Box 8, Folder 22, Document 29

Box 8, Folder 22, Document 29

CITY OF ATLANTA

COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM

CITY HALL M68 MITCHELL STREET, S.W. B ATLANTA, GEORGIA 303038 M@ 522-446:





PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
BOARD OF ALDERMEN

2. COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM
oo STAFF REPORT



TECHNICAL ADVISORY BOARD
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Subject: Government of the City of Atlanta, Georgia
SYYONT B BEAN (A Survey Report 1965) by Public Administration
crvaneney Service, Chicago, Ilinois

Daie: February 21, 1966

Background



a ag ee In August 1964, the Mayor and Board of Aldermen adopted

3 | and approved the submission of an application to the Urban Renewal
Administration of the Department of Housing and Urban Development
for grant funds under Title | of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended,
to assist in finaneing the preparation of the Community Improvement
Program. A contract between the federal government and the City
of Atlanta for the grant funds was approved and executed by the

Mayor and Board of Aldermen in December 1964, Several studies



are required by virtue of the application and subsequent contract.
The enclosed study on governmental administration is one of these

required studies.

ATLANTA'S MUNICIPAL RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
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Staff Report



Commensurate with the approval of the above application, the Mayor
and Board of Aldermen of the City of Atlanta adopted "A Policy Statement
on Community Development" which was to serve as an objective framework
for the preparation and development of Atlanta's Community Improvement
Program, Section IV of this policy statement enumerated several objectives
pertaining to governmental and related activities, namely:

1. "To more clearly define the functions and objectives of the

various agencies and governments involved in the urban develop-
ment process; and, to determine the most effective forms of
organization needed to attain these objectives,"

2. "To encourage closer cooperation between the agencies and
governments engaged in redevelopment activities in this region,
including the encouragement of patterns of continuous liaison
and the free exchange of information."

3. "To seek adoption within the City government of improved adminis-
trative procedures yielding greater efficiency,"

In May 1965, the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Atlanta
retained under contract Public Administration Service, a non-profit
corporation of Chicago, IIlinois, to undertake a broad=scale inventory and
evaluation of its system of government. Their examination was also to include

recommendations for governmental Improvement. Public Administration Service
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Staff Report
has proven itself well qualified for this undertaking in that it has achieved
international acclaim for its excellence in the field of governmental organi-
zation and management studies,

Their report entitled "Government of the City of Atlanta, Georgia
(A Survey Report 1765)," is now complete. It is a constructive report
aimed at the broad overe:l! functions of City government, The report includes
a review of managenent practices, adminisirative procedures, personnel
and budgeting policies, planning, eic, A projected population to double
our current size by 1985 and a com menstiute inccease in demand for municipal

services provided the atmosphere in which inis report was undertaken,

Action



In the months immediately ahead the findings, conclusions and recommendations
contained in this report should receive the objective attention, careful scrutiny
and evaluation of the citizens of Atlanta and their elected representatives. The
future development of the City of Atlanta and the role its government should play

may well be governed by tine outcome.