Box 15, Folder 12, Document 22

Box 15, Folder 12, Document 22

CITY OF ATLANTA

DEPARTMENT of PARKS

Office of General Manager






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JACK C. DELIUS
GENERAL MANAGER



Honorable Ivan Allen, Jr.
Mayor

City of Atlanta

City Hall

Atlanta, Georgia 30303

Subject: Summer Program of Recreation, Employment and Enrichment
for the Disadvantaged Citizens of the City of Atlanta

Dear Mr. Allen:

As you know, we have presented to E.O.A., Inc. our proposal, in
cooperation with the Atlanta School System, to conduct a special
program of recreation, employment and enrichment for the disadvan-—
taged citizens of the City of Atlanta. We propose to begin the
project June 1 and terminate it around Labor Day. In the next

few days we intend to select and employ a coordinator/director for
the program so that the central office for this program can be fully
functioning well before June 1. Mr. John Cox, of the Atlanta Youth
Council, has agreed with the undersigned to supply funds for the
purpose of employing the coordinator/director and basic staff for
the central office. The selection of a director and other personnel
will be a cooperative venture on the part of the Department of Parks
and the Atlanta School System.

Our proposal to E. O« A. exceeds $1,300,000 and calls for the operation
of a total.of 140 locations within the target areas as defined by
E.O.A. Some 62 of the locations are elementary and high school
sites. On April 19, 1968, we were advised by Mr. Dan Sweat of your
office that the total funds available for this project including
E.O.A. grants and special appropriations from City Hall would
amount to $600,000. Mr. Sweat requested at that time that we begin
to scale down our budget to come within this figure. Accordingly,
we are developing a new budget. It is my understanding that the
City of Atlanta Department of Parks will not be able to receive
substantially all of the funds made available to E.0O.A. for summer
projects. In other words, other agencies (private and semi-—public)
will be funded for various types of programs.




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Honorable Ivan Allen, Jr. -~-2- April 21y 1968 !

As soon as our new budget is completed, I will supply copies to

your office, the Parks Committee, the Application Review Board,

the Finance Committee, the Advisory Committee on Civil Disorders,

the Atlanta Youth Council, and officials of the Atlanta School

System.

Sincerely,




ck C. Delius
neral Manager of
arks and Recreation

Enclosure: Resolution, April 17, 1968
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CC: Alderman Charlie Leftwich, Chairman, Parks Committee
‘Alderman Buddy Fowlkes, Vice Chairman, Parks Committee
Alderman G. Everett Millican, Member Parks Committee and
Advisory Committee on Civil
Disorders
Alderman Rodney Cook, Member Parks Committee and Advisory
Committee on Civil Disorders
Mr. Jim Parham, Director, E.O.A., Inc.
Mr. Charles L. Davis, Comptroller, City of Atlanta “—
(Finance Committee)
Mr. Dan Sweat, Mayor's Office (Advisory Review Board)
Dr. John Letson, Superintendent, Atlanta Schools
Dr. John Martin, Deputy’ Supt. of Atlanta Schools
Mr. John Cox, Director, Atlanta Youth Council
Mr. Al Koth, Director of Community Schools
Miss Virginia Carmichael, Director of Recreation
Mr. Stan Martin, Administrative Assistant