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)rn~ -A--prH- 5, 196 9 Mr. Charles Davis City Corriptr olier City Hall Atla nta, Georgia 30303 Dear Charles: RE: ABC Corps ... Casual Employees As you know, fo1·~he past 18 months or more, the Sanitation Division of the City of Atlanta has been involved in a new project under the Atlanta Concentrated Employment Program called the Atlanta Beautification Corps. In this project, so-called h ar dcore, unemployed individuals have been utilized in s pedal crews designed to collect trash and debris from sidewalks, vacant lots, playgrounds, parks, etc. in an attempt to keep these areas beautiful. ~ I I The concept of the progra:rr.. was for the City to attempt to imlentify those members of the ABC Corps who could perform in regular City functions and to assist them in finding fulltime employment. Our success has not been too great. To date, we have placed three of the former ABC workers in regular City positions at the City Garage. Because of cutbacks in Federal funding, the ABC Program is being reduced in the number of employees immediately by 25 as of Friday, May 2. Ralph Hulsey and his Sanitation people say that this program has- been successful and that the ABC workers have performed a great service to the City of Atlanta. He has indicated he is in favor o! continuing these people if possible. I It seems to me that since they have performed admirably in areas where they were badly needed by the City that we should attempt to maintain the services of these 25 people in the Sanitary Division until at leas.t the end of our summer I I I I .i I -. �• 1' I !• Mr. D a vi s P a ge T w o -A-pr il 5, 1969 ni~o/' pro g r a m pe r lod, This w ould give us an oppo r tLmity to make a fur the r effo r t to pl a c e tho se who c a n meet qua lifi c a tion s in r egular job slots. At the same time, dur ing the crucial sumn1.e r p eri od w e would have the adv a nta ge of the experie nce of the s e p e ople in helping in special neighbo r hood cle a n - up p oj c cts and othe r spe cia l requi r ements which t h e summ.er p eriod bring s . It i s my unde 1·s tanding tha t Mr. Hulsey h a s r eque s te d th a t these 25 indivi dua ls be pl a ced on a casual employe e stat u s with t h e S a nit a r y Divi s ion until Augus t 31. I hope tha t you will suppo rt thi s r econ unenda tion and give us yo u r help in h a vin g this done. Sincerely your.s, Dan S we at DS:fy ~ ., ... - - • ..a- -' �