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MINUTES OF THE CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR URBAN RENEWAL Atlanta Room Citizens and Southern National Bank Tuesday , September 30, 1969 The full Committee quarterly meeting of the CACUR was called to order at 2:00 P. M. by the Vice-Chairman A. B. Padgett, who presided over the meeting during absence of Chairman Noah L an·gdale who had a conflicting engagement. Those attending the meeting frorn the Executive Com.mittee were : Messrs. Edgar Schukraft; W. L. Calloway; Charles Mathias ; Bob Bivens; Jack C arrollton (r epresent ing Mr. E. A. Yates); Mrs. Doris Lockenn a n; and Mrs. Leonard Haas. Com1nittee members in attendance were: Messrs. William Toms; Fred Burns; and Curtis Driskell; for the Atlanta Housing Authority: Mr. Lester Persells; Mr. Howa rd Ope nshaw; Mr. Robert Barnett (P ro ject Director - Vine City NDP area ); Mr. Curtis Parrish (Proj ect Director - Edg ew ood NDP area ); Mr. Thomas Eskew; Mr. Douglas Wendell; Mr. Wilson McClure (Project Director - West End); for the Southwest Atlanta Association, Inc: Mr. Jam es W. DuPuy ; for EOA: Mr. W. L. Horshen; for the Planning D e partment of the City of Atlanta: Mr. Coll ier B. Gladin; Mrs. Sally Pickett; and Mr. John M a tthews. Others: Mr. A. L. Watson Sa1nmye Coan School Director; Mr. Norman M. R a tes - Spelman College; Re v. W. L. Houston - Project Area Committee,- Vine City; and Mr. Walter Dancy - Urban Corps intern with the CACUR Office. Invitational Notice, Agenda and other related Documents for the m.eeting are attached to the file copy of these minutes. Vice-Chairman Padgett opened the meeting by welcoming those pr ese nt. He then stated that the first item on the Agenda wou ld be put off until Cha irm a n Langdale arrived. The second item on the Agenda was the presentation of th e Vine City NDP plan. Mr . Padgett then introduced Mr. Howard Op e nshaw , Director of Urb an Redevelopment of the Atlanta Housing Authority. lv1r. Openshaw then introduced lvlr. Robert Barnett, Project Director of Vine City, to present the NDP plan. Mr. Barnett first explained the georgraphical location of Vine City. The boundaries being: Northside Drive on the East, Simpson Road on the North, Griffin Street on the West and Hunter Street on the South. He also stated tha t there are approximately 154 acres, with 900 families and 3, 500 individuals located in the Vine City area . Mr . Barnett stated that the fir st things that were done in Vine City was to form a local committeee known as the PAC or Project Area Committe to represent �Page Two the interests of the citiz e ns of the Vine City Com munity. He sta ted tha t the PAC holds meeting at least once a w e e k (usua lly e ve ry Monda y night), and that a surv ey was :nade to colle ct f a cts on Vine City, such as popula tion, fa mily si z e, amount of income, hea ds of household, etc. The surve y showed that the average income for the Vine City area s is $161. 00 a month, and that 76% of the property in the area has absentee landlords and 24% is o w ner occupied, The survey also showed that the residents of the Vine City ar e a w anted more shopping, transporta tion and community facilities. Mr. Barnett furth e r stated that the t a rget area for the 1970 NDP plan has already been designa ted. The t a rgef a rea, which w a s show n by a 1nap presentation, has 122 structures (162 families), with 92 of these structures as major d e terioration, 9 as a minor deterior a ti o n and only 1 s tandard struct ur e . By m a p pr e senta tion, Mr. B a rnett s howe d the l a y out for the 1970 NDP pla n, with a 2 4 ac r e p a rk, comm e rci a l a r ea, g a rde n typ e a p ar tinen t s, town houses and single family resid e nces. Vice-Cha irma n Padgett tha nked Mr . B a rnett for his very inform a tiv e presentation on the N e i g hborhood D e velopm ent Pr og r a m for Vine City in 1970 . Mr . Ope n s h aw the n introduced Mr. Curti s P a rri s h, Proj ec t Dir e c t or of the Edgew ood area, In turn, Mr. P a rrish introdu ce d Mr. Harry Adley a nd Mr. Albe rt T w igg s of A dl e y Associa tes to pr e s e nt the Edgewood N DP plan fo r 1970. Mr. Adley and Mr . T w i gg s pr ese nte d a s lide presenta tion of the goo d and bad a r ea s o f the E dgew ood proj ec t. Mr. Adle y s tr esse d tha t th e a r ea o f Edgewood should be r ehabilitated, not torn down . Four sections o f the Ed gewoo d area have t e ntativ ely b ee n selecte d for activity to s t a rt in 1970. S ammye C oan S c hool i s a g ood exampl e o f the t ype of e n v i ronm ent Edgewood i s wor king for i n it s effo rt to d e v e lop a b e tter Com munity. Mr . Adle y ag r eed t o pr o v ide the E xecutive Dir ect o r with a s umma ry sheet o n t he E d gewood pr o j ect s t a t is t ics . M r . Padgett thanke d M r. A dle y a nd lvfr. T w i ggs fo r a very fi ne presentation of Edg ewood. Becau se of the time e lement involved, a fift e e n m inute pr esenta tion was give n on e ach NDP pla n and a g ive minute ques t i o n a nd answe r period. T h e r e was m u c h d iscu ssio n on t he s ubj ect a n d value o f reh abilitation and the accusation that r e h a bilitation does not last, bec a us e the indiv iduals do not keep up th e i r home s o r property . V iee -Chairman Pad ge t t the n s t a t e d t hat t here was not enough t i me for a detailed discuss i on on the merits of r ehabi litatio n and suggested that the subject of rehabilitation be put on the Agenda for the next meeting. �Page Three Mr. Padg ett called on Mr. Op enshaw to present the overall Neighborhood Development Progr am for 1970 (copy attached, Encl. 1). Attention of CACUR •• -members was particularly called to the enclosed copy of recent letter from the Regiona l Office of HUD stating that HUD funding to the Region III area is only $24,000, 000; and that this is only 45. 9% of the amount allocated for the first year's activity for the six NDP programs now under way in Region III. In response to question from the Executive Director, CACUR, as to proposed activity in the portion of the Bedford-Pine NDP area south of Forrest Avenue. (This is where the bulk of the most dilapidated housing is located. ) Mr. Openshaw stated that no activity is planned in that area for 1969- 70 except acquisition of a few scattered dilapidated structures, requested by the Mayor. Mr. Padg ett then called on Mr. Openshaw to respond to comments on the West End Urb a n Renewal Project previously submitted by the Executive Committee. Mr. Openshaw read a letter addressed to the Executive Director, explaining the delays in many of the Urb an Renewal projects, including West End (Encl. 2). After considerable discussion pertaining to certain aspects of the West End project, the 1neeting was adjourned at 3:30 P. M. Financial state preparec!- by the Executive Director, was not presented during the meeting, but was subsequently turned over to the Vice-Chai rman. In view of impending City elections, Item 1 on the Agenda, 11 E xp l anation of Propos ed Reorganization of CACUR 11 , was omitted until a later date. Respectfully submitted, //;JE·/ ~~,: ~ r:::Al143.215.248.55 Malcohn D . !9nes Executive Dir ector me Encls: 1. Neighborhood Development Program for 1970 2. Letter dated September 30, 1969 �