gladin , Pl anni ng Department Gregory Griggs , Alderman Everett Millican, Alderman {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 LNCS SO ATITT A ATITTOA Mel che ahs ok ON” Oo A UL Thee s ae November 21, 1969 OFFICE OF MODEL CITIES PROGRAM 673 Capitol Avenue, S.W. Atlanta, Ga. 30315 (404) 577-5200 Ivan Allen Jr., Mayor J.C. Johnson, Director Mr. Lester Persells Executive Director Atlanta Housing Authority 824 Hurt Building Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Dear Mr. Persells: The Model Cities Mass Convention and Housing Committee has authorized approval for the Atlanta Housing Authority to pro- ceed with the following action: 1. To purchase 25 double wide mobile homes (4-bedrooms) and approximately 125 mobile homes (regular size units) to be used for temporary housing for residents displaced within the Model Cities Area. 2. To place the three units already owned by the Authority on Site 712. (4=7)... The Housing and Relocation Committee also passed a resolution asking the Atlanta Housing Authority to: l. Develop a system of communication to inform residents on NDP activity within the Model Cities Area, which would include specific information on loans and grants. 2. Make available to the six (6) communities within the Model Cities Area slides, printed material, etc., that will keep residents informed on Housing progress within the Model Cities Area and throughout the rest of the country. Mr. Lester Persells Page Two November 21, 1969 I am enclosing a copy of the resolution for your information. If you have any questions, olease feel free to call me. Se 3 = Gohnny c. Gein yn \ Ex€cutive Director vic cc: Howard Openshaw, Atlanta Housing Authority Dan E. Sweat, Mayor's Office Collier Gladin, Planning Department Gregory Griggs, Alderman Everett Millican, Alderman  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 8, Folder 17, Document 17 Box 8 Box 8 Folder 17 Folder topic: Model Cities | 1969 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/8b51b4ff6854bd11239660e35e301525.pdf b61d5755103ba74c06ca39ac4cf7324f Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. ,. . . .. ,· ·. ..  :·· . .. ~ J ,,,,• ' ,.· . \ , - . .:~ f ·~;:, , 1 .. ,... Housine Consullnnta URE3i\l\J EAST I . .,__ i.:: • u..l {'._ H +, - ·tJodcl•CIUea•Howinl( Conwr v c'-- t(..J't.-rl vL · L D 6 {,d \ n ,.vf--Jrcr'1., 1 . ·673 Ct.pllol Avenue, S . W, AU;uila, GcorrJn 30316 ·Phooo 404 o2o·B !l22'-' f 4 04 87&-078 1 ' _ 2.:, - . I . c ~. 2-2.-:;, I , ·. '· . . j . •' l I. i: l Memorandum TO Mr. Lya 11 Scott FROM . Lowell F. Dickerson --- SUBJECT: Churches in the Model Cit.ies Area . I .i tvergreen Baptist Church 1069 Washington Street, S. W. 524-8735 Rev. Johnny Tucker Adair Park Baptist Church 719 Pearce Street, S. W. 753-3332 Rev. Royce I. Bagley -:. Antioch Baptist Church 1021 Garibaldi Street, S. W. Rev. J. Montford Farrington Avenue Holiness Church Farrington Avenue . . 524-8728 Bishop Henry Thomas Bethany Baptist 118 McDaniel Street, S. W. Rev. J . A. Hicks First Pentecostal Holiness Church 948 Ormewood Terrace, S. E. 627-4491 Bethl ehem Baptist Church .438 Fraser Street, S. E. 688-2639 Rev. W. M. Jackson and Son 4 t· · • .. Rev. H. Ray Ste\-1art ·! First Wesleyan Methodist Church 319 Park Avenue, S. E. 521-1105 Blessed Martin Church 694 Pryor Street, S. W. 688-0764 Rev . F. W. Melville Fortress Avenue Baptist Church 1147 Fortress Avenue 525-3192 Rev. T. P. Perkins Calvary Temple Baptist Church 700 Cooper Street, S. W. 524-7223 Rev. D. C. Morton Fountain Temple A.M.E. Church 967 Viol et Avenue, S. E. Rev. C. H. Adams Ca pitol Ave. Baptist Church 660 Capitol Avenue, S. E. 688-5376 Rev. Fred Propst Georgia Avenue Presbyterian Church 645 Grant Street1 S. E. 688-0871 i . ~ ~- . . .. .. . . •.' ,. .,~·-:!,I; . . . ~. ·.' 1 .. ._....... ~................_, ..,. ,,..-,r~~.- -,_.. -:- ··:f':~rrtt~-=--.. . .,.143.215.248.55r"""""·"'··--- · ·- ., :' ' . I~: ·· ...~ ,· . .. . .:. . ~ �" . I •• . /· . .. . . :·1., ....: :.: . . . \. ~ ·11  · H ~· . ' ~- ...... . ·.... Mr. Lyall Scott ·-- i :,;, '.i i; 11 •I· i ··1 --, . ' j - I i ·. i .· t ·. j • i I --i ·1 '• II .. I • i . ·l ) I l ·1 . I ,· i . I .• -I 2. \ l 'j ! ..~. . · 1·. -: ·1 . I .f I ! I ~rant Park Methodist Church 575 Boulevard , S. E. 627-6221 New Hampton Baptist Church Farringto n Avenue, S. E. 755-6832 Rev. J. W. Byrd Greater Mt. Calvary Bap tist Church 388 Glenn Street, S. W. 521-1271 Rev. B. Joseph Johnson New Hope. Baptist Church 236 Rich ardson Street, S. W. 522-633i Rev. R. N. Martin Greater Hopewell C.M.E. Church 604 Coo per Street, S. W. 523-2394 Oliver Baptist Church 129 Love Street, S. E. Rev. W. M. Smith Hemphill Memorial Baptist Church 535 Pryor Stre et, S. vi. Rev. John Hemphill Rice Memorial Presbyterian Church 928 Col eman Street 577-1477 Rev. Calvin Houston Salem Baptist Church 481 Martin Street, S. E. 688-5109 Rev. Jasper Williams Second Bap tist Tus ke gee Street, S. E. 872- 6909 Rev. P. L. Jones Second Oliver Baptist Church 947 Violet Avenue, S. W. 794- 7796 Rev. J. H. Dozier Martin Street Church of God 452 Martin Street , S. E. 688;.. 8545 Elder George Wilson ., 1· ·-. 1 '.1lj ·l . ·· ·J , lI .' St. John Baptist Church 1158 Col eman Street, S. W. 799- 6761 Rev. W. A. Saunders Mt . Ca rmel Baptist Church 768 Ma rtin Street, S. E• 525-1895 Rev. O. C. Woods St . John C.M. E. Church 518 Fr aser Street , S. E. Rev . Roy Bla ke Mt. Ne bo Bapti st Church 1030 Ma rt in Street, S. E. 627-4030 Rev . E. D. Jackson St . Paul Methodist Chu r ch 501 Gra nt Stree t , S. E. 688- 7501 Rev , Cha r l es Reaves ' I !· .1 . ' 1 i ' ""'-.~~,.,~: ' :·-.· . .. ·' . ··-- ~·- ··- --- -~ .. , -~ ····-··· ... . ... ·-: . : · . , ... - . .. •. ~ .-"-·\ -:- ~~ r:- i .. . . --~;;t_; . - • .. . ' ·- ...... •r •.•_. _ . , .1 I ' Joyland Baptist Church 1166 Windsor Street, S. W. 523-1863 Rev . O. L. Walls I. • ! .' Mt. Welcome Baptist Church 771 Col eman Street, S. E. 524-7626 Iconiaum Baptist Church 1050 McDaniel Street, S. W. 524- 1443 Rev. M. L. Lindsey ~-1 :. November 5, 1969 Grant Park Baptist Church 355 Georgia Avenue, S. E. 622-4442 Dr. Prue H. Kelley Hinsley Temple Church of God 440 Gardner Stre et, S. W. Rev. Luther R. Hinsley 524-8146 .- i . , . :. r ..-,". ~-:-;, ...... ' - ~ : - - ·- / .,_:., . . :, . �. ... , \, 3• . Mr. Lyall Scott t. November 5, 1969 I • ·· , I I . St. Stephens 181 Georgia Avenue 524-3054 Rev. B. B. Bowens _I ' 'I I Stewart Avenue Methodist Church ·aG? ; Stewart Avenue, S. W. 753-6214 Rev. G. B. Henderson . j Sunny Side Baptist Church ,·1033 Sims Street, S. W. Rev. W. A. Saunders l i. I I I 1· I The Church of God 6~:9 Pryor Street, S. W. Bishop William Ford ! i i ·j I t I Welcome Friend Baptist Church 714 Fraser Street, S. E. 524-7040 Rev. J. B. Hi 11 I ,J l . i. ~-_:.·> .· i ' :::: . i Triumph Holiness Church Farrington Avenue 755-6240 Rev. Alford ··i . - ·; . Welcome Grove Baptist Church Crew Street, S. W. .. . ,.~ ~-.RliV. J. H. Walker ... . . White Spring Baptist Church Love Street, S. E. Rev. Clark l .I i ' Zion Hill Baptist Church 666 McDaniel Street, S. W. Rev. L. M. Terrill I I I I I ! '. _ l I !· I _· 1 ,! I I .I '! I; ·! • r-. • . • • . __ .. . .. . . ,~·'-"~~ • ···:'!· ... . ·..: --~,--~ ;if;\~ ... ":·•:-~-'- --- ."' .. , . �.. ' .•. Rev. Ernes t Orr Hill Stree t Mission 595 Hill St. , SE Atlanta, Georgi a Rev. Lewi s Davi s Wesley Communi ty Centers 9 McDonough Bl vd ., SE Atlanta , Geor gia Mr. Howard J effers on Economic Opportuni ty of Atl anta Price Nei ghbor hood Center 1127 Capitol Ave ., SW Atlanta , Geor gi a Rev. Austin Ford Emmaus House 1017 Capi tol Ave ., SW Atlanta , Georgi a Mr. Robert Waymer Model Ne i ghborhood Inc . 673 Capitol Ave ., SW Atlanta , Georgia Lyall W. Scott Model Ci ties Mass Convent i on, I nc . 673 Capitol Ave ., SW Atlanta , Geor gia � 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 ‘Model Cities! eRe see i ' ‘eget oat - LIRB A N Housing Consultants pe Oe Losr\ Ly eel Fi bec fier. C001 lA widee A ne Pty? * } EAST -673 Cepltol Avenue, S. W. 7 i aa Ee AD =, | ReSM eee es SOE my A ey 4 ' ie 404 BY6-0781 ; uf oe Foe eS od po November le 1G aS EX oy ay” ; i , . pre: ‘4h: Fe = ' tite ‘ a Memorandum yg NOY 3.4; 1968 . Sg - Jo : Mr. Lyall Scott , oe FROM -: Lowell F. Dickerson LF O, ES ei Y il: at Es . “ee Fe i Veet SUBJECT: Churches in the Model Cities Area os aoe Adair Park Baptist Church ; Evergreen Baptist Church | 719 Pearce Street, S. W. 1069 Washington Street, S. W. 753-3332 524-8735 ! Rev. Royce I. Bagley Rev Johnny Tucker a | Antioch Baptist Church Eaprineten Avenue Holiness Church i * 1021 Garibaldi Street, S. W. Farrington Avenue .: | we tenet i, = Rev. J. Montford - 524-8728 orale. _ Bishop Henry Thomas \ : : Bethany Baptist 118 McDaniel Street, S. W. First Pentecostal Holiness Church Rev. J. A. Hicks 948 Ormewood Terrace, S. E. 627-449) er ts Bethlehem Baptist Church Rev. H. Ray Stewart [ 438 Fraser Street, S. E. Lg 688-2639 First Wesleyan Methodist Church Rey. W. M. Jackson and Son 319 Park Avenue, S. E. , 521-1105 Blessed Martin Church ii 694 Pryor Street, S. W. Fortress Avenue Baptist Church 3 ae 688-0764 1147 Fortress Avenue ri - Rev. F. W. Melville ; 525-3192 rh. + Rev. T. P. Perkins 35a Calvary Temple Baptist Church eg 700 Cooper Street, S. W. Fountain Temple A.M.E. Church 524-7223 967 Violet Avenue, S. E. Rev. D. C. Morton Rev. C. H. Adams eras aT o Capitol Ave. Baptist Church ; Georgia Avenue Presbyterian Church : - 660 Capitol Avenue, S. E. 645 Grant Street, S. E. : 688-5376 688-0871 ; h at Rev. Fred Propst i 3 . fc | c is ) 4 | 7 RR ie ene aire trin «oe nan teres Mg seve ere A+ i es ee ee ee | + abe tae bw ! i 7 —_ : ae a, 0 hy tad yt ep 1 To dew, r o 7 ae Te <5 “SReETT EA eet cera ne eagle SOE, p TER pre ote  Mr. Lyall Scott | "2, Grant Park Baptist Church 355 Georgia Avenue, S. E. 622-4442 Dr. Prue H. Kelley Grant Park Methodist Church 575 Boulevard, S. E. 627-6221 Greater Mt. Calvary Baptist Church 388 Glenn Street, S. W. 521-1271 Rev. B. Joseph Johnson Greater Hopewell C.M.E. Church 604 Cooper Street, S. W. 523-2394 Hemphill Memorial Baptist Church 535 Pryor Street, S. W. Rev. John Hemphill * Hinsley Temple Church of God 440 Gardner Street, S. W Rev. Luther R. Hinsley 524-8146 Iconiaum Baptist Church 1050 McDaniel Street, S. W. 524-1443 Rev. M. L. Lindsey Joyland Baptist Church 1166 Windsor Street, S. W. 523-1863 Rev. 0. L. Walls Martin Street Church of God 452 Martin Street, S. E. = 688-8545 Elder George Wilson Mt. Carmel Baptist Church 768 Martin Street, S. E. 525-1895 Rev. 0. C. Woods Mt. Nebo Baptist Church 1030 Martin Street, S. E. 627-4030 Rev. E. D. Jackson fe eerie! Rag oo a ft so apm Tt -- "8 “ 5 an ox November 5, 1969 Mt. Welcome Baptist Church 771 Coleman Street, S. E. 524-7626 | New Hampton Baptist Church Farrington Avenue, S. E. © 755-6832 ‘ Rev. J. W. Byrd Pare New Hope Baptist Church 236 Richardson Street, S. W. 522-6331 Rev. R, N. Martin Oliver Baptist Church 129 Love Street, S. E. Rev. W. M. Smith . 5 “<i Rice Memorial Presbyterian Church 928 Coleman Street 577-1477 Rev. Calvin Houston Salem Baptist Church 481 Martin Street, S. E. 688-5109 Rev. Jasper Williams Second Baptist Tuskegee Street, S. E. 872-6909 Rev. P, L. Jones Second Oliver Baptist Church 947 Violet Avenue, S. HW. 794-7796 Rev. J. H. Dozier St. John Baptist Church 1158 Coleman Street, S. W. 799-6761 Rev. W. A. Saunders eos St. John C.M.E. Church 518 Fraser Street, S. E. i Rev. Roy Blake 5 ES St. Paul Methodist Church 501 Grant Street, S. E. 688-7501 Rev. Charles Reaves Tees soe ete ae eg SEN EEE TAFE SE re os aa-7 yeeq ‘i  oui ith 51033 Sims Street, S. W. Mr. Lyall Scott CD ot es St. Stephens 181 Georgia Avenue 524-3054 Rev. B. B. Bowens Stewart Avenue Methodist Church "867: Stewart Avenue, S. W. 753-6214 . _ Rev. G. B. Henderson | Sunny Side Baptist Church Rev. W. A. Saunders The Church of God yt 639 Pryor Street, S. W. - Bisnop William Ford Triumph Holiness Church Farrington Avenue 755-6240 Rev. Alford - Welcome Friend Baptist Church 714 Fraser Street, S. E. 524-7040 Rev. J. B. Hill Welcome Grove Baptist Church Crew Street, S. W. wREV. J. H. Walker White Spring Baptist Church Love Street, S. E. Rev. Clark Zion Hill Baptist Church 666 McDaniel Street, S. W. Rev. L. M. Terrill * ryteernes t ne 4 boa ' “November 5, 1969 a 1 rer Bue { ry © | yf i t J as. wie “ey Tey toe tesa stempergeh see eee ee Rev. Ernest Orr Hill Street Mission 595 Hill St., SE Atlanta, Georgia Rev. Lewis Davis Wesley Community Centers 9 McDonough Blvd., SE Atlanta, Georgia Mr. Howard Jefferson Economic Opportunity of Atlanta Price Neighborhood Center 1127 Capitol Ave., SW Atlanta, Georgia Rev. Austin Ford Emmaus House 1017 Capitol Ave., SW Atlanta, Georgia Mr. Robert Waymer Model Neighborhood Inc. 673 Capitol Ave., SW Atlanta, Georgia Lyall W. Scott Model Cities Mass Convention, Inc. 673 Capitol Ave., SW Atlanta, Georgia  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 8, Folder 17, Document 16 Box 8 Box 8 Folder 17 Folder topic: Model Cities | 1969 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/ddc582f84a75139568cf2c200648f95e.pdf 1b18a3c2d4f70ad06273d369d72ca292 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. . ··-- ~,....- -·-~t...:..,:_· ... - _..... ~~- .· - - ·.---~- - :....:...• - -- -r-~- -:- . . - ------,-.-·--·-··· ·-· I •, ' • .. -- --·- -- -·-- -- -·---- � 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 Seereraead POUT TEAL anna (ermitia) § sieve orf orcedinh, i = ROPERATY : t ee . ’ ) 673 Capitol Avenue, SW ' Atlanta, Georgia 30315 404 (577-5200) {f = 2000 ft Lays  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 8, Folder 17, Document 15 Box 8 Box 8 Folder 17 Folder topic: Model Cities | 1969 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/678c64b6b5820278f043bec6c502bf31.pdf 385bf8deda33360bf5cee79c06a62151 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. C! TY OF ATLANTA DEP A RT~ENT OF LAW . 2614 FIRST N A TI0, 1 -".L BANK BUILOING ATt ANTA, GEO RC,: ,:_ 3 .: ,3 03 November 17, 1969 Mr •. Jack Cs Delius Gener a l Manager Del'Ulrtment of Parlr..s City a~ll Anne11: / ...... nd Recreation n _ .,,.---._ ~) Atlant:11 1 G orgia . lI l• ... _j I - --"-~- V Mr . Collier B. Gladin, Director(~ ) 1 Department: of Planning ~ City Hall Atlant , G$orgi~ -~ / ~\ \ Ar.W .' _// \0 \n vY} Mr . Johnny C. Johnson , {J1rector Model Cities Program ~ J 673 Capitol At 1.antJJ. , C or ~ 1 I Re• Gentlemen: \ i'itt:a,an Park / '-..__1/ Th~ writer , after conferring wit h Me r . James B. Pilcher and Horace T. Ward, has cane to the conclu ion that the use to which property in Pittman Park is now being put is~ superior governmental land u e and 1 therefore , c nnot be the subject of eminent dam in by & r ilroad , ev n though th8t r ilro dis authorized t o exerci e that po,:~er of eroinant domain. Also, I h v come to th~ conclusion th t the land which the Southern R~ilway Company want wa acquired ~n uch a manner that any _dt•~ eontinuation of its u ea par!C.8 property would not c~eata a reverter EX HI B IT NO. 4 �Mr. Jack c. Deliue, Mr. Colliar B. Gladin, and ,,j Mr. John·ny C. John5on ,, ,; Page 2 November 17, 1969 t. to tho grantor.a of the property. Tru,refore, I am of the tentative opinion that should the City of Atlanta wish to dispose of t:he property in question, it may do so. provided that the charter and related ordinances of the Cit:y of Atl'2nta are---followed in thia respect. Th~, primary piu-pose of th1a letter is to request that you ~"lree get1tlomon sit ,down and attempt 1:0 bring about a unified position of the City of Atlanta ~ith respect to this matter. I I ) One~ you have made soma sort of a resolution, if you would kindly appri1e the wTiter of what that ia, we shall then proceed with your wishes. Por purposes of •· laga l economy' , Mes ors, Pilcher antl !ward and myself feel that wa would batter serve a unified position rath~r than ~ch of us going off on a separate cour&e at the behest of several clie..~ta. ·, ,· .j I Wit ' my kindest regards to you all, I am, Very truly yours, ij/1-- i '! ? lfov Thomas F. Choyce TFC:cc ., : : ... -, 1' I, ' • •. ~ t. 1' • i � 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 C'TY OF ATLANTA DEPAKTMENT OF LAW. 2614 FIRST NATIONAL BANK BUILDING ATLANTA, GEORG!" 32303 November 17, 1969 Mr.. Jack C. Delius __| General Manager Department of Parks and Recreation _~ City Hall Amex 4 Atlanta, Georgia of if Mr. Collier B. Gladin, Director \ Department of Planning City Hail Atlante, Georgia Mr. Johnny C. Johnson, aererter Model Cities Program 673 Capitol Av Atlanta, Geor (Re: Pittman Park The writer, after conferring with Messrs. James 8B. Pileher and Horace T. Ward, has come to the conclusion that the use to which property in Pittman Park is now being put is a superior governmental land use and, therefore, cannot be the subject of eminent domain by @ railroad, avan though that railroad is authorized te exercise that power of eminent domain. Also, I have case to the conclusion that the land which the Southern Railway Company wants was acquired in such a manner that any did- continuation of ite use az parka property would not create a reverter EXHIBIT NO. 4 Mr. Jack C. Delius, Mr. Collier B, Gladin, and Mr. Johnny C. Johnson — Page 2 November 17, 1969 | | to the grantors of the property. Therefore, I am of the tentative opinion that should the City of Atlanta wish to dispose of the property in question, it may | do so, provided that the charter and related ordinances of the City of Atlanta are-follewed in this respect. Tha primary purpose of thia ietter is to request that you three gentlesen sit down and attempt to bring about a unified position of the City of Atlanta with respect to this matter, Cace you have mada soma sort of a resolution, if you would kindly apprise the writer of what that is, we shall then proceed with your wishes. Por purposes of ' legal economy’, Messrs, Pilcher and Ward and myself feal that we would better serve a unified position rather than each of us going off on a separate course at the behest of several clients, With my kindest regards to you all, I am, ety Very truly yours, Thomas F. Choyce TFC;cc  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 8, Folder 17, Document 14 Box 8 Box 8 Folder 17 Folder topic: Model Cities | 1969 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/7ad1aab7c2aef7b5f694a36d4432b222.pdf 4a9cd92036501bae42871a7295b730db Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. r-~-;'l lr1C,·;·,' \'· • /Ii ~? \:.::.1 ' j j ( ·;i 1'·I. . 11 r·-~i I - I I • . ( f\. ~ . 0 ·1 ~ ;' !:; •;1., . ,!!, . . ·,.,:1 • l'• I 1;'/ I J!y RALEIGH BHYM\ S Southern Hai lw<!y's pb ns to expEl.r. cl i(s Sout h Ya rd, ami · lhcrc!Jy lo clispl::'rc from JOG to 150 fa111i lics, cau:icd .·\ tla nla's Model Cities E:,ceutirc Do::ircl to rea ct v:ilh concern Tuesci3y . .....-- - The Model Citic:; boa rd voled to ask Sou thern Lu tkilay ils e:,pansion prog ram unti l il has discussed its plans c1 ncl ,tltcrnalin.:s wilh ci ty offi cic1ls. The bo,; rd's cei11ccrn, in large part, was tlwt Soulil t·rn will be uprooli n6 so in.my families at the same tim e hu;1drcds of others arc being di:,plncccl by fi the city. · But the board also ro lc:c<l di ,-: . pk·.isurc tha t c:-;p:-111.si:m of s Sou lh!:rn's yard will lake a Y fou r-:icrc bile oul of c:: ty-ownd f Pittnwn Park and v:i!i me;i n cert ain slrcels wii l be c!ca,t. · 5 ended. y Offic!nls com plained llw t lht'y had llu l k arnccl of SnuU1c rn '!:i g m:pansion acliv ilic.; until JO cl ays H[;O, a '. thout;!i nl ka sl one e city ofiici~d--1\!dern,;1n Cll ar;ic .c Left wich ·__ knew of !hem for some ti me. 11 is OFFI CL\ LS snicl Southe rn had 3t disc ussed v,it h Left wich lhc p:.issibility of ,1•orl:ing a tr.ide in n \l'hic:h the city would s1.-ap tile !r P ittm an P a r k acrer1ge fo r ,. Sou tl1ern-oil'nccl la nd at .inothe:r ·s loca ti on. ·Offic ial · of the raillv2.y hnd d 11ot imm ediate react ion lo the 1- 11odd Cities board request (h3t .s cxpan ·ion of th'.! South Ya1 d be 1 .S C delayed. ~ A spokesman fo r S'Julhcrn S General ilrn nager It. H. ;\loorcl,. 1 said there wou;d be no re- e> sponse by the railn,::cl until i Moore return s fro !1 an 0~1l-o[- l town trip 'l'lwrsday . Acco rd ing lo city officluls, the Solllh Yard expan sion i3 tu provide sicl ii:~:s fo r 1-;lr:ra3e of the huge mi!w~1y cars wlikh are used lo trc1 11sfer newly manufac tu red au lomobllc:;. Southern possc.,sc~ lhc po\':2r or emitH.'ll t Jo11din whicli m -:nns that, li ke li1,~ ci ly or oth 2r gov- r ernmcn l:,, it can acqL:irc prop - r, crtics · il w,:nls th ro ugh con· dcm na!iua. Th::! co11.-:t' rn of ~Todd Cities offid~ls arise:; from th:? fo c-t · the cxpnn~ion is occurri ng -.;·ith- in lht> c:it{s 3,0QO .ic: rc ~.;0,!.~l Cilics ::trca at a tir11u wk· n a major pu:)lic prog1'<1tll to improve lh,!t :1rc,1 h unJ-: r \·,:w . i EXHIBI _T N0 . 3 � 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 \ A %) i fa" uf a laps bee VY SS CI are wy yf ‘Aide EN Ee] jy RALEICH BRYANS o MHI RS Southern Railway's plans to expand its South Yard, and thereny to displace from 109 to 150 families, caused Atlanta's Mode! Cities Executive Board to react with concern Tuesday, i i es ——ra eos © “= “. tT =a The Model Cities board voted to ask Southern to delay its ex- pansion pregram unalil it has dis- cussed ils plans and alternatives with city officials. The board’s concern, in large part, was that Southern will be upreoling so many families al the same time hundreds of others are being displaced by the city, : Bul the board also veleed dis- pleasure that expansion of Soulhern's yard will take a four-vcre bile out of city-owned Pillman Park and will mean certain streets will be dead- ended, Officials complained thal they had not learned of Southern's expansion activities until 10 days ago, aithough at Isast one cily official-—Alderiman Chariie Leftwich -- knew of them for some time. OFFICIALS said Southern had discussed with Leftwich the pos: sibility of working a trade in Which the city would swap the Pilman Park acreage for Soulher-owned land at anather Jocation. ‘Officials of the railway had not immediate reaction to the Model Cities board request that expansion of the South Yatd he delayed, A Spokesman for Southern General Manager Hf. Rh. Moores said there would be no re- sponse by the railroad unlil Moore returas from an out-ol- flown trip ‘Mhursday. According to city officials, the South Yard expaasion is to)" provide sidings for storage of lhe huge rallway cars Which are used lo transfer newly man. ufactured aulomohiles, Southern possesses the power of eminent Joniudtin which means that, like the cily or other goy- -fernments, if can acquire prop- erties’ it wents through con- .| demnation, Tha conecrn of Medel Cities officials arises from the faci the expansion is occurring wit Hh. "lin the city’s 3,000 acre Biola Cilics area ala time when a ‘}major public program. to im- prove that area is under way, Ne ew EXHIBIT NO.3  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 8, Folder 17, Document 13 Box 8 Box 8 Folder 17 Folder topic: Model Cities | 1969 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/37f49176145d2ee20075bdb5bbeb5bed.pdf 69d5d9388bbda1810cd3c7c00a9b138f Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. rfT~ ·-"" · •' ,..."·t,,r-: ~,.... .,".·' ! /· 1". .... , , •, ·, ,r\f\~ \ -, ('\ ··- I , ' "",;· ..... -r:-r,"':t"\~ l 7I .• ,..... , ,r-· ··-- 1 :--;..-·. ~ . -,,:-, I' . ~ , • : ; -,, - .. , ~ if. -;; varu!anoe: .• Jrs • .nos .,. " .f ' ' r. WilZiam r.o .1! _. ul". Joe mi·ttley, "r. 0'a1.,1.1"!:-,.,. r:raia, ~·:rs. ·,~~. I, . r!eems, ;.~:-t-. i7obert Do7u;on. Y:ra.s. C. B~ · W'1'iqht .. ~fris • .rda ~!:!'iaht . .~·r. Le:,,i~ Pete!'-'3 . ?:'rG. attie · Ans Zey ·' ra. (roim Hood. V ~-- n1:Y>eotor.q met o ;-i ·f;"f-i. .~ above r.7.ate ,,,1.:th t~ie o¼air-r11c '! ~eaaon ~eters p'1'asi2in~ in a ~aZZ sesaion to talk ~n t,R ~. n. P. ~at ivities areas foP %9?0 . Agenoy rnvo~•l~ation . aZ9o Senio~ ·1:·H:rnns of Atlanta and Sa'l,ary for Day Ca1.'~ P.mr,Zot1efHJ. t h e h O(.!'l'd o.f The ohairn~n Deaoon PeterR askad that t~e aaenda be apD ~oved. ~a~z ! ~- Johnny Johnson the ~~e nutiva Director of Atlanta 1 Citi~s program d 1:sausser.Z the :'.1. D'. P. .for 7.9'10 . he 9h01i1el' us t 7te r, Ze arance and 1"eloaation si .t e ,for- the si::c (~) ode'l Citie s ax•eas. f/e WlLr•e aZso given a tis t 1Jit 11 the rJorn:-1on11t Drioritie11 1,,1:-tr? a pattern .for proqre .c;s. He .r1 tatei1 tho.t aativitieg that Mer-en ·t accomp Zishe~ i n Z9GD ~iZl ~ave to ~e aomnletel in lR?O . ~ ~~ij MePe -~ot in d:i a(lte d on the 1:)';."iO'l'ity Ur:Jt. 'ur. John!lon spoke about t ~e S out~ern Rail~oaJ ~hiah ~as purahase~ homes & apa~tment in ti·1e .Pi tt ~ih ~~(!h araa ani? ?ia.<1 aompl~tf'-ll/ ove1loo7(e<l the .•1.odrd. Citie aitiae n,<: t the PnT' plan fo'l' t11i!l in t~1e T'itteburgi.. community. saii! the ·c ~i dents c.f ' '0<.fo Z Ci t ie8 ,J i ZZ not rece1:ve ant/ a•rn if3 tanae from · . '·' Rout~ ern naiZ~oa~ such a , moving co at. and other t,ln1$ that thoy ou ·, .: have. reoe1:vn .from 11o r:le Z c ,l tie$. Re a l no e tated t~ . t u s nee ~ ZeaaZ adviqe on Emient Domai" to se e 0he re ~e stan~ i n t his mat t eP . ffo aZs o spoke Cl/' t J-,e : 1anqrn• of the ~~oDani'3l (H'o .1 ~in(J ~ i-.e 1 w Z:ea oor. ?e ters 'N tQ ues t ee tha t a Z l , s,z:.r. ( fi ) Neiqh1>or>'1oods un_ite behind ' ~~e l Cities in voi ain n di~approvat of Southern ~ail~a1/ in vurshase o.f 7,an d 1: n P1:tts-,,i.t:rrr1i for rai Z:r-oad e~pansion. •., . �Je said that we need to oaZZ alt the ~asid6~ts of Pittsburs~ and .'-!eahaniasvi lZe toaether to etand up .for theixr rights because the r- 1odet Cities offiee received nonotifiaation about 11,hat tJaB happening in theiP area . . T1i e report from tlie Housing f. Re Zocation committee 1.i1as presented , by Representative John Hood. It was approved for action by the Emeoutive Board. (See attached revort) Mro. Bunnie Jaokson from EOA discussed the training propo9at from O. E. O. !.fode1, Cities rtaas Convention_, Ino, .: is the delegat~ agency foP this program. A motion was made & seconded & approved that a letter be sent to att agenoies funded btJ ,Poa.ei Cities requesting the qualifications of their empZ.oyeea & the numbe:ri of resic1.ents an thei:rt staff. It ti7as motione d f: seaonded & approved that t~,, o (2) aitiaan8 :, Doke on , 13 ~1r. Scott attend a Housin g con.ferenee in Pashington ,'r. on Dece mber 8. De acon Lewi s Pst e :rs , Chairman � 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 MAT PP TPT Sonne CAI Tee pir ’ d ’ . ve Ah Ak OTe TAA PAN te 75 19en é oe ee ae - Hy aztcendance: “rs. Posa 7. n-' yo Me. Willtam Com, “r. Joe Wnttley, "er. vacvin Crata, re. “. LL. Weems, “x, Robert Dokson rs. C. B. Wright, “rs. Ida Yright. “ye. Leuts Peters. rs. “attte Analey, Mr. Jcun Hood. ihe board of Direotors met on the above date with the chairmen “eaecon Peters presiding tn @ gall sasaton to talk on the ¥, 1, P. cttvities areas for 1970 . Aqancy Inveottqation. also Senior Citizens of Atlanta and Salary for Day Cara Employees. Doctor Coz was askee to lead us in prayer fhe ehairman Deacon Peters asked that tie acanda be apnvoved. ie. Johnny Johnson the @zecutive Director oF Atlanta “odel Ctittes orogram dtseusaed the if. BD. P. for 1970 he showed us the elearence and relocation site for the stx (f) Model Cities areas. Ve were also gtven a ligt wit the comnonet vriorities wit a pattern for provress. Rea stated that activittes that weren't geeompitehet tw 1969 will ave to be ecommletel in 1970. They were 20% indieated on the oetority itet. “ny. Johnson spoke about te Southern Pattivoad which has purchased homea & anartment in the Pittsburgh area and has completely overlooked the “Model Cietes citizens & the PP plan for this in the Ptttaburgs community. He also spoke of the Janqer of the “eNaniel erossing, he satd the vestdents ef ‘odel Ctttes vitil not recetve any asatstance from ° .. Soutzern Patlroad such as moving cost, and ether things that they would have receive from “cdel Cittes. He aleo stated that ve need legal advise on Emient Domain to see where we etand tn this matter. Deacon Peters requested that att stm (8) Netqhborhoods unite behind todel Cittes in voteing disapproval of Southern Railway in ourshase of land in Pitteburah for rattlroad e: sepanston,. mveebirayht prrse te satd that we need to call all the residents of Pittsburgh and Mechantesvttlle together to stand up for their rights because the Model Cittes offiee received nonotificatton about what was happentng in their area. The report from the Housing ¢ Relocation committee was presented ‘by Representative John Hood. It was approved for aectton by the Exeeutive Board. (See attached report) Mrs. Bunnte Jackson from EOA discussed the training proposal from 05, Ex Os Nodel Cittes Mass Convention, Inc,: ts the delegate agency for thts program. A motion was made & seconded & approved that a letter be sent to atl agenotes funded by “odel Cities requesting the qualificattons of their employeee & the number of restdents an thetr staff. It was mottoned & seconded & approved that tuo (2) attizens, ‘mn, Dokson, &@ "nr, Seott attend a Housing conference in Washington on December 8, Deacon Lewts Peters, Chairman  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 8, Folder 17, Document 12 Box 8 Box 8 Folder 17 Folder topic: Model Cities | 1969 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/8e62c664e141085dfc4d0f0b9597ebc5.pdf eedc086f49e58b50a2cc29174347c065 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. MEl\10RANDlJlli To: DISPOSITION Collier Gladin, George_Aldridge, Pierce Mahony, Dan Sweat From : Eric, Bob ·<'/'""'{J// ~ I G . Subject: I II Sollthern Railway's Planned Expansion of Storage Faciliti -?s in the 1 Pittsburgh Neighborhood · O,\TE Distribute [] Hold 0 0 0 Filo _Info. Only November 18, 1969 On Tuesd_(;!y,..,~November 4, Stan Martin of the Parks & Recreation Department informed Eric that Southern Railway was planning to acquire a portion of Pittman Park in_order to expand their storage facilities which are now located just to the east of McDaniel Srreet. -I Previous to this date, representatives of Southern Railway met with Mr. Charles Leftwich to explain their expansion plans. They told Mr. Leftwich that they wanted to acquire approximately 4.2 acres of l·he northern section of Pittman Pc1rk for the storage of railroad cars. In return they will purchase approximately 4.8 acres to the southeast of t·he park and give it to the Parks Department and build new facilities for any facilities which -they acquire. In addition to the park, Southern Railwo)' also plans to exptmd southwesterly into the Pittsburgh Neighborhood and will acquire 50 structures between McDaniel Street and Pittman Park. I On Wednesday, November 5, the day after Ston Martin informed Eric, Reinold Dersch of the Parks Departh1ent brought a map of the park and showed Eric and Bob Southern Railway's plans with regard to the park (but not Southern's complete plons). At this tim_e , Eric te!ephoned Jim Wright to inform him of what the Planning Department had learned. Eric requested that a meeting be held as soon as possible with representatives of Southern Railway, Model Cities, Parks and Recreation Department, Housing Authority and the Planning Deportment. This meeting was set by the Parks Deportment for the fol lowing Monday. On Mondo1 , November 10, a tneeting was held in the confercr,ce room of ~1e City Hal I Annex to discuss Southern Railway's plans. People attending the meeting included: Howard Grigsby ., Housing Authority Lou Orosz & Jim Wright - Model Cities Jimmy Mimms, Virginia Carmichael, Betty Yarborough, Molly Waggoner , Recreation Stoff A. P. Brindley, Reinald Dersch - Parks Staff Stan Martin - Parks & Recreation Deportment I ';<1\11 \ I I t.U ' ,.· · ' '. , I 1 \ �Memorandum November 18, 1969 Page Two Hora ce Word - City Attorney's Office Bob He lget - Planning Department C. Richard McQueen - (attorney from Grenne, Buckl ey, DeRie nx & Jones) re presenting Southern Ra ilway J . R. Oglesby - Sout·hern Railwoy At this meeting Reinold Dersch of the Parks and Re creation De partment discussed the Roi !way's plan, the e ffect on Pittman Pork, and some solutions to th is problem. The lond that Southern Railway wishe s to give the Parks De partment in rel·urn for what they purchase incl udes a porl·ion of t·he bri ck yord east of the present Perk and the block bounded by De levoti Street , Fortress Ave nue , Fle tcher Street and West Avenue . Th is bfock coni·a ins 30 structu res (resi dentiol). The greate st concern of the Parks and Recreation De partme nt is that the pork proposed by Southe rn Railway would be long ond fai rly narrow. ihe block w ith 30 structures is qu ite isolated from the majority o f Pittsburgh res idents and th ere fore, the resulting park wou ld not well serve the residents. These probl ems we re discussed and then the Re crea tion Sta ff membe rs left. Mr. McQuee n, re presen ting the Ra ilway , then presented Southern Ra ilway 's enHre p lan to th e remal ning membe rs . The tota l pi on ex tends from M cDanie l Stree t on th e west to Fortress Street on the eas1·. Fifty structures woul d be acq uired west o f the park and thirty structures wou ld be acquired for the new Pittman Park, for a tota l of 80 structures (a ll res ide nti a l) . Approx imate ly te n struc tures have olre ady bee n a cquired west of th e park q n scattered si tes . Lou O rosz to ld Mr. McQueen wh at Mode l Cit ies is try ing to accomplish and stressed th e importonce of c it ize n .invo lvement . Mr. McQ1.1ee n sta ted that Southern Roilwoy needs th is storage yard immedia te ly . They do not wi sh to get invo lved with court su its nor ore the y fond of meeting with the c it ize ns. Bob Helget stated 1'11ot maps wou ld be needed by the Pl an ning Deportment and Mode l Ci ties showing the planned acq uisition ~o th at the fu l l impact of the proposed cou Id be studied. The above me nt ioned maps were rece ived on Thursday, November 14. We are now proceeding to put th is information o n Mode l Cities mops . Mode l Cities and the Planning Depari'ment wil l obta in information on the condi tion of structures involved, number of fami li es to be located, and other pert inent information. �f../1emorandum November 18, 1969 Page Three •I j ~ f:' Ii .,. ' . ' On Monday, Nobember 17, Johnny Johnson is meeting ~ith the legal representatives of Southern Railway to get firsthand inforrrotion ! At this time no additional meetings are scheduled. j ~ - I • I I f I ) . I. 'i I . ,.... I ' . '• ~- .' '· • I � 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 INTRAOFFICE MEMORANDUM To: From: Subject: DATE Collier Gladin, George Aldridge, Pierce Mahony, Dan Sweat BISP OSIM ene L Distribute Eric, Bob = A Ort ! Hold File Info. Only Southern Railway's Planned Expansion of Storage Facilities in the Pittsburgh Neighborhood November 18, 1969 On Tuesday, November 4, Stan Martin of the Parks & Recreation Department informed Eric that Southern Railway was planning to acquire a portion of Pittman Park . inlorder to expand their storage facilities which are now located just to the east of McDaniel Street. Previous to this date, representatives of Southern Railway met with Mr. Charles Leftwich to explain their expansion plans, They told Mr. Leftwich that they wanted to acquire approximately 4.2 acres of the northern section of Pittman Park for the storage of railroad cars. In return they will purchase approximately 4.8 acres to the southeast of the park and give it to the Parks Department and build new facilities for any facilities which they acquire. In addition to the park, Southern Railway also plans to expand southwesterly into the Pittsburgh Neighborhood and will acquire 50 structures between McDaniel Street and Pittman Park, On Wednesday, November 5, the day after Stan Martin informed Eric, Reinald Dersch of the Parks Department brought a map of the park and showed Eric and Bob Southern Railway's plans with regard to the park (but not Southern's complete plons), At this time, Eric telephoned Jim Wright to inform him of what the Planning Department had learned. Eric requested that a meeting be held as soon as possible with representatives of Southern Railway, Model Cities, Parks and Recreation Department, Housing Authority and the Planning Department. This meeting was set by the Parks Department for the following Monday, On Monday, November 10, a meeting was held in the conference room of the City Hall Annex to discuss Southern Railway's plans. People attending the meeting included; Howard Grigsby = Housing Authority Lou Orosz & Jim Wright - Model Cities Jimmy Mimms, Virginia Carmichael, Betty Yarborough, Molly Waggoner = Recreation Staff 5 A. P. Brindley, Reinald Dersch - Parks Staff Stan Martin = Parks & Recreation Department PMP Ne 4 OOOO tjemorandum November I8, 1969 Page Two Horace Ward ~ City Attorney's Office Bob Helget = Planning Department C. Richard McQueen ~ (attorney from Grenne, Buckley, DeRienx & Jones) representing Southern Railway J.R. Oglesby = Southern Railway At this meeting Reinald Dersch of the Parks and Recreation Department discussed the Railway's plan, the effect on Pittman Park, and some solutions to this problem. The land that Southern Railway wishes to give the Parks Department in return for what they purchase includes a portion of the brick yard east of the present Park and the block bounded by Delevon Street, Fortress Avenue, Fletcher Street and West Avenue. This biock contains 30 structures (residential). The greatest concern of the Parks and Recreation Department is that the park proposed by Southern Railway would be long and fairly narrow. The block with 30 structures is quite isolated from the majority of Pittsburgh residents and therefore, the resulting park would not well serve the residents. These problems were discussed and then the Recreation Staff members left. Mr. McQueen, representing the Railway, then presented Southern Railway's entire plan to the remaining members. The total plan extends from McDaniel Street on the west to Fortress Street on the east, Fifty structures would be acquired west of the park and thirty structures would be acquired for the new Pittman Park, for a total of 80 structures (all residential), Approximately ten structures have already been acquired west of the park on scattered sites. Lou Orosz told Mr. McQueen what Model Cities is trying to accomplish and stressed the importance of citizen involvement. Mr, McQueen stated that Southern Railway needs this storage yard immediately. They do not wish to get involved with court suits mor are they fond of meeting with the citizens. Bob Hetget stated that maps would be needed by the Planning Department and Model Cities showing the planned acquisition so that the full impact of the proposed could be studied, The aboye mentioned maps were received on Thursday, November 14, We are now proceeding to put this information on Model Cities maps. Model Cities and the Planning Department will obtain information on the condition of structures involved, number of families to be located, and other pertinent information. Memorandum November 18, 1969 Page Three On Monday, Nobember |7, Johnny Johnson is meeting with the legal representatives of Southern Railway to get firsthand information. At this time no additional meetings are scheduled.  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 8, Folder 17, Document 11 Box 8 Box 8 Folder 17 Folder topic: Model Cities | 1969 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/46b52837b090a46373a280b64ba263bf.pdf 7e89f040be8b523b2b2b053c98121689 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Novembe r 28, 1969 OFFICEl O F MODEL CITIES P .ROG .RAM G73 Capitol Av1mue, S.W. Atlanta, Ga . 30315 (404 ) 577 • 5200 Iva n A lle n Jr., Mayor J. C. Johnson, Director MEMORANDUM TO: Mayor Ivan Allen Mayor El ect Sam Ma ssell Executive Board Members Mr. Jack Delius Mr . Dan Sweat Mr. Collie r Gladin F ROM: J ohnny c. John s on Executive Di rec tor SUBJECT ~ La nd Ac quisition by the Southern Railroad in Pittsburgh (S e e a t t a che d map) Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Lest e r Persells Henry Bowden J"ames Pilcher Horace Ward Thomas Choyce ~ C) · i ntroduction On Novembe r 10 , 1969, t h e Mod e l Cities Program fir st became aware o f plans o f t h e Sout h ern Rail road t o expand their exist ing storage ya rd in the Pitts bu r gh- Me ch anics ville Area. This mqve affe cts only the Pittsburgh c ommunity where acqui s i tion of 15 . 2 acres of l a nd i s p r esent l y i n p r og r e ss ; Southern is c urren tly attempting to negotiate t h e acqu is i tion of 2~8 acres. o f Pittman Pa rk belonging to the Ci ty o f Atlanta an d p art o f the 15.2 acre s ite. The i r reuse proposal ca ll s for retent i on of 11.5 acre s to b e used f or expansion of their existing yard f ac ilitie s, while t h e remain ing 3.7 acres would be returned to the c ity f o r park use. The rai l - road proposes to finance t he cost o f ' con structing t h e n ew park, including the replacement of a gymnas ium, swimming pool, and tennis courts, all of which would be included in the initial 2.8 acre park acquisition. �-,t, - This pl ar raises many i ssu es and que s tion s a l l of ~ hic h will have to b e an swered in the forthcoming weeks. It is the e xprecs purpose o f this memo to prepare a proper foundation for this period by -tat ing, as accura t e ly as possible , t he events that preceded and f o llowed our i nitial discovery f Sonthern's plan on November 10 , and t he i ssues that I believe have been raised as a result . have I l s o made s ome .re comrn.enda·1• ions regarding t h e course of action we shou ld take . The finn of Greene , Buckley , DeRinex Agents f o r Sou.the r n Rai lroad . & Jones, located in the National Bank of Georgia Bu'lding i s acting a s the ir l e gal age nt; John David Jones a nd b -en involve~ in past discussions. c. Richar d McQue en have Land acqu isition is being handled by Adams - Cates Realty l ocated in the Hurt Building; Henry Robinson i s ac ti vely involved in Existir!.9 and P ro,eo sed Land Use. h is asp e c t of t 11e p lan . Compos i tion of the acquisition is as follows: Park B siness Housing Streets 2.8 4.4 6.0 _b.Q ri1 After acquisi~ion otal acres acres a.cres acres 15.2 acres he land wil l be used for: Park P ilroa.d 3.7 acres . 11. 5 acres •rotal 15.2 acres 1 .5. 2 acres of �-·3- Residential Relocation. The number of bu i ldings and awell.i..ng units to be acquired: Buildings Single Family . . . Units·k . • 63 10 Multi p le Family. 2 20 10 75 93 T\vo Fami J. y ~rotaJ. 63 The number o:... dwelling units is not an a ccu rate indic a ti on of the rn1mber of fami li es present ly occupying thern; overcrowding may increase this figure . Public Notificat·on of South ern ' s Plans rrhese agencies initially b ecai.11e aware of South ern ' s acqui s ition and expansion plan on t he da t es indicated: Parks Depa r _tment October 30 Hous ing Authority November .S Planning Department November 6 Model Ci.ties Program Staff November 10 Model Cities Board of Directors Novemb er 17 Model Cities Exec utive Board November 18 Chronology of Events {196 91 August-Septembe r Acquisition of resident i a l property began sometime during this period. October 30 Southern ' s agents H. Robinson and C. R o McQueen met with AldE.'rman Charles Left.wich, Jack Delius, and Stan Martin to discuss the r ailroad's plan. The Pa.rks Departme nt was asked �-4- to determine the , feasibility . of a new park design that would exclude 2.8 acres I of the existing Pittman Park, but include I . the additional 3.7 acres !the railroad was willing to swap for the excluded portion. November 5 Southern's land agents met with the Atlanta Housing Authority to determine the type of relocation assistance available to occupants of home s within the acquisition area. Because of the unique nature of this request- a railroad a cquiring property under the powe r o f eminent domain in an urban renewal area within the Mode l Cities Program-the Authority a sked the regional office of the Renewal As s is t ance .Administr ation ( RRA) f o r a n op in i on. t h at RRA tentative ly d etermine d n.Q fina ncial assistance was available · under ex isti ng regulation s and contacte d t heir home office in Washing ton, D. c. for f u rth er de t e rmination. November 6 Planning Department became aware of So uthern ' s plan for the Pittman Park acquisition onl y. At this t i me the Depart- ment arranged a meeting f o r Monday, Novem- ber 10 , at the Parks Department conference Room and requested Model Cities repre- I • ,• I I~ • �,:~ ,;: ..~.... 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Mr. J o ne s reiterated t he Railroad ' s position a s expre ssed one week earl i er on November 10; the acqui sit ion of l a nd, including a portion of Pittman Park, mus t be completed as soon as possible ; the re location of people wa s not a railro ad p roblem; the rai lroad would pay the fair market value f c, r a ll p r ope rty a cquired; and that any att empts to involve r e sidents and other public agenci e Si-'1aS urdes irable b e cause it would slow down the acquisi t i.- n p roc es s . 'rhe Rail r o a d c lear ly wa nted the property acq~i red a nd facili t i es c o ns t r ucte d without de ay . Model Cities maintained an opposit e po siti on : resident involvement in a ll phases of community development is the core of the Mode l Cities Program and mu st be maintained . The formulation of p l ans affecting residents of the Model Cities Area, without thei r involvemen t , iS contrary to guidelines set up by th~ Department of Housing and Urban Development. (HUD). Suggestions were also made that would get the Rai l road involved in formula- tin~ and financing a portion of the cost of �-7re loca ting people from the propos ed acquisition area i nto new hous i ng within the Model Cities Area . It was additional y recommended that this would be an excellent opportunity for Southern to b ecome involved in the developme nt. of t h e Pittsburgh community by devi sing waya t h at wou l d assis t in impeding the further deterioration of residential s tructures in the immediate vicinity of the railroa d. (Since the railroad is responsible for this d eterioration b y creating an undesirable residential n eighbo r hood to live i n, they should bear the r e sponsibility, rath er than the public a t l a rge , for preventing t his de t erioration. ) Mr. Jones said he would convey this portion to officia l s of t h e railroad. November 17 Mr. J. c. Johnson presented Southern ' s p l an to the Model Cities Board of Directors . (See minutes - Exhib it No. 2). The Board denounce d the plans and attitude of the rail road , particularly the secretive manner by which it planned and executed its program, and addit ional ly, their total disregard for involving residents and the Program staff. Finally the Board passed a resolution urging the Model Cities Executive Board to request the Southern Railroad to cease buying �-8-· prope rties until their actun l int e ntions a r e known. Novembl§r 18 Model Cit ies Exe cutive Board met and lis t ened to a presentation of Southern's plan by Jim Wright. Exhibit No. 3). (See news pap er article - 'l'hey r e solved to a.sk Southern to delay its p rograrn until the full impact of their plan on Pittsburgh and t he Mode l Cities Pr ogram Pl an wa s known . November 1 9 A tentative l ega l opinion reg a rding the ut i l i zation of GUi.nent domain in making the Pi ttman Park a c q ui s ition was rec eiv e d b y J. c. J ohnson f rom the At lanta Departme nt o f Law . (See l e tter of November 1 7 , 1 9 69 - E:-chib i t No. 4) . The opin i on said i n effec t, that the Ci ty ' .:, ownership and u se of Pit t man Pa rk was a superior governmental use which could not be acqu ired by the railroad t h rougl. its eminent domain power . Issues 1. Resident Involvement. Lack of a ny a.tt~mpt to solicit the involve- ment of residents in t he planning phase of this developm -·nt. This represents a flagrant violation of the requirements and intentions of the Model Cities P .ogra-m as e:itpres-:::;ed by Congress, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and the City of Atlanta. If this is allev;ed to continue it will result in de s truct ion of the trust residents now have for the progr9-m as a means for improving �-9- the ir own neighborhoods . 'I'he re can b e no excepti ons fo r ex- c luding re ide nt involvement . 2. Acquis ition of a Portion of P,.t.tman Park. The Mode l Cities Plan identifies the Park as presently be ing below standards set up b y the Prog r am and by the City o f At lanta in it s Parks and Recreation Plan. This de ficie ncy is i n terms of acres, and in fac ilities by which people can en j y the park such a s basebal l diamonds , r e c r eation center, etc. '11 h e Plan a l so anticipate d acquiring th e entire Foy Brick Company in later stages o f the Program: t he use, of cou r se , would have b een a pa.rk a ddition. The r eas on for not propos ing ·1-he acquisition of a djace nt resident i a l property fo r eventua l p ark use was bec a us e the Pittsbur gh c ommunity , i n seve r a l meet i ngs , was again s t s uch a move . The re l at i ve l y goo d structu ral condi tions of these homes a n d t h e p r eservation o f s ocia l ties between n eighbo rs was more i mpo rtant t o th-3se people. Th e rai l road , on t h e other hand , has not con sidered these f acts. After acquisition, wh i ch includes 30 dwe ll i n g un i ts to be removed expressly for park expans i on a nd the Foy Brick Company, park acreage will increase about one acre. Th~s is one more acre t.han the ark now contains, meaning that it will continue to b e substandard. But more important, it means that any plan to bring it up to standards by increas ing its acreage in the future will m0an that additional homes will have to be acquired. �-10 conseque ntly, t h e Railroad has e very thing t o g a in and the Pitts burgh communit y h as ,z verything to los e - its p e opl e , it s homes, and the anticipa ion of enjoying a l a r g er p ark in t h e f ut ure . 3~ Oi sreqa r d f or the Future Developme n t of Pittsburg}~. 'r h e So u thern Ra ilroa d has compl e t e y disreg a rded e x ist ing p lan s f o r Pi t tsburgh . This include s t h e City's 1983 Land Use Pl a n , t h e City ' "' Park s an d Re cre a tion Plan, and Model Cit i es Program Pl ans for the are a . Th ese p lans represent a sub- stan t i al nu.'11ber of hou r s on the p a rt of the a g enc i es inv olved and the res i dents affected. The c o st o f preparing the s e d ocumen ts whi c h r e fl ects , i n th i s case , the d e sires a nd aspirat ions o f Mode l Citie s resi ·.ents is not a l i g h t con s ideration. It cannot be di s regarded . 'J'he Ra ilro ad claims i t s acquis i t i on of h omes t o provi d e itse lf with more yard faci l iti es i s j ustified for two reasons. F -' rs t , that the space is needed to accommodate the outpu t of Ge neral Motors; the intention is tha - more business (if this is actually the Ci'J.se ) wi 11 benefit the city as a whole in the long run. Thi s kind of think.'ng-egotistical, one-sided, narrow minded , a nd with the doll ar i n mind as the ult imate objective-is responsible for destroying central city neighborhoods throughout the countryft It is one of the reasons why Congress has found the n eed for a Model Cities Program. And natura11y it is completely oppos·te t h e short run1 coor iinated, and comprehensive approach of this Prograrn �-11- t owa rds i mproving t h e l i f e of peop le l i ving in the a rea and partic i pating in the Prog rrun . I think that t his r eas on ing ic: i nv a lid within the boundaries of this Prog r am . The short run time period is unquestionably mo re critical to Pi t t sbu gh -esiden ts th an it i s to t h e ques tion abl e long run n ee ds of the Ci t-y, t 1,e Sou thern Rail r oad, and Gener a l Motors -in thi s instan ce. On th e second r e a s on, Southern believes it is doing- a serv i ce to · h e Ci ty b y r emoving s ubstandard structure s in the path of i t s p r opo sed yard facilities. If the struc ture s are s ub - standar d t o the d e gre e South ern claims, (a nd this is que stionable), t h en it is b ecau se of t h eir nearness t o t h e ra il.ro a d. ' to l i v e near a rai l r o a d ya r d? Who want s Th e people wh o c an affo r d t o l i ve on this resi d en t ial l y margina l and h ave extrem . d i ffi cult y in maintaining their homes beca u se o f t h ei r l ow income and t h e high cost of materials and labor u sed in home repa i rs. (B ecau se the homes are marginal doe s n't mc~an t he people are marginal o:r undesirable). It can be predicted with reasonable certainty t h at once the yar d is constructe d as presently planned , the adjacent buildings will deteriorate over the years. In a similar manner to the present situation, Southern ls laying the groundo10 rk for another claim when the need for additional yard fa.cili ties arises g that they are doing a service to the City by removing them. �-124. Res iden t Re locat i o n. The Mo de l Cities Pr.O:Jram has cont inua l l y maintai ne d tha t residents will be given the op portunity t o remain in t hei r ne ighborho od in t h e event t1ey had t o b e r e loc ated. W.it h opportun i t y there mus t be choice . 'l'h e lack o f standa rd &vel li.ng unit s within the area h a s p l a ced t his burden of p r ovi d i ng choice on t h e p rovi s ion o f t emporary hous i ng un i t s . Occupancy of tempo r ary un it s wou ld be until s uc h t ime as permanent s t ruc ture s were built. 'rhis me thod · repres ent s t h e f oundation of t he Mode l Cities Re l o c ation Plan and without it t h e re wi l l be no publ i c r elocat ion of f ami l i e s to provide l a nd fo r a ny fa c i lity . Furthe rmore , fin anc ial assistance from the Mode l Cities Program a nd t h e Ne ighbo r hooq. Dev elopment Program (NDP ) will mak e t h e di f f i cult i es o f mov i ng eae: .ie r f or al l pe op l e who must b e rel cated . This inclu des tenants a nd homeown ers ~ The f o rme r r e c e i ve moving expe ns e s and t h e latter r ec e i ve moving expenses ~nd up to $5 ,000 in d i f fe r ential pay~1ent s: they are p a id the differe nce in cost ($5 ,000 maximum) f r om the pr ice rec e i ve d f o r the i r a cq•dred p roperty and the cost of buying a simi l ar s i z<:1d home . 'rhe approximately 1 00 f amiJ. ies t o b e re located by Southe rn ' s acquisition wi l l receive none of thi s assistance. The use of eminent doma i n, or the thr eat o f i t, wi ll not benefit these re l ocatees. ·rhey wi ll not b e e ligibl e f o r temporary h o u sing b e caus e none is available at this time . And they will not receive moving expenses and differential payments since they are not part of the NDP or part of an acquisition by a public �-13- agency wor1dng with the Mode l Cities Program. Again,. the people do not benefit and actually become the recipients . . I . , . of inequitable treatment as a r e sult of Southern's 1non-part1.c1.pa- ! tion in the Model Cities Program. 5. Acquiring Pittman Park b y the Power of Eminent Domain. Can I Southern Railroad-a public utility-exercise its delegated power c:>f eminent domain in the acquisition of 2.8 acres of Pittman ~ l?.ark? The question is important because its answer may detennine the ' s uccess or failure of Southern's venture. If the answer is ; "yes", then there is probably nothing constructive that Pittsburgh residents can do to pre vent the plans's completion. I If "no", .I t i en it m~y be possible to negotiate with the railroad ori the I i r ues a~ready rais e d-. 11.. \ tentative finding from the City Attorney's office indicates t ~ e railroad does not have the power in this case, (See Exhibit 'i Nr- ·4), •-,J I·' I ,.·· I .i . ' �-14.- Conclusions and Re commenda tion s It is clearly evident tha t the Southern Railroad is determined to fulfill its plans in the most expedient manner. The secrecy at whic h they acquired property and the concealment o f information regarding their intent ions until the last possible moment leaves c onsiderable doubt i n my mi1d a s to what public they rep resent. It is obviously not the 45,000 residents of Model Cities or the s.ooo in Pittsburgh . As with repre s e ntation, t h e ques tion of beneficiari e s is raised. Who benE:fits directly from expans ion of the existing facilities? Obvious ly the manag ement and stockholders of Southern Railroad and Gen eral Mo t ors enj oy the fru its o f thi s par ticul a r v enture . 'l'he Pitts b urgh c ommunity s u f f e rs for t hi s plan will b e to the ir d etri ment. This negative e ffe ct · s t h e ver'y s ought of s i t ua t i on Congre s s had in mind when i t e n act e d Mo de l Cit ie s l egis lation in 1966. The obj ect i ve of which was to sub st antially i mprove t h e environme n t i n s l um and blighted areas o f cities. Here we h Rv e a good exampl e o f h ow no~ to improve t h e environment ; t h e placement of a rai l r oad yard in a residential n eighborhood is unequivocally con trary to every known principle of envi ronmental h eal t h a nd safety; and social stability. Southern' s argu.i.-uents o f bus i ness need and city service do not justify the predict.able destruct i on of a neigr..borhood. Do these reasons take priority over the objectives of the Model Cities Program? Do they justify Southern's disregard for involving residents and public agencies who di}igent l y worked to establish plans �-15for creating a bette r place to live in? Do they justify side steppi ng a host of socia ., economic, a nd physical problems-- and creating more in the process-that this Program is committed to solving ? Maybe these questions p o int to the r al reason for Southern's secretive approach ! But th e plans are no..-1 pu.'blic and we f i nd ourselves with a set of fact s -and a challenge: ·Reve rsing the hi s torical process . the ra ' lroad aware of the prob l ems it is creating, Ivi.ake and ask them to j oin us in findi ng an acceptable s olution, for them a n d for the resident s of Pitts burgh. Thi s appr o a ch must be through negotiation. which is resident involvement. '11 h e 'I'he: prere quisit e of rang e to neg o iating is between no e x pansio n of yard f a cilitie s , to e x pans i o n of the fa c i l iti es with a n impro v e me nt to the surroun d ing area. These i mprov ements wou l d c on s ist o f high quality buf f e r i ng b etween t h e yards and r e sidential p r operty; a park that i s up to c ity standards in tenns o f land and fa cilities ; a n underpass a t McDaniel Strc~et ~ an adequate .rel ocat i on p rogra..'1\ for t h e peopl e to be displ-3.ced ini::::luding the opport un ity t o rema in in th is area ; and an adequately des igned street system to serve the unu sual pattern that would result if the yard were b u ilt. Thi s endeavor would have to be high ly coordinated and thoroughly managed. Resident involvement must be solicited and channeled into the direction that would insure ma,"{imum impact on negotiations. �-16 - Pub:L i c re l a t i ons mu s t b e mobi l ized and p r epa red f or t he c onfront a tions t hat wi ll occur. An image o f a unite d f r o nt will h a v e t o be main~a i ned in o rder to i nc rea s b e ne fi ts f rom negot i ation. t h e chances o f r e c eiving t he mo s t In sho rt, t h i s a pproa c.1, mu"' t b e thoroughly planned a nd manag e d. As a fir s t s t e p, I wou l d r e commend a h a.lt t o t h e r ail r oad ' s acquisi tion p rograrn. Thi s may b e volunt ary or b e a n injunct, ion which shou ld be i n i ti ated b y a r es ident c ommitte ,;-pos sibly one s et ' u p to c op e with the r ail r oad p rob l em- an adh oc group. Si mult ne ously, support from othe r pub l ic a.g e ncies must b e sol ic it e d. The Parks Department and Pl a nning De par tme nt, a n d p e rhaps othe r s ,. must ag r e e in p rinc i p l e at leas t, t o pre ve nt t h e ra ilr o ad f r om inva l i d ating t h eir p l a ns fo r ~he a r ea . (Afte r a ll, that ' s what they ma i n-a ·n when we prese nt p l a n s di ff eren t from theirs ) . In summary , we must (1) d etermine what po sition a nd action the Program will take ; (2) a ppoint a coo r din a to r ; ( 3 ) s o lic i t res ident approva l for interv ention; ctnd fina lly , appropriate public agencies. (4) i nsure s upport from � 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 November 28, 1969 OFFICE OF MODEL CITIES PROGRAM 673 Capitol Avenue, S.W. Atlanta, Ga. 30315 (404) 577-5200 Ivan Allen Jr., Mayor J.C, Johnson, Director MEMORANDUM TO: Mayor Ivan Allen Mr. Lester Persells Mayor Elect Sam Massell Mr. Henry Bowden Executive Board Members Mr. James Pilcher Mr. Jack Delius Mr. Horace Ward Mr. Dan Sweat Mr. Thomas Choyce Mr. Collier Gladin FROM: Johnny C. Johnson Executive Director or SUBJECT: Land Acquisition by the Southern Railroad in Pittsburgh (See attached map) Introduction On November 10, 1969, the Model Cities Program first became aware of plans of the Southern Railroad to expand their existing storage yard in the Pittsburgh-Mechanicsville Area. This move affects only the Pittsburgh community where acquisition of 15.2 acres of land is presently in progress; Southern is currently attempting to negotiate the acoiiestdion of 2.8 acres of Pittman Park belonging to the City of Atlanta and part of the 15.2 acre site. Their reuse proposal calls for retention of 11.5 acres to be used for expansion of their existing yard facilities, while the remaining 3.7 acres would be returned to the city for park use. The rail- road proposes to finance the cost of constructing the new park, including the replacement of a gymnasium, swimming pool, and tennis courts, all of which would be included in the initial 2.8 acre park acquisition. wai Dien This plan raises many issues and questions all of which will have to be answered in the forthcoming weeks. It is the express purpose of this inemo to prepare a proper foundation for this period by stating, as accurately as possible, the events that preceded and followed our initial discovery of Southern's plan on November 10, and the issues that I believe have been raised as a result. I have also made some recommendations regarding the course of action we should take. Agents for Southern Railroad. The firm of Greene, Buckley, DeRinex & Jones, located in the National Bank of Georgia Building is acting as their legal agent; John David Jones and C. Richard McQueen have been involved in past discussions. Land acquisition is being handled by Adams-Cates Realty located in the Hurt Building; Henry Robinson is actively involved in this aspect of the plan. Existing and Proposed Land Use. Composition of the 15.2 acres of acquisition is as follows: Park .. «+ « « +» 2.8 acres Business ... . . 4,4 acres Housing ... . . 6,0 acres StrGete .« « a= 2.0 acres Total 15.2 acres After acquisition the land will be used for: PELE Ga, Tal SS Gee Se La 3:5 Railroad... .. 411. acre acre fi] in ~J bi] Total 15.2 acres a= Residential Relocation. The number of buildings and dwelling units to be acquired: Buildings Units* Single Family .-... 5s. - 63 63 THO PAMLEF 0. 6 eee em) 16 20 Multiple Family ...... . _2 16 Total 75 93 *¥Note: The number of dwelling units is not an accurate indication of the number of families presently occupying them; overcrowding may increase this figure. Public Notification of Southern's Plans These agencies initially became aware of Southern's acquisition and expansion plan on the dates indicated: Parks Department October 30 Housing Authority November 5 Planning Department November 6 Model Cities Program Staff November 10 Model Cities Board of Directors November 17 Model Cities Executive Board November 18 Chronology of Events (1969) August-September Acquisition of residential property began sometime during this period. October 30 Southern's agents H. Robinson and Cc. R. McQueen met with Alderman Charles Leftwich, Jack Delius, and Stan Martin to discuss the railroad's plan. The Parks Department was asked November 5 November 6 iAies | to determine the feasibility of a new park design that would exclude 2.8 acres of the existing Pittman Park, but include the additional 3.7 acres the railroad was willing to swap for the excluded portion. Southern's land agents met with the Atlanta Housing Authority to determine the type of relocation assistance available to occupants of homes within the acquisition area. Because of the unique nature of this request- a railroad acquiring property under the power of eminent domain in an urban renewal area within the Model Cities Program—the Authority asked the regional office of the Renewal Assistance Administration (RRA) for an Opinion. RRA tentatively determined that no financial assistance was available under existing regulations and contacted their home office in Washington, D. Cc. for further determination. Planning Department became aware of Southern's plan for the Pittman Park acquisition only. At this time the Depart~- ment arranged a meeting for Monday, Novem- ber 10, at the Parks Department Conference Room and requested Model Cities repre~  fe tee = . Skee asl . fA os ss , . re . * . ate [= ao eaten = ‘ s re eshte te vie Poss ~ +, z my ee oe eet ak ot rdw woe oat hl Lice ea he . hed oS i ™ LOVA } ‘ e ct a 1 = ed « = fe p=, * tobe ali in attendance to kée a * Neovet or quiet aut “ ; “ 2 I ci dr i Nae se ” eae 2 . secsen fdke this insistazice waS, sccoxvds: tou,‘ to prevent the appréciatic jand ‘aiucs within their acquisitic. mega. agents GE southern Galiiresa,. . Imes ana ¢ %. MOOUGENR hat WEt 7. ; w Eisen , i~ight, and Lon Orse: we MOdGi Cities Program in ayzvanged by Stan Martin went. This reo empt of Sour G3 3 Program ip its plane. eica .isctially centered abou. Pittman Park situation but expanded to the relocation and involvement of Pitts- burgh residents. Mr. Jones reiterated the Railroad's position as expressed one week earlier on November 10; the acquisition of land, including a portion of Pittman Park, must be completed as soon as possible; the relocation of people was not a railroad problem; the railroad would pay the fair market value for all property acquired; and that any attempts to invelve residents and other public agencieswas umMesirable because it would slow down the acquisition nrocess. The Railroad clearly wanted the property acquired and facilities constructed without delay. Model Cities maintained an opposite position: sepident involvement in all phases of com= munity development is the core of the Model Cities Program and must be maintained. The formulation of plans affecting residents of the Model Cities Area, without their involve- ment, ig contrary to guidelines set up by the Department of Housing and Urban Develop- ment. (HUD) Suggestions were also made that would get the Railroad involved in formula- ting and financing a portion of the cost of Novenber 17 a relocating people from the proposed acquisi- tion area into new housing within the Model Cities Area. It was additionally recommended that this would be an excellent opportunity for Southern to become involved in the develop- ment of the Pittsburgh community by devising ways that would assist in impeding the further deterioration of residential structures in the immediate vicinity of the railroad. (Since the railroad is responsible for this deteri- eration by creating an undesirable residential neighborhood to live in, they should bear the responsibility, rather than the public at large, for preventing this deterioration.) Mr. Jones said he would convey this portion to officials of the railroad. Mr. J. C. Johnson presented Southern's plan to the Model Cities Board of Directors. (See minutes - Exhibit No. 2). The Board denounced the plans and attitude of the railroad, particularly the secretive manner by which it planned and executed its program, and additionally, their total disregard for in- volving residents and the Program staff. Finally the Board passed a resolution urging the Model Cities Executive Board to request the Southern Railroad to cease buying ~B- properties until their actual intentions are known. November 18 Model Cities Executive Board met and listened to a presentation of Southern's plan by Jim Wright. (See newspaper article - Exhibit No. 3). They resolved to ask Southern to delay its program until the full impact of their plan on Pittsburgh and the Model Cities Program Plan was known. November 19 A tentative legal opinion regarding the utilization of ewinent domain in making the Pittman Park acquisition was received by J. C. Johnson from the Atlanta Department of Law. (See letter of November 17, 1969 - Exhibit No. 4). The opinion said in effect, that the City's ownership and use of Pitt~ man Park was a superior governmental use which could not be acquired by the railroad through its eminent domain power. issues 1. Resident Involvement. Lack of any attempt to solicit the involve- ment of residents in the planning phase of this development. This represents a flagrant violation of the requirements and intentions of the Model Cities Program as expressed by Congress, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and the City of Atlanta. [If this is allowed to continue it will result in destruction of the trust residents now have for the program as a means for improving an their own neighborhoods. There can be no exceptions for ex- eluding resident involvement. Acquisition of a Portion of Pittman Park. The Model Cities Plan identifies the Park as presently being below standards set up by the Program and by the City of Atlanta in its Parks and Recreation Plan. This deficiency is in terms of acres, and in facilities by which people can enjoy the park such as baseball diamonds, recreation center, ete. The Plan also anticipated acquiring the entire Foy Brick Company in later stages of the Program; the use, of course, would have been a park addition. The reason for not proposing the acquisition of adjacent residential property for eventual park use was because the Pittsburgh community, in several meetings, was against such a move. The relatively good structural conditions of these homes and the preservation of social ties between neighbors was more important to these people. The railroad, on the other hand, has not considered these facts. After acquisition, which includes 30 dwelling units to be removed expressly for park expansion and the Foy Brick Company, park acreage will increase about one acre. This is one more acre than the park now contains, meaning that it will continue to be substandard. But more important, it means that any plan to bring it up to standards by increasing its acreage in the future will mean that additional homes will have to be acquired. exditie: Consequently, the Railroad has everything to gain and the Pittsburgh community has everything to lose—its people, its homes, and the anticipation of enjoying a larger park in the future. Disregard for the Future Development of Pittsburgh. The Southern Railroad has completely disregarded existing plans for Pittsburgh. This includes the City's 1983 Land Use Plan, the City's Parks and Recreation Plan, and Model Cities Program Plans for the area. These plans represent a sub- stantial number of hours on the part of the agencies involved and the residents affected. The cost of preparing these documents which reflects, in this case. the desires and aspirations of Model Cities residents is not a light consideration. It cannot be disregarded. The Railroad claims its acquisition of homes to provide itself with more yard facilities is justified for two reasons. First, that the space is needed to accommodate the output of General Motors; the intention is that more business (if this is actually the case) will benefit the city as a whole in the long run. This kind of thinking—egotistical, one-sided, narrow minded, and with the dollar in mind as the ultimate objective—is responsible for destroying central city neigh- borhoods throughout the country. It is one of the reasons why Congress has found the need for a Model Cities Program. And naturally it is completely opposite the short run, coerdinated, and comprehensive approach of this Program «~li-= towards improving the Life of people living in the area and participating in the Program. I think that this reasoning is invaldd within the boundaries of this Program. The short run time period is unquestionably more critical to Pittsburgh residents than it is to the questionable long run needs of the City, the Southern Railroad, and General Motors—in this instance. On the second reason, Southern believes it is doing a service to the City by removing substandard structures in the path of its proposed yard facilities. If the structures are sub- standard to the degree Southern claims, (and this is questionable), then it is because of their nearness to the railroad. Who wants to live near a railroad yard? The people who can afford to live on this residentially marginal land have extreme difficulty in maintaining their homes because of their low income and the high cost of materials and labor used in home repairs. (Because the homes are marginal doesn't mean the people are marginal or undesirable). It can be predicted with reasonable certainty that once the yard is constructed as presently planned, the adjacent buildings will deteriorate over the years. In a similar manner to the present situation, Southern is laying the groundvork for another claim when the need for additional yard facilities arises, that they are doing a service to the City by removing them. sie Resident Relocation. The Model Cities Program has continually maintained that residents will be given the opportunity to remain in their neighborhood in the event they had to be relocated. With cpportunity there must be choice. The lack of standard dwelling units within the area has placed this burden of providing choice on the provision of temporary housing units, Occupancy of temporary units would be until such time as permanent structures were built. This method > represents the foundation of the Model Cities Relocation Plan and without it there will be no public relocation of families to provide land for any facility. Furthermore, financial assistance from the Model Cities Program and the Neighborhood Development Program (NDP) will make the difficulties of moving easier for all people who must be relocated. This includes tenants and homeowners. The former receive moving expenses and the latter receive moving expenses and up to $5,000 in differential péyments: they are paid the difference in cost {$5,000 maximum) from the price received for their acquired property and the cost of buying a similar sized home. The approximately 100 families to be relocated by Southern's acquisition will receive none of this assistance. The use of eminent domain, or the threat of it, will not benefit these relocatees. They will not be eligible for temporary housing because none is available at this time. And they will not receive moving expenses and differential payments since they are not part of the NDP or part of an acquisition by a public ~13- ; agency working with the Model Cities Program, Again, the people do not benefit and actually become the recipients of inequitable treatment as a result of Southern's non=-participa- tion in the Model Cities Program. Acquiring Pittman Park by the Power of Eminent Domain. Can _ Southern Railroad—a public utility—exercise its delegated power of eminent domain in the acquisition of 2.8 acres of Pittman Park? The question is important because its answer may determine the success or failure of Southern's venture. If the answer is "yes", then there is probably nothing constructive that pittsburth’ residents can do to prevent the plans's completion. If "no", 7 then it may be possible to negotiate with the railroad on the issues already raised. A tentative finding from the City Attorney's office indicates the railroad does not have the power in this case. (See Exhibit No. 4). Conclusions and Recommendations It is clearly evident that the Southern Railroad is determined to fulfill its plans in the most expedient manner. The secrecy at which they acquired property and the concealment of information regarding their intentions until the last possible moment leaves considerable doubt in my mind as to what public they represent. It is obviously not the 45,000 residents of Model Cities or the 8,000 in Pittsburgh. As with representation, the question of beneficiaries is raised. Who benefits directly from expansion of the existing facilities? Obviously the management and stockholders of Southern Railroad and General Motors enjoy the fruits of this particular venture. The Pittsburgh community suffers for this plan will be to their detriment. This negative effect is the very sought of situation Congress had in mind when it enacted Model Cities legislation in 1966. The objective of which was to substantially improve the environment in slum and blighted areas of cities. Here we have a good example of how not to improve the environment; the placement of a railroad yard in a residential neighborhood is unequivocally contrary to every known principle cf environmental health and safety, and social stability. Southern's arguments of business need and city service do not justify the predictable destruction of a neighborhood. Do these reasons take priority over the objectives of the Model Cities Program? Do they justify Southern's disregard for involving residents and public agencies who diligently worked to establish plans for creating a better place to live in? Do they justify side stepping a hest of social, economic, and physical problems— and creating more in the process-—-that this Program is committed to solving? Maybe these questions point to the real reason for Southern's secretive approach! But the plans are now public and we find ourselves with a set of facts—and a challenge: Reversing the historical process. Make the railroad aware of the problems it is creating, and ask them to join us in finding an acceptable solution, for them and for the residents of Pittsburgh. This approach must be through negotiation. The prerequisite of which is resident involvement. The range to negotiating is between no expansion of yard facilities, to expansion of the facilities with an improvement to the surrounding area. These improvements would consist of high quality buffering between the yards and residential property; a park that is up to city standards in terms of land and facilities; an underpass at McDaniel Street; an adequate relocation pregram for the people to be displaced including the opportunity to remain in this area; and an adequately designed street system to serve the unusual pattern that would result if the yard were built. This endeavor would have to be highly coordinated and thoroughly managed. Resident involvement must be solicited and channeled into the direction that would insure maximum impact on negotiations. -L6+ Public relations must be mobilized and prepared for the confronta- tions that will occur. An imege of a united front will have to be maintained in order to increase the chances of receiving the most benefits from negotiation. In short, this approach must he thoroughly planned and managed. As a first step, I would recommend a halt to the railroad's acquisition program. This may be voluntary or be an injunction which should be initiated by a resident committee—possibly one set up to cope with the railroad problem--an adhoc group. Simultaneously, support from other public agencies must be solicited. The Parks Department and Planning Department, and perhaps others, must agree in principle at least, to prevent the railroad from invalidating their plans for the area. (After all, that's what they maintain when we present plans different from theirs). In summary, we must (1) determine what position and action the Program will take; (2) appoint a coordinator; (3) solicit resident approval for intervention; and finally, (4) insure support from appropriate public agencies.  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 8, Folder 17, Document 10 Box 8 Box 8 Folder 17 Folder topic: Model Cities | 1969 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/6b92f7da9cdfce6e9def194011d8bbd1.pdf d779ad668b7af9ff1bda0ae4d6155907 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. CITY OF ATLANTA. December 1, 1969 OFFICE OF MODEL CITIES PROGRAM 673 Capitol Avenue, Atlanta, Ga. 30315 (404) 577 - 5200 s.w. Ivan Allen Jr., Mayor J.C. Johnson, Director ______ ____ _ MEMORANDUM ......,. ,.:-:' .-:- TO Board Of Aldermen Members FROM Johnny c. Johnson, Director l\CQ__ Model cities Program O I" ~JECT : Southern Railroad Plans for Land Acquisition in Model Cities Area The Southern Railroad recently started to negotiate the exchange of a portion of City owned Pittman Park for adjacent residential and industrial property that they intend to ~cquire. As a result of their discussions with the Parks Department, the Model Cities Program eventually became aware of Southern•s plan to enlarge their yard facilities in the Mechanicsville Neighborhood of Model Cities. This plan raises many issues all of wh.ich :a.re a deep concern to us at Model Cities and perhaps to the City at large . The attache d memorandum to the Mayor and others is offered in order to br i ng these issues to your attention . In addition, it outlines the events that prec€rl.ed· our discovery of Southern• s plan and suggests a course of action to follow. I would greatly appreciate any r ecommendation.a and comments you h~ve to offer . vlc Attachments � 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 Dan. Luseak” December 1, 1969 OFFICE OF MODEL CITIES PROGRAM 673 Capitol Avenue, S.W. Atlanta, Ga. 30315 (404) 577-5200 Ivan Allen Jr., Mayor J. C. Johnson, Director MEMORANDUM — eee eee TO : Board of Aldermen Members FROM : Johnny C. Johnson, Director ICQ Model Cities Program SUBJECT: Southern Railroad Plans for Land Acquisition wre in Model Cities Area The Southern Railroad recently started to negotiate the exchange of a portion of City owned Pittman Park for adjacent residential and industrial property that they intend to acquire. As a result of their discussions with the Parks Department, the Model Cities Program eventually became aware of Southern'‘’s plan to enlarge their yard facilities in the Mechanicsville Neighborhood of Model Cities. This plan raises many issues all of which are a deep concern to us at Model Cities and perhaps to the City at large. The attached memorandum to the Mayor and others is offered in order to bring these issues to your attention. In addition, it outlines the events that preceded our discovery of Southern's plan and suggests a course of action to follow. I would greatly appreciate any recommendations and comments you have to offer. vle 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 8, Folder 17, Document 9 Box 8 Box 8 Folder 17 Folder topic: Model Cities | 1969 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/70d1c78528d9f57a9ab553b27b8e14ff.pdf f3709f63e1a264be9aa29ebee1b55ce8 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. .. r-... - .- ..... ,~-. ~ 673 Capitol Avenue, SW Atlfil?-ta, Georgia 30315 I. : -~~ � 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 HARRIS. ane a a a RES ig SULA es y's e i H iran = ("IIRL pb eeere | Sean fuercaep ' ir +(( 7 Say 4 gag i e “4 $ eee 1 4 ai z < ail = : <i aT a : | i 7 =) He . [mS 4 Nes Bees 7 wr 404 (577-5200) 7 % eat | o @ 673 Capitol Avenue, SW _ } 677 oe Georgia 30315 S66  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 8, Folder 17, Document 8 Box 8 Box 8 Folder 17 Folder topic: Model Cities | 1969 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/86a22b25abfd7fcd97b72e8a9fe85ef5.pdf 20d70bad2175574f27fc8c9f066668e2 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. ..... . CIT'( OF ATLANTA DEPART MENT OF LAW. 2614 FIRST N A TIONAL BANK SUILOING AT L ANTA, GEORGIA 30303 Mr •. Jack c. Delius General l!,an.~ger Department of Parks City Urill Annex Atl nt _• G orgia Mr . vOllie Be Gladin , of Planning Dapartmen t City Hall Atlanta , G orgia Mr .. Johnny c. John on , Mod l Cities Program 673 Capitol At ntJJ. , iredtor · / ! ~·w . ~ / Geol.T~ Geotl t n ~ Re: Pittman Park T11e writ r , after eonferring with es rs . James B. Pilcher and Hor ce T. W rd* ha cane to th conclu ion that the u~a to which property in Pittman Park is fiQW being put is~ s~-,, rior governmental la.mi use and , therefore , cannot be the subject of emin~nt donw.in by a r ilroad , ev-n though that r ilroad is authorized to ~xercise that pow r of emin nt domain ., Also, I hav ccme to the conclusion th~ t the land wh.ich the Southern Railway Company wanta w s acquired t;n such a manner that any dill ... continuation of. its u e s p rka property would 1ot creata a reverter EXHI B I T NO. 4 �Mr o Jack C. Delius , Mr Q Collier B. Gladin , and Mr Q Johnny c. Johnson P€.lge 2 ~OVelilber 11, 1969 to the gr~ntor.s of the prope rty . Therfore , I am of Atlanta ~1ish dose , p~ovidad City of Atl nta of the t ntative opinion that should the City to di~po e of the propert y in que~tion , i .. may that the chart r ~nd related ordinances of t he are followed in thie reapece . The primary purpose of this l tt~r is to r~qu st that you three g~ntl3'm~n ait dawn and att:ampt to bring about a unified position. of ~he City of Atlanta with reepeet to this matter . Once you have made soma sort of a resolution, if you would kindly appriae th~ writQr of what that ia, we sh 11 then procQ d with your wishes. For purposes of I legal economy' , Mes~ra Pilcher and ward and myself fee l thac we would batter serve a unified position rather ~~n ettch of us going off on a separate cour e at t..~e behest of several clients. With my kindest rega rd to you 11, I am , Very truly your • 1:;;;,,, 'IJ ~- V V t F~ Choyce TFC:cc � 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 LAW. 2614 FIRST NATIONAL BANK BUILDING ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303 November 17, 1969 Mr.. Jack C. Delius General Manager Department of Parks and wee ee City Hall Annex te te Atlanta, Georgia Mr. Collier 3. Gladin, Hatentess Department of Planning city Hall Atlanta, Georgia Mr. Johony C. Johnson, Model Cities Program 673 Capitel Av Atlanta, Geor \ Re: Pittman Park *~ fhe writer, after conferring with Mesers. James 8. Pilcher and Horace T. Ward, has come to the conclusion that the use to which property in Pittman Park is now being put is a superior governments1 land use and, therefore, cannot be the subject of eminent donain by & railroad, even though that railroad ia authorized tu exercise that power of eminent domain. Gentlemen: Also, I have cose to the conclusion that the land which the Southern Raliway Company wants was acquired in such a manner that any did- continuation of its use aa parks property would not create a reverter EXHIBIT NO. 4 Mr. Jack C. Delius, Mr. Collier §. Gladin, and Mr. Johnny C,. Johnson Page 2 November 17, 1969 to the granters of the property. Therefore, I am of the tentative opinion that should the City o£ Atlanta wish to dispose of the property in question, it may do ge, provided that the charter and related ordinances of the City of Atlanta are followed in this respect. The primary purpose of this letter is to request that you three gentlemen sit down and attempt to bring about a unified position of the City of Atlanta with respect to this matter, Once you have mada soma sort of a resolution, if you would kindly apprige the writer of what that is, we shall then proceed with your wishes. For purposes of ' legal economy’ , Measrs, Pilcher and Ward and myself feel that we would better serve a unified position rather than each of us going off on a separate course at the behest of several clients, With my kindest regards to you all, I am, Very truly yours , Jt. ) é Ly Thomas F. Choyce TPC:c¢  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 8, Folder 17, Document 7 Box 8 Box 8 Folder 17 Folder topic: Model Cities | 1969 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/466cd8f95176121677f03e86cf073e50.pdf 1d0aaddcb06c35c6622dbec9e9a85155 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Ii \1 , --- ri ,--.. I . ' . .Iil, ,;-_ ),' i JI i' ' .,,.- no., 'rr I\ .. d 1! \ "' 1/ ! .. ·,-'I·, i n,, ,r,··-J ·- • , : 1,·,} r·: •. j ,' ',· ! :.?' 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' Bu t the board a! · o \'O ie:c-d cli spl l'asurc tha t c~pnn.-;i'.Jn of s 's yard wi ll take a fl if Soulhern fom-:ic rc bi le out of c:; ty-o,•:n::d f l'ill nian Park and v:i!i mci n certain streets will be clcad- . 1 I . j'1L.j\il/:).,~ JJ--(} v- ~--- {tI '.tJ..-.tvi _:_----5 entlc cl . /1 _,.,. q {v ·( rf.c, { ;' ll[r!J U/ 1v . y Officl;tl:; compl ained tlwl !h·y li ad llo t k ~!rncd of Southe rn':; g c}:pansion ~:ct ivilin,; until JO cl ays at:o, a'. lhoutli nl 1-2;;:; t one c city ofiic:i:d--J\ ld<.: nn:, n Char;ic e Left\'.'ieh · - J;new of l ilc1a f r som e ti me. n is OFFI Cl.-'l LS said Soul11crn had ~t discus eel wit h L ft wic:h the p:is:dbil ity of wo l'i:ing a trade in n whi ch tile city wou!<l s1•::1 p the ?r ·pi[ tm ,i n P a r k acre;ige for ,. Sou ll wrn-oil'll'·d land at n11o l11 u ·s loca ti on. ·Offici c1 ts of lhe railw~y h:1d not imm ediate rcnc lion to the l\l odd Ci tic:; boa rd reques t tha~ .s C'xpansion of th'.! South Yat d lie .s dclavcd. e I. · spoke!;man for Southern ~c General Mrinnger IL H. ?\!00rc 1·· ( sai d there wou; d be no re- c> t sponse by the railr0zid t1 nlil ll Moore returns from an out-t1f- 1 town trip 'l'lwrsday . According to ci ty orficiu1s, the Sout h Ya;cl e:..pansio:1 is lv provide sic1il'~'.s for slr;ra:;e of the huge · rci !way ears whi::h d l· I arc used lo tr<111s fcr newly manufactured au lomobilt·;; , Sou:hern po.·,sc-.,sc;: illc po\'.'c r of emim·ut Jon11l n whicli m-:-ans Uwt, !'kc tltr. cily or olha gov- r ernmclil :,, it can i,cqL:ire prnp- n crtics it w,,nts through condcm11at iou. The coi,rx rn of 1\in(kl C:it\~s offitids · ,ll'i ~0:.. from tit ~ f;i c:-t the cxprn1~ivn is ccrli!'ri t:~ within the city's 3,C0O u: rc ~.;u,! ~11 Cities .irca al a ti t, 1.:: wkn n major p,;:llic pruu,.n1 to iin-provc th ::t :trca h u;dc r v,:n·, I EXHIBIT N0.3 � 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 a Py || ol pe Sy yea ee ane ee ht Nog it Eu wd a te VV i j iy 0 ; i : ( Ho ff aN @ ¥ Ee Sates dis r) By RALEIGH BRYAKS Southern Reilway’s plans to expand fis South Yard, aud thereby to displace from 109 te 150 families, caused Atianta's Mode! Cities Executive Board to react with concern Tuesday, | i [tt at a eg — 19]. teu fo) re <= =—"s The Model Cities board voted to ask Southern to delay ils ox. pansion pregram until it has dis- cussed ils plans and alternatives with city officials. The board's eoucern, in large part, was that Southern will be upreoling so many families at the same time hundreds of others are being displaced hy the city. : Bul the beard also voiced dis- pleasure that expansion of Southern’s yard will take a four-oere bite out of city-owned Pillman Park and will mean certain streets wil be dead- ended. Officials complained that (hey had not Iearned of Southern's expansion activilies until 30 days ago, athough at least one cily official—Alderinan Chariie Leltwich -- knew of them for some time, OFFICIALS said Southern had discussed with Leftwich the pos- sibility of working a trade in which the cily would swap the Pittman Park acreage for Southiern-owhed land at another location. ‘Officials of the railway had not immediate reaction ta the Medel Cities board request that expansion of the South Yatd be delayed, ’ _A Spokesman for Southern General Manager If. R. Moore said there wotid be no re- sponse by the railroad until Moore reluras from an out-of- town trip Thursday, According to city officials, the South Yard expansion is to provide sidirgs for slovage of the huge railway ears which are used to transfer newly man- ufacttred automobiles, Southern possesses the power of emincnt Jomain which means that, like the ecify or other gov. -Jernments, it can acquire prop- erties it wents through con- demnatisn, The concern of Model Cities Officials” arises from the fact the expansion is occurring with- in the cify's 3,000 acre Mad Cities area al a timie when a a ‘major pantie precgramt fo im- prove thet area is under wav, Dsl, id Fy err NTE HE AAT! et Sc > EXHIBIT NO.3  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 8, Folder 17, Document 6 Box 8 Box 8 Folder 17 Folder topic: Model Cities | 1969 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/80b6f759ef4aabd491d16c6bad3554f0.pdf 1066cfe381948c5cb3d09b3d6d717f3e Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. ., r_T T ~"- "" ·· ' " 11~ , -- r:0 · tl?~ 1, ,~-J " p', ~"IT ,-,-r-r-"r--"' _ ,A ,...(~ " '~ ,. 7 _;- Atteni'anae ; r'rs. r-o ea i. nut'ne11 ,, r. r.riZZ1:am Cox .. Pr . Joe m?itZey , ' 1r. Cf1.Zvin Craio. , ' 'rs. ~t . I,. r!eems , r,-'z, , flo b e1•t Do7,urnn _i -•r . ,v 1'B. I,ezn>~ Petel'S ; r:. ! :' r!;. B~ · wr1:qht .. ~1rs . .rda~!r>icrht atti~ · Ansley _, r-1'!'. ,To11.n ·-· Hoo d. The 1, o(.!.r>d of D1:reotor.~ met on t 'J,,.g abo ve 1~ate 1,,ith t1.le 0 11.airman. ~'~a oon ! 1ett3rs p11~si 2i.rir; i'l'i a ~al 'l sessi on -f; (l tn.lh .:111 t •'LP- ;11. n. P. aativities a'!'e as fo r !970 . Aq4nay rnvoo•i~ati on al9 o Reni o~ Citi;~ens of At 'l a.ntrr. anr? saiary fori Day Ca1:>t? f.mnlolfeeR . The ohairn~n D0aoon PetePR asked that t~e aaen da b e anvro v ed. ~ ~- Johnny Johng on t he ~xeautivs Dire ctor o f At lanta ·~a4l Cities d?:sausa~ d t iie 1'.1• 1;; P. for l9'10 11.e 971,m;Jer us t '!1.e oZe.aPenae and l"e 'lo aation si:!;e f or the s i:r: ( P.) ,'~ode 7,. Ci ti es areas. rfe Mere also given a Zi et 1..Jit 11 ·the rJornnonet vr-lo!'1:tieR 1:1 it1~ a 1Jrog ram pattern for p1:.,oqre rrn. He ,:1 tater'I that a~t1: v1:-t1:e'3 that 1,,eren ' t aaaomp1,iaher fn Z9 GD 1Ji ZZ 1·.r:wa to 'Je ao mnZeter-1 1:n l9?0 . ,,,.,,,_,.n-1 ,,,ere not 1:nd.iaated on th e r; r1:o:r-ity ZiFJt. ' 4 r . John!3on spok.e about t~e So uthern PaiZroaJ ~½ieh ~as purahas s~ ~omes & anartment in the .Pi tts'bu.rgh area anil. ?1.0, q aomp l et a Zt1 ove'11'l.oo1(ec1 t11.e .'J.od~ l. Ci tie'3 ci tiaens ~ the HDP p Zan fo'!' t11 irr in t:-i e T'i. tt~burg'"- community. He also spoke o_f' t he .:1anr,er o_f tti~ ~'0Dan1: et cro.tJqinq :, he sai<1 the riesidents of F!or.leZ Citi €s ,,; i'l Z not rec(n: v e an1-1 a~aistance from · Southern ~ai lPoa2 suah as moving aost. and othe~ t~in1e that the~ woul.d 7zaVG Y'eaeivn .from "4o del Cities. Re aZRo statea t¾at 0e nee~ Zeaal adviqe on Emient Domain to see u~ePe hle stan2 in this matter. .'. i V ]eaa on '?e ter9 Peque s tee? that al 'l _si r: (6) Neiqh.1)or>'l-r. ooc1.s un:i,te be 1dnt1 • 1oil.e l Ci ties in vo1:cinrr cUt:iarmroval of Southern 'Q(tl Zwa,,1 in r.iul's 71.as e o.f tand 1:n r1: tts7, ~rnh _.Pop rai lPoad e~1Jans1.:on. EXHIBIT NO . 2 -- �He said that we need to oaZZ ait the PQside~te of Pittsburg~ and ~1eahani asvi Zle toqe the r to a tand. up for thei!' r-irih ts because t 'h e r'odet Cities office reeeived nonotifiaation about 1i1hat lJaB happening in theiP area. The report from the Housing , by Representative John Hood. the Executive Board. Relocation committee was presented It was approved for aation by (See attached reDo~t) f. /11:rao. Bunnie J aokson from EOA die cussed t71e training propo.-s a'l fl'om nodeZ. Cities r1aas Convention:1 Ina, .: is th~ de tegatr1 agency .foP this proaram. o. E. 0. A motion lJaa made & se oondecJ. & approved that a letter be sent to atZ agenoies f unded by ~~aez Cities requesting the qualifiaations of their e.mpZoyeee & the numb el" of ztesicl.ents an their st a.ff. It was motioned t seaonded & approved that thlo (2) oitiaens 3 Dokson J a ~!P . Scott attend a Hou.sing conferenae · i.n fi1ashington on necember 8. Nr. Deaoon LetJi s Peters, Chairman � 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 Ape] eTryisre he AO Ee Tee Trif TAA Ae pete rans tag pres ey me Me ok ig ey rig wap tones pute Attencance: “rs, Posa LL. Burney. “rn. Willian Com. *'r. Joe Whittley, ‘r. Calvin Crata, rs. “. TL. Yeems. Mr. Pobert Dokson re. C. B. Wrtaht. “ns. Ida Yrtakt “rp. Levts Peters “rs. “attie Aneleu, Mr. down Hood. The hoard of Directors met on the above date with the chotrman Deacon Peters nrestcine tn a call saaston te talk an the 1, 1, P activities areas for 1970 | Aqency ITnveottaatian also Senior Ctttzens of Atlanta and Salary for Day Care Pmployees. Poetor Cor vas aske’ to lead us tn prayer. The ehairman Deacon Peters asked that tie agenda be apnroved. ‘yp, Johnny Johnson the @xecutive Director of Atlanta “odel Cittes program diseussed the i. DP. PP. for 1970 he showed us the clearence and relocation site for the sim (*) Modet Cittes areas. Ye were also gtven a ltet wit the eomonet priorities wit" a pattern for prooress. Ne atated thet acttvittes that weren't accomplisher in 1962 will ave to %e ecomnlete” in 1970. "hey were not indteated on the vortority list. ‘mn. Johnson spoke ahout tie Southern Pattroad whteh has purehase’ homes & anartment tn the Pittsburgh area and has eompletety overlooked the “odel Cities citizens & the !PP plan for thie in the Pittsburg community. He also spoke of the Aandqer of the “adantel erossing, he satd the restdents of “odel Ctttes vill not receive any assistance from ~ .« Southern "atlroad such as moving cost. and other thinas that they would have recetva from “odel Cities. He also stated that we need leaal advise on Emient Domain to see where we stand in this matter. Dveaeon Peters requested that all stim (¢€) Netaqhkbortoods untte hehind ‘odel Cittes in votetng disapproval of Southern Pailvay im vurshase of land tn Pitteburah for railroad exvansion. EXHIBIT NO, 2 le said that we need to call alt the residents of Pittsburgh and “echantesvitle together to stand up for their rtightea because the Model Cittes office received nonotification about what was happening in their area. The report from the Housing # Pelocation committee vas presented by Representative John Hood. It was approved for aetton by the Executive Board. (See attached revort) Mrs, Bunnie Jackson from EQOA discussed the tratning proposal from a Se "odel Cittes Mass Convention, Ine,: ts the delegate agency for this program. A motton was made & seconded & approved that a letter be sent to ail agenates funded by “odel Cities requesting the qualifications of thetr employees & the number of residents an thetr staff. It was motioned & seconded & approved that two (2) cttizens, ‘ry, Dokson, & “vy, Seott attend a Housing conference in "Yashington on Necember &, Deacon Lewis Peters, Chairman  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 8, Folder 17, Document 5 Box 8 Box 8 Folder 17 Folder topic: Model Cities | 1969 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/0af991955733d558a42f5ae48e28c9b4.pdf eed2b1ff2434d338e9bc730a6308d8ad Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. T o: Colli er Gladin, George_Aldridge, Pierce Mahony, Don Swea t · (· From: Subj ect : D.'\ T E Eri c , Bob c_;" 1 /r ~ -/ ,6/4~ Southern Railway' s Planned Ex pans ion of Storage Faciliti:?s in the Pittsburgh Neighborhood DISPOSITI O N Di s tribu te [ .J Hold L..J FIi o [J Info. 011/ y 0 Nove mber 18, I969 On Tuesday, N ovembe r 4 , St·an Martin of the Porks & Recreation Department informed Eric that Southern Roi lway was plonning to acquire a portion of Pittman· Park in_ord~r to expand their storage faciliti es which ore now located ju st to the e ost of Mc Dan ie l S1·reet·. Previous to this da te, repre se ntatives of Southern Railway met with Mr . Charl es Leftvv ich to ex plai n th e ir expansion plans. They told Mr. Leftwich that they wa nted to acquire a pproximate ly 4 . 2 acres of t·he nort·hern section of Pittman Park for th e stora ge of railroad ca rs. In return th ey will purch ase o pprox imo tely -4 . 8 ocres to the southeast of t·he park and give it to the Parks De partme nt a nd buil d new fa c il ities for any fa ciliti es whi ch th ey acquire . In oddil'ion to th e par k, Southern Ro ilway a lso pla ns to exp0nd southwesterly into the Pittsburgh Ne ighborh ood a nd wi ll a cqu ire 50 stru cture s betwee n McDani e l Stree t and Pittman Park. On Wednesday, Novembe r 5, th e day after Stem Martin informed Eric , Re ina ld Dersc h of the Parks Deportment brought o map c f th e park and showed Eric and Bob Southe rn Roi lway 1s plans w.ith regard to the park (but not Southern 1s comp le te plons). At this t ime , Er ic telephoned J im Wright to in for m him of what the Planning Deportme nt hod learned, Eric req uested that a meet ing be he ld as soon as possib le with representatives of Southe rn Rai lway, Mode l Cities, Parks and Recreal'ion Deportment, Housi ng Authori ty and th e Planning Deportment. Th is meeting wos set by the Parks Department for the fo l low lng Monday. On tv'1ondo 1 , November 10, a meeting wos he ld in the conferer,ce room of the City Hal I Annex to discuss Southern Railway's plans . Peop le attending the meeting included: Howard Grigsby - Housing Authority Lou Orosz & Jim Wright ... Mode l Cities Jimmy Mimms, Virginia Carmichael, Betty Yarborough, Molly Waggoner Recreation Staff , A. P. Brindley, Reinald Dersch - Porks Staff Stan Martin - Parks & Recreation Department EXHIBIT NO . 1 �t/,emorondum November 18, 1969 Page Two Horace Wo rd - City Attorney 1s Office Bob Heiget - Planni ng Department C. Richard McQuee n - (attorney from Gren ne, Buckl ey, DeRi e nx & Jones) representing Southern Railway J. R. Oglesby - Southern Ra il way At this meeting Reinald Dersch of l·he Parks and Recreation Department discussed the Roilway's plan, the effect on Pittmon Park, and some solut'ions t-o this problem. The lend that Southern Roi lwoy ..wishes to give the Parks Department in rel·urn fo r wha!· they purchase includes a porl'ion of the brick yard eas t of t-he presen t Park and the block bounded by De levon Street, Fortress Avenue, Fletcher Street and West Avenue. ih is bl"'ock c;onl·ains 30 structures (residentiol). The greotest concern of the Porks and Recreation Department is that the po.rk proposed by Southern Railway would be long ond fairly narrow. The bloc k with 30 structures is quii"e iso lated from the majority of Pittsbu rgh resid ents and th erefore, the resulting pork would not well serve the residents. These problems were discussed and t-h en the Recreation Staff members le ft. Mr. Mc Queen, represent in g the Roi Iway, then presented Southern Roi lway•s entire plan to th e remai_ning membe rs. The tota l plan extends from /vkDaniel Stree t on the west to Fortre ss Stree t on th e easl'. Fifty structure s would be acquired west of th e park cmd thirty structures would be acquired for the new Pittman Park, for a totol of 80 structures (oll resident ial). Approximate ly ten stru ctures have a lready been acquired west of th e park qn sca ttered sites. Lou Orosz told Mr. McQ ueen what Model Cities is trying to accomp li sh and stressed th e importonce of c itizen involvem e nt. Mr . McQueen stated that Sou thern Railwoy needs thi s storage yard immediately. They do not wi sh to ge t involved with court sui ts nor are they fond of mee ting w ith the cil'izens. Bob Helget stated that maps ·.-vould be needed by the Planning Deportment c:md Model Ci ties showing th e planned acquis iti on so that the full impa ct of the proposed cou Id be studied . The above mentioned mops were rece ived on Thursday, November 14. We are now proceeding to pu t 1'11is information on Mode l Cities mops. Model Cities end the Planni ng De partment will obtain information on the condition of structures involved, number of families to be local'ed, and oth er pertinent information . �Memora ndum November 18 1 1969 Poge Three On Monday, No bembe r 17, Johnny Johnson is meeting with the le ga l representat ive s of Sou the rn Ra i !way to get firsthand inform::i tion. At th is time no additional meetings are schedu led. � 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 INTRAOFFICE MEMORANDUM To: Collier ee George Aldridge, Pierce Mahony, Dan Sweat Ege ee Distribute {_j From: Eric. Bob < Ap Hold (] : Co / ot Filo (4 Subject: Info. Only J Southern Railway's Planned Expansion of Storage Facilities in the DATE Pittsburgh Neighborhood November 18, 1969 On Tuesday, November 4, Stan Martin of the Parks & Recreation Department informed Eric that Southern Railway was planning to acquire a portion of Pittman Park _ incorder fo expand their storage facilities which are now located just to the east of McDaniel Street, Previous to this date, representatives of Southern Railway met with Mr. Charles Leftwich to explain their expansion plans. They told Mr. Leftwich that they wanted to acquire approximately 4.2 acres of the northern section of Pittman Park for the storage of railroad cars. In return they will purchase approximately 4.8 acres to the southeast of the park and give it to the Parks Department and build new facilities for any facilities which they acquire. In addition to the park, Southern Railway also plans to expand southwesterly into the Pittsburgh Neighborhood and will acquire 50 structures between McDaniel Street and Pittman Park. On Wednesday, November 5, the day after Stan Martin informed Eric, Reinald Dersch of the Parks Department brought a map of the park and showed Eric and Bob Southern Railway's plans with regard to the park (but not Southern's complete plans). At this time, Eric telephoned Jim Wright to inform him of what the Planning Department had learned, Eric requested that a meeting be held as soon as possible with representatives of Southern Railway, Model Cities, Parks and Recreation Department, Housing Authority and the Planning Department. This meeting was set by the Parks Department for the following Monday, On Monday, November 10, a meeting was held in the conference room of the City Hall Annex to discuss Southern Railway's plans. People attending the meeting included: Howard Grigsby - Housing Authority Lou Orosz & Jim Wright = Model Cities Jimmy Mimms, Virginia Carmichael, Betty Yarborough, Molly Waggoner = Recreation Staff i A. P. Brindley, Reinald Dersch = Parks Staff Stan Martin = Parks & Recreation Department EXHIBIT NO.1 ‘remorandum November 18, 1969 Page Two Horace Ward = City Attorney's Office Bob Helget - Planning Department C, Richard McQueen ~ (attorney from Grenne, Buckley, DeRienx & Jones) representing Southern Railway J, R,. Oglesby - Southern Railway At this meeting Reinald Dersch of the Parks and Recreation Department discussed the Railway's plan, the effect on Pittman Park, and some solutions to this problem, The land that Southern Railway wishes to give the Parks Department in return for what they purchase includes a portion of the brick yard east of the present Park and the block bounded by Delevon Street, Fortress Avenue, Fletcher Street and West Avenue. This biock contains 30 structures (residential). The greatest concern of the Porks and Recreation Department is that the park proposed by Southern Railway would be long and fairly narrow. The block with 30 structures is quite isolated from the majority of Pittsburgh residents and therefore, the resulting park would not well serve the residents, These problems were discussed and then the Recreation Staff members left. Mr. McQueen, representing the Railway, then presented Southern Railway's entire plan to the remaining members. The total plan extends from McDaniel Street on the west to Fortress Street on the east, Fifty structures would be acquired west of the park and thirty structures would be acquired for the new Pittman Park, for a total of 80 structures (all residential), Approximately ten structures have already been acquired west of the park on scattered sites. Lou Orosz told Mr. McQueen what Model Cities is trying to accomplish and stressed the importance of citizen involyement. Mr. McQueen stated that Southern Railway needs this storage yard immediately. They do not wish to get invelved with court suits nor are they fond of meeting with the citizens. Bob Helget stated that maps would be needed by the Planning Department and Model Cities showing the planned acquisition so that the full impact of the proposed could be studied. The above mentioned maps were received on Thursday, November 14, We are now proceeding to put this information on Model Cities maps. Model Cities and the Planning Department will obtain information on the condition of structures involved, number of families to be located, and other pertinent information, Memeorandum November 18, 1969 Page Three On Monday, Nobember 17, Johnny Johnson is meeting with the legal representatives of Southern Railway fo get firsthand information. At this time no additional meetings are scheduled.  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 8, Folder 17, Document 4 Box 8 Box 8 Folder 17 Folder topic: Model Cities | 1969 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/321c46457f4f2bcb65f158503a64cd4e.pdf 52f2cf5aa203d8d5248b71ab6bf403b3 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. November 28, 1969 Ivan Allen Jr .• Mayor J. C. Johnson, Olrcctor MEMORM.1DUM TO: Mayor Ivan . Allen Mayor Elect Sam Mas sell Executive Board Members Mr. Jack Delius Mr. Dan Sweat Mr. Collier Gladin FROM: Johnny C. Johnson Executive Director SUBJECT: Land Acquisition by the Southern Railroad in Pittsburgh (S e e attached ma p) Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr4 Mr. Lester Persells Henry Bowden James Pilcher Horace War d Thomas Choyce ~ ~ Introduction On Novembe r 10, 1969, the Mode l Cities Program first became aware of p l ans of the Southern Railroad t o expand their exi sting storage yard in the Pittsburgh-Mechanicsville Area. This move affects only the Pittsbu rgh community where acqui s i t ion o f 15.2 acres of land is presently in progress; Southern is currently at tempt ing to negotiate t h e acquisition of 2.8 acres of Pittman Park bel onging to the City of Atlanta and part of the 15 . 2 acre site. Their reuse proposal calls for retention of 11.5 acres to be used for expansion of their exist ing yard facilities, while the remaining 3 .7 acres would be returned to the city for park use. The rail- road proposes to finance the cost of ' constructing the new park, including the replacement of a gymnasium, swimming pool, and tennis courts, all of which would be included in the initial 2.8 acre park acquisition. �- c.Thi s p l an r aises many i ssues and que s tio ns a ll of w~ich will hav e t o be answe red in the forthcoming we el:.s . It i s t l1e e xpress pur pose of t h.is memo to prepare a p r oper fo unda t · on for thi"' pe rio d by s tat i ng, a s accura tely as p o s s i·; le , t he events t hat prec e ded and fol lowed o ur i nitial di s cove ry of Sout h e rn ' s pl an on No vembe r 10, a n d the i ss ues that I believe have b een r a ised as a r e sult . I hav e a l so made some .re commendation s regardi n g t h e c ourse of actio n we s hou l d take. Agen ts for Southe r n Rai l r oad . & The f irm o f Gree ne , Buc kley , De Ri nex J ones , located i n the Nat iona l Bank of Ge orgi a Buildi ng i s a c t ing- a s thei r legal age n t; Tohn Davi d J on es and C. Ri ch ard McQueen hav e b een invol ve d in past discuss ions. Land acqui sitio n i s b e ing handled by Adams-Cate s Realty l o c ated i n the Hu r t Bu ilding ~ He n ry Rob in son is act i vely i nvo lved in thi s a s pec t Ex isting and Pro,2o sed La n d Us e . Compo s i tion o f the 15. 2 <cres of a c quisitio n is a s fol l ows: P ark . B s iness 2.• 8 acres 4 . 4 acres 6 . 0 acre s ....b.Q. ac re s . Hou s ing Street s 'J.' o t a l 1 5 . 2 ac r es After acqu'sition t h e land wi ll be used fo r: Park l<d:i. J. road . . Tota.1 o f t h e p l an. 3. 7 ac ;:es 1 1.5 acres 1 5.2 acres �-3- Residential Relocation. 1'he nw1tber of buil d ings and clwellirn,J un i ts to be acqui r ed: Bu ildings Singl e Fami l y . . 2 63 20 10 75 93 63 10 Fam i ly . ' . Mul t i ple Family . 'J;WO Total N ,te: The number of c1·.,.1e l ling unit s is not an a ccurate j ndication- of the number of fami l ies presently occupyin g them; o verc rowd i ng may i ncre ase this figure. Public Notifi cation of South ern ' s Plans 'i1hese agencies initially bec ame aware of So uthern ' s acquisition and expan sion plan on the dat es indicated : Parks Depa~tment October 30 Housing Autho rity Nov ember 5 Planning Department Nove mber 6 Mode l Cities Program Staff November 10 Mod e l Citie s Board of Directors November 17 Mode l Citi e s Executiv e Board Nove mber 18 Chronology of .G.~ent s August-S~ptemb e r (1969) Acquisition of reside nti a l p r o~crty began s ometime during thi s period • .Q_c'tober 30 Southern's agents H. Robinson and C . Ro McQueen me t wit h Al dE.·rma n Char l es Leftwich, Jack De lius , and Stan Mart in to dis cuss the r ail road 's p l an. The Pa.rk s Department wa s ask e d �-4- t o determine the feasibility o f a new park desig n that woul d exc lude 2.8 a cres Qf t h e existing Pittman Park , but include the additional 3. 7 a.cres the ra ilroad was willing t o s wap fo r. t h e excluded po r tion. November 5 Southern's land ag ents met with the Atlanta Housing Autho rity to de -e rmine the type of relocation assi s tance a va ilable to occupants of homes wi thin the acqui s ition area . Because of the unique nature of this r e que s ta railroad acqu iring property under the power of eminent domain in a n urban renewal area with in t h e Model Cities Program-the Authority asked the regiona l offic e of the Renewa l Ass i stance.Admini strat i on (RRA ) for an opinion. RRA tentatively determined that .!2Q. financial assistance was available under existing regulations and contacted their home office in Washington, D. C. for further determina ion. Novembi:..r 6 Planning Department became aware of ~3outh ern' s plan for the Pittman Park acquisition only. At this time the Depart- ment a.rranged a meeting for Monday, Novem- ber 10, at the Parks Department Conference Room and reques ed Model Cities repre- �-5- sentatives to attend . November 10 Mode l Cities became aware of Southern ' s plans for the entire yard exp ansion at a meeting in the offic es of the Parks Departmen t. (See memo of November 11, 1969 - Exhibit No. 1). In addition to the · nformation in the Nov<~mber 11 memo, Southern 1 s agents expressed a strong desire to acquir e all the property in the shortest t ime pos s ible and also sugges t ed that Alderman Leftwich, Cha irman of the Parks Committ ee, gave te ntative approval to swap pa rk l and fo r railroad land. In a ddition, they u r ged a ll in attendance t o k eep t h eir plan as secret or qu i et as poss i ble. The reason for this insistance was, according to them, to prevent the apprec i ation of l and values within their acq u isition ar ea . Nove111ber 1 7 Legal agents of Southern Railroad, J. D. Jones and c. R. McQueen met with J.C. Johnson, J im Wright, and Lou Orosz, of the Model Cities Program in their offices. The meeting was arranged by Stan Martin of the Parks Department. This represented the first direct attempt of Southern to involve the Model Cities Program in its plans. D£scussion initially centered about the �- 6- Pittrnan Park sit uat ion but expanded to t he r e loc a tion and invo l vement of Pit tsb u rgh resi de n ts . Mr. J·o n es reiterat e d the Railroad ' s p o sit i on as expresse d on e week ear l ier on Novembe r 10; the a cqui s ition of l a nd, includin g a po rtion of Pitt man Park , mus t be comp le t ed as soon as p o ss ibl e ; t h e relocation o f p eople was not a ra ilroad p r oble m; t he r a ilroad would pay t h e fa i r marke t v a l ue f o r a ll property acqu ired ; a nd that any att empts to i nvc}.u e residents and other public a gencieswas urdesira.b l e b e cause it wo u l d slow down the acquis i t ion p roc e s s . The Rai l r o ad c l early wanted t h e property acquired and faciliti es construct ed without d J.ay. Mode l Cities ma int ained an opposi t e position: resident invo lvement in all phases of commun i ty development js the c ore of the Mode l Cities Program and must be maintained. The form u lation of p l ans affecting residents of the Model Cities Area , without the ir involvement , is contrary to guidelines set up by the Department of Housing and Urban Development. (HUD). Suggestions we re also made that ,\1ould get the Railroad involved in formula- ting and financing a portion of the cost of �-7- relocating people from the propos e d acquis ition area into new housing within the Model Cit i es Area. I t was additionally recommended that this would be an excellent opportunity for Southern to become involved in the develop ment of the Pittsburgh com.,.'llunity by devising ways t h nt would assist in impeding the further det erioration of res idential structures in the i1runediate vicinity of the railroad. (Since the railroad is responsible for this deteri- oration b y creating- an undesirable residential neighbo r hood to live i n, they should bea r the respons ibj. lity, rather than the public at l arge , for prev enting this deter iorat ion.) Mr. Jones said he would conv ey this portion to official s of the rai l road. November 17 Mr. J.C . Johnson presented Southern ' s plan to the Mode l Cit i es Board of Directors . minutes - Exhibit No. 2). (S ee The Board denounce d the plans and attitude of the railroad, particu larly the secretive manner by which it planned and execu ·ed its prograrn, and additionally, their total disregard for involving residents and the Program staff. Finally the Board passed a resolution urging the Model Cities Executive Board to request the Southern Railroad to cease buying �-8properties tmtil. thei·. actual intentions are known . November 18 Model Cities Executive Board met and listened to a presentation o f Southern ' s plan by Jim Wright. Exhibit No. 3). (See newspape r article - They resolved to ask Sout hern to delay its program until the full impact of their plan on Pittsburgh and the Mode l Cities Program Plan was known. Novenber 19 A tentative legal o p inion regarding the utilization of eminent dorna.in in making the Pittman J. ark a cquisit i on was rece ived b y c. Johnson from the At lanta Department o f Law . (S ee l e tter of No!Jerober 17, 1969 - Exhibit No. 4) . The opinion said in effect, -hat the City's ownership and u se of Pit t- ma.n Park was a superior governmental use which could not be acquired by the rail road through its eminent domain power. Issues 1. Resident Involvement. Lack of any attempt to solicit the involve- ment of residents i n the planning phase of th.is development. This represents a flagrant violation of the requirements and intentions of the Model Cities Program as e:apressed by congress, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and the City of Atlanta. If this is allo-wed to continue it will result in destruction of th~ trust residents now have for the program as a means for improving �-9the ir own n 8 ighborhood s. The re can be n.o . e x ceptions f o r e x - cluding resident involvement. 2. Acqui s ition of a Portion of Pi ttman Pa rk . The Model Citie s Plan identifies the Pa ~ t a s presently b e i ng below sta ndards s e t up b y the .P rogram and by the City o f Atlant a in it s Parks and Re cre ation Plan. This deficiency is in t e rms of acre s , and in f a cilities by which people can e n j oy t h e p a rk such a s b a s eb a ll diamonds , rec reation c e nt er, e t c . '11 he Pl an ~l s o anticipat e d acquiring the entire Fo y Brick Company i n later stages o f t he Program; i-he u s e, o f course , wo uld have b een a p ark additi n. The reason f o r not p r opo s ing the acqu i s i t ion of a djacen t resident i a l p r operty f o r even tua l p ark u s e was bec a u s e the P itt s bu rgh c ommuni ty , i n s ~vera l meet i ngs , was again s t s uch a move. The re l at i ve l y good struct u ral conditions of these homes and the preservation of soc i a l ties between neighbo rs was more importr.tnt to tha se people. Th e railroad, on the o the r hand , h as not considered these facts. After acquisition, which i ncludes 30 dwel l ing units to be removed expressly for park expansion and the Foy Brick Company, park acreage will increas e about one acre. This i s one more acre than the park now c<..-ir1tains, meaning that it will continue to be s ubstandard. But more important, it means that a ny plan to bring it up to standards by increas ing its 21.c.r:eage i:n the future will mean that additional homes will have to be acquired. �-10- Consequently, the Railroad has everything to gain and the Pittsburgh community has everyth i ng to los e-- its people, its homes , a nd the anticipation of enj oying a larger park in t h e future. 3. Disreqard for the Future Development o f Pittsburgh . The Southern Railroad has compl ete ly disreg a rde d existing plans for Pittsburgh. This include s the City's 198 3 Land Us e Plan , the City ' s Parks ad Recreation Plan, and Model Cities Program Plan:- for the area. ·rhe se p lans represent a s ub- stantial number of hours on the part of the agencies involved and the residents affected. The c ost of pre paring these docume nts which refl.,.ct s , in thi s case , the desires and aspirations of Model Citi e s resident s is not a light con sid e r at ' on. It cannot be disregarded. The Railroad claims it s acquisit ion of heroes to provide itself with more ya r d facilities is jus tified for two reasons. Firs t, that the space is needed to accommodate the output of General Motors; the ~ntention is t h at more business (i f this is actually t h e case) will bene fit the city a s a whole in t h e long run. Thi s kind of think 'ng-egotistica l, one-sided, narrow minded , and with the dollar i n mind as the ul timate ob j ect ive -is respon sibl e for destroying central city neighborhoods throughout he country« rt is one of the reasons why Congress has found the need for a M.oc1eJ Cities Program. And natura,J.ly it is completely opposite t he short run, coordinated, and comprehensive approach of this Program �-LL - towards improving the life of people livin9 in the area and part icipating in t he Prog rarn. I think that this reason ing is i nvaldd within the boundaries of thi s Program. The short nm time period is unquestionably mor e critica l to Pitt sbu r gh residents than it i s to the ques tionable long run needs of the City , t he Southe rn Rail r oad, and General Motors-in this in stance. On the ~econd reason , Southern believes it is doing a servic e to t h e City b y removing substandard structures in the path of i ts proposed yard facilitie s . If the structures are s ub - stand ard to the degree Southe r n claims , (and this is que s t ionable} , then it is because of their nearness to the railroad. to live near a railroad yard? Who wants The people who can afford to live on this resident.' al ly margina.l land h ave extreme diff iculty in maintaining their homes because o f their low income and the high cost of materials and labor u sed in home repairs. (Because the homes are marginal doesn't mean the people are marginal or undesirable). It can be predicted with reasonable certainty that once the yar.d is constructed as presently planned , the adjacent buildings will deteriorate over the years. In a similar manner to the pres e nt situation, Southern is laying the groundvo rk for another claim when the need for additional yard facilities arises, that they are doing a service to the City by removing them. �-1 2- 4. Res ident Relocation. 'l'he Mod e l Ci t i e s Pr.ogr aJTI h a s cont i nually maint aine d t hat residen ts will be given t h e oppor tunity t o remain in t he ir ne i ghborhood i n t h e e vent t hey had to be re located . With oppo r t un i ty th ere must be cho i c e. '1,h e lac k o f s tanda r d dwe l ling unit s within the area h as p l a ced this b u rden of p r ov i d ing choice on the provi s ion o f tempo rc r y ho using un i t s . Occupa nc y o f tempo rary un its wo u ld b e unt i l such t i.me as pe r manent s truc t ure s were built . 'I'his me thod rep r esents t h e fou ndat ion of the Mode l ~i t i es Relocation Plan and without it the r e wil l be no pub lic relocation of fami li es to provide lund for any faci l ity . Furthermore , fi nan c ial assistance from the Mode l Cities Program and the Neighbor:hooq. Development Pr ogram (NDP) wil l make t h e d ' fficulties of moving easier for all peo ple wh o must be re located. This includes tenants and h omeowners. The former receive moving expenses and t h e l atter rece i ve moving expen ses and up to $5,0 00 in diff erential pa.yments: t h ey are paid the d ifference in co st ($5,000 maximum ) from the price received for \..he i r acquired property and the cost of buying a similar sized home~ Th e approximately 100 families to be relocated by Southern's acquisitior will receive none of this assistance. The use of eminent domain, or the threat of it, will not benefit t he se relocatees. They will not be eligible for t emporary housing because none is available at this time. And they will not receive moving expenses and differential payments since they are not pa.rt of the NDP or part of an acquisition by a public �-1 3- agency work i ng wi th the Mode l Cities Program . Again , the people do not benef i.t a nd actua.l.ly b e come the recipients o f inequitable t r eatme nt as a r esult o f Southern 's non -part i c ipatio n in the Model Cities Program. 5. Ac quiring Pi ttman Park by t he P9wer of Emine n t Domain . Can Southern Railroa d-a p ublic uti li ty- exerc ise i ts delegated power o f emin ent domain in the acqu islt i on o f 2 .8 a c res of Pi ttman· P.ark? 'rhe qu e stion i s importa nt b ecau se i ts answer may determine t h e s uccess or fai l u r e of Southern ' s venture. If the answer is "yes", the n there is probably not hing construc t ive that Pittsburgh residents can do to preven t the plans 1 s complet i on. If "no 11 , then i t !nay be poss ible t.o negotiate with the railroad on the i ssues al r eady rai sed. A te1tat ive finding from t11e City Atto r ney ' s o ffice indicates the railroad does n o t have the power in this case. No. 4) • (See Exhibit �-14- conclusions and Recommendations It is clearl y evident tha t the~ souther n Railroad is det ermined to fu l fill its p l a 1s i n the most expedien t manner. 'J~he secrecy a t which they a cquired property and the conc eal ment of information regarding their intentions unti l the last possible mome n t leaves considerable doubt i n my mind as to what publ i c they represent . It is obviously not t h e 45,00 0 res i dents of Model Cities or the 8,000 in Pittsburgh. As with repres e ntation, the quest i on of benefic i aries is raised. Who b en e fit s dire ctly from expansion of t h e existing facilities? Obviously the management and stock holders of Southern Railroad a nd Gener a l Motors enjoy the fru i ts of this particul a r v enture. The Pittsburgh community suffers for this plan will be to the i r detrime nt ~ Thi s negative e f fect is the v e ry sought of situation Congress had in mind when it e nacted Model Cit ies l e gislation in 1966. The objec tive of which was to s ubst antia lly impr ove t h e e nvi r onment i n slum an d b l i ghted areas o f cities . Here we h av e a goo d example of h ow !l2.:!:. t o i mprove the e nvironment; the placement o f a rai l r oad yard in a res identia l neighbo r hood is une quivocally c ontrary to e very known principle o f envir onme nt a l healt h and s afe ty, and social s tabil ity. Southern's arguments of bus ine ss need a nd c i ty service do not j ustify the predictabl e destruct i on o f a nei ghborh oode Do t h ese reasons take priority over the - ob j ectives of the Model ·cities Program? Do they justify Sou t h ern's disregard for involving residents and public agencies who di l igent ly worked to establish plans �-15f o r creating a bet ter p l a ce to live in ? Do th0y justi fy s i de st epping a h o st o f soc ial, econom i c , · .nd phys i ca l problems- and creat i ng mor e in the pro cess - - t hat thi · ':ro gra..m is committe d t o sol ving·? Maybe these qu est i ons point to the real reas o n f o r So u thern' s sec retive approac h ! But t h e plans are now p ub l ic a nd we find ourse lve s with a s e t o f f a ct s-- an d a chal l e ng e : Revers ing the h i s toric a l pro cess . the ra 'l:r.oad aware o f the problems it i s c re ating, MakG and a sk them to j oin u s in find i ng a n a cc e p table solution, f or t h em and f o r the r esident s of Pittsburgh. Th is appr o ach mus t b e t hrough nego t i atio n . which i s res i dent invo l v eme nt. Th e p r erequi site o f The r a ng e to n e got i ating is between no expansion of yard facilities , to expansion of the facilities with an i mprovement to t h e s urrounding area. These improvements would consist of h.~gh qua l ity b uffering between the yards and .residential property; a park that is up to city standards in terms of Jand and facilities; an underpass at McDaniel Street; an adequate relocation program for the people to be displaced including the opportunity to remain in this area; and an adequately designed street system to serve the unusual pattern that would result if the yard were built. This endeavor would have to be highly coordinated and thoroughly managed. Resident involvement must be solicited and channeled into the direction that would insure maximum impact on negotiations. �-16- Public re lations must be mobiliz e d and p repa r e d for the c on fronta tions that will occur. An image of a united front will have t o be maintained in orde r t o inc rease the chance s o f receiving the most b e n e fit s from negot iation. In short, t hi s approa ch must be thoroughly planned and managed. As a firs t step, I wou l d re comrnend a h alt to the railroad's acqu is ition program. 'rhis may b e vo lunt ary or be an i nj unct i on which sho ld b e initia.ted 1Jy a r es i dent c ommittee-poss ibly one s e t· up b., cope with the r a ilr o ad problem-an adhoc group. Simultaneously, suppo r t from other public agencies mus t be sol i cited. The Parks Department and Planning Department, a n d perhaps othersr must agree in p r i nciple at l east , to pre vent the railroad from inva lidating t h eir p l ans for the area. (After al l, that 's what they main- ~ain when we present p l ans diffe ent from theirs) . In summary, we must {1) detenuine what position and action the Program will take; ( 2) appo i nt a coordinator; approva l for intervention; and fin ally, ( 3) solicit resident (4 ) insure support from appropriate public agencies. . � 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 aft at rey eS = - - 3 feos its . ce. 7. 2 rT Z =: 4 ee eS ee 8 Oke REO ELS November 28, 1969 OFFICE OF ae PROGRAM 673 Capito! Avenue, S.W. Atlanta, Ga. 30315 (404) §77-5200 Ivan Allen Jr., Mayor J.C. Johnson, Director MEMORANDUM TO: Mayor Ivan Allen Mr. Lester Persells Mayor Elect Sam Massell Mr. Henry Bowden | Executive Board Members Mr. James Pilcher Mr. Jack Delius Mr. Horace Ward Mr. Dan Sweat Mr. Thomas Choyce Mr. Collier Gladin FROM: Johnny C. Johnson . Executive Director or~ SUBJECT : Land Acquisition by the Southern Railroad in Pittsburgh (See attached map) Introduction Qn November 10, 1969, the Model Cities Program first became aware of plans of the Southern Railroad to expand their existing storage yard in the Pittsburgh-Mechanicsville Area. This move affects only the Pittsburgh community where acquisition of 15.2 acres of land is presently in progress; Southern is currently attempting to negotiate the acquisition of 2.8 acres of Pittman Park belonging to the City of Atlanta and part of the 15.2 acre site. Their reuse proposal calls for retention of 11.5 acres to be used for expansion of their existing yard facilities, while the remaining 3.7 acres would be returned to the city for park use. The rail- road proposes to finance the cost of constructing the new park, including the replacement of a gymnasium, swimming pool, and tennis courts, all of which would be included in the initial 2.8 acre park acquisition. =2= This plan raises many issues and questions all of which will have to be answered in the forthcoming weeks. [It is the express purpose of thismemo to prepare a proper foundation for this period by stating, as accurately as possible, the events that preceded and followed our initial discovery of Southern's plan on November 10, and the issues that I believe have been raised as a result. I nave also made some recommendations regarding the course of action we should take. Agents for Southern Railroad. The firm of Greene, Buckley, DeRinex & Jones, located in the National Bank of Georgia Building is acting as their legal agent; John David Jones and C. Richard McQueen have been involved in past discussions. Land acguisition is being handled by Adams-Cates Realty located in the Hurt Building: Henry Robinson is actively involved in this aspect of the plan. Existing and Proposed Land Use. Composition of the 15.2 acres of acauisition is as follows: PATIO 6. 3° Se b Gkzo dé 2.8 acres Business ... . . 4.4 acres Housing .. ... 6.0 acres Streets .. 2.0 acres Total 15.2 acres After acquisition the land will be used for: PAPE) ws elias wh ata “Be? Railroad . .. =. . 11.5 acres Total 5.2 acres = fs Residential Relocation. The number of buildings and dwelling units to be acauired: Buildings Units* Single Family .« ..«. +» .« « + = 63 63 Perc: Ratt sca: ae erm ob aoe 10 20 Multiple Family « . . 6 « « « sie 16 Total 75 93 *NO Ct es The number of dwelling units is not an accurate indication of the number of families presently occupying them; overcrowding may increase this © figure. Public Notification of Southern's Plans These agencies initially became aware of Southern's acquisition and expansion plan on the dates indicated: Parks Department October 30 Housing Authority November 5 Planning Department November 6 Model Cities Program Staff November 10 Model Cities Board of Directors November 17 Model Cities Executive Board November 18 Chronology of Events (1969) August-September Acquisition of residential property began sometime during this period. October 30 Southern's agents H. Robinson and C. R. McQueen met with Alderman Charles Leftwich, Jack Delius, and Stan Martin to discuss the railroad's plan. The Parks Department was asked November 5 November 6 ~4< | to determine the feasibility of a new park design that would exclude 2.8 acres of the existing Pittman Park, but include the additional 3.7 acres the railroad was willing to swap for the excluded portion. Southern's land agents met with the Atlanta Housing Authority to determine the type of relocation assistance available to occupants of homes within the acquisition area. Because of the unique nature of this request- a railroad acquiring property under the power of eminent domain in an urban renewal area within the Model Cities Program-—the Authority asked the regional office of the Renewal Assistance Administration (RRA) for an opinion. RRA tentatively determined that no financial assistance was available under existing regulations and contacted their home office in Washington, D. Cc. for further determination. Planning Department became aware of Southern's plan for the Pittman Park acquisition only. At this time the Depart- ment arranged a meeting for Monday, Novem- ber 10, at the Parks Department Conference Room and requested Model Cities repre- November 10 November 17 sentatives to attend. Model Cities became aware of Southern's plans for the entire yard expansion at a meeting in the offices of the Parks Depart~ ment. (See memo of November 11, 1969 - Exhibit No. 1). In addition to the information in the November 11 memo, Southern's agents expressed a Cinta desire to acquire all the property in the shortest time possible and also suggested that Alderman Leftwich, Chairman of the Parks Committee, gave tentative approval to swap park land for railroad land. In addition, they urged all in attendance to keep their plan as secret or quiet as possible. The reason for this insistance was, according to them, to prevent the appreciation of land values within their acquisition area. Legal agents of Southern Railroad, J. D. Jones and C. R. McQueen met with J. C. Johnson, Jim Wright, and Lou Orosz, of the Model Cities Program in their offices. The meeting was arranged by Stan Martin of the Parks Department. This represented the first direct attempt of Southern to involve the Model Cities Program in its plans. Discussion initially centered about the =6= Pittman Park situation but expanded to the relocation and involvement of Pitts- burgh residents. Mr. Jones reiterated the Railroad's position as expressed one week earlier on November 10; the acquisition of land, including a portion of Pittman Park, must be completed as soon as possible; the relocation of people was not a railroad problem; the railroad would pay the fair market value for all property acquired; and that any attempts to invelve residents and other public agencieswas umMesirable because it would slow down the acquisition process. The Railroad clearly wanted the property acquired and facilities constructed without delay. Model Cities maintained an opposite position: resident involvement in all phases of com- munity development is the core of the Model Cities Program and must be maintained. The formulation of plans affecting residents of the Model Cities Area, without their involve~ ment, ig contrary to guidelines set up by the Department of Housing and Urban Develop-~- ment. (HUD) Suggestions were also made that would get the Railroad involved in formula- ting and financing a portion of the cost of November 17 i Poe relocating people from the proposed acquisi- tion area into new housing within the Model Cities Area. It was additionally recommended that this would be an excellent opportunity for Southern to become involved in the develop- ment of the Pittsburgh community by devising ways that would assist in impeding the further deterioration of residential structures in the immediate vicinity of the railroad. (Since the railroad is responsible for this deteri- eration by creating an undesirable residential neighborhood to live in, they should bear the responsibility, rather than the public at large, for preventing this deterioration.) Mr. Jones said he would convey this portion to officials of the railroad. Mr. J. C. Johnson presented Southern's plan te the Model Cities Board of Directors. (See minutes - Exhibit No. 2). The Board denounced the plans and attitude of the railroad, particularly the secretive manner by which it planned and executed its program, and additionally, their total disregard for in- volving residents and the Program staff. Finally the Board passed a resolution urging the Model Cities Executive Board to request the Southern Railroad to cease buying abhi properties until their actual intentions are known. November 18 Model Cities Executive Board met and listened to a presentation of Southern's plan by Jim Wright. (See newspaper article - Exhibit No. 3). They resolved to ask Southern to delay its program until the full impact of their plan on Pittsburgh and the Model Cities Program Plan was known. November 19 A tentative legal opinion regarding the utilization of eninent domain in making the Pittman Park acquisition was received by J. €. Johnson from the Atlanta Department of Law. (See letter ef November 17, 1969 - Exhibit No. 4). The opinion said in effect, that the City's ownership and use of Pitt- man Park was a superior governmental use which could not be acquired by the railroad through its eminent domain power. Issues 1. Resident Involvement. Lack of any attempt to solicit the involve- ment of residents in the planning phase of this development. This represents a flagrant violation of the requirements and intentions of the Model Cities Program as expressed by Congress, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and the City of Atlanta. If this is allowed to continue it will result in destruction of the trust residents now have for the program as a means for improving -9- their own neighborhoods. There can be no exceptions for ex- cluding resident involvement. Acquisition of a Portion of Pittman Park. The Model Cities Plan identifies the Park as presently being below standards set up by the Program and by the City of Atlanta in its Parks and Recreation Plan. This deficiency is in terms of acres, and in facilities by which people can enjoy the park such as baseball diamonds, recreation center, ete. The Plan also anticipated acquiring the entire Foy Brick Company in later stages of the Program; the use, of course, would have been a park addition. The reason for not proposing the acquisition of adjacent residential property for eventual park use was because the Pittsburgh community, in several meetings, was against such a move. The relatively good structural conditions of these homes and the preservation of social ties between neighbors was more important to these people. The railroad, on the other hand, has not considered these facts. After acquisition, which includes 30 dwelling units to be removed expressly for park expansion and the Foy Brick Company, park acreage will increase about one acre. This is one more acre than the park now contains, meaning that it will continue to be substandard. But more important, it means that any plan to bring it up to standards by increasing its acreage in the future will mean that additional homes will have to be acquired. ~10~ Consequently, the Railroad has everything to gain and the Pittsburgh community has everything to lose—-its people, its homes, and the anticipation of enjoying a larger park in the future. Disregard for the Future Development of Pittsburgh. The Southern Railroad has completely disregarded existing plans for Pittsburgh. This includes the City's 1983 Land Use Plan, the City's Parks and Recreation Plan, and Model Cities Program Plans for the area. These plans represent a sub- stantial number of hours on the part of the agencies involved and the residents affected. The cost of preparing these documents which reflects, in this case, the desires and aspirations of Model Cities residents is not a light consideration. It cannot be disregarded. The Railroad claims its acquisition of homes to provide itself with more yard facilities is justified for two reasons. First, that the space is needed to accommodate the output of General Motors; the intention is that more business (if this is actually the case) will benefit the city as a whole in the long run. This kind of thinking—egotistical, one-sided, narrow minded, and with the dollar in mind as the ultimate objective—is responsible for destroying central city neigh- borhoods throughout the country. It is one of the reasons why Congress has found the need for a Medel] Cities Program. And naturally it is completely epposite the short run, coordinated, and comprehensive approach of this Program =lt< towards improving the life of people Living in the area and participating in the Program. I think that this reasoning is invalid within the boundaries of this Program. The short run time period is unquestionably more critical to Pittsburgh residents than it is to the questionable long run needs of the City, the Southern Railroad, and General Motors—in this instance. On the second reason, Southern believes it is cdoing a service to the City by removing substandard structures in the path of its proposed yard facilities. If the structures are sub- standard to the degree Southern claims, (and this is questionable), then it is because of their nearness to the railroad. Who wants to live near a railroad yard? The people who can afford to live on this residentially marginal land have extreme difficulty in maintaining their homes because of their low income and the high cost of materials and labor used in home repairs. (Because the homes are marginal doesn't mean the people are marginal or undesirable). It can be predicted with reasonable certainty that once the yard is constructed as presently planned, the adjacent buildings will deteriorate over the years. In a similar manner to the present situation, Southern is laying the groundwork for another claim when the need for additional yard facilities arises, that they are doing a service to the City by removing them. ten Resident Relocation. The Model Cities Program has continually maintained that residents will be given the opportunity to remain in their neighborhood in the event they had to be relocated. With opportunity there must be choice. The lack of standard dwelling units within the area has placed this burden of providing choice on the provision of temporary housing units. Occupancy of temporary units would be until such time as permanent structures were built. This method represents the foundation of the Model Cities Relocation Plan and without it there will be no public relocation of families to provide land for any facility. Furthermore, financial assistance from the Model Cities Program and the Neighborhood Development Program (NDP) will make the difficulties of moving easier for all people who must be relocated. This includes tenants and homeowners. The former receive moving expenses and the latter receive moving expenses and up to $5,000 in differential peyments: they are paid the difference in cost {$5,000 maximum) from the price received for their acquired property and the cost of buying a similar sized home. The approximately 100 families to be relocated by Southern's acguisition will receive none of this assistance. The use of eminent domain, or the threat of it, will not benefit these relocatees. They will not be eligible for temporary housing because none is available at this time. And they will not receive moving expenses and differential payments since they are not part of the NDP or part of an acquisition by a public ~13- . | agency working with the Model Cities Program, Again, the people do not benefit and actually become the recipients of inequitable treatment as a result of Southern's non-participa- tion in the Model Cities Program. Acquiring Pittman Park by the Power of Eminent Domain. Can Southern Railroad-——a public utility-—exercise its delegated power of eminent domain in the acquisition of 2.8 acres of Pittman Park? The question is important because its answer may determine the success or failure of Southern'’s venture. If the answer is "ves", then there is probably nothing constructive that Pittsburgh residents can do to prevent the plans's completion. If “no", then it may be possible to negotiate with the railroad on the issues already raised. A tentative finding from the City Attorney's office indicates the railroad does not have the power in this case. (See Exhibit No. 4). wid< Conclusions and Recommendations It is clearly evident that the Southern Railroad is determined to fulfill its plans in the most expedient manner. The secrecy at which they acquired property and the concealment of information regarding their intentions until the last possible moment leaves considerable doubt in my mind as to what public they represent. It is obviously not the 45,000 residents of Model Cities or the 8,000 in Pittsburgh. As with representation, the question of beneficiaries is raised. Who benefits directly from expansion of the existing facilities? Obviously the management and stockholders of Southern Railroad and General Motors enjoy the fruits of this particular venture. The Pittsburgh community suffers for this plan will be to their detriment. This negative effect is the very sought of situation Congress had in mind when it enacted Model Cities legislation in 1966. The objective of which was to substantially improve the environment in slum and blighted areas of cities. Here we have a good example of how not to improve the environment; the placement of a railroad yard in a residential neighborhood is unequivocally contrary to every known principle of environmental health and safety, and social stability. Southern's arguments of business need and city service do not justify the predictable destruction of a neighborhood. Do these reasons take priority over the objectives of the Model Cities Program? Do they justify Southern's disregard for involving residents and public agencies who diligently worked to establish plans ~15< for creating a better place to live in? Do they justify side stepping a host of social, economic, and physical problems— and creating more in the process-—that this Program is committed to solving? Maybe these questions point to the real reason for Southern's secretive approach! But the plans are now public and we find ourselves with a set of facts—and a challenge: Reversing the historical process. Make. the railroad aware of the problems it is creating, and ask them to join us in finding an acceptable solution, for them and for the residents of Pittsburgh. This approach must be through negotiation. The prerequisite of which is resident involvement. The range to negotiating is between no expansion of yard facilities, to expansion of the facilities with an improvement to the surrounding area. These improvements would consist of high quality buffering between the yards and residential property; a park that is up to city standards in terms of land and facilities; an underpass at McDaniel Street; an adequate relocation pregram for the people to be displaced including the opportunity to remain in this area; and an adequately designed street system to serve the unusual pattern that would result if the yard were built. This endeavor would have to be highly coordinated and thoroughly managed. Resident involvement must be solicited and channeled into the direction that would insure maximum impact on negotiations. -16- Public relations must be mobilized and prepared for the confronta- tions that will occur. An image of a united front will have to be maintained in order to increase the chances of receiving the most benefits from negotiation. In short, this approach must he thoroughly planned and managed. As a first step, I would recommend a halt to the railroad's acguisition program. This may be voluntary or be an injunction which should be initiated by a resident committee—possibly one set up to cope with the railroad problem—an adhoc group. Simultaneously, support from other public agencies must be solicited. The Parks Department and Planning Department, and perhaps others, must agree in principle at least, to prevent the railread from invalidating their plans for the area. (After all, that's what they maintain when we present plans different from theirs). In summary, we must (1) determine what position and action the Program will take; (2) appoint a coordinator; (3) solicit resident approval for intervention; and finally, (4) insure support from appropriate public agencies.  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 8, Folder 17, Document 3 Box 8 Box 8 Folder 17 Folder topic: Model Cities | 1969 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/4e4f6755f3382e7b01c3da6001a4f7cc.pdf b8f64a33f603b9cec850f06ef6816729 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. MODEL CITI ES OFFICIALS MAKING TRIPS AT CITY OF ATLANTA EXPENSE - 1969 NAME David Caldwell James B. Culp France Frances c. DATE 11730/ 69 MEETING SI TE San Diego, Ca l if. 8/20/69 Memphis , Tenn. 11/18/69 Washington, D& C. Eizenstat 10/15 /69 INDV. CONFERENCE NAME ADVANCE TOTAL Nat l. League of Cit. $443. 00 $443.00 Natl. Bus ., League Eco. Div. Manpower Advi sor s 169.00 Pine Mountain, Ga. Psychiatric I nst. on Gr oup Behavior 112.44 112.44 8/11/69 Denver, Colo. COP Pro j. Dev. Wor k . 239 .,00 239.00 Eric Harkness 3/ 19/69 Washington, D. C. Natl. Urban Affa irs Forum 199.,00 199. 00 Ellen Schoates 11/ 12/69 Savannah, Ga . Conf. on Ageing 94 . 00 94 . 00 J ame s Hicks 8/ 20/69 11/ 23/ 69 Memphis, Tenn. Chicago, Ill. Na tl ., Business Lea gue 156 . 00 Na tl. Con£. on Dev. of Shopping Center s 233. 00 389.00 New York , N.. Y.. Nachville, Tenn. Washington, D.C. Miami, Fl aQ Savannah, Ga. San Diego, Cal if. Con£ . on Plura listic Pl anning 200.00 Na tl . Ur ban Affa i rs Forum 199 . 00 184. 00 Nat l . CDA Con£. CDA Steer ing Conm. 150.00 Ghe tto Power in Action Na t l. Ur ban League 260 . 00 CDA Regi onal Dirs. 119 . 00 Operat i on Breakthr ough 134.00 Reg . Dirs. Meeting 188 . 00 Con£. on Ageing 94.00 Na t l . League of Cities458. 00 1986.00 Chicago, Ill . Soc. Serv. Info. Sys. 159.00 3/ 19/69q Wa shingt on, D., C. 5/26 / 69 7/11/69 7/27/69 8/7 /69 9/19/69 11/ 5/69 11/ 12/69 11/ 30/69 Mitchell A. Mitchell 8/ 29 / 69 Washi ngton, D.c . Chicago, I 11. Washington, D.. c. TO CITY 156. 00 Dewey Gibson Johnny C. Johnson 1/ 10 / 69 FUNDS RET. 10.89 18. 34 15.16 5.,90 9.36 19. 70 159.,00 Alice Nixon 11/21/69 Charlotte, N.C. Mode l Citie s Con£. 50 . 00 50.00 Samuel Russell 10/12/69 Silver Spring, MD Model Cities Con£. 209.00 209.00 ~ames R. Shimkos 5/27/69 New Yor k, N.Y. 11/21/69 Savannah , Ga., 11/30/69 Mi ami , Fla . Edu. Parks Con£. Conf . on Ageing Southeastern Edu . C. c. Miles Smith 11/ 12/69 Charlotte, N. C. George Swerdloff 11/ 12/ 69 James L. Wright 7/11/69 289.00 95.00 188.00 22.06 572 .00 Model Ci ties 50.00 50000 Charlotte, N.C . Model Cities 115.00 115.00 Washington, D.C o Urban America, Inc. 124.00 124000 75.50 21 . 00 � 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 NAME David Caldwell James B. Culp France DATE MODEL CITIES OFFICIALS MAKING TRIPS AT CITY OF ATLANTA EXPENSE - 1969 MEETING SITE 11/30/69 8/20/69 11/18/69 Frances C, Eizenstat Dewey Gibson Eric Harkness Ellen Schoates James Hicks Johnny C. Johnson 10/15/69 8/11/69 3/19/69 11/12/69 8/20/69 11/23/69 1/10/69 3/19/69q 5/26/69 7/11/69 7/27/69 8/7/69 9/19/69 11/5/69 11/12/69 11/30/69 Mitchell A. Mitchell Alice Nixon Samuel Russell james R. Shimkos C. Miles Smith George Swerdloff James L. Wright 8/29/69 11/21/69 10/12/69 5/27/69 11/21/69 11/30/69 11/12/69 11/12/69 7/11/69 San Diego, Calif. Memphis, Tenn. Washington, D.C. Pine Mountain, Ga. Denver, Colo. Washington, D.C. Savannah, Ga. Memphis, Tenn. Chicago, Ill. New York, N.Y. Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. Chicago, I11. Washington, D.C. Nachville, Tenn. Washington, D.C. Miami, Fla. Savannah, Ga. San Diego, Calif. Chicago, Ill. Charlotte, N.C. Silver Spring, MD New York, N.Y. Savannah, Ga. Miami, Fla. Charlotte, N.C. Charlotte, N.C. Washington, D.C. INDV. FUNDS RET, CONFERENCE NAME ADVANCE TOTAL TO CITY Natl, League of Cit. $443.00 $443.00 -- Natl. Bus. League 156.00 = Eco. Div. Manpower Advisors 169.00 325.00 -- Psychiatric Inst. on 112.44 112.44 -- Group Behavior 4 COP Proj. Dev. Work. 239.00 239.00 = Natl. Urban Affairs Forum 199,00 199.00 15372 Conf. on Ageing 94,00 94,00 10.89 Natl, Business League 156.00 -- Natl, Conf. on Dev. of Shopping Centers 233.00 389.00 -- Conf, on Pluralistic Planning 200.00 Natl. Urban Affairs Forum 199,00 Natl. CDA Conf. 184.00 CDA Steering Comm, 150.00 Ghetto Power in Action Natl. Urban League 260.00 18.34 CDA Regional Dirs. 119.00 15.16 Operation Breakthrough 134.00 5.90 Reg. Dirs. Meeting 188.00 9.36 Conf. on Ageing 94.00 19.70 Natl, League of Cities458.00 1986.00 =< Soc. Serv. Info. Sys. 159.00 159.00 -- Model Cities Conf. 50.00 50,00 -- Model Cities Conf. 209.00 209.00 -- Edu. Parks Conf. 289.00 22.06 Conf. on Ageing 95.00 -- Southeastern Edu. C. 188.00 572.00 75.50 Model Cities 50.00 50.00 -- Model Cities 115.00 115.00 16.85 Urban America, Inc. 124.00 124.00 21.00  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 8, Folder 17, Document 2 Box 8 Box 8 Folder 17 Folder topic: Model Cities | 1969 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/690b351e715be47e8586b237383805c3.pdf 330319c39efe234250645bf11fe6ba60 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. CITY OF ATLANTA DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE / 501 CITY HALL ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303 December 30 , 1969 CHARLES L . DAVIS DIRECTOR OF FINANCE W. ROY SMITH DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF FINANCE EDGAR A. VAUGHN , JR . DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF FINANCE JAMES R. FOUNTAIN , JR . DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF FINANCE MEMORANDUM TO: FROM: Dan Sweat Charles L. Davis ~ SUBJECT: MODEL CITIES STAFF TRAVEL EXPENSES In response to a recent conver sat i on we had, I am enclosing a tabulation showing the amount of travel funds that we have advanc ed to employees of the Model Cities staff. If you need additional information regarding this subject, please advise. CLD CLD :lek 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 Ty) ode fe. oS Cc iTV . ) — Ar -— 8 AKITA Yi iy J I FATLAAIN TA DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE 501 CITY HALL ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303 December 30, 1969 CHARLES L. DAVIS W. ROY SMITH DIRECTOR OF FINANCE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF FINANCE EDGAR A. VAUGHN, JR. JAMES R. FOUNTAIN, JR. DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF FINANCE REPO Y DIRECTCR OF FINAN E MEMORANDUM TO: Dan Sweat FROM: Charles L. Davis LA SUBJECT: MODEL CITIES STAFF TRAVEL EXPENSES In response to a recent conversation we had, I am enclosing a tabulation showing the amount of travel funds that we have advanced to employees of the Model Cities staff, If you need additional information regarding this subject, please advise. CLD CLD :lek 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 8, Folder 17, Document 1 Box 8 Box 8 Folder 17 Folder topic: Model Cities | 1969