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Box 3, Folder 5, Document 23
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
PEACHTREE SEVENTH BUILDING: EEEANT AG GEORGIA 30323
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August 6, 1969
IN REPLY REFER To:
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Mr. Lester H. Persells K
Executive Director
Housing Authority of the te ee
City of Atlanta Sache ay EE |
824 Hurt Building
Atlanta, Georgia 30303
Dear Mr. Perselis:
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Subject: Project No. Ga. Ae2
Neighborhood Development Program
Eligibility as Part of an Urban Renewal Project
(Regular Program or NDP) of Certain Temporary
Project Improvements
During the discussion in your office on July 30, 1969, attended by
Mr. A. F. Milne and members of his staff, mention was made of Interim
Assistance Program type activities now permitted under an NDP. The
following information may be of value to you in preparing the LPA's
anal? aahian fs- 107M
Beppe aaa OY oerewe
it is now HUD calitey to allow as an eligible Item 1 or Item 2 project
cost: (a) the installation or constructioa of temporary parks and
playgrounds in an NDP or urban renewal area project where provided for
in the Urban Renewal Plan and where found to further the accomplishment
of urban renewal objectives, and (b) temporary construction or recon
struction work on existing publicly-owed streets and utility lines in,
an NDP or urban renewal area where such work is provided for in the
Urban Renewal Plan and is determined to further urban renewal ebjectives,.
Modification to existing Urban Renewal Plans to allow an LPA to install
or construct temporary parks and playgrounds and perform temporary cone
struction or reconstruction work on publiceowned streets and utillty «~
lines can be accomplished only where the land involved is already in
public ownership, or has been or is to be acquired for other NDF or urbaa
renewal project purposes. Such modifications are considered minor pla
changes and do not require another public hearing under Federal lev or
prior HUD approval of the action. The LPA must, of course, meet any v
applicable public hearing requirement of State and local law.
The policy change, coupled with existing HUD pelicy, particularly existing
policy relating to LPA property ranagement (see Urban Renewal Handbook
7211.1, Chapters 1, 2, and 3, and NDP Handbook 7384.1, Chapter 5, Section 1),
we
4s intended to grant eligibility as part of an urban renewal project
(regular program or NDP) to all activities now permitted under the
Interim Assistance Program with the exception of repair or improvement
of non~LPA-owed properties. To be eligible costs, these interim type
activities must be provided for in the Urban Renewal Plan. Under the
Interim Assistance Grant Program, expenditures for the following activi-
tiles are eligible to the extent necessary to alleviate harmful conditions
in, and te protect the health and safety of residents of, the program area:
1. Systematic clean-up of public areas and ways, including the carrying | ,—
out of comprehensive rodent control and extermination measures. sie
2. Special collection of refuse (garbage and trash) and bulky junk
such as old applicances, furniture, and autos parked by owners en eee
and tenants for removal and disposal as vart of an area-wide c
campaign to clean up private premises.
3. Repair of serious deficiencies in public streets to meet needs
consistent with short term continued use of area prior to under=
taking of permanent action (except expressway, freeways, and other
limited access streets), such as temporary patching of holes or
cuts in pavement and the repair of curbs, gutters, culverts, and
sidewalks.
& Repair of publicly-owed buildings and publicly-owned utilities
including street Lighting and stationary tire and poiice comauuie
cation systems. The repairs shail be Limited to the extent needed
to meet needs consistent with the shorteterm continued use of the
svea prior to undertaking of permanent ection.
5. Repair of serious deficiencies in parks and playgrounds to meet
needs consistent with short term continued use of area and establish-
ment of tempcerary playgrounds on vacant land within the area,
including reasonable costs of leasing such land for this purpose.
The foregoing policy change is intended to provide LPA flexibility to
alleviate harmful conditions in renewal areas prior te the time that
permanent renewal of the area can be achieved. Work performed should
be of an interim temporary nature and shall not include upgrading of
continuing services such es regular garbage and trash collection. For
example, the Regional Office shall give priority consideration to the
systematic clean-up of a program area rather than the upgrading of a
continuing service suchaas combined refuse collection from a biweekly to
a weekly basis. Moreover, where such services are inadequate, the
Regional Office shall give priority consideration to LPA requests for
o3-
financial assistance for interim type activities which involve commit-
ments by the locality to provide, in addition to federally-funded activie-
ties adequate locally-financed recurring services to maintain the program
area in a clean condition on a continuous year-round basis.
If we can be of further assistance, please feel free to contact this office,
Lies
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John, T, Edmunds — “,
_cAssistant Regional Administrator
7 fer Renewal Assistance
Acting
cect Mr. Howard Openshaw
Director of Redevelopment
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REGION Wl C
2}
a.) "
“th
">,, 30 we
¢
ee yl
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
PEACHTREE SEVENTH BUILDING: EEEANT AG GEORGIA 30323
P is
Se hr
August 6, 1969
IN REPLY REFER To:
A SRF
Mr. Lester H. Persells K
Executive Director
Housing Authority of the te ee
City of Atlanta Sache ay EE |
824 Hurt Building
Atlanta, Georgia 30303
Dear Mr. Perselis:
}
2 CP eo es ea
Subject: Project No. Ga. Ae2
Neighborhood Development Program
Eligibility as Part of an Urban Renewal Project
(Regular Program or NDP) of Certain Temporary
Project Improvements
During the discussion in your office on July 30, 1969, attended by
Mr. A. F. Milne and members of his staff, mention was made of Interim
Assistance Program type activities now permitted under an NDP. The
following information may be of value to you in preparing the LPA's
anal? aahian fs- 107M
Beppe aaa OY oerewe
it is now HUD calitey to allow as an eligible Item 1 or Item 2 project
cost: (a) the installation or constructioa of temporary parks and
playgrounds in an NDP or urban renewal area project where provided for
in the Urban Renewal Plan and where found to further the accomplishment
of urban renewal objectives, and (b) temporary construction or recon
struction work on existing publicly-owed streets and utility lines in,
an NDP or urban renewal area where such work is provided for in the
Urban Renewal Plan and is determined to further urban renewal ebjectives,.
Modification to existing Urban Renewal Plans to allow an LPA to install
or construct temporary parks and playgrounds and perform temporary cone
struction or reconstruction work on publiceowned streets and utillty «~
lines can be accomplished only where the land involved is already in
public ownership, or has been or is to be acquired for other NDF or urbaa
renewal project purposes. Such modifications are considered minor pla
changes and do not require another public hearing under Federal lev or
prior HUD approval of the action. The LPA must, of course, meet any v
applicable public hearing requirement of State and local law.
The policy change, coupled with existing HUD pelicy, particularly existing
policy relating to LPA property ranagement (see Urban Renewal Handbook
7211.1, Chapters 1, 2, and 3, and NDP Handbook 7384.1, Chapter 5, Section 1),
we
4s intended to grant eligibility as part of an urban renewal project
(regular program or NDP) to all activities now permitted under the
Interim Assistance Program with the exception of repair or improvement
of non~LPA-owed properties. To be eligible costs, these interim type
activities must be provided for in the Urban Renewal Plan. Under the
Interim Assistance Grant Program, expenditures for the following activi-
tiles are eligible to the extent necessary to alleviate harmful conditions
in, and te protect the health and safety of residents of, the program area:
1. Systematic clean-up of public areas and ways, including the carrying | ,—
out of comprehensive rodent control and extermination measures. sie
2. Special collection of refuse (garbage and trash) and bulky junk
such as old applicances, furniture, and autos parked by owners en eee
and tenants for removal and disposal as vart of an area-wide c
campaign to clean up private premises.
3. Repair of serious deficiencies in public streets to meet needs
consistent with short term continued use of area prior to under=
taking of permanent action (except expressway, freeways, and other
limited access streets), such as temporary patching of holes or
cuts in pavement and the repair of curbs, gutters, culverts, and
sidewalks.
& Repair of publicly-owed buildings and publicly-owned utilities
including street Lighting and stationary tire and poiice comauuie
cation systems. The repairs shail be Limited to the extent needed
to meet needs consistent with the shorteterm continued use of the
svea prior to undertaking of permanent ection.
5. Repair of serious deficiencies in parks and playgrounds to meet
needs consistent with short term continued use of area and establish-
ment of tempcerary playgrounds on vacant land within the area,
including reasonable costs of leasing such land for this purpose.
The foregoing policy change is intended to provide LPA flexibility to
alleviate harmful conditions in renewal areas prior te the time that
permanent renewal of the area can be achieved. Work performed should
be of an interim temporary nature and shall not include upgrading of
continuing services such es regular garbage and trash collection. For
example, the Regional Office shall give priority consideration to the
systematic clean-up of a program area rather than the upgrading of a
continuing service suchaas combined refuse collection from a biweekly to
a weekly basis. Moreover, where such services are inadequate, the
Regional Office shall give priority consideration to LPA requests for
o3-
financial assistance for interim type activities which involve commit-
ments by the locality to provide, in addition to federally-funded activie-
ties adequate locally-financed recurring services to maintain the program
area in a clean condition on a continuous year-round basis.
If we can be of further assistance, please feel free to contact this office,
Lies
mR fg ak ie '
John, T, Edmunds — “,
_cAssistant Regional Administrator
7 fer Renewal Assistance
Acting
cect Mr. Howard Openshaw
Director of Redevelopment
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