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Box 13, Folder 21, Document 23
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FROM:
SUBJECT:
DATE:
MEMORANDUM
Honorable Ivan Allen Jr., Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia
Hosea L. Williams, John Evans and Rev. Shopshire,
Spokesmen for CODCO
Requests of CODCO
June 30, 1967
I, SANITATION
1,
2.
3.
garbage collection twice weekly
trash collection once a week
streets swept at least once a week
Il STRICT ENFORCEMENT OF MINIMUM HOUSING CODE STANDARDS
l.
property owners owning houses in areas zoned for one-family
dwellings shall not be allowed to redesign these houses into
two and more family dwellings, rooming, boarding or apart-
ment houses
All property owners (residential, business or commercial)
shall be required to maintain their property and surroundings
in first class order whether occupiedor unoccupied, All
violators should be prosecuted immediately to the fullest
extent of the law,
There shall be a strict enforcement of one-family per house
in areas zoned as such,
Ill RECREATION
1,
2.
3.
Lights for baseball diamond and tennis court for the Bessie
Branham Recreation Park.
An adequate number of recreation supervisors (hired from the
the community) to organize and supervise outdoor activity in
the much over-crowded Bessie Branham Park (the present
staff is insufficient for proper supervision of outside activity)
Adequate equipment for the Bessie Branham Park for a well-
rounded outdoor recreational program for both youth and adults.
Mayor Ivan Allen Jr. -2- June 30, 1967
4, Wesley Park
a. An adequate number of recreation supervisors (hired from
the community) to organize and supervise outdoor activity
in the much over-crowded Wesley Park (the present staff
is insufficient for proper supervision of outside activity)
b. Adequate equipment for the Wesley Park for a well-rounded
outdoor recreational program for both youth and adults.
c. Landscape around swimming pool
d. Double the pool facilities,
5, DeKalb Memorial Park
a. An adequate number of recreation supervisors (hired from
the community)to organize and supervise outdoor activity
in the much over-crowded DeKalb Memorial Park (the pre-
sent staff is insufficient for proper supervision of outside
activity)
b. Adequate equipment for the DeKalb Memorial Park for a well-
rounded outdoor recreational program for both youth and
adults,
6, A new park from Rodgers back to Warren, from Boulevard to
Memorial which would include the following (30 acreas of land)
a. swimming pool
b. branch field house
IV. REZONING PRACTICES CHANGED
1, Rezoning petitions should be considered by the City Council on
a quarterly basis
2. Petitions rejected by the City Council shall not be resubmittable
within a 12-month period,
3. A petition of 2/3 of homeowners within a radius of eight blocks
would be required in order to approve rezoning from residential
to commercial or apartments
4, Property should not be advertised for commercial use
unless already rezoned and approved by the city council as such,
Mayor Ivan Allen Jr. -3- June 30, 1967
VIL.
VIl..
VIII.
5.
A petition signed by 2/3 of the homeowners within a radius of
eight blocks should be required to rezone any one-family dwelling
area for any other purpose.
A petition of 2/3 of the homeowners within 8 blocks should be
be required to secure a special use permit for any residential
area
Rezoning petitions requireing approval of 2/3 of the homeowners
within a eight block radius must be made know to all homeowners
in the area by U.S. mailthirty days prior to presentation to the
City Council.
POLICE PROTECTION
1. Streets must be better patrolled for speeders.
2. Police patrol should not be confined to just thoroughfares
3. Response to emergency calls be made more prompt...
4,.. Complaints of law violations made to the police department be
investigated immediately and the source not be made known.
Also a detailed report of the investigation shall be filed in the
police records,
SEWAGE
PAVING
1,. Oakview from Boulevard Drive, N.E. to Boulevard Drive, N.E.
2.. Dixie Street from Memorial Drive to Wyman
(The Mayor should tour these streets
ENCLOSE THE EDGEWOOD CREEK
HOUSING
1,
The city should condemn and acquire the Wesley Homes and
the other housing projects and all the residentiel slum housing. ©
It should then build a low-rent housing project with adequate
recreational facilities, |
X, SHOPPING CENTER
SUBJECT:
DATE:
MEMORANDUM
Honorable Ivan Allen Jr., Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia
Hosea L. Williams, John Evans and Rev. Shopshire,
Spokesmen for CODCO
Requests of CODCO
June 30, 1967
I, SANITATION
1,
2.
3.
garbage collection twice weekly
trash collection once a week
streets swept at least once a week
Il STRICT ENFORCEMENT OF MINIMUM HOUSING CODE STANDARDS
l.
property owners owning houses in areas zoned for one-family
dwellings shall not be allowed to redesign these houses into
two and more family dwellings, rooming, boarding or apart-
ment houses
All property owners (residential, business or commercial)
shall be required to maintain their property and surroundings
in first class order whether occupiedor unoccupied, All
violators should be prosecuted immediately to the fullest
extent of the law,
There shall be a strict enforcement of one-family per house
in areas zoned as such,
Ill RECREATION
1,
2.
3.
Lights for baseball diamond and tennis court for the Bessie
Branham Recreation Park.
An adequate number of recreation supervisors (hired from the
the community) to organize and supervise outdoor activity in
the much over-crowded Bessie Branham Park (the present
staff is insufficient for proper supervision of outside activity)
Adequate equipment for the Bessie Branham Park for a well-
rounded outdoor recreational program for both youth and adults.
Mayor Ivan Allen Jr. -2- June 30, 1967
4, Wesley Park
a. An adequate number of recreation supervisors (hired from
the community) to organize and supervise outdoor activity
in the much over-crowded Wesley Park (the present staff
is insufficient for proper supervision of outside activity)
b. Adequate equipment for the Wesley Park for a well-rounded
outdoor recreational program for both youth and adults.
c. Landscape around swimming pool
d. Double the pool facilities,
5, DeKalb Memorial Park
a. An adequate number of recreation supervisors (hired from
the community)to organize and supervise outdoor activity
in the much over-crowded DeKalb Memorial Park (the pre-
sent staff is insufficient for proper supervision of outside
activity)
b. Adequate equipment for the DeKalb Memorial Park for a well-
rounded outdoor recreational program for both youth and
adults,
6, A new park from Rodgers back to Warren, from Boulevard to
Memorial which would include the following (30 acreas of land)
a. swimming pool
b. branch field house
IV. REZONING PRACTICES CHANGED
1, Rezoning petitions should be considered by the City Council on
a quarterly basis
2. Petitions rejected by the City Council shall not be resubmittable
within a 12-month period,
3. A petition of 2/3 of homeowners within a radius of eight blocks
would be required in order to approve rezoning from residential
to commercial or apartments
4, Property should not be advertised for commercial use
unless already rezoned and approved by the city council as such,
Mayor Ivan Allen Jr. -3- June 30, 1967
VIL.
VIl..
VIII.
5.
A petition signed by 2/3 of the homeowners within a radius of
eight blocks should be required to rezone any one-family dwelling
area for any other purpose.
A petition of 2/3 of the homeowners within 8 blocks should be
be required to secure a special use permit for any residential
area
Rezoning petitions requireing approval of 2/3 of the homeowners
within a eight block radius must be made know to all homeowners
in the area by U.S. mailthirty days prior to presentation to the
City Council.
POLICE PROTECTION
1. Streets must be better patrolled for speeders.
2. Police patrol should not be confined to just thoroughfares
3. Response to emergency calls be made more prompt...
4,.. Complaints of law violations made to the police department be
investigated immediately and the source not be made known.
Also a detailed report of the investigation shall be filed in the
police records,
SEWAGE
PAVING
1,. Oakview from Boulevard Drive, N.E. to Boulevard Drive, N.E.
2.. Dixie Street from Memorial Drive to Wyman
(The Mayor should tour these streets
ENCLOSE THE EDGEWOOD CREEK
HOUSING
1,
The city should condemn and acquire the Wesley Homes and
the other housing projects and all the residentiel slum housing. ©
It should then build a low-rent housing project with adequate
recreational facilities, |
X, SHOPPING CENTER
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