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-~ / / l 1 ae y ) blic Administration 1225 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036 Phone: (202) 659-916 5 \ March 2 7 , 1969 M~ . Morel and Smi th Southern Reg iona l Counc i l, I nc. 5 F o r s y t h S t r ee t , ·N .W . At lanta , Ge org ia 30303 De a r Mr . Smith : Th is letter is to ap poin t you to the At lanta pane l f ormed by the Ac ademy to f unct i on wi th res pect to our r e search contr a c t with the U.S. De par t ment of Housing and Urb an Develo pment . Enclosure 11 All_ i s a copy of the HUD announc ement re garding this project. Th e c ontra c t c a lls for us to s tudy the criti c al decisi onal and aqm ini s tra tive asp e cts , prima rily f rom t he lo c al point of view, of .fo ur HUD .iss"Istecfur'ban program s : q turnkey h ousing,2 inner - city open s pace, Sba si c sewer and wa ter fa cil i ti e s gr ants, and .,Jnon - p r of it s ponsored new housing under Se c tion 22l ( d) (3 ) -- a r ep lac ement f or s tudy of 22l (h ) . These pro grams will be ana l ysed from point of ori g in to poiµ t of impac t i n six (o r s ev en ) ci ties, with At lan t a s i rvi ng a s t he pilot study. · The pro je ct wi l l ti e i n with r e l a ted HUD contracts awarded to t h e Na ti onal League of Citi e s to evolve a s ystem of urban ob servatories ( in a ddition to Atlanta , f our othe r de signa t e d ob s e rvatory c itie s are among t ho s e ci ti e s which we have recormnend e d to HUD f or inclusion in our stu dy )' , and to Rutge rs Univer s ity t o study ways of a chieving a more effe c tive stati r o l e in urban progran1s. Dr . Mo r ris W. Co l l ins, Jr., Dir_e ctor of the . Institute of Government, Univ er si ty of Ge org i a , is c onv eno r of t he Atlanta panel. Other pane lists are l i ste d on Enc l osure 11 B11 • One or t wo additional members may be appointed. As knowl e dgeab l e At l ant ans, t he pane l will be a s ked t o o r ient, i nf orm , advise, and help di rect t he t hree-man t eam wh ich will be in Atlanta fr om Ma rch 3 1st t hr ough April 11th . I n ad d i tion to myself, this team is compo se d of Mes srs. Elias B. Si l v erman and Char le s R. Warren. There wi l l be two pane l me e t ings, t o e ach of which this l e t ter of a pp o-intmen t is i s an i nv i t ation . These meet i ng s wi ll be he l d at Georgia Sta t e Co lleg e on: ,.....---.... Wednesday , q>..gr il 2nd\ from ( luncheon i n 't.1\e- "As"semb l y Activitie s Bu il ding, wi th the Fa cul t y Lounge of the Building); and , , Noon until about 3: 00 P.M. Room, 2nd F l oor of S tudent the me e t i ng continuing in Bu sine s s Administration �l_ Mr . More land Sm ith r-~arch 27 · 1969 2 .

Thur s d 2. y, lp . ril lO _t=l).. from 9 :0 0 A.M. until middle or l~te 2.fternoon ln the President 1 s Conf erenc e Room, with luncheon. in t he Assemb ly Room. At the Ap ril 2nd mee ting , t he panel wi ll be asked to revi ew and c o:-:-.r.,e;-:t upon our Pilot Research Design (Enclosure uc 11 ) and Tentative Int e rview Sc:-iedule (Enclosure uD 11 ), to su;;ge.st ways in which we might most · produ ctively pro ceed , and in general to gui de our efforts in Atlanta. We have also developed a Progr~~ Sw-nmarization aµd Status Report on the selected pro gra.'il.s (Enclosure 11£11 ). The Apr il 10 th meeting will be devoted to an analysis and interpre. t ati on of our data and to t he f ormulation of findings and conclusions. An honorari um of $25 per meeting attended will . be provided to you 1 as a member of the Atlanta panel. A.national pane l h as been app ointed to further guide and evaluate our eff orts in all selected study citie s. This panel is composed of: Hr . William G. Colman, Execut:i.ve Director, Advisory Corranission on Intergovernmental Relations Mr . Porter W. Homer, County Manager, Dade County, Florida The Honorable Arthur Nafta lin, Mayo~ of Minneapolis Professor Ernest C. Reock, Jr., Di re ctor, Bureau of Government Resear ch, Rutger s University Pr ofessor Wallace S. Sayre, Eaton Profes sor of Public Administration, Department of Political Science, Columbia .University Profess o r Carleton F. Sharpe, Visiting Research Professor and Consultant, University of Hartf6rd Dr. Gilber t Y. Steiner, Director of Governmental 'Studies, The Brookings Institution On behalf of the Ac ademy and the national panel, I wish to express our appreciation for your willingness to participate in this important .project. lft/A/ )<.• )/1/ /J,_,, ' SincereI I Dominic DelGuidice Project Director Encl osures (4) \ �