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c,,e-c ..... .. . Th e 1-\1- la nta Co mmunity Re loti ons Commi ss ion he ld a tow n ha ll n·,2e ting for the re sid ents in the Pe c!c hfre :::,- Tenth Stc0et areci in on e ffort to .beg in som e kind of . . dialogu e betwe e n t he youns_1 peo p le , long -li me res ic.!ents, a nd prope rty owners and to de term ine v,heth e r J-h e ci ty ~erv i(: es and reso urc es are adequa le for thc1J- area . The are as of conc ern see med to 62 cs fc:ill o,vs: Priority Numbe r l: Jo bs Pri orit? l'-lu mbe r 2: Hous ing Priorif-y l'-lu,-;.be r 3: Drug traffic and drug haz ards PrioriJ-y !'-lumber 4: _Th e ne ed for a c omrnun if-y house thal· wou ld al so house health fo c ili t ies one! provid e Foi· co(Jnse li ng. Priority h! u:11: ,er 5: Th e need J·o mak e p la ns for o pro jected influ;-: of vocati o n Hip pies from oth e r cit ies · Priority Nu mbe r 6: Th e nee d for po lice potro lli ng lh e d ist ri ct viithoL1t harassme nt of th e res ide nl s Pri or ity t'--lu mber 7: N e ig hborhood c leonup fa c iliti es (N eeJ fo r more str ee t gmboge c ons) Priorily Numbe r 8: The need for a c e nt er to c ope w ith th e prob lem s of runowoy p eop le ./ ,• . . Th e Cornrnu1]ily Re lat io ns Commission is. concerned with th e Te nth Stre et area .1: . in th e sam e way ih a l· il ha s con c erned itse lf with oth e r ne:flhbor hood areas in !·he c ity. However , we re oli ze tha t the prob lems in thi s arna are mad ~ more compl ex by th e presence of drug s and th e confli~l betwee n !·he life sl·yl es of th e lo ng-·t irn e res id e nts a~d th e yo uns;cr res ide nt s. Th e Comm iss ion app lauds th e e fforts by lh e y oung peop le in hand li ng th e drug prob lem and for using th e ir own pressu res to rid th e ne ighborh ood of chug pushers a nd to keep new d,ug pu shers fro m corning info I he area . O bv ious ly Atl anta has no d es ir e or inc linoti o n to ma ke th e city into a po li cz cHy by prohibif·in9 anyone fr om ch oos ing to come to At lanta to li ve or to e xist . However , th e Cornmhsic,n does urg e that wha ~evc r mea ns arc a va i lob le he 1_1sed [O get informat ion to Hi ppi es in oth er arecs as to t he lock of job opporl uni t ies t hat ex ist a!l over J\1- lcrn: o a~ we ll a s th e io~k of h:->us ing for the cx is:·ing popu latfon. We urge tLa f !his ir1 fo,n,c1r ion he dissir.1 inC1! ed os we ! I r:·s th ~--irif.:,r:·:,o fia:1 that the c ity gov~;·nn.2 r,t int ends to use ,ve~y resource it has and eve n to usi ng wha tever o:Jts ide oge nc..ics c:r ~"' avai labl e in a hugh crc1-:: kdo,,vn po licy on the so le of n~rcotics th roug hou t 1·he cily . Tl ,e Commi ss ion 0e liE:Vcs thcit th '2:nf·s h::Ju!cl be no r ,isu ncle rs~a11cl inJ ci"s to th e cli mo l·e o f L 1 �opini on .in regard to t he imp lemen tot ion of the ci ty gove rnment itse lf, its po lic e . . depar tme nl ond a ll other a genc ies in po lici ng o f th e overa ll city. We ti.ink it is only fai r to te ll you ng peop le v.; hat to expec t if !h ey ar ri ve in Atlan ta w ith out a job and with out visi b le meo ns of su ppo rt. .

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Up unf-i : now coex iste nce in th e area ha s -~ee n made poss ibl e by con ce rn ed citi ze ns, by ch u,c hes , by ind ivi·J uu l members of t he med ical profess ion, which includ es psychi atr is ts . We are ~Jrateful ior the conc erned peop le a nd orga ni z ati ons . · As ind ivid ua ls and as. a ci ty comm iss ion we wi ll con l·inue to wo rk wi1·h th e commu nity in a tl' emp ting to fu rth e r a peac eful, c reat ive comm unity .. We in no ,vay subsc ri be to f·he J·heory for t hi s comm unity or ciny comm unity in Amedeo th a t if y ou ignore prob lems they will go away . The gr im lesso n of other citi es whic h subscri be !·o thi s phil os_o phy has bee n heeded . Stree !· area on Jun e .{;-td We -in te nd to re!urn to th ~ Te nt h to make a report , to make suggeslio ns , cmd to list e n to th e res ide nts . In th e mea nlirn e , th ere are c erta in recommenda ti ons which 'Ne wou ld li ke to make now a nd whi c h we be li ev e wou ld be suPi=:::n ted by th e ma jority of t he peop fe in the c omm un ity . I ,,, , ,, / ., · t, .. .. '

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