2 20 42 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/8506e65cb7a2ae8005baa83ff844a4e7.pdf 1cd280e5553d9d5504625e6119c89e90 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR URBAN RENEWAL OFFICE OF THE MAYOR CITY HALL-ATLANTA, GA. 30303 PHONE 524-2745 ROBERT L. SOMMERVILLE CHAIRMAN WILLIAM S. HOWLAND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MRS. EVELYN DODDS SECRETARY April 12, 1967 Dear CIP Subcommittee Member: Just a reminder that we are meeting again with CIP Director George Aldridge on Friday, April 21 at noon in Committee Room No. 4 in City Hall. A Dutch treat box lunch will be served.Please call your reservation - 522-4463, extension 233. Chairman Sommerville and I are looking forward to meeting with you then. Sincerely, /, nJ;J . , //)/1. /J /) 1f>!F!/!!!~ i fDMt William ~- Howland � 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 CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR URBAN RENEWAL OFFICE OF THE MAYOR CITY HALL—ATLANTA, GA. 30303 PHONE 524-2745 ROBERT L. SOMMERVILLE CHAIRMAN WILLIAM S. HOWLAND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MRS. EVELYN DODDS SECRETARY April 12, 1967 Dear CIP Subcommittee Member: Just a reminder that we are meeting again with CIP Director George Aldridge on Friday, April 21 at noon in Committee Room No. 4 in City Hall. # Dutch treat box lunch will be served, Please call your reservation - 522-4463, extension 233. Chairman Sommerville and I are looking forward to meeting with you then, Sincerely, Mbipint> Nbelpuf) William S$ Cul and ee ip ZEAE : (ile ot ao et St { Mhaspte/  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 18, Folder 24, Document 27 Box 18 Box 18 Folder 24 Folder topic: Citizens Advisory Committee for Urban Renewal | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/d6eb30b118e59e2981e62c6f86f557a0.pdf 05b017c7142809b08a40ad1bbd4ef06c Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Maroh 29 , 1967 tr . Robert L. Sommerville ~ Chairman ..::9itizena Advisory Committee For Urban Renewal Office of the Mayor City Hall A Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Dear Mr. Sommerville: Due to y illness for the past six weeks and by orders from my physician restricting my activities, I regret to say that I will have to resign as a member of the Citizens Advisory Committee For Urban Renewal . y I would like to recommend, Mr . R. J . Butler, 250 Tenth Street, N. E., Atlanta, Georgi, 30303 who succeeded me as President of the Atlanta Georgia Labor Council AFL-CIO, to take my place on ti..!:s Committee. Thanking you, I am Sincerely, o. oore cretary Georgia State AFL- OIO J. S JOM/glo cos Honorable Ivan Allen, Jr . / Mayor, City of Atlanta cc: R. J. Butler, Pr sident Atlanta Georgia Labor Council AFL-CIO opeiu 21 afl .. cio � 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 ! | Y March 29, 1967 Mr. Robert L. Sommerville Chairman itizens Advisory Committee For Urban Renewal Office of the Mayor City Hall A Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Dear Mr. Sommerville: Due to my illness for the past six weeks and by orders from my physician restricting my activities, I regret to say that I will have to resign as a member of the Citizens Advisory Committee For Urban Renewal. I would like to recommend, Mr. R. Je Butler, 250 Tenth Street, Ne E., Atlanta, Georgia, 30303 who succeeded me as President of the Atlanta Georgia Labor Council AFL-CIO, to take my place on tiiis Committee. Thanking you, I am Sincerely, Je O. Moore Secretary Georgia State AFL-CIO JOM/ gle cc: Honorable Ivan Allen, Jr. i Mayor, City of Atlanta cc: Re J, Butler, President Atlanta Georgia Labor Council AFL-CIO opeiu 21 afl-cio  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 18, Folder 24, Document 28 Box 18 Box 18 Folder 24 Folder topic: Citizens Advisory Committee for Urban Renewal | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/b446f0ea5c93109f5e919fc8435b2142.pdf 91d6e2306906f2edc760d9e9f19c1e41 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. rch 28, 1967 M~ • Ivan M . .Jenkin 1618 C nt . ri1 · Driv , S . W. Atlanta,, G :0r,g ia Sincei- ly y IAJ'r/b~ CC: Mr. Bill Howland a, � 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 oy March 28, 1967 Mrs. Ivan M. Jenkins 1618 Centravilla Drive, S. W. Atlanta, Georgia Dear Mrs. Jenkins: I certainly appreciate your note and the clipping about the urban renewal problems in Cleveland, Ohio. We are indeed fortunate in Atlanta that our urban renewal projects have been extremely successful. Should you ever like to tour the twelve projects, may I suggest that you call Mr. Wm. S. Howland, Executive Director of the Citizens Committee an Urban Renewal - 522-4463, He frequently has tours scheduled fer various civic groups and I am sure you would find this extremely interesting. Sincerely yours, Ivan Allen, Ir. Mayor IAJ2r/br Cc: Mr. Bill Howland  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 18, Folder 24, Document 29 Box 18 Box 18 Folder 24 Folder topic: Citizens Advisory Committee for Urban Renewal | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/0d5a5af3d0f82c7aa171b931bb18fbd6.pdf e06f5f71ce069350659c8a0c2d7f3b68 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. 1flH](E R[l!\l[E\W[R NEWSLETTER OF THE CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR URBAN RENEWAL Vol. 5 No. 11 Atlanta, Georgia December 1967 OPENSHAW CALLS FOR CONCERTED ACTION TO HALT BLIGHT A S HE GIVES REPORT ON YEAR OF URBAN RENEWAL GAINS Delivering an inspiring report of notable progress in urban renewal during 1967 to our Dec. 19 full committee meeting, Howard Openshaw, Atlanta Housing Authority redevelopment director, also sounded a call for private enterprise, churches, labor organizations and civic groups to join with public efforts in a concerted endeavor to turn back the spread of blight. · Swnmed up Mr. Openshaw: "Too many people look to a single tool to solve all the problems of the city. For example, urban renewal was not designed to speak to the problems of unemployment, lack of education, crime, and other social diseases. Too long have we looked to public programs alone to solve our problems. Churches, civic organizations, labor unions, industry - private enterprise must become involved if we are to succeed in our endeavors. 11 In addition to citing the gains achieved by Atlanta•~ urban renewal program during 196 7, Mr. Openshaw also reviewed the exciting outlook for 1968. The text of his report follows: SLUMS AND BLIGHT ARE GROWING - "Atlanta, like every major city across our land, has awakened to find itself sitting on a potential powder keg. Countless ages of neglect and apathy has resulted in an accumulation of urban blight and decay. People are rebelling against their environment, and we see the resulting strife and turmoil in Milwaukee and Detroit. To make matters worse the slums and blighted areas are growing, not shrinking. In the last 5 years, Atlanta has increased its number of dwelling units by 9, 141. During this period, the number of dilapidated structures were reduced from 12, 000 to 3, 000. However, the number of substandard units increased from 22,800 to 49, 300. "The City's population increase is projected at an annual rate of 2%, with the negro population increasing by 62% and the white population by 4%. Those who can afford it are moving to the suburbs. The City's financial resources are limited, there is no help from the State, and the demand for Federal funds is three times the available supply. We simply do not have adequate resources to cope with all of our problems. 11 MUST USE EVERY AVAILABLE RESOURCE - "The time for action is upon us. We must use every available resource, every tool to make our cities more liv a ble, to enrich the quality of men's lives, and to make every citizen a productive member of Society. We must eliminate our slums, yes. But also, we m u st halt the spread of blight. Urban renewal is the tool that can allow us to have a slumles s city. An effective program of code enforcement is essential to preserve our neighborhoods and to halt the spread of blight. A top priority i n the city is to provide housing for low and moderate income families. The mayo r has set a goal of 16,800 units to be constructed in the next five years. But even here, we are finding it difficult to find suitable, reasonably pric:ed land for low-cost housing." PAST TWE LVE M ONTHS SHOW PROGRESS IN ALL PHASES OF RENEWAL PROG RAMS - " In 8-1/2 years, Atlanta's urban renewal program has made giant stride s in r edeveloping its blighted areas. �-2"From the period December 1, 1966 to December 1, 1967, the Atlanta Housing Authority has acquired 538 parcels of land at a cost of $4~ 7 million. The Authority relocated 576 families from u rban renewal areas! and provided housing assistance to 687 additional families relocated as a result df other governmental action . During the past twelve months, the Authority demolished 477 structures comprising 766 dwelling units, and completed rehabilitation of 201 dwelling units. The Authority sold 97 parcels of land for $886, 722 and put under contract for sale an additional 60 parcels of land having a value of $2 million. Construction was begun on improvements totaling $2. 1 million. These improvements include 106 apartm ent units in the Butler Street Project, and 38 single family units in Thomasville. Improvements tailing $4. 8 million were completed in the past 12 months, including office buildings for the U. s. Rubber Company, Ford Motor Company, Avis Rent-A-Car, and Cousins Properties. Construction was started on 240 dwelling units and an additional 41 dwelling units completed during the period." NINE PROJECT AME NDMENTS APPROVED - "Amendments were submitted and Federal approval received on the following urban renewal projects: Butler Street, to pr·ovide a second high-rise for the elderly adjacent to Graves Homes on Hilliard Street, and land expansion for Ebenezer Baptist Church; Rockdale, to provide for changes in land use and street pattern; Thomasville, to provide public housing north of McDonough Road; Georgia State, to add the block north of the police station to the project area; Georgia Tech, to include an additional $737,810 as Section 112 credits toward the City's share of project cost; Buttermilk Bottoms, received Federal approval of Part I of the Application for Loan and Grant; Bedford- Pine, to combine the Buttermilk Bottoms project with Bedford-Pine; Bedford-Pine Letter of Consent, to permit acquisition of additional street rightof-way for the Auditorium; Bedford-Pine draft Part I Application for Loan and Grant. Amendme nts were submitted on the following urban renewal projects for which Federal approval has not yet been received: Rawson- Washington, to extend project boundary to provide land for school expansion, park, and neighborhood center; Bedford-Pine Early Land Acquisition Loan, to provide a site for public housing, and to make available rehabilitation loans and grants for properties along Boulevard." COMPETITION SPURS SUPERIOR PROPOSALS -'!A significant achievement of the renewal program was the development competitions for land in Rockdale, RawsonWashington and University Center Projects. A fixed price was established on the l and, and redevelopers proposals were restricted to residential development under Section 221 d 3. The Atlanta Housing Authority staff, the City Planning Department, the American Institute of Architects, American Society of Landscape Architects, the Citizens Advisory Committee for Urban Renewal, the Housing Resources Committee, the State Planning Bureau, the U~ban Renewal Policy Committee and the Hou sing Authority's Board of Commissioners reviewed four redevelopers proposals in Rockdale, seven proposals in University Center, and six proposals in Raws on- Washington. The fixed land price, development competition approach not only resulted in superior proposals from redevelopers, but assured maximum livability for families of low and moderate incomes. The Authority, with assistance from CACUR, conducted 1,271 people on tours of Atlanta's urban renewal and public housing programs." MODEL CITY, BEDFORD-PINE EXECUTION TOP EXCITING OUTLOOK FOR NEW YEAR - "Exciting things and a lot of hard work lie ahead for 1968. The City, in cooperation with other agencies and residents of the area, will begin planning the model city area. The urban renewal and public housing programs will be involved in the total attack on the social and physical blight of the 3, 000 acres of .land extending from West End to the other side of Grant Park. The Bedford-Pine Urban Renewal Area will enter execution. The Authority will provide temporary relocation housing for those families living in the initial clearance area. Staging the execution activities will minimize the number of families displac ed. Construction will be started on improvements costing $26. 2 million on urban renewal land in 1968. These improvements include 1, 468 dwelling units, the Ira Hardin Office Building, stadium motel, and the International House in University Center. �- 3"The ninety-five ar eas of land on McDonough R o ad rec ently m a de ava ilable to the City by the Federal Governme nt will be added to the Thoma s ville Project, and pla ns will proceed immediat ely t o g.;rovide land for public housing, townhouses, single -family development, and a n elementary a nd middle-high school. We must continue our commitment t o e liminate s lums wherever they occur, and to halt the spr ead of blight. We must p r ovide dec e n t hous ing for all our people, with special emphasis on l ow and mode rate income families. But we must do more than this. W e must becom e more sensitiv e to t he physical design and development of our City. For , unless Atlanta is t o become a haven for the homeless and the poor, we must create an environment t o a ttract people of every economic level of life as together we s e ek to make At l anta the gr eat city it is destined to become. 11 HUD'S STRAUB CONG RA T ULATES AT LANTA ON PIONEERING M ODE L CITY C ONVE N T ION Thanking Mr. Openshaw for his pertinent and perceptive report, Chairman Sommerville emphasized the impo r tance of t he model city program and called on Charles N. Straub, Federal Ag ency Liaison Specialist, from H UD, to b r ing our committee abreast of developments in this n ew city-federal coope r a t ive e ndeavor. Explaining that Atlanta was one of only nine s outh easte rn cities and 63 in t h e nation to receive conditional approval, Mr . Straub p ointed out t hat final disposition of the planning grants reserved, depended upon the citie s p re s enting acceptable work p r ogr ams to HUD. Such plans are exptec t ed within 4 5 days. He specified that HUD had requested Atlanta to outline a fiv e y e ar progr am w ith a specific work plan for the first year. He pointed out that Atlanta's plans w ould hav e to be revised because the city's request for $500, 000 as a planning g rant w as cut to $152, 000, In di scus s ing this reduction, Mr. Straub mentioned that Atl ant a had received a n additional $100, 000 from EDA, but only $18, 0 00 of thi s w oul d appl y dire ctly to studie s in the model city area. Then M r. Str aub cong ratulated Atlanta warmly on innovating the plan of holding a convention open t o all re sidents of the model city area. This convention, held at Hoke Smith Technical High Sc hool Sunday.., afternoon, Dec . 10, is regarded as a new departure i n citizen par t icip a t ion, M r. Straub stressed. Said he 11 No city has really thrown the model city program open a s Atlanta did with this convention. The city a l s o is to be congratul ated on acc epting .what the people asked for. 11 (NOTE- This r efers to acti on b y the Alde r manic Board Dec. 18 approving the request made at the convention for a repre s e n tat i ve from each of the six neighborhoods involved on the g overning board of the m odel city program) In a following d is c u ssion, Mrs. S. F . C rank pointed out that E OA was a prime mover in organizing the c onvention. Mrs. Gra ce Ha milton a lso express e d congratulations to the A l de rmanic Board in accepting the recommendations made by the c o nven tion. (NOTE- A mong othe r s representing our committee at the convention was Diredor Howland. ) A ction is unde r w a y t o loc a te hous es for s uita ble r e h a bilita tion by our nonprofit corporation , CACURRCI unde r the 2 2 1 H program, the full committe e meeting was informed. Executive committ eewoman Hamilt on r e porte d that w ith Walter Screws of the Atlanta Housin g Authority , and Directo r Howla nd, s h e i nspe cte d a numbe r of dwe llings in and near the University Center project on D ecemb er 14 . Sh e s tr ess ed the p o int that if such houses c ould be fou nd i n this ar ea, the ir reh a bilitation would impr ove the project's public image. Mr . Screws a dded that all houses seen were single family occupied. In reply t o a quest i on fr om :Executive committeeman P e rcy Hearle , Chairman Sommerville said 19 h ouses ha d bee n located east of Glen Iris a nd n o r th of Hunter Stre e t. A guess~ stimate w ou ld b e that the houses w oul d range in valu e from $ 4 , 500 to $8, 000 a nd that r e h a bilitation woul d c o s t fr om $2 , 000 t o $4, 000. Exec u tive c ommitteeman Harol d Arno ld also suggested s ome hou ses on Mo rgan Street a nd Boulevard Place. He pointed out that al s o considered had been the a rea Mr s. Hamilton inspecte d, the area ,a d jacent to the Nash- Banns section, the South Atlant a region beyond the model citie s area and t h e area east o f Bedfor d -Pine. In support of t he Boulevard P l a c e - Morga n Street l o cation, Mr. Arnold p ointed out that it had experien ced racial u nres t and tha t l oca tion of the 22 1 H proj e ct there , would indicate interest in solving its pr oblems . In t he following d i scussion, Mrs. Hamilton urged that the Atla nta Hou s ing Au thority keep a coordina t e d li st of properties screened. Chairman Sommer ville p ointed out that s u ch lists would b e available from the city Bu ilding Dep a rtme n t and t h e H ousing Authority. ACTION BEGINS TO L OCA T E 2 2 1 H HOUSES ; T WO LISTS OF SUGGESTED DWE LLINGS GIVEN � 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 fA. ‘ dae lhc THE TRENEWEIR NEWSLETTER OF THE CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR URBAN RENEWAL Vol. 5 No. Ill Atlanta, Georgia December 1967 OPENSHAW CALLS FOR CONCERTED ACTION TO HALT BLIGHT AS HE GIVES REPORT ON YEAR OF URBAN RENEWAL GAINS Delivering an inspiring report of notable progress in urban renewal during 1967 to our Dec, 19 full committee meeting, Howard Openshaw, Atlanta Housing Au- thority redevelopment director, also sounded a call for private enterprise, churches, labor organizations and civic groups to join with public efforts in a concerted en- deavor to turn back the spread of blight. Summed up Mr. Openshaw: ''Too many people look to a single tool to solve all the problems of the city. For example, urban renewal was not designed to speak to the problems of unemployment, lack of education, crime, and other social diseases. Too long have we looked to public programs alone to solve our problems, Churches, civic organizations, labor unions, industry - private enterprise must become involved if we are to succeed in our endeavors," In addition to citing the gains achieved by Atlanta's urban renewal program during 1967, Mr. Openshaw also reviewed the exciting outlook for 1968. The text of his report follows: SLUMS AND BLIGHT ARE GROWING - "Atlanta, like every major City across our land, haa awakened to find itself sitting on a potential powder keg. Countless ages of neglect and apathy has resulted in an accumulation of urban blight and decay. People are rebelling against their environment, and we see the resulting strife and turmoil in Milwaukee and Detroit. To make matters worse the slums and blighted areas are growing, not shrinking. In the last 5 years, Atlanta has increased its number of dwelling units by 9,141, During this period, the number of dilapidated structures were reduced from 12, 000 to 3,000. How- ever, the number of substandard units increased from 22, 800 to 49, 300. "The City's population increase is projected at an annual rate of 2%, with the negro population increasing by 62% and the white population by 4%. Those who can afford it are moving to the suburbs, The City's financial resources are limited, there is no help from the State, and the demand for Federal funds is three times the available supply. We simply do not have adequate resources to cope with all of our problems," MUST USE EVERY AVAILABLE RESOURCE - "The time for action is upon us. We must use every available resource, every tool to make our cities more livable, to enrich the quality of men's lives, and to make every citizen a pro- ductive member of Society. We must eliminate our slums, yes. But also, we must halt the spread of blight. Urban renewal is the tool that can allow us to have a slumless city, An effective program of code enforcement is essential to preserve our neighborhoods and to halt the spread of blight. A top priority in the city is to provide housing for low and moderate income families. The mayor has set a goal of 16, 800 units to be constructed in the next five years. But even here, we are finding it difficult to find suitable, reasonably priced land for low-cost housing." PAST TWELVE MONTHS SHOW PROGRESS IN ALL PHASES OF RENEWAL PROGRAMS - "In 8-1/2 years, Atlanta's urban renewal program has made giant strides in redeveloping its blighted areas. ane From the period December 1, 1966 to December 1, 1967, the Atlanta Housing Authority has acquired 538 parcels of land at a cost of $4.7 million, The Au- thority relocated 576 families from urban renewal areas} and provided housing assistance to 687 additional families relocated as a result of other governmental action, During the past twelve months, the Authority demolished 477 structures comprising 766 dwelling units, and completed rehabilitation of 201 dwelling units, The Auth sold 97 parcels of land for $886, 722 and put under contract for sale an additional 60 patcels of land having a value of $2 million. Construction was begun on rovements totaling $2.1 million, These improvements include 106 aperim ee in the Butler Street Project, and 38 single family units in Thomas- ville, Improvements tctding $4.8 million were completed in the past 12 months, including office buildings for the U. S. Rubber Company, Ford Motor Company, Avis Rent-A-Car, and Cousins Properties. Construction was started on 240 dwelling units and an additional 41 dwelling units completed during the period." NINE PROJECT AMENDMENTS APPROVED - "Amendments were submitted and Federal approval received on the following urban renewal projects: Butler Street, to provide a second high-rise for the elderly adjacent to Graves Homes on Hilliard Street, and land expansion for Ebenezer Baptist Church; Rockdale, to provide for changes in land use and street pattern; Thomasville, to provide public housing north of McDonough Road; Georgia State, to add the block north of the police station to the project area; Georgia Tech, to include an additional $737, 810 as Section 112 credits toward the City's share of project cost; Buttermilk Bottoms, received Federal approval of Part I of the Application for Loan and Grant; Bedford-Pine, to combine the Buttermilk Bottoms project with Bedford- Pine; Bedford-Pine Letter of Consent, to permit acquisition of additional street right- of-way for the Auditorium; Bedford-Pine draft Part I Application for Loan and Grant. Amendments were submitted on the following urban renewal projects for which Federal approval has not yet been received: Rawson-Washington, to extend project boundary to provide land for school expansion, park, and neighborhood center; Bedford-Pine Early Land Acquisition Loan, to provide a site for public housing, and to make available tehapiiitetion loans and grants for properties along Boulevard," COMPETITION SPURS SUPERIOR PROPOSALS -'"A significant achievement of the renewal program was the development competitions for land in Rockdale, Rawson- Washington and University Center Projects. A fixed price was established on the land, and redevelopers proposals were restricted to residential development under Section 22143, The Atlanta Housing Authority staff, the City Planning Depart- ment, the American Institute of Architects, American Society of Landscape Archi- tects, the Citizens Advisory Committee for Urban Renewal, the Housing Re- sources Committee, the State Planning Bureau, the Urban Renewal Policy Com- mittee and the Housing Authority's Board of Commissioners reviewed four re- developers proposals in Rockdale, seven proposals in University Center, and six proposals in Rawson-Washington, The fixed land price, development competition approach not only resulted in superior proposals from redevelopers, but assured maximum livability for families of low and moderate incomes. The Authority, with assistance from CACUR, conducted 1,271 people on tours of Atlanta's urban renewal and public housing programs," MODEL CITY, BEDFORD-PINE EXECUTION TOP EXCITING OUTLOOK FOR NEW YEAR - "Exciting things and a lot of hard work lie ahead for 1968, The City, in cooperation with other agencies and residents of the area, will begin planning the model city area, The urban renewal and public housing programs will be involved in the total attack on the social and physical blight of the 3, 000 acres of land extending from West End to the other side of Grant Park, The Bedford-Pine Urban Renewal Area will enter execution. The Authority will provide temporary relocation housing for those families living in the initial clear- ance area, Staging the execution activities will minimize the number of families displaced, Construction will be started on improvements costing $26.2 million on urban renewal land in 1968, These improvements include 1, 468 dwelling units, the Ira Hardin Office Building, stadium motel, and the International House in University Center,  ~36 ' The ninety-five areas of land on McDonough Road recently made available to the City by the Federal Government will be added to the Thomasville Project, and plans will proceed immediately to provide land for public housing, townhouses, single-family development, and an elementary and middle-high school, We must continue our commitment to eliminate slums wherever they occur, and to halt the spread of blight. We must provide decent housing for all our people, with special emphasis on low and moderate income families. But we must do more than this. We must become more sensitive to the physical design and development of our City. For, unless Atlanta is to become a haven for the homeless and the poor, we must create an environment to attract people of every economic level of life as together we seek to make Atlanta the great city it is destined to become,"' HUD'S STRAUB CONGRATULATES ATLANTA Thanking Mr, Openshaw for his ON PIONEERING MODEL CITY CONVENTION pertinent and perceptive report, Chairman Sommerville emphasized the importance of the model city program and called on Charles N. Straub, Federal Agency Liaison Specialist, from HUD, to bring our committee abreast of develop- ments in this new city-federal cooperative endeavor, Explaining that Atlanta was one of only nine southeastern cities and 63 in the nation to receive conditional approval, Mr, Straub pointed out that final disposition of the planning grants reserved, depended upon the cities presenting acceptable work programs to HUD. Such plans are ex- ptected within 45 days. He specified that HUD had requested Atlanta to outline a five year program with a specific work plan for the first year, He pointed out that Atlanta's plans would have to be revised because the city's request for $500, 000 as a planning grant was cut to $152,000, In discussing this reduction, Mr. Straub mentioned that Atlanta had received an additional $100, 000 from EDA, but only $18, 000 of this would apply directly to studies in the model city area, Then Mr. Straub congratulated Atlanta warmly on innovating the plan of holding a convention open to all residents of the model city area, This convention, held at Hoke Smith Technical High School Sunday,,afternoon, Dec. 10, is regarded as a new departure in citizen participation, Mr. Straub stressed. Said he '' No city has really thrown the model city program open as Atlanta did with this convention. The city also is to be congratulated on accepting what the people asked for,'' (NOTE- This refers to action by the Aldermanic Board Dec, 18 approving the request made at the con- vention for a representative from each of the six neighborhoods involved on the governing board of the model city program) In a following discussion, Mrs, S, F. Crank pointed out that EOA wasaprime mover in organizing the convention. Mrs. Grace Hamilton also expressed con- gratulations to the Aldermanic Board in accepting the recommendations made by the convention, (NOTE- Among others representing our committee at the con- vention was Director Howland, ) ACTION BEGINS TO LOCATE 221 H HOUSES; Action is under way to locate TWO LISTS OF SUGGESTED DWELLINGS GIVEN houses for suitable rehabilitation by our nonprofit corporation, CACURRCI under the 221 H program, the full committee meeting was informed, Executive committeewoman Hamilton reported that with Walter Screws of the Atlanta Housing Authority, and Director Howland, she inspected a number of dwellings in and near the University Center project on December 14, She stressed the point that if such houses could be found in this area, their rehabilitation would improve the project's public image. Mr. Screws added that all houses seen were single family occupied. In reply to a question from Executive committeeman Percy Hearle, Chairman Sommerville said 19 houses had been located east of Glen Iris and north of Hunter Street. A guesskstimate would be that the houses would range in value from $4,500 to $8, 000 and that rehabilitation would cost from $2,000 to $4, 000. Executive committeeman Harold Arnold also suggested some houses on Morgan Street and Boulevard Place, He pointed out that also considered had been the area Mrs, Hamilton inspected, the area adjacent to the Nash-Banns section, the South Atlanta region beyond the model cities area and the area east of Bedford- Pine. In support of the Boulevard Place - Morgan Street location, Mr. Arnold pointed out that it had experienced racial unrest and that location of the 221 H project there, would indicate interest in solving its problems. In the following discussion, Mrs. Hamilton urged that the Atlanta Housing Authority keep a coordinated list of properties screened, Chairman Sommerville pointed out that such lists would be available from the city Building Department and the Housing Authority.  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 18, Folder 24, Document 3 Box 18 Box 18 Folder 24 Folder topic: Citizens Advisory Committee for Urban Renewal | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/c1359b377c89859470f9f9dddca2d54f.pdf f8a6fb3ca5bcdcb70589e74d9ff170b3 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR URBAN RENEWAL OFFICE OF THE MAYOR CITY HALL-ATLANTA. GA. 30303 PHONE 524-2745 ROBERT L. SOMMERVILLE CHAIRMAN WILLIAM S. HOWLAND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MRS. EVELYN DODDS SECRETARY Enclosed with this RENEWER is a reprint of Bruce Galphin' s story on Georgia State College from the current Atlanta magazine. Because of Georgia State's extensive involvement with urban renewal, both in the present campus and future expansion plans, I believe you will find "Anatomy of a Super School 11 interesting and informative. The reprints were made avail- able to us by Executive Committeeman Harold Davis, Georgia State Public Relations Director. ~{1 Williams. Howland � 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 la Kcedlite CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE 7 7 FOR URBAN RENEWAL J / OFFICE OF THE MAYOR CITY HALL—ATLANTA, GA. 30303 PHONE 524-2745 ROBERT L. SOMMERVILLE CHAIRMAN WILLIAM S. HOWLAND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MRS. EVELYN DODDS SECRETARY Enclosed with this RENEWER is a reprint of Bruce Galphin's story on Georgia State College from the current Atlantamagazine. Because of Georgia State's extensive involvement with urban renewal, both in the present campus and future expansion plans, I believe you will find "Anatomy of a Super School" interesting and informative, The reprints were made avail- able to us by Executive Committeeman Harold Davis, Georgia State Public Relations Director, William S.‘ Howland  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 18, Folder 24, Document 30 Box 18 Box 18 Folder 24 Folder topic: Citizens Advisory Committee for Urban Renewal | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/f61254fedf72728d0daa4a3b91dbe2a2.pdf 752be2ccea7ed5ab3fe1bc21307edd56 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. ttlHI (E IREIN{EW[EIR NEWSLETTER OF THE CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR URBAN RENEWAL Vol. -5 No. 3 Atlanta, Georgia March 1967 FOUR ROCKDALE REDEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS ARE VERY GOOD, PERSELLS TELLS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE All four proposals for the redevelopment of the Rockdale urban renewal project received when bids were opened March 15 offer excellent potentials, Lester H. Persells, Atlanta Housing Authority redevelopment director, informed our executive committee March 22. Said he: "Of the 14 requests for documents upon which to make bids, we received only four proposals. We cannot go wrong on any of them. All are very good proposals from responsible develop~rs. All bidders are from out of town, but all have local associates. We feel very much encouraged by what is happending in Rockdale. You might say that an area that nobody seemed to want, first was sold for nearly a million dollars (A fixed price of $896, 000 was established for the area. ) Now we have four bidders trying to break · down our doors to get in and carry on redevelopment of approximately $20, 000, 000. All four proposals offer good site plans, and good architectural plans." Mr. Persells explained that all proposals center on providing 1500 units of 221D3 housing for low and moderate income families. Two proposals call for cooperative sales housing to be included. He listed the bidders as David Rosen, New York; Marvin Warner, Cincinnati, Ohio; Douglas Arlen Organization, New York; and Robert Chuckrow, New York. He pointed out that all four bidders have records of outstanding past performance. OUR COMMITTEE WILL BE ASKED TO HELP IN ROCKDALE REDEVEOPMENT SELECTION Along with a number of other civic and professional organizations, our committee will be asked to help in making the final selection from the four proposals to redevelop Rockdale, Mr. Persells said. He explained that when the bids were opened, each bidder was given ten minutes to explain his proposal, but no questions were permitted. The plan to determine the ultimate choice is to allow each bidder one hour to explain all details of h is bid, at meetings to be held within the next two or three weeks . Our committee will be invited to participate in these meetings at which the bidders will be questioned on the proposals and their explanations of the proposals. Mr . Persells emphasized that the Atlanta Housing Authority is determined to expedite action on redevelopment of Rockdale. The schedule calls for final selection of the developer within 60 days. Then the developer is to get construction under way within 12 months and completed within 48 months. He cautioned that such a speedy schedule could be slowed up by time required for federal processing of 221D3 applications. This usually consumes 270 days but he expressed hope that this could be accelerated. Mr. Persells also pointed out that FHA probably would not permit over 500 units to be constructed at one time. Mr. Persells further explained that the area in Rockdale offered for sale and redevelopment totaled 157 acres, with nine acres reserved for a regional type shopping center. Two church sites also are specified. AHA already has reserved one church site. The existing school is to be enlarged, as is the existing County Health Center. Answering a question from Executive Committeeman Richard H. Rich about adjacent housing, Mr. Per sells pointed out that land sold or being offered for sale under the same conditions as Rockdale included 13 acres in Univers ity Center (bids to open April 12) and 7.6 acres in Rawson-V/ashington (bids to apen May 1). Also in the Q & A session, he explained that the nature of the Rockdale terrain, along with market angles and community acceptability had contributed to the long delay in Rockdale. REDEVELOPMENT AREA EMBRACES 157 ACRES; SHOPPING CENTER, CHURCH SITES INCLUDED �-2BANKER JACK GLENN ASSUMES POST AS HOUSING AUTHORITY COMWtlSSIONER To fill the position left vacant by the death of John O. Chiles, on M arch 20 Mayor Ivan A llen, Jr. administered the oath of office to Jack F . Glenn to the Board of Commissioners of the Atlanta Housing Authority. Mr . Glenn since 1951 has been assistant president of the Citizens and Southern National Bank. Mr. Glenn is a native Atlantan and following his graduation from Georgia Tech in 1932, Mr. Glenn held a number of positions with the Coca-Cola Company before becoming associated with Courts and Company, investment bankers. He was a general partner in this firm for several years before assuming hi s present high exe cutive position with the C & S National Bank. For many years, M . .·• Glenn has been a ctive in civic and charitable affairs. During ·v.r w 2 he served as a lieutenant in the United States Naval Reserve. He is married and the father of four children. A ppointment of Mr. Glenn brings the Housing Authority Board to full strength. Other commissioners are Edwin L. Sterne, chairman, George S. C r aft, J. B. Blayton (a member of our executive committee) and Frank G. Etheridge. HOUSING RESOURCES GROUP RECEIVES 59 PROPOSALS TOTALING 11, 4 90 UNITS The Housing Resources Committee has received 59 proposals, Col. lV.a.lcolm D. Jones, city supervisor of inspection services on loan to the committee as staff associate, reported to our executive committee. The 59 proposals include 11, 490 housing units, which he separated as follows: reasonably firm proposals, 3372 units; probable, 4237 units; under consideration, 2489 units; doubtful, 1392 units. Col. Jones added that the reasonably firm category included 1140 units of public housing presently under construction or in planning. He listed them a s 650 in the McDaniel Street area of the Raws on- v. ashington project; 140 adjacent to Perry Homes. Under the new leasing program 144 units will be leased as they become vacant. He also reported that since last October 654 units have been rehabilitated. Sa id Col. Jones: "VI e will not be able to make the goal set by Mayor f llen for 1967 but by combining the 1967 and 1968 figures , we hope to be able to r e ach the quota set for the two years. t1 He explained that a total of 1322 units will be available in 1967 which will be short of the ye ar ' s quota, but the 5133 units in s ight for 1968, would be 233 m o re than the 1968 goal. The combined total still would be 3345 short of the two year goal but the c ommittee hopes to close this gap. Col. Jones said. Commenting on the figures report, Chairman Sommerville pointed out that the McDaniel and Thomasville units had b een in the making a long time. To meet the changing challenges of our expandin3 urban re newal program, the A tlanta Housing Authority is putting into effect a revised line and s taff system of operations, Lester H . Persells, AHA re deve lopment dir ector, toid our executive committee , Mar ch 22. Explained Mr . P e rsells: t1 The purpose of this re organization is to decentralize operations and put more responsibility on the field (project)offices. The plan is for the director of a proj ect to be responsible for a ll that is g oing on in that project. This has been tried out in We st End and has proved v ery s uccessful. The central office w ill exerci se overall s uper vi sion a nd will provide technical advice and a.ssistance . The centr al office a lso Y. ill h andle special relocation s ituations , but relocation in general w ill be under the s upervision of the project director. As we see it, this new plan of operation w ill be very helpful in the Model Cities Program. 11 FIELD OFFICES HA VE lvi:ORE R ESPONSIBILITY IN REORGANIZED HOUSING I UTHO RI TY SETUP As Atlanta's t1CI P 11 ent ers the hom e s tr e tch l eading to its June completion, our subcommittee will resume work conferences to e va luate the 11 CI P ' surveys and as sist in making final recommendations. The s ubcommittee , headed by A . B . Padgett, now fully recovered from recent minor s ur gery at Emory Hospital, will hold its first work confer e nc e in Committee Room 4 , City Hall, at noon A pril 5. C h airma n Sommerville, :Cirector Howland and Sec y. Dodds will attend also . The c onferences are being resun1ed at the request of George I .ldri?g e , "CIP 11 director. OUR SUBCOMi'v:iITTEE TO RES UME CO NFERENCES AS 11 CIP 11 PROGRAM SPEEDS TO COMP LETION � 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 | HI IE — NJ WV LY NEWSLETTER OF THE CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR URBAN RENEWAL Vol, 5 No. 3 Atlanta, Georgia March 1967 FOUR ROCKDALE REDEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS ARE All four proposals VERY GOOD, PERSELLS TELLS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE for the redevelopment of the Rockdale urban renewal project received when bids were opened March 15 offer excellent potentials, Lester H. Persells, Atlanta Housing Authority redevelopment director, informed our executive committee March 22, Said he: "Of the 14 requests for documents upon which to make bids, we received only four proposals. We cannot go wrong on any of them, All are very good proposals from responsible developers. All bidders are from out of town, but all have local associates. We feel very much encouraged by what is happending in Rockdale, You might say that an area that nobody seemed to want, first was sold for nearly a million dollars (A fixed price of $896, 000 was established for the area.) Now we have four bidders trying to break down our doors to get in and carry on redevelopment of approximately $20, 000, 000, All four proposals offer good site plans, and good architectural plans." Mr. Persells explained that all proposals center on providing 1500 units of 221D3 housing for low and moderate income families, Two proposals call for cooperative sales housing to be included. He listed the bidders as David Rosen, New York; Marvin Warner, Cincinnati, Ohio; Douglas Arlen Organization, New York; and Robert Chuckrow, New York, He pointed out that all four bidders have records of outstanding past performance, OUR COMMITTEE WILL BE ASKED TO HELP Along with a number of other IN ROCKDALE REDEVEOPMENT SELECTION civic and professional organi- zations, our committee will be asked to help in making the final selection from the four proposals to redevelop Rockdale, Mr. Persells said. He explained that when the bids were opened, each bidder was given ten minutes to explain his proposal, but no questions were per- mitted, The plan to determine the ultimate choice is to allow each bidder one hour to explain all details of his bid, at meetings to be held within the next two or three weeks, Our committee will be invited to participate in these meetings at which the bidders will be questioned on the proposals and their explanations of the proposals, Mr, Persells emphasized that the Atlanta Housing Authority is determined to ex- pedite action on redevelopment of Rockdale, The schedule calls for final selection of the developer within 60 days, Then the developer is to get construction under way within 12 months and completed within 48 months. He cautioned that such a speedy schedule could be slowed up by time required for federal processing of 221D3 applications, This usually consumes 270 days but he expressed hope that this could be accelerated. Mr. Persells also pointed out that FHA probably would not permit over 500 units to be constructed at one time, REDEVELOPMENT AREA EMBRACES 157 ACRES; Mr. Persells further explained SHOPPING CENTER, CHURCH SITES INCLUDED that the area in Rockdale offered for sale and redevelop- ment totaled 157 acres, with nine acres reserved for a regional type shopping center. Two church sites also are specified. AHA already has reserved one church site. The existing school is to be enlarged, as is the existing County Health Center. Answering a question from Executive Committeeman Richard H, Rich about adjacent housing, Mr. Persells pointed out that land sold or being offered for sale under the same conditions as Rockdale included 13 acres in University Center (bids to open April 12) and 7,6 acres in Rawson-Washington (bids to npen May 1), Also in the Q & A session, he explained that the nature of the Rockdale terrain, along with market angles and community acceptability had contributed to the long delay in Rockdale. =2~ BANKER JACK GLENN ASSUMES POST To fill the position left vacant by the AS HOUSING AUTHORITY COMMISSIONER death of John O. Chiles, on March 20 Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. administered the oath of office to Jack F., Glenn to the Board of Commissioners of the Atlanta Housing Authority. Mr. Glenn since 1951 has been assistant president of the Citizens and Southern National Bank, Mr. Glenn is a native Atlantan and following his graduation from Georgia Tech in 1932, Mr. Glenn held a number of positions with the Coca-Cola Company before becoming associated with Courts and Company, investment bankers, He was a general partner in this firm for several years before assuming his present high executive position with the C & S National Bank, For many years, My, Glenn has been active in civic and charitable affairs, During WW 2 he served as a lieutenant in the United States Naval Reserve. He is married and the father of four children, Appointment of Mr. Glenn brings the Housing Authority Board to full strength, Other commissioners are Edwin L, Sterne, chairman, George S, Craft, J. B. Blayton (a member of our executive committee) and Frank G, Etheridge, HOUSING RESOURCES GROUP RECEIVES The Housing Resources Committee 59 PROPOSALS TOTALING 11,490 UNITS has received 59 proposals, Col. Malcolm D, Jones, city supervisor of inspection services on loan to the committee as staff associate, reported to our executive committee. The 59 proposals include 11,490 housing units, which he separated as follows: reasonably firm proposals, 3372 units; probable, 4237 units; under consideration, 2489 units; doubtful, 1392 units. Col. Jones added that the reasonably firm category included 1140 units of public housing presently under construction or in planning, He listed them as 650 in the McDaniel Street area of the Rawson-Y ashington project; 140 adjacent to Perry Homes. Under the new leasing program 144 units will be leased as they become vacant, He also reported that since last October 654 units have been rehabilitated. Said Col. Jones: 'We will not be able to make the goal set by Mayor /llen for 1967 but by combining the 1967 and 1968 figures, we hope to be able to reach the quota set for the two years." He explained that a total of 1322 units will be available in 1967 which will be short of the year's quota, but the 5133 units in sight for 1968, would be 233 more than the 1968 goal. The combined total still would be 3345 short of the two year goal but the committee hopes to close this gap, Col. Jones said. Commenting on the figures report, Chairman Sommerville pointed out that the McDaniel and Thomasville units had been in the making a long time. FIELD OFFICES HAVE MORE RESPONSIBILITY To meet the changing challenges IN REORGANIZED HOUSING “UTHORITY SETUP of our expanding urban re - newal program, the Atlanta Housing Authority is putting into effect a revised line and staff system of operations, Lester H. Persells, AHA redevelopment director, toid our executive committee, March 22, Explained Mr. Persells: '' The purpose of this reorganization is to decentralize operations and put more responsibility on the field (project)offices. The plan is for the director of a project to be responsible for all that is going on in that project. This has been tried out in West End and has proved very success- ful. The central office will exercise overall supervision and will provide technical advice and assistance. The central office also vill handle special relocation situ- ations, but relocation in general will be under the supervision of the project director. As we see it, this new plan of operation will be very helpful in the Model Cities Program." OUR SUBCOMMITTEE TO RESUME CONFERENCES As Atlanta's ''CIP"' enters AS "CIP" PROGRAM SPEEDS TO COMPLETION the home stretch leading to its June completion, our subcommittee will resume work conferences to evaluate the ''CIP" surveys and assist in making final recommendations. The subcommittee, headed by A. B. Padgett, now fully recovered from recent minor surgery at Emory Hospital, will hold its first work conference in Committee Room 4, City Hall, at noon April 5, Chairman Sommerville, Director Howland and Secy. Dodds will attend also, The con- ferences are being resumed at the request of George Aldridge, "CIP " director,  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 18, Folder 24, Document 31 Box 18 Box 18 Folder 24 Folder topic: Citizens Advisory Committee for Urban Renewal | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/da06d502c4f2204eccbeee6ab1d6849c.pdf d1bf329cb8ca4bd2ab44ddafdacf673e Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR URBAN RENEWAL OFFICE OF THE MAYOR CITY HALL-ATLANTA, GA. 30303 PHONE !524-2745 ROBERT L. SOMMERVILLE CHAIRMAN WILLIAM S. HOWLAND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MRS. EVELYN 00005 SECRETARY March 3, 1967 Dear Executive Committee Member ACHTUNG ! As our German friends put it, Or in American Navy terms, 11 NOW HEAR THIS! 11 Our March meeting is postponed one week, from Wednesday, March 15, to Wednesday, March 22, at the same hour - 2 p. m., in the same place Fulton Federal Savings Directors Room. Chairman Sommerville and I have not worked out the full program, but our lead-off speaker will be Les (Lester Herman) Persells, who says he now has his organizational ducks all in line for pushing Atlanta's urban renewal program. That is what he is going to talk about. All of us who have hear d him previously know that he will present some inter esting and stimulating facts and figu r es. Chairman S ommervill e and I a r e looking forwa rd to m eeting wit h you on March 2 2. Sincerely, . ll!/hu-t ( }/r1kw~ William S. Howland WSH•• bea � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document TT ayee Lilet CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR URBAN RENEWAL OFFICE OF THE MAYOR CITY HALL—ATLANTA, GA. 30303 PHONE 524-2745 ROBERT L. SOMMERVILLE CHAIRMAN WILLIAM S. HOWLAND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MRS. EVELYN DODDS SECRETARY March 3, 1967 Dear Executive Committee Member - As our German friends put it, ACHTUNG! Or in American Navy terms, ''NOW HEAR THIS!" Our March meeting is postponed one week, from Wednesday, March 15, to Wednesday, March 22, at the same hour - 2 p,m., in the same place - Fulton Federal Savings Directors Room. Chairman Sommerville and I have not worked out the full program, but our lead-off speaker will be Les (Lester Herman) Persells, who says he now has his organizational ducks all in line for pushing Atlanta's urban renewal program. That is what he is going to talk about, All of us who have heard him previously know that he will present some interesting and stimulating facts and figures, Chairman Sommerville and I are looking forward to meeting with you on March 22, Sincerely, law (CO yd, William S. Howland WSH. . bea  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 18, Folder 24, Document 32 Box 18 Box 18 Folder 24 Folder topic: Citizens Advisory Committee for Urban Renewal | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/59fd4f88b292758c736948674cda96ac.pdf 467523fbd9e6dce59351d6242b8200ea Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR URBAN RENEWAL OFFICE OF THE MAYOR CITY HALL-ATLANTA, GA . 30303 PHONE 524-2745 ROBERT L . SOM M ERVILLE CHAIRMA N WILLIA M S . HOWLAND EX E CUTIVE DIRECTOR MRS. EVELYN DODDS SECRETARY February 8, 1967 Dear Executive Committee M ember: As you have p r obably r ead, seen or heard that Atlanta is in the process of an all out effort to be included in the federal government's brand new M odel City Program (in which Uncle Sugar Able starts off by putting up 80 percent of the cost). So fo 'I: our e x ecutive committee meeting at 2 p. m., Wednesday, Febr uary 15, i n the Atlanta Room of the Citizens and Southern National Bank w ill centa r i t s a t tention on this new p r ogram. Bill Ba s sett , w ho i s h e ading up the cit y Planning Department's task for c e prepari ng Atlanta ' s a pplication to be included in the federal prog r am, will t e ll us about the area s e l e cte d fo r p r oposed d evelopment as a model neighborhood . He will al s o b rin g us up to date on the p r og ress of putt i n g together Atlanta ' s a pplic ation fo r a f e deral planning g r ant . Cit y Planning Engineer Collier Gladin als o w i ll b e on h a nd t o an swe r questions. Al s o o n our pr ogram will b e a d i scu s s i on o f a pr opo s ed con stitu tiona l amendment to provide tax relie f t o p r o perty ow n er s w h o reh abilitate the ir buildings . Our fellow commi ttee membe r, Mrs . G ra c e Ha m ilt on, who is doubling in b r ass as a member of the Ho u s e of Repres e ntative s, has been as k e d to t ell us a bout this propo sed amend ment. Cecil A l e x a nder , chairman of the Atlanta Housing Resources Committe e , who was unable to be w ith u s a t the last meeting, has been asked to bring us up to d a te on his com mittee's activi t i e s . Chairman Bob Somm e rvi lle and I h ope you will b e with us on We dne s d a y, February 15 . � 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 CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR URBAN RENEWAL OFFICE OF THE MAYOR CITY HALL—ATLANTA, GA. 30303 PHONE 524-2745 ROBERT L. SOMMERVILLE CHAIRMAN WILLIAM S, HOWLAND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MRS. EVELYN DODDS February 8, 1967 Dear Executive Committee Member: As you have probably read, seen or heard that Atlanta is in the process of an all out effort to be included in the federal government's brand new Model City Program (in which Uncle Sugar Able starts off by putting up 80 percent of the cost), So for our executive committee meeting at 2 p.m., Wednesday, February 15, in the Atlanta Room of the Citizens and Southern National Bank will center its attention on this new program. Bill Bassett, who is heading up the city Planning Department's task force preparing Atlanta's application to be included in the federal program, will tell us about the area selected for proposed development as a model neighborhood, He will also bring us up to date on the progress of putting together Atlanta's application for a federal planning grant, City Planning Engineer Collier Gladin also will be on hand to answer questions, Also on our program will be a discussion of a proposed constitutional amendment to provide tax relief to property owners who rehabilitate their buildings, Our fellow committee member, Mrs. Grace Hamilton, who is doubling in brass as a member of the House of Representatives, has been asked to tell us about this proposed amendment, Cecil Alexander, chairman of the Atlanta Housing Resources Com- mittee, who was unable to be with us at the last meeting, has been asked to bring us up to date on his committee's activities, Chairman Bob Sommerville and I hope you will be with us on Wednesday, February 15. Sincerely, Lior | laenbe toad /y William ¢, Howlan  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 18, Folder 24, Document 33 Box 18 Box 18 Folder 24 Folder topic: Citizens Advisory Committee for Urban Renewal | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/e20b048ae7c85cbc9a73adf6e39dc3dd.pdf bb976a5d61ce3ce2c45f3e5c1c596ee8 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. ATLANTA DIVISION E . A . YA TE S . JR. VICE PR ESID E N T 15 FORSYTH STREET. S. W. February 1, 1967 Dear Ivan: Thank you for your kind invitation to become a member of the Citizens Advisory Committee for Urban Renewal, under the leaders hip of Chairman Bob Sommerville . I accept this appointment with pleasure and hope that I can carry on the fine example set by George Brodnax. Sincerely yours, Cf~ E. A. Yates, Jr. Honorable Iva n Allen, Jr . Mayor City of Atlanta City Hall Atlanta, G e orgia 30303 � 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 GEORGIA )JPOWER CoOoriIPANY ATLANTA DIVISION E. A. YATES. JR P.O. BOX 4545 VICE PRESIDENT 1 5 FORS YTH STRE ET. Ss. WwW. ATLANTA. GA 30302 ATLANTA jv | February 1, 1967 ) A v Dear Ivan: Thank you for your kind invitation to become a member of the Citizens Advisory Committee for Urban Renewal, under the leadership of Chairman Bob Sommerville. I accept this appointment with pleasure and hope that I can carry on the fine example set by George Brodnax,. Sincerely yours, aw E. A. Yates, Jr. Honorable Ivan Allen, Jr. Mayor City of Atlanta City Hall Atlanta, Georgia 30303  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 18, Folder 24, Document 34 Box 18 Box 18 Folder 24 Folder topic: Citizens Advisory Committee for Urban Renewal | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/2c35204b166ae45abc063c048832f3fa.pdf b37521edc29d5382284956d133145073 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. January 12, 1967 Mr . Eugene A . Yates, Jr ., Vice President Georgia Po r Company Box 4525 Atlanta, Georgia Dear G ne: At the suggestion of Chairman Bob Sommerville,. I would like to invite you most cordially to become a member of the· Citizens Advisory Commit.tee for Urban Renewal. A you doubtless kno ., Geor e Brodnax wa a highly valued member of thi committ e for a .i.number of years prior to his xetl rement last month. I hope that you will be able to ace pt this ppointment ith thi important com.mitt and carry on th tradition of b d pful dvice and coop ration that s be n e t bll hed by Geol'gia Po er. Sincerely your , Iv n Allen, Jr. � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document January 12, 1967 Mr. Eugene A, Yates, Jr., Vice President Georgia Power Company Box 4525 Atlanta, Georgia Dear Gene: At the suggestion of Chairman Bob Sommerville, I would like to invite you most cordially to become a member of the Citizens Advisory Committee for Urban Renewal. As you doubtless know, George Brodnax was a highly valued member of this committee for aunumber of years prior to his rettrement last month, I hope that you will be able to accept this appointment with this important committee and carry on the tradition of helpful advice and cooperation that has been established by Georgia Power. Sincerely yours, Ivan Alien, Jr.  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 18, Folder 24, Document 35 Box 18 Box 18 Folder 24 Folder topic: Citizens Advisory Committee for Urban Renewal | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/0cfbcf155f5159512a337dd1f335b112.pdf d7e71412af1e69f243d0e209f82bf579 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. lr[HHE [R[E N[E W[E [R NEWSLETTER OF THE CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE F OR URBAN RENEWAL Vol . 5 No. 1 Atlanta, Georgia Jamary 1967 MUST NOT BEQUEATH OUR HOUSING PROBLEM TO NEXT GENERATION, lViA YOR ALLEN DECLARES Atlanta I s housing situation is no more serious than that in any large city, but we must do all possible not to leave it as an unsolved legacy to t h e ne:<:t generation. That was the challenge laid down by Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr., at the b e ginning of his address to our first 1967 full committee meeting, January 19. Sai d Mayor Allen: "In American cities in years past, no consideration was give n to where p e ople lived and the "do or die" attitude prevailed. Until the middle of the p re sent century, there was no positive planning about where people should live and the growth of cities was haphazard. In the past nobody cared what happened to the unfortunate. Now there is a greater public conscience. Now we have the awareness of the federal government about the problems of people. The planning techniques which first brought raised eye b r ows. and tongue in cheek attitudes are accepted. It is realized t h at out of planning, comes the only hope of solving our urban problems. 11 Mr. Allen then focused his remarks on Atlanta. He pointed out that the city has been struggling with limited funds and some federal aid to upgrade its planning in g eneral. He emphasized that young men are taking the lead in the city's planning, mentioning Collier Gladin, Bill Bassett and George Aldridge as examples. Then he stressed t h e importance of Community Improvement Program, disclosing the specifics of Atlanta's problems. He cited that the CIP has shown that some 17, 000 out of Atlanta's 175,000 housing units are substandard and that some 16,000 families must be relocated because of government actions. Said he: "Our city, and other cities, are now beginning to face up to the responsibility of taking care of displaced people. ltn Atlanta, public housing has made a great start toward solving our housing problem. It is a thrilling sight t o see what the Housing Authority has accomplished in the last few m o nths. We already have more than 9, 000 units of public housing and soon will have another 1, 000. This has been supplemented by urban renewal, which covers more than 2, 500 acres. People from urban renewal projec ts have been moved into better housing, even though it is not all standard. Urban rcne v,al has been the catalyst that has br ought such great prosperity to our cit y. " HOUSING A UTHORITY'S A CCOMPLISHMENTS ARE HAILED AS "THRILLING SIGHT" In pushing its all out effort to solve the housing problem, the city is going to stir up hornets nests, and will continue to need the strong support of our committee, Mayor Allen declared. He pointed out that under present financial conditions private enterprise is reluctant to invest in low income housing, but that the housing problem cannot be solved without the support of private resources. Said he: "The people of Atlanta wei-e s tunned by the magnitude of the task disclosed by our Housing Conference held in the latter par t of 1966. 11 He pointed out that the Board of Aldermen had approved a request for a federal reservation of 3, 000 additional housing units. Summed up Mayor Allen: "To solve our housing problem, we must do more than just replace worn-out units. The purpose of this committee is to further the aims of good planning and to obtain fac tual information to help rebuild the deteriorated portions of this city and keep other sections up to standard. Our goals are known. We simply must get on with the job. The city needs this committee's support and help". CITY TO STIR UP HORNETS NES'T S, NEEDS OUR COMMITTEE'S STURDY SUPPORT �-2. CHAIRIV.tAN PLEDGES COMMITTEE SUPPORT TO CITY IN ITS STEPPED UP SLUiv! WAR The city will have our committee's full support in its all out effort to solve the housing problem and to eliminate slums, Chairman Sommerville assured Mayor Allen. Said he: 11 Our Committee will help in any way possible, We have spent a long time in studying the reports of the CIP which have made clear what we have in the city. Now we know where to go and how to do what needs to be done. Working with CIP is to be one of our main businesses this year." Chairman Sommerville added that our committee can exert strong influence. Said he : 11 This Committee now has weight in this city. 11 HOUSING AUTHORITY OFF TO FAST START IN PUBLIC UNITS, SATTERFIE LD SHOWS The Atlanta Housing Authority has responded quickly and effectively to Mayor Allen's call for action toward solving Atlanta 's housing problem, M. B. Satterfield, AHA executive director, demonstrate d in a talk to our January 19 meeting. He first pointed out that the November 15, 1966 housing conference disclosed that 16,800 families would be displaced in five years and that Ivlayor Allen had set a goal of 9, 800 housing units for a two year crash program. This breaks down into 2940 private units, 1274 of 221D3 units and therest or 57 percent, 5586 public housing units. This total is in addition to the 8874 units now in operation, but included the 1140 units now presently under development. These embrace the 650 units under construction in the McDaniel Street area, 140 adjacent to Perry Homes and 350 in Thomasville. The McDaniel Street program calls for 248 units to be ready in 12 months, 154 units for the elderly in 17 months, the rest in 22 months. Our speaker said bids for the 140 units adjacent to Perry Homes would be advertised for in a matter of days and that they should be finished in some 18 months. He explained that the se units would be designed to meet the demand for large families, all having 3 or more bedrooms. The 350 Thomasville units are awaiting final plans from the architects. These also will include some units for the elderly. In addition to these units now under development, reservation has been made for 1, 500 additional units - 1, 200 for construction, 300 for lease, Ivir. Satterfield said. Major emphasis will be placed on utilization of the new "turn key" program under which a develope r builds the units and then sells them to the Housing Authority. he explained. One site for such development on Harwell Road has been: approved. Another site on Hollywood Road is being studied for 250 units. Still another is a ten acre tract near the present Bowen Homes which could accommodate 125 units. £1.'ir. Satterfield also expressed hope that 375 units will go into the Bedford-Pine project now in planning stage . Sites already approved or being surveyed will use up the present reservations. The city has requested a reservation for 3, 000 more units. Said he: "The present difficulty in making use of the "turn key" plan is uncertainity about the cost of land. Y!e have asked that the federal rules be amended to permit acceleration of appraisals." I\1r . Satterfield also told our committee that the Authority is getting started on leasing units for use as public housing. The first project includes 65 units in East Atlanta which ar e being made available as vacancies occur. On the day of our meeting, the Authority signed for 48 adjacent units and is hopeful that 36 more will soon be available. i'.1 r. Satterfield further reported that 31 units in Yanira Street, near Capitol Avenue, had been converted into large units and that another 27 units had been brought up to standard. He added that he hoped this will set a standard for leasing more units in the area. Turning t o the 221D 3 program, he showed that this can be employed anywhere. in the city. He pointed out that interest has been shown in Rockdale advertisements but that progress has been slow. As sites for 221D3, he said that the University Center project could handle 208 units and about 150 units could go in a section of the RawsonV/ashington project. NEW 11 TURN KEY" PLAN TO BE USED IN 1,500 UNITS UNDER RESERVATION �-3NEED M UCH MORE PRIVATE I N TERES T TO MEET CITY GOAL, JONES REPOR TS So fa r some interest in p r oviding low rental private housing is being shown by private investors, but still far t oo litde t6 tneet the 1967 goal. Col. Malcolm H. Jones, supervisor of inspection servic es now on loan t o the Housing Resources Committee, told our January 19 meeting. Said Col~ Jones: "Some investors are looking, some have taken options and some ar e acquiring property, but not nearly enough to meet the city's requirements . It looks as though we'll get about one-third the number of units we need this year. Next year we should be close to reaching the goal of 4, 900 units. 11 PROMPT PAVING OF SIDE WALK PROMISED; BEDFORD-PINE CITIZENS MEET INFORMED Following a conference with Paul Weir, city water depart1nent general manager, prompt a c tion to surface t orn-up sidewalks on Boulevard was promised to Chairman Sommerville, Director Ho w land infor med a mass meeting of Bedford-Pine citizens at Mt. Zion Second · Baptist Church Januar y 23 ~ He read a letter from Chairman Sommerville to Herbert Wa ldrip, B ed fo r d-Pine associat e committee chairman, in which it was explained that M r . We i r had given assurance that laying of temporary asphalt paving would begin J anua ry 27. T h e sidewalks had been removed to install new water mains. Mr. Howland al so reported that Chairman Sommerville and he had inspected the area earlier that day and had found that g r avel had been spread over the soft spots to furnish better footing u n til paving coul d b e laid. Main speakers at this latest meeting of Bedford-Pine proj e ct area c itizens w ere Lester H. Persells, redevelopment director, Howard Openshaw, chief planne r , and David IvfcNair, project director, all from the Atlanta Housing Autho rity, a nd Ernest Hicks and the Rev. John D. Grier, Jr., representing the neighborh ood c om mittee. C ITY PIC KS 3, 000 A C R E "DEMONSTRATION TARGET", Atlanta is making every effort WILL A PPLY FOR PLANNING FUNDS Wi.ARCH l to be among the first to be chosen as participants in the new 11 M o d e l cities" fede r al program, Mayor Allen told a meeting of city officials, representatives of federa l and county social services and other interested agencies January 24. Our c on1mitte e was represented by Chairman Sommerville and Director H owland. As exp laine d by Mayor Allen and City Planning Engineer Collie r Gla din, the cit y h as c h osen as a "demonstration target" an area embracing some 3, 000 acres in southeast A tlanta. Now under way are surveys to provide specifics for the city app lication for f e deral pla nning funds. Also efforts are being m a de to involve the residents of the area i n planning. Target date for submitting the city's application to regional and Washingto n H UD offic e s is March 1. The are a proposed to b e redeveloped is bounded o n the north by I- 20, on the west by Lee Street, on the s outh by the A & WP railr oad and on t he east by the belt line railroad. This area could set standards for the e ntire city, Mayor A llen emphasized. A final figure of $100,000,000 would not be beyond reason , Mr . Gla din explained, adding that no firm estimates of any costs were available. On the following d a y, Cha irman Somme rville and Dire ctor Howla nd atte nde d a southeastern regional c onfe rence at which H. Ralph Taylor, HUD assistant secretary for Demonstrations a nd Int er -governmental Relations, outlined the aims of the new program and discussed details in a Q & A session. M r. Taylor made the poi n t that applications for first fiscal y ear pla nning funds w ould not b e cut off b efor e May 1 a nd that applications would no t b e c on sidered s imp ly on a firs t come , fir s t serv e d basi s. Earl H. Metzger , J r. , forme r A HA r edevelopme nt dir e ctor , will b e i n charg e of the new program for H UD ' s s outheaster n region. FDR'S DAUGHTER LAUDS 'CH UC K ' PALM ER Speak ing a t the d e d ication of the Palme r House , n ew h igh r i se public housing for the elderly , Mrs . Anna R oo sev e l t Hal sted, FDR I s dau ght e r, paid high tribute to our committee m embe r Charles F . P alme r for hi s effecti ve trail blazing in slum clearance. Speaking only a few hundr e d y a rds from where Techwood Homes, the nation's first public housing proj ect w as d e d icated by h er father Nov. 29, 1935, M rs. Halsted said, 11 ! have always felt that m y parents w ere a part of T echwood a nd had a d eep inte r est in Iv1r. Palmer ' s concern over s lum clearance. 11 ••• E XECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETS WEDNESDAY, FEB. 15 - DETAILS LATER • • • � 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 THE RENEWER NEWSLETTER OF THE CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR URBAN RENEWAL Vol. 5 No. 1 Atlanta, Georgia Jamary 1967 MUST NOT BEQUEATH OUR HOUSING PROBLEM Atlanta's housing situation is TO NEXT GENERATION, MAYOR ALLEN DECLARES no more serious than that in any large city, but we must do all possible not to leave it as an unsolved legacy to the next generation, That was the challenge laid down by Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr., at the beginning of his address to our first 1967 full committee meeting, January 19, Said Mayor Allen: "In American cities in years past, no consideration was given to where people lived and the ''do or die" attitude prevailed. Until the middle of the present century, there was no positive planning about where people should live and the growth of cities was haphazard. In the past nobody cared what happened to the unfortumte. Now there is a greater public conscience. Now we have the awareness of the federal government about the problems of people, The planning techniques which first brought raised eye brows and tongue in cheek attitudes are accepted, It is realized that out of planning, comes the only hope of solving our urban problems."' Mr. Allen then focused his remarks on Atlanta. He pointed out that the city has been struggling with limited funds and some federal aid to upgrade its planning in general, He emphasized that young men are taking the lead in the city's planning, mentioning Collier Gladin, Bill Bassett and George Aldridge as examples, HOUSING AUTHORITY'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS Then he stressed the import- ARE HAILED AS "THRILLING SIGHT" ance of Community Improve- ment Program, disclosing the specifics of Atlanta's problems. He cited that the CIP has shown that some 17,000 out of Atlanta's 175,000 housing units are substandard and that some 16, 000 families must be relocated because of government actions, Said he: ''Our city, and other cities, are now beginning to face up to the responsibility of taking care of displaced people, In Atlanta, public housing has made a great start toward solving our housing problem. It is a thrilling sight to see what the Housing Authority has accomplished in the last few months. We already have more than 9,000 units of public housing and soon will have another 1,000. This has been supplemented by urban renewal, which covers more than 2,500 acres. People from urban renewal projects have been moved into better housing, even though it is not all standard, Urban renewal has been the catalyst that has brought such great prosperity to our city." CITY TO STIR UP HORNETS NESTS, In pushing its all out effort to NEEDS OUR COMMITTEE'S STURDY SUPPORT solve the housing problem, the city is going to stir up hornets nests, and will continue to need the strong support of our committee, Mayor Allen declared. He pointed out that under present financial conditions private enterprise is reluctant to invest in low income housing, but that the housing problem cannot be solved without the support of private resources. Said he: ''The people of Atlanta were stunned by the magnitude of the task disclosed by our Housing Conference held in the latter part of 1966."' He pointed out that the Board of Aldermen had approved a request for a federal reservation of 3,000 additional housing units. Summed up Mayor Allen: "To solve our housing problem, we must do more than just replace worn-out units. The purpose of this committee is to further the aims of good planning and _ to obtain factual information to help rebuild the deteriorated portions of this city and keep other sections up to standard. Our goals are known, We simply must get on with the job. The city needs this committee's support and help", -2e CHAIRMAN PLEDGES COMMITTEE SUPPORT The city will have our com- TO CITY IN ITS STEPPED UP SLUM WAR mittee's full support in its all out effort to solve the housing problem and to eliminate slums, Chairman Sommerville assured Mayor Allen. Said he: “Our Committee will help in any way possible, We have spent a long time in studying the reports of the CIP which have made clear what we have in the city. Now we know where to go and how to do what needs to be done. Working with CIP is to be one of our main businesses this year,'' Chairman Sommerville added that our committee can exert strong influence. Said he: ''This Committee now has weight in this city," HOUSING AUTHORITY OFF TO FAST START The Atlanta Housing Authority IN PUBLIC UNITS, SATTERFIELD SHOWS has responded quickly and effectively to Mayor Allen's call for action toward solving Atlanta's housing problem, M. B. Satterfield, AHA executive director, demonstrated in a talk to our January 19 meeting. He first pointed out that the November 15, 1966 housing conference disclosed that 16, 800 families would be displaced in five years and that Miayor Allen had set a goal of 9, 800 housing units for a two year crash program. This breaks down into 2940 private units, 1274 of 221D3 units and therest or 57 percent, 5586 public housing units, This total is in addition to the 8874 units now in operation, but included the 1140 units now presently under development, These embrace the 650 units under construction in the McDaniel Street area, 140 adjacent to Perry Homes and 350 in Thomasville. The McDaniel Street program calls for 248 units to be ready in 12 months, 154 units for the elderly in 17 months, the rest in 22 months, Our speaker said bids for the 140 units adjacent to Perry Homes would be advertised for in a matter of days and that they should be finished in some 18 months, He explained that these units would be designed to meet the demand for large families, all having 3 or more bedrooms. The 350 Thomasville units are awaiting final plans from the architects, These also will include some units for the elderly. NEW "TURN KEY" PLAN TO BE USED In addition to these units now IN 1,500 UNITS UNDER RESERVATION under development, reserva- tion has been made for 1,500 additional units - 1,200 for construction, 300 for lease, Mr, Satterfield said. Major emphasis will be placed on utilization of the new "turn key'' program under which a developer builds the units and then sells them to the Housing Authority, he explained, One site for such development on Harwell Road has been approved. Another site on Hollywood Road is being studied for 250 units. Still another is a ten acre tract near the present Bowen Homes which could accommodate 125 units. Mr, Satterfield also expressed hope that 375 units will go into the Bedford-Pine project now in planning stage. Sites already approved or being surveyed will use up the present reservations, The city has requested a reservation for 3,000 more units. Said he: 'The present difficulty in making use of the "turn key" plan is uncertainity about the cost of land. \We have asked that the federal rules be amended to permit acceleration of appraisals. "' Mr, Satterfield also told our committee that the Authority is getting started on leasing units for use as public housing, The first project includes 65 units in East Atlanta which are being made available as vacancies occur, On the day of our meeting, the Authority signed for 48 adjacent units and is hopeful that 36 more will soon be available. Mr, Satterfield further reported that 31 units in Vanira Street, near Capitol Avenue, had been converted into large units and that another 27 units had been brought up to standard, He added that he hoped this will set a standard for leasing more units in the area, Turning to the 221D3 program, he showed that this can be employed anywhere. in the city, He pointed out that interest has been shown in Rockdale advertisements but that progress has been slow. As sites for 221D3, he said that the University Center project could handle 208 units and about 150 units could go in a section of the Rawson- Washington project. «is NEED MUCH MORE PRIVATE INTEREST So far some interest in TO MEET CITY GOAL, JONES REPORTS providing low rental private housing is being shown by private investors, but still far too little to meet the 1967 goal. Col. Malcolm H. Jones, supervisor of inspection services now on loan to the Housing Resources Committee, told our January 19 meeting, Said Col. Jones: "Some investors are looking, some have taken options and some are acquiring property, but not nearly enough to meet the city's requirements. It looks as though we'll get about one-third the number of units we need this year, Next year we should be close to reaching the goal of 4, 900 units. "' PROMPT PAVING OF SIDEWALK PROMISED, Following a conference with BEDFORD-PINE CITIZENS MEET INFORMED Paul Weir, city water depart- ment general manager, prompt action to surface torn-up sidewalks on Boulevard was promised to Chairman Sommerville, Director Howland informed a mass meeting of Bedford-Pine citizens at Mt. Zion Second | Baptist Church January 23, He read a letter from Chairman Sommerville to Herbert Waldrip, Bedford-Pine associate committee chairman, in which it was explained that Mr. Weir had given assurance that laying of temporary asphalt paving would begin January 27, The sidewalks had been removed to install new water mains. Mr. Howland also reported that Chairman Sommerville and he had inspected the area earlier that day and had found that gravel had been spread over the soft spots to furnish better footing until paving could be laid, Main speakers at this latest meeting of Bedford-Pine project area citizens were Lester H. Persells, redevelopment director, Howard Openshaw, chief planner, and David McNair, project director, all from the Atlanta Housing Authority, and Ernest Hicks and the Rev, John D, Grier, Jr., representing the neighbor- hood committee, CITY PICKS 3,000 ACRE "DEMONSTRATION TARGET", Atlanta is making every effort WILL APPLY FOR PLANNING FUNDS MARCH 1 to be among the first to be chosen as participants in the new '' Model cities'' federal program, Mayor Allen told a meeting of city officials, representatives of federal and county social services and other interested agencies January 24, Our committee was represented by Chairman Sommerville and Director Howland, As explained by Mayor Allen and City Planning Engineer Collier Gladin, the city has chosen as a "demonstration target'' an area embracing some 3,000 acres in southeast Atlanta, Now under way are surveys to provide specifics for the city application for federal planning funds. Also efforts are being made to involve the residents of the area in planning. Target date for submitting the city's application to regional and Washington HUD offices is Marchl. The area proposed to be redeveloped is bounded on the north by I-20, on the west by Lee Street, on the south by the A & WP railroad and on the east by the belt line railroad, This area could set standards for the entire city, Mayor Allen emphasized. A final figure of $100, 000, 000 would not be beyond reason, Mr, Gladin explained, adding that no firm estimates of any costs were available, On the following day, Chairman Sommerville and Director Howland attended a southeastern regional conference at which H. Ralph Taylor, HUD assistant secretary for Demonstrations and Inter-governmental Relations, outlined the aims of the new program and discussed details ina @ & A session. Mr. Taylor made the point that applications for first fiscal year planning funds would not be cut off before May 1 and that applications would not be considered simply on a first come, first served basis, Earl H, Metzger, Jr., former AHA redevelopment director, will be in charge of the new program for HUD's southeastern region, FDR'S DAUGHTER LAUDS 'CHUCK' PALMER Speaking at the dedication of the Palmer House, new high rise public housing for the elderly, Mrs, Anna Roosevelt Halsted, FDR's daughter, paid high tribute to our committee member Charles F, Palmer for his effective trail blazing in slum clearance. Speaking only a few hundred yards from where Techwood Homes, the nation's first public housing project was dedicated by her father Nov. 29, 1935, Mrs, Halsted said, "I have always felt that my parents were a part of Techwood and had a deep interest in Mr, Palmer's concern over slum clearance, "' 2. LAECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETS WEDNESDAY, FEB. 15 - DETAILS LATER...  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 18, Folder 24, Document 36 Box 18 Box 18 Folder 24 Folder topic: Citizens Advisory Committee for Urban Renewal | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/fea4d3e26d7eccaee2182a08cbcf739e.pdf adb94ca048d713aa38bf87c88d371063 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. January 16~ 1967 Mr. John C . Wil on Horne - Wilson, 111c. 163 Petel"s Str et, S . W. Atlanta, Georgia 30313 Dear John: Thank you. for your willingne to continue serving on the Citizens Advis ry Cornrnitte for Urban R. new l. We bav made great progress and I m. sure will 1:ontin.ue a long as we hav men like yCftl who .a re illing to help. Thanks so much for th picture which I · m pleased to dd to my crapbo.ok. Sincerely yours, Ivan Allen, Jr. · yor lAJr/br � 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 January 16, 1967 Mr. John C. Wilson Horne-Wilson, Inc. 163 Peters Street, S. W. Atlanta, Georgia 30313 Dear John: Thank you for your willingness to continue serving on the Citizens Advisory Committee for Urban Renewal. We have made great progress and I am sure we will continue as long as we have men like you who are willing to help. Thanks so much for the pictures which I am pleased to add to my scrapbook. Sincerely yours, ivan Alien, Jr. Mayor IASr/br  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 18, Folder 24, Document 37 Box 18 Box 18 Folder 24 Folder topic: Citizens Advisory Committee for Urban Renewal | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/22a227afe3d233f8c6468dd684d07e54.pdf fba59b5b7348537a764618984d997538 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. HORNE-WILSON, INC. DISTRIBUTORS PLUMBING METALS - HEATING - AIR CONDITIONING ROOFING - APPLIANCES ATLANTA, GA. CHARLOTTE, N. C. TALLAHASSEE, FLA. JACKSONVILLE, FLA. ORLANDO, FLA . ST. PETERSBURG, FLA. TAMPA, FLA. MIAMI, FLA. 163 PETERS STREET, S. W . ATLANTA, GA. 30313 January 10, 1967 Honorable Ivan Allen, Jr., Mayor City of Atlanta City Hall Atlanta, Georg ia 30303 Dear Ivan: During the period that I have served on the Citizens Advisory Committee for Urban Renewal I have come to admire Bob Sommerville, Bill Howland and the contribution which the Committee is making to t h e welfare of the City. I am pleased that you have aske d me to continue to serve as a member of the Committee a n d I am deli ghted to accept . The attached photographs were taken by Charlie Horton on the occasion o f our selection as Wh olesaler of the Year. We thought that you might like to have these for your records. Warmest regards and best wishes for a most successful year. Sincerely, JCW :tc Attachment /( GA. ALBANY, � 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 ATLANTA, HORNE-WILSON,INc. CHARLOTTE, e DISTRIBUTORS TALLAHASSEE, JACKSONVILLE, PLUMBING — HEATING — AIR CONDITIONING ORLANDO, ST, PETERSBURG, METALS — ROOFING — APPLIANCES TAMPA, MIAMI, 163 PETERS STREET, S. W. ATLANTA, GA. 30313 January 10, 1967 Honorable Ivan Allen, Jr., Mayor City of Atlanta City Hall Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Dear Ivan: During the period that I have served on the Citizens Advisory Committee for Urban Renewal I have come to admire Bob Sommerville, Bill Howland and the contribution which the Committee is making to the welfare of the City. I am pleased that you have asked me to continue to serve as a member of the Committee and I am delighted to accept. The attached photographs were taken by Charlie Horton on the occasion of our selection as Wholesaler of the Year. We thought that you might like to have these for your records, Warmest regards and best wishes for a most successful year. Sincerely, John yC. Wilson JCW:te Attachment fF GA, GA. N.C. FLA. FLA. FLA. FLA. FLA. FLA.  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 18, Folder 24, Document 38 Box 18 Box 18 Folder 24 Folder topic: Citizens Advisory Committee for Urban Renewal | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/259463f88e55044bbcbcc1b9e5df7ed7.pdf 8dba6a416875897f73cdb16b0227da21 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR URBAN RENEWAL OFFICE OF THE MAYOR CITY HALL-ATLANTA, GA. 30303 PHONE 524-2745 ROBERT L. SOMMERVILLE CHAIRMAN WILLIAM S. HOWLAND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MRS . EVELYN DODDS SECRETARY January 16; 1967 Honorable Ivan Allen, Jr. Mayor, City of Atlanta City Hall 68 Mitchell Street, S. W. Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Dear Ivan: I am delighted to hear from Bill Howland that you are going to be able to attend the Citizens Advisory Committee for Urban Renewal on Thursday. I think you know that you have solid support in this Committee and I hope you will not hesitate to tell us how best we can help you in the general area of housing in which we are involved. You know that we were much concerned last year with the CIP program. There are probabiy aspects of this that should be emphasized during this year. There are certainly angles that should be clarified and we hope to be of use to you in this matter. yours, RLS : s g s � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR URBAN RENEWAL OFFICE OF THE MAYOR CITY HALL—ATLANTA, GA. 30303 PHONE 524-2745 ROBERT L. SOMMERVILLE CHAIRMAN WILLIAM Ss. HOWLAND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MRS. EVELYN DODDS SECRETARY January 16, 1967 Honorable Ivan Allen, Jr. Mayor, City of Atlanta City Hall 68 Mitchell Street, S. W. Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Dear Ivan: I am delighted to hear from Bill Howland that you are going to be able to attend the Citizens Advisory Committee for Urban Renewal on Thursday. I think you know that you have solid support in this Committee and I hope you will not hesitate to tell us how best we can help you in the general area of housing in which we are involved. You know that we were much concerned last year with the CIP program. There are probably aspects of this that should be emphasized during this year. There are certainly angles that should be clarified and we hope to be of use to you in this matter. Since yours, ert L. Sommerville RLS:sgs  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 18, Folder 24, Document 39 Box 18 Box 18 Folder 24 Folder topic: Citizens Advisory Committee for Urban Renewal | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/598f5acbdacc716a84a9ffbd633e5d7e.pdf 54f365aeef0a2fc15b185e34ea8631ac Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. CITIZENS FOR URBAN RENEWAL OFFICE OF THE MAYOR CITY HALL-ATLANTA, GA. 30303 PHONE 524-2745 ROBERT L . SOMMERVILLE CHAIRMAN WILLIAM S. HOWLAND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MRS. EVELYN DODDS SECRETARY December 11, 1967 Dear Committee Members: Twill be the sixth day before Christmas and all through our program will be items of timely interest for our last full committee meeting of 1967. We will start off with a report on the year's activities in urban renewal and allied undertakings by Howard Openshaw, director of redevelop. ment for the Atlanta Housing Authority. In addition to telling what has been going on during 1967, Howard will give us a concise preview of what is ahead for 1968. Then we will have some updating on the Model Cities Program by Chuck Straub, in charge of this program in Atlanta for the regional office of HUD. Thirdly, we will have some updating on our participation in the 221-H program. Before our meeting, Mrs. Grace Hamilton and I are going out to look at some possible sites for our project. We are asking Mrs. Hamilton to tell us about these sites. We hope to have this program fully underway after the first of the year. Then, if time permits we have asked James A. Smith, chief of the housing code inspection service, to tell us about the streamlining of the housing code that has recently been effected by the Board of Aldermen. I am sure there will be some questions and answers on these various topics. Chairman Sommerville and I will be looking forward to seeing you on Tuesday afternoon, December 19, 2:30, Atlanta Room of the C & S National Bank. Sincerely yours, j(J~~./J William S, Howland NOTE: time changed to 2: 30 p. m, ~ � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document ml CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR URBAN RENEWAL OFFICE OF THE MAYOR CITY HALL—ATLANTA, GA. 30303 PHONE 524-2745 ROBERT L. SOMMERVILLE CHAIRMAN WILLIAM S. HOWLAND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MRS. EVELYN DODDS December 11, 1967 SECRETARY Dear Committee Members: Twill be the sixth day before Christmas and all through our program will be items of timely interest for our last full committee meeting of 1967. We will start off with a report on the year's activities in urban renewal and allied undertakings by Howard Openshaw, director of redevelop- ment for the Atlanta Housing Authority, In addition to telling what has been going on during 1967, Howard will give us a concise preview of what is ahead for 1968, Then we will have some updating on the Model Cities Program by Chuck Straub, in charge of this program in Atlanta for the regional office of HUD, Thirdly, we will have some updating on our participatian in the 221-H program. Before our meeting, Mrs, Grace Hamilton and I are going out to look at some possible sites for our project. We are asking Mrs, Hamilton to tell us about these sites. We hope to have this program fully underway after the first of the year, Then, if time permits we have asked James A, Smith, chief of the housing code inspection service, to tell us about the streamlining of the housing code that has recently been effected by the Board of Aldermen, Iam sure there will be some questions and answers on these various topics, Chairman Sommerville and I will be looking forward to seeing you on Tuesday afternoon, December 19, 2:30, Atlanta Room of the C & S National Bank, Sincerely yours, William S, Howland NOTES: time changed to 2:30 p,m,  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 18, Folder 24, Document 4 Box 18 Box 18 Folder 24 Folder topic: Citizens Advisory Committee for Urban Renewal | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/5af198a082270e1ebf82b597967a2243.pdf cdfa73453fbf41017aab6b3d7ae93e64 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. January 5. 196j Mr. John. C . Wil on Horne - Wilson, I c . 163 P ter Street, S. W. Atlant , Georgia Dar John: Information h reached me that ince you h ve been elected Vice President of the Atl Chber of Commerce you hav d to relinquish th chairma hip of the Cham er'• Urban Renew l Commltte • B ing mindful of all you baVi done to help the pro r e:le ance nd red velopm nt p:ro rams, I don' t t the city to b d priv d of the b it of your expe:d nc nd thlnkin • Accordingly~ I i vit you mo t cordl lly to b com th. Citiz ns Advitory Committee for Urb Re,...,............ Bob Sommervill J in it me in th earn st hop b bl to ace · pt nd conttnu the :faithful tt nda c t it me tin bich you carried 1'1 x-offlcio in your former c_hainnan•hip. Sin.c rely,. Ivan All n, Jr. 1AJr •• ea cc •••• Mr. R. L. Sommerville Mr. W. S. Howland � 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 January 5, 1967 Mr. John C, Wilson Horne- Wilson, Inc. 163 Peters Street, S. W. Atlanta, Georgia Dear John: Information has reached me that since you have been elected Vice President of the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce you have had to relinquish the chairmanship of the Chamber's Urban Renewal Committee. Being mindful of all you have done to help the progress of our slum clearance and redevelopment programs, I don't want the city to be deprived of the benefit of your experience and thinking, Accordingly, L invite you most cordially to become a member of the Citizens Advisory Committee for Urban Renewal. Chairman Bob Sommerville joins with me in the earnest hope that you will be able to accept and continue the faithful attendance at its meetings which you carried on ex-officio in your former chairmanship, Sincerely, Ivan Allen, Jr. IAJr.. bea ecc,..-Mr. R. L. Sommerville Mr, W. Ss. Howland  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 18, Folder 24, Document 40 Box 18 Box 18 Folder 24 Folder topic: Citizens Advisory Committee for Urban Renewal | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/f0cf719fc417deb5c6ca9be7f96a3955.pdf ea4917580de6ab25190ba673b4c79a05 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. f � 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  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 18, Folder 24, Document 41 Box 18 Box 18 Folder 24 Folder topic: Citizens Advisory Committee for Urban Renewal | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/4bea20f7aabe47d2bfbb8b69fb6c838f.pdf 019d94ab326a96b0d6551926041ab741 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. I I -IJ1rat1w 7r- (Ji lE lR[[NfWER NEWSLETTER OF THE CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR URBAN RENEWAL Vol. 5 No . 10 Atlanta, Georgia November 1967 CHAR T ER PUTS OUR CORPORATION IN BUSINESS T O I MPLEMENT $96, 000 221 -H ALLOCATION At our executive committee meeting, Nov. 21, Attorney Hugh Peterson, Jr. pr esented a prestigious document, bearing the gold sealsof the State of Georgia and the Superior Court of Fulton County. Said the first page of the document: "I, Ben Fortson, Jr. , Secretary of State .of the State of Georgia, do hereby certify that "The Citizens Advisory Committee for Urban Renewal Rehabilitation Corporation, Inc. was on the sixth day of November, 1967, duly incorporated under the laws of the state of Georgia by the Superior Court of Fulton County for a period of thirty five years from said date." This document went on to list the incorporators as Robert L. Sommerville, William S. Howland, H. W. Whitm an, Harold Arnold, Herbert Waldrip, Mrs. Grace Hamilton, Percy Hearle and Harold Davis. It then set forth the corporation's purposes saying "Said corporation is and shall be organized and operated exclusively for the purpose of assisting in the development of projects, undertakings, studies and other activities by itself or in cooperation with local government and civic bodies and other corporations and associations for the elimination of slums, blight and blighting influences and to aid, assist and foster the planning, development, renewal and improvement of the metropolitan, Atlanta , Geor gia, area, all for the primary purpose of combatting community deterioration and securing adequate housing, community facilities and related facilities f or the general welfar e of the community. 11 The document further stated "no part of the principal fund s or income of the corporation shall ever inure to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual or beneficiary, or revert to any donor or to the estate or heirs of any donor and no part of its activities shall ever be carrying on propaganda or otherwise attempting to influence legislation or participating in or intervening in (including the publishing or distributing of statements) any political campaign on behalf of any candidate for public office. 11 The document included an order by Superior Court Judge Jack B. Etheridge granting the charter. As Attorney Peterson handed the papers t o Chairman Sommerville, he said, with a srr.ile, "Now we'll get a seal for the corporation if I can just get all those letters on one. 11 The essence of all the words and seals and signatures on the papers which made up the blue bound document is that what is known as a legal entity" has been created to put i nto action the $96, 000 221 H grant allocated in response to our committee's application. Summed up Mr. Peterson: "The corporation is now in business. Application for tax exemption has been sent to the Internal Revenue Service. I understand that the committee received the grant even before the corporation was organized, so now everything is ready to roll w hen tax exemption approval is received. 11 On the afternoon prior to our Nov. 21 executive committee meeting, our new non profit corporation, the Citizens Advisory Committ ee for Urban Renewal Rehabilitation Corporation, Inc. me t with Attorney Hugh Peterson, Jr. to complete its organization. All eight incorporators, as listed previously, were named trustees of the new corporation. In turn the quorum present elected two officers to carry on the corporation ' s work. Officers are Robert L. Sommerville, president and chairman, William S. Howland, secretary-treasurer. It was also decided that CACURRCI will h o ld regular monthly meetings on the same date as the monthly meetings of our comrnittee. CACURRCI ORGANIZES SELF , INCORPORA TORS NAMED TRUSTEES, OFFICERS ARE CHOSEN Acceptin 6 the charter documents, Chairman Sommerville explained that the a p p r ova l of a $96, 000 221 H grant for our committee specifies that the new corporati on will r e habili tate eight dwellings . He pointed out that the 6 rant calls for the pur .. chase , rehabilit ation and resale of this number of structures. NEW CORPORATION WILL REHABILITATE EIGHT STRUCTURES, CHAIRMAN POINTS OUT �-2The Atlanta Housin g Authority ha s a g reed t o a.ss~st CACURRCI in locating the structure s , h e a dded. Said M r. Sommerville :'This numoer o:£ structures - ei g ht_ may se em sn:. all, but the idea will spread. " FHA OF FICIAL OUTLINES PROCEDUR ES FOR PU TTING OUR CORPORATION TO VlORK Followin~ deli very of our new corporation's charter, Otis Haire, FHA real e s tate evaluator assi 6 necl to the 2 21 H pro g rarn in Geor gia, outlined to the executive comn.i ttee the procedure by whi ch the $96, 000 g rant allocated to our pro;ect will be put t o work. M r . Haire first pointed out that 21 applications for 221 H grants so far h ad been m ade in the state, four of these in Atlanta . He expressed the hope that our comn, ittee's plan to rehabilitate eiJht houses will spur J rowth to include several hundred units. Said he " Expansion brick by uric1,, house by house, street by street, n ei g hborhood by neighi:>orhood is the only way this can be done. It serves a two fold pu r pose -- ..; etting rid of dilapidated houses and up 6 rading people as well as structures . ' ' First step for CACURRCI will De to review rehabilitation requirements with the city buildin6 inspector's office, he pointed out . This is essential, Decause a work w rite-up itemizing deficiencies from foundation to roof will be required for each structure. Next point is that all rehabilitation in one project must be carried out by one contractor, chosen from competitive bids . The contractor will stipulate the exact price , after which 20 per cent of the fee will De held back until all rehabilitation is completed . This is in lieu of a performance bond . Upon cornpletion of repairs, individual appraisals w ill be made. The arr. aunt of loan ~~ ranted will vary with re 0 ard to the size of families and other factors . After completing the initial paper work and other preliminarie s, the CACURRCI' s next step will be to make financial arran 6 ements with local lending institutions for acquisition of properties After houses are rehabilitated and sold , FHA will pick up the tab. Mr. Haire also pointed out that FHA has certain stipulations about the types of houses to be purchased and repaired. For exa;.n ple, so called " shotgun houses ' ' will not be approved. The speaker also ur g ed that at least lo to 20 houses De considered for choice of the initial ei ght for the project, because frequently approval difficulties are encountered . In a discussion followin 6 i\ r . Haire's talk, i'.frs. Grace Han-.ilton asked if there were any restrictions on location of the eiJht units . John F. Thigpen, Director, (Georgia) Department of Housing and Urban Development, Federal Housin.:;; Administration, replied that any area within the city could iJe used for location . Mr. Haire added that location of any project w ithin a two mile radius was desirable both from the corporation's viewpoint and that of the contractor . In reply to a question from I\ rs . Doris Lockerman, about value of houses, Chairman Somm erville pointed out that the total ~rant of $9 6, 000 would indicate a value of $12, 000 per house . Two groups of houses were brought to the attention of the new corporation by James Henley of the Atlanta Housing Authority. One is located east of Glen Iris Drive and south of the Sears store. These are on Rankin, Wilmer and Dallas Streets. The o t her g roup is in an area bounded by McDonough, Lakewood and Carver Hoines . Mr. Henley pointed out that no individual houses had been designated but that preliminary surveys indicated that the houses were in a purchase price ran g e of $4, 500 to $8, 000, with repair estimates rangin 6 from $2, 000 to $4, 000. Said he: "The houses appear to need considerable repair w ork, but are not beyond rehabilitation. They also appear to be owner occupied, single family dwellin 6 s ' '; Mr . Henley emphasized that the Housing Authority would be delighted to do all within its power to assist CACURRCI. I n an ensuing Q & A session , A. B. Padgett asked Dan E. Sweat, city director of 6 over nm ental liaison, if the new corpo r ation would help the city's model city program (fo r w hich Atlanta had recently received federal approval) by choosing homes in that a r ea . Mr. Sweat replied that this would definitely be of assistance, but that since considerable time would be required before definite model city plans could be made, he s u 66 est ed that CACURRCI go ahead with its pro g ram in other areas. In reply to a qu est ion a bout whether churches were showing interest in 221-H, Mr. Haire said that a Sunday Sc hool class at the Second Ponce de Leon Baptist Church had called a meeting t o di scuss participation. In reply to another question about time limits for a project, Mr. H ai r e s a id a total of 00 days would be allotted- - 30 days for choosing a site, 30 days fo r naming a cont r ac t o r. AHA SUGGESTS TWO GROUPS OF HOUSES FOR NEW CORPORATION TO CONSIDER �- - -- - - - -- - -- - -.- - - - - - - - - - - - -3As the discussion ended, FHA.Housin 6 and Ur bah Developmen.t Director Thigpen remarked that his or 6 anization is so pleased with bur participating in the 221 H prog ram that he is assi 6 ning two of his top assistants to work with CACURRCI. BEDFORD- PINE LEADERS SEEKING TO EXPEDITE PARK THERE, CHAIRMAN WALDRIP REPORTS A nun1ber of leaders of the Bedford- Pine urban renewal project area met Nov . 20. with me.r.. ~bers of the Board of Aldermen and representatives of the Atlanta Housin~ Authority to discuss how a park for that area could be speeded up, Herbert Waldrip, chairman o f our Bedford-Pine associate comni ittee told the executive comn·,itte e Said M r. "\V aldrip - ;'The property for a park (adJoining the new C. W. Hill School) ha s been cleared for a year and the people in the comn-1unity hate to see another sumn ,er come around with no recreational facilities for the children there. 1 1 M~r . Waldrip pointed out that the Nov . 20 meeting was told that the Board of Education was holdin g up development of a park and that another meeting to include representation from the Board of Education will be scheduled shortly, but that he feared that it would be June before any action on a park would ~et under way. NOTE -- The clay followin 6 our executive comm ittee meeting , Director Howland, who attended the Bedford-Pine meeting, arranged for M r . Waldrip to confer with Mayor Allen and also with Dr . Darwin Womack, assistant superintendent for scnool plant plannin 6 and construction, about the need for action on a Bedford- Pine park . At the Nov. 21 meeting, Chairman Somn. erville expressed our comrr ittee's reJr et on the death of Dr. Rufus B. Clernent, a lon 6 ti me ;..:: e rr1i.1er Said M r . Sor"!l. r., erville : 11 Dr Cl ement was seldon1 able to attend m.eetings, uut no rner:: ber w or '.(ed harder to help our comn-,ittee and the subcomn. ittees on which he served achieve their purposes. I never knew a man r: ,ore g entle in speech norm.ore powerful in 6 ettin 6 thin3 b done. If you asked Dr Clement to do something , I know of nobody who would 6 0 to m ore trouble to help you. " CHAIRMAN EXPRESSES APPRECIATION O F DR . CLEMENT'S NOTABLE SERVICES Before y ear I s end, final surveys and reports of the CIP are due to be received for evaluation, Director Geor J e A ldridg e reported to our executive com.n. ittee . He added that since many of these will have to be su bmitted to comn . ittees for review, he probably will not be a ble to present a full report until our January rneeting. FINAL CIP STUDIES BEING EVALUATED, DIRECTOR ALDRIDGE TELLS COlvi.MITTEE Active citizen participation is among maJor requirements of the model city program in which Atlanta i s one of the first 63 cities to receive a federal J r ant, Dan E . Sweat, Jr . , city direc tor of 6 overnmental liaison, emphasized in an updatin 6 talk to our executive comn, ittee Nov . 21. Although Atlanta w ill rec eiv e only $15 2, 000 out of the $500, 09 0 plannin 3 fund requested, the city probably will obtain another $74,000 for model city purposes, iv'.: r . Sweat said. This latte r amount is being reserved in the Comi-..1.unity Ir.. proven-, e nt Prog r am funds. The city m ust show need for it in the mode l city pro 5 rarn . l\ti r . Sweat delineated the m odel city a rea as com prisin 6 3 , 000 acres in the southern section of the city , oounded on the north uy I n t erstate 20, on the west by Lee Street, and on the south and east by the railroad belt line. Althou 6 h c ompri sin~ only 3. 7 per cent of the c ity land area, the model city site includes 5 per cent of the total population , on a 7 5 per cent Ne g ro, 25 per cent white basis . As reasons for its choice for the m ode l city prog ram, I\/. r. Sweat showed that this a re a includes 8 3 per c ent of the total housing units, but 2 0 per cent of these a r e s u bst a ndard A l so it includes 11 . 3 per c e nt of the city ' s illiter a t es a nd 2 0 per cent of the population with incomes under $3, 000 per year . Unen1.ployn, ent rate is 5 1/ 2 per cent as com pared with the city wide r a t e of 3 1/2 per cent . All in a ll, the area r e pr es ents 20 to 25 per cent of the city I s maJor probl ems . Mr Sweat a l so 0riefly outlined the methods by whi c h the .i\·: odel city pro g ram will ue a d m inister e d Top dir ection will be provided by a pr o Ject e x e cutive boa rd, consisting of policy rr..akin 6 officials NOTE-- On Nov . 22, Mayor A lle n a nd othe r city officia l s conferred with Re 6 ional HUD A d m ini strator Ed Baxter and other re 6 ional fede ral officia l s involved in i n, plementin g th e m od e l city program , Our comr.1itte e was represented iJ y Director Howla nd F ULL COMMITTEE MEETING -- TUESDAY, DECEMBER 19-DETAILS LATER. CITIZEN PARTICIPATION rv:AJOR ELEMENT IN M ODEL CITY PROGRAM, SWEAT EXPLAINS 9: � 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 Dyed lew! | THE RENEWER NEWSLETTER OF THE CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR URBAN RENEWAL Vol. 5 No. 10 Atlanta, Georgia November 1967 CHARTER PUTS OUR CORPORATION IN BUSINESS At our executive committee TO IMPLEMENT $96,000 221-H ALLOCATION meeting, Nov. 2l, Attorney Hugh Peterson, Jr. presented a prestigious document, bearing the gold sealsof the State of Georgia and the Superior Court of Fulton County. Said the first page of the document: "I, Ben Fortson, Jr., Secretary of State of the State of Georgia, do hereby certify that ''The Citizens Advisory Committee for Urban Renewal Rehabilitation Corporation, Inc. was on the sixth day of November, 1967, duly incorporated under the laws of the state of Georgia by the Superior Court of Fulton County for a period of thirty five years from said date," This document went on to list the incorporators as Robert L. Sommerville, William S. Howland, H. W. Whitman, Harold Arnold, Herbert Waldrip, Mrs. Grace Hamilton, Percy Hearle and Harold Davis. It then set forth the corporation's purposes saying "Said corporation is and shall be organized and operated exclusively for the purpose of assisting in the development of projects, undertakings, studies and other activities by itself or in cooperation with local government and civic bodies and other corporations and associations for the elimination of slums, blight and blighting influences and to aid, assist and foster the planning, development, renewal and improvement of the metro- politan, Atlanta, Georgia, area, all for the primary purpose of combatting community deterioration and securing adequate housing, community facilities and related facilities for the general welfare of the community.'' The document further stated "no part of the principal funds or income of the corporation shall ever inure to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual or beneficiary, or revert to any donor or to the estate or heirs of any donor and no part of its activities shall ever be carrying on propaganda or otherwise attempting to influence legislation or participating in or intervening in {including the publishing or distributing of statements) any political campaign on behalf of any candidate for public office.'' The document included an order by Superior Court Judge Jack B. Etheridge granting the charter. As Attorney Peterson handed the papers to Chairman Sommerville, he said, with a smile, ''Now we'll get a seal for the cor- poration if I can just get all those letters on one.'"! The essence of all the words and seals and signatures on the papers which made up the blue bound document is that what is known as a "legal entity'' has been created to put into action the $96,000 221 H grant allocated in response to our committee's appli- cation. Summed up Mr. Peterson: ''The corporation is now in business. Application for tax exemption has been sent to the Internal Revenue Service. I understand that the committee received the grant even before the corporation was organized, so now every- thing is ready to roll when tax exemption approval is received, '' CACURRCI ORGANIZES SELF, INCORPORATORS On the afternoon prior to NAMED TRUSTEES, OFFICERS ARE CHOSEN our Nov. 21 executive committee meeting, our new non profit corporation, the Citizens Advisory Committee for Urban Renewal Rehabilitation Corporation, Inc. met with Attorney Hugh Peterson, Jr. to complete its organization. All eight incorporators, as listed previously, were named trustees of the new corporation. In turn the quorum present elected two officers to carry on the corporation's work. Officers are Robert L. Sommerville, president and chairman, William S. Howland, secretary-treasurer. It was also decided that CACURRCI will hold regular monthly meetings on the same date as the monthly meetings of our committee. NEW CORPORATION WILL REHABILITATE Acceptiny the charter EIGHT STRUCTURES, CHAIRMAN POINTS OUT documents, Chairman Sommerville explained that the approval of a $96, 000 221 H grant for our committee specifies that the new corpor- ation will rehabilitate eight dwellings. He pointed out that the grant calls for the pur- chase, rehabilitation and resale of this number of structures. #24 The Atlanta Housing Authority hag agreed to assist CACURRCI in locating the structures, he added, Said Mr. Somn:erville ‘This numoer of structures - eight - may seem small, but the idea will spread. '' FHA OFFICIAL OUTLINES PROCEDURES Following delivery of our FOR PUTTING OUR CORPORATION TO WORK new corporation's charter, Otis Haire, FHA real estate evaluator assigned to the 221 H program in Georgia, outlined to the executive comn.ittee the procedure by which the $906, 000 grant allocated to our project will ve put to work. Mr. Haire first pointed out that 21 applications for 221 H grants so far had been made in the state, four of these in Atlanta. He expressed the hope that our comn-ittee's plan to rehabilitate eight houses will spur :rowth to include several hundred units. Said he '' Expansion brick by wricx, house by house, street by street, neizhborhood by neighborhood is the only way this can be done. It serves a two fold purpose -- setting rid of dilapidated houses and upzradiny people as well as structures. '' First step for CACURRCI will ve to review rehabilitation requirements with the city building inspector's office, he pointed out. This is essential, pecause a work write-up itemizing deficiencies from foundation to roof will ve required for each structure. Next point is that all rehabilitation in one project must be carried out by one contractor, chosen from competitive bids. The contractor will stipulate the exact price, after which 20 per cent of the fee will ve held back until all rehabilitation is completed. This is in lieu of a performance bond. Upon completion of repairs, individual appraisals will be made. The an.ount of loan jranted will vary with rezard to the size of families and other factors. After completing the initial paper work and other preliminaries, the CACURRCI's next step will be to make financial arranzsements with local lending institutions for acquisition of properties After houses are rehabilitated and sold, FHA will pick up the tab. Mr. Haire also pointed out that FHA has certain stipulations about the types of houses to be purchased and repaired. For example, so called ''shotgun houses'' will not be approved. The speaker also urged that at least 15 to 20 houses be considered for choice of the initial eight for the project, oecause frequently approval difficulties are encountered. In a discussion following i r. Haire's talk, }frs. Grace Han.ilton asked if there were any restrictions on location of the eight units. John F. Thigpen, Director, (Georgia) Department of Housing and Urban Cevelopment, Federal Housin, Administration, replied that any area within the city could ve used for location. Mr. Haire added that location of any pro,ect within a two mile radius was desirable both from the corporation's viewpoint and that of the contractor. In reply to a question from h.rs. Doris Lockerman, about value of houses, Chairman Sommerville pointed out that the total rant of $95, 000 would indicate a value of $12, 000 per house. AHA SUGGESTS TWO GROUPS OF HOUSES Two groups of houses were FOR NEW CORPORATION TO CONSIDER brought to the attention of the new corporation by James Henley of the Atlanta Housing Authority. One is located east of Glen Iris Drive and south of the Sears store. These are on Rankin, Wilmer and Dallas Streets. The other group is in an area bounded by McDonough, Lakewood and Carver Homes. Mr. Henley pointed out that no individual houses had been designated but that preliminary surveys indicated that the houses were in a purchase price ranje of $4, 500 to $8, 000, with repair estimates ranging from $2,000 to $4,000. Said he: ‘'The houses appear to need considerable repair work, but are not beyond rehabilitation. They also appear to be owner occupied, single family dwellings", Mr. Henley emphasized that the Housing Authority would be delighted to do all within its power to assist CACURRCI. In an ensuing Q & A session, A. B. Padgett asked Dan E. Sweat, city director of governmental liaison, if the new corporation would help the city's model city program (for which Atlanta had recently received federal approval) by choosing homes in that area. Mr. Sweat replied that this would definitely be of assistance, but that since considerable time would be required before definite model city plans could be made, he suggested that CACURRCI go ahead with its program in other areas. In reply toa question about whether churches were showing interest in 221-H, Mr. Haire said that a Sunday School class at the Second Ponce de Leon Baptist Church had called a meeting to discuss participation. In reply to another question about time limits for a project, Mr. Haire said a total of 60 days would be allotted--30 days for choosing a site, 30 days for naming a contractor.  ain As the discussion ended, FHA. Housing and Urvah Development Director Thigpen remarked that his organization is so pleased with our participating in the 221 H program that he is assigning two of his top assistants to work with CACURRCI. BEDFORD-PINE LEADERS SEEKING TO EXPEDITE A number of leaders of PARK THERE, CHAIRMAN WALDRIP REPORTS the Bedford-Pine urban renewal project area met Nov.20. with men:bers of the Board of Aldermen and representatives of the Atlanta Housing Authority to discuss how a park for that area could be speeded up, Herbert Waldrip, chairman of our Bedford-Pine associate comnuittee told the executive committee Said Mr. Waldrip - ''The property for a park (adjoining the new C. W. Hill School) has been cleared for a year and the people in the community hate to see another summer come around with no recreational facilities for the children there.'' Mr. Waldrip pointed out that the Nov. 20 meeting was told that the Board of Education was holding up development of a park and that another meeting to include representation from the Board of Education will be scheduled shortly, but that he feared that it would be June before any action ona park would vet under way. NOTE -- The day following our executive committee meeting, Director Howland, who attended the Bedford-Pine meeting, arranged for Mr. Waldrip to confer with Mayor Allen and also with Dr. Darwin Womack, assistant superintendent for school plant planning and construction, about the need for action on a Bedford-Pine park. CHAIRMAN EXPRESSES APPRECIATION At the Nov. 21 meeting, OF DR. CLEMENT'S NOTABLE SERVICES Chairman Somn.erville expressed our committee's rezret on the death of Dr. Rufus B. Clernent, a long time inemwer Said Mr. Sommerville: ''Dr Clement was seldom able to attend meetings, vut no mer:ber worked harder to help our comrittee and the subcomn.ittees on which he served achieve their purposes. I never knew a man r:ore gentle in speech nor more powerful in getting things done. If you asked Dr Clement to do something, I know of nobody who would 20 to more trouble to help you. '' FINAL CIP STUDIES BEING EVALUATED, Before year's end, final DIRECTOR ALDRIDGE TELLS COMMITTEE surveys and reports of the CIP are due to be received for evaluation, Director Georse Aldridge reported to our executive comniittee. He added that since many of these will have to be submitted to comn ittees for review, he probably will not be able to present a full report until our January meeting. CITIZEN PARTICIPATION MAJOR ELEMENT Active citizen participation IN MODEL CITY PROGRAM, SWEAT EXPLAINS is among major require- ments of the model city program in which Atlanta is one of the first 63 cities to receive a federal zrant, Dan E. Sweat, Jr., city director of zovernmental liaison, ermphasized in an updating talk to our executive committee Nov. 21. Althouyh Atlanta will receive only $152, 000 out of the $500, 690 plannin, fund requested, the city probably will obtain another $74, 000 for model city purposes, Mr. Sweat said. This latter amount is being reserved in the Con:munity Irn provement Program funds. The city must show need for it in the model city program. Mr. Sweat delineated the model city area as comprising 3, 000 acres in the southern section of the city, pounded on the north by Interstate 20, on the west by Lee Street, and on the south and east vy the railroad velt line. Althouzh comprisin, only 3.7 per cent of the city land area, the model city site includes ).5 per cent of the total population, on a 75 per cent Negro, 25 per cent white basis. As reasons for its choice for the model city program, Mr. Sweat showed that this area includes 8 3 per cent of the total housing units, but 20 per cent of these are substandard Also it includes ll. 3 per cent of the city's illiterates and 20 per cent of the population with incomes under $3,000 per year. Unemployment rate is 51/2 per cent as compared with the city wide rate of 31/2 per cent. Allinall, the area represents 20 to 25 per cent of the city's mayor problems. Mr Sweat also vriefly outlined the methods by which the Model city program will be administered Top direction will ve provided by a project executive board, consisting of policy making officials NOTE-- On Nov. 22, Mayor Allen and other city officials conferred with Regional HUD Administrator Ed Baxter and other regional federal officials involved in implementing the model city program. Our committee was represented vy Director Howland. FULL COMMITTEE MEETING -- TUESDAY, DECEMBER 19-DETAILS LATER.  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 18, Folder 24, Document 5 Box 18 Box 18 Folder 24 Folder topic: Citizens Advisory Committee for Urban Renewal | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/2fb6512d9f628459f2d9a01cc6f104ab.pdf 3c6206d2af3dea29987c4dd7bbc5f228 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. lf{H(E lR[E[NfEW[R NEWSLETTER OF THE CITIZENS AbV1SORY COMMITTEE FOR URBAN RENEWAL Vol. 5 No. 10 Atlanta, Georgia November 1967 CHARTER PUTS OUR CORPORATION IN BUSINESS TO IMPLEMENT $96, 000 221-H ALLOCATION At our executive committee meeting, Nov. 21, Attorney Hugh Peterson, Jr. presented a prestigious document, bearing the gold sealsof the State of Georgia and the Superior Court of Fulton County. Said the first page of the document: "I, Ben Fortson, Jr., Secret ary of State .of the State of Georgia, do hereby certify that "The Citizens Advisory Committee f or Urban Renewal Rehabilitation Corporation, Inc. was on the sixth day of November, 1967, duly incorporated under the laws of' the state of Georgia by the Superior Court of Fulton County for a period of thirty five years from said date." This document went on to list the incorporators as Robert L. Sommerville, William S. Howland, H. W. Whitman, Harold Arnold, Herbert Waldrip, Mrs. Grace Hamilton, Percy Hearle and Harold Davis. It then set forth the corporation's purposes saying "Said corporation is and shall be organized and operated exclusively for the purpose of assisting in the developm:eilt of projects, undertakings, studies and other activities by itself or in cooperation with local government and civic bodies and other corporations and associations for the elimination of slums, blight and blighting influences and to aid, assist and foster the planning, development, renewal and improvement of the metropolitan, Atla nta, Georgia, area, all for the primary purpose of combatting community deterioration and securing adequate housing, community facilities and related facilities for the general welfare of the community. 11 The document further stated 11 no part of the principal funds or income of the corporation shall ever inure to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual or beneficiary, or revert to any donor or to the estate or heirs of any donor and no part of its activities shall ever be carrying on propaganda or otherwis e attempting to influence legislation or participating in or intervening in (including the publishing or distributing of statements) any political campaign on behalf of any candidate for public office : 11 The document included an order by Superior Court Judge Jack B. Etheridge gr anting the charter. As Attorney Peterson handed the papers to Chairman Sommerville, he said, with a srr.,ile, 11 Now we'll get a seal for the cor. poration if I can just get all those letters on one. 1 1 The essence of all the words a nd seals a nd signatures on the papers which made up the blue bound document is that what is known as a "legal entity has been created to put into action the $96, 000 221 H grant allocated in response to our committee's application. Summed up Mr. Peterson: "The corporation is now in business. Application for tax exemption has been sent to the Internal Revenue Service. I understand that the committee rec eived the g rant even before the corporation was or ganized, so now e verything is ready to r oll when t ax exemption approval is rec eiv ed. 11 On the afternoon prior to our Nov. 21 executive committee meeting, our new non profit corporation, the Citizens Advisory Committee for Urban Renewal Rehabilitatio n Corporation, Inc. met with Attorne y Hu gh Peterson, Jr. to com plete its organization. All eight inc orporators, as listed previously, were nam.ed trustees of the new corporation. In turn the quorum present e lected two officers to carry on the corporation's work. Officers are Robert L. Sommerville, pr esident and chairm an, William S. Howland, secret a ry-treasurer. It was also decided that CACURRCI will hold regular monthly meetings on the same date as the monthly me etings o f our c omrnittee. CACURRCIORGANIZESSE LF, INCORPORATORS NAMED TRUSTEES, OFFICERS ARE CHOSEN Acceptin 6 the charter documents, Chairman Somn,e rville explaine d that the approv al of a $9 6 , 000 221 H g rant for our committee specifies t hat the new corporation will rehabilitate e i ght dwellings. He pointed out that the 6 rant calls for the pur .. chase, rehabilitation and resal e of this number of structures. NEW CORPORATION WILL REHABILITATE EIGHT STRUCTURES, CHAIRMAN POINTS OUT �-2The Atlanta Housing Authorit y h as ag:teed to as sist CACURRCI in locating the structures, he added. Said Mr. Sommerville " Thi s numoer of str uc t ures - ei g ht_ may s ee m sn--.all, but the idea will spte ad. 11 FHA OFFICIAL OUTLINES PROCEDURES FOR PUTTING OUR CORPORATION T O WORK Followin 6 delivery of our new corporation's charter, Otis Haire, FHA real estate evaluator assi 6 ned to t h e 2 21 H pro g ram in Geor gia, outlined to the executive comn _ittee the procedure by w hi ch the $9 6, 000 g rant allocated to our proJect will be put to work. Mr. Haire first pointed out that 21 applications for 221 H grants so far had been m ade in the state , fou r of these in Atlanta. He expressed the hope that our com n, ittee's plan to rehabilit ate ei 6 ht houses will spur ,; rowth to include several hundr ed units. Said he "Ex pansion br ick by uric K, house by house, street by street, nei;shborhood by neig h oo r hood is the only w ay this can be done . It serves a two fold purpose - - .;; etting rid of dilapidated houses and up 6 radin g people as well as structures . ' ' First step for CACURRCI w ill De to review rehabilitation. requirements with the city buildin,;; inspe c t o r 's office, he pointed out. This is essential, Decause a work . wr ite-up itemizing d eficiencies from foundation to roof will De required for each structure. Next p oint i s that all rehabilitation in one project must be carried out by one contracto r, chos e n fr om competitive bids . The contractor will stipulate the exact price , after whi c h 2 0 per cent of the fee will De held back until all rehabilitation is completed . This i s i n lieu of a performance bond . Upon co rnpletion of repairs, individual apprai s als will l> e m ade . The a r.:, ount of loan ~~ ranted will vary with re 0 ard to the size of fami lies and other factors . After completing the initial paper work and other prelim inarie s , the CACURRCI's next step will b e to m ake financial arran 6 ements with l o cal l e n di ng ins t ituti ons for acquisition of properties After houses are rehabilitate d a nd sold , F HA will pick up the tab. ivi r . Haire also pointed out that FHA has certain s t i pul ations about the types of houses to be purchased and repaired. For example, s o calle d " shotgun houses ' ' will not be approved . The speaker also urged that at lea s t 16 t o 20 houses De considered for choice of the initial ei ght for the project, oe c ause frequently app roval difficulties are encountered . In a di scuss i on followi n 6 j\ '. r. Haire's talk, 1'. frs . Grace Harr.ilton asked if there were any re s tric ti ons o n location of the ei J ht units. J c,hn F. Thigpen , Director, (Georgia) . Depar t ment of H ousing a nd Urban Development, Federal Housin~ Administration, replied that any area w ithin t he city could ue used for location . Mr. Haire added that location of any pr o j ec t w ithin a two mile radius was desirable both from the corporation's viewpoint and tha t o f the cont ractor. In reply to a question from l\ ,rs. Doris Lockerman, abo ut value of hou ses , Chair m an Somm erville pointed out that the total ~rant of $ 9 6, 000 would i ndicat e a value of $12 , 000 per house . Two groups of houses were brought to the attention of the new corporation by James Henl e y of the Atlanta Housing Authority . One is located east of Glen Iris Drive and south of the Sear s stor e. These are on Rankin, \Vilr.i er and Dallas Streets. The other group is in an are a bounded by McDonough, Lakewood and Carver Hoines. Mr. Henley pointed out t hat no individual houses had been designated but that preliminary surveys indicated tha t th e houses were in a purchase price ran g e of $4, 500 to $8, 000, with repair estimate s ran g in 6 from $2, 000 to $4, 000. Said he: " The houses appear to need considerabl e rep a i r w ork, but are not beyond rehabilitation . They also appear to be owner occupi e d , sing le fam ily dw ellin 5 s " . Mr . Henley emphasized that the Housing Authority woul d be deli 6 hted to do all within its power to assist CACURRCI. In an ensuing Q & A session, A. B . Padgett asked Dan E . Sweat , city director of 6 ov ernmental liaison , if th e n ew corporation would help the city's model city pro g ram (for which Atlanta had rece n t ly r eceived federal approval) by choosing homes in that area . Mr . Sweat replied t hat this would definitely be of assistance, but that since considerabl e time would be re qui r ed before definite model city plans could be made, h e su oo ·., 7e sted that CACURRCI u•YO ahead w ith its pro -z r a m in other areas. In reply to a question about whether churches wer e s how ing interest in 221-H, M r . Haire said that a Sunday School clas s at the Sec ond P once d e Leon Baptist Chu r ch had called a meeting to di s cuss participation . In reply t o a n other question about tim e lim its for a project, Mr. Haire said a t otal of 00 days w ould be allotted- - 30 days for choosin6 a site, 30 days for naming a contractor . AHA SUGGESTS TW O GROUPS OF HOUSES FOR NEW C ORPORA TION TO CONSIDER �- 3As the discussion ended , FHA .Housin 6 and Uroan Development Director Thi g pen remarked that his or g anization is so pleased with our participating in the 221 H pro g ram that he is assi 6 ning two of his top assistants to work with CACURRCI. BEDFORD-PINE LEADERS SEEKING TO EXPEDITE PARK THERE , CHAIRMA N WA LDRIP REPORTS A nun 1ber of leaders of the Bedford- Pine ur oan renewal project area m et Nov.20 . with mer.. bers of the Board of Aldermen and representatives of the Atlanta Hou s ing Author ity to discuss how a park for that area could be speeded up, Herbert W aldrip, chairman of our Bedford-Pine associate comr,. ,ittee told the executive comn--ittee Said 1\-i.r. 1,V aldrip - " The property for a park (adJoinin 6 the new C . W. Hill School) has been cleared for a year and the people in the community hate to see another sumn !er come around with no recreational facilities for the children there . " Mr. Waldr ip pointed out that the Nov . 20 meeting was told that the Board of Education was holdin g up development of a park and that another meeting to include representation from the Board of Education will be scheduled shortly, but that he feared that it would be June before any action on a park would ~et under way. NOTE -- The day following our executive com m ittee meeting , Director Howland, who attended the Bedford-Pine meeting, arranged for Mr. Waldrip to confer with Mayor Allen and also with Dr. Darwin Womack, assistant superintendent for scnool plant plannin 6 and construction , about the need for action on a Bedford- Pine park . CHAIRMAN EXPRESSES APPRECIATION OF DR . CLEMENT'S NOTABLE SERVICES At the Nov . 21 meetin 6 , Chairman Somn, er ville expressed our com.rr:ittee's r eJret on the death of Dr. Rufus B . Clement, a long time :.:r,.e ;:n,.ler Said Mr. Sor"11ne rville: " Dr Clement was seldorn able to attend n,eetings, uut no rn.eL : ber w or '.(ed harder to help our comrc ittee and the subco1nn . ittees on which he served achieve their purposes. I never k new a man r: ,ore g entle in speech nor n,ore powerful in 6 etting thin31:, done . If you asked Dr Clement to do something, I know of nobody who w ould 6 0 to m ore trouble to help you. " FINA L GIP STUDIES BEING EVALUATED, DIRECTOR ALDRIDGE TELLS COiv1MITTEE Before year's end, final surveys and report·s of the GIP are due to be received .for evaluation, Direc t or Geor 6 e Aldridge reported to our executive comn:ittee . He added that since many of these will have to be submitted to comn ittees for review, he probably will not be able to present a full report until our January· meeting. CITIZEN PARTICIPATION M AJOR ELEMENT IN MO DEL CITY PROGRAM, SWEAT EXPLAINS Active citizen participation is among maJor requirements of the model city program in which Atlanta is one of the first 6 3 cities to receive a federal grant, Dan E . Sweat, Jr . , city director of 6 overnmental liaison, emphasized in an updatin~ talk to our executive comm ittee Nov. 21. Althou 6 h Atlanta will receive only $152, 000 out of the $500, 0 90 plannin;:s fund requested, the city probably will obtain another $7 4, 000 for m odel city purposes, :r,t r . Sweat said . This latter amount is being reserved in the Corrn.,unity Ir. .provement Program funds . The city m ust show need for it in the model city pro 6 rarn. Mr. Sweat delineated the model city area as comprising 3, 000 acres in the southern section of the city, oounded on the north uy Interstate 20, on the west by Lee Street, and on the south and east by the railroad belt line. Althou 6 h comprisin.:;; only 3. 7 per cent of the city land area, the model city site includes 1 . 5 per cent of the total population , on a 75 per cent Negro, 25 per cent white basis. As reasons for its c h oice for the model city pro 6 ram, l\·~r . Sweat showed that this area includes 8 3 per cent of the t otal housi ng units, but 20 per cent of these are substandard Also it includes 11 . 3 per cent of the city's illiterates and 20 per cent of the population with inc omes under $3, 000 per year. Une m ployment rate is 5 1/2 per cent as compared with the city wide rate of 3 1/2 per cent . All in all, the area represents 20 to 25 per cent of the city's major problems . M r Sweat also i.)riefly outlined the rnethods by which th e l\ : odel city pro g ram will ue adm.inistered . Top direction will oe provided by a project executive board, consisting of policy .::r..a1cin 6 officials NOTE- - On Nov . 22, M ayor Allen and other city officials conferred with Re g ional HUD Administrator Ed Baxter and other re c:,,1ional federal officials involved in i m ple1nenting the model city program, Our comr. 1ittee was represented i.;, y Director Howland . FULL COMMITTEE MEETING -- TUESDAY, DECEMBER 19-DETAILS LATER. � 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 El ead THE TENEWER NEWSLETTER OF THE CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR URBAN RENEWAL Vol. 5 No. 10 Atlanta, Georgia November 1967 CHARTER PUTS OUR CORPORATION IN BUSINESS At our executive committee TO IMPLEMENT $96,000 221-H ALLOCATION meeting, Nov. 2l, Attorney Hugh Peterson, Jr. presented a prestigious document, bearing the gold sealsof the State of Georgia and the Superior Court of Fulton County. Said the first page of the document: "I, Ben Fortson, Jr., Secretary of State of the State of Georgia, do hereby certify that ''The Citizens Advisory Committee for Urban Renewal Rehabilitation Corporation, Inc. was on the sixth day of November, 1967, duly incorporated under the laws of the state of Georgia by the Superior Court of Fulton County for a period of thirty five years from said date," This document went on to list the incorporators as Robert L. Sommerville, William S. Howland, H. W. Whitman, Harold Arnold, Herbert Waldrip, Mrs. Grace Hamilton, Percy Hearle and Harold Davis. It then set forth the corporation's purposes saying "Said corporation is and shall be organized and operated exclusively for the purpose of assisting in the development of projects, undertakings, studies and other activities by itself or in cooperation with local government and civic bodies and other corporations and associations for the elimination of slums, blight and blighting influences and to aid, assist and foster the planning, development, renewal and improvement of the metro- politan, Atlanta, Georgia, area, all for the primary purpose of combatting community deterioration and securing adequate housing, community facilities and related facilities for the general welfare of the community.'! The document further stated "no part of the principal funds or income of the corporation shall ever inure to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual or beneficiary, or revert to any donor or to the estate or heirs of any donor and no part of its activities shall ever be carrying on propaganda or otherwise attempting to influence legislation or participating in or intervening in {including the publishing or distributing of statements) any political campaign on behalf of any candidate for public office.'' The document included an order by Superior Court Judge Jack B, Etheridge granting the charter. As Attorney Peterson handed the papers to Chairman Sommerville, he said, with a smile, ''Now we'll get a seal for the cor~ poration if I can just get all those letters on one."' The essence of all the words and seals and signatures on the papers which made up the blue bound document is that what is known as a "legal entity'' has been created to put into action the $96,000 221 H grant allocated in response to our committee's appli- cation. Summed up Mr. Peterson: ''The corporation is now in business. Application for tax exemption has been sent to the Internal Revenue Service. I understand that the committee received the grant even before the corporation was organized, so now every- thing is ready to roll when tax exemption approval is received." CACURRCI ORGANIZES SELF, INCORPORATORS On the afternoon prior to NAMED TRUSTEES, OFFICERS ARE CHOSEN our Nov. 21 executive committee meeting, our new non profit corporation, the Citizens Advisory Committee for Urban Renewal Rehabilitation Corporation, Inc. met with Attorney Hugh Peterson, Jr. to complete its organization. All eight incorporators, as listed previously, were named trustees of the new corporation. In turn the quorum present elected two officers to carry on the corporation's work. Officers are Robert L, Sommerville, president and chairman, William S. Howland, secretary-treasurer. It was also decided that CACURRCI will hold regular monthly meetings on the same date as the monthly n:eetings of our committee. NEW CORPORATION WILL REHABILITATE Accepting the charter EIGHT STRUCTURES, CHAIRMAN POINTS OUT documents, Chairman Sommerville explained that the approval of a $96, 000 221 H grant for our committee specifies that the new corpor- ation will rehabilitate eight dwellings. He pointed out that the grant calls for the pur~ chase, rehabilitation and resale of this number of structures. “Le The Atlanta Housing Authority has agreed to assist CACURRCI in locatiny the structures, he added, Said Mr. Sommerville ‘'This numper of structures - eight - may seem small, but the idea will spread, '' FHA OFFICIAL OUTLINES PROCEDURES Following delivery of our FOR PUTTING OUR CORPORATION TO WORK new corporation's charter, Otis Haire, FHA real estate evaluator assizned to the 221 H program in Georgia, outlined to the executive comn.ittee the procedure by which the $90, 000 grant allocated to our project will ve put to work. Mr. Haire first pointed out that 21 applications for 221 H grants so far had been made in the state, four of these in Atlanta. He expressed the hope that our comn-ittee's plan to rehabilitate eight houses will spur srowth to include several hundred units. Said he '' Expansion brick by vrick, house by house, street by street, neighborhood by neighborhood is the only way this can be done. It serves a two fold purpose -- setting rid of dilapidated houses and upzradiny people as well as structures. '' First step for CACURRCI will ve to review rehabilitation requirements with the city buildin, inspector's office, he pointed out. This is essential, because a work write-up itemizing deficiencies from foundation to roof will be required for each structure. Next point is that all rehabilitation in one project must be carried out by one contractor, chosen from competitive bids. The contractor will stipulate the exact price, after which 20 per cent of the fee will ve held back until all rehabilitation is completed. This is in lieu of a performance bond. Upon completion of repairs, individual appraisals will be made. The ar.ount of loan jranted will vary with rezard to the size of families and other factors. After completing the initial paper work and other preliminaries, the CACURRCI's next step will be to make financial arrangements with local lending institutions for acquisition of properties After houses are rehabilitated and sold, FHA will pick up the tab. Mr. Haire also pointed out that FHA has certain stipulations about the types of houses to be purchased and repaired. For example, so called ''shotgun houses'! will not be approved. The speaker also urged that at least 15 to 20 houses be considered for choice of the initial eight for the project, pecause frequently approval difficulties are encountered. In a discussion following hr. Haire's talk, }frs. Grace Han.ilton asked if there were any restrictions on location of the eizht units. John F. Thigpen, Director, (Georgia) Department of Housing and Urban Development, Federal Housin, Administration, replied that any area within the city could ve used for location. Mr. Haire added that location of any pro,ect within a two mile radius was desirable both from the corporation's viewpoint and that of the contractor. In reply to a question from Mrs. Doris Lockerman, about value of houses, Chairman Sommerville pointed out that the total srant of $95, 000 would indicate a value of $12, 000 per house. AHA SUGGESTS TWO GROUPS OF HOUSES Two groups of houses were FOR NEW CORPORATION TO CONSIDER brought to the attention of the new corporation by James Henley of the Atlanta Housing Authority. One is located east of Glen Iris Drive and south of the Sears store. These are on Rankin, Wilmer and Dallas Streets. The other group is in an area bounded by McDonough, Lakewood and Carver Homes. Mr. Henley pointed out that no individual houses had been designated but that preliminary surveys indicated that the houses were in a purchase price range of $4, 500 to $8, 000, with repair estimates ranging from $2, 000 to $4,000. Said he: ‘'The houses appear to need considerable repair work, but are not beyond rehabilitation. They also appear to be owner occupied, single family dwellings’. Mr. Henley emphasized that the Housing Authority would be delighted to do all within its power to assist CACURRCI. In an ensuing Q & A session, A. B. Padgett asked Dan E. Sweat, city director of zovernmental liaison, if the new corporation would help the city's model city program (for which Atlanta had recently received federal approval) by choosing homes in that area. Mr. Sweat replied that this would definitely be of assistance, but that since considerable time would be required before definite model city plans could be made, he suggested that CACURRCI go ahead with its program in other areas. In reply toa question about whether churches were showing interest in 221-H, Mr. Haire said that a Sunday School class at the Second Ponce de Leon Baptist Church had called a meeting to discuss participation. In reply to another question about time limits for a project, Mr. Haire said a total of 60 days would be allotted--30 days for choosing a site, 30 days for naming a contractor.  wie As the discussion ended, FHA. Housing and Urvan Development Director Thigpen remarked that his organization is so pleased with our participating in the 221 H program that he is assigning two of his top assistants to work with CACURRCI. BEDFORD-PINE LEADERS SEEKING TO EXPEDITE A number of leaders of PARK THERE, CHAIRMAN WALDRIP REPORTS the Bedford- Pine urban renewal project area met Nov.20. with men bers of the Board of Aldermen and representatives of the Atlanta Housing Authority to discuss how a park for that area could be speeded up, Herbert Waldrip, chairman of our Bedford-Pine associate comn.ittee told the executive committee Said Mr. Waldrip - ''The property for a park (adjoining the new C. W. Hill School) has been cleared for a year and the people in the community hate to see another summ:er come around with no recreational facilities for the children there."' Mr. Waldrip pointed out that the Nov. 20 meeting was told that the Board of Education was holding up development of a park and that another meeting to include representation from the Board of Education will be scheduled shortly, but that he feared that it would be June before any action ona park would set under way. NOTE -- The day following our executive committee meeting, Director Howland, who attended the Bedford-Pine meeting, arranged for Mr. Waldrip to confer with Mayor Allen and also with Dr. Darwin Womack, assistant superintendent for scnool plant planning, and construction, about the need for action on a Bedford- Pine park. CHAIRMAN EXPRESSES APPRECIATION At the Nov. 21 meeting, OF DR. CLEMENT'S NOTABLE SERVICES Chairman Somn.erville expressed our committee's re4ret on the death of Dr. Rufus B. Clement, a lony time m.emwer Said Mr. Sommerville: ''Dr Clement was seldom able to attend meetings, vut no mer::ber worxed harder to help our committee and the subcomn.ittees on which he served achieve their purposes. I never knew a man r.ore gentle in speech nor more powerful in getting things done. If youasked Dr Clement to do something, I know of nobody who would 20 to more trouble to help you. '' FINAL CIP STUDIES BEING EVALUATED, Before year's end, final DIRECTOR ALDRIDGE TELLS COMMITTEE surveys and reports of the CIP are due to be received for evaluation, Director Georze Aldridge reported to our executive comn.ittee. He added that since many of these will have to be submitted to comn ittees for review, he probably will not be able to present a full report until our January meeting. CITIZEN PARTICIPATION MAJOR ELEMENT Active citizen participation IN MODEL CITY PROGRAM, SWEAT EXPLAINS is among major require- ments of the model city program in which Atlanta is one of the first 03 cities to receive a federal 3rant, Dan E. Sweat, Jr., city director of governmental liaison, ernphasized in an updating, talk to our executive committee Nov. 21. Althouyh Atlanta will receive only $152, 000 out of the $500, 590 plannin, fund requested, the city probably will obtain another $74, 000 for model city purposes, Mr. Sweat said. This latter amount is being reserved in the Community Ir provement Program funds. The city must show need for it in the model city prozrarn. Mr. Sweat delineated the model city area as comprising 3, 000 acres in the southern section of the city, bounded on the north vy Interstate 20, on the west by Lee Street, and on the south and east vy the railroad velt line. Althouzh comprising, only 3.7 per cent of the city land area, the model city site includes ).5 per cent of the total population, on a 75 per cent Negro, 25 per cent white basis. As reasons for its choice for the model city program, Mr. Sweat showed that this area includes 3 3 per cent of the total housing units, but 20 per cent of these are substandard Also it includes 11.3 per cent of the city's illiterates and 20 per cent of the population with incomes under $3,000 per year. Unemployment rate is 5 1/2 per cent as compared with the city wide rate of 31/2 per cent. Allinall, the area represents 20 to 25 per cent of the city's mayor problems. Mr Sweat also wriefly outlined the methods by which the Model city program will be administered. Top direction will ve provided by a project executive board, consisting of policy makiny officials NOTE-- On Nov. 22, Mayor Allen and other city officials conferred with Regional HUD Administrator Ed Baxter and other regional federal officials involved in implementing the model city program. Our committee was represented vy Director Howland. FULL COMMITTEE MEETING -- TUESDAY, DECEMBER 19-DETAILS LATER.  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 18, Folder 24, Document 6 Box 18 Box 18 Folder 24 Folder topic: Citizens Advisory Committee for Urban Renewal | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/9b767a8873cd5b40ac669a82988ad052.pdf a634e413592442e369b233be9e527200 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR URBAN RENEWAL OFFICE OF THE MAYOR CITY HALL-ATLANTA. GA. 30303 PHONE 524-2745 ROBERT L. SOMMERVILLE CHAIRMAN WILLIAM 5. HOWLAND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MRS. EVELYN DODDS SECRETARY November 17, 1967 Dear Executive Committee Member .. I feel sure that all of us agree with The Constitution's editorial today which said "Yesterday's announcement that Atlanta had been approved for a model cities planning grant is an event of major importance. It gives Atlanta what is potentially the most powerful tool it has ever used to reverse urban decay and to serve a changing population. "Atlanta's selection is at once a reward and a challenge. 11 Since our committee has been an ardent supporter of the Model City Program from its inception, I have asked Dan E. Sweat, the city's Director of Governmental Liaison, to brief us on the program I s present status and future potential at our meeting at 2 p.m., Tuesday, November 21, in the Directors Room, Fulton Federal Savings and Loan Building. Sincerely, , ':'s I I . !I J ( ·1-v t t { ~ William S. Howland � 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 Say ok ¢ o Ate ‘Do CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR URBAN RENEWAL OFFICE OF THE MAYOR CITY HALL—ATLANTA, GA. 30303 PHONE 524-2745 ROBERT L, SOMMERVILLE CHAIRMAN WILLIAM S. HOWLAND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MRS. EVELYN DODDS SECRETARY November 17, 1967 Dear Executive Committee Member - I feel sure that all of us agree with The Constitution's editorial today which said - "Yesterday's announcement that Atlanta had been approved for a model cities planning grant is an event of major importance. It gives Atlanta what is potentially the most powerful tool it has ever used to reverse urban decay and to serve a changing population, "Atlanta's selection is at once a reward and a challenge." Since our committee has been an ardent supporter of the Model City Program from its inception, I have asked Dan E, Sweat, the city's Director of Govern- mental Liaison, to brief us on the program's present status and future potential at our meeting at 2 p.m., Tuesday, November 21, in the Directors Room, Fulton Federal Savings and Loan Building. Sincerely, (ty Carta, William S. Howland  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 18, Folder 24, Document 7 Box 18 Box 18 Folder 24 Folder topic: Citizens Advisory Committee for Urban Renewal | 1967