Box 8, Folder 22, Document 32

Box 8, Folder 22, Document 32

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CITY OF ATLANTA

COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM

CITY HALL MGS MITCHELL STREET, S.W. BATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303 @ 522-4463





PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
BOARD OF ALDERMEN

COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM
STAFF REPORT



TECHNICAL ADVISORY BOARD
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Subject: Government of the City of Atlanta, Georgia

(A Survey Report 1965) by Public Administration

Service, Chicago, Illinois
Date: February 21, 1966
Background
aerate In August 1964, the Mayor and Board of Aldermen adopted
pee 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 financing 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 Repor t



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 development 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 administrative procedures

yielding greater efficiency."

InMay 1965, the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Atlanta, Georgia retained
under contract Public Administration Service, a non-profit corporation of Chicago, Illinois,
to undertake a broad=scale inventory and evaluation of ifs system of government. Their
examination was also to include recommendations for governmental improvement. Public
Administration Service has proven itself well qualified for this undertaking in that it has
achieved international acclaim for its excellence in the field of governmental organization

and management studies,


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Staff Report

Their report entitled "Government of the City of Atlanta, Georgia (A Survey
Report 1965)," is now complete. It is a constructive report aimed at the broad
overall functions of City government. The report includes a review of management
practices, administrative procedures, personnel and budgeting policies, planning,
etc. A projected population to double our current size by 1985 and a commensurate
increase in demand for municipal services provided the atmosphere in which this
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 the outcome.