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March 21, 1969 Th Honorable G orge Romney Secretary of Housing and Urban Developm nt Wa hlngton, D . C . D ar Secretary Romney: The City of Atl nta is proud of its reputation a.s a le der in urb n planning. Over th y ars, the coop r tiv efforts of pw,lic agenci nd p rivate groups, working toward mutually · g r ·d-upon go ls, h v result din the dev lopment of Atl nta as the S012theast 1 pr ·emineo.t metropolis. Inde , the result h ve be n so ucces ful that we must redoubl our efforts to assur th t the dyn mic growth which li imm. di tely ahe d w ill further th ims and objectiv of our elti.z~ns. r pr p r d to do thi • Th curre'n t pl annin ctivities of th . City £ Atlant • the Stat Highway Dep rtm.ent of Georgi ., th Atl nta Ar a Tr A portatlon Study, th~ Atl nt Region Metropolit n P lan:nin Commis ion nd th M tropolitan Atlant It pid Tr n it Authority r, clo ly interrel t d. Th Atlant Are Tran portation St'1dy 1 n ring eompl · tion. In ord r to m int 1n mo nt"IJ.n'l, d to assur continuity o! our f!orts ., we no int nd to undett · compr h ntiv d tail d plan fo r C ntr l Atlan: • Th ti.min i ri ht for such atudy. Th regional pollcl nd g n ral pl s hich 71 volving from the Transportation S tqdy ill ,PJ"ovide k y input to th wntown plan. A rt of thl study. it 1 intend d that on or more m a transit W dlstrlbution y tema wW b lncNasl.o th d velopme:at. ffediv tut · nalyzed to d termln the pot, ntl tor r gional pl a. d to • rv down o ·n of t 1n rder to meet our rlgld Um . schedul • r r questing th oi ·t h Fed ra.l Gov . rnm.ent.. This lett r is b · tng dlr et d both to D rtmen.t of Tran portatlon and the D · rtme t of Houain and Urban D velopm nt. W U that ach of th e d rtm nu ls it Uy co cem d ith the kind ol. pro ram Atlanta l d · v opt I• b U v e �